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OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAliCU 14, 1905 TEN PAGES.
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ON VERGE OF PEACE
Beport that Both Belligerents Are Ready
to Discurs Terns.
CZAR WILL CONSULT MINISTERS TODAY
Japan Will 8ubmit Terms if Assured that
They Will Be Considered.
NEGOTIATION! ?-
A v vnon w
InU
oc
RESULT IN ALLIANCE
aes that Hate Direct
in Tar East.
PEACE PART RONQER IN RUSSIA
Crowing B; -- bat Prolonging the
ltritl ... Add to tha Com
plications Dangers
. t Horn.
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WASHINGTON, March U.-When the
czar ca.Ua the war council tomorrow he
will he able to inform hl mlnlterj that
the Japanese will weloeipe peace on re,
onable terms and will promptly name ita
condition provided It receive trustwor
thy assurance that thet they will be ierl
ously considered.
ThU. the emperor lias learned from
friendly chancellories In Europe, as well as
the general terme acceptable to Japan.
These,. it la said. Include the retention
by Japan el Port Arthur, a Japanese pro
tectorate over Cores, end an Indemnity.
From a high offlolal the Associated Frees
hear that Russia has recalled He second
Pacifle squadron. - '
An attache of a Russian embassy In Eu
rope is quoted expressing" the belief that
Kouropatkln's recent defeat will force Ru
la to ask for peace.
Briefly, these were the reports cureent
in the diplomatic corps today, and as a
result of this Important Information offi
cial Washing-ton believes tonight that Rus
sia and Japan are on the verge of peace,
If it be true that the second Pacific squad
ron has been recalled even the most
optimistic of Russia's friends admit that
this Is a strong Indication that Oyama's
mighty blow has made for peace.
Cassia! Says No.
Count Casslnl, the Russian ambassador,
is the notable exception In the. group of
foreign envoys here., "However generous
tha terms which Jaoan might offer," the
ambassador said tonight, "Russian pre
tlge la not among them. That is one thing
for which the war will be fought to the
end. Victory for the Russian arms will
lone make Tnr peace. If not at Tie Pass,
then at Harbin. Russia Will assemble an
other army mightier than before and with
that army It wilt settle the issue. It may
be six months, a year, or perhaps two
years. Time will be no consideration."
At the Japanese legation It is declared
that St. Petersburg and not Toklo is the
capltol from which the world must hope
for peace proposals. Mr, Takahlra, the
Japanese minister, said today in the '-oust
emphatic manner that . Japan had no; dl
rectly propose peace. - He did nt deny
that neutra poVre. through their envoys
Trom tmaUeMnifcnd' sounded Japan as
' to tha terms on which It would accept
peace, but these, ', h said, necessarily
changed with the progress of hostilities,
the Intimation being - that Russia could
have obtained better terms after the fall
of Port Arthur than'kfter the capture , of
jMukden. i -
' Japan Asks Aiisrsscet
If the Japanese government were assured
that peace proposals ' would be considered
by Russia there Is authority for the --tate.
ment that Japan wo'jld respond Imedlately
But it will Insist that these assurances
shall be Of the most positive character,
Japan's experience in the negotiations pre
ceding the war. it is said, will make It ex.
ceedlngly cautious in the future.. It will
Insist that such assurances shall come from
the Busslan government and not from this
or that party or this or that friend of the
emperor,
Officials here expect that by tomorrow St.
Petersburg will have ' fully comprehended
tha extent of Oyama's victory and then
Will nuns IWIQWM lw uti;ibiuii rKtUUIIIg
continuance ef the war In the face of Muk
den's fall.
., Peace FVjtI y Is Strong;.
8T. PETERSBURG, Marcn IS. (1:27 p,
m.) The announcement made In the name
of the government, in the face of the over
whelming .disaster suffered by General
Kouropatkin, that a fresh army would be
raised and . the war proceed, and the
haughty attitude assumed by Japan may
after all be simply a sparring fur position
which is the prelude of peace. So far as
the publio here Is concerned, peace is the
only thing talked of, the sentiment being
that if diplomacy can now bring the war
ring power into negotiation peace will fol
low. Many diplomatists believe thut terms
acceptable to both are only possible on the
basis, not of ordinary peace, but more 1
the nature of an alliance which would dls-
tlnotly define and guarantee the posit iu
of the respective powers in the far east in
the future. It Is certain, ' however, that
Russia a yet has made no move. Here
confusion still reigns in the higher circles
and the emperor has not yet decided that
he must yield. Nevertheless, the peace
party ha been greatly strengthened and is
now taking the position that to attempt to
continue the war would only court addi
tional complication and dangers at home,
with the chance of success for the Rus
sian arms on the field of battle too remote
to be worthy of consideration. But some
of the emperor' advisers Insist that the
'government Is Irrevocably committed to the
War, that It would bo harder to stop than
to go on and that If the war 1 indefinitely
prolonged the financial resource of Japau
are sure to be exhausted before Russia',
while Russia prestige abroad Is Irrepar
ably (one II v now bends the knee.
tmay internal Effect.
Tha situation 1 not dls&uniiar to that
which prevailed at the end of the Crimean
wax, wba Nichols took a sudden deci
sion la conolude peace on the best terms
Obtainable. . The effect of the internal
situation of either alternative will probably
govern the final deuslon. The practical
UlffloUlUus, not only Ih getting a new army
to the front, but in Actually mobilising it,
are fully ajprclut even at the War
tittle, where many ofrkei reluctantly de
cluro it 1 Idle to hope for victory under the
present circumstances. Another general
mobilization might vet thu country In
Names.
