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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1904)
iI I i . . ' - , - - - - CUSTfR COUNTY RfPU UCAn By D. M. AMSBERRY. DROKEN DOW , - - NEnItASKA . - - It t I , II News in Brief The clncmllogrnllh : In helng used by Paris surgcons In toa'hlng atudo\ts how to Ilcrforlll vnrlou.8 surglcul ollor. nUons. The now .11l1I neso war loan of $00- 000,000 Ilt 92 , to run ten years , at r } IeI' cent , hus heen tlllten by .Jallllneflo IJ1lnlwrs. A lalw hils been tllscoverod on KII. din Inland , , Lapland , which contains fresh waleI' on the ton and suit water on the hollom. 'flIO bull lighters who were l'ngaget" , to glvo performances at the Bt. Louis oxposltlon , hn.vo loft the City of Mexlr co for diolr dostlnn.tlon , Kid ' 1'raller , n. member of the noted Jones gang of ouUawn , hits been tolwn prlsonor by a tkputy swrlff ; and Is In Jail at Culbertson , J\lont. It Is the conscnsus of olllnlon thnt 1ho .1nnaneso will storm Port Arthm ns soon as the necessn.ry nrrange. menta can bOo cOlllpletod. Prlvato nllvlc08 frolll Vlndlvostolc to St. Petersburg state that the cruls. er Dogat 'r 111114 run on the roclts In the harbor. The government , how. uvor , still denle14 this. .In.mes P. Holligan , widely Imown In tolegrullh circles formerly chief op eratoI' of the Western Union at Chi. cage , died from. 1 > 1111ll0nary troublo. 'rho conteatotl theory that pearls nro duo to II. llllraslto In the oyster wns first advn.nccd by mlllpIII In 18j2. [ Several recent observers hn.vo con. 11rmc the vIew. Thomas 1\1urdoclt , I ) . retired building contractor , who WII.S postmaster of Hock IslllI1d , Ill. , for ten years allt\ \ 1Ilnyor of that city for two terms , dIed III Kansns CIty , aged 83 yen.rs. MyerS. IfUllCS : ! , prcsldent of the Dnr. on do HIrsch fllnd and promlnontly. Identified with mllny other locn. ! nnd I1ntlonal orgnnlzntlons , dropped dend- In n. Droadway cnfo In New Yorl. . The tarIffs for the groIn rates to the south , under the now adjustment , will go Into effect Juno 10 the snme } date n.s these to ChIcago nntl St. Paul. The rates will bo restored to tholr normnl bn.sls. , A report from General Juropntltln 8tll.t09 that ho dId honor to the wounded soldiers nnd to these who hl\.vo been decorated for gallantry by pnsslng In rovlow before them with the entire army. Mrs. Stelln. Hammond of Seattle , Wash" dropped dond II.t the homo of her sister , Mrs. J. N. Savllrd , nt St. Ilul , MInn. , after the litter had un. lorgono 11. dangerous ollern.tlon tor can. cer of the stomach. _ . , Lowls Oliver , wh , In COmlH1.ny with Fred Losarge , stele $3 and two ho.tn lrom II. butcher shOll , has been glyen ' a lIfo sentence In Marquette prIson by ! .1udgo Wiest at Mason , Mich. It . was , his third offense for burgillry. Mllrshall , the Drool < lyn player , won the first IIr\ZO \ of $1,000 and the Cllm. brld o SprIngs championship at the In. tOrIwtlonal cheEs tournament. Ills finn - . nn ! score was 13 poInts won and 2 lost. comprIsing 111 vIctories and four drll.w games. 1 Major Sylvester , the superlntendont ot pollee of Wnshlngton , unnounced that 110 l1ad destroved all the 111mg ot the movIng plcturos talten a day or two ago by thentrlcnl parties on , the east front ot the capitol buildIng , when PresIdent Roosevelt WII.S Impel" sonatetl In the n.ct of helping 11. fictl. tlous negro Into hIs carrlnge. Ground has been brolton at Souu ChIcago for a gigantic colto oven , to cost $1,000,000 , and the first of Its It1nd over established outsldo the an. thhraclto regions of Pennsylvania. Many experIments In colto production have becn made outs\do \ the anlhra. cite fields , but always with Indifferent success as the quality of coal was t found to be faulty. II \ ; . Trouble hn.s been brewing at the "I " Jowa university for some tlmo. Pres. I Ident 1\lacLenn has Incurred the III will ot some at the faculty and for- , ; 1 mer students and they made an effort I some