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Daily . Bee. PART ,1 Pages i to 8 BUSINESS ' MEN FIND THE DEE'S MARKET PACE UNEXCELLED.. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1904 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COrY THREE CENTtf The Omaha MILITARY MOB RULES Prominent Offlolali Ltavs THr County Stcaii it ii Dttf eTOM Xt Emtin. EXILES WILL NOT RETURN fOR A TIME Un in High Sundiif Takn Forcibly Br fort a Oomaitu and Mad Bciigm. THREATENED" WITH NOOSE UPON REFUSAL Jndgt Frost Indulges in Searching Critl- eUm f Condition! rrtTauinf. DISTRICT JUDGE HOLDS COURT IN DENVER Review High-Handed aad Lawleea Felicy ef Men Parading; la the stash of Law aad ' Order. DKXVER, June W.-The following; Taller county officials ar exiles Xrom their home and wUl not raturn to Orlppls Creek while the miMtary la in control, aw log te raporu that tba citisana' committee, which la cooperating- with tha military intended to force them to realgn their office: District Judge W. P. Seeds. County Judge A. B. Froat County Assessor f. J. De vault, County Treaaurar D. J. McNeill, County Clerk F. P. Mannlx. All of these official except Judge Seed are In Denver. "I hare not been aaked for ray resigna tion," eafd Judge Froat today, "but I hare beard that member of the mob which haa taken control of the affaire of the county are after meaa well aa tha other county officers. I shall stay In Denver until after the militia haa teen withdrawn from the district. I have no Idea, of resigning, but It la Impossible to do bualneaa properly and orderly In Cripple Creek under present con ditions. Judge Seeds haa telephoned me not to return to Cripple Creek until tha mili tary rule haa been abolished. "The conditions In the district at present are such that I do not feel It best to hold any court here. I ahall hold court here for a week for Judge Llndsey, who haa gone east It la known among all of tha officials who hare left Teller county that thoae offl clala who were caught there were forcibly taken before a committee and asked to re sign their offices. They were asked to alt down at a table on which two ropea with tha hangman's noose tied In the enda war lying." ' Will Appeal President. The executive board of tha Western Fed eration of Miners decided today to appeal to President Roosevelt to Investigate the condition In Colorado. Secretary W, D. Haywood was Instructed to send tha fol lowing telegram! Hon. Theodora Roosevelt Waahlnirfnn. P.- C.r A duty devolves upon you as presl--flent of the United Btaies to Investigate the terrible crimes that r being perpe trated In Colorado In the name of law and order, i We will .render every possible as sistance to the proper -authorities In such Investigation, to the end that the people of the country may restate the outrages that are being Irtalcted on Innocent persons by those In temporary official power, , W. D. HAYWOOD. Secretary. It was further dscldud that history of the labor trouble In Colorado Spring be taken to Washington by an emissary and placed In the president' hands. It waa also voted to appeal President Moyer's haToeaa corpus case to the United State supreme court. Draws Fine Distinction. . Governor Janvee K. fee. body made a statement today explaining tha difference between cnartlai law a ad nUUtary rule, such aa la In effect In Telluric and Ban Miguel counties under hi orders. "I have not declared martial law in any community in Colorado," said the gov ernor. "I have only declared them to so In a state of insurrection and rebellion, and th newspaper have used the term mar tlel law In describing ray proclamation. When a community la under martial law a provost guard la appointed and all pris oners are given military trial under this guard. Nothing ef tha kind baa ever been attempted In Colorado. I bar only . ar rested men and held them until I deemed It proper sad wise to turn them over te the civil authorities for trial." "I believe In stamping out thl set ef dynamiter," answered Governor Peabody when aaked If ha countenanced tha deporta tion of union men by the deputies and mili tary In the Cripple Creek district, "and In tend it ahall be done. "The supreme court." be added, "haa granted me the power that policemen and' sheriffs have, and I am exercising that power," Wesson and Mason Assailed. The Woman' auxiliary of th Miner' union at Cripple Creek haa been forbidden by th military authorities to hold meet ing. Joseph Hamilton, chairman of the demooratio county central committee, waa called before th citizen' deportation committee and asked concerning bis sym pathy' with unionism. Mr. Hamilton ac knowledged that he believed In union and he waa told that be must tear tba aaip within tha next four day. He waa al lowed this reprieve because of hi standing In the community and because be I a mem bar "of tba bfaaonlo fraternity. Mr. Hamilton waa on of th delegates from thl county to tba reoaat state convention at Pueblo. THREE POWERSWILL PROTEST British, Freaeh aad i Russian Abb. basso dura lervs Kottoo en Porte to Mo Kaaaaorea. gaHsas O. PARIS, Jun 10.