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FAIRBANKS IS BUSY
Indiana 8enator Makes Eleven Speeches is
Iowa and One in Illineis.
CONCLUDES TOUR OF THE HAWKEYE STATE
In the Evening He Addresses Large Crowd
in Dateoport Opera House.
FAIRBANKS DAY AT DES MOIN
Candidate for Vice President is Introduce
by QoTirnor Cummins.
ADDRESS TO sfuDENTS AT, IOWA CITY
tops Made at Colfa. Sewton, Grin-
ell, Brooklyn, Marengo. Helloes,
Went Liberty, Davenport and
Rock Ulanit, 111.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DEd MOINES. Oct. 12.-Speclal.)-Scna-tor
Fairbanks and party stopped over night
here and proceeded this morning through
Iowa on the way to Davenport, where he
spoke this evening. The senator rose early
and appeared fresh and bright. He spoke
to about 1.000 persons at the Rock Island
station before the train "started out. Gov
ernor Cummins Introduced him and he was
followed by a few words from Major Lacey
of Oskaloosa, who accompanied him across
eastern Iowa. Stops were made along the
way at Orlnnell, Newton, Iowa City and
elsewhere before Davenport vas reached.
Senator Fairbanks spoke here as follows:
' I am, Indeed, grateful for this early morn
ing wrjcom to the capita! city of Iowa. I
wu t aware until a few minutes ago
that 1 was to have this pleasure; but that
fact has not disconcerted me In the least.
Blnca I went to bed last night talking re-
ruhllcan policies I find on getting up that
cai. begin where I left off last night, as
republican policies do not change over
night, and the party stands for those great
policies whlcn were good yesterday, are
good today and will be equally good tomor
row. It gives me great pleasure to stand here
In the home of your honored governor and
to meet his friends. He Is a gallant knight
In the. republican cause and one whom you
do well to honor.
I am glad. also, to meet here the con
stituents of Congressman Hull, a splendid
republican, whom you also do well to honor
as you have.
Everywhere t find. In traveling over the
country, our people are manifesting Inter
est In the campaign. My friends, this Is an
Important campaign, one that Is vital to
our welfare and the future of our country.
It has a vital bearing on our prosperity. I
want to say here that no state has more
quickly responded to the stimulating effect
of republican policies than has Iowa, a
state which la great now and has great
things In store for the future If It but holds
fast to those policies for which the repub
lican party and President Roosevelt stand.
Chairman Bpence of the state committee,
before leaving for the east today, denied
that he was responsible for the change in
the schedule of Senator Fairbanks, and
aid he had dons all he could to have the
meeting In Ds Moines for last evening.
But the Polk county republicans did not
make any special effort to get out a crowd
for the Fairbanks meeting and those who
went -fcrJh tatton'" were "simply fhoso who
rose early and went on their own motion.
Children Greet Party,
NEWTON, la., Oct. 12. A stjp of only
ten mlrutc was mad at Colfax, the home
of General J. B. Weaver, at one time popu
list cardldate for president. Tho crowd
there was large and was composed princi
pally of school children, who moved down
In a body as the train drew up. Each child
carrt.-d a miniature flag and all were sing
ing and shouting at the top of their voices.
Senator Fairbanks addressed himself prin
cipally to ths children, admonishing them
always to hold as sacred the flag of their
country.
As the train moved out the children
waived their banners and Senator Fair
banks responded by waving a flag of his
own. Thire was also an enthusiastic audi
ence at. Newton, where another brief stop
was made. Her Senator Fairbanks made
hit speech from a stand near the railroad
track., on which a man dressed in the stars
and stripes represented Uncle Sam. The
senator aeain admonished the people to
stand for republican policy as the best
guaranty of prosperity and happiness.
Winds V'p at Davenport.
DAVENPORT, la., Oct. 12-Vltli a speech
at Turner opera house tonight. Senator
Charles W. Fairbanks concluded his tour
of lowa. He reached Davenport this after
noon on the Rock Island road and after
crossing the Mississippi river and speaking
at Rock Island he returned to Davenport
for tonight's meeting.
In addition to these two points he spoke
during the day at Des Moines, Colfax, New
ton, Kellogg, Grlnneil, Brooklyn, Marengo,
Iowa City, West Liberty and Durant. The
crowd at tha meeting tonight was large,
but tho meetings of the day were not so
well attended as were thoao of yesterday.
The longeit stay tod. ws made at Iowa
City, where the meeting wa attended by
a club of 200 students calling themselves
"Teddy's Hawkeyes." To them, as to the
students at Grlnneil, Senator Fairbanks ad.
dressed himself especially, telling them thtt
"the republican party stands for principles
as fixed and enduring as th stars."
A large part of the diiy was spent In the
Second congressional district, the only dem
ocratic, district In Iowa, and Senator Fair,
banks was acoompanled by A. F. Dawson,
republican candidate for congress.
At both Duvenport and Brooklyn Senator
Fairbanks dlsouased Imperialism. At Brook
lyn he said:
Our democratic friends have suggested
from time to time that theio Is some dan
ger of imperialism. They have got It Into
their heads that the republican party is
Inimical to the republic; that the republican
party In some way or other Is going to
subvert our republican Institutions and
build upon their ruin imperialism. Did you
ever hear of a more preposterous sugges
tion since the stars first sang together?
