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Sherlock Holmes' Mystery
Next Sunday's Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MOKNINO, Ma'rCII 18, 1005 SIXTEEN FAOES.
SINOLE COPY THREE CENTS.
JAPS CUT
SLAV LINE
Persistent Bnmor at 8t Petersburg that
Enemy Contrala Bailroad.
NO NEWS OF ANY KINO FOR HOURS
This Tends to Confirm Report that Com
munication is Interrupted,
LINEVITCH NOW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
General Who Brings Off Troops in Order
from Battle Promoted.
OYAMA HAILED ' WITH JOY AT MUKDEN
Chines Official Hold Celebration In
lonor at Jnpanesm General
t'pon Entrance to the Old
Manchu Capital.
BULLETIN.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 17. (:45 p.
tn.) There is a persistent report that rail
road communication have been cut behind
the KuBBlan array. No official advice
have been given out up to this hour and
no private or press dispatches have been
received. News 1 awaited with Intense
anxiety.
V. ST. PETERSBURG, March 18.-1:50 a. m.
Decided anxiety is felt regarding- the fate
cz or the army In Manchuria unaer us new
' commander. No news of military develop
ments during the last three days have
been received. The only dispatches from
the front are the brief announcements yes
terday that General Llnevitch had assumed
command and that Oenerai Kouropatkln
was departing for St. Petersburg, disposing
of a rumor that Kouropatkln had com
mitted suicide, and the Associated Press'
i" chancriiifii rilaimteh of the mornlnK of
2m March 14 and written at the station of
4,Kalyuan, which waa then held by the
Russians. In this correspondent's opinion
no pause in the Japanese advance is prob
able for some time. The Russians were
losing heavily In the rear guard actions and
Japanese columns are reported to be push
ing northward as fast as possible to com
plete the envelopment of the Russian
forces.
Fresh Troops for Llnevitch.
General Llnevitch will have a consider
- able accession of tresh troops In a day or
two, the Fourth European corps being now
at Harbin and departing southward.
Military officers declare that there are
now 268,000 men at General Unevltch' dis
posal in Manchuria, and It is believed that
this force will be sufficient to cause the
Japanese to exercise greater caution in
- their pursuit.
Prince Hlikoff, who will leave St. Peters
burg soon to prepare the Siberian railway
for forwarding.. the ncv levies which, have
been determined on, said there had been
no breakdown as yet, and that he hoped
as soon a navigation opened it would be
possible to transport one-fourth of. the out
going soldier by the rivers and relieve the
railroad to that extent.
Although General Kouropatkln' down
fall waa Inevitable from a military stand
point, it arouses sympathy In circles fa
miliar with the long campaign that has
been waged against him by the general
Btaff. General SakharofC waa his open en
emy and General Dragomlroft his most se
ver critic, and many of hi own subordin
ates were jealous.
General Llnevitch i distinctly a line of
ficer, with a long record a a fighter. He
1 almost as cordially disliked by the gen
eral staff as is bis predecessor, and there
is also bad blood between Kouropatkln and
Llnevitch dating from a personal quarrel
in the days when Kouropatkln was com
mander of the Transbalkal army which
led Linevltoh to demand satisfaction. Kou
ropatkln assumed the position that ha could
not fight an officer of Inferior rank. The
m,7 succession of this officer will naturally in-
urease General Kouropatkln discomfiture.
Disgrace of Kouropatkln.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 17. (1:06 P m.)
With the Japanese hanging on the heels
and flanks of the remnants of the broktn,
defeated Russian army, vGenerJ Kouropat
kln, the old Idol of the private soldier, has
been dismissed and disgraced and General
Llnevitch, commander of the First army,
is appointed to succeed Mm in command of
all the Russian land and sea forces oper
ating against Japan. The word diigrace is
written in large letter' in the laconic im
perial order g a set ted, which contains not
a single word of praise and also disposes
' of the rumor that Kouropatkln had asked
to be relieved. The Russian military annals
contain no more hitter Imperial rebuke.
Whlle.lt waa known that the war council
had already decided to supplant Kouropat
kln after the Mukden disaster the decision
to confer the task of saving the remainder
of the army on Llnevitch in the very midst
of It fight, although bruited last night,
came aa a surprise.
It transpires that Emperor Nicholas, upon
the advice of General Dragomlroft and War
Minister Sukharoff, determined that the
step wa necessary when it became ap
parent yesterday morning that Kouropatkln
while concentrating for a stand at Tie Pass
seemed unaware that the Japanese had
worked around westward again and prac
tically allowed himself to be surprised.
Kouropatkln Faille Mentally.
Old reports brought by General Grlppen
berg regarding Kouropatkln' foiling men
tally also had influence. Under the clroum-
stance therefor It wa considered impera
tive In view of the exceedingly perilous po
sition of the army to turn over it com
mand to Llnevitch. who alone had been
able to bring off hi army in order after
the battle of Mukden. HI record during
the Chinese war had also demonstrated hi
capacity a a commander. Kouropatkln
will return to St. Petersburg forthwith,
i The task confided to Llnevitch of with
drawing what Is left of the great army of
U 3SQ.000 men to Harbin I a desperate one.
t ' lie I hemmed in on all aide. General
Kamamura presumably la pressing north
ward through the mountains eastward
ready to awoop down. General Nogt and
Oku are on the west of the Russian forces,
tiie whole Hue of the railroad Is threatened.
