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AUSTRIA KEEPS OUT
Will Trie Ho Part in Struggle Between
Trance and the Vatican.
FEELS BOUND BY TREATY OF BERLIN
That Agreement GiTes France the Eight to
Proteot the Missionaries.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT MUST FIRST ACT
Until it T)oi Vatican Ha Ho Power to
Select Successor.
MATTER HAS NOT YET BEEN BROACHED
Foreign Office of Austro-IIunaary
SJaya X Thought Haa Beea Given
to the abject by 6ev
ernment. PARIS, Bejt. M. (Special Cablegram to
The Be.) The clerical ballon dossal haa
now been Anally exploded by the Austro
Hungarlan Foreign office In an interesting
statement mado to a special representative
of tlio Journal, Thla gentleman wu In
formed that eo long as the treaty of Ber
lin, which exprescly ratified the French
protectorate created by prevloua treatlea,
remalm in force, and while that protec
torato continue to be exercised by French
ambassadors and consuls, Austro-Hungary
will hot merely refrain from any effort to
secure It for itself, but will not take into
consideration the eventuality of a crisis
which it cannot think haa yet arisen.
. The papal nuncio haa not once ventured
to refer to tho subject. During the recent
lay In Vienna the Austro-Hungartan am
bassador to the Vatican never broached
the question of the protectorate. The
papacy la not entitled to Intervene In the
natter so long as the French government
doe not abandon the rights conferred upon
it by treaties to which the Holy flee was
not even a party. The, representative of the
Journal was further informed that the pro.
tectorate could not in any case be trans
ferred to the emperor-klng, aa It was cer
tain that the Hungarian Parliament would
never consent to Its acceptance.
SERIOUS DROUTH IN GERMANY
rat Lose to Agricultural latere
la Reported from Several
Districts.
BERLIN, Sept. 10. (Special Cablegram to
Tho Bee.) Immense loasea are being caused
In many dlrectiona by the long-continued
drouth, which lasted for eight weeks
throughout Germany. ' .
The great navigable rivers of the country
' are steadily drying up, and except for a
few miles near their mouths have already
been closed to shipping trafflo. Alarming
forest ilres are dally occurring In the coun
try districts, whole estates being devas
tated and villages destroyed. t
For two weeks past the Rhine. . Elbe,
Oder and Vistula have been unaavtgablo
for the many steamera, tuga and barges
which ply up and down. During; the two
preceding weeks navigation was only car
ried oil with extremis difficulty, . y
Thousands of . men usually , employed on
the barges, tuga and steamera of the river
are idle, while thousands more dependent
on the river industries find their occupation
gone. ,' ' ' '- 1
I In every case the employera who nave
, suffered severely themselves have refused
v to make their workmen the least grant to
!' 4. tide them over the period of enforced .ldle
' "" ness. Consequently the distress among the
working people and their families Is very
great. ;
The great land owners have been very
heavy losers by the drouth. Thousands of
acres of forest land have been destroyed
by fire caused bythe extreme dryness of
the timber owing to the lack of rain.
At Leltersdorf the estate of the Prince
Hnhenanllarn Siamarlnaen was reduced to
shea. Vast quantities of Wheat and rye'
and more than $3,000 worth of agricultural
machinery were destroyed.
At Rosenthal, near Breslau, nine estatea,
comprising extensive forest landa and oat
fields, were entirely burnt out. while at
Trtosky, In the same district, the whole
state of Baron von Eckhardsteln was deci
mated. Nearly 200 dwelling houses and many hun
dreds of acres of corn lands were destroyed
at Ratlbor, In southern SUetla. The fire
raged throughout the town and over many
square miles of surrounding country.
Telegrams from Hungary tell the aame
story. Considerable lose of life ta reported
' in addition to great destruction of property.
MOTOR BOAT ON THE DEAD SEA
Englishman Who Makes Trig. Tells
of His Experience
Bareute.
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LONDON.' Bent, 10. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The Dead sea haa been navi
gated by a motor boat, and the engineer
who made the passage aenda an account to
the Jewish Chronicle.
He saw numbers of dead fishes, killed by
the salt water of the lake, but was sur
prised to find that the water had no pe
culiar color of Its own. though It was ex
tremely heavy. Although travelers have al
leged that birds cannot exist around the
Dead sea, he saw a great number of aacred
swallows. '
. Tli monotony, he writes, was Intense.
"Before me I saw the wtldemeea of Judea,
and on the right a green spot marking the
banks of the Jordan.
"There was not the slightest sign of
life. A deathlike silence prevailed In that
strange region, scarcely disturbed by the
'heavy motions of the wave feebly beating
against the beach."
CZAR CONSULTS ASTROLOGERS
Russian Kale "Has Hie Fertaae Told"
by Ma ar Different
People,
CO PENH AO EN, Bept 10. (Special Cable
gram to The Bee.) Prince Charles of Den
mark Is looked upon In the Danish royal
family aa Something of a clairvoyant
He foretold the birth of the esar's four
daughters, to the Infinite chagrin of the
csartna, who was consoled, however, by
the prediction that the longed-for heir
would follow his four little slaters.
