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STRIKE IS SPREADING
Bntchers in Independent f acking Plants
ire Ordered to Quit Work.
SWITCHMEN DECLINE TO JOIN THE STRIKE
Three Thousand Batchers and Stock Hand
lers Walked Ont Yesterday.
INTENTION TO CREATE A MEAT F
Cmployes at Independent Plants at W
Cities Are Expected to Btnke. ;
VVPICKETS SURROUND ' CHICAGO YARl"
Strike Breakers ' Wtritl Not to
Leave Plants aa an I'gly Feel
l( Prevails Against
v1 Them.
I CHICAGO. Aug. M.The efforts of Presi
dent Donnelly of the butchers' union to
spread tha atrlke j-ain?'. the packers
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.throughout ail trade that are In any way
J)i.r.Tted TSi ihe packing; house Industry
was only partially successful today.
Tha first step was In calling; out the men
employed by tha Independent packers and
iha stock handlers that were still at work
tor those packers against whom tha orig
inal ttrike was made. The total number
of men, who quit work today In response
to tha appeals of President Donnelly was
about 1,000. It was also announced by
President Donnelly that ha had made ar
rangements for a strike of the switchmen
on tha railroads doing; business In the
stock yards and that in a short time the
packers would find It Impossible to ship
out their product. Tha switchmen, how
aver, have refused to strike. After a long
meeting: tonight, which was attended
jointly by members of the switchmen's
union and members of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, It waa decided that the
members of both organisations would re
main at . work. Tha members of the
switchmen's union declared themselves
ready to strike, but those switchmen who
are members of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen declined to do so. When
this was made known to the members of
tha switchmen's union, they declared that
a strike on their part would be useless
unless the members of the brotherhood
went out at the same time and they re
scinded their action- ;
A telegram was sent today by officials
of the Chicago Federation of Labor to
President Samuel Compere of the American
Federation of Labor, asking him to call a
meeting to be held in Chicago of tha ex
ecutive committee of their organisation for
tha purpose) of ' devising; means of assist
ing tha striking butchers.
Tha manager of tha Union Stock Tarda
and Transit company aald that In antici
pation .of tha strike of the stock handlers,
man bad been la training to take the
place of deserting weighers and that a
Jot of such men are available at once, lie
iifM!tSfrtlUPr-''nt)iri?eW waa expected In
handling the stock. ' "i
-A.'- Meat Famine Probable.
Famine In - meat ' is declared by the
Striker to be the probable result of their
new move In the strike against the pack-
' era. Orders have been issued for a general
strike of all butcher workmen throughout
Che country. They are expected to go out
tomorrow. The order will affect in all
about 2,000 men In Chicago and ten lnde-
pendent plants. The order, .If observed,
will also affect Independent plants of large
capacity In the following cities: East St.
Louis, Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City,
Sioux City, New York, Milwaukee, Syra
ouae. Btickney, 111., and hundreds of email
plants throughout tha country which em
' ploy from ten to twenty men. Altogether
union officials assert that 16,000 men will
go out, and tha meat supply will be se
riously crippled, leaving as the only supply
the output of the big packers by the non
union help. . Today the pickets surround'
Ing the yards ware largely Increased, the
yards being watched for several blocks
away. Strike breakers , were warned not
to leave the yards, as there Is an ugly
feeling existing against them.
At 10 o'clock ,the SOO stock handlers In
the stock yards unions unsaddled their, cow
ponies, and, putting them In the barn, quit
work. The men marched out of the yards
and were greeted by cheers of the union
pickets.
President Donnelly Is said to be depending
upon the union drivers for the success of
'his attempt to make meat scarce. What
action tha S.S00 grocery and meat market
wagon drivers will take remains to be seen.
Heretofore . they have refused to handle
. meat from the strike-affected packers and
their employers were forced to buy from
the Independents.
It is also aald that an attempt will be
made to shut oft the Ice supply fcom every
retail market In Chicago, since all meat
products are to be on .the unions' "unfair"
list.
Switchmen May Go Oat. .
The packers say It Is Donnelly's aim to
create a meat famine which he thinks
would arouse the publlo to such a pitch of
Indignation that a settlement would be
forced. '
"Donnelly Is undertaking the Impossible,"
aald a representative of one of the packers.
"There la no chance of a, meat famine.
The Independent packers who by their
collusion with the unions, have . profited
much during the strike, will suffer moat."
In addition to the stock handlers U5 spe
cial policemen and nearly 400 pen cleaners,
drivers of refuse wagons, and laborers em
ployed by the Union Stock Yards company
ult work. i
Efforts are being made to call out .the
switchmen at the yards, employed by the
Chicago Junction Railway company. They
will vote on the question tonight.
Frank F. - llawley, grand master of tha
. Switchmen' Union of North America, has
been summoned ito Chicago with the vlsw
' sf getting switchmen throughout the United
States to refeae to handle cars containing
, anything for tha packers.
"if there Is a strike of the switchmen
It will be entirely unauthorised," said an
official of' the Switchmen's union today.
