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dnday Bed 3 , PART I. g 9 PAGES 1 TO 12. KTAIJLIHIIKD JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, AUuU8T 21, 1QQ4 TIIIUTY-8IX 'PAGES, SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Omaha I HE 'j V il f 1 4 1 - PLEIIVE AJIOXSTER Distinguished Bussian Traveler Gives Dead Minister a Black Eecord. INSISTS THAT HE DESERVED HIS FATE Persecutes All Who Knew or Befriended Him in His Childhood. AT HIS WORST ONLY TOOL OF ANOTHER Oppression and Cruelty Eaa Made the Feasants a Menace. LIKELY TO BREAK LOOSE AT ANY TIME Vrlter Tells of flame ol lht Horror He Has Wltifrd la Dlf. ferent Portions of the LONDON, Ant. 20.-(8peclal Cablegram to The Bee.) Mr. Curl Joubert, the author and well known Russian traveler, took cc caalon again this week to eounda note of alarm regarding- condtlona in ROssla. "Following upon the ahootlng of Bobrl kolT," aald Mr. Joubert, "the anamination of M. de Plehve la a deed which must be regarded aa one of Immense significance. "Russia's atory up to now haa been one long night of horror. It la awakening to a dawn of blood. BobrlkofT haa gone, Plehve has gone. Tou auk roe who will be next?" Mr. Joubert, with a troubled face, leaned forward In his chair. "I dare not give you the answer that I fear. "BobrlkofTs end waa Juat Plehve'a end waa Juat. If I were to tell you half the atory of his crimes you would not believe me. Tet he was . but the tool of Pobla donostseff and the Holy Synod. "Once I waa walking with Plehve in St. Petersburg. Boms little boya were tum bling In the snow. Then, for the first time and only time except when he was drink ing champagne t aaw a smile upon Plehve'a broad, coarse face. " 'Thus,' said he to me, 'did I when I was a little boy In Mlttau.' And, unbending, he began to tell me of his origin and boy hood. His people were Lutherans, of good farmer stock, and came from the Baltic provinces. He told me that kind folks had educated him when a lad. ."Yes, but ha did not tell me all; he did not tell me that when he came to power he hunted out everyone who knew his youthful secrets and sent them to Siberia. Treachery of the Maa. "Only one escaped, a man. named Demltrl Paskavttch. . Ha was lured from London by professions of great friendliness. He arrived In fit. Petersburg only to find him self on the road to the doom of his other friends. Ha died in Siberia. "That waa the manner of man Plehve was, and it-was plain Plehve before he be thought him of the aristocratic 'de.' "He waa the Tery man needed of Poble donostsefr, head 'of the Holy Synod. When PobledonostxefT enters the room the cross is on his back and on his breast. He 1 ail Ikon and burning braiiera. Crimes must he done', but it la not welt- for so holy a man to be mixed with them. "So ha caught riehve and converted hlra from hia Lutheran beliefs. And Plehve, In the name of the .Lord, told the Russian moujlks that the Jews slew Christian chil dren when they kept the Passover. And he sent men who incited others to kill the Jews. . . "Now," cried Mr. Joubert, "I am no liar and no fanatic. When I Bay the blood of 100.COO victims la on the head of Plehva I swear before God I speak the truth. "The motlveT Tou ask for the motive of all this crime and cruelty. It Is the innate, senseless, relentless, remorseless, bestial brutality of the Russian aristocracy and the Russian regime. "Might is right, rouble Is right In Russia." Calls Reports Lies. "They tell you that the knout has been abolished and that if autocratic the gov ernment of Runala Is kindly and humane. They are lies lies! "Remember that I have seen tha heads of babies smashed agalnat walls In Kleft; that I have aeen a farmer and hia wife flogged to death for a fault as small as 'passive resistance' in the country. Ays, and revolted at the sight; I have asked the Ruselan general who stood by smoking a cigarette if he knew what he was doing, and ha cursed me and told me to mind my own business. "The Russian government has made the Russian people brutes. The brutes will turn and rend their brutal masters. ' "Englishmen tn their quiet homes read of horrors in Russia In the newspapers. They shudder, half believe them, rnst the tewspaper aside. Next. morning the ser vant lights the fire with them, but tha horrors In Rusela go on. "It may be cast In my teeth that I am hitting a people who are down In reality, I should ray an official class which is down. 'But I cannot forget what I saw In Smo lensk the day on which Buller waa de feated. There were processions there In honor of the British defeat. I ran away from Smolensk and took the train to St. Petersburg. And what did I find theref . I "All down the Nevsky Prospect I could hear the popping of champagne corks In honor of England's ehnme." - TAX LAW NOT SATISFACTORY Desmark la Havtag Seme Fiperlence Itevlsioir Its System of Taxation. COPENHAOKN, Aug. 10. -tSpevial Cable gram to The Ha.) The prl-.u'iul result of the laat legislative session wax n i :i,ilal , reform of public taxation. Otis of the alms of this reform was to relieve tho lanl owners, ant lit order to rfTect tills ancient ground rents were dune awuy with, a, new tax on buiMing wns lntmdu"rl, both In town and country, and new Ir.co.i e taxes wers Imposed, not only to the state, but also to the municipalities. lloweter, no sooner have the new laws relating to these Income taxes come Into force than un 1 Intense dissatisfaction vllh them has arisen j and threatens tu necome gdiernl, evenj among 'he wind owars, whom tli-y are intended to Ix-neAt, and meeting, are be ing held all over th country, rilling u on government and legislative bodies to a.nond the luws as soon us posslhle Among those who have good reason to object to the new taxes are the for--1n Ihfiii ance companies doing hualiifus In Denmark. Mlnlttrr ta I'urtainl. LIVERPOOL. Aug. 2rt.