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The Omaha Daily Bee. EX-SENATOR CHARLES A. TOWNE, VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDGAR C. SNYDER EACH WILL WRITE I1An,THT. Iri CON VENTION ARTICLES FOR TUB BEE. BEST REPORTS OF THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION IN THE DEE. FTJCIAL EXCLUSIVE SF.RVTCE TN ADDITION TO TH a ASSOCIATED FREB8. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNINO, JUNE 30, 1904 TEN PAGES. SINOLE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. GERMANY OX WF League Present! a Memorial on"1 ibject of Trade withnited 8ta - SAYS AMERICAN PORTS DISC' t TE v Complains Detention Occurs Even" l Bond or Security ii Volunteered. OFFER A PROTEST TO PRESENT METHODS Jeliere United States Should Aooept German Manufacturer1 Declaration. (WANT FORMER PRIVILEGES INTRODUCED Ask that Appeals Can Be Mad to Trirr Department Where In accnrarlea Oecar la Matte of Deelalons. BERLIN, June 29. A important memo rial on the American ouatoma administra tion and Qermun trade haa been preseneted by the League of German Manufacturers to Chancellor von Buelow, Baron von Rlchthofen, secretary of foreign affairs, Herr Moeller, Prussian minister of com merce and industry, and Herr Buenx, Ger man consul general at New York, who la bow In Berlin. The memorial la baaed or) material which the league collected in accordance with a resolution adopted in 1901 and waa writ tan by the Saxon manufacturer, Alfred Petsschow, who waa aent to the United States to collect Information among im porter. The league summarizes ita vlewa In the following five polnta: First The American government should be prevailed upon to accept German man ufacturer's declarations, aworn to before American consuls, aa evidence of value in all cases. Becond It Is necessary to reintroduce the former privilege of appealing directly to the American Treasury department be cause, under the present practice, a deci sion rendered by the general apralsers ' cannot be overthrown even when the courts llnd it to be erroneous. Third The general appraisers should be required to communicate to the Importer sentenced the penalty and duty, and the reasons for the hoard's decision, so that the importer can defend himself. Fourth The practice of classing German goods sold in the United States as con- ' signed and subject to special legislation merely because the invoices are not made out In dollars and cents should cease. Fifth Shipments of goods and samples should not lie detained In public stores aa hitherto until the buyers refuse to take v the goods because too late delivery and the samples are no longer available for the ap proaching season. The' memorial complains that such de tention now occurs even when bond or se- ' curlty is offered. It concludes with ref erence to the Importance of the German market to American, exporters as being much greater than that of the American market to Germany and argues, therefore, that It is only a question of how the Ger man government acta In the matter which will decide the response of the American government to the wishes of the German , manufacturers. EDWARIVS VISIT COMBS TO CLOSE Kin a? Witnesses Races at Kiel and . Prepares for Return Homo. KIEL. June 29. King Edward's visit was .brought to an end by a farewell banquet on the German Imperial yacht Hohenaol- lern tonight The- British royal yacht Vic toria and Albert, with his majesty on board, will sail for England at daybreak tomorrow, escorted by the British cruiser . squadron. King Edward and Emperor William to day witnessed part of the racing from Eck rnforde to Kiel on board the Victoria and Albert. Luncheon was served during the race. The German yacht Suzanne won the cup given by King Edward. The empress' yacht, Iduna, was second and Morton F. Plant's Ingomar was third. The victory of the Suzanne greatly delighted the German yachtsmen. The emperor's yacht Meteor III did not finish and was towed in by a torpedo boat Early this morning Emperor William went on board the Victoria and Albert, which, escorted by . British and German torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. proceeded to sea to meet the yachts. The weather was fine. All the warships and yachts in the harbor dressed ship In honor Of the last day of King Edward's visit ORDERS THE PANTHER TO HAITI a Gennaay Sends Ship to Port i Prince Because of Assaalt. BERLIN, June 29. The German gunboat Panther, now at Newport News, haa re ceived orders by cable to sail for Port au Prince immediately. The sailing of the Panther for Port au Prince is due to the decision of Germany to insist on the punishment of the palace guards, who recently threw stones at the German and French ministers while the lat- '' ter were driving past the palace. WASHINGTON, June 29. It la said that tha State department never has taken the ground that the smaller republics were to be protected by the United States, either against reclamations by European powers for violated contracts, or against proper demands arising out of violations of in tentlonal obligations such aa It is alleged Is involved in this attack on the foreign ministers. So If the demanda made on Ilaytl by France and Germany are not excessive or oppressive in the judgment of the State department, there will be no interference by this government, but devel- opments will be watched with keen In terest to sea that the line is properly arawn