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ESTAHLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
FUSIOr iS COMPLETE
Populist Convention Forces Berge Upon
' the Reluctant Democrats.
CONCEDE THREE PLACES TO. BRYANITES
Take Tout , Ones Besides Governor
' ' iL emselves.
FUSiON BIT hi SE IN BOTH PARTIES
Number of its Walk Out and
Thi s r o Nominate.
EACH PARTS Fri ELECTORAL TICKET
leaders Ha . Hard Time ( it
Arranging the Term of tha
Compart and rineatlna;
tha Delegates.
For Governor
OEOKGE W. BERGE, populist, of Lin
coln. For Lieutenant Governor
DR. A. TOWNSEND, democrat, of Frank
lin county.
For State Treasurer
JOHN M. OdUoHN, populist, of Pawnee
county.
For Secretary of State
R. E. WATZKE. democrat, of Richard
son county.
For Auditor
J. 8. CAXADAT, populist, of Kearney
county.
For Attorney General
EDWARD WHALEN, democrat, of Holt
county.
For Ind Commlfsiontr
A. A WORSLEY, populist, of Boyd
county.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
ALBERT BOFTLEY, populist, of Perkins
county.
. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Aui. ll.-(8pecial Telegram.)
It -cam hard but It was forced tonight
It Is hard to aay which of the two con
ventions, democratic or populist, took the
fusion dose with worse grace. The prop
osition was put through the populist con
vention, practically under whip and spur
the biggest vote was registered against
fusion ever registered In a populist conven
tion and a scor or more disgusted dele
gate got up and walked out. It Is given
out that the anti-fusion delegates, repre
senting about a third of the counties, will
meet In a convention of their own tomor
row and nominate a straight populist
ticket.
When the democrat were presented wit
the pop' .Hat ultimatum- -a populist for gov
ernor and o"iy three of the minor places
conceded to the democrats they naturally
boiled over with resentment. But the lead
ers cracked the whip and told them to take
their medicine and try to look pleasant
while about it. Edgar Howard wanted to
be allowed to vote "a little while" for
democrat for governor, just to be able to
tell the boys at home thsti he had gone
through the motions before capitulating,
but he, too, reconsidered Ms Intention and
let It go at, that. Swallowing Berge, a
notorious prohibitionist, however, was
little strong for Bourbon democracy. Berge
w a. good enough, to make a forlorn race
for Congress On a democratic ticket Tour
years ago, but governor la a different offico.
' AH the persuasion of the big ones was
necessary to smooth tho rough places. It
was 2 o'clock In the morning trore tho
love emissary from the democrats appeared
to tell the populists that the merger was
completed. He told It to a mere handful
of delegates, a considerable number hav
ing quietly followed the original bolters,
leaving the chairman of fifteen or more
counties to report so many as "not vot
ing." Disgust is visible In huge chunks on the
faces of those remaining In bu'h conven
tions. The feature of the afternoon was the ad
dress of Torn Watson, the populist nomine
for president, which was listened to by th
delegates, to both conventions. It was a
rlpsnortlng, old-fa sliloned populist speech,
a middle-of-the-road brand article, which,
while It kept clear of local Issues, arraigned
the democratlo allies in scathing terms
that put large holes in the fusion skimmer.
. V7ai.m proved himself an adept orator, a
;.iio. Kh student of history and an artful
pller. He was earnest and vigorous la
fact, reached the point of physical exhaus
tion before he finished, but re-asserted him
self for his concluding sentences. The ef
fect of his speech will be seen later. Its
principle purpose of furnishing arguments
to show up the . Illogical position of the
democrats accepting Parker was certainly
well achieved. I believe that the Watson
speech had much to do with producing
democratlo submlsslvenees, serving as a
, warning of a volcanic disposition that was
slowly but surely taking possession of th
populists, and as a stimulus to accepting
th small crumbs the populUts were willing
to let drop from the table. V. R.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Number of Herat Mall Route Eatab
, Itshed aad Carriers
Appointed.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. U. Special Tele
srant.) Nebraska rural routes ordered es-
UWlnluxl September 15: Abla, Butler
vrty, on route; area, twenty-five square
miles; population, 5u5. Belden. Cedar
county; one route; area, thirty square
mll; population, 520. MUllgan, Fillmore
county; one routr; area, twenty-seven
quar miles; population, 630.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
Carroll. George L. Thorp, regular; George
W. KUIInger. substitute. Carleton, Leell
O. Smith, regular; Grace 6mlth, substi
tute. Cedar Rapids. Charlie V. Tate, reg.
ulart Daniel H. Tate, substitute. Leigh
John H. Click and Eugene H. Hyland, reg
ular; Claude Hunt, substitute. Iowa-
Badger, Gabriel K. Peterson, regular; A.
K. Peterson, substitute. Clarlnda, Walter
II.. Burwell. regular; Viola Burwell, sub
stitute. Derby. Alice Laaeear, regular)
John Laxeesx, substitute. Locust. William
Kern, regular; George Kem, substitute.
South Dakota Armour, Elmer H. Bowers.
regular; I D. Parker, substitute. Dell
Itapliis, Walter C. Brown, regular; A,
Smith, substitute. Madison, Elden E.
