The Anaconda Standard from Anaconda, Montana • 1

RUSSIANS VIRTUALLY SURROUriDED mothergivespoison; WOMAN AND GIRL DROWN IN A COLORADO CREEK BUTTPS'Ulill-DEPOT ASSURED BY THE ARMIES OF THE MIKADO THAT CONFERENCE MAY BE HELD ---y- f-yf-JP'v fr' No -Behind General Kurojiatkin's Forces, General Oku, With 50,000 Men Is On" Their I font and vrr With 50,000 Men, Is Flanking Them On Progress, and They Add That There Is Not the Slightest LPossibility of Any -Further Peace Talk Being Indulged In What the Strikers Say Regarding I Looking Jo JuchEpdfAre in TO BE WORKING QUIETLY disease accounted either contagious or infectious Is permitted to enter the service of the packers. Will Hot Btt Denver, Aug. 4--The Denver Record-Stockman, the official news paper of the National Livestock association and other western livestock interests, to-day prints an interview with President Hagenbarth of the National Livestock- association on tne report that the western cattlemen now In con ference in Denver with' government of ficials would attempt to break the Chicago butchers' strike. Mr. Hagenbarth is quoted saylnf "We have troubles of our own and.

while we would like to see the strike settled, there Is nothing for to do In the mutter." Pnckera Mnat Fnrtlenln-rlse. Omaha, Aug. 4.Judge Munger in the federal court to-day denied the motion of the attorneys for the packing house employes "to -quash an affidavit of the packers asking the-eourt to punish certain of the strikers for contempt of court because of an alleged violation of an injunction issued by the court. The court however that the, affidavit should contain the names of all strikers alleged to have been guilty of contempt, and gave the packers Until Aug. 18 to amend their affidavit, Good for Independents.

i St. Louis, Aug. 4. It Is estimated that as a result of the strike of the butchers and meat cutters at least 24 Independent abattoirs are now in operation In this "city and killing from 800 to 1.000 head or cattle, sheep and hogs dally. The, plants are being run by union men.

The drivers of wagons carrying meat to the city institutions hive quit work, but President Crouch of the St. Louis Dressed Beef company says he is mak ing deliveries with new men from the office. Stertea Differ Widely. Kansas City. Aug.

4. President Mich-, ael Donnelly to-day addressed meet ings of the local unions of meat butchers and -other trades allied with the packing house employes. Louis Rhine-hard the local organizer, of the butchers' and meat cutters, union, said that nearly 200 strike breakers had left their places within the past 24 hours. On the other hand, the packers asserted that they had plenty of men and all plants were working. 4 Strike Canaea Insanity, Cedar Rapids, Aug.

4.Driven insane by the butchers' strike, Alfred Day, meat inspector the packing house here, committed suicide by hanging. Day's hallucination was that the strike had extended to Cedar Rapids, and that his life was endangered. Attack Complained Of. East St. Louis.

I1L, Aug. 4. Managers of the East St. Louis packing house company complained to the police today of several attacks upon employe, WOMAN CHARGED WITH POISONING STEPDAUGHTER Hartford City. Aug.

4. The mr-rest Of Mrs. W. R. Krauss, the young wife of a leading, druggist and busi ness man.

on a charge of poisoning her lar young women of the city, ha caused great excitement. 1 oe siomaco of the dead girl will be given a chemical analysis. Mrs. Krauss is still In Jail. She Is 27 years of age and a daughter of A.

Adraman, president of the State Veterinary association. Th mother 0 Ml Krauss, nee Andramftn. died In a Cincinnati hospital. Mrs, Krauss was one of the beneficiaries the wllL All property owned by Mr. Krauss Is In hla name.

At the time of hts marriage: to JRe Andraman, three months ago. he made a will bequeathing practically all hla property to his daughter. Crystal Krauss. the dca 1 girl. Mar "Be Cat Od St.

Petersburg Aug. 5, 10 a. The fact that General Kuroptkin' 1 cett dispatches have not mentl ii General SUkelberg or General 7-e I baleft leads to" the suptwyitu TO HER LITTLE ONES Denver, Aug. 4. Mrs.

