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The Omaha Daily Bee. CHEAPEST BECAUSE BEST THE BEL CLEAN AND CONSERVATIVE THE BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1905. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. SHAW T0 CUMMINS Calls Attention of Governor to Remarks Had in Becent Speech in Chicago. DENIES STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM Never Said French Eeoiprooitj Treaty Qave Zvervthinj to that Country. WHAT HE DID SAY REGARDING FRANCE Condition! Made it Imperative Not to Discriminate Against England. TRADE OF JHAT COUNTRY TOO VALUABLE Asks that the Governor Correct W ha lie A Hears la a Mlsrepresentn tloa of the Attitude of the Hrrrrlirfi CHICAGO, Auk. 27. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw today made pub lic the following letter, written by him to Governor A. B. Cummins, of Iowa, In reply to statements made by Governor Cummins before the recent reciprocity convention at Chicago: CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-My Dear Governor Cummins: In a carefully prepared address delivered before the Reciprocity convention at Chicago which the papers say you lead 'lest you might be mlsreported," you used this language: The Becretnry of the Treasury In a speech recently delivered in Des Moines Is re ported as saying that the explanation of t lie refusal of the senate to consider the French treaty la, that It gives everything to France ana nothing to the United ntates. 1 must do lilm the justice to believe that lie never read the treaty, ror otherwise he bus committed a wave offense against the properties of debate. Mecrrtary'a Speech, aa Reported. "I did not see that portion of your ad dress until I camu west and have delayed wilting that I might ascertain where 1 was reported to have made bucIi a statement. I knew 1 did not say It or anything that could be so Interpreted, but I was not sure about the report. The occasion was an Informal luncheon and the speech was Im promptu, though not extemporaneous. I tlnd that both of the Des Moines republi can dally papers represented at the lunch eon reported me as saying: I was an enthusiast among those who favored the reciprocity treaties. Among these treaties was one with France. 'J lie French contract Rave iter an advantage In entering the American market over every other cwunlry on seventy articles, in con sideration of which Hlie agreed to apply her minimum tariff to our exports to France, except as to twenty articles, including horses, butter, eggs, cheese, leather gooux, machines (machine tools dynamos, etc. That is, we would treat France better than we did any other country, France would treat us about as well as she did any otner nation. Ot course the treaty was not ratified. I say "of eoume." 1 mean merely to say It was not ratllled. There were those in the senate who declared that they did not believe mis nation should not discriminate against Great Britain where we sell Suuo, Uiu.UKt of our exports for the benefit of a nation which takes less than S.'oo.'wO.OuO. Provisions of Treaty. "While -tho report 1 uot verbatim, it la substantially correct. W hether 1 read the treaty befoie making the statement Is rela tively of little Importance, but if the treaty as negotiated did not give France a re duction from our regular tariff rates ou substantially seventy articles tto be exact, sixty-nine articles, counting every variety of silk manufactured aa one article), then It may be conceded that I hud not read it; and if It did not exempt twenty Amer ican ai tides from the provisions of the French minimum rate of duty, as follows: Horses, butter, lucerne and clover fodder, cast Iron, skins and hides, prepared; boots and shoes and parts of same, belts and cords and other leather articles manufac tured for machinery; dynamos, machine tools, dynamo conductors and parts; arc lamps, known aa regulators, sugar, chicory roots, green or dried; eggs, cheese, honey, porcelain, cardboard, rough In sheets; then It may be conceded that I violated the proprieties of deba .-, though un informal talk at a luncheon is several removes, from a debate. Asks for Information. "You, my dear governor, and I, have had Some experience in the trial of cases, and we have seldom lost through the misrep resentation of our opponents. Attorneys .usunlly. and lawyers always, exercise great care lest they Incorrectly stale the po sition of their professional adversaries. Certainly friends and adherents of the same political party will be more careful till, knowing therefore that you would not 'violate tho proprieties of debate' by quoting me without authority ns having made a specific statement, I write to In quire where you saw the report of my speech as given in your Chicago address. 1 huve not seen It and I wish to correct the record as soon as possible. Pleaae ad vise. Very alncerely yours, LESLIE M. SHAW." BOY SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPED Bronjght to Chicago from Buffalo and Compelled to Beg on the Streets. CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Declaring that he was kidnaped from his home in Buffalo, N. Y., by a man who seized him and hurried him away on a train. John Beach, 15 years old, tonight told the police a story of how he had been held captive and tor tured by the stranger durli.g the Journey frott Buffalo to Chicago. According to the story told the police by Beach, he was playing in front of his home in Buffalo with several companions when a man approached and seised him by the arm Before he could realise what was taking place, he said, he was taken tn the Lake Shore depot, placed on a train and hurried away. When they bonrded the train. Besch told the police, tho man lieat him severely and threatened him. Besch, according to his story, arrived in South Chicago with the stranger early last Fri day morning. H was, he aald, made to beg on the streets, but later managed to make his escape1 and come to the police. EXCURSION TRAIN IN DITCH Two Known to Be Dead and Many Are sap posed to Bo lnjared. LGCANSPORT. Ind.. Aug. 28.