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' " , "MM i Hp Salt mm mibmtt. I 1 IIJ 1 ' " WEATHER TODAY Fair; warmer, i ji UbBH -'iXLVnTo. 166 salt Lajoj City, Utah, TelTTBSday Moiustqstg3 September 29, 1904. 12 phges.five cents.' y,i H THREATENED New York Is Jl Afflicted. l ifon Is Alarming and ? 5 Considered to Be tajii I Grave. tWl gd cosa, Greater Than Any stosf :clbiflstYear'aIld:Death Rate Higher, id p v3 TTORK, apt 2S.-Griter New Uh n-rrt-nt threatened with what 'tietevereit epidemic of typhoid hu history. Not only are the fit" rciUTbold cases reported for ks of September ending jslijjj greater than that of any a w jr, but since the beginning r isrssr tho death rate has been fcrU ttUhtrihan formerly that the Idffsrtmc-nt is now thoroughly fcft !, sails bending every effort to- iKliag the disease. When it is y-ui nSthat the spread of typhoid tiki am greater than It had been sahffil -Tycflrs the gravity of the prea Hl iitfei lJ Indicated. 1U3! three weeks Just ended the jri rrof cases reported at the ik4rtir.ent was 441. The fatall ecai cbered 74, or a death rate of j Ti cent. Last year during astfft RKEonth, October, the largest . . V rtltases in New York was 324, KtigbrPt death rate at any time i. ihtbH AL OFFICIALS COMING, cwrtbi t&l i j Hunger and General Super jeieni to Visit Salt Lake. ? TER,Colo., Sept. 28. "William H. Tfce-prenident and general nian ,mr i tit Postal Telegraph-Cable ill lit cy. id E. J. Nally, general su eJttl of the western division of j,' ?wy, are in this city for the xlfU' k oC opening up the new postal ifc WtLake. They will go to Salt w! telrhL ;:Bkt Tdre between this city and 4w'- ns tested today and found St b a satisfactory manner. It hwral days, however, before iVl) opened for general business. . DdiSwplitlon of this new line gives 1 & Wil company three through 'to the Pacific coast WS "HIS LAST SLEEP. , Oct it&l1 ; JS crge F. Hoar Is Peacefully Passing Away. . ESTER, Mass., Sept. 3. United " kalor GMrge F. Hoar's condl- USM most critical. He has not IftjibJ the sleep and stupor into tea ktM Tuesday afternoon and it is 'i futth In his last sleep. He par- 4 tourlshraent, being too weak nr l J.he attending physicians THE I Jht there Is absolutely no 4 tit jimHUng to venture an - ; i7i?1?blh ho will die during 2tt I've possibly two or three stfE? 1"J "markable vitality he has ,,i.ti u'uir Present illness may be jtfbfc- w aght death until tho last of bTft taN IMPOSSIBLE. srf'8J F'Jtaa Governments So View t iM ; Ettation in Orient. 2S.-The Gapltale, a fai 0rea. denied tha't the- ffi f!!lDs between Premier Gio- g! J Ctaccelior Von Buelow at ft' J "wtcd with mediation cSj - war- anl adds: Se,lta,,an but al Euro- bSf w,nslJer that medla- f tiJ "Kvle nov when Russia frtit Btnhi,er ab,llty to turn U i Kto ?h?r ravor' whll Japan iff' t0 ,0je the fruits of her SNftCE TO SHIPPING. s sy Uii rrom u- s. suh- ttSSl11 b0Rt Wko. which htSnenllne ,n Sa Pablo bay WSm oSTr rJ b' Ila,,an flsl1 nnat ,are and and uL10110'1 llfltl lost lta f gtf' Practically harm- K"1 2S- Manager 3 Wsu lla?S tem has re- Former Salt Lake Boy Shot by Officer Fatally Wounded by a Policeman, Who Caught Him in Act of Burg larizing1 Saloon. BAKERSFIBLD, Cal., SepL 2S, Alexander G. Myers, an eighteen-year-old boy who came here a few -weeks ago with his widowed mother from Salt Lake City, and had been employed In a local department store, way shot and fatally wounded by Policeman Mort Bell at 3:30 o'clock this morning while In the act of burglarizing -Bergs & Srrilley's saloon on Nineteenth street. He fired one shot at the officer before the latter shot. He died in a few minutes after, declaring that he had no accomplices, but the officers believe that another was Implicated. Another boy was arrested" on suspicion thiH morning, but was released, 'having proven an alibi. No such name an Alexander G. Myers appears in tho Salt Lake City directory. Attempts made by Bakersfleld reporters to ascertain first