In Poland, Whence l is announced another
Corp will be sent to (the front, the mobili
sation of the luet corps ordered to the war
hag had to l ubendobtd owing to the pop
ular opposition to the government's policy.
At bum the element which are trying to
force the emperor' hand would employ
cither horn of Iht i dilemma selected,
whether peace or a continuation of the war.
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STRIKE IS NOT YET OVER
Trains In Sew York Sabway ' Are
Mare Irregular Than Last
'week.
NEW YORK, March Ll.-That the condl-
lons resulting from the strike on the In-
terborough Rapid Transit company's lints
have not been adjusted was plainly ap
parent today. Although the strikers had
been repudiated by their national organisa
tion and even advised by their local offi
cers to make an effort to get back their old
places, and the Interborough company had
announced that the effect of the strike had
passed, trains were more irregular and in
adequate today than at any time since last
Tuesday. Even In the subway, where the
company concentrated nearly all Its efforts
for several days to perfect Its force of
opeiatives from among the strike breakers
and where everything appeared to be ap
proaching a normal basis last week, the
service today was far from satisfactory.
Trains were operated in fairly large num
bers, but at reduced speed. All trains
wore greatly overcrowded.
It wss on the elevated lines that the con
ditions were at their worst, however. The
Ninth and Sixth avenue lines on the West
Side, which were making fairly good time
last week, were operated today apparently
with great difficulty.
As far up town a One Hundred and Six
teenth street the care became crowded,
and a repetition of last week's scenes of
packed trains, people unable to get aboard
and men climbing to the roofs were re
peated. Even during the rush hours from
fifteen to thirty minutes would pass be
tween trains.
On the Third avenue lines on the East
Side condition; were a bad. if nob woise,
than at anytime since the beginning of
the strike. While the station platform
at one r-oint was crowded with people wall
ing for a long delayed train, forty empty
oars were standing In the center track out
of commission. A guard, one of the strike
breakers, was asked why these cars were
not used. He replied: "They are out of
order. The company has 500 cars that
cannot be run because their motors are
out of order or something is the matter
with them."
About 1.300 men applied for their old posi
tions today and of this number 500 were
put back to work. The remainder had
their applications placed on file and will
be notified when wanted to report for
work.
MAIN ARMY IS AT TIE PASS
Remnant of Kouropatkin's Torse Beaches
Befnge Among the Hills.
DANGER POINT IS NOT YET PASSED
Probability that Japaaese May At
tack oa the Plank and Rear
How the Victory Was
Won.
LEGEND OF THE HOLY GRAIL
Father Mrltrh Illuminates the Story
of Parsifal" for Large
Assemblage.
creighton university auditorium was
crowded almost to Buffocntion last night
with an audience gathered to hear the ad
dress of Father Stritch on "Parsifal." His
address was nearly two hours in length
and treated1 of the story of the Holy Orall
the Ban Grenl In Its varied stages from
tfie curliest times until the thirteenth cen
tury, when it began first to appear In
epical form, down to tho nineteenth cen
tury, or Wagnerian period.
Father Stritch gave a very Interesting
sketch of tho legend as originating first
from .the earliest Catholic sources, and
particularly of the Arthurian version which
ha been Immortalised In the beautiful
eplo- of Tennyson In the "Quest of the
Holy Gran," whi'reM,PUM.aJifeuj(LrLauncer
lot, Perclval and jCJawnlu are ihe leading
heroes In the search for the holy cup. He
likened King Arthur to the pope, sur
rounded by his twelve knights or bishops
and cardlnuls, and that he hud directed
them to go out In quest of the Holy Grail
and thus encompass the spiritual conquest
of the world for Christ.
ine Wagnerian version or "Parsifal" was
but another version of the legend, and
to Wagner Is deservlngly attributed the
glory of producing a muslcal-drama-sermon
showing the, way to Christian perfection
as being only through the San Greal, or
blood of Christ, or through the holy in
fluence of the Holy Grail, or sacred cup
from which he drank at the Last Supper,
and which afterwards received His precious
blood from the spear thrust while on the
cross.
Father Stritch' lecture was of the deep,
est Interest and gave a new Insight Into
the origin of the legend and its subse
quent versions down to the present time.
Following his address Robert Cuscaden
assisted by Miss Miller on the piano, gave
an extended sketch of the musical motifs
of the drama, Illustrated by various musi
cal sketches on the piano and accompanied
with a violin solo by himself,' accompanied
by Miss Miller on the piano.
ICunllnued vu Becoud Page.)
DEPOSITION INSANTA FE CASE
Freight Auditor of the Road Kiim-
Inexl Abont Rate on Oil
and Cotton.
TOPEKA, Kan., March U.-The taking
of depositions In the case brought on the
relation of tha attorney general against
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ke was re
sumed here today. W. J, Healy, general
iruignt auditor oi tno company, was on
the stand. There was nothing In his tes
timony to snow that there is any com
bine between the Santa Fe and the other
Kansas rallro.ids or between the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe and the Standard Oil
company. Tho ft eight rate' on hard and
soft coal from Frontenac, Pittsburg and
Mlday, Kun., to Kansas City was discussed.
Mr. Monett made an attempt to estab
lish by the testimony of Mr. Healy that
there Is a combination between the Santa
Fe and other coal carrying roads In south
ern KatiBas.
