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Bee. Omaha ,l?oirKoliablo Wat-News &nu:mus tJi nvo rh c 13 co When Out of Town Iavo Tho I3oo Sont to You TLTO 11-JC ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 1871. SINGLE COPY TJIUEE CENTS. OMA1I.4, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1904. Baily PATH OF RUIN LEFT Tornado Which Lashed St. Paul Cuts Path Through City Eight Milos. SIXTEEN KILLED AND LONG LIST OF KURT Conservative Estimates Place Lost to Property as High as $1,000,000. BUSINESS DISTRICT WAS HIT HARD Etormcloud Comes from Southwest and Wrecks a Bridge. BURIES PE0PLL NS OF A THEATER 'I-- Roof Were II. It, Tree and Poles Leveled, , nit W lau Blown r. Wrecked C. PAUL, Mir.ii., Aug. : to nix teen persons Sr.d destruct operty, both private and public, .uattd at 11. OOO.OCO, In tho result of the storm which tor down the Mississippi valley at about t o'clock last nleht from a point somewhere near the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi riven near Fort Snelllng. At about that point the fury of tha element seemingly divided, and. with a roar, de scended upon tiie- Twin cities and the r environs. The dead: ALBERT ODHE, aged 3! years. SIX-YEAR-OLD SON of Frank Hedges. RICHARD HILL13BICK. operator at Minneapolis Junction, killed by lightning, residence Minneapolis. TTM KNOWN WOMAN. In MlnnCBDOllS. LORIN F. HOKINSON, 6Stt Brunson street;- killed at Tivoll theater; body re moved to city morgue. GEORGE, KWENTON, carpenter, 37S To ronto avenue, killed at Tivoll theater; body removed to city morgue. UNKNOWN GIRL, aged 10 years. VIOLA ROBERTSON, aged 12, killed by . falling wall of dormitory at House of the Good Shepherd. MARY ODONNELL. agecd 13, Glencoc, Minn. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SON OF PAT RICK ODONNELL, Glencoe. Minn. FREDERICK GROSS, Glencoe. Minn. MRS. GROSS, mother of Frederick Gross, Glencoe, Minn. THREE UNKNOWN DEAD at Bt. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis. FOUR UNKNOWN DEAD at Waconla, a small station twenty miles west ct Min neapolis. The missing: Edwin Gilbert, 438 South Robert street, was one of the last persons seen in Tivoll theater during the calamity. The injured: William Lungby, 948 Payne avenue, skull fractured, fatally injured. Olaf Hanson. B38 Forest street, hit on head hy falling arc lamp and knocked uncon , scions, ' ' Theodore Schweltxer, 644 Wacouta street, .blown from his deliver ' wagon - on the Lafayette avenue, bridgo-tmd seriously In jured. . " t .' . -uctAfm Dnuehertv of Omaha, brakeman. blown from top Cf freight, car In East St. Paul yards and. severely bruised. Mrs. Robert Younger, caught in collapsed house at 612 Lafayette avenue, injurcd-tn-. icrnally; may be fatal. - 'Charles Strong, machinist, caught In the ' coliapse of tho East St. Paul roundhouse of tl.o Omaha, badly bruised and taken to tho hoiu'ital. Geors,? Le Cluire, V$ 8outh Wabasha street, cut and bruleed about arms and bedy; not serious. Thereto. Kempf. actress Tivoll theater, badly cut on nrm and body bruised by fall ing timbers. . Padlo Kenny, actress Tivoll theater, arms cut and head bruised. ' ' David Berlin, srTtge. hand Tivoll theater, arms seriously cut Sister at House of the Good Shepherd, name unknown, injured internally and body badly cut und bruised; condition critical. Unknown child. House, of the Good Shep herd, burled beneath debris; may die. Polly O'Nell, actress Tivoll theater, fell down Ktulrs and was .Injured by falling door, hli) and body bruised and cut. Worren Whitney, piuno player Tlvoli the ater, badly cut about body and bruised; rendered unconscious. J. Welnholzer, 607 Wabasha street. In jured in wreckage at Tlvoli theater; hip bruised and burned by .live electric wire. Kittle Runson, actress Tivoll theater, fell unconscious when crush came and was rtmoved by the police; will recover. F. E. Ford, shocked by live wire and burned. John Hammond, -Fort Snelllng, injured about head and body' at Tlvoli theater. Peter Smith, UirtenUer at Tivoll, shoulder dislocated and bruised about body und limbs. John Ltndlund, uose broken and wound on head. Paul Reynolds, hands badly, cut by fall ing glass. Michael Eg an, proprietor popcorn stand at Filth and Sible Btreets. . heud and face cut by broken glass. John Hayden. 410 East Lucy street, head out and' bide bruised. E-'.l Iluydrn, 410 East Lucy street, llmba end uody bruised and eut. Anr.ie Scott, actress ut Tivoll, cut and bn:Ied about head and shoulders. I Unknown boy, rendered unconscious by live wire ut Rice and Como streets. John Dus'.in, telegraph rpcrutor, head cut by falling glass. Scores of other peraors In all districts of the city are reported to hive sustained bruises and cuta by falling timbers and "glass. Walter Sanborn, 631 Bedford, burned on neck by live wire. Joseph Hanaon, Cook street, struck by electrlo light. Damaie la Enormous. , The damage to property was imraenre. conservative estimates placing it between IjUO.OCi) and tl,C00,G0. The downtown busi ness district was hit hard, many of the lurae ulhYo and business blocks being com pletely rlJdied and the stacks of wholesale lioub-es seriously dsm.iired. by the floods of ruin that accompanied thp wind. The storm cloud, which came from the south west, flint hit the ground on the west side bluffs near tho high brM.f. Two spuns of thin (inuljiv, which Is of steel and which crosses the Uls:lali.pl river rt a height of 100 feet, cr cut out as