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Sherlock Holmes' Mystery Next Sunday's Bee. The Omaha Daily Bee. Carpenter's Panama Letters, Next Sunday's Dee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THUIISDAY MOKNIM1, APISIL , 1903 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COrY THHEE CENTS. RUMORS dF PEACE Czar Said to Ba tha Onlj Ons Favoring Continuation of the War. FEARS HIS PRESTIGE WILL 8' ""1MED -. . . . V ! Fof Tit Time German Diplomas ieve End of War ii Hear. j MORE FIGHTING IN M VIRIA i Tokio Beportt that the Jape U red Tliree New Poeitioni Snndi . RUSSIAN LOSS OVER HUNDRED THOUSAND Complete Hrtarm Place Smktr of fiend, W'oHdfl and Prisoners In Battle of Mukden t 107,000. 11KRLIN, April 6. Peace at an early date Is regarded as probable by the German embassy at St. Petersburg, the Associated Press in Informed, and In consequence of dispatches received from there by the gov ernment during the last three daya this opinion circulates In official circles lor j the first time since the war began. The Russian emperor, It Is true, has not yet decided for peace, but the grand dukes and all other members of the court who ha e access to the emperor are for pea?e. Ills majesty Is described In the gossip that goes about here as standing alone. The considerations that still delay his decision are personal ones, he feeling that hie reign .' a failure If Russia does not win the war and that his prestige as a sover eign will be lost at home and In foreign countries, but he cannot yet bring him self to speak the word that will set the peace negotiations In motion. Much good Will and sympathy are felt ror tne itussian emperor in nigner uuh-iu. life hera, but It Is regarded as a certainty that ha must yield to his family and min isters and that the month will not end without peace. In the meantime the pros pect of peace and the position of the emperor weakens the military administra tion and delays the execution of plans for fresh armies and the gathering of new supplies. . Russians An Driven Ont. TOKIO, April 8. (U p. m.) Imperial army headquarters, reporting today, says: A part of our Crlangtu force drove the Russians out of Tsuluriu, two miles north of Chantu, and also out of Sumlencbange, nine miles west of Tsulushu, and occupied both plaera on April 3. After driving the enemy from the neigh borhood of Boumlaotsu, six miles southeast of Tsulushu, our force reached the vicinity of Santaukou on April 4 at noon, when thev were fired upon fiercely by about 500 Russian cavalry retreating north along the railway. Our force dispersed them. Russian Loss at Mukden 107,000. HARBIN. April 6. Complete returns re ceived at headquarters give the total Rus sian losses In killed, wounded and pris oners taken at the. battle of Mukden at ' 107,000. ' The wounded are being taken erwa-fremtwra ovat the " Siberian rail road as rapidly as possible In order to jfrea the hospitals preparatory .to a re newal of the fighting. . By General Llnevltch's order the bands play daily at all the Russian positions. Austrian Attache Is Missing;. GENERAL KITROKI'S HEADQUAR TERS IN T'llE FIELD, April 14.-(Vla Fusan. April. 6.) The Japanese army has been making a fruitless search for Infor mation as to the fate of Count 8cepUlzky, a captain In- the Austrian army and the ' military attache of that government with the Russian army in Manchuria. Count Bceptztsky has been missing since the bat tle of Mukden. He Is not among the pris oners or wounded In Japanese hands. It Is possible, however, he may have escaped Into Chinese territory. If killed he has probably been burled as a Russian among the dead of that army. MANY DIE IN EARTHQUAKE Hill Station In India Is Demolished and People Are In Distress. LAHORE. Indl.i. April 5-The hill sta tion of Dharmsala win practically razed ' to the ground by the earthquakes. The native quarter was entirely obliterated, many of the Inhabitants were burled In the ruins, most of the houses In the European quarter were wrecked and nine persons were killed. The people are deeping In the open air. fond is not procurable and the great distress prevailing Is accentuated by keen frost. The entire population in home- ' less and camped on the adjoining hlilsUes, I without protection ar.d practically entirely i without medical aid. A relief party was dispatched from heie to Dharmsaia today. I The Europeans killed at Dharmsala were ' Mrs. Robinson, wife of the colonel com- ! mandlng the troops there, and her two daughters, Mrs. Holderness, Captain Mus: croft and four members of the Indian civil service. Seventy natives were Killed and many were Injured when the native quarter of Lahore was demolished by an earthquake. The Mohammedans here are parading the streets walling and praying for deliverance from further visitations. Reports from various places Indicate that the earthquakes caused very widespread disturbances. The towns of Amristu, Jul lundur, Fcroiepore. Multal and Rnwal Plndl, as well as Mussoree, were badly shaken and damaged, and great damage and loss of life are reported from Kashlmlr, Dalhousi, Dehradun, Patrala and Maler kotla. The telegraph service Is disorganized and news Is coming in slowly. CALCUTTA. April fi. Reports from many more towns which are now arriving show widespread damage and