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The Omaha -Daily Bee. FOR A CHARACTERISTICALLY WEST ERN NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE WE BEE IS WE PREFERRED ADVER TISING MEDIUM IH ITS TERRITORY ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, TUESDAY MOHNING, JULY 19, 1904 TEN PAGES. HINULE COPY THREE CENTS. CALL FOR LIVE STOCK Omaha Packing Plants Bend Out Notice of ' Capacity to Kill. MANAGERS SAY THEY AR" IG DAILY Expect Men from Connti ike the Place of Striki h. Z STRIKERS LAUGH AT CLAIM r OSSES - Men Are Standing Firm an They Tnirt Their Leader -y" WORK PROCEEDS AT THE Bio rlANTS AH ef the Local Pitklii Houses Ao oaspllsh Something la the Way of Slaaghtertus ud Loadlas; Dmrlag the Day. Monday wu another quiet day In strike Circles. All of the buuaea received a few recruit from out of town during the aft ernoon, but nona of the striker applied for work. Notwithstanding that ail wa quiet, tha striken did not for one moment cease their vigilance and a number of men beaded for the planta were Induced not to enter. The vary beat of order atill pre vail and the ordera regarding drinking (are being obeyed by the unemployed. There was a little wave of excitement at the Live Stock exchange yesterday after noon, when a notice waa poeted on the bulletin board stating that the packer can now take care of 1.500 bead of cattle a day and ,000 head of hogs. This notice was signed by all of the four packing planta here. Commission men were delighted at the notice and many at once advised their shipper by wire and telephone to let ship ment come forward. In speaking of this notice packer de clared that they now have enough men to slaughter 1,600 cattle and f.OOO hog a day. More men are expecteed from out In the country today and Wednesday. "The harvest," said one of the packers, 'Is keeping a good deal of the country help at home, but men are coming In every day. To be sure, these men from the country know nothing about packing house work, but they will learn rapidly." Cudahy Plant 'Active. In addition to asking the live stock com- - mission men to hurry in shipments, Cudahy purchased 440 head of cattle on the Kan sas City market yesterday to be slaugh tered here. Yesterday Cudahy slaughtered 100 cattle and 400 hogs. Besides this twenty-four refrigerator car, were shipped out. Eleven of these car contained fresh beef. Last evening Mr. Cudahy said that he was very well pleased with the day' work. "We expect more men in today from out aide point,"' he said, "and we will take back any of tha old men who apply for work." About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr. Cudahy received a telegram from Chicago to the effect that the packer there were Slaughtering right along. Cattle were be "thg' killed at tfce-yards" There yesterday at the tat of ttW head a day. This tele gram went on to state that In the opinion of th packers In Chicago the strike Is broken. A telegram to one of the packers ' here read: "Donnelly 1 beaten." At the itnoit Plant. The killing of hogs will commence at the Armour plant today. Monday cattle were killed at the rate of thirty head an hour. In addition to the cattle Armour killed 160 bead of sheep. ' Mr. Howe asserts that he now baa CO men working, not oountlng any ef the mea In the mechanical department. "We have more men now," said General Manager Howe,' than at any time since the commencement of the strike. I look for additional men today from out in the state. Tn my opinion there la not going to be mnoh difficulty In securing men from this time on. Of course, men skilled with the knife will be rather scarce for a few fays, but the people may rest assured that the packers will get mea enough to opernte their plants and avoid a scarcity of meat and other packing house products." Bwlft and the Omaha are securing a few men every day and are working along just as V nothing had happened. Load la a; Oars Regularly. At all of the packing houses cars are being loaded and shipped out twice a day, The first shipment goes shortly after noon and the second at ( p. m. So far the packers have not experienced any difficulty la loading oars with ths excep tion that the bulk of the work for a few day had to be performed by green hand and offloa men. As rapidly a help ar rives men employed tn the office are per mitted to discard their long batcher frocks and go back ts their desks. Some of the office mea are badly stove up from toting ' beef, but they say that they will be all tight la a few day. On account of the light receipts of live stock at tha yards General Manager Ken yon has Just put hi foroe of Mo men on half time. One-half of the force will work ... one day and lay off the next, and so on. By this arrangement all of the man will be kept on the pay roll and will have something coining to them at tb end of the month. Mr. Kenyoa said that be did not expect this condition of affairs to last very long. "We will put our whole foroe to work again Just as soon as the receipt will warrant It," said Ml Kanyon. I Strikers Are Ceaadeat. The strikers still appear to have ths utmost oonfldenc in ultimately winning the fight A ohecklng up of the lists' by the stewards falls to show where any killed mea have gone back to work. . "AH reports." . said one of the labor leaders