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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOHXIXU, SEPTEMBER 14, 1004 TEN PAUES.
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FIVE MEN ROB TD 4IN
i ?.
Kansas City Express on Bock L V Train
Held Up Near Letts.' i
VALUE OF BOOTY IS IN -.?ITE
Mnscatine Beport Bays Bobbers vi?4
Orer Ten Thousand Dollars -
EXPRESS COMPANY OFFICIALS MAKE DENIAL
They Bay the Train Carried Confparatiyely
Little Money and Valuables.
DYNAMITE IS USED TO OPEN THE SAFE
Sand Its Males Their Escape on the
LofomlT Which They Abandon
Near Columbus Junction
Poiim in Pomlt,
DF.S MOINES, Sept 13. Five bandits
perpetrated a successful holdup of a
passenger train on the Rock Island near
Letts shortly after midnight this morning-.
The statements of express officials are
that they secured no money though the
safe Was blown open and the contents
taken, the officers averring that the safe
contained merchandise of some value, com
pany papers In transit, etc, but no money.
Three special trains, on" which are posses
of railroad and express company employes
and a number of officers, were rushed , to
the scene of the robbery Immediately upon
the receipt of the news, going from
Muscatine, West Liberty and Davenport.
Horses were procured In the country sur
rounding Columbus Junction and in that
town, near which pofnt the robbers left the
railroad. Mounted men with bloodhounds,
are now scouring the country for miles In
very direction In an effort to apprehend
the robbers, while all trains that passed
through Columbus Junction or nearby
points from the time of the robery are
being held up by the officers and carefuKy
inspected by them to ascertain if the
bandits are undertaking to escape In this
way. . The engineer and fireman of the
train furnished pretty accurate descriptions
of three of the men.
The officials seem to be of the 'opinion
the robbers, when they left the engine two
miles east of Columbus Junction, Instead
of going Into that place, where the robbery
had already been reported by wire from
Frultland, started off to the east into the
marsh country lying between the Iowa and
the Mississippi river, where the Iowa forms
a delta and where the country is overgrown
with stunted timber.
Officers Watch the Rivers.
Believing they will keep to cover for the
time being, the officers directing tho search
have aranged to keep a sharp lookout
Jong the Mississippi and Iowa rivers and
at Wapello, Kelthsburg and other points
where they might come out of the swamp
country.
The robbery occurred at 12:06 at a place
known as Whiskey Hollow about six miles
out of Muscatine and near Frultland. The
train inownno Mow 114s a through Chicago
and Kansas City train. The robbery was
at the end of a sharp curve and exactly
where a similar ' hold-up was engineered
two years ago by the Chicago car barn
bandits. The engineer, as tha train rounded
the curve, saw a red lantern on the track
and Immediately stopped the train. Im
mediately the engine, express car and
baggage- car were boarded by the robbers,
apparently five in number. A fusllade of
hots was fired along sides of the train
to .prevent interference by passengers. The
mesenger of the express car was compelled
to open the door. The car safe was
bursted by dynamite and the contents
taken, after which the engine crew was
compelled to return to' the passenger
coaches, the engine cut off, and the robbers
mounting it ran it through Letts and to
within two miles of Columbus Junction,
where the engine was lett standing jn
the track.
The manner In which the robbers handled
the engine, their knowledge of the fact
that Letts was a closed station at night
and the selection of a point contiguous to
Columbus Junction to abandon the engine,
oonvlnoes the officers that the robbers or
soms of them are experienced railroad
men. s
Say nebbers Qot Nothing.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 13.-Ths Rock Is
land passenger train that was held up and
robbed near Letts this morning reached
Kansas City nearly seven hours late. Ac
cording to statements made, by officials
of the United States Express company here
and by the express messenger on the train,
the robbers were poorly paid for their risk,
securing no money or Jewelry. The pas
sengers were not inoleKted.
A huge hole, large enough for a man to
crawl through, showed at the bottom of
one of the side doors of the express car and
the glass window transoms had been shat
tered. A small iron chest was taken from
the express car and tsken to Ihe depot
fflce of the express company. Later Su
perintendent Ross made this statement:.
"The robbers secured absolutely nothing
. of value.. Messenger Magulre had all his
valuables In the small Iron box which we
have just examined. The safe contained
nothing but some packages of not very
expensive Jewelry, and none of this was
taken. The robbers seemed to want noth
ing but money and there was none on the
car. Very little money is being sent by
express now."
ML'BCATINE, la.. Sept. 1J.-U Is reported
here that the robbers secured $10,000 to
120,000. A posse numbering WO men has
left here In pursuit of the hold-up men.
At the local offices of the United States
Express company the opinion was expressed
.that the amount secured by the bandits
Is not so large ns reported. One of the
men at the local office said:
"The fact that the robbery occurred on
this train and that there was only one man
Z ei.args leads us to believe that the
jobbers did not get u Urge sum. although
they probably got all there waa In the car.
