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Report from Tie Pu that Bussian Bern
Uinta Arm RAnrtraniun1.
jips slow to follow advantage
Inmor that a Wide Turning Movement
' May Be in Progress.
MIKADO'S MEN GATHER THE SPOILS
Thousand Wagons Loaded with Ammuni
tion and Supplies Taken.
HUNGRY SOLDIERS WILLINGLY SURRENl 'J
Forties Attaches with Huaslaa Arm
Including; British and Americas
Officers, Are Captared with
Prisoners at Mukden.
TIE PASS, March 14 As after the battle
of Liao Yang, the advance of the Japanese
army against the new positions of the Rus
sians at Tie Pass la very slow. The leading
columns aro eight or ten miles southward,
and In touch with the Russian van posts,
but the operations at present are not seri
ous. Field Marshal Oyaraa shows slight In
tentions of pressing his advantage' In an
Immediate attack on Tie Pass. It Is pos
sible, however, that a wide turning move
ment of which report are current is In
progress. In such movement the Japanese
have the Immense advantage! of several
bases and the lines of supply, to which Is
now added tho Slnmlntin road, while the
Russian army necessarily Is dependent on
on o .base and one line of communication,
and therefore may bo outflanked.
Order Oat of Chaos.
In the grand army order Is being brought
out of chaos with remarkable celerity. The
plain In front of Tie pasa, which on March
11 seethed like a nest of ants with the dense
and confused mass of transport artillery
and troops, corps, divisions and regiments
being scattered and parties Inextricably
mingled, has been cleared, the regiments
reorganised, ' stragglers sent to their respective-commands,
organizations have
taken their assigned positions and today the
same soldiers who on March 10 became a
terror-stricken, surging, disorganised mass
of gray at a few shots from a little de
tachment of Japanese, or who even fled In
panic, firing Indiscriminately In all direc
tions as they ran, at the mere baseless
cry of "Japanese cavalry," are now gath
ered, singing about the camp fires with
new courage, ready to oppose with stubborn
resistance at attack on Tie Pass. It Is un
fair to accuse the entire army of this panic.
General Llnevitch entered Tie Pass with
his regiments In perfect order with music
playing and the men singing, and scarcely
a straggler was lost In the long, difficult
march. Other organisations made equally
worthy retreats, and especially the rear
guards of all the armies, who performed
their difficult task steadily and resolutely.
' Csbm of rue Panic.
There Is much to be said also for the
panic-stricken condition of the troops. They
were largely composed of undisciplined
men and, wnjrgn dfjvrs(were mingled with,
the o1dlcr,-t'whV"for fifteen days were
under constant nre, crowded together In
a mass' fronr whence egress was Impossi
ble. It Is one of the odd facts of warfare
that the morale of the beaten Russian
army has been largely restored, while the
Japanese, through the victories, appar
ently are so broken and have incurred
such heavy losses that they are una rile
to press the advantage. Otherwise It Is
Inexplicable why the Japanese have not
followed up their vigorous pursuit with an
attack on Tie Pass, when they might have
taken the position almost without a strug
gle. It Is now too late for easy success.
The struggle for the possession of Mukden
cost both sides close upon 200,000 men. The
Russian loss of officers includes a large
proportion of the regimental commanders
and field officers.
All the newspaper correspondents with
the exception of throe or four have left
for the north, because there Is nowhere to
live and nothing to eat. Hipped by defeat,
many of the Russian officers are In a
surly mood and much of their grudgingly
given intumiaiion is colored witn Jealousy
"ami' the rampant spirit of cabal. It in,
however, possible now to give a general
view of the battle, the oonnected story
tnierglng out of the confusion Incident to
the evuguutlun of Mukden and the forced
retreat t Tie Pass.
'Japs Gather Spoils.
TOKIO, March 14. A teiegram received
today irom headquarters In ine held says;
ill the direction of Hlngchuig oui- lo.cek
hv uvuji uiBiouguifc Urn eiitmy trom lliitf
pan, eigniccii iniiu uusi oi f'uanuti, and
uii Aliinu ii occupied inut piaco.
in Hie uiii-ction ul the afWKiie river all of
our luicea uiu continuing luu pursuit oi tlia
icinntiiii ut tne enemy, aivu luany itussiar.
u incus unU men aru surrenuuniig 10 uiii
truiu gum da in tue mountainous dUiricl.i
earn oi the Tie 1'uss loud.
AUuiiloual upon taken la the direction
of ilia biiakhu river are wagons and cuit.i
cttpiureu aouuiuust, oi f hluuaoutsu. int.v
exooea I.iajV, loaded wltn gun ammunition,
small uniinuiuiiun, entrenching tools, leie
giapu and itsiupnoiiu equipment, ponioon
uiHituiai, supplies and water Ouhera.
They uifco cameo. 14,uuv o-cemlmeter,
1.4(A) lo-centlmeter siiells and l.Juo.uuo small
ammunition and vaiioua military supplies.
In the direction ot Hlngchlng tho spoils
Included Uo.uiu sinull ainiiiuniliuii, outl siiells
and i.tvO entrenching tools.
Hungry Haaslans Surrender.
GENERAL KUROKl'8 HEADyUAH
TERS IN TilU FIELD, Via Fusan. Mulch
14. The country Is swarming with hungry,
disheartened Russians, who are surrender
ing in squads to any puinuiug Japanese
they meet.