-roreiga Minister Dec eases haa been Informed f ran Constantino ple that th British, French and Russian ambassador there- yesterday reached Joint agreement to present an energetic repreaentatlon to the grand vtaler to out a stop to the Armenian atrocities . It la expected that a Joint representation on the subject will be. submitted today, Thla. action follows the Official Investiga tion confirming the report that number of bloody oombata have been fought and many vUlagea destroyed.. WRECK ON THE ROCK ISLAND Two Express Me..eag.re (aid to Bo Injured, bat No Oa La Killed. TOPKKA. Xaa., June la-Th Rock Island passenger train, south bound, was Wrecked four miles south of McFarland thl forenoon. A spreading of the rail we the apparent causa. The locomotive, two express oar, a mail and baggage car went Into the dltoh. part of tbem on one elde of the track and part on the other. One express oar waa full of milk cans which were scattered In every direction. It is reported that two express messengers were Injured, but not fatally. Tbera are no dead. MISS LENA MORTON IS DEAD Daughter at Forme Viae President Paeeoa Away After Opera tloa at Paris. PARIS, Jan 10. Miss "Lena Morton, daughter of Levi P. Morton of New Tork died -thl morning from th effect of blood poisoning following an operation for ap pendlcltls. Miss Morton family were at th bedside when she died. The operation In Itself did not arouse serious apprehen sion, but th appearance yesterday of blood poisoning gov the case a grave turn. Mis Morton rallied slightly during tho fternoon, but later her case became hope lea and she aank gradually until her death occurred early thl morning. No funeral arrangementa have yet been made, but It la probable that th body will be embalmed and taken to New Tork for Interment The' deceased was V year of aga and was th elder of the two unmarried daugh ters of former Vloe President Morton. She was educated here while her father was United States ambassador to France. She waa a linguist, highly cultivated and was a general favorite. Her father and mother and her sister, tho duchess of Valencay, remained at th private sanitarium In whioh th operation wa performed until death occurred. Friends of th family feaf th blow will seriously affect Mra. Morton, who baa re cently been slightly Indisposed. FRENCH SCANDAL TO BB PROBED Premier Combes Explains "Carthnslaa Millions" aad Inquiry Will Follow, PARIS, June 10. During an acrimonious discussion In the Chamber of Deputies to day betjfeen Premier Combes and M. Mil lers nd, socialist ex-minister, someone on the right shouted: "What about the Car thusian millions T" alluding to a scandal that has betn the subject of violent con troversy In the press and which was a sub ject of a Judicial Investigation a fsw mouths ago. "That 1 one of th most painful recol lections of my life," said the premier. "I saortflced certain proof of an Infamy com mitted against m to high political con sideration!." Immediately after the current question had been concluded, a deputy asked leave to Interpellate on a subject of alleged bribery. Premier Combes expressed satis faction at the opportunity to reveal a secret which had weighed on him, and he made the following statement: In December. 1802 ' the secretary of the minister of the Interior, Edgar Combes, the premier's son, Informed me that he had received a visit from a person offering two millions If I would brlnn In a bill auth orising the Carthusian monks to remain at uranae unnrtreuue. i replied inai toe person had better not enter my room unless he wanted to go out of the window, and attached no further Importance to the In cident until a few. months later, after a bill refusing an authorisation to the Car thusians had been brought in. The newspapers accused the secretary of having asked a million for me to make a speech In favor of the Carthusians. An In vestigation was made and the Intermedi ary, who was M. La Grave, commissioner of Franc to th St Louis exposition, wa examined, hut refused to name the person for whom he had acted. The minister of commerce cabled to M. Jj Grave, ordering him to give the name. He replied that he had communicated It to M. Mlllerand, bis former chief. -M. M1U lerand sought me and begged me not to divulge the name for Important political reason. Th matter wa then dropped. A lively debate ensued. Several depu ties demanded a full publlo Investigation of the attempt to corrupt the premier. Premier Combe declared that ' tha government wished full light to be thrown on the mat ter and did not ear whether an Investiga tion waa mad by a parliamentary commis sion or by the Judicial authorities, Th Chamber dr elded almoot unanimously to ap point a oommlssion of thirty-three deputies, whioh will be elected on Tuesday, thor oughly to Investigate the subject. ' SHOOTS AT RUSSIA MINISTER Representative of tbo Char at Borao Seriously lajarod by Foreigner. BERNH. Pwltserland. June 10,-rTh Rus sian minister here, M. V. V: Jadovskt, was ahot In a rtreet her this afternoon and seriously Injured In th bead. - HI would-be assassin waa arrested. Tho latter la be lieved to b a foreigner". A surgeon successfully extracted tho bul let this afternoon. It 1 believed tho wound will heal normally. The federal council in extraordinary session decided to bring Ilnttakl before th federal tribunal. The president of the confederation called to inquired about the condition of M. Jad ovskt and th federal council telegraphed It condolence to the minister family and to the' Foreign office at St, Petersburg. Ilnltzkl 1 an engineer and waa formerly a Russian officer, but now Is a Turkish subject with -a Turkish passport. The Russian minister received several threat ening letters from IlnitxkJ which h turned over to the police. Thl morning Ilnltikl questioned th minister regarding hi claim, but obtaining no satisfactory reply shot him. ' M. Jadovskl'a assailant wa a Russian named Llnttakl. He had been in Berne for some weeks and complained that the Rus sian authorities had confiscated an estate belonging to him. M. Jadovskl'a wound, although It at first appeared to bo ever, I not dangerous. OAPB MAT Cl'P IS AT 'BOOT f Ktaer Edward's Cotter Brlttaata Hot Able to Defeat Trophy. LONDON, June W.