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The Omaha Daily Bee. FLOYD CAMPBELL'S REMARKABLE CONVENTION CARTOONS. They will appear In The Bee by rourteay of the Philadelphia North American. EX-SENATOR CHARLES A. TOWNE, VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDGAR C. SNYDER EACH WILL WRITB DAILY ST. I-OUI8 CON VENTION ARTICLES rOH TUB BEaV ESTABLISHED JUXE 19, 1871. OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1904 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. SIX HUXDRED DROWN ' Great Loss of Life Attends Sinking of Ship Horge at Sea. TRAGEDY OF LAST TUESDAY IS TOLD Eescued Captain Gives Details of the Terrible Disaster; STEAMER LOADED WITH IMMIGRANTS SINKS Strikes on Sunken Beef and Goes Down Within Twenty Minutes. 1 SAILORS BEHAVE LIKE TRUE HEROES Brerr Effort Possible Made to Save the Live of tho FaHtagft) r Ml Many Laad 1 ' ' Safety. LONDON. July 6.-6:46 . m.-Of 774 souls a board the Danish steamer Norge, 12 Including Captain GundeU are known to have been saved up to this hour. One of the children died In a lifeboat which brought others to safety. For the missing M persona small hopes are entertained. Ia addition to the twenly-sLx persona who landed at Urimaay, 102 survivors of the Norge were landed at Btornoway, thirty two by tlie British steamer Cervona and seventy by the German steamer Energle. They were all in a pitiful condition. Many were taken to a hospital sndmost of them bad to be carried ashore. Among those on board the Energle was Captain Gundel of the Norge. He said: "All went well until about 7:46 o'clock' last Tuesday. When about eighteen miles south of Rockthall I felt the steamer strike heav ily forward on a sunken rock. There was a gentle breexe blowing from the south, with a cloudy sky. " , I was on the bridge with Chief Officer Carpenter. Soundings were taken and It Was reported there was five feet of water la the forward hokl. ' Passengers Given Waralnar. . Orders were given to commence pumping and also to the passengers to put on life belt and be ready to get into the boats. which were ordered to be put out. "The crew worked nobly under the lead ership of the chief officer. Seven boats got drlft Vnd the steamer went down by the bow. The chief officer told me it was inking and 4 told htm to Jump overboard. .which ' he did. I did not see him again. "I went down with the steamer. My right leg got jammed between two stanch ions and was very much injured. When X rose, to the surface I noticed a number cf ; bodies floating. , The Norge Was a Host only about twenty minute after atrlk ft ' - "I swam for about twenty minutes and came acroos Second Engineer Braunn, who la a good swimmer. We kept company for about an hour and a Half, when we no ticed a boat some distance off and we both made for K. , was hindered by my sore leg and the eftgJUiaor, acbad .th boat flrnt. Both of Ha were taken en board exhausted. We found that it wee lifeboat No. 1. It was crowded and. under the charge of Seaman peter Olesoa. , ' "v T, "Steered for tho Shore. ,. "After recovering a little I took charge Of the boat and the provisions, which con sisted only nf a bos with bread and two cask of water. The boat was steered for 0t. Kllda, 160 miles distant. "On Saturday morning we saw a large gichooner-rlgged steamer about four miles distant. We put up a blanket on an oar. but the steamer passed on without taking any notice of ua On Sunday morning a bark passed some distance oft, but with the same result. "At about 1J o'clock Sunday land was sighted and the drooping spirits of all were revived. It proved to be St. Kllda. Some time afterwards a steamer was no ticed coming from the west bearing down on oar boat. It proved to be the Energle, and at o'clock we were safe on board. "Saturday morning one of the children In the lifeboat died and, with the consent of the parents, wh,o were In the boat, the body was buried at sea." Tale of Heroism. GRIMSBY. Eng., July 4.