The . Omaha Daily " Bee. PART 1 Pages 1 to 8 NEBRASKA SEMI CENTENNIAL ALL ABOUT IT IN SUNDAY'S BEE. ESTADLISnED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAI1A, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1004 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. DANGER FROM FLOOD Eeoaho, Cottonwood, Verdigris, ArkaD-aa and Mannaton Eifen Ovarii wing. VALLEYS FLOODED BY SWOLLEN STREAMS Trouble Confined Mostly to Gonntiei 8ou b of the Kaw Watenhed, DAMAGE TO OIL FIELDS AND FARM LANDS Kaw Eier it Also liainf Slowly, bat Ho juamf a u upw ea. LARGE PART OF STRONG CITY INUNDATED .Water Hashing; Through Mala Streets, I'ndermlnlasr Property, Washing? iwr Hemes nl Interfer ing; with Trifle KANSAS CITT. June t The heavy raine of the last few days In Kansas are oonflned mostly to the counties south of the Kw watershed. As a result the valleys on the livers which flow southeast are flooded. The tributaries of the Kaw are not dan gerous. The worst floods today were the Neosho, Cottonwood, Verdigris, Arkansas and Mar-timton- rivers. All creeks through this sec tion are flooded and impassable. The rivers all drain to ths southward. Reports from Chanute, Humboldt, Neosho Falls and Strong City, Emporia and Cottonwood riv ers are that the streams are flooding their valleys and doing great damage to town property, oil fields and farm lands through out their entire lengths in Kansas. Inde pendence reports similar conditions along the Verdigris, while the Walnut, the Little Arkansas and the Arkansas are out of their banks and still rising. - The rainfall in the Kaw river watershed Is described by the weather officials as be ing moderately heavy. They do not expect that any trouble will result from the fall at this point. The river la rising slowly, but unless there Is a heavy rainfall In ths watershed tonight a dangerous water stage will not be reached. , , Cottonwood Highest Ever Known. At Emporia ths Cottonwood rose three Inches an hour all night and is nOw as high as last year, when rt reached ths highest water mark ever known. Ths Cottonwood 1 Mflll lain intf41v TYwInv It hrnk mrrntLm the bottom land between the river and Dry creek, which la three miles south of the river and runs parallel, with the river. Emporia is too high to be flooded, but the Jow portions were inundated and many negroes flooded out. At Fort Scott and vicinity the flood" of six weeks ago ha been repeated. The Mar maton there is a mile wide and has cut off JJelltown, a suburb. Not ' less than 100 homes are Uninhabitable as a result of the LIM wAtAM In rt ... ft am fminilaHnn, . of houses were undermined and the walls ' Onmand. The loss on household goods is heavy, while scores of barns and other SIT au Duuuinjrs wwro wobiibu bwuj, Every bridge In the city was damaged and hi unsafe. Ths flooded section covers an area of ' not less than thirty blocks. There were several reports of bravery dis played by rescuers.' Not a train from the east or south has reached Newton for thirty Iiours. At Strong City the water Is running through the main street and ths first floor or the Postal Telegraph building, the bank of Strong City and several business houses have been Invaded. Families Driven from Homes. Ths most serious news from the Kan ' arts flood district tonight comas from the valley of the Cottonwood and Neosho rlv v ers, which ars tributary to the Arkansas v river. The Kansas river 'Is rising slowly at Topeka aad will go three feet higher, ths weather bureau says. The Kansas river is rising slowly at Kansas City, but no alarm is felt. , The Cottonwood and Neosho are higher than last year, and are still rising.. All the bottom lands are covered and the farmer have left their homes and driven their stock to higher land. At the Junction of the Cottonwood and Neosho rivers, near Emporia, there Is aa expanse of water twelve rnfles wide, but Emporia is on higher lnd and has not suffered. "Water is three feet deep In some of the streets of - Iola, and fifty families have left their homes. - - - OKLAHOMA CITT, Okie, June I. Con tinued heavy rains have swollen all streams In Oklahoma and Indian Territory to the point of overflowing and thousands of seres of land are under water. Hallway traffic Is threatened in maay places. . A repetition of last year's floods is feared. Condition In Monona County. ON AW A. Ia,. June . (Bpeolal.)-The heavy rain yesterday has made things very wet again oa the Missouri bottom lands, 2.15 inches of rain having fallen, 1:40 laches tailing In the afternoon in forty-flve min utes, which was simply a deluge. Borne hall also felL Ail farm work will have to be suspended for the week. On the low ground that was se wet last year pros pects are not tavorabls for a crop this year on the present outlook, as much of the land U atill toe wet to work. The rivers tire all very nigh. Maple, Sims and West Fork have ail been out of their bank at times and are likely to cause more trouble with the great amount of rain falling. The Missouri at Decatur. Neb., raised Ave feet yesterday. Elm oreek was out of its banks and the lower part of the town flooded. All streams in the neighborhood are very high. Conditions on the Missouri bottoms seem very favorable for ths presentation of the ditch, petition on ths MononaHarrl son and other' ditches which will be pre sented to ths Board of Supervisors at their session next week. The petitions