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. The Omaha Daily Bee. Staff Correspondents of The Bee at Washington, Lincoln and Des Moines. Merchants Who Advertise Regularly Are the Ones Who Do the Business. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, JULY 20, 1904 TEN PAOES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. PACKERS WANT HELP Assert that Police Do Hot Protect. Incoming Strike Breakt v PURCHASES MADE AT YARDS Yl . Y t Indication of Extent of Operati ' Being Carried On. '-' i. SWIFT GETS IN CONSIGNMENT ; XL Two Oarloadi of Negro Laborer frt St Lonii Landed. MORE MEN TO BE ADDED TO POLICE FORCE Comnluloitra Listen to Complaints . d4 Determine to Increase Himbtt of Men low Employed to Clve Protection. Packers at South Omaha complain that men who seek employment at the packing house are turned back by the strikers' pickets, and assert that If the picketing can be atopped the plants will soon be able to resume work at their full capacity. The strikers say that the only men who are Becking employment at the packing plants aro unskilled laborers, and that no break In their ' ranks has occurred, nor Is any likely to. Yesterday the packers went to the commission men at the Live Stock ex change and laid their cane before them. asking that they go before the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and see what can be done to get better police pro tection. As the result of this conference the police board has agreed to furnish more special policemen to escort strike' breakers to the plants. AU of the plants were operated to some extent yesterday. According to the official report from the Union stock yards, the Omaha plant bought fifty head of cattle on the local market, and shipped In sev enty head from Kansas City; Swift and Company bought 338 head of cattle and 276 head : of hogs on the local market and . shipped In 160 head of cattle from Kansas City. The Cudahy company bought twen ty-four head of cattle In Omaha and 440 In Kansas City, While Armour bought 229 head of cattle and 454 head of hogs on the V local market. No sheep were received In yt Omaha. Two weeks ago the purchases for J Tuesday by these plants were 2,122 head of cattle and 4,066 head of hogs. Swift Gets In Negroes. xeaieraay morning aDout . iorty men. bound for the Cudahy plant, and a squad headed for Armour', were turned back by the pickets. Swift was more fortunate than the other packers, for at 10:80 a. m. Manager Pat terson succeeded in getting two coach loads of negro laborers from East St. Louis into " j his plant. A Missouri Pacific train consisting of an engine, baggage car, two coaches . , and a caboose came in from the north and . ! gave the appearance of going straight . through, but below Q street viaduct right alongside Swift's fence at the south end of the works,' where there is a gate. The moment the train stopped the gate, was opened and the men poured into the-com- pany'a grounds. By the time the strikers at the east end of , the viaduct realised what was doing the new men were safely; Inside and the gates closed. Fully 800 strlk . ers gathered . about the engine, but no threats of violence were made. Both' Look for Peace. Both, the strikers and the packers are anxiously waiting on the outcome of the conference in Chicago relating to the call ing out of the mechanical - workers.'- Ad vices here are to the effect that the me chanical workers at Kansas City and Sioux City will not go out if ordered to do so, the assertion being mads that they are satisfied with the present scale. It will then be known whether the mechanical workers will go out or not. AU of the packers are complaining about the lack of protection. Tnree of Cudahy's traveling men came in to report but the pickets would not let' them pass. The travelers were told to apply to Chief Brlggs at police headquarters for protection and this was done,' with the result that the chief escorted tha men to the Cudahy offices. . ' Charles Bonnor of Council Bluffs came over to work In a packing house, but he decided he did not need any police, protec tion and started along out Q street alone. In each hand Bonnor held a half-grown howitzer and was frequently heard to re mark that he would make a sieve out of tha first man that got In his way. A policeman happened along and Mr. Bonnor is now thinking it over in the city Jail. Strikers maintained a strict watch over all of the plants, but few men were turned back during the afternoon, probably for tha reason that but a few men attempted to enter the plants. About 8 p. m. a doxon man came from Omaha on a street car and entered Cudahy's offices. Five of the twelve were branch house' men and the balance were men from out of the state. Kyen with the vigilance of the strikers all of the packers received a few recruits. . Packers Visit Exchange. On account Of the turning back of so many of the men destined for the' various plants, the packing house managers met and drafted a letter to the Live Stock ex change in 'Which the statement was made that little or no protection was given men desiring to enter the plants to go to work. When this condition of affairs became known at the exchange the commission men declared that If a man wants to go to work he should not be prevented from do ing so. At the suggestion of the members of the exchange, a meeting of the di rector was held during the afternoon and a committee of three was appointed to call upon the Fire and Police board with ' a request that something be done at once to furnish protection to packing house em ployes. John Fits Roberts, Al Powell and 1 Sol Degan were selected. Commission Promises More Men. A meeting of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners was held last even ing and the strike situation was fully discussed. The board received the com mittee from the Live Stock exchange. The attention of the board was called to the turning back of men by the strikers, thus preventing the working of the packing houses to their usual capacity. The com mittee showed the board that not only the men who wanted to work and were not permitted to do so suffered, but the coin nfaalon dealers and shippers as well. Then, again, b reason of the small re ceipts a large number of men employed at ' the stock yards were olther on half pay. or had taken vsoattons. The com mlttee urged the board to do "something, show results and put an end, to the pres ent unsettled condition of affaire, '.. The (Continued oa Second Page.) WYOMING MAN GETS PROMOTION Appointed Superintendent of Cass Lake, Minnesota, Forest Reserve. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASH I NO TON, July 19.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan today appointed Columbus C. Wain of Big Trail, Wyo., superintendent of the Minnesota forent reserve to succeed K. L. Warren of Cass Lake, Minn., removed. Wain was a scaler of logs, under Supcrln. tendent O'Neil, during the past winter. He was promoted on the recommendation of Acting Land Commissioner Flmple. Additional rural free delivery service has been ordered established August 16 Des hiler, Thayer county. Neb. The route em braces an area of thirty square miles, con talnlng a population of 600. The postofflce at Palo Alto, la., has been relegated to the fourth class, with Joseph B. Robinson, present Incumbent,' as post master. The application of Robert Scott, C. M, Black, M. Johnson, David Scott, Jr. i nomas iiaugnen ana others to organise tne Norm Bend National bank of North Bend. Neb., with 225.000 capital, has been approved by the comptroller of the cur rency. WEEKLY CHOP REPORT SI MM ART Corn Experiences m Week of Excep tionally Favorable Weather. WASHINGTON, July 19.-The following mo summary or the weather bureau weegiy crop report: Enst of the Rocky mountains the tern iTr i., i.i rin lnt weplt ending July J uraoie. out in the Pac flc n? ?L iernd over w'rn portions or the middle and northern plateau dls- '" ii was unseasonably cool, with light i .7j n .n ne "cn ,n vvasning- ..!. r" .i" murn ra,n hindered form work In thn n n nie ,u.,i.- j , Portlon of the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic states," while need of rain Is be ginning to be felt In northern New Eng land, portions of the Carolines, over the b.i iri or Jtiat and in southern Colorado. Drought has been relieved In the north Pacific coast districts, but con tinues witn increased severity In the lumnfrn piaieau region. Com has experienced n wlr nf n tionally favorable weather conditions and has made rapid growth generally In all districts. Very few unfavorable reports respecting this crop are received. In the raiBHouri vauey ana in portions of the upper Ohio valley and middle Atlantlo siaies corn nae, nowever, suffered som wnat rrom lack of cultivation, and In Texas the late plant is .being injured by drought. Better weather for harvesting winter wheat prevailed than In the preceding ween, ana mis worn was maoe generally satisfactory, although still delayed by moisture In Kansas and the Ohio valley. Harvesting is practically completed In Missouri and Nebraska, and Is well ad vanced in the Ohio valley and the northern portion of the middle Atlantlo states. Com paratively few reports of sprouting in Bhnck and of damage by mold are received this week. Harvesting has continued un der ' favorable conditions on the Pacific coast. Recent rains have caused some lodging of grain In Washington. As a whole, both early and late spring wheat have advanced satisfactorily, the least favorable reports being received from northern Minnesota, where the crop on lowlands is thin and late. Some reports of Injury by rust areeeeived from Ne braska and In portions of South. Dakota, the outlook is somewhat less favorable than previously Indicated. Recent rains have greatly, improved the condition of spring wheat on the north Faclna coast Report of injury to oats by mst continue from the lower Missouri valleV. but this rehas advanced favorably, hardest being in general progress in-Tne central vaneys and middle Atlantlo States, with satis factory yields. - DEFESSp SPRISGS A SURPRISE Connsel for German Social Democrats Is Making; Strong Fight. , KOENIGSBERO, July 19. -At today's ses sion of the court which July 12 began the trial of the seven social democrats- accused at the instance of the Russian government of smuggling anarchistic literature into Russia the testimony, showed that some of the pamphlets in question appealed to the army, urging the soldiers to make common cause with tha people, to disobey tha com mand to Are upon the populace, to shoot Into the air and to turn their bayonets against the officers. me aerense, near tne close, created a sensation by movlhg to summon Mayor Petkoff of Sofia end Gariasla, former Rus sian Dragoman Jacobsohn of Rushchuk, Bulgaria,' and the editor of a Sofia news paper, In order to prove that the Russian government had been keeping agenta In the Balkans since 1S81 to Incite the people against their, rulers. The defense wants to prove through these witnesses the Rus sians' responsibility for tha murder of King Alexander of Sarvla and Premier Stam buloff of Bulgaria, from which to draw the conclusion that Russia is not a civilised stato with a claim for the protection of the German courts. The state's attorney op posed the motion, but the court took the matter under consideration. Another sen sation was a telegram from the Foreign