The answers from the auditor did not
confirm this. An attempt waa also made
to prove a combination between tho Santa
Fe and the Kansas City Belt railroad, but
nothing had been elicited bearing on this
when the hearing adjourned at noon.
TEN INJURED IN A WRECK
Mlseoarl Padae Train Straek la
Colorado and Ona Man
May Die.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March It
Missouri Pacific passtnger train No. 11,"
southbound, running on the Denver & Rio
Grande tracks, collided with the Denver A
Bio Grande passenger train No. -4, north
bound, at Fountain, fourteen miles south
of here, and ten persons were Injured.
The most seriously Injured are:
Conductor J. F. Crelghton of the dining
car. I Interim 1 Injuries, may die.
Charles H. Richardson, Buffulo, S'. Y..
seriously cut about head and shoulders.
Mrs Richardson, arm broken and injured
In back.
Train No. 4 was heading In from the
south end ol the side track to allow No. 11
to pass, fhst train having the right of
way, but before It could make the main
line No. 11 crashed Into the dining car,
overturning it, together with a tourist
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ST. PETERSBURG, March 14.-1:65 p. m.
Russia's "grand army." with the excep
tion of the thousands killed or taken pris
oners on the plains and mountains around
Mukden, Is gathering slowly behind the
fortifications of Tie Pass, which were built
as a refuge before the battle of Liao Yang,
and is feverishly engaged In the work of
reorganizing and further strengthening its
lines. According to the general staff, the
main body has already completed Its re
treat and the rear guard southward Is fall
ing back slowly, keeping in touch with the
pursuing columns of Japanese. In the
complete absence of further Information
yesterday. It Is difficult to suy whether
the pursuit has slackened or Is being con
ducted by only a portion of the Japsnese
and military officials here hope that, as
after the battle or Lino Yang, Field Mar
shal Oyama has paused to give his weary
troops a momentary breathing space, while
extending his railroad and other lines of
supply to his new position and preparing
for the next blow.
May Be Outflanked Again.
To the Russian army every minute 1s
now valuable and the footsore ana ais
heartened detachments have b-en given
scarcely an hour's rest before being set
at work with spade arrd pick improving
the defences of the pass. It may be, how
ever, that even now they are being turned
out of those positions. Rumors are cur
rent that a wide eastward flanking move
ment which was begun before the battle,
is still in progress, nnd on the other side
it is feared that columns are moving
north of Fakoman to take a position in
the Russian rear.
General Kouropatkin still holds command.
An officer ot tho general stuff said today
that he probably will not retire until some
semblance of order has been restored. The
question of his successor is still undetermined.
There are indications that the food sup
ply at Tie Pass 1b none too large, immense
quantities having been burned at Mukden,
and Russian correspondents telegraph that
they have had nothing to eat for two days.
The commissariat arrangements worked
admirably during the battle and even at
the height of the fight the soldiers re
ceived warm food.
Awful Loss of Rnaalnn.
Telegrams from the Russian side, though
Inadequate as a basis for any detailed es
timate of tho Russian losses, show that
they have been extremely heavy, enough
to cripple offensive operations for many
months. General Kouropatkin admits that
50,000 wounded were carried off, but says
nothing as to how many killed, wounded
and prisoners were left behind, and from
his picture of a little handful of two officers
and 150 men of the Imperial rifles march
ing off, led by their gallant colonel, cling
ing to their standard, can be derived some
idea of the losses sustained by the regi
ments that bore the brunt Of the fighting",
The exploit of the 600 at BalaklaVa pales
beside this. ' Even the losees in the "bloody
angle" of the Wilderness and In the battle
of Antletam arc scarcely comparable.
Another tragic picture of the retreat Is
related In connection with the retirement
of General Bennenkampff's detachment
from Oubenepusa with barely one-third of
Its original strength, the brave soldiers
breaking down and sobbing and kissing the
blood-stained ground which they had been
ordered to relinquish.
The losses of officers is said to have been
especially heavy, and muny of the higher
and more capable officers were killed.
How the Battle Was Won.
WITH GENERAL KUROK1S ARMY
IN THE FIELD, Northeast of Mukden,
Sunday, March 12, via Fushun, March 13.
Every hour Increases the magnitude, of the
disaster suffered by the Russian armies.
Tonight 25,000 dead are known to have been
left on the field, making the casualties at
least 100,000. Between 50,000 and 60,000
prisoners, soma seventy guns and enormous
quantities of ammunition and provisions
fell into the hands of the Japanese. The
Japanese losses do not exceed those of for
mer great battles. Even General Kuroki's
army lost only 5,000.
Field Marshal Oyama's plans completely
deceived General Kouropatkin. The Rus
sian commander misjudged the positions
and strength of the Japanese. He at first
thought that General Nogi's Port Arthur
army was pressing his east flank and con
centrated a great force there. This force
he was afterward obliged to shift to Muk
don, where It arrived In a state of exhaus
tion after a forced march and was unable
to fight.
A retrea from Mukden began March 9.
It became a demoralized flight when the
Russians discovered that their egress Wa
being blocked by Japanese infantry and
artillery from the east. The rapid ap
proach of the Japanese was a complete sur
prise to the Russians, who expected that
their retreat would be harassed by Japan
ese cavalry from the westward. Yesterday
(Saturday) morning one division of Japan
ese encountered several Russian regiments
retreating along the road to Tie Pass. The
Japaneso descended from the hills upon the
Russians, who attempted to break through
the lines. After a sharp engagement, In
which the Japanese guns did great execu
tion, 4,000 Russians surrendered with ten
guns. The Japanese lost 100.
