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e Omaha Daily Bee. RUSSIA VERSUS JAPAN. Fullest news of tht conflict in The Dee. ROOSEVELT VERSUS PARKER. Read all about it daily In The Dee. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, ; 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MOUSING, AUGUST 1, 1901. SINGLE COPY TII1IEE CENTS. t CAUSE OF THE STRIKE President Donnelly of Butchers' Unions 'es Two Meetings. 7. GREETE i'f H GREAT ENTHUSIASM Bays Ski r" rkera Are righting Battle nmon Laborers. e i. A Z CONTEST ".RS AROUND CHICAGO Men Unab re and Educate Families vii tHe Wages Paid. URGES STRIKERS TO PRESERVE THE PEACE Assures Them That Greatest Dnsfer -to Their Caaie la Any Action Which Would Bring; Oat the Mllltta. W are willing tlx world should inventl- yte and know the exact cause of this strike," said President Donnelly of the strikers' union at Bouth Omaha yesterday. Sunday waa a day of considerable Im portance to the packing: house men now on atrlke. Michael Donnelly, president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butcher Workers' association, visited the city and made two addrenes. President Donnelly arrived in the city during the forenoon and visited labor headquarters, where he conferred with Vice President Vail and other local leaders. At the cTose of the conference Mr. Don nelly expressed himself as more than pleased with the situation here. He spoka particularly of two things one was the ex cellent order being maintained by the Btrlksrs, and the other woa the firm stand the men have taken. President Donnelly made an addresa to ' the. strikers at Workman temple, Twenty fifth and M streets, at 2:30 p. m. Long before the hour for the speaking. to begin the ha:!, which has a seating capacity of only about 600, was crowded to the doors, and It Is estimated that fully 1,000 listened to the address. Not lees than 600 strikers gathered about the building trying to 'catch a word through the open windows. When Mr. Donnelly appeared upon the platform he was greeted with rousing cheers. In opening his gemarks Mr. Donnelly gava a ' brief history of the origin of the strlka. lie declared that unskilled laborers could not live and raise their families on the wages paid by the packers, especially when broken time waa taken Into consideration. "It waa," he said, "the deplorable condi tion of the laboring men that caused the amalgamated association to try and right the Wrong by endeavoring to compel the packers to pay living wages to all em ployes." "A you all know." said Mr. Donnelly, "Chicago Is the storm center of this great strike. Kven if the packing houses at the other markets were opened for business and Chicago remained closed there would still' be a meat famine, not only In this country, but In Europa as wall. . I (htenito TlHhteat riacer "Chicago Is in my opinion closed tighter right now than any of the other packing centers, reports to tho contrary notwith standing, We have had no disturbances In Chicago although 40,000 idle men and women are it; the vicinity of the great packing plants every day. So far the police have- no", been called upon to make any arrests among the strikers. As for men, the Chicago packers have Imported a few Greeks, negroea and have brought in men from their branch houses. Even with all this class of help they can get the packers will not be able to break the ranks of the butchers and until the butchers go back to work the plants can not be operated.. ' "There is a beef trust, but one would never become aware of this fact from read-, lng the newspapers as the majority of the newspapers never glvs the laboring man an honest or square deal. It is not their business to give the worklngman Jus tice, From reading some of the press ac counts of the strike millions of people all 1 over the country believe we are wrong." Mr. Donnelly then mentioned the call lie received front Messers Wallace and 1 Ames, of Iowa, who visited Chicago for the purpose of endeavoring to bring about a, settlement. The speaker told how he had explained to theee men ' the conditions which brought about the strike and gave them all the Information they desired. He folio ved this with the assertion that when a call was made upon the packers to se cure their side of the story the puckers de clined to grant an Interview. "We are willing," said the speaker, "for the world to investigate and Had out why we are on strike." Can Hen Live on the Wastes? "Can a man raise a family on pay at the rate of 19 cents an hour?" asked Mr. Don nelly. "South Omaha is the only packing center where this amount is paid for un skilled labor, and why do the men here get It cents an hour? Because they are closely banded together. A man cannot pay his honest debts on that pay and he cannot xget credit for the reason that no grocer cares to extend credit to a man whose wages amount to so little. Even with i9 cents an hour at South Omaha you must remember the broken time which cuts the pay check down so that the averago is only a little over $7 per week." Mr. Donnelly said the people who had Investigated or were familiar with the con ditions of the laboring men In the packing houses favored the stand the butchers had taken In their attempt to force the packers to toy living wages. In speaking of his visit to St. Louis a short time