cleanly us though done with a Itnife and thrown Into the gulch below, crushing In the roofs of a number of s:uall house eltuawd on the flats aloi.g the river bunk. The storm kept on across the river in an oblique direc tion, leveling the numerous slmde tre on Harriet island, whuru tlm St. Paul public bathe are situated, but dulng little or no datiiUMe ti the buildings there. It atnwk-tbe city prvpr near the Wa basha street bridge, completely demolishing the Tivoll thepter, a frame structure on the Sandstone bluff at the edge of the river. There was a vaudeville performance on at the theater, whl?h was fairly well filled. Two men were killed by the fall of the roof, and about a dozen persons, women performers and others, were burled II the ruins. Many of them were severely hurt before they were extricated by the police department, which rushed to the rescue as soon as the storm had abated. At Wa basha street the Empire theater, a two story brick house of the same character as the Tlvoli, was unroofed and otherwiso badly damaged. Nearly all of the business blocks on Third street between Wabasha and Sibley streets, a distance of five blocks, were damaged. Roofs were blown off, plate glass windows shattered and huge signs sent scurrying through the air like feath ers. The Minnesota club at the corner of Fourth and Cedar streets was damaged. while th Globe office building, a ten-slo.y building Just acrosE the street, escai ed with but little injury. Only a few pares of glass remained unbroken. The Pioneer Press building, a thirteen story brick and steel structure at the cor ner of Fourth and Robert streets, was literally riddled by the wind and flying debris. Nearly every window on the south side was shattered, part of , the cornice was damaged and a huge skylight above i "" ,lt" p5" "! nr!1 during his Journey the court was dashed to pieces, the glass ,n"- 1;e t"'0 showed up today. Ho falling like hail In -the corridors beneath. ,s T- F- Downing, who hn.i long been en There was a stampede among the print- C'1 brines in Maryland, adjacent ers at work In the comnosln room In ihs ' 10 Washington. Mr. DownlnB has Just twelfth floor, many of them being cut by flying pieces of glass. The Western Un ion telegraph office on the eleventh floor of the building was flooded by the sheets of rain that came In through the broken windows and the operating force was com- pellcd to make a hasty exit. The genera Lj . ' ' ' manager of "the Pioneer Press company j l9f 1 am firm"r nc?d that Mr. Roose statea that hevond the hroken th I velt -8rr5 rv northern state, unless building was undamaged. Whole-snle Houses Damaaed. The wholesale houses on Fourth atreet for two blocks below Robert suffered ex tensive damage. The wholesale dry goods house of Finch, Young McConvllle was unroofed and the windows blown In. The stock was considerably damaged by svater. The loss from this cause was esti mated at 110,000. Q. Sommers and company, wholesale notions, suffered a loss to their stock of about ten per cent and the build ing also was damaged. Llndeke. Warner St Sons, Lanpher-Sklnner company, and Scheffer & Rossum, wholesale firms, also suffered considerably. The Davidson build ing, at the corner of Fourth and Jack aon, was unroofed, the entire roof being picked up and blown on top of an ad Joining building. A stock of furs stored In the Davidson building suffered damage. The storm then swooped across Smith's park, levelling all shade trees, and struck the five story brick building of Noyes Brothers & Cutler, wholesale druggists, blowlnfr eff the roof and carrying awey pnrt of the upper story. Nlcol, Dean & Gregg, tho Goodyear Rubber company, Clement, Dranger & Co., Ogden. Merrill & Greer and C. Gotzlan & Co., wholesale houses facing or the park, were all dam aged to a greater or less extent. On East Seventh street, between Wa couta and Kltson streets, a distance of seven blocks, much damage was done. The Hablghorst building at. Seventh and We-' couta, occupied by the Economy depart ment store, was unroofed and (he. stock flam aged. The five ator;- brick building occupied by the Schurme Wagon company on Rosabel street, near Beventh, was badly damaged, the entire top story being blown away. ' He-ops of nebrls. ' The Upton livery stable, a brick struc ture In the' same vicinity, waa wrecked, about half the building being down. Along the north side of East Seventh street every budding was damaged, sot,1 being nothing more than heaps of debris. Most of them, however, were small brick or frame build ings, and while the aggregate damage will be hfnvy. the Individual losses were com paratively small. The Washington school building at Lo cust and Eighth streets suffered consid erable damage, almost the entire top por tion being blown away. St. Mary's Cath olic church on Ninth and Johns streets was unroofed, while the school building across the street escaped with only minor damage. St. Slgfleld's Episcopal church on Eighth street, a . frame structure, was levelled to the ground. The storm at this point seems to have lifted slightly, and for several squares the damage done to residence property was of a minor char acter only. Tha tornado dropped again at. Lafayette park, corner of Tenth and Lafayette ave nues, and all of the magnificent elm and other shade trees In this beauty spot were uprooted or twisted off. Fort Snelllnic Kscapea. The storm at Fort Snelllng. situated on a level plateau and unprotected