Eaton, regular; Mitchell H. Eaton, substi
tute. J i
IDAHO REPUBLICAN . TICKET
Prank H. Goodlngr Heads 1.1st of Nont
nations for Governor B. L.
Barton fur Congress.
'-.' 1 II lit., AU,)- II Alio . .u V-
Hcen state convention has adjourned after
ruinating the following ticket:
Congressman Burton L. French.
Governor-Frank R. Gooding.
Lieutenant Gov, rnor-rr. H. L. Steever
Supreme Ju.tge-I. N. Bulltvan.
Secretary of State-Will II. tllbson.
Att uney tirneral J. J. Gueghen,
Treasurer-Hal N. Corwln.
Aud!ir-Iu,bcrt ilcGraw ' ,
TRAIN ROBBER ENDS HIS LIFE
Riddled wllh Bullet After Desperate
IMetol Flaht for Liberty, Gra
ve lie Kills Himself.
HELENA. Mont., Aug. ll.-Isaac Gra
velle, on trial for robbing a powder house
near Helena last September of giant pow
der which was used In wrecking Northern
Pacific trains, escaped from the Lewis and
Clark county Jail this afternoon after prob
ably fatally shooting Tony Korlzck. a dep
uty sheriff. Pursued by deputies and John
Raab, a butcher, who was armed, Gravelle
took refuge In an alley beside the residence
of Oov. Joseph K. Toole, where a pistol
duel took place.
After an exchange of shots Gravelle ran
Into tho basement of the governor's house,
where he shot and killed himself. He had
been wounded by bullets from the guns of
his pursuers. The escape took place at I
o'clock, as Gravelle was about to be led
from the Jail to the court room In the
county building, which stands across (the
street. -
Deputy Sheriff Korlsek and Jailer Jones
were In the office when the former led
Gravelle out of the cell room. Suddrfily
Gravelle pulled a revolver and fired twice
at the deputy, his bullets taking effect In
Korlrek s breast a few Inches from his
heart. Jones was not armed and threw up
his hands. Gravelle ordered the Jailer to
open the door of the Jail, which he did.
Gravelle ran one block eastward, . where
he tried to mount a horse. He was too
hotly pursued, however, and continued his
flight A moment later Gravelle took ref
uge In the alley beside Governor Toole's
house, from where he emptied his revolver
st his pursuers. From there Gravelle,
wounded, ran into the basement of the
governor's house, where he blew out his
brains.
Gravelle was convicted five months sgo
of sending threatening letters to officials
of the Northern Pacific, of whom he de
manded 150,000. It was proved that he had
dynamited Northern Pacific trains and
property In an effort to blackmail the com
pany. He was captured after a long cam
paign that cost the Northern Pacific $50,
000. He was sentenced to ten years In
the penitentiary. Gravelle had been In the
penitentiary twice before.' He was a range
rider and cattle rustler and was regarded
as a dangerous and desperate man. '
Sheriff O'Connell does not know how Gra
velle got his gun, but believes It was smug
gled In to him by a trusty or & visitor.
After gravelle had shot the deputy sheriff
In the Jail office he took the officer's gun,
and It was with that weapon that he did
most of the shooting at the residence of
the governor.'
CHUG BUGGIES AT THE FAIR
St. Loals Busy Entertaining the Own
era and Drivers of Auto
mobiles. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 11. The automobile tour
which started In the east on July 25 and
has ended here has brought a large num
ber of automobile enthusiasts to visit the
exposition, and Incidentally view with local
automoblltsts In short spins around St.
Louis and vicinity. When the long tour.
was completed late yesterday the dust
begrimed and weary contest-nts hurried
to hotels snd spnt the evening in resting
and removing the travel stains. The auto
mobiles were promptly taken In charge and
cleaned up. Today they were used In
wheeling out to the exposition and the
visitors took In the sights.
The contest began on July 25 with 122
starteis. Of this number sixty-three ma
chines made the trip snd fifty-nine fell
by tho wayside. The longest distance cov
ered was between Boston and St. Louis.
2.0S3 miles. The number of persons who
made the trip, starting from various points,
was Z88. The biggest automobile to arrive.
dubbed "The House on Wheels." was driven
by R. H. Johnston and E. 8. Morton of
New York. It Is a closed apartment car
of high power and Joined the run at Cleve
land.
Comparatively few accidents are reported
to have happened along the , route. The
worst roads encountered were reported be
tween Springfield, III., and Edwardsvllle,
III.
By order of Mayor Wells, the ordinance
requiring all automobiles traveling In the
city to carry license tags has been tem
porarily suspended, snd the visitors are at
liberty to Journey around St Louis at ran
dom without displaying the big blue and
white license numbers. Receptions and
various entertainments have been arranged
for by the local committee, and on Sunday
the grand automobile races wl'.l be held on
the old St. Louis fair grounds track. ' A
survey of the track has been made,' the
curves have been high-banked and every
thing is being done to have the track In
perfect condition for fast time. Many of
tho most noted racers of the country are
expected to participate. After the races the
members of the touring party will disperse.
some returning home, some continuing
west and others remaining for an exposl
tlon visit.
