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The Omaha Daily Bee. i THE SUNDAY Bit A NEWSPAPER AND A MAGAZINE IN ONE. PART I Pages 1 to 8 SINGLE COlV THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OM'A, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1904 SIXTEEN PAGES. -OFT . RIOT ON THE ISTHMUS Malcontents Start Demonstration Against Panama GoTernment at Cnlebra. MARIAS SENJ TO SCENE OF TROUBLE Eumor that a Skirmish Oconrred and that 8eTeral Persons Were Killed. NO CONFIRMATION AT WASHINGTON Assistant Secretary Darling Says NaT De partment Has Ho Report of Affair. DISPATCH BOAT DEPARTS HURRIEDLY Torpedo Boat Destroyer Leaves Sam Dies with Riik Order for the - Faelne Squadron Vnder Admiral Goodrich. COLON, Oct. . News reached here this evening that about '200 armed men, who are thought to be malcontent Panama citizens, rather than Colombian aoldlen, have been een In the neighborhood of Culebra, threatening hostilities against the Panama government. Aa soon as the American authorities of the canal sons became cognisant of this force, marines were sent out to ascertain their purpose. It la . rumored that a skirmish occurred Inland, In which several were killed, but there la bo confirmation of this report. 0 INFORMATION AT WASHINGTON assistant Secretary Darling Sara 4tKt Marines Are o lilbmiii, WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Assistant Sec retary Darling said tonight that so far as be was aware no advlcea had been received at the Navy department of the reported skirmish between United States marines and Panamans on the Isthmus. If any dispatches have been received, the assist ant secrets ry explained, they In all prob ability would be sent direct to the depart ment and would not be delivered to the of ficers until morning. At this time the navy has about 460 marines on tho Isthmus, a ufficlent force, in the opinion of the ad minlstratl m, to cope with any difficulty which la llke;y to develop. DISPATCH BOAT UUUj HURRIEDLY Torpeda Boat Destroyer Starts at Pall Speed to Meet Squadron. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct 21. The torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones has gone, under hurry o.-ders, to meet the Pacific squadron, whlcn Is suppored to have left Magdalena 1 bay, where target practice has been g.lng , on, fr Panama, It. Is bearing dispatches, the fixture of which are unknown. The boat took, on an extra cargo of coal enj provl id and steamed out at full speed. WASHINGTON. Oat 21.-It Is said at the Navy department that the mission of the Jfavt JonM la jnexalr on routine dff art mental business... It .-carries Information to Rear Admiral Goodrich of charges In the personnel of the officers on duty with the vessels. MISSIONARY BISHOPS ELECTED Episcopalian Select Men to Charge el Work la New Fields. Take BOSTON, Oct. 21. The Episcopalian gen eral convention today adopted a resolution In the house of deputies providing for spe cial forms of worship to meet the require ments of foreign congregations, which may be brought Into the church. The resolu tion was presented soma time ago by Dr. William B. Huntington of New Tork. The proposal was bitterly fought at the San Francisco convention, and met with consid erable opposition In Boston, many assert ing that the measure, would lead to great diversity In forms of worship. The resolu tion will be acted on by the house of bishops. The deputies today elected the fonr fol lowing missionary bishops, the nomina tions having been made by the house of bishops: Bishop of Salt Lake, Rev. Franklin 8. Spalding, Erie Pa. Bishop of Hankow, China, Rev. Logan II. Roots, Hankow, formerly of Arkansas. Bishop of Mexico, Rev. Henry D. Ave. Houston, Tex. Bishop of Cuba. Very Rev. Albion W. Knight Atlanta, Oa. The house of bishops devoted two hours this evening to a discussion of the amend ment to the divorce canon, making It more difficult for the Innocent person divorced In a case Involving Infidelity to be remar ried. It was decided to take a. vote on the Question of concurrence with the house of deputies tomorrow. MILITIA OFFIQERS CONVICTED Cossmaaders Who Failed to Protect Kegrre at Stateabore, Ga., Sen. . teased by Coart-Martlal. ATLANTA. Ga.. fW. 1 rtv Ih. .ef the Statesboro courtmartlal. which was signed todsy by Governor Joseph M. Ter rell, Captain Robert M. Hitch, who was taj command of the troops when the ne groes Reed and Cato were burned at the atftke. was dismissed from the service of the Georgia, state troops. Lieutenant L. A. Well, who was In com mand of the camp while Captain Hitch was at the courthouse, was suspended for a year, and will be publicly reprimanded. Lieutenant Grlner, who was In command of the reserves, will be publicly repri manded. Lieutenants Cone and Morrison were ac quitted of the charges lodged against them. The action of Governor Terrell In sign ing the verdict of the court closes the en tire Statesboro Incident, so far as the state troops are concerned, with the exception uf the puolio reprimands, which are to be delivered by the colonels of the regiments to which Lieutenants Mell and Griner bo long. Forest Fires la California. SAN DIEGO Cal.. Oct 21-Fterce fir "! !7.?1?lf,t ?" and canon. : " . --' - ,iu urt approach, lug the town from two sides ',, " J . urn, of .moke rlsln from the hill, soutli of Bernardo and the direction f v-il. Cantor Indicate a terrific conflagration anS c.ums inu- h apprehension. 1 1 .-ni -I mo. certain that Allao canon has bin swept by the names. n Geld DUoevery la Colorado. Dl'RANQO, Colo.. Oct 21.