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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING,'. SEPTEMBER 21, 1904 TEN PAGES.
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New York Democratic Leader Spend Night
in FruitleM Conference!,
'
HILL SAYS CHOICE WILL BE UNANIMOUS
At the Same Time McCarren Announces
Grout Will Be Nominee.
BOOM LAUNCHED FOR MAYOR M'CLELLAN
Delogates from Western Part of State
Object to Domination of Hill.
SEVEN CANDIDATES ARE MENTIONED
Among- the Latent Is Former Secre
' tary of War Daniel Ltaoit-Convention
Hold short Pre
llmlaarjr Session.
SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 20.-At 11:30
o'clock the democratic nomination for gov
ernor was to all appearance! as far trom
llnal decision as ove. wlih lorae lndica
tlona of complication, along new lines
-which threatened the much-desired unani
mous action' In the convention. Just be
fore 11 o'clock Senator Hill announced thai
something- tn tha way of a statement might
be expected very late tonight. He empha
sised the word "'very." At the same mo
ment Bcnator McCarron stood in Senator
lUU'a ante room telling the newspaper
men: "I think we have votes enough to
nominate Orout."
All through the Grand Union note:, where
this was taking plao, the Grout people
were unqualifiedly claiming to have won.
As one of them saU: "While tha rest of
them were discussing the welfare of our
beloved party, McCarren was out getting
delegates."
thrrhin Hopes (or Harmony.
All this time the lobbies and corridors
were filled with Grout talk and most of the
delegates appeared all but convinced that
the battle was all but won by McCarren
for Grout. On the other hand, a few min
utes tefore 11 o'clock William F. Sheehan
said: "ny guess made tonight as to the
nominee may prove wrong In the morning.
I am hoping for a harmonious decision to
night." "With Tammany InT" asked someone.
"With-Tammany in," replied Mr. Shee
han. All this time conferences were in progress
wherever a leader had his headquarters,
and always there came at the end the same
answer, "nothing settled." At the same
time there began to be rumors of a pos
sible coalition of certain up-state inter
ests round Tammany hall and against the
alliance supposed to be represented by
Senator McCarren. The uncertain element
In the story was that Tammany's actual
position was at this time shrouded in mys
tery, and nobody knew where the llnal
lineup would find the Tammany people.
The candidacy of Mr. Shepard Is the cen
ter about which most of the anti-Grout
'sentiment gathered.
., Whila the crolrwceawr4 pxgMM
In the rooms of the various leaders an
apparently spontaneous movement for
Mayor McCIellan of New Tork originated
among a number of up-state delegates;
About 11:30 o'clock sixty-five members of
the delegations from Erie, Oneida, Onon
daga and other counties In the vicinity
met and appointed a oommlttee of eight,
with Blssell Cary of Buffalo as chairman,
. to see Mr. Hill and Mr. Sheehan and urge
that no candidate be put before the con
vention of whom it could be said that he
had been forced upon it by Mr. Hill. They
said that they had reference to no one
candidate in particular, but to several that
had been named. As a candidate who could
be put before the people as absolutely free,
as they expressed it, of "Hill Influence,"
they favored Mayor McCIellan.
Preliminary Session.
The convention today had its preliminary
session, heard an extended speech from
William B. Hornblower of New York as
tem,orary chairman, in whloh the repub
lican national administration was drastlo
ally arraigned and Governor Odell severely
criticised, especially for his acceptance of
the dual role of governor of the state and
chairman of the republican state oommlt
tee. Committees on permanent organlta.
tlon and resolutions were appointed and
the convention took a recess until 11 a. m.
tomorrow.
For the rest it had been a day of con.
ferences and rumors of many kinds In
which no less than seven men had beeu
placed at the head of tha speculative
tickets, as follows:
Edward M. Grout, comptroller of Greater
New York,
Edward M. Shepard of Brooklyn.
Assemblyman George M. Palmer of Scho
harie county.
Supreme Court Justice D. Cady Herrlck
of Albany.
WUUani B. Horublowsr of New York.
Mayor George B. McCIellan of New York.
Former Secretary of' War Daniel S. La
mont is thus far as yet a speculative figure
In the situation.
The subjeot of the balance of the ticket
has been almost entirely eclipsed in the
Interest centered upon the governorship.
TRADING ORVAX INTO SENATE
Chancellor Andrews Talks on Me.
brsska Politics.
ST. LOUIS. 3ept. 20. (Special Telegram.)
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews of Ne
braska university is of the opinion that
Bryan democratic votes in Nebraska are to
be cast for the republican electors In ex
change for republican votes for the fusion
candidates for the state legislature.
"At the present time there is every
chance that Roosevelt will secure the elec
toral vote of Nebraska, that the republican
state ticket will be elected and that the
fusion element will dominate the legisla
ture and elect W, J. Bryan the next sen-t-s-T
from thai state," cald the chancellor
today, after delivering an address at the
Worlds fair.