name of dead boy's mother failed, the woman declining to give it or former address in Salt Lake. She claimed to have lived here but a short time. SLAIN BY PORTO R1CAN. Member of Prominent Eamily in Hawaii Is Murdered. HONOLULU, Sept 28 S. E. Damon, a member of a prominent local family, and connected In a business way with a locl banking firm, has been murdered by a Porto RIcan named Jose Revelra. Mr. Damon was driving home and when near Maunaloa met three Porto RIcans, one of whom was a woman. One of the men took Mr. Damon's lnntern, and when he remonstrated, stabbed him in the abdomen. He then drove on to Honolulu, but died before reaching a hospital. Damon was 30 years of age, and leaves a widow and four children, one of whom Is dying of meningitis and may not live until tomorrow. His moth er Is now In Londoi and hi9 father Is prominent here aa a banker and finan cier. Revelra and his companion have been arrested and the woman has practically made a confession. Public feeling over the occurrence ia Intense. There is a general suspension of busi ness here today as- a tribute to the memory of Mr. Damon. The assassin, whose name Is Jose Miranda, was this morning indicted for murder by the grand Jury and oubsequently arraigned before Judge- Gear. The funeral of Mr. Damon took nlnce this afternoon. Mr. Damon'was a graduate of Tale of the class of '96. After his graduation he went abroad and spent some time in various banking firms. While in Scotland he met MIsa Gertrude Mc Klnnen. who aftervard became his wife. He was Interested In rpany enterprises in the Hawawilan Islands, and also a trustee of Oahu college. JAIL BREAKERS RUN DOWN. Seven Prisoners Who Escaped From Billings Prison Recaptured. BILLINGS, Mont , Sept. 23. Another of the Billings Jail-breakers. Louis Perolaz, wanted for robboryt was captured near Junction today, and in company with Frank Day and Frank La Pont, brought back to this city this afternoon. A message has Just been received from Stock Inspector Webb stating that ho had captured Silas D. and Robert A. Parkin son, wanted for horac-steallnc, this aft ernoon near Parkinan, Wyo. Webb had been trailing the men slnco their escape last Friday night. It is also understood tonlcht that the ofilcors have a cluo as to tho where abouts of Mosier and Grady. They, how ever, will not make this cluo public. Of tho ten prisoners who broke Jail, seven have been recaptured MINER CRUSHED TO DEATH. E. 0. McCormlck Killed by Cave-In at Silver City, Idaho. SILVER CITY, Ida.. Sept. 2S.-A cavo ln in a shaft in the Black Jack this morn ing resulted In tho death of E. O. Mc Cormlck, a miner, who was so badly crushed that he died' two hours later. Ills back w broken and his chest CMrhCMcCormlck was about 2S years of age and leaves a wife and 2-wceka-old child. WRECK ON SANTA FE. Two Bag-gage Cars, a Mail Car nnd Tourist Car Ditched. LBUQUERQUE. N. M.. opt. 28,-San-ta Fe passenger train No. 7. westbound, was wrecked about six miles below Al buquerque today by tho spreading of tho rails. Two bxiggago cars, a rnall car and n tourist sleeper woro piled up In tho dltei but tho locomotive and four rear ca,s did ipt Iravc the track. A negro rami) who wu. rldlnir on tho platform between tho two buggago cars was called to death. Nobody olso was In jured. . Great Revival by Evangelists. di-ii ton: Enc . Sept. 2S. Reuben A. T?r?oand' C H. Alexander, the A merlcan ovancclhTtH. closed their stay hero this evening after an unpreccdcutcdly success ful revivaJ. At the lat services, held In Uio drill hall, hundreds of people were unable to gain admission. Tho evtui geUBts will commence a mission at Cardiff October '- Harvard College Overseers. BOSTON. Sept. i'S-At annual BarWSl college ffiy. rnrJoh D Long was re-elected president of the board Or W. II. Wade was elected secretary POISON IN THEIR BREAKFAST DISH Mrs. Hensen of Logan Loses Her Life. Husband in Precarious Con dition, but Will Likely Pull Through. Stricken While