To call a strike of switchmen Just now.
When we are on the eve of business depres
sion, would be folly, because the Brother
hood Trainmen would take our places as
they did In 'M apd a lot of switchmen
would be eut of work. I am confident that
here will be ito strike of the switchmen."
Representatives of the Independent pack-
lag Brrn had a meeting with the member
ec the AUled Trades' council with a view
af arriving at seme settlement In regard
te the stock handlers, but nothing was de
cided on.
Rut two Independent packing plants are
located at South Omaha. They are the
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WRECK VICTIMSJRE MANGLED
Kino Persons Killed and Fifty In
Jared la Accident am
Trunk.
RICHMOND, Quebec, Aug. 81. The worst
railway accident that has taken place In
this province since the Cralgs road dis
aster In 1SS5 occurred here today when the
regular No. S Grand Trunk train from Isl
and Pond, Vt, collided with the special
fair train from Montreal- to Bherhrooke.
Nine persons were killed outright, two of
the Injured died later of their hurts and
about fifty others were Injured, twenty-flvt
f them seriously. Many of the deed are
o badly mangled that they are unrecog-
2 liable. The dead:
5- J. B. BLANCHET. M. P.. St Hyacinth
a Uebee.
.""FRED BOWRING. South Durham.
UNKNOWN MAN from Heloell, P. Q.
W. T. MOUNTAIN of Montreal.
BOY NAMED DUBFORD from Atha
baska. . EPHRAIM QAUDETTE, St. Theodore, De
Acton.
CHARLES A. SAMARD, St Hyaclnthe.
A. THEODORE RICHARD, Lisgar. Ont.
T. H. HACKETT, route agent Canadian
Express company.
The fair train was packed with people.
There wss a terrific crash and the first two
passenger trains In each train telescoped
the baggage cars, while both engines were
smashed to pieces. The cause of the dis
aster Is unknown. Within five minutes
there were many willing helpers on the
spot and the rescue waa commenced. Phy
slclsns were telephoned for from, all over
the surrounding country nnd a special train
was Immediately sent from Sherbrooke with
a half a dozen doctors and nurses to aid
them.
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FOREST FIRKS DESTROY TOW,
Three Haadred Families Homeless at
Little Bay, Xewfeundlaud.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug. 31. Forest Urea
have destroyed the hamlet of Little Bay
and 300 families are homeless. Two men
have been drowned.
The steamer Prosper has embarked the
women and children. The men are fighting
the flames in an effort to prevent the fires
from covering a wider area.
The government Is providing food, shel'
ter and other assistance to the destitute.
Imperial Children Models for Ann-els,
BERLIN, Aug. 81.Tne architect who de-
signed the restoration of the Protestant
church at Spires, capital of Rhenish Ba
varla, which was dedicated today, selected
the portraits of the seven Imperial children
In their fourth year, for the heads of seven
angels in the windows around the chanceL
The emperor objected, saying: "My chll
dren sre no angels." The empress, how
ever, thought the Idea charming and It
accordingly executed.
Fatal Collision In Canada.
MONTREAL, Quebec, Aug. 81. A fatal
head-on collision occurred on the Orand
Trunk railway near Richmond, Quebec,
today between a special passenger train
to the Sherbrook fair and a paasenger
train from Island Pond, Vt. J. R. Blan
che. M. -P.-v for East St Hyaclnthe,
Quebeo, and three other persons were
killed. All the doctors of the surrounding
district have been sent for, , -.
Grandson of ' Hancock Dlea.
LONDON, Aug. SI. The Sudden death of
Washington Hancock, grandson of the late
General Wlnfleld ' Scott Hancock, at his
lodgings In London, was the subject of an
inquest today. The autopsy showed that
he died from heart disease, and a verdict
to that effect was accordingly rendered.
AUTHOR MAKES A DENIAL
White Says Article on Roosevelt
Waa Slot Inspired at
White Hoaae.
EMPORIA. Kan., Aug. Sl.-Wllllam Allen
White, referring to the statement in ex-
Senator Hill's speech relative to a recent
article on Roosevelt and the postal scandal,
said:
"The article was not Inspired at the
White House and the president furnished
none of the facta."
"It waa we!l known," continued Mr.
White, "before the indictment against Sen
ator Green was Issued that he waa getting
political influence to prevent the indict
ment His friends were not at all secret
about the matter. They boasted that they
would head Briatow off. They claimed that
Green was Innocent and so represented
the case to the New York republican poli
ticians who Interceded In his behalf. It
is not discreditable to any man, be he sen
ator or governor, to try to herp a man
whom he sincerely believes to be Innocent.