many fatalities. This Is especially the case at Firozpur (forty-seven miles southeast of Ihore) Amrltsnr, Tarana, Dehra Dun and Srina gar, at which places many natives were kiled or Injured1. Dhamsala station, eighty-five miles northwest of Simla, was destroyed, all the house In the place being leveled to Iho ground and some Europeans and many natives killed. Women and children are sleeping In the open air. Food Is not procurable as the bazar Is In ruins. Urgent demands for medical assistance have been sent to Lahore. Reports Indicate that phamsala felt the full force of the shock. The deaths include C. V. Loxton, who only the previous day had assumed the office of district Judge from Captain Elliott, who with his family left the same day, escaping the shock. Mrs. Loxton's fate is not known. Others who perished were F. M. Levy, C. M. Young, I. Miller, F. Farleys, all public officials; Captain Mus croft and Mrs. and the two Misses Rubin son. Colonel Robinson appears to huve sur vived. The hills show the worst effects' of the shock, though Information is very meagre from some of the summer stations, where telegraph stations have not yet opened like the whole of Kashmir, communication with which has evidently been cut by land slides or accidents to the lines. TOBACCO MONOPOLY 19 PAYING Receipts Are Greatly In Excess of Amount Japan Expected. TOKIO, April 5. The profits from the to bacco monopoly for the first year are 27. 010,000 yen (about $13,600,000). This exceeds the government's estimates 7,000,000" yen. The celebration of the victory at Mukden has been postponed until next Monday, ow ing to the storm which occurred today. The business men and labor guilds today ar ranged an enormous procession, which pic tured queerly-garbed forma at Hlhlya park end marched to L'yeno park. Passing the palace each unit halted and cheered the emperor, hlscablnet and the commanders of the army and navy. Exercises were held In Uyeno park, where there was a large crowd. Lieutenant General Terauchl, minister of war, responded In behalf of toe army and Baron Yamamoto, minister of the navy. In behalf of the navy. Fire works and sports concluded the exercixes. The torpedo boat destroyer Ararea waa successfully launched at Kure today. EMPEROR WILLIAM NOW AT NAPLES Will Be Visited nt that Place by the Klaar of Italy. NAPLES, Italy, April S.-Emperor Wil liam arrived here today on board the steamer Hamburg, amidst the booming of cannon and ringing hurrahs from thou sands gathered about the harbor and steamers, steam craft and rowboats to greet him. while Italian and Oerman colors waved everywhere. Tbe duke of Aimia, eldest cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, went Immediately on board tha Hamburg to welcome the em peror In the name of King Victor Em manuel, Informing the emperor that tha king wll come to Naples tomorrow to see him. The emperor replied that he never felt so much at home as when In Italy. KINO TO MEET PRESIDENT I.OIBET Ruler of England and Chief Execu tive of France Will .Talk. LONDON, April 6. Definite arrangements have been completed for a brief meeting between King Kdward and President Loubet while the former passes through France on his way to Marseilles tomorrow to Join Queen Alexandra on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The president will enter the royaL train at Plerrefltte, and will accompany the king to the Lyons railroad Btatlon, PARIS, April 5. King Edward's passage through France tomorrow on his way to Marseilles, ar.d his meeting with Presi dent Ixubet are attracting notable atten tion. The officials here do not wish th6 meeting to assume political significance In connection with the Moroccoan Incident. Nevertheless a large section of the press and public will attach significance to the exchange of Anglo-French amenities Immediately following Germany's an nouncement that she does not accept the Anglo-French agreement relative to Mo rocco. Similar popular significance is at tached to the meeting of the French and British squadrons at Spit Head in the summer. Though the arrangements for the meeting long preceded the Morocco Inci dent It has not the slightest relation thereto. Nevertheless the coming friendly gathering of formidable French and British squadrons brings out much comment. An effort Is again being made to create an Impression here that the United States has an understanding with Germany rela tive to Morocco, but the authorities are satisfied that the report Is misleading and I false. Similar discredit is given to a Naples dispatch saying that King Victor Emmanuel will utilize Emperor William's presence at Naples today to efface the misunderstandings growing out of the Morocco Incident. Despite all reports it is positively known that Italy is maintaining complete reserve relative to Morocco. TRIBUTE TO WESTERN MEN Selected bj President to Build the Panama Canal. THREE FROM THE BIG CENTRAL VALLEY People of Panama Pleased with the Appointment of Charles E. Ma goon as Governor of Canal Zone. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASH1NUTON, April 5.