If not already cut, and Chines bandits are
even reported to be In ths rear of liurbln.
A consummation of th Mukden disaster Is
feared. Napoleon's plight in the retreat
from Moscow with JvutusofT's Cossack
horuxsing the starving, (reeling French
men was hardly as bad or dangerous.
Nothing further hss arrived from th front,
but it la feared that the decimated battal
ions, which had hardly recovered from the
FRENCH AMBASSADOR'S GUEST
For First Time Since Franco-Prussian
Mar German Emperor
Dines at Embassy.
RERLIN, March 17 Emperor William
dined with W. P. Blhourd. the French
ambassador, tonight. As this is the first
time since the war with France that a
Prussian sovereign has eaten at the French
embassy, a certain political interest at
taches to the Incident. The emperor has
desired better relations with France, but
the French have been reluctant to show
that they, even in small things, have for
gotten the past. The suggestion that the
emperor dine with Ambassador Blhourd
came from the French side. During a
conversation last March between Chancellor
von Buelow and M. Blhourd some allusion
was made to cookery at the embassies, and
the ambassador remarked: "I have a cook
who Is the best in Berlin. I think perhaps
that his majesty would like to make a
comparison."
The chancellor replied that his majesty
liked good cooking and would doubtless
appreciate an opportunity to. try the
Frenchman's cooking. Some days later
Chancellor von Buelow told M. Blhourd
that the emperor would not dine out any
more that season, but would be pleased to
try his cook next year. Ambassador Bl
hourd has the reputation here of giving
Jolly bachelor dinners.
INDIANS IN A SAD PLIGHT
Sisseton and Wspetons Hare Been Rapidly
on the Down G-ade.
RISSIA BORHOWs CASH AT HOME
Internal Loan la Mow Being; Made by
Minister of Finance.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 17. (6:30 p.
m.) An Internal credit loan of IIOU.UUU.OOO
on a 6 per cent basis la now being nego
tiated by Uie ministry of finance. The
loan will be flouted probably In a short
time. The price of Issuance has not been
determined upon, but probably will be U3
to 65. The Associated Press was informed
at the ministry that the issuance of this
loan I entirely Independent of the French
negotiations, which have not yet been con
cluded. Domestic rentes will be Issued for
a long term and will, as In the case of the
Internal credit loun, not be subject to" the
obligations of foreign louns. The pay
ment of the Interest and principal will be
In gold and probably will be tax
able. The determination of the gov
ernment to turn to Russsla itself
for funds was taken only recently.
Yet the minister of finance conferred with
a number of the principal bankers of St.
Petersburg and Russia generally and
received the assurance that the project was
feasible. The banks are prepared to under
write on suitable terms. The government
savings bank, it is said, will assume $25,
000,000 of the total and such banks as the
Moscow Merchants' and the Vola and
the Kama bank are well able to undertake
large portion of the loan from the
resources.
A director of a prominent bank said the
banks of Russia could If required, take the
bonds and hold them In their own values.
Questioned about the price he declared
that 93 would bo "very cheap" but he said
the conditions on that point had not yet
been determined.
RECORD OF
NEW COMMANDER
Has Taken Part In Russian Wars
Since He Was Twenty-One.
ST, PETERSBURG, March 17. Lieuten
ant General Llnevitch, the new commander
of the Russian land and sea forces In the
far east. Is In his sixty-sixth year of his
age. He was fighting In the Caucasus
when he was 21, took part in the Russo
Turklsh war of 1877-8, and has since then
taken part In all of Russia's campaigns.
Llnevitch was also prominent In the relief
of the legations at Peking. He is greatly
beloved by the soldiers because of his con
stant solicitude for their welfare.
At the battle of Mukden Genera Llne
vitch was reported, March 6, as stubbornly
holding his position and as having repulrzd
thirteen consecutive attacks of the Japa
nese, but in spite of this he Is said to
have escaped with slight losses, and March
13 he entered the Russian lines south of
Tie Pas with his regiments In perfect
order. The following day the Russian
troops, apparently those commanded by
General Llnevitch, repulsed an attack at
the Fan river, the Japanese leaving 1,000
killed before the Russian position.
REPORT REAFFIRMED BY EXPERTS
Chemists Positive Mrs. Stanford Was
Poisoned by Strychnine,
HONOLULU, March 17.-Edmund Shorey,
chemist of the United State Agricultural
station, and Dra. Wood, Murray and
Humphries, have signed a statement reply
ing to Prof. Jordan and Timothy Hopkins,
who recently announced their Conclusions
that the death of Mrs. Stanford wa due to
natural causes. They characterise the
statement of these gentlemen as astonish
ing and reiterate their finding that strych
nine was the cause of death. They say that
the publication of the Jordan-Hopkins opin
ion makes It Incumbent upon them to reply
and they give In length their reasons why
death must have resulted from strychnine
poisoning.
TOO MUCH MONEY TO SPEND THE CAUSE
FIGHT AGAINST STANDARD CO.
Kansas OH Producers Will Form Per
manent Organisation Today
at Independence.
STEAMER SHORT OF PROVISIONS
Passenger Aboard the Montreal
Force Officers to Return to Port.
