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THE OMAHA i DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. O3UAIIA , SATURDAY MOBNING , ff 31 , 1897 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY PtVE CENTS. HATIVES SHOT DOWN i , Many Tribesmen Bite the Dust in Their War with England , BRITISH BULLETS TOO MUCH FOR THEM Disastrous Results of a Night Attack on Queen's Forces. S SAVAGES FALL BEFORE SHARPSHOOTERS Tight Desperately for Several Hours , but Arc Finally Repulsed , EASY TARGETS FOR BRITISH RIFLEMEN Jlltillnli IK Itoiinrloil IlnillWoniiiloil unit McM-riil of UlN Chli-fM IUmililo.il Situation IN Now SOIIIUM lint U.-llovoil. SIMLA , July 30. A dispatch from Camp 'Atalakand repcrtn another night attack by the tribesmen last night ( Thursday ) . The natives fought desperately for several hours , but were repulsed at all points. Bonfires liad been lighted around the camp , and In the glare the tribesmen were easy targets for the British riflemen. Many fell , and In the light of the flames the natives could be seen removing their dead. It In reported that the mullah was badly ( woun.le.l and that several of his principal chiefs were disabled. The Ilrltish loat one killed and seventeen wounded , among the latter being lieutenant Ccstello , who wan ( wounded the second time. He had received a slight wornd during the day attack on ( JVcdncsday. The forces of the mullah had been augmented by a strong gathering of the natives on the hills to the right of tile ( British position. The theory la that the Ioncrwal3 ) have risen. The situation Is now somewhat relieved by the arrival of rein forcements under Colonel Heed from New- ehera. LONDON , July 31. A dispatch to the Times from Simla says that the loss of the enemy In the fighting Thursday night is licllcved to have been heavier than on any previous occasion. The fact that Mullah was wounded and his chief disciple killed nvlll dishearten the fanatlco. The Mullah jiosed as divinely Inspired and as able to capture Mulakland. It Is reported that the leading headmen of the rising have ab- cconded. III- : iHiioiMVAS FUIHMII/V. 'Joint "W. I'oxlrr TnlkK of Illw .MIsNl anil HIM Observations. LONDON , July 30. Mr. John W. Foster , the United States special commissioner on'the ( scaling question , will sail for New York b ) the St. Louts tomorrow from Southampton. In the course of an Interview with the correspondent of the Associated Press toduj Blr. Foster sold : "Wherever I have been , ( Berlin , Paris or here In London , I have boon received In the most cordial manner. "Whatever may bo the present feeling In the tj United State * ancnt the reported official an tagonism to our government displayed by foreign powers. I have seen nothing of It. Everywhere I have had evidence that the foreign governments wish to meet any ques tion raheJ by the United States In the spirit of the utmost frankness and open-mlnd- ednctsu. It Is neodlcea for to Pcrl < t > ps me saj that tills Is n.ost gratifying to me offlciall } and Jn my private capacity. " "The Hrlt'sh government has agreed to accept our proposition for a sealing confer ence. I am now returning to make an Im mediate ) report io President McKlnley. ] Jiavo had long and fairly candid conferences ( with * Mr. Chamberlain , and last Sunday I passed the day with Sir Hlchard Webster the attorney general , who Is the adviser o the British government on the points of law involved. My statements met with the frankest and most Impartial consideration. "As to the Hawaiian question , I maj say that In London , Paris , Berlin am : St. Petersburg I have had ample opportunity to ascertain the prevailing sentiment In polit ical and commercial circles. In all these capitals annexation la generally regarded nr the natural If not Inevitable result of Iho largo growth and expansion on the western coast of America. "As It could not be expected , " continued Mr , Foster , "that any other foreign power would bo permitted to occupy the islands owing to their strategic Importance , the proposed annexation would bo acquiesced Ii by the European governments , although the position which It would glvo the Unltei States IP the Pacific would not be welcomei by nations seeking supremacy In that quarter of the world. "My personal views on this question are well known In the United States. Neverthe less It Is extremely gratifying that tin necersary expansion of the United States will not bo the cause of European difficulties , ana Is appreciated as the logical outcome ol ( American destiny. " I'HACi : IMUSI.IMIXAIlinS AUK HUAIJY. lAivnltH Only tin * SeMliiR of n Date for , I n ilv in nit)1 I'ny nu > n tN. PAIIIS , July 30. A dispatch to the T > rap from Constantinople saye that the signing of the preliminaries of peace awaits only the /only of the Greek government , fixing the daes | for the payment of the Indemnity. Resides providing for a rectification of the frontier , In accordance with the plans of the European military attached , and for an In- aomntty of1,000,000 , the treaty directs that A mixed commission of delegates of the pow ers and of Turkey bhall fix the compensa tion due Ottoman subjects for IOFSCS through the war. The question of the capitulations is left to bo bellied by Greece and Turkey before the conclusion of a definite peace. 'Jhe evacuation of Thesraly ! s made condi tional upon tlui full discharge of the Indem nity. As soon as the treaty Is ilgncd , sayc the Temps correspondent , the European mili tary attaches and members of the Ottoman utaff lu Thresaly will meet there to de limitate the frontier. [ \VlMi JOIX IX A SKAk , COXl-MJHKXCK. 13 u Kin nil Formally Accept H ( he Pro- IMIMIllN Of t'llltl'll MllK'N , LONDON. July UO. The llrltlsh foreign office notified Ambassador Hay this morning 'that Great Ufltaln accepted the proposition of the United States for an International confereuco on the question of polagla teallng in the Derlng sea , to be held In Washington during the coming autumn , Strainer Mrllvt-N a lU-rf. LONDON , July 30.