Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 29, 1904, Image 1
The Omaha ' Daily Bee. FOR A CHARACTERISTICALLY WEST. ERN NEWSPAPER READ THE BEE THE BEE IS THE PREFERRED ADVER. TISING MEDIUM IN ITS TERRITORY ESTAIJLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNINO, AUOUST 2fl, 1004. SINGLE COPY TI1KEE CENTS. FIGHT IS ARGENTINE Uruguayan Troops Cross Border to Attack Party of Insurgents. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS MUCH STRAINED Action of the U ' Great Sensa REVOLUTIONARY Troops Canses a 2 Buenos Ay res. i?lS ARE ACTIVE They Are Carry in( and Arms and Searching I -A sr Boats. ARGENTINE WAR VE U - 'AKES A HAND Thrralfai to Fire t'pon lnr(fnli' Squadron If Any of the Repub lic's Vessels Are Inter cepted. BUEN08 AYRES, Aug. 28. A great sen eatlon has been created her owing to the nupprcssing by troops of the government of Uruguay of a Uruguayan insurrection ary force numbering 180 man fully armed and equipped, under Colonel Pampillon, on a steamer on the Uruguayan coast, but In Argentine territory. President Ordoncc of Uruguay had been warned that preparations had been made for an Insurrectionary expedition and dls pat -.lied two force with armed vessels to watch for th.i expedition. At night the government troops attacked the Insurrec ' tlonlsts with a continuous Are. Many of the latter swam, but eight badly wounded were captured. The fate of the others Is not known." The Insurrectionary vessel was also cuptured and with It a consider able quantity of telegraph apparatus. Diplomatic relations between Argentine and Uruguay hnvo became much strained owing to this incident.' Paraguayan revolutionary vessels are ex tremely active. They are carrying men, horses and urms and are searching all pasnenger boats. An Argentine warship yesterday threat ened to fire on the revolutionary squadron 'if It intercepted vessels flying the flag of the Argentine republic. dALLUUN HAUL NUI A -SUULti5 Prof. Meyers Lands at St. Charles, Ho. Prof. Toroltnaon Passes, Avon, III. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28. Prof. Carl Meyers, the aeronaut, who started in a race from the World's fair grounds yesterday after noon for the Washington monument, and whose bnlloon landed near St. Charles last night, returned to the city today. Professor Meyers said he landed where he did be cause, he feared he would be unable to catch an upper air current that would take him east. After leaving the. World's fair grounds the balloon was curried In a northwesterly direction. Neither he nor the bal'oou was injured, the professor said. TWbalkon of "George K. Touilinson, who started, in the race with Professor Meyers, was aeon last night anchored on a pralrla several miles north of St. Charles. A farmer by he name of Dlerker sold that when It passed over his house the rope was dragging on the ground. ' A special to the Republic from Avon, 111., says: A baVloon, supposed to be from St. Louis enroute to Wushington, passed over Avon today, going in an easterly direction, and dropped a curd attached to a bun. The card fell in the potato patch of W. H. Cose. Mr. Cnse found the card, on which had been written "Will finder please write and tell of balloon passing town or city, Oeorge E. Touillnson, World's Fair Ground, euro W. E. Smith." The balloon was seen by many cttlxens of Avon. It Is estimated that It was more than a mile high and was going at the rate ot twenty miles an hour, French Balloon Wrecked, PARIS, Aug. 28. Lebaudy's stoerable bal loon nurrowly escaped destruction today. The aeronaut ascended this mqrnlng but was unable to come down on account of a galo. The balloon was anchored to a tree and while there was no one on board It tore loose, rose to a considerable height and drifted towurd the sea. Several auto mobiles, started In pursuit of the balloon, which descended at 8erput,-ny, forty-four miles from Malum n, whence It started. It caught- In the trees, but It Is hoped the efforts to disengage It uninjured will be successful. ST. LOUIS FAIR ATTENDANCE Over Eight Million Persona teen the Bin; Show to Date. Have ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 28. The attend ance at the world's fair last week was more than 12f,0(i0 in excess of any week since the exposition opened. Saturday's attendance, 1M,M. was th largest for any slnglo day since the opening day, with tho exception) of the Fourth of July, when 172,110 persons passed through the gates. The overuse dally attendance for last week wus""l!,245. The following are the 'attendnnce figures for the week in detail: Monday, August 22 134. fW) ! Tuesday. August 1!3 124,649 Wednesday, August 24 l'JK.fti I l mummy, aukuhi 3 IJJ.lhl Friday, August 28 1W.424 Saturday, August 27 liv'.UMt IUl 793,741 RECAPITULATION. April, one day 1S7.97.1 May, twenty-six days.., 1.(1.2H1 June, twenty-six duys 2.12l.h:i6 July, twenty-seven days 2,343.ai7 August, twenty-five days 2,702,772 Total 8,3,249 NEW DANGER IN FRANKFURTERS Boiler Containing; Them Explodes and Fatally Injures Three Person.. ' NEW YORK, Aug. J8.