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WORK FOR MANKIND
Reports of Offloera to Annual Meeting of
American Tract Society.
GREAT FIELD AMONG THE IMMIGRANTS
Look After Welfare of tie Newly Armed
People en Oar bbores.
PRESIDENT COMMENDS SOCIETY'S WORK
Future of Country Depends on the Mould
ing of This Material.
CANNIT RISE ABOVE LEVEL OF THE MASS
Sim of Wealth and Influence Irged
lo I'se Their Poirfi lor Ooo'
or Wealth Become-, . -Curse,
r
WASHINGTON. March It The Wa
lr.gton meeting of the American Tract $J
elety wai held today In tho preslden
church, the Grace Reformed church, Rf
Mr. Schick pastor. Justice Id ewer, hone
ary vice president, presided, and made
brief address netting forth the comple
work curried forward by the society. Pres
dent Roosnvelt dsllvered the address an
R-.f. Judson Bwlft, Held secretary, made a
report.
The report stated that the society would
celebrate its eightieth anniversary May
next, that the Immigrants were coming to
the United 8tates In Increasing numbers
and If the average for the last four months
continued the million mark would be
reached for the year. The tract society's
colporters among the immigrants are con
certed foreigners. They meet them on ar-
rival and follow them to their homes ana
places Of employment, distributing Chris
tian literature In the language or dialect
which they speuk. Experience proves this
to be the most successful way of evangella
lng them, the forerunner of the organized
church. The colporter at Ellis Island die
tributes Christian literature in twenty
four languages Of dialects.
The last annual repert snows mat tne
society had published the gospel message
In l'lO languages or dialects and that ninety
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new puoiicauuiiH nvw ucru ouuiu. -...-.,
were In eight different languages.
The call for the Tract society's unique
work, the report says, Is greater than ever
before and Its resouroes are greatly over
taxed. The society Is wholly dependent on
donations and legacies and says in the re
port some of Its most Important work of
necessity will be curtailed unless there Is a
more generous response on the part of
evangelical churches and Individual donors.
A most earnest appeal Is made for In
creased gifts.
President Commends Work.
The president spoke as follows:
I am glad on behalf of this church to
say amen to the appeal that has been
made by Dr. Swift on behalf of the great
society, to the account of whose work you
have been listening. Mr. Justice, you
quoted the advice of a poet, to "be doers
rather than dreamers." In the book of
all hwiii'llwTii It i tentnce to the Ha me
effect, "Be' y' Oder 'til the word and not
, hearers only " Let us show ourselves to
day doers of the word, upholders, in fact,
of what has been preached to us by Dr.
Bwlft. . ' -
He has set forth the needs of the society
and he ha set forth the great tiekl over
which It works. I wish to touch only on a
small portion of that' Held. but. after all,
the portion that most concerns us the
need here at home, here In this country,
of furthering in every way the work of the
society, the woTk of all kindred societies,
both among tho native born and among
the thousands who come to these shores
from abroad. And there Is a peculiar pro
priety In such an appeal being made to
this church, for, as.l have said here be
fore, this ohurch more than most others
should ever keep before it as part 01 its
duty, as one of the chief parts of Its duty,
Mhat of caring In all ways, but especially
in spiritual ways, for the people who come
to us from abroad.
Work of Government.
The United States government does en
deavor to do Its duty by the Immigrants
who come to these shores arid I was glad,
Dr. Swift, to listen to what you said as
to the work that Is being done on Ellis
island, for It Is a Just tribute to the work.
But unless people have had some experi
ence with the dangers and difficulties sur
rounding the newly arrived Immigrant they
ran ' nardiy realise now great tney are.
The immigrant does not as a rule know
our language, he Is wholly unfamiliar with
our institutions, our customs, our habits
of life and ways of thought; and there are,
I am sorry to say. areat numbers of evil
and wicked people who hope to make their
uvennooa ay preying on mm. tie is ex
nosed to Innumerable temptations.' lnnum
rable petty oppressions, on almost every
band, and unless someone Is on hand to
help him he literally has no idea where
to turn. No greater work can be done
by a philanthropist or religious society
than to si retch out the helping hand tn
the man and the woman who come to this
country to become ritlxens and the parents
or citizens, ana tneretore 10 ao tneir part
In making for the future of our land. If
we do not take care of them, if we do
not try to uplift them, then as sure as
fate our own children will pay the penalty.
If we do not see that the Immigrant and
the children of the immigrant are raised
up, most assuredly the result will be that
our own children and children's children
are pulled down. Either they will rise
or we shall sink. The level of well being
In this country will be a level for ail of us.
We cannot keep that level down for a part
and not have it sink more or less for the
whole. If we raise It tor a part we shall
raise t to a certain extent for the whole.
Therefore, it means much, not merely to
the Immigrants, but to every good Ameri
can, that there Should be at Ellis Island
the colporters of this society, and the
representatives of other religious and phil
anthropic societies to try to care for the
immigrant's body, and. above all, to try
to care for the immigrant's soul.
Foundation of Manhood.
