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NEWS SECTION. The Omaha Sunday Bee. PAGES 1 TO 10. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1905 THIRTY-SIX FAGES. SINGLE LWY FIVE CENTS. POLICY OF LIBERALS Bit Edward Grey Telia Great Britain What Hi Party Will Do. I TALK OF LORD SELBORNE Sooth African Prria Disc ointment of New HUk Comml stouer for Africa. X V ' veclsl ointment rd Mllnef has i"?RITALY MAY BUYROADS JOHANNESBURG. Ma Cablegram to The Bee FREE TRADE CHAMPIONS ARE ACTIVE ' r Seiborne to - . im witn general .oval tnrougnoui South Africa. The Cane Times considera It Epeakert Say Preaent Depression Of Bait- I certain that a Lord Seiborne Is a member Dew it Due to Boer War. OI tn Pnt ministry ana tnererore men- iinea witn tneir soutn Arrican policy, mere will be no change In the Ideal which guided IRISH UNIONISTS WILL STRIKE BACK Lord Mllner. The appointment. adds the Journal, should satisfy not only both Sec tions at )inm. hul mihllr nntnlon In flouth May Interfere witb Conierratire Plana for Africa, which asked for the beet that Eng land could send to succeed Lord Mllner. The South African Newa, representing Bond Opinion, says: ..tiil Introduced in Parliament for State Uwnenbip of Railway Lines. Oorernment of Ireland. PREMIER BALFOUR WRITES A LETTER As a member of the government which conducted the war Lord Selbnrne comes to us with his prejudices thick upon him, and as a cabinet minister he will And It difficult to take up the pacific position of a governor of a self-governing colony. It la generally understood here that Lord Seiborne had no previous connection with the subcontinent and he has a knowledge of colonial matters which has been acquired LONDON, March 2B.-(8peclal Cablegram undr J""Ph Chamberlain. Ever Knee the Vira that While New Fiscal Poller la Important It Mast Not Interfere with Poller Toward Ireland. to Tha Bea.) Sir Edward Orey, M. P., was the chief speaker at a liberal mass meeting question of Lord Mllner's successor became subject of conjecture there has been a at Cheltenham thl week. He said If thera 8frn feengr In well-informed quarters u a time when the neonle of this country tn". a" """M wln tnken Into considera ahould nut national before local considera- tlon- an entirely new man. unknown per tinn. th. forthcoming .lection would nro- onally In South Africa, was the most sult- vlda It. Turning to the cut of Sir Anthony able for tne Purpose. Utf.rDonnnll. who. though a liberal and favorahla to tha government of Ireland In . lf tn new constitution of the Transvaal ravorabia to tne government or jreiana in be p,lbU(lhed wlthout May, the political accordance with Irish Ideas, had been ap- energies of this colony would be devoted to pointed undersecretary of Ireland, he said the practical business of registration, and that either Sir Anthony should not have ' "J '"" "e. nH.'.TVJn been appointed undersecretary at all, or, doned. A lull in the political controversies If he had bean, he should have been warned of the day would give the new governor tn h .icMilinvlv careful In hla action. Th. ,lma to form his own opinion of local men to be exceedingly csrerul in nis action, -l ne and matterB The task before Lord Sel- arrangement was, however, quite the con- borne Is none the less severe on account of trary. Sir Anthony was told that, although the soundness and thoroughness of Lord hi. vl.wa nlnVrMt from thorn nf th. govern- Mllner's statesmanship. The back of the his views airrerea rrom tnose or tne govern- Bouth xfrlcan problem has undoubtedly ment, he was to have a greater position, been broken, but the need of a wise, strong, rtr fraeilnm .nil .renter Influence than able administrator still remain Nor will ,v .,--,,.. ,,. K- there be any tendency to defraud Lord Sel- any other undersecretary had ever had be- borne of ,ne laurels e mnv win ,n h, new fore. What was the meaning of that? post. Lord Mllner's work stands distinct He believed at that time Mr. Wyndhara gylti,elf- A definite stage has been reached. ii.iih.ratelv entering tinon nolicv of Tne J"an who nBS devoted years and health wis deliberately entering upon a policy or to th, ,Prvt.e of goutn Africa Is able to governing Ireland according to Irish Ideas, withdraw from the scene of his labors In tm haii.va h. truth wo. that th. mvem. perfect consciousness that his task la fln- ,... k.H . im intan,Di ,8h.ed. ni well done. He retires from the " ' political world and will take a long rest barked on a. new policy. But In the govern- abroad. His successor has an eouallv dls- tnont m-a- an IHihniin whn waa nllnllnr I tinct task before him. With the sole reannn. ., b. !,, v . j Tn,. slbllity for the manner In which It shall be general for England, and he and the Ulster accomplished. Fortunately, he starts under memoers n imieny uiicin wio govern- i me oral auspices, for ne can count on a cor ment for showing sympathy toward Irish I dlnJ. welcome from the people of South national f.allna- Th. aov.mm.nt hart AfriC ""lOn the hearty and loyal CO- i ij iir i hi ii iri i on iipuiananra shown that, though It was dissatisfied with - . the present system of governing Ireland. ENGLISH FORCES IN AFRICA yei ii naa noi courage enougn 10 auer Hi that though It was now emoarrassed by Sir One from Southern Nigeria Anthony MacDonnell, It could not do with out him. One good thing about the govern ment was that It was always providing pro- mlrht well find their nrorram with rerard UVERPOOL, March 25. (Special Cable- to Ireland In taking up the sympathetic fram The Bee.)