Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. G3.
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OMAHA, FRIDAY MORXIXG, AUGUST 30, 1907 TEN PAGES.
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CREAMERIES IN COURT
Western Railway Enjoined from Pat
tin; New Bates Into Effect.
NEBRASXANS FILE COMPLAINT
Buttermakers of Several States Join
in Suit at Chicago.
CASE TO COME UP IN OCTOBER
Until that Time Old Rates Must
Apply in West.
COMMISSION NOT RAPID ENOUGH
Interstate Commerce Bod 7 Has Pro
teat Before It, feat Plaintiff Fear
. t Cannot -tde of
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CHICAGO. Aug. ,ial Telegram.)
In the United St .Tilt court today
Judge KohUaat ' t temporary In
junction against, S n railway com
panlea and Ave ' c" " oompanles which
operate In Illin aska, Iowa, Kan
sas and Mlnnef J" training the com
panles from pu - .0 effect a rate on
butter, cream .k other than that
now In effect on . .e roada. October S
la the date act for hearing the case on ap
plication for a permanent injunction.
In the bill of complaint It la alleged that
the companies have given notice that a
new rate will be effective September 1. and
that auch rate la unreasonable and unjuat
to the complalnanta, and that said rate,
If enforced, would drive many of the cream
eries out of business. It la alao alleged
that the express and railroad companies
have combined for the purpose of putting
this unreasonable rate into effect.
A protest against the proposed action
of the railway and express companies had
besn filed with the Interstate Commerce
commission, but according to the creamery
people It cannot be considered by the com
mission within a year.
The suit Instituted In Chicago was begun
at the Instance of the centralised creameries
of Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and
Minnesota. It Is merely to restrain the
railroad and express lines west of Chicago
from putting Into effect the high
cream rate pending a decision on the rea
sonableness of the rate by the Interstate
Commerce commission at Washington. The
rates would have gone Into effect at an
early date and the suit was deemed the
only way to head them off. E. J. Halner
of Lincoln, who represented the Nebraska
creameries In their hearing before the Ne
braska Railway commission, waa In Chi
cago, and Is one of the Interested attorneys
(or the Nebraska plaintiffs.
RUNYAN TELLS OF THEFT
Defaulting; Bank Teller Principal
Witness Aanlast Woman W ho
Got Cash.
NEW.rpRK, Aug. 29. Chester B. Run
yan, tt). defaulting, teller of the Windsor
Trust company, had known Laura M. Car
ter only two weeks and had been In her
company lea than twelve hours altogether
when he gsve her $15,000, according to his
testimony at the trial of Mrs. Carter to
day. Mrs. Carter Is charged with having
received money which she knew to have
been stolen. Runyan was the principal
witness against her. 'Asked If he did not
think he was Inviting disaster when he
. showed the $79,600 which he had taken
from the bank to a woman he had met
upon the street only two weeks before, he
replied "I don't know. I don'i think that
evur occurred to me. I Just took the
chance."
Ms said that up to the time he offered
Mrs. Carter $5,000 to keep him out of the
way of the police for two or three months
he had never thought of deserting his wife
and home. At that time he did not have
a dollar. When he left the bank with the
suit case stuffed with bank notes he had
no Idea how much money It contained.
The packages of bills had been picked up
at random and thrown Into the suit case.
The first time he knew the exact amount
of his defalcations was when he counted
'.he money In the presence of Mrs. Carter
'it the flat which she had engaged aa a
refuge for him.
ACCIDENTS AT DES f MOINES
Boilers Bnrst and Three Persons Are
Probably Fatlly Injared M
Result.
(Prom a Staff CorVespondent)
PES MOINES, Aug. . (Speclat.) Fred
Kelley of Chicago and' J. Price of Des
Moines were seriously and perhaps fatally
scalded In the baaement of the. Savory
hotel - yesterday by the explosion of a
boiler. The accident happened at 9:30 In
the morning. Just twelve nours before a
boiler In the Edison electric light plant
exploded and seriously and probably fa
tally scalded the .engineer, E. E. Black
Biff. The explosion In ths 8avery base-1
nient was such that all escape of the two
men from the steam and hot water waa
cut off for a time. The" explosion at the
Kdlson plant took place while tlje en
gineer was turning steam Into an extra
boiler for the night. The explosion resulted
In all the steam escaping and the city waa
In darkness for a long time. At theaters
and stores peoplo were In great danger of
being panic stricken. In some places gas
lights helped out. In the theaters people
were In agony for fear there might be an
alarm of tire and on the streets there was
great confusion for a time because of no
light. Mr. Kelley of Chicago, who waa
scalded at the ftjyery. was engaged In put
ting In mechanical stokers.
CHECK CLERK PLAYS RACES
ff.Atployo of New York Brokers Is
Now Aeeuecd 'of Stealing;
Cash.
