Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1904)
The- Omaha D Bee. A ELY FOH A CHARACTERISTICALLY WEST ERN NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE THE DEE IS THE PREFERRED ADVER. TISISG MEDIUM IN ITS TERRITORY ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1S71. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOIININO, AUGUST 9, 1904 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TIIKEB CENTS. r r BIG FIGHT BEGINS Bnssiaa Forces JKorth of Hal Cheng At tacked and Losses Are Reported Heary. KUROKI IS ALSO THREATEN" "UKDEN Eoth Sides Hate Large A ' Well Placed la Disturbed Tei 1 ALEXIEFF AND KOUROPATKIN IN c'ANG 5 t Bnssiaa Poroea North of Kuroki J laid to Be in Retreat. , u GENERAL CONFERENCE AT ST. PETL.-ouRG Cmtral Gotte, Oar of Kooropatkln's Aldes-de-Carap, Reaches Ruaaiaa Capital with. Important Dlspatchea, BERLIN, Aug. 8. The Tageblatt this morning prints the following dispatch: LIAO YAKrt Au 7. The western Ru Sinn force north of Hut Cheng suffered a heavy attack today. Many wuunacu tus alfina on hre- There Is a rumor current that General Kuioki Is threatening Mukden from the northeast, Viceroy Alfxleff snd General Kouroput kln were yesterday In Llao Vang. Russlana Still Retrentlng. GENERAL KUKOKIS HEADQUAR TERS IN. THE FIELD, Via Fusun. Aug. a (Delayed In Transmission.) The Russian forces in front of General Kurokl's army re .reported retreating northward. A part of It has encamped at Anplng, twelve miles from Llao Yang. Guns were heard this morning on the Japanese right, mean ing that possibly the Japanese are fol lowing the Russian retirement. In con nection with the death of Lieutenant Gen eral Count Keller, killed by shrapnel on July 29 whllo watching the battle at YangUe pass from a battery position above Maowan, the Chinese living there say that the Russians removed two coffins from that place with great ceremony. General Conference Held. 8T. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8.-6:35 p. m. An important conference In (he military situation was held at the Peterhof palace today. The ministers of war and marine. Grand Duke Alexis, the high admiral, General Gotte, one of General Kouropat- kln's aides-de-camp, who had just arrived from the front with personal dispatches for the emperor and others, were present Japs Make Important Landing, The report that the Japanese are landing troops In Louisa bay, about nine miles northwest of Port Arthur, evokes no sur prise at the War office. The officials there are astonished that the Japanese had neg lected to do so at the outset of the siege of Port Arthur. This enables the besiegers to surround t,he outer defenses and feel out the weakest point and drive home an at tack where least expected. The War office does not confirm the Che Foo report of a attack on Port Arthur August t and believes the telegram refers to the assault of July 28, 27 and 28. It is pointed out that if the Japanese lost 10,000 men then It would be lmpossiblo for them to repeat the Attack within eight days. A private telegram from Che Foo, be lieved to be from the Russian consul there, reports the loss of the Japanese protected cruisers Chlyoda and ItsukuBhtma by the explosion of mines off Port Arthur. Eight Warships In Fight. CHE FOO. Aug. 8.-9 p. m. A reliable authority says that eight Russian warships participated In the recent three days' battle at Port Arthur. Since then the Sevastopol and the Amur have been repaired. It is to be presumed that the fighting re ferred to was the engagement reported by General Stouasel, commander of the Rus sian military forces at Port Arthur, to have occurred July 20, 27 and 28. Heavy Firing; Is Heard. CHE FOO, Aug. 8. 11 p. m. The firing of heavy guns at intervals of one minute has been distinctly heard in the direction of Port Arthur since 10.30 p. m., the acoustic condition of the atmosphere being un usually favorable. SPECIAL COIKT WILL REVIEW CASH Russia Will Humor threat Britain In Knight Commander Trial. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8. The case of the British steamer Knight Commander, which was .sunk by the Vladivostok squadron and afterwards condemned by a prise court at Vladivostok, will be re viewed by a apecial admiralty court. On account of the strong position taken in this case by Great Britain Russia has agreed that such a court shall determine the question whether it was a lawful prise, and Foreign Minister Lamadorf has telegraphed Viceroy Alexleff requesting thut all documents on which the prlao court based Us Judgment be sent to St. Petersburg. While Russia has not abandoned Its claim to the right to sink neutral vessels carrying contraband of war, In cases of "direst necessity" It is safe to say that after the action taken on August 5, when Russia Issued Instruction to naval com manders not to sink neutral, merchantmen with contraband on board In the future, except in cases of direst necessity, but la esses of emergency to send prlxes into neutral ports, no ruse will again arise, but It seems questionable now 1 whether Great Britain will be satisfied with the guar antees or with .the contention that the Knight Commander was a legal pi lie and subject to confiscation. If Great Britain still demands compensa tlon for the ship because she was sunk before being adjudged a legal prise by the court of claims, damages on the ground of Indignity, as Indicated by Premier Bal four's speech, there Is a strong belief here that both parties will agree to send the matter la controversy to The Hague Tribunal. , EXPECT JtOlKOPATKlX WILL FIGHT Impatience in Haaala Increasing for Decisive War News. ' ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 9. 