May Smith, wife of Claude Smith, a Santa Fe freight brakeman, gave poison to her three small children mixture herself with suicidal Intent to-day' because she 'was despondent rom her Jhusban(JL against whom she had instituted divorce proceedings, and her inability to provide for her children. Louise, -the- 6-year-old daughter -d led tonight from the effects of the poison, and Mrs. Smith herself, it 1b feared, will not recover. The other two children were saved by the time')' arrival of the police surgeon. STOCKMEN ADDRESSED BK SECRETARY WILSON HELP OF DEPARTMENT AND AD-MIXISTRATION' PROMISED.

LAND QUESTION DISCUSSED With a Single Exception the Stock-. men Favor Amendment of Law So That They May Secure Owner- ship Rights to Ranges. Denver, Aug. 4. Secretary James Wilson of the department of agriculture and Dr.

D. E. Salmon, secretary of the-bureau animal Industry, arrived in Denver today and met with the special land commission and the representatives of the National Live Stock as-soclation'YoF discussT6n'6fh land and forest reserve question. The mornftig-session was taEnup almost entirely by remarks from Dr. J.

M. Wilson of Wyoming in welcoming the delegates to the meeting, and In an address by Secretary Wilson. The discussion of the forest reserve "question was then resumed and concluded. This, With all other subjects, will, be referred to the resolutions committee. The attendance to-day was greater than being about- 200 delegates What Wilson Came For.

In his address "Secretary WiIs6n7 said he had come to Denver as the representative of the president to-learn what the cattlemen wanted, and declared It to be the purpose of both his department and the administration to bring about more cordial and. pleasant relations between the official government and stockgrowers of the country. Mr. Wilson spoke of some of the problems his department has had to deal with; of questions pertaining to the breeding of horses; of the need of water rights of stockmen and the necessity of forest reserves. Bnildina- of Levees.

He pointed out that the building of great levees along the Mississippi river near New Orleans was the outgrowth wiping out of the forests in the country higher up. The destruction of trees, he -said, had removed the only means of holding back the snows' and rains in the hills, with the consequence that great deluges resulted and these had cost the government and people countless thousands In the destruction of property. Visiting stockmen were entertained at luncheon by the Denver chamber of commerce and board of trade. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Dr. Salmon, 'Professor Giff brd Plnchot and Professor E.

H. Newell were the guests of honor. Afternoon Seaaion. The afternoon session of the conference of stockmen and federal land commission was devoted to discussions on grazing on government lands and the necessity for the enactment of laws regulating or governing the same. Addresses were made by Senator E.

Warren of Wyoming, E. S. Gosney and Professor Forbes of Arizona, Conrad -the-CattleH3row ers' others. With a single exception all admitted the necessity of amending the law of government control, by which the stockmen can secure some sort of ownership rights to the range he uses. The following committee On resolutions was appointed: B.

A. Packard, Arizona; Ammons, Colorado; H. A. Jastro, California; J. Hagenbarth, Idaho; Mortimer Levering.

Indiana; E. Adams, Nebraska; A. J. Hairell, Nevada; W. H.

Jck, N-iw Mexico; Murdo MacKenzle, texae; John Mir ton, Wyoming; Jesse 3ntth, Utah. BAKKA WILL PROBABLY BE IN CUSTODY SOON Special Dispatch to the Standard. Red Aug. 4. It appears that William Bakka, treasurer Of the Red Lodge Miners' union, who Is alleged to have absconded about three months ago with about $1,000 of the union's money, will probably booh be in custody.

The union's officials have learned that Bakka Is now In Alberta, and City Marshal James C. McAllister ha gone there to bring him back It ponalt)le. Boulder, Aug. 4. Mrs.

Una Chambers of Tork, and Mary Renkes, the 12-year-old daughter of Charles Renkes of this city, were drowned In Boulder, creek to-day. party camp: ing in Bummer gulch, six miles from here. Without any warning, a wall of water, caused by a cloudburst, came rushing down tne rylng the tent and the Inmates into the creek. Some of the campers were thrown upon rocks or to the opposite shore of the creek. Mrs.

