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ESTABLISHED ' JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1904 THIRTY-SIX FAGES.
SINGLE COrY FIVE CENTS.
BRITOXS TOO FLESHY
JJoted Doctor Thinks it Shows a Degenera
tion in the Race.
EAT TOO MUCH FARINACIOUS FOOD
Trouble Starts with the Children While
They Are in the Schools.
ARMY AND NAVY RATIONS DENOUNCED
Male the Men Fat, Lazy and Inefficient
Against Time of Seed.
UPPER CLASSES ESPECIALLY AFFECTED
(lata that Really Great Men Arc
addon fleshy, bat Admits There
Are Some Exceptions to
the Rale
LONDON, June 26 (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) La the British nation grow
ing too fair That Is a question which Is
being seriously discussed Just now In view
of the statement by a prominent medical
man at Edinburgh that the youth of the
country are being- fed at school upon a
diet which encourages the formation of
flesh rather than Intellect.
Dr. Yorke-Daviea. the well-known die
tetic expert. Is of a similar opinion, and
In the course of an interesting interview
this week gave the following expression
of his views:
"I am quite in agreement with the
opinion expressed by Lr. Leslie Mackenzie
At the meeting of the Parents' National
Education Union at Edinburgh, that the
average school boy to very Improperly fed,
and a very great deal of barm Is done to
the youth of this country by wrong diet.
He haa too much farinaceous food and not
enough animal food. The practice of giv
ing boys beer is a thoroughly bad one, as
at their age they are much better without
alcoholio stimulants of any kind.
"The usual school meals are made up
far too largely of bread, puddings and
Jam, which are not the food of energy
One boy who was recently brought to me
(or over-fatness I ordered to bo removed
from his school at once, so very harmful
was the diet proving. Every school boy,
says Dr. Clement Dukes, a great authority,
should have a pound of meat a day, and it
should be well cooked. With this I agree.
Too Fat (or Chairs.
"It la not, however, in schools alone that
feeding is based on entirely wrong prin
ciple. The same is the case in the army,
the navy, and nearly all great public In
stitutions, Take workhouses, for instance.
Mot long ago it was stated that, the in
mates of a certain workhouse had grown
so fat that the chairs were not sufficiently
large for them.
"The food of the sailor, according to the
latest Improved' ration, la absolutely too
ridiculous for words, because Jt contains
over three times as much farinaceous mat
ter as he should be allowed. The result
of the diet tan not but affect his efficiency
In war time, rendering him far less active
than he ought to be. In a few years,' in
fact, it is calculated, as i have pointed
out In an article In the Gentleman's Maga
sine, to make hint . fat, lazy and gouty,
and be- will scarcely be able to waddle
about the deck, '
'The convicts at Dartmoor also have
more than double the amount of food that
Is to say, farinaceous foods that they
should have, with the result that they
become very obese. When I went over the
prison recently I found that most of them
were too fat even to walk properly, and
obviously not so capable of doing the con
vict's ordinary hard work aa they should
be.
Upper Classes Eat Too Blaeh.
"I have noticed that among the upper
Classes In this country over-fatness is be
coming mora and more common. This Is
in some measure due to the fact that the
luxurious eat a great deal more than they
ought to; some even double and treble
what they need. It la also duo In part to
the abominable dishes which pass as
French cookery In this country.
"So difficult, in fact, is it to get French
cookery properly done that It ought aa a
general rule to be rigorously eachewed. I
am not referring, of course, to great hotels
like Clalidge's or the Savoy, where the
Vary best chefs procurable are employed,
nor to some of the dinners prepared at the
houses of the wealthiest upper classes, but
If you gq to the middle class homes, where
attempt are made by third-rate English
cooks to reproduce delicate French sauces
and garnlshlngs, the result Is moat ludi
crous. "Our reputation as a meat eating nation
acoounta no doubt for the moderate aver
age of girth of the British nation in com
parison with the middle class in continental
countries, such aa Italy, France, Holland
and Belgium, where a large proportion of
tha diet is farinaceous and the tendency
Is for the people to become very obese.
The Germans are also, aa a race, very
tout, and this seems to bo In a great
measure due to their drinking such large
quantities of thin beer, which is very
fattening.
"Over-fatness undoubtedly tends to dull
the Intellect and decrease energy. It will
be found by studying history that very
few really great and successful soldiers
or thinkers have been fat. I think there
la some truth In the assertion of a mill'
tary friend of mine that if Napoleon had
been 36 Instead of J and not so fat when
he fought Waterloo, the result of the)bat
tie might have been different. As It was.
over-fatness had sapped his energy and
crippled the ease of his movements. Well
ington, on the other hand, bad the ad
vantage of being a comparatively thin
man.
"If we take the leading statesmen of
today; Mr. Chamberlain has decidedly a
Slim figure, and Mr. Balfour also errs on
the right side. Among the liberals Mr.
Morley, perhaps the most thoughtful of
his party, has no superfluous flesh to en
cumber him. Of course there are excep
tions to this rule, aa to all rules.