-Three persons will probably die as the result of the explosion of a frankfurter boiler in the apurtinent of Israel Rosenswelg In a tene ment In Norfolk street today. They are Rosruswelg's wife, Pauline, his I-year-old urn, Mendel, and his S months' old baby, I.,:, ttoo-nswelg himself had a narrow escape. The explosion and a small fire that followed created a panic In the tene ment. Rosenswelg Is a frankfurter peddler. He fi led tho fuel tank of his frnrkfurter boiler with kerosene and lighted the wk-k. It Is thought, without screwing on the stopper. ills wife and children were In the room when the explosion occurred, scattering the biasing oil about the room aud set. their dothlug aa sura. PEACE PROPOSAL IS DISCUSSED Executive Council of Botchers' Inloa Holds Session at C'hleaa-o. CHICAGO, Au?. 2. The members of ho rational executive committer- of tho Butch ers' union held a meeting today to discuss the present condition of the stockyards strike. After the adjournment of the meeting, those present would not divulge what they hnd done, but made the announcement that nothing definite had been settled and that another meet In ,' will be held in the morning. The object of the meeting tonight was to formulate a proposition that can be laid before the packers, and If any such proposition is decided upon at tomorrow's meeting It will be brought first to tho committee of the city council, which has for several days been trying to arrange a meeting between the strikers and the packers, and the members of that com mittee will be anked to tukc it before the packers. Ky some members of the executive com mittee the Idea has been advanced that the proposition should be made to the packers to call off the strike, if the packers will make individual agreements with the men. The packers have already announced that they will hold no conference or make any acreements with any of their former em ployes us long as they are on strike. Head of Teamsters Arrives. Cornelius Shea, the head of the national organization of teamsters, arrived In Chi cago tonight to attend a meeting of the packing house teamsters, which Is to be held Monday night. He declared that he had returned to confer with the packing house teamsters, who are now on strike, because he learned that they were desirous of calling off the strike, as far as their own organization Is concerned. "I cannot tell what action will be taken at the meeting Monduy night," said Mr. Shea, "but our merf, when they go back, will go back In a body, and not like a flock of sheep." 81BWAY MOTORME.V MAY, STRIKE! Convention of Engineers Votes to Support Their Contention. NEW YORK, Aug. 28. Fifteen hundred members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, representing localities within 6O0 miles of New York, at a meeting here today, unanimously voted to support the contention of the motor engineers employed on the elevated roud that the men em ployed In the subway shall be paid the union wage of $3.80 for a nine-hour day Instead of S3 for a ten-hour day, the rate at which1 Oeneral Manager Bryan of the Interborough Rapid Transit company pro poses to pay the subway motormen. Grand Chief Warren 8. Stone of Cleve land and Assistant Qrand Chief Edward J. Hurley of Boston will remain here to morrow and probably Tuesday to try to settle the difficulty with the Interborough. The men would not discuss the possibility of a strike being ordered on the elevated in case Mr. Bryan does not grant the de mands of the brotherhood. Besides the discussion of local conditions the meeting considered the question of the Introduction generally, of electricity In place of steam power on rullroads, not only in the vicinity of New York; but also through out the country. The men are convinced that this is coming more quickly than Is commonly believed and the greutest part of today's session was devoted to the con sideration of this subject. Addresses were were made by W. E. Fuch, president of the Insurance association, of the brother hood, and othe.-.i. The wholi mutter of the settlement of the local difficulty was left In the hands cf tin grand lodg;, represented by Grand Chief Stone and Assistant Grand Chief Hurley. Representatives of the local lodge In Brooklyn, where the motor engineers are paid only S3 a day, were present at the meeting. They are, to a certain extent, dissatisfied, and it la said they will de mand the same wages they received as engineers when their contract with the Brooklyn Rapid Transit railway expires in a few weeks. LABOR, LEADERS SEXT TO JAIL Striking; Machinists at Albuquerque Convicted of Assault. - ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Aug. 2S. O. Maiinun, president of the Albuquerque Central Labor union, has been given a sen tence of seventy dys in Jail, Hnd four other striking Atchison & Santa Fe ma chinists have been sentenced to sixty days each fur assault upon a strike-breaker, In violation of un Injunction Issued by the local court recently, restraining the strik ers from Interfering with the new men. The case will be appealed. CABLE TO ALASKA COMPLETED Signal Corps of Army Completes Task Which Haa Occupied Several Months. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 28-Amld the cheering of 300 men and women, the shriek ing of whistles and the playing of the na tional anthem, the final splicing of the Seattle-Sltka government cable was made today In the harbor ten miles out of Se attle. Ten minutes later Mayor Ballinger of Seattle cut the rope holding the Joined ends of the wires aboard the United States cable ship ltiirnslde, and with a splash the completed wire connecting the United States unci Alaska fell to' the bottom of Pugi't sound, and the work of months on the part of the Signal Corps of the United States army was completed. The cable touches at Sitka, Juneau snd Skagway. From the latter point a tele graph line leads over White Pass and at Taglsh Joints the Canadian government line returning to the boundary. From the boundary the government has a line to St. Michaels, snd the government wireless connects St. Michaels and Nome. WOMEN SPILL MUCH LIQUOR Four Illicit Saloons Raided at Cuba, Kan., and Slock and Fixtures Are Destroyed1. CUfcA. Kan., Aug. 28. Four Joints, or Illicit saldbns. were wrecked by women here and much liquor destroyed. Mrs. E. O. Files and Mrs. Willi urn McDonald, wives of prominent business men, armed with hatchets, first entered without warn ing the place run by Ben Hull. Without ceremony they began to smash everything In sight, and soon they had demolished bar and fixtures and broken every bottle ar.d opened every keg to be found. Later they were Joined by twenty-five other women, and the entire party raided the other four Joints In Cuba. The stocks nni fixtures at each place were destroyed in prompt order. Finally the women spilled Into the street a great quantity of keg beer that had been confiscated and stored at the city Jail j WILL RETIRE FROM POLITICS David B.Hill Announces That This Cam paign Will Bo His Last DESIRES TO ATTEND TO PERSONAL AFFAIRS In Case of Democratic Success He Will !t Accept Any Office, Either Stele or Katlonai, ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 28,-Davld B. Hill, In conversation with friends here today, an nounced that he Intends to retire from politics January 1 next, and that no mat-. ter what the result of the coming cam paign may be In state or nation, he will relinquish the leadership of the democratic party In New York. He added that In the event of democratic success this fall he would not accept any position under the national or state demo cratic administrations, or again become a candidate for election to any office what ever. Former Senator Hill made these statements on tho eve of his birthday an nlversaiy, which comes tomorrow. He was born August 29, 1843. In partial explanation he said that he had Intended to take such action a year ago today, but was persuaded by some close personal friends to defer doing so until after the presidential election this year. Having been engaged In active poli tics since his youth and having served as city attorney, alderman and mayor of Ki rn Ira, member of the legislature, lieuten ant governor, governor for seven years and United States senator for six years, he feels that ho has been sufficiently honored by his party and that he has rendered political service during a period of years sufficient to entitle him to be relieved of further active political effort. He desires to devote more time to his personal affairs and professional duties than he has In the past. Mr. Hill will continue his work in the present campaign and to his friends said that he would always maintain his interest in democratic success, but only as a private citizen. Mr. Hill will speak for the democracy at the county fair to be held at Whitney's Point, In this state, on Thursday of this week, to be followed by Senator Depew the nex'. day for the republicans. Judae Parker Attends Church. ESOPUS, N. Y., Aug. 28.-Judge Parker varied his usual Sunday program by dining toduy In Kingston. With his family he went to the city in his launch and at tended services at the Church of the Holy Cross, of which his son-in-law. Rev. Charles Mercer Hall, Is rector. After the service they went to dine at the residence of Alfred Tanner, whose wife Is Mrs. Parker's sister, and later returned to Rosemount. Otherwise the day was passed without special incident. A number of friends called during the day. Mr. Sheehan spent some time In confer ence with the Judge this evening. He will return to New York tomorrow. No political calls huve been arranged for tomorrow. Judge Parker has tried to reserve the day for work upon his letter of acceptance, and his now very large correspondence. Judge Parker expects to go to Ellenvllle Wednesday on the special train which will carry a large Kingston delegation to tho Ulster county fair. Judge and Mrs. Parker have made It their custom for many years to attend this fair. Roosevelt's Quiet Sunday. OYSTER BAY. N. Y., ACT- 28. President Roosevelt passei today quietly at Saga more Hill wit!) his family and the one or two houso guestd. He accompanied Mrs. Roosevelt and all of the children except ing Quentlu to the morning service at Christ's Episcopal church. Several rela tives and friends called Informally during the afternoon and evening. BETTER TRANSIT FOR NEW YORK New York Jt. Hartford Railroad Will -Spend Eight Millions for Improvements. NEW YORK, Aug. 28. Eight million dollars or more will be expended by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail road company for lmprovnd rapid transit from New York City to ho Bronx and that part of Westchester lying along Long Island sound, according to Information given out tonight by President Charles S. Mellen. A connection with the Interborough sys tem, the