-The Cspe May cup returns to it original horn on board the American liner St Louis, sailing from Southampton tomorrow. The Roya Tacht squadron obtained th trophy from King Bdward and it 1 now consigned to the New Tork Tacht club. The Royal Tacht squadron wa obliged to decline the challenge for tho Cape May cup by Commodore Morton F. Plant of the Larchmont Tacht club, with hi ohooner yacht Ingomar, because King Edward cutter Britannia, wbioh held the eup, is too antiquated to defend it It wa therefore decided to return the trpby to th New Tork Tacht club. The condl tiona of th cup require that It must be defended by the latest winner., IirFSnUTAb MACHINE) FOR EMPEROR Coaoealed la Tobaeee Boxes sal Meeaaatssa WerUsg, LONDON, Jun 11 The Dally Mail ao. Verts: Two Infernal machine were found on th night of Jun 7 concealed In tobacoo boxes In the Tsarskoy Belo palace, where th osar la now living. One of tho ma- chines waa in the dining room, the other In the audience chamber. The mechanism la each was working when discovered. Th trlotet secrecy Is observed and this state ment although true In every detail, la sure to be categorically denied. Calag; Wireless Telegraak. LONDON,.. Jun 1L The Daily Mall' Cb Foo correspondent says: Th Japanese con sul has discovered that a wlreles tele- graph apparatus Is attached In the night. time to the Russian consular flagstaff at Che Foo and that tb consulate 1 la oom- municaUoa with Port Arlliue. OUTRAGES OF THE BULL PEN Tar-Euind Womtn Bg to Talk with Hnibiadi, Bnthin and 8wthearts- MORE NEWSPAPER Pl" THREATENED Deportatlo" S.O rtWar Cnoa raJ -r. . OrT Arts by .CO .VOV la Power la -' Cripple Creole. , CRIPPLB CREEK, Colo., June 10. The committee having In charge the petition being circulated among the merchants and business men pledging themselves not to smploy union labor ordered the expunging of the American Federation of Labor from the Hat of objectionable unions because the printers, pressmen, storekeepers and news paper writers are affiliated with that body and to place the federation under the ban would necessarily Involve the suspension of the Cripple Creek Times and the Even Ing Star, which employ union forces. All day a long line of women plainly dressed and showing tear-stained faces, besieged the "bull pens" here and In Victor begging the armed guards for per mission to see husbands, fathers, brothers and sweethearts. Admittance was denied during the forenoon, but all callers were allowed to see and talk with the prisoners In the afternoon. The prisoners are being supplied with good food and plenty of It, but the women brought them bundles and baskets of food and buckets of liquids, de- sldes changes of clothing. Creditors of the union stores in the dis trict which Were wrecked by mobs during the last few days have begun swearing out attachments for accounts. The accounts ot the stores, it is said, will be guaranteed by the Western Federation of Miners and the creditors will lose nothing. The total In debtedness of the various stores is said to be between 15,000 and $10,000. ' Threaten to Rata Plants.' George F. Kyner, editor of the Victor Record, intends getting out his paper un der military protection tomorrow. When his plant was wrecked J. R. Karr, proprie tor of the Cripple Creek Star, tendered him th use of the Star plant Kyner accepted nd made preparations to publish hla paper today, but a committee of citizens waited on Mr. Karr, informing htm that if he permitted Kyner to use the Star plant it also would be wrecked. Under the circum stances Kyner could not use the Star plant and he ran off a single sheet dummy and sent It through the mails in order to pro tect his contract Today General Bell piomlsed him military protection In using the Star plant and he accepted tho propo sition. Detective are looking for Victor Poole and Sherman Parker, who left the camp after the Independence explosion. Officers In tb employ ot th Mine Owner' asso ciation aay that Poole and Parker pur chased tickets over the Rock Island rail road, Poole for McCune and "Parker for Kansas City, and boarded a train at Colo rado Spring veral hour after the ex plosion. War Cpon Valonay The Portland remains closed by order of General Bell ud ita BOO employee will bo oompeileU to abandon the union or leave tho district Employer in all branches of " business in thl olty, without an ex ception, so far as known, have signed the agreement prepared by th Cltisen' ai ll ano, "not to employ help of any kUfd that 1 in any way- connected with the Diatriot Trades assembly or the Stat Fed eration of Labor, th American Labor union or tb Western Federation 41 Miners or any kindred organisation." This agree ment of tbo proprietor baa Caused con sternation atnobg tbo elerka and employe In shop and stores who are toembera of th retail clerks, barber, oarpentera, bar tender, cook and other trade unions, aa all will hav to loalgn to bold their post- Mast gv reader Cards. The union card which 'hav been de manded In thl camp in order to transact business will no longer be a necessity, in fact, It I Intended that the oar da shall be surrendered a soon aa tb committee' re port can be acted on. Tb present 'scale of wage will prevail and Individual union will be tolerated, It 1 oonooded. If they are conducted on con servative plan