ana undue punishment is not In filoted. ONE LIFE IS LOST IN FLOOD Over PIto Handred Bosses Iaaadated by Cloadbnrst la Penn sylvania. PITTSBURG, June 9. Over too homes business houses and school houses a short distance from Pittsburg on tb fan Handle railroad ware Inundated from two to ten feet of water in Robert's Run Hollow and the Chartler valley by the cloud burst there lust night. Many buildings and bridges aere washed away, lioraea and cattle were drowned and at least one life was lost It was rumored that others had perished, out tne reports have not been verified There were many narrow eacapea The flood did not aubalde until daylight and many lumlllea alept out doors all last nlchL Railroad trafflo on the Pan Handle rail road through the flooded aectlon la com plelely tied vp. tracks waahed away and many towns above and below Oakdale and t'arnogie are without means of rommunica tlon. The only fatality reported soTfar waa the drowning- of an unidentified Italian, whose body waa found floating In Robinson Run early today. XU Vuias jriU xeachj 10000, NO CONTEMPT COMMITTED Legal Authority Renders a Deelsloa la the Case of Sort a Carolina Editor. ASHEVILLE, N. C, June 29. Judge J. C. Prltchard of the United States circuit court at noon today filed his opinion In the celebrated case of Josephua Daniels. Mr. Daniels, who la editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, 'had been fined $2,000 for contempt of court by District Judge Pur nell. Judge Prltchard's opinion will be recog nized as an authority in regard to news paper utterances that might be conatrued as contempt of court. The text of the de cision, in part, follows: The force of public opinion In this coun try In favor of the freedom of the press has restrained the free exercise of the power to punish this class of' contempts and in many Jurisdictions statutes nave been enacted depriving the court of the power to punish them. It waa taken from the federal courts by aot of congress of 1X31 which act deprives these courts of the common law power to protect by this pro cess their suitors, witnesses, officers and themselves against the libel of tne press, though published and circulated pending the trial of a case therein. That newsnaners sometimes engage in unwarranted criticism of the courts I can not deny. In some Instances they con strue the liberty of the press as a license to authorize them to engage in whblesale abuse of the court, but these Instances are rare and do not warrant a departure from the well settled principles of the law as declared by congress and construed by the courts. If Judares charred with the administra tion of the law are not to be criticised on account of their official conduct, the ltb- rty of the press is abrlKded ana the ngnts of Individuals imperilled. 1 here may De instances wnere tne puo Ilcatlon of editorials or other matter in newspapers would bring the author within he limitations or the statute. For in tance, it a newspaper should publish an rtlcle concerning: a trial which was being considered by a Jury and should send a copy of the paper containing such article to the Jury or a member thereof during the progress of the trial for the purpose of Influencing them, At would present a ques tion whether such cdriduct would not be misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct the ad ministration of Justice. it appears tnat tne aintinguisnea junge who adjudged the petitioner to be in con tempt of court exceeded the authority granted in the act of 18,11 and that the court waa without Jurisdiction. Bucn oeintr the case, the ludsment of the court is void and therefore a nullity. in view or tne foregoing, tne court nnas that the petitioner Is unlawfully restrained of his liberty, and it Is therefore consid ered and ordered bv the court that the said Josephiis Daniels be discharged from tne custody or tne mnrsnai or tne unrtea States and that he go hence without delay. FOLK IS NQWPR0BING DEEPER Confession of Gatke Causes Others to Be Called Before Grand Jury. ST. LOUIS, June 29. As a result of the confession of Charles A. Gutke the grand Jury began today a new boode investiga tion. ' Biz members of the alleged com bine and four members of the house of delegates who were not members of the combine were summoned to testify, pre sumably In corroboration of revelations made by Gutke. Those summoned were B. E. Murrell, John K. Murrell, George ' F. . Robertson, John Helms, Otto Schumacher and. William M." Tamblyn, all of whom served as state's wtnesses. .,'-, The former . house members, not mem bers of the combine, summoned were Paul Relss. Leon Parker, Charles W. Holtcamp and Lafe Sturdevant Charles F. Kelly, former speaker of ths house of delegates, who rests under one conviction for bribery and is awaiting re trial on another charge, had a conference today with Circuit Attorney Folk.' at the conclusion of whioh he went before the grand Jury. He waa closeted with the grand Jury for several hours and when he emerged from the room Mr. Kelly refused to divulge anything as to what had trans pired there. The strictest secrecy was maintained in the office of the circuit at torney as to Kelly's disclosures. Mrs. C F. Kelly, wife of the former speaker of the house of delegates, was also a witness before the grand jury, presumably for the purpose af backing up the statements made by her husband. MACHINE . ELEMENT WINS Mlssonrl Democrats Tarn