The csar himself la a Arm believer In
spiritual phenomena and occultism, an8 has
often consulted clairvoyants, astrologers
and even fortune tellers as to the future.
It la perhaps some small comfort to the
autocrat of all the Russia that so far none
of -Ui seers, none or whom was supposed
to be aware of hi ld.ntlty, u&a predicted
lor klm vteleut death,
COUNTESS IN A BAD DEAL
Paris Society Talka of Giper'ese of
Prominent Woman, i
Needed Mo-'' 4v
PARIS, Sept. 10 'V'' 'legram to
The Be, ) The ' ..anolal scandal
Involving 0" . . known names la
the FrencV y that of Comtesse
do la Tour .n haa Just been made
public, . w
At the end of last month the countess
was Invited to tho marriage of one of her
nephews. Marquis de M Tour du Pin, to
the daughter of General O'Connor. She had
not sufficient cash to procure all aha
wanted In the way of dresses and presents,
and In the absence of her husband, who
jealously controlled the funds, she decided
to contract a loan, which Com t esse de
Morlgny undertook to negotiate through a
friend.
A certain woman finally arranged the
matter with a Paris Jeweler named Marty
and brought to Comteese de la Tour du
Pin 8,000 worth of jewelry, including three
clusters of pearls valued at 8,400, a neck
lace ticketed at 640 and four rings repre
senting the sum of 900. To the countess
this woman stated that this Jewelry was
temporarily loaned, so that she might real
ise the money she needed by pledging It.
To the Jeweler the intermediary pretended
that the countess Intended to buy the rings,
pearls and necklace.
To the countess she said:' "Sign anything
the Jeweler asks you to. It Is only for tho
sake of appearances." But between tho
woman and M. Marty It was understood
that the countess would purchase at least
4,000 of Jewelery, on which she herself
was to get a commission of 120.
When the Jewels were handed over to
Comtesse de la Tour du Pin she signed a
receipt In these terms: "Received on de
posit from M. , Marty, to be approved by
my husband or returned next day, the
following articles." Then followed a list
of the goods.
As soon as the jewels were delivered the
Intermediary claimed her commission, an
nexing a string of pearls and four rings,
representing 3,000. Then she disappeared.
Comtesse de Morlgny took the necklace to
a pawnshop for her friend and pledged it
for 120. Next morning. Just as Comtesse
du Pin was leaving her mansion for the
wedding of her nephew, M. Marty was an
nounced and demanded the money or the
Jewels.
At first the countess did not understand,
but then, recognising that she had been
the victim of an adventuress, burst Into
tears and promised to return tho jewels If
she were allowed to attend the marriage
and avoid a scandal. To this the gallant
Jeweler consented, and the necklace was
redeemed the same day and returned to
M. Marty.
Although the authorities recognise that
Comtesse du Pin has been the victim of
an unscrupulous swindler, she had the
mortification of belnr. charged provisionally
on the police books with abuse of confi
dence. Her husband, however, has Indi
cated his willingness to pay M. Marty for
the missing Jewels, and a warrant has
been Issued for the Intermediary's arrest.
CHINESE AND WHITE LABOR
Johannesburg Allegros Employment of
- Former Does Wot Injure
, tho Latter.
JOHANNESBURG, Bept 10. (Special
Cablegram to The Bee.) Any fears which
may still be entertained that the employ
ment of Chinese will prejudice white labor
in the mines must be removed by the
statement made at the meeting of the
Chamber of Mines this week.
The president of the chamber said that
the effect of the employment of Chinese In
tho New Comet' mine was that 163 white
men are now working in the mines as com
pared with thirty-four In the month before
the arrival of the Chinese.
Last month the vice president of the
chamber gave an assurance that if It were
found that the narrowness of the roofs in
certain mines favored rock drilling by hand,
and therefore It became desirable to super
sede white skilled labor by Chinese hand
labor, the mining companies guaranteed all
the white men engaged in this work simi
lar employment in other mines. Supple
menting these remarks, Mr. Schumacher
stated that similarly In the case of white
unskilled laborers, If Chinese were intro
duced into the mines where white men
were working, the latter would not be
turned adrift, but would be offered em
ployment elsewhere.
The figures dealing with white unskilled
labor, however, tend to ehow that the work
doea not attract many. About 1,000 are
employed by the Eckstein group and the
Rand mines. Eight companies Included In
the latter have averaged 446 white un
skilled workmen during the first six months
of the present year: but to maintain that
average, 2,430 passed through the books.
The average number of shifts worked by
each man before leaving was seventeen,
while only seventy-one of the men who
started work In January remained till the
end of June. Their - average wage was
t shillings pence.
SARAFOFF PREDICTS TROUBLE
Macedonian Loader Says that Terco-
Bulgarian Agreement Is
a Farce.
