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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10. 1S71.
OMAHA. SATURDAY MOKNINO, A PHIL 15, 1S03 SIXTEEN PAGES.
SINGLE COrV THIJEE CENTS.
BEARS MAY BE SAFE
ears that Snowstorm in Mountains May
Spoil President'! Sport.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE WELCOMED TO COLORADO ;
Governor McDonald and Party Meets Spe
cial at ttite Line.
CROWDS AT TRIMuAD AND PUEBLO
Mr. Roosevelt Makes Addresses at the Sta
tion at Each Point
LAST STOP AT COLORADO SPRINGS
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NEWCASTLE. Colo.. April 14. With the
enuw two feet deep In every direction from
the camp and from three to Ave feet deep In
the lulu, . with the snow storm sllii
continuing. It is possible Freaitrent
Roosevelt will be compelled to de
lay his hunt here or content himself
with smaller game than the grizzlies he has
planned to kill. For a week now the Know
tins fallen day after day. Not twenty-four
houis have passed without Us storming.
All that prevents the roads and trails from
being absolutely Impassable 1m the warm
weather that has Intervened and to a great
extent iueited the snow.
1. II. Wells, a Meeker hunter, who is
one of the party, has Just arrived here.
It took him nearly five hours to make the
twenty miles" ride from Camp Roosevelt,
and his horso wan worn to exhaustion
when he readied here.
'The weather Is at least three weeks be-
ind the normal." he said. "There hits
n an unusual amount of snow here this
winter, but not In ten years have I seen
the conditions so bad as this season."
lamp In l'erfect Shape.
According to Weils, the camp is now In
perfect shape. It has been practically de
cided to track the game with dogs and to
follow with horses. This is considered one
of tho most dangerous sports, and the bad
condition of the ground makes it doubly
dangerous now.
A full grown grizzly can easily race away
a.vi,. uui oil uuu uie uuo toil wmuai
equal the speed.
Hunters here point out that to hunt from
horses at all a dead gallop must he kept
up all of the time to close In with the
quarry, and that this speed must be main
tained over gullies, through gulches, around
rocks, over broken logs, through thickets
and brush and up and down mountain sides,
and they pesslmistlculiy add, some ono la
sure to be hurt. Now that the reception to
President Koosevelt and the parudo Is as
sured, the women of Newcastle have de
cided to do their share. As soon as the
president alights from the train a com
mittee from the Women's Heading club
will surround him and will escort him to
the club rooms, where, on behalf of the
womun' of UnrifoJU cpuMyj. he wilt he
anted with a horsehair bridle for he tise
pf Miss Alice Roosevelt. The bridle Itself
Is a work of art, which took over a year
to complete. All of the straps, Including
the reins, ure made of pure white horse
hair and the buckles are of solid silver.
Itecelves Hunting License.
TRINIDAD, Colo., April 14. President
Roosevelt crossed the Colorado-New Mexico
boundary line at 11:60 a. m. Governor
Jesse F. McDonald of Colorado and his
party met the president at Emory Gap, N.
M. After greetings were exchanged Gov
ernor McDonald presented to the president
a speclul engrossed hunting license, giving
him permission to kill any game he may
want In Colorado. The president's trip
through New Mexico was a continuous
ovation, for although the train did not
stop at small stations, there were crowds
at all of them, who let out a good western
yell for the nation's chief executive.
Seven thousand persons, including 2,000
school children waving1 small Omits irro. to.i
resident Koosevelt this afternoon with
I'npftrR i Fin nnruii n nifnrm mH v. ..... . 1
off and forty special officers appointed to
keep the crowd In order. Another of rough
riders and another of, veterans acted as a
guard of honor to the president. The presi
dent was introduced by Mayor H. B. Brown
as "the greatest man In the world," and
talked for five minutes, warmly greeting
the old soldiers.
Ureat Crowd at Pueblo.
PUEBLO, Colo., April 14 Pueblo citizens
i the number of 6,000 greeted President
(oosevelt upon his arrival at the Union
station nere at i:4; n. m. toriav w in
the special was first sighted a mighty cheer
.went up and this continued until President
Roosevelt appeared on the rear plaftorm
and begun to address the crowd. His
speech was Interrupted by the presentation
of a "big stick," the gift of the school chil
dren of the city. The president spoke
briefly. Promptly at 6:60 the special pulled
out over the Colorado & Southern for Colo
rado Springs. The trip since crossing the
Colorado line, has been uneventful except
that at every station great crowds gathered
to greet the chief executive of the nation.
The passenger yards here had been
cleared and the president's speclnl was
handle without a hitch. During the stop
the train was surrounded by a cordon of
police. A special committee of citizens
headed by Mayor Brown greeted the presi
dent and welcomed him to the city.
Appeals fur Fair Play.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., April 14.
Fully 10,000 people assembled at the Santa
Fe station tonight to welcome President
Roosevelt. Grand Army veterans were lined
up on the plufiorm, and a band entertained
the crowd during the wait.
Promptly at 7:30 o'clock the presidential
spifiiil train pulled Into the station. Wild
cheering greeted the president as he
stepped out upon tho platform of the car.
