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Daily Bee. The Best Foreign Rett Service mil be The Bee's Sunday Magazine Features Quttop- those of All Competitors, Fovnd la The Sunday Bee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1904 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. The Omaha FEW APPLY FOR WORK Mxny of the Chicago Bntchen Do Not Know Strike ii Orer. UVE STOCK HANDLERS MUST WAIT Manager Skinner Telli Them that They Will Be Sent for When Needed. TEAMSTERS MAY CONTINUE TO STAY OUT Basinets Agent Golden Says They Will Return a a Union or Not at AIL SECRETARY TRACY ISSUES STATEMENT He Says the Recall la a Moral Victory for the Union Kansas City I'nloas Ratify bouaelly's Action. CHICAGO. Sept. 9,-rMore than eoo live stock handlera, who want out on a atiike. appeared at the office of Manager Skinner of the Union Stock Yards and Transit com pany today to apply for their oldiposltlona. H9 had previously announced that he would employ all the old men needed: Members of other unions were not ao much In evidence when work was be tun at the packing houses today. Most of the men did not know that the trlke waa off. President Donnelly has received a tele gram from the last member of the inter national executive board of the butchers giving permission to call oft the strike. Nona of the atock handlera were taken back, being- Informed that they would be sent for when needed. It la understood that before going to work they will be re quired to sign an agreement setting forth that they return as individuals and not as an organisation. Business Agent Golden of the teamsters aald that the teamsters will go back to work as an organization or not at all. Tracy Isseea Statement. The following statement waa issued by James Tracey, secretary of the Allied Trades Conference board: The strike waa one of the most remark able that lias ever occurred in the United tfiate.. it waa remarkable for the absence of olsorder. although bu.OuO men and women were Involved. It prove that labor or ganisations are law-abiding organisations and their members engagea in a peaceful effort to uplm the massei'. It is remark able for the lact, which la even attested by the police, that our ranks were practically unbroken In spite of most advene condi tions. It la remarkable because It waa a fight against some of the largest corpora tions lu the world in behalf of unsullied workers. The aelf-sacrificie and heroism ot the struggle has never been told, prooably never will. Like ail strikes, it ended in a vlotory , for the workers, because rather than risk such a struggle the employers ?rlll be ready to treat with the unions In he future on an equitable basis. Every union will letaln its solidarity and will come Out of this struggle stronger than ever. J '. Vice President Smith of the Meat Cutters and Butchers' union aald the vote of the conference board of the Allied Trades coun cH o.-bring' .bo'.timuble to an "and res unanimous." ' ' ' President Donnelly has telegraphed the decision to all the eltlea where the work men have been on strike. - The conference board of the Allied Trades council officially announced that the strike was . at an end. It then adjourned, but met Immediately and reorganized, the rep resentatives of the butcher workmen not being Included In the new. board. The board ' flow consists of repaesentatlvea of mechanical tradea unions, and a proposition Is to be mado to the packers that the. mem bars of these unions be taken back as unionists or not at all. The butchers de cided to return to work tomorrow. Donnelly's Action Ratified. KANSAS CITY. Bept. .-The action of Preatdent Donnelly In declaring the pack- lug house strike off waa unanimously rati fied at 'a meeting today of the conference board of the local employee. Tomorrow many of the men will apply for reinstate ment Strike OS at Baa St. Louis. EAST ST. LOUIS, 111.. 8ep. . The butchers' atrikt waa declared off today at a mass meeting amended1 by 1,000 of the I.J00 packing house employes who went out eight weeks ago. SEE HANDS OF THE GOULDS Baa Fraaclsca Railroad Men Thlak They Are Preparing to Annas Road. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept .-The an nouncement that Edward T. JelTsry, presi dent of the Denver de Rio Grande railroad, had been appointed director of the Western Paclflo Railroad company is regarded by railroad men as Indicating that the Goulds are quietly preparing to annex that project to the system of railroads which they con trol. Having selected a route for the new line across the Sierra and entered the eaatern market for material for the construction of this western extension of their roads, they have now injected into the directorate of the Western Paclflo company one of their ablest representatives. The Western paclflo Railway company was organised to build from Salt Lake to San Francisco and to construct certain1 branch lines In California. Its main line will be about KM miles long and In all about 1.260 mllee-of road will be laid. Up to the present time the Western Pacific has In vested W.WO.OOO on Its project It has se cured extenalve terminals on the harbor of San Francisco and has perfected its en trance to .he terminals as well aa having acquired terminals In other eltlea In Cali fornia. STOCKTON. Cat. Sept 9.