The Omaha' Oaily Bee. NEBRASKA SEMI-CENTENNIAL-ALL ABOUT IT IN SUNDATS BEL NEBRASKA SEMI CENTENNIAL ALL ABOUT IT IN SUNDAY'S BEL 7. ESTABLIS Vs JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1004 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. RIOT IN am 0N Hamlin Men Tar Down Bannai "." tJ TUi Mn to Btirt D.miDi " SHERIFF BRAINARD LEADS THE CHARGE Yatai Kta Raioas Tropbf and Carry it to Piaca of Safety During Uproar. CANNON SAYS HE ORDERED BANNER DOWN Hal Thrown Into Teatporar Oonfniion by ths Uoninal Incident. DEADLOCK STILL KlMAINS UNBROKEN Seventy-Eight Ballots Heault In Ka Choice, Although Un4 Hhowl Slight Gain la Seven tieth Vote. SPRINGFIELD, June 2. A iraall riot oc curred today after the seventy-fourth bal lot. Yatea men started a demonstration. An Immense canvas banner which had been rolled up above the platform was unfurled. Sheriff Balnerd of Springfield, W. J. Butler and other Hamlin men leaped Spon the tables and tore It down. The Sates men rescued It and took It back of Uie platform. Cannon made a statement, saying Yates as not responsible for. It and that be (Cannon) had ordered the banner taken lown. Great confusion prevailed. At 1:3 the convention quieted down and the seventy-fifth roll call commenced. The committee on resolutions at 8:40, by unanimous vote, ordered reported favorably Stewart's resolution, releasing delegates. The motion was made by C. J. Doyle, 3Tatea' representative. While formal action has not been taken, it la agreed between Yates and Deneen men not to oppose the Stewart resolution. This means its adoption by the convention. Convention called to order at 10:20. Reeves presented the report of the com mittee, recommending the release of dele gates. Colonel Lowden then addressed the convention, releasing bis delegates. The Yates men beld & meeting before the convention met, Yates released alt his delegates, but on motion of Northcott the delegates refused to be released. Yates addressed the convention, releasing dele gates. Mr. Reeves then asked permission to speak. Amid loud cheers he rose and addressed the convention. General Ham lin then occupied five minutes, being greeted with cheers and often Interrupted ' fey applause, iAwrence T. Sherman then mounted the rostrum to make bis speech. Convention. Releases Delegate. ' Colonel ' Vespasian ; Warner was recog blsed and opened his speech at 10:66, Hon. John Pierce then spoke for a few moments, releasing his delegates. John Parker of Rock Island, originator of the resolution. ' then took the floor upon Mr. Reeves' Invitation. Joseph, G. .Cannon,, chairman of the con vention, than asked for five minutes, which f was accorded hint with cheers. Congress titan Rodenberg taking the chair. Mr. Cannon finished at 12:18. and Reeves Moved toe adoption of the resolution and It waa carried. . Bond county broke; two votes going to txtwden from Yates. Sixty-seventh ballot (official) t Yates, 471; Lowden, 406tt; Deneen, I86tt: Hamlin, 118; Warner, 89; Sherman,. S3; Pierce, 26. The convention took a recess after the kitty-eighth ballot until I p. m. The atxty-elghth ballot resulted (official): Yates, 464; Louden. 400: Deneen, B70H; Hamlin. 107; Warner, 42; Sherman, 80; Pleroe, 88. . Lowden made large gains. On the sixty ninth ballot Kane, LoSalla and Knox went to him.. Lowden Makes a Gala. Sixty-ninth ballot Yates, S88, Lowden, fc73Vi: Deneen, 8S8H; Hamlin, 86; Warner, 28; Sherman, 44; Pierce, 23. , On the seventieth ballot Lowden gained about U votes. Beventy-first Ballot Yates, 180; Lowden, 04H; Deneen, 847; Hamlin, 76; Warner, 29; Sherman, 41; Pierce, 24. Seventy-Second Ballot Yates, 863; Low den. 614; Deneen 347; Hamlin, 83; War tier, 80; Sherman, 40; Pierce, 24. Seventy-third Ballot Yates, 362; Lowden. S1; Deneen. 845H; Hamlin. 70; Warner, tt; Sherman. 40; Pierce, 24. Seventy-fourth Ballot Yates, 868; Low den, J20H; Deneen, 845U; Hamlin, 74; War ner, 28; Sherman 41; Pierce, 21 Seventy-fifth Ballot Yatea, 378; Lowden, (9; Deneen, 856; Hamlin, 81; Warner, 28; Sherman, 42; Pierce, 23. Seventy-sixth Ballot Yatea, 386; Lowden, U1H; Deneen, 364; Hamlin, 78; Warner, 87; Sherman, 43; Pierce, 22. Seventy-seventh Ballot Yates, 399; Low den, B37H; Deneen, 864; Hamlin. 104; War ner, 28; Bherman, 45; pierce, 24. Seventy-eighth Ballot Yates. 456; Low den, 682; Deneen, S&Gtt; Hamlin, 102; War Star, 88; Sherman, 45; Pierce, 24. At 1:02 the convention took a recess to 10 o'clock tomorrow. BANK EMPLOYE SPECULATES teed Fnads of lastltatloa Which Will rand Loss Ameaatlng to About ' Thirty" Thousand Dollars. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 1-A loss of from 830,000 to 80.0ii0 through embezsle ment of Its funds by Douglas Smith, an employe. Is admitted by the officers of the National Tradesmens bank of this city. The exact loss is not yet known. Smith, who waa paying and receiving teller of the bank, has acknowledged tbat he em benled about $30,000. In a statement given out tonight by Cashier II. W. Thompson of the bank he said: "As near as we can make out by the examination thus far given we believe that he has taken about 830.000. He waa tinder bonds for 115.000 given by an In demnity company. As Mr. Smith says he has not saved a penny during his lifetime, and can not make good the loss, we shall have to stand the balance of the defalca tion above the $15,000 In bonds. Mr. Smith says he has been speculating and that he took the money for that purpose. The baalt la safe and sound." POLICEMEN FIGHT GUN DUEL Hah Targets at Each Other ea the treat and Oae Will Prob ably Die. CARTHAOE. Mo.'