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Fhe Omaha Daily Bee. WEATHER FORECAST. NEWS SECTION For Nebraska Cloudy. Tor Iowa. Fair. PAGES ONE TO TWELVE OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 2l liUl TWKNTY-POUK PAGKS SINGLK COPY TWO CENTS. VOL. XL-NO. 2(54. WESTE N LEAGUE uiwm-iw niw- UfcAtjOA lb 01 Ei All umaha lurns Out to Give flayers an Auspicious Start. KINO THROWS THE FIRST JJAUU - 1 AV.Sar.Hen Queftn Follows With the ; Second Over the Plate. PA'S NEW PARK IS DEDICATED j Civic Organizations Join to Make Friday a Gala Day. MIGHTY GHOWD SEES OMAHA WIN Pa Hoirkr Rejoices In Havlnat a Fin Hratnnina, vHh All Hoost Ina nnd In Wlnnlnsj lianr. Omaha Inaugurated Its 1911 bae ball sea Sun and dedicated Its new ban ball park with a snappy nine-Inning victory Friday, the lies Moines club being the victim, 6 to 4. Eight thousand eager and enthusi astic fana attended the opening game and many more thousands welcomed King Ak-Kar-Ren as he rolled down Karnam street In the gret automobile parade held before the gajne. Never before did a minor league city see such a brilliant festival in honor of the ortenlna of Its base hall year. Base hall bugs of every degree, boosting for the great game In Omaha, were In line to welcome the paraders as they went through the city, pwl at the park Pa Ruurke'a ample grand stand aftd , bleachers were filled to the breaking point by the sport lovers) of the city. King Ak-Kar-en ruled the day with all ' honors. lie and his fair queen. Miss Frances Nash, divided the honors of toas Ing up the first hall. Just before the game the king and his court marched out onto the diamond, as tho mighty king coming to grace the baae ball day. Fa Rourke waa presented with a large bouquet from the Tom Moore club, slid when Captain Schlpke stepped to the bat he was tendered a great flower horse Shoe composed of American Beauties, Indi cative of the wishes of the givers. Jiot A Brant Heat. Not a seat In the grandstand was vacant when the ball that opened up the season was tossed up. King and Queen Ak-Sar-Hen, with their numerous court, occupied one of the boxes of honor, and Omaha Elks were to be seen in another, i'a rtouike, with a party of friends and Preel flent Noriis U O'Neill of the Western league, were to be seen. R. O. Jordan of the United States Indian warehouse serv ice, with a number of Washington baae ball fans, were present to ace the Western league opening. Omaha's Ad club, the Omaha Commercial club and , other ,lot;al organisations were repi Rented by strong memberships, and many parties of fans were scattered in the big grandstand. In the bleachers were found some of the most loyal fans of the tame, all cheering with Joy when Jimmy Kane pulled off an especially neat play. Parade la Great. Fans, happy and enthusiastic over the opening day festivities were present by thousands. At J p. m. tha long line of automobiles began to form with the head resting on Nineteenth and Famam streets. The big Omaska truck carrying the Musical I'nlon band usurped the head place in the line, and directly following it came one of the eleven new Chalmers oars carrying Fresident XV. A. Rourke of the Omaha Base Ball club, Mayor Dahlman, Chief of Police Donahue and President Norria O NelU'of the Western league. starting down Farnam street the parade wended Its way under the great "Welcome Baae Ball" arch and down Farnam street Into the big business district. More than tOO automobiles were In line, but the fans In the cars were outnumbered by thousands by the loyal fans and subjects of Ak-Hur-ln; who gave tho parade welcome as It wound along its way. ' . Day Is Perfect. The day was perfect for the opening; It waa real "baae ball" weather. The mere thought of cold, wind or rain waa dispelled early In the day by the genial sun, and shortly after t p. m. the number of dev otees nn the streets gave testimony that base ball Omaha waa appreciative of the compliment that the weather man had done Omaha and Pa Rourke. Pa Rourke'a face, with a golden smile for all the friends he saw, waa another 'testimonial of good will. And Pa's heart (Continued on Page Eighteen.) The Weather Bnasanssssnst FOR N-TCRRAflKA Cloudy. FOK IOWA Generally fuir. TmntiM at Omaha Vraterday Hour. 5 a. m 8 a. m 7 a, m i 8 a. m S a. in.. 10 a. in 11 a. m 12 ra 1 p. m I p. m S p. m 4 p. m t p. m p. in 7 p. tn Ip. in Peg. 70 . 