-The reported discovery of .ateu.lv. bodies of Juris rich la gold and .liver In the- U Villi range of in. Rocky mountain., weit of V"" l"r- hue created excitement. Hun dreds of mm have gone to the locality and many mineral -lalm. have already been looaUjl A)i obiulnd are -,! U run TALKING 0F PROHIBITION A GERMAN PORT Indian. Conference D.cnsse. V.'-'V"' ' f Barring Uqaor from' 4 . tfreat Britain Refuses Bequest of Eaisat to to Be Created. LAKE MOHONK, N. T., Oct 2t-Con-slderatlon of the liquor question in the Indian Territory and especially the pro- ! posal to Incorporate In the enabling act admitting the territory Into the union as one or two states a clause forever exclud ing the sale of Intoxicating drink In the new state or states, was taken up at to day's session of the Ind an conference. The first speaker was A. S. McKennon of South McAlester, who was an associate of the late Senator Dawes In the original five tribes' commission. Dr. A. Grant Evans, president of a Pres byterian seminary at Muskogee, I. T en dorsed and emphasized the views expressed by Mr. McKennon. He said that a federa tion of all the churches In the territory had been formed to urge the federal govern ment to keep Its original pledges made to the Indians In regard to the exclusion of liquor from the country. The question toward securing a prohibitory clause In the proposed enabling act was a vital one for the future state. Miss Alice Robertson, for many years a teacher among the Indians, urged the mem bers of the conference to write letters to tlielr representatives in congress asking ! that a larger appropriation be made at the ccmlng session for the extension of school i privileges among the people of the Indian Territory. Referring to the liquor traffic, Miss Robertson declared that liquor was often used by designing and unscrupulous whites to further their nefarious designs upon the Indians. At the conclusion of the conference thl evening the present status and needs of Hawaii were set forth In a speech by Rev. Douglas L. Blrnle. who has made an ex tended study of the islands and their peo ple. Resolutions were adopted favoring the exclusion of the liquor ' traffic from the proposed new state Into which Indian ter ritory Is to be converted in accordance with treaty agreements, urging that provision be made for continuing the tribal schools of Indian territory until they are merged Into a public school system, urging upon congress the appointment of a committee to investigate the condition of the landless Indians of northern California and urging immediate action for .the relief of the Pimas of southern California, who have been deprived of their water rights and are in a starving condition. In conclusion, the conference adopted a platform reaffirming the statements made last year favoring the abandonment of the reservation system and the discontinuance of the Indian agencies, and of the Indian bureau Itself at the earliest practicable date. Insular Possessions. On the subject of our insular possessions, the platform reads as follows: The conference is gratified with the vrcm- , ress that has so far been made In the tdu- cation ana development or a por.ion oi the inhabitants of the Philippine a.chl pelago. We especially commend the wlje system of education that has been put into ( l. V, l l .Ml UI.I.MUI ,11111.1 . a lUIll Ul" gently recommend the extension of tnls J system until the people shall all receive 1 the Inestimable advantages that will result I from It. By these they .will be piepitred or the Important career that awaits tin both la their own' government' and iiflbel relations to the nation. 'We ask our government to give especial attention to the Industrial deve opment of these Islands and as being of the g.eatest Importance to them, speedily to provide for the unrestricted entry of their proJucts to the markets of the nation. We commend the wise action of the gov ernment In the revision of the laws In Porto Rico and In the establishment of an admirable system of education there. We are unable to suggest any improvement In system, but we strongly urge the expendi ture by our government of whatever sums may be necessary to secure the advantages of education to all the children of the isl and. At this time but one In five chl dren of school age receives the full educational advantages. We are well aware of the seriousness of tills undertaking, but we are convinced that the end will justify the moans. The conditions In Hawaii are so dif ferent front our other Islands that different problems must be met A large Asiatic population already places on the govern ment such an obligation for the education of their children as will prepare the.-n I for the duties of citizenship. We recom- mend to congress such action as may be I necessary to secure the use of the English btnguaKO In legislation and the courts as will comply with the conditions already stipulated. In all our Island possessions we are g!ad to find that we can unhesitatingly congrat ulate the country upon the fact that our government has sent to them so many earnest, seslous, nighty tralntd and capa ble young men to meet and solve the diffi cult problems that have confronted them. This gives a hopeful evidence that our con nection with th-ee peoples will result to their great advantage and to our own. We feel that it Is our duty to develop In all our dependent people whatever is strong and good in thorn Instead of endeavoring to cast them Into a mould of our own racial characteristics, believing that they may contribute to making something of real value. The Issue to us is the up building of character. This must be acrom- fllslied by the combined Influences of re igion and education. Our government can provide for the latter, but It develops upon the Christian people of our land to see thst the vast Interests of religion are not neglected. OFFICERS DIRECTED -TO ACT Marderons Assaalt I'poa Federal O fa cial ia Indian Territory to Be' Investigated. GUTHRIE). Okla.. Oct. H.