The president responded to calls for a
speech, saying In part:
Let me say one word of special greeting
to the veterans of the Grand Army. To
f'ou. my eomruiies, i wish to say that I
luve Just come up from Texas, and It would
huve done your hearts good you men who
wore the blue In the greut war to see how,
side by side with your comrades who wore
the blue, stood the men who wore the srrav
united with them now forever and ever with
one ikig ana one country, ueugnted though
1 was with every feature or my receotlon In
exas, I think that the feature that pleased
niu most whs that of which I have Just
spoken to see the former union and former
confederate veterans standing together
under the old flag.
Now 1 um going to make a request of the
pi ople of Colorado. I am off on a hunt.
One thing ou cannot do on a hunt, and
that Is to osiry a brass band. You. cannot
combine hunting hears with a Fourth of
July celebration. Seriously, I am going to
bi g the pimple of Colorado to treat me on
thlK hunt Jint as well as the eople of
Oklahoma treated me on the wolf hunt. If
a lot of newspaper men start to ronie In
ft.r me I will have to come home: that Is
till there Is to it. The thing they can do
that will please me best la to let me be on
MORGAN ANGRYAT ITALIANS
Refuses to Alan Statement Regard
Ins lion- lie Secured the
ROME. April 14-Hefore J. Pierpont
Morgan, who arrived here yesterday from
Naples, left Taormlna an cximinlng magis
trate from Taormlna boarded his ynoht
Corsair to take Mr. M rgan's testimony
concerning the person who sold Mm the
famous1 cope, stolen from the cathedral of
Ascoll and subsequently returned to Asoll
by Mr. Morgan.
The latter was indignant at being
tro'ibled about the matter after having
returned the cope without even asking for
the reimbursement cf the money he had
paid for it. He said he did not remember
anything connected with the purchase nf
the cope, but when asked to sign a state
ment to that effect, Mr. Morgan refused,
saying he would not sign anything In a
language he did not understand.
The government has been Informed of the
Incident anil Is most displeased at Its oc
currence. It was due to the fact that the
courts of Justice in Italy are lndejwndcnt
of the government and the examining
magistrate at Taormlna acted on a request
received from the court at Ascoll and not
at the request of the Italian government.
The authorities of Acoll are still trying
to ascertain how the cope was stolen and
In so doing requested the legal auth irlties
of TaonniiiH to take the testimony of Mr.
Morgan.
USD BODY OF PALL JONES
Ambassador Porter's Search for Remains of
Naval Hero is Successful,
IDENTIFICATION BEYOND QUESTION
Rod? Is Encased In Leaden Coffin and
Is Well Preserved Final Inter
ment at Arlington
Cemetery.
REPORT Otf SCOTCH I III RCIIES
Free Church Should tilre All Surplus
Property to Inlted Body,
LONDON, April II. The report of the
royal commission appointed to Inquire Into
the Scottish churches' dispute recommends
that the Free church should hand over to
the United Free church all the property
It cannot Itself adequately administer. As
It Is admitted that the former can only
utilize a small proportion of the church's
manses and money handed over by the
recent decision of the courts, the recom
mendation. If accepted by the government,
will mean the restoration of a large purt
of the property to the I'nltcd Free church.
Legislation will be necessary to give effect
to the recommendation, but little. If any,
opposition Is expected to It.
COMMISSION
FAVORS
CAHTOOXS
Would Permit Printing of Pictures
and Publication of TVbntes.
ST. PETERSBURG, April H.-The press
commission has recommended the removal
of the censorship from cartoons and tho
debates of zemstvoe and other legal organizations.
Imputation Visits Dnlfonr.
LONDON, April .14. The deputation of
members of Parliament, headed by Joseph
Chamberlain, appointed at the meeting In
the House of Commons yesterday to present
to Premier Balfour a statement expressing
the views of the members who are In favor
of tariff reform, was received by Mr. Bal
four at the foreign office today. The pro
ceedings were private. It Is said, how
ever, that the deputation did not ask for
an Immediate answer and the premier will
tak4 time to consider the terms proposed
as a compromise looking to the solidification
of the unionists.
GARFIELD GETS DOWN TO WORK
RL'LINC FATAL TO INDIA: S the bee bulletin.
p i . rcibtunnu; 'apni !. un account
of the condition pf his health and the fact
that the evidence against Maxim Gorky Is
not Btronger than that against hundreds
of others who have not been arrested In
connection with the disturbances at St.
Petersburg January 22. It is understood that
tho government has abandoned Its inten
tion of bringing him to trial.
Arbitration Treaties Approved.
THE HAGUE, April 14.-The second
Chamber of States General today approved
the arbitration treaties between the Neth
erlands and Denmark, France and Great
Britain.
(Continued on Second PacaJ
CORPORATION OUT OF BUSINESS
Death of Boston Promoter Forces a
Sew Jersey Concern
to Wall.
BOSTON, April 14.-The Mystic Print and
Dye Works, a New Jersey corporation
located In Medford, was placed In the hunds
of a receiver today on petition of the Locke
Coal company of Maiden and others. John
D. Street, treasurer of tho Mystic company,
was named as receiver.
