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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1905,-FOUU SECTIONS TIIIKTY-SIX FAGES.
SINGLE COl'Y riVE CENTS.
CHINESE" OPEN DOOR
Germany Said to Be Taking Advantage of
War to Advance Its Intereita.
FOLLOWING POLICY SIMILAR TO RUSSIA
Oetaini Commercial Conoesiioni and Then
Exercises Political Power in Land.
PORTS CLOSED TO OTHER NATIONS
No One but Germane I)t Boiinesi at
Port of Kiaocban.
HAVE HOPE OF NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE
Fature Prosperity of Country from
Atrrrnpnt of America, Great
Brltala aad Japaa to
Preserve Statu Uao.
PEKING. June l.-(8peclal Cablegram to
The Bee.) The question of the "open door"
continues the most Important problem In
China today. Of course there are many
questions which will be determined In the
light of the results to the Russo-Japanese
war, but the "open door" conflict In China
is growing; more and more Intricate and
serious every day. Here In China It Is be
lieved that the kaiser secretly sympathizes
with the czar because the czar stands for
restriction of trade for the partition of the
trade of China, If not the actual partition
of China, while on the other hand .the
Japanese are pledged to' the open door. It
would not surprise the high and mighty
officials of China if the kaiser should Join
hands with the czar, ostensibly in opposi
tion to the so-called yellow peril, but in
reality in opposition to the so-called "open
door."
When Mr. Hay, disturbed at the march
of events in the far east. Inaugurated the
"open door" series of dispatches and
printed them for the information of an ad
miring world, he said that the government
of the United States would in no wise com
mit ltBPlf to any recognition of exclusive
rights of any power within or control over
any portion of the Chinese empire under
such agreements as had been recently
made. This drew from the Foreign office
at Berlin the following declaration:
The imperial government has from the be
ginning not only asserted but also prac
tically carried out to the fullest extent In
its Chinese possessions alisolute ennalitv
of treatment to all nations with regard to
iraoe. navigation ana commerce. 1 lie im
perial government entertains no thought of
departing in the future from this onnciDle.
which at once excludes any prejudicial or
aisaavaniageous commercial treatment, etc
Nevertheless at Ktao Chau, In this place of
absolute equality developed by the German
government as a "free port" of commerce,
at enormous cost during the last six years,
no British merchant has yet found a foot
ing; English and American shipping and
banking interests are represented there by
German agents. True, a very considerable
portion of the local trade with Chinese is
handled by the Japanese, mostly of the
peddler class, but the European merchant
at Kiao Chau is conspicuous, as he was
at Port Arthur, by his absence. At a Chi
nese treaty port of the same size British
"trade would long since have been repre
sented. Garmaay Sapporled Rusaia-
Despite the "open door" assurance above
quoted. It was not long before the world
learned that the Chinese possessions did
not Include, so far as Germany was con
cerned, the Manchurlan provinces. Rus
sia's failure to carry out the Manohurian
convention, the retention of the treaty port
of New Chwang and Its practical annexa
tion of territory occupied during the Boxer
troubles, all direct causes of the war with
Japan, were, it is claimed, supported by
Germany. Mr. Hay's policy, it la claimed
here, affected the German policy very little.
In October, ISO!, France ani Germany,
while consolidating their own "spheres ut
Influence," had seized the occasion of the
evacuation of Shanghai to indicate clearly
that Great Britain's claim to "influence"
In the Yang Tsa-valley would no longer
be recognized. Encouraged by the com
plete absence of any policy, so far as
Great Britain was concerned, Germany evl
dcntly proceeded to make the most of the
situation. It openly staled as Its condl
tion for withdrawing Its troops from the
trade center of the Yang Tse that China
must agree not to grant to any other
power any preferential advantages, po
litical, military, maritime or economic, in
tne Yang Tse valley, nor the right to oc
cupy any point on the Yang Tse river,
commanding the river, whether below or
above Shanghai
If the British government had possessed
the shadow of a policy, this frank repudia
tion of the existing understanding, this
annulment of the Anglo-Russian convention
of 1S, should Immediately have been fol
lowed by Great Britain's denunciation of
Germany s "preferential advantages" in
Shantung. No belter opportunity could
have been desired for uniting with Anertca
and Japan to Insist upon strict and gen
eral observance of the "open door," but
nothing was done; the humiliating condi
tions were tacitly accepted, and the evac
uation of Shanghai by French and Ger
man troops was used to inflict almost Irre
parable Injury on the prestige of Great
Britain throughout central China.
Cermaay Becomes Bottler.