. June 8-Ed Oaffney and A. Hurst, policemen, fought a duel with pistols on the street here today. Oaffney was shot In the stomach and will die. Huret waa abet In the head put may AMERICAN HAS HARD PLACE Ambassador MrCormlck Feele Strain of Doable Doty at St. Peterabarg. ST. PETERSBURG, June 2. Spencer F. Eddy, secretary of the United States em be f.ny here, has gone to Paris on a three weeks' visit to his mother, who recently recovered from a severe illness. Shortly after his return. If the conditions permit, Ambassador MeCortnlrk and Mrs. McCor mlrk will go to Carlsbad for a month's so journ. The ambassador Is greatly In need of rent. For many, months preceding the outbreak of war he had the greatest responsibility on his shoulders and since the opening of hos tilities he has had the double duty of rep resenting the Interests of both the United States and Japan. This has been a spe cially delicate task in consequence of the outbreak of the war, but which fortunately has been allayed through the ambassador's unremitting efforts. At the same time the excellent relations the ambassador enjoys with the emperor's ministers have enabled him to present requests In behalf of Japan without creating friction. Upon the ambas sador's return to St. Petersburg Mrs. Mc Cormlck will probably proceed to America. PILGRIM CLl'B ENTERTAINS LOW Spirit of ' International Fellowship Anlmatea Meeting. LONDON, June 2. The Pilgrim Vlub en tertained former Mayor Beth Low of New York at luncheon at the Savoy hotel today. Jamea Bryce presided. Among those present were Ambassador Choate, Consul Oeneral Evans, Major Beacom, Lord Eustace Cecil, Louis Dyer. Oeneral Hutchinson, W. D. Howell, Robert Porter, Robert Pierre, J. M. Wil son, Rudolph Bpreckles and James D. Phelan of San Francisco. Over a hundred In all were present. The speeches were few and brief, bet overflowing with the most cordial senti ments of good will for both countries. Mr. Bryce, after proposing the health of King Edward and eulogising what the king had accomplished between the Euroean powers, proposed the health of President Roosevelt as the greatest man who had occupied the presidential chair since Washington. Mr. Low dwelt on the Importance of the two countries knowing each other better, the good results which followed the pil grims' labors In this direction and the Im portance of both countries cherishing and cementing these relations which ,now ex toted. PROVIDES FOR armored cruisers Naval Bad get of France Anticipates Necessary Defenses. PARIS, June 2. The naval budget dis tributed to the members of the Chamber of Deputiea today provided appropriations of $62,000,000. which Is $1,060,000 In excess of the budget for the current year. The Increase la largely In a provision for a re serve for armored cruisers for the North. era sqpadron and a division . of torpedo destroyers for the Asiatic squadron. A general reorganization of .the coast defense la provided, In which Minister Pel letan suggested that the amount required for armored vessels does not permit him to Increase the number of torpedo boats and submarines to a greater extent, adding that the Immensa- utility' of these vessels has been proved by the Russo-Japanese wan, BANDITS PREPARE TO CUT ROADS Rasslan Foreea Are Moving South of Liao Yang. LONDON, June 8. The Dally Mall's New Chwang correspondent, cabling under date of June 2 Says: Oeneral Btalkberg, with 14,000 Russians, made up of artillery, cav alry and Infantry, has marched south of Liao Yang In the direction of Wafangtlon. Large forces of Chinese bandits, are col lecting in the hills northeast of the Liao river and are preparing to cut the railway north of Mukden. The correspondent of the Dally Express at Nagaskl cables tbat transports loaded with troops continue to leave western Jap anese ports dally for the theater of war. A large proportion of those dispatched dur ing the last week, he says, were to rein force General Oku. WIRELESS TELEGRAPH TESTS MADE Hospital Ship Bolaee Heard from at SfflO Miles. HONOLULU, June 2.-Tbe United States hospital ship Solace, leaving here yester day for Guam Island, made wireless tele graph tests and kept In connection with the apparatus of the cruiser New York for seventy- miles. Later It maintained communication with the.lnterlsland Wire less Telegraph company for 194 miles. At noon today at a distance of 260 miles the test slgnel letter "V" was five times re peated. When leaving San Francisco the Solace lost communication with the shore at seventy-five miles. MINES START ENGLAND THINKING Great Britain Has Made No Represent tatlon on the Subject. LONDON, June 3. Earl Percy, under sec retary of state for foreign affairs, replying to questions in the House of Commons to day, said that no representations had been made to Russia or Japan regarding placing naval mines In the far east outside of terri torial limits. The subject, he added, was engaging the careful attention of the gov ernment. Asked If In view of the increased range of modern projectiles the government was prepared to recognise any extension of the three-mile limit. Earl Percy answered lu the negative. Lamadorlr Will Not Complain. ST. PETERSBURG, June 8.