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EGTAtiLISIIED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA,. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1905 THIRTY-SIX PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
Sir Anthonj MacDonnell Made the Subject
of Much Bitter Talk.
CONSERVATIVE PARTY IS UNDER FIRE
Speaker Accuse Preseit Government of
Giving Comfort to the Enemy.
COMPROMISE SAID TO BE IMPOSSIBLE
Aetlon of MacDonnell Declared to Be Inde
fensible and Dangerous. '
WYNDHAM LETTERS CAUSE INDIGNATION
Prra of tlattr Unionist Declare
Correspondence Shows Situation
t B More Serious Thaa
Wa Imagined.
DUBLIN. March 18. (Special Cablegram
to ihn Bee.) At the annual meeting; of
the city of the Dublin Unionist Registra
tion' association a letter was read from
Lord Ardllaun, In the course of which he
old: "The extraordinary exposure of the
past fortnight. In which cabinet ministers
and others figure In what must be called
a conspiracy to change the unionist policy
and deceive and sacrifice their supporters,
tvill, I trust, draw unionists together in
their efforts to counteract such schemes.
The position is most alarming, and we do
not yet know all."
The debates culminating in the produc
tion of the correspondence between Mr.
Wyndham end Sir Anthony MacDonnell
leave Irish utllonLsts full of confusion and
alarm, yet united In one definite convic
tion thai Is, that Sir Anthony MacDonnell
pniit cease to be a member of the Irish
executive. "His methods of administra
tion," says the Irish Times, "have been in
several instances deplorable." It Is clear
that the government must part either -with
the present undersecretary or with their
last claim on the allegiance of Irish union
ists. Mr. Balfour's assurance that no mis
understanding will be allowed to occur In
future Is dismissed hero as worthless. Sir
Anthony has not been required to resign.
Ills published letter to Mr. Wyndham
shows that adequate opportunity of In
fluencing the policy and acts of the Irish
administration is an express condition of
his appointment. The fact that he has
not resigned voluntarily Is a proof that
this condition Is still in force. In the cir
cumstances the lulk of the Impossibility
of future misunderstandings is felt here to
bo little short of an, Insult to the Intelli
gence of British unionists.
Compromise Impossible.
Comoromiso over the subject of Sir An
thony MacDonnell's position, says the Dally
lixpress, is Impossible. From the first It
has been unconstitutional and lndefensable;
' It Is now proved to be In the highest de
eree dangerous. Irish unionists feel with
a strength which the government will be
Very foolish to Ignore that the only logical
Justification for Mr. Balfour's statement
that, id retard to the oevoiUMon anair.
Sir Anfhony "committed himself, and not
the srovexnment," must be found in the
. prompt transfer of the undersecretary to
a sphere of usefulness outside Ireland. It
la now said by Irish unionists that they
could not ' possibly, be worse off under
home rule than they are under the union
today. In ot tn,s universal feel-
lnr.lt seems Inconceivable that tho gov
nimmt should hesitate for a moment to
take a stop logical 1n Itself and absolutely
necessary If It Is sought to regain even In
a modified degrco.tho 'confidence or union
lets In Irclahd.
- Heat la the North.
BELFAST, March 18. (Special Cablegram
to The Beo.) The Ulster Press has again
returned to the subject of Sir Anthony
MurDonnell. The unionist newspapers con
trud that the publication ot tho Wyndham
MacDonnell letters render the situation
more serious than It was orlginully sup
posed to be, and that confidence In tho ex
ecutlva has to a great extent been de'
st roved by the disclosures which have
been mado of Dublin castle intrigues. The
Northern Whig says that the most re
gretable thing In connection with what
has happened la that connuence in mc
firmness and Impartiality of the executive
has been sapped. The News Letter con
tends that the only way now to right the
wrong done is to rae the .foundations. Sir
Anthony MacDonneU'spolltical convictions
unfit him for the position of Irish under
secretary in a unionist administration and
his appointment unfits Mr. Wyndham to
continue in the preseut office.
The following resolution has been passed
st a special meeting of the-West Belfast
Unionist association:
That this meeting of tho West Belfast
1'nlonist association views with alarm the
action of some of his majesty's ministers
in encouraging the Intrigues of Sir Anthony
MacDonnell in promoting the establishment
of a Roman Catholic university in this
country, and reiterates is previous expres
sion of determination to oppose the en
dowment of denominational education In
any form; that this meeting Is astonished
at the revelations in both houses of Parlia
ment within the past month, which reflect
aerloualy on the lord lieutenant and the
chief secretary for Ireland, who have
created a want of confidence among the
unionists of Ulster by appointing a well
known home ruler to the Important office of
undersecretary for lruland. We call upon
our minister, the Rt. Rev. ri. Arnoia
Vorster, to urge the other members of the
government to safeguard the loyal union
ists of Ireland against further intrigues of
a homo rulo undersecretary, and we
further reiterate our determination to stand
by the declaration of the Ulster convention
- In our opposition to home rule, whether
called by devolution or any othor name,
and that-a copy of this resolution be sent
to the unionist members of Parliament and
the members of the cabinet.
POVERTY IN GREAT BRITAIN
Om Periot ia Forty In England
and Wales Is Sow a.
Fan per.