NEW YORK. Aug. . Charged with the
larceny of $5,000 of hla employer's funds,
Edward Phillips, a clerk for the stock
brokerage firm of O. B. Salisbury t Co..
was , arrested today. The police asserted
that' FMUIrs confessed that be began by
losing money on the horse races and wound
up ry speculating In bucket shops. It Is
chaigiil that he has been using ths firm's
funis for more than a year. .
ritllllpa lad charge of the Arm's deposit
check book, lis had been absent only two
days on hit vacation when hla substitute
discovered that the bank book and check
book did not tally and that PhlUlps had
beeu In the habit of depositing checks, but
withholding cash deposits. The cash de
posits were, however, entered In the bank
book as having been made.
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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TKB WIATBIB.
FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Not much
change In temperature.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
Hour. Dcg. Hour. Deg.
S a. m t9 1 p. m fcl
a. m M 2 p. m 82
7 s. m 3 p. m M
S a. m 70 4 p. m S3
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DOMESTIC
Secretary Taft spoke Thursday after
noon In Denver after a day of western
hospitality. Arrangements being per
fected for his tour of the far east.
rags 1
President Harahan of the Illinois Cen
tral calls ex-President Fish a liar during
a heated episode at a directors' meeting,
during which Fish grapples with hit suc
cessor. Chicago tax authorities are disposed to
call Hetty Green before them to explain
valuations of her' property. Page 1
Two workmen are killed at York, Pa.,
by a fall from a scaffold. Pag S
Secretary Straus will visit President
Roosevelt before he makes his trip of
Inspection. Pag 1
Nine cases of bubonlo plague, with
seven deaths, have been found in San
Francisco. ' Page 1
Program for the dedication of the Mc
Klnley obelisk Is being arranged at Buf
falo. Pag 1
Des Moines state fair exhibitors and
concessionaires suffer a loss of $100,000
by fire and wind. ' Page a
Prince Wllhelm of Sweden spends a
day In" the financial district of New
York, first visiting a sailor who had been
Injured. Page 1
Fourteen creamerlee of the west, among
them the centralized concerns of Ne
braska, enjoin the new cream express
rate in the court of Judge Kohlsaat at
Chicago.) Pago 1
Farmers' elevator merger of 200 con
cerns Is contemplated In Minnesota.
Page X
Brewers of the country hold a secret
meeting In Cincinnati to stop the grow
ing sentiment for local option in the
south. Pars 1
New York theater managers are making
war on ticket speculators. Page a
Frisco's- limited train, The Meteor, is
wrecked near Tulsa, the third wreck near
there In a week. Page I
roxxiQzr.
South American t radio managers Inform
American shippers that they are care
less in packing their goods. Page a
Count Witte is out of politics in Rus
sia, having accepted a business position.
China enters protest against the
Japan-French entente as aimed at its
rights. Pairs 1
XZBBABXA.
Kansas representatives of the railroad
commission are in Lincoln securing data
on the 2-cent fare law. Page 3
Statement barrel is on tap in Judicial
campaign a pure fabrication. Sheldon
commends coroner for promise to make
effort to punish lynchers. Page 3
X.OCU.
Interest rates on city property gen
erally have been raised from 6 to 6 per
cent within a year, and advances are
threatened in farm rates. Page 4
Third annual tournament of the Ne
braska Oolf association opens ao the
Omaha Field club. Page
Elimination of local trafflo on Overland
Limited trains makes queer state of af
fairs. Passengers wishing tickets ,to
Omaha are sold tickets to Missouri Val
ley, and may get off at Omaha If they
wish. P
Denver gets three of the latest Union
Pacific motor cars. Page 5
JHfty Nebraska members of the Grand
Army, including Department Commander
Crelgh, will attend encampment at Sara
toga. Pag 1
KOTBatXHTB OP OCXAJf STBaJUKXPa1.
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INTERNATIONAL LAW MEETING
Association -Compose of Lawyers of
Several Countries Holds Ses
sion at Portland.
PORTLAND. Me.. Aug". 23. Members of
the legal fraternity representing the prin
cipal countries of Europe and America are
In attendance at the twenty-fourth annual
conference of the International Law asso
ciation which opened today. This Is the
second time the association has held a
conference In the United States.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected
as follows: Honorary president, Simeon B.
Baldwin, Li D.. chief Justice of the su
I preme court' of errors of Connecticut;
! president. Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Kennedy.
LL P.,i court of appeals of Ixmdon: vice
presidents. Cepress Brclnard of New York,
Alton B. Parker of New York, Charles B.
Elliott of Minneapolis. L. J. Laranger of
Montreal; secrrtsrles, C. H. Hyde of Chi
cago and G. G. Phlllimore of London.
Kurty new members were elected. E.