The Mississippi river runs within three
miles of Letts, which is a small station
between Muscatine and Columbus Junction,
and If the bandits made for the river and
had boats It would bo Impossible to track
them. The robbery must have occurred
between 11 and IS o'clock and was done In
tho usual way. The engine, I understand,
was uncoupled from the rest of the train,
the crew was overawed with guns and the
bandits dynamited the safe. Tha car, I
understand, waa badly wrecked. It la re
ported that the meg secured 830,000, but
this probably Is very much exaggerated,
as the train did not carry this amount fur
the reasons I have stated."
More Mem Get Wsrk.
CHICAGO. Beia. u. More than T,0O0 of
the former strikers at the Union stork
yards gathered In Facklngtown tixlay look
ing for work. About l.luO were nlven em
ployment, and tU real wmt a,wajr- to try
kgaia t ota ay ions
INSURGENT CHIEF IS DEAD
l rag-nay Reports Death of General
Bavaria, bat Bebels Contlnne
to Advance. '
NEW YORK. Sept. 13.-Th Uruguayan
government announces that General Apa
rlclo Saravla, chief of the revolutionists. Is
dead, according to a Herald dispatch from
Buenos Ayres.
The correspondent adds that while no
confirmation of this has been received
from revolutionary sources, the death of
General Saravla would not put an end to
the revolution, as there are many officers
disposed to take the leadership. It Is
stated that the revolutionists continue to
advance southward.
BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 13. Telegrams
published in the newspapers of Paraguay
announce that there has been a break In
the peace negotiations between the Parn
guan government and the Insurgents. In.
qulry made from the Paraguayan minister
to this country failed to elicit confirmation
of the report.
HERBERT BISMARCK MAY DIE
Son of Iron Chancellor Seriously 111
nd Bister Called to Bedside.
FREDERICHSRUHE. Sept. lS.-Prlnee
Herbert Bismarck's condition Is most grave.
His sister, Countess Von Rantzau has been
summond to Join the rest of the family,
who ere already at FreUerlchsruhe.
It was announced from Frederichsruhe
Saturday that Prince Herbert Bismarck was
seriously 111 and that contradictory reports
had been in clrcultatlon for some time
regarding his condition.. According to one
version the prince's condition was hopeless
and abdomlnable cancer was hinted at.
Another report said the prince was suffer
ing from ptomaine pensioning due to eating
bad fish while In England several months
ago.
Prince Herbert .Is the eldest son of the
late Prince Bismarck. He was born in
Berlin December 28, 1849 and married
Margaret, countess Hoyos, In 1S92.
LIMBER COMBISR AT A. END
Mountain Mills In British Columbia
Will Start Retail Yards.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept. 13. The lum
ber combine In the Canadian northwest Is
practically at an end. All mountain mills
tn British Columbia, numbering fifty, have
refused to sell exclusively to retailers In
the northwest and say they will start yards
Of their own and sell to uny consumer who
has the cash. It Is thought the British
Columbia coast mills will be compelled to
follow suit. The provincial government
refuses to have the prohibitive tax on
logs exported to Washington stato repealed
and a third of the loggers of British Co
lumbia have gone out of business.
DEMOCRATS MAKE SMALL GAINS
Haw More Members of Maine Assem
bly, but Republican Plurality
ia Over Thirty Thousand.
PORTLAND. Me., Sept. 13. The republi
can of Maine were successful in the state
election yesterday and their candlate for
governor, William T. Cobl, of Rockland
being elected' by a pluralty which probably
will be aa high as 30,000. Tills estimate is
based upon returns tabulated today from
250 cities, towns and plantations out of a
total of 522, which give Cobb 71,085 and
Cyrus W. Davis of Watervllle democrat,
46.162.
This probable pluralty l about 3.300
smaller thin that by which the republican
ticket was successful in Maine four years
ago. The democrats are claiming that the
vote Indicates an increase in their party
strength In ihe state. On the other hand
the republican leaders had declared that
they expected only from 15,000 to 20,000
plurality. All the present, congressmen,
who are republicans, were re-elected by
plurality ranging from 6,000 to 8,000.
Incomplete returns Indicates that the
democrats will have several state senators
whereas they nOw have only one and that
they will ' make a slight gain over their
present twenty members of the state house
of representatives.
The noticeable feature or the election so
far as the voting in the cities was con
cerned, was the falling eff In the republican
plurality of Portland from 2,402 four years
ago to 1.3S9 of yesterday. This republican
loss In Portland, together with the election
of a democratic sheriff and a democratio
senator was held by the democrats to be
a virtual sweep of Cumberland county.
WHEAT MAKES HIGH RECORD
September Option Touches S1.27 at
Kew York and All Markets
Are Excited.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13. Blighting frost over
the Canadian Northwest today added fresh
test to the bull campaign In wheat, forcing
prices to a new higher record mark.
Tho wildest excitement prevailed on the
board. An evidence of the scarcity of of
ferings Initial quotations on all deliveries
were up 2 cents compared with josterUay's
eloping prices. May option Jumped to
J1.1S5(T. nearly 2 cents higher than the
record price made on August iO. December
advanced to $1.10. The close was ex
tremely strong with May up 3ttcN?ta at
$1.17Vg$1.18. December closed with a gain
of 3e at $l.lfi.
