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UNDER HEAVY FIR
Diipa'.o'i from Liao Y-f AnnonncM
Operations of L r;e P oportia.
PORT ARTHUR IS SAID TO BE HELPLESS
Entsians Find it In.pcibl to Inttrfm
with 8itga of tha Ga ritoo.
NO DETAILS OF ENGAGEMENT AVAILABLE
rnt at Liao Yang En'artains the
Entir Front of Arming.
RUSSIA PLAINLY SHOWS NERVOUSNESS
(teeervea Tailed Oat to th Furpo
of Flllfnir Vp the Vaeucr Had
by Troopa Dispatched to
the Front.
LONDON, June 14, The Central Newa
baa received a dispatch from It Llao Tang
correspondent undnr today's date saying
tLat heavy firing between the Russian and
Japanese vanguards commenced at 1:40
o'clock this afternoon. The fighting ex
tended along the entire front, assuming the
dimensions of a general engagement. Tho
correspondent says that no details are
available.
BT. PETERSBURG, June 14. Tlie Novoe
Vremya'a military expert authoritatively
denies the report that Oenoral Btakelbnrg
Is on the march south. Ho declares that
the only Russian forces on the Llao Tung
peninsula above Port Arthur consist of
cavalry and railroad guards, and odds
that It Is scarcely possible to Interfere
With th siege operations before .port Ar
thur. The chief mission of the Russian
cavalry detachments, he says, is to hamper
the) movements of the Japanese columns
from the south to the north.
The Novoe Vromya devotes a long ed
itorial to arguing that wireless communi
cation with neutral territory does not con
stitute a breach of neutrality, the enemy
having practically the same remedy, as in
th case of cable communication, namely,
as previously cabled In one case of cutting
the cable, and in tho other of stationing a
vessel rigged with wireless apparatus be
tween the sending and receiving stations,
thus Interfering with communication. "
The calling out of the army reserves in
the Kazan, Kief and Moscow military dis
tricts was announced today. - This step is
for the purpose of filling up the skeleton
reserve) corps and to replace the regular
troopa already gone or going to the front.
It also foreshadows the dispatch of four
Volga corps, which was predicted In these
dispatches a month ago. The latter would
give General Kouropatkln 200.000 more men.
Reports SeTftre) FtaThttng.
Emperor Nicholas has received the fol
lowing telegram from lieutenant Oeneral
Baron Btakelberg bearing today's date:
A battle began at noon around the Rus
sian position, four and one-half miles
south of the station of Waianboon, the
enemy making repeated attempts to dis
lodge our left flank. The attack waa rer
Miud and we retained our position.
The' nret ''-regiment) occupying toe left
flank of bur position sustained severe
loeees. Its commander. Colonel Khavae
tounoff and Adjutant Bub-Lieutenant Drag
ostsJI Nodochlnaky, were killed, General
QemgroHS was wounded, a shrapnel bullet
battering the light side of his lower
aw( but he remained on the field.
BRITISH COURT RUSSIANS
Paper) Seek to Bring? United
States Into Disfavor la that
( Country.
(Copyright, 1904, by New York Herald Co.)
BT. PETERSBURG, June 14. New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) The growing tendency In oar
tain English newspapers to prepare the
way for a British good undertaking with
Russia at the expense of the United States
Is attracting attention. In the London
Times, which has just reached here, there
la a notice to the effect that the British
ambassador. Sir Charles Harding, had pre
sented 3,000 ($10,000), aent from England
to the Russian Red Cross, while In sig
nificant contrast the next paragraph Is de
voted to, the supposed boycotting of the
American ambassador, with the tart remark
at the end that this Is the caae In spite of
assurance of the government at Wash
ington and of the ambassador himself that
his relations here are pleasant.
Mr, MoCormlck being away, the Inference
naturally la that he waa compelled to ab
sent himself. That Is quite misleading. The
truth la It la the most disagreeable period
of the year in the capital, which Is de
serted by everybody, ambassadors and mln.
later making It a habit of getting away
now. ' Months ago Mr. MoCormlck an
nounced that toward the end of July he
Intended going to Carlsbad and he Is sim
ply oarrytug out his plana to take the cure
there.
mND JAPAMKSB ARB ACTIVE
tlnaslaai Reports Indicate Islanders
Are Shifting; Many Soldiers.
BT. PETERSBURG, June U The Japa
nese are displaying aotlvity at all their
advance lines. According to Information
In the possession of the War office two
divisions of the enemy are now marching
north along the railroad towards Vafangow j
twenty-five miles above Kin Chou). They
are having constant skirmishes with the
letlrlng Runs tans, but the advance la not
being seriously contested. Although It Is
too early to determine the exaot purpose
of the advance, the presumption of the gen
eral staff la that the northward movement j
Is Intended to effect a Juncture at Kin
Chou with the column from Blu Yen, which
la still moving westward. The bombard
ment of the coast near Kin Chou and the
blockade of New Chwang might Indicate
that the ultimate objeot of the combined
movements Is to clear the Llao Tung penin
sula of Russians and occupy New Chwang
as a ntw base. The garrison at New
Chwang, It la claimed here, remains undi
minished, but It la not believed that th
Russlun plans contemplate a serious at
tempt to hold New Chwang.