Carence M. Merrlam, a well known Kan
sas man and Boston Investor, who com
mitted suicide here Tuesday, Is named by
the petitioners In their statements filed
with the court. Merrlam, It was alleged,
had been given $13,300 in demand promissory
notes by the Mystic company under an
agreement that he was not to Bell them or
transfer them until he had accomplished the
sale of 175,000 In bonds which the company
had decided to Issue. The petitioners allege
further that the holders of these notes,
which cannot be located, would proceed
against the Mystic company and that this
might cause the company embarrassment.
It was stated that the company owes $77,000
and has assets of $109,000.
Merrlam was the manager of the eastern
agency of the Merrlam Mortgage company
of Topeka, Kan. He was a brother-in-law
of Rev. Charles M. Sheldon of Topeka.
QUIET SUNDAY AT ST. LOUIS
Restaurants, Barber Shops and Clear
Stands to Close Hotels Will Serve
Meals for Rrgalar Patrons.
ST. LOUIS. April 14. At a meeting today
of the leading restaurant proprietors it was
agreed to close their restaurants In the
business section of the city next Sunday,
It being the opinion of the restauranteurs
that there would ho little profit in keeping
open with the bars closed.
At another meeting the managers of the
principal hotels agreed to close saloons,
cafes, barber shops, news and cigar stands,
keeping open only the dining rooms for the
accommodation of regular patrons. In most
of the hostelrles It will, be Impossible to
even get shoes shlned and the baths will
also be shut down for the day.
PARIS. April 14-The remarkable search'
which Ambassador Porter has conducted
for the body of Paul Jones has been
crowned with success by the discovery of
the body and Its Identification today by
the highest French medical experts p.a un
questionably that of the famous American
admiral who founded the American navy.
Ambassador Porter cabled to Washington
tonight announcing the successful resul'.s
of his long and d'fflcult search. The body
Is In a good state of preservation consid
ering that the Interment took place over
100 years ago.
The circumstances leading the final dis
covery of the body are particularly Inter
esting. General Porter has conducted the
search for the last five years and when
congress recently took no action upon the
president's recommendation for the ex
penses Incident to the search for the re
mains, the ambassador continued the ex
tensive labors at his own expense. A large
force of workmen has been engaged nisht
and day tunneling and croas-tunncilng the
old St. Louis cemetery. This constituted a
huge operation embracing nearly a block
covered with buildings and requiring a
system of subterranean mining.
Ilody Is Well Preserved.
Hundreds of wooden caskets were found,
but not until Wednesday were unearthed
four leaden caskets which gave promise of
containing the body of the admiral. Three
of them bore plates designating the nams
of the deceased , The fourth showed su
perior solidity of workmanship. No plate
was found on this casket ana It Is supposed
It wen removed when another coffin was
superimposed on It. The leaden coflln was
opened In the presence of General Porter,
Colonel Railty Blanchard, the second sec
retary of the American embassy, and En
gineer Wels, who has been directing the
excavation. The body waa found to be well
preserved owing to Its being immersed in
alcohol. It was wrapped In a sheet with a
packing of straw and hay. Those prepent
were immediately struck by the resemb
lance of the head to that on the medallions
and busts of the admiral.
As was anticipated, no uniform, decora
tion or sword were found, as all such arti
cles had been accounted for after the
burial.
The coffin Is shaped like a mummy coffin,
which coffins were common at that period,
widening from the feet to the shoulders,
with a round top fitting over the head.
Identification Is Complete.
The coffin was taken to the medical
school, where Directors Capltan and P.p
lllu, distinguished professors of the school
Of anthropology and recognized authorities
on uch investigations, were charged with
making a thorough examination for the
msvorpjii. identification. To facilitate thlsl
the.. am Vassador " f urhterred ' fnVrh - wltli pof?l
traits and medallions, two busts by Houdln
and authentic descriptions of the color of
the admiral's hair and the height and
measurement of his body. After the most
minute examination these facts were fully
substantiated:
Length of the body, five feet seven inches,
the admiral's exact height.
Size and shape of the head agree with
several peculiarities Identical with the head
of the admiral.
Hair dark brown, the same as the ad
miral's: in places slightly gray. Indicating
a person of his age. 45 years. The hair Is
long reaching below the shoulders, and
is combed back and gathered In a clasp at
the back of tne neca.
The face Is clean shaven, all correspond
ing exactly with the descriptions, portraits
and bustB of the admiral.
The linen Is In good condition. One ar
ticle bears an Initial, either "J' or an
inverted "P."
Burled la Leaden Coflln.
The body waa carefully packed. The
limbs were wrapped In tinfoil, presumably
for sea transportation, as indicated in a
letter of the admiral's nearest friend and a
pallbearer of his funeral, Colonel Blackden,
who said:
Ills body waa put in a leaden coffin, so
that ia case the United States, which he
had so essentially served, should claim his
remains, they might be more easily re
moved. Finding that all the internal organs were
singularly well preserved the doctors made
an autopsy, which showed distinct proofs
of the disease from which the admiral Is
known to have died. The Identification waa
pronounced complete in every particular.
Care has been taken to keep the body In
its present state of preservation. It will
be placed In a handsome casket and de
posited In the receiving vault of the Amer
ican church on the .Avenue de I. 'Alma until
the ambassador can learn the opinion of the
government concerning the most appro
priate means of transporting it to the
United States and giving a fitting sepulture
to the body of the illustrious sailor whose
place of burial had so long remained a
mystery.