-C ble dispatches from Melbourne state ( lint the steamer T.iBmnnla , bound from Wellington to Sydney , N. S. W. , Ptrucl : ti rixk oft Cupe Mahla between the towns of Napier and G Is born , N , / . , and pnnk In tlireu hours. Tnrce bantloudj con taining paspengerii and crew \\ho escaped from the wirrkcd pteumer were inlsxliif : for Bomo time , but were later picked up. It U reported that ulx of the crew were drowned. n ll < * voliitlini nl Oporto , it A 1) III II , July 30. A dispatch from LU. bon 6iy the situation at Oporto Is alarming , Ministers fcir an attempt at revolution. The Governor of the town has been dlaml cd auj replaced by Augunto de Ca.itllhoa , a native oflicer- ! , < * < * SuvfH Cliuiiiiiilio'M I.lfi- . HAVANA , July 30.M nuel Kcrnandsx Chaquolto , Ib ? young American nuo was tried icre by court-martial on ( be 22d on the diURC of filibustering , under the third arti cle of the protocol of 1889. Consul General Leo leliig present , has not yet been Rfn- tcnccd , although the prosecutors arktfd for the Itr.tiopUlon of the capital penalty. Ths report that he had been sentenced to death and that the. sentence was cubsequcntly rcm- muted to Imprisonment for life was prema ture. In conJ-equence of Consul General Lee's Intervention the matter Is still In mis- peimlon and has been referred to Madrid. DAII.V 1XHMJ.S OK IMUIC CHOIC12H. iv-tloN AKi-iiiln Strlrtly ( o 111" line tup ; | | | > NN , ; Co [ > > right , 1597 , by Press rutillrhlriK Company. ) LONDON , July 30. ( New York World Cablegram Special Telegram. ) Richard broker has been In attendance at Good wood each of the four days of the historic meeting. He has been living at Portsmouth , coming to Chlchestcr each day and driving to the course In an ordinary landau. He has not been entertaining. Part of his horses have been ntabled at Singleton , two miles from the track. Mr. Crokcr has been admitted to the royal enclosure , where , houtvcr , he has received scant attention from the notabilities. During each day ho has crossed the paddock and placed frequent orders with bookmakers. It Is said he has been a large winner , having backed his horse , Amerlcus , for place. AmerJciw ran second Thursday , and In the race for the Singleton plato was beaten only by a head. On each of the days when Amcrlcus ran Mr. Croker honored the occasion by appearing In a long silk lined frock coat and regula tion silk hat. At other times he simply wore a dark brown sack suit , and derby hat. Today Mr. Crokcr left the track at --10 , took a cab and was driven to Single ton , where he had an Interview with the head trainer , and from there he drove to Chlchester and took the train for Ports mouth shortly after 4. Tomorrow he at tends the raceo at Alexandria Park , where his horse Snider Is entered. Among racing men Amerlcus Is said to be one of the fastest horpcti In England for five furlongs. At present het \ haudlcappel at the weight of ten stone. Judges say with a weight of eight stone Amcrlcus would win every race of that diotance. A promi nent bookmaker Informed me that Thursday Calder , who rode him , plainly did not speed the horse. Mr. Crokcr urged , several friends to back Prosperous for the race at Alexan dria park. He la said to have a half-Interest In the horse. Judge Truax had promlbed to be with Mr. Crokcr today , but missed the train. He la staying at the Hotel Cecil and expects to BOO Mr. Crokcr tomorrow. EDWARD MARSHALL. Koitcuu ivro Tin : CUIIMAX AH.MY. Troultli'H of mi Ann'rluiiii CKI/.on , Vis itor to lllH l * n < -rlnnil. . BERLIN. July 30. Ambassador White Is Just now giving clcse attention to a matter which promises to Involve some diplomatic complications. It Is the case of Alfred Wcss- llng , son of a naturalized American citizen , Charlco Wcsallng of New York. Young WcsslUig , while visiting Germany last spring , was drafted Into the German army. He protested and proved that ho had made a formal declaration of his intention to become a citizen ot the United States , although his naturalization had not been perfected. Hla protest was absolutely Ignored and he was enrolled In the Seventy-fourth regiment , fctatlonod In Hanover. Recently , for the petty offense of chaffing , ho was struck a violent blow by a sergeant. Enraged at the Injustice , young Wessllng felled his tormentor to the ground and fled. Late at night he reached the United States consulate In the city of Hanover , completely fagged out and half starved. United States Consul Crane persuaded him to surrender to the authorities and he IB now awaiting trial on charge of assaulting his superior. This offense Is punished In war times by summary execution after court martial , and in times of peace by several years' Imprison ment. Ambassador White Is endeavoring to secure his release. JXSUHGHXTS COMI3 XKAR IIAV.VXA. SiiiuilnrilH Deny tluit They Mnile nil Attnclc on tin * City. HAVANA , July 30. The officials deny the report that an attack was made on the out posts of Havinn. Wednesday night and de clare there Is no panic or unusual excite ment In the city. They admit , however , that under cover of darkncsa AVednesday night a band of insurgents attacked the outskirts of the town of Mariana , noir Havana , but de clare the attacking forac did not use rapid firing guns Or dynamite. The garrison , ac cording to the official report of the engage ment , made a skillful defense compelling the Insurgents to retire with a loss of one killed. The Spanish losses were one volunteer and one resident killed and one captain and a private wounded. IvI.Vfi OF SI.VM HKACIIKS ISXGIjA.VI ) . Welcomed liy 11 Itoyul Snlufi ; from SlilpN In the llnrlior. LONDON , July 30. Chulalongkom , king of Slam , arrhed off Splthead this morning in the Siamese royal yacht Manila Chakrl , with the royal suite and a largo retinue of servants. The IlrltUh war ships Indexible , Alexandria , Calliope , Hero and IVctory re- cel\ed his majesty with th < > 'Hlute leserved for royal visitor , ? . The duke of York and Admiral Sir Nowcll Salmon , commander-ln- chlef at Portsmouth , went on board the Macha Chakrl and cordially welcomo.1 the king to England. All the ehlpn'ns ' In the harbor waa gaily decorated with bunting. IIIcli Wntvr In l-nroie. : IlRESmU , July 30. The recent con tinuous high rains have caused many rivers of Silesia and Bohemia to overflow , A num ber of bridges have been carried away. Rail way trafllc has been stopped and several hoiibcs collapsed. A bridge at Aetrltis , In Sllrsla , was swept away and eight children weiu drowned , Several persons are also re ported to have been drowned in Bohemia. HiiKlnnil AliroKiil 'H a Treaty. HERLIN , July 30. The commercial treaty between Great Britain and the German zoll- vcrom , which has been In force since- May 10 , 1805 , was renounced today by Great Britain apd cease , ? to be operative a yar hence. Baron von Thlclmann arrived here today from the United States. Inilliiii XlltlveH Inillirniiiit , BOMBAY , July 30 , The Indignation of the iuilvc agalr.st the government for Its num mary policy of repression increases. They " nay" that the government Is going toJavort * India into n second Ireland by a program of roerclcn and that no one Is t > afo. lieiilnl liy IIUiiiiii-uIc. BERLIN , July 30. Prince Bismarck denies the rumor recently circulated that he In tended to vltlt Qeneral Count Walderseo at Altotm , to meet Emperor William. lionMlntiH Miirt-Ii. WASHINGTON , Pa. , Julj 30 , More than 300 more miners marched to Cook & Sons' mines at McCovern today ar.d are now es tablished In Camp Victory , They are from ( bo Miller's Run region and the mines at Finleyvlllo and Vcnetla on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Camp Victory hs 500 ilc- tnrmlned men. The regular [ irocewloii and demonstration were held today and H U re ported that armed deputies attacked a body of diggers on their way to the mines through the rauks of the marchers. They were per mitted to pats through unmoleited by the striken. The campera arc not at all dlt- rouraged and when approached on the sub ject > ay the klege has Just b'gun. More thin t > cventy-tvo | men arr at work at the AllUon mine today and coal was run steadily from C o'clcck urtll noon. Both the utrlker * and the operator * say Iheie U no probability of an outbreak. JAPAN READY TO ARBITRATE Witling to Have Dispute with Hawaii Settled Peaceably. NOTICE SENT TO HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT Will Include All Point * on Which IHITcrciicoN lC\lsCinnlltloiiM ( of Arbitration \ < i ( Knomi I WASHINGTON , July 30. The Japanese government has accepted the offer made by Hawaii to arbitrate the dispute between tno two countries. The State department has been. Informed ot the offer and the accept ance. The HUbJect of arbitration will In clude not oily the difficulty over the landIng - Ing of the Japat cse Immigrants , but also will Include other disagreements between the countries , the most Important of which Is the sake tax Imposed upon a Japanese liquor , largely Imported and consumed by the Japanese lit Hawaii. The acceptance of the offer ot arbitration , a brief synopsis of which has been cabled to the Japanese minister here and given to the State department , states that the Japanese government accepts arbitration in principle and Is prepared to enter upon t.he terms for a settlement of pending disputes. The formal letter ot acceptance has been sent to Hawaii and the conditions of arbi tration will be contained therein. Those conditions ore not known here. Pending the arrangement of detail all other proceedings looking to a settlement will be discon tinued. The take tax , of which the Japanese com plain , Is an Increase of the duty on this liquor from 15 cents to $1 per gallon. The tax paused the Hawaiian legislature and was vetoed by President Dole on the ground that It was unconstitutional and In violation of the treaty with Japan , which had rights under the most favored nation clause. The tax wa-3 passed over his veto almost unani mously , only one vote being cast to sustain the president. The pressure for taxing sake was from the saloon keepers and the manu facturer : of liquors , as the Japanese use this liquor almost wholly , to the exclusion of other beverages. It Is not expected that the State depart ment will make more than a formal ac knowledgment of the latest communication from Japan upon the subject of the annexa tion of Hawaii , understanding being that all future negotiations will be conducted by Minister Buck and the Jai-nnese foreign office at Toklo. UCTAIV FAITH IX AXXEXATIOX. I2x-CoiiKiil in Honolulu Tillies of FeelIng - Ing : In ( lie IslnnilN. SAN FRANCISCO , July 30. Ellis Mills , the retiring consul general at Honolulu , ar il ved from the Islands on the steamrr Ala- meda. Mr. Mills was succeeded by William Hayward , and with his wife he Is now on his way back to his home In Virginia. Speak ing of political affairs In the Islands. Mr. Mills said : "Annexation Is now regarded uni versally by the people of Hawaii as a cer tainty. The enthusiasm over the movement Is more Intense now , If such a thing be possible , than It has ever been before , and almost everybody has an abiding faith In the happy result that they all wish for and an ticipate. It is confidently expected that the whole matter will be settled when cougrcss meets this fall. " 1'OMTICAI. HUAIMlUAirrCItS OPKX. slonnl Committee Looking After < lic Work. WASHINGTON. July 30. The republican national committee Is maintaining Its head quarters hero during the summer and keep ing a force of employes at work getting out documents for use In those states where the campaign next fall will bo of a na tional character. The elates are Ohio , Mary land and Kentucky. The legislatures which will be elected by them next fall will choose United States senators. Major Dick , the sec retary of the republican national committee , Is In charge of the headquarters and will bo obslstcd by Jlr. S. A. Perldns , the assistant secretary. A literary bureau is maintained to supply campaign matter to country news papers. The republican congressional committee also has Its headquarters open. It is not expected , however , that much will be done before next winter beyond planning out the lines of literary work. Chairman Babcock says advices from Ohio are very gratifying and he expresses no doubt that they will elect a majority ot the legislature. The American Bimetallic union has hencl- quartm heir , with Messrs. George E. Bowen and II. P. Bartlnc In charge. Literature bearing on the free silver question Is belnc ' Much ° r u e ° cs to Xe for the Army. WASHINGTON , July 30. ( Special Tele gram. ) The following named officers , re lieved from recruiting duty October 1 are ordered to Join their proper stations upon being relieved : .Major Henry Jackson , Third cavalry , Boston ; Lieutenant John 1) . r Hartman , 'First ' cavalry , Albany , N. Y.