Chambers and carried into the stream by the torrent of water and drowned. Their bodies, badly bruised, were found some distance down the stream tonight. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS VISIT JUDGE PARKER SENATOR BAILEY OF TEXAS ONE OF THE NUMBER. HE LIKES THE CANDIDATE Texan Expresses Himself aa Pleaaed -With Jnrist Governor Montagne Virginia Alao Dropa la at Eso-na Other Distinguished Gnesta. Eeopus, T.s Aug.

4.Almost all of Judge Parker's visitors to-day were from the South. Senator Joseph -W. Bailey -of Texas was one of the first to arrive. He was accompanied by Mrs. Baileyjand their ni Gov.

A. Montague of Virginia came-down from-Lake Georgerwhere for -several days he has bee visiting George Foster Peabody, the newly ap-pointetd treasurer of the national mlttea. National Committeeman H. D. Clayton, Col.

E. I Russell, with his daughter," and Hatcher of Alabama constituted the remainder of the southern delegation. Other -visitors to Judge Parker to-day, were Charles JL Crane pf Chicago Alfred, HenrJf.Lewis To-night the steam yacht Sapphire brought Judge. Morgan J. O'Brien and John B.

McDohald from New York city. Judge 7 Parker- td-nlgbt "dined on the Sapphire with Judge O'Brien and Mr. McDonald. Senator Bailey had little to say for publication beyond the following tribute to Judge Parker: "I am delighted with Judge Parker, both with his views as a statesman and a democrat and with his character as a man. I wish to say that if he Is elected, democrats who go to Washington will find that In their president they have both a repre sentative and friend." Senator Bailey gave the impression that he regarded the coming campaign as crucial in New Tork, Indiana and New Jersey.

1 SHOOTING STORY DENIED BY DETECTIVE HINDMAN Special Dispatch to 4he Standard. Sarid Point, Idaho, Aug. 4. Detective Kindman of the Northern Pacific, who was here to-day, denies the report generally circulated in the Montana press that he was shot at Clark's Fork one night recently by en excited passenger, who "thought he was a holdup when No. 3 stopped and he dispatched some cattle that the train had run down.

He says he shot the cattle, but that some of the train crew manufactured the story about the excited passenger taking a shot at him, thinking he was another Hammond, Another Blar Copper Company. Special Dispatch to the Standard. Aug. 4. A new mining company, known as the Su perlor Copper companyr has Just filed Incorporation papers at Lansing.

It is capitalized at 12,500,000 and will elect officers later. The Superior property formerly known as Section 15, on which good copper-showing -has been- made this season, is owned by the company and will probably make another large copper producer within the next few years. Roosevelt Kida Go Home. St Louis, Aug. 4.

Tired but, but greatly pleased Jw'lth their sightseeing and experiences at the worlds fair, Theodore; and Kermlt, sons of President Roosevelt, with their cousins, Philip Roosevelt and Alexander Rus- sellt returned to Washington to-day. Theodore, before leaving, said: "We have had a bully good time. We have seen the entire fair, with the exception of the state buildings. We viewed the Pike from one end to the other, inside and outside, and with great pleasure. His Foot Badly Crashed.

Special Dispatch to the Standard, Livingston, Aug. 4. F. Olson, a help er In the Northern Pacific blacksmith shop here, was painfully Injured this morning. A heavy car spring fell on his foot, crushing it.

Amputation will not be necessary, but Mr. Olson will be incapacitated for a. week or two. POSITIVE INFORMATION RECEIVED THAT THE RAILWAY COMPANIES HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT. OFFICIALS COMING SOON Conference Will Be Held at Butte Within Ten Daya or Two Week to Complete All the Detail and Make Arraus-ementa for Beg-ln-.

ntnar Construction Work Matter of a Site No Yet Decided Ohlcea Will Oct Their Information From. Headqnartera To-Day. -Positive Information was received In Butte yesterday that the proposed union depot, about which so much has been said and, written and for the reali-zatlorfof'whlch the citizens of Butte have patiently waited, is at last a cer- talnty." The Information reached the Standard office" in regular and due form, but at this Information Is not made, publicsHowever," in due time the facts will be laid before the people of Butte, and then in the next twe. weeks, possibly before 10 days shall, have passed, the heads of the roads will "be in Butte for the purpose of arranging the details incident upon the preliminary construction work. Railway Companlea Agree.

