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FINE GOWNS ON SIIOW
Aacot Baoos tlit Uott Drsuy Alalx 8b in
English Social Lift.
KING EDWARD COMMENTS ON THE FACT
Xillions Said to Hat Biaa Sptnt to
Adorn tat Fair Stx.
PRINCESS BEATRICE INCLINED TO FLIRT
OaiMi Ear Titltd Mo.hsr a Largo
Amount of Trouble.
SETS ROYAL CONVENTIONS AT NAUGHT
o Vanderbllt Wanta I'ader the
lMl,,kil They Kever
Speak The?
Paee By.'
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LONDON, Juno 11 (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) "In all my
experience of fashionable gathering over
II Europe," King Edward ta quoted aa
liavlng aald, "I never waa ao struck by tha
axtravagant luxury and beauty of the
women's dresses aa In the royal enclosure
at Ascot thla week."
It la eatlmated that the coatumee dis
played at this race meeting, the amarteat
(unction of Ita kind In the London season,
could not at the present high prices paid,
have coat short of $5,000,000, aa every woman
wore a different and more expensive gown
each of the four days.
The royal party waa noticeably the dowd
iest In the Whole gathering with the excep
tion of the queen and young Princess
Beatrice of Coburg (who wore the most
exquisite and costly of frocks with quite
Parisian chic).
Like her sisters, the crown prlnoese of
Roumanla and the grand duchess of Hesse,
Princes Beatrice, though still quite young
(ahe la just 10), has wonderful fascination
for the men and ruthlessly exercises It on
any good-looking young fellow ahe meets.
Her mother; the grand duchess of Coburg,
the widow of the king's brother, the duke
of Ed In burg, watches her with anxious
care, but the princess delights In outraging
all the royal conventions. -
Mrs. Astor a Favorite.
Ths Anglo-American contingent waa
trongly represented at 'Ascot and no one
In it waa more noticeable than Mrs. J. J.
Astor, who la staying with the dowager
duchesa of Manchester. She la continuing
the aensation she mado In London by
reason of her elegant figure. At all the
smart dinner partlea given at the various
big houses where house parties aasembled
for the races her fascinating manner won
her hundreds of admirers.
Her peculiar half-llsplng pronunciation
amuses everybody. She cannot pronounce
eertaln letters, so that everyone who
speaks to her la intensely interested -and
may be seen to smile. She evidently ap
preciates the furore she has made and
mean to stay awhile longer. '
The duke and duchess of Roxborurge
- ware- rhr he 'prince and the prin-
. eess of Wales at Frogmore tut AsooL
The Cornelius Vanderillts are still in
London, but go np where; in fact, they
are ' rarely seen outside their hotel. Al
though the elder Mrs. Vanderbllt la stay
ing under the same roof, it Is said that
they avoid each other and never exchange
a. syllable. They, will attend the Rox
burge wedding Thursday and have aent
presents of Jewelry.
Toung and rich as Mra. Law is, it is
not surprising that she prefers to stand
on her own merits Instead of being in
troduced Into society under the wing of
ome experienced mondaine of the . first
degree, any number of whom want to
lead her through society's devious ways.
Several women were keen to exploit the
ew beauty, but Mrs. Law obstinately re
fused their solicitude and protection.
'While' In Paris Mra. Law made many
friends and was well known In the gay
world of Americana, but, tiring of the
surroundings, she has now come to Iondon
to, conquer a bigger field of fashion here
aid to make an effective splash. She has
tented Lord Rlbblesdale's fine house on
Green street, where she nightly dispenses
little dinners with fascinating presence.
! Miss Rockefeller Is Modest.
Miss Rockefeller, who now y In London,
la thought to be a very pretty girl. Judg
ing by her unostentatious taste in . dress
and timid manner, few believe she Is a
multi-millionaire niece of the Standard OH
king. Like all her compatriots, she -is
highly Independent. She came to London
on a big motoring trip last month with a
girl of her own age as a companion. Since
their arrival they have visited all the
nvlrona of London .and every pretty spot
la Surrey haa been explored by them with
enthuaiaam.
. Mlsa Rockefeller has an expert chauffeur,
who la an expert machinist as wall, so
When the 'car meets with any mishap the
hauffeur locates the trouble without delay
and sets everything in working order.
The wedding of the widow of Henry C.
Knapp of New York and , Lord Bateman
Will take place quietly, probably in Purls.
Mrs. Knapp la considered one of. the pret
tiest of the Americans here, and she has
It smartness which distinguishes , her
Wherever she goes. The match waa made
In Parta Lord Bateman, who Is 41 yeara
old, formerly waa a captain in the Life
guards. He has a fine place at Shobdon
court, Herefordshire. .
Princess Hatafeldt waa not at Ascot,
but haa been experimenting with a splen
did new sixty-horse power Mercedes down
at Draysott
Mr. Phlpps and fumily are due in Lon
don from Paris next week for the season.
BOUND TO GET INTO THE FLAME
Wdmi Has Crlltsed Society New
Oae f Its LeadlasI
Lights.