HORTA, Azores, March 17. The French
transatlantic steamer Montreal, bound for
New York, has returned to Horta, owing
to the refusal of the passengers to con
tinue on the voyage, the vessel being short
of provisions. Serious trouble occurred
between the passengers and the officer.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., March 17.
Kansu oil producer will meet In conven
tion here tomorrow to effect a permanent
organliati- -3r a two-year war against
Postmaster Gencial Give Aiisrssr 1 aiW I ' 'jil company. All of the oil
Omaha Is to Be Made I; . J are In sympathy with the
-.made by the association during the
Headquarter of Ro
Delivery. '
Decree of Veaeaoela Co art Void.
PARIS, March 17. The cabinet council
today considered the action of Venesuela
toward lh French Cable company' lines.
but no announcement wa made of the
government's Intention. It Is expected that
final action will be deferred until the Vene
suelan court announce their decision next
Monday. In the meantime the French min
ister at Caracas 1 co-operating with M.
Brun, the representative of the company.
M. Brun cabled today that the company'
lawyer found that th Judgment of the
first Caracas court, given eighteen months
ago, was Illegal on the ground of incompe
tency, as the federal court solely was quail'
fled. M. Brun therefore filed a protest.
The company's cable ship, Pouyer Quar
tier, is engaged In repairing the Paramari
bo-Cayenne cable, hut will leave In a few
days to repair the Venezuelan lines, If
President Castro's reported cutting of the
cables east and west of La Guayrla Is confirmed.
(Continued on Fourth PaseJ
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March 17.-(Special Tele
gram.) The president has authorized pay
ment of $100,000 to the Sisseton and Wape
ton Indians of South Dakota to be distrib
uted pe- capita. The money Is to be taken
from the principal of their trust fund now
In the treasury and distribution Is to be
made on account of failure of their crops
for the last two years. It has been repre
sented that there Is great necessity of funds
to purchase seed and the condition of the
old and helpless Indian Is said to be very
deplorable.
Back of this statement, which was given
out at the White House, Is one of the most
pathetic stories of gradual descent Into de
bauchery and Irresponsibility that has come
to the attention of the Indian office for
years. Ten years ago the Sisseton and
Wapeton tribe of Indians had $1,699,800 In
the treasury drawing Interest at 6 per cent.
The tribe was self-supporting; they showed
progression and the future seemed exceed
ingly bright that they would become good
citizens of the commonwealth of South Da
kota. But Influences were exerted and
gradually the Indian officers were cogni
zant that powerful Interests were at work
to secure the withdrawal of a certain
amount of the Indians' trust fund from the
treasury for direct circulation among the
tribe. A hundred thousand dollars was
withdrawn here and $200,000 there until
there now remains In the treasury of the
United States but half the amount to the
credit of the Sisseton and Wapeton band
1,879 in number there was ten years ago.
Tribe Has Retrograded.
By reason of per capita circulation of the
amount withdrawn from the treasury at
different times these Indians ceased to be
self-supporting, and according to an official
of the Indian office they have grown worth
less, good for nothing and lazy. They are
drunkards and gamblers and the tribe that
gave much promise to show the beneficent
results of careful handling have drifted
back to Irresponsibility and almost sav
agery. Cause of the Decline.
Speaking further along this line, an offi
cial said that it was the consensus of
thoughtful men that the downward career
of the Indian tribes was due to the per
nicious practice of withdrawing funds from
the treasury and giving to every man, wo
man and child a, proportion of the total
amount set aside for distribution purposes.
It tended to make them indolent and
wasteful and In consequence the drift from
responsibility to degradation was easy.
Agent C. B. Jackson reported the condi
tion of the Sisseton and Wapeton Indian
a worthy of serious consideration, as they
had precipitately retrograded during the
last few years, and as It was to these In
dians that $100,000 Is to be paid the ques
tion arises, said the official .above reftrcetM
to, what la to Decome oi.inese inaians
when their trust funds are all gone?
Omaha to Get Headquarters.
Senator Burkett, who will leave for Ne
braska tomorrow, with Mrs. Burkett, had
a busy day In the departments. He saw
Postmaster General Cortelyou tn relation
to the establishment of the western divi
sion of the rural free delivery at Omaha,
and while the postmaster general admitted
that the matter was temporarily hung up,
he gave the Junior senator from Nebraska
to understand that everything would come
out all right and that Omaha would get
the headquarters as previously announced.
Senator Long of Kansas has "butted In"
and has asked that no action be taken until
he can see the postmaster general next
week. It Is thought, however, that the
order establishing the western division at
Omaha will be signed In the near future.
Senator Burkett took up with First As
sistant Postmaster General Hitchcock to
day the question of the readjustment of
salaries In the Lincoln postoffice growing
out of the appointment of George Brown as
rural mall inspector. The promotion of
Mr. Brown left his salary to be distributed
by the office. Under the law, Brown's
place was filled by a $700 clerk, leaving $500
undisposed of, and It was for the purpose
of readjustment of salaries to Include this
$500 In accordance with the wishes of the
postmaster that Mr. Burkett called.
Mr. Burkett also had a conference with
the third assistant postmaster general
relative to the Nemaha Republican, which
wa shut out of the malls on March 14
on the grounds that the subscription list
did not comply with the law, the publisher
of the Republican having dumped into the
mails 1.300 additional papers. Mr. Burkett
succeeded In having the order of refusal
suspended and the publisher Is to be given
a rehearing, in the meantime putting up a
deposit to cover the additional subscribers.
