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r erlock holmes' Mystery St Nexl Sunday's Bee. The Omaha Daily Bee. Carpenter's Panama Letters, Next Sunday's Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MOKNINd, MAKCIt 30, 1905 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THKEE CENTS. RUSSIA SOT READY SANTO DOMINGO IS PLEASED Ictlon of I nlted States Regarding c Mint(fmrnt of Finance Meets V. . with Imintll. Official Agency Saja No Peace Conditio. TT TJ T J T 4 f r AN DOMINGO, Republic of Santa Do- go, March 3 The news of the ac ATTITUDE ' Of CZAR'S ADVISERS nncp by the government at Washington Japan Informed that Ho Territory Will Be Ceded or Indemnity Paid. UNITED STATES NOT ASKED TO ASSIST Mikado ia Warned Against Accepting Any Offer of Mediation ' PREPARATIONS fOK WAR TO CONTINUE Whole Situation in Sow In Hands of Commission Which la ( en. Merino: Kvery Phase of Matter. ST. PETERSBURU. March 29 An offi cial news agency pays: In spite of the general inclination in favor of conclusion of tht war, Russia has not proposed any peace conditions nor pre pared any auch conditions. the proportion of the Dominican gov- ent that the government of the United nstime control of the financei of 'epubllc with the view of setting I t if a portion of revenues for the pay n . . f its debts pending definite action o .ne part of the American senate has had a most favorable effect here. The opinion Is expressed that the action taken by the authorities at Washington will change the situation completely. WASHINGTON, March 29. - The presi dent has decided to recommend the selec tion of William E. Gould of Baltimore as one of the collectors of customs at San Domingo. It has not yet been determined whether Prof. Hhoades shall have genera! charge of the collections at all ports or whether other persons will be appointed. The de tails are still under consideration". Secretary Taft made no declaration today about the alleged revolutionary movement at Monti Chrlstl, Santo Domingo, but said that an Americnn agent was at that port collecting the revenues, and Intimated that it was not likely that this government would allow any disturbance to Interfere BURT NOT CONSIDERED NOW L. P. 6honi of Clover Leaf Thought to Be blatad for Commission. GENERAL BATES TO SUCCEED CHAFFEE l pon Cieneral nates' Retirement Xext Year It Is Announced Cieneral Corbln Is to Rf Made Chief of Staff of the Army. Officially the authorities continue to deny j wltn his duty. This refers to Commander I that Russia has made any proposals to Japan. This Is literally true, as Russia has only made known the negative conditions, leaving the Intermediary to convey these conditions on Its own responsibility to Japan. Diplomats In St. Petersburg are convinced that something Is in progress, but none of those In a position to know will acknowl edge that they are aware of what Is being Jone. The Novo . Vremya yesterday lor the first time admitted the possibility of i: gotlatlons for peace, commenting on the efforts of the British and French to prove that peace Is advisable both for Russia and Japan. The Novoe Vremya declares that the payment of Indemnity by Russia Is utterly out of the question, as it would be a question tending to build up the strength of Japan and that Japan is not in a position to claim Indemnity. The paper auks whether diplomats "who did nothing to prevent war" now will turn their attention to bringing It to a close on terms advantageous to both combatants. Referred to Commission. Russia's attitude was described today by a prominent diplomat as follows. ."The government Is , now for peace, but con tinues to prepare for war." The whole situation with reference to the prosecution of the war Is being care fully considered from every viewpoint bv a commission sitting under tne presidency of Grand Duke Nicholas Nlchoialvitch, in- spector general of cavalry, and 'consisting of Minister of War Sakharoff. Vice Ad miral Avellan, , head of the Russian ad miralty department; minister of Finance Kokovoeotr. Minister of Railroads Hilkoff, Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, Generals Urodckoff and Kamaroff. and several others, . Every phase of the situation, military, naval,' financial, transportation, Siberian and diplomatic, Is being covered. The commission's re pon. which ia ex pei!tf 'lo "ta luiuploteiT in tea days, will -. be prepared ' by Grand Dulte Nicholas Nlcolalvltch and Generals Grodekoff and Kamaroff for submission to the rmperor. The Associated Press is .in a position to announce that a step in the direction of peace actually has been taken. Russia has indirectly made known to Japan the nega tive conditions upon which peace -may be concluded,' namely, no cessation of territory and no Indemnity leaving Japan to deter mine whether negotiations be begun upon that basis.. No reply from Jacn has yet reached the Russian government. Russian Securities Decline. Russian 4s took a ' further sharp decline today, to 83 'i, closing 24 points below yes terday's low mark. Other government se curities and Industrials suffered in sympa thy and thero was considerable excitement on the Bourse, though traders retained their heads In the face of the fall. The full decline In the price of 4s was manifest in the opening quotsttons and the bonds remained steady at the low point through out the day, being slightly iirmer at the close. -Among other government securities the government's first lottery loan fell 44 points, to 381, and second lottery loaji 2 points, to 803, whilst southwestern railways, guaranteed by the government, dropped hi a point, to 126. Industrials, as during pre ceding days, fluctuated materially during the day, closing lower throughout. 