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LONDON. June IS. (New York World
Cablegram Bpeclai Telegram.) One of the
prettiest womeq presented at the first court
thla season waa Mrs. Clayton Olyn, whose
clever, cynical picture of smart society In
"The Visits of Elisabeth." startled so.
olety two years ago. All manner of
aristocratic young women 'with a talent
for writing, the duchess of Sutherland,
Lady Forbes and Lady Troubrtdge, among
others, were In turn credited with the
authorship.
Mrs. Clayton Oyn was a Miss Douglas
outherlund of Toronto and la married to
a wealthy land owner In Essex, where they
have a beautiful old mansion. She la very
much tn the kind of aoclety she held up
with remf""'" " tn nuwotuttlon In
fret book,
THEATERS ARE IN HARD LINES
Nothing ef Huencleat Merit Offered
- ta Attract Faylagr
Hob sea.
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing C
LONDON. June 11 New York
Cablegram Special Telegram
don theaters are having t-
ln a quarter of a cent
planatlona are offered of gCr menon,
all in part true. , Bridge I. . present the
leading anti-theater influence. The erase
la now general In all grades of society.
In workmen's clubs as well aa thoe of
the aristocrats, In White Chapel as well
as In Belgravla, the bridge unnla Is hold
ing undisputed awsy. The opera, where' ont
can lounge in for an hour at any time
during the performance. Is also a serious
counter attraction.
But the 'prime cause 1 the wretched
level to which the drama haa fallen.
There Is not at this moment being per
formed In a!l London's vaM array of
theaters a single noteworthy new produc
tion. Even musical comedies no longer
are the gold mine they were. The publie
Is surfeited with them.
Play after play has failed of late and
the losses of the theatrical managers are
becoming very serious. They are falling
back on the old succepses, owing to the
dearth of novel works of merit, yet still
gaping rows of empty seats denote the in
difference of the public.
The opera la having a splendid season,
with Me'.ba and Caruso drawing record
houpes whenever they . appear. Even
Wagnerian opera, which last year ahowed
signs of decaying favor, fills Covent Oar
den, but really overflowing enthusiastic
audiences are insured only by the older
favorites "La Travlata," "Faust," "Rlgo
letto" and "The Barber of Seville."
- The great success thla seaaon has been
Frauleln Selma Kurae, a Vienna court
singer, who has a magnificent voice, strong
enough for ths most exacting Wagnerian
roles, yet sympathetic and possessing great
dramatic qualities.
VANDERBILT IS A CURIOSITY
People of Swiss Tillage . Flock
Hotel to See tho Rich
America a.
to
(Copyright, 1904. by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, June 11 (New York World Cablegram-Special
Telegram.) While W. K.
Vanderbllt waa touring In Switzerland thla
week with his wife and three other women
In an automobile the Ure of his machine
blew up and left the party stranded. Mr.
Vanderbllt waa held up for two whole
daya while a tire waa being aent to him
from Lausanne. '
The peasants seemed to regard the
muItl-mllllonalre American as something
of a curiosity. They flocked about the
little Inn which sheltered him and his
party and feaated their eyes on him as
they would on a king or an emperor.
They appeared to take . particular In
terest In aeelng him eat, for they gath
ered at the inn at meal hours and waited
for the rich American to sit down to, the
little wooden table In the carpetless -room.
Ths Innkeeper scoured the whole neigh
borhood In search of .dainties to tempt the
palate of the rich mm. He hunted high
and low for a stray bottle or two of cham
pagne but could find none, aad the Van
derbilt throat had - to be content ' with
plain- Burgundy and claret. - 1
The Innkeeper did a rushing business
all the time the Vanderbllt party was
with him. The whole hamlet stopped work
and spent its time at the little town. Tho
village aent the party on Ita way at the
end of the second day with a groat chorus
of cheers, -...
EARL AS A DRAMATIC ANGEL
Touring- the Provlaeea with a Com
pear aad Alao Appears
la London.
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LONDON, June 11 (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Unmindful
of the fate of 'the marquis of Ahglesa,
whose attack Of Stage fever brought him
to the bankruptcy court, the earl of
Suffolk la now touring the country with a
private theatrical company, chiefly ama
teurs, giving performances of "The Coun
try Qlrl." He played three times for
charity at the Court theater In London.
The prince, and the princess of Wales at
tended one of the performances, which waa
exceedingly aucoessful.
The earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to give
him his fuH tRle plays very cleverly him
self and stage manages the , whole pro
duction. Lord Suffolk waa the. principal aide-decamp
to Lord Curson in India, but he
parted with the Cursona under atralned
conditions having called the viceroy "the
old bonder" in his hearing. The Curaons
are amqng the few fashionable people who
have not been Included among his London
audiences. ,
BALLOONS AND AUTOS IN RACE
Whts Weaoas succeed la Captarlaa
Prise .frosa Fire Who
Travel tho Air.