office stating that a treaty between Russia and Germany covering paragraph 260 of the Russian penal code does not, exist The paragraph refers to punishment for high treason against foreign potentates, which was shown to apply only where a treaty explicitly provides for it MOTIOX TO REPRIMAND DCXDOXALD Hons of Commons Agitated Over His Action in Military Affairs. LONDON, July 19. In the . House of Commons today Davis Lloyd-George, Welch nationalist, moved an adjournment of the house to pall attention to ."Lord Dundonald's 'participation In the political agitation against Canada while still an officer In the British army." Mr. Lloyd Oeorge wanted the government to repri mand Lord Dundonald and to prevent him continuing his agitation against the Can adian government. Winston Churchill seconded the motion and maintained that Lord Dundonald ought to have been re called, v Mr. Lloyd-George's motion was nega tived without a division. Major General Lord Dundonald, the for mer commander of the militia of Canada, was recently dismissed by the Dominion government for Indiscretion and Insubordi nation, as it was termed, as shown in a speech In Montreal June 23, when he said he regretted that politics had entered Into Dominion military affairs, as It would be Impossible for Canada to have an efficient soldiery under such circumstances. DAGGERS FOR THE YOl JIG SOLDIER Absence of Army Canteen Forces Pri vates to Oreg Shops, MANILA. July 19.-Drlgadler General William H. Carter, commanding the De partment of the Vlsayas, with headquar ters at Hollo, in his snnual on the estima tion of the army posts, speaks as follows: "This has been followed by the usual crop of saloons and disreputable people. With the well regulated post exchange of former days weak men had a choice of evils and generally chose the lesser, the pure beer of the exchange. So lung as the mlHgulded Christian women of America Insist upon carrying tht canteen Into poli tics young soldiers will continue to fall victims to the plagues of service In India and the Orient generally, namely drunken ness, dissolute company and venereal dls- NO EXCUSE FOR AN ADVANCE Packen SayE etailers Are Simply Holding Up the Public FINAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD TODAY Crisis la Stock Yards at hlcago Expected Today, When Flaal Efforts Will Be Mad at Settlement. CHICAGO, July 19.-The crisis in tha stockyards strike will come tomorrow afternoon. Allied trades unlona In the stockyards, which are certain to become Involved In the controversy If it Is not soon settled, held a conference this after noon lasting flev hours, and at Its con clusion sent a letter to the packers asking for a Joint conference between representa tives of the strikers, of the packers and of tho allied trades to see If a settlement of the strike along peaceful lines cannot be reached. " Tonight there was nobody who would say that the packers would agree to the con ference and it Is Impossible to say with certainty that the meeting will be held. Arthur Meeker, manager for Armour & Co., speaking tonight for the other packers as well as for his own establishment, said he would send a reply In the morning to the letter received from the representa tives of the allied unions. . He declined to say what the nature of the reply would be. The unions Joining In the request for the meeting . represent all the trades engaged In the packing industry, and they have Joined in a final appeal for arbitration for the packers . and the striking butchers. President Donnelly of the butchers' union said tonight that he was anxious to have peace, but that unless It came there would be a general sympathetic strike on the part of all the unions. The letter relating to tomorrow's conference Is as follows: Ask for a Conference. J. Ogden Armour and Associates: Gentle menThe teamsters, mechanical trades and other unions engaged In the packing lndus- inc ui L;ui'ugu noi aireaay involved in the present strike would like to meet rep resentatives of -the strikers In Joint confer ences with a view of helping to adjust the present trouble and prevent it spreading to our organisations. Thn unrest that nm obtains among our members makes this re quest Imperative. If convenient we would like the conference to be held tomorrow. A similar request was made to the meat cutters and they promptly replied. Kindly notify us as soon as possible if our re quest can be complied with. . The letter was signed by representatives of the coopers, packing house teamsters, stationary firemen, stationary .engineers, steam, fitters, steam fitters' helpers, elec trical workers, carpenters, car workers, millwrights and machinery erectors, black smiths and horseshoers unions. Both sides still claim to have the advan tage In the strike. The packers, assert that they are operating their plants to al most the full capacity, while the strikers contend that the packing trade throughout the country is practically demoralised. Tb packers assert that there la no necessity for the advance in the price of meat and declare it la simply a "hold up" by the re-! tail aeaieri. Bread and loeare.to'be'iffaKrrKnti ih the packers to needy families i.1 the stock yards . district In this way the packers are to help wives and children of the strik ers. .These plans are announced by Arthur vance, attorney of Swift and Company, in mo ronowing statement: It having come to nntl. that h m of their former .mnlnv. -...... for breadand ice. Superintendent Crosby of lh. Mtnilr wn-wis ..!,. . . . . Bureau of Charities mi Immii.t.u f. fled that a carload of ice and 1,000 loaves Z, j , , wer" "'s Disposal ror dlstrlbu 1 ?.1 S!'y mong those in need of halp. With the understanding that fnMh