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The - Omaha v : Daily ' Bee. For Ho J lab lo War Noxva you must havo Tho Goo Whon Out ofTownHavo Tho Boo Sont to You ESTABLISHED JUSE 19, 1871. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, (SEPTEMBER 1, 1904 TEN TAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. J j. t ) 7V STRIKE IS SPREADING Bntchers in Independent f acking Plants ire Ordered to Quit Work. SWITCHMEN DECLINE TO JOIN THE STRIKE Three Thousand Batchers and Stock Hand lers Walked Ont Yesterday. INTENTION TO CREATE A MEAT F Cmployes at Independent Plants at W Cities Are Expected to Btnke. ; VVPICKETS SURROUND ' CHICAGO YARl" Strike Breakers ' Wtritl Not to Leave Plants aa an I'gly Feel l( Prevails Against v1 Them. I CHICAGO. Aug. M.The efforts of Presi dent Donnelly of the butchers' union to spread tha atrlke j-ain?'. the packers v " .throughout ail trade that are In any way J)i.r.Tted TSi ihe packing; house Industry was only partially successful today. Tha first step was In calling; out the men employed by tha Independent packers and iha stock handlers that were still at work tor those packers against whom tha orig inal ttrike was made. The total number of men, who quit work today In response to tha appeals of President Donnelly was about 1,000. It was also announced by President Donnelly that ha had made ar rangements for a strike of the switchmen on tha railroads doing; business In the stock yards and that in a short time the packers would find It Impossible to ship out their product. Tha switchmen, how aver, have refused to strike. After a long meeting: tonight, which was attended jointly by members of the switchmen's union and members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, It waa decided that the members of both organisations would re main at . work. Tha members of the switchmen's union declared themselves ready to strike, but those switchmen who are members of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen declined to do so. When this was made known to the members of tha switchmen's union, they declared that a strike on their part would be useless unless the members of the brotherhood went out at the same time and they re scinded their action- ; A telegram was sent today by officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor to President Samuel Compere of the American Federation of Labor, asking him to call a meeting to be held in Chicago of tha ex ecutive committee of their organisation for tha purpose) of ' devising; means of assist ing tha striking butchers. Tha manager of tha Union Stock Tarda and Transit company aald that In antici pation .of tha strike of the stock handlers, man bad been la training to take the place of deserting weighers and that a Jot of such men are available at once, lie iifM!tSfrtlUPr-''nt)iri?eW waa expected In handling the stock. ' "i -A.'- Meat Famine Probable. Famine In - meat ' is declared by the Striker to be the probable result of their new move In the strike against the pack- ' era. Orders have been issued for a general strike of all butcher workmen throughout Che country. They are expected to go out tomorrow. The order will affect in all about 2,000 men In Chicago and ten lnde- pendent plants. The order, .If observed, will also affect Independent plants of large capacity In the following cities: East St. Louis, Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City, Sioux City, New York, Milwaukee, Syra ouae. Btickney, 111., and hundreds of email plants throughout tha country which em ' ploy from ten to twenty men. Altogether union officials assert that 16,000 men will go out, and tha meat supply will be se riously crippled, leaving as the only supply the output of the big packers by the non union help. . Today the pickets surround' Ing the yards ware largely Increased, the yards being watched for several blocks away. Strike breakers , were warned not to leave the yards, as there Is an ugly feeling existing against them. At 10 o'clock ,the SOO stock handlers In the stock yards unions unsaddled their, cow ponies, and, putting them In the barn, quit work. The men marched out of the yards and were greeted by cheers of the union pickets. President Donnelly Is said to be depending upon the union drivers for the success of 'his attempt to make meat scarce. What action tha S.S00 grocery and meat market wagon drivers will take remains to be seen. Heretofore . they have refused to handle . meat from the strike-affected packers and their employers were forced to buy from the Independents. It is also aald that an attempt will be made to shut oft the Ice supply fcom every retail market In Chicago, since all meat products are to be on .the unions' "unfair" list. Switchmen May Go Oat. . The packers say It Is Donnelly's aim to create a meat famine which he thinks would arouse the publlo to such a pitch of Indignation that a settlement would be forced. ' "Donnelly Is undertaking the Impossible," aald a representative of one of the packers. "There la no chance of a, meat famine. The Independent packers who by their collusion with the unions, have . profited much during the strike, will suffer moat." In addition to the stock handlers U5 spe cial policemen and nearly 400 pen cleaners, drivers of refuse wagons, and laborers em ployed by the Union Stock Yards company ult