-The Eldcr-Demster MODERN DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES PLAN Such is Statement of Author in Introduc tion of the Measire. PROVIDES PLAN FOR THE PURCHASE No Bonda Are to Be leaned to Baise the Necessary Funds. TAKES MANAGEMENT FROM POLITICS Elaborate Scheme Dei laed to Prevent Strikes and Give Employee Belter Conditions Than Exist at Preaent. Meets with Armed Opposition from Native Troops, policy where the present government had dropped It. But they would not hear of this mailer si con.orva.iive gamenngs. Dlsenss Foreign Poller. They would hear much of foreign policy, the parrot cfy of conservatives in distress. aBut when they talked -of foreign - policy, what policy did they mean T Was it the policy of the long spoon, or of the triple liner Zungeru has arrived here from West Africa. It left Porcados river, southern Nigeria, on February 25. News which had come down from Quiteha showed that a big expedition of the southern Nigerian troops was then proceeding through that coun try. It was under Major Moorhouse, who had with him about twelve white officers and noncommissioned officers. The native troops and carriers numbered about 500, alliance of Oreat Britain, the United Btates and with thera were two Maxim guns. The and Germany which Mr. Chamberlain had .been anxious to bring about, but which had force started in November and it was not expected that the work undertaken In the ' been dropped because tha countries chiefly district would be terminated until the concerned did not take kindly to the idea? latter part of April, , He believed in working harmoniously with the United Btates, but he did not believe that country would enter into such a formal alliance as that proposed again. Reports received respecting the expedi tion showed that there had been fighting at several places, due to the hostility of the petty chiefs of the Interior towns, sev- Dld they mean the foreign policy which eral of which were burned down, while had moved British shins out of Port Arthur "om ol tne opposing natives were killed to let ths Russian ships InT It was well to The c-"""6- on the British side were remember history sometimes, as they did not wish these things to be repeated. Re ferring to the Japanese alliance, he declared that the successors of the government would honorably carry out all the obliga tions it Imposed on them. The agreement with France would also be maintained in a sympathetic spirit. He was strongly in but few and were confined to the native troorjs. From northern Nigeria reports showed that Sir Frederick Lugard had been on a tour of inspection and had visited the dis tricts south as far as Ibl and Yola. There was an entire absence of any punitive ex pedition in northern Nigeria, but the high fnmmlualnnai tin .1 lM..i.n.,it . V a ..... .t. favor of a conference between the leading VL" "V,, , , 1 ni i ani h ma atat 1,1 u I ' recently formed constabulary force. ' colonial and home statesmen, a policy which had always been favored by liberals; but he 'would have such conferences regularly called to consider general topics; he would It was said to be doing excellent work, and In the extensive areas of Bornu. Sokoto and Kano peaceful trade was actively going on. The high commissioner not throw among them tha apple of discord had lmpo.ed new taxes and It was re in the form of a proposal for preferential ported that the revenue from northern a mI aV mm PVtaW aat amaAaal Mam. ab4 A B.1 aai . I wUUIU lurvn.mjr eo away Nigeria was likely to be very large. The from such a conference disappointed and natives were, however, paying the new im wlth a sense of failure. posts 'unwillingly. At Lokoja there was Colonies sad Trade. I a bread tax of S pence on each native. The colonies said, with perfect frank ne... that they would not give us free GROWTH OF BRITISH EMPIRE iraao wiimn tne empire nor lower their I . duties. What they would do would be tol New Statistical Abstract Shows De put up tariffs against the foreigners if we , would tax food. Oreat Britain's answer to that should also be frank. It is not pre pared to do it. Turning to the education question, he elopment of the Country for Fifteen Years. LONDON, March 25. (Special Cablegram declared that the time had arrived for full to The Bee.) The first issue of a new publlo control, which could be gained by I official publication, the "Statistical Ab expanding the present system In such a stract for the British Empire from 1889 to. way that denominational teaching could 1903,"' was published this week and gives be given out of school hours where parents I a bird's-eye-view of the development of the desired it and paid for out of private funds. I empire during fifteen eventful years. He denounced the government's bungling I It has been said that "John Bull owns in regard to the army, with the result thai I the earth," and certainly this abstract , officers scarcely knew whether they were 1 proves that he owns a . very consider attached to divisions, army corps or Sun- able proportion of the planet. The day school districts. Under the govern- area of the empire Is placed In the ab ment's change of systems the army had stract at ,631,000 square miles, and Its