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MILXER COES HOME
ronner South African Commissioner 8ay
Financial Condition is Now Sound.
MONEY FOR ALL NORMAL REQUIREMENTS
Weight of War Expenses May Be Adjusted
by Mother Country.
f LAN FOR FREE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE
Tanners and Government Get Togethor on
Plan for Pubiio Schools.
BOER SCHOOLS ARE ALL TO BE ABSORBED
Knallsh the BfrogrlifJ Society of
munition, hot May Divide Time
of the Pupils with
natch.
JOHANNESBURG, April g.-(Speclal
Cablegram to The Bee.) In a speech at
Oermlston Lord Mllner took his leave of
the Transvaal. Touching upon the finan
cial aspect of his stewardship I,ord Mllner
said that a year ago the country seemed
threntenrd wllh a general smash. It was
at the time when, although atrong pressure
was brought to bear on him to stay ath
home, he had returned to South Africa. He
had never regretted hla decision, and today
he had the satisfaction of knowing that,
though things were not as bright as he
would like, the country was In perfectly
safe water. Whatever the reasons might
be for constitutional change and he was
the first to recognize that there were many
reasons one argument for which no man
could honestly urge was that the finances
were In disorder or that the colony was
threatened with pecuniary embarrass
ment. He did not pretend that there had
never been cause for financial anxiety.
Terrific efforts had had to be made to drag
the country out of the mire In which It
was left by the war. Many things had to
he done on a costly scale In order to avoid
delay, which would have been fatal and
would have proved more costly still.
Finances Are Sound.
Today the railways and finances were
perfectly under control. Statements' to the
contrary, whether-made bona fide In Ignor
ance or with directly malevolent Intent,
were absolutely ' unfounded. Though he
might feel anxious regarding the future of
the country In many particulars, he was
leaving without a vestige of anxiety re
garding Its ability to pay Its way.
The problems of the future, Lord Mllner
continued, had nothing to do with a dwind
ling revenue or a depleted exchequer. There
was money enough and to spare for all
normal requirements of good government.
The questions that would have to be faced
were questions of capital expenditure, of
loans for public improvements, and they
would have to decide which of such works
were relatively of greatest Importance.
This rroblem was still further complicated
by the, obligation to contribute to the war
burden of the mother country. It was true
the obligation Was only one of honor, but
It was one which no colonial statesman of
ny public credit possibly could ignore. He
had no doubt himself that, In view of the
steadily improving financial position of the
colony and the readiness of his majesty's
ministers to study the exigencies of the
Transvaal, a solution would be found for
nls question, and that the problem would
appear less perplexing twelve months hence.
Lord MUner's speech evoked great applause
and he himself met with an enthuslastlo
reception.
Aa to Opposition Schools.
One of the first methods adopted by the '
Boers in the new colonies of trying to put
a spoke In the government's wheel was
the crusade against the educational system.
To support the campaign opposition schools
were started. In the Orange River col
ony the funds necessary to maintain these
schools have been falling for some time,
and the Dutch Reformed church approached
the government with a view to settling the
educational controversy.
After unavoidable delay a conference was
held in Bloemfonteln between the repre
sentatives of the church and of the govern
ment. The whole question waa threshed
out,, and the Boers, by enabling the gov
ernment to Introduce certain measures
which. It was feared, could not be mooted
until the country enjoyed responsible gov
ernment, have showu that when they con
sent to approach the subject dispassion
ately tney have 'lie Interests of iiicntinn
at neart. me main Doints of tha ncrm.
aro as follows:
The school beard areas shall be as large
as is practicable, corresponding, us a rule,
to the maglstrial districts. All the schools
shall be free with the exception of the
high schools. The principle of local contri
bution 1 accepted, the contributors being
lixed for the present at one-sixth of the
local expenditure), such contribution to be
raised by voluntary subscription within the
lirst six months of the financial year, other
wise the government will be empowered to
Impose u poll tax of 10 shillings on each
adult Kuropeun male In the district.
Compulsory Education.
Education shall be compulsory for chil
dren between the ages of 11) and 16, living
within two miles of a government school.
The school committee is to nominate the
teachers from a list submitted by the edu
cational department, but the government
reserves the sole right of appointing and
dismissing teachers, Fngilsh is recognlxod
aa the medium of lnsi ruction, but where
Kngllsti and Dutch are taught the time
devoted to each shall be the same; finally,
the existing opposition schools are to be
absorbed by the government schools.
Complete harmony prevailed throughout
the couference. Tho representatives of the
church, among whom were General be Wet,
General Hcrtzog and Mr. Weasels, have
bo.! a congratulated on the common sense
and patriotism displayed In placing finally
the Interests of sound public education
above racial antagonism. It Is not known
whether Uenerul Krltslnger and Rev. Mr.
Van lleerdou, who toured England osten
sibly to rulse funds for the opposition
schools when these negotiations were In
train, collected much, but the government
nutlfea no claim to the assets while it is
not responsible for the liabilities incurred
. by the schools before the date of taking
them over.
k The end of the educational controversy
in the Orange river colony leaves the gov
ernment in a stronger position than it was
In at the outset The success of the con
ference is due to the firm but tactful man
ner In which the matter has been handled,
since H e opposition schools were started, by
Mr. Gunn. director of education in the
colonies.
