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OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1904.
SINGLE COrY THKEE CENTS.
START PLANTS TODAY
Om aha Fackert Propose to Bernm. Vtrk
This Morning.
CUDAHY SAYS MEN WILL BREAK ,
ProdioU that Before End of Week
Strikers Will QWe Up. '; .
NO FURTHER RISE IN THE PRICE OF MEA1
Limit Hat Been Beached in Ad'ano as
Supply is Unlimited. '
MEN STILL KEEP UP A FIRM FRONT
4r Spent tsutotly "T th Strlkera,
Who Art Earnestly Porting
tho Leaders In Present
Situation,
It was announced laat night by tha
manager of tn packing houses at South
Omaha that work will be returned In all
but tha hoc killing departments today.
Enough pork product la on hand to prevent
any likelihood of a shortage, and at
tantlon will be (Ivan to tha slaughter of
baef and mutton. It la also announcad by
Cudahy and Armour that no further In
craaao In the prlca of moat will he made
by the packers.
E. A. Cudahy aald that hla houaa 1 set
tin all the help It 'cm 'use, and predicted
that the atrlkera would five up before the
and of the week.1
Stephen Vail, vice president of the union,
who la In charge of tbe local end of the
atrlke. Bays all talk about the men weak
ening la pure b.uft on the part of the em
ployers. Bandar Very tolet.
Sunday waa decidedly quiet In packing
nous atrike circles. At the planta there
waa no work to apeak of going on except
the loading of cars with ffeah tneata. All
of the puckers loaded from ten to twenty
refrigerator cars and billed them to vari
ous points. As th packers considered yes
terday a day of rest,, the strikers did the
same and after th early morning hours
very few strikers were to . be teen pon
the streets. The pickets were out aa usual.
but hunted shady spots. Perhaps, all told,
two dosen men bound for - the packing
houses were Intercepted, the situation ex
plained and the request made that flicy
leave tha city at onoe. Without exception
the request was complied with,'
Tha police were not called upon to make
an arrest uul the regulara and specials
, had hard work putting In the time. Tc"ay
fifteen additional specials will be put' to
work, providing tha police board can se
cure) this number. Under the Instructions
Issued by the board Saturday night, spe
cials wilt be expected to provide them
elves with a uniform, policeman's blouse
and a helmet.
All Sit 4h tiwjpbera .of, tha police board
consider that more -speelafr artl needed, es
pecially aa the board hat agreed to protect
any men who desire to enter any of the
packing plants for th purpose of going
to work. "This board." Mid Chairman
Masson, "la absolutely neutral In all ques
tions pertaining to the' atrlke; We take
neither tha side of the packers nor tha
men. What, We want to do ia to maintain
order and we do not expect to have any
dlffloulty In doing this, aa th strikers, so
far. have conducted themselves In a com
mendable manner. If a man- la anxious
to go to work we consider It our duty to
see that ha ha protection 'while Inside
the city limits. Whenever called upon to
do so our policemen will escort men up to
th gates of the packing houses and will
do th very best we ean to protect them
upon leaving the plants."
Cudahy oa the Conferences.
XL A. Cudahy returned from Chicago
yesterday, where he had been attending
tha conference between the packers and
President Donnelly of. tha Amalgamated
association. In speaking Of, these confer
ences Mr. Cudahy aald:
"W held four conference with Presi
dent Donnelly and the executive board of
tha Amalgamated association. On - Satur
day tha unions agreed to arbitrate along
th lines of the letter th packers sent
to President Donnelly on July 14, with the
oxceptlon of th laat portion which refers
to the taking back of all th men who
walked out on Tuesday. Mr. Donnelly in
sisted that all th men be taken back and
reinstated In their old places lneide, of a
week. Th packers have men In their
houses now, and under th circumstances
did not consider It fair to discharge the
men who earn Into the plants after the
atrlke started or who refused to walk out
when th signal waa given.
"Thla waa th principal point where we
split. When President Donnelly positively
declined to arbitrate unless th packera
conned od this point negotiations were de
clared off and th conference adjourned.
The longer th men atay out the slimmer
their chances of being reinstated become.
Men are coming In front th outside and
will o taken car of and must be pro
tected, Bxseett im Get Men,
"I expect w will hav quit a good
many men at work here on Monday.
Probably the majority will-be from the
outside, but we look for soma from the
ranks of th strikers. W wtfl commence
slaughtering cattle, hogs and sheep here
Monday and will Increase th gangs In
all of our departments. I think there will
be a steady Increase In th working force
very day. I am glad to see by Th Be
that th Fir and Police Board Is going
to exert every effort to protect th men
who desire to go to work at the planta."
When asked regarding vth report that
th men In hla Are department had walked
out,, Mr. Cudahy aald: "We called these
men In Saturday morning and gave them
their pay checks, as we did not care to
hav them around tha plant. We now
hav a nonunion fir department, and the
new men are being drilled by Jack Hat
burg, our fire chief."
Rumors have been flouting around for
several daya to th effect that the ata
tlonary firemen and engineers Were con
sidering the advisability f Joining th
rank of th strikers. On this subject Mr.