It Is, of course, unnecessary to sav that
the things of the body roust be cared for:
that the duty of any man, especially of the
man who has others dependent upon him
Is to take care of them and to take care of
himself Nobody can help others If he
begins by being a burden on other. Each
man must he able to pull his own weight
to carry his own weight; and therefore
each man must show the capacity to earn
for himself and his family enough to secure
a certain amount of material well beirur
That must be the foundation. Hut on that
foundation he mut build as a superstruc
ture the spiritual life.
One of tho beet thing done bv this so
ciety, snd by kindred religious arid benevo
lent societies, Is supplying In our American
lifo of to.lsy the proper Ideals, it is a
good thing to have had the extranrdtrnry
material prosperity which has followed so
largely oil the extraordinary scientific dis
coveries alluded to by Justice Brewer, If
we use tills mnterlal prosperity aright. It
Is not a good thing. It Is a bad thine If
' treat It as the oil and end all of our life. If
m-A m-bw It ih. 1 ,4 1 I 1 . . , ' 1
.. . " , i ' i . ii uriurp inis na
tion. If we permit the people of this repub
lic to get bifors their minds the view that
Miiiirn.ii wen Doing, carried to an ever
PRESIDENT LOUBET TO RETIRE
Head of French Xatlon Will Sot
Again Be Candidate for
Ofllce,
PARIS, March 12. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) M. Loubet has u.M completed
his sixth year of office as president of the
republic. Felix Fnure died on February
16, U99, and two days later his successor
was elected by the senate and chamber
awembled In congress at Versailles. M.
Lroubet has already allowed It to be clearly
understood that he will not stand for the
presidency a second time.
The Petit Republlque has obtained re
newed confirmation of the president's In
tentions, which he Is said to have ex
pressed afresh a few days ago to several
members of Pnrllament. In fact, his son,
M. Paul Iyoubet, Is already house, or rather
flat hunting, with a view to his father's
retirement at the expiration of his legal
tenure of office. M. Loubet will remain in
Parts a year or two, until his younger
son, Enille's, education la further advanced,
after which he will settle finally at La
Bgude de Mazenc, where he looks forward
to a life of repose and simple relaxations,
farming, shooting, driving, Intercourse with
.lis fellow countrymen, and long walks In
he early morning. But the president Is
" 0 firmly determined to remain at his post
) the end of his seven years ns he Is not
i accept a second nomination. He will
t, therefore, retire before February IS
.
AJIOES IS THE BRITISH CABINET
Walter Home Lon Is Made Chief
Secretary for Ireland.
LONDON, March 12.-Offlc!al announce
ment is made of the appointment of Walter
Hume Long, president of the local govern
ment board, to succeed Mr. Wyndham as
chief secretary for Ireland. Gerald Balfour,
president of the Board of Trade, succeeds
Mr. Long. The marquis of Salisbury, lord
of the privy seal, becomes president of the
Board of Trade, retaining his former of
fice, and Allwyn Fellowes, Junior lord of
the treasury, is appointed president of the
Board of Agriculture, succeeding the earl
of Onslow, who recently was appointed
chairman of the committees in the House
of Lords.
The new cabinet appointments have some
points of Interest. First and most Im
portant for the government they Involve
no bye election, and second Lord Salisbury
and Allyn Fellowes are both confirmed
free traders, whose entry Into the cabinet
Is not likely to be acceptable to the Cham
berlain party.
Mr. Wyndhom's medical advisers have
ordered him to take a complete rest from
all business. He has gone abroad for some
weeks and will receive no correspondence.
VICE PRESIDENT RESIGNS OFFICE
Clears Vp the Political Situation in
Colombia.
BOGOTA, Colombia. March 11 General
Gonzales Valencia has renounced the vice
presidency. This action causes general sat
isfaction here as It anticipates action by
the national assembly which will meet next
Wednesday
The government has contracted with a
rich Colombian syndicate for the reissue of
the national rentes and they hnve founded
a central bsnk with 18,000,000 gold capital to
develop business, 1 ,......,., , -!-
Political prisoners have been set at lib
erty. '
The prospects are bright for President
Reyes' government.
WORTH WEST WATS HOME RILE
Objects to Restrictions in Matter of
Education.
OTTAWA, Ont., March 12. Premier Haul
tain of the northwest territories has writ
ten an open letter to Sir Wilfrid Laurler in
which he claims that the autonomy bill Is
interference with provincial rights. He
protests against several clauses, especially
those relating to schools. Mr. Haultaln
maintains that education should be left
entirely to the northwest and that It is
wholly unconstitutional for the Dominion
to place any restrictions upon the new
provinces In that regard.
Ambassador Rents Palace.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 13.-12:15 a. m.
George von I Meyer has leased the
famous Klelnmlchel palace for his residence
during his term as American ambassador
here. It Is an Imposing structure located
In the fashionable Seglefskal, mear the
French and other embassies. Its Interior Is
one of the most' gorgeous in St. Petersburg.
The palace has been the scene. In the past,
of many famous entertainments. The fam
ily of Klelnmlchel was ennobled by Cath
erine the Great. Since the death of the
late Count Klelnmlchel his widow has
leased the palace. It was occupied for sev
eral years by Prince Plo, the Spanish am
bassador, but has for some years been unoccupied.
BIbt Liner Delayed.
QUEENSTOWN, March 12.-The Cunard
line steamer Lucanla, which sailed at 10:40
o'clock this morning, returned to port this
evening with its starboard hawseplpe
broken. It will take a few days to repair
the damage.