Germany's policy since lKlS, Identical with
that of Russia and consistently opposed to
the vested interests of Great Britain and
Japan, became distinctly bolder when, alter
settlement of the Boxer troubles, Russia s
grip tightened on the Manchuriau prov
inces. The declaration of the alliance of
Great Britain with Japan in February, liwj,
.might have he-en expected to make Ger
many pause, since, presumably, it Implied
an end to the days of British vacillation;
as a matter of results, however, Berlin ap
parently believed as little in British policy
as in the possibility of Russia's defeat by
Japan, and German agents became, there
fore, more and more active as the proba
bility of war increased. Not only was their
activity displayed in extending German
control in and around Shantung, but It
manifested Itself aggressively In matters
"economic, politics! and military," on the
Yang Tse from Shanghai to Changsha. The
object was cUar to peg out as many
Claims, to register as many accomplished
facts as possible before the conclusion of
the war brought about a general readjust
ment of the far eastern question and new
international "assurances." If this were
lot Germany's aim. then its overt refusal
:o recognise the British sphere of Influent
aaa gratuitous, but everything that has
since occurred, and lt present policy sup
sorts this conclusion. True it Is that since
the Irretrievable collapse of the Russian
army at Mukden ths kaiser has taken the
Bret opportunity to disclaim bis former
ideas of "Welt-Pollttk." but there is no
sign that the forward policy, either in the
SIR FRANCIS PLUNKETT OUT
Veteran British Diplomat Retires
from (cnlre After tears of
Falthfnl Work,
VIENNA. June J. i Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) After jnore than fifty years of
unbroken diplomatic career, the British am
bassador at Vienna, the Right Hon. Sir
Francis riunkett. has retired from active
service, with honors such as have selde
been accorded to any man. Although
diplomatic Juhllee and his seventieth y
of age were attained some months ago, the
diplomatic aire limit was somewhat
stretched, In view of his eminent record,
and letters of recall were not presented as
soon as they would otherwise have been.
The departure of Sir Francis riunkett
Is- worth more than lwssing mention. The
ending of his diplomatic career must not
be regarded with colorl- ss Indifference.
When, as a reward for hia excellent work
tactfully done at Brussels under circum
stances of unusual difficulty, he received the
Vienna appointment four and one-half years
ago, his reputation was that of a safe
and conciliatory diplomatist, painstaking,
conscientious and discreet. 111s success has
more than Justified the expectations then
formed and has stamped him as one of the
most efficient ambassadors who have ever
represented Great Britain at the Austro-
Hungarlan court. Sir Francis belonged
neither to the old nor to the new school of
diplomacy, but rather to the good school
of sound public servants, who regard a
public position neither as a sinecure nor
an opportunity for self-advertisement, and
who are not content to take as their stand
ard of activity the least that can rea
sonably be expected of them.
The retiring ambassador loved work and
worked hard, but so quietly that his action
was scarcely apparent, save to those priv
ileged to watch it at close quarters. He
was particularly diligent with his oil cati
and never lost an opportunity of lubricating
any point within his reach where friction
had arisen or was In danger of arising.
It Is no Indiscretion to say that the high
esteem in which Sir Francis was held at
Vienna was due In a large measure to the
feeling that any critical turn In the diplo
matic situation would be eased by the
British ambassador's tact. He suffered
much under Macedonia and the thorny, if
not threatening, situations contingent upon
Macedonian troubles. No power likes to
be too often reminded that other powers
claim a voice in the settlement of affairs
which concern it most directly, and a part,
at least, of the efficacy of lord Lans
downe's attitude In regard to Maedonla
Is attributable to the cordiality, and at the
same time conciliatory policy, adopted by
the diplomat whose task it was to trans
late that attitude into terms acceptable
to the Austro-Hungartan government.
These qualities found rare if not unique
expression in an affectionate presentation
of a beautiful and valuable casket, dec
orated with views of Vienna, a souvenir
from members of the foremost Austro-
Hungaiian families. Hardly less signifi
cant was a charming memento received by
Miss Punkett from her friends, the Vienna
"comtessen." The Anglo-American- club
has testified to Its gratitude In an address
tastefully illuminated and bound.
TIMES ON AMERICA
"Thunderer" Beee 8igni of Trouble Ahead
for the United States.
PRESIDF' .yv -w CAUSES COMMENT
ninki He May Become Head of
New Political Force.
PARTY LINES NOT OBSERVABLE ABROAD
Democratic and Beonblican Parties Beem
to Be Undergoing Change.
INDUSTRIAL SITUATION NOW TO THE FORE
According; to Writer ( resident Would
Head Body of People aad t arb
Both. Capitalistic and
Lsbor Aggression-
LONDON, June topoual Cablegram to
Trie Bee.; Commenting on tne recent ut
terances of Piemaenl Kooseveil, tne Times
prints tne following remarkable leader:
"President ftooaeveit baidiy seems a s.tre
of the uinerence between lepubucans and
democrats, but is aiways acutely conscious
of tne diilerence between honest men arid
good citizens in eitlier party ana inose who
pursue their private ends without regard
to tils public weal.
"When we consider bow little the line
of political cleavage In America now cor
responds to any difference in principle
affecting the leal issues of social lue in
the United States, we are disposed to sus
pect thai in disregard ol pari), me presi
dent does really express the Bentimenu
CENSURES PRUSSIAN OFFICIAL
Minister of Justice noes Sot
Effect of Supreme Coort'a
Ieclsloa.
Like
BRITAIN SHORT OF OFFICERS
Pay Will Not Meet Kxpenaee la tho
Amy and Maay Men
Resign.
LONDON, June . (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The military forces of the crown
are by the latest computation 4,0uu officers
short of the requirements laid down in the
army and auxiliary establishment for
lSu&-.