L road. Is proposed umong other Improvements at West Farms, and It Is In tended eventually to give a through serv ice from the Battery to New Rochelle and Mount Vernon. The amount is to be raised by an lssie of $15,000,000 bonds, the balance to be devoted to the repayment to the New Haven of money advanced during the past thirty years on account of Harlem River & Port Chester railroad, the titular owner of the Harlem branch of the New Haven. The bonds have been underwrit ten at a premium. The plans now only await the formal approval of stute and city authorities. SENATOR HOAR HAS GOOD NIGHT He Sleeps Well aud Takea Rather More Nourishment Thua He Did Saturday. WORCESTER. Mnss., Aug. 28,-The fol lowing bulletin, signed by General Rock wood Hoar, was Issued shortly before noon today from the home of Senator Hoar: "Senator Hoar awoke quite early this morning and Is refreshed by his s'eep. He took rather more nourishment today than yesterday. He chatted freely with mem bers of his family, but his condition Is still extremely week." The following bulletin was given out to night by General Rockwood Hoar: 'The senator has had a comfortable day, has taken his nourishment and has held his own, though there Is no evidence of Increase in strength. "For the first time since his illness he culled this morning for the newspapers and showed . Interest and commented on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's address yes terday, and other matters of public in terest." MOB TAKES MAN FROM TRAIN Sheriff Seads Posse to Search for the Moh and Its Captive. CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., Aug. 2S.-A. G. Ladue, one of the members of the West ern Federation of Miners who was de ported, returned from Anaconda today, and while in the curtody of a deputy sheriff was taken In tharse by a body of armed men. When news of the occurrence reached Sheriff Bell, he sent a force of diputles In search ot the mob and Ita captive. RUSSIANS IN EXPECTANT MOOD Absence of Ofttetal News from the Front Causes Pessimistic Feeling. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., irl.) ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 28. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Last night's dispatch from Gen eral Sakharoff sent people to bed In a great state of expectation ns to what the morning would bring In the way of de tails, but not a word more concerning the developments of the great engagement, which is of auch tremendous Interest as affecting the results of the campaign, has bee.i received. The strict censorship evidently prevails and thus not a single newspaper comments on the events around Llao Yang, editorial pens devoting their efforts to any subject except that so vividly Interesting. The public an the result of this silence Is, as usual, pessimistic. This Is possibly un justified, because in the terse words of military men the .truth probably Is that both sides are so busy fighting that there is no time to write reports for home con sumption. It Is stated that the Japanese are short of heavy artillery. SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION General Konropatkla's Army Believed to Be In Bad Pliant. LONDON, Aug. 29. The London papers this morning have numerous special dis patches from the far east, most of them dealing with tho posltUm of Port Arthur. It is pointed out that trie Japanese tactics are very similar to thowe adopted by Gen eral Oyama In 1S94, but; granting that the Japanese have penetrated as far as repre sented, which Is considered doubtful, there are still formidable forts to be sllencdd, before a general assault is possible. , "Interest Is displayed here In what is con sidered the precarious position of General Kouropatklns force. According to a dls patch to the Dally Mall from Koupangtse, dated August 27, Russian staff officers con fess themselves completely In the dark as to the meaning of the Japanese movements and that consequently they have no defi nite plun. Ten days ago, feeling that Llao Yang would be surrounded. General Kouro patkln began to draw his troops north ward. Then on the Jiipnn-e retiring he brought them back again, but continued his preparations for effecting a retreat. There Is no doubt, saya the correspondent, that the Russian army Is now completely at the mercy of the Japanese whenever they choose to attack. The Llao Yang correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, In a dispatch dated Aug ust 28, says that the Japanese are pushing on against three sides of the city, near which there is continued fighting. A great quantity of transport has been sent north, leaving Llao Yang ready for all eventuali ties. V The rumor that the Japanese lost guns at Slaullns, the co-respondent says, turns out to be Incorrect. The Japanese comnftnder, the corre spondent says, has ordered that no shells be thrown into the ton of Port Arthur, for the sake of the nonfeombatants. DRAW1XQ I OX PORT ARTHIH Story Comes from Mu Sources the tna is Sear. LONDON, Aug. 29. The Chronicle's cor respondent with General Kurokl, cabling under date of August 34, via Fusan, August 26, says: "The fall of Port Arthur is Im minent. The Japanese are now within the main defenses and their guns command the town. Desperate fighting occurs night and day, and the losses