Native I Iff la hanalaa.
LONDON. April l.-The report of the
k South African Native Affairs commission,
AlHU-lsnS. which will shortly be laid before
TAXATION INGREAT BRITAIN
Chancellor of Ktrhfqarr Says that
Local Itntes Cannot Conflict
Tlth Imperial.
LONDON. April . (Special Cablegram to
The Rec.) A deputation arranged by the
National Trade Defence association and In
troduced by Mr. Remnant, M. P.. was re
ceived by the chancellor of the exchequer
at the treasury this week and made num
erous requests for reductions In tax.
Mr. Austen Chamberlain, In the course of
his reply, said that within the last few
weeks, putting on one side various supple
mentary requests, riemnnds had been made
to him from various sources for remission
of taxation amounting toSlS.ouo.oxi, wit
any suggestion as to how It was
made good. He was afraid they ,oJ'
be gratified if he made a larg' "" . to
the Income tax. (An Irish .ntive:
"Yes.") He was glad t- ' e person
who wanted an Increa- "" income tax.
However, all he pre .10 at the pes-
ent time wns to .centlon to what
these demands amot. ed to when put to
gether, and to Invite them, as he had had to
invite others, to consider the problems
sometimes of the whole. There were one
or two general observations that he must
make. Sir John Brlckwood suggested thnt
the amount (hat they or any one could be
called upon to contribute to the public rev
enue was a limited amount, which was no
doubt true; that they had to contribute to
both Imperial and local taxation, and that.
If local rates took so much more out of
their pockets, they were the least able to
contribute to Imperial taxntjon and had the
,more claim to relief. He was afraid that
was a principle which no chancellor of the
exchequer could ever accept. It would be as
much as to say that tho local authorities
might take ns much as they liked, and that
the national flnnnce was always to stand
In the second place, tmd thnt the chancel
lor of the exchequer must consider as his
available resources only such portion as
the local authorities were good enough to
leave him. While he quite admitted the
growth of local rates was a very serious
thing, not for them alone, but for all In
terests and for the country at large, he
could not accept the principle that for
every growth In local rates which It might
please the local authorities to Impose, or
which they might be unable to prevent,
something waa to come off the national
revenue, which, after all, served purposes
at least as Important as those of the local
rates.
NORWAY MAY BE DRASTIC
Matter of Separate Consuls Is Still
Lire Issue In Scandinavian
Union.
STOCKHOLM. April 8.-(Speclal Cable
gram to The Bee.) Tho crisis In the matter
of separate consuls for Sweden and Norway
continues, but the circumstances In which
the new cabinet has been formed in Nor
way Indicate a determination to seek an
Issue by drastic measures. The Hagerup
ministry fell because Its program Included
a renewal of the negotiations with Sweden
on the broad basis of revising the condi
tions of union wtlh the alternative of an
amicable dissolution of the union If the
negotiations failed. This policy met with
no . support in the Storthing, and the
Mlchaelson cabinet was formed on a nar
rower basis of carrying out the establish
ment of Norwegian consuls abroad with or
without the consent of Sweden. The reso
lutlon of the special committee of the
Storthing, which will no doubt be adopted
by a large majority of the house, declares
that such consuls shall be In office by April
1, 19ufl. This implies the abrogation of the
existing arrangements and the cessation of
supplies toward a common consular service.
Then there arises the question of obtaining
the necessary , exequatur from foreign
powers enabling separate consuls to as
sume their duties. This the foreign min
ister will probubly decline to apply for
unless the question of the subordination
of the consuls to him is previously settled.
The result will be a worse deadlock than
at present, and If no mutual understanding
Is arrived at the king must refuse his
sanction and the Norwegian cabinet will
find Itself faced with the alternative of
retreat or of recourse to a revolutionary
act which would bring about a rupture of
the union. A strong party In Norway de
sires this consummation and believes that
the formation of the present "ministry of
action" has this ultimate object In view.
(Continued on Second rage.)
MISSIONARIES MAKE ESCAPE
Bakuba Tribe In Africa Goes on
Warpath and Attacks
Settlement.
LONDON, April 8. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Miss A. T. Brown, an Ameri
can missionary, gives a vivid account of
an escape from the Bukuba tribe on the
Kassai river, In the tipper Congo, who re
volted owing to the alleged disrespectful
treatment of their chief by the authorities.
"We were going about our work us
usual." she writes, "when suddenly we
heard a pecuilar cry in the distance, the
full import of which the natives alone
understood. It was the cry of death. Soon
a man came running to us presenting a
branch dipped In blowd, saying that one
of our people had been shot by a Bakuba
arrow. The women and children near the
mission soon took refuge In wy compound.
The men. divided into squads, were sta
tioned all around the mission. There was
fierce fighting for several hours. Some
women, brought to us from trading posts,
were cruelly cut to pieces. Then night
came down. Packing ourselves in the
houses and verandas, and extinguishing
the lights, we sat quietly In the darkness,
not expecting to see another rising sun.
