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POLICE O N GUARD
AT DEMS' MEETIN
HEARST WIRES:
"EHD DISCORD"
His Message Arrives Opportunely
Just Before the Hennepin
Dems.' Convention.
ARBITRATORS NAMED
BY THE PACTIONS
Hearst Faction Seats Its Dele
gates Prom Majority of Dis
puted Precincts.
CONTESTS SETTLED
Hearst Delegates Seated From:
First precinct, fifth ward.
Fifth precinct, fifth ward.
Excelsior.
Antl-Hearst Delegates Seated:
Fourth precinct, fifth ward.
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Early Talk of Boltin g.
"Do all in your power to see har
mony predominate. Mr. Hearst re
quests it."
It was this telegram sent to he
Hearst managers in Hennepin oounty
last evening, and from the Hear st
headquarts in Chicago, which this
morning resulted in arbitration be
tween the Hearst and antl elements
in the county convention.
From the first gathering of the
democratic clans at Normanna hall,
the political atmosphere was "Hearst-
like." Every Hearst man was duly
labeled with a broad white ribbon
reading, "HEARST DELEGATE,"
and the "anti" element was much in
the background.
A 10 o'clock the delegates began
to gather about he hall and hot dis
cussions were numerous. It seemed
as tho he fisticuffs between two of
the leaders yesterd ay was to be dupli
cated at the convention to-day by
the ir followers. The city authorities
had evidently had a premonition of
trouble and at 10 o'clock the hall was
guarded by six stalwart policemen.
A hour later this number was aug
mented by six more.
The conventi on was not called to
order on schedule time11 o'clock.
The leaders of he two factions were
not even present at that hour, 'altho
the hall was full of men talking loud
ly. The "bosses" were in a quiet
conference at Hearst headquarters
a eontwenw invited by"the"flwat 1 shoulder to he wheel of he cart and
men and in accordance with he tel- P^h it alo ng
egram of instructions from Chicago.
Meanwhile, in he convention hall
there was much talk of bolting on he
part of the Hear st rank and file who
were not yet "on" to what the lead
ers were doing. The talk went around
that should Elijah Bartoncounty
chairman and anti-Hearst man who
would call he convention to order
make unreasonab le anti-Hear st rul
ings, he Hearst men would hold a
"rump" convention of their own.
While this gossip was going the
rounds, at 11:30 Orville Rinehart
stepped on the sta ge and called for
order.
"Gentlemen of the convention, he
shouted, "it has been decided by he
Hear st and anti-Hearst factions to
submit our difficulties to an arbitra
tion committee of five. Two shall be
named from the Hearst ranks two
from the anti-Hearst ranks, and the se
four shall select a fifth to act as ref
This committee shall listen to
eree. all protests in regard to he legality
of delegates and for acceptance of del
gates who shlvot on he roll
^iminorv organization." And. actual vo ecso behit he
for preliminarayl organization." And
turninl to Edward E Stevens, anti
Hearst leader at his side, Rinehart
asked: "Is this not all right, Mr. Stev-
ens?"
We agree to this," responded Mr.
Stevens.
Arbitrators Begin Work.
call,
The conventi on was then adjourned
till 12 o'clock to permit the arbitration
committee to do its work. The com
mittee was composed of W H. Wil
liams and Orville Rinehart for the
Hearst faction, E A. Stevens and
James O'Brien for the antis. These
four selected Judge Pond for fifth
member and referee. Then came a
del ay in finding Judge Pond.
could not be located at the court
house, nor was he at his home. It
was 1 o'clock before he was finally
found and brought to Normanna hall.
All morning two prominent figures
In the crowded convention hall were
Elijah Barto n, he coun ty chairman,
and Major J. M. Bowler, his victim.
Major Bowler wore his straw hat so
as to cover the long strips of court
plaster on the gash received in yes
terday's fracas. Several times Barton
and Bowler passed each other, rub
bing shoulders in the crowd, but
neither man could see he other.
Hearst Victory Claimed.