on both sides are enormous." The Russians are makl attacks, but the Japanese are clinging to the positions they have won at so great a cost. The Dally Mall's Kobe correspondent, in a dispatch dated Saturday last, says: "Fol lowing is the position of Port Arthur: The Japanese hayo captured all the outlying fortifications, but the Russians still hold the citadel on Antseshan, Golden Hill forts and the forts on Tiger's Tail and Llaotl mountain. The Japanese are In possession of the parade ground and barracks under the Antseshnn fort on the outskirts. "The fall of Port Arthur Is believed to be Imminent. It Is believed that the gar rison will make a desperate sortie before the end comes." The correspondent at Tien Tsln of the Standard, cabling Saturday afternoon, says "Confirmatory details Just arrived repre sent the Japanese as having reached a point within 1.200 yards from Ifee new town at Port Arthur on the west side and as being within a mile of the east dock basin on the east side. Strong reinforcements, it Is said, are hurrying up from Dalny and Pletzwo, leaving reserves at both places." DRAWING IX ADVANCE POSITIONS Koarapatkln Gradually Grttlna- Hla Forces Inside Inner Defenses ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 29, 3:45 a ' m. AU the news from Llao Yang, official or otherwise, shows that General Kouropat kln is gradually drawing In his advanced positions to the Inner ring of his defenses. General Kouropatkln has not yet dis closed whether he Intends to make a de. clslve fight at Llao Yang. General disappointment Is expressed by newspaper correspondents at the with drawals now In progress. The statement that the reserves were not cal'ed up to hold some of the positions which were abandoned seems to show that there U a strong force at Llao Yang which Is not yet being utilized. At the same time from private messnges received from Mno Yang It might be In ferred that a heavy movement northward had been In progress for several days General Kouropatkln seems well satletled with the situation, one dispatch describes him In high spirits and laughing and Joking at a meeting of the St. George's society at Llao Yang. The Russian losses to date are stated to be about 1,500. The Russian batteries Inflicted heavy losses on the Jupa. nese. Nothing has been heard here regarding the reported cutting of the railway south of Mukden, but the fact that an unusual mass of telegrams are arriving . which were filed late Sunday night at Llao Yang, seems to discredit the report. Had the Japanese destroyed the railway they doubtless also would have cut the wires. Ht SSIAKS OIT OF POWDER Explosion of Magasiue I'ses Ip All Their Supply, LONDON, Aug. 29. The Tokio corre spondent of the Standard says: Unofficial reports state that since the-explosion of their magHzlne at the foot of Ilaoti hill, the Russians appear to be destitute of smokeless powder. The Shanghai correspondent of the Times says that the disarming of the Russian cruiser Askold and torpedn biat destroyer Qroxovol will begin today (Monday" SEMBLANCE TO WAR HUES Many Officers Visit Army Headquarters at Washington. ENROUTE. TO MANASSAS MANEUVERS Ml m ic Warfare to Be tarried On on a Large Scale on Bull Haa Battlefield ext Month. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.- Special )-The war department these August days Is sug gsetlve of a second edition of the Spanish American war. During the past week army headquarters has been filled with generals, colonels, majors, captains and lieutenants on their way to the maneuvers at Manas sas, Va. Some of the men who have called upon Becretary Taft and the officers In charge of the several departments of the army are known from one end of the country to the other, not only for their service In Cubs, In ChlnaVand the Philip pines, but in that far-off time when the north and south came together to try out the problem of state sovereignty. Prob ably no maneuvers ever conducted by the government have attracted more attention than the maneuvers which are to be held upon the battlefield of Bull Run during September of this year. These maneuvers will be upon a scale never before attempted by the military authorities of the United States, and cannot help but be far-reaching from an educational standpoint Officers who have distinguished themselves In our recent wars snd men who have shown es pecial aptitude In military science have been summoned by the war department to participate In this greatest school of mili tary Instruction, which is to extend over a period of fifteen days, beginning Septem ber 1, Will Be Like Real War. Is the great outlay of money, namely. $000,000 worth the candle. Colonel H. O. S. Helstand, replying to the question, said that the amount was a mere bagatelle to the benefits to be accrued from the maneu vers at Manassas. "These maneuvers," he said, "will be no child's play nor a vaca tion for the men. In all essential particu lars the maneuvers will be carried out along the lines as If a state of war existed. Problems in which both officers and men are directly Interested will be presented for solution. There will be no playtime for officers or men. Umpires have been se lected for tho two opposing forces which have been designated the "Blues" and the "Browns," on tccount of the uniforms which they