But dawn came without fighting, and then
next day arrived, when, accompanied by
Mr. Kdmlsten and the soldiers, the children
and 1 left lbanj for Loebo. Women and
children numbering about 600 followed. It
was a pathetic scene. Children 4, 6 and 6
years old were bearing burdens and run
ning to keep pace us we marched at full
speed. Finally we reached safety and high
nerve tensloii found relief in tears."
MOORISH CHIEFS OBDURATE
Advisors of Saltan Make Strenuous
Opposition to the Program
of France.
TANGIER, April 8 (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The French mission is meet
lug with strenuous opposition from the
assembly of Moorish chiefs, summoned by
the sultan to discuss the French reform
propoals.
Meanwhile, the state of affairs In the
Tangier district is not Improving. The
sultan's representative again warns the
legation that the maghzen Is unable to
guarantee the security of certain Kuro
peans residing In the suburbs, who havs
been obliged to abandon their hom- s and
reside In the town, as Ralsull regards the
approach of the punitive expedition with
suspicion.
UXHMSTS NOT HAPPY
Think Government Has Changed Its Policy
Toward Emerald Isle But Little.
SAY M'DONNELL IS SHORN OF POWER
Holds Office Only Until Another Place Can
Be Pound for Him.
NATIONALISTS AWAIT NEXT ELECTION
Policy of Party Cannot Be Outlined Until
Liberals Show Hand.
PRESENT COMPROMISE NOT PLEASING
Men on Neither Side of Irish ues
tlon Satisfied with Present Sit
uation of Affairs at the
Castle.
DUBlMN. April 8. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) in view of the recent speeches
by Lord Rosebery and Sir Edward Grey,
unionists here do not take Mr. John Red
mond's challenge at Liverpool recently too
seriously. The Irish Times thinks that, as
far as Ireland Is concerned, the principal
result of the advent of a liberal government
to power would be a larger share of offi
cial patronage for nationalist lawyers. The
same newspaper adds that, although Sir
Anthony MacDonnell still retains his place
pending the falling vacant of a post suit
able for an official of his rank and reputa
tion, the administration of Ireland will for
the remainder of the term of the present
government in office be conducted on true
unionist principles. There is here, perhaps,
a momentary ignoring of the fact that
many Irish unionists are disturbed not so
much by fear of what Sir Anthony will
do in office, as by the incident of his reten
tion In it. The ofllclttl patron of devolu
tion Is still at Dublin castle; and so long
as he remains there Mr. Redmond Is en
titled to make capital out of the assump
tion that the present government is not
wholly satisfied with Its own policy in Ire
land. Nationalist Press Comment.
There are hints in the Nationalist press
that If after a general election the liberals
are not amenable to nationalist pressure,
the Irish party might be able successfully
to compromise with the English unionists
on the basis of an extension of devolution.
The hope is Inspired, no doubt, by the same
circumstance which Inspires the fears of
Irish unlot.isls.
Tho Freeman's Journal says with refer
ence to the resolution In favor of an Inde
pendent parliament proposed by Mr. Red
mond and supported by the Irish members
seven or eight years ago:
We have always thought that resolution
a mistake and said so at the time. As a
statement of Irish constitutional rights It
was undeniable. But It lent Itself to tho
purposes of those liberals, who, like Lord
Kosebery, were bent on breaking tnelr
home rule pledges. The Irish demand is
that the union shall be either ended or
amended.
It is now generally accepted as a fact
that the new chief secretary and Sir An
thony MucDonnoll , have arrived at a work
ing agreement and that the question of
requiring further resignations In Dublin
castle have been postponed until this agree
ment shall have received a fair trial.
Do !'ot I.Ike Compromise.
Irish unionists are not satisfied with tha
presumed compromised and are awaiting
anxiously its effect on Mr. Long's attitude
to the urgent questions' of the maintenance
of order in the west and the eniciency of
the police force. Both of these are raised
in the remarks of Mr. Justice Gibson to
the grand Jury of county Galway at the
opening of the spring assises this week.
Ho said that the general condition of the
county was very far from satisfactory. The
considerable increase in cases of specially
reported crime which he had noticed at
the winter assizes was still maintained.
From the West Riding there were now
twenty specially reported cases1, as
against thirteen for the corresponding
period of last year, and from the East
Riding twenty-three cases, as against thir
teen for the corresponding period. These
Increases appeared to be connected with
Intimidation, which In the West Riding
had assumed no overt form except in
threatening letters. In the East Riding,
however, there seemed to be a movement
of active Intimidation which might come
to be attended with danger. The districts
of Loughrea and Athenry were In a dis
tinctly bad state. In these divisions threat
ening letters were accompanied by the
firing of shots Into dwelling houses. Five
outrages' of this kind had been reported by
the police, and In all of them the police
hud failed to bring the offenders to Justice.
It was not for him, he concluded, to sug
gest a remedy for this alarming state of
things, but It was his duty to say that
unfortunately the condition of the country
was not by any means what it ought to be.
Say Long is "Stop Gap."
