FIVE CONVENTIONS
OPENINOHA
National Stiffs' Association
Begins Lirei Days' Session
TEKH S TCURNEY IS STARTED.
Seventy-Eight Matches in National
Events Are to 8e Pulled Off West
ern Handicap Trapshootera Begin
Three Days' Tournament.
Omaha, Aug. 7- Three convention))
and two of the biggest sporting events
that have ever been held In Nebraska
have brought at lea.-it 1,40(1 per son a to
Omaha and eucb of the visitors will
remain from three to seven days.
The National Sheriff' association
convened this morning for a three
days' session, while the National
Sheet Metal Contractors began a fle
days' grind. 1 he national clay courU
tennis championship are being held
on the Omalm Field club courts, and
the Western Trupshooters are holding
e three days' tournament across the
river.
The meeting tlmt Is perhaps attract
ing the greatest attention Ih that of
the National Sheriff a' association, and
also the State Sheriffs' association. At
least 500 sheriffs are hero.
The National Association of Sheet
Mela Contractors brings about 4I0
delegates to their convention and 150
exhibitors.
The wcHtern handicap trap shooters'
tournutnent htiiiKs s00 visitors and
the national clay court tourney about
350. Today Is a busy one at the Field
club, as there are still seventy-eight
matches In the preliminary and first
rounds to ho played.
UH00SES BRIDE BY PROXY
W den Man Tells Minister to Pick
Wc ..11 and Marries Her.
Omiiha, Aug. 7. When Fetor Q.
Soderberg, a god seventy years, a
wealthy retired farmer of Mlnden,
Neb., and Mrs. Mathilda Thomansen,
tiged forty-nine years, were married
at the Swedish Salem church, culmin
ation came to a romance that began
with what was actually the choosing
of the bride by proxy.
Only a short lime ago Soderherg
showed bis great faith In bis friend,
the Itev. C. K. Living, pastor of the
Swedish Salem church, who married
8oderberg, by commissioning the pus
tor to pick out a suitable bride lor
him somewhere among the pastor's
list of acquaintances In the city. The
llev. Elvlng accepted the commission
and after much casting about he
finally decided that Mrs. Mathilda
Thciminsen, the proprietor of a board
InK house at 2018 Capitol avenue,
would make bis friend a good wife
and he brought about a meeting be
tween the septuagenarian and the
lady not of IiIk own choice. The won
derful success of his venture astound
ed even the match making clergyman
for It was "love at first sight."
In fact, so Midden was It that
preliminaries were dispensed with and
the aged pair determined to marry at
once.
YOUNG WOMAN IS ROBBED
Cave Man at Fairhury $10 to Buy Rail
road Ticket and He Disappears.
Kalrbury, Neb., Aug. 7. Mis
Jeanette Moffet Iiiih Appealed to fhe
Fairhury police to cntch a good look
Ing young man who fleeced her out of
$10. Miss Moffet alleges when aboard
a St. Joseph and Grand Island train,
approaching Fntrbury, she met the
young man, ami according to her story
be was considerably pleased with his
appearance as well as kind nnd syni
l.athetlc disposition. He told her haw
ho was hurrying to tho bedside of his
dying mother and worked on her sym
liathy. On arrival in Kalrbury It was
necessary for Miss Moffet to transfer
to the Rock Isluud depot. She con
sented to hlu offer to let him purchase
a ticket for her and tendered him a
$10 bill. Miss Monet took a sent in
the depot and waited for her friend,
Imt the strnnger did not put in his
r.ppearance. Then Miss Moffet ap
pealed to the Falrbury police, but they
could not locate (he young man. Miss
Moffot had DO cents In her posses
a'.on.
Child la Shot by Her Mother.
Heaver City, Nob Aug. 7. The
two-year-old daughter of Charles Cor
nell, living nine miles southwest of
town, was accidentally shot by her
mother. Mrs. Cornell had a gua and
was trying ttfklll a cat when the child
ran in front of the run. The bullet
entered her forehead and came out
ut the back of the head. The doctors
have given up all hopo of recovery.
More Rain in Western Nebratka.
Oxford, Neb., Aug. 7. In the space
of fifty five minutes 1.75 Inches of rain
fell, making 6.05 Inches that has fallen
since August 1. Word was received
here that the heavy rains had seri
ously interfeied with the railroad re
pair work between here and Red
Cloud and that still further delay
would be had in putting the road In
first clasB condition.
Kills Girl, Her Father and Self.
Olivia, Minn., Aug. 7. William
Wolff, his daughter, Cora, and Kdward
Corey were shot and Instantly killed
at the Wolff home here. Kdward
Corey did the shooting. He was a
rejected suitor of Miss Wolff
EIDJ0 VASQUEZ GOMEL
Minister cf Interior,
Whose Resignation ts
Troubling Merists.