and not give aid directly or indirectly to th Western Federation of Miners. , v This warfare against union 1 to be ex tended, tho organiser of the movement aay, to every city and town In the district Th authorities now in control declare that there ha not for month been a time when life and property her were aa, safe as thy are today. Th streets are quiet and as those of the alleged lawless element who have not fled hav been imprisoned, no further disturbance la expected. The search for agitator and criminals, however, is till being proseouted. Many persona ar rested nave been released after being ex amined by th military provost marshal or th citlaen' court of Investigation and given a word of warning. DeportaUov ot BLiaev Oamttxraoa. Deportation are tbo order of tho day. General Sherman M. Bell, military com mander, baa ordered that nlnety-oevan member of tbo Minora anion aball bo taken outside of Toiler county on a apodal train in aooordaao with th recom mendation of tb citizens' alliance who examined them. The committee wa In session nearly all night Investigating the case of 100 other union men who ar con fined In the Victor armory and submitted another report to General Bell today recom mending further deportation. General Bell said: Within forty-eight hours this district will bo rid of ail agitators and other objectiona ble men. One deportation after another will be made until none of the men who have terrorised the district so long will be left here. We Intend to continue arresting men who are not wanted here and tb;y will be run out aa fast aa poaslble. The unionists are scarea ana men are leaving the county of their own volition to avoid urait and incarceration. There are still some desperate characters among the hills, However, wnom we muuu icuuii, uu iiwi ter what the cost la running them down there may occur some nlita, but i do not look for any serious trouble. Squad are cut scouring th bill In search of certain man who are wanted In connection with th Independence asaassl natlona Telegrama have been asnt to sheriffs and chleta of police at outside points asking them to watch for those per sona, whose names are, not made public Sheriff Edward Bell bas Issued an order that all saloons In tb district must remain dosed until Monday, June 11. CsssUag Cost of Troabla. DENVER, Jun 10. Th eeat ot th vari ous strike to Colorado during the last six teen month 1 estimated at ta.03t,00. Of this amount tb stale has bad to pay KM, o for maintaining troop In th Said, and tb lose to striker and others dlreotly af fected in wages, eta, and to th employer In losa of business, is placed at V2,eU0,0L.0. With the exception of a few brief periods tb National Guard baa been on duty at Continued on Beoond Paga LAYS BLAMEON FEDERATION Hamlin of Cripple Creek Says Organ isation Baa Record of Marder, Arson aad Lawlessness. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 10. Clar ence C. Hamlin, secretary of the Cripple Creek District Mine Owners' association. gave out the following statement today in reply to a telegram from a New Tork newspaper, asking him as "head of the vigilante" to present his side of the labor troubles here: There Is no vigilance committee In this community. 'the on:y movement that niiKlu be considered of that character oc cunei after the independence outrage of Monday, wnen aetermined citizens took steps to bring about the resignation of several officers who were either incom petent or in sympathy and collusion with those responsible for the murders and dynamiting which have taken place here eince me eirine. i nese crtlcM nave been tilled by capable men and the situation Is now In the hands of a sheriff fully able to iianuie it. Me is acting In full harmony with the adjutant general of the state. The position of the Cripple Creek oper ators lias been placed In an absolutely false light by the eastern presn. Labor leaders attribute these troubles to the defeat of the eight-hour law In Colorado. The fact Is that we have been working an eight hour day for ten years, paying a minimum wage of t and an average wage of about 4 per day. The actual working time of a miner Is but seven hours. No grievance was lodged against the operators when the strike was called and had the question been leff to the miners themselves itO per cent would have voted against It. This strike Is due to the fact that the striking rower hns been taken from the union members and lodged In the nandH or a lew leaders, criminals them selves and dependent on crime to attain tneir ends. While this strike Is called a sympa' thetlc one, to aid certain mlllmen, most of them also working an eight-hour day, Its real purpose, was to compel every miner In the district to join the Western r ecieration or Miners or leave the country, This organisation has a record of law lessness, murder, arson and dynamiting In Coeur d'Alene, Butte, Ijeadville, Idaho Springs. Telluride. Cripple Creek and else where extending: over a period of ten or fifteen years, which should 'appal humanity. xnese outrages culminated nere Monany wnen nrteen men were blown to eternity and as many more maimed so that death would be a mercy. The only parallel to this organisation can be found In the Mollis Mnffulres of Pennsylvania, and their members were law abiding citizens com pared with the organization which we have to deal witn. me peace and quiet of the state demand that this organization be exterminated, root and branch. The re sponsibility for the above outrages Is so well fixed f. t no person can belong