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The Omaha Daily Bee. OUR NEW COLOR MAGAZINE "The Bee la certainly a credit to the stftto "and Nebraakana should be proud of It, Wood Miner Interest. OUR NEW COLOR MAGAZINE "The new Sunday fpafnrm place Tlic Be In "th fnnt rank wttb olheT metropolitan 'dnllh'g of the country.' HoUlrpjrp Pmfrress. 4 ESTABLISHED JUNL 19, 1871. OMAHA, FI5IDAY MORNING, OCTOHEU 14, 11.04 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY' THREE CENTS. LAST DAY OF TOUR Senator Fairbanks Wind Up Bis Trip Through the West at Chicago. ADDRESSES LARGE CROWD AT THE ARMORY loseph G. Cannon, Speaker of ths House, Alto GaTe a Character'"4'" Talk. FIRST STOP IS MAD y. S T MOUNE Meetings Held at Geneieo,3 "i g Valley, Ottawa, LaSalle, Morri 'oliet. LONG JOURNEY OCCUPIES Y "DAYS Varty Travele 'vum MlU'i" roh Fonrtftn Statea and Ci .ate for Vice President Makes 111 Kprffhfl. 1 HICAGO, Oct 13. Completing a day of speechmaklng throughout Illinois, Charles W. FairbanKa, the republican candidate fur vice president, tonight addressed an audi ence that filled the First Regiment armory to overflowing. This was the first time that Senator Fairbanks has spoken here since he received the nomination and ao much enthusiasm was manifested by his listeners that tha meeting resembled to a great extent the vigorous rallies of !KM and 1M0. To add to the enthusiasm of the gather ing Joseph U. Cannon, speaker of the house of representatives, addressed the audience In his characteristic manner. Senator Fairbanka said In part: Standing here tonight where William Mo Kinley. our martyred president, onoe ad dressed you, the best Greeting I can ex tend to you Is that Theodore Roosevelt, the leader of the republican party today, stand exactly tor the same principles as President McKlnley, and these principles will not be changed one lota when Presi dent Roosevelt is returned to the While House- November 8. Our opponents say that the money question has been Irre vocably settled. This la not exactly the fact, as congress may reverse and undo It tomorrow if It sees tit, but such a thing will never happen aa Jong as the repub lican party la In power. To insure the fixture of tha money question it Is neces sary for the republican party to have a majority In congress, and this fact should not be lost eight of during the campaign. From my observations during my trip to the Pacific coast, I can assure you in good faith that It the conditions throughout the weal can be taken as a criterion of the sentiment throughout the country, then the republican party will record a greater vic tory this year than it did four years ago. But the people must not become apathetio. To avoid a repetition of the conditions which existed during the four years be tween Mi and 1KW, when the I'nlted States decided the democratic party was plunging Into alrhost total demoralisation, every loyal republican must stand by his party this year and. roll up Buch a majority for our principles In the congressional dis tricts thut when congress opens for the next session auch an overwhelming repub lican majority will ba found In their aeata that it will be useless for our opponents ' to endeavor to enact visionary legislation. Address by Spanker Cannon. Senator Fairhanka was followed by Speaker . Cannon. Mr. Cannon compared the ftondltlona existing now under a re-yuhttooo-fcsUmlnlatrtnUnn wtfb the which existed" during president Cleveland's last administration and said that all ha askai ' was for the people to choose for them selves and It waa easy to propheey what the result would be. Speaker Cannon related a number of humorous atorles In hiB quaint manner ' and during the latter part of his address the audience was in an uproar of laughter. Congressman Adam Bede of Minnesota, the last speaker of the evening, spoke along the aama lines aa Senator Fair banks. Fairbanks. Pleased with Trip. Senator Fairbanks returned to Chicago this e enlng from his campaign tour to tha Pacltlo coast, lie came in over the Rock Island road and on the special train . on which he had made the journey. The trip begun at Chicago on the 23d of Sep tember and tins occupied the entire twenty days since, extending not only to the Pa cific coast, but along It from Tacoina to San Francisco. The distance traveled waa Mtti miles. Fourteen states were trav uTpSJ, 111 speeches made and no material Mmldent or delay occurred to mar the success of the tour. The highest day's record of speeches was made, yesterday In Iowa, whan between 7 in the morning an 1 10 o'clock at night fourteen addresses were, delivered. Senator Fairbanks announced himself as greatly pleased with the tour and paid to night that ha felt as well and as fresh aa When ha began the campaign. Bearlna the Day at Mollne. MOL1NE. 111., Oct. 13.-8enator Fair banks began the aat day of his extended western campaign tour with a speech in this city today. An immense crowd of people greeted the senator with a round cheer and listened Intently while he spoke. "I hava come to speak to you of re publican pollclea and in favor of the elec tion of Theodore Roosevelt," he said, and then entered upon a contrast of Indus trial .conditions under republican adminis tration aa compared with the same condi tions under democratic administration. Benator Fairbanks met here Hon. Charles 8. Deneen, republican candidate, for gov ernor of Illinois, National Committeeman Frank l.owden and a large number of Other prominent Illinois republicans. The aenator'a program for the duy In cludes speeches at Mollne, Gencseo, Shef field, Spring Valley, La Balle, Ottawa. Mor ris and Jollet. DAVID R. HILL INJECTS NEW ISSIM taya Democratic Party Is Aaratnst Gov- j eminent by Injunction. WHEELING. W. Va.. Oct. lS.