In addition to the breaking of the hawse
pipe the Lucanla has a plate below It
broken. The damage occurred 100 miles
west In a heavy head sea, Repairs are pro
ceedlng with the utmost dispatch, and it is
hoped the steamer will he able to resell at
the latest by noon Monday. A heavy gale
prevails all along the British coasts.
Arrests Follow Explosion.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 12. The ex
plosion In the Hotel Rrlstol Saturday morn
lng has been followed by many arrests.
both In St. Petersburg and In the Baltic
provinces. The papers found In the room
Included numbers of revolutionary papers
and pamphlets, drawings of infernal ma
chines and other evidence completely estab
lishing the connection of McCullough with
the terrorists.
UTILE DONE IN A WEEK
Things at Legislature Not Moving at Break
Neck Speed.
SENATE BLOCKS ALL HOUSE ROLLS
Bis Bills, Including Railroad Rate
Measures, Are Stalled and Threat
ened with Still Greater
Delay.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, March 12. (Special Telegram.)
At the beginning of last week the cal
endars In the house and senate differed
very little In general aspect from the situa
tion confronting the legislature at the be
ginning of this week. Few of the Impor
tant measures were disposed of last week.
The big appropriation bills not even have
run the full course, but are still In the
channel of legislative routine.
At the first of last week It was reason
able to predict that under ordinary cir
cumstances the railroad rate bills would
receive final consideration before another
Monday morning dawned. But the rate
bills are little ahead of where they were
this time a week ago. The anti-pass bills
have been voted dead by the house rail
road committee, while the Caldwell maxi
mum rate bill has been voted for report
without recommendation to the house. But
on neither has the committee's report ac
tually been presented to the house. It has
simply been formulated and held, ostensi
bly because there was no opportunity of
submitting It. Of course, the longer the
report is delayed the less time the legis
lature will have In which to deal with the
bills and the better chance they will have
of not getting through. The . committee
says its Idea Is to have the Caldwell and
the commodity rate bills considered to
gether. The commodity bill was reported
back to the house long enough ago to have
been passed or defeated, but the apologists
of this general scheme of procrastination
explained that It was the desire to hold
the bill until the committee had had time
to act on the Caldwell measure and let
them both be taken up together. Now
that the Caldwell bill . has got past the
committee it is a matter of some Interest
to see how long it will be before the two
are taken up in committee of the whole.
This could easily be done this wek. The
house Is almost through with the big ap
propriation bills and aside from the bridge
bill, li. R. 266, has nothing else which
ought to delay matters to any great ex
tent. The bridge bill Is on third reading
and may come up not later than Wednes
day. Senate's' Block Role.
The senate's resolution to take up ' no
house rolls until after March 17 makes it
highly improbable, if not certain, that no
house bills will be reached there this week.
Incidentally, there Is no tearing of hair In
tho senate to get the senate llles out of
the way so that the house rolls may re
ceive treatment. Thirteen days In the house
and fourteen in the senate are needed to
nil out the sixty-duy limit, but of course
the session could run over that limit. If
the railroad bills are not acted on In the
house this week then their final enactment
into law is a matter of extreme doubt-
The McMulfen anti-Christian Sclendd bill
Is very close to the top of the general file
and will be one of the first to come up
after the senate files are disposed of. The
Christian Science advocates are Impatient
at the delay this bill has encountered.
They have been maintaining a lobby at the
capital and have been anxious to get the
matter off their hands as soon as possible.
The senate has taken a contrary course
to the house on salary appropriations. It
killed outright the special salary bill for
deputies, that is deputy state officials, and
proposes to so amend the general salaries
bill from the house as to make tho Items
for deputies conform with the statutes.
The statutes grade these salaries from $l,5ou
to $1,800 a year, but the disposition of the
house was rather to level them. The sen
ate reached a determination lust week,
though, to pursue the other course. That
will simply mean the tearing to pieces of
tho salaries bill so far as It relates to the
compensation of state deputies.
The county engineer bill which Governor
Mickey sent to the senate In lieu of the
bill passed and vetoed by him because or
conflict between title and body will have
an early Inning in the upper branch.
TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IMPROVE
Service on Elevated and "noway In
New Tork Scjll Far from
Serial.
Seallna Fleet Ready.
ST. JOHNS N. F., March -13. -A sealing
fleet of twenty-two steamers, carrying 3,800
men, sails at daylight tomorrow In the
annual hunt for hair seals among the Ice
flora along the coast. Twenty will cruise
north In I.abrador watrra and two In the
Gulf of St. Lawrence. The weather has
been very stormy lately and It la expected
the hunt will be an arduous one.
Order Schools Reopened.
1 WARSAW, March 1!.-The authorities
' have decided to order the schools to reopen
higher decree. Is the one and only thing to j on Tuesday, and unless the boys return
be striven for; we are laying up for our- , within a week to expel them. It Is ex-
selvcs not merely trouble, but ruin. I. inn
(eel the f tilth and hop that have been ex
presed lure today by the vice president
and the secretary of the society; hut I so
feel because I believe thst w shall not
pwrmlt mere material Well being to become
the only Id en I In this nation, because I be
lieve that more and more we shall vn.
torn ourselves to looking at the great for- I
pected that the majority will continue on
strike, and hence parents have appealed to
the minister of education at St. Petersburg
to keep the schools closed until the situa
tion Is clearer.