-Dlrector Fred M. Weat stated positively today that the Goulds are the main backers of the West ern Paclflo railroad, aa Indicated by the election of Edward T. Jeffreys to the di rectorate. Jeffreys is president of the Den ver Rio Grande and at the head of a number of other Gould lines. Mr. West stated also that the Beckwlth Pass route had been definitely decided upon, and that there would not be more than 1 per cent grade from Ban Francisco to Salt Lake City. Construction will tegtn first at the latter place and very soon work will begin from Ban Franolsoo, Sacramento and Stock ton. At Salt Lake City the Weatern Pa clflo wll connect with other roads of the Gculd System. . President Entertains Foreigners. OYSTER BAT, L. I.. Sept. IAustrian Ambassador Baron HengelmuHec and Count Appouvt. leader of the liberal party In the lower houte of the Hunga rian Diet, were guests of the president and Mrs. rtooaovelt today at Sagamore Hill. Count Anponyl dexired to pay liU respects to President Kooaavult and His presentation to him Unlay was arranaed through the Austrian eiul.aaav. The visit, It is slated, waa of no official significance, the desire ft the distinguished callers being merely y (Met S 3d stoat the braakUut in hla hum. REPORTS ON THE ISLANDS Archbishop of Hew Orleans Visits Roane and Is Heeelved fey Papal Secretary. . RO. " ' rt. I. Papal Secretary of State Card!. r ry Del Val, who came to Rome' 1 c from his summer residence at Caatel Ifo to receive the diplomatic corps, ' an audience to Archbishop Chapelli apostolic delegate to Cuba and For t and archbishop of New Or leans, w " a special distinction, audi ences be I y rnre now. The arc. li " explained that the object of bis via. to present hia homage to the new p -nJ to submit the report of his delegation to Cuba and Porto Rico and of the archilloceee of New Orleans. The aecretary was most cordial and expreased a wish to see more of Archbishop Chapelle during lils atay In Rome. THIBETAN OFFICERS BIG TREATY Terma of Compact Not Given Oot fey British Officials. LHASSA. Thibet. Sept. 9. (via Gyangtae) Sept. 9. Colonel Younghusband, head of the British mission, and the Thibetan offi cers algned a formal treaty today in their apartments of the dalal lama at Potala. The ceremony waa simple and It was con ducted amid quaint and picturesque sur roundings. The terms of the treaty were read out only In the Thibetan language. Ita details will be published later by the foreign officers at Simla. The proceedings closed with a short speech by Colonel Younghusband. The dalal lama Is now supposed to be well on hla way Into Mongolia, and the offi cers insist that his sctlon amounts to ab dication. The- administration Is now car ried on by a council of regency. It ia be lieved that the tashl lama will eventually be recognised aa the supreme religious head. The arrangements for. the return of the British are complete. MEXICO AT T1IK CHINESE COURT Learnt ion to Be Established By Southern Republic at Peking;. BERLIN, Sept 9.-MexlCu will shortly es tablish a legation at Peking. Don Carlos Lera, now Mexican minister to Japan, will also be minister to China, The charge d'affaires here during Don Lera's absence wil' be Don Maurlclo Wolhelm. secretary of tho legation, who has already arrived lb this city. The establishment of a Mexican legation here is not connected with any special ob ject, but for general purposes, mainly to promote mercantile agencies. DISLIKE CHINESE LABOR LAW British Trade I'aloalats Protest Against Ita Labor Ordinance. . LEEDS, . England, Sept. I. The Tradea union congress today unanimously adopted a resolution emphatically protesting against the government's action in sanctioning the South African labor ordinance, as opposed to the best interests of British workmen at home and abroad, as sanctioning condi tions of labqr unfit for human beings and as contrary to the anti-slavery trsdltlons of the British empire. ' Police Start foe tho North. - WINNIPEG. Manitoba, Sept. 9. Inspec tor Peltier and ten men of the Northwest mounted police will leave Reglna tomorrow to the take the steamer Arctic for Hudson bay. . Superintendent Moody, who goes In command., will meet them at Quebec The crew of the Arctic has been chosen from me a who are engaged in the sealing In dustry of Newfoundland and are familiar with Ice work. They will plant the Ca nadian ensign on all the northernmost points of British North America and apend the winter In the farthest north. ' Dr. George Lorlmer. AIX LES BAINES, France, Sept. 9. Rev. Dr. George Lorlmer of New York, pastor of the Madison Avenue- Baptist church, who died at the Hotel R.'glna here yesterday, had been suffering from an af fection of the lungs, with urio compile tlona Dr. Lorlmer leaves three married daughters Mrs. Gilbert E. Porter and Mrs. Herbert Dunleavy of Chicago and Mrs. Ed ward Russell of Denver. Gorman War Ships to I'se Oil. BERLIN, Sept. 9. The admiralty has or dered two new tank steamers to bo built at Kiel. They are to supply petroleum aa fuel to German .warships. Oil as a subsid iary fuel has already been used so suc cessfully on battleships that the govern ment designs using it in larger quantities in the future. No Reporta of Rlota. ST. PETERSBURG. Sept 9. The minis ter of the Interior says ho reports of ex tensive anti-Jewish disturbances in several of the governments Of southwest Russia have been received. The only recent dis turbance, It Is sdded, was a small affair at Blela. near Kieff, in which no one was killed. Llptoax to Visit tho Fair. LONDON, Sept 9. Sir Thomas Llpton leaves England the end of September for St. Louis, where ha probably win be the guest of D. R. Francis, president of the exposition. Reatrlcta Use of Rnsslnn Flag;. ST, POTERSBPRG. Sept. 9. A law has been gazetted providing that henceforth only ships owned by Russians shall be al lowed to fly the Russian flag. Ready for State Fair. TANKTON. 