from the fury of the storm, the government build ing at Fort Si e'ilng mlracuously escaped Fevere Injury. T:i storm seemed to fol low the river course. The slate of the south roof of the Thir tieth Battery quarters wos torn from Its fastenings and distributed over a large area. Portions of the roofs of the Tenth Battery and the gun shed were also ripped loorc, exposing the upper Boors to the fury of the torrent of rain that poured down Incfssantly for half an hour.' The wind had oprarently spent a portion of its fury by the-tlme It reached the fort. Ufa- 1,1st of Fatalities. Reports coming In show the death list In the vicinity of the Twin cities on ac count of lust nitrht'a storm at this hour, 6 !. rr).. a be ten persons. Three were killed in St..Paul. four at Waconle, a smsll r'.r.tlcn twenty miles west of Minneapolis on the Minneapolis & St. Louis' road, and t'nres Vijlled at St. Louis park, a sutrurb of Minneapolis, whe-e the atatlon was de molished and a s-'l on razed to the ground. Comely Ileeanies Speetaeulsi'. When the tirnado struck the theaters tho buildings bRan to sway and rock and tho i;n('le:ires became panic stricken. Men md boys rushed over euch other for the exits. The lights went out and the sheet Kghtnlr.g' Cashes, one following another with gunfire rapidity, illuminated a scene cf p.- mli-ir.onium which was Intenrlmd by the cruli of glass and the tearing of ttm lu r us the frame structures gave way be fore the tornado. Sections of the roof were blown Hi far as Third street, a block dis tant. Underneath tha debris of the Tlvoli were found the manjled bodies of Lorln F. lUkunsrn, oi e of the employes In tho concirt hall, and George, Kwenton, one of tho audience. Tin roofs on federal buildings were Jelled In bundles i;nd deposited In the streets Dying p'ate lurs mixed with the ruin bl tucd everything which stood before It and horse and yi rrla c.e.i were swept a.ong the streets, winch in an Incredibly short spuce of time were filled wi'h water. Wires were torn down and part of the city wart in d.trknesM. I'n bile Ilull'Hnsa IIHMiged, From I.ufuyette I'arU the tornado swept up I afayette avei.ue to I'ayne avenue, tho piliiilpal bjiniBS feti'tcl of i.ant St. Paul, Continued ou Second Pa f TREND AWAY FROM PARKER Maryland Man Says Boosevelt Will Carry the Solid North. POPULISTS ARE CUTTING A WIDE SWATH Debate on Labor Qneatlon Between Compere and Davenport Alract Insj a Large Amount of Attention. fFrom a Staff CorresDoi nnderi WASHINGTON, Au?. 24.-Spr- ,l.)-Pol-lilchms who absorb their polltii'jl Informa tion In tie Hoffman horse cofe, In New York City, are disposed to Judge the prob abilities of the campaign from the New York view point. And when" they reach Washington vthey Inv-'uble fpread lnfor York City is probably the worst place on tha crntir.ent toleani the political senti ment of the cinntry generally. And the big hotels arc the poorest places In the big olty to uncertain reliable news, unfhivored with partisanship. Occasionally, however, appears e man who has traveled and has completed a trip from S.iu Francisco to the e.iKt, and during that trip he took occasion to dig up a few facts of n political nature. "I have always ben a believer in thi double standard." s:.ld he today, "and I tha row In Wisconsin results In the loss of that state to hla party." "Do you, then, Intend to vote for Colonel Roosevelt?" Watson Kir Be r Snriirlse. "No. My vote wlrf be cast for the pop ulist electors. Vy support will go to Tom Watson, of Georgln. and I predict that the strength of the Wotron ticket will astonish those gentlemen who are responsible for Judge Parker's telegram. That mescage. which Is thought to have accomnilrhed so much for the Judge in the east in sollUUylng the gold democratic vote, has certainly driven from the democratic ranks thou sands of men who, like myself, sincerely believe in bimetallism, and those thousands will either vote for Watson or for Roose velt." "It cannot be possible that you expect the Watson ticket to cut any figure In the campaign.?" "I most assuredly do. A few days ago I was In Omaha and while there I called Upon my old friend De France. Much to my surprise I found that ho is the secre tary of the populist national committee. I naturally enquired how ho expected to run the campaign. He assured me that there are many wealthy men affiliated with the party who are able, ready and willing to bear the financial burden. One wealthy mine owner has already contributed J1.000, and wrote that he was ready to duplicate the check as often as necessary. While I sat In Mr. De France's office several other contributions were received, and I was as sured that there will be no trouble over lack of funds." , ,- - . L',"But Is the 'populist.!. party -well enough organised to assure the placing' ol electoral tickets In each state?"' . Expect Newspaper Support. "Already full tickets have been named In twenty-three statee and others will fall Into line In ample time. In Ohio it will be neces sary to secure about 20,000 signatures to enable the populists to secure recognition on the official ballot. 