PARIS, Sept 10,-(Speclal Cablegram to
The Bee.) A correspondent of the Petit
Psiislen has recently had an interview
with Borla Sarafoff, the well-known leader
of the Macedonian revolutionary party.
Nothing, in his opinion, ran prevent the
outbreak of a rresh revolution. They who
count on the Turco-Bulgarlan agreement
to stifle this movement are making a great
mistake. Boris Sarafoff regards this agree,
ment aa a mere farce, for neither party to
It Is In a position to render It effeotlve.
The amnesty accorded by the Ottoman
government has been applied - to persons
only unjustly Imprisoned. All who took
part In the Insurrection are still In con
finement In some places tho Bulgarian
school have been opened; but what Is tlte
use of schools In these troublous times?
The Petroff cabinet Is doing all In Its power
to prevent the Introduction of arms and
explosives Into Turkey, but in order to do
anything really effective, 100,000 soldiers
would have to be placed along the fronUer.
Moreover, tho Bulgarian government could
really do nothfng to Influence event in
Macedonia. General Tsontcheff's party at
Sofia, which Is striving to deal with Mace
donian affairs from the point of view of
Bulgarian national Interests, has no Influ
ence a few miles beyond the frontier. Thl
organisation is seeking In every way to
discredit Borta Barafoff's efforts. But he
and his partisans continue their task, In
different to these Insults. They are' fight
ing for Macedonian autonomy and will
never lay dawn their anna. The longer
they are In obtaining a solution the more
bloodshed ther win be. "Tell tola clearly
to ttureW',
PRAISE FOR CURZON
Frenchmen Express Admiration for Work
of Viceroy in .India.
PERSIAN GULF TO BE AN ENGLISH LAKE
Thia Prediction ii Made Without Bitterness
by a Trench Writer.
TURKEY MAY BE THREATENED LATER
Student Seea in British Progress that
Whioh May Disquiet Europe.
BRITISH CHARACTER RECEIVES PRAISE
Parlalaa Paper Speak la Glowing
Tersas of Work Doao by Islaad
era la Civilising the
World. '
PARIS, Sept. 10. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The manner in which the cordial
relations now established between France
and England have enabled the Frenchmen
to cast off the last vestiges of anti-English
prejudice is nowhere more evident than in
the frank ' admiration expressed In unex
pected quarters for the work done In India
by; Lord Curson. In spite 'of the Rus
sophlle sympathies and economic apprehen
sions entertained in this country both the
viceroy of India and Mr. Chamberlain have
In different. ways succeeded In Impressing
the French mind with a sense of Intellectual
power and farce of character.
This is maWest from the tone in which
their views are . discussed and from the
Impartial appreciation of their work which
Is now noticeable in the French press. Prof.
Lorln of the University of Bordeaux, a
close student of British imperial affairs,
writing In the Depeche Colonlale, begins a
survey of the part played by Lord Curion
by saying that he Is assuredly one of the
most Interesting and characteristic of the
British statesmen of our time.
Work oa Perslaa Golf.
"He is vigorously promoting the extension
of British predominance throughout the
Indian ocean in a thoroughly methodical
and eystematio'way. In which respect the
English are often at fault." After setting
forth the results of British activity as it
radiates from India in all directions, includ
ing both coasts of the Persian gulf, "which
will presently become an English lake,"
M. Lorln affirms that no one has done
more or better service in extending that
territorial and moral progress than Lord
Curson. .
M. Lorln Is a candid and Independent as
well as an admiring critic. Thus he ques
tions the value of the results likely to b.e
secured in Thibet, but, on the other hand,
he considers that Lord Curson may well
console himself for the difficulties of the
expedition against the mullah by the co
operation of the British, Indian aad Abys
sinian troops. Indeed, M. Lorln regards
that co-operation as the essential feature
of the campaign. . Again, while admitting
the remarkable progress -enade by British
Influence" In Arabia n influence which, he
says, is gradually extending toward Mecca,
both from the coast of the Persian gulf
and from Aden M. Lorln Inquires whether
Lord Curion Is not perhaps presuming too
much upon his good fortune In pursuing a
policy "capable of disquieting Turkey, Ger
many, Russia and also France, which Is a
Mussulman power."
. Treats of British Character.
Taking advantage of the Interest In
things British which the lntente cordlale
has revived In France, the Petit Parlslen
publishes a remarkable editorial article on
the British national character and institu
tions. - . ,
The article speaks In glowing terms of
the liberty that, prevails in Great Britain
a liberty which. It says, finds no counter
part in other countries.
"British solidarity," the writer says,
"has produced a curious, entirely char
terlstlc kind of patriotism, which will ad
mit of no faults in a fallen hero, when
such an admission would Involve the wash
ing of dirty linen in public.
"Tho British colonising spirit has pro
duced the most glorious results In every
quarter ef the globe where the union
Jack is flying. . Unfortunately these glories
have but too often been achieved at the
expense of the natives."
