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OMAHA, ; TUESDAY MdKNIMl, JULY 2G, lOOlTKN PAOEtV
SINGLE COPY TIIIIEE CENTS.
FLEET SEARS JAPAK
TladiTO-ti k rpadron i ?fin to the last
war i cf Ha.r.ra laj and Etill Doing,
FLEET CCCAC:CN3 f."JCH SFECULATICN
Tot Iaiproballa.Cit Husatam "Will r.h11
Towns era Jupar.i-.se Coast, 1 x
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. CHITISIl STEA'TR SUNK EY THE RU! V -.
Inight ComnifuicW f.nt to Eottoi
""" ' rawer: ,r"r Detained. j " 7
CCLIEYED AKtniCAN ship IS CA "I
lliimti Oitaci by the Oregon J
wr jfT- cotrr
Supposed, to r In Haxds '
of the IlcoUii,
fOKIO, "July ff..-Tha' Ruwiii! Vladivo
stok (fjundron was onn to the Mtwrl
of Kitins pro'. lnre at 2 o'clock this after
noon. It wa e'.pfttninjr to tho east. Ka
us provlnre l tin the ei'.st aids of Toklo
bay.
The British etn-mor CMnan ha' arrived
at Yokaha-raa. with the crew cf the BriiUh
' flrtmti' Knight Commander, that Wll sunk
by r.OKi'a Vladivostok squadron oft lau.
The Knlcht Commander'! cargo wn ft gen
eral ", J9 J'rrrMi ffasijengerB were
detained by ths Russians and 1U crew of
twenty-one wm transferred to the Chinan,
which aiso reports that the Russians sunk
two Japancso schooners.
, JVcvrlopmeji t Hourly Bxpected.
J car.MAMA, July 26. An officer from
t.i Luxi-ian ileet who boarded the ateamer
Tainan said that the officers bf the fleet
had rerelved Instructions from Bt. Petersburg-
to treat the British flag with the
greatest respect, but if the Tslnan had
railway material aboard the Russians
would either capture or lnk It ,
The officer said that the commander of
the vessels concerned In the (Inking of
the .steamer Sado had been severely cen
sured by Bt. Petersburg for not positively
ascertaining that twr were no people re
maining aboard, lie Said the Knight Cora
mandur would not heave to until four shots
had ben fired. The Russian officer boasted
until within a few miies of Toklo. He
naked for whisky and he offered to pay
for a, few bottles. . The shipping of the
const Is now generally retitrlcted.
The Vladivostok (Wet was last reported
s( the mouth of Toklo bay and develop-r-e''3
aie momentarily expected. Great
lijitJ j jis.i n Is mm iti tested, over the sinking
of tho K night Commander.
V .n It'll I'fclrola Dardanelles.
' COi-.:1- rANTINOPLE, July 15. Vessels
arriving here report that a British warship
la patrolllrg oft Cupe Kelas. fifteen miles
south if the Prrdanelles. It Is using Its
eftrcJiKfclit, with tbo surPtd view of in
tercptiii(f an British h!r which may
have ttoo CrfpVJ.-id .v tho Ilusaiaa volun
teer fleet sleutnovii I hey atteniit ' to p.eo
. me r ' ';.. ... -. .'. ..
' " if tin- .. t..i 1 ih Ardovsk .
: VI July rs. It.o lMtlnh eteamtr Ar
iova, 'which after being fired at by the
Kusuiun voluntrer fleet steamer Smolensk,
v;aa eeln C by that vessel, has arrived here.
It is flyitU 'Jae Russian naval flag and has
a prize crow on board. It is declared its
destination is a Russian port.
The Erltiuh cruiser Venus Is anchored
close to the captured steamer. , ' ' ,
Captain Smith of the Ardova has lodged
with the British consul a protest against
the capture ar.d detention of the steamer.
Part of the Ardova's crtw, who sre on
board the Smolensk, will ba landed at
JetJila, Arnbla.
Tlie BrlUfih steamer Ardova, seUed by
the Russian vulunteer fleet veseel Smo
lensk, will be r&leaaed tonlkht. The Rus
slua consul bus sent off a lighter to bring
the Russian pflli-erx and prtjse crew aahoro.
Orders the Ships Horn.
ST. FKTEKSBLKO. July K.-Tna Asso
ciated I'revs is iitfurmed that the Russian
volunteer fleet steamers Smolensk and 8L
Fotershurg have already been ordered home
ar.d Instructions fur them to return have
burn cabled. The assurances given Great
liritaln on this point ara declared to bs
satisfactory.
The imitructlons Kiven the commanders
f the vessels repeat the orders heretofore
announced In thee dlspatcln-s directing
tlio to refialn from further attempts to
to; rnerchontmen either In the Red sea
or the Mediterranean.
T! uot-ioion t.ot to Imuat upon the war
statu of shljf.s waa probably reached at
tho Cui.rircnct h;ld aturdtiy. The two
shi;s may be brou&Ut to the Baltic and
foi !ii;iliy reoitiii!n.-'lcned.
lk.,tU hta reitrraled its assurnnces that
ali vol . ' ' tl t''itdliirs the receipt of
liiiii ui ( ty ti. captains of the Brno
lenhk in J ft. 3'el.i xburg shall at onee.be
re!e!i!e!l end fie l'lHiish steamer Ardova
wi l be fre 1 vj -n lis arrlyal 'at 6uea or
Pint Paid, the e-tine S3 the Scandia.
Oirat Hf!lm l i 1 fur oainnges sgainst
ftusslii. for dr.nurrss9 and other lndemni
tluo t t.l wl'h th srrest and detention
of I vUi.-.n s-!j. 1:1 Red Sua would prob
ably li v :iy li.tvy. Already It is roughly
Ctei ::itdi J fct & 0.