According to stories told by the captured
Russian officers and the appearance pro
duced by their troops, the retreat lacks
organization, every battalion shifting for it
self.
Clearing Country of Rosslaaa.
TOKIO, March 13. (11 a. m.) Army head
quarter make th following announce
ment:
All our force have advanoad north, nnr.
suing th enemy In all direction andln-
niciing neavy damage, ana tney nave de
feated th enemy, who attempted resistance
at various places.
Our foices have comDletelv cleared tha
enemy out of the districts twenty-five miles
norm oi aiuaqen ana on Sunday were still
pursuing them.
The Russians abandoned countless carts
or supplies ana ammunition In the district
for thirteen miles from the vicinity of
Kaolitun. south of Cliluilkotsu, west of the
railway and sixteen miles north of Mukden.
No time has yet been had to count them.
One of the colors captured belonged to the
Rid regime!. t from the Vlln district, which
had been engaged In three previous wars.
Our Slnmlntm garrison has arrested a
paroled Rursian officer front Port Arthur
who broke Ills parole at Shanghai and pro
ceeded to Sinmintln.
Adldtlonal stores Intended for1 the Rus
sians have beer r:zcd at Binmlntin.
A to Japanese Loan.
NEW YORK. March 13.-8. Uchada. Japa
nese consul general at New York City,
toduy made th following announcement:
I am authorised to stal that the Issue
of KOOtO.twi yen exchequer bonds, an
uounctd In Tuklu on February .'7, bunt'
MAY BOYCOTT? ARKANSAS
National Board of Fire) Vnderwrlters
Weald Withdraw tales '
Law I Repealed.
NEW YORK. March 13. The National
Board of Fire Underwriters at a special
meeting here today resolved to recom
mend the withdrawal of all Are insurance
business In the state of Arkansas. This
action was taken because of the proposed
enforcement of the anti-compact law by the
Arkansas legislature. The bill becomes
operative on March 23, and If not repealed
by that date all policies written In the
state of Arkansas will be cancelled.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. March 13. The
state senate today refused, 6 to 25, to pass
a bill Introduced by Senator Thomas W.
Milan of Hot Springs defining conditions
under which non-resident fire Insurance
companies may do business In Arkansas.
Senator Milan declared that the measure
was Intended primarily for the relief of
property owners in the burned district at
Hot Springs. The bill provided that non
resident companies may do business In the
state regard I cs of their membership in
rating bureaus elsewhere which do not
affect rates in Arkansas. The failure of
the bill to pass is generally accepted to
mean that the legislature will not repeal
or even modify the new ntt-trust law
which goes Into effect next Thursday.
J. F. CORDOVA IS ON TRIAL
Infrocked Minister Aceaaed of A
aalt tpon Wife I Now
la Court.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. March i:.
The trial of J. F. Cordov, the unfrocked
minister and formerly pastor of the Conk
ltn Methodist Episcopal church of South
River, who Is charged by hjs wife with as
sault and battery and abandonment, as a
result of two sensational elopement with
the daughter of the village blacksmith, was
begun here today. Miss Julia Bowne,
the young woman with whom Cordova
twice fled, has persistently declined to for
sake him nnd was brought Into court to
day as an extremely unwilling' witness.
She has been kept In jail as a witness
awaiting trial, steadfastly refusing to ac
cept bail offered for her release..
The first elopement of the pair occurred
last May, but they returned to South River
soon afterward. A few weeks ago they
again eloped, going to Washington, where
they were apprehended and brought here
under urrest. Miss Bowne still proclaims
her fidelity to Cordova, and he has re
peatedly declared his willingness to accept
punishment If Miss Bowne i unharmed.
1 ALKS TO MOTHERSTONGRESS
Principal Address at Evening Session is by
President BooseTelt
v
CORDIAL RECEPTION FOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Mr. Frederick Schorr, President ot
the Congress, Discusses fcei-
Ity of Moral Tralalag
la School.
WASHINGTON. March 13.-An address
by President Roosevelt was the feature
of the evening session of the National Con
gress of Mothers, now holding Its tri
ennial convention at the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal church. There was an
mmense crowd at the church, composed
largely of women, and when Mr. Roosevelt,
accompanied by Secretary Loeb, arrived
le was given a cordial reception. He read
his speech, but now und then Interjected
some extemporaneous remurks when he
wished to emphasize a point.
The president spoke as follows:
In our modern industrial civilization there
are many and grave dangers to counter
balance the rplcnuors ana the triumpns. n
is not a good tiling to see cities grow at
dlspi oportionatc speed relatively to the
country; for the small land owners, the
men who own their little homes, nnd there-
ore to u verv laise extent the men who till
farms, the men of the soil, have bltheuo
made the foundation of lasting national
ine in every state; ana, n me lounaaumi
becomes either too weak or too narrow, the
unerstructure. no matter how attractive.
s In Imminent danger ot falling.