Walter Long's appointment us chief secre
tary was not a surprise In Ireland. The na
tionalists pretend to attach no Importance
to It and to regard Mr. Long as merely a
stop-gap. Irish unionists, however, have
given him a hearty welcome. What they
know of his personal character and political
record makes them confident of his willing
ness and ability to set the Irish executive
In order. The Irish Times say that "the
best of all Mr. Long's possessions Is a
backbone." Ireland Is suffering from In
vertebrate administration, the principal
symptoms of which the Dally Express sum
marizes as the amount of the secretarial
powers left in tho hands of the United Irish
league, constant weakening of the forces
of the constabulary, the threatened reduc
tion In the number of stlpendary magis
trates, the payments of blackmail out of
the hands of a department of government
to the families of evicted tenants and "the
various Indefensible ruses that have been
resorted to during the past few years to
shirk every possible cause of conflict with
the league, and even fo strengthen Its
hands against unionist opponents."
There Is no disposition to underrate the
difficulties which Mr. Long will have to
face In reforming these conditions. He will
be abused In Ireland and harassed In the
House of Commons, and it is not likely
that the United Irish league will abandon
without a struggle the Illegal authority
which Mr. Wyndham allowed It to assume.
But If Mr. Long thinks and acts for him
self, does his duty without fear or favor
and does not try to propitiate all parties,
he may prove to be at least the most suc
cessful of Irish secretaries since Mr. Bal
four himself. Sir Walter Scott, writing
from Ireland In 183, said that the Irishman
gets angry when "a physician more blunt
than polite" assures him "that he is better
than he supposes himself, and that much
of his present distress consists partly of
the recollection of former indlpositlnn,
partly of modern empirics." A little ex
perience will possibly convince Mr. Long
that this diagnosis of eighty years ago is
J still tolerably correct.
VON BUELOW AND RUSSIA
German Chancellor Protests Aaelnst
Conrse of Socialists Toward the
tsar's Government.
r I
BERLIN. April 8. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) In the couisV of a reply to Herr
Bcbel In the Relchst this week. Count
von Buelow again protetod against the so
cialistic attack upon' Russia, and main
tained that the social democratic press
had endeavored to poison the relations be
tween England and Russia and to excite
animosity between Germany and Russia in
connection with the Dogger Bank incident
and the bombardment of an Insignificant
German trawler by Admiral Rojestvensky's
squadron. The word "indignation" had
been repeatedly employed by Herr Rebel
in his reference to the present condition
of Russia. On one occasion Prince Bis
marck, dealing with a dispatch which he
(Count von Buelow) had written when he
was a young charge d'affaires, had In
formed him that the word "Indignation"
wnf "not a political expression." Politi
cians, Prince Bismarck hud observed, were
more or less pleasantly affected by events.
but they did not Indulge In indignation.' "
The Germans had too strong a tendency
to raise Indignant protects against what
took place In foreign countries. Seventy or
eighty years ago they had had ah agitation
In favor of tho Greeks, followed by an
agitation In favor of the Poles, and more
recently they had excited themselves In
behalf of Bulgarians. They had subse
quently Indulged In a movement on be
half of the Boers. There was now an at
tempt on the left to excite an agitation
with regard to Russia, but It was as great
a mistake to regard events In that country
through the spectacle of liberalism as It
would have been at the time of the holy
alliance to Judge everything that took
place In Europe from the point of view
of legitimist principles When Herr Rebel
suggested that the Oerman government
would like to offer assistance to Russia he
could only reply that r German assistance
hud not been asked and that there was no
Intention of offering It. There was no
thought of Interfering In the domestic af
fairs of Russia or of risking German lives
or German property without reason. Their
personal opinion of the Russian system
of government was a matter quite apart
from their foreign policy.
PARIS, April 8. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Herr Bebol, who has on many
occasions been held up to M. Jaures by
the Paris conservative press as a model
In having, It Is allegeJ, shown himself
much more of a patriot than a French so
cialist leader on all questions concerning
his country's military greatness, has writ
ten to his "dear comrade" a letter, which
is published In the Humanlte. Herr Rebel
recalled the fact that for thirty-eight yeats
the German social democracy has never
voted either the military or naval esti
mates. The reasons he gives are that the
German socialists "have . no confidence In
the representatives of tho present state,
who treat the worklngmen like second
class citizens," that they condemn mili
tarism as anti-democratic, and that the
money required for these purposes come
largely "from custom duties and Indirect
taxes on products consumed by the labor
ing classes taxes which are both unjust
and crushing. Morepve, the German em
peror has often preachedV tjn the soldiers
that they .musUfca rady.''SjJfta.H,hs bid
them do so, upon their fathers and mothers.
To approve such a system as this would
be, Herr Bcbel says, a villainous proceeding.
BULGARIANS JUKE ENGLAND
Visit of Ferdinand to London a Sur?
prise, .but People Are
Pleased.
SOFIA, April 8 (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The Bulgarian press has com
pletely recovered from the surprise caused
by Prince Ferdinand's visit to Iindon, of
which nothing was known beforehand here.
Most of the Journals now express great
satisfaction. The Vechlrna Posta describes
Kins Edward as the protector of the weak
and holds that, even after the declarations
of Lord Percy and Mr. Balfour, the final
decision with regard to British policy In the
near east rests with his majesty and Lord
Lansdowne.