George Tobey, secretary to Senator Burk
ett, left for Nebraska today.
Hosebnd Man for Winnebago.
W. A. McFatrldge of the Rosebud reser
vation in South Dakota, was today ap
pointed bonded school superintendent at
the Winnebago reservation to succeed Mr.
Wilson, who is promoted to th Klamath
Indian reservation.
Aa additional facilities for handling gov
ernment store under the quartermaster's
department of the army, the quartermaster
general will establish sub-depots at At
lanta, Ga., San Antonio, Tex., Omaha
and Portland, Ore. At the two last named
places there are already small depots, and
these will be enlarged so as to accommo
date an Increased quantity of supplies.
There is no depot now at Ban Antonio, but
one will be established there.
recent session of the legislature are ex
pected to be present tomorrow and more
than 1,000 Invitations liave been Issued to
prominent people throughout the United
States. Excursion trains will be run from
all of the small towns, within a radius of
l'O miles of Independence, arriving here in
the morning and returning In the evening.
TOPEKA, Kan., March 17.-General
Freight Agent J. R. Koonta Of the Santa
Fe says the statements sent out from
Chanute, Kan., about alleged discrimina
tion on crude oil rate are misrepresenta
tions. "It is not true," he says, "that col
lusion exists between the Santa Fe and
other railroads and the Prairie OH and
Gas company to discriminate against the
Kansas oil shippers In favor of the Stand
ard. There Is no such discrimination.
"Since the rate established by the maxi
mum law went into effect the rate from
Peru to Kansas City, Mo., a distance of
191 miles over the Santa Fe and any other
line the rate Is 10 cents per 100 pounds. The
rate from Chanute to Kansas City, Mo.,
and from Chanute to Argentine under the
new law Is exactly the same as from Ben
edict." CHANUTE, Kan.. March 17. In the hear
ing of the case of the state against the
Santa Fo railway for forfeiture of charter
today, It developed that the Prairie Oil
and Gas company through Its president had
encouraged the development of this dis
trict through a promise that when the to
tal production of the district reached 600
barrels there would be all the pipe line
connections necessary and that the charge
would be 10 cents a barrel plpeage. This
letter which was Introduced In evidence
was written three years ago and was ad
dressed to the secretary of the Southwest
ern Oil and Gas company, the pioneer In
this field, and held In confidence until
brought out In evidence. The Chanute pro
ducers have always contended that the
differential of 20 cents a barrel waa unjust,
and the evidence of the president of the
Prairie Oil and Gas company will enable
them to get redress for all that they have
lost.
French Coach Builders Strike.
NEW YORK. March 17. The strike of
French coach builders' operatives. Is In
creasing In Intensity, according to a Herald
dispatch from Pari. The masters have an
nounced that, liuvlng made, all concessions
possible, they will close their works until
the men retuin to work In sufficient num
bers to enable them to resume business.
The men appear quite determined to light
on and have voted for the continuation of
ths strike. Automobile manufacturer are
reported to be suffering much lnconvuinc
sad delay.
ROBBERS FIGHT WITH POLICE
Meat round Trying; t Open Safe
Eacapf After Exchanglng
Shots with Officers.
CHICAGO, March 1T.I masked rob
bers, frustrated In an attempt to use dyna
mite on the safe in the office of Blrk Bros.'
brewery today, aftr they had overpowered
and gagged two employe of the place,
made their escape, but not until they had
engaged !n a pistol fight with the police.
More than twenty shots were fired by the
officers end It Is thought two of the escap
ing men were wounded.
The police heard two of the men cry out
thnt they had been shot, and the officer
believe the wounded men were aided In
s aping by their companions.
RAILWAYS AGAIN TIED UP
More Washouts In Southern Cali
fornia Stop Traffic Coronado
Hotel in Danger.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., March 17. Another
disastrous washout on the main line of the
Santa Fe east of Mojave was reported
today as a result of more heavy rain dur
ing the night, and toduy trains whlcn were
to have left Bakersfleld for the east
have been held here until further notice.
Wednesday and Thursday' limited east
bound Santa Fe trains, and yesterday's and
this morning's trains on the same road, are
stalled in the division yards. It was re
ported at the.R?uth.ern Pacific dispatcher'
OUy iSiiw'i MiByuic itmhh wuuia oegin
running again, but shortly before 1 o'clock
a message was received of further wash
outs. At Bellevue huge boulders fell on the
track. Between Rosamond and Oband
there were from three to four Inches of
sand covering the rails and a force of 150
men was sent out from this city to clear It
away.
LOS ANGELES, March 17. With the ces
sation of rain and the slackening of floods
two principal railway system that have
been tied up hard and fast for five day
are beginning to ee their way out Delayed
trains on both roads began to reach the
city last night and are coming in at Inter
vals today.
Passenger on the stalled Southern Pa
cific trains also suffered great Inconveni
ence and great discomfort. In the drawing
room of one of the sleepers of the delayed
southbound "owl" train Mr. Caruthers,
wife of a Los Angeles civil engineer, who
was on her way here from San Francisco,
gave birth to twins. She was attended by
two physicians who happened to be among
the passengers.
