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8 FOR A CHARACTERISTICALLY WEST. ERN NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE The Omaha Daily Bee. 1 THE BEE IS THE PREFERRED ADVER. TISING MEDIUM IN ITS TERRITORY ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1905 TEN FAMES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. 1Jm FIGHT ALONG WHOLE LINE Great Battle One. Hundred Milei Long Eaging in Manchuria. RUSSIAN LEFT WING IS TURNEI Communication! Are in Danger and Konro patkin May Be Torced Back. COUNTER ATTACKS BY CZAR'S MEN Japa Left Wing; Driten Back and Eussiana Occupy Baniiapn. RESULT IS YET PROBLEMATICAL Should Left Wing of Slavs Be Fur ther Rolled t'p Retreat to Tie Vu.au Will Be Kc- SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION Japa Tarn Left f lank of Rusalaas Koaropatkla Makes Trro lea tral Attacka. ii t MUKDEN. Feb. 28. Noon. Fighting ts In progress today along the whole line, the Japanese attacking everywhere. All at tacks this morning were beaten bark and the Russians made counter attacks at many places. On the right flank the Rus sians occupied the village of Boatatzsl, which Is close to Sandlapu. and from that position hurled hand grenades across the Intervening ravines Into the Japanese trenches In Sandlapu, causing heavy loss and greet disorder. The Russians have seised the head of K ins DnngB mcroni- diimiiv ...... ... v.. . iv .- canter nf the Jananese lines assltsed by Lj!, artillery firing of particular energy from f)'- Putlloff hill and Novogorod hill, f i Ten determined attacks opposite Yanslng- tung and west of Vanupudzl were all re pulsed with heavy loss. The situation on the Russian left flank is unchanged a compared with Monday venlng. Counter Attack of Raaalans. ' ST. PETERSBURG. March 1. 1:60 a. m. Last evening' news from Manchuria is of the most important nature, the Associated ' Press dispatch from Mukden, which waa transmitted at noon mesaay. inuicus that general batUa was beginning along ths whole of the 100 miles of ront occu pied by the two armies. General Kouro patkln appears to have taken a leaf out of Field Marshal Oyama's book and re plied to General Kurokl's attacks on the Russian left by a counter attack on the Japanese left, in which General Kaulbar's initial success Is better for the Russians than tha beat efforts of General Grlppen berg. the Russian vanguard being estab lished at the outskirts of Sandlapu. At the earn time Goneral Kouropatkln deliv ered a blow against the Japanese center, seising a railroad bridge acrosa the Bhakhe rlvar. These reports, therefore, gave a more hopeful aspect to the situation, as tha Russian army, though driven, out of Da pass, appears to havs succeeded in topping,- at-least-tor 4 he-moment, the fur ther "advance o the Japanese eastward """fcnd, beaten off the attack on the oentee. Raaalaaa May Forced Back. The effect of yesterday's development on General Kouropatktn's reported inten tion to withdraw from the Shakhe la problematical. Retirement in the face of n enemy, which is extremely hazardous tinder any circumstances, is doubly dan gerous when the armies are grappling In a tneral engagement: but If General . Kuroki succeeds In rolling up the Rus sian left much further the perilous ex pedient may become necessary. The coun ter strokes on the right and center may possibly be Intended to cover the with drawing trains and stores. If. however, General Kouropatkln is determined to stand and fight out the battle on the line which he has held during the winter, and If he should be able to administer a vig orous check to General Kuroki, he has ii secured a good position tor nia second movement in the great game. Alarm at St. Petersburg. Tha fragmentary omcial and press re ports of the fresh reverse sustained by mT General Kouropatkln are Inadequate to .JMs draw a conclusion of the magnitude of ,V-v f3-- TfnrnUi'-i ilpfpnft fLffninnf lh T?iih. elan left, but the public, as usual. Is ready to believe the worst, and the city la al ready full of reports that a big disaster has again overtaken the Russian arms, according to which Mukden has been out ,' flanked and Is untenuble and Kouropatkln I la withdrawing from his atrong position on the Bhakhe river. That such reports are exaggerated is beyond question, but although reticent and seeking to minimize the operations of the last few days the official of the War office are plainly dls cou raged at the fashion In which Kuroki Is able to drive In and turn the Russian extreme left, his advance columns actually crossing the Shakhe river. i It la admitted that the fighting was des- Vr Derate at several passes Sunday and Mon day while the front wu being Involved, 1 the purpose of Field Marshal Oyama evi dently being to keep the center and right naaaed and prevent Kouropatkln from sending reinforcements to head off Kuroki Bliould Kuroki cross the Hun river, the high road to Tie puss, forty miles north ) of Mukden, would be open and Kouropat- kin's retreat threatened. Further news Is awulted with great anx lety. Anything like a decisive Japanese victory now would probably end the war General Koui tpatkiii, In u dispatch to Emperor Nicholas dated toduy, says: Ten attacks made by two Japanese bat (niimii ami some cavalry west of the vll i,iu of TunHiiitoua have been repulsed The Japanese renewed the attack lit the morning oi rcunmry i aim wo khiu repulsed. They lift 100 corpses In front of our positions. The Russian loss blx man. Threaten Haaalan Connertlona. RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, lU'AN