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    The Omaha Daily Bee.
Kuii Scortos of Longuo
Spaclal War News Serv
ice of Now Yorlc Hamld
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OMAHA, THURSDAY MOUSING, JUNE 16, 1904 TEN TAGES.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
SINGLE COPY TIIKEE CENTS.
CANNONS ARE 0J.
HaTal Engagement Between Jap 8hi?t
VladiToitok 8qadrun Hi Ceased, -r.
RESULT OF BATTLE IS AS YET UNKNOW
Fate of Ten Japanaia Merchantmen Bonn
for Moji Cannee Atuietjr.
MAY HAVE BEEN SUNK OR CAPTURED
hip Loit in Wateri Whirs Big Batlla ii
Fon;ht
fORT ARTHUR CHANNEL CLEARED
fcuaslaa Protected Cruiser Kovllt
team Oat to Sea, and
with Vriaeli of Japanese
Blockading Fleet.
LONDON. June 15. A dispatch to the
Central New from Tokio hied at p. m.
tcday says:
A dispatch Just received from Mojl say a
the cannonading at sea. stopped at 1 p. ni.
Ihere was a heavy e the straits all
day. Ten Japanese merchant steamers are
known to have left various ports lor Mojl
and there is much anxiety about their late.
It is rumored tonight Unit the Human
warships have gone eastward.
LONDON, June 15. A dispatch to the
Central News from Toklo, tiled this (Wed
nesday) afternoon, says a naval engage
ment Is now In progress off Tsuchima isl
and, In the Corean straits, between three
Russian cruisers, which escaped from Vla
divostok, and a number of Japanese ships.
No details have yet been received.
The Central News' dispatch adda that the
Vladivostok squadron was first reported
June 14 from Okl island (off Kioto, Japan,
In the sea of Japan). Later In the day
cannonading was heard northwest of Na
gato (on the Japanese coast, In the straits
of Corea).
The captain of a Japanese merchant ship
reports this morning that his ship was
fired upon by a Russian warship. Heavy
cannonading was heard early this morning
in the neighborhood of Okl island, ' and
subsequently came news of the engagement
already referred to in the Toklo dispatch.
NAGASAKI, June 18. 4 p. m. A Ruaslan
naval squadron was lately sighted oft
Tokushlma Ken und Yamagushl Ken and
aoundsvof firing. It is stated, were heard
yesterday oft Okl Island.
Port Arthur Channel Clear.
TOKIO, June 16. The entrance to the
harbor at Port Arthur, having been cleared
of obstructions, is now open for the passage
Of ships In and out. Testerday the Russian
protected cruiser Novlk steamed out to
sea and engaged with vessels of the Japa
nese blockading fleet
Private advices have been received here
from Katsumoto, a town at the north end
of Okl Island. Jn Krusenstern strait, to
the effect that an engagement wus in prog
ress between Japanese and Russian war-uhlpsV"-""
. - -t
Rneaiaaa Threaten Merchant Ships.
SEOUL, Corea, June IB. It la officially
reported here that the Russian Vladivostok
squadron la cruising between Tsu island, In
the Corean straits, and the coast of Japan,
seriously threatening mercantile ships to
Und from Corea.
At Chemulpo there are several Japanese
officers whose return to Nagasaki ia delayed
because the steamer on which they purpose
to travel Is awaiting news of the position
of the Russian fleet.
RUMOR OF A JAPANESE DEFEAT
Rnaslnna at Cha Foo Celebrate Victory
Over Island Forces.
NBW CHWANG, June 11 (Delayed In
Transmission.) There are persistent ru
mors here of severe fighting south of Kin
Chou, which It la Impossible to confirm.
Of three trustworthy messengers sent out
on the night of June 12, two returned, hav
ing been unable to pass the Russian lines
at Kin Chou, and the other ia expected to
arrive early tomorrow. The two that have
returned learned nothing except that the
Russians ate becoming more strict about
allowing natives to paaa through their lines.
Twenty hospital carts passed here this
morning, traveling southward.
The trains are only running six miles
south of Kin Chou. A report upon the
very highest authority direct from Mukden
aays there are over 20,000 Russian troops
there, with 40.000 additional men encamped
at Llao Yang. It ia believed here Uiat the
Russians are moving A force of 66,000 south
only to make It appear an though tbey were
attempting to relieve Port Arthur and that
upon the- first encounter with the enemy
It will be withdrawn north again.
A private telegram received here by a
German resident lata this afternoon from
Che Foo said the Japanese had suffered
a severe defeat at Port Arthur and the Rus
sians In town' are celebrating the news
tonight.
Bhlps arriving from Shanghai and Che
Foo report passing a Japanese cruiser Ave
miles out from Kin Chou.
BOATS DID GREATEST DAMAGE
Russian Merchant Comments Upon the
Battle at Kin t hou.
CHE FOO, June 15. A Russian merchant,
who waa at Kin Chou at the time of the
recent battle there and who accompanied
the Russian army on its retreat to Port
Arthur, haa arrived here in a Junk. He
aays that the Russians had no permanent
fortifications at Kin Chou, but simply
trenches; the country around had been
mined, forcing the Japanese to take to the
water. When they did ao the Russian
gunboat Bobr was taken to the bead of
Tallenwan bay, from where it threw shells
across the narrow neck of land, killing
hundreds of Japanese. The Russians like
wine suffered more from the tire of the
Japanese gunboats than from the artillery
and Infantry fire.