The sympathies of England proved In
valuable to Bulgaria at a critical moment In
its history the time of the union with east
ern Rumella. The Bulgarian nation knows
how to appreciate even the smallest Indica
tion of a friendly policy In its perilous
situation. It needs the sympathy of nil the
highly civilized nations and especially that
of Englund. The ministerial Nov Vek, the
Svo Podno Slovo and the Kara Vellat Pro
Poretz write In a similar sense. The ultra
Russophll Journals feel hound to protest
against what they describe as the mys
terious policy of Prince Ferdinand, but they
only express the views of a few Interested
politicians.
FREEMANTLE 0N THE NAVY
British Admiral Rfgrrti that Ships
Are Not Being; Built More
Rapidly.
LONDON. April 8.-(Speclal Cablegram to
The Bee.) Comparing the strength of
Oreat Britain's battleships with combina
tions of foreign powers at the London
Chamber of Commerce this week, Admiral
Freemantle said he felt that the country's
position In the future would not be so
strong as It was now. The figures were:
Battleships built
England .0
France and Russia "" X
France, Russia and Germany...!" 4$
France, Germany ami the 1'nited States 4
Battleships built and building
England r.
France and Russia 43
France, Russia and Germany 55
France, Germany and the 1'nited States 71
The admiral felt that Great Britain had
been too hasty in the rejection of cruisers.
He regretted also that It was rostponlng
the construction of a battleship nnd an
armored cruiser, especially when It looked
around nnd saw Its neighbors going for
ward steadily with their programs of naval
construction. He did not say that at the
present time Great Britain should not be
able to mrry on a war with advantage,
but it would be far safer If It were to go on
steadily and keep well ahead of Its competitors.
LOOK CVER THE ZIONIST LAND
Members of Commission ot Agreed
as to Nature of the
Report.
MOMBASA, April 8. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The members of the commis
sion sent to East Africa to examine the
trart of land offered by the British gov
ernment as a Zionist settlement, left here
thl week, homeward hound.
Major Gibbons says the territory Is the
best he has seen In any colony he has
visited. On the. other hand, Piof. Kaiser,
another member of the commission, de
clares that It report will be of a negative
character, and that tht Zluniais will not
come to the country.
CROWD AT FT. WORTH
President Roosevelt Given an Enthusiastic
Welcome to North Teias.
PLANTS TREE IN FRONT OF LIBRARY
Nine Men in Parade Who Fought in War
for Freedom of Texas,
FIRST PRESIDENT TO VISIT CITY
Cheering of the Multitude Heard Over
Half Mile Away.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE TALKS TO STOCKMEN
In Ills Address He Refer to His
Former Residence In West and
Ilia Interest in Irriga
tion l.nws.
FORT WORTH, Tejr., April 8.-Tbe
largest crowd that ever thronged the streets
of Fort Worth welcomed President Roose
velt today when he arrived from San An
tonio. The presidential special arrived at 9:45
o'clock nnd left at 11:03. Forty-one min
utes of the president's visit was occupied
by tho parade, In which he rode. The re
mainder of the time was taken up by his
address In the square facing the Texas &
Pacific station, gutting to and from, his1
train and shaking hands with enthusiastic
admirers.
The president's visit Included the cere
mony of planting a tree In the lawn facing
the Carnegie library, the first tree that
the president has planted since leaving
Washington. The presidential parade was
distinguished by the presence of nine vet
erans who fought for Texas freedom In
the war with Mexico.
The ovation which greeted" the president
exceeded In enthusiasm any given In the
history of Fort Worth. Never were busi
ness houses and public buildings more
beautifully decorated and never before did
a cheering crowd two miles long stand In
Hue to honor a guest of tho city.
Genuine American Welcome.
It was a genuine American welcome,
warm, .Impulsive and sincere, at times
bursting out Into cheers that could have
been heard half a mile and withal, despite
the eagerness to see the first president
who ever visited Fort WorCh. the long
wait In the hot sun and the continual
movement caused by fresh additions to the
crowds, the people were orderly. The ar
rangements of the local committee were
carried out without a hitch.
Of the greeting, tho part that seemed
to touch the president the most was the
eagerness with which he was followed to
his train after his speech had ended. In
some of the other cities visited where
the crowds had stood for hours waiting
the train's arrival and vainly tried to lis
ten to the president's address, there was
generally a movement to get away by those
on the outskirts of the crowd as soon as
the president finished speaking.
. In Fort Wer(h today no sooner had the
president finis:. ou and started for his train
than there waa a simultaneous movement
in his direction. Thousands pushed past
soldiers and police in an effort to catch
a lust glimpse of him and finally com
pletely surrounded the train.
It was a genuine bit of tribute which
seemed to please the president more than
any incident of his brief stay.
President's Address.
After the parade the president was Intro
duced to an immense open air audience und
spoke to them, saying In part:
Mr. Mayor and My Fellow Citizens: I
trust I need not say how profoundly
touched und impressed I am by the greet
ing 1 have received today, a greeting which
Is such as I have received throughout
Texas, and, oh, my friends, while thanking
you from the bottom of my heart for so
much or the greeting as affects "me pcr
sonully, let me say that I appreciate to
the full the Infinitely deeper signincance
of the fact that It Is the greeting of the
great state of Texas to the president of the
United States. (Cheers.)