73 . 23 . 71 Comparative Loral Reeord. 1M1.1S10. 1809. 1908. Highest today 71 T 4S hi lx( today 47 51 85 W Mean temperature tW 4 ! 70 lreclpttation iiO .00 .12 T Terapt-ruture and precipitation departures from the normal. Normal temperature . 63 I ; for the day T Total excess since March I Ill Normal preclptiatlon 10 Inch Deficiency for the day 10 Inch Precipitation since March 1 2.13 inches 'Deficiency since Marcli I 1. Hi inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1910. .3.0s inches Deficiency for cor. perl-id, l:. l. Winches Heporla from Stations at f P. M. Station und State Teni. HKh- Preclp- of Weutlier 1 p. tn. eM. nation. heiine. part cloudy ... M I TW V.Mk srw I bap I awt 4r rrSTi,T! T 1 .00 .01 71 .it r: .i.i ! Mt W P 74 : .oo 7.' . n .ml Tn .iw .m 74 .iJO Davenport, cloudy is Ivnver. c!tar i Des Moines. iear ....M IhmIk Cut. pari cloudy.. 7: lander. i-U ar S tonaha, clear 71 Pueblo, clear .....77 Uapid City, ruining Sunla Ke. char lit Siierulan. pan cloudy Mouz lit) , clear n Valentine, clear 7 T indicates trace of precious! l .n t A. WKlJjli, Local 'oi rcaaler. pmgible Balloon Parseval VI Wrecked by a 6ust o Wind Car Laden with Ten Passengers Had ' Nearly Completed Trip from Berlin to Amsterdam. tmu.swir. Germany. April 2i.-,The Ci:igtM ballon Parseval VI met with a mfKhnp ten miles north of here today and was forced tn n:ake a lough landing. The PHRFenKers escaped Injury and the airship whs not seriously damaged, though It Ilea partly in a swamp and will of necessity be dismantled and sent to miienieia oy train The accident happened soon after noon and brought to an end what had promised tn he a successful, nonstop flight from Ber lin to Amsterdam. The airship, which was occupied hy ten persons Including: two inlll lary officers of The, Netherlands, rose at Berlin at 4:30 o'clock this mornlnK. sailed away toward ' Amsterdam at a clip of thirty-four miles an hour". Oebisfelde. Sax ony, was passed soon after in o'clock, tha dirigible goini; strong despite rather strong wind currents. Between Iscnbuttel and IJefnrde the atrial craft was flying low when It en countered a gust of wind that compelled It to slow up. At that moment the free end of rope tliat dangled from the car cauKlit In the branches of a great birch tree and gave 'the nlrshlp a yank that broke its balance This, combined with tha wind, made necessary nn Immediate de ne nt which was fairly well accomplished, though with some strain to the dirigible and the shaking up or the passenger. A new mart pending, repairs was out of the iusiin and the Parsevsl VI will have tu go to a jshed for an overhauling. Attorney General is Up for Disbarment South Dakota Official Being Tried Before Supreme Court on Charge of Double Dealing. PIERRE. S. P., April 21. iHprclal Tele gram.) The supreme court room was the center of attraction at the state house to day because of the hearing on the disbar ment proceedings which have been brought against Attorney General Johnson. The whole cufte appears to hinge upon Johnson's connection with certain civil I rases, having prosecutes as state s attor ney the same parties In criminal actions. The prosecution depends evidently more upon record evidence than oral testimony, as only a few witnesses were called and they sought to connect Johnson with the conduct of a civil case which was conducted by T. F. Auldrege. a clerk in the office of Johnson, and In which he was assisted by A .B. FairbnaUca of Huron. ' Fairbanks testified to his employment by Auldrege and that he had no conference whatever, with Johnson In . regard to the rase, except to ak Johnson why he did not, take part himself, with the reply ',y could not do so as he' had been connected with the preliminary hearing in the crim inal complaint. Johnson was on the stand' In his own defense most of the afternoon and several other witnesses were called by him. Tha court has taken the case under advisement and will give it a speedy con- J slderatlon. Will Investigate the Civil Service House Committee Will Inquire Into Right of Federal Employes to Organize Union. WASHINGTON. April 21.