This serious shortage combined with the
fact that the resignations are still as nu
merous as ever is causing considerable mis
giving in the minds of the authorities, and
conferences are now taking place at the
War office under the director of staff
duties and other officials, the object of
which Is to find a remedy for the situation.
The bankruptcy of an officer recently has
shown the futility of subalterns attempting
to meet their expenses out Of pay. The
decision of the army council that this offi
cer should resign has spread alarm through
the subaltern ranks for numbers of young
officers are heavily In debt to tradesmen or
In the hands of the money lenders.
In spite of the smallness of his pay, the
officer is burdened on every hand with
expenses for mess, band, regimental clubs.
servants and social Items.
The changes In uniforms absorb an ab
normal amount of his pay. First It Is a
new undress, then a new full dress altera
tion, a change In headgear or an overcoat,
a new pattern sword or field service dress.
At Sandhurst recently the cadets had
changes of headdress Involving the posses.
slon by each cadet of no fewer than Ave
caps, none of which are of any use after
passing to a regiment. The cost of alter
tng cadet kips to regimental pattern In-
Lvolved an outlay of from $100 to F150.
BERMUDA PUSHING ONIONS
Plaatera Give F.nallahmen aa Oppor
tunity to I.eara Taste of
Floe Vegetable.
IXDNDON, June S. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The hotels and restaurants of
London are being supplied free of charge
with onions fresh from Bermuda.
The reason for this Is that the Bermuaan
Board of Agriculture is anxious that the
virtues of this particular colonial 'product
should be recognized and appreciated In
England as thoroughly as they have been
In America.
Messrs Elder. Dempster A Co. have ar
ranged on behalf of the Board of Agricul
ture of Bermuda to distribute a large con
signment of these onions throughout Lon
don by way of experiment, and it is stated
by the Importers that the Bermuda onion,
apart irom us general superiority over
other onions, has been found especially
beneficial in cases of consumption.
(Continued on Second Page.)
FARMER LANDS A LIVING
-Blaa' of Member of Farllam
Called by Maa Who Can
Milk Cow.
LONDON. June S.-tSpeclal Cablegram to
The Bee In a fit of reckless generosity
Marsha.l Hall. K. C. M. P.. during the
course of a speech at a conservative meet,
lng at Relgate this week, offered to pre
sent an importunate questioner In the
audience with three acres of land and a
cow, provided that the recipient would
cultivate the land and milk the cow.
The effer was promptly accepted, and It
turns cut that the acceptor of the chal
lenge was In his younger days cn expert
enced agriculturist and Is quite capable of
fulfilling the conditions attached to th
gift by Mr. HaU. Mr. Hall now claims
that the affair was a "put up Job," but
ays he will stand by hia word.
a great tiiouga comparatively silent
iulutuuo of American voleia. We are
continued in tins opinion by the votin
wiilch gave the presiuenl ills enormous
majority. There is no uoubt but mat be
po.ieu an immense number of democratic
otes, and mere is Just aa mucli certainty
that capitalistic influence in the republican
party were used against him. Ha had a
real majority in stales wnere tne oemo-
aiiu vote was strong enough to eiect oeino-
rauc slate governors, and was used to
led honest and clean-handed men, from
wnieh 11 is not an extravagant lnterence
mat Mr. Kooseveil appeais to a miuaie
party, a parly weary of the empty shlbbo-
etlis ut Hie existing organizations, and pre
paring a new line of cleavage in American
politics currefcpunaing to the actual prob
lems whicn lue American people nave to
solve.
Y e have only to look at what is going
on lo see thai lue common wealth is threat
ened by two clasning forces, neither of
wniuh proceeds upou the line of good gov
ernment, and neimer of wmch is disposed
lo submit wim si good grace to tne law.
Capital la organized in a manner of whicn
people in Uus country have a very imper
fect conception, and its real control lies
In a dangerously small number of hands.
ine railways alone wield powers far be-
ond trie range ot their own undertakings.
which place tne people at large very much
at ineir mercy. Huge combinations, such
Ui nUaucHu'd Oil company, tiold the
Interests of the mass of tne people with
the grip of an octopus.
talons Are Threatening.
On the other hand, lue iraue unions, far
pooler in resources, but far more powerful
in numbers, are pushing meir special inter
ests Willi that disregard for ihe general
good of which the capitalists set the ex
ample. The law has adequate control in
bum cases; but while capitalists can thwart
tne ends of law while using the powers
of law, the trade unions have no means
of aeiense except in Uie crudest and most
violent defiance ol the law. In the strug
gle, which Is continually growing more
desperate, the interests of good govern
ment and the welfare of the people at
large must go to the wall. The organiza
tion of the body politic, whicn has be
come weak and Ineffective, owing to the
unreality of the Issues upon which the or
dinary politicians tight, is crossed by the
organizations of these two great forces.
May we not almost discern the germs of
civil war in strikes carried on by violence
and met by counter-violence Of the pro
fessional strike breakers?