LONDON, March 18. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) Every fortieth person resident
in England and Wales is a pauper sup
ported at the expense of the taxpuyers. In
London one person In every thirty-six Is a
pauper.
Such Is the startling fact shown
FRENCH ARE UNEASY
Naval Programs to Germany ana America
Are Beferred to in Debates.
FRANCE MUST KEEP UP WITH OTHERS
nt
mmona
turn of pauperism In Knglan
Issued this week by the
board by order of i1
The figures glv inber of per
sons in receipt t . the end of Feb
ruary to have bet ' .,X54, the highest total
on record since 187. Only once In the Inter
vening thirty-two yearn was the number
SOO.ouo. This was in 1881, when the total
reached 804.M9.
During the last five years there has been
a steady increase not only In the number of
paupers, but In the percentage to the popu
lation. The figures were aa follows:
Per 1.000
Tear. Fauprrs. imputation.
All Parties Seem to Be United on Desire
for Stronger Havy.
REASONS FOR DEFENSIVE PLANS CHANGE
1801
1!2
1W3
If
7o7.44
720.445
741938
9.J
823. S04
-1.9
ill
L'L'.S
Zi.O
24.4
RELATIVE STRENGTH OF NAVY DECREASES
nee French ships Exceeiea in
Effectiveness Those of Triple Al
liance, bat Sow They Take
Second riace.
The total for this year was divided Into
269,346 indoor and E64.S08 outdoor paupers, or.
in other words, one person In every 125 liv
ing in England and Wales Is in the workhouse.
In London the number ot paupers was
1-8,182, or one in every thirty of the popu
lation. The total Is the largest since 1871,
when there were 1U2.425 paupers. The only
year since 1871 which has approached any
where near to this year's total was 1895,
and then the number only reached 125,433.
Unlike the avcruge for the whole country,
the majority of Loudon paupers were In the
workhouse, the figures being: Indoor pau
pers, 77,493; outdoor paupers, 50,698.
For the purposes of comparison London Is
divided Into live districts. It is in the south
that the largest number of paupers are to
be found, but it was In the east where the
largest Increase took place, the figures;
compared with those of the previous year,
are as follows:
District. 1905. 1904.
South 47,897 44.8M
North 28.018 28.5.S6
East 2&.00H 20,72;!
West 1H.7TO 35,390
Central 10.462 10,283
Increase.
3,042
2.432
4,283
1.4i9
179
CHAMBERLAIN IS SATISFIED
In Letter to Kw Zealand Paper Brit.
Isk statesman Expresses
His Pleasure.
LONDON. March 18. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) Mr. Chumberlaln, in a letter
to the editor of the New Zealand Times,
states that the progress of tho movement
ill favor of imperial Union and commercial
preference is quite satisfactory" to him.
Ho has never supposed it ' possible to
secure the settloment of the question at
the next general election, not because of
the unpopularity of tho cause, but, becauso
in England there is hardly any Instance of
the government, after a long spell of office,
being returned sgaln to power. '
"I should not be In the least disappointed,"
writes Mr. Chamberlain, "If our opponents
are given a chance by their constituents
on the next opportunity. ' Our party, will
be none tho worse, for a short period of
opposition, which will unite and Invigorate
them; and, as they are practically un
anlmous In favor of the Imperial policy
I am convinced our victory will come at
no great distance of time, when tho country
will return to its natural and imperial
Instincts. Meanwhile out opponents are
saying, and will continue to say, that the
colonies aro not heartily with us in our
policy, and that, while they are ready to
call for a great sacrifice from us, they will
make no adequate return. No evidence
to the contr.ii.-y affects the views of
partisans an the other side; but,, as I
believe they are entirely mistaken and
underestimate the patriotism of the
colonies, as well' as their good sense, I am
convinced that the truth wfll prevail, and
the constituencies recognize before long
that commercial preference Is the first step
to that closer union on which the future
existence ot the power of the empire, as
a whoje, entirely depends, and that this
policy is ono which will be mutually ad'
vantagoous to the prosperity of the
motherland as well aa the colonies."
RELIGION INJHE REICHSTAG
Case of tr, Fischer Occasions Moch
Talk, of Liberty of
Conscience.
BERLIN, March 18. (Special Cablegram
, to The Bee) In the caso of the Berlrft
clergyman, Dr. Fischer, who has been dis
ciplined by his eccleslusticul superiors for
utterances regarded as incompatible with
tils position as a Christian dlvlue pledged
to support the confession of the Prussian
Evangelical church, came beforo the Lower
Diet this, Wfcek. The government was
warned by speakers from all sides ot the
house that In recognising the act of the
consistory' which reprimanded Dr. Fischer
It was countenancing bigotry and intol
erance and taking an 'important step to
ward driving men of sclentitlo attainments
out ot the church.
It was men like Dr. Fischer, It was
claimod. who kept people of education still
attached to the church. Clergymen of
liberal theological views were, it whs main
tained, as pious as orthodox luuttora and
as true to their duties. To discipline such
men because they said openly that they
do not believe in the miraculous is to aim
a deadly bjow at liberty of conscience
within the church,
NEED OF IMMIGRATION LAW
Chinamen Rejected by Canada and
Culled States Are Damped
' ' on England.