slstance of the same kind would be ren dered if necessary. Claims Halp Is Plenty. Arthur Meeker, general manager of Ar mour & Co.'s plant, said today: We are,ttlns" long fine without the unions. This Is a big country and there is plenty of Idle labor this year. Our plant la fairly well sunnlleri with laTw... in department. I think we have the situation Most of the nonunion workers sleep on cots 1 nthe packing houses and eat In roughly constructed restaurants on the grounds. Swift and Company decrale 1.800 re at work. Armour 2,000, Nelson Morris CO., 1,600. The Swift company killed 1,000 cattle and 1,000 hogs yesterday, according to the state ments made by officials. Weary of turmoil and hardship encount ered while struggling for a living in the face of strikes and lockouts, fort-two fam ine, ui ms siriKers lert Chicago this aft ernoon to return to Austria-Hungary. There tney win receive less pay, they say, but their employment will be more steady and bereft of peril. Condition Serlons at St. Paul. ST. PAUL. Minn., July 19.A-W!th the ex ception of the repudiation by the butchers' union officials of nominal control of the blockade at the Swift packing plant there has been little change In the situation at South St. Paul today. The women stenographers and several of the leading officials of . the Swift company's branch plant were the only persons allowed to pass the picket line, and all efforts to re cruit the force of men who have been In the plant for several days were success fully resisted. The retirement of the union officials was evidently brought to a head by the threatened Injunction proceedings against them. The threat had little effect on the pickets, except that it made them more defiant. M. D. Flower, president fcf the Union Stock Yards company, was peremptorily ordered to leave the vicinity of the Swift plant by Mayor Lytle of South St. Paul. Mr. Flower had angered the mayor by remonstratlon on the lack of deputies, whereas the mayor resented Mr. Flower's hot headed" Interference and ordered him out of town. Mr. Flower did not leave. One of the strikers was arrested for uggestlng that the crowd lynch Charles Fitch, former mayor of St. Paul, and now the president of the South St. Paul Com mercial club. Mr. Fitch was addressing the strikers, and when he remarked upon what he would do If he was in charge of the situation one of the men yelled that If a rope were handy Fitch would be hanged. The man, whose name was Haynes, was promptly seised by a police man. Governor Van Sant still refuses to Inter fere, Insisting that other means than the calling out of the mllltla can be used to secure order In the packing house din. trlct The business men of South St. Paul drew up resolutions demanding protection and order, and both the governor and the mayor of St. Paul were given copies. These men hope to make them realise the Illegality of their action. Look far Bigger Strike. KANSAS CITY. July U.-The face of a probable sympathetic strike of the en gineers, electricians snd othur skilled em ployes, members of the allied trades unions, the local packers today placed additional . .(Continued on Second Page.) 1 MACCABEES! MAY RAISE RATES Proposition Is Row Being Considere by Supreme Tent at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., July rf.-Wlth the re adjustment of the rates as the most im porta nt business 'for consideration the trl ennlal review of the supreme tent. Knight of the Maccabees of the World opened here today. The membership of nearly 100,000 was represented by about 100 delegates. Bu preme Commander D. P. Markey of Port Huron, In his annual report stated that the membership at tho close of the three year term December 3L 1903, was 362,386, a net gain during the three years of 124,709 as compared with 9S.01J "during the previous three years. Commander Markey recom mended that the offices of supreme record keeper and supremh finance keeper bs com .in-i me report or u. JJ. Altken, as supreme record keeper, showed that 1,649 tents were organized during the term, 156 of which either became defunct or were merged with larger tents. There have been paid since the organisation of ths order, said Mr. Alt kin, 11,802 death claims amounting to 117, 11MG0 of which 6.1S8 were paid during. the past term, amounting td $7,337,431.' Mr. Alt- kin, who Is also supreme' counsellor of the order, reviewed ths proposed change In the rates, at length, concluding as follows: If. we wish to be true to ourselves and the membership wa represent and hope to see mis iraternai roraer tne pride or Its membership and the protector of their nomes we must nvoviue for collections equal to the amount demonstrated to be necessary by the mortality table based on our own experience If we have confidence In the report of the rate commission and (aith in Its conclusion (and there Is no rea son Why we should not have) the ouestlnn of what increase of rates Is necessary has aireaay Deen aeterminea ana the only prob lem now to be solved Is how and by what motnoa or plan snail tne increase be made, wnicn plan is on tne line or least resist ance," which method will be the most pop ular ana successiui. S3venty-flve delegates, representing 16,000 women in all porta of the country, were present with their supreme officers here today, when tha triennial review of the supreme hive, Ladles of the Maccabees oT the world war called to order. Readjust ment of the rates of the order Is the most Important business) that will come before them during their Siree days' sessions. The following officers were elected today Supreme commander, Mrs. Lillian M. Hoi lister, Detroit; supreme record keeper. Miss Blna M- West, Port Huron, Mich.; supreme lieutenant commander, MLss Eva L. Mc Nett, Hornellsvllle, N. Y.; supreme finance keeper, Mrs: C V. Heppert. Akron, O.; supreme chaplain. Mrs. Minnie W. Ayde lotte, Oakland, Cut; supreme sergeant, Mri. Ttrtah' A. Nelson, Des Moines, la.; supreme .ailstress-at-arms. Miss Anna L. Carton, Dallas, Tex.; supreme sentinel. Miss Carrie A. Drake, Danbury, Conn.; supreme picket, Mrs. Anna M. Welch. St Paul, Minn.; supreme trustees, Mrs, Helen M. Bradber, Port Huron, Mich.; Mrs. Ellen B. Downer, Chicago, and Mrs. Grace Mere. dlth, Wabash, lad. CHARGES" AGAINST SKELT0N Sheriff Bel Afseasesi that Papers Ave e Be JMIed Against Al legted Murderer. CRIPPLE! CREEK. Colo., July 19.