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The Bet's Sunday Magazine Features Outtop those of All Competitors. The Omaha Daily Bee. THE SUNDAY BEE -A NEWSPAPER AND A MAGAZINE IN ONE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FKIDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1903 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. CZAR'S MEN DRIVEN BACK BALFOUR MAJORITY FALLS OFF Government Sustained by Only Tire n-tr-Six Votea on Several Minor Maltera. Oatptsti Aloig Center of Line Forced U Retire Two Miles. RUSSIANS ABANDON SHAKHE BRIIGE Japs Begin Turning Mot nent on Both . . Flanki and Artillerj Tiuel Continues. KOUROPATKIN'S POSITION IS CRITICAL One of Zaroki'iColumnifc : ;Jaim Work ing 'Around Extrei RUMOR THAT RETREAT IS IN PROGRESS fleporte In Clre.nla.tlon at 8. Petera barc Bar Withdrawal of Storea to Tie Paaa Haa Already MLKDJSN, March l.-(Delayed In Trana-roission.-Today waa marked by attacks along tha whole front. The fighting In the center Is becoming aerloua. After an all nlght Japanese bombardment of Poutlloff hill and Novogorod hill. Involving a literal rain of heavy projectiles, tlia Japanese in fantry thla morning advanced against the Russian lines from the hllla and drove back the advance position two milea. The ad vance was unchecked until the Japanese came within 100 yards of the main line of trenchea, when they were beaten off by tha fire of machine guns and volleys of rlflo fire. When they retired the Japanese left many dead and wounded. . Bahapu, Shanlandzt, Chzhantan, Chan dlopa and other positions of the Russian center were also subjected to a heavy bom bardment by siege guns. The Russian ar tillery, which was silent February 28, ac cepted the challenge today and a vigorous artillery duel la In progress. The Russians have (abandoned the Shakhe river bridge entirely, taking up their former positions. The losses on both sides have been heavy. Russian cavalry has been dispatched northwestward in the direction of Kalama to Interpose a barrier against the attack of the Japanese columns advancing from the Llao river valley. Japs Nearlng- Mukden. NEW CHWANO, March 2.-(Noon.) (Via Tien Tain.) Chinese from Mukden report that the Japanese huve advanced almost to Mukde-i, The Russians, having been rein forced, have recaptured several positions out of . which tlu-y had been driven. The battle Is stilt raging. The Japanese bivouacing on the outskirts of Slnmlntln withdrew this morning, leav ing only a picket. The Russian station at Changtau has been reinforced. Strings of Chinese carts are moving toward Mukden. Foreigners are sua ...,-. ... - " stubborn Fight on Left Win. 8AKHETUN. Manchuria, Wednesday, March 1. A stubborn fight Is waging on the left wing. . Vigorous attacks of the Japanese on tha village of Kudaza have been repulsed and tha Russians maintain their position, thanks to the intervention of a relief column, which attacked he Japanese from the west after two passea had been occupied. Thla column wag hard pressed by the Japanese and suffered great losses. It advanced in detachments to the neighborhood of Ubenupusa and waa it- I V . tacked thrice during the night, at 11 , o'clock, midnight and I a. m., but repulsed all tha Japanese onslaughts. To the westward the Japanese made a night attack on Kuntul pass. Borne of tha assaults were repulsed, but at t a. m. the Russian advance guard vacated two out works, which had been destroyed by the Japanese artillery, and retired to a"'acent ad batter fortified positions. Tha Japanese attacked Nanshanpu, In Khandlensan district, at 6 a. m., but were iif repulsed. Kooropatkln's Position Critical 6:10 p. m. The position of General Kouro patkln a army is regarded as being mora or K'sa critical. The ical turning movement which General Kurokl la operating in the mountains forty miles eastward of Muk den seems to be making progress, and at the aanic time Field Martshal Oyama la also rolling back the Russian left, while pjunding away at the Russian center with heavy high-power guns. Poutlloff and Novgorod hills have been subjected to a continual three-day bombardment, followed by an Infantry altuck, tha .naln Russian lines being forced to retire two miles to their shelter trenches. Borne of the Rus sian newspaper correspondents anticipate an attempt to -take the hills by storm. General Kouropatkln Is making desperate efforts to check Kurokl, one of whose columns has succeeded In working around the extreme Russian left, and reinforce ments have been dispatched in a north eer.er!y direction. General Rennenkampft la slowly retiring fighting, taking ad vantage of the broken, hilly country and contesting every Inch of ground. While the Japanese are evidently making progress, there Is nothing yet to Indicate that Field Marshal Oyama will succeed in Inflicting a decisive blow, even if he forces Kouropatkln tu abandon Mukden. Huealana Ilea I u Hetreat. ST. PETERSBURG, March 2. -4:10 p. m. According tu the reports current, which are nut, however, confirmed by the war office, ' the withdrawals of stores and sup plies northward from Mukden is already well under way. The war oftlce Insists that no matter what the result of the remain der of lha action, the Japanese have again been too slow and that Kouropatkln haa made sure of hla line ot .etreai. Except the moral effect of another retirement the war office officials declare that the aban donment of the present, winter quarters eliminates u great danger to the health of tha army as soon as the warm weuther sets In. A dispatch from General Kouropatkln dated March 1 says; In a third attack on tha Russian de tachment near Oubenepuss the Japanese charged with tha bayonet and succeeded In occupying tha central height, forcing the Russian advance guard to retire to the neighboring crest. The Kussians at V o'clock at night. Feb ruary i's, were still holding a position near Knodlusa against the Jaarese attack, Tha Japanese made a fresh attack on the Ouaio pa .