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The wet Is going to build the Punama canal. No finer tribute has even been paid to the country west of Ohio than was paid by Theodore Roosevelt when he selected T. P. Shonts, an Iowa man, for chairman of the Isthmian Canal commission; John F. Wallace, an Illinois man. for chief engineer, and Charles E. Magoon, a Nebraskan, for governor of the canal zone. Although It may be eastern capital that will help build the canal by reason of Its contribution to the treasury In the way of customs duties, It will be western brains that will dig the waterway. Speaking of the appointment of Judge Ma goon as governor of the canal xone, Juan Elirman, member of the most important banking house on the isthmus of Panama, said today: "The people of our little republic are Jubilant over the appointment of Hon. Charles E. Magoon to the governorship of the canal zone. His coming delights men of all classes and nationalities. He Is per sonally known and esteemed by Panamans, and they feel that In him they have not I only a high-minded and capable official, but sympathetic friend, who knows dif ferences in racial characteristics and who will deal Justly with all. You cannot put In language too strong the intense delight that was experienced oivthe isthmus when the news, came that Judge Magoon was to be the new governor. "His selection seems an agency of good not only as far as the digging of tha canal Is concerned, but In the matter of amicable relations between the people of the two countries who are most directly In terested In this great undertaking." Magoon galls May 2. Judge Magoon, overwhelmed as he has been with congratulations from all sec tions of the country, prizes most highly those that have come to him from Ne braska. Governor Magoon expects to Foil for the isthmus on May Z. In the mean time he will familiarize himself with what has been done by the former commission and prepare himself for the arduous task before him. Miss Gertrude Dietrich, daughter of the ex-senator from Nebraska, arrived from Fort Morgan, Ala., this week and Is now on her way west to Join her father at Hastings. Miss Dietrich will spend a few days with friends In West Virginia and expects to reach Hastings next week. Postal Matters. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska. Burge, Cherry county, Lynn W. Parker, vice Lucy Parker, resigned; Rollwlthe, Dundy county. Charles M. Loveland. vice B. W. Bowen, resigned; Simeon, Cherry county, Mary C. Bhain, vice E.-E. JSllla,., .resigned.. . Rural routes ordered established May 1: Nebraska, Barbara, Richardson county, route 1; population, 340; houses, ninety seven. Rulo. Richardson county, route 2; population, 368; houses. 103. Salem, Rich ardson county, route 2; population, 39J; houses, 100. Verdon, Richardson county; route 2; population, 394; houses, 100. Iowa, Manila. Crawford county; route 3; popula tion, 4ii0; houses, 100. Rural carriers appointed for Iowa: Adelphla, route 1; Elbert C. Mitchell, car rier; Charles W. Mitchell, substitute. Berwick, route 1: William W. Weller, car rier; Amos Weller, substitute. Farrar. route 1; Archie S. Knight, carrier; Lulla Knight, substitute. Mitchellvllle, route 3; Charles H. Kelly, carrier; Eugene B. Ma son, substitute. Vllllsca, route 4; Charles R. Posten, carrier; George Winter, substitute. Stevens Rrpur:rd Dead. LONDON, April 6. A private telegram 'from Monte Carlo says that Frank Stevens, one of two Americans Injured In an auto mobile accident near Monte Carlo April 3, Is dead. Blevens' companion, Louis Hay, who was hurt at the same time, Is making progreea toward recovery. STOCK TAX BILL PASSED New York Assembly Approves the Meaeara and It Now Goes to tha Governor. ALBANY. N. Y., April .-The assembly, after an all-day continuous debate, parsed practically by party vote the stock transfer tax and mortgage tax bills with the penal code amendment prescribing penalties fcr forging or counterfeiting the stock revenue tax stamps. The bills passed the senate lust Monday evening, and go now to Gov ernor lllgglna for signature. The vote on tha stock tranafar bill was;. A) as, ?; BLOW TO HALKOIR CABINET Junior Lord of Treasury Overwhelm ingly Itofeated at the Polls. LONDON, April 5. The most atrlklng overturning of a unionist majority among the numerous recent defeats In by-electlons was recorded at Brighton today when Ger ald Loder, unionist, recently appointed Junior lord of the trensury, was defeated by E. Vllltera, liberal. Viillers' majority was 817. The conservative majority at Rrighton In the last twenty years was never less than 2,000. Mr. Loder was Keek ing re-election at this time on his appoint ment tii Junior lord of the treasury. The election turned almost altogether on the fiscal question. The liberals did not expect to win, but would have been well satisfied with a reduction of the hitherto consistent conservative majority. Unionist editorial urtlcles this morning reflect the consternation caused by the un expectedly heavy blow of the Rrighton election. Various attempts are made to ex plain the defeat away. The Standard ap peals to Premier Balfour to Issue a stir, rlng address or cull a meeting of his fol lowers and take them Into his confidence. Mi.' Balfour had a long conference with Joseph Chamberlain last night. The po sition of Gerald Ider, the defeated candi date, Is very peculiar. His duties as Junior lord of the treasury are nothing more than a party whip, but he has now no neat