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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