last night, "that our men her are weakening I false. W are standing firmly together and tb best of feeling prevails among the men. All art good nuturcd and perform any duties assigned to them willingly. Just at present we are keeping J close watch oa the planta to prevent men from getting In to go to work. No vlolenoe or threat are used. All we do la ts make a plain statement of facts to the strike breaker, and urge them to give up their Idea of going to work. When the strike breaker agree to this we see that they are given trans portation out of the city." Mr. Vail declare that there I no change In the situation hers; that the men are all standing together and that reports from Chicago regarding the amount of work performed there and "at Kansas City are greatly exaggerated. "The report that ( Donnelly la beaten I merely laughed at bere." We are growing stronger every day," declare Mr. VaU. Special polls Pores. Vp to last night Chairman Masson of the police board bad sworn Iq twenty- Coutluued ea ouob4 Page, INQUEST ON BODY OF L00M1S Jury Finds that Man Is Dead, bat Dees Not Plx Cause of Demise. KINGSBRIDQE. Devonshire, July 18. The Inquest today on the body of F. Kent Loomls. which was found Saturday morn ing at Warren Point, about fifteen miles from Plymouth, threw the pl turesque little Devonshire village of Thurleatone, on the shore of Blgbury bay, into a state of un wonted' excitement. ' The court, over which the county coroner. Dr. Sidney Hacker, pre sided, waa somewhat late In assembling, in coasequence of the delay In carrying out the official medical examination of the re mains. This was conducted by two local doctors, whose testimony was to the effect that there wss a contused wound below and behind the right ear, Indicated by the ex travasation of blood In the scatp and a rup ture of the covering of the brain. There was also a general bruise, Involving the scalp and the integument of the brain on the left side above the ear. Both Injuries, In the doctors' opinion, were caused before death. The American consul at Plymouth, Jo seph G. Stephen, attended the proceed ing. After the Jury had viewed the body the first witness, Thomas Snowden, a laborer, who discovered the remains In the breakers, testified to the recovery of the corpse, as cabled to the Associated Press Saturday. A policeman, who searched the body, told of the recovery of a gold watch, which had stopped at I o'clock, some of the English gold and sliver coins, also a pocket book containing 160 In American notes, a receipt for a subscription to the Blenner hasset club, a railroad pass Issued in the name of F. Kent Loomls, a receipt from the Grand hotel, Broadway, New York, for 8280. which Loomls desired to be fent to his wife, a gold ring with the name "Mil dred" Inside, etc. The Jury found that the deceased waa Frederick Kent Loomls and that he wa found dead In Blgbury bay, there being no evidence to show how he met hi death. CONCORDAT IS NOW DOOMED ' Pope Regjards Agrreemeut with France Certain to Be Dissolved. ROME. July 18. From the highest source It Is learned that the Vatican's view of the situation between the Holy See and France la as follows: . The pope regard the dissolution of the concordat by Franc a absolutely certain. The pretext 1 that the Holy See before the visit of President Loubet to Rome, called on Bishop Gray of Laval to resign. He re fused and was summoned to Rome to an swer the gravest charges. The bishop ap pealed to the French government, which claimed that the Holy See was Infringing the concordat, but as the bishop had not been punished Foreign Minister Delcasse acknowledged that the Vatican wa within it's rights. The pontiff 1 firmly decided to proceed with the case of the bishop, who, if he is not In Rome on the 28th instant, will be suspended. TAX OJf TOBACCO IS CUT IN HALF House of Commons Assoisen a Re duetlon to Help Mouufueturerst' LONDON, July 18. During the debate "on tha finance bill In the House of Common today, Austin Chambernfhi, the chancellor of the exchequer, announced a reduction of the additional taxation of unstrlpped to bacco from 8 pence to 8 pence on stocks held previously to April 20, with the ob ject of preventing hardship to manu facturer with large stocks in bond. Ths duty on other unstrlpped .tobacco remains at 6 pence. GOVERNMENT PEAJtl' CtiESTCON Wants Nothing Bald About Action of Russian Steamer la Red Sea. rotary for foreign affairs, in the House of Common today asked General Laurie, con servative and unionist, to postpone a ques tion which he proposed to ssk anent the doings of the Russian volunteer rieet steamer St Petersburg In the Red sea until Thursday, a the government's information wa still incomplete. Earl peroy further said that the question waa of the utmost importance andkwa en gaging the earnest attention of the govern ment. BRITAIN SPEAKS ON THIBET Rassla Iuformed that Eastland Will Not Take Land at Present. LONDON, July 18. War Secretary B ro de rick stated In the House of Common to day that with a view ef preventing a mis understanding the government Informed Russia at the beginning of June of its policy In regard to Thibet, and that so long as no other power attempted tolnter vene In the affaire of Thibet Great Britain would not attempt either to annex Thibet or to