- position at V o clock In the morulas of March 1. After rciiulohiK sev eral assaults the Russians were foicud to abandon two entrenchments, which hud been demolished by the Japanese artillery General Kouropatkln adds that several Japanese arnicas un aiaiiNnaupu on tn ' Bliukhe river In tha morning of March 1 were repulsed and says the bombardment J of Poutllofl and Novgord hills and the Russian position at Sandepas was ci n- LONDOX. March 2. The House of Com mons tonight In committee on supply con sidering the additional army estimate with a reduced attendance gave the government a majority of only 26 on a minor amend ment. The result of this division was re ceived with an outburst of cheering by tha opposition. Mr. Lloyd-George (advanced liberal) Im mediately moved to report progress. He accused the government of filibustering in order to gain time and whip up the major ity, thereby sacrificing the time of the house. He said It was evident that there was a split in the ministerial ranks and that the Commons were tired of Mr. Bal four and the ministry. Premier Balfour, on replying, said that If the Commons were tired of him It was an easy matter to secure a riddance. A division was then taken, the result being 167 to 191 In favor of the government. This majority of 24 was greeted with cries of "Resign." In subsequent divisions the government majority hovered around 26 and 28 and the matter was the subject of excited comment In the lobby. As the house was rrsing Winston Chur chill asked whether there was any truth In the rumors of Mr. Wyndham's resignation of the chief secretaryship for Ireland. Sir Alexander Aeland-Hood replied that the question ought not to be put to the premier. It was untrue, he said, that either Secretary Wyndham or the viceroy, the earl of Dudley, had tendered his resignation. PORTER WEDDING FESTIVITIES Danichter of Ambassador to France Receives Many Handsome Presents. TARIS. March 2. A dance at the Amer ican embassy tonight Inaugurated the fes tivities attending the wedding of Miss Elsie Porter, dnughtrr of Ambassador Porter, to Dr. Edwin Monde of Zurich, Switzerland. There was a large attendance of Intimate friends of the family, who were given a preliminary view of tha superb presents. The French government signalized its es teem of the ambassador by presenting Miss Porter with a Sevres tea set, especially made at the government porcelain factory and bearing her initials. The other pres ents Included: From Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould, a solitaire Bapphlre ring; Mrs. Mackay, a gold Jewelled purse; Secretary and Mrs. Hay, a silver tray; Prince and Princess Radolln, gold bonbonlerre; Gen eral and Mrs. Wlnslow, gold chcolate serv ice, and Andrew Carnegie, a silver candle stick; Marshall Field, a silver tea set, and General Porter, an automobile of the latest landau type and a number of rare Jeweled pieces. Dr. Mende, father of the groom, gives a residence at Berne. The civil mar riage will take place tomorrow at the town hall of the Bols de Bologne quarter, only the family and witnesses attending. The church marriage will be celebrated Saturday and will be the event of the season Jn the American colony. The bridesmaids are Misses Mary Edwards, Alice Colburn, Lillian, Rtdler, Bessie Payne, Judith Minor and Br ma Mende. ' " ALL RUSSIA IN TURMOIL Strike at Motcow Resumed aid Anarchy Bsigna in Caucuses. 1 (CuuUuued eia Bvcoud Page ). . Germany Will Hush Gona. BERLIN, March 2. The government. In stead of rearming tha artillery during a period of several years as the army ap propriation bill Indicated, Is proceeding to rearm it as fast as guns can be manufac tured. This resolution was disclosed at the annual meeting at Dusseldorff Tues day of the Rhelnlsche Metallwarren and Maschlnen-Fabrlk, commonly known as Ehrhardts, which, with the Krapp, haa the government contracts. The army es tablishment requires 8,498 guns, with at least 2,000 reserve pieces. The type Is a combination of the Krupp'a Improved gun with Ehrhardt'a model, auch as supplied to the American army. Wolcort'i Body to Be Cremated. MONTE CARLO, March 2.