work. i Efforts are being made to call out .the switchmen at the yards, employed by the Chicago Junction Railway company. They will vote on the question tonight. Frank F. - llawley, grand master of tha . Switchmen' Union of North America, has been summoned ito Chicago with the vlsw ' sf getting switchmen throughout the United States to refeae to handle cars containing , anything for tha packers. "if there Is a strike of the switchmen It will be entirely unauthorised," said an official of' the Switchmen's union today. To call a strike of switchmen Just now. When we are on the eve of business depres sion, would be folly, because the Brother hood Trainmen would take our places as they did In 'M apd a lot of switchmen would be eut of work. I am confident that here will be ito strike of the switchmen." Representatives of the Independent pack- lag Brrn had a meeting with the member ec the AUled Trades' council with a view af arriving at seme settlement In regard te the stock handlers, but nothing was de cided on. Rut two Independent packing plants are located at South Omaha. They are the (aUaued OB a4C0B,i page.) . WRECK VICTIMSJRE MANGLED Kino Persons Killed and Fifty In Jared la Accident am Trunk. RICHMOND, Quebec, Aug. 81. The worst railway accident that has taken place In this province since the Cralgs road dis aster In 1SS5 occurred here today when the regular No. S Grand Trunk train from Isl and Pond, Vt, collided with the special fair train from Montreal- to Bherhrooke. Nine persons were killed outright, two of the Injured died later of their hurts and about fifty others were Injured, twenty-flvt f them seriously. Many of the deed are o badly mangled that they are unrecog- 2 liable. The dead: 5- J. B. BLANCHET. M. P.. St Hyacinth a Uebee. .""FRED BOWRING. South Durham. UNKNOWN MAN from Heloell, P. Q. W. T. MOUNTAIN of Montreal. BOY NAMED DUBFORD from Atha baska. . EPHRAIM QAUDETTE, St. Theodore, De Acton. CHARLES A. SAMARD, St Hyaclnthe. A. THEODORE RICHARD, Lisgar. Ont. T. H. HACKETT, route agent Canadian Express company. The fair train was packed with people. There wss a terrific crash and the first two passenger trains In each train telescoped the baggage cars, while both engines were smashed to pieces. The cause of the dis aster Is unknown. Within five minutes there were many willing helpers on the spot and the rescue waa commenced. Phy slclsns were telephoned for from, all over the surrounding country nnd a special train was Immediately sent from Sherbrooke with a half a dozen doctors and nurses to aid them. T FOREST FIRKS DESTROY TOW, Three Haadred Families Homeless at Little Bay, Xewfeundlaud. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug. 31. Forest Urea have destroyed the hamlet of Little Bay and 300 families are homeless. Two men have been drowned. The steamer Prosper has embarked the women and children. The men are fighting the flames in an effort to prevent the fires from covering a wider area. The government Is providing food, shel' ter and other assistance to the destitute. Imperial Children Models for Ann-els, BERLIN, Aug. 81.Tne architect who de- signed the restoration of the Protestant church at Spires, capital of Rhenish Ba varla, which was dedicated today, selected the portraits of the seven Imperial children In their fourth year, for the heads of seven angels in the windows around the chanceL The emperor objected, saying: "My chll dren sre no angels." The empress, how ever, thought the Idea charming and It accordingly executed. Fatal Collision In Canada. MONTREAL, Quebec, Aug. 81. A fatal head-on collision occurred on the Orand Trunk railway near Richmond, Quebec, today between a special passenger train to the Sherbrook fair and a paasenger train from Island Pond, Vt. J. R. Blan che. M. -P.-v for East St Hyaclnthe, Quebeo, and three other persons were killed. All the doctors of the surrounding district have been sent for, , -. Grandson of ' Hancock Dlea. LONDON, Aug. SI. The Sudden death of Washington Hancock, grandson of the late General Wlnfleld ' Scott Hancock, at his lodgings In London, was the subject of an inquest today. The autopsy showed that he died from heart disease, and a verdict to that effect was accordingly rendered. AUTHOR MAKES A DENIAL White Says Article on Roosevelt Waa Slot Inspired at White Hoaae. EMPORIA. Kan., Aug. Sl.-Wllllam Allen White, referring to the statement in ex- Senator Hill's speech relative to a recent article on Roosevelt and the postal scandal, said: "The article was not Inspired at the White House and the president furnished none of the facta." "It waa we!l known," continued Mr. White, "before the indictment against Sen ator Green was Issued that he waa getting political influence to prevent the indict ment His friends were not at all secret about the matter. They boasted that they would head Briatow off. They claimed that Green was Innocent and so represented the case to the New York republican poli ticians who Interceded In his behalf. It is not discreditable to any man, be he sen ator or governor, to try to herp a man whom he sincerely believes to be Innocent. "The men who tried. to help Green did so In the best of faith, and after the evi dence waa presented to them In the Bria tow report the effort In Green's behalf Im medlate'y stopped. If Senator Hill can get any comfort out of the fact