Eating a Meal in TheiryHome, Death ' Results. Special to Tho Tribune. LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 2S. Mm Lucy Morgan Hensen, niece of Bishop Mor gan of Salt Lake, Is dead ut her home In this city and her husband is seriously 111 as a result of eating mush, which was poisoned, at breakfast this morning. Mr. Hensen will recover. Poisoning a Mystery How the poison got Into the food is a mystery, and what the poison was can only be determined by an analysis of the contents of the stomnch of Mrs. Hennen. The organ has been removed and Is now in the hands, of surgeons. Stricken at the Table. This morning, among the other articles of food which they had for breakfast was some mush. While eat ing it both Mr. and Mrs. Hensen -remarked that It appeared to be hot, as if pepper had been dashed into it, and Mr. Hensen was suddenly taken ill. He retired from the .dining-room, and on going out of doors threw up his break fast. Wife Stricken Later On. Mrs. Hensen, however, felt no ill ef fects from the meal, and shortly after her husband left home for his work, while on the way he again became deathly ill, and was seized with a fit of vomiting. He at once returned home, where he found his wife stricken In a similar manner. Medical aid was nt once summoned, and Drs. Budge and Calderwood re sponded. They did all In their power to relieve the stricken ones, but Mrs. Hen son was too far gone, and death re sulted. They, however, succeeded In saving the life of Mr. Hensen, and while he Is still a very sick man, they believe he will recover. Inquest Will Be Held. The Coroner will hold an Inquest, and until this Is done and an analysis of the stomach of Mrs. Hensen Is made the character of the poison will not be known. Mr. Hensen was to leave on a mission for Samoa In a few days. His wife was 'the daughter of Thomas Mor gan of the Fourth ward, and a niece of Bishop Morgan of Salt Lake City. She was well and favorablly known here, and her untimely death has cast a feel ing of gloom over the entire community. FAMOUS KENTUCK1AN DEAD. Principal in Bloodiest Tragedy in History of State Gone. MIDDLESBORO, Ky SepL 2S, Col. D. G. Colson, former Congressman from the Eleventh district and Colonel of the Fourth Kentucky regiment during the Spanish war, died here last night. He was one of the moat prominent Repub licans In the State. Col. Colson was a principal in one of the bloodiest tragedies In Kentucky's history. After a long-standing . feud, Colson and Ethelbert Scott, who was a Lieutenant In Colson's regiment, met in the lobby of the Capitol hotel in Frank fort, in 1S99. An' impromptu duel was fought In which Scott and two by standers were killed and several per sons Injured. Colson himself was shot through tho arm, but killed his antag onist afterward. This tragedy preceded the killing of Goebel. but had no con nection with tho political feud which so agitated Kentucky In 1000. . NO STAND AGAINST UNIONS. International Harvester iCompany, However, Will Run. Open Shop. CHICAGO. Sept. 2S. At tho close of a conference botweon representatives of tho International Harvester company and a labor committee, N. A. S. Clarke, cencral manager of the Deerlng plant, said todav that while the company denied taking a stand against organized labor It was not the present intention to make an agreement with tho labor unions repre sented among the employes. NEW NATIONAL BANK. Authority to Organize Ono at Twin Falls Is Grnnted. WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 2S.-Tho application of Samuel H. Hays of BoIhc, Ira 1$. Pcrrlno. James A. Hays, Grace E. Llndsoy and Roscoo C. LittU, to or iranlzo tho First National Bunk uf Twin Kails Ida., with J25.000 capital, has been approved by tho Comptroller of the Cur-j-oncy. Condition of tho Treasury. WASHINGTON. Sept 2S.-Today'a ntn-tpmciit of the treasury balances In tho Renewal fund exclusive of tho sp.000.000 rn d rcsiTve in tho division of redemption Shows Available cash balances, UIS.530. 