-The Cunard line steamer UniUla, which stills from l.Hrr pool from New York F.-H"ol.r i. will tuke anion rMP'iger Chat be I'ufs l!rj, AEi'- ii.lnlcier to Portugal. HEROISM MAY BE REWARDED Woman Mar Be Made l,lhkoiae Trader la Flaee of Her Dead Ilaaband. I WASHINGTON, Aug. 2n.-Aa a reward for her heroism In turning by hand for two nights the light at the lonely light house at Cut Island, on Mississippi rot, after her hus1- en stricken dead with he Call me- ' Isnlel Mc- V.'-'-,v V ' position of " ' .oat point. t .ASA .. before the Lighthouse lie 3' - Department of Commerce anc ..Air. Although there are few, if any, Instances where women hsve been appointed to such positions. It seems likely that Mrs. MoCall will get the place. The story of her devotion to duty is one of the most pathetic that has ever come to the attention of that branch of the ser vice. Major W. E. Cralghlll of the United States engineers, has personal knowledge of the Incident and has related It to the Lighthouse Board. Cat island ia a lonely lighthouse Site on the Mississippi coast. Occasionally the supply boat or a pleasure yacht touchfs t lis re, but days pass and no human beins comes near. When Mrs. McCall. wife of the light keeper, Daniel McCall, called her husband to his supper several weeks apn no response came. She went, out and fouaH him dead on the boat wharf. She endeav ored to move his body, but was not atrong enough. Night had come on and she remembered that the light must burn. She went Into the tower, applied the flame and soon the rays were reflecting across the turbulent wafers. Mrs. McCall at once discoverer: thai the lamp did not mechanically re volve; something was wrong, and she did not know how to remedy tt. But she knew that the light must burn and the lamp must revolve, and upon her alone rested the great trust of protecting the lives of seamen In that region. . She attempted the task of turning the lamp with her hands, and all night she stood revolving the great glass prism all alone, with 'her husband lying dead near by. There she was alone for two nights, and not until the third day waa her dis tress flag seen. . Her nephew has been at tending to the duties of the station tem porarily. BRITISH IRON TRADE IN DANGER Joseph Chamberlain. Points Oat Some Dancers of Fiscal System. 'V DUBLIN, Aug. 20. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Mr. Touch, the unionist can didate, received this week the following letter from Mr. Chamberlain: "Dear Mr. Touch: I most heartily wish you success In your contest and in your endeavor to place the whole policy of fis cal reform before the electors of North east Lanark. In recent years none of your industries haa Buffered more from hostile tariffs and dumping than the Iron and ateel trades, and the. work people have lost both in employment and wages owing to the policy of drift that we have hitherto pursued. I regard the , future-, of these trades with great anxiety. They are, at tacked by unfair competition both In, the home markets and also In the colonies, whre the foreigners are beginning to make most serious inroads Into what have hitherto beenvconaldered : to be our special markets. The coal mines will suffer In their turn by the loss of trade which at present takes so large a portion of their output. "The question has become a vital one for the workmen.' If we cannot maintain our position there will be nothing left for him but emigration or the work house. He need not fear any Increase In the coet of his living, for that Is fully provided against by the proposals I have made. His taxa. tlon will' not be Increased, but only dis tributed differently, while a scientific tariff will enable him to keep the home industry and at the same time to secure his fair share of the growing demands of our great colonies. The issue , is so simple that I cannot believe that he will allow himself to be deceived by the misrepresentations of thoee wh,o have no plan of their own, but oppose on party grounds all attempts to reform a system which may have been very well sixty years ago, but It is now as much out of date as tha Imperfect process of manufacture which was in use at that time. . "Belleyo me, yours truly, ' "J. CHAMBERLAIN." MINORITY- GETS PROPERTY Decision of free Chnreh Case Stirring; t'p People of Soot land. GLASGOW. Aug. 20. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The house of lords' Judgment In the Free church appeal case ha's caused such commotion In ecclesiastical circles In Scotland that no one seems' capable of giving an Intelligible view of the outlook. Irtualiy me juagmeni aeciaes iiuii a body of twenty-four ministers and S,0n communicants about I per cent of the Free church of Scotland constitutes the true church, and It vests In this small minority the control and rlghta of property in l.luO churches, Innumerable mission statlona throughout the world, collegea and graax halls in the cities, and over fl, 000,000. It was quite expected that the appeal should be sustained, but none of the United Free church official and leaders dreamt for a moment that the minority of the Free church would have vested In them church buildings and funds. Neither aide, however, sppears dltpocd lo go to extremes, and when the at:nonphere becomes somewhat clearer negotiations will be opened with a view to a settlement of the issues Involved. At lenst this Is the view of one of the ka ting ofTcials In the Free church, but should i o compromlxe. be arrived at, and the Judgment of the Hou-e of Lords b en forced by the court of eesnlon when It niests sgatn In October, the ministers and corf relations who refuse to return to tha Free church must needs be dispossessed. After mature deliberation, the general view taken In Fcoiland la that a parlia mentary Mil mut-t be promoted at an early Ste to legalise i , 'ie settlement. CHINAMEN HAVEJCASH TO BURN Proceed to Astoalsh the Baslneaa Kleniral ff Transvaal on Their Arrival. i LONDON. Aug. !u. iSpeelal Cablegram to The ltee Owing tu the advance made to t'hineae coolies before they left their native country for South Africa, they arrived in the latter ecimlry with plenty of money, eijs a de.ittch pulillHhed by the Financial News. They have been spending money ao freely In the Kafir stores, says the telegram, that certain Hi es of gocds hive been prac-tl-ll)' cleared out which fact would rather oem to tliKpoae of the cry aluVh has been ral-.'l that the Chinamen Is going lo take all l.n jr out of the country and not CHURCH IS MISTAKEN Vatican Miscalculates the Baling Powers in French Political Affairs. DRIVES HOSTILE ELEMENTS TOGETHER Massei of French People Are Still Lojai to the Church of Borne. NOT IN SYMPATHY WITH CHURCH MILITANT People of Austria Are Watching the Con flict with Much Interest. SOME LESSONS FROM OWN EXPERIENCE Think t'lerar Independent of Stair Likely to Be More Powerful Than I'ndVr the Old De pendent Rrnlmr. TARIS, Aug. . tSpcial Cablegram to The Bee.) The conflict between the Vallc.in nml the French government continues to overshadow all the topics but the eastern wi r. Tlve mistake cf tho -Vatican authorities for a long time In fact, up to a couple of years a,i, was to wag uncompromising war ngnlnst the moderate Catholic elemen; in France. Moderate French rppulillctns were opposed by the full power of clerical inl!uence at the elections because they were considered to b more dangerous to ultra montane supremacy than the radicals and socialists themselves. It thus came about that the ultrn-conservatlves formed a hy brid coalition or electioneering alliance with the extreme parties against the moderate but genuinely republican element. Exas perated at such tactics on the part of those from whom they were entitled to expect, if not support, at all events benevolent neu trality, the moderate republlcana voted with the bloc agclnst the common enemy. That ia how some of the most prominent republican have been found In the recent majorities of M, Combes, with whose con duct of affairs it was known they only partially agreed. ' The aim of Vatican policy was based on a total misconception of the real state ot religious feeling in France. It was believed that the faipi of the French masses In the Church of Rome, if properly stimulated, would be sufficient to throw off at least some of the consequences of liberal and revolutionary teachings. This was a funda mental error. There is still plenty of reli gious sentiment among the French people, but it is not of the enthusiastic or fanatic description that would permit of a success ful crusade by the church militant At the same time. Its existence Is too widespread and deep rooted to permit the separation of church and state being carried out by the rough and drastic measures which the advanced antl-clerlcalo have in their minds. It Is, however, not to be apprehended that the advanced section of the republican party will make any serious fight for tha triumph of their own. special solution of this great question. There are some long heads among them and they will probably see tha wisdom of being content, at all vents for a time, with the adoption and application of the principle of the separa tion of the church and state in an attenu ated and possible form, rather than waste an opoprtunlty which may not occur again for years. Aasrrla Watching; Events. VIENNA. Aug. . (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) The attention with which the affairs of France are invariably fol lowed In Austria-Hungary has become un usually keen since the difference between Paris and the Vatican have strained diplomatic relations and have threat ened the existence of the concor dat The successive victories of the Combes cablret over Its open and secret foes have been registered with ap plause in liberal circles and with frank displeasure by the clerical press. Now that the Vatican action in regard to the bishops of Laval and DUon has led to a total diplomatic breach and has made the denunciation of the concordat appear In evitable, Austrlans look