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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKNINO, NOVEMHKIJ H!, 11HU TEX I'AOES.
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HULL HEARING OPENS
Great Britain Bajiaa Formal Iaqairy Into
tha North laa Inoidant.
RUSSIAN CONSUL ATTENDS THE SESSION
H. Arts Qneationa landing t 8ow Prea
im af Torpado Boata,
SECURING EVIDENCE FOR COMMISSION
Board of Trada Will Coniider Teatistonj
and Datarmina Amount of Damagea.
RUSSIA WOULD MODII,
Would Limit Court t
Presence ( Wurshlos 4
Oar's Fleet Was
Is Firing-.
VtNTION
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5 sieth
HULL. England, Nov. 18
which Great Britain conduc
behalf Into the North sea In
today. Vice Admiral Bridg
Asptnall. an admiralty court
Inquiry
v - s own
ipened
Butler
who
were appointed to conduct the Inquiry and
whose report will form the basis of the
British case before the International com
mission at Paris, eat at a large table sur
rounded, by mape showing the Dogger bank
and North sea. In front was an array of
counsel and government official,
he correspondent of the . Associated
Press learned at the outset that the Board
of Trade solicitors who have been prepar
ing the case found no evidence to suggest
tho presence of the torpedo boats among
the fishing fleet. The Inquiry will there
fore merely be an amplification of the evi
dence at the Inquest and It will be ad
journed to London In the tourse of a few
days, the proceedings here being confined
to a narrative of tho shooting. The assess
ment of damages, which will be dealt with
in London, cannot be completed for some
time, as many of the trawlers are still at
sea. The findings of the court will be
sont to the Board of Trade and will bo
submitted to the international commission.
It Is not likely that they will be published
before the commission commences Its ses
sions, but with the exception of the amount
of the damages It can scarcely add to
what is already known, a careful examina
tion of all the witnesses In private having
substantiated In ull essential details the
story the fishermen originally told.
Session Starts to Busiaess.
Admiral Bridges started matters with
businesslike promptness, briefly announcing
the method of procedure and stating that
there would be no speeches. Various
counsel, representing the trawler compa
nies and the victims, received permission to
examine the witnesses, and Mr. Plckford,
counsel for the Board of Trade, summarized
the facts connected with the "lamentable
occurrence," saying there was nothing
connected with the trawling fleet which
could possibly account for the shooting.
He ad lid that in addition to the witnesses
to be culled a., careful Inquiry had been
madVamronff, the 'entire fleet and tho state
menls made agreed in all essential respects.
Mr. Plckford highly commended the pluck
shown by the men of the trawler Quit In
saving the wounded from the sinking
.trawler Crans.
The first witness was Mr. Behiing, man
aging director of the Gamecock fleet. lie
testified that for twenty-five to thirty
years the fishing fleet had been trawling
oft Dogger bank.
Russian Casial Present.
The Kusslan consul, who was accommo
dated with a seat on the platform, asked
tho first two witnesses If the men of the
trawler fleet had reported seeing other
warships besides the Russian vessels, but
apparently only the Russian vessels had
been met.
Borne Interest was added to the proceed
ings by the Introduction of a tiny model
of a trawler. Photographs showing the
large lettering and numbers on the funnels
and sides of the trawlers attacked were alBO
presented.
The witnesses all denied that any arms,
ammunition or contraband were on board
the trawlers. There was no room, it was
added, to carry a torpedo.
Several maritime storekeepers swore thnt
nothing was put on board the trawlers ex
cept supplies and coal.
"Vice Admiral" Carr was in charge of
the trawling fleet at the time of the attack,
lie said he had been In the naval reserve
for seventeen years and was accustomed to
men-of-war and naval signalling. The"only
warship he had seen on the trip beside
the Russians was the regular British cruiser
stationed oft Hull. This was several days
prior to the trawling fleet fulling In with
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron.
First Division Did Not Fire.
Carr reiterated that the first Russian
division passed close to the trawlers with
out firing and that the second division,
after starboarding and keeping their
searchlights steadily on the vessels, II red
with the result known.
Carr teJso said that when he first heard
the firing he "thought they were having a
Mt of a game with themselves, repelling
hoarders or something like that." The
warships were so close that he could see
men passing the open portholes, of the
Russian ships. He kept sending up green
rockets,, which are not only known through
out the world as a olgn that they come
from a fishing fleet, but as they burst they
lighted up the trawlers so that their num
bers could be seen.
About one vessel which came up on his
port quarter Carr was very uncertain. It
might have been, he admitted, another
trawler, but be at first thought it was one
of the Russian warships.
, Answoiing the Russian consul, Carr main
tained the -Russians did not signal to the
trawlers to stop and stoutly declared that
there could not have been a strange vessel
among the fishing fleet.
A private letter from an officer to the
Aurora expresses the opinion that the whole
mistake was due to the rockets fired by
the fishing fleet.