'Attitude of Inltf d States. WASHINGTON, March 29.-Neither Rus sia nor Japan has asked President Roose velt to assist them In ending the war. So far as the Washington government Is aware, Emperor Nicholas has not weak ened Jn his announced decision "to prose cute the war to the bitter end." . The genuine wish of this government for peace In the fur east Is not based upon seinsh Interests. American financiers have not overloaded themselves wlth bonds of either of the belligerent nations. Washing ton believes that it is to the advantage of both belligerents that the far eastern war come to a speedy end and anything that this government a ti do to bring that about will he done gladly. From the outset of the war the president has taken the posi tion, as has' been repeatedly announced by Secretary' Hay, that he will do Anything in his 'power to assist Russia and Japan to peace basis when his services shall be ac ceptable to the belligerents. But It Is au thoritatively stated that no official of the Washington government is ambitious to pose as the mediator between the czar and mikado. It is the feeling here that Russia and Japan should negotiate directly and avoid an International conference. This opinion also prevails In Berlin. Indeed Japan has recently received an urgent warning against' Indirect negotiations lest they lead! to an International conference, the results of which mlgjit prove disastrous to the interests of both belligerents. French Are Optimistic PARIS. March. itt.-All the official in formation relative to peace ia of a nega tive nature. At the same time the official view Is now atrongly optimistic that peace Is not far distant. This view Is not duo to exact information, but Is the result of a settled conviction that peace Is the only logical outcome of Russia's present predicament. However, the For eign office refused to credit the various re ports that France Is tuklng a hand In the negotiations or preliminaries and Hp3clfically denies the report from a north ern capital that Russia has asked Foreign Minister Delcaase to act Intermediary. Another report, prominently displayed in the Echo Dc Paris today, says the United States ''Is about to make a coup de theater by Initiating peace." . . Thls'Ma likewise not credited In high quarters, ss letters Just, received front Am bassador McCormick. say Russia has not made any advances through him. More- Leper of the Detroit. It Is said at the department that the next step In the execution of the depart ment's plans relative to Santo Domingo cannot be taken until President Morales has formally concluded the arrangement with the foreign creditor powers, two of whom up to yesterday had not acted. When the president has secured the neces sary signatures to his agreement and has so informed Washington the secretary of war will at once nominate to President Morales the person who Is to act as chief collector, and perhaps the subcollectors at the minor ports, though It Is possible the designation of these will be left to the chief collector. CZAK TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF t'nronflrmed Rumor Printed at Paris Says Nicholas Attempted Solpltle. PARIS, March 30. An unconfirmed rumor from St. Petersburg Is published here this morning to the effect that Emperor Nicho las made an attempt, to commit suicide and wounded himself in the hand. The rumor further says that the emperor's design was frustrated by the Intervention of his mother, the empress dowager. GERMANY'S PART IN MOROCCO Chancellor Tells of Empire's Interest la Affairs of African Country-. BERLIN, March 28. Chancellor von Buelow, speaking on Morocco in the Reich stag today, said that "Germany would in the first InBtunce place itself In communi cation with the sultan of Morocco." Ger many held such Interests In Morocco as other trading countries euch interest as It had In Chlnu and other parts of the world. - Those Interests were real and would be protected In Morocco according to the open door principle. ; . TANGIER, Morocco, March 39. The gov ernor of Tangier 'has dispatched an invita tion to Raisull, the brigand chief, to come in with the principal tribesmen to meet Emperor William. It is understood that 4he German legation has guaranteed Raisull against any Interference on the purt of the Moorish government. M'CORMICK STARTS FOR PARIS American Ambassador Leaves St. Pr terabnrg for Ills New Post. ST. PETERSBURG. March 29. Ambassa dor and Mrs. McCormick departed for Paris this evening, a lurge assemblage, In which practically the entire diplomatic corps was represented, gathered at the railroad station to bid them farewell. This afternoon the ambassador, accom panied by Charge d'Affalres Eddy, was re ceived in farewell audience by Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, who expressed the most cordial appreciation of the services of Mr. McCormick during the period of difficult diplomacy, said he regretted his departure and gave the ambassador the heartiest wishes for his success and en joyment at his new post. Honor for Doobassoff. ST. PETERSBURG. March 2.