THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher,
y NEILL, NEBRASKA
•'Give me the money," says a recent
Ipeculatlve philosopher, "that has been
•pent In war and I will purchase ev
ery foot of land on the globe. I will
rlothe every man, woman and child
In an attire of which kings and queens
would be proud. I will build school
houses on every hillside and In every
valley over the whole earth; I will
build an academy In every town and
endow It, a college In every state and
till It with able professors; I will crown
every hill with a place of worship con
secrated to the promulgation of peace;
I will support In every pulpit nn able
teacher of righteousness, so that on
every Sabbath morning the chime on
one hill shall answer to the chime on
another around the earth's wide cir
cumference, and the voice of prayer
and the song of praise should ascend
like a universal holocaust to heaven.”
According to the Chemist and Drug
gist, the native drug stores in Japan
are still largely stocked with dried
snakes, toads, lizards, crabs, etc., in
fusions of which are the popular house
hold remedies throughout the country.
Various "secret remedies,” which are
supposed to be as universal and potent
In their curative effects as many of our
western patent medicines, also abound.
Magic plasters are much In vogue, and
massage Is largely practiced, the opera
tors being chiefly blind people. Face
paints and powders may also be seen
on the shelves.
The Armenian porters of Constanti
nople are believed to be the champion
weight carriers of the world. They
have been known for centuries as ”ha
mals"—1. e., camels. Hut while a camel
Is heavily burdened at 300 pounds for a
day's march, these men, according to
general belief, quoted In Ourzoa's "Ar
menia,” will carry for a short (ffstance,
probably from ship to shore, as much
ns GOO pounds. There Is well attested
story of a “hamal” having been seen In
the streets of Constantinople with a
grand piano on his back.
Fifty-nine thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven applications for cit
izenship In the live civilized Indian
tribes have not been granted by the
Dawes commission, and they are classi
fied either as rejected or as unde
termined. Of tho latter class there are
25,720 distributed among the tribes as
follows: In the Creek nation, 627 cases
,of disputed citizenship are still pend- i
Ing; In the Choctaw nation, 8,290 such
eases; In the Chickasaw nation, 3,747
such cases, and In the Cherokee nation,
13,429 such cases.
The Oroyo railroad, which now runs
from Callao to the gold fields of t’erro
de Pasco, Is considered one of the won
ders In the Peruvian world. Commenc
ing In Callao, It ascends the narrow
valley of the Klmac, rising nearly 5,000
feet In the first fifty-six miles. Thence,
It goes through the Intricate gorges of
the Sierras till it tunnels the Andes at
an altitude of 15,645 feet, the highest
point In the world where a piston rod
Is moved by steam. This elevation Is
reached In seventy-eight miles.
February 13 was the centennial of the j
use of steam traction on railroad. It
was only a live-ton moving engine run- j
nlng over the Merthyr Tydfil course.
Its Inventor was Richard Trevlthlc, a -
Cornlshman. It could draw fifteen tons
at a rate of five miles an hour. It had
an eight-inch cylinder and toothed
wheels, which caught In notched rails
and helped It over hard places In the
track. Only a few trips were made by
It, for the experiment was not com
mercially profitable.
A curious feature connected with (lie
Servian army Is the manner In which
most of the regiments carry the lilg
drum. It is not, as In most countries,
Hlung In front of the man who plays It,
but Is placed upon a two-wheeled cart
drawn by a single dog, which lias been
so trained that It keeps Its place even
through the longest and most tedious
of marches. The drummer takes up a
position behind the cart and performs
on the instrument as the animal pulls
It along.
The Graeco-Ronmn chariot in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, one of the new eahlblts, has ex
cited great Interest among artists and
archaeologists. Its preservation was
due to the fact that It was buried by
the ashes of Vesuvius. Many other
treasures were found In the same
neighborhood, some of which Baron
Rothschild bought and presented to the
Louevere. The chariot In question Is
two-wheeled and Is perhaps the rarest
In the world.
Borne years ago a very wealthy man
In England got It Into his head that he
had lost all his money. To pacify him
his sons told him that they had saved
the remnants of the estate and were
able to offer him employment as a
clerk. At $7.50 a week he worked as
happy as a prince for the last twenty
years of his life. When he died his
estate amounted to nearly $15,000,000.