The republican arty has been the lovnl.
Intelligent supporter of republican Insti
tutions from the time Abraham Lincoln
took tha oath of office In the natlonul capi
tal down to this beautiful, morning. It has
neen me steadfast adherent of those poll-
el
- y iiivtii aii ur ine uunuuuinir or nur
national atreiiKth and the expansion of our
glory everywhere.
Ths speech at Rock Island was devoted
to defense of the currency and tariff poli
cies of the republican party and the speech
made here tonight was along tha same
lines. ,
DAVIS MAKES THIHTF.E SPEECHES
Desuoeratl Candidal Haa Another
Strenuous Day la Weal Virginia.
FAIRMONT. W. Va.. Oct. ll.-Henry O.
Davis' second day of campaigning through
' Maryland and West Virginia was more In
tense and satisfactory than the first. It
also ad!i1 t tha. reputation of Mr. Davis
as a ' ;" old man. He repeated his
record rl .fterday with a dosen speeches
Bjd adUt-J out more for gout measure. l. I
spits the rain which followed the train dur-
Ing the first half of the day there was no
dampening of enthusiasm or diminishing of
crowds which greeted the candidate. At
Continued on 8eond Pago.)
RLTING IN CHICAGO STREETS
Striking Drlvera Attack Hi(i(
Wag-on and fat Harness
Four Arrests Mode.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12 Rioting occurred In
connection with a strike of baggage wagon
drivers employed by the Frank E. 8cott
Transfer company today. Attacks on wa
gons were repulsed by a squad of pol '-e-men
at the barns of the company In Wa
bash avenue, and by a force of private de-
(titlves employed to patrol the district,
ttcmpts to send out wagons met with
t yrmined resistance by pickets, aided by
pathetic teamsters. As fast as the
ons got a few blocks away the drivers
stoned and attempts made to cut the
a' traces.
.
a
an Buren and State streets a non
driver for the company was attacked
river of an Ice wagon and threatened
s J n ax. While this was going on sev
n. supposed to be pickets, cut the
. VIC The beggage wagon driver ran
I "" . 'lfe, leaving his wagon In an alley,
f - arrests were made. One prisoner was
J. W. Young, business agent of the Van
and Baggage Teamsters' union.
Trouble was also experienced about the
Auditorium hotel, where the baggage
handlers had gone on a strike. Several ex
press wagons, loaded with trunks and va
lises from the depots, drove to the hotel
and unloaded with difficulty, under police
guard.
A crowd of twenty men attacked one of
the Scott wagons at the Dearborn street
station, while the driver was attempting to
deliver baggage from one of the hotels.
Knives were drawn and only the arrival of
the police prevented the traces being cut.
One of the company's drivers got a load
of trunks as far as Clinton and West Madi
son streets, when he was pursued by a
crowd of strike sympathizers gathered by
pickets. In trying to get away he turned
a street corner so swiftly that he fell off
the seat, striking on his head. The crowd
then fled.
GOULDS GET JLJNION PACIFIC?
Homo-' that Control of the Road Has
Been Wrested from the Harri
man Interests.
SALT LAKE CITY. Oct. 12. -At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Oregon Short Line railway held here today,
the election of directors was postponed un
til November 11. The reason for this unex
pected postponement could not be. learned,
those present refusing to talk.
The Oregon Short Line Is a part of the
Harriman system, and today's action, fol
lowing the election to the Union Pacific
board of directors yesterday of William Q.
Rockefeller and Henry C. Frlck, has caused
much comment In local railway circles.
What makes the situation more Interest
ing Is the fact that the largo Harriman
holdings of Northern Pacific stock are
vested In the Oregon Short Line corpora
tion. It Is the generally expressed belief
among local railroad officials that the con
trol of the Union Pacific system has passed
from the Harriman to the Gould-Rockefeller
interests and that tha postponement
tcday of the Oregon Short Line directorate
elections foreshadows Some exceedingly Im
portant changes affecting the western rail
way situation. There Is much Interest ex
pressed in the possible effect the Change in
the Union Pacific may have on the con
struction of the Western Pacific railroad
from San Francisco to Salt Lake City. This
road was Intended as a Paciflo coast outlet
for the Gould lines.
REPORT OF WESTERN UNION
Decrease In Net Earnings for the Year
Over Three Hundred Thou
aml Dollars.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-The annual re
port of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany. Issued today, gives total revenues
of $?9.249,390. an Increase of 181,703; total
expenses, S21,3G1.915, an Increase of $408,708;
net revenue, $7,837,475, a decrease of $326,99''.
The surplus for the year, after charges, '
was $1.81,704. a decrease of $407,018. Henry !
A. Bishop, son of the late W. D. Bishop, I
was elected to his father's place In the j
directorate. A. H. Brewer, secretary of
tin compiny, was elected a director In
the place of the late John K. Cowen. The
remainder of the board were re-elected.
President R. C. Clowry. In his annual
report, made no mention of the agitation
during the last year over the dissemina
tion of racing news nor about the differ
ence in revenues on account of the cutting
off of the racing news service.
During the year 66.193 miles of wire have
been added, making the total wire mileage
of the company 1,165,405.