-Vlce Ad miral Doubassoff, who acted as commis sioner for -Russia on the International commission which Inquired Into the North sea Incident, has been appointed aide-decamp general to the emperor, with the retention of his present post of chairman of the technical board of the admiralty. Germans Killed In Skirmish. BERLIN, March 29. An official dispatch from Windhoek, German Southwest Africa, today announced that eleven men of Kerchner's detachment were killed r.nd twenty-two were wounded in a tight with insurgents March 10 and March 11 at Kosls and Gelbanes. Denmark Approves Treaty, COPENHAGEN, March 29.-The Danish Parliament today adopted the Russo-Dan-ish'arbltratlon treaty. ACCIDENT TO SHERIFF POWER (v-Unued m Eighth Page.) He and Henry Rholff Seriously In Jured la a Runaway in Colorado. "LYONS. Colo.i March 29. (Special Tele gram.) While returning from the Clara Belle mine In Allen's park today Sheriff Power f Dougla county, Nebraska, presi dent or the Clara Belle Mining company; Henry Rholff, a director of the company. and Mr. Wllherger, an employe, all from Omaha, were badly hurt In a runaway ac cident. Their horses became frightened at stock graslng on the hillside. The tongue fell and was broken and the horses ran until they struck a big boulder. Mr. Power was ladly hurt about the shoulder and Mr. Hholff had a rib broken, Mr. A'llherger has a badly bruised elbow. They left for Den ver at noon. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. March 21 (Special Tele gram. )-From little things heard about the War department today, It seems safe in predicting the new Panama commissioners will be named before the president leaves on his trip to the south and west. Today Horace G. Burt's name for one of the commissioners was wiped off the slate and that of L. P. Shonts. president of the Clover Leaf railroad, placed In the space made vacant by the removal of Burt's name. Mr. Shonts Is now In Havana, but Is coming oack to the United States on the dippatch boat Dolphin. It was learned at the War department today that he is expected here on Saturday with Secretary of the Navy Paul, Morton. It was stated that Shonts name has been agreed upon and that he has been sounded as to his ac ceptance and has tentatively agreed to serve and merely desires to consult with his family before definitely accepting. Judge Charles E. Magoon will bo gov ernor of the canal zone and minister, tak ing the place now held by John Barrett, who will be recalled. Members of Commission Reslitn. The first practical step having In view the reorganization of the Panama Canal commission was taken today, when, In com pliance with Instructions from President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft requested the members of the commission to tender their resignations. This request was promptly complied with by those members of the commission now In Washington, and their resignations will be in the hands of the president tomorrow. The purport of Secre tary Taft's letter requesting the resigna tions of the commissioners was sent to Ma jor General Davis, retired, of the army, the governor of the canal zone and one of the members of the commission, and a prompt answer Is expected from him. As indicated In the letter of Secretary Taft. the resigna tions are requested In order that the presi dent might havo a Tree hand In reorganiz ing the commission. That the president contempluted the reorganization of the commission has been known for some time. It was believed originally that better re sults might be accomplished by the ap pointment of a smaller commission than that now existing, but a recent opinion of Attorney General Moody held that under the law the president was required to name seven members in all. The appointments probably will be announced by the presi dent during his southern trip. The members of the commission, in addi tion to General Davis, are Rear Admiral Walker of the navy, retired, chairman; William Barclay Parsons, William H. Burr, Benjamin M. JIarrod and E. Ewald Grun sky. Subordinates . Want to Hold On. A good-sized boom was started today for Colonel Edwards for one of the places on the commission, but it Is thought his work as head of the insular bureau Is of such a character that it will not permit of his appointment to the Panama commission. Since the announcement the commission was to be changed every kind of Influence has been used to hold the present commis sion Intact, not by the commissioners tlum selves, but by those under them, who have worked their political pulls for "all there is In It" in order to retain their present positions. There will of necessity be heart burnings over the change contemplated, but the president is determined to have commissioners who will work in harmony and for that purpose he 1 canvassing the United States for men who have made successes of great enterprises. Bates to Succeed Chaffee. Announcement is made at the War de partment that it is the president's inten tion to appoint General John C. Bates to succeed General Adna R. Chaffee, present lieutenant general and chief of staff, when the latter retires, and on 'the retirement of General Bates General Henry C. Corbln Is to be made lieutenant general and chief of staff.. Major General Bates, who is now In command of the