A the opening of he arbitration
committee's work, Hearst delegates
began winning. Duplica te delegates
Hearst and anti-Hearst selections
presented credentials fr om the fourth
precinct of he fifth ward, fifth of the
fifth ward, ninth of the eighth ward,
and eighth of the fourth ward. he
contest in he fifth of he fifth ward
was soon settled in favor of he Hearst
delegation. The Hearst men proved
they were elected at a regular caucus,
altho not at he officially designated
place. The anti men withdrew. The
two Hearst delegat es from the village
of Excelsi or and he two from the
town of Excelsior, also won out, prov
ing they were elected at caucusestha
the anti-Hearst man giving the cau
cuses noticesJohn Lindhad never
posted them and th at the anti dele
gates were not elected at a caucus.
he filing of credentials with he
arbitration committee also showed
that in six city precincts, no delegat es
were elected, either Hearst or anti
Hearst. These unrepresent ed precincts
were the third precinct of he sec
ond ward, fourteenth of he fifth
ward, first of the sixth ward, fifth and
eighth precincts of the seventh ward,
and he third of he ten th ward.
This afternoon during he session of
he committee, which was executive,
the Hearst men were loudly claiming
victory with twenty-five votes of dele
sates to the good.
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MAJOR J. M. BOWLER,
Victim of Yesterday's Democratic
"Harmony Meeting."
EAST CLINGS TO
CLEVELAND IDOL
Stampede to Former President Is
Planned for St. Louis Con
vention.
Speoial to The Journal.
Chicago, June 11.Walter Wellman
in a New York special to the Record
Herald says:
Th at a great effort is to be made to
stampede the St. Louis convention into
the nomination of former President
Cleveland is the understandi ng of most
politicians and financiers in he east.
Nearly every important man one
meets in this city, whether he be
prominent in politics or in corpora
tions or banking, and therefore more
or less in touch with politicians and
politics, expresses an opinion of which
the following is a fair sample:
"I think Judge Parker will be he
nominee of the St. Louis convention,
provided he plan to bring Grover
Cleveland forwa rd and ru sh him thru
does not win."
The widespread opinion that Mr.
Cleveland's nomination is a possibil
ity, and many think it a probability,
is actually one of the noteworthy fea
tures of political discussion in the east.
I have heard so much of it th at I
tried to learn where and with whom
the movement to name Mr. Cleveland
I was to start and who was to put his
Here appears another peculiar fea
ture of the gossip of he hour which
one hears on all sides. N one is able
to answer that question. N one
knows who is going to start the ball
rolling. N one knows where the votes
are coming fr om to nominate he for
mer president. N one in control of
votes appears to have he Cleveland
boom in charge, and yet everyone, or
nearly everyone, is looking with con
fidence to see su ch an effort made in
the convention, somehow, by some
body.
Some of the se men with whom I
have talked think Cleveland's nomin
ation is a possibility. Others go a lit
tle farther and express the opinion
that it is a probability. This is par
ticularly true among bankers and
financial people with whom obviously
the wi sh is father to he thought.
Politicians and men who know he
political game do not know how the
Cleveland business can be made to
work, and are skeptical as to he prac
ticability of giving the effort to nom
inate the ex-president a fair. start at
St. Louis.
In the absence of another evidence
of the existence of real persons with
talk one it mpell endd to adopClevelantd he la
ter view. About Cleveland there is no
end of talk, but all he probabilities
are it will remain talk and nothing but
talk to he end.
POP LEADER FOR ROOSEVELT
Former Senator Marion Butler Says
President Is Sure of Re-election.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, June 11.Former Sen
ator Marion Butler, chairman of the
national committee of he populist
party since 1896, says he political
jig is up and that Roosevelt will win
the next election hands down.
"President Roosevelt will be elect
ed without any trouble whatever,"
said Mr. Butler to-day. "He is the
people's choice, because they believe
him to be honest and beyond the
reach of corrupt influence of the
trusts and he millionaires who have
been in control of he republican
party for years. His. strong, sturdy
Americanism commends him to re
publicans, democrats and populists
alike and many of the members of
the democratic and people's party
will vote for him. I have be en travel
ing in the west and south lately, and
learned the sentime nt of men in my
party and the democratic party from
personal conversation with them."