8:15 a. m There is Increasing impatience among all classes for decisive news from Llao Yang. IJeutenant General Sakhuroffs report that there has been no change in the Man churliin army's sphere of operations merely adiic to the tension, which possibly will continue for some time. There is no tell ing how much time the notoriously slow snd methodical preparations of the Japa nese may consume before they feel ready to advance on General Kouroputkln'a fclrong positions. , Every day's delay gives the Russian txHiiuiaiiJer greater opportunity to fortify, tr to get away in caae be decides to avoid a. I.i( battle, although It is not generally tW .f t bore that thai- la much likell if Lia lettmUug ,ilU.uut a, decisive JAPS FORTIFYING WOLF HILL Refugees from Port Artkar Tell of Preparation Being Made for Battle. CHE FOO, Aug. . p. m. During the last twenty-four hours 200 Chinese and fifty Russian refuges have arrived here from Port Arthur. They almost all left there on August . It has been Impossible to obtain confirmation of the report of the sinking off Port Arthur of a Japanese cruiser, but that this occurred is not denied, ns the vessel is said to have sunk in a place where mines have recently been am. Two French newspaper correspondents who made an attempt to reach Port Arthur by Junk saw the Japanese fleet on Au gust 1. They were twice arrested -and turned back. They heard nothing of the allrired slnklnc of a Japanese cruiser. They 4 counted twenty-four vessels of the Japa nese fleet, ranged in a double seml-clrcle In front of the harbor. The refugees report that the Russian cruiser Bayan was struck by a fragment from one of the mines which the Japanese constantly send in toward the harbor entrance. The explosion occurred at the spot Just previously vacated by the Rus sian gunboat Gllluk, which hud been In that position for months, acting as guard- ship. The Bayan bears marks of projectiles of various sixes, showing that It has been hit 218 times since the beginning of the war. It is stated positively that Vice Admiral Skrydloff was not on board the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Lieutenant Euru koff, which visited JVew Chwang about 1 month ago and ,whlch was sunk on one of Its return trips from that port. This last batch of refugees, several of whom witnessed part of three days' fight ing of the week before last, deny that the Japanese were one verst IM of a mile) from the Russian fortress. They say that the Japanese troops are from ten to fifteen versts from the Inner forts.' The Japanese are busy1 endeavoring to work their trenches nearer the fortress, The Russian resistance to these efforts is confined to the use of artillery, which ceaselessly harasses the diggers. The Jap anese are said to have sixty guns in post lien on Wolf's hill and vicinity, and it Is evidently their Intention slowly and surely to tighten their noose around Port Arthur. A refugee who witnessed the fighting at Wolf's hill on July 2 and 27 declares that 4,000 Russian troops defended that position all the approaches to which had been pro tected with terraces at angles of 45 degrees. In many instances the Russian soldiers dropped their rifles and rolled rocks down on the enemy with effect more fatal than their bullets. The Russian mines were cleverly con cealed In an open field. WARSHIPS HAVE LIVELY BRUSH Rnaainna at Port Arthur Repork Sink- Inn- Jnp Crnlser. BT. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8. Emperor Nicholas has received the following dis patch from Viceroy Alexleff, dated at Muk den, August T: Telegrams received today from Port Arthoe and from the commander of the souadrou (Rear Admiral Withoft) stale that the cruisers Hay an, Askold, Palladia and Novlk and some gunboats steamed out of the harbor on July 2 for the purpose of bombarding the enemy's positions. They were attacked by the Japanese battleship Chin Yen, the protected cruisers Chlyoda, Itsukunhlma and Matsushlma and two second-class, cruisers, with thirty torpedo Yum t R An eight-Inch shell from the Bayan burst in tne stern or me nsuKusnimu, piacniK thst ship out of action. Thereupon all the Japanese ships steered for the open sea and at the same time the Chlyoda was damaged by a Russian mine. As the Chl yoda was sinking by the head it steered toward Tallenwan bay. A shot from bat tery 12 also damaged a, Japanese gunboat which was sighted. On July 27. In view of the Japanese hav ing taken the general offensive against our lund positions, the Bayan, Captain Relt sensteln; the battleship Retvlzan the Pal lada. Askold and Novlk. the const defenro ships Oremlashchl and Otvashnl, the gun boat Oillak and twelve torpedo boats, under the command of Rear Admiral Les chlnsky, were ordered to support our right flank st the demand of Lieutenant General Stocssel. Our ships, preceded by mine dredges, steamed toward Lungatan, from where thev bombarded the jHpanese positions until 8 p. m. On their return, which they effected by the ssme precautions, a mine exploded under one of the dredges. Rear Admlrnl WRhoft estimated that the enemy's nnval foroes off Port Arthur July Jo consisted of five