LONDON. March 18. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee) The influx of aliens Is con
tinuing at an abnormal rate. The rato of
Immigration for February Is almost twice
that of last year. Tho uumber ot aliens
who came to this country with tho avowed
Intention of staying during the last four
Februaries were: 1905, S.OSO; 13u4, 3,676;
1!W3. 4,486; 1902, 2,993.
The compleet returns for 1904 hava not
been published yet, but the figures for the
Ave last months of 1904 are far in excess
of the corresponding figures of 1903; August.
December, 1904, 42,010 August-December,
1M03. 29.918.
The latest annual report is for 1903, in
which year the number of aliens who came
to suttle here was. 69,168, as compared with
66,471 in 1918 and 65,464 In 1901.
The local papers have repeatedly called
attention to the fact that the Board of
Trade returns are unreliable, as far as the
number of aliens coming to stay in this
country is concerned.
This month for the first time the returns
do not distinguish except in an approxi
mate maimer between these alleus, who
are merely birds of passage, and the far
greater number who Intend to foist them
selves on the overburdened district of Lon
don.
A large number of immigrants of all na
tionalities wno nave Deen rejected by Can
fcda ana the culled States are a burden
on the Liverpool taxpayers. The latest
addition to them are twenty Chinamen:
who have just been returned from Canada
IRISH FIGHTING PRIEST FREE
Han Charged with Assaulting Colpor.
tcur Is t.lven a Vote of
Congratulation.
Tf 'III lt . 1 , .. . ft , . . .
ui aivn in. topeciai laoiegram
to The Bee.) At Westport petty sea
sions this week a Roman Catholic clergy
man waa prosecuted by the police for an
assault on a Presbyterian colporteur. The
magistrates, by a majority of 8 to 1, held
that the assault was Justified and dis
missed the case. The Westport Board of
Guardians and the Westport Urban coun
cil have both adopted the following reso
lutions: ,
That we heartily congratulate Father
MaclMinuld, ourl revered pastor, upon the
firm and decisive steps he took to prevent
the religious 'filings of our Catholic people
being insolently outraged in their own
homes, and that we pledge ourselves to
indemnify him in this action, and. further.
to relieve him 'of the necessity of huvlug
a uerioriu so autaxTeeeDie a lass again.
o Longer fear of England Which Actu
ate Lawmakers at Paris.
PARIS, March 18. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Nothing could be more char
acteristic of the change of international
relation than the course of the recent, de
bate over the budget In the Charhber of
Deputies. The uew minister of marine,
M. Thomson, agreed with the committee
that it was lndlspenslble for France to
make a serious effort If it was not to lose
its rank as a naval power. In 18 a the
French fleet was more powerful than fleets
of the triple alliance together, while it had
crushing superiority over that of Ger
many alone. In 1900 France had 273 units
and tho triple alliance 638, while Germany
alone had 188 units. Thus France had
lost its superiority over the triple alliance
and the German fleet represented 45 per
cent of the strength of the French fleet
But even that proportion no longer existed.
In 1908 the German fleet would have at
tained three-quarters of the strength of
the French fleet. In 1317, when the German
program would be complete, the German
fleet would be superior to the French in the
proportion ot five to four.
The government, said the minister, did
not propose a program binding Parliament
for a dozen years. It proposed the con
struction of three or four units, which
could be completed In two or three years
and which would constitute a complete and
nomogenious aivision. lie ounmuereu uutt
the new program could be carried into exe
cution without extra grants and without
any increase of the ordinary budget for
new constructions. The total sum voted for
this year was 121,000,000 francs and it a
like sum were voted annually for new
construction up to 1317 tho new pregram
could be carried out without recourse to
any fresh demands. In this way 'France
would have a complete fleet, twenty-four
new units taking tho place ot old ships.
and the proper proportion of destroyers and
torpedo boats being provided.
Fear of America.'
Ten, or even five, years ago - a French
minister of marlno who culled upon the
house to vote a program ot naval extension
found his most effective arguments in the
growing naval power if . England am)
America. The present minister requests
Parliament to maintain for a neriod of
twelve years the exceptional credits which
were adopted for the execution of the pro
gram of 1900. This appeal Is based on no
hostility of England, but on the . rapid
strides as a sea power now feeing mode by,
America, whose maritime' ambition is dis
quieting Frenchmen as well as Englishmen.
One of the most ardent Anglophobes to
whom tho French chamber has ever
listened, M. Mille Voye, made the following
significant statement:
"My friends and I will vote for the
credits. The government has had the cour
age to draw up a program In anticipation
ot what may happen. True, we are not at
preseut on the morrow ot Fashoda, but we
must look forward to morrows which will
bo similar. Wo were then face to face with
a certain enemy. Today we liv to think
of another."
This utterance is characteristic, Bcldom
has this deputy found himself in such
unity of views with his colleagues. There
are members on all sides of the chamber
who, like M. Jaures, for Instance, desire
more information before voting for a long
continuation of the credits, or like Chlllaux,
an cx-mlnlBter, who regards the program
of tiio government us somewhat premature
becaust that of 1900 is not yet completed.
But all agree that It is necessary that
France should not fall behind its great
rival beyond the Volga.
Points to German Program.