- Lieutenant Guy Carleton , Second cavalry St. Paul ; Captain Montgomery D. Parker Seventh cavalry Cincinnati ; Captain Henry P. Kendall. Eighth cavalry. St. Louis ; Cap tain George II. Evans , Tenth cavalry , Pitts- burg ; Captain TJgbert B. Savage , Eighth In fantry , New York City ; Captain Ralph W. Hoyt , Eleventh Infantry. Indianapolis ; Captain - tain Loon A. Matlle. Fourteenth Infantry , Cleveland ; Captain George H. Palmer , Six teenth infantiy , Chicago ; Captain William T. Wood. Eighteenth Infantry , Louisville ; Cap tain H'Jward ' B. Pratt , Twenty-third Infantry Milwaukee ; Captain Alfred C. Markley , Twen ty-fourth Infantry , Philadelphia ; Captain James C. Ord , Twenty-fifth Infantry , Nash ville. Lieutenant Stephen M. Foote , Fourth arlll- lery , has been relieved from duty at Ver mont academy. Saxton's River. Vt. , and detailed - tailed for duty at New York Military academy , Cornwall-on-Hudson , N. Y. Lloulcnncit Cornelius C. Smith , Scpond cavalry , has been relieved from duty with tha National Guard of Arizona , and ordered to Join hlri troop , The following officers have- been detailed as members of an army retiring board to meet at Fort Wnyne : Colonel Simon Snyder - der , Nineteenth Infantry ; Major Robert O'Reilly , ourgcon ; Captain John G , Lcofe , Nineteenth infantry ; Captain Benjamin Mun- day , assistant Burgeon ; Captain William P. Evans , Nineteenth Infantry ; First Lleulen ant Edward A. Hoot , Nineteenth infantry , re corder , First Lieutenant James 0 , Green , Fifteenth Infantry , has been ordered before the board for examination for retirement , Lieutenant John K. Miller , Eighth Infantry , has been detailed for duty at Allegheny co'- lege , Meadvllle , Pa. , relieving Lieutenant Francis J. Koester , Third cavalry , ordered to Join his troop , Leaves of absence : Lieutenant William M , Crofton , First Infantry , forty days ; Lieuten ant Colooel Asa B. Carey , deputy paymaster general , extended one month ; Additional Second end I/leutenant Frederick E. Johnston , First Infantry , one month. Ueiiiirtiiient \ < > ( r . WASHINGTON. July 30 , ( Special Tele gram ) William 0. Crosby of Iowa has been reinstated as a epeclal examiner at J 1,300 In the pension office , Fourth class postmasters appointed today : Iowa Sand Spring , Delaware county , F. E. Wood , Jr. South Dakota Bailey , Hand county , Esther eleven. Wyoming Iron Mountain , La ram IP county , J , J. Underwood. Mary Halllwell wax today commUsloued postmaster at Odesza , Neb. Slirrnuin'M lleallli luuirovrx. WASHINGTON. July 30. Word comes to Washington from Secretary Sherman at A ma dansett , L. I. , that his heillh h s Improved very much since he arrived , -at that place. He Is abcut to leave for 'Boston ' In a day or two and this trip will be fotlrfwed by a eca voyage. i\i'iimiK > T WITIJ ASiltnicAX FI.AX Son nil I'rmluot tliinnl to tlic Ilcxt niiro | > eiin. WASHINGTON , July 30. Secretary Wil son has received a report from a firm at Lisbon , Ireland , on somc rcttliiK and entiling experiments conducted by them In Ireland with a ton of flax straw prown In the Pugct sound region of Washington under the direc tion of the Agricultural department In Its ex periments In 1SD5. Thce experiments de veloped the fact that for flax culture the Puget found country U the equal In climate of some of the best flax-producing regions of Europe. Attention Is called to the low rate of seeding , one and oneialf to two bushels per acre , and to the fact that fourteen bush els of sce-1 per acre was produced. U la os- srrtcd that the experiment proves that farm ers of this country can prow fiber and seed In the same plant. STIIAIX oTHI - : t'-i.oon TOO CIIHAT. Tlirotifv of Ylxlloi-M tn 1'roNlilqnl CIIIINO U < n Settle. WASHINGTON , July 30. Some Idea of the clzo ot the vast throng nfvoniceseckcrs that has called ipon the president since Marcn 4 was convcjcd to the vUltors at the White House today when they saw a number of woikmcn lifting up amlStrengthcnlng | the ' floor of the large lobby , Just'W.tslde the presldcnfn office. This floor had sunk no lees than four Inches from the weights 1m- prscd upon It. It llca directly above the vast east room , and so cannot bo sup ported from beneath without disfiguring the splendid apartment. A plan has been pre pared by Colonel Blnglmni , the superintend ent of public building and grounds , for sus pending the floor from the heavy roof beams above. I.onK-M IIke ti FnUe. WASHINGTON , July 30. The State de partment has received from the Philadelphia tobacco firm the note found In a bale of tobacco from Cuba stating that three Amer icans were confined In Moro castle and were unable to ci mmunlcatc with their friends outside. The note will be forwarded to Consul General Lee , but the ofllclals do not attach much Importance to It , from the internal evidence of Its bogus char acter. For instance. It Is said that there were no Cook's excursions last year to Cuba ; that the American consul general knows all of the very few American prisoners In Moro , and lastly , It Is pointed out that while the men arc described as young men , later on In the note they refer to their honorable discharge from the United. States army in 1SC5. Daily TrcnHiiry"Sln < fmciit. WASHINGTON , July 30.-Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows : Available cash balances , $238,172,590 ; gqld reserve , $143,878 SCO. _ TOIIXAUO Kii.iiS sievnx PKHSDXS. HcNtriipdvc Storm Tenr ThliiKs to I'loeos In Illinois , BLOOMINGTON , 111. , July 30. A special from San Jc.se , III. , thirty-five miles west on the Jacksonville division of the Chicago & Alton , gives meager particulars of a tor nado thU evening at that-place. It- passed through live farm of A. Q. 