establish a protectorate over that country for the oontrol of Its internal ad ministration. CONSIDER HARRIMAN VICTORY J. JT. Htll aa Coloael Cloaca Will Not Talk After Confer- NEW TORK, July 18. President James J. Hill of the Northern Securities com pany and Colonel W. P. Clough, chief counsel, held a consultation today on the recent decision of Judge Bradford of the United Bute district court In Trenton, restraining the Northern Securities com pany from distributing it assets pro rata until ths trial of the Harriman . suit to compel the holding company to givs back to the Harriman , interest the identical Northern Paotflo railway stock which they put into the merger company. Colonel Clough was .asked after ths con ference It President Hill had decided to appeal from Judge Bradford's decision, and be said: The decision on the petition of an In junction does not decide the merits of the question. They are to be determined later. He are not prepared to make publlo yet exactly what steps will be taken la view of the Injunction. Suffloe It to ssy now that tha interest of the stockholders of the Northern Securities company will be folly protected by the move we have in mind, which may be made known. la a day or two. SUITS TO PREVENT"" REPAIRS Aetloa to Eajola Railroads from Re coastraetlas; Pile Bridges At foes the Maw Rive. KAN8AS CITY, July 1L-Sult were filed In Kansas City, Kan., today by the county attorney of Wyandotte county enjoining the Rock Island and the Kansas City Bouthern railway companies from recon structing their temporary pile bridge aoros the Kaw river. These actions were requested by the Kaw Valley Commercial club as an Important step toward removing the obstructions from tb Kaw river wttuiit the city. UuUU, STRIKERS CRACK A SKULL Nonunion Man Beaten and Left on Tracks for Dead. PREPARING FOR TEST OF STRENGTH Both Sides at Chicago Expect that Present Week Will Determine Fight Strikers Start Packing; Plant. CHICAGO, July IS. One more effort will be made to actio the stock yards strike by arbitration. Tomorrow President Don nelly of the striking unions wlll send to the packers another letter asking for a conference. In this letter Mr. Donnelly will go over the history of the strike and will ask the packers If In their judgment it will not be better to concede the one point In contention than to continue the strike. The one point to which allusion Is to be made Is the refusal of the packers to dis charge the men they have employed since the commencement of the strike and give their places to the men who walked out. The communication to the packers will also suggest that It Is the belief of the strikers that they are, as old employes, dHervlng of this consideration. If this offer of the union Is rejected by the pack ers, Mr. Donnelly declared tonight, the allied trade at tho stock yards, number ing In all about 13,000 men, will be called out tomorrow In an effort to bring the packer to terms. Joseph Morton of tho Stationary Fire men's union called on the packers this afternoon and notified them that unless there Is a speedy settlement of the strike his men will be compelled to quit work. While no definite answer was given Mr. Morton by the packers, he waa received in such a friendly manner that ho - left the conference with the belief that there is still a strong probability of peace. Slogged By Strikers. Slugged into Insensibility by a dozen men and left for dead on the tracks of the Ash land avenue trolley line at West Forty seventh street, Anton Bartuelukovis, an employe at the Swift packing plant, Is dying at the county hospital. His injuries. In the opinion of Inspector Hunt, were In flicted by strike sympathizers -and the wheels of a trolley car. The men, according to a witness who has talked to the police, set upon BartuHlakovla as he was going home from work. When they could not make him Join the strik ers they broke his skull, fractured hi Jaw, kicked him about the face, head and body- and then threw him upon the car track. . The motorman of a car approaching not long afterward saw the body in time to top the car, but not before the wheels had crushed Bartuslckovls' shoulder. The Injured man was taken to the county hos pital. He has not regained consciousness. Mrs. W. Clifford, attracted to her window by the sound of men fighting, saw the at tack and declares she can identify several of Bartiislakovis' assailants. President Donnelly today sent out a new circular urging the men against violence, as fol lows! , , , We must win, because every American cltlxen must have living wages. We must have the very best for the children. We must have recognition for the union.. We can win. If you stick to the union. If we obey the union when It says "molest no person or property and abide strictly by the law of the country." . MICHAEL DONNELLY. Of the men Injured In Sunday night's riot near the stock yards, two are still In a critical condition. It la said ton other will recover. Strikers to Start Plant. A flank movement by the strikers devel oped today In the announcement by Pres ident Donnelly that In conjunction with Mr. Sterling, vice president of the Butcher Workmen's union, John F. Loersch, secre tary of the Packing Trades council, and Philip Murphy, "champion butcher of the world," recently