northern division, will attain to the lieutenant generalship by easy stages. He Is booked first for the I post of assistant chief of Ft a ft. General G. ! L. Gillespie now holds this position, but he will retire on or before October 1. Gen- j eral Bates will serve as assistant chief until the retirement of Lieutenant General Chaffee, which will occur on April 4, 19D6, at which time General Bates will become a i lieutenant general. He will serve from April to August 6 of that same year, when he will be retired and Corbln will succeed. N. P. Fell, former business manager of j The Omaha Bee, but now a resident of Cleveland, O., accompanied by his wife . and daughter, Is In Washington for a few days on business connected with his com pany. Name Chimed to Omaha Division. The postmaster genersl has ordered the designation of the field divisions of the i rural free delivery service changed as fol- I lows: The division known as the Atlantic J division, Washington, will be called the Washington division; the southern didl slon, with heudquarters at Nashville, will be called the Nashville division; the Ohio, with headquarters at Cincinnati, will be called the Cincinnati division; the middle division will be culled the Chicago di vision; the Missouri division, with head quarters at St. Louis, will be culled the St. Louis division. The remaining divi sion will be known as the Omaha division. The order will take affect April J. MORE OF BEAVERS' METHODS Daughter of Ills landlady Carried on Payroll of jl'iistofflce at Freilnnla, N. Y. ALBNY. N. Y March .9 That at tempts were made to Influence Frank P. Ball, the Dunkirk ticket broker, alleged to have been placed In the Fredonln postofflce by the Influence of Justice Wurren Hooker to discuss certain matters claimed to be In his possession, was the substance of the tetlmony of Ball before the asembly Ju diciary committee today in the resumption of the Investigation Into the charges Rgainst Justice Hooker. Ball testified that although he hud done no work at the Fre donia pos'iifilre he hud received J2.M2. I'rnctlcally all of this, he said, was used to repay the wife of Judge Hooker, who had endorsed a note for him. Later he returned every cent of the amount he had received to the postmaster at Fredonla, who had been ordered to refund It to the govern ment. 4 Through the Introduction of a report by W. E. Cochran, chief iMistofflce lnsiector. It was learned that "Minerva Jeffries" Is r.ot a myth, as has been claimed. Evidence Wan introduced at the early hearings that Minerva Jeffries was sppolnted to the Fre donla postofflce on January IT, 1S9S, to gether with several other persons without the knowledge or request of the postmas ter, who testified that he had never seen the woman and thut her pay cheeks were pent to George W. Beavers In Washington. The portion of the report admitted says: "Minerva Jeffries Is tee daughter of Mrs. Kate Hlttckmer of Washington, at whose residence Mr. Beavers Jliad a room." PARSIFAL DRAWS A THRONG First Bight of Grand Opera Eeasjn at Auditorium a 8 recess. MUSIC-DRAMA HEARD BY THOUSANDS NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Rain ThnrsdaM toller In West Por tion and nt Mnht In Fast Portion. Friday Fair and Colder In Fast Portion. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Den. nr Hour, H a Omaha and Neighboring Cities Pay Tribute to Presence of llerr Con rled's Singers and Richard Wagner's Music. ADRIFT UPON AN ICE FLOE Seven Men and One Woman Rescued from Perilous Position In Saginaw Bar. BAY CITY' Mich., March 29. Joseph Denny and wife and six other fishermen who had remained too long at their fish shanties far out on Saginaw bay were rescued today In an exhausted condition. Starting for shore yesterday, they had walked all night only to find themselves finally surrounded on every side by open water as the Ice steadily melted away under the high temperature. When the shouts of the party were heard late today and responded to by men In a boat, Mrs. Denny had collapsed from fatigue and fright. Her male companions were haul ing her on a sled as they tramped back and forward, waiting and praying for their cries of olstress to be answered. DOUBLE CRIME IN ILLINOIS Man Kills Divorced Wife's Brother and Himself ns Result of Marital Troubles. MARSHALL, 111., March 29 William J. Cruse killed Frank Llvlx,- his brother-in- law, at the latter's home Htajr here today and then committed suicide. Cruse and his wife, who Is a sister of Llvlx, Uvad Until recently In Jasper county Mrs. Cruse a few weeks go obtained a divorce and came her to live with her family. Cruse claiming that the Uvlx family had influenced his wife to leave him, came here and meeting Llvix shot and killed him. The dead body of Cruse was found later near the barn. He had shot himself through the head. lira. . . 4t . . ntt . . 40 ,. 41 . . 41 . . 4T . . ft t , . rut m ..... in . . . r.t it u Hi u:t RT A.1 RUSH TO FINISH UP Both House and Senate Working at High Pressure on Lest Days. VETO OF ANTI-CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BILL No Effort Made by Supporters to Pasi it 0er Governor1! Head. FRATERNAL BILL HELD UP IN SENATE glory to ne orsirea. r-crnaps , (jne Hi he great audience came from road n nd towns. They came from surface GOVERNMENT HOLDS THE DUST Valuable Metal Broagbt to United States In Irresjnlnr Manner . Is Siesed. SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.