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ittors into Ms own
nil, f tho VUBee.ls of
which had passed
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thi
i the 1. ( r&utielh'.s, bound for the far
ft!., ivi hiist the luiwlnn war flag and
av:U- i? -' cbur.init ii in the Red sea. It Is
uiii!.:1 i that the eri!ieior has ensured
ls .i-in'r-l.i-lar. for UKh! a fitep.of
St.!j ovlty wl'howt consult!;:: the For-
'i'i i ii li g -m-raj rUvf, however, at the
flic, t; U 'jiui.it l'uka Altiiu.Jor Ulkhulo
Vli h's t.-.-lj itat acth.it has not reautted
In It . i coin !! athms. The bliim.U r
of l' 1 'Ko ta attributed to M.I c.-m-
it . .r.fi aid l.'ioM.enanc as:. -Ua
of i- i J ... l. v . i ki.ono In the
fl.ai, i l.e '' e hrst Ulcer on hoard
tli .j i' i U'i. 1 i lilt rl I on the
tie.!. : . f : . li t .f t.'.o !: . ..i,.vl wim.i.
run I . j i-m i. i.x.. and Jw Vo.i In
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Pes tract Inn of Natrwl Mp on the
lllgk fleas Relies m Grave
Qaeatlna.
(Cot Tright by New York Herald Co.. 19"4.)
NEW IORK, July 25. (New Tork Her
ald CablegramJ-fipeolal TeUgram to The
Hee.)Dalalls of the sinking of the steamer
Knight Commander, laden with American
gotals, by the crulr.ers of the Vladivostok
Sfjuadron. show that the crew was or
dered off and the cruisers' guns turned
on tho steamer.
It Is denied that any contraband articles
were on board. Diplomats and authorities
on International law In 'Washington re
gard the Issue thus raised ss very grave.
The.sctlon of the cruisers Is declared to
be a violation of the law of nations. The
destruction of a neutral vessel entprlng
neutral grounds on the high sea Is with
out recent precedent and the Btate de
partment Is expected to take action 'as
soon as the owners of the cargo file com
plaint. ' '
A special cable dispatch to the Herald
from Liao Tang states that the Russians
have evacuated Ta Tche Klao after a se
vere battle near there, fought apparently
with the Idea of checking the Japanese
advance on Llao Tang.
New Chwang was reported evacuated by
the Russian civil government. Destruction
by fire of the government property has
begun, althnngh It Is thought the Japanese
are not yet In the town.
Rl'RSIAJSS TAKiXU Hit CHANCES
Rink Britten Strainer In Deduct of
International Loei,
YOKOHAMA, July 25.Capta!n Brown Of
the steamship Tslnan, which brought the
crew of the steamer Knight Commander
into port today, says that the Knight
Commander met three Russian warships at
7:20 on Saturday morning off the province
of Ixu. The Russian officers who boarded
the .Knight Commander took its captain
back with thetn and ordered the" crew of
the Knlcht Commander to come on board
one of the Russian warships within ten
minutes. The Russians then sank the
Knight Commander.
At t o'clock in the afternoon the Rus
sian vessels met the Tainan and transferred
the crew of the Knight Commander to this
vessel. An Indian boatswain of the Knight
CoVnmanuer says the Russians boasted
that between sinking the Knight Com
mander and halting the Tslnan they sank
two small Japanese vessels and that before
meeting the Knight Commander they had
captured a German steamer, believed to be
the Arabia, belonging to the Hamburg
American line, and the Cheltenham, a
British vessel. The Russians ' claimed, to
have plenty of coal.'
Before leaving tho Tslnan Captain Brown
was ordered to blow off steam and not to
move his vessel until the Russians had dis
appeared Over the horlaon. When last aeei
at 7, o'clock In the evening the Russian
warships were steaming In a. southeasterly
direction toward the mouth of Toklo bay.
The American Trading company, agents
here for the Knight Commander, deny that
the vessel had any contraband on board,
according to its manifest.
Thd three Russian warships which sank
the Xnlsht Commander are reported by
.'-ilair. l:rown to be crowded with men.
Their battoms'are ul, and" they look grim
and ugly. The Russian veusela are
thought to be short of prise crews. Tne
Tslnan brought in a number of passengers.
Including women and children from Aus
tralia. Americans here are Quite j anxious con
cerning the possible fate of the Korea, be
longing to the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany, and the American steamer Shawmut,'
which left Puget Bound July 16 for Hong
Kong. ' The agent here of the Pacific Mail
company cabled a warning to the Korea at
Midway Island. It Is not known whether
either of these steamers carry contraband
or not.
The sinking" of the Knight Commander
without a. trial is considered here to be an
act of savagery and as affording grounds
for apprehension as to the treatment, by
the Russians of other neutral vessels.
ACTIONS WOIUIV THIS RUSSIANS
Cominnndera of Volunteer Ships Die.
obey Orders, ,
ST. PETERSBURG. July 25.-8:lS a. Hi.
The report that the Russian volunteer fleet
steamer Bmolansk fired Bhells at the Brit
ish steivmcr Ardova is not considered likely
to endanger the Anglo-Russian agreement
Indicated in these dlnpatches yesterday. It
Is pointed out that the Ardcva had no right
to refuse to stop when ordered. At the
same tlmo it is fully recognised that the
captuln of the Smolensk had no business to
fire a shell over the decks of the Ardova.
There In c.rHt.!rM annnyspre in nave!
circles over the failure of the vessels of the
volunteer fleet to keep In touch with 8t.