ago Mr. Donnelly referred to the treatment he re ceived from the press there. He declared he had been purposely misrepresented and that ths newspapers would not give the facts to the people as to why the packing house employes were on a strike. J 'Every effort Is being mad by the pack ers," continued. Mr. Donnelly, "to lead people to believe that the strike is lost and that it mill not be long before ail of the plants will be open shops. Now, this Mrlke will not be three weeks old until Tuesday next. The man or woman who cannot endure the pangs of hunger for a little time is no credit to organised labor." Referring to furnishing supplies to the strikers here, the speaker inserted funds for more, association stores had been pro vldod and that strikers would be furnished with groceries at wholesale prices. No one Seed go hungry, he declared. Still Will Get red. "It the strike continues three weeks more, or six weeks more we sti:i will continue to feed you," said the president. This re mark waa greeted with cheers. Continuing along this Hue the speaker declared all ruuat bo willing to sacrifice something. "1 have turned niy own salary back. : every buslnuea agent hu dune the sumo I uJ every omoer of the association. This j money sues Into the general fund to aa.ut IJwUju.4 it Povuii.il 1'ago.) SAFE RESISTS DYNAMITE Train Robbers Whs Hole l'p Bock Island Train Get Ke Money. DELHART, Tex., July II. Rock Island passenger train No. 4, eaetbound, was held up lust night at Logan, a station about seventy miles west of Delhart, by three masked men. Engineer Q. B. Walker made the following statement concerning the holdup: "We had made our regular stop at Logan when both myself and fireman were cov ered with guns and ordered to move up. We did as ordered and stopped the train at the end of ths switch. The robbers then had us uncouple the mail and express cars and run a short distance up the track, where they again ordered u to atop, when they proceeded to enter the express car and attacked the through safe with ex plosives. "They exploded two charges of dynamite on the safe, but failed to effect an - en trance. Having used up all their explo sives, they mode off In the darkness. The mall car and passenger were not dis turbed. The explosions badly wrecked the express car and safe. The local safe did not tontuln any money, consequently ths robbers did not secure anything." A posse from Delhart headed by Sheriff J. N. Webb was rushed to the scene of ths holdup and at a late hour, this evening It Is said they have the robbers surrounded and expect to make a capture. Conductor John York resisted and was shot In the leg. Officers are on the trail of the men, who are believed to be the Evans gang. Owing to the remoteness of Logan, the details of the holdup were not obtained until to night, when the Rock Island passenger train arrived here. The Wells-Fargo officials say there were only 17 In the safe when it left here. DIAZ WIH, VISIT VNiTED STATES Mexican President Anxious to Bee American Capital Invested. MEXICO, July 31. Thomas N. McCauley, a New York financier has been presented to present Dlas and Vice-President Elect Corral, by American Ambassador Clayton. In the course ot a long interview President Dlas spoke of Mexico's desire to encourage the Investment of American capital. Mr. McCauley expressed the opinion that If President Dlas would visit the United States it Would greatly enthuse American Interest in Mexico. In response President Dlas said he may visit the United States during the coming winter. This remark Is taken to mean that General Dlas in tends to take a relief from executive duties soon after the installation of General Corral In the vice presidency. RID YARD KIPLING'S , NEW POEM Ttakes as a Supject Joseph Chamber lain's Political Views. LONDON, July Sl.-Rudyard Kipling, who is known as a strong admirer of Joseph Chamberlain and an earnest supporter of his political views, and who believes that his tariff proposals will contribute largely to weld the empire, has written a striking poem, which will appear tomorrow and which is expected to cause much Intoncst and discussion In political circles. It is entitled: "Things and the Man." and is of five stanzas. The final stanza Is an en thusiastlo suggestion" that even In these days there is a man who is capable of great things. FINLANDER9 SENT INTO EXILE Relatives of Bonrlknff's Assassin Mast Suffer for the Crime. HELSINGFORS, Finland, July 31. The father of Eugene Schumann, the assassin of General Bobrlkoff, governor general of Finland, has been sent to St. Petersburg under an esoert of gendarmes. Prof. Gemmerus of the1 University of Finland has been exiled to Russia, being the fourth professor from this institution to be exiled since the murder of General Bobrlkoff. Nothing is known here of Leglo, the alleged name of the assassin of Minu ter von Plehvo, though rumors aro afloat that he was here three weeks ago. VENEZUELA MUST SETTLE CLAIMS Germany a Tired of Waiting; and Sends nn Ultimatum. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao. July II. It is reported that Herr Pelllram, the German minister at Caracas, has delivered an ultimatum, demanding the immediate payment by the Venezuelan government of the Interest on the amount of the award to be paid to Germany as stipulated In the protocols signed by Herbert W. Bowen, representing Venesuela, in February, 1903. If this demand is not complied with, the report says, the minister will leave Caracas August 4. . CORTELPOU'S LIST NOT READY Chairman of the Republican National , Committee Will Announce Names Soon. CHICAGO, July 31. George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the republican national com mittee, spent most of the day as a guest of Charles G. Dawes at Evanston. Mr. Cortelyou Is not yet prepared to give out a list of the members of the executive committee, but states that he will be In a position to make the names publlo In two or three days. . FOREST FIRES EXTINGUISHED Rains Smother Flames and Resultant Smudge Envelopes Silver City with Smoke. EL PASO, Tex., July Sl.-Forest Are In' the Gila forest reserve, Arasona, which have raged for the past two months defy ing all efforts of forest rangers and de vastating an area of fifteen square miles of fine timber have been put. out by heavy rains. For a time the smoke from these fires enveloped Silver City, N. M., fifty miles away. PRESIDENT HDS WASHINGTON HOT Spends Very Little Time the W hlte House. WASHINGTON, July tl.-Today was ex cesiitvely hot and the president and Mrs. Roosevelt spent the greater porljon of the time away from the White House. They left the White House fii their carriage In the forenoon and returned about ? o'clock tills evening, after a horse-back ride to the farm of u friend In Virginia. After din ner at the White House, President nnd Mrs. Roosevelt spent the evening quietly, though Secretary Wilson called for a short conference with the president. Vladivostok Squadron Returns. FRANKFORT, Germany, July n. The Toklo correspondent of the Zeliung says ttutt the Vladivostok suadrgu JiitM re lutkui tk Vluulvvstuk, TIGHTENING UP THE LINES Strikers and Packers Preparing for Another Week of Struggle. NEW MEN INSTALLED IN STRIKERS' PLACES Packers Expect That They Will Be Able to Start Up Departments Which Have Been Closed. CHICAGO, July 31. Both the packers and the strikers spent Sunday in strengthening any weak spots that could be found In their defenses, preparatory to terms. Notwith standing that it was Sunday all the plants were operated during the forenoon in order to get rid of the live stock that had been left over from last week. The remainder of the day was spent by the employers in installing new men in the strikers' places and arranging many of the small details which had been overlooked last week dur ing the heat of the conflict. Over one thousand new men were added to those at work in the various plants. Among today's arrivals were many skll'.ed laborers, something the packers have been sadly In need of ' ever since the strike started. The employers have experienced little difficulty In procuring all the un skilled men necessary to operate the plants to their full capacity, but there has been a decided scarcity of skll'.ed workmen and for this reason the by-products of all ani mals killed have been let go to waste. Commencing tomorrow three of the firms announce tonight that they would be en abled to operate these divisions, enough, skilled .labor having been produced in the last forty-eight hours to justify the belief that all the by-product plants will be in full operation by the end of the week, next session of legislature atodp Statement from Men. The strike leaders spent the greater part of today In preparing a statement to the public. In this statement the union ists explain their side of the controversy, declaring that it Is the packers and not the men who are responsible for the present Lutate of affairs in the packing Industry. The public Is asked to be patient with the men during the struggle, It being declared by the union leaders that it would be Im possible for the men to return to work under the conditions that existed before the strike was declared and that up to the present the packers have shown no dis position to treat the strikers in a fair man ner. According to thir statement the men will stay on strike until their unions are disrupted or until tho packers surrender. The Allied Trades council met today and considered arrangements for further sup plying the families of the strikers with food. As a result of the meeting several more of these commissary- stores will be opened this week In order to take care of all who are out of work and in need. Strikebreakers Fight. In a fight at the Nelson Morris plant this afternoon between Andrew Simms and James Davis, both nonunion workmen from New Albany, Ind., the former waa stabbed and killed. , Simms was employed by . the packing .oompany as a' waiter in the. Im provised dining room which has been fitted up for the men employed ea strikebreakers. Davis was employed as a cook by the same concern. While eating dinner today they became involved In a quarrel over the food. In a light that followed Davis was getting decidedly the worst of it, and, drawing a knife, he Stabbed Simms three times. Simms died in the hospital two hours later and Davis, was arrested. The police and a crowd of strike sympa thizers clashed tonfght In the vicinity of the stock yards. The disturbance was caused by two nonunion men who entered a saloon and asked for a drink where a crowd o fthe strikers' friends had con gregated. When