-An Investiga tion of the civil service system has been ordered by the house committee on reform In the civil service. It Is the pur pose of the committee to investigate the allon fht "f ""vice ployes to organize unions and to Inquire into charges that tho service, has degener ated into an Instltutltm of favorites. Cabi net officers probably will be compelled to attend aa witnesses. President Taft is requested in a resolu tion Introduced in the house today to fur nish to congress an explanation of the resignation of David Jayne HIU as am bassador to Germany, The resolution is a. Joint effort of Representatives Lever of South Carolina and Brantley of Georgia, and la based on reports that Dr. Hill In the potash controversy Incurred the presi dent's displeasure. Troops Called Out at Muscatine Factory Sheriff Unable to Control Situation When People Gather About Button Works. MI SCATINK. la.. April 21.-The collect- 7 i Ing of several thousand persons around the I button plant of the Automatlo button fac- 47 1 tory this afternoon caused Fherlff Van j natta to call out Company C, the company "'there, of the Fifty-fourth regiment, Iowa ! National Guard. As the company appeared near the factory the soldiers were greeted with howls from the mob. Captain I-anne called upon the crowd to disperse and the soldiers, with fixed bayonets, prepared to m. i IIIAIKV. lllrH the crowd scattered. whtii annaita ooms not anticipate further trouble, but the militia men iirob- ably will be kept under arms all nlKht. MRS. SCOTT IS RE-ELECTED j Illinois Woman Asala t hoaea Head of llanahtera of Hevolntloa Otrr Mrs. Story. WASHINGTON. April 21. Mrs. Matthew T. Scott of Illinois has been re-elected president-general of the Daughters of the American Revolution by 63) out of a total of 1.0K votes. Mrs William C. Story of I New York received f. , IHspate of I nlons Cnnavs Strike. ! MARSHA LI.TO W N . la.. April 21. (Spe- ; rial.) A disagreement between tinners em- ployed on furnace work and union plumb- ers as to who should do tbs steam fitting connected with the LVatiryg boilers In the : Scheller block precipitated a walkout of all the building trades union employe working on the building. The plumbers allege hat they thuuld l allowed to do i the strain fitting and the tinners claim 1 that this work belongs to them. It Is ex pected that the work on the building will be tied up for some time until national arbitrating bodies ass on the case. KEOIPItOCITYBILL ! I PASSESTHEHOUSE Lower Body Declares for Measure After Six Days' Debate, 264 to 89. NO CHANGE MADE BY MEMBERS Goes Through in Same Form Reported from Committee. IDENTICAL WITH FORMER BELL Practically Same as Submitted at Last Session. LEADERS MAKE FINAL PLEAS Chairman I'nderwood, Majority Lender, Rays Art Will Mark Step tn Honest Compel!. tlTe Poller. WASHINGTON. April 51 The Canadian reciprocity hill was passed by the house late today. 261 lo 8!, after six days' de bate. The measure went through in the form In which It was reported from the committee. The bill which has President Taft's entire approval, practically Is identical-with that submitted at the Inst session. An amendment offered by Representative Martin of South Dakota to put fresh meats on the free list was defeated overwhelm ingly. Only ten minutes debate was allowed i on the amendment. Plx days of debate on the bill came to nend this afternoon with the speeches of the three leaders In the fight Represen tatives I'nderwood of Alabama, McCall of Massachusetts and Dalzell of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Taft occupied a seat In the execu tive gallery. Mr. McCall urged the republican members from' the northwestern border states to support tha reciprocity agreement. Any at tempt to tack a new free list onto the reci procity bill As an amendment, he continued! would completely upset the whole reci procity agreement. in a final attack on the Mil Mr. Dalrcll of Pennsylvania declared the agreement had been made without authority of law. Mr. Dalzell called the agreement a bungling piece xtt statemanshlp." He characterized It as an "open, avowed. free trade measure." and said Its passage W'ould threaten the whole policy of