ars re ported to be signed by many land owners and a large attendance of interested parties ' Is expected. The petitioners "ulalra that over 100,000 acres of bottom land can be made tillable by the digging of the pro posed Monona-Harrison ditah, at a cost of about 3(100. Mr. Bej bold f Turin, who owns a largs amount of laud on the bot toms In connection with other parties from Illinois, hus been actively engaged in cir culating the petitions and Is confident of success. He spent a good part of ths win ter at Dee Moines working for ths drainage law and thinks action on the big ditch will surely be taken at the coming session, fssts Fe la'saee Train Directory. TOPEKA, Kau.. June . The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fa railway, In a statement today giving ths location of their trains stalled at various points In the stats, says that this la ths Srorst flood delay evr ex. enencea oy ine roan in Kansas. X" A- main lins Is mere or tees under wator from wo miles ess oc riurrme to sironi uny. While the Marlon, the McFharsoa. the btroTis olg city, ths tCldorado aud ths Wichita . urancnes are wssnea uui lor many nines. The Hock Island line tracks are being heed la send train east of MihbIiIimmhv SUSAN B. ANTHONY IS HONORED Veteran Woman SusTrugrlst Will Leave Hack Worst of International Congress to Assistant. BERLIN, Jtrne s.-The International Woman's Suffrage conference, called by the international woman's suffrage commit tee, with headquarters in the United States, met here today for the purpose of organis ing an international league for the promo tion 'of woman's suffrage. Delegates were present from Great Britain, France, Ger many, Holland, Sweden, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark and New Zealand. Miss Susan B. Anthony accepted the pres idency of the league, but announced that she would leave the actual work of presid ing to Mrs. Catt of Wyoming. French delegates wanted the press rep resentatives exoluded, which was refused. Dr. Anita Angspur, a German delegate, remarked that the foundation of the Inter national league for Woman's suffrage was an historical event. She welcomed the delegates and especially thanked Miss An thony for undertaking a long Journey across the ocean at her advanced ago to preside at the foundation of the league. The platform, which was then read, de clares that man and women were born equal, and free and Independent members of society and that the natural relationship of the sexes Is one of reciprocity and com mon effort. The suppression of liberty of one sex inevitably Injures the ether, thus causing damage to all humanity. Self determina tion in the house and state la the Inalien able right of every normal person, hence woman as a clans and as an Individual does not owe obedience to the state or to her husband. Every government taxing women without permitting suffrage exercises ty ranny, Irreconcilable with Justice. Mrs. Carrio Capman Catt was presented with a gavel from the Wyoming women. She after wards addressed the conference, explaining how woman suffrage came to be adopted in Wyoming. NEW TRADE TREATY COMPLETE Convention Will leos Be flamed Per tulttlnsr American Corpora tions to Sea in Russia ST.V PETERSBURG, June . It Is au thoritatively stated that no negotiations have yet begun looking to a new commer cial treaty between Russia and Great Britain. . , Ths negotiations for a treaty to allow Arms In the United States and Russia to sua In the courts of Russia and the United States respectively have been completed and the treaty probably will be signed by Foreign . Minister Lamsdorff and Ambas sador McCormlck in a few days. Under, the existing Russian law United States corporations can be sued, but cannot sue in the courts of the empire. SPAIS RECOGNIZES FRENCH RIGHTS Anglo-French Treaty, It Is Said, Car rles an Einpty Honor. PARIS, June 4. A Madrid correspondent of the Petit Parlslen affirms that he has obtained from a Spanish statesman the lines of a treaty which Kn will be signed ('ww, Fjknce and.S'-Un, as follows:- fbe signatory governments do not pro pose to change the polltloal status In Mo rocco, but to define their respective spheres Of influences in accordance with the terms of tha Ancio-French entente. Spain adheres to the Anglo-French agree ment, especially In regard to the tnlnty years period of free trade and the pro hibition against the erection of fortifica tions. France recognizes Spain's right to maintain order In northern Morocco irom the left hAnk of the Moulouvo. river to the right bank of the Sehou river, extending inland to ma jesser Alias range tag to me right bank of the Kouss river. Details of the boundary shall be settled later. Tan gier, Arsila and Larache shall remain tree ports. Ths statesman revealing the secret, the correspondent avers, . declares that ths treaty Is deplorable, giving Spain an empty glory, without a practical advantage.; ENGINEERS ELECT THIRD MAN R. B. Wills e-f Iowa, la Made Assistant - Grand Chief Over Fesr Other ' ' ' Cnndldnfee. LOS ANGELES, June 1 The biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers unanimously elected H. E. Wills of Clinton, Ia., third assistant chief engineer, over four other candidates. C. H. Salmons of Cleyeland, O., was unan imously re-elected second assistant engi neer. The latter situation carried with It the editorship of the official organ of the