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.
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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
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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