Petersburg by csble. giiveral daye ago, as
announced In these dispatches, orders were
cabled to the ft. Petersrurg and the Smo
lensk instructing them to abstain from the
further stoppapo of vewla. These orders
were subsequently rendered more Impera
tive and It Is nut I'.o much to Bay that
they took the furm of A recall of both
steamers. Thi-re la some anxiety lest the
St. Petersburg1 and the Smolensk may atlr
UP reprlaals in the It' J eta.
GERMAN C'G.:itA!VV FILES PROTEST
Sriadl Directed to Continue Its Joar
ney to Knr Km,
BERLIN, July 2f. -Direotor Genera
Pullln . of tho liuinbura-Amerlcan line
says orders have h.i-n telegraphed to the
cuiiimunoer of Wte cumpany s steamer
Bcaudia at Port frald to renums his com
mand after lodging a protest against the
aaizur of the veld by the Russians
and to continue the voyage to the far east.
At the Forcln cilice today Herr Ballia
Med a statement amruiliig that 4he ammu
nition on board the Hiandia Was des
tined for Ihe Chine-.ie government. This
statement was assumnily I1U-1 ua the base
for a claim aftMnvt J.ula fur Indemnity.
Waral. Ips to lirptace Volunteer.
nr. PETKRhlifKO. July ia. The corre
spuiideiit of hft Abs.x'iated Press van In
formed at the Pun U; ii otfre today that
the Rusolan vulunuer fleet steamers
Kinulensk and rH. Ivt.-raburg, while re
valuing from tho rlfc'.t of Mopping or
searching neutral v.!.'. will iot re
turn home at ome, but will remain In
tho Red sea until relieved by rrgu'arly
co(nnl.-,inneJ vtlirirt, atxiii't tthobtj
light to s( p ru-'Hrul Bl.t, 9 and t.. art-h the:n
fur routrui.';i. I no r;n, mi fin .e ?! inl.
Later the .unci . r v - . la i;l I t.
1 Ull . ;'i' !"U'.i.
M'mv s.,..nii.n t 'xtukdrn.
Ml '!.). J..ly 's, The n,.e.t Jt:panee
(.1 . i i m Si l.ae tlurtll III) li t:..,.' fur ru-i.l
t a.td are ... s- .'..s tl.at t!u"
n..:. lie nJv.i:., !i-g. l-iai.. ' -
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RAILROADS FILE A PROTEST
Cococrted Action Takdn Against Asboss"
rnent of the Various Oountiea,
INSIST THAT IT IS EN Tin ELY TOO SMALL
Korthvretern, Itnrllngton end I'nlon
Pneino Set p rmrtlpally the
name AUegstlons In the
Matter.
(From a Staff Correspondent.).
LINCOLN. July 15. (Speclal.Jln an at
tempt, probably, to Influence the State
Board of Equalization to Increase the Valu
ation of the property of the several coun
ties of the Btata as returned by the county
assessors, or to decrease railroad assess
ment, the Burlington and Northwestern
railroads this morning filed protests against
the assessment of railroad property with
the state hoard. The Union Paclflo filed
its protest late this afternoon and the
tax agents insist that real estate has been
assessed at 14 per cent of Its value, money
and credits at per cent of their value,
live stock at II per cent of value, mer
chandise at t pr cent and Implements at
t per cent, while their property has been
assessed at more than one-flfth of its value.
It Is the general opinion that the rallroai
agents will not make formal speeches to
the board, but will rely upon their con
certed protests to do the business.
While the protests may be the means of
influencing tho board members to Increase
the assessment in some countiea, they will
not result In a decrease of the valuation
of railroad property, unless the hoard goes
Clrectly back on tho ruling marie at its
first meeting. It was announced then by
Governor Mickey that the railroad assess
ment had been made and that whatever
the Board of. Equalisation, did would have
no effect on the railroad assessment.
yrite Alleged Promise. '
The pretesting railroads claim that they
hnve been assessed at a value higher than
they should have been and out of all pro
portion to the assessment of other property
In the state. In making this statement an
interesting disclosure Is made, to the ef
fect that, so the ralfroods claim, the Stnte
Board of Assessment promised that the
aggregate of all value in the state should
reach $100,003,000, and if the assessors failed
to return that amount the state board
would make an Increase sufficient to make
it. No member of the board will stand
for the promise said, to have been made
to the railroads.
The Burlington railroad claims that
though it wss assessed at one-fifth of Its
value in 1S08 it was raised by the board In
11MH 80 per cent, while other property which
had heretofore been assessed at one-tenth
valuation was Increased only from 25 to 80
per cent. The Northwestern road, claims
that It has been assessed at C3 par cent
more than the actual value ef tho road.
That Its road Is worth Just $19,500 a mile
and should have been assessed at $3,730 a
mile. - -
In eight counties through which.lt tuna
the Northwestern claims that its aseosw
tcent was raised 7S pee iit over last .year,
whlie other property was assessed by the
county assessors In the flame ight counties
as follows: Boyd, 19 per cent Increase?
Holt,. 38-per cent Increase, Rock, 8H per
cent increase; Brown, 20 per cent less than
las year; Cherry, 9-18 per cent less;. (Sheri
dan, 8 per cent Increase;-Dawes, 2 percent
Increase; Sioux, 25 per -cent decrease. . The
road claims that It was asseaaed 178 per
cent of its value as made In
The grand total of all the assessment. In
cluding railroad property, as figured by the
Northwestern road, will be iZ, 000. 000 for
this year, .against $188.0X0,000 for last year,
or 56 per cent advanco. Of this Increase
the road claimed one-half came from prop
erty thnt has heretofore escaped taxation
and therefore the actual Increase is tiot
more than ,25, per cent over last year and
of this Increase the railroads had. contrib
uted three tjuies as much as other prop
erty. The proteat of the Burlington Is as fol
lows: - .......
