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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.
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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
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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
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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-