to the Federation and pretend to be a law- aotdlng citizen. Since Monday's calamity we would close every mine In this district for ten years rather than let a single member of this organization work or live here. But this is not necessary, for all our mines ara worklnr full handed with a better class of men, all nonunion, than ever before. rne fact that no lawlessness has been committed since the outrages of Monday and that every good citizen Is standing at the right hnd of the sheriff In his en deavor to maintain the law and to suppress tnis lawless organization speaks volumes for the patience and -law lovlna Qualities of the people of this community. There is now no legal question Involved In this controversy other than that of the right of a community to purge Itself of a criminal organization whose very ex istence Is a standing menace to the lives and property of those whose only offense Is that they claim the right to work. Our flKht haa not been against unionism as sunn, nut against criminal organizations, and it will not be discontinued until no member of thla organization 1 left In Teller county. SECTION, McN DID THE WORK Tblak Robbers of Traia Hoar Para chute Former Employe of RIo Grande Hoad. NEW tiASTLB, Colo., Juno 10. Tho two survivors of the band of train robbers who dynamited an express car on th Denver A Rio Grande were near Parachute Tuesday night and escaped during tha night from a ridge In Garfield Park canyon, where they had been surrounded by pursuers. They cannot have gone far and It la believed hey would soon be located. Bloodhounds are being used to trace the fugitives, who are supposed to be John Emmerling and Charles Scrubbs, railroad section men who quit their Jobs. The third member of the band, who wa killed yesterday, wa Identified aa J. H. Ross, also a section man who quit work on the road at the same time as the other two. Rosa shot himself In tho head after he had been wounded by tha posse chasing him. SALESMEN MEET IN DENVER - Commercial Travelers of America At tend tbo Fourth Graad Cooaeil of tho Order. DENVER. June 10.-Fu!ly tOOO com mercial travelere from aU ovwr tbo westi, fortB ot plac)( even admitting that are attending tne iourtn grana council of the United Commercial Travelers of America, which began her today. Grand Councillor B. J. Symonda of this city 're sponded to addresses of welcome delivered by Governor James H. Peabody and MayorJ R. W. Speer, In his" address Governor Pea body referred to the labor disturbance in Colorado. "Tou cari bo of great assistance In put ting an end to the present strife," be aid, "Traveling aa you do from town to town, from city to city, through the val ley and mountains, and again over th plain, your Influence is felt In more way than one." CANNON WILL NOT ACCEPT Speaker of Hons Will Decline to Haa If Named . fop Vleo President . WASHINGTON, June . T decline th nomination. Th clerk will call th roll again for nominations for vloe president" Thl I th statement of what ha will do at tho Chicago convention, mad today by Speaker Cannon of th bouse whan asked th direct question. "What will you do If th convention nominate you despite your objeotlonsT" " He then made tha atatement quoted. He will be the permanent chairman of th convention aad In a position to act as Indicated. KNOX IS NAMEDAS SENATOR Attorney General ef United States Appointed by Governor to la, oeod 0,aay. HARRIS BURG, Fa., June lA-Oovernor Pennypacker today appointed Philander C. Knox successor to th lata United States Senator Quay. Governor Pennypacker also an Bounced that be will not call the legislature in extra esalon. This mean that th appointment of Mr. Knox is for th unexpired term end lug March 4, 1& Argentine Waato No Moaopoly. NEW TORK, June 10. The genera! di rector of posts and telegraphs baa refused proposals, says a Herald dlspatoh from Buenos Ayres, for the erection of stations In Argentine to attempt wireless communi cation with Itaty. The company making th proposals asked a noaopely to four teen year and 300.001, i INTEREST CENTERS IN RURORI Ttrswi Army Aoron th Front of Konro- patkii'i Poiitioa. ALSO INTRENCHES ALONG HIS FLANK Whether Great Battle Is to Be Foaght gqon In that Vicinity Depeads Largely I'poa the Weather Rains Set la Sooa. (Copyright, by New Tork Herald Co., 1904.) LONDON, June 11. (New Tork Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Once more Interest has shifted from Port Arthur to Manchuria, where a general for ward movement Is in progress of execution by the Japanese array This morning the official new from the Japanese first army Is regarded aa record lng the most Important operations by the Victors of the Yalu since crossing that river and the occupation "of Feng Wang Cheng by a linked series of practically simultaneous movement extending between extreme points, something like 100 miles apart, as the crow files. General Kuroki has at one entrenched himself upon the flank and thrown himself across the front of his adversary's posi tion. General Kouropatkin could not have moved southward under any circumstances without exposing his base, but even It he could protect his communication at Muk den, he could not, according to opinion held here, now break through the forces that bar his path without lighting and winning the greatest battle since Sedan. It Is suggested by the Dally Mail that General Kuroki has been "waiting to See whether the tortoise could not be Induced to put out it head," or, In other words, to see whether General Kouropatkin would riot make a movement to