-:6 p. m Foreign Minister Lamsdorff refuses to make a complaint against Prince Dolgorouky. who committed a, personal assault on the minister Monday evening. The latter Is still under arrest. If the medical authori ties decide that his mental derangement La not sufficient to warrant his Incarcera tion In an asylum, he will probably be forbidden to live in St. Petersburg. Ethel Barrymore Comes West. LONDON, June t Ethel Barrymore sails for New York June 6, and will proceed almost immediately to San Francisco, where she will open her season. H. Da vies' play "Cynthlana." which was pro duced at Wyndham's theater, London, May 16. with Ethel Barrymore as the star, has proved a failure here, and Mr, Frohman will withdraw it June 4. No Conscription tor England. LONDON, June 2. VJar Secretary Arnold Forster, answering a question In the House of Commons today, said the government had no Intention of proposing to Parliament the Introduction of a system of conscrip tion, as recommended by the Royal oom mlaslon on the volunteer and militia forces. London Honors Lord Carson. LONDON, June 2 At a meeting of the lord mayor and corporation today it wus dc-clued to confer the freedom of the city on Lord Curson of Keddleston In recogni tion of the ability and seal he bad. Ua jjUyaO-M viceroy. ol inffla, , FOR FAITH OF MOHAMMED Chiefs of Morocco Appeal to Bandit Balsonl to Kaleaia Pritoim. FEAR OCCUPATION OF NATIVE LAND Delegation of Chiefs Go from Tangier to Becnre Release of Perdl carls Bid Verier by Bandits. TANGIER, Morocco. June 2. The Italian third-class cruiser Dogall arrived here today. A delegation of chiefs of the Angerra tribe has left here to make a personal ap peal to Ralsoull. the bandit chief, to release Messrs. Perdlcarjs snd Varley "In order to prevent the debarkment and permanent oc cupation of Morocco by foreigners opposing the Moslem faith and the expulsion of na tive Mohammedans." T,hlg mission is considered Important, as the Mohammedan chiefs unite In appealing to Ralsoul not to endanger their religious supremacy In Morocco. The French gov ernment relies much upon the appeal to Mohammedan sentiment. The natives are greatly excited by the arrival of so many foreign warships. They call all foreigners "Roumls," meaning in fidels, and they fear the "roumla" are about to make a united effort to drive out those who are close to the Mohammedan faith. Rear Admiral Jewell and United States Consul Oeneral Gummere visited the repre sentative of the sultan, Mohammed El Torres, at noon and were saluted by the town battery. Mohammed returned the visit to the consulate, the flagship Olympla firing a salute in his honor. Admiral Jewell subsequently called on the British minister. . Chadwlck Will Walt. WASHINGTON, June 2. There were no fresh developments In the Perdlcaris case today. Rear Admiral Chadwlck and his fleet of seven warships will patiently await the result of the diplomatic pressure now being exerted upon the sultan of Morocco by the representatives of Great Britain, France ' and the United States to secure the release of Perdlcaris and his stepson, Varley. FIVE FISHERMEN RECOVER VESSEL Reach Port After Battle with Ele ments .Exhausted and Fnmlahed. ST. JOHNS, N. F., June 2. The American herring catcher H. A. Nicholson of Bucks Port, Me., adrift In an ice floe all winter, sailed Into Bonne bay yesterday. The crew fiandoned the ship January 29 and made their way out to the mainland near the bay of St. George. Five Newfoundland fishermen boarded the vessel April 5 when forty miles from Bonne bay, and after a trying experience of fifty-seven days four of the fishermen brought it to port. The fifth having grown weary of the close con finement left the vessel May 29 and started across the Ice. He has not' been heard from since. , The fishermen had very little to eat. They lived most of the time on bread and water and flour boiled In a ventilator cover, the only thing on board that could be', ptlllsed for-cooking. "They, 'arrrved In Bopne bay very much exhausted. '- FIND PETROLEUM IN AFRICA Governor of Cameroons Reports Dis covery of OH, Gold and CoaL BERLIN, June 2. Governor von Putt kamer of the Cameroons, who has arrived In Berlin, reports the recent discovery of extensive petroleum fields near the coast of the Cameroons and deposits of coal and gold in the Adamau region. Von Puttkamer has Just made a tour of Lake Tchad, which he found surprisingly populous. The wealthy natives grow large crops of the best cotton and tobacco. It Is a healthy region, free from fever and offer ing great promise when the railroad gives egress to the sea. The construction of the first 126 miles will begin soon. RIOTERS WRECK FRENCH PULPITS Angered Because Children Are Not Admitted to Communion. TOULON, France, June 2 