North of Feng Wang Cheng the Japanese
are also moving. Ths War office has no ad
vices confirmatory of the abandonment of
Balmatssa (north of Fens: Wans Chens: and
east southeast of Llao Yang). On the con- !
trary, the latest reports are to the effect j
that the Japanese hold Balmatssa, their
outside posts reaching so far north aa Fn I
Bhuy Lin pass (about due east of Llao
Yang), which is held by the Russians.
A Japanese force of 3.000 men la reported
to be moving norjh from Huan Dlan Blang,
thirty miles from Bulmatsia, The Japanese
are strongly fortifying Feng Wang Cheng
aa a precaution against possible disaster.
The War office ha advice since Jun 13
from Pu Lan Tien (in the southern part of
the Llao Yang peninsula) and they do not
meutlon th Japanese ambush of that data,
tCon tinned, OA 000004 Pago.)
v ,RESS REC!iLES oaf
ran Visitors at Uerua
ss.-U I' poo Wife of Emperor
William.
June 14. The chief. Interest of
at.
th
" tn dpeRat to the International
, ingress today attached to an
tn to twenty-one members of
nal council by the empress.
srfmtir,, Afttnitplml th retlrlno- and
Tho.
newty elected officials of the council, the
pre'sMvnt of each national council and sev
eral leaders of the movement. The Ameri
cans on the deputation were Miss Susan B.
Anthony, Mrs. May Wright Bewail of In
dianapolis and Mrs. Swift. Her majesty
engnged all the delegates In conversation
evidencing great Interest in the progress
of the woman movoment. She expressed
much pleasure at hearing from the foreign
delegatea of the succeas of ' the Berlin
meeting of the council. The American
delegates were charmed by the empress'
grscious bearing, which Mrs. Bewail said
was a lesson In kindness and courtesy. The
reception lasted an hour and a half.
The sessions of the congress today were
well attended. Mrs. Emellne B. Wells of
Salt Lake City made the first address In
the first section, on "The Education of
Olrls In American Publlo Schoola"
In the second section Mrs. Lydla K.
Commander of New York spoke of "In
dustrial Work for Woman and Maternity,"
and Mrs. Frederick Nathan of New York
delivered an address on "Factory Versus
Home Work."
In the third section Mrs. Commtng of
Toronto spoke on "Custodial Care of Fee
ble Minded Women of Child Bearing Age."
In the fourth section Mrs. M. L. Carr of
Longmont, Colo., made an address on
"Parents' Authority." .
HAVE A MESSAGE FROM RAISOCLI
How Thought that Captives 'Will Hot
Be Released Intll Kext Week.
TANGIER, June 14. A courier from
Ralsoull, the bandit chief who kidnaped
Messrs. Perdlcarls and Varley, arrived here
during the night United States Consul
General Gummere and the British minister
subsequently visited Mohammed El Torres,
the representative of the sultan of Mo
rocco, to discuss the contents of Ralsoull's
message.
The distance of Ralsoull's headquarters
makes the negotiations drag. It Is now
thought possible the captives .will not be
released this week.
WASHINGTON, June 14. United States
Consul Gummere, at Tangier, Morocco, to
day cabled to the State department Indica
ting that the ' negotiations for the release
of Perdlcarls and Varley have not yet been
completed. Just where the hitch Is cannot
be learned. It la suspected that it relates
to the vexed question of a guaranty by the
United States and Great Britain of im
munity for Ralsoull and the faithful ob
servance of the sultan's promises. As a re
sult of today's advices officials here have
changed their opinion as to the date of the
release of the captives and say that several
days must yet elapse. -
DESIRE) THE KING TO ATTEND
International Anatear Athletio Con
tests Held In July.
LONDON, June 14. It baa been decided
by '- the' -Oxf ord-Cumbrfcire " committee
to propose July 23 or July .SO aa the
date - for the athletio contest with the
Harvard-Yale team. At the same time
the committee presee the hope that July
80 will be selected, aa possibly King Ed
ward might be unabla to attend on the
earlier date.
The committee also decided to propose to
same program used In the meeting of 1899
and 1901. This consists of nine events.
Including hammer throwing and discarding
weight throwing, as before, under Identical
conditions. The latter Include . proofs of
amateur and student status, with the eligi
bility of competitors limited to four years
from matrloulatlon, as In the Harvard
Yale and Oxford-Cambridge sports of 1904.
Thus, If the oondltlons named are ac
cepted, no one except those qualified to
compete In the recent meetings will be able
to take part In the July contests.
ACTION PLEASES THE BRITISH
Rl.e Association Glad the American
Team Will Return Trophy.
LONDON, June 1. Lord Cheyleemore,
president of the British National Rifle
association, commenting on the action of
the American National Rifle association In
deciding to return the Pal ma trophy to
the Britlab association, said to a repre
sentative of the Associated Press todays
"At present no official communication an
nouncing the resolution of the American
association has reached us, but I feel cer
tain that our council appreciates the
sportsmanlike decision. Until we have re
ceived an official communication it is im
possible to say what action our council
will take. I can express my personal sat
isfaction that an agreement satisfactory
to all has attained, and repeat that It has
never been the wish on this side to Impart
any bitterness Into the correspondence or
to In any way attempt to upset the result
of the match.