397. gold, JC7.767.702. i Responsibility for Forged Document Letter Alleged to Have Been Written by Roosevelt Was Editorial in 2Jcw York Post, NEW YORK. Sept. 2S, Tho letter al leged to novo been received by Michael J. Donnolly, the leader of the meat strike, purportlnjr to bo one sent by President Roosevolt, was coplod from on editorial In tho Now York Evening Post of Auguut 1. Tho Evening Post says to day: "The letter appeared ac an edltorluJ In tho Evening Pont of August 1 and was explicitly otatcd to bo a letter which tho President 'mlchf havo written with ad vantage to himself and the country. In other words. It wfts confessedly an Imag inary lottcr. written for tho sake of bringing out certain truths In regard to tho meat strlko, "Wo had no thought, of course, of be ing able to make even a presentablo Imi tation of the President's literary stylo, and as the artlclo was at tho time com mented upon and reproduced somewhat extensively In the press, wo never dreamed of Its ever coming to figure as a 'campaign forgory. " FEDERAL ATTORNEY TALKS. Secretary Loeb Makes Public a Dis patch. From Official in Chicago. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. Secretary Loeb tonight made public a dispatch from United States District Attorney Bethea at Chicago regarding the letter purporting to have been addressed by President Roosevelt to Michael Donnelly of Chicago, president of the Butchers and Meat Cutters' union, and fevercly arraigning labor unions. The dispatch says that Mr. Donnelly received no such letter. Tho telegram follows: "CHICAGO. Sopt. 2S I havo seen Mr. Donnelly. He. of course, received no such lottcr as that referred to In the morning papcrfl, and expressed his deslro to llnd the porson who first printed It as a gon ulno letter, and wish to do anything in his power to counteract Us extended ef fects. S. IT. BERTIIEA. "United States Attorney." DONNELLY ENTERS DENIAL, Nover Received Any Letter From President Roosovclt. CHICAGO. Sopt. 2S. President MIchaol Donnolly of tho Amalgamated Meat Cut ters and Butchers' union flatly denied to day over having received a lottcr purport ing to como from Prosldont Roosevelt. Referring to tho lottor published In the Miners' Mnuazlno at Dcnvor, Mr. Don nelly said: "1 nover received that letter or any other purporting to havo como from Presldont Roosevelt. I hovor wrote to Washington asking for Intervention in tho strike. It looks to mo like a stupid pleco of political work. Tho first I over heard of tho letter was when I read it in tho papers " Donnolly said he had not yot received the Inquiry sent by Secretary Loob. NEGROES DEPORTED, Eighty Black People Ordered From a Kentuckv Town. HARRODSBURG, Ky., SepL 23. Eighty negroes, thirty of them women, havo arrived here from South Fork, from where they were ordered to leave by tho whites because one of the ne gros stabbed a farmer's wife. It Is re ported that tho white woman Is dead. The negro men were working on a railroad near South Fork. One of the women at the railroad camp went to a farmhouse and demanded a lunch. This was given her and while the hostess back was turned the negro woman snatched some clothes and ran away. The farmer's wife pursued and caught her, but was stabbed by a negro. The news of the affair spread rapidly and in a short time a posse of 200 white men had driven the negroes from the vicinity. The blacks will not be permit ted to remain in Hnrrodsburg. FIGHT FOR MILLIONS. Rolatives of Late Miss Dolbeor to Contest WiD. NEW YORK, SepL 2S. Lawyers from San Francisco are reported to be now In this city preparing for a fight in the courts against the will of the late Miss Bertha M. Dolbccr of California, who leaned from a window of the ninth floor of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. She left most of her ostate. valued at 52,000,000. to her traveling companion, Miss Etta M. Warren. A special commission will come here from San