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Carpenter's Panama Letters, Next Sunday's Bee. The Omaha Daily Bee. Pranks ot Buster Brown, Next Sunday's Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKXIXO,' MAUCH 1905 TEN I'AOES. SINGLE COPY TH It EE CENTS. CENTER IS BROKEN fieport at fit Petersburg that the Busaiau Army is Defeated. JAPANESE TAKE MANY SIEGE GUNS Hope that Kouropatxin May Turn Tide of Battle Vanishing. - RUSSIANS GAIN AT MINOfi POINTS General Belief at the Capital thf ' Retreat Has Begun. T JAPANESE CARRY IMPORTANT P TIONS Yesterday's Flsjhtlas; Reaulti la a Xnnibtr of Vlctorle for Little Urowa Wen Lo Both Bide Heavy. 8T. PETERSBURG, March 7. (7:10 p. m.) A very apeclllc report la circulating In ex ceedingly welt Informed quarter that the day hua gone badly with General Kouro patkln. that the Russian center la broken and that thirteen heuvy siege guns have been captured by tha Japaneae. It this In true. It la pointed out hero, tha battle la lost. Russians la Foil Retreat. LONDON. March 8. The Dally Tele graph' correspondent at Toklo saya: Re ports are current here that the Russians are in retreat and preparing to destroy the railway north ot Mukdan. General Kouropatkln Is said to have gone to Fushun after holding a council of war with 100 officers. Hla left rear guard, con sisting of 30.000 picked troops. Is retiring. Chinese report that Mukden has been com pletely evacuated and that Its great mag Bine wet set on fire by Japanese artillery. Oreaf Gloom at St. Petersburg;. ST. PETERSBURG. March 8.-2:16 a. m. That the battle of Mukden will go down in history with Llao Yang in the long list of Russian defeats Is the almost universal belief In pessimistic St. Petersburg, which has forgotten the meaning of the word vic tory. The War 'office does not admit that the Issues ot the great battle, which al ready exceeds in magnitude of operations and losses that of Shakhe, has been de cided, although It la positively said in high quartera that Kouropatkln has telegraphed to Kmperor Nicholas that It will be im possible to hold Mukden and that the with drawal of the army northward has already been begun. Nothing from General Kouropatkln later than Monday has been given out, but ad vice to St. Petersburg newspapers and dispatches to the Associated Press at 8 o'clock last nlgHt Indicate that the po sition of the 'Russian army after a day of furious and unprecedented fighting Is des perate, but- not absolutely hopeless, some Russian correspondents even predicting a Russian victory soon, and one affirming that the extreme Japanese left has already begun to retire southward. All Depends "fiMiar ; Everything probably nw depends on Gen- " era) Kouropatkln's reserves. ' While the Japanese hurled themselves forward at every point yesterday, their ' mnln- energies were behind the blow west and southwest in an attempt to envelope the Russian right and drive a wedgu through the line at Madzyapu, but General Kouropatkln seems to have been able suc cessfully to change front on the line of his shattered right, aligning from northwest to southeast, to protect the railroad to Mukden; and at nightfall It was reported he was practically holding all his positions. At the same 'time he was drawing In and ahortenlng his line to the southeast. According to reports all the concentrated attacks of the Japanese to the weatward failed, and the effort of Generals Nngl and Oku to puh the encircling movement north and eastward across General Kouro patkln's line of communications was blocked. Reports, however, are conflict ing. One correspondent telegraphs of hearing firing to the northward of Tie pass, which may be between Cossacks and a flying column of Japanese. Minor Husstaa Successes. . wnile uome tiussian correspondents per haps attach undue Importance to several minor Russian successes In the southern front, which evidently were simply counter attack and In no sense real offensive movements. If Kouropatkln has a plan for striking a real blow upon which, In the opinion of experts his salvation de pends, there la no indication as yet of such a purpose. The commander-in-chief hau been confining his strategy, as at Llao Fang, to meeting the attacks of the Japaneae and accepting battle at places chosen by Field Marshul Oyama. Both aides are terribly exhausted by ten day of continuous fighting and all the correspondents at the front intimate that the Issue must be definitely decided today. At the military clubs here General Kouropatkln is already regarded aa beaten, ' the only question being his ability to execute a retreat. Those who believe there la still a chance ot actual Russian victory are few and far between. The majority regard the fighting yesterday aa In reality a .rear guard action, entertaining no doubt that there will be a heavy withdrawal during the night. These officers, however. are dependent upon practically the same Information as tne public. Politically, the result may determine the question ot continued prosecution of the war. An overwhelming disaster, It is be lieved, will aurely bring Rusala to terms. but anything less might not break the stubborn resolution of the Russian govern ment. In its bearing on the interior sltua tion the result of the battle is regarded aa equally Important. Fighting: Bearias at Daw a. MUKDEN, March 1.-4 35 p. m.