"The men who tried. to help Green did
so In the best of faith, and after the evi
dence waa presented to them In the Bria
tow report the effort In Green's behalf Im
medlate'y stopped. If Senator Hill can get
any comfort out of the fact that New York
politicians of high and low degree in the
republican party refused summarily to help
a man whom they see is honestly Indicted
for a real offeree, Mr, H1U is welcome to
his support
SHORTAGE OF WINDOW GLASS
Factories Will Resnme Operation and
.Others Will Increase Their
Force.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 81. Evidence of a
shortage of window glass was shown to.
day by the withdrawal of former quotations
by the American Window Glass company,
the leading producer. Prices have been
advanced from II to 130 per'cent over the
ratea prevailing laat week and tha com.
pany la said to be quoting 90 per cent off
the list on all desirable orders.
Several factories In the west ere ready
to start tomorrow and others are expected
to be In full operation by the first of the
coming week. The new organisation of
window glaas workers Is determined to
prevent a resumption until October L and
will refuse te furnish wags scales to man
ufacturers who desire to start before that
data, but they will obtain scales from the
old organisation or operate under lndl.
vldual agreementa by their men. ,
MRS.' JULIUS LEHMANN INSANE
Wife of St. 1 Lonls , Booster Now In
Prlaoa alternate to Kill
Herself, t
ST. LOUIS. Aug. Sl.-Mrs. Julius Leh
mann, wife of the former member of the
house of delegates, who Is serving a term
of Imprisonment for Doodling, has become
violently Insane from 'brooding ever her
troubles. She attempted to Jump from a
window and kill herself and Dr. Schaub,
her physician, says it will be necessary te
send Mrs. Lehuiann to the Insane asylum.
Mrs. Lehmann. he said, has been suffering
with extreme ' melancholia for more than
a week.
PEACE ADVOCATES CO WEST
Party of European Delegates to Visit
Omaha During Their Tour.
EXPECT TO BE HERE SEPTEMBER EIGHTEEN
Are Gnests of Vnlted States While
In This Cooatry and Will Make
Their Tonr on a "pe
dal Train.
CFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 81. (Special Tele
gram.) Tlie foreign delegates to the In
ternational peace arbitration congress,
which meets at St. Louis during the sec
ond week in September, will arrive in New
York next Tuesday and at once become the
guests of the United States during their
thirty days' stay in this country. The
last congress appropriated $50,000 for enter
taining the representatives of such Euro,
pean countries as may desire to send dele
gates to the congress.
The first formal meeting of peace envoys
will be held at the West Point Military
academy, the delegates being conveyed
thither from New York on a Hudson river
steamer, where, upon their arrival, they
will be formally welcomed to this country
by H. C Taylor, acting secretary of tho
treasury- The day will be spent at West
Point In getting acquainted through speech
making and incidentally In showing the
visitors the material from which America's
future generals Is made. In other words,
the foreigners will doubtless be shown how
Americans, though peaceably Inclined to
ward all the world, are not backward In
preparing its young men to successfully
bear arms, If the necessity should arise.
From West Point the party will return to
New York, there to take a special train
for an extended western trip. The western
trip will be under the supervision of sev
eral prominent officials of the treasury, and
they will visit a number of the leading
cities between New York and St. Louis. At
the conclusion of the congress at St. Louis
the visitors will go direct to Denver, reach
ing that city September 16, and spend two
days in Colorado, visiting Colorado Springs
and other points of interest in the Centen
nial state.
The party will leave Denver on the after
noon of September 17 for Omaha, arriving
In the Nebraska metropolis on the 15th,
spending the 'day there, and thence east
ward to Chicago and Buffalo arriving In
Washington on September 24 and Balling
from New York for their respective coun
tries about October L
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Rural Carriers and Postmasters Ap
pointed In Nebraska, and
Iowa.
(From a Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (8peclal Tele
gram.) Rural free delivery carriers ap
pointed: Nebraska: EI wood, regular, C. A. Tal
cott; substitute, P. Jlaworth. Lawrence
regular, C. C. McNew; substitute, Elmer L.
Sheets. - , .
South Dakota: Clear Lake, regular, C.
J. Force; substitute, George ' E. Force;
Tyndall, regular, John E. Murphy; substi
tute, J. Murphy.
Iowa Postmasters appointed: Downey,
Cedar county, A. C. Holloway, vice I. L.
Leafevre, resigned. North Washington,
Chickasaw county, F. N. Gindorf; vlco M.
Lenta, resigned.
Ohio-Is Accepted. ,
WASHINGTON, Aug. Sl.-Announcement
was made at the Navy department today
of the preliminary acceptance by the gov
ernment of the battleship Ohio, built by
the Union Iron works of San Francisco.
DR. THOMAS HERRAN IS DEAD
Man Who Represented Colombia at
Washington Pnaaea Away
In New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 81. Dr, Thomas Her-
ran, who represented Colombia at Wash
lngton for several years, up to the time of
the Panama incident, died today at Liberty,
N. Y. He had been ill for some time and
went to Liberty In the hope that a sojourn
there would result In the restoration of his
health.
Mr. Herran was educated In the United
States and devoted his life largely to his
country's foreign service. In his ap
pointment ss Colombian minister to the
United States he rounded out his term of
service snd at the same time achieved the
unique distinction of becoming the ac
credited minister to a country he had once
represented In a minor capacity.