Minister Thompson repeatedly insisted
that his one ambition was to keep the
French navy up to Its present level of
efficiency. The credits he asked for were
strictly necessary in order that new ships
might be substituted for those units which
now were or shortly would bo compara
tively worthless. This was also , the
opinion -of M. de Lansseau, the able min
ister of marine in the Valdeck-Rousseau
cabinet, ai'd tho reporter ot the naval es
timates. M. Bos, defended the same point
of view whllu evoking the specter ' of the
prospective seven ironclads, seven cruisers
and seven division of destroyers which fig
ure in the new German program, tie said:
The present chamber does not mean to
commit the blunder-of its predecessor lu
1870, on the eve of the Boudan, which,
obeying humanitarian preoccupations, de
clined to protect the frontiers."
This appeal was listened to and the reso
lution "inviting the government to present
without delay a program of new construc
tions fur the fleet" was adopted by 450 to
lu.
After the declarations of the minister and
the reporter, this vote binds Uie govern
ment to carry out a program which - is
virtually the same as the German. Year
by year, and according to the same method
us that adopted In the Reichstag for -the
realisation of the German program up to
1917, the French fleet will be replenished
with new units, which will keep French
naval power in the same relative position
toward that of Germany us it occupies to
day. The large .majority by which this
decision waa taken is a sign of the times.
HARD TIMES FOR CZARINA
Wife 4f Hnsslaa Baler serves II as
ks a as Cook, Valet aii
5 arse.
BT. PETERSBURG, March Is. iSpeelat
Cablegram to The Bee.) The csarlna has
no rest, either by day or by night. In the
first place, she is filled with anxiety as
to the comfort and health et her. husband
and children. She is quite like the mis
tress of a house, and if this were not so.
who. knows whether the csar would not
have reached the end of his powers of en
durance before now. The greater part of
hef Imperial majesty's time IN parsed . In
consoling? her husband and Inspiring hlin
with courage. Besides this, she must con
cern herslf with every trifle. Sho pre
pares food for the ciar, who Is In constant
fear of poison; she assists st every detail
of his tolkit, as would the German wife
of some smaller cttisen, since the czar
mint runts every act ct his servants; she
superintends tho tailor and the landrpss, us
well as the bnrbcr, and bealdes this she
sttends to every want ef her Infant son.
Whom rhe rears herself. Formerly She left
but little for the nurses to do, undertaking
everything herself. Now she earrely al
lows the female attendants to approurh
the czarevitch's cradle. Even If sho would
sho cannot, as the czar hat uicutor fear
for his eon than for himself.
It has become almost a fixed Idua with
the csar that his son's life is threatened.
His majesty fears that loss ot his son,
wh&m he so long vainly expected, would
cause the outbreak , of a revolution In
every corner of the empire, even ituibng
conservatives, and for this reason every
one in any way connected with tho Im
perial family is surrounded' tkf hosts of
spies, who in their turn are wAtched by
a second series. Naturally, every one
knows that he Is tinder close supervision
'and that tho slightest .untoward set would
give room for denunciation. No cure Is
taken to prove the truth of suspicion,
but "every one In the slightest degree sus
pected is removed upon some - vegua pre
tense. Hence arises a general feeling of
Insecurity, as nobody knows what ,the next
hour will bring forth.
Matters arc not much-better In the pal
aces of . the grand dukes, who scarcely
trust themselves In the streets, and in
trigue one against the other In order to
obtain tho greatest influence over the csar.
Their relations accuse them of abandoning
tha traditions of the imperial bouse ' in
order to causa a revolution and to save
their property. This Information concludes
with' the statement that the future lies in
darkness, and that every one may be pre
pared for the most alarming furprlses.
REAR GUARD IN FIGHT
Beport of HeiTj Action Twenty Milei
Above Tie roes.
DIREST rORtBODIHGS IN RUSSIA
St Petersburg Has No Newa from Annj
for Out Twenty-Pour Hour.
APANESE MAY ENTER' SIBERIA
Radicals 'at Tokio lavor Carrying War
Into the Enemy's Country.
TALK OF DUTY ON WHEAT
English Speaker Declare that All
Canadian Grala Hast Be
Admitted Pre. -
; 4 - '.
-LONDON,-March 18.-(Spec!l Cablegram
to The Bee.) Mr. R. H. Inglls Palgrave,
M. P., addressing a meeting of the Royal
Statistical society . this week, said:
' "JSo dutyi could possibly, under any cir
cumstances, be proposed on the. produce
or. Canada, wheat grown there is a
much British produce .as 'if- It had been
grovyn In Torkshlrey A duty of 2 shillings
a, quarter on. wheat. With a preference to
our colonial possessions, would, with the
largo supplies they could already send us,
and the prospeota ot a great Increase in
the near future, have no effoct In raising
prices, here. ' There la one encouraging
point that the annual value of 'the agrl.
cultural ; produce for the .' last ten years
appear , fairly to have kept on a level.