"Mr. James Farley Is a remarkable man.
and when our American correspondent.
with evident propriety, refers to him as a
general capable of mobilizing an Indefinite
proportion of 40,OoO men upon his list, may
we not ask what becomes of the law of the
land if quarrels between citizens are to be
fought out as if upon the battlefield?
'That, we venture to think, is the ques
tion which weighs upon the mind of the
president, and which led him at Denver
to reiterate his conviction that the great
corporations must be more effectively con
trolled by law, and at Chicago to warn
the strikers' deputation that they must
keep within the law, and to assure the
mayor that the whole power of the federal
government will be put forth, if need be, to
enable him to cope with disorder and vio
lence.
'Across the mists of party strife, now
well-nigh meaningless, we believe that the
best men of both parties are beginning to
see that only In President Roosevelt
policy and alms does there He any hope
of orderly social development. These are
the men to whom he appeals, and that
with the more urgency because there is
another solution In the field the national
ization of the railways which Is a mere
diversion of public thought from the real
to the false remedy. "We do not attach
the highest Importance to the precise form
of Mr. Roosevelt's suggestion at the mo
ment. It may be true that more good
ran be done by enforcing wise laws against
the railways than by relieving them of a
certain responsibility by giving the federal
government the power to fix the transit
rates. It Is the business of owners to
control ythelr property, and it la the busi
ness of the law to control the owners. But
President Roosevelt Is educating public
opinion to understand that something must
be done to vindicate law against violence,
and to find an orderly solution of problems
that otherwise threaten civil war."
BERLIN. June Z (Special Cablegram to
The Bee Efforts are being made to have
the Judgment of the supreme court In the
Russo-German political trial which touk
place at Konlgsherg last July, made
the subject of a Parliamentary Inquiry.
The Judgment of the supreme tourt is gen
erally interpreted as implying a more than
direct censure upon the methods of the
Prussian minister of Justice. So far the
resolution passed by the Reichstag last
winter In favor of the denunciation of the
Prussian and Bavarian treaties has met
with no response from the German gov
ernment. The verdict In this celebrated case was
made the subject of an appeal to the su
preme court of the German empire by the
public prosecutor, as well as by the ac
cused. The court has rejected the appeal
In both cases. The appeal on the part of
the public prosecutor was thrown out upon
the ground that the necessary legal basis
for a charge of high treason were not
present, inasmuch as a special law or a
special and reciprocal treaty with the Rus
sian government was inrllspenslble for the
cognisance by the German courts of acts
affecting the person or honor of the czar.
The court ruled that the assurances, given
by the Russian ambassador in Berlin to
the effect that in analagous cases the
Rust-Ian authorities would Indict the of
fenders, were offered after the commis
sion of the offense and were therefore In
adequate. On this point the court ex
pressly concurred with the Russian pro
fessor, Reussner, the Important witness
for the defense at the Konlgsberg trial,
that to be effective reciprocity In cases of
this kind must be secured by law or by
treaty at the time of the commission of
the offense. The court declined to express
any opinion, both as to whether the Rus
sian ambassador was Justified In giving the
assurances in question and as to whether
the offenses with which the accused were
charged were punishable by German law.
LAWYERS TARE TURN
Prosecution Presents Opening Argument to
Jury is Dennison Case.
INSISTS THE DEFENSE IS FABRICATED
Dwells at Length on Letters Written by
Dennison to Bhercliffa,
GOES INTO THE HOOKER ACCOUNT BOOK
Junkin Commences the Argument for the
Defendant.
DENOUNCES CASE AS PERSECUTION
Points Oat What He Claims Is Im
probability of the tory of Sher
rllffe Arstunirnt to Be Con
cluded Monday.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
day Fair.
Mon-
POLITICS IN THE TRANSVAAL
Responsible Government Party Issues
Manifesto Xot Liked by Sup
porters of Administration.
CAPE TOWN, June S (Special Cable
gram to The Bee.) It Is believed
here that the manifesto of the Responsible
Government association on the Transvaal
constitution has been launched with the
double object of saving the face of the
leaders of the party and playing the game
of their radical friends at home who may
wish to attack the letters patent for par
tisan purposes. There is no doubt but that
the responsible government party Is gen
uinely disappointed with the provisions of
the constitution which it hoped its agita
tion would have molded more to Its liking
The difficulties of the part it now has to
play are increased by the alliance with Het
Volk. Finding It impossible to swing the
home government round to Its point of view
the responsible government party is appar
ently seeking to regain the ground It has
lost by a cleverly worded manifesto. The
original tactios of blocking supplies under
representative gover" et, and endeavor
ing Co make the administration of the col
ony a farce were not well received and
they are now certain to fall. The expressed
determination to act loyally and patriotically
under the new constitution would have
sounded better in the mouths of the Boers
than their British allies in the community
but it was a necessary declaration owing
to the previous utterances of the leaders
of the party. The reference to the war
contribution also Indicates that the signa
tories desire to back out of the unpatriotic
altitude hitherto adopted.
It Is noticeable that little interest is dis
played by the Cape Dutch at present re
gardlng the course of politics in the
Transvaal. The Cape Dutch are tired of
the entire subject. The knowledge that
Het Volk threatened to Join the Bound and
raise the race issue from Cape Town to
the Zambesi, If Its overtures were not fa
vorably received, has tended to complicate
the situation here in Cape Town as well as
elsewhere.