Prisoner Make n Brrnk.
n-VM,,. i 7h- iy V.u Den"' HOT SPRINGS. Ark . March K.-Slxteen
r?i If, f "i 'vee. either o admire, to pri.onerj made a desperate daah for lib
n u,lor''' "v y " " ! erty from the county jail at the breakfast
Wfll Or IU. I hnn, llila mnrnlnt fin nf rli-m uttud
I ea of Great Fortune. j love. was ehot dead, und Dick Masterlnas
If the great fortune Is well used. If the
man who has accumulated It has the
strength nerewary to rraUt the tempts-
(Continued on atecend Page.)
escaped. Others who secured temporary
liberty were all retaken. Among the pris
oner attempting to regain their freedom
were Houston Hooker, sentenced to hang
for the murder of Conductor At wood of the
St. Louis Iron Mountain railway.
Farmer Are Benefited,
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., March 12. (Spe
cial.) The farmers' Institute was held In
thla city yesterday. The meetings were
very profitable and instructive and the ad
dresses were acknowledged by those pres
ent to be of great value along the lines
of the respective subjects. The first meet
ing was held In the Unitarian hall, and was
addressed by W. T. Bynder, who spoke
concerning the substation of the experi
ment farm located near North Platte. Mr.
Snyder is superintendent of this station
and his talk was appreciated by the peo
ple present. At 11:16 a. m. C. M. Le welling
of Beaver City, Neb., made a splendid ad
dress on pork production. At the after
noon session Prof. Burnett, director of the
Nebraska Experiment station, spoke on
the subject, "Care of Live Stock." At 2:30
p. m. the sugar beet industry was dis
cussed by Individuals present. Arrange
ment had been made for Chancellor An
drews to deliver an address in the even
ing, but he was unable to come, and sent
Prof. Smith of the Agricultural department
of the State university In his stead. But
on account of the session of the district
court in the evening, where the, famous
cattle rustling cases were on trial, and the
game of basket ball at the opera house,
It was announced that the evening session
would not be held. On account of the vari
ous other attractions In the city the meet
ings were not attended as fully aa was ex
pected or desired.
Allen Not a Candidate.
TECUMSEH, Neb., March 12.-(SpeclaI.)-3A.
th naoers of the state have An.
puma . - . -
nounced that Arthur B. Allen of Tecumseh,
. - . . i ...
present secretary i unn hilc;, win
. anrtiditte for the republican nomlna.
va m -- -
tlon for governor when the present term
expires. Mr. Allen has assured his friends
here that there is nothing In the statement.
He has no ambitions in that direction
whatever. His many friends in this part
of the state would And great pleasure In
supporting him could ha be Induced to net
come a candidate.
Vnlted Evangelical Conference.
DAWSON, Neb., March 11 (Special.)
The Platte river conference of the United
Evangelical church of Nebraska is now In
session her. Rev. Kirk land preached last
night. Today Bishop W. F. Hell of High
land Park. 111., and Rev. S. L. Wlest of
Harrlsburg. Pa., preached. The next ses
sion of the conference will be held In Hast
ings, Neb
NEW YORK, Marct 1!. The traffic con
ditions were somewhat better on the sub
wsy and elevator systems today, but the
service was far from being normal. At
times tho elevated trains ran regularly
and again there wer long delays, there
being at times Intervals of from fifteen
to thirty minutes. The service In the sub
way was better There wer a few minor
accidents as a result of the Inexperience
of the motormen and guards. The com
pany had more men at work and officials
were busy during the day hiring old em
ployes seeking reinstatement.
A Joint committee of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and the Amalga
mated Association of Street Railway Em
ployes of America appeared before the
Joint committee of both locals today and
demanded that they be told whether to
continue the strike or go back to work.
The executive committee told the men to
wait until Monday, when a definite reply
would be made.
BALTIMORE, March 12. In a speech at
a meeting of organized labor here today
President Samuel Gompers of the Federa
tion of Labor declared that the failure of
the strike of the New York street railway
men was due to the fact that the men vio
lated their agreements and contracts with
the company, which was entirely unneces
sary. "The most important object in the labor
organizations today," said Mr. Gompers,
"Is the honor of agreement between em
ploye and employer. The violation of agree
ments was the main cause of the strike in
New York and If the leaders of the New
York union would have considered the
agreement the strike could have been pre
vented. It was a simple case of the mem
bers of the union flying off half-cocked and
not taking the advice of the men who have
made the labor organizations in the United
States what they are today."
DAWLEY HAS HOPES ON APPEAL
Think Verdict In Chadwick Case
Not Warranted by the
Evidence.
CLEVELAND, March 12. In speaking to
night of the verdict of the Jury In the trial
of hia client, Mrs. Chadwick, J. P. Dawley,
her senior counsel, said that the verdict
was not according to the terms of the in
dictment and that the case would be taken
to the court of appeals at Cincinnati as
soon as possible.