-Vany deeds of heroism shine brightly through the palls of the disaster. That of Jans Peters Jan ssn who has, relatives In Brooklyn, N. T., la told with admiration by .the survivors. He was one of the engineers of the Norge. When the' ship struck he learned the ex tent of the disaster and went below to where his relatives, were and told them and those nearby to go at once to the jpper deck. He accompanied them- 0t tho boats and saw them safely on board. Me .Was urged to join them, but said he must return to the engine room and shouting a farewell, ran to his post of duty, where be died. Some of the male passengers, without a thought of self,' placed women and chil dren In the boats, preferring to remain -behind rather than to take -advantage of their strength. The mate of the Norge, Who left ths ship in the boat which arrived Iter, seeing that It was overcrowded, leaped Into the water for the purpose of swlmrrtlng to a second boat not far away. He had only gone a short distance when, weighted by his clothes, his strength gave out and he sank. ,' Crew Behaves Well. The crew of the Norge appear to have behaved well after the flrst panic, when it Is said the officers were compelled to drive them back from the boats. But there ap parently . was no discipline, the orders which the captain shouted from the bridge being misinterpreted or unhesrt. So fnr as the survivors here remember there was (to systematio distribution of the people to the boats, which were not adequately planned. No attempt was made by any of the survivors to save property. There Was no time to make preparatlona. The correspondent of the Associated proas mad careful Inquiry to discover why the Norge't was so far off. Its course. Rockthall reef Is known to every sailor on the North Atlantic and Is marked plainly on the charts. A strong current sweeps in its direction and it is presumed, owing to absence of definite knowledge, that the current drew the Norge to Its grave, that a heavy mist prevented the lookouts from seeing the danger and that there was no thought of Rockthall rucf. The ship struck and the captain called out that they had struck this terror of northern navigation. Th survivor a -wishing to continue their Journey to America will be sent forward is Liverpool tonight, while those who re fuse to go further, together . with Bailor Mathlaon. have left Orlmahy by steamer direct for S:bJrg. Denmark. All the men were provtdtd tla .w elothlng before fJialr fttparturo. FOUR ARE STILL UNIDENTIFIED Nineteen Persona K boots, to Be Dead as Ress.lt of (he Wabaah ST. LOUIS, . I. A special to the Poit-Dl!patch , T " Litchfield. 111., says that nineteen , "i. ind a number are mlrsfng as a re r '. the wreck on the WabaBh rallroat last night, when train No. 11 frot 57 ago left the track at a misplaced s Z ind crashed Into a line of freight c f andlng on a side travk. Beven hut V". persons were on the Ill-fated trail! e time It dashed Into the side track. Two more bodies were taken from beneath the wreckage this morning. The work of clearing the debris Is pro gresslng as rapidly as possible. The re mains of Hop. I. R Mills, Internal revenue collector of the central Illinois district. were sent to his home in -Decatur this morning. Hundreds of people who are in the city from various points visited the scene of the wreck. The telegraph offices have been beselged with dispatches from friends and relatives of people supposed to have been on the Ill-fated train. Edward T. Clapp, chief clerk In the office of the president of the Wabash, stated to the As sociated Press today that from all that could 'be learned, the misplaced switch at Litchfield was tampered with by some out side person. They had no definite Informa tion as to who the culprit might be. A thorough investigation will be held, said Mr. Clapp, after which President Ramsey will be in a position to make a statement. The dead: MRS. FfOREXCE SMITH, Chicago. MRS. PERKINS. Chicago. CHARLES OALAT8. Chfeaa-o. HARRY DETKICH. Chicago. Ml&S C. F. LUTHER. Milwaukee. ISAAC R. MILLS, Decatur, 111. x V. ST. PIERRE, Montreal. Can. JACOB HARDER, Park River, N. D. L. A. E1STAT, Chicago. JAMES SAN FORD, engineer, Decatur. REV. M. H. MILLS. Bridgeport. Ia, CHARLES WARD, Chicago. H. GRAVES, train dispatcher, Dtc&tur. W. F. SMITH, fireman, Decatur, 111. RICHIE NOACK. burned about right ear, Earllng Heights, 111. FOUR UNIDENTIFIED DEAD. Injured: . James Brien, chief bailiff sheriff's office, Chicago, leg Injured. Mr. Brien was ac comnanled by Miss Mamie Wilson and they goent a few hours at the Lite Wield hospital after which they proceeded ou tneir way to at. iuis. William J. Schrader. Warner hotel, Chi cago, hip and back injured, at Litchfield. tlenry M. Gasaaway, St.. Louis, left arm broken and Injured Internally. Train Collector Livingston, bruised and thought to be injured Internally. Wlicot Kunoct, Clilcugo, legs crushed and hips Injured. James Crachuw, conductor, Chicago, In Juied about head and back. Wiiitain 