"I am not prepared to offer proof that
there is an out-and-out deal between Bryan
and the republican leaders in Nebraska,
hut that is the talk throughout the state,
and I am convinced that all of Mr. Bryan's
personal following and another following
which be Is able to control will not support
Judgs Parker. It is the general under
standing in Nebraska that the result of
the election will be as I have stated, lit
Case present plans materialise on election
day. It Is Mr. Bryan's ambition, of course,
to be senator. I think he has lost very
little of his personal popularity tn Ne
braska, and I believe he can Influence this
vole any way he desires."
Importer of f'blueao to Bo Tried.
' ST. IA5UIS. Sept. ). An order has been
Issued by l.nltnd States Commissioner Bab
bitt for the removal of Htpnolylus Iu Bilva
to S-n Frsni iHoo for trial on the chargs of
iuiiiwrUnsT Chinese
SERIOUS RIOTS IN LONDON
Orthodox Jews Object to Feast by
Socialists on Day of
Atonement.
. 1.TDON, Sept. 3). The day of atone
f was marked In London by serious
i 2. 1" the Jewish quarter of the East
1 W! Over 2.G00 Jews engaged In a dls
t " ce and nearly 300 police had to be
c Ztout before the disorder was quelled.
1 x trouble arose over the action of
n i'ormlng members of a social demo
cr Jewish club at Bpltalflclds, situated
In riiLieart of a district containing about
2,0 - wish Inhabitants. The socialists
op. ' araded, in disregard of the fasting
lnj' n, and made a celebration with
wines at the club house. The orthodox
Jews were angered and surrounded the
club house and stoned it. The socialists
threw bottles at the crowd and soon the
two or three streets In the vicinity be
came choked by a fighting mob. Ambu
lances were called out and the doctors had
many minor cases to attend to. Finally
the police quelled the disturbance, cor
doned off the streets In the disturbed area
and made several arrests. Groups of ex
cited orthodox Jews continued to parade
the streets and the houses of several so
clallst Jews were stoned.
The magistrate in sentencing the various
rioters brought up at the local police court
said It was "deplorable that a clast of per
som who for centuries have bee.t distin
guished by the fiercest persecution shonld,
when In tho one fre. country In the world,
turn upos thon. who disagreed with them
upoi religious grounds and stone and perse
cute even their co-rellglonlsts."
FRFTJ THINKERS MEET AT ROME
International Coimrm to Commmem
ornte Fall of Temporal Power.
ROME, Sept 20. The Congress of Free
Thinkers assembled here today at the
Roman college erected by Tope Gregor
XIII. The event Is the anniversary of the
fall of temporal power of the pope and
also on account of the recent Franco-
Vatican conflict. There were over 6,00o
delegates present, the Frenchmen alonu
numbering about MOO. Ten delegates came
from America, including Dr. Moncure D.
Conway of New York, representing the
secular society of the United States; Dr.
J. B. Wilson of Cincinnati and Prof. M. M.
Mangasarlan of Chicago.
Prof.- Sorgl presided and delivered an ad
dress, which was warmly applauded, glori
fying the triumphs of science over super
stition. He hailed the fall of temporal
power, condemned Catholicism as prehis
toric and protested against war, ending
with advocating an Indissoluble alliance of
nations and the universal brotherhood of
tho people.
Prof. Haeckel of Germany brought the
greetings of the German Free Thinkers.
Prof. Berthelot the French scientist, who
is ill, sent an address which was read to
the congress. The paper of Prof. Bert helot
was greeted with outbursts of enthusiasm,
which were accentuated by the band play
ing Garibaldi's march and the "Mor
sellalse," the' socialists singing the work
lngman's hymn and the waving of flags.
Dr. Henry Maudsley was appointed hon
orary president for England, Prof. Haeckel
honorar president for Germany, Prof. Ber
thelot for France, Prof. Salmeron. the
Spanish rernblfcnn leader, for Spain, and
Prof. Andlgo LombrOse. for Italy. .
When the elections were 'concluded the
delegates marched in procession to the
walls of Rome and hung wreaths on the
spot where the . Italian troops made a
breach and entered the city in 1870.
ITALIAN
6TRIKB
PROGRESSES
Eight Towns Sow Involved, While
Work Is Resumed in Four.
ROME, Sept. 20 A twenty-four hours'
strike has been Inaugurated at Florence,
Leghorn, Naples, Venice. Siena, Carrara,
Ascoli and Novara, while the strike has
come to an end at Ancona, Forll, Como and
Genoa, where railroad traffic, has been reg
'ularly resumed. At Genoa the workmen,
Including those employed about the harbor,
have resumed work and the night passed
tranquilly.
An affectionate demonstration for the
army was made, but a deplorable incident
happened as the carriage cf Gsneral Escard
passed a group of strikers. The latter
tried to stop the carriage, but this was
prevented by the police, who started to
arrest the aggressors. These rebelled,
striking one of the officers over the head
and trying to disarm him. The policeman
who was struck In defending himself shot
dead his principal assailant.
The strike at Milan conUnues, but the
shops of that city are open and the rail,
way service Is regular.
The situation here Is gradually Improv
tng, and it is expected that there will be
a general resumption of work tomorrow.
A dispatch from Naples to a news agency
here says a meeting of strikers there ended
In a conflict with the police, and that the
latter by firing in the air frightened and
dlspersca the mob.