employed by Swift & Com pany, he will start a small packing house where the union butchers may secure sup plies at prices Which will enable strikers to purchase meat without contributing to the profits of the big packers. Cattle and hogs have already been bought. President Donnelly asserted, the plant has been se cured and operations are scheduled to be gin tomorrow. A special meeting of the packing house teamsters union will be held Wednesday night to decide whether or not the driv ers will quit work. The teamsters today protested against several of the companies endeavoring to have the tea mater haul uppllea for "strike breakers." The operating forces of the big plants approximated about half the normal strength today, according to reports given out. All did a great deal of killing, it was claimed. Armour and company with 2,000 men employed, slaughtering cattle at the rate of 140 an hour and Nelson Morrl Company with 1,800 men at work slaught ering 120. Swift and Company were said to have 180 men In their planta, killing 100 cattle and ISO bog an hour. All the other companies were asserted to have been In operation. ' Test of Strong. , Both sides are preparing for the test cf strength which will come this week In the strike of the picking house employes. To the new men taken on In the last five days the packer expect to add many thousand In the next five. Worker who have been hired. It Is claimed, are now to the way to the different planta from all corners of tb country. Office employes and heads of de partments who have had experience In the killing rooms have been called In to help and teach the recruits. Ths packers already are equipping their planta In western centers with full crews of men. Within a week the plants at Kan sas City, Omaha and East St. Louis will b turning cut tralnloada of supplies, ac cording to a positive declaration mads by ono of tbs packers. Armour at Oa., Morris A Co., Swift and Company and Bchwarsschlld 4 Sulzberger today renewed killing operations on a much larger seals than during tha first wek of the strike. Threw Br teas at Negroes, Representatives of the packers said at the stock yards today that they espeoted to be able to man the planta without much more Inconvenience and that the difficulty was not In ths procuring of men, but In their Inability to provide adequate protection for them wiill going to and from work. The packer profess not to be appre hensive of a sympathetic strlka Ths striker were tn a confident mood today and appeared to place little credence la the reports of progress by the packer In filling vacancies. On ths contrary, the striker declared that many of the non union men employed have deserted. A crowd of men concealed behind a fence threw bricks .and stones at a Lake Shore train which had on board fifty ncgroea Continued oa Second, Paga, KNOX VISITS THE PRESIDENT New Senator from Peaasylvaala W1U Take Part la Campaign Thts Fall. OYSTER BAT. L. I., July 18. P. C. Knox of Pennsylvania, former attorney general and one of the closest friends and advisers of President Roosevelt, was a visitor to Sagamore Hill today. Mr. Knox will take an active part in the campaign and will deliver at least two Important speeches. The president is working daily on both his notification speech and his letter of ac ceptance. He will deliver no political speeches during the campaign, contenting hlnnelf with a statement of his position and of the results achieved in his administra tion In the letter of acceptance. The president received today a telegram from the anthracite coal miners' conven tion, called yesterday In Pennsylvania, asking for an appointment for Its commit tee to lay before him the petition lesrd Ing the Colorado lubor troubles. Secretary Loeb, for the president,- has telegraphed the committee that Mr. Roosevelt will be glad to see them tomorrow aftjr.tojn. . President Roosevelt received by appoint ment today a call from a committee repre senting tho International Federation of Musicians, the members desiring to file with him a protest against the admission to the United State. from foreign countries of musicians who Come here under contract They represented to the president that by the admission to this country of musicians who come here under contract a serious hardship is worked against all resident professional musicians, and they urge that the contract labor law ought to be so con strued by the authorities as to exclude mu sicians precisely as contract laborers are excluded. Former Secretary of War Ellhu Root Is an over-night guest of President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. He arrived in Oyster Bay lute this afternoon and wa driven directly to the president's home. Mr. Root declined to make any comment upon the object of his visit, but It Is known that he came to confer with Mr. Roosevelt regarding the speech the president will deliver next week at the time of his notifi cation. While Mr. Root la here the presi dent will confer with him on the political situation In New York state. BATTLE FOR EXALTED OFFICES Elks' Convention Not Lacking for Animation Nor for Entertain ment aad Fireworks. CINCINNATI, O., July 18. The regis tration for the meeting of the Grand i Lodge and the reunion of the Elks reached ' over 16,000 tonight, while all the