-Collector I of the Port Stratton has taken charge of $2,000 In gold dust which was on deposit to the order of William L. Loalza & Co. In n local bank. It had been smuggled Into this state from Mexico and was held here without any records being made In the customs house, which Is contrary to law. The gold dust Is held by the collector pending an application for a remission of penalties and forfeiture, which the gold dut is subject to under the law STANDARD OIL HITS BACK Kansas Wholesale Dealers Must Pay Full Retail Price for Its Product. TQPEKA. Kan , March 2D. In a .spirit of what Is believed to be retaliation for the antl-dlscrlmlnatlon law passed by the last state legislature, the Standard Oil com pany has discontinued giving Jobbers and wholesalers In Kansas concessions In prlco on refined oil ar.d gasoline. The effect of this order will. It Is said, be to take the business of handling kero sene away from the wholesalers, who now will have to pay tbs retail price fur these gmuiodiUs. ALLEGES MARRIAGE IS BOGUS Omaha Story Developed In Di vorce Petition Filed In Denver. DENVER, March 29. (Special Telegram.) A manufactured divorce decree, a mar riage certificate trumed up for the pur pose and a friend who posed as a Justice of the peace are the grounds upon which Sadie Putnam asks for an annulment of her alleged marriage to George W. Put nam, which took place In Omaha September so; 1S!W. It Is alleged by Mrs. Putnam In a petition filed In the county court that at the time of the pretended marriage Putnam told her he had been previously married, but de clared he had been divorced, and to sub tantlate his story showed her his divorce decree. After some persuasion she decided to marry him, she declares, and he then produced what apieared to be a legal mar riage certificate, took her before one Edger ton, who explained to her that he was a justice of lbs psacs, and tbfrsfor married the 0 JJL BIG ILLUSTRATED FEATURES IN NEXT SUNDAY'S BEE 1 Hans Christian Andersen Centennial One hundredth anniversary of the famous Danish fairy tale writer. 2 Sherlock Holmes' Mystery Adventure of the Six Napoleons a detective story of Intense In terest sustained to the very end. 3 Buster Brown Up to Tricks Latest sport of this side-splitting pictorial fun-maker, assisted by his wonderful dog Tige. 4 Where widows Have the Best of It Government statistics say they live longer and remarry easier than their sisters. 5 Carpenter's Letters from lanama Results of his personal observa tions stated In a way that ia eluci dating and intelligible. 6 Married Actresses Shun Footlights Transfer from stuge to home life extinguishes desire for more ap plause from the audience. 7 Princess who will Wed for Love Only Daughter of King Edward breaks precedent by claiming right to ac cept or refuse suitors. B Barraclaugb's A Crockett Story Characteristic bit of fiction from the pen of one of our most popular modern novelists. 9 Wives as Good Investments Tn some rountrles a question of a better half Is only a profitable business undertaking. 10 only 'rust That Is Not Afraid A bachelors' trust whose members have to obey various peculiar rules of their own making. It wss wildly exciting in the beginning. magnificent to the eye nnd ear after it got started, and, taken all in all, rather grand. as befits Its official designation. Five thousand eager persons filled the Audi torium to the uttermost seat to hear Heln- rich Conrled's Metropolitan Grand Opera company sing "Parslfsl" In German. The first truly great grand opera season that Omaha has enjoyed since 1SX9. when PattI, Nordlca, Pcalchl and others sang In the Coliseum, opened with all the pride and pomp and glory to he desired. Perhaps one-third of th other cities an Des Moines on the east to Chadron and Red Cloud on the west, and from Sioux Fulls on the north to the southermost lim its of Iowa and Nebraska. Society of Omnha, eastern Nebraska nnd western Iow:i did the opera In fashion's approved manner, only there were many others who would not feel comfortable in dress clothes or with bared arms and shoulders, and for this reason the appearance of gilded luxury was somewhat mottled and subdued. . Racka-round Is Ueeomlra. The Auditorium never looked better. Jt hnd been specially prepored and draped for the occasion and a color scheme In dark green and maroon alipost but not quite worked out. Above the stage wall on each side flags were used and It was not ex plained whether this was done out of patrlotlsm,,or because the other fabrics ran short. Soft lights with red shades were fixed In clusters over the boxes. The Im mense stage looked almost small and In significant In the distance contrasted with the width of the structure. The curtain and the stage hangings were In maroon; the balconies draped with dark green stuffs re lieved by crests and shields. The whole effect except the Jarring flag arrangement Was tasteful and subdued. The former crude, barnlike appearance of the Interior was overcome. In other respects, too, the giant house proved Itself capable of what was asked, but a telescope came near to being a necessity If a person cared to dis tinguish features. "Parsifal's" gorgeous scenery found a setting that made It yield up its best effects. It is cast on a large, If beautiful scale, and needs room