- Worry Ooed (or Ohestty.
"You will very seldom find a discon
tented man over-fat, because so much of
Ms time Is devoted to worrying over' his
grievances, whether real or Imaginary,
That is what I meant when I said In the
Gent'eroan's Magazine that I ahould like
to see a .twenty-stone anarchist. Idiots,
on the other hand, who are lacking In In
tntellect. are usually obese and flabby.
"Those who have the misfortune to be
over-fat have at least the consolation that
t Is a disease .easily cured by proper diet
and exercise. As It is caused alpoat Id
variably by improper food, it can only t
dealt with by the patient with propfr
food. Medicines are useless and she-aid
(Continued oa Second fags.)
RESPECTS ATHLETIC PREACHER
Greatly Enlarges the Sphere of I ae
folaeaa of the Wearers of
the Cloth.
LONDON, June 25. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee. The archbishop of Canter
bury has made a sugg-stlve contribution
to a discuxslon at the Canterbury dloceoan
conference at Lambeth Place, on "The
Legitimate Place of Athletics In the Na
tional Life."
"He had not," he said, "the smallest
doubt, that. In the case of the younger
clergy, athletlra were a distinct assistance
to a man's usefulness In a parish, if he
were able to take an active part In the
games In which the youth engaged. In
thin re pert we hod made a distinct ad
vance on the condition of affairs .which
prevailed a hundred years ago."
He was sometimes told that England had
lost a good deal through the diminution
of the number of practically the abolition
of the eld type of sporting parsons, be
cause the old sporting parson was believed
to be In cloee touch with a large number
of those with whom he should come into
contact
The primate believed that whatever good
there was In that state of affairs would be
multiplied many times over by the clergy
taking part In the present wholesome
recreation of their parishioners.
To him, he said, it was a very strange
problem of our modern life that on certain
days in every week hundreds of thousands
of people should be found looking on at
foot ball matches.
This spectacle prompted many thoughts
that gave much food for reflection. Where
would those men be If they were not at the
match? What did they do when there were
no matches for them to watch? What
wholesome element was there about ft?
Mr. Q. Rowland Hill, honorable aecretary
of the Rugby Foot Ball union, who opened
the debate, devoted moat of his speech to
the condemnation of professionalism In
sport, remarking that professional foot
bailers when they came to the end of their
foot bail career found themselves without
a trade by which they could earn a living.
Rev. F. L. Schreiber of Bhipbourne, de
clared that the clergyman who was cap
tain of the village 'cricket eleven and could
manage ten cricketers,' was" ov'te capable
of managing the seven or eight members
of the parish council.
The archbishop of Canterbury mentioned
at the diocesan conference at Lambeth
palace the possibility that he may attend
the great general convention at Boston in
September or October, aa foreshadowed In
the Expreaa nearly a' month ago. At first,
he said, the suggestion seemed out of the
question, but the testimony as to the good
which an official visit might do forced him
not to put the plan aside, though nothing
bad yet been decided.
GIVES NO HOPE OF HOME RULE
Lord Rosehery Speaks of Probable
roller of Liberal Party If Re-
turned to Power.
LONDON, June 25. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) "There Is one stumbling
block which Alarms soma of our friends,
and that is the stumbling block of home
rule. .... ..-;.-.. -
"It Is time to talk plainly. I am per
fectly certain that there is no possibility
of the next liberal government establish
ing or attempting to establish a parlia
ment In Dublin." .
In thla uhcomproihlsing fashion did Lord
Rosebery, speaking at the Queen's hall as
president of the Liberal league, throw a
fresh' bomrhell Into the liberal eamp.
"To do that,'.' he continued, "an alliance
would be necessary with the Irish party,
and how Is this possible, seeing that that
party is opposed to us on education, on
temperance and, so far as we know, on
the fiscal question aa well?
"And if the liberal party had any such
Intention, the country would never allow
us, to carry It out. (Cries of "No! No!"
ami disturbance)
. "I will ask those who say 'No, no' Do
you think the predominant partner is con
verted? "That la the messago I give you to
night," be continued. "The liberal party
Is engaged In a supreme contest for all It
has ever held dear. -
"We have many advantages, but we must
throw away no chance. We must try to
allure the men who are weary of the
government and are calling for new meth
ods and new men.
"The object of the Liberal league Is not
to disunite, but to unite the liberal oppo
sition, to mould It on the lines and leaven
It with tha principles of the Liberal league.
"The league seeks to rescue and differ
entiate sane imperialism from the shoddy,
the advertising and the. terrifying Im
perialism which finds acceptance In so
many quarters."
LONDON GETTING CHEAP OIL
Casasae: Haa Bcaelt of Fight Be
tween American aad Rue
slaa Companies.
LONDON. .June K. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.) The war between the great
oil companies continues.