The people of Port Arthur, the Ruaslnn
merchant says, are confident and ready
Xor the final test of strength by opposing
armies. The town Is quiet. All the sol
diers have gone t the front. Thua far
there have only been skirmishes between
Ualny and Port Arthur. The Rusalan mer
chant states that, us far us he .could see
and learn, all the crippled Russlun war
vessels at Port Arthur, with the exception
Of the battleship I'obleda, had been re
paired. Whether the repairs were per
manent he wus unable to s-iv.
He says that when the Chinese an
nounced the Japanese approach on Kin
Chou he RuHslans were unable to obtain
accurate Information aa to the strength of
the enemy. Four thousand men from the
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh regi
ments Who were sent out to reeonnolter
met the Japanese on the plains. Th enemy
Was about 36,000 strong. The Infantry arm
engaged and the Russians lokt 2u0 men be-
IConUauen on thrcuad Paa-e J
ST. PETERSBURG IS EXCITED
War and !al Departments Want
Word from Scene of
Battle.
'T. PETERSBURG, June 15. Not since
war txgun has such excitement been
jVJjirent at the War and Naval minis--J.
as there la today. The encounter be
l the opposing fleets, imminent and
...y fighting In progress south of Vafan
gow (Llao Tung peninsula, about forty
five miloa north of Port Arthur) and along
the line established by the Japanese
acroFS to the peninula from Pltiewo at
Port Adams. News waa awaited with
feverish anxiety. The general staff be
lieves that the Japanese force which at
tacked Major General Golngroff's division
yesterday was the advance force of General
Noiu's entire army of nearly 50,0u0 men.
O-meral Baron Stakelberg, who commands
the First Siberian corps, is personally di
recting the operations at the front, but It
is believed that the major portion of his
corps is too far north to render effecUve
support.
Stakelberg's dispatch given out last .night
came direct to the emperor. Nothing fur.
ther, so far as ascertainable, haa been
received thus far either from Stakelberg
or Kouropatkln.
Both sides retained their positions after
the encounter yesterday when the fighting
was of the most desperate character on
the Russian left wing. No doubt exists
here that the adversaries brought up all
the supports possible during the height of
the battle and that it waa resumed this
morning. But with the whole Third army
behind General Nosu tiwe ia apprehen
sion that Stakelberg may be unable to get
together a sufficient force to successfully
oppose the enemy. The authorities here
have successfully concealed up to the time
the number of Russian troops on the pen
insula. It now develops that Stakelberg's
whole corps has been centered at Kal Chau
(about twenty miles south of New
Chwang). The despatch of divisions south
ward is not entirely attributable to a de
sire to relieve the pressure on Port Ar
thur, as it Is considered that the fortress
would lose most of its Importance to Rus
sia from a strategic standpoint if the
squadron there succeeded in escaping and
effecting a Juncture with the squadron
commanded by Vice Admiral Skrydloff.
Stakelberg's purpose, the correbpondent of
the Associated Press learns, is mainly in
tended to discourage the landing of a
fourth Japanese array, which the authori
ties have reason to believe is planned on
the west coast of Llao Tung peninsula,
near New Chwang, whence it could co
operate with General Kuroki's advance of
Llao Yang. The Japanese failure to fal
low up the bombardment of Kal Chau
and Suenchen coast by a disembarkation
Is believed to be In consequence of the
development of Stakelberg's position. Al
though the Japanese forward movement
from Slu Yen to to take Stakelberg In the
rear looks extremely dangerous, the War
office does not manifest anxiety at the
prospect of Stakelberg's communications
being cut, saying that at least six days'
march' of the Japanese are necessary to
reach a position commanding the railroad,
over which the Russians in case of neces
sity could easily retire.
No further news haa bean received of
the advance north of Kuan Jen. Slan. and
it -la still considered to be no more than a
demonstration.
Little Importance is attached to the ap
pearance of 1,000 Japanese near Kuan Jen
Slan, the country being too wild and des
olate to permit of the march of a regu
lar force.
LOOKS FOR DECISIVE EVENTS
German Correspondent Says Battle
Will Be Fought Soon.
BERLIN, June 15. Colonel Gaedke, war
correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt, tele
graphs to his paper from Liao Yang as
follows: "The situation, in my opinion,' is
developing to such a point that decisive
events must soon be expected."
The newspapers today discuss the situ
ation of General Stakelberg's corps, which
is regarded aa being extremely grave. The
Kreui Zeltung points out that the attempt
of the Japanese In yesterday's fight to turn
the Russian left creates a situation similar
to that at the battle of the Yalu river
and says that even if Stakelberg is not sur
rounded he will find It extremely difficult to
execute his 100-mlle retreat to Kouropat
kln's main body.
The National Zeltung expresses similar
views and draw the conclusion, that Kouro
patkln's only object In making a diversion
through Stakelberg la to gain time for the
retreat of the main army to Harbin. All
signs, tho paper adds, indicate that the re
treat has already been decided upon.
STRENGTHEN KOVROPATKIN'S ARMY
Appointment of General Denibowski
Iudlcates Sending; of Many Men.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.-1:40 p. m.
The appointment of Lieutenant General
Leontdas Pembowski aa commander of the
Fifth East Siberian army corps la evidence
that larger reinforcements are to be placed
at General Kouropatkln'a disposal. The
four corps, originally formed of Siberian
troops, are mobilised in Manchuria, and
other drafts, have been sent out to the
far east.