But far more imDortant than the question
of the occupation of our citizens Is the
qurtion of how thetr family life Is con
ducted. No matter what that occupation
may be, as long as there is a real home and
as Ions ps those who make up that home
do their duty to one mother, to their neigh
bors la the state, it is or minor conse
quence whether the man's trade Is plied In
the country or the city, whether It . calls
FIGHT AGAINST BEEF TRUST
Independent Packers Raise Three
Million Dollars to. Set Facta
, Squarely Before Public,
CHICAGO, March 13. The Dally News
today says war to the knife between the
"big five" of the beef cembine and twenty-
six firms and corporations classed as inde
pendent packers, will. It Is asserted, begin
In Chicago on March 20, when the special
federal grand Jury begins Its Investigations
of the affairs of the alleged beef combina
tion. A fund of $3,000,000 ha been raised
to carry on the fight against the beef
combine and set the clnln of Indreendent
packers squarely before, the public. The
largest of the so-cnPed Independent con
cerns, Schwarzschlld & Sulzberger, la con
cerned in the movement. The principal
plants of the company are' in Kansas City
:i large plant Is operated by the same
nny In Chicago and a branch In New
irk. The independent packers are said
to have held meetings In Kansas City to
devise & plan of offensive and defensive
action.
FUNERAL OF SENATOR BATE
Remain of Late Tennessee States
man Laid to Heat with '
Simple Services.
NASHVILLE. Tenn., March 13.-Impres-
slve, though simple services, participated
in by the legislature, supreme court, state
officials, United Confederacy bivouacs and
state guards and the Washington congres
slonal escort, was held In the hall of the
house of representatives today over the
remains of the late United States Senator
William' Brlmage Bate. The religious serv
ices were conducted by Rev. Dr. C. D.
Kelly, who was a colonel under General
N. F. Forest, and Dr. Lanlng Burrow3,
a confederate veteran. The body of the
soldier and statesman lay In state at the
capltol all day yesterday and was viewed
by fully 26.000 persons.
After the ceremonies at the capltol the
body of the senator was taken to Mount
Olivet cemetery, accompanied by a military
escort of confederate veterans.
ILLINOIS PIONEER PASSES AWAY
Death of Friend Cause Isaan
Reynold to Take to
Deathbed.
PEORIA, 111.. March 13. Declaring that
he had nothing more to live for, Isaac G.
Reynolds, a pioneer merchant, took to his
bed after the funeral of Mrs. E. A. Havens
last Wednesday and never arose. He
passed away at the Cottage hospital early
today.
Reynolds has been In business in Peoria
since 1844. Some years lnce reverses over
took him and he wa forced to retire from
business and had lived at a home. He was
87 years old and was prostrated with grief
at the death of Mrs. Havens, who had been
his lifelong friend, and ordered her body
burled In his lot at the cemetery.
CuaUAucd. ea Beeuad. l't l
BANK AT GENOA, 0., ROBBED
Robber Blow Open Vault and Carry
Away Nearly Thirty Thou. '
sand Dollars.
" TOLEDO, O., March 11 Last night four
men- blew open the vault In tha bank at
Genoa, fifteen miles east of hare, and se
cured between $36,000 and 130,000 In cash
and carried away paper valued at $50,000.
The men drove to Toledo, but when they
aw the police, who were on the lookout for
them, left their buggy and made their es
cape. The police and detective force of
the city are searching for them.
GETS FIFTY CENTS FOR VOTE
Traveling; Bill Poster Take Part la
Kaasas City Kleetloa and
Goes to Penitentiary.
KANSAS CITY. March 13.-W. H. Perry,
who tried to vol illegally at th recent
charter election, pleaded guilty her today
and wa tcntsnced to two year in the
penitentiary. Perry, who was a circus bill
poster, had accepted tu ceut to ai against
th charter. , - r
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Snow Tueday Wednesday Partly
t'loady.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hoar. Pes. Hour. Ilea.
A a. m art 1 p. m i"l
a. m 83 8 p. m 8(1
T a. lu 88 A p. m 2
a. m 83 4 p. m 2"
a. m 8 5 p. m 2T
10 a. m 84 p. m 8T
11 a. n 84 T p. m 8
II n 2.1 p. m 8l
f p. m 84
FIGHT FOR RATES ON GRAIN
Railroad Offlclala Will Try (o Settle
Dispute Between t'hlcaao and
Minneapolis Intereata.
CHICAGO, March 13. Efforts to adjust a
rate controversy which has come up in
connection with shipments of grain from
points In Iowa and other states east of the
Missouri river to Chicago and to Minne
apolis, will be made here tomorrow at a
conference of officials of the various lines.
The controversy Is not one precipitated
by the desire of the railroads to control
business via Chicago or Minneapolis, but
Is really a controversy between the Boards
of Trade of these cities and the grain ship
ping Interests.
The Chicago grain men are anxious to
have the rates from Iowa and points east
of the Missouri river via Chicago made
more nearly equal to those via Minne
apolis, while the Minneapolis Interests are
appealing to the railroads to make them
higher than at present. The rates via Chi
cago are 5 cents higher per 100 pounds on
local shipments and 3 cents per 100 pounds
higher on through shipments than they are
via Minneapolis, 'ihe northern shippers
ask that an additional 1V4 per cent be
added.
IIIQ luuiliijr ui iiir illy, n nv tin t .1 .........
for the work of the hand or for the work
of the head.
But the nation Is in a bad way it there
is no real home, if the family is not of tin
right kind; if the man is not n good hus
band and father. If he Is brutal or cow
ardly or sellish, If the woman hns lort her
sense of duty, if she la sunk In vapid self
indulgence or hns let her nature be twisted
so tnat sne prerers u sterne pscuoo-niiei-lectuality
to that great ond beautiful de
velopment of charcter which comes only
to those whose lives know the fullnesH of
dtitv done, of effort made and self-sacrifice
undergone.
