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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
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Mikado' Men Advance Close to lta ft
tain Saturday Evening
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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!
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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
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