'McDowell , two and a quarter miles' north of that towrc completely destroying the "house and barn. Seven poisons were killed. They are : A. C. M'DOWELL. M'DOWELL'S GRANDSON. WIFE OF SAMUEL BROWNLEE. THREE OF BROWNLEE'S CHILDREN. MISS JESSIE ; GROVES. The following were seriously Injured : Mre. A. C. McDowell , her son Charles and daughter Mary. Miss McDowell Is but slightly hurt. The storm came directly from the north and entirely destroyed the McDowell house , barn and walnut grove. It then rose and went over the town of San Jose. At Mason City lightning struck the eplro of the Presbyterian church and sent It on flrc. IJUUI.IXGTOX IS 1IHAXCJIIXG OUT. Will K.xteiKl ItH l.liie ACTOMH Color'iulo ( o Utah. DENVER , Col. , July 20. The Times this afternoon says : The Burlington Railroad company Is going to carry out Us long-cherished plan of hav ing an outlet to the coaqt , and lu order to do so it Is going to extend its line across Colorado to Utah. The plan tor extending the line was agreed upon some months ago , after General Passenger -Agent Francla ot the company had made an Inspection of the route , and work will be begun as soon as the ntccfsary arrangements can be made. The extension will begin at Lyons , the. terminus of the Colorado branch of the Burlington and run through Left Hand canyon , In Boulder county , thence across the range to Routt county , tapping the Halm's Peak re gion , and across Colorado to Utah , passing through Ogdcn and ending at Salt Lake. The route In Colorado is through a country that now has no railroads and which Is pro nounced to be one of the richest sections of the state. The proposed route 'across Colorado was surveyed borne time ago , and It will re quire but little work to replace the old sUkca that have been-Jest. At Salt Lake the road will connect with the Oregon Short Line and the Southern Pacific , thus allowing the lUurllngton to tap the entire Pacific coast. Passengers can be sent right through to the coast from Chicago and other eastern cities without change. FOHHCI.OSlJItH OF UX1O.V PACIFIC. Forinnl Decrecx Knlereil nt KIIIINIIN f'lly anil l/enveiMVorli. KANSAS CITY , July 30 , Judge Walter II , Sanborn of St. Paul held brief sessions of the United States circuit court today In this city and Leavenworth , Kan , , at which ho formally entered decrees In the matter of the Union Pacific forcclcsure fo'r the districts of Missouri and Kansas. The cases are those of the United States against the" Union Pa cific Railroad company and George Gould and Russell Sago against the hauip corpora tion , and the decrees entered are similar to these recorded at Omaba yesterday. Judge Sanborn left Immediately 'for Denver and will order similar decrees entered for the districts of Colorado , Wyoming and Utah. I'I-IIIIH > Ivmilii .Stiitrnifill , PHILADELPHIA , < hily ,80 , A statement of comparison of earnings and expenses of the Pennsylvania Railroad company for tha month ot June and six months of 1S97 , with the same periods of 189G follows : Pennsyl vania railroad , line directly operated : Gross carnlngj , Juno 1897. Increase , { 70,730 ; six months , decrease , $715,792. Expenses , de crease , $253,758 ; decrease. , flG8l,711. Net earnings , Increase , 1333,491 ; Increase , $9GS- 919. Lines wcot of Plttsburg and Erie di rectly operated : Gross earnings June , 1897 Increase , $74,075 ; eU months , decrease , $1- 017,064. Expensco , decrease , $188,151 ; de crease , $ llilC78 ( , Net earnings , Increase , $2G2.22C ; Increase , $ U4,514. llriilul lxuiulitrH .Meet. NEWPORT NEWS. Va , , July 0.-The Nn- tlonul As-o lotion of Dental Examiners be gan Its fifteenth annnuu ) ? ! > slon at the Hygela hotel , Old Point Comfort , today. At the same time the irnr eentatlves of the Dental Colleges of the l'iltert States as sembled In annual meeting at the Hygela. Dr , J. T , Abbott of Manchester , lu. . presi dent of the national at.oclutlon , called the body to order. The following flutes were represented ; Alabama , Arkanna , Connecti cut , Delaware , District of Columbia , Georgia , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky. Louisi ana , Maryland , Man-acluuett * , Ms l iilppl , New llainjishlrc. New Jirnt-y. North Carolina lina , Pennsylvania , Hhorte Island , Tennes see , Virginia nnd Wl cor.Bln , DEMONSTRATION A FAILURE March on Gas Coal Company's Works Has No Effect. DE ARMITT'S ' MEN GO TO WORK AS USUAL Striker * Ilnil AiiMelpatcil n Different IteNiiU i\iieetatlon Hint n Still l.urKer llnily of Marchers I , Will Clime. PITTSBURG , July 30. After n long nnd weary night of watting to learn the results of the meetings of the miners ot the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company , the camping strikers were a disappointed lot of men this morning , for the expected exodus from the Plum Creek , Sandy Creek and Oak Hill mines did not occur. The men did not quit work , as they promised to last night , and all the mines were In operation today. Until daylight the Indications were that the strikers had won and that no more coal would bo mined until the strike was over. In the vicinity of the Sandy Creek nnd Oak Hill mines anxious Inquiry was made about Plum Creek , At the two meetings last night the leaders announced that the Plum Creek miners would come out and that no more ccal would be dug until the strike was won. These reports must have- been un founded , for at 3:30 : o'clock this morning 200 strikers , after making a demonstration at the Plum Creek mines , went Into camp at Neglcy prstofllce , one-halt mile from the tipple , where they remained until G o'clock and left only when they learned that all the miners had gone In and that yesterday's work had been fruit ICES. At Sandy Creek a small body of strikers watched a majority of the miners who at tended the meeting last night go back to work. The main Interest In the strike , so far as Da Armltt's men are concerned , is at the Oak Hill mine , about two miles from Turtle creek. The strikers thought this mine would close , but this morning the Oak Hill miners boaidcd the company's train at Turtle Creek as usual and started to work. A body of the strikers was camped along the railroad track , and as the train hauling the miners pacsed the camp four of the strikers Jumped on the cars. Two of the miners , believing the strikers \\cro about to make an attack , Jumped from the cars nnd Joined the strikers. These two were the only Oak Hill miners who did not po to work. The mine officials say that Including these two men not over C per cent of the Oak illill miners arc idle , and their nbrencc is caused by something