The Great -Northern Northern on all points relative to the work to be done, and all that remains to be attended, to before the word Is given to go ahead with, the construction of the building is the arranging of minor de tails which must be attended to before actual work fc-. Before the. sun sets this evening it is expected that every office concerned in the proposed depot an Butte shall be aid- visea as 10 in agreement, reacneq yea- terday In St. Paul, and as soon as pos slble the department heads Intend to begin the work of building the union depot. Nothing Known aa Site.

Regarding the site, nothing absolute ly definite has been given-out. It was announced some time ago- that the union depot was to be near the A. P. depot, but a "tip" got abroad yesterday that this was not the site agreed upon by the men who have been in conference on the subject. There are two or three sites under consideration, or have been, any one of which, It Is generally, understood, would be acceptable to the people of Butte.

jamesTrady held to district court MUST FACE A CHARGE OF MURDER AT BILLINGS. RESULT OF SALOON HOLDUP Said to Have Planned the Robbery of the Owl, Which Reanlted In the KHIinir of Police Sergeant Hannah Held Without Bonds. Special Dispatch to the Standard. Billings, Aug. S.

Grady was held to answer a charge of murder In the first degree in the district court by Justice F. L. Mann. He is held without bail. The next regular term of the district court Is in October.

The preliminary examination of Grady was re-sumedaftera recess Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Clark, ft. L. Nix, Walter Clifton and Joseph Flannlgan testified on behalf of the state.

Dr. Clark described the wounds on the body of Robert T. Hannah and said that a shotgun wound was the immediate cause of death, but one or more of the pistol wounds would have resulted fatally after a short lapse of time. Clifton told the story of escaping through the back door of the Owl saloon and Informing Police Sergeant Hannah of the robbery Flannlgan, who Is Ed Grady's father-in-law, testified as to meeting James Grady coming out of a saloon, relating the story of the holdup as it has frequently been told. At the close of the evidence the defendant's lawyers moved to dismiss This motion was overruled after a long argument.

James S. Grady is charged Jointly with his brother, Edward Grady, and Oliver O. Mosier, with the killing of Po lice Sergeant Hannah In this city on the morning of July 2, after Mosier and Ed Grady had held up the Owl saloon. James Grady is charged with having planned the holdup. the LeftSituation KUROPATKIN MUST WIN, London, Aug.

4. A dispatch to a news agency from Anshanshan, half way between Haicheng and Liaoyang, says; The Japanese advance la being continued with grear energy against the southern Russian a. my. The Rus sians' main forces continue their retirement northward, but5 the cavalry has checked the threatening flank movement of th Japanese Sk Petersburg, Aug. 4.

A rumor is current -that -a battle is in progress north of Haicheng. Washington, Aug. 4. The Japanese legation to-day received the following cablegram 'from Tokio: General Oku reports that the enemy Is retreating northward continually since Aug 27 Qn Aug. 3 our army occupied Haicheng and situated 30 miles northeast of the open, port pf the.

same Newchwang, Aug. 4. Field Marshal Oyama, commander-in-chief of the General Kbdama. chief' of "Staff 'left Kaichow yesterday, and have estab-llsheoheadquarterBntnefleTdwi th thi St.i Petersburg, Aug. 4.

General Sa-karoff reports that 29 officers and more than J.000 meit were killed op w.ounded in the engagements of July 30 and 31. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND JAPS FACE KUROPATKIN "i Newchwang, Aug. 3 era! Jfuroki. men, is how oemna me Russian iorces; 7: Aienerai Oku, with an army of 50,000 men, is on their-front, while flanking them on the left Is General Nozu? with his division of 80,000 men. If General Kuropatkln is.

defeated in this battle, he must either move, westward or The foreign military attaches are with the second army, en route for the front to witness the battle. Japanese troop ships are expected here to-morrow. -1 The Russian troops at Port Arthur have been driven back to the last line of their defenses. The Japanese attacking force has 350 guns In action. ARMY ORGAN'S VIEW OF JAPANESE INTENTIONS St Petersburg, Aug.