brotherhood. A resolution was adopted thanking the members who assisted In saving the life of Engineer A. E. Montague of Albany, N. T., who narrowly escaped drowning in the surf at Playa Del Rey beach yesterday. Those named in the resolution wers: S. A. Btrick lett, Columbus, O. ; J. H. Buckley, Hart ford, Conn.; J. E. Robe, Columbus, O.J W. E. Futch, Cleveland, O. DANCE AND BATTLE, DRILL Prominent Events la the Life el Graduating- Knval Cadets at Annnpolls. , ANNAPOLIS. Met, June 1 Festivities attendant on the close of tha naval acad emy and presence of the official board of visitors were ended tonight with a dance Tha midshipmen will be sent aboard tha ships of the practice cruise fleet tomorrow, sailing on Monday. Admiral George Dewey officiated today at tha ceremonies Incident to tha laying of the cornerstone of ths new chapel In tha naval academy grounds. Secretary of ths Navy Moody delivered a stirring ad dress to tha large concourse of naval men,' midshipmen and civilians. During ths day the Board of Visitors witnessed a battle drill of the midshipmen. Ths flotilla of war vessels now anchored in the harbor was utilised for thla exhi bition. . . ! BURTON APPEAL IS FILED Attorneys Held that Court Erred nasi that Offense, If Any, Ooenrred In Washington. ST. LOUTS, June I.-Ths transcript tm the ease against United States Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kansas, who was con victed on a charge of using his official In fluence In favor of ths Rlalto drain and Socurlties company of thla city, while act ing as attorney for tha concern, was filed with the federal court of appeals hers to day. Tha case. In all probability, will be heard at tha December term. The ap peal waa granted several weeks ago. Mr. Burton's attorneys hold that the aourt erred in Its Instructions to the Jary and In the admission of certain testimony; also that the ohecka received by Mr. Burton from the company were cashed at Wash ington. D. C, the contention being thai It an offense were committed it was commit ted to thai otty and not la St. Loula MICKEY BOMS REQUISITION Governor Grants Rrqueit of Iiwa Authori ties to Ami, Tom Dennison. N ACTS ON SH0W1N3 OF APPLICANTS Defendant In Case Makes So Opposi tion Before Governor, Who Con siders Mntter'on Record Before Him. (From a Staff Correspondent.) -LINCOLN, June J. (Bipedal Telegrams Governor Mickey this morning honored the requisition for the return of Tom DenniRon to Iowa to answer'to the charge of receiv ing stolen property. The papers were given to United States Marshal Christian of Iowa, who left at once for Omaha to arrest Den nlson. Tuesday night Attorney Elmer E. Thomas of Omaha and County- Attorney Fallon of Iowa prerented arguments to the governor In favor of honoring the requisition and Dennison did not protest In honoring the requisition Governor Mickey said the Iowa authorities had pre sented an Indictment and an affidavit and that be must act on this ehffwing. He could not go behind thom 'to examine evi dence as to Dennison's guilt. Connell Will Resist. , Reference to the announcement that Gov ernor Mickey had granted the exuudition papers which would make It pussloie 101 the iowa authorities to take Tom Dennlsou across the river to answer a chaige of bo ing a fugitive from justice and probaoly a number of ofher even more serious chargts, Mr. JDennlhon was asked whut he proposed to do, but refused to make any statemun whatever, referring the entire matter to Mr. Connell, his attorney. "I cannot say positively what we will do until we get the papers from Lincoln,' said Mr. Connell, "but under ordinary clr cumstances in a case of this kind I should get out a writ of habeas corpus' and ask for an immediate hearing In tha district court, and think that Is undoubtedly what I shall do in this case. I think it would be perfectly safe for you to say that Den nison will not go to Iowa, not at least on a charge of being a fugitive from justice, which, I understand, Is the ground, on which the governor has granted tha ex tradition. Until I see all the papers In the case I cannot make any further state ment." Stopped by Injunction. Another chapter in the attempt to take Tom Dennison to Iowa to answer an indict ment returned by a grand Jury In Har rlson county, was brought to a closuat o'clock last evening, when Deputy Sheriff J. G. Sherry served a writ of injunction on United States Marshal Christian . of Iowa and Attorney E.' E. Thomas. The writs were Issued by Judge Day and .enjoined Christian and Thomas, directly or indi rectly, from forcibly taking Dennison on the requisition granted by Governor Mickey earlier in the day, except when te court Is and f p. m., or without giving Dennison a reasonable time for filing his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was Served on Christian at 7 o'clock In the evening while the marshal was eating his supper at the Paxton hotel and was the culmination at an afternoon of crossTnrlng between the Iowa marshal and tha various attorneys interested in the case. After the serving of the writs Attorney Connell and Marshal Christian had a con ference, and It was understood, that Connell and his client, Tom Dennison, would ap pear at IJW thla morning In Judge Day'a court, at which time and place tha arrest will be made and Immediately thereafter the application for a writ of habeas corpus will be filed and the bearing of