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The Omaha Daily Bee. TTfE BEE IS THE PREFERRED ADVER. TISING MEDIUM IN ITS TERRITORY j FOR A CHARACTERISTICALLY WIST. ERN NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2. 190o TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. r CZAR SEES WORKMEN De.Sf&tlan Eepresi) ting Striken Girei an Audience a'. Tsarskoe Beloe, HE FHOMISES ALL THE RELIEF POSSIBLE Delegation Informed that Lauren Were Daoeirei by Traitors to Bnssia, MANUFACTURERS HAKE CONCESSIONS liefer Mail Point to Oorernment and ' ' Agree te Pay Men for Time Lasi. STRIKE WAVE STILL SPREADING M. Pctersonr aad Moscow Are Again QilH, oat Movement I. Reura lag Otlier Cltleu la t"be laterlar. 6T. rETERFBl'RG. Ftb. 112:40 a. m Personal assurances of his Intention to ameliorate the conditions and remove the causes Insofar as they are economic which led to the recent strike were delivered by Emperor Nicholas yesterday to working men representing U the leading factories of Bt. Petersburg, who. at his Invitation, Journeyed to Tsnrkoe Heloe and were re ceived In audience In the hall of the Alex ander palace, where he has his winter residence. This Interview, face to face with their "little father," In whom their faith has riot been shaken by the events of the bloody Sunday of January 24 has had a far greater and more assuring effect than any number of proclamations by ministers and governor generals and the workmen of Bt. Petersburg are now generally inclined to accept the promises of Governor Gen eral Trepoff and Finance Minister Keko vsovoff at their face vulue. The gift by the lmpcriul family of CD.000 to aid the families of the victims of the conflict on January 22 also has had an excellent effect and as the news slowly permeates the laboring classes of Russia It is expected that it will make them con tent to wait for the promised reforms. Strike Wste Is spreading. ' Like a wave caused by -he falling of a sione the strike movement, however, is spreading over the great sea of Russian Industrial life, and while St. Petersburg and Moscow, where the troubles began. at now placid, the workmen of Poland end other provinces ure not yet calm and the ripple has reached to faroff Irkutsk and other Siberian towns. Emperor Nicholas adopted the traditional fatherly tone In his talk with the working men yesterday. He chided them for allow ing themselves to be misled Into enga-g'ng In a movement Imperiling the internal order of Russia, facing the foreign foe, and for attempting to demand by force what he would otherwise be willing to do volun tarily. The workmen received the, royal assurances of reform with cheers and after a lunch at the Imperial table returned to Bt. Petersburg in the best of humor to re port to their fellows, as enjoined, ths words of his majesty. No attempt was made by tbTi to present their desires, which already r. sufficiently evident. Employers Make Concessions. The action of the St. Petersburg manu facturers in placing themselves In the hands of the government in the matter of the ad justment of the ma:n points of the dispute and In promising to giatit the men pay for the time they have beer, ou strike, not as a matter of right, but as a favor, and their contribution in aid of the sufferers among the families of their workmen, are expected t add to the prevailing good feeling. The current gossip to the effect that M. Boullgan. forcier governor of Moscow, will succeed Prince Sviatopolk-Mlreky In the ministry of the Interior, Is another straw tending to confirm the surmise that Grand Puke Sergius is the dominant Influence In the grand ducal faction. The appointment of General Trepoff to the governor general ship oi St. Petersburg, who was Sergius' nominee, nurrowed the power of the In terior minister and it is believed precipi tated Prince Svlatopolk-Mlrsky's resigna tion, and that thos who are posted should pick another Mosw rr.un and a friend of Grand Duke Sergius to receive this port folio Indicates a growing appreciation of the Influence of the emperor's uncle. hirl-olaa Hecelves Deputation. The emperor receive.: the deputation of woikn;men at Tearkoe Seloe this after noon. They represented the employe of factories and workshops of St. Petersburg. Tha deputation, was occompenlid by Min ister of Finance Kokovsoff and Goernor General Trepoff and proc.cd.d by the Imperial railroad to Tsarsko Selo, where carriages were awaiting them at a point near the inperiu! pavilion. On arriving at the palace the wo.kmen were admitted to one of the halls. The emperor entered the hall accompanied by Grana Duke Georg: Mikliailovitch, General Hesse, the minister of the imj-trlal court, and the comniandaa. of the palace. The workmen bowed deeply to the emperor, who said: "Gaud day, my children." The workmen replied: "We wish your rnajiisty good health." tui Addressed Delegation. The emperor then said: 1 have summoned you in order that you may hear iny wurus uom mybeif ana com ni.iic.ie mem to oui cuuapauious. iu racenl .-uneulabie eveilia Willi aucn sad, but Inevitable ruauils hate occu. reu because you auoweil .oumeivee to ue leu asuay by iratilors and enemies lo our couuiry . w h-U piey uiuucea you to auuiesa a petitlou to , ou your neeas they ciemreu to see you rcfuu fiupi m aiiu ili; -iriuui.iii. - ey (oiced ou to leave your riuiie-i work at a period when all Kuawan workmen suouio be jtou .; uU-e-.Si... ,n uIuli u.ui o ought vamjuiaii our ubkunaie enemy, feti ikes and illegrauetul deiuuiiSLraUons led the crowd to uiaordcrs vhu n obliged, anu always will oblige, the auuiorilie.a io can out troops. A a result innocent people ware victims. 