4. The army organ makes no reference to foreshadow events of the immediate future in the far East, and gives no clew to General Kuropatkin's Intentions, but It declares that events of the last 10 days demonstrate conclusively that the Japanese objective since the beginning of the war' had been to strike the main army of the Russians, and not, as popularly supposed, to take Port Arthur, JAPANESE ARE GETTING READY FOR THE WINDUP St. Petersburg, Friday, Aug. 5, 3:15 a. m.

The fact that there Is no further news from the front beyond General Zassa-litch's account of the fighting at Slmou-ebeng July SI bears out the associated press cApiauuuuii mm me Japanese are halting to bring up supplies, especially ammunition, of which a modern engagement entails an extravagant use, and without which it would be impossible even for n. victorious armv to fnllnw un ita success. 1 The official estimate of the loss of more than 1,000 agrees with the figures in a belated dispatch from Liaoyang referring to the same fighting, and which says that the Russians were fully prepared to hold their position when commanded to retire, which was carried in perfect order. The tropical heat continues, and there have been many sunstrokes. The receipt of General "Zassalltch's dispatch was known to-day, and gave rise to extravagant rumors of further fighting -around Haicheng, and several press dispatches were sent Off describing a fresh battle between the forces Of General Zassallteh' and General Oku.

There Is no apparent Justification for such reports. The best informed military authorities declare that there has been no fighting since the Russians fell back to Liandiansian, Anplng and Anshanshan. OFFICIAL DETAILS BY GENERAL KUROPATKIN St. Petersburg, Aug. 8:20 pi ml General Kuropatkin's official details of the fighting July 31 at Simoucheng say only a division and a bait were n- In of of of to at Port Arthur.

SURRENDER, OR RETREAT gaged. The report does not mention -Lieutenant General Alexleff was in command, as was stated dispatch from Tokio yesterday. General Alexieff, who commands the fifth East Siberian division General Stakelberg's corps, was posted on the other sftie of Haicheng, July 31. The war office does not intend to publish he name of the actual commander at Simoucheng for reasons military expediency. Thewar office' does expectthe Japanese to resume their advance for several days.

Now they are probably again preparing for a flanking; move-mention a large scale, and are awaiting the marching up of a strong column from Newchwang. The failure of the Japanese to follow up their success is evidently the cause great satisfaction to the general staff here. Whether this feeling is due the fact that the delay will give General Kuropatkin breathing space arrange his-troops for" the coming" Battle," or because "it will allow htm the requisite Jtime-to-et fect his withdrawal northward. Is, of course, unknown, the general staff not even admitting that the- commander-in-chief is -contemplating In either event, however, the Russians will profit by the "declination of the Japanese to pursue their advance. JAPANESE ARE AWAITING FALLT OF PORT ARTHUR Tokio, Aug.

4r 10 a. m. The Japanese-are hourly xpecting tidings ef a victory at Port Arthur with more. interest and earnestness than heretofore displayed during the war. From a po litical, strategical sentimental standpoint, the possession of the Russian fortress and naval base Is considered of paramount importance by the Japanese.

It is known the Japanese noose about the besieged city is gradually, tightening. The, Japanese guns are pouring fire into the diminishing circle and it is felt here that the critical hour is fast approaching. But the public here is ignorant of the hour when the final assault will be made, and. also of the, details of the work already, done around Port Arthur. It is believed that the Are from the Japanese batteries will compel the Russian fleet to leave the harbor and accept battle with Admiral Togo.

It is becoming" proverbial that the Japanese infantry will go anywhere and will re fuse to retire, no matter how great the losses may be. It is believed Port Arthur could have Deen taken Derore this time with a heavy sacrifice of life, but it is evTcTent the Japanese are working to effect the reduction or capture of the fortress with the minimum loss of life. There will be no charge of great masses of infantry until the artillery has finished the task of silencing the Russian guns. A story is current to the effect that the emperor has expressed the wish that the capture shall be effected with the- smallest possible sacrifice of life, hence the care and precision taken by the Japanese In approaching the Rus sian defenses and the extensive use of the larger engines' of war with which to clear the way. GERMAN CRUISERS IN FAR EASTERN WATERS Berlin, Aug.