Final Interment at Arlington.
WASHINGTON, April 14. Ambassador
Porter's dispatch announcing the finding of
the body of John Paul Jones reached the
State department tonight. It was of con
siderable length. In the State department
code and will not be deciphered until to
morrow. Just enough of it, however, was
deciphered tonight to confirm the press re
ports of the finding of the body.
There is genuine satisfaction among the
officials at Washington that the untiring
efforts of Ambassador Porter have been
crowned with success. It Is probable that a
recommendation will be made U congress
at its next session looking to his reimburse
ment. The remolnB of John Paul Jones ara
to be brought here and interred In the Na
tional cemetery at Arlington, and It Is likely
that the transfer will be made the occasion
of an Interesting demonstration. It Is prob
able that Secretary Morton will send a
battleship to France to bring the body
home.
Commissioner's Assistants Sunlit
Records In Office f Oeneral
Freight Agent of."
It '.
TOrEKA. Kan., April I4.-Commlsslonr
of Corporations Garfield spent the day tak
ing evidence at the Santa Fe general offl
ces here regarding the connection of that
road with the Standard Oil company In the
matter of rates on oil. He It coverng the
same ground as the suit started by the oil
producers against the Santa Fe, alleging
conspiracy. Mr. Garfield called on Mr.
Koontz. general freight agent of the Santa
Fe. today and asked him If he would allow
a complete overhauling of the cempany's.
records that touched .upon the point In
question. M-. Koontz replied that he Sinia
Ke had nothing to hide, nnd that Mr. Oar
field or his men might have access to every
freight tariff and reeurd they wanted to
see.
Mr. Garfield then put his assistants to
work In the freight agent's office, nnd they
are examining all the freight tariffs of the
last five or six years In order to ar:tve at
the exact truth of all of what the Santa
Fe has been doing. It was announced that
none of the Santa Fe officials would inter
fere with the Investigation In any way.
All they ask is that the inquiry be made
In nn imptrtlal manner. This assured, they
will do all In their power to assist the fed
eral authorities.
Commissioner Garfield refused to detail
his movements for the next week. How
ever, the work he has started upon In the
Santa Fe offices will takn him several days
to complete.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON SHIP
GRAIN DEALERS FIGHT BACK
Kansas Attorney General Asked to
Define Legal Statas of Farmers'
National Exchange.
TOPEKA. Kan.. April 14. Members of the
State Grain Dealers' association have asked
the attorney general for uu opinion as to
the status of the National Farmers' ex
change, the Immense combine of farmers
which Is doing business in Kansas. This
organization has subsidiary companies
scattered over Kansas. Oklahoma. Ne.
hraska and other states. It Is capitalized
for t,V,nn0,ruO under tho laws of South Da
kota, but It lias never been admitted to
Kansas by the .state charter board. To
get this authority would require a pay
ment of about 10,000 into tha atata treasury.
SALOON SMASHERS SENTENCED
Mrs. Nation and Accomplices Riven
Fines and Jail Terms at
Wichita.
WICHITA. Kan., April 14-In the district
court today Carrie Nation, Myra McIIenry
and Mra Lucy Wilholt were found guilty
of destroying property and sentenced by
Judge Wilson. Mrs. Nation was fined .&i
and given four months in Jail; Mrs. Mc
Henry two months and a hue of lift), and
Mrs. Wllhoii twenty-five days in Jail and
a fine of 1j0. Sentence was suspended
pending good behavior.
The offense was committed September
last, when the three women broke the win
dows of a wholesale liquor house. The
women voluntarily surrendered Me time
ago.
BIG
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IN NEXT
SUNDAY'S BEE
I Slierlock I olmes Mystery
The Adventure of the Golden
Plncenes fully up to the standard
of this remarkable series.
2 Busier Brown, Funmaker
This Infant prodigy makes more
fun than all the rest of the picto
rial funmakers put together.
3 Six Men Die for Her Love
LeartK'Ss beuuty in space of twelve
mouths sends six suitors to their
raves.
4100 '-ays to Break Your Neck
Daring chances taken In the
upmsemrnt profession at risk of
uert'oriner's lite.
5 A Spanish Town Without Women
It la all because 15D women have
been imprisoned for sedition, leav
ing all the work to the men.
6 Prettiest Chin la the World
It belongs to a professional model
and earns her I.TSki a year on ac
count of its perfection.
7 Charity Employment for Rich Girls
Solution offered for the problem
of the wealthy daughter who does
not have to work unless she
wants to.
8 Most Unpopu'ar In List of Beasts
It is the hyena which has the rep
utatior of being rlie meanest ani
mal ki own t i mall.
9 Whit ths Fas'er Rabbit Will Bring
Foretaste ef tin novelties the
slii.ps ore oferlnn to help celebrate,
the coming t'astertide fittingly.
10 Ayesss, the Trailer Short Story
A thrilling little tale of love and
adventure bv Louis Beeke, author
of "The Islund Wife."
' . on t?ayi Tree Whisky Means the
as-Ml""1! of the Winnebigoes.
RED MEN FORWARD A STRONG PROTEST
Insist They Have Been Bobbed of
Their Lands and Montr ' (lob
bied Ip br the White
peculators.
