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'7 6? tit If' I r The Omaha Daily Bee. New Col Magazine Buster Brown Himself Next Suf Jay's Bee. Next Sunday's Bee. ESTAlAlSHEI) JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SAT UK I) AY MOliNIXO, of'TOKEN 1, 1904 TWELVE PAGES. COPY TIJKEE CENTS. , '! si.mE 4 V I-- if V V ! V r'' t 111 ENTHUSE OVER SHOW Spectators Wiming Up to tha Pine Point ottnsT y , Bs of Horseflesh. SAINT JOSEPll f. GUESTS OF HONOR Lady Drivers Much Skill and Dnw 6 rs Applause. JUDGES AWARD I r,1 r A BLUE RIBBON Manager in EesJ -ays Credit for 8access to Mr. McCord. SAYS OMAHA HAS DONE REMARKABLY WELL Kcllpaes Any First Effort at Horse Show ll Has Er Hail Anything to lit with and Has Bright I'romlae for Kotare. wlco last night spectators at the horso how almost went Into spasms. The first paroxysm 0 enthusiasm oecuiied wlion the turnouts entered the arena In the con test for the best lady driver. Tha second outburst took place when the hunter tlasn over tho hurdled occurred. There were other outbursts of enlhnHlusm, but the ones named were most spectacular and appealed to that portion of the spectators which went to study the .boxes rather than the show In the men. Last night ran St. Joseph s night. There was nothing In the weather to suggest that It was anyone's night In particular excepting Jupiter PIuvIub, and it' looked far a time as If the god of rain watt going to have things all his own way, but the moisture hud little effect. on the ap pearance of the Interior, but doubtless 1l bad some effect on the attendance. The boxes lost some of the elaborate coloring ot the previous evening, but there was a large turnout detplto the rain. Mayor W. E. Spratt of 81. Joseph came down eaily In the day and brought a parly of prom inent citizens with him. Mayor Spratt is the president of the Bt. Joseph Horse Show association, and In the early part of the evening he was in the Judge's stand. Later he withdrew to one of tne most gaily caparlaoned boxes and spent the evening -!rrrmjr- hi uti.oition hptwean tha horso 0how friends. He was dne of the most enthusiastic spectators in the auditorium. Dr. Gray Gets a Ribbon. One of the decorations given out by tha Judges last evening was not conferred on the equine wonders. It was conferred on Dr. ' C. DeGarmo Gray. Dr. Gray Is not a horse, but he is a wonder. He Is t'ie general manager of the horse show and when the Judges bestowed a blua ribbon on him and followea It up with a shower bouquet of pink and white roses he ad- , m It ted that It was a horse on him and ho .... Immediately explejs.il his appreciation fta having a shower bouquet presented him On a rainy night. He said other nice nthlngs. A high compliment was paid by ; (tne of the Judues to Dr. Gray's tact and I ability in the management of the horse Uo. JrrWlvl)r.GrBy'4mmadiately laid the ' Warns all on W, H. McCord. He said that U was u.rougn tne umana mans innuence ' iht. tha horse show was Introduced to ' Omaha and he added that Omaha ought j , ,tp be proud of Mr. McCord. Dr. Gray said ' he ihad never been treated so nicely any f wrt$re. He added that it might sound like . a paradox to say that although the first horse show in Omaha had not been a money-making venture, but that it was the best; and most successful first horse show ' he had managed anywhere. He 'concluded ' by saying that If the city next year would agree to shower the horse show with money Instead of spending it for shower bouquets he would come bnck and give i this pity t horse show that would make . the present one pale Into Insignificance. . Dr. Gray said other agreeable things which made the spectators feel that their hata were a slse too small for Uisua. In other respects last evening's show was no different from the preceding nights of the week. The boxes, framed In the colors of tha horse sliow, were admired from the galleries, and the galleries presented the same garden-like effects that have added , to tha floral effect of the Auditorium. Off a the west, elevated high above even the galleries, the band ployed in the golden haze shed by the Incandescent lamps, while the arc lamps In the body of tho Audi torium bathed the scene with sliver light. ' Limestone Belle a Favorite. Another favorite with the throngs was 7Jinetune Belle, who has a score of galti and who la determined to break Into a cake walk every time the music offers any encouragement. She seemed to do bettor thun usual last evening and she acted ns if aha wanted to stir up Jealousy anion? tha beauties In the boxes. Her advent around the ring was a, continuous circle of admiration, which manifested Itself In tha shape of applause. Limestone Belle seemed to bo conscious of the furore she created and she- simply redoubled her ef forts and put In extra steps that would hara won the approval of a dancing master. A number of silver cups were taken by the winners of the events last evening and , the' souvenirs of Omaha's first horse show ii , aaaea to me enectiveness or. tne arenlc 11 display. I B Th rnt'n09 tnl afternoon and the per. ! ! x,f6rmance thla evening will be the closing? 