5. The Vosslsche Zeitung Is Informed thal the commander-in-chief of the German East Asiatic squadron. Vice Admiral von Prlttwits, has arrived at Chefoo on board hts flagship, the armored cruiser Fuerst Bismarck, and that he has ordered the third class cruiser Seeadler to proceed from Chefoo to Chemulpo. From Chemulpo the 8eeadlerwtll sail to th eGulf of Liaotung. A third German warship at Chefoo Is the third class cruiser Thetis, while the third class cruiser Geier Is stationed in the inner bay of The yosslsche Zeitung thinks that anticipation of great events at Port Arthur explains the presence of the four war vessels.

REPORT MADE ON FIGHT BY GENERAL ZASSALITCH 8t. Petersburg, Aug. 4. The csar has received, the. following dispatch from Lieutenant General Sakharoff, dated Aug.

3: "Lieutenant General Zassa- (Continued- on Page. OUTSIDE INFLUENCES SAID Chicago, Aug. 4. statement' given out to-night by the packers the report that negotiations are in progress to bring about another conference between the packers and the labor leaders is declared to be The packers assert that there is not the slightest possibility of further conferences with the' strikers. According to this statement, the progress-making at th plants is satisfactory to all the packers.

More men are employed dally, all contracts- andLcur-rent orders are filled and there Is a normal supply of beef, mutton and provisions at all plants in the United tatesrwhilesales are made-at lower prices than before the strike began. In a table accompanying the statement, it is shown that the total number of men at work to-night at all points is more than 29,000, distributed as follows: Armour M15; Swift Co, 8.533 NelsonMorrls Jfc National Packing, company," libhy. 4lacNeill Libbyr 82lfchwarsschfld ft Sulzberger. 1.926; Cud ah ft J.431 With this number of men at work the packers say they shipped 8S1 carloads of; fresh meats from all points yesterday." Beyond trying to enforce the order forbidding the delivery of ice to retailers who have been hauling meat from the stockyards themselves since the teamsters strike, the strikers did little to-day. Up to date 4he ice- supply.

of 1W retail marttets has been eut off. OUTSIDE INFLUENCES ARE QUIETLY WORKING Chicago, Aug. 4. International Sec retary Homer D. Call of the butchers organisation declared to-day that outside influences are again trying to bring about a settlement of the' stockyards "I expect to meet an intermediary." said Mr.

Call to-day, but he declined to indicate who the person was, nor would he discuss further the prospect for an end of the struggle. "I expect no direct overtures from the packers, be fore Monday," continued Mr. Call, "but by that tima I hope to accomplish something of a beneficial nature. By Monday the packers will be ready to talk to us." It was reported that the intermediary referred to had a conference to-day with Louis Swift, and that Mr. Call, the Intermediary and Mr.

Swift would meet to-day at Swift ft office In the stockyards. Donnelly Snmntoned Home. --1 President Donnelly, summoned back to Chicago by Mr? Call, is expected in the city shortly. Mr. Donnelly said in Kansas City last night that a move for an end of the strike must be made by the packers, and that he wished he "could settle with honor Arthur F.

Evans of Swift ft Co. de clared to-day that jm conference with strikers was expected and that there was no necessity for one. Officials of the butchers', organiza tions severaly criticised to-day the ut terance of a police inspector, who Is alleged to have said that ifter this rio- tin would be taken to the morgue Instead of the police station. View of Secretary Call. "The police, said Secretary Gall, "are doing more to Incite riot and law lessness than are the strikers.

Such bravado is enough to drive some of our men, especially the hotheads, to carry revolvers themselves. A can of beer would do the rest. We have been trying to, conduct a peaceful strike. Numbers of strike breakers employed In the packing plants are reported to be deserUng in bunches of 50 or more when paid off. It Is claimed by the union leaders that fully 50 per cent, of the strike breakers are men who, having been Idle for a time, simply wanted a chance to make a little ready and, having accomplished the purpose, are quitting at the first opportunity.

Alteration Denied. Strikers' allegations of conditions at the packing houses elicited a specific denial to-day. Dr. von Katch, chief surgeon for Swift ft and Dr. J.

Enrlght of the Armour company say they conduct physical ex aminations of all men who apply for work. The physicians say that no their forces to th southward 1 man or woman who has any marks of, had their i V-j being afflicted with tuberculosis or any cral Nodsu a army..