tlmo ago to Imve him declared I ! II. falluro nnd tlemandcd his reslgna. lion. It Is snltl that thIs resulted In I I a feeling among the rogenls greatly In fn.vor of the vresltlent. ' \ Tennessee prohIbitionIsts placed themselves on record In state convention - tion II.S opposed to the nomInation . ot G nernl Nelson A. Miles for tht ) presidency by the prohIbItionists on . the ground thnt he Wl1.B not II. proml. nent prohIbItionist , ' merely 11. recep. tlvo candldnte , and that 110 could not " poll the full party strength In the south on account of his war record. The arrIval of quantities of Amerl. can gold In pa'ment or the Panama U' ' cllIlnl purchase oxcltes the wortder. I , ; ' I ment , of Pnrlslans. A Inrge crowd gathered at the St. Laznro railroad I atntlon to see a train of four cars , carr 'lng 178 barrels of gold , being 11 shipment ot $9,000,000 ly the Froncll line steamer Lorralno which al'r\'et ] at Havro from New Yorl , . The ex , cltement Wl1.B such that the police fenr , ed It would bo nccessll.ry to summOI1 reInforcements , but It 11Ussed ff well The gold was lllaced In the CredIt " Lyonnnls. While drivIng to theIr homo neat Arlol . Colo. , Mrs. C. W. Herman and her son , l < 'ranlt Ingles , was shot and Idlled by. Marshnll Humphreys , whe rode Into town and surrendered hIm self. There has been II. toud betweoIJ the two tnml1l1es. , . . , , f. , . . " lOSS OF THE JAPS TEN THOUSAND MEN FAl.L IN A LAND ATTACK. . - LOSS OF . THE RUSSIANS 3,000 Thle , However , Is an Unconfirmed Dispatch from Russian Consul at Che Foo-Japilnese Are Said to Have Lost Three More Cruloer : : . S'I' , pg'l'EHSBUnG-lt Is reported thut I'orolgn MInIster Lumstlorff hns receIVI ! ! ! a message from tllo Husslan cOllsul at Cho 1"00 sayIng that the Japanese l1ave malle n. lan(1 ( attaclt on 1'0I't Arthur untl thnt In doing no they lost 11)OUO men Itllictl nntl wounded. 'rhe Husslan loss Is Illaccd n.t :1,000 : I/on. ) Tile ultllllllte outcollle or the IIglltlng Is 1I0t statmJ. 'rho St. Petorshul'g corresllOJHlcnt of the Paris 1\tatln Hays that It Is 1101" Histently rumOl'cd tllat tllo Vludh'o- stolt HqllUtirun lias cnllture(1 ( tllreo cruisers tllat were 1I0u ; l1t by JalJall trom Ul1l1e. ' 1'110 I : > t. Petershurg correspondent of the London Central News says that tlICI'O was an OXllluslon Monday on bour < < l the hatlleshlp Orel at Cron. stadt anti that tcn Htolwl's WOI'O Idll- cd. 'I'ho vessel , the rOllort snys , was dlunaed ! anti It will talw wee Its to elfect I'epalrn. ' 1'110 explosion , accord. Ing to the tllSlllltch , WIlS the result or an IlccUmulutlon or gas In tllo lnmlt- era. era.UUN l"UU-'l'he calltaln or a Uus. SHOWING FLANKING MO . , " ( . " , , I _ " TI.IE KINKAID CILL. - Interior Denartment - Busy with Prep- aratlons. W ASIlING'l'ON-Sccretary IIItch. coelt , apprel'latlng the necessity 01 IJasslng upon certain I'elltures of the Klnltultl hill throwIng open the north. west scctlon of Nebrnsll1. for setlo , ment under the amended homesteal\ laws , has turncd over to the geologl. cal Eurvey fur rOlJOrt thnt portion of the IlI'ovlslons of the bill whoreln cere tnln lands which , In the olllnion of the Hecretary of the InterIor , may bo rca. Ronahly Ilractlcablo of In'latlon , nro oxomlt froll1 Its provisions. 'rho dl. rector of the survey , Prof. 'Volcott , has commlsslonod two of hIs corps to loolc over the rround : ; 111'101' to the duto when tno hill goes Into effect , Juno 28. 'rho Klnkahl bill provIdes thut the secretary of the InterIor shaH , after examlnutlon , exempt from the Ilro\1810ns of the law these lands that may he reasonably practicable to Il'rlgat by means of wuter conducted from naturul streams hy gravity , and the secretary shall , 111'101' to the dnto when the law goes Into effect , deslg. nate anti oxelude from entry Innd ! ! , partlcuhu'ly nlong the North Platte rIver , whIch , In his ollinlon , It may ho Ilosslble to Irrlgnto through 13p' eratlons under the nntlonal Il'I'lgntion la w or by 1ll'Ivate enterprise. The law further states that the secretary thereafter shaH from time to tlmo open to entry under the nct nny of ' the Innds so excluded , which upon furthCl' Investigation he may conclude cannot be practlcnlly h'rlgrnted In the manner as above set forth. Two members of the engIneer corps of the geologIcal survey arc now In the section - tion Included within the limit ! ! of tha VIfMENT BY JAPANESE. I p-I RUSSIAN _ JAPANE5E . . 