-As the result of the murderous assault about thirty days ago upon Colonel Shepard of Buffalo. NyY., of the Choctaw townsite commission of the Indisn Territory, accidentally coming to the knowledge of President Roosevelt, Instructions have been received by the . Indian Territory officials directing them to Immediately search out and punish the per petrators of the crime. The assault was committed at Hartshorns, I. T., where I Colonel Shepard was attending a meeting of the commission preparatory to placing the lots on sale. There were no witnesses, i The lncldnnt was not officially reported at the time and was incidentally mentioned ' by an Indian Territory man. being received this week by the president Orders were at I once Issued fro mthe White House Instruct. ! Ing the Department of Justice and of In j dlan affairs to begin an exhaustive Investi gation. , RUSSIAN SPIES ARE ALERT Mystcrtoao Blea Trace Progress of Torpedo Boats for Japaa Throagh Washington State. SPOKANE. Wa.h., Oct tl. Advice to the Chronicle from lllllvard, Wa.h., state I that men believed to be Russian snlaa luu visited the Great Northern railway yards at that place, apparently seeking to trace the shipment of Japanese torpedo boat enroute to the coast Early In ths evening the party of rough looking strangers, be. ) lleved to be Russians, appeared at the yards making Inquiries for these cars. The yardmen refused to tell them, but they learned elsewhere that the boats would arrive later. When the boats arrived the men reappeared, looked at the cars, took the car numbers and disappeared again. The boats were shipped west the same Bight. They are on flatcars, covered with canvas and billed, as machlnsr Land Troops in British Harbor. FIGHT CONTINUES IN SOUTH AFRICA Germans Arc Handicapped by Dlf catty la Way of Laadlng Troops and Natives Are Pa.hlng Campaign. BERLIN, Oct 21. The government has asked Great Britain to permit Germany to use Walfish bay for the landing c-f troops and supplies es.fntio.1 In the war against the natives of German. 8outhwest Africa. The British government has refused posi tively to grant the request. Walfish bay Is the only good harbor for 1,000 miles along that coast. It lies la that portion of Jhe shore held by Great Britain near Swakopmund, the port of entry to German Southwest Africa. Swakopmund has always been a difficult harbor to enter and is especially so this year, as the Sua kop river has discharged Immense quan tities of sand Into the shallows. The far reaching shoals and heavy surf delay ves sels for weeks In the discharge of their cargoes. It recently took a German trans port four weeks to land three companies of troops, with their horses, gttrs and supplies. The men were landed without difficulty. It was the lighterage of the ani mals and freight that caused the llay. Great Britain's refusal to allow troops, to land In Walfish bay will. It Is asserted, Interfere seriously with Germany's military plans In Southwest Africa. Cable dlpatche nearly every day bring news of some smnll Gorman reverse In Southwest Africa. News was telegraphed last night that the German station at Nomtsas had been captured" by the Hotten tots. VAerlnary Surgeon Oskar Albrecht and a planter named Hermann were among the killed. RUSSIAN REVOt.rTIONISTS ACTIVE Police Accnsc Jews of Fomenting I'p rlslnsra In Southern Cities. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 22.-2:15 a. m. The polio continue to discover In various parts of Russia, and notably In the south and In Poland, evidences of revolutionary activity, such as was described In the St. Petersburg dispatch to the Associated Press on October S. According to reports re ceived at tho ministry of the Interior, most revolutionary literature that Is being disseminated comes from Jews. At Minsk a great mass of proclamations, pamphlets, false seals gnd passports were discovered In a Jew's lodgings, together with evi dences that they came from abroad for dis tribution throughout Russia. At Kerch a Jew reservist who had escaped service on account of chvslcal disability, was found running a printing press turning out ad- j .nndr dresses to reservists, urging them not to trying to get something for nothing, that Join the colors. At Toula, where an Infer- ' something to come out of the public treas nal arsenal was located by the police, sev- J, v&; h 1 eral jews were arrested for fomenting strike disturbances and street manlfesta- tlons anions- workmen At fimiinn th tions among workmen. At Grodno the baggage of a Jew arrested at the railway station was full of revolutionary literature? At Odessa, the colic, on Oetoher is mr. prteed. In a Jew a lodgings, a meeting of revolutionists, socialists and anarchists, and durlns: th. attetnnt in irr.it h ... ana curing tne attempt to arrest the par- tlclpanta a police officer was shot. At Vltsbek, on the same date, two Jews were arrested for gathering at the theater and distributing proclamations. STVDBXTS . RECEIV1S CONCESSIONS New Minister of Interior Grants Prlvllea-e Heretofore Dented. ht prTrnMHtTRd rw n .t , ', . , ', .' . . the unnecessary duration of which is in- hau been accorded to the studentj of Dor- compatible with real Independence, and be pat (Livonia) university to resume wearing cause It will counteract that tendency to caps of the colors which were forbidden P"bc and private profligacy which a pro , .,,v, , . , ., . TrI , fuse expenditure of money by the govern- to auch corporations under Alexander III. men, Dut apt t0 engender." In pursuance