support Port Arthur. It now seems that ,the Russian general has abandoned such an intention, in view of his inadequate force, but he haa run considerable risk by sending some 10,000 men to the south of Kai Chau who must be in great danger if the Japanese press their advance. Ralas Come Sooa. Much, however, dependa on the weather and the state of the Manchurlan road. It haa taken the Japanese more than several weeks to advanoe from the Yalu to Slam- atsaa, a distance ot sixty miles, and to land two or three additional armies, or some 160,000 men, but now that their main force has been disembarked. If the rain holds oft, their advance should be much more rapid, but not many days' now will pass before the rainy season sets in, so that if the Japanese - mean to atttwik Gen eral Kouropatkin they hav no' time to lose. , The Dally Telegraph thus sum up the results of the week's operations la the far east: "Port Arthur is securely Invested. General Kouropatkin and th csar's main army are almost as securely contained. General Oku has tightened his throttling grip upon the throat of the doomed fort ress. General Kuroki In . th north has taken measure to insure that the siege shall be pushed on without disturbance." Maay Improbable Storiea. (Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.) PARIS. June 11 (New Tork Herald Ca blegramSpecial Telegram to The Bea.j The Herald' European edition publishes tho following from Its military expert: There is just now quit a crop of sensa tional reports, the on as unlikely as the other. Sometime they ar to tha effect that the whole of the third Japanese army ha been destroyed. Sometimes It, is re ported that Port Arthur ba been taken by atorm, following a Bombardment by land and sea, whereas tb Japanese alege guns hav not. yet been landed and the outposts of General' Oku hav scarcely been able yet to coma within sight of tho Russian hav not tried to profit by tho natural defenses ot tho peninsula to retard, if not stop, th Japanese advance. 'Sometimes It Is reported that the fleet of Admiral Togo ha been beaten and almost annihilated; finally It is sometimes re ported that Admiral Skyrdloff haa affected an entrance to 'Port Arthur with hi Vladivostok squadron. Doubtlesa, after ail, th truth may sometimes appear unlikely, a th poet says. But wbil awaiting con firmation of on or the other of these rumor H Is wis to depend on what seems possible. Makes Staad la Moontalns. It th Japanese, as Is believed, have has tened their advance on Port Arthur, it Is probable that General Btoessel haa triad to bar their passage at th ohaln ot mountains which passes through 81 Chan and cuts the peninsula transversely. Thus would be explained the new brought by all tho Chinese refugee from th besieged place, according to which the garrison bas gone out in a body to meet the assailants at fifteen or twenty kilometer (ten or thirteen mile) It Is believed toward -tbo east "As to the Japanese Beet, It made a dem onstration at several point of th west ooaat ot th Llao Tung peninsula on Jun 7, which clearly indicate that on that day at least tb attack on Port Arthur was-suspended. 1 "la order to have elbow room In the Kwan Tung peninsula and not to be har rassed on the rear while besieging the place It la approaching, the Japanese general haa placed between Pou Lan Tsen and Tang Kla Fang cordon of troops destined to oppose a first barrier to General Stake!- berg, who I advancing south with an army corp which. It la said, will soon reaeh 10,000 or et.OOO men. W continue to doubt that thla force will be able to come up with General Okru'S army and take It m th rar while It 1 attacking Port Arthur, But It can doubtless cot off tho communication of thla army and that ef General Knrekl by ooming tn touch with General Mlts ebenk' Coaaacka Daily ktrsatahea. 'Skirmishes Continue to take plaoe dally 1 (Continued on Fifth Page.) THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for Nebraska Partly floodyt Satordayt Probably Showers In Kaat and Soath Portions Snaday Pair, rage. 1 Insists Military Mob Rnles Town, Prisoners Complain ot Trent meat. General Knrokl Makes a Mote, Fifty Years of Life ef State. 9 Old Settlers Talk of Old Times. S Minister MeCormlek Not Resigning News from All Port of Nebrnakn. 4 High School Orators Are Chosen. 5 Bosnians Fortifying St. Petersburg Review of the Trade of the Week. Mrs. Ellas le Discharged. 4 Oration of Henry D. Eatabrook. T Sporting Events of the Day. 8 Story, "Tho VlaPa Secret. Bogna Claims Made far Radians. Seta Oat Real Life of Soldier. 10 Editorial... 11 Jadgres Hearing; Donnlsoa Case. . 13 Story, "Converting; a Parent." 18 Financial aad Commercial. 18 Connetl man's and Iowa Newa. Fall to Indict Miss Patterson. 