Cudahy aald: "I hardly think that the
firemen and engineers will walk out A
short tint ago a new wage scale wat
submitted to the packers all over the
country by the firemen and engineers. So
far Omaha la th only city which hat
taken, up the tor. la. We are negotiating
now with thla union and for this reason
1 da kit think V. . ..in i - - . i i
- - - -- - win vm m i j in l i nci j
strike ordered by the engineers' and fire
men's union."
. Foglneers at tn Cudahy plant are paid
Continued ea Second Pag.
POSSIBLY A CASE OF MURDER
Son Indications that Special Ambas
sador Loomls Met foal
Play.
KIBDIB, July 17. Reports to both the
Press association and the Central News
assert that a further examination of the
body of F. Kent Loom Is, which was found
yesterday at Warren Point, some fifteen
- miles from Plymouth, has given rise to
tgrave suspicions on the part of the local
fflclala that Mr. Loomls met with foul
T.lay. The wound behind the right ear Is
i -""scribed as being circular, Inrge and clean
" d It Is thought that It was Inflicted be
death. It Is surmised that Mr. Loomls" body fell
Into the water near the Eddystone light
house. Joseph O. Stephens, American consul at
Plymouth, In response to a telegram sent
by the Associated Prss tonight, asking him
If the local reports of foul play had any
basis or If he had any ground for sus
picion regarding the death of Mr. Loomls,
replied :
f regret 1 cannot make any statements
prior to the Inquest, which will be held to
morrow. The wound on the head buck of
the right ear Is the else of a half dollar.
The body Is fairly well preserved, especially
about the top and back of the head, con
sidering the time It has been In the water.
SALVATIONISTS THANK EDWARD
English Ruler Receives Expression
of Appreciation for Help.
LONDON, July 17. King Edward In re
ply to a message from the staff council of
the Salvation army expressing appreciation
of his majesty's welcome to the Interna
tional congress of the army and "gratitude
to God. for hla majesty's efforts In the
cause of International peace," sonds his
thanks through Lord Francis Knollys, hit
private secretary, who ssys that the king
"rejoices to think that his efforts to pro
mote International . peace and good will
have not been entirely without effect," and
that he "trusts that tha good work the
Salvation army has atready achieved by it
faith and energy may be constantly In
creased." FALCONIO LEAVES FOR NAPLES
Apostolic Delegate Begins Journey to
the United States.
ROME, July 17. Mgr. Faloonlo, apostolic
delegate in th United States, left Rome
today for Naples, where . ha will remain
for a few days before sailing, for New
York. He took, with him a special papal
benediction for his mission In the United
States. Mgr. Falconlo said he would be
glad to return to his work In the United
States, which he had coma to regard with
a deep affection. He said farewell at the
railway station to many notables of the
clerical world who wished him a safe Jour
ney and expressed the hope that he would
soon be recalled to Rome to receive the
Red Hat
WANT MEXICO TO ' PAT A SUBSIDY
British Colombians Propose to Estnb.
Hah Lino of Steamers.
MEXICO CITY, July IT.-Oorg L.
Courtney and William W. Wsrd of Van
couver, B. C.. are bere. for tho nurpoa .of
Inducing the government to give subsidy
to a line of steamers thVy propose to es
tablish ' between Canadian ports, on the
Pacific coast ' and Mextcan ports.. They
propose to make a feature of their busi
ness the Importing of Canadlsn coat Into
Mexican west coast ports and for the tup
ply of the Tehuantepeo railroads. Among
the articles for a return cargo would be
Mexican unrefined sugar and native wood.
NO REPRESENTATIVE FOR MEWELIK
Abyssinian Raler Does Not Intend to
Introduce a Minister.
ROMQ July 17. Officials of the Italian
government are absolutely without infor
mation regarding the statement cabled
from here and circulated . In th United
Statea that Emperor Menellk of Abys
sinia has decided to send Ras Makonnen,
one of hla principal advisers, as minister
to Washington. The officials say that the
Abyssinian emperor has no representatives
In any part of th world, and that there
has been no talk or other Indication that
such an Innovation aa that mentioned la
contemplated.
" i i.
AMERICAN ENTERTAINS EDWARD
British Monarch Is the Week-End
Gneat of Mrs. Cnvendlsh.
LONDON, July 17.-Klng Edward was a
week-end guest of an American hostess.
Mrs. George Cavendish Bentlnck (who was
Miss Livingston of New Tork) at Hlgh
cllffe castle, Christ Church. He accom
panied a house party which Included sev
eral Americans. His majesty today
boarded the Erin, on which he was enter
tained at luncheon by Sir Thomas Up
ton. ri BAN MI ST FACE SCENE OF CRIME
Alleged Defaulter Arrested In Vera
Cms Goes Back to Havana.
MEXICO CITY. July lT.-George B. Bar.
rlere, a Cuban, arrested tn Vera Crus, will
be returned to Havana. His alleged de
falcation amounted to (33,0(0. Mexico will
probably receive In exchange an alleged
diamond thief named Boler. Mexico fend
Cuba have no extradition treaty, but the
present exchange of prisoners may lead to
the exchange of negotiations toward the
treaty.