In the last analysis the welfare of the
state depends absolutely upon whether or
not the average family, the average man
and woman and their children, represent
the kind of citizenship tit for the founda
tion of a great nation; nnd if we fall to ap
preciate this we fall to appreciate the root
morality upon which all healthy civilization
Is boned.
No niled-up wealth, no splendor or ma
terial growth, no brlllance of artistic de
velopment, will permanently avail any peo
ple unless Its home life Is healthy, unless
the average man possesses honesty, cour
age, common sense nnd decency, unless he
works hard and Is willing at need to tight
hard; and unless the average woman Is a
good wife, a good mother, able and willing
to pprrorm ine nrst ami greatest ouiy m
womanhood, able and willing to bear, and
to bring up as they should be brought up,
healthy children, sound In body, mind nnd
character, and numerous enough so that
the race shall Increase and not decrease.
Duties of Man nnd Wife.
There are certain old truths which will
be true as long ns this world endures, and
which no amount of progress can alter.
One of these is the truth that the primary
duty of the huRband Is to be the home
maker, the bread-winner for his wife and
children, and that the primary duty of the
woman Is to be the helpmeet, the housewife
and mother. The woman should have am
ple educational advantages; but save In
exceptional coses the man must be, and s'.ie
need not be. anil Renerauy ougnt not to
he, trained for a lifelong career as the fam
ily breadwinner; nnd, therefore, nfter a
certain point the training of the two must
normallj be different because the duties of
the two are normally airrerenij i nis aoes
not mean lnenualltv of function, but It
does mean that normally there must be
dissimilarity of function. On the whole.
I think the duty ot tre woman ine more
important, the more difficult, and the more
honorable of the two; on the whole I re-
sptct the woman who does her duty even
more than I respect tne man wno aoes ins.
Inasmuch as I am speaking to an as
semblage of mothers I shall have nothing
whatever to say In praise of at. easy life.
Yours is the work which Is never endet.
No mother has Hn easy time, and most
mothers have very hard times; nnd yet
what true mother would burtcr her experi
ence of Jov and sorrow In exchange for a
life of cold selfishness, which Insists upon
perpetual amusement and the avoidance of
care, and which often finds Its fit dwelling
place in some nai aesignen to rorumn wun
the least nosslhle expenditure of effort the
maximum of comfort and of luxury, but In
which there Is literally no piuce tor cnn-
dren?
The man is nut a poor creature wnose
effort is not rather for the betterment of
his -wife and children than for lilmselt;
and as for the mother, her very name
stands for loving unselfishness and self
abnegation, and. In any society fit to
exist, is fraught with associations which
render it holy.
The womun s task is not easy no iosk
worth ilolng Is easy but In doing It, and
when she has done it, there shall come to
her the highest nnd holiest Joy known to
mankind; and having done it, she shall
have the reward prophesied In scriptures;
for her husband ana ner cnnoren. yes, ana
nil neonl" who realize that her work lies at
the foundation of all national happiness
and greatness, hull rise up and call her
blessed.
Address by Mrs. Schoff.
Preceding the president's speech Mrs.
Frederick Schoff, president of the congress,
delivered an address In which she spoke
of "The Children of the Nation."
Mrs. Schoff strongly advocated moral
training in the public schools and she fa
vored the appointment of an Interdenomi
national committee for compiling a prac
tical, simple code of moral Instruction that
mould be accepted by all faiths. She also
set out the Importance of the Introduction
of moral training and domestic science
into all schools and Bald the greatest work
that can be done for the children Is to
organize a parents' association In every
school, with purpose of study of all ques
tlons relating to child and home.
Condition In Itah.
Mrs. Schoff said there are various eondl
tlons prevalent throughout the country
which are tending to undermine high
standards of marriage. Regarding condt
tlons In Utah she had this to say:
The superintendent of public Instruction
.,f riiih testified under oath thut he had
inilntcd the schools of Utah to learn
whether the Mormon religion, Including
polygamy, was taught In Ihem. He said
that reports have not come, from all of
them but that In over 300 of the 606 schools
of Utah the Mormon religion was taught.
Some of th teacher in these school
bowed letters bearing the seal of th
president of th Mormon church requesting
Ih.m i taach this In th schools. Th
Uvea of Mormon polygamtst wer atudled
v... h. mmila. The live of Waahliurton.
Lincoln and other great men in tho world'
history were entirely omitted. There con
dition extend also Into the states adjoin-lna-
Utah. In the Brlgham Young academy,
fmm 1.2(10 to 1.3o0 vounif men and
young women attend, information ha come
to us that polygamy Is taught there, and
the head of the school Is a polygamlst.
PRAIRIE FIRE IN NORTH DAKOTA
All Building on a Tract of Three
Hundred Suuare Mile Ar
Destroyed.
CCDY CASE IS NEARLY FINISHED
Slater of Buffalo Bill Repeats Story
that HI Wife Intended to
Give II I m n Droit.
DENVER. March 13 The allegation that
Mrs. Cody threatened to give her husband.
Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) a
drug to bring him under her control has
been repeated In a deposition made in this
city by Mrs. Heien Cody Wetmore, a sister
of the colonel, to be filed In his divorce suit
In the Wyoming court.
