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The Omaha Daily Bee. ROOSEVELT VERSUS fARKER. Read all about it daily h The Bee. RUSSIA VERSUS JAPAN. Fullest news of the conflict in The Bee. i OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1904 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871 IN TUE LAST TRENCH Additional Beport af the Assault Upon Port Arthur. RUSSIANS DRIVEN FROM RUHLUNG MOUNT Japanese Fail to Occupy Vacated Ports Because They Are Untenable. NIPPONESE OCCUPY TWO NEW POSITIONS ' . . w j. ni. Tt Mikado' Men Advance Close to lta ft tain Saturday Evening r. r- r- SAYS THERE IS NO FIGHTING IN THE NO! Petersburg Indies. Advlces to It that Hostilities Are Suspended Be imel Armies of Kouropat kln and Oyama. CHS FOO. Nov. L 11 P- m.-The meager additional details reaching Cho Foo con oerning tha last general assault on Port Arthur, which began In a preliminary way on October 24, and later developed into the third attempt of tha Japanese to secure a commanding position, aay that on the night of October 28 the Japanese, who on October X had daringly entrenched themselves on the slop of Rihlung mountain, forced their way further and drova the Russians from their last trench before that fortification. The Russians retreated from their trenches to the other aide of the mountain. It la alleged that the Jaranese might have entered tha fortification, but that they refrained from doing so, aa It would obvi ously be Impossible for them to hold the position In the face of tha fire which would be sure to be directed against them from other forts. It seems to be tha Intention of tha Japa nese to enter several co-operative forts simultaneously or not at all. Tha Japanese have found It Impossible to remain In any aolltary fortification whlla the other big forts were able to concentrate a nre upon them. The Japanese have also advanced some what closer to Its mountain, having occu pied a position above the cremation work. On the night of October SO the Japanese flag waa seen flying over two new position, the name of which are not known to the Informant of the .associated Preaa corre spondent. The officers and crew of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeehltelni, cut out of this harbor August 12 by the Japanese, departed tonight for Bhanflhal, where they will join the crew ot the Russian cruiser Askold. Nigra Passes Q.eie-tly ST- PETERSBURG, Nov. 1. General gakharoff reports that the night paaaed quietly. ' ' . 6:20 p. m According to today' advices from the theater of war no general en gagement has yet begun. There waa aome klrmlsWoaJfsaterday. but nothing aerloua No Japanese offensive haa developed so far, the official reports ahow, although advices from the extreme east are belated. Gen eral Kaulbars, who Is to succeed General Kouropatkln in 'command of the Firm army, has arrived here. He passed the entire day closeted with the general staff und with Geueral Alexleff, director of the bureau of operations, studying the details ot the campaign In the light of secret dis patches and the War office arohlevee. Kaulbars is a striking figure, tall, stately, soldleriy, wltli a bronxed face set off by a white moustache, Hla aUty years sit lightly upon hla vigorous frame. He Is considered to be a man of great energy und was commander of a corps during the supppreofeiou of the Boxer rebellion In China, but he did not play a conspicuous part, the lion's share of the fighting falling on General Lluevltch. Kaulbars Is Kouxo putkln's personal selection. Kaulbar's re constituted First army will Include the First, Tenth and Seventeenth European corps, one earns of Rifle and two Utera to be eat mii, riaea for Spring Campaigns. The Second army will consist of the Eighth, Third and Sixteenth corps, one 2Ud4 corps and two others not yet desig nated. The Third army will be composed of six Siberian corps, under General Line viteh. When the present plans are realised, which will not be earlier than the spring, Russia will have three armies, each of six corps, altogether over 600,000 men. In the far east. The Rifle battalions, which aro now beginning to start for the front, will provide two of the corps Intended for the First and Second armiea. GENERAL. KURKOIB HEADQUAR TERB.'Oct. II. (Via Fusan, Nov. 1) The Ruasalna took advantage of the bright moon light last night to cannonade the Japanese from poalUona on the left wing of the central army, but were repulsed after an aotion which lasted several hours duslng whion both Infantry and artillery fire was brisk and continues until daylight. The Japanese today for the first time replied to the Russian bombardment, which has been frequent for several days past. Jssascis Report Fighting;. TOKIO, Nov. 1. p. m. Imperial head quarter tonight published a series of re ports covering the operations against Port Arthur during the months of August, Sep tember ! and October. The chief interest center In the tremendous attack which was begun October 26 and is still con tinuing. Hundreds of Japanese guns began batter ing againat the northerly and easterly forts on October 26, the Infantry moving forward with desperate rushes where the artillery had prepared the attack, while the pio neers and sappers were running mines against the Russian forts. The reports records a series of desperate encounters at close range aud tell a drama tlo story. The report concludes) On October 29 the bombardment