VICE GOVERNOR IS ASSASSINATED
Russia Again Shaken In by Violent
Death of Official.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 17. The vice
governor of Ellsabethpel waa assaaalnated
at-T o'clock this evening. The assassina
tion occurred at Adgahakent. a email
place In the southeast corner of the gov
ernment of Ellsabethpel.
TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE FALL
Spectators' Stand at Cleveland Base
Ball Gronnds Collapses Only Ten
. People Serlonsly Injured.
CLEVELAND, O.. July 17.-Two hundred
people were burled to the ground today
btf the collapse of a stsnd at Brighton
Park, a suburb of this city. A ball game
between amateur clubs was In prog-res
and the stand waa crowded, when, without
warning, the entire crowd was thrown to
the ground In a heap.
Other spectators and the ball' player
Immediately set to work extricating th
people from th wreckage while calls were
aent out for ambulances.
When all were Anally removed It was
found that ten persons hsd sustained
broken arms or legs, while number of
other were otherwise bruised and out.
It. waa claimed that the collapse was
caused by the removal of some under
pinning which bad been carried off by peo
pie for firewood.
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRIKE
No Effort Made to Henew the Peace Nego
tiation!. PACKERS SAY THEY WILL STAND FIRM
Assert that th Striker Must Con
form to Their lltlmatam Before
the Controversy Can Bo .
Arbitrated.
CHICAGO. July 17.-Ther wss little If
sny change In the situation of the meat
packera strike here today. With Michael
J. Donnelly, the strikers' leader, In St.
Louis looking after that end of Ihe diffi
culty, there was no effort here today to
renew tbe peace negotiations which lasted
through three days last week, and were
terminated last night .without results.
Whether another attempt to reach an
adjustment of the controversy by arbitra
tion will be made la problematic, ss th
packers, believing they bad the better of
the argument In 'laat week's conferences,
are little Inclined to offer any concessions
to the strikers.
One thing Is certain, the packers say,
and that Is that they will not recede from
the position tbey assumed In last week's
conferences and that the strikers will have
to conform to the employers' ultimatum
before any further peace plans looking to
a settlement by arbitration will be suc
cessful. To add to the packers' determination to
atand firm la the fact that they steadily
Increased their working force at tho
plants by the employment .of outside work
men until today. It was said, that things
were In almost normal condition at sev
eral plants. Under thee conditions th
packers have assumed a more Independent
attitude and are mors determined tonight
than ever that they and not th strikers
shall dictate the terms on which th con
troversy shall be arbitrated.
One of tho Sticking Points.
As the strikers deulare that they con
ceded every possible point In , last week's
conferences, there Is little likelihood that
any further conferonces for the present,
at least, would amount to much toward
a satisfactory settlement of the strike.
The sticking point to the whole question
of arbitration Is the reinstatement of the
strikers. Mr. Donnelly at yesterday's con
ference with thepackers waived every
other demand he had made and agreed to
order the men back to work, leaving the
adjustment of all differences to arbitration
If the employers would take back all the
strikers In a body. This the packers re
fused to do, maintaining that they had
hired many new workmen since tho strike
whom they could not discharge. They
promised, however, to take ' back the old
employes as rapidly as possible, and In. tne
order In which their applications wer
died.
The union .officials declare -that they will
never accept this proposition, ss they say
It would mean the disruption of the union
Inside of three months. v
To complicate th controversy still more,
th allied craft at the stock yards, num
bering 1,400 men, h;ye, become .restless and
are anxious to Join th met" already out,
on a tvmrathetlo strike, -Whether thesa
iwlll go 'on strike or not will b decided
tomorrow, when Mr. Donnelly return from
St. Louis.
These unions, representing thirty of th
mechanical trades In the "packing plants,
have decided to quit work If Mr. Donnelly
ays' so. '
Trouble at Ball Game.'
In an attack this afternoon on four strike
breakers by a mob composed of spectators
at an amateur baseball game In the vicin
ity of the stock yards two white men, one
policeman . and th four strike breakers
were severely Injured. Revolvers and
knives were used and three of the injured
men are In a serious condition.
The Injured:
William Durand, shot 'in the Jaw and
neck, condition serious. '
James Klely. stabbed on left side, near
heart; may die.
Policeman J. W. Sweeney, struck In head
and back with bricks while trying to quell
disturbance; severely cut and bruised.
John Hunter, colored, faco and neck
slashed with Knife, severely beaten about
body.
Grant Baker, colored, cut about face and
head.
Samuel Wood, colored, cut with knife and
beaten about body and face; condition
serious.
William Riley, colored, face cut and body
bruised.
After finishing their day's work at
Schwarxachlld A Sulsberger's plant the
four strike breakers on their way. home
had to pass the grounds where an ama
teur base ball game was In progress. There
were fully 1,000 persons watching the
game, most all of whom were friends of
the men who went on atrike last week.