battleships, five ar mored cruisers, ten other cruisers ana forty-eight torpedo craft. WILD REPORTS FROM PORT ARTHUR Itnmored Stoesael is a Sutclde and City la Fnll of Slok. LONDON. Aug. 9. According to the cor reapondent of the Morning Poet at Shang hai, it la reported there that there are 10, 000 sick and wounded persons at Port Arthur, and that the Russians ae nego tiating with the Japanese to send the hos pital ship Mongolia away full of sick, It Is reported, the . correspondent says, that Lieutenant General Stoeesel, In com mand of the military forces at Port Arthur, has committed suicide and that panto pre vails at Port Arthur. Marquis Oyama, commander-in-chief of the Japanese lorcea In Manchuria, has pro ceeded north and expects to' attack Llao Yang August 20, 11 V MO II OF PORT ARTHUR'S FALL St Petersburg Kxrlted Over Reports Which Prove Untrue. . ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8-The city la full of wild rumors that Port Arthur has fallen, due to reports from Che Foo of an other assault in which the fortress was taken by the combined land and sea forced, though the Japanese lost three warship. Including the protected cruisers Chlyoda and Itsukushlma. There la not the slight est confirmation of these rumors. It Is be lieved that the Japanese are still unable to capture the outor works, much less the fortress. THREE JAP WARSHIPS DAMAGED Viceroy Alexleff Reports Resalt of Recent Naval Engagement. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8. Viceroy Alexleff reports that in the engagement which took place July 28 off Port Arthur between the Japanese and Russian squad rons three Japanese ships. Including a gun boat, were damaged. Steamer at Vladivostok. VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 8. 11 p. m.-The Hrttlh steamer Cullchas, from Tacoma for Japan ports, ..which was arrested by the Vladivostok squadron, thirty miles north of Toklo buy during the recent cruise off the Pacific coast of J pun, arrived here tr.day In charge of a prixe crew. It was a week overdue, having been detained by storms. The Callchaa la the last Teasel raptured by Admiral Jensen's cruisers. The papers of the Calk-has showed It was carrying 370 tons of flour, nine tuns of cot toa, 215 cogs ana IX parts of machinery, all consigned to Yokohama. The remaining l.fxt) tons of the Callchaa' cargo were cuu sleued to Hong Kuug. POSITION OF UNITED STATES Circular from State Department States This Government's Attitude. COAL AND COTTON NOT CONTRABAND Russian Declaration la Disputed as Tend Ins; to Shut Off All Trade, nd American Ambaaaaw ( dora Are Notified. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. "The recogni tion In principle of the treatment of coal and other fuel and raw cotton as absolutely contraband of war might ultimately lead to a total Inhibition of the sale by neutrals to the people of belligerent states of all articles which could bo finally converted to military uses. Such nn extension of the principle by treating coal and other fuel and raw cotton as absolutely contraband of war, simply because they are shipped by a neutral to a nonblockaded port of a belligerent, would not appear to be In ac cord with the reasonable and lawful rights of a neutral commerce." This Is a summary of a declaration by Secretary Hay on the right of neutral na tions during war. It was embodied in a circular to American ambassadors in Eu rope, which was Issued from the State department June 10 last, but for some rea son was withheld from the public, al though certain shippers who inquired at the department, after their right were supplied with copies. The circular Is based on a declaration by the Russian govern ment that coal, naptha, alcohol and other fuel have been declared contraband. , Hay Talks from Shoulder, Secretary Hay directs attention to the West African conference In 1884, when Russia "took occasion to dissent vigorously from the Inclusion of coal amongst articles contraband of war, and declared that It would categorically refuse Its consent to any articles in any treaty, convention or Instrument whatever which would imply Its recognition as such." Due note is made of the fact that raw cotton could be made up Into clothing for the military uses of a belligerent, but the secretary adds that a military use for the supply of army or garrison might possibly be made of foodstuffs of every description which might be shipped from neutral ports to the non-blockaded ports of a belligerent "The principle under consideration might, therefore," he says, "be extended to as to apply to every article of human use, which might be declared contraband of war sim ply because It might ultimately become useful to a belligerent for military pur poses." The secretary speaks of coal and other fuel and cotton as being employed for a great many Innocent purposes, and that many nations are dependent on them for the conduct of Inoffensive industries, add ing: "And no sufficient presumption of an in tended warlike use seems to be afforded b the mere fact of their destination to a bel ligerent port." Coal and Other Fuel. He declares that the recognition, in prin ciple, of the treatment of coal and other fuel and raw cotton, as absolutely conlrai band of war, might ultimately lead to- a total inhibition of the sale by neutrals to the people of belligerent states of all articles which could be finally converted to military uses. This the secretary contends would not appear to be in accord with the reasonable and lawful rights of commerce. GERMAN GOVERNMENT KEEPS COOL Wllllnar to Wait rtn Rusala's Report In the Then Cnae. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8.-1:30 p. m.- In spite of the excitement shown by a section of the German press, the German government Is acting as calmly in the matter of the sinking of the steamer Thea as it did in the matter of the seizure of the mall steamer Prim Helnrlch, and Is seemingly convinced that If any wrong has been dont It will be righted. Germany thus far has contented itself by asking for an explanation of the sinking of the ship, but In the absence of the result of the official Inquiry by the prize court at Vladivostok, Russia Is not yet able to reply. ' The German consul at Vladivostok con firms the statement that the Thea had only 160 tons of coal on board, not enough to get it to Vladivostok. He says It was loaded with fish and flsh manure. The captain was given twenty minutes in which to abandon his ship and the crew lost all their possessions. From the Information thus far received there apparently was less Justification for sinking the Thea than for sinking the Knight Commander, and unless sufficient Justification can be shown, Germany doubt less will ask for compensation for the ship, which it is believed Russia will not resist. Russia has been officially notified of the agreement reached between Great Britain and the United States relative to the pro tection of the seals of the Kommander islands. BOY DROPS OUT OF SIGHT Suddenly Disappears After Trnarle Death of Brother and Mother ia Prostrated, Chief of Police Donahue is In receipt of a letter from Chief Henneman of Keokuk, la,, requesting that an effort be made to locate O. D. Newberry, who disappeared from Oak Park, 111., July 20 of this year under what is thought to be mysterious circumstances. The young man Is de scribed as being 17 years of age, five feet seven Inches In height, dark hair and brown eyes, scar on left cheek and weight about l'O pounds. He la a telegraph opera tor and left all hla personal effects and typewriter at Oak Park. His mother Is a resident of Keokuk and Is said by Chief Henneman to be grief-stricken ovef the matter. A few months ago her other son was found dead on a road with a bullet hole In his head and the disappearance of her other boy at this time Is particularly distressing to the mother. CHAFFEE TO COME FRIDAY Lieutenant General and Staff Arrive In Omaha Laat of Week from. West. Brigadier General T. J. Wlnt, command ing the Department of the Missouri, re ceived word yesterday that Lieutenant General Adna K. Chaffee and party will arrive in the city Friday evening at 6 o'clock over the Northwestern from Fort Niobrara. Oeneral Chaffee will Inspect Fort Crook Saturday and old Fort Omaha Sun day rooming, leaving Sunday afternoon for Fort Ies Moines. The party accompanying Lieutenant Gen eral A. R. Chaffee consists of Brigadier Oetieral Charlea F. Humphreye, quarter master general United States army, and Captain Grote Hutchinson, bixlh calvary, aide to General CuafU, SEEKS TO ENJOIN UNCLE SAM Payrhle Science Man Has Trouble Getting; Hla Mall Past Lincoln Postmaster. The motion of Roy E. Dutton, an occult sclenoe man at Lincoln, to rtstraln Post master E. R. Sixer of that city to cease In terfering with his mail, was argued before Judge MungT.. The case has been taken under advisement by Jiidsre Mungcr. The United States part of the case was lookrd after by Assistant District Attorney Rush and that of Prof. Dutton by R. J. Green of Lincoln, roftofflce Inspector Sinclair of Omaha and Postmaster Slsrr of Lincoln were the only witnesses examined. The contention of the government Is that the lltersture sent out by Dutton, repre senting his college to be a four or five story building, with an elaborate equip ment for the Instruction of his students, Is a fraud and that he has no such building, but that the college consists of a "dingy little office In an obscure part of the Brown block" of that city. The government furth ermore holds the diploma Issued by Prof. Dutton to the graduates of his school of "psychic science" is not one of the most beautifully engraved or printed of diplomas In the world, but Is, on the other hand, "a cheap photographic print. Is also a fraud," and that Instead of costing 10 cents to mall it, the postage required la but 1 cents. The government further maintains that "Prof." Dutton Is guilty of other Illegal practices under the postal laws of the United States and for that reason denies him the use of the malls. Mr. Green, attorney for "Frof." Dutton, denies for his client that ho has commlttei any fraud and that the literature hereto fore used by Prof. Dutton against which the government took exception, has' been changed and that the literature Dutton now sends out Is not objectionable. Hence ho asks that the Inhibition against "Prof." Dutton sending out snd receiving mall be removed and that Prof. Sixer be directed to cease Interfering with his mall. WILL TAKE NELIGH UP Commercial Clab Determined to Meet Proposition of Town for Fall Exchangee. - Omaha Jobbers are very much encouraged over the anticipated results, of the recent trade excursion. Commissioner McVann of the Commercial club expressed the opinion that "it wan the most successful trip yet taken." , "Mayor Hoffman