MILAN. Sept. 20.-The cttlsens of Milan
have become tired of the vandalism of
strikers and have formed a league to aid
the police In re-establishing and maintain
ing order. Parties of cltirens went through
the town today searching for strikers who
have been Identified with recent vlolenoe
and a number of arrests were made.
C5EAR WRITES TO KING PETER
js. II I I
Ruler of Ruils Sends Frlendlr Mrs.
to the Servian Monarch.
BELGRADE, Servlu. Sept. 20. King
Peter haa received a personul letter from
Emperor Nicholas, written In a very
friendly tone. '
The representatives of Prince Ferdinand
of Bulgaria at the coronation of King
Peter here tomorrow arrived at Belgrade
today, accompanied by 400 Bulgarians.
All the street decorations have been
ruined, by rain which continues to fall. Tho
coronation postage stamps, bearing in
double relief the heads of King Peter and
his grandfather, Karageorge, founder of the
Ksrageorgevltch dynasty, with the years
1804 and 1W4, were issued today.
Holland States General Meets.
;THE HAGUE. Sept. 20.-Queen Wllhel.
mlna reopened the States General today.
In tho speech from the throne the queen
said the home Industries of The Nether
lands was not competing satisfactorily with
foreign enterprise and that the finances
of the Dutch Indies and The Netherlands
needed Strengthening. The queen an
nounced also the forthcoming introduction
of bills providing for old age pensions and
higher education.
American Jockey Is Barred.
BERLIN, Sept. 20. Ueauchamp of Louis
ville, who with Charley Van Dusen, also
an American Jockey, has been riding most
successfully at Hoppegarten meeting, has
been deprived of his license by ' the stew
ards on account of an unsatisfactory ride.
Steeraao Rates Are Advanced.
LONDON, Bept. 20. The first break in the
steamship rate war ooourred today when
the North German Lloyd company raised
lis steerage rale to New York to flft
WRIGHT CHOSEN GRAND SIRE
Sovereign Lodge of Odd Fellows Electa
Officers at San Francisco.
COMMITTEE REPORTS ARE PRESENTED
Next Mertlnsr Place Will Be Selected
at This Morn Inn's Session City
Is Turonsred with
Visitors.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 20.-The meeting
of tho sovereign lodge has attracted to this
city many thousands of Odd Fellows, and
the number Is rapidly being augmented by
arrivals from western and coast points.
The street decorations are lavish and beau
tiful, both day and night, and the weather
Is Ideal. Most of the visitors are devoting
their tlmo to social reunions and sightsee
ing, there being dally excursions to many
points of Interest. The Rebekahs are do
ing much In the way of entertainment. In
the Mechanics pavilion, many lodges have
their headquarters and the big building Is
constantly thronged.
The sovereign grand lodge resumed Its
work today, the first business In order be
ing the consideration of committee reports.
The main feature of the day, however,
was the election of officers, in which great
Interest was manifested. The grand en
campment of California also met. this be
ing its fiftieth annual session. .
Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected by the
Sovereign lodge of Odd Fellows:
Grand Sire Robert E. Wjrlght of Allen
tnwn. Pa., promoted from the office of de
puty grand sire ty unanimous vote.
Deputy Grand Sire E. S. Conway of Chi
cago, chosen on the second ballot by a
vote of 108 to 89 over John T. Nolan of
Nashville, Tenn.
Grand Secretary J. Frank Grant of
Baltimore, re-elected without opposition.
Grand Treasurer M. Richard Muck! of
Philadelphia, re-elected; no opposition.
The other officers will be appointed by
the new grand sire, and their names will
be announced on Saturday.
After the reading of reports at the morn
ing session of officers of the sovereign
grand lodge, the various Jurldictlons were
called for the .presentation of , new busi
ness to be considered at future sessions.
New Grand Sire is 111.
After the election of officers. It was de
cided by an unanimous vote that Grand
Sire-elect Wright, who is In feeble health,
might be Installed in office at his home in
Allentown, Pa.
The choice of a meeting place for the
next sovereign grand lodge was postponed
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, to which
time an Adjournment was taken.
CRAZY MAN AT OYSTER BAY
Taken In Charge by Officers While
Going; to Sagamore
Hill.
OYSTER BAY. It.' I., Bept. 20. A man
who Is regarded by the secret service of
ficers and by the authorities of Oyster Bay
as a dangerous . crank was apprehended
here today. He Is J. E. Reeves, a medium
slxed, roughly attired man about 40 years
old. He was making his way to Sagamore
Hill when he was arrested. He told Officer
Tyree, who apprehended him, that he
wanted to see the president on Important
business. Believing from the man's man
ner that he was Insane, Officer Tyree took
him before Justice Franklin for examina
tion. To the Justice Reeves said that six
years ago he died in a New Jersey hospital
and went to heaven In an automobile,
While there he received an Important mes
sage for President Roosevelt which he was
directed to deliver personally. He refused
to say what the nature of the message was
as he declared he could communicate to
nobody but the president. He declared to
the Justice, however, that he Had written
a book on his experiences In heaven which
he desired to have published as he was
satisfied that millions could be made out of
It. The president, he said, undoubtedly
would Join with him In securing the publi
cation of the work and that was one reason
why he wished to have a talk with him.