that New York politicians of high and low degree in the republican party refused summarily to help a man whom they see is honestly Indicted for a real offeree, Mr, H1U is welcome to his support SHORTAGE OF WINDOW GLASS Factories Will Resnme Operation and .Others Will Increase Their Force. PITTSBURG. Aug. 81. Evidence of a shortage of window glass was shown to. day by the withdrawal of former quotations by the American Window Glass company, the leading producer. Prices have been advanced from II to 130 per'cent over the ratea prevailing laat week and tha com. pany la said to be quoting 90 per cent off the list on all desirable orders. Several factories In the west ere ready to start tomorrow and others are expected to be In full operation by the first of the coming week. The new organisation of window glaas workers Is determined to prevent a resumption until October L and will refuse te furnish wags scales to man ufacturers who desire to start before that data, but they will obtain scales from the old organisation or operate under lndl. vldual agreementa by their men. , MRS.' JULIUS LEHMANN INSANE Wife of St. 1 Lonls , Booster Now In Prlaoa alternate to Kill Herself, t ST. LOUIS. Aug. Sl.-Mrs. Julius Leh mann, wife of the former member of the house of delegates, who Is serving a term of Imprisonment for Doodling, has become violently Insane from 'brooding ever her troubles. She attempted to Jump from a window and kill herself and Dr. Schaub, her physician, says it will be necessary te send Mrs. Lehuiann to the Insane asylum. Mrs. Lehmann. he said, has been suffering with extreme ' melancholia for more than a week. PEACE ADVOCATES CO WEST Party of European Delegates to Visit Omaha During Their Tour. EXPECT TO BE HERE SEPTEMBER EIGHTEEN Are Gnests of Vnlted States While In This Cooatry and Will Make Their Tonr on a "pe dal Train. CFrom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 81. (Special Tele gram.) Tlie foreign delegates to the In ternational peace arbitration congress, which meets at St. Louis during the sec ond week in September, will arrive in New York next Tuesday and at once become the guests of the United States during their thirty days' stay in this country. The last congress appropriated $50,000 for enter taining the representatives of such Euro, pean countries as may desire to send dele gates to the congress. The first formal meeting of peace envoys will be held at the West Point Military academy, the delegates being conveyed thither from New York on a Hudson river steamer, where, upon their arrival, they will be formally welcomed to this country by H. C Taylor, acting secretary of tho treasury- The day will be spent at West Point In getting acquainted through speech making and incidentally In showing the visitors the material from which America's future generals Is made. In other words, the foreigners will doubtless be shown how Americans, though peaceably Inclined to ward all the world, are not backward In preparing its young men to successfully bear arms, If the necessity should arise. From West Point the party will return to New York, there to take a special train for an extended western trip. The western trip will be under the supervision of sev eral prominent officials of the treasury, and they will visit a number of the leading cities between New York and St. Louis. At the conclusion of the congress at St. Louis the visitors will go direct to Denver, reach ing that city September 16, and spend two days in Colorado, visiting Colorado Springs and other points of interest in the Centen nial state. The party will leave Denver on the after noon of September 17 for Omaha, arriving In the Nebraska metropolis on the 15th, spending the 'day there, and thence east ward to Chicago and Buffalo arriving In Washington on September 24 and Balling from New York for their respective coun tries about October L WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Rural Carriers and Postmasters Ap pointed In Nebraska, and Iowa. (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (8peclal Tele gram.) Rural free delivery carriers ap pointed: Nebraska: EI wood, regular, C. A. Tal cott; substitute, P. Jlaworth. Lawrence regular, C. C. McNew; substitute, Elmer L. Sheets. - , . South Dakota: Clear Lake, regular, C. J. Force; substitute, George ' E. Force; Tyndall, regular, John E. Murphy; substi tute, J. Murphy. Iowa Postmasters appointed: Downey, Cedar county, A. C. Holloway, vice I. L. Leafevre, resigned. North Washington, Chickasaw county, F. N. Gindorf; vlco M. Lenta, resigned. Ohio-Is Accepted. , WASHINGTON, Aug. Sl.