At first Carr thought the Russian were
British warships practicing.
Representative of Roesla.
After luncheon It was announced that Dr.
Herbert WooUhouse would represent the
Russian embassy at the Inquest.
Commander O. C. Frederick was the first
witness In behalf of the Admiralty. He had
drawn up a diagram Knowing the probable
positions of the HussUn vessels and the
trawlers. Commander Frederick said the
Russian squadron uus thirty miles out of
Its way. but replying to Dr. WooUhouse he
admitted ilhal If It apprehended danger It
W';J be only natural to deviate from the
ordinary course.
A Home office ixpert In explosives identi
fied the shell a Russian.
One hoi was caused by a six-Inch oheil.
(Continued on Second Page.)
.GENERAL ANDRE GIVES UP
Opposition Finally Forces War Min
ister Ont of the French
Cabinet.
PARI8, Nov. 15.-General Andre today
resigned the portfolio of minister of war
and Henry Berteaux, a member of the
Chamber of Deputies and a successful
broker on the Bourse, was nominated as
his successor.
This change in the ministry is the cul
mination of fierce assaults upon the ad
ministration of the War office. In the
course of which the Chamber of Deputlet
wai the scene of frequent wild disorders,
Including the recent personal assault upon
General Andre. These events stirred the
public to a high pitch of excitement Hnd
particularly the army and parliamentary
circles where a succession of duels evi
denced the bitterness. General Andre
reached the decision to resign only this
morning and immediately dispatched a let
ter to Premier Combes. The text of this
letter which was given out tonight, asserts
that the attack agulnst the War office
were merely a device of enemies of the
government to undermine the republic.
The news of the resignation of General
Andre created a sensation on account of
the Intensity of the recent controversy.
The opposition to the ministry hailed the
resignation a a great victory, which will
speedily lead, to the fall of the entire
ministry.
Report were circulated tonight that
MM. Pelletan, Rouvler and Marujouls are
also likely to resign the portfolios of ma
rine, finance and public works respect
ively, but there is no confirmation of the
report. The conservative opinion is that
the cabinet will be strengthened by the
removal of the chief source of the present
discord and weakness.
The choice of M. Berteaux to be min
ister of war evoke no enthusiasm, as h
Is not a soldier, and his selection breaks
the recent tradition regarding the choice
of a military head of the war administra
tion. CRUSH REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL
Government Hears that gtudenta of
Military School Are Becom
ing; Disaffected.
RIO DB JANEIRO, Nov. 15. The stu
dents of the military school revolted yes
terday evening and deposed the command
ant. General Constallant. Thl was fol
lowed by secret meetings held at the Mil
itary club at which Generals Olymplo, 811
vlera and Travosso were present. General
Travosso was appointed to succed Constal
lant Then the whole schoot, at about 8
p. m., under the command of General Tra-
vassos, marched upon the town, but wert
met by a detachment of soldiers and mil
itary police. A serious encounter followed
during which General Travassos was
wounded and his horse shot under him.
Hi adjutant was killed. The cadets then
fell back and occupied the hills in the
neighborhood of the school building. At 2
a. m. the soldiers and police, supported by
the war vessels, attacked the position and
at 6 a. m. the cadets, being without a
leader, surrendered. They were all placed
la prison. ,
Ah attempt was made by Major Gomes
Castro and others to Incite a revolt at the
Realengo school of artillery, but this was
unsuccessful
The government Is receiving much praise
for the energetic measures taken to sup
press the revolt.
ATTEMPT TO TAKE Ml'HDEBERS
American Consul Will Watch Work
of Tnrktsh and Persian Officials.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. IB. The
American ewieul at Kharput, Dr. Thomas
H. Norton, has been Instructed to proceed
to the TuMO-Perslan frontier and watch
the operathns of the Turkish and Persian
authorities who have undertaken to arrest
tho Turkish murderers of the American
missionary, Rev. B. W. Labaree, who was
killed in AfTll !ast.
Despite tie porte's repeated promises to
the American legation not to permit ven
dors of Bibles of the American Bible so
ciety to be molested, the local authorities
at Angora, Treblzond and Ordu still detain
vendors, havo seised their Bibles and
threaten to arrest anyone attempting to
sell them. The legation, therefore, has ad
dressed a more Imperative note to the
porte calling attention to this noncom
pliance with instructions, which the lega
tion had been assured had been given to
surrender the Bibles and not Interfere with
the work of the Bible houses and demand
ing a prompt settlement.
The efforts made to obtain permission
for a resumption of the excavations of Dr.
E. 8. Banks, director of the University of
Chicago expedition of excavations at BIs
maya, have thus far proved unsuccessful.