Down Folk Following; and Eleet Dele gates to St. Louis. JOPLIN, Mo., June' 29. The democratic state convention to elect thirty-six dele gates to the national convention at St Louis tonight selected the following dele gate- t-large: United Btates Senator William J. Stone, Governor A. M. Dockery, Congressman Champ Clark, Congressman D. A. DeAr- mond, Thirty-two district delegates were also chosen, - The convention was controlled by the so-called "machine" element, which I opposed to the faction which is supporting Joseph W. Folk of St Louis, candidate for governor. The convention ( endorsed Senator Francis an. wocKreu ror preaiaent. Chairman Reed, in his speech, mentioned Parker, McClellan and Hearst Parker's name brought forth some applause and more hisses, while the mention of McClel lan and Hearst was followed by consider able cheering. The mention of Cockrell brought the . convention to Its feet and hats were waved for several minutes. WIFE SLASHES HUSBAND Temporarily Insane, She Looks the Door and Proceeds to Carve Defenseless Victim. KANSAS CITY. June 29 Temporarily In sane and resisting an attempt to send her to an asylum, Mrs. Margaret Morris fatally cut her husband, Isaac E. Morris, a park' ing house employe, at their home here today with a razor. Morris fought desper ately with his wife for fifteen minutes in an attempt to escape. The woman barred the door and alashed him in a fearful manner, cutting gashes In his throat, arms and on several parts of hla body. Morris only escaped by Jumping through a window, NEW YORKERS MAKE A START Friends of Mayor McClellan Open Ueadqaartera at St. , Lenls Early. Will NEW TORK, June . The first party of New Tork City democrats to start for St. Louis to attend the national democratic convention left today, headed by Corpora tion Counsel John B. Delnney, who it Is understood will open McClellan headquar ters. August Belmont, who supports Parker, will leave tonight, and Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, will start for 8t. Loud Oft Fndaj PICK CAMPAIGN MANAGERS Six of the Nine Members of ExecutiTe Committee Decided Upon. APPORTIONS MONEY TO THE MILITIA Nebraska Gets Almost Sixteen Thon saad Dollars Ont of General Gov ernment Fund, While Iowa Gets Twenty-Six. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 29. (Special Tele gTam.) From an Inside friend of the ad ministration comes the Information that the executive committee of the national committee has been practically agreed upon. It Is certain tnat tne names. i Murray Crane of Massachusetts, Franklin J. Murphy of New Jersey, Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania, N. B. Scott of West Vlr- Inla. Frank Lowden of Illinois and Harry S. New of Indiana will be six of the nine. The announcement will be made shortly. Desert Land Law Decision. Acting Commissioner Flmple of the gen eral land office rendered a decision today In the case of a corporation at Great Falls, Mont, which is the first construction of the desert land act ever given at the lana office. Its app'Jcatlon will be broad and unusual Interest attaches to the decision, because of its being the first The original desert land act was enacted In 1877 and amended In 189L To his knowl edge there has never been a decision of the kind rendered today under that law. Tne Montana corporation applied for permis sion to enter the land in Its corporate name. In hie decision Aotlng Commis sioner Flmple holds that while a corpora tion duly incorporated under the laws of the state in which it is located. In the meaning of the law, a citisen of tha United States, yet where members have already made entry of land the corporation is dis qualified from entering land in its cor porate name. In other words a set of men cannot combine and enter land In the name of a corporation and at the same time ex ercise their Individual rights to enter. Each individual or each corporation can hold only 820 acres, and entering by an individual member of the corporation of land in his own name precludes entering of land by the corporation of which he is a member. Rural Routes Established. Allie M. Strain has been appointed reg ular and Clarence A. Strain substitute rural carrier at Lynch, Neb. South Dakota rural routes ordered estab lished August 1: Brtdgewater, McCool county, one route; area, forty-four square miles; population, 65. Mitchell, Davison county, one route; area, forty-seven square miles; population, S85. Sioux Falls, Minne haha county, one route; area thirty-six square miles; population, 376. The First National bank of Akron, la.. has been authorized to begin business, with 130,000 capital; James F. Toy Is president and George C. Eyland, Jr., cashier of the new bank. , Money for the MUItla. Acting Secretary, Oliver of the War de partment " has mode the usual annual al lotment of the $1,000,000 appropriation pro viding arms and equipments for the or ganised militia, for the United States. Of the money apportioned Arkanaaa will re ceive $17,962; California, $19,947; Colorado, $9.97$; Idaho, $5,914: Illinois, $63,858; Iowa, $25,932; Kansas, $19,947; Missouri, $36,905; Montana, $5,984; Nebraska, $15968; Nevada, $6,984; North Dakota, $7,979; Oregon, $7,979; South Dakota, $7,979; Texas, $36,906; Utah, $6,984; Washington, $9,973; Wyoming, $6,984; Arizona, $6,767; New Mexico, $6,234; Okla homa, $13,104; Hawaii, $7,600. Morton Ready to Qualify. Word has been received from Paul