(Copyright. 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS. June ll-New York World Ca
blegram.) Special Telegram.) The Aero
club of Parts had a raoa between balloons
and automobllea this week that aroused
great Interest and afforded fine aport. A
pilot balloon was first released aa a guide
for the other balloons. The condition waa
that the balloons must descend at a cer
tain plaoe and within a certain acre. Im
mediately after the balloons were loosened
autos of the best racing types started In
pursuit. They had to overtake the aero
nauts and stop their. machines at the spot
where the balloons were to descend before
the aeronauts could alight, detach their
cars from the gas bags and carry them
thirty-three feet. Five ballocna and a score
of autos competed, while hundreds followed
In the wske In other traps. The autos
succeeded in capturing the honors from the
aeronauts.
LITTLE CHANCE FOR BETTING
pecalatora Do Not Get a ghow la
tho Grand Prix This
Year.
(Copyright, 1904. by Press Publishing Co)
PARIS. June 18-(New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Prom a bet
ting atandpolnt the Grand Prix waa any.
thing but' a success, because the Blane
stable waa such a hot favorite. The pub
lic could not see anything else In the race,
yet waa not , willing to accept the price
marked against the stable.
The race course was invaded by a bri
gade of EnglUh pickpockets and crooka
They were followed over by deteetlves
from Scotland yards, who worked with the
Parts sleuths to shut theca out of the
ground. Few. escaped detection
DELEGATES ARE SLOW
Fw f Tktm Hits Arrirtd at Tot to En-
litsn tho Hotel Labbiss.
OF NEBRASKA DELEGATION THERE
Eokdqaartsn Will Bo Bttdj to Boooiro
Viiitora oa Kcneay.
WEBSTER CONFERS WITH DELEGATION
Nat DofiniUly Decided Whithsr Hamt
Will Bo Pmonted.
immnmaawaw O
DEPENDS ON STRENGTH OF FAIRBANKS
ladlaaa Maa Jays ieantor la Net
eeklaa; . the . Neuslantlen, hat
Weald K4 Deellao If
Offered.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
CHICAGO, Jane 11 (8peclel Telegram.)
There are some mighty peculiar things
about thla 1904 national convention of the
republican party, which will begin ita ses
slons next Tuesday. Chief of these Is the
lack of Interest which now prevails In the
lobblea of tha hotels and atate headquar
ters. But when Theodore Roosevelt Is
placed tn nomination next Wednesday all
this la likely to be changed.
There la alao another thing that excites
comment among "old timers" who have at
tended every convention, republican, demo
cratic and populist, since the war, and that
la the absence of lithographs or pictures of
President Roosevelt. In but three state
headquarters of those visited today did
The Bee eorreepondent see pictures of the
president. .There are pictures of Hanna
everywhere. In the Auditorium Annex
headquarters of the national committee
there ia a magnificent portrait of the late
senator from Ohio, garlanded with roses and
amliax. This is true of other prominent
Pisces in the heart of the hotel district of
Chicago, but Roosevelt's picture is not to
be seen. Just why ta probably told In a
centence by J. W. Blrthe of Burlington, la.
"The people of thla convention require no
outward prompting. They have come here
to do something definite. And they need
no reminders of their clear duty.".
But then today and next Tuesday Is a
different atory and enthusiasm la bound to
make itself felt
Webster Coalers with Friends.
John L. Webster and his boom for vice
president modestly arrived tn Chicago this
morning and located at the Palmer house.
Mr.' Webster remained Indoors much of
the day, believing that until Nebraska
headquarters were opened it would not
comport with the high office for which he
la a candidate to be seen about the hotels
and places where politicians are gathered.
Mr. Webster, Mr. Brome and .Mr. Miles
had a conference today and after going
over the situation, partlcular'arly lh view
of renewed talk" today, it was' thought beat
to" leave the question of whether Mr.. Web
ster's name Should go before the conven
tion until Monday, when It l thought the
vice " presidential matter will be aettled
definitely. .' Jh the event that Mr. "Webster
decided to go before, the convention as a
candidate Bis name will be presented by
W. P. NIW of Sidney; who Is already at
work on his speech placing Mr. Webster
before the representatives for his party.
It is ' expected that tbev delegates from
Nebraska will be In . Chicago by noon to
morrow. The headquarters of the Ne
braska ' delegates is being decorated and
will be opened tomorrow in the Auditorium
hotel. Chairman Brome of the delegation
having Instructions to complete the deco
rations aa soon as possible.
Mr. Webster, speaking of his candidacy,
aald, that should states other than Ne
braska present vice presidential candi
dates, then his name would then go to
the convention, but f tha aentlment be
came overwhelming . for Fairbanks, as it
looks tonight, then he would ask tha dele
gation' to withhold, his name. . That mat
ter, however, will be taken up when It Is
reached. There "is . a aentlment tonight
that the convention may adjourn Wednes
day night, the nominations of president
and vice president being made Wednes
day. " Nebraska as Plow la CobbIbst.