waa re sumed with an Increased number of shells. On the same morning at dawn luu of the enemy assaulted our Tine extending toward Kihlung fort, but they were repulsed with heavy loss. Simultaneously a similar force of the enemy assaulted our mine projected against bunghu mountain. Our meu bravely withstood the attack, but retired with the assistance of our artillery at I p. m. A mine directed against Kihlung mountain fort reached the outer limit of the fort last night. A portion of the outer limit of the fort was blown up. Ask Inst the outer casemate of the eastern point of the fort, lying northeast of leekwan mountain, dynamite was applied taloe last night, causing wide openings snj kllllna several of the enemy Inside the casemate Our l.ombsrdmrnt la proving increasingly effective. A nurakr f shells from our . heavy guns are taking effect. We counted fro or th shells, ltesldu this heavy dam" age ha ben Indicted on the Lao"cvhui ao, lis mountain and Pal Vu mountain foils and those lying beyond them. Our hhI anus were dln-ted against vi'.-ilymikou. Ois mountain Anshu moun tain. Kuni-hicnchuiusuylng Palyu mountain aj'sullnusd eo Second Pag. TRIAL OF THE ANTI-SEMITES Often Court Hears Testimony Asralnst Men Charged with Cao.ln Riot. GOMEL. Russia. Nov. l.-The trial of the persons charged with being responsible for the antl-Jewlsh riots here In Septem ber, 103, Is proceeding slowly and with open doors and Is attracting Immense In toroFt. There are eleven defendant and rlxty-nlne other r"suns who are under the same charge, are being held under ball The government's witnesses nre attempt- ! lug to prove that the disorders of Septem- I her ii ii!i in the nature or anu- Christian riots and not of an antl-Jewlsh character ,t w c,Bined tht the flrBt . -lot wns organised by Jews 10 im , ..... . . t -i .. v. i . ft affair while the iiueu IUI V 1 H j v i 1 1 . 1 1 ...... - 4 otlr.ir two days after waa a retaliation ion the Jews. The government produced Cldenc-e to prove that the Jews were roughly organized and armed and had ' 2. trranged signals. regular leaaers, f'-i ited a provocative attitude toward the ti""illans and acted overbearingly, insult- feasants in the streets and Jostling off the sidewalks The affair of n-ptemb-r 11, It ia added, grew out of a trifling qimrrel between a Christian forester and a Jewess over the purchise of a herring. The Jewess spat in the forester's face, o fight followed and Jews ran up nnd belabored the forester. Some Chris tians from the bazar hurried to the rescue of the forester, the free fight then became general, the Jewish signal was given and the whole Jewish population assembled, at tacking the Christians, regardless of sex or age, a girl being drugged along the road by her hair. The peasants abandoned ihelr good's in the bazfiur and fled. One of them was stabbed In the neck and killed. Tho police and a lieutenant und four soldiers tried to restore order, but stones were showered upon them and they were fired at from windows of neighboring houses, the Jews shouting: "We are going to be avenged, this la not KIshltierY." Tiie police and soldiers finally escaped owing to the Interposition of a rabbi. Two days later some railroad workmen who had announced that they intended to take vengeance on the Jews came Into the town at noon. The police had been warned and a company of soldiers was brought . In and halted the workrrcn at the bridge. The Jews assembledbehlnd the soldiers, the two sides anathematizing each, other, finally hurling stones. Appeals of the police chief to the rioters to disperse were li vain. At last a policeman was struck by a brickbat and the workmen, shouting, "The Jews have killed a policeman," surged across the bridge. Then there were revolver shots from the Jews, whereupon the captain commanding the soldiers placed his com pany between the opposing forces and the workmen finally were dispersed In the di rection of the suburbs. But the Jews would not even listen to a rabbi who was present, and the soldiers finally charged them with bayonets and access to the wealthy Jewish quarter was closed. In the meantime the workmen were re assembling In the outskirts of the town and began pillaging and a detachment of soldiers was continually engaged in dispers ing them, while toe Jews elsewhere were attacking every Christian they could find. The first volley fired by the soldiers waa In tha quarter known as "America," where two workmen were killed. In all the troops fired three volleys, killing two more workmen and ona Jew. The total result of the rioting waa threi noncommissioned officers, two soldiers, two Jews and two Christiana killed and four Christians and four Jewa wounded. A number of police men were also killed or wounded. About 250 houses and shops of Jews were pil laged. The rioting continued all the fore noon and only ceased at nightfall. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. l.