-Former Lrnlted States Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado died at the Hotel De Paris last night. His brother and a physician alone were present. When Mr. Wolcott arrived at Monte Carlo at the beginning of Feb ruary he looked strong and well snd there waa nothing to lead to the belief that he was ailing. Several days later he fell 111 and became worse last week. The body Is to be conveyed to Paris for cremation at Pere La Chaise on Monday. The ashes will be forwarded on Tuesday or Wednes day to Havre and thence transported to New York. Booth Goes to Jerusalem. LONDON, March 2. General Booth of the Salvation Army started today on his first visit to Jerusalem, where he will hold an open air meeting on Mount Calvary. Thence the general will go to Australia and New Zealand on a farewell visit. Hundreds of Salvationists gathered at Vic toria railroad station and bid the general an enthusiastic good-bye. French Policeman Woonded. PARIS, March 2. During an affray today attending the strike of a large number of the Paris carriage makers a striker shot and dangerously wounded a policeman. The officer's assailant was arrested and found to have a number of anarchistic documents In hla possession. Children Killed In Avalanche. , INNSBRUCK. Austria, March 2. -Si children were killed today by an avalunche which overwhelmed 'the house of a peasant near Ausser Vlllgraten. VANDERBILTS AFTER CHICAGO Two Hundred Million Dollars to Be Spent In Fight for Windy City Ton n a are. CHICAGO, March 2.-The Record-Herald tomorrow will say: The New York Central lines have formed comprehensive plans requiring the expenditure of more than $W0.9uO with a view to obtaining a firmer hold on the enormous tonnage originating in and passing through Chi cajo. Millions of dollars are to be expended by the Big Four In Chicago and In con necting the Lake Shore & Michigan Cen tral. Nickel Plate and Big Four with all of Chicago's Important Industries and also in giving these four systems close contact with all of the railroads centering In Chi cago. The Indiana Harbor road, which waa re cently purchased by. the Vanderbllt inter ests, is to be the medium of bringing the Big Four Into the city and will also be the line used to connect the four systems mentioned with the major part of Chi cago's Industries. Three surveying corrs are now in the field locating tbe extension of the Indiana Harbor line. The Indiana llinols - Iowa road will be the belt line which will connect the Vanderbllt lines with the other roads entering Chi cago, WORKMEN SEND ULTIMATUM TO CZAR I aless Demands Are Granted Today a General Strike Will Be Proclaimed In St. Petersburg; Rioting t Warsaw. ST. PETERSBURG, March 1 The Official Messenger publishes an Imperial manifesto cnlllng on the country to rally round the throne In defense of the empire from Its Internal enemies. ST. PETERSBURG, March 8.-12:45 a. m. Black clouds are again lowering over the Industrial situation of Russia. The strike at Moscow has been resumed on a large scale, anarchy reigns In the Caucuses and at St. Petersburg the measures which the governor advanced to quiet discontent and restore good relations between masters and men apiears to have failed, with the prob ability of causing the storm to break anew. The labor delegates represntlng the whole of the industrial population of St. Petersburg, and who were elected to choose fifty members of the Schldlovskl reconcilia tion commission, met again yesterday and reaffirmed the resolution adopted the pre vious day, which threatened. In case the demands are not granted, not only to refuse to elect labor representatives to the com mission, but to order a resumption of the general strike. ThA.o riamnnria are for the release of Im prisoned workmen and freedom from arrest. unhampered speech, full puhllcliy or meet ings of the commission and the abolition of the censorship. A practical ultimatum was delivered call ing for an answer today. There is little ex pectation that the government will grant the conditions demanded. The strike al ready has assumed large proportions here, about 60,000 men being out. Among those who struck yesterday are the employes of the St. Petersburg shops of the Warsaw railroad. The strike has not yet extended to the trainmen, but the leaders may decide to order them out in order to paralyze one of the most important railroads In Russia. Workmen Are Defiant. Workmen representing nine groups met again today at the People's palace and rati fied the demands drawn up March 1 by the representatives of seven groups, and de cided to meet at the same place at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning and await a reply until noon. If at that hour a guarantee Is not forthcoming the delegates will leave the hall, decline to elect members to serve on the mixed commission, of which M. Sche- dlevski is president, and proclaim a gen eral strike. About 400 men were present at today's meeting. The proceedings were more for mal than yesterday. A number of the speakers reviewed the situation, showing thorough familiarity with strikes, revolutions and the history of other countries. They described the benefits of constitutions and parliaments and declared that the Russians would be content with nothing lees than a repre sentative government. The speakers were steeped In socialistic literature. The meet ing enthusiastically applauded accounts of victories gained by the proletariat In other countries.' One speaker In particular de livered a carefully prepared address. Standing on the platform, his flaxen hair hanging to his shoulders, wearing a loose red shirt and high Russian boots, he looked the picture of one of Maxim Gorky's types. He said the proletariat alone could