INVESTIGATING ALLEGED BRIBERY
Chamber of Depntles Has Violent
Seene Over Carthusian Rumors.
PARIS, June 14. The Chamber of Depu
ties today appointed an Investigating com
mittee, composed of twelve ministerialists
and twenty-one members of the opposition,
to investigate the charges that $400,000 was
offered to Edgar Combes, secretary-general
of the ministry of the Interior and son of
Premier Combes, who Is also minister of
the Interior, to secure authorisation for the
monks of the Carthusian order to remain at
the Grande Chartreuse. The charges
arcuBed another violent debate In the cham
ber, M. Combes vigorously repelling the In
sinuations relative to his son's connection
with the affair.
REPUBLICANS jARE GATHERING
Advance Guard of National Conven
tion Arrive at Chicago to
Consider Affairs,
CHICAGO. June 14. Incoming trains
brought large number of the republican
advance guard to Chicago today. Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania was an early ar
rival. Others who reached Chicago were
Benator Hanahrnugh of North Dakota. Sen
ator Ankeny of Washington, Judson W.
Lyons of Georgia, and Cornelius N. Bliss of
New York. Many persons who are not
members of the national committee, but
Ilk to be on th ground at republican con.
ventlons, also came.
The leaders have settled down to a
discussion of two disputed topics which
will occupy the convention and the na
tional committee the vice presidency and
contests.
Wlille a number of states will present
contasta. Illinois' principal trouble will lie
In the Selection of a national committee
man and the delegal who will lead his
colleague upon tb Awe of lha coavaoUoo,
BRYAN'S VIEWS OF PARKER
Bsfsn to Hew York Kan aa th Bpttohleta
Candidate.
ACCEPTS INVITATION (0 MAKE ADDRESS
Believes Party Should Wage an
Aggressive Campaign nnd Noml- .
nate a Talkie.? Machine
at St. Lonla.
NEW YORK, June 14. The following
letter from William J. Bryan to M. G.
Polluter, who has called an anti-Parker
meeting, was mads public here today:
LINCOLN, Neb., June 9. Itw4. Mr. M. O.
Paliiser, New York City. Dear ttir; 1 am
In receipt of. your letter enclosing tlie cull
for a convention of protest, to be held in
New, York on the 2uth of June. 1 am very
glad this step Is being taken and assume
that It Is not the object of the protesting
convention to send a contesting delegation
to St. Louis or to question In any way
the regularity of the Albany convention,
but merely to enter a protest on behalf
of a large number of New York voters
who believe in honesty In politics and are
opposed to the burglarious methods which
are now being employed to foist upon the
party a speechless candidate and a mean
ingleas platform.
The argument made in favor of Judge
Parker la not that he la in any way lltted
for the position, because his titnesa cannot
possibly be ascertained without a knowl
edge of his views on public questions. The
argument la made by his friends that ne
can win and they base their belief on the
fact that aa lie has never suid anything
In connection with pending questions he
had no record that can be used against
him.
His virtuea are purely negative and his
friends think It sufficient that the demo
crats send him forth as a candidate with
the endorsement "we know nothing against
him."
Wants Aggressive Campaign.
It Is the first time, in recent years at
least, that a man has been urged for no
high a position on the ground that his
opinions are unknown. The democratic
party is In desperate straits If among Its
members it cannot find a worthy man who
has ever been. Interested enough in public,
questions to give expression to hla opinion.
In the great contest between democracy
and plutocracy our party ehould take a
positive and aggressive stand and it should
present a standard bearer who will infUHe
courage and enthusiasm among the masses.
I am glad that there are democrats In
New York who are willing to register such
a protest as your call suggests, and I trust
that the protest may be effective at St.
Louis. When It Is shown, as 1 believe It
can be shown, that a noncommltal candi
date would not be popular with the voters.
even in New xork, tne Parker candidacy
will lose its only prop.
I mistake the loyalty and earnestness of
the democrats who were true to the ticket
In 18S6 when loyalty meant abuse and os
tracism. If they are really In favor of a
silent candidate whose most, conspicuous
supporters have In recent years been mora
familiar with republican headquarters than
with democratic headquarters. Very truly
yours, W. J. BRYAN.
COME TO ROB, REMAINS PREY
Buffalo Man Goes Up Against New
York Game nnd Lose
Savings.
NEW YORK, June M.-That It is possi
ble to lose $8,000 In ten minute by playing
"English faro," in New York, that the po
lice do not know where the game waa
played and that the victim may have no
legal remedy war fact brought out today
lo. a oaa Jiaara before MWxa Mayo In
the West Side court.' ,1 1
Frederick Warren of Buffalo was the com.
ptalnant and the prisoner, was hi friend,
Peter Forres tel. also of Buffalo. The latter
had a badly cut head which be stated the
complainant had caused by striking him
with a can.
Warren told the magistrate that Forres
tel had told him that a friend of bis had
made $20,000,000 In Wall street and that the
corporation which he represented could be
parted from a great deal of it money pro
vided enough was in sight to ploy a com
bination game against the corporation.
Upon this representation Warren say he
drew $5,000 the savings of a lifetime
from a bank In Buffalo and came to this
city.