Reeves, who talked as if he had enjoyed
some medical advantages, said that he was
a resident of Baltimore. He had In his
pockets 12 In cash and some unimportant
papers, but no weapons.
Justice Franklin, after the examination,
being convinced that the man was insane
and very likely dangerous, deputised one
of the secret service men to take him to
Mlneola, where a formal inquiry as to his
insanity will be held.
SPANISH VETERANS ADJOURN
Rnssell B. Harrison Chosen Adjutant
General Women's Auxiliary
Elects Officers.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20. The Spanish War
Veterans at their session today adjourned
sine die, after electing these additional of
ficers: Adjutant General Colonel Russell B.
Harrison, Indianapolis.
Quartermaster General Lieutenant Geo.
W. Powell, Indianapolis.
Commissary General Philip Shoemacher,
St. Louis, Mo.
Chief of Engineers Robert L. aPtterson,
Elizabeth. N. J.
Chief Signal OfficerJames H. Nolan, San
Francisco.
Chief of Ordnance-W. H. Davis, Pitts
burg, Pa.
Chief of Artillery Herbert W. Meyers,
DlBtrlct of Columbia.
Chief Mustering Officer James L. Whit
ley, Rochester, N. Y. ' .
Historian J. A. Welch, Taunton, Mass.
At the concluding session of the Women's
Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Vet
erans the following officers were elected:
President Mrs. Isbel Alexander, Cleve
land.
Vice President Miss Cornelia Clay,
Washington, D. C.
NORTHERN MASONS ASSEMBLE
Supreme Council Scottish Rita Meets
at Boston . with Prominent
Visitors Present.
BOSTON, Sept. 20 Masons from all of
the northern states who have attained the
highest rank, the thirty-third degree, gath
ered at Masonic temple today for the
ninety-second annual meeting of the su
preme council. Ancient Accepted Scottish
Kits for the northern Masonic Jurisdiction
of the United Btates of America. Henry
L. Palmer of Milwaukee, the sovereign
grand commander, presided.
The visitors Included Rt. Hon. Earl of
Euston, Sir C. Fltsgerald Matter, Blr Abra
ham Woodlwsk, Sir Thomas P. Slppa Dor
man, Rev. Sir Charles E. L. Wright, Blr
Thdmas Fraser and Blr Alfred James
Thomas, all prominent la British. AUsoury.
SECRETARY SHAW IN OMAHA.
Secretary of trip Treasury Leslie
M. Shaw of low (I will speak on po
lltlml issues nt'Iloyd'a theater at
8::ui this evening. Admission
will be free. Sfjrslo by pinunlok's
band nnd the Ufa; Four tllee club.
Arrangements liuve been com
pleted by Howard II. Italdrlire as
president of the DourIus County
Itoosevelt and Fnlrbiinks leajtue,
which luia the meeting in cliarpp.
Mr. Baldrlpe has invited the fol
lowing prominent republicans to oc
cupy stngo Heats: Senator J. II.
Millard, tJovernor John H. Mickey,
Acting Mayor Harry B. Zimman,
Hon. Edward Kosewater, O. W.
Wattles, John L. Kennedy, nominee
for coUKress; General John C.
Cowin. (Jenoral O. F. Manderson.
Hon. John L. Webster and Uobert
Cowell
(Jenoral Manderson will preside.
So general has been the Interest In
Secretary Shaw's speech that little
advertising of his npxa ranee has
been necessary. He will be the
,-nly speaker on the program. Ward
republican eluh all over tho city
have arranged to march to the
theater In a lody.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Omaha People In Wsnhlnstoa After
a Toir of Eastern
States.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Set- 20.-Miss Cecilia
Far roll and Miss Josephine Brady of
Omaha, who have been en a visit to friends
In New York and elsewhere, left Washing
ton today for St. Louis, on their way
home.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Delta, regular, Oeorre W. Bensler; substi
tute, W. B. Harris. Falrbank, regular, Ed
ward R. Welch; substitute. Perry W.
Brink. Oermanla, regular, Henry F. Gut
knecht; substitute, William F. Klelst. Os
terdox, regular, Harry Brown; substitute,
Leta Brown.
WEATHER BIRKAI'S CROP REPORT
Low Mailt Temperatures In North
Delay Maturity of Corn.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. The weather
bureau's weekly summary of crop con
ditions is as follows:
While the weather conditions of the week
ending 8 a. m. September 19 were generally
favorable for gathering crops In nearly all
districts, low night temperatures In the
more northerly portions have delayed the
maturity of lute crops and some suffering
from drouth is reported from the Ohio and
lower Missouri valleys and portions of tlio
southern states. FroaLs occurred as fur
south as Oklahoma un4 Tennessee, but lit
tle, or no damage reHuWed, except to tender
vegetation in tho central valleys and to
unmatured crops in Wisconsin, Minnesota
the Dukotas and Montana. An unusually
severe rain and - windsfeirm caused consid
erable ilamas'ii on tmi 14th and 16th, In
portions of New England and the middle
Atlantic states. The -conditions were gen
erally favorable In California, but drouth
was Injurious in Orestm and no rain fell
In Washington. 4
Late corn is maturing rapidly In the
western portion of th belt, but the crop
is ripening slowly In trie eastern and cen
tral sections atrd TieeoWu to twenty days
of favorable condition to be . safe from
frost. While damaging fronts occurred in
portions of the upper Mississippi valley and
a considerable portion of the crops was
damaged In Wisconsin and some on low
lands in parts of Minnesota and Iowa, the
aggregate frost damage In the last named
state was not serious. Cutting Is now
general In all sections.
