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OMAHA, TUESDAY MOIININO, AUGUST 9, 1904 TWELVE PAGES.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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,