-DavId B. ! Hill injeoted a new argument into the dem- 1 ocratic campaign here tonight, a straight forward condemnation of "government by Injunction," and the demand for a law granting a Jury trial"- to persons held In . contempt of court, for the violation of a .' restraining order of a federal Judge. Tho democratic national platform sustains this i position, although in guarded terms. Wheel ing waa selected by the New York poli tician aa the placa to emphasize and make a national Issue of this point, because of jta varied Industries giving employment to artisans of many vocations, and also be cause tha Injunction haa been used here In labor disputes In a number of. Interest ing 'caeca. The announcement, which waa &eronmanied by a' full vnitii,.iin I greeted with tremendous applause. Mr. Iltll recited the history of the use of tha Injunction Jn labor disputes and tha diffi culty of finding all adequate remedy. Ha tell of introducing and aecuring the paas- ugt of a bill through the senate In lswi to this end; he then recited the republican opposition In the house of representatives alnea that time, which waa the ground for making tha question, a party Issue to be called to tha front at thla time. He de clared that a man had the right to quit (Continued ua Second Page.) WOMAN'S CLUB SESSION ENDS O Hirers Are Klected for the Ensnlns; Vear Without Any Contest, (From a Staff Correspondent. ) SEWARD, Neb., Oct. 13-(Bpe lal.J The tenth annual convention (It the Nebraska Federation of Woman's clubs which closed today, fulfilled all prediction In being en tirely uneventful politically, but In lolnt of protltable excharge of Ideas, deliberation and entertainment the Seward meeting will be long remembered. The following ticket was elected on the first hallo', Miss Elisa beth Sheldon, recording secretary, and Mrs. C. H. Letton, auditor, being re-elected to their respective oftlres, they being the only ones of last year's executive board eligible to re-election: PreHldent, Mrs. H. M. Bushnell, Lincoln; vice president, Mrs. (Hive Moore, Platts mouln; recording Hecretary. MlhS Elizabeth Sheldon. Columbus; rorresponulng secre tary, Mrs. Glen I.. H.itson, Seward; 'treas urer, Mrs. Ella Bessie, Kearney; auditor, Mrs. C. H. Letton, Falrhury; general fed eration secretary, Mrs. Will Appcrson, Te cumseh; First district vice president, Mrs. Will Wilson, Falls City; Seci nd district vice president, Mre. M. J. Monnette, Omaha; Third district vice president, Mis. 11. L. Keefe. West Point; Fourth district vice President. Mrs. C. 8. Cnscarden, York; 'lfth district vice president, Mrs. R. P. Falkner, Hastings; Sixth dlsirlct vice presi dent. Mrs. F. E. Haldermu,n, Ord. During the past three years the federa tion has educated two young colored wo men In the National Kindergarten school, at Washington, D. C. who are to go among the colored children of the south as kinder garten teachers and It was unanimously de cided to continue this work during the coming year, the fund to be raised by voluntary contributions from the club wo men. Household economics predominated dur ing the afternoon and evening sessions, Mrs. Mary Pugh of Omaha, recently elected chairman of the General Federation of Woman's clubs household economics com mittee, presiding during the evening ses sion, when Mrs. Nellie Kedzia Jones of Kalamazoo, Mich., another member of the committee, addressed the convention on "Ratlona I Education for Future Home Makers," and Miss Elizabeth Sheldon con tributed a report of the domestic science program at the St. Louis biennial. Mrs. Elizabeth O. Hiller, principal of the Chicago School of Domestic Science, gave the convention a practical tulk and demon stration on "The Art of Serving a Dinner." After the installation of the new officers the convention adjourned. STATES W. C. T. V. CONVENTION Someone Evidently Tries to Tarn a Political Trick. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Oct. J3.-(8peelnl Telegram.) Mra. Dora V. Wheelock of Superior waa re elected president of the Nebraska Women's Chrlstfnn Temperance union at today's ses sion of its annual convention. Mrs. M. D. Russell of Lincoln was elected vice presi dent, Mrs. M. E. Patterson of Omaha cor responding secretary, Mrs. C. W. Wood worth of David City recording secretary, Mrs. Annetta Nesbltt of Pawnee City treasurer. The convention not only endorsed the Women's Christian Temperance union tem ple project at -Chicago, but over S123 waa voted to the temple fund In aplte of the antagonistic, attitude of the national or ganization. A small sensation developed late this aft ernoon when some of the women discovered what they believe to be a shrewd political trick and aa attempt to use them as a cats paw In the present campaign. What seemed to be an Innocent resolution was presented to the convention, but waa not acted upon, as It waa out of order, not having been sub mitted to the resolutions sifting committee. The resolution was an endorsement of the Juvenile court measure. How this resolu tion got past the sifting committee none of the women profess to know, the mnjorlty at the time considering it merely an in discrete action .that would be duly elimi nated by the resolutions committee and never come before the convention. Tonight, however, many delegates see In the last pnragraph a questionable compliment to Governor Mickey and a statement that could be used either against him or for him In the campaign. For that reason many delegates announced they would oppos the resolution if it again came up, foi they are opposed to the union taking any part In any political fights and are opposed to being used in any way by designing politicians. The resolution was written by Judge Wilbur F. Bryant at the request ol some of the women, he said, and today he stated that he was opposed to bringing the women into politics, and because of this he J hns so worded the resolution, so that it could not be used for or against the gov ernor. At the close of the afternoon session the delegates were taken for a car