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The Omaha Daily Bee NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Flavor Corner Tit BeeBoilJlnt. . Kill and finim NEW LOCATION THE BEE BUSINESS OFFICE Ground Floor Corner The Bet Bitlldinr. iTtti and Fariun ESTAULISIIKD .JCXK 10, 1871. OMAIIA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY -. 190(5. SIXOLK COPY THRKK CENTS. GUARDS FOR PALACE Military Porccs Stationed Around the Royal Residence ia Peking. F0F.CLS AROUND FORBIDDEN CITY DOUBLED 27o One Eeems to B Able to Explain the Sudden Show of Force. F.UMORS OF UPRISING DISCREDITED Ct o Story Has it There ia Trouble Inside of the Royal Palate. DYNAMITE FOUND OUTSIDE THE GATE (la tho frarfare Thr is o Extdence ml Trouble and th Illy Haa .ricr ' Been Known tn i Ha Mora Quiet. FEKINO. Feb. a.-The guaids around Hi Forbidden eltr have been doubled since yetterday afternoon and all Hie palaces and residences of high officials are espe nally guarded. The police, who have hith erto carried batons, are now armed with rifles. All the officials who are accessible cither refuse any Inforniatioii or profess Ignorance of the reason for the precau tion" that have been taken, and as a re sult many rumor arc afloat. The chief and other officials were tele phoned yeaterduy to report to the palace and the display of force Immediately fol lowed their conference. Possibly the only cause of the armament la the alarm of the emprees dowager over the prevalence of revolutionary rumors recently. The Chinese minister at Toklo a few days aco telegraphed the government, warning It against several revolutionary students who are departing from Japan for China- Two packages Of dynamite have been found in th street outside the gate leading to the palae. Apparently they were dropped by someone afraid to carry them. One re port finding credence Is that there is quarrel afoot within the palace between th partisans of the empress dowager and the emperor over th election of an heir to the throne, but It Is not confirmed. Measures Are Precautionary. All the Information obtainable indicates that the military measures at the palace were only precautionary and were taken because of the widely, circulated rumors that there would be trouble here Batur day. The finding of the packages of dyna mite outside the palace gates, which Is somewhat mysterious, probably caused un easiness, as the court has been nervous since the outrage In the Peking railway station on September 4 of last year, when a missile was exploded Inside a private car on the train carrying one of the four missions ordered abroad to study foreign political methods, killing four persons and wounding twenty others. The reports of trouble within the palace cannot be corroborated, but they probably are fourded on gossip, for which Peking" Is Jwitya. :sv.hoUbW!C. are . based on the BtrengthnrrirT fle palace guards. The police tonight appeared without their rifles. -The city waa never quieter. There has not been the slightest sign of feeling shown against foreigners, nor have the foreigners here any apprehensions. Sev eral parties from the foreign legations are taking advantage of the mild weather to make long excursions Into the country The canard that Saturday had been deslg nated the day for disturbances appears to have emanated from the United Btatea. Telegrams describing the military prepara tlons of the American government for trouble In China have been widely pub. llshed In the Chinese newspapers and are considered as decidedly unfriendly. ''Germane and French Actlre. LONDON. Feb. 25. The correspondent of the Tribune at Pekin says that since the reported appearance of Chinese ban dits In Tsinwentao the Germans and French have been kept at arms at Shan l.alkwan, Tsinwanto and Tongshan. while Hi Germans are patrolling the villages, with orders to shoot all suspicious Chi lies. The German officers, who formerly dined at the hotel at Shanhalkwan, the correspondent adds, are now confined to harracka after nightfall. TORTURE TO GET CONFESSION omnnsss-nnnt 1 enthral Female Assassin Details . , Cruelties Practiced I von Her. AC PKTKHSBLI WiAlh ha been uro ;RG. Feb. Great i roused in It be cm 1 circle.- by the publication ut a letter from Mile. Mplrtdonovo. the 17-year-old girl who h-t M. Lushenoffsky, chief of the secret po lice at Tamboff. In which she describes the Indignities and brutalities to which she was subjected. On account of her youth ' and her self-sacrifice In executing the sentence against M. Luslienoftsky, who waa detested on account of Ids cruelly in suppressing th peasant disorders, she has been made one of the heroines of th revolution and is called a second Char lotte Poroay. The letter says tiiat after the alioutlm: of Lushenoffskv. whose bodyguard of Cossacks did not save him from five well a luted bullets. Mile. Spirldonovo was k sock -Ml down and beaten with the whips of the Cossacks, and with rifle butts. She was then diagged by her hair down stairs to a sleigh, taken to a police station, un dressed and thrust into a damp, cold cell, where she was subjected io eleven hours .f torment In order to force her to re veal the names of her accomplices. - The girl says that two officers' took brutal pleasure lu kicking her back and forth across her cell, tesrlng her hair. burning her flesh with cigarettes and threatening her abandonment to the Co- sacka unless she confessed. She Is now In a hOfpltal In a serious condition. Her kll Is fractured In two places, one ee is injured and tier' body is a mass of bruises from head to foot. The newspa- ira demand the instant trial and pun Ishment of the two officers shnte names I .