The government rain gauge In this city
shows a rainfall of 17.65 for the season.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., March 17.-The sea
continues to eat Into Coronado beach and
much alarm Is felt. The great hotel la
being threatened and a force of men are
working night and day dropping bags of
and In front of the devastating waves. The
boulevard has been eaten away and several
dwellings are threatened. The wooden
dwellings of Dr. Meadler, United States
army surgeon, assigned to Fort Rosecrans,
and Dr. George Gny are being moved. The
fine brick residences of Graham Babcock
and Bartlett Richards, which cannot be
moved, are being fought for. Seven thou
sand bags of sand have been tumbled over
the bluff and 20,000 more are ready to be
used. The highest tide Is yet to come, Sun
day being the maximum, six feet three
Inches.
GOOD ROADS SPECIAL TRAIN
Chicago A Northwestern Will Provide
Instruction to Farmers on Con.
strnctlon of Highways.
CHICAGO, March 17.-Th Northwestern
Railway company has started a "good
roads" movement. On April 10 the com
pany will send out a special "good roads"
train through Iowa, from which expert ad
vice will be given upon the subject by
means of lectures snd literature. This Is
a departure from anything hitherto under
taken by railroads.
The theory upon which the Northwestern
officials are working Is that a good road
insure the farmer the certainty1 of taking
advantage of every demand of the market.
Their product can be delivered to the
railroads at the most opportune time for
prompt transport to th market, snd they
are able to haul more than they can over
the poor roads.
sale of fhadnlrk Property.
CLEVELAND. O.. March 17-Th house
hold property of Mrs. t'assle L. fhadwick
was Hold at auction today to A. P. Nelson
of New York, for lli.jno. There were twenty
bidders. Clothing to ths value of between
$4. 0OO and $&.UU0. which Mrs. Chad wick held
to be exempt from the claims of her cred
itors, under th bankruptcy law. waa not
offered for sale today.
MURDER IN ST. LOUIS STREET
Antoalo Santon, Employe of Argen
tina Fair Commission, Shot Five
Tinea la the Back.
ST. LOUIS, March 17.-Flve bullets were
fired Into the back of Antonio Santon, who
was connected with the World's fair Ar
gentina commission, during an altercation
on Wash street late today with Antonio
Clmento and within an hour Santon was
dead. Clmento wa placed under arie-tt,
charged with the shooting.
After the shooting a crowd quickly gath
ered about Clmento and threatened him,
but a revolver ws suddenly seised from
hi hand by Harry Meyer, a newsboy, who
stood off th crowd until the polio arrived.
Santon wa hurriedly taken to th dty
hospital, but died within an nous.
GREETS SONS OF ST, PATRICK
President Roosevelt Quest of Honor at
Annual Dinner at ft ew York.
IRELAND'S CONTrlbUriON TO AMERICA
Part Played by ine Race la the
Development of the Vnlted
Statee Theme of HI
Address.
NEW YORK, March 17. President Roose
velt was the guest of honor tonight at the
121st annual dinner of the Friendly Sons
of St. Patrick He was roundly cheered
by more than 600 member of the society,
and its guests. He made a speech before the
society, closing a day full of friendly greet
ings, during which he gave his niece away
In marriage. The banquet was given In the
golden dining hall at Delmonlco's. The
society was obliged to refuse more than
2,000 applications for tickets.
The main banquet hall and the annex
were beautifully decorated with festoons of
the Stars and Stripes, Into which had been
woven effectively the green and gold flag
of Erin. The banquet tables were banked
with roses and carnations. These were
set off by garlunds or green and gold
lights strung diagonally across the hall.
Immediately back of and above the seat
of the president were the Gaelic words,
"Cead Mllle Failte," In letters of fire, sig
nifying "A thousand welcomes."
To the right and left of the guests' table
were fine medallions of Washington and
Roosevelt, Illuminated by electric effects.
The contrast of Wnshtngton and Roose
velt was significant." The friendly sons of
St. Patrick entertained Washington In 1782
as the general-in-chlef of the colonial
armies. Roosevelt 1 .the first president, as
such, that the Friendly Sons of St. Pat
rick has entertained.
President's Address.
President Roosevelt said:
Long before the outbreak of the revolu
tion there had begun on the soil of the
colonies which afterward became the
United States that mixture of races which
has been and still is one of the most Im
portant features In our history as a people.
At the time early In the eighteenth century
when the Immigrants from Ireland began
first to come in numbers to this country,
the race elements in our population were
still Imperfectly fused, and for some time
the new Irish strain was clearly distin
guishable from the others. There was a
peculiarity about these Immigrants who
came from Ireland to the colonies during
the eighteenth century which has never
been paralleled in the case of any other
Immigrants whatsoever, in all cases, since
the very first settlements, the pushing
westward of the frontiers has been due
primarily to the men of native birth. But
the immigrants from Ireland in the sev
enteenth century pushed boldly through the
settled districts and planted themselves as
the advance guard of the conquering civil
ization on the borders of the Indian
haunted wilderness. In Maine and north
ern New Hampshire, in western Pennsyl
vania. Virginia and North Carolina, alike
this was true.
Irish In the Revolution.