Francisco within the next few days, it Is stated, to take testimony with a view to proving that Miss Dolbecr was of unsound mind when she made her will. The captain, purser, steward and deckhands of the Deutschland, on which MIsa Dolbecr traveled here from Europe, already have been interviewed by a man claiming to represent the heirs. BUBONIC PLAGUE ON SHIP. Pc3t Discovered When Vessel An chored in River Tyne. LONDON. Sopt. 28. Bubonic plague, It Is officially announced, haa broken out on board the steamship BIshopagato. which arrived In tho river Tyne today from llamburir. When the Blahopsgate was discharging her cargo from Rosarlo, Argentina, nt Hamburg recently, a num ber of rats that hnd died of the plaKuo were found on board. On the arrival of tho stoanior at Jarrow the boatswain wa-i 111 and was removed to a floating hospital. The case proved to be undoubt edly bubonic plague. Gigantic Irrigation Systom. SAN DIEGO. Cal., Sopt. 2S. A gigantic Irrigation system has been perfected for Lower California, and work will be begun Immediately. By It 200,000 acres of land 1UHt 'outh of tho International boundary will be reclaimed The Colorado river will lurnlsh tho water. MOB SEEKS idahoans Attempt Life of Hold-Up. Funeral of Victim of Robber at Blackfoot Arouses Citizens. Only Deterred From Wreaking Sum mary Punishment on Slayer by Promises of Offlctrs. Special to The Tribune. , BLACKFOOT. Ida., Sopt. 25. Prompt action by officers of Bingham county this afternoon saved the life of the slayer of Deputy Sheriff Sweet a'nd the county the disgrace of a lynching. The funeral of the dead officer oc curred nt noon today, and when the cortege passed through the streets of the pity the people were aroused to a high pitch of excitement. Mob Is Formed. A crowd quickly formed and a rope was secured for the purpose of lynching the murderer, who Is confined in the county Jail. While the mob was ar ranging for its march to the prison officers hurried there and a number of special deputies were sworn In to pro tect the jail and prlsonor from atatck. When the mob arrived at the Jail cool heads assured them that tho murderer should have a speedy trial and that Justice would be meted out In con formity with the law. This advice was heeded and the mob dispersed. Feeling Is Intense. Feeling against the wounded despe rado is very' bitter, and the slightest spark would start another mob, which It might be difficult to control. The majority of the people, like all Idahoans, are in favor of the law Liking its course in the matter, and It Is likely that their advice will bfe heeded and that no further attempt at lynching will be made. CONNECTICUT IS GUARDED. Special Deputies Stationed Around New Battleship. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S. At the Navy department today the statement was made that the special guard now stationed around the battleship Connec ticut which Js to be launched at tho navy yard New York tornorrow was In creased because of a discovery made some weeks ago of a defect in the ways which gave the department consider able concern. No word has reached the department as yet of the discovery of a new obstruction. It appears that an officer found this trouble and a searching Investigation followed, hut It was Impossible to de 'tcrmlnc definitely whether the defect was due to an accident or to treachery and the commandant of the yard could find no clue to the person responsible. Tho whole subject was guarded with the greatest secrecy. It always Is cus tomary to .guard a ship preparatory to Its launching and the Incident of sev eral weeks ago has put the olllclals of the New York yard constantly on the watch. In view of the fact that there has been trouble In the building of the Con necticut regarding the piece-work sys tem and other labor troubles, the anx iety of the officials about the safety of the ship has been Increased. M0NTANAN KILLS HIMSELF. Commissioner of Sweet Grass County Commits Suicide at Home. BIG TIMBER. Mont, Sept. 23.