mni'XTAlN. Manchuria. Feb. 28. The ' i,,n.n,M uttuck was renewed at dawn yesterday along the whole eastern front and Da pass was taken ufier fighting of the most stubborn character. An engage ment simultaneously was in progress on the front, extending almost twenty miles from the extreme left, eastward of Kan dolesan, where the Japanese opened a heavy artillery fire, to the district of Lsvollnsan, where the Japanese advanced In great force, meeting with stubborn re sistance. The capture of Da pass opens the road to Fushun, east of Mukden and Tie pun, ; but tha Russians are gathering a strong force to meet me threatened attack on their line of communications. The Japa nese attack was supported by a strong purk of artillery, a reserve of seven but teries being discovered east of Kandolesan, Which is yut silent. The Japunese army now holds a line from Byaobtmu opposite Dxliantun through 1 i Fighting on a large male Is In progress between the Russian and Japanese armies n Manchuria. General Kouropatkln, after meeting the initiative of the Japanese in the eastern part of the Shukhe valley, assumed the aggressive In the western portion yesterduy and under cover of a heavy artillery fire from I'utlloff hill and Novgorod hill succeeded in driving the J, se from a position In the out skirts Sandlapu. Simultaneously the Russia Hacked and captured a railroad bridge X h i Japanese center. Much e serious Is the Japanese move against Russian left wing which threat ens unl 'iilckly checked to oblige Gen- Itkin to abandon the positions h er which he has occupied and Tg the winter. confirmation of the report Hlan commander-in-chief hus iperor that retreat northward eral Ko on the 1. fortified There that the notified tl has beoon.V imperative. FIND GRAFT IS JAPANESE ARMY Friction Between Emperor and Diet Shown at the Hearing. TOKIO, Feb. 2S.-The Diet has adopted the report and settled the accounts of the committee appointed to Investigate the questions arising over the contracts for the construction of barracks at Hokkaido, pro nouncing the expenditure there aa Illegal and unwarrantable. The ruling of the chair preventing a vote on the question of addressing the emperor on the subject produced a turbulent scene during the cloning hours of the discussion. the Diet being angered because Secretary' of War Teraoutchl said that he was an swerable to the sovereign and not to the Diet. Tho Diet committee summoned M. Ter aoutchl before the Diet and briefly ques tioned him on the subjept of contracts which were let before his entrance Into the ministry. The opponents of the govern ment admit that M. Teraoutchl Is blame less In the matter. It Is expected that Chief Quartermaster Tomatsu, who resigned after assuming the responsibility of the contracts under dis cussion, will be restored to Ms position. CRUISER SQUADRON OX CRUISE Under Prince Loo Is British Shlpa To Visit American Waters. PORTSMOUTH, England, Feb. 28. King Edward today bade farewell to the Second cruiser squadron, which, under the com mand of Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, will sail tomorrow for the Mediterranean and in the autumn proceed to American waters. The king slept on board the armored cruiser Drake, Prince Louis' flagship, and this morning Inspected the rear admiral's half dozen war craft, described by naval men aa "battleships In disguise," ail of which are capable of making twenty-three knots per hour. Strikers Demands Granted. WARSAW, Feb. 28. (Noon.) At a meet lng of the board of directors of the Vistula railroads today It was decided to grant most of the strikers' demands. It Is hoped that train service will be resumed later in the day. 4 p. m. Tho Jewish store clerks who truck work are now parading the Jewish quarter, forcibly compelling the merchants who have not yielded to the strikers' de mands to close their shops. . RATE WAR WILL CONTINUE Conference of Railway Presidents at Chicago Falls to End War for Grain Traflle. CHICAGO, Feb. 28. An attempt by rail road presidents and trafflo managers of sev eral railroad companies to end the destruc tive grain rate war today ended In failure and the meeting adjourned until Friday morning. It waa argued that the fight between lines running to the gulf and the seaboard would react on the railroads in corigress in view of the dangers of adverse rate legislation the fight would have to end. A fuctor In the proposed settlement waa that the destruction ' of the elevators and docks of the Illinois Central railroad at New Orleans had greatly reduced facili ties for handling export grain at southern porta. It waa argued that the old uniform rates should be revived. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28. Vice President J. T. Harahan and a party of engineers of the Illinois Central arrived here today in a special car and visited the scene of Sunday's fire. we have concluded arrangements to use the Rosenbaum elevator at Charlmette and our grain cars are now being sent here," said Mr. Harahan. "We may also make use of the elevator at Westwegn. We shall replace the docks upon an Improved and more extensive scale and new elevators will be erected at once." PHILADELPHIA MEN AT PRAYER Divine Aid la Asked for Craaade to Re Waged Against Vice. If (Continued ou Sixth I'uge.) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28.