-.re grven. but th vengeance ot the nr lutlontats will probably anticipate official action. The Rues a leu condemns the organixa Hon "which sent this child on such t mission." IJely Polities at Warsaw. WARSAW, Russian Poland, Feb. . Another encounter between the factional democrats and th socialists, the latter t.Hruf bent on breaking up campaign meet, h gs held by the former, took place today at Prague, a suburb pf th city. One man aa killed and fifteen were wounded by revolver shots. Troops then surrounded the hall where the meeting was being hel : and many arrests were made and a large quantli cf nespona cvaflscated. . VAST AMOUNT FOR CHARITY liver Weddlna- Presents to Kmpernr of t.ermany Take that form. BERLIN. Feb. 2. -Emperor William and Empress Augusta Victoria received deputa- ions from the Reichstag, tl.e Prussia.! Diet, the, an House of Lords and other gol M Mai bodies at tne lace day, jj- (dcred congratulations on he sllvf 5, Sing anniversary of their majestic ? (h occurs next Tuesday. Deputies' e may o-rnisn cities also resent; fen addresses. The mayor of Bcrl r-d the emperor a document bearing' rnes of the emperor and em press aj Mng an expenditute of Wtt for! ible institutions. Their' es, according to their reasons annoud mtlis ago, announce they will nt r presents from their subject except money for charitable use. which many municipalities and numerous mercan- lle companies and private Individuals have voted or donated, out of respoot for the emperor and empress, for new hospital extensions, or for founding new institu- lons lor the relief of suffering, estimated it IIO.OW.I) to 12.0rn.0A Puch an ouipour- ng of donations is without precedent In Germany. About 1W annexes of new foun dations will be dedicated In Frussla this week, all receiving the. name of the em peror or the empress. A brilliant display was made by the deputations of military officers from Great Britain. Russia. Austria and other powers as they drove down t'nter den Linden to present their congratulations. The cm peror also received a deputation from the United German Veteran Societies of North America, consisting of soldiers who fought in the wars with Denmark, Austria and France. The veterans acre introduced by Vic Admiral- Buechgcl, chief of the ad' mlralty. who is an honorary member of the societies. This deputation presented the emperor and empress with a huge bowl resting on an onyx column, the whole about five feet In height. Three buffalo heads, surmounted by bronxe ligures of Indians, Is on the base of the cup, which Is decorated with bows and arrows. The bowl contains also portraits of Emperor William and President Roosevelt and de signs symbolic of German and American relations. The wedding of Prince Kitel Trill, second son of Emperor William, and the Duchess Sophie Charlotte of Oldcnhurgh on Tues day will almost be a replica of thar of the crown prince and crown print-ess last June. The Duchess Sophie, as part of the pageant, will enter Berlin tomorrow even Ing. proceeding through a flower and ban ner bedecked way to the castle, where the emperor, surrounded by his family and numerous German princes, will welcome her. The grandmother of the duchess. Princess Friedrlch Karl of Prussia, will drive with her In the entry Into Berlin Instead of the empress, who Is Indisposed. The hotels are already filled with mcrm bers of the minor German royal families. of whom on these occasions the capital usually sees from fifty to 100. They, with their gorgeous suites, filled up the boxes at the gala performance on Saturday night, occupied the principal places at the ban auet In the great white hall of the castle this evening and will form a rich setting of costumes and uniforms for the wedding ceremories, of which there will oe three, the signing . of the marriage contract un der the statutes of the house of Hohen aollern, the administration of civil law oaths on Tuesday and an hour later the religious ceremony In the chapel of the castle by Dr. Ryander, the court chaplain. EFFORT TO RETAIN MINISTRY Connt Witt Has Long? Conference with M. Tlmlrlasrff Concern, ina; Resignation. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 35.-The efforts made to retain M. Tlmlrlaxeff. the minister of commerce, whose resignation was re cently announced in the cabinet, came to a head tonight, when M. Timiriuzeff a Count Wlttc's Invitation dined with- the premier and the two statesmen discussed for several hours the possibility of the withdrawal of the resignation. The out come of this conference is unknown, as M. Tlmlrlaxeff did not return to his resi dence until after midnight and thereafter was inacceiulbl. But It Is certain to take strong assurances of a change in the atti tude of the government to Induce him to withdraw the resignation, which has not yet been officially accepted, and abandon the strong vantage point of a "defender of liberty" which lit- acquired by his oppor tune withdrawal. ! The recent developments "In the interior ! and reports from governors that the time Is ripe for discarding In many localities the more fevcre. measures adopted to coie with the revolution, on the other hand, make it easier to arrive at an understand ing, though in view ol Hie exchange of personalities over the causes for M. TimirlaxefT's resignation the appeal to the retiring minister was probably a bitter pill for Couut Wittv to swallow. The reslsiuition of M. Tliiiirlaseff. which was entirely voluntary, was tendered dur