other than strike. What the marchers now will do Is not known , but from Intimations given by the speakers yesterday It Is believed that largo bodies of strikers will be brought to the vicinity of the De Armltt mines and the demonstrations will be kept up. Much credit Is given the leaders and strikers for the good order which has been maintained. Secretary Warner said this afternoon that all of De Armltt's mines would be Idle to morrow. Not a pound of coal was mined at Sandy creek today , he eald , nnd not more than fifty men are working at Turtle creelt "This" afternoon he "ordered tents for tne strikers encamped near De Armlt's mines. The strikers , ho said , would not leave until the men quit work If they camped there for a month. A call for a special meeting of the United Labor league on Sunday evening to arrange for a mass meeting on August 0 was issued today. Debs has promised to make a speech on that day. President De Armltt denied Warner's statement that the men were out at Turtle and Sandy creeks today. He asserted that all of the miners were at work. ORDERED TO DISBAND. Legal proceedings are to bo taken against the marching coal miners , unless they dis band and go to their homes. This was de cided on this afternoon , and Sheriff Harvey A. Lowry will be expected to see to it that the asoemblages are disbanded. While the inarches on the mines of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company have not been -as effective as the miners' officials could wish , It Is evident that the marchers are making an impression on the employes of the company. Today there was posted In the vicinity of the Turtle creek , Sandy creek and Plum creek mines a proclamation issued by the eherlff , commanding that all persons shall refrain from assembling or congre gating on the public highways or thorough fares of Allegheny county , or Interfering with the peace. All are commanded to retire - tire to their respective homes or places of residence , or bo dealt with according to law. President Patrick Dolan was asked what ho thought of the proclamation. He said he did not care how many proclamations were Issued , so long as the peace was kept , which , ho said , It waa Intended to do. He expressed himself as having no fear. A meeting was held this morning , which was addrcsbcd by District President Patrick Dolan. Ho went over about the same ground as was covered In his speech last night , and added that all labor organizations , with the exception of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers , were with the miners In their strike. Ho made an attack on this order , saying that owing to the liuoads of electric railways and other means of rapid transit , the wanes of the engineers would drop sooner or later , and then they would bo ask ing assistance from other organizations. In other portions of the district strike matters are quiet. The otrlkers are all waitIng - Ing with anxiety the result at the De Armltt mine. The owners of the Castle Shannon mine have decided to close their plant until the present differences In the coal trade arc adjusted. TROUBLE IN SIGHT. At midnight It looks as though the sheriff's proclamation will ho the biggest factor In bringing about trouble In the vicinity of the Do Armltt mines. Tonight a meeting of strikers was held at Oak Hill and It was decided to pay no attention to the sheriff's proclamation , n it was considered to be an outrage. 'At ' the meeting It Is reported that President Dolan , CM , P. Carrlck and other leaders told the men that the mandate of the sheriff wan unjust anil could not bo en forced. 'Hie result of the meeting was that three meetings were arranged for , ono at midnight , ono at 2 a , m , and another at 4 a. m. , and the men are now marching through the Turtle Creek region In three divisions to reach their respective meeting places , The different times were chosen for the meetings as the bctt time to catch tlio working miners when changing shifts. Ex citement la running high and If the night passes without u conflict between striker.1) and deputies It will be considered almost a miracle. EXCITEMENT AT SCOTTOALU SCOTTDALE , Pa. , July 30. Wild excite ment prevails hero at 10 o'clock. As the afternoon turn of nonunion men was taking place the striking Iron workers at the Scott- dale Iron works were going home. One of them , said to be a man named Painter be came Incensed at the remarks , of some boys and deliberately fired at them. A large crowd was gathered about the station at the time and they started after the non union man , who ilred four or five shots Into the crowd before he reached the Geyer hon.u- , where ho boards. The hotel was Imme diately surrounded by an excited cro f.1 and It was with some difficulty that Burgees Porter got them cooled down and had he not had the ntastance ! of the strike leadera there Is no telling what the maddened crowd would bavo clone. Another nonunion man , whose name could not bo learned , drew hla revolver on I'ltisburg street and fired sex- eral thole. He was knocked down and pretty badly beaten before he could bo reached by the officers and taken to hla boarding house. The excited crowd Is massed about the sta tion and the nonunion men are afraid to venture out , > THE BEE BULLETIN. We-nthcr Torecasl for Nclirnakn Slightly Cooler. I. llrltlftli Kent llurk the Trlliennien , .Tnimn WlllliiK to Arliltrntr. Miirrh on I ) ArmlttV Aline 1'iillx. Prof. I'.lllott Atliiekit , Iohn W. footer. 3. Mnntnim'n Wonderful MtUerlitl Weiilth , Sporting Itrconl for I rliluy , II. Home for tlio rrlemlleM AIT lr < . Nebraska' * tlrent Ytelil of Whent. Sign * of rriiiperlty In South IMkotn , 4. IMItnrlnl unit Continent , n. Cllnmto of ( tin Klomlyliu Country. Weil * 111 * Iliilf-Stfiter. Trnln WrerUem lit Work. 0. Couni-tl UlnCTA I. "cut Mutter * . 7. Cninmerelitl mill I'liuineliil Ninvn. H. Vlcllnn of tlio MoJl\o le ert. < iooil Money In C'iml Mine * . lloiinil thu Brink of u Clinsin. 0. KtmMttcm | Dlreetom Until u SenRlon. Unlnn 1'ncllle Map * XViigon Itniuli. Aspirant * for OMIi-o ( letting Itrinly. Illtcheoek < ! oe * Itnek on u I'riimUe. 