'I , ) . : , , . . . . f" " , . ; , ' , . ) Sixty thouEand Japanese with artillery are reported to have appeare thirty mllea north of Mukden , having marched around through the moun. talns. If this 10 true. Gen. Kouropatkl n will find his retreat to Harbin cut off. sian merchnntman , who 10ft Pqrt AI" Umr on May : W. and Is among the recent arrivals from Dalny , saId In an IntervIew that the whole Japnneso fleet had not returned to Port Arthur slnco the ljth [ Inst. , when , besltl s the Imttleslllp Hatsuse , another big vessel struclt a mIne und was towed nway dIsabled. Gunboats nnd tor. pedo boats returned off the port on the 20th Inst. , when the RussIans succeeded In slnltlng a small gunboat and two torpedo boats. 'rho Hus- slans are now confident of holdIng Port Arthur with the 30,000 men stationed - tioned there , exclusIve of the nav ) ' and the crowds of mechanIcs worldng upon the damaged warshIps , all of which. excellt the Czarovltch and the Hetvlznn. are reday to rejoin the l1eet. 'I'heso will also bo read ' for sea sen'- Ice by June 1. The entrance to the harbor has been clellred and small boats now llaSS In and out freely fl'om Port Arthur to Daln ' . The forts on the land side of Port Arthur have been completed nnd are now prepnred for n. severe .contost. Of the few soldIers left at Dalnr , , the majority have gone to Port Arthur - thur , and the only tlefenses left there now are the mInes In the hllrbor. The attempt of the .Japaneso to land troops In the KIn Chau gulf on the IGth Inst. fallell owing to Insulll. clent water to 110at the boats. There hns been no fighting In the Ylclnlty of Port Arthur up to Satur. ( la ' sInce the Kin Chau fight on the 1ith [ Inst. , when two squndl'ons of Japanese clwalr ) ' were wIlled out. only eight mon.of . . . whIch escalletl. - - - Invited to the White House. W ASIIINGTON-Prosident Roose. velt onIondar : extendetl nn Invltn. tlon to the Mothodlst Protestant con. ferenco thl'Ough Hepresentatlvo Atl. amson of Georgia , to bo recolved at the Whlto house 'rhursday afternoon. The Invitation wus accelltod. A spo. clnl commltteo of fifteen was author. Ized to deal with the question of church union. 'rho co-operation of the conference wes nsl < cd In 11 move. ment flr an expression trom all Pro. tostant denomlnntlons on the ques. tlon of remarrlago alter dlvorco. - ' - - Klnltnld bill looldng over the terrItory - tory for the purpose of decIdIng upon the lands susceptlblo ot IrrIgation , and their Instructions are to maIm as earl ' rellort as posslolo In order that the sections reserved may be posted ! conspIcuously In the territory and at' ' the land office which will have charge of this busIness , for the benefit of In. tendIng settlers. SLAUGHTER IN THE PHILIPPINES Fifty.three Men , Women and Children Are Massacred. J\IANILA-A report has heen re. celved hero frolll Camp Overton , on the Island of 1\lIndunao , dated 1\lur : 15 , stating tllI t a mllssacro had tal\On place on the 12th Inst. , near Mala. bung on the southern coast of l\lInda. nao. 1"lftr-threo " 1"llIplno men , women and ehlldrcn , emlllo'os of the United States mllltnry government at Mnla. hnng , anti their families , were sur. 1II'Ised at mIdnIght whllo asleep by the Datto Ails Ilnd a band ot 1\Ioros fl'om the Hlo Grande valley , nnd slaughtered. The chlof aUtl hIs followers es. caped heCoro the alnrm could be given. Details of the massacre are meager. , 1\J Ilj 01' General Wood hns been In the Interior of Mlndnnao since 1\Ja ' 12. Cable