Many years ago, while president of the
University of Medelllne, Mr. Herran was
appointed and served as United Statea con
sular agent to Medelllne, Colombia. For
ten years he represented his own country
as consul at Hamburg, coming to Washing
ton three years ago aa secretary of the
Colombian legation. During his service
there, which continued until he waa ap
pointed minister to this country by his
government to succeed former Minister
Concha, he wss practically the head of the
legation. He was appointed in January of
the present year.
SERVICES OF TROOPS DECLINED
Sheriff Bell Says Local Authorities
Can Preserve Order ' at
Cripple Creek.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.. Aug. 81. In a
letter to Governor Peabody Sheriff , Ed
ward Bell has formally declined the serv
ices of the state militia to preserve crder
In this district and expressed the belief
that "The best Interests of this county
and state will be subserved through the
determination of the best people of this
district" "I believe." writes the sheriff,
"that most of the disturbances occurring
recently In this district have been oc
casioned by the united efforts of the West.
cm Federation of Miners to create an im
pression of alarm regarding life and prop,
arty In this locality and bring disrepute
and odium upon my administration 01 the
sheriff's office."
Movements of Oeean Veaaele Ana". SI.
, At New York Arrived: Lugurla from
Genoa snd Naples; Belgians from Ham
burg. Sailed: Cltta dl NiSpoll (or Naples
and Genoa: Ososr II for ChrlntUri.unrf ..i
Copenhagen; Teutonic for Liverpool.
ai raiTmo-ssuj: Neapolitan Prince
for New York. ,
At Liverpool Arrived: OtmjiIa
New York; Fries 1 nnd from PhllnrirlnM
Sailed: Cornishman for Portland; Haver
ford for Philadelphia; Majestlo for New
1 or. 1
At Glasgow Arrived: Frlealanil from
Philadelphia: Psrlhenta from Montreal n.i
Quebec.
At i-opennsgen Arrived: United States
from New Yurk.
At Uueenstown Sailed: Baxonla f.ir
Boston. Arrived: Amania from New
York.
At Southampton Sal ed: Kaiser Wllh.lm
der Groaee for New Xork,
GRAND REVIEW AT BULL RUN
Geaernl Chaffee Will Inspect
on the Historic Virginia
Battleneld.
Men
GAINESVILLE, Vs.. Aug. .-The grand
review of the 26.000 troops, to be held at
Wellington, September 10, Is regarded by
Genera) Corbln as the only really spectac
ular feature of the maneuvers of the army
about to begin, so far aa the public la con
cerned. The troops from all camps will be
marched toward Wellington early on the
morning of the 10th. They are all ex
pected to be In their prescribed placea at
10:30 o'clock in the morning, when they
will be given an bonr for rest and lunch.
General Chaffee, chief of staff of the army,
la to be the reviewing officer. With him
will be Assistant Secretary of War Oliver,
General Corbln and staff and perhaps other
officers. It Is expected that it wUl take
four, hours for the troop to pass in re
view. Each command will return to camp
fas soon as It passes the reviewing officer.
Two high-power steam automobiles from
Cleveland are scheduled to arrive at head
quarters today. They are to be placed at
the disposal of General Corbln for the use
of his guests. About eighty guests of the
general have been provided for at head
quarters. The only obstacle to a perfect
camp at headquarters, the lack of water,
waa removed today. A steel drill has been
pounding away night and day for three
weeks without result to sink a hole 350 feet
Into the ground. ' Today the water came. ,
The flow Is ample, being nearly twenty
gallons a minute and good in quality and
cold.
General Corbln will have several officers
of the Twelfth Infantry at luncheon Sun
day and will then speed to Washington in
an automobile.
Officers from the two mam campa con
tinue to ride about the country planning
their attacks and defences.
ROW OVER NTVICKER ESTATE
Two of the Heirs Said to Have Gone
to Australia Will not
Probated. .
CHICAGO, Aug. 81. Puzxllng circum
stances were added to the Harriet G. Mo
Vlcker will case today when, after going
to the probate court to file Mrs. McVlck
er's will, four attorneys decided In a con
ference to withhold the Instrument for sev
eral days. The decision was made after
John D. Casey, assistant to Judge Cutting
of the probate court said he would not
prevent the contents of the will becoming
public If it was filed.
Next Friday, U was announced by the
attorneys. Judge Cutting will be asked for
an order Impounding the wilt Tinder seal for
ten or fifteen days that Its terms may be
kept from the public. Their' Intention to
file the will having been changed, the law
yers decided not to leave the court with
out having taken some action toward
further settlement of the estate. Miss Jen
nie Boydston of Sterling, III., a cousin of
Mrs. McVlcker and beneficiary under her
will, was made a witness to prove heir
ship to the $285,000 estate.
From Mias Boydston'a testimony it be
came known that two hrlrs of the estate
are missing. They are children of IsabeUe,
a sister of Mrs. McVlcker. who are said
to have rone to Australia. Search for
these missing' ones may be made before
final settlement of the estate.