no rest, and the tsxpayer no relief. They population In 1901, at 360,646.000 souls. should put ureat amain s army on a busl- The Imports and exports of this vast ness footing, bearing in mind that Its territory are upon a prodigious scale. navy was the chief line of home defense, though It will be noticed that throughout and encourage militia and volunteers, the empire the Imports are growing faster Real patriotism was not strong In lan- than the exports, or the consumption faster guage, but deep in feeling. For Instance, than the production. In the fifteen years any sacrifice should be made to defend covered by the abstract the exports of the xnois, irora anaca. not oecause inula was .mr)r rose from 3O2.35.O0O to 387 79B mrv rich and big, but because India had never whl)e the Imports rose from 111398.214.000 to been better governed than It had been 649,357,000. India and Canada doubled their under the British flag. cxnorts In the fifteen vears while Australia At home they were faced by great prob- .hi. thm Tha aiati.tin. 0 ik- lems at ths heart of the empire, and they nir .how that with a litti. .,.,.-- could only maintain their proud position ment th, countries under the British flag ..... puiinvm 1 cou,j produce all that the empire ROME, March J. special Cablegram to The Bee.) The official summary of Signor Tedesco's bill for the state management of Italian railways begins with the asser tion that, owing to modern social and economic developments, it Is no longer pes slble for private enterprise to undertake the management of railways without spe cial guarantees. This is the only argu ment advanced by the minister for de daring the state administration of the railways to be Inevitable. The official summary speaks vaguely of the large sums which will be necessary to enable the state to carry out Its new obligations, and lays stress on the fact that the expenditures may be extended over a period of ten years. The country has already been Informed that the total will amount to about $3)0, 0OO.0U0 and that at least half of this total will have to be disbursed immediately In liquidating the claims of the present com panies. The summary sketches In very general outline the scheme of admlnlstra tlon, which is to be autonomous and lnde pendent of political and financial fluctua tions. It promises greater efficiency, but offers no guarantee of Its attainment. In view of the fact that the great majority of public opinion, Including that of the mill lstry itself and the most influential organs of the Italian press, has hitherto been op posed to the state management of railways, this summary of Signor Tedesco's proposals cannot be said to contain any satisfactory explanation or arguments on Its behalf, Briefly stated, the proposals amount to this: The itulian government will on June 30, the day when the railway conventions xplre, take over the management of the Adriatic, Mediterranean and Sicilian lines, leaving for further consideration and treaty the lines of the old "Southern com pany," with the exception of the Naples- Eboti, Vogliera-Pavia, Brescia and Lecco- Coltco lines. The government will thus undertake the control of 10,560 kilometers of railway, leaving 2,000 kilometers to prl vate enterprises. The management will be entrusted to a council of administration, a central board of directors, which will control lengths of railway varying from 400 kilometers to 2,000 kilometers, accord ing to the Importance and density of the traffic "' Large sums will be expended on the amelioration of the lines and the pro vision of more rolling stock. In view of an expected increase of traffic. These sums. as also those for liquidating the account with the companies, will be provided by the minister of the treasury without the need of resorting to the emission of bonds, 4 Provisions for Employes. Then Signor Tedesco's proposals become more explicit In the matter of railway employment. Indeed, the greater part of this summary Is devoted to the future treatment of railway servants, and It Is difficult to escape the conviction that the minister has been fur more concerned to meet the demands of the railway era ployes and obviate the dangers of the threatened railway strike than to present a scheme of railway management which will convince the cuuntry. The number of railway servants will be for the future' re strlcted as far as possible. Their condi tions of service will be improved: imme diately by the reduction In their case of Income tax from 9 to 7V4 per cent, by rais ing the salaries of those whose advance ment has been hitherto delayed by a block In promotion, by the extension of pensions to widows and orphans, and by participa tion In the pronts accruing from the rail ways In the near future by reorganiza tion, by a law to be Introduced next year, of wages under a system of equal treat ment; and in the more distant future by gradual Increases of pay corresponding to the progress of the railways and the grow ing prosperity of the country. The extension of pensions to widows and orphans will require a capital sum of $35,000,000, to form the technical reserve, besides the annual sum or -wu,wu. The interests of railway servants will. moreover, be safeguarded by a regular sys tem of arbitration. Every branch of rail way service will elect a council of Its own, and the presidents of these separate coun