protec tion to American Industry. Address of Mr. I'nderwood. Mr. tTnderwood then"-began the closing- address of the long debate. The enactment of the reclproeltv bill Into law, he said, would mark the end of the period of exclusion" in the economic policy of the country in so far as customs laws affect Industrial conditions. . . .. . ... "For fifty years." he said., "the repub lican party has maintained the policy of excluding, so far as It has been able, com petitive products from other countries.' In the beginning this was Inaugurated with the express declaration' that It was ln-ierut;-s! to develop new Industries until thev Vers strong enough to stand alone and face, in the open, the markets of the world and the rivalry of oiir protective competi tors, but the greed for gain has driven tha advocates of this theory far beyond the position they maintained at its Inception. There In today hardly a great American In dustry that Is not exporting Its surplus products to the open markets of the world and selling them In free competition with the manufactures and crops of our foreign competitors. Would Strike Off Shackles. We would be unrivaled masters of pro- i d,lctlon n1 industry m every land, where would but strike off the shackles that bind us to the dead and unnecessary economic system maintained by the republican party, that creates false standards and wasteful conditions at home." Mr. I'nderwood contended that the na tion should turn from these standards, carefully adjusting the laws to meet new conditions without serious Injury to capital or labor. In order to reduce tha coat of living at hbme and be prepared to dispose of surplus products to Insure stability of prices and employment to labor. Position of Democrat. "The democratic party," he continued, "does not Intend to abandon the custom houses, but favors a policy of levying cus tom duties for revenue purposes only at rates that will not destroy fair and honest competition In the home market. 1 say this bill marks an era In the economic life of the nation. Why? Not that the Im mediate results will be far reaching, but because It takes one step In the right di rection; a step away from the exclusive protective policy, a step toward an honest competitive policy." In reviewing recent tariff legislation Mr. Underwood said, "Our stand-pat repub lican friends" were responsible for having the reciprocity agreement now before the congress. The Payne-Aldrk-h bill he char acterized as a "gqld brick that glittered without, and was false metal within." When It came to applying the tariff to Canada, he said, "that the president dared not Impose the maximum rate on Canadian products." a condition which led up to Albany tariff conference with the (Continued on Second Page.) IOWA BOY HELD PRISONER IS OR DERED RELEASED BY DIAZ. UWRE.NCt P. COWEKMe.. Former Council Bluffs boy who Is Impris oned tn Mexico, has been ordered re leased by President Diu. I 1 '"J.''- ? l ' ' ; a u"' ,w M JIOT WAIT 'TILL HfT (m just I w, . 4j ' INSURGENT DEMAND DENIED Senate Will Not Recognize Separate ( Organization. TAFT. RESENTS THEIR ATTITUDE Rejection of Proposition ofloa . 3ot f Ikolnde Decision to OIt- Faction Lena Kanihr Places Tbi Their rine.. WASHINGTON. April 21 Formal de mands made todat by Insurgent republi can senators that they be recognised as an organisation-distinct from the republican majority of the senate and that they be given one-fourth of all If the majority membership of the committees and control of these assignments were rejected by a vote of 4 to 7 at a meeting of the senate committee on committees. Representatives of the regular republi can organisation In the senate determined to check the insurgents' demands after It was learned President TaXt resented the Insurgent attitude In opposing policies rec ommended by him and their putting bar riers in the way of his . renomlnatlon for the presidency In 1912. That this was the real reason for the widening of tho breach between regulars and Insurgents waa freely stated by some of the majority, members. That the Insurgent members of the com mittee did not bolt Is said to be due to the fact that the rejection .of tho proposition submitted did not carry with It a decltrion