-D(vine aid was today Invoked by ministers and lay men in the crusude against vice that Is now In progress nnd at two meetings, one for ministers at the Church of the Holy Trinity, and tho other under the auspices of the Northwest Women's Christian Tem perance union, for all Christian men and women, prayers were offered for the civil betterment of the city and for all those In authority. The gathering at Holy Trinity church had been culled by Rev. Dr. Floyd W. Tomklns, the rector; Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and Rev. Dr. Kerr Boyce Tupper, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Bishop Cyrus Fobs of the Methodist Episcopal church. Invi tations had been sent to every minister In the city and over 200 of them were pres ent. ALLEGE A PLOT TO DEFRAUD St. Paul Employment Agent Accused for Trying; to Secare Land Wrongfully. ST. PAUL. Feb. 28-Wllllam T. Horsnell, proprietor of a real esjate and employment agency here, is under arrest on a charge of securing by conspiracy homestead titles to 16,001) acres of public lands In Minne sota. His hearing waa continued a week. The alleged frauds were committed within the past two years. Horsnell la said to have Induced rxrsona who applied to him for positions to make applications for homestead entries, giving them us much as lloo for filling out application blanks on which title to laud waa subsequently se cured by mn raid to have been In con spiracy with Horsnell to defraud the United States. RUSSIAN POLICE IMPOTENT Terrorists Place Printed Notices on Pnblio Buildings at St Petersburg. MAXIM G0PKY IS BANISHED TO RIGA Novelist Seleeta Hla Place of Real- dence After Being Told that He Cannot Live at Capital. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. a.-The utter Impotency of the police In face of the ter rorist organization Is shown by the Increas ing boldness of the latter all over St. I'etersburg. Even on the steps of the public buildings simple notices of Grand Duke Serglus' death were found. They read: The sentence of death passed upon Ser- giua Alcxandrovitch was executed Febru ary 17. (Signed) . "The Fighting Organization of the Social Democratic Party." Moreover, the notices were neatly printed, a thing unknown in the days of the late Interior Minister von Plehve when similar notices were always run off on copying ma chines. The secret police then were too close on the heels of the terrorists to permit of the use of a printing press. The Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, whose husband, the Grand Duke Vladimir, Is high' on the list of those condemned to dnath, is trying to shield his life with her own. Since Red Sunday the grand duke has not only been showered with threats and warnings, but has twice received from abroad formal letters signed by different groups Informing him of his sentence to death and of the assignment of men to ex ecute It. At the same time the Grand Duchess Marie, like the Grand Duchess Elizabeth in the case of Grand Duke Ser glus, was notified that her life and her son's lives would be spared and she was appealed to not go abroad in her husband's company. The letters naturally terrorized the family and household of the grand duke, who tins aged greatly during the last few weeks un der the strain of what he insists Is the un just criticism which placed the responsibil ity for the bloodshed of January 22 wholly on his shoulders. Vladimir Not Afraid. Although the grand duke's health had been failing for over a year, he Is now al most a complete wreck. For a time the en treaties of his family and the warnings of tha police sufficed to keep him within the walls of the palace, but since the funeral of Grand Duke Serglus Grand Duke Vladi mir has shaken off restraint, declaring that be refuses to show cowardice and not only drives out in a closed carriage, but on Sun day walked .for a short time up and down the quay In front of tho Winter palace. At his side, however, on each occasion was the Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, The grand duke tries to elude her, but she Insists on being Immediately dressed, donning wraps and accompanying him. Today Grand Duke Vladimir received a letter from one group which had previously warned him, saying his sentence was temporarily suspended, which Is attributed either to a more cor rect appraisement of his share In the events of January 22 or to a general decision of the terrorists to give the autocracy a breathing spell and await the result of the assassina. tion of Grand Duke Serglus. The latter co- hicldea with the view of those' acquainted with the methods of the terrorists, who point out that a succession of assassination would defeat their object by compelling the emperor in the interest of the safety of the Imperial family to thrust aside all question of concessions and to sanction the most drastic measures of repression. ' Gorky GoeaKto Riga.. Maxim Gorky, who was released from the fortress on yesterday on $2,500 bail, was banished late last night to Riga after he had been Informed of the decision of Gov ernor General Trepoff that he could not re side in St. Petersburg. According to the official statement Gorky himself preferred a request that he be al lowed to reside at Riga, and thereupon General Trepoff acceded and the author was conveyed to the railroad station. In the meantime Madame Gorky had been In formed of the author's release and went to the railroad station to bid him farewell. Madame Gorky and her son will join Gorky In Riga Immediately. Count Alexis Ignatieff, a member of the council of the empire, has been appointed president of the special conference for the revision of the exceptional laws