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Sherlock Holmes' Mystery, Hext Sunday's Bee. The Daily Bee. Superb Color Magazine, Next Sunday's Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MOKNING, MAKCII 9, 1905 TEN TAGES. SINGLE OOrY THREE CENTS., czar's ra l ci rc im nnnrf a- t a-" k . i ia i isi 1 1 u iiniiii nan asa mm mm m w lonropatkin'i Army Abandon! 8hakheLine During Bight MUKDEN'S SURRENDER IS NOW IMMINENT Grater of Banian Position U Threatened by Bapid Japanese Advance. JAPS REPORTED IN REAR OF THE CITY -,-.- . s .' ' ''' - Probability that the Betr - to Tie Paw May Be Cut ts ' T0KI0 CLAIMS GREATEST VIC VOF WAR 0,'i Army Within Hllea of the . Railroad at Pola(' hree ' Miles Horth la ' Tonihe. i SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION Hm Ready to Abaadea Mikity Feasibility that Retreat la Cat On. General Kourbpatkin la giving ground be fore the armlea of Japan and yesterday ha abandoned positions aouth and southwest of Mukden, burning auch of his auppllea aa be could not carry with him. The Japa nese artillery la thundering- at the very galea of Mukden, which position the Rus alana atlll hold, but which they are ad mittedly prepared to evacuate, changing their baae to Tie raw, which la forty mllea north of Mukden. Bo far as the re treat haa progressed it has been orderly. What the Japanese may have In store for the defeated army on Ita retirement north ward remains to be disclosed. There are reports that General' Rennenkampff, the foremost 'cavalry general of the Russian army. In Manchuria, baa been cut off on the east from the main force, and Japaneae troops 1 it considerable numbers are aald to be already in the vicinity of Tie Pass. 'The retirement unquestionably cost the Russians dear in the matter of supplies and heavy guns. Neither commanders nor cor respondents' have yet ventured to estimate the number killed or wounded In the eleven days of fighting. .The Russian casualties in the fighting Tuesday on the left flank are said to have been fully 7,000. GENERAL KUROKIB HEADQUAR TERS IN THE FIELD, Via Fuaan, March 1. (MornlngH The RuasUna ' lset night, under coyer of the darkness, evacuated the whole line along the Shakhe river and are now in full retreat northward. The Japa nese Infantry is pressing them closely. Before retreating the Russians set Are to great heaps of supplies, which burned throughout the night. ' The fall of Mukden appears Imminent. The Japanese are pushing the Russians hard on the east-. , ' ' ... V Haste of, Makdea. MUKDEN. March .---4:30 p. m. The Jap anese last night attacked the Russian posi tions north of Mukden and orced the Rus sians to fall back a little. ' The Japaneae are "concentrating on the west front. ... This may be the last dispatch out of Mukden, as the telegraph line Is in danger of being destroyed. ' The battle Is m full progress. 11 a. m. The Russians are retiring from the lines 'of the Shakhe river and the left flank to the line of fortifications on the Hun Tlver. Japanese are north of Mukden and . advancing against' the railroad, at ITnguntun. - A fight la raging two miles west of the railroad and projectiles reach the railroad. ' i -t, Bloodiest Battle of War. TOKIO,- March I. Advices received here Indicate that General Kouropatkln Is badly beaten' in ,the. bloodiest battle of the pres ent lwar. '-;. " It is -officially announced the Russians began retreating yesterday morning. The Japanese armies are pursuing, them. Jape Wla Great Victory. "WASHINGTON," March 8. The State de . j. portment Is pfficla)ly 'Informed, from,;reklo ,Uiat. tIie-.Jii havi achieved a great victory before Mukden and .that the .Rua .Slan army la in full retreat. The casual ties are numerous on both sides. . . 'Hanslaas Still Hold Makden. MUKDEN, March 8.-11 a. m.-Mukden la still In the hands of the Russians, but withdrawal from ' the Una . of the Shakhe river Is' In full progress. ,. ?he,Japancse are making a strong attack ' north of Mukden. ' where they occupy a right-angled position, one side parallel with the railroad and three and a half miles distant, and the rear facing northward three miles north of the imperial tombs. The Russians have, retired aomewhat from the ' positions they ' occupied yesterday In the region of Tatcheklao, but are making alpAnir mtanA vuin.t I hi frrtt h-rift Thft X. Russians also are holding the village, of Unshuntun, which, at nightfall was partly In the hands of the Russians and partly In those of the Japanese. .At o'clock this morning the Russians succeeded In talcing complete possession of the village, . which . ts of great strategical Importance for suc cessful accomrJIshnrent of withdrawal. No "fll i- - i i.i . r J . . . . . m the railroad, has begun at this hour. The JflDanese hold the heights five miles west " of . Hushatat, though Russian cavalry In this region yesterday arove in ouuying par ties. . It .Is also reported that, there la a Japanese detachment east of the railroad In the same region. Telsgraphlo communication with Harbin was destroyed by the Japanese early this morningbut has since been restored. The burning of commlsariat warehouses and the destruction of supplies south of Mukden, which haa been In progress sev eral days. Is said by Russian officers to be complete. Everything that could not be carried away was destroyed. nasalaaa Retreat la Order. MUKDEN, March .