-Sherlff Bell said today that direct Information charging Pearl Skelton. the miner ar rested In Pueblo two weeka ago, with the Independence depot murders, will be filed tomorrow. Matthew and John Conwav snd Edward Boyd, after examination before the board of Inquiry today, were turned over to the military auhtorltles, with a recommendation that they shall be de ported. Over 200 pounds ot ore, valued at 1800, was round in the cellar of a house where the men resided. They had an engine and crusher erected.-and were preparing to treat tha rock. Great efforts are being made by the mine owners to stop ore steal ing. It Is asserted that within the past year over 1500,000 worth of ore has been lost In this way. The Cripple Creek Mine Owners associa tion has Issued 4,000 recommendation cards. which are absolutely necessary to obtain employment In the district. . The Cltlsens alliance of Cripple Creek district Is arranging a monster picnic for the benefit of the maimed victims of the Independence explosion and the families of mose wno were killed thereby. DEMOCRATS CALL 0NG0RMAN Want Senator from Maryland Again Head National Committee, to NEW YORK, July 19.-Senator Gorman, as a result of the conference of the dis tinguished democrats who have been m-et- mg nere last night and today, has been asicea to become chairman of the demo cratic national committee, with great re Iv.otance he has taken it under considera tion, but It seems certain that he will de cline. William F. Sheehan Is tho next ahoice, but he also may not accept, chiefly because he regards his health as unequal to the strain. Should neither Senator or man nor Mr. Sheehan accept the chairman ship, opinion Is quite uncertain as to who may be chosen. Judge Parker has de clined to say who should be the chairman, lief erring to leave the matter entirely with his advisers and the national com m'flee. The democratic leaders who came to New York at the suggestion of former Soratoi Henry G. Davis, the democratic candidate for vice president, to talk with him regarding the campaign, today con tinued informally the conference of last nll)t. The rooms of ex-Senator David & Hill at the Hoffman house were the .lorm certcr. The general outlook and the chair manshlp were discussed. LIGHTNING AT WORLD'S FAIR Mexican Building Strnck, bnt Little Damage is Don at St. Lonls. ST. LOUIS, July 19World's Fair Grounds.-Tha Mexican national pavilion was struck by lightning today during a se vere storm at the World's fair grounds. A large number of visitors were In tho building when the storm broke, and so sudden was It's approach that many per sons were drenched by the heavy rain when less than a hundred feet from shelter The bolt of lightning which struck the Mexican pavilion was accompanied by a deafening crash of thunder. The flagstaff and cupola surmounting the pavilion were destroyed, but the building did not catch The loss Is estimated at t3O0. Thera was considerable excitement among those In th. building, but the visitors' foars were bu!ldl'ng"",d 17 ,h0" Ch"rS8 0f ,h Following the storm there was a drop n the temperature of 12 degrees. The pre clpltation during the nine minutes the storm lasted, was .30 of an Inch. The wind ln creased in velocity from slg t thirty miles an hour, " GREAT BRITAIN IS TROUBLED Sierare of British Steamer and Vails Subject for Cabinet Meeting. JAPAN HAY ASK TREATY'S ENFORCEMENT England Sees Chaace of War with Rassla If Tnrkey Has Per mitted Warships to Pass Dardanelles. LONDON. July 19. In British official cir cles the recent Selsures and overhauling of British ships In the Red sea by the Russian volunteer fleet steamers Smolensk and St. Petersburg are regarded as very grave International incidents. The selxure of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ma lacca by the St. Petersburg and Its ar rival In the Sues canal as a prise of war on Its way to I.ibau, on the Baltic, has come as a climax and the cabinet today ts considering the course to pursue. Tho British law officers acknowledge the right of the Russians to seise and detain malls, provided that only official communications are taken, but they take the most serious view of tho status of two Russian ships patrolling the Red sea, and If any offi cial action or protest ensues It will be chiefly In regard to the passage of these erstwhile merchant ships through the Dar danelles and their subsequent transforma tion Into ships of war. In official circles strong comment Is made In regard to Russia's policy In this matter. It Is regarded as Impossible that the commanders of the Smolensk and St. Petersburg were given full power, and the ofllclsls therefore are Inclined to the grave conclusion that the Russian government gave Implicit instructions to the two com manders. May Involve England in 'War. The effect on the stock exchange today was seen In a heavy fall In consols and other gilt-edged securities on fears of In ternational complications. The dangers and difficulties o the situation are much com mented upon in the newspapers, which are practically