1 Up to lost week 18, C00 of these names had been secured. "There Is another thing which' has "been lost sight of. Mr. Watson was formally notified of his nomination In Cooper un ion, New York, on Thursday evening. The expense of this notification is In the neigh borhood of fl0,000 The money lias been raised and ft was" not contributed by tho republicans. Mr. Watson has a great many friends where he is not expected to have them and while he has not at present the support of any great metro politan newspaper It need cause, no sur prise If announcement is made within the next sixty days that four of the most widely circulated have come to his sup port." "You surely do not mean that the Hearst chain will abandon Parker for Watson?" "I have not said as much, but it you have watched the trend of events among the democratic party managers since the nomination of Tarker you may Judge, per haps that Mr. Hearst has not been treated with that consideration which his promi nence In the democratic party entitles him to demand. The party today Is In th hands of the men whoae Interests are ab solutely opposed to the rank and file, dem ocratic orators in ' congress and out have for years Inveighed against the 'money power" and "Wall street' and yet Judge Parker's campaign Is In the hands of the biggest of the Wall street men. Under the circumstances it Is not strange that thousands of sincere democrats refuse to accept Judge Parker as the exponent of true democracy, and those who do not want to throw away their votes will be found In the Roosevelt camp, while others like myself will vote for Tom Watson." Important Labor Debate. 'Probably the most Important debate on labor subjects that will be had during the presidential campaign will be that be tween Samuel Gompers of this city and Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport. Conn., before the Washington County Agricultural society at Fort Edward, N. Y. August 23 and 24. The subject of the debate will be the "closed shop," which Is the uppermost topic in labor circles and over which the long struggle between the manufacturers on the one hand and the labor unions on the other, is now approaching its cli max. Messrs. Gompers and Davenport not only rank among the best speakers that could be put forth by their respective sides but are the ones most prominently iden tified with the issue. Mr. Gompers, as head of the American Federation of Labor, neceasarlly stands as the embodiment of the principle of the "closed shop." For years thld has been the great object of the labor unions consolidated to form the American Federation of Laborto force all laboring men to Join the unions by pre venting their employment m shops where union labor la employed. The federation has consistently and persistently main tained the attitude that a shop must be either "union" or "scab" and If "union" it must be "closed." He will be well matched In Mr. Daven port, who is the executive agent of the American Anti-Boycott association, and recognUed ae the leading exponent of the employers' side of the question. The Antl Itoycott association Is a neeret organiza tion of leading manufacturers and mer chants with a membership extending Into alrnoHt every state. The boycott being rec OKiilied as the most formidable weapon in the hands of the labor unions in seeking to enforce the "closed shop," the Anll Hoycott association, as Its name Indicates, was formed for 'the purpose of maintain ing the principle of the "open shop" by very Usui nieaua FELT IN PARAGUAY Famine Peleea Prevail and XeeessarleS of Ufa Are Rearce. BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 21. An artillery ennagement-has been fought between the San Jocomino battery of the Paraguayan army and a bodjf of revolutionists In Which the latter succeeded in dislodging the guns of the government force. The losses on either side are not stated. There has been no bombardment at' Asun cion, the capital of Paraguay, since last reports. The Insurgents have established a provisional government with the capital at Villa del Pilar. 112 miles from Asuncion, and have nominated General Ferrelra, their leader, for president- and Gonzalez Novero for vice president." Four secretaries also have been named. One of these, Deputy Soier, hss started for Rio Janeiro and other capitals to endeavor to secure tho recognition of the revolutionists as bel ligerents by the various governments. This Is taken to indicate thai rapid operations by the Insurgents have been Impeded by the non-bombardment cf the cupltol, owing to the Intervention of the diplomatic corps at Asuncion. Despair In felt In the capital over the failure of -the negotiations over the set tlements gf th difficulties. All Imports have been suspended and articles of prime necessity ore haraly obtainable at famine prices. The arrival of the Argentine gunboat, which was dispatched last week for tho scene of the troubla has not been re ported ejid a torpedo boat destroyer has been sent In search Of the missing vessel. Sl'LTAX ItEMIXDRD OF PROMISES Minister' I.elsliuixii Sends a Pointed No'e to the Sublime Porte. CONSTANTINOPLE, A-.g 21. A note from Minister Lelshman. dated August 18, wes handed to the Turkirh authorities within twelve hours tfter the receipt by the minister of the Turkish note on Mon day. In this note Mr. Ixlshman holds the government to Its solemn undertaking, com lug direct from the sultan, respecting equal treatment with other nations for the United S'ate concerning the question of educational. Institutions. This allusion to the imperial pledge apparently embarrassed the porte, which had previously announced tjiat it would Ignore the formal verbal as surances which Minister Lelrhman declared he had received. It Is considered Improb able that the porte will reply to the mln ister's note, and therefore the question la looked upon as shelved pending the execu tion of the process of recognition when it Is considered, not improbable fresh difficul ties will arise. Notwithstanding the assertion by Ijiz.