designed for safeguarding public order. The com mittee of ministers has come to the con clusion that the Jewish restriction laws, the method of dealing with political agi tators and similar special measures do not effect the desired results. Therefore, with the approval of the emperor, a revision has been decided upon. More Strikes at Warsaw. WARSAW, Feb. 28. The strike situation In Poland is far from encouraging. A gen eral strike of shop assistants in Warsaw Is expected tomorrow unless the demands of the men are conceded. Seventy-five per cent of the employers are willing to givd In, but the remainder refuse to do so. The domestic servants also threaten to strike tomorrow. The coul supply In Warsaw is diminish ing and prices are repldly advancing owing to the situation at Sosnovtce, where few mines are being operated. Negotiations between the employers and strikers are continuing, but there appears to be little hope of a successful outcome. All the cool received here now is coming from Silesia. The situation was further complicated today by a strike of the coal car drivers. I The owners of the great cotton mills at Zyrardoff today notified lu.OoO strikers that unless they returned to work Immediately the mills would be closed for six months. There Is some evidence of a recredcscence of the Lodz strike. The Vistula railway strike still continues and Is costing the company $37,500 daily. The fact that the line has been placed under martial law appears to have no effect. The chief ob stacle to a settlement of the dispute seems to be the strikers' demands for the aboli tion of the rule restricting the employ ment of Poles to a small percentage. The directors are awaiting the decision of the St. Petersburg authorities on this point. COMMITTEE IS TURNED DOWN Senate Orders It to (tesiort Reaolo- tloa latrndnced Dillon. PIERRE, S D., Feb. . (Special, Tele gram.) The only relief from the grind In the senate this afternoon was over the reso lution by Dillon memorializing congress for a constitutional amendment to regulate trusts. This was being held in the rules committee, which had reported a resolution of Its own covering about the same ground, Dillon and Lawson taking the lead in the discussion, which resulted In adopting Dil lon's resolution and ordering the commit tee to report his resolution. The senate passed senate bills appropriat ing $3,000 for premiums at the state fair; appropriating $13,000 for buildings , on the state fair grounds at Huron; requiring for eign corporations doing business in the state to pay license; providing that where an assistant Is employed for the county attorney the pay shall come from his sal ary; appropriating $1,000 to the agricultural college for plant experiments. The senate rushed through a number of laws by passing house bills authorizing 2 mills deficiency levy for this year legaliz ing certain probate proceedings In Charles Mix county; to provide compensation for county boards of health; making the state food Inspector Inspector of liquors; author izing guardians to mortgage the property of a ward; appropriating $3,000 for an arte sian well at the Redfleld hospital; requiring any titles In future to be vested absolutely In the state before money can be appro priated for buildings; placing the flowage of artesian wells across the highways in charge of road overseers, and the house resolution for a constitutional amendment to allow municipal courts. The house put In the afternoon in com mittee of the whole on the caucus bill and la In night session. In the house this forenoon the Vanosdel resolution making it a felony for a public official to accept railroad passes, waa re ported out and was up for a vote on com mittee report The house concurred In the senate amend ments to the capltol building bill, and the general appropriation bill was Introduced, as was a bill to abolish the Springfield nor mal school. The appropriation bill carries $1,147,310, which Is about $S0,000 greater than for two years ago. The house at the night r'sslon passed house bills for the caucus law; allowing suits to be brought against corporations on Information; allowing judge to. fix com pensation of an attorney appointed In criminal cases, and allowing town boards to refund indebtedness without a vote at a lower rate of interest. MRS. CHADWICK TO BE TRIED Judge Overrules Motion of Coonael to Quash Two Indictments at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Feb. 28.-Judge Taylor of the United States district court to day overruled the motion of Attorney J. P, Dawley, counsel for Mrs. Chadwlck, that the two Indictments returned against her by the federal grand Jury on February 21 be quashed. Mc. Dawley argued at length on his mo tion to quash the Indictments, principally on the ground that the j.yV.'en sonfttsion of the late C. T. Beckwith, indicted as a co-consplrator with Mrs. Chadwlck, had been used as evidence before the grand jury. Dawley declared that this was Il legal, that such testimony before the grand Jury was clearly incompetent and prejudi cial to Mrs. Chadwlck. District Attorney Sullivan, In response, declared that if the court should hold Mr. Dawley's contentions to be good It would mean the complete abandonment of the whole grand Jury system. At the conclusion of the arguments Judge Tayler overruled Mr. Dawley's motion. Mrs. Chadwlck, who was in court, then entered a plea of not guilty to the two additional Indictments returned against her on February 21, charging conspiracy.. Mrs. Chadwlck's trial