of the policy of the Russlfi- cation of the Baltic provinces. This step I Is considered to constitute another evidence of the conciliatory policy of the whole gov ernment which has marked the Inaugura tion of tha regime of Prince Mtrsky, mln- lster of. the Interior. Disnatrhn. rvnrn i Dorpat say the announcement was greeted with the greatest rejoicing by thestudent 1 GREEKS KILL BULGARIANS Twenty Ont of Sixty Shot by Men Thought to Be Friends. SALONICA, European Turkey, Oct. 21. Twenty Bulgarian, were killed by Greeks near Fiorina on October 19. A band of sixty Bulgarians approached thirty Greeks who were posted on a hl!l, supposing them to be friends. They fired point blank at them. Forty ofthe Bulgarians escaped. Obserre Trafalarar Day." j LONDON. Oct 20. Trafalgar day was Celebrated today at home and in the colo nies with the usual decorations and din ners. Nelson's flagship, the Victory at Portsmouth, was-gaily decorated with flags and decked with laurel and flew Nelson's famous signal. The base of the admiral's column In Trafalgar square here was elab orately covered with wreaths, prominent ' .... .i w.i . i among the floral tributes being one of huge ' rtlmtnt.lrifinl tit A ar If Vi tha sTrAnnk j r- .v7r"u."n; i ' . ' nun respect and honor to the memory of the - . . ' ' gallant French aad Spaniard, who . M i at rrafalgar." I CANNON AT THE WHITE HOUSE Speaker of Home of Repre.entatlve. Brings Good New. to the Pre.ldeat. WASHINGTON. Oct n.-Speaker Cannon called at the White house today and gave the president and members of the cabinet nothing but cheering pews of his observ ances of the political altuation in h. states throuarh which ha had H- I nali-nlna-. The sneaker tiMrt. t- ' - -. .. wui4 Baltlmore tonight. Ha reached the White House aa the cabinet ammbers were - , sembllng for their semi-weekly meeting I The president th. speaker and tha cabinet . officers had an animated talk on politics before ths cabinet formally began busl- ness. Speaker Cannon gave the president and hla advlsere assurance, that West Vlr- I glnla, In which ha haa Just mads a thor- ough campaign, would surely cast Its -lee- torn! vote for tha republican national ' Ucket I As he left the White House Speaker Csnnoa chatted freely with hla newspaper ; hla newspaper 1 trienas "Are you going to get back, to Illinois during the campaign V Inquired a reporter, "You know Carter Harrt.on says Illinois Is a doubtful state." "Tea." responded the apeaker, "Carter Harrison la a powerful knowing man, but I reckon we will worry through with the normal republican plurality. But I am go Ing hoiufe to vote, you know." "How about West VlrgloiaT" "Ob, West Virginia will be republican by a big plurality," tha speaker replied, "and we'll have a solid republican delegation in the house frum that elate, " - PARKER TALKS IN THE RAIN New Jersey Delegatloa Visits Demo cratic Candidate . Throagh Rata aad Mad. ESOPUS, N. T., Oct. 21. Judge Parker today addressed a delegation from Hudson county. New Jersey, on the subject of ad ministration extravagance, answering a speech made by Secretary of War Taft, In which the secretary called upon the demo crats to give a bill of particulars In connec tion with the charge that economy In gov ernment affairs had been forgotten in the years the republicans have been In control of national affairs. Judge Parker qujted a" few totals of official reports, which, he asserted, not only raised the presumption ' gram.) "The land laws of the United States of extravagance, but proved It. A bill of need revision," said Commissioner Richards particulars will be given, he said, when a 0f the general land office today. "Many of democratic administration gets a chance , the luws on our statute books are made at the books. j for conditions which existed twenty year. From midnight until after noon today - ago, and quarter sections of land upon rain fell In torrents, streams overftowel, which homesteaders are permitted to file the roads were converted Into brooks and must give way to larger areas of land be made nearly Impassable for pedestrians, cause the best lands are occupied. The Nevertheless the New Jersey delegations forestry laws and timber and stone laws formed a procession at the Esopus station auM nee(i revision, and the commission ap of the West Shore railroad at.d inarched to , pointed by the president, consisting of Mr. Rosemount. s I pinchot. head of the forestry division of it nua teen tne mtcnt.on ot tne organ- lxera ot tne trip to nave two special trains of sixteen coaches each and a party of I, WW persons. The trains were to leave Jersey City at 10 o'clock and arrive at Esopus at noon. At 10 o'clock rain wns j ..II'.... tn V. - n Tam.. CI,.. n n r ... 1 democrats had arrived at the train. An hour later a delegation sufficient to fill ten couches had arrived and, unmindful of the deluge, determined to pay their Visit to the candidate, despite the certainty of a mud bath ut the Esopus end of their Journey. R?achlng Judge Parker's house, the dele gation surrounded tjio veranda. Though the rainfall had ceased, the trees were ; dripping and umbrellas had to be raised. When Judge Parker stepped from the house he was greeted by cheers and handclapplng. The New Jersey delegation was presented to Judge Parker by Representative Allan Benny of Bayonne, who made a short ad dress. Judge Parker, after an extended discus sion of the expenditures of the govern ment, during which he charged the repub licans with extravagance, said: The politician who said. "What Is the constitution between friends?" stated the view obtained by many, a view that is growing among those who want some.hing from the government It affects com munities as