1 know that me lut ut me workman is not easy. Many things re quire improvement; but liu.s patience, lou will uuderauuJ trial it is iieteseurv to be Just lun.rd oui einpioyers and to consider the conditions of our industries, itut lo conie to me as a rebellious mob in order to declare your wants u a crime. Iu iny souciiuue lui the wuraing ciasaes 1 will take measure which will assure mat evoryilung possible will be dune to Inmrove their lot and secure an In - veeiigsnon ol their demands thr.ugn legal channels. 1 am convinced of the honesty ' of the workmen and their devotion to my self, ana i pardon tneir transgression. He turn to your work wun your cuiinaues ami carry out the tanks alloieu to you. May God fcs.nl you. At the conclusion of his speech the em peror told the members of the deputation to communicate his worda to their com rades and said he would supply them with printed copies of his address. The deputation comprised represents Uvea of thirty-five of the largest Indus trial establishments In St. Petersburg, in cluding the Baitic and Franco-Russian shipyards, the 1'ui.h.ff Iron works and the Russian-American rubier works. H Is extremely significant that, following the Associated Press In terview with Grand Duke Vladimir fOoatlaued on Ninth Fag ) SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION Oaar Receives Party of Korksnea ad F.sf!e;ers Make Ceeres. Ion. to strikers. Favorable results sre expected to follow the audience given by Emperor Nichols at Tn-irpfroe Seloe t" tMrty-two workmen representing the leading Industrial estab lishments of St. Petersburg In addition to paternal admonition bestowed upon the workmen, $Jf.."no has been given by the emperor, mprss and dowager for the re lief of the families of those who were killed or badly wounded in the affair of January 22. The manufacturers of Bt. Petersburg J have rr.sde concessit to the strikers and contributed to the relief fund. The situation in Poland and other of the provinces continues strained and strike are reported from Irkutsk and sev eral other Siberian towns. " The retirement o Prince Svlatopolk Mlisky from the ministry of the Interior has been accomplished In sjch a way as to Indicate that the emperor is ssUsfled to be rid of a minister of the prince's avowed lllieral tendencies. The forecast that M. Houllgan will be named for min ister of the Interior is construed as In dicating a recognition of Grand Duke Ser gius' predominating Influence with his nephew, the emperor. TF-LLS OF THE TORTF-DO r s Rnsslaa Saral omeer Says One Damaged la the Xorth ea. PARIS. Feb. 1. The North nea commis sion continued Its sessions today. Lieuten ant Ellis of the Russian battleship Alexan der III gave circumstantial evidence of seeing a torpedo boat among the British trawlers In the North -a. He said he first saw a torpedo boat two miles off steaming swiftly toward the squadron en a course to Intercept the flagship. As the torpedo boat advanced searchl.ghts made it plainly visi ble and a heavy cannonade was opened on It. The torpedo boat, the witness continued, was evidently damaged, drew off to star board and disappeared. Lieutenant Schremtc henko, torpedo offi cer of the Russian battleship Bordlno, gave similar testimony to seeing two torpedo boats. He said: O.ie was on the port side and was fifteen cable lengths away. I could not have been mistaken, being a torpedo officer. I dis Uiiguihhed its long, rukmg form. My loi.g familiarity with torpedo boats made me take u careful look at the attacking cr.lt. It was pain'ed a dark .1t, had two smokestacks and was of the general type of torpedo boats usually attached to squad rons. The lieutenant also described the torpedo boat which he said he had seen to star board. It was about the same size and general appearance as the bout first Been. Hoth torpedo boats withdrew under a ter rific flre. Counse.1 for Great Britain severely cross examined the Ilupslan officers, who main tained their testimony about the torpedo boats. Captain Clado explained w hy the Rurslans saw the torpedo boats and the fishermen on the trawlers did not see them, shying that the decks of the trawlers were seven feet out of the water and those of the warships forty-two The captain c;iuied amusement when a British ngent asked him If ordinary boats were not mistaken for torpedo boats. Captain Clado replied: 'An English admiral one said, 'When you see torpedo boats advancing, fire first and! Inquire about their nationality afterward.' Car Lain Clado later testified that he did not se" the torpedo boats sink. However, he thought the torpedo boat on the star board side sank. The other, the captain added, was less damaged. He was lirnorant as to the ultimate fate of the torpedo boats. Captain Clado said the version of the North sea Incident afforded by a Russian navy chaplain to the Novoe Vremya was erroneous. MINISTER SYIATOPOl.K-MinSKY Ol T Relinquishes Interior Portfolio ind Pleads 111 Health as Cause. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 1. The retire ment of Interior Minister Svlatopolk-Mir-sky was officially announced tfday, ill health being assigned as the reason. M. and Durnovo, former minister of posts a telegraphs, becomes acting minister of the interior. M. nouugan, rormer governor ireneral of Moscow, seems most likely lo . Prince Rvtntonolk-Mlrskv's successor, but no decision has yet been reached. The ! gossips are saying that Emperor Nicholas has offered the portfolio to M. Wine, presl- dent of the committee of ministers. i un -anury au ana sent small Domes . lYlnre Sviatopolk-Mlrsky desire to .re- ! of infantry to attack the Japanese out tire has been known for weeks, but the POBts- where tne' were "pulsed, manner in which It was announced was un- ! n the ,ame heav'' Kuan guns , usual, the retirement of a minister being n o-,.,ui v.. script For this reason the form of the announcement is popularly accepted as a renrlmand. Among the extreme reaction- aries. and even among some of th? more moderate conservative. Prince Sviatopolk- Mlrsxy ha been blamed for having from the very outset of his carter encouraged all sorts of llbora! aspirations, which being 1m possible of immediate realisation, brought the present storm about the head of the government. ., (( 1AL1STS DEKOCSCE THE I Russian prisoners, characterized General ItalUtu Deputies f harce Premier I Mlstchenko's attacV upon the Japanese wl.k Fnvorina tbo Autocracy. flank as brave. ROME, Feb 1 Foreign Minister Tlttoul. 1 . replying In the Chamber of Deputies today I Russlaae la Old Positions. Jo an interpellation of the aclal,.i. who ! MUKDEN. Jan. IL-CTa Tien Tsln. Feb. 1.) wished to know "If the government felt it I -Cannonading on the center and right to be it duty to interpret to the govern- ' commenced again today. The Russian ment of the emperor of Russia the sentl- h" ""r-led its old position., having menu of Indignation and horror which pre- ""turned from Banchiapu (Sandepas?). vailed throughout Italy at the slaughter at ! The maln rvenU ,T1 the Interior of Rus Bt. Petersbuig. January 22." s.ld he de. la have been published In the official army cllned to make any reply. Thl. aroused up- j r,8Dr- " that tn" "P" to a rtaln ex roanoui protests from the extreme left and ' trM realixe the present condition, but the Signor RlsolaU, socialist, cried: j I,lan" ,or th rmJ- are ahowu to be en- Shame! You also refused to forward to t,reI' independent of home events. The the government of the emperor of Russia j reasons given by the commander, for re a petition signed by over 1 deputies pray- tiring fully explain the army' movement Ing for the release of Maxim Gorky " and how them to have been Independent To thi the foreign minister answered: ' of the leather "In acting as I have done I felt that I ! A lac 1art of the "unded are being represent the opinion of the majority of the Chamber and of the people." This called forth further and louder pro tests from the extreme left, who referred to the minister a "defenders of the Rut- lan emperor and the friend of the auto- cxjjV." Slgnor Tltlonl retorted: "I am accom- pushing ray duty.' KOSklTH 1 IK LEAD IK HIXGAKY Haa sloes Followers la Parliament Than Any Other Leader. BUDA PEST, Hungary, Fb. 1. Complete returns from tbe recent election show that the Kossuthists bead th poll with US mem bers of th new Parliament. The liberals have 151 members; th dissident liberal twenty-seven, people party twenty-four, Banffy.tes thirteen. Independent ten and i national. sts nine. i Second ballots will 1 e necessary In four- i teen conitltuenc ea j Emperor Fran:is Joseph received Premier I Tl'ia In eudiem e at Vienna today. The latter handed the emperor the resignation of the Hungarian cabinet. The emperor has sumotnned Count Julius Andraavy, one of J th foremost opposition loader., to Vina. PROSPECTS OF BIG BAT1LE Japanese Expect a Decisive Engagement Between Kouropatkm and Oyama. RUSSIANS SEEM TO DESIRE A FIGHT Botk Sides Have Reinforced Their Armies In the Field aad Can sossdlsi fcy Europeans Is la Progress, GENERAL OKt 8 HEADQUARTERS. Jan. 27. Noon t'V ia Tien Tsln. Feb. l. (Delayed in Transmission. After three months' Inaction there is now a prospect that the armies of General Kouropatkin and Field Marshal Oyama will soon Join in what will likely prove the greatest battle of the war. For some dsy psst the Rut- sians have been quietly massing troops on General Oku left, evidently preparatory to an attempt at a turning movement. For three days past a hesvy artillery Are has been kept up by the Russians on Gen eral Oku's left, running today toward the center. The Japanese have not replied to the cannonade, awaiting an attack by the Russians, who have been heavily rein forced It la believed now that they have numerous divisions along the Shakhe river. 1 The Japanese force has a-so been in creased e.nd everything now seems ready for the greatest conflict yet recorded In the history of the present war. The move upon the part of the Ruslsana seems to Indicate a desire to strike soon, In a desperate attempt to avenge the fall of Port Arthur. Probably 'he revolutionary outbreak In Russia has determined General I Kouropatklr. to make a desperate effort to gain a victory before the outbreak In Rus sia becomeo known to the army. The utter failure of the recent cavalry ra:d by the Russian on the railroad show the futility of further attempts of the kind, j With the ground so solidly frosen. troops on the advance would have great difficulty In entrenching to secure the slightest cover. The sdvsntsge of the situation would be entirely on the side of the army on the de fensive. With the thermometer at xero end the ground covered with snow, a battle when fought would be over a great plain where the south sun can be of no advan tage to either side. Battle Without Palpable Resnlt. RrsSlAN HKAIXJl'AF.TERS, H U AN MOl'NTAIN. Feb. 1. The five day of bat tle on the Hun river has yielded no palpa ble result, both sides practically maintain ing their former positions, though it is true that at a heavy cost the Russlnns succeeded in driving the Japanese out of their advanced position and repelling their flunking column. The Russian cavalry proved extremely efficient. There is again a lull In the campaign and It Is possible that military cperaluns will be suspended until the end if