ROYALTT ARRIVES IX Kil.AU
King and Queen of Portugal Rc
eelved at Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH. Eng.. Nov. 15. -The king
and queen of Portugal reached Portsmouth
today from Cherbourg and subsequently
proceeded to Windsor to return the visit
which King Edward paid to them at Lisbon
last year. The visitors, who crossed the
channel In King Edward's yacht, escorted
by half a dosen British warships, had an
Imposing welcome at naval headquarters,
where thirty to forty warships, elaborately
dressed with bunting, hnd assembled in
their honor. No such naval pageant had
been witnessed here since the coronation
review. The prince of Wale awaited the
royal yacht at the dock yard Jetty and Im
mediately after it was moored he boarded
it and In behalf of King Edward, wel
comed King Charles and Queen Amelia to
England.
WINDSOR. England. Nov. 15.-The king
and queea of Portugal, on their arrival
hero from Portsmouth today, were wel
comed a the railroad station by King Ed
wurd ana Queen Alexandra,
Mar "ot Agitate Zemstvo Questions.
ST. POTERSBURO, Nov. 15. The news
papers thts afternoon received Instruction
to discontinue the agitation of question
which will come up at the Zemstvo confer
ence. It In now said that the meeting has
been definitely postpoi.ed until January.
The papers are urging that permlsilen
be granted for the adinls ion of pre" rep
resentatives, but this ha nut yet been
accorded.
Germany's Demand on Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15. -Germany
ha demanded the degradation of the of.
.I..-- -n.t tha miniitimfnt of the man nnn-
cerned in the assault on Herr Eckhardt,
tne uennan consular rui v.iu, no
kuM luurn ..u. rtv heaten bv Turkish an?.
dlera, and the payment of an indemnity.
raaeasloa to Jewish Women.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 15. Prince
Sviatopolk-Mlrsky, the minister of the In
terior, has granted permission to many
Jewrave to attend the lectures for women
at the university.
MUNROE TESTIFIES IN CASE
Union Pacific Freight Traffic M&eajer 8aya
Boad Gompetas wit Itself.
MUCH LIVE STOCK CARRIED AT A LOSS
Eiplanatlons of the Witness ot Sat
isfactory to Commissioner Prouty
and He Is Cross-Examined at
Great Length.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15. Today at the In
terstate Commerce commission Investiga
tion of the fight between the Texas Cattle
Raisers' association and the southwestern
railways. John A. Munroe.' freight traffic
manager of the Union Pacific railroad,
gave interesting testimony. He said:
"A heavy drain Is experienced where the
railroads have to compete with themselves
on different lines of traffic. Either cTn In
the corn belt must be carried to the cattle
on western ranges or the cattle carried
to the corn. Of course, we try to do the
former as much as possible, for It cuts
down the empty mileage of our cars Inas
much as the cattle must be brought east
ward sooner or later, but the low rates
that have been forced by competition make
It so much more profitable for the cattle
men to bring the cattle to the corn that
we And It practically Impossible to carry
much corn west. In this way we are cim
petlng with our own low rate on cattle."
Mr. Munroe was questioned closely re
garding the existing rates and the profits
to the company by Commissioner Prouty
during the afternoon session." "Our rates
are fixed by the applying of common com
mercial and traffic rates to the particular
commodity In question." said the witness.
"The complaint Is that the extortionate
and excessive rates have been charged
and all sorts of abuse practiced, but the
fact that men are at this cattle raising
and shipping business year In and year
out and still seem to have money for the
purpose of carrying It on, Is some Indica
tion that conditions are not unbearable.
As far as these rates being extortionate
are concerned, I can say that In most
cases they are not even compensatory."
Further questioning brought out tho
statement that the rate on live stock from
Cheyenne to Omaha Is 29 cents for luO
pounds and that on a solid train for forty
car the company would receive t:400.
Munroe further stated that live stock was
handled at a lower profit to the railroad
company than nearly any other kind of
freight.
"Do you consider 12,400 too little for one
train, operated by one engine and crew,
from Cheyenne to Omaha?" asked Com
missioner Prouty.
"W never have a solid stock train of
that size, but If we did we might afford
to handle them at thats rate."
"But," objected Mr. Prouty, "what dif
ference does It make whether the train
Is composed of ten cars of cattle and the
remainder some other kind of freight,
which you state yourself Is more profit
able?" Mr. Munroe then went Into a technical
explanation of the problems Involved In
the handling of live stock, but the com
mission was not satisfied, and ha was on
the stand the greater part of the day.
Joseph W. Maxwell, assistant superin
tendent of the Missouri, Kansas ft Texas
railroad, testified as to the equipment re
quired on his road and the expense of
handling live stock. '
"A great deal of our traffic In this line
Is stock we receive from our connections,
the Bhort lines In Texas," the witness said.
"We have to furnish the equipment for
this traffic ourselves and are at a loss In
a great many ways. It Is always re
turned empty and the cars are often de
layed at connecting points for days at a
time."