the wflt set for suchva time as will be agreed upon. Christian's Coarse During; Day. United Btates Marshal Christian arrived la Omaha from Lincoln shortly after noon yesterday, with the warrant and requisition granted by Governor Mloxey and at S:30 p. m. went to Attorney Connall's office with Attorney E. E. Thomas. The matter In hand was discussed In a preliminary way and in speaking of the already announced policy that - Attorney Connell proposed to pursue on behalf of his client, Mr, Connell said to tha Iowa marshal: . i All wa ask la that you allow us a reasonable, time of about twenty minutes after ths arrest la made so that we may file an application for a writ of habeas corpus. Then it the application is granted it will be made returnable at once, so that we may establish ths sufficiency or Insuf ficiency of your Warrant to take Denni son to Iowa. If the application is denied, then my client will be right here to ac company you to Iowa." The Iowa marshal looked at Attorney Thomas and the Civlo Federation lawyer glanced at the Iowa official. "But," said Thomas, we could not get ready for the hearing of the writ short of a week. We would have to send to Iowa for witnesses.' 'Well, what do you suggest we had bet ter dor asked tha marshal of Thomas. "Tou are master of the situation,. Mr. Christian," replied Thomas. Marshal Christian then agreed to let Connell have the twenty minutes In which to file the application for tha writ. It be ing agreed that the arrest would follow as soon as ths application was filed and tha hearing of the writ then set At the time this agreement was made Judga Day had left the court house, and the stipu lated twenty minutes had expired before Mr. Connell could carry out the plan. Ha telephoned to his office saying that he waa on the road with the papers and would be at his office aa aoon aa possible, but tha "other fellows wanted the proverbial pound of flesh," even to the estimation of a hair. Connell reached his office a few minutes after they left. Undecided on Action. As Christian and Thomas walked down Farnam street tha former waa asked what tactics he Intended to pursue, now that peace relations apparently were off. "Well," replied tha marshal, "I don't Just know at present It ia likely, however, that I shall have to ask for assistance In finding Dennison." As a matter of fact, Dennison was in ons of Connell's offices all tha afternoon, and could have been found If any effort In that direction had been made. When Attorney Connell returned to tils office after having had the application for a writ of habeas corpus granted by Judge Day ha found Christian and Thomas gone. Then It waa that tha restraining order was secured and served. Just at the time when it waa expected that the efforts to take Denrdson would be resumed. Marshal Christian was aen at ths Paxton after the injunction hnd been served and was, asked "where he was at then," to (Continued oa Seuond Page.) FREE TRADE LEAGUE DINES Speakers Believe Protection Tjnaht to I'nderao Immediate and Com ylete Annihilation. BOSTON, June I. The snnual banquet of the American Free Trade league, held at the Hotel Vendome today, marked the twentieth anniversary of the formntlon of the league and tho 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Cobden, father of the fres trade movement. The guests and speakers were Charles Francis Adams and Edward Atkinson of Boston and L. II. Ehrlch of New Tork. Harvey Shephard presided and about 150 members were present. Mr. Shephard de clared that the United States eventually would have free trade and that it was as much out of place in a republic to have a protective tariff as it was to have an es tablished church. William Lloyd Garrison, tha secretary, read a dispatch In which the American Free Tnido league sent to the Cobden club of London, expressing the hope that the prln- ciplen of Richard Cobden would be steadily maintained in Great Britain. .. Charles Francis Adams, who was the first president of the league, paid a glow ing tribute to the memory of Richard Cob den and then arraigned the policy of pro tection, which he characterized aa unjust to the common people. The last speaker of the evening Was Louis E. Ehrich of New Tork, who de nounced protection as unfair and dishonest and a policy of "legalised graft." He said In closing: "If. thg. democratic party had tho manly courage which Is born of conviction and the practical wisdom which flows from the hlfihest lessons of human experlehce it would In its coming national convention adopt one single plank which would read 'The democratic party favors the total and Immediate abolition of every tariff duty and the Introduction of absolutely unre strlcted freedom of trade with the nations of the world.' " WRECK ON MISSOURI PACIFIC Nine Persons Reported Killed and Larger TTnmber Supposed to Hnve Been Injured. KANSAS CITT, June S. Nine persons are reported to have been Killed and many In jured in a Collision of paasonger trains on the Missouri Pacific near Martin City, flf ien mites soutn oi nansas city, rne Train) which met head on, were the westbound Colorado limited. No. 1. and the eaatbound Holslngton, -Kan., accommodation. No. 38. A message received by Missouri Pacifio qfllcials here ordered them to send a relief train as soon as possible and to get all the surgeons obtainable, from which It Is in ferred that numerous passengers