tho bartender went to serve the strikebreakers the other men in the place protested and a fight followed. Several policemen, hearing the disturbance, ran to the saloon and succeeded in ejecting the attacking party. The doors of the place were barricaded, but the rioters, be ing reinforced by several of their friends, returned to renew the attack. A riot call was sent In, but before the patrol wagon, with a crowd of policemen, had arrived, the saloon had been partly wrecked. It was necessary for the police to Are a volley from their revolvers over the heads f the rioters before they desisted In their attack on the place. With the exception of bruises and scratches received during the disturbance no one was seriously In jured. New York Men Still Working;. NEW YORK, July 31. More than the usual number of cattle were slaughtered here today in the plants of the Schwarz child & Sulzberger company and tho United Dressed Beef company in spite of last Friday's orders from President Don nelly of Chicago, that all of the men in, both plants should come out today until both companies entered Into separate agreements with their employes. A meeting of the cattle butchers' union was held today and Joseph Masterson, business agent of the union said: "It Is entirely unlikely that there will be any strike in this city bafore Wednes day, when we shall have tha news of the votes of the various local unions. Then if a strike Is ordered we shall give, the houses twenty-four hours' time. We have not taken any vote on the question today and the meeting has been adjourned until tomorrow evening." Quiet at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, July tl.-No new feature developed in the strike here today. None of the plants were in operation and qulot prevailed In the packing district. Much interest was displayed by the strikers In the announcement that President Donnelly of the Butchers' union would come here Tuesday and address them. It is believed that some definite action toward a sympa thetic strike of the allied trades will be taken during bis stay here. SIOUX CITY. Ia.. July Sl.-Presldant Donnelly of the Butchers' union today wired the local strike leaders that he would be in Sioux City Monday, and directing them to cull a mass meeting for Monday after noon. President Donnelly added that the packers are trying to bluff the men Into returning to work, but says they are re fuelng elsewhere, and advises thorn to stand firm In Stuux City. A mass meeting held at Labor hall this afternoon was attended by upward of 100 strikers. Loc.il labor leaders made ad dresses and advised the men not to go back to work. Movements ot Ocean Vessels July 81. At New York-Arrived: La Champagne,' from i Havre; t urneahla. from Glasgow and Moville; KroonlanU, from Antwerp At tfouthiiniptoii Arrived: St. Louis, from cw York. - At Movllie Arrived: Columbia, from New York for LlvsriMiot. At Liverpool Arrived: Cedrlc, frorn New York; Ktrurla, fnin New Yolk. via Queeiis'.onii; Parisian, from Montreal. At Boulogne-buJled: Nurdam. for New York. At Oueeiuitowa S4Jeli CajnciuJ, for New Hui ' v. JHE FAIR Week End Inn- gaturds In Attendance Over Pre reding Seven Darn. ST. LOUIS, July 81. The statement of the recorded admissions for the week end ing July 30 was given out by the World's fair management tonight and shows an attendance during that period of 6B1.F42 persons, a considerable gain over the rec ord of 612,150 of the week previous. Last week's attendance brings the grar.d total of admissions to the World's fair since its opening up to 6,657,C77. The record for last week follows: Monday, July 25, 81.801; Tuesday, 89.002; Wednesday, 85,C6; Thursday, 06,010; Fri day, 77,044; Saturday, 12J.Z79; total, 651,842. Recapitulation: April, one day, 187,733; May, twenty-six days, 1.001,891; June, twen ty-six days, S,124,KM; July, twenty-seven days, 2,343,567; Urund total, 6,657,677. A unique christening of a Filipino baby born on Juiy 6, at which President Francis acted as godfather, took place today at the Philippine reservation. As the boy was named Louis Francis 811 va. In honor cf St. Louis and President JYancls, his father said, that he should be the happiest young ster In the Philippines. The Roosevelt party of boys spent the greater part of the day at the First Pres byterian church nnd in writing letters, They expect to start out In tho morning to outdo the record established by their sister during her recent visit heret Ths boys expect to know every nook and cranny of the exposition before the end of their visit of probably ,two weeks. PISTOL CONTEST AT FORT RILEY Crack Shots of Northern Division Compete for Place on the Team. FORT RILEY, Kas., July 31. (Special Telegram.) The pistol competitors of the Northern division United States army will begin here tomorrow morning with prelim inary firing. The competitors now present In the camp numberabout 106 and are the selected pistol shot! from each troop of cavalry, battery of field artillery, and com pany of engineers, together with one offi cer representing each regiment of cavalry and infantry, battalion of artillery and en gineers stationed in the divisions. The team will be composed of twenty-one com petitors in the army competition. The first two men receive gold, the next four silver, and the rest of the team bronze medals. The competitors get five shots at 50 and 75 yards, time of fire, 30 seconds per score of five shots; one score at 25 and 50 yards, and rapid fire time allowed ten seconds per score of five shots. One spore 15 and 26 yards for slow and timed fire. The target Is a bulls-eye with an eight Inch center and at rapid fire it is at the zthon ette of a standing man on a frame six by four feet. .. I SAENGERBUND NEEDS BIG HALL t Northwestern Choral Club Elects ' Officers, but Leaves Place of Next Festival Open. MILWAUKEE, July Sl.