Morton that he will be in Washington prepared to qualify as secretary of the navy. Friday Morning, July L Ireland Wants Tobaoeo Farms. The government of Ireland is Inquiring into the question of tobacco culture, and through Mr. GUI, Its secretary or agrl culture, who Is now In this country, has asked Secretary Wilson to 'designate some tobacco expert for employment in Ireland. Secretary GUI Is seeking light on the1 meth ods of growing, harvesting and fermenting tobacco. Haa a Cargro of Ants. Secretary Wilson and Dr. B. F. Galloway, the director of the bureau of plant industry, today received the first advices from Dr. O. F. Cook, the department's traveling agent, since the latter started from Guate mala with the newly discovered ants In tended to fight the boll weevil In the cot ton fields. Dr. Cook cables from Puerto Cortes .Mexico, that he will arrive at New Orleans on July 4 with eighty-nine colonies of these ants. FIND WOMAN'S BODY IN RIVER St, Paul Police Investigating- Case Which See-roe to Be One of Harder, ST. PAUL June. 29. With a silk tie knotted tightly about the neck the body of a stylishly dressed woman who had been strangled to death was found floating in the Mississippi river at the St. Paul boom, The appearance of the body and the man ner In which the cloth was wound about the throat indicates that the woman was murdered and thrown into ths river. The Identity of the woman Is a mystery, She was apparently 30 years old. Tha police are investigating. Later the body waa Identified as that of Miss Ruth Teachout of Minneapolis Miss Teachout left home Saturday to attend school and had not since been seen. Her parasol, purse and bat were found on the liver bank near the Tenth avenue bridge. The police are convinced that she was the victim of foul play. The girl some time ago was said to be involved In a domestic tragedy which culm! nated In a suicide, but whether or not that circumstance had anythlng.to do with tha present case the police have not yet de termined. UTAH MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Despondent .Becanae of III Health Salt Lake Stndent Enda Life with Rifle. SALT LAKE CITY. June 29.-John Sharp Williams, aged 24, son of Parley I. Williams, general counsel for tha Oregon Short Line railway, committed suicide today. Young Williams, who has been suffering from insomnia, sat in an easy ohalr and put the muzzle of a rifle In hla mouth, the bullet tearing out almoxt the whole side o hla head. Williams formerly was. a stu dent at Leland Stanford university and the Van Rensaaeler Institute of technology at Troy, N. T., but was forced to leave jettixA pa Qoouot Vt XaUluf eycslzt.W BONESTEEL'S FIRST KILLING Policeman Narrowly Escapes Lynch- Ina- bs Result of Slrootlnar Man. BONE8TEEL, 8. D., June 29 (8peclal Telegram.) Bonestel had Its tint killing since the opening rush and the town is n feverish excitement over the outcome. At this hour tha killing Is the topic of conversation and the crowd seems only to lack a leader to start further trouble. The killing occurred tonight as the train pulled Into the depot. Policeman Ault, in attempting to handle the crowd, gave Kid" English a vicious punch in the stomach with his club. English took the club away from A jlt and struck him over the head. In th scuffle following the policeman had his gun taken from him. As English started to run Ault, who 'had re covered his gun, f red three shots, one of them striking English below the heart an the other going through his stomach. When English fell Ault walked ip as though to shoot. The crowd cried, "Don't shoot." The shooting fired the crowd at the depot In a moment and cries of "Lynch him" were heard on all sides and a United States marshal quickly hurried to Fairfax with the policeman. English haa a father at Arkansas City, Kan., who has been notified. Ault has posed here as a "bad man" and was put on the force against strong protest- His shooting tonight la universally condemned. The physicians say English cannot live through the night. TWO FACTIONS IN MINNESOTA Selection of Republican Candidate for Governor Rests Largely with Senator Clapp. ST. PAUL, Minn., June 29. The question of who will be the republican nominee for governor of Minnesota appears to hinge upon the decision cf Senator M. E. Clapp, who, as presiding officer of tomorrow's convention, will rule whether or not the contesting delegates will be allowed to vote on the adoption of the report of the committee on credentials. Each of the principal contestants. Judge Loren W. Collins of St. Cloud and Former Auditor Robert C. Dunn of Princeton believe that the decision of the temporary chairman will be In his favor. . Of the Instructed, uncontested delegates. Mr. Dunn appears to have a majority, but not enough to glvs him the nomination. Of the 1.17K vntea in the convention, over 800 are brought into question fjy contests in augurated principally by the Dunn ad herents. The first test of strength, as both ele ments have agreed on , the temporary or ganization, will come on the adoption of the report of the committee on credentials. At this point the ruling of Senator Clapp will be of vital Importance. If he decides In favor of allowing the contested delega tions to vote, the Collins and Dunn fac tions will be almost evenly divided and the balance of power will then be in the hands of the third candidate. Former Con gressman Frank M. Eddy of Glenwood, who haa approxlmataly fifty delegates In structed for hlnv - X overtaxed by Eddy ad herents that should -the Collins men be un able to secure- the-"nomination of their can didate that they will come to Eddy. REPORT IN FAVOR OF SYNOD Rabbis Take Important Step 'for the Central Government of Jewish Church. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 29.-The report of the committee on snod to the confer ence of American rabbis was read today. The committee reported in favor of estab lishing a synod for the central government of the church, the most Important step since the foundation of reformed Judaism, the congregations having - hitherto been practically Independent The report of the committee was not acted on today, but the indications were that a majority of the members of the conference would vote to approve It The recommendations' embodied in the report follow: 1. The central conference of American rabbis and the union of American Hebrew congregations shall conjointly form the American Jewish synod. 2. Neither of the constituent bodies of the American Jewish synod shall by this act of confederation lose its identity or discontinue Its periodic conventions and regular activity. '3. The synod shall consist of one-fifth of tho members of the conference and an equal numner or laymen rrom tne union, all duly elected. Two-thirds of the members of the synod shall constitute a majority of votes. 4. The synod shall meet every five years for the consideration of questions submitted to it by either tne conference or the union. 6 The synod shall have an executive board of at least ten men, consisting of the president, who shall be a member of the conference, and five members from the conference and four members from the union. Several Important recommendations In the president's 'message were reported fa vorably to the conference by the committee appointed to canvass the document DUMONT WILL GO TO PARIS Inventor Is to Take Gas BaaT to Europe to Be Re paired. ST. LOUIS. June 29. "I am entirely lnno. cent" declared Charles F, Morrison of Sugar Run, Pa, today when asked by an Associated Press representative If the ao- cusatlon that he, Morrison, was the man who cut snd slashed Bantos-Dumont's air ship, was true. Morrison has been con fined in the police station on the fair grounds since his arrest, but the authori ties have secured little evidence against him except that he frequented the airship sheds tor several daya before the damage waa done. The damaged gas bag was put back Into its box today and will be shipped at once to Paris to be repaired. Mr. Dumont did not appear on the grounds, but at the Bra zilian commlaslon and at the Hamilton hotel, where he is atopplng, It waa atated that Mr. Dumont would leave todpy or to morrow for Paris, taking the gas bag with him, and would return to tha United Statea probably within alx weeka, this being con tingent upon the successful repairing of the gaa bag. The boxea of machinery will be left here in the meantime. YCUNG PEOPLE AT ST. JOSEPH Fifteenth Convention of Presbyterian Christian talon Society Will Meet Tonight. ST. JOSEPH, June 29-The fifteenth an nual convention of the Young People's Christian Union of the United Presbyterian rhun-h will open here tonight and will adjourn Sunday. Special trains bringing officers and delegates arrived today from Chicago and Pittsburg, Pa. The attendance will reach 2.000. Rev. R. M. Little of Chi cago, president of tha ooavattUeik. will JoU tU KrWtUHi la MUX, k . . CROWD IIOLDS UP A TRAIN Northwestern Freight at Valentine is Captured by Land Seekers. CARS ARE THEN PLACED ON SIDETRACK People Who Have Filed on Claims Are Aaxlons to Retarn Home and Interfere with Traffic. VALENTINE, Neb., June . (Special Telegram.) Freight train No. 82, outbound, due to leave here at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was held up by land seekers at tempting to board 'it after having made their filings and desiring to leave town. The caboose and box cars were packed in side and out by the strangers, some with and some without tickets. Trainmen at tempted to put them off, but were unsuc cessful, which resulted In the train being sidetracked until near midnight Extra coaches were added to the passen ger train this morning to accommodate the rush and notwithstanding that fact the train was solidly packed. While another Jam like this Is not expected the rush will not be over for a month or more, as there are more than 3,000,000 acres subject to entry In this district, enough for several tr-ouaond homesteads. Qalet at Broken Bow. LINCOLN, June 29 (Special TeleTam All Is quiet at Broken Bow according to tha reports, received by Commander-in-Chief Mickey of the national guards. Shortly after noon he received this tele gram from Brigadier General Culveri "All quiet Company dismissed." It Is rumored here that at once an as sault will be started on the treasury to pay the troops. Before going to Broken Bow last night General Culver said he in tended to thoroughly investigate the con duct of Captain' Kennedy In calling out his oompany without orders from the com-mander-ln-chlef. It is not unlikely that a board of inquiry will be appointed. BROKEN BOW, Neb.. June 29. (Special Telegram.) All has been quiet today In the city. A number of those here to make filings on government land feel greatly In censed over the reports In some of the state papers this morning about the