When he reached New York lost evening,
he says, Forrestel took him to a place
and Introduced him to seven other mem
bers of the corporation. Almost Immedi
ately a game which he afterwards learned
wo called "English faro" - was proposed
and Warren was assured that he oould not
lose. Ten minutes later, however, he told
the magistrate, ' his $5,000 had vanished
across the board. He then turned upon
Forrestel, accused htm of robbery and
struck him on the head with a cane. He
waa unable to tell the magistrate where
the game was played, "and when Forrestel
told the court that he also had played and
lost $3,600, the complainant waa Informed
that he had no redress and the prisoner
waa discharged.
"You really came down from Buffalo
for th purpose of beating somebody else,"
said Magistrate Mayo to Warren, "and In
that caae the law does not help you even
In a civil way. That has been decided
by the court of appeala There Is no evi
dence here of a crime and I will have to
discharge the prisoner."
DEDICATES MONTANA BUILDING
Wholesale Saddlers Are Holding; Con
vention on th Ground of '
World' Fair.
ST. LOUIS, Jun 14. Th Montana State
building was dedicated today with appro
priate ceremonies. Addresses were made
by Martin McGlnnls, vice president of the
Montana World' fair commission; George
R. Mllburn, associate Justice Montana su
preme court; President Francis of the ex
position and Former United States Benator
Thomas H. Carter of Montana, president of
the national world's fair commission.
The dedication of the West Virginia State
building haa been postponed from June 20
to June 29. '
Sir Hugh Gllsean-Reid of London, Eng
land, and President Francis of the World's
fair, were the principal speakers today at
the Bums cottage dedication.
The seventeenth annual convention of
the wholesale saddlery association of th
United States convened today at the In
side Inn. It Is expected that 1,000 delegates
will be present before the convention ad
journ next Friday,
WANT POPULAR GOVERNMENT
Filipino Commissioner Profess to
Believe It Will Not Be Long
Delayed.
PHILADELPHIA. June 14. According to
tbe members of the Filipino commission,
now visiting this city, the tmpreaslon here
Is to set In motion publlo sentiment fa
vorable to self-government of the , Philip
plnea H. T. Pardo de Tavero, one of the
prominent statesmen of the Islands, said:
According to the law which provides for
a popular assembly In the I'hllllpplnes, It
la left lo the president of the United Htatts
to say when the condition of the Islands
warrants aurh an Intimation. Secretary
Tuft will ahortly visit ue and make a re-
fiort en conditions, and we expert their
nipresolons will be such as to bring about
th establishment -of popular, gomi&nt.
INDIANA FEUDISTS IN FIGHT
Three Dead and Tro Wounded aa
Result of Martin; t
BryantvUe.
BRYANTS VILLE, Ind., June 14. Three
are dead and two wounded, one fatally,
as the result of a duel fought on the
streets of this village today. The dead:
JAMEB ROUT, aged 22.
CHARLES ROUT, ag.-d M.
MILTON TOW, aged 34.
Fatally wounded:
James Tow, aged 32.
Severely wounded:
. Frank Tow, aged 28.
The fight Is tho culmination of a feud
between the Rout and Tow families which
has existed for' several years. The Routs
reside at Bodford, eight miles east of Bry
antsvllle, and the Tow boys are farmers
near here. The latter are relatives of the
Tow family which participated In the no
torious Tow-Bass feuil which formed a
bloody record for Lawrence county and
Southern Indiana
A free gravel road election la being held
here today and the little village of 300 was
crowded. Farmers front the surrounding
country gathered and there had been oon
alderable drinking. When the two Rout
brothers drove Into, town the Tow boys
were standing near each other In the
crowd around the election booth. As thy
Rout boys drove past )t was whispered
through the crowd at fcnoe that trouble
would follow. I
Two weeks ago at al social affair the
smouldering hostility hetlveen the two fam
ilies had been rekindled y a fancied Insult
to Charles Rout by a Aung woman who
favored one of the Towf boys. , Hostilities
were averted at the time. Today the Rout
brothers openly announced on their ar
rival here that they had Come to "even
things up,"'
Within . fivo minute from the time the
Rout boys arrived in town they were eon
approaching the booth. The Tow brothers
drew together and after a whispered con
versa tlon of a few second stood about
ten feet apart, awaiting the arrival of the
Routs. There 1 a dispute aa to whether
there were- any words before the shooting
began, and it is also In; doubt as to who
fired the first shot. Eacji of the five men
drew a revolver and each advanced, ' all
firing. The men were no$ fifteen feet apart
when the firing ceased, and on .the ground
three lay dead, one dying with a bullet
through his neok, and one still stood with
a bullet wound through hi arm and one
In his side. Th crowd had scattered has
tily when the shooting began and none of
the bystanders- was struck, although over
twenty-five shots were fired.
The Injured wer 'taken to a store and
their wounds were dressed.
The excitement Is Intense.
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS
Cool, Wet - Weather Good for Small
Grain, bnt Hard cm .
1 Con, - v '
Weekly crop bulletin frt the Nebraska
section of the climate anil crop service of
the weather bureau forijth week ending
Monday, June 13, 1904: f "
The last week ha becnScooL,. with heavy
showers In oentral and . western counties.
The.jBM)an.eaiy..tcnjBei.tMse Juwvwutred,
The rainfall has exoeeded an Inch In most
oentral and western counties, while in a
considerable portion of the eastern counties
the rainfall has been less than one-half an
Inch.