Russian oil is being sold to London re
tailers at 1H pence a gallon, whereas a
month ago the price was 4 pence. The
present low price Is the result of a strug
gle for trade between the great wholesale
companies. The chief contending parties
are the Anglo-American Oil company of
John D. Rockefeller, the Shell Transport
company of Sir Marcus Samuel and the
Russian oil companies.
The Shell Transport company, a British
firm, claims that the rate war was begun
by the Anglo-American company. This Is
denied by the latter, who assert that the
contest began among the Russian com
panies, and that they have had to follow
suit. The Russian companies say nothing.
Meanwhile tha fact remains that paraffin
oil Is being aold to London retailers at
ihi pence a gallon.
HANDS SON OVER TO JUSTICE
Pari Police Cosasalssloaer Performs
His Duty lnder Palatal
Conditions.
PARIS, June S. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Oaatoo Bacot, who was sea
tenced yesterday to two years for burglary.
owes his capture to his father, who. In his
official capacity of commissioner of police,
handed btan over to Justice.
. Police Commissioner Bacot was put to
Inquire Into a burglary committed at a con
vent school on January 20, and he soon
made the discovery that It waa his ne'er-
fdo-wetl son who was the thief. Neverthe-
Itua. he went on with his duty until sum
clent evidence waa collected agalnat his
son, and then followed him to Brussels,
bringing him, aa well as tha money stolen.
back te Parte.
VISIT STARTS TALK
Smallest Details of King Edward' i Trip to
Kiel Are Already Arranged.
PRIVATE DINNER TO GERMAN PRINCES
Best of Authority for Saying There is Ho
Politics if
MANY INCU" V''-v..X DIFFERENTLY
,
Gt
English Each Tear Some
Entangling Alliance.
MUTUAL DISTRUST AT BOTTOM OF IT ALL
Detter l aderstandlng Between En
laad aad Russia Also a Bug
bear to Haay Public
Mast of Germany,
KIEL June 25. (Special Cabregram to
The Bee- In connection with King Ed
ward's visit to Kiel, everything, down to
the smallest details, has now been Ar
ranged.
The strictly official arrangements were.
at King Edward's request, conflned to to
day only. On June 26 a private dinner
will take place on the British Royal yacht,
at which the empress and the imperial
princes at Kiel will be present.
On a day to be fixed later, with a view
to the weather, a grand review of the
fleets will be held, followed by the bril
liant illumination of all the vessels In the
bay. There will likewise be comic water
sports by the crews of the warships, a
garden party given by Prince Henry, a
bachelor's fete at the Naval academy and
the usual entertainments held by the Im
perial Yacht club.
Then, on June 29, King Edward makes
his return Journey to England by sea,
and soon after the kaiser (a to start on
his trip to the north.
X Pollctics la Visit.
BERLIN, June 26. (Special Cablegram
to Tha Bee.) A member of the Reichstag,
who is very intimate with the head of the
Foreign office, speaking of King Edward's
visit to Kiel, expressed himself today as
follows:
"While nobody can say exactly what
will tak place between the king and the
emperor, it is certain that there are no
political . numbers on the Kiel program.
If the meeting serves to Improve relations
between Great Britain and Germany, it Is
all that can reasonably be expected.
. "After the Venezuelan and Bagdad rail
way experiences it would seem absurd to
hope for any co-operation by Germany and
England in any direction at ail until senti
ment In both countries haa undergone a
thorough change.
"If the English fear that the kaiser
might lead the king Into undesirable en
tanglements or compromise thei- country
politically, they entertain the same appre
heneiona as our pan-Germans, -who wam
our diplomatists' not to be bamboozled by
King Edward. There la no fear of either
event happening.".
The Post, which. Is sometimes officially
Inspired, comments on the approaching
visit as follows:
f 'There is no .necessity for an agreement
like the Anglo-French treaty, because be
tween Germany and England there are no
such points of friction ,as there were be
tween the latter country and France. On
the other hand, an agreement between
England and Germany directed against
Russia is an absolute impossibility, because
It la in neither country's Interest."
Germans Are Suspicions.
It is singular, and very significant, that
parallel with the stream of comment upon
King Edward's visit there runs an anxious
current of warning with regard to the pos
sibility of a favorable issue of that inter
change of views which is Intended to bring
about a modus Vivendi, and, If possible, a
permanent rapproachement between Great
Britain and Rusala. In the minds of many
German politicians and writers It seems to
be impossible to disassociate Anglo-Russian
negotiations from the Idea of an enterprise
directed toward the Isolation of Germany.