-The Russian papers are devoting much apace to the trial at Gomel of those alleged to be responsible for the anti-Jewish riots there In September of last year, a thing almost unprecedented. The Novost, the Jewish organ, Is especially gratified at the trial being conducted with open doors, declaring that this marks a new era on the part ot the government toward the Jewish ques tion. The thirty-four representatives of provin cial xemstvos, summoned to St. Peters burg by Prince Sviatopolk-Mlrksy. minis ter of the Interior, to participate in the con sideration of the peasant reforms, will as semble here November 14. . The program Is not yet, announced ex cept in a general way that there will be an exchange of views on the necessities of the local governments In matters offering peasant land reforms. The papers display the greatest gratification, some saying they had waited tm-enty-five years for this mo ment, contending that the calling Into a conference of representatives of the xeinst vos In connection with land and peasant legislation Is In effect, the beginning of land parliament. POPE PUS SLIGHTLY INDISPOSED Ills Holiness Is SulTerlaa; from Attack of Coat and Rheumatism. ROME, Nov. l.-Pope Plus, who for two days has been slightly indisposed, was today visited by Dr. Lapponnl, who found that his holiness is suffering from an at tack of gout and rheumatic pains in the legs, the latter caused by sudden changes in the weather. Dr. Lapponnl advised complete rest and the pope reluctantly consented to the can celling of all audience that he had fixed for the next two daya. He Insisted, how ever, upon celcbrutlng mass, aa this being All Saints day, he said It would afford him the greutest satisfaction. The only persons who were permitted to attend this religious function were the pope's private secretary, Monslgnor Breasan, and his per sonal valet. The pope's sisters, who are living in Rome, hastened to the Vatican when they learned of their brother's Ill ness and persuaded him, much against his will, to go to bed. When the sisters left they were completely reassured by the statement of Dr. Lapponnl that the pope would soon be better. Meant Vesevlas Aral Active. NAPLES, Nov. 1. The cone on the crater of Mount Vesuvlu which formed during the late eruption fell Into the crater today with a tremendous roar. There immedi ately Issued explosions that shook the whole mountain, followed by the emission of an Immense black Column, which grad ually spread, falling in the form of ashe over the surrounding country within a radius of twenty-five miles. The disturb ance tasted but a short time. ItaSJfe War Not Settled. BfTUN. Nov. l.-Hrr Albert BaUln. rreiv general of the Haniburg-Amerl-fan 'J'amnhlp company, replying to a telegraph! Inquiry from the Associated rs as to tu London Shipping Oasette's leport regarding the termination of tha Atlantic passenger rate war by an agree ment between the Cunard and the German lines says; "Hie announcement Is sot quite correct. KtgoUalioua are still pond-lug." ATTEMPT TO ROB CODY BAM Bobbers Are Drivei Off Without Securing Any Booty. CASHIER MIDDAUGH KILLED IN AFFRAY Many Shots Are Eachaaged with lllghnarnes, bet They Escape Armed Posse Is Row la Parsnlt. CODY, Wyo., Nov. 1. (Special Telegram.) An attempt to rob the First National bank of this city at 3:3cy this afternoon resulted In the Immediate death of Caahler I. O. Mlddaugh. Two armed men who have been hanging around this town somo months rode up to the bank on horseback and entered it at the front door. They were not masked or disguised. When they ordered the cashier and his assistant to throw up their hands they were answered by these plucky officials with shots from two six-shooters. The firing became so hot that the robbers left the bank with out securing any money. Cashier Mld daugh followed them to the street and at tempted to stop them by emptying his six-shooter at them whereupon the smaller of the two men shot Mr. Mlddaugh In the breast, killing him instantly. ' In the meantime the town became aroused and shots were fired at the robbers from every corner. They returned the fire, shooting at every one they aaw on the streets and finally succeeded in mounting their horses and riding away over the Iilll to the southwest, quickly followed by about twenty armed and rqounted men. Deputy Sheriff Jeff Chapman waa In the lead and word comes into town that he took a shore cut through a field, and six shots, were heard a few moments later. He failed to hit either of the bandits, who continued their flight. It Is expected that the rob bera will surely be taken. A lare reward has already been offered by the citizens of Cody for their capture or death. Battle nlth Outlaws. The robbers were overtaken fourteen miles southwest of Cody, where a pitched battle was fought v ' One of the outlaws was shot from his horse, but was not seriously wounded and remounted. Both men escaped and headed toward Meeteetsee. Deputy Sheriff Chap man's horse waa killed and other mounts were wounded. The robbers have secured fresh horses and have gained quite a start on their pursuers, who have also secured fresh mounts. Posses have left Meeteetsee to Intercept the robbers and another bat tle will probably occur. Dr. F. Howe of Cody was In the bank when the robbers came in. He recognized the taller of the two as a bad character, who has been in Cody some time. Howe says Mlddaugh went out a side door to give the alarm, but one of the outlaws ran around the building and Intercepted him. The two fought a duel and Mlddaugh, with a bullet through his heart, ran across the street and fell dead. Buffalo Bill, who Is en route from Omaha In a special car, having with him a party of titled Englishmen and two of his Sioux Indian scouts, has telegraphed orders for horses to be waiting hla party at the depot. He will take the trail In person Im mediately on his arrival. Cashier Mlddaugh was an old newspaper man, having conducted a paper at Wheat land, Wyo., for many years. He went to Cody four months ago and established the First National bank. He leaves a widow and several children. HOPE FOR NAN PATTERSON Business Man from Oneonta, Ji. Y., Saya He Saw Caeaar Young Kill Himself. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. In defense of "Nan" Patterson, the actress now In the Tombs prison charged with having killed Caesar Young, the wealthy bookmaker, in a hansom cab In West Broadway, thli city, on June 4 last, Milton W. Haselton, a prominent business man of Oneonta, Ot sego county. New York, today appeared at District Attorney Jerome's office anil declared in an affidavit that he saw Young fire the fatal shot. He sold another man waa with him at the time of the shooting. He does not know the identity of this witness, howevor, as he was a chance acquaintance, attracted by a Masonic emblem on his watch chain. He declared that his conscience has been troubling htm so that he finally hud to come forward and tell ills story. He said: I saw a hansom cab coming towards me. In this were a man and a woman, Bitting partly facing each other. When I first saw them they were about loo feet away. Their four hands were raised. From their excited faces and positions I saw that they were In a commotion of some kind. My companion saw them at the same time and said to me: "Look there." Just then 1 saw the young woman drop her hands towards iter lap and a minute afterwards 1 saw the revolver In hla hand and saw and heard it go oft. I saw him fall for ward into the lap of the woman. The han som did not stop, but drove by us, it being near to us when the shooting occurred. Haxelton says that as he and the man he was with did not wish to be detained as witnesses they agreed to say nothing about what they had seen. After reading of Nan Patterson's arrest, he came here and tried to visit her In the Tombs, but was unsuccessful. He then de termined to tell his story In court when Miss Patterson was placed on trial. Before leaving the district attorney's of fice, Haxelton was subpoenaed to appear there again next Friday. MOURN FOR THE ARCHBISHOP Letters of Condolence Reach Boo eeasor of Late Arehbishoe Elder at Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Nov. 1. Archbishop Henry Moeller Is receiving many cablegrams and telegrams of condolence on account of the death of Archbishop Eldir. The bells of St. Peter's cathedral occupied the hour from 6 to 7 this morning tolling eighty-six times for the dead prelate. The celebra tion of All Saints' day began with prayers for the dead at all the churches, which were attended by unusual crowds at the early morning services and continued throughout the day. Archbishop Moeller, until the death of Archbishop Elder, waa coadjutor and titu lar ' archbishop ot Areopolla He Is tha third archbishop of Cincinnati. The papal bull appointing Dr. Moeller coadjutor gave him the right of succession to Archbishop Elder. Concessions for Centennial. PORTLArfp, Ore., Nov. 1. II. W. Goode, prexidtMit or the Lewis and Clark exposi tion, haa gone to Bt. Loila, where he will confer wtih Director of Exhibits Dosch and Director of Concessions Wakeneld with re lation to participation by foreign and do meKtlc interests with exhibits at the centen "',"! Mr Goode and the other officials will also sign several Important contracts for conceesluiw at Ui wu aud Clark RURAL CARRIERS ASK HEARING President Caenlngham of Association te Have an Iteelew wit Wrnaa (From a Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Nov. L (Special Tele gram) R. H. Cunningham of South Omaha, president of the National Association of Rural Letter, Carriers, has written a letter to Postmaster General Wynne requesting that he be granted an Interview with the postmaster general between November 12 and 16 to discuss with him legislation relat ing to the welfare of the -rural letter car riers. Postmaster General Wynee has re plied that it will be impossible to receive Mr. Cunningham between Uie dates men tioned, but adds that he will be pleased to receive him at some later date which may be agreed upon. Postmasters appointed; Iowa, High land Center, Wapello county, J. Elder, vice E. M. Bowlln, resigned. South Da kota, Roswell, Miner ceurrfy, Herman A. Kenyon, vice Martha E.' filgelow, resigned. Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska, Litchfield, regular, W. Garnott; substitute, L. E. Sadler. Iowa, Dallas, regular, F. W. Thorp; substitute, Charles K. Thorp, Rural routes ordered , esltabllshed De cember 1: Nebraska, Venus, Knox county, one route; area covered, forty square miles; population, 45p. Iowa, Fonda, Pocahontas county, one additional; area, forty-three and one-half square miles; poulatlon, 600. Rodman, Palo Alto county, one route; area, thirty-two square miles; population, ESC. Tracy, Marlon county, one route, area, eighteen square miles; population, 430. South Dakota, Howard, Miner county, one additional; area, twenty -Ovo square miles; population, 620. The comptroller of the' currency has ap proved the conversions of the Watertown State bank of Watertown, S. D., into the Securities National bank of Watertown, with 60.000 capital. STATEMENT OF THE PIBLIC DEBT Increase for the Month a Little Over Four Million Dollars. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business October 31, D04, tho public debt, less cash In the . treasury, amounted to 1886,787,652, , which la an In crease for the month of 14,404.715. This increase Is principally accounted for by a decrease of $6,061,365 In the amount of cash on hand. The debt Is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt I 896,157,770 Debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity l,fiZ7.7no Debt bearing no interest 386,354,979 . Total ..11,283,140,4,8 This amount, however, does not include Sl,0l,556,9i9 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding which are offset by an equal amount' ot cash on hand held for their redemption. The cash In the treasury Is classified as follows: , Gold reserve fund, 1150,000,000: trust funds, $1,021,556,969; general fund, $118,025,429; In national bank depositories, $114,558,481; In Philippine treasury, 15,794,609; total, $1,409, 635,500, against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $1,113, 682,693. which leaves a cash balance on hani Of $.'96,362,797. The monthly cororrtlv-tulement of the government receipts an3 -expenditures shows that for the month of October, 1904, the total receipts were $48,990,608, an in crease aa compared with October, 190$, of $2,027,395. Tho expenditures for last month were $52,943,122, an Increase as compared with October, 1903. of $1,032,644. The deficit last month, therefore, was $3,952,614, aa against a deficit of $4,947,265 for the corresponding month last 'year. Since June, 30, 1904, the expenditures have exceeded the receipts by $21,809,129. For the corresponding four months In 1903 there was a surplus of $669,263. During the last four months, however, $7,000,000 have been expended on account of deficiency in the postal revenues, made necessary princi pally by the extensive rural free delivery service. ARBITRATION TREATY 19 SIGNED Text Will Not Be Made Pnblle Until Conaresa Meets Next Month. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Secretary Hay and Ambassador Jusserand today signed a treaty providing for the settlement by ar bitration of any possible disputes between the United States and France. It la drawn on the lines of the Anglo-French arbitra tion treaty. Out of deference to the United States senate, to which this treaty will be sub mitted when it assemblea In December, the State department is not able to make public lta text. However, It Is very much like the treaty which was negotiated October 14, 1903, by Lord Lansdowne for England and Ambassador Cambon for France. It is the opinion of the officials here that this convention does not in any way threaten the predominance In this hem isphere of the Monroe doctrine. The treaty is to be followed very soon by one btween America and Italy, and there is reason to believe that some prog ress already has been made In that direc tion. A similar treaty with Swltserland will come next, according to the present plan, and It Is probable the whole Bet of arbitration treaties will be negotiated as mentioned by Secretary Hay In his New York speeeoh. Briefs In Bridge Case. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. The briefs in the St. Louis Merchants' bridge case have been filed at the War department, but will not be made public for the present owing to Secretary Taft'a abBence. Mr. Taft probably will not be able to reach the case until his return from Panama In December. Many People Arrive, NEW YORK, Nov. 1. More than 6,000 passengers arrived here today on three German liners the Moltke, from Hamburg, the Kaiser Wllhelm II and the Frederlch der Grosse, from Bremen. Of this num ber 1,684 came in the first cabins, while 3,488 were In the steerage. Cotton Oil Declare Dividends. NEW YORK, Nov. 1. The directors of the American Cotton Oil company today declared dividends of 1 per cent on the com mon stock and 3 per cent on the preferred stock. Last year the annual dividend on preferred stock was 6 per cent and that on common was I per cent. PRIMER OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING DETROIT , . Municipal plant acquired. is'.ts Censua population of city , 285,704 Miles of conduits 4m Nu rubor arc street lamp 2.055 Cost of plant $851,055 Yeurly running expenses . $108,244 Capital outlay for the year $ 25,147 ' Income from plant $ 0,002 Report 1U02, United State Department of Labor. OPEN LETTER TO C, W. BERGE f opulist Candidate in Hit Speech Stirs UpJ the Wrong Passenger. WHY HIS PROFESSIONS LOOK SUSPICIOUS Why Is Baldwin Solicitous for Berge If Not Bare of More Favors from Him Than from Mickey t OMAHA, Nov. t 1904. To George W. Berge, Populist and Democratic Candidate for Governor: On my return from Chicago this morning I read In the Omaha World Herald that you have publicly denounced me and will demand an apology from me for a reportorial article that appeared In The Bee during my absence from the city. The article complained of quotes Deputy Attorney General Rose as having declared that he had been solicited by you for a railroad pass, and a - fellow passenger as describing a conference held on a train by you flth Colonel J. H. Ager, a profes sional legislative lobbyist and pass dis tributer. I certainly have no disposition to misrepresent you or do you Injustice. The reporter of The Bee may possibly hav been Imposed upon; If so, we shall Cheerfully publish any contradictory state ment you may be able to secure from the parties named. I confess, however, that I have recently become