Here the president was Interrupted by
the arrival of the confederate and Grund
Army camps bearing their flags. There
were cries of "put down the flags; we.
want to see." The president stopping,
bowed, good nuturedly, and addressing the
veterans, said: "The audience wants to
know will It be possible to put the Hags
down. They have a misguided 'desire to
see me." (Laughter.) The flags were
lowered and the president continued:
And now. fellow Americans, the rest of
you I know will agree with me In saying
that profoundly as 1 am touched by the
greeting of you all, yet the greeting which
touches me most, becuuse it urgucs to us
much toward the welfare of the country,
Is the greeting of the veterans of the civli
war a greeting of men who wore the blue
and the men who wore the gray. (Cheers.)
After all, I have come to the conclusion,
traveling through tills great lund of ours,
from the Atluntlc to the Pacific, und over
Maine, Washington, and Montana, and
Texas, that the chief thing we need is to
have Americans know one another. I am
willing to bet on tho result (cheers) If you
will Just get them together. Now that is
what impressed me most In going through
this country und speaking to tho various
audiences, not the points of divergence,
which are only small, but the points of
fundamental unity. We have got our trou
bles, the same us all nations, some of them
belonging to a given locality, but we are
going to solve all the problems ahead of us,
because as u nation 1 think we have the
necessary courage, honesty unci common
sense to enable us to work out our salva
tion. Talks to Stockmen.
And now, here at Fort Worth, I want to
say a word of special greeting to the repie
Hentatixes of the great industry in which
1 have always felt 11 peculiar Interest the
stockmen. (Cheers.) I lived a number of
years in a cow country myself nnd always
look back not only with keen pleasure to
that time, but with the realizat.on of what
It taught me to have lived in a country
where all the wood did not grow on trees.
(Laughter.) Hut things were a little dif
ferent from what they were In the east,
and it gave me a chance to realize the
Immense Importance of a matter which
concerns western Texas a little and which
concerns still more the Rocky mountain
states, and thut Is the question of Irriga
tion, and there Is nothing thut I am prond'T
of in connection with my administration
thun In having clone my part In tusking the
movement for Irrigation a national one.
Here in Texas you have rivers a net harbors
we want to Improve them nationally, so
as to muke them navigable and on the
ether hand you have regions where we
want to take care of the headwaters of fhe
streams so that the farmer In security can
take care of his crops. '
EXPLOSION IN VIRGINIA QUARRY
Katal Accident at Ardnay, near
Alllsonla Causes Death of
Seven Men.
ROANOKE, Va., April 8 A special to
the Times from Alllsonla, Pulaski county,
Virginia, says an accidental explosion at
Ardway quarry, four miles west of Alli
sonia, occurred this afternoon causing the
instant death of seven men, who were
working near by. The Norfolk ft Western
truc ks are badly blorki d and the e isth.iund
passenger train N". 78 Is not expected to
get through under twenty-four hours. Pas
sengers and mall are being transferred.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
t'r, rernnt for brWa Fair anndnyt
Colder In West Portion. Monday
Fair and Colder In Kast Portion.
m: kctio
1 Lord Mllner Marts for Home.
Knnllsh I nlonlsts ot lienor.
Rlsr Crowds t.reet the I'reslclen.
Rtsi Ken Fiaht Is Anticipated.
2 lob lint on Troll ot u Murderer.
Timber Claim Kntrles Cancelled.
Strong Protests nn Rockefeller.
3 p from All Ports of Nebraska.
4 Water Rote Case tines Into fnnrt.
ft Women Are Snt Anlons to Vote.
V, W, C. A. and the ew Hoctrlne.
6 Bishop lclovrell Visits Omaha.
Omaha Improvers Have n Pinner.
St flnyrntt Placed on llnsslnn Prink.
Kffnrts to Settle Chicairo Strike,
ft Omnhn Puts n Crimp Into t hleair".
niar Fish In the Timber Fraud rt.
to I'est Week In Omaha Society,
il Council Bluffs nnd lonn rns.
FPITOHItl. SFCTIOX
14 Kclltnrlal.
l.H lhnrn of the Ante-Hnom.
Happenlnas nt the Army Posts.
Condition of Omaha's Trade.
lf Commercial and Flnnnrlal.
HI.F-TOF, NRCTIOK
1 Head of Associated State Fairs.
Ahont Noted People.
In the Field of Klectrlcltr.
Tnrnlns Points for (ireat Men.
2 I'lajs nnd Players.
Mnslc and Musical Notes.
.1 Adventure off the Three Students.
4 Openlna of City's Jnvenlle Conrt.
Irrlorntlon Work on the Yuma.
Qnalnt Fenturcs of Life.
Tersely Told Tales.
B I nrle Mnm'a Ten-Mile Strip.
Curious Capers of Cupid.
From the Story Teller's Pack.
(1 For nnd About Woman.
7 C.rlst of Sporting; tiosslp.
8 Prattle of the Vounastrrs.
COLOR SKCTIOV
1 Hosier llrorvu K Inar Fun Maker.
2 filrl Tilth the Prettiest Hair,
From Near nnd Far.
.1 Oreen Soils the Comlnx Fad.
4 Washing the Feet of the Bride.
Solvlna; the Mystery of Branlr.
B Preaches Ills Own Kunrrul Sermon
Witchery of Womnn's Wink.
HlRheat Price Paid for Dlvorres.