Leading Japanese ofllcers have refused to
criticise the lack of mobility displayed
while driving the Russians beyond Tie
Puss
Moat of the foreign attaches with th
Russian army, including two American and
British' omcrs, were captured at Mukden.
Americana Leave for Japan.
TOKIO, March 16. Tho American at
taches, Captain J. V. Judsuu und Colonel
V. lluvard, and the British attache. Cup
tain J. C. Ayres, who were with the Kuh
slan army und who were captured at the
buttle of Mukden, left Liao Yung for Japan
toda;'.
CASTRO CUTSTHE CABLE
Vencsaelan Court Stops Asphalt
Litigation to Hear ase of
French Company.
WILLEMSTED. Island of Curncoa, March
ft. A dispatch received here from Caracas
announces that the hearing of the appeal
of the New York A BeTmudese Asphalt
company against the sequent! ration of Its
property by the government of Venesuela
had been adjourned to make way for the
action of the Venesuela n government
against the French Cable company. It Is
alleged that President Castro has ordered
the court to render Judgment annulling the
contract and authorizing the seUure of the
Cable company's property. The government
has cut the const cable east and west of
La Guayra to prevent communication with
the revolutionists, who are active at Trlnl
lad. The Europeans at Caracas are excited.
NEW YORK. March 14.-Mr. Lurienne.
e manager of the French Cable com
ny, said today that action against his
ipany had been begun In Venesuela, as
m, ' cated In the above dispatch. lie said,
ver, that his Information did not con-
the allegation that President Castro
brought pressure upon the court In
atter.
HINGTON, March 14 A dispatch
inlster Bowen at Caracas confirms
th . .rport from Wlllemstadt as to the
proceedings against the French Cable com
pany by the Venezuelan government. Mr.
Bov.en said: .
A suit hns begun by the Venezuelan gov
ernment against the French Cable com
puny to annul Its concession and seize its
pro;?erty.
The Slate department officials know noth
ing of the merits of this rase, but It is as
sumed that the action tnkrn is slmlliir to
that in the case of the Bcrmudes Asphalt
company, where the Venezuelan govern
ment declared that the company had for
feited Its concession by falling to live up
to Its undertakings to exploit other re
sources of the country besides asphalt
and to open certain rivers to navigation.
The outcome of this case Is looked for
ward to with some apprehension, for should
the French government demand Indemnity
from Venezuela for Its treatment of the
cable company Its action might still fur
ther complicate the attempt to effect a
settlement of the pending Issue between
the State department and Venezuela re
specting the seizure of the properties of
the Bermudez Asphalt company.
fi
FIRE IN TELEGRAPH OFFICE
Postal Company Pnt Temporarily Ont
of Bnalness at Chicago Damage ,
Will Boon Be Rcpnlrcd.
CHICAGO, March 14. The wires of tho
Postal Telegraph company In Chicago
were put out of commission tonight for
several hours by a Are In the Stock Ex
change building, where the main office of
the telegraph company is located. A small
blaze In the restaurant In the basement
of the building was responsible for the
Interruption.
All of the cables of the telegraph com
pany leading to the main operating room
on the thirteenth floor of the building are
run close to the wall of the restaurant and
the blaze soon spread to these conduits.
The fire together with the water poured on
the flames by a dozen fire engines, soon
played havoc with, the service of. the -company,
and In leas than 'halT ah"hour after
the fire started every loop Into .the oper
ating room was in trouble. Up to a late
hour tonight the employes of the company
were unable to get the wires in shape again
for business and It was decided to use the
Board of Trade office to transact business
until the plant In the main operating room
can be repaired.
Tt the time the fire broke out there were
two hundred employes of the company In
the telegraph office, all of whom, except
Chief Operator Potter and two of his as
sistants, fled from the place. Volumes of
smoke filled the rooms and It was with
great difficulty that many of them suc
ceeded In reaching the street, but all es
caped without mishap.
The damage to the building by the fire
was small.
COMPANY REDUCES WAGES
Strikers Who Return to Work Do
So at Less Pay Than
Formerly.
NEW YORK, March 14. The traffic con
dltlona on the elevated and subway today
were slightly Improved over those of yes
terday. No more trains were run, but a
little belter speed was maintained.
All employes of the Interborough com
pany who went on a strike, and whose
wages had been previously advanced be
cause of the length of their service, se
cured re-employment only at the sacrifice
of whatever advance In wages they had
obtained. Experienced motormcn were re
duced from $3.50 to 13 a day, gutemen from
$1.65 to SI. 40, guards from 11.90 to $1.55 and
conductors from 12.40 to S2.10. So crushed
was the strike spirit that the men ac
cepted the reductions without protest.
WASHINGTON, March 14,-Charges have
been filed with Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
which are said to reflect on the integrity
of Individuals connected with the subway
und elevated railroad strike In New
York. Mr. Gompers said the charges would
be Investigated. It Is said that the charges
contain allegations that the strike was
engineered for the sole purpose of being
broken. ' Officials of the union, It Is de
clared, received or expected to receive a
large reward for bringing about the
strike.
MRS. SHAW UNDER THE KNIFE
Serious Operation Performed Ipsa
Wife of Secretary of
Yrenaurr.