unanimous In denouncing the 'dubious and Irregular character" of the volunteer fleet vessels. "If their actions are proved, as we be lieve, to be those of vulgar filibusters," said the St. James Gazette, "they must be recalled by Russia or the skull and cross- bones must be run up, and they will be fired upon whinever sighted." Another element adding to the dangers of the situation Is the attitude Japan may assume. The Pall Mall Oasette points out that If stated In dispatches from Constanti nople the Russian guardshlp Chernomoreta traversed the straits fully armed, "It would seem to Justify Japan In re garding Turkey as an ally of Russia and invoking the terms of the Anglo-Japanese treaty." - Is Making No Demonstration. The Foreign office this afternoon au thorlsed the statement that there' Is ab solutely no truth in the story, circulated In the United States by a news agency, that Great Britain had Informed Germany of the dispatch of a British fleet to Alex-. and- with tl intention chacklag Kua slan Irregularities in the Red sea. Foreign officials also say there is no foundation for the belief expressed in ths dispatches from Malta to the Dally Ex press of London this morning that the Brit. Ish Mediterranean squadron's departure from Malta might be' connected with the presence of the Russian volunteer fleet ves sels In the Red sea. It was added at the Foreign office that the movements of the British Mediterranean squadron are In no way Influenced by the recent Incidents In the Red sea. The Admiralty further asserts that the Mediterranean squadron Is on Its way to Alexandria, In accordance with arrange ments made prior to the recent incidents in the Red sea. No communication on this subject has been made to Germany, Germany Makes Denial. BERLIN, July 1. The Foreign office de nies the report, circulated by a news agency In the United States, that Great Britain has informed Germany that It Is sending a squadron to check Russian irregularities in the Red sea. - Russia has not yet answered the German protest, against the selsure of the malls of tha Prlns Helnrlch by the Smolensk, but the Foreign office confidently expects a dis avowal of the action of the commander of the Smolensk. The Foreign office Informs the Asso ciated Press that the seized malls Include English and Italian bags. The Foreign office points out that the diplomatic sit uation created by the selsure is not adapted for common treatment by ' Ger many and Great Britain, since the acts of Russian vessels toward each country Is too different. Germany is conducting Its case Independently of Great Britain. The officials say t,hat much less excitement pre vails In the country than when Great Britain seised two Oerman vessels during the Boer war. Nevertheless the officials emphasise the statement that Germany cannot submit to Russia's treatment. The newspapers refer bitterly to Russia's action as especially ungrateful,, since Ger many allowed her to leave her western frontier practically unprotected In order to send troops and artillery against the Japa nese. Russia Awaits Report. ST. PETERSBURG, July 19.-0 :J0 p. m. Germany has called attention to the sels ure of the malls on board the Prlns Heln rlch in the Red sea July 15 by the Smo lensk, and has requested explanations. These have not yet been given, the report ' of the commander of the Smolensk not having arrived. The . restoration of the malls yesterday was made without Instruc tions from St. Petersburg. Russia hnvlng declared communications Inte'nded for the Japanese to be contraband of war, main tains the right to examine such mall, but oes not contend for the right to take general mail addressed to Japan, and un- ess peculiar circumstances Justified ths selsure of the malls on board the Prlns Helnrlch the act will be disavowed. DOIBLE TRAGEDY IS ATTEMPTED Retired Army' Officer Shoots Woman and Then Himself. PARIS, July 19 Colonel George Wilson, a retired United States army officer, today fired several shots from a revolver at Mile. Charlotte Murniann, 21 years old. Colonel Wilson then shot himself through the head and expired while being taken to the hos pital. It was stated that Mile. Murmann's wounds are slight. America Woald Protect Seals. ST. PETERSBURG. July lt.-The United States has informed Russia that it will be glad to Join Great Hrltlan in the protec tion of the seals at the Kommander Islands. This act doubtless will make the best lmpresslo.i. It is unoerstood that Rus sia will communicate her answer in a few daya. 1 NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Wednesday and Thnrsday. Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayi tloar. Pear. Hoar. Des. B a. m UH 1 p. m no a a. m ...... A a p. m Nil T a. m TO 8 p. m H4 M a. m TO 4 p. in Ml a. m..... Tl B p. m K't 10 a. m Til 6 p. m Ml 11 a. m-. ..... TO T p. m HI Urn TU ft p. ni No p. nt TM RUSSIAN ATTACK IS REPULSED fighting Is Fierce for Tim at Mo Tien Pass. Short TOKIO, July 19. -The Russian attempt to retake Mo Tien pass on July IT was not productive of a general engagement, nor was it marked with rerlous loss. There were, however, a serlos of desperate small encounters. Tha Japanese guarded their positions about the pass with a company on outpost. Tlir.se men resisted stubbornly' the Russian advance and awaited the ar rival of reinforcements. -When these ar rived they Joined in the general attack. The outpost detachment stationed at HsI Amatang held this position all day long. It was largely outnumbered by the enemy and every commissioned and noncommis sioned officer was wounded, as wns a ma jority of the men. The attack on Mo Tien pass began at S o'clock In the morning. The Russians engaged the outposts and the Japanese