-FlghUng ot the fiercest kind, which la likely to de cide the fate of the battle which has been in progress for ten days, began at dawn today and ha continued uninterruptedly up to the present time on a front fourteen mile long weat of the railroad and on a Una with the Shakh river. The Japanese also have made a desperate attack on Beatalaputs. and report are arriving here that fighting was renewed this morning on the extreme left of the Russian army. Both aide are fighting: with desperation to the weatward, though the troop are well nigh exhausted. The issue of the battle may depend largely on the relative physical condition ot ths rank and file. In It main feature the combat 1 very much like that at Liao Tang, and If the Russian should be able to crush the flanking force, victory may be regarded a won. The losses In the ten days of battle on both (Idea are already far greater than were the casual ties In the battle of Llao Tang, and are llkrly to increase aa the daya pass before the issue la fully decided. Beginning at t o'clock a m. the Japanese (Continued on Second Page.) SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION Japanese Make More Galas and De rlalve Flahtlna; la Expected Today. For ten dnys the Japanese and Russian armies In Manchuria have been engaged In a mighty conflict, the Issue of which has not been reached. Although most of the news from the scenes of battle comes through Russian sources and consequehtly may be supposed to present the facts In as favorable a light as possible for the Russian arms, it is evident that the Japa nese made some gains yesterday. 8t. Petersburg has an unofficial report that General Kouropatkln's center ha been broken and that thirteen siege guns have fallen Into the hands of the Japanese. These guns, which are of six and eight- Inch caliber, were given permanent em placement on the line of the railroad north of Shakhe station, the fact evidencing the confidence of the Russians that the Japa nese could not penetrato thither. In St. Petersburg it Is generally believed that General Kouropatkln was yesterday fighting a rear guard action to cover his retreat and that the night will have wit nessed a large withdrawal of the troops toward Tie Pass. All of the commander-in-chiefs ability. It is considered, will be required to extricate his army from Its present predicament. The 'issue. It Is ex pected, will be decided today, and a great deal unquestionably depends on the com parative ability of the two armies to resist the effects of hunger and fatigue, the limit of human endurance evidently having been nearly reached on both sides. Beyond the statement that the casualties exceeded those of the battle ot Liao Tang there is little known a to the number of killed or wounded. CZAH ABANDONS THE COMMISSION Refusal of Workmen to Participate Render It Iseless. ST. PETERSBURG, March 7. The Shldlovtkl commission, appointed to ascer tain the cause of discontent among the working peoplo of St. Petersburg, has been dissolved by order of the emperor. An official communication explains that this action Is due to the impossibility of pro ceeding with the proposed plan in conse quence of the refusal of the workmen to elect representatives to the commission. The minister of ways and communications has directed the employes in the work shops of the state railways to elect repre sentative to represent their need to the manager of the shop. LODZ, March 7. The police have ar rested a dozen prominent lawyers and doc tors on the charge that they had been stir ring up the Polish language agitation in the schools. WARSAW, March 7. The strike of house servants here suddenly collapsed toduy. This la attributed to the action of the polite, who have severely whipped do mestics, and the others, fearing similar treatment, gave up the struggle. IRISH QIKSTIOH AGAIN TAKEN IP Delay of Reinstatement of Evicted Tenants Inilrr Discussion. LONDON, March 7. The evening sitting of the house of common was occupied by Irish member complaining of undue delay In the reinstatement of evicted tenant un der the land act of 1903. Mr. Atkinson, attorney general for Ireland, who defended the work of the estate commissioners, de clared that evicted farms unlet throughout Ireland showed a reduction of 64 per cent since 1804. The commissioners now have 41,000 acres of untenanted land and rein statement would In future be much expedited. T. W. Russell, ridiculed the sjmallness of the work accomplished, and said that It was Dublin castle that stood In the way. Finally Kendal O'Brien's motion,1 which had started the debate and which called for remedial measures, was rejected 230 to 182. The Ulster unionists met In the house of commons tonight and decided In view of Mr. Wyndham's resignation of the chief secretaryship for Ireland and of the pend ing appointment of hla successor, to support the government In divisions on the Irish question. Fishermen Are Released. MANILA, March 7. Japanese fishermen who were arrested In conectlon with the attempt alleged to have been made on the night of March 2 to sink the British steamer Carlisle in this harbor, have been released on account of lack of evidence against them. The authorities here aro taking every precaution to prevent any at tempts c" the kind. New Swedish Cabinet. CHRISTIANIA, March 7.