ride to University PInce, where supper was served. The evening program consisted of remin iscent talks by a number of crusaders, nine of whom sat upon the platform. Advertise. "ScaTengter Law" Salea. PLATTKMOUTH. Neb.. Oct. IS. (Special.) Pursuant to decree of the district court of Cass county, duly entered in the state tax suit for the year 1904, In proceedings on be half of the state of Nebraska to enforce the payment of delinquent taxes and as sessments upon real estate by the state of Nebraska, County Treasurer W. D. Wheeler will on Wednesday, November St, in hla office In this city, offer for sale to the high est bidder for cash all the land and town lota in this county on which decrees of sold court have been entered, aa shown in the list published In the Weeping Water Republican this week, to satisfy the amount of such decrees with Interest, penalties end costs. The sale will be continued from day to day until ulh of the property haa been sold or offered for sale twice. He will also offer for sale all certificates of tax aale of the state of Nebraska and thla city and county acquired under slate tax suits which remain undisposed of at that time. It Is rumored that capitalists In the east have offered to furnish n sufficient amount of money to buy all the farm land and tha most desirable city and town property, aa it is predicted that a vast amount of the property will be aold for a aong. Syracuse Will Have Darbeeae. qTRACl'8E, Neb., Oct. 13. (Special.) The big barbecue and political rally will be held at thla place October la, and prepara tions are being made to have an enthus iastic meeting of southeast Nebraska peo ple at that time. State Auditor Weston will speak at the opera house In the even ing, defending the republican Issues In the campaign, while M. E. Harrington will ad dress the people at the afternoon meeting, defending the position of tha fualonlsts. Entertainment for the visitors wilt con sist of ball games, band concerta, auto mobile races between contestants from Lincoln, running racea, bicycle racsa and a free ball In the evening. At noon a 1.500 pound roast steer will be served up in sandwiches. All the Otoe and Casa county candidatea, and some from other counties are expucud to be present on thla day. DIVORCE AGAIN DISCUSSED Minority Btport to Episcopal General Con vention on Question it Withdrawn. NO ACTION PROBABLE AT THIS SESSION Rlshop Hsre of South Dakota Makes an Extensive Report of Mission ary Work Among; the tHllK Indiana. BOSTON, Oct. 13. During a two hours' debate on the divorce question today by the delegates of the Episcopal gcnrral con vention, both sides appeared to bo as far apart as they were yesterday and predic tions were freely made that no final ac tion wou'd be taken at this time. Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Parks of New York, In be half of those who made the minority re port on the proposed divorce canon, with drew their recommendation, but the with drawal does not mean that there will be any let up In the fight agaln.M the pro posal to prohibit clergymen remarrying the innocent person In a divorce suit for Infidelity, while the former partner lives. The members of the minority consider that the situation would be less complicated by the withdrawal of the report. Francis A. Lewis of Philadelphia, Rev. George C. Hall of Wilmington, Del.; F. A. De Rosset of Springfield. 111.; Rathbone Gardner of Providence, R. I., and Rev. Dr. Alfred Harding of Washington, D. C, made addresses today In support of the proposed amendments to the divorce canon. Those who spoke In opposition Included A. H. Drown of San Francisco, John G. Hicks of Searcy, Ark.; Wllelmus Mynderse of Brooklyn; Rev. Dr. S. S. Moore of Park ersburg, W. Va., and George Wharton Pep per of Philadelphia. Ear:y In the afternoon the debate was put over until tomorrow. The house of bishops and house of dele gates held a session late this afternoon and heard reports from mission fields. Tonight a public meeting of the Church Association for the Advancement-of the Interests of Labor was held In Fanulel hall at which a number of prominent church men delivered addresses. The archbishop of Canterbury and party left the city today on a special train for New York, from where they wl'.l sail for home. The duke of New Castle, one of the leaders of the high church party in Eng land, arrived here this afternoon and. It is said, will attend some of the sessions of the general convention. .. Minority Report la Withdrawn. The house of bishops continued Its ses sions and the conferences of the woman's auxiliary of the board of missions were iesumed. Bishops Anson R. Granes of Laramie, Wyo., and Lemuel H. Wells of Spokane delivered addresses. Rev. Parks on behalf of the minority re port on divorce asked for permission to withdraw the report. The request waa granted. The minority report favored the existing canon, but contained an amend ment compelling clergymen to obtain a civil court record when a divorced person desires to be remarried. Tha members of tho minority considered that the situation would be less complicated with their rec ommendation out of the 'way. " '" In committee of the whole the house of delegatea resumed the debate on the ques tion of remarriage, Francis A. Lewis of Philadelphia, in support of the majority report against the remarriage of a divorced person while the former partner lives, being the first speaker. He said the church should go out of the remarriage business. The disputed passage In St. Matthew's gospel permitting a man to divorce hla wife for one cause waa considered by Rev. H. H. Oberly of Elizabeth. N. J. He held that there was no permission In the passage for a woman to remarry. The proposed reform was opposed by A. H. Drown of San Francisco, who thought the new canon would have absolutely no effect on the divorce evil, which he thought should be reached