cils will form a general council, which will treat with the administrative board on all questions which affect the well being of the service. All controversies of a more serious character which may arise will be referred to a board of arbitration, consisting of a councilor of state, two legal representatives, two representatives of the railway administration and two of railway labor. Signor Tedesco concludes his proposals by saying that, after this generous pro vision for the welfare of railway servants and for the legitimate expression of their future grievances, the state will not be able to countenance agitation or the re fusal to accept the awards of a properly appointed arbitration which terminates In Btrikes. which their grsatuess was requires. Desire to Destroy All Religion. freedom on founded, trree rrnaers Are Has,. mMRFS IN nFFFNSF flF ?FI C Lord Jam. a of Hereford and Lord Georre I w" " Hamilton. M. P.. were this week the prln- e. statement Snylnar He Has No cipai speaaera ai a meeting neia under tne auspices of the Chelsea branch of the Free Trade league at St. John's Mission hall. Lord James of Hereford, in moving the first resolution, said it was not until 1M I PARIS, March 25. (Spectat Cablegram to that a powerful voice was raised asking I The Bee.) Moved by the hostility shown the people to return to the evil days of I toward his anti-clerical policy by a section protection. A great organisation was set I t the British press, M. Combes, the late up, associations were captured, newspapers I premier of France, contributes a defense were purchased, and in pantomimes sub- I of his action 10 tne current number of the sldlsed in support of the cry for protec- I National Review. tlon. He hoped, however, he was not too I "In England," he says, "ths Catholic sanguine In saying thst the attack on I church does not contemplate, and has no free trade by assault hud failed. This was I reason to contemplate, challenging the na a contest between the producer and ths I tlonal Institutions. In France, on the other consumer, and between those who wished I hand, the church Is In open revolt agalna to see cheapness for the workingmen and the government, and wages ceuseless wa those who wished to see the wealth of the I against every legislative effort to escape manufacturer increase. There was no I from the tolls of the theocratic theory. doubt that, while the foreign and colonial I M. Combes denounces as an Inapt cal trade was increasing the home trade was I umny the Idea that he Is "a feroclou sectarian. Inspired by hatred of all religion (Continued on Third Page.) J and devoured by a desire to destroy It. PRESIDENT TALKS TO DOCTORS Chief EieeallTe Presents Diplomas to Graduates of t'nHe States Medical Sehey a ra lan WASHINGTON, Maret-.. J? president Roosevelt presented d'P,(,tianter cf to ths class graduated from L' Untj ' States Medical school, at exf fftrrai In the A red c. a kitb th '"'zrrz hall of the National must a large audience ana cmi. to the twenty-three newly .. k'de doctors on the responsibilities of the service they have entered. The president drove to the museum from the White House. ' He entered the hall on the arm of the surgeon general of the navy and was warmly ' applauded. The president was Introduced by Medical Di rector R. A. Marmion, president or tne faculty of the Naval Medical school. As the names were called the diplomas were handed to the president, who. In turn presented them to the graduates and at the same time gave each one a cordial hand-clasp. The diplomas became mixed and the president entered heartily In the search for the right sheepskin. After that he took all of the remaining diplomas In one arm and called the names himself. 'You have a double standard of honor to uphold." sild the president, "that of doctor and an officer of the navy." Con tinuing, he said the responsibilities that rest upon the naval doctor admit of nothing but the hardest of work In time of war. He said he was not competent to talk of their professional duties, but that he wanted to repeat that if war comes. It is almost certain to nna me medical profession unprepared, and this will entail greater trials to those at the front. , 'It would be foolish to shriek at the per son In charge of the government If war should come and the nation not found to be ready," continued the president, and he asked every one to reflect that it would bo really a lack of forethought. It Is the national legislature that is to be blamed. He added that however the un preparedness the doctors themselves would do much by self-preparation to make their work tell. HALF MILLION MEN This Number of Russians Put Out of Aotion Eioce War Began. WAR OFFICE PUBLISHES SOME FACTS Bureau Offioials, 8tnng by Criticism, Issue a Statement of Operations. MISCALCULATE THE ZEAL OF JAPANESE Efficiency and Ardor of Both Officers and lien Greatly Underrated. PORT ARTHUR SUPPLIES INSUFFICIENT Post Was Equipped for Twelve Bat talions and Thirty Were riaced There Without Increas ing the Supplies. CHICAGO MEN ARE CALLED "Beef Trust" Hearing- Will Be from Local Men Week. Next CHICAGO, March 26 Monday the Chi cago end of the situation In tae meat In dustry will, it la bellved, be thoroughly taken up before the special grand Jury, investigating the alleged combination of the larger packing firms. From day to day a few subpoenas for Chicago whole sale and retail meat dealers have been Issued returnable next week. A large number of the subpoenas served on Chicago employes of the' packets were also made returnable next "week," and it Is stated that District Attorney Morrison expects to show by comparison of testi mony the different status ' of the seller and purchaser of meats. . A subpoena was Issued todajr .for 1 M. Byles, private secretary to Edward Morris of Morris & Co. Byles will probably, be called early next week. It "is 'said thdt there will also be an Influx pi easterrt men' next week, heanV of' epartmenTs' TCff the' various packing houses In New Tork, Boston, Philadelphia and other large cities.. CRETE WOULD JOIN GREECE Party In Favor of Plan Is Renew ing; Its Agitation for Change. . ATHENS, March 26. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The revolutionary movement in Crete by which the party In favor of annexation to Greece hopes to achieve Its object Is again very active. It Is nole worthy that those who hitherto have ap proved of Prince George's sympathy with their aspirations have now declared open war against mm. 4 Pending the hoped for union with Greece, the committees are formulating the follow lng demands: Complete liberty of the press, the election, as opposed to the noml nation, of mayors, the right of meeting on the public highway, retrenchment by reducing publlo salaries, the reversal of the sentences passed on soldiers in the late war and the nomination of Cretan and not foreign officers to the gendarmerie. MAYOR SCORESJPANISH KING Chief Executive of Madrid Finds Raler Falls to Obey Municipal Laws. MADRID, March 25. (Special Cablegram to The Be.) King Alfonso's motor car having been recently damaged by an elec trio tramway car in Madrid, orders were given for the prosecution of the tramway company's .driver. The mayor of the dia trlct, before whom the case came, gave an entirely unexpected turn to It, drawing up the following formidable indictment against the plaintiffs: First Thai the king's automobile travels at a speed forblddvu by the regulations 111 th. capltol. Second Thst the roysl car does not carry the tablet which every vehicle of the kind must diHDlay. Third That none of the king's motor cars lias puia ine tax leviea on automo biles. The government is Indignant at the mayor's action, and suggestions that he should resign have reached Jilm. The mayor, however, declares thst he has paly done ms uuiy ana wm not resign. WANT MAN DECLARED DEAD Wyoming; Stockman Who la Ml. slug Causes Trouble for Relations In Indiana. LA PORTE, Ind., March 25. A petlUon to have an alleged murdered man legally declared dead was filed today In the La Porte circuit court. Fifteen years ago William Crawford, a native of La Porte, was a wealthy cattle owner In Wyoming. Ho disappeared January 26, 1892, authori ties at Evanston, Wyo., relatives and friends being convinced he had been lured away and murdered by enemies. Proof was lacking and the body was never found. Mrs. Hannah Crawford, mother of the missing man, died here this week, leaving large estate. In order to settle the estate it is necessary to have her son de clared legally dead. STEEL TRUST RAISES WAGES BlaT Corporation Adds Nine Million Dollars a Year to Its Payroll. PITTSBURG. March 2S.-Offlc!ala of the United Btates Steel corporation are re ported to have completed all plana prepara tory to making the announcement of a sweeping wage Increase to go Into effect April 1. The amount of the Increase is not known st present, but it Is stated that with the exception of the tonnage men In the steel mills all other employes will re ceive the full smount of the reduction made one year ago. The total Increase, It Is said, will approximate $9,000,000. The ad vance will affect a0,0u0 workmen In this district. DECIDES TO PROSECUTE GORKY Russian Government Will Proceed Against Novelist tor Drawing Revolutionary Proclamation, ST. PETERSBURG, March 25. The au thorities have definitely decided to prose cute Maxim Gorky on the charge of draw ing up proclamations with the object of overthrowing the existing stats of things In the empire and disturbing publlo order the highest penalty for which Is three years' detention in a fortress. The trial will begin May f at St. Petersburg before a Jury with closed doom, Oorky, who is still In tha neighborhood of Riga. Is in broken health. ST. PETERSBURG, March 25. Stung by the wholesale criticism lately heaped upon the War office for Its unpreparedness and Incapacity In providing the Manchurlan army with men, guns and munitions, the army organ today lays bare what has been done since the opening of hostilities giving the exact figures. From these it appears that up to March 12, the War office had dispatched 13087 officers, 761.47 men, 146,408 horses, 1,521 guns and 316.321 tons of munitions and supplies to the front declaring the transportation strained the Siberian railroad to Its utmost capacity. The army organ admits that the army In the far east, when the war opened was hardly worth the name, (no figures being given, but It Is known that the troops did not exceed 60,000 men) defending this on the ground that Emperor Nicholas desired to avoid war and therefore re frained from sending reinforcements which surely would have provoked It. The criticism of the War office's failure to adequately supply Port Arthur