Q 19H, by American Pre as Association.
NEW REVOLT IN MEXICO?
Former Reoe'l Leaders Angered by
Dismissal of Gomez.
Mexico City, Aug. 7. Several for
mer officials in tho successful revolu
tionary army are significantly missing
from this city
It Is rt ported that they have gone
to reassemble their forces to start a
new revolution In protest against the
dismissal by President do lu Barra of
Fmlllo Vasquez Gomez from the post
of secretary of the interior.
FARMER ATTe GRAND
RIDES DOWN ROBBER
Frank FrunJI Outwits Man Who
Tries to Hold Him Up.
Marshalltown, la., Aug. 7- Frank
Frundl, a farmer living near Lo Grand,
outwitted a holdup man, escaped rob
bery and possibly inflicted Injuries of
a serious nature on the bandit. While
riding home on horseback from Gil
man Frundl wits stopped by a high
wayman and ordered to hold up his
hands. Instead of complying with this
demand he hit his horse sharply and
rode the bandit down. ' The man
jumped at the rider from a clump oi
bushes about half a mile from Fruudl's
home and grabbed the horse s rein..
Frundl immediately struck his
horse and the animal plunged and
overturned the robber. The horse then
ran over the man and It is not known
whether he was seriously hurt or not.
CHARGED WITH DECEPTION
Four Suits Filed Alleging Obtaining
Money Under False Pretenses.
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 7. Four suits
were tiled In the district court here
ohaiglng the obtaining of money un
der false pretenses in the sale of uu
article known as the "White House
puutry," and also of territory for thu
s.'ilo of this commodity.
One of the defendants Is W. II
Trance, who was arrested in Chicago
on complaint of L. M. Howard ot
Shrevepin't, Im.
Wiley It. Fonts of this city Is thu
other defendant named lu the local
suits, with tlie Nelson Manufacturing
company and the Mutual Advertising
and Maniilai tilling company of St.
Louis as parties defendant.
M. C. and F. 10. Nelson of this com
pany have been arrested on warrants
from Shievepoit and will be tried at
that place.
It Is nlleed that these pantries are
practically worthless and unsalable.
Shreveport, Oklahoma City, Dallas,
Fort Worth. Kansas City, Des Moines
and Wichita are among the cities
where the pantries have been sold
and territory rights granted.
A case of attachment on the prop
erty of Wiley n. Fouta in this city will
be tried here today. Witnesses from
Oklahoma and Texas points are ex
pected to testify and the whole story
of an alleged nation wide fraud Is ex
pected to be told.
WALTERS IS STILL IN JAIL
Man Charged With Attempted Murder
Unable to Give Bonds.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 7. Unable
to furnish a bond in the sum of $5,000,
J. Q. Wallers, a former prominent
grain commission and elevator man of
Minneapolis and Sioux Falls, has been
lodged In the county Jail to awult trial
on the churgo of assault with a dan
gerous weapon with intent to kill.
This charge gre wout of a recent at
tempt to shoot nnd kill Mrs. Sarah
Ulelfus, who formerly had been en
gaged as a rtenographor for WalterB.
The cause of the shooting yet remains
considerable of a mystery, but the
most plausible theory is that It was
the outgrowth of Mrs. nietfus resisting
unwelcome attentions. Walters some
months ago was charged with embej
Element and fled to British northwest
territory, where he was arrested and
brought hack to South Dakota. He ef
fected a settlement In connection with
this nnd the charge was withdrawn.
The trial of the present case against
him promises to be sensational.
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VOOLMEASURE
Leislaf!on This Week is Center
ed on Tari.t Revision.
TO TEST TAFT'S VETO THREATS
Will Attempt to Pass Bill Despite Pres
identAbsent Members of Congress
Summoned to Washington on tfco
Strength of Possibility.
Washington, Aug. 7. The vortex of
legislation tins week centers on the
tariff revision bills that are expected
to emerge from conference and com
mittee. The free Use bill and the
wool tariff bill are in the hands of
Senator La Follette and Representa
tive Underwood. Democratic Leader
Underwood has been strongly la favor
of putting the free list measure back
Into both houses In the hope of mak
ing a stronger showing than betore In
favor of the house bill unamended.
The effort of the progressive Republican-Democratic
combination is to
put the wool bill first betore Presi
dent Taft. Upon his expected veto
the rest of the program of congress
largely hinges, absentees in both
houses having been summoned to
Washington on the possibility of an
attempt to pass one or more of the
revision bills over a veto.
Doth the senate and house leaders
express confidence that an agreement
will tw reached on the wool and free
list bills. There Is considerable op
position to the cotton tariff revision
bill, largely from the Carolina cotton
manufacturers.