The paper then proceeds to quote the
Maoris of New Zealand as an example,
sitting that an interesting race has been
almost obliterated, an unfortunate Illustra
tion to make, oa It .Is well known that
the Maori population Is increasing rapidly
year by year.
Summing up the British character, the
Petit Parlslen says It is a mass of con
tradictions. "Witness, for. Instance, the number of
painters and artists of the first class whom
Brltlan has produced who would hold their
own with the greatest geniuses in the
world, and on the other hand, remember
the hideous, tasteless decorations of streets
or public buildings on occasions of na
tional rejoicing such as the coronation fes
tivities." BRITISH SMUGGLERS ACTIVE
Government Has Hard Time to Col
lect Datlrs ea Certala
Imports.
LONDON. Bept. 10. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) Few articles pass through
the customs now without strict examina
tion, for. the revenue officers regard most
things with suspicion. It Is difficult lor
the smuggler to escape detection.
Recently a consignment of very Innocent
looking dolls attracted notice and on ex
amination a very interesting discovery was
made.
Inside the dolls were found small barrels
of attar of roses. The penalties inflict
will make the consignment unexpectedly
dear.
Toys have. In fact, been extensively used
as receptacles for taxable goods which
were Intended to run the revenue blockade.
Inks, cigarette papers, sealing wax and
othsr things have been found by th gov
ernment analysts to contain dutiable com
pounds. Owing to ths high duty of 1 per pound
Imposed on saccharine, skillful efforts have
been made to get this Into the country
without payment of the charges.
A chemical compound with ths awe-lnsplr-Ing
name of "O-Taluenesulphonaralde" has
lately com under the notice of the offi
cial, and Is now charged the full saccha
rin duty, as by a slmpls process sac
charine may be obtained from It In large
quantities. ; ,
During tli las twelve months innumer
able selsures have been made of goods de
scribed as chlnaware, lace and linen manu
factures, which have turned out to con
taa spirit oX oaochartoe.
AIM OF IRISH UNIONISTS
Coloael Saaadersea Bays Party Repre
seats All that Is Loyal
la Irelaad,
BELFAST, Sept. 10.-(Speclal Cablegram
to The Bee.) Speaking at a meeting of
Orangemen, held at Csstle Saunderson to
commemorate the relief of Derry, Colonel
Saunderson, M. P., referring to the at
titude of the Ulster unionist party towards
the government, said that no long as Sir
Anthony McDonnell Remained at Dublin
castle the present strained relations which
exist between Irish unionists and the gov
ernment would remain unaltered. They
had opposed and they meant if spared next
session, to oppose any departmental legis
lation connected with Ireland brought for
ward by the government. They opposed
them both and blocked them, with the re
sult that the government had to abandon
them. (Hear, hear.) . That was done as
a protest against the continued power of
Sir Anthony McDonnell In Ireland. The
position of the Irish unionist members
was very clear and distinct. Although
few In numbers they had the largest con
stituency of any members In the House.
They represented every loyal man from
Cape Clear to the Giant's Causeway. He
was very glad to see that , some of the
Irish people were beginning to understand
their actions. They represented every
man, be he Protestant or Roman Catholic,
who had a grievance and who could not
get that grievance brought to tight. They
were willing to take up any cause that
was properly proved end substantiated
from any man In Ireland and the result
had been that he had communications from
Roman Catholics In the south and west
telling of the grievances under which they
suffered and which they had no oppor
tunity of bringing to light, as they were
in a condition of abject slavery. They had
a great deal of sympathy for their Prot
estant fellow countrymen living In the
south and 'west, and very naturally so.
The minority, owing to the new policy of
the nationalist party, were excluded from
participation In public work and public
life, but much as they were to be pitied
the Roman Catholic, who desired to be a
free man and go his own way, was far
more to be pitied. Such as he dare not
make a move; he dare not say a word
as he was at the mercy of the priests and
the nationalists who surrounded him. Bo,
when they appealed to him, aa they had
done, he had taken up their cause just as
he would do that of any other man who
was suffering an Injustice. He was not
only a Protestant, not only a unionist, but
also an Irishman, and he looked upon every
man who was an Irishman as haying a lien
on him as a brother Irishman to see Jus
tice done. They appealed to the Irish
people; they said they, were not bigots;
they were Protestants and loved their re
ligion. They were unionists and they loved
the union; but they were Irishmen and any
Irishman who appealed to them would have
a ready hearing both from him (the
speaker) and his colleagues, and they
would try and see that justice was done.
The desire of every Irishman who loved
his 'country waa to see the gulf that sepa
rated Protestant and Roman Catholic dis
appear as far as possible. The priests
wanted to keep that gulf always open.
Who was going to fill It up? It would jiot
be done by legislation. No Parliament
would do it. It could only be dont by tho
hand of the Irish people themselves. And
If It gradually dawned upon them that
Protestants and Roman Catholics differing
In religion, differing In other things, could
at the same time work shoulder to shoul
der for the common good of their com
mon country, then they might hope that
the gulf would be filled up.