- Pasha, the secretary of the palace, that $23,000 hnd been deposited as compensation due to an American citizen at Smyrna for land Illegally taken, no such deposit has as yet been made. WATER TOO COLO FOH LONG SWIM Third Attempt, to Oron Straits of . 'Dover Prove a Failure. DOVER, England, Aug. 21.-S. W. Greaa lcy, the third man to enter- the water In the attempt to zwim'the straits of Dover this , year, and who started tills morning, gave up the trial after an hour and a half. owing to tho extreme low temperature of the water. 'PleliTes Assassin la Dead. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 21. It is ru mored here today that the assassin of M. von Plehve, minister of the interior, died a few days ago. FORT RILEY PIST0L SHOOT Everything; In Readiness for First Small Arms Competition Ever Held by United States. i ' JUNCTION CITY, Kas., Aug. 21.-Every-thlng is In readiness for the commence ment of the national shoot at the new na tional range on the Fort Riley reservation, which will begin at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. ' This will be the greatest small arms competition that l as ever been held in the United Btates. There are fifteen states represented by their national guard marksmen hero tonight. These are Kansas,' Alabama, Connecticut, Iowa, Florida, Maryland, Georgia, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Now York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington. In addition to the state teams the army la represented from the cavalry and one from tho Infantry. The navy is represented by one team and the marine corps by one team.' Each team Is composed of eighteen men. In the national competition there will be three matches the national team match, tho national Individual match and the na tional pistol match. The team shoot will be of three days' duration. The national Individual shoot will be a two days contest. The marksmen will use the regulation carbine or rifle, and In shooting will fire two sighting allots and ten shots for record at each range. In the national pistol match there will be three kinds of fire slow, timed and rapid, with ten shots for each at distance vary ing from twenty-five to seventy-five yards. Regulation army pistols will be used. Veterans Turn Farmers. GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. Aoir 21 Br. clul.) For the first time In the history of that Institution has a general farming campaign been made on the Soldiers' Homo farm, the efforts hitherto being confined to stock purposes and ha v particularly. This year, however, under the direction of Adjutant Bowen, sixty acres were also put Into corn and quite an acreage to oats, and both have yielded wen. The home has sufficient oats In the three glistening stacks for It own lu. 600 tons of alfalfa hay, 200 more than needed; will have thirty bushels tn th. acre of corn, has 250 young shoats and a herd of forty-nine milch cows, besides a large amount of garden produce. Arrested for Old Crime. FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 21. (Special.)-. For stealing a team of horses and a vehicle worth 1450 from A. Bauman ten years ago Ed Hayes was arrested laat evening In Fremont. He came back evidently think ing hla crime had been forgotten and ap plied for work. Sheriff Bauman appre hended him and arrested him. When Hayes took the rig he said he intended to drive into the country and return the following day. He was not seen afterwards and no truce could be got of him or the outfit. Severe Dlorm at Fremont. FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 51. (Special.) The Thomas Fox house on II street was struck by lightning during a heavy thunder and rainstorm eaily this morning. The building ws shuken up and a bed on which one of the Fox children was sleeping was et on Are. It was eaully extinguished, with little damage. The storm was one of the hardest of the summer while It Jastrd The precipitation amounted to .ti6 Inch. Some damage was dune telegrupb and tele phone wlrtt. DESPAIR MINE OWNERS IN CONTROL Deportation of Cripple' Creek Attorney! Planned by Citizen Alliance. t STORE COMPLETELY WRECKED AND LOOTED Sheriff Bell Advised the Expelled Men to Stay Away, as He Is Pow erless to Protect Them. ' CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Aug. 21. No secret is made here of the fact that the deportation of Attorneys Eugene Englny, Frank J. Hangs and J. C. Cole and twelve other men from this district last night was planned by members of the Mine Owners uCTMtatton and Citizens' alliance and waa carried out under their direction. The El Paso, Vindicator, Flndley and other large mines were closed down when the day shift stopped work and the miners of both day and night shifts were required to assemble In Cripple Creek, as trouble was brewing. ' A report had been In clrcu latlon that several hundred deported union men were returning to the camp In a body and it has been determined to drive them nwny Hgaln should they come. This report proved to be groundless. However, other work had been laid out for the 2,000 or more miners who swarmed Into town, and, act ing under orders given by leading citizens. they proceeded to "round up" the federa tion attorneys, employes of the Intermoun tain Mercantile company's store and others who have openly expressed sympathy with the Western Federation of Miners, and es corted them beyond the city limits. Store Completely Wrecked. During the entire proceedings the sheriff of Teller county and the mayor and city marshal of Cripple Creek were out of town Under Sheriff Parsons and Deputy Thomas Underwood attempted to control the mob, but were easily overpowered. Many of the deputies who have been regularly employed in the district since tho riots early in June, it is alleged, were active as leaders of the mob. City Marshal Crowdcr arrived from Victor while the looting of the Intermoun- taln Mercantile company's store was in progress and essayed In vain to stop the destruction of property. The store Is com pletely wrecked and the entire stock, valued at 'several thousand dollars,' destroyed 01 st ol erf. Advises Miners to Stay Away. Sheriff Edward Bell arrived from Denver after tho mob had finished its work and took measures for the protection of the prisoners in Jail. He sold today that he had no intention of asking the governor to send troops to the district, aa ho advised President Moyer and Secretary Haywood of the Western Federutlon of Miners, he snld, not to carry out their announced pur pose of sending the deported miners back to this camp, as he would be powerless to protect them. Governor Peabody Ready to Act. COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. 21-Governor Peabody passed through here at 9:20 tonight enroute to Denver from Canon City. He said: "I am returning to Denver a day earlier than I expected, to be ready to con trol the Cripple Creek situation if. neces aar.'." ' . . . - MISSOURI WEEK AT THE FAIR Prominent Feature of the Proa-ram Will Be a. Balloon Race from' the Exposition Gronnds. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 21. Tomorrow will mark the beginning of "Missouri week" at the World's fair. The mayors of many of the Incorporated municipalities and dele gations of citizens are exDected to r.-irtiet- pate in the festivities. Receptions will be neia. in the Missouri state building and prominent citizens will deliver speeches. There will be a parade each day, differing in its composition. A prominent feature of the week's nro- gram will be a' balloon race, scheduled to start from the exposition grounds on Sat urday with the point of destination the Washington monument at the national cap ital. Invitations have been sent out by the exposition management to all the towns In the state having a Domilatlon of l.ooo or more to send delegations of citizens to participate In the events during the week. The attendance at the World' fair for tha past week almost equals that of the pre- nuus weeK, although the past week waa not marked with so manv attraction. Th. total number of admissions for the past week amounted to 641,283 and the total for the week previous waa 666.607. Fniin.in are the daily records for the past week: S??"ay' Agust 15., i,3,950 irlV 'i 9 743 l'jy ::::::::::::::::::::::::: rnuay ft, erday m.Z o. Tota1' 041,283 Since the opening dav. Aorll-si 7 admissions have been recorded. Following is the recapitulation since the opening: Amil one rinv .a-.-. .. J ini,f3.. Ma v. twentv-stv ii.v. . r .... June, twenty-six days l.ll't.tM juiy, iweniy-sevcn days 2 343 567 August, eighteen days l,809,3ul Tot' iM.m END APPR0ACHES GRADUALLY Senator Hoar Reatlaar Comfortably and Hla Hind Is Clear. WORCESTER. Mass., Aug. 21. At 6 o'clock tonight the following bulletin waa issued from the house of Senator Hoar: The aenator Is restlnor i.nmrnr.hiu has been rather more comfortable this afternoon. Has taken a little more nour ishment today than yesterday. The sltua- iiuu on uio wnoie is practically unchanged. hwhwouu HOAR. At 9 o'clock this morning this bulletin was issued from the senator's home: Senator Hour passed a comfortahia' nii,t and awakened Juat as the sun came streaming into the window of the sick roinn. "Well," he said to-hls son, General Rook wood Hoar, and hla daughter, Miss Mary Hoar, "another day has begun and 1 am still alive." General Hoar gave out that his father was growing weaker gradually and might not live through the day. A great portion of the forenocn was passed In sleep. Shortly after noon the senator woke again and waa able to sit up and look out of the window. Senator Hoar's mind la cleur, but be Is very weak physically. Movements of Oveau Vessel Ana-. SI, At. Plymouth Arrived: I'rinzess Alice from New Y.i k for Cherbourg and Bremen, und proceeded. At trillion bailed: Minnehaha for New York, and :H'-d the Llanrd. At Hotter, lain Hulled: Rotterdam via Boulogne for 'ew York. At OueenMown-H.illed: Umbrla from IJv. crpool for New York. At Liverpool Sailed: Cnrthaaenlan from Gh.vgi.w for bt. Johns, Halifax, N. S., and t'nr.anrinniH. At jn.ver h.nin: lieiirravla from Ham burg for New York via HauIokiia. At rout hamiiton n,iileu: Miemen from IVr mtu iur Jvew Voik and Cherbourg. I NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair and Wanner Monday! Tuesday. Fair. Temperrtnre at Hoar. lies. B n. m T.t 6 a. m Tn T a. ih T4 8 a. ni TT ft a. Ti..,.. T:l 1U n. m T't 11 a. n T.I 13 iu TO (I m n h a llonr Yesterday Den. m (-1 m m . . , ni . . , m . . . 