-The regent. Crown Prince Gustaf, has Invited former Financial Minister Mlcholaen to form a new cabinet In succession to the Hagerup ministry which resigned March 1. JUDGE RESCUES THREE GIRLS Filipino Maiden Taken from Amer ican Vessel and Captala Fined tor Kidnaping:. ST. LOUIS, March 7. Advice have Just been received from Manila, telling of the exploits of Judge Adolph WUIisenus, for merly a police court Judge of St. Louis, and now a justice on the Island of Cebu, who In January last personally pursued and captured an American commercial vessel that was leaving with three Filipino girls forcibly detained on board, rescued the girl and fined the captain s.GOO pesos. The ship was the United States barkentlne Che hall, owned and commanded by P. M. Simpson of Oregon. When the ship cleared from Cebu the cry was raised that three Filipino girls had been carried away. A cutter overhauled the ahlp, but the girls could not be found aboard. Then It was that Judge Wlslizenus, heating the report, suddenly adjourned court, buckled on a revolver, summoned armed native officials and pursued the barkentlne in a launch, overhauling it and finding the three girls in a locker. Captain Simpson was brought to land, charged with abduction by Judge Wlallxenus, who Immediately reconvened bis court and fined him 2.S00 pesos. STRIKE ON RAPID TRANSIT ELECTION IN KANSAS CITY Light Vote I Cast and Preposition tor New City Charter Is Defeated. KANSAS CITT, March 7. The proposi tion for a new charter waa defeated at an election held here today, at which a light vote was cast. The adoption of the new charter would have required a four seventh vote, hut the charter was not supported by even a majority of the voters- The new charter, which was drawn by thirteen representative freeholders, was Intended to enlarge the powers of the city government and in other ways suit the condition brought about by the rapid growth ot the city during the pmt tea year. Traffic on New York Enbwaj and Elevated Lines Partially Tied Up. NONUNION CREWS MAN TRAINS Twenty-Nine Persona Injored In Wreck on Indrrgroand Road Mayor McClellan Offers to Mediate. NEW TORK, March 8. A five-car train on the Ninth avenue elevated line ran nway, going north soon after midnight soon after leaving the Ninety-third street station, and with scarcely any lessening of speed rourrded the two curves which form an "S" over 100 feet from the ground at One Hundred and Tenth street. The train waa brought to a stop one block south of the One Hundred and Sixteenth street sta tion. The motorman was so erased that he attempted to Jump to the street, but waa restrained by a policeman. Women fainted and men shouted when the train was In flight. At 11:30 125 men from the aouthern states arrived at South ferry, having come by the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The men were marched to Ninth avenue L station under the guard of thirty policemen. They were housed la the Harlem car barns of the company. Wreck In the Sabway. With one collision In which twenty-nine were Injured and none killod. New York ha passed the first day of the general strike on Its rapid transit system. Beyond this accident and some minor casualties due to the abnormal conditions the sum total of the day was annoyance and vexation to a 1,000,000 or more people usually dependent upon the Intorborough's lines for transpor tation to and from business. So fur there has been little disorder. Sporadic encoun ters between Individuals, some bad lan guage and the action of a tew hoodlums In throwing missiles at passing elevated train tell this phase of tho strike. The annoyance of the multitude waa In creased by a wet snow, which began falling this afternoon. Service on the elevated roads and subway, while not tied up, was crippled badly. Trains were run on Irreg ular schedules In the underground, begin ning with the early morning, but the ele vated lines did not fare so well. On the east side practically no attempt was made to institute service, while the Sixth and Ninth avenue lines, which serve the west side, were run in a fashion inadequate. Service in the Sabway, The elevated system of the Interborough'a lines waa pretty well paralyzed. The com pany' entire energy seemed to be directed to an effort to maintain service In the sub way and in this It was partially successful. Strike Breaker Farley and his crew of 700 or 800 men were thrown Into the tunnel; officials of the company gave this system their personal attention and an enormous number of policemen were detailed to the trains and stations. The attempt to run express train waa abandoned early in the day. Every available man was put on the local and a fairly good schedule was main tained during tha evening rush hour until tho accident at .Twenty-third street .took place. This upset things, but after stren uous effort they were straightened out and a service wa resumed on a headway Of from five to seven minutes. The accident at Twenty-third street was in the nature of a rear-end collision, due, it is naid, to the inexperience of men on trains. Two cars had their ends smashed in, vnd there was a panic among score of passenger. Of the injured fifteen were so severely hurt that they had to be sent to the hospitals. Traffic was delayed for over two hours, from 6 o'clock until after 7. A five-car local train, bound uptown for Lenox avenue, was in charge of Motorman Charles Miner of Louisville, Ky., and a conductor named Boyer, both new men. The train waa crowded when It reached Twenty-third street. The last car of the train, No. 3,027, waa one of the new steel cars, and the car ahead of It, No. 3,473, was of the wooden type, with copper sheathing. Samuel T. Bradford, a strikebreaker, was the guard between the two car. The front platform of No. 1,027 and the rear platform of 3,473 were so crowded that Bradford had difficulty in operating