ing a personal audience by the minister with Emperor Nicholas. He explained that lie waa withdrawing from the cabinet be cause of his disapproval of the law ex tending summary court-martial for the trial of political offences In nil parts of the empire. His retirement, he said, was no sign of lack of seal or of love for his sovereign, but was die luted by a deep conviction that the steps was necessary as a protest agi,int a policy ruinous to Rusvia and a travesty of the constitutional ism which, the emperor was seeking- to In troduce. His majesty offend him a seat In th council of the empire, but M. Timi riuxeff plcadei that that body was infected with the same spirit as the ministry, and said he would better serve the emperor If he were untrammelled by any bonds. i j wIVIL i I j I AUTHORITY SUPREME Morley Reverses the Action of His Predecessor In Office. LONDON. Feb. M.-Jolin Money's first ! omc'-1 ct as aecretury of state for India has been to interxene in the thorny dis pute which led to the resignation of Lord Uurzon of Keddleston. th former viceroy. His decision, as Indicated by the dispatches Just published, is stroiujly in favor of up holding the supremacy of the civil govern ment ia military matters, which conilnns the view taken by Lord Curson as against General Lord Kitchener. Among the pro poeals of the viceroy, the earl of Mlnto, as Inspired by the late government. Mr. Mor ley takes the line of least resistance and his decision is approved by most of the Lon don morning newspera. The Dally Telegraph, however, doubts whether this arrangement will settle the I controversy snd considers that Luid Kltcb ene; cue hi to be paramount. NO STRIKE OF TFIE MINERS Vice President of the Union Makes the Positive Statement. OPERATORS HAVE YIELDED A POINT Men to Have Increase F.qnal to the Redaction Made Two Tear .Us and fireut Labor Conflict Is Averted. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. S.-In a state ment issued toniaht to the Associated Press Vie President T. L. Lewis or tho United Mine Workers of America declare there will be no strike of the mine workers on April 1. saying the operators will restore the reduction accepted by th miners two years ago and perhaps more. Th ststemeent Is as follows: Tou msv accent one crorosltlon a a fixed fart that there will b no general trlk In the mining Industry April 1. The operstors will restore the reduction accepted by the miners two years ago and perhaps more. F. L. Robbins of ennsyivanla and Mr. Taylor or Illinois. leaders of th operators, recognize their untenable position at Indian pol-.s and hae gracefully submitted to the inevita ble snd will pay an sdvnnee to tin miner. A general strise will be averted, misiness will not be' paralysed by industrial strife. An era of peace will be established for a period of yiars and the trade agreement inetlirxl or settling labor nipputes will win new friends to Its standard. The snthraelte operators must now grant an advance In view of the action of the bituminous operstors. Ihe details will be worked out later and probably through a special natlon.il convention of the mine workers. For two years It has been my determined purpose to have wage agreements of tne miners terminate on the same date so that unity of action might be secured without violating existing agreements on April l, The first move in this ai- rectlon was msd in Tittsburg. Kan.. In the Slimmer of 1904. when the expiration date of the contract was extended from the end of August to th end of March, this year. Practically all our agreements expire March .Tl next. By virtue of this arrangement the mine workers of the country are now in a position to compel the operators to deal with us justly. At the recent lolnt convention In Tn- dlsnaiiolis I advocated an advance for th mtneis because 1 believe tney are enuuea to It. The iron snd steel Industry and th rail roads of th country very large consum ers of coal were never more prosperous th.in now. From admissions made ny those natigd In th production of coal and dependent largely upon the above named industries It must have been ap parent thst a few cents per ton advance to the miners was not to stand In the way of the continued prosperous condition of the iron, steel and railroad interests. The operators at the recent Indianapolis convention showed the strongest evidence of the weakness of their position when they Ignored our arguments that they could pay an advance to the mine workers st the present selling price or coal na still make a large profit. Developments will prove additional fact, namely: First That some of the large corpora tions represented at the recent Indianapolis Joint convention were not In a position to make a successiui resistance oi me miners' demands. Second That the great coal consuming nubile will not materially suffer by reason of the advance which will be granted to the miners. Mitchell Declines to Talk. NEW YORK, Feb. 25. The anthracite mine workers' subcommittee of seven was in session here today for a short time. It was announced that .nothing further' was to be done with regaid to-the demands which have been presented to the oper ators. The operators will have tomorrow and Tuesday In which to go over the situn tion and it is believed .that a conference between the workers and the mine owners will be held on Wednesday. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America tonight would not dls cuss the statement given out in Indian spoils by Vice President Lewis, which said there would be no strike. Operator Takes Different View. PITTSBURG, Feb. 2S.