achieve positive results. The liberals used the masses to crush dynasties and then turned upon the masses. The liberals had done little for Russia. He appealed to the audience to stand together and de mand a people's parliament, which was the only solution now possible. He added: We went out Into the streets one Sun day and were shot down like dogs. We are on the eve of great events, perhaps a rearrui arama. jo matter, we must be firm and steel our hearts to fulfill the watchword fight. The speech was greeted with tremendous applause. Amid Intense enthusiasm the assembly unanimously adopted resolutions reaffirm ing the resolutions of March 1 and, after agreeing on the hour for tomorrow's meet ing, dispersed at 8 p. m. The authorities are preparing to meet a aerloua situation March 4. Many resi dents are laying In stores of1 provisions. Action of Wednesday's Meet Inc. Workmen to the number of 250, repre senting 160 factories of St. Petersburg, met In convention March 1 at the People's palace as the primary eleotors who may on March 3 select fifty of their number to serve on the mixed commission of em ployers and employes, which by imperial decree was to investigate and report on the causes of discontent among the work ing classes. The convention unanimously adopted resolutions to refuse to take part In the proceedings on March 8, unless the government pledged Itself to release the 3,0(J0 workmen who had been arrested since January 22 and engage that the members of the commission should' have absolute freedom of speech and immunity of arrest on account of expression of opinions and that the proceedings of the commission should be published uncensored. The reso lutions concluded with the statement that unless the demands were granted by 2 p. m., March 3, the workmen would refusa to elect the fifty representatives to serve on the commission, and that, if granted, acceptance of the condition la to be placarded on the factory walls. The strike movement has suddenly as sumed active form In the Ekaterinoslav and Don Cossack governments. All the miners In the Domestskly coal mines, numbering over 200,000, threaten to walk out on Mon day. Several Killed at Moacow, According to reports from Moscow, several rioters have been killed In conflicts with workmen of the Orechow Bujewo manu facturing district. It appeara that the fighting was between a faction who as saulted the manufacturers and others who Intervened ' for their protection. Troops were dispatched to the scene of the dis turbance. Another 10,000 men struck today In the large factories of the Vlbork quarter of St. Petersburg. Emperor Nicholas yesterday replied to the recent address of the Moscow bourse,' expressing attachment to the principle of autocracy, aaylng: In this year of grievous trial this evi dence of loyalty to the old foundations of Russia's political life has afforded me spe cial gratification. Prince Bviatopolk-Mlrsky, former minis ter of the interior, la seriously 111 at Khar- koff. More Rlotlnat at Warsaw. WARSAW, March 2.-11:45 p. m A bomb waa thrown from a window overlooking the courtyard of the Muranoff district police station at 3 o'clock this afternoon. It fell In the midst of a group, of soldiers, but did not explode. Two Jews have been arrested for supposed connection with the affair. No details are available, aa the authorities are very reticent. Disturbances are reported to have taken iCuntluued oa Second Page.J SANITATION OF THE ISTHMUS Panama Joint Commissioner Saya Storlra of Yellow Fever Are Being; Overdrawn. NEW YORK, March I. Dr. Charles A. L. Reed of Cincinnati, a member of the Joint commission appointed by the United States and the Republic of Panama to adjust properly values In dispute between the two countries and who has Just returned from the Isthmus, said today that In his opinion the sanitary conditions In Panama are being improved aa Vapidly aa could be expected under the circumstances. There has been more or less delay In some directions, but this, the doctor be lieves, Is due to nouarrival of necessary construction material, which has been or dered In tho United States. While there has been considerable yellow fever on the Isthmus, Dr. Reed said that the health au thorities apparently had tha situation well In hand when he aalled from Colon a week ago. "There have been Just thirty-alx cases of yellow fever In Panama, with twelve deaths, since July 12 last, when the first case was reported," he said. "Colon la not Infected, or at least was not When I left there. Sensational reports of the widespread prevalence ot tne disease are due chiefly to the fact that every case of fever that Is sent to Ancon, where all fever cases are sent. Is at once supposed to be yellow fever. As a matter of fact, all such cases, unless so fully developed that diagnosis Is unmistakable, are held as sus pects until all ftoubt Is elc-arcd ur. In this way seventy of the eighty suspected cases have been proven not to be yellow fever at all. Everything that intelligence and energy can do with the limited facilities available is being done to Btamp out the disease. The water works and sewage system that ought to have been In place last December Is not yet Installed simply because of dilatorlness in getting pipe to the isthmus. The first