communlcatlou between 1\lanlll1 Ilnd illhltlanao III Intcrrulltell nnd the wires Ul'O down In the Intorlor of the Island , 'fho I'oport of the maHsacro was recolved h ) ' mall from 11. corrOo spondent at Cllmp O\'erton. Trust Will Share Pro1iI : ; . NI W YOHK-OiUcers oC the Amel'l. ( 'an Smeltlnl ; and Hefinlng comllln ) ) ' will withIn 11 few dnrs divIde $100.000 In ( 'ash I\mOll their ellllllo'es Iliac. conlnn'o with the profit.sharlng scheme antC\ ) : : , cell two 'cnl's n o. AI" rnllgemontn 111'0 now b ln malic to tll vldo the cash In IJI'ollol.tlon to the I\mount or earnln s. Manngors , BUller. . 1\3slstant manngers nn ns. slstnnt sUlCrlntendelts ) , togeUlI'r with foremen. assistant Carmen , chemists , assarlsts amI 11. numher of others will partlclpato ! I u o fu d. . " . . . - " ' . . - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - - IMPORTANT MOVE SAIIJ TO ABOUT TO BE MADE BY GENERAL I < UROATKIN. - THE RUSSIAHS ARE EXCITED After Engagement with I < orean Troops They Burn the Shrines-Telegraphic Communication with New Chwang Interrupted. - ST. PE'rEHSBURG-Therc are In. dlcatlons thn.t . General KurOIJD.l1t1n Is preparIng to malw a vcry important move agn.lnst the enemy. Ono of the reasons for this belief Is the suddenly Incrensed restrictions upon the wnr. corrcspontlents at' the front. The provalllng belief here Is that General Kurol's n.rmr Is In difficulties. SEOUL , Korca-A telegram has heen received hero from Gcn San , on the east coast of Korea , sayIng that the Russians , aCler the engngemcnt with Korean troops at Ham Heung , on May 19 , burned the shrInes anl1 the royal mausoleum whIch were erecled there by the founder of the present Korean dynasty In the year 13G6 , and which were regarded by the Koreans as sacred. ThIs aplmrent wanton des. ecratlon of tombs In a land Imbued with the spirit of ancestor worship has caused excited denunciation of the Russians on the part of the Seoul ofIlclals. ( Ham Heung Is on the coast of Korell. and about fifty miles north of Gen San. ) 'rhe Cossaclts which are believed to be at Kyong Song have , nccordlng to Korean rellorts , about twenty guns wIth them. If thIs Is true thIs artll. lery probnbly Is composed of trans. Dalkal horse batteries , several of whIch were nttached to the First corps at Vladlvostolc before the war. A Japanese who has returned here from Yongampho reports that there are only a few Japanese troops there. ' 1'he people are quIet , but they do not welcome the Japanese occupation because - cause of the severity of the mllltll.ry authOl"lties. 'I'ho RussIans loft man ; ) ' thousand feet of useful timber at Yongampho. There are not more than 8,000 sol. dlers In the garrIson at Seoul. Dar- raclts whIch heretofore were filled are now vacnnt , the troops having gone north to Anju. The local gendarmes nre being transferred to Yongampho , Wlju and An Tung. ST. PETERSBURG - Telegrnphlc communIcation with Now Chwang Is Interrupted , nnd prIvate messages for Ilolnts south of Llao Yang are refused here at the telegraph office. 'l'he nature or the Interruption with New Chwang Is not l\11own , but the cause fOl' refusIng messages south of Llno Yang is the complete absorption of the lines for military purposes. WIl.L VENEZUELA REPUDIATE ? Country Being Fortified and Uneasl. ness Felt. WASI-lING'I'ON , D. C.-Military measures on II. large scnle begun recently - cently by Venezuela are gIvIng rIse to a great deal of uneasIness and a'p. prehensIon here. It Is stated that a French company sold Cnstro's govern. ment 1,500,000 lines' worth of artll- ler ' , which Is' beIng plnced In fortifications - fications at Puerto Cabello and other Important coast ports. The compan ' also contracted to supply II. force of sltllled artlller 'men to man the guns for n. certaIn perIod. i .Just what this expensive armament means , when Venezuela Is so poor , Is a matter of speculation here nnd there Is some fear It Is the forerunner of 11. repudiation hy Venezuela of liability for fmther Im 'ments of Installments of Indemnlt ' under the awards of the recent arbitrations. OVER A QUARTER OF MILLION. Number of Persons In the Employ of the Government. W ASIIING'rON.