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' 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
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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.