Evens Darby of London read a paper on
"Intermittent Progress of International
Arbitration." James Bryce, the British
ambassador, made a brief address, stating
that In his opinion the sentiments of the
American people are In favor of those
objects whose accomplishment Is' the aim
of the International Law association. He
believed the association was doing a great
work in paving the way for points likely
to come before courts of arbitration.
The delegates accompanied the American
Bar association delegates on a trip down
Casco bay this afternoon.
NINE CASES OF THE PLAGUE
even Deaths Have Occnrerd at San
Francisco aa Result of '
Bnbonlo Disease,
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. .-8lnce June
IS nine cases of bubonic plague have been
discovered here and seven deaths have oc
curred. The federal authorities' have sent
a marine hospital surgeon here and coast
ing vessels are being Inspected by quaran
tine officers.
TAFT'S WELCOME AT DENVER
Inspects Army Posts and Breakfasts
with T. F. Walsh.
MAKES ADDRESS THI3 AFTERNOON
Arrangements Completed In Kew
York for Secretary's Trip
Through Russia on Spe
cial Train.
DENVER, Colo.. Aug. 29.-8ecretary of
War William II. Taft was met at the
Union ststlon on his arrival In Denver at
6:30 this morning by many of the state
republican leaders, and was cheered by a
large crowd gathered at the station when
he left the train. A number of automobiles
were In waiting, and In these the secretary
and his party and thirty other Invited
guests were taken to Wolhurst, Thomas F.
Walsh's country place several miles south
of the city, where breakfast wss served
at 8 o'clock. During the forenoon Secre
tary Taft made an Inspection of Fort
Logan, near Wolhurst,, with a view to
converting It Into a brigade post. At noon
a general reception was given the secretary
at the republican club In this city, and
many democrats took advantage of the oc
rsslon to shake hands with the . distin
guished guest. Following the reception 100
of the. most prominent Colorado republicans
sat down to luncheon with the secretary
at the Brown. Palace hotel. Secretary Taft
Is scheduled to make a. public address at
the capital grounds at 4:30 p. m.
"pedal Train Thronarh Siberia.
NEW YORK. Aug. .-Secretary William
H. Taft and his family will travel In a
speclat car In a train de luxe on the trans
Siberian railroad when they make the Jour
ney from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg
next November. Arrangements for that
part of the' secretary's world journey have
been made at Paris and at Vladivostok by
L. J. Garcey, American manager of the
company which operates the trains de luxe
on the great Russian railroad. Mr. Garcey
has Just returned from Washington, where
he conferred with Brigadier General Clar
ence R. Edwards, who Is to be one of Sec
retary Taft's party. The Taft party Is shed
uled to leave Vladivostok Nev. 12, according
to the Itinerary approved by Secretary Taft.
The only stop between Vladivostok and
Moscow will be at Irkutsk Siberia, on Nov.
16. Moscow will be reached Nov. 23. and a
two days' stop will be made there. St.
Petersburg will be reached November 20:
The Secretary's train will consist of a
dinning car, observation car and three
sleepers.
SCIENTISTS MAKE PROGRESS
Assistance Rendered by Government
of Pern Greatly Benefits Their
Investigations.
LIMA, Peru. Aug. 29. Dr. Leo S. Rowe.
professor of political science in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, who started from
here August 24 for Cerro De Pasco, the
silver mine In the center .of Peru, arrived
at his destination yesterday afternoon and
telegraphed to Foreign Minister Polo as
follows:
I thank you for your generous hospitality.
I have enjoyed One of the most surprising
excursions which It Is possible to make on
the American continent. Please accept the
thanks of myself and my companions.
Professor Rowe, who . In June last re
ceived the honorary degree of doctor of
laws from the University of Chile, which
was b?stowed upon him personally by the
Chilean president, Senor Montt, has been
made an honorary member of the faculty
of science of the University of Lima and
will be banqueted by President Par do
when he returns here from Cerro De Pasco.
Some of the observations made recently
by Professor David P. Todd of Amherst,
Mass., head of the Lowell astronomical -
pedttlon to South America, who arrived
nere recently from his trip to the Andes,
were made at an altitude of 17,600 feet
above the level of the sea.
AGREEMENT LIKELY TO COME
British Proposition for Arbitration
One on Which Nations May
Come to Terms.
THE HAGUE, Aug. I9.-The British
proposition before the peace conference re
garding obligatory arbitration has been so
modified that it may lead to a general
understanding on the subject. It leaves
each nation free to bind Itself to submit
to arbitration cases, a list of which Is
furnished, which may arise between that
nation and any other country or countries
the signatory nation may select.
SPECIAL PARDON FOR KOYAMA
Assailant of LI Hans; Chan Given
Ilia Release from Japanese
Prison.
