The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 71.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, -SEPTEMBER 9, 1007.
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Bureau of Labor Compiles Statistics
for Nineteen Hundred and Six.
FIGURES APPLY TO SKILLED MEN
Earnings of This Class More Thai
Keep Pace with Expenses.
OTHERS SO NOT PARE SO WELL
Hoars of Labor for Mechanics Show
a Small Decrease.
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In the principal manufact
mechanical Industries of the cuuitry
average wages per hour In 1906 were
t.S per cent higher than In 1905. the
regular hours of labor per week were
0.5 per cent lower, anil the number of
employes In the establishment Investi
gated was 7 per cent greater. The avei
age full-time weekly earnings per em
ploye In 1906 were 8.9 per cent greater
than In 1906.
During 190 wages were Increased gen
erally In nearly all Industries, forty of
the forty-one Industries covered by tha
Investigation showing some Increase. The
greatest increase was In the manufacture
of cotton goods, where the average wage
per hour In 190 were 11.2 ptr cent
higher than In 1905. In the manufacture
of electrical apparatus and supplies the
Increase was 10.1 per cent. In street
and sewer work done by contract the In
crease was S.7 per cent; In Iron and steel,
Bessemer converting, S.6 per cent, and
In the manufacture of cigars, 8.4 per
cent. In the manufacture of bar Iron
the Inprease In wages per hour wes 6.9
per cent and In the building trades .l
per cent. Briefly stated, two Industries
showed an Increase In hourly wages of
mors than 10 per cent, seven Industries
an Increase of 6 per cent, but less than
10 per cent, and thirty-one Industries an
Increase of less than 6 per cent. In
one Industry paper and wood pulp there
was a decrease of 1.1 per cent. In the
Industries as a whole, weighted accord
ing to Importance, the increase in hourly
wagea was 4.5 per cent.
Only Applleo to Fnetory Workers.
The fact should be borne In mind that
these figures apply only to wage work
ers in manufacturing and mechanical In
dustries and do not show conditions so
far as salaried employes are concerned.
The retail prices of food, weighted ac
cording to consumption in representative
worklngmen's families, were S.9 per cent
cWwhrr tn IBM .! In 1908- As the advance
9ln wages per hour from 1905 to 190S was
' greater than the advance In the retail piice
of food, the purchasing power of aa hour's
wages, aa measured by food, was greater
Jn 1908 than In the preceding year. In 1908
the purchasing power o fan hour's wagea
as expended for food was 1.4 per cent
greater than In 1906, and the purchasing
power of a full week's wages was 1 per cent
greater In 1905 than In Ifft, or. In other
words, an hour's wagea In 1908 In the man
ufacturing and mechanical Industries of the
United States would purchase 1.4 per cent
more food than an hour's wages In 19 and
a full week's wages In 190 would purchase
1 per cent more food than a full week's
wagea In 1906.
Tha price of food was higher In every
month of 190 than In tha corresponding
month of 1905. The Increase over the cor
responding month of the preceding year,
which In February, 1909, was only 0.4 per
cent, grew steadily greater throughout the
year, the price In December, 190C, being 5.1
per coat above that of the preceding De
cember. Tha price In December, 1906, was
4.8 per oent higher than the average for the
year 1906, wblch year showed a higher av
erage than any other year during the sev
enteen years.'lSSO to 1906, covered by the In
vestigation of tha bureau of labor.
lacrease la "applies.
The Increase In prices In 1906 over 1905 ap
plied. In unequal degree, to twentylflve of
tha thirty articles Included In the Investi
gation. The articles which showed the
greatest advance In prices are lard, 9 8 per
cent, evaporated apples, 9.1 per cent; fresh
pork, S.S per cent; dry or pickled pork, 8.T
per cent; bacon, 64 per cent; ham, T.S per
cent; while the advance In fresh fish and
mutton exceeded S per cent. The only
articles which showed any material de
crease are flour and sugar.
The articles which showed the most
marked advance In prices In December.
1W6, over December, 191. are butter, 15 per
cent; lard, 13.9 per cent; fresh pork, 12.J
per cent; dry or pickled pork, 11.9 per cent;
bacon, 11.1 per cent; ham, 9.8 per cent.. Tho
only articles which showed any marked
decline In price In December. 1006, from the
price In December, 1905, are potatoes, 6.8
per cent, and flour, 4.6 per cent. .
As compared with the average for the
ton-year period, 1890 to 1BS9. the average
wagea per hour In IX were 24.2 per cent
higher, and the number of employes In the
establishments Investigated was 42.9 per
cent greater, and the average hours' of
labor per week were 4.6 per cent lower.
The average earnings per employe per full
week In 19 were 18.8 per cent higher than
the average earnings per full week during
the ten years.1890 to 1899.
Big? Increase la Foods.
The rctsll price of the principal articles
of food, weighted according to family con
sumption of the various articles, wss 15,7
per cent higher In 1908 than the average
" pries for the ten years, 1890 to 1999. Com
pared with the average for the same ten
year period, the purchasing power of an
hour's wages In 19ns. aa measured by food,
was 7.8 per cent greater, and of a full
week's wsges 14 per cent greater, ths In
crease In the purchasing power of tha full
week's wages being less than ths increase
In the purchasing power' of hourly wages
because of the reduction In the hours of
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TACOMA. Kept. 8. -Secretary Taft twice
today lifted the gage of controversy hurled
St him by Wlltlsm Jnnings Bryan. He
spoke at Olympla and Tacoma to two big
audiences.