This has not been brought about by wheat
crops. The crop of barley had remained
on the same level, though the land devoted
to it waa smaller in area than ten years
since, and the price,', on an average, was
lower. Oats rather more than held their
own,-' though the price is low. The ex
planation as to the general value having
fairly, though not fully maintained Itself,
appears to be in the number of horses.
cattle, sheep and pigs, though the In'
crease is not proportionate to that of the
land employed as pasture. Attention should
he given to the adaptation of our cultlva
tlon to .those articles which could with
stand foreign competition best, such as
milk, cheese, butter, eggs and bacon, the
imports of flour, have bcljn particularly
disadvantageous. Wheat pontained other
products, such as bran, which were par
ticularly, useful for producing bacon. A
tax on the Import of flour could not in
any way affect the ptico of bread, as the
freight ot the flour appeared to be more
costly than the freight ot the wheat while
the - Increased Import of the wheat would
Incidentally be an advantage to the farmer
as .well as to the miller. A system ot 00
operation . would be of service, but this
would have to be Introduced among a
population to which the Idea ;of co-opera
tion Is at present but" little known, and
some time must pass before such a sys
tem - can become at all general., Improved
agricultural machinery might be ot assist
ance where the farmer had the means of
providing it. Something might be done
by the government In alleviation of 'the
losses of agriculture by reducing rates and
taxes while matters wcreMu this condi
tion.
American Artists la London.
INDON, March ll-The first exhibition
in London of the New York Water Color
club will be opened for private view to
morrow in the modern gallery, where 109
pictures selected by the club have been
hung. The Whistler exhibition baa been
the most successful ever held In the new
gallery and It continues to draw uch
crowds that the management is trying to
obtain tho permission of the owners to re
tain the pictures until April II Instead of
March 8L the original closing date. -
ADEN, Arabia. March 18. It is reported
'that Sanaa, capital of the province of
Yemen, with Its garrison of 1,000 men, has
fallen Into the hands of the Arab Insur
gents. The governor. It Is added, had pro.
vloiialy offered to surrender, but hie terms
were not acceptable to the besiegers.
HEARING SCOTCH CHURCH CASE
Chairman of Royal Commission De
clares Takina of Testimony
to Be Closed.
EDINBURGH, March 18.-(8peclal, Cabl
gram to The Beo-) The Royal commission
to inquire Into the ' Scottish churen-case
sat sgaln this week, when, after hearing
evidence from several witnesses on behalf
of the Free church, the conrmlssloners ad
Journed, the chairman. Lord Elgin, stating
that the evidence was all In. The other
two commissioners. Lord Klnnear and Sir
Anstruther. were presented.' .
The ' Rev. George Anderson, minister of
Bridgeton original secession church, Glas
gow. -was examined, his evidence relating
to the original secession mission at Seoni,
In the central: provinces of India, which
has been supported by the Free church
since the union. . The witness said that
the original secession church contributed
liberally, considering its numbers and
resources, toward the support of the mis-
slon, and received help from ' the small
sister churches in Ireland and America
Grants in support of famine, orphans, and
in aid of school were also received from
the . government, and . there - was reason
to hope for further help from the same
eourceMn aid of educational work, because
of . the quantity and the quality of the
work done. The Income from all these
sources combined was Insufficient for the
work at present being done, and they had
been much Indebted to the Free Church of
Scotland for the help given In the pas
few years. Without it they would have
been eompelled to diminish their expend!'
tures and reduce ' the number of agent
and. the amount of work. The expenditure
last year, , exclusive of . money spent In
J building new schools, amounted to over
1.000. Ta Free chtirrn since the union
had-aunt) routed' from CM) to ataO yearly.
LINEVITCH MAY B ruiuD TO SURRENDER
Last Report su wpuaese Slay Pall
Ipon Beaten Army of t sar
a It Leave tho
Munniain.
HILLIOTIV
YINKOW, Mai.er.uriu. March 13. It Is
reported that thu Kust-lun rc.ir uurd Is
lighting h heavy action in thu vicuity of
Kalyuau, about twuin, nines nui'Ui of Tie
t'ass.
&o fm from Llnevltch.
ST. rK'lLUSUlUW.!, Mtucn i8. tal'J p. m.j
'iehgiapii communication wltn 'Am, re
treating RutHiau army nun ueeu cut for
over twentj-four hourx, but tho authorities
uope It la only temporary, duirluilng that
hey have 110 Information tliut thu Japanese
huve reached the railroad In General L!no-
I'ltch's tear. Nevertheless, with the curtain
down, tho Wur ofl.ee naturally Is the prey
of the direst forebodings. The lust woid
from the front was ccntaincd in a telegram
from one of the Associated Press' Rus
sian correspondents, the only correspondent
with the .retiring army. It presaged an at
tack from the rear. .The telegram, although
dated Changtufu (forty miles north of Tie
Pass) at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, wus
sent from Kalyuan, thirty miles north of
Tie Pass, and only reached St. Petersburg
this rooming. It was very brief, saying
simply that the army was retiring in good
order and destroying the railroad as it
went, but was constantly pressed by the
Japanese, the rear gard action being con
tinuous. There were ominous words in the
commencing sentence as follows:
We believe the JaDanese are making a
wide turning movement north and that they
are ready to tall upon us when we get out
of the ring-like group of mountains whioh
surround the Tie Pass gorge.
1 a. m. Reports received from the re
tiring Russian commander on the new
commander-in-chief stated March 17, wiich
were Issued lust night, while relieving the
fear of the Russian peoplo that the Man-
churlsn army is already cut off and con
firming Information already received that
the retirement Is in full progress,-throw 110
further light on the condition or the losses
of the army and contain no disquieting In
formation. -
The city of Fakoman, which Is well In
the Russian, rear has been seized by forces
given out as Chinese bandits but which
may be a . vanguard of -JopWste regulars.