-Francis L. Rob- bins, chairman of the executive board of the Pittsburg Coal company and one of the operators who was a party to the inter state agreement, was not In the city to night, but earlier in the day he said: "There has been no change in the situa tion between the bituminous coal operators and the United Mine Workers regarding the arrangement of a new wage agree ment for the year starting April 1 next. There can be no compromise offer to the miners without a meeting of the operators who are members of the interstate agree ment, and no such meeting has been held nor has one been called. The dispute be tween the miners and the operators re mains identically as it has been since the udournmcnt of the Joint conference In Indianapolis. PUGILIST PLAYS THE HERO Buttling; Nelson Mops Runaway and Saves Woman and Two Children. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Feb. 3-Battling Nelson, the champion lightweight pugilist, who Is spending a few days in the mountains at Blue Sulphur, near here, prior to going Into training at Philadel phia, was painfully braised in stopping a runaway at that place today, and rescued Mrs. Frank Howard, with her two small children, from a perilous situation. Mrs. Howard had taken the children for a drive and the horse, becoming frightened, bolted and ran. As the runaway neared Nelson, the pugilist leaped for the horse's neck and succeeded In stopping it only after he had been dragged a considerable distance. The bruises are not serious. THREE VICTIMS CF OLD FEUD Trouble Breaks Out at a -atbrrte of Vossg People for Cuud Pulling. WOODBURY. Tenn., Feb. X. The Johnson-Motley fsud in this (Cannon) county, broke out afresh last night and as a re sult tho following are fatally wounded: Samuel Blair, shot four times In stomach. Bob Motley, shot twice in groin. Richard Johnson, throat cut. The trouble between the Motleys and the Johnsons originated ten years ago over th operation of an Illicit distillery, when blood was shed and has broken out Intermittently since. Ist night's renewal came at a young people's "candy pulling." Both Motley ajid Blair were shot by John son, but who cut the Utter s throat la un known. CONSECRATE FRENCH BISHOPS Nineteen w Appointees Participate la Ceremoay at tho Vattcovn. ROM E. Feb. The consecration by Pop Plus of th nineteen French bishops who were created last Wednesday took place at the Vatican today with solemn ceremonial. Several thousand persons were present, most of them French. The new bishops dined tonight in the Borgia apart- mmntm . T li Cn rir , I Uerw fW. I V I n . I I secretary of siaia ROOT WRITES OF THE CONGO tailed tnte Powerless to Intervene to Remedy F.xlstlnar Condi tiers. WASHINGTON. K K.-Th attitude of lfe American government townrd" the conditions In the COr.go Free Satc and the American deslr for some plan of the ndmlnistrntlon of all of Central Africa hy th several powers ruling or exercis ing a controlling Influence there arc stated In a letter sent by Secretary Root to Rep resentative Denby of Michigan. Secretary Root snys this government has no op portunity or power to Investigate Consul conditions. His lettr follows: Dear Sir: t have your letter of the 15th regarding Hi wldespi ad feeling among your constituents thsti our government oughl to do sonvtbltJt to bring about an International inqitirV with a view to suthoritstlve ailJud!-ilon of the issues to which the con'li'ions eiipposed to exist In the Congo Free Htste sr rei.iten. l our Inutilrv expresses the dirnculty in th way. If Is not clesr thflt the United States Is In s poslUon to bring shout suen sn international Inquiry and adjudication. vt e are parties to & general art tor tne sur-nression of the Slav trade snd the regulation of the flfresrms and liquor traffic in Central Africa, but that act reg ulates and routines all power and func tions to those ends to the several powers having possessions r spheres of influ ence In Africa. Th" United States has neither, snd Its nertlelnation in Hie gen eral a"t was on the dlsitnct understand- Ina that we had no .territorial or admin istrative Interest In that quarter. Our-only potentlnl function Is ki relation to Hi rearrh and cr.ptur of slave vessels within certain waters of th Afrlcen coast and no occasion has arlsra to exercise that function. W are not sorties to Hie other more eominonlv died art of the Congo. (Signed al Berlin February X, l3i. our treaty relation to the (;miio state is that of one sovereinn to another, wholly Inde pendent of any relation created Ly or de duction from the general, act of Berlin, which applies only to.ltr signatories. It Is questionable whether Ihe treaty rights of the signatories extend to Intervention by any one or more of them in Hie Inter national affairs of any of them. The Congo state absolutely denies any right on their part to Intervene In its affairs, and none of the other signatory powers appears to controvert that denial. However this may be. It Is certain that th United States has no treaty rtsht of Intervention. We could not rightfully summon or participate In any International conference looking to Intervention, adjudication or enforcement of a general accord riy other African powers aaminst th Conpo stat. Morovr, w are witi nut opportunity or power to Investigate Conditions in the Congo. W have no diplomatic or consular representatives In that country. We could not send anyone there ecept with the con sent of the government of th Congo to do otherwise would be sn Invasion of its sov ereignty. Other powers; belns parties