- a. m. The Rus slan army is leaving positions south and southeast of Mukden. . The sky Is lighted with the brilliant glare of warehouses where tons of com missary supplies have been given to the flames. The retlroment Is being effected In perfect order, the Russians beating off attacks of pursuing Japanese. The with drawal was necessitated bya heavy conv centratlon of Japaneae weecand northwest of Mukden, whither they have transferred a large share of the forcea from the south ern front to reinforce the original striking force of General Nogl. Russians Are Defeated. ST. PETERSBURG. March 8.-I a." m. The battle of Mukden haa resulted In a Russian defeat. ,Fyld Marshal . Oyama haa once,, more proved himself one of the greatest masters of' offensive strategy .since' Napoleon, while General Kurcpotkln la now. engaged In endeavoring to defend his title as a mas. wr of successful retreats and bring off his army, with Ita Immense train, safely to Tie pass, . where a position waa, long ago prepared with this contingency in view. The problem before the Russian commander-in-chief i much more difficult than the on he met successfully at Llao Yinr alaca now he Is threatened on hth fl.i.l.1 Mm 1m ft wins tvAlnv cntinld In - mountainous region far from the railroad. Nevertheless, Russian , military men here express a fair degree of confidence In Gen eral Kouropatkln s ability-once more to extricate his army a ad avoid a Russian Sedan. Besides his skill In rear guard ac tion, they base their hopes on the physical condition of the Japanese soldiers, who, though they are conceded to be the great . est marchers In the world, are well nigh exhausted by their strenuous endeavors uf ths last fortnight. , , a'ewra Waa Kaaected. Only lo the Initiated Is the news of the reverse positively known st this time. Era- RUSSIAN FLEET G.0ES BACK Parla Hears that Ships Have All Started from Madagascar to Jahatll. PARIS. March 8. A dispatch to the Temps from Tananarlvo, capital of the Island of Madagascar, says the entire Rus sian . fleet has left the waters of Mada gascar ' on Its return to Jubutll, French Somallland. LONDON, March 9. No confirmation has reached London ' that . Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron is returning from Madagascar to Jubutll, nor are there any dispatches printed in the morning news papers throwing further light on the posi tion of affairs In Manchuria. Should the report concerning Vice Admiral Rojeat vensky be confirmed It will be regarded here as a strong indication of Russia's, de sire to arrange terms of peace with Japan. ' Continued ou Second I'ae. MAKING POLITICAL MEDICINE Demoerat and Repnbllcaa Talk of . ' Appropriations by Con. . areas. WASHINGTON, March 8.-8tatements were - issued today for publication In the Congressional Record by Mt. Hemenway, late chairman of the house committee on appropriations, and by Mr. Livingston, ths ranking members of the minority on the same committee, relating to the appropria tions by the session of congress just closed. The statements as to the total appropria tions for the session agree, being $818,478,914 for the fiscal year ending June 90, 1908, as against 8781,172,375 for . the previous year. Mr. Livingston makes a comparison of the four years of, the last Cleveland adminis tration and the four years of the adminis tration JustjcJoaed, showjng that in 1898-9S. the appropriations 'were,- 'Xro8.34,7&8 and during the year 190B-QS' they were 13,153134, ?t .- : - i i- - . ; ... I In addition to ihe statement made by Mr. Hemenway in the house on Saturday he submits additional figures and 'comments on governmental expenditures. ' He says: i Under' the operation of the latter statute and the provisions of the sinking; fund law the public debt has been reduced since August 31, 1866, at which time it reached ita highest point, 13,756,431,671 to 81,20, 266,987 at the close of February, 1906, or more than 8416,000,(1(10 In excess of the liberal require ments of the sinking fund law. During the four fiscal years (1893-96) ' of President Cleveland's last administration there waa annlled ta the alnklnor fund nnlv $13,400,047, or an average of little more than $3,000,000 per annum. During the eight fiscal years (1897-1904) of ths administrations of Presidents McKlnley and Roosevelt, the aggregate amount ap plied to the sinking fund was $237,616,669, or an average of nearly $30,000,000 per annum. Anotner permanent annual appropriation. r'hleh does not affect the ordinary receipts nd expenditures of the government, ia for the redemption of circulating notes or na tional banks that are retiring or reducing circulation. Theso redemptions are made out of deposits of national banks required by law for that purpose, and the esti mated amount that will be paid out of these deposits for these redemptions during the fiscal year 1H06 is $30,000,000. Speaking of the appropriations Mr. Hemenway says: , I am advised by those most competent' to Judge that the deficiency In the revenues of the government for the current fiscal year win noi exceea is.uw,uuu. Tnis aenciency is brought about by unforeseen expendi tures in two directions namely, $13,000,000 on account of new ships for the navy and also In the probable excesa of. $6,000,000 or $6,000,000 expenditures for the postal service over the postal receipts for 1906. Mr. Livingston, after giving various ex. penditures, says: ' Contrasting Mr. Cleveland's second ad