T Top o the Morn ln
N l.ney and Sophie Say C.ood-Rye.
Mr. Maklnhrakea Criticises Music.
Red Roses Short Story,
IO Kyes that ( harm Theater-Goers.
Temperature at Omnht Yesterday!
Hour. Dear. Hour. Ilea.
1 a. m nt I p. m 71
a. m 'fill 2 p. 111 711
7 a. m Jil :i p. 111 7S
Ha. 111 B2 4 p. ill...... 70
a. m Ml B p. ni NO
10 a. in rl Op. in 7m
11 a. m ii 7 p. in 77
L2 n tut
SENSATION AT CINCINNATI
Prominent Ohio Lawyer and Broker
Are Charged with Contempt
of Court.
CINCINNATI. April ,fi Charges of con
tempt of court were filed against Broker
John W. Bnllman today by the United
States grand jury, which at the same time
filed with the clerk a motion to compel
Thomas F. Shay, one of the most prominent
attorneys In the central west, to show
cause why he should not be attached for
contempt. Rallmun had been called as a
witness before the grand Jury, which was
Investigating the mysterious disappearance
of $55,000 from the vaults of the German
National bank, possible speculation by cer
tain bank clerks being under scrutiny in
that connection. Mr. Shay was attorney
for Rallmun and was charged with having
Instructed his client as to his testimony be
fore the grand Jury. An immediate trial
was ordered by Judge Thompson.
The charge against Mr. Rallman Is that
he failed to bring his cash book and re
fused to answrr certain questions which
are pertinent to tho Inquiry.
DROWNS HIMSELF AT SEA
Georsre Wilder. Denver Pioneer, Com
mits Suicide by Jumplna; from
Deck of Gulf Steamer.
DENVER, April 8. George Wilder, who
disappeared from his home In this city two
weeks ago, has committed suicide by Jump
ing Into the sea from the steamer Concha,
on which he .lalled from Galveston on
Wednesday, according to news received
here today from Key West. Mr. Wilder
was 84 years of age, but was apparently in
good health nnd vlfror. He was a pioneer
wholesale grocer of Denver. In a letter to
his business agent dated Galveston, April
4, Mr. Milder announced his purpose to
drown himself.
"I am worn out and tired out," he wrote,
"and I thought I would put this old frame
where there would be no Inquest save the
sharks."
ATTACHING BIG FOUR CARS
Admlnlatrntor of Slonx City Katate
Brings Suit for Death of
Frank Jandt.
SrOl'X CITY, la.. April 8.-Actlon for
110,000 brought by the executors for the es
tate of the late Frank Jandt of Sioux City
has been followed by officers attaching
the curs of the Rig Four railroad through
out Iowa
Jandt was killed October 28 last, near St.
Anne, 111., In a wreck on the Rig Four.
In order to get the corporation Into Iowa
to get notice In the damage suit, the cars
of the compuny are being tied- up as fast
as possible.
Movements of Ocean Vessels April K.
At New York Arrived: Cltta I Nw
York, from Naples: New York, from South
ampton; ji Touralne, from Havre. H:illcd:
L'Aciultaltie, for Havre; Graf Waldersee,
for I latriljuri, ; Campania, for Liverpool; St!
Paul, for Plymouth; Caledonia, for Glas-
?ow; Zecland. for Antwerp; Konlg Albert
or Genoa; Sicilian Prince for Naples.
At Leghorn Arrived: Algeria, from New
York.
At Liverpool Arrived: Lake Manitoba,
from St. John, N. It. ; Herlon. from Phila
delphia. Hailed: Lucanla, for New York.
At Houlogno Arrived: Htateudum, from
New York.
At Palermo Arrived: Cretlc, from Genoa.
At Glasgow Arrived : Samaritan, from
Boston. Sailed: Sardinian, for Ronton
At Naples Hailed: Neckar, for New York.
At QiiHcnstown Arrived: Ktrurla. from
New York. Sailed: Cedrlc, for New York.
At Southampton Balled: St. Ijouls. for
Ne w York.
At Manchester- Sailed : Caledonian, for
Boston.
At Havre Arrived: La Guacogne, from
New York. Hailed: La Buvole. for New
York.
At Hong Kong Arrived: Nlcodemlu. from
Portland.
At Plymouth Arrived: Philadelphia, from
New York.
At Cherbourg-Sailed: St. Iuls, for New
York.
Ai Yokohama Arrived: Numantls, from
Portland, Ore.
At 1 over Hulled : Vuderlend, from Ant
werp fur New York.
LOOK FOR SEA FIGHT
Admiral Kojestvensky's Fleet Passes
Singapore Bound East.
CONSISTS OF FORTY-SEVEN VESSELS
Squadron Nearly an Hour Passing the Port
Seven Abreast.
RUSSIAN CONSUL DELIVERS DISPATCHES
Vessels fhow the Effect of Their Long So
Voyage.
JAPANESE SHIPS ARE SEEN ON GUARD
British China Squndron Prepares to
Put to Sea on Hearlna. of
Presence of Warlike
Vessels.
SINGAPORE. Straits Settlement, April t.