will wear, and these umpires, chosen for their efficiency in fie several arms of the service, will be called upon to judge honestly and Impartially the move ments of troops, their handling, their dis position, and their victories and defeats. These maneuvers, In my mind, will tend to make better soldiers and better officers. Nothing will be slighted. From the mo ment a regiment Is ready to entrain, regu lar or National Guard, the entraining will be done under military rule. Tho train car rying such regiment will be under military control, and the detraining of the regiment will be done with that precision prescribed by avmy regulations. The quartermsster and commJsssry departments will be called upon to exercise their functions os In actual war, while the troops themselves will be constantly In a state of prepared ness to resist attack, to move forward or to retreat, as conditions may warrant. Is all this outlay of money worth the candle?" said Colonel Helstand. "Most assuredly It Is," he continued. "The government can not help but be the gainer, for It will teach men bearing arms for the United States the value of discipline and the right and wrong way of doing things. The scenes consequent upon the breaking out of the Spanish-American war, where thousands of men were thrown into camps without pre vious military training, will be noticeable by their absence. It Is no kindergarten camp that Is to be erected upon the his toric field of Bull Run. The maneuvers will be surrounded with all the sternness and reality of actual strife, and the gov ernment will be richer many times througii the lessons which the 30,000 men and offi cers called together In two great rival camps In Prince William county, Va., will learn." ' Warships nt Washington. For 'the first time In Its history Wash ington Is enjoying the sensation of having oft Its wharves seven or eight warships, many of the most modern type. The moni tors Florida, Arkansas and Nevada are berthed oft the Seventh street wharf. In addition to these splendid boats are the torpedo destroyers Wordili and Whipple and tho training ship Hartford, the old flagship of Admiral Farragut. These ves sels huve brought to the nation's capital two or three hundred future admirals, vice admirals and commanders of the United States navy, now attending the naval school at Annapolis. They are here for tho purpose of making a personal examina tion of the workings of the Washington navy yard, where the great guns for the battleships are finished. Owing to the fact that the Potomac river Is not navigable for the large ships of the navy It was found Impossible to send the Texas and the Massachusetts, which are part of the squadron under command of Rear Ad miral Sands, up the river even as far aa Alexandria. Any ship of the American navy with a competent pilot knowing the waters of the Potomac can approach Washington aa far as the Kettle Bottom shoal. This shoal does not extend for more than one quarter of a mile, but It is sufficient to prevent vessels of heavy draft from coming over it except at very high tide and even then the risk of doing so is dangerous. It has been the desire of the officials of the navy on many occasions to give the citizens of the national capital a view of the best ships of the American navy, when In addition to the residents of Washing ton, thousands of the people of the coun try have been congregated here In attend ance upon encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic and similar national celebrations, but It has been a matter of physical Impossibility to do so. An officer of the navy, speaking of the Kettle Bottom shoal, which virtually makes Washington absolutely defenseless, said: "It does seem too bad thut the big ships cannot reach Washington, even though the only good they could probably do would be to Im press upon the people of the capital aome Idea of the formidable force that Uncle Sam has upon the seas. Such a photograph as would bo presented by half a dozen of the battleships of the United State navy In the hurbor of Washington would be ten thousand fold more advantage than all of the descriptive stuff that cou!d he written In many years. It would be an education of the utmost Importance to our legislators, and would give them a personal knowledge such as It Is Impossible for them to acquire from thu b iks. lionever, it Is up to congress to ree that Uncle Bain's big warships tan ai to and fr m b' tcen the national capital aud the open sea. Un til sufficient appropriation is made for IConUnued on. Second Page.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Showers Monday I Cooler la Soath Portloni Tuesday, Fair. Temperature at Omaha Ycsterdnyi Hour. Dra. Hour. Dec. ft a. m H1 1 p. m Ml a. m KI X p. tn XI T a. m 7 it p. m ...... M:l N a. m H4 4 p. m HI l si. m ..... . s n p. in SJ 1 a. m Ttt II p. in Hi 11 a. m 7t 7 p. m NO lit m , ,, 7n n p. m 7 O p. m 7(1 JAPANESE ARMY IS DIVIDED Plan to Attack the Main Russian Forts at Port Arthur from the Rear. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904 ) CUB FOO, Aug. IK.