-A bulletin wns Is- I sued hy the census IHlreau 'Vednes- : da ' whIch gIves the totul number of omplo 'es In the executive and cIvil sorvlco of the Unltell States as 150" 383 , ' 1'heso figures Inchldo only those emplo 'es who nro required to tnlw an examination. . About 85.000 postmas tel's are excluded. as are about 15,000 omplo 'es at small salarIes In the llo1d brnnches of the war department , about 16.000 emllloyes ut navr 'ards. who are classIfied , but appointed under navy yard reiulntlons , , nnd 11. Cew thou. snnd In other parts of the servIce. Of the 11i0,383 gIven , 26,676 are om. plo'ed In the DIstrict of Columhln ; 137,016 are males. 1:15,576 : are natlvo born , and 102-131 are engaged In ( 'Ierl. cal worl , . Upon ConcluGlon of the War. , PARIS-'rhe St. Petersburg corre. epondcnt of the l cho do Pnrls snys : "I nm ahlo to nffirm that RussIn. Is preparln to mobilize 2,000,000 sol. dlers In Enropo on conclusion of tllo wnr with Japan. } , 'orelgn lInlster Lamsdorf has Informed so\'ernl mem. bel's or the dhllomatle COI'JIS that ho was uneasy on the sUbject of ChlnD Hussln. ho saltl , had adhered unre- sorvetll ' to the terms of Secretary IInr's note , but It China should vlo- late , or permit the ylolatlon of neu. trallt ) ' , Russia would nct " . . { . . ' . . , _ . . " - , _ . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - VERDICT IN CONS PI RACY CASE , Jury Finds Tyner and Barrett Not Guilty After Deliberation. WASIIlNGTON.-Wlthln twent ) ' . two minutes of the retirement of the jury iu the cnEe of .James N. ' 1'yner and Hnrrlson J. Darl'ett trletl on charges of conspiracy In connection with their duties of law omcers of the PostofIlce department , a verdlcof not guilty was returned. 'rhe throng which fill. cd the courtroom throughout the argu , ments to the jur ' hardly bad time to leave the building heforo ho jury wns back and the foreman announced that a verdict had been reachod. General TJ'ner , expecting a longer walt , haq boon wheeled . from the room and his nephew nnd codefendant hastened to glvo an order which caused him to re. turn. General T 'nerJ\ppeared greatly ex. cIted as he attelllpted to face the jury , and when the verdict was returned he hro1w dowwn completely. Several of the jurors wellt with hIm and all of them shook hands with hIm. : rho Tyner-Darrett case was begun on Mny 2 and has been before the court nIneteen full days. A great mass of tcstlmon was offered. ' 1'he prosecution - cution brought forward nn "army of wlttnesses , II. majority of whom were former officers of bond Investment companIes , through which Harrison J. Dn.rrett . , the junIor defondnnt , wa.s alleged - leged too have profited after he left the Postoffico department by practicIng - Ing beCore hl5 uncle , who remaIned In the department CUDAHY'S LOS ANGEl.ES FIRE. Plant Will Be Rebuilt at Once , More Modern Than Old One. OMAHA-The burning of the Cuda- hy pacltlng plant at Los Angeles , Cal. , occn.sloned a loss of about $200,000 , and Is to bo rebuilt at once. The fire commenced Tuesday after. noon , supposedly from spontaneous combustion. George Parlts of thIs cIty left for Los Angeles to suporln. tend the rebuilding of the new plant , and James Phillips will soon follow to superIntend the mechanIcal pnrt of It. Manllger Murphy said : "The press dispatches put the loss at $400,000 , but the total loss will probably be less than $200,000. It Is fully covered by Insurance. The worlc of rebuildIng Is to commence at once , under direction of Contractor George Parlm of thIs city , and the new plant will be more modern than the one destroyed by fire. "Tho plant was entirely destroyed , excepting the warehouse , whIch Is vII.luable. " ROTHSCHIl.D WON'T APPEAL. He Concludes to Serve His Sentence of Nine Years. NEW YORK.