One thousand persons cheered, him this
sfternoon In this city at Wright's psrk,
where he spoke In the open air. He said.
In part: "Mr. Bryan, In discussing some of
my views on the tariff and other matters,
has done me the honor to call me "the
great pogtponer.
"With respect to the tariff. I wss In favor
of revision last year, and I am still In favor
of revision, but I am an party man, an.l
hope a practical man, and I realize the lack
of revision, but I am a party man, and
party and to the country. In attempting a
revision of the tariff In the midst of a pres
idential campaign. I am convinced that
the republican party, as a party, will come
to a revision of the tariff Immediately after
the next presidential election, and I am In
favor of practical results, not of theories
and platforms; of doing things which
should be done. If It cannot he done this
year, I am In favor of doing it next year."
He added: "For two presldcntlsl campaigns
Mr. Bryan urged the free coinage of silver
at 16 to 1, but now he Is posponlng the Issue
until he can bring It forward again as a
panacea In times of financial disaster.
"Secondly, Mr. Bryan is now emphasizing
the subject of antl-lniperlallsm and the op
pression of the Filipinos, but he postponed
the Issue of antl-lmperlallsm until by his
effort the treaty of Paris was adopted and
tho sovereignty of the Philippines was
transferred from Spain to the United States.
This Is really the only piece of actual affirm
ative, constructive, statesmanship with
which Mr. Bryan's name 'has been con
nected, and he has now for eight years been
engaged in attempting to explain it away."
FLEA CARRIES THE PLAGUE
Health Authorities of Man
Cisco Issue a State
ment. Fran-
BAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Sept. 8.-One ad
ditional case of bubonic plague was dis
covered today by the Board of Health and
four more suspected cases have been Iso
lated and are under observation. The
board has authorized the establishment of
a temporary hospital camp at Ingleslde. To
that place the 760 Inmates of the city and
county hospital will be moved, and the lat
ter buildings, old frame structures long
ago condemned, will probably be burned
down.
Tho board, at a meeting today, attended
by President Rageneberger of the 8tate
Board of Health and Colonel Austin of the
marine hospital service, aaopted a report
of the plague's situation prepared by
Health Officer Watklns. In part it says:
The first case of bubonic plague ap
peared on May 27 at the United States
marine hospital In a Finnish sailor taken
from the tug Wizard. Thereafter no caaes
appeared in the city until August 12, when
two cases were reported from the North
Beech district.
Immediately the officials of all hospitals
and dispensaries were warned to be on the
lookout for similar eases, with the result
that today eighteen authentic cases in all
have been reported. Of these eighteen
cases nine are still living.
There-exists today ne doubt of tha -csnaea
of the so-called bubonic plague, nsr of
the means by which It may be eradicated.
Wherever International commerce exists
and In proportion to the volume of that
commerce, the rat and the diseases of the
rat, one of which Is plague, are bound to
appear. Tnere are said to be some nve
varieties of rat flea, of which two will bite
men. The plugue bacillus Is transmitted
by the flea of these two varieties to men.
Other modes of infection exist, but are very
much less frequent.
ARMY TO OCCUPY MOROCCO
Fraace Proposes "ending; of Fifty
Thousand Men to that
Country.
PARIS, Sept. 8.-The Echo do Paris'
Madrid correspondent says it is rumored
In mllitsry circles that France has proposed
to Spain to send a Franco-SpanlBh army
of 50.000 men to occupy the Moroccan ports
and to go aa far as Fez, If necessary. The
correspondent says It Is stated that Premier
Maura and Oenerai Martitigul, chief of the
headquarters staff, are opposed to this
plan, but that the minister of war. General
Primo Rivera, supports it.
Tha Eclair's Madrid correspondent says
that Great Britain's Influence contributed
to a modification of Spain's attitude toward
Morocco, Great Britain persuading It to co
operate effectively with French action and
to conform to Its rights and obligations as
recognized by the treaty of, Algeclras.
The correspondent at Madrid of the Matin
says It Is believed Spain will decldo to send
5,0)10 Infantry and &) cavalry to occupy
Tangier, the Tetuau and Israelis and
establish a police force there.
UNION
PACIFIC PROXIES
Secretary of Compaay Bays
' Vsed This Year Is -Not
Jfeel.
Form
NEW YORK. Sept. 8. Officials of the
Union Pacific Railroad company stated
that there Is nothing novel in tne proxy
for the coming annual meeting, which au
thorisea tha approval and ratification of
all actions of the board of directors and
of the executive committee since the last
annual meeting of the stockholders.
The following statement was made pub
lic by the secretary of the company this
afternoon: "There la nothing it all un
usual in the provision of the proxy for
the next annual meeting of the Union Pa
cific Railroad company, authorizing ap
proval of the action of the board of di
rectors and the executive committee. Pre
cisely the same provision has oeen con
tained In all the proxiea voted t every
annual meeting for five years at least.