'Balis, Crncarfo, oadly crushed. William Archibald, Honeoye Falls, N. Y., broken hip, injured eye. George Archibald, Honeoye Falls, N. T., broken leg. . Hulda Noack. Arlington Heights. Chi cago, badly burned. Miss Fannie Tipton. Chicago, Internal In juries. W. B. Thorp, Chicago, leg broken. Henry Rink. Cincinnati, fatally injured. Mr. and Mrs. Alois Gehrig, Chicago, both Injured about the head. Five-year-old grandchild, slightly In jured. Mrs. B. H. Rose, Riverside, Cel., bruised. G. A. Ellis, Mansfield, Wis,, wrist broken and badly cut about face and shoulders. ' Mrs. Gertrude Kltt, Chicago, burned and bruised. Daughter Mary,- II years old, and son Joseph, 10 years old,, burned about face, Mrs. Ellin, Chicago, internal Injuries. Mr. and Mrs. R, b Tenney. Ada, Minn., srrnineU. - : .,'" -"- - - J. S. Roberts, Catlln, Ind.. slightly In jured. .ui-. Candyou, Milwaukee, Internal, in juries. S. A. Asqulth, Waterloo, la-. Internal injuries. H. 8. Ruben, Chicago, slightly. ". Mrs. Anna Kenyon. Kingston, N. Y.. right limb badly mashed and face Injured. Miss Ellta Townsend, Bridgeport, Conn., slight Injuries. Mrs. 8. L. Smith, Chicago, bruised and Internal Injuries. Four others Injured, unknown. Among those on the wrecked train whs escaped Injury was J. A. Bug gle of Chicago. Mr. Buggle ar rived In St. Louis today and is at the Jefferson hotel. He gives a graphic de scription of the wreck, which he declares Is much more tragical than given in first reports. Mr. Buggle was In a rear coach, which was only slightly damaged. At the time of the wreck be was standing near the rear door of the coach, preparing to go to the dining car. He was hurled out of the coach by the force of the collision and landed In a ditch. Finding himself uninjured, hla flrst impulse was to go to the rescue of those whom he realised must be badly hurt. , Mr. Buggle told of his experience as follows: It was much more horrible than one can realise. ' The first reports published do .not begin to describe the terrible scenes which were enacted there within the short time after the wreck and the destruction of the debris by fire. Fourteen or fifteen killed! That does not begin to give the number. In my opinion, there were many more than that. I personally assisted In caring for the bodies of fifteen of those who were already dead or who died later, and 1 was only one In a large number. The work of the cltlsens of Litchfield and of the uninjured passengers of the wrecked train cannot be too highly complimented. Almost without exception, all the passen gers who were able and all the ritlsena of the Illinois town went to work with a will and did all within their power to rescue and care for those who could not care for themselves. Goes Back to Death. There were those who risked and Most their lives trying to save otners. I re member seeuig one poor fellow. He had been uninjured in tue wreck and couid easily have found a place ol saft-ty where mere wuuia nave oeen no aanger tor him. But he saw fellow men and women and children in distress, pinioned within tnn cars. He ran to their asaiatanee, braving the dangere of the tire which ruged within the coachea He had no thought of the death which might await hlui there, but he rushed In Intent upon doing all within hla power to aave moae Who, up to that time, hud not been so fortunate aa he. . . As he approached the car It suddenly tniinlwi nver. it att-itfk- him n h b,...4 crushing his skull and holding him pinioned to me grouna, wnere no man rouia rescue him from the cruel flames which crept nearer and nearer every moment. Nothing could be done for hlm'and I turned away In horror, unable to bear the eight. It was awful. There was nothing In connection with the wreck which was not the most horrible sight 1 have ever witnessed. None too much praise can be given those who gallantly punned from ths scene of the burning train the car of powder which threatened the Uvea of those whn ha1 en. caped the first catastrophe. Those who were working to aave the injured and to remove the bodies of the dead nald no heed to the cries that the car of powder waa liable to explode any moment. They had no lime to tiiink of their own denser. There were a few. however, who were not actively engaged at work upon the wreck. in danger or being blown to atoma any moment, a number of them looaened the brakes of this car and pushed It away where there would be no danger of It catching fre. Had It exploded, there would have been few in the vicinity