8. D., Bept. 9. The twen tieth annual South Dakota atate fair la now only two daya away and the work of preparation la almost completed. The grounds aro In perfect condition and the track Is being put Into a first class shape. The grasa on the grounds has been cut short and the whole lnclosure has been made spick and epan for the big event The buildings have been redecorated In side and out In the Woman's building a force Is at work decorating the Interior of the building and preparing exhibit spaces. The exhibit of cattle, horses, swine, sheep and poultry will be greatly Increased over the large exhibits of last year. One of the features of the fair wll! be the exhibit of thoroughbred horses. The racing purses will street a large number of fast horses and tho afternoons of the racing days are being anxiously awaited. The amount of 12.500 has been appropriated for the speed department Shoots Her Husband. . . PIERRE, 8. D., Sept 9. (Special Tele gram.) Mrs. Margaret Barber of Fort Pierre waa brought to this city and lodged la Jail last night on a charge of shooting with Intent to kill.. The Information waa filed by her husband, R. G. Barber. It appears the couple got Into trouble last night, resulting la the wife putting a charge of shot Into the arm of her hus band. The woman claims self defease. She has a hearing at Fort Pierre tomo. row. STRIKE NO LONGER EXISTS South Omaha. Unions Ratify Aotion of the Executive Committee. MANY MEN READY TO GO TO WORK Packers Will Hare Chance to Employ All the Trained Help They Need from Today For. ward. After having received advices from Pres ident Donnelly and the allied trades lead ers In Chicago the butchers and mechanical workers met Friday afternoon and ratified tho action of the leaders. The butchers met at Laltner's hall, whl'e the mechanical workers met at Franek's. The men at both meetings were told of the action of the leadera In Chicago and that the Strike had been declared off. All that was needed was a ratification of tho action of the leaders.. As there was nothing else to do .the men declared the ' strike st an end as far as they are concerned, and left the hall with the purpose of securing employemnt aa soon aa possible. The expectation la that the packers will give preference to o'.d 1 men who want to return to work. On this point the pack erst are not saying much with the excep tion of E. A. 'Cudahy, who declares that he will endeavor to give his old men back their places as rapidly aa possible. As Saturday Is a light day at the pack ing plants It Is not expected that many old men will apply for work, bat on Mon day the union men say that they will return with the expectation of being given employment. A great many of the skilled men appear, to be sure of getting Imme diate employment, but for the unskilled there seems to be some doubt Men are quitting every day at the packing houses, but with the old men coming back there Is no difference In the aggregate number on the payroll. Business Already Improved. A little more than the usual output of packing house products was sent out yea terday, but this waa in no way responsible for some of the old men returning to work. The products sent out were meats that had been In the cellars for some time and salt and smoked meats. Nearly a'l of the men employed at the stock yards have returned to work. When the strike started a portion of the force went 'to the coun try. These men are coming back dally, and now the force In the yards is nearly up to normal. Live stock of all kinds can be handled without delay and the railroad department of the yards Is prepared to take care of any big runs that may come In. There seems to be some fear In cer tain parts that unless all of the union men return to work by Monday there will be trouble. This ldeo. Is scouted by labor leaders here, who say that the men are still being held in check ' and that any trouble that may come will be from roughs who have no affiliation with organized labor. ' Commencing today the police will make an effort to keep the sidewalks clear of man..- who have been In the habit of congregating 'at Twenty-alxtfc ' and -N streets. There Is no objection f.o men going to and from labor headquarters, but the police board declares that the sidewalks must ' not be blocked fro.n now on. As to the calling off of the strike all the local labor leadera have to say is that South Omaha made a good fight and that under the circumstances general good order waa maintained. All, of course, re gret that the result waa not different, but as matters now stand there Is nothing else to do but to return , to work and make the best of it. CASES TO BE ENDED IN COURT Prosecution of Strikers Will Not Be Dropped. In reference to the further prosecution of the contempt caseo against the strikers In the federal courts, now that the strike has been called off, W. L. Belby, one of the consulting attorneys for the packers, said: "The cases will be pushed to completion. In fact, the cases are not yet finished be fore Judge Munger, the defense still hav ing a number of witnesses to examine, and then the prosecution will be given the op portunity for rebuttal. We are obliged to continue the case"! out of deference to Judge Munger. They are brought because of the violation of the injunction order of the court. "There are really two classes of cases the contempt cases before Judge Munger and the assault or criminal cases before United States Commissioner Anderson. Where the defendants have been bound over to the federal grand Jury by Commis sioner Anderson, we have nothing further to do with the cases. Several more of these cases are to be heard before him, and these are now out of our hands." Confidence Men Forfeit Bonds. HURON, 8. D., Bept 9. (Speclal.)