DEVIL'S LAKE GETS A CROWD
Raab for th Fort Totlea Reserve
Lands Gets Under Good
Headway.
DEVIL'S LAKE. N. D., Aug. 11. (Spe
cial Telegram) Crowds are pouring in here
today to register for the Fort Totten I
servatlon lands. Five thousand strangers
will be In the city between now and to
morrow. It Is estimated that 1,500 to 2,500
will register dally (luring the remaining
sight days. Perfect order - prevails, no
liquor being sold and no stret fakirs of
any kind are operating. It will be un
necessary to have militia out at any time.
Minnesotlans and Iowans are registering
toduy; many from Illinois and Indiana are
here. A few South Dakotaiis and Ne
braakans are coming. It is estimated that
25,0(10 will be registered twenty-four per
cent from Minnesota, 22 per cent from
North Dakota, 18 per cent from Iowa and
the balunce from neighboring states east
snd west.
PHILIPPINE jARMY REUNION
Ou Thousand Members of th Society
la Session nt tho'st. Loals
Exposition.
8T. LOUIS, Aug. 11. A reunion of the
Army of the Philippines began today on
the Philippine reservation, at least l.ooo
members of the s x lety frora villous parts
of the United State being present. A ses
sion for the consideration of routine busi
ness was held In the Vltayan theater, with
George Charles King, the president. In the
chair, and AlU-rt E. Fout of St. I-ouU,
the secretary, present with other officers.
At the conduction of the day's meeting
the delegates attended reecptions at varl
ou state buildings. Among the dis
tinguished arrivals toduy wt-T generals
King and Hale. Secretary of War Taft Is
expected tonight or Friday, with, Guueial
Chaffee sud McrrUU,
SPARKS FROM FUSION FRAY
Outcome of Conventions at Lincoln Makes
Delegates Speechless.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING A HOWLING FARCE
Collection of Breesy Interview aad
Sparkling Stories Gathered at
the Two-Ringed Political
Circa.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. U. (Special Tele
gram to The Bee.) The cold gray dawn of
the morning after discloses the damp,
soggy fact that the package handed by tho
leaders to the rsnk and file of the delegates
to the fusion convention leave no room for
mirth and laughter.
"I'd tell you what theboys were saying
round about me," whispered a prominent
Fifth district performer in the democratic
ring, as the circus was breaking up at 4
o'clock In the morning. 'They all said the
earns thing but It wouldn't be fit to print."
This applies likewise to most of the things
that are being said today by the dejected
and demoralised delegates.
How do you feel this morning?" was the
greeting of an old friend to George Cor
coran of York, who had worn his voice Into
frizzles calling the roll of counties for the
democrats throughout the night. "How do
I feel?" responded Corcoran. "Well, not
too good but not so bad as I thought I
would feel when I went to bed a little
while sgo."
To the question how he liked It National
Committeeman Jim Dahlman threw up
both hands and said: "I refuse to be Inter
viewed by any one today."
But you got the fusion you were after,
wes suggested.
Yes. but not Just the kind of fusion that
we thought we were bargaining for."
One of the delegation that had recently
attended the St. Louis convention and held
his nose while he swallowed Parker, Inter
rupted to say: "Well, I don't feel quite so
sore going home now as I did going home
from St. Louis."
"Well, then," Interjected a bystander,
that' only because you are getting used
to It."
Robbing; It In on Metcalfe.
At the breakfast table W. H. Thompson
and Judge Willis D. Oldham were banter
ing R. L. Metcalfe as the father of fusion,
responsible for the present product.
You can have' all the credit for it," ex
claimed the little giant from Grand Island.
I hand the keys over to you."
"Credit for what?" asked Oldham.
"For fusing ourselves clear out of the
race. Why this fellow Berge won't get as
many votes as the Parker elector and
there Isn't a populist In the state who will
vote for them. Every year for the last five
years I have said this would be the last
year of fusion for me. and I say right now
that this finishes the Job." "
The only man I saw who was able even
to force a smile snd try to look pleasant
was Mike Harrington, the big populist
from O'Neill. .
"We might have done better,", sajd Har
rington, "but we did pretty well. I am In
this fight from the word Qo.' We are
going to give you fellows- a regular La
Follrjtt campaign In Nebraska and we'll
keep you busy to the close."
But Harrington has talked this way sev
eral times before without being able to de
liver the goods.
Colonel Frank' Eager, who Is really the
manager for Vice Presidential Candidate
Tibbies, confided to me that "the populists
have accomplished almost all they set out
to accomplish." "Tibbies Is talking a ttttle
wild," he sdded, "because he Is excited, t
think our folks will bs satisfied with what
we have got. We have a straight electoral
ticket for Watson and Tibbies and w
nominated a state ticked and merely let
the democrats ratify It Better than that,
we made he democrats come over and
listen to Watson give them the worst skin
ning their party ever had. I tell you Wat
son Is all right."
Slse I p of Pop Convention.