Members of the Nebraska delegation to
any considerable number are yet to come,
although reports' from thoae now here In
dicate that Nebraska will be represented by
a full delegation,' while of alternates and
onlookera there will be here in large num
bers.. , '
National 'Committeeman Schneider hna
arranged for Nebraska headquarters ad
joining Missouri Jn the Auditorium hotel,
which will be appropriately decorated and
ready for occupancy on Monday. There
are so many other headquarters in this
Michigan avenue hoatlery that some of the
cltlsens of . the antelope atata are liable to
get. mixed up tn their bearings and drop
In on California, . where there are wines,
fruits and flowers in . profusion, thinking
perhaps they all belong to National Com
mitteeman Schneider and the committee
men who la to be his successor, Charley
Morrill. However, when Nebraska gets
started It Is confidently promised that there
will be no let 'up In Its hospitality until
the republican convention of 1904 adjourns
without day. ' . . ,
' Among those from Nebraska already on
the ground are Fred Childs, Harry Brome
and W. P. Miles of Sidney, Miles having
been agreed upon to place John L. Web
ster In nomination for the eiea presidency.
Harrison of Grand Island, who will be one
of the reading clerks of the convention, is
also here, together with Wlltae of Pender,
who does not .like .'the way things are
going on the Omaha -and Winnebago res
ervations,' new that the reservation has
been divided and bonded school superin
tendents have taken the plaoe of the agent
once in charge.'' 'Things are so different,"
he said, mournfully.. Tomorrow Frank
Nelson of Niobrara, B, F. Williams of
Boone and John F. Piper from Lyons are
scheduled to arrive.' Aa for others of the
delegation tbey are expected at any time,
although Mr. Schneider was not advised
ao- to their movement, ;
' Iowa Has ri"e Headeaartere.
Iowa has finest headquarters la Chicago
for which they pay IOW. Hawkeys delega
tions have taken ladles' parlors In Strat
ford hotel which overlooks Lake Michigan,
and they have decorated it magnificently
with flags, shields, festoons and pictures.
On tha walls are portraits of McKlnley,
Rooeevelt. Allison,' Dolllver, Secretary
Shaw and. ex -Senator Gear. The head
quarters are In charge of George M. Chris
tian, of Dea Moines, sergeant-at-arms of
ths Iowa delegation for five national con
ventions Chicago, '88; Minneapolis, 'M; St.
(CoaUuued ao Second Page.)
NEW BOOK CAUSES SENSATION
"Ceaejaest of Jerasalem" Classed aa
Most Vivid Work of He. ,
. cent Yeara.
(Copyright. 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, June H-(New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) To French
literature haa juat been added a treasure
In the volume brought out by Mme. Miriam
Harry, hitherto practically unknown In the
field of letters, entitled 'The Conquest of
Jerusalem." The universal opinion among
critics is that the book la the roost vivid
and forceful of any published in recent
years. It Is likened to the works of Do
Maupassant.
Mm a. Harry was born In Jertiaalem. It
would be a difficult matter to Indicate her
nationality for the reason that many races
are represented In her parentage. She
speaks at least a dosen languages.
At 13 Mme. Harry wrote a short story af
no little merit In German. It was pub
Uahed In a German newspaper. In the next
year or two ahe wrote several other short
stories.
Mme. Harry la a woman of remarkable
appearance. She Is young, bright and vlva
cloua She Is a blonde and her half la of
the crinkly kind that la ao rarely seen. One
of her critics says "she haa the air of a
daughter of the Rhine baptized In the
Jordan."
OMISSION PROVES EXPENSIVE
Dropping of Comma from Message
Costa Row Yorker Tweaty-Flve
Tho a sand Dollars.
(Copyright. 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, June 18. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The omission
of a single comma from a cablegram re
ceived here thla week by an American
woman from her husband, a rich New
Yorker, cost him just 126,000.
' The woman had seen a beautiful diadem
set with diamonds In the shop of a noted
Parta jeweler and decided that she must
have It She got the jeweler to give her
an option on. the glittering bauble until ahe
could communicate by cable with her hus
band. She wired that the price of the
diadem was 818,000 and asked If she might
buy It. A few hours later ahe got thla
reply: "No price too high." In the
original message there was a comma be
tween the words, "No" and "the price,"
but the mark waa dropped on the way
to Parla. The devoted wife took the mes
sage literally and bought a still more
beautiful gem, paying just 826,000 for It,
Her husband haa yet to hear of it.
MONEY STARTS ON A CIRCLE
Japaaese Gold Now Going as a
Loss to the Basslan Gov- '
, craaaeat.,
I
(Copyright. 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS. June 18. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The - Crl of
Paris says-editorially that the aafe arrival
of the' French liner Lorraine with 850,000,000
In American gold must dispel. all Impres
sions' that such things as pirates still exist.
Tha writer of the article Suggests 'that the
men who once roamed the high seas under
the' black flag, scuttling ships and cuttlrig
throats, havr ail turned stock brokers, and
then adds:.; ,',.. .