TOKIO, Aug. 29. It became public today
that Koyama. the Japanese who assaulted
and wounded LI Hung Chang at Shlmone
sekl In 1895 during the Chinese-Japanese
peace negotiations, and who was sentenced
to life Imprisonment in the Abashlri prison
at Hokkaido, received a special pardon
August 26.
WITTE. IS OUT OF POLITICS
Peacemaker of Russia Has Decided
that Bnalneaa Life Is
Hla Lot.
LONDON, Aug. 29. Count Wltte, once
the most powerful man In Russia next to
the emperor, has accepted the directorship
of the Bank of Russia for exterior com
merce according to advices received here
from St. Petersburg. This act. It is stated,
marks the final severance of the ex-premier
from the official life of his country.
LA GUILLOTINE MAY RETURN
Paris Murderer .Sentenced to Death
ad Only President Can
are Him.
PARIS, Aug. 29. There Is reason to be
lieve that the guillotine may again make
Its appearance In France for the carrying
out of capital punishment.
The high court today denied the appeal
made by Solellant. who was condemned to
death In this city last month for ths atro
cious murder of a little child. President
Fallleres alone can now save the man.
FIFTEEN MILLION FIRE LOSS
Sixty Thousand People Rendered
Homeless at Hakodate. In Blgf
Conflagration.
YOKOHAMA. Aug. 29. Advices received
from the American consulate at Hakodate
places the loss caused by the conflagration
there at $1S,000.000. About 15.000 houses,
varying in vslue, were burned, and 0,0u0
people rendered homeless.
WILSON SEES BRIGHT PICTURE
Secretary Kinds Ks Slant of Panic
or Hard Times la the
tYest.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. tSpcclal Tele
gram.) Secretary Wilson of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, who has been In the
west looking over forest reserves, returned
to Washington last night, optimistic over
the prospect as he saw It In his travels
through a number of states.
"The people of the west," said Secre
tary Wilson, "are not fearful of a panic
or hard times. The west is prosperous.
There Is plenty of money. . In fact, I have
reason to believe the west Is loaning money
to the east. Instead of the east to the
west, and this Is being done at good rates
of Interest. The people of the west are
not worrying over Wall street and Its
troubles. They1 scarcely know that such
troubles exist, save as they read of them
In the newspapers. The rest of the coun
try Is no longer dependent or Wall street."
Senator Warren of Wyoming Is the first
member of congress to express his desiru
to see the old frigate Constitution brought
to the Washington Navy yard. In speak
ing of the views of Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Newberry, who has suggested
that "Old Ironsides" might be brought
here and kept as a memento of by-gone
days, Senator Warren said this morning:
"I have noticed the suggestion and must
say that I am .heartily In favor of 'Old
Ironsides' being" brmrght to Washington.
In the first place this Is where all such
relics belong In the national capital and
then, again. If It 14 to be moved from Bos
ton, this Is certainly the logical place for
It. Washington is the center of travet of
the United States, and with the Interest
that naturally Is taken In the old fr!nte
it would be a (treat pleasure for visitors
who come here."
.Floyd H. Sharrar has been appointed
regular and John L. Sharrar substitute
rural carrier for route No. 1 at Creston.
Neb.
Nebraska Postmasters Appolnted-Carns,
Keya Paha county, Charles T. Hornley,
vice J. A. Nugent, resigned;' Dustln. Holt
county. S. F. Farner, vice Riley K. Sosner
deceased.
HETTY GREEN UPON CARPET
Chicago Board of Review Will Call
Her to Ask- Abont
Property.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Hetty Oreen of New
York, who owns rroperty In Chicago worth
between $4.P0.?.X and J5.0CO.0CO. may appear
before the Board of Review early next
work and submit to n questioning concern
ing her exact holdings In real estate and
the reasons why her assessments should
be reduced. . (
This plan was formed by the members
of the board last night, the question of
Mrs. Green's taxes on down-town property
worth nearly $2,000,000. having come up.
The members of the board announced
that they wished in this ease to deal dM
rectly with the owner of the property In
stead of the agents. This decision was
reached, it came to light, after the read
ing of several complaints against Mrs.
Green's methods of! keeping her property
In shape, .
"We have derluedXsaM Chairman West,
"that we would like to have Mrs. Green
come before us personally. We have re
ceived protests against her assessment from
her real estate agents, but we are not sat
isfied." The . other members of the board ex
pressed the same sentiments. The -board
has no power to compel the attendance
of any one upon Its sessions, and there is
a possibility thata Mrs. Green may Ignore
the request entirely. In that case there
Is a counter possibility that Mrs. Green
may find the assessments on her other
property In various parts of the city In
creased from 10 to 30 per cent.
'FRISCO'S METEOR WRECKED
Mall Clerk and Two Pasaengrers Seri
ously Injared near
Tnlsa, I. T.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. Aug. 29"AFast
Frisco train No. 409, known as the "Meteor,"
which left St. Louis at 2:60 yesterday after
noon and due to arrive here at noon, ran
Into an open switch near Tulsa, I. T., at
an early hour this morning and was
wrecked. One mall clerk and two passen
gers were seriously Injured.