A German colony thnt settled on the
heights of Haifa, Palestine, thirty-four
years ago has prospered. Not one of
Us ninety families Is poor. All are fair
ly well to do. They have raised grapes
from Affentaler and Riesling, scions
from which a wine free from alcohol Is
made. This Is sold to the natives and
serves as a very refreshing drink.
Andrew H. Bergstrom, of a firm of
contractors at St. Louis, has agreed
with the Swedish world's fair comtnis
* slon to put together their national pa
vilion free of all cost. The building
was erected at Stockholm and has been
shipped to St. Louis In sections. Mr.
Bergstrom estimates that It will re
quire the services of 150 men three days
to put the building together.
Cobra George Salem, an Egyptian,
who entered the Missouri university
last fall and Is taking the four-year
course In agriculture, is so well pleased
with his work that he has succeeded
In persuading several of his friends In
Egypt and Turkey to come and take a
similar course in some American col
lege.
In January of this year there were
eighty-nine foreign firms doing busi
ness In Japan. Of these forty-one were
Joint stork concerns and forty-eight
partnerships, with an aggregate ‘capital
of 1.404.465.804 yen, of which 1,376,131,
t2!> was paid up.
In commemoration of the Indian
princess Pocahontas, who died at
Gravesend, England, when about to
sail to Virginia with her husband In
JOlf. -t. George's church. In Wapplng,
is to have a pulpit made of wood
brought from Virginia. Pocahontas is
burled In the chuncel of St. George's
t but ch.
The number of persons employed iq
I-'" Japanese cotton mills was. at the
r-ef-inning of January, 72.744 Of these
r "70 were mules and 17.374 females.
7're average wages were, for the for
mer. 15 cents, and for the females If
ueuls a day.
FIREMAN INJURED W
ON WAY TO FIRE
Mattress Factory at Omaha Is
a Total Loss of Over
$7,000.
LOGAN COUNTY DUPED
The Fine Prospects of a Railroad ana
of Opening Up of Newly Discov
ered Mines Have Glimmered
Away.
• imaha, Neb., Aug. 16.—Fire of un
known origin destroyed the plant of
the Omaha Redding company. M. R.
Huntington, president of the com
pany. estimates his stock and fixtures
at $7,000. with insurance at $4,800. The
entire plant Is almost a total loss.
While responding to the alarm Lieu
tenant John Krlcson of truck No. 1,
was thrown from the apparatus and
painfully, thought not seriously, in
jured. As the long vehicle was turn
ing the corner It struckn street rail
way pole and knocked Kricson and
Truckman Chester A. Blake from the
truck. HJake escaped with a slight
bruise and was able to be on duty at
the fire. Kricson sustained a bruise
on the left ear, a hole In his head near
Hi-* left ear and a bruise on the head
that gave evidence of a fracture, al
though from a later examination it was
• tot thought a fracture was sustained.
LOGAN COUNTY DUPED.
Engineer Engaged to Survey a Line
and Report Has Disappeared.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 16.—Gandy, county
neat of Logan county, rich in fertile farm
lands and all sorts of agricultural prod
ducts wants a railroad. Capital has been
Interested and much headway has been
made with an interurban scheme to con
nect the rich Logan farms with Hroken
How. but the people believe the project
lias been delayed by the alleged duplicity
of a Denver engineer.
For some time the resources of the
country have attracted the attention of
ralroad promoters. Gandy is forty miles
from the terminal of the Black Hills
K* arnev branch of the Union Pacific.
Several years ago a surveyor was brought
In at considerable expense and bonds were
voted. The Union Pacific has allowed the
S' me to lapse, and since that time the
local promoters have not been able to
j. ;n the ears of the railroad officials.
A farmer living near Arnold recently
discovered an Immense deposit of trlpoll.
lie sold a working interest to a Denver
firm. The deposit proved to exceptionally
valuable for polishing and scouring pur
poses and also for soap making. The pro
moters of this enterprise sought to get
a road, but they stopped abruptly, when
the railway men made them an advan
tageous rate to the Denver markets by
\\:iv of Callaway.
The Gandy-Broken How electric line
was the next project. An engineer from
Denver returned a favorable verbal re
port. made a survey at a wage of $10 a
day and returned to Denver. He prom
ised to submit a written report. Three
weeks elapsed and the promoters of the
electric lino discovered that he couldn’t
be found in Denver. It Is supposed that
Ins notes w re placed at the disposal of
the railroads in the region are some of
the finest farm lands In the state, a large
plateau being especially suitable for farm
ing and fruit raising.