The excitement in wheat was duplicated
In the corn market upon predictions of
frost as far south aa Kansas.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 13. Shortly after
the opening in the wheat market Septem
ber tuurhed $1.27, almost 9 cents above the
close yesterday and lc above Saturday's
close. This is the highest record lor Sep
tember. " NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-Wheat In the
New York market shot up no less than
4 cents a bushel today, making almost
8 rents rise In two days, as a result of
Saturday's Dullish government crop report
and today's cold weather In the northwest.
December at one time waa quoted $1.20.
Wheat Is now higher than any Urns since
tha Letter deal of 181)8. , Corn Jumped 2 cents
a bushel.
GERMAN CATHOLIC VEREIN
Convention In Session at St. Louis
Makes Important Changes la
Constitution.
ST. LOUIS. Sept IA Changes in the con
stitution and bylaws of the German Cath
olic Central vereln were adopted today.
Those make It possible for the stats or
gauisatlous to federate oojolntly with the
central union. There are now sixteen states
represented and a representation wfU be
allowed Of ne delegate to each 1,000 mem
bers or fraction thereof. Abbot Frowln
Conrad end Bishop Mora of Covington,
Ky addressed the convention and Henry
I. Bpounhurat also spoka. Rev. Urban C
NagHlejaen of New York, director of the
Leo house, a home for Catholic Immigrants
tn New York, which ia undta tha prutetdo
roU at the central union, .mads a myart
CANNON COMES TO NEBRASKA
Speaker About to Start on a Oreat Cam
paign Tour of Country.
TWO DAYS ARE TO BE DEVOTED TO IOWA
Superintendent Wilson of Wlnuebano
Agency at Capital In Conference
with Officials of Indian
Bureau.
. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. tt-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Speaker Cannon, according to his
secretary, L. White Busby, will shortly
begin one of the biggest speaking cam
paigns a speaker has ever participated In.
He will cover a dozen or more states, go
ing as far west as Nebraska, his first date
In that state being at Falls City, Septem
ber 23.
It Is expected that two other dates will
be given Nebraska, one of which may prob
ably be Omaha. As to the other dates In
Nebraska, Mr. Busby has not been ad
vised, his Itinerary for the speaker s trip
covering only the period between Septem
ber 17 and 23. From Nebraska, Speaker
Cannon will devote two days to Iowa and
then work east, touching the enemy'a
country wherever it can be found.
Report on Genoa School.
The annual report of W. H. Wlnslow,
superintendent of Indian schools of Genoa,
Neb., bos been received at the Indian
bureau. Superintendent Wlnslow reports
that the schools under his charge are In
a flourishing condition and the general
health of the pupils during the past year
has been good. A new water and sewage
system Is about to be Installed, which will,
it Is believed, greatly add to the health
fulncss of the Genoa school In the future.
Conference on Winnebagoea.
H. Q. Wilson, bonded school superin
tendent of the Winnebago Indian reserva
tion, arrived in the city today. He comes
to Washington to consult with Commis
sioner Jones upon various matters relative
to the coming school year, but the mat
ters of greatest Interest Just now. Is how
this department may proceed to put a stop
to the illicit sale of whisky to the Indians
residing upon this reservation. It Is the
hellf nf SuDerintendent Wilson that little
can be done to stop the sale of liquor to
Indians unless local public sentiment Is j
aroused against the rum sellers, ine situ
ation on this reservation has already been
called to the attention of the Department
of Justice, but the Indian bureau Is with
out funds to Investigate or prosecuto and
Is powerless to act.
Connecticut Republleam Meet.
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 13. In a vigor
ous defense of the republican administra
tion United States Senator Orvllle H. Piatt,
as temporary chairman, awakened much
enthusiasm at the opening of the repub
lican convention at the Auditorium tonight,
the delegates and spectators cheering the
name of Theodore Roosevelt.
The Indications tonight were that Lieu
tenant Governor Henry Roberts would be
nominated for governor 'on the first ballot.
In the second Colonel Rollins Woodruff will
be named for lieutenant governor.' Tha
other places will probably go as follows:
Secretary of state, Theodore Boden: con
troller, A. V. Mitchell, A. J. Muzzy of Bris
tol or Charles Blssell; treasurer, William E.
Seeley, the present controller: eongress-man-at-large,
George L. Lilly. The entire
fight centers on the head of the ticket
Penbody Will Be Renominated.
DENVER, Sept. 13. While the renoml
natlon of Governor James H. Peabody by
the republican state convention In this city
tomorrow is a foregone conclusion, surface
Indications point to a contest over the en
dorsement of the governor's actions tn con
nection with the labor troubles. Delegates
headed by State Senator Samuel V. Newell,
who Is a candidate for the gubernatorial
nomination, advocated a law and order
plank, but disapprove any endorsement of
the deportations of strikers from their
homes that have taken place. Peabody's
managers claim over 600 of the 882 dele
gates are for the governor. The conven
tion will nominate a full state ticket, con-gressmen-at-large
and presidential electors.