BALTIMORE. Md., March U-Mis.
Shaw, wife of Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw, was operated on today
for a serious aliment at Dr. Howard Kel-
ley'a private sanitarium. The operation
a performed by Mr. Kelley, and Is re
ported to have been successful. Secretary
Shaw, who was present In the sanitarium
during the operation, returned to Washing
ion later In the day. He will come to Bal
timore again tomorrow. Mrs. Shaw was
ieaUiuj gumlurUbly M a, Ula kvur tonight.
DUBOIS TALKS TO MOTHERS
Idaho Senator Arraigns Doctrines and
Practices of the Mormon
t'hnrrh.
WASHINGTON. March 14.-8enator Fred
T. Dubois of Idaho talked to the Mothers'
congress tonight on "The Purity of the
Home." His speech was chiefly an lilstor
leal review of Mormonism In the United
States and a severe arraignment of the
doctrines and practices of the Mormon or
ganisation. He declared with emphasis
that there should be no toleration of the
present teachings and practices of the Mor
mon hierarchy, and In suggesting a remedy
aula: .
It is the duty of the United States senate
so 10 act on tne case of senuior Apostle
Reed Smoot as to serve notice on the polyg
amous head of this church and his apostles
that they must live within l he la
the nation la supreme; thst the Institutions
oi .mis country must prevail throughout
the land; and. tveond. there should he un
amendment to our constitution wide rnougn
in its scope to place plural marriages snd
political cci.trol by the rhurch entirely out
oi i ne reaim oi posaiouiiy.
Seuutnr Dubois declare! that MormonUm
is a decided. If not the greatest, single men
ace which confronts us as a people, poly
amy,, he said, was practiced by Joseph
Smith aa early as htl an a command from
God, and It has been practiced from that
day to this lu defiance of all law
CUTS OFF SINEWS OF WAR
French Banker i F Tactically Be fuse to Loan
Money to Russia.
CZAR'S MINISTERS AGAINST PEACE
Dimrnlty in 'rearing Fnnds May
Force the Emperor to Begin
Negotiations with
Jnpan,
LONDON. March 15-The revolt of the
French bankers Is considered by the Lon
don newspapers as the most hopeful and
Important news of the day, promising an
early conclusion of peace between Russia
and Japan. Apparently the proposed loan
has not been absolutely refused, but only
"postponed ." This, however, Is regarded
as being tantamount to a refusal, and is
expected to speak louder to hc Russian
war party even than Kouropatkln'a reverse
at Mukden. It is regarded that by the
death of M. Germain, the lnte governor
of the Credit Lyonnais, Russia lost its
strongest financial friend In France, and
that had he been alive no difficulty would
have been experienced. With the Ameri
can and English markets closed to it. It Is
thought that Russia can only turn to Ger
many, which Is not likely to be much more
responsive than France, and the only al
ternative would seem to be to make peace.
Reports are current here that Japan will
now demand an Indemnity of between J600,
000,000 and 75O.0u0,OO0.
Loan Is Postponed.
PARIS, March 14. Inquiry toony at three
banks principally Interested In the proposed
new Russian loan brought the response that
it had been decided to postpone the Issue. A
representative of one of the banks said the
postponement was for such an Indefinite
period that It was not likely the Issuance
would occur for some time to come. The
postponement was attributed to the uncer
tainties of the war situation. The Temps
says:
It Is nulte natural that the Paris bankers
should refiiRe to clgn a contract in view of
tne conditions in Mancnuria and tne entire
Ignorance cf the financiers concerning the
real Intentions of the Russian government.
The paper declares the postponement will
continue until Russia's Intentions (become
clearer.
The Journal des Debats In Its financial
article says:
Many people consider the adjournment td
be evidence that Russia has reached the
end of Its resources.
tsar's Advisors Vote for War.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 14. The war
council held at Tsarskoe- Selo today, at
which War Minister Sakharoff, General
Dragomlroff and others were present. Is
understood to have decided the Question of
continuing the war In the affirmative.
Ways and means were discussed, but deci
sion on some points, it Is understood, was
reserved.
The question of Kouropatkln'a successor
was also discussed, but the emperor has
made no final decision. Grand Duke Nlch
ola'svitch, second conaln of the emperor
nd Inspector general of cavalry, Is again
mentioned and General Giippenberg Is said
to be a candidate, together with General
Grodekoff, but the weight of opinion of the
emperor's advisers now favor General
Sulchomllmoff, gorernor' general of KleffT
who formerly was General Dragomlroff's
aide-de-camp. "
No Idea of Peace.
6:60 p. m. The Foreign office adopts a
very firm attitude regarding the peace ru
mors today again, categorically insisting
(hat Russia has not the slightest Idea of
peace. There Is nothing confirmatory of
the reports that Japan Intends to make
a formal proposition to enter Into peace
negotiation within a week, and they are
received with great skepticism. An official
of the Foreign office with whom the cor
respondent of the Associated Press talked
expressed great doubt whether Japan could
offer a basis for negotiation acceptable to
Russia. Nevertheless, diplomatic circles
believe that the Ice once broken, the bel
ligerents will And a way without trouble
to conclude peace. Since Field Marshal
Oyama has exhausted his last effort to se
cure the fruits of his Mukden victory, it Is
pointed out, Japan will not move, as nat
urally any proposal emanating from either
side would be accompanied by an arrange
ment for an armistice.