Is met by the statement that It was provisioned for a garrison of twelve battalions, the decision to put thirty battalions there being taken so late that the original cal culations could not be remedied. While affirming that the quick-firing guns and field guns of the Russians are superior to those of the Japanese, the War office explains that the misfortune In ths Insufficiency of the mountain guns was due to the fact that when the war broke out Russia was Just adopting a new pat tern. Miscalculated Jnpnnese 7,eel. It Is denied that the War office was de ceived In regard to the available strength of the Japanese army or the organisation of the Japanese reserves, but the army organ frankly admits that the talents of the officers and the wonderful spirit of the soldiers were miscalculated. The publication of this article has created a sensation among military men and In public circles many of the former are censuring the general staff for dis closing valuable military secrets and the latter finding from the figures a practical admission that the war has cost almost BOft.OnO. men In-lrHled, 'wounded, prisoners and sick, .as the whole effective In the far east is now bellved not to exceed 800,000 men. 1:50 p. m. General Llnevltch continues the retirement of the bulk of his army northward The general staff now declares It Is cer tain that Field Marshal Oyama has been compelled to relinquish the Idea of a pursuit In force for the present. The Japanese forces on the Russian flanks are too light to constitute a serious danger and a lull in heavy fighting for several weeks lf not months Is predicted by some of the correspondents . A Russian correspondent warns the St. Petersburg authorities of the dangers of Japanese activity In Mongolia where, he says, their emissaries are enlisting the Lamas and arousing their old warlike spirit. Bellla-erent Forces flaah. A dispatch from General Llnevltch dated March 24 says: A Russian patrol has been fired upon by Japanese cavalry and Infantry occudvIiik ,the village of Puljuschu. v " There has been no change in the position of the armies during the day. On March 23, a detachment of Russian cavalry drove back a force of Japanese cavalry approaching the station of Shuan Ingatisa. The same day several Japanese squadrons attacked a small Russian mounted detachment on the extreme Rus sian left about four miles from the station of Nanshentsl. Russian cavalry reinforce ments were sent there and forced the Japanese, who refused to face a charge, back to Nanshentsl their retreat being covered by Infantry, An imperial decree, under today's date, directs the minister of finance to Issue a 5 per cent Internal loan of $100,000,000, with the view to further strengthening the funds in tha state treasury required to meet the expenses of the war. Of this loan $50,000,000 will be offered for public subscription. Admiralty Not Excited. 8 p. m. Although public Interest In the war has suddenly been transferred from the battlefield In Manchuria to the Indian ocean by the possibility of a great naval conflict between Admiral Rojestvensky and Admiral Togo, and despite reports that scouting vessels have already been engaged near the island of Mauritius, the admiralty declines to display any excitement In deed, the tranquility manifested Is quite unnatural, except on the theory that pend ing the prospects of peace negotiations Ad miral Rojestvensky has received orders to keep out of the way of the Japanese. Although without direct advices, the ad miralty does not credit the report of the meeting of scouting vessels off Mauritius. The same thing holds good In regard to the report of the sinking of the Rurjlan battle ships Slssci Vellky and Navarln. which. It is declared, was probably an arrant in vention. It can be asserted, however, that the report that Admiral Rojestvensky is awaiting Admiral Nebogatoff's division to strengthen his squadron Is incorrect. The vessels of Nebogatoff's division are not of the same type or speed as Rojestvenaky's and are only Intended to trail behind as a convoy to protect the fleet of colliers. Quiet at the Front. GUNSHU PASS, Manchuria, March 26. (Evening.) On the front all Is quiet Both sides are busily reorganising and effecting new concentrations. A large party of Japanese prisoners passed throujh this place today on the way to Harbin. One of the Japanese Is a spy who wss captured In a uniform of the Eleventh Siberian Rifles. He will be trUd by court-martial. Reports to the effect that General Ma has occupied Mukden and Tie Pass with Chinese troops are unfounded. Rosslan Ships Enter Cnnal. PORT SAID, March 26.-Tha division of the Russian second Pacific squsdron com manded by Admiral Nebogatoff, which ar THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska Fair Sunday and Monday. NF.WS SF.CTION 1 Outlines Policy of the Liberals. Italy May Ray the Railroads. Latest News from War In Ka.t. Legislature Is Ru.hlnsT Its Work. 9 Two Rise Ocean Liners Collide. 3 News from All Parts of Nebraska. Arrannlnsr Snn Domlnsio's Affairs. 4 Clo.c Doors on Srnntorlal Inquiry. 5 Outlook for laborers Is Bright. Affair, nt South Omaha. 6 Klscht-llonr Day for the Printers. Womnn In Club nnd C'bnrlty. 7 Scottish Rite Masonic Reunion. Corn Still Com Inn to Omaha. 8 Past Week In Omaha Society. EDITORIAL SECTION 11 Another Slsrn of Omaha's Growth. Books by Nebraaka Women, til Editorial. 