In consequence of the refusal of the pastor to admit to their first communion children who had sung anti-clerical songs, a mob of 1.000 persons wrecked the pulpit and overturned the statutes in St. James' church today. A force of police dispersed the rioters. Treaty Between Spain and PortugaL LISBON, June 2. A treaty of arbitra tion has been signed between Spain and Portugal. It conforms with article nine teen of The Hague convention. Cable Jolna Germany and America. NORDENHAM, Oldenburg, Germany, June 2. The last section of the second cable connecting Germany and America was completed during the night. MORMONISM AND DIVORCE Questions Takea Up at General Synod of the Reformed Church at Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Juno S. -Reports today to the general synod of the Reformed church show that the 1803 plan for the revision of the liturgy has ailed. The vote waa eighteen against revision and sixteen for, the east commonly favor ing revision. After a parliamentary wrangle the synod referred the whole ques tion to a special committee, which Is to report at this session. The titles of some of the communications referred to the committee Indicated that the synod would be called on to take action on Mormonlsm and on Sunday closing of the Lewis and Clark exposition. "What constitutes valid grounds for a divorce and what shall be the attitude of the church regarding the remarriage of divorced persons?" was the topic of the afternoon session. A committee report recommending that ministers be enjoined not to marry divorced persons except the innocent party to a divorce that has been granted on scriptural grounds called for a spirited debate. The conferenoe finally adopted the report of the committee with out debate. NEGROES TRY TO LYNCH NEGRO Mob at Sprlagdeld. Ohio, Kant from Crime by Removal of Prisoner. SPRINGFIELD. O., June t-Another lynching was attempted here last night. A crowd cf negroes surrounded the Jail at midnight to lynch Wulter Fisher, col ored. Sheriff Routsahn had Just returned from Dsyton, where he took Fisher for safe keeping, and so advised the crowd, which yelled back that they would get Flatter whan La waa feroufhx Jjaxkf m trial, BIG BREAK . IN JULY COTTON Option Is Twelve Polats Lower Than Friday Close at New Tork. NEW YORK, June 2. There was a sen sational break In July cotton today. The change for the better In weather condi tions recently and the continued light spot demand. In connection with the persistent hammering of the bears, seemed to have demoralized the bulls, and since the mar ket opened last Tuesday there has been a steady snd Increasingly heavy outpour of long cotton. On last Friday July closed at 12.80 cents. It reached 11.66 cents this morning, a de cline for a little over two business days of twelve points, or 1 Vi cents a pound. Following the decline offerings subsided somewhat and the bears started a slight rally, but the undertone of the market re mained nervous and excited. The rally carried July back to 11.78c, but another wave of selling In the after noon drove that option down to 11.60c. At this new low level stop orders were caught and another large block of cotton came on the market, forcing the price to 11.36c, a net decline of 60 points since the close of the market last night. The market closed with a net loss of 10 to 60 points. The sales of the day were es timated at 600.000 bales, representing one of the most active days since the Sully col lapse. NEW ORLEANS, June 2. On a break In July cotton of 27 points Brown became a heavy buyer. He bought thousands of bales of July from 11.66 cents to 11.60 cents and at 11.60 cents bid for 25.000. He con tinued to bid the market up until it reached 11.70 cents. The decline was brought about by short selling. THIEVES AT THE WORLD'S FAIR Imitations Are Substituted for Val uable Statuettes In the Display of Holland. ST. LOUIS. June 2.-ver 1,000 Invitations were Issued to officials and society people for the dedicating of the Austrian build ing ceremonies. The ceremonies were very simple. General Adelbert- Von Strlndal, Treasurer and Assistant Commissioner Vic tor Pill wax. Secretaries Domlnlk, Felx and Emll S. Fischer, their ladies, and Mrs. Julia Bamtle Scoct, hostess of the building, constituted the receiving party. The building is in the "Setesslon" style of architecture, being the modern style, the name coming from the fact that the architects which follow this particular style, are seceders from . the old style. There are few curves, everything Is square, but the effect is harmonious. . The build ing contains exhibits of art work from the schools of Prague and Vienna, Rooms are set aside for exhibitions .of Polish, Bo hemian and Viennese artists. The entrance hall Is finished In gold ombroldery and contains a bust of Emperor Fran Joseph. It has been discovered that five Ivory statues, valued at $300, have been stolen from the Holland section In the east wing of the Art palace, the thief substituting Imitations In place of the articles re moved. Today was especially designated as "Cul ver day," In connection .with "military week," and Govemct DurMn of Indiana re viewed the Culver