-1 a. m Two parsons are known to have ben killed and many Injured in the wreck of a Penn sylvania excursion train returning to this city from Cincinnati. The known dead are Pat Graney. engineer, and his fireman, name not given. The train was ditched three miles south east of this city and several of the cars toppled over au embankment. Relief trains loaded with physicians have been dis patched to the scene. Several hundred peo ple were on the train and it is bUeve4 tl list of CouualUe will b Ufa. QUEST FOR SPANISH GOLD Some Coin Discovered at Site of Mnklns; of Armada Treasure hip. LONDON, Aug. 27 (Sppeclftl Cablegram to The Bee ) The quest for Spanish gold on board the Admiral of Florence, the treasure ship of the Spanish Armada at Tobermory on the Argyllshire coast. Is proceeding with every prospect of ulti mate succepa. In the boulder clay brought t y the digger an antique handmade . candlestick has been found and 2 ! have also been recovered five gold "pieces of eight" In excellent jVervatlon, two stone cannon balls and JJ of iron. -aptaln Burns, the director of the West tland syndicate which Is carrying on C5 present search, has decided to sus nd operations with the digger for the esent for fear of destroying any silver ate that may be found. He has reverted 3 the use of the powerful suction pump m board the diving ship Beamer. The duke of Argyll has delegated to the syndicate his rights conferred by royal charter In 1M1. It Is averred that the ninth earl of Argyll In 1669 employed a Swedish expert with a diving bell and that a two months' search brought up two cannon. It Is also stated that some years later Sir William Sachevercll. governor of the Isle of Man, agnln made a bold bid for the treasure with results not re corded, and that In 1637, on the invention of a new diving apparatus, the next earl of Argyll formed a company, the success of which la not known to history. In 1740 John, the second duke of Argyll, i said to have made another attempt with a div ing bell, bringing up a bronze cup. The present syndicate is supplied with all of the modern appliances a powerful steam pump whlrh sucks the sand and clay and all smull materials from the bands of the diver and a strong digger that can In a forenoon pierce a hole six feet square Into the mound of clay and sand to a depth of eighteen feet. The Swede and other experts of bygone times could not descend eight fathoms without the diving bell capsizing, and they could only work with tongs from the Inside of the bell. The syndicate have had full ac cess to all historical documents and re ports and to the archives, plana and charts used In former searches. In 1661. when the expert from Sweden began the search for the marquis of Argyll. It was found that the deck and a portion of the vessel's sides were blown off from the mlzzenmast forward and that the hull was full of sand and mud. The poop, however, whlrh was not dam aged by the explosion, was standing up. and the heavy oak beams and planking i up the sides were intact, the bow belng In eight fathoms, and the stern in eleven fathoms at low water. Under the poop was the strong room and the treasure. The salvors Immedi ately began to tear away the planks and beams, but the Clan MncLean, under their chief, drove them away from their work after they had recovered five or six heavy cannon. Subsequent workers were also driven away by the MacLeans, who built a fort overlooking Tobermory. GERMANS WANT INFORMATION For that Reason Woold Have Early Session of Relchstaar Called by Kaiser. BERLIN, Aug. 27. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) Efforts are being made through out the empire to bring pressure to bear on the government to summon the Reichstag for an early autumn session. The chief matter regarding which the nation wents Information Is the condition of affairs in Southwestern Africa. Although operations have now been carried on for eighteen months and a constant drain of men and money has been leaving Germany for this protectorate the end of the war is not yet within sight, both the Hereros and the Hot tentot tribes being apparently able to carry on their gorrllla tactics for another eight een months. Various estimates have been made as to the cost of the expedition so far, some authorities putting it as high aa $.V).ntio.Ofo. It is suggested In influential quarters that the Reichstag should be given an op portunity of discussing the entire position with the object of showing the government that some sort of an honorable peace Is better than this continuous drain on the resources of the country. Feeling is all the more .bit ter on the subject inasmuch as it is well known that the greater part of Southwest ern Africa Is nothing better than a hopeless desert. STOESSEL ON 0UKT0MSKY Russian General Accuses Admiral of