The continuation of the cool, moist
weather has been favorable for the growth
of small grain and grass. Winter wheat
and rye are mostly headed, while oat are
Just beginning to show heads. Grass In
pastures and meadows Is In excellent condi
tion, with every prospect of a large hay
crop. The first cutting of alfalfa is Just be
ginning in southern counties and some dam
age was done by the showers of the week.
The alfalfa crop Is generally excellent.
Corn has grown slowly and many corn
fields are still weedy. Fair progress has
been made with cultivation of corn In most
parts of the state, but In some localities and
on low land the soil Is still too wet to work.
Strawberries are ripening and are a good
01 op. Cherries are beginning to turn red
and most u-ees are well filled with fruit.
WEEKLY CROP REPORT SUMMARY
Weather Bureau Issues Statement of
Wheat, Corn nnd Other Produota.
WASHINGTON, June 14. The Weather
bureau's weekly, summary of crop condi
tions Is as follows:
In the central and western gulf states,
favorable temperatures prevailed during
the week ending June 13, but elsewhere
east of the .Rocky mountains and on the
north Pacific coast complaints of Insuf
ficient heat are quite general, while hot,
northerly winds have caused further In
Jury to nearly all crops In California. Theie
has been too much rain In portions of
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma Kansas and
North Dakota, and also over the northern
portions of the middle Atlantlo states and
New England, while lack of moisture Is
beginning to be fe'.t in the Ohio valley and
portions of the Mississippi valley and upper
lake region. In these last named districts,
however, tho conditions are very favorable
for farm work. Frosts on the eleventh In
the middle and northern plateau districts
and eastern portions of Oregon and Wash
ington proved injurious.
Throughout the central valleys and mid
dle Atlantic states, corn has made slow
growth, and In Kansas and Nebraska much
of the crop Is still weedy, although it i
In Improved state of cultivation. In Iowa,
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, fields are
generally clean, but In the middle Atlantic
atates rains have Interfered with cultiva
tion. In Texas a good yield of corn Is
now assured, and the crop Is promising
elsewhere In the southern states.
As a whole, winter wheat continues to
advance favorably, a general Improvement
being Indicated In the Ohio valley and
middle Atlantlo states. Some injury is re-
Forted, however, by fly from Indlnna and
rom overflows In Kansas and harvest has
been Interrupted by rains In northern
Texaa and Oklahoma. Harvest has begun
In southeastern Missouri and southern
Texas, and some wheat ia ready for har-
vest In southern Kansas, where soli has
prevented commencement or tnia work.
Wheat harvest Is nearly finished in the
south Atlantic and east gulf states. On
the Pacific coast winter wheat has done
well, exnept In California, where It has
Buffered from hot winds. In the last named
state harvest has begun with generally
light yields.
Spring wheat continues to make satis
factory progress and is In very promising
condition. Nearly all reports respecting
oats Indicate that the outlook for this crop
Is very promising. Oats are now heading
as far north aa Kansas, Mlssou-j M Ten
nessee. AFFIRMS TWO BOODLE CASES
Mlaaonrt Supreme Court Decldee
Former Counrllmen Hartmnn
nnd Lehman Are Guilty.
JEFFERSON CITY, June 14. The su
preme court today affirmed the boodle cases
of farmer Counctlmen Emll Hartman and
Julius Lehman of Bt. Louis and reversed
and remanded the case of Robert Bnyder of
Kansas City, convloted of Doodling In Bt.
Louis. The court then formally sentenced
Lehmann and Hartman to serve seven and
six years, respectively. In the penitentiary
for bribery In St. Louis. Robert M. Bnyder
of Kansas City, a promoter convloted of
bribery In Bt. Louts and sentenced to five
years In the penitentiary, will have another
trial. Bnyder pleaded the statute of limita
tions of three yours us a resident of Mis
souri, while the state attempted to prove
that he lived tn New York and could not
plead such a statute. The court sustained
the defendant on that point and gay hint
a&otittr trial
CITIZENS AFRAID TO SPEAK
Form!1 Governor Thomas of Colorado Inti
matts 8pech ii Daorona
DRASTIC MEASURES EY THE MILITARY
Method In Vogue ia th Mining
Districts . Forres ' Men to Hold
Their Silence or Suffer
Arrest.
DENVER, June 14. "I have nothing fur
ther to say about plans for reopening the
Portland mine," said former Governor
Charles 8. Thomas, counsel for the Port
land Gold Mining company, today. "We all
realise that If we open our mouths about
anything connected with Cripple Creek wo
luy ourselves liable to the bull pen or some
other of the drastic measures that come
under the head of military necessity.
"Matters remain absolutely In statu quo.
We have not decided fully as yet what
course will be taken to reopen the mine.
I suppose that if I talk too much I might
get what Frank Hangs received. His only
offense waa acting as legal counsel for
some men charged with crime several
months ago. Perhaps If I should talk ac
tively In regard to my client I might be
burned at the stake."
Test Kfeanison'a Arrest.
A hearing la to be given to C. G. Ken-
ntson, president of the Cripple Creek Engi
4iera'- tinlan, . No.. 82, emd W. F. Davis,
president of local Miners' union, to test the
legality of their arrest. The priaonora, who
were arrested yesterday, will be taken back
to Cripple Creek for trial If the court finds
that they were legally arrested.