'.'Mrs. Cody told me," said Mrs. Wetmore,
mni sne. nnci obtained a drug of some
character from a clalrvoynnt, nnd that she
Intended to give It to Colonel Cody in order
to get control over him; that she thought
herself a better manager for the property
than the colonel, nnd that she wished to
get control of nil property at nil hazards.'
This Is the statement upon which Colonel
Cody bases his charge that Mrs. Cody at
tempted to poison him.
The trial is practically finished, with the
exception of taking one or two depositions
In Nebraska, before the matter Is laid be
fore the court at Sheridan on March 0.
Severn! witnesses will be put on tho stand
at that time and the arguments In the case
will consume several days.
NEW CANDIDATE IN MISSOURI
Keldrlnahnn Republican Wtll'Caat
"'fnelr'fWe' for Jadgt Spencer
fof Two Daya.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo March 13.-At
caucus tonight, attended by fifty-three
republican members of the legislature, ' In
an endeavor to break the deadlock over
the selection of a United States senator, a
resolution wns adopted binding the mem
bers to vote at the Joint sessions of the
legislature for two consecutive days for
the candidate who receives forty-seven
votes in the caucus balloting.
This means that the members of the legis
lature are released from the caucus action
where Thomas K. Nledrlnghaus was nomi
nated for the aenatorshtp. The Kerens re
publicans took no part In tonight's caucus
and It is regarded a .extremely Improbable
that they will agree to desert Kerens for
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miij whauuh niruuiiKimui men may
make for a compromise candidate.
The balloting resulted In the selection
of Judge S. P. Spencer us the choice of
the caucus and according to the agreement
the ballots of the fifty-three republicans
preterit at the caucus tonight at least will
be cast for him for the next two days.
ANTI-TRUST LAW IN ILLINOIS
Proposed Mcnaure Covers Combina
tion of Insurance Compnnlc
nnd Impose Pcnaltlea.
SPRINGFIELD, ill., March 13.-In tho
lower house of the state legislature tonight
Representative McKlnley of Chicago intro
duced an anti-trust bill, drawn by At
torney General Stoad and Indorsed by Gov
ernor Deneen. The definition of a trust Is
enlarged to Include both life Insurance com
panies and underwriters. The bill provides
a system of graduate fines for corporations
violating the act, a similar system for the"
officer of th corporations, and It is espe
cially . provided that any person or cor
poration Injured by the operation of a
trust shall be entitled to sue and recover
two-fold all damages sustained.
WOUNDED MEN MAY RECOVER
Victims of
Killed
George Shlsaler Who
Two at Denver
Still Alive.
DENVER. March 13-Pollce Captain Wil
liam Bohanna and Police Surgeon Frank
Dulln, who were shot yesterday by George
Shtssler, when about to arrest him after
he had killed Mr. and Mr. Kay Sill,
neighbors, are still alive today and prob
ably will recover. Mr. Shissler, who uf
fer from heart disease, lay unconsclou
many hour after hearing of th deed of
her husband, but revived today. It I UU
undetermined whether Shlsaler killed him
elf or was wounded by on of the posse.
Shissler la believed to bave been tempo
rarily deranged.
E LLEN DALE, N. D., March ll.-Reports
from the prairie fire make It clear that It
wae th most disastrous known In this sec
tion. The fir burned over a tract thirty
mile in extent by ten mile wide, burn
lug building, stacks and stock. Th lns
of hay was enormous. Some farmers lost
everything they owned and ar reduced to
abgltU jiflveriy, - "
Movement of Ocean Vessels March 13.
At New York Arrived: Umbrla, from
Liverpool.
At Marseille Arrived: Perugia, from
New York.
At Plvmouth Arrived: Kaiser Wlihelm
der Grosse, from New York.
At Genoa Sailed: Cltta dl Napll, for
New York. - Arrived: Welmer, from New
York.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Konlg Albert,
from New York. Sailed: Princess Irene,
for New York.
At Dover Arrived : Kroonland, from
New York, for Antwerp, and proceeded.
At Glasgow Arrived: LatirentiHii, from
New York. Sailed: Pretorlan, for Hull
fax. At Liverpool Sailed: Iberian, for Bos
ton. At Hamburg Arrived: Bluecher, from
New York.
At Hremen Arrived: Brejlau, from New
York.
At Bo.ulogne Balled: Pretoria, for New
lrk.
ACER FIGHTS BACK
Veteran Lobbyist Ee plies to 8ie;ned Inter-
Yi6w with Representative Ernst.
FLATLY DENIES SOME OF THE CHARGES
Asks to Hare Kamea of Men Who Are In
fluenced Made Public
m j
MEMBERS OF HOUSE MUCH OF SAME MIND
Ager Also Alleges Ernest Has Been Great
est of Pass Solicitors.
SOME PROSPECTS OF AN INVESTIGATION
Man Who Started It All Sot Willing
to Mention Xamra nad Inclined
to Hnah the Whole Mat
ter I'p.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, March lS.-(8peclalT) "Mr.
Ernst ha drawn more heavily upon me for
trip passes than any other member, of the
legislature."
This statement was made today by J. H.
Ager, the veteran lobbyist for the Burling
ton railroad, In a written Interview, pro
voked by charge from Representative
Ernst of Johnson county, that railroad
passes and theater tickets and other forms
of favors have Interfered with the ptssagn
of good laws at thlr session of (he lel-
lature.
Have yon snythin to say In reply te
this statement from Mr. Ager?" was askd
Mr. Ernst this afternoon.