The organization of the new corps, inde
pendent of the Russian corpa, now ordered
out from European Russia, shows that
Kouropatkln now has almost 200,000 troops.
Irrespective of frontier and railroad guards,
and that probably he has an effective army
of lfiO.000 men at Liao Yang, General
Dembowskl is a distinguished strategist
He participated in the Russo-Turklsh war
and was commander of the Grenadier corps
after the war. Later he became head of
the Paul Infantry school and held that
position until two years ago. Since then
he has been on the personal staff of the
war minister.
JAPANESE SINK MORE MINES
Flotilla Falls to Lore Rasalaa Crnlser
to Open Sea.
LONDON, June It. A dispatch to the
Central News from Toklo says that while
flotillas of torpedo boat destroyers and tor
pedo boats were supporting the military
bombardment Of the forts at Slaoping Tao
(on the Kwan Tung peninsula, between
Port Arthur and Port Dalny), Tueaduy
morning;, the Russian protected cruiser
Novik and ten torpedo boat destroyers
made a sorties from Port Arthur. The
Japanese warships retired, endeavoring to
lure the Russians into the open sea. The
Russians, however, returned to the harbor
the same afternoon.
A flotilla of gunboats aud mine ships
sank a number of mines off Port Arthur on
Monday night.
Gives Ma No More Men.
- TIEN TAIN. June IS.-General Ma has
removed his headquarters from Chao Yang
to ring Chlu Chow. Viceroy Yuan Bhul
Kat, commander-in-chief of t!ie Chinese
force, has refused General Ma's request for
MM'") more troops. It is believed here
that there are 40.000 Chinese imperial sol
diers on the Mongoilaa border,
SAYS FIGHT IS ON SOCIALISM
GoTirnor Paaboay Wirsg Secretary of
National Civio Fadaratiou.
i
AFFAIRS IN COLORADO BECOME QUIET
General Bell Declarea that All Ob
jectionable Characters Hare Been
Weeded Ont of Mining;
Cam pa.
DENVER, June 15. 'The mines In the
Cripple Creek district are opening, busi
ness of all kinds Is resuming, conditions are
normal and more men will be at work
within the next three months than ever be
fore in the history of the camp," said Gen
eral Sherman M. Bell, who was in Denver
today to attend a meeting of the military
board.
"The mine owners and business men will
see that affairs continue as they are at
the present time. There will be few de
portations from this time on, as we made
a clean sweep of the undesirable charac
ters. Those being held now have committed
crimes and will be prosecuted."
"According to reporta I have received,"
Governor Peabody said, "It will not be
necessary In all probability to keep the
troops In the field very much longer. No
more trouble is expected."
Labor Commissioner W. H. Montgomery
today received the following telegram from
Ralph M. Eaaley, secretary of the Civic
Federation, in regard" to the present
troubles in Colorado:
Federation and Socialism.
"Can't you get the governor or General
Bell to Issue a statement clearly discrimi
nating between the American Federation of
Labor and socialistic organizations in the
present matter?"
In reply to this Governor Peabody sent
the following:
"Ralph M. Easley, Secretary National
Civic Federation, Boston: In reply to your
telegram will say I am not fighting or
ganized labor as such, and never have
been. The law-abiding citizens of Colorado
have no fight on the American Federation
of Labor nor those affiliated with It. The
Western Federation of Miners two years
ago officially endorsed the principles of
socialism and these principles, as well aa
coercion. Intimidation, dynamiting and as
sassination, are inimical to the best inter
est of any commonwealth.
"JAMES H. PEABODY."
Reaaona for Deportation.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 16. Since
the deportation lost night of thirty-six
union miners there remain in the city and
ccunty jails and the military guard houses
In this city and Victor about seventy-five
prisoners against whom no charges have
yet been filed. Many of these men, it Is
said, will be charged with murder, rioting
and inciting to riot, and some are held as
witnesses. The district court is now' in ses
sion with Judge W. P. Seeds on the bench,
but the criminal cases cannot come up until
the next term, in September, unless a spe
cial ventre is decided on, and it is a ques
tion whether the cases cajj be prepared be
fore the convening of the regular session.
Judge H. McGarry. a member of the com
mittest ..which . investigates the recorae of
prisoners and determines, subject to Gen
eral Bell's approval, what shall be dono
with them, explained the reasons for de
portation aa follows:
We are not deporting any .criminals nor
yet any who might make good witnesses.
The only difference between those deported
and those remaining is in their expressed
sympathies. Those who are on the wrong
side of the federation question have to go,
otherwise they are just as good men as
many who are permitted to remain in their
homea.
Dump Sick Men on the Line.
ANTONITO, Colo., June 15.-Thirty-slx
union miners and sympathizers deported
from the Cripple Creek district by the mili
tary authorities were unloaded from the
special train used for the deportation near
the New Mexico line today and were driven
by the guard, under command of Lieu
tenant Colonel Kennedy, over the border.
They were, moreover, warned not to return
to Colorado. Nevertheless, after the de
parture of the troops, the deported men
walked back to ,thls town, five miles north
of the line, where breakfast was furnished
them by citizens.
William Ketcham, one of the miners, was
too sick to walk and a wagon waa sent for
him.
Jl'DGE THAYER GRANTS THE WRIT
Governor Peabody Mnst Show Reason
for Holding; Moyer in 'Ball Pen."