February. For five days Russian soldiers hurled themselves against the defences and field artillery pounded them until the frorty air reverberated with the thunder of w-nn, the din of bursting shells and the i...ue of musketry, but neither steel pointed shell nor nickel bullet avai'ed ugainst the frozen earthworks. The gunners actually wept with despair at the Impotence of the at tack. Mortar batterlps came up at u gallop In the hope of demolishing the fortiflca- tlons. NishUand oay the stream of shall was poured agalnAt tbo enrthworks, but It had very little effect. The men seemed Indifferent to hunger and cold, which lat ter was of Arctic Intensity. Their fingers, hands and feet were benumbed, while stinging snow and dust blinded them. The I slightest wound caused excruciating pain Warm blood no sconer exuded from lacer ated flesh than It began to freeze. The wounded could not be left exposed, and if they did not receive attention within an hour they died. The surgeons, their as sistants abJ nuren were almost poweries In the bandaging of wounds, for they were obliged to wear leather gloves or mittens ln order to resist the cold. The men J standstill the box of the sleigh was dl seemed to be living again the horrors of rectly across the r ilirond track. The pilot the winter campaign of 1812 against the pf lne engine struck the sleigh with great Turks. Everything that could he done wa . force, reducing It to .Tllnters nnd fciirlinr j done, but man was powerless in the face : of nature, which heaped tortures upon the troops and defeaied the well thought out pIang of the commander i i Oyama Seads Report TOKIO. Feb. 1. (Noon) Field Marshal , Oyama. reporting yesterday, says that the j Russian, bombarded his center and righ'. ""i, rrjemni anu i. nencnienpao. ! On January SI the Russians bombarded ! two companies of Infantry attacked Chen- I chlehpao. advancing from the south end. neer Peltaltsu. The Japanese repulsed ! tnera Two companies of Russian Infantry un successfully attacked Yatiupao, two miles northwest of Chenrhlehpuo and two bat- j t""on ff Russian Infantry and a regiment j J? fu'le,a " tn att.ack on TutaltKi. I 4 - 1 ST. TLT B no Vi s 1 rir n w-i n. I ---. 4 -. k. . t. . V. , r ... woundlng of Lieutenant General M it- -.,.- ' v,,h v.. v.... , cared for at Mukden, where th. hospital end train sre filled and the Red Cro. ccrpt IB B.llVfl The situation, ss it further develops. Is j ! better realized and understood, though It ' rot ,eM ominous, a the weather ha , moderated and the Japanese are aggre- i ,,ve Regarding th first report of Isrre Rus- lan louses. It Is now said that a consider- able part of the First corn and General Btakelberg. It. commander, ha rejoined the msln bodv of th army and retired to their old position.. Would Not Criticise Har. LONDON. Feb. 1 -Tbe Japanese minis- tr, Baron Hayaihi. hat requested tbe As sociated Press to point out that his state ment of Monday last regarding th In tegrity of China wa In no way Intended to criticise Secretary Hey or th United Elate government sincere efforts to pre vent further encroachments on Chinese territory. Baron Hayashl simply pointed out the causes of the difficulty in main taining the Integrity of China. PT. PETERSBURG. Tib. l.-General Kouropatkin, telegraphing under date of January Jf, says Sandepas was that day , m fit n " -rrn artillery, COLDEST NIGHT OF WINTER Therssosseter Ranges from Tea Be low at Chleesre to Thirty Below at stiles City. CHICAGO. Feb. t-At 1 o'clock this (Thursday morning the thermometer In this city registered 10 degrees bel w sero, a falling off of eight degrees since 7 o'clock last night. The weather forecaster ssys that before morning the temperature will reach fif teen below. Reports from many points In the west and northwest say that the coldest weather of the winter prevails early this morning. Miles City, Mont., reports thirty below, with the Mercury rapidly falling Reports tonight from the lake region, the middle west and northwest show that a col 1 wave extends over a wide territory. Including Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Da- kotas, Montana and the Northwest Ter rltory. The temperatures range from two degrees below lero In Chicago to twenty eight below at Havre, Mont. Among the points where the temperature was below zero was the following: Chi cago. 2; Milwaukee, 10; St. Paul, 16; Kan sas City. 4: Omaha, 14; Des Moines, 12; Bismarck. 20; Havre, 28; Calgary, 2ti. Bl'TTE, Mont., Feb. 1 Reports from throughout the stste tonight Indicate that the lowest temperatures of the winter thus far will be reached. The cold wave Is sweeping Montana, Mile City tonight reporting thirty degrees below ero, with fifty expected before . morning. Other eastern Montana points report tonight from eighteen to twenty-six points below. Stock Interest In the eastern part of the ftate will suffer if the cold weather con- tlnues any length of time. KANSAS CUT. Mo., Feb. 1. The tem perature here at t:S0 tonight was four below aero and still falling. The cold is very severe throughout Kansas, Wichita reportlng. ten Mow tonight. Cattle on the western Kansas ranges are suffering. In Oklahoma and Indian Territory the cold est weather of the season prevails. The body of Clifford Morton, a Sac and Fox Indian who was frozen to death, was found at Stroud, Okl., today. TRAIN STRIKES BOB SLED Ten' Women Killed aad Three Serl oasly Hart la Grade Crosslna; Accident. HORNELLSVILLE, N. T., Feb. l.