Army In Tight Place.
From Fakoman one road leads to Kal
yuan, about twenty miles . norm or ne
Pass, -and tho great ' Chineso road runs
northward paralleling the railroad and of
fering' to a force there the alternative of
striking directly the Russian ' line . or of
pushing on toward the Sungari river along
the ' highway, which Is better than the
road over which General Llnevltch) will
havo to retreat. The new commander will
need all the strategic qualities of Kouro
patkin to effect the withdrawal safely.
How far or how rapidly Field Marshal
Oyama will be able to continue pursuit
remains to be seen, but the Chinese at
Harbin expect him there April 10. and if
this opinion serves to be founded on a
JapaneHe proclamation, many persons here,
remembering tho fulfillment of Oyamas
assurance regarding the occupation of
Mukden, March 10, will be inclined to ac
ccpt three weeks as the limit.
Say War Will Continue.
The Russian government . continues to
declare thut whatever be the fate ot Har
bin and of the present eastern army, the
war will continue. Vice Admiral Rojest
vensky's orders to try issues . with Vice
Admiral Togo have not. heeii cancelled,
preparations for the mobilization of a new
army are continuing, and the finance oe
partment is busy with measures to pro.
vide necessary funds.
The newspapers generally endorse Llne-
vltch's selection as temporary commander-in-chief
-on the ground that Kouropatkin's
tack of success made his suppression lm
peratlve. At the same time it is recognized
that Kouropatkin's failure also rests on
other shoulders and pity is expressed at his
ssd fate.
'Japs Blay Knter Siberia.
TOKlO, March 17. (8 p. m.) Beyond the
general retirement of the Russians along
the railway-northward, little Is known here
of the details of the last three days' events
In Manchuria. Various reports of the num
ber of additional Russian prisoners cap.
tured are in circulation. One estimate is
20,000. It is impossible to confirm the re
ports.
There is much speculation over the ex
tent .of the Russians' retirement. ' Harbin
Is regarded as a logical base, but it ia sug
gested that they' may attempt to hold the
Kirln lino. The country between Klayuan
and Sungari is Inhospitable.
Formerly the conservative element In th
high councils of Japan favored setting a
limit to the Manchurlan advance. It op-
Dosed advancing to Harbin, but the result
of the victory at Mukden are removing
opposition .and the bulk of opinion and
Judgment now favors pressing advantages
and carrying the war to the utmost limits
possible.
Grand Duke Mcholas to Go Cast.
PARIS, March 18. The Eoho De Paris
says that Grand ' Duke Nicholas Nichll
uievltch has been ordered to start for Man
churlai to . Investigate the situation there
and that his report will result In a de
cision as to a continuation of the war or
peace.
FIRE AT NEW YORK ACADEMY
Flremna Is Seriously Injured by
. railing; Wall and Moch Prop
erty la Destroyed.
NEW TORK, March. 18. Many valuable
paintings and pieces of statuary and art!
cles used in Instruction were destroyed to
day by a fire which damaged the building
occupied by the National Academy of De'
sign at 109th street and Amsterdam avenue
One fireman was burled under debris from
a falling Wull,' but .was rescued and re
moved to a hospital. Ho will recover,
While an exact estimate of the damage
could not b made today it will be at least
tuO.OM and may reach doublo that figure.
It is believed that the fire resulted from
ldafeotiv Insulation Of electric light wire.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebraska Partly Cloody
Sunday! Rain or Knovr and Colder
In Kast Portion. Monday Fair anil
Warmer.
XEVY9 ECTIO
1 Knallah I nlonlats Arc Ansrjr.
aval Proa rams Worry France.
Railroads Khowlna Their Hand.
Peril na la Rnasla Is Gloomy.
a Banqnct for Ktojvrnunt Fish.
Warner Gets Mlasonrl rnntorshlp.
3 Stsa from All Porta of Sfbrska.
stockmen Are Taking 1 p the Land.
4 Bench and Bar nt nnnouet Board.
Affairs at Sonth Omaha.
B College Base Hall l.euane Formed.
Senate Completes 1ft Labors.
Post Week la Omaha Society,
T Happening at Council Blnffa.
a Happening In lona Towns.
Thompson Surely Goes to Mexico.
F.DITORItl. SF.CTIO
Why Minister Plchre Was Killed.
10 Editorial.
11 Xorthvrrstcrn Rond'n Sicvr Idea,
Growth of Omaha Is General.
Farmer Takes Ills Own Life,
in Kchoc ot the Ante-Room.
Woninn In t'liih and t hnrlty.
HI Klnnnclnl noil Commercial.
7 Condition ot Omaha's Trade.
Government's Actlou Block Plan.
l!ALF-TOK SF.ITION
1 Xew Ambassador to Britain.
Stories About oted People.
Tersely Told Tnles.
In the Field of Kleetrlrlty.
Some Courtship t'nrl nsltles.
S About llss mill I'lnjcrn.
Music nnd Moslral .Votes,
n Sherlock Holmes' Adventure.
4 He Live by Wlnillnu Clocks.
It urn I Traveling; Libraries.
B Cnnnl Work In t nlelirn Cut.
Qunlnt Features of Life.
H For nnd About Women.