-Announcement was made at the Navy department today of the preliminary acceptance by the gov ernment of the battleship Ohio, built by the Union Iron works of San Francisco. DR. THOMAS HERRAN IS DEAD Man Who Represented Colombia at Washington Pnaaea Away In New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 81. Dr, Thomas Her- ran, who represented Colombia at Wash lngton for several years, up to the time of the Panama incident, died today at Liberty, N. Y. He had been ill for some time and went to Liberty In the hope that a sojourn there would result In the restoration of his health. Mr. Herran was educated In the United States and devoted his life largely to his country's foreign service. In his ap pointment ss Colombian minister to the United States he rounded out his term of service snd at the same time achieved the unique distinction of becoming the ac credited minister to a country he had once represented In a minor capacity. Many years ago, while president of the University of Medelllne, Mr. Herran was appointed and served as United Statea con sular agent to Medelllne, Colombia. For ten years he represented his own country as consul at Hamburg, coming to Washing ton three years ago aa secretary of the Colombian legation. During his service there, which continued until he waa ap pointed minister to this country by his government to succeed former Minister Concha, he wss practically the head of the legation. He was appointed in January of the present year. SERVICES OF TROOPS DECLINED Sheriff Bell Says Local Authorities Can Preserve Order ' at Cripple Creek. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo.. Aug. 81. In a letter to Governor Peabody Sheriff , Ed ward Bell has formally declined the serv ices of the state militia to preserve crder In this district and expressed the belief that "The best Interests of this county and state will be subserved through the determination of the best people of this district" "I believe." writes the sheriff, "that most of the disturbances occurring recently In this district have been oc casioned by the united efforts of the West. cm Federation of Miners to create an im pression of alarm regarding life and prop, arty In this locality and bring disrepute and odium upon my administration 01 the sheriff's office." Movements of Oeean Veaaele Ana". SI. , At New York Arrived: Lugurla from Genoa snd Naples; Belgians from Ham burg. Sailed: Cltta dl NiSpoll (or Naples and Genoa: Ososr II for ChrlntUri.unrf ..i Copenhagen; Teutonic for Liverpool. ai raiTmo-ssuj: Neapolitan Prince for New York. , At Liverpool Arrived: OtmjiIa New York; Fries 1 nnd from PhllnrirlnM Sailed: Cornishman for Portland; Haver ford for Philadelphia; Majestlo for New 1 or. 1 At Glasgow Arrived: Frlealanil from Philadelphia: Psrlhenta from Montreal n.i Quebec. At i-opennsgen Arrived: United States from New Yurk. At Uueenstown Sailed: Baxonla f.ir Boston. Arrived: Amania from New York. At Southampton Sal ed: Kaiser Wllh.lm der Groaee for New Xork, GRAND REVIEW AT BULL RUN Geaernl Chaffee Will Inspect on the Historic Virginia Battleneld. Men GAINESVILLE, Vs.. Aug. .-The grand review of the 26.000 troops, to be held at Wellington, September 10, Is regarded by Genera) Corbln as the only really spectac ular feature of the maneuvers of the army about to begin, so far aa the public la con cerned. The troops from all camps will be marched toward Wellington early on the morning of the 10th. They are all ex pected to be In their prescribed placea at 10:30 o'clock in the morning, when they will be given an bonr for rest and lunch. General Chaffee, chief of staff of the army, la to be the reviewing officer. With him will be Assistant Secretary of War Oliver, General Corbln and staff and perhaps other officers. It Is expected that it wUl take four, hours for the troop to pass in re view. Each command will return to camp fas soon as It passes the reviewing officer. Two high-power steam automobiles from Cleveland are scheduled to arrive at head quarters today. They are to be placed at the disposal of General Corbln for the use of his guests. About eighty guests of the general have been provided for at head quarters. The only obstacle to a perfect camp at headquarters, the lack of water, waa removed today. A steel drill has been pounding away night and day for three weeks without result to sink a hole 350 feet Into the ground. ' Today the water came. , The flow Is ample, being nearly twenty gallons a minute and good in quality and cold. General Corbln will have several officers of the Twelfth Infantry at luncheon Sun day and will then speed to Washington in an automobile. Officers from the two mam campa con tinue to ride about the country planning their attacks and defences. ROW OVER NTVICKER ESTATE Two of the Heirs Said to Have Gone to Australia Will not Probated. . CHICAGO, Aug. 81. Puzxllng circum stances were added to the Harriet G. Mo Vlcker will case today when, after going to the probate court to file Mrs. McVlck er's will, four attorneys decided In a con ference to withhold the Instrument for sev eral days. The decision was made after John D. Casey, assistant to Judge Cutting of the probate court said he would not prevent the contents of the will becoming public If it was filed. Next Friday, U was announced by the attorneys. Judge Cutting will be asked for an order Impounding the wilt Tinder seal for ten or fifteen days that Its terms may be kept from the public. Their' Intention to file the will having been changed, the law yers decided not to leave the court with out having taken some action toward further settlement of the estate. Miss Jen nie Boydston of Sterling, III., a cousin of Mrs. McVlcker and beneficiary under her will, was made a witness to prove heir ship to the $285,000 estate. From Mias Boydston'a testimony it be came known that two hrlrs of the estate are missing. They are children of IsabeUe, a sister of Mrs. McVlcker. who are said to have rone to Australia. Search for these missing' ones may be made before final settlement of the estate. It waa said by one of the attorneys that Horace McVlcker. Miss Boydston and Miss Clara B. Game of San Francisco are named beneficiaries. The lawyer declined to say whether or not the name of Dr. Zelgler appeared In the will. PEACE CONGRESS ATST. LOUIS Distinguished Europeans Here, bnt There is Danner of Dearth of Americana. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Arrangements have been practically completed for ths reception and 1 entertainment of the dis tinguished body of forelgnera who will come to this country next month to attend tha twelfth Interparliamentary conference for the promotion of International arbitra tion, to be held at St. Louis in September, but recent developments have Indicated that there is grave danger on account" of the' political campaign of an1 inadequate representation of Americans. Between 300 and 225 Europeans will attend. Speaking tonight of the situation Repre sentative Bartholdt, who represents tho American congressional committee and Is chairman of the entertainment committee, said: "There ts great danger the . American congress will not Ue well represented at the conference. I sent out a circular let ter two weeks ago and many members of the committee have reapoidtd that owing to the campaign they could not be present. "In my Judgment it would after having Invited here distinguished members of all European parliaments, be a national dis grace If congress be not well represented at the conference and the foreign dele gates would be euro to feel the matter keenly as a slight to themselves." DEATH IS DUE TO ACCIDENT Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict In .Case of Men Killed by Automobile. ST. LOUIS, Aug. SI. Barney Oldfleld, whose automobile killed two men In the races Sunday, Is still confined to the hos pital by his Injuries and the Inquest Into the death of John Scott and Nathan Mont gomery proceeded today without him. The first witness examined by Coroner Funk houser was A. Schults, an eye witness of the accident Other testimony brought out tho state ments that Oldfield had closed his eyes before his' machine ran off the track; that Scott was'dlsobeylng his orders In standing at the point where be met his death and that the management of the races had arranged to sprinkle the track, but re voked the order at Jhe special request of Webb and Oldfleld. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict of accident, adding: "From tbe evidence we find that the track was not properly po liced." SEVERAL KILLED IN WRECK One Report Snye Kino and Another Eighteen Dead la Grand Trunk Collision. MONTREAL, Aug. 31.-An official tele gram front ftlehmond, Quebec, statea that In the Grand Trunk collision nine people were killed outright and two have since died of thotr Injuriea. The number of In jured is not known. From another source It la said eighteen were killed and fifty Injured. Among the dead la Mr. Jlarkett of the Canadian Ex press company and Charles Snaard, a fur niture dealer of 8t Hyaclnthe. SHAW WILL SPEAK IN OMAHA Secretary of the' Treasury to Address the Republicans Here. t " OPENS STATE CAMPAIGN IN SEPTEMBER One Speaker Sccared by Burgess and RISK as m Result of Their Expedition to Chicago Hcadqasjrtera. The first big meeting of the republican campaign will be held In Omaha on Sep tember 21. At that time a number of speakers of national prominence will be here and among them Secretary Shaw of 'President Roosevelt's cabinet will be one of the most conspicuous. The attendance of .he latter was arranged for by Charlos Rlgg, who has charge of the bureau of apeakers for the republican state com mittee, while he and Chairman Burgess were In Chicago last Tuesday. "Chairman Burgess and I visited the na tional committee headquarters for the pur pose of securing a number of speakers for the campaign In Nebraska," said Mr. Rlgg last night, "but it was a little too early. The corps of orators engaged ts very in complete thus far and will probably re main so until the weather becomes cooler andthe members of the national committee get down to the hard work of the battle. The only available man that suited us was Secretary Shaw. I Immediately got Into communication with him, and waa told thai he could speak In Omaha on September 21. Before agreeing to any other dates for Nebraska meetings the secretary stated that he would have to consult his Itinerary. We hope to get him for several state ral lies, however." An acceptance of Secretary Shaw's offer to speak at a meeting In this city was tele graphed him by Mr. Rlgg yesterday after noon. Other good republican orators will be engaged between sow and the time fixed for the celebration. FAIRBASKI TOl'RS IX MISSOIRI Candidate for Vice President Speaka While on Ilia Way to Kansas. JAMES PORT, Mo.. Aug. 31. hai.ator Fairbanks, the republican vice presiden tial candidate, arrived here on his way to Marlon, Kas., today. He came In on a special train over the Rock Island road and was heartily greeted along the route. At Trenton, the county seat of Grundy county, there waa an Impromptu meeting, and the senator made his first rear plat form speech In this campaign. When the train pulled into the station a large rs semblage of people was found gathered on and about the platform," and there were loud calls for the senator. He responded promptly, saying that he had nowhere seen greater Interest mani fested In the campaign than at that point, and adding: "If the American people tuka to their homes and their firesides the gicat public questions, there can be no possible doubt that the verdict to be rendered will be rendered In their interest, and in the In terest of oui common country. If Missouri' shall take counsel of her highest and brst interests she Will align hersejt with, the hosts of republicanism.." The speech was received with applause, and at its conclusion many of those pres ent came forward to shake hands. Included among them were several who were demo crats. TOPEKA", Kan., Aug. 31.