As the four workmen approached, the
place someone In the crowd yelled "scabs,"
and Instantly a rush waa made for th
negroes.' Wood had a revolver and Baker
a knife and as tha mob started for them
they drew their weapons. Before they
could use them they were knocked to tho
ground by a doxen white men. Baker
scrambled to his feet and began slashing
right and left and before the knife could
be taken from him he had stabbed Klely. .
Wood fired Into th crowd while lying on
the ground, two of th bullets hitting
Durand, one of the attacking party. This
opposition of the negroes set ths crowd
In a frensy and had not the police made
a quick response to a riot call that was
sent In, some of the strike breakers would
undoubtedly been killed. As It waa they
were thrown to the ground and knocked
Insensible before the police could scatter
the crowd. Several of the rioters were
placed under arrest as also were Wood
and Baker.
Donnelly Talks at St. Louis. ,
ST. LOUIS, July 17. There was no
change noticeable In the strike situation
In St. Louis and the East St. Louts pack
ing house district tonight, and no attempt
wai, mad to put additional men to work.
The engineera and firemen were the only
men employed about the packing house
today.
Michael Donnelly, International president
of the International Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Meat Cutters and Butcher Work
era, was In East St. Louis and spent much
of the day in conference with strike lead
ers. He advised a porfect observance of
the, law and an avoidance of all trouble
with employers and the authorities.
President Donnelly addressed a mass
meeting of strikers In East St. Louis city
ball. Several thousand men were unable
to find admittance owing to the great'
crowd. President Donnelly received an
ovation when a stepped onto the plat
form. At Its conclusion he spok In part
a follow:
We shall never again enter Into arbi
tration, unless every man, woman and
child who has been discharged or who la
(Continued oa Second Vag.)
6RAND lodge. of elks
Convention at Cincinnati Will Con
tlnue with Elaborate Program fos
Each Day This Week. i
CINCINNATI, July 17.-The grand lodge
convention and the reunion of all Elk
will continue here with elaborate programs
for every day this week. Today with the
thermometer ln the nineties the local
lodge In detachments at the different de
pots has been busy escorting visitors to
the general headquarters for registering
and then to their respective hotels.
The committees will be, busy again to
moirow. Meantime three steamers have
been chartered for excursions on the Ohio
river, from which the fireworks will be
vlewetd in' the evening on both th Ohio
and Kentucky banks of the river. On
Tuesday morning the grand lodge will be
opened In Music hall, with a musical pro
gram and addresses and etn borate enter
tainments In the afternoon and evening.
The parade occurs on Wednesday. While
the delegates are engaged In their ses
slons many entertainments have been
arranged for other vlsltllng Elks and their
women.
The business session of tbe grand lodge
will be Important, aa several matters of
consequence to the order are to be de
cided. The afternoon of Tuesday the elec
tlon of grand lodge officers will take place.
The most Interesting contests are for the
positions of grand exalted ruler and grand
aecretary. For grand exalted ruler there
are two candidates, William J. O'Brien
of Baltimore and . Samuel H. Needs of
Cleveland. For grand secretary there are
several candidates, Charles- Stager of To
ledo; Fred C. Robinson of Dubuque, la.;
Archie Burke of Richmond. Va., and David
L. Watson of Terre Haute are among
those In the field, since George A. Reynolds
of Saginaw has announced 'that he will
not be candidate for re-election.
Th city Is 'elaborately decorated and
the local arrangements are-on the moat
extensive scale ever known for any occa-
slon here. vGrand Exalted Ruler Fanning
of Indiana says the reunion this week will
mark a new era In Elkdom. 1
HOTTEST DAY. OF THE YEAR
Three Deaths and a Score of Prostra
tions from the Heat . In '
Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 17. This was ths hottest
day Chicago has experienced In three years
and three deaths and a score of prostra
tions was the result The maximum tern
perature of H degrees beats any record In
ths weather bureau sine July SL 1901, when
a temperature of 101 degrees was recorded.
Since then the mercury has not risen In
Chicago, according to . the official reports,
above .82 until today.
Tha heat and sultriness, cam with . the
rising of the sun. At ( o'clock It was 83
degrees and shortly after noon the to mark
bad been reaohed. From this, point the
mercury crept steadily upward, reaching
the high mark of M at o'clock and re
mained there for over two hours. There
was scarcely any breeie and the suffering
was Intense. In the downtown dletrlot the
heat was several degrees greater than the
official records show. , -
At 10 o'clock tonight the-- showed
ftttle abatement 'and the opinion-, of the
weather forecaster was - that ' no marked
decrease.. would be noted f or a day or
two.
DETROIT, Mich.; July 17.ThlS has been
th hottest day Of the present Summer In
Detroit.' The temperature reached M- de
grees at 4 o'clock- this afternoon. No- pros
trations had been reported to the police
tonight. ' "
: ST. LOUIS, July 17.-The World's 'fair
city was far from being tho hottest place
In . the country tonight. Tho highest point
reached by th thermometer was 92 de
grees, 1 degree lower than the maximum
of yesterday. A cool breete ..made the
sun's rays bearable end there , were few
prostrations.