ST. LOUIS, June 15. United States Cir
cuit Judge A. M. Thayer, sitting in cham
bers, has granted a writ of habeas corpus
to have Charles H. Moyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners brought be
fore him on July 5. The writ la directed
against Governor J. H. Peabody of Colo
rado, Adjutant General Bell and Bulkeley
Wells and another Colorado official. The
three have been cited to appear with Moyer
and show cause why Moyer Is being re
strained from his liberty by being confined
in a stockade, or hotter known as the "bull
pen," at Tellurlde.
The granting of the habeas corpus Is the
result of the war which is going on between
tlit miners' union and Colorado officials for
several months. Today Attorneys Hawkins
and Richards of Denver arrived in St. Louis
and went direct to the federal building,
where for more than three hours they laid
the case of Moyer before Judge Thayer.
Their arguments were that the president
of tho miners' union was being held in the
"bull pen" without any law or authority
and was being restrained of his liberty. At
the conclusion of their arguments Judge
Thayer granted the writ asked for, making
It returnable July 6.
LABOR I'NIONS TAKING A HOLD
Appeal to President to Interfere In
Colorado.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 15,-The fol
lowing addresses were sent to President
Roosevelt and to President Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor tonight
by officers of the Illinois Mine Workers'
union:
To the Honorable Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States, Washing
ton, D. C Dear Sir: In behalf of &u,0ii0
union coal miner-, comprising the United
Mine Workers of Illinois, embracing all
miners engaged In the production of that
important commodity, which constitutes a
large share of the commercial Interests of
the state of Illinois, we, tlielr active offi
cers, appeal to. you as president of the
United elates asking that a thorough and
searching InvcMlKulion be made at once
and that Immediate steps be taken to pun
ish the parlies guilty of innumerable crime
committed in Colorado under pretext of
"mililary necessity," "law and order," etc.,
and that all men be protected in their in
allfnnhle rights as guaranteed by the laws
and constitution of our country.
We feel that the parties In power are go
ing beyond the limits of human enduranre
In (! sir the mines and exiling the men
from Colorado, from their homea and from
I hiii r wiv.s and families for no other rea
son than their membership In a labor union.
Yours rti""'tfiillv.
H. C. PERRY. President.
W. F. hMlTH. Vl.-e ITcsldent,
W. D. RYAN, Secretary.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June lo.-8amuel
ICeBtlnued a Second Page.)
PLANS FCR FIRST EXCURSION
Dates, Schedalea and Arrommodat loos
Made for Commercial Club's
Crusade for Trade.
The first of the Commercial club trade
excursions for this seat on Is announced. It
will be over the lines of the Union Pacific
In Nebraska and will be the longest In dis
tance of any attempted. The dates for the
trip are June S3, 24 and 25. This Is two days
later than at first Intrmkd, but the mem
bers of tho South Omaha Live Stock ex
change could not go so e;irly in the week.
Omaha will end about HO business men
and South Omaha twenty-five. Secretary
Edward J. McVann Is expected to arrive in
a day or two and will take charge of the
excursion. A band will be taken as usual,
probably the Fort Crook organization, and
the other accessories of the trip will be
about aa before.
The territory which will be visited has
not before been taken in by an excursion.
The excursion will leave the Union station
at 7 o'clock on the morning of the 23d.
The party will go to Columbus on the main
line, then up the three branches north of
there to Albion, Spaulding and elsewhere,
returning to Columbus for the night. The
second will take the party to Grand Island,
up the Ord branch, back to Grand Island
and on to Kearney for the night. The third
day the excursion will proceed out the main
line to Sidney, arriving in the late after
noon. Tho run back to Omaha will be made
without any stops. The train is due to ar
rive here In the early morning of the fourth
day. Lunches will be serve. on the train.
The? schedule of stations w..n the popula
tions and the time of stopping follows;
JUNE a.
Arrive. Leave.
- ... . Omaha 7:00 am
North Bend.. 8:30am North Bend.. 8:46am
Rogers 8:o6 am Rogers 8:Wam
frjchuyler 9:10 am Schuyler 9:40 am
Kenton 9:50 am Benton 9:55 am
Columbus ... .10:0o am Columbus ...10:35 am
Oconee 11:08 am Oconee 11 :t6 am
Platte Centerll:16 am Platte Ccnterll:31 am
Humphrey ..11:53 am Humphrey ..12:13 pm
Madison 12:33 pm Madison 1:30 pm
Oconee 2:22 pm Oconee 2:22 pm
Munroe 2:31 pm Munroe 2:36 pm
'"l?., ?:S2 Dm Genoa 3:15 pm
ht. Edwards.. 3.37 pm gt. Kdwards. 3:67 pm
Boone M pm lioone 4:12 pm
Albion :26 pm A:niori 4:48 pm
frulierton .... 6:00 pm Kullerton .... 6:30pm
Belgrade . .. . . 6:o3 pm pcigrade ....7:00 pm
Cedar Rapids 7:16 pm Cedar Rapids 7:37 pm
Spalding :pm Spalding 8:20 pm
Columbus ....10:40 pm Remain in Columbus
all night.
JUNE 24.