-Judge Charles 8. Whiting began the September term of circuit court for Beadle county here this morning, with thirty-five civil and seven criminal cases on the calendar, the most Important of the latter being the case" against H. L. Hubbard, for the killing of W. O. Cakebreaa. -when the cases against John Murray and.' Frank Moore, the men arrested here on' July 4, for operating a - confidence ' game, were called -net the. man put In an appearance and their bonds of $100 'each were de clared forfeited. The term will doubtless continue two weeks or more. Omaha Man is Injured. BUFFALO, Wyo., Bept . (Special.) What will probably prove to be a fatal accident occurred last night aa the Sheridan-Buffalo stage coach waa running down Bonner hill. A part of the harness gave way, the horses ran and overturned the coach at the foot of the hill. W. Atherton of Omaha, ex-Mayor Kennedy of Buffalo and William Andrews, the driver, were caught under the demolished stage coach. Atherton and Kennedy received painful Injuries and Andrews was so badly crushed that he will die. ' Automobile Injures Three. PITTSBURG, Sept Three persons hava been Injured here in a collision between a large racing automobile and a park trap All probably will die. Those Injured were; C. B. Lawton, Mlsa Dora Murdock, Miss Carrye E. Murdock. all of Pittsburg. The trap waa overturned with the three victims underneath. Raaaro War la Threatened. BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 9. Another range war between cattlemen and sheepmen haa broken out In the country adjoining Pryor mountain, across the Wyoming Hue. The camp of Ueorge Crosby waa attacked at night and 4U or 600 of hla sheep killed by driving them over a cut In a canyon. , Fatal Fight la Illinois. BLOOMINGTON. 111., Bept. 9 Frank Mljelnslstsy Is daad at his home In Glrarl aa a result of the wounds Inflicted during a quarrel by Jo Gloslo of the aame place. Glosla nailed In the dark for his victim and then attacked him with a knife. Tito aassUeat la now In Jail at CaxUuvlUe, PARLIAMENTARIANS AREj READY Reach St. Leal and Will Begin Their Sessions Monday Moraine. ST. LOUIS,' Bept. 9. The International Parliamentary union, composed cf 128 dele gates from America, Austria. Belgium, Denmark, Eng'aad, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Roumanla, Swrden and Switzer land, arrived her on two special trains todey and next week trill hold their twelfth annual session. 'This body Is com posed of the members of the different na tional legislatures. The organisation waa perfected at Paris, 1888, having grown out of the conference of ten English and thirty French parlia mentarians who had assembled to discuss the execution of an arbitration treaty be tween England and France. With the ex ception of one yar. annual sessions have since been held, Hurting the meeting In Paris In 1900 and the peace congress at The Hague. At tbia session' questions which were discussed at The Hague con gress will be taken up for final decision, and the St. Lou la session promises to be the 'most Important assemblage ever held. The first session will bo held Monday at the World's fair. In the tnentlme the vla- Itora will be entertained at the exposition. The conference will dlacuaa, among other matters of moment to all nations, those questions which were recommended at The Hague conference, such as rights and duties of neutrals, Immunity of Trrrvate property at sea, expectation of arbitration treaties, reduction of armaments, creation of per manent official congrcaa of nations to sup plement The Hague court. It Is learned that some members of the American dele gation will Introduce a resolution asking the president to Invite all nations to send delegations to , a conference empowered to negotiate arbitration treaties and to con sider the steps the,' governments can taks In regard to tho questions above enume rated. . . . r - I The conference a Tha Hague. gave blr'.h to The Hague court and It Is considered possible that St. Louis may have the honor of being the place In, which tho protracted movement for the creation . of .a world's congress to supplement - that court, la initiated. If thla becomes a reality the St Louie . conference will have . a prominent place In the workl'a history- - ,. . FOUR DEAD, THIRTY-FIVE HURT Passenger Train .Goes Through a . Trestle and Freight Train Falls on Top of Wreck. ' PORTSMOUTH. Va.