May Appeal to People.
12:30 a. m. A bold way out of the per
plexities of the present situation has been
suggested, namely, that Kmporor Nicholas
travel In state to the ancient capltol of
Moscow, summon the nobles and leading
members of the semstvos around him In
the aucied precincts of the Kremlin, frankly
lay the situation before them, publicly
pledge his word .for the execution of the
projected reforms and make a stirring
personal appeal through them to the people
to loyally rally to the support of the Rus
sian arms and co-operate In prosecuting
the war to a successful termination.
Such a personal appeal from the sov
ereign undoubtedly would have a power
ful effect throughout the country and the
dynasty would have an advantage over
the plan of submitting the question of
peace or war to the zemsky sobor, which
somu of the newspapers are again urging.
Tho Novoq Vremya, in a strong article
headed "Precious Momenta Lost," reviews
the situation leading up to the defeat of
the army In Manchuria, the grave nature
of the Internal trugedy at Moscow, the
bloody events at Warsaw, Riga and Baku,
the series of attempts upon Individual
representatives of the civil and military
authorities and the Increasing boldness of
the claims of the non-RUsslan provinces,
some of which are threatening and others
even making attempts at armed uprising,
us in Qeor-la.
No Time to Wast.
Finland, the Novoe Vremya declares, Is
arming, Jews everywhere are fanning the
flames of revolution, and .the danger of
the agrarian movement Is Increasing. Thu
article concludes: "There U no time to
waste. The rescript is a fortnight old, and
nothing has been done. The assembly of
representatives which it contemplates must
meet ut once, and the best form Is that
of the old zemsky sobor."
Criticism on the conduct of the war
which has been appearing In papers hsa
been aggravated by General Kouropatkln'a
defeat and la now of the moat outspoken
character. . The Russ formally abandons
all hope for the success of the war under
the present regime, sarcastically pointing
out that the administration in Its desire
to provide Vladivostok with coal is supply-
ln the Japanese fleet.
M. Klrlloff, the Associated Prejs corre
spondent, who was wounded at Liao Yang
decliires that the brave, splendid Russian
troops were defeated as much by the
bureaucracy as by the Japanese.
KERENS MEN REFUSE TO YIELD
efforts to Break Mlsaoarl Deadlock
with Jnda-e Wponeer as Com
promise Candidate Falls.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo March 14 -From
statements made tonight by members of
the legislature who are supporting Richard
C. Kerens cf St. Louis Xor the United
States semtorshlp. the efforts of the so
called regular republicans to break the
deadlock by selecting former Judge Selden
P. Spencer of St. Louis as a compromise
candidate upon which all factions of tho
republicans can unite will not be crowned
with success.
Not only hare four representatlvea re
fused to desert the first caucus nominee,
Thomas K. Nledrlnghous. but Representa
tive Grace of St. Iouis, who has taken the
brunt of the fight for Kerens upon his
shouldfrs, stated tonight:
"Judge Spencer Is too close to National
Committeeman Aklns for us to ever give
him our votes."
The fifty-three republicans who attended
last night's caucus nre still bound to vote
for Judge Spencer tomorrow, but those fa
miliar with the. situation declare tonight
that there is little hope -of breaking the
deadlock with Judge Spencer, and they are
now turning their attention to the caucus
which will be held tomorrow night, when
the republicans will agalp ballot under
the "forty-seven rule' In an endeavor to
nominate some one more acceptable to the
Kerens forces.
In the joint ballot on United States
senator today most of the Nledringhaus
strength was thrown to Judge Selden P.
Spencer of St. Louis, who was chosen as a
compromise candidate last night In the re
publican caucus, and Spencer was given
sixty-one votes, while Nledringhaus got but
five. The vote was not elective, as a ma
jority of eighty-two was necessary to a
choice. Seven pairs were announced. The
ballot resulted: Spencer, 61; Nledringhaus,
6; Cockrell, 76; Bartholdt, 2; Warner, 1;
Kerens, 17. . .
No election resulting from the ballot, the
forty-seventh ballot was ordered. This re
sulted In a lors of one vote, that of Thomp
son, for Nledringhaus and a gain of threo
for Spencer; Warner dropped out, and
Kerens lost one vote,' Representative
Mooneyham going to Spencer. However,
tho vote was not decisive. It stood:
Spencer, 64; Nledringhaus, 4; Cockrell, 76;
Bartholdt, 2; Kerens, 16.
DAMAGE IS OVER A MILLION
Great Storm on Pacific Coast Leaves
Desolation Inr Its Wake Only
One Life Lost.
LOS ANGELES. March 14.-The great
storm that has raged almost Incessantly
along the southern coast for the last forty
eight hours Is over. As far as has been
learned but one life has been lost as a re
sult of the stormr that of a laborer who
was drowned near Cajon Pass. The total
damage, scattered over a wide stretch of
territory, is conpervmtlvely estimated at an
amount In excess of fl.000,000. This Includes
the damage to streets, buildings, bridges
and other property n this city, the loss to
the steam and electric railroads and the
damage to wharves,1- piers and shipping all
along the coast. The total fall of rain for
the storm measures t,ii incties, according
to the .government raJft gntrge, but at other
points tn the, stprnv fvf VHr-mnottnt - wtu
be greatly exceeded, approaching In some
places as high as 6.40 inches, ' -f.