-0. B. Nevln. a member of the Sweet Grass Board of County Commissioners and ono of tho best known residents of tho coun ty, has committed suicide at his ranch near Melville, on Sweet Grass creek. Mr. Nevln was one of tho wealthiest ranchers hi the county. Nothing is known here of any troublo that could have been the motive- for tho deed. TWO MINERS PERISH. Nine Others Injured, Five Fatally, Due to Carelessness. SCRANTON, Pa., Sopt. 23. Carrying a naked lamp into ono of tho old workings of Mount Jcssup colliery, near Pockvllle, todav, Paul Skovera caused an explosion of gas which caught a dozen men ut work in tho shaft, resulting in the death of him self and the serious burning of threa others. Five of the latter are so badly In jured that their recovery Is doubtful. Stool Company to Resume. CHICAGO, Sept 23. The Inland Steel company at Indiana Harbor has posted a notice on tho gate of ltn works that op erations will be resumed In the sheet mill next Monday. Former employees, who to the number of 600 went on strike four months ago, are Informed that thoy will be taken back at the scalo prevailing bu roro they ceased work. Tho plant, It Is said will be run as an open shop. Held to Grand Jury. Special to The Tribune. GOLDFIEb-D, Nov.. Sent. 2.S. John Sharldan. charged with stealing oro from tho Combination initio, was today bound over to await action by the grand Jury. Japanese Worships Sunk by Mines Two Torpodo Boats Sunk and a Cruis er Damaged Off Port 1 Arthur. LONDOjf, Sept. 2S. A dispatch to a news agency from Vladivostok says that according to reports from Port Arthur two Japaneso torpedo boats and a Jap-' aneao steamer have boon sunk by mines near Port Arthur durlnir tSQ last fow days. A Japanese cruiser of the Niitaka type, it Is added, was badly damaged. PHELPS BEFORE GOVERNOR. Jurist Who Fined British Diplomat Confers With Executive. BOSTON. Sept. 2S. Judge Phelps of Leo was at the Statehouse today In response to a summons calling him here In connec tion with tho lining of Third Secretary Gurnoy of the British embassy. Gov, Batons arrived today and took personal charge of the case Gov. Bates said this afternoon that the Investigation had been completed. Ho declined to Intimate what action had been taken. Justice Phelps went from tho Statchouso to tho office of the United States District Attorney, whore ho made a statement which the District Attorney prepared for transmission to tho Attorney-General at Washington. Under tho direction of the Attorney-General, tho District Attorney has been making an Investigation of the case. Ho declined to say anything about tho statement mado by Judge Phelps. Assistant United States District Attor ney Garland of Boston was In Leo today and Interviewed Deputy Sheriff Noble of Stockbrldge, the officer who arrested Mr. Gucrncy. SENSIBLE ADVICE. Westminster Gazette Offers Sugges tion to Members Legations. LONDON, ' Sept 28. Tho Westminster Gazette this afternoon accurately sums up the official opinion of the incident result ing from the fining by Justice Phelps of Lee, Mass., of Hugh Gucrncy. third sec retary of the British embassy at Wash ington, for alleged violation of tho law relating to automobiles and for contempt of court, saying: "It seems deslrablo that genelemcn con nected with the legations should keep on the safe side of local law when they uso motor cars, but. If perchance they trans gress, the simplest, quietest plan Is por haps to waive their privilege and pay the line." No little annoyance Is exhibited in offi cial quarters horo at tho claim mado by Mr. Gucrncy for diplomatic exemption, with the consequent publicity over a trilling affair. ARCTIC ENTHUSIAST HURT, Zeigler, Welll-Known Capitalist, Is Seriously Injured. NEW YORK, Sept. 2S. William Zeig ler, tho well-known capitalist and Arc tic exploration enthusia3L was quite se riously Injured In a runaway last night at his summer home, Collender's