BUBONIC PLAGUE AT LEITH
One Case of Dreaded Oriental Disease
la Reported at British
Port.
LEITH, June 3. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Bubonic plague, about which
little has been heard in the last year, has
broken out here. One man, a rag picker
named Hughes, has died. Fully twenty-five
persons who lived In the same house have
been removed and the place has been thor
oughly disinfected. .
Hughes was attacked by the disease after
sorting rags which came off a foreign ship.
His wife, who worked by his side and who
Is now lying 111 at the Isolation hospital,
ber two children by her side equally sick,
declares that she saw a number of rats
running about among the raps. Some
serum which was taken from the body of
Hughes has been examined by three special
ists and these doctors are unanimous in
pronouncing the disease bubonic plague.
The tenement house In which Hughes lived
was In the most densely populated portion
of Lelth. The house has been not only
renovated, but closed, and the Inhabitants
of the adjoining buildings are being kept
under strict medical observation. It being
generally believed that the disease was
brought to Leith by rats, the port au
thorities have employed a number of rat
catchers, with Instructions to rid the place
of the vermin regardless of cost.
RAILROAD MEN ARE ARRESTED
Two America a Employes of Pere Mir.
qaette Line to Be Deported
from Canada.
8T. THOMAS, Ont.. June t-Colonel Sher
wood, chief of the Dominion police, has ar
rested Everett Cain, trainmaster, and Chief
Dispatcher James Gilhul of the Pere Mar
quette railroad for the purpose of deporting
them to the United Btates under the alien
labor act. A writ of habeas corpus was ap
plied for today at Toronto and argument
was heard by Justice Anglln. who reserved
his decision until Monday. In the meantime
they remain in the custody of Colonel Sherwood.
WIDOWS STILL SEEK FLA WES
Suttee le Practiced la India Despite
Efforts of Brltala Against
Rite.
SIMLA. June S. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) In spite of the prohibition of
suttee (the burning alive of widows), a
case of aelf-lmmolation has occurred at a
village about thirty miles from AJmere.
The husband being to all a ppea ranees
dead, the woman. In accordance with the
custom, offered him food.
It is supposed that this was a case of
suspended animation, for the supposed
corpse sat up. took a mouthful, then fell
park and never moved again. This unusual
proceeding must have had Its effect upon
the minds of the natives In general and the
widow In particular, for, though the widow
followed the remains te the cremation
ground, when the funeral pile was ready,
despite the laws against this sort of a thing,
the woman threw herself on the body and
amid much confusion the pyre was Ignited.
How or by whom the brands were started
to burning Is not known, and consequently
no arrests have been made. But while the
fire was biasing the widow made not the
slightest attempt to escape, and in the
course of an hour or two both bodies were
reduced to ashes.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
RED OAK, la., June 3 (Special Tele
gram.) By Tuesday morning It will be up
to the Jury to decide whether Tom Denni
son received and disposed of the Pollock
diamonds. R. W. Bt-eson, for the prosecu
tion, legan his argument at 8 o'clock today
and concluded shortly after 2 p. m. Junkin
of the defense then talked until 6 o'clock
and will consume one hour or more Mon
day. He will lie followed by George Egan
of the defense and Judire Smith for the
prosecution. Judge Smith's argument Is
likely to run over into Tuesday.
Though the heat was oppressive In the
courtroom both attorneys were given the
closest attention by the Jury and the large
crowd remained until almost time for ad
journment.
Beeson In his opening statement said the
entire defense had been fabricated and that
n analysis of the evidence would show
this. The final statement, he said, made
by Dennison could be explained in no bel
ter way than by the letter which accom
panied It. The letter shows, he said, that
Dennison sent the statement to Shercllffe
to show him how much he had spent on him
and that it was not written at the request
of Shercllffe was clearly shown by the por
tion of It relating to Shercliffe robbing the
Dennison house and to the further warning
from Dennison for Shercllffe to quit talking.
That Dennison knew he had JSVicrlmlnated
himself the letter asking that the state
ment be returned showed. He thought It
preposterous that Dennison would take such
an Interest in Shercllffe after a three weeks'
acquaintance, lie spoke at length regard
ing the Hooker account book, pointing out
that the name of Shercliffe had been used
at a time Shercllffe was going under the
name of Kid King. The fact that Hooker
had turned over the itemized account to
Dennison he said was proof enough that he
was acting as Dennison's agent. If not, he
said, why did not the book turned over to
Dennison contain the amount of money de
posited with Hooker by Shercllffe?
Hooker's letter to Cochran, in which he
stated that he had spent his own money
for Shercllffe's defense and that Shercliffe
had no money, should be sufficient evi
dence, he said, to impeach Hooker. The
whole Hooker testimony, he claimed, was
fixed up for the occasion. Beeson then
went into the testimony of each witness
and discussed at length the reputation and
reliability of many of the witnesses of the
defense.
Junkin for the Defense.