the sliding door. Passenger Caught In Viae. The train had just drawn Into the Twenty-third street station and some of the passengers were about to alight when there came a crash aa a train which had left the bridge only thirty seconds after the first train dashed into the first train standing at Twenty-third street. The steel car on the first train was forced Into the rear of the car Just ahead. All of the lights of the first train went out and a moment later were heard the cries of the injured and panic-stricken passengers. Those who were standing in the two rear cars of the first train and In the first car of the second train were thrown to the floor. The passengers standing on the platforms ot tha last two car of the first train were caught aa In a vise. It waa here that ail cf those who were hurt received their In juries. Policemen and firemen were summoned to chop the car apart and rescue the im prisoned. It was fifteen minutes before the first of the victim was released. Meantime some ot the cooler of the pas senger In the train had lighted matchea In the cars and were assisting the women to the doors at unbroken ends of the two cars, and In a few minutes men and women were being passed through the broken win dows to the platform. Some of them were carried across the tracks to the down town station. Many persons, bleeding from slight cut and other trifling In juries, left the train In this way without giving their namea to the police. The firemen worked for over an hour before they were able to cut the last of the injured passenger from the car. Mayor Offer to Mediate. Mayor George B. McClellan late thl afternoon reached the conclusion that transportation conditions had assumed such a serious aspect that It would be necessary to bring the two faction to some speedy agreement. He accordingly addressed a letter to both the Interborough company and the Amalgamated association to this end. In his letter be said: As mayor of the city sollcltou of the comfort of Its people and the protection of ita business interests, I beg to offer to you my services to act as mediator, arbitrator or in any capacity In which I may be instrumental In effecting an ad justment of the existing differences he. tween the Interborougn Rapid Transit com pany and Its employos, so that the com plete operation of their railroad may be res u mod at once. The suggestion which I have made to act myself Is hut prompted by a desire to show my willingness to serve. I would, however, much prefer to invite a number of disinterested citlsens to undertake trie tdsk and submit to them this delicate and patriotic work. Rear End Collision. No meeting of the Amalgamated asso ciation waa held this afternoon and Vice NINE LEAVE f NIEDRINGHAUS Rrrak Take Place la Ranks of Can rna Nominee in Mlaaoarl Lealsiatare. alajatat JEFFERSON CITT, Ho, Much 7.-The expected break on the senatorial deadlock came today, when the joint s sMon to. k iti thirty-ninth ballot, five members changing from Nledrlnghau to Congressman Rich ard Rnrtholdt of St. Louis, two to Major William Warner of Kansaa City and two voted for R. C. Keren. The ballot resulted: Cockrell, 78; Nledrlnghau. 67; Kerens, 17; McKlnley, G; Bartholdt, 6; Warner, 2; Dyer, 1; L. H. Lewis, 1. Representative Hoeber, Klea, Smith, Detfeller and Oseen fort voted for Bartholdt; Moss and land voted for Warner; Senator reck and Rep resentative Mooneyham voted for Kerens, and Representative Walmsley voted for Lewis of Crawford. Another ballot wa ordered. There wa no change on the fortieth bal lot, except Walmsley voted for Representa tive J. H. Richardson of Kans.ia City. The total change from Nledrlnghau Is seven, since Mooneyham, who voted for Kerens today, had been voting for McKlnley, and Keys, who voted for Bartholdt, voted last week for Judge Moses Whybark. The defection of nine members of the legislature who' have been supporting Thomas K. Nledrlnghau, the republican caucus nominee for United States sen ator, today, had a depressing effect upon the Nledrlnghau men and there was no caucus tonight as had been planned. Seven! floor leaders of the republican stated that In all probability the effort to break the senatorial deadlock would be carried to the floors of the joint ses sions and thnt all plans to agree upon a compromise candidate In caucus would be abandoned. The acquisition of two votes today has caused tho Kerens men to become more, confident and they declare that they will welcome a free-for-all method of settling the senatorial question. The democrats held a caucus tonight, but the scnatorshlp was not considered. It being understood the democrats will con tinue to present a solid minority for former Senator Cockrell. ' - SUIT AGAINST THE SANTA FE Taking of Testimony In First of Kansas Oil Conspiracy Cases Begins. TOPEKA, Kan., March 7.-C. C. Cole man, the attorney general, and Frank B. Monett, the attorney for the state oil pro ducers, began taking testimony hero today In the case brought against the Atchison, Tope k a & Santa Fe Railroad company In Chautauqua county. The action against the railroad company Is based upon the charge that it is violating the state anti-trust law. Very little progress waa made. Cyrus Anderson, secretary of the Slate Board of Railway Commissioners, the first witness called, waa required to furnish copies of the annual reports made last year by all of the Kansas railroads to the bonrd of commissioners. Excerpts were taken from these, showing who the directors of each company are. No testimony waa asked on the subject of rates. This will be brought out who)? the officer of tho company give their .dtaoaUIcn later in lite week. Robert Dunlap; attorney general for the Santa Fe, Is here from Chicago to rep resent his company, CHANUTE, Kan., March 7.