There have, Indeed, been negotiations with
Russia. They have led to a satisfactory
exchange of assurances wltbj regard to
Thibet, where Russia now recognizes that
Great Britain has no desire to alter the
political and territorial status quo. But
there is no warrant for the Inferences of
German politicians when they suggest that
an Anglo-Russian understanding with 're
gard to points of difference or friction or
suspicion 'would be directed In any way
against Germany. In the case of German
statesmen, at least, who so assiduously
cultivate the good graces of their eastern
neighbor, it might legitimately be expected
that by the pattern of their own thoughts
they would cut out t,be purity of ours. If,
Indeed, it werw true, ss has so often been
asserted, that recent German overtures to
Russia have been partly Intended to restore
the old Blsmarcklan system of levers and
of vicarious pressure alternately applied to
Great Britain and to Russia from Berlin,
then German politicians might well suspect
British diplomacy of endeavoring to fore
stall them; but, apart from other consid
erations, the newly-demonstrated power of
Japan, the Anglo-French entente and the
solidarity of British and American com
mercial Interests In the far east would
seem to make a recurrence to Blsmarcklan
methods at the present Juncture a some
what rash and perilous experiment for
Germany.
Objections Are Groundless.
The objections frequeltly expressed In
Germany to an Anglo-Russian rapproche
ment are entirely groundless. The Inter
mittent friction caused on the frontiers of
India or in neighboring countries by the
action of more or less Irresponsible agents
of the czar's government exercises a most
prejudicial effect upon the tranquility of
Europe and upon the whole commercial
world. In the case of England's warm
friend and neighbor, France, the loyal ally
of Russian, these Incidents produce fre
quent political anxiety and bring that
anxiety home to the people by financial
disturbances which seriously affect the
wealth of millions of hard-working and
thrifty French peasanta i
It. Is due to the government and the
nation with whom Great Britain la united
In the bonds of cordial and sincere friend
ship that every evidence of good will and
of honest purpose should be given In the
endeavors of British statesmen to bring
about a stable modus Vivendi with the
ally of France. To this endeavor It would
surely be unreasonable that German diplo
macy should oppose any grave objections.
If the supreme Interest of German Industry
and commerce be peace. German policy
ought to welcome ) development which
,ConUnu4 oa eixth )'J
COMMENT ON FRENCH ENTENTE
Likely to Prove of Advantage When
Affairs In Fsr East Are
Settled I p.
LONDON, June 26. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Commenting on the entente
cordiale between England and France, the
Express says:
"There are many Englishmen, no doubt,
who hope that in the distant future some
closer understanding than the present en
tente may be reached, but the fulfillment
of such hopea must obviously depend upou
time and events.
"The change in the attitude of the two
countries has largely been the result of
the wine diplomacy of the king and M.
Loubet. But the fact that France had de
clined the proposal of Germany In 1896 to
form a coalition against this country, which
was only disclosed a short time ago by
Count , von Buelow, paved the .way. Vp
to the date of that revelation many people
In this country had been In the habit of
rogirdlng France as a traditional rival of
Great Britain. Count von Buelow's In
discretion opened their eyes to the real
truth and they now know that France la
on the side of peace and will pursue a
wise and moderate policy.
"It Is no small tribute to our king's suc
cess and to the tact and restraint of the
two peoples that the entente haa survived
the severe strain of the present war In
the far east. As matters stand the posi
tion of England and France Is perfectly
clear. The French know that the main
tenance of the Japanese alliance Is an Im
portant article of British foreign policy.
Just as we know that with France the
Russian alliance comes first The existence
of the British alliance with Japan has
served to limit the war to Asia and has
minimized the shock of trade, while It
Is also a guarantee to France that our
allies In the far east will show due re
gard for the Interests of a nation that Is
England's friend."
AUSTRIAN NAVJMN BAD SHAPE
Head of Marino Bureau Says Country
Has None Worthy of
the Name.
VIENNA, June 26.-(Special Cablegram to
The Pee.) If the Austro-Hungarian navy
resembles even approximately the descrip
tion of It given by the head of the Marine
department, Admiral Baron von Bpaun, to
the Austrian delegation. It Is bard to re
sist his conclusion that special efforts are
needed to avert decay. As regards battle
ships, he said. It was true that their num
ber would be increased to eleven when
the recently launched coast defense ship
Erzherzog Frederich had been put Into
commission, but some of them would then
be fully twenty-six years old. The tor
pedo destroyers were In a deplorable con
dition and urgently needed reconstruction
and renewal. Only six of the torpedo
boats were available, the older Loits being
usedess, as their speed was even less
than that of the slowest battleship. Six
teen of the torpedo boats were In such a
bad state that repair was out of the ques
tion except at enormous cost, and a year
or two hence all the others would be
unfit for service, ri al least, could only
bewin ploy id In count defense.
This state of things could not have been
remedied in less than ten or eleven years
With the resources of the ordinary budget,
but with the extraordinary estimates It
would be possible to Improve matters
within four years.
CHAMBERLAIN EXTENDS THANKS
Points Out Urgency of the Fiscal Ha
forms Which Are Proposed
by Hlaa.
LONDON, June 25. (Special Cablegram
to Tha Bee.) Mr. Chamberlain has written
to the honorable secretary of the Mid
Worcestershire Liberal Unionist associa
tion acknowledging resolutions passed by
that body on the necessity of strengthen
ing such associations In view of the declar
ations recently made on home rule and in
support of fiscal reform. Mr. Chamberlain
expresses his entire appreciation of the
support rendered him in connection with
the fiscal reforms he has ventured to pro
pose, the urgency and importance of which,
be says, are constantly growing.