were hurt, Newspaper men were not permitted on the relief train, which left about 11 o'clock tonight, and details of the accident will not be learned until the return of the train with the dead and injured.. Train No. 1, the Colorado Flyer, had orders to meet train No. 36, the accom modation train, at Mastln. The crew, It is believed, overlooked ltg orders and met train No. 36 south of. Mnstin tank, about a mile and a third soiith of Mastln. The engines were both large and were do mollshed. Among the dead la a tfamp who was riding on the "blind baggage." Baggageman wiuiams, on No. 36, was Injured, and Engineer Slocum of No. 1 has a broken leg. Fireman W. Haley of No. 1 was hurt. The day coach on the accommodation was telescoped, but the chair car was not Injured. The mall car on the flyer was telescoped and the end of the baggage car stove In. At 1 o'clock the relief train had not returned to Kansas City. ARMED MEN ON STREET CARS Honston Service Is Operated wtth the t Aid of Strikebreakers and , Clubs. HOUSTON, Tex., June I-Thero some turbulence in the street oar strike today, several men being hurt, but none seriously, and this evening the mayor or dered the light guards to disperse a crowd whlph had gathered about tha office of the street oar company. The militia is held at tha armory to await further orders. Tha street car company has secured a uuiuuer ui siri&euz-eaKers ana a tew .cars were run during the day. In addition to the trainmen, each car carried half a dozen strikebreakers armed with clubs. . Soma of the strikebreakers have been arrested for carrying revolvers. - The strikers have published a statement denying any knowledge of, or sympathy with, the demonstrations made against the cars this morning. The company sticks to its refusal further to discuss tho strike and asserts that it will run cars regularly If given protection. The cars which were run carrie few passengers. SIX FIREMEN ARE OVERCOME Perfumery Fumes In Biasing Building; Drive Men Back and Several K Become CMaudM, . .. NEW TORK. June 1 Six C rem en ware overcome today by the fumes of perfum ery while lighting a Are In a bulldina- In Duane street. In which Lasell, Dalley A Co., manufacturers of perfumes, occupied tha fifth floor. : Several . carboys of per- rumery were broken open djurtng tha Are. The liquid ran over tha floor and Into the flames, producing fumes so overpowering that the firemen were repeatedly driven away by them. Six of the firemen were carried out unconscious, but ware revived, Tha loss Is &0,00a WOMAN KILLED AND MAN HURT Oo-nple Streets by Wabask ' Train While Crossing; Railroad Tracks at frt. Louis. ST. LOUIS, June (.While attempting to cross the Wabash railroad tracks near the Vandeventer avenue station tonight. Miss B. H. Unger of Martinsville, Vs.. was killed and Albert H. Wells of Washington. D. C, wh seriously Injured by being struck by a Wabash railroad passenger train. Movements of Oueaa Vessels June 8, At New Tork Arrived: Calabria, from Naples; frlnstaa Alice, from Hrenien; Mon golian, from iilugow. Ballod; Deulsch- Ifclid. for NDurt News. At Uueenstown Ballad: Cymric, from Llveroool. for Boston. At Giioa Arrived; Koeiitg Albert, from New York. At Glasgow Sailed: Anchoria, for New Tork. At Naples Arrived! Ligurla, from New Tork. At Rotterdam Arrived i Ryndam, from New York. At Plymouth Arrived: Bluecher, from New York, for Hamburg. At Muvllle-B.ilii-i; A;ichoria, from Glas gow, for New York; Bavarian, from Liver pool, for Montreal, At Bt-uthirupton Bulled: Hamburg, from Hamburg. lot New York, r MOVE TO HARASS JAPANESE Banians Send Gaoeral EUlkenbeTT to Bear of General Oku'a Army. EXPECT TO WEAR OUT JAPANESE FORCES When Thla Is Done Swoop Down and Crush Them Experts Think Plan All Right, but May Be Too I.nte to Try. (Copyright by New. York Herald Co., 1904.) PARIS, June 4. (New York Herald Ca blegramSpecial Telegram to The Bee.) The Herald's European edition publishes the following from its military expert: "It has already been known Uiat the Russians held the railway line to Ltao Yang, because on May 30, a battle took place between detachments Of the two armies at this station, situated balf way between Hal Cheng and Port Arthur, but the reinforcements, which have been re ported as leaving the first of these towns under command of General Stalkenborg for Wau Fang' Tien, which la still further south of Wa Fang Chu, would Indicate his Intention to harass the rear of the prmy of General Oku, who la besieging Port Arthut. . If the corps of General tulk enberg, which is estimated to consist of 12,000 men, is Increased by another brigade. It will then constitute a division able to move rapidly on PiUewo, a place where the Japanese are still landing troops or supplies, and then making for the penin sula of Kwang Tung -in tho direction of Port Arthur. May Be Too Late. "But this demonstration will lose much of its force as an offensive operation, even supposing it is hot called previously, by the fact that the Japanese, being now masters Of Dalny, can utilise this port in prefer ence to Pitsewo, where, as soon aa they have cleared away the mines and made further sufficient repairs, they Can profit by the entrenchments constructed by the Russians at Nan Shan to bar anew the isthmus against fresh invaders. "Under these circumstances, the ques tion naturally arises, whether General Stalkenberg does not come