cargo was being discharged when I left." MEN FIGHT FOR DAY'S WORK Police Called to tuell Riot Where Three Hnndred Apply for Fifty Places. NEW YORK, March- 2. A newspaper ad vertisement offering a day's work to fifty snow shovelers brought auch a crowd of applicants to a point In Fifth street today that the police reserves were 'called out to quell an Incipient riot, which attended the scramble for work checks. More than 300 men who had come In response to the advertisement were stand ing about the place soon after daylight when the man with fifty checks, each of which would entitle the holder to a day's work, appeared on the scene. The Bight of the checks was the slgrial for a rush In which every one of tha 300 Joined. Men were tossed right and left In the scramble to reach the holder of the checks, and within a minute the last one of the bits of pasteboard had been given out. This did not stop the trouble, however, and when the police reserves, who had been summoned at the first rush, appeared, more than a acore of Individual couples were fighting hand to hand for tha ' right to shoval snow all day for 32. t RAILWAY COMPAnTeT FINED Illinois Central, Southern and Wa bash Punished for Violating? Safety Appliance Law. SPRINGFIELD, March 2, A decision against railroad companies was rendered in the United States court in all cases where Judge Humphrey has heard evi dence to violation of the safety appliance act of the Interstate commerce act. The Southern railway was fined 3900 and costs on nine counts, the Illinois Central railroad $300 and costs on three counts, and the Wabash road $100 and costs on one count. There are cases pending; against a num ber of other railroads. Judge Humphrey said the railroads were guilty of culpable negligence in not keeping In order the automatic couplers with which their cars were supplied. Regarding the defense that the cars In question were not engaged In Interstate commerce, the court held that although the defendant company did not actually tender the cars in question at the Missis sippi yet they hauled them at a time when they were billed to cross the ijver. 1 Big Illustrated Features of Next Sunday's Bee 1. Sherlock Holnus Mystery The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist 2. Buster Brown's Pranks Outcault'a Slde-Spllttlng Juvenile Humor 3. Wires of Young Millionaires Lucky Brldea of Young American Money Klnga 4. White House Table Flour's Floral Decorationa When the President Entertains. ...... 5. Black Bass Fishing Prize Story of a Prize for Biggest Catch In 19J6 6. lofemiklng of i Crown Prince How Heir to German Throne Treats Bride-to-Be 7. Father Schell, Red Mae's Ckanploo The Poor Priest Fighting Power ful Reservation Grafturs. .... COWBOYS 10 BE A FEATURE Colonel Beth Bollock is Enthusiastic Orer Their Part in Inaugural. TWO NEBRASKA COLONELS AT WHITE HOUSE Jim' Dahlnian and John Mayor Introduced to the President by Congressman Klnkald of the Sixth District. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March J.-t8pecla Tele gramsCaptain Beth Bullock'a cowboys reached Washington today and are quar tered at the National hotel. From the wild ani woolly west, men who will make up Bullock's cowboy contingent In the Inaugural parade have been recruited and as for theJr ponies they will be a sight to behold. They are peculiarly typical of the range. Of all shapes and colors, the ponies which these cowmen will ride can not help but being one of the picturesque features of the parade. Yet there is not a cayuse in the bunch but Is warranted to carry Its owner 100 miles a day. Captain Bullock, speaking of cowmen and cow ponies, said: "They are men who have ridden ranges nil their lives, many of them in company with President Roosevelt, when he was one of us ranchers years ago. "Most of them were members of Grigs by's rough riders during the Spanish American war. Among the famous men In the party lire Jess Drlsklll, who holds the South Dakota record for rough riding, rop ing and tying; Bob Holcomb, who haa taken many prizes In Wyoming: J. H. Mlnnlck, holder of the southwestern cham pionship; Hackamore Ben, Silent Smith, Statesman Saunders and a half dozen others whose namea I cannot recall. "And the horses they are bringing are the best the ranges can show. Most of them are common ponies, tough aa whlt leather, fast as lightning and as quick on their feet as cats. There Is not an outlaw, bucker or loco In the bunch. They are all well broken and thoroughly trained and nothing would do me more good than to see a roping match on the White house lot. Why, say," he said, "some of the boys In the gang could throw a lariat over the Washington monument and pull off the capstone." The costumes to be worn by the cow boys are regular flannel shirt, "chaps" and sombreros used In riding herds. Every man will carry a six-shooter and a lariat. Some of the saloonkeepers on the avenue are thinking seriously of putting up Iron shutters at their windows after 8 o'clock Saturday night, lest a stray bullet or two might find their way in among the glass ware. Tito Colonels See President. Congressman Klnkald today presented to the president Mr. and Mrs. John Hum phreys, Colonel Jim Dahlman of Omaha and Colonel John G. Maher of Lincoln The president and Dahlman needed