Looking back over the debris left by the
night's havoc several Interesting features
passed, by In the convention routine stand
out in a clearer light In the first place
the populist convention was better attended
thun any ponulist state convention slncrf I
1900. More counties were represented and ,
a better representation of the pld guard
was present. Nearly every man on the
floor was an orator and felt himself ag
grieved at the five-minute rule for speeches
a rule which, by the .way, was honored
more In the breach than In the observance.
The populist convention, however, had been
padded and weighted at the ends, as the
delegates discovered only when the first
roll call was ordered. Instead of an ap
portionment of one delegate-at-large and
one delegate for every 100 votes In the re
spective counties as heretofore the officers
of the committee had started out by giving
every county rive delegates-at-Iarge and
one additional for every 300 votes polled
last year for the populist nominee for uni
versity regent. As a result there were 847
delegates credited to the Hat, but propor
tionately the larger part of them came
from the unpopulated districts on the edge
of the state and the heavy voting counties
were largely overshadowed. As usual, of
course, one or two men cast the vote for
entire counties with ridiculous divisions on
halves and thirds when they disagreed.
Yet they were an earnest lot and appar
ently thoroughly Imbued with the serious
ness of their deliberations.
Borne funny things crept out with refer
ences to the counties in which populist or
ganisations had been disbanded. Several
counties were represented In which the pop
ulists had given up their own Identity and
gone Into the democratlo fold so that the
sunt convention at one and the same sit
ting chose two state delegations, one to go
to the populist end of the tent and the
other to go to the democratic end of the
tent. This was true notably of Richardson
county, Jefferson county snd several others.
Down In Jefferson county when the demo
cratlo convention was called to order the
populists discovered themselves to be In
the majority and they promptly voted down
a resolution endorsing Judge Parker and
pledging him democratic support, and only
out of compassion for their democratic col
leagues desisted from putting a democratic
convention on record by resolution against
the democratlo presidential nominee.
Denvvernts Become a Lanahlnsr Mob.
The democratic convention, too, was well
attended. In fact the seat seemed to be
more fully occupied as the session waxed
longer than they were at the beginning
some uncharitable persons explaining this
by tha fact tkat Lincoln refreshment re
sorts close at 11:80 p. m. and that the Slo
cumb law la very strictly enforced at the
state capital.
The guthering set out bravely with no
little enthusiasm and st various stages
demonstrated Its lung power capacity, es
pecially whenever some hit was mada de-
tCMitlnuid on Sacmd Page,)
SENATOR VEST
Slmple Ceremorf Attended by Urge
Kamber of I ;tt inanlahed Men
at t. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Aw. 11 All the municipal
offices were closed for two hours today nnd
the Msgs on city Institutions were placed at
half mast during tho funeral of Former
Senator George Graham Vent, who died
Tuesday at Sweet Springs, Mo., and whose
remains were laid to rest In BellefontaJne
cemetery In this city. The services, which
were very simple, were performed by Rev.
John C. 8hckleford of Sweet Springs at
the grave.
In the private car of Vice President and
Genersl Manager A. A. Allen of the Mis
souri, Kansas A Texas railroad, which had
been provided for the use of the funeral
party, were Mrs. Vest, Alexander L. West.
Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. George P. B. Jackson,
son-in-law and daughter of the deceased;
Mrs. JC. Thompson. Lee Montgomery. P.
L. Deweese, Miss Mildred Dewecse and C.
L. Jackxm.
Paul Cook, Charles Jackson, John R.
Lewis. Campbell Cummins, J. C. Thompson
and Walter Edwards of St Louis, Lee
Montgomery and Perry Dewecse of Sedalla,
acted as pallbearers.
The honorary pallbearers were: James
Bannermnn, Given Campbell, R. R. Lan
caster, D. P. Dyer. Alexander G. Cochran,
S. W. Fordyce, Dr. 'William M. McPeters,
Martin Clardy and Welsh Blodgett, St.
Louis; Harry Salr ion of Clinton, Mo.;
Judge' John F. Phil Ipa and Wash Adams
of Kansas City, Jutlse James B. Bantt of
Jefferson City, Dr. 6. W. McClure of Se
dalla, James Edwirds of Forestel snd
Judge William WIHUms of Boonevllle, Mo.
CARELESSNESSES EXPENSIVE
Chlcasro Man Loses a Valuable Claim
' by Being- Late at Land
Otre.
BONESTEEL, S. p.. Aug. 11. (Special
Telegram.) There were no new develop
ments at the land office today and only
thirteen parties whose privilege It was to
file on homesteads failed to respond.
Ray Fetterhoss of Chicago, who drew
claim No. J32, was 'delayed and did not
reach Bonesteel until 6 o'clock last night,
although he Should have filed about the
time of his arrival. This morning he ap
peared st the land office and related the
cause of his delay to Register Brockway,
but to no avail, as the chief official denied
him the privilege of filing. Mr. Fetterhoss
lost a claim that was probably worth from
$5,000 to $10,009 and has no one to blame but
himself. The most of those who have
dropped out were not eligible to file and
were afraid to materialise In Bonesteel.
A telephone line Is under construction
from Bonesteel to Herrlck and In a week
the new town will have' communication
with the outside world.
J. H. Bonn of Kentucky ha begun the
publication of the Heriick Register and
will Install a new cylinder press and equip
the office with all the modern machinery.