.'This gold which America sends us comes
from .the Japanese, who - paid the United
States 8200,000,000 for provisions ' and war
materials. - From our-hands the same gold
will go to' Russia, aa we will undoubtedly
lend It to the csar. If the Japanese take
it back again In strong boxes, or receive It
in the form of a war Indemnity, the Lor
raine's precious cargo will have made a
oomplete circuit of the globe."
HISTORIC OLD MANOR BURNS
Dates Back to Foarteeath Ceatory,
Whea Ite Owaers Were
Political Factors.
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(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, June 11 (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) A fire has
just destroyed the historic old manor of
Plerrefort, dating ' from' the fourteenth
contury, and one of the most Interesting
buildings of the epochs of the dukes of
Lorraine.
The building dominated a huge skirt of
woods, around which winds the river Ech.
The sires of Plerrefort . played an im
portant role In the local history of the
country.
SINGER BECOMES COMPOSER
Operetta Said to Promise a Hit la
Both Libretto aad
Maslo.
(Copyright. 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS. June ft.-(New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Mme. Pauline
Vlardot, a former singer of distinction, has
just completed an operetta entitled "Ce
doillon." Mrte. Vlardot retired from the stage
some time ago when at the height of her
triumph. Since then her home haa been a
rendesvous of artists and celebrities of all
descriptions. It was at a recent reunion In
ber salon that "Cedolllon" was Introduced.
It Is said to have all the elements which
make for success In libretto and music.
PORTRAIT CAUSES GREAT STIR
J. S. Sargreat's Prodaetloa tho Most
Rotable One ia Thla Year's -Academy.
(Copyright, 1904. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, June 18. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) No ploture
In thla year's academy haa caueed so much
talk aa J. 8. Sargent's portrait of the duch
ess of Sutherland. She la arrayed in a ball
dress and atands with a somewhat mocking
and defiant air amld luxurious surround
ings. Her beauty la bewildering, intoxi
cating. Everyone who looka at It gives an
Involuntary "Oh," half admiration, half
astonishment, at the Clrce-Uke character
denoted by the artist.
BRIDEGROOM IS JO FARE WELL
Mrs. Sana Lewis Geaevoae with
Her Prospective Yoaag
Hoahaad.
(Copyright, 1904. by Preaa Publishing Co.)
IXNDON. June 11 (New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram.) The be
trothal of the widow of Money Lender
"Sam" Lewie and young Lieutenant Hill
of the Scots Ouards Is still the talk of
the town. Mra Lewis has settled upon
him 81S.0U0 a year and 8500,000 at her death.
The marriage settlement Is an exact coun
terpart of that drawn up when the elderly
ducheae of Montrose married Harry MUnsx.
BIG NAVAL FIGHT ON
Indlottlona Point to Hoary EngagomiBt
Off tag Port of tiiobo.
ROAR OF CANNON HEARD AT THAT POINT
Ho Intimation at to Emit or tho Snip
Th.t Ars Engaged.
IMPORTANT LAND FIGHTING EXPECTED
Hostile Forcei Crawiaf Together in Vioin
itj of Xai Chon.
RUSSIAN LOSS AT VAFANG0W HEAVY
Oaaaaltles Sow Placed at Two Than.
aaad Hospital Trains Brlag
tha Woaaded lata
Makdea.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG, June 11 New York
Herald Cablegram-Special Telegram to
the Bee. The latest report gives the as
surance that a big naval fight Is In pro
gress. ' The roar of cannon can be heard
from Base bo. The governor of Vladlvo
stock has summarily ordered all women
aand children away.
General Nogi'a army la marching upon
Kal Chou, where a force of fifty thousand
Russians Is said to be.
Details of the fighting at Wafangow
which have arrived show the engagement
waa much more important than was imag
ined. Splendid heroism waa displayed by
the Rusalana during two days of tha hard
est fighting. They were beaten by superior
numbers of the enemy, whose tactics are
acknowledged here to be the moat skill
ful. The Russlsns were In constant dan
ger of being surrounded and had to retire
to prevent this. Tbey fought every foot
of the ground.
A special dispatch to the Russ says more
than a thousand Russians, were wounded.
In some cases all tho men at the batteriea
were blown - to pieces by tailing ahella.
The Japanese made tho combat purely an
artillery battle, concentrating all their
fire on the Russian batteriea until they had
been silenced. Then the Japanese Infantry
advanced. . . .
The Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovan's
hospital train conveyed 475 wounded Rus
sians to Mukden and that of the Grand
Duchess Anastaeia Nioolalevna 190, while
a great number more are reported to be on
the way.
Prince Orbeliani, who la well known at
BlarriU and Hamburg, la going ' to ths
front, having been- appointed to the com
mand of a brigand of Caucasian cavalry.
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' Lose Two Taoaeaad. - ,
ST. PETERSBURG, June 11 About 1.100
mea--wounded at -the battle of Vaiangow,
Including fifty-five officers, have reached
Liao Tang. ..The. total Russian loaaa are
about. 8,000. ' . ' . . .v, vt - '
.General 8takelbergs force , Is marching
north, ths railroad being unable , to trans
port more than' a few thousand men.