back on the thirty years that have passed since the denuncia tion of their own concordat and wonder whether the Vatican atands to gain or to lose by Its departure from the policy of Leo XIII. Judging by their own experi ence, they think the Vatican ihnnM i Austria has never been a hasty, progressive country, but thirty years ago there seemed a chance that it might develop along mod erate, very moderate, liberal lines. The concordat was denounced, chiefly because the late Dr. von Stremayr feared that un der Its provisions the new dogma of papal Infallibility would give the Holy See too powerful a lever for the control of Aus trian affair a May Help Chnreh. Whether that fear would have been Justi fied there are no means of Judging, but the Met remaina that since the denuncia tion of clericalism In Austria, with Its handmaids, antl-eemltlsm and Christian socialism, has steadily gained ground, and that, save, for one Important exception, the ecclesiastical tendency represented by the Society of Jesus is paramount In church, court and camp. From this cir cumstance many-Austrlans conclude that should the diplomatic breach between France and the Vatican lead to the denun ciation of the Napoleonic concordat, the French clericals, though not perhaps the Cathollo religion In France, would In the long run have cause to rejoice. The state, they think, would lose its powex. to con trol the choice of bishops, with the result that prelates of a militant, fanatical type would b appointed to the principal sees, so that the government would be con fronted by an episcopate financially inde pendent, working in open hostility to It and guiding the political action of believ ers In obedience to Instructions from Rome. These Austrian observers overlook In their calculations the fundamental differ ence between the character of the Austrtan and the French populations and also the great gulf that Ilea between a country still medieval In many of Its Institutions and modes of thought and a country which. Ilka France, haa passed through half a doien revolutions within the laat 130 years and is now half peopled by a generation that haa known no other form of govern ment than the republic. WILSON V3NSIN DEADLOCK Lob Convention at St. Joarph Eads x In Defeat for Coaareasmaa Cochran. BT. JOSEni, Mo.. Aug. Francis Wil son of 1'Utta City was nominated for con gressman by the democratic convention of the Fourth district on the l.CtUst bullot. The convention Lad beta In a deadlock since July -a. ' COTTON INDUSTRY HARD HIT Loss to British Maaafactarera sal Workmen "even Mllllea Pee ads. LONDON, Aug. 20 (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) At no period since the great cotton famine has the economic rltuatlon In Lancashire been more acute than has been the case there owing either to actual shortage In the supply of cotton or to the action taken to defeat American specula tionduring the last two or three years. The mills have run on short time since 1S01. The losses thus Incurred have been prodigious. The president of the Federa tion of Master Cotton Spinners' associa tion, C. W. Marara, calculated In the spring of the present year that the emp.oyrrs alone were losing, at the rate of about 40.000 a week, while, adding to this amount the diminished wages In the cotton and other dependent trades, he reckoned that the total lo?s to capital and labor com bined, as thp result of the short-time move ment, was at the rate of 150.0(10 a week. If this estimate be correct, it means that In the course of twelve months the direct financial loss to the various Interests Von cemed in this corn try has been no esa thsn 7,soo.otm. i The prejudicial effert on the people of Lancashire has been moxt serious. It has been a matter of reducing wages rather than of stopping work. The operatives, therefore, have still had a certain propor tion of their former wage; but severe econ omies have had to be practiced, even when no resort haa been had to the soup kitchens opened. In Oldham a town practically de pendent on cotton It was found In April last that of houses, large and small, there were then empty no fewer than 1,641, as compared with 250 a year previously, and of shops, large and small, there were 1 empty, as compared with 30. Since April forty more houses and fifteen more shops have been vacated. The figures with regard to the houses do not mean that the population has de creased; they mean that two or even three families will now be saving expense by living In a house Intended for one family only. CANADIAN TRADE VALUABLE British Peer Polats Oat Where England Shoald Bestir Itself. LONDON, Aug. SO. (Special Cablegram to The Bet.) The duke of Sutherland presided this week at Stoke over a meeting of the North Staffordshire Fiscal Reform associ ation, of which he is president, and de livered an address dealing with his recent visit to Canada and trade relations of that colony with the empire. Canadians were prepared to give the old country a pref erence, but Americans were prepared to create a reciprocal trade with Canada, and however well disposed Canadians might be to England the British manufacturers could not expect them to refuse advantageous terms from their great neighbor. If, there fore, he were a manufacturer he would either go himself or send