of the wreck who would have escaped. Vladivostok Awaits Its ejaadroa. VLADIVOSTOK, Sunday, July l-De-layed In Transmission.) The return of the Vladlvoatok squadron In anxiously awaited. The official accounts from Tokio of ths exploits of the Russians are eagerly read. The squadron may not return for some time, as when It left this port It waa pro visioned for a long cruise. Vice Admiral Besoboresoff la In command. Lieutenant General Linevltch, who has been on a tour la the south, has returned here. DAVID BENNETT, niLL OF NEW YORK. ' Copyrighted, 1904, by The N orth American Co., Phlla. Used by Courtes y of the North American. GRAFT BUSY AT BONESTEEL All SorU of Schemes Laid to Trip, the Unwary ..Homeseeker. , ONE MAN CONTROLS . THE ..GAMBLING Reliable Correepoadeat Ostltnrs the GaaaUet that Will Be Ron by tho People Who Go There with Money. BONESTCTU a D., July 4. (Special.) The grafters are all here today, ready for the big rush of suckers. The press reports announcing the banishment of the crooks from Bonesteel are fairy stories pure and simple. The grafters are here with the goods are here to stay. Mingling In today's crowd you touch elbows with the "big mitt" and "sure-thing" artist, the "flat-Joint" manipulator and the short-change expert. Boosters are busily steering 'suckers" up against the games to. be "trimmed," and the street-walkers flaunt their painted faces before the verdant home-seeker. The shell game Is doing business just around the cor ner and the a oap man. occasionally touches the fearsome farmer for a fiver. Even the bewhlskered padlock game has found takers here, and the trimmers, who have been here for a week, and were about "all in," say the rush will be "plckln's." . Fact Is, take the grafters out of Bone steel today and you remove a generous part of her population. The spirit of graft ing permeates the town: moat of the old timers hers are working over time at It in one degree or another. From the quasi legitimate the graft of jollying a ' home seeker out of a 116 "locating fee" by. issu ing him a receipt guaranteeing to do many thing's they never will do to the bare-faced locater who claims to stand in and -who, for a small fee, In advance, will guarantee his client any quarter on the reservation the home-seeker will be under fire every blessed minute. Gambling Is permitted. - Gambits is Permitted. As a matter of fact, the town board It self would have to do considerable aide stepping to get away from a charge of grafting. Although gambling is contrary to the statutes, it Is. common report that Stanton purchased the exclusive gambling privilege by paying the town 1100 a day. At any late, the Word has gone out that Stanton must be seen before you may start a game. A "flat Joint" man applied to Stanton and was told he could not open up. "I have all the games I want," said Stanton, ' The "flat Joint" men pooled with others who had been turned down and they de cided to open up anyway. If Stanton makes objection he will be offered a share of the winnings. ' If he appeala to the antl gambllng law and closes them up the "flat joint" people threaten to close every game In town. , Aa Stanton ia expected to clean up over (1.000 a day, the chances are he will take his percentage and allow everything to run. In addition to the gambling rakeofr, the town this week realised $4,000 from sa loon licenses. It Is attempting to enforce a SB occupation tax, and will realise a hand some aum from the sale of other exclusive privileges, not to mention the $5 tax on several hundred prostitutes. Motarles Raise Rates, The notaries most plead guilty, too. It has Just leaked out that Saturday night they held a meeting at which it was de cided to stand pat for tl fee for making out registration pa para. A committee was ap pointed to confer with the notaries at the Other registration points, and one of them stated today that the tl fee would aland. As Commissioner Richards and other land office officials have expressed their disap proval of a fee higher than 26 cents, those who know the commissioner of the general land office wonder what he. will do when (CostUuusd oa Ninth Page.). D IS i IN 1 h . Two More Persons Are; Added to the List of Dead ia ladlaaa Wreelt. y. UTCHTTELD. I1L, e-iuf V-The list of dead as a result of the Wabash wreck here lost night now numbers eighteen, two per sons among the injured having died. A wrecking crew got to work early and la cleaning up. the debris and they may un cover