Cowardice In Face of tho Enemy. PARIS, Aug. 17. (Special Cablegram to The Bee.) General Stoessel has put In the hands of the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Matin a long statement In which he defends himself against the accusa tions of the Russian press and violently attacks the Russian admirals for their management of the fleet at Port Arthur. Speaking of Admiral Ouktomsky. ho asks: "What sort of respect can one have for an admiral who, terrified at the Japa nese shells, remains at a distance and In visible, reduces his flag to the size of a pocket handkerchief and then lowers It completely? There is probably no other case on record of an admiral lowering his fing out of fear of the enemy's bullets." In reference to articles written praising the Russian fleet, he adds: "By what right have so many excellent qualities been attributed to the Russian naval heroes? Heaven preserve Russia from heroes of a sort able In three or four days to lose an Immense squadron of battleships and cruisers." MANY LETTERS ARE MAILED In On Year Over Two and One-Half Billions Are Posted In Great Britain. IINPON, Aug. 27-(Spectal Cablegram to The Bee ) Figures only to be described as staggering are dealt with In a return that has Just been Issued by the postal union for the year 1. and the mind falls to realize what Is contained In the statement that In that perold of twelve months $,57,000.000 of letters wers posted in Great Britain. The correspondence of ail other countries la, of course, tabulated. In regard to postcards Germany heads the list with 1,11,0o0.iX). to be followed by the United States with 770. 500.000 of such missives. Great Britain tak ing the third place with 613. M), 000. . That, however, is a striking total and Is a good evidence of the popularity of the pic ture card, which, of course, has been a largely contributing factpr to the vast mass. Germany, It is Interesting to note, has the fourth place In the world's em ployment of postcards and used about i87,- Ikrt.tW during ths saiua period. FEW FEVER CASES REPORTED Change in Temperature, However, In creates the Fatalities. PROMINENT MERCHANTS AMONG AFFLICTED Matches Rnafd of Health DlnroTfn a .Number of Cases In that City Claimed to Be Traced to Mew Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 27.-Followlng is the official report to S p. m. Sunday: New cases 31 Total to date l,U: Deaths 13 Total lun New foci IS Total ij Remaining under treatment 119 The record shows the smallest number of new cases since August 6 and the largest number of deaths on any day since the fever made Its appearance. The unusual number of deaths Is attributed In a meas ure to the change In the weather, last night being cool and pleasant. In great contrast to the weather of the preceding week. Three well known merchants are among; the new cases. Only two names that can be traced to Italian origin ore among the thirty-one. Of the deaths, eight are Italians. The principal news from outside the city was the announcement from Natchex of the discovery of six cases there and the at tempt to blame New Orleans for them. This Is regarded as rather strange In view of the fact that of all the tight quaran tines against New Orleans, Natchez has maintained the tightest, not even allowing Its own people to return there if they had been near New Orleans. Other reports from the country are aa follows: Patterson, no new cases and no deaths; Amelia, two new cases; Bayou Boeuf, one case; Pecan Grove, three cases and one death; Elizabeth plantation, one death; Hanson City, four new cases and one death; St. Rose, two cases; Port Bar row, two cases; Ninth ward of Jefferson parish, one cftse; Lake Providence, three cases; Gulf Port, three cases; Mississippi City, no new cases. The Southern Pacific railway at the re quest of the State Board of Health has put on a special coach for the accommoda tion of people traveling between Infected points on that road. It will be run every other day. strict at Cairo. CAIRO, III., Aug. 27. The waiting room at Central station, where quarantine per mits are issued, gave strong evidence today that Cairo has a rigid quarantine In ex istence. Crowds of through passengers were detained at the headquarters because they were not supplied with permits and a guard was placed over them until they could be sent on their way. A number of arrests were made In each case of per sons who were trying to evade the officers. nnilier of Cases at Natrhri. VICKSBURG, Miss., Aug. 27. Physicians of the Natchex Board of Health today ex amined and pronounced as yellow fever two patients, a white woman and a negro man. Examining further five negroes con valescent from yellow fever were found In the northeast end of town, together with seventeen 1 suspicious cases f; sickness, thirteen of which were undoubtedly yel low fever. The infection Is traced to a negro woman who came from New Orleans on July 19. , Luke Providence, La., reports five new cases, making a total of fifteen. SH0NTS CALLS ON PRESIDENT Lays On? Steam Shovels Until Tracks to Handle Dirt Are In Order. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 27. Theodore P. ! Shunts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal commission, was a dinner guest of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt tonight. He came to talk over with the president some matters In connection with the canal work. Chairman Shonts said, in response to ln ouirles about the resignation of Sunerln- tendent Present t of the Panama railway, j that Mr. Prescott had resigned presumably because of strictures made upon his conduct or the road. He Bald that Mr. Preecott had been succeeded by Mr. Balrd of tho Rock Island system, who Is now en route to Panama to aasmue his new duties. "I have laid off all steam shovels," said Mr. Shonts, "until the railroad tracks have been put Into proper condition for their use. I have found that at least six steam shovels out of which the operators were not getting to exceed 25 per cent of ef ficiency. The condition Is not to be al lowed to go on, so we have ordered all steam shovel work discontinued for the present. , "We have no difficulty In getting all the labor we may want. The superintendent who has charge ol that branch of work has worked 76,000 men on a single contract, and he says he could get 100,000 blacks for work on the canal If so many were needed. Tho principal idea at present is to provide quar ters for the employes, to establish good sanitary conditions and to arrange for the prompt payment of the men. After these preliminaries are arranged we will begin to make the dirt fly." W. C. Blerd of Chicago, who has been appointed superintendent of the Panama railroad to succeed H. O. Prescott, has been the superintendent of the Chicago terminal division of the Rock Island rail- ' road system. He is a comparatively young man, but relinquishes a higher paying posi tion with the Rock Island system to accept the new appointment, which carries a salary of $H,000 per year. Mr. Prescott, the retiring superintendent of the Panama railroad, wijl remain with that company In another position. MINERS DEMAND RECOGNITION Statement Attributed to John Mitchell In a Speech at Tamaqaa, Pennsylvania, TAMAQUA, Pa., Aug. V. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, in a speech at Manila park to day made an unequivocal declaration that ( bis uig,aiiia.tluti fclll at the expliallun of tne present wage agreement In April next, d'lnand recognition of the union and an eight-hour day. President Mitchell said that he hoped that by that time he would be able to go before George F. Baer, presi dent of the Philadelphia & Reading com pany, and pointing to 150,000 men and boys who are employed In and about the mine, say: "Wo have fixed the price of our labor. You can take it or leave It." Commits Swtctdo tm Church. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 27. -But a few minutes after the close of Rev. W B. Riley's address at the Ftrt Baptist church, a man who is thought to be W, Rnwen of Sublette, III., got up In a pew and fired a bullet through his heart, dying Instantly. On search of his clothes a draft for $700 was found on his person, made out tn the name of W. Rower.. Sublette. III. Borne small change was found la another pooksL PRINTERS' STRIKE PROSPECTS Job Men In Chlraao Will Probably lie Ont Before the End of the Week. CHICAGO, Aug. T.-Refore the middle of this week every union printer In the thirty-seven shops controlled by the Chi cago Typothetae will be on strike, and before another week the fight may be ex tended to twelve of the principal cities of the middle west, the employers of which are organized, with the Chicago Typo thetae, In the middle west association. This forms a part of tho national body of master printers. That the printers will put up a long and bitter fight against the typothetae was foreshadowed today, when Typographical union local No. 1 met at Brand's hall and raised the strike assessment from 2 to 6 per cent. The union also decided to force the fighting by presenting at once the demands for an eight-hour agreement and an agreement for closed shops. The raising of the strike assessment means an addition of fct.000 weekly to the defense fund, and printers nay they can keep no men on the street without touching the $1,000,000 fund which the union says it Is ready to spend if necessary. MADDEN DENIES THE FLIGHT Saya He Did Not linn Away from New York to Escape Jail Sentence. LOUISVILLE. Ky , Aug. 27 -SpeclaIs from Lexington state that John E. Madden, the turf man, arrived there today from New York. Mr. Madden denied that he had fled from New York to escape the sentence of thirty days confinement In Jail and a fine of $250 Imposed by Jostles Burr for contempt. Justice Burr's ruling was based on the failure of Mr. Madden to appear or to give a deposition In the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Madden. It was Intimated that Mr. Madden might go to Cincinnati some time next week and give the required deposition there, after he has conferred with his attorneys. It Is stated that Mr. Madden's attorney, Charles J. Bronston, exacted a promise that Mr. Madden would give no deposition In the divorce suit until Mr. Bronston's return from Europe. NO BONANZA FOR SETTLERS Mttle Good Land Left After Indiana Are Given Their Allot, menta. SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 27. Many pros pective settlers on government lands In i the I'intah reservation are reported to be returning, having become discouraged by the scarcity of good lands available. Wil liam S. Gray of Lehl, Utah, Is one of these. Mr. Gray drew No. 13 in the allotment and expected to secure a good farm. After looking carefully over the land he has re turned, determined not to file upon any land. Mr. Gray says that all that Is left for settlement after the Indians