-The oil pro ducer are not satisfied by the statement made by Commissioner Garfield of the bureau of corporations as to the method to be pursued in the Standard Oil Investi gation. The producers have written Con gressman Campbell and asked him to con vey to the president that the Investiga tion take the form of a court of inquiry, that the hearings be advertised In the papers and that both sides appear and tell the story. The producers In their letter say that this Is the only way In which an Impartial Investigation can be made. CAPTAIN KIRKMAN RESIGNS Will Probably Not Be Allowed to He , tire from Army withoat Punishment. I , WASHINGTON. March 7. Captain George W. Klrkman. Twenty-fifth in fantry, who is being tried by court mar tial at Fort Nobrara, Neb., on charge of scandalous conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, ha ten dered hi resignation a an officer of the army, and the question of Ita acceptance la under consideration by the president and the secretary of war. The court engaged In the trial of Cap tain Klrkman has taken a recess until May 10 In order to await the receipt of certain evidence from the Philippines. In the meantime additional charge of a serious character have been preferred against Captain Klrkman. and it is said to be unlikely that he will be allowed to quit the service without punishment. REINION OF THF. ROI'GH RIDERS Meetlnr Postponed I'ntll April T at Request of the President. WASHINGTON, March 7. It wa an nounced today that the reunion of the Rough Riders, President Roosevelt' old regiment, which had been scheduled to take place at San Antonio, Texas, on the 31st Instant, had been postponed until April 7 on the request of the president. To attend the reunion the president had Intended to leave Washington on the 27th Instant, but he said that he probably might not be able to get away at so early a date. In accordance with the arrangements ten tatively made now, he will leave Wash ington on April 4 or 6. The president's decision to defer the date of his departure waa reached be cause of the doubt as to when the senate will adjourn the extraordinary session. ANOTHER CUTIN GRAIN RATES Illlaal Central Make Hednctloa on Shipment from Sucker Stat to Atlantic. CHICAGO. March 7 Rates on export corn shipments from points In Illinois have been reduced nesrly 2 cents per 100 pounds by the Illinois Central on all grain bound tor Atlantic ports from thl state via Chi cago. The new rates go Into effect to morrow. At a meeting of traffic officials of western roads held here today the question of ad Justing the grain rate from Iowa points wa dlscusred Definite action will be an nounced aa soon aa an agreement is reached. (Continued oa Second Page.) ANTI-CIGARETTE BILL PASSES Wisconsin I-ealslature Prohibit tha Manofaetare r Hale ( "(orBa Jails." MADISON. Wis., March 7. The legisla ture today, by a vote of 7 to 1, passed a bill absolutely prohibiting the sale or manu facture ot cigarette or ela-arett eaoera. FENCES ARE TO COME DOWN District Attorney Baxter Receives Orders to Begin Action. CATTLEMEN HAYE H.tD NOTICE ENOUGH Company of lanat Corp F.xpected to Re Quartered at Fort Omaha by the First of April, with More to Follow. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. March 7.-tSpcclal Tele gram.) "The fences on the public domain In Nebraska have got to come down." said 1'nlted States District Attorney Baxter after an Interview with Attorney Oeneral Moody. Judge Baxter arrived in the city last night and today showed himself a real, simon-pure westerner by calling upon the secretary of the Interior, Secretary Taft, Governor Richards of the general land of fice, Secretary Hay, the attorney general and rounding up his day's work by a call on the president with Senator Millard. For two years the cattlemen In the west ern half of Nebraska have been permitted to retain fences which they had erected on the theory that to remove theee fences would work a great hardship and would put their cattle Into a declining market. The government, not ' willing to tako chances of forcing anyone to lose money, has permltte! tho fences to remain, al though it has accumulated evidence enough to provide the district court of Nebraska with cases to last a whole year, and by reason of the government's leniency the cattlemen have grown bolder until a show down Is demanded. Judge Baxter received his Instructions today from the attorney general to proceed, both civilly and crim inally, against the offender who are vio lating the public land laws of the United States. Civil suits will be filed imme diately after Judgo Baxter's return to Ne braska asking for mandatory writs to compel the removal of fences. With these writs granted the defendants In the case will be given a certain time In which to carry out the directions of the court, fall ing In which the Unite! States marshal will proceed to remove the fence, the cost of same being placed on defendants In suits. The time for dallying has gone by. Four Hundred Cases. Colonel Mosby reported upon the offend er against the public land laws two years ago and hla report Is being used by the general land office by two Inspector who are now In western Nebraska going over Mnsby'R findings section by