a trusted agent to Canada to see if he could get Into that market at once. The speaker alluded to the great possl billtlea of trade with Canada, and said it was now offering EnsrUnd bettar. terms than it was offering anybody else. Could England not take advantage of this? He mmM from a recent speech of the Ca nadian minister of finance foreshadowing f,,rhar nrsference In favor of Great Tri(ain .nd annke of the advantage which r-annda had already reaped from the better relations which had prevailed in a business way between the mother country ana can Ha since the first institution of these pref erences. Canada was now doing what Great Britain waa considering whether it kr,M do a. circumstance wnlcn naa most interesting bearing on their present position. Subsequently a report was presented by a deputation which had visited London to make inquiries into the proportion of for eign china and earthenware sold. It was stated that dinner ware of foreign manu facture had displaced probably B0 er cent of the trade which was formerly exclusively British, and probably 75 per cent of china and earthenware fancy goods, are supplied by foreign manufacturers. DOG IS SENT THROUGH TUBE Demonatratlon of Emcleney and Capacity of Pnenmatlo System. LONDON. Aug. 20. (Spclal Cableg'im to The Eee.) Taking the sq-tlrmf iar little dog firmly but gently with the left hand, the operator dropped him carefully Into the yawning mouth of the big cylinder. Then closing the bree-h of the case, he pushed the cylinder Into .the machine. A touch of the lever, and tube and- dog disappeared from view. This reads like some terrible act of cru elty calling for thei intervention of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but, as a matter of fact. It was one of the many interesting' experiments made this week at the first demonstration of the Batcheller Pneumatic Tube system at Ranclngh lodge, Fulham. In exactly twenty-five 'seconds the cylin der and dog were blown out of the re turning tube, having traveled in that period 000 feet. On his release, it may be recorded that the dog wagged his tail and evinced those signs of canine satisfaction which humanity usually associates- with a con tented mind. Eggs, teacups and glassware were sent along the tube at the rate of forty miles an hour and came through the ordeal un shipped. The tubes In use were eight Inch tubes, but, twelve-Inch tubes are' to ba used for the proposed London system. It is claimed by the company that not only will the Installation of this system enable the postofrlce to deal effectively with 7,000,000 lettera a day, but that the tubes can carry nearly 90 pe"r cent of all parcels sold by the great stores and shops. WOUND IN HEART IS SEWED UP Iajared Maa Is rragreiilag Well and .It Is Thought He Will Herorrr. LONDON, Aug. 20 (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Once more has a wounded heart been stitched, up, thla time at Leek. On Tuesday, In a news room In the town, a man stabbed himself twice with an ordi nary penknife. At the Cottsge hospital a wound was found In the left ventricle of the heart large enough to admit the tip of the little finger, but the muscle of the heart closing over the incision prevented a loss of blood which would have proved fatal. The wound waa sewn up with three stitches, and the man la now profc-renslnx satisfactorily. He takes milk every hour and the action of the heart la good. The only danger apprehended Is blood polon ing. due to the dirty condition and J. t (ted end of the krilfa. ATTITUDE OF JAPAN Explain! Iu Position in Bjeshitelni Inci dent and Other Similar Caaei. JAPAN FEELS JUSTIFIED IN ITS ACTION Will Hot Bespect neutrality Laws Which Bussia is Constantly Breaking. REVIEWS BROKEN AGREEMENTS OF RUSSIA Believes that Sauce for Goose is Sauce for Gander. NEUTRALITY THAT IS ONLY CONDITIONAL China, While Ho Party to Present Cou'JIet. Haa Territory Whleh Is Central Only by Commoa Coaseat. TOKIO, Aug. 20. 4 p. m. The Japanese government today gave to the Associated I'resa a stntement defining Its attitude in the capture of the Ryeshltelni and declar ing its pooltlon on the entire question of Chinese neutrality as follows: The status of China In the present strug gle Is wholly unique. Nearly all the mili tary operations are carried on within its borders. It Is not a party to the conflict, nevertheless Its territories are In part bel ligerent and in part neutral. That condi tion of things In the contemplation of In ternational law Is an anomaly and a con tradiction. In this case it Is a creature of a special understanding, to which bel ligerents have given a decision with a view tn limit the area of hostilities in the In terest of foreign Intercourse and the gen eral tranquility of China. The Japanese government engaged to respect the neutrality of China outside of the replone. actually Involved in war, pro vided that Russia made a similar engage ment and carried It out tn good faith. The w Japanese government considered that bel Ugerenta wehe precluded by this engage ment from occupying or making use for warlike purposes any 'of the territory or ports of China outside of Jhe xone which has been made the theatef of war, because it seemed to them that any such occupa tion would Ipso facto convert the places thuA occupied and used