7 Sports of the Week.
COLOR SECTIOX
1 Buster Brovvn'n Klllrn.
2 Hairpin as a Life Saver.
From enr and Far,
3 Did Kipling See a Sea Serpentf
4 Tent Life for Beauty.
Real Carmrns of Seville.
5 Queen Who Plnyed a Man.
etrar.ae Stories from Monte Carlo.
Automobile Dog I the Latest.
Hauntlnar Voice Prevents Wedding
7 Top o' tho Mornln.
8 Lucy and Sophie Say Good-Bye,
Alice nnd the Shamrocks.
9 Lovers'' Lnck A Story.
IO Months Seen on the Stage.
Temperature at Omnlia Yraterdari
Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg.
B a. m RU 1 p. m 01
a. ni na a p. m 01
7 a. m n:l 3 p. in 00
Ha. m...... n:t 4 p. iu ito
a. m '.Off ft p. m rM
10 a. ni B7 U p. m ft 7
11 s. St...... IU) 7 p. ni .48
Mm UO '
BEEF TRUST INVESTIGATION
' 1
Federal Grand Jury Will Begin It
Work at Chicago Tuesday
. . .Morning. .
CHICAGO, March 18. The last popers to
be served prior to the empaneling of tho
grand Jury which Is to Investigate the so-
called "Beef trust" were served today In
the form of subpoenas on twenty-eight ad
dltlonal witnesses. Everything Is In read
iness for. the final step of swearing In tho
twenty-three grand Jurors, which will take
placo nef Monday In this city.
The men who are on the Jury are all re
tired farmers or well known business men
If some of them fall to qualify another
drawing will be held until the requisite
number of men qualify. No evidence will
be heard by the Jury until Tuesday morn
ing.
The forthcoming Investigation will be con
ducted along lines of the closest secrecy.
Extraordinary precautions will be taken
by United States Marshal Ames and the
other officers of the court to prevent any
informatlcki coming from the Jury room,
The grand Jurors will be cautioned against
divulging uny of the evidence given before
them, and as a further safeguard each of
the witnesses will be accompanied from the
court room by deputy marshals under in
structions to prevent all persons from talk
ing to the witnesses.
On account of the promotion of Judge
Kohlsaat to the circuit court bench and of
Mr. Bethea's elevation to the bench of the
district. Judge J. Otis Humphrey of Spring
field, 111., has been asked to impanel the
Jury Monday.
DEMOCRATS WILL PROTEST
Members of Colorado 1 Assembly i
lege that McDonald's Title to
' Governorship 1 Void.
DENVER, March 18. The democratic
members of the Colorado general assembly
are preparing a protest aganist tho action
of the majority of that body In deciding
the gubernatorial contest In avor of James
H. Peabody, the contestor, after he had
agreed to resign and permit Lieutenant
Governor Jesse F. McDonald to become
governor. The protest will allege that the
seating of Peabody, when It was known
that his resignation had been placed In
the hands of W. S. Boynton to be filed
within twenty-four hours after his Inaugu
ration, was Illegal and that therefore Gov
ernor McDonald la not entitled to his seat.
The protest will be filed when the Joint
convention meets next Tuesday to receive
the report of the committee appointed to
Investigate Senator Morgans bribery
charges.
jix-uovornor aivs Auams, wno was
ousted from office by the general assembly,
Issued an address "to the people of Colo
rado" tonight. It consists of about 2.600
words and reviews In scathing terms the
various steps in the contest by means o
which he was unseated.
Movements of Ocean Vessels March IN,
At New York Sailed-: New York, fn
Southampton; Neckar, for Naples; Finland
for Antwerp Crelic, for Azores; Algerju,
for Marseilles; L'inbrlu, for Liverpool
Minnehaha, for London. Arrived: Ethiopia
for Glasgow.
At Antwerp Sailed: Krooulund, for New
York.
At Havre Bailed: La llretugne, for New
York.
At Queenstown Arrived : Caronla, from
JNew York.
At Manchester Arrived: Biwtonlan, fro
Boston.
At Liverpool Arrived: Victorian, from
New Xork. Mailed: rwivic, lor New York
Citiirlc. for Boston: Elruria. for New York
At Glasgow Hailud: LKurontian, tor Nen
York.
At Southampton Sailed: Philadelphia
lor isew j or.
At Cherbourg Bulled: Philadelphia, foi
New York. Arrived: Grosser jvurfurst
from New iork.
At Plymouth Arrived: St. Paul, fron
New York.
At Rotterdam Arrived: Rynur, from New
Yolk.
At Dover Suited: Kroonlaud, for New
York.
At Marseilles Sailed: Perugia, for Kanla.
Cady Bill ii Being Joshed by Them as
Just What is eedod.
HOPE THEREBY TO HEAD OFF RATE BILL
N
irst Move is to Kill the Sheldon Commis
sion Measare.
PREFERRED BILL MUCH LIKE OLD LAW.