SAN FRANCISCO THE FEATURE
Metropolis of Facifle Makes Deep Im
pression on Chicago Knights
Templar Who Return.
The movement of the Knights Templar
to the east has begun. Apollo commandery.
No. 1, of Chicago, the first of the home
ward bound organisations to pass through
the city, reached Omaha at 4:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon over the Union Pacific.
The party left for the east at 8:30 over
the Milwaukee, arrangements having been
mode by Eugene Duval, assistant general
western agent of the company, to give the
knights an opportunity to see the city In
stead of spending only an hour In Omaha
as was the first Intention. The arrange
ment pleased the knights and cars were
Immediately boarded for down town.
Of their visit on the coast, the knights
speak In the highest terms. When asked
what one feature during the trip made the
deepest impression, one of the knights
quickly replied:
"San Francisco. There was no escaping
the fact we were In the metropolis of the
Pacific for no other city In the union could
entertain so lavishly. The weather was
rniporb and the decorations were magnifi
cent. Night was turned Into day and the
days were one succession of beautiful sur
prises. We were fairly bombarded with
flowers. The city waa fragrant with them,
for they formed a prominent feature of the
decorations. At night the city was roofed
; and arched with light and the eyes were
daisied with the brilliancy of the illumina
tions. The senses were Inundated with
music, and there was so much to see that
it Is almost Impossible to carry In the mind
one distinctive; feature transcendent In Its
magnificence to the rest. There Is only a
j confusing memory of sunshine, flowers.
decorations, fruit and fragrance."
Movements of Ocean Vessels Sept. 13.
L At New York Arrived: Kron Prina Wll-
helm, from Bremen; Grosser Kurfurst,
from Bremen; Finland, from Antwerp; Me
saha, from London. Sailed: Ryndam, for
Rotterdam: Kaiser WUhelm der Orosse, for
Bremen; Slavonia, for Naples; Victorian,
for Liverpool.
At Genoa Arrived: Lombardia, from
New York.
At ChrlstJanla Arrived: Hekla, from
New York, stalled: United States, for New
York. i
At London Arrived: Ontaiian, from Mon
treal At Newport Arrrred: Minnesota,' from
London.
At Antwerp Arrived: Montrose, from
Montreal.
At Glasgow Arrived: Albania, from Mm
tresL At Palermo Arrrred : Syrian Prince,
from Nw York.
At B mmm A rrtved.: Kaiser 'Wirhehn II.
from New York.
At IJverpool Sailed: Ivemla. for Boffton.
At DoveiwArrivedj Graf Walderaott. from
New York.
At Movllle Arrived: Anuhorla. from
ijKvw Torn, Xjjt fUaassv
POWERS ASKED TO INTERVENE
Interparliamentary tnloa Favors Me
diation Between Japan
and Huaala.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 13. The all-Important
business for which the Interparliamentary
union assembled was transacted at the sec
ond session, which was held today. With
great unanimity these representatives of
fifteen different national iwrllamcnts
adopted two resolutions of far-reaching
Importance. In one the powers of the world
ore asked to Intervene now In tne Russian
Japanese war. In the other the nations of
the world are Invited to participate In a
second session of The Hague conference,
and President Roosevelt Is requested to
Issue the coll.
The measure looking toward Intervention
In the far east was adroitly amended.
Orlglnuhy the resolution provided for Inter
vention "at the proper time." The last
four words, however, were stricken out on
the ground that immediate Intervention la
necesxary. Count Goblet D'Alvlella of
Belgium was responsible for this amend
ment. It was also the Belgium senator
who brought about the Insertion of a
phrase calling for Intervention of the
powers, "Jointly and separately," and the
hint was delicately, but Informally, thrown
out in this connection that the president
of the United States could most properly
tender mediation. A smile passed as the
delegates appreciated tho adroitness of the
connection between the formal phrase and
the Informal suggestion.
The action calllrg for a new session of
The Hague conference took the form of
the Bartholdt draft, which follows:
Whereas, enlightened public opinion unci
the spirit ot inouern civilisation allae ue
liutnu hint uiflurencea beiw-en nations
should be adjuulcaieu ana settled in, tne
same manner us disputes between Indi
viduals are adjudicator, by tha arbitrament
of courts in accordance wlih recognised
principles ot law, the conference requests
the several governments ot tne worid'to
send representatives to an international
conlerer.ee, to be held at a time and piace
to be agreed upon by them, for the pur
pose of consldeilng:
First, the questions for the consideration
of wnich the conterence at The Hague ex
presM?d a wish that a future conterence be
called.
Second, the negotiation of arbitration
treaties between ihe nat'ons represented
at the conference to be convened.
Third, the advisability of etitiiblishing an
International congress to convene periodi
cally . for the discussion of international
questions.
And this conference respectfully and cor
dially requests the president of the United
States to Invite all the nations to rend
representatives to sucb a conference.
The adoption of this resolution without
a dissenting voice aroused much enthusi
asm. The Hungarian group sponsored a move
ment Intended to forbid the use of floating
submarine mines, but opposition developed
on the ground that this matter might well
be left for The Hague conference, and
Count Apponji withdrew the Hungarian
resolution.