-Senator Fair banks arrived here this evening from Chi cago and was given a reception tonight by the Topeka Commercial club. Tomorrow morning Mr. Fairbanks, Senator Long and the Kansas delegation In congress will go , to Marlon, the home of E. W. Hoch, the republican nominee for governor, where the republican -campaign in this state will be formally opened. The principal ad dress will be by Senator Fairbanks. PARKER GOES TO THE FAIR Spends Afternoon nt Exhibition of Ul ster County Products. KINGSTON, N. Y., Aug. 81. Judge and Mrs. 'Parker and the Judge's brother, Fred H. Parker, came to Kingston today from Esopus. They crossed the city on a trolley car to the New York, Ontario & Western station, where they boarded a special train for the Ulster County fair- at Ellenvllle, twenty-seven miles southwest of this city. ELLEN VILLE, N. Y., Aug. Bl.-Judge Parker and bis party left the train at Napanoch, about four miles from Ellen vllle station and were driven to the house of Thomas E.- Benedict, former public printer, where they had luncheon. Mr. Benedict's house Is In the town of Ellen vllle about a mile from the fair, grounds. After luncheon they were driven to the fair grounds. At the station at Kingston and all the way out on the train the candidate was greeted by old friends and new, for each of whom he had a handshake and a cordial word. ' When Judge Parker reached the fair grounds and his party made the rounds ef the exhibits their progress waa marked by a continuous round of cheers and hand- clapping. They were then conducted to the reviewing stand, adjoining that of the Judges of the trotting race, and there re viewed the procession of exhibitors. The occasion was absolutely devoid of political significance, but scores of people pressed up in front of the standi to shake hands with Judge Parker. OF LETTER IX HAKD9 FRUITER President Is Now Ready to Spend More Time with Visitors. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 31.-Having trans acted all business of pressing Importance that has ben pending since his arrival at Sagamore Hill the president will give more time henceforth to visitors. A few callers will be received almost every day. Mem bers of the International arbitration con ference which la to be held in St. Louis In the next ten days, will be received by the president at the White House on September 24. The delegates will be the guests of the nation while in thla country, congress hav ing appropriated 860,000 for their entertain ment Many of the delegates already have arrived In this country and others are ex pected In a day or two. The president's letter of acceptance was taken to New York last night by Assistant Secretary Barnes and placed In the hands of a printer. It will require several days ta make it ready for distribution and pub lication. 1 DEMAND FOR BRYAN IN EAST Nebraska Tenders Services to Demo crat le Committee for October. NEW YORK, Aug. 81. Secretary Urey Woodson of the democratic national com mlttee has received a letter frtun William J. Bryan, in which Mr. Bryan aays he will be at the disposal of tbe democratlo com mittee for campaign purposes during the mrth of October. Mr. Bryan Indicates that be would prefer speaking In the wesr, (Continued on Second Page.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Occasional Showers and Thunder storms Thursday and Friday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterdayi Hour. Dear. Hour. Den. S a. m M. 1 n. an TT V n. iu , t 8 p. m Tft Tn.ni...... AS 3 p. sn...... TO 8 a. n AT 4 p. m M n a. m tn 5 p. m H'i H a, m. ...... Tl p. m ft It a. as 71 T p. an T tin 7.1 f P. TT p. m ..... . TS SCENE CF PRESENT CONFLICT Llao Yanar the Center of Fertile Province Thickly Dotted with Villages. (Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 194.) NEW YORK. Aug. 81-(New York Herald Service Special Telegram to The Bee.) The dispatches leave the position at Llao Yang aomewhat vague. It la really quite clear. The general situation Is determined by the Khln Gen ridge, which forms the backbone of Manchuria. This ridge rvms from the south of Port Arthur right up to the great bend of the Amur river at Kha barovsk, and Is, In fact, the cause of that bend, the Amur flowing round It to the north. On the east of this backbone ridge lies the valley of the Yalu. On the west of the same ridge lies the valley of the Llao river. The fighting since early spring has been , for the possession of this ridge, which was crossed by the Japanese In the various battles of the passes. From this main backbone ribs of low hills go west ward, Into the Llao river plain. The rail Toad from Port Arthur crosses several of these ribs, snd ta part It resembles a switchback railway. Between each pair of ribs a stream