President's Yacht Sjlpb. Tow of
Merchantman After nn
Explosion.
NORFOLK. Va., Apr 14.-The Morgan
line steamship. El Cld, "passed the Virginia
capes today towing the president's yacht
Sylph, aboarl of whlchjan explosion oc
curred, seriously scalding two men.
The El Cld towed the Sylph into Hamp
ton Roads and Admiral Harrington, com
manding the Norfolk navy yard, orde.-ed
a naval tug to proceed at once to tow
tho vacht to Norfolk. The Sylph waa at
tho time of the accident on Its way to its
regular station at Washington from Florida
waters, where It recently had aboard Mrs.
Roosevelt and her children. Mrs. Roose
velt and party, howevev, left the Sylph at
Jacksonville and proceeded to Washington
some days ago. The Sylph on sighting
the El Cld at sea gave signals of distress
and the Morgan liner immediately went to
Its assistance ar.d towed It Into harbor.
The Sylph arrived ftt the Norfolk navy
yard this afternoon in tow of the naval
tug Mohawk. The vessel Is not badly dam
aged, but its boilers re" r:salilod as the
result of the blowing fut of two tubes
while the yacht was In storm in the gulf
stream near Cape Hutteras on Wednesday
afternoon. The two Injured men will re
cover. STRANGE PLAGUE IN NEVADA
People at Tonopt.1. X -e Dying; at Bate
. of from o Twenty
RENO. New, April 14 Hundreds of peo
ple flocked Into Reno on the Virginia and
Truckee train tonight, fleeing from a sick
ness now prevalent at Tonopah. Every
train for a week has been crowded.
Governor Sparks tomorrow will nppolnt
a special medical commission and send
the members to Tonopah. These men will
co-yoperate with the physicians of the camp
and at once begin a campaign to check
the disease that Is mowing down people
nt the rate of from five to twenty-five
each day. Yesterday twelve bodies were
stretched on slabs In the only undertaking
establishment In the camp. An equal num
ber at least were dead around the town.
The disease strikes without warning. The
healthy are the moBt susceptible and in
from twelve to twenty-four hours are
dead, the bodies blackened by the myste
rious poison that saps their lives away.
fFrom Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, April 14-tSpttlal Tele
gram.) 11. G. Wilson, bonded school su
perintendent of the Wlnnebagoes, arrived
In Washington today on matters before
officials of tho Indian bureau and expects
to return home within a few days. I'pon
his return he will Install his successor, W.
A. McFatrldge, and this having been ac
complished will start for Klamath, Ore.,
having recently been appointed bonded
school superintendent of the Klamath
schools.
Mr. Wilson, In speaking of the conditions
on the Winnebago reservation respecting
the sale' of liquors, said that during the
recent months there had been much less
drinking. The recent decision of the su
preme court, however, holding there Is no
law to prevent the Winnebago or other
Indians who holds full American citizen
ship from purchasing liquor, will have a
disastrous effect.
"This decision means the finish morally
and physically of this tribe of Indians,"
said Wilson.
"If enabled to purchase whisky they will
soon become extinct. In fact, it will be
but a few years until nearly every able
bodied man among them will have drank
himself to death."
Indians File Protest.
The Wlnnebagoes have filed a protest
with the secretary of the Interior and
commissioner of Indian affairs of the man
ner In which that tribe has been robbed
of Its lands and cast into outer darkness
by the white man for the last twenty-five
years. The Wlnnebagoes declare their lands,
which have apparently been sold by them
have been taker, away fraudulently. Mem
bers of the tribe, they assert, have been
forced to sign blank papers they knew
nothing about, checks they have received
have been taken from them by force or
ofTset by enormous whisky bills; their
agents have falsified Itemized accounts
they sent to the department, and during
the last three months have ridden all over
the reservation getting signatures from In
dians to papers which enabled the specu
lators to get hold of their property. The
climax, they charge, came when their agent
himself handed to speculators direct the
government checks, money belonging to the
Indians to pay fraudulent debts and whisky
notes of Indians without investigation or
hearing and without the knowledge and
consent of the Indians. The complaint Is
transmltteed by Phillip Long, a Winnebago,
and Is signed by more than 100 of his tribes
men. Some jof the names attached are
Red Legs, Charles Earth, George Long
tall, Louis Grayhalr, Green Rainbow, Pet
Snake. Two Buffalobead, South Wind. Big
Tree. Walking Day, George Whltewing and
Green Hair.
. .-Little Chance tox lwr. - -
tMtrsVhgWslriiafi-'KTrlH'aTa eifn' sliotf
further cause why the Sidney land office
should not be discontinued an executive
order will soon be drawn, providing for Its
discontinuance and be In readiness to be
submitted to the president for his approval
upon his return from the west. Commis
sioner Richards has written Congressman
Klnkald to notify him of the contemplated
abolition of the Sidney office. This letter
Is a mere act of courtesy to the congress
man. It does not, however, appear that
the most earnest pleading on the part of
Klnkald can now prevent the affairs of
the Sidney land office from being wound up.
Oeneral Cowln Goes Sonth.