-A passenger train on the Pittsburg. Shawmut 4 Northern railroad tonight crashed into a sleich containing thirteen women, killing j ten of them and seriously Injuring the 1 remaining three. The accident occurrrcd near Arhport. The sieigh was one of three carrying a party from the Universalis: church of this city. The dead: MRS. MARY GIU..ETT. AIRS. CHARLES THOMAS. MH3. El 'GENE FHAW. MP.S. JOSEPH H A f.LETT. MHS C. C. GRAVES. MP.-. ItEP.T MOORE. MH, f'TH Fi'i'FV MRS. FRED BOTGHTON. MRS. FRED GREEN. MRS. WALLACE COATES. 1 he Injured: Mrs. E. R. Rewiy. Mr. Mattews. Mrs. Bond. . . . ... -,. .. Member of the Ladles' All society "of the 1niversallBt church went to a farm house near Arkport to pprnd the afternoon. It was nearly dark when they started to return to the city. The occupants of the leading sleigh saw the train approaching as they neared the crossing. The driver urged his horses ahead and the sleiph passed over the trucks in safety. Tiie women in the first s.eigh then attempted to warn those In the one following of the danger, nnd they did succeed In directing their attention to the rapidly approaching train. The driver pulled up his horses, but he could not check the hesvy bobsled quickly enough and when it came to a j the women In all directions. Every" woman the sled was killed or Injured. The train was stopped and the dead and injured were brought to Hornellsville. Elisha Quick, driver of the second sleigh, ; ailcnDiairjij i jc CTNn,!ri PAT j ll tUnlnlunAUo I ANLUNb rAT Prediction Made that Xo Senator Will Re Elected by Missouri I.esTlslnture. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Feb. 1 No election resulted from the thirteenth ballot, ; tak(n today , j(lint gesf,lor) for Vni,cC States senator to succeed Francis M. Cock rill and the session disolved for the day. The bailot resulted: Cockrel! 78, Nled rlnghaus 72. Keren 12. Pettlji hn I, Solon 0, Gllmore of Kansas City 1; G. A. Finkein burg of Bt. LouIh 1. The total votej rast i ,. m f whJch H . f j ,,, Tho I The declaration of Thoma. K. Viedrlng- . . haus, the repubnn caucus nominee, that under no circumstances would he consent to withdraw from the senatorial contest, even though an important embassy were offered to him by President Roosevelt has served to strengthen the prevalent opinion of the politicians that no senator will be elected at this session of the legislature. It was currently reported that such an offer was to be made so that harmony In the republican ranks might be restored. Niedringhau lost two votes today. Whi taker of Hickory, voted for Judge Fir.klnburg. and Brown of Grundy, voted for Pettljohn. Brown was one of the first representatives to declare for Kerens for senator. He got Into the Neldrlnghaus camp after the caucus choice had been announced, but ays he left Nledrlnghaus to stay. i i Kaim N K 1-N Kt-h I an v i wiiLm .n -v .a - -w ' 1 Accident at Graad Rapid. Mica- "Will Probably Result ia Four Deaths. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. Feb. I. Sty per son, were Injured, four probably fatally, ' tonight, when a Grand Rapids de Indiana j northbound passenger train crashed Into a street cor on th West Leonard street ' crossing. The street car was tossed fifty j feet. The Injured: I Mia Nellie Folkarslma, aged SO. arm and i le h and Injured Internally; will ' frobably die. Mis. Alice Gosling, aged 22, cut about head and body; condition serious. John Qulst. arm broken, Injured about bead and body: probably fatally. Nlchola DeToung. Injured about head Rii.ids. All the Injured were residents of Grand end hue";-; serious. ".merles a vYaaiaa turn tinny Walts KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1 - 'The American Woman" company, with Miss Amber Law lord In the lending role, whic h finished its engagement here tontsht, has disbanded and the members will luv for Chicago te rn or row. I GRAIN RATE SLASHED AGAIN i Missouri Pacific Makes it Eleven Cent Omaha to the tulf. CHICAGO LINES EXrtCfED TO FOLLOW Other Roads litl-esed at Action of Rock Island In Rednrlns the Rates front Iowa Points. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. iPpeclnl Telegram.) The ral.road war new going on between the lines hading from the corn belt to the Gulf of Mexico tnd lines leading to Chi cago and the Atlantic seaboard has become, from the magnitude of Interests involved and the losses to the roads, the most de structive warfare ever waged in the west. Today the Missouri Pacific tek graphed a tariff to the interstate Commerce commis sion at Washington giving a rate of 11 cents a hundred pounds from Omaha to New Orleans, It) cents to Memphis and Little Rock and S tents to St. Louis. When the war began the rates were IS cent from Omaha to New Orleans and I cents from Omaha to 6t. Louis. Then came a number of reductions, the last being 1JH cent from Omaha to New Orleans. It was tlii rate which Chicago lines met when they in nounced the through rate of l1 cents from Omaha to New York. If the Chicago roads meet the last cut of the Missouri Pacific they will have to go to IS cents from Omaha to New York. It has been the open policy of the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Chi cago Great Western to rollow the gulf roads down to the bottom and It is ex pected that new rates will be on their way to Washington before tomorrow night. The action of the Rock Island, which was followed today by the Northwestern. In cutting their rates from Iowa points to Chicago 1 to 4 cents a hundred pounds, aroused more bitterness among the railway men than any move heretofore In the war. Some of the biggest Chicago shipping con cerns allied themselves together and agreed to support the Milwaukee and the Great Western on the through Omaha business. It was claimed that the reductions were made in order to retaliate on those roads which had led the fight for low through rales. If the entire traffic In grain from the west can be demoralized It is said that peace will come that much sooner, hence the Rock Island's move. At the office of that company It was stated that the re ductions were made simply to protect the Iowa farmers against the extremely low rates now being made from Nebraska point. WINCHELL CN JFREIGHT RATES President of Rock Island aye Pro posed Kcsrolaiions Mill Not Abolish Secret Rebatea. CHICAGO. Feb. l.