Mr. Dawley saw Mrs. Chadwick for a
time at the Jail today and said she was
somewhat prostrated over the verdict, but
he assured her that he felt there were
good grounds for hoping for a reversal of
the verdict, and that this Information
cheered Mrs. Chadwick considerably. Mr.
Dawley said his client had a very un
fortunate Jury, men wholly unaccustomed
to banking transactions Or dealing largely
In the borrowing of money, certifying of
checks, etc. If the Jurymen could have
eliminated from" their minds, Mr. Dawley
added, the Impressions they probably had
formed and tried the prisoner on the one
question Involved In the Indictment, he felt
sure the verdict 'would Jive" bwu different.
Prominent : ttorneys with whom he had
talked and who had followed the case, gave
It as their opinion that no case had been
made against Mrs. Chadwick.
A person on trial In the United States
court, Mr. Dawley said, Is considered to be
at a very great disadvantage. The Jurors
are taken from the farmers principally.
Mrs. Chadwlck's day in the county Jail
was devoted almost entirely to recupera
tion from her. fainting spells last night,
which came on after the verdict had been
rendered. She Is said to have had a fairly
good night's sleep and was. not called until
late this morning. Her son, Emil Hoover,
was with her for a lime. Other than her
attorney and her son, no visitors were ad
mitted to see Mrs. Chadwick today.
PERMIT TO ORGANIZE WORKMEN
No Coercion Must Be I'sed, However,
on Employe of the
Government.
PITTSBURG, March 12. Permission has
been granted labor leaders to organize all
government workmen who may wish to be
come members of labor unions.
This announcement was made today by
Frank Buchanan, president of the National
Association of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, who Is here In connection with
the hoisting engineers' strike. Mr. Bu
chanan says President Roosevelt last week,
while in conference with a number of
prominent labor leaders, gave consent for
representatives of the union to go among
the government workmen for the purpose
of dlRcussing unionism, but no force is to
be used. The men must Join the unions
of their own free will.
FUNERAL OF MRS. STANFORD
Exercise Are to Be Held at lionolaln
Prior to Sending? tho
Body Home.
HONOLULU. March 12. The mail room of
the steamer Alameda, which sails for San
Francisco next Wednesday, has been ap
propriately draped for the reception of the
body of Mrs. Jane I Stanford. Before the
departure of the steamer funeral services
will be held at which Bishop Resarlck will
read the services. Among the pall bearers
will be Governor Carter, United States Dis
trict Judge Dole and David Starr Jordan,
president of Stanford university.
There have not been any developments
tn the case.
Many Pish Prosea to Death.
FREMONT, Neb., March 12. (Special.)
Hunters and fishermen report that the In
tense cold of the past winter has killed
(Continued on Second Page.)
EPIDEMIC OF SPOTTED FEVER
New York and Other Eastern States
Being; Rsvaged by the
Disease.
NEW YORK, March 12.-That cerebro.
spinal meningitis, or "spotted fever," la
killing about forty persona a week In this
city was asserted tonight by Commissioner
Darling of the Health department, and re
ports received rrom cities and towns In
Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
show that New York Is not alone in fight
ing against the ravages of this dread dls
ease which kills about 60 per cent of all
those attacked by It.
TREFZ RESIGNS PASTORATE
Former Omaha Man Expresses Intei
tlon of Lowing; tho
Ministry.
i
B1NOHAMTON, N. Y.. March 12.-At the
First Congregational church today the
resignation of Rev. Edward Frederick
Trefz, the pastor, was read. Mr. Trefz
left the city suddenly on Wednesday and Is
understood to be at Springfield, O. Ha ex
presses a .determination to leave the minis-uy.
CZAR DETERMINED TO FIGHT
More Troops to Be Mobilised and Sent to
the Scene of War.
GENERAL PUBLIC IS NOT SO HOPEFUL
Official Idea I that Japan Will Be
Forced to Yield In tho End on
Acconnt of Inability to
Raise Money.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 13.-2:10 a. m.
The Immediate answer of the Russian
government to the defeat at Mukden Is
the announcement that another army will
be raised and the force in the far east
reorganised; that Vice Admiral Rojest
vensky will be ordered to sail on and try
conclusions with Togo, and that the war
will be prosecuted to the bitter end. This
Is the present temper of Emperor Nicholas
and his dominant advisers, voiced In a
firm official announcement that the position
of Russia Is unchanged and that the in
itiative for peace can only come from
Japan. Should the Island empire choose
to tender "moderate" terms and recognize
Ita adversary as the power In the far
east, peace could be easily arranged, but
the voice of hor diplomacy In various parts
of the world Indicates that she is not
ready to do this, and the Russian govern
ment, with the full magnitude of the dis
aster at Mukden still undetermined but
with the 1903 campaign seemingly already
hopelessly compromised, retreat to Harbin
inevitable and Vladivostok practically lost,
declares that the time has not yet come
when Russia can be forced to humble her
self. '
It la reported that the dispatch of two
new army corps. Including the Fourteenth,
from Poland, and the several smaller units,
has already been detetmlned upon and that
plans for further mobilisation are under
discussion.
Public Take Different View.
But while this is the official attitude.
nothing but peace talk is heard In St.