The duke of Sutherland has addressed
the following letter to the chairman of the
North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce:
"I have Just come back from Canada,
which, as you know, is developing very
rapidly and filling up with people. I found
there was a great deal of china coming
Into Canada from France, Belgium and
other countries which might have come
from England. The present would be a
very good time for manufacturers In the
potteries to make a push to get hold of the
Canadian trade, especially as there Is no
good china .manufactured in Canada, or
likely to be."
TARIFF WARJS DISASTROUS
Germany Gets the Worst of a Contest
with the Dominion of
Canada. j
BERLIN, June 25. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The results of the tariff war
which has been waging for some time be
tween Canada and Germany are manifest
in the falling oft of German exports to
Canada during the first portion of the year
1904. The reports for January and Feb
ruary, 1904, reveal to an alarming extent
the damages Inflicted upon thla country.
The following la a table of the Imports and
exports of iron manufactures of all kinds
for the first three months of 1904, com
pared with the same months of 1908:
Exports Imports
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
1904. 19"3. 1904.
January m. 303,t78 2,727. 20,723
February 2(4,K:i r77,O70 24,9 16.623
March 261,73 121,803 27,413 22,444
Totals
690,169 901,456 72,231 69,684
ANIMAL TRAINER HAS NERVE
This Coupled with Immense Strength
Saves His I.lfe at
Boatork'a.
PARIS, June .-(8peclal Cablegram to
The Bee.) Those present at the matinee of
Bostock's menagerie witnessed an exciting
spectacle not on the program Monday
evening.
While a trainer named Miller was putting
seveu Bengal tigers through their per
formance a tigress named Grace aprung at
him, knocked him down and tore him with
her teeth. Mr. Miller, who Is a man of
Immense strength, managed to regain hla
feet, and, aelxlng the animal, flung her
agalnat the bars of the cage.
Then, pale and bleeding, he continued his
performance. The Incident was so quickly
over that there was no panlo among the
audience, who enthusiastically applauded
the plucky trainee.
FAIRBANKS IS HOME
Senator Beoeires Flattering Welcome Upon
His Eetnrn from national Convention.
SEVERAL SPEECHES ALONG THE TRIP
Vice Presidential Candidate Makes Few
Beferenoes to Politics.
CROWDS AT ALL THE STOPPING POINTS
Postmaster General Payne and Secretary
Cortelyou In Party.
HOME STREETS ARCHED WITH ROCKETS
Mayor Heltsmaa, (rout a Temporary
Platform at the Fairbanks Resi
dence, Welcomes Senator
nd Party.
INDIANAPOLIS. June 26. The welcome
extended to Senator Fairbanks today by the
people of Indiana on his return home from
the republican national convention, where
he waa nominated for vice president, was
very flattering and extremely gratifying to
the senator. Fair sized crowds were wait
ing at all the towns where the train was
scheduled to stop and the vice presidential
candidate was given the closest attention
while he was speaking.
Senator Fairbanks scarcely referred to
politics In the half dozen different speeches
he made during the trip, as people of all
parties and clnsses turned out to greet him
and the demonstration in most Instances
waa of a nonpartisan nature.
Senator Fairbanks and his party, which
was made up of Postmaster General Henry
C. Payne. Mrs. Payne, George B. Cortel
you, chairman of the republican national
committee; D. M. Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms
of the United States senate; Mrs.
Fairbanks, Mr. and Mra. Warren Fair
banks and Fred Fairbanks, left Chicago
at 1 p. m. In a special car over the Big
Four railroad. The first crowd to meet
the senator was at Kankakee, 111.
Fowler and Lafayette were the next stop
ping places and the senator made speeches
st both places. At Lebanon Senator Fair
banks left his car and spoke from a plat
form erected near the station. The dem
onstration here was In charge of the Hanna
club. Short stops were made at Colfax,
Zlonsvllle, Thorntown and Whltestown.
Senator Fairbanks reached his home city
at 7:30 tonight, the approach of the spe
cial train being announced by hundreds of
steam whistles and the ringing of bells.
nonpartisan Welcome.
When the train stopped 10,000 people
cheered and waved a welcome. In front
were several hundred prominent residents
of the city, representing all political par
ties and Including the mayor of the city
and the governor of the state.
' The committee representing the Columbia,
Marlon and Commercial clubs and Mer
chants' association, which met the senator
at Lebanon had carefully planned the de
tails snd the party rapidly -passed through
the shouting throng to carriages in waiting;
behind an escort of 500 members of the
Marlon club.
Governor Durbin, Senator Beveridge and
Mayor John W. Holtman occupied the car
riages with ths senator, following carriages
containing Mrs. Fairbanks and the other
women of tha party. National Chairman
Cortelyou, Secretary Payne, John W. Kern,
president of the Commercial club, and
Colonel Daniel Ransdell rode In the car
riage following Senator Fairbanks.