The only other feature of the session was
the transmission by telegraph to President
Roosevelt of the, salutations of the Inter
parliamentary union.
The conference will adjourn tomorrow.
MEXICO GIVES UP EMBEZZLER
Vance Fulkerson, Wanton at El Paso
for Taking; FedviTI Funds. .
Extradited.
ELPASO, Tex., Sept. 13,-The State de
partment of Mexico today notified the
United States district attorney here that
the court order extraditing Vance Fulker
son had been approved.
Fulkerson, while Inspector and appraiser
In the United States customs service here,
embezzled funds, It Is alleged, and a grand
Jury returned Indictments In forty counts
against him. Ho left at once for Mexico,
where he was later nrrested. He will now
be returned to El pa so for trial.
This Is the first Instance on record of the
return of a government official from Mexico
for embezzlement by the Mexican author),
ties.
CONFERENCE WITH CORTELYOU
Western Men Call on National Chair
man at the. Chicago Head,
quarters.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-Senator Allison of
low. Thomas H. Carter of Montana and
Colonel George Stone, republican state com
mitteeman of California, were among those
who called on National Chairman- Cortelyou
today. They gave Mr. Cortelyou reports of
the political situation in the various west
ern states.
Chairman Cortelyou will leave for Wash
ington tonight well satisfied with his can
vass of the situation In the middle west
and the west.
Illinois democrats are preparing to give
Chairman Taggart an enthusiastic recep
tion when he reaches Chicago next Mon
day. JOINT PRIMARY ON DOCKET
City Central Committee Derides to
Join In County Trlmary and
Adopts Rules of Last Year,
If primaries becoms necessary ftor the
selection of the five republican candidates
for the school board and the candidate for
the water board, the city republicans will
hold t'helr primary coincident with the
county primary. This was decided last
night at a meeting of the city central com
mittee, convened for the purpose. A com
mittee consisting of Messrs. Morgan, Smith
and Allen was chosen to confer with the
cou.ity executive committee In the matter.
The city committee adopted rules to gov
ern the primary, which are practically the
same as the rules governing the election of
chool board nominees last year.
ENGINEERS BANQUET TONIGHT
Social Function at the Millard to Be
Held on an Elaborate
Scale.
The International Steam Stationary en
gineers yesterday had a session mostly of
mutine. The matter of changes In tho con
stitution and bylaws Is up for considera
tion, but probably will receive more at
tention today.
The feature Just now Is the banquet of
the engineers tonight at the Millard hotel.
This was to have been held last night at
the Calumet, but plana were changed. An
elaborate function Is on tha tapis.
nits A -! Defanct Coneorm.
Two enits have been filed against the de
funct American Ouiocry company, one by
the Omaha NkUwimJ bank ami tha ether by
the First NuilunaJ bonk of FrumonL The
iiuiKml tavoived la sikmetbtng over ISo.doi.
(' tieven Oldneld, Herbert W. lieven ana
JL H. MTrkaril. as the prlnuipaJki uf ths
Ohic'ury company, are partita to the suit.
Tbs enmuany formerly t't basirwas la
Rant Omaha, but suspended about four m
bve yer agn. The vulut arise out some
promissory nates of seven ar night years'
Maud in. The OuuLha Na tion! la the
prinaipal pis UU iff, Urn auU. rung low
MlJUt. .
TOO MUDDY FOR FIGHTING
Roads So Deep in Mud Military Operations
Are Impracticable.
PORT ARTHUR GARRISON IN SORE STRAITS
Movements of Chinese Army Alarm
the Russians, Who Fear They Will
Come to Assistance of the
Japanese.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
ST. PETHRSBURG, Sept. 13 (New York
Herald Cablegram-Special Telegram to
The Bee.) The secret of the paralysis that
has apparently stricken the opposing forces
between Ylentai and Mukden lies simply
In the fact that the rain makes action
quite Impossible. The roads are morasses
and the retreat of the Russian troops is
being mude at a snail's pace under diffi
culties which would have totally disheart
ened any other force In the world, but are
faced by the Russians with a fortitude and
stoicism beyond praise. The Japanese, who
started In pursuit, gave up the task as
totally impossible, the conditions being so
bad it looks as if the late rainy season,
which ought to have been at Its heighth
six weeks ago, has now seriously set In.
Meanwhile, Interest here Is once more
turning from the north to the south. Port
Arthur again monopolizes anxious- atten
tion. It is fully believed that a crisis Is
Imminent there, owing to the approaching
failure of the ammunition supply. The
smokeless powder has entirely given out.
I am told that the Japanese engineers
are changing the gauge of the railway as
fast as It Is captured. In such a way as to
prevent the Russians from using It later on.
One rail Is left, while the second Is so
modified that It bears the lighter type of
narrow gauge Japanese rolling stock, but
would be useless for the heavier Russian
locomotives and cars. At the same time
they cut the sleepers, making them too
short for use with a broad gauge.