-The Northwest ern Snengerbund, at Its business meeting today, elected officers as follows: Presi dent, Theodore Behrens, Chicago; vice president. Otto W. Rohland, St. Paul; secretary, George H. Keck, Milwaukee; treasurer, E. O. Kney, Madison, Wis.; li brarian, John Wunder, Davenport, la.; musical leader, Theodore Kelbe, Milwau kee. ' The place for the next biennial saenger fast was left to, the executive committee to decide later. St. Paul will likely be the city chosen. The delegates from the Minne sota city reported that a large auditorium was In course of construction and declared their ability to care for the big gathering. The La Crosso and Davenport delegations, after seeing the vast crowds at the exposi tion building here, decided that those cities were not prepared to handle the crowd, which grows greater with each saengerfast. ALLIANCE MAY BE ENJOINED Efforts to Cool Colorado Atmosphere So Deported Miners Can Re turn to Homes. 3i. kt DENVER, July 31. Attorneys H. N. Hawkins and John H. Murphy, counsel for the Western Federation of Miners, are devising ways and means to enable the deported Cripple jCreek miners to return to their homes. Papers are being drawn and applications will be made to. some court, possibly the federal court, for an Injunction restraining the citizens' alliance and mine owners from Interfering with any deportees who return to the Cripple Creek district. The Western Federation of Miners is also making arrangements to reopen the union stores in Cripple Creek and Victor that were raided and looted by mobs on June, and T. Sheriff Edward Bell of Teller county has advised against the re opening of the stores or the return of deportees, fearing that such action will lead to violence. CHILD IS FATALLY INJURED Playing; In Chute When Ashes and Hot Water Aro Turned Into It. v gram.) A son of John Boyles was today the victim of a peculiar accident which will probably result in his death. The boy, who is 10 years of age, was playing In one of the long chutes which carry away ashes from the Homestake mills. Ashes were turned Into the chute which was then cleaned by turning In boiling water. Tha child was carried down by ths refuse and fell a distance of fifteen feet. One of his arms was fractured by the fall and he was frightfully scalded, receiving burns from which he cannot recover. COAL MINES BREAK AL RECORDS Output of the tailed States Increased Fifty-Eight Million Tons. WASHINGTON, July 2i.-The forthcom ing report of the United States geo'oglral survey will show that the United States exceedB all previous records in the pro duction of coal in 19u8. The total amount of the output of the coal mines of the country during that year was 39,421,311 tons, an increase of nearly M.O"0,OtJO tons, or nealy 19 per cent, over the preceding year. The vulue of the product of lSna In glvun as ."04,l!Kt,"33, an Increase In valuo of 38 per cent, over the preceding year. Veal's Condition nehauged. SWEET SPRINGS. Mo., July Sl.-Ex-Bt-n.ttor Georgia U. Vest pusurd a good night and tils condition to. lay was lto .tlcallir. uiicUunneJ trout yet4vly. ADMISSIONS TO TOMB CLAIMS VON PLEI1VE Funeral of Assassinated Minister Held at , St. Petersburg, IMPRESSIVE AND IMPOSING SERVICES Notable Characters of Russia Stand with Rowed Heads About the Flewerer and Caparisoned Bier. ST. PETERSBURG. July 31. M. von Plehve, tlie minister of the Interior, who was assassinated Thursday morning last, was burled today and In every city of this vast empire church beJJs were tolled and mnsses and prsyers sold for the repose of the soul of the murdered minister. The services here, which were accord ing to the rites of the orthodox church, were of an Impressive and Imposing char acter. At 11 o'clock high mass was said In the stately chapel adjoining the minis try of the Interior. Emperor Nicholas and the dowager empress stood with the broken-hearted widow and the children at the foot of a great mound of flowers on which rested the casket. To the right, on gold-embroidered cushions, before a mass of wreaths banked to the ceiling, were ranged the decorations which had been won by the statesman during his notable career. To the left were the metropolitan of St. Petersburg and the officiating bishops nnd priests in their gold-emblnzoned vestments. A screen of flowers concealed the famous Imperial boys' choir. Among those present were other mem bers of the imperial family, the foreign representatives including Spencer Eddy, charge d'affaires of the American embassy; ministers of the empire, generals, admirals, nobles, governors of distant provinces, like those of Astrakan and Irkutsk; In fact, all high officialdom, not even omitting Genghis Khan, a lineal descendant of Na poleon, of Asia, who is now a major gen eral In the Russian service. The