other victims.' Two more victims are expected te die. Litchfield is in mourning today and the grand celebration of the Fourth that had been planned has been declared off. The cltlsens are doing everything in their power to core for the wounded and dead. Ever since the wreck friends of those on board the ill-fated train have been arriving In town to look after the dead and injured. St. Francis hospital is crowded with the wounded, cots having been placed in the corridors to accommodate them, and pri vate houses have been thrown open for the care of those not so badly Injured. .State's Attorney L. V. Hill of HUlsboro, who Is here with Coroner Gray,' Is making an Investigation into the circumstances of the wreck and it is not improbable that ar rests may be ordered. The open switch Is a mystery which the officials are trying to solve. According to the Wabash station agent, Charles A. Corneau, the switch had not been used during the entire day by any of the trajnmen. A short time before the wreck a southbound fast passenger train passed over the track In safety. CASUALTIES OF THE DAY Death and Disaster as I'snal Follow Independence Day Cele bratloa. NORFOLK, Neb., July 4. Special Tel egram.) Two distressing Fourth of July accidents occurred last evening, the vio tlms being two 12-year-old boys, sons of John Glides and Rev. G. R, Oakee. An un expected explosion of a small can of pow der was received by both boys In the face. The injuries to the Oakes boy are painful though not serious, but the Gildea boy will probably loose both eyes. ' BLOOM INGTON, III., July 4. By the premature explosion of a cannon at Colfax early today Leo Chapman. Roy Harris, Fred Grendlng snd Ralph Hester of that place were dangerously and perhaps fa tally Injured. While using a broomstick for a rammer, pounding It In with a base ball bat, the powder exploded, blowing pieces of the ramrod Into bodies of the four victims. FL0ATEN WILLMAKE FIGHT Deported Colorado Merchant Returns to Ills Homo and Will Stay if Possible. TELLURIDE, Colo., July 4 -Harry A. Floaten, manager of the People's Supply store hi this city, who has been twice de ported by the Cltlsens' alliance, supported by the military authorities, returned to day. He was not molested. "I am going to stay here and defend myself and my rights," he said. "I have had the best legal advice and was told to stand on my constitutional rights as a citizen and not submit to the tyranny and oppression of the Cltlsens' alliance." The only accusation ever brought against Mr. Floaten was that he tranaacted the financial bualneaa of the Miners' union. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Pair Taesday and Wednesday la the Prouslao of the Weather Maa. WASHINGTON, July 4.-The forecast: For Nebraska. Kansas, Colorado and WyomingFair Tuesday and Wednesday. For Missouri and Iowa Fair and warmer Tutsduy. Wednesday, ,tair. LITCHFIELD ,1$ 1 IN MOURNING LEADERS SIZE UP OUTLOOK Demooratio War Horses at St. Louis Busy Trying to Locate the Winner. ' PARKER MEN CLAIM VICTORY EARLY Opposition Unable to Caito. and Strensrth of tho Aati-Taaasaaay If ew Yorker Seenes to Grow Hourly. ST. LOUIS, July , 4. Parker on the sec ond ballot, perhaps on the first. ' That is tonight the claim of the men' who are In charge of the political affairs 'of the New York candidate. . All day . long; the Parker opponents have tried to perfect' a program which would prolong; the ballot ing and afford an opportunity to name an other candidate, but apaprently they have not succeeded. Many combinations have been suggested, but so far they seem- to have proven Incapable of being assembled Into a shape sufficiently substantial to show the Independent and unlnstructed del egates how another candidate 'can be named. Men who are supposed to hold ths balance of power have asked the Parker opponents to say what would be done after Parker has been put out of the race,- but tonight they say they hare received ne satisfactory answer. The action taken by . the Pennsylvania delegation tonight by the overwhelming vote of 67 to 6 to vote for Parker, only served to emphasise this view of the out come. There were six votes lacking; In the delegation. Gorman, Gray and Cleveland have been suggested, but no one Is prepared to give assurances' that either could receive the nomination. The mention of Cleveland has a tendency In soma quarters to solidify the Parker strength, for many delegates say they do not want to taks even the slightest