Columbus ...,7:00 am
Duncan 7:16 am Duncan 7:20 am
Silver Creek. 7:35 pm Silver Creek. 7:45 am
Ciarks S:03am Clarks 8:13 am
Central City. 8:30 am Central City.. 9:00 am
Chapman .... 9:16 am Chapman ....9:25am
Grand Island. 9:46 am Grand Island 9:60 am
St. Libory....lO:li am St. Llbory... .10:20 am
St. Paul 10:46 am St. Paul 11:10 am
Elba 11:30am Elba ll:3oam
Scotia 12:05 pm fcfcjotla 1210 pm
North Loup. . 12:25 pm North Loup.. 12:40 pm
Ord l:0opmOrd 1:60 pm
Grand Island. 4:00 pm Grand Island 4:20 pm
Alda 4:32 pm Alda 4:37 pm
Wood River.. 4:49 pm Wood River.. 6:00 pm
Shelton 6:12 pm Shelton 6:22 pm
Gibbon 6 :32 pm Gibbon 6:42 pm
Kearney 6:06 pm Remain in Kearney
all night.
JUNE 25.
Kearney 7:"0 am
Odessa 7:15 am Odessa- 7:20 am
Elm Creek... 7:3" am Elm Creek... 7:35 am
Overton 6:(W am Overton 8:05 am
Lexington ... 8:2( am Lexington ...8:50 am
Cozad .. 9:10amCozd 9:30 am
Gothenburg . 9:62 am fWtbftnburg .10:12 am
Brady lsland.W:3i Uhf mJUo? 4sland.W:40 am
Maxwell 10:65 am Marwel! .....11:00 am
North Platte.ll:30 am North Platte.lir&O am
Hershy 12:10 pm Hershy 12:15 pin
Sutherland ..12:25 pm Sutherland ..12:3ipm
Paxton 12:66 pm Puxton l:(lopm
Ogalalla 1:36 pm Ogalalla 1:60 pm
Big Springs.. 2:20 pm Big Springs.. 2:30 pm
Julesburg .... 2:47 pin Julesburg ...3:02 pm
Chappell 8:27 pm Chappell 3:37 pm
Lodge Pole... 3:52 pm Lodge Pole .. 4:02 pm
Sidney 4:32 pm Sidney 6:00 pm
Arrive Omaha 7:80 a. m. June 26.
INSISTS ON HAVING THIRTEEN
Chauffenr Seeks Number Discarded
and Shnnned ns Vnluoky by
Other Autoraoblllsts.
Now comes a man who positively Insists
upon having the number "13" on Ills auto
mobile and who declares he regards It as
the luckiest combination of figures extant.
The gentleman is the chauffeur of Dr.
Elmer R. Porter and he Is willing to go to
considerable exertion to get "13" In place
of "25," which now adorns the motor car.
He says Dr. Porter would like the change
also.
Thirteen is the number Just discarded by
W. D. Bancker because his partner, T. A.
Spratlen, declared he would dissolve part
nership rather than to have Bancker whiz
zing around town with the Arabics swung
to his car. So Bancker took out No. 60 In
stead and laid "13" away.
Dr. Porter's chauffeur was engaged in an
earnest attempt to find out how he could
gain possession of the number. At the city
hall he waa told that the change would bo
satisfactory there provided he and Mr.
Bancker got together and fixed the matter
up between them and corrected the records
accordingly.
FOUNDATION R)R CONVENT
Work, on Good Shepherd's New Home
Vnder Headway and Will Bo
Pushed.
The foundation work was begun on the
new building of the Convent of the Good
Shepherd at Fortieth and Jones streets dur
ing last week. The excavation had been
made during last summer. The brick men
probably will get on the ground today. The
contract for the concrete and brickwork
has been let to W. P. Deverell and for the
carpenter work, rooting, glazing, painting
and other finishing to Thomas Herd. The
new building will form the front section of
the convent. It will be 152 feet long and
three stories and basement high. The ex
terior. Is of gray brick and Bedford stone
with an ornamental ecclesiastical gable and
entrance of, terra cotta. John Latenser Is
the architect. The building will not be fin
ished until rather late in the fall.
Mortality Statistics.
The following births and deaths have
been reported to the Board of Health dur
ing the twenty-four hours ending at noon
Wednesday:
Blrths-L. P. Garth, 1610 North Twenty,
first, girl; Andrew Ewing, 412 North Twenty-sixth,
boy; MIchuHl J. Gibson, 2413 Burt,
twin boys; M. Fish. 13us Capitol avenue,
boy.
Deaths Mrs. E. H. Sharp. 3418 Franklin,
36; Nellie Buckton, died In Presbyterian
hospital, 25; Mrs. Mary Murphy. Fortieth
and Poppleton avenue, 33; Mrs. T. T.
Keleher. died In St. Joseph's hospital,
home North Platte, Neb.; John Allen
lilbbs, 3UC Seward, 74; Lucy Larson, 209
North Ninth. 60.
Surgeons Hold Convention.
ST. LOUIS, June 16. The feature of to
day's iHssion of the annual convention of
the American SurKical association was a
paper by Dr. Samuel Poxal. professor of
surgery in the University of Paris. The
program also Included addresses by Drs.
Maurice H. Richardson, Boston : M. Q.
Harris. Chicago; James Hell, Montreal;
T. W. Brushy, Chicago; F. H. Harrington.
Boston, and A. T. Cabot. Boston.
Handing Permits,
Permits to build have been Issued to
Charles D. Thompson fur brlk flats at
21AI-52 Harney street to cost J". 500 and to
John Bwanson for a tl.600 frame dwelling
at Twenty-flftta aud Wirt street.