section and verifying what the famous rebel cavalry man reported. The special agent who has been actively at work In Nebraska for some time part has already reported over 400 cases of Illegal fencing, enough to keep Judge Munger's court at work for some months to come, unless the fences are taken down In the meantime. "I fully appreciate the gravity of the sit uation," said Judge Baxter, after his Inter view with law officers of the government, "pertaining to cattle Interests of the state and would readily do all thing that will ease the situation. I feel, however, that ample opportunity baa been given the cat tlemen fa . comply with the order of the Interior department and to adapt them selves to the situation. In some Instances it has been reported to me that men wish ing to enter upon the public domain for homesteads have been assaulted and driven away by threats. My purpose Is to see to It that all persons who desire to enter upon public lands may1 do so without fear of molestation and acting under my In structions I desire to serve notice that I shall proceed vigorously against every man who has inclosed the public lands of the United States Illegally." Push Work at Fort Omaha. Senator Millard had an Interview with Oeneral Greeley today regarding work now In progress on old Fort Omaha preparing It for the occupancy of two companies of the signal corps of the army. General Oreelcy stated to the senator that the work was under way, but had been delayed on ac count of the extreme weather prevailing during the last month. He said it was the Intention of the War department to push the work of rehabilitation of Fort Omaha aa rapidly as possible and that Major Za llnskl, who has been especially detailed to look after the work, would undoubtedly do everything possible to hasten It habitua tion. General Greeley hopes to have quarters ready for one company of the signal corps by April 1, and quarters for a second company ready by May 16 or June 1. He assured Senator Millard that nothing would be spared to make the butldlrigs.habltable within the earliest possible time. Waiting on legislator. Judge Klnkald,. armed with a new batch of letters from cattle men In the Sixth district asking for a modification of the recent order of the Department ot Agri culture regarding Inspection of cattle for feeding purposes, had an interview with Dr. Salmon of the bureau of animal In dustry today. It. Salmon admitted that there were good grounds for protest of the cattle men, but Said that, in view of the change being made by western states regarding quarantine regulations, he thought It wise the department should not move until after the legislatures now In session adjourn, so the department could be fuly advised as to the existing con dition in the several atatea. "My judgment la that concessions will be mode," said Judge Klnkald. "I am convinced that the greatest good with the least Inconvenience to the cattle Interest of the country will actuate the depart ment In handling what I recognize to be an exceedingly Intricate question. I pro pose during the next term of congress to join hands with the committee on agri culture to bring about an Increase of the number of inspectors, because the lack of proper inspection, when needed, Is cre ating sentiment against tne government which I do not think It deserve. I feel sure the department will make every rea sonable concession to the cattle men when individual cases are brought before them." Nebraska Lose Two Place, Max J. Baehr of St. Paul, Neb., one of the very best consuls In the diplomatic J service, has been removed, and Robert J. I Thompson of Illinois appointed to his place at Cientuegos. Cuba. When the appoint j ment of Mr. Thompson came to the senate I yesterday the senator from Nebraska did I - . , V. a th, Mahrbtkan . IIOl l. VJfcH' ' - . . . . . - ... - " , j be removed by this new appointment. This morning, however, Senatora Millard and Burkett realised that two consular posi tion had been swept away from Nebraska In the twinkling of an eye. In the case of Joseph J. Langer at Sollngen, Germany, they recognised that Mr. Langer had re s'gned, but In the case of Baehr they were at their wit' end to understand the condi tion at Cienfuegoa, for It was but short time ago that Mr. Baehr had requested, a transfer to a post to which he could take hla family. Neither of the senators were Informed of the change contemplated and NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST d Thursday, Temperature at Omaha Yesterday Hoar. Pea. Hour. 5 a . nt . , tl T M 11 111 11 la m. m . , ni T n ait T :tit RT mi Dec. as s at Jill ! at 811 ai FIGHT ON FOR THE OIL LANDS llelao- American Company aad the "tnnrinrri Oil Company Lock Horns, C1IKYKNNE, Wyo.. March 7.