The worst disaster occurring- to the city
as a result of the ravages of the storm was
the washing out of the Seventh street
bridge across the Los Angeles river, where
fourteen people were carried down into the
flood and five of them, including one
woman, seriously hurt. It was at first
thought that two men had lost their lives
in the accident, but so far no one has been
reported missing. -
On the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
railroads there occurred extensive wash
outs that tied up all traffic In both direc
tions for more than thirty-six hours. The
Southern Paclfc Coast Line to San Fran
cisco was washed out in three or four
places in long stretches and at least one
large trestle carried out. Saturday's south
bound trains have not yet arrived here, but
It is expected that the line will be tem
porarily repaired today and traffic resumed.
The Southern Pacific railroad to the east
has remained undamaged and trains have
been kept moving In both directions. The
Santa Fe was washed out between San
Bernardino and Barstow In half a dozen
places In stretches half a mllo in length.
The worst damage suffered was at Cajone
Pass, where a landslide occurred that
burled the road bet i beneath tons of earth.
The Santa Fo has annulled Its eastbound
trains and held all westbound trains at
Barstow pending the repairs of the road
bed.
Seniles Estate Is Pillaged.
ST. PETERSBURG. March 14.-The estate
of the late Grand Duke Serglua In the
Dmltrov district, near Moscow, has been
pillaged by peasants, and a factor)' In
the saw district baa been burned down.
JEFFERSON CITY GRAND JURY
Special Venire Will Consider Casea
ox Alleges Dooming by
Two Legislators.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 14.-A
special grand Jury was lmpanuelled today
by Judge Martin of the Cole county circuit
court, to Investigate the cases of alleged
bribery In the legislature pending against
Senators Frank H. Harris and C. A. Smith
In Maries county on change of venue from
Cole county. Judge Murtln instructed the
grand Jury that defects were alleged to
exist In the Indictments returned against
these two senators and new Indictments
were desired If the Investigation shows the
present Indictments to be faulty.
Judge Martin Informed the grand jury
that it has authority to Investigate Into
all acts for alleged wrongdoing, but he
especially called attention to these two
cases.
The senate, by a vote of 11 to 14, de
feated for final passage today the house
bill prohibiting witnesses from refusing to
testify in bribery casea This bill exempted
such witnesses from prosecution, but
forced them to testify. A similar senate
bill was defeated several days ago. Gov
ernor Folk endorsed the measure and sent
a special message to the senate yesterday
In support of It.
RAILROADS DEFY COMMISSION
Santa Fa and Southern Paelfle Will
Pay No Attention to Order He.
daring Rata on Oranges.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14.-The law
departments of the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe have reached an agreement re
specting the orange ratee. They have de
cided to Ignore the recent decision of the
Interstate Commerce commission, which
decided that the rate of tl.26 on oranges
from California to all eaatern paints was
unreasonable and should be reduced to II. IS.
In other words, the railroads purpose to re
quire the payment of the existing rate un
less the orange shippers can find relief
through the courts, which means that the
shippers will not obtain any of the fruits of
ihelr big victory before the Interstate
Commerce commission for a year or two.
OMAHA'S DIP INTO PARSIFAL
First Plunge Into the Cool Depths of
Wagner's Music-Drama.
HOW THE PEOPLE TOOK THE OPERA
Parslfalltls Generally Affects the City
and the Result Is a Great
Throng at the Boyd
Theflcr,
Parslfalltls is a contagion. It strikes right
Into the town like influenza, but the symp
toms are more violent and the development
more rapid. The first symptom noticeable
Is a distaste for musical comedy and
slight nausea during performances. This Is
followed by a period of melancholy and de
pression, during which one Is harrassed by
doubts snd fears, generally taking the form
of a belief that the family cannot afford It.
This period, however. Is quickly succeeded
by a state of fever which Is not In any way
relieved by a deep lancing of the purse, re
sulting In a bleeding operation of the sort
which killed George Washington. During
the continuance of the fever the putlent Is
parched with a thirst for knowledge, and j
spends much time over the diagnoses of
I'Farslfal," which end usually In further I
mental confusion. The attack reaches a
climax In a state of delirium, during which
the patient hears ringings In the ear and
sees mystical visions and Is much like a
person Immersed In cocaine. After the vital
moment passes the patient falls Into a
deep sleep, from which he awakes much
exhausted with the symptoms of what Is
professionally called "the morning after"
strongly developed. Taken all and all
Parslfalltls Is a serious contagion and the
bill of the physician is heavy. i
Gathering of the Crowds.
Of seats In Boyd's last night there were
none unoccupied. From the seats up under
the eaves where the roof has been pried up
to admit of an extra two rows, down
through the back and lower balconies and
from foyer to fiddler, the place was filled.