By the time the revolution broke out
these men had begun to mix with their
fellows of other stocks, and they furnished
their full share of leadership In the great
struggle which made us a nation. - Among
their number was Commodore John Barrv.
one of three or four officers to whom our
Infant navy owed most. On land they fur
nished generals like Montgomery, who fell
so gloriously at Uuebeo. and Sullivan, the
conqueror of the Iroquois, who came of a
isew Mampsnire family which furnished
governors for three New England states,
while the continental troops of the hardest
fighter among Washington's . generals,
"Mad Anthony" Wayne, were recruitAri n
largely from this stock that "Light Horsu
Harry" Lee always referred to them a
me line of Ireland. ' Nor must we forget
that of this same stock there was a uov
during the days of the revolution who aft
erward became the chief American general
of his time, and as president one of the
public men who left his Impress most
deeply upon our nation, old Andrew Jack
son. the victor of New Orleans.
In the second great crisis of our country's
history the period of the civil war the
part played by the men of Irish birth or
parentage was no less striking than It
nad been In the revolution. Among the
three or four great generals who led the
nortnern army in the war stood Phil Sherl
dan. Some of those whom I am now ad
dressing served in that Immortal brigade
which on the fatal day of Fredricksourg
left Its dead closest to the stone wall which
marked the limit that could not be over
passed even by the highest human valor,
ihe people who have come to this conn
try from Ireland have contributed to the
stock of our oommon citizenship qualities
which are essential to the welfare of every
great nation. They aro a masterful race
of rugged character a race the qualities
ot wnose womannooa nave become pro-
vnrViinl tthtl Ita man K n c V. AlamAn.al
the indispensable virtues of working hard
In time of peace and fighting hard In time
of war. In every walk of life men of this
blood have stood, and now stand. Dre
eminent as statesmen and as soldiers, on
the bench, at the bar, and In business.
They are doing their full share toward
the artistic and literary development of
the country. And right here let me make
a special plea to you. We Americans take
a Just pride in the development of our
great universities, and more and more we
are seeking to provide for original and
creative work In these universities. I hope
that an earnest effort will be made to en
dow chairs In American universities for the
study of Celtic literature and for research
tn Celtic antiquities. It Is only of recent
years that the extraordinary wealth and
beauty of the old Celtlo sagas have been
fully appreciated, and we of Americu. who
nave so large a tjemc strain in our blood,
cannot afford to be behindhand In the
work of adding to modern scholarshlo bv
bringing within Its ken the great Celtic
literature ot tne past.
"We Are All Americans."
My fellow countrymen. I have spoken
tonight especially of what has been done
for this nation of ours by Its sons of Irish
blood. But, after all, in speaking to you
or any other body ot my fellow citizens,
no matter from what old world country
thev themselves or their forefathers may
have come, the great thing to remember Is
that we are all of ua American. Let u
keeD our Drtde In th stock from which
we nave sprung; but let ua show that pride
not by holding aloof one from another,
least of all by preserving ths old world
jealousies and bitternesses, but by Joining
m a spirit of generous rivalry to see wnlcn
can do most tor our great common country.
Americunism is not a matter of creed, or
birthplace, or descent. That man Is the
best American who ha In him the Amerl
can spirit, the American soul. Such a man
fears not the strong and harms not the
weak. He scorns what Is bass or cruel or
dishonest. He looks beyond th accident
of occupation or social condition and halls
each of hi fellow citizen a hi brother,
asking nothing save that each shall treat
th other on his worth a a man, and that
they shall Join togetner to do an that in
them lies for the uplifting of this miahtv
and vigorous people. In our veins runs
th Mood of many an old world nation
We are kin to each of those nations, and
vet identical with none. Our policy should
be one of cordial friendship for all, and
yet we should keep ever before our eyes
the fact that we are ourselves s separate
people, with our own Ideals and standard,
and destined, whether - Wit
worse, to worn out a wnony new national
type. The fate of the twentieth century
will in no small degree depend upon the
quality of citizenship developed on this
continent. Surely such a tnought must
thrill us with the res.iluiu ...
bear ourselves that the naino American
shall stand aa the symbol of Just, generous
and fearless dealing with all men and all
nHtlons. Let us be true to ourselves, for
we then cannot he false to any man.
President Roosevelt was accompanied to
New York today by Mrs. Roosevelt, his
daughter Ethel, his physician, Dr. Stokes,
and Secretory Ixieb snd two secret service
men. The trip from Washington wa uiade
In six hours, the president's private car
being attached to the Pennsylvania express.
Attends Another Banquet.
Soon after the conclusion of hi addrea
at Delmonlco' tonight President Roosevelt
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebraska howers and
Thunder storms Satnrday. Sunday
Fair and Colder.
Pasre.
1 l.ee Xews from the War.
Roosevelt Dine with the Irish.
Sls.eton Indiana In a Bsd Way.
Dnlnns of Nebraska Lea-Is I at or a.
8 Pen hod y Rralan Governorship.
3 Drake Talks of the Brldsre Bill.
4 St. Patrick's Par In Ireland.
Missouri Faction I nahle to Aaree,
5 Work for the Omaha fleantlfnl.
Winch Will Csse Is Decided.
6 Debate In. t'nnaress Is Fruitless,
tin king Arid l.nnds Productive.
France tirttlnsr After Castro.
T Ireland's story l Told Attain.
Celebrnllnn nf Brldsre Opening.