Military academy cadets. The Culver sculpture group on the west side of the palace of education was un veiled. LAETARE MEDAL CONFERRED Decoration Bestowed Upon R. C Kerens, St. Louis Capitalist sad Railroad Magnate. ST. LOUIS, June 2. The presentation of the Laetare medal for 1904 by the Uni versity of Notre Dame to Hon. Richard C. Kerens of this city, was made the oc casion tonight of a notable gathering at the residence of Mr. Kerens, where the ceremony was held. Five hundred invita tions had been Issued for the event, which was attended by a large number of friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kerens from this city and elsewhere, prominent Catholic church men as wetl as army officers, government and World's fair officials. Archbishop Giennon of St. Louis pre sided and delivered the opening address. Rev. Andrew Morrlssey, president of Notre Dame, in presenting the medal, made an eloquent address, which was engrossed upon parchment. Mr. Kerens made a suit able address of acknowledgment of the honor and Archbishop Ireland of St Paul an intimate friend of the recipient of the medal delivered the principal oration. The Laetare medal, designated as a recognition of services rendered, in behalf of religion, education and morality, la conferred each year on some prominent Catholic layman or lay woman of the United States by the faculty of the Cath olic University of Notre Dame. ARE TALKING0F ARBITRATION Japanese Speaker Becomes Sareastle In Referring to Action of Christian Nations. MOHONK LAKE, N. T., June 2. The second day's session of the arbitration con ference was opened wlthi an address by District Commissioner H. R. E, MacFarland of Washington on the subject of an arbi tration treaty with Great Britain and also with other nations. Baron Kentaro Kaneka, a former cabinet minister of Japan, reviewed the attitude of that country toward the principle of arbi tration, holding that Japan had consist ently stood for peace. The baron said he could not forbear mildly rebuking the terri torial aggression of so-called Christian na tions, quoting the Christian text, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall Inherit the earth," and suggesting a doubt of the accuracy of the translation. "Was It not written 'disinherit?' " he asked. FUR COMPANY WAS A FENCE Partaer of Defunct Firm Says Concern Employed Professional Thieves aad Bought Stolen Goods. NEW YORK, June 8-Samuel Fllarsky, silent partner of the defunct United States Fur company of this city, who, with Emanuel Stdman, president of the concern. Is charged with grand larceny, today made a confession to Assistant District Attorney Garvan Indicating that the company was a clearing house for fur thieves all over the country. Fllarsky said In his confession, according to Mr. Oarvan, that Bldman had many professional thieves In his employ and that he even supplied them with money and tools, and us the business Increased he organised the United States Fur company to better dispose of ths goods thus ob tained. The company was enabled to un dersell Its competitors and many fur deal- era had been watching lu ppwaUo&g with i aiufielea fox 1ob Ms& PRAISES RUSSIAN CATALRY French Expert Points Oat Good Work it is Coins, WILLING TO FIGHT AGAINST BIG ODDS Harassing; the Japanese Farces at Every Point Condlet of This Kind the Foundatloa for Big Battle Story. (Copyright, by New Tork Herald Co., 1904.) PARIS, June 8. (New Tork Herald Ca blegramSpecial Telegram to The Bee.) The Herald's European edition publishes the following from Its military expert: "The Russian cavalry continues to ful fill Its mission in a masterly way. It loses no opportunity of harrassing the enemy. Always wide awake, it prevents the Jep anese patrols from moving far from their main body and does not hestitate to offer more serious opposition to every outpost, even when very superior In force, which seeks to advance in spite of It. "It is thus that at the railway station of We Fang Fu on May 80 the Cossacks engaged In a lively fusillade with a strong Japanese detachment of several companies, a squadron of cavalry and four quick-firing guns, with three battalions In reserve. Profiting by an opportune chance a por tion of the cavalry flung itself in a charge on the left flank of the Japanese squadron and almost completely destroyed it, while another squadron of the enemy galloping up was overwhelmed by the Are of those who had remained dismounted. Seeing this the Japanese infantry advanced upon the right flank of the Russians to turn them, but was checked by a battery, which in flicted oh them considerable loss. These amounted to 200. dead alone left on the field. "At another point In the region which has Sal Matse for lu center there took place at the same time an engagement quite as serious. Attacked In front and on both flanks, in the middle of the night by an infantry force of superior numbers, the Cossacks retreated In file, fighting their way to a position in the rear, where they were again attacked the next morning by three battalions of the enemy, of which one was in' reserve. Start of Big Battle Story. "Advancing in compact masses this In fantry suffered