of Nellght told us," said Mr. McVann, "that for every man Omaha sent up to their festival of Septem ber 6, 7 and 8, he would guarantee that four men from there would attend the Ak-Sar-Ben fetes here, and we are going to call him with a delegation of twenty-five at least. "Everywhere we wnt we were received with open arms and the promise of fealty to Omaha and her merchants were of a most assuring character." Quite a delegation of merchanto Is ex pected In town this week on account of the reduced rates that railroads are mak ing for the fall trade period. Rates are on a one and one-f.ru roimd 4rlp. basis, coming to Omaha Aagist 8-13, good return ing August 8-23. .'The second period covers August 24 to 31 and are . good returning to September 6. Receipt must be taken for full fare one way and the reduction is on the return trip. While on the recent trade excursion Mr. Harding of the Harding Cream company, out of the goodness of his heart, wired home ordering the delivery at the hotel at O'Neill of ten gallons of Ice cream, care hotou to Mr. McVann. The cream was served as desert to the excursionists. The next day Mr. McVann received a letter from the house here suggesting that If he was In the business of -buying in bulk and "selling In palls that the house would send him palls with printed matter on and a sidewalk sign." McVann thinks that he may need the sign this winter for fuel If the railroads are allowed to continue rais ing rates at their pleasure. INVITES KNIGHTS TO RACES Mayor of Beatrice Comes to Qulvera to Summon Klncr'a Subjects to Hla City. Mayor M. E. Shults of Beatrice is an Omaha visitor and Incidentally dropped In on the Ak-Sar-Ben session lust night for trie ostensible purpose of impressing upon the Knights of Qulvera the necessity of their attending the races at Beatrice on August 24, 25 and 26. Mayor Shults was commissioned by the Beatrice Commercial club and Driving Park association to make the Invitation as cor dial as possible, with the assurance thnt the knights will be given a genuine Bea trice reception. The Beatrice races are sold to be among the best held in the state for some years. Gage county is the home of many of the fastest horses in the state, and In the old days It gave to the racing world such flyers as Counsellor, Idavan, Lobasco, Guelph, Flossie M. and a host of others that first made the "20 class" famous. GENERAL REYES ASSIMES OFFICE Hew president of Colombia Appolnta Hla Cabinet. BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. 7. (Delayed In Transmission.) General Rafael Reyes as sumed ofllce today as president of Colom bia, succeeding Senor Marrouqln. The cabi net' Is as follows: Secretary of state, Bonifacio Veles. Secretury of war, Diego Castro. Secretary of finance, Jorge Holgutn. Secretary of the treasury, Luis Cabellero. Secretary of public Instruction, Carlos Curevo. Secretary of foreign affairs, Enrique Cor tes. ' Complete quiet prevails here. EARTHQUAKE) SHAKE NEW ZEALAND Several Public BuUdlnnjs Said to Be Heavily Dainaajed. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Aug. 9. The heaviest earthquake which New Zea land has experienced in mmy years oc curred at 10:22 o'clock this morning. Sev eral public buildings were serlodsly dam aged and private Arms also suffered heavy losses. The shock was general on both Islands. No loss of life has been reported. I,oss a Million and a Half. STRASBl'RG, Alsace Lorrulne, Aug. I The damage by the fire which raged In the lower quarter of the city this morning and which destroyed a large orphan asylum and the" Magdalene church, amounts to ll.bOO.OOO. Coal Miners Accept Redaction. BOUTH M AL1STER. I. T Aug. s.-By a practically unanimous vote, the coal miners of the bouth M'AI!ster district have voted to accept the reduction In wages proposed by the mine operators, which means that the ruluca sow idle will resume operations.. PRESENCE OF FLEET IS FELT Sublime Porte Decides to Answer the United States' Question. EARLY AND FAVORABLE ACTION PROMISED Status of American Hospitals and Schools in Turkey the Only Iaaae Involved In the Preaent Demonstration. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sunday. Aug. 7.- The announcement of the dispatch of the American European squadron to Smyrna has perturbed the porte and will doubtless hasten the solution of the questions at Issue between the United States nod Tur key In a manner satisfactory to the for mer. The porte promised American Min ister Letshman that a reply favorable to the American demand for the same favored treatment in the matter of schools, hos pitals and charitable institutions as Is ac corded to other powers would be given August Z. The giving of the answer was then postponed to August 4, but up to the present time no answer has been received. The ports recognized the demand In prln clple, but thus far has failed to execute the necessary measures, and the American legation has now sent a communication to the porte pointedly demanding a speedy and final settlement, the issuance of the necessary orders and the official acknowl edgemcnt by Turkey of the American de mands. There Is no monetary claim. Patience is Exhausted. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Secretary Hay today bluntly told Cheklb Bey,- the Turk lsh minister here, that the patience of the American government is well nigh ex hausted. The minister is expected to com munlcate this information to his home gov ernment speedily. Cheklb Bey had no in structions from the porte when he called at the State department today. He had seen the newspaper reports of the intention of the State department to second Minister Lelshman's efforts diplomatically at Con stantinople by the presence of a fleet of warships In Turkish waters and he doubted the reports. Secretary Hay soon satisfied him on that point and the minister returned to his legation to frame a dispatch for the Turkish Foreign office. He did not care to make any statement himself as to the nature of his Interview with Secretary Hay. There appeared to be an impression In the mind of the Turkish statesman that because the president of the United States could not make war without the consent of congress he thereby was estopped from indulging In a naval demonstration to forward his purpose to secure fair treatment for the Americans In Turkey. It Is believed that on this point also the Turkish minister was enlightened by Secretary Hay. Minister is Worried. When Cheklb Bey left the State depart ment ho evidently was In a state of con cern over what he had heard. To repeated Inquiries he admitted that he had heard nothing from his government on the sub Ject and that the only information he had received, prior to hla, Interview. wixh-hc secretary war -what ho had seen In the papers, nor did he say that these accounts were exaggerated In the light of what he had Just heard from Mr. Hay himself. The minister was unwilling to discuss the dis patch which he expects to send to his government. He had been planning to go away for a brief rest, but said that he might be detained here now. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Deadwood Man Gets Good Poaltlon in the Treaaury Depart ment. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. (Special Tele gramsFremont P. Ward of Deadwood, S. D., has been appointed superintendent of construction In the Treasury depart ment at a salary of $2,000 per annum. Mr. Ward has hot yet been assigned to any specific duty. Rural free delivery carriers appointed for Iowa routes: Anamosa, Fred C. Althen, regular; John F. Althen, substitute. Bridge water, Francis M. Cass, regular; W. T. Howard, substitute. Carpenter, 'Sam E. Severson, regular; Nlckoli Severson, sub stitute. Lamonl, Clarence D. tester, reg ular; Martha Lester, substitute. Little Cedar, Charles W. Wlnsor, regular; Henry Wlnsor, substitute. Mclntlre, Irvin C, Wheeler, regular; B. D. Chamberlain, sub stitute. Mount Ayr, William H. Stephen son, Tegular; Dora Stephenson, substitute. Nebraska rural free deliver routes or dered established September 15: Duncan, Platte tounty, one route; area, thirty-two square miles; population, 535. Lindsay Platte county, one additional; area, thirty- seven square miles; population, 670. ' Edward C, Parkinson of Nebraska has been appointed special examiner In the pen sion office at 11,300 per annum. PRESIDENT APPHOVES REPRIMAND Postmaster MrMlchael Charged with Political Discrimination. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. The president today aproved a report of the Civil Service commission recommending that Postmaster McMlchael of Philadelphia be reprimanded as the result of the Investigation of the charges filed by Robert B. Jenks, secretary of the Civil Service Reform association of Philadelphia, alleging political discrimina tion In Postmaster McMlchael's selection of employes. PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED Five Care la Illinois Jump Track and Are Burned with a Floor . MIIL PLAINFIEID, Ind., Aug. .-Eastbound Vandalla passenger train No. 21 struck a broken rail this afternoon In the city lim its. Five cars left the track and were burned. Several passengers were Injured, but none killed. The fire from the cars nnd explosion of the tanks set fire to th Plalnfleld flour mill near the track, which Is burning and will be a total looa. The plant of the Plalnfleld Cabinet company Is almost totally destroyed and the Are is not under control. VEST ALIVE, BUT SINKING Has Been t'aconecioua for Hours aad His Pulae ia Very Weak aad Rapid. SWEET SPRINGS, Aug. I.-Ex-Senator Veat la barely alive. Ills pulae is very weak and rapid. He is now unconscious, having been so since 1 o'clock this morn ing. It Is lrnpoAklble to arouse him. At 10 o'clock tonight the attending phy. slclaq stated thut Senator Veat was dvlsg and could live but a fw bout Nebraska weather forecast Showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdnyi Hour. Dear. 1 p. m T: X p. m , S p. ni , 4 p. m , B p. m ..... , p. an , T p. m H p. m ..... , 0 p. ra ..... , 74 TH Tfl Tl TR 74 T.S 72 PRINTERS MEET AT ST. LOUIS International Typographical Union Begins Its Fiftieth Annual Session. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 8.