During his argument Junkin, for the de
fense, took occasion to call attention to the
powerful organizations which were back of
the Dennison prosecution, the Civic Federa
tion and Jewelers' Protective association,
and he told that they had raked the sewers
and the cesspools to get convict testimony
to railroad Tom Dennison to the pen. No
man who had testified for Dennison. he
said, but who had been subjected to the
most merciless Investigation, and If there
had been a skeleton in any closet It had
been brought out. Like a "hyena, with the
appetite of a buzzard," he said had the
prosecution even Jumped onto an old white
haired man like Mayor Moores.
"There Is more spite, more 111 will and
more revenge In this case than there had
been In any case ever before tried in Iowa
or Nebraska," he exclaimed.
Junkin called attention to the testimony of
Pollock, which had been changed at this
hearing from his former testimony so as to
Implicate Dennison and dovetail In with
the story of Shercllffe. These two, he said.
had contradicted each other, for Pollock
said Dennison wag with him at the Mil
lard hotel forty minutes before train time,
while Shercliffe said he was with Dennison
In a saloon on Webster street forty-five
minutes before train time. Pollock now
swears that Shercllffe when he robbed him
did not ask for money, when upon the other
trials he said he did ask for money. This
he said was Just to help out the case. Jun
kin claimed that Shercllffe had an accom
plice on the train In the person of Frank
Bruce, who, Fleming testified, took his seat
In the train and who disappeared after the
robbery. Fleming Identified Bruce In Jail
afterward as the man on the train. Among
other points Junkin brought out and laid
stress were these:
Talks of Probability.
While Sherclifte was on parole there was
no evidence to show that he and Dennison
discussed the diamonds; in fact he said
there was no conversation about the dia
monds so far as the evidence goes except
Shercllffe's statement that Dennison said he
dug them up. It would have been natural,
he said, for Shercliffe to have asked what
Dennison had done with them when they
met later. It would be foolish to suppose
that Shercliffe would bury the diamonds be
hind a church when there was a dwelling
house within nineteen feet of the church.
At a time when all strangers were being
watched he said Dennison would not have
gone to Missouri Valley and bought u
butcher knife to dig up the diamonds, if It
was strange that Dennison would assist
BliercllfTe to get a parole when he had
1 l.rrmini re Motive In China.
Timea Keen Trouble for America.
Irmmrnl In the t)rrnlnn Case.
Russian Ships Reach Inntla,
3 Japanese Minister at White House.
Hyde and Alexander .et Together.
3 eia from All Part of ehraka.
Warrant for Head of Teamsters.
4 Detention Home Is ow I. orated.
Mayor Is (.reeted at Ills Offlee.
5 Women Help Improvement Clubs.
Affaire at south Omaha.
8 K.darntlna the loulh for Business,
Telephone In ewspaper Offices.
T port I ii a Fvents of the Day.
8 Past Week In Omaha Worlety.
Woman In t Inh and Charity.
ft Council Bluffs and Iowa twi.
lO ms from the Army Posts.
F.niTOR I AL SECTION
1 Cattlemen Knrlnse Vacant Land.
Leant Flaht for Inrnbalor Bahe.
A Rallronds anil the People.
t hautanqna Idea Is Thrhlns.
(,id Morj Told of Jefferson.
T Condition of Omaha's Trade.
Commercial and Financial.
HLF-TOF. SECTION Elaht rages.
1 Fourth Hafile Mury.
2 Field of Flrrlrlclty.
3 Plas and I'laer.
Music and Musicians.
4 Commercial club Excursion,
lories of Noted People.
B Russian Cathrdrnl In Japan.
Mnney-MnLlna Chances at Panama
For and About Women.
Hints on Latest Fashions.
7 tirlst of tpnrttna ftosalp.
8 Career of Captain Reynolds.
COLOR F,CTIO Tea Panes.
1 Duster Broun Chases Butterflies.
2 Women More Cruel Than Men.
From Far and Near.
3 Most RxrluMlve Snvaae of All.
4 Mnm Life In Russia.
B .Mysterious Pomer of a Jap Boy.
Value of a Beautiful Nose.
6 Marrlnae Brldices Rich and Poor.
7 Jacky'a Double l'la Short Story.
8 l.ncj and Sophie Say Good-Bye.
Coat Family Aids Temperance.
ft Top o' the Morals'.
lO Bery of Stane Beaoty.
FLEE TO MAMLA BAY
Three. Russian Cruiieri Tafce Eefuge in
American Fort in Tar last.
UNDER COMMAND OF ADMIRAL tNQUIST
Vesils Are Aurora, Oieg and Zmchng
Which Were Reported Bunk.
ALL OF THtM Ml BADLY DAMAGED
They Will Probably tie Interned Until
Close ot the nar.
STORY OF ROJEsiVtHSKY'S CAPTURE
Temperature at Omaha Vestrrdayi
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BATTLESHIP STRIKES BARK
eieamer Ata-banlsfan Run Down by
the Caesar In the English
Channel.
June During a fog off
uungeaess early this morning the British
battleship Caeaar collided with the British
bark Afghanistan. The Afghanistan sank
v-u minutes aner tne collision. It l
feared that twenty-three men on board the
bark were drowned aa only eleven of Its
crew of thirty-four were picked un. The
Afghanistan was bound from Hamburg for
can uiego and Portland, Ore.