railroads were bringing In special - trains and ex pecting their , greatest Influx ,' tomorrow. The grand opening tonight . consisted In elaborate ' fireworks on both sides of -the Ohio river from Coney Island, twelve miles tin the Ohio, to the public landing of this city. ' The boathouse of the various clubs were equipped a battleships along the shores, ' and ths wharf boata were ar ranged In similar' form, presenting a mag nificent naval display In action as the fireworks wore operated. This great"' ex hibition -closed witbn anoummotb Illumin ated ' picture - of vUrand Exalted Ruler Fanning at ., the . Cincinnati public land- The Grand Lodge open witn a puDiic session at 10 a. m. tomorrow. Tb elec tion of officers will end the animated con tests that are going on tonight for grand exalted ruler, grand exalted secretary and other officers. O'Brien of Baltimore lor grand exalted ruler and Robinson of Dubuque for grand exalted secretary are still favorites as the so-called adminis tration candidate. AWAIT END OF CONFERENCE Many Democratic Leaders Will Then Visit Candidate Parker at Eaopna. ESOPUSL N. Y, July 18,-After a night of heavy' electrical storms and rain, Esopus awoke today to greet the first rainy day of six weeks The storm broke about midnight and reached Its height at 1 o'clock. Lightning flashes followed each other at Intervals of a few second and the thunder wa almost continuous. In the village fear waa expressed that lightning might strike the buildings at Rosemont, but the fear was hot realized. Judge Parker arose early. John W, Kern of Indianapolis, who has been ms guest since Saturday left the Judge' house early and embarked on the steamer Mary Powell from Kingston, on which he traveled to New York. , On account of the conference of the leaders In New York today no visitors were expected to arrive here. After the New York conference many prominent democrat are expected to come here. Former Senator Henry Q. Davis, the vice presidential candidate. Is ' expected tomorrow. Among the telegram received by Judge Parker today wa one from Champ Clark, permanent chairman of the St. Louis con vention, who sent bis congratulations. NEW POWER CANAL AT BUFFALO Power to Be Derived from the Niagara Below tha FalU at DevU's Bole. BUFFALO, July 18. A new power canal enterprise Involving an expenditure of 810,000.000 was put under way today when the Niagara County Irrigation A Water Supply company filed at the county clerk' office at Lock pert a map of the proposed canal, ths rout of which la from Lasalle, where It take In the water of Niagara river, to the Devil's Hole, below the falls, where there Is a sheer drop of 800 feet. The power house will be located at DevU's Hole. President Worth stated today that the financial end of the enterprise had been arranged through New York, whose names hs would not divulge. The cempany 1 operating under a charter procured In 191. It la stated that the plant will produos 160,00 horse powar. SCHOOL WEEK AT CHAUTAUQUA Stat aad Parochial Schools Ave Dis seised by Protestant aad Cathelle Speakers. CHAUTAUQUA, N. T.. July 11-Thls U school week at Chautauqua, tha most ab sorbing toplo being the dlsrusslon of "State versus Parochial Schools." Principal Henry W. Thurston of Chicago Normal school spoke for the Protestant today. Father A. P. Doyle, editor of the Catholic World, will tomorrow present tb ease from a point of view of the Catholic. Dr. D. P. Bowl of Boston university will speak on ths ami subvct on Wednes day. Dr. K. U. Boon,, editor of Education, wl'J make several address durtu thi , week along the saute lines. REGISTER BY THOUSANDS Sash of Landseeken Assuming Unprece dented Proportions. RAILROADS ARE TAXED TO THE UTMOST One Llae Reports that It Has F.levea Thoasaad Passengers Raroate to Add to Crash Already oa Groand. YANKTON. S. D.July 18.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The gigantic land rush at Tankton developes Into almost a stampede. Thirty three thousand' had registered up to the cloning time tonight. Today' record was 5,055, and that will be exceeded tomorrow. The fever for land seems to have taken possession of thousands who heretofore had not thought of .coming bere to register. The crush In the city and on the trains Is simply Indescribable. Railroad ofnchils say they have more than they can possibly haul to Yankton. One railroad has 11,000 people on the road. Lines of people were still two blocks long at closing time todny. At closing the crowd was not so large as the number In the city last night, but the Northwestern In three sections brought 1,000 people, and the rush tomorrow will be a record breaker. Hun dreds will stay up all night to be early In line and at least fifty men have procured baskets of food and will go into the line this evening. There ts no Bleep for notaries tonight, as the entire time will be neces sary to make the papers for the avalanche of people arriving tonight. The force of clerks was Increased by flVe men from the Thief River Falls sale of land and by sev. ernl Yankton men The amount of work that Individual clerks are doing Is enor mous. Clerk Billings at the capltoi regis tered 784 and Clerk Blngley at the Broad, way had 1,019. After closing many besought the government officials to allow them to register, but