It Is one of the settled forms of the com
pany.'" EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS
Adsalalstratloa Ticket Wins aad
Kaasaa City Carries Off Prise
for Drill.
NORFOLK, Va.. Sept. 8 The official an
nouncement yesterday of the vote in Fri
day's election for officers of ths grand
aerie. Fraternal Order of Eagles, showed
the election of the full administration
ticket, headed by Theodore A. Bell of Cali
fornia. Seattle was chosen aa the next
place of meeting over Jamestown, N. Y.
The proposition for a standard uniform la
strongly opposed, with the result yet In
doubt. It the standard proposal prevails
It will simply require the standard uniform
for a specific number in each aerie, with
ths right of the aeries to continue Indi
vidual uniforms If desired. A resolution
was adopted requiring unqualified closing
of all Eagle homes on Sunday.
Kansas City was this afternoon awarded
ths prise for the best drilled degree team.
BETTER FINANCIAL FEELING
Prognostications of Disaster Have
Failed to Materialize.
MONEY COMING OUT OF C0VEB
Blst BarllBRtoa Dividend aad Presence
af Money to More Crops Causes
More Reeaanrlng
Feeling.
NEW VORK. Sept. S.-There was a dis
tinct Improvement In sentiment over the
financial outlook laat week, which was
traceable to an Important extent to the
failure of some of the prognostications of
trouble which had been credited. In sev
eral instances where the event Justified
the apprehensions the market showed that
the bear party had more than sufficiently
anticipated the bad news, and the buying
to cover shorts helped on the recovery
In prices. These conditions In the market
must be taken account of In estimating
the extent of the Improvement indicated
by the near recovery in prices. There was
a marked subsidence In the pressure of
selling and a decrease In the feeling of
apprehension could be Inferred from this
as much as anything else. There were not
lacking some positive developments of a
favorable character as well. .A principal
Item In the brightening prospect was the
easier money market. This strain of the
September settlements, which were us
ually large, proved much less severe than
was expected. The call money market
did not get above 4 per cent at any time,
and promptly relaxed, while In the rates
for time loans there was something like
a collapse. This was considered as the
widening effect of the relief measures of
the United States tressury, the announce
ment of which led to an almost Immediate
relaxation In foreign money markets and
In foreign exchange rates here. Interior
exchanges on New York rose also, and
the conviction spread that feeling had
grown overanxlouus about the Immediate
money situation.
The violence, of the resctlon suggested
that something akin to hoarding of capital
had been going on In the process of
holding out for possible better terms In
placing it. The break in Interest rates
brought out unexpected reserves, and
funds that had been held In call loans
especially sought lodgment In time loans,
with the evidence of easing conditions
there. The Immediate amount of govern
ment deposits which have been made Is
not divulged, although the grain centers
and the banks which make a specialty of
commercial loans are believed to have been
most favored.
Bad and Pleaaanrlng Features.
The announcement of a failure of a stock
exchange house on Thursday was the out
come of a long enduring series of rumors
of trouble of this character and led to cov
erlng of shorts rather than to any renewed
liquidation In the market. Tha same was
true of the passing of the dividend on the
Interborough Metropolitan preferred stock.
This has long been an accepted certainty
and the price of securities of the company
had already fallen to a level commensurate
with the' expected' default.- On tho other
hand, the Increase And extra disburse
ment on ths Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy
dividend and tho time at which It was
announced wore very efficacious In stimu
lating the recovery In stocks. The profit
able result of this to the treasuries of
the Great Northern and the Northern Pa
cific, by reason of their Joint ownership
of nearly all the Burlington stock, gave
rise to a swarm of rumors of proposed
bonuses to stockholders In these companies.
The rumors were a potent factor In the
considerable revival of speculation which
occurred In the latter part of the week.
Great Interest continues to attach to the
outcome of the coming sale of 840.000.000 of
New York City 44j per cent bonds. On the
degree of success which attends that sale
will hlngs, it is believed, the, confirmation
of tho revival of Investment confidence
which has sprung up. Opinion Is general
that'the bond sale will be a success and
that a considerable foreign participation In
the Issue will be a feature. Another Item
In the situation which Is taken account of
lav the heavy return tide of foreign travel.
It is asserted by competent authorities
that the amount of money spent abroad
this year by travelers Is larger than ever
before and the Influence on remittances on
the foreign exchange market has been
strong. This drain Is now subsiding and
the outward movement of the crops Is also
mt liflnd T'naalnAiui enntlnuea manlfeat
i ove rthe stability of the copper market, al
though the reduction to 18 cents a pound
was declared to. recognize the basis of
agreed price between tlfe producers and the
largest consumers. Antl-corpqratlon senti
ment also has been a subject ' of consider
ation by reason of the rerimpyon of pro
ceedings In soma of the pending prosecu
tions. WORK ON BIG PICKLE FACTORY
Coastrurtloa of Haarmaaa Bros.'
Float Will Start Ahoat First
of Oetohen
Construction on the huge pickle and vin
egar factory of Haarmann Bros., at Thir
teenth and Marcy streets, probably will be
started about October 1. The Burlington la
laying spur tracks to the site and the grad
ing will be completed In about two weeks.
Joseph Kettnacker lias secured the con
tract for the erection of a new 850,000 apart
ment house at Thirty-second ands Pacific
streets for J. C. Root, sovereign commander
of the Woodmen of the World.