SIX HUNDRED
HARD PROBLEM IN DIVISION
Ststa Board of Equalization Hiring Eaid
lima with Eailroadt,
APPORTIONING VALUE ALONG LINES
Great Western Returns Its Property
and Adda a Little to the Total
aa Decided on by tho
Board.
(From a Staff Corespondent)
LINCOLN, June 16. tSpeclal.) The State
Board of Assessment spent the day In
executive session trying to divide up that
aggregate of Jj,0l,i5, which waa increased
this morning by tJS.OoO, the assessed valua
tion of the property of the Great Western
in Omaha, among the various lines of tue
several systems, but without success.
Tho finding of that S2i,uu) came as a dis
tinct shock to the board, as it was re
ported in by Mr, Woodward, the taxing
agent of. the Great Western, who said tho
amount was Just one-t..i.h of what the
Omaha property had cost the company.
The board had figured on this property
being worth about $20,000 for assessment
purposes, but from the best information
obtainable it had been overlooked in the
shuffle. The board cheerfully put !r. the
property at the ilgures furnished by the
road and individually, if not as a board,
the members expressed their gratification
at the action of the company.
The board arrived at its grand total by
lindlng the value of each system irrespec
tive of the branches, but based on every
thing, stocks and bonds and tangible prop
erty collectively, and it is finding it a dllll
cult task to separate the final figures so
that each branch line shall be assessed at
a iigure near Its actual value, and that
each community through which the several
roads run shall receive its proportion of the
taxes.
The Northwestern, instead of being as
sessed at $7,600 a mile, as stated by a board
member yesterday, will in all probability
be reduced to $ti,500.
The board concluded Its assessment of
the cars of the private car Hues with the
following result, showing not only tho
value, but the average number of miles
run by each class of cars;
Miles
Class. Value, per uay.
Retrigerators $ o 100
Tank 1,2'X) 30
Furniture 760 50
Palace stock 760 1M)
Box 7oo 100
Flat 600 75
The board was in session the entire day
and tonight the announcement was made
that It had not concluded its work and
the date of a final finish could not be stated. ,
One member stated that tho board was not '
sure whether it would divide up the aggre
gate of each system among the various
branch lines at a different value per mile
for each line or divide it on the unit system
according to mileage.
RAIS0UL! RAISES HIS DEMAND
Moorish Bandit Aska for Four Prov
inces ns Ransom for
Prlaoners.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-A serious hitch
has occurred in the negotiations for the
release of Ferdlcarls and Valley, the
American and Englishman captured In
Tangier by the bandit Ralsoull. The de
tails, as communicated to the State de
partment by Consul General Gummere, In
dicate that Ralsoull has vastly enlarged, his
original demands. He now insists upon
absolute control of no leas than four Moor
ish provinces, and besides demands that
no less than three nations, Including the
United States, guarantee the absolute per
formance of the sultan's promise. The de
mands are regarded aa absolutely impossi
ble of compliance here, notwithstanding
what effect the refusal may have on the
fate of the captives.
PARIS. June 15. The French minister at
Tangier telegraphs under today's date that
one of the Bheeiiflan chiefs has been
designated in the place of the. son of
Mohammed El Torres, the representative
of the sultan, to carry on the negotiations
for the release of Messrs. Ferdlcarls and
Varley.
DISPROVES RITUAL MURDER STORY
Russian Lecturer Showe There la No
Foundation for Reports.
KIEFF, June 16. Prof. Sikorsky, the lec
turer on mental diseases of Kleff university,
is preparing a voluminous work to dis
prove the existence of ritual murders,
stories regarding which have frequently
inflamed the ignorant to anti-Jewish riot,
like that at Klshlneff. The professor was
commissioned by the high courts to In
vestigate the oelebrated case of the al
leged ritual murder at Doubossary, his con
clusion being that the charge waa un
founded. His view of the case was vindi
cated at the trial.
PORTTGl'ESE KING IS A WINNER
Carlos Takes Tennla Game In Tonrna
ment In Honor of Americana.
LISBON, June 16. There was an ath
letio tournament In the royal grounds here
yesterday in honor of the American fleet.
King Carlos attended and won the tennis
match and did some remarkable shooting
with a pistol. Four men from the flag
ship Kearsarge and the Alabama had box
ing contests at the king's request.
Admiral Barker today will give a dancing
reception on the Kearsarge in honor of
Lisbon society.
Commemorative Exhibit for Artist.
MOSCOW, June 15. The trustees of the
Tretmakoff gallery have decided to buy
Verestchagln's latest works from his widow
and organize a commemorative exhibit.
OUTPUT OF PACKING HOUSES
Supply of Hosta Contlnuea to Be Fairly
Well Maintained and Larger (
Than Last Year.
CINCINNATI. June 15. (Special Tele
gram.) The Price Current says: The sup
ply of hogs continues to be maintained In
fairly liberal numbers. Total western pack
ing was 490,000, compared with tuo.000 the
preceding week and 460,000 last year. Since
March 1 the total is (,326.000, against B,850,
000 a year ago. Prominent places compare
as follows:
1904. 1903.