well as Individuals. It Is evi denced by multitudinous schemes to secure governmental expenditures In certain lo calities, bach not only seeks what it needs, but what It calls its share. Illustrations abound on every hand, which show that the teachings of recent years, that it is a legitimate function of government to help Individuals, Is having a disastrous effect upon political mornlg. It stimulates the in genuity of individuals In every locality to devise ways and means to secure his part, lt all tends to the creation and support of the "grafter," a class of men who have multiplied vastly of late, so vastly that payers who can only rely for protection upon tne earnest watcncuiness ot tnose charged with the duty of administration, Dur admlnl8tratve offlolals should return once more to those sound principles which formerly were In operation, principles i which dlSUMutsbad TOaay .administrations 0f the administration purity of the fathera. principles which prompted that portion of ; President Jackson's Inaugural address . whch j quote ,n cl0Bingi and to whCh r , beg your careful attention. He said: "The mHiiuaeiiieiii oi me uuoiiu revenue, me im portant -operation in all governments, Is among the most delicate trust In ours and it will, of course, demand no lnconslder- abl share of my official etfllcitude. Uhder w ... .! llMrf.j- every aspect In which it can be considered latlon Puh onward the great public do lt would appear that advantage must result I main Is absorbed and broad acres of un from the observance of a. strict and faithful tilled soil grow smaller every year. The economy. This I shall aim at the more ' " A v.. anxiously, both because It will facilitate the extinguishment of the national debt. GROVER CLEVELAND AT NEW YORK former President Speaks to Demo ocrats in Carnegie Hall. Nii'w YORK. Oct. a. Attracted bv the n,M.n nf nmver Cleveland thousands of people struggled to gain entrance to Car- regie hall tonight where the former presi- j . - . 1 and only speech of the campaign. John G. Carlisle, secretary of the treasury under Mr. Cleveland, was also a speaker and shared with Mr. Cleveland the great K.,r. Ax.huirlaam at the meeting Lone ! before tho doors of the hall were opened crowds surged around the outside of the building and within ten minutes after the doors had been thrown wide to the public every seat In the big auditorium was taken, while corridors and aisles held their scores. etui nunareas were uuuuio 10 gain en- i trance. I TVtla 1,lr riemorratfft rallv was unrif th auspices of the Business Men1. Parker and 0er; substitute H. Davis. Valley: Reg Davis association and J. Hempden Robb. u,ar- Howard L Y eager; substitute. U R. president of the organisation, presided. Teager. Iowa-Clarlnda: Regular. Joseph Mr. Cleveland arrived at the hall .hortlv ! Nicholas; substitute, Benjamin Hasklns. !..., a nVlock and Immediate! .,n hi. entrance cheers burst forth, the demon- B,"tl0n """"f "TT m,nutea- " ole(J ou - hAj-an ...In with ra na-riul uUm a ma In and began again with renewed vigor. Again I and Again Mr. Robb attempted to quiet the crowd, but .. fore to hi. .eat I. -nrlth Ur flavclnnrl whan ti I t V. V, . . . - " 1 hall were Mr. Carlisle. Mr. Robb. Tanilora BL , i. 7.77 Rlrt rl u .1 , . w Monro' ! When Mr. Cleveland saw that Mr. Robb'. T'ZZl 12, TO" lh" ! UCUiWiivuaiK'u a, . IICIU Up ni. hand for silence, but the people could not be quieted for two full. minutes afterward. The former president was chairman of the meeting and In Introducing him Mr, Robb .aid: "A moat eminent and distinguished cltl sea and democrat will be your chairman. His word and Ms deed, are known In every corner of this union. He Is one of our great Americans Orover Cleveland." During his speech Mr. Cleveland was loudly applauded, at time, being Inter- rupted for everI ralnutes. His statement th,t tWa w" no 'or him to P0,o,"e for hu Dartjr c"ed tremendous cner" of PProvl- "'a mention of the nm f AUon B' p,rker th nd of hl" pech tn audlnee arose as one man "nd th cherln,r aeveral minutes, Tn ref"enee to D- cay Herrtck caused ,ood Pp,u, At th conclusion of his ? Mr' CIeveland was greeted with f hee,'n"' mor" P"nn'ous than at any time during the evening. ,.hen ,"tro,l,cd ,ohn G. Carlisle. Mr. wno ,ua,y spoke at ome length, devoting most of Ms tlms to alleged extravagance of the republican ad ministration, the Panama and Philippine questions. Speaker Cannes nt Baltimore. BALTIMORE, .Oct. It Joseph O. Can non wss ths principal speaker at a repub lican mass meeting In Lyrlo hall tonight Congressman J. Adam Bed also spoke to the large audience. Hundred of persons, unable to enter the hall, were addressed by local political lead ers, and afterward by Cannon and Bede, from a platform which had been erected on tne outside. REVISION OF LAND LAWS Present Statutes Enacted to Mset Condi tions Which Hare Passed Away. COMMISSION TO REPORT TO CONGRESS Commissioner Richards Talk. of Opening of Roaebnd and Speaks Highly of C lass of Settlers Attracted. (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) WARHlNn-TON Oct. 21. (SDeclal Tele- the Agrlcuturai department; Mr. Newell. chief hydrographer of the geological sur vey, and myself, expect to make n report to congress based on an Investigation and data now at hand. And yet all three of us flnd lt hard to Kive tnlg 8Uhject the atten- . ... . tion it really deserves because of the du ties of our several positions, which take up all anr time." VpSn the subject of the opening of the Rosebud In Gregory county,8outh Dakota, Mr. Richards stated that about half the lands had been taken under the druwlng at $1 per acre. On November 8, three months ufter the time at which the draw- nB