Protest of Bnrllnaton.
' 1. That said assessment Violates the uni
formity clause ot the constitution of tne
state of Nfbrasaa, for tnat the same Is
exceasive and out of proportion to the coat
o.f "he said respective properties.
2. That the aald assesnment violates tho
Jaws of th state of Nebraska relating to
the aKseaament of property, for that it is
assessed beyond Its actual value.
X 'ihat the said aaaebament . is at least
60 per cent higher tnan the fair actual
cost, or market vahue of ttie Bald respec
tive propertiee on auy fair basis of assess
ment. 4. That the said assessment la excessive,
s compared with other property In
biaAaa oiirbJ for luxauun during the
year J 904. .
6., That the said assessment Is excessive,
as compared wltn tho asaeasmeiit of limla
and real estate in the mate of Nubtaaka
during the year IwH.
. '1 liat the asu-KKiner.t of the said re
spective properties of tne UiiiImi alaned was
In Ihe year isM raised about hii per cent, as
compared with the assessment of 1:3 ou
the supposition, and theory that the' ta
Mrnanneut oi lanna lu tne mate of Nebraska
for the yoar ltM wouid be Increased lu
like proportion.
7. That the assessment of the said prop
erties of tho unileralnnod for the year lw)4
was raiaed on ttie theory suppositlnn and
promlBe of your honorable body that the
aggregate total ass;im ut of all property
iu the atHte of NebrunKa wouid be increased
in like or greater proportion.
8. That the asatan.iit of said respective
fn.peiiK-a of tins uinlei signed tor the year
04 was Ini-rtuaed about inj per cent, as
compared with the aaarnniiittnt of l'jul, upon
the prumiaa and express aareement, ' ti.at
the ua.ttvtainent of all properly in the a,iaie
of Nebrabka Would be Ineteuaed in ttie
name proportion, uuil that if by cuniparlHuii
any uiopruy oi.Miieii, your Honorable boily
wuulil correct uny ineituutitiea, either by
dui'reaalng the Baeasitiiit of said respec
tive properties of tne uniteisiKund, or by
Imjienuii.ij the as an merit of all other
properly to comport therenlih, to the end
tnat the uniformity dvnmndiid by the cun
MiKitt.m and the laws of the state of N
brui.K;i should be attained.
. That the respective properties of the
UmiTstiiuftii In tha year ll'.il were aaaesse.i
at approximately one-fifth of their acual
value, while all other property In the ntut
of Kobraaka, aaK-bsil, mu aan.-Ns-.d at
about one-t'nth of the actual value; ynt
notwithsiaiiJInic this rioiurloua fact, tne
respective properties of the un.i.-i Blgn-l
were by your honorable bo'lv Inc-reas'id
about w) per cnt, while tha geneial uiaa
of properly, a assi-ss.l by thj county -..
no, iJ only tin reused about i& tt
30 J.r cent.
M. that, aave and exi'eit three or four
counina in the atale of NehiaaKa. whlt-li
aitpaientfv show an Increaha, which -an
be ari-o-inted for on the ground of natuml
a-r-eloii, tne aM.s-Keiirnt of piopf-ly eu
eraiiy In lierly every county ami e.M-.-rl-Bily
111 the Jr-tej-n iunlli-u of trie Male,
l(v-itu'i by (na llne of the un.l.-; siKunii,
at.ow a in.ti.-uwl leitueiiun in n.u a.-?.,-oa-
i.-iil of i . as voatpai ed with that of
Li. That the liiMKliliinle of the I'm i-ane
in Itia :nelil ;f Ilia rrh ., i 1 1 v ri (,!..(.-
eiiiT of l".i onilt-i t.tt :t--.l -ft., ' : ,. ,i i .-,
lip.ui t e en'ti-s b-titf of y...,i- n.,,, . ., a nie
I . ..! - il.'tt l-rt e f , i t total of a.f.. j.,,),-m
of hii piu;.-itv I 'i ine rar i4 r...ul k -r,t-1
i-n a f.noljMii t.uBoi, fiver . ' ....,...,
ho t i.. mi ti -.i::' av.-iiio-i.t ov j.. .r
i..-i.of.. .- li at If the hil l l.i i.l (,..(
I. I W t' t UllUllll.l, ..lir Fr:t.i h... ..i ,. t n
g t. a b,iard of r.:u .,. t ion
H . . 1 I 1" i.-tii- t'.e ttid l.iaii-1 tuloii o.
b -i t.i 1..'. ' it u ;' I u r. . 1 li 1 u ..... i . t
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TWO DEAD A:;D SEVERAL HUllT
Big roal .rirnar Trnin Strikes
Elertrlr tar nt Indianapolis
wlta Fatal Remits.
INDI ANATOLI 3, July IS. Two persons
were klllfl and several Injured In ft colli
sion between south l.und Big Four pas
senger train No. IS and a west bound
Proapect-Hlnke e'.ertrlc oar at Washington
and Minwu'1 Btrcets at (.05 tonlghL
The dead:
SAMUEL ROMANS, about 50 years old,
crushed beyond recognition.
MRH. WILLIAM J. HARRIS, colored, 40
years old, badly mangled about head and
body.
The Injured:
Mrs. Logan, suffered.- from shock.
Kate Ward, colored, cut about head and
free.
W. R. Shannon, bruised and injured
about head.
Mamie Otwell, JS yrars old, cut over eye
and seriously InJurM.