Petersburg. The difficulties ' of another
mobilization on a large scale will be enor
mous, in fact. It Is stated In most quarters,
that It will be Impossible. Nevertheless
it might be accomplished. The real hope,
however, for anything like a successful
termination of the war Is admitted to rest
upon the prospects of the financial exhaus
tion of Japan. Russian resources, it is
figured, can stand the drain better than
those of Japan and a protracted campaign,
It is hoped, will bring about Japan's finan
cial ruin. Financial Minister Kokovsoft,
at the conclusion of a conference over the
national finances a few days ago, Is said
to have tapped the table before h!m and
exclaimed, "We can win the war at thla
desk."
The Russian capital Is still In ignorance
of the nature and extent of the reverse
In Manchuria. The only Information of Its
magnitude Is that which has been derived
from the few Toklo telegrams that have
been allowed to be published here. To the
censor at Tie Pass the word "prisoner"
does not exist, and not the slightest inti
mation of what. If any, units and organ
izations 1liave been cut off and captured
has reached this, city, either'ln General
Kouropatkln's official dispatcher or in re
ports from correspondents at the front.
Aside from the reporta given out by the
War office there Is practically no further
information of the progress of events, the
newspaper dispatches received yesterday
being principally those filed before the re
treat began and transported to Tie Pass
among the papers of the telegraph office.
It Is declared that at the moment that
General Kurokl's wedge, aided by the dust
storm and taking advantage of the failure
of several Russian organizations to occupy
appointed positions, drove Itself deep Into
the Russian flank, it disarranged all the
plans of General Kouropatkln, who was
on the point of launching a momentous
counter stroke, but where or how It was
to be accomplished Is not stated.
Kouropatkln Take Blame.
General Kouropatkln has telegraphed to
Emperor Nicholas assuming for himself all
the responsibility for his. defeat, making
no excuses except that the strength of the
Japanese was miscalculated and refusing
to place any of the blame upon the coun
cil of generals upon whose advice he de
termined to give battle. This manly course
and the general's personal exertions In
directing the retreat will, however, hardly
save htm. His reputation as an offensive
strategist Is gone and though the emper
or's military advisors know not where to
look for a better general, his resignation
will be accepted. It will be difficult to
find a capable successor, but it is said now
that It probably will be General Grodekofff,
governor of the Amur, although In casting
about for another commander-in-chief
some military officers are turning to Gen
eral Dragomlroff, who Is considered to be
Russia's greatest strategist, but he is a
feeble old man, suffering with a heart af
fection and It is highly Improbable that
he would be able even to. make the long
trip to Manchuria. In losing General Kou
ropatkln the army will lose the Idol of the
private soldiers, an officer who, In spite of
the Intrigues of his generals and his fail
ure to win a battle, haa won their confi
dence and affection.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Cloadr Monday, with Snow In West
Portion. Tuesday Rain r Snow and
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Temperatnr at Omaha Yesterday I
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FIND LAND FRAUDS IN UTAH
Big ConI Companies Secnre Coal
Lnnd by Crooked
Menns.
SALT LAKE CITY. March 12. Special
agents of the federal government are re
ported to have been engaged for some time
past in Investigating public land frauds In
Utah. The Salt Lake Herald today states
that hundreds of thousands of acres of
valuable coal lands have been acquired
by corporation by questionable methods.
Vast tracts of coal land are said to have
been filed on and patented aa agricultural
and grazing land and then transferred to
coal companies. In many Instances, It is
stated, lands have been settled upon aa
cosl lands under the law which permits
every adult citizen to acquire sixty acres
of coal land by purchase, on payment of
$10 an acre for auch landa, when situated
more than fifteen miles from any railroad,
and $20 an acre when situated within fif
teen miles of a railroad. Later these fil
ings have been allowed to lapse and the
same lands have been acquired aa agricul
tural or grazing landa at $1.60 per acre.
More than 2,000 of these coal entries have
been made In the Salt Lake City land of
fice, but not more than one in fifty of the
persons who made the filings haa com
pleted the purchase, the filings lapsing and
tlrte being secured aa agricultural or graz
ing Und from the state land office through
state land selections.
' Forty filings made In 1901, within a period
of sixty days, have recently been Investi
gated and thirty of the forty claimants
are found to have been represented by an
employe of a big coal corporation, exercis
ing a power of attorney. The land was
filed on and held for fourteen months, as
Is permitted by the law, without being
paid for, but In none of these cases was
the purchase completed, title being acquired
through the state land ofllce at a nominal
figure under proceedings Instituted while
the land was covered by the coal landa fll-fhg.
EXPOSITION MEDALS SOLD
I'tah Committee Makes Scathing; Re
port on Methods of
Award.
SALT LAKE CITY, March 12.-The ape
clal committee recently aent to St. Louis
by the lower house of the legislature of
Utah to Investigate Irregularities In the
accounts of Utah's commission to the
Louisiana Purchase exposition has pre
sented a report that Is severe In its criti
cism of the management of the exposition..
The report says; .'
We are unanimous In reporting that ac
cording to our knowledge and belief the
so-called awards, consisting of medal,
ribbons, etc., supposed to be given ns
marks of merit fay the St. Louis official
award ribbon committee by authority of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition to the
so-called successful exhibitors are In our
opinion an Immense and gigantic fraud.