It waa said by one of the attorneys that
Horace McVlcker. Miss Boydston and Miss
Clara B. Game of San Francisco are named
beneficiaries. The lawyer declined to say
whether or not the name of Dr. Zelgler
appeared In the will.
PEACE CONGRESS ATST. LOUIS
Distinguished Europeans Here, bnt
There is Danner of Dearth
of Americana.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Arrangements
have been practically completed for ths
reception and 1 entertainment of the dis
tinguished body of forelgnera who will
come to this country next month to attend
tha twelfth Interparliamentary conference
for the promotion of International arbitra
tion, to be held at St. Louis in September,
but recent developments have Indicated
that there is grave danger on account" of
the' political campaign of an1 inadequate
representation of Americans. Between 300
and 225 Europeans will attend.
Speaking tonight of the situation Repre
sentative Bartholdt, who represents tho
American congressional committee and Is
chairman of the entertainment committee,
said: "There ts great danger the . American
congress will not Ue well represented at
the conference. I sent out a circular let
ter two weeks ago and many members of
the committee have reapoidtd that owing
to the campaign they could not be present.
"In my Judgment it would after having
Invited here distinguished members of all
European parliaments, be a national dis
grace If congress be not well represented
at the conference and the foreign dele
gates would be euro to feel the matter
keenly as a slight to themselves."
DEATH IS DUE TO ACCIDENT
Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict In
.Case of Men Killed by
Automobile.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. SI. Barney Oldfleld,
whose automobile killed two men In the
races Sunday, Is still confined to the hos
pital by his Injuries and the Inquest Into
the death of John Scott and Nathan Mont
gomery proceeded today without him. The
first witness examined by Coroner Funk
houser was A. Schults, an eye witness of
the accident
Other testimony brought out tho state
ments that Oldfield had closed his eyes
before his' machine ran off the track; that
Scott was'dlsobeylng his orders In standing
at the point where be met his death and
that the management of the races had
arranged to sprinkle the track, but re
voked the order at Jhe special request of
Webb and Oldfleld.
The coroner's Jury returned a verdict of
accident, adding: "From tbe evidence we
find that the track was not properly po
liced." SEVERAL KILLED IN WRECK
One Report Snye Kino and Another
Eighteen Dead la Grand
Trunk Collision.
MONTREAL, Aug. 31.-An official tele
gram front ftlehmond, Quebec, statea that
In the Grand Trunk collision nine people
were killed outright and two have since
died of thotr Injuriea. The number of In
jured is not known.
From another source It la said eighteen
were killed and fifty Injured. Among the
dead la Mr. Jlarkett of the Canadian Ex
press company and Charles Snaard, a fur
niture dealer of 8t Hyaclnthe.
SHAW WILL SPEAK IN OMAHA
Secretary of the' Treasury to Address the
Republicans Here.
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OPENS STATE CAMPAIGN IN SEPTEMBER
One Speaker Sccared by Burgess and
RISK as m Result of Their
Expedition to Chicago
Hcadqasjrtera.
The first big meeting of the republican
campaign will be held In Omaha on Sep
tember 21. At that time a number of
speakers of national prominence will be
here and among them Secretary Shaw of
'President Roosevelt's cabinet will be one
of the most conspicuous. The attendance
of .he latter was arranged for by Charlos
Rlgg, who has charge of the bureau of
apeakers for the republican state com
mittee, while he and Chairman Burgess
were In Chicago last Tuesday.
"Chairman Burgess and I visited the na
tional committee headquarters for the pur
pose of securing a number of speakers for
the campaign In Nebraska," said Mr. Rlgg
last night, "but it was a little too early.
The corps of orators engaged ts very in
complete thus far and will probably re
main so until the weather becomes cooler
andthe members of the national committee
get down to the hard work of the battle.
The only available man that suited us was
Secretary Shaw. I Immediately got Into
communication with him, and waa told thai
he could speak In Omaha on September
21. Before agreeing to any other dates
for Nebraska meetings the secretary stated
that he would have to consult his Itinerary.
We hope to get him for several state ral
lies, however."
An acceptance of Secretary Shaw's offer
to speak at a meeting In this city was tele
graphed him by Mr. Rlgg yesterday after
noon. Other good republican orators will
be engaged between sow and the time fixed
for the celebration.
FAIRBASKI TOl'RS IX MISSOIRI
Candidate for Vice President Speaka
While on Ilia Way to Kansas.
JAMES PORT, Mo.. Aug. 31. hai.ator
Fairbanks, the republican vice presiden
tial candidate, arrived here on his way to
Marlon, Kas., today. He came In on a
special train over the Rock Island road and
was heartily greeted along the route. At
Trenton, the county seat of Grundy
county, there waa an Impromptu meeting,
and the senator made his first rear plat
form speech In this campaign. When the
train pulled into the station a large rs
semblage of people was found gathered on
and about the platform," and there were
loud calls for the senator.