8 Officeholder lmeilous to Prnyer.
Story of Historic l'olltlral Revenue
O Was Itat Mnstrrson a nad Man f
Opportunities In the West.
1U Editorial.
11 How to Rnn the Public Schools.
Affairs at South Omaha.
12 Weekly Review of Trade.
Sporting Events of the Day.
Ireland la More Prosperous.
13 Financial and Commercial.
IK Council Bluffs and Iowa Xewa.
16 To Build Trolley Line to Bellevue.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday
Hour. Heir. Hour. Dear.
B a. m Co 1 p. m oil
U a. in r, a p. m Kg
T n. m (to 3 p. m 1
H a. m 47 4 p. m iM
I) a. m 4H B p. m M
10 a. m 4T p. m RH
11 a. m 4H T p. m BT
IK ni 4A 8 p. m BU
9 p. m BU
PRESIDENT'S HUNTING TRIP
Guides Maklnar Arrangements for Hli
Excursion Into Colorado
Mountains.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS. Colo., March 17.
Philip B. Stewart of Colorado Springs
met Guides John B. Goff of Meeker mid
Jake Bovale of Gypsum here today for the
purpose of discussing arrangement of the
hunting trip planned by President Roose
velt during April In the Rocky Mountains.
The arrangements will include trips to
Routt county, the scene of the president's
former hunt In Colorado, and other locali
ties not yet decided upon.
The railroad point at which headquarters
will be made has not yet been definitely
decided upon, but It will be Glenwood
Springs, Rifle or some point between these
places.
The outfit will consist of between thirty
and forty first-class saddle horses and
pack animals and about thirty of the best
dogs owned by Borah and Goff, who will
nccompany the president on the trip.
Mr. Stewart will also be a companion of
the president on the trip. He returned
today to Colorado Springs and will submit
to the president the views of the guides a
well as his own, and In a few days expects
to get a reply from the chief executive, at
which time the definite plans will be an
nounced. Goff and Borah also returned
home today and during the next ten day
will Investigate two or three prospective
hunting grounds, which they believe to be
full of game.
Mr. Goff say that. Judging from the
present outlook, the coming hunting trip
will be the most successful the president
has ever had. Goff was the president's
guide on his former trip to Colorado.
r
House Refuses Opportnaity to Further Soma
Eaiiroad Legislation.
CHANCES FOR THE BILLS GROW LESS
Senate Not Likely to Have Time for Them
if They Pass the House.
CADY RESOLUTION PASSES THE SENATE
Provides Submnssion of Amendment for
Bailroad Commission. (
JOINT SESSION HONORS ST. PATRICK
GENERAL HAWLEY IS DEAD
Former I'nlted States Senator from
Connecticut Passes Away at His
Home In Washington.
WASHINGTON. March lSTSenersl Tn.
seph R. Hawley, for nearly twenty-four
years Vnlted States senator from Pnnnneti.
cut, died this morning. Death came peace
fully arter a atupor lasting with but slight
Interruptions since Wednesday afternoon.
At his bedside when the end came were
Mrs. Hawley, her three daughters and
Major Hooks, for a long time messenger
to the committee on military affairs of the
senate. The body will be taken to Hart
ford, Conn., for burial, but the time for
the funeral services has not been fixed.
General Hawlev's active nrur in k
senate came to an end in December, 1902,
when falling health compelled him to re
linquish his active work. In February of
1903 he was In the senate chamber for a
short time, that being his last visit to the
capltol. He was 78 years old.
JAPS BUY MINNESOTA FLOUR
Orders for Sixty Thousand Sacks
Placed with Minneapolis Millers
This Week.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 17. Heavy flour
orders from Japan continue to pour in on
Minneapolis mills. One company on Thurs
day received an order for 20,000 sacks, and
a second order today for the same number,
both consignment clearable from the Pa
cific coast In April. The manager of this
company said that every mill owned by
th company was running full blast. This
Includes a big mill at Buffalo, N. Y., and
mills at Loulsvllls and St. Louis.
Japan' business this week with one firm
had amounted to more than 80,000 sacks of
flour, and other companies are reporting
a proportionate amount of business. Two
large flour order were received from
Venesuela and Brazil by this company today.
GIRLS LEAD STRIKE BREAKERS
Male Garment Worker at Chicago
March Behind Female to
Protect Themselves.
CHICAGO, March 17. Girl leaders have
escorted hundreds of strike breaker to
safety from the big clothing factories In the
wholesale district, which were besieged by
00 garment worker' pickets. The em
ployer adopted this strategy successfully
when it was feared the police would be
unable to prevent a serious clash between
I the union and nonunion factions.
From the workrooms of the International
Tailoring company and of Fred Kaufman
th young women marched through crowds
of Jeering atriker without flinching. Be-
i hind them were the male employe.
(Continued ea Second Pags-
Movement of Ocean Vessels Slnrch IT.
At New York Arrived: Armenian, from
Li' ei. ool.
At tJverpool Arrived: Sicilian, from St.
John, N. B.
At (rlassow Arrived: Irnsllian, from
Porthi'vV
At London Sailed: Muiiiloii. for New
York
At Movlll. Sailed: Parisian, for Hnllfnx.
At Trieste Bulled: I'linnonla, for New
York.