The report charges that so-called awards
of merit are being issued "by a straw In
corporation," for the sole purpose of being
sold to be used In a commercial way as
advertising matter. The committee reports
the substance of a conversation with an
agent alleged to be employed specially to
sell these awards on commission. The al
leged agent, the report says, exhibited one
award "of special merit" that he said he
had sold for $600 and stated to the commit
tee that a certain well known manufactur
ing concern had paid as high as $20,000 for
a so-called official award to be used for
advertising.
The committee further charge that legi
timate medals were being held back by
l the exposition management to promote this
traffic in awards.
In Its investigation of the Utah commis
sion the committee verified various charges
of irregularities, including forgeries of
vouchers aggregating $2,100. The legisla
ture will be asked to appropriate $S,000 to
cover the deficit in the funda of the state
commission.
THREE ARE FATALLY BURNED
ENGLISH VIEW OF SITUATION
Do Not See How Russia Can Continue
tho Wnr.
LONDON, March 13. The London news
papers thla morning are occupied by the
question of whether Russia can continue
the campaign. Even In the light of later
dispatches, showing that General Kouro
patkln haa saved a portion of two of hia
armies, it la contended that his great army
no longer exists aa a concrete force and
it is believed that the Japanese, after a
few days for rest and reorganisation, will
compel him to fight another battle In his
present exhausted and denuded condition
at Tie Pass. In short, the general opinion
Is that in the face of financial and other
difficulties an attempt to continue the war
would be almOHt madness.
The last dispatches aeem to indicate that
the Russian Baltic fleet la stilt waiting at
Madagascar.
The Dally Telegraph's Toklo correspond
ent aaya that the Japanese spoils at Muk
!en Included a large quantity of bullion.
He adda that the Russians carried away
by force the Chinese governor general of
Mukden, who waa suspected of pro-Japanese
tendenclea
The Morning Post's correspondent at
Shanghai aaya that Paul Lesser, the Rus
sian minister to China, haa aent a protest
to the Chines Foreign office, alleging that
General Ma'a troops operated with Chinese
bandits against the Russian at Sinmintin.
Special dispatches to the London news-
papers from St. Petersburg, Kleff and else
where an report a serious internet situa
tion and especially the extension of the
peasant movement, even to the Baltic
provinces. It is declared In these dis
patches that the peasants are trying to
(Continued on Second Pag.)
One Child Dead and Mother
Another Child Cannot
Survive.
and
BALTIMORE, March 12. Aa the result
of a fire which occurred here about mid
night three Uvea will probably be sacri
ficed. A woman and her two children were
so badly burned that one child died on the
way to the hospital after being brought
from the burning building and the other
two were not expected to live until morn
ing. The victims are:
i ANNIE M'CORDICK, S years oW, died
on way to hospital.
WILLIAM M'CORDICK, 8 yeara old,
badly burned on face, arm and body; will
probably die.
MRS. NETTIE J. M'CORDICK, 30 yeara
old, badly burned on face, arms and upper
part of body; will probably die.
LUMBER SALESMAN KILLS SELF
SIZING UP VICTORY
Field Marshal Oyama Beports on Captured
Men and Munition!.
FORTY THOUSAND PRISONERS OF WAR
Sixty Gone and Vast Amount of Munition
Are Captured.
RUSSIAN CASUALTIES NINETY THOUSAND
Japanese Losses Are Estimated at Forty
Thousand.
KOUROPATKIN TELEGRAPHS THE EMPEROR
Reports Little Flahtlnc at Present
bnt Whereabouts of Third Army
la Not Definitely Determined.
Bl I4.ET1X.
Dlscoaraared Over Failure to Secure
a Large Contract Supposed to
Bo Cause.
8AN FRANCISCO March 12.-W. J.
Clark, formerly a lumber aalesman of Le
Grange, 111., committed suicide In a room
ing house here by turning on the gaa.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., March 12.-W.
J. Clark, who committed suicide at San
Francisco, came here last June from Chi
cago and engaged In the lumber business
A month ago ha went to Kansas City to
secure a lumber contract. He failed to se
cure the contract and wrote hia family
that he waa discouraged and Intended going
west. He carried $1,000 when he left Indo
pendence. He leaves a widow and four
children. Th body will be burled at Lo
Grange, where Clark'a parents live.
Movements of Ocean Vessels March 12,
At New York-lArrlved: Algeria, from
Marseille, Leghorn and Naples; Buenos
Ay res, from Genoa. Naples and Cadiz; Mon
golian, from Glasgow and Movllle; New
x orK, irom souinampion ann cnemourg
Minnehaha, from London. The I'mhrla
from Queenstown to New York, win In
nnmmnnlrallnn hv V. I r 1. 1 , wltK U I u
sett. Mass., at l6:3ti, off Nantucket light
ship. At Liverpool Arrived: Hovlc. from New
York; Etruria, rrom rtew York, via W'Jetnn
town.
At Bremen Bulled : Barbarossn. for New
York, via Cherbourg, and ped Dover liith.
At THtver Sailed : Pretoria from Ham
burg for New York, via Boulogne.
At Queenstown Sailed: Lucanla, from
Liverpool for New York, and returned at
a, m. for repaira.