1 1 J events and they promise to be anions- the ' J C most attractive from a spectacular view- Pu,uv 'it Mayor Spratt of St. Joseph was enthusl- Jastlc In his commendation of the Omaha "- ";'w and expressed his appreciation of the I ; ior done his city In naming the night I f j It. Mayor Spratt, who Is an enthusl- 'to lover of the horse and an owner ot . -oral fine animals, said: "St. Joseph Is i ir nav an Auditorium, and we hope In the horse show circuit next year. r ) have bought a splendid site for our V Tliid'n. paying 120.000 for it, and we pro. I ' to commence In the near future the f d lon of a UOO Ooo structure. Ws have lA -, casn on nana and will build a jx&O foot building." H JOSEPH MUHT AT IIORSB FAIR ? of that CHy Honor It with f i - . His Presence. 1 was St. Joseph night at the horse v and Mayor Spratt of that city cam o uonur ins auBir wan nis presence, c lug from the blue ribbon winner of javentng It waa Toronto night, for the 1 leadliig stablea, George Pepper and v & Murry of that city, won the ma : of the eventa and rarely were thev ill iced. It waa un Omaha night In tha 'V ut 'ng of the combination harness, and ; la close when Mr, E. J Peck's "Co'in Sie Stone" won first. W. H. McCord i d horses In a number of events and kiub was tba favorite with the boxes ,allnr!va, and his win of the pairs to ICtitlBued Oh Seooud Pag- MINISTER IS A POPULAR IDOL Poller ( Prince Svlatopolk-Mlrsky Hailed with Drllsht by Rimlaai. 8T. FET'iRSBURG, Sept. 30. 1 p. m. The war In the far east has been mo mentarily thrown In the shade by the uni versal tv claim with which the Russians todny greet the accession of Prince Svlatonolk-Mlrky to the office of minister of th interior us markirg the Inaugura tion of a liberal regime-. All the papers prlrt the minister's speech at the reception yesterday and by the side of It, by special authorisation of the minister of the In terior, the Interview of the Associated Press with the minister at Vllna, Septem ber 23. Many of the papers also print tho emperor's manifesto of lsxa. The editorials all breathe a tone of relief at the passage of the Von Plehve regime nnd Intense satis faction at the dawning of brighter days. Tho Interview of the Associated -Prcs with the minister of the Interior is accepted as an amplification of the minister's words to his associates. The Hubs entitles Its editorial "A System of Confldcnco" and Buys: A your nneUa half have elaped since the manifesto Twas issued, but the former mlnlst r was far from encouraging the co operation of the people concerned. He de liberately excluded them and fust'-ro.l an atmosnhere of muiual suspicion. The new minister realizes that the only wav t obtain actual resn'ts is to give lastliiK effect to the liberal pledges contained In the manifesto, lake the people Into his con fidence and ask for the hearty co-op. ration of all classes. There in no necessity for pointing out that this method nf applying the manifesto is a new departure. In the minister's Interview with the Associated Press his words were addressed primarily to the Zemstvris. They must make tho first response, lie says: "I believe in the Zcmstvos and am con vinced that they can render the greatest service.'' It Is undoubtedly the mission of the gov ernment In the truest sense to cordially strive for their success and not to see In Zemstvos nn attempt to thwart tho gov ernment aims iind ambitions. The nohle, generous words of the mlnltrr should c.i'l forlh a wortny respnse from the Zemstvi , which are about to convene They will not fail to co-operate by pointing out the Im mediate requirements of the country. Through the united action of the govern ment the Zemstvos and the people, bv stimulating the moral forces,1 the nation should succeed In c.-.tabllshlng the organi zation of the country upon a solid basis. We greet the coming era of union ns the dawn of a new nnd rejuvenated Russia. The Novostl, the Jewish organ, discuss ing the subject of the Jews, Bays: Despite the prince's modest denial thai he has elaborated his program, his assur ance that there will be "larger opportunities for life and work" for Jews none the less contains a whole political program which all will hall with delight and help to realize. The Novoe Vremya says: The ministers words advocating mutual confidence between the government and the peop'e will satisfy the cravings which all the people In Russia have long felt, but havo only been able to mutely expresn. The Bourse Gazette heads Its editorial "A Policy of Sincerity" and says: ' The confidence thuj expressed toward the Russian nation an the Russian press will not be betrayed. Continuing, the Bourse Gazette welcomsi the minister's words In the Associate! Press Interview as confirmation of tha re ports that the prince enterlalns the most enlightened and llbernl views The Gazette says Prince Mlrsky's words yesterday and his statements to the Asso ciated Prcsr at Vllna augurs tranquillity, progress mutual confidence and unremit ting labor, adding: i. These are golden words which will go down to history. "The welfare nf the people." Such Is Russia'?) motlo now. OPPOSITION IS TO THE DVSASTV Chinese I'prlalnrr More Aicainat Gov ernment Than I'orrlKnrra, PEKING, Sept. 80 Afternoon. Foreign ers lately have been much preoccupied ow ing to tho growing unrest In the southern part .of Chi LI province and In Shantun nnd Hunan provinces They were Informei at the offices of the foreign board that the agitation Is largely revolutionary and antl-' dynastic, thus differing from the Boxer movement of 19(10, which was chiefly antl forelgn. Minister.! of the powers here have approached the foreign board with the view of Inducing the officials to take ef fectivo measures. Tho board replied that strict orders had teen given to Yuan Shi Kal, viceroy of Chi LI and commander-ln-chlcf of the Chinese forces, to do his ut most to suppress the