A well has been dug about the central part
of the town. Considerable excitement was
manifested today whpn a small piece of
ore was discovered id! the dirt taken from
the , well. Nine new i buildings have been
completed and about, 'thirty more are under
construction. A Aloux'City man was In
Herrlck today Investigating the. feasibility
of erecting a bank building.
ORIGGISTS MEET AT MITCHELL
Mix Social Pleasures and Sport with
Business. -
MITCHELL, S. D., Aug. ll.-(SpeclaI
Telogram.) There are 125 druggists and
their wives In attendance at the conven
tion of the South Dakota Pharmaceutical
association and It Is regarded by the mem
bers as the best convention held In years.
This morning he next meeting of the as
sociation was placed at Aberdeen, to be
held the second Tuesday In . August.
Wednesday evening a reception was ten
dered the druggists by the citizens of
Mitchell In the club rooms. Mayor Silacy
delivered the address of welcome and he
was responded to by A. A. Lelth, of Lake
Preston, Prof. Oldberg and Mr. Woolf. Re
freshments were served to the guests and
a dancing party closed the affair.
The sporting features of the convention
are very popular and were given In the
afternoon, participated In by the druggists
and the traveling men. Very handsome
prizes were offered by the wholesale houses
and other firms. The convention will ad
journ tomorrow morning after the election
of officers.
Coming: Fair at Huron.
HURON. 8. D., Aug. 11. (SpeciaI.-On
September 19 will begin the third annual
exhibition by the Central South Dakota
Fair association on, the association grounds
here. The fair will continue until the
night of September 23. and promises to be
one of the best exhibitions of its character
ever held in this section of Ihe country.
Heads of various departments, together
with asplstants, are busy preparing for the
exhibit. The buildings sre being enlarged
and remodeled, stock sheds and pens
erected, and the track, which Is one of
the best In the Vorthwest, will be put In
perfect condition. A number of counties
have already applied for space, and stock
men from all parts of the state have In
dlcated their Intention of being present
with animals for exhibition. In the do
mestic and women's departments there will
be many new features, and women of the
city are interesting their friends elsewhere
to aid them In making tbe display large
and attractive. The management has ar
ranged for some amusing attractions dur
ing fair week, and for special -bands of
music, also for reduced railway rates.
Rust f'mtm Down W ham V 1 . 1 .1
MITCHELL, S. D., Aug. ll.-(Speclal
leiegram.j ine miners' convention, held
In this city last nlxht and attended hv tha
representatives from many of the lead
ing towns, adjourned this mnrnlm A nu
was taken of the representatives from the
various pans or tne state concerning the
average wheat yield and It fnnnri .n
far as the etste was represented In the
convention, that the average wnuM K.
about nine bushels per acre, rust cutting
aown the average to a very large extent.
In some counties In the utatn ninm.
twelve to fourteen bushels per sere. Thirty
mills were represented In the convention
BUTTON TRUST GOES UNDER
snfinr appuiuiru i o zaae t barge
of th Katate of th
Concern.
WILMINGTON. Del., Aug. ll.-The Se
curity Trust and Safe Deposit company
was today appointed receiver of the es
tate of the United Button company, a Dela
ware corporation, until a truatee In bank
ruptcy can be appointed. Tfie receiver
Wk required to give bond in the sum of
lino.mto.
The United Button company controls a
large part of the covered buttons lndualry
of the country, having several Important
plants, and It 1j sld lis a., ait a amouut to
:.'., OA
FUNERAL OF
LION GROWLS AT THE BEAR
Fnssian Regulations as to Contraband Are
Specifically Objected To,
REPLY FROM CZAR IS NOT SATISFACTORY
Demand for Modification of Regula
tions and for Reversal of Attitude
In Knight Commander Case
1 Being- Pressed.
I-ONDON, Aug. 11. The Associated Press
learns that Great Britain Is distinctly dis
satisfied with Russia's attitude In the case
of the British steamer Knight Commander,
sunk by the Vladivostok squadron, and
continues to press the Russian government
to make substantial modifications of the
list of articles regarded as contraband.
Count Denckendorff, the Russian ambas
sador to Great Britain, called at the for
eign office yesterday and conferred for an
hour with Foreign Secretary Lansdowne,
the latter bringing up the question of the
changes which should be. made in the Rus
sian regulations in order to mske them ac
ceptable to the commercial nations, be
sides pointing out the lnadvisabillty of de
claring food, fuel nnd clothing contraband
under all circumstances. Lord Lansdowne
dwelt on the sweeping character of Rus
sia's proclamation, some of the provisions
of which, after specifying goods as contra
band, closed with the word "etcetera,"
which Lord Lansdowne pointed out can
Include anything and everything the Rus
sian authorities desire. As this is a seri
ous restriction on neutral shipping. Lord
Lansdowne insisted that the regulations
should not contain generalities of that
kind. In reply Lord Lansdowne was as
sured that Russia had no desire to un
necessarily hamper neutral shipping, but
that she cannot afford to permit Japan to
receive supplies which would facilitate her
military operations.
Debated la Parliament.