from neutral to belligerent territory. It equally seemed, to them that any such occupation and use of neutral Chinese ter ritory or ports by the Russian forces would give effect to the proviso in the Japanese engagement and Justify it in entering ter ritory or ports ao occupied and used as belligerent, ' China's Neutrality Imperfect. In other words, the Japanese government held that China's neutrality Is Imperfect and applicable only to those places which are occupied by the armed forces of either belligerent and Russia cannot escape the consequences of an unsuccessful war by moving its army or navy into tnose por tions of China which by arrangement had been made comfortably neutral. A Russian warshln from Port Arthur sought in the harbof of Che Foo asylum from attack which Its home port had ceased to afford. In taking that step It was guilty of a breach of the neutrality of China as established bv the agreement of the bellig erents, and Japan was fully Justified In re- ?:nrdlng tna port or Lite r oo oeingerent so ar - the Incident In Question is con cerned. With the termination of the Inci dent, the neutrality ol the port was re vlved. The action taken by Japan at Che Foo waa a direct natural course of consequences of Russia's d in retard of its enraKement. hut it la not alone In thia matter nor alone lh the Che Foo matter that Russia haa flagrantly violated (..tuna s neutrality ana Ignored its own engagements. tlhortlv after-the investment and Isolation of Port Arthur a system of wireless tele- frraphy was Installed between " the be eagured forts and the -Russian .consul at Che Foo. The system Is still in operation notwithstanding the repeated protests of the Japanese government. Rnasla Inconsistent. At Shanghai at the beginning of the war the Russian gunboat Mandjur, In defiance of China's neutrality, remained in the port for weeks after receiving notice to leave. Finally after long negotiations it consented to disarmament. Again, the Russian cruiser Askold and the destroyer Uroxovol have new been at Shanghai for more than a week and still refuse to disarm or lenve. The Japanese government has no intention of disregarding China's neutrality so long as it ia respected by Russia, but they cannot consent that Russian warships ns a result of a broken engagement and a vio lated neutrality shall unchallenged find In the harbors of China aafe refuge from cap ture or destruction. ASKOLD AMD GHOZOVOI TO LEAVE Russian Shlpa Will Sail from Shan arhal at Onee. SHANGHAI, Aug. 20. The Russian tor pedo boat destroyer Orosovol has been or dered to stop repairing and either to leave this harbor at once or to disarm. The Rus sian cruiser Askold must leave here Mon day at noon. These orders were Issued by the taotai of Shanghai. It -ta believed in official. circles that both warships will obey the same. The taotai notified the Russian consul general that If his orders for the two ves sels to leave port or disarm were not at once obeyed the Chinese government would effect the disarmament of the ships and that their crews would be held In custody until the termination of the war. Permis sion to repair the boilers of the Askold was refused. The taotai contends that the Askold came into port with two engines and two sets of boilers in operation and that it must leave port In the same condi tion. The change In the date set for the depar ture of tha Russian ships (It was previ ously announced that the Askold would be permitted to remain at Shanghai until next Tuesday) -Is due to an Intimation from Japan that China is siding with Russia and that China's responsibility in the matter is serious. China disclaimed responsibility if Russia failed to observe Its neutrality. The Japanese consul general here declares that the Qroxovol and Askold are sea worthy and that they have been gaining time to repair to their fwll fighting capacity. SHANGHAI, Aug. 20. Morning The re port that the taotai haa ordered the Rus sian torpedo boat destroyer Qroxgovol to cease making repairs at once and to leave this harbor before noon today or dis arm Is confirmed, as Is tho report that the Russian cruiser Askold has received orders from ths taotai to leave Shanghai before noon on Monday or disarm. It la said to be impossible for the Askold to cross ths bar before the spring tides, and It is the belief In official circles that both the Groxevol and the Askold will disarm. FLO ATI HO DOCK 11HEAKS I TWO Another Incident In the Hard Lack of Russia's Navy, LONDON, Aug. SO. Lloyds has received information to the effect that a floating douk which waa oil its way from St. Peters burg to Libau for the ue of ths Baltic fleet is a total loss, having broken In two. Rnasla Missed aa Opportunity, BT. PETERSBURG, Aug. . 7;2S a. m. Referring to the British expedition Into Thibet, the Novoe Vrernya today says: "Russia Is now being paid for the for bearance ahown Great Britain during the South African war, HaJ we taken ad vantage of Great Britain's preoccupation then to cross Persia, ths Baltic fleet might now have a b no the Persian gulf to irpeiate from." THE BEE BULLETIN. Forecast for ehrak-ao'vrra and Cooler Kaaday. Monday Fair aad Warmer, Paste, 1 Paints Plehv- la Plsck Colors. Chnreh ll.brn In FreneTi Tropic. Jnr-na Only V nt F Ir Plny. General Asnsntt or- Turf -finr, a strikers Are C-r'aln of Vlrtory. Loral OtrlUe Matl-n. 8 Kerrs from All Part of SebrnVa. Guards' llrapttnl Corp ia Ae'lnn. 4 Btaehhara I Turned noma. Hrpubllraa Maaairn Coafldent. 