He responded promptly, saying that he
had nowhere seen greater Interest mani
fested In the campaign than at that point,
and adding: "If the American people tuka
to their homes and their firesides the gicat
public questions, there can be no possible
doubt that the verdict to be rendered will
be rendered In their interest, and in the In
terest of oui common country. If Missouri'
shall take counsel of her highest and brst
interests she Will align hersejt with, the
hosts of republicanism.."
The speech was received with applause,
and at its conclusion many of those pres
ent came forward to shake hands. Included
among them were several who were demo
crats. TOPEKA", Kan., Aug. 31.-Senator Fair
banks arrived here this evening from Chi
cago and was given a reception tonight by
the Topeka Commercial club. Tomorrow
morning Mr. Fairbanks, Senator Long and
the Kansas delegation In congress will go
, to Marlon, the home of E. W. Hoch, the
republican nominee for governor, where
the republican -campaign in this state will
be formally opened. The principal ad
dress will be by Senator Fairbanks.
PARKER GOES TO THE FAIR
Spends Afternoon nt Exhibition of Ul
ster County Products.
KINGSTON, N. Y., Aug. 81. Judge and
Mrs. 'Parker and the Judge's brother, Fred
H. Parker, came to Kingston today from
Esopus. They crossed the city on a trolley
car to the New York, Ontario & Western
station, where they boarded a special train
for the Ulster County fair- at Ellenvllle,
twenty-seven miles southwest of this city.
ELLEN VILLE, N. Y., Aug. Bl.-Judge
Parker and bis party left the train at
Napanoch, about four miles from Ellen
vllle station and were driven to the house
of Thomas E.- Benedict, former public
printer, where they had luncheon. Mr.
Benedict's house Is In the town of Ellen
vllle about a mile from the fair, grounds.
After luncheon they were driven to the
fair grounds.
At the station at Kingston and all the
way out on the train the candidate was
greeted by old friends and new, for each
of whom he had a handshake and a cordial
word. '
When Judge Parker reached the fair
grounds and his party made the rounds ef
the exhibits their progress waa marked by
a continuous round of cheers and hand-
clapping. They were then conducted to the
reviewing stand, adjoining that of the
Judges of the trotting race, and there re
viewed the procession of exhibitors.
The occasion was absolutely devoid of
political significance, but scores of people
pressed up in front of the standi to shake
hands with Judge Parker.
OF
LETTER IX HAKD9
FRUITER
President Is Now Ready to Spend
More Time with Visitors.
OYSTER BAY, Aug. 31.-Having trans
acted all business of pressing Importance
that has ben pending since his arrival at
Sagamore Hill the president will give more
time henceforth to visitors. A few callers
will be received almost every day. Mem
bers of the International arbitration con
ference which la to be held in St. Louis In
the next ten days, will be received by the
president at the White House on September
24. The delegates will be the guests of the
nation while in thla country, congress hav
ing appropriated 860,000 for their entertain
ment Many of the delegates already have
arrived In this country and others are ex
pected In a day or two.
The president's letter of acceptance was
taken to New York last night by Assistant
Secretary Barnes and placed In the hands
of a printer. It will require several days
ta make it ready for distribution and pub
lication. 1
DEMAND FOR BRYAN IN EAST
Nebraska Tenders Services to Demo
crat le Committee for October.
NEW YORK, Aug. 81. Secretary Urey
Woodson of the democratic national com
mlttee has received a letter frtun William
J. Bryan, in which Mr. Bryan aays he will
be at the disposal of tbe democratlo com
mittee for campaign purposes during the
mrth of October. Mr. Bryan Indicates
that be would prefer speaking In the wesr,
(Continued on Second Page.)
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SCENE CF PRESENT CONFLICT
Llao Yanar the Center of Fertile
Province Thickly Dotted
with Villages.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 194.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 81-(New York Herald
Service Special Telegram to The Bee.)
The dispatches leave the position at Llao
Yang aomewhat vague. It la really quite
clear. The general situation Is determined
by the Khln Gen ridge, which forms the
backbone of Manchuria. This ridge rvms
from the south of Port Arthur right up to
the great bend of the Amur river at Kha
barovsk, and Is, In fact, the cause of that
bend, the Amur flowing round It to the
north. On the east of this backbone ridge
lies the valley of the Yalu. On the west
of the same ridge lies the valley of the
Llao river. The fighting since early spring
has been , for the possession of this ridge,
which was crossed by the Japanese In the
various battles of the passes. From this
main backbone ribs of low hills go west
ward, Into the Llao river plain. The rail
Toad from Port Arthur crosses several of
these ribs, snd ta part It resembles a
switchback railway. Between each pair of
ribs a stream flows Into the plain, going
generally duo west, and Joining the Llao
river In the valley. This valley Is of Im
mense fertility, and Is covered with mag
nificent fields, with numerous villages and
farms and numberless tombs, each marked
with a tuft of trees, generally elms, wil
lows, firs or pines. It Is recorded that the
elms near Llao Yang are heavily decked
with mistletoe.