Commissioner Prouty said tonight that
he had no hope of closing the case at
this session of the commission. The In
vestigation will be continued tomorrow.
PROTEST AGAINST BILL OF LADING
American Shippers' Association Files
Objection to Proposed Change.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16. The American Ship
pers' association, an association composed
of a large number of commercial associa
tions, has appealed to the Interstate Com
merce commission for protection against
the enforcement of the proposed uniform
bill of lading which the eastern railroads
have decreed shall become effective Janu
ary 1. In the petition to the commission
It Is declared that In case the new rule
is put Into effect, freight will be carried
only at the owner's risk unless an ad
vance of 20 per cent Is paid, and It Is
urged upon the commission that an Investi
gation Into the matter be Instituted at
once.
TALKS RAILROAD CONTROL
Head of KCatlonnl Association of Rail
road Commissioners Opposes
Government Ownership.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Nov. 15.-The six
teenth annual convention of the National
Association of Railroad Commissioner be
gan today with a large attendance. The
annual address was delivered by President
John V. Smith of Montgomery.
The speaker took strong grounds against
the government ownership of rallrouds,
saying that a political party with the
patronage afforded by the rallrouds and
the appointment of over 1,009,000 employes
could not only perpetuate Itself In power,
but In a few years could build a mon
archy, and our now boasted free Institu
tions would become the laughing stock of
nations. Government supervision, If rea
sonable and Justly administered, and not
government ownership, he said, was, to his
mind, the solution of the problems of rail
road combinations. "Let the railroads
combine," the speaker continued, "and
combine until every mile is under one
vast system, and I have sufficient confi
dence in our government to believe that
under proper supervision these combina
tions could be made a blessing Instead of
a curse to our nation."
RAILROAD ADVANCES WAGES
Without Request Men on Panhandle
Aro Given luereeae In
Salaries.
PITTSBURG," Nov. IS. An official an
nouncement of an advance In wage affect
ing many employes of the southwest sys
tem of the Pennsylvania line west of Pitts
burg was made today. After 1 December
1 road freight train crew will have their
wages Increased when they work overtime.
The conductor will get Si cent an hour
and the brakemen 20 cents, an Increase of
2 cents an hour for conductors and 1 cent
for brakemen. The change, it Is said, will
mean to the Panhandle road an Increase
in wage of about 11S.000 a month.
The trainmen did not ask for an Increase,
the company volunteering the advance
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HOLD UP MINIATURE TRAIN
World's Fair Patrons Are Glrrn
Sample of Jrsae James
Methods.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 15. It has Just become
known from the exposition police station
that two masked men held up Hnd robbed
a train on the miniature railroad at the
World's fair Saturday night In true western
style, securing money and valuables
amounting to about 1100 and then escaped.
The train, containing the enntneer and
three passengers, was making Its last trip
and was crossing a deserted plot of ground
when suddenly two masked men, with
drawn revolvers, appeared In the shaft of
light thrown by the headlight and called
the engineer to step. The train Immediately
came to a standstill, and while one robber
covered those aboard, the other relieved
them of their money and valuables.
The one woman passenger gave up con
siderable money. John T. O'Brien of New
Jersey lost a gold watch valued at
t,'!S and JH in money. The other passen
ger, a man from Kalamazoo, Mich., lost 17
and his return ticket to Kalamazoo. The
robbers then fled into the darkness. Jacob
Wannlch, a ticket seller for the road, was
arrested today on suspicion, but was re
leased on bond. The police at the exposi
tion and in St. Louis are looking for the
robbers, whose descriptions was given by
O'Brien, but say they have no clue.
The police are Investigating the death
of Daniel R. Green, a druggist of Gaines
ville, Tex., who was found dead today
In his room at a boarding house by Forest
R. Ramsey and Merwlu Barron, also drug
gists, of Ardmore, I. T., whom Green met
on his way to St. Louis yesterday.
Green was found lying across the corner
of his bed, with a large revolver clasped
In his hand and a hole In his right temple.
The man was fully drersed and had on his
hat and overcoat. The room occupied by
Green adjoined that of his companions, but
they say no shot was henrd after they re
tired early last night, after visiting the
World' fair.
WOMAN WILL BE EXECUTED
Vermont Learlalat are Refnses to
Change Law for Heneflt of Mrs.
Rogers, Convicted of Murder.
MONTPELIER, .Vt. Nov. 15.-A bill to
abolish capital punishment In Vermont,
upon which huntf 'he, life of Mary M.
Rogers of Bennington, was defeated In the
house of representatives today, the vote
standing S3 for to 153 against It. As a con
sequence the sentence of Mrs. Rogers, who
was convicted of the murder of her husband
nnd condemned to be hanged, will be car
ried out.