16 Jaqnlth Finally Takes tho Cera.. Hour. Do,. Uonr. Dear. 8 au n uv 1 p. aa ra O a. m 4 a p. m T3 T a. m A4 B p. ra TB Ha.ni on 4 j. m n 9 a. m M ft p. m T3 Warn OH O p. m ...... Tl 11 a. m...... TO T p. m TO 13 i T3 S p. m M p. m OO THINK PORT ARTHUR WILL FALL Russian Plans 'for Subsequent Move ment of Fleet Are Com plete. ST. PETERSBURG, June la There Is reason to believe that the plans for the departure of the Fort Arthur squadron, In the event that the fall of the fortress be. come Imminent, have been completed. They Involve the co-operation of the Vlad ivostok squadron. After the blockading fleet ha been engaged, the uninjured Rus sian ships will effect a Junction with tho Vladivostok squadron and make their way to Vladivostok. The fact that the Corean straits are mined and guarded by a Japa nese torpedo boat flotilla, which haa been established to satisfaction of thatid- mlralty here, greatly increases the diffi culty of the operation, but the Russians will probably prefer to take ohances of getting through rather than of naklng a S.OOO-mll Journey around Japan. The at tempt may occur ot th first favorable opportunity. The squadron la useless for the defense of Port Arthur, while. If pre served entire or in major portion, oven the fall of Port Arthur would be robbed of much of its Importance, from the stand point of Russia's future plans. The repair to the Russian battleship Pobleda are now practically completed. CZAR INFORMED OF TWO FIGHTS Russians Win . Two More Battlea by . Backing; Away. . BT, PETERSBURG, Jun 10. The czar bas received from General Kouropatkin the following telegram dated June S: The JaDanese bombardment on June 8 of the coast between Benvuohen and Kaiplhg caused no loss ef life or material damage, although a considerable number of shells were bred. About 11 o'clock the Japanese appeared before the town on the south side, but were checked by a very success ful Are from our batteries. Japanese In fantry then began advancing, against the town from the east by the Fang Wang Cheng road, and came in contact with the Cossacks holding the pass. After two hours of fighting the Cossacks were obliged to retire and our artillery opened fire, in the course of the fight a flanking movement by several battalions of Japanese Infantry waa observed northeast of Sluyen. threat ening our line of retreat Consequently our tosaacics gradually wunarew nvs miies from biuyen, keeping up tneir are iroru a battery on a dense column of the enemy at a range of 000 yards. in the arrair on June 7 at varangow we lost one rifleman wounded, but the Jap anese sustained considerable losses. Ac cording to the testimony of residents they lost lorty killed or wounded. Details ot. the affair at Salmatxe follow: June 3. at S a. m.. an outsost comnanv on the Aiyang road was attacked by tha enemy. The Chasseurs at rfrst attacked the Japanese, Inflicting losses. Reinforce ments joined the enemy, bringing up their strength to a brigade of Infantry,' two bat teries of artillery and three suuadrona of cavalry. Thereupon the commander of our detachment ordered a retreat toward Fen- chulln pass. The detachment withdrew slowly and in good order, holding successive positions. Our wounded Included Captain Makharoff. and jueutenant nonjusai. ttom omoers, however, remained In the ranks. About lw men were killed or wounded. The enemy suffered severely. TELLS OF MUCH MINOR FIGHTER Islanders Drive Knomy Before Thorn oa Several Oeoasloma. TOKIO, June 10. Oenerai Kuroki reports that a detachment of Japanese troop on Tuesday routed a battalion of Russian In fantry with two guns at Hal Maohia, tha Japanese losing three men killed and twen ty-four wounded. The Japanese captured two officer and five men. Tb Ruaslana left n th field twenty-three men dead or wounded and probably lost seventy men. A Japan detachment dispatched In the direction of Tung Tuan Pa repulsed sixty or seveaty of tb enemy's Infantry ad Lin Cha Tal on Monday and on Tuesday en countered six companies of Russian In fantry and 930 cavalry at Chan Chla Slh. After two hour' engagement tho Japanese drove the Russians off In th direction of Tung Tuan Pu. The Russian onsualtle were seventy or eighty nen killed or wounded. Tb Japanese lost foar men killed and sixteen wounded. On Wednesday a Japaiaaa detaohmsnt landed at Taku Shan, encountered a Rus sian fore of 4,000 cavalry, with six guns, near Blu Ten and drove tbem back toward Cbl Mucbang and Kai Chou, losing tore men killed and two officers and twenty eight men wounded. FEAR TO TRUST CO RSI AN TROOPS Proposition to Make Thena Do Duty Is Received with Distrust. SEOUL, June Id. Talegraphlo communi cation baa been re-established with Ham Heung, on th east coast , Th Corean war ministry recommends the distribution of t,kO Carean soldiers In various positions, fifty to too each, along tbTtimn river and Great South road In several Im portant Inner towna and at Ham Heung to prevent future Russian raids. The step baa not yet been agreed on, as ths policy Is questionable in view ot the probability of tho majority of each a force deserting with their rifles, turning bandits and robbing the country folks, rather than opposing the Russian. A number of women and children from Genaan have followed tho forelgnera to the mountain monastery, twenty miles from Genaan, where the latter have sought refuge. Other fugitive w ernes and chil dren from Genaan, numbering alxtx-flv persona, have arrived at Fuaan, on their way to Japan. FIFTY YEARS OF ACE flalf Cantor. Lived Over Again hj Fionetrt of Anttlop State. SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF STATE OF NEBRASKA Gldn Jubilee of Organisation of Territory ii Mad Ittmorabla Event. YOUNG AND OLD JOIN IN CELEBRATION Civio and Military Farad Combined with Oratory and BcRlolicsnes, HON. H. 0. ESTABR00K ORATOR OF DAY Governor Mlekey and Nearly All State) Officials Tarclclpata la Demos eviration So Significant to tho People. The splendor of the present; th wilder ness that was; and bow and why. For the contemplation of which was the semi centennial. Tb people of Nebraska in Omaha yester day commemorated the approval of Presi dent Pierce May. 30, 1S54, of the Nebraska Kansas bill which permitted the organiza tion of the territory of Nebraska. A beneficent providence forbade tho rain that fell slightly in th morning nnd the