In Parliament. Meyer t.oee to Russia. PARIS, April 6. Ambassador Meyer left here today for St. Petersburg. Before leav ing Mr. Meyer met M. Delcasse by ap pointment at the Foreign office. The details of their conversation naturally have not been disclosed, but there Is the best reason to believe that Mr. Meyer's taking up his duties a St. Petersburg led to a general exchange by him and M. Delcasse relative to the existing political situation and the proepecta However, the meeting was In formal and unimportant except In affording an opportunity for a mutual understanding upon varloua question In reived. MAY WHEAT JJP FOUR CENTS Cessation of Offering; About Jioos Throws Shorts Into a Panle and They Rush to Cover. CHICAGO, April 6. May wheat took a Jump of nearly 4 cents a bushel on the Bonrd of Trade today. The advance took place in almost as short time as It takes to tell about It and was one of those freakish caprices of a manipulated market such as that which now exists as a result of the determined effort on the part of a few Wail street speculators to shake a few dol lars out of the pockets of the bears In the wheat pit. May wheat opened Jl. 14(51. 14H and gave no signs of undue activity until along about mid-day, when a sudden cessa tion of offerings threw the smaller shorts Into a panic. In the scramble to buy which followed the price of May was sent up lc, until $1.17 was reached. When this point was reached enough of the commodity was disposed of to afford the more anxious buy ers an opportupity to cover and get out of harm's way. The price of the May option at the close was $1.17, a net gain of 3 cents, aa compared with the close of the previous session on Monday. DRAWS PAY WITHOUT WORK Clerk In Fredonla, Jl. Y.. Postofllce Receives 12,000 for Services that Were Never Rendered. ALBANY. N. Y.. April S.-Melvln H. Taylor, former postmaster at Fredonla. N. Y., today was examined before tho as sembly Judiciary committee engaged In In vestigating the allegations against Justice Warren B. Hooker. Mr. Taylor testified that he was postmaster from 1S99 to l!fM and was appointed through the Influence of Justice Hooker as congressman. Mr. Taylor was then Interrogated regarding Frank B. Ball, the Dunkirk man who was appointed to a position in tie Fredonla postoffloe at the Instance, It is alleged, of Justice Hooker. Testimony has been evoked at the Inquiry tliat Ball had drawn salary from ihc government to an amount exceeding 32.000, but had not performed any service for It. A report of the amount of time which Ball put In at the Fredonla office was shown to Mr. Taylor, who rec ognized his signature On the report and said that It was drawn by one of the clerks. Mr. Taylor said Ball . never reported for work and never did any work In the postofflce. Mr. Taylor admitted that he did not know what was in the report and that he knew of no reason why a report of Ball's time should have been made. He said he did not know why he never asked Ball to frf to work nor reported the matter to the department. He thought, he said, that it was all right. Representative I E. .Vreeland, succes sor of Justice Hooker In congress, said that the appointments of the various clerks previously mentioned at the Inves tigation were not made at his request and that he presented the matter of the Dunkirk postofflce to the government offi cials at Washington pursuant to a request from either Judges Hooker or Lester H. Stearns. STRIKERS ASK' INJUNCTION New York Subway Firemen Seek to Heatrnln '".rind Lodara from Re voking: Their Charter. NEW YORK, April 6. An order directing John J. Hanrnhan, grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen, and C A. Wilson, acting grand master, and other officers of the grand lodge to ap pear before him April 7 to show cause why a temporary Injunction should not bo Issued restraining the grand lodge from revoking the charter of Just In Time lodge. No. 149, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive firemen, was signed by; Judge Lacombe In the United States circuit court today. The order was Issued bn the allegation of members of the lodge that the grand officers of the Locomotive Fremen's brotherhood Is seeking a 'revocation of the Just-ln-Time lodge charter because of the participation by members of that body In the unauthorized strike ton the Interbor ough last month. Attached to the Com plaint upon which Judged Lacombe'n order was Issued were a nurrtber of affidavits In support of the complainants' conten tion. In these affidavits It Is declared that the signers were not responsible In any way for the Interborough strike. Each of the affidavit .tofers to tha In surance branch of tbe- Brotherhood into which tho signers have paid dues for many years and they declare that by the revocation of the local lodge charter the members would lose benefits to which they claim to be clearly entitled. MONTANA ORDERS QUARANTINE Sheep from Nebraska and Other States Are Barred bjr tbe Governor. HELENA, Mont., April 6. Governor Tole has declared a quarantine against California, Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, North and South Dakota, Ohio, New York, Wyoming, Wa.fhlnfton and Oregon, where sheep scab Is supposed to exist. Under the governor's order the ban Is placed on the. Importation