BEEFEATERS LOOK TO RUSSIA
Attempt Being; Mado to Draw British
Meat Supply Over the
Baltic.
LONDON. Sept. 10. (Special Cablegram to
Th Bee.) Great efforts are being made by
Influential people in the United Kingdom
and Russia to create a trade in 'neat from
the Baltic port of Russia to supply the
London market.
This interesting fact Is made known in a
report on foreign commerce of Russia by
the British consul at St. Petersburg.
There are, however, the consul 'says,
many difficulties to be encountered in the
realisation of such a scheme, the chief of
which would be those connected with the
quality and price of the local article and
the general sanitary state of animals in
Russia. If the pnoject is carried out, the
chief sources of supply will be Rostov-on-Don,
Samara and Siberia, with Llbau and
St. Petersburg for the porta, of shipment.
At present Russia sends meat only In
small quantities, the total imports last
year amounting In value to about 116,000,
of which all but 6,000 worth was baenn. "
The following table gives, approximately,
the quantities of beef, mutton, pork and
veal brought into London from abroad last
yean
Number of
Carcases.
Beef, American, and pork killed , 2,600
Beef, chilled und frozen 2,600
Mutton and Iamb, Hiver Plate and
New Zealand 9,500
Pork, American, chilled 7,600
Veal, Dutch 11,600
Total
43.G00
PORTUGUESE ATTACK A SHIP
British Fishing- Vessel Stranded by
Pilot to Permit Natives to
' Pillage.
LISnON, Sept. 10. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The British steamship Morac,
while flphlna off the southern eoavt of Pnr.
tugal recently, was purposely grounded by
a native pilot.
The steamer was Immediately surrounded
by a' host of fishermen who attacked the
vessel with the .object of pillaging It.
Fortunately a government gunboat, an
chored a few miles off, being advised of
what was going on, immediately went to
the rescue and dlnpirsed the fishermen.
The Morac received no Injury and was
floated on the next tide.
This Is not the first time that British
boats have been purposely grounded on
that shore and afterward attacked by the
natives.
CLAIMS TO BE THE OLDEST MAN
Irlahmaa la I.oadoa Workhoaso Says
that He Is Oae Haadred aad
ThlrtyElght Tears Old.
LONDON. Sept 10.-(8peclsl Cablegram
to The Be.) Thomas Hart, an Irishman
In Leeds workhouse, says he Is not merely
the oldest subject of King Edward, but also
the oldest man In the world.
He was born, h says. In 1767; he la even
sufficiently precise enough to know the
date of the month It was June U. 1767.
On this basts he certainly would be In
his 138th year.
Ha has been th husband of five sue
rlv wives, ail f.u.n Yorkshire, and the
father of forty-five children.
END OF WAR SOUGHT
Interparliamentary Union Will Ask Powers
to Intervene in Eastern Struggle.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL' OUTLINES THE WORK
President Roosevelt Will Be Asked to Call
a Session of The Hague Conference.
HEATED SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE
French and Italian Delegates Object to Any
Kotioe of the Busso-Japanese Affair.
CONGRESSMAN BARTH0LDT TO PRESIDE
Mlssoarlaa Elected Chalrmaa of the
Exeeatlve Couacll aad Presldeat
ef the Coafereaee eloas
Beala Monday.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10. The powers of the
world, signatory to The Hague convention,
will be asked by the Interparliamentary
union at Its twelfth conference to Intervene
In the Russian-Japanese war. President
Roosevelt will be requested to call a second
session of The Hague convention, com
pulsory arbitration will be advocated, the
use of submarine mines In time of war
will be deplored and many kindred resolu
tions will be presented during the delibera
tions of next week.
Brussels, London and Copenhagen will be
recommended as the respective places for
the conferences of the next three years by
the executive council.
The decision to undertake to bring about
intervention in the far eastern war waa
not reached until after a heated discussion,
at times bitter. When the proposition was
brought forward M. Cochery, a French
deputy, was on his feet in an Instant. He
objected vigorously to any attempt what
ever to Inject this matter into the confer
ence. He was supported by Marquis Dl
Ban Guellano, president of the Italian
group.
Dr. Gobat, the deputy from Switierland
and secretary of the union, said:
"If this union, heralded everywhere as
deliberating in a peace conference, so sig
nally falls of Its opportunity and duty as
to neglect to deplore the bloodiest war In
the history of the ages we may count our
selves as certain to become the laughing
stock of tho world."
The intervention resolution was Anally
adopted.
Think Rosevelti Should Lead.
' Then the suggestion was made that Presi
dent Roosevelt should be the proper one
to tender mediation. This proposition was
left In the air with the understanding that
no further steps In the direction be taken
without information as to the president's
personal wishes In the matter.