no In troduction. There was cordiality from the beginning and the president started in by asking Pahlmann ant Humphreys, who Is a large cattle owner la Klnkaid's district, If they remembered "Big White," a well known hgnre in flfat swtrfn, n ascertain-' tng that he was well known the president told several Interesting stories about "Big White," whom he had to luncheon at the White House some time ago. The button which Maher wore was of the Spanish-American war and attracted the president's attention and he was Im mediately addressed as. comrade, and when the Interview was at an end both Dahl mann and Maher agreed that so far as they were personally concerned the presi dent could easily succeed himself. Resurrveva In Nebraska. bill providing for a resurvey of town ships In Rock and O'Brien counties, Ne braska, passed the senate today and now goes to the president. Iowa Boya Coming;. Seventy boys, representing the high schools of Iowa, will reach Washington tomorrow to participate in the Inaugural parade. While twenty-seven states will be represented by boys from the several high schools of those states, it Is a re markable fact that Iowa will have In Hne a larger number of high Bchool representa tives than all other states put together. Today Mr. Warner, chief marshal of the civic division of the parade, designated Governor Cummins to head the brigade of the division In which the high school boys from the several states will march. Gets Pay for Injuries. The aenate passed the general deficiency bill tonight. An amendment was adopted giving Cora B. Thomas of Lincoln, who was . seriously ir'ured In July last year while deacending in the Treasury depart ment elevator and which haa almost wholly Incapacitated .her for work, $1,080, and the secretary of the treasury Is authorized In hla discretion to continue her name on the rolls of the Treasury department as a clerk. Congressman Burkett la responsible for securing this legislation in the face of opposition. Peraonnl Mention. Major Rathbun of Marlon, la., brought In today a party of young men to par ticipate In the Inaugural exercises. State Senator and Mrs. Smith of Osage, la, arrived In the city tod-ay. E. W. Waterbury, corporal of the Rough Riders, Is In Washington tq participate with his comrades in the Inaugural pa rade. Hon. Frank Crane and wife of Pierre, S. V., Colonel George Hair of Belle Fourche, S. D., special agent of the gen eral land office, and James Halley, wife and son of Rapid City, S. D., are In Wash ington. Edward Rosewater of Omaha arrived In Washington this evening, as did also Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Schneider of Fremont. Postal Matters. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska. - Cla tonla. Gage county, Norrls A. Mackay, vice Frank W. Jones, resigned; Milburn, Custer county, Jacob Lakeman, vice Mc Llnebell, resigned; Round Valley, Custer county, Willie Reynolds, vice N. J. Ottun, resigned. Iowa, Herndon, Guthrie county, P. H. Good, vice M. C. Rae, removed. South Dakota, Baltic, Minnehaha county, M. If. Tideman, vice Henry D. Box, re moved. Congressman Hlnahaw haa recommended James R. Carr for postmaster at Huron, York county, vice M. L. Amea, resigned. FRENCH STEAMER IS AGROUND La Bretasjoe, Bound for Havre, Passes Beyond Control and Goes Ashore. NEW YORK, March t While making the sharp turn in the main ahlp channel at Bouthweat spit, in the lower bay today, the French line steamer La Bretugne went ashore. The La Bretagne waa outward bound to Havre. It touched on aandy bot tom and was Boon freed by the rising tide. It then proceeded on its voyage, apparently unlcJurtO. " NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST fair Friday and Saturday. Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayl Hour. Ilea. Hour. Drsf. A a. n 441 1 p. m...... V4 Ma. m Xt 2 p. m A T a. an 42 3 p. m ..... . TO a. m 4'i 4 p. m Tl n n. m...... 4fl It p. m Tt 1) a. ni 4N A p. m 11 a. an M T p. m tttl 13 m Mt a p. m K p. m H NEW PHASE 0FJHE OIL FIGHT Kansas Attorney General Amenda Complaint, Charging; Hallways Are Partlea to Conaplrncy. TOPEKA, Kan., March t The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad company la to be Included In Attorney General Coleman'e suit for conspiracy against the Standard Oil company. Mr. Coleman said tonight that the Santa Fc was left out of the orig inal petition by an error of the stenog rapher. He will at once Ale an amended petition to Include the Santa Fe. The suit Is brought against all the railroads In the state. The strongest feature of the suit, accord ing to the attorney general, Is that relating to the failure of the Standard to pay char ter fees, thus having no authority to do buslnem In the state. To fight the Standard Is the object of the suit. The fight against the railroads is brought to dissolve the freight rate combination. In case the quo warranto action against the Standard fails, the officials will press the suit brought In Sedan yesterday against the Santa Fe. This will have the same ef fect on the freight rate situation as the suit brought by the attorney general. None of the railroad attorneys here will discuss either the quo warranto action or the Sedan suit, waiting until the matters shall have been formally brought to their attention. Papers In the Sedan case have not yet been served on the Santa Fe. The house today considered a resolution providing for an Investigation of Kansas railroad rates by the state railroad com mission to show rates In Kansas compared with those In other states. It Is alleged that the railroads are discriminating against Kansas In this respect. KANSAS CITY, March 2.