MISSIONARIES IN LANCASTER
Annual Convention- Comes to a Close
and Over 10,000 la Contributed
to the Work.
- '
LANCASTER, Pa.. July 17. -At ths an
nual missionary services of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance for the districts
comprising Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland and the District of Columbia,
held today at Rocky Springs park, over
142,000 was raised for foreign missions.
It was the' closing service of th conven
tion, which . haa been in session for a
week.
Dr. A. B. Simpson the eminent divine,
delivered the annual missionary sermon
in the morning, and In the afternoon the
offerings were received. Among the lar
gest contributors was Philadelphia branch,
$7,600; Pittsburg, . $7,600; Baltimore, $2,600;
Scranton, $1,600; New Jersey, $1,600; Cum
berland, $1,600; Mennonltes, $2,160.
All the services were marked by great
enthusiasm. The convention of the al
liance was one of the most succesafull In
Its history.. There were many conversions
and baptisms and a number testified to
being cured of bodily Ills through th
power of the healing services.
CROWD y GOES DESPITE RAIN
Attendance at World's Fair Jl or Last
even Days Exceeds Half Mil
lion Persons.
ST. LOUIS, July 17. Despite the rain
of the early part of last week and the ex
cessively warm weather that followed It,
the attendance at the World's fan- for the
past seven daya was more than half a mil
lion peraona. -There was not a single spe
cial day to bring tbe attendance up, and
the result Is quite satisfactory to tha
WorM's fair management. Following are
the recorded admissions for th week:
Monday, July 11, 74.6M; Tuesday, July 12,
$7,476; Wednesday, July U, 87,1(5; Thursday,
July 14, M.784; Friday, July IS. 76.869; Satur
day,. July 14, 91,622; total. 600.869.
Recapitulation: April, one day, 187,793;
May, K daya, 1,001,891; June, $6 daya,
1.114.886; July, 14 daya, 1,279,666; total, 4,
603,686. GERMAN JOURNALIST DEAD
Dr. Breuss, Formerly Professor of
Theology and Prominent In Other
Fields, Paeaee Away.
ST. LOUS, July 17.-Dr. Edward Breuss,
aged TO, for thirty yean editor-ln-chlef
of the St. Louis Amerika, a German-Catholic
dally, died here today of nervous de
bility, after an Illness of three years. Dr.
Breuss waa born tn Koenlgsberg, Prussia,
In 18S4. In 1SB9 he came to America. After
serving as professor of theology In ths
Lutheran' Concordia seminary he engaged
In newspaper jrork up to two years an.
Dr. Breuss leaves a widow, seven son
and a daughter. For a time Dr. Breuss
waa a director la th Royal gymnasium
at Berlin.
GET READY FOR CAMPAIGN
Leaden An Being Selected and Head
qnarten Arranged,
CORTELYOU AND SHEEHAN THE CHIEFS
Each Party Will Have Centers In Kew
York and In Chicago Commit
tees to Bo Announced
Soon.
tKrom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 17. tSpeclal.) With
the adjournment of the conventiona of the
two great political parties the work of
preparing for the campaign that will bo
Inaugurated on th first of August and
terminating on th eighth of November ha
already begun. Ths republican party
will have two headquartera, In ths Metro
politan Life building, New Tork. and In
ihe Auditorium. Chicago. Chairman Cor
telyou will divide his time between the
eastern and western headquarters. When
Mr. Cortelyou announces his executive
committee he will In all probability at the
sams time announce a vie chairman, as
It has been customary to have such an
officer, although in soma quarters In the
east It Is thought that Mr. Cortelyou may
desire to be both chairman and vice chair
man. This, however, is hardly possible In
view of the situation which arose sfter
the death of th late senator and national
chairman, Mark A. Hanna, when Vlce
Chalrman Henry C. Payne was called upon
to aasume the responsibilities of the office
by reason of the death of his chief. In
addition to Mr. Cortelyou, the New Tork
headquarters will have L. A. Coolldge, a
Washing-ton newspaper correspondent, to
look after Interests there, while the Chi
cago headquarters will be looked after by
Elmer Dover, secretary of the committee,
Harry New, of. Indiana, being also looked
upon as likely to have very Intimate re
lations with ths republican work In tha
west. Nothing Is expected to be done un
til after the announcement of the execu
tive committee by Chairman Cortelyou,
which Is due any day now. Mr. Cortelyou
haa seen the president and talked with
him .over the management of the cam
paign and as the chairman of the Na
tional Republican committee Is the personal
choice of the nominee It is naturally to be
expected that the friends of President
Roosevelt will be put forward on the execu
tive committee.
. As soon as the physical conditions look
ing to the campaign are arranged the com
mittee, both national and congressional,
will get right down to the business of
Informing the voters throughout the United
Statea Just where the republican party
stands regarding the great Issues now be
fore the American people.
' Sheehan , May Be Chairman.