to give this faction a leas number of places thst they were entitled to In accordance with their number, which Is about one In surgent to four regulars. The action of the majority, it was said, was Intended merely as a declaration that the dominant faction would not recognize a minority of the party as having rights under a sep arate organization, while the members thereof claimed rights aa members of the republican party. After the committee meeting both the regular and Insurgent forces - went Into sessions which continued until late In the day. Plans were made for renewed hos tilities tomorrow, when assignments will be offered to Insurgents as Individual re publican senators. Twelve New Orleans City Officials Are Sent to Parish Prison Twelve Men Who Pleaded Guilty to Stuffing Ballot Boxes Given Eight Months Each. NEW ORI.KANH. April 31. Twelve elec- : j tion officials of the city of New Orleans, who recently pleaded guilty in the so called ballot box stuffing cases to charges of violating the state election laws, were sentenced today to eight months' Im prisonment each In the Parish prison. Diaz Orders Release, of Blat and Converse MEXICO CITY. April 21-Presldent Diaz today ordered the release of Edward H. rllatt und Lawrence K. Converse, Ameri cans, who were arrested by government troops and Imprisoned In Juarez. It was asserted In defense of the men that they were arrested on American soli and taken Into Mexico by force. II. C. Converse, father of one of the Americans, called at the palace this mom tiuf aud made a plea on behalf of both Vtisoners. President Diaz after considering the matter directed that a letter be ad dressed to the authorities in Juarez order ing the release of the two men. This letter was given to the elder Converse who will leave with it tonight for Juarez. j Converse belongs In Gleudora Cal., and , van fnrmeily a member of the Texas j militia, .lllatt comes from Pittsburg. Pa. ' Roth men wire captured In February near I Guadalupe by Colonel Babago's command. charged with assisting the rebela Converse Is a native of Iowa and formerly lived In Council Bluffs. King for the Day , Prof. See Announces Evolution of New Science of Cosmogony Government Astronomer at Mare Island Has New Theory of Cre ation of the Planets. PHIIADKIPHtA. April 21.-Dlsrpveries In cosinlcal . evolution leading to the de; velopment of an entirely new science, the science of conmogony, were announced to day to the American Philosophical society at Its annual meeting by Prof. T. J. J. See. government astronomer in charge of the naval observatory at Mare ' Island. Cal., who said he had traveled 3.000 miles to give eastern men of science a first hand account of his recent discoveries, which, he stated, have aroused Interest In learned circles throughout the world. Among the results announced today waa a link In the chain or reasoning establish ing the laws of evolution of the solsr syrtem, showing that the planets originally were small bodies forming at a great dis tance from the sun and that their masses have been Increased by gathering up all manner of lesser bodies from meteorites to satellites. Collisions In this nebular re sisting medium have reduced the size of the original orbits immensely and made them such exact circles that the Greeka believed the Deity had set the planets revolving In round orbits because the circle is a perfect figure. These collisions which have rounded up the planetary orbits and brought the satellites nearer their several planets have also Indented the face of the moon and given rise to large craters which were formerly 'believed to be vol canic but are now proved fo be due to the Impact of satellites against the lunar surface. . Prof. See laid especial stress on the proof now deduced that planetary systems similar to our own revolve about all the fixed stars and that these planets are hab itable and Inhabited like our planets which revolve about the sun. He said life was a perfeotly general phenomenon In the uni verse and that living beings exist wherever a star twinkles In the depths of space. George W. Glover, Jr., Wants to Intervene Grandson of Mrs. Eddy Files Bill, Al leging that Father Has Lost His Rights to Estate. CONCORD, N. H.. April 