The questions of the Russian volunteer
fleet steamer and Russia's views on con
traband of war were raised In both the
House of Commons and House of Lords
today.
In the House of Commons James Bryce,
liberal, urged Joint action on the part of
Great Britain and the Uulted States in
dealing with the Russian claims regarding
what Is contraband, and to Insure that raw
cotton and foodstuffs be not treated as
contraband unless proved that they were
Intended for the use of belligerent forces.
Mr. Bryce also drew attention to Russia's
use of neutral ports.
Gibson Bowles,- conservative, suggested
that the Dardanelles question be referred
to The Hague arbitration tribunal. He
characterized the sinking of the steamer
Knight Commander as an outrage and said
the government must insist on full repara
tion. The Marquis of Rlpon, in the House of
Lords, questioned Foreign Secretary Lans
downe on the same subjects. In reply
Lord Lansdowne said the government had
already explained its views as to the Ille
gality of h actions of th St Petersburg
and Smolensk. Russia, he added, bad sent
Instructions to desist from similar seizures.
These instructions had reached their des
tination, and consequently the foreign of
fice assumed that ' there would be no
further seizures.
Passage of the Dardanelles.
In regard to other vessels of the volun
teer fleet passing the Dardanelles in the
future. Lord Lansdowne confirmed the As
sociated Press dispatches regarding the un
dertaking obtained by the porte from Rus
sia that the vessels shall fly the Russian
commercial flag during the whole voyage
and not carry armaments or munitions of
war, and not be transformed into cruisers.
As to the more serious question of Rus
sian views of contraband of war, the for
eign secretary pointed out that the regu
lations issued by Russia at the beginning
of the war very greatly amplified the defin
ition of contraband hitherto accepted by
Great Britain, and he , believed, by most
other countries, the enlarged definition
Including . such articles as coal, alcohol,
rye and other provisions, horses, etc. It
seemed to be a matter of such Importance
that the British government deemed It Its
duty to call the attention of Russia to the
gravity of the question, referring particu
larly to the . Inclusion of provisions, In
which this country Is largely Interested,
among the articles regarded as "uncondi
tionally contraband of war."
Great Britain Protests.
The British government had pointed out
that this inclusion was a serious innova
tion and stated that it was bound to as
sert Its rights by protesting against the
doctrine that It was optional for a belliger
ent to decide on what articles should be
dealt with as contraband, regardless of
well established lights and' usages. The
government had informed Russia that It re
fused to consider Itself bound to regard as
valid the decision of any prize court vio
lating these rights, or which failed to act
In conformity with recognised principles of
International law. The effect of these se
vere rules bad been greatly Intensified by
the exceptional measures taken to enforce
them, as in the case of the Knight Com
mander. The government had been given
to understand that Russia considered that
It was within the rights of a belligerent
to destroy a captured neutral vessel
whether she carried contraband or not.
This country had never accepted such a
view and he (Lord Lanadowne) believed
it had been refuaed by other powers. It
certainly had not been accepted by the
government of the United States. The
British government therefore, (was unable
to admit that the sinking of the Knight
Commander was Justifiable according to
any of the principles of International law
by which this country had ever considered
Itself bound.
Effect on British Commerce.
If the St. Petersburg court reverses the
decision of the Vladivostok prize court it
would be a matter for congratulation.
But, anyway, the government has refuaed
to admit that the destruction of the Knight
Commander was Justified or that the pro.
ceedings of the prise court were valid.
The cumulative result of the Russian ac
tions was extremely serious, and was hay.
lng a most Injurious effect on the com
merce of Great Brltian. His Impression,
however, was that both governments would
be glad to discover reasonable means of
settling their differences. Lord Lansdowne
concluded with remarking that be was
glad to be able to add that the replies
of the Russiaa government to the British
representations justified the hope that these
acts of destruction of neutral prizes were
not likely to be repeated. The British
government deeply realized tho gravity of
the question and would deem it to be its
duty to lnalat strongly on Its rights Tills
countiy poxneased rights, which, owing to
her predominant Interest In the commerce
(Continued a Seijud I'fto)
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Showers and Cooler rrlday. Satar
day Fair.
Temperature at Omaha YcsterilaTi
Hour. Den-. Hour. Dea.
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A a. m 3 a P. m 4
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Ha. m 4 p. m "T
a. m T B p. m
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11 a. m Til T p. m Ht
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p. m T
RUSSIANS CHECKED AT W0NS0N
Small Detachment Makes Effort to
Cross River and is Driven
Back.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
WONSON. Aug. 11. (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
One hundred and eighty Russians reached
a point two miles distant from here at
noon today, but were unable to proceed
further owing to a flooded river, to cross
which requires boats.
The Russians attempted to cross at three
different points, but were repulsed by the
Japanese fire. One Russian horse wss
wounded and afterwards captured. There
was no loss on the Japanese side. After
continued attempts for two hours to effect
a crossing the Russians retired to Non
Pyung. ten miles distant, where they
camped for the night.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co.. 19M.)
SEOUL, Aug. 11. (New York Hera'd Ca.
blegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
All the women and children have been re
moved from Wonson to a fortified temple
twenty miles south.