The engine, two baggage cars and the
mall car left the track. The "Meteor" Is
one of the fastest trains of the 'Frisco
system, and carries two Pullman sleeoln
cars, two chair cars, cafe and observation
cars, together with two baggage and one
mall car. Today's wreck Is the third
within a week In the vicinity of Tulsa.
"WHITE SLAVE" TRAFFIC
Mlsa Bullla Will Watch Immigrants
at Ellis Island to Protect
Women.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. On recommen
dation of Robert Watchorn, Immigration
commissioner at Ellis Island, N. Y., Mlfes
Helen M. Bullls has been appointed an
Immigration Inspector for the particular
purpose of developing Information regard
ing the white slave traffic. Miss Bullls re
cently has been connected with the Travel
ers' Aid society.
Commissioner Watchorn says thst
hitherto the victims have practically In
variably avoided detection by reason of
the thorough coaching they receive prior
to embarkation.
DEDICATION OF THE OBELISK
International Character to Be Given
Ceremonies for McKlnlcy Me
morial Intelllng;.
BUFFAIX. N. Y., Aug. 29.-E. H. Butler,
chairman of the McKlnley monument com
mission, has aigiounced the program for
the dedication of the marble obelisk In
Niagara square. September 5. Governor
Hughes will be the orator of the day. Civil,
military, political and Judicial honors will
be paid to the martyred president, and an
International character will be given to
the occasion by the presence of a thousand
Canadian troops.
STRAUS TO VISIT PRESIDENT
Secretary of Department uf Con.
meroe and Labor to Discuss De
tails of Inspection.
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WASHINGTON. Aug. a. - Secretary
Straua of the Department of Commerce
and Labor has Informed the department
officials from Salt Lake City that lie ex
pects to resume his duties In the depart
ment about September 12. He is now In the
Yellowstone park. Before returning to
Washington Secretary Straua will visit
the president at Oyster Bay to discuss the
details of his Intended Inspection trip. j
CREIGI1 TO HEAD BIG ARMY
Department Commander of Nebraska
Will Lead Host to Saratoga.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO GO
Antelope State Has Candidate for Na
tional Commander-in-Chief In
Colonel Clnre E. Adams
f Superior.
Army men, including Tepartment Com
mnnripr Thomas A. Prpish. will attend the
national encampment fo the Grand Army
or the Republic Trom Omaha, to re nem
at Rmrmtnn M V fl.nt.mhr S-14. 04her
delegations will attend from different parts
or tne state. Including a strong aeiegaiion
from the Republican valley district, which
will go In force to boom the cnndldacy of
Colonel Clare E. Adams of Superior for
the noiiltlon of national rommsnd or-in-
chief. Colonel Adams' candidacy was hear
tily endorsed by the slast Nebrsska de-
nartment enesmnment at Fremont, and
the entire Nebraska delegation will support
him.
Tn a .M..nt Ant laaneft hv Department
Comma nrler. Creleh. the announcement Is
made that no offlrtnl railroad route haa
been designated from Omaha to Chicago,
but from Chicago to Saratoga Springs ho
has designated the Wabash railroad. It Is
hoped to have a solid Nebraska train over
the Wabash, West Shore and the Delaware
rnllrnsda. from Chicago to Sara-
tof?a. The department officials, with the
department officers of the Woman neiiei
rom and Ladles of the Grand Army of
the Republic, now figure on leaving Omaha
Saturday evening. September 7. end win
leave over the Wabash from Chicago Sun
day evening. September 8.
Time of the Train.
This train will leave the Wabash station,
corner of Dearborn and Polk streets, Chi
cago, at 4 p. m. Sunday evening, passing
throngh Detroit that evening, crossing the
Detroit river to Windsor, passing the Wol
land ship canal, arriving at Niagara Falls
Monday morning for breakfast. Most of
Mrmrinv will he snent viewing the talis, a
rate of one fare and a third has been
named from all Nebraska stations to Chi
cago. The rnto. via the route of tho special
train from Chicago to Saratoga la $18.40-
hi. ,.t make a rate of $33.40 irom
Omaha to Saratoga. The dates of sale
wilt h fientember 5. and 7. and win ne
good to return, leaving Saratoga Springs
i.ni.mh to 17. Inclusive, extension
limits will be granted, however, not later
than October . upon payment at Saratoga
of $1 at the time of deposit. Arrange
ments for stopover tickets can be made
at Saratoga. The sleeping car rate from
r-hir.n will be $4.50 for standard ana v.a
for tourist sleeper, double lower berth.