Discussing democratic possibilities
Mr. Butler said that the St. Louis co n
vention will not nominate Gorman.
he Marylander, he said, is not the
strong, shrewd political leader he
was four and eight yea rs ago, but has
recently adopted the method of criti
ci sm of he majority party, and has
lost prestige with the democratic
workers on that account. Mr. But
ler also said he believed if he gold
bug wing of the democratic party
controlled affairs at St. Louis, su c
ceeded in nominating a man of their
own belief, and adopted a platform in
which silver was not mentioned, Bry
an would bolt, because the elimin a
tion of the silver issue would mean
he elimination of Bryan fr om public
life.
MINER DROWNED.
Speoial to The Journal.
Butte, Mont., June 11.Word was re
ceived last night from Salmon, Idaho,
telling of the drowning of Teddy Dellen
in Mine Fork river while attempting to
cross on his way to Thunder mountain.
His companion escaped.Patrick Brown,
a pioneer of Lempi county, cut his throat
with a butcher knife while despondent.
When discovered life was extinct.
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HUNTED BANDITS
STARVING AT BAY
Denver & Rio Grande Train Rob
bers SurroundedMust Risk
Drowning to Escape.
Glenwood Springs, Col., June 11.
Sheriff Adams has returned here and
reported that he Denver & io
Grande train robbers are surrounded
in a patch of brush at he east side
of he junction of Divide Creek and
he Grand river.
A posse of 100 deputies is picketed
at the place and he expressed he be
lief that it was impossible for he men
to escape except by swimming he
Grand river.
A attempt to do that, he said,
seemed almost certain death as the
river at that point is nearly half a
mile wide and has a tremendous cur
rent.
The hunted men have not been able
to obtain food anywhere during the
past thirty-six hours and must be al
most at he point of starvation.
100 LAKE STEAMERS
NOW IN GOMMISSION
Cleveland, June 11.It was stated
by President Livingstone that he
Lake Carriers now had eighty steam
ers in commission and that by mid
night to-night he number would be
increased to an even hundred. Mr.
Livingstone said he situation from
the vessel owners' viewpoint to-day
was very encouraging.
"We believe," he added, "that the
situation will improve rapidly from
now on."
District Captain Howell of the Mas
ters and Pilots' association said he
number of desertions fr om his or
ganization up to date stood at forty
eight.
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EARL GREY CANADA'S
GOVERNOR GENERAL
London, June 11.It is announced
th at Earl Grey, lord lieutenant of
Northumberland, has be en appointed
to succe ed the Earl of Minto as gov
ernor-general of Canada.
Grey is a brother-in-law of Lord
Minto. The latter's term does not ex
pire until October, so the official an
nouncement of Earl Grey's appoint
ment will not be made for some time.
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SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1904.
THE WAR FORrA WEEK
Once more interest has shifted from Poft Arthur to Manchuria, where a
general forward movement is in process of execution by the Japanese army.
This morning's official news from the Japanese first army is regarded as record-
ing the most important operations by the victors of the Yalu since the crossing
of that river and the occupation of Fang-huang-cheng/
By a linked series of practically simultaneous movements, extending be-
tween extreme points something like a hundred miles apart as the crow flies,
General Kuroki has at once intrenched himself upon the flank and thrown him-
self across the front of his adversary's position.
General Kuropatkin could not have moved southward under any circum-
stances without exposing his base, but even if he could protect his communica-
tions at Mukden, he could not, according to opinion, break thru the forces that
bar his path without fighting and winning the greatest battle since Sedan.
Meanwhile the Japanese are believed to have been conducting important
operations around Port Arthur, but they have carefully and completely hidden
their movements.
Port Arthur is securely invested. General Kuropatkin and the czar's main
army are almost as securely contained. General Oku has tightened his" throt-
tling grip upon the throat of the doomed fortress. General Kuroki in the north
has taken effectual measures to insure that the siege shall be pushed on without
disturbance.