Plans have been completed for a three
story addition to the Ramge building at
Fifteenth and Harney streets.
B. L. Do re has let contracts for the con
struction of a two-story double brlc,k house,
costing 87,000, at Twenty-fourth and Jones
streets.
FAIRBANKS MAN IS HOPEFUL
Chalraiaa of ladlaaa Committee Saa
Hooeler State Will Lead
the Way.
"Indiana republicans will name a Fair
banks delegation when they meet In
state convention," said J. P. Goodrich
of Indianapolis, chairman of the state re
publican committee, who has been In
Omaha after a tour of parts of Iowa
and other adjacent territory In the In
terest of the Fairbanks presidential can
didacy. I find Icrwa republicans up in
the air over a choice," added Mr. Good
rich. "They don't know whom they wa.it.
With them Fairbanks stands as good a
show as any other roan. I met Fair
banks promoters in Council Bluffs and
for that matter right hers In Oman.
In Iowa both sides are trying to hang
on to the roattall of President Roose
velt. As a whole the situation looks
hopeful for InV tana's choice "
TELEGRAPHERS (MEET TODAY
Loral I'aloa Will Kleet Officers for
Nest Tear Prenlirat Klrhland
oa Strike situation.
President Klrkland of the local tel
egraphers' union says:
'Our men now on strike are securing
employment In other lines of business,
and few, If any, of them will ever return
to the telegraph companies. The men
are cheerful and aa optimistic as at th
inauguration of. the strike. ReporTs are
received dally from practically every
large city In the country giving the con
ditions in those cities, and when these
reports are read at tha dally meetings
they are Invariably cheered by those pres
ent. A meeting will be held today at
Washington hall, at which officers will
be elected.
'Should tha strike be declared oft Mon
day there would be a big shortage of
competent operators. It must' be borne
In mind that tha really 'expert operators
are the ones who are out. and when
normal conditions are resumed, especially
when the heavy overland circuits ore
opened up to their full capacity, the com
panies will be badly crippled for efficient
telegraphers to man these wires.
"The local telegraphers are dally cheered
and enthused by reports received from
every city of any size . In the United
States and Canada. They serve as a
source of reliable Information for the
men on strike. From Indications the men
are standing Arm everywhere and are
as determined to win as on the first dsy
of the strike. One source of Information
comes In the shape of a 'millograin,'
which Is printed In Chicago, and gives
the conditions In each city In the coun
try. A dally paper has been started in
New York City called Fair Play, edited
by Daniel L. Russell, a prominent union
operator of that city. These papers give
accurate and reliable information Hnd are
entirely different from the majority of
newspaper reports.
"The statements of the telegraph offi
cials that they expected a ' number of
their men to return to work tho follow
ing day has Invariably failed to material
ize. These statements, as the men
well know, are given out with a vlsw
of causing a stampede. They have had
absolutely no effect on our men, as they
are too familiar with these tactics to be
misled by them. To every man the
companies have gained the strikers have
pulled two out, and the companies today,
notwithstanding reneated statements to
the contrary, are ii&worse 'condition than
on the first day of the strike."
RAIN AND HAIL , ARE HEAVY
Torrents Bend Mercury Down Nine
teen Degrees la Just One
Hear. -
Omaha was visited suddenly and strenu
ously by a rain Saturday evening and the
rain brought along Ks friend, hall, who
remained for quite a little visit also. Ths
rain began to fall at (t2S and the first
shower ceased at 5:50. Those twenty-five
minutes brought a precipitation in. the
downtown districts of 0.(8, of which 0.42
fell in ten minutes. Hall' stones of good
size came down, but they Were thicker ani
larger at Florence. There they caused
some alarm, but did no serious damage.
One of tha remarkable features of the
rain- was that la toe arftarn part of the.
city , it-was aulte Ughi, while-down tewu
It came In torrents. 'Another peculiar fea
ture was that from 6 to 8 o'clock the mer
cury fell Just M degrees. It was 84 at 5
I and 65 at 8. At 7 it had climbed back to
73. The rain and decline In temperature
brought welcome relief from dust and
warmth.
The 'aln came so suddenly that It caught
large crowds of persons returning from
their work to their homes. The day had
been bright, -jclear and quite warm for a
September day and did not possess the
slightest Indication of rain until dark
clouds gathered and burst almost before
they were observed. As a result of con
ditions people tore for shelter wherever
they could find It. They ran for cars, cor
ners or anything else that afforded pro
tection. Many a belated straw hat was
hurried to Its winter resort. At Sixteenth
and Farnam and Douglas the water washed
back against the pavement. In deep pools
and down Farnam street It ran In rushing
streams.
DEMOCRATS JJAME LEADERS
Select Officers of County Committee,
with Frank L. Weaver as
Chairman.
An informal meeting of the democrat!:;
candidates was held Saturday afternoon
to conform with the conflicting sections
of the' statutes which govern the ques
tion. The work of the campaign was
discussed in an informal manner, but
nothing definite could be don until the
county clerk finishes the canvass of the
votes, but as there Is no contest among
the democrats, the action of the candi
dates will be Indorsed at a later meet
ing. A county committee to consist of
eighty workers Is to be appointed later,
although the officers of the committee
were decided upon. The officers are:
Frank L. Weaver, chairman; John Benne
wits, secretary; Emll Cermack, treasurer.