revolutionary move ment and added that no serious trouble waa anticipated. Tho foreign board natur ally minimize the symptoms, which cer tainly are widespread, but there seems ground to believe that the character of the movement Is different from that of the Boxers of 1900. The native papers of Peking and else where are utilising the coolie question as a means of agitation. Pamphlets and hand bills are also distributed complaining of the alleged cruelties which the coolies In the Transvaal are subjected to. The Chi nese government apparently has not at tempted to counteract or check these mis chievous statements. It is difficult to as certain the precise object of the agita tion, but the foreigners regard the situa tion as being distinctly disquieting. It is learned that the dispatch of Tang Bhao Kl, the taotol of Tien Tain, to Thibet Is connected with tha British-Thibetan treaty recently signed at L'hassa, which In iome respects Is dlBtasteful to China. His mission, however, Is also connected with other matters. TRIBESMEN FIfillT IX MOROCCO Governor of Arsila Killed and Pris oners Released by Friends. TANGIER, Morocco, Sept. SO. The gov ernor of Arzila, who was the father-in-law of the former ar minlnter, El Menebhl, has been murdered at Arzila by people of the surrounding tribes. The murder was committed out of revenge for the action of the governor In Imprisoning members of the tribes. The murderers released the prisoners at Arzila and killed many of the townspeople. Great alarm prevails at Arzila and the authorities there have appealed to Mo hammed El Torres, the representative at Tangier of the sultan, to send them as sistance. Blew Bishop of Helena. ROME. Sep'.'. SO. The congregation of the propaganda today issued a brief appoint ing Rev. John B. Carroll of the Holy Fam ily mission, Montana, to be bishop of Helena, In succession to the lata Right Rev. John B. Brondel. GURNEY EXPRESSES REGRET British Secretary Sorry that He Via. lated fcfassachaaett State Ltnt, LENOX.' Mass., Stpt. JO Sir Mortimer Durand, thp British ambassador, has re ceived a dispatch from Acting Secretary of Btate Loomls which embodied the sub stance of Governor Bates' letter to the State department In the Phelps-Gurney episode. The ambassador has wired Mr, Loomls to thank Governor Bates for his letter and also to Inform him that Mr. Gurney wished to express regret If 9 had not sunforined to tha speed regulation FLOODS SWAMP TRINIDAD Mere Than Thirty Blocks of the Celorado City Are Under Water, NO LOSS OF LIFE IS YET REPORTED I Man? Ffrioni Are Rescued from Sub- merited Bolldlnas on Bafts Made front Sections of Side walks. TntNTinAr). Colo . Sept. 30. A terrific flood struck the city of Trinidad and the whole valley along the La Animas river, devastating a wide section and causing a money loss which at present cannot be es timated, but which will exceed a million dollars. So far as known there was no lo.s of life, but there were many narrow escape" and several persons are reported missing. Every bridge In the city of Trinidad is out, the Santa Fe station Is demolished, all of the railroads are tied up and the telephone and telegraohlc services com pletely suspended. More than thirty city blocks in the residence and business por tions were from two to four feet under water along the river. The flood was caused by the heavy rain which has been filling for two days. At 8 o'clock last night the storm assumed cloudburst pro portions and at 2 o'clock this morning the Las Animas river went over its banks. At 3:30 it was Impossible to get within a block of the river bed at any point, and Commercial street was flooded for three blocks In the heart of the business district. Meantime the electric light and gaa plants had been flooded and the city was In com plete dorkness. Hundreds of citizens thronged the streets on' the edge of the submerged district, carrying lanterns and doing their best to provide for those driven from their homes with shelter. Hotel nml Depot Washed Away. Warning of the flood was given when the river left its banks by revolver shots and the ringing of the fire alarm, followed by the blowing of nil the locomotive and shop whistles In town. Citizens upon rafts made ot sections of sidewalks paddled through the streets rescuing families which were In danger. The new Zacca hotel, a two story structure Just nearlng completion at a cost of $:0.000, on the river bank, was de stroyed. The water then ate Its way through fifty feet of ground to the Santa Fe depot, which was carried away. The Cardenas hotel, adjoining, barely escaped a similar fate, an aero of ground being washed away near It. The Rio Grands railroad bridge at El Moro Is out and the Santa Fe right-of-way In many places has been washed out. Railroad traffic Is en tirely suspended and business here Is para lyzed. It was reported today that the flood was duo to a break In the city reservoir, but thla Is erroneous. The reservoir Is safe. Mltht and Water Cnt Off. The city is dlvlved by the Las Animas river, which Is spanned by six wagon bridges. All of tho bridges were washed out and many residents were unab'e to reach their homes or to communicate with their families because the telephone serv ice has been wrecked. The electric llht plant was flooded, and Jiity water mra,xifl were washed out, whlc'A left the city with out light or water. A Pullman slee;-cr . and one chair car standing In fornt of the Santa Fe station were lifted bodily by the flood and floated right side up down the river for two miles. The Harvey eating house near the Santa Fe station was damaged to the extent of $20,000. The Western Union and the Postal telegraph lines were bad'y cdlppled. Of the merchants on Lower Commer cial street whose losses were great the Colorado Supply company Is the heaviest loser, having $100,000 worth of merchan dise destroyed. Trinidad is Isolated from the world tonight so far as railroads are concerned. SANTA FE, N. M., Sept. 30.