will commence before Judge Tyler Monday morning, the con splracy Indictments against her being taken up first. COUNCIL HONORS THE DEAD Paaaes Resolutions on Late Member Dyball and Then Adjourns. This resolution. Introduced by Councilman Nicholson, was adopted by the city coun cil last night after which adjournment was taken: Resolved, By the city council of the city Of Omaha that the Citv council hnu hanrH with profound Borrow and deep regret of the death of Robert W. Dyball, late a member of this council from the Seventh ward; that by his death Omaha haH lost an exemplary and progressive citizen, this council an active member and safe coun sellor, and the people a fearless, conscien tious officer. Resolved, Further, that this resolution be spread upon the Journal and a copv thereof be furnished to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That o a further mark of respect to the memory of the late Robert W. Dyball the council do now adjourn. Acting Mayor Zlmman sent a letter rec ommending that Councilman Dyball's desk be draped for thirty days, that a committee be appointed to frame suitable resolutions and that adjournment be taken without transaction of business. He expressed an j appreciation of the late councilman's char , acter and service to the city and said he vrua ivuRLiciuiuuB uj ill lllliut llliai. OUnCll- men Nicholson, Schroeder and Huntington were appolted as the committee. The council will hold a special meeting at 11 o'clock this morning to Introduce ap propriation ordinances and handle a few matters of minor interest but Important, MAY WHEAT DROPS" LOWER Break on Chicago Board Carries Dowa) May Option Nearly Three Cents. VOTE ON COLORADO CONTEST Joint Committee Will Take Final Ac tion oa Its Report This Afternoon. DENVER. Feb. 2b. The gubernatorial contest committee will vote tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock on the recommenda tions to be made to the joint assembly concerning tha respective merits of the claims of James 11. Peabody and Alva Adams to the governorship. These recom mendations will then be handed to Lieu tenant Governor Jesse F. McDonald, who will In turn transmit them to the joint as sembly on Thursday. A sub-committee of five, consisting of two democrats and three republicans, was appointed today to recom mend a method of procedure to the general assembly. The attorneys for the panics to the contest ask eight hours to a side for discussion. CHICAGO, Feb. 28 During a fresh break In prices wheat for May delivery sold to day at $1.13H. a drop of 2V&2 cents from last night's closing price. July fell a trifle over 2 cents. Following yesterday's sensational slump, the break today gave further indications of the abandonment of the May deal by eastern speculators. The market closed at almost the lowest point of the day. TWELVE LOST WITH VESSEL Schooner Jesae Mattaen Goes Down OS Tomalea Bay with Ita Crew. BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 28.VThe schooner reported lost off Tomales hay yesterday has been Identified as the Jesae Mattser. Twelve men were aboard at the time ami all were lost, according to a dispatch re ceived at the Point Reyes .weather sta tion. The steamer Mary C, which at first was thought to be the stranded vessel, la safe. The Jesse Mattscn waa loaded with gravel MRS. CODY TELLS HER S10RY She Denies All the Bensatianal Testimony of Her Husband's Witnesses. SAYS SHE DESIRES A RECONCILIATION Colonel Cody Shoald, However, Re- tract the Poisoning Chararea lie Made Against Her Hear ing; la Private. NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. Feb. 2S, (Spe cial Telegram.) The deposition of Mrs. Cody was taken this afternoon privately In the office of Wilcox A Halllgan, who are Mrs. Cody's attorneys in the case. Mr. Halllgan acted as counsel for Mrs. Cody and H. S. Rldgley for the colonel. Mrs. Cody quietly and calmly told In simple words the matters of her case. Mrs. Cody was dressed In black and her face plainly told the great grief Inflicted by the charges of wrong-doing mado by her husband of many years. Her story In brief was as follows: Mrs. Cody first told of the marriage of herself and the colonel, the birth of their children and the death of some of them. She then told of the property owned by herself and Colonel Cody. She said that in 1893 the colonel bought her present resi dence In the city of North Platte and gave It to Mrs. Cody as a present. She told of their former life before moving to North Platte, how they had lived In Kansas in tents and at Fort McPhPrson near this city in a log house. When their second child was born, because of her Inability to provide clothes and Cody's failure to pro vide, she accepted clothes for her children from Mrs. Walker. Before moving to Fort McPherson she and the colonel lived hap pily together and when asked as to how the colonel treated her she replied: "Treated me lovely. Wouldn't want a better man." After leaving Kansas they moved to Fort McPherson, where happiness still reigned In the home except that the colonel some times treated Mrs. Cody coolly on account of the attitude of his relatives toward her, but still she treated him the best she knew how and as any wife should treat her husband. He Family Jars. When asked as to whether or not quar rels ever marred their domestic happiness she said: 'To quarrel together was a thing we never done." While living at Fort McPherson the col onel drank a good deal. Later the couple moved to Rochester, N. T., and there all was happiness, except Cody's drinking at times made things somewhat unpleasant. Whenever he could he and came and vis ited and stayed with her and the conduct of the husband toward the wife and the wife toward the husband, except for Cody's drinking, was a round of happiness when he waa at home and neither had made complaint. Then the residence at Roch ester was abandoned and Cody and his wife took up life upon the road in the dramatic world and this lasted for a year, at the end of which time they moved to North Platte again. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Wednesday and Thursday, Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayi Hoar, Dev. Fonr. I)r. n a. m In p. m Ml A a. m an 2 p. m 84 T a. m as a p. m Ma. m 3H 4 p. m nl a. m aw ft p. m 41.1 10 a. m ...... 4.1 p. m ...... 11 a. in 4i T p. m M 11 n R4 N p. m 07 O p. m fiti ICE GORGES CLEAR STREAMS Railway Traffic Mo Longer Im peded by Effect of Breakup. Yesterday found railroads In better shape generally, so far as the bridge situation in concerned. The Union Puclfic and North western are both out of the woods, while ths Burlington was on easy street by evening, by which time the bridge over the Platte at Oreapolls was repaired. All the other Burlington bridges are In good shape. The Missouri Pacific's Kansas City nnd St. Louis trains are running over the Burlington tracks between Louisville and Omaha, on account of trouble with the bridge near La Platte. The Rock Is'.Hiid Is using the Burlington rails between Omaha and Lincoln. The absence of rain during the present warm spell has been much in favor of the railroads. ' tsid- fr - dramatlo- -worh -andr spent".' hiS off season of two or three months each year at home, where as usual all went well except for Cody's addiction to alcoholic beverages and never at any time made complaint as to Mrs. Cody's conduct to ward himself or his guests. Cody was always indulgent and tried to keep and make life happy for Mrs. Cody and she loved him and except for the liquor habit naught else occurred that would in any way interfere with the life of a pleasant home. When Cody later went Into the show busi ness he weuld spend his winters at home and before the Goodmans, who were Cody's sisters, came, all purchases of land, of which quite a few were made, were per formed after talking it over and planning with his wife, and in fact many of the purchases were made by her and in her name but, after the arrival of the Good mans Cody no longer consulted his help meet but seemed to place more confidence in the Goodmans in the purchase of lands. Whenever Cody would return from a trip on the stage, or with hla Wild West show he nearly always had his guests with him and these the wife prepared for before their arrival, and always entertained as loyally as she could, they In every event seemed well pleased, said as much and never made complaint of any sort. Frequently Colonel Cody and Mrs. Cody gave receptions to the best people of North Platte and in every case all were royally entertained and nought . but praise, and never complaint, came from those in attendance and much less from Buffalo Bill himself. Ceases Writing Home. Although the colonel drank, he never abused his wife or complained of her con duct. "If I said anything to him about his drinking he would pacify mo and tell me not to worry," said Mrs. Cody. The first Mrs. Cody ever heard of the colonel's accusation of her abusing hla guests was shortly before the petition for divorce was tiled and then her daughter Arta said that her father had told her that she had ubused the guests brought homo by the colonel. The colonel ceased writing to his wife in 1901. At Christmas time, 1901, the colonel came home nnd Mrs. Cody met him at the train, where she kissed him und he her, and they went home together, he saying, "I'm glad to see you, Mamma." Before this visit, when away, the colonel would write letters to hla wife every week or two, and at times every day. Some of these letters were saved by Mrs. Cody, others destroyed. Those that were saved DRAGGING INJTHE PRESIDENT Partisans In Mlaaonrl Muddle Say He' Attempted to Influence Sen atorial Election. I JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 28-Frank D. Ellis, formerly the confidential repre sentative of National Committeeman and Subtreasurer Thomas J. Akliis, testified be fore the senate Investigating committee to night stating that Akins had told him that President Roosevelt had asserted to Aklns that under no circumstances must R. C. Kerens be elected to the United States senate from Missouri. Mr. Ellis went on to say that Mr. Aklns told him that Presi dent Roosevelt had said he "did not want any more senators like Elklns, Clark and Kearns of Utah." That portion of the testimony follows: "Now, when Mr. Aklns got back from Washington what did he tell you that he had learned there?" "Well, he told me that the administration did not want R. C. Kerens elected United States senator, that Is what he told me. He said also In that conversation, I call to mind, that he president didn't want any more Elklns, Kearns of Utah or Clark of Montana In the senate; that ha was having more trouble with them now than with the rest of the senate, and he didn't want any largo railroad corporation Interested In a United States senator, that Is what he said that was published." "But the president had made no obJec tlon as far as you know to Mr. Porker, the railroad attorney?" "Oh, no, no, I never heard of any." "Are you acquainted with Thomas