-The Standard Oil company waa served, through Its local agent manager, G. W. Mayer, today with f-srnl notice of the filing of the proceedings brought against It at Topeka, alleging failure to comply with the laws of the state. The notice required the company to answer Attorney General Coleman's charges on or before March 80. Manager Mayer said: "Of course we will protect the company's Interests as best we can. If the company Is violating any law I do not know It." LABOR UNIONS IN CONFERENCE New Haven Firemen and Engineers Expect to Mettle Their Differ, races Today. NEW YORK, March 2.-After an alt-day conference between representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen tt waa announced that another meeting would be held -tomorrow aiid-,thatJl was- ruxoeil to reach' a final settlement at that time on the differences between the two organi zations which so nearly resulted in seri ous trouble on the New York, New Haven & Hartford road. At the conclusion of the meeting Grand Chief Warren S. Stone of the engineers and Grand Master J. J. Hanahan of the firemen left for their homes in the west, expressing the belief that whatever danger there was of a strike on the road had been removed. Beyond this they declined to make a statement of any kind. "RHINO" DINNER AT NEW YORK Monster of tho Jungle Served at ' Canadian Club Banquet at New York. NEW YORK. March 2. The Canadian camp ate a rhlnoeerous dinner tonight at the Hotel Astor. The guests included many women and numbered 260. The menu cards tonight announced that the filet of rhino had been prepared from a rhinoceros pre sented to the camp by Prince Henry of Prussia. Rev, Henry VanDyke waa toast master and at the table for the guests of honor sat many eminent sportsmen. In cluding Dillon Wa.llace, the Labrador ex plorer; Alvah D. James, the South Amer ican explorer, and Henry V. Radford, secre tary of the camp. Mr. Radford declared that ' the rhinoceros waa genuine. The "rhino" weighed a . little less than three tons, It arrived from the Berlin "zoo" a week ago and was hauled to the hotel in a truck. BROKERS OBJECT TO TAX LAW Ther say Proposed Act Will En danger Financial Pre-eminence of XfW York. ALBANY, N. Y., March 2.-At the hear ing before the Joint taxation committees of the general assembly today, representatives of the New York Btock and Consolidated exchanges .declared that the enactment of the proposed law taxing stock transfers $2 per hundred would coat New York City Its pre-eminence as a financial center. Finan cial and corporate Interests, said they, would abandon New York for the exchanges of Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia, and although the state might reap a large rev enue at first the returns would steadily diminish. TWO CENTS 0NTHE DOLLAR End of the Liquidation of Get-Rlcli Quick Turf Investment Company. ST. LOUIS, March l-About $1,300 In clalma against E. J. Arnold & Co., one of the original get-rlch-quick concerns, have been turned over to the clerk of the United States district court to be held subject to the order of the claimants. Those unclaimed at the end of ten years will revert to the government. The Arnold concern Is being wound up by Solomon 8 wart, trustee, who will shortly ask for his discharge. It haa paid about 2 cents on the dollar. Movements of Ocean Vessels March 3, At New York Arrived! Prlnzessln Vic torla Lulse, from West Indian cruise; 1-om-bardla, from Uenna; Pennsylvania, from Hamburg; Victorian, from Liverpool. Sniled: Hluecher. for Hamburg; La Hre tugne, for Havre; Laurentian, for Glas gow. At Genoa Palled: Llgurln, for New York. At Queenstown Sailed Oceanic, for New York. At Ixndon Sailed: Minnehaha, for New York, t At Naples Arrived: Prlnsesa Irene, frm New York. At Mnvllle Arrived: Corinthian, from St John, N. B. At l.lt'eriKMil Bailed: Canada, for Hall- fix; Ionian, for Halifax. Arilvtd; Muju Uc, uvui Nw fork, REBATE BILL PASSES House Goei on Record at Opposed to Dis criminations in Trade. ONLY TEN VOTES AGAINST THE MEASURE Borne of Iu Most Crastio Provisions An Changed by Its Author. COMMODITY RATE BILL COMES IN TODAY No Certainty Tet What Becommendation Committee Will Make. LIKELY IT MAY NOT TENDER ANY ADVICE House Coacnra In Senate Amenda auenta to Omaha Water Board Bill, but Vote Short of Enough for Emergency Clause. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 2 (Special Telegram.) The house today passed Junkln's anti trust and anti-rebate bill, H. R. 110; and tomorrow the railroad committee in all probability will report back to tha house the Foster-Davis-Junkln commodity rate bill without recommendation. The former action Is regarded as a distinct victory for the anti-railroad element and the latter proceeding will be gratifying to thla ele ment, alnce it had been foared the commit tee would recommend tho bill for indefi nite postponement. The railroad committee held another meeting late thla evenpig, but arrived at no final decision as to the commodity rate bill. It will meet again tomorrow morn ing and Chairman Roberta says some action will be taken. While he does not affirm that the committee will report the bill back without recommendation, he saya it Is possible this will bo done. One other course Is possible: For the majority to report the bill for indefinite postponement and let the minority make an opposite report. Chairman Roberts saya In no case will the majority of the committee rec ommend the bill for passage. This bill contemplates a reduction of 10 per cent in the freight ratee on twenty aeven staple commodities and Is favored above any of the other rate bills. Chair man Roberts says the aentlment of the committee la to , kill the other bllla, In cluding the Caldwell maximum rate bill, If the commodity measure goes back to the house. Only Ten Against Bill. The Junkln anti-trust bill was passed by a vote of 79 to 10. The ton members voting against, It were Bacon of Dawson, Barnes of Douglas, Cropsey of Jefferson, Fervar of Hall, Howe of Nemaha, Jouvenat of Boone, Mllllgan of Dixon, Peabody of Nemaha and Bcllley of Dodge. This bill seeks to prohibit restraint of commerce by Illegal combinations or mo nopolies and the giving or receiving of re bates In any form to or by shipper! from the railroads. Certain provisions In tha original bill were regarded as too rigid on WatlTe." ffetirasKa;, toCporuttotuilpa. Argu ment being made that tt Would seriously cripple them by ' discriminating against them in the field Of competition with out side corporations. The author of tha bill, therefore, amended the measure so as to exclude all native Nebraska corporations from the operation of the bill. It waa ad mitted on the floor of the house that the bill did not seek to catch any corporation so much as the Standard Oil and the Beef trust. These are the two at which It la particularly aimed. Flnea of from $500 to $8,000 and peniten tiary sentences are prescribed for violations of certain provisions of the bill. False swearing as to records and accounts Is made perjury. The bill provides for an ap propriation of $10,000 for Its enforcement by the executive officers of the state. Omaha Water Bill Passes. The house this morning concurred in tho senate amendments to H. R. I, the Howell-Dodge Omnha Water Board bill, which now lacks only the governor's sig nature to make it a law. Lee of Douglas sought to amend the bill further so as to pay no salaries to the officers snd: mem bers of the board until the city actually acquired the waterworks, but he failed. Tho amendments touch some of the vital parts of the bill and remove some of Its most dangerous elements. For Instance, the board la divested of the extraordinary power of Issuing bonds without submit ting the proposition to the people. If thla proposition is submitted at a special elec tion it shall carry by a two-thirds vote and If at a regular election by a simple majority. All the meetings of ths board shall be open and Its records subject to the Inspection of the public. The hydrant rentals and the recelpta from private con sumers of water shall not exceed such rates now -fixed by ordinance and shall pay all expenses of the board, Interest on bonds and provide a sinking fund. No sinking fund shall exist, however, Until after the plant shall have been acquired and any balance now In any water fund or heretofore placed in the sinking fund shall go Into the sinking fund and be placed at the disposal 0f (he board In acquiring the water plant and under the same amendment any such balance In future years before the plant Is ucqulred shall remuln In the water fund for auch purposes by the board. The board shall comply with the same regulations aa other such bodies In the matter of opening streets, alleys, boulevards or public grounds and pay the cost of repaying streets torn up under tho board s direction, and such payment shall come out of the water fund. Farmer Menihera Meet. The farmers' combine held another secret meeting tonight and again Its members pledged themselvea to secrecy as to the proceedings. Freight rate bills and bridge measures were discussed and though no vote waa taken on any meusure. It was agreed that should any of the freight rate bllla be re ported back for Indefinite postponement the combine would work as a unit to place all of the measures on general file. Jonea, Lord, Laverty and Cady talked on bridge legislation and H. R. 226 waa ek plained by Lord as a good measure In that It required specifications and plana to bo furnished the contrartora. Cady told that he had Introduced a bridge bill In the aenate by request and that so far he had had a discussion of the measure put off. waiting to aee the action of the house on its bridge bills. Caldwell spoke In favor of some kind of a freight rate bill, whother it be the one he Introduced or another. Davis and Junkili expressed the belief that tho railroad com mittee would maka Its report tomorrow, and It whs tho snse of tho meeting that the combine should be prepared to light airy attempt to kill 'the measures or to allow the committee to kill them. Caswell, Parker, Knox and Wsrner, wjio were present at the last meeting, were aV Ifvul tonight. These were prcseuti Ji i