flows Into the plain, going generally duo west, and Joining the Llao river In the valley. This valley Is of Im mense fertility, and Is covered with mag nificent fields, with numerous villages and farms and numberless tombs, each marked with a tuft of trees, generally elms, wil lows, firs or pines. It Is recorded that the elms near Llao Yang are heavily decked with mistletoe. From Ta Chi Klao, the Junction for Port Arthur and New Chwang, the distance north to Llao Yang Is forty miles, chiefly along the foothills of the ridge and across various libs. The streams between the ribs are mountain torrents, liable to sud den floods from cloudbursts, and the bridges, one of M. de Wltte's masterpieces, allow for these floods by the great height of their arched. Westward of the railroad toward the great wall are magnificently Irrigated and cultivated plains, producing tobacco, cotton, millet, hemp and such fruits as pears, grapes, peaches and cher ries. The last rib of the hills from the main backbone is four or Ave miles south of Llao Yang city, ths backbone being in sight to the east of the town. The moun tain stream corresponding to this rib Is the Taltse river, which, flows Just north of the town, in a wide sandy bed, with numerous sandbanks, one of which divides Its stream Into two branches. - The Russian position is a half circle, the southern front being on the rib of hill four or five miles south of the city, while tho right and left wings touch the Taltse river, thus practically encircling the town of Llao Yang. The Japanese position is south of the rib of hills and stretches In a large semi circle outside of the semi-circle of the Rus sian troops. The land between tb southern ribs of the hills and the city Is flat and richly cultivated. It is dotted with suburban vil lages and is largely covered with market gardens and fruit orchards. To the east of the town the ground gradually rises till it passes through tho foothills Into the backbone ridge. Northward of the city conies flrBt the wide sundy bed of the TaJlae river and then the Hat, richly cultivated plain twenty-five miles in extent, which divides Liao Yang from Mukden. West ward of the town of Liao Yang the country is generally flat and extends in an open plain towards the main valley of the Llao river, into which the Taltse flows. The city Is built four square. It Is sur rounded by walls of stone, topped by brick, and crenelated for archery or gun tire. The wails run north and south and east and west. There is a main gate In the center of each wall, thus there Is a north gate, a south gate, an east gate and a west gate. The north gate opens out on the Taltse river. The west gate opens on the railroad station and the Russian cav alry barracks close to the station. From the south gate the old imperial road goes eastward to Anhing and thence to the ialu and Corea, The city measures two and a half miles north and south, by two miles east and west, or rather this is the ex tent of the enclosure by the walled space. Five square miles in area Is far too large for the lOO.Ouu Chinese and Manchurian in habitants and much of it is laid out in market gardens. The city itself resembles all Chinese walled cities, except thut Its streets have for the last five years been kept somewhat cleaner and arc lighted at night by the order of the Russians. There is only one slight elevation within the walla, on which stands the Imperial treas ury. The Buddhist temple to Kwan Ylen, the Goddess of Mercy, is the finest object arch itecturally, white the mission stations are the most interesting to westerners. These had some ,2uo converts several years ago, but as Llao Yang was the center of the Boxer movement In Manchuria, many were terrorized into relinquishing their new faith. The missionaries relate with prlds how one of thslr number. Dr. Wextwater, prevented the Russians from storming tho city when they were putting down the Boxer uprising by armed forces. Llao Yang used to be tha capital of southern Man churls, and Is still Important, Its chief Industry being the distilling of a native liquor from the hemp and millet of tbe surrounding fields. South of the ribs of hills already de. scribed, and which bears the' name of Stioushan, Is another small plain, which In Its turn la bounded on ths south by an other rib, of which Anahan Chan, the "Sdd!e hill." Ib the chief peak. Anshan Chan, or "Saddle hill," is noteworthy as being the moat northly point reached by the Japanese armies in the China-Japanese war of 18M-6. At Anshan Chan they made s feint st Liao Yang, which was one Of Ihe strongest renters of Chinese tioops, snd then turned southward to New Chwang , . FIGHT LASTS TILL DARK Second Day of Great Battle at Liao Tang Without Direct Keiulu. JAPANESE REPULSED ON SOUTH ROAD Loss of the Mikado's Forces in that Viciiitj Believed to Be Very Heary, ONE OF GREATEST BATTLES OF HISTORY Nearly Half Million Men and Over Fifteen Hundred Guns Are Engaged. ST. PETERSBURG REJOICES OVER NEWS General Sakharoff Sends Official Mes sage Telling; of Results of Two Days' Engagement Neat Llao Yang, TOKIO. 'Aug., 81.-11 a. m.