-tNew York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee ) The Japanese who are attacking Port Arthur are divided into three divisions. One Is to the eastward, one to the west ward and a third Is kept in the reserve to the north. They estimate their losses now to be 16,000 killed and wounded. To the eastward their advance guard has pressed along tho Dalny road between forts Nos. 13 and 14, to the Chinese village of Chao Chang Kao, one mile from the cast basin. Eight days ago they were driven out of this position, but they arc now holding It with their main body. They regard the forts as feeble and hope to capture them soon. To the westward the Japanese are only 120 yards from the new town, facing Pal Yul Shan, an unfortified nounluln over looking the town, but they cannot advance further owing to the firing of the Russian ships In the harbor. The main body at the Russians Is con centrated In the east. An attempt' to attack the forts outside has "been abandoned, the Japanese having secured Etsechan to the westward and Chao Chang Kao to the eastward and penetrated the main lines on both sides. They will advance northward with a view to assailing the forts from the inside. Owing to the extensive area covered by floating mines the co-operation of the fleet Is difficult. FORCES OPPOSING KOtROPATKI.1 Japanese Have 2M,(lOO Men Operating in .nancnuria, (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1'J04.) SEOUL, Aug. 27, Via Chee Foo, Aug. 28. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Authoritative In formation places the total of the Jopuneve forces in Manchuria at 2u0,000 men, dis tributed as follows: First army, under General Kurokl, seo ond and twelfth divisions and also the Imperial Guards, with headquarters at Feng Wang Cheng; second army, under General Oku, consisting of the Third, Fourth and Sixth divisions, operating against Port Arthur. In addition to the foregoing, the Fifth division, formerly at tached to the second army, now forms with the Tenth division, a separate army under General Nodzu, with headquarters north of New Chwang. All the troops In Corea, numbering 15,000, are under General Haragucnl, whose head quarters is Seoul and whoso authority has recently been extended across the Yalu to Feng Wang Cheng. SAIMRS MIST STAY IX CHIA Crews of Dismantled Ships Must Not Return to Russia. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) SHANGHAI, Aug. 28. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Cablegram to The llee.) Fresh trouble has developed regarding the fugitive Russian warships Askold aud Grozovol. Japan, having discovered thut the paroled crews of the Varlag and the Korletx have now been drafted Into the Baltic fleet, insists that China shall re tain the Russian crews of the dismantled ships here until the war Is over, following Germany's action at Tslng Tau. CODITIOS AT PORT ARTHIH Russians Driven from One Fort Two Japanese Attacks Repelled. CHS FOO, Aug. 28.-7 p. m Information which to a very great extent confirms pre vious reports of tho conditions at Port Ar thur was reported here today by junks which left there on August 25 and 26. The most Important statement agreed to by passengers on these Junks who were In terviewed by the correspondent of the As sociated Prese, confirms the report tht the Russians have been driven rrom tne rort Immediately east of the railroad. This fort Is named Rlhlungshan, and Is located on the tall of the Dragoon hills, along the summit of which the eastern defenses of Port Arthur are built. When the Russian forces retired from Fort Itzshan they entered Fort No. 15, to the north of Chaochanko. During the nights of August 18 and 19, while It was raining,' the Japanese attempted to storm Fort Antszshan, which Is a strong position adjoining Itsshan, toward the city, but they wera repulsed with heavy losses. Dur ing the night of August 12 a horse band of 60tl Japanese attempted to capture fort No. 15 In the midst of a storm. Almost tho entire detachment was killed. The Chlm so declare, howevVr, that the Russians have evacuated fort No. 6, but whether by reason of this assault of the Japanese artillery fire cannot be learned. The Japanese are unable to occupy No. 6. The fighting from August IT to 22 was severe, but since the latter date It haa bpen comparatively light. The fort on Uaoti mountain was flri on August 22 by six Japanese torpedo boats, but the result of the Action has not been known. The Russian marines have left the ships in the harbor and are working at the land batteries. Shells from the Japanese fire continue to fall In Port Arthur 'nnd tho dockyards and warshipa have scattered about the harbor In attempts to protect themselves from the enemy's projectiles. A Chinese who was employed on the docks at Port Arthur says that the bat tleship Retvlzan. Poltava and Bevastr.pul ore badly damaged. The first men ned ship rests low In the water by the stern. The battleship Pobleda Is in fighting mi. dltlcn. Theie are also four gunboat nnd several toi xlo boat deiitroyeis In tln far bor. Tho recent report tli.it elht destroy ers escaped from Port Arthur cannot be confirmed. The Jupsnese are constructing forts at Uoul buy, northwefct of Port Artliur. JAPS NEAR LIAO YANG Big Artillery Battle in Progress Near Gen eral Konropatkin's Headquarters. MIKADO'S ARMY IS ADVANCING RAPIDLY Russian Main Position Forced Back to the Outpost Line at Lino Yang. CZAR'S ARMY RETIRES FROM ANSHANSHAN Retreat Made in an Orderly Manner After Fight Lasting All Day Friday. GEN. ST0ESSEL STILL HOLDS PORT ARTHUR Outer Forts Have Been Captured and the Rrslstlnsr Power ot tba Russlaaa Has Been Kstlniated. (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.) LIAO YANG, Aug. 2S.