class of citizens that coma here to file. A mure orderly crowd of men end women w.is never congregated on a similar occasion. While there were a number of ranchmen with their friends none were of the lawless cUss, none of them carried firearms and no con tentions or 111 humor was in any way man ifested. ' Up to the time of closing the land office this evening $76 had mads nllriff. There were about 100 more applicants for land today. From present prospects it will take all of a week to acoommoJite tha crowd in waiting together with the rectutts arriv ing. . A large number whose applications were rejected because of error prior to fil ing ou the land wanted will make other fil ings. Half of Land Taken. SIDNEY, Neb., June 29. (Special Tele gram.) Two hundred locations under ths Klnkald homestead act were 'made today In the Sidney United States land office, these locations including both actual local filings and mall-order applications. When the doors of the land office were opened at t o'clock yesterday' morning there was 860,000 acres subject to the Klnkald land act, location subject to the deduction of the 236,000 acres comprised in the irriga tion reservation circular ' of a later date than the Klnkald aot itself. This reduC' tlon left 616,000 acres of the land In the Sidney land district for actual Klnkald law locations. Up to date about 850,000 acres have been actually filed upon, with a sufficient lndl cation that the next few days will Increase these filings to 600,000 acres. While, how ever, tho Klnkald act has practically ex hausted the homestead acres of the Sidney Jand district, there still remains In this district an trea of unmarketed Union Pa cific lands approximating 600,000 aorea These railroad lands are of intimate family relation with the already settled homestead acres and offer at once a. cheap and choice opportunlty-Jor extension of ranches taken under the Klnkald act Many Flllnars at Alliance. ALLIANCE Neb., June 29. (Special Tele gram.) Over 1,000 mall applications were received and nearly 400 filings actually re corded, making the second day's work at the land office tonight. Although many have gone away satisfied with their posses. slons, there is yet no abatement to the crowds. United States Land Commissioner T. J. O'Keefe Is practically doing a stunt on wheels, so much Is he in demand through out this district, and the malls testify as to his activity. The day passed off feature less, there being only a steady and per sistent grind on all Bides, with the prospect of its continuing for several days before the rush will have been over. DO NOT LIKE BILL OF LADING Omaha Man on Committee to Make Protest Aaralnst Proposed Chance by Railroads, CHICA.OO, June 20. At a meeting here today, manufacturers and shippers in the territory between Chicago and the Paolflo coast started a campaign against the pro posed new bills of lading whioh the various railroads Intend to put Into operation on October L To Impress upon the western classification committee the determined opposition of western shippers to the proposed change, a committee consisting of El J. McVann of Omaha, J. M, Allen of Rock ford, T. C, Moore of Chicago, W. P. Trickett of Kan sas City, F. W. Maxwell of St. Joseph, B. 8. Tompkins of St Louis and L. B. Bos', ell of Qulncy, 111., will attend a meet ing of the committee in Manltou, Colo., next Tuesday. By the new bill of lading, it la claimed, freight rates would be In creased 20 per oent HANGS WANTS HABEAS CORPUS Colorado Lawyer Will Test Locality of Aetloa of Adjatant Gen eral Bell. CRIPPLE CREEK. Colo., June 2. Ap plication was made to Judge W. P. Seeds in the district court today by Attorney Frank J. Hangs, representing the Western Federation of Minora, for writs of habeas corpus for Albert Bllat, John Qrogan and F. M. Grefer, three men confined In ths county jail under military guard. Write were Issued, directed to Sheriff Edward Hell. The cases may be heard tomorrow, The object of the proceedings Is to deter, mine whether the union men under arrest against whom no charges have been filed are being held as nuUtarjr o etvU prisoners), " NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair and Warmer Thorsdayi Friday Fair. Temperatnre at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. De. Ul W At r tut TV T-4 llonr. 1 P. a p. a p. 4 p. (i p. e p. T p. H p. p. Dear. 5 n. m 6 a. m T n. m 8 a. m a. m lO a. m i ..... . I ..... . TT TO TO nt TO TO T HI 11 19 m TS EXPERTS' VIEW OF SITUATION Do Sot Look for Great Knaaaement Xow with Forces t nder Konropatkln. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) PARIS, June SO. (New York Herald Ca blegramSpecial Telegram to The Bee.) The Herald's European edition publishes the following from Its ml'ltary expert: There are several places named Fen Chul Ling. Three of the passes so called are between the Llao river and the great palisade on the chart, drawn to a scale of one millionth, published by the ministry of war. This explains the confusion that ex ists on th subject In the last dispatches that have reached us from the seat of war. To understand them we must consider the expressions used by General Kouro patkln In the official reports which he communicated to the preas. This com mander says expressly that the enemy haa begun an offensive move against ths troops of our right wing, posted in front of the passes of Fen Shut Ling, Mo Tien Ling and Da