considerably from the flro of the Cossacks and from that of their own battery, which covered them witli shrapnel, but, fearing to see themselves surrounded, the Russians withdrew in good order on Tai Ma Tse. It is possible that this was the fight of advance guards. In which the Cossacks were compelled after many attacks to yield to numbers and in which the Japanese had Anally the marked advantage, giving rise to the sensational report, otherwise hardly probable, accord ing to which General Kurokl had com pletely defeated General Kouropatkin near Sow Mont Be, , If. this last-named place l the saine as Sal Matse, each of the two generals must necessarily have been able at a drum tap to dispatch to that distant point in some hours the greater part of their forces for Justifying the possibility of a decisive battle in this mountainous and troubled region. It seems confirmed that the Japanese army uses exclusively the explosive known as shlmoso, which bears the name of the doctor who was Its inventor and who was one of the cleverest professional men of the university at Toklo. This explosive, with which all the Japa nese shells and torpedoes are charged, does not make its explosion either by shock or by ignition. It has also the advantage of not freeslng, like gun cotton. We do not know Its exact nature, but it Is believed that it belongs to a series of derivatives of plcrio acid. KOt'ROPATKlN'S TROUBLES PILE VP Expected to Save Port Arthur, ut Not Supposed to Flight. PARIS,' June 8. The correspondent of the Echo de Paris at St. Petersburg tele graphs that Viceroy Alexieff and General Kouropatkin, having asked the emperor to settle their dispute, his majesty summoned a council of war including Minister of War Bakharoff, Marine Minister Avelan and Minister of the Interior Plehve. The council debated for several hours at T.tarskoye Belo. The necessity of preserv ing the naval base at Port Arthur and loss of prestige that the fall of Port Ar thur would entail were the ' arguments which prevailed in the council.. General Kouropatkin has therefore been advised to attempt to relieve the fortress, but to act with the greatest prudence. A general whom I interviewed on the subject of the council said: "If Kouropatkin la weak enough to ad vance he will commit a serious blunder. The number of his troops Is Insufficient and the conditions under which he would act are unfavorable. He might meet an al most Irreparable reverse' and Port Arthur be further from relief than aver. If we try to relieve Port Arthur we will be do ing exactly what the Japanese hope for." R18SIAN SQUADRON MAT LEAVE Intimation Shlpa Will Go from Port Arthur Before Japs Invest Place. ST. PETERSBURG, June 2.-7 p. m. It can safely be predicted that the Russian squadron at Port Arthur will not wait until the last moment before going out. The admiralty seems to entertain no fear, If the situation there becomes desperate, that the squadron will be caught like a rat In a trap. Rear Admiral Wlttapeffs dispatch, given out yesterduy, gave as surances on this point, a portion of which not made public, said that every ship ex cept the Pobteda, was now ready to go to sea at a moment's notice and that the channel waa clear. He confirmed the belief which existed here that the Japanese will continue their efforts to block the channel before the decisive moment to storm the fortress on the land side arrives and have made plans accordingly. In ths opinion of the most competent military critics the land fortifications must be breached be fore a general assault can be risked, and this Is not considered possible In less than three weeks. Rasslan Loss at Kla Chou. ST. PETERSBURG, June 2 A seml-offl-rlsl telegram from Mukden, dated today, says ths Russian losses at ths battle of Kin Chou May M. were thirty officers and soo men killed or wounded. The guns abandoned by the Russians were rendered useless. Cable Is Interrupted. NEW TORK. June I The Commercial Cable company has Issued the following notice: "Wo are. advised the Northern rnmpany'a eabla between Amoy gad la latarruftUj.-t NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Showers Frldayi Saturday Probably Fair. Temperature at Omaha Testerdayi Hoar. Deg. Hour. Ilea. 5 a. m...... W 1 p. m W 8 a. m M 8) p. m tMI T a. m ...... M Sp.m f n a. ra HO 4 p. m TO i, n II S P. m A 10 a. m 6t A p. m AS 11 a. m A3 T p. m A 11a 4 H p. m AT p. m AT HOPE TO CHECK JAPANESE Russian Force Seat South to Attack Rear of Army Near Port Arthur. (Copyright by New Tork Herald Co.. 19H.) TIEN TS1N, June 2 tNew Tork Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Russian reinforcements are stated to be moving south from Kal Ping toward Wa Fang Tlcn under the command .of General Btalkberg. They comprise a battery of artillery, four Siberian regiments and a sotnia of Cossacks, In all some 12.000 men. Another brigade is following, the Inten tion being to engage the rear of the Japa nese force now attacking Tort Arthur. EXPECTS PORT A HTHl R TO FALL Correapoadrat ReHeves Japanese Will Turn the Trick. (Copyright by New Tork Herald Co., 1904.) TOKIO, June .