At the time of the accident the channel
fleet, steaming In two columns with the
t-aesar leading the second column, suddenly
entered a fog bank and was unable to give
me signal to slow down.
Another disaster was narrowly averted
as me battleship Hannibal shortly after
ward fouled another veaael and carried
away its headgear.
Prior to the collision between the Caesai
and the Afghanistan the batlleshlD Trt
umph collided with the battleship Swift-
sure and both will have to be docked. The
Caesar wai considerably damaged.
The Afghanistan In clearing the ram of
tne Caesar was carried along the port side
of the war ship, whose torpedo nets, fore
bridge, searchlights, davits and boats were
swept away and some of Its plates at the
bows were stove.
The Afghanistan. Captain Cralgle, left
Hamburg May 23 for San Diego and Port
land. Ore., and was last reported passing
Dungeness on June 2. The vessel was 1
feet long, forty-two feet beam and twenty
xour reel in oeptn or hold. It was of
2.221 tons net register. The Afghanistan
was built In 1SS8 at Stockton. England. It
bailing port was Liverpool, where It wa
owned by the British and Eastern Ship
ping company.
WEAVER KEEPSJJP THE FIGHT
Philadelphia Mayor RemoTes secre
tary of Civil Service Board and
Snapiads Civil Service List.
PHILADELPHIA. June J. Mayor
Weaver today appealed to the citizens to
concentrate their energies in the cause of
honest government and stated that it has
always been his belief that a city should
control and operate Its public works.
Kolla Dance, secretary of the city's civil
service board, was removed from office
today by order of the mayor, who also
ordered the suspension of the list of civil
service applicants except those for medical
inspectors.
Samuel Sutcliff, chairman of the bureau
of street cleaning, was summoned to the
office of the mayor today and ordered to
furnish a report of the work done by con
tract during the year and their delinquen
cies. The law provides vsrlous penalties
for failure to comply with all the require
ments of the contracts.
Cloudburst in Kansas.
F.ELLEVILLE. Kan . June 1. A cloud
burst covered the Rock Island tracks at
this point to a depth of over a foot and
washed out the track between Bellevlll and
bcandla.
Movements of Ocean Vessels June
At V V,,rlr A p.i,r.4 . V .. .
known him only three weeks Junkin said , Southampton: I. Touraine from H.v'r
ii nuuiu u- iiniiKei pun umi ne wouia so
In partnership with him to commit a crime.
To convict Dennison. Junkin said, the
Jury would have to believe the testimony
of Shercllffe, a robber, a highwayman and
a degenerate, in preference to Ed Doyle.
John Dennlhon and Mrs. Ewartx and In all
twenty-one witnesses who had Impeached
him. He claimed that the financial state
ment had been made at the request of
Shercllffe Just as Dennison said It had been
made, and he said there was nothing In
criminating In the fact that Tom Dennison
had borrowed money for his brother. About
the same time he said he did the same
thing for his brother. He was eloquent in
his denunciation In what hi termed the
persecution of Dennison by the "Omaha
gang," and said the gang came over Into
lowa expecting to find a Jury who would
hang a man merely because he occasionally
took a glass of beer.
Junkin will resume his argument Monday.
Shercllffe. on the advice of Judge Smith,
left Red Oak this afternoon for ea Moines.
iled : Mesaba. for l.,nt,,n. u, . '
Plymouth: Zeeland. for Aniir. ti.i-.. ...
Irene for Genoa. Thessalla, for Hamburg:
Armenian, for Hamburg: Campania, for
La Bavole, for New
Cedrlc. for New
Liverpool
At Havre Sailed
York.
At Queenstown Sailed
i om.
At rioutnampton-Balled: St. Louis, for
New 1 ork.
v V i-'rpY I-U"arila, for New i ago was Interned at San Francisco.
. i, i iiii. mr .-ew i orK.
Russian Commander Was to Hava
Been Killed to Prevent Ilia
Recapture by Foreea
of the tsar.
Bl LLK 1 1.
MANILA. June i. Hear Admiral Enquiit,
who was commander of ihe heavy cruiser
squadron of Uie i.usslnn ileet, arrived In
the bay at o clot a this evening on board
his flagship, the protected cruiser Aurora.
accompanied by tl.- pioucieu cruisers Oleg
and .vine hug. All ttie vessels were more
or let-s damaged and there were many
wounded imti on board. Rear Admiral
liam. on board his fitigshlp, the battleship
Ohio, with the Wisconsin, Oregon, Raleigh
and Cincinnati, was outside Corregidor
sland maneuvering when the Aurora sa
luted with thirteen guns and the Ohio an
swered. Admiral Train and his squadron
accompanied the Hussian vessels to Manila,
In an Interview Hear Admiral Enquist a
executive otticer said:
When the buttle begun the admiral was
alKxiru tiie cruiser Oieg. which was hit a
number ol times by Itiine shot. There wis
an incessant rain of shnl from quick firing
guns, and the ship was soon badly dam
aged.