( Bept . Four per sons were killed and thirty-five were In jured early today when a train oo the Sea board Air line railroad, consisting of an express car, a mall ear, two days coaches and a. Bleeping car. . was derailed at a trestle Just south of the -Catawaba river in South Carolina, and was run Into by a' locomotive and -caboose, that, followed. The dead: i - . ., E. Y. BARKSDALE, engineer of ftv:iit locomotive. ' rV'1 ' ED. ROBERTS, fireman o;paasenger. MRS. BLACK. ' ' A '' . j UNIDENTIFIED WOMJkiV. ': The injured all live lo the south and for the most part -were not seriously hurt J. M. Barr, first vice president and gen eral manager of the road, said today that there was evidence of a matrcious attempt to wreck the train, a number of' Joints having been found disconnected.', The loco motive of the passenger train passed over the trestle -and went down the r embank ment. A locomotive and caboose. , ; which had been passed by the passenger . train , a short distance east : of the, point where the ace'dent occurred, ra.t Into the dam aged trestle and fell on top of the pas Bcnger train. . - . Survivors say that when the train went crashing over the embankment every lght went out, passengers were thrown heads over heels against the side of the coaches, bleeding and bruised. Some were rendered unconscious. Mrs. Black, sitting' with her husband, was the only passenger killed. . As the scrambling and shouting went on In the dark above the noises a brake man, with hla head half way out of a win dow, was heard to shout "My God, the freight train Is coming upon us." In less than a minute the freight, which had left Monroe fifteen minutes behind tho pas senger train, struck the open spaee where the bridge had fallen and plunged Us way through the passenger cars. The woman whose identity could not be discovered then met her death, the freight locomotive hav ing crashed through the side of the car In which she FOUND DEAD ON TOP OF CAR Lifeless Body of Unidentified Man Taken from Roof of Mall . ' Train. NEW TfORK, Bept. 9 While passengers were alighting from the Chicago limited train which arrived at the Grand Central station today the lifeless body of a young man with hla head crushed waa found lying on the roof of the mall car. - One arm waa clasped around a ventilator and the body was held firmly on the narrow roof. It is supposed the young man waa stealing a ride and that he was struck by one of the low bridges along the line. A letter signed by Paul Nanke of this city recommending "A. Jacobaon" as a den tist was the only clue to the man's Identity.' There was nothing to Indicate where he had boarded the train or how far the life less body had been carried on the swiftly moving train. The body waa later Identified 'as that ot Abraham Jacobaon, son of a neckwear dealer of this city. CHANGE IN BURLINGTON ROAD Lines West of tho Missouri River Divided Into Two Operating; , Divisions. CHICAGO, Sept 9 Another move wee made today in the reorganization of th Burlington system. Effective tomorrow thW . lines west of the Missouri river wfll be divided Into two districts. The Nebraska district will embrace the Lincoln, Wyntore and McCook operating divisions, snd the Wyoming district will Include the Alliance, the - Sheridan and the Sterling operating divisions. H. E. Byram has been ap pointed general superintendent of the Ne braska district and W. u. Rhodes general superintendent of the Wyoming district. Movements of Oeoaa Vessels Sept. . At New York; Arrived Algeria, from Naples. v At Glasgow: Arrived Siberian, from Philadelphia. At Copenhagen: Sailed United States, for New York - At Dover: Balled Blaecher, for New York. At Movlllc: Balled-Fthlopla. for New York; Tunisian, for Montreal. At Queenstown: Sailed Cretlc, for Bos ton. At Liverpool! aUed-Arablo, for New York- PILLS' OF LADING FORGED Backi bad Trust Oompaniei Victimized fof Pcisibly Haifa Million. ST. JOSEPH GRAIN DEALER UNLOADS THEM Omaha Banks Said to Be A mens; the Victims of the Manipulation ot W. M. Harrouh, Who Lost on Board of Trade, I HT. JOSEPH. Mo.. Bept ,-(Speelal Tele gram.) Forged bills of lsding for an amount aggregating close to IMO.OOO have been Issued from St. Joseph In the last six months and many bank and trust com panies of St. Joseph, Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago, 8t. Louis and New York have been swindled. The discovery of these forgeries waa made ten days ago by a bank In New York City making an Inquiry at the Bur lington headquarters In this city regarding bills of lading said to have been Issued by W. K. Adams, local freight agent. The bills of lading had been sent to New York by W. M. Hnrroun, the wen known eleva tor man, who has offices In many western cities. According to the Burlington o fa cials Mr. Harroun was spprlsed of the 'dis covery snd he Is alleged to have gone to New York, where he said he had adjusted the matter satisfactorily to the bank. But the Burlington officials were not satisfied. Judge 'O. M. Spencer, general solicitor of the Burlington, tonight said: "Further Investigation revealed other forgeries and today Mr. Harroun made a statement to me In which he confessed to forging 170 bills of lading on the Burling ton. Out of these forgeries he said he had received $1C"000. Later In the day I under atand he confessed to other attorneys that the forgeries would aggregate ttOO.000 and possibly more. Mr. Harroun said he and his brother had lost 1280,000 on the stock market In Chicago two yeara ago and the loss of this large sum had crippled him so badly that he had resorted to these forgeries In order to