-Davld Rothschild , who was convIcted of grllI1d larceny In connection wIth the Federal bank falluro and sentenced to servo nIne yenrs In state's prison. Instructed hIs attorneys to wIthdraw theIr motion for II. certlficat of reasonable doubt. Asslstn.nt DistrIct Attorney Sand. ford announced after Rothschild's conviction - viction that If the former bank presl. dent made II. fight he would ImmedIately - ately call to trIal other IndIctments now pendln agaInst hIm , and It Is saId that Hothschlld has concltided not to Invite this action , but to begIn servIng his sentence at once. Hanna's Portrait on Bonds. WASHINGTON-The secret.\ry of the treasury has ordered the plates prepared for prInting the Panama bonds. The portrait of the late Sen. ator Marcus A. Hanna Is to be prInted thereon. Admiral Evans' Son ASGlgned. WASHINGTON-Orders will be Issued - sued at the bureau of nn.vlgatlon as- slbnlng LIeutenant Frank I. Evnns , son of Rear AdmIral Robley D. Evans , late commander of the Asiatic station - tion , to command the Sylph. This Is consIdered one of the choicest assIgn. ments In the navy. LIeutenant Pres. ton , Its present commander , by re. quest , has been transferred to the Kentucly. Lieutenant Evans has just returned from the AsIatic station , where he was on his father's staff. Miss RooGevelt Off for St. Louis. WASHINGTON-PresIdent Roose. velt arrIved hero from Groton , Mass. , where ho particIpated In the prlzo day exorcIses of the school at whIch two of hIs children are students. 1\IIss Roosevelt , accompanied by 1\Irs. Wat.I I ers of this cIty , left for St. Louis. St. l.ouls Has $70,000 Fire. ST. LOUIS-A loss of $70.000 was oocasloned hy a fire that partlall ' de. stroyod the buildIng at Second street and Franklin avenue , occupIed by the Amerlcnn SUllply comllUny. Insur. anco Is pm'tlal. One New Case of Yellow Fever. 1\IEXICO CITY.-.The superIor board of health rellorts there I ! ! ono new case of 'ollow fever on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Vera Cruz reports no new cnses. One Hlr Figures In Tria ) . DEDFOnD , Inll.-Frlln ( "s esslon of the trIal of James lcDonald for the mur er of Sarnh Schaefer , Dr , , Joseph Gardner , n microscopist , testl. fietl that red mustache hair had been found In 1\IIss Schaefor's hand nfter her mm'der and were very similar to these In McDonald's mustache. Three of lcDonald's mustache hairs , tmrroptltrousl ' detached from hIEIII , lJOI' lip by a bnrber while shavln Mc. Donald and these found In illiss Schao' fer's Imnd were Introduced In ovl. dence. . , . ' , . . . . . , , , ' , I. . . . - - . . . - - - - - - - - - - EIGHT-HOUR LAW , - CONTRACTORS AND l.ABORERS DEEPl.Y INTERESTED. BUILDING OF PANAMA CAt AL Does the Question Apply to Thl& Great Public Work-Prospective Bidders and Prospective Workingmen - men Desire to Know. WASIIINGTON-One of the most Importnnt questions with which the Panllmn. Canal commIssion will short- ' . short'r. Iy have to deal Is whether the present - ent eIght-hour luw. act of August 1 , . I 1892 , aplilles to the construction of the Panamll. canal , and whether , lC passed , the elght.hour bill now before congress w11l so apply. Not only are : thousands of prospectlvo contractors. and subcontractors vtlnlly Interested ! In 11. decisIon on these points , but also the publle at lllrge , as the n.ppllcatlon . of either the presnt laws or the pendIng - Ing bill would extend the tlmo of construction - struction at least two years and Increase - crease its cost by many millions or : dollars. It Is understood that the Amorlcan Antl.Doycott assocIation. . whIch Includes In Its membershh ) many builders and dredgers nnd others - ers who may become dlrectl ' or IndIrectly - rectly Interested In canal contracts. will undertalw to secure n decIsion from the proper officials. In thIs event Mr. Daniel - Davenport or : Bridgeport , Conn. , the executive : agent of the assocIation , who has.1 been so promInently