GRAIN MEN ASK INJUNCTION
Elevator Men and Dealers Allege that
Inspection Fees In Kansas
Are Too High.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Oct. U-An action was
filed today In the United States court ask
ing for a temporary order against J. W.
Radford, the Kansas stats grain Inspector,
to prevent him from enforcing the law of
this state, concerning the weighing of
grain, because of an alleged unfair favor
itism. The complainants are the Midland
Elevator company of West Virginia, the
Harris-Scott company of Illinois, the Grant
W. Kenny Grain company of Missouri,
John I. Glover of Missouri and Broadnax &
McLlney of Missouri. The petitioners al
lege that the charges made for the Inspec
tion are extortionate.
CRANE IS HOAR'S SUCCESSOR
Governor of Massachusetts Appoints
Predecessor aa Member 'of
tailed Statea Senate.
BOSTON, Oct. 12. Governor Bates today
appointed former Governor W. Murray
Crane of Dalton. United States senator to
fill the unexpired term of George F. Hoar,
recently deceased.
Mr. Crane has Informed Governor Bates
that he will accept. He la one of the
largest paper manufacturers In Massachu
setts and has been prominent in state poli
tics for a score of years. In 1897 he was
elected lieutenant governor and in 1900 be
came governor for three years Mr. Crane
Is a personal friend of President Roosevelt.
Tnbae'eo Company la Tronble.
TRENTON. N. J.. Oct. 12.-Vlce Chan
cellor Emery. In papers filed today, has p.
pointed Jerome Taylor temporary receiver
for the Commonwealth Tobacco company.
A rule for cause to be shown why the re
ceivership should not be male permanent
The receive
George H. I
is reiurnume in Newark on fwveinOer t.
r is appointed on implication of
, w ... bv ".. , II', U 1 1 1 l.,,nv OTI'llll
I nf ImiiiiIii flf t hA pilnmaiHi uiiil ti whum It iu
claimed the company Is Indebted to the ex
tent of $50,000 on demand notes. The lia
bilities of the compauy are given at t.T7.wi0,
consisting piinctiially of outstanding de
rmoid uuita. The asset ar sUwaUd at
TELLS OF FLEECED INDIANS
Inspector Commences Taking of Testimony
at Winnebago.
RULING ON COLLECTORS FIRST RESULT
.None Allowed Within Mile of Aaeney
Bulldlua; Father Schell Onllines
What He Ei peels to N
Prove.
WINNEBAGO AGENCY. Neb.. Oct. 12.
(Special.) First ' blood was drawn" by Rev.
Father Joseph Schcll in the InvesUg.it.on
being conducted here by Special Inspector
A. o. Wright Into the caues of the l.iw
moral state of the Winnebago ludiai.s and
the charges that they are being ruthlessly
robbed.
In the midst of evidence given by Father
Schell that the trailers "snapped up the
pay checks" right at the agency, Inspector
Wright interposed tho order that hureaf ,or
no colleolloiui be made from the Indians
within one nii.e of the agency.- There Is
already a regulation on this subect. This
is a distinct victory fjr the Indians and
for Father Schell, lcr the Indians will be
able to keep away from the ring which has
been swooping down on them.
This new regulation In connection with
the new order from Washington that f jnds
due the Iiidmna for Inherited lands Bhall
be deposited by the Indian agent in the
United States depository and draw out In
amounts not to exceed $10 In any one
month, except on the special authorization
of the agent, means losses to the specu
lators and grafters. The latter, who hold
$120,000 of alleged usurious notes made by
the Wlnnebagoes, cannot cU.ect them.
What Is more, no more of these nolea will
be taken because of the holders' Inability
to collect them.
When tho Inquiry opened Tuesday fore
noon there were present In the agent's of
fice the Inspector, Father Schell, Agent
H. G. Wilson, Stenographer W. I. Baik
ley, C. J. O'Connor, sr.; C. J. O'Connor,
Jr.; John Ashford. Thomas Ashford and
George Cain of Homer and Attorney E.
Smith of Pender. The O'Connors and Ash
fords represent their own business affairs
and resent the charges that Homer Is the
worst and only place In which Indians get
drunk and spend their money recklessly.
They will present evidence tending to show
this. There Is no denial of the general
drunkenness among the Wlnnebagoes.
George Cain was the first witness. He
has been acting as a special deputy UniteJ
States marshal and he has made some re
cent arrests. He testified that it was com
mon knowledge that Indians were sold
llquoV reely at both the Homer saloons,
v- m& women getting In whenever they
hi money to pay. Mr. Cain named a
half dozen or more bootleggers, who, he
said, make their living by peddling liquor
to the Indians. They get the liquor, he
declared, at the Homer saloons.
Priest Gives Testimony.
Father Schell was placed on the witness
stand and asked to give evidence In his
own words concerning the sale of liquor to
Indians.
"I was astounded wheW I came here,"
said the priest, "to find that every adult
member of the Winnebago tribe, with pos
nlbiy five exceptions, were addicted to the
us of intoxicating liquor, and -their indul
gence was such as to show there were
guilty parties behind it. After investiga
tion I cannot blame the Indians. I have
seen them drunk every day In Homor and
on the road to the reservation, as. many as
twenty-five and fifty of them In a day. I
have seen them going Into the saloons of
Homer and coming out with Jugs and
bottles, men and women alike, and have
seen them drunk and drinking in Homer
and on the road to the reservation. Chil
dren as well as men and women I have
seen drunk.