ministration aa to appropriations with that of Mr. Roosevelt, we And that a strenuous government, dominated by the policy of a ' big stick," costs under Mr. Roosevelt $?20, 4129 more for the army, $J68,1H4,167 more for the navy, $19,477,66$ more for fortifica tions, and for the three combined military purposes $4S8.O74,060 more than did the same objects under Mr, Cleveland's last four years of office, a sum large enough to erect a public building In every city and town In the country, with -enough to apare to Im prove every harbor and waterway, neces sary for the promotion of mir commerce; or It -would nave been aufllclent to con struct 2u0.0u0 miles of perfect roadways throughout the whole land. EDITORS MEET AT ' WASHINGTON Prcaldeat Reeelvea the Delegates la tha Afteraooa. . WASHINGTON, March 8. The National Republican Editorial association held Ita sixth annual convention In this city today. Its features were the annual address by the president, John A. Sleclher of Leslie's Weekly, read In his absence by Secretary A. O. Bunnell; remarks by Vice President Fairbanks, papers by Dr. A.' E. Wlnshlp, president of the Massachusetts Editorial association; W. 8. Capeller of Mansfield, O., and ' H)n. Late Young ' of the Dea Moines (Ia.) Capitol; the election of officer and a reception at the home of Vice President Fairbanks tonight. . Officers were elected aa follows: Pres. Ident, William 8. Capeller, Mansfield. O.; first vice president, Oeorge . C. Rankin, Monmouth, 111.; second vice president, Joseph M. Caople, Boston, Maaa.; third vice president, Lewis McKlnsley, Fredonla, N. Y.; fourth vice president, Stuart F. Reed, Clarksburg, W. Va fifth vice prea tdent, B. F. Morris, Mockvllle, N. C; sec retary. A. O. Bunnell, Danville, Ky. . i Resolutions were adopted congratulating the people of the country on the auspicious Inauguration of ' President Rooaeveltj ac knowledging his successful effort at . the leadership of the republican party; pledging support to him In the future and endorsing hla efforts to secure legislation for '. the control of railroad rates. The business meeting closed at 1 o'clock. At 2:30 the members of the association were received by the president and in the evening by Vice President and Mrs. Fair banks. . ' SUBWAY TRAINS ARE RUNNING Almost Normal Conditions Prevail on New . York Underground Lines. ELEVATED IMS AKE STILL CRIPPLED Officials Say that Threat mt Strikers to Call Oat Power Host Em ployes Will Mavo No EnTeet. NEW YORK, March 8. A very decided Improvement In the conditions of traffic on the subway and elevated railroads marked the second day of the strike of the em ployes of the Interborough company. This was especially so on the subway, on which by the time the evening rush hours came. express service had been established and affairs had almost resumed their normal aspect. On the elevated lines service was more Irregular but continued to Improve, especially on the Sixth avenue line. There was practically no disorder, and only a few minor accidents occurred during the day. The officials of the Interborough company expressed confidence that Jhey had the situation well In hand and that a few daya would see a full resumption of ser vice on all lines.. Tonight the officials an nounced that they had received assurances of the Intention of 60 per cent of the strikers to resume work as individuals and that forty of the old motormen had already been taken back. This was positively de nied by President Pepper, of tho Amalga mated association of Street and Electric Railway employes, who declared that he could account . tor every one of the men who had gone on strike and that there had seen no sign of disaffection. At the down town recruiting office of the Interborough company about 250 ad ditional men were accepted for aervlce on the elevated roads and were aent to the yards at One Hundred and Forty-seventh street. May Call Oat Engineers. , Rumors were afloat tonight that the strikers expected to execute a grand coup by Inducing the employes In all the power houses to join them In a systematic strike. Officials of the company were disposed to ridicule the possibility of the -powerhouse men striking, but said that even should they do so the places of all could be filled wUhln four hours. : ' Tho "strike breakers" seemed today to have complete control of the trains and had no difficulty in carrying those who wished to ride. All the stations and tralna seemed to be equipped with a full quota of men. - The accident of yesterday had a notice able effect on the subway , traffic today. As the trains rolled Into the various stations t was observed that the first and last cars were of the new steel pattern, constructed with a view' to minimizing 'casualties in collisions. In yesterday's accident It waa a ateel car that received the slightest Injury. Greater attention was. paid by the man agement to the local' tralna. These were run almost as frequently as under normal conditions ' and almost schedule time waa made "between terminal points. The express service, while not aS ' frequent as under tniual conditions mads almost aa good-tlmet In many -instance the train t)elng but' one minute bahtnd the schedule time allowed between expreaa stations. The delays were caused principally at the terminal points by the switching, where the trains were run carefully to prevent any accident.