The cotton bill probably will be re
ported back to the senate adversely
next Thursday. Its outlook Is Inde
finite, alt hough a combination may be
able to pass It. The wool and free
Ibt bills may emerge from conference
early this wek. The wool bill, as It
passed the senate, makes an average
cut of from 61.74 per cent ad valorem
to 36.24 per cent, a reduction of 23',$
per cent from the average under tho
present law, but this will be changed
In conference.
The free llct bill places on the free
llrt agricultural Implements, cotton
bagging, leather, boots, shoes, flour,
lumber, salt, etc.
The cotton bill makes an average
cut of 21 per cent ad valorem from
the prfsent law.
FOUR TREATIES MADE PUBLIC
Senate Adopts Plan of Giving Out
Text Prior to Its Action.
Washington, Aug. 7. The senate
Bdopted the rather unusual course of
making public the text of four treaties
which have not yet received action
at its hands. These were the Anglo
American and the Franco-American
general arbitration treaties, and the
treaties providing for the adjustment
of the finances and customs of Hon
duras and Nicaragua.
Publicity was given to the important
conventions at the request of the ad
ministration, which desires that the
subject matter shall receive the fullest
consideration by the press and the
people In order to enlighten the
senate as to the real sentiment of the
country as a basis for Its own action.
Some justification for this procedure
developed when In the course of a
flhort executive session two senators
of opposite parties, Dorah of Idaho
ami Bacon of Georgia, voiced their
dissent to the conclusion of the ar
bitration treaties In the forms sub
mitted. Their criticism was aimed at
article III (Identical In the two
treaties!, which In their opinion pro
vides for compulsory arbitration, and
thus tends to deprive the United
States senate of Its constitutional
prerogative. The treaty ndvocntes,
however, felt that there had been a
misunderstanding of the scope of the
trenty, by the two senators named,
and that a clause In article I of the
treaties, which provides that there
shall be no arbitration except under
the terms of a special agreement ef
fectively guaids the rights of the
senate as such special agreement
shall receive the senate's sanction In
order to become operative.
The British and French treaties are
substantially the same, with the ex
ception of the preambles, some small
differences In dates of existing treaties
referred to therein and soma of the
mechanical differences between the
treaty making methods of the two
governments. One Important provision
ot the British treaty requires the
British government to obtain the con
currence ot any of Its self-governing
domains affected by the proposed ar
bitration. Cannon Balls Peace Emblem.
Berkeley, Cal., Aug. 7. This city
will substitute an olive wreath made
of cannon balls for the Spanish-American
cannon which stands In one of
the city squares. This decision was
reached at a meeting of the city coun
cil In view of the Blgnlng of tho ar
bitration agreement between the
United States, Great Britain and
France.
Big Battle In Colombia.
Guayaquil, Aug. 7. According to ad
vices received here a battle was
fought hetween Colombian and Peru
vian troops in Caqueta, a large unor
ganized territory In Colombia, and the
Colombians were defeated with great
losses.
GEOGRAPHICAL MAKES.
ChaeUuqua Seems to Have a Wide
Variety Meaning.
United States reologteal survey rec
ords present these notes on geograph
ical names and their origin and mean
ing: Brooklyn: part of New York city; a
corruption of the Dutch name Breuck
elen. from a village tn the province of
Utrecht. Holland. The name signifies
"broken up land" or "marshy land."
Burleson; county and village in John
son county. Tex., named for Edward
Burleson, Indian fighter, and rice pres
ident of the republic of Texas under
President Houston, 184L
Chautauqua: county in Kansas:
county, lake and town in same county
In New Yoffc. An Indian word which
has been the subject of much contro
versy. Webster says it is a corruption
of a word which means "foggy place."
Another derivation gives the meaning
as "bng tied In the middle," referring
to the shape of the lake. It Is also
said to mean "place where a child was
washed away." Dr. Peter Wilson, an
educated Seneca, says It is literally
"where the flab was taken out" Other
meanings given are "place of easy
death" and "place where one was
lost"
Chicago; city and river In Illinois.
The Ojibwa Indian form, she-kag-ong,
signifies "wild onion place." from a
root form Implying a "bad smelL"
KILLS SWEETHEART'S
BROTHERJN QUARREL
Bailer Returns Altar Absence oi
Year anil Sticots Walsh.
St. Louis, Aug. 7. Albert G. Butler
of Maplewood, Mo., a suburb of St.
Louis, returned after an absence of a
year and, in a quarrel with his sweet
heart's brother, Eugene Walsh, shot
and killed ihe latter. As Butler was
walking away from the scene of the
shooting he was taken In charge by
the Rev. James Broadhead, a Meth
odist minister, who took him to the
nearest police station within the citv
limits.
Butler told the police he had been
courting Miss Nellie Walsh before his
departure for the east a year ago and
that he was engaged to the girl. This
the family denies. It was over this
that the two young men quarreled.