"I was convinced there was something,
behind It all beside mere whisky, and I
learned It was the Indian money which
was wanted and which could be got only
by means of whisky. Notes given for
whisky were collected at tho agency. I am
sure that the traders cannot get all of tho
Indian money if the liquor traffic Is not
kept up. I have known and seen Indians
who never have much money going into
both Homer banks and asking for a little
monejr to buy whisky with. I have known
them to get It and to sign notes for several
times the amount of the loan or mortgage
their teams as security.
Trader Admits Rottenness.
"One of the principal traders of Homer
told me while on the way to Sioux City
that he knew of the rottenness at Homer
and admitted that it would take only one
match to explode the whole thing, but he
said, 'We don't want the explosion; the
merchants cannot stand anything of the
kind.' Why, liquor is pressed on the In
dians by these men and there is no hope for
the weak red man under such conditions."
Father Schell answered the Inspector that
he knew of no illegal sales outside of
Homer, although he had watched for them
and had heara such were mad. He was j
told by the Homer merchants that they
had driven out competition.
"Do the Indiana admit their drunken
ness?" asked Inspector Wright.
"Yes. Their drunkenness reaches their
money limit and they will tell you so."
"Have you reason to think Homer people
knew of this?"
"They all knew it. Even the little boys
follow these Indians from the saloons and
pick up the quickly emptied bottles thrown
aside by the Indians. Home boys make
quite a little money selling these bottles."
"Have these sales been stopped recently?"
"To a certain extent, yes."
Fllthtlnat and Manslaughter.
"Do you know of any fighting or man
slaughter?" asked the Inspector.
"Yes. There Is fighting every day and
there Is a case now In the courts of an
Indian who killed a young girl, the crime
being directly attributable to the use of
whisky. Many other such cases have oc
curred." Relating to the alleged practice of trad
ers of "snapping up pay checks" Father
Schell said:
"I have felt that these men who have
run after the Indians' money could not
have heart or feeling. I have seen these
men snap up checks, not waiting for the
Indorsement of the owners, but Indorse the
checks themselves."
"That Is a very serious charge," Inter
posed the Inspector.
"I know It, I know It," replied the priest,
"but I have the proofs.
"I have seen Homer merchants every pay
day sitting on the window sills watching
the Indians getting' their money like birds
of prey. There are a few of these traders
known as the ring. If one member gets
a check he sees to It that all the others
get their pay. Those outside the ring
must go empty handed.
"I have seen right here In the shadow of
the agency buildings, checks for from $1.0o0
to $3.0u0 taken from an Indian and divided
among the ring so that the Indian In five
minutes had nothing to show for tha sale
iContlausd on Bocond PgJ
I
ARMOUR ' CAR COS METHODS
Fruit Dealers Teoflfy that Refusal to
Pay Exorbitant Charges Re
salts lit Boycott.
CHICAGO, Oct. IS. The alleged extor
tionate charges and arbitrary practices of
the Armour Car company were again the
subject of examination by the Interstate
Commerce commission at Its closing ses
sion this afternoon and the commission
finally adjourned rending a special call
with the investigation suapended. Charges
of oppression were made by several com
mission men of Chicago and other points
'. who have had to depend on the Armour
car system for the transportation of their
product. .
George F. Mead of George F. Mead 4
Co., fruit dealers, and vice president of
the National Association of Commission
Men of Boston, said the tactics adopted by
the Armour compnny are fast running the
commission business all over the east.
"Armour & Co. have practicully demor
alized the fruit business east of the Alle
ghenica," declured Mr. Mead In his testl-
j mony. ' Not only do they charge extor-
i tlonate prices for Icing cars containing de
j clduous fruits, but they have undermined
, the market as well. For 'Instance, they
' Irnnm ,.r-i.iiii-i n.k'.l. ...Mrni.. ,hn. n r.
of fruit Is to be shipped Into Hartford on
a certain day and having, say, two cars
of this same fruit at Springfield, run one
of them down to Hartford, and when the
local commission man arrives he finds the
market sold out from under hlm.i'j
"What of the $-5 rebate on cars shipped
from western points, claimed by the Ar
mour representative In their testimony?"
asked one of the members of the. commis
sion. ,
"I nm sure we have nevif heard of them,"
was the reply. "I will be carrying inter
esting news back to Boston, for no one of
my acquaintance ever saw a rebate of any
kind." , '
A. L. Somers, a Chicago commission mer.
chant, testified that the Armour company's
charges are far in excess of the actual
cost for icing cars "and he cited several
Instances where he had been charged $48
for icing a car for a trip of ,200 miles or
less, comparing the rate with one of $10
made by the Santa Ft railroad for a trip
of 700 miles.
II. E. Felton, vice president of the Union
Tank Line, a company controlled by the
Standard Oil company, appeared before the
commission today and asked for a hearing
In order to reply to charges made against
his company by J. W. Mldgley in testifying
before tho commission last Monday. Mr.