The phraseology of the proposed Hague
convention resolution also produced a
heated debate. The American and Belgian
groups had Ideas on the subject which ap
pealed to the' majority,' but - efforts to dif
ferentiate between the two caused a long
discussion. A drat was finally made.
While Its wording was not disclosed. It wa
learned that American phraseology pre
dominated. A recess was taken and during
the Intermission unfortunate errors were
discovered.' Meanwhile the copy was ready
for the printer and hurry calls were
sounded for the temporarily scattered coun
cil. This caused delay and at a late hour
the error had not been unanimously cor-,
rected.
The council, which Is not unlike the
steering committee of the United States
senate, - organized today by the election of
Congressman Richard Bartholdt of St.
Louis as president He. will also preside
over the conference Itself.
There were submitted to the council
dozens of resolutions, the merits of whloh
were urged strongly by their advocates,
prior to the secret session. They were so
numerous and so varied that their full
discussion occupied hours. Throughout the
day the members of the council were in
conference formally and otherwise and an
evening session became necessary.
That the forthcoming conference will
prove to be of great International sig
nificance, was predicted tonight when one
of the'leaders said:
"This conference will sound a note which
will be heard around the world. If our
hopes are fulfilled, it means that the world
will enjoy universal peace."
Intervention Resolution.
The program of the conference was today
defin'tely fixed by the executive council.
Monday, the first day, will be devoted to
preliminaries. The two succeeding days
will be devoted to deliberations on resolu
tions prepared by the executive council.
The first will deal with the far eastern war
In the following language:
The interparliamentary conference, shock
ed by the horrors of the war that is being
waged in the far east between two civilised
states, and deploring that the powers sig
natory of the conventions of The Hague
have been unable to have recourse to the
clauses thereof which direct them to ten
der their mediation Immediately upon the
outbreak of hostilities.
Asks the powers signatory of the conven
tions of The Hague to Intervene at the
proper time with the belligerents In order
to facilitate the restoration of peace, and
instructs the interparliamentary conven
tion to bring the present resolution to 'the
knowledge of the said powers.
The others have to do with the calling
of a second Hague convention by President
Roosevelt; the expression of gratification
at the advances by the cause of peace; the
taking of steps to strengthen the outworka
of the Interparliamentary union; the estab
lishment of compulsory arbitration, and the
r boll t Ion of explosives which endanger neu
tral shipping In time of war.
Tho Has a Resolution.
At a late hour, ufur a heated evening's
debate, The Hague conference reiolutlon
dispute waa finally adjusted by the execu
tive council.
Tho following resolution will be presented
to the conference: , -
Whereas, Enlightened public opinion and
the spirit of nioUern civilisation alike de
mand that differences between nations
should bd adjusted and settled in the same
manner as disputes between Individuals
are adjudicated, namely: by. the arbitra
ment of a court within recognized prin
ciples of law, the conference requests the
several governments of the world to send
representatives to an international con
ference to be held at a time and place
to be agreed upon by them for the pur
pose of considering:
First The questions for the consideration
of which the conference at The Hague
expressed a wish that a future conference
be uMllml.
Second The negotiation of arbitration
treaties between the nations represented at
the conference to be convened.
Third Th advisability of entaUlUihlng an
International congress to convene periodic
ally for the dlm.'Ukslo:i of international
question, and Ihls conference cordially re
quests the president of the I'uited Hlates
to Invite all nations to send representa
tives to such a conference.
The great majority of the nation's gueota
'Continued on Second fag.) t
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for lSehraska Showers
dan Cooler In East Portion. Mob
day Fair and Warmer.
Pise,
1 Austria Keens Oat of DtMcnltr.
Frenchmen PraUe Carson manly.
Powers t rared to End the War.
Real Bla Battle at the Haa Jtlver.
9 How Japs Captared Mao Vans;.
3 News from All Prts of Nebraska.
Both Parties Nominate Tickets.
No Money to Proaecate Bootleggers
Fora-crles Reach Almost a Million.
4 Bhrlaers Tome from the Korth.
Minneapolis Officials Arrested.
5 New Coal Tariff Now la Effect.
Contest fTer a "ewer Award.
S Past Week la Omaha Society.
T Story, "It and a Lariat."
8 Coancll Blnffa aad Iowa News.
New Raulan Minister Well l.lked.
9 Omnha Horse Wins ,n Blar Race. .
It. C. Egan Is the Golf Champion.
10 Resalts of the Ball Game.
Miscellaneous Sporting Events.
11 Financial and Commercial.
IS Jewish New Yesr Is Celebrated.
Kennedy Talks la Second Ward,
13 Great Battle of the Past.
14 Amasements aad Mnslc.
15 Weekly Review of Sportlnar Events
16 Wild, Ineffective Charge of Japs.
How to Answer Small Ads.
Rival of Gladstone Dcwle.
IT Stripping for Politics! Fray,
Maay Jews la the World.
IS Editorial.
A Yoansr Men Dominate the World.