The hostile attitude of the Chinese troops
is looked upon as a highly serious feature
of the situation.
Russia Fears the Chinese.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 13.-1:10 p. m.
The report that Chinese troopB are con
centrating In the valley of the Llao river
Is received with considerable concern here.
The Bourse Gazette thinks it is entirely
probable that the Chinese government will
formally propose to undertake to guard
and administer the territory actually oc
cupied by the Japanese, adding:
To this Japan doubtless will readily ac
quiesce as It will relieve Japan of guard
ing Its lines of communication. In other
words regular Chinese troops will become
auxiliaries of the Japanese, and the Jap
nese army, thus relieved of the necessity
of protecting its lines, stores and land
transport will set free all th strength of
the Japanese forces to operate against
Russia. China thus Would become actually
the ally of Japan. If the repoftn are con
firmed not only Russia but other powers
must Intervene to show China what the
limits of "strict neutrality" mean.
No change is reported In 'the situation
at the front. ad no confirmation Is ob
tainable here' of the reports that General
Kurokl is moving northeast of Mukden,
but the authorities are noticeably more
reticent than usual.
The War office authorized the Associated
Press to deny the report circulated by the
Morning Post of London to the effect that
8,000 men of Lieutenant General Zassa
lltch's corps have been captured, to deny
the report from the same source that he
has been wounded and also .to deny the
statement from Toklo that dum dum bullets
were used by the Russians at llao Yang.
The emperor has received a dispatch from
General Kouropatkln announcing Jhat a
considerable force of Japanese has been
seen about twenty-five miles southwest of
Mukden. No further engfigements aro
reported.
Ooktomsky to Be Recalled.
The report published in Paris today that
Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky had been
tried by court-martial, sentenced to death
and shot for disobeying the ordor not to
return to Port Arthur after'the sortie of
the Russian squadron August 10 Is untrue.
He has not been tried by court-martial, but
will be recalled.
LOW RATES TO ST. LOUIS
Coach Excursions Will Be Run Daily
Until the Close of the
v Fair.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 13. At a meeting today
of traffic and passenger officials of all rail
roads entering St. Louis, It was unanim
ously agreed to recommend to their re
spective associations that prevailing coach
excursion rates be made effective daily
during the remainder of the World's fair
period, within a radius of 200 miles. It was
recommended that the same rate be made
for all points beyond 200 miles during the
first five days of each week.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition to
day, it was decided, to open Festival hall
at the World's fair for religious services on
Sunday, September 18. The action was
taken In response to a request of Inspector
General Gaines and other officers of the
Kentucky National Guards. The Second
regiment of Kentucky Is now In camp on
the World's fair grounds. The services
will be for the benefit of the large com
munity of soldiers and others now within
the grounds.
President Francis today signed a war
rant for the sum of 8500,000, the regular
semi-monthly payment on the government
loan of 14.600,000. The warrant was for
warded to the bank and the money will
be paid Into the St. Louis subtreasury to
morrow. HARROUN MAY BE EXPELLED
Kansas City Hoard of Trade Summons
Allenred Forcer to Explain
Ills Action.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 13.-W. II. Harroun.
a grain merchant of St. Joseph and Kansas
City, widely known throughout the west,
will he cited to appear before the Kansas
City Board of Trade next Tuesday to show
cause why he sht ild not be expelled from,
the board.
The board today obstructed Its secretary
to serve notice, on Mr. Harroun, who Is
charged with Issuing forged bills of lading
and negotiating bogus bills of lading. He
la said to have confessed to Issuing ttOO.ono
of foTged paper, and this paper la held by
banks from the Great Lakes to the gulf,
Bt Paul and Minneapolis, New York, Cin
cinnati. Baltimore, Bt Looi ud the Mis
souri river towns.
No criminal pro 'ration has been br-ua
against Mr. Harronn. who Is tanking a set
tlement with bis oredltara. Ilia lioitOllisu
jus autonalud t eaV.Otn, ---
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair and Continued Cooler Wednes
day. Thursday Fnlr nnd Warmer.
Temperature nt Omaha Yesterday!
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SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION
There Has Been o More Fla-htlng,
but I gly Humors Cnuse Gloom
nt St. Petersburg?.
There has been no renewal of fighting on
a large scale between the Russian and
Japanese armies In the far east. At St.
Petersburg tho people are lmrrnssed by
rumors of Impending disaster to General
Kouropatkln, which find ready credence
because of the lack of official Information
from the general's headquarters al Mukden
and for the moment at least the popularity
of the head cf the. Russian armies In the
field Is in eclipse. In ,that capital, too,
there Is much uneasiness felt lest the Jnpn
nese advance In Manchuria should afford
occasion for the growth of an antl-Russlan
spirit In China nnd the ultlmatefprojection
of that power Into the conflict.
RtSMAXS AMO THE REBELS
Action Cnuses Considerable Alarm In
orth Corea.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1M4.
WONSON. Sept. 12. (Via Seoul. Sept. 13.)
(New York Herald Cablegram Special
Telegram to The Bee.) The force that left
Ham Heung Saturday has arrived at Puk
Cheng and Hoo Wen.