chance of allowing Cleveland a fourth nomination. H1U Greatly Elated. Senator Hill was led to remark that with another small aooeaaion Judge Parker would be nominated on the first ballot. William F. Sheehan. who has been the ac tive leader of the Parker forces, snd August Belmont deprecated this and argued that it would be wise to allow the other states to at least have the honor of nam ing In the convention their favorite candi date. The news was received at the Tammany headquarters in an entirely different way. Leader' Murphy at flrst refused to believe It, saying that he had been assured late this evening that ( the delegation would support former Governor Pattlson. After the announcement had been made to them of Pennsylvania's, decision, and they had somewhat recovered from their surprise, they still gave it aa their view that there would be enough votes held by Individual states not In favor of Parker or voting for Individual candidates to prevent Parker from obtaining a nominating vote at least on the first Ave or six ballots. Leader Murphy himself said: "We ex pected Pennsylvsnia to have a candidate of Its own, but we are not disheartened. There are still two or three days before the nomination snd we shall continue to do active work agalnat Parker, not because we dislike him personally, but we know that he cannot carry New York state." Bourke Cockran and some others of ths leaders In Tammany went over to the Alabama delegation during the evening to try and persuade them to consolidate their ten anti-Parker votea. Alabama has twenty-two votes, twelvs of whom are In structed for Parker, the others being divided on several candidates. It is under stood that Cockran was met with the threst by the twelve Parker adherents that If any attempt was made to consoli date the other Interests they would adopt (Contlrured on Second Page.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Taesday aad Wednesday. Temper at aire at Omaha Vesterdayi Hoar. Dra. Hoar. Dev. 8 a. aa 2 1 p. m TO a. as 61 11 p. ni TO T a. aa aa a p. m TT I t. a M 4 p. ni TO a. aa 5 p. an TH lO a. as 73 p. an TN It a. as T3 T p. m TT lis 78 8 p. wt T4 It p. an 72 JAPANESE ACCUSE RUSSIANS General Oka Raye They Are Gallty of Craeltlee Attrlbated to Islanders, , TOKIO, July 4. General Oku has for warded a detailed report to the Imperial headquarters answering charges preferred by the Russian, authorities that the Japa nese troops were responsible for atrocities committed on tho field during the engage ment at Au Fang Tien preceding the battle of Vafangow (Tellssu). He says the charges are totally unfounded, but. on' the contrary, that he had proofs that the wounded Russian prisoners highly appre ciated the humane treatment they and their comrades hod received from the Japa nese. It Is the Russians, he declared, who have cruelly mutilated the Japanese who fell Into their hands wounded. General Oku then makes the following charges: That on June 15 six Japanese scouts were overpowered by Russian troopers, who ran bayonets In their mouths, their heads and then cut their throats: that on June 27 the Russians raptured a Japanese cavalryman, whom they bayonetted and then cut his abdomen open. On May 16 the Russians beheaded a Japanese cavalryman whom they had captured. ' . General Oku asserts that acts of cruelty on the part of the Russian troops are nu merous and announces his purpose to re port in the future every case of It that Is brought to his notice. He says he feels that he Is not fighting a civilised army. Associated Press correspondents are unable to furnish any proofs of the charges which he presents, because no neutral observers were permitted to be present oSB the field at either of' the engagements that took place at Wu Fang Tien and Vafangow. TILL LOOK FOR A BIG BATTLE Probability of a Fla-ht Along: the Road to Liato Vaag, TA TCHB KAIO, Sunday, July i De layed in Transmission.) All is quiet at the outposts. General Kouropatkln Is here, en gaged in the peaceful task of opening a permanent hospital of 200 beds, founded by the Manchurian railroad employes. The hospital is not yet fulL It contains 151 patients. ST. PETERSBURG, July 4. The latest dispatches from the realm of war are to the effect that General Kouropatkln la still at Ta Tche Kalo and that forces are stationed at Senu Chen and along the roods from Slu Yen to Hal Chen, Ta Tche Kiao and Kal Chou, but they are main taining their advance from Feng Wang Cheng over the direct