10. IIltH of reinliiliui < in li. | 11. On the litllHlrlcl ; of Hull Hun , Abiint u Singular Trlliu of Inilliinn : 11 ! , "A Kim lo 1'reelown , " Some .Sorlon ( on Itcneh tun ! Ilitr , M > 1M1MIOVHMKXT IS IXDICATKI ) . Weather AVI1I .lint Continue < o lie Hot Toil ay. Hour. Den. Hour. DeK. B n. in 7(1 ( 1 | i. i" NS ( I , , . , , , 7-1 i ! 11. in M ) 7 n. in 7-1 : i H. m ! S n. Ill 7(1 ( -I | i. "i ! l i ) n. in 7t > r P. 111 ui : KI ii. 111 st : ( i P. i < > " 1 1 n. in S. 7 | i. in I' ' " li ! in K7 S 11. m M > 11 | i. in -Ml It will undoubtedly surprise a number of people to learn that ycatcrdny Was not the hottest day ot the summer , nor even as hot as the hottest by nil of G degrees. It very possibly felt as though It had not been ex ceeded for heat , but the record shows that It had. To use a comfortable * comparison It was a number ot degrees cooler than several days during the past two months. But mak ing the best of the situation It was cool hcic compared to Kansas City , where the maxi mum yesterday was 102 degrees nnd Con- cordln. Kan. , with 100 degrees. The wind here yesterday was from the northeast , but It didn't do very much business. H may be Interesting to know Juat now that the weather bureau predicts a repetition of yis- tcrday's temperature for today. TO sncimi- : Contract * for True I'nlforinlty Not Yet In Sliniiu. PITTSBURG , July 30. The coal operators' committee , appointed at the true uniformity conference to secureslgnatuies to the agree ment , was busy this morning revising nnd correcting the proofs of the contract , which Is being printed. As soon as these papers ai-o received from the printer they will be placed In the hands of the several members composing the committee , who will nt once begin nn active canvass of the operators. The committee Ja positive there will bo no difficulty In getting the required number of signature ? . -It- thinks Its work WI1I be speedily accomplished. Despite denials from some qiia'rtVrs It Is" asserted the river opera tors are ns anxious for the agreement as are any of the others. Some of the most prominent river officers took part In the con ferences and assuiances have been given that the river men will not hold aloof now. MIXEItS I1I33IAM1 A I1IG ADVANCE. lowii Men IlefiiHe to Strike If They Cnn Get Wluit They Wall * . OTTUMWA. la , , July 30. ( Special Tele gram. ) The miners of Appanoosc and Wayne counties In mass convention nt Centcrvlllc today passed a resolution demanding from the operators the 1S92 and 1S93 scale , SO cents for cummer and $1 for winter. The resolutions add : "It the operators accede to these demands , wo will continue at work unless the state Is called on for suspension. The Illinois agitators present did their best to get the men to gb out , but the resolu tions uero adopted almost unanimously. Tlu- meeting was red hot nnd it looked at one time like there might bo serious trouble , ono Jcromo miner , who urged the men to declare a strike , being ejected from the hall. A state convention of the miners was called for Ottumwa for August 9. U Is gen erally expected that the operators will grant the demand of the men. WIM.IXG TO AVOKIt OXIiV HAM ? TIMID. IVIIIIHIIH MlnerN WlNli to Prevent Conl Going Kant. KANSAS CITY , July 30. A special to the Star from Plttsburg , Kan. , says : The miners In some of the mines in this Immediate district have held meetings and resolved to notify operators that they are unwilling to work more than three days n week for the present. The object of the miners' resolu tion Is to prevent an accumulation of coal that might eventually find Us way east and thereby be the means of effecting an early settlement of the miners' troubles there. Although It is asserted that there Is no ques tion agitated by the miners of the district except the semi-monthly pay law , the fact that thcso meetings are being held to notify operators that the miners will work only three days a week tends to disprove thu state ment. Tliu miners will do nothing to cripple or embarrass the eastern miners In their struggle. rN I'lnnliiRT Worlf. WHEELING , Va. , July 20. The organ izers In the several fields arc mapping out their campaign , though no actual woik will ho done before Saturday or Sunday , The Mason Injunction Is creating widespread com ment and nearly every one agrees with Gov ernor Alklnton that It covers more ground than cor les under the court's jurisdiction , Boggs Run miners , In the Wheeling district , who went back to work this morning , will bo followed by the other BOO btrlkors , The break la only a blow to sentiment , however , as none of the Wheeling district niinca fchlp coal or help to lolleve famine ; . Mliiei-n Are IlcMHiite. DANVILLE. Ill , , July 30. Miners In the Danville district are In drstltuta clrcum- BtuncEH. Over 400 families are reported without - out means , Citizens and many of the operators - tors are contributing liberally with provl- hlons and money. Tliero Is no evidence that the strikers contemplate giving up. CHICAGO , July 30. Contribution ! ) for the relief of the Buffering mlneni are coming In rather slotUy. The relief headquarters have been open two da > fl , but nothing beyond a few cash contributions from labor unions hau been received , Cull for ii Mliiem * Convention. SPRINGFIELD , 111. , July 30. James M. Carson of O'Fallon , state president of Iho miners' association , has Itsucd a call for a state convention of miners to be hold In this city Thursday , August C , to adopt a union scale for mining coal In hand and machine mines and a corresponding rate for day work. Tbo representation will be one delegate for every 100 miners or fraction thereof. Local unions will be allowed an extra vote. Mine * Idle nl IloannUe. PEORIA. III. . July 30. Visiting coal mlneri have now all left Roanoke and Its vicinity. There were not more than half a dozen In town last night. No ono l workIng - Ing at the mine. At Benson lust night miners boarded a Santa Po train and wanted to ride free. It was uetetuary for the con- to knock rome of them off the train. FOSTER IS SPITTED Prof. Elliott of the Sraitbtonian Institution Gets After Him , HOT ROAST FOR SPECIAL COMMISSIONER Author of the Bcccut Shoiman Note on Seal Question. CHARGED WITH IGNORANCE OF SUBJECT "Eeconl of Tint Failure is Stamped All Over His Anatomy. " FOSTER ACCUSED OF PLAGIARIZING Salil lo llnvo Stolen I.III-KU I'art f HIM lloport from ICIllotl-.U'orilx tliat IIiii'n from tlio Ktnlnoiit PrnfoHHor. CLEVELAND. O. , July 30. Prof. W. P. Elliott of tlio Smithsonian Institution to- night. gave out the complete text of Ills re cent Bcnsntlon.il letter to Judge Day. assis tant secretary of state , regarding the seal fisheries. It la as follows : "L-AKBWOOD. 