5 Bates oa ftnaar Ae Slashed, yiraman Calls oa founrll to Help. Doings In Omha Social Circles. T Amnsemeata. 8 Council Bluffs and lovra Xevre. Storm Leam Wreck In St. l,ool. 9 Suaar Rate War Soon Ailjust-'d. Rents Dae on t'lty'a Property. 10 tinea After the Ilia Aatolsta. Tennis Plnyrrs to Hnve Inalnar. 11 Results of the Dsy'a Bnll Onntes, Ktna Wins Golf ChsmplnnKhlp. Bering on the l.oeil Traek. 13 Weekly Review of Sportlntt Events 13 Omaha and Its Great Hospitals. Plana for tho Horse Show. 14 Editorial. 15 Scoatlaar In tho Tall Timber. Kansas City and Its Telephones. 18 Campnlsraera of Other Dnya. Condition of Umaha'a Trade. 19 Finanrl.il and Commercial. 20 Loses Ilia Bride and Ills Mone. XI to SO The Illustrated Bre. Temperature at Omnhn Yesterday! Hour. Bra. Hour. 1 p. Ilea. 8 .H :m Tl T4 T T8 MO !4JI M.I Ml Ml K.I 83 in . m . STORMS AID WHEAT MARKET . Bad Weather In ir!hnrt MeniU Prices for Future Delivery Still Higher. , MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. lO.-The wheat market was greatly excited tod;ty over the reports of rain and hall In the north west. Prices soared upward, September touching tl"3 shortly after the opening. December followed to $1.17 and May to 11.18. A Carberny, West Manitoba, report stated that rust was dolnir destructive work In the Wyandotte province Other reports of new damage were numerous. LONDON, Aug. 20. The wheat market continues to be little affected by tho ex citement In America. The pnee of Ameri can wheat has not advanced since yester day and remains substantially below the quotations In America. The Indian variety has gone up slightly. Russian wheat has not been affected. " NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-In today'u wheat market new high records were again es tablished, September selling at 11.16-ji, against ti.13 last night Wheat hrd a late break to tl. 13 for Sep tember and It was reported that Minne apolis dropped t cents a bushel, the cause being further heavy unloading. Later prices rallied 2 cents a bushel here, clos ing rather firm. The present markets were so excited and prices at such great varia tions that commission houses are demand ing 10 cents per bushel margin on all trades. CHICAGO, Aug. f0. In heated trading on the Board of Trade today the price of wheat for May delivery took a fresh Jump if 2 cents a bushel. For a few seconds II.16H a bushel was paid freely and In that bitaef time several million bushels changed owners. The cause of the strength was emphaalxed reports of fresh ravages of black rust In the wheat fields of the north west The close for May delivery was $1.154. or H of a cent under the top price for the day. an a net advance of 14 cents. September was up of a cent at S1.10H and December UVfflVl cent at $1.12. - FALES ARRESTED FOR FRAUD Kansas City Maa Charged with Fraudulent t'ae of Malta la Small Grala Deals. KANSAS CITY. Aug. 20.-Charles G. Fales, known also as Colgate Fates, has been arrested here by United States Mar shal Durham on a charge of using the malls to defraud, and In default of $3,000 bond Is being held In the county Jail. He J win ub given a preliminary nearing on August 30. Fales conducted a grain speculation busi ness here under the Arm name of Arthur R Whltlock and company. In which he acted aa agent for persona who wanted to trade in speculative grain markets in re sponse, to circulars sent out by him. . Papers In Fales' office seised by Marshal Durham included a number of accounts snd records that undoubtedly belonged to the Rlalto Grain company of St. Lou la. They are In the form of cards, which Indi cate that the average amount paid In by the would-be speculatora Is not far from $100. The cards number 3,000 and bear the names of persons In every part of the United States and Canada. NO HOPE FOR SENATOR HOAR May Endure for Several Days, bat There is No Chaace of Recovery, WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 20. Senator George F. Hoar was still alive early today. He was given a little opiate last night to Insure rest. It was admitted thla morning that his condition continued very serious and the members of his family have re mained constantly near him. The text of the bulletin Issued at I o'clock tonight by General Rockwood Hoar follows: There Is no change In the senator's con dition. He will probably sleep easily inrougnout tna nignt. lis nas taken very little nourishment indeed and generally re fusee It. Ills mind Is perfectly clear, but every precaution Is taken to prevent dls- luiuuig nun. The statement was made thla afternoon that life might endure for three cr four days, although there is no possible hope of recovery. It haa resolved Into a Wearing out of his great endurance. NO STRIKE NOW EXPECTED Anthracite Coal Troubles Will Be Referred to Judge Gray of Coarlliatloa Board. WHEELING, W. Va., Aug. 20.