Helen Mendenhall, sd 5, badly bruised.
George, H. Atkins, cut about head and
legs.
Joseph A. Harmon, cut about head.
The locomotive struck the front of the
electric car, throwing It a. distance of
twenty feet to one side. Its direction being
almost reversed. The train was stopped
within a few yards bf Washington street
and the crew assisted In clearing ' the
wreckage and caring for the Injured.
An emergency call Whs sounded and the
arrival of patrol wagons out! ambulances,
coupled with the fact that the street was
at that hour being traversed by hundred
of people who trcrc on their ' way ' home
from work, causing a panic, .which made
It almost Impossible to learn the number
of dead or ascertain the extent of the in
juries to many of the passengers who were
rushing about, seeking relatives or friends
among their ffellow passengers.
The cause of the accident is not clear.
Conflicting stories are4 told by passengers
and witnesses, several of whom say that
the motorman applied the air brakes, which
failed to respond. Others clalrri that tha
conductor of the electric car failed to pro
ceed ahead of the car for the purpose of
seeing that the track was clear.
limiiiiiiimt LIkl.Ii UnUvtlli
American Ship la Capture by Vladi
vostok Sqandroa Off
Japan.
PORTLAND, OH., uly 25.The Portland
and Astatlo liner ' Arabia, seised by the
Russian Vladivostok fleet, Bailed from this
port for the Orient on the night of July i.
carrying' about 5,000 tons of freight, val
ued at 2187.000. Its cargo Included '8S,67
barrels of flour, most of which were con
signed 'to Hong Kong merchants, ' with
smaller shipments to Kobe and Nagasaki.
Next' to th shipments cf flour the - most
Important Item In the steamer' manifest
was a large shipment of material used in
the construction of rctUway cars, consigned
to Kobe and Yokohama. ,
The vessel -was not protected from war
risk, and bet a slight portion' of its cargo
was Insured- against war 'risk owing to
wfiat was then deemed an -Miorbitant rate.
Vi per cent being a mk t, . -j.. -,
The Portland Asiatic!.- company Is in
reality a branch of the vuslnsss of the
Oregon Railway '& Navigation -.company.
which Is controlled by the Harriman rail
way interests. 'That company has received
no news of the capture of the Arabia. It
Is . believed at ; the general . offloe of : the
Oregon Railway (k Navigation." company
that the Arabia was seized because of its
shipment of railroad material, flour con
signed to Individuals not being contraband
ot wa- under the rule observed'by belliger
ents in the past.
LIYiZ STOCK MEETING IN DENVER
Members of tha Association Will
BrlngT IP Some Important ies
tlone at the Con- i
vent Ion.
DENVER, Colo., ' July 25.-Extenslve
preparations are being made by the Na
tional Live Stock association for the meet:
lng which will be held, at headquarters in
this city on August S, 4 and 6, between
the stockmen representing every state and
territory in the west and the Government
Special Land commission.' The secretary
of the association today received informa
tion from Washington that Secretary James
Wilson of the Department of Agriculture
will attend the meeting. Letters have been
received from representative western stock
men expressing a desire that something be
doru at this meeting which wll! tend to an
adjustment of the arid and semi-arid land
and forest reserve matters to tha satis
faction of all interested parties.
TAGGART LCOKSLIKE A WINNER
Gorman, Sheehan and Belmont -Hay
Handle tne funds tor The
Democrats.
NEW YORK, July 25.-Democrate from
all parts of the country are arriving in
New York today to attend the meeting of
the national committee tomorrow. No doubt
Is expressed among members of the com
mittee about the election of Thomas Tag
gart as chairman.
There is a suggestion today that after
Taggart Is elected that a finance commit
tee, of which William Y. Sheehan, Senator
Gorman and August Belmont, will be mem
bers, will be named and that these gentle
men will have the managi-mant of the cam
paign In the eastern sttes.
FLURRY IN VVALL STREET
Sharn. Rise in Qaotatlons for Vnrciga
Exchange Cansea Excitement -In
New York.
NEW YORK, July 25.-There was a
sharp rise In quotations for foreign ex
change today, accornponled by a stampede
of those who had sold sterling exchange
short. The f.-uture of the trading was the
smart demand for cables, showing pressing
requirements for remittances. A scarcity
of commercial bills, especially cotton, was
said to be the prlnrij,il cause for the
flurry.
RACINE FACES MEAT FA'.'.E
If Stilke Continues WUco-eatia I'eople
Mill IImvo to Live on Ter.
rpl and Troitt.
RACINE. Wis., July 25 Icai lne la on the
veia of a meat f Amine. There la only
about enough meat In the city t.i lut
t k enl y-fotir hours, and as all the il,.i-
in. at c unt hole from CM. ago, the pios-p-
t l.i lather gl.M,iny. Only t.o Url..ii
cf lnt.il l.av-j at livej ali-.ee tho BU'.Wa V. as
i tl im 1 x i .. t a I. ate. t, . d i vi. : i-
OIUIA STRIKE CONDITION'S
Kecuaiiici at Packing Eouseg Hts Kot
Been Called Cut.
PACKERS CCV.PLAiN CF FOUCE PROTECTION
Assert that IrfMal fore Is !
teat and Hint at Getting Some
Other Tovrer to Look After
Strike Breakers.
Vp till a late hour last night the me
chanics employed at the South Omaha
houses had not received a call from Chi
cago tp Join In the sympathetic strike,
and it is considered doubtful If they will.