The executive committee consists of
George Rogers, J. J. O'Conner and Mayor
J. C. Dahlman.
CROOKS RETURN PART BOOTY
Give Back Nearly All of Honey
Male ted from Omaha fi sa
in e a Mea.
Dewltt White of South Omaha and Mrs.
White, his wife, have returned to a number
of Omaha business firms 8150, which they
mulcted in June. White formerly had
money In the Packers National bank at
South Omaha, and with an old checkbook
he made out a big bunch of checks for vari
ous amounts. On June 22 his wife started
out to see how much she could realise on
them. She passed the worthless papers on
Myers-Dillon company. Pease Bros., J. H.
Merchant, druggist; Hayden Bros., J. I,.
Brandeis Sons, Riley Sisters company,
the Bennett company. Fey Shoe company
and Attorney J. W. West. The total amount
was about 8170.
WABASH CORNER IS LEASED
Will Be Oeeapaed by Optleal Coaeera
Managed by Benjamin F.
Vnra.
A new tenant has been secured for the
Wabash corner. Sixteenth and Farnam
streets Benjamin F. Wurn, for eleven
years In charge of the optical department
of the H. J. Penfold company. Is to start
In business for himself and has chosen
that corner for his location. Mr. Wurn
has been prominently Identified with tht
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben for a number of
years and Is well known in Omaha. The
company, of which he Is the managing
head and partner, proposes to Inatsll a
fine line of optical goods. The building is
being entirely rs-nodeled and will be made
a bower of beauty for Its new tenanf
CALDWELL MAY BE ON TICKET
Received Votrs of Democrats for the
Railway Commissionership.
UNCERTAIN WHETHER TO RUN
Pickpockets Reaped a Rich Harvest
from Visitor to the State Fair
Commissioner Ryder Boost
ing Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Sept. ".(Special.) Should
P. A. Caldwell lose out In ther ace for the
republican nomination for railway com
missioner, he may run as the democratic
candidate. It has been reported In Lincoln
that he received a number of votes on the
democratic ballot and Inasmuch ss the
democrats had no candidate for this office,
he has therefore received a mtjorlty of.tho
democratic votes and Is the democratic
nominee. Whether Caldwell as a republican
would remain on the democratc ticket of
course cannot be stated authoritatively,
but this much Is certitn. Caldwell would
like to be a railway commissioner and he
Is certain he can go on the ticket as the
democratic nominee, and he believes he csn
be elected. In discussing the matter yester
day he treated It as a Joke, yet at the
same time he gave some evidence of being
serious In the matter. He has felt out a
number of republicans to see what they
think of It. . Naturally he has received little
encouragement here to make the race as a
democrat, but the Idea lias at least been
entertained by him. In the meantime, the
democrats may go to the courts to set
aside the ruling of the secretary of state
and attempt to get a democrat on the
ticket this fall.
Harvest for Pickpockets.
Pickpockets reaped a rich harvest here
during the state fair, and while several
arrests wile made. It is thought the pro
fessional all got away. One man named
Munroe, in whom the ponce thought they
had a good catch, put up a 8600 guaranty
bond and then skipped out. When searched
the first time at the station the police
found over 8175 In his pocket and the next
morning they discovered some 8775 In the
lining of his clothing. Captain Murftn, an
attorney here, was given an assignment
of the property belonging to the prisoner,
but so far he has been unable to make the
police turn over the money.
One visitor to Mercantile hall lost 130
within five minutes after he had bragged
that his pocket could not be picked. Tills
man was warned by Manager Joe Roberts
to watoh oirt for thieves in the crowd.
He merely laughed. In less than five min
utes he came back to Roberts and said
he had been touched for $30 and wanted to
know what to do about It.
It has been suggested to the fair bosrd
that next year It would be a wise Idea to
employ professional detectives to police
the grounds Instead of men from out In
the state who have had no police ex
perience except what they get when they
come to the fairs. The professionals,
knowing the thieves, it has been suggested
to the management, could pick them up as
fast as they reach the grounds. It has not
yet been figured out how to prevent tfia
restaurant ' from' robbing the people or
rooming houses' from selling' a pillow with
a place to lie down for $1. '
County Committees Chosen.
The republican and democratic nominees
met yesterday afternoon and selected each
a county committee. These committees
will meet next Saturday and organize by
the. selection of a chairman and secretary
for each committee.
Boosting; ebraska.
Coloael John J. Ryder, labor commis
sioner. Is boosting Nebraska as a good
place for people to come to and settle.
To all his correspondents out In. the state
he has written for Information Just how
many settlers they can take care of, the
price of real estate and other Information
which will be of value to this department
of the bureau. Colonel Ryder hopes to
havo a steady stream of Immigrants
emptying Into Nebraska within a short
time, to the end that Its broad prairies
may be made to blossom as the rose.
Judicial Nominations.
NORFOLK. Neb.. Sept. 8. (Special.)
Northern Nebraska Judicial nominations
msde at the primary election Tuesday
seem now to be fairly definitely settled.
Republican nominations appear to be: A. R.
Olson of Wisner, Eighth district; A. A.