to the general act of Berlin, have made In vestigations through thes authorised rpr sentatlves and the Congtt government also has sent investigating commissions. The Information we have on th subject of Congo misrule comes at second hand through opposed channels. Whenever complaint has been made by American interests In the Congo that the administrative conditions Impair American rights or endanger American establishments the matter has been brought promptly and forcibly before the Congo government snd has been fully redressed. I most sincerely wish that some wav could be found by whlrh th whol of Cen tral Africa could be rightly administered by the several powers ruling; or exercising a controlling interest therein so as to real ix th intention of those powers when they framed the general act of th Congo. Much may be and doubtless Is desirable In way cf good government In that vast region else where than in the Congo. If the United States had happened to possess In darkest Africa a territory five times as great and a populous as the Philippines, w. too, might find good Kovern-wut difficult and eoeno In for our share, Irtet nr - unJtrstH criticism. Mo such responsibility falls unnn ns. That pertains tn the Dowers who have assumed control "and undertaken bv mu tual agreement to regulate Its exercise. Tery truly yours. ELIHU ROOT. CONSULAR REPORTS ON TRADE United States Makes a Poor Knowings In the Commerce of Chill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Consul Mans field at Valparaiso, tn a report to the state department, says that out of a total of lT.onp.qo) annual tonnage of vessels entering Chilean ports, those flying the American flag represented only 135,009 tons. Great Britain's flag covered 8.000,000 tons and Ger man ships aggregated 3.0t..OiX) tons. The trade of the United States fell from tll, 000.000 In m to tlii.COn.nco In lfW. notwith standing Chile greatly Increased her pur chases. The Chilean government, the con sul says, is planning many new railroads snd extensions. The transandlne railway, when completed, will shorten the time between Chile and Europe ten or twelve days. - Consul Leroy, at Durango. writes that Mexico will soon have to import wheat. Consul General Tl.ackara at Berlin re ports Hint the United States purchased unary J15.ocv.hai more merchandise from the empire last year than in 1904. mostly manufactured goods, but that' the sales of American manufactured goods to Germany, aRle from lard and petroleum, in did not equal tlS.Kw.OiO. PUTTING LID ON THEATERS Louisville Police Arrest Actors, but Allow Saloons and shops to -Remain Open. LOUISVILLE, Ky Feb. S.-Puisuaut to a Sunday cloning order issued by tho Board of Safety last Tuesday and di rected at places of amusement, the police today made wholesale arrests of managers and actors at three of Louisville's princi pal theaters this afternoon. At Hop kins' Vaudeville theater and the Bucking ham, a burlesque house, all the actor, the managers of the houses and the com panies, the ticket seller and the door keepers were arrested, the acttesKcs not being molested. At the Avenue theater the performances were not Interrupted, the ofllceia serving llieu warrants when the sctors cume off after having filled th.;lr parts. No more arrests were made tonight, those made this afternoon being considered sufficient to af ford a thorough test of the legality of the Board of Safety's order. The saloons, sliops, etc., were allowed to open as usual without molestation. NEW LOCATION The Business Office OF THE OMAHA BEE Will Hereafter Ba In th Ground Floor Corner OF THE BEE BUILDING Seventeenth and Fa roam Sts. DAVID B. HENDERSON DEAD Diatincruished Iowan Succumbs at Last to the Inroad? of Paresis, HAD FAILED RAPIDLY SINCE LAST MAY Darlnst the Past Week., vrlth th Exception of Friday. II Had Been Inable to Recosnlse Anyone But Ills Wife. DUBUQUE, la., Feb. S.-Former Speaker Dnvld B. Henderson of the national house of representatives died at I o'clock this afternoon st Mercy hospital of paresis. whi-?h attacked him nine months ago. He begin to sink Friday aftenoon, rallied Fa tird iv morning, but In the afternoon lapsed Into unconsciousness and failed rap idly untit the end came. All of his family except a son In California was at th bed sld,'. Colonel Henderson had been unable to recognixe anyone but his wife rince a week ago, except on Friday when he partly re gained his mental faculties. Colonel Hen derson was stricken with psresls last May, and his condition grew so grave that he was removed to a hospital In September. His condition remslned unchanged except for the usual progress of such a disease until a week ago last Friday, when he suf fered another stroke, which resulted in tot blindness. Th former speaker failed rapidly physically and mentally until Fri day, when his mentHl powers returned for a few hours, followed by a relapse which ended In death. Th funeral will be held next Thursday with services In the Episcopal church un der the auspices of Hie Grand Army. Kermcr Congressman George D. Perkins of Sioux City will deliver an eulogy. The body is to lie in state on Thursday at h church. Career of Deceased. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. Former Speaker Henderson, who died at Dubuque, Ia., to day. was for many years a prominent fig- lire in the counsels of his party and had a host of friends among both republicans and democrats In congress. Succeeding Speaker Reed in the chair. Mr. Henderson carried out vigorously the rules adopted by his predecessor for th expdltion of th busi ness of the house. He wss twice elected speaker, his last term in thst office closing a twenty-year service in the low-er branch of congress. It was' in advocating the cause of war veterans that th former speaker was seen at his best in debate in the house. He stubbornly fought for what he believed was their rights and eloquently pleaded their cause. Oldtimers in congress recalled to night the famous debate on the Mexican widows' pension bill, when Representative Norwood of Alabama taunted th low-an about his Scotch ancstry. In his reply Colonel Henderson told with great sincer ity snd earnestness the story of how he and his two brothers hsd gone to the war, and the extemporaneous speech he then made was a notable on. Th ending of his political career by his withdrawal from the campaign for re-election to th Fifty-eighth congress after he had been named to succeed himself caused a.sensatiim In this -jcUjr. a. rid widespread speculation as to the reasons that actuated his retirement, which he at the time de clined to discuss. He tost a leg In the civil war and the stump gave him much trouble all Ms sub sequent life. NOT HOPEFUL AT ALGECIRAS French and Enn-lish Delegates Think an Agreement Is Sot Probable. ALGECIRAS. Feb. 3.-The bank project which the Moorish delegation put forward at the session of the Moroccan conference Saturday is, according to the French and British delegates, a loosely drafted mix ture of the German and French proposals. following chiefly the German lines. The British and French delegates hint that the project is of German Inspiration and that its object is to indicate the concessions Germany Is prepared to make. The committee on revision, which is con sideling the three bank projects, has In structions to endeavor to agree on a definite draft of the proposals and to submit It to the full conference at the earliest date pos sible. A pessimistic view obtains among the French and British delegations con cerning the likelihood of an agreement be ing reached on the final draft. They fore see the probability of the conference leav ing the bank question unsettled and pro ceeding to the discussion of the police prob lem, whicli they also believe cannot be solved unless the neutral powers make ef forts at Berlin and Paris. They predict that the conference will last another fort night and tliet the delegates will separate after having embodied In a protocol ths re forms already adopted. Other quarters, however, do not share the French and British pessimism and con sider that the longer the conference lasts the greater the probability of a definite agreement being reached. - CLEARING UPJBIG SWINDLE Last of Norfolk A Western Forgers Believed to Have Bern Landed In Jsll. NEW YORiv. Feb. J5 With Hie real res of Samuel J. Humphreys and the arrest of Douglas E. Smith tonight, on the eve of the day when Charles E. Seton is to be sentenced for swindling a Texas -ull-way, the notorious Norfolk &. Western swindles are believed to have been cleared up. Humphreys himself raid he had been ordered to go to the Tombs and "keep nis mouth shut." Smith has not app-ared in tl.e caae be fore, but there is a mysterious "E. I Green." for whom the police have been searching. Humphreys was jer.t hack to th Tomb on a charg of breaking his parol, while Smith was held on a short affidavit charging him with complicity In th swindle. Only the sharp eye of a clerk of a trust company prevented per haps the largest swindling forgery ever attempted in this country. The wndler. through g forged letter purporting to come from the president of a western railway, obtained from a reputable engraving com pany a facsimile of the Norfolk West, ern certificates, except that they usl "railroad" for "railway." They contem plated selling some snd hypothecating others for loans. British Troops Defeated. LONDON, Feb. . Th colonial office today received advices confirming th re cent disaster to the British troops near Sokoto. Northern Nigeria. Three officers 114 i - -in ,i- , , , wrtw Riura ,ui uggn their horses bolting and breaking th squsre. Th British garrison at Bokoiis u it ported aafe. - NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Snow and Colder Monday. Fair. Taa Tempera tare at Otnnha testerdajt Hoar. flea. I. Hour, nc. J I p. m 41 2T a p. tn 41! 241 91 n. nt 42 in 4 o. m 42 K n. m 4:1 .12 (I p. m 42 Alt T p. m . . 42 .tn si p. it 42 a . si i It a, m . . . a. nt . . , T a. sn . . . ft n. sn . . . a. m. . , IA a. tn . . . It a. en... IS m NO SET REPORT ON RATE BILL Senator Tillman Will aanmlt It to th Senate Without Comment. . WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.-Snator Till man,' who was designated by the senate committee on Interstate and foreign com mere to report th railroad rat bill to the senate, and who was confined to his horn yesterday suffering from the effects of his recent severe cold, was considerably Improved today and was able to go out for a walk. If the Improvement continues the senator will be on hand promptly at the meeting of th senate at noou tomorrow and at th first opportunity will report the bill and have it plcd on the calen dar. Accompanying the report will 1 the moss of testimony taken by the committee at its many sesMons on the hearing of the rate question. Including the digest of the material gathered by th expeits em ployed by the committee for that purpose. This Informatalon. Senator Tillman said tonight, cost the government 130.000 to ob tain, and he says he thinks It right and proper that It should be presented to the senate with the