17 Financial and Commercial. HALF-TONE SECTION 1 President Stuyvcsaat Flah. Water Power from the Missouri. Herrnt Electrical Progress. (ioa.lp About Noted People. Head of State Historical Society, ii Plays and rinyers. Music nnd Musical Notes. 3 Sherlock Holmes' Story. 4 Openlnsr East Omaha Bridge. Nebraaka ITIie-Wlnnlns: Beef. Quaint Feature, of Life. Tersely Told Tales. 5 Carpenter's Puna ma Letter. Teaching; Farmers Corn tSo.pel. l Review of Sportlnn Events. 7 For nnd About Women Folk.. W Curious Capers of Cupid, COLOR SECTION 1 Busier Brown's April Fool. H A Romance of Fifty Year.. From Near and Far. 8 Three Years Without Foot on I.nnd 4 Philadelphia's School for Brides. How Ancients Went to Bed. 5 Literary Women All Beauties Then Moat Beautiful Hand on Earth. What Dress Makes Her Look Best f 7 Top o' the Mornln. 8 Lucy and Sophie Say (iood-Bye, Kid. nnd Cop tlo Fishing. O A Conjurlnu Skull Story. Practical Housekeeping Hints. IO Bevy of Staire Beauty. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi Hour. . Dec. Hour. Dear. 5 a. m nil 1 p. m 117 41 a. m 41) 2 p. m 37 7 n. m 4 3 p. m 4 H a. in 411 4 p. m SO On. m . . , . t . (13 S p. m 55 ill a. m Bit p. in RS 11 a. 111 tin 7 p. ni 37 lit 111 tUi BRYAN AND PARKER TO SPEAK New York and Chlcaao Democratic Clnba to Exchange Oratory by Telephone. NEW YORK, March 25.-U Is possible the guests of the Jefferson birthday banquets In this city and Chicago will be enabled to listen to the speeches of the more promi nent orators "in both cities tin the same evening by means of telephone wires con necting the two banquet halls. A sugges tion that such an arrangement be brought about has been made by officials of the Iroquois club of Chicago and the propo sition will be considered by a committee of the Democratic club of this city next Tues day night. Should the local club take fa vorable action, plans will be perfected to have each guest supplied with a telephone receiver connected with a direct wire be tween the banquet halls In Chicago and New York. Wllllnm Jennings Bryan will be one of the principal speakers at the Chi cago club, while Alton B. Parker will be one of the speakers at the banquet hall In this city. EXPENSE BILL BIG Total of Appropriations in Bight Three Million Bight Hundred Thousand. INCREASE OVER FIGURES TWO YEARS AGO Twine Plant Bill Bepresents About Double the Amount of Increase. MEANS INCREASE IN THE STATE DEBT Measure for Twine Plant is in Conference at Present. POSSIBILITY IT MAY MEET WITH VETO Omaha Charter Passes the House by n Innnlmons Vote and Is nt Once Tnken Over to the Sennte. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, March 25 -(Special Telegram.) If all the appropriation bills pending be fore the governor and legislature ar enacted Into law the total appropriations for the twenty-ninth session, exclusive of the temporary school funds, will amount to $3,863,978.74, nnd after deducting the aggre gate of temporary university and other special funds, $770,712.06, and the estimated general fund receipts, J2.S19.24t. 71, a net in crease Is shown in the state debt of $269, 021.97, bringing the total state debt up ap proximately to $2,620,0(10. The total appro priations two years ago amounted to $$, 740,280. Of the appropriations made this year some, such as the $200,000 for the binder twine plant and the , live stock pavilion, advocates of the measures claim they should not bo classed as liabilities in ths strict acceptation of the term; but Gov ernor Mickey takes the view that they are nothing else. They go to swell the gen eral total and figure ultimately as nothing but obligations. The general appropriations bill, which has passed the house and been amended by and is still pending In the senate, thus far car lies $1,902,877. The following table will show each appropriation bill and Its amount. The binder twine plant, live stock pavilion and Normal school library iPeru) bills have passed both house and senate and are In the hands of the governor, not having received his signature yet, however. All the other bills down to the first total, ex cept H. Rs. 350, 305, S81 and 413, are pend ing before the senate. These three have not ynt reached that body. Genernl Fnnd Appropriations. Bills Introduced carrying general fund ap propriations and still pending: H. R. 9 Maintaining sub-station (experiment I, etc $ 32,00) If. R. 20 Repair Bridge, Norfolk.... 85,0C0 H. R. 49 Binder twine (bonds) am.ooo H. R. 62 Live stock pavilion 10,010 H. R. 101 Portland Exposition 13.0.W H. R. 110 Anti-trust bill 10,003 11. R. 135 Normal school library (Peru) 82,000 H. R. 197 Payment premium state treasurer's bond 5,0n0 H. R. 202 Iowa boundary commission 1.00.1 H. R. 250 Salary hill .....,1S5.1 H. R. 25ft Home for cripples 25,000 11. tu Hunaing, f eetiiemlnded institute ... 25,000 H. R. 802 Payment . miscellaneous , Items RS KM H. R. 347 General appropriations.... 