of any sheep from the states quarantined against. FEDERAL OFFICER ASKS WRIT Inltcd States District Attorney Docs Not Want to Testify la noodle Case." WHEELING, W. Va.. April 5. To evade being taken to Charleston to testify In the investigation of the charges against Former Governor White, t'nlted Slates District Attorney Rees Blizzard secured a writ of habeas corpus from Judge Dayton for himself and State Senator Charles T. Caldwell of Parkersburg. A temporary writ was granted until Judge Go ft could act, which may be a year hence. Blizzard In his argument to the court de nied the authority of the committee to In vestigate Mr. White as a state office after he cesser, to be governor and said It had no Jurisdiction, aa the legislature had ad journed sine die. Former Governor White was charged by Senator Caldwell with sharing the fees of Secretary of State Dawson. GUGGENHEIMSTORY DENIED Statement that Bernard M. Ramon and Associates Now Own Selby Smelting Plants, NEW YORK. April 6.-The report that John Hays Hammond, acting for the Gog genhelmers, had purchased the Selby Smelting and I -cad works, Is denied by Bernard M. Baruch of this city. Mr. Baruch states that he has bought the Selby plant, together with other western smelting works, for a combination which Include himself and astoclatea. o BIG ILLUSTRATED FEATURES IN NEXT SUNDAY'S BEE 1 Sherlock I dues Mystery The Adventure of the Three Stu dentscalling forth all the won derful powers of that fatuous de tective. 2 Euster Brown toes new Stunts A backdoor policeman gets the benefit this rime of this precocious mlschlef-inaklni: Intellect. 3 Carpenter's Letter from Panama Vncle Sam's Ten-Mile Strip what it is who lives there what we may expect to make, of it. 4 Bewitching Mystery of Woman'sWink What does she mean when she winks the other eye? This article may help you tell. 5 Highest Pricas Paid for Dlrorces What it cost some millionaires to regain freedom from odious matri monial bonds. 6 ! reaches Sermon at His. wn Funeral Kentucky clergyman accomplishes this novel eat by the aid of a phonograph. 7 W.-sMng the Feet of the Bride Curious duty devolving on the bridesmaid among certain Scotch liiliermen described. 8 Green Dress Suit the Coming Fad Innovation of freak C'hicugo coun cilman being tuken up in London and New York. 9 - Girl W ith the Prettiest Hair That Is reputation achieved by a New York artist's model how she keeps and drexses her hair. 10 Red Roses Story bylady Gasket! A May day tale of love, duty and devotion narrated in a clever manner. RETAIL PRICE OF IRON PIPE Point on Which Water Works Appraise ment Has Hang for Weeks. CHANCE FOR AGREEMENT SEEMS REMOTE Mead Says July, Alvord Says May aad Br men her Sets Mo Date for ' the Maklnr of Report. Information received by the water board from Appraiser Mead expresses tho opinion that a report on the value of the Omaha waterworks system may be expected alout July 1, but Appraiser Alvord Is more hopeful and calculates the time along In May. The three appraisers are meeting this week In Milwaukee, where Appraiser Ben cenberg lives, and If current reports are correct, they are having anything but an amicable time so far as their work is con cerned. Announcement was made by Chairman Boyd of the Water Board after that body held Its regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon, that the appraisers have agreed upon seme of the larger and more Important points Involved In the ap praisement, while other questions are still open and under debate. One of the points In controversy. It Is understood. Is the manner of estimating the value of the extensive pipe line sys tem. Between the time the Water Board was appointed and the time the actual appraisement wns made last fall the prlco of Iron pipe decreased greatly In value. Calculations based on the earlier prices aa against the lowest prices, or an average, means a considerable sum In the valuation of the plant. There Is a great deal of argument on both sides and a chance for the appraisers to debate themselves to the verge of lunacy If they care to. Cltlsrne Impatient for Hydrants. At the meeting of the Water Board yes terday afternoon very little business was transacted. Cltlxens of Monmouth Park appeared asking If the board could not hurry the Installation of some water hydrants, ordered by the council last year. Of the whole number ordered by the council before the new law transferred the power to the Water Board seventy-two have been placed In position. Member Hippie assured the citizens, who are anx ious to get water connections, that doubt less the board will do everything in Its power to have hydrants and mains placed where they are badly needed. Members Hippie, Howell and Coad were appointed as a committee to Investigate the law on the subject, what the water company proposed to do about putting In hydrants heretofore ordered by the council and to look Into the situation generally with a view to taking action at a subsequent meeting. Several requests for new hydrants are before the board, one asking for mains at Fort Omaha for the new signal corps post. SMITH CASE GOES OVER Continuance Granted I'ntll Monday and Bond for Each Defendant Fixed at fS.OOO. CINCINNATI, April B.