-The fiftieth annual meeting of the International Typographical Union of North America, with representa tives of "00 subordinate and affiliated bodies present from various parts of the United States and Canada, met today In Conven tion hall at the World's fair grounds, and will continue In session during the week. Every day except Wednesday, which has been set aside by the World's fair espe cially for the order, will be taken up with the transaction of business. On this occa sion exercises will be held In Festival hall on the fair grounds. Among those who will deliver addresses are President D. R. Francis of the Louisiana Purchase expo sition; Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folk; ex-Mayer Cyrus P. Walbrldge, respectively democratic and republican nominees for governor; President James M. Lynch of the International Typographical union, and Mrs. Leonora M. Lake. Arrangements have been made whereby all union printers will be admitted on this day free, and refresh ments for the ladles will be provided gratis. M. Witter, chairman of the local ar rangement committee, called the convention to order, and Canon Davis, dean of Christ church cathedral. Invoked the Divine bless ing. Mr. Witter expressed his regrets thnt Governor Dockery and Mayor Wells were unable to be present to welcome them After an sddress of welcome by President J. A. Jnckson of Typographical union No. 8 of St. Louis the chairman presented President Lynch with a gnvel, the value of which, he said, lay In the fact that it was fashioned by union labor. In responding President Lynch caused an outburst of applause by saying that while he believed the delegates would have liked to hear addresses by the absent officials the hearty welcome of President Jackson was better than the "honeyed phrases of professional politician." ' After the rending of the report of Secre tary-Treasurer Bramwood, President Lynch appointed a n:imber of convention officers and announced the names of the members of the committees on laws nnd credentials. Adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock to morrow morning. WHEAT CREATES SENSATION Reports of Damage to New Cropa by Ruat Cauaea Grain to Rcnch High Point. CHICAGO, Aug. 8. Whcot scored a sen' satlonal advance today under a furious demand from bulls and bears alike. ' For September delivery, the principal trading option, there was a bulge of 2 cents, but this was outstripped by the figures for other months, December and May each scoring an advance Of 4hi cents on top of an almost unprecedented gain of about 9 cents above the preceding week. The spring wheat crop In the north west. It appeared from reports that poured in, Is being largely destroyed by black rust, one of the deadliest enemies of the growing crop. With audi a calamity Im pending, every trader seemingly who was short became frantic to cover his trades. Speculators who have been scoffing at the reports of rust damage during the last few days were also In the excited rush to buy. The only sel'ers apparently were the relatively few lucky Individuals who had profits in Bight and desired to realize. September started c to 8M,b higher at 97Q97c, and with only a few slight reactions soared until the price touched I1.01H. The market closed strong at only He under the top figures of the day. May opened with a range of lo at 98u"09c, sold at 1102 and closed at'tl.01. OTIS DISSOLVES INJUNCTION Decision at Springfield Permits Opera tion of Anti-Convict Labor Law in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD. III., Aug. 8.-Judge J. Otis Humphrey In the federal court today dissolved the Injunction granted on June 30 restraining the operation of the antl-convlct labor law. He decided that the new law Is constltntlonal and that the records of the general assembly show the insertion of the word "willful" and he cannot go behind the records. He filed no written opinion. The prison boards are now at liberty to go ahead and put into operation the antl-con vlct labor law passed in 1901 and made ef fective July I of this year. FOUR CAUGHT IN A WRECK Building Falls at Kansaa City and a Quartette of Laborers la Crushed. KANSAS CITY. Aug. S.-As the result of the collapse of a one-story brick building rly today four men were Injured, one seriously. The Injured: William Kelgle, laborer, head badly imashed; will probably die. J. W. Smith, laborer, leg bruised. George Martin, head bruised and leg badly ipralned. Joseph S. Eldrldge, cut by flying debris. The building was In course of reconstruc tion. DEATH RECORD. Funeral of Captain Ough. GENEVA, Aug. 8. (Special.) The funeral services of the late Captain Claude Ough were held this afternoon in the Methodist Episcopal church and were largely attended. A number of his comrades and railroad men from Chodron attended. The Grand Army cf the Republic, Woman's Relief corps, Company G, Nebraska National Guards, und Knights of Pythias were all In attend ance. J. L. Adama. GENEVA. Neb., Aug. 8. (Special ) County Superintendent J. L. Adama died last evening at o'clock after an operation performed for upperidicltla. He was only tVk a week. The funeral will be on Tues day at I p. m. and will be In charge of the Workmen lodge. John Casey. PAWNEE, Neb., Aug. 8. (Special Tele gram.) John Casey, an old resident of this city, died at his home at 7:40 p. m. during an operation for appendicitis, Hour. Dea. B a. m CVM a. m Ml T a. m US ft a. an ..... . eo a. m 2 10 a. m IT It a. in TO lit m Tl MANY DIE IN WRECK Tast Passenger Train on Bio Grande Goes Through Bridge in Colorado. ABOUT 100 LIVES ARE SNUFFED OUT Coaches with Human Freight Whirl Down Stream in Boiling Current. PASSENGERS DROWNED LIKE RATS IN TRAP Occupants of Three Cars Bare Hot Even Chance to Scream. THRILLING ESCAPES OF PASSENGERS Brave Pullman Porter Tlghtena the Brake of Coach and Savea Sleepers on Brink of Cbnam. PUEBLO. Colo., Aug. 8. The wreck of the World's Fulr flyer on the Denver at Rio Grande railroad near Eden, seven miles north of