-(New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) The Russians are falling back slowly but steadily from their positions to the south and east. The Japanese are pushing on against three sides of the city, near which continual fighting is going on. I expect the resistance ofTered to the Japaneit advance will be desperate, as the Russian are con testing every Inch of ground with all their characteristic stubbornness. The Japanese are reported to be adopting a new method of night attack. They con centrate their searchlights on the point at tacked, thus preventing the garrison from seeing. Thry are ominously quiet. During the recent period of tranquility the Russian losses from all sources have been replaced and the Japanese problem has been ren dered more difficult. Close to Llao Yang;. LONDON, Aug. 28. According to a dis patch of today's dute to the Central New! from IJao Vang an artillery battle has been In progress since 8 o'clock this morn ing near IJao Yang. The Russlun main position, the dispatch says, is what was formerly tho outpost line of the Llao Yang garrison. ' Japs Advance Rapidly. LIAO YANG, Aug. 2610 a. m. (Delayed in Transmission.) The rapid advance of the Japanese has forced their fighting line to within about ten miles of Llao Yang, east and south, and guns are now heard north and iust on the Tul Tso liver. Fvaeuate Anshanahan. LIAO YANG, Aug. 28. The Russians re tired from Anshanshnn yesterday after a fight which commenced on the morning ' of August 26 and continued In a desultory munr.cr all d.y and night. , . ( Arrangements for a buttla had been com pleted by night time, when the order to retire was given on account of the situa tion to the east. The order was received with disappoint merit by tho troops. The retirement T.-a mule In an orderly manner. The plain between Anshanshan and Ho cheng was qovered with Japanose troops, who burned' the bridge and shelled the railway station after the Russian retire ment. Tho Russian losses amounted to 3U0. The Japanese are advancing with great rapidity. Japs Nearer Llao Tans. LIAO YANG, Aug. 26. (Delayed In trans mission.) After 3 o'clock yesterday after noon the Japanese succeeded In commad- ing Kaofcngshik from Paoshankan, where their advance first began on Aug. 23, and also from their position at Liangshlkhan. on the east, In such a way ns to force the Russian center and right flank, compelling the evacuation of Anshanshan toduy. Tho Japanese south front therefore is several miles nearer Llao Yang. At 3:30 yesterday Japanese shells from a concealed battery in the vicinity of Pao shankan began falling In the road west of Kaofengshlk, leading to Llao Yang, thus threatening to sever communication to the west. The Russians still controlled the roud to the north. The Jupunese fire ceased In the evening, but commenced again this morning on the Kaofengshlk position, but as the Russians did not reply the Japanese apparently suspended their operations to reconqolter, while the Rus sians fell back to a more favorable posi tion. The gradual withdrawal of the Russians before the Japanese advance the Russians consider as Increasing the se curity of their position, ns It Is freely ac knowledged that the Japanese are able to beat them In the mountains. The Rus sians generally praise the ability and valor of the Japanese. There Is stl'l heavy fir ing in the direction of Anshanshan, Hun Ian a Hold Port Arthur. ' Number of reliable reports reaching here through a dispatch carrier and other persons are to the effect that, despite the extreme Japanese measures of the past fortnight to perfect a blockade of Port Arthur by means of sinking all Junks near thut place, the Russians outside Port Ar thur are considerably under-estimated, at Is also the resisting power of the fortrens which Is likely to hold out for two months, and possibly until January, even under such a strength of assault as the Japanese .' are using. Contrary to the belief here that tha Japa. nese had taken the outer forts at fort Arthur, it is now understood thut the Rna slans up to August 25 were successfully defending a five-mile circumference and although the old town was receiving an average of twenty-five shells a day, the restaurants nnd clubs, properly safe guarded, roatinued open and there was order throughout the town. The Japanese occasionally shell the nnw town and often attempt to rush the outer trenches, some times 'arriving to within 100 yards of them, when they nre unable to hold their own owing to the mortality in their ranks. The wounded from Kaofengshlk are arriv ing here today. An Important engagement Is expected at Kaofengshlk this morning, but there has been no report from that quarter up to 10 o'clock. Two Japanese, supixised to be correspondents, having cameras In their possession, were captured outside tliHr lines. The position at Kuofengshlk at 2 o'clock this morning was unchanged. Investigation shows thut the foregoing dispatch, though Ix-arlng filing date of August. 25, was not transmitted from Lisa Yung until August 2. While this dispatch, wincn may nave oeen ueia up by tea