ABNER MCKINLEY-
IS FOUND DEAD
Brother of Late President Dis
covered by Wife, Stricken
in His Chair.
ABNER MCKINLEY,
Brother of the Late President, Who i
Died Suddenly.
Someset, Pa., June 11.Abn er Mc
Kinley, brother of, the late president,
was found dead in a chair in his home
at 8 o'clock this morning.
His death came without warning to
his family.
His colored servant, who slept in his
room, was up with him at 2 o'clock
and it is not known at what time Mr.
McKinley got up again as he did not
waken his servant.
Mrs. McKinley walked into his room
at 8 o'clock and found him sitting in
a chair cold and apparently dead.
A physician was summoned who
said death had probably occurred two
or three hours before.
Mr. McKinley has suffered from
Bright's disease for several years.
Abn er McKinley was engaged in he
practice of law in Canton, Ohio, until
about fifteen years ago, when he re
moved to New York. had a
country house at Somerset, Pa., and
spent much ti me there. A widow and
one daughter, Mrs. Mabel McKinley
Baer, survive him.
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4 DIE IN CHICAGO
SEWER EXPLOSION
City Engineer's Life the Price of
Meeting Gas With Gasolene
Torch.
Chicago. June 11.By an explosion
to-day in a huge sewer bei ng construct
alo ng Thirty-ninth street, four men
were killed, manholes were blown up
for many blocks, the street is badly
torn, and a frame building demolished.
A accumulation of sewer gas appar
ently caused the explosion.
Three workmen, accompanied by
City Engineer uy Miltimore, who
carried a gasolene torch, were goi ng
down into he sewer when they en
countered sewer gas and he explosion
followed. All four men were killed
and their bodies were entombed.
I addition to sewer gas it is
thought possible that petroleum had
leaked Into the sewer, as for fifteen
minutes after the explosion fire burned
fiercely. It was two hours before a
serious attempt could be made to res
cue he bodies.
FRESH MEAT PRKES
ADVANCED PACKERS
New York Sun Special Service.
Kansas City.Mo., June 11.Fresh meat
which had been stationary in price for
a few days began to advance again
Thursday and made another Jump yes
terdy. Beef is from to 1 cent a
pound higher th an last week. The
butche rs think he packers are getting
ready to make some new deals and
need the money. Since the sale of the
independent Ruddy Brothers' plant to
the combination there has be en a cor
responding reduction in he opposition
which makes it easier for the trust to
boost prices. The butchers have be en
standing the raises so far but to-day
they began to charge them to con
sumers.
WILLISTON ASSAILED
BY WIND,RAIN AND HAIL
Special to' The Journal.
Williston, N. D., June 11. The
worst storm for years moved upon
Williston to-day. The wind blew
with frightful velocity and torrents
of rain and some hail fell. Several
houses, barns and, windmills were
blown dow n. N one was hurt so far
as known at this time.
COLORAD O DUMPS
EXILES IN KANSAS
SHERMAN BELL,
Adjutant General in Command *in
Cripple Creek District.
PORT ARTHUR ON
EYE OF ASSAULT
Reinforcements Reach Japanese
and Final Storming Is Be
lieved Imminent.
Liao-yang, Russian Headquarters,
June 11.Reports from Chinese
sources are to the effect that he Jap
anese forces near Port Arthur have
been heavily reinforced. It is believed
that an attempt to take he fortress
by assault will be made as so on as he
Japanese are strong enough to invest it
on the land side and at he same ti me
protect themselves from possible at
tack in the rear in case he Russians
sent a force from he north.
There are persistent rumors again
th at the Port Arthur squadron has
succeed ed in making a sortie but no
official confirmation of the report is
obtainable.
The Russian reinforcements on their
way here will soon materially change,
he situation and enable General Ku
ropatkin to move freely.
General Kuroki's main army is still
at Feng-huang-cheng. Russian out
posts cover his right flank abo ve Sai
ma-tzsa and extending eastward. They
are in constant touch with he enemy
and there are almost daily skirmishes
of more or less importance.* ^Develop
ments are anticipated in this direc
tion..