Chicago
Kansas City
South Omaha
81. Ixuils
Ht. Joseph
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
t'ini'innatl
Ottomwa
Cedar ItapidS
Hloux City
bt. faul 4M M
..l.WnmO 1, 730.0i"iQ
.. ?j,m 670.i0
.. 776,(i0 710.KI0
.. 6J1, UiO tHMiiiO
,.. 47iiXI 47S.liO
.. jm.iwo 2iv.ooo
. . l.'tVUiO
... ISM"! HUM)
.. 164.HI0 1'.ii0
.. 12b.OO 113. HO
.. 142.110 14J.UA
PEOPLE PERISH ON BOAT
ew York's Steamboat Horror
In a Rtcambont accident on the
East river yesterday, Now York ex
perienced a casualty rivallntt In Its
horrible details, the catastrophe
which wiped out so many liven In
the Iroquois theater, Chicago. Dur
ing the morninfr an excursion
atennier. loaded with Sunday school
children and older people, started
up the river for a day of pleasure.
Near Helliiate. a point In the
river which wakes navigation
dangerous owing to the rocks, the
ship was discovered in flames. A
panic broke out among the pas
sengers, who became frantic. At
this point leachlng was out of the
question, and the flaming vessel
with Its screaming passengers had
to take its chances with the flames
while the captain kept the boat di
rected for a more advantageous
point upstream.
The siren or danger whistles of
the boat were kept busy and many
tugs and smaller craft went to its
assistance, but owing to the dan
gers of the stream and the con
fusion on board they were able to
render little assistance. People
threw themselves overboard by the
score and were drowned, while
others with blanched faces waited
for the more horrible death of the
flames which swept through the
doomed vessel. It Is estimated that
the loss of life, mostly children,
will amount to over 600.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Showers In Sooth west! Fair and
Warmer In North and East Portions
Thursday. Friday Fair.
Temoeratnre at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour.
Dear. Hour. un.
. . 1(4 1 p. m 7
. . I4 2 p. n f
, . B5 H 1. in 7H
, . H1 4 p. m 81
5 a. m
a su m
7 aw nt
8 a. in
S a. m M p. iu 7i,
10 a. m T3 p. m 77
11 a. m Tt T p. m T
1 n 74 H p. m 73
1 p. in TO
RAILROAD SELECTS LANDS
Cnion PnclBc Mat for Thirty-Three
Thousand Acrea In W)omln
Approved.
(Vrorrf a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June 15. (Special Telegram-)
The secretary of the Interior today j
approved the selections of public lands
made by the Union Pacific Railroad com
pany to 33,040 acrea in the Evanston (Wyo.)
land district. These selections are officially
known as clear list No. 69 and lie within
the primary limits cf the railroad grant.
Representative Burkett, wife and chil
dren leave Washington for Lincoln Satur
day. Representative Biirkett, when Chi
cago Is reached, will start his family to
Lincoln, remaining himself in Chicago to
attend the convention.
Iowa rural routes ordered established
July 16: Algona, Kossuth county, one ad
ditional; area, forty square miles; popula
tion, 625. Rome. Henry county, ono addi
tional; area, nineteen square miles; popu
lation, 616.
Rural carriers appointed for Nebraska
routes: Edison, regular. Roy W. Morse;
substitute, Rose Till. Holbrook, regular,
Joseph M. Cheney; substitute. Albert G.
Cheney.
CHARITIES AND CORRECTIONS
ThtrtyFlrat Annual Conference la Now
In Session at Port
land, Maine. a
PORTLAND, Me.. June 15. For the third
time in thirty years the national conference
of charities and corrections has come to
New England to hold Its annual meeting,
and tonight will open its thirty-first yearly
session in this city.
President Jeffrey R. Brackett of Boston
haa arrived and fully 1,000 visitors are ex
pected before night. Including representa
tives from Canada, the south and the Pa
clflo coast.
The first national conference on the edu
cation of backward, truant and delinquent
children closed this forenoon with a sym
posium conducted by Mrs. Fannie French
Morris. At the close the members visited
the state school for boys at South Port
land. HENRY C. PAYNE IS STRICKEN
Acting; Chairman of Republican Na
tional Committee Becomes Sud
denly 111 In C'hleagto.
CHICAGO, June 15. Postmaster General
Henry C. Payne, chulrman of the repub
lican national Committee, collapsed at the
Auditorium Annex today. Mr. Payne has
not been in good health for some time. He
recently took an ocean trip for the purpose
of recuperation. He was In his room when
the attack came.
His ailment apparently waa of a neuras
thenic character. The time was shortly be
fore the hour set for tho conference of the
national committee over which Mr. Payne
expected to preside.
CONFEDERATES NAME OFFICERS
Son of Robert E. Lee is at the Head
of Organisation of
Veterans.
NASHVILLE, June 15-Unlted Confed
erate Veterans today elected the following
officers:
Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General
Stephen !. Iee of Columbus, Miss.
Commander of ths Department of North
ern Virginia General C. Irvine Walker of
Greenville, 8. C.
Commander of the Department of Ten
nessee General Clement A. Evans of At
lanta. Ga.
Commander of the Transmlsslsnippl De
partmentGeneral W. L. Cabell of Dallas,
Tex.
TO ERECT A VALUABLE HOME
Scandinavian Young Women's Chris
tlan Association Plana on hew
Building.
The Scandinavian Young Women's Chris
tian association has announced Its Intention
of erecting a valuable building on Its prop
erty at the northwest corner of Twenty
sixth street and Capitol avenue. Permis
sion has been obtained from the city to do
necessary grading in order that operations
may btgtn at once.