very much shaken In my faith In the sincerity of the campaign you are wag ing against railroad pass bribery, railroad tax shirking and the corporation lobby. As an advocate of these reforms for more than a quarter of a century, I would naturally feel Impelled to sympathize with you, as I have with Governor LaFollette and Joseph Folk, but the fact that demo cratic leaders known to be notoriously affiliated with the railroad corporations and populist leaders who have odious records as grafters and boodlers are working actively night and day for your election, and the reports coming from what I con sider reliable sources that these "reform ers" are canvassing the state In your In terest while traveling on railroad passes has staggered me. Cinie for Sasplrlon. My experience with anti-monopoly leaders who were elected by my help on platform pledges In favor of railroad regulation, more equitable railroad taxation and the abolition of railroad passes has not been conducive to dispelling my natural suspi cion of sham reform and sham reformers. 1 That suspicion has been Intensified by the fact that John N. Baldwin, the managing politician of the Union Pacific railroad, has for months been , fomenting a revolt against Governor Mickey within the re publican ranks and has been stealthily campaigning against him and for you among his adherents and pass beneficiaries all the way from Omaha to the Wyoming and Colorado state lines. Why does he prefer you In the governor's chair to John H. Mickey? John N. Baldwin is a dyed-ln-the-wool republican. Would he out of mere caprice, or to avenge a per sonal grievance, undertake to array the Union Pacific against Governor Mickey un less he had some assurance from your campaign managers, if not from yourself, that his corporation would fare better with you In the governor's chair than with Mickey? To put It a little plainer, would John N. Baldwin do for me what he Is doing for you, had I been a candidate for governor? E. ROSE WATER. YOUNG MAN KILLED BY TRAIN Ernest E. Ellis, Barllogton Yard Foreman, Caught la a s . Collision. Ernest E. Ellis, night foreman of the Burlington freight house switch engine crew, was fatally Injured at 6:60 Tueaday morning in a collision between B. & M. and Union Pacific trains at the Junction of the tracks on East Howard street. Ellis was pinioned between some wreckage and died at St. Joseph's hospital several hours afterward. At the time of the accident Ellis' engine was drawing a string of twenty-four cars across the Union Pacific tracks obliquely, when Union Pacific switch engine No. 1194 crashed into the first car of the B. & M. train. Ellis was on the top of the car and in climbing down the ladder became entangled in some of the running gear in a manner no one around the yards seemed to be able to explain. Ellis' right foot was badly mangled and he sustained numerous external and Internal Injuries. He was first attended by the police surgeons and later by Dr. E. D. Davis of the Burlington rail road at the hospital. The Union Pacific engine and B. & M. car were partly demolished and the track more or less damaged at the Intersection. Coroner Bralley will hold an inquest when the details of the accident will be brought out before a coroner's Jury. Ellis was 26 yours of age, single and lived for nearly five years at 1913 Douglas street. A married brother of the dead man lives In South Omaha, while his other relations live In New Jersey. Ellis was well spoken of In railroad circles. He waa recently promoted to foreman of the night freight house crew. Farmer Kills Doctor In Quarrel. WASHINGTON, Kan., Nov. l.-Dr. N. M. Smith, chairman of the Washington county democratic committee, was shot and k.lled here by 8. H. Honor, a farmer. They quarrelled over a bill and Bonar fired at the physician twice, one ball entering his abdomen and another piercing his breast. Bonar, who la an old settler, surrendered. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Wednesday and Thursday. Temperature at Omaha Yesterday! Hour. Dev. Hour. Dsr. (I a, m 4M 1 p. m T a. m ...... -411 2 p. m . . . . . . t" T a. m ..... . 4l a p. m 7t) Ha. m 44 4 p. m l a. m (Ml S p. m , 4M U a. m f.t p. m M 11 a. m M T p. m 1J m 4 p. ra HI e p. m St SUMMARY OF WAR SITUATION Assault on Port Arthur Continues for Six Days No Fighting; Along Bhakhe Hirer. Japanese official reports regarding the siege of Port Arthur Indicate that the at tack begun in October 24 was still In prog ress on October 29, the statement being made that the fire of the besiegers was In creasing in effectiveness. Nothing of Importance ha happened on the Shakhe river, where both sides seem to hesitate to assume the, ftffensiva, although the Japanese are more forward In small attacks. j LESS TENSION AT ST. PETERSBURG Departure of Squadron from Vigo Causes Relief at Russian Capital. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2.