-The habeas corpus hearing of J. Morgan Smith and wife, arrested here last week and held un der a New York indictment for conspiracy with Nan Patterson to extort money from Caesar Young, the bookmaker, was to hnvo been held this afternoon before Judge. Spiegel of the common, pleas court, but on request of counsel was again adjourned un til next Monday afternoon. When the Smiths were presented before the court Prosecutor Rullaon asked for a continuance until Monday as the state was not yet ready to proceed and would like to have that much time for preparation. Mr. Shay, who appeared for the defendants, said he was willing that the case should go over, but In view of the fact that the cases were to go over for several days, In order that no hardship be worked on his clients he asked that a bond be fixed. He did not know that they would be able to give bond, but thought they should be al lowed the privilege and hoped they might secure bail If It was not placed too high. After some discussion the court fixed bail at t7,000 In each case. Mr. Shay expressed the hope that ball might be secured during the afternoon, but in the meanwhile the prisoners were remanded to the county Jail. NEW YORK, April B.-Mrs. Frank Young, widow of "Caesar" Young, the bookmaker who was shot while riding In a cab with Nan Patterson last June, vtsltfd the district attorney's office today and with Assistant District Attorney Rand went over the packages of letters found by the detectives who arrested J. Morgan Smith and his wife in Cincinnati last week. These letters will be used at the next trial of Miss Patterson for murder. J. Randolph Patterson, father of the ac cused actress, was before tho grand Jury today as a witness. It is supposed that his testimony was required on some phase of the J. Morgan Smith case. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair and Warmer Thursday. Friday Fair. Ten Hour, n a. 6 a. T a. ft a. a. 10 a. 11 a. VJ m. iprrnture at Omaha Yesterday! Den. Hit 31 31 34 a 4 4.1 4.1 Hour. t p. Dear. 4T 41 44 4.1 4 1 4.1 44 fi 40 rVTCALL SUBSCRIBES TO HOTEL President of Sev York Life Puts tUi.rtoo Into the Nerr Project. , President John A. McCall of the New York Life Insurance company contributes IJ.oOO to the new Omaha hotel project. Mr. McCall rolled Into the city at 3:30 o'clock from the Pacific coaat on the I'nlon raciflc and departed for Chicago at 5 o'clock. Dur ing his very brief stay he conferred with the management of the company here and Its principal solicitors, and met several prominent Omaha business men. In Chi cago he will be dined today by Insurance men. "I very much deplore the trouble In the Equitable Life Assurance company," he said, "for It will he bad for all of us. I do not know the facts and conditions In the matter, but anything of the kind has a bad effect on that portion of the public which Is not well Informed as to the Insurance business.- X "The New York Life in the west has an assured position. We have good men every where and have no trouble and much busi ness. I have been on the Pacific coast visiting the agencies In San Francisco, Los Angeles and elsewhere, and Incidentally en- Joying myself a little. The company every where Is In the best of condition. "I am surprised and pleased at the change In the appearance of Omaha. 1 And the city very much Improved In every way since my last visit. I see a great number of new residences and many fine business blocks, and am told of many more contemplated Improvements In the wholesale and retail districts. This Is very gratifying to us. for the New York Life has shown Its faith In Omaha by becoming a large property owner here, and we are glad to see that our Judg ment was correct and that Omaha Is grow ing In a way that shows Its prosperity." STAY IN THE CHADWICK CASE t'nlted States Circuit Court of Ap peals Takes Action on Writ of F.rror. CINCINNATI. April 6.-A stay of execu tion of sentence In the case of Mrs. Chad wlek has been authorised by the Vnlted States circuit court of appeals. The decision was announced by Presiding Justice Lurton when court convened to day. The stay of sentence Is to hold until tho further order of the court. It appear ing that a writ of error had been sued1 out within the required sixty days and n copy of the same had been lodged In the clerk's office of the lower court. After the decision had been announced Judge Wing, counsel for Mrs. Chadwlck. said that she expected to be able to present the appeal onie time during the month of May. CLEVELAND, April 6 J. P. Dawlev. senior counsel for Mrs. Chadwlck, was much pleased when he read the Associated Press dispatch from Cincinnati saying that the circuit court of appeals had ordered a stay of execution of sentence in the case of his client. "It Indicates," said Mr. Dawley, "that the circuit court believes that there Is a legal proposition Involved In the case that Is worthy of Its consid eration, or that the petition filed by us shows at least prima facie evidence of error in the lower court. Mrs. Chadwlck will now remain here until the case Is finally decided. There Is a strong possi bility that ball may be obtained for her In the meantime." Mrs. Chadwlck, when shown the tele gram announcing the stay of execution, was visibly jileased EXPLOSIVES STORED IN MINE Former State Official Attributes the Accident In Zelglcr Mine