Condition of Omaha's Trade,
84 Campaign Funds Are Scarce.
28 to 40 Tho Illustrated Bee.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday l
Hour. Dcs. Hoar. Deo;.
6 a. m iki 1 p. m ...... Ml
6 a. m 68 a p. m 88
7 a. m N 8 p. m 83
1 I. H 4 p. m. . .. TS
e a. m T6 5 p. ta 73
10 a. m .78 O p. m 74
11 a. m 7 T p. m...... tie
12 m 83 . ,
SUMMARY OFJVAR SITUATION
Troops Are Resting- and Heavy Ralas
Make Extensive Operation.
Practically Impossible.
"The troops on both sides are resting."
Thia Information from the Associated
Press correspondent at Mukden came In a
dispatch filed at 10:66 p. m, Saturday night,
and, coupled with reports received at St.
Petersburg Saturday from General Kouro
patkln and Lieutenant General Sakaharoff,
reporting Inactivity in the fighting zone
Thursday and Friday, idlcates that since
Thursday, because of torrential rains and
heavy roads, hostilities have been reduced
to a minimum.
The rear guard of the Russians have suc
ceeded In taking most of its transports and
guns through Mukden. The Japanese, how
ever, are reported going there by the rail
road, and a force under General Kurokl Is
in tho bills east of Mukden.
A St. Petersbu g dispatch says the War
office Is reluctantly disposed to admit that
with the defeat of the Russians at 'Llao
Tang, practically, all hope ot turning the
tide of war this year departed; that Kouru
patkln must retire, await reinforcements
and prepare for a new campaign next year.
No word la heard lo St Petersburg look
ing In the direction of peace, howevei1.
Chinese reports received at Mukden esti
mate the Japanese force In the battle of
Llao Yang at 800.000 men, of whom 70,000
were Chinese and Coreans.
General Kurokl reports that after the
battle of September 5 the Russians took
10,000 wounded to Mukden, leaving 8,000 In
the vicinity of Llao Yang.
No official figures on the losses at the
battle of Llao Yang have been given out.
HRE DESTROYS SN0WSHEDS
Southern Paclfle Repairs Tracks and
Trains Are Running Forest
Fires Cheeked.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. About 1,800
feet of the Southern Paclfle company's
snowsheds near Blue canon in the Sierras
were destroyed by yesterday's Are. A large
force of men worked all night repairing
the track and at 6 o'clock this morning had
the work completed so that the delayed
passenger trains began to move. Freight
traffic was also resumed. The fire de
stroyed the telegraph wires, but these al
ready have been repaired.
Forest fires are also raging In the moun
tains and have threatened the sheds in
several places, but the fire trains have been
kept In readiness to meet any emergency.
A definite report from the scene of the
forest fire raging In the Big Basin park.
In Ban'a Cruz county, states that the fire
has been checked within a quarter of a
mile of the governor's camp and It Is
thought the danger of the entire destruc
tion of the reservation is now past. The
situation at Boulder creek has Improved,
the wind shifting the blaze and driving the
fire toward the coast. All danger to the
town Is not over, however, as the water
supply is said to 'be precarious and the
force of fighters are worn out with their
sixty hours' labor In other sections of the
mountains. '
POLITICIANS TALK OF MAINE
Repnblleaa and Demoeratlc Leader
Make Foreeaeta on Sla
of Plurality.
PORTLAND, Me., Sept 10.-Chalrman
Simpson of the republican state committee
tpday Issued a statement concerning the
election In Maine next Monday and he
claims that Mr. Cobb, the gubernatorial
candidate, would carry the atate by a plu
rality of 10,000 to 18,000.
In a counter statement, Dr. Jones, chair
man of the democratic atate committee,
characterised the republican claims aa be
ing an "old. trick of claiming more than
they expect and then being satisfied at
what they call a victory.",
The democrats, he said, would take for
their standard ths republican majority of
S3.SS4 over the democrats In the last presi
dential year. A single vote over that, he
said, la a gain, or leas a loss.
LAUNCH CRUISER MILWAUKEE
Callforala Woasaa. Starts Boat While
Wisconsin Woman Christens '
New Warship.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10. -The new
cruiser Milwaukee waa launched success
fully today from the ways of the I'nlon
works in this city. Miss Lillian Jeffrey, a
daughter of-California, gave th' signal to
release the massive steel hull from Its berth
on the stocks. The christening ceremony
was performed by Miss Janet Mitchell of
Milwaukee, daughter of the late United
States Senator John Mitchell, who was
surrounded by a party of visiters front
Milwaukee,
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HUN RIVER
NEXT STAND
8t Petersburg Anticipates the Next Battle
Will Be Fought at that Point.
TWO ARMIES RACING FOR THE POINT
Kouropatkin Will Avoid an Extensive En
gagement if Possible.
RUSSIANS LOOK FOR REST WITH WINTER
Japanese, However, May Oonolude to
Continue the Fighting.