Welch, Wayne, Ninth district; A. W.
Scattergood. Alnsworth, and J. A. Douglas,
Bassett, Fifteenth district.
Apparently these are the democratic or
fusion nominees: Guy Graves, Pender,
Bight h district; no nominee In the Ninth;
J. J. Harrington. O'Neill, and William H.
Westover, Rushvllle, Fifteenth district.
In the Ninth district Judge A. A. Welch
had no contest In the prlmsry and will
have none In the November election. He
was nominated by republicans, both to fill
vacancies from election day until January
1, and to fill the regular term beginning
January 1.
In the Eighth district A. R. Olson of
Wisner wss pitted against Pearson of
Ponca In the primary for republican nom
ination, and returns Indicate that Olson
was nominated without a doubt. On the
democratic side. Judge Graves was op
posed by Moody of West Point and Whit
ney of Randolph, but Judge Graves lias
been renominated without a question.
In the Fifteenth two Judges are to be
elected and consequently two nominations
were made by each party. On the repub-
) lican side Incomplete returns from Brown.
Rock and Boyd counties give these re
sults: Scattergood, 332; Douglas. 384; Al
der, 267; Morgan, 226; Jenckes, 159; Brown,
137: Porter. 117. It appears thst Scatter
good and Douglas have been chosen, un
less later figures shall change the complex
ion of the totals. '
Judge J. J. Harrington and Judge Wil
liam II. Westover had no opposition for
the fusion nomination. They are now on
the bench lu the Fifteenth.
MEXICAN MINEJS ON FIRE
Two Mea Are Said to Have Beea
Killed la Aeeldeat at
Esparaasas.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Sept. 8.-A special
to the Express from Monterey, Mexico,
!says: News resched this city from Mus
1 quiz, Coahuala today that another ter
rible mine fire occurred at the Esparanzas
1 mines today, in which two man were
killed. The Are originated In No.' 1, and Is
supposed to have been caused by fire damp.
A large force of medical men are at work
doing all In. their power to alleviate the
sufferings of the wounded, while every ef
fort Is being made to get the bodies of the
dead out the mins. Consternation reigns
among the miners employed at Eeperansas
on account of ths number of mine fires that
bave occurred there of late
RESULTS OF RECENT PRIMARIES
Retaras Are Still Incomplete, hat
Are Comlngr la More
Hapldly.
Following are the complete county re
turns received on the recent state primary:
Supreme Court Jadge.
Beog- Al-
Ree.e wick bert L'mls Meier
Adams 498 bil
Antelope 375 6J K6 40
Boone 81$ 1&8 264 M 21
Box Mutte ... 1TJ 111
Brown Joy 16 30 W ...
Hurt i S45
Hutler 2h4 SUH 21 1'
Cass Kx 278 60
t'eilar eg Jt 210 M 1-7
Cherry e 104 64 M M
Dakota 1M 6 V
Dawes 2) 14 87 Si H
Dawson a) uj W 124
leuel no -
Doilaa 4M 1m, 71 600 36
Doubles 2,, 8.WI7 4X7 1.147
Fillmore 816 42 78 118 &
Furnas is i4 s4
Gage 1,0)2 MS
Gtsnt 18 -
Gosper M 65 61 75 3
Hall iso 2 U4 M
Hamilton .... 832 831 125 163 89
tiooaer a 1 1
Howard 2sl 7S Sua 211 125
Jefferson 165 173 87 50 14
Johnson mi )! Si "
Keith Rt 68 81 4
Lsncaster ...8,349 1,062
Merrick 4j s4i 171 141
Nance jm 177 103 43 S
Otoe 634 in 136 2S5 3
I nwnee ,SJ1
Phelps Ji7 1J8 44 69 23
Pierce liW 91 73 83 43
i-oiK 14 Is- l H
Richardson .. 6.-0 3 1S1 212
Rock , 3o8 130 25 11
Baline jj rivi 01 18 6
Sarpy 27g 212 271 134
Pcolt s Bluff.. 243 211 38 14
Sheridan 171 131 68 14
Sherman 103 h H 74 63
Stanton hi 75 W 95 28
Tnayer 2H 13 60 134 47
Thomas 15 11 :2 23 8
Waxhington . 44 339
Wayne 242 3
Webster 866 278 68 M 31
York 249 1,03
Totals ...
One small
.20.200 lt,
precinct
179 4.077 6.776 2,139
missing.
Rail
road Co
mmlsaloaer.
Cald-Wal-
Clarke.weil.lace.Llchty.
Antelope .... 217 249 180
hione 22 1 H-i 18
Brown ti6 lui 91
fcutlor 2i2 171 1'
Kurt 2)3(1 211 1
Cues 61H iii 84
Cellar li,4 2W lt'1
Cherry 125 114 1
(. iK-yunno .... Ids 1-- 83 6
Clay 3 2.U 321 ...
Daitota Ui j 43 118 2
Dawes 1S4 169 89
Dawson 268 117 173
Deuel liK) M 47 ....
Dooae vt 2iJ 14i
Douglas 4.0111 1,280 963
Fillmore ltU 3o6 219
Gage 4Ki 863 639 15
Caiiield M 14 1
Gosper 29 7i 48
Grant 18 13 7
Hall 234 2M 161
Hooker 13 16 6 1
Howard 120 168 74 7
Jefferson .... 107 164 66 ....