Gandy, Arnold and other towns are
surrounded by regions of immense crops
' nd the promoters are determined to or
ganize a company with a capital stock of
about $500,000. It is thought the road can
be equipped for $350,000.
NEBRASKA CROPS FINE.
Railroad Official Looking Over State.
Says Conditions Are Excellent.
Onuthn. Nob.. Aug. 16.—A prominent
railroad official who was in Omaha
I'Tlday looking after crop conditions
in this state says he found conditions
more favorable In Nebraska than in
any of several western states he has
visited. He has found that Nebraska
has produced '.his year about 35,000,000
bushels of wheat, 60,000,000 bushels of
oats. 10,000.000 bushels of rye and bar
ley, and 7,000,000 bushels of potatoes.
In speaking of the conditions he suid:
"While the wheat crop in bulk is not
quite up to the average, the quality Is
much better than It Is In surrounding
states and this offsets the decreased
production. if this warm weather
continues for thru.' weeks longer I be
lieve Nebraska vnll have the greatest
corn crop in Its history. The fruit and
berry crop is the largest which ever
has been raised In the state. Taking
everything Into consideration, crop
conditions In Nebraska this year have
been about us nearly perfect as they
could Vic. Of course there have been
some drawbacks, but they are hardly
worthy of mention providing the corn
crop Is brought safely through. Out
line is looking for an enormous busi
ness from Nebraska this fall and we
will be very much disappointed If we
do not get it."
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RANGE CATTLE FAT.
Ready for Market, But There Is No
Demand for Stock.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 16.—Stockmen on
the range are confronted with a close
dilemma now on account of the pack
ing trades strike. Their cattle are
now getting into prime condition for
the market, but there Is little market
for them. It Is usual that all of the
range cattle move to market within the
next ninety days. This heavy move
ment, even If well distributed, taxes
the < a parity of the railroads and fills
the markets. If, for any reason, the
season is materially shortened, then
both railroads and markets are con
gested.
After range cattle get into prime
condition, then if kept longer, It Is at
a financial loss, ns they gain but little,
and sometimes lose. If they pass the
season then they must be carried
over to another year, or put upon the
market In poor condition.
Thera Is hope among the cattle men
that the strike will soon he settled, and
the condition relieved. Otherwise, two
weeks more of the present Inactivity
will carry them along to the point
where they cun begin to figure their
losses duy by day.
Boys Went on a Strike.
Brunswick, Neb.. Aug. 16.—A strike
of some consequence was narrowly
averted '.'.ere Saturday and is re
ported as follows by a citizen:
On August 12 I had a car of brick to un
load, and all the kids in town wanted a
job, so I hired nine of them (ages from 1C
to It), so they went to work at 7 in the
morning and worked until half past 10 1
went up to the store and when I came
buck not a one of them was working and
said they would not go back, either un
less 1 would give them 10 cents an hour 1
had been paying they 5 cents an hour, and
when I got some others they did not waul
them to go to work.
FLOATER WAS BURIED.
An Unidentified Man Found Dead in
Missouri River.
Dakota City, Neb., Aug. 17.—An urn
Identified body was buried in the pot.
ter’s field In this place Saturday. Aria
Hager and Charles Fueston were oui
graping about a nrile south of this |
place and went to the Missouri river
close by for a drink. When coming up j
to tha- bank of the stream they looked j
down into the water and saw the body '
of a man lying face down, his fec|
nearly reaching the edge of the water,
His entire length protruded out of tti*j
water and his body was devoid oj
clothing. The two lads at once cam4
to town and spread the news and 9
number of our citizens at once went ‘
to the scene. The body was In a bad ■
'state of decomposition and had evt- j
ilently been in the water a week or ten !
days. The victim of the Old Muddy
was evidently in swimming when he
met his death, having no clothing on.
He was a man about six feet tall,
weight about 180 pounds, about 3a
years old, coarse black hair, cut rather
short behind, black medium long mus
tache, about a week's growth of beard
on bis face, with his chin whiskers
some longer than ttie balance. Coroner
Sawyers took charge of the body.
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RIOTING IN OMAHA.