The Russian Baltic squadron passed here
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The forty
seven ships ateuininir slowly at eight knota
an hour, four abreast, presented a striking
spectacle. The vessels, however, bore evi
dence of the effects of their long sea voyage
and at the water line showed sea weed a
foot long.
The squadron was led by a large cruiser,
followed by three converted former Hamburg-American
line vessels. Then came
the cruisers, colliers, battleships, etc. The
colliers wen; mostly In the center of the
fleet. The decks of the warships were coal
laden, while the colliers und the former
Hamburg-American liners were light of
draft. The fleet passed seven miles out.
The Russiun consul visited and gave dis
patches to a torpedo boat. The fleet con
sisted of six battleships, nine cruisers, eight
torpedo bout destroyers, three volunteer
fleet vessels, sixteen colliers, one salvage
ship and one hospital ship.
Disappears in the Fast.
The fleet did not stop to receive dis
patches or to consult with the consul. Sub-
sequently the consul visited Vice Admiral
RoJcatvenrity'B ship, talking to him from a
launch. He did not board the vessel, but
was cheered heartily on leaving the side
of the ship. The consul gave to the fleet
the first news of the fall of Mukden.
The vessels are burning soft coal and a
tremendous smoke la visible for mil's.
Gangways were not lowered and nobody
was permitted to board the vessels. No
news was vouchsafed. The only launches
allowed to approach the fleet were those
of the Russian consul and of the Associated
Press. Natives lined the sea front and
were greatly excited.
Artillerymen and submarine miners were
kept at their posts all day, manning the
guns and mines.
As the fleet did not touch the harbor
limits no salutes were fired.
The squadron disappeared about 5 o'clock
In the afternoon, still smoking black on the
eastern horizon.
American Reports Fleet.
WASHINGTON. April 8.-The American
consul at Singapore cables the State de
partment that the Russian Baltic squadron
was seen at that port, going eastward, this
morning. There were about forty-seven
vessels In line.
Kxcltement at Penanu.
PENANG, West Coast of Malay Penin
sula, April 8. Two steamers which have
arrived ut Penang report the sighting of
a large Russian fleet in the Straits ot
Mulucca. It included twenty-five trans
ports und was steering toward Singapore.
The steamer Kumsang reports having
sighted twelve cruisers, presumably Jap
anese, steaming some distance ahead, evi
dently a Japanese scouting squadron.
There la much excitement here and in
Singapore over the anticipation of an en
gagement in Malayan waters.
China Squadron Pota to Sea.
HONG KONG, April 8. In consequence
of the apeparunce of a fleet In the Straits
of Malacca the China squadron is prepar
ing to put to sea. The armored crulBer
SutleJ leaves today for Singapore and the
first class battleship Ocean and a cruiser
will follow.
London Kxpecte Sea Flsht.
LONDON, April 8.-The sudden shifting
of Interest in the war from the land to
the sea and the apparently Imminent
prospects of a fateful battle between the
Russian and Japanese squadrons In the
China sea have revived all the Interest
shown here In the earlier developments of
the struggle In the far east. It Is taken
for granted that Admiral Togo's ships re
ported to be In the neighborhood of Singa
pore In tho middle of March are still In
that vicinity, ond the report from Penang
on the west const of tho Malay peninsula,
that twelve Japanese ships were seen
steaming ahead of the Russian warships
Is Interpreted to mean that the former
war scnutn sent nut by Togo to get In
touch with tho Russians, ami when their
object Is accomplished to retire on the
main body of the Japanese squadron.
The reports about the number of tha
Russian nhlps vary, but, at any rate, o'er
thirty-live battleships, cruisers, colliers
and torpedo boats have passed the port
of Singapore. The underwriters here pre
sume from the northeasterly course they
were steering after passing Singapore the
Russian ships are attempting to reach the
French port of Saigon, Cochin Chlnu.
However, It is pointed out that a Japanese
squadron of twenty-two ships Is still off
Horstburg light, where It was reported
March 14. The two naval forces were this
afternoon only about thirty miles apart
and fnay touch nt any moment.
Insurance rates at Lloyds for shipping
bound east of Singapore advanced smartly
on the news that tho Russian Second Pa
cific squadron had passed that port.
Rojestvrnsky F.lndca Japs.
ST. PKTKRSBl'RG, April 9.-2:40 a. m
There wa great rejoicing last night at
the admiralty, yacht and other naval clubs
over Vice Admiral Rojestvensky having
successfully navlKated the gateway of the
China Bea without encountering the Japa
nese. The dniigcr of the fleet being beset
by the wasps of the deep In the narrow
waters which divide the breastworks of
tho Islands of the Malay archipelago and
the possible damage to the big flotilla In
coming In contact with Vic e Admiral Togo's
fleet was so great that some of the naval
experts actually favored a route around
Australia.
The itcHI for the strategy by which the
feat was accomplished, the Associated
Press learns, belongs solely to Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky, who accurately Judged that
as tho Malacca straits was the most prac
ticable ss well as the most direct route,
the Japanese would calculate thnt he wmM
not dare to force u passage (here. Re sides
this, Rojestvensky planned a stralas. in to
deceive the Japanese, with the secret ot
which only two nun In St. Petersburg
were entrusted, by directing the Russian
admiralty to order the colliers which were
to follow him to rendezvous la Suuda
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