0. ( near Cleveland ) , July 1C , 1S ! > 7. Hon. W. U. Day , Assistant Secre tary of State. Washington , 1) . C. : Dear Sir In the Morning Ilccordor of thin city appears the text of a letter to Lord Salis bury , dated May 10 , 1S)7 ! ) , and signed by John Shcrnnn , secretary of state , on the fur seal question. This letter Is prefaced by an account of the great embarrassment which Its publication has caused the presl- dcut and that it has been held up for sev eral days at the request of John W. Foster , who now fears the effect on hla own work a few weeks earlier. "Inasmuch as I have a closer personal knowledge of this present question than any other man living and vastly extended , and Inasmuch as I am the author of the modus Vivendi of 1S31-93. which Is the only crcdlt- able step taken by our government toward settling this heal dispute since It began In ISyO , up to date 1 deslro to say that after a careful perut. 1 of this letter of May 10. above cltrd. the president boa reason to feel greatly embarrassed , because it lays the State department open to a crushing reply from the Canadian office , and you will bo In the same mortifying fix that Ulalne found himself in during 1S90 , when the Canadians simply crushed his contaboncs Mores letter by data which they promptly furnished 'In rebuttal. CHARGED WITH IGNORANCE. Inexperienced and Ignorant men should not write such letters dealing with data tbnut which they know no more than so many parrots. John W. Foster Is utterly Ignorant of the truth In regard to the salient features of this seal question on the Islands ; that letter -of May 10 Is like all other preparations from his hand on this subject full of gros3verrors. Hislt < lullnc63 In making up the American case In "lS'92-93 cost UK that shameful and humiliating de feat which we met with at Paris In 1893. Hart ho been bright and quIcK-witted , ho never would have met with such disaster. "Taking this commonplace man up now after his record of Hat fa II lire Is stamppd all over his anatomy , and putting him In charge of your scaling question , will only thrust you deeper Into the mire than ho and your nredecessors have been placed before by the bright men over the line at Ottawa. "I am , too , moved to wrlto on this point because a senator of the United States recently said to me that Foster had assured the president that the Information which I gave the British In 1SUO caused the defeat of the American case at 1'arls In 1890. The meanness and untruth of this charge will bo quickly seen by your turning to my report of November 17 , 1890 , which contains this Information. Mr. Foster and his stupid associates tried to suppress this report be cause It contained the proof of my author ship of the modus Vivendi of 189193which ho meanly stele from me plagiarized In fact ; but hevcs unable to suppress It. And now , that ho comes forward again lo figure In this question , I Intend that he- shall bo required at the proper time and before the proper tribunal to glvo a full account of his wretched record as the agent of the United States bjforo the 'Boring ' sea tribunal at Paris in 1S93. "This whole sealing business from Iho day the trouble began In 1890-91 , up to date , has not been In the hands of a competent man for one moment. It has been and Is now the sport of the Canadians and the lanquld contempt of the lirltlsh queen's council Is all that it receives when it comci up there. Very truly yours , "IIBNUY W. ELLIOTT. " COXFHHKXCK O.V SIC A I , London TlinoN ConKriif : nIu < OH HK Hcntl- OI-N tlml Oin- Will Oucur. LONDON , July 31. The Times this morn ing editorially congratulates Its readers upon the fact that thu negotiations regarding tbo question of pelagic sealing In the Bering sea have resulted In an agreement for a conference on the subject , to bo held In Washington In October. The Times thinks that Russia and Japan will take part In the conference , which will not have revising powers , "We are glad to note , " the paper says , "that the United States government has modified Its views since the sending of the I Sherman dispatch , apart from which there was never any real difficulty , both govern ments endeavoring to protect a legitimate Industry and only differing In views. " .SIIKIUFKS ACCOMI'AXV GO WUCTY-H. Inr ro Knroo SlnrlM ( Mil from CiiHicr for Ilio llnlo-ln-tlio-Wiill. DENVER , Colo. , July 30 , A special to the Republican from Cheyenne , Wyo. , eays : "A force of cowboys belonging to tbo Ogallala and C , Y. round-ups started from Casper this afternoon the for Ilolo-ln-tho Wall , accompanied by a number of sheriffs and other police officers. They are prepared to take all the rattle belonging to their employers out of the region Infested by the rustlers. A party of citizens , well armed and mounted , accompanied the party. A question of county boundary having arlien concerning lest week's fight , Taylor , the rustler captured , will be held at Casper until the location of the fight can bo ac curately determined. Attorney Dradlcy , Taylor'o attorney , today telegraphed Governor Kichardu that another Invasion equal to that of four ' years ago was starting out , headed by 'Btock Commis sioner George Prentice. The sheriffs acompanylnij the party have warrants for thu rustlers said to be Im plicated In the Ilellu Fourche bank holdup , for whom u reward of { 2,000 Is offered by the bank , JllllMt l-'lirilllOO. (0 IteMllllie. I8HPE.MINCJ. Mich. , July 30.-The Bxcel- slor blast furnace , one of the largest char coal Iron furnucc-H In the country , will go In blunt on Monday next , utter eight months of Idleness. Movement * of Oee-nii VrxneU , July SO , At Movllle Bulled Ancliorla , for New At queenstown--8alled flnllla. for Boston. At Hamburg Arrived Fuertt Ulsmarck , from New York At New York Arrived St. Paul , from Southampton , gulled -Itotterdain , for Rot terdam. At Ltveipool Ai rived BovJc , from New Yoik.