Car of Strike Breakers Attacked—Riot
ers Later Captured.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 17.—A car earrp
Jng strike breakers to the Swift plant
at South Omaha was bombarded at
pSheely station and three inmates,
names unknown, injured, one being
knocked unconscious with a brick. The
car was taken to South Omaha and the
.man removed. Sheriff Power and a
number of deputies returned to Sheely
in the same car and were attacked by
the rioters. The sheriff's force captured
six of the rioters after a struggle.
Judge Vinsonhaler In the county court
today issued a blanket warrant tor
twenty-seven strikers, who are charged
with participating in the riot in the
packing house district Saturday. Part
,of the men have been jailed.
SECTION HAND KILLED.
In Getting Away From a Passenger He
Steps in Front of Freight.
Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 16.—Gus
Tcgtmeyer, a section man on the Union
Pacific, was truck and Instantly killed
by an engine. With other section men
he was at work a mile west of this city.
Trying to avoid a passenger train on
the west bound track he stepped on the
east bound track In front of an extra
freight with Engineer Stanford Hart
man and Conductor Hull In charge.
The stockmen on the extra declare the
engineer had the brakes applied so hard
that they were nearly thrown from
I heir seats.
Dragged to Death by Horse.
Tecumseh, Neb.. Aug. 16.—Frank Wag
ner, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wagner
of Vesta precinct, met an untimely death
In a horrible manner. The young man
who had been working for Garrett Gulett,
mounted a broncho to ride to his home.
The pony was a wild one and not very
Well broken. While rldine him down the
;lane to the road, which is obstructed by a
Tow of hedge, a boy rode him down. Mr.
Wagner’s pony whirled around and threw
him to the ground. Wagner’s foot caught
In the stirrup strap. The pony then ran
for about half a mile, dragging Wagner,
and kicked him with its hoofs at nearly
every jump. The pony jumped a barb
wire fence and Wagner was lodged in
the wire and the pony stopped by the body
holding In the fence. Mr. Gulett, who wit
nessed ttie accident, ran to the man's as
sistance, but when he reached him be was
dead. The young man’s head was pound
ed into a Jelly and his back and shoul
ders were devoid of llesh. the bones being
exposed
Barker Wants Mew Trial.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. If. After months
of apathy and sluggi: h indifference,
Murderer Barker has i ecome aroused
to the danger of his pi. ition. He will
appeal to the supreme court and will
ask that the death sentence be set
aside. Tilts will doubtless be grunted
and the execution, set fur September 2,
will be deferred.
He has been pacing his cell recently,
awaiting the fatal day, but today lie
was assured by F. G. Hamer, the Kear
ney uttorney, who has taken up the
ease, that he would at least live be
yond the date fixed for his execution,
for the record of the proceedings In the
lower court has been prepared, and the
petition in error Is now in course of
preparation. It will be filed within a
few days In the state supreme court,
and a stay of sentence will be secured
from that tribunal.
Attorney Hamer stated this morning
that there were errors in the trial be
fore the lower court, and in the in
structions by the Judges. He was un
willing to specify the points which he
will raise in the petition in error, but
some of the evidence admitted by the
(lower court will meet with objections.
Populists Will Stand Pat.
Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 16.—There will be
no boh from the fusion conventions.
T. H. Tibbies, populist vice presiden
tial candidate, dispelled all doubt to
day by stating that under no clrcum
stancer would a new ticket be named
or another convention held. The pop
ulists will support the state ticket.
’’Will the democrats be supported?1'
he was asked.
“I hope ttie democrats will take such'
a position on the stump that every,
populist can conscientiously Indorse
and support them," he answered.
Police Hot After Guilty Man.
Omaha. Aug. 16.—George von Haller,
peddler, is the name of the man whom
the police are looking for as the person
supposed to have fired the shot that
killed M. D. Beese, Missouri Pacific op
erator at the Oak Chatham station.
A bloody shirt worn by the alleged
murderer has been found by the police,
and the man who was with him at the
time when the crime was committed Is
under arrest.
A bloody shirt belonging to Von Hal
ler was found at the home of Leroy
Hanlon. Von Haller was a friend of
Hanlon and had some clothes there, so
that he was enabled to make a change.
The shirt with the stains upon It was
found In the room which he usually oc
cupied. when he spent a night or two at
Hanlon’s.
Von Haller was never arrested in
Omaha, although he has a police rec
ord. He was accused some time ago of
a burglary committed In Washington
county.