No further news has been received re
garding the Russian attack on that town.
Early this morning they advanced with
two small field guns and attempted to
cross at the same point as yesterday. One
hour's brisk fighting ensued. Six Russians
succeeded In reaching this side of the river,
but were driven back. The Russians are
now encamped on the river's brink. Later
three Russian dead were brought Into the
town. Further loss Is probable. Artillery
ammunition and also one officer's sword
were captured by the Japanese.
THEA HAD LOST NEUTRAL RIGHTS
Russian Government Officially Notifies
' Germany of the Fact.
BERLIN, Aug. 11. Russia has notified
the German government officially of the de
cision of the Vladivostok prize court that
the German-owned steamer Thea Is a law
ful prize, because it was chartered by the
Hakol Sannlno Gossl Koja company and
was plying between Japanese ports, which
deprived the vessel of Its neutral character.
Its owner, Herr Dledrichsen of Kiel, will
lodge an appeal against the decision With
the Russian admiralty. The German gov
ernment will give general support to this
appeal and will press Herr Dledrlchsen's
protests on such specific points as seem dis
putable after further evidence Is collected.
The foreign office has not yet cleared up
the legal uncertainties, such as the light
to fly the German flag over th Thea, con
sidering the fact that- It waa wholly en
gaged ra tha Japanese commercial service.
LEWIS NIXON'S MYSTERIOUS TRIP
Representative of Shipbuilding" Com
pany Visits St. Petersburg;.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 11. The Asso
ciated Press learns that Lewis Nixon of
New York, who has been inr St. Petersburg
for several days, came here at the request
of the Russlsn admiralty and that nego
tiations are progressing between the ad
miralty and Mr. Nixon, but whether for
the sale of ships, machinery or what Is
not ascertainable. Mr. Nixon Is going to
Sebastopol Friday to confer with the com
mander of the Black sea fleet
RUSSIA WILL BE MORE CAREFIL
Balfour Expresses Belief That No
More Neutrals Will Be Sunk.
LONDON, Aug. 11. In the House of Com
mons today Premier Balfour, speaking on
the same lines as Lord Lansdowne in the
House of. Lords, said ha was perfectly
confident that no neutral ship would
again be sunk by the Russians. He fully
agreed in the statement that such a sink
ing was an international outrage, and the
government had expressed to Russia In the
clearest way possible that view, with the
above result.
QUICKSANDS SWALLOW BODIES
Many of the Victim of th Eden
Wreck C'nn Never Be R
t covered.
PUEBLO, Aug. 11. During the funeral
services of the many victims of the Eden
disaster that were held today all the largo
business houses were closed, notices posted
on the doors reading, "Because of the
dead." Further shipment or" bodies to
points outside this state iave been made
as rouows:
Geo. A. Beck, to Princeton, Ind.;
Captain Frank Bodeman, to Florence,
Mhss. :
Miss Carrie O. Bishop, to H irtford, Conn.;
Airrea . jioes, to Clinton, in.,
Robert VV. O'Bannon, to Lumont, Mo.;
Elsie Roland, to Llndaborg. Kus. :
Mrs. L. A. Stevens, to Northampton,
Mass.:
Miss Lottie Shoup, to Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Mrs. Mary weicn, to i niragn;
Mrs. A. H. Yeacla. to Lima. 111.
Developments Indicate that the bodies of
the missing victims have been sucked into
the quicksand nnd will never be recov
ered. It was shown by the hoisting of
the wrecked engine that tin Immense de
posit of quicksand lay under the piers of
the wrecked bridge, and It Is also believed
there Is an underflow thnt has undoubt
edly carried bodies deep down In the sand,
entirely out of sight,- where they can never
be recovered. Further Investigation re
veals the fact that quicksand exists every
wits re along the river and this Is taken to
explain the failure to find a number of
bodies.
CATHOLIC CONVENTION DIVIDED
Tetotalers at Issae Over Affiliation
f Knights of Father
Mathew.
ST. LOUIS, Ai'g. 11. Rev. Father Walter
J. Shanley, president of the Catholic Total
Abstinence union, celebrated reqtilen) mass
In St. Leo's church today for deceased
members of tho order. Later In the day
the Priests' Total Abstinence league held
a meeting.
A disagreement has arisen In the national
convention being held here by the Union
over the effort to have the Individual coun
cils of the Knights of Father Mathew afi!l-
lato with the state organization of the To
tnl Abstinence union. The Knlgl.ts of
Father Mathew is one of the strongest or
ganizations affiliated with the union, being
the only one which has an insurance de
partinwit. The proposed p'itn fur tha mi
iklluu luvula aUa oiponl llu.
FOUR SHIPS IN PORT
Russian Cruisers and Two Torpedo Boat
Reach Chinese Waters.
BATTLESHIPS RETURN TO PORT ARTHUR
Whereabouts of Remainder of Tleet Whicb
Put to Sea is Not Known.
INDICATIONS OF FIGHT WITH JAP FLEET
One Torpedo Boat Dragged Out of Che Too
bj Japanese Ships.
CONTINUAL FIGHTING AT PORT ARTHUR
Russians Express Belief Place Caa
not Be Taken, but admit Gar
rlson la Near Point of
Exhaustion,
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
CHE FOO, Aug. 11. (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Be.)