Chicago Horror Biraltd by the Burning of
a Steamer in la t Eirar, Nw York.
BIG EXCURSION SH'P IN FLAMCS
Veml Thronped with Happy Ennda
Echsol Children When Patio Smnea
CROWOED DECKS FALL IN INFERNO OF FIRE
Lift Prismer Too High and Too Stoats
to Be Ustd.
DRAMATIC RACE FOR PLACE OF LANDING
Toti While Ho' din j Handi Leap Into
Water or Rnait.
OVERTURNING GREASE FIRES THE SHIP
Fire Discovered 'When Boat Hearhea
Sunken Meadows at the F.xtreme
East End of Randall's
Island.
NEW YORK, June 15. One of the most
appalling disasters lir the history of New
York, tragic in Its intensity, dramatio In
Its episodes, and deeply pathetic In the
tender age of most of Its victims, took
place today In the East river, at the en
trance to Long Island sound, within a
short distance of the New York shore and
wlthlri sight of thousands of persons, the
majority of whom were powerless to mini
mize the extent of the catastrophe.
By the burning to the water's edge of
the General Slocum, a three-decked ex
cursion steamer, the largest in these wa
ters, more than 600 persons, the mujorlty
of whom were women and children, were
burned to death or drowned by jumping
overboard or by being thrown Into the
whirlpools by the lurching of the vessel
and the frantic rush of the panic-stricken
passengers.
Approximately 4S3 bodies have been re
covered and are now being tagged at the
morgues of Bcllvue hospital and Harlem.
Divers were still busy at a late hour tak
ing bodies from the hold of tho vessel,
which they say Is choked with the remains
of human beings, while the bodies of
scores who leaped or were thrown Into
the river have been recovered.
It Is the season of Sunday school excur
sions In New York bay and the Long
Island sound, tho latter one of the most
picturesque bodies of water in the coun
try. Great preparations had been made for
the seventeenth annual Sunday school ex
custon of St. Mark's German Lutheran
church, tho congregation of which Is drawn
from the dense population of the lower
East and West Side, and the General Blo
cum had been chartered to carry the ex-
curslonlsta to Locust Grove, one of tho
many resorts on Long Island sounds
Xrarly Thousand People.
It Is variously estimated that there were '
between 1,500 and 2,000 persons on the Gen
eral Blocum when it left the pier at
Third street, Kast river, though tho Knick
erbocker Steamship company, which owns
the Slocum, officially states that the num
ber of passengers was 873, that being only
one-third of the vessel's capacity. It is
thought, however, that there were several
hundred children in arniB, for whom fares
are not usually charged on these trips.
On board the decks of tho steamer as
It passed up East river tho scene was
one of merry-making. A mass of flags
fluttered In the June breezes, the bands
were playing and the children were slmr- '
lng, dancing and waving handkerchief
and flags in answer to the s.iltitatlons of
those on shore or from passing steamers.
At the extreme eastern end of Randall's
Island, off One Hundred and Thirty-fifth
street, there Is a stretch of water known
as the Sunken Meadows.
At this point, Just as crowds were watch
ing the gaily decorated steamer from the,
shore, the General Slocum took fire, and
as the age of the vessel (It waa built in
had resulted In the well seasoning
of the wood, with which It was almost en
tirely built, it was soon a mass of flame.
The fire is said to have broken out In a'
lunchroom on the forward deck through
the overturning of a pot of grease. The
wind was high and all efforts to subdue
the fire were futile.
Pasaeng-era Panic1 Stricken.
At One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street
there are several lumber yards and oil
tanks and an Captain William Van Schalk,
In command of the General Slocum, started
to turn his vessel townrd shore there he
was warned that It would act fire to the '
lumber and oil, so he changed his course
for North Brother Island, one of twin
Islands near tho entrance to the sound soma
half mile away, where the boat, partially
burned, was beached. It sank near this
place at 12:36 this afternoon, two hours and y
twenty-five minutes after the fire was first
discovered.
In the meantime the passengers had be
come panic-stricken and those who wore
not caught up by the flames rushed to the
rear of, the vessel and hundreds jumped
overboard Into the swiftly running waters.
It Is alleged that the life preservers were '
too securely fastened to their holdings to
he available and storioa are told of frantlo
efforts mnde by strong men to cut them
loose, but even If they could have been torn
down they were too hinh up for the chil
dren to reach.
It is also alleged that no attempt was
made to get out the fire apparatus at the
first cry of "fire," though Captain Van
Schalk aays he Immediately rang the bells
for getting out the apparatus. According
to several, no attempt was made to lower
boats or life rafts.
Race Horribly Dramatic.
The race to North Brother Island was
horribly dramatic. It waa made whlie tha
flames, which had been fanned into a fury
by the strong head wind, were consuming
hundreds of persons, old and young, Tho
scene waa one of frightful panic, will
women and children Jumping overboard and
being lushed by the channel whirlpools
against the vessel's aides. Women and
children were crowded together on the hur
ricane deck, which soon burned away and
fell, and It Is believed that most of those,
on this deck were burned.
The after rail gave way and the passen
gers who hud crowded against It ware
pushed Into the river. Mothers and chil
dren became separated and frantically
sought each other, while In several cases
futhers und mothers, gathering their chil
dren together, jumped with them Into the
water. Little children, holding each other
by the hand. Jumped together and were
afterward found clasped in each other's
arms. It la alleged that meu fought with