From Ta Chi Klao, the Junction for Port
Arthur and New Chwang, the distance
north to Llao Yang Is forty miles, chiefly
along the foothills of the ridge and across
various libs. The streams between the
ribs are mountain torrents, liable to sud
den floods from cloudbursts, and the
bridges, one of M. de Wltte's masterpieces,
allow for these floods by the great height
of their arched. Westward of the railroad
toward the great wall are magnificently
Irrigated and cultivated plains, producing
tobacco, cotton, millet, hemp and such
fruits as pears, grapes, peaches and cher
ries. The last rib of the hills from the
main backbone is four or Ave miles south
of Llao Yang city, ths backbone being in
sight to the east of the town. The moun
tain stream corresponding to this rib Is the
Taltse river, which, flows Just north of the
town, in a wide sandy bed, with numerous
sandbanks, one of which divides Its stream
Into two branches. -
The Russian position is a half circle, the
southern front being on the rib of hill four
or five miles south of the city, while tho
right and left wings touch the Taltse river,
thus practically encircling the town of
Llao Yang.
The Japanese position is south of the
rib of hills and stretches In a large semi
circle outside of the semi-circle of the Rus
sian troops.
The land between tb southern ribs of
the hills and the city Is flat and richly
cultivated. It is dotted with suburban vil
lages and is largely covered with market
gardens and fruit orchards. To the east
of the town the ground gradually rises till
it passes through tho foothills Into the
backbone ridge. Northward of the city
conies flrBt the wide sundy bed of the TaJlae
river and then the Hat, richly cultivated
plain twenty-five miles in extent, which
divides Liao Yang from Mukden. West
ward of the town of Liao Yang the country
is generally flat and extends in an open
plain towards the main valley of the Llao
river, into which the Taltse flows.
The city Is built four square. It Is sur
rounded by walls of stone, topped by brick,
and crenelated for archery or gun tire.
The wails run north and south and east
and west. There is a main gate In the
center of each wall, thus there Is a north
gate, a south gate, an east gate and a
west gate. The north gate opens out on
the Taltse river. The west gate opens on
the railroad station and the Russian cav
alry barracks close to the station. From
the south gate the old imperial road goes
eastward to Anhing and thence to the ialu
and Corea, The city measures two and a
half miles north and south, by two miles
east and west, or rather this is the ex
tent of the enclosure by the walled space.
Five square miles in area Is far too large
for the lOO.Ouu Chinese and Manchurian in
habitants and much of it is laid out in
market gardens. The city itself resembles
all Chinese walled cities, except thut Its
streets have for the last five years been
kept somewhat cleaner and arc lighted at
night by the order of the Russians. There
is only one slight elevation within the
walla, on which stands the Imperial treas
ury. The Buddhist temple to Kwan Ylen, the
Goddess of Mercy, is the finest object arch
itecturally, white the mission stations are
the most interesting to westerners. These
had some ,2uo converts several years ago,
but as Llao Yang was the center of the
Boxer movement In Manchuria, many were
terrorized into relinquishing their new
faith. The missionaries relate with prlds
how one of thslr number. Dr. Wextwater,
prevented the Russians from storming tho
city when they were putting down the
Boxer uprising by armed forces. Llao Yang
used to be tha capital of southern Man
churls, and Is still Important, Its chief
Industry being the distilling of a native
liquor from the hemp and millet of tbe
surrounding fields.
South of the ribs of hills already de.
scribed, and which bears the' name of
Stioushan, Is another small plain, which In
Its turn la bounded on ths south by an
other rib, of which Anahan Chan, the
"Sdd!e hill." Ib the chief peak. Anshan
Chan, or "Saddle hill," is noteworthy as
being the moat northly point reached by
the Japanese armies in the China-Japanese
war of 18M-6. At Anshan Chan they
made s feint st Liao Yang, which was one
Of Ihe strongest renters of Chinese tioops,
snd then turned southward to New
Chwang , .
FIGHT LASTS
TILL DARK
Second Day of Great Battle at Liao Tang
Without Direct Keiulu.
JAPANESE REPULSED ON SOUTH ROAD
Loss of the Mikado's Forces in that Viciiitj
Believed to Be Very Heary,
ONE OF GREATEST BATTLES OF HISTORY
Nearly Half Million Men and Over Fifteen
Hundred Guns Are Engaged.
ST. PETERSBURG REJOICES OVER NEWS
General Sakharoff Sends Official Mes
sage Telling; of Results of Two
Days' Engagement Neat
Llao Yang,
TOKIO. 'Aug., 81.-11 a. m.-The battle of
Llao Yang is progressing without apprecla.
ble result. Official Japanese dispatches sent
out lnte yesterday say that neither con
testant has realised any visible results.
Russians After Lost Ground.