7 IT .1 p ni . tn , in . tltl MIKADO'S WARSHIP AT SIIAXGH4I United States Torpedo Boat Anchors Between Jap nnd Russian Ship. SHANGHAI, Aug. 21. Shanghai was thrown into a fever of excitement this aft ernoon by the arrival of a Japanese tor pedo boat which was sl3hted coming in from the south at half past 4 o'clock. It passed Woo Sung at lull speed and started up the river Ju for Shanghai. The United States torpedo boat destroyer Chauncey slipped Its cable and followed the Japaneso destroyer. The Japanese boot aas cleared for action. It anchored oft the Cosmopoli tan dock where the Russian cruiser Askold Is undergoing repairs. The Chauncey came to anchor practically between the dock and the Japanese dostioyer. A foreign pilot ship reports seeing a Jap anese battleship and two cruisers cruising sixty miles outside of Woo Sung. There are at present no Chinese men-of-war In this port, but the Taotnl has telegraphed that a Chinese cruiser will be sent Im mediately. The Russian consul general here flatly refuses to disarm the Askold and the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi, or to order them to leave the harbor. The Taotal has notified American Consul Goodnow, who Is dean of the consular body, that. China cannot protect the for eign settlements. He contends that Rus sia Ignores the orders Issued by China and that China has not the means of mak ing her obey them. Consul Goodnow has called a meeting cf the consular body to tnke Joint action for the protection of foreign Interests. The Askold has docked ndjaeont to the wnre heunes h?re of the Standard Oil company, which are valued at over H.nnn.ofll. The Standard OU company has demanded pro tection for Its property from Consul Goodnow. The dock where the Askold lies is owned by Britlsh'lntertts. On ore ride cf this dock Is German and Dutch property nnd on the other sir American jjroperty. There are eight Amrrlcpn, one German, two Brlt tlsh and four French warships here. AMERICA PASSPORTS H HI SSH Csnr Will Be Asked to Give More Li beral Recognition to, Jews. Sl PETERSBURG. Aug. 20. The United States government has again formally pro posed to Russia the opening of nesotla tlons for the unrestricted recognition of American passports. In accordance with the law, only foreign Je"wa of specified classes merchants having business connec tions In the country are allowed to enter Russia but quite a liberal policy has been pursued In making exceptions to the rule, where legitimate reasons therefore are given. The exceptions have, however, not been roado in the cases of Russian Jews who have been naturalized abroad. The inhibition Is not against the United States alone, but extends to the Jews of every country. The more liberal policy recently mani fested toward the Jews of RushU seems to Create, at least, room for the hope that AmDassador McCormlck may now succeed where his predecessors failed. It is understood that while the earnest wish of the United States government in this matter has been made quite plain to Russia, the American note In couched in such terms as not to render a refusal on the part of Russia In any sense a rebuff.. RUSSIA?! SHIPS IK FRENCH PORT Czar's Protest A sal nut Setanre of Ryeshltelal Handed to Mikado. PARIS, Aug. 21. The Foreign office con firms the report of the arrival of tho Rus sian 'cruiser Diana at Saigon, French Indo- Chlna. France, it is announced, will strictly observe the laws of neutrality In the case and ft Is not anticipated that any difficul ties will arise, France's relations with Ja pan remaining cordial, despite Its alliance with Russia. F. J. Harmand. tho French minister at Toklo, has advised the Foreign office that he handed the Russian government's pro test regarding the seizure at Che Foo of the Russian torpedo ybat destroyer Rye shitelnj to the Japanese government Au cuat 20. It' is believed that the transmis sion of the protest was not accompanied by observations on either side. WILL; NOT ATTACK LI AO YAJIO Belief That Japs Will Force an En- o-aa-ement In Vicinity of Mukden. MUKJ5EN, Aug. Zl.-The belief Is in creasing here that the Japanese do not Intend X make a direct attack on General Kouropatkln's position at Llao Yang. The movements of the Japanese and other in formation Indicate that they will try rather to force an engagement In the vicinity of Mukden. The rains have not damaged the rail way, but have destroyed a number of bridges.. A small fight occurred on August 19 on the Mo Tien Pass road, seven miles east of Llao Yang, but Its results were unim portant.; As the rains have rendered the lower ground impassable, the main Jopunese army has fallen back to the hills.- MINING MENARE GATHERING Seventh Annual Congress Meets at ' Portland, . Oregon,' Today. ; PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21.