ARMIES FACING EACH OTHER AT MUKDEN
Reports from Port Arthur Are to tho
Effect Japaarse Are Preparing
for Another Assaalt oa
Stroaghold.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., ISO.)
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 10. (New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee,) The race between Kouropatkin
and Kurokl appears now to be to the Hun
river bridge.
According to the opinion of military ex
perts the fight Is sure to take place there.
Its extent depending upon the progress
made by Kouropatkin. It Is perfectly sure,
however, that Kouropatkin will stave oft a
decisive action as long as possible, , and
will refuse to risk his army, which at
present he can boast of maintaining In
tact, until there Is no other stternative.
I have taken pains to try and obtain
opinions existing at the present moment,
the result being that while I find th busi
ness section of the community badly
alarmed over the possibility of a long war,
military men talk coolly of Kouropatkin'a
refusing to take the offensive side until
spring and continuing his retreat until
ready to fight.
The Russians count upon going into win
ter quarters and should the Japanese keep
up tho campaign uninterruptedly they
would much Interfere with Kouropatkin'a
calculations. Public opinion has been fully
prepared in the last few days for the worst
possible news that might be published No
matter what happens Kouropatkin beaten.
Port Arthur captured or the fleet sunk It
will not make the least difference. Even
If the Russian force have to retire to Mos
cow they will return reinforced and
smash" the Japanese.
Newspaper correspondents and foreign at- .
taches at the front have gone to Harbin,
where the censor also Is. - t
Japanese Near Mukfien.
MUKDEN, Sept. S (Via Peking. Sept 10).
The rear guard of the Russian army, which
has been, under fire for a week, haa auc
ceeded In bringing mostx of lta transport
and guna through hers.
The Japanese are coming by the railroad.
' The Japanese force under General Kurokl
is now In the hills to the east of here.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10,-The Japanese
legation today received the following .dis
patch from Toklo:
"Marshal Oyama reports that our right
army occupied Yental colliery and Ta
mentse hill after the fighting of the tth and
5th. The retreat of the enemy'a main force
ia believed to have been retarded."
Plan Assaalt on Pprt Arthor.
CHE FOO, Bept. 10. Noon. Japanese who
left Dalny yesterday say that the grand as
sault on Port Arthur which If was rumored
was planned by the Japanese for today has
been poetponed until Tuesday next, Sep
tember IS, and that a still further post
ponement la possible, aa the Japanese in
tend to make every possible preparation bo
fore' again hurling themselves upon tha
worn out garrison. ' A Chinaman who left
Port Arthur on the evening of September
6 confirms the reports of heavy fighting
from August 27 to August 31, when he and
many others worked night and day bury
ing the dead, which included Chinese, Rus
sians and Japanese Indiscriminately. He
says that during this fight four forts in the
vicinity of Rihlungshan were captured. The
Russians signalled the garrisons of these
forts to retire, whereupon the' Japanese
occupied them, but were compelled to retire .
later under heavy bombardment. Previous
reporta sold that the Japanese had only
entered one fort during this attack. Since
August 81 fighting has been comparatively
unimportant. The Russians have since re
mounted guns upon tha four forts above
mentioned.
The Chinaman also confirms tho report of
a three hours' attack upon Fort Isehaa on
the morning of September 1. When he left
the Russians were preparing vigorously to
resist the next assault, for which their gptes
said the Japanese are making elaborate
preparations.
Japanese Build Hospital.
The Novlkral of Port Arthur, of.
ficlal organ of Viceroy Alexleff, la
Its Issue of September , a copy of which
waa received here today, aaya tho Japanese
have erected a hospital at Louisa bay and
apparently confirms previous reports to the
effect that a Japanese vessel was sunk
while laying mines off Fort Arthur Auguat
U.
The Japanese' squadron on the - horison
September I consisted of the protected
crulserv Matsusblma, Itsukushlma, HaspU
hate and Akaaahl, the armored cruiser Ad
suma and twelve torpedo boat destroyer;
Kouropatkin at Tlo Pass,
ST- PETERSBURG, Sept. 10.-1:10 p. m
There waa no apecltlo news fom the front
this morning,', but it continues to be re
ported that the Russian army Is moving
northward from Mukden. , Oeneral Kouro
patkin Is said to be at Tl Pass. The evacu- .
ation of Mukden, however, is not official!
admitted. i
Lieutenant General Sasharoff report that
there waa no fighting, yesterday. The ralna
and the condition of the roads prevent the
Japanese from advancing.
The emperor has received the following
from General Kouropatkin:
No lighting has taken place in the aphar
of th operation and th enemy showed no
perceptible activity September S or Sep.
tember . Heavy rains continue, which
does not permit ef the roads drying or of
their being repaired. '
6:S1 p. m. The general staff up td thia
hour has no newa confirming the report of
a retrograde movement ' from Mukden,
though it Is frankly admitted that, whether
General Kouropatkin Intends to remain at
Mukden or not, the transport end baggage
and a r-ortlon of tha tinea will bo aaat
north.
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