Sp.-ing wheat harvest Is practically com
pleted, except In the northern portion of
North Dakota.
ComplainM of -cotton shedding are still
received from the eastern section and the
northern portion of the western section of
the cotton belt, but reports of rust are not
bo nenoraj. Except In North Carolina, the
staple is opening rapidly in all districts.
Dry weather is causing Injury to late cot
ton generally In the central and eastern
sections, and a light or no-top crop is in
dicated In the central and western dis
tricts, whll worms and caterpillars are
causing inj ry In Oklahoma, Louisiana,
Alabama nnd South Carolina, in Texas the
boll weevils continue us damaging in south
western, coast, central, eastern and a num
ber of northern counties as the advance
ment of the season permits. Good progress
has been made In cutting, houb.ng and
curing tobacco.
The light and Inferior crop of apples Is
Indicated In a majority of the states of
the central valleys, but In Michigan and
Ohio and the northern portion of the mid
dle Atlantic states, as well .- in New
England, this fruit Is plentiful. '
Some late potatoes were damaged by
frost In Wisconsin; rot Is Increasing In
Pennsylvania and portions of Minnesota
and causing some damage tn New York
and New England, while blight continues
In Michigan. Otherwise the outlook for
potatoes is promising and a fair to good
crop is indicated.
Plowing for fall seeding has been de
layed by dry soil In the Ohio and lower
Mississippi valleys, Nebraska, Indian Ter
ritory and Georgia, and rain lu needed In
Michigan for germination. Elsewhere
plowing is well under way, and seeding ,1s
general In most sections.
CORDIK WOIXD RESTRICT MARRIAGE
Adjutant General Thinks Army Offi
cers Should Not Marry on salary.
WASHINGTON, Sept. au.-That no army
officer be permitted to marry until he has
first secured the permission of tho secre
tary of war and satisfied that official that
his income is sufficient to support himself
and family and that ho is entirely free
from debt, is the recommendation made
by Major General Henry C. Corbln, adju
tant general, commanding the Atlantic di
vision and Department of the East, which
was issued at the War department today.
Regarding marriage in the army, General
Corbln says:
I desire to reiterate In effect what I have
formerly said on this subject, which state
ment, however, has been misread, mis
quoted and misunderstood.
Marriage for army officers who have
made r.o proper provision for assuming the
responsibility therefore is hurtful both to
the army and to the officers themselves.
To this broad statement there are, of
course, exceptions, as there are to all broad
ttatenents, but the general fact remains
that our army is over-ma i rled. The pay
of a subaltern officer Is barely enough for
his proper support and the expenses of
his equipment and uniform. If to tills Is
aciil'd the Inevitable expenses attached to
a family It Is not only probable but almost
certain that when an officer strikes his
balance at the end of the year he will
be behind If he has no Income but his pav.
That a bachelor officer is more valuable
to t lie service than a married .officer does
not follow, nor do I wish to be understood
as so saying, but the married officer Is
less valuable If In marrying he has not
exercised that prudence which should gov
ern all truiuactluiiu in life.
Further on In his report General Corbln
say:
1 am firmly of the opinion that no officer
should enter the marriage relation wlthuut
first getting the authority of the War de-
fartment and as a necessary condition
hereto, that his Income after marriage will
be sufficient to support himself and family
and, alKive all. if he is to live on his pay,
he should slate on honor that he is tree
from debt.
Gift for Syracuse College.
SYRACUSE. N. T., Sept. 20. Chancellor
Day of Syracuse university today an
nounced the gift from Lyman C Smlch
of this city of an additional building for
the Lyman Cornelius Smith College of
Applied Science. Mr. Smith four years ago
established the school, giving tT&fl.OUO. The
gift today enlarges the scope of the college
by adding a model factory building, three
stories high, for mining, rnglnm-ring snd
a mechanical laboratory. Tha cost of the
new structure la salluiaud at mora than
tlWO.Ovd,
RUSSIAN BEAR IS GROWLING
Doei Hot Like the Treaty Between Great
Britain and Thibet
DECLARES IT TO CREATE PROTECTORATE
St. Petersburg; Press Strongly Inti
mates that 1'nderstandln as
to Orient Exists Between
Russia and Germany.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 30. 1:06 p. m
With the arrival here of the full text of
the British treaty with Thibet the irrita
tion of the Russian press at its sweeping
character Is more pronounced. The Russ,
which Is now considered to especially re
flect the vlows of the Foreign office, bit
terly complains that Great Britain has
gone beyond Its promise concerning the ex
pedition by acquiring a virtual protectorate
over Thibet, whereas It had pledged itself
to merely regulate trade relations between
India and Thibet. Instead, the paper de
clares, Great Britain has imposed upon
Thibet onerous terms, which give It a
monopoly, forbidding Thibet, without Great
Britain's consent, to enter Into relations
with the outside world. The Russ foresees
that the occupation of the Chumbl valley
by the British will be prolonged even after
the payment of the Indemnity, and ex
presses surprise at China playing into the
hands of Great Britain In deposing the
Dalai Lama and appointed in his place a
protege of Great Britain. In conclusion, the
Russ says significantly:
The proclamation of the British pro
tectorate must be regarded as an accom
plished fart, but twhether It will be real
and lasting must depend upon future events
In central Asia.