Until the meeting of tho democratic na
tional , committee In New York and the
selection . of a chairman, vice-chairman.
treasurer and secretary Is accomplished,
nothing can with truth be stated as to
the Intentions of the democrats looking to
the campaign of 1904. While there are a
great many available men for chairman
M. Is behaved, that Judg Parker, who Is
looked upon as on of. the shrewdest poli
ticians hi tha -country, notwithstanding big
leaning toward the quiet and sedate life of
a. Jurist, would like-to have hla very close
and personal friend, William F. Sheehan,
of New York, aelected to manage the cam
paign for the sage of Esopus. The present
secretary of tho national democratic com
mittee, C. A. Walsh, of Iowa, It slated for
retirement as Is also John I. Martin, as
sergeant-at-arma. Martin's performances
during the convention at St. Louis being
generally condemned. His Inability to con
trol the crowd and his activity In making
bad breaks marks him as a man for. the
slaughter. His position on the platform
while speeches were being made and his
manner lq attempting to give the conven
tion some semblance of order made him
the . target for' almost universal criticism
on the part of the delegatea. Martin may
be a hall fellow well met with the boys,
but .his management of a convention was
monstrously bad aand a new deal all around j
so far as the complexion of the national
committee It concerned has been ordered.
It Is expected 'that Immediately after the
notification of the nominees of the demo
cratic party for president and vice presi
dent has been made active work will be
begun. As In former years the democrats
will have two. headquarters In all prob- j
ability being presided over by "Tom" Tag
gart, of Indiana, who Is a candidate for
chairman of the committee, but who It Is
believed will be defeated by William F.
Sheehan, If Parker wills It so.
--And Belmont for Treasurer.
For treasurer, August Belmont Is sug
gested, as he Is for chairman, but it la
thought In view of his large' financial in
terests and his personal Influence in Wall
street that he would better help the cause
of democracy along by going out and get
ting money for the campaign than he
i he.
thel
could do If he were made the head of
democratic committee.
The congressional committee of th
Bemoc ratio party Is already at work In Its
headquarters In this city, with W. 8. Cow
herd of the Kansas (Clty district and
Charles A.' Edwards as secretaries. A
mass of campaign matter la being mailed
nut n f tha hiMilmi.rt.M ava Aata ah. I
- .. .... v v J J " , uu i
buay hands and still busier brains are at
work upon the congressional - campaign ;
dook, wmcn u is expected will be ready
for delivery on ths 1st of August.
Ventilating Street Cars and Halls.
According to reports received her th
local boards of ' health of New York,
Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Bal
timore, Cincinnati, Cleveland and several
other cities hav taken up the matter of
securing the proper ventilation of street
cars, churches, halls and placaa of
amusement where the public oongregat In
large numbers, ths ventilation and sanita
tion of which com within their purview
as guardians of ths. municipal health and
which can be regulated ' by local ordi
nances. - Ventilation and sanitation are so
closely allied that these Investigations,
following the genera! and highly success
ful crusade against Indiscriminate expec
toration, which was conducted under the
same auspices, have attracted much at
tention from th United Statea medical
officers and health specialists, as well as
from ths general public.
In dealing with various epidemics and
stamping out the major contagious dis
eases such as yellow fever, bubonic
plague, etc., the officers of 1 ths marine
hospital service found that continued resi
dence In vilely ventilated holes such a
existed In the underground passages In
"Chinatown," Ban Francisco, lowered the
vitality of the Inhabitants and rendered
them an eaay prey to the disease.
The breathing of vitiated air Is alio held
directly responsible for "ship fever," and
In view of the possibility of an Increaae in
Immigration under the stimulation of the
Continued a Third Pag.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Monday and Tuesday
Temperature- at Omaha Yesterday!
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CAN'T STAVE OFF BATTLE LONG
Likely to Spread Over Wide Area
Before It Is Fought
Out.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG. July 17. (New Tork
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) The only war news at hand Is
of a skirmish all aloong the line, show
ing that both armies are In close touch.
Military opinion here holds that nothing
can prevent a big battle, which ' prob
ably will begin at Ta Tche Klao and
might spread over , an extensive area.
Much reaentment la expressed at th
malicious and unfriendly caricatures of
the Russian army published In the latest
Issues of the German Lustllge Blatter
and Slmpliclsslmus.
A new loan will shortly be needed here,
but the 1600,000 sterling suggested as the
offer of Berlin bankers Is absurd, ten
times that amount not being sufficient.
!VO NEGOTIATIONS MADE FOR PEACE
Stories that Russia and Japan Re
ceive Overtures Are I'ntrae.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 17.-Tlie Associ
ated Press Is authoritatively Informed that
since the outbreak of the war neither Rus
sia nor Great Britain has proposed negoti
ations looking to the settlement of pending
questions between the two countries and
that consequently the report that Russia
has rejected any overtures by Great Britain
In this direction is a mistake.
The Important fact, however, has de
veloped from the Investigations mads by
the Associated Press that prior to the
outbreak - of hostilities tentative negotia
tions for the adjustment of long standing
differences between the' two countries had
actually begun, but when Great Britain's
ally became Involved In a war with Russia
the Impropriety of continuing the negotia
tions were recognised by both parties and
by mutual Agreement they were adjourned.