occurred, the books will be closed for those entering on homesteads. After No vember S the land remaining may be taken at $3 per acre, that period extending for three months, or until Februury 8 of next year. After that date all lands remaining undisposed of may be filed upon at S2.S0 per acre for a period of four years. Upon the termination of that period the president Is permitted to dispose of the remainder by sale under the rules and regulations of the secretary of the Interior. Good Cla.a of Settlers. "A most excellent class of people entered Rosebud country during the opening of the reservation and drawing for locations," continued Mr. Richards. "Many of them were people of fair means, otherwise they would not have been able to comply with the terms laid down. These people will be a great addition to the South Dakota popu lation, and cannot help but be good citt aens. We have found many case where people! after once looking at the land, decided to go elsewhere, and there are cases where persons drawing low num bers have failed to take advantage of their opportunity to settle upon much valuable land. Of course, this number was. small, but It showed that the time between the Intention ot filing and the time In which to put up the money weeded out many Irre sponsible persons and resulted In an ex ceedingly better class of settlers. Grasiasr Land Problem. "One ojt the greaJeat.a&KnT&.w.hleh con fronts the Interior department la the ques tion of how best to take care of the graz ing lands of the country. Sometimes I think that If we could lease these lands to cattls and sheep men, surrounded with every safeguard for the government that it would be a most excellent way of get- I -i.tin. nrAtnnm Am uaiiicmou i. v, .i n.v j'.iii.i, i.kii.iiiB . 1 1 , drove their herds far afield, and If the gov- ernment could obtain . lease money from these cattle and sheepmen it would not only give them protection, but be adding to the treasury. Of course, I am not com mitted to any lease measure, but I recog nize that there must come a time when the live stock Interests of the country and the government must meet upon some common ground for mutual protection. I look to see a very much greater agitation for the re vision or tne lana laws or tne country in the Fifty-ninth congress than we have eve before, and the public land laws of the TTnllaJ DtaUa will ha .iihlant t n a-lniifl nstn- slderatlon at the hands of congress shortly." Postal Matters. South Dakota postmasters appointed: At Cascade Springs, Fall River county, Mrs. Hawk- vlce B' B- Sherman, deceased; Oae. Campbell county. Miner Ward, vice K. R. Murchlnson, resigned. Rural free delivery carriers appointed: Nebraska Bartley: Regular, A. W, Ste vens; substitute, Regtn C. Fiddler. . Ben son: Regular, T. L. Hull; substitute, L. B. Hull. Deweese: Regular B. Titus; substi tute, J. Kohler. Syracuse: Regular: J. Grand River: Regular, D..W. Day; substl tute, E. Wy Day. South Dakota Delmont: Regular, Thomas B. Case; substitute, Wil liam F. Canon. MeCormlelc at Washington. . WASHINGTON, Oct 21. Mr. McCor- mack. the Americas ambassador to Russia, "lled tn StaU deP"tment today to pay his reapecta to Secretary Hay and !.,., oj,,,. 1jnnmt. Iry. ' k" -ador had satisfactory report, to make re gardlng the condition of Russo-Amerlcan relations. He leaves for his home In Chicago tomorrow to spenl hli lea a of absence. While here ha will call on Count Casslnl, the Russian ambassador. PRESENT FOR ' KANSAS CITY Georgia Van Gives Collection of In dian Belles Valaed at 9200,000 to City Library. AUGUSTA. Ga.. Oct 2t-Colonel B. Dyer of Augusta haa presented hla collection of Indian relics. Valued at 1200,000, to Kansas City, to be incorporated In the public II brary. Tha collection la regarded ast the most valuable In private ownership In the country, and It has taken thirty-five year to collect It Ths number of article. Is something over 12,000, comprising prehis toric remains from tha American conti nent a lot of pottery and Indian relic, of old Mexico, a collection made by Dr. Irvin Bachmann and the entire collection of tho late Rear Admiral I A. Beardslea, U. 8. N. Greaadler Gaarda at Chicago. CHICAGO, Oct. xl The famous Grena dier Guard, bund, of which King Edward 1 colonel-in-chlef, arrived In Chicago today from St. Ixiuls. and th. member, are being entertained by city officials, promi nent businrs. men and member, of the Second reglm.nt. The band assembled on the floor of the board of trade and played the national anthem, of England and America, after which th. gueet. wire welcomd to Chicago by Mayor Harrison. Luncheor. was served In the Auditorium and was attended by a large number of prominent citlsens. General Frederick Fun .ton responded to the toast. "The PrctMent of the United Slate.." The toast "Our Guests," wa. proposed by Hie mayor, and responded to by Captain J.ffiiea ut th. AUnarua. THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Kcbraska Fair Saterday aad Sander, Page. 1 Flahtlng I. Reported la P.a-tmn. German. Mnai I mr Their Own Port. Revision of l,nit Law. Nee ted. Latest N'en. from fie War. S Lodge Pay. Trlhntc to Roosevelt. 5 New. from .All Pnr of Nebraska. I nton P.clgC. Financial Report. 4 Sloppy" Smith Plrsrf. Innocence. 6 Short Story of Bnrhelor. Wife. T Sensational Marder nt Peorln. Omaha Insurance Mn Honored. Police Have Fight with Sn.pect.. 8 How Post Made H's Millions. Robbei. Shna the Klu Raak Vanlta. O Open letter to Mr, Nash. Servant 1 . 1 Uoe. to Jail. Back Order Castea General Regret. lO Editorial. it Mickey Talks at Soath Omaha. Ill Coaralng Meet Show. Good Sport. 