SarutoK-a Haa Arms Open.
committee of arrangements
has made elaborate preparations for tho
great encampment. There is to oe no
overcharging or overcrowding. At the
principal hotels the rates will be. with
out bath, two In a room, $4 per day each;
with. .bath. $6, American plan. Tha smaller
kn-i twn in a. room. $2 and $3 per. day
each, according to accommodations. Room
ing and boarding houses, 60 cents, 76 cenis
and $1 per day. Lodging and breakfast, $1.
Board and lodging, $1.60 and $! per day.
Meals at restaurants, 25 cents up. Free
inrtirin will be provided for about 11.000
comrades, and applications for such should
be made at once to Frank M. Sterrett, ex
ecutive director, Saratoga Springs, N. x.
A ronnral hosnltal Will be located at the
Congress Hall ball room and places for
temporary aid will be estamisnea, aiong
th line of march. A fully equipped corps
of the Red Cross will be constantly in at
tendance to meet all emergencies.
President Roosevelt to Attend.
Campflres and other public meetings will
be held during the week, at which there
will be music and speaking. Monday, Sep
tember 9, will be devoted to welcoming
the comrades and locating them In their
various quarters. Tuesday evening two
Important events will occur. Including
greetings to the visitors on the part of
the state of New York and Saratoga
Springs by the governor of the state, and.
president of the city, and a response on
behalf of the Grand , Army by National
Commander-in-Chief Brown, and the silver
Jubilee of the Women's Relief corps. At
this last named event will be presented a
suitable testimonial by the Women's Re
lief corps to the Grand Army of the Re
public' PreslSent Roosevelt has accepted
an invitation to be present on mis even
ing. On Wednesday evening Vlll be an il
lustrated muster-in service at Convention
hall by Memorial post of Cleveland. O.
On Thursday evening the great camp flro
will be held. The first business session of
the encampment will be held at 10 a. m.
Thursday.
The great parade will occur on Wednes
day, September. 11, at t p. m. The forma
tion will be tn column of departments in
Woodlawn park, at the head of Broadway.
The line of march will be but a mile and
a quarter tn length and will be for the most
part along a shaded avenue.
BREWERS FIGHTING OPTION
Hold Secret Meeting; at Cincinnati to
Prevent Spread of Sentiment
la South.
CINCINNATI. Aug. 2. United action by
leading brewers of the United States
against the spread of the local option Idea
was begun in a secret meeting in this city
yesterday, news of which developed today.
It Is proposed to adopt a definite plan to
stop the spread of local option, especially
In the south. This was the prime object
of the meeting. There was no formal call
Issued nd no publicity of the fact that
there was to be a meeting. Representatives
of the big breweries of Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Louis and Cincinnati were present. The
inroads that local option Is making, es
pecially in the south, were thoroughly dis
cussed and It was decided, that some ac
tion would have to be taken. A committee
was Anally appointed to report on ways
and means for accomplishing the purposes
of the meeting.
DES MOINES JAIR WRECKED
Wind and Flro Does fl 100,000 Dam
age to Exhibits at Iowa
Capital.
DE8 MOINES. Ia., Aug. 3.-A wind
storm struck the Iowa State fair grounds
here early today, causing damage esti
mated at $100,ou0. A live wire was blown
against the Knabenshue airship and captive
balloon, setting Are to them and totally
destroying both. The big tent of the In-
--"ationul Harvester company was blown
down and the exhibit ruined by heavy rain
and Or,
CORRECTION 0F A MISTAKE
So Loan Belnsr Xesrotlated for the
New Hrsnilrh Bulldlnu; at
Thl Time.
The Item In one edition of yesterday's
Bee to the effect that a loan was being
negotisted In connection with the erection
i of the new Brandels building was a mls-
tske due to misinformation. When the
building wss commenced the Brandelses
made a contract for a loan asa matter of
precaution by which they could call for any
amount uupu tuo $400,000 at 4 per cent, but
they have not yet found It necessary to
take the money and may not take It at all.
VISITOR'S MOTOR SPEEDED
Swedish Minister Forced to Make
Explanation to New York
' Police Court.
NEW TORK, Aug. 29.-Having gone
through a rather arduous round of social
duties In New Rnglxnd, and having dis
charged his official obligations by a visit
to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay,
Prince Wlllielm of Sweden will spend the
rest of his time here as Informally as he
can. He has visited Coney Islsnd already
and he took In most of the shows when
he went there, a big crowd following him
about. After the prince had returned from
Oyster Bay yesterday a bicycle policeman
halted an automobile containing the Swed
ish minister, a Swedish naval officer, a ser
cret service detective and a chauffeur on
Broadway, en the ground that the chauf
feur waa exceeding the speed limit. Not
withstanding the protests of the detective
the chauffeur was arrested by the police
man, which necessitated Baron De Lager
crants going to the station house to ex
plain to the police lieutenant that the chauf
feur meant no harm. The prisoner was
released out of courtesy to the minister.