too late and can have no chance of producing any useful and perhaps decisive result, as it might havo done had, this general officer been able to intervene suddenly with a division or even a brigade In the rear of General Oku dur ing the five days' fighting which preceded the 'capture of Nan Shan. "It ceems true, as it has been persist ently' rumored, thought briefly, that there Is hesitation at the Russian headquarters and perhaps even difficulty, arising from the absence of fixity in the plan adopted, only thus, for Instance, can be explained the sudden evacuation of New Chwang, fol lowed twen.ty-four hours afterward by its reoccupation. - Knrokl Catt Afford to Walt. "On their side tha Japanese, at least In all that concerns the troops of which Gen eral Kuroki disposes, are preparing to con centrate before making a direct attack on General Kouropatkln! It la Only rational to suppose that they are content to re main stationary In their positions, menacing by this attitude at different points the long front of the enemy while the attack on Port Arthur Is developing and they are receiving at the same time all their re inforcements, by way of Taku Shan. They will then be able to meet General Kouro patkln If Va ahould decide, as be is credited with the Intention of doing, to make a big offensive movement and try to envelope the Russian army by two wings, so as to fogce him to withdraw to the north of Mukden. While they are waiting, the Russians are. covering the approaches to Harbin with for tified works, as we always thought they would, in order to make of thla place, which commands the two railroads to Vladivostok and Port Arthur, an entrenched camp, with a view of being able there to form and organize at their eaae tha relief troops and supplies which the' transslberlan road is bringing them hither. "Perhaps they will also organize there, aa Colonel Marchand auggesta In a rtoent Interview, that great army of attack which is destined In the minds of ths Russians to sweep everything before It, when the systematic resistance of the forces actuailv K grouped around Liao Yang and Mukden haa exhausted tha Japanese, whose mobilization only allows of a total entering the field of thirteen divisions, -which are already today summoned under the flag." MOW DOWN JAPANaSJG AT KIN OHO I' Official Report Desorlbee Valoa of Troops on Both Sides. ST. PETERSBURG. June 8. Lieutenant General Zllinsky, ohlef of staff to General Kouropatkln, transmits to the minister of war, under date of June 1, a report of Gen eral Stoessel, Dated Port Arthur, May 28, as follows: After a fierce battle, lasting two day a I ordered our positions at Kin Chou to be evacuated In the evenlnir. for we had od- Eosed to us at least three divisions with 10 guns. The enemy's fire, particularly that from four gunboats and six torpedo boats, annihilated our batteries mounted at Kin Chou. Tha fifth regiment, which was posted on this spot, atood Its ground heroically. The fire of this regiment, as well as that of our batteries and the gun boat L'obr, off KhouncruTm, Inflicted enor mous losses on the Japanese. Our -losses amounted to thirty officers and 8ft men killed or wounded. We blew up oc aamagea ail our guns wmon tne Japa nese had not put out of action. It would have been inexpedient ovrlulnly to bring up siege artillery during the fierce fighting. The Dame on May id oegan at a a. m. and lasted until k p. m., when I ordered the position evacuated gradually. The ex- Flosfon of a number of our mines and ousades was rendered Impossible by ths Japanese, who turned our position Imme diately. The Japanese advanced through water up to the walHt under the protection of the ships. The spirit of our troops !a excellent. MOVEMENTS OF FLKHT IN DOUBT Russian Baltic Fleet Must Be Rushed, but May Not Leave, NEW TORK June (.Russian naval con tractors have been advised that final prep arations for the Baltic fleet must bs com pleted by ths first week In August, says a Times dispatch from Paris. This Information is supplemented by another dispaich from St. Petersburg suggesting that the fltet may perhaps not start at all if Port Ar thur falls into the hand of the Japaneae, Another St. Petersburg telegram says two submarine will be started for the far east today, two others will start within a fortnight and two mora within a month, Japanese Land More Trorips. KAI CHOU, June 8. The Japanese have moved a division up to Poiandlea aa a screen for their operations on the Kwan Tung peninsula and also to arreat a possi ble Russian advance intended to Interfere with the aiogs operations. THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for hrh Showers Sat urday) Thunderstorms and Cooler in V.mmt Porlon Sunday Fair and Warmer. Ps;e. 1 Kansas Is In pansrer from Flood Issues Requisition for Dennison, Rxpect to Wenr Out the Japanese, Report of Fight at Port Arthur 9 Deneen dominated In Illinois. II Xewe from All Parts of Nebraska. 4 Affairs at South Omaha. 8 P. E. O. Sisterhood In Convention, Progress of the Vacation Contest Story, "The Lost Princess." T Tuft Allots Honey 'to Nebraska. Miners Criticise Governor Peabody 8 Strange Tbtnae' Seen In Tnlbe. Chips Off of the Old Block. 9 Some Famous Political Revolt. 10 Editorial. 11 Bohemian Athletes Compete. Connolly nnd Butler to Go. 13 Sportlnsj Kventa of the Day. Review of the Week's Trade. 13 Financial nnd Commercial. 