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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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