have taken their allotment Is precipitous hills and alkali flats. He reports that men with low numbers who went out to get farms are re turning by hundrsdA Similar conditions are reported by Daniel S. Burch of Ogden, who drew No. 19 and who has returned without making a tiling after Inspecting the lands on the reservation. FEDERATING CATHOLIC ORDERS Proposition Advanced In Convention of Catholic Knights of America. CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Plans for a federa tion of all Catholic military organizations In the United States were discussed at the ocnventlon of the Catholic Knights of America today. L. J. Kadeskl of Qulncy, 111., commander-in-chief of the order, was the principal advocate of the Idea and speeches favoring such a federation were made by the leading delegates. For the purpose of sounding the sentiment of members of the various military orders, a conference of officers of the organizations will be called In a few days. This meeting will decide whether or not the orders are ready for amalgamation. The convention will remain in session to day and possibly tomorrow. MINE OPERATORS TO MEET Attitude to Be Taken at Next Wage Conference with Minora to Be Dlacuaaed. PITTSBURG, Aug. 27. Announcement was made today that a general meeting of all of the bituminous coal operators of the country will be held in Chicago, No vember 22, to discuss what attitude the em ployers of the vast army of miners shall take In respect to the next interstate wage conference. This announcement, fol lowed by the further one that a wage agreement has Just been reached between the miners and operators of what is known as district No. 19, including Ten nessee and Kentucky, and which becomes effective next month, at the same rate of pay aa last year, has excited much specu lation and discussion in the other bitumi nous districts. MILITIA GOES TO MINE CAMP Ordered Out to Prevent Threatened Trouble Where Men Are on Strike. NASHVILLE. Tenn., Aug. 27 Seven com panies of the Third regiment, N. G. S. T., left their camp at Hurriman today at 12:30 to proceed to Tracy City, where striking union miners are threatening trouble. Goes Bark to Old Home. SIOUX FALLS. 8. D., Aug. 27.-(Speclal Telegram.) Mrs. Wallace D. Scott, for merly Mrs. Roland B. Molineaux of New York, together with Mr. Scott, their little son and a maid, left Sioux Falls at ! o'clock this evening for Gotham, where they will reside In the future. They de parted twenty-four hours earlier than originally planned. A short time prior to their departure, P. A. Scott of this city, father of Mr. Scott, agreeably surprised his son and the Utter s wife by announcing that b would on each birthday anniversary of the little son of the couple deposit in a bank the sum of $1,000 to the credit of the youngster. Krlesjer Vrrrks Convention. JOLIET. 111., Aug. 27 The national con vention of Krleger Vereln of America opened here today with an elaborate parade. Large delegations sre here from Chicago and other cities. "Festday" was celebrated at Hers park, where Mayor Burr welcomed the delegates. The busi ness session of the convention will begin tomorrow. Xriro Lynched In Morth Carolina. NEW BERNE. N. C. Aug. r7.-John Moore, a negro, 30 years old, was taken from the Craven county Jail In this city early today and lynched by a mob of bx mucked luca aitneil wlUi rifles au4 revolvers. STATISTICS OS TEACHERS One Instructor for Each Seventy-One Persons of School Age. PERCENTAGE MUCH LARGER IN NORTH Hatlo of Teachere to Population Has Mora Than Doubled In Lnat Thirty leara and la II la li eat In ' mm cities. WASHINGTON, Aug. Z7 -The census bureau has Just published as a bulletin an analysis by Prof. Walter F. Wlllcox of Cornell university of the census statistics relating to teachers. Calculating the school age as from 5 to i!4 the report finds that taking the country as a whole, there Is an B j " ; average of one teacher to every seven one pupils, of 140 for every 10,000. The computation shows that the supply of teachers in proportion to school popula tion has more than doubled In the last thirty years and that teachers exceed the total number of clergymen, lawyers and physicians. In 1W0 Nevada had the largest propor tional number of teachers, Vermont ranked second, Maine third and Iowa fourth. The proportion of teachers was smallest in some of the southern states. During the last decade the proportion has Increased In every 'state and territory, the increase reaching a maximum In tho state of Wash ington. The states in the north and west showed a greater Increase than those of the south. The proportion of teachers In continental United States Is smaller than In England and Wales, but greater than In Germany, France, Italv Canada, Mexico, or Cuba, and In the following states the proportion Is greater than In Lnglaml and aies.Dor, , f .,, .,,,,,., ,,, ,,,u Maine, New Hampshire, ermont, Massh- chusetts. District of Columbia, Ohio, Min-1 nesota, Iowa, North Dakota. South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and California. Dur ing recent years the proportion of teachers increased In this country to a greater ex tent than In England, France, Germany or Canada. . (Hies. In the Lead. The proportion of teachers In cities hav ing at least 25,000 Inhabitants is greuter than In smallerclties or country districts. This condition, however, does not pre vail in all districts of the United States. In the north Atlantic