13 Council Bluffs and Iowa News. Dedicate State Bulldina at Falls 16 Dote Almost Kills Ills Master. Temperature at Omaha Teeterdayi Hour. Deo-. Hour. Dear. S a. m til 1 p. m Wl e n. m ...... fll a p. m AH T a. m...... 02 S p. m...... ttO A a. in a 4 p. m T a. m oa ft p. m AT M i, m na p, n.,.u, u 11 n. m...... na' r p. m BO 13 m. . nil Hp. in tut p. m OS COSSACKS NEARING W0NS0N Force of Considerable Strength Re ported Thirteen Miles North of that Town. (Copyright, by New Tork Herald Co., 1901) WONSON, June 2. Via Seoul.) June 8 (New York Herald Cablegram Special Tel egram to The Bee.) A t strong Cossack scouting party is reported thirteen miles north today A courier from Ham Heung states that the, governor there provided the Russians with 3,700 bundles of fodder, and also repaired the roads at the Russian commander's request. This Indicates the presence of a considerable body of cav airy in hat neighborhood.- The Russians paid well for the fodder, supplies and work. Rumors here are that the Russian force previously reported at Kapsan has aban doned Its march southward, turning to the west toward Ping Yang. Seven guns ac company the force. The first steamer arriving here since the sinking of tho Goyo Maru reached hereto day. . RUSSIANS ARE DISHEARTENED Expect Japanese to Make Good Their Word and Take Port Arthur In Fourteen Days. 1 (Copyright by New York Herald Do., 1904.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jui 8. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Interest has - been aroused to the keenest point by the announcement, so coolly made from Toklo, that the Japanese propose to take Port Arthur In fourteen flVa What ia more, among these strongly pes- simlstlc-mlnded Russians, it ia admitted pretty generally that the enemy, after what he haa abown himself to be, la likely to make good bis ward. "What can we do with fanatics who defy all the accepted rules and possibilities of war?" Such ia the expression of a man I hava Just mety and who goea everywhere and sees everyone.. - Something haa happened to Kuroki, ac cording to the latest report something which prevents him moving forward aa Kouropatkln would ilka to see him do, but one of the shrewdest military experts here believes Kuroki la merely remaining where he Is to prevent any attempt to reoie Port Arthur. Tha entire aoheme of tha Japanese at the moment la to reduce Port Arthur at whatever price. Kurokl'a and Kouropatkln'a outposts are In touch ail along tha Una. Sklrmiahea marks time of the movements of both armies In a moat interesting manner. FIGHTING GOING ON AT LLaO YANG General Stoessel Postponed Surrender for Spectacular Reasons. ' LONDON, June 8. The Daily Mall' correspondent at Mukden, telegraphing un. der date of .Tana J, aaya that fighting oc curred dally beyond Liao Yang, but that a decisive battle la not expected for some time. The Japanese plan of campaign ia regarded at Mukden as having now been definitely disclosed. They occupy, the Liao Tung peninsula In three divisions between Nengalea (Nakawanllng) and Wafangtlen with a line of communication by tha coast to their position at Feng Wang Cheng. The Btandarda Toklo correspondent men tlona the - discredited rumor that General Stoessel postponed a surrender on the con dition that the whole of tha Port Arthur garrison should be permitted to retire to New Chwang under arms. No further light haa been thrown on the rumors concerning General Kouropatkln'a Intentions. Dlspatohes in the Morning Pnat from Shanghai and to the Chronicle from New Chwang repeat the reports of ths movement of 15,000 Russians to Koi Pins;. The correspondent asserts that five days' flghtlnj; took place at Wafangtlen, and that the Russlana are employing 4,000 carta to remove munltlone from Liao Yang to XTal Yuen, seventy miles north of Mukden. .Tha Post's Shanghai correspondent also aaya that General Mlstchenko baa ' sent 4,000 cavalry of the imperial guard from Kuang Cheng- Esu te out off the Japanese at Pltxewo. No great reliance,, however, should be placed on these dlsputohes, which have evidently soma ooramo'n Chinese origin. JAPANESU EMPLOYING ROBBBR1 Hire Theua to Out Hu"lan Railway la M '.hurls, (Copyright by New Tork Herald Co., Wl.) LIAO YANG, (Via P Jtlng) June 1 (New Toi-k Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to Tha Bee.) On or about May IS. a Japa nese forco began ta arrive at Kin Chou, Cuao Tang and Tchow and enlisted robbars at $M (Mexican) meuthly. Each band .of fifty is under a Japanese officer, the ohlefa receiving much money. The Japanese head man at Kin Chou Is of high rank and Is receiving large sums ef money through the railway compiuiy. The robbers are being used to cut the Russian railway north. Tha Chinese forces in Mongolia have been over estimated and do not number 10, 000, including tOO Chinese being drilled In tha Cbao Yang district. General Ma haa only 8,000 men east of Ping Chuan and auaa at Cbao Yan ' ... END OF CITY INSIGHT StDsatlonaJ EepoTti to Efisot that Japi Ira Iciida Port Arthur! Outar Defenses HAVE HEAVY GUNS TRAINED ON THE PLACE Enemy Said to Ears Overwhelmed Oaniioa After a Feeble Keeletanoa, RUMOR DOOMED TOWN IS UNDER FIRE artillery ii Poeition on Kwan Tang Eeif hM to Dominate City. aBnTsssnssnajua V. MIXED FORCE OF RUSSIANS IEFEATED Alleerea Cavalry, Infantry aad ArtlW lery Are Involved In Engasren meats Wbloh End la Re treat Keaa Llehaton. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., UOi.) KBW TORK, June 8. (New York Herald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.) Persistent rumors were In circulation of a great battle north of Port Arthur. Liao Yang heard continuous cannonading and the belief prevailed there that the Invad ing army and the defenders of the fortress) had met outside the fortuictions. In a dis patch from Rome It la stated that ths Japanese had occupied the. outer line of the defencea of Port Arthur, ''after a feeble resistance." It waa added that four divisions of .inpanese troops had taken up a position on Kwan TuQg heights, on which they had placed heavy artillery, entirely dominating tha town. From other places also came reportaot a battle near the beleaguered town, but, there waa no olllclal dispatch from elthof Toklo or SU Petersburg coruirntlng these rumors. LONLON, June 8. The Rome corro- spoudent of tho Central News tuiegraphs; A Toklo Ndispatcu to the Ulornale Italy says the Japanese have occupied the llrut line of the outer formications of Port Ar thur aftur a feeble resistance. The correspondent at Toklo of the News Agency Libera aaya that four divisions of Japanese troop have ocouplud Kwan Tung1 Heights, on which tliey placed heavy ar Hilary, dominating Port Arthur. - i Tha same ooi respondent adds that the squadron attempted a sortie, but was forced to return, being threatened by the Japa nesa fleet. ' - Vtm nona-dinac La Ueard. LIAO YANU, l n 8. It is reported there ia another ' gieat battle in progress . near Port Arthur. Continuous cannonading haa been heard from the south. An additional tcrce of 1,000 Japanese la reported to have landed at Takushatu QUE FOO, June 8. iJO p. m- Steamers which have arrived here from New Chwang report that firing In the vicinity of Port Arthur was heard last night. They only saw two Japanese cruisers. Chinese junks wbloh joave reached thla port from the Cha river, west of Taku- anan, report tnat tne Japanese nave cap tured two Russian officers and forty - aol dlera disguised as Japanese, ; . Husslana Are Driven Batelc, TOKIO. June a. A tody of Japanese hava encountered and defeated a mixed force of Rusalan cavalry, uanlry and artillery uoar i.khaton, nine nules north of Polandlf, on Monday, May 80. The engagement which followed began at 1ZM p. m. and lasted tor to ioais, the Ruasl&n troopa aaaJly belag oiiven nurthward. The Japa Cdae had twenty man killed. Including one oiiloer, and UdXUr-aev&u wounded, including four oflloera The movement of the 11 uu- Us forcea southward Indicates a posbible effort to relieve Pert Arthur. The Rus sian losses are unicJiown, ' VAGANGOW, un 1. Via Liao Yang, June L--JL continuation of the fighting was Jtpeoled hare today, but the Japanese did not appear In foroe. A reconnotteiing pator, however, exchanged abots with the enemy's snouts and Lae latter were driven Oft, leaving two man &ead on the field. Tomorrow probably will aitiarmlne whether tha Japanese are atroug euough to take' Vafahgow. The fighting reported' from Toklo aa having occurred near Llehaton, nine miles north of Polandlen, on Monday last, is evidently Identical with the engat,K-x.ent reported from Liao Yang,' May 0, by a correspondent of tha Ausoctated Press as having occurred at Vageafuchu, (possibly hear Wafangtlen), which la about nlr.e miles north of Polanulen, on the Liao Tung peninsula. It was In this engage meat that tha Cossacks under General Bamsonoff we: a reported to have anni hilated a squadron of Japanese. . The Japanese were commanded by General Akklama. RUSSIA IITJItHIKS TaOOPe) TO mOJIT Believed that KourepatkLa Will Not - Try to Relieve Port Arthur. ST. PETERSBURG, June 3. Tha best in formed military circles attach no import ance to tha reports that General Kouro patkln haa detached a large force from hla army at Liao Yang and dispatched it southward to relieve Port Arthur, and it la distinctly denied that Bmperor Nicho las personally ordered each a movement. It can be authoritatively stated '-hat the emperor's confidence in Koru'-paUtln la unsaakven and that his majesty is sot at tempting to Interfere with his plau of cam paign. While no such army hes been dispatched southward If is natural tnat Kouropatkln will do all possible to tarrasa Genaral Oku'a rear. The railroad haa been kept open aa far aa Vafangow, twenty-five miles ahova Kin Chou, and it la not un likely that when tha Japanese have failed to push tarough-af line aorosa the head of tha Liao Tung peninsula that several thou sand; troops nay be sent down tha rail- load to Impede the Japans operations and tnfllot as much damage aa possible, aa these could easily be withdrawn by railroad If the enemy threatened to cut the line of eomraur icstlons above. Even the loss of a few regiments would be con sidered cheap if the Japanese operations against Port Arthur were thereby retarded for an appreciable time. However, it la realized that with the Japanese occupa tion of Port Dalny and Tailenwan aa buses for landing siege runs the small force bove Kin Chou could aoconrpllsh but lit tle and It Is now mora likely to be with drawn, destroying the- railroad aa It re tiree northward. For atrateglo purposes Kouropatkln may be trying to make the apaneae believe that a movement south ward is contemplated. In order to divert Kurokl's attention in that direction. The Impression la being thrown oat ia