recuperate his de pleted finances. When a bill of lading was due others were issued to take them up mnd In this way Mr. Harroun says he waa enabled to continue this practice for sev eral months." - - At the residence of Mr. Harroun, 120S North Eighth street, tonight It was said he was at home. Efforts to gain access to him failed. His private aecretary and business associates refused to make any statement.' It Is known that Mr. Harroun today wired creditors throughout the United States Informing them of his fi nancial troubles. " B. G. Gray, cashier of the American Na tional bank of Kansas City, held a long conference with Harroun this evening In an effort so his attorney said, to secure some adjustment of Mr. Harroun'a busi ness difficulties. The Interview was not satisfactory, to Mr. Gray. Creditors from Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and Omaha will arrive tomorrow ii'ornlng. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL New' National Bank; Authorised te "J'." Cemsienee Bostness'ht V. ' 'Randolph;'. t .""-" ; i (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept 9. (Special Tele gram.) The application of John Oliver, W. H. Btageman, J. W. Black. James F. Toy and J. W. Stageman to organise the First National bank of Randolph, Neb., with $60, 000 capital, has been approved by the comptroller of the currency. Wyoming 'postmasters appointed: Pine da!, Fremont county; John F. Patterson, vice Cella Graham, resigned. Salem, Lara mij county, John Hanson, vice Swan J. Folk, resigned. Geographers Are Busy. WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. -At today's ses sion of the eighth Geographical congress "Government Surveys" was the general subject under consideration. Papers were read by Dr. Adolph Marcuse, Germany; Arthur O. Wheeler, Calgary, Canada; Pro fessor J. F. Bay ford. Washington. D. C; F. W. Matthes. Washington, D. C; Colonel A. Laussedal, Paris, France; Professor A. Penck, Vienna, Austria: Carroll D. Wright, Washington, D. C. Mr. Matthes' paper treated on the topographical methods used for the new detail maps of the grand can yon of the Colorado river. May Send Torpedo Boats East. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-The proposi tion to send to the Astatic station a tor pedo boat flotilla as an adjunct to tho flo tilla of destroyers sent out In 'the spring is under consideration at the Navy depart ment It is probable they will be sent eventually. Lieutenant Commander Lloyd H. Chandler, . who was sent to Japii) to study torpedo boat developments, has ad vised the department. of his arrival In this country and will come to Washington to report. Hope to Repair Gun Sights. .WASHINGTON, Kept 9. While the bat tleships of the North Atlantic fleet are In dock thla month, It la hoped, the work of rcaightlng their guns may be begun. Chinese Minister Returns. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-8lr Chen Tung Liang Cheng hat returned to Washington for the season and opened the Chinese "le gation. TEMPLARS HAVING GOOD TIME Business of tho Conclave Is Over and They Spend the Day Sight. ' Seelag. v BAN FRANCISCO. Bept. 9. The Knights Templar, having . completed the work of their national encampment, are devoting the remainder of the week to sightseeing snd social enjoyment. Today many of them crossed the bay to witness the celebration of admission day. at Oakland by the Na tive Sons of the Golden West. Several hun dred knights and ladlea Inspected the for. tiflcalious of the harbor and a large num ber participated in other excursions. Re. ceptlons were held by nearly all the com ma nderles. KILLED UNDER A' MONUMENT While Kneeling at Grave New York, ' Man Is Crushed to Death. NEW TORK. Sept 9. While, kneeling be Bids a grave In Washington cemetery at Gravesend. Yet la Belkowlts, 18 years old, was crushed to death by the family monu ment, a heavy granite shaft, which top. pled over. . Investigations led to ths belief that tha foundation of the monument might have bean undermined by tho digging of a grave nearby, and two of tho grave diggers were arrested. i , NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdsyi Hour, fi a. m . . . . . 6 a. m . . i T a. m. . . . , 8 a. m . . . . , a. m 10 a. nt 11 a. m ia m Dev. Hour. Dec . Oil 1 . m ...... M .nt a r. m mi .Hi a p. m ...... H .til 4 , .,.:.. 17 . IIM ft p. nt eWI .Til p. m H4 . Tl T p. m "2 .81 ' t. m ..... . Mo O p. m TO SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION Russian Army Safe at Mukden and There Hns Been No Fnrtbor FUthtlns; nt Outposts. There la still a lack of specific informa tion regarding the exact situation in Man churia. The Russian general staff, lacking details. Is unable to speak authoritatively, while advices from Japanese sources are significantly lacking. It Is established that the Russian army Is safely at Mukden and that the retreat was accomplished in good order, in spite of the harassing Japanese, sodden roads and the fact that Kouropatkln was hampered by more than 12.00J wounded. There ia nothing yet to Indicate the where, abouts of the three Japanese armies. When last heard from Kurokl's forces were on the Russian left flank and steadily pushing northward, but - Viceroy Alexleft reports that railway and telegraphic communica tion between Mukden and Harbin is unin terrupted. General Sakhoroff reports that there was no fighting during Thursday and, while the outposts are still In contact, they are not exchanging shots. A detailed list of the Russian loases Is promised to day and It Is said that these losses will approximate 90,000, as against 90,000 for the Japanese. It Is officially reported that Kouropatkln haa not been wounded. JAPANESE ABANDON PI RSI IT Russian Army Safe at Mukden After Frightful Experiences. St. PETERSBURG, Sept. M. 1:60 a. m.