In spite of the sentiment expressed In
the house by today's vote, It is said that
tho bill In behalf of Mrs. Rogers will be
reported soon and a determined fight made
to save her life. Although the Vermont
legislature has long stood for capital pun
ishment, It has frequently commuted
death sentences to a life Imprisonment,
three such cases being commuted at the
last session. The lust execution of a
woman In this state took place twenty
years ago when Mrs. Meeker of Water
bury was put to death for the murder of
her child. The murder of Rogers, us told
on tho stand by Leon Peiham, the con
fessed accomplice of Mrs. Rogers, and
who wat sent to life Imprisonment, was
conceived and accomplished with peculiar
cunning and cruelty. Mrs. Rogers was In
love with a third man and took advantage
of Perham's love for her to do away with
her husband. According to his confession,
Perham and the woman bound Rogers'
hands and then she held a handerchlef
soaked with chlorofgrm over his mouth
and nostrils until he was dead.
BANDITS MAKEANOTHER RAID
Hold Ip Saloon and Gaiubllna- House
and Make Good Their
Escnpe,
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov ; 15.-(SpecUl
Telegram.) The two bandits who made a
descent on the First National bank of
Cody two weeks I ago toaay and killed
Cashier Middaugh, committed another bold
robbery at 4 o'clock this morning, when
they held up the Inmates of Edwards' sa
loon and gambling house at Thermopolls,
Rig Horn county, and secured a large sum
of money, watches and Jewelry.
The outlaws wore masks, but were recog
nized as George Merrltt and his partner,
who khled MidduiiKh. They were mounted
on fast horses and escaped to the bud lands
along the Big Horn river, south of Ther
mopolls. Posses were quickly organized
and started In pursuit, but the robbers
reached the mountains ahead of them.
These desperadoes doubled back on their
trail from the Hole-ln-th-Wall country
after the Cody robbery and took refuge In
the Owl mountains, south of Thermopolls,
where the orllcers had prepared to capture
them. Feeling runs high In Big Horn
county and If the desperadoes are ever
caught they will be punlsned without wait
ing for the courts to convict them. The
rewards have been Increased and addi
tional posses will go In search of the dar
ing desperadoes.
ALLEGES WOMAN WAS INSANE
Disappointed Relative of Miss Dolbeer
Testifies In Case In Call,
furnla.
BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.-Mrs. Eliza
beth C. Phillips, beneficiary under Miss
Bertha Dolbeer's will to the amount of
I10.0UO, has declared to the Jury in Judge
Coffey's court that the testatrix wo of un
sound mind when she made disposition of
her estate. Mrs. Phillips wus a cousin of
John Dolbeer, the father of Miss Dolbeer,
and wa one of the few relatives that the
young heiress remembered In her testa
ment. On cross-examination Mrs. Phillips ud
mitted that she had tried to induce the
executors to make an ullowanc to her of
IJ6.0H0. She felt she ought to have had at
least as nuch ds Miss Dolbeer left to ths
mother of Miss Warren, with whom the
testatrix had barely au acquaintance.
BIG FLOOD OF RESOLUTIONS
American Federation of Labor Adjourns to
Give Committee a Chance to Werk.
REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL READ
Charters of Chleaao, Washlnatnn and
Indianapolis Central Doilies May
Be Permanently Revoked
Sew Orleans Censured.
I SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. la. The second
, day's session of the convention of the
American Federation of Ijibor abruptly
concluded shortly after the afternoon ses
sion was called to order today. This
change In program was necessitated by the
flood of resolutions which poured In when
President Rompers called for these docu
ments. In the space of a half hour sixty
one were handed to Secretary Morrison.
They were of almost every character thnt
could affect trade organizations, ranging
from such topics ns petty disputes on
union Jurisdictions to such questions as
woman's suffrage and the exclusion of
Jiipnnese. The adjournment was taken that
the proper committees might have the
afternoon and evening In considering the
resolutions.
In the evening the greater number of
delegate crossed the bay to Oakland,
where a mass meeting was held.
Report of Executive Council.
Delegates to the convention of the fed
eration were In their places early today
and tho gathering was called to order
promptly by President Gompers. Upon the
presentation and reading of the committee
report on rules and order of business the
delegates showed In no uncertain manner
that they desired the convention to be one
of work and accomplishment, voting
against making the two Saturday falling
during the fortnight's session half holi
days. It was even suggested to hold night and
Sunday sessions, hut no action was taken
on these propositions. First Vice PreslJ,
dent James Duncan read the repqrt of the
executive council. It wa a lengthy docu
ment, hut was listened to Intently by the
delegates. The portion of this report
which created the greatest Interest was
that relating to trade autonomy. A long
list of disputes relative to trade Jurisdic
tion was cited and the merit of the con
tentions gone Into.