by the atat legislatures. Arter lunner aiscussion ine question went over until tomorrow. Indian Missions Prosperous. Rev. William II. Hare, bishop of South Dakota, presented a report on Indian mis sions to the Joint meeting of the house of bishops and the house of deputies thla afternoon. Dr. Hare, aa long ago aa 1873, was con secrated bishop of that part of the country now known as South Dakota, then largely occupied by the Indians of the Sioux and other nations. He has watched the tide of white people flowing into the state and haa had some hand in the processes in which the Indian population and its large white population InAve been led to live aide by side in amicable relations. The speaker dwelt upon the fact, first, that the Indians have been brought into contact with the whites by tho white men's choice and not by their own, and, second, that this contact of the Indians with the whites, especially with the precursors of civilization Is Inevitably accompanied by many Influences injurious to the Indians, so that the white man's progress and that of the Indian are generally In Inverse ratio. While admitting that adverse conditions had made many of the Indian tribes inac cessible to Christian work, the speaker dwelt upon the following facts: That In Minnesota, out of a population of 2,000 Indians, over 500 were communi cants of the Eplsuopal church; that In South Dakota out of a population of 20,ooo Indians, 3,600 are communicunts of the Episcopal church; there are ninety con gregations and sixteen native clergy, num bering above sixty native catechists; that the congregations rcgulurly maku contri butions to the domestio and foreign mis sionary society and other charities of the church amounting to over Sg.oOO. All success In work among the Indians, so far as I know It. has been the result of sympathy and fellowship with them. They have seen that the missionaries valued them. They have seen that the missionaries liked them. Dirt and rude ness might exclude them from the mis sionary table, but not color or race. On the other hand, all want of success of work for indlans and for negroes, too, has resulted largely from the fact that the workers have been under the dominion of the un christian habit of mind which calls some classes of men simply because of their race or color "common and unclean." CHICAGO TO HAVE B1Q HOTEL Largest Hotel In the World la Prom ised to People of the Windy City. CHICAGO, Oct 13. The Newa today aaya that Chicago la to have the largest hotel In the world. It will coat SlVoOO.OOO. be twenty-two stories high and dwarf In size and magnificence, It ia promlaed, any struc ture of the kind ever erected. The build ers and owners will be a syndicate of Chi cago and eastern capitalists, headed by Otto Young. The hotel will occupy prop erty measuring 400 feet in length by 171 feet in depth in Michigan avenue, two blocks south of the Auditorium. Steel con struction will be used In building tha new hotel, which will be the hlgbeat building In Chicago In point of atorlea, with tha ex ception of the Maaonla tempi. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL t'arrlera Appointed for a Number of Rural Mall Rentes la Nebraska.. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Out. 13 (Special Tele gram.) Rural free delivery routes ordered established November 15; Nebraska Craig, Burt county, one additional route; nrua, sixteen aquara miles; population, 370. Hooper, Dodge county, one additional; area, twenty-six square miles; population, 600. li dlariola. Red Willow cotnty, one route; area, forty-two aquare miles; population, W. Rulo, Richardson county, on? addi tional route; area, twenty-six square miles; population, 402. Iowa Iowa City, Johnson county, two additional routes; area, twenty-eight square miles; population, 840. Harvey M. Downer has been appointed regular and Matthew M. Treese substitute rural carriers at Lynnvllle, I a. DESIRES UNIFORM ' SENTENCES Jadare Advocate) General of Nary Would Reform Courts-Martial. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Such Is the lack of uniformity In the sentences Imposed by summary court-martial In he navy, and so Imperatively necessary does he regard a remedy for this condition, that Captain S. W. B. Dlehl. Judge advocate general of the navy, In hla annual report approved by Secretary Morton "today, announces his intention to ask at an early date for an Investigation of the whole subject by a board of officers appointed by the depart ment. "Limitations," he says, "in the punishments to he assigned under the statutes for such offenses should be pre scribed by the department, these to be of an advisory and Instructive nature, so far as relates to the exercises of Judicial func. tlon." Because of the annual Increasing de mands of the present system upon the time of the younger officers for summary court martin! duty, Captain Diehl recommends authorization by congress of a summary court of one officer, instead of four, as is now required, for the trial of minor offenses. "Thus," he points out, "roughly speaking, three-fourths of the Officers flow engaged in summary court work will be relieved thereof." Undivided responsibility for the conduct of the case and the punishhients Imposed would, In his opinion, doubtless tend to more thoughtful discrimination and uni form administration of discipline. Legislation Is requested providing for the enforcement of -the attendance of civilian witnesses before naval courts; the use of depositions before sufh courts; the organ ization of examining and retiring boards, merging the professional and medical boards Into one board aad remedying the present cumbersome two-board system; the convening of general courts-martial in the Island possessions of the United States, by officers in command of such stations, the present law making it incompetent for the department to delegate, auch authority to officers; and the. release of certain tracts of lands In Cypress Island and Navy Com missioners' Island in Louisiana, which have for a long time been - reserved from the public domain tor the use by the Navy department aa a aource of live oak timber, and which la no longer needed because of the decreasing use of '.;s material in naval construction. Additions to the prison at the navy yard, Mare island, and to that at the navy yard, Washington, coating respectively 350,000 and $140,000, are recommended. MAKES PLEA FOR CANTEEN Brigadier General Bnrten, Inspector General, Submits Hla Report. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-That the can teen is of great moral benefit to the army Is the claim made by Brigadier General C. II. Burton In his annual report aa In spector general of the army to the secre tary of war, made public today. "It seems to be almost! the unanimous sentiment of the army," he says, "that the one thing lacking" to meet the soldiers' wants and tastes Is the csnteen feature. The absence of this leads to sickness, the commission of military offenses, desertion and other crimes, as well aa impaired discipline, by driving men to the low dives and groggerles that have sprung up like mushrooms around military reservation since the prohibition law was enacted. In fact the canteen feature la not only a bene fit morally, but the profits derived from the sales of beer and light wlnea are used 10 Improve the mess, aa well aa for the pur chase of periodicals, publications, etc., all of which add to the soldiers' comfort and contentment." General Burton then quotea the Inspector general of the Philippine division aa say ing regarding the canteen: Its absence Is seriously felt. The effect, especially in tha provinces, is to encourage men in the use of the various native drinks; In aomo instances of opium. In criticism of recent Instructions from the War department, fixing the tour of duty in the Philippines of staff officers at three years. General Burton quotes the in spector general of(that division as saying: Fewnen In their third year of continuous service In the Islands are in their normal condition of physical and mental vigor. It Is further believed that a third year of continuous service will result in ao great an Increase In the number of officers. In valided home or who return to the statea broken in health, requiring months of leave and rest for recuperation, that no economy to the government will result. Chronic absenteeism of officers from their companies and the continued aervlce on de tached duty la criticised, by General Burton aa detrimental to the service. Regarding desertlona, he aaya It la a crime against patriotism, honor and oath bound obligationa and he recommenda the offering of rewarda for the apprehension of deserters, suitable punishment for those who harbor them and punishment for the crime by confinement at hard labor for not less than three years and not more than five yeara In a military prison. In general he finds the conditions of the several departments and Institutions of the armyi good and well administered. seVds notes to the nations All Signatories to The Hastue Conven tion Asked for Opinions. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. The president la preparing to redeem hit promise to tha delegatea to the interparliamentary peace conference to secure another meeting of plenipotentiary of the powers algnutory to The Hague convention with a view to revising and adding to that instrument. The State Department will address separ ate notea to every government repreiented at the last conference Inviting suggestions aa to the time and place of meeting and, without doubt. In the spirit of caution that ia alwaya exhibited by dlplomata, miny of these governments will seek to secure an ironclad agreement aa to the acope of the conference. Many llmitatlona are expected to be proposed In thl way and It la realized that much difficulty will be experienced In securing harmony. Meetlasj of Ureal Northern. NEW YORK. Oct. II -The annual meet ing of the Grral Northern Kallrotd com pany was held today. All the retiring di rectors were re-elecled. It is understood that the officer will ba re-elected. FATHER SCI1ELL TO CRITICS Says That He is Facing Great Odds in Fight far Indians' Bights. PROMISES TO SHOW THAT HE IS RIGHT Says That If Bishop Will Let Him Stay at Winnebago Aatenry He Will Prove Ills Statements. "Tjl'.'V WINNEBAGO INDIAN AGENCY, Neb., Oct. 13. (Special Telegram.) Father Schell Is not concerned by the charge that he la crazy or Idiotic, made by the Indian com missioner in special dispatches from Wash ington last night to western newspapers. "I didn't say Jones personally, told the guilty parties to stand from under, but that by announcing tho appointment of a upeclal Inspector, giving his name and purposes, tho guilty ones were made aware of trouble and got away. The charge that Father Ketcham, head of the Catholic In dian bureau In Washington, has gone to Commissioner Jones and spoken against me la no surprise, for I realize that all possible pressure Is being brought to get me away from here. If the bishop leaves me here I will convince the world I am right. I am here at the Instigation of Mother Drexel, despite Father Ketcham's alleged statement to the contrary. No more than two weeks ago I received a letter from Mother Drexel, In which she sold she was aware of what I was doing and she approved of it heartily. The little difference I had in Oregon with Bishop Christy waa Insignificant and I was shown, by results, to have been In the right. I know I am fighting against great odds here, but I'll win." Thla Is pay day at tha agency and tho scenes Incident thereto vary the monotony of the official Inquiry being conducted by Special Inspector Wright. Although on Tuesday the Inspector de clared there was a regulation which