main roads to Liao Yang, where the effect of the rains Is lees appreciable. There are only twelve miles between Gen eral Count Keller's foroe and the Japan ese army and a collision between them Is not regarded as unlikely. The Japanese evidently are "hoping in case-of aucoees t compel Kouropatkln, with General Stackel berg's corps, to fall back from Ta Tche Kalo on Liao Yang, - and thus force an evacuation of New Chwang. The admiralty here has no news of the sea fight oft Port Arthur on Monday last reported by Admiral Togo, and is not in clined to believe it. The understanding la that the Russian warships are still at Port Arthur. ' BOTH SIDES ARE TAKING REST. May Be Little FlsTbtlaa- Till Close of Rainy Season. v LIAO YANG, Sunday, July .(Delayed.) Seeing the Impossibility of bringing about a decisive battle, In consequence of the re tirement of ' the Japanese and the heavy rains, .General Kouropatkln, accompanied by the military attaches, Is returning to Hal Cheng. . Both combatants are appar ently Inactive. The Japanese have re tired to the sandy part of the country to await better weather. TTie Russians have reoccupled 'their old positions thirty miles eastward of Liao Yang. The two armies are now bivouacked on either side of Dalln pass, which cannot be said to be an effec tive occupation for either army, aa the deep mud renders Impossible the move ment of transport wagons and guns. No battle of any oonsequenoe has been fought therb since the RueSlana . retired from Dalln pass before the Japanese advance. 1 The Russian troops are displaying splen did' spirit. In spite of terrible hardships. There Is not a dry spot for them to camp on and the troops often are obliged to pass twelve hours In the rain before they can. prepare soup with which to warm themselves, owing to, the difficulty ex perienced In kindling Ares. The Russians are showing great , consideration for the Chinese, fraternising with them and pay ins them good wages and high prices for goods supplied. ; JAPAlt MISSED ITS BEST CHANCE i . Opinio of a War Correspondent Who ' Has Jast Reached Home. - ST. . PETERSBURG, July 4. A war cor respondent who has arrived from Mukden expresses the opinion that with the rainy season at hand the Japanese have lost their opportunity of dealing General Kouropatkln a crushing blow. He says that neither the world In general nor the Japanese knew how weak the Russian army was in the earlier stage of the war and asserts that practically the Russian army waa then non existent, but when be '.eft, .June IS, Kouro patkln had 125,000 men andrtnfbrcements were pouring In at the rate of 2,000 per day. Earlier, the correspondent thinks, the Jap anese could have done anything If they had pressed the campaign with vigor. Dur ing the three months' delay In cutting off Port Arthur the Russians rushed in muni tions and provisions. When the battle of the Yaltl occurred, the correspondent con tinues, Kouropatkln had all in readiness to retire1 to Klrln. He thinks the vaunted Japanese secret servloe defective, because It did not discover the situation and .says It Is now too late, as at the end of the rainy season Kouropatkln will be strong enough to assume the offensive. A further mobilisation order affecting the reserve officers is expected for the St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskoff and Baltic provinces. The order will also affect horses. ays War Is tlmslattss;. ST. PETERSBURG, July 4.-4 p. m. The Novoe Vrenye, referring to Count Tol stoi's article on the Russo-Japanese war recently published In the London Times, sh)S Tolstoi might as well denounoe a hur ricane as the war, which, unlike the hur ricane which devastated Moscow, is a puri fying phenomenon which is going to stim ulate the energies of the Russian people. PARKER IN THE LEAD New York Judge Has Better of Buxfaoe Situation at St. Louis, SH0UTERS ALL FOR THE SILENT JUDGE i Opposition Unable to Unite on Han to Head the Forlorn Bope. BRYAN BREAKS INTO THE COMMITTEE Secures Jim DahlnWs Proxy that Hs Haj Champion Harrison. HITCHCOCK BOOSTING FOR PARKER Omaha's Cnasreiaaiaa Haada Oat tho Preaa Tlcketa aad Smiles Whoa He Says His Man Will Win Easily, (From a Staff Correspondent.) ST. LoriS. July 4. (Special Telegram.) Surface indications here all point to the success of the Parker candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination. It may be that his strength Is over-estimated, because he is the only positive force la the field and . has