gay Britain Rreaks Faith.
Russian officials piaintalns that Great
Britain has broken, faith In the matter of
the Thibetan treaty and Ambassador Ben
kendorfl has been instructed tojodge a gen
eral protest at the British foreign office.
According to the Russian view, as explained
to the Associated Press, Great Britain's
pledges to Russia regarding the scope of
the expedition only contemplated the regu
lation of trade between India and Thibet,
and It disclaimed the purpose to meddle
with the Internal or political affairs of the
country. Instead of so doing, Russia claims
that a treaty was forced upon the Thibe
tans which goes much further, creating a
virtual protectorate over the country.
Moreover it is contended that the treaty
is a restriction upon the sovereignty of
China Inasmuch while In recognising the
sovereignty of China by requiting its rati
fication, the treaty once ratified transfers
the sovereignty to Great Britain by com
pelling Thibet to consult Great Britain In
its dealings with other powers. This Is
considered to be aimed directly at Russia.
The protest lodged In London doubtless will
be followed up by one at Peking against the
ratification of the treaty.
Great Britain is believed here to Justify
Its action on the ground that it only agreed
to confine Itself to certain specified limits,
contained In the assurances given to Rus
sia .if the Thibetans did not oppose the
British expedition. As a matter of fact
little hope is entertained In official circles
hers that the Russian protests will he
heeded either by Great Britain or China, as
Russia is not in a position to make an
Issue. The general feeling is that Great
Britain has profited by Russia's preoccupa
tion in the war to make its position in
Thibet secure. Therefore the chief impor
tance of the protest at this time Is to serve
notice that Russle does not acquiesce In
Great Britain's Thibetan program and that
it would feel'itself at liberty to reopen the
question when its hands are again freo.
German-Russian Understanding-.
The sensational articles in the British
press about the alleged Russo-German
secret understanding regarding the far east
have not attracted much attention here.
While a feeling exists that Germany Is dis
playing a friendly spirit, it is denied in
responsible quarters that It has overstepped
the bounds of neutrality In any particular.
The existence of a secret treaty between
Russia and Germany Is attributed here to
the memory of the "part which Germany,
with France and Russia, played in com
pelling Japan to abandon the Shlmonosekl
treaty concluded between Japan and China
as a result of the war betwen those two
countries ten years ago.
The Novoe Vremya this morning, In a
sarcastic editorial, expresses surprise at
the fact that the British newspaper corre.
spondents have been so slaw in discover,
lng that Germany is helping Russia, add
ing. ."Both Great Britain and the United
States ought to follow the example of Ger
many, which realized nt the outset the
identity of Its Interests in the far east with
those of Russia."
The Jovostl undertakes the defense of
the German shippers who are supplying
British coal to Russian warships, without
which the Russian Baltic fleet could not go
to tho far east, pointing out that the rules
of neutrality are applicable to states and
not to individuals, adding: "We are en
titled to expect that individuals will be left
free to act as our purveyors."
IMMIGRATION LAW EVADED
Court Holds that Chinese Woman
Lea-ally Married After Arrival
Cannot Be Deported.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Sent
the Telegram, a decision rendered by United
Diaies commissioner Staden yesterday, In
the case of Doe Gum Yip, a Chinese wo
man held for deportation, will throw epen
the doors of Immigration to celestial wo
men without number, so long as the wo
man marries a regularly, admitted Chinese
after arrival. The Tip woman was rhm
with being Illegally within yie precincts of
me i nueu mates. Arter her arrest she
married Wong Tl Fook, according to the
laws of the United States, and this Com
missioner Staden rules entitles her to resi
dence In this country, even though, as the
commissioner expresses, he was certain the
marriage had been performed for the pur
pose of enabling the woman to remain In
this country. So long as such marriages
conform with the marriage laws of the
United States the woman Is not liable to
deportation
HOLDUP MANKILLS HIMSELF
Man Who Hobbed Gamblers at Bprlna:
fleld, Mo., Commits Suicide to
Avoid Arrest.
FORT SCOTT, Kas., Sept. 20. Henry
Miller, alias Kelly, who held up a gambling
house In Springfield, Mo., and who was ar
rested In Kansas City, jumped from the
window of a 'Frisco passenger csr near
here last night, escaping from a policeman
who was taking hlro back to Springfield.