He has worked at a number of places
In Omaha, being employed as a team
ster.
SQUADRON LEAVES.
Mediterranean Fleet Takes Its Depart
urs From Smyrna, Following the
Settlement.
Washington. Aug. 17.—Rear Admiral
Jewell, commanding the American
squadron, today cabled the navy de
partment announcing the departure of
his command from Smyrna for Gib
raltar.
JAPS CRIPPLE THE
VLADIVOSTOK FLEET;
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Admiral Kamimura’s Long
Quest Ends in a Battle
and Victory.
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MET IN KOREAN STRAITS
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The Victorious Japs Picked Up 450 of
Her Crew and Took Them to
Sasebo—Other Cruisers Al
most Wrecked by Shells.
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St. Petersburg, Aug. 17.—The expec
tation here is that Port Arthur will
fall at any moment.
Special significance is attached to the !
fact that Lieutenant General Stoessel’s
wife and children went to Chefoo on ;
board the torpedoboat Ryeshitelni.
Washington, Aug. 17.—The state de- ;
partment has received advices from
Chefoo to the effect that it is reported i
there a general naval battle at Port
Arthur begun at dawn today.
Washington, Aug. 17.—The American
consul at Nagasaki reports that 600 i
survivors of the Russian cruiser Ru- j
rik have arrived at the island of Sa- i
sebo.
Chefoo, Aug. 17.—That a general |
land and naval attack is being made .
on Port Arthur today is indicated by
information from an authoritative but
not diplomatic quarter. Junks arriv- j
ing today state that five Russian war- ;
ships and seven torpedo boat destroy- I
ers returned to Port Arthur the night |
of August 10.
Berlin, Aug. 17.—The Lokal An
zeiger’s Tokio dispatch confirms the
report of heavy fighting ft Port Arthur
tlie past few days. The Japanese cap
tured three Russian batteries and se
cured positions close to the inner for
tifications. Both sides lost heavily.
The Japanese have commenced a bom
bardment from Lang mountain on the [
harbor and inner defenses.
Chefoo, Aug. 17.—An unconfirmed
report reaches here that the Russian
cruiser Novik, which left Tslng Tau
after coaling there, sunk forty miles
from Tsing Chou.
Tokio, Auk. 15.—A dispatch to the j
admiralty from Takeshiki says Admiral
Kamimura met the Vladivostok squad- j
ron twenty miles from Ulsan. Korea, j
at 5 a. m. Sunday. The battle ended !
at 10:30 a. m. The Russian cruiser!
Rurik sank by the stern, her bow
standing up perpendicularly. The Jap
anese rescued 450 of the Rurik’s crew.
The Knssia and Gromobi caught fire
several times and were heavily dam- |
aged. Only one Japanese ship was
hurt. Two Japanese were killed and
seven wounded.
St. Petersburg, Aug. IT.—The era- J
peror has received the following from
Alexieff:
“According to reports from Port Ar
thur August 10. the Japanese attacked
Taku and Sla Chou mountains in enor
mous force during the night and oc
cupied them, after fifteen hours of
fighting, on the night of the 10th. Dur
ing a heavy rainstorm the Japanese
attacked our east front and also simul
taneously our whole front from the
tVolf hills to Taku mountain, but ev
erywhere rwere driven back. The fort
ress lias Ireen bombarded from the east
side for four days."
USING THE CHINESE.
Russians Say the Japs Are Organizing
Forces of the Celestials.
Mukden, Aug. 17—The Chinese bandit
leaders Kltsushan, Tulisan and Folingo
each with 1,000 followers are now in
the Sin Min Ting district and moving
up the Liao river valley with the ob
ject of attacking the railway. Each
band which is organized by the Jap
anese is accompanied by 100 Japanese
with mountain guns.
SURROUNDING KUROPATK1N.
Japanese Efforts in the North Are Di
rected to That End.
Liao Yang. Aug. 17.—Chinese bandits
last night blew up a portion of the rail
road ten miies south of Liao Yang. The
road was repaired in a few hours.