to Carelessness. ENFORCES MAINE LIQUOR LAW Sheriff at Rockland Selsea Patent Medicines in Store Belonging; to Governor Cobb. ROCKLAND, Maine. April 6. A whole sale grocery store here owned by Governor William T. Cobb and others was raided today by the sheriff and deputies and a large stock of patent medicine said to contain a high percentage of alcohol was seized on the ground that offering the preparation for sale Is In violation of the Maine prohibition law. The seizure was made as a result of the passage of a bill by the legislature empowering tho officials to enforce the prohibition law. In addition the sheriff seized the entire stock of the city liquor agency. The charge Is made that the city of Rockland has been en gaging In the sale of liquors In violation of the laws of the state. ALL IS QUIET IN HAYTI Minister Powell Sends Report that Cruiser Brooklyn Leaves for Other Station. WASHINGTON. April 8.-A cable from Minister Powell at Port au Prince was re ceived at tt State department- which gives assurances that everything was quiet In Haytl, and that the cruiser Brooklyn, which went to Haytlen waters on rumors of gathering revolutions, has been ordered away. Rumors have reached Minister Powell ot some trouble st Monti Crlstl, In Santo pombigo, but nothing of a definite charac ter Is known. Reference to this uprising probably relstes to the disturbance re ported a few days sgo. The Brooklyn Is going to Monti CrtsM, where Admiral Slgs bee will shift his flag from the Newark to tho Brooklyn. CARBONDALE, 111., April 6. Former State Mine Inspector E. D. John, who has made the only practical examination of the Zelgler shaft since tho frightful accident of Monday, stated today that evidently the first explosion was from gas and that the second explosion was caused by powder. When the accident occurred the mine con tained forty-three kegs of powder and two boxes of mlserite, a low grado of dyna mite. Near tho mlserite was a large quantity of detonating cape. Tho fan to the under workings has not been working since Friday. As soon as conditions below were known the fan wns put In operation, so that the mine could be explored. The coroner's Inquest is still under way. Last evening the representa tives of the union miners at Hallldayboro, Johnson City, Horrin and Marlon, In spe cial trains, reached tho shaft and In three hours afterward had recovered the bodies of seven men. ZEIOLKIt, 111., April B.-The coroner's Jury In Its verdict returned today holds that the forty-three men who lost their lives in the Lelter coal mines Monday, April S, were killed by afterdamp due to an explosion of powder caused by parties unknown. The belief is expressed that the mine was In a good and stfe working condition so far as gas was concerned. ESTIMATING STANFORD ESTATE San Francisco Paper nays Widow of Senator Left Seven Mil. lloa Dollars. BAN FRANCISCO, April 5.-The Exam iner says that it is now known that Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford left an estate val ued at $.W0,000. A formal Inventory has not yet been made, but the Interested partlr-s have al ready closely figured the present worth of the several properties making up the value of the estate and In tholr opinion It will rot fall below the amount mentioned. According to Mrs. Stanford's will $3,125,. GOO Is to go for legacies and bequests. This will leave a rehldue of not less than S3 876, 000, all of whim, by the terms of the wlil, Is to go to swell the funds of the Stanford unlveroity. Movements of Ocean Vessels April A. At New York Arrived : Oceanic, from Liverpool; Koerilg Albert. from Naplew. Siilerf: Bovle, for Liverpool; Ryndam, for Rotterdam: Teutonic, for Liverpool; It. ilia, for Marseilles; S e lla, for Ueeiou. At Live! pno' Arrived: Arnl.ir, from Na ples; Tunisian, from St Johns. Kalied: Nl ijeetle for New York; W'estei nland. for liiHndcl.'ihia. At Hehoa -Arrived : Prinz Qsk'tr, from New York. Sailed: Mnllke, for New York. At Hout ha in pi on Sailed : Kaiser Wllhemi II. for New Vork. At DoverAn It ed: I'atikiu, from New York. IS LONE STAR STATE President Roosevelt Given an Enthusiastic Reception at Dallas. FIRST STOP MADE AT 0ENIS0N Here the Chief Execntire ia Weloomed to Texas by School Children. SEVERAL SPEECHES IN INDIAN TERRITORY Prediction of Statehood Within a Yea Greeted with Applause. SPEAKS IN KANSAS BEFORE BREAKFAST Mr. Roosevelt Refers to the Great Majority l.ltrn Him at the Last Election Scenes Along; the Way. DALLAS, Tex.. April 6. President Roose velt Is tonight the guest of the Lone Star state. The special train bearing the presi dent and his party arrived In Dallas over tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway promptly at 8:30 o'clock tonight. Recep tion committees were In attendance when the train rolled Into the depot and tha chief executive was driven through the streets to a public stand near the Oriental hotel, where he delivered an address. The streets were densely packed wfth cltlsen and visitors and the reception accorded the president was nothing short of a con tinuous ovation. After delivering his speech the president and party attended a dinner at the Oriental hotel tendered by the cltlsena ot Dallas. His train will leave for Waco, Austin and San Antonio at 6:40 o'clock tomorrow morning. When