pre vented traders and other crcdltora of the Indiana coming within a mile of the agency to collect their notea and accounts, and that ho would Insist on lt enforcement, the traders are here today, but are a little more circumspect than usual in the matter of "snapping up the pay checka." A Sensational Report Denied. From unofficial sources It la said that In dian Commissioner Jones haa given Indica tion he will assist the traders in collecting their outstanding notes, which are now In Jeopardy. The atory Is denied by Agent Wilson, but it has gained general circulation. It la to the effect that during a recent visit of Commissioner Jones to Chicago a delega tion of Homer merchants called on him and made representations to him concerning the large number of notes they hold, explain ing that they were secured In payment for the necessities of life. They denied the re port that they represent usury and exces sive charges and declared that If they should, under the new rule, be prevented from collecting the notea, representing over $100,000, It would work great hardship on the holdera. It la reported that Commissioner Jonea gave practical assurances that these notes might be collected through the agency. The delegation returned Jubilant, but when Agent Wilson heard of the matter he flatly refused to have anything to do with tha notes. The agent today Bald the story waa untrue and that there was no conflict be tween him and the Washington authorities over tho matter. Inquiry Contlnnea. Inspector Wright yesterday devoted his time to taking tha evidence of Homer and Emerson men concerning the salea of liquor to the Indians. Thomas Ashford, Jr., John Ashford, C. J. O'Connor of Homer and Attorney E. Smith of Emerson were examined. They all admitted the aale of liquor to Indiana and Bald It was certainly most detrimental. They declared that It waa done by bootleggers and waa recognized aa bad for the general commercial interests of the border towns. John Ashford declared that Rev. Father Schell had promised to help the bootleggers out of trouble should they get Into It. The priest waa charged with saying he wanted to get the saloonkeepers and would pro-ti-t the bootleggers to accomplish it. Father Schell was asked about thU alle gation. "The statement is exaggerated, aa it Is to be expected it would be. I have said openly I did not blame tha bootleggers half aa much as the saloonkeepers, but I never promised them protection. These bootleggers are in the employ, practically, of the saloonkeepers and peddle their whisky for them." The questions today are bearing on tha charges brought by Father Scheli of the "snapping up of the pay checks," the tak ing of usurious notea and of the excessive charges made for all goods sold to Indiana. The inquiry haa not developed anything very sensational as yet. There will, how ever, be affidavits submitted and testi mony of Indians, leaders of the tribe, which will Implicate prominent men and It may be expected that sensation will follow sensation. RUSSIAN VESSEL ESCAPES Merchantman Seeks Safety In Taconia, Harbor From a Japanese Transport. TACOMA, Wash.. Oct. 1J. Captain En lund, master of the Russian ship Glenard, which arrived In port Tuesday night from Ban Francisco, reports having sighted a Japanese transport while coming up. The captain says when he sighted the transport he expected to be overhauled and possibly taken, lie waa aome distance away from the steamer, however, and did not ahow hla flag, and aa a consequence the two vessels parted company without eloser acquaintance. Captain Enlund con sidered he had a narrow escape from a capture. The Glenard la here to load coal fur Australia. Captain Enlund aaya today that he be lieved the ship waa a regular Japanese merchant liner. Enlund did not display hla Russian flag and kept away from the Japanese ship. Reports that the Glenard was overhauled are not true. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. In maritime circlea here It la believed that the vessel alghted by the Glenard waa either the Japanese merchant steamer America or the United States transport Sheridan, IROQUOIS TRIALS TO PEORIA Chleagro Court Seuda On sea of Men Charged with Maaalanahter There oa Chance of Venue, CHICAGO, Oct. ll.-Peorla county wsa selected today by Judge Keraten as the place for trial in tha Iroquois theater man slaughter trlala The prosecution objected, but waa overruled. Change of venue from Chicago waa granted on the ground of prejudice her against tha defendants NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fitlr Friday and Satnrday. Temperature at Omaha Vesterdnyi Hour. Drgr. Hour. Dear. B a. m p.4 i p. m tl 6 a. nit K4 2 p. in ,M T a. m M a p. m. H 8 a. m .VI 4 p. m J 0 a. m 54 II p, in l to a. m R4 O p. m 11 a. n rut T p. m nil 11 a Ml 8 p, n n H p. m 0 SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS Japanese I p to Date lime Hetter of , j the Fonr Daya of . 41' Planting. Jftfi (Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 19M l NEW YORK, Oct.'14.