-(8pecl.il Telegram.) Lobotl l.ohell, American rep resentatives of the American De Petroles Du Wyoming. In which Count Keterhasy and other leading foreigners are stock holders, which last year purchased Popo Agio and Salt Creek oil well and lands In central Wyoming, paying Sl.fjW.Oi'O cash, and which surveyed a line of railway from Orin Junction to 1andcr, have arrived here to demand the survey maps and right-of-way privileges and start work on the railroad. Since the surveys were made powerful capitalists, said to he of the Standard Oil company, through the Northwestern rnllroad. have acquired these survey priv ileges and are preparing to build through the oil fields to the Wind River Indian reservation and head off the Hclgo-Amer-Ican company, which has already secured a market for Its oil by an eastern and southern nutlet over the Burlington rail road and Colorado Southern at Orln Junc tion, Wyo. It Is alleged tho surveys and right-of-way privilege hnve been stolen by the Standard OH crowd and the Belgo company Is preparing to battle In the courts. Agents of the Standard company are buying up oil landa In the vicinity of the proposed extension of the Northwest ern west of Casper and It Is now a fight to a finish for possession of the rich Wy oming oil fields. The Rothschilds are said to be hack of the Belgo company and will down the Standard Oil trust If possible. COLORADO ARGUMENT IS ENDED Members ot Legislature Can Tell What They Think ot F.lec tlon Contest. DENVER, March 7. Argument by attor ney In the gubernatorial contest was con cluded today. Beginning tomorrow the mpmbers of the general assembly will dis cuss the contest under a rule limiting speeches to ten minutes to each of the ninety-seven membera. The assembly will not take a vote on the contest until tho report of the committee appointed to Investigate Senator Morgan's bribery charges has been made. Tho committee appointed by the Joint assembly to Investigate charges of bribery mndo by Senator Richard W. Morgan against Vice President and General Man ager Herbert of the Colorado Southern and Postmaster Daniel Sullivan of Cripple Creek, whom he accused at yesterday' meeting of the joint assembly of offering him 11,600 to vote In favor of Governor Adams in the gubernatorial contest, half of which sum he sold was palt In cash, began hearing testimony tonight In secret session. Senator Margin was called to the stand, and every one except the com mittee and the witness, Including the de fendants, were excluded from the room. Not only were tho defendants kept out of tho committee room, but they were de tained In an adjoining room set apart for witnesses and no one wns permitted to see or talk with them except the officer who had them In charge. FIND WAN WANTED IN OMAHA MorrU Buss, Accused of Veins; Mnlls to Defraud, Is Arrested at Cincinnati, CINCINNATI. March 7. Morris Bass, who Is wanted at Omahn, Neb., charged with operating a fraudulent scheme through the malls, was arrested by Postmaster In spector Holmes here tonight. The method employed by Bass, according to Inspector Holmes, wa to order extensive quantities of goods In the name of the National Clothing store, represented to be owned by Hymnn Goldstein, a business man of Omaha, store the goods In a vacant build ing and later dispose of It. It Is alleged that Rasa secured several hundred dollars In thl manner. Baaa will have a hearing before United State Commissioner Adler tomorrow. Hyman Goldstein is the proprietor of a pawnshop at 1315 Dofegla street. (Continued on Sixth Page ) BANQUET F0RTHE PRESIDENT Friendly Son of It. Patrick of New York Will Entertain the Chief Kaecutlve. NEW YORK, March 7,-Arrangernenta for the entertainment of .President Roose velt at their annual dinner by the Friendly Son of St. Patrick, March 17, have been concluded. The dinner will begin at 7 o'clock. The president will be escorted to Delmorilco's from the home of his brother-in-law by the Sixty-ninth regiment, under command of Colonel Edward Duffy. There will be 600 cover laid and over 2,000 request have been refused. President Roosevelt will make an ad dress and there will be speeches by Jus tice James Fitzgerald of the society. Con gressman William Bourk Cockran, Jus tice Martin J. Keogh and Corporation Coun sel John J. Delaney. C0MERF0RD GETS HEARING Member of Illinois .eglalatare Pre eat HI Krldeaee of Correp tloa to fjraad Jury. SPRINGFIELD. III.. March 7.-The grand jury of Sangamon onunty today com menced an Investigation of the charges of bribery and corruption made against members of the legislature by former Rep resentative Frank D. Comerford of Chi cago. Comerford was before the Jury an hour. Movements of Oeeaa Vessel March T. At New York Sailed: Princess Victoria Ioulse, for Havana; Kaiser Wllhelrn der Gross., for Bremen; Carpathla, for Naples; Victorian, for Liverpool. At Movllle Arrived: Furnessla, from At Naples-Bailed: Calabria, for New York. At Ponta Del Gada Sailed: Cretlc. for New Vork. At Bremen Arrived: IJarbarossa, from New Vork. At It. -Mouth Arrived: Moltke, from New York. At Dover Arrived: Vaderland, from New York. At Gibraltar Arrived: Republic, from SOME SEEING LIGHT Eyes of Legislators Being Opened en Terminal Taxation Question. WINDHAM IS l-LINED TOWARD BILL Objections to Formet Measures' Overcome in the Fresebt One. NO INJURY TO RtMAINDER OF STATE Other Members Talking iu the Bnme Btrala on the Bnbjoct. HOLDRtGE SENDS LITTER TO MEMBERS Makea Specious Argament Why Rata Should t II Reduced oa Local Freight la !Se-braska. (From a Stait correspondent.) LINCOLN, Mutch 1. (Spei'ial Telegram. "i am inclined to luvor the bill." Tins is w hat itcpicM iiUltvo w uldham ui Cass said worn askeu uuout Ins uuliude toward terminal taxation tor laimaua aa contemplated In it. k. M by Ciame vt Douglas and as tiiili-liK.d tor by Omaha people ror yeais. Mr. liidlmm adilcii: "1 have not arrived at una! conclusion lit this matter, but am convinced that the time has come lur ua to address ourselves seriously to this proisjsltlon, and lor my part 1 am going Into the mutter thor oughly and from an Impartial standpoint. It sceina to me that the prim objection, heretofore urged against this proposition, namely, that a terminal tax on railroad for city purposes