Prince Wllhelm of Sweden learned today
that John Person, one of the sailors of
the Fylgla, had fallen overboard from a
landing In the Hudson river and was very
nearly drowned. After being In the river
for a quarter of an hour the sailor was
rescued and taken to a hospital. The doc
tors said Person would recover If pneu
monia did not result from his lmmorslon.
The prince said he wanted to visit ths
sailor and It was arranged that he should
do so at p. m. Afterward the prince
planned to visit the financial district. This
afternoon twenty officers and ninety men
of the crew of the Fylgla will go to the
horse races at the Empire City track aa
guests of the track officials. Tha prince,
however, will not accompany them.
AMERICAN SHIPPERS WARNED
Fall Often to Exercise Due Care In
Packlna- Valuable Goods
for Transit.
iHW YORK, Aug. . Traffic managers
of the steamship lines with regular ser
vices to Central and South American porta
and tho West Indies, have decided to make
an united effort to Impress the exporters
of Amerisan goods with the fact that thetf
methods of packing are not up to' modern
English and German standards and that
If they expect to make headway In this
trade they must compete on an equal baaja.
Circulars to this efTect are being ' widely
distributed among merchants and ex
port re, - - i
An example of the bad packing of Ameri
can goods Is shown tn a recent consular
report from Foo Chow, China, to which
222 separate pieces Of stained cathedral
glass were shipped for use In a memorial
church there. When the shipment arrived
it was found that out of the entire lot only
sixteen pieces were free from damage. As
the church, in which they were to be used
was neartng completion, and not enough
of undamaged glass could be found for any
one window, a fresh order had to be
sent to the United States and a delay of
five or six months must necessarily ensue
before the building can be dedicated and
used.
FRANCHISE FIGHT RECALLED
California, Witness Tells of "Fake"
Company Stnrted In Tele
phone Contest.
BAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Aug. 28.-The
task of showing that the Pacific States
Telephone and TelegTaph company In 1906
sought to prevent the organising of -a
"straw" Home Telephone company and
obtaining for it a franchise, was resumed
at the continuation of the Glass briborv
trial today.
Attorney William A. Beasly of San Jose
testified that he had bid In tho franchise
end furnished a surety bond of $2,500 to
the Oakland council, and then .had signed
and delivered through Halsey all of Ms
stock holdings in the "straw" company to
E. J. Zlmmer, who at that time was
auditor of the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph company. Subsequently - the
scheme was abandoned and Zlmmer went
to the clerk of the Oakland council and
caused the franchise to be forfeited and
the bond released. He received for hla
services $100 a month and about $11,000 for
expenses.
FARMERS' ELEVATOR MERGER
On Planned a$ Minneapolis to Se
cure Co-Operatioa of Two
Hundred Plants.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 29. A big
merger of farmers' elevators In Minnesota
is to be formed at a meeting called to take
place in Minneapolis September S, by pres
idents and managers of several elevators
throughout the state. The plan Is to se
cure the co-operation of .200 farmers' ele
vators in the state into one central or
ganisation. It Is estimated that fully 20,
000 farmers will be representee at the
meeting. The farmers surrounding the'
towns where such elevators are operated
usually own stock In them and are Inter
ested In the movement to merge them tn
order to secure better grading. better
terminal facilities and better means of
marketing their grains.
TWO ARE DEAD FROM FALL
Workmen at York, Pa., Knocked from
Scaffold by Big Granite
Block.
YORK, Pa., Aug. 29. Two men were
killed and two Injured, one probably fa
tally, by the falling of a scaffold today at
the York county Jail, which Is being re
built. The scaffold was wrecked by an
SoO-pound piece of granite falling on It
and the men were precipitated to the
ground, a distance of fifty feet.
The dead ara:
LDVS'AKD A. COOK, assistant foreman.
WILLIAM FRET, stonemason.
Injured:
T. E. Cunningham, stonemason, York;
skull probably fractured and Internal in
juries. Emory Potterff, stonemason, York; leg
broken and contusion on body
FISH STARTS A ROW
Former Preiident of Illinois Centra!
Refnsed Permission to Speak.
WANTED STRICT LNVESTIGATI011
Board of Directors Adjourn Mcetin,
While He is Talking.
HARAHAN CALLS FISH UAH
Refutes Charge of Being Puppet of
Harriman.
MEN SEPARATED BY FRIENDS
Neither Pnrt Will Talk of ths
Personal Enconnter Which Took
Place In New York
" Wednesday.
NEW YORK .Aug. 29. A blow from tha
fist of Stuyvesant Fish, which landed n
the Jaw of James T. Harahan, knocking
the president of the Illinois Central Rail
road into his chair, was the closing
scene 'of the meeting of the board cf
i directors of the Illinois Central, which
was adjourned before Mr. Fish concludej
the reading of( a resolution offered by
him which had for Its object a thorough
Investigation of the affairs of the com
pany from the .time E. H. Harriman
became a factoreln the company.
