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