"No;" he snld, "I have not seen the state
ment In print yet and, anyway, did I nsme
anybody In my statement?"
He did not.
A correspondent for The He was In
formed by a member of the hi use file a tef-
noon that u resolution would bo intro
duced tomorrow onllliiR on Mr." Ernst to
make good his charge by naming the cor
poration men who have sought to Influence
legislation ami the members who have lis
tened to the siren voice. This resolution
Is drawn up now and there Is a lively senti
ment for Its Introduction.
Asked If he would furnish the house with
the desired Information, Mr. Ernst replied:
"I have nothing to say today."
Would Drop Matter.
Tonight Mr. Krflst expressed a very
earnest wish that 'the house order no In
vestigation or command to him to make
good his charges. He Is said to have pre
vailed upon one member whom he under
stood would Introduce such a resolution
to recede from such determination and for
ho sake of the republican party Stir up
no such furor as a resolution of this kind
would provoke.
This member and other believe that
unless Mr. Ernst publicly Inform tha
house that he I unable to furnish th
evidence, a stigma Inevitably rest upon .
the entire membership. .
"So long as the name of the Individual
against whom Mr. Erpst directed hi
charges are not disclosed the public ia
left to Judge or censure every member','!
said a prominent member Jtonlght,' "The
sentiment Is favorable clther-'-to . futlTe ,
traction by Mr. Ernst bf a complete ion- '
firmatlon of his charges With nam. '
"If such shumeful practice a Mr. Ernrt
points to have been In progress and lie
knows the guilty persons, It Is his duty
to name them so that action might be
taken," said this member.
What 'rovolicd Storm.,.
After annoi 'ns '..Is ;iurpoue and deslro
faithfully to tefv,, Ihe peo.ile by doing hi
part toward the ti.--. jri of laws calcu
lated properly to regulate the railroad rate
and transportation situation and other 1
matters pertaining to corporations and
avowing his belief that the majority of the
house are honest men, but that somehow,
try as hard us they may, "certain corpora
tions have been able to hoodwink and con
fuse the members," Mr. Ernest utaUa over
his signature: . - ' '
The trouble seems to be that so many of
tho members who really desire to pass
la ww lor ine interest ot me wnoiu state are
new to the ways ol legislatures, whi.e the
men who ure sent here and paid to manage
us have had long experience. After loriy
days ol tho haroest work 1 huve ever doiiu
in my life 1 liegin to see now It Is that
these coiporutioii lobbyist have been able
to prevent the puMsago of the law thut ibo
people uemand. Hy (lattery they win our
coniloence; with railroad passes and lrae -tickets
to the theater they put US under
obligation to them; with uevillsh cuim.ug
they work to keep members who Want to
do something apart from each other and
from coming to an understanding a to tho
things tney ought to do for tne people,
'I hev even ko mi far as to try to entice
members Into debauchery with wine find
women In nlnht orgies, where they compro
mise their character and tie their hand
lrom future usctulnes to their constitu
ents. They encourage distrust among u.
We havu fulled because we ar unorgan
ized. But It is not too late yet to change this.
We may yet be able to give the state om
needed legislation In spite of the opposition
of the railroads, the bridge lobby and other
Interests thct huv allied themselves with
these. T cannot be satisfied without ask
ing the members of both house -of tne
legislature who really want to have some
thing to show for their winter's work when
they go home to their constituent to maku
one more effort to stand together slid pas
some of the bills now under discussion
which are in the Interest of all the people.
Aaer Take I'p Gauntlet.
True, no r.ame 1 mentioned In the en
tire Ernst statement, but Mr. Ager take
up the gauntlet upon hi own motion and
says:
Many Interests as legitimate as those thaa.
he clulnis to represent, with no man In
either body who ha vole or vote uni
proposed legislation vitally affecting their
business, are by their officials and em
ployes trying to enlighten th member
who (confessedly uninformed themselves)
upon the effect proposed rastrlctlva legis
lation would- have upon the operation and
revenue of such business, and It Is wholly
right and proper that tiiey should be per
mitted to do no; Indeed, no man ran Justly
represent the people of any district in
the legislature who doe not welaome any
or all information obtainable sonvernlng
any interest to be affected by his vote,
provided it I Imparted in a straightfor
ward, honest and legitimate way, and lie
hould thank th pron Who. give It,
whether he be railroad, . telephone, tele
graph or bridge man.
Personally. I am In tgnorano a to tha
provisions of any of th so-called ''bridge
bills," and Mr. Ernst' charge that th
railroad and bridge Interests ar allied for
the purpose of affecting legislation Is b
solutel;' untrue. ,
A to "theater tickets," the end of th
session will show that I have spent riurlng
the winter for these not to xced 1-4 ana
they were used In entertaining member a
nnd other who with their wive are old
and valued frlenda of myself hiid wife;
und we do not Intend to be debarred from
the privilege of exercising common court
hies toward our friends, even though such
friends be members of the legislature, or
because I happen to be an employ of the
B"rllnton railroad.
In regard to "passes." Previous , to the
convening of th legislature I (In accord
ance with the custom of many years) ,ent
the member annual panes over our line
In the state, and on th personal solicita
tion of members have since given them
a number of trip paste tar the us of their
famllle and friends; in or than ! per
cent of the latter of whom wre farmers
desiring to visit th legislature. Without
a single exception, Mr. Ernst has drawn
mora liesvliv UKon m for trip Passes tl'.nn
any other member of the legislature-, he
v.