the most shouters, but the most noise Is certainly being made for Parker. In fact the only place I was able to discover any show of confidence that Parker would be beaten was In the1 Hearst headquarters where the assertion waa made simply on racts. - - I had a few words with Bourke Cochran I this morning who admitted that the drift was toward Porker, although Insisting that his nomination waa by no means certain. "I think there Is only one man I could name who would enable us to fight for him with an assurance of winning," he said. "You mean Cleveland?" I asked, Mr. Cochran nodded assent. The Cleveland talk, however, has almost wholly died out. It Is to be noted also that a lot of Tammany msn are wearing Parker buttons attached to their Tammany badges, despite the well known opposition of the leaders. Bryam Sarins; Nothing-. Mr. Bryan Is non-commlttai as to the make-up of the ticket. He has been busy all day with the committees that are work ing over the contested seats. It is no se cret that his services had been secured by the Harrison contestants In Illinois to present their case, and all day be appeared in the meeting of the national comntittee with Jim Dahlman's proxy, tbu4 assuming to act as Judge aa well as advocate. Borne one recalled the t aot that eight years ago when Bryan was shut out of the pre-' llminary organisation, although, bo bad the regular credentials, he denounced hla treat ment as outrageous, yet now he Is trying to do exactly what he then complained of. ' Congressman Hitchcock, is here as head press ticket distributor.. He does not, hesi tate to say he expects Parker to be named, and says it in a tone to Indicate a prefer ence that way. . He has picked Tom Ta gort for national ehalrrjan and knows Taggart can get the place only through Parker's ' success. The only way Parker can be blocked now Is by the opposition acting In concert, to wear him out and then uniting on some dark horse. . ' VICTOR ROBBWATER. GET HID OF THE. DEAD MATERIAL Leaders Propose Js Exercise the Issues that Are Passe. (From a Staff Correspondent.) , ST. LOUIS, July, 4. (Special Telegram.) If the leaders or ine oemocrauo pari? uavv their way there will be a- pretty general cleaning out Of dead Issues snd the adop tion of a platform that, while appreciably different from the platforms of 18M and 1UX), will be sufficiently conservative to meet the demands of all wings of the party. This Is my Judgment after talks with lead ers from Maine to California, but as to the nominee, that Is wholly a different matter. Tt.M i. AtAtkA Tn rk r Mnllmftnt itnnn. the rank and file of the delegates and among the spectators who follow conven tions Just like small boys follow a brass band. There Is also a strong anti-Parker sentiment, the only difficulty being to agree on whom to unite upon. Confer ences have been going on all afternoon be tween anti-Parker leaders with a view of bringing together these varied elements. So far these efforts have been without suo oess. This lack of oohestveness among the anti-Parker 'forces is contributing - not - a little to the growth of Parker sentiment, snd unless something is done to check the Parker feeling a stampede to him after the first ballot is likely. Yet one must not be carried away by sentiment at a national convention, par ticularly a national demooratio convention. Parker sentiment hereabouts Is nothing to the sentiment for Bland In 1S98 In Chi cago, and everybody knows what took place at that convention which placed the "cross of gold and crown of thorns" In the keep ing of William Jennings Bryan, and, still further, everybody knows what happened then. Until an appreciable crystallisation of antagonistic forces now at work occurs, to use ths language of a Texas delegate, "you can't tell nothing what Is goln' to happen." Nebraska headquarters, which Is In the swell Jefferson hotel, was crowded today with visitors. Some were un terrified mem- via v. ,,tv , tw. Kt'in wu wiuv Biiutjung tor Parker or Cleveland or Gray, or fur any body who would put the harpoon in Bryan, but the "peerless leader," with his Illimit able smile and his bunch of delegates, went his way In no wise discouraged by the talk round about. Early In the day Mr. Bryan sprang a surprise by going Into the national committee with the proxy of J. C. Dahl munn In his pocket. He was there, accord ing to one of hla aasoclatea, for the pur pose of seeing that the Illinois delegation got fair treatment "Illinois, you know.