Oneral J. C. Cowln of Omaha, who Is
Just recovering from a severe attack of
grippe and nervous prostration, is In Wash
ington on his way south. General Cowln
paid he had no objective point in view. He
needed rest and thought he might find it
in a more salubrious climate than Ne
braska. "Nebraska's climate Is good for
sturdy people, but you need something
more equitable when you are sick."
General C. F. Manderson Is in Washing
ton on legal business.
Postal Mnttcrs.
Iowa postmasters appointed: Sherman,
Hardin county, John J. Ellerbrook, vice
Marie J. Schmedlka, resigned; Troy, Davis
county, George E. Roby, vice H. W. Weycr,
resigned; Verdi, Washington county, Maud
E. Green, vice T. E. McMillan, resigned.
Forecast for Xebraaka Fair nnd t
n Cold Sntnrdnr.- Hanilar Fair and
Warmer.
Pnae.
1 Snow Vnv ftpnll President's nort.
Hod y nf John Pan! .Tines Is Fnnnd.
Free Whlk.r Will Itnfn In-Mnns.
Itnsslnn Army Again In Itrtrrnt.
3 Inillcl mcnt of Parkers F.xpccted.
I.lltlc Hon.. of F.nlnsr Strike.
Russians Fear Revolt on Mny Day.
3 Snow Fftll .Ml Over ebrnka.
Railroads Flll-gr Properly Reports
rws from All t'rts of ebraka.
4 t'nptnred Robbers dmlt finllt.
F.vrnts at Omaha Playhouses.
fl Loral llrnler liaise Meat Prices.
Ware amrd to Succeed Uruel.
City Mtlnatlon tinoil for Lawyers.
6 Mnsarn I'nrnrlte for F.ndlnsT Life.
W atcr Snpply of City of ew York.
T Rnslncss for Qunitrr Shows Well.
Free Ilnreno Sends tint Laborers.
H SflrrliiK limes with John I.
f One Chinaman la Ordered Home.
tn Editorial.
11 Affairs at South Omaha.
Elevators for County Coort Hons.
12 Opening of Rune nail Season.
Commercial Review of the, Week.
13 Financial and Commercial.
1(1 Council ItlnlTn nnd town Kewa.
Gossip of Ilia I nlon Pacific Merger.
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CASE OF JUSTICE HOOKER
Action of Sew York Supreme Court
Jurist Denounced la Sensational
Terms by Prosecutor.
ALBANY, N Y., April 14 In vehement
and scathing terms, the alleged acts of
former Congressman Warren B. Hooker
of Frcclonla, now a Justice of the supreme
court. In connection with appointments.
rental matters and certain litigation af
fecting the postoffloes at Fredonla and
Dunkirk, Chautauqua county, were char
acterised before the assembly Judiciary
committee today by Frank W. Stevens,
representing especially the Jamestown
Bar association, but speaking as counsel
for all the bar associations which have
participated In the Investigation of the
conduct of Justice Hooker. Mr. Stevens,
who began yesterday, occupied the entire
day today.
The committee 'adjourned today until
next Wednesday, when arguments for
Justice Hooker will be resumed. A reso
lution will be presented In the assembly
probably. Monday night extending the time
for the committee to report on the case
until Thursday, April 27.
The sensational sjwech of Mr. Stevens
for the Bar association began at the out
set of the session. He said:
The government at Washington in this
case was George W. Beavers. He was the
man whofiassed upon tne requests of Judge
Hooker- They .re .close, intimate friends.
Op leiirfr at er'- Mter we find the word
"personal." hi' on letter we find Hooker
eiiuslvely thanking Beavers for favors. A
Justice of the supreme court thanking a
public officer for favors, you find that every
time Hooker makes a request of Beavers
It is granted without a word; no Inquiry
made; absolutely no question raised. Hooker
shows a moral unfitness of somo kind;
a weakness In that armor with which every
Justice of the supreme court should be
clothod.
JOE JEFFERSON IS DYING
Family of the Distinguished Actor
Assembled About Ills Bedside Ex
pect Death at Any Minute.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla., April 14.
Joseph Jefferson lies critically HI at his
winter residence at Palm Beach. His con
dition thlr afternoon, reported by his at
tending physician. Dr. R. B. Potter, is lit
tle If any improved. He Is surrounded by
his family and they are prepared to expect
death at any minute.
Three weeks ngo Mr. Jefferson visited ex
President Cleveland at Hobe Sound, where
he caught cold, and on his return to Palm
RUSSIANS ON Till- RUN
Tokio Report Soys Main Body of Csat'l
Army is Now at Kino.
i i i
REAR GUARD PROTECTS RETRE
Japanese Advance in Constant Tonch with
Enemy at Several Poin'.a.
REPORT OF NAVAL ENGAGEMENT DENIE0
Officials 8ay Report of Sea Fight Off Saigon
is Without Foundation.
WOUNDED MEN ON THE HOSPITAL SHIP
Amrrlmn Admiral at Manila Rccelva
Report from saigas Itrgardlnsj
Rojestvrnaky'a Yessel In
the French Port.
TOKIO, April 14. It is reported that tha
main force of the Russians, which retired
In the direction of Hsingklng, has reached
Klrln. The rear guard, which Is estimated
nt i:,0iX men, continues In tho vicinity of
Harlungoheng, closely In touch with tha
Japanese vanguard. The main force, which
retired from Kalyuan over the Klrln road,
Is reported at Klrln, with a rear guard of
8,000 men, nt Itsuchow, Hakltisu nnd at
Sulipao, keeping In touch with the Japa
nese forces.