The music of the bands were drowned
In the great wave of welcome that hurled
itself against the buildings as the pro
cession of fifty carriages started through
the crowded streets. Up Illinois street,
Into Washington, around the Circle and
up Meridian street to the senator's home,
two miles away, there were two solid fronts
of humanity. The senator bowed his
acknowledgments continually. The warmth
of the welcome and the manifest, enthu
siasm of the people were remarked upon
with great pleasure by the distinguished
visitors of the party as they drove through
the streets. Many houses were illuminated,
flags were displayed and rockets bril
liantly piercing the darkness above carried
in advance the news of the approach of
the senator to his home.
Congratulations for Senator.
At Sixteenth snd Meridian streets, near
which stands the ' beautiful Fairbanks
home, shaded by great forest trees and
flanked by a spacious lawn, fully 20,000
people were awaiting the party. Cheer
followed cheer ' as the senator and Mrs.
Fairbanks alighted and entered their door
yard, In which a large platform profusely
decorated had been erected. Seats had been
arranged for the speakers and guests. It
fell to Mayor Holtzman to first express
to the senator the pride of his neighbors
and their sincere welcome. He said:
Senator Fairbanks, the people of your
home city are here tonight. Irrespective of
farty, to welcome you to your home and
o congratulate you upon the great honor
which your political party has confsrred
upon you and which we feel as a dis
tinction and well-earned by your fidelity
and steadfastness to those principles which
your party represents, and above that by
the upright life and career which you have
made for yourself as a citizen and states
man. Indiana haa sons In either party who
would grace either the first or second place
on either ticket, and I may fay wltbout
giving offense that we would all have been
much better pleased had the republicans
at Chicago made the ticket read the other
way.
Iet us remember that we do not lose
our party allegiance In doing honor to one
who has distlng-ulshed hlmaelf, snd I am
sure that Indianapolis has a cltlzensblp
which Is broad enough to extend a similar
reception to my very dear friend, the Hon.
John W'. Kern, when ho returns from St.
Louis with the vice presidential nomina
tion In his pocket.
Senator Beveridge Speaks.
Senator Beveridge was cheered heartily
as he arose. After a welcoming Introduc
tion, he said:
The law of compensation is universal and
no honor come to man without cor
responding duties. Into the arduous work
into which my eminent colleague Is called
he will have the Inspiration or the hearty
food wUhes of every man and woman in
ndtana. and we, on our part, have the sure
knowledge that In all he will speak and
work for what he believes to be best for
the republic. And in this he will be merely
a type of Amerlcanlam, Ixxiuat ail of us
of eery party and of every creed are
hoping and working In our various waa
to make and keep this nation the noblest
of all the nations of the earth.
John W. Kern who. like Mayor Holtz
man, Is a democrat, welcomed Senator
Fairbanks horns on behalf of the Commer
cial club and business Interests of ths
city.
There waa another enthusiastic demon
stration that lasted several minutes when
Senator Falrbanka came forward to ex
press his satlafaction at his reception. He
said:
Fairbanks Makes Response.
Mayor Holtsman, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Kern.
My Neirfhbora and Friends: Tour warm
and enthusiastic welcome almost over.
J
Continued oa Soond Pag
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Forecast for Kebraaka Fair
Warmer Sunday nnd Monday.
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Page.
1 Insists Rrltoas Are Too Flehy.
Klaar Edward's Visit Starts Talk.
Fairbanks Welcome to Home City
Indications of Bin" Rattle Soon.
3 Chicago Is Out After the Money.
8 Kews from All Parts of Nebrnaku.
Omaha Jobbers Finish Their Trip.
4 Nebraska Rents Seaside Resorts.
Building Five Miles of Sewers.
5 Affairs at South Omaha.
Ioks for a Lower Tux Levy.
Pnst Week In Omaha Society.
T Results of the Saturday Ball Games
Colonial Girl Wins Ills; Handicap.
Miscellaneous Sporting; Events.
ft Council Bluffs and Iowa Sews.
9 Kebraaka's Showing: at the Fair.
lO Music and Musicians.
Echoes of the Ante-Room,
tl Checking lp the Immigrants.
Some Facts About Cortelyou.
12 In the Amusement World.
IS Review of Sports' of the Week.
14 Editorial.
15 History of the Omaha Schools.
Kebraakana at the World's Fair.
18 Tips .(or Fourth of July Ai-cldents.
Condition of Omaha's Trade.
19 Financial nnd Commercial.
20 Evolution of Omaha Church Choir.
Large Terminal Elevator Going I p.
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SUMMARY 0FJHE WAR NEWS
Indications of Further Naval and
Land Enn-aarements at Port
Arthur.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
NEW YORK. Juno 26. (New York Herald
Service Special Telegram to .The Bee.)