-(New Tork Herald Cable gramSpecial Telegram to The Bee.) From all valuable Information, I gather that the Russians hod 20,000 troops present at the battle of Kin Chou. These, together with 10,000 sailors and marines and the outlying guards at Dalny and elsewhere, which have now been withdrawn, bring up the total of the garrison at Port Arthur to more than 30,000 men. This is a most formidable array, and it will be a marvellous achievement to carry by assault such a place, with over a score of great landward forts disposed for a distance of fifteen miles from the harbor. Still I doubt not the accomplishment of this unique feat nor my being present td see Its capture. It will be that mortal wound to Russia which even successful stands by General Kouropatkin at Mukden, Klrln or Hurbln cannot stanch nor heaL WORKING ON COREAN XtAILROAD Japanese Constructor Ezpeeta to Have Line to Ping Yang La December. SEOUL, Corea, June 1. (Delayed in Transmission.) General Tamane, head of the construction department of the Wlju railroad, has removed his main office to Chemulpo for convenience In the superin tendence of the disembarkation and ship ment of materials to the various northern points where work is progressing. Grading has been finished for a distance of twenty. Ave miles from Seoul, with all necessary bridges constructed for fifteen miles out. Tracks wilt be laid along this stretch of the roa'4 Upon the. completion of a long cutting near' Tung Ban, which will en able the transport by rail of heavy timbers snd materials Instead of the present diffi cult method of carrying them by bullock cars over rough roads. Work on the branch now under construction north from Song Do is progressing in a satisfactory manner end it is expected that Ping Tang will be reached by the beginning of December. The majority of the railway battalions. heretofore stationed in temporary barracks at Tung San, near Seoul, will shortly be sent further north. Japanese Outposts Nenr Vafangow. DASHI CHAO (On the Railroad Between Hal Cheng and Kal Chou), Wednesday. June L The Japanese outposts are now three miles from Vafangow. There Is no news from Port Arthur. The Japanese are stopping Chinese runners and searching Junks. GRAND JURY HAS NEW LEAD Bedford Cltlsen Is I'nder Suspicion of Having Killed School Teacher. BEDFORD, Ind, June 2. The gtand Jury Investigating the murder of Sarah Behafer January 21 Is- sold to be in possession of valuable Information not heretofore brought out. Suspicion has been directed to a Bedford cltlsen, who Is said to have been out the night of the murder with a stranger, who was found the same night by the night watchman In the boiler room of a stone mill drying his clothing. The same man, It Is said, was the purchaser of the empty whisky flask found In the alley near the shed where the body was found. W. 8. Gliddel, editor of a Brazil newspa per, has been summoned to appear before the grand jury to testify regarding cer tain Information which was mentioned In a recent editorial In his newspaper. He Is expected to testify tomorrow. The reward now offered for the arrest and conviction of the murderer waa today increased to $4,t50 by subscriptions. , WYOMING FOR HEARST TO STAY Convention Instructs Delegates aad Condemns Everything Republloaa that it Hasn't Overlooked. CHETJtNNE. . Wyo., June 2. The Wy oming democratic state convention today selected delegates to the convention and Instructed tbem to vote for W. R. Hearst aa candidate for the presidency. The reso lutions containing tbe advance Instructions were adopted unanimously and Mr. Hearst's name was cheered to the echo whenever mentioned in the reading of the resolu tions. The resolutions adopted endorse the dem ocratic national platform of 1900, condemn the trusts, condemn the republican admin istration for its failure to enforce the antl. trust laws and condemn ths republican ma jority In congress for not passing an anti shoddy bill. They also Instruct the Wy oming delegates to vote for William R. Hearst In the BL Louis convention just aa long as there Is a possibility of his being nominated. LIGHTNING KILLS CHILDREN Three In Oae Family Dead aad Other Members Are Injared by the Fatal Bolt.' BOONEVILLE, Ind., June 2. Three chll dren of John Gentry, living rear Tennyson, were killed. Gentry himself fatally Injured and his wife and another child seriously hurt by lightning, which partially, destroyed tbaU h(UM jocax, COURKO BRINGS MS Gtta Put ths Japanata Llnaa with Im portaat Doonsianla. TURNS OVER SEVERAL IMPORTANT PAPERS Boma of ths Information Baara Upon ths Recent Fighting at Kin Chou- KUROKI TO ATTACK KOUROPATKIN SOON General Impression had Been that Jap Commandtr Inieudad to Wait. KUROKI CONCEALING REAL PURPOSES Coastantly Shifting Columns Back and Forth to Throw te Enemy OK the Track by Covering Jlovemeuta, ST. PETERSBURG, June 2.