-The battle of Llao Yang is progressing without apprecla. ble result. Official Japanese dispatches sent out lnte yesterday say that neither con testant has realised any visible results. Russians After Lost Ground. LIAO YANG, Aug. 81. The second day's battle commenced at dawn. The Russians made repeated bayonet advances on the road directly south of Llao Yang, where the Japanese approached from Sanqualshlp and Tao, shelling the positions In the Rus sian lines until 4 o'clock 'in the afternoon, when the engsgement, which was general throughout the south and sou tfi west, nar rowed to the main line. The Japant.se advance on the southeast was by way of the Feng Wang Cheng road. Immediately In front of Chlatofantang the Japanese stubbornly tried to occupy a round-topped hill, which waa literally shaved by the Russian shells, making re peated attempts the entire afternoon, where it was apparently Impossible for anything to live. The cannonading continued from this point to the vicinity of Wangpaotal until this evening without apparent advant age to either side. The Japanese dropped shells within two or three, miles of the railroad station and in the plain of Wetshu mountain, which is the most " important eminence around Llao Yang, but the Jap anese abandoned aggression there on ac count of the reslstcnce they mei. There waa cannon Are last night, and this Is expected nightly. The varied casualties here Include one Russian war correspond ent wounded and also twenty-five Chinese women from Chiofantun, whom Dr. West water, the ' distinguished missionary, Is caring for in the Chinese Red Cross refuge. The day's developments show that the Ruaslana are prepared for all emergencies.. Slow rain began to fall at noon, gradually transforming the plain Into a wilderness, ' through w blah' the wounded In carts and walking, are tonight making their way te the hospitals. Considering the seal of the' day's operations, the number of Russian wounded Is apparently small, while the Japanese losses are believed to he great,' especially where they were repulsed on the south road. Chinese graves with trees sre being leveled about l lao Yang In order not to Interfere with the defense. Developments are expected west and northwest. Resume Ftsrhllnar Early. LIAO YANG. Aug. 81. Evening Tha Russians have effected an advance along; the railway to the southward. 6:30 p. m. The, battle was resumed this morning earlier than It began yesterday. With the first gray dawn the artillery opened and the firing soon extended along the entire line. The rain ceased during the night and day broke; bright and clear. The Russians entered the fight confident of victory As this dispatch is sent a balloon Is as cending from one of the Japanese posi tions southeast of Llao Yang, making a target for the Russian mortar batteries, but the shells have not yet reached It LIAO YANG, Aug. 81, 4:46' p. m. Tha battle was resumed today with rifle Are at dawn In the southwest. There was) desultory firing all night The last attack of the Japanese yester day was made at 7 p. m. on the Feng Wang Cheng road. 8:31 p. m. The battle is still In progress, but the strength of the cannonade does not equal thut of yesterday. The Japanese are gettlngaround the Rus sian left flank. Over 00,000 men and 1,300 guns are en gaged on both sides. Practically the whole Russian force is in the firing line. One regiment, which had Just arrived from Russia, went Into action with Its band playing. Telearrapa Stfll Working-. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 81, 8:60 p. m. The telegraphlo department declares thai communication with Llao Yang Is not Inter rupted. A dispatch from Mukden this afternoon says It Is reported there that General Sam sonoff has captured two Japanese bat talloQs. Hear Russians Cnptnre Cannon. LIAO YANG, Tuesday, Aug. 80.-8 p. m.-. (Delayed In 'Transmission.) The town has -been filled wHh Joy owing to a report that the Russians took forty-six cannon today. The Japanese assault on tne Russian cen ter was desperate In" the extreme. Ths ' Japanese losses were very great The at tack was sustained mainly by the Elgbts) Siberian regiment. The fighting at WafnaW gow cannot be compared with what oe curred today. Shells ' shrieked over tiki town from early morning. People who oo cupled positions on housetops had a mag. nifllcent spectacle. The rain has begun ta fall. Sakhasoff Makes Report. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 81. Lieutenant General B.Ttharoff, telegraphing to the gen eral staff on the conclusion of yesterday's) sixteen hours of fighting around Lla Yang, estimates that the Russian casual ties throughout the day were 8.000. ' The battle enaed at o'clock last night when many positions occupied by the Jap-, anese had been retaken' and agsln held by' the Russians. The report from Lieutenant General Sakharoff la as follows; . From I o'clock this morning until I to night the Japanese forces attacked our fiontal positions before Llao Yang and oa the left of tbe TaJtse river. Both their artillery and rifle lira wus intense. Their main efforts wre directed against our cen ter positions and left flank, but numerous attacks were repulsed along Ihe whole line. Our truop made several counter at tarks, culminating in bayonet fighting Many positions which bad been occupied by the Jm.anoke were retaken at 4 o'clock 1u thd aftermton. liurlug ihe artillery at tack our batteries did vtry affective work. About 4 o'clock this afternoon the enetn was orsrved attempting to turn our right flank with considerable forces, but scvetnf