and north central divisions the larger cities are not so well supplied with teachers as the smaller cities and the country districts, a fact which suggests the Inference that where an effective educational system Is of recent growth It has developed more rapidly In the cities, but where It has been estab lished for a generation or more It has established a larger ratio of teachers to popuiaflon In the slowly growing rural districts than In the rapidly growing cities. The Immigrant population contains pro portionately fewer teacners man me n-i initiation. The cliimren or immini nowever. nave engtigeu in imrainn ij n it rsifni uinv ,11.7 (,i.pn.i i,"u mnnir A rill lt nf t lila elans exceeds the proportion among white children of native i In continental United States, as In aJl countries for which figures were obtainable, the greater part of the teaching Is done by women. The excess of female teachers over male Is greater In this country th.in In any other. . In the larger cities of every geographical division In continental United States about four-fifths, or 80 per cent, of the teachers were women, while In the country the per centage of women teachers varied from 69 6 tn the south central division to 77.2 in the north Atlantic division. AGITATION ON THE INCREASE Peaaanta Only Willing to Pay 6ne Tenth of Crop to the Landlord. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 27. There is a great Increase in the agrarian agitation In various parts of the country. There, how ever, have been but six disturbances. In the Gori district the peasants are forcing the nobles to announce to the newspapers that they are handing over their holdings to the peasants freely, or are accepting one-tenlh Instead of one-quarter of the crop yield. The refusal of the peasants In the village of Inchadeshan to pay Prince Inukransky the proportion of the crop to which he was entitled led to a serious con flict. The Cossacks fired on the peasant, kll ing and wounding, according to an official account, nineteen and according to an un official account seventy. Peasants came from the mountains to the assistance of the villagers, resulting in fresh disturbances, in which one Cossack was killed. Prince Inukhransky himself had a narrow escape from shots fired at him. BAD WEATHERJDRIVES FLEET IN British Ships Reach Rendezvous Twelve Honrs Ahead of Time. SWINEMUNDE. Aug. 27. Owing to the bad weather the British channel fleet ar rived here this evening twelve hours be fore It was expected. The German fleet will arrive tomorrow to greet the British ships, and a visit from Emperor William la considered not Improbable. The channel fleet, consisting of eleven battleships, eight cruisers and a flotilla of torpedo boats, under command of Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, sailed from Eplthead August IK for the Baltic sea. TWENTY LABORERS KILLED Careless Handling of Dynamite Reaponalble for the Accident. MAZATLAN, Mex," Aug. 27. Twenty Mexican laborers we,re killed and a num ber of others injured by the premature explosion of a quantity of dynamite at the port of Manzanillo. It la thought the explosion was the result of carelessness on the part of some of the laborers. The families of those killed have been indemnified by Colonel Edward Smoot, the contractor in charge of the Manzanillo port works. BOYCOTT HURTS MERCHANTS Government to Aid Them la Dis posing of American Goods. SHANGHAI. Aug. 27. The Chinese For eign board has appointed a special commls- .in in aasiat Chinese merchants here ,o dispose of the enormous quantity of American goods eoniraciea ror oorore ineiyllle; Etrurla, from ,ew York, via (queens- boycott was announced, hoping thus to vert a financial panic. Health of Army Good. LIPI APl'DZE. Manchuria. Aug. 27. Re ports telling of a large number of typhoid cases among the soldiers have been exag gerated. There are some cases, but the general state of health in the army Is ex cellent. Aa typhoid generally arises through the soldiers drinking unboiled water, mov able machines for the boiling of water are bslo rapidly established. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday. Tneadny Partly Clondyi Showers anft Cooler In est Portion. Temperatnre at Omnhn Yesterday! Hoar. De. II, .nr. He. ft a. m t) i . m a. m m a p. in RJ 7 a. m...... 72 a p. m il H a. m Ta 4 . m Kit On. m 7:t (1 p. m as 1 a. m Tft (I p. in HH 11 m TS T p. m XT 1' m H2 H p. m 8ft 0 p. m M.1 HOW PASSPORT WAS SECURED Men Are Fined In London Conrt for Breaking Faith with Gov ernment. LONDON, Aug. 27-iSppeclal Cablegram to The Bee.)-A fine of 5o0 has been Im- POSed In W'llAt hAS hArtrinia Well lf,w,wn In the worl( ag tho pa8sport ,.Kat rebruary a serious bomb explosion took place In a hotel at ' St. Petersburg. The owner of the bomb was blown to pieces by his own explosive, and amid the wreckage of his room was found a passport, mado out In the name of MoCulloch, duly signed by the British foreign minister and vised at least twelve times In different Russian cities Inquiry showed that the would-be assassin was not McCulloch at all, who had been Induced by a friend to apply for a Russian iasport, not with the inten tionas he stated in his application of using it himself, but that he might pass It on to another person. That friend was a Journalist, named Iirallsford, a student of Russian affairs, and apparently an ac tive sympathizer with the reformers, or, ns tho authorities of those