The Japanese are preparing to make
an attack. They are making recon
noissances to ascertain the strength of
the Russians at An Shan Shan. The
Japanese are eight miles to the south
ward of Anshanshan. Thence they
hold a line southeast, including the val
ley of Sidaht. whence their line runs
northeast to Holoungow, which is oc
cupied by a large force. Further north
their outposts are some miles from
Landiansan. Oppc. ite An Ping, the
Japanese occupy Gouthyatshi, on the
Taitzi river. Japanese outposts occupy
Dlaodanshon, when the Japanese tried
to ford to Bensihu, which is defended
by the Russians. The road thence
stands towards the Yantai mines and
the railroad north of Liao Yang. The
Japanese also occupy Tzlan Tchan. c i
the Sanatzl road over Tai Tin pass, and
through Sintslhltln to Mitain.
There are constant reports that the
Japs are moving large forces on the
railroad to Sinmintin, and are bring
ing up -ontoons to cross the Liao riv
er, thus threatening the Mukden and
Lino Yang railroad. From all this it is
easy to perceive that the Russians'
strategical position is very good. They
occupy, with Lla Yang as the center,
a fortified semi-circle. The Russian
forces can be conoentrated easily and
moved along-the Inside lines.
The Japs on the other hand are out
side and therefore much dispersed. The
Russians’ position, it is claimed, will
be still better when they retire from
Anshanshan. The Japs are ever show
ing a desire to close the circle from the
north, simultaneously moving from
west to east toward Yantai, Mukden
and Ta pass. Under present circum
stances it is believed this pass is be
yond their strength, at least until the
fall of Port Arthur releases a large
number of troops.
REPORTS A REPULSE.
General Stoessel’a Latest News an the
Port Arthur Situation.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 17.—The war of- i
lice today received a message today
from General Stoessel dated August
11. He reports a successful repulse
of a general assault on the Russian
outer positions of Port Arthur during
the night folowlng the departure of
the squadron.
He does not mention the naval en
gagement or refer to the return of
the warships.
The foreign office has received a tele
gram from Shanghai reporting the
presence there of the cruiser Askold
»nd a torpedoboat destroyer, both
severely damaged and in need of re
jiairs. Tlie message does not mention
the other three Russian vessels re
ported off Shanghai. The admiralty
received a telegram from Captain Ma
tousevitch of the Czarevitch, now at
Tying Chou, saying he is recovering,
but he fails to clear up the where
abouts of the three warships reported
coaling at Tsing Chou.
THEY MUST BE GOOD.
Britain Says the Neutrality of China
Must Be Preserved.
London, Aug. 17.—Parliament was
prorogued today. After the final cab
inet council an emphatic statement
was made that Great Britain feels that
it is absolutely essential to her own
interests and those of the entire world
that the neutrality of China shall be
observed by the two belligerents. Great
Britain will make an earnest effort t*
secure this result.
LOSSES WERE NOT LARGE.
Japanese Report Numbers of Killed
and Wounded August 10.
Tokio, Aug. 17.—These are the casual
ties sustained by the Japanese in the
action of August 10:
On board the battleship Mikasa, Ad
miral Togo's flagship, 4 officers and 29
men were killed. 0 officers and 29 men
severely wounded and 4 officers and 20
men slightly wounded, while the ar
mored cruiser Yakurno had 1 of
ficer and 11 men killed and 10 wounded.
On board the armored cruiser Nishin 7
officers and 9 men were killed and 2
officers and 15 men were wounded. Ten
men were wounded on the armored
cruiser Kasuga. The torpedoboat de
stroyer Sagiri had 2 men killed. On
board torpedoboat No. 38 one man was
killed and 8 others wounded.
BALTIC FLEET AGAIN.
Once More the Report of Great Ac'
tivity at Cronstadt.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 17.—There is
considerable activity aboard the ships
of the Baltic fleet. Orders have been
issued that ail torpedo boats and de
stroyers of the second division shall
be coaled to their full capacity. Shore
liberty on all vessels nas been curtailed
after sunset.
The cruiser Division of the Baltic
squadron lias received sailing orders.
The Division may go around the Cape
of Good Hope, where it will meet col
liers. The battleship division is not
likely to start for a fortnight.
More Vessels Located.
London, Aug. 15.—A dispatch received
from Tokio today by the Japanese le
gation says that according advices
received there from Chefoo, two Rus
sian torpedo boat destroyers stranded
August 11, the day after the naval bat
tle. twenty miles east of AVel Hail AA'ei,
on the Shan Tung peninsula.
THE G. A. Ft. MEET.
National Encampment Opens at Bean
burg With a Splendid
Attendance.