- It seems to be definitely established that Field Marshal Oyama's tired troops aban doned on Wednesday the attempt to head oft General Kouropatkin, whose army has arrived safely at Mukden after frightful experiences in floundering through mud and mire over the Mandarin road. Borne descriptions of the scenes ' along the Mne of retreat are almost Incredible. They tell how the men lay down in tho mud and slept In a drenching rain. It is evident that 'the last determined effort of the Japanese to bring Kouropatkln to 3ay was made on Tuesday, but the Rus sian commander-in-chief faced about and two corpa with artillery beat off the Japa nese, while the remainder of the troops continued th march to Mukden. After that the Japanese could only hang onto the flanks and try ' to shell the retreating columns from the hills. The outposts are still In contact, but they are not even exchanging shots. A late Associated Press dispatch sent fro.-n Mukden describes the' horrible plight of the tentless and shelterless soldiers. The detailed statement of the Russian losses, which it Is promised will be Issued ori Saturday," Is awaited with fntehsrf In terest The general expectation Is that the losses will approximate 20,000, as against 30,000 for tha Japanese. The work of burying the dead was left to the Japanese, who were forced to at tempt the task as a matter of self-preser-vati in, but it ; was an Impossible under taking. The awftfl rains have handicapped the work of cremation on which the Japa nese relied and only allows trench burials. Not only Is such burial one of great diffi culty, but it is almost valueless' from a sanitary point of view, the storms under mining soon after It Is accomplished. The care of the wounded has taxed the hospitals to the utmost. One correspond ent says that 12,000 wounded had passed through the Mukden hospitals up to Sun day, and only the most severe cases could be attended to by the nurses and surgeons. Many, therefore, had to be left to th rough, tut well meant, care of their com rades. Now that the battle of Llao Yang Is his tory, officers of the general 'staff are more disposed to discuss some of the purpose of the( fight but they still lack scientific Information, malting It imposalble to speak on many points, , General Kourppatklh'a army of Llao Yang consisted of twenty battalions of In fantry, 147 . squadrons of cavalry and 700 guns, , approximately 108,000 bayonets, 1,600 sabers and 10,000 gunners. Portions of two European corps and one Siberian corps had been left at Mukden, and a number of those reserves were brought Into the light. The size of the Japanese army haa not been definitely established, but Its actual fighting force Is supposed to have bad a superiority In numbers of from 60,000 to 60,000 men, and a considerable superiority In artillery. One of the chief advantages possessed by Field Marshal Oyama, according to Rus sian experts, consisted In the greater elas ticity In movement and In handling, on account of the separation of the three re spective armies of Generals Kurokl, Oku snd Nodcu. , Kouropatkln very late also In troduced the same system after a fashion, when he created tho eassern and southern armieo under the respective commands of Generals Ivanoff and Saroubaleft. but these armlea had not been acting Independently for months, while the Japanese had been acting separately. On his arrival at the seat of war. Lieu tenant General Bllderlng of tha Seven teenth army corps, took over the command of General Ivanoff, who though a seasoned snd tried commander, familiar with hla men, with the field of battle and with- the tactics of the Japanese, had to give way to a man older In years, but possessing none of these sdvantages. The change in com manders st such a critical tlms Is re garded as extremely unfortunate. Al though It Is admitted that the eastern army had to face Kurokl, who had earned a reputation as rhv most skillful of the Japanese leaders, tha poor ahowlng which It made In comparison with the southern army under BarouliakfT. , perhaps not al together unjustifiably, might be attributed' to tbla change of commanders, and the battle might has been won If Bllderllng had been able to duplicate In the east the splendid stand which the southern army mads against Oku and Kodsu Says Rasalana Are Demoralised. SHANGHAI, Sept. 9. Nlght.) A special messenger of the Tartar gencrsl at Muk den, who escaped from that city through tha cordon of Russian outposts, reports, according to advices received here, that the Russian army Is utterly confused and demoralised, especially the remains of tha two Russian army corps which recently joined General Kouropatkin's forces. i Qolctat Che Feo. . CHE FOO, Bept 9. No further news was received here from Port Arthur or elsewhere GALL CAtfflT BEANEREI Linevitch Needs Troops Himself nd I Unable to Help Kouropatkin, ATTACK ON VLADIVOSTOK IS EXPECTED Russian Eniinsa Interest - Seriously Affected Vy the War. CIVILIANS PREPARE TO LEAVE MUKDEN Taken to Indicate Russians Do Kot Intend to Stop There. JAPANESE FORCES ARE - NOW RESTING Silence from that Side ot tho Llao Token to Indicate Something May Bo Expected at aa Early Date. . t (Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1901.) ST. PETERSBURG, Bept. 9.