for the best results. All these it had and more. Taken Fnll Soberly. Everyone seemed to regard the affair as most solemn. It lacked In brilliancy and vivacity and the only excitement was In getting In and getting out. By a close ob server signs could be distinguished that it was difficult many times for tha auditors to restrain overt enthusiasm as the work of the artists fell upon their ears. The ancMtors approached the festival play with reserved behavior. -There was no noise or movement after the doors had been finally closed and the curtains drawn apart on the scene In the domain of the Grail. Many bought librettos and strove In the dim light to follow the words of the singers. This was done at the risk of strained eyesight and the majority, which naa euner neara ine opera before or studied It, kept Its eyes on the stage and merely listened to the music and the voices that gave it expression and meaning far beyond the capacity of any ' instrument outside the human throat. When Mr. Burgstaller, Parsifal, appeared a number could not resist clapping their hands at the dramatic entrance. But, as at the En glish production, the applause was silenced quickly. Jam at the Entrance, There was a fearful Jam at the door, al though the pepple began arriving at 4 o'clock and the carriages a few minutes later. Two narrow passages were pro vided for the vast throng on the first floor and two for the balconies. At 6:60 or ten minutes before the opera was scheduled to begin, Sergeant Renfrow rushed up to Clement Chase, who has charge of the local management, and told him that 600 persons were massed outside the doors and that un less something was done they never could get in in time. Mr. Chase started to do something, he hardly knew what, but shortly afterwards the carriages ceased to come and the congestion was relieved. At 6:10 everybody who wished was Inside and seated, but the prelude did not begin for some minutes later. The excitement and vexations over en tering and getting properly settled for the opera had Its effect upon the people and they were nervous and Inclined to be alert and anxious and unsociable until after the long Intermission between the first and second acts. In the evening thev relaxed a great deal and began to really enjoy the things set before them. Two Hours for Dinner. It took at least a quarter of an hour to empty the Auditorium and packed street cars delayed many who went home to dinner. Consequently there was a good deal or rushing about to get down in time, as the experience of the afternoon had taught patrons that U required a long time for so many people to get In under the ar rangements. The Omaha club, Commercial club and downtown hotels and cafes cared for many of the "Parsifal" goers at dinner. Society made considerably more of the event In this respect than on the previous occasion. As arranged and lighted, the Auditorium did not afford a good opportunity for dis playing fine feathers. The windows had been carefully covered to exclude every ray of natural light, so that none of the scenic effects might be lost, and the arti ficial light used before the opera began and between the acts was not brilliant. Besides, this occupants of the boxes could not be seen by half of those in the balconies and the observation from the floor was poor. FIIHns; the Floor Space. Though seats were sold up to the very last minute, the supply was barely ade quate to the demand. Two small fly gal leries, perched seriously high at either side toward the rear were pressed Into use and filled with chairs. There men and women obviously lost In the great music drama could be seen libretto In hand, and looking as though the next moment would find them diving for the floor many feet beneath. Tonight Marcella Sembrlch and Caruso, the new tenor, who has created a sensa tion wherever he has appeared, will sing lit DontiUettl's "Lucia dl Lammermoor." Most of the out-of-town visitors will stay over for the event which In brilliancy is expected to eclipse "Parsifal." No em bargo Is placed on applause at this opera ACCIDENT IN THE SUBWAY Collision llrenks Kfectrleel Connec tion and Sets Fire to Woodwork. NEW YORK, March 20. A severe explo sion, followed by an outbronk of fire, which up to a late hour tonight had defied all the efforts of the firemen to extinguish It completely, occurred today In an unfinished section of the subway at Broadway and One Hundred and Sixty-seventh street. The t that point I." 125 feet below the e. The explosion followed a collision between an empty train, which had been run too far beyond the terminal switch, nnd a flat car, on which were several Itnllan laborer. It was rumored that the shock detonated a box of dynamite cart ridges on the car, although all the men on the car escaped uninjured. General Manager Hedley stated that there was no dynamite In the tunnel and that the explosion was caused by a short circuit on the third rail and the feed cable, resulting from the collision., which pet fire to some of the timbers used by tha contractor In shoring up the tunnel. No person was Injured, and according to Mr. Medley's statement, only one car of the empty train was slightly damaged by fire. Biennial Election Bill is Pawed and Goea to the Governor. ANTI-TRUST MEASURE iS ADVANCED SUIT AGAINST OIL COMPANIES Attorney General of Missouri Alleges a Combination In Restraint of Trade. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., March 29. At torney General Hadley today filed In the supreme court an application for a writ of quo warranto for the purpose of ousting the Standard Oil company, the Republic Oil company and the Waters-Pierce . Oil company of their franchises for doing busi ness in Missouri.- The supreme court Issued the writ and made It returnable to the court en banc on April 11. The application charges the companies with being in com bination to control the monopoly of oil In the state." Recently the attorney general Instituted a hearing before Judge Marshall of the supreme court to secure evidence on which to bnse such proceedings. The oil companies filed returns declaring tho law to take testimony In advance of a suit to be unconstitutional, and the case was set for hearing on March 31. Attorney General Hadley claims that pub licity given on account of that proceeding has brought letters to him giving Informa tion he desired with which to begin pro ceedings, and he Instituted them direct In the supreme court today. The proceedings before Judge Marshall will now be dropped. Rrldsre Rill, Amended to Salt Who Have Reen Flfthtlnc la Passed by Both Houses. Those 'Continued on Fourth rage.) i COAL MINERS TO STOP WORK Jotnt Committee In Central Pennsyl vania Diairlct I'nable to Afrree I pon a Scale, ALTOONA, Pa., March 29. The operators and miners of the central bituminous dis trict of Pennsylvania, after being in con ference In this city almost continuously since March 16, endeavoring to agree upon a wage scale to go Into effect April 1, ad journed finally todny without coming to an agreement. The failure to agree means a suspension of work by the 6.VKK) organized miners of the district at the end of the present month. When the Joint scale com mittee met today the operators stood upon their proposition for a 10 per cent reduction for the first half of the approaching mining year and the present scale, based on 62 cents for pick mining, for the second half of the year. The miners' ultimatum de manded a renewal of the present scale for the full year. No agreement being possible the scale committee ndjourned finally. The action of the miners on the committee was approved by the miners' convention, which then adjourned. TAX ON STOCK TRANSFERS New York . Republican Caucus Ap proves Measure that Will Affect Deallna-s on Wall Street. ALBANY, N. Y., March 29 Tho repub licans of the assembly by decisive ma jorities afterwards niado unanimous In a caucus tonight adopted the two revenue bills recognized as administration measures; one providing for a stamp tax of $2 on each 100 share of corporate stock se curities sold or transferred, the other pre scribing a 6 mill annual tax on the face value of all mortaasres. The Htocir irun.f. tax bill will take effect Immediately upon ! lo! passage the mortgage tax bill affects all mortgages recorded after July 1 next. The original vote on the stock transfer tax bill was 67 to 19 and on the mortgage bill 62 to 22. DRY SUNDAY INKANSAS CITY Police Hoard Orders All Saloons to . Close Mayor en Dodg-es Vote on Question. KANSAS CITY, March 29.-The police board today Issued an order effective April 2 for the closing of all saloons on Sundays hereafter. Many (small grocers and butch ers have expressed a willingness to close on Sunday also f It will help to keep the sa loon closed. Mayor Nt-ff remained away from the board meeting, announcing that he wished to avoid voting on the proposi tion. , Ksiiulmalt, iyo Mini, from Seattle tier a. from nun Francisco: Tartui ; Vancouver; Tremont, from Seattle. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 29. (Special Telegram.) In both house and senate today , It was plainly evident that the close of the ses sion was at hand. The bustle and confu sion Incident to the final days reached a climax in both bodies and bills were killed off or passed with an alacrity which indi cated a determination to finish on time. Tha house pri bubly will be able to quit tomor row, so far as Its work Is concerned and the senate may not continue longer In ses sion th.tn Friday, though Saturday may find It still at woik. At least these are the Indications and plans which members In both bodies are set upon. Of course tha ho.ise being ahead of the senate, will have the pleasure of remaining in session long enough for the upper branch to catch up, and members of that body say that will not be very long. The house held a night ses sion as usual. Governor Mickey threw a bomb Into ths center of activities this, afternoon which served vitally to Increase the confusion. He sent a message advising the legislature of his veto of the McMullen anti-Christian Science bill. The friends of the bill or ferd no move toward overriding the veto, while the opponents of the measure re ceived the news with much enthusiasm. , Fraternal Dill Held 1 1. A varied number Of events combined to make the day an Interesting one and much of the interest lny under the surface. The fraternal Insurance bill providing for a representative form of government upon the basis of 86 per cent of the membership, which Is a compromise measure, got hung up in the senate sifting committee and all the combined efforts of the fraternal advo cates was impotent to bring the bill out Into the open where It could go upon third