-R;illroad traffic in New Mexico Is at a standstill ow ing to heavy rains last night. Every one of three railroads centering at Santa Fe Is washed out the Santa Fe Central at Estanca, Clark and neir this city, the Denver & Rio Grande between this city and Eppunaola and between Embudo and Antonio and the Santa Fo between Las Vegas and Albuquerque. No train has ar rived since yesterday afternoon and all the wires are down. The washouts are the worst west of Albuquerque and between Albuquerque and El Paso. All telegraph wires In this city are down. Many bridge were carried away by the flood last night. No loss of life Is reported, but property damage throughout the territory Is heavy. FORTUNE FOR TELEPHONE GIRL Miss Clytle GrlaiKs of Kansas City Inherits Half Million Dollars. KANSAS CITY, Sept, 30.-Mlss Clytle Griggs, 16 years old, daughter of L'lysse Griggs, a painter, received a letter this morning from a lawyer in Cape Nome, Alaska, Informing her that she Is the heiress to an estate valued at $600,000 left by Mrs. Lillian Warner Moore, her second cousin. The estate, the letter stated, con sisted principally of Interest In mining property, share of mining stock and some money. Miss Griggs Is employed as a telephone operator. Her cousin, whose fprtune she Inherits, died at Cape Nome several weeks ago. MISSOURI PACIFIC CHANGES O. W, Snlllvan of Illinois Central Ap pointed General Manager, with Headquarters at St. Loots. CHICAGO, Sept. 90.-A. W. Sullivan, as slstant second vice president of the Illi nois Central railroad, has been appointed general manager of the Missouri Pucltlc, with headquarters at St. Louis. Mr. Sul livan will assume the duties of his new position at once. The management of the Illinois Central has decided to abandon the position of as sistant second vice president, the special duties which led to the creation of the position having been performed. Mr. Sullivan has been with the Illinois Central for thirty-four years. AIRSHIP CONTEST EXTENDED Contestants In St. Loala Rare Given On Mara Month la Whleh to Qaallfy. ST. LOUIS. Sept. SO.-Owlng to the fail ure of the contestants who have entered the World's fair airship contest to qualify for the prise of $100,000 offered by the ex position company, the executive committee of the World's fair today decided to ex tend the time limit for making the re quired flight for a period of thirty days from today. It waa also decided that all the aeronautic contests must be held under tha original rules. AK-SAR-BEN CALENDAR lyl October 1. aatardJ si At the Street Tnir '. Children's diiy. 8 end 8 Leoiiijo, remedy JURRler. 3:30 and S:H' rnseatel, lilfili aerial contortionist. 4 nnd 0 Herr Schmidt, atronpest ninn on earth, mippnrtlng cycle Whirl on Ills alioiilders. 4:3rt nnd 0:3(1 Marvelous Melville, the human fly, In high noiial novelty work, cloning uitn sensational lenp for life. At tlit Andltorluni Horse show; ninttnen at 2:30, evening at S. At the Theaters Boyd. "Tlie County Chairman:" nintinee at 2:."A evening nt 8:1,". Kmg, "The Factory Foundling;" matinee at 2:30; evening nt 8:15. Orpheuni, Vaudeville: matinee at 2:30, evening at 8:30. MOURN FOR DEAD STATESMAN Toll In a Hells Worcester Tell of Passing; of Seorgt Frlsbte WORCESTER, Mss Sept. 30.-The toll ing of the bells of iho church towers and fire stations of Worcester communicated to his fellow cltizena the Intelligence of the passing of United States Senator George Frisblo Hoar, whoso doath occurred at 1:33 a. m. today. ' i The people of Worcester, to whom Sen ator Hoar waa endeared In a measure be yond that ever given to any other man, anxiously followed tho course of sickness for six weeks, and hundreds of calls on the telephone had been made daily at the newspaper offices by persons who desired to hear the latest news from tho bedside. Tho state of profound stupor, which was an Indication of the approach of death, embraced the senator for forty hours. Yesterday he became as weak as he could be and live, with the puisa and respiration so faint that they could be detected only by the physician. Dr. Warren R. Gllmau, the medical attendant, said that so slight a thing as pulling the clothing on the bei would have been sufficient to take away enough strength to cause death. The pa tient had expressed tho wish early In his Illness that he might die peacefully and without a struggle. Such a death came to him. Besides Dr. Gllman, the senator's two children. Rock wood Hoar and Miss Mary Hoar, were at the bedside until the end. W. Dougherty, the messenger of the Judi ciary commltteo ofi the senate, of which Mr. Hoar was challman, came. to Worces ter yesterday to be with the senator In his last hours. I The funeral will Jbe held Monday from the Church of Unity and Rev. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the United States senate, will be asied y officiate. Tributes to Senator Hoar were uttered by prominent njen Li ti j-jty and vicinity,' BOSTON. Sept. J'J.