Eighty-seven warrants are out for miners
who are accused of complicity in the ex
plosion at the independence station and
the rioting at Victor. These warrants have
been placed in the hands of Under Sheriff
Felix O'Nell here and will be given to hi
deputies to serve.
Among those wanted are the following:
Sherman Harker, secretary of the Altman
union, who was acquitted after having been
held in the bull pen three months on the
charge of having conspired to wreck a
Florence and Cripple Creek train; B. L.
Whiting, secretary of Engineers' union No.
881 of Altman; Frit Gorey and W. B
Easterly, members of unions in the dis
trict It Is said that some of the men for
whom warrants have been Issued in Teller
ccunty have left Denver for Butte, Mont.,
to avoid arrest and Incarceration In the
bull pen.
Leave Town to Avoid Arrest.
In each case the charge is murder based
on the explosion of Monday morning of last
week at Independence station. City Mux-
at Lai L. B. Moore of Goldfleld, who arrested
President Kennlson, sold today:
"I know all of the miners and have been
their friend all along. I waa a member
of the union through the Bull Hill strike
in 11)94. I have sympathised with th union
until the dynamiting and rioting-." '
Vice President J. C. Williams and Secre
tary W. D. Haywood of the Western Fed
eration of Miners said today that the ac
cused men were delegates to the federa
tion's convention and were- in Denver at
th- Urn'- th explosion. "TBtjenr T"rh
federation have been requested by agents
of the Mining exchange building to' move
the union headquarters from that building.
The officers say this Is petty spite work
begun at the Instance of the Clttxens' al
liance. They have numerous offers of
quarters.
Statement by Miner.
Acting under instructions given by the
twelfth annual convention of the Western
Federation of Miners recently held In this
city, the exocutivo board of that organlxa.
tlon today Issued a statement regarding
the strikes in Colorado and the recent dis
turbances In the Cripple Creek district.
"Tho Western Federation of Minors," the
statement begins, "ho always courted and
Invited the utmost publicity In all Its acts
and the acts of Its members in matter
affecting all Its dealings." It Is declared
that, "notwithstanding persistent reports
to the contrary, every local union voted
upon the proposition before any strike was
called. The recent convention sent a com
mittee to Cripple Creek to Investigate tbe
situation. This committee It Is declared
found representatives of miners ready and
willing to listen to a proposition of settle
ment.
'Before any further conference could be
held," It Is asserted, "the Cltlsens' Alliance
interfered In such manner as to frustrate
further efforts in the direction of a settle
ment, the interference of the alliance being
no doubt prompted by the bitter hatred of
the merohants against the co-operative
stores established and maintained In the
district by the federation."
Alliance tbe Criminal.
The statement continues:
"We are fully convinced from Information
by trustworthy persons that the original
explosion and subequent outrages perpe
trated are not only the work of the Citi
zens' Alliance, but are of the opinion that
the whole matter was planned In advance.
Perhaps' no single occurrence has so much
bearing on this conclusion a the forcible
resignation of the various regularly elected
officials of the district."
After referring to the Imprisonment and
deportation of union miners and the re
fusal of the Citizens' alliance to permit
any merchant to supply provision to th
families of such men the statement con
tinues: 'The very fact that union men are de
ported by the military Is of Itself sufficient
to show that no evidence has been obtained
against these men, for If evidence of crime
was at hand does any reasonable man or
woman suppose that the military com
mandant, or that the mob of deputy sheriffs
would be simple enough to deport to other
parts ths guilty persona T No, Ineed. What
evidence there I acquits the miners, but
apparently fastens the crime upon ,th
heads of hired assassins and thug. In the
pay of the Citizens' alliance.
No Effort to Loeat Criminals.
"Even at the present time no determined
effort 1 being made by the authorities to
discover the real perpetrator of th Inde
pendence explosion. Nothing I attempted
to be done, except to fasten this unholy
crime by Imputation and Innuendo upon
the heads of our Innocent membership.
"As waa plainly ahown some months ago
In a trial where the Western Federation
of Miners waa accused of wrecking a train,
the federation waa Innocent. Bo It Is clear
that none of the present outrage were
committed by our membera As was plainly
shown then that the crimes and outrage
were committed by hired detectives and
thugs for the purpose of bringing dis
credit upon union men, so It will be shown
that the present outrages, even the ruth
less slaughter of the unfortunates of the
explosion that killed sixteen men at the In.
dependence depot on the morning of June
6 was the work of these same hirelings,
who simply enacted the first part of ths
(Continued On gocona PJT"
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FLAG DAY AT CAMP MILLER
Cadet and Cltlsens of Missouri Valley
Enjoy Proarram of Mualc and
Speeches.