Johnson 264 342 143
Keith 63 84 46 1
Lancaster ... 2,107 2,083 692
Menick 2.9 204 2o0 25
Nance 102 119 lu7
Otoe 290 270 164 10
Pawnee 145 297 119 ....
Pierce i: 87 48 ....
Polk 93 104 105
Richardson .. 199 845 at 11
Rock 86 124 117 1
Saline 173 2T.6 160 ....
Sarpy 2u6 196 74
Sheridan 101 105 97 3
Sherman 63 76 69 1
Ftanton 74 27 - 47 ...
Thayer ....... 121 283 -. 148
Thuinaa ...... , 10 11 &
iThurston ..... 95 68 44 1
I Valley 88 36 36
Washington . 339 309 131
Wayne 95 147 83 ...
Webster 97 366 18
York 346 398 431
I Totals ....13.838 11,839 3,001 36
Mc-
2
Reseats.
Ander- Coup- Mans- Mil- Sun
son, land, felde. lard. dean.
Boone 3. 3.AI IS! 68 276
Brown 189 165 96 90 97
Burt 6t)J 321 211 103
butler 448 3i 1811 4,7 506
Casu 6:6 507 6s5
Cedar 831 2ao 1J8 635
Cherry 243 1H7 106 1 163
Cheyenne 2.4 171 lu2 136 131
Dakota 26(1 190 141 177 12
Dawes 328 25 136
Dawson 402 271 182 119 220
Deuel 136 97 40 44 44
Dodgd 43 362 24i) 670 60
Fillmore .... 692 288 204 173 161
Gage 1,584 1,041 666 367 332
OKI held "18 61 17 25 76
Grant 24 19 12 10
Gosper 116 74 35 ... Ib8
Hooker 33 U 4 t ...
Howard 261 195 112 278 5
Jefferson .... 234 28 108 93 86
Johnson 661 395 191 161 166
Keith 80 87 69 63 10U
Lancaster ... 8.668 2.611 1,722
Merrick 484 8.9 199 210 269
Nance 245 186 115 123 H
Otoe 582 330 320 661 626
Pawnee 3ui 392 166 1)8
Pierce 181 169 4 186 164
Richardson .. 620 - 404 3"9 292 388
Rock 226 198 82 " 37 39
Sarpy 8S5 327 228 523 4's
Sheridan 21H xH 76 61 102
Sherman 167 li 67 11 195
Stanton 65 118 72 178
Thomas 19 18 4 38
Thurston 146 1J 69 187 1 28
Wsshington . 563 4L'8 i) 320 frrl
Webster 632 276 160 47 103
York 922 602 382
Totals ....17.329 12.616 8.030 8.629 6.642
STOCK SHIPMENTS ARE HEAVY
Wyoming Expects to Sead More
to Market Tbaa Last
Year.
CASPER, Wyo., Sept. 8.-(Speclal.)-Stock
shipments from central Wyoming to the
eastern markets have been heavy during
the last few weeks, more than 500 cars of
sheep .and cattle having been shipped out
already and the season is hardly here for
the large shipments. The Northwestern rail
way officials estimate that more than 2.000
cars' will be shipped during the fall. The
total number of cars shipped last year was
about 1,500. The number of cars Is sbout
equally divided between sheep and cattle.
Much live stock Is now being shipped over
tbe Northwestern which formerly went to
the Burlington und Vnlon Pacific, as the
line now penetrates territory which was
many miles from a railroad before last
year. Orders for 350 cars for the first ten
days of September have been received to
accommodate shippers west of Casper.
Stock shipments are handled without delay
and In a very satisfactory manner so far.
BANDITS GET BIG, FAT ROLL
Two Mea Hold I'p Gambling llense
aad Take Twenty-One Haadred
. Dollars la Cash.
CASPER, Wyo.. Sept. 8.-Speclal Tele
gram.) D. A. Robertson's saloon was held
up by two masked outlaws at 1 o'clock this
morning and 12,100. which waa the bank
roll of the gambling games, was stolen.
The bandits appeared In the door of the
saloon and covered those In the place with
four revolvers, commanding "hands up."
There wss no attempt at realstsnce and
one of the robbers appropriated the bank
roll while the other kept the crowd cov
ered. The robbers then backed through
the door and disappeared. The authorities
have no clue to their Identity nor have
they been able to find any trace of them.
At the time of the hold-up the gambling
games had Just been checked up for the
night and there were many employes and
patrons In lbs rooaa,
l M.JL-.
'SKIFF IS CONVICTED
MiMouii Vallf-y Editor Found Guilty
' . on Manslaughter Charge.
KILLING OF M0ET S. BRUNDIQE
Defendant Out on Bond MoTei for a
Njw Trial.
JUBY AT - LIBERTY ONE DAY
Fact Which Farm.; Chief Ground of
the Application.
ITEM IN PAPER CAUSES TRAGEDY
Editor Criticises nrnjher-la-t.aw of
Brnndlae aad Latter KoYlows Hint
to Rdltorlal Rooms, Wnrrr
He is hot.
LOGAN. Is , Sept. 8 -(RpecH J.)A. H.