-News of the death of Senator Hoar was-recelved with great regret by all classes of citizens. The flag on the state house, city hall and other buildings throughout the city 'were half masted. Governor Bates Issued a procla mation announcing the death of Senator Hoar and directing that the state depart ments be closed on the day of the funeral. FAIRBANKS IN WASHINGTON Vlo Presidential Party Visits Towns In Eastern Part of the State. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Sept. 30.-Sen-ator Fairbanks made his first stop today at Prosser, a prosperous agricultural town on the Yakima river which has been built up largely through the energies of Senator An keney. The town was reached at 7:30 and Sc-iator Fairbanks left the breakfast table to make his address. Practically the entire population of the town was at the railroad station and the senntor was received with cheers. He spoke for only a few mlnutC3 and devoted himself to contrasting eco- i ncmic conditions under the republican party with conditions under democratic adminis tration. He represented thev republican party as a party of accomplishments and claimed that these accomplishments are a far better guaranty of future prosperity to all classes than the promises of the demo cratic party. After the speech an Informal reception was held and Senator Fairbanks shook hands with those present. At Yakima there was a stop of three hours and a fine dem onstration in honor of the vice presidential candidate. At North Yakima Senator Fair banks was escorted to a temporary stand In the center of the town, from which he addressed a crowd which extended beyond the reach of his voice. Senators Foster and Ankeney sat with the vice presidential can didate, as did many prominent republicans. The speakers' stand stood Immediately in front of a monument to the memory of the Y&klma soldiers who fell In the Philippine war, and Senator Fairbanks spoka of the growth of tha United States us a world power. He referred to the efforts of Presi dents McKlnley and Roosevelt to this end and spoke especially of the work of the United States In maintaining tho open door In China. Speaking of President Roosevelt Mr. Fairbanks said that his observations had led him to conclude that another term is assured to him. When the speech was concluded Senator Fairbanks and party were driven to the Washington State fulr, where some time was spent. PAHKEK HEARS FltOM THE WEST Montana Democrats Tell II I m That They Will Carry That State. NEW YORK, Sept. 30. Judge Parker be gan his day with a long walk on Flf.h avenue, returning to the hotel fur break fast. Mayor McClellan called a few min utes later. Senator Clark of Montana talked to Judge Parker concerning the sit uation in the west snd said the democrats will certainly carry Montana and, ho thought, Colorado and Nevada. Mr. Clark made an appointment for for mer Lieutenant Governor A. E. 6prlgg of Montars, who will call on Judge Purker later and give him details regarding the northwestern canvass. Judge Parker will start home this evening. He will return here next week, probably Tuesday, and will attend a reception for hlra at the Manhattan club on Wednesday night. SO ACTIOS IS SVISt'OSSIS CASK Stote Supreme Court Adjourns latll October IS. MADISON, Wis., Sept. SO The supreme court this afternoon adjourned until Oc tober IS without Hiking action on the La Follette case. ( at Hoar. 1 FORT OMAHA TO BE FAVORED Congress Asked for Appropriation for Four Companies of Signal Corps.' MORE BUILDINGS FOR FORT DES MOINES Chnrrh Howe Arrives In Washington and Talks of State Politics Sorth Bend to Have a Sew Na tional Bank. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON,- Sept. 30.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The general staff, since the return of Lieutenant General Chaffee from his tour of Inspection of 90 per cent of tho army posts throughout the United States, has been carefully considering ways and means to Increase the efficiency of the posts visited or to recommend their aban donment to congress. While an order has gone forth to withhold the recommendation of heads of departments until after being passed upon by the' secretary of the de partment, It Is learned that there will be a recommendation made to congress to ap propriate mony for four companies of tho signal corps at Fort Omaha. Fort Sheri dan, In Wyoming, will have a favorable recommendation from the general staff for a two-battalion post instead of one as It now exists. At Fort D. A. Russell a squad ron of cavalry (four troopsl, with barracks and officers' quarters, has been decided upon and an appropriation will be asked for this purpose. At Fort Des Molnea an additional appropriation will be urged for a quartermaster's storehouse and a stable for field, staff and band horses, together with an ordnance storehouse, In order to complete the post. The general staff Is working along the line of Increasing the efficiency of several posts and their recom mendations give promise of being an ex ceedingly Interesting document when It reaches congress. Critics of the general staff have been pouring hot shot Into the creation of such a body for the guidance of the secretary of war, not only long be fore but since Its creation. It Is expected, however, that when the careful and rains taking work which the general staff has done during the last year becomes known to the general public, and particularly to members of congress, there will be a ces sation of criticism. One thing is certain, every member of the general staff Is work ing day and night with one common pur- ose, to make