Following closely on the report by Ad
miral Togo of the destruction at Port Ar
thur of a battleship of the Peresviet type
and the crippling of the battleship Se
vastopol and a protected cruiser of the
Diana type, all of which Is confirmed by
Toklo and official Washington dispatches
and deemed probable in St. Petersburg.
comes more news of an engagement at the
fortress.
Che Foo, seventy-five miles across the
gulf of Pe Chi Ll, reports hearing big guns
constantly booming at Port Arthur, tne
indications being that another great sea
battle la In progress, with a possible bom
bardment of the town.
Additional details of the engagement oi
Thursday says that the Peresviet and other
war vessels were outside the harbor, evi
.ntiv intending to make a dash south
ward, when ther were) discovered by Togo,
who at onoe struck another crushing blow
at his enemy.
The Japanese advance In Manchuria con
tinue., all Russian reports indicating that
the situation Is serious, although a mili
tary man In St. Petersburg declarea that
in his opinion General Kouropatkin Is plan
ning to meet and crush General Kuroki
before the army of General Oku can unite
with the forces of ths other Japanese com
mander. ATTACK ON JAPANESE ADVANCE
General Oku Pushing; Forward In
Order of Battle.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 26.-6 p. m.
ittai.ir General Mlstchenku. commander of
the eastern Cossack brigade, according to
reports received at the war office
dated yesterday, attacked the Japanese ad
vance m the Sm Yen Kaicou road. A sharp
engagement resulted in which artillery was
brought up and the Japanese lorwaru
movement was arreated.
On this road the Cossacks lost seven men
killed and three officers and eleven men
wnnn4d. The Dosltlon of General Ku-
roki's men on the Siu Yen-Kaicou road
is unchanged,
neneral Oku's army continues to advance
from Senu Chen, traveling six miles per
day and marching in order or paiue, evi
dently expecting momentarily an attack
from the Russians.
Oku was about ten miles from Kal Chou
yesterday.
The city Is full of rumors that heavy
fighting is In progress at Ta Tche Klao.
These rumors are said to emlnate from the
palace of Peteroff, but no confirmation is
obtainable, the above war office reports
representing the latest Intelligence in the
possession of the war office.
Anent the naval battle off Port Arthur
June 23, the only sister ship of the Peres
viet is the Pobleda; of the Diana, the Pal
lada, and of the Sevastopol, the Poltava
It transpires that the emperor received
ths news last night, although through what
agency is a mystery, but it possibly came
from French sources at Tokio.
M1XOR ENGAGEMENTS REPORTED
Russians Have No Trouble Putting
Small Bodies to Flight.
ST.' PETERSBURG, June 26. The general
staff has received the following dispatch
from Lieutenant General Bakaroff under
date of June 26:
Since the morning of June 23 the enemy
has continued to advance toward Kal Chau.
Three detachments 'of cavalry, each con
sisting of four or five squadrons, led and
were followed by dense lines of Infantry,
behind which are marciiJng columns of the
line. The Japanese oulpoais towards even
ing extended along the Kho valley, about
nine miles south of Senu Chen, with the
cavalry posted in the rear.
The infantry with machine gum held the
village of Motsitung on the right flank.
There was tiring all day long. We had
one man wounded.
The frontier guards under sub-I.ieutenant
Demeyer atnbimcaried and fired on a squad
ron of Japanese cavalry, which lost con
siderably, ten of their hornes being kllltd.
The Japajieae on June tl occupied the
village of Elan Diao, but toward evenlug
evacuated the place under pressure by a
detachment of our vanguard.
The enemy concentrated three battalions
with six guns and four squadrons of cav
alry at lltttaiaviiae. snd at dawn of June
23 a detachment consisting f a battalion
of infantry, two guna ana two squadrons
of cavalry suddenly attacked a company
of our vanguard bivouacking at 61an Diao
and forced the company to retire.
London Hears the News.
LONDON. June 25. The version of the
naval battle June 23 off Port Arthur re
ceived by the Japanese legation from Toklo
Is Identical with that of the Associated
Press, except that In giving tha result of
ths torpedo boat destroyers' attack upon
the Russian fleet It says: "At least one
battleship of tha Peresviet typo appeared
te be sunk."
OX EVE OF BATTLE
Armies of Oka and Inroki Confronted by
Huge Force Under Kouropatkin.
LAND BATTLE OF THE WAR TO BE FOUGHT
Troops to Be Engaged Outnumber Former
Armies About Three to One,
RESULT OF NAVAL BATTLE SEVERE
Btp)rt Confirmed of Damage Inflicted to
Battleships by Japs
n
JAPANESE SHIPS SUSTAIN NO DAMAGE
Several of the Attacking Boats Are
Struck by Shells, but t ssunltles
Occur Only In One
Case.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1D04.)
ST. PETERSBURG. Juno 3F.. (New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) The aggressive movements of
the Japanese Intended to bring about a
big fight at Kal Chou are looked upon here
as - necessary for the achievement of
Japan's pet scheme for the occupation of
Yin Kow. Three divisions besides the flrrt
cavalry brigade are known to be engns-ed
la the movement concentrating on Shi
mueheng, while Kuroki's army Is pressing
the Russian right flank..