The sentiment of the men at the local
plants, outside of the butchers' union, is
against the strike. The lesders have not
made any expression publicly on the mat
ter, but parking house managers say
they will not be hampered In case the
men do go out,
Efforts to got nonunion . workmen Into
the p'ants sre more or less Interfered
with through the vigilance of the strik
ers, who have bo far turned back quite
a number of negroes, using only persua
sion In inducing the men to refrain from
entering the plants. The managers are
much inoensed at the result and lay the
blame on the local police force. One man
ager . yesterday evening said the po'.loe
force Is totally Inadequate, and Is not try
ing to gut the strike breakers through
the lines and Into the plants. He aaserted
that shortly the city would be: under the
direction and control of men 'who could
be trusted, and who would do their duty.
This Is Interpreted to mean that an ap
plication will be made to have the militia
sent to South Omaha. ,
. All day yesterday was spent before
Judge Munger by attorneys arguing the
two sides of . the temporary restraining
order Issued last week. '' Judge Munger
did. not give any decision last evening,
but said he might hand down an oral de
cision - to the attorneys today. He did
not Indicate that he would modify the
Injunction, but rather that he would con
strue. Its ambiguous expressions. He says
that it does not restrain the men from
doing any legal .act.
Complaints are being made by the farm
ers of Sarpy county, who live near. South
Omaha, that the country la being over
run by negroes, who beg for food, frighten
women and refuse to work. These farm
ers have declared their Intention of driv
ing these wandering negroes - back to
South Omaha, .
News Occasions Excitement.
Considerable excitement was caused at
noon when the news came from Chicago
that the allied trades had joined the strik
ers. -The offices of the Amalgamated asso
ciation at South Omaha were soon crowded
wlth-strlkers seeking Information. The pre
diction was made, that If the mechanical
craftsmen had gone out In Chicago If would
be but a short time until orders came for
the machinists, firemen and others to walk
out here. In anticipation of an official tele
gram President George Sterrett of the me
Chanlcaf ' workers watted at labor head
quarters until nearly 1 o'clock. As no mee
soge arrived-the announcement" wsa made
that the men would-work sr usual during
the afternoon.'-TTp to quite late last night
President- Sterrett had not received any
official orders to call the men here out. It
Is expected, however, that an order will be
received this forenoon.. No one here seems
to have any inside track on what la going
on In Chicago. All the leaders here go by
Is official orders. ' Some predict' that the
mechanical, workers-will go out.' at noon
today, while others are Just as positive that'
these craftsmen will not be: disturbed.
The packers do not think that the men
will go out, while the -leaders, appear posi
tive, that an order will come today. Such
an order would, mean the calling out of
about 1,000 men. The firemen and engi
neers went to work on the night Bhift the
Bame as .usual. Those who were asked
about going out declared that they had no
Idea w.hether an order calling them out
would be Issued or not.
The pscklhg bouse managers Insist that
they are prepared In case the mechanical
workers strike, as they have been prepar
ing for something of the sort for a num
ber of weeks. ' '
The Omaha plant wtll not be affected to
any extent by the going out of the engi
neers, firemen and machinists. This com
pany has a contract with about twenty
members of the ioechanlcal craftsmen nni
the present contract does not expire until
June 21,. 1905. Manager tTrquhart does not
think that his men will break their con
tract, as It was made with the unions and
is considered binding.
Nearro Strike Breakers Stopped.
Chief Brlggs had another experience yes
terday ' afternoon when he did what he
could to deliver a consignment of twenty
seven negroes to the Cwrtahy'' company.
This shipment came down by rail from
Omaha; and before the train left Omaha
the fact irai.kr.own at Ihe iriH.ra' head
quarters. Fully t'O men hurried up the
tracks to the Missouri Paclflo freight depot
and waited for the car. The car arrived all
right and the engine cut loose,- leaving
Brings alone In the car with his cargo of
negroes. But here is the way the chief
tells It:-
"I was notified to meet this trsin with
men for Cudahy's, . and I did. When the
car reached a point a little north of the
freight depot tho train stopped and the
engine uncoupled and went away, leaving
me alone with the men. In a very few
minutes tho car was. surrounded by strik
ers, who commenced talking to the colored
men. Tha strikers put up a good, strong
talk, and told the negroes that they would
only get the worst of It when the strike
u over. After a little bit cf this kind of
talk, the striae breakers decided that they
did not want to go to work, and they left
the car and Joined the strikers. By the
time three or four policemen I had sent for
arrived not a man was In Bight."
The Cudahy people had a delegation at
the stock yards gate ready to receive the
strike breakers when Ihey entered the
yards, but not one of the twenty-seven
men got away froiii the strikers.
Packers Grmable Considerably,
The failure to get this consignment of
men into the yards caused considerable
grumbling at the Cudahy plant and at the
other plants as well. When the packing
house maiiagei were advised about the
attulr they at once commenced to talk
about the beat means of securing protec
tion. One of the packers said: "It la very
evliient that the police board canr.ut em
tio! Us men, nor the situation. A majority
Of tha specials are absolutely worthless,
and we have been adviaed tnat the spI
cials never Ims an oppoi -fji.lt y of ai.-,i.-li.g
tie strikers lnttrad of doing what
they are paid for. I'nleaa we can get i ro
te. Hon within the next day or two,
will be liium to take the matter out of
the hands of the lolh-e bo.id entirely
anj gut men here why will at least thi
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COUNTY REPUBLICAN CLUB
Call for Meetlne; to Form Central
Organisation Is
leaned.
A meeting of the officers of the repub
lican clubs of Douglas county is hereby
called at Washington hall for Thursday,
July ZS, at 8 p.' m., for the purpnee t organ
izing a Douglas county Central Roosevglt
snd Fairbanks club.
McKlnley Club H. P. Leavltt, president;
D. J. Riley, secretary.
First Ward Republican Club B. C. Miner,
president; J. J. Myers, secretary.