Boston, Aug. 17.—A conservative es
timate places at 500,000 the number of
visitors who are here to attend the
thirty-eighth annual encampment of
which began here Monday. At
least 100,000 of these are veterans of
the civil war and their auxiliaries.
(Treat praise in given Past Department
Commander George H. Innis and his
committee on transportation who made
it possible, through their arrangements
with the various railroads tor so many
people to come to Boston.
The encampment began at 10 o'clock
this morning with the usual parade •
of the ex-prisoners of war, naval bri
gade. naval Jackies and marines, prac
tically over the same route that is to
be followed by the grand parade of
the Grand Army tomorrow. At 5
o'clock this afternoon the national
council of administration will hold a
meeting at the headquarters in the
Vendome hotel and in the evening the
Women’s Relief Corps gives a grand
reception at the same hotel to Com
mander in Chief John C. Black. This
will be one of the most brilliant events
of the encampment.
Grand Parade Today.
The parade of the Grand Army to
day is the feature to which all are
looking forward with interest. Thirty
thousand civil war veterans are ex
pected to be in line and it will prob
ably be the last time the city of Bos
ton will have the honor of seeing so
many comrades taking part in the great
spectacle. As a fitting conclusion to
ttiis great parade there will be in Me
chanics building a monster campfire,
a unique feature of which will be the
trooping of the colors. Ten thousand
people are expected to be present and
with this vast concourse the colors
will march in under a special guard
proceeding through the hall, dividing
and countermarching upon the stage,
serving as a background to all that
transpires in the way of oratory and
addresses during the campfire.
Wednesday the convention opens for
mally and at the close of the session,
the entire delegation from al parts of
the United States, together with invited
guests will go to Waltham and witness
the water carnival, which has been ar
ranged with much splendor as to de
sign of floats and individual exhibits,
all surrounded by an electrical dis
play.
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Thursday the convention will be in
session during the forenoon. In the af
ternoon the veterans will take an auto
mobile trip following out the famous
ride of Paul Revere. From within
sight of the Bunker Hill—from which
the famous rider received his signal—
and from within sight of the Bunker
Hill monument, the party will move
out on the old Bay road, now known
as Massachusetts avenue. Over the
Charles river into Cambridge the li'he
will continue past Harvard college and
the old Washington elm, where Wash
ington assumed command of the army
of the revolution; here also will be
seen the h'-me of Longfellow and the
house wh James Russell Lowell
lived. Then they will proceed to Lex
ington and Concord, passing the old
Monroe tavern. Memorial fountain and
the old Hawthorne home, Emerson’s
home and the old Alcott house, all of
which are rich in historical associa
tions.
Friday and Saturday will be devoted
to harbor and coastwise excursions,
with opportunities to partake of fish
dinners and view the United States
warships which have arrived here to
remain during the encampment.
In o-der to accommodate the veter
ans, Sergeant at Anns Remington has
opened the state house and it will re
main open evenings until Thursday so
that all who marched and fought under
their old flags, which now grace me
morial hall, may have opportunity to
again look at the old banners.
The usual interest manifested in the
elections will be lacking this year for
it is generally conceded that General
W. W. Blackman will be elected suc
cessor of General Black, as commander
In chief by acclamation.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT t?
TO SETTLE STRIKE
Mayor Harrison Will Hold Con*
ferences With Leaders of
Beth Parties.
HEAR THE STRIKERS FIRST
After Listening to Their Grievances He
Will Consider the Claims of the
Packers—Other Conferences
Have Been Held.
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Chicago, Aug. 17.—Atayor Harrison
Mil attempt 10 settle the stock yards
strike. He will meet representatives of
the strikers today and hear their side
of the controversy.
Later in the day he will have a meet
ing with representatives of the packers
and listen to their statements, and he
will then undertake the task of recon
ciling the differences.
A large committee of retail dealers
called upon him and asked him to use
iiis good offices in ending the strike.
The mayor said that he would gladly
do all that lay in his power to put an
end to the trouble, and a meeting be
tween him and the labor leaders was at
once arranged. The mayor then set
about arranging a meeting with the
packers and they promptly sent him
word that they would meet him, but
they were unable to agree upon an hour
for the conference, for the reason that
the mayor could not tell how long his
session with the labor leaders would,
continue. He will meet the packers,
however, soon after the meeting with
the men is over.