-B. L. Wlnchell, presi dent of the Chicago. Rock Island & raciflc railway, gave out he following statement tonight in regard to the proposed govern ment regulHtion of freight rates: The .tatemerit issued last nlpht by Samuel Spencer, president ef the Southern railway, in regard to the supervision of freight rates by the government, wems to me to be a sane and truthful expression of he situs tlon ns Tf appears to the railroad men of the fruited Slates.. I heartily agree with Mr. Spencer In all that he says. As the sub ject has been raised there are a few points, however, which 1 t-hould like to mnke in d. ! d:tlon. The lirst iu that aside from public uiiciuncen oi various commercial organiza tions I have not found that there Is any deep-seated desire of business men In gen eral for the establishment of a rate making power over the railronds. The second is that In dlscusnlnr the niie. tion of rate supervion with manv lnter- csted persons, 1 have not found one who j did not admit, when pressed, that his real I objection is to prevent secret rebates. As ir. epencer in nis statement explained, there is no relation between the two. but really every one confuses them and bas his demand for rate supervision on' his ob jection to secret rebates, whirh none of the proposed legislation can touch The most Important point of all Is that those who have anv real desire for a rate making power at Washington are accen tuated by a desire for the commercial bet terment of one town aa against that of an other, and that desire can never be satis fied Geography can't be muds over and no legislative power In Washington can ever have anv Binhnrlty that will enable us to change the map. ROW OVER A LINE" FENCE One Man Is Killed aad Five Persons Injured In Fend Fight it Georgia. ABBEVILLE. Ga., Feb. 1. One person was killed and five wounded a the result of a feud over a line fence near Rhine, seven miles west of this place. The dead : W. H. LIVINGSTON, bailiff. Wounded: M. A. Burnham. P.. Brvant. W. T. Bryant. Tom Cnffee. Mr. Georgia Ray. Livingston and one of the Bryant, It 1 nl'eged, attacked and seriously beat a son of M. A. Burnham last Friday. Bumham met Bryant the next day and thrashed him. When the aggrieved men and their relatives met yesterday the shooting began. Mrs. Ray, a sister of the Bryants, rushed to the scene and was wounded by a stray bullet. Further trouble Is apprehended. FAMILY TRADITION KEPT UP Daughter of Llltlaa Russell Baa Her FlTSt Experience la Divorce Court. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. The runaway, mar riage of Lillian Russell's daughter, Doro thy, has ended In the divorce courts. In a petition filed In court her today Abbott L. Einstein, the husband. 1. charged with being extravagant, lazy and brutal. 'He refuses to work and I am compelled to support him," Is one complaint of the pe titioner. " Falling to get money from his wife, it i. declared, Einstein took S2.0U0 worth of her diamonds and spent the pro ceeds In gamtllng. Six week after man-lag Einstein is al leged to have beaten hi young wife se verity. H is alleged to have attacked her many other times. Twice, It 1 de clared, he threatened her with a revolver In disputes about money. TWENTY PERSONS ARE INJURED y-rlsro Freight Ttala Strikes Street Car la Fort Worth While Switching. FORT WORTH. Tex.. Feb. 1. Twenty person were Injured, two seriously, In collision between a freight train on the Bt. Louis & Bin Francisco rallrc ad and a street car at the stock yards crossing in the northern limits of thl. city today. About forty-five per.ona were In tbe car at the time of the accident. The air was thick with fog and the .took car. in front of a 'Frisco engine, according to tbe motor man, so obscured the headlight that be did not ae th train approaching. Nebraska weather forecast Warmer Thareday and Friday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour. Ileg. riuur. ! S a. m a 1 . m 13 a. m 4 Is. m 11 "a.m n Up. iu IO Ma.m ft 4 . tn II ta.m 1 1 r, p. m IS ion. m is ftp. is IS 11a. tn is T a. m IS lit m s. n 14 n. m IS MITCHELL AGAIN INDICTED Oreroa Senator Aerused of Aeceptlar 4..n for Exnedltlan- Illeaal Laad Claims. PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 1 -The grand Jury today Indicted United States Senator Jchn H Mitchell on another charge of brib ery and also Indicted Slate Senator George C. Erownell. one of the foremost repub lican politicians and lswyers la this slate, on charges of subornation of perjury. The Indictment against Mr. Mitchell al leges that while a senator from this state to the federnj congress he accepted on seven different occasions sums of money aggregating It. .00 from a timber land agent named Frederick R. Krlb for eniee ren dered. It Is alleged. In Inducing Congress man Binger Hermann, then commissioner of the general land office at Waihirigton. to expedite, make special and approve cer tain applications for rubllc lands and rec ommerij the Issuing of patents to the lands. The Indictment against Senator BrowncU charges that Mr. Rrownell caused Fred Slevers and John Howland to swear falsely that certain field notes In connection with the aurvey of public Jand In eastern