pleas are necessarily unavail able, as the line must be drawn somewhere. A new force of clerks is engaged In a classification of the registrations, owing to the short space of time between the regis tration and drawing ths classification must be made now. The next five days will be the most wildly exciting that ever come to Yankton. Many arc coming Just to see the greatest rush ever known in the northwest. The travel to Bonesteel through Omaha last night was a reonrd breaker. The first section of the train on the Northwestern carried 1,000 passenger and the second section fully as many more. Both Mo tion were crowded to thetr capacity. SHIPPERS WIN A VICTORY Successful In Their Fight with Rail road Companies Over Question of Uniform Bills of Lading. CHICAGO, July 1M. Shippers, according to the Record-Herald, have won a victory over the. railroads In relation to "the uni form bill of lading. While it has not yet been generally promulgated, officials of western roads have- agreed to waive the signature feature of the new bill, which was tho bone of contention between the transportation companies and the shippers. This agreement ends what promised to be a long and bitter struggle between the shippers and the railroads over the new bill of lading that Is to become effective September 1. Tha railroad companies desire to establish a bill of lading that would have some semblance to a contract binding the shipper to turn his traffic over to the railroad and abide by rates. The effect wa practically to guarantee the roads against losses. Several Conference have been held In this city between shippers and railroad official and the meetings ended without any agree ment. The shippers then threatened to carry the fight before the Interstate Com merce commission. DEPOT CROWDED WITH TRUNKS Walking; Delegate ' Says Hxpress Drivers' Strike, May Extend if Wages Are Not Raised. NEW YORK, July 18. As a result of the strike of the driver of the New York Transfer company, the baggage rooms of the Pennsylvania, Erie, Jersey Central, Baltimore & Ohio, Lehigh Valley and Ontario A Western railroads are crowded with trunks. The company made lj at tempt to send out wagons today. Hp to the present time none of the other trans fer companies have been affected, but Walking Delegate Thomas Brandon of the Railroad Express Drivers' Union, No. 646, said tonight that In all probability tho strike would extend to the other com panies In a day or two if their demands for Increased pay were not met by the New York . Transfer company. ADVERTISING F0R BUTCHERS Manager of the Hammond Compear OSTers Attractive Wastes and Ar raagres to Open Abbatotrs. WORCESTER, Mass, July 18.-E. HV Ayer, manager of ths Hammond company here, ha posted a notice for butcher to work in western houses, wages to be $3.60 to 84 a day for sheep batchers and 84 to 85 for beef butchers. Hs also la arranging to open King's slaughter house and Bartlett' house, both near the city, to kill cattle. Ar mour will kill 100 sheep a day at White, Peevy A Dexter sheep house here, begin ning tomorrow morning. Beef Is quoted at 818, lambs at 818 and pork at H4 per 100 pound. HEAT IS DEADLY AT CHICAGO Dock Worker Is Prostrated, Falls Into River aad Dies later la Da y. - CHICAGO, July 18. Today brought no re lief from the blistering heat. Indications were that before sundown ths high record of yesterday, 84 degrees, might be ex ceeded. The first victim today was that of a dock worker, who became erased by the beat and suddenly plunged headlong Into the river at Clark street bridge. He died soon after being rescued. Mllltla at World', fa Is. ST. LOUIS, July 18 There are several military organisations encamped on the World fair grounds this week, and the dully programs will contain numerous mili tary features. Today the First regiment, Illinois National Guard, of Chicago; Com pany F. Seventieth Virginia National Guard; the Gate City Guards and the City Light Guards of Columbus, Oa-, and Cuin- fauy M, groond regiment, New York Na loual Guard, furnished the entertainment. The Texas provisional regiment and Swift's Mixtion brigade of Allegheny, i'a., will, with the above named organizations, take part In lbs remainder of the week's pro- NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Tuesday aad Wednesday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Dear. Hour. De. S a. ns TO 1 P. m a a. m T4 p. m T a. m TO It l. m ...... tx a. tn TT 4 p. m 92 a. m f 5 p. m IKI 10 a. m H4 p. m 11 I, a HO , T p. m lis (Hi "P. m O p. m KELLER'S POSITION STRONG Indications that Fighting; on His Front Will Be of Sever Nature. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) LIAO YANG, July 18. New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) I have returned from the farthest out post in this country and am at last at Llao Yang, where I have Interviewed General Count Keller, whose position and force are very strong. Two trustworthy officers have assured me that the Japanese kill the wounded Cossacks, and correspondence and photographs confirm the statement. This is a picturesque, but bloody mountain war fare. Sometime tho Japanese are am bushed and killed, being entrapped In the mountains. . The Japanese are always appearing tn new place. When beaten they throw away all their clothes to facilitate their escape and beg for life when overtaken. I waa struck by the contrast between the many refined officers, members of aristocratic families, and their primitive quarters In the mountain. The Japanese are said to terrorize the Chinese into giving Information about the Russians, who nevertheless treat the Chi nese about as well. An English military man here told me English soldiers would never show such restraint. On July ( three of the four Japanese di vision compelled General Stakelberg to retreat from Llao Chow, where the Japa nese are . now entrenched. The severest fighting expected for some -months will be around Llao Yang. FRANCIS M'CULLAGH. JAPANESE ARB TAKING A REST Forward Movement Seems to Be Sus pended at All Points. ST. PETERSBURG, Juiy 18. The War office has not yet received an official re port of the Russian attack on the Japa nese positions at Mo lieu pass, but It is not regarded as Improbable that such an attack, has been made, as General Keller is very active. If it turns out to be true, however, the War office declares It Is Im possible that the attacking forces could have consisted of two divisions, as re ported, and more likely the fore was com posed of two regiments. According to the general staff's latest re ports, the Japanese seem to have sus pended their advance from .all points, but they may only be temporarily resting their forces, although it 1 considered possible that they may have decided to await the result of the operations against Port Ar thur. . ''., -' ' - New Chwang is still In possession of tho Russians. A dispatch from General Bakharoff totfay confirms the dispatches of the Associated Press to the effect that the Kal Chau fight was only a series of Bklrmishes with the Russia. rear guard. No attempt Is being madei t'yhold the position. The'WSmlralty hns no news of either the Port Arthur or the Vladivostok squadron. The emperor, accompanied by the heir presumptive, Grand Duke Michael, today went to Novgorod to bid farewell to the first army corps. ARB NOT ABLE TO WHIP THE JAPS Twenty Thousand Russians Make Attack, but Are Repulsed. LONDON, July 19. The Morning Post's correspondent at General Kurokl's head quarters, telegraphing under date of July 17, says n RuKslan fore, apparently about 20,000 strong, nttnoked tho front, left and right of the Japanese position on the west em slope of Mo Tien pass at t o'clook to day under cover of a dense fog. The sudden onslaught drove In the Japa nese posts, but as soon as reinforcements arrived the Japanese gallantly advanoed to the attack and after severe fighting drove off the Russians and reoccuplod the posi tion. The Russians retired, their retreat being well covered. The fighting lusted until 8 o'clock In the afternoon, and when I left the scene desultory firing waa still prooeedlng. CnOI.ERA DRIVING OUT ECHOPEANS RsTtgei of Dread Disease Sendlas; People to the Mountains. BAKU, Russia, Tuly 18. Refugees from Teheran tell terrible stories of the ravages of cholera. They say that on some day the mortality reached 900. The Europeans are abandoning their property and are fleeing to a camp In the mountain. There Is a pitiful condition of affairs at the quarantine station, which la almost without food. The government has ordered the closing of the frontier' for the purpose of preventing the introduction of the disease. KELLAR'S LOSS OVER ONE TIIOCSAND Odle-lal Report of tho Repulses Suf , fered at Mo Tien Pass. ST. PETERSBURG, July 18. General Kouropatkln report that Lieutenant Gen eral Count Kellar lost over 1,000 In. killed or wounded In the attack on Mo Tien pass oa July IT. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STRIKE Meat Dealer la Buffalo Advance Price from Tea to Thirty Coat Per HuadreA. BUFFALO, July 11. Wholesale dealer todsy advanced .the prloe of meat from 10 to 80 cents per 100 pounds. Retailers hsv announced a corresponding advance. The largest advances were on the higher grades, amounting to 4 or I oents, while low grade meats are 1 cent per pound higher. Staalay Coaaty Republican Ticket. PIERRE, S. D., July 18. (Special.) The StanJey county republicans In their con vention for ths selection of a county ticket nominated: Sheriff, Ira Millar, Midland; auditor. Will 8. Rlokert, Leslie; treasurer, George 8. Posts, Ash Creek; register of deeds, Ed Morgan, Fort Pierre; attorney, John F. Hughes, Fort Plerrei county Judge, A Ounderson, Fort Pierre; superintendent of schools, Mrs. M. L Weed, Fort Pierre; assessor, I. W. Coulter, Leslie. While Stanley county ha In past years been generally democratic the republican claim to b able to carry It by a iars majority with tb nw voUs this year; GERMANY STEPS IN Strong Objection is Made to the Seimrs of Mails by the Russian QovernmenU FIRM AND PROMPT POSITION IS TAKEN Russians Took All the Mail of Prince Hein rich and Carried it Away. WARSHIP ONLY CAN SEARCH MAIL MATTER Ship Does Not Possess Bight to Carry Away Matter in Bulk. SMOLENSK DETAINS A BRITISH SHIP Little Danger of America Becoming A lavolved la New Dispute, as Few Ships Take Red Sea Hosts. BERLIN, July 1. The German govern, ment has taken a prompt and firm stand In regard to the seliure of the malls of the North German Lloyd steamer Prins Heln rlch. which arrived at Aden July 1, from Hamburg and Southampton