There were a number of conferences
during the day, all having the settle
ment of the strike in view, but none of
them resulted in anything.
It is asserted that the alleged secret
meeting between the packers and the
strikers was arranged for by \V. E.
Skinner, assistant general manager of
the Union Stock Yards and Transit
company. It is said that he went to
President Donnelly of the butchers'
union, and made a written proposition
providing that the packers reinstate
their old men as rapidly as possible,
and that the question of wages be left
to arbitration. It is said that he told
President Donnelly if he would sigu
the agreement Mr. Skinner would un-i
dertake to see that It was signed by J.
Ogden Armour. Donnelly said that he
could not sign; that he was compelled
to submit all propositions of settlement
to the allied trades before he could take
action. He agreed to do this, and the
representatives of the allied trades ac
cepted the proposition with the inser
tion of the clause, “If all details can be
satisfactorily arranged.”
This proposition, it is said, was tak
en by Mr. Skinner to Mr. Armour, and
it was suggested by the latter that it
be shown to the other packers. The
matter went no further than this.
The entire matter was conducted in
profound secrecy, and Mr. Skinner de
nies positively that he had anything to
do with the matter in any way. The
proposition, however, was made by Mr.
Skinner or some other person, and re
sulted In nothing.
The numerous assaults that have
been taking place every day and night
in the neighborhood of the stock yards
have stirred the police to more ener
getic action than they have taken here
tofore. Inspector Hunt, who is in
charge of all the police stationed
around the yards, ordered that all men
picketing the yards should be com
pelled to move on and should be ar
rested if they declined to do so.
LOOKING TOWARD PEACE.
Conferences Held Over Sunday Give
Ground for Hope.
Chicago, Aug. 17.—The parking
house strike has taken a new turn. A
move toward peace, which included a
conference between strikers and J.
Ogden Armour, took form and gave
evidence of results.
After communication with some of
the packers on a proposition tending
toward e settlement of the strike a
secret committee of the butcher work
men and allied trades held a mysteri
ous meeting in the morning and a sub
committee was appointed to look aft
er the new peace development.
It was reported around strike head
quarters at the Transit house that J.
Ogden Armour had been communicat
ed with just as he was about to leave
for Boston, and that a proposition had
been made to him which he considered
so favorably that he suggested it
should be made to all the packers. The
nature of this proposition was not dis
closed. according to strike leaders, un
less the peace plan deveiops within
forty-eight hours.
The men who are guiding the des
tinies of the union feei that there is a
good chance for surprising develop
ments within a few days, and that the
mysterious plan which is said to have
been in process of construction for
several days will at least lead to a
final settlement.
If the plan does not work out, there
will be absolutely no chance for peace.
Union leaders were reported to have
declared in the meeting of the allied
trades that if any settlement is secured
it will never be through outside inter
ference, and that President Roosevelt
or Mayor Harrison would be unable to
exert any influence to that end.
The strikers resolved that the con
troversy must be settled between the
packers and the-iselves, and this de
termination W'as followed by the ap
pointment of the committee to execute
the mysterious proposition that is be
ing so religiously guarded by the few
who have knowledge of it.
Pastors of five Catholic churches ad
jacent to the stock yards will meet at
the home of Rev. E. A. Kelly, 4515 Fifth
avenue, and consider means to bring
about a peace conference between
•'ackers and the strikers. Several of
,:e representatives of the packers nave
been visited within the last few days
and have received the priests favor
ably.
The pastors and the churches they
represent are:
St. Anne’s, West Garfield boulevard
and Wentworth avenue, P. N. Flanni
gan.
St. Cecilia’s, West Forty-fifth street
and Fifth avenue, E. A. Kelly.
St. Gabriel’s, Forty-fifth and Wal
lace streets, M. J. Dorney.
St. George’s (Lithuanian), Rev. M.
Krawezunas.
St. Joseph (Polish), Rev. M. Pyplatz.
Packers and Strikers Deny It.
Chicago, Aug. 15.—The strike lead
ers and the big packing firms denied
forcibly today that any efforts had
been made by either side to bring
about another conference looking to
peace in the stock yards. Despite de
nials, the suspicion that important
proposals are under consideration was
caused by an early meeting today of
the allied trades conference board.
Police Inspector Hunt today ordered,
the arrest of all pickets loitering about
the stock yards, and a dozen were tak
en into < ustoday.