21. Attorneys I for George W. Glover. Jr., of Iad City, S. D., filed today in the superior Court the motion of which they gave notice recently, for leave to Intervene In the action of George W. Glover, sr., against Henry M. Baker, executor ot the will of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, and others. The motion says that if the residuary clause of Mrs. Kddy's will Is found invalid aa a violation of the law of New Hampshire and If George W. Glover, sr., and Kbenezer J. Foster Kddy, Mrs. Eddy's heirs, have lost their rights to succession by reason of certain agree ment made by them In November, 1909, then George W. Glover, Jr., as grandson and next of kin Is entitled to his distribu tive share of Mrs. Eddy's property In con nection with the New Hampshire statutes of distribution. Blind Horse in Jewelry Window NEW YORK, April 21 A blind horse today kicked his way through two big plate glass windows of a Jewelry store at the corner of Maiden I -a re and Broadway and sent flO.OuO worth of diamonds in 'the! window flying Into the street. Policemen stationed at this, one of the busiest cor-j nera In downtown New York, had all they could do to control the crowds which I watched the proprietors and clerks of the Jewelry establishment pick up the gems. The Jewelers said an inventory would be necessary before it would be known If anybody had gotten away with any of the diamonds. BOOM LAUNCED FOR HARMON Ohio Delegation in Congress Begins Work for Governor. LOOK OUT FOR BRYAN AND CLARK Rorkeres Seem to Be Moat Afraid of Possible Rivals, front tho Ne braska d Missouri ' Men, WASHINGTON, April 21. -The Ohio dem ocratic delegation In congress, after scan ning the political horizon to the east and to the west, toward Missouri, Ne braska and Now Jersey, today decided to go to work In earnest for Governor Judson Harmon, their candidate for the presiden tial nomination in 1912. That Mr. Harmon will have formidable rivals waa conceded by everybody at a conference, which Included Senator Poni erene, . Lieutenant Governor Nlcholls and the sixteen democrats ot the Ohio delega tion In the house. "Don't overlook Bryan," cautioned Rep resentative Cox when the Harmon boomers began to weigh the prospectH of Champ Clark of Missouri and Governor Wilson of New Jersey to determine from which of the gentlemen they had most to fear. It Is said that th&r majority of those present thought Speaker Clark was the one to look out for Just now. In a statement Issued after the confer ence It waa announced that "united ex pression of enthusiastic support of Gov ernor Harmon's candidacy for president of the United States was voiced." iThe campaign Is to be conducted by the lieutenant governor, who read to the dele gation, a large number of letters he had received, "Indication," he, said, "that en couragement Is coming from all sections of the United States." MONUMENT FOR SAM HOUSTON W. J. Hryan Speaks at I nrelllns; of shaft to Texas Pioneer General. HUNTSVILI.E, Tex.. April 2L-On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle of San Jacinto, a monument was unveiled here today over the grave of Sam Houston. The monument was erected by the state of Texaa. William J. Bryan, orator of the day, said that General Houston deserved to rank among the nation's statesmen. Colorado I.egtsLatnre dolts Jnly 6. DENVER, Colo.. April 21. The Colorado legislature will adjourn on July s. The senate today concurred In the house resolu tion fixing that date. sa.vsawaas CUT Marskar WATCMI Batrhmafwa stT ' HasuAova i i j TTmi ZZZS I Satfhmatfra anb Jrmrlfra ,itl i , April 17. 