EXPECT JAP TRIUMPH
European Bourses as Indications of
Conditions in Far East..
Speoial to The Journal.
New York, June 11.A cablegram
from London says he European
bourses, he best barometer in old
world international affairs, show con
ditions favorable to he Japanese. On
all leading exchanges, toward he end
of the week, there has be en a rise
in Japanese securities. I London
financial circles the triumph of he
mikado is looked upon as practically
assured.
In Paris he official view of Rus
sia's ability to cope with he "veno
moi ls .dwarfs" is becoming pessimistic.
German military critics pronounce
Kuropatkin's position perilous in he
extreme.
Europe, outside of Russia, will not
be surprised to see the fall of Port
Arthur followed by a great reverse
to Kuropatkin at Liao-yan g.
N credence, is given to talk of the
Black sea fleet passi ng he Darda
nelles, and the reiterated announce
ment th at he Baltic fleet will sail
for he east in September is regarded
as spectacular bravado.
A cablegram from London says he
Russian ambassador and he whole
staff of he Russian embassy begged
to be excused from attending he
state ball given at Buckingham pal
ace last nig ht on account of the anx
iety thru which their country is pas s
ing.
JAPS HAVE KEY POSITION
Important Strategic Points Taken by
General Kuroki's Forces.
New York Sun Special Service.
Tokio, June 11.General Yama
guchi ..announces that since Tuesday
four columns of the first army corps
had advanced on the road toward Hai
cheng and Liao-yan g. The first col
umn moving on Liao-yang engaged
he Russians on Tuesday evening at
Lian-shan, and he northerly column
defeated a strong force on Wednesday
at Sen-suila, fifteen miles northwest
of Sa-ma-ja.
The most significant engagement
was northwest of Siu-yen, twenty-five
miles from Hai-cheng. The Japanese
force defeated a Russian forca of
4,000 cavalry, six battalions of infa n
try and an artillery force of six guns,
driving the Russians in two divisions
one west to Kai-ping and the other
northwest toward Hai-cheng.
The Russian loss was more than
100, the Japanese losing three killed
with two officers and twenty-eight
men wounded. A number of Russian
officers were captured.
The town of Siu-yen, now occupied
by the Japanese army, is of great
strategetical importance bei ng situ
ated about forty miles northeast of
Kai-ping and forty-five miles south
east of Hai-cheng. It commands per
fectly the roads to bo th places.
Saimatsza is also' an important
point, as it controls he roads to Liao
yang and Mukden. By, following this
route he Miao-tin-ling pass, a strong
ly fortified and almost impregnable
Russian stronghold, will be avoided on
the advance of the Japanese army
northward.
Official reports show uniform Jap
anese success, but their casualties are
larger than in former operations.
RUSSIANS MINIMIZE GAINS
General Stafaf Do ep Not View Advance
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St. Petersburg, June 11, 2:15~p. m.
The view of the general staff is that
as the Japanese column which
reached Siu-yen was not followed by
either of the main armies in southern
Manchuria, the Japanese -have
no present intention of advancing on
Pal-chiag but have sent forwa rd a
STATES BDFFET
DEPORTED MINERS
Union Men From Victor Left
Destitute on Prairies by
iVEilitia.
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GEN. BELL TO MAKE
COLORADO "CLEAN''
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Commander of Military Says No
Mercy Will Be Shown
Unionists.
Syracuse, Kan., June 11.Sevent y
six deported Victor, Col., miners sent
out from their state on a special train
in charge of half a hundred Colorado
militiamen were literally dumped into
Kansas to-day and left destitute upon
he prairie. With a parti ng volley
fired into he air, the militiamen de
serted their charges and returned
west.
Later he unfortunate miners were
turned back to Colorado by an armed
Kansas sheriff and forty deputies.
he miners had be en placed on the
train, which was "a special made up
by he authorities in control of he
disturbed Colorado town, and in.
charge of well-armed miltiamen
started for the east late yesterday.