-2:15 a. m. The four officers detached f rt m the Baltlo squadron to testify regarding the North sea affair' are expected to reach St. Peters burg In two days. It is hoped they will be able to throw a clear light upon this mysterious Incident. The news of the departure ef Vice Ad miral Rojestvcnky and his ships fnim Vigo has considerably relieved the tension here. The great mass of Russians are quite aa suspicious of Great Britain's motives as Britons are of Russia's pur poses, and there has been considerable apprehension here that Great Britain might use the trawler Incident as a pretext for detaining the Baltic squadron. This ap prehension is now largely allayed, though fears are expressed in some quarters that there may be further complications before the fleet gets through the Sues canal or around the Cape of Good Hope. The situ ation, however, Is being more dispassion ately discussed, and charges agatnrt the fishermen are no longer being declaimed. Due allowance is also made fcr the ex asperation of Great Britain over the seem ingly callous action of Admiral Rojeit vensky in going his way after (In tig on the trawlers and in not reporting the In cident until he reached Vigo. The explana tion in the highest source seems to acquit the admiral of all blame. It Is pointed out that he could not send a dispatch by a torpedo boat, all craft of that description being ahead Of the battleships and cruisers, and that he had no alternative except to detach a cruiser. Admiral Rojestvensky was too apprehensive of revealing his whereabouts to do this, fearing an attack in British waters, and so, It Is theorized, decided to proceed to Vigo with the whole of his squadron. From another reliable source the Asso ciated Press learns that the circumstance of tho firing as ''detailed by Russian offi cials closely resembles the. facts reported b the admiral of the fishing fleet.-.When abreast of the trawlers tho Russian squad ron was formed in two divisions, the cruis ers steaming east and the battleships west, the latter getting among the fishing fleet and opening fire. When nearly clear of the Ashing craft, which were heading toward the battleships, somo Russian shells flew over the trawler.1 and struck cruisers, one of which, the Aurora, was hit several times and some of its men were wounded, in cluding a priest, who died. The transport Anastol aplnarently became tangled among the trawlers, which It mistook for tor pedo boats and signalled for aid, thereby leading the officials of tho battleships to believe the trawlers were attacking the Anastol. This, coupled with the appearance of two mysterious torpedo boats steaming toward the battleships, resulted in the fatal cannonade. - ' , SHIPPERS MAY REORGANIZE Missouri River Association Will Be Revived If the Plans Carry. Efforts are being exerted to revive the Missouri River Shippers' association. This has been brought about by the formation of a Chicago shippers' association with H. C. Barlow, formerly president ot the Ev ansvllle & Terre Haute railroad, as man ager, while the Chicago Board of Trade has employed E. B. Boyd, formerly general freight agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, as commissioner. It is evidently the intention of the Chi- I cago people to go after better freight rates I into the western territory and the lnaugura- I tlon of a vigorous policy In this direction, j 11 is ueciurea wis xuissuun river snippers are vitally Interested In maintaining pres ent tariff adjustments In securing better rates if possible, but they are even more concerned in preventing such aggression on the part of eastern competitors as shall endanger the life of the Jobbing trade in this section. A Missouri river shippers' association was In existence up to a few years ago. It waa organized to combat aggressive action on the part of St. Louis Jobbers. At that time Euclid Martin, -C. H. Pickens, F. P. Klrkendull and A. C. Smith were on the executive committee and the official roster. The matter may be taken up by the com missioners of the commercial club of the river cities. ILLINOIS THEATER STAYS OPEN Federal Court Enjoins Chicago Build ing; Inspector from Closing; the Playhouse, CHICAOO, Nov. 1. A dispute begun sev eral days ago between Will J. Davis, man ager of the Illinois theater, and City Build ing Commissioner Williams for noncon pliance by Davis with certain features of the fire ordinances, culminated tonight In the Issuing of a temporary Injunction by Judge Jenkins of the United States cir cuit court prfventlng the police from In terfering In any manner whatever with the operation of the play house. The restrain ing order will remain In effect until No vember 8, the date set for the hearing of the case. When new ordinances went Into effect shortly after the Iroquois theater fire last winter, the Illinois theater, which had been closed by orders of Mayor Harrison, waa allowed to open on condition that ut a cer tain date the theater would be remodeled to meet the requirements nf the new ordi nances. The time limit expired' today, und as the theater management had not lived up to Its agreement Building Commissioner Williams sent an order to Chief of Police O'Neill ord ring him to close tha Illinois theater tonight. Before the police had time to act, however, the theater manage ment tud a-jkurvd tha Uuitorftry rgUa4u- ll)g Of , WAR PANIC ATL Alarming Bumon from Gibraltar Canst Excitement at British Capital. NEGOTIATIONS TOCEEDING WITHOUT JAR Constitution of International Commission on Verge of Settlement. RUSSIAN SQUADRON SAILS FROM VIGO Officers from Vessels That Fired on Ushers; Detached to Testify. WILD STORIES CAUSE A COMMOTION. Statement That Channel Squadron Clears for Action a Fanciful tr slnn of Fleet and Garrison, Drill at the Rock, IJONDON, Nov. 1. Nogotintlon between Great Britain and Russia looking to a set tlement of the North sea affair are pro gressing favorably and there la not