1011. Bee Publishing Co., City. Gentlemen: We have been using The Bee column tuntinu ou6ly for the past sax years ever since we have been located on Sixteenth Street and can truthfully say that The Bee 6tands in the lead as a bubineKo getter, . Some merchants Kay,. The Bee does not reach all elapses of people, but we have found out dif ferent, as answers to our advertisements f-how. Yours truly. Vg, JUAItEZ ARMIES HEADY FOR WORD Madero's Forces Waiting Two Miles Outside of City to Begin Attack at Any Time. DIAZ SENDS NO MESSAGE YET Federals Assert They Do Not Fear the Rebels. MILITARY OFFICIAL CONFIDENT American Army Officers Say Fortifi cations Are Good. BATTLE MAY BEGIN SOON Tn-enty-Knur Honrs Notice to tlla to rre tn Resign Ksplrea at li or 12 P. M. lnsnrree- to'a statement ot Clear. EI, PASO. Tex., Awi! 21. The armies of Dlsx and Madern are marking time today. .Mailrro' mm Is waiting Just outside el Juarez, well aimed and numerous. Inside ths town. Iiisvlh fortified, are the 7. loyal solillers of Dlnz waiting for the at tack. The federals, undisturbed by shots or war indication of any character, are icady for the battle, they declare, anytime Jlixlevo unpens It. iutMdo t he town Madero and his men are waiting for Torflrlo Dlan. president iif .,r.iro, to (ml word that h Is willing t resign the presidency. This, tliey deilir.i, In me oi l; tiling that will prevent mi attack on .Inure. Yestciila,, niii.n.ny i.n!eio sent notice to the foreign consuls in Juarez that "Juarez may bo uuickcd any time after midnight April 20." During the day persons attempting to bring about an armistice for the dlscus tion of peace obtained from Madero the statement that i will wait twenty-four hours longer for Dlnz to decide if he will surrender the presidency." j The peace commissioners are not sure whether he meant twenty-four hours from the time, they were talking to him. which was 2 o'clock In the afternoon, or twenty four hours from the time he had Informed the consuls that tho battle might be ex pected. Text of Answer In Donbt. Anyhow there Iihn as yet been no Indica tion that the answer of Diaz is to he favor able. At the offices of the El Paso Junta there appears to be no Jubilation such as might be expected if the rode messages coming from Its confidential agent at Washington were of a character Indicating a compliance with the wishes of the Insur recto president and his men. The Juarez military officials appear con fident of the completeness of their fortifica tions and American army officers compli ment them as excellent samples of engineer ing work. Not only is the town fortified to defend Itself, but It has several field guns and three or four rapid fire guns calculated to prove most effective In scat tering the enemy when the guns are put In action, i. . . The rebel army hsa now had Juarez sur rounded on I he northwest, west and south west for more than thirty-six hours and has been buBy surrounding the city stead ily since last Friday, when the first de tachment arrived. H battled all next day twelve miles from Juarez with a small band of the defenders of the town. Since that time none of the federals have ventured outside the city limits, but they have been buay Inside preparing for an at tack. it Is officially stated in Juarez thst Gen eral Antonio Rebago is enroute from Chi huahua with heavy aritllery and cavalry to reinforce the garrison and the federals says the rebels could not hold tha town If they took It. Colonel Gulzeppl Garibaldi, chief of staff, to Madero, answering thla report, declared today: "We are not afraid of bugaboos. We will take Juarez when we can. If the federals then attack us again, it will be our business to defend ourselves." Ultlmatam from Mmdero, If the Mexican government would avoid international complications. It must order General Navarro to evacuate Juares at once. This Is tho ultimatum sent by Gen eral Francisco I. Madero, - Jr., to Dr. Gomes at Washington to be communicated to tha Mexican government. In addition. General Madero sent word to Dr. Gomes that he waa well aware ol the difference between an armistice and peace negotiations, which it was suggested should follow the armistice. General Ma dero has taken the position that an evao uatlon of Juarez la essential before he will consider an armistice. He Is desirous of establishing a head quarters from which to conduct formal ne gotiations with the Mexican govern tnment. The reply of the Mexican government Is expected to be received here from Dr. Gomes, and It is very 'probable that anr attack on Juares will be postponed until It arrives. Allowing for the time of com munication. It Is not believed tht the an swer will reach here before midnight. ' Madero la Standing; rt. ' "Ridiculous,'' said Francisco I. Madero, when shown the Washington dispatch anb Jrairlrra OMAHA. NKB.. J J