entire assemblage was In full uni form, and on the arm of each one present was a badge of mourning. All held lighted tapers throughout the service and the air was heavy with the perfume of flowers and Incense from the censers. Widow In a Swoon. At the most solemn moment, when all knelt and many were affected by tears, the widow was overcome and fainted. The emperor came to her assistance and she was carried out by gentle hands. The emperor was visibly moved and upon the conclusion of the mass he followed the casket, which was taken upon the shoul ders of the ministers and borne down the broad marble staircase to the street. There, the funeral procession was, formed and the body was placed In a great white open hearse, drawn by six coal black horses, which were blanketed from their ears to their tails In Bomber trappings. A black-garbed groom stood at each bridle and in advance went sixteen similarly clad lantern bearers. Behind the henrse walked the members of the minister's family and then came a long and distinguished body of mourners. It being the Russian custom to follow the dead to the grave on foot. The emperor himself walked a short dis tance, but as the Novodevlcky monastery, where the burial took place, was over five miles away, and because of the condition of the empress, his majesty soon entered his carriage and returned to tho Peterhof palace. At the end of the procession came four white chariots filled with the floral offer ings. The cortege proceeded slowly through the avenuei and Btree's, preceded by a squad of mounted police, and passed within sight of the place where the tragedy oc curred. In Russia's Valhalla. The sidewalks along the route were crowded, but lines of police kept the streets clear to the curb. As the body passed every head was uncovered and thousands crossed themselves. The monastery stands on a plain beyond the Naova gates, and at the gates fully 60,000 persons were gath ered. After a burial service In the church the body was Interred In the adjoining cemetery, where repose the remalnB ot many of Russia's greatest men, and at a point within a stone's throw of M. Slpla-1 guine, who was M. von Plehve's predecessor and who also fell by the hand of an assas sin less than two years ago. The murderer of M. von Plehve has been removed from the hospital to the Wyborg- sky prison. The police know the alias under which he traveled, but say they are 1 not satisfied regarding his identity, and decline to reveal his alias, on the ground that it might defeat the ends of Justice. There Is no longer any doubt that the police for some time have had knowledge of the existence of a plot by a band of International anarchists In Paris and Vienna. The leading conspirator, It Is said, was a man whom the Russian government tried to extradite from Paris last fall. Some of these conspirators arrived here a week ago and the police thought that all of them had been taken into custody. Successor of von Plehvo. The far-reaching character of the ma chinery of the ministry of the interior and the urgent neoesslty for dealing with many ponding matters render it Imperative that the emperor select a successor to M. von Plehve immediately and it is cousldtred certain that he will do so this week. In fluences hostile to M, Wltte, In spite of his acknowledged great ability and the gen eral belief that he is the man for the po sition seem to render his appointment in creasingly Improbable. Prince Svlatopolk Morsky, governor general of Vllna, Grodno and Knovo, Is now prominently mentioned. together with M. Muravleff, minister of Justice; Lieutenant General Klelgel, gov ernor general of Kieff, Podolla and Von- hjnla, and Prince John Obolensky, gov ernor general of Finland. DANA FIRES SHOT HIMSELF Says He Wants to Die, but Does Not Want Woman nrought Into Case. NEW YORK, July Sl.-Havlng been told that he would almost certainly die within a very short time, but still believing that he will get well, Samuel L. Dana, the young bank clerk found la Central park last Friday with a bullet wound close to his heart, admitted today that the wound wai self-Inflicted. Tills admission was made to Coroner Jaclison, who Is trying to get at the facts from the patient threatened to arrest and bring to Dana's bedside Mrs. B. W, Dlgnon, the young widow to whom he sent a note Immedi ately after tha shooting and to make her tell what she knew of the case. "Oh, don't do that," bt-gged the patient. "Shu won't know anything about It. I did the shootjng myself. I wanted to die." ' Dana's fulher is on bis way here from Fall Cold, la, si.4 will arrive tomorrow. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday nnd Warmer In North west Portion! Tuesday Fair. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdaj-i Hour. Dear. Hour. Dev. ft a. mi : 1 p. m sit a. m t a i. rn K T a. m. . . . . . M 3 p. m ...... M H m. m 4 p. nt 0 a. m 73 B p. m K3 lO a. m TT 41 p. ni '- It a. m Kt T p. m ..... . WO 12 ni MO p. m TT O p. m TO SAYS END OF WORLD IS NEAR Elder Warren Interprets Events as Portending; the Second Com Ins of Christ. It Is estimated that more than 1.000 peo ple listened to Elder Warren's lectf te .In the tent at Eighteenth and Dodge streets last night, Hu said In part: "The signs of Jesus' coming were to be In the sun, and In the moon, and In the stars, and In the earth. But we will not have time to give them all to you tonight, but shall tell you about them every even ing for the next ten days. On next Sun day evening we shall show what the Bible says about the conditions In the business, social, labor nnd religious world. Every laboring man, every rich man, will be In terested In knowing Just what God has said would happen, and Is happening, and will happen In the future. But the signs that were given that were of especial in terest to us, and which we will study this evening were the darkening of the sun, the darkening of the moon und the falling of the stars. The sun was darkened May 19, 1780; the moon, though at Its full the night of that same day, did not give Its light, but appeared as a great ball of blood In the heavens. "Webster's unabridged dic tionary, under notable events (page 1,604), says there Is no accounting for the strange phenomenon. lesus said it would be n sign of His coming. The stars fell No vember 13, 1S33. The baby that was born that year Is past 70 years of age, yet Jesus says this generation shall not pass until He be seen coming lu the clouds of heaven. "Heaven and earth shall- pass away, but My words shall not pass away. We be lieve His word, therefore we know that men and women who are 70, SO and SO years of age today will live to see the Savior come." HIb subject tonight will be, "The Signs In Your Own Home." HAR DT0 GET MEAT FOR RETAIL Butchers Complain That Packers Cannot Supply tho Demand. "Are you getting plenty of meat now?" was asked of an Omaha retail butcher. "Plenty of meat?" he replied in astonish ment, "well, I guess not. The fact Is we cannot get anything like the supply we need and what we get comes irregularly, so that there is great dissatisfaction about it." "Why, I thought it was understood the packers hod sufficient forces In their plants to meet normal conditions?" "You did," rejoined the butcher with an evident air of disgust. "Well, I did not. If the strikers could see inside of the p'.nnts as I have they would have reason to feel encouraged so fur as the numbers cf successors are concerned. But so far ua that is concerned if the packers had nor mal sized forces they could not do nor mal work'; it would take a long period to get back to the old standard. "I can say this for the retail meat sellers, they will be mighty glad for their own Interests when this atrlke is settled." SPEND NIGHT IN A STORM Exeurslonists Spend the Mailt In a Terrific Storm nnd Friends Keep Vigil. DAVENPORT, la., July 81. The excur sion steamer J. S. arrl-ed at Davenport this morning, after having passed the en tire night in a terriMc storm that swept the boat against the Illinois bank at All (in -lusla. Captain Streckfus says trees were torn out by their roots during the storm. The non-arrival of the boat, which was seven hours overdue, caused a crowd of relatives of those on board to keep vigil In the rain all night, while many wild rumors caused Intense excitement. FORMER GOVERNOR IS ILL Robert E. Pattlson of Pennsylvania In Serious Condition at His Home in Overbrook. PHILADELPHIA, July 31. Robert E. Pattlson, former governor of Pennsylvania, is critically ill with pneumonia at his home in Overbrook, a suburb of this city. His illness has been complicated by a weuk heart, and his condition, in consequence, Is considered grave. Mr. Pattlson's health has been run down for some time and It was further intpaired by hard work at the national democratic convention. SIRROIXU FUGITIVES IN SWAMP Elsrht Hundred Men Join In Chase for Murderers. PORTAGE, Pa., July 31. Pursued by 800 men, the three men, who murdered Charles Hayes, driver, and perhaps fatally wounded Patrick F. Campbell, paymaster for the Puritan Coal company, about a mile south of this place yesterday, are hiding in Cedar swamp, about seven miles from Portage, on the Bedford county line. One of the fugitives Is Injured, but not so as to prevent his flight. 8hortly after 11 a. m., about six miles to the south of Portage, the three men were tired upon by a posse and one of the fugitives fell. His companions lifted him to his feet and the three hurried 'into the swamp, leaving a trail of blood which was followed for fifty yards, but the men es caped. The search will lo continued all night and pickets ure out watching every road and cowpath leading from the swamps. Hundreds of others are forcing their way through the Interior of the denao undergrowth. The country is so rough that It is Impossible to get a horse to travel into the swamp. There ore a few who know the trail and they are to act as guidon. Think Japanese Drowned. LONDON, jig- 1 The Toklo correspond ent of the Times mi wis a published trans lation of tho reply of the Port Arthur garrison to the JapaneHC summons to sur render. Tills reply shows that tho gur risun Is under the Inij. reunion that Field Maishul Oyama und a 1,1 his stuff were sunk with the transports Hitachi und B.ulu and that the RusdIhiis wholly disbelieve that General KouroLfcAkll) tas eyc Levn, du- ftkl y AFTER PORT ARTHUR Report that Japs Have the Beleaguered City Pretty Well Surrounded. BOTH SIDES SUFFER TREMENDOUS LOSS Attacking Army Still Operating Against the Russian Stronghold. CAPTURF OF PORT ARTHUR IS DENIED Qenoral Belief that Besieger Have Made Great Progress. COMMANDING