Changchen is evidently the rallying
point for the Changtu and Fakumon
forces. Although a force, estimated at
13,Oti0 men, has been detailed to occupy
Fenchua, and 3,o0i) to hold Pamtenoheng.
the lattor force seems assigned to check
and retard the Japanese advance.
The imperial ordinance which declares
Mako harbor, on the Pescalores Islands, lit
a atate of siege, becomes operative today.
Noon. The naval department pronounces
the reports of a naval cgngagement re
cently off Saigon to be unfounded.
3 p. m. The following official announce
ment was made today:
Our force advancing eastward via the
Fushun and Hallung road encountered and
defeated the enemy on the morning of the
l-th at Erhoiilu, seven miles east of Ylng
pan. The enemy's strength was one regi
ment of Infantry, six squadrons of cavalry
and four guns. Our force then occupied
Tsangshl, about nineteen miles east of
Ylngpan. Tho enemy, In retreating toward
Hallung, fought at every step.
The enemy on the Klrln road has gradu
ally retreated since the 11th, a portion of
this force stll lremalnlng to bar the passage
of the Yushu river.
No change has occurred In the Changtu
or Fahkmen districts, except occasional
cavalry skirmishes.
Wounded Men on Hospital Ship.
MANILA, April 14. Rear Admiral Train,
in command of the American fleet in
Asiatic waters, received a telegram at I
o'clock this afternoon from Balgon, the
capital and principal port of French
Cochin-China, reporting the arrival there
of the Russian hospital ship Orel at K
o'clock on the morning of April 13. The
Orel had many wounded men on board.
SAIGON, Cochin China.Aprll 14 The Rus
sian hospital ship Orel has sailed. It re
mained here thirty-six hours and took
aboard OOO tons of coal, as well aa sup
plies of provUiloim and medicines.
Cruiser Raleigh Leaves Borneo.
LABCAN, British Borneo, April 14.-The
United States cruiser Raleigh sailed north
ward today. Its destination Is unknown,
gtoessel Trial Begins.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 14. There Is
no truth in the report from Cracow that
Lieutenant General Stoessel had been as
a formality condemned to deuth by the
commission appointed to inquire into the
surrender of Port Arthur. His trial only
bean today.
4:23 p. m. The admiralty has not re
ceived any dispatches recently from Vierf
Admiral Rojestvcnsky.
The officials say that - all talk of the
emergence of any of the Interned Russian
war vessels to Join Rojestvensky's squad
ron is pure nonsense.
Much satisfaction and admiration are ex
pressed In naval circles at the bold, di
rect manner In which Rojcstvensky Is car
rying out tho objects of his voyage.
The attitude of indifference in certain
quarters of society' as to the outcome of
the naval battle Is arouslrTg criticism and
Prince Ouktomsky In his newspaper, tho
Beach was forced to take to his bed. Ho
convalesced and was up after a few days j pawrlj today takes society to task for Its
unpatriotic, careless attitude.
TO CONSIDER HOIADAHY H1VF.HS
Special Committee Holds Its First
Formal Meeting;.
WASHINGTON, April 14. The president
has appointed a special commission to deal
with three Important questions which have
arisen relative to the diversion and inter
ference with the course of International
rivers. This commission consists of Judge
Penfieid, solicitor for the State department;
Special Assistant Attorney General M. C.
Burch and Prof. E. H. Newell of the geo
logical survey, and has Just had its first
meeting.
All of the questions before the commis
sion have formed tha subject of extensive
correspondence between the State depart
ment and Mexico on the south and the
Dominion of Canada, as represented by
Great Britain, on the north. On the south
there Is the long standing controversy
growing out of the damming of the Rio
Grande and the use of the waters of the
upper river for irrigating purposes In
American territory to the injury of the
I Mexican farmers on the right bank of the
I river. The Mexicans claim that the Rio
1 firnnrie Is h navlaable river and conse
quently that this diversion of the water is
In violation of International law.
To the westward the commission la to
dealwlth the Colorado river, where the
upper waters. In American territory, also
are about to be diverted, to the losses of
the Mexican ranches In Lower California.
On the north, the Milk river projects In
Montana have alarmod the Canadians.
Arising In tha United States, this river
flows into Canada and back again Into
Montana. The Canadians have been mak
ing large use of the waters on their side,
which has led to a project by the 'people
of Montana to cut out the entire bend In
the river on the Canadian side by a canal,
the effect of which would be to completely
deprive the Canadians of water.
The commission will have to deal with
some entirely new questions of Interna
tional law relative to riparian rlgiitt.
confinement, when Monday he was seized
with a relapse.
Dr. S. G. Worley was called from St.
Augustine, but returned Thursday when
Mr. Jefferson showed some Improvement.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 14. Infor
mation from West Palm Beach at 10:30
Likes American Action.