These people came In several ways. The
first news Harney street had of the com
ing of "Parsifal" was four small news
boys. Thej came at 9 o'clock In the morn
ing and sat In a row against the gallery
door. They held down their tactical po
sition until 4 o'clock, when four large news
boys came and paid them oft for their
trouble and took the places. The fifth mar
In line arrived on the scene at 1:30 o'clock,
and the fifteenth choice got Into position at
2 o'clock. The line grew out along Harney
street like a laundry bill. At 4 o'clock
there were seventy-two In line, twenty
minutes later there were twice as many;
when tlje gallery door opened the line ex
tendeddouble some of the way--cloar
around the Bennett store from the gallery
entrance of the theater to the alley on Six
teenth. The thirteenth and fourteenth In
line were women, and at the rear end of
the line women and children predominated.
Several of them were patiently In line for
a long time, studying the sailing directions
for the play and chewing gum and other
wise standing off dull monotony. One pale
and sandjr-whlskered man read "Pilgrim's
Progress" steadily for two hours In front
of a show window. Four coppers watched
this string. At 4 o'clock the fire engines
came along to cheer up the. waiters. When
the., gallery doors were opened Sergeant
Dempsey denied some women who were not
In line admittance. He turned his back, for
a moment and one of them dashed up the
steps and escaped into the front row.
In tho Lobby, Also.
The box office was not as busy as might
have been supposed. In so serious a mat
ter people get their seats early. A small
stream, however, of the sort of people
called "foolish virgins" tried to buy tickets
almost to the moment when the trumpets
played by four sad-faced musicians warned
the multitude that - the - time had come.
Midway between the doors a spieler said:
"Authorized libretto of the opera the price
is only 10 cents for a full and complete
understanding of the opera get the au
thorized libretto." He said It 352 times
before 11 o'clock.
The street car crowd came a little earlier
than the carriage people. The women were
largely what Is called "dyked out." The
men had held no caucus on the dress
proposition and came In morning things,
and lopg black coats, and In evening dress.
Two sweetly gowned women dashed up in
a shiny carriage and descended . to the
pavement. Then one of them said: "Oh,
Mary, who's got the tickets?" Then they
helped each other Into the carriage again
and went to fetch the passports. One
handsomely gowned woman gave a shud
dering look at the muddy sidewalk and
then unobtrusively drew her gown up to
the seventh button of a pair of smart boots.
"Oh, mother," shrilly exclaimed her lit
tle daughter, "don't hold your dress up so
hlsh."
Perhaps one-half of the people In the
audlenoe did not hear . very much of the
mualc they were too busy nailing the
"motifs" as they came along. The audi
ence as a whole was wise to the show, and
sitting in the dark with tho authorized
librettos they could not see to follow, they
picked out tho winners and made dope on
the finish. When they were streaming out
at the end of tho first act a woman said:
"I'm glad this, isn't Saturday night. As
it Is, I shall have time to get reconciled
to hearing the church choir sing the
chants again. After this I couldn't do It
tomorrow."
Eating; and Dressing.
The Intermission was spent by the great
audience In hastening food In upon a ready
appetite and then wondering for the next
three-quarter of an hour what they had
been In such a hurry for. The carriage
people went to their homes and to the clubs
and cafes. The rest of the people rushed
for the feed trough In the most approved
railway-eating -house -fifteen mlnutes-for-
dinner style. The restaurants took the or
ders of their theater customers and then
told them "it was out" and gave them pie
and roast beef. All of the restaurants and
cafes did a splendid business. The Omaba
club entertained several parties and the
Commercial club cafe was the place of
much complacent dining.
There was a slight disappointment when
the trumpeters summoned the worshippers
for the second round. It had been laid
down In the book that the gents were to
have their pen pointed coats out, but It wai
hard to find much change of costume from
'the first act. A few additional men wore
their evening things, but as a rule every
body stuck It through In the suit he hap
pened to come In first. The long music
drama held the people well and barring
the Omaha cough there waa silence and
attention. Everybody went about It like a
person taking hold of a strange electric
battery. They knew It waa going to be
beneficial and all that, but they were not
going about tt lightly.
The party dispersed very pleaaantly at 11
o'clock. There waa little carriage con
fusioneverybody found a carriage for his
coupon. The cars seemed to come along
Hnmey streeti as though It was their cus
tom so to do. Ir 'avlng that part of the
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CONDITIONS IN COLORADO
Legislature Must Nan Decide Be
tween Adams and Pcabody
for Uovrrnor.
DENVER, March 14. The supreme court's
decision that the lrgislature cannot legally
declare a vacancy In the office of governor
has simplified the situation by eliminating
the proposition to seat Lieutenant Governor
Jesse F. McDonald as governor. There Is
now before the Joint convention af the
general assembly a clear cut issue be
tween Governor Alva Adams and James H
Peabody, contestor. The Joint assembly
must say which of these candidates for
the governorship was elected, or, by de
clining to give any decision In the contest,
leave Governor Adams In the chair.
Peabody's supporters have endeavored to
make his contest a political Issue, but at
least one-third of the sixty-six republican
members of the general assembly have re
fused to be bound by an action on the
question in caucus.
Twenty-two republicans were united In
favor of Senator Morton Alexander's report
declaring a vacancy, which the supremo
court has decided cannot be legally adopted.
Should five of these now fall In line with
the other forty-four republicans for Pea
body he would have a majority of the
Joint convention, which consists of ninety
seven members, and would be declared
elected. On the other hand, Adams re
quires the votes of eighteen republicans In
addition to the thirty-one democratic votes
to give him a majority on Joint ballot.