remainder of the day was so fair In char acter a to Induce thousands to view tho parade downtown and pack the huge "Au ditorium to Its last seal. The celebration waa everything th nam Implies and was divided Into three dis tinct phases. First, in pageantry knd dis play by the grand civic and military parade; In thoughtful consideration of the circum stances combining to make the state. Its present and its future, by the meeting In the Auditorium, at which Henry D. Eata brook delivered a brilliant address; and third. In reminiscence and good f- 'ljwshlp by an informal old Bottlers' reunion at the Orpheum theater In the ev'liig, at which nine of the oldest and most prominent citi zens told of th events that shaped tho commonwealth. Deep Interest Taken by All. Th outpouring of vwerable resident who oune to Nebraska and Omaha In the early day was et.vo.daHy remarkable and Indicated the deep Interest felt In the af fair. The men and women classed aa pioneers were too many 5or the sixty car riages that bad been provided and tho many private conveyances, a&d some dtffb culty was encountered In giving all of them an opportunity to ride In the parade. At tbo Auditorium more than 6,000 people of ail ages and conditions probably one ot the most truly representative and cos- , mopolltan groups that ever assembled In Omaha proved that the great building Is none too commodious In Its present unfin ished condition. The commemoration did not begin until afternoon and from 12 o'clock on the day was given up entirely to the occasion, all publlo buildings and many private ones being closed. The throngs that congregated downtown to view the parades have been equaled only by some of the Ak-Sar-Bcn congregations, when thousands of visitors were in the city. For a celebration of tho aula me paraae was uncommonly una, Wonders of Fifty Teara Most marked of all the feeling expressed and felt was that of deep wonder over what had been accomplished in Nebraska In fifty years; hearty self-congratulation upon ths condition of the present and earnest faith In the future. This wag tho spirit that predominated ths gatherings. It waa a truly' happy, celebration, without tumult but with ixsiny . happy smiles and frequent handclasps betokening feel ings of brotherhood and awakening old., memories and associations. The incomplete Auditorium at 11:30 seemed aa though it could hold no mora. A plat form, had been built midway down tba vast hail on the south side so that all present might hear, and from this the speaker addressed the people. Tha patriotic and beautiful decorations of th opening ball remained. Faf back against the walla peo ple were standing. They were mossed In tho galleries and upon th tase, and still they cams. Pioneers oa the Stage. Wban Dr. George L. Miller, the chairman of the commemorative exercises, rose to request order the following were ' sealed upon th platform: Colonel John A. Case ment, General Grenvlll M. Dodge, Her man Kountae, former Governor Jamea 14 Boyd, Senator Millard, Governor Mickey, Lieutenant Governor MuGUtou, , Stat Auditor Weston, Attorney General Prout Commissioner of Lands and Buildings Full mer, Ben B. Wood, Prank Murphy, 3. Wakeley, Henry W. Yatea, Charles Turner, K. D. Pratt, Ii. U E Kennedy, John L Kedlok. Charles Seymour of Nebraska City, George W. Doane, J. M. Woolworth, II. B. Zlmman, Edward Rosewator, Stephen D. Banga George B. Lake, Bishop A. L. . Williams and Captain H. &. Palmer. Wban Mr. Eatabrook mounted the plat form the people applauded. A moment later lanes' band, directed by Bonumir Kryl. Bounded the strains of Weber's "Jubel," at the signal from Dr. Miller. The beautiful music quieted tbo multitude, and the move to a standing position when "America" was played as a finale was ot spontaneous accord.. When the mualo ceased with a last tri umphant blast Dr. Miller ro and said: "I have the honor to call this great as sembly to ordar, and It will now be opened by prayer by the Reverend Bishop wr llama." Rev. Mr. Williams, bishop coadjutor ot tha Episcopal dloces of Nebraska, stepped forward and offered an Invocation. While he raised his voice tb people continued to pass In and made considerable noise mounting to the baloenles. Dr. Miller's OpeavlnaT Address. In bis opening address Dr. Millar, chair, man, said: ' We are assembled here to celebrate the admtsHiun of the territory of Nebraska into the Lulled ataton at lis liftteth anniversary. T hla event marked tiie comineuueiutiiit of one of the most gigautlo civil lorfillcts la our history and It led to bloodshed and misery which man is zowerlcms to esti mate. It was bav'laed in blood and it came out with trlumiih, In whioh American valor, red with the rich bhiod of both seutious of the union, vlmlicatiid the power of that treat race which ooikiuois continents and not afraid of hostuo nations. It is to me a matter of infinite pride and satisfaction that 1 have been alluwud by providence to appear In the prexenoa of such a vast aaanaiblage as thiit, which rep resents the power ot one of tho greutvat sgrioultural states in the Amnrloan union, after fifty years of residence on this con tinent (Appluus.) I oongratulatu these men on this plaiforrn, who were mv coin rndes snd who came to live In tills spot at a time when there were few white m-4L I am particularly gratified today, and I wish to acknowledge the recognition of the governor and his staff, who have come to assist us In this celebration, to give It a state character and to relieve it of the ' error that wont broadcast tbat this was