The committee decreed that unless the
Chicago Federation of Labor and the cen
tral bodies of Indianapolis and Washing
ton, D. C, complied with the demands and
constitution of the American Federation
of Labor before the expiration of the pres
ent session, that the charters of these
organizations would be permanently re
voked. May Expel Brewery Workers,
Some of the principal contentions referred
to by the committee were those existing
between the longstioremen and seamen's
unions, which the executive council rec
ommended be discussed In a special con
ference to be held In this city during the
present session; and the dispute between
the brewery workers and the International
Association of Firemen and " Engineers,
which the council recommended , be sub
mitted to a special committee to .be com
posed of two members from each union In
volved and a like number of representa
tives from the American Federation of
Labor. It was pointed out that most of
the trouble between these organizations
arose from the fear entertained by the
brewery workers that by complying with
the demands of the engineers and firemen
the life of the Brewery Workers' union
was threatened. The ultimatum of the
council was that unless the latter organiza
tion recognized the provisions of the con
stitution of the American Federation of
Labor and allowed engineers and firemen
employed In breweries to come under the
Jurisdiction of their respective organiza
tions before the end of the present session
no attention would bo paid to the brewers'
petitions to place firms on the unfair list,
that the firms so listed by the brewers
would not be recognized as such by the
American Federation of Labor, and thnt
the brewep3' label would not be considered
by the federation.
few Orleans Council Onunrril.
Another central labor body which came
In for censure of the executive council was
that at New Orleans. The latter organiza
tion boycotted a union labor paper of that
city because of an expression of opinion on
the part of the euitor. This was styled by
the council as' a violation of a free press
and a fundamental principle of unionism,
and the New Orleans body was given thirty
days In which to remove the boycott or the
alternative of having Its charter revoked.
Unions everywhere were cuutloned to be
more conservative In their actions relative
to placing firms on the unfair list. It wns
recommended that such cases be referred
to the Federation, which would then thor
oughly investigate the boycott.
The situation in Colorado was referred to
a committee on strikes and a determination
was expressed to aid the Western Federa
tion of Miners, both morally and financially,
In the efforts to have the matter brought
before the highest court In tho land for
final adjudication. Tlie report concluded
by urging ail union men to work persist
ently to the end that an anti-injunction bill,
eight-hour law and measures to regulate
convict labor und enforce Chinese exclusion
might be pussed by congress.
Chicago Case Postponed.
The matter of seating William Schardt,
president of the Chicago Federation of
Lubor, came up when the committee on
credentials recommended that he have no
voice in the proceedings. An amendment
to the report was carried over the head of
the committee, however, which postponed
consideration of the cuse until tomorrow
morning. A fight between the representa
tives of the bollermukers and structural
workers wus likewise postponed.
At the afternoon session Michael Davltt,
who was In the hull, was recognized and
culled to the platform. He made a short
speech, expressing his sympathy with
organized labor, and was loudly applauded.
The convention then adjournod until to
morrow, to give the various committees
time In which to prepare their various re.
port'.
MANY WIRES ARE STILL DOWN
Eastern dates Have Kot Recovered
from Damage Caused by
Recent Vform.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Whlle consider
able progress has been made in repairing
the damage wrought by Sunday night's
gale, conditions toduy are by no means
normal. Ootid connections had been estab
lished beiween New York, t hlludi li hl i and
Boston, but beyond those pclnts emergency
circuits were still in use.
In eastern Maine, where more thun 1,'JOO
telegraph and telt phone po!s were blown
down during the storm, the wire were
till out of service.
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CONSIDER THE ACT UNFRIENDLY
Kauai lines Sot I.Ike Reiteration of
Statement that Interven
tion May Come.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 15. The c.n.
tlnued suggestions from abroad regarding
peace are treated like their predecessors ns
unworthy of serious consideration. The
mere mention of mediation arouses the lr
of those In authority.
The reiteration of the statement that
President Roosevelt, having tUe support of
Great Britain and France, had already
been npproachrd by Jnpan and was re;idy
to offer his offices In view of Russia's
position, is not considered to be a friendly
act.
Russia will push the war on an ever
Increasing scale and preparations to do so
are being made everywhere. Trouble with
the army reserve men continues In various
places, especially In Poland, but the au
thorities are making efforts to allay the
causes of discontent, and many of the
abuses complained of have been corrected.
The problem of caring for the families oi
the reserve men, many of whom are left
almost destitute. Is receiving earnest con
sideration. The members of the revolu
tionary party naturally are doing every
thing possible to foment discontent among
tho reserve men, urging on them thnt It Is
better to resist at home than In the far
east, but the War office Is seemingly con
vinced that the troubles will not spread
to a great extent.
Tho progess of the Russlin second Pacific
squadron. In which so much of Russia's
hope Is centered, Is followed with intense
Interest. The cruiser Oleg, the cruiser
Izumrud, seven torpedo bunt destroyers
and six transports are leaving Llbau this
week to Join the squadron. In the public
mind a deep-seated suspicion exists that If
the squadron arrives close to Its destina
tion In an efficient condition Great Britain
will in some way find a pretext to block Its
further progress, and some of the news
pupers refer to the necessity of mobilizing
troops on the Indian frontier, where Rus
sia hns now two nrmy corps, as a counter
threat to guarantee the safe passage of the
squadron. Unfortunately, the utterance of
the press of both countries are constantly
fanning the feeling of mutual distrust.