tor Yokohama, by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk, July 18, having entered a pro test against the carrying off of the malls, and asking for a disavowal of the Smo lensk action and the return of the captured mall sacks. The German government, the Foreign office says, recognises the right to search mail when . on board the vessel itself, but claims ths Smolensk had no right to take off malls In bulk from the vessel. The further argument Is advanced that the . right of search can only be exercised by a warship,' whereas the Smolensk traversed the Dardanelles only recently flying the Russian commercial flag, not assuming the character of a warship. The German gov ernment has not taken a positive stand on this lost verdict, but leavesNth question for future discussion and settlement. No answer has yet beenreoelved from Russia. The recent publication by the Rubs of St. Petersburg of a statement that Great Britain is about to transfer Wei Hal Wei to Germany In exchange for a free hand in the Yang Tse valley Is scouted st the For eign office, where It Is classed as a revival of an old story and as having no founda tion. , , Russia May Disavow Act. Diplomatic circles believe Russia will speedily disavow the selsure, since a re fusal to do so will certainly raise the ques tion of the status of the Bmolensk. IMs oussions of the incident among the foreign diplomats show there is a belief that the raising of the question will be extremely awkward for Russia, since the Bmolensk passed the Dardanelles as a merchantman uud assumed the role of a warship In tha Red sea. In determining its status onty two alternatives are permissible it Is either a warrior or a pirate and Russia having every reason to prevent Germany from u. is - MuirM. vmcerujiv osavow Tne man. act of the Smolensk. The newspapora strik a harr note today In discussing' the selsure of malls from the Prim Helnrich and raise a, unani mous demand for a speedy apology. The Tageblatt refer to ths trial . which the Prussian authorities began on July 18 at Koenigsberg at the instance of the Russian government sgalnst seven social democrats accused of smuggrrng uuv-thlstlo literature into Russia, and says: "It Is not a bad jest of history that this Infringement of international law should strike that power which unmistakably reveals itself nt Koenigsberg a a too subservient tool of Russian reaction and polloe arbitrariness." Russia May Get Placers Burned. LONDON, July 18. The Daily Express this morning prints tb following dispatch, dated July 18, from Its correspondent 1 at Malta: "The British Mediterranean fleet left here today for Alexandria. It la believed that the destination of the fleet may have to do with the presence of the Russian volunteer fleet steamers In the Red sea. The British steamer Terrible Is said to have sailed from Sues today for the purpose of looking after the Interests of British merchantmen." ARB WARSHIPS MERCHANTMEN t Russia Advances Novel Plea to Excuse Use of Dardanelles. ST. PETERSBURG, July 18.-6:06 p. m Russia does not foresee international com plications on aooount of the passage of ithe volunteer fleet steamers through the Dar danelles and their subsequent conversion, into war cruiser. Tb framer of the treaty of Pari In seeking to close tho Black sea to the ingress and egress of Russian warships evidently did not expect the preseut contlngenoy. "The St. Petersburg and Smolensk did -not pass the Dardanelles as warships, but as merchantmen t," aaid an official of the Foreign offioo to the correspondent of the Associated Press today.' Under the treaty of Paris there Is no question of the right of ships to go out as merchantmen. With their subsequent oonvorwon Into warships Turkey has nothing to do. The treaty la silent on the subject. The precedents allowing unarmed Rus sian warshl)s to pass the Dardanelles with-' out protest from the parties to the treaty of Paris are considered valuable now, While the diplomatists have not ques- tloned the right of Russia to selso contra- ' band of , war, the actual confiscation of malls presents a different question, and Germany, both at Berlin and In St. Peters, burg, Is Investigating the circumstances In order to ascertain whether the commander of the St. Petersburg In this case exceeded his orders.' Ths admiralty ha received rsporta ef the sol ure of the Peulnaula aad Oriental company' Malaoca In the Red sea by tha Russian volunteer fleet ateamer St. Peters burg and the stopping of the North German Lloyd steamer Prins Helnrich by tho Smolensk, but nothing In regard to tho topping of the British steamer Walpara by ths St. Petersburg, The Malaoca bad war munition on board. STEAMEHS ARB HELD DP IX RK1) MBA OaptaJa of Hasslaa Fleet Sends Warn. Ins; to British Ooasals. LONDON, July 18. -The Dally Mail Aden correspondent say thut the British steam er Woodcock and Dal mat Is were held up by the Russians In the Red sea, snd ds talned for three hours. The correspondent says the captain of the Russian fleet steamer St. Petersburg ha notified the British residents at Aden to wire the Brit ish consuls at Suea and Port Said that he would seise any British steamer bound for the far east If the oontents of thetr packages was nut clearly shewn on their manifest gocordlug to international law.