TOKIO, March 12.-1 p. tn. Field Marshal
Oyama reported that 40,000 prisoners wer.
taken and that there were M.flOO Ruaslan
casualties In the Shakhe river direction
alone.
Field Marshal Oyama estimated that the
number of Russian prisoners captured will
exceed 30,000. The Japanese casualties ar
estimated at 4,000.
The Japanese captured a retreating Rus
sian column at the Pu river yesterday.
More Flgshtlnar Expected.
TOKIO, March 12. p. m. The Japanese
pursuit of the Russian armies contlnuea
and a resumption of heavy fighting In th
vicinity of Tie Pass is anticipated. Tie
Pass, which Is naturally strong, has been
extensively fortified and It Is thought th
Russians will rally there In an endeavor to
check the Japanese.
The rapidly advancing Japanese already
are In touch at Tie Pass. The Russians
evidently are confused and exhausted and
possibly are short of food and ammuni
tion, and it Is believed here they will be
unable to resist a strong attack.
Succeeding field reporta Increase the ex
tent of the Russian disaster. It will take
months to resupply and reorganise tho
Russian armies. Reports of casualties
given by captives reach 40 per cent, Tho
artillery losses were especially heavy. Th
captured guns have not yet been counted,
but the numerous captured stores and
munitions are valued at millions of dollars.
This loss materially adds to the crippling
of the Russian armies. The Japanese peo
ple are receiving details of the victory
with calmness. Toklo and other cities ar
exceedingly quiet and the recent admoni
tion to the people to refrain from spending:
money In celebrations and devote their
savings to war charities la being univers
ally obeyed.
The Japanese press editorials, In discuss
ing the possible effects of peace on victory,
declare Japan will continue the vigorous
prosecution of the war and haa no sugges
tion tn make to Russia, directly . or Indi
rectly. - -,r V ... .
Front by Experience.
In the general elation over the auccesa '
of the Japanese a special source of satis
faction is the celerity with which the flank
ing .operations were carried out, the quick
seizure of advantage and the speed made
In pursuit of the Russians. After the sum
mer campaign there, was a general admis
sion of the truth Of the repeated criticism
that the Japanese, army had failed In those
respects and an avowed determination was
made to redeem the shortcomings. During
the recent operations against the Russlana
the left portion of the Fifth army marched
forty miles In one day, greatly aiding in
the achievement of the victory.
Captives taken in this last engagement
make the total of prisoners now held by
Japan 75,000. Their care is . becoming a
very expensive problem. Thla government
is formulating plans to remove the pris
oners to the islands, probably in the in
land sea, and it Is possible that th cap
tives will be removed there.
10 a. m. The British steamer Saxon
Prince, bound for Vladivostok with a cargo
of steel rails, was seized March by th
Japanese In the Tsu atraita and taken to
Sasebo for trial.
Detail of Spoils.
Field Marshal Oyama, reporting today.
says:
'Prisoners, spoils and the enemy'a esti
mated casualties against our forces In th
Shakhe direction follow, but the prisoners,
guns and spoils are Increasing momentar
ily. The prisoners number over 40,000, in
cluding General Nakimoff. The killed and
wounded are estimated at 90,000. The en
emy's dead left on the field number 26,500.
The spoils Include two flags, about sixty
guns, 60,000 rifles, 190 ammunition wagons,
1.000 carts, 200,000 shells, 25,000,000 rounds
of small arms ammunition, 25,000 bushels
of cereals, 275,000 bushels of fodder, 45 mllea
or light railway outfit, ,000 horsea, ts cart
lots of maps, 1,000 cart loads of clothing
and accoutrements, 1,000,000 rations of
bread, 70,000 tone of. fuel and 60 tona of
hay, besides tools, tents, bullocks, tele
graph wire and poles, timber, beds, atovea
and numerous other property.
"No report from th Slngklng direction
has been received."
The battle haa been officially named tho
battle of Mukden.
Noon. A dispatch from Japanese
military headquarters announcea th
estimate of prisoners captured up
to and Including Friday at 20,000.
Since that time the number haa
been briskly increasing and the total will
exceed 30,000. The dispatch continue:
Japane Casualties.
"Reporta from the chiefs of the medical
corps of all the armies have been received
from February 26 to March 12. Our total
casualties at that time were 41,222."
Field Marshal Oyama, reporting under
date of Saturday night, aaya:
"All our forcea advanced to the right of
the Hun river and vigorously pursued tho
enemy in all directions. We reached a tin
thirteen miles north of the Hun river th
afternoon of March 10. On March 11 w
continued a vigorous pursuit. Our forces
advanced north from the vicinity of the Pu
river, and immediately after Ita departure
engaged with a large column of the enemy
retreating north. After a hand to hand
battle we aurrounded and captured the
column. In the vicinity of Mukden a rem
nant of th enemy continues a hopeless
resistance or Is surrendering. Clearing
operations are progressing. The enemy'a
dead are massed everywhere and w have
been unable to Inter them as yet. Th
minute Investigation of the loiues Inflicted
aa several points haa not been finished, but
the enemy's killed, wounded, prisoners and
spoils are enormous. The spoils of cloth
lng and provisions are In great piles, re
sembling' hills We have been unable t
investigate yet."
TIEN TSIN, March '11. 10 p. m. The
well Informed, her roughly estimate ah
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