Sniff, editor of the Harrison Coivity Dslly
News of Missouri Valley, Is consumed of
manslaughter for the fatal shooting ol'.Mort
8. Brundlge at Missouri Valley, March 5.
The verdict was returned at 1 o'clock Jhla
morning by the Jury In Judge Green's onrt
before which the trial waa held In Logan.
The trial had lasted one week. Lew T.
Oenung made the closing argument for the
state. Counsel for the defense filed a mo
tion for a new trial.
From the time of tho tragedy until the re
turn of the verdict this csso has attracted
tho keenest and widest Interest. Every
stagn of the trial has been followed with
zeal snd the outcome. Is but tho culmination
of a period of Intense excitement. Friends
of the editor are shocked at the thought of
his conviction on a charge so grave.
According to tho story at the time of ths
shooting and1 the testimony at the trial,
the trouble started between Brundlge and
Sniff over certain comments made In Sniff's
paper upon the conduct of one Foutz, a
brothcr-ln-law of Brundlge, at a dance. ,
Foutz, It seems, figured In an unpleasant
affray at the dance, which was held In Mis
souri Valley. When Brundlge read tha
criticism of Foutz he Is said to have de
clared his Intention of "doing things" to ths
editor. He went to the editor's office, but
Sniff was not in, having, heard of the
threats made by Brundlge. He was trying
to avoid the angry man until the matter
should blow over, so It waa said. But finally
the two men met on the street. Brundlge
Is said to have assumed a menacing atti
tude and Sniff walked away from him In
the direction of the newspaper office, with.
Brundlge following.
Brundlge Braves the Warning;.
Sniff says he hoped to reach his office
and avoid trouble. But when he got to
the foot of the stslrs ?adlng up to his
editorial rooms he turned, only to find
Brundlge' Immediately behind him. Ad
vancing a few steps up the stairway, the
editor drew his pistol and warned Brun
dlge not to "come any further." The
warning was In vain, Brundlge did not
heed it; the editor fired When his foe ad
J vanced. ' The bullet ' took ' effect In the
; rigni mae-or tne neog,-tnrougn wu n
j passed. Brundlge fell and waa cared for
by friends. The bullet was extracted from
the opposite side of the neck. It did not
cause instant death. Brundlge lived two
days.
Sniff went at once to Logan, the county
seat, and surrendered himself to the
sheriff.
Witnesses testified that when Bniff
turned at the steps and warned Brundlge
not to follow him further Brundlge reached
for his pocket In which he was carrying
a copy of the paper containing the str1o
tures upon his brother-in-law, and that
this motion wsa quickly followed by a
shot from Sniff's gun.
Creates Profound Sensation.
The tragedy created a profound sensa
tion In Missouri Valley. The shooting oc
curred at 6:30 in the afternoon Just when
people were leaving their places of busi
ness for their homes and the sound of
the shot brought hundreds of people to the
scene.
At the time of the shooting public senti
ment In Missouri Valley seemed to be In
favor of Sniff, while now, here and there,
It Is rather evenly divided. The conduct
of Sniff during the trial Is held accounta
ble for the change In feeling. Several
times during the trial he busied himself
by reading a newspaper and at other
times lie smiled as In complete unconcern
and confidence ss to the outcome. Tills
attitude attracted the attention of Attor
ney Genung, who turned once to the de
fendant and remarked:
"Never mind, Sniffy, old boy, I II send
you up If I can."
Jury Dismissed for Day.
One 'of the - chief grounds of the de
fense for a new trial Is the fsct that
during the progress of the trial Judge
Green bees me sick and the Jury was at
liberty to converse and be conversed with
by whom It pleased. This cessation of
the hearing continued for one day.
When the case was called for trial Mrs.
Brundlge, mother of the dead man, ob
jected to County Attorney Thomas Smith
conducting tho prosecution, alleging ha
was prejudiced In favor of tha defense)
or at least wss not sufficiently snxloug
for a conviction. She wanted Egan and
Cochran of this city. Considerable time
wss consumed in controverting this point.
Finally It was decided Smith should con
duct the trial and be assisted by Oenung.
Clarence Kellogg, city attorney of Mis
souri Valley, was 8niff'a lawyer.
Brundlge was about 40 years of age. was
married, had two children and enjoyed a
good reputation. He was a contractor,
but did not have any considerable means.
Ho was noted ss sn expert wrestler. Bniff
is about 60, has a wife and no children.
Nor is he a man of means.
Sniff is out on bond. He returned to
his home at the end of. the trial and
did not seem fearful as to the ultimate
result.
PRESIDENT MAYG0 HUNTING
larlted to l.oulalano. Canebrakea, He
Considers the Matter aad
-Mar Acrept.
OYSTER BAY. Bept. T.-Presldcnt Roose
velt is considering an Invitation to go on
a hunting trip Into the Ix.ulMana cane
brakes immediately after Ida forthcoming
Journey down the Mississippi.
The gtintleim n who have extended the. In
vitation aa-ure lilm tiiat he will get some
shots at b.-ar and other worthy game, id
If he can arrange his affairs at Washing
ton he is quite likely to acc pt. In case
he makes the trip further south he prob
ably will not return tu Washington until
about October 20.
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