Since that time there has been no effort
by either side to renew them.
Nevertheless It seems beyond question
that the diplomacy of both countries Is
striving to pave the way toward an entente
at the conclusion of the war. In th
meantime such Independent questions a
arise are being adjudicated In the best of
spirit, as witnessed In the sealing cases
and In Great Britain's gracious undertaking
to act for Russia In the protection of tho
seal fisheries of the Kommander Islands In
the Behrlng sea.
Especially since the arrival of Sir Charles
Harding, the British ambassador, whose
sped J mission Is believed to be the culti
vation of better relations in view of an'
ultimate entente there has been a notice
able amelioration .af antj-British sentiment.
In' Russia. f "V"-.
CHINA. MIST. SUPPRESS REBELLION
France Threatens' to Send Troops I'n.
' leas ulrt Is Restored.
TIEN TSIN, July 17.-The Chlneso min
ister at Toklo haw telegraphed the Wat
Wou Pou (the Chinese minister of foreign
affairs) that the Japanese government haa
presented a scheme for the administration
of Manchuria, the principal clause of which
ia that the. Japanese will govern the
province with the ' number of Japanese
troops now In the country.
Information has been received here that
unless China suppresses the rebellion In
the province of Kwangsl the French gov
ernment , has threatened to land troop.i
and 'put It down. The Chinese government
Is much perturbed tn consequence. A feel- j
lng prevails In Tien Tain that the Japanese
have suffered, a terrible reverse at Port
Arthur. If they have hot It la thought
that the Japanese government would have
contradicted the reported disaster dayt
ago.
ENGLISH PAPERS MAKE PROTEST
Object to Volunteer. Fleet Stooping
Neutral Commerce,
LONDON, July 18. Almost.. without ex
ception the newspapers this morning In
editorials or otherwise comment upon the
Russian volunteer fleet 'steamers passing
tho Dardanelles, and the government ts
urged to take action, especially for the
protection of British commerce In the Red
Sea and neighboring waters.
The Dally Telegraph, concluding an out
spoken protest, written with trsccs of gov
ernment Inspiration, says:. "Ther Is a
limit to complaisance when neutral com
merce under the British flag Is molested
In a way to which wo have been for a cen
tury and a half unused."
Special dispatches from Berlin echo the
feeling of 'Irritation that exists tn Lon
don. Veaael Paaars the Bosnhoras.
LONDON, July 18. The Constantinople
correspondent. In a dlspatoh dated July 17,
says: "The Russian guardahlp Chemomor
ets passed through the Bosphorus from sine
Black sea this morning." The Chernomor
ets Is a gun vessel belonging to the Black
sea fleet and carries two eight-Inch guns,
one six-Inch gun and seven quick firing
and machine guns. It Is equipped with two
torpedo- tubes and carried a crew of 1&0
men.
Looks to Great Britain.
LONDON. July 18. The Standard's Toklo
correspondent, cabling under date of July
17, says the Jljl Shlmpo, In an editorial
expresses the hope that Great Britain will
tee that Turkey lands Russia no ssslst
ance by allowing steamers of the volun
teer fleet to pass ths Dardenelle. The pa
per declares that Great Britain la bound
under the terms of the Anglo-Japanese al
liance to prevent such assists nee being
given.
INCENDIARY FIRE IN ALABAMA
Destroys Largo
fm mi a 4 f'M n
ses
Loss Estimated r.t eWOO.OOO,
. MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 17.-F1rs to
day completely destroyed the plant of ths
Alabama lift flooring comany, entailing a
loss of 1200,000, only partially Insured. Th
plant has been completed and In operation
less than a year. The property rovered
four acres and oonslsted of a planing mill,
an Immense lumber shed, three large dry
kilns, a dust house and a boiler house.
Three hundred thousand fret of dressed
lumber In th sheds and ISO, 0U0' feet of
rough lumber was burned. It' I bt-lluvvd
th fir was th work of an Incendiary. '
HEAR HEAVY FIRING
Re porta from Chinese Sources Tell of Can
nonading in Vicinity of Ta Tohe Kiao,
JAPANESE ARE NOT IN NEW CHWANQ
Neutral Port, it is Said, ii Still OarapieJ
by the Bussian Troop.
FOREST OF WAR FUNNELS IN EASTERN SEAS
Japanese Vessels 8een Anchored in Hum
ben in Manohurian Channel.
SITUATION ABOUT SEOUL STILL QUIET
Cheo Foo Alao Betrays tho Calm
which Precedea Great Events,
hat the Morm There
Is Abating.
TIEN TSIN, July 17. It hat been learned
from a Chinese source here that heavy
firing has been heard outside of Ta Tch
Kino for th past two days.
SEOUL, Cores. July 17. Evening No de.
velopments In the war situation wer re
corded today.
CHE FOO, July 17. p. m.-No craft
has arrived here from Port Arthur for
several days past The Japanese consul
at this port has received no Information
of any l ature for four days. The ttorm
which has prevailed for the paat two dayt
It abating. . .
Forest of War Funnels.