The meeting of the directors had been
quiet from Its . opening. Mr. , Harahan
was presiding. Nine of the directors
were present. , Only routine business IiaJ
been under discussion, and there had not
been a sign of the rancor which had per
vaded most of the meetings of the last
year.
Fish Offers Resolution.
Mr. Fish, who had Interposed not tha
slightest objection to any of the pro
ceedings and had been aa agreeable as
possible,' disturbed this serenity by ris
ing and proceeding to, read a resolution.
The other directors began to sit up anj
take notice.
The exact text of the resolution could
not be secured. Mr. Fish would not give
It out, and most of the others present
were equally reticent in regard to the
contents of the resolution. One of them
did, however, let it be known that tha
resolution was a sharp arraignment of
the management of the road on tha
ground that It was dictated In the in
terest of the Harriman lines generally
and not In that of the Illinois Central
particularly.
In a portion of it the charge waa made
that the majority of the directors were
the "tools and puppets" of Mr. Harri
man. When Mr. Fish reached that portion of
his preamble one of the Harriman di
rectors, all or wnom were nageting un
der hla remarks, made a motion to ad-
Journ. Mr. Harahan put it instantly, de
clared it carried and rose to leave tha
meeting, the other directors also getting
on their fees. , '
Mr. Fish was nonplused a moment, but ,
presently spoke out vigorously:
Mr. Fish Protests.
"Gentlemen, you can't adjourn In tha
middle of a matter of business," he
said. "This Is astonishing and surpris
ing. I Insist that it Is contrary to all
parliamentary procedure, more than that,
an unheard of breach of courtesy, to
Interpose a motion to adjourn in the mid
dle ef a director's remarks. I Insist
that' this meeting Is not adjourned and
shall proceed with my resolution."
"The meeting has been declared ad
journed and stands adjourned," retorted
Mr. Harahan, curtly, facing Mr. Fish
across the table.
"The meeting la not adjourned," Mr,
Fish came back with Increasing warmth,
"and I declare you cannot adjourn It
unless you demonstrate what I have
said, that you are Harriman tools and
puppets,' and "
"I'm not a 'Harriman tool." Mr. Hara
han broke in, threateningly, "nor tho
tool of any man. Anyone who says so
lies."
Mr. Fish is a big man. He weigh up
wards of 210 . pounds, stands over six
feet and is of brawny build. He has
always kept himself In perfect condition
and' la aa hard as he is heavy, and Is
quick to a degree that belles his bulk.
Hla weight accordingly did not Imped
his movements as he Jumped Soros tha
table and swung at Mr. Harahan, all In
one movement.
Director Leave Room,
None of the other director interfered ex
cept with good advice. The other present
were Cornellu Vanderbllt, Robert Walton
Goelet, Walther Luttgen, Charles A. Pea
body, A. O. Hackstaff. Charles M. Beach
and James DeW. Cutting. Only the latter
two are conceded to bs Fish supporters.
Mr. Goelet, It was said, left the room In
stantly and hurriedly. Mr. Vanderbllt, ac
cording to reports, attempted to qulot the
fuss. All were In a state of Intense excite
ment, but none of them advanced to take
part In the fracas, and Mr. Fish, having
now recovered his composure, walked over,
picked up his hat, nodded pleasantly to
the others and left the room without say
ing a word. '
Mr. Harahan. after awhile, left the Illi
nois Central offices and walked over to a
lawyer's office. Men who saw htm say
that his face was not marked except for a
burning red spot on the right side of tho
Jaw. Indicating the point of contact with
Mr. Fish' ham-like fist. His mission at
the lawyer's office could not be learned,
but If It was In connection with arty legal
proceedings meditated against Mr. Fish no
papers or warrant of arrest were served
today,
. Mr. Fish Noncommittal.
- Mr. Fish remained in his office until late
In the afternoon. He was smiling and ap
parently composed In mind and he wa
willing to discuss all tubjocts except one.
On that one he gave the aame answer to
all:
"I will neither confirm nor deny the re
port of anything that took place at the di
rector' meeting today." ,
Most of the other dlrtctors were quit a
reticent. From their circle, however, ample
confirmation of the fight was secured. The
enly difference was one of verbiage and
over the matter of the motion to adjourn.
One of the directors was reported a
contending that the motion to adjourn,
though not put until after Mr. Fish began
his remaiks, waa made before he arose to
spesk. Mr. Harahan accordingly. It was
said, acted properly In putting the motion.
Kubeltk to lslt America.
NEW YORK. Aug. 29.-Danle Frohman.
who first brought Jan Kubelik to America,
announces snother American tour for the
violinist, btgiuiiiiig la till city tiovetu
ber 10.
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