At Naples Balled: Sardenla, for N'iw
York.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Carputhla, from
Nsw York. .
At Genoa Arrlvot Ktxnls; Albert, from
Nw York.
dumber of Eloquent Speeches Mad
by Sons of Ireland and Others
Also Pay Tribute to the
' Green Isle,
(Prom a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, March 17. (Special.) Seven
day more In the house and eight In th
serate are left of the constitutional sixty
day limit for the legislature to pnss railroad
rate bills, bills for the submission to th
people of a proposition for a railroad com
mission and other measures for railroad
regulation. The house and senate both ad
journed this afternoon until 2:30 Monday.
But from the events of the last few daya
and particularly of today In the house,
the doubt surrounding the Inaction of this
legislation is strengthened. The feature of
the day was a fight In the lower branch
of the legislature over a motion In th
morning to go into commute of the whole
and considered bills on general file. This
motion was made by Junkln of Gosper and
had the silent approval of Speaker Rouse.
But It failed to carry. Had it carried the
commodity and Caldwell maximum rat
bills and the Dodge railroad commission
bill were to have been taken up. At least
that was the prime object of the motion.
A fight, however, would have been neces
sary to bring this about, for these blMs did
not head the general file and to have
forced them to the top It would have been
necessary for those promoting this fight
to have made a double one. The vote by
which this motion was defeated stood 33
to 46.
Having been thus defeated the friends of
the rullroad regulation bills then under
took to force an adjournment . at noon
until Monday afternoon, but after feeling
the house on this proposition they became
convinced that this move could not be car
ried through end abandoned lu The house
then proceeded with bills on third reading,
passing a considerable number and defeat
ing two.
Bills Likely to Die.
The result of this contest, while not so
grave upon its face, mean much to those
legislators who had conscientiously sought
to press to tho front the railroad regulation
measures and to the people of the stale ,
who have been hoping and looking for soma
legislation along these lines. It possesses
this aspect for the reason, a maintained
by the friends of these measures, that th
best opportunity for consideration of bill
In committee ha passed. They maintain
that next week, which will practically wind
up the session, will not afford time and
chance for this Important work and that
therefore the bills of this character are in
imminent danger of never getting further
along In the course ot legislative routine
than they are now. As a matter of fact
the senate has not considered a house roll
for over a week and will next week take
them up. It therefore will be crowded with
work. There is no reason to bellevs that,
even though the house should act favor,
ably on these bills, they would go through
the upper branch with facility. On the
other hand the Indications are decidedly in
favor of their death, simply for want of
mature action.
The legislature adjourns this . evening,
therefore, with a pall resting upon the
hopes and aspirations of the member
whose purpose It was to redeem the pledges
made by the republican party In the cam
paign and to have the legislature do at
least a much In the direction of support
ing President Roosevelt as the legislature
demanded of Elmer J. Burkett before It
conferred on him the senatorial toga.
Senate Passes Cady Bill.
After a somewhat spirited opposition the
senate today passed tho Cady railroad coin
mission bill, which was opposed In the
forum of debate to the Sheldon bill. The
Cady bill, like the other one, is, of course,
a Joint resolution for a constitutional
amendment providing for such a commis
sion. The commission shall consist of the
state auditor, land commissioner and treas
urer, varying in this particular from the
old law which placed the secretary of atat
on the board.
Irishmen Have a Day.
"The sons of Ireland have sworn to be
free; the men of Ireland have said, 'Long
enough have we been cajoled, derided and
deceived It 1 time for us to act' "
This sentiment of liberty and progress,
enunciated in the year of darkness and
despair for the Irish people by one of the
many Inspiring orators of that Interesting
race was voiced and reflected In every
speech and deed Incident to the exercises
in representative hall this morning, where
house and senate met In Joint session, with
tne governor anu ueuienant governor and a
large audience present to pay homage to
the patron dlety of the auld sod, to honor
the 1,801th anniversary of the birth of St.
Patrick.
A great American flag, spreading It stars
and stripes to the north and south, hung
upon the wall Just bark of the speaker'
desk. In the center of this emblem of ths
"land of the free and the home of th
brave," suspended the emerald-colored fins;
of Ireland. The green waa all-prevallL:g
and the shamrock general. Scarcely a coat
lapel but bore one of the little trl-leaf em
blems so dear to the Irish heart. But th
most striking feature of the decorations
towered above the desk of Representative
Michael Lee of Omaha, to whose Initiative
the exercises were due. Representative
McMullen of Gage county. In his eloquent
and at times facetious address, described
the laurels lHld upon Lee's desk and around
it when he said, "Enshrined In green under
the banner of Anheuser-Busch." His desk
was literally covered with green bunting
and over It reared a tall potted palm a
green as ever an Irish heart craved.
nrpresmtutl ve Frrrar Preside.
The exercise began at 11:30 according to
resolution adopted yesterd iy. Tho gallerlos
and divans In the house and the lobbies
were IIIUI. The Semite en in;t entered
and took rat in t lie- front. Then Repre
sentative Lee entered, ct curling Governor
Mickey, who was seated Jr. I In front of
the speaker's desk, and then Lieutenant
Governor McGIIton. Hat;enow' bund of
Lincoln was stationed In the gullery.
Speaker Rouse, whom in) one ha accused
of being Irish, called to tU chair Repra
i