-Llvutenant Colonel Uourko, wno succeeded in clualng the apaneee on the Liao Tuug peninsula and reaching the ituaslan heauijuariers at xdukuen, ;s attached to tne stall of Uenaial Foe and was the beater of important in formation ltgaralng the lighting at Kin Chou and the situation at son Arthur, According to information in possession of the general staff Uie enemy has live divi sions and five reeerve corps, about kO.UuO men, on the Liao Tung peninsula, and t least seven divisions and seven reserve corps, or about 126,000 men, lu southern Manchuria. Although the Impression pre val'cd among the members of the general suit that General Kurokl's purpose waa to make feints to prevent General Kouro patkin from moving, but not to attack him until the result of the campaign fcgulimt Port Arthur is determined, there is now appureutly more Inclination to think lie will try a demonstration In force, which might result in a decisive engagement. The Japanese commander is constantly shifting Ms columns back and forth, to conceal his real purposes, the latest re ports received being that ha has again abandoned Saimalsza, north of Feng Wang Cheng. All the reports received at General Kour opatkin's headquarters from the Kwang Tung peninsula are Increasing the extent of the Japanese losses at Kin Chou, one today making the number about 10,000 men. Accurate reports of the Russian losses, as well as of the Russian foroea engaged, were probably brought by Lieu tenant Colonel Qourko to Mukden from Port Arthur. It is known that the Japanese state ments are lnoorrect In a number of par ticulars. For Instance;, they gave the name of a regiment as engaged which really la at Liao Yang. TALK BniTlBHaUflsIAlf ALLIANCE! Public Oplnloa Abroad BeoomlagT More Favarable to the Idea. 8T. PETERSBURG, June 2.-The com ment here on the settlement Of 4bo Russo-' Canadian fishery dispute is very significant. . The sgreemeQt4 Welcomed by the Russian -press as evidence -of the increasing prob ability of an Anglo-Russian alliance, the papers pointing out that public opinion In Great Britain, France and Russia la be coming more favorable, the war, ' Instead of proving an obstacle to . the alliance, serving as an argument In !ta favor. More significant still la an. Intimation of the Novostl, foreshadowing that a commercial treaty between the two coun tries will pave the way to a purely com mercial rapprochement. The Novostl adds: The realization of this la easier, as both Russia' and Great Britain are bound by. enormous commercial dealmgs. It Is true that Russia is further from Greet Britain than i7j-ar.ee, t-.it she Is r(.rer India, whfsa rallroit s could be Joined Ylth '.Russia's, The rper miJtLS the further point that without such a conimorclal treaty any political agreement would be very fralL Although it is In-possible to ascertain at this time whether the question of such a commercial treaty has actually been taken up, the possibility cf Its being the next step In the program toward a political agreement arouses the Wenest Interest In diplomatic circles, where It Is coaa'dered fraught with most far-reaching fa-parlance. The United States probably 1U be the chief loser by such a treaty. America has already suffered from the differential duties levied against It In rt hi tlon for the Imposition of a countervailing duty on Russian sugar. Imports ofi American agricultural machinery, etc., which a few years ago were very huge, having fallen almost to nothing. With tariff con salons Great Britain Is bound lo succeed to all thts trade with Its big potentlalies for the future. The Impression Is growing that Great Britain is playing a shrewd gatae, lor big stakes, commercially, ns well ss jvlltl cally, and that while a. complete agreement would be m .tually advanUgeoua to both Russia and Great Britain, St would be at the expense of the United States In both these directions. The Chinese legation denies the report of an uprising In Mongolia, saving that recent advices show the people are calm, Rl'SSIA ORDERS HEW WARSHIPS Austrian Firm S.ld to Have Secured Large Contract. NEW TORK. June t Commenting on the report that PtaUllmento Tecnlco of Trieste will shortly be co missioned by the Rus sian government to build five armored cruisers, each of 8.000 tons displacement 4.nd having a speed of twenty-one knots, ths Vienna correspondent of the London Times, says it Is argued that the building vf the cruisers will not constitute a breach of neutrality on the part of Austria, since their guns and ammunition will be Shipped from Russian ports. If the contract for the 'building of the vessels Is made It will Involve the sum of 812,600,000. HISSIAlta CAP11HK PROVISIONS Advance of the Muscovites Fills Co reans with Nameless Fear. VLADIVOSTOK, June 2 Letters from the theater of war report that Russian raiders have succeeded in penetrating as fur as Gensan and also south of Anju. They have destroyed depots of Japanese suppllns and captured provision trains. Corea ns are fleeing Into Manchuria to es cape the hardships of war. Chinese are moving from Kwan Tung Into northern Manchuria In order to avoid living In terri tory under Japanese control. JAPS LANDING ANOTHER BIG ARMY Brown Men Withdrawing from Vafaa- tow and Burning Bridges. ' VANZALEN, Manchuria, June lHDe. layed In Transmission.) The Japaneae, It Is reported, are landing another army of 60,000 men at Takushan. Japanese posts were withdrawn today from positions near Vafangow, destroying the bridges aa they retired. They were busy during the night removing the wounded from ta battle