countries prfcr to call them, the revolutionaries of east Eu rope. Brallsford wanted to give the pass- . . but whether he gave It to the man who oiew nimseir to pieces there has been noth- ing to Indicate. He disclaimed any knowledge that the passi ort was wanted for an advocate of physical force, or for a bomb-throwing as sassin, and In this there Is no reason to doubt his word McCulloch's action in the matter was simply that of complying with the request. The ultimate result of the action of Brallsford and McCulloch whs that this passport, obtained under false pretenses enabled a bomb thrower to move freely about Russia. It was argued for the defense that a passport Is so easily obtained that it really means very little, and that these documents can be freely transferred from one person to another. The lord chief Justice laid stress upon the essential character of a passport as a sort of guarantee of respectability, any general abuse of the privilege soon leading, espe cially In a country like Russia, to the en forcement of vexatious and minute for- mu)i,i Nelther Brallsford nor McCul loch, In carrying out this deception, had anv personal gain in prospect. Brallsford only Idea was to be of service to an ac quaintance presumably at variance with the Russian government. His motive was political sympathy. ARMIF.S IX MANCHIHIA ARK ACTIVK Japanese Kvldently Preparing; for Some Movement. O UN-SHU PA38, Manchuria. Ac;. 87.'- In telligence of the constitutional grants by the government has been received by the army, and general Information relating to Portsmouth affairs continue to reach here from threo to ten days late. Since the Japanese reconnnltered the Rus sian center about twenty-five or thirty miles on August 10, which resulted In retaliatory skirmishing, as well as the checkmating of a wide movement of considerable bodies of troops throughout three days, nothing Important has occurred. During the long quiet valuable reinforcements have reached oom sines, giving tne tneatre of war a j rnlloh changed appearance. The front has j hen greatly extended, made possible by the ue cf the wireless telegraph, and because j Df the unexampled size of the armies, the character of the third stage of the war, whether It be active hostilities, demobiliza tion or the garrisoning of contested terri tory, will be complicated. The relative positions of the two armies Is comparable to that of a year ago, and the country Immediately facing the Japa nese Is slmost Identical with thnt which confronted them at Liao Yang. The ac quisition of the railway ajid rivers by the Japanese at Mukden, together with their Feng Wang Chang connection, and Oeneral Kawamura's new line of communication and j defense, running from the head of naviga tion on the Yalu river across to Kaiyuari, with the occupation of the Changpalshan mountain region makes control of the administration of south Manchuria as com plete as that achieved In the north, by sim ilar organization and In the rapid consolida tion of these connections, the destiny of Manchuria is clearly fixed regardless of other Influences The Associated Press correspondent trav ersed 200 miles over the old Imperial hunt ing reserve on the east flank, which was opened to settlement several years ago. Heavy crops of oil beans, millet, malse, In digo and hemp are under cultivation there now. This comprises a region extensively scoured by the Japanese, who appear bold and active pending the negotiations. The people complain of horse thieves and rob bers. There is general appreciation throughout of the demonstrations in the United States for M. Wltte. After an enormous rainfall during the past ten days it is believed that the rainy season Is closed. ACTIDKXT IX HKHI.I THEATER Collapse of Statclim Cauaes Injury of Thirty Actora.. BERLIN. Aug. 27. The collapse of the timber work of a terrace sixteen feet abovo the stage, daring a rehearsal at the M. tro- pole theater this afternoon while thirty performers were on the terrace and the stuge was crowded, caused the Injury of twenty persons. Panic-stricken actors and actresses rushed Into the streets in stagi) attire. It is feared that four of tbe In jured will die, Max Steiden, the most popu lar comic singer In HerJIn. being among the number. Nearly all of the others in jured are young girls. Movements of Ocean Vessels Auk. 27, At New York Arrived; Hamburg, from Dover and tiouiogne. At Southampton Arrived: St. Louis. from New York, via Plymouth and Cher biiurs:. At Hamburg Arrived: Moltke, from New York, via t'lymouin ana i nerimurg. j At Liverpool Arrived: Cedrlc, from New ! York, via Uuecnstown; Cymric, from Bos ; -'v ? t'inTn.'TrC;,, reJZ town. At Moville Arrived: Numldtan. from New York for uiasgow and proceeded. At London Suited: Minnehaha, for New York. At Naples Sailed: Romnnle, for Genoa for Boston, via Ponle del Gaila. At Boulogne Sailed: Polmlam, from Rot terdam for New York (and passed The Lizard). At Cherbourg Balled: Bremen, from Bremen for New York. At Queenstown failed: Lucanio. from Liverpool for New York. At Dover Sailed: Patricia, from Ham burg for New York, via ttuulvgna. WAIT ON TOKIO SOW- Peace Conference Delayed for a Day to EecsWe Word from Japan. CHANCES FOR PEACEFUL OUTCOME GLOOMY Japanese Envoy Indicates Little Hope of Favorable Answer. RUSSIANS WILL NEVER PAY INDEMNITY Believe Latest Move Will Alienate Sympathy from Japanese. DIPLOMATIC GAME ONE OF THE KEENEST Public sentiment In Japan Opposed to Foreakltin; Indemnity or Giving; I p Any Part of Sakhalin Island. ni'l.l.KTI. TOKIO, Aug. SS 7:45 a. m. A specially summoned council of the cabinet and elder statesmen is now in session discus sing the latest final phases of the pcaoa conference at Portsmouth. Bl 1,1 F.TI. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 2S.-L10 a. m. There Is a persistent report that President Roosevelt has made a new appeal to tha emperor of Japan. HVI.I.F.TIN. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 2S. Shortly after midnight Baqoti Komura was called to the telephone at the Hotel Wentworth and talked lor fifteen minutes In Japanese to someone. PORTSMOUTH. N. H., Aug. 27.-The Ufa of the pence conference today seems to hung by a thread, but the thread will not be broken tomorrow. At 10 o'clock tonight, after a conference between Mr. Takahiia and M. Wltte In the tatter's room in tha hotel annex, the announcement of a post ponement was made, M. Wltte explained to the Associated Press that Mr. Takahiia hud told him tluu no new Instructions had reuched him from Toklo and fearing none might bo received before the meeting scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, ho hud suggested the propriety of postponing the meeting until Tuesdny. To this M. Wltte said lie hud readily assented. Mr. Tak ahiia made the following statement to tha Associated Press: Inasmuch as this conference was Initi ated by the friendly offices of your presi dent, after consultation we felt that we should be cautious about terminating its labors." Pressed as to whether he regarded the sit uation as hopelrsn, Mr. Tivkahlm said: "No. not hopeless, but almost hopeless." This In Itself from one who has always spoken In the most guarded manner, Is suf ficient to show tho desperateness of the sit uation. The reel crisis In the negotiations Is at hnnd. It is very acute, but will not bo over for several days and without a rupture a basis of peace acceptable to both sides may come very suddenly. But to save the situation now Japan must speak. If on Tuesday it has nothing to offer, all la over. I n to Japanese Emperor, M. Wltte, even if he would, is powerless to take a tiew step. He now occupies the role of an Imperial messenger who trans mits his master's orders to Baron Komura and .Baron Komura turns them over to Toklo for the response. The conference room has ceased to be a place for negotia tions. It la simply the place where the em perors of the warring countries exchange their communications by the hands of their envoys, and upon the point of Indemnity or reimbursement of the cost of the war, under any disguise, Emperor Nliholas has given the Japanese emperor his lsst word. M. Wltte accepts It ns final and In writing yesterday informed the Japanese plenipoten tiaries that Russia would have nothing further on this subject. Russia would cede half of Sakhnlla and pay the coat of tha maintenance of the Russian prisoners, but that was all. Emperor Nicholas had given the same response to the president through Ambassador Meyer. The Russians generally seem not dis pleased with the situation. They believe Japan has been diplomatically maneuvered) Into a corner from which If she now per sists in her attempt to exact tribute with the alternative of a continuance of tha war, she cannot extricate herself before the public opinion of the world. Pnts Japan In a Hole. Japan hern and In Europe, .they ssy, sp pealed for sympathy on the ground that Russia had compelled her to take up arms to protect her life. The fortunes of war had gone In her favor and Russia, recognizing that she had been beaten and preferring not to continue the war, waa prepared to secede upon every point In volved In the quarrel. She was willing to allow Japan full swing In Cores, she was willing to get out of Manchuria bag and baggage and commit herself to the recogni tion fif Chinese Integrity and the policy of "the open door." But Japen insisted on tribute, and because Russia refused, pro longs the carnage. In that act they con tend Japan would change the purpose and character of the war which would ceasa longer to be one of principle, but degen erate Into a war for the exaction of money. There Is no doubt that the Japanese are worried over this aspect of the situation and they do not propose to be placed In this position If It can be helped. With tha sentiment existing in Japan demanding re imbursement for the expenses of the war, a money payment beyond what would ba obtained for the maintenance of Russian prisoners and the Chinese Eastern railroad could not be foregone. But If redemption by Russia could be placed upon purely a commercial basis, Russia might agree to It. Logic points In this direction for the ultmate compromise If there Is to be one. President's Mot In Doubt. Whether the president has renewed his efforts cannot be ascertained here. His former suggestion for a compromise failed. He made his appeal simultaneously to both the csar and the emperor of Japan. He proposed the "Indemnity-Sakhalin" combination, but not In the form In which it was presented by Huron Komura at Wednesday's meeting. Instead Of setting the price (l,2J,0uo,00 yen, the estimated cost of the war) he suggested that If un agreement could not be reached the fixing of the price should be left to a board or commission, but the Japanese Instated upon innertlng the sum and thus mad It im possible, la view of tha Russia declara-