the army of the , United States superior to any army In the world, Brldice Cane la Arorned. Secretary Tafl today heard the presenta tion of the case regarding the alleged con solidation of the Merchants and Eads bridges at St. Louis. There were present at the hearing Judge J. M. Dickinson, general' counsel for tho Illinois Central, and Judge J. E. McKelg han, who appeared for tin Merchants bridge; Assistant Attorney General Samuel B. Jeffries, who was present as a repre sentative ot the stals and th4 pcoplo of St. Louis, and General George B. Davis, Judge advocate general, and hlB assistant. Major Porter. Judge Dickinson pic'sented three proposi tions to the secretary in behalf of his con tention thut the allegation: made by the state and tit people of tl. Louis 'Were not well founded. The contention was that under the Inw under which tha bridge was constructed It forbids consolidation with pny other bridge. His aecond contention was that there was no pooling of earnings, along this line stating that "pooling of earnings" necessitated the creation of a common fund in which all parties should participate In the profits. In traffic mat ter, Judga Dickinson said, "pooling" means an equal division of business carried. His third contention vita one purely of techni cality as to the construction of the lease, wherein the word "stockholder" was omitted and the word "director" Inserted, this phase of the case growing out of the allegation that there was no director in the Merchants Bridge and Terminal com pany a director in the St. Louis Terminal Railway association. The case, which has occupied the atten tion of not only the business men of St. Louis, but the courts as well, is one of considerable interest, as it bears directly upon the question of whether the War ide.. partment could take over the bridge which under the law giving the corporation the right of erection with an anti-pooling clause as one of the features of the grunt. Judge Dickinson In his arguments before Secre tary Taft claimed that every railroad enter ing St. Louis had equal rights over the bridge of the Merchants Bridge and Terml. nal company and that there was no ques tion of discrimination raised by railroads. ' Secretary Taft replied to this by stating he did not think the question ot rates charged was one that he ought to take into consideration. In his view that question should be determined by the Interstate Commerce commission. He therefore sug gested that the question of rates be elimin ated and that the question of pooling of Issues be considered. In view of the opinion of the attorney general. Assistant Attorney General Jeffries, who replied to Judao Dickinson, claimed that the St. Louis Terminal association had no right to do by Indirect means what they could not do by direct means. He went into the general history of the Merchants company and Its amalgamation with the Terminal association. The assistant at. torney general stated that nineteen rail roads owned the stock of the Merchants Bridge and Terminal company, which waa organized soon after the completion of tho Merchants Bridge company, and told how the present operating company secured control of a majority of the stocjc In the former company and made a forty-yeKr lease with the company which constructed the bridge nnd which lease la'now running. All this and more was presented to the secretary and bo complicated became the several problems brought out by the parties in Interest that Judge Taft suggested that briefs should be filed by November 1. Looks Good to Howe. Major Chuich Howe, consul general at Antwerp, Belgium, arrived In Washington iuuujt iium mm ieuisnaa nome. Major Howe has some business before the State department and also at the request of the president will remain over In Washington for several days. Mr. Howe is calmly confi dent Roosevelt will ' carry Nebraska by a very large majority. His visit to the state wherein he was a political factor fifteen yeurs ago leads him to believe that there are hundreds and even thousands of fol lowers of Mr. Bryan who will not vote for Parke and Duvls. He believes the con gressional delegation from Nebraska will be solidly republican, but thinks there should ke a greater effort put forward than seemed )to lie on the surface for the state ticket. VMaJor Howe admits, however, that his knowledge of the situation Is not of a tharuci.y to give him the right to speak even In ttiis circumspect way. When Mr. Howe was an active force In the polities of Nebraska he thought the iCsulinued on Second Page.) NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair and Fair. Wl Temperature at Omnhn Yesterdayi Hoar. Dear. Hour. Dra-. ft a. m Oil 1 p. tn ' a. m I4 . SI p. ra fll T a. m...... l.i n p. m ft S a. m l 4 p. in HI 1 a. m OH R p. m (Ml 10 a. m OO p. m IV.1 11 a. ra T p. m 114 12 m HI M p. m RH O p. m Bit SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION Jananrse Drain General Advance Movement on llosslnn l'osl'lon nt lnkilrn. Field Marshal Oyama has begun the long expected advance on the Russian army at Mukden and a coincident movement against Sin Mln Tin Is Indicated by the fact that the Japanese have occupied Slaobeyho, west of the Llao rivr. There is a concentration of Japanese forces near the Yental mines and the ad-vam-e lines are gradually pushing east ward. General Sakharoff. In dispatches to the War office at St. Petersburg, reports successis Id several engagements of a minor character. An undated dispatch from General Ku rokl's headquarters reports the present Japanese military organization to be as efficient as at any time since the war began. There is no definite news from Port Arthur. Changes In the Russian ministry of marine nnd naval commands are an nounced. The new head of the admiralty. It Is said, will be Vice Admiral Doubasoff, an officer of wide experience In war and the present head of the technical depart ment of the ministry of marine. RUSSIA FIGHTING TWO WARS Newspaper Says Country Must Win with Diplomacy as Well as with Arms. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 30. The Novoe Vremya, commenting upon the hostility shown by other powers toward Russia, says: Russia Is now carrying on two wars the sanguinary conflict In the far east and a bloodless diplomatic one In the courts of Europe. The article concludes thus: All these talks of peace conferences and Intervention are simply dangerous maneu versflanking, turning movements, so to speak. But when the nations of the world cry out against the Inhumanity of this war they must remember that we did not start it. It Is unnecessary for us to shad or soften the picture of the horrors now beins enacted In the far east. Let us only hope our diplomatic battle will be won ulti mately as surely ns the other. Bismarck; when he battled, did not fight without ulti mate compensation. What It was possible for Germany to accomplish we ought to be able to do at the conclusion of the war In tho Orient. The Novost!, In a significant editorial ar. tide this morning, reviews the history of the military progress In the Orient and s.-.ys the formation of a second Manchurian army Is Russia's pledge to the world that Japan shall be confined to Its original frontier. The editorial calls upon the othe. powers to take cognizance of the "yellow peril" and agree thnt China must not be allowed to become a mll!i...ry power, but must not fall under the domination of Japan. MINE OWNERS ARE ENJOINED from Leadvllle Operators Restrained Discriminating- Against Union Employes. LEADVILLE, Colo., Sept. 30. Judge Frank M. Owers today Issued an Ir Junction against the members of the Leadvllle Min ing District association restraining them from proceeding further to compel miners to forsake the Western Federation of Miners and take out association cards In order to retain their positions In the mines of the camp. Nearly 2.000 cards had been Issued by the association when their work In this direction was Interrupted today. The application for Injunction was made by the president and secretary of the local miners' union. The defendants named com prise nearly every mine owner and mine manager In the camp. They are restrained from discriminating against any miner because of his being a member of the Western Federation or from making out a blacklist or from compelling them to sign any agreement that they re nounce membership In the federation or from carrying out or doing, anything In furtherance of any plana to), discriminate against the employment or miners who will not renounce their allegiance to the federa tion, or from In any other way conspiring to deprive any member of the federation from obtaining employment. . . HAY IS TO KEEP HIS PLACE President of University of California Quotes President Roosevelt on Subject. CHICAGO, Sept. 30 That Secretary of State John Hay Is to remain at the head of the State department In case President Roosef lt Is re-elected In November, has been ettied, according to Presldont Ben jamin' Ide Wheeler of the University of California, who waa In Chicago today on his way home from the east. In an Interview with a representative of the Associated Press President Wheeler, at the Auditorium Annex, said: The best news I had while In the east I had from President Roosevelt to the effect that John Hay has now definitely consented to remain at the head of the State department In case of President Roosevelt's election. This will be heard with satlsfatclon by all American citizens wiio appreciate how important are the In ternational questions likely to arise within the next two or three years. There has been apprehension sfr various times lest Mr. Hay. yielding to his natural liking for a quiet life of scholarly leisure, might withdraw from office. I was, therefore, very much gratified to learn that the mat ter was settled. LITTLE MILK AT ST. LOUIS Warm Weather Causes Loss to Dairies aad Incon vrulence to tha People. ST. LOVIS. Sept. SO. Tha unexpected warm weather of the last few daya caught the big dairy companies napping and many have been the complaints of customers olther that they had failed to receive their dally quantity of milk and cream or that tho portion delivered was unfit for use. An officer of one of the big dairy com panies admitted that the hot weather had caused fully 60 per cent of Its cream to sour in transit the first two days of this week. The average has been less since then, but great difficulty, has been apcrl enced in getting both milk and cream to the city In fit condition for consumption. Most of tho mlk. cream and butter con sumed In St. Louis Is brought from ths dairy stations within a radius I loo wiles. JAPS BEATEN BAll1,. General Assault Upon Port Arthur it Bo pulsed at Every Point. RUSSIAN OUTPOSTS ARE DRIVEN In Eumor of Sharp Fighting Near Mukden in Whioh Japanese Win. IMPORTANT DISPATCHES ARE WITHHELD ) Jlouropetkin's Reports of Beoent merits Not Given Out Move- MAIN USSIAN ARMY STILL AT MUKI Clashes Take Place Dally and Believed that a Serious Collision Is Imminent Troops Re viewed. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 30. The gen eral staff has received news that In the general assault on Port Arthur from Sep tember 20 to September 26 the Japanese were everywhere repulsed. From a reliable source the Associated Press hears that sharp fighting has oc curred near Mukden, resulting In the Japa nese driving In General Kouropatkln's out posts. Important dispatches have been revelved and transmitted to the emperor. They are believed to confirm the Associated Press information. The general staff is unable, however, at present to go beyond the pofl tlve assurance thnt the main, Russian army is still at Mukden. The war expert of the Novoe Vremya says he believes a battle at Mukden la pos sibly days, even weeks, distant. He recall that two month elapsed between Chanoel lorsvllle and Gettysburg. Tho Novoe Vremya .continues to urge that General Kouropatkln be appointed cora-mander-ln-chlet, Intimating again that he has been embarrassed heretofore by Vice roy Alexieff. A lex ten to Retire. ' . The report that Viceroy Alexioff will re turn to St. Petersburg has been accepted as true ever since the decision to form a second Manchurian army was announced. It appears still to be a question, however, whether his return Involves 'the practical winding up of 1.1s public career. The re ports of his becoming chancellor are re garded as idle gossip, devoid of solid foun dation. 6:30 p. m. The report that Japan and Russia has arranged a direct exchange of . news regarding prisoners of war without the Intermediary of the United States and France is confirmed. Under the new ar rangement Information regarding Japa nese prlvners will be sent to the Japanese minister at Berlin and news about Russian prisoners will be forwarded to M. Lt, tho Russian minister at Peking, Clashes Take Place Dally. FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THB OND JAPANESE ARMY, Sept. 18. No (Via Ftisnn, Sept. SC.)---Evening. The c glng'of the gauge of the I railroad has completed to within ten miles of : Yang and It la expected that within t or four days the first train will be over th.i new tracks. There is no cha In the situation. I Japanese outposts are now within teen miles to the north. There are da clashes between Japanese outpost Russian patrols, usually resulting la small casualties. ' Serious Collision Imminent. MUKDEN, Sept. 30. The delay In the re sumption of the aggressive by Field Mar shal Oyama, according to tha best Informa tion, Is due to the .necessity of making good the losses which he sustained at Lluo Yang and to the bringing up of stores and mu nitions. But the preparations for an active forward movement of the Japanese now seem to have been completed and a serious collision Is regarded as Imminent. General Kouropatkln today reviewed sev eral detachments of. troops which have Just arrived here and conferred the St. George' cross upon eighteen officers who distin guished themselves at tha battle of Llao Yang. The campaign is about to enter on a asn nletelv new chase. RUSSIANS DEPESD UPON RAILV I Slse of Array In Manchuria, JAijt by Its Capacity. . GENERAL KUROKl'S HE ADC? Jr. TERS, IN THE FIELD, Undated! Tlen Tsln, Sept. 30. Evening The motV terestlng military problem at preaenA how large a Russian army the railway i support In Manchuria. While the arm. south of Harbin almost all the neoeasi food supplies ran be obtained In the cJ try, but the farther north It goes more It must depend on the railway. at the same time the Japanese will gi advantage by having an increased ai draw from. The richest section of Manchuria la country of which Llao Yang Is the p clpal market and the crops In that sec, this season are unusually large. M chants who are acquainted with the CO try believe that if General Kouropa should retreat to Harbin, he must Dnng nearly every pound or fojc means of the railway, especially at year's crop in the Sungart vaSey proved a failure. Besides this, evry for the Russian commander ! must brought over the railway. If winter campaigning la attempted, or which point there la much speculation, 1 will become increasingly dlffloult after De ceinber, because the ground freeze to so great a denth as to render trenching opera- tlons almost impossible. The organization of the Japanese army continues to be a efficient as it has been since the beginning of the campaign. Most of tha troops were equipped with winter clothing when the first cold weather and snow arrived, and khaki has been replaced by heavier material with remarkable quick ness. The railway will be operated to Llao Yang within a week and through train wltl be running to the Itront from Dalnjr and New Chwang. t ' The harvesting la progressing slowly In the fields In front of the Japanese army and to the southward. Thousands of Chi nese are employed as teamsters and coolie by the Japanese army, and there Is there fore a great scarcity of labor and aa a re sult many of the crops are neglected. The thick millet, which has been a great factor In the movements of both armies, ha near'y all been reaped and there Is now lltie more than bare plains. - The correspondent of the Associated Preas rode from Llao Yang to New Chwang and found that surprisingly little damage had been done to the grsln, considering that two great armies had fought over the country, while with the exception of a few buildings which hud been burned In the Russian settlement at IJ sv Yang, there were small evidence ot ams - 4 III t i iV. r V