Mldgley in his evidence declared that the
railroads did not dare to disobey the orders
of the Standard company or the big pack
ers and that any railroad lino that flld so
would soon find that a boycott had been in
stituted against the company. In this man
ner, Mr. Mldgley asserted, tho Standard Oil
company and the packers compelled the
railroads to pay excessive mileage for the
use of their cars, enabling them to control
traffic and peddle it out to the highest bid
der. In refuting Mr. Wldgley's charges, Vice
President Felton declared that the private
car owners were the ones that were suffer
ing and not the railroads.
"The company I repiesnt,"..snld Mr. Fel
ton, "controls 8.140'' private cars. Of this
number one-third ha-ve wooden bottoms.
Recently the railroads Issued an ultimatum
that they would refuse to haul any of
these cars containing wood and that In the
future all oil Cars must be composed en
tirely of Iron. This demand of the rail
roads will cost us Hundreds of thousands of
dollars, but we are complying with the re
quest. Now, If my company was able to
control the railroads, like Mr. Mldgley as
serts, do you think It at all probable that
this expenditure of money would be made?"
In concluding his testimony Mr. Felton
said that the Standard Oil company and
Its affiliated branches, always worked
within the- limitations of the Interstate
"commerce law and would always continue
to act so. Other witnesses beforfc the com
mission were A. J. Ellis and J. S. Leeds of
the Santa Fe railway.
E. G. Dnvles of Chicago, commission mer
chant, testified that because he would not
pay alleged exorbitant Icing rates the Armour
Car company placed an embargo upon his
business. Ha testified that an agent of
the company called him from his offli e and
told him he might as well go out of busi
ness. He said they threatened that no
freight consigned to him by shippers would
be received unless all charges were paid
In advance by the shippers.
The threat was carried out, Davlcs tes
tified, and during last summer, he said, he
received no shipments from the entire
vegetable belt south of Cairo, III.
Daviea further testified that since tho
Armour Refrigerator line had secured an
exclusive contract with the Pere Mar
quette Railroad company, compelling the
growers and : shippers of tho Michigan
fruit belt to use Armour cars aad pay Ar
mour prices, rates have increased 416
per cent. i- .
"The shippers can either pay the unrea
sonable prices demanded by Armour," said,
Davles, "or let their fruit rot,
Mr. Davlei presented as evidence letters
from patrors Informing him that Armour
& Co. had refused to accept shipments for
him unless all charge were prepaid. Ha
also furnished a mass of testimony relating
to the contrast in refrigeration charges be
tween points of the same distance.
J. S. Leeds, general manager of the Santa
Fe refrigerator line, admitted that his
company held rebates of $J5 a car on ship
ments from northern California points In.
order to meet the competition of Armour.
He said the Santa Fe Refrigerator line, al
though' officered by the same men as tha
Santa Fe Railroad company, was not a
common carrier and that he proposed to
continue to make Inducements for. patron
age as long as conditions warranted.
WIFE USES ACID ON - RIVAL
Missouri Woman DlaHaTurrs Faee (
Heiress Who Alienated Iln.
baad'a ASTectiona. 1
SPRINGFIELD. Mo.. Oct. Il.-Mrs. Kollat
Snow lay In wait for Mrs. Mary Bunel and
dashed carbolic "ald In the latter's face,
burning her face, neck and chest. Mrs.
Bunel, who was one of the heirs of the
famous Bunel estats which was In tha
courts for years, msy. lose her eyesight.
Mrs. Snow, who was arrested, recently
sued Mrs. Bunel, alleging that the de
fendant had alienated her huabaud's affec
tions. Both of the women are young.
TWO BOODLERS; SENTENCED
Charles V. Kelly of St. Loals Gets
Two Years aad Charles A.
Gatke Five.
ST. IXUI8. Oct. 12 Chariea F. Kelly,
formerly speaker of tho lower house of
the municipal assembly, and Charles A.
Gutke, a former Member of that body, were
today sentenced to terms In the peniten
tiary for connection with tha suburban
bribery deal. Kelly was given two years
for par jury and Uutks Ave years for bulbery.
DIVORCE OUESTION STILL UP
Marked Division of Opinion Develops in
Episcopal Church Convention.
MINISTERS ONLY TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGE
Resolution Asking; Mates to Amend
I .ana to This Effect Presented
and Placed on the
Calendar.
BOSTON, Oct. 12. A marked division of
sentiment regarding the proposal to pre
vent the remarriage of the innocent party
to a divorce, during the life of the former
partner, developed at today's session of tho
house of deputies of the Episcopal general
convention.
The house, sitting as a committee of the
whole, discussed the if sue all day and
many vehement addresses were made by
both sides. Several prominent delegates
expressed the opinion tonight that, in view
of difference of opinion, the present conven
tion would not act on the question, but
would, like Its predecessor, refer the prob
lem to the next triennial convention.
Rev. Talbot Roger of Fond du Lac, Wis.,
Rev. E. A. Larabee of Chicago, Rev. Rob
ert Ritchie of Philadelphia and other lead
ers of the high church party spoke strongly
In favor of the proposed legislation. Dr. F.
W. Clompett of San Francisco, Rev. Dr. L.
O. Klnsolvlng of Brooklyn and several
other delegates opposed a change In the
canon.
The house of bishops today presented the
archbishop of Canterbury with a silver lov
ing cup. The English primate will leave
Boston fur New York tomorrow and will
sail for England on Friday.