1 lie admiral transferred nis nag to tne
Aurora, which then drew the combined tire
of many torpedo boat destroyers at close
range and tne atlacK ol submarines, we
were overwhelmed by the latter. A mist
arising, we made a oash for the open sea
and were followed by the Olcg and
Jenicuu.
Loaaea of Ruaslana.
Rear Admiral Enquist Is uninjured. Cap
tain Egorleff of the Aurora waa killed by a
shell which struck the conning tower and
he was buried at sea the day before reach
ing Manila.
On the . Aurora three officers were
wounded, twenty of the crew were killed
and eighty-three were wounded.
The losses on the Oleg were thirteen of
the crew killed and eighteen wounded. On
the Jemchug the casualties were twenty-
one Junior officers killed and one wounded!
twelve of the crew killed and thirty
wounded.
From their appearance the Russian ves
sels are not damaged below the water line.
Their funnels, however, are riddled by large
and small shot. Several large shell!
pierced them amidships, and a number of
guns were dismounted. All the Russian of
ficers Interviewed axaert that the largs
number of submarines caused confusion and
defeat.
Hear Admiral Enquist has cabled his ar
rival to the emperor of Russia. The battle
ship Ohio and cruiser Cincinnati are guard
ing the Kuasian ships. No official action aa
to their disposition has been taken yet.
Enquist Asks Fonrteea Daya.
Rear Admirals Train and Enquist are now
conferring In reference to the Russian war
ships which arrived here yesterday." Ac
cording to an unofficial report Rear Admiral
Enquist asks for fourteen days' time In
which to repair .coal and provision his ves
sels. It Is stated further that he claims
that the ships are unseaworthy and are
damaged below the water line. Rear Ad
miral Train will probably appoint a board
to Investigate the condition of the Russian
vessels. Both he and Rear Admiral En
qulBt are working In harmony. Thirty-four
of the most seriously wounded Russian eall
ors were placed In the naval hospital at
Cavite' today. Rear Admiral Enquist left
the scene of the battle before the fighting
was finished and he did not learn the final
details until he arrived here.
Will Probably Be Interned.
WASHINGTON, June . An Important
conference waa held at the White House
late this afternoon, the participants besides
the president being Secretary Morton and
Attorney General Moody. It related to the
arrival today at Manila of the Russian
cruisers Aurora, Oleg and Jemtchug and to
the disposition to be made of them. It waa
determined to await fuller Information be
fore a definite decision was reached. All
three of the cruisers took part In the naval
battle In the Corean straits a week ago.
Two of them, the Oleg and the Jemtchug,
were reported to have been sunk by tha
Japanese fleet. The three ships were dam
aged, but were tble to proceed under theif
own nilara.
Rear Admiral Train, In command of tha
I'nlted States squadron, now at Manila,
having heard rumors of the sighting of
Russian warships near the Island of Luzon,
made an Investigation with his squadron
and discovered the damaged cruisers mak
ing their way to port. The United States
vessels, after an exchange of salutes with
Admiral Enquist, In enmmand of the Rus
sians, escorted the three orulsers to Manila.
Washington Officials otlfled.
Officials here received the first word ot
the arrival of the Russian vessels at Manila
from the As.-wlated Press. Shortly after
the Navy department received a message
from Rear Admiral Train. This was com
municated promptly to President Roosevelt
and the conference this afternoon was held
to determine on a course of procedure. In
the present circumstances vessels of either
of the belligerent nations would be per
mitted to remain at a neutral port only
twenty-four hours, or If the ships were
unseaworthy only long enough to enable,
them to make the necessary temporary re
pairs in order that they might reach their
nearest home port. What. If any, request
Admiral Enquist may make concerning tha
j Disposition hi trie vessels is not Know
' here. He may ask that they lie Interned at
j Manila until the dose of the war. Such a
request would lie granted by this govern
ment. The ctuImts then would be In a
position precisely similar to that of tha'
Russian ship Lena, which about ten montha
Koenlgln Lulse, from
At Antwerrj Arrived vii.tf.mnicn
Philadelphia. " '
At Glasgow-Arrived: Sicilian. from
Montreal. Sailed: Columbia, for New York
At Movllle Arrived: Virginian, from
Montreal.
At Genoa Arrived
New York.
At Bremen Sailed: Grosser Kurfurst, for
New York
At Boulogne Bailed: Moltke, for New
ork.
At Rotterdam Arrived. Potsdsn, from
New York.
At Dover Sailed: Vaderland. for New
York
At I-ondon Balled: Minnehaha, for New
fork.
At Halifax. N. B.-alled: Carthagenlan,
tor Philadelphia.
Train Asked fur Further Report.
When a complete report on the arrival of
the cruisers at Manila shall have been mada
by Rear Admiral' Train It may be decided
by this govrnnient that the ships must be
interned. Instructions were cabled to Rear
Admiral Train this afternoon to consider
what steps It would be necessary for hlrn 1
to take in case Admiral Enquist should re
quest that his veels be Interned. Until
such a full report shall have been received
from him no further action will be taken
by this government.
It Is the opinion that the vessels will ba
dismantled and held at n""e uatll Uaa