-Members of the American Mining congress and dele gates from throughout the ' United States arrived on every train today and repre sentative from Canada and Mexico are expected tonlght to attend the seventh an nual session of the organization, which will convene tomorrow morning. Among those already on the ground are Colonel Ti J. Small of Lewlston, Me., who will take ft prominent part In the proceed ings of the convention; Dr. T. R. Buckley, state geologist of Mlnsourl; F, Wallace Wheeler Of Ohio and Colonel Juck Cruw ford, the weatern traveler and mining en gineer. Expected arrivals Include F. H. Newell, at the head of the reclamation service: Clifford Ilnchot of tho Foiestry department of the government, T. A. Rlch ars, John Hays Hammond and James Gay ley, delegutes appointed by president Boone velt. und numbers of the congressional ot legations of a dozen atates. fenUiuenl Is expresaed strongly favoring the continuing of President Richards at Hie head of the congress for another term, and his re-election U a strong probability. Russian War Vessel Attacked by Japanese at Sakhalin Island and Defeated. CHIT0SE AND TSUSHIMA TAKE PART; Japanese VpfsoI Hit Once In the Coal Bunks er but is Kepaired, TWO DAYS' ATTACK ON RUSSIAN POSITION Japanese Capture One of the Inner De, fenses of Port Arthur. RUSSIANS REPORT ENEMY'S LOSS HEAYY Muscovite Losses ot Reported, hut I, lit Is Furnished of the Officers Mho Distinguished Themselves. TOKIO, Aug. 21 The protected cruisers Chitoso and Tsushima have defeated tha Russian cruiser Novlk and forced. It ashore near Korsakoff. Loss of ovlk Confirmed, WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. The State da. partment today received the following cablegram from Minister Griscom, at Toklo: "Japanese fleet sunk Novlk off Sakhalin today." The following details of the attack on tho Novlk have been received at the Jap anese legation: "The captain of the protected cruiser fhltore reports thut the Chitoso and the T-ushlma attacked the Russian crulsei Novlk at Karsakovsk, Sakhalin Island, on the morning of the 20th. On the morn ing of the 21st the Novlk, which had been heavily tlamriged, was stranded and partly sur.k. The Tsushima was hit once In the coal bunker, but the damage has already been repaired. There waa ho other dam age, nor was there a single casualty on either of the Japanese vessels." How the Xovlk Sank. TOKIO, Aug. 21.-6 p. m. After1 a seven ergagemcnt with the protected cruisers Chitose and Tsushima, the greyhounds of the Japanese navy, the fleet Russian crulrer Novik has been vanquished. Thi fight occurred today. After It the Novlk, In a sinking condition, was run ashore In Korsakovak harbor on the Island of Bak hallen. The details of today'a flght are not known here, but It is evident that the Chltos and Tsushima caught up with the Novik yesterday and that a running fight en sued. The contest was resumed and term inated early this morning. Captain Sukelchlro Takhasht, who was In command of -the Chitoso, reported tha engagement In a brief telegram which reached the navy department hara thU afternoon. He ay h first attacked tha Russian cruiser . Saturday afternoon and that on Sunday morning he lnlllcted heavy damage upon It. . The Novlk nearly sank, but It wag beached at Korsakovsk. Korsakovsk la a port on the southern coast of Sakhallen off the coast of Siberia, about 650 miles north tast of Vladivostok. Temporary repairs, however, rendered tha Japanese cruiser seaworthy and It contin ued to flght. The Japanese suffered no casualties. The Imperial prince, Yorihlto, ot the House of Hlgashl-Fuslml, la second Jn command on board the Chitose. Captain Sento commanded the Tshlushlma. Cnpiure Port Arthur Fort. CHE FOO, Aug. 2211 a. m. The Japan ese have swept the Russians from Pigeon bay and captured tha northernmost fort of the western line of Inner defense at Port Arthur. The Russian artillery prevents tha Japanese from occupying the fort on Pigeon bay. , Attneka at Port Arthur. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 21. Emperor Nicholas has received the following mes sage from Lieutenant General Stoessel, commander of the military forces at Port Arthur, dated August 16: "The Japanese made a two days' attack on our position on the Uglovala mountains, near Louisa bay. All their attacks were repulsed. "The Uglovala, Vysokala and Divt alonala mountains remain In our hands. "The enemy's losses were very great. "The following officers particularly dis tinguished themselves: General Kondra tonko, Colonel Irmann, Lieutenant Colonel Yelchino and Captain Andreieff." "This morning a representative of the Japanese army, Major Yamaoka, presented himself at our advanced post with a letter signed by General Nogl and Admiral Togo demanding the surrender of the fortress. Tho proposal wos, of course, rejected. "1 have the happiness to report that tha troops are In excellent condition and that thy fight heroically." JAPA.M3SK li-EKT KHAR SHANGHAI Three American Warships Ordered to Proteet Neutrality of the Port. SHANGHAI, Aug. 21. - Night. Tha steamer Haltln, which arrived here today, reports having sighted a Japanese squad ron last night off Gutzlaff Island, about slxty-flve miles southeast of Shanghai. Tha squadron showed no lights. The United Btates monitor Monadnock and two torpedo boat destroyers have been, ordered to be ready to protect the neu trality of Shanghai. American Consul Goodnow called the meeting of the consular body for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. It la believed the for eign consuls will then arrange means to strengthen the bunds of the Taotal in deal ing with the matter of the Russlun war- shlos here. Later reports declare the Japanese squad ron to be twenty miles from Woo ung. Woo Bung is tha outxlde harbor of Bhang, hal. I lentrnant IHet'ullr nt Tien Tsln. , TIF.N THIN. Aug. 2111 p, m.-Ueuten-ant Newton A. McOully, I', 8. N., who' has been cbservlng the operations at Port Arthur for his government, has arrived here. Ho It-ft port Arthur on a Junk Au gust 14 and camo by way of Shan IU Kwun. The lieutenant acted, as an escort for three French women from Port Ar thur. He left here this morning for Vladi vostok by way of tilug Ming Ting. r