1,902.847 H. Rv349 Testing for coal, oil, gas, etc 25,000 H. R. 350 Additional ground, State university 25,000 H. R. 365-Rellff First National bank or Columbus 879 H. R. 381 Claims 42.811 II. R. 413 Battleship Nebraska 11- Drary , 8.000 MORMONS TO ENTER ILLINOIS Church Will Be Established Where Joseph Smith Was Tried. CHICAGO. March 25 A special to the Post from Bloomlngton, III., says that the Mormons have decided to come back to Illinois. At the meeting at the Illinois con ference of the Mormons, which has Just closed In Warren county. It was decided to Invade the land of their fathers, and their churches will be built one at Mon mouth, another at Oquakato and the third at Warsaw. It was at Monmouth that the trial of Joseph Smith, the first prophet of the Mor mon church, took place In 1841. He had been arrested In Qulnc.y on an old Missouri warrant, charging arson, murder and other high crimes. Stephen A. Douglas, who afterward became the chief political rival of Abraharn Lincoln, was then Judge of the circuit. The trial attracted crowds of Mormons. After lasting many days the trial ended In the acquittal of Smith. (Continued on Second Page.) VIOLENT STORMJN OKLAHOMA Four Persons Are Killed and Mnny Injured Pnrtlal List of the Victims. GUTHRIE, O. T., March l5.-Vlolent storms throughout the territory today have resulted In four deaths and numerous In' Juries to others. The dead: DEAN E. RICHMOND. JOHN THOMAS, killed by lightning near Watonga. CHARLES R. 8CHOONOVER, killed by lishtnlng at New Feathers Ford. ORV1LLE PEMBEKTON, drowned near Kaw City. Injured: Charles Bronson, critically. Mrs. Charles llronaon. Matilda Hickman, several ribs broken. The Bronson home near Syra was de molished. Movements of Ocean Vessels March 23. At New York Arrived: Georglc, from Liverpool; Philadelphia, rrom Southamp ton; Etrurla, from Liverpool, Sailed: Mln netonka, for London; Lucanla, for Liver pool; Ht Louis, for Southampton; Patricia, for Hamburg; Vaderland. for Aiitwem: Prinzes Irene, for Genoa; Columbia, for Glasgow. At Liverpool Arrived: Frlesland, from Philadelphia. Sailed: Campania, for New York. At Fort De France Arrived: Prlmessln Victoria Lulse, from New York. At Glasgow Balled: Pomeranian, for New York; Caledonia, for New York. At Queenstown Sailed: Celtic, for New York. At Southampton Sailed: St. Paul, for New York. At Plymouth Arrived: New York, from New York. At Havre Sailed: I.a Ixrralne. for New York; L'Aqultalne, for New York. At Naples Arrived: Lomrwrdla, from New York. At Ponta Del Oada Arrived :, Cretlc, from New York. At Hamburg Arrived: Pennsylvania, from New York. At Rotterdam Balled: Rotterdam, for New York. At Cherbourg Bulled ; Bt. Paul, for New York At London Sailed: Anglian, for Boston. Total $3,676,478 Bills passed and approved carrying other eral fund appropriations: II. R. 53 Payment members, offi cers and employes $ 80,000 H. R. 55 Payment Incidental ex penses 20,000 H. R. 102 Improvements at state hatchery ,000 H. R. 117-Study of Irrigation mat ters .; 5,000 Bills passed and aproved carrying other than general fund appropriations: H. R. 17 Morrill agricultural ex periment fund, university cash fund (estimated! t I7nnm H. R. 45 State Normal library fund tesumaiea; 4,500 Total $ 282,500 Condition of State Debt. An exhibit showing the anticipated condi tion of the state debt, based on appropria tions already made and those pending, and upon the estimated receipts as shown by the report of the state auditor, which esti mated receipts are based on a 4H-mlll general fund levy on the grand assessment roll of $291,000,000, follows: Total appropriation bills Dossed..! 283500 00 Total pending 3,676,478 74 Total $3,858.878 74 Deducting aggregate of tempor ary unlverfliy and other special funds 770,712 06 Liability for blennlum $3,088,206 88 Leas estimated gen'l fund receipts 2.819,244 71 Net Increase of debt $ 269,02197 Adjourn I mil Monday. On the tlfty-elghth legislative day ths house adjourned at 4:10 and the senats at noon until 2:30 p. m. Monday. Tho house put in a busy day up to the minute of ad journment, devoting the entire time almost to bills on third reading. The Omaha charter bill was passed in the house without a dissenting vote, sixty nine being cast for It. Hastily It wss transmitted to the senate, where it was read the first time. As soon ' as it was passed in the house Chief Clerk Wall took It In charge and decorated It with fifteen yards of Inch and one-halt green ribbon which was left over from Bt. Patrick's day, and he, Sergeant-at-Arms Taylor, with Representatives Andersen snd Lee of Omaha, marched with the precious docu ment down the long corridor to the senate, where they were given a hearty reception. Binder Twine Bill Detnlned. The Ernst binder twine bill has another notch or two to pass before It gets through the legislature and Is ready for ths gov ernor's sentence. It came back to .the house, where it originated, today and the house refused to concur In the senate amendments, the principal one of which changed the twine to be manufactured by this plant from hard to soft. McLeod of Btanto.t raised the objection . that ths farmers of this state did not want any soft twine and if the bill was to pass with that provision they did not want the bill. He proceeded at length to point out the Inferiority of the soft to the hard twine and urged that the house nonconcur In th senate smendments. The motion was adopted and McLeod, Caldwell and Ernst were appointed a conference committee to meet a Uko committee from the senate and adjust matters. The senate appointed Cady, Mockett and Haller as Its con ference committee. . Mockett and Haller both fought the bill In committee of the whole snd Cady was Its chief defender in the senate. Considerable doubt surrounds ths ultimate fats of the UU. (overMir