The Japanese are stated to be enrolling
largo numbers of Chunohuers In ' their
service, giving good pay. The duties of
these mercenaries are to harass the al
ready much tried and wearied Cossacks
and damage the railway Una, This, ac
cording to a Mukden dispatch, they tried
to effect by crawling onto a bridge near
ths station at Chyltn, but were repulsed
by ninety guards with two cannon.
Weather Forces Aotlon.
LIAO YANG, June 24. The armies of
General Oku and General Kuroki, aggregat
ing at least six divisions, are confronted
by the huge force under General Kouro
patkin. The tension here is most acuto
at the approach of the moat Important
battle of the war. In which three times
the number of troops engaged at KJu lien
Cheng, Kin Chau and Vafangow will take
part. The proximity of the rainy season
makes the battle unavoidable.
Feeling; In Russia Intense.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 25. Today lias
been full of rumors and Intense excitement,
but this was relieved somewhat this even
ing by the issue of a special edition of
the Official Messenger, containing some de
tails of the fighting atound Hal Ping and
other movements in the neighborhood of
Sal mat 8e, already announced by the Asso
ciated Press. The operations In the north
east Indicate that General Kouropatkin Is
keeping his force on the, extreme left flank
and in the rear of the enemy and is capa
ble of dealing with any, threatening move .
that General Kuroki may attempt In that
direction. There is nothing in the official
dispatches so far to Indicate any startling
development regarding the Japanese move
ment north toward Kal Ping, though the
enemy Is undoubtedly advancing.
TOKIO, June 25. Admiral Togo reports
that on Thursday last, June 23, his patrol
boat discovered tbe battleship Peresviet
and seven other ' vessels accompanied by
nine torpedo boat destroyers near the en
trance of Port Arthur harbor. They warned
him wlrelessly and he immediately ad
vanced his entire fleet, except those en
gaged upon special duty. The admiral then
discovered that the Russian fleet, which
consisted of six battleships, five cruisers
and fourteen destroyers, evidently planned
a dash southward by sundown.
The Russians stopped outside the en
trance to the harbor and after nightfall a
fleet of Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
resolutely attacked the Russian ships and
rucceeded in tisrpedolng and sinking a bat
tleship 'of the Peresviet type and disabled
the battleship Sevastopol.
A cruiser of the Diana type was observed
being towed Into the harbor on Friday
morning and it was evident It had sus
tained serious damage.. Tbe Japanese ships
sustained no damage. The torpedo boat
destroyer Bhlrakumo was hit bya shell,
which fell In the cabin, and had three men
killed and three others wounded. The
Chldorl, a vessel of the same class, was hit
behind the engine room,' but no casualties
rekultnd therefrom. Torpedo bouts No. wi
and No. 68 were slightly damaged.
Ruaslaus Are Not Surprised. .
ST. PETERSBURG, June 25. :0 p. m.
The admiralty haa no direct news of the
naval battle fought off Port Arthur June
23. but the announcement of the engage
ment evidently created no surprise, the au
thorities having been aware that the squad
ron of Rear Admiral Wlthoft was ready to
put to sea at a moment's notice. On Thurs
day the correspondent of tha Associated
Fleas was Informed, as announced In these
dispatches, that Important naval develop
ments were anticipated, if an actual en
gagement occurred the admiralty cannot
believe that Admiral Togo got oft practi
cally scot free. Particular solicitude, there
fore, is expressed to know if the Russian
battleship I'ereviet was sunk by a mine aa
it was emerging from the harbor or by a
projectile, as it was known that ths Japa
nese had repeatedly tried to mine the en
trance. Statu Department Gets Confirmation.
WASHINGTON, June 26. -The Japanese
legation and the State department have
received official advices from Toklo con
firming the press report that a Russian
battleship waa sunk and other Rurslan
vessels damaged by the Japanese fleet off
Port Arthur on the Z'-id Inst.
Japs Near Port Arthur.
TA TUCU K1AO, Between Kin Chou and
Ho Chen, Llao Tung Peninsula, June 22.
(Delayed in Transmission.) Tne Japanese
forces are twelve miles from Port Arthur,
the whole male population of which, from
the age of If upwards, Is under arms. The
women are assisting in the work of com
pleting the defenses. Civil cyclists occa
sionally establish communication with the
outside world. ,
CHINESE BANDITS FIGHT WELL
Make Attempt to Dynamite Bridge,
hat Are Hepuleetl.
MUKDEN, June 25 Last night 100 Chi
nese bandits excellently armed and
equipped and led by Japanese officers at
tempted to blow up with dynamite ths
bridge over the Koulau river, three miles
south of Kerson and 127 mile northeast of
Mukden. The attack was repulsed by
border scouts. According to the inhab
itants of the vicinity there have been nu
merous previous attempts to destroy thla