The resignation of Bishop Thomas A.
Jagger of southern Ohio was received and
accepted by the house of bishops and his
condjutor, Rt. Rev. Boyd Vincent, becomes
bishop of the diocese.
Divorce Uuestlon Taken I p.
At the afternoon session of the house of
deputies, sitting as a committee of the
whole, Rev. Robert Ritchie of Philadelphia
discussed the ninth verse of the 19lh chap
ter of St. Matthew, which, the opponents
of the proposed canon assert, authorizes the
remarriage of the Innocent person, who has
been divorced and quoted further from the
new testament to show that marriage was
Indissoluble except by death.
Rev. Dr. F. W. Clampett of San Fran
cisco, speaking against the proposed
change, expressed the opinion that an
agreement of all Protestant communions on
the matter of marriage and divorce would
be a grand achievement.
The proposed reform was favored by Rev.
Robert Talbott of Kansas City.
James McConnell of New Orleans opposed
the adoption of the new canon In a dra
matic speech. "In God's name." he de
clared, "how can a church legislate to take
away the protection of the Innocent. What
right has any one to change the meaning
of the words In St. Mattehw's gospel?
Where Is, the man to expound away the
written .word of the son of God himself?"
Rev. E. "li. Larabee of Chicago; In sup
porting the new canon, Quoted from tho
new testament to show that those who put
away a wife or a husband and marry an
other commit adultery.
Rev. C. C. Rolip of Red Wing, Minn., fa
vored the new canon, while Judge Prince
of New Mexico made an address In opposi
tion. The debate was then put over until to
morrow. At the morning session of the house of
deputies Rev. William Grosvernor of New
York presented a resolution amending the
constitution so as to make the representa
tion of each diocese In the house three
clergymen and three lay deputies. The
proposition was referred to a committee.
Restriction of Marrlaare Ceremony.
General J. H. Stotsenberg of Indianapolis
moved tha'. a Joint commission of bishops,
presbyters and laymen be appointed for
the purpose of memoralizlng the legislative
bodies of the various states In the Interest
of laws restricting the performance of mar
riages to ministers of the gospel. The mat
ter was piaced on the calendar.
The house voted to fix the age limit for
those entering the order of deaconesses at
23 years.
The house of delegates went Into commit
tee of the wholo to discuss the proposed
canon forbidding remarriage by a divorced
person while the former partner was liv
ing. A commotion was caused by John C.
Buxton of Winston, N. C, who attempted
to link the divorce evil with the liquur
question. .
Mr. Buxton Is the delegate, who, on the
opening day of the convention, attempted
to read a resolution censuring Bishop Henry
C. Potter of New York, fur opening the
Subway saloon. In his remarks today he
expressed the opinion that It would be bet
ter, for the church to curb the liquor thafflc
before changing the canons on marriage.
Continuing, he was saying: "If, lnsleafl of
a high official of the church lending his in
fluence to the dedication of saloons," when
he was Interrupted by a point of order.
Mr. Buxton was admonished by the
chairman. Still he attempted to make some
further reference Indirectly to the Subway
tavern, but was promptly called to order
by the chairman. The time limit of the
morning session expired before Mr. Buxton
could continue.
The spiritual side of auxiliary work was
the subject discussed at the woman's aux
iliary conference today. Among the speak
ers were Bishops L. R. Brewer of Montana
and John M. Kendrlck of Arizona and New
Mexico.
The house of bishops today gave permis
sion to the diocese of West Missouri to
change its name to that of Kansas City.
THREE BOATS SWEPT TO SEA
Coal Laden Canal Craft Carrying;
Families Are Torn from
l Moorings.
tVEW YORK. Oct. 12. While the heavy
storm which broke during the night was
at Its height three coal laden canal boats,
each with a family on board, tore loose
from their moorings In East river and
swept down through Hell Gate, past
Blackwell's Island and into the wide stretch
of river, where all trace of them was lost.
Their progress to this point was traced by
cries for help from those on board the
little craft, but the swift current In tha
river soon carried them far out toward the
storm swept bay. The police, after vainly
trying to secure some tug boat or other
craft to go to the rescue of the Imperilled
boats, notified the various ferry lines, tha
fire boats and tallroud tugs boat lines to
watch for them.
The combined effect of wind and tide
produced an unusually strong current down
the river. Tug boats i under full steam
found It almost Impossible to make prof
its up tha rivers
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
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SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION
Japa Meet General Kouropatkln'a Ad
vance with a Counter Forward
Movement.
General Kouropatkln'a advance has been
met with a counter advance of the forces
under Field Marshal Oyama. According to
advices received at Toklo, a general buttle
is in progress between Llao Yang and
Mukden, but reports from Russian sources
declare the fighting there as merely In the
nature of an advance. Kouropatkln Is re
ported to be aiming to strike squarely at
two widely separated points on the Japa
nese left. There has been hard fighting a
short distance north of Bentsiaputze, in
which a Russian loss of 150 in killed or
wounded Is admitted. The Japanese say
they have cut off a Russian column south
of the Taltse river.