tha slightest danger of friction arising be tween the two governments. The constitu tion of the International commission under The Hague convention is on the verge ot settlement. In spite of these pacific conditions, Great Britain today experienced a war panlo that only can be compared to the panlo created on Sunday, October II, when the new ot the sinking of the trawlers In the North sea waa received. Not for years have so many alarmist reports and flaming extra flooded London. The most extraordinary feature of this scare, which was serious enough while it lasted, Is that there was not one single circumstance to Justify 1L Excitement Starts Early. The excitement started early In the day, when the newspapers announced the de parture of the RtnnsiAn Baltic squadron from Vigo. ' The jSuhlic were not In pos session of the Information cabled by the Associated Press to thd United States (hat only the officers concerned In the firing on the British trawlers would be detached and Jumped at the conclusion that Russia had broken faith by not detaining the vessel Involved In the affair. On top came wild reports of tremendous activity at Gibraltar, Hour by hour the news from Gibraltar be came more serious, until at lost the climax was reached with the announcement that the British fleet had cleared for action. Some even said that the fleet hud sailed to meet Rojestvensky'a squadron. In huge type the papers made the parallel state ments, "The Russian Fleet has sailed." "The British Fleet haa cleared for aotion. No newspaper und,no person, seemed able to explain these events. The reassuring Information available in the United State that the sailing of the Baltlo squadron from Vigo was with the knowledge of and agreeable to tho British government waa not even hinted at by, the papers here. Tho news from Gibraltar became more and more alarmist and finally the Foreign office was overrun by reporters,, some of whom brought the rumor that Admiral Beresford had alreudy sunk the remnant of Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. Ambassa dor Benckendorff was at the moment quietly discussing with Foreign Minister Lans downe the personnel of the commission, but It was popularly believed he wag re ceiving an ultimatum. Sir Admiral Beres ford and Prince Louis of Battenburg, di rector of naval intelligence, and1 others, were In conference, and It was openly hinted that they were planning the first stroke of war. As a matter of fact, they like Lord Lansdowne, were engaged In con slderlng names that had been sugiested for the International commission. Foreign Office Issues Statement. When all London was In this atate ot mind and while anybody who might be supposed to know anything was co.istamtly being asked "Has war been declared?-' the Foreign office decided to adopt a course moFt unusual for it, and In order to allay public excitement, gave out to the press the following statement: Before the Russian fleet left Vigo In structions were given to the Russian ad miral with the view to preventing Injury or inconvenience to neutral shipping dur ing the passage of the Russian fleet to the far east. In compliance with Russia's engngement four Russian officers have- been left behind at Vlao. The two governments are now discussing the terms with reference, to the inter national commission which will be en trusted with the proposed Inquiry. Although It contained nothing that had not been published In the United States some hours earlier It) Associated Presa dispatches from St. Petersburg and Lon don, It srrved to Inform the people here of the exact situation. The general pub lic, however, went to bed tonight Arm In the conviction that ' It would wake up to hear that Admiral RoJestven?ky was at the bottom of the sea. Only Fleet and Garrison . Drill. Today's furore would be ludicrous except for the striking Instance It has afforded of the willingness of the British public to believe that almost any development I possible after the Ncrlh sea-affair and fo the enthusiasm produced by Gibraltar's warlike news. The Foreign office Is In tense y Irritated at the construction placed on what they declare must have been mere fleet and garrison ekerclaes. The Asso ciated Press is authorized to st.it? that no orders have been given the huge fleet now concentrated at Gibraltar to make any preparations in connection with the de parture of Admiral Rojestvensky' squad ron. Some annoyance was caured In Downing street earlier in the day by the announce ment of the sailing of the (test, coming from the British- consul at ' Vigo, before the Rusfclan government officially Informed the British government that the officer whose testimony is desired had been de tached. Ambassador Benckendorff soon made amends for this omission, whlie Am baHSadoi Ilardlnge confirmed the new from St. Petersburg. .Nrsotl'tlons Huualnx Smoothly. Both the Russian embacty and the For eign office affirm that ths negotiation today were entirely confined to the Selec tion of the international commission. In which no hitch has occurred. Count Benc kendorff, who twice saw 1ord Lansdowne, In addition to vlsltlrg King Edward at Buckingham palace, was perfectely amased to see flaming war pouters as he drove back from hla hater visit to the Foreign office. In his two conversations with the British foreign minister, the question of the sailing of the Baltic squadron had not WWW yeii Utu raiacd except waa 1&