Reliable news from the north states that
considerable anxiety Is felt over the upris
ing of the Tonhakes, the Corean rebels,
whom It Is rumored the Russians are arm
ing. ANXIETY AT ST. PETERSBURG
Lack of News from Army nnd Chinese
Activity Cause Alarm.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 14.-3:15 a, m.
The continued delay in the receipt here of
anything like a detailed official account
either of the battle of Llao Yang or of
the present situation at the front Is prov
ing more Irritating to the public at St
Petersburg than any previous phase of the
war and has given rise to numerous alarm
ist stories of the alleged precarious situa
tion of General Kouropatkln's army. None
of these stories, however, are traceable
to any authentic source.
The fact seems to be that military opera
tions In the neighborhood of Mukden are
suspended on account of the effect of the
rains on the roads. There is no current
news to record, while if General Kouro
patkln has transferred any full account of
the recent great battle, it has not been
allowed to circulate. The persistent silence
is doing more than anything else to dis
credit the Russian commander-in-chief In
the eyea of the public, with which he has
heretofore been an almost deified hero. 1
Reports that the Chinese are making
preparations to occupy conquered territory
are creating some uneasiness, for China
has betn all along an uncertain quantity
from which any development or complica
tion might be expected. No one knows
precisely what pressure, radical or politi
cal, Japan may be able to bring to bear
upon the great silent empire. The logical
belief always has been that China would
endeavor to the utmost to refrain from
taking sides In the present conflict, in
order that It might be Jn a position to
make the best terms possible with the
ultimate victor, but It Is realized that a
continued Japanese advance Into the heart
of Manchuria might exert a powerful In
fluence on both the Chinese peasantry and
the nearby, ill-controlled regular troops,
which the weak central government at
Peking might find It difficult to cUrb,
thereby precipitating serious complications
upon the scene of actual hostilities.
There have been no developments regard-'
Ing the case of the. Russian transport Lena
In the- harbor of San Francisco, beyond
those noted in Tuesday's dispatches to
the Associated Press. While it seems al
most Incredible that the admiralty remains
In Ignorance of the Lena's mission and
whereabouts, such seems to be the case.
It appears that the vessel was acting
wholly under the orders of Vice Admiral
Skrydloff and that he had not reported
concerning the Lena or that If he had
done so the report had not reached the
admiralty.
ORLOFF MAY BE COl RT-MAHTIALED
Russian fieneral suid to Have Been
Culpable In l lao Van Battle.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 13. ti p. m.
The report persists, although there Is noth
ing official to confirm It, that General Kou
ropatkln has recommended the trial by
court-martial of Major General Orloff, upon
whose failure to carry out his orders the
non-success of General Kouropatkln's plans
against General Kurokl at the most critical
hour of the battle of Llao Yang Is attrib
uted. According to a statement made by a per
sonage connected with the emperor's sur
roundings, Kouropatkln had assured his
majesty of his ability to accept battle and
defeat the Japanese at Llao Yang, and for
this reason the emperor's disappointment is
all tho more keen and his dissatisfaction at
the outcome is all the greater.
The emperor last night received a long
report from Genera' Kouropatkln outlining
the military sltuatl.n and the disposition
of the Russian forces and describing tnl
nutely the strategical considerations, it Is
also understood that General Kouropatkln
dealt lengthily, on the political aspect of
the situation. The contents of the report
will not be published.
The authorities here are unanimously of
the opinion that General Kouropatkln will
not withdraw from Mukden without accept
ing battle. It Is expected that he will leave
W,u)0 men to defend Mukden, while the re- i
malnder of his army retires to Tie Pass.
It Is believed that General Kouropatkln lias
over. 200,000 men. The general staff suld to
day that since the battle of Llao Yang Gen
eral Kouropatkln had been reinforced by
two army corps.
I.lnevltrh hot In Corea.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. lt-The general
staff denies that General Llnevltch hus
marched Into northeastern Corea from
Vladivostok and cut Generai-Kurokl'a com
munications with Feng Wang Cheng, aa re
ported In a dispatch from Tien Tstn to the
London Pally Mall.
Asks Receiver for Air Company,
NEW YORK, Sept. 13. Application for
a receiver for the Consolidated IJquld Air
company has bocn uiada in the supreme
court hsre on a judgmrnt obtained soma
time ago by a woman stenographer fur
salary amounting to VH. The company
was a rwo- nil Uall on of tLs ou1Umb4
Trtuler Liauld Air cumnajur axul LmA a
AaaUaaJ osjaioi f fLiftv,
MAY REPAIR
THE LENA
Btlief that Permission Will Be Qirsn to
Make Bussian Ship' Seaworthy,
MUST STAY UNTIL END OF THE WAR
Japanese Cruisers Will Probably Be Wait
ing for Transport if it Leaves Port.
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER ON WATCH
Graft from the Marblehead Acta as Picket
and Patrol Boat.
EACH VISITOR MUST SHOW INTENTIONS
Every Boat that Approaches Russian
Transport is Held' I'ntll Its
' Errand la Known by
American Officers.