MISSOURI VALLEY, Ia.. June 14. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Flag day was observed at
Camp George L. Miller this evening with
appropriate ceremonies, the cltlsens of Mis
souri Valley taking part with the cadets
of the Omaha High school, now In camp
here. The citizens formed In procession
down town, the Grand Army post Joining,
and headed by a band marched to the camp
grounds. Here the cadets were drawn up
in a square to receive them. After the
formalities of reception. Dr. Colt, as presi
dent of the day, made an address of about
five minutes' length, dwelling on th duties
ot patriotism. Ben Cherrlngton of the
cadet responded to Dr. Colt, his flve-mln-ut
talk being full of appropriate senti
ment, and being loudly cheered. Mrs. Hill's
choir then sang "Star-Spangled Banner,"
and "When Johnny Comes Marching
Home," and this was followed by several
air by the cadets' band and the Treble
Clef band of Missouri Valley. Rv. Mo
Alllster spoke about tan fntnutea on the
"Duties of Christian CltixeAshlp," and A.
It. Bnlff paid a tribute to the flag, and the
lessons to be drawn from patriotlo example.
A band concert followed, and the company
spent some time listening to the musio and
visiting with th cad eta
The evening was admirable for the pur
pose. The soft, cool breeze, the beautiful
sunset, and the perfect color of the sward
and tho trees, with the white of the tents,
made a most Impressive coloring for the
background of the ceremonies. About 1,000
citizens were In attendance.
Arrangements were made tonight for the
entertainment of a large crowd, from
Omaha and the country tomorrow. It In
expected that at least 8,000 visitors wjll be
here, and these with the people from Mis
souri Valley will make a throng at the
camp.
ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
Mrs. Nan Patterson is Arraigned on
Charge of Killing; Caesar
Young.
NEW YORK, June 14. Mrs. Nan Patter
son, tbe former actress, against whom an
Indictment for murder in the first degree
in connection with the death of Bookmaker
'Caesar" Young was returned by tho grand
Jury yesterday, today entered a plea of not
guilty before Judge Newburger in the court
of general esBions. The plea was mode
with leave to withdraw by next Friday, and
In the meantime her counsel will nerve.no
tloe orrthe district atWney"Tfiafhe will
move to Inspect the minutes of the. grand
Jury.
Attired in deep mourning, with a heavy
black veil, which she was not compelled to
raise, Mrs. Patterson entered the court
room with her father. Miss Martha Mc
Laughlin, a friend, and her counsel, Just
before th clerk called the case. With a
Jaunty air ahe walked up the aisle to the
bar and when asked to plead to the tndiot-n-ent
she turned to Mr. Levy, her attorney,
who said:
'The defendant pleads not guilty, with
leave to withdraw by Friday."
'That Is a practice I don't approve of,"
the court replied, "but I will give you until
Friday in which to plead."
This ended the formal arraignment and
the prisoner was at once token back to the
Tenths. As she was led from the court
room she bowed and smiled toward ber
father and friends sitting at the rear of
the court room.
RAILROAD AGENTS MEETING
Local Freight Men Assemble at Peoria
to Attend Seventeenth Annual
Convention.
PEORIA. June 14. One hundred and fifty
delegates, representing thirty-five cities,
had arrived when C. H. Newton of Toledo,
O., the president, called the seventeenth
annual convention of the American Asso
ciation of Local Freight Agents' associa
tions to order today, but an attendance of
fully 600 is assured by the time all trains
aro in today. Mayor E. N. Woodruff
welcomed the visitors briefly. Joseph V.
Graff, congressman from the Sixteenth
Illinois district, speaks on "Railroads and
Our Country's Development;" Ashley J.
Elliott, member of the Illlnols-Iowa Car
Service association, on "Peoria and Her
Guests," dealing at longth with the rail
road features of this city.
W. H. Bumpas of Nashville, Tenn..
former president of the association re
sponded to the welcoming greeting of the
mayor and others.
POLICEMEN TO STOP BETTING
Three Hundred Officers Will Be Pres.
eat nt Wnshlna-toa Park
Saturday.
CHICAGO. June 14. Assistant Chief of
Police Shuettler has announced that he
will have 800 policemen at Washington park
Haturday to make sure of being able to
carry out Mayor Harrison's orders to pre
vent booktnaklng at the race meet.
Detectives, It Is declared, will locate each
bookmaker and provide for him a guard
of three patrolmen. Others will be scat
tered through the crowd with orders to
arrest sny person causing or attempting
to make a bet, even by a wink or nod.
BRIDGE ARBITRARY AT ISSUE
Omaha and Council Bluffs Men Present
Case to the Railroad
Maaraate.
CHICAGO, Jun 14 (SDeclal Telearam
Merchants from Omaha and Council Bluff
today conferred In (.Tiles o with ..,,h.
officer of the Chicugo-Councll Bluffs roads
concerning freight rates from those point
to places in Iowa, The queatlon at laaue
Is the bridg arbitrary, which ths Tti,,cr.
men Insist shall be enforced to Iowa points.
Tne omciai told them to file written state
ments within' ten days.
Steerage Is Too Small.
NEW YORK. June 14 About 150 of the
$10 rite steerage passengers, booked for
the Philadelphia, but which that atnamer
waa unabla to aooommoaate, wer brought
her today on the Hed Blar Un staauiar
Kelond from Antwerp
FIX RAILROAD VALUE
State Bo rd Pacta Afcnigat at a T-f 1
0tr for j-Six Millions.
FIGURES FOR EACH LINE NOT GIVEN Cl'l
Statement Which it Probablr Not Far f:m
ths Aetna! Tact.
Bl'LINGT0N HAS THE HIGH AVERACE
Union Pacifio Man Line is Pu1. in it
$16,000 Pr Hilt.