FOUR VESSELS BLOWN ASHORE
Reports Minsters In Penobscot Hay
Sunday Maht Crew All Suc
ceed In Eacnplnar.
ROCKLAND, Me., Nov. 16. Four ves
sel were blown ashore in Penobscot bay
during Sunday night's storm, but fortun
ately no lives wnre lost.
The schooner Islah K. Stetson, which was
anchored oft" Whitehead light, was warned
of the approach of the gale by the keeper
of the life-saving station and advised to
run Into Tennant's harbor. The captain
declined, as he did not know the entrance
to the harbor. Six hours later his vess-1
was on the beach on Mosquito li land, but
the crew managed to reach land.
An unsuccessful attempt was made by
the revenue cutter and a tug to haul it
oft today, and It Is expected Its cargo of
yellow pine will have to be lightered. It
was hound from Brunswick for Bangor.
The schooner Chase, for Rockport, beat
up to Whitehead light In company with
the Stetson Sunday and endeavored to
reach Seal harbor, but struck a rock at
the entrance. It anchored later In the
harbor and was afterwards blown onto
the flats. It will be a total loss.
Word was received early today that the
schooner Mary Hall had been blown ashore
at Birch Island. It wus loading granite
at High Island, for New York. The small
sloop Edwards, engaged at High Island
building a stone wharf, was also thrown
ashore at Birch island, within a short
distance of the Hull.
SAYS CROWE IS IN CHICAGO
Iowa Man Alleges He Ran Abductor
of Eddie Cudahy In St.
Louis.
SIOUX CITY, la., Nov. 15.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) D. w. Connole, president of the
Anthon 6tate bank, was In St. Louis last
week visiting Clarke Brennan, a traveling
salesman for Armour & Co. While he was
there Pat Crowe, kidnaper of the son of E.
A. Cudahy of Omaha, came to Brenuan's
house.
Brennan and Crowe were boys together ot
neighboring farms In Scott county, Iowa,
twenty years ugo. Crowe asked for a loan
of sufficient money to take him to Chicago,
and got It. He said he had reformed and
expected soon to make a settlement with
the Cudahy's and to have the ingle indict
ment against him at Omaha quashed, after
which he will return to Omaha. Ho is now
in Chicago, according to Connole, who told
the story on his arrival home.
EXPOSITION PAYS ITS DEBT
Last Money Hue on Federal Loan
la Covered Into the
Treasury,
ST. LOUI8. Nov. lS.-The sum of (191,
8G0.81, the last Installment on the federal
loan of 11,600,000 made to the World's fair
several months ago, was paid Into the
United States sub-treasury today by the
exposition officials. This is the eleventh
payment, the previous refundments having
been made semi-monthly since June 1.
The first two payments made, on the loan
were 40 per cent of the gross receipts of the
exposition during the periods Immediately
previous, to the payment. The next eight
payments were each the minimum amount
stipulated In the congressional enactment,
making the appropriation, or L500,0u0.
BL00DSTAINSON TROUSERS
Police Find Evidence Against Adolph
Weber, Accused of Four
Murders.
AUBURN, Cul.. Nov. 15. A careful ex
amination of the lemnant of tho iMin;
thrown by young Adjipil Weler I .to t ie
window of his burning home on tho evei
lug ot the murder of his father, mither,
brother and sister has, It Is al1, devel
oped the fact that thr are bloodstain
on the tiousera worn by h.iu at the time
of the tragedy.
LND NOT FAR AWAY
8pirit of Russian at Port Arthur Brokan
I EopeleneM of 8ituatian.
'
GENERAL STOESSEL REFORTED WOUNDEO
Commander Directing Defcnie from Hi
Ba in a HoipitaL
CANNONADE OF SIEGE GUNS AT MUKDEN
Attempt is Made to Iaterrtipt Werk ol
Japaneso an Defense.
CHINESE STOP TRAFFIC IN SUPPLIES
Violation of Neutrality Lavra Cauaee
Withdrawal of Pnanea and Pro.
visions Are lllnher, with
Mnrh Dlatreaa.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPANKSK ARMY, BEFORE PORT AR
THUR. Nov. 15. Via Kusan it is reported
that a wound received by Oeneral Stoes
sel has necessitated his confinement In a
hospital, that he rrfuses to relinquish the
command of the garrison and that he
has Issued orders to the troops to die at
their posts rather than surrender.