the president awoke this morning his train was traversing tha plains of Kansas. At every station large and en thusiastic crowds were In attendance, all bent on seeing and, If possible, hearing tha chief executive. The special train entered the Indian Ter ritory before noon. At Vlnlta a short stop whs made and the president briefly addressed u large crowd. When Muskogee was reached fully 10,000 people surrounded the railroad station. A stand draped In the national colors had been erected neurby and, although the program did not call for a speech here, ths president yielded to the loud acclaim of the people, and, escorted by a committee which boarded his train, made a brief address. His sub ject was "Statehood," and enthusiastic ap plause greeted his utterance that tha In dian Territory would add Its star to tha galaxy of stales within a year. Brief speeches were made at South Mo Alester, Atoka, Caddo and Durant, after which the train crossed the state line into Texas. First Stop In Texas. Denlson was reached at 8:46 o'clock. Pre paratory to the arrival of the .train tho yards had been cleared of all cars and all work was suspended. An Immense crowd had gatheied ,to greet th Brestdent, ho was standing on 'the rear platform, smiling and bowlrfg his acknowledgement to the" cheers which , greeted him aa soon aa tha train stopped. A party of school children advanced to tho platform and presented the president with a magnificent floral offering In the shape of a Texas flag. A card attached read: "Presented by the children of tha public schools as a welcome to the presi dent. The state of Texas and the city of Denlson." In presenting the floral offering. Miss Pauline Everett, as spokeswoman, said: In former times Ihn rhlMrm ilw flowers in the pathways of Washington and Lafayette; today the school children of the first free public school building ever erected In Texas give you this floral emblem, sig nifying honor and Integrity. The president replied briefly. When the train pulled out for Sherman the president, standing on the platform, waved his hand and smiled In response to the repeated cheers. At Sherman one of the largest crowds of the day greeted the president. He was escorted to a stand, where he spoke for fifteen minutes. Cannon boomed and tha city was in gala attire In honor of the visitors. From Sherman the train main tained Its schedule to Dallas. . The presi dent was In splendid spirits after the long day's ride, and shortly before reaching Dallas said that he never felt better In hla life. ' Speech Before Breakfast. VINITA, I. T April 6.-Prosldent Roose velt was routed out before breakfast today. The presidential special stopped at Par sons, Kan., at 7:30 o'clock to change en gines, and a crowd of 6,000 persons gathered around tha private car "Rocket" and at tracted tho attention of the occupants by shouts of "Where Is her' Several negroes called: "We have been waiting since 4 o'clock to see you." The president hurried hla dressing and stepped to the rear platform, where ha was cheered. The citizens of Parsons had sent to the car a huge hunch of .Amerloun Beauty roses, which was placed on tho breakfast table. The crowd waa not satis fied with merely seeing the president, and In response to a demand for a speech hn) greeted tho people briefly. Advice to Kansas. The president In hla speech at Parsons said: Friends, I will Just bid you good morning. I am ho glad amiln to ho in the Sunflower state. From ihe. beginning I have believed in your people and 1 am more than grala ful for the way your people showed their belief In me InHt November. It is not pos sible for any man in any position to promiue that things will come right. All that he can promie Is that so far as in him lies he will do his part towards making them right. This 1 can promise and do. It la In one stage of life as It Is another. Right here I see one of the men who fought In the great war. All that ho could do in that war was to do his port well, to do all that lay In him well. And that Is what each one of us can do, In what, ever position he is called to be. It la because of what you and the average man and woman of Kansas has done that Kansas Is so great a state, and Is what every man from the president right through has got to do if our country la to he what it should be. To you people in Kansas, you In whom I believe so rnueh, there are Just one or two things I could say In this brief moment. There 1 nothing peciilur in the iunlltles you need In government that differentiates those oiialltles from the qualities you need In having one private man deal with an other. If a inrui Is to be sn advantage to the community In which he lives, he must be a decent and Just man, who does hi doty and takes care of his family. The same qualities In another sphere must be applied In put lie life If he Is to amount to am mint:-- honesty, decency, courage and mon si nse. Talks In the Territory. President Roosevelt paid a tribute to tha people of Indian Territory and commended them as eligible for sta'.ehood In a brief speech at Vlnlta, where a stop of two miuute' wuj maif at !:'- a. m. The little city was mere profusely decorated than any other place through which tha presi dential train had passed. The station waa decorated with lug and bunting aud a )