. Special dispatches ssy. the Russians at
Vafangow had forty-two battalions against
forty-four Japaneae battalions. The Japa
nese had . great superiority la artillery,
having more than 200 guna.
VESSELS ARB III FIGHTING TRIM
Warships nave" Been Baeceaafally Re
paired aad Tvoable Is Expected.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 18. The mln
lster of marine haa received the following
from Admiral Alexleff, dated June IS:
According to reports received to June 14,
from Rear Admiral WIthoff, in command
of the naval forces at Port Arthur, the
work of repairing the ships of the squad
ron has been brought to a most successful
conclusion alike regarding the battleships
under the command of Rear Admiral Ouk
tomsky, the cruisers commanded by Cap
tain Reltaensteln and the torpedo boats,
thanks to the unremitting labors, energy
and ' absolute devotion of all concerned.
The health of the crews of the squadron
Is most satisfactory.
The authorities are decidedly elated over
the almultaneoua receipt ' of dispatches
from Rear Admiral WIthoff, who com
mands the Russian fleet at - Port Arthur
and from Vladivostok indicating that ths
fleets at both places are in fighting trim.
Somewhat naturally, the authorities de
cline to disclose the means of transmission
of Admiral WIthoff 's dispatch, but the
fact that the message brought the ad
miral's report up to June 14 indicates that
It hardly .came by a runner through the
Japanese lines. The condition of the squad,
ron makes It apparent that the vessels are
ready to go to sea and If they meet tha
Japanese fleet the reeult will probably be
a battle of ironclads that will take a place
In history overshadowing the meeting of
the Chinese and Japaneae fleets on the
Yalu.
A reference in the Port Arthur dispatch
to Rear Admiral Prinoe Ouktomaky dis
poses of the report, previously denied by
the Associated Press, that ths prinoe had
been deposed and executed for disloyalty.
Tho Vladivostok mesaage ahowa that the
commandant there la looking forward to
serious operations, probably In the way of
reprisals for destruction wrought by ths
Russian cruiser squadron. There Is no In
dication, however, aa far as can be learned,
that the Japaneae aquadron haa appeared
In the neighborhood.
The St. Petersburg authorities have re
ceived nothing of an official nature bear
ing upon the report of the mutilation of the
wounded at Vafangow and they are not
dlapoaed to discuss the matter until It
shall have been formally called to their
attention.
WASHINGTON, June U-Count, Casstnl,
the Russian ambassador, today received a
dispatch from Admiral Alexleff, dated Muk
den. June It. saying that according to the
report of Admiral WIthoff, from. Port Ar
thur, the repairing of vessels has success
fully ended. The cruisers are under Ad
miral Prince Ouktomaky. The torpedo
boats ars under Captain Reitsensteln.
Everything is all right, the dispatch saya
BATTLE IS BELIEVED IMMINENT
jBS sad Itasstaa Forces Are Getting
Closer Together.
LIAO YANO, June 11 The retirement of
the Rusalana before a superior force from
Vafangow and the advance of the Japanese
east and northward, makes Imminent a still
more Important engagement In the south
ern region. The Japaneae have now ar
rived at a point where the forces are more
equal and where they must fight on' more
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THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecaat foa Kehraaka Part Cteady
Saadayt Probably Showers and
Cooler la West Portloo aad at KlgM
la East Port lea Moaday, Fair.
I Ffae Oowae la Kvldeaee at Races.
Delesjates Are Slow In Arrlvlaa.
Believe Blar "aval Battle la !Vow Oa.
Third of a Ceatary for Tho Bee.
Maay Bodice Foaad la tho Water.
Paaama la to Have a New Dollar.
S Kewa front All Parte of Nebraska.
Father SrhcU'a Record as 'Fighter.
4 Record Class la the High School.
Boy May Die as Kesalt of tho Fall.
5 Fear Restoration o Bridge Toll.
Rays Mlsa Whltraore Will Rossala.
Past Week la Omaha Society.
T Tall Peaks Are His Playthtaca,
Story, "Black ToaVa S"oaeaaoe.,
II Ceaacll BlaaTs aad Iowa News.
0 Kin arc oa Maalelaal Paving Plant.
Saaday Services la tho Charchcs.
10 Rcaalts of Contests on the Dtamoad
Hlahoall Wlaa tho Chicago Derby.
Mlaccllaaeoas Snorting Eveats.
11 Financial aad Commercial.
L3 Coadltloa of Omaha's Trade.
Beatrlea Maet Pay I'p dalckly.
14 Amaseaicnts aad Maslc.
15 Weekly Review of Sportlaa; Events.
IS Besieged by Two Big Grlssly Bears.
Cost of the War to Newspapers.
IT Story of One of Omaha's Foaadere.
Breaklasr Groaad for Valoa Pacific
IS Editorial.
19 Dally Ronad of Presldeat's Work.
Vloo Prosldeaey Foar Years Ago,
S4 Tries to Shoot llasaaad la Coart.
as to 40 The Illustrated Bee.