Pueblo, last evening, prove to have been one of the greatest railroad disasters In the history of the country. Two crowded passenger cars and a I'eg gage car were engulfed In the torrent thut tore out a trestle spanning. Steele' Hollow, otherwise known as Dry creek, Bnd, so far Is known tonight only three of the occupants of these cars escaped death. Fortunately,- two sleeping cars and a diner, completing the train, remained on the track at the edge of the abyss and none of those on board were killed or In jured. ' How many perished probably will never be definitely known, for the treacheroug sands are drifting overhe bodies. Search ing for the dead was begun about mid night on an extensive scale and is still In progress tonight. All bodies found were brought to Pueblo and placed In four , morgues here. At 8 o'clock this evening seventy-six bod ies had been recovered and of these fifty had been Identified. During the day bodies were recovered all the day along Fountain river from the scene of the wreck to this city. At 1 o'clock this afternoon two bodies were taken from the stream at First street. Pueblo, more than eight miles from the point whero the disaster occurred and It Is probable that some may be recovered even further down stream. None of the bodies are badly tnutllnted and all are In such condition as to be recognizable. Many Identifications have been made by articles found on the bodies, no persona who viewed them recognizing the features. Assistance ia Impossible. Two carloads of human freight plunged Into the raging torrent that destroyed the trestle over the usually dry ar royo known as Steele's Hollow, near Eden, about 8 o'clock last ' evening. Two sleeping cars and the diner stopped at the brink of the hungry chasm filled with a boiling current that quickly snuffed out probably 100 Uvea. Bo quietly had the catastrophe been enacted that the occupants of the three cars remaining on the track did not realise that an ao cldent had oocurrcd until they alighted from the train. Then they were utterly' powerless to render assistance, to the victims, who had disappeared in the rush ing waters. Word was received from the scene of the wreck at 6 o'clock that sixty bodlec have been recovered and that no mora are now in sight. The search continues and bodies wl'l In all probability be taken ' out further down the stream, where they were washed and covered by the mud and sand. The following dead have been Identified; J. F. HIBHOP, architect, Pueblo. ITTA E. BISHOP, liister of J. F. Bishop, Puehln. t i GEORGE BECK. Pueblo. ' MISS BENNKLL, Pueblo. BETHEL, Cripple Creek. H. CURTIS, Pueblo. DUNCAN HELL, Peuhlo. MISS CARRIE DOWNING. Pueblo. . J. EM ERICH. Pueblo. GEORGE- ENGLAND, Colorado Spring JESSE E. GRAY, Pueblo. H. R. GRAVES. Pueblo. MRS. GARTLAND. Denver. J. U. GALBRAITH, Pueblo. J. O. GRAHAM. Florence, Colo. A. K. HOOSE. Pueblo. HARRY HOUGH, Denver. WILLIAM HOUGH, Punblo. A. O. HESS, Pueblo. MISS PEARL HOPPER. Pueblo. HENRY H1NMAN. engineer. Denver. DOROTHY JOHN80N, 8 years old. Pueblo. MRS. JAMES KEATING, Pueblo. IDA LEONARD, Pueblo. MRS. ROBERT LINFOTT. Pueblo. MISS STELLA M'DONALD, Pueblo. MAX MORRIS, Pueblo. R. O. M EATS, Denver. HUGH M CRACKEN. Aurora, 111. A. H. MAXWELL, Pueblo. MIH8 ANNIE PINE. Pueblo. ' MISS MARY PRICE. LaSalle, 111. T. H. REE3, express moeeenger, Denver HUD BEWARP. Pueblo. M183 ALICE STURGEON. Pueblo. MIKS VJNNIT 8ELBY, Pueblo. MISS ELLA STEVENS, Northampton, Mass. , M1S3 LOTTA 8HOUP, Grand Rapid. Mich. J. H. SMITH, conductor. Denver. MISS T1LL1E THOMPSON, Pueblo. JOSEPH F. TURNER, brakeman, Den ver. MISS EMILY WOOD, Pueblo. MRS. GEORGE F. WEST, wife of former mayor of Puehlo. MISS ERNE WRIGHT, Pueblo. M1H8 NELLIE WILLIAMS, Pueblo. MISS FLORENCE WALKER, Pueblo. I. W. WRIGHT. Puehlo. MAJOR FRANK H. WHITMAN, for merly of the Twentieth Kansas volunteers, Tnpeka, Kan. MRS. A. L. YEAOLA. Puehlo. DR. JAMES B. MACGREGOR, Ballard, Wash. Among Those Mlaalng. Elsie Roland. Pueblo. Dr. W. F. Munn, Pueblo. Mrs. John S. Mollter and two dauehtera ' aged 4 and 8 years respectively, Pueblo Minnie Uuvls, fueblo. Malcom B. DIgglns, Pueblo. . Frank Hodman, Pueblo. . Mrs. H. S. Gilbert, Pueblo. V. 11. Durham. Puehlo. Minnie Selby, Puehlo. Sophie Gilchrist, Pueblo. James O'liunnon, Puehlo, ' Miss Chancellor. Pueblo. Miss ltoseinan. Puehlo. Mre. Mnry Welch, Chicago. MIms Hadenbiirg, Sallua, Kan. Clyde Price, Aurora. Margaret Donnelly, Des Moines. Mr. Henrv Donnellv, Des Moines, Dr. E. C. Htlmmel. Pueblo. Ralph Sehwartsnup. Puehlo. J. (J. Thomas and wife, Pueblo. Miss Marguerite Kelley, Pueblo. Harold B. Page. Denver. James Paul Keating. 2 yeara old, Pueblo, P. H. MessliiKer. bunk ca.hltr. Central City, Colo. Injured aad Mlaaiag. Thuee known to have been on the train and now mlarlng are: Hueli McC'racken. Aurora. 111.: Clyde Price. Aurora, ill.: Mrs. James Keahlev. 2IS East' Fourth street, Puehlo; Mra. Utorge Went, home unknown' lima oaugliler of Mra Thompson, F. C. Kochmnu, Mra. Stearns, sister of iochmuun ; Harry Hough. Pueblo; Frank Hodman, Northanip. ton, Mu-n.; Alexuiuh-r H. Maxweil, Mai a; McDonald, Purhio; Fred Muhoitev. pue blo; 'liiomaa Hiilllvsn, Puehlo; I,. )t Dun- ham, 1.MJ Lrugdon street. Pueblo; Edward Kn:ght, Denver; T. b. Itr-w-, expret-s rues- ' sender, Dei. ver; 11. T. Lahel!, Denver; Mis. J. M. Killen, and ixty; V. II Lamoon ami if"; JeiM.e. E. Grav. Denv! ; Mrs. Mary Walsh, Chloa(o; Miaa Hr I'rivn,