Point, Conn. He hnd just returned from New York and was driving home behind a spirited team. Tho coachman had turned the horses into the gateway of the estate, while they were going at a considerable speed. The wheels cramped under the body of the vehicle, throwing It over, Mr. Zeigler, his coachman and a foot man being thrown to the ground. The coachman in a moment had the horses under control, but not before Mr. Zeig ler had been dragged a few feet.' The family physician has examined Mr. Zeigler and finds that no bones are broken, although there are several con tusions and evidence of a bad shaking UP- INSANE OVER GRIEF. Chlcagoan Becomes Mad Over Acci dental Killing of Friend. PEORIA. 111,. Sept. 2S. Driven Insane through grief ut tho death of Edward Uartman, whom he had accidentally shot, George Brown of Chicago was picked up In the streets today, a raving maniac. So tierce were his struggles that It required six officers to overpower him. Brown and Hartman were examining a loaded revolver Sunday morning. While tho weapon was In Brown's hands It was accidentally exploded, the bullet entcrlrig Hartman's groin. Ho lingered until this morning, when he expired. Brown, who han spent every waking moment at his friend's side, beenme violently Insane a few moments after his friend hud passed away, and lied Into tho strcoL Ho was only captured and overcome after a long chase. BLAZE IN IDAHO TOWN. Emerson's Hardware! Store at Star Destroyed by Fire. BOISE. Ida., Sept. 2S. A nro today In Emerson's hardware store at Star de stroyed the building and stock and the residence of Mr. Corron, adjoining, to gether with the household coods. Tho Iosj Is estimated at $5000. Mr. Corron. who owned both buildings, curried In surance amounting to JttO. Mr. Emerson had some Insurance on his stock, but the amount Is not known. SYMPATHIZES WITH EFFORT Institute International Law Favors Second Peace Conference. EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 2S The conference of the Instltulo of Interna tional Law. which bgan here September 'il, concluded today. President Roose velt's announcement that ho will shortly call a second peace conference at Tho Uuguo was discussed. While tho confer ence did not pass a further dellnllo reso lution on tho Hubject. it gave evidence of undoubted sympathy with this effort to further tho cause of arbitration. t BROWN MEN I I STILL RESTING j I Oyama Has Not Begun ' 'I His Advance. , , I Army of the Mikado Still ' H on South Side of Hun j ' ' H River. i ! Russian War Office So Concludes. ' l ' IH in Absence of Advices From. I') I the Front. . j j f ST. PETERSBURG. SepL 2S. Tho lat- j'! est official advlcos from tho front are i' j ' silent on the subject of tho Japanese i ' flanking movements cast and west of I: j , J Mukden from which tho war offlco coii- Is, eludes that Field Marshal Oyama has 1 1. i , v not yet begun to press his advance from 1 I ! Slanchan or up tho Llao river valley. In- I dfcatlng that thcro Is still further delay K" In the general advance. Br 1 N ' lal Turning Movement of Japs. ) ' ' ' lsssfl Tho Associated Press Is now author- Hi-; I j Ha lzcd to definitely deny the etntcment that m - iHHa the Japaneso In any forco havo crossed gjji MbsHb tho Hun river, about fifty miles from Of, IHbsI Mukden. There Is evidence that the Mi"' i i'bssHI Japaneso turning movement Is not near- w ! ? ly so oxtended. The only Jauancso at Bf, : 1 , i, H this point are tho scouts reported in Jj ji, Iji HH these dispatches September 26 HI jf H Repulsed by Russians. I.' ; The only Information recoK'od from ; l Gen, Kuropatkln, timed 3 p. m.. yoster- i HHa day. Is to the offoct that the Japaneso Li1; j HHJ outpostB oast of the railroad along tho j;. I HH Shakho river continuo to throw out small ' HH detachments, but they are invariably : X 1 HH met and repulsed by the Russian cav- r ! HH airy, which maintains close contact along , HHJ tho wholo Japaneso line. Dally sklr- ;! iiHHfl mlshes