No official reports from the front were
received by the Russian war office Inst
night, and the fuct Is regarded In some
quarters as Indicating the non-success thus
far of General Kouropatkln'a forward
movement. Military authorities, however,
point out that owing to the magnitude of
the movement planned It Is too early to
expect news of decisive results. ,
Japanese:
GENERALS
REPORT
Details of Movements at the Front
General Ensrnaemen t In Progress,
TOKIO, Oct. 12. 4 p. m. General activi
ties have been resumed In the theater of
wur. It Is believed here that a general en
gagement Is progressing between Llao Yang
and Mukden.
Field Marshal Oyama has met General
Kouropatkin's advance with a general ad
vance of the main strength of his forco,
allowing a broad front.
The opposing forces were tn touch yester
day and It Is believed that a great battle
south of the Hun river is inevitable.
Besides this direct movement the Rus
sians are attempting to strike the Japanese
right at two points widely scattered.
A force of Russians which was sent across
the Taltse river thirty-five miles east of
Llao Yang has apparently been isolated by
the Japanese cutting Its rear and the re
port of its defeat or capture is expected.
The following report from the headquar
ters of General Kurokt's right army was
received tQday:
On the morning of October 9 a body of
the enemy crossed the Tnltse river from
the north at Weining Ylng toward Chlao
Tato and entrenched between Chlao Tato
and Benslhu. Its strength was one brigade
of infantry and 2,000 cavalry with two guns.
East of Benslhu on the right bunk of the
Taltse the enemy's strength was Increased
to one brigade of infantry .and 1.500 cavalry
with eight guns. The enomy In the direc
tion of Ta Pass consists of a mixed brl-
fade. There Is one regiment of Infantry at
fanohuapo and another at Pachiatsu, both
of which arc advancing south. Their roar
seems to be supported by forces of some
Btrengtn.
General Nodzu'a center army telegraphs
as follows:
On the morning of October 9 the enemy,
one division strong, held a line stretching
from Chenhu.'i G ha Hen to Panchlapao and
Lultunkow. On the afternoon of October
9 a column of the enemy advanced south
ward from Lultunkow along the railroad.
His advance has reached to the south of
Wullchlah. Also from Lultunkow th-re has
advanced a body of Russian Infnntry con
sisting of three battalions, which seems to
be strongly supported.
The line of the enemy advancing along
the railroad is five miles lor.g and Its rear
is not visible.
A body of the enemy is posted In the hills
elist of Panchlapao.
At 2 o'clock on the afternoon of the 9th
two recltnonts of Russians entered upper
Lulhotsu and a regiment of Russian cavalry
enten-d lower Lulhotsu. They advanced to
Hhaotakou. The enemy's whole strength,
one division, Is advancing toward our front.
Tho headquarters of General Oku's loft
army, telegraphing on October 9, says:
The enemy does not show much activity.
His main strength appears to be posted
near Lultunkow and Sunchlatal.
Field Marshnl Oyama, telegraphing on
October 9. says:
Our right has dispatched a detachment
tO' reinforce the garrison at Chlaotno.
Since October 7 we have been attacked at
Slenchuang. To meet the forces of the
enemy that have appeared at Bensihu the
garrison there hns neen reinforced.
A battle Is progressing, hut no particulars
regarding It have been received. The cen
ter and left are still fighting.
It Is my purpose to assume the offensive
on the 10th, before the enemy succeeds In
concentrating his force on the left bank of
the Hun river, and to thus attack the ene
my's main strength.
Reporting on October 10, General Kurokl
says:
Communication has been established with
our detachment at Bensihu. Our detach
ment fought against superior strength for
twelve hours. The most severe engage
ment was near Ilenlshu.
All our positions were successfully held.
At pining Ylng the Russians have one
brigade.
A large column of the enemy reached Ta
pass on the ninth.
The Russian strength at Tumentsu Is one
brigade.
Last night the Russians attempted a
close attack against our position, and we
replied with a portion of our, force.
Reinforcements from our army reached
Huolinchla at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of
the 9th. A portion reached Benslshu at
night and another, portion occupied Tu
muntsu. The Russians are assembling at Plnshan
kou and Tayupo.
BRITISH COMMENT OX SITTATIOJI
Mllltnry Experts Think Kournpatkln
Is Runnlns; Tremendous Risks.
LONDON, Oct. 13. The battle raging
south of Mukden has revived to the full
public Interest In the war. Plecemean re
ports from both sides are discussed and
analyzed In the fullest detail In the belief
that this will prove to be the greatest en
gagement of the present campaign, and
the news so far received Inclines the mili
tary experts to the opinion that General
Kouropatkln Is running tremendous risks
by his bold Initiative.
There Is yet no confirmation of tho re
port that General Mlstrhenko's force Is rut
off and the fact thnt Field Marshal Oya.
ma's report does not mention him Is re
garded as pointing to his escape. At the
same time the dispatches do not yet point
to a success on the Russian side and the
motives underlying General Kouropatkin's
decision to assume the offensive seems as
difficult to understand as before. .
Japan Mill Borrow Money.
TOKIO, Oct. 12. S p. m. The government
decided today to float a domestic loan of
$40,000,000, representing the balance of the
amount authorised by the Diet.
The emperor has decorated the American
nurses with the order of the crown.
, Diplomat Buys Newspaper.