- All trains throughout the day carried three policemen, one guarding the motorman, an other In the center of the train, while tha third stood on the rear platform. i In the meantime the elevated did hot fare so well. At the various . uptown stations during the afternoon groups of would-be patrons waited on the platforms, but. many became tired and either resorted, to the sub way or the surface cars to get up or down town. ' Car Is Overtarned. A green motorman's nervousness was re sponsible for an accident which, interrupted traffic on the Third avenue elevated road tor a short time In the afternoon and nar rowly escaped being attended by fatal re sults. A southbound train in Westchester branch had Just swung Into tha main track at One Hundred and Forty-ninth street at a rate of speed that almost derailed It at the switch. When the motorman caught sight of the rear of a train ahead he clapped on the emergency brakes and began to back almost aa rapidly as he had gone ahead. The- shock of the sudden stoppage hurled all the passengers forward In heaps and a minute - later they were all jerked , in the opposite direction when the train brought up against the awltch, which had been reset, after Its passage. The rear car was derailed and thrown on its side across the track and a panic ensued among the pas sengers, all of whom, however, escaped on hurt and walked along the tracks to the nearest stations. Rear Ead Colllsloa. In a rear-end collision at the terminal of the West Farms elevated branch of - the subway tonight fifty polloeinen, sitting eat ing In two cars used as a waiting room, narrowly escaped being precipitated to tha roadway fifty feet below. ' All of the glaaa In .the cars waa smaahed to piecea and slx policemen were Injured. Only twelve passengers were on the train which ran Into the waiting car, , and . all escaped Injury. The motorman said ha waa unable to stop, the train owing. either to the failure of. the brakes to work or to the slippery track. ... Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer ican Federation of Labor,, arrived from Washington tonight, but aald his errand had nothing to do with the strike on. the Interborough. He leaves for Washington tomorrow. John Hurley, deputy grand chief of the locomotive engineers, who Is In town, aald tonight that he waa simply looking on. Warren E. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, ar rived In thla city late tonight. He aaw none of the strike leaders tonight. City May Take tho Sab way. Belsure of the aubway by the city will bo the remedy which President Alexander E. Orr declares ths rapid transit commission ers will apply If the strike tie-up should continue long. The leaae by which the Interborough com pany operates the subway provides that "reaaonable time" anal! be given to the company to comply with tho terms of Its contract with the city. The Interborough company la bonded to the city In $1,000,000 to furnlah an adequate aervloe. The contract provides the schedules which shall bs maintained, with the head way of trains. This of course, could hardly be lived up to In case of a strike. According to the American an under-, atandlng haa been reached between Oeorge K. Pepper, chief of the local trainmen, and W. D. Mahon, as a reault of which the National association - will give Its support to the men and aaalat them financially it the strike contluues. The National as sociation la aald to have a large 'fund at ihan ....... CHADWICK DEFENSE BEGINS Goreraaacat Tolats or ' Krideweo. StroBK CloslaaT i . CLEVELAND. Marcfe 8,-The case of the government agalnft Mrs. Cbadwlck Waa completed this afternoon. One witness for the defense, an expert accountant, waa swirn, but an - adjournment waa taken until tomorrow morning before he had given any testimony. The entire afternoon session of the court Was taken ujt by the introduction aa evidence of checks, deposit slips, books of the bank and two letters written by Mrs. Chad wick to Beck with and Bpear. Tho most Important point made by the state In Its entire taee was gained this morning . when Dfatrlct Attorney Sullivan, after a hard fight with the attorneys for the defense, secured the admission as ev idence of two drafts ' aggregating 880,009 Issued by the . Oberlln-' bank In favor of Mr. Chadwlck August 24, 1903. On thla same date Mrs. Chadwlck obtained from the bank a certified chock for $12,600, and Receiver Lyon testified that there was nothing on the books, of the bsnk to ahow that at the , time of receiving the drafts and the check MrsT-Chadwlck had a cent of money In the bank or was In any way entitled to ' credit. The drafta were en tered on the hooka of the bank one month and five daya after being issued. During this time the books of the Oberlln bank showed that the money waa held ' to its credit at the Importers and Traders' Na tional bank In New York, while It waa in reality In the possession of Mrs. Chad wlck. The defense objected to the Introduction of the drafts on the ground that they were not mentioned In tUn Indictment, but the decision of Judge Tfcyler was In favor, of the government and the drafts were ad mitted i It Is believed that only a part of the next session of tha court will be required for the witnesses for the defense, and that the attorneys will commence- their argu ments by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. Two letters written by Mrs., Chadwlck to Beck with and .Spear