Ore gon were true. Specifically the Indictment against Sena tor Mitchell recites that Krlb was en gaged In the business of procuring and aid ing persmis In making application to pur chase tracts of land In the Roseburg land district in this state and also aiding them to secure the lands by means of alleged false statements that they were not apply ing for them on speculation. After going on to say that the services of Congressman Hermann as commissioner of the general land office were necessary In having the applications expedited and hav ing the patents Issued, the Indictment nays that Frederick R. Krlbs contracted for the services of John H. Mitchell and A. H. Tanner, law partners, and agreed to pay them for service rendered In part by Mr. Mitchell appearing before and persuading Binger Hermann, commissioner of tne general land office, to make special, expe dite and approve the applications and claims and recommend the issuance of pat ents on them as though they were lawful and bona fide applications and claims The Indictment states that the United States government was directly Interested In these latter and that the services were to be performed by Mr. Mitchell while a senator of this slate. The indictment then makes the charges that in consideration of these services Krlbs gave Mitchell two checks for SaOO each on a Roseburg, Ore., bank on February IS. IfcC; two checks on the same bank on June 14. 1902, for S1,0K each; one check on September 20, lies, for $o00; one check on January S, 1004, for toflO, ana one Check on October S. 1SXM, for 200. The 4H4w.twerrt against Benstor BrowneTl Involves the same district in which forged application for survey were made, upon which former Surveyor General Henry Meldrum wa convicted lort year. MRS. ROGERS MAY NOT HANG Governor Hears Evldeare In Her Behalf and Will Annonneo Ills Decision This Afternoon. MONTPELIER, Vt., Feb. 1. Whether Mary Mabel Rogers, now occupying the death cell at the Winds ir state prison, will die on the gallows next Friday afternoon, as ordered by the court in which the wa found guilty of .murdering her husband, Marcus Rogers, or be granted a reprieve while the snupreme court is petlt'.rned for a new trial, will be announced at Water bury tomorrow afternoon by Governor Bell. This much was made known by th gov ernor at the conclusion of a hearing given by him today and at which he was urged to grant a stay of execution. Governor Bell added that the privilege to resign be longed to the sheriff and deputies, who were among the petitioners, if they wish to be relieved from their dunes In the case. Toduy's hearing presented the unusual spectacle of five officers of the law chaiged with the Infliction of the death Jenalty, pleading with the governor of the state to delay their duties. These officers and the condemned woman were represented by counsel. Attorney General Fltts alone ap peared In opposition. Briefly, Governor Bell was asked to delay the execution until newly discovered evi dence could b- pr . ntel before the supreme court with a petition for a new trial. The petitioner, alleged that Leon Perham. now serving a life sentence for complicity In the crime, had reeenly confessed that hs had lied on the stand, swearing away Mr.. Roger.' life to save himself from the gal lows; that Mr. Rogers was an ocoessnry rather than the principal, according to Per ham'. alleged confession. In which he wrum ', ouoted as admitting that he and not Mrs. I Roger, administered the cholorofnrm; that there wa. hereditary Insanity In the Rog er, family, and that the physical condition of the condemned woman at the time the crime was committed was such a. to make hir mentally incapacitated. WOMAN SETS FIRE TO SELF Iowa tVomai Who Married Wasalao toa Man Bay. that She Waa Deceived. SEATTLE, Wa.h. Feb. l.-Mr.. Zella Bmlth, wife of George W. Bmlth of Coving ton, a .mall town a few mile, from here, committed suicide by tlelng a roll of cot ton batting about her throat and saturat ing it and her clothing with coal oil. She then went Into a small outhouse and set her garments on fire. When she wa. dis covered a few minute, later by a neighbor he wa. dead. Mr. Bmlth came to Cov ington a month ago from Iowa for the pur pose of marrying the man whom she n. I serted for death. She left a letter to her mother, In which .lie stated she had de ceived her husband and could no longer live with him. Movements of Ocean Vessel. Feb. 1. At New Tork Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm der Groase, from Bremen; Deutschland, from Genus Bal'ed; Rotterdam, for Rot terdam; Liguria, for Neples. At Manila Arrived: Tremont, from Ta coma. At Vckohsms Arrived: China, from Ban Fra nc'sco. At Temriffe Bailed: Rameses, for Beat tie. At IJverpool Arrived: Parisian, from Bt. John. N. R At A vorimoi' h Arrived : Mt. Calm, from Bt. J'.':n, N. B. At lond n Arrived : Montrose, from Bt. John, N. P.. At wueenstown Bailed: Baxonla, for Boston. A' Liverpool Sailed: Oceanic, or New Tork. SAVES WATER BILL Howell Decides it is Sst Bafs to Vote on 1st Measure Yesterday. SENTIMENT IS TURNING AGAINST IT Hapes to Stem the Tide by Lsiting it Go Orer a Day. TWENTY DAYS OF THE SESSION ARE GONE Business as Well Adranred as at This Time Last Session. SHOULD FINISH UP IN THE SIXTY DAYS Ko Measure t y Before Either Hon) Which fhenld Consume Time . as Was the Case Two Tears Ago. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 1. tSpeorel Teletrain.) The Howell Omaha Water board bill wad not permitted to go to a final vote In tha house thus morning for the reason that tha Fontanelle club member, conceived tha idea that the bill had lost preatlr ana support and would be defeated If placed, upon Its pansage then. It probably will come up tomorrow. It should have beet voted on today, but the usual course of proceedings wa. not carried out. Knowing his chnnnca of getting the bill passed were decidedly slim, Howell, wti has been lobbying on the floor of the houae for the bill for a week, called Clarke. Dodge and Andersen into conference and decided to have a motion made to pass orer tho order of bill on third reading on tha ground that a many member, were ab sent it would be unjust to them to paas upon bills until their return. Jouvenat of Boone, when the speaker called for "hllta on third reading." made the motion to paaa this order. The motion carried and Howell and his crowd were saved from what they had tacitly admitted would have been their Waterloo. It Is believed that when the bill cornea) op for final action In the house some sur prises will be sprung on Howell and hla companions, for It Is manifest member who voted a few days r to recommend It for passage have looked Into the bill and found It to be a bad piece of clusa leg islation and sre ready to vote against It. It Is generally known by this time that tho prime object of the bill Is to save tha water board law, enacted at the Instance of Howell two years ago, and thus give to Howell a fat Job. doing nothing at tha heavy expense of Omaha. Member, who have legitimate and necessary legislation of their own and for tbelr. constituents to look out for have begun asking themselves why they should let themselves be used aa tools by Howell when supporting hla bill will tend to do them more Injury than good. The fact that six of the Douglas delegation are against the bill and only three in favor of It Is having a vital and telling effect upon the members front outside dtslricta. Twenty Days Are Gone. The hnuse and senate today romfllirtadr the twentieth dny for the session. Speaker Rouse believes, 'therefore, th sesaion need not be prolonged, until April 1. aa IS gen erally the case. Hal points out that while the legislature ha taken the tint month to put in twenty day It ought to do better than that from now on, as It will not bo necessary to take a. many day. off in tha future a. It ha. been thu. far. Tha rank and file of the members, however, think If the sixty-day limit is made by April 1 they will be doing very well. Two years ago the session began January S and closed April 8. making Just sixty-five legislative day.. This year it began Janu ary t. The revenue bill was the big thrng two years ago, and It will be remembered that besides occupying much of th time of both houses while they were In session, brought about an adjournment January a until February t to give time for the Joint committee to perfect the bill. February S was the twentieth day of the last session. but es has Just been nuid a recess of ten ; day. was taken and Hi- nst day of January j was the nineteenth d so that after all I the session this year is no further ad vanced. The last of January this year, aa . two years ago, was the nineteenth day. j The house particularly is well up with tta work. General file is practically clear, aj ' though many bills are up for final paasaga. In the house this year, up to today, tU bills have been Introduced and In tha b ; ate 14-X as compared with 27Jn th house I two years ago and lf2 In the senate, i Speaker Rouse has affixed hi signature to i Just three bills, those relating to legislative ' expenses and another formal appropriation . measure. Of .1! the bills in both house. , thus far not one can be called a measure of I unusual statewide Interest. , i Talk ef Charter BUI. y , The Omaha member, have decided to do ' nothing more toward changing the proposed charter bill submitted by Andersen, but let i those amendments agreed on last night be ' Incorporated In tbe Andersen bill. Ander- sen said today he would not push hi. hill now In, but embody th. new feature. In tha biil and reintroduce it as an entirely hew , measure. "1 do not fully approve all th change the delegation agreed on," .aid Andersen, "but to get a charter generally good for I Omaha am willing to let the, change go. at least until the matter can come to a : bead In the house. Then If we desire to change the bill bark we may be able to do ; o. I was especially anxious to preserve I that provision in my bill fixing th tlm of city elections In the fall instead of th spring, but the delegation did not se It that way, and bo lo facilliat matter. I ' gave in." , The new bill will be introduced as aooa a. possible. Protection of Trademarks. Representative Andersen of Douglas to day introduced a bill to protect persons. associations and union, cf worklngmen and ! other. In their labels, trade mark, and j forms of advertising. Ths bill provide, for ' filing the same with the secretary of .tat ; by leaving two cople. with that officer, , whereupon a certificate of record .hall laau ' to the party filing th same, and in all prosecutions under thi. act such certincAl of record shall be deemed sufficient proof of tbo adoption of such label, trad mark or form of advertisement and th right of such person, association or union to adapt th same. It also provides for a penalty for violation of this law of thirty day. in jail or a tine of not less than lS nor mora than SlOu. It also provides for restraining parties by Injunction from using their labels. oath Omaha Mea oa Deck. A large delegation o South Omaha of ficials and cltisens attended a meeting Of the house committee on cities and town and th aenat committee on municipal af fairs, held Jointly this afternoon at the capitol building. Th meeting cntlnaad