TOKIO, Oct. 12 a p. m The report that
M. Kato, former Japsnese minister to Eng
land, has purchased the Nlchl Nlchl (news
paper) Is confirmed. lis will personally
conduol tha jprt
FIGHT IS i ;
PROGRESS
Neither Side Claims Victory in BattU
Now Being Fought in Orient.
JAPANESE SAY THEY MAKE ADVANCI
enuuaassuuknna
Oyama Sends Beport Telling Briefly oi
Progress of tha Contest.
RUSSIANS ADMIT STRONG OPPOSITION
Say that Japanese Artillery Hold Attack
ing Party at a Distance.
DELAYED REPORTS ARE BEING RECEIVED
Dispatches from Russian Sources TeltU
Ins of Serious Flsrhtlns; Mon
day and Tuesday Are
Seat from Mukden.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 12.-(Nw York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to Tha
Bee.) The Russians made a rush for Ben
slhu after their victory at Benlaputsa.
There they found a strong Japanese force
holding the right bank of the Taltse river.
Brisk fighting la proceeding there and
around Y'ental. In tho latter vicinity there
was a force of artillery. The battle Is con
tinuing night and day. It commenced by
the Russians getting to within three versts
(two miles) of Yental.
The Japanese, receiving a strong rein
forcement, rapidly located and dislodged
the Russian batteries. The battle ended
in a desperate fight and a blinding sand
storm, the Russians eventually retiring
across the Bhili river.
Admiral Alcxieff, after taking leave of
General Kouropatkln, telegraphed to St.
Petersburg, saying that the program of
the campaign had been fully examined and
explained to htm by the commanding gen
eral. As a result, he was convinced of Its
feasibility and success. Accounting for
General Kouropatkin's decision to advance,
which surprised the world, a clew to th
true reason Is that Count Kadslwlll arrived
at Mukden September 29 bearing important
dispatches from General Stoessel. Simul
taneously General Kouropatkln stopped his
retreating movements.
Four days later he Issued the order t
advance. This is taken as showing clearly
that Port Arthur needed relief without da
lay. Japanese ships are hovering about Vladi
vostok on the lookout for contraband.
In tho Herald on Sunday General Kouro
patkln is credited with saying that the war
would last several years. This Is 'a mis.
take. He said one year, explaining thai
when tha advance was onca commenced
events would proceed more rapidly thaa
generally expected.
Late Report from Oyama.
TOKIO, Oct. 13.-9:30 a. m. Field Marshal
Oyama, telegraphing from tho field yester
day, says that operations are progressing
favorably.
Third Day of Ensraarement.
MUKDEN, Oct. 12.-2:40 p. m. Stubborn
fighting Is still In progress, this being tha
third day of the engagement. It Is Im
possible at this time to say what has been
accomplished.
Hospital trains are continually arriving
from the south.. The wounded are being
sent further north. A dressing station haa
been established on the railway platform
here, where nurses and surgeons give
prompt attention to the most urgent cases
before the trains proceed.
AT THE RUSSIAN FRONT, Monday,
Oct. 10. (Via messenger to Mukden) Tues
day, Oct. 11. (Delayed In transmission. )-
The artillery duel Is progressing on the
Russian left, twenty-seven miles southeast
of Mukden, while the fighting at Yental
rages with terrible bitternnas. The Japa
nese are essaying a counter attack. Ths
result is in the Daiance. The Russian re
inforcements are coming up rapidly.
Report of Tuesday's Flabt.
MUKDEN, Oct. 11.-8 a. in. (Delayed.)
The battle commenced this morning along
the line of the railway with a terrific ar
tillery fire on both sides. The railway Una
almost to Yental Is in possession of the
Russians. Tho station Itself has been dam
aged nearly boyond recognition.
The weather is beautiful and the sound
of cannonading Is audible a distance of
forty miles.
It is Impossible to tell how tha day's
fighting lll develop.
The fighting on Monday commenced early
1n the morning. A bombardment of five
hours' duration forced back the Japanese
lines along almost the entire front and
opened It for an Infantry attack.
About noon the Japanese began to retire.
Their flunks and center were stubbornly
defended and the battle Increased In In
tensity, concentrating about the Yental
coal mines, whtre firing continued until
darkness fell.
As a net result of the day's events tha
Russians drove in the Japanese left while
the right clung to Its position, but main
tained Itself only with difficulty.
Oyama Says Japa Advance.
TOKIO, Oct. 12. t p. m. Field Mirshal
Oyama reports that there was fighting
along almost the entire front on October
10, that the Japanese are gaining ground
and that lite. Russian attack on Slenchuang
on the Hun river, thirty-five miles south
west of Mukden, was repulsed.
The British steamer Fu Ping, belonging
to the Chinese Engineering and Mining
company, carrying munitions of war, was
captured by the Japanese off Port Arthur
today.
I p. ra A battle (south of Mukden) raged
uninterruptedly all of Tuesday and Into tha
night. It was continued today. The( re
sults have not been decisive.
The Russians have a force on ths Japa
nese right toward tha Taltsa river, but It
Is believed that tha Japanese have checked
tha Russian turning movement.
Admiral Hosoya, commanding the third
squadron of the Japanese fleet, reports that
at 11 a. m. today a wireless telegram was
received from (he guardship Otowa report
ing that tha Fu Ping was captured by ths
torpedo boat dtstruyer fibirataka. Tha
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