rending. TJiey have not ceased their ef forts, however. The bill Is vigorously op posed at the last because It contains the provision allowing any 2,000 members of any fraternal order to secede and form an Independent concern. Tht orrginal bill did not have this In it, but another measure , introduced in the house as the result of some friction between certain elements In the Maccabees provided" for it? This meas ure being killed, the proposition wti In ' corporated in the big bill. The senate, after a quiet fight, advanced II. R. 110. the Junkln anti-trust bill, for third- reading. This bill, which Is aimed at the Standard Oil company chiefly, but does not affect native Nebraska corpora tions, seeks to prevent Illegal discrim inations and rebates and forces publicity of - the affairs of such corporations In which the public has a rightful Interest. Efforts were made by certain factions to kill the bill in the sifting committee. ' Amended Bridge Mill Passed. The house concurred In the senate amend ments to the famous bridge bill, H. R. 265, which the roads and bridge committee In troduced and In which R. Z. Drake of the Standard Bridge company charged hod the cordial and systematic support of the allied railroads, line elevators and 11ns lumber yard Interests. The principal fea ture of the original bill was that It gave power to the secretary of the State Board of Irrigation, as state engineer, to draw plans for all wooden bridges of a certain class and pass upon the bids. This was the point at which the bridge men's power was directed and as a result the bill was amended, with the approval of Represent ative Kyd, its most formidable champion, doing away with this compulsory provision and simply giving each county the option of having Its work supervised by the state officer. The bill, as amehded, had the support of the bridge Interests and its passage therefore represents , what is re garded as a most complete victory for ths bridge men over the combined lobby ar rayed against them. Tho Omaha charter bill was advanced for third reading In the senate today and will come up for passage tomorrow. Thomas of Douglas tried to get the bill put on general file for debate in the com mittee of the whole in order that the pav ing provisions might be changed, but ho out. No fight will be made on tho bill and Its passage now Is practically as sured. The members of neither house ara draw ing pay from the state now, Monday being the sixtieth day for the house and 'Tues day for the senate. Impatience for tha end is generally apparent. Vetoes McMullen Dill. Governor Mickey today vetoed tha : Mc Mullen antl-Chrlstlan Science bill, which . passed the house and senate by liberal margins. No effort was made to pass the bill over the governor's veto and none will be mude. The governor transmitted this mepsHge to the legislature at 4 o'clock this afternoon: In relation to H. R. 15: The purpose of this act Is to miike the practice of Chris tian Silence healing unlawful and to pun ish the practitioners, unless they educate themselves In materia meiilca, therapeutics, surgery and other bmnches of th seoular medical profession. To accomplish this purpose a change in the existing statutes Is essential, as there is no law now In force forbidding tho practice of Christian Science. Such a change In legislation can lawfully be mode only by umendment of the statates In force or by the passage of an ludnpand int act. Both of these methods are Ig nored In II. R, KB. , . 4 . . , Considered as an amendatory act the tlll vlolatts the constitutional provision that "no law shall be amended unless the new act contain the section or sections so amended, and the section or sections so amended shall be repealed." There la no attempt In H. K. to set out the old sec. lion or to repeal It. and tne bill, ns an amendment of an existing Uw, would be unconstitutional If appioved. Tho bill Is not an Indi pendent art In any sense. It could only be effective, If valid, when considered In ccnnecll' n W:th the statute tow In force regulating the prac tice nt medicine. It does net pir.port to be mi Independent act. for lis onlv possible effect. If It could bo mail' operative, would be to extend the scope of .a section of an existing statute so ns tn mnke the prnctlr of Christian Science unlawful; but even If the act were coin-men to oe u;oepenaent in a reuse I nat it enuio amend other tes w.thout referring to or repealing Movements of Ocean Vessels March 20. At Nantucket Passed: Bovlc, from Liv erpool, for New York; Teutonic, from Liv erpool, for New York- At New York Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm der Orosse, from Bremen; Italia, from Marseilles. Sailed: Siatemlam, for Rotter dam; Baltic:, for Liverpool; Htlllg Olav, for Copenhagen. At (llusgow Arrived: Mongolian, from New York. At yufenstown Sailed: Ivernla, for Boston. At Antwerp Arrived: Finland, from New York. At Alexandria Arrived: Romanic, from Boston. At Gibraltar Arrived: Cretic, from New York. At Copenhagen Arrived.' Oscar II, from New York At Liverpool Sailed: Siberian, for Phlla delj liU ; .Oceanic, for New York. Arrived: iliiiun, from Halifax. At Bermuda Arrived: Prlnsessln Victoria lmljif. from New York. At Yokohama Arrived: Hrlnkorun, from I such ; Si-; Mtstu Iinem, II w'uiu pun i uinm i wiiii mg run" stitutlon. The purport of both the Utla 3