POSITIONS TAKEN BY JAPS Probable that News of the Fall at the fortress at Port Arthur ' Would Occasion No Surprise. CHE FOO, July SI. 2 p. tn. A Japanea, merchant has reived word from a Chi nese whom he trusts, to the effect that tha Japanese have occupied every position sur rounding the besieged fortress of Port Ar thur with the exception of Golden Hill. The Chinese stated that both sides suffered tremendous loss In the operations necessary to bring about this state of affairs. The members of the Russian Intelligence bureau here, while denying the report that Port Arthur has been captured, are Inclined to believe the reports true to the extent that the Japanese have made great progress In their efforts about the besieged fortress. The Russian refugees expected here today have not as yet arrived. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) NEW -VOKK, July 31. (New York Herald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.) Ominous silence fell upon the theater of war today, the only news from the front being to the effect that the Russian rear guard In its retreat from Ta Tche Klao Is boing attacked at Hal Cheng and Is in great peril. A similar lack of news was apparent with regard to Port Arthur, al though Chinese reports stated that tho fortress was completely surrounded by the beslgers. Russian Forre In Peril. LONDON, Aug. 1. The correspondent of the Dally Mail at New Chwang, in a dis patch dated July 31, says ftiat her has been heavy fighting for two days In the marshes south of Hal Cheng during the gradual retreat from Ta Tche Klao pf 6,000 Russians forming the rear guard and that the peril of this force increases dolly. Did Not Want to Whip Jans. ST. PETERSBURG, July Jl. Lieutenant General Sakharoff, In a dispatch to the general staff, dated July 80, reports that thero has been no chunge in the front of the Manchurlan army up to midday today. The Japanese are concentrating Dtrongly on the Russian southern front. General Snkharoff refers to General Oku'a account of the battle of Ta Tche Klao and declares that the Russian forces were not as large as General Oku represented, adding: "Our position was occupied solely with a view of keeping the enemy In check and with no idea of obstinately defending it. We did not throw up any special de fenses. We held all our positions against the Japanese attacks and then retired be cause the commanding officer did not deem it possible to accept battle the fol lowing morning while defending a posi tion with a front of ten miles. The evacu ation of our position was a complete sur prise to the Japunese." ' KOl'ROPATKIN TO FIGHT OR MOVE Japanese Have General's Position Well Surrounded. ST. PETKRSBURG, Aug. 1.-3.36 a, m. Although public attention has been dis tracted from the events of the war during the last week, first because of the fear of international complications, and, second, because of the assassination of Minister of the Interior von Plehve, the situation at the front Is regarded as critical. The enveloping movement of the three Japanese armies of Kurokl and Oku around General Kouropatkln'a position appears to be almost complete and the extended line of the Japanese seems to be the only drawback to concerted action. It Is realii here that the Russian general must MI9 either fight or withdraw the whole army northward. He is being closely pressed at Hoi Cheng. General Kurokl's northern column makes it extremely dangerous to remain there, because while holding tho posltlou to give battle against the Japanese whose advance Is notoriously always slow and careful, General Kurokl nlght push through and cut his railway communica tions to Liuo Yang. While nothing is definitely known, thera are some unofficial indications tjiut matters are rapidly maturing for cither a battle or a retreat. For Instance, the refusal to accept further press telegrams at Hal Cheng is shown by the fact that ono of the correspondents of the Associated Proiis had to ride through to Mukden to tile un account of the Ta Tclie Kiao light. This might be construed either that preparations are making for 4 retirement or that the wires are very crowded, incident to a concentration ut Hal Cheng or Llao Yang. A few days are expected to determine which course Generul Kouroputkln ha elected to pursue. There Is no inclination here to doubt that, there may have been pretty stiver fighting at tho outer positions of Port Ar thur, possibly accompanied by a bombard mojit from the sea, but it is not believed that the Japunese are- yet ready to storm the fortress. Rear Admiral Wlthoft, lu command of the naval forces at Port Ar thur. Is relied upou to put to sea If the con lit ion of the fortress becomes desper ate. Whllu no definite Information Is ob tainable, the report that the fortress U short of ammunition Is considered by Uis public us the mout disquieting feature of the situation. The Vladivostok squadron is expected back in port tudiy S' tomorrow. Tho Indications ure t hut the Baltic squad rou Is on the eve of an Important move ment. Nothing regarding tills can be as. cert lined officially, but many of the officers have Hirei dy sid furewell to friends and families and ure holding themselves ready fur instant service. The emperor had ar ranged to Inspect the squadron, but his plan was given up, owing to a -tiril-is i