were read during the afternoon session and afforded consid erable amusement to the court. The letter first read waa written Jointly to Beckwlth and Spear and related to a loan which Mrs Chadwlck had secured from . W. L. Fay o.f Elyria. Ohlo It declared that the writer had given- a check to Fay and when he came 'tS see them about it all they had to do wa to aay that they had agreed to extend her paper. -It would .not be neceasary for them to say anything . be yond that. The letter concluded: He said that you would be 'surprised to see the check In his hands, so you better be surprised. If you don't say It, yeu can look It. i The second letter was written to Spear alone. In It Mrs. ' Chadwlck - asked him to ' certify a check to be given by her to Hent y Wurst of Elyria, saying that she Would get the funds In the. east to meet the check.' "fo draw check for 815,000," the letter sal- .'"and I will sign it and pay you Well for It I am about to do some thing of great Interest to us all.". . ' District Attorney; Sullivan' laid great stress In presenting the letters to the jury, to the apparent fact that Mrs.. Chad wick A.lrin fn. (k. :f Ulf!i H nt .ftiAnlf not only when she hao.no runda .4n u bank, but even before shevhad signed It. COMMITTEE AMENDS TREATY Saato Doanlaloaa Protocol Chaaged So aa Not . to Create a j Precedent. WASHINGTON, March 8. The Santo Do mingo treaty was practically perfected to day by the ' senate committee on foreign relation ao far as phraseology is con cerned, but without regard to tha principles-involved in the procedure proposed by the Dominican convention. The 'com mittee progressed so far that It waa agreed to take a vote on the treaty at 11:30 a. m, tomorrow to determine whether the report will be In favor of ratification or rejection. What the report -will be cannot be deter mined positively, although It is believed It will be favorable.. The democrats on the committee have expressed themselves as against the treaty fundamentally, although they took an active part In the presenta tion and adoption of amendments. Jt is ex pected most of the republican-. senators will vote to report the treaty as amen led. All of the amendments adopted by . the committee are with a general aim of mak ing : the question covered stand alone and of removing all chance of it being used aa a precedent for like procedure in other countries under guise of being required by the Monroe doctrine. ' For Instance, one of the first amendments strikes out that portion of the second paragraph of the preamble which has been construed as a definition and application of the Monroe doctrine to the Santo Domingo case. . Big Illustrated Features in Next Sunday's Bee Sherlock Holmes Mystery The adventure of the Priory School with Its strange ending. PABLO DOMENECH, a Story By CARMEN 8YLVA, tie bril liant Queen of Roumanla. WHY DOES BABY CRY? 'The answer also tells how to atop the needless crying. Strangest Battle In History Fight at Karo La, on road to Lhassa, lD.ttuo feet above sea. Divorces Among Actresses Where three and four times di vorced Is not uncommon. BUSTER BROWN AND TIGE Picture story of the precocloua youugHter and his pet. PLAN TO SEAT ALVA ADAMS Twenty-Two Eepublicans Combine with Democrats to End Oonttsb WILL REJECT "ALL COMMITTEE REPORTS This Aetlea Will Leave Oorenar ta OBlea Wltkaat Repaallcaaa Vatlaar Directly (or Him. DENVER, March . A plan for disposing of the contest over the governorship and retaining Adams In the chslr waa an nounced tonight by the Adama supporters. It la to be brought about by the aid of certain republicans, though they will not be required to vote directly to aeat Adams. According to the clalma of the Adama peo ple they have secured the. signatures of twenty-two republican members of the legislature to an agreement to vote down all three reports In the contest committee. With the thirty-one members who It la re ported will act with the republicans above mentioned the result will be' a majority of four. . By defeating all three reports ths ef fect will be to allow Adams to retain hla seat. On the other hand, the Peabody re publicans claim that they have forty-six pledged to stand together for Peabody and that this pledge waa made at tonight's caucus. A ateerlng committee waa named and Instructed to use every effort to keep before the joint assembly the Alexander re port In favor of seating Lieutenant Gov ernor McDonald and Ignoring the claims of both Adams and Peabody. They hope In this way to eventually win away enough of the McDonald men to give a majority for Peabody. Parllaaaaatary Tangle Begrias. Immediately after the Joint convention assembled today a motion was made for tha adoption of the majority report of the contest committee In favor of seat ing Peabody as governor. The demo crats were silent and a Peabody republican member moved as an amend ment .the. adoption of the democratic re port of Adams. Another Peabody repub lican moved the adoption of Senator Mor ton Alexander's report, declaring the gov ernorship vacant and awarding the ' office to Lieutenant Governor McDonald. Speaker W. H. Dickson made a point of order that the Alexander report could not be accepted as there were only two parties to the con- tent Peabody and Adams. Chairman McDon ald (the lieutenant governor) sustained the point of order. This plunged the joint con vention Into a parliamentary tangle that lasted for an hour. An appeal waa made from the ruling of the chair and after every possible parliamentary move had been made by the . Peabody republicans to prevent a vote being taken on the ap peal, including, motions to adjourn and to take a recesa, a roll call was ordered. The annembly refused to sustain the chair by a vote of 63 to 42. Thla places the Alexander report before the Joint convention. Before a motion could be made on the minority republican report in favor of Governor Adams a motion to take a recess until to morrow was carried overwhelmingly. . , Btragal. or Preoaateaee. The- struggle ' today ,' was In regard to fMaedette'4e the -ote oa ifMUfferteus ts ports.'