Ling. Therefore he must mean the Fen Shul Ling which Is furtherest south thirty-seven kilometers (twenty-three miles) southeast of Hal Chsng. We can, there fore, be almost certain that the design re cently formed by the Japanese, which Is becoming more and more evident, is to clear the Russians from ths enUre Llao Yang peninsula, driving them towards the north, so as to occupy Kal Peng and doubtless Ta Cho Chlao and thus force the Russians to evacuate New Chwang, which will render ths Japanese complete masters of all tiie coasts of Manchuria, This causes them, doubtless, to wait for the fall of Port Arthur, or perhaps the and of the rainy season before undertaking ths venture of a general attack on the Rus sian positions or a great turning move ment on the north and east Such, at least, is what would appear to be the case from official and other telegrams. To sum up, for the present the Japanese seem to be preparing for a great effort in the direction of their left front consisting of troops of the third army, and not to ward the north, where the forces of Gen eral Kurokl are. But it is very possible that to force a reterat by the extreme right of General Kouropatkln, the motive of whose action In maintaining a force at Ta Che Chlao and beyond Is not clear, they are threatening to cut it off by attacking Hal Cheng. The tone of the dispatches of the Rus sian "commander-in-chief seems to indicate that 'he views without great alarm this ap proach of the Japanese, and it leads us to suppose that he will fall back on Llao Yang-, If not without fighting at least with out giving a decisive battle east of Hal Cheng. The outposts which screen him .are in fact constantly trying to retard the ad vance of the enemy's vanguards, which art Invariably composed of the three arms of the service. But as soon as they sea their position compromised they uniformly re treat without ever up to now having been reinforced by the larger bodies placed be hind them. We may certainly conclude that the Russian general does not intend to seriously oppose the passage of the mountains by the Japanese, otherwise it would have been easy for htm to do so with forces relatively Inconsiderable." SUSPENSE in RUSSIA IS IIVTEXSB Important HeWi Expected of Land and Sea Operations. ST. PETERSOURG, June 29. The fact that no further news of the land opera tions was received tonight did not serve to relieve the tension whioh Is general throughout the city. The officials continue to feel confidence in General Kouropatkln's Judgment and In his ability to deal with the momentous situation,' but the general public Is keyed up to the expectation of a great battle and la Impatient for newa of any sort. The report from Toklo that a further raid had been made by the Vladivostok squadron arrived too late to be generally circulated. The report tallies with the Intimation Of the squadron's activity made In the Associated Press dispatches June 27. These dispatches said that a belief pre vailed here that the Vladivostok squadron had put to sea Saturday last and was likely to be ' next heard of In the Corean straits. At the same time a Russian cor respondent at Vladivostok took pains to say that Vice Admiral Bkrydloffs squadron would probably be unable to go 'out again for weeks, as the ships had to go into dry dock for overhauling. The Vladivostok report V considered by soma as a blind. CLAIM CAPTURE OF THREE FORTS ' 9 Uaeonflrmed Report Alleges Japanese Success Hear Port Arthur. TOKIO, June 29.-8:80 p. m. It is unoffi cially reported that the Chlk Wan Shan, Chltan Shan and So Cho Shan forts, south east of that part of the Porth Arthur de fences, were captured on Sunday after an all day fight, beginning with an artillery duel. So Cho Shan, It la added, was first captured and the other forts fell soon after ward. The Russians retreated west, leav ing forty dead, and the number of wounded has not been ascertained. The Japanese force consisted of all branchea of the service. The Japanese lost three officers and 100 men killed or wounded and cap tured two guns and a quantity of ammu nition. The officials hers do not confirm the report TWO ARMIES EFFECT A Jl'BfCTTRH Report from Toklo Saya Jape Have Bnormons FlaThtlnaT Front. LOI7DON, Juns 80. The Toklo corres pondent of The Morning- Post says-that tha Japanese second army has effected a juncture with the first army and that tha whole force now has a fighting front of 120 miles. KAI CHAP TAKEN BY THE JAPANESE Reported that Severe FlaThtlnaT Took Place June iCtk LONDON, "June 80. The Toklo corres pondent of the Dally Telegraph says that aevere fighting took place at Kal Chau on June ta, which resulted In the capture of that flaoo pa lbs rninjf ct sTua JO, DOUBT ABOUT FUTURE Many Well Informed Russians Do Hoi Expect Big Battle Soon, THINK K0UR0PATKIN WILL FALL BAC Credit Him with Trying to Draw Japanese Further Inland. CORRESPONDENTS IN FIELD SAY FIGHT Disposition of Kuroki's Forces Would Indicate a Battle. JAPANESE CAPTURE PORT ARTHUR FORTS Positions Taken After Bombardment by Artillery Are Portion of Outer Defeaaes of the Strong hold. (Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.) ST. FETER8BURQ, June 29. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) For a week the Imminence of a colossal battle In Manchuria has been sn bounced, and the whole world has been on tenterhooks to know the outcome, but I find skepticism reigning, the Idea being that Kouropatkln Is merely pursuing the well known tactics practiced by Koutousoff with such success, and la leading "ths enemy on by a series of apparent small, victories, the Russian forces In' the mean time retiring slowly and methodically without confusion until such a time aa tho Japanese shall be drawn Into the Iron barrier which is prepared for them at Llao Yang. On the other hand, tpecial correspond ence from the front dated yesterday, fives the assurance that Kurokl'a strong advance movement makes a big battle sure today. the place being given aa the village of Slmu Cheng. Kurokl has 70,000 men, with 60,000 under his Immediate control. Stakelberg has returned to Tacblo Chao, whence In cose of need he can go by rail to Yin Kow and thence to Llao Yang. Rnsslana In Suspense. ST. PETERSBURG, Juns 29. 130 p. m. The whnle connlrv la awaltlns! with breath- - less Interest news from the opposing armies in southern Manchuria, grappled in the decisive battle of the oampaign, but those fully appreciating the almost Impassable country through which the Japanese col umns are advancing and the difficulty of moving large bodies of troops into . posi tion hardly expect the battle to begin in earnest inside several days, although ad mitting that heavy fighting between the advance forces may now be in progress. Ths papers, with the exception of the army organ and the Novoa Vremya, are unanimously of the opinion that a pitched on the subjeet,"yhlch max be significant, especially aa General Kouropatkln' a u ova-1 menta are shrouded In mystery. Ths Novoe Vremya says: . . The time for strategy is passed. We are how on the eve of tactics. Not knowing the exact position ot our forces we cannot state what Kouropatkln intends to do. It is possible he may - consider it untimely and unprofitable to inter upon a decisive engagement of all his forces, In which event, while engaging the enemy who is touring troops down upon him, he may re tire northward to meet his rlnforcemenls General Feeling; Is Better. J The tone In Loth public and official circles has greatly improved. The report that the Port Arthur squadron has suc cessfully putvto sea and that no ship haa actually been sunk seems to have removed the despondency, and developments on land and sea are looked forward to with Increased cheer fullness. Confidence (a manifested in the Influence the navy wLH have upon the campaign and many people are Inclined to attribute the Japanese pre cipitancy to gst . at Kouropatkln to the fact that the squadron at large threatens the Japaness army's sea communication. Special dispatches say It was Major Gen eral Mistchenko's division which haa been engaged In constant fighting In ths vicinity of the mountain nasses over . which the Japaness are advancing. One A'spatoh says the country la almost Importable, Mlstchenko retiring only when the enemy appeared in overwhelming numbers. Ths correspondent considers It doubtful whether General Kurokl will advance all three columns, as this would disunite his forces. He is more likely to push home his at tack from Slu Yen upon Ta Tche Kiao ex clusive of General Oku. The correspondent figures that Kurokl has 70,000 troops, ths Jspanese commander being In personal command of 25,000 men at Dallen pass. . , General Kouropatkln haa Inmied an army order Insisting on the kindest and mofct humane treatment of Japanese prisoners and wounded, notwithstanding the tales of atrocities committed by the Japanese. The order, which directs that the um - spect and honors be paid to ths brave foes as If they were Russlsns, Is most favorably oommented upon- by the Novoe Vremya, which aaya: The Japanese apparently are unahle to re-'1 strain their Instincts. As the military op erations develop and our reverses multiply they seem to become more savage. God grant Japanese barbarism may not Influence our soldiers to give way to feel ings of vengeance, but that they will pre serve the good reputation which always haa distinguished the Russian soldiers. Emperor Inspects Ehipa. - r The emperor today inspeutoU the con dition of the snips of the squadron destined for the far east. High Adml'al Grand Duke Alexis, Commander in Chief Grand Duke Vladimir and Marine Minister Avel lun and many officers of tha admiralty were at Cronstadt to greet the emperor wlai arrived there on a yacht from Peterho. " hear Admiral von Voelkeisam, 'junior flag officer of Vice Admiral Rojestven sky's squadron, had hoisted his flag on the armored cruiser Admiral Makhimoff, which with tns other vessels of the equadion now in commlaslonfl fired an imperial aaluta. The Admiral Nakhlmoff has been greatly changed In appearance since it visited New York in lifts. Masts and rigging have given place to the fighting tops and it has been altogether refitted ss a modern fight ing ship. The emperor thoroughly examined ths battleships Alexander II, Knalzo Souvsroff, Orel and Bordlnero, which were moored In side ths basin. He expressed himself pleased with their condition and addreased the workmen, who cheered him luallly. The emperor said he hoped the workmen would devote all their energies and duties to the patriotic cause of completing the warships at the earliest possible moment and con cluded with doubling thetr pay for the day. The emperor did not visit Admiral von Voelkertam's division, the Admiral Nakhl moff, Aurora, OaUabla and Blssoi Vellky being; twoiaM4 outalds the toslog sjrkOn