Many Coincidences, Also, in Its Course
Through the Legislature,
WHAT WAS THOUGHT OF MEASURE THEN
ItrprraentatlYe Jnnkln Voices SentU
ntent of Element Which Believe
In the Legislature Maklug
the Hales,
(From a Stuff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. March IS. tSpet lul.) Not
withstanding their customary tklll of von-
ealing their schemes, the allied railroads
have ut hust fulled to hide their hands lu
the mutter of ltglslatlon vitally uffectfng
their interests. That they huvo decreet!
tho defeat of tho rate regulating bills und
tho passage of tho Cady rullioud commis
sion bill is now geiiviully udmitted. The
Cady bill passed tho senate I'rldtty and
every effort will be mmlu by tho corpora-
turns to facilitate its course through th
house und secure its ultimate pussugc. Agi
tation of this measure is to bo kept up lu
an effort to divert attention from the rata
bills und crrato the impression thut th
Cudy bill contemplates all tho relief which
the producers and consumers in Nebraska
want and need. This is suld to bu the
program decided 011.
For some time the real meat of tho Cady
bill wus not disclosed and few members
at first suspected what It really was. It
became the rival In the Bcnute of tho Shel
don bill. The Sheldon bill finally was killed
and thu Cady bill passed. On tho day ot
its passage Sheldon made a vigorous light
against the measure and to u lurge extent
revealed the true character of the bill. He
showed that but for two immaterial amend
ments "It was a verbatim copy of tha old
Board of Transportation law enacted in
lfS", repealing the law of 1885. A compari
son of the two ucts Bhows Senator Sheldon
to bo strictly correct. Tho only points ot
difference between the present Cudy bill and
tho one possud in 1887 nro that tho old law
mudo the secretary of state, attorney gen
eral, auditor, trcusurer and laud commis
sioner tho commission, whllo the Cady bill
composes this bourd ot the secrctury of
statu, treasurer and land commissioner,
and the old law provided for the appoint
ment of three secretaries by a four-fifth
vote of tho commission, while the Cady bill
mukee It two-thirds.
gome Legislative History.
Tho legislature which enacted the law
of 1885 was republican. The supreme court
in 1901 decided the 1887 law. unconstitutional.
and now the railroads demand that another
republican legislature shall roenact a law
which has once been wiped oft tho statute
books by decision of the .highest tribunal
of the state und the upper branch of that
legislature has ucquleticud In the wishes
of these corporations'. This fact ia at
tracting considerable attention to tho sen
ate In general und Senator Cady in par
ticular. The senator's connection with the
proceedings Is a surprise to his friend
who had picked him out as a leader of tho
Independent element of tho legislature.
A revlow of the legislative Journal of
1887.. when tills old bill was pon its pns-
suge reveals tho fact that many of the
leading members believed it to bo u bad
measure to place upon tho statute books.
N. V. Harlan was then speaker of the
house und he wus u republican. When
tho bill wus on third reading in the house
and his name wus culled ho explained his
vote lu these words:
'Gentlemen, us this bill is one above all
others tho corporations are demanding and '
as this bill as a national law at this time
looks as though It might provo a national
calamity and I hae 110 confidence thut It
will bring any material relief to the people
and prove a stumbling block aud a fraud.
I therefore vote, 'No.
. Representative Fenton of Richardson
county, another strong republican, said
in explaining his vote:
"Believing it is the mugwump policy to
dufuut all railroad lcgla'.atlon, I vote,
yes.' "
KepieHuiitutlve Mathleson of Omaha had
this to utff when he cast his voto:
"I am sorry to see thut this legislature
doesn't wutit a good railroad law und a
I have on every move sustulned the people
In their right, 1 now only see ono way to
get a rullroud law und that is to voto for
the next best, and therefore I vote, 'yes.' "
Jnukla Speaks Ills Mind.
"So here we see what the legislators of
1887, republicans, thought of the Cady bill,"
remarked RciAesuutatlve Junkln of Gosper
county. "They condumned It as a railroad
measure and unfit for passuge. If It was
a railroad inuasuro then, why Is it not a
railroad measure now? If it wus unlit for
passage then, why. Is It not unfit for pas
sugo now? If It was a mugwump meaaure
calculated to defeat all good railroad legis
lation then, why is it not the same today 7
With the record of tho post before us, with
the wise Judgment of former legislators at
our hand, with the decision of the supreme
court declaring this law unconstitutional,
why, In the name of heaven, should we re
enact that law?
"This till Is no now thing; It is no ex
periment. If it wore thuro might bo some
remote excuse for Its passuge. It waa con
sidered by ono legislature and by somo
of the best and most Independent members
declared a farce and a railroad measure,
and It went upon the statute books and
wus declared unconstitutional. If, there
fore, this republican legislature, pledged to
secure decent railroad legislation, stultifies
Itself by imposing on tho people such a
fraud as this It will bo committing a sin
ftr which the party will have to answer
at the polls. Is this legislature going to
refuse to do what It demanded that Mr.
Burkett do before It would elect hint
I'ulted States senator? It remains for the
house to redeem the pledges and savo the
party."
Mr. Junkln has for two sessions been a
futlhful worker for legislation that would
properly regulate rullroud rates und man
agement. Ho Is a Joint author of tho com
modity rate bill.
Features of Sheldon Bill.
The Sheldon bill was ifiHtinct and com
prehensive in Its provisions. It provided
for rate revision und adjustment by the
railroad commissioner und contained tha
provision thut the commission should have
power to 'resort to every h-nal recourse to
soeuru the enforcement of tho art. It con
tained Just seventeen such provisions, all
of which were stoutly objected to, of
course, by the rullroud. It mud Ui gov-