WASHINGTON, Bept 13.-The develop,
nient of the day, so far as It related t tha
Rusclnn cruiser Lena at San Francisco,
was the clearing up of the official muddle
arising out of the. doubt as to which of five
departments of the government should deal
with It It was finally decided by the presi
dent that the State and Navy department
ohould treat the cose, acting Jointly, a de
cision calculated greatly to simplify ta
handling.
Over night came a telegram from Ad-'
mlral Goodrich at San Francisco, showing
that on his own Initiative he had caused
one of his expert officers to make a pre
liminary examination of the Lena and that
temporary repairs would occupy six weeks'
time and that new boilers would Involve
eight months' delay. The president ap
proved the admiral's action and decided
that he should continue to handle the case
In San Francisco under Instructions from
the State and Navy departments. This In
volved a further expert examination of the
ship. The Russian government did not
object; at least the Russian consul at San
Francisco gave that understanding, nnd
within a day or two, with the assistance ot
expert mechanics from the Union Iron
works, Admiral Goodrich will be able to re
port more closely on tho repairs.
Guarding; the Lena.
The admiral also adopted the precaution
of guarding the Lena with his own vessel
a course also approved by the department.
Agreeable to the president's instructions
Acting Secretary Adoe for the State de
partment and Captain Plllsbury for tho
Navy department had two conferences dur
ing the day, and the result was the prep
aration of snstructlons to Admiral Goodrich
which, It is understood, were first wired to
the president for his approval.
There la food ground to believe that
these Instructions contemplate the allow
ance of sufficient time to the Lena to make
temporary repairs. However, there Is a
growing belief here that the vessel will bo
obliged to Intern in the end. for it la alto
gether likely that by the time It could be
made ready to go to sea one or more Japa
nese cruisers would be off the Golden Gate
ready to sink or capture it. Foreseeing;
such an event an a request for the right to
Intern, the officials have been considering
what shall be dono with the crew whether
It may be allowed to return to Russia on
parole or must be Interned on Its ship In
San Francisco harbor. On this point no de
cision has been reached.
Law In thei Case.
Captain Plllsbury of the bureau of navi
gation, Navy department, upon the receipt
of the report of Admiral Goodrich covering
a statement of lieutenant Commander
Herbert as to the condition of the Lena's
boilers communicated the Information to
the president and at the same time held
a conference with Acting Secretory Murray
of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
It was ascertained that' the officials wero
determined in their action by section B288
of the revised Btatutes, contained in circu
lar No. 29 of the Department of Commerce
and Labor and referred to In the depart
ment's reply to the collector's telegram
yesterday. This section reads as follows:
It shall be lawful for the president, or
such person as he Bhall empower for that
purpose, to employ such PHrt of the land
or naval forces of the United States, or
of the militia thereof, as nhall be neces
sary to compel any foreign vessel to depart
from the United States In all canes in
which, by the laws of nations or the treat
ies of the United States, she ought not to
remain within the United States.
Under the construction put' upon this
section it was held that the president alone
held authority to act.
President Refers Matter.
By the direction -of the president, tho
Navy and State departments are to handle
and dispose of the entire case arising out
of the arrival at San Francisco of the Rus
sian ship lna. The course pursued by
Secretary Morton in directing Rear Admiral
Goodrich to inspect and report to the Navy
department upon the condition of the Lena
was today approved by the 'president and
Admiral Goodrich, it Is stated, has full
authority to act. He has been Instruoted
by Secretary Morton to ascertain whether
It will be possible for the Lena to complete
repairs necessary to make It aeaworthy
within a reasonable time. If it can do so
It will be allowed to remain at San Fran
cisco and complete these repairs. If not,
the Lena, In the opinion of the officials
here, will dismantle In San Francisco
rather than accept the other alternative
of putting to sea In an unseaworthy condi
tion.' What, In the opinion of Secretary
Morton Is a reasonable time has not yet
been announced, but there is authority for
the statement that it will not exceed two
mon,ths.
Destroyer Protects Less,
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ll.-Today ths
destroyer, Paul Jones, Lieutenant Davison
commanding, was sent to an anchorage off
the Union Iron works, close to the Lena,
Later the Paul Jones was reinforced by
a steam launch from tho Marblehead, la
charge of Midshipman Davis with an
armed crew and four marines with loaded
rifles and belts filled with ammunition.
Assisted by' tha launch as a picket and
patrol boat the Paul Jones wllj keep a
close watch over the Lena as long a
It remains In port to see that ths neu
trality laws are rigidly enforced, both
for and against It. Vigilance Is being ex
ercised that no fanatic, Japanese or other,
creeps up on the Lena for the purpose of
doing It harm and possibly repeating the
Maine Incident tn this port; and equal
vlgtloncH lo being exerted to see that ths
Russian vessel receives no military help
In the shops of arms, ammunition, men or
equipment, or any cool beyond the quantity
to which it Is entitled, namely, enough
to carry It ts ths nearest home port. '
Vlvery boat that approaches ths Lena Is
arrested b the alert launch uaUI Lbs)