Dispatches from Washington showing
that Japan officially notified th United
Slates when the rupture with Russia oc
curred that no uct of hostility would take
I . .11 .. nH.n ..n.. . M
tonight is to the effect that Joe Jefferson j J"" u"1" '""""'
War nuU UCCII Ill.li.vi cn a iiunim lie
broke out Februnry 8 und the declaration of
war was not formully made until February,
is resting easy. He Is somewhat Improved
today und hopes are now entertained for
his recovery.
'FRISCO BUYS INTO NASHVILLE
Another Direct Line from Center of
South to Gruin Fields of West
and Northwest.
lo, attract much attention here. Although
the dispatches arrived too late for news
paper comment this morning there Is con
siderable speculation as to the cause of the
publication of the statement at this time.
It Is regarded aa a friendly manifestation
toward Russia on the part of the United
States, Russia always having contended
that the statement of M. Kurlno, former
Japanese minister at St. Petersburg, to
Foreign Minister Ijimsdorff when he pre
sented the note severing diplomatic rela
tions, In which he expressed the hope that
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 14. Through
the purchase of the Tenneasee Central rail
road, the St. Louis & San Francisco (the
'Frisco) railroad system Is to secure an
entrance Into Nashville. Such is the story !
resulting from the presence here today of ; tn9 rupture was only temporary, gave Rus-
A. J. Davidson, president of the 'Frisco; i ea no reason to anticipate an attack with-
B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the 'Frisco ollt warning In the shape of a declaration
executive board, and J. C. VanBlarcom, of wnr.
president of the Tennessee Central. No. Ko Wounded Mentioned,
details were announced, but members of j 8.,5 m.The admiralty's advices from
the visitors admitted that In future prob- SnlKOn do not mention any wounded men
ably by May 11. the Tennessee Central : hpA on bo;ir(J th RuHlan hospital ship
would probably he a 'Frisco road. This i 0r(,, wh(.h arrlV(H, thrre y,terday. It
probably means another direct road from j obably bas glrk Fal!ors on board.
Nashville to St. Louis and Chicago, as well I .. . lllu1r.r.lood ,ha, the Orel will leave
: as to the grain fields of the west and north- i Bal)?on nt nre Dna reJ(1n Admiral Ro
i west. 1 in.,.,.n.Lv'B u.niiidron. which. It Is said.
may be standing off somewhere up the
roast awaitl lg the hospital ship.
Russian troops have successfully raided
the railroad in the direction of Kalyuan,
about twenty miles north of Tic Pass. A
dlsoatch from General Llnevltch, dated
April IS. to Emperor Nicholas, says:
.Qv.lrv Ariril D rlestroved the i-Aflrnml
BUTTE. Mont., April 14. A telephone qh wlr near Ynkutzu and between
message from the Five-Mile House, on the Kalyuan and ''hangtu, and April 10 th
flat, below Butte, states that F. Augustus ' r-lry cut the telegraph line near Kai
Helnze and a touring party of four persons U" gormlse as to Shins.
ACCIDENT TO COPPER KING
Tonrlna r of F. Augustus Helnse
Collides with a Wagon Near
Butte, Mont.
have met with a serious accident, Helnze's
BERLIN, April 11. Admiral Rojest-
car having collided with a wagon. Ambu- j ven8hy., ,qlladron Is believed by the In
lances are now on their way In response to , .,,.. division of the German navy de.
hurried calls. j to t,e lying off the Cuyos Islands,
n,nA a, nth rt Mtnrtnrrt Iiklllt.nlnu
Movements of Orcan Vessels April 14. ,SM1 ' ., . . , ' .u
.... ... .... , Islands. rroa Ing and preparing for the
At New York-Arrived: I Sivole, from 1 ' . ,. , .,. ,, ' .... ,
Havie: IVrusla. from Nanl.s: l.uranla. last stage of Its long voyage. Although
j from Liverpool. : theso Islands belong to ti.o United States,
i ai i. vertioei .rnveo torintman. rr. m
Will Intestinal Railroad.
SPRINGFIELD. III.. April It -Hy a vote
of t',1 to 21 tl.e Illinois house of representa
tives today killed the Manny resolution
providing for an Investigation of the
Illinois Central Railway. The vote came
on mstslnlng the speaker's ruling that the
resolution was out of order on tne ground
that the constitution placed the power In
toe hands of the governor. The repub
licans voted slmost solidly to sustain the
i spraker, while the democratic vote was
split.
. .M'W o'K i ym'ic. irom isosun. nu'"ii: ., ,, ,. i j . ,. .
Arable, for New York; Mongolian, for Nw three-mile limit, with hard bottom ut
they have fine anehoraKes oiislde
the
Yor!:.
! At Dover-Sailed: Peutseliland, for New
! York.
At Queeiistown A rri ved : Campanlan,
I from New in k
At Glasgnw-
ilkd: Mongolian, for New I
twenty o thirty lainum. i n i.erm ni
navy il partnu-nt re -e!veil in a telegram
today from one of the llu'-l lii.liari port
'an indication that the Russians while off
York: HutiK.irim for Montreal,
At Naplrs Arrived: Slavonia, from New
York for Kieume.
At Bremen At rived; Caasatt, from Bal
timore. At Movllle B.flled: Tunisian, for Hallfsv
the soul hem end of Cochin China April
11, changed their course and headed on a
course which would bring them to the
Cuyos Islands, In the northern part of the
Sulu sea, Ui miles distant, In four dava