However, If eighteen republicans refuse to
vote for either the Peabody or the Adams
report from the contest committee, neither
of the contestants will have a majority
and Governor Adams will continue In office.
The Joint convention today listened to the
reading of the supreme court's opinion und
then on motion of Senator Parker, a sup
porter of Peabody, took a recess until to
morrow. A roll call on the motion to ad
journ resulted 48 to 48. Lieutenant Gov
ernor McDonald, tho presiding officer, cast
the deciding vote in favor of a recess.
The reason given for taking a recess was
the absence of Senator Wood from the
city.
HOLD SESSI0N0VER CHARTER
Some Lively Argument la Indulged
in, but Agreement Seems
Probable.
LINCOLN, March 14. (.Special Telegram.)
There Was a meeting of the committee
on cities and towns In the Lincoln hotel
this evening, lasting until long after mid
night. A large number of citizens and
Interested contractors wore present. City
Attorney Breen . and Assistant Herdman
proposed ten closely - written pages ' of
amendments -fo' a great many sections of
the bill, the amendments mostly affecting
the -phraseology. Other amendments pro
posed were of a radical nature, relating to
paving and the petitions therefor from
property owners. There was much argu
ment and a considerable feeling displayed
over tho proposed amendments. City Engi
neer Rosewater, Hugh Murphy, Cadet
Taylor, Carl ' Herring, Senator Thomas,
Representative Anderson and others dis
played lively Interest In these amendments
und much acrimony was displayed.
But the contending Interest come very
near a satisfactory adjustment, and It la
confidently expected that the amendments
proposed by Messrs. Breen and Herdman
will be adopted and reported by the com
mittee, with the recommendation that tho
bill pass as amended. The amendments
aid to be proposed by Mr. Nelson as to the
section relating to the choice of an official
paper were not urged by Messrs. Breen
and Herdman, but left with the committee
for consideration. The amendments to this
section strikes out most of the section and
Inserts the provisions of the old charter.
The committeemen expressed themselves
as well pleased with the care displayed
by tho legal department of Omaha In mak
ing so many corrections and of the study
evidently given to the document and their
effort to work out a charter that would
be acceptable to the public.
KILLING OFF BILLS
UNFROCKED PASTOR CONVICTED
J. Frank Cordova, Who Eloped with
Young Woman, Found Guilty of
Wife Abnndonmcnt.
i'
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. March 14.
After six hours' deliberation the Jury which
tried J. Frank Cordova, the former South
River minister who eloped with Julia
Browne, one of his choir singers, for aban
doning his wife, came Into court tonight
with a verdict of "guilty as Indicted."
The- extreme penalty 1b Imprisonment for
one year.
As soon as the case was given to the
Jury this afternoon the second Indictment
against the ex-minister was called. It ac
cuses him of assault and battery upon his
wife.' A Jury was selected and the taking
of testimony will begin tomorrow morning.
Senate and Bouse Both Take a Turn at
Futting Measures to Sleep.
DECEDENT BILL DIES IN THE SENATE
Giffin Irrigation Bill Then Suffers the
Same Untimely Fate.
HOUSE ENDS ANTI-PASS LEGISLATION
All Such Bills Are Voted fcr the Morgus
by Big Majority. .
CONSIDERABLE ORATORY POURED OUT
Krnat Episode la Ended by tha
.emaha Man Making nn Explana
tion to tha Houae He Did
Not Mean It.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. March, 14. (Special Telegram.)
Whllo the senate 'this morning waa con
signing to a final defeat the Cady decedent
bill and the Glffln Irrigation bill the house
was putting In one ot the most exciting
forenoons of the session, largely in action
upon motions and resolutions. The resolu
tion for an official demand upon Repre
sentative Ernst for evidence to support his
sweeping charges made in the press of Lin
coln and Omaha was not Introduced. Rep
resentative Roberts, who had the resolution,
withheld It because, as ha explained. Mr.
Ernst modified his statement, giving assur
ance that he had not meant to ihclude all
members in the charge. The house finally
disposed of the anti-pass bills by adopting
the reports of the railroad committee In
definitely postponing these measures, nnd It
refused to Jump the freight rate, telephone
and elevator bill over other measures on
general file and make them a special order.
Representative Roberts Informed a cor
respondent cf Tho Bee last night, as was
stated this morning, that Mr. Ernst came
to him and urged him not to push the res
olution for an Investigation of these
charges. Ernst is said by Roberts to hava
urged this partially on the ground that "it
would hurt the republican party."
Roberts Not Afraid.
"I think the republlcon party would be
more Injured to lot such a charge rest upon
Its legislature unchallenged or undented,"
said Huberts, "than It would by stirring up
tho whole matter end forcing the man who
made the charges to come to the front and
produce his evidence."
Mr. Roberts hHd been accused of acting In
accordance with the dictates of ths rail
roads In drawing up this resolution for an
Investigation.
"This Is positively false," said he. "I con
ferred with no railroad man or anyone also
except a member of the houBe who alts
next to me. I acted entirely upon asjr own
volition." '
In consideration of the non-Introduction
of the resolution calling for proof from
Ernst and a full Investigation, Representa
tive Ernst, over his own signature, sub
mitted this statement," which was read to
the house: ', ,v
It seems some member's Of" the house lock
exceptions to what I said In the Monday
Journal. To thoso I want to say that I
did not Intend to throw any refiectiona
upon them. ' 1 did not accuse the members
of any wrong-doing. That was not tha
Intent of my communication.