!.- Tha anU-Peabodx - people . and - the democrats are confident they can defeat the republican, report,, if they. can. get a. vote on It first.. On the other hand,. If. the other reports are submitted to a vote ahead of the Peabody report they probably will be defeated and the Peabody report may be then adopted, aa there are, many antl Peabody men who would refuse to vote for Adama, ....... LITTLE BOY KILLED ON STREET Baa Over by Loaded Waaroai and Crashed So that He Boon Died, A boy, apparently between 8 and 9 years old, was run over and killed by a loaded lumber wagon at Thirty-third and Fowler streets at about 4:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It Is supposed that the boy's name was Clausen, but thla Is not definitely known, as the doctor who attended him has not reported the death to the coroner, nor were the authorities at Immanuel hos pital, where he was taken Immediately after the accident, able to state the boy's first name nor his address. Clausen along with a boy companion la supposed to have been ' on his way home from school. ' The boys got on a wagon loaded with' lumber that was passing along and in some ' manner the Clausen boy slipped snd fell In such a manner that, one of the wheels of the heavily loaded wagon passed across his chest. The driver noticed the accident and stopped the wagon at once and picking the boy up ran with him to Immanuel hospital, which la close by. The boy died a few minutes after being taken to the hospital. MUDGE TO SUCCEED MILLER General Maaagrer of Santa Fe to ' Be eoano General Mangrer of Rock Island. i. ' TOPEKA, Kan., March . It la stated In railroad circles here that the Board of Directors of ths Rock Island railroad have decided upon General Manager H. V. Mudge of the Santa Fe to be general man ager of the Rock Island to fill the office which baa been vaoant since the resigna tion of H. I. Miller. It is not stated that Mr. Mudge has signified his intention of leaving the Santa Fe to becoma affiliated with the Rock Island. The report simply announces that ths Board of Directors of the Rock Island have simply decided on Mr. Mudge aa tha man to be given the position. Mr. Mudge la In California, where he went with his family a few days ago. He will return to Topeka the first of next week. NO CHANGE IN MISSOURI Repablleaa Casesi A areas to Make Flaal AdJoaraaaeat oa Marea t. JEFFERSON CITT, Mo., March S -The joint ballot in the legislature today on tha election of a United State senator waa without decisive reault. Tha vote stood: Cockrell, 7(; Nledringhaua, M; Kerens, 1; McKlnley, 8; Pyet, 1; Bartholdt, (; War ner. I; Robert D. Stiver, 1. At a cauous of the republican members of the house today It was decided to As the date of ths sine die adjournment of the legislature for Tuesday, March 21. During the session of ths house today ths dem ocrats attempted to fix tha date for March It, but the resolution waa tabled by the republicans. It la believed that the definite announcement of the date for the ad journment will have the efteot of breaking the sanatoria! deadluta, NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Tkareday and Friday. Te Hoar, K a. , a. T a. M a. a. 10 a. 11 a. l aa. aaperatare at Omaha Testerdayi Hoar, Dea. 1 p. m ..... . 4it 5 . ra 4 a m. sa 4 4 n. m BO H p. aa fit 6 p. an...,, AO T p. at 4M a p. wi 40 p. a 44 Dear. a sa aa X3 na..i... at mt...... 81 at A3 ma...... fto aa ft 43 WORK ON SUICIDE THEORY Officials at Hoaolala Naw Hint that Mrs. ' Btaaford Killed Herself. HONOLULU. March .-Tn testimony bf the chemlsta In the Inquest on Mrs. Stanford's death practically completes the case for the Jury and the eight witnesses will sign the transcripts of their testimony in the presence of the Jury. Attorney General Andrews Is said to have been directing his questions with the Idea of bringing out the probability of the suicide of Mrs. Stanford, ualng aa the baale of such theory the fact that Mrs. Stan ford in Ban Francisco became acquainted with the extreme bitterness of the taste of strychnine, yet made no remark on the night of her death that ahe had expe rienced the same taste in the medicine which Is said to have caused the end of her life. High -Sheriff Henry says the Inquest probably will be completed tomorrow. The high sheriff says he has traced the history of the bottle containing the bicarbonate of soda since It was packed In San Francisco and he Is positive poison was not put Into the bottle here. The opinion of the high sheriff Is against the suicide theory. . SAN FRANCISCO, March . The police authorities have deemed It necessary to deny the persistent rumors afloat that they found strychnine in Mrs. Stanford's residence here. Acting Chief of Police Splllane and Captain of Detectives Burnett have given out the following statement: OFFICH CHIEF OF POLICE, SAN FRANCISCO, March 8. I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the Investigation In this city of the death of Mrs. Stanford has failed to reault la the finding of any strychnine whatever, either at the residence of Mrs. Stanford or elsewhere. JOHN SPILLANE, Captain and Acting Chief of Police. J. f. BURNETT, Captain of Detectives. The private detectives engaged In the case also deny that they found any poison on the premises. 