Fl'SAN, Friday, July1 II. (Delayed In
Transmission.) The steamer Manchuria,
which la on a ' tour of Inspection of th
theater of waV, with members of the Japs.
nese Diet, foreign attaches and press cor
respondents on board, reached the - Japa
nese naval or Be July 14. At th time of '
th Manchuria's arrival a hugs cloud of
smoke hung over the land. '- ' ,
Rounding the headland the panorama of
Admiral - Togo's fleet was presented at
broad anchorage In the channel, with tor
pedo scouts outside. Th torpedo gunboat
Chlhaya and the coast dsfsns vassal
Hetyen acted as sentries over the road
stead. Over the north end of th Island
were five cruisers.
Admiral' Togo's and Vic Admiral De-
was' flagships were at the left Th NIa
sin, ' Kasaga and the protected crulaers
Haahldate and Iteukaahlma wer on th
flank. The gray, powdor-stalned vessels
floated tranquilly waiting orders, and
heavy columns of smoke arose from th.
forest of funnels belonging to hospital .
ships, transports, colliers and torpedo
boata '
New Chwang Held by- Russians.
TIEN TSIN, July 17. The Russian agent
here has officially stated that the Japa
nese have not occupied New Chwang. Th
Ruaeian officials are, be states, admlnlt-
terlnsr there as heretofore.'
nt'SSIA IS. TAKING BIO.. CHANCES
Stopping Shlpa of Neutrtit. Muttons ts
.' Sesfrch for Contrabands.
' OT 1 tlTTB-naDTTDn Til1v"1fTllk nAM
that the Russian volunteer . steamship
Smolensk- and - St. ' Petersburg, now cruis
ing In the' Red sea, ar stopping 'ships of
neutral nations and searching thtm for
contranana or war is causing uie uraini .
Interest In all circles. Russia has vl- ';
aemy weignea tne question, oeueves uaeix
h. wllhln Urn rlo-hta and rH Vl fiapc
nor anticipates international complications.'
Indeed, some of the powers may hav been
soundeed by Russia on the subject.. Never- ,
theless, foreign opinion Is awaited eagerly
and more or less criticism' Is eXbected.
Members of the diplomatic corps ars
keenly anxious to ascertain tho views their
governments will take of ths passage
through the Dardanelles of these vessels
of the volunteer fleet as merchantmen
and their subsequent conversion Into ships
of war. The general view In diplomatic-
mI.. .um, wh.,. mrtimmnt ta not Tt- P
tlcularly friendly, to Russia, Is that whil
t,he passage of the Dardanelles might b
consldereed a piece of sharp' pr actio oa
the part of Russia, It Is an accomplished
fact and tha powers will not now regard.
It ns a violation of the treaty of Paris,
but will guard against Its repetition. Th
diplomats think that some of th power
may Insist that hencefdrth all volunteer
vessels shall be considered as Warships
within the meaning of the treaty.
One of th most Interesting question la
this connection, th diplomats butWve,
will arise out of Russia's declaration that
coal Is contraband of war. With prise
crews on board, the captured ships could
be sent to Russian Baltic ports, but If
short of coal they could not put In at
neutral ports to replenish their bunkers.
Thla same question may embarrass Rus
sia when the Baltic squadron talis for
the far east.
In view of the protest mads by Germany
In the caae of the stoppage of the steamer
Bundesrath, seised In Delsgoa bay D
cemDcr z, isw, auring me souia Ainran
war. aa the result of which Great Britain
had to pay damages, much curiosity ex
ists as to what Germany will do In ' ths '
case of tho confiscation by the Smolensk,
of th mall sacks on board th North
German Llyod steamer Prince Helnrlck, '
especially ss a large portion of ths mall
seised was undoubtedly of a commercial
character. .
SakharoflT Reports Russian Successes
" Near Slskhoa.n.
ST. PETERS BVRO, July 17. Under date
of July It Lieutenant General Sakha roll re
ports that the Chasseurs are driving back
the Japanese outposts southwest of Elak
hotan and east of Kan Chi. Tb Japanese,
the general says, have re occupied Kochlna.
They are ttlll fortifying the passes between
Fonshul and Mo Tien.
The Japaneso near Lino Yang have evac
uated Sakeyan and Yanllkan. The coun
try from Blnossira up to Blrhu past Is free '
fprtm Jsnnnup hilt ths riASS Itself is Ml.
cupled by a detachment of the Japanese
a u n a viiopH fl.n.ru I Aa khaf-nr? Mni.d
several minor encounters, with practically '
no casualties.
Rl'SSIANS
BEING
REINFORCKD
Constaat Skirmishing, and Real Bat
lie .Expected Soon.
LONDON, July 18. Th momlng papers
hav dispatches from correspondents at
General Kurokl's -headquarter. which
bring the situation In ths far east up to
July 18. All of the writers agree In say
ing that the situation la unchsnged, but
that the armies alwaya are In touch; '
that the Russians ar being strongly re
inforced and that a battle may be ex
pected any day. Slight skirmishes ar
reported to bav taken plac on July la.