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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.
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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.
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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!
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STORMS AID WHEAT MARKET
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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