The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ry-
eshltelnl, from I'ort Arthur, arrived In
Che Foo harbor at an early hour this
morning. Its officers seemed wora out.
and landed and went to sleep at a hotel,
declining even to receive a visit from their
own consul. They said, "We sre over
wrought." Th destroyer waa not flying
Its flag.
In an Interview later in the day Captain
Shestakooskl of the Ryeshltelnl expressed
the opinion that Port Arthur cannot be
taken. He said the surroundings of th
town were covered with corpses, but th
Russian losses had been small.
He also said the Russian fleet, consist
ing of six battleships and four cruisers,
crossed the mine field within two hours
yesterday morning, but four gunboats and
half the torpedo flotilla remained behind.
The Ryeshltelnl last night heard heavy
firing and it Is beMeved that the Russian
fleet met the Japanese. It seemed strange
that when leaving the harbor only a few
Japanese torpedo boats were sighted.
The Russians Intend running to VladN
vostok, where It was hoped that the fleet
would be reinforced by some cruisers pur
chased from Argentina.
Three days ugo the Japanese attacked
the main line of fortifications. The infan
try made recklessly brave bayonet charges
and the Russians replied In similar man
ner. Steel to steel conflicts took place and
whole regiments were annihilated. Th
Russians were worn out from their heavy
duty and men dropped from exhaustion by
the side of their arms.
General Stoessel rode slops; th Una urg
ing them to be brave - men for God and
their Fatherland. At daylight tb Japanese
concentrated their reserves and mads one,
final attack, iri which they swept the Rus
sians back. In one fortified poeltlon but of
a force of 200 men only two survived. Mor
than half succumbed to exhaustion.
6n Tuesday last tho Russians mad a.
stealthy attack, crawling among the rocka
and up mountain sides. The nrst lln
rushed the Japanese outposts and the flght-
Ina- ensued at close quarters. Simultane
ously the Russian fleet opened fire with th
guns from twelve to six-Inch. Finally Taku
mountain was again captured by the Rus
sians, who now hold the main line. Th
carnage is described hs ghastly..
'two Cruisers lu Neutral Port.
CHE FOO, Aug. 12. a. m. The Rus
sian protected cruisers, the Askold and
Novlk, and one torpedo boat destroyer en
tered Klau Chau bay last night (Thursday)
and exchanged salutes with German ves
sels. Two lorge Japanese torpedo boat de
stroyers which have been hovering outsldt
the harbor entered under the cover ol
darkness last night, showing no lights, and
anchored a quarter of a mile from the Rus
sian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshltelnl,
which had been moved to a permanenl
auchorage. The correspondent of the As
sociated Priss was not allowed to board
the Japanese vessels. The Japanese officer
said they would depart at daylight
It Is understood that the Chinese admiral
discovered the presence of tne Japanese
torpedo boat destroyers and presented th
same demands to them that he had eartler
given to the Russian destroyer Ryeslilteiul,
namely, either to leave port or dlsarni.
Darkness prevented a close Inspection of
the Japanese destroyers, but outwardly
they appeared to be In good condition.
A Japanese officer who waa talking over
the side of one of the vessels with th
correspondent of the Associated Press was
reprimanded by a aupertor officer and com
pelled to cease. This action Is in striking
contrast with the frankness of Captala
Shestakovsky of the Ryeshltelnl.
Have Russian Ship In Tow.
A party from the Japanese torpedo boat
destroyers boarded the dismantled Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshltelnl this
morning at 8:30 o'clock. The Japanese dis
charged their small arms and, during -th
firing, a Ruaaian was wounded In one of hi
legs. Daybreak showed a third Japanese
destroyer towing the Ryeshltelnl out of tha
harbor and all disappeared.
The Japanese consul claims that the Jap
anese ships were ignorant of the dis
mantling of the RyeshltelnL.An Associated
Press representative, however, Informed
the Japanese naval officers of the fact when
he visited the two Japanese destroyers at
2:30 o'clock this morning.
The Russian squadron left Port Arthur
In response to Imperative order from
Vice Admiral Skrydloff.
A semi-official telegram reports that th
Russian battleships Poheidu, snd Retvizan
have returned, damaged, to Port Arthur.
An official source here reports ,the sight
lng of the sixteen Russian warships lust
night In the vicinity if Che Foo.
Hospital Ships la Squadron.
It Is alleged that the Russian hospital
ship Mongolia, carrying women and chil
dren, which left Port Arthur with th
squadron, will go to Shanghai.
The Russian battleship Retvizan waa bit
seventeen times during the recent bom
bardment of Port Arthur but was only
slightly damaged.
The Japanese fleet has been directing It
Are against tno dock yards at Fort Arthur.
One hundred shells dropped on a s;ot from
which a powder m.ifulos had recently
been removed,
Captain Schaat kn till of tha fttjaflan tor
peda dtroyer Kyerhlialul. aluch .-merged
from I'ort Arthur with the Meet Monday
morning and whl'-h srilvtd here et!y this
morning, auti-s ti.t t:a i.b!u trvk