TOTAL INCREASE NiNETEEN MILLIONS
Board ia Still Divided an the Word
ing ot Its Report and it May Me
Be Blade for Several
Day.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, June 14. tSpeolal Telegram.
At the conclusion ot a heated debate In
an executive session late this afternoon th
State Board of Assessment fixed the as
sessed valuation of all the railroad prop
erty In the state al 846.017,1183. The assess
ment Is an Increase of lesa than 818.0u0,0ut)
over that of last year.
The chairman of the board made th an
nouncement of the aggregate aasessnu-nt
and then stated that the board bad not
agreed upon the value to be placed on the
different system or lines. Tbe board will
meet tomorrow morning to do this.
Just how the aggregate value was found
without the board knowing the value of the
different lines none of the members Inter
viewed seem to know, and the only Infor
mation obtainable is that to arrive at the
aggregate the board took into considera
tion all of the tangible property, the fran
chises, stocks and bond and everything.
The board Is split on the wording of Its
finding and that probably is more the rea
son of the delay than a disagreement on
figures to be applied to the various sys
tems and caused the warm debate today.
Auditor Weston has Insisted from the first
that the franchise and each item chculd be
valued and so tecorded, so that If the as
sessment is attacked In the court th
board would be able to say how it reached
Its conclusion. Treasurer Mortennen Is
just at present as Insistent that the board
ehould name the franchise and each Item
In the schedule and say the total amounted
to the aggregate sum, believing that the
courts would not compel the board to say
how much eaoh Item was assessed.
It was this same proposition that caused
the board to fall to make It report before
the republican state convention met, Mr.
Went on and Mr. Mortensen each making a
motion to follow out his respective Ideas.
The matter has not been discussed since,
being allowed to lay on the table while
the board proceeded to figure up the value
of tangible property.
Valuation of Various Line,
The ajtsesHTnent nf thtk i1llfnml mm A .
published in the afternoon Bee are etib-,
stahtlally correct', 'and according to a mem
ber of the board, will ba ehans-ad vn-
littlo. If any, at this session. These figures
-ere: .
Union Pacific main line were uumul
at $18,000 and an average of 811,000 a
mno or tne total mileage. Last year the
assessment on the Union Poclflo averaged
6,r,77.08 a mile. The Burlington will be as
sessed on the average of 87.700 a mile, an
Increase from an averam of Z4.S51-H m. mil
The Northwestern's ocaeanment will ha
17,000 a mile, an increase from 83,650 a
mile. The Rock Island will be nsaeaa1
88.200, a mile, an Increase from 85,168.88 a
mile; the Minneapolis A Omaha, 88,200 a
mile, an increase from 85,600; the Wllmar
& Sioux Falls will be boosted 8fi00 a mile;
the St. Joeenh & Grand Island wilt ha a a.
sessed at 86,600, a boost of 81,600 a mile; the
Missouri pacific will be assessed at 18.200
a mile on the main line and 16.800 nn tho
branohes; the average last year on this
road was 13,061 a mile.
Where the Board Split. .
It was given out to be the Intention of
the board at It first meeting to agree
upon a plan of assesment, that I whether
to find the aggregate value of a system
snd then, divide the amount out accordmg
to the mileage, on the theory that each
mile contributed toward making up the
final aggregate, or to esaess each ilne ot
each system separately, aa haa bean the
custom In the past. But the board old not
do this. A motion was made to that ef
fect and was laid over without discussion,
arid this same question that should have
been decided at the first . meeting of the
board rose up to confront the members
at the last session and has during the en
tire session been a bone of contention.
This board claims for the first Urn In
the history of the state to have tehen
into consideration in arriving at the valu
ation the value of the stocks and bonds
of the various systems, though this method
did not form the entire basis upon which
the board worked. When It was first an
nounced that the stocks and bonds had
been agreed upon as the basis It brought
forth a volume of protest from the rail
roads and the method was denounced by
almost every tax agent who talked to tho
board. Neither the Union Pacific nor tne
Burlington, the two big systems of .the
state, were able or pretended not to be
able to find the value of their stocks and
bonds, and their agents told the board
It was Impossible for any one to tell
what tho stocks and bonds were worth
or to separate the bonds of the various
roads that make up the two systems. A
a consequence the board did not use th
stocks and bonds as it basis of arriving
at the valuation, though this was one of
the principal features tanen Into consid
eration. The returns of the roads made under the
new law wore complete in detail as to the'
tangible property, but they proved to b
too cumbersome and too voluminous for
practical use, and, Instead of being the
help they were intended to be, merely
covered up the board with a lot of figure
and facta that not only failed to be of
aaslstance, but which tended to confuse.
Railroad Men Active.
The board held lta flrat meeting under
th new law May t and alnce that time It
has been almost continuously In session,
there being very fw days on which the
board failed to meet. All during this time
tha agents of the railroads have argued
and lambasted and done all In their power
to force a low assessment. No board has
ever held so many open meetings for the
benefit of the tax agents and others who
cared to dtaeuas the matter and at no time
In the past have the railroads ever taken
advantage of their opportunities a they
have during the last month and a half.
As a lost resort, when It waa gent-rally
believed that the board would give the rail
roads a substantial boost, the tax agents
tried to confuse th board with, aa array'