at once went Into action. The Japanese artillery posted on the heights to the northwest of Wuflng Kuan opened on the enemy and the Japanese outposts retired gradually. The Russian cavalry galloped forward and deployed along the ridge to the west of the pass. Two hour later, at B o'clock, the entire Japanese lln was engaged. The Russians were con stantly receiving reinforcements and finally tney had four regiments in sction. They outnumbered the Japanese. Tha Russian made vain endeavors to envelop the Japa neso left. At this point the Japanese oc cupled the summit of Mo Tien mountal and they resisted desperately the efforts ot the enemy to dislodge them. When the Russians finally retreated they were tur- aued by the entire Japanese line. Seven battalions of the enemy made a halt on the heights of Tawan and with four guns cnecgea tne Japanese pursuit. One company of Japanese soldiers re connolterlng from Usui Kal Ling encoun terea and engaged three battalions of Rus slans. , It fought until reinforced by fou luMiiraincii, wnen me jnussians were re pulsed. The Japanese seized and held the heights west of Makumensa. The attack on Htsamatang bea-an at o ciock in the morning. A battalion of itusslan infantry and a squadron of cav airy assaulted the Japanese company on outpost there. The Russians recilviwl r InforcemenU until they were a regiment strong. Tne Japanese resisted doggedly. ... men uim-ers were eitner Killed or wounded, but still the men fought on. Th Japanese finally received reinforcements ana the Russians retired at 6 o'clock in ins aiternoon. I In the afternoon eight companies of Rus sia infantry and a body of cavalrv i tacked -the; Japanese The Japanese there were reinforced by a company or inrantry and a company of en glneers and the Russians were renuiMd In his report on the fight General Kurokl says that the Russians numbered about two divisions and were formed of parts oi tne inird and Sixth Siberian sharp shooters, the Ninth and another infantry division. The Japanese lost four officers ana tnirty-nlne men killed and fifteen off! cers ana zu men wounded. The casualties all occurred In the second division. Gen eral Kurokl mentions but he does not enu. merate the trophies captured. He estl. mated the Russian losses as exceeding his own. RUSSIANS ARB DISAPPOINTED Defeat Comes When They Expected a Victory. (Copyright, by New York Herald Co.. 1904. ST. PETERSBURG, July 19.-(New York nerald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Misinformed as to the strength ot uenerai Kurokl S army, which had been considerably reinforced, Lieutenant General Lount Keller received orders from General Kouropatkln tq advance and occupy several denies. The idea was to turn the position of the Japanese at Mo Tien Ling. They ai nrsi retired, but the Russians on ad vancing found the heights around strongly occupied by the Japanese. Oeneral Kaah tallnsky. with fourteen battllona and twelve cannon, made a brilliant effort to capture the heights, but being unable to place his batteries had to retreat. Seeing this Count Ke'.lor brought up reinforce ments, consisting of three battalions of re serves, but the Japanese artillery mudo sucn havoo among them that it was neo essary to retreat to Yonselln, the Japanese following Up. Count Keller reports mora tnan ,ooo casualties. This news oomes as a blow at a moment when news of a Russian victory was ex. pected. Consolation is found in the fact mat after two and a half months the Jan aneeo are unable to get nearer than twelve vorsts (nine miles) to Port Arthur. A number of new and speedy transnori. are being fitted out with quick-fuing guns In case circumstances prevent the Baltic fleet going east. These will be sent out as commerce destroyers to prevent ships tak. lng coal and munitions from Englund. KIROKIS PURPOSE STILL MASKED Expected that Konropatklu's Losses Will Exceed First Planras. ST. PETERSBURG, July 19,-The War office has no further details of the Rus. slun repulse at Mo Tien pass. The loss of men, which It . is firmly admitted will probably bo oonalderobly In excess of General Kouropatkln figures given out last night, is greatly deplored. But evl dently the engagement at least served the purpose of demonstrating that Qunsral Kuroki's army baa been heavily rein forced north, and the general staff la now Inclined to believe that the Japanese com mander mny have decided that a frontal attack from the south is inadvisable and is concentrating his forces for a direct attack on Liao Yang. Tells of Mneh Fighting. CHICAGO, July IS A special to the Dally News from New Chwang says: Hard fighting has been going on for sev eral days in the neighborhood of Tong schu, eight miles east of Tatcheklao. It la reported that the Russian loss in last night's engagement was 2,100 and the Japa nese loss 1,HU0. The Jspanese also have been In active contact with the Russians east of Hsicheng, where there have been many minor actions. All along Kouropatklu's front snd flank the Japanese are moving into position, but the general attack la being stpoiisd Mill supplies snd reinforcements corns to ths front. Progress along taa pi"4 xa4f aud mountain ,-f.ev it siuw. BATTLE HAS BEGUN General Engagement In Progress Between Forces of Count Keller and Inrcki. RUSSIANS BLOW UP ENTIRE GARRISON Fort Held by Japanese. Wrecked by Mines and Fonr Thousand lien Killed. RUSSIANS ALSO SINK A MERCHANTMAN Alleged that ths Vessel is Mistaken for a Japanese Transport. STEAMER SUPPOSED TO BE THE HIPSANG Indo-Clilna Navigation Company Has Ship Forty-Eight Honrs Over due, W hich Leads Trntb. to Story, LIAO YANU, July 16, via Mukden, July 19. 