will deprive country dis tricts of part of their taxes, has been sue cesstully met." Omaha member who have learned ot Mr. Windham friendliness to thl bill ara greatly encouraged, a he Is one of Hi mos. Influential members of the legislature and possessing a hold upon the conviction and confidence ot colleague, being among the most effective debaters that any recent legislature has seen, his attitude for the bill, they feci. Is bound to facilitate it progress and aid In carrying conviction to the minds of other member. But there are other leading members ot the houso and senate who have yielded to tho same conviction aa Mr. Windham that It Is time the legislators of Nebraska were looking upon the serious side of the matter of terminal taxation, The fact, which has been so Impressively pointed out, thnt this proposition Involves the wel fare of every Incorporated city and village In the state of Nebraska and not only Omaha, is having great weight, and with fair minded men la displacing that fallacy upon which the railroads have so largely depended, that Omaha and Omaha alone will reap the benefit and the other part of the state will suffer from the passage of such a law. "I think thl objection ha been over come and this argument fulrly and ably met," say Mr. -Windham in hi Interview. And he admitted that thin wag the chief objection to this whole proposition. Other Not o Willing; to gee. Rut the railroads have , not ceased their efforts to Inflame the passion and preju dices of the country members with the old hum-drum argument that they will be tho sufferers It such a law Is enacted. The fact that Omaha get only 26,flC7.fi from the whole amount of taxes paid In the en tire state by the railroads and telegraph companies for city purposes, while the other Incorporated cltle and village are deriving t',8,7! 9.17 has been fully exploited and held up before the very nose of the legislators and yet the railroads proceed to confuse those willing to be confused by this argument of theirs. The desperate fight being made by Die railroads and tha gradual tendency of country member to face this proposition a Representative Windham says he Is facing It lend much encouragement and hope to the Dougla county members who are making a fight for terminal taxation. The Douglas county men are encountering the samt disappoint ment which the private i tlr.cn of Omaha who two years ago fought fjt this propo sition encountered and that la the opposi tion or at least apathy of the Lincoln mem bers. Naturally, since Lincoln 1 a vitally affected as Omaha It had been hoped that the members from this city would lend their ad In the promotion of the bill, but Instead they are either pulling back or simply lying down. Iloldrege Mends Letter, The railroads have fairly com under the limelight In the legislature, not only on terminal taxation matters, but on freight rates and other less Important subjects. While no rate bill ho yet been passed or tven recommended for passage, the higher authorities of the roads are not allowing grass to grow under their feet, nor taking anything for granted. George W. Holdrege, general manager of the B. A M. road, ha Indicted a letter to member of th legis lature, appealing to them at length and In forcible terms, not to enact any rate laws; urging them to believe that rate regulation does not He within tho provlnoe of legisla tive authority. To substantiate this assor that he points to the history of "past year relative to state legislation afTeotlng rail roads," which, he saya, "offer safer ad vice than that frequently volunteered by those who are In no way legitimately In terested on either side of these problems." Referring to the meeting of the railroad committee of the house the night of Feb ruary 8, which he and other high officials of his and other companies attended, Mr. Holdrege points out that these proposition were explained: First That prices paid In Nebraska for grain and live stock averaged substantially ss high as In central and western Iowa. Comparative figures that may he rellsd upon have been given to the railroad oom mlttees by Mr. I. O. Ives, the general freight agent of thl company, illustrating this fact. Second That rates upon other important heavy commodities are lower per ton per mile In most inslsnces from source of pro duction to Nebraska point than upon th shorter hauls to points In other states. Third That all Nebraska local rate are not. In accordance with the null general Impression, upon a higher basis than In Iowa, but that in many Instances upon commodities of Importance to our rltlieris the rates are aa low and sometimes lower th in In Iowa. Fourth That th articles for state eon sumption, upon which higher rate sr paid, are generally of such a nature thHt the prices are not affected by the ratea and would be no lower if the rates should be reduced by this state legislature. Cite f oe rt Ileelstoa, Fifth That th supreme court of the Vnlted States. In Its decision upon the Nr. braeka maximum rate cases. r'iilie that, In considering the measure of ti.e reason ableness of a local frHght schedule, all Interstate truffle must be eliminated, ami thst ri(s within state liounriarles csnnoi be reduced by law below a compensatory basis. It can be safely asserted that no railroad In the state of NelnsNka mn be sustained at Its present condition of efficiency and give the local service now rendered or ex pected, defending exclusively on local tat t runic at the present rates, i.nd that iliei r1 J