bill. Senator Tillman said in discussing the subject this evening that he did nol ex pect to make any remarks when present ing th report of the committee, nor would there be any formal statement of written reasons by the committee In support of the measure, which is generally the rase with committees of both houses cf con gress when reporting a measure of great Importance. He pointed out that he has been busy seeing members of congress and others Interested In th action of th com mittee nd has not had tlm to prepare any speech or report. He added that he will make an early effort to have the bill called up for consideration and when this Is done will Incorporate in his remarks what report there may be to make on the bill. In the meantime, he said, that In all probability opportunity will be taken ad vantage of by various senators to make apeeches on the subject. ORCHARD TELLS WHOLE STORY Governor of Idnho Issues a Istemesl Concerning- the Confes sion. BOISE. Idaho. Feb. S. Governor Good ing tonight issued the following statement with respect to the Steunenberg assassina tion cose: I want to state officially that Harrv Or chard has made a full confession as to the manner and motive of th assassination of x-Governor Steunenberg. tl)lna of the pjons niaon-ami giving tne names or tnoee maxing- them. The assassination of ex- Oovernor Steunenhern. which occurred at his own gate on the evening of December 30. lfJ6. was the third attempt that Orchard maa ngainnt nis lire, i nis conression was mode to James McParland. It Included a history of his life from his early boyhood up to the tlm of his arrest. In that con fession Orchard implicated all those now under arrest and others, including J. L. SlmDklns. He told the story of twenty- six murders, the results of conspiracies in which all the accused Parties were inter ested. When this story Is given to the pub lic I believe it will be the greatest nar rative of crime which the world knows. There has never been any doubt as to tho truth of Orchard's confession among those who arc familiar with the crimes committed in Idaho and Colorado and charged to the Inner circle of the Western f ederation or Miners, t nave seen Jr chard r.vvself since Hvs confession was made. He told me that no promises o clemency or reward had been held out to him by McParland or others. The finding of the bomb at Judge Ooddard's gat and manv other things which will later be made known at the trial proved the truth lulness of Orchard's confession beyond all question to those familiar with his story. BEVERIDGE LAUDS ROOSEVELT Indlnna Senator Points Oat the heeds nnd the Man of th Hoar. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 55. Seiiator Bev eridae was the principal speaker at fhe celebration of Washington's birthday by the Young Men's Christian association Indiana today. There were delegations present from all parts nt the state. "The spirit of Washington," said 8ena tor Beverldge, "bids the American peep! today to sober itself from the saturnalia of personal and national extravagance W need a revival of the stern and health. ful virtues of the early republic, and for that revival God has given us a leader who is strong enough to challenge abuse, however powerful and wherever found, and fearless enough to demand what we Americana personally and nationally ac quire that discipline of character, that regulation of conduct, which constitutes sane and honest living. "Roosevelt and righteousness are the bat tle cry of good cttlxenshlp everywhere." THECSOPHISTS NAME OFFICERS Societies from Nebraska, Iowa, Mis souri and Kansas Are Represented. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Feb. Ki-Theoso-phists from Missouri. Kanaas. Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa met here today and organized the Missouri Valley Federation of Theosophlcal Societies and elected the following officers to serve for one year: President. F. E. Martin, Webb City, Mo.; vice president. Miss Sarah II. Jacobs, St. Joseph, Mo.; secretary. Miss Helen M. Osborn. Kansas City; treasurer, E. H. Bradbury. Kansas City. Th federation is compos, d of branches cf the American Section Theosophlcal so. clety of Kanus City, Webb City. St. Jo sepli and St. Inils. Mo.; Topeka, Kan.; Lincoln. Neb., and Des Moines, Ia. I . . siocmcni. - - f the week to g.-t action for th settlement zzzwrtHizzi'tf ' v.. r,v,M Minm-haha. from Ixindon. there .Is opposition to some of the At Algiers Arrived: Ahble. from New rirov'sieris of that bill and It is not u-. York for Cudls snd Gibraltar. Valetta, etc.. , b, , and proceeded on cruise. prolM hie that thr- will be con side rab At Liverpool ArnviHi ; i runun. ini" -' Boston. Sailed: Winfredian. for liosi.n. ; ts.rnsrl.ik,. nm. At Out-nstown Arrived: Cymric. from Boston for Liverpool, and proceed'-d At Oenoa Arrived: Brooklyn, from New Tork via Fayal and Naples. At G'ssgow Sailed: t'slcdonla, for New York via Moville. At Bo u loan Sailed: Noordam. from Rot- , . a . ,. 