Second Ward Republican Club Michael
Lee, prealdent; Corliss F, Hopper, secre
tary. South Side Republican Club, Second
Ward John Lynch, president; William
Westergard, secretary. .
Fourth Ward Republican Club N. P.
Dodge, Jr., president; Charles Battelle, sec
retary. Fifth Ward Republican Club-W. B.
Christie, president; Taul Seward, secre
tary. Fifth Ward RooBevelt Marching Club
r. Klewlts, president; Ben J. Stone, sec
retary. s
Sixth Ward "Republican Club Nelson C.
Pratt, president; S. C. Walkup, secretary.
Sixth Ward Colored Republican Club
R. H. Rivers, president; Guy Overall, sec
retary. ' .
Seventh Ward Republican : Club B. F.
Thomas, president; E. T. Peterson, secre
tary. Eighth Ward Roosevelt " Club E. T.
Bnlley, president; M. C. Cunningham, sec
retary. ' v
' Ninth "Ward Republican Club Charles S.
Huntington, president.
Colored Roosevelt Cltib of 'Douglas County
John G. Pegg, president; IX V. Plumer,
secretary.
Danish-American Republican' Club T. S.
Bolsen,' president; John Mathlesen, secre
tary. Roosevelt-Fairbanks Club, South Omaha
B. E. Wilcox, president; E. L. Gustafson,
secretary.
MILLARD VISITS THE PRESIDENT
Junior Nebraska- Senator Is Anion-
tbe Callers 'at Oyster
, ' Bay.
OYSTER BAY. July 26.-Includcd among
the callers on President Roosevelt today
were United States Senator Millard of Ne
braska and M. H. De Young, proprietor of
the San Francisco Chronicle. . Senator Mir
lard conferred with the president about
some pending appointments and tbe politi
cal ltution In -Nebraska.. He expressed
confidence that tho republicans can not
only ckrry Nebraskai but will sweep the
entire west And northwest.
" Senator Millard after his call on the
president aald he had 'told Mr. Roosevolt
of the Intense Interest . western repub
licans are manifesting in the situation in
New York.' state. Hi' said' they are
unanimous In hoping that Elihu Root be
nominated for governor, as Mr. Root is
very popular throughout the central west
Mr. Millard said that in his own state
Mr. Bryan . expected to make a whirl
wind campaign In the hope that he might
win the legislature to secure for himself
election to the United States senate.
"Mr, Bryan's hops la a vnln one," In
my Judgment, said Mr. Millard, "but he
will make the effort. His fight ' will be
centered on the legislative ticket, for I
doubt even if he thinks the democrats
can carry Nebraska ,on the presidential
ticket."- ,
Mr. De Young discussed with the presi
dent the general political situation and
particularly that of California and other
Paclflo coast states. ;
Mr. De Young, who baa Just returned
from a trip to Europe, expressed conrt
detice that the Pacifie states would reg
ister their electoral Votes . for Roosevelt
and Fairbanks. - ,
,"Our people are wondrously prosper
ous," he said, "and they want no change."
Mr. De Young will leave for Ban Fran
cisco the Utter pu.it of the week. Former
Governor' W. Murray Crane of Massa
chusetts arjved here on an evening train
an Is' an overnight guest of the president
at Sagamore Hill. - ;
The. president Will leave for Washington
Thursday to remain until August 20, when
he will return "to Sagamore Hill for an
other six weeks ' . .
WALLACE JWJST WORK
Missouri Iteiinhllcans Say the Candi
date for Governor Has No'.
'Walkaway.
BT. JOi-- i UI, Mo., July 25. The republi
can, politic!. ',i.s and , candidates for offices
are gathering for the state convention to be.
held here Wfil:ies..lay. Five candidates for
governor. Cyrus P. Walbrklge. Leo Bas
sienr '-.;-':. s F. Joy, of St. Louis;
John C. McLliiley.of Unlonville, and John
H. Bothwell. of Sedalla, are here personally
directing thnir campaign. ' - 1 "
All Ciitidiilates for leaser offices will be.
on p"nd tonight, , -
Although the cp.mpalgn managers of
Cyrus P. Walbiliiisc of St. Louts Bay that
lie will, win .the, nomination for governor at
the republican convention, which will meet
Wediieaday, on the first ballot, friends of
other cuiiiiiilutes clulni fhat a strong fight
will be put up and that Wal'orldge will
have no walkaway.
It is clulmed by other candidates thot the
St. Lull's contingent will not be unanimous
hy-' means and that the other candi
dal i are g. lining strength In the country.
JUDGE PARXEft MAKES DATE
Senator rl Receives n Telegrat
Kauilntr Angnst 10 as Soil,
neailon Day.
LLDHOItD, Pa., July Senator Davis
told the Aaemiati.d I rene trnhiy that ho
had received a telegram from Jui1-i Par
ker yeai.-rlny saying that he wo. 1.1 bold
his notification meeting on Aii(fut 10. and
aa h had ph.fii'.ed to l ava his iiotuhliu.i
mid! -,i; lul l one we-'-k later than Mr pstr-lv-r
he in. i. led the d.te h:at nij-ht ai ! hi.I
a lei. t.:mm to lion. J in t-'huip v.::i,.ms
Of M1' 1, temp. .i a i y chairman of t,,.
fct li.uite con v eii i u n. ;" t l.i r. . .i r. , i ' i .n
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ALLIED TRADES 001
Stock Yards Etriks Has E. i'-Id Prn
What Promises to Be I "--j Etrn;la,
ALL PEACE NEGOTIATIONS fCKCM CI
Bitterest Fight fetweea Capital and Label
in the Eintory of America.