Identified wltb'l the opposItion to the elght.hour bill , . will have chn.rge . of the case. ' 1'he leaders of organized labor aro' , I also 1001 < 1nl ; Into the matter carefullyp for although the canal w111 bo located far from the United States , It w111 bo dug on AmerIcan terrItor ) ' , or terrl- tor ' under the jurisdIction of the United States , and bo constructed I and owned by the government , antI the appllcntlon of the elght.bour prIncIple - cIple to a goverment work of thIs magnitude would not only be n. triumph. but have a far.reachlng and. , they believe , wbolesome mornl effect. On the other band , those who , IIke Mr. Davenport , regard the present elght.hour law as vicious , and the bill for Its extenslona as soclnllstlc , hold that under no cIrcumstances should either bo so applied. It Is nrl1ted by some that as the cnnal zone Is entirely under the control - trol of the canal commIssion , acting , of course , under the supervIsIon of the secretary of war , and by the dIrection - rection of the presldont , the elght- hour act of 1892 does not ex proprIo glvore apply to the zone , and that until - . ' til congress shall determIne otherwise - wise the mntter rests entirely wIth : the commIssIon. It Is further represented - sented that as the canal w111 neces- sarly be constructed so largely by la bor other than from the UnIted States , the commission will not restrict - strict such labor to eIght hours a day. But while It Is not probable tbat the commIssion would undertake to en. force thIs law should the canal bo censtructed dIrectly under Its super. . . : vIsion , what the prospective contrac. , tors want to Imow Is whether they [ would be exempt If the work should be done under contracts and the ' , should be fortunate enough to secure \ l some of them. In the absence of an - ' authorItative ol1lnlon In advance they ' , : fear the question mIght bo raIsed at ! a later time by the labor organlza- tlons at home and they mIght be . . heavily mulcted. i PORT ARTHUR TO BE STORMED. , \ r Japs Have Concluded They Must Take the Stronghold. CHICAGO.-A specIal to the Dally News trom Toklo savs : Port Arthur Is to be talwn by storm the moment proper proparntlons hnvo heen completed. Slego guns have yet to be placed In posItion and the land forces appoInted for the assault have to be strengthened. The unexpected loss of two fine vessels have emphasIzed - sIzed the Insecurity of sea power anti the authorIties feel that no chnnces i must be talwn that would encourage Hussla to send out the Dnltlc sea fleet. counting on findIng It harbor of refuge In Port Arthur. It Is realized thnt the stormln of the fortress w111 Inevitably cost many lives. but It Is saId that the waters where the Japanese shIps are forced to maneu 'or are becoming so dnn- gerous because of floating mInes that heroic measures are Imperntlve. Un. del' these circumstances It Is thought that life will be economized by stormIng - Ing the stronghold and ellmlnatln It and the adjacent waters from the area. of actual conflict. Bryan Wins In Primaries. 1 O\iAHA.-Dr'an : democrats carrIed : every ward In the cIty where the\ ' ( > was a contest In the prImarIes held yesterday for the sclectlon of dele- ates to the county convention , May 28. Tho'defcat of the Success league people was declslvo , the Dr 'an dole- gn.tes receiving 868 vote ! > to [ j01 for the opposItion In the seven contestml wllrds In Omahll. Russian Story Is Not Conlrmed. ST. PETEHSDUHG-The report cn- bled to the Associated Press thnt tno , . foreIgn oUico had recolved n. telegram from the Russian consul at Cho Fee roportlng that the Japanese had made a land nttnelt on Port Arthur antI hatl lost 15,000 men Itllled and wOlltltled , and that the Husslnns lInd lost 3,000 men , Is true , hut ns nothIng conlrmn- tory lias been recolved trom any other source the report Is not glvon cro tle11co. The consul In Ills telesrnm snld his Information wn.s obtaIned J fl'ilm Chlneso sources ,