1.1 Financial aad Commercial, lft Conurll Ulr.ffs and Iowa News. til Grata Terminal Work Progresses. Trmperatare at Omaha Yesterday! Hour, Hour. I)e. S a. in l a. m T a. ni 8 a. nt i a. ni 10 a. m 11 a. m 111 m. . . RH (12 RM Bt rut B3 B4 1 P. 2 P- 5 p. 4 p. B p. 6 l. T p. 8 p. P. 6:t C'i 6.1 BJ 51 BO 4S I7 , . 4U SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION Japanese Still Hold Shakhe Station Only Operation. Consist of In Important Skirmishing. Military operations In Manchuria are awaiting the frying of roads and plains rendered Impassable for artillery and even for Infantry by the recent heavy rains. Meantime the correspondents at the front have only desultory cannonading and un important sklrmisht.4 to record. TlVe report that the railway station at Shakhe had been retaken by the Russians and that railway traffic between Shakhe and Mukden would be restored at once, wua erroneous, the place still being In the hand, of the Japanese. The Russians government is hastening the dispatch of troops to the far east to constitute the second Manchurian army. OMAHA MANSH00TS SELF Had Held lp Ca.hler and Wa. Cor nered by Crowd of Pur suers. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. (Special Telegram.) Trapped In a crowded street of Newark, N. J., after a hold-up with a pistol in which he had obtained 11,271, an unidenti fied, well dressed man this afternoon shot himself twice through the head and now lie near death In St. James' hospital. In hla lucid moments he gives his name as Wl.son and his home as Omaha, Pough ke rpsle and Yonkera. The police believe him to be aome man from this city driven to desperation by the need of money. Tbey do not believe him to be a professional thief, for in his delirium he continually asks May to forgive him. "I had to do it I had to do it," he exclaims over and over again. His one plea In his conscious moments Is to be allowed to die. "Wilson" does not live in Newark and a return trip ticket of the Pennsylvania, found with S cents and a gold watch In his pocket Indicates that he had arrived there about a half-hour before the robbery. The machine shops of J. S. Munday In Prospect street, Newark, have tha pay master's office on the second floor. To get to them lt Is necessary to pass through the general offices on the ground floor, up a flight of stairs and through a heavy door. Charles TenEyck, a bookkeeper In charge of the payrolls of the company, went to the bank shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon, obtained 11,600 In two packages of bills, and with them returned to his office. He did not notice that he was followed and had returned to his desk, near which sat Law rence Olsen, a typewriter, when the door opened. A tall, well dressed man appeared, walked up to him and leaning, over asked If Mr. Munday was In. He was told the proprietor wae out of the city. TenEyck's head bent again over his work and Olsen paid no further attention until a slight noise attracted them both. The bookkeeper looked up to flnd the muzzle of a pistol held a foot from his face. "Give me that nftmey. and give It to me quick," was the command. "No, not a noise," as the bookkeeper stirred. "Hand It over or I'll send you to hell and blow up the office." Without waiting for art answer the stranger leaned .forward, seized the larger of the two packages and began to back to the door. "Don't either of you move," he com marided agln "If you do I'll shoot." He reached tha doors, opened them, closed them, and then opened It again. "Don't you ncove." he said, pointing his pistol again. This time when the door closed hs had snapped its outside lock. In the offices below were K. J. Jennings general foreman 'of the shops, and' James N. Wright general manager' of the estab lishment Mr. Wright was at the telephon. and Mr. Jennlng. did not give the man a second's thought until a little later down the speaking tube came the gasping ex olamatlon: "Stop that man that's just going out he's held me up and got the payroll? He's got a gun." Mr. Jennings was In the street lifan In atant and aaw the man walking leisurely away. An alarm wag sounded and aa Mr Jennings approached the man, the latter flourished his revolver and, with a crowd at his heels, dashed away toward the Penn sylvania railroad atatlon. He was a good runner, and men who reached out to catch him, he struck off easily and was keeping ahead until tha New Jersey Central rail roaJ station was reached. Underneath this trestllng at tha time atood Detective Thomas Farrlngton of the Pennsylvania railroad. H h.n i .. t v. ticca u l liaj ; cries and saw the man ---,- . . hands he still carried -the revolver, and " - oai a, as u to get away The fugitive passed ,j Farrlngton thru.t out his foot. The man fell heavily and rolled over and a. he made an attempt to rise, th. crowd wa. upon him. He aaw this and brought his revolver around again, but this time Instead of pointing It toward the crowd, it was aimed at himself. There war. t ,.. . i fell back-one bullet had entered behind "r ana me otner In the neck just under the right jaw. Wounded as he waa ha fell back again, put his left arm underneath him and In that band ha still clutched tha package of money, which Waa found Intact Baaehmaa Kill. Himself. HOT SPRINGS. B. D.. Oct. 21.-(Bpeclal Telegram.)-Ed Brookfleld, a ranohman living near Oelrich, thl. county, commltwd suicide by shooting himself last Bight JAPS READY TO RESUME Rnmor from Tokio that Another Gnat Battle on Shakhe is Imminent. RUSSIANS FIRE ON SHAKHE STATION Dispatch from Mukden Indicates that Place , is in Hands of Japanese. PORT ARTHUR IS AGAIN BOMBARDED i Attack Upon the Fortress Begins October 18 and is Still in Progress. HARD EXPERIENCE OF COSSACK TROOPS Every Man In Company of Two Hane dred Was Wounded, bat Kone Died on the Field. LONDON. Oct 22.