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NEW YORK JJKES RAGTIME
Spends $00,000 a Year for' Popalar
Maslo for tho City
Parks.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
NEW YORK, June 11 (New York Her
ald Service Special to The Bee.) Fifty
thousand dollars, approximately, ia the aum
that Is annually spent for band concerts
In the parks of New York City.
In giving khese figures Colonel A. G.
Smith of the park department, declared
that there was no one expenditure In the
city budget which gave anything like the
enjoyment that thla does.
"It is only necessary to attend some of
these concerts in various parks of the city
to appreciate this fact," said he. "Wo
could spend twice as much with splendid
results. I presume that fully 10,000 persons
enjoyed the concerts In Central park last
summer-on pleasant daya, and doubtless,
all told. In all parts of the city more than
1.000,000 men, women and children were en
tertained In thla manner.
"While music has a distinct educational
effect and a refining influence,' there la no
attempt, to develop a taste for classical
music. Tha selection Is left almost en
tirely ' to the band leader, who uses his
judgment and plant his music according
to the taste of the locality where he plays.
"Very often suggestions come to him
from the people, and you would be sur
prised at the choice. In quarters where
you would expect they would want rag
time they ask for something better. In
localities occupied by certain nationalities
music of their particular country la very
apt to bo Included In. the selection. The
concerts are certainly one of the beat In
vestments, looked at from a merely phil
anthropic atandpolnt. of - any, for every
oho loves muslo and to some nationalities
it. amount to .a positive mania."
POOLROOM RECEIVES REPORTS
Oaa New . York House Docs Business
Despite Westcra laloa Tele
srraph Corapaiay.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
NEW YORK, June IS. (New York Her
ald Service Special to The Bee.) Despite
the official order discontinuing race reports
by the Western Union and removal of
telephones from pool rooms, the largest
gambling house In this city received re
ports from local and distant tracks today.
The reports from Gravesend came over a
private telephone line direct from the track.
The houae whose proprietors have shown
so much enterprise is near the Waldorf
Astoria and Ita patrons included the Wall
street players and other of the heaviest
bettors on horse racea.
During the daya of this week the rooms
In the place were filled with men .well
known in sporting circles here and abroad.
Returns from the Gravesend track were
received more promptly than when under
the old telegraph aystem. From the west
ern - tracka all necessary Information was
on hand as promptly at It has ever been.
If the races did not furnish sufficiently
exciting sport the patrons could find ac
commodation at roulette and faro tablea,
and a big business was done in this line.
MOYER GOES TO CRIPpTe CREEK
Prisoner Indignant nt tho Charges
Brought Agalast Him la Teller .
. ' Coaaty.
TELLURIDE. ' Colo., June 18. Sheriff
Rutan today delivered Charles H. Moyer,
president of the Western Federation of
Miners, to two deputy sheriffs from Crip
ple Creek, who held a warrant charging
Moyer with having been implicated in the
.Vindicator mine explosion of November 1,
1901, by which two men were killed.
. Moyer haa been held a prisoner for nearly
three monthe under Governor Peabody's
orders without recourse to the courts. He
waa turned over to the sheriff Wednesday
evening after United States Judge Thayer
at St. Louis had Issued a writ of habeas
corpus in his case. District Attorney
Mullln has dismissed all charges agalnat
Moyer In this county.
Before his departure in cuatody of th
Cripple Creek officers today President
Moyer expressed great indignation at the
charges brought against him in Teller
county, and expressed a strong desire to
proceed at once to Cripple Creek and atand
a speedy trial.
CANNOT PREVENT BLACKLIST
Cincinnati Jadge Refaeee to Eajola
Proprietors aa Petitioned by
Striking- Cab Drlvere.
CINCINNATI, June ll-Judge,' Llttle
forc held today that blacklisting-could not
be remedied or prevented by Injunction.
He refused to restrain the proprietors
from blacklisting members of the Cab
drivers' and Hackrasn'a unions who have
acently been on a strlks.
THIRD OF A CENTURY
Tha Boa Fassaa Into tho Tsar That Kaihi
Thla AnniTsrtary.
SHORT REVIEW OF ITS RISE AND PROGRESS
Foondod 1871 by Edward BoisweUr, Who
is 8tlU Iti Editor.
easaaaaaaaaa.
FIRST IN ENTERPRISE AMONG NEWSPAPERS
How It Has Commanded gad Kopt Conft
duo of tho Public
LARGEST CIRCULATION, BEST OF READERS
Reputatloa for Hoaest Dealing tha
Foandatlea Stoao of Tha Bee's'
I access aad High Rank la ;
Amerteaa Jonraallsm,
With this number Tha Bee passes Inta
tha thirty-third year alnce Ita foundation,
and will during the coming twelve montha
round out a record of a third of a cen
tury. The Bee waa founded June 19. 1STI, '
by Ita present editor, Edward Roaewater. '
Ita first bow waa as a little four-page
sheet Issued for free distribution, having
the appearance of a theater program. From
this first number The Bee hss grown anl
expanded day by day and year by year
until it haa gradually achieved its present
slse, form and position.