It Is said that the spirit of the Russian
troops has been dampened by continu
ous work, the lack of supplies and th
hopelessness of their ability to make any
successful defense of tho forlres. It is
suld further that many of the Russian
officers are rendy to surrender, but that
they are kept nt their posts by officer
who threaten them with revolvers and that
several soldiers who were suspected of a
desire to desert have been shot as a warn
Ing to other wcmld-be deserters. The Jap
anese now believe that the garrison has
almost reached the ' limit of human en
durance.
Heavy Firing at shakhe.
MUKDEN, Nov. 13.-(Vla Tien Tsln. Nov,
15.) An unbroken cannonade of siege guns,
throwing fifty or sixty shells hourly against
the Japanese position In the region of
Shakhe station, began early this morning
and ended only at nightfall, when more than
W0 big contact shells had been thrown Into
the Japanese army's strong position in the
plain for the purpose of demoralising the
work of fortification concentrated at that
point for the last four weeks.
Today's bomburdment was the most serl
ous attempt yet mHde by the Russian'
large guns and It was made on account of
the apparent determination of the Japa-
neRc to make Shakhe station an Impregna
ble defenso of the railway behind. Both,
sides have so dug themsclvi s Into the
ground night and day that artillery fire, a
at Port Arthur, Is practically Ineffective
and the ammunition 1 nearly wholly
wasted.
Both sides, recognising this, are resort
lng to the competition of big gun and
regular Held artillery is only occasionally
engaged.
.' Price Are lllahrr. ' .
' The abuse ' of the Chinese imperial cus
toms transit pass for merchandise and
baggage . Into Manchuria via Slnmlntln,
thereby making recent traffic an abuse of
contraband regulations and neutrality, has
chu ed the Peking authorities to refuse
further passes.
This has cut off large supplies of foreign
food and othr products and ha raised
prlots.
A reign of mercantile lawlessness exists,
but Is controlled by the care of the Rus
sian authorities In their transaction to
keep price and Internal condition normal.
The distress of the natives ha so in
creased as to render the present incon
venience and loss of profits, caused by the
extinction of foreign trade and the total
annulling of communication between the
north and south of Manchuria, Insignifi
cant. The native officers here and also Viceroy
Yuanshalkai at Tien Tsin are working in
harmony to relieve distress and are also
working with the foreign aid societies and
feeding 20,000 refugees dully t Mukden.
Refugee Are Suffering.
Owing to the obstacles In the way of
filing and proving claims for damage by
the Russian forces, most deserving refugee
have not received compensation and pro
vided in General Kuuropatkln's proclama
tion. Even the wealthiest farmer and
gentry are eating inadequate charity gruel
from the public kitchens.
The largest shops' chief sales consist of
few foreign commodities sold to the sol
diers, such as tinned milk, tobacco and
candles. Conservative Chinese have pre
vented lawlessness or anything resembling
popular feeling and conditions are entirely
unlike what they were In Chi LI province
during the foreign occupation at the time
of the Boxer trouble.
The epithet "foreign devil" is hardly ever
heard In the streets, notwithstanding tha
present warring of two superior power In
a neutral country.
CHANSIANOLTUN, Manchuria, General
Kouropa tkln's Headquarters, Nov. U. A
Japanese advance Is daily expected. Large
masses of their troops are moving eastward)
and the Russians are expecting them to
strike at their left flank.
An attack upon the fortified village of
Endowunlulu, not far from Blnchlnpu (two
miles west of the Shakhe railroad station
und fronting the right flunk of the Seven
teenth corps) was carried out brilliantly
during the night of November 10 by tha
Second brigade of the Thirty-fifth Infantry
division. The village hud been captured the
same morning by the Japanese. Subse
quently the Russians abandoned the place.
Contraband Cargo for Japan.
SEATTLE, Nov. lfi. It Is reported front
Vancouver, B. C, that the Canadian
Steamship company's steamer Athenian,
formerly a United State government
transport, sailed from that port Sunday
with a contraband cargo for the Japanese
government.
According to information .In Seattle the
vessel carries a shipment of SUO tons of
cotton for the government arsenal at
Toklo. Fears are entertained for the ves
sel's safety, as Russian agents have ad
vised St. Petersburg authorities of the na
ture of the Athenian's cargo.
No Itews at Che Foe.
CHE FOO. Nov. 15-No further new
from Port Arthur was received here tv
day.
AleslelT ire the Cs.
ST. PETEKSUUfUl, Nov. U.-Empero
Nichol.-s today received Viceroy Alexleff In
luulence.
Oysters Cause Death.
WELLINGTON Kan. Nov. 15.-E. O.
W'liucr. c a hler of I lie Wellington Natlonul
Lai,!', Is di-ml of typhoid fever, as the re
sult of eating oysters at hlr sister's wed
ili K several weeks aifo. Thirty othar
gueHlH wem made 111 and sever hJ may not
recover. Both the bride and groom, Mr,
and Mr. Tapley May, are AgreaMf ki.