-(New York HeraM Service Special Telegram to The Bee.) Reports from the commanders-in-chief of both forces tell that the Japanese have won a decided advantage after four days of desperate fighting. The full strength of both haa been thrown Into the contest, bringing out at least 400,000 men in all branches of the service. General Kouropatkln, In a report to the czar yesterday, admitted that he had or dered his right to the west of the railroad to fall back, while the center around Yen tai had been compered to withdraw under repeated assaults of the enemy. Supplementing this, Field Marshal Oyama reported to Tokio that he had the Russian left around Benslhu at his mercy, with a fair prospect of enveloping a considerable portion of it. The fighting is described to be of tha most desperate character, bayonet chargea, hand-to-hand fights being frequent. The losses on both sides are admitted to be enormous. There is no sign of the ces sation of the battle, which continues night and duy. JAPANESE si t t ESS CO.NTINIES Official Reports Received at Toklo In dicate Defeat of Russians. TOKIO, Oct. 13. Evening The latest telegrams from the front Indicate the con tinuation of Japanese success. General Oka's left army alone bagged twenty-five guns. The Russians made two desperate coun ter attacks against the Japanese left, but were' repulsed with heavy slaughter. The Japanese commanders In their re ports give expression to their admiration of the valor of the Russians. The Manchurlan headquarters, in a tele gram sent today, reports as follows: Since the last report our right army hns been continuing a vigorous pursuit of the enemy towards the north. The column dispatched In the direc tion of Shlhchlao Tsu to Intercept the re treat of the enemy from Benslhu con. mines lta operations. The central aro,y contlnuea Ha attack on the Russians and expects to occupy the line between Tungshankou and Iluchla kuchlatzu today. Tho enemy In this direc tion appeared to retreat continuously until dusk last evening. A report that a large column of the enemy In moving to the southwest and commencing the erection of defensive works at Chienhuangclilatien cannot be verified. The number of guns captured by the center column of the left army is sixteen Instead of eight, as previously reported. The right wing of the center column of the left army captured four guns. The enemy's two counter attacks ngalnst the center column of the left army were very daring, but these attacks were re pulsed with heavy damage, which was In flicted by our artillery and by a heavy Infantry fire. The right column of the left army, while pursuing the enemy west of the Schlll river, captured five guns, making the total number of guns captured twenty-five. The supports and the artillerv reserve advanced to Kuchlatzu and vicinity, driv ing the Russians from Hunchlatlcn. Rl'SSIANS ARE FORCED TO RETREAT Genernl Kouropatkln Reports that Right and Center Fall Ilnck. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 13. General Kouropatkln reports that during the fight ing yesterday and today the advance troops were reinforced from the principal posi tions; that this evening tho right wing was ordered to fall bnck on the main position and that about 2 p. m. the center wan also obliged to fall back. Tho report does not mention the fighting on the left wing. The full text of General Kouropatkln'a report, which is dated October 13 and ad dressed to the emperor, Is as follows: Last night and throughout today the Manchurlan army was engaged In a fierce fight. The Japanese concentrated a grent force against our dispositions on the center and right wing. We carried on the fight fiom advanced positions and It became necessary to support these advance guards from the main position. The right win held Its advance position and only at nlnht fall under my orders retired to the prin cipal position. In the center the troops were forced to retire from the advance to the main position about 2 p. m. According to reports and to my own observations th fighting was most desperate. We repulsed numerous Japanese attacks and ourselves assumed the offensive. The heroic defense of Its advance position bv the Tomsk regi ment Is especially deserving of mention. During the night our troops on the right flank recaptured at the point of the bayo net a village which had been lost the pre vious evening. On the left flank pevere fighting for fie possession of a pass has been continued. Our troops scaled almost Inaccessible rocks and held their ground for two days, gradually approaching the enemy. 1 have not yet received a report of tho reetilt of todny's fight on the left wing. Under the conditions of the fishtlng the losses are necessarily considerable. I have ordered that the positions we now hold be stubbornly defended tomorrow. RUSSIANS RETAKE SIGNAL HILL. General Stoeaael Reports on Recent Fights at Port Arthur. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 13-General Stoessel, commander of tho Russian troops at Tort Arthur, telegraphs that the Rus sians recently recaptured Signal hill. Ho adds that the Japanese are bombarding the Interior fortress with new batteries and that the bombardment la becoming more and more violent. General Stocssel's report to the emperor, which la dated October 5, Is as follows: The Japanese, having Increased the num bers of their guns against the north front, commenced an approach against that sec tion of the fortress the night of October 1, but were atopped by volleys. The Japa nese then directed their attack on the ex treme right flank, assailing Signal hill, which Is' situated near the sea, and com menced an attack from Slaku hill. Hav ing repulsed our sharprhooters, the Japa nese occupied Signal hill. At daylight Sig nal hill waa shelled by Russian artillery rtfter which our companies drove off the Japanese and reoccupled the position. The Japanese are using explosives en closed In boxes, provided with Hlckford fuses, which they throw like hand grenadeH. Our garrison Is successfully employing sim ilar weapons. Our Indefatigable hero, Krondratenko, is envctually Inventing fresh methods of striking the enemy. The troops continue to show heroism, the wounded returning to the ranks full of ardor. Under date of October 7, General Stoessel reports as follows: The' Japanese have organized fresh bat teries to Lombard the Inner fortress. One of thrse batteries Is composed of elevin Inch mortars. The bombardment Is becom ing more violent every day. Tha enemy haa received reinforcements of several hat tallnna. Tha weather la cold. The spirit of tha troops la excellent and all, from the chief to the lowsat auldler, are er to fight the enemy, , ADVANCE IS HARD TASK Russian Betnrn to Liao Tang Anything but a Holiday Iicurtion. BUCKING THE LINE NETS THEM NO GAINS Last Effort Results in Their Being Throw Back for a Loss. MUKDEN FULL OF RUMORS OF ALL SORTS One is that the Right Wing of Russia! Army Has Been Dofoated. JAPANESE REPORT THE CAPTURE OF GUNS Reports Received at Toklo Indlrata the Fight Inaj to Re the Moat Des perate Since the Outbreak of the War, V..r? (Copyright by New York Herald Co., 9M.) ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 13. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Ree.) Mukden Is reported full of wild rumors at one moment of the great suc cess for the Russian forces and the next that the same have been defrptcd by tha Japanese right wing. It undoubtedly haa been driven back. The Russians, some re ports say here, occupy Benslhu, but can not cross the Taltse river owing to a strongly entrenched Japanese force on tha other side. The Russians after retirlna; again cleared the railway line as far as Yental, but the heights, carefully prepar4 for resistance, were strongly held by thu Japanese, who also are entrenching tho right bank of the Taltse in case of re treat. The opinion today Is that Russian progress Is alow. The second Pacific squadron Is not re turning to Cronatadt, but remains until the start at Libau. No Slarn of nattle Slackening-. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 14. 1:60 a. m. Desperate fighting and htavy loases on both sides, with varying success for tho Russians, such la the summing up of tho situation by General Kouropatkln In a tel egram fl ed October 13. There ia no sign of tho battle slackening. On the con trary. General Kouropatkln telegrapha that he had ordered the army to resume the fight with unabated vigor today. Gen eral Kouropatkln himself Is In the thick of the fighting and General Sakharoff, his chief of staff, is personally directing ro connalssancea. The conflict has been most desperate on the center and weat flank. The advance guards at these pointa had to be repeatedly reinforced owing to tha) great pressure of the Japanese attacks. At aightfall on October IB the Russian right waa withdrawn from lta main position) hut ono of the abandoned positions waa re taken at the point of the bayonet during the night. Contrary to Field Marshal Oyama'a re port, no Indication la given in General Kouropatkln's tegram of an enveloping; movement by General Oku, The only po sltlona captured by force were at the cen ter, where the Russians were compelled to retire during the afternoon. There la no mention of the loss of guns. Tha War office declines to deny that there waa auch a loss, but explains that auch an Incident was quite possible while positions were changing hands, but that even if It is true, it ia of no material consequence. Cold Intensities Suffering;. According to telegrama from Russian correspondents, the horrors of tho battle were intensified by bitter cold and rain. General Mistchenko, who had been re ported to be raiding in Cnrea, played a conspicuous part In the fighting on tho Russian left flank. According, to the latest news of tha fighting in the direction of Bensihu, tho Russians were striving for the possession of a pass, but no newa was received from there yesterday. The pass alluded to pre sumably Is the Hu pass, which la men tioned In General SakharoiT's telegram of October 11. Hu pass Is eight miles due north of Benslhu. Should this pasa fall Into the hands of the Russians it would Involve the capture of Penslhu, thus open ing up the road to Liao Yang. , According to the belief of the general staff, General Rennenkampff haa not pene trated as far aa the Taltse river, but he la co-operating In the attempt to capturo Benslhu. Report from General Stoessel. In the midst of the anxiety and sus pense Involved In the great fight south of Mukden, comes also the first Word In many days from tlie gallant defenders of Port Arthur. While General Stoessel's report off the condition of affairs at Port Arthur la no later than October 7, It allows that tha garrison at that time was In unimpaired spirits, making defense against a series of most bitter assaults In all the history of sieges. The closeness of the fighting and the deadly character of tha ottacka and counter attacks are shown by the fact thut both aides are using hand grenades and that the Japanese, after a bloody cap ture of the Important signal station hill, were unable to hold the position in the face of the fire from tho fortress. The repeated failure of the Japanese to hold a fooling once gained In the circle of inner forts Is received with considerable satisfac tion, as Indicating the akill with .which tho defenses of Port Arthur were arranged, tha main line of forts supporting each other ao as to render any one position almost cer tainly untenable even If temporarily cap tured by an enemy. But the reckless fe rocity of the 'assaults by an overwhelming force of Japanese seems to make It cer tain that Port Arthur can only be held by an Immense expenditure of ammunition, and it Is becoming a serious questlun with the authorltiea how long even the great supply known to exist in the fortress can last. The most aerlous feature of Generul Storsaera report from a strategical point of view la the fact that the Japanese hava a mortar battery in position to bear on the Inner fortress. Emperor Nicholas held a council of war today at which it la believed the appoint ment of General Kouropatkln to tha post of commander-ln-t lilef of the forces in Manchuria was decided upon. The Baltic squadron will leave Llbau to night for a hhort crul. Japanese Capture Guna, TOKJO. Oct. II. 4) p. m General Oku haa captured twenty-five Russian guns, making a total of about thirty Russian guna which have fsllen Into the hands of the Japanese since the battle begsn. ' p. m. It is reported that the Russian are retiring along tha tntira front and, that : t 11 t if !! i i h if