TEAMSTERS ONLY TH.'.r: AT WCr.X
Ken Will Go Out b Eympatbj tutor if U
v Becomes Kacc. :,xtj.
ENGINEERS READY TO JOIN STRIKEHl
Both Sides of the Controversy
tend to Be nffled with,
the Present ptatcts of
1
Affairs.
CHICAGO. July :.V With all peace ne
gotiations broken tff and with all th
allied trades unions employed at the dif
ferent plants with the exreptlon of the
teamsters and the slatlonury engineers
out on strike In Bympathy with the butcher
workmen who quit work two weeks ago,
the stork yards strike tonight had sealed
down to what promises to be ona of tha
bitterest fights between, capital and labor
In- the hlrtory of America.-
As has been threatened for some time,
the allied trades employed li the park
ing Industry quit work when called oft
today to assist the striking butchers In
their efforts to bring the par', era to terma.
lip several instances the men did not wait
for the official notification from their
leaders to go on Btrtke, but threw down
their tools and quit work of their own
volition. - '
At o'clock tonight the statement wag
made by Michael. J. Donnelly, president
of the Butcher's' union, that every union
man employed' at the stock j-artis, with
the exception ;of the teamstern and en
gineers, had responded to orders for a
general sympathetic strike. The engineers...
he declared, would J"'n the strikers to
morrow morning, ancf unless there wag
a speedy settlement of the diiilculty, he
said, the teamsters would undoubtedly
Join their brother workmen In their strug
gle for supremacy.' According to Mr.
Donnelly today's strike swelled -the num
ber of men who have quit work at the
stockyards In Chicago, elone to nearly
90,000 persons.
Both Sides Satisfied.
, Both slden to the' controversy declare
tonight that they were perfectly satis
fied with the present state of affairs and
that they were willing to make it a ficht
to a finish to determine who shall dictate
the terms of a settlement. '
According tq the packers, the general
strike today was a failure, It being claimed
by them that not over one-half the mem
bers of tbe allied trades quit work when
officially called out by their lenders this
morning.. The further statement was n 1 1-4
by the-packer that Ehould ali the union
tnen decide "to Join the-strikers it would
make little difference to Hie emrloye-m,
As they had sufficient ' rearmic t
test the grounds for an Indefinite time.
On the other hand, the labor lead-rs
assert that, all the union employes at tha
different packing plants, ',- tosrethor with
several hundred employes of the Union
Stock Yards company, quit ' work today
In response to the general order tor. a
sympathetic strike.'
A new phase of the strike situation rinv
veloped this evening when notice was
given by the unions to the (..dependent
packers at the stock yards th.it !lulr men
would not, be allowed to handle animals
brought Into the yards cr htuuHcd In any
way by nonunion men. ,
It is .necessary for thee Independent
concerns to take all their live stock In
their yards over the" Union Block yard
runways, where the stock must bo han
dled by nonunion men, since the union
men employed by tho stock yards com
pany in this line of work were among the
employes who Joined., the. aympathetlo
strike today. The ultimatum of the unions
leaves the Independent packers r;i alterna
tive but to receive their live etock dl
rect!y from the country or else close down
business cntlroly. -
Packers Map Ooi Plans.
A meeting oi the independent packers
was held tonight to map out omn plan
of action, but no definite conclusion was
reached. Another meeting; will be held
tomorrow to further consider the mat
tor. Before peace negotiations h-id been en
tirely broken off today representatives ot
the Teamsters' union, as bad been agreed
on last night, were in conference with the
packers In an effort to arrange some eorj;
of settlement, . which would prevent ft
spread of the strike. At this meeting the
packers were Baked to concede that tho
firat peace agreement, s!i?-id last Wednes
day, and, which was Utcr repudiated by
the etrlkera when a second st :'-. was
called, be contildorud null and vol.! ars.i
that .the packers submit a new propon.
tlon for peace terms. n ',
The comniKteo also notified the packers
that the striking butcher - would stand
by laat flaturdfty's demand, which was
that all men be . reinstated within tea
days,' or their cuites be submitted to Im
mediate arbitration, all butchers ami. cas
ing men to be taken back within forty
eight hours afier work was resumed, flu
progress toward a Settlement nmi
at tha conference and tho team.' ' ... -mlltee
retired to consider a .w i:.'
posaj.
Immediately men tin retu ' i if ti ...
tesmstera' cu.nu .. to ti':'"i v- : ;: -m-.
ters they . entc-i. .1 into 4 c: ..-. i- u i .
the representative of the r.i :. 1 r u.-s t .
consider a propohli tun submutr.l tJ t'.
unions by the r.-pi of ati , . a of the u. 1..
ers. In the mt-eting betwc-n tl n t. am.
stors and thi parr .-is the lati.r i- -1 t
change the tlmn of rt Instating 1, 1 tha
strikers from forty-five days t ti.;.ij-(.v
days. They niailu rnj ' coin- ;,. ; ml.i-r
than thU and thla propo..! v. t,. . 1..J,
to the allied trailus c-.immr.t.-o.
huelilril' i'rniK.nul lit.;,.'
Fres-riimt Donnelly of the ),;i
refused t.) consider U.u pi, .pi .1 f 1 'l
hope of ail lmaiecn. 1 to BC.i.ement v 1 ui.
President UoMv.1 of the Ti..i...:. : . billon
Stronnly uied tliut tne pre,.-., ., J c,m.
hieied ami that an nl.er 1.1t . n tBl.
tiement be made,' '
The tarn i Intent of ru,-. ;.;,
liliit and the eon.;i!; t.-o fraLi
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