Miller, still manacled, was captured on the
track today by four ' farmers. He broke
away from them, threw himself In front of
an approaching freight train and was killed
instantly. ' ,
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SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION
General Attack on Port Arthur K.x
peetrd Dlsr Battle Imminent
at Mukden.
Port Arthur Is again the center of Inter
est as regards the war In the far east.
A general attack by land and sea Is re
garded as likely to follow the Japanese as
sault upon the redoubt protecting the
water supply of the fortress and town,
and the participation of the fleet under
Admiral Togo. Is looked for. In this lat
ter event it is expected that the remnant
of the Russian s'luadron In the port will
sally forth to engage the Japanese ships.
Eight and possibly nine Japanese divi
sions are reported to be advancing cn Muk
den and another battle between Kurokl
and Kouropatktn Is Imminent.
St. Petersburg has heard that the Rus
sian Baltic squadron has been reinforced
by four warships purchased from Argen
tina. CAVALRY HARASS THE JAPANESE
Unable to Reach Anything: But Out
posts of Army, However.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 20.-(New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The
Bee.) Generals Mistchenko, Samsonoff and
Rennenkampf,' with large forces of cavalry,
are perpetually harassing the Japanese
screen of advanced posts by constant fight
ing, The Japanese, for the time being.' ap
pear to be standing still In order to hasten
their ultimate advance, but there Is evi
dence that they are working eastward,
availing themselves of the hilly country
and thus avoiding the attention of the
Cossacks.
Llao Yang has been fortified on a most
extensive scale. Its capture next time will
mean a terrible loss of life. Provisions
have been poured into the place and the
Japanese are prepared to withstand a
siege. No one believes there will be any
immediate action.
A French military attache, Colonel
Moulin, In an Interview published In the
Gazette, says ho does not think there will
be a battle at Mukden, as the position is
untenable, and adds: "My feeling Is that
the war In its present phase is merely the
beginning. All the fighting remains to be
done."
SCIENTISTS ARE NOW BUSY
International Congress Holds Thlrty
On Meetlna-s nt St.
Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20. The International
congress of arts and science began the ses
sions of its divisions and departments to
day and numerous papers treating of vari
ous scientific subjects were read.
Thirty-one meetings were held today, and
with but few exceptions the scheduled
speakers were present. The first meetings
of the day were the seven division meet
ings. The opening addresses were delivered
by the following:
Hon. William S. P. Harris, United States
commissioner of education, social culture
division; President Woodrow Wilson of
Princeton university, historical sciences;
President David Starr Jordan of Leland
Stanford university, California, utilitarian
sciences; Prof. Abbott L. Lowell of Harvard
unlvert ty, social regulations (this address
dealt w th the race problem); Prof. Joslah
Royce of Harvard university, normative
sciences; Prof. Robert S. Woodward of
Columbia university, physical sciences;
Prof. G. Stanley Hall of Clark university,
mental science.
The departmental meetings occupied the
remainder of the day.
ONE MAN .DEAD, FIVE INJURED
Poisonous Gas Suddenly Floods Sewer
Hole In South St. Louis
Three May Die.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20. One man was killed,
three rendered unconscious and two less
seriously Injured by gas flooding a sewer
manhole In South St. Louis today.
The dead:
PATRICK CAULFIELD, 46 years old.
married. ,
Rescued unconscious:
John Walsh, 2fi years old, married.
George Cyte, SI years old, married.
William Orthmann, 44 years old, single.
Seriously hurt:
William Walsh, 32 years old.
John Bonopoe.
The men were repairing the walls of the
manhole when the chamber became sud
denly filled with poisonous gases. Fellew
workmen, who descended with ropes around
their bodies, and an engine company with
ladders rescued the men, who are in a
precarious condition.
MURDERER PLEADS GUILTY
Dying- Ohio Man Snys He Killed J. S.
Collins at Topeka, Kansas,
Five Years Ago.
TOPEKA, Kan., Sept. 20. County Attor
ney Hungate today received a postal card
from' J. Max West of Union, b., In which
West says he killed J. S. Collins In this
city five years ago. Ie says he has only
a short time to live and has repented.
John H. Collins Is now serving a life sen
tence In the Kansas penitentiary for tha
murder of his father. The confession will
be referred to the attorneys for young
Collins.
LIFE STAKEDJJN CARD GAME
Indiana Painter Makes I'nnsual
Waver with Woman and Loses
Takes Carbolic Acid.
SEDALIA. Mo., Sept. 20. Charles E.
Bliss, alias Barlow, aged 26. a painter from
Peru, Ind., where his father Is a Seventh
Day Advent bit preacher, committed suicide
Isst night by swallowing carbolic acid. At
the coroner's Inquest toduy a woman testi
fied that an hour before the suicide she
and Bliss played a game of cards, the
stake being bis life agalnjt hera. and BUis
lest.
BIG BATTLE
IS
Japanese Army is Advancing on Mukden
in Eight Divisions,
RUSSIA BUYS FOUR WAR VESSELS
Beport that Ships Purchased from Argen
tine Bepnblio Have Beaohed Libau.
JAPS TAKE TWO FORTS AT PORT ARTHUR
General Attack Upon City Will Probably
Take Place Within Few Honrs.