At a Junta Col., where the first
stop was made, the cars were closely
guarded. The miners were not per
mitted to leave the cars nor were any js
of the hundred or so men who gath- -M
ered at the station allowed to com
municate with them.
When a point in Kansas half a mile
east of he Colorado state line was
reached early to-day, a halt was made.
It was a deserted spot on he wild
prairie with no railway station, eat
ing house nor farmer's house within
several miles.
Without delay he men were dis
embarke d, he engine was reversed,
and the militiamen reborad ed the
train. Colonel L. W Kennedy, the of
ficer in command of he guard, in
structed he miners plainly th at they
were not wanted in Colorado and told,
them they had better go east. Half a
dozen of the soldiers fired a volley into
he air to intimidate he men and the
train started west with he miltia
me n.
While the miners were deciding
upon what they would do Sheriff John
Brady of Hamilton county, Kansas.
and forty armed deputies arrived on 'i
he scene and ordered he unhappy
me n. back to Colorado.- Three of the
mlnelrs had already started east afoot.
The othersVetraced their steps at the f-IS
command of he Kansas officers along
he railroad track westward.
After a long, weary tramp they
straggled into Holly, Col., a sma ll
town near he Colorado-Kansas --t|
boundary, where they were furnished t'm
food at the big Salvation Army station 'fm
located there. ''M
Despite the emphatic command of -$
Colonel Kennedy he men after a rest
again took up their journey west and
started overland for Lamar, Col.
he miners say that in embarking J$
in Colorado yesterday they were driv
en into he cars like cattle. They are ?$
expecting transportation from Den- \M
ver so th at they may return to-night. 'iM
They seem to be well supplied with -Vj|
money and peaceable. *J|
Most of he men have families. They YM
say th at their wives and children .,y|
wished to come with them, but that
he militia beat them off with their v'5
guns. jJj
BELL O CLEAN COLORADO
Military Leader Says Unionists Must
Leave State. '-$
Special to The Journal.
Chicago, June 11.The
publishes he following this
Cripple Creek, Col., June^
want to know what the condition i3
in Teller county. Here it is: The
Cripple Creek district is cleaned up
and there will be no more trouble in
the vicinity.
It took drastic measures to accom
plish this, but it has be en done. I
reached Victor at 2 o'clock Wednes
day morning. With me I carried a,
proclamation of martial law signed byj
he acti ng governor, Warren A. Hag
got. I was to make it public if in|
my opinion the conditions justified.
I found things in a most threat-,
ening condition. Indigna nt citizens
men of the law-and-order class, men
who yield to nobody in their respect
for the lawhad taken things into
their own hands. They ruled the dis
trict with an iron hand.
For yea rs they had be en under the
dominance of city and county offi
cials who are either members of or
sympathizers with the Federation of
Miners. They had submitted to par
tiality in the enforcement of the law,
to dastardly explosions and dynamit
ing, to attempted train-wrecki ng and
wholesale murders, and never, once
had they taken he law into their
own hands.
Crime Brought Crisis.
The awf ul crime of Monday morn
ing, when fourteen men, whose only
crime had been that of working in
defiance of a gang of murdere rs and
dynamiters, met their/ death by a
premeditated explosion of dynamite,
brought matters to a crisis. Law
abiding citizens, business men and
property owners, realized th at either
they or he members of he federa
tion must leave he camp. There was
not room for both, and they proceed
to force the other men out.r
And I don't blame them.
Early Wednesday morning I issued
the proclamation of martial law. Then
I went to work to clean up the dis
trict.
agents reported he presence of
a large number of union agitators at
Dunnville, the new mining camp, ten,
miles fr om Cripple Creek. Wednes
day afternoon I left for there with 160
deputies and soldiers.
The union men ambushed .us, and
for twenty minutes a battle raged.
The elevation fr om which they were
shooting destroyed their ai m, and
that was all that saved my men.
I se nt detachments up the cliffs and
nineteen of he union men were taken
prisoners. One, a noted agitator
named Carley, kept up the firing and
was shot and killed.
Cleaning Out District.
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'On my return to Victor I took up
he cleaning out of the district. Un
der my order every union agitator
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