LIAO YANG, Aug. 81. The second day's
battle commenced at dawn. The Russians
made repeated bayonet advances on the
road directly south of Llao Yang, where
the Japanese approached from Sanqualshlp
and Tao, shelling the positions In the Rus
sian lines until 4 o'clock 'in the afternoon,
when the engsgement, which was general
throughout the south and sou tfi west, nar
rowed to the main line.
The Japant.se advance on the southeast
was by way of the Feng Wang Cheng road.
Immediately In front of Chlatofantang the
Japanese stubbornly tried to occupy a
round-topped hill, which waa literally
shaved by the Russian shells, making re
peated attempts the entire afternoon, where
it was apparently Impossible for anything
to live. The cannonading continued from
this point to the vicinity of Wangpaotal
until this evening without apparent advant
age to either side. The Japanese dropped
shells within two or three, miles of the
railroad station and in the plain of Wetshu
mountain, which is the most " important
eminence around Llao Yang, but the Jap
anese abandoned aggression there on ac
count of the reslstcnce they mei.
There waa cannon Are last night, and this
Is expected nightly. The varied casualties
here Include one Russian war correspond
ent wounded and also twenty-five Chinese
women from Chiofantun, whom Dr. West
water, the ' distinguished missionary, Is
caring for in the Chinese Red Cross refuge.
The day's developments show that the
Ruaslana are prepared for all emergencies..
Slow rain began to fall at noon, gradually
transforming the plain Into a wilderness, '
through w blah' the wounded In carts and
walking, are tonight making their way te
the hospitals. Considering the seal of the'
day's operations, the number of Russian
wounded Is apparently small, while the
Japanese losses are believed to he great,'
especially where they were repulsed on the
south road. Chinese graves with trees sre
being leveled about l lao Yang In order not
to Interfere with the defense.
Developments are expected west and
northwest.
Resume Ftsrhllnar Early.
LIAO YANG. Aug. 81. Evening Tha
Russians have effected an advance along;
the railway to the southward.
6:30 p. m. The, battle was resumed this
morning earlier than It began yesterday.
With the first gray dawn the artillery
opened and the firing soon extended along
the entire line. The rain ceased during
the night and day broke; bright and clear.
The Russians entered the fight confident
of victory
As this dispatch is sent a balloon Is as
cending from one of the Japanese posi
tions southeast of Llao Yang, making a
target for the Russian mortar batteries,
but the shells have not yet reached It
LIAO YANG, Aug. 81, 4:46' p. m. Tha
battle was resumed today with rifle Are at
dawn In the southwest. There was)
desultory firing all night
The last attack of the Japanese yester
day was made at 7 p. m. on the Feng
Wang Cheng road.
8:31 p. m. The battle is still In progress,
but the strength of the cannonade does not
equal thut of yesterday.
The Japanese are gettlngaround the Rus
sian left flank.
Over 00,000 men and 1,300 guns are en
gaged on both sides. Practically the whole
Russian force is in the firing line.
One regiment, which had Just arrived
from Russia, went Into action with Its band
playing.
Telearrapa Stfll Working-.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 81, 8:60 p. m.
The telegraphlo department declares thai
communication with Llao Yang Is not Inter
rupted.
A dispatch from Mukden this afternoon
says It Is reported there that General Sam
sonoff has captured two Japanese bat
talloQs.
Hear Russians Cnptnre Cannon.
LIAO YANG, Tuesday, Aug. 80.-8 p. m.-.
(Delayed In 'Transmission.) The town has -been
filled wHh Joy owing to a report that
the Russians took forty-six cannon today.
The Japanese assault on tne Russian cen
ter was desperate In" the extreme. Ths '
Japanese losses were very great The at
tack was sustained mainly by the Elgbts)
Siberian regiment. The fighting at WafnaW
gow cannot be compared with what oe
curred today. Shells ' shrieked over tiki
town from early morning. People who oo
cupled positions on housetops had a mag.
nifllcent spectacle. The rain has begun ta
fall.
Sakhasoff Makes Report.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 81. Lieutenant
General B.Ttharoff, telegraphing to the gen
eral staff on the conclusion of yesterday's)
sixteen hours of fighting around Lla
Yang, estimates that the Russian casual
ties throughout the day were 8.000. '
The battle enaed at o'clock last night
when many positions occupied by the Jap-,
anese had been retaken' and agsln held by'
the Russians.
The report from Lieutenant General
Sakharoff la as follows;
. From I o'clock this morning until I to
night the Japanese forces attacked our
fiontal positions before Llao Yang and oa
the left of tbe TaJtse river. Both their
artillery and rifle lira wus intense. Their
main efforts wre directed against our cen
ter positions and left flank, but numerous
attacks were repulsed along Ihe whole
line. Our truop made several counter at
tarks, culminating in bayonet fighting
Many positions which bad been occupied
by the Jm.anoke were retaken at 4 o'clock
1u thd aftermton. liurlug ihe artillery at
tack our batteries did vtry affective work.
About 4 o'clock this afternoon the enetn
was orsrved attempting to turn our right
flank with considerable forces, but scvetnf