0YAMA TELLS OF CAPTURED GOODS
Japanese at Mao Yang; Secured a)
Large Amoant of Provisions,
but All Is Not Re
ported. MUKDEN, Sept. 20.-A battle Is immU
nent. The Japanese are advancing with
eight and possibly nine divisions.
The crops of tall millet have been har
vested, affording a better field over which
to fire on tho flat plains. The river Hun
Is the direct front of the Russian army.
Russia Buys Warships.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 20,-It is re
ported here that four warships purchased
from Argentine have arrived at Llbau.
Reports that Russia was seeking to ac
quire warships from Argentine have been
published frequently In tho last two
months, one variant being that France" had
been enlisted as an Intermediary In nego
tiating to that end. A dispatch from
Buenos Ayres August 6 asserted that a
French corporation had made a proposal
for the purchase of the Argentine bat
tleships Pueyredon and General Belgrano,
the vessels to be delivered In France and
remain In a French port until the close
of the present war. -There has been na
mention of the consummation of such a
purchase or of the appearance of the ves
sels named In European waters.
Great Anxiety About Port Arthur.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 21.-1:05 a, m.
Interest is again concentrated upon Port
Arthur, owing to the receipt from foreign
sources of news that a general storming
of the fortifications there has begun. A
few belated telegrams from General Stoes
ael, the commander at Port Arthur, pub
lished Tuesday afternoon, recording the re
pulse of the Japanese and continued at
tacks, strengthen confidence In the ability
of the defenders to hold out despite the
furious onslaughts being made on them.
The last attack mentioned by General
Stoessel took place the night of September
14, and was directed against redoubt No. 8,
which protected the water supply of tha
city. The redoubt Is about two miles be
yond the line of permanent forts and the
attack upon' this shows that the Japanese
were not within striking distance of th
main fortress. Reports from Shanghai
that some of the defences had fallen Into
the hands of the Japanese, as a result of
the general assault on September 20, are
not confirmed from Russian sources.
Doubt Story of Mukden Advance.
The sensational announcement that Gen
eral Kurokl has crossed the Hun river un
opposed and that the whole Japanese army
Is advancing upon Mukden, Is overshadowed
by anxiety for Port Arthur. Moreover,
the announcement relative to Kurokl does
not receive complete credence here as be
ing in direct contradiction of official news re
ceived by the general staff. General Kouro
patktn announced only two days ago that
there was not a single Japanese east of
Bentslaputze. How. It Is asked, could Gen
eral Kurokl, with 100,000 men, slip past
General Rennenkampf's Cossacks and cross
the Hun river near the Fushan coal mines,
thirty miles east of Mukden.
Japs Take Two Forts.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 20. The general attack
on Port Arthur, which began yesterday
and In which the Japanese fleet, Is co-operating,
was resumed this morning. The
Japanese captured two Important forts on
either sldo of Suetszcylng, north of Port
Arthur.
Japanese Make Attack.
CHE FOO, Sept. 20.-6:80 p. m. Authori
tative Information has been deceived her
of a general attack upon Port Arthur by
the Japanese forces which begau yester
day before daybreak and continued until
dark.
All indications point to an effort to cap
ture certain of the northeast main forts. '
This is the attack for which the Japanese
have been preparing for the past nineteen
days, with slight hope of success. As fore,
castcd in these dispatches, the Japanesu
attack on Port Arthur is directed against
the northeast front. The main object la
to capture the fortifications on Kikwan
mountain, Rlehlung mountain and the in
termediate forts. The foregoing has coma
from a Russian of standing, whose pre
vious Information has been correct. II
adds that the attack at the end of August,
which was represented as two separate as
saults, really constituted a ten days' battle,
the fighting being the heaviest during the
first three days and tho last four of tha
period.
Although the Japanese retired August 31
along the greater part of their linn, they
remained in four supplementary forts oil
the northeast front, which they had cap
tured from the Russians. These Include
two forts fifty yards from Rihlung moun
tain and two others at a somewhat greater
distance. Since August 31 the Japanese
have bombarded very slightly, while the
Russians have been throwing approximately
1,000 shells dally, chiefly against tha four
Japanese positions mentioned.
Russian Sorties Unsuccessful.
Small stortles, as referred .to by the
Novlkral of Port Arthur, In the effort to
recapture the positions, have been of almost
nightly occurrence and have been uni
formly unsuccessful. The Japanese have
been taught wholesome respect for the re
sisting power of the fortress, according to
every Japanese who has recently arrived
here from Port Dalny. If they succeed
in capturing Rihlung mountain or other
forts they will realise that this will only
be one step, although an Important one.
toward the capture of Port Arthur. The
Russians, who have been observing the
new tactics of the Japanese, did not expect
another attack before the first week In
October. The Japanese are endeavoring to
proceed sloaly but surely.
During tho fighting In Aug'ust the at
tempt to capture Kikwan niinniin
the Japanese an entire regiment.
This statement has been conrtn.,.i w
Indicates the monumental proportions of
tne tasK which the Japanese have ,
themselves in attempting to uatuts tha
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