-The Times' Toklo cor respondent says that dispatches from Oyama's headq.uartera seem to Indicate the Shakhe river ae the Immediate objective of the original advance, and that appear ances suggest that another great battle la imminent. In which the Japanese will as sume the offensive. Russians Fire on Shakhe. MUKDKN, Oct 21-o:25 p. m. Thursday Russians opened an artillery fire on Shakhe station, where there seemed to be a Japa nese outpost watching the Russian move ments. The guns were then trained on the village or Lamatung, a little east of the station. The Japanese replied languidly. The weather today Is fine and sunny, with a cold, biting wind. There waa a aevere frost last night - Weather Conditions Improve. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 22.-2 a. m. The rival armies of Russia and Japan, en trenched a short distance from each other south of the Shakhe river, are forced to continued Inactivity until the fine weather now prevailing dries the sodden ground ami the tired warriors are outHclently rested to resume operations. A dispatch from Mukden to the Asso ciated Press reports that the Russians yes terday confined themselves to bombard ment of Shakhe station and the adjoining village of Lamatung, the Japanese feebly responding. This news shows that Shakhe station Is not held by tha Russians. Rus sian correspondents report that some regi ments of the Fifth Siberian corps have been engaged In slight skirmishes during tho last few days. It develops that after the Lone Tree hill rout the Japanese were unable to re move a number of cannon In addition to those left on the hill, and which remained midway 'between the Russian and Japanese trenchea. Aa they lay these guns were so exposed., to. th fire from, both aides that it was Impossible for either side to get them during daylight and repeated at tempts have been made by both sides to secure the guns at dark. Up to the pres-" ent Cossacks have got three of the can non. The dexterity of the Cossacks In this sort of work was repeatedly Illustrated during the Russian army maneuvers. On one occasion they abstracted the artillery harness, disabling all the batteries of their rival combatants. The first deatchnv-nt of the Eighth corps has reached Harbin and the remainder la expected there within three weeks. Mean time, three Polish rifle brigades are begin ning to start for th. front. It Is taid this will provide 20,000 troops. By the time this force Is started for the far east, the Sixteenth corps, stationed at Vltebllc, or the Second corps at Grodno, will be ready to start General Grlppenberg, who Is to command the second Manchurian army, was received In audience today by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarkoeselo, and had a long conference with him about disposition in the far east of the remaining corps of the second army. The War office has no fresh news this morning, except a list of the losses of General Ekk's Seventy-first division of the Fifth Siberian corps and General Mora , soft's First division of Lieutenant General Dembowski's corps. Esch lost half a dozen officers. The official lists of officers killed and wounded between October 11 and Octo ber 13 totals 172, Including Major General -Rablnskl and seventeen field officers killed. The wounded are In the proportion of one to six. The list for the heaviest day's fight ing Is still unreported and doubtless will exceed the losses at Llao Yang, when too officers were killed or wounded. The lossea among the men are not yet reported, but they are thought to approximate not much over 20,000. i Rnmor of Pert Arthur Fight. News from Port Arthur brought to Che Foo by a junk which left there October 19 says a fierce bombardment which began October 16 Is still progressing without Inter ruptlon. Many buildings had been dam aged and shlpa In the harbor had also been hit by the shells, but the character and extent of the damsges are not atated. The Japanese main forces are now posted at Lludziatung. They have placed guna of large caliber on Iunjlda mountain. Tha Russians continue maktng sortie suc cessfully and Inflicting heavy losses on the besiegers, whose losses since the com mencement of the siege are said to hava been 60,000. S:39 p. m General Sakharoft telegraphed to the general staff lata last night that the situation at the front had been quiet ail. day. The admiralty haa not received confirm tlon of the report from Che Foo that Roe Ian ships in th harbor of Port Arthur have been damaged' by Japanese shells, ga the blockade has been effective enough to prevent the delivery of official dispatches. The admiralty says there waa no Inten tion In a recent official note to deny the Associated Press report that Rear Admiral Wiren haa succeeded Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky as commander of the Port Ar thur squadron. What tne note Intended to deny was the story circulated abroad that Prince Ouktomsky had been deposed lit favor of Admiral Wlren at a meeting of General Stoessel and the other high mili tary and navy officers after the return of the squadron to Port Arthur August 10. Admiral Wireln I. now In command of th. aqusdron and no new. has been re ceived regarding Prince Ouktomsky. It la presumed he Is still at Port Arthur, but not attached to any ship. Progress of Biltle Fleet. Satiafactory reports have betn received by th. admiralty of the progrea. made by the Baltic fleet. The stoppage off the Swedish coast within a few day. of leaving a horn, port wa. due to the necessity for filling up all th bunker for the Jong trip through th. North sea to th Atlantic, where the fleet will not flnd eaavenlent