-T. L. Iwls, national vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, received a telegram today from . the conciliation board at New York that there would be no strike In the anthracite coal region. All questions have been referred to Judge (Jray svud hie interpretation will ba final. PORT ARTHUR BnURDED Grieral Attack on the Eussian Stronghold by the Japanese Has Begun. OPERATIONS COMMENCED AT DAYBREAK Iuvadcrs Making Supreme Effort to Beduoa the Vaachnriau Garrison. K0UR0PATKIN IS AGAIN ON THE RUN Will Have to Fight if He Retains Present Position. TWO MORE MISSING CRUISERS HEARD FROM Novlk, Reported at Sakhalin and Dlaaa, Flads Safe Port la French China, bat No Details Glvea. , . CHE FOO, Aug. 20. 1?:30 p. m. Tha steamer PecMll Just arrived here, was over hauled and boarded by a Japanese de stioyer and Ave torpedo boats six miles j off l.iao Tien Shan last night. An officer from the destroyer stayed on board for j forty minutes conversing with the Japanese conmil to New Chwang, who was a passen ger for Che Foo. ' The sound of tiring was so heavy occa sionally that conversation was difficult. The Jaimnes - explained that they were en caged In shelling the Russian positions with, the utmo.it vigor, preparing for on asaault today toward daybreak. When the Pechlll was permitted to proceed on her course tha firliiK wan at Its heaviest and It waa be lieved to Indicute the imminence of a gen eral assault. Final Assault Vader Way. I p. in. .M. H Ijuln, the Japanese consul general at Tien Tain, who arrived here to day on the B.-Itlsh steamer Pechlll and who had a conversation lasting forty min utes 'with tha commander of a Japanese torpedo boat djytroyer which overhauled the steamer off Liaoti promontory last night, says that todny's battle, which be gan at daybreak, la directed against tha fortress Itself. It Is taking place along the entire line and it is Japan's supreme effort, to which the recent battles were but preliminary contests. Ho added: "I firmly believe that you can safely say that Port Arthur will soon be in our hands. One after another of the outer defenses have been taken by the Japanese, and when the latter had completed their preparatlona for the grand assault. General Stoessel was asked to surrender.' . Ha refused. Now cosies the final test" Rumor Bays Japs Los. There is a rumor current here, tha source of which cannot be learned, that tha Japa ncsu have teen repulsed at Fort Arthur. Japanese Build Two Forts. Chinese who left Llao Tleshan promon tory at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon hava arrived here and say the Japanese have built two forta at Shushiyen. They con firm previous reports ' that the Russian warships now at Port Arthur are In com paratively good condition. They heard nothing of the sinking of a Russian gun boat off Llao Tleshan promontory laat Thursday night. Russlana Retreat Aaaln. TOKIO, Aug. 20. 1 p. m. The Japanese troops occupied Anshanshan yesterday and the Russians have retreated toward Muk den. Takes Germaa's Papers. TSINO TAU. Aug. 20. I p. m. The Jap anese protected cruiser Yaeyama has Just anchored here and landed Major Hoffman, the German military attache who was at Port Arthur. The major left the fortress In a Junk, at the German emperor's orders. The Jaiianese cruiser picked him up thirty miles out, and It la reported, confiscated Hia papers. Major Hoffman'a personal bag gage was left on the Junk. 7 p. m. The correspondent of the Asso ciated Press here waa received on tha Yaly&ma by Captain Dlshlyama. The lat ter, however, waa not disposed to talk ot the war beyond saying that the Japanese have been successful In the recent fights oft Port Arthur. He further declared that tha Japanese expected to have the Russian warships now at Port Arthur In their hands tn a day or two. The Yalyama left thia port at :30. Revives Dylan; Hope. ST. PETERSBURG, Auf. J.-l:60 p. m. The report from Che Foo that tha Russian have driven the Japanese out of tha posi tion at Fallchwang (Palung-Chang), where they had been bombarding the forts of Port Arthur, was received with consider able gratification at the War office, where It was regarded as evidence that the de fenders are strong enough to take tha offensive when the occasion demands. For this reason the War office la not Inclined to credit tha reports that the Japanese have captured forta No. 8 and No. 4 Juat beyond Nagousop hill, five miles northeast of Fort Arthur. It Is admitted that tha possession of these forts would render the situation of the besieged desperate. Tha War ofhee has no official Information from the fortress going beyond August 8, I snd 10, which probably was sent through ths captured Rusulan torpedo boat deatroyer Ryeshltelni, although this Is not admitted. This report tells of the desperate charac ter of the Japanese attacks, which con tinued practically without intermission for forty houra. Owiieral btoessel's reports of the asaaulta of August 14 and 15 are ex pected at any hour. x Notlfled Array aad Navy. . Private information coming from . Port Arthur by way of Chinese Junks says that when the Japanese sent In the flag of truoa Friday they conveyed a message to both the general commanding the fortress and the admiral commanding the squadron. According to the admiralty's information the battleship Retvlxan was the most un lucky ship in the harbor before the sorue of August 1U. Out of 103 shells eutuilitg the town, five struck he Retvlxan, wound ing its captain and three other ofuceis It was a!o the only ship hit when the Japanese fired over IJaotl mountain, the