The belief Is quite generally expressed
around the legislature that Mr. Ernst win
not the author of the statement which
appeared In tho newspapers over his sig
nature. A certain man familiar with and
active for many years in legislative af
fairs is given credit for the whole thing.
Ant I Pass Bills Killed.
The railroad committee's report On the
Jones and Harmon anti-pass bills, recom
mending them for Indefinite postponement,
was read and Jones of Polk, fuBlonist, Im
mediately launched a light for the salva
tion of his measure by moving that the
committee report be nonconcurred In and
tho bill be placed cn general file. He made
a strong sieeoli In support of his motion
and bill, and snld he believed the pasa
to be a means of corruption. He argued
that if every member would throw his
railroad passes Into the faces of the men
who gave them the state would reap the
benefit In better legislation. He said alao
the day would come when the pass would
be a thing of tho past with legislators.
Roberts, us chalrmun of the railroad
committee, spoke agulnst Jones' motion,
and said tho committee had given time and
consideration to the bill, which warranted
It In arriving at tho conclusion It did.
This bill was H. R. 3M. It was lost by
a vote of 35 to 43 on the Jones motion, the
detail of the vote being:
Yeas
Andarun (D'g's.) Kenloa, Joni.
Atwood,
lledford,
bender,
Uolen.
buwnian,
Caldwell,
ilirka,
liavla,
Dodge,
Lorau,
Emit,
Noes
rilla.
Foiter,
litTdea, '
Ullem,
Harmon,
Hogrefe,
Hoi tun,
llOWf,
Hunker,
Jaime!,
Johnson,
Line,
Uora,
McJeod,
Mackey,
Poapiall,
Itichardaon,
Ward,
Warner,'
Whitman,
Windham 38.
GOMPERS MAKES HIS REPORT
Labor Exhibit at St. Louis Fair Will
Not Be Sent to Port
la n't, Ore.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Presldent
Samuel Qompers of the American Federa
tion of Labor today submitted his annual
report to the executive council of that or
ganisation, now In session In this city. It
gives tha details of the settlement of a
number of disputes and shows the finances
of ths organisation td be In excellent con
dition. The invitation of the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland, Ore., to trans
fer the federation's exhibit at the St. Louis
exposition to Portland was declined. Inas
much as the management has shown Itself
hostile to organized labor.
Movements of Ocean Vessels March 14.
At New York Arrived : Cretlc. from Na
ples. Sailed: Brandenburg, for Bremen.
At Antwerp Arrived: Kroonluiid, from
New York.
At Queenatown Sailed: Lucanla, for New
York.
At Christiana Sailed: Hellg Olav. for
New York.
At Genoa Balled: Sardenlna, for New
York.
At Boulogne Bulled: Btatindam, for New
York.
At Trieste Arrived: Panuonla, from New
York.
At Naples Arrived: Romania, from New
Y.rl:
A Marseilles Arrived: Gallia, from New
York.
Ai Cherbourg-rArrlved: Kaiser Wilhelnt
4r Giosaw. fruia New York,
Perkins,
Rnbeiia,
Robrer.
Saddler,
Brllley,
Broaleer,
Smith,
stetson,
Tucker,
Voter.
Wilson,
Kueluw.
Mr. Speaker tl.
Bacon, Itolllft,
nam.. jMr.kuon.
Burroushl, Jouvenat,
buro. naiey,
('a.... II. Krd,
Chrlbtenaea, 1.
Cnpiiey. Luce,
Cropeey, McAllister,
Cunningham, Mcl'lay,
Turrle McLaln.
1ouKlas, McMullen.
Kerrar, Marks,
Hand. Mttradlth,
Hermanson, Muen,
Hoare, Farksr,
Absent and not voting: Anderson ol
Hamilton, Bartoo, Burns, Casebeer, Coals.
Cravens, Deles Dernier, Detrlck, Eugstrom,
Vlshbuck, Hill, Junkln, Knox, I.ahners,
Livengood, McKIhliiney. MUllgan. Peabody.
Perry, Itoubius, Thompson.
Harmon Bill Follows.
The Harmon bill. H. R. 3M, then came
under the hammer. Harmon of Saunders
made the sumo motion that Jones did. Rob
erts explained that this bill was a substi
tute for Hnother measure of a similar kind
Introduced by Harmon and withdrawn at
his request, or at least killed. He said
there was not enough essential difference
In the two measures to warrant the com
mittee In saving this latter one.
McMullen of Quge then made a forciblo
speech against the bill. He took the pot.
tlon thut no IcglHlator with strength of
character could bo unduly Influenced by a
pass. He said he carried passes and yet
had Introduced and worked for bills which
the railroads heartily opposed.
This bill waa killed that Is, Harmon's
motion was lost by a vote of 45 to 10.
Tho essential difference between the Jones
and Iiurrr.on bills was that the latter pro
vided for the abolition of the free pass and
also contained tho clause giving to ship,
peri certain pass privileges, while Joikj'
bill simply contained the antl-paaa pro
vision. Thene are ths lust of the anti-pass Intua
'ures, which means thut this legislature will
not e:.u.ct any legislation restricting or Slav.