'While the police of this city have not yet actually dropped their investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, they ad mit that none of the former members of ths households here or at Palo Alto will be further watched or questioned. MORMON CHURCH IS BLOWN UP Explosion ' of Gas Destroys Meettaa; House at Granger One Ysug Woman Killed. SALT LAKE CITT, March 8. An explo sion of Illuminating gas In the cellar of ths Mormon meeting hou at Granger, four teen -miles southwest ' f Salt Lake City, caused the death of oL young woman and serfOturif 'Injured twenty-six other persons, mostly young women and children. The meeting, house waa . wrecked. While the Granger Mutual Improvement association was In session ths lights went out. A boy went Into tha cellar with a lamp to see what waa wrong and the explosion followed. Mlsa Nellie Mackay, the church organist, who waa standing . directly over the gas tank, received the full force of the explo sion and was killed. A panic enaued among the audience, and In their efforts to escape many who had not been Injured by the explosion were trampled upon. Among the Injured are the following: Eunice McRae, daughter of Bishop McRae, seriously. Mabel Mackay, leg broken. Roy Peterson, arm broker). XV. J. Hern, preitident Young Men'a Men tal Improvement ansoclatlon, seriously. Annie Home, daughter of W. J. Home, seriously. Annie Solomon, seriously. Vivian Wallace, seriously. FORMER TEACHER IS KILLED Woman la Foond Dead la California and Foal Play ia Sne peoied. ST: LOUIS, March i, Advices have been received from Los Angeles, Cal., to the effect that the dead body of a woman, be4 lleved to have been, murdered, has been found In the sea at Ocean park and Identi fied at Mrs. Nancy Jane MUburn, formerly of 8t. Louis. The records of the St. Louis school board show that In 1878 Mrs. Mil burn waa a teacher in the St. Louis schools. The Loa Angelea dispatches state that when the body waa found It was at first believed that the woman had been acci dentally drowned, but the autopsy showed that her neck had been broken and there were indications that ahe had been strangled. The condition of the stomach In dicated that death had reaulted before the body was thrown Into the sea. The identi fication was made by ' her daughter, Mrs. Nancy Jane O'Brien. Mrs. MUburn went from St. Louis to Los Angeles many years ago and engaged In the real estate bUalness. A few weeks ago she visited St. Louts on business. .The dis patches state that California detective are working on the case. JULY WHEAT SHARPLY BREAKS Decline of Three Cents Occurs . oa Chicago Board) Becanae of Good Weather. CHICAGO, March I A break of an even I cents In the price of wheat for July de livery occurred here today. Other options suffered almost as 'sharply. Excellent growing .weather throughout ths winter wheat section of the United States wss the cause of general selling that resulted In the severe setback to prices. Tha close for July was at the lowest point of ths day, S3T4 cents. Movements vt Ocean Vessels March 8, At New York Sailed: Teutonic, for Liverpool; Rotterdam, for Rotterdam. At vliaagow Arrived: Furnetiaitf, from New York; Pomeranian, from Uoaton. At Alexandria Arrived: Arabic, from New York, on cruise. At Canoplo Sailed: Naples, for Boa ton. . At Dover Arrived: Vaderland, from New York: Graf WeldM-eee, from New York. At Bremen Sailed: Oldenburg, for New Yiirlc At Yokohama Arrived: Empreaa of China, from Vancouver. At Liverpool Arrived: Lake Champlaln, from St. John, N. B ; Parisian, from St. John, N. H. and Halifax; Dominion, from Portland. Sailed: Cedrlc, for New York, via Queens town; Merlon, for Philadelphia, via l'ieiniiUwn. At Queenstown Arrived: Ivernla, from Boston; At Naples Arrived: Pannonlo, from New York, i At Hon Kong Sailed: Empress of Ja pan, fir Vancouver. At Boumuin-uoil nauru; lirua rnoi I WllheUn. for New York, , TERMINAL TAX DEAD House Committee Ifaket Unfavorable Be port on the Clark Bill FRIENDS MAY MAKE FIGHT IN HOUSt General Opinion, However, ii that Aotioi Would Be Useless, COUNTRY MEMBERS ARE OPPOSED TO 11 Anti-Pass Bill to Be Reported to the Eoum for Action. . . SENATE PASSES COMMISSION , Bill Ko . Opposition to Measare la that Body, Which Seada It Over to tha Hoaae with Its I'naalmoaa Approval. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March l8p;clal.)