4 t.r vm- VArlc n r, ,t na ,H I 1.. , . I I , C t 35111 At I w.ver Sailed: Patricia, from flnnibur, for New York m Boulogne. At Oueenstow n Siuled : Cawauia, from j Liverpwl' toi N oYrk. WEEK IN CONGRESS Rate Bill in the 8nat Overshadows All Other Topic of Interest. STATEHOOD BILL HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY Not Expected, However, that it Will Pre- Tent Debate on Railroad Measure. ORAKER TO MAKE THE FIRST SPEECH Expected He Will Present Lesal Argument on Court Appeal Feature. MUCH SPECULATION ON FINAL RESULT Hons Will Dvote the Week to tho Dlsrnsslon of Appropriation Mrnsnres, with Possible Clnsh on Army BUI. WASHINGTON. Feb. From th tlma hat Senator Tillman presents his report on Hie railroad rate bill today until thit measure shall have been finally disposed of by the senate that bill will actually. not technically, occupy the foremost pl-'ce on the senate calendar. From the eglnnlng of th session the rat reguln- ion question has received eager attention whenever the subject has been approached, even though In an Informal way, as hns been the case on several occasions, and the formal reporting of the measure will necessarily Intensify the Interest In it. There Is no prospect of Immediately displaying; the statehood bill, but there have been many Intimations that such a course might be pursued if that bill falls o b acted upon when a few weeks later senators generally find themselves pr,- pared to enter what all have believed from he beginning, the real conflict of th session. All senators, whatever their In dividual view, unit In considering the railroad question as he most Important before congress, and friends and oppo nents of the Hepburn-Dolllver hill alike unit In the desire to have It taken uo as promptly as possible. There will be n lull after the final report Is mad because all who expect to participate In th de bate feel the necessity for sufficient tlm to prepare for the conflict. With this preparation once made It now looks as ;f no other subject less seriously considered would be allowed to stand In Its way. Mnch Dlsrnsslon Is Expected. Even during this period of preparation th rat question will not be permitted to remain In complete obscurity. There will l references to It from time to time. and If the future can be Judged from tho past every mention of It on the floor will provoke discussion. It is not probable that the presentation of the report to morrow will preclpltat dbat. and It 1s wIl known that severs members of the committee on Interstate commerce, by which th bill has been under considera tion, will lake this opportunity to explain their votes In committee. ,Thla line of proceeding will not be. permitted to go beyond t o'clock, .however. "forvSt at that hour the statehood bm will have right-of-way and cannot be displaced except with, th consnt of Its friends. On Wednesday Senator Foraker will take the floor with a 'prepared speech on the railroad question. Hla will be th first formal speech on the subject subsequent to the reporting of the bill. 8o far as announcement has been made th Ohio senator stands In opposing all railroad legislation along the lines of the Hepburn Dolllver bill. He has hereofor announced his position, and It is understood that his speech Is Intended to be a legal exposi tion of the reasons for his attitude. Many Interruptions of his address will undoubt edly occur and It Is doubtful whether ho will h able to conclude In one day. peculation on Fate of Bill, There is already much speculation as to the prospects of the rate bill. Th most generally accepted view la that It will be amended "by the senate In some par ticular. Some of the democratic members of the Interstate commerce committee have expressed the opinion that there 'should be changes in the bill, and It Is not prob able that they will alter their minds sim ply because the consideration of tho meas ure has been transferred from the com mittee room to the senate floor. The same may be said of the republican members of the committee who voted against re porting the bill and other republican sen ators. It Is apparent that th Crucial ameudmeent will le the adoption of an appeal clnnse. and on that there will un questionably tie a determined conflict. Friends of such a modification assort thirty-three republican senators are favor able to the addition of this provision and some of the democrats have In th past stated thnt they would regard such a clause with favor. Debate on statehood. Senators Beverldge and Nelson. : who have th stutehnod bill in charge, will out admit the possibility of displacement, even In the remote future, and they will do their utmost to press its consideration. Mr. Beverldge is temporarily absent, but Senator Nelson will Insist Mondur that notiiln.T shall stand In the way of Sena tor Dick's proceeding with his speech In support of Joint i-tnt- 1-ood. The first half of the speech was delivered more than a week ago. and Mr. D1ck sought In vnln all last week to secure an optiortunlty for its conclusion. Mr. Dick will be fol lor.td by Mr. Long and Mr. Hopkias In support of the bill ami probably by some of the democratic members of the com mittee on territories in opposition. Sena tor Furaker will press his uriondn-ent for a sepsrate vote for Arizona on admission snd will try to secure an agreement to vote at an early day. but the friends of the bill as It stands will not concede that principle until further discussion and possibly not at any time unless there 1s an agreement on the bill at th same time. With th Foraker amendment adopted the measure could b dUpoed of at any time, and some senators suggest this as the most fessible wsy of getting It out of the way of the railroad bill. Sennto- CUipp as rhuirman of the I mltte on Indian nf.airs will try during The fortifications appropriation bill will be rportcd during Hie week and probably tak'-n up by th senate. The delayed consideration of the army appropriation will lie resumed as ths chief topic of legislation In th house of C ! represents lives this week. Tha bill will I Vic taken tin for amnrimnr mm t.. - .nd Ci,irrolin ull r. .v. JTY.' - , w nwi mi