6 a, m. (Delayed in Transmission.) A general engagement. It is reported here. began this morning to tha east between th forces of Lieutenant General Count Keller and General Kuroki. It Is reported also that an engagement began simultaneously at Ta Tche Klso, from which the Japa nese for some days had been only six miles distant. ' . The Associated Press correspondent lately traversed tha Feng Wang Cheng road. which- was In the height of military ao-" tlvlty and offensive with tho odor of dead animals. ' The Red Cross hospital at Ta Tche Klao was removed to Mukden In anticipation of today's fighting. Consequently there wa a large call for Red Cross trains to proceed to Ta Tche Klao. The activity of the Japanese' In the north east caused a wide dispersion of troops and the consequent improvement of ths center of the strength a little further north. A Cossuck report of an expedition to the Japanese camp shows that th Japanese troops are suffering from dysentery, which Is now nt Its worst stage. The Chinese accuse tha Japanese of or ganizing Chinese bandits and they report that the bandits have attacked natives in the employ of th Russians. ' A native from the village of Hungpoloyu, forty miles to the eastward, describes the Japanese there aa being very orderly nnd as having 'tho goodwill of the people, though they are not paying them the ex orbitant prices for produce which are paid by the Russians. The best Information received here Indl- . cates that the siege of Port Arthur Is now being much more closely pressed,, and there nre most extravagant rumors of losses on both rides. ..''' No foreign correspondent has yet wit nessed even the simplest military operation, but yesterday the correspondents were noti fied that they may go to Ta Toh Klao, .Russians lovf V Font; " CHK TOO. July U, ' t JiuM juak-sstth eight Russians and flftj 'Chlnes Bn board arrived here this afternoon, five days from Port Arthur. The Russians refuted to talk, but the Chinese say that on July 11 and II the Japanese captured, and ocoupled with 4,000 men one of the eaatern forts near Port Arthur, Before reinforcements arrived th Russians cut off the 4,000 troops in th fort and exploded mines which resulted In tha killing of every Japanese soldier there, . The Chinese report also that the night be fore they left Port Arthur a Russian tor pedo boat sunk a merchant ship near Port Arthur, mistaking It for a Japanese trans port. Many Chinese on board the mer chantman were drowned, but the whits crew of the steamer and a number of its Chinese passengers were rescued by tho Russians. If this story is true the steamer In question probably is the fllpsang, be longing to the Indo-Chlna Navigation com-' pany, which yesterday was forty-eight hours overduo from New Chwang and which waa reported to have struck a mine. The local agent of the Hlpsang say they believe the steamer to have been lost. Russians Aro Rejoicing. ST. PETERSBURG. July 19.-Without din. cussing In any way the International ques tions involved, th newspapers here all re joicing over the exploits of th volunteer fleets in the Red sea. Tha Novoe Vremya says tha work they are doing Indicates tha wisdom of establishing the fleet, which waa begun by national subscription when tha country waa too impoverished to build the vessels after th Turko-Russlan war. It was the pioneer of subsidised auStUury cruisers which most oountrlea hat Since Imitated. The Novoe Vremya adds that there' Is plenty of scope for the fleet In European, Atlantlo and Pacific waters. By threaten ing to deprive the Japanese of arms and munitions It can compel the detachment of part of their fleet. This is why the a p. psarance of the volunteer fleet in the Red sea Is hailed with so much satisfaction. Besides the Smolensk. St. Petersburg and Orel, the latter now being fitted out a a hospital ship, only the Kherson and Moskva have a speed of nineteen to twenty knots. The other eleven vessels of th ' fleet register about thirteen knots. Som of the recently purchased transatlantic liners might, however, be outfitted as oom. merce destroyers, and six weeks ago th Associated Press was Informed that such was the purpose ot the admiralty. Port Arthnr is Impregnable. MUKDEN, July 1. A letter received here from Port Arthur shows that the be sieged have Implicit confidence In the abil ity of Lieutenant General Stoossel to ketp out the Japanese. The writer says: Lieutenant General Btoecsel's rert.lntv of victory has Imparted confidence to the troops and inhabitants. Major General Fock Is engaged In resisting the pressure of the Japanese at our advance tmsiiions and the siege will drag on for a long time. General Kondrntleff Is adding to the fortl flcutlons of Port Arthur, making them stronger daily. On a lilll previously con sidered impossible to fortify batteries and entrenchments have now been constructed and guns of both large and small caliber have been mounted. The co-operation of he generals has made Port Arthur an In. accessible fortress. . Chinese Ship Captured hy Japs. SHANGHAI, July 1. The British ship Lien Shlng, which arrived her from Wei Hal Wet today, report that eh was Ignaled by the steamer Pel Ping, owned by the Chinese Engineering and Mining company of Shanghai, whose commander asked the Lien Shlng to advise the owners of the Pel Ping that tha ship and cargo had been captured by the Japanese cruiser Hong Kong and that the vessel was pro ceeding to Japan with a prise crew ir board. The news of ths capture of 11: Pel Ping waa communicated to Lh UrtUsV admiral, whose squadron ts aPitvrt t !a Yung Chlng lay. BxirJsh taf4ar lk la faaaa Bvrv jury- ;w. pn',kt rv. eitat oarnsaaw's sr?f. bthgweu. , w tared tr p Jassetsaa ' tt.is'uii saw 't. Ptast tV Kbi an. 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