-The legls-' lature will enact no terminal taxation law. The house committee on revenue and tax ation vrted unanalmously at a meeting late thla afternoon to Indefinitely poat pone the only bill before tha legislature providing for such a law. That la H. R. 2B5, by Clarke of Douglas, the till Which T. J. Mahoney, aa attorney for the Omaha Real Estate exchange,' drew and defended the other night before this committee. . The revenue and ' taxation committee Is compoaed of these members: Douglas of Rock, chairman; Caldwell of Clay, Deles Dernier of Cass, Roberts of Dodge, Rich ardson of Madison, Hermanson of Howard, Luce of Harlan, Client ' of Red Willow, Warner of Lancaster, Kyd of Qege, Fen Ion of Butler. The committee's artfnB)'w!ll not rauna surprise In the legislature; that la, Us kill ing the bill will not. The fact that every member voted that way doubtless may cause some surprise, if surprise can be de veloped from accentuated disappointment, ' for It had been hoped that certain mem bers of the committee whose location and surroundlngb and Interests demanded vuch a law, would vote. for thla bill. Whether the Douglas county members will attempt to make a fight on the floor of the house against the committee's re port Is not certain now, but It Is pretty certain that such a fight, commendable aa It would be, would come to naught. Many members have admitted that the weight of argument lies on the side of this bill, but there Is too strong a prejudice among the country districts against it. t Anti-Pass Hills Coming;. In all probability the house at least. In committee of the whole, Is going to have the opportunity of voting on an anti-pass bill. It was thought neither of the anti pa as measures would ever get beyond the committee, but now things -look different. Certain knowing ones say the members of the house railroad committee does hot cars to assume full responsibility of disposing of these bills and rather Inclines to -the idea of throwing one of them, probably ,th. Berge bill. Into, the fortvat','of the house member live or die by the. result.- Chair-; man Roberts of the committee declines to commit himself" a to the policy the com mittee will pursue. . The committee has been criticised - for ' withholding action on these bills as well as other measures affecting railroad Interests. Certain members ' think time has - been squandered and that the bills should have come before the house for - aotlon soma time ago. Mr. Roberts explained this after noon that there la mors -or less cause for the delay. He had Intended' calling ' the committee together today, but could not as he 'had meetings of three committees of. which he is a member to attend and it waa utterly impossible for him to call the rail road committee. Ha 1 will have a meeting of that committee tomorrow, however, and then action of some sort will be taken on the antl-pasa bills. The Caldwell maximum freight rate bill Is not likely to come before the house until action haa been taken on .the commodity rate , bill. This measure Is Still resting calmly on general file, where It went from the railroad committee without recommen dation. The general file Is a long pna and . an effort today by Dodge of Douglas to Jump some bill over the rest proved the futility of trying to crowd one measure ahead of another. Ths only thing, there fore, for the commodity rate bill to do Is to wait ita chance. Yesterday soms ninety bills preceded It and today not less than sixty are ahead of It. There Can be ne doubt, of coilrse, that the railroads' play is to delay action on these bills as long as possible. But fourteen days of the session remain for the house and not a great deal of -railroad legislation Is anticipated mm that length of time.. McCIay's Railroad Jloke. ', The house was treated to the novel and humorous altuation thla morning or a Lan caster county politician condemning lob byists. McClay perpetrated the Joke, al though It waa far from hla Intentions to be other than intensely serious. i . A 1 certain weekly newspaper containing an article on H. R. 25S, ths committee bridge bill, was circulated In the - house. The article criticised soms provisions of ths bill. McClay,. who with, hla colleagues from Lancaster, is. for this blUV took exceptions to this psper's appearanos Arising to ths full measure of -his dignity and expressing In every lineament of bli countenance the Innate horror and contempt of a Lancaster county man tor a lobbyist, the outraged statesman from Lincoln ex claimed: , !' "Here, gentlemen, here Is the wefk of this bridge lobby that has been haunting this capital since this session begun." Within speaking distance of the venerable Lancaster county legislator wers several representatives of ths great railroad cor porations of the atate and representatives of other large ooiparat.ot S, the rail.oed si being even mors familiar around Ihe legls latlve halls than many of the members, but for some unaccountable reason : their preaence did not offend. 1 Lancaster county members have been lnv portuned, begged and almost implored to lend their co-operation to the , promotion of the terminal taxation Mil, the commod ity and other freight rate bills;' two years ago they were earnestly requested by Omaha members for help on the terminal taAtlon bill, but their attitude on these matters Is a thing of record. ' There Is a bridge lobby In Lincoln. Two or three men are here ss representatives of one bridge building concern. Up te last week two flrma wers represented. But In this legislature, aa In the one two years ago and In many others In Nebraska, the most vital Issues are those affecting or In some way touching railroad Interest! no less than twelve Important meatures of thla character have teen Introduced and In response to emphatic demand of the people certain leglalutors are earnestly en deavoring to promote this ItgUUUoa au4