J. Aklrs?" "Yes, sir." "What do you know about him In eon- During the early years here Cody etteJnectlon with the last campaign and what . j J . I.. . .W MnfM,li)illt'-. - - ' - - he-didrv- "Welt',' I can state to you that I was with him every day. I was secretary tip to Sep tember and after the election I saw him every day. He wns very much Interested in finding a candidate that could beat Mr. Kerens and it did not seem that he could get many choices that he thought could beat him. That wns his talk with me al ways." "Do you know who he was for at first?" "About the' 26th day of November he wrote me a letter purporting to be from Washington. It wns really written In the subtreasury In St. Louis, and It was sent to me at Springfield. That was the first time he had ever said to me positively that he was for L. F. Parker." FLOOD OF NEW BILLS Fifty-Nine Come in On Last Day for riling1 in the House. NEW CHARTER FOR OMAHA ONE OF THEM Onlj Two Which Haa Suspicion of Being Holdup Gang's Work. EXPOSURE HAS SPOILED THEIR PLANS Senate Still Has One Mors Day for Intro duction of Bills, HALF MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE Entire Block of Business Honaea la Destroyed at Eaat Liverpool, O. List of the Loaaes. EAST LIVERPOOL, O.. Feb. 28.-S1X large buildings and a number of smaller ones were destroyed by a fire which started at 7 o'clock this evening and was not brought under control until midnight. The total loss will be more than half a million dollars. The square bounded by Diamond and Mulberry alleys, Fifth avenue and Market street, was completely cleaned out, not a building being left standing. Among tha heavy losers and In most cases covered by Insurance are the following: Milllgen Hardware and Supply company, one three-story brick building and one six story brick building with contents, $130,000; A. 8. Young, owner of the Boston dry goods store, $S0,OU0; Wasbutsky Bros.' dry goods store, $10,000; Congressman G. P. Ikirk, four-story buildings, $00,000; Buckeye club, $25,0(0; Fraternal order of Eagles and other lodges and labor unions, $:'0,000; W. H. Gass, shoes, $15,000. TO REGULATE STOCK YARDS Mlaaourl Houae Paasea Bill Fixing Charges for Yardage and Switching. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 28-The house today passed the bill regulating stock yards charges by railroads and also tho switching charges for cars already In tfie yards. The legislation Is the result of an Investigation by a Joint committee Into al leged discrimination by the railroads In favor of the so-called Beef trust against wen saved to show Mrs. Boyer, as Mrs. i the shipper to Independent puckers. Cody's authority for discharging her. When the Goodmans left Mrs. Cody took charge of the ranch. Mrs. Cody stated she never drove the colonel from home or made it so uncomfortable for him that he could not remain at home and never threatened him or their children and never suggested that she intended to leave him. Neither did she ever refuse to sign mort gages or deeds for the colonel, but nearly every spring she would borrow money In sums of $2,000 or $3,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Harrington for the purpose of starting Cody off with his show again. Five years ago she borrowed $2,500 to start Codv off with his Khnw mH mort gaged her home to secure the sum, which ' for railway purposes she has not yet repaid. In no instance did she ever refuse to sign deeds or mort gages for tho colonel, but did decline at times to sign instruments presented by Colonel Cody's sisters becauso the colonel had told her not to execute any Instrument until be authorized her so lo do. The colonel and wife bought ranch prop- INJUNCTION .AGAINST OIL CO. Court Order Stops Laylngr of Pipe Line Along Santa Fe night-of-Way. BURLINGTON, la., Feb. 28.-The Bur lington Hawkeye has information that an injunction has been served on workmen near Fort Madison, who are engaged in laying a Standard Oil pipe line along the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe right-of-way. State authorities claim the charter for the right-of-way only allows the right-of-way Moveniente of Ocean Veaarla Feb. KM, At New York Arrived: Cltta dl Torino, from Genoa. Balled: Hovle. for Liverpool, Brcslau, for Bremen; Rotterdam, for Rot terdam. At London Arrived : Minnesota, from Philadelphia. At Antwerp Arrived: Finland, from New Yorki via Dover. erty und the colonel put the same In his , Nw York. Hill.d ' Cltta dl'Mllano, for wife's name so that they would have It' In their old age and not be liable for any loss by the colonel. ' Whenever asked to travel with him and the show, the wife went but the colonel (Continued on Sixth Pag ' New York; Cretlc. for Nw York At ClirlMiiirs Arrived: Kroii Prini Wll hi'lm. from New York. At Hotierdiim Arrived: Statendam, from New York. At Algiers Arrived : Cunoplc, from Bos ton. At Liverpool Sailed: Baxonla, for Boston. WATER BOARD BILL PASSES THE SENATE Amendments Made as Agreed Ipoa, Which Will Xeceaaitate Ita Be ing Sent Back to the Houae. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 28. (Special Tele gram.) Fifty-nine new measures, one the Omnha charter bill, came, tumbling into tho house this afternoon, the fortieth day of tho session, and with but two exceptions none aroused suspicions as tu. their pur poses. Blinded by the searchlight of pub licity tho holdup gang slunk from the field of action, fearing to perpetrate their con spiracy of flooding tho house with their blackmail I Ills at the last minute. The fact Is, The Bee's txporiure had the effect of keeping the ringleader of the gang out of the city and driving all but one of those In the city on tho first train. As the senate reaches fts fortieth day tomorrow, tho holdup crowd has one mora chance, but It Is doubted that It will take the chance. Posplsll of Saunders Introduced a bill to compel street car companies to Issue trans fers good two hours after their Issuance. Copsey of Custer Introduced a bill to pro hibit slot machines such as are run In cities. Imposing a penalty of from one to three years in the penitentiary. Just 420 bills havt been Introduced In tha house, sixty-seven less than two years ago on the fortieth day. Two bills were Intro duced In the house In 1903 after the for tieth day by unanimous consent. In the senate last session 304 was the total num ber of bills, all save one being Introduced by the fortieth day. The house and senate put in busy days. The house exhausted Its third reading file, with the exception of the county engineers' bill S. F. 8, by Beghtol of Lancaster. This bill had been defeated In the house last week, but was revived on a vote for re consideration. Wntcr Board Bill Passes. The senate passed the Omaha water board bill with the amendments, which had been mutally agreed by the two factions concerned. HOITIXE PROCEEDINGS OF ST. HATH Number of Bills Are Pat Throagh tha Hopper. ; (From a JStaff Correspondent.)' LINCOLN. Feb, 28. (Speclal )-The ssngtg ,' went Into the business of passing bills to day on the wholesale order. Two of great length were waded through and received the endorsement of the members, besides a number of smaller ones. The two lengthy ones were H. R. 8, the Omaha water bill, and S. F. 74, the voting machine bill. Gib son's South Omaha sewer bill also cams through with a vote of all the members. These other bills were passed: 8. F. 9f. providing that Judgments shall become dormant In five years. S. F. 36, providing that railroads shall keep open for the convenience of the publio suitable waiting rooms at stations. S. F. 155, providing that It is unlawful to kill Buuirrels. S. F. 133, providing for appeals to tha district court from the decision of a board of equalization. S. F. 6ft. providing that bank In towns of 400 shall have a capital stock of $8,000. S. F. 139, providing that the number of pounds contained in a sack of flour or cereals shall be stamped on the outside of the sack. S. F. 1M, allows road districts to vote ft 26 mill levy for the Improvement of roads. 8. K. 76. BreHee's bill to divide the Four teenth Judicial district. H. R. 14, allows villages to buy land for S. F. 202, to establish a standard of sta tionery to be used In state offices and Insti tutions, was Indefinitely postponed. In' the committee of the whole, with Ep person In the chair, the senate killed H. R. 23, the bill to pay for the bond of former Attorney General Prout. H. R. 118, the object of which is to do away with professional Jurors, was recom mended for passage. The bill to creuto a state board of pardons was Indefinitely postponed. The following bills were Introduced: S. F. 257, by Wnll-A bill providing for ap peals from damage assessments caused by road chnnges-. S. F. 2."8, by Thomas A bill for home rule In cities. 8. F. -'43, by Dimery of Seward To abolish the Soldiers' Home visiting board. 8. K. ,'JAi, by Maunders of Douglas To combine the offices of county, city and school treasurers of Douglas county, 8. F. IMS, by Saunders of Douglas To allow cities to grant heating plant fran chisee. 8. F. 24fi. by Cody of Howard To allow cities to own cemeteries. 8. F. 241, by Thomas of Douglas Increas ing salary of city officials of Omaha. S. F, 242, by Epperson of Clay To permit cities to bore for mineral water. 8. F. 248. by Thomas of Douglas To create a county comptroller. S. F. 24. by Shreck of York To compel railroads to pay shrinkage on freight ship ments. i S. F. 253. by Laverty of Bounders To ' amend game lnws. S. F. 251, by Sheldon of Cass Regulating tax sales. S. F. 252, by Sheldon To abolish the New bery maximum freight rate act. . ' i MICH BISI.VESS DONE IN HOl'SB Several Bills Paaaed and Others Re ported for Passage. (From a Staff Correspondent.) ' LINCOLN, Feb. 28.-(3pcclal.)-Con venlng at 10 a. m. today the fortieth day of ths session, the house passed these bills: ' II. R. 1"4, by Andersen of Douglas A Joint memorial to determine the true status of the Nebraska territorial militia. H. H. 17K, by Douglas of Rock Providing for salary of school superintendents , la certain counties. H. K. l-'2, by McClay of Iancaster Pro viding for. burial of inmates of state in stltutlonu In the state cemetery at Lin coln. 11. R. 129. by Dodge of Douglas Providing for the detachment of unplatted land from corporate limits to exempt It from local taxes. Emergency. H. R. 1B4, by Rouse of Hall Providing for the payment by counties of the premium on the bonds of the county treasurer where such bonds are executed by a surety com- . puny authorized by the laws of Nebraska to execute urh bonds, such premium not In any liiHtniice to exceed 4 of 1 per rent per annum of the penalty stated In ths bond. II. R. 224. by Peabndy of Nemaha-Provid. lng for the organization and government of drHlnage districts. H. It. 1!0. by M'-('lay of Lancaster To irlnt all IIii-iiml1 ftatu olllcers' reports n one compilation. At the afternoon sexxlon the house went Into committee of the whole, with Jackson of Antelope in the chair. A spirited de bate at once arose over II. R, 136, ay Mo-