are occurring, but none of an j' I j HH Important character. A herd of cattle i,' 1 HH1 and a fow horses havo been captured by i; ', 'HH Cossacks. K, HH Japs Not Advancing. According to Information brought In by J; ' ,. ! H Russian scouts tho main Japanese forces j BH nro still concentrated along the Yental ( 1 branch railroad and reinforcements are ' i BH Rtlll crossing tho Taltse river, using two uV HH1 pontoons at Benslhu. rive miles duo east rjij, HHJ of Yental station. From tho latter fact ; , HH1 It would appear that the preparations for M , BH tho Japanese advance are moro backward :( ' 'HH than heretofore supposed. 1 H. 1 BH Situation at Port Arthur. t ' BlJ Tho information received at tho war Pjiiv ' BVJ office concernlne tho situation at Port ' jr -tv ' ) BHj Arthur is not reassurlnr. Tho blockade rSr BHJ at last seoms to be offoctivo. Admiral BHJ Togo's ships oro arresting all tho junks JVHH which try to enter tho harbor and are HH sondlr.g thorn to Port Dalny. It Is feared 'iHBl that this comploto isolation may react on BB1 tho spirits of tho garrison. BH LOSSES AT PORT ARTHUR IBB Another Slaughter of Jnpanese Is Re- I' , ; IHH ported by Russians. , IJ CHEFOO, SepL 28. Russians re- IBsi siding hero claim to have re- BH celved information that the Japanese Hsi losses In the last assault on Port Ar- , lBa thur (which began September 19), were SH 7000. 1Bb! A Chinese who left tho fortress on ' j , IBB September 26 says that the Russian jBa losses wero between 500 and 600. j 'BbI This Chinaman says that the Japa- I BvJ ncse were unable to remain in the three i . j BH1 supplementary forts which they cap- i" i tured and that they retired at 4 o'clock J,L IBB on tho afternoon of September 26 after l . ' , 'HHl enduring several days of tremendous ' Bl firing from the Inner forts. H:L , BJ Ho adds that the Russians attempted J' rBVJ to bury the dead of both sides at night '. . BHj because the decomposing bodies serl-. i ' BH1 ously menace the health of the garrison. The Russians allege that It Is the de- BH1 liberate policy of the Japanese to un- r ) BBJ dermlne the health of the Russian t BHJ troopB by means of the odors from the jj' BVJ decomposing bodies and that for this ; ' reason they lire on the burial parties. j- "H1 One Chinese who was a member of a j BH burial party says that the Japanese ( BJ fired when he and other Chinose at- ; BJ tempted to bury the dead. He adds that , , BHJ when the wind carries the odors toward i' BH1 the Japanese the latter retire. ,! BVJ Chlneso says that the most severe at- !' HJB tacks were made on the supplementary ; tBVl forts of the Itz and Anshu mountain rj.i jBVJ forts. The Russians here undermined BjB the ground and several hundred Japa- , IBjB nese were blown up on September 23. BHJ Reports received from the Mlaotno h- IBjB Islands mention a terrific report which ty. jBjH shook the houses there on that date. ft;, ,BHJ The Russian ships, it Is reported, JS.;M' IBjB took no part In the battle. BJ LADY CURZ0N BETTER. jj.j H She Has Distinctly Rtdlicd, nnd Her ); iH Condition Is Less Grave. i j WALMER CASTLE. KENT, England. ; -j JH Sept 2S. A bulletin Issued this morning jl ' jBHj announces that Lady Curzon has dls- ,,. tlnctly rallied and that her condition is , .BjBj Icps grave, although still critical. jl ' .BBJ Lndy Curzon passed a comfortable da. Rj; .KHJ Her condition has Improved. gh.: i, BjBJ King of Saxony Very 111. B j jH DRESDEN, Sept. 20,-lClng George of Dj ;' Saxonv Is mucn weaker. All tho mem- It iBH bers of tho royal family living In Dres- V. I .BHJ den have assembled at Phlllnitz. tho W M summer residence of tho Saxon courL . , BVJ Did Not Dine With President. Ijiji j jJ WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S. Th report il that John P. Redmond, a member of tho 8ft. . i 'BHJ British Parliament, took luncheon with I BHJ President Roosevelt last Monday was an 14 1 i hBHJ error. Mr. Redmond wa3 not In the city. JIM 'BVJ gggfj