For thirty-three years The Bee haa been -a
dally reflection of the personality of ita
founder, Edward Roaewater. Only on ona
occasion, twelve years ago, haa he taken
any extended vacation from his post at Ita
helm. His inexhaustible energy, indoml-
table pluck, fearlesa courage and con
aclentlous devotion to ' public duty have
constantly marked the policy and adminis
tration of the paper In every department.
Ths present occasion does not call for
any detailed review of The Bee's history,
which is familiar to all of Its older read
ers, and which haa been repeatedly re
counted tn prevtoua anniversary numbers.
The significant features of Tha Bee are,
first, that it has been under one and the
same editorship and management stnoe the
day of Its birth; second, thst it haa been'
constantly In the forefront of Journalistic
enterprise; third, that It haa earned Its
commanding Influence and appreciated
patronage by deserving well of tha publlo
through the steadfast championship of pub- 1
llo rights, good government and the de
velopment of the resources of city, state
and nation. .
Pioneer with Feat Presses. '
The Bee has been the pioneer In Intro-;
duclng into this section of the west the
newest end most modern mechanical fa
cilities for the production of an up-to-date
newspaper. The first copy of the paper
waa run off in U71 on an old Cincinnati
hand cylinder press, propelled by the mus
cle of a sturdy negro with a capacity of
about 700 impressions, or 360 four-page
sheets per hour. Three hours sufficed ta
print the whole edition of 1.000 copies. A
year later It secured a three-revolution Hot .
press with a capacity of 8,000 four-page
papers per hour. In 1881 it brought out ths
first folding machine used in ' this state,
and shortly after put In two double cylin
der Hoe presses, equipped with Dexter
foldera. In 18 it installed what waa then
the latest Invention, the web perfeclng
press printing both sides of the paper In
one Impression with a capacity of 11,000
eight-page papers per hour. It followed
thla up within a year with a second press
of the same make and pattern.
These two presses, which at that time
seemed to be fsr in advance of all possl-t
bis demands for years to come, were
finally supplanted first In 189!) with a new.
double supplement, Hoe press, made espe
cially for The Bee, capable of turning out '
24,000 papers per hour of eight, ten or
twelve-page papers, or 12,000 of the sixteen,
twenty or twenty-four psge papers. This
press was also duplicated, according to tha
established policy of The Bee to have all
Its machinery In duplicate fo- possible
broak-downa and emergencies. The press
room capacity of The Bee at the present
time la, therefore, 48,000 papers per hour of
eight, ten or twelve pages, or 14,000 papers
per hour of sixteen, twenty or twenty-four
pages. .
In other ' mechanical departments tha
progress haa been equally remarkable, tha
old hand composition having given way
entirely to automatic type-setting machines,
the battery of twelve linotypes of tha most
approved pattern having been set up In
the composing room In 189ft., Tha stereo-,
typing machinery la likewise of ths latest
product of the press builders, and nothing
haa been omitted to shorten the time be
tween the handling of the copy and tho
distribution of the papers on the streets.
Homes of The' Bee.
In Its thirty-three years of existence The
Bee has marched onward and upward
through various . homes each more con
modlous and better suited to getting Old
a metropolitan newspaper. It waa first
laauad from the Job printing office of Red
field brothers, and then transplanted after
the burning of a temporary home to the
location on Karnam street between Ninth
and Tenth, which It occupied for many
years. This building was several times en
larged and reconstructed,' and finally In
1S88 Ths Bee settled In Its present quarters
In the magnificent Bee building at Seven
teenth and Farnam streets. This building
at the time it waa erected waa conceded
to rank first among the great newspaper
offices of the country, and while many
new and palatial newspaper buildings have
alnce been erected none of them surpasses
The Bee building In point of substantial
construction and convenient adaptability to
newspaper purposes. , '
The Bee haa alwaya prided Itself on be
ing par excellence a newspaper with news
gathering . facilities unequalled by any
other pair published In a city of Omaha's
class. As a member of the Associated
Press, It furnishes Its readers daily with
the news of the world collected by that
great co-operative organisation. Ia addi
tion to this it has organised a corps of
special correspondents covering the field
of Nebraska, Iowa and contiguous states.
It maintains salaried staff representatives
in Uncoln and Dea Moines, the two state
capitals, and In Washington, the national
capital.
' Enterprise la Reearlagt News. .
Its enterprise in procuring the best and
most reliable newa Is seen at the present
time, when it Is publishing from day ta
day by special arrangement all tha ex
pensive war news of the New York Herald,
wired to The Bee at heavy tolls direct front
the New York office of that paper. For
the Chicago and St. Louis conventions It
haa made preparations for special report
by staff representatives who will desert ba
the Inside movements of the leaders, ao
well as ths features of" local western In
tercet.
Ths Bee haa constantly striven to nuJrt-