-KNew York Herald Cablegram 8peclal Telegram to The Bee.) Owing to the' Immediate prob ability of needing troops for the defense of Vladivostok, it transpires that General Llnevltch cannot aend the auperlor fores called for by General Kouropatkln. This and other ' uncomfortable reporta fly through ths Bourse today with the effect that consols are down to 91, ths loweat point reached yet. Business men fully realise that the waf Is to be prolonged, while hostilities even now are seriously affecting trade. An In stance is the Nljonl Novgorod fair, always reckoned a sure barometer. It closed show ing a 25 per cent reduction In the volume of business, while of weightlAV Import. Is the announcement that not less than 1.000, 000 roubles (1500,000) worth of bills falling due have been protested. The story of the Inability of merchants to meet their obligations going to Nov gorod waa spread widely over the country and another issue of 40,000,000 roubles ($20, 000,000) notes Is announced. The enormous Josses of life recently have caused a fur ther call on reserve officers, while all who volunteer are forthwith accepted. Military 'men differ as to where the next fight is to be. Borne say under the walls cf Mukden, others Tien Ling, while the Invalids is of the opinion the next 'battle will be fought In the spring at Harbin. This evenlng'a reports go to tha effect that Kurokl has . tackled . Count Meyenbergs forces, and , another that Kouropatkln. la wounded. I cannot veonflrra either. , 'tRumor has it tht rtw -second Paclflo Squadron starts tomorrow. I believe from, good sources that .they cannot gat away until Monday at the earliest. - Japanese Aro Resting;. MUKDEN, Bept 7. (Delayed In Trans rnlaslonO The Ruaso-Chinese bank at Muk den haa been closed and the civil authori ties are preparing to leave. September 9,-12:80 a, m. All con tinues quiet at Mukden. All anxiety re garding the Russian transport Is over. The Japanese have crossed the Bhakhe and are now resting. Only the Russian and Japan ese outposts are In direct contact Thou sands of wounded are being sent north. The Russian retreat here has been ac complished without losses , and with ths precision of a review at Krasnoye Selo. The accumulation of wounded between Llao Yang ami-Mukden tested to the ut most the resources of the Red Cross. Most of the 'transport was carried In the rough est kind of wheeled csrts, but the srrange ments for providing the troops with food along the line of retreat worked magnifi cently. " - During the five days from August SO to September 4 12,300 wounded were treated In Red Cross ambulances, the Sisters ot Mercy vlelng with the doctors In physical courage and resistance to fatigue. Much of the Japanese success Is attrib uted to the millet fields In which the Rus sians were not accustomed to maneuver. Cominunlcntlon Interrupted. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 9. A dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexleft announcing that the railroad and telegraph line between Harbin and Mukden ara both interrupted. . The reassuring dispatch of the Associated Press from Mukden, filed shortly after midnight, is the latest word from the front. It disposes of the many sensational rumors and indicates that Field Marshal Oyama has failed to cut oft or seriously interfere with the retreating Russian army, which haa now safely arrived at Mukdan. Reports Evacuation of Mukden. ' BERLIN, Sept. f A dispatch to tho Lokal Ar.zelger from Mukden, timed 11:40 a. m. today, says ths evacuation of Mukden Is now in progress and adds that the Jap anese have not yet crossed the river Hun, which flows a few miles south of Mukden. The dispatch further says: The Viborg regiment, of which Emperor William Is commander, before advancing in storm the-, village of Sykwantun September S, was drawn up In front of the tent qf Major von Runckel. the German military attache, and cheered for the emperor. The regiment. In carrying Sykwantun. lost two officers and fifty men killed and ISO officers and men wounded, including ths colonel of the regiment . It afterward retired In guod order. Say Russians Kill Noneombatanta, TOKIO, Sept. 9. I p. m. A private tele gram received here aaya that a small Rus sian expedition from Kamchatka visited Senshu Island, north ot the Island Of Hoka ldo, and In th,e absence of the men, killed the women and children and burned the houses. Official confirmation s lacking In regard to thla report; which aeems incredl. ble. WILL HAVE NO SIXTH ARMY CORPS Report that UossImbs Ara to Mobilise Largo Army Is Intrao. . BT. PETERSBURG, Bept. 9.-6:30 p, m. Official . news from ths front today eon. Arms the reporta of the Associated Prese from Mukden that the Japanese are still resting their main forces, but their out posts ure In contact with the Russians. The latter continue to hold Slntstntln sixty miles eat ot Mukden, and Russian cavalry Is operating ever a vide area east of Mukden to prevent a Japanese column from slipping through and making Its way north. The reports that six more army corps are to be mobilised ara untrue. As stated la these dlapatches, only two