Butler says he expected trouble, and
that when he went to church he car
ried a revolver. When he met Walsh
he says, they had words and that
Walsh started for him. He claims he
shot in self-defense. The shooting oc
curred in front of the Walsh home.
Shortly after Butler had been taken
in charge by the minister a mob
formed and an attempt was made to
enter the minister's home and take
the prisoner from him. The pleas of
the minister and the timely arrival of
the police prevented any trouble.
BEACHEY WINS AIR RACE
Fl'es From New York to Philadelphia
in Two Hours.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7. With his two
competitors still thirty miles or more
from the fluisk line, Lincoln Beachey
won the New York Philadelphia aero
plane race In easy fashion. Two
hours and twenty-two and two-fifths
seconds after he had ascended from
Thirty-third street In New York he
sailed over Ninth and Market streets
here, the finishing point. Then he
continued several miles to the Bel
mont plateau in Fairmont park, where
he landed without mishap.
Benchey's rivals In tho race were
Fugene Fly and Hugh A. Robinson.
Charles K. Hamilton was to have
started, but declined to fly because of
unfavorable air conditions and Ely
took his place. The race was for a
purse of $5,000,
Beachey landed once, at Trenton,
N J., fifty-eight miles west of New
York, where ho took on gasoline for
the rest of his Journey.
Columbia Arivet With Bow Stove In.
New York; Aug 7. The Anchor
line steamer Columbia, which collided
with an Iceberg on Aug. 2, reached
New York from Glasgow under her
own steam. Many yards of canvas
covered the hole made in her bow by
the Iceberg, but her officers said the
damage was entirely above the water-
line. The accident occurred about
120 miles off New Foundland.
Fifty-One Million Bushels of Wheat.
Topeka, Aug. 7. Kansas raised
61,365.000 bushels of wheat this year
and the corn crop condition Is 54.3,
according to a report Issued by F. D.
Coburn, secretary of the state board
of agriculture. The wheat crop is 9,-
000,000 bushels less than last year
and one-third less than the average
for the last ten years.
Recall petitions Filed.
Wichita. Kan., Aug. 7. Petitions
sklng for the recall of Mayor J. H.
Graham and E. M. Leach and R. B.
Campbell,' commissioners, were filed
With the rlty clerk.
Werldly Wisdom.
"Now that my engagement to Edgar
Is broken off I wonder if be will ask
me to return the Jewels that be gave
me."
"If he dovsn't ask for them I'd send
tbom back at once, for In that cas
they're not genulne!"-FUegende Blatter.
DES MOINES GAR
SYSTEMRESUMES
Order ol Judge Obeyed by Com
pany and Men.
NEW WAY TO SETTLE STRIKE
Mandatory Injunction Stops Promised
Bitter Struggle and Cars Are Again
in Operation Men Are Out Only
Forty Hours Crowds Cheer Crewe.
Des Moines, Aug. 7. Street car traf
fic was tesuined in Des Moines and
the forty-hour strike was terminated.
For the first time In the history of
the country the order of a court ha
put an end to what gave every indiva
tion of becoming one of the bitterest
struggles ever waged between organ
ized labor on the one hand and capital
on the other.
The mandate issued by Judge Law
rence DeGrat'f of tho district court was
promptly obeyed by the Des Moines
City Railway company and the car
men's union, and while there is ample
prospect of a fight later In the courts
one thing Is certain, an Injunction
has restored, temporarily at least,
nearly 500 conductors and niotormea
to their original positions.
The scenes attending the resump
tion of traffic rivaled those of Friday
night when the men turned the cars
!n for what many of them thought
would be the last time. The streets
hi the vicinity of the central waiting
rooms at Sixth and Mulberry streets
were thronged for nearly three hours
tofore the time set for the first car
to pass. Y hen extras announced that
the first car had left the Twenty
fourth street barn enthusiasm began
to show itself, nnd when car No. 188
of the university line passed the sta
tion, the crowd tendered the crew a
rousing ovation.
Cheers for All Crews.
It was not long before the first can
on every lino had reached the station
and each of the crews as they came
up was greeted with cheers.
That a new method of handling
labor difficulties has been discovered
was the statement of N. T. Guernsey,
attorney for the street car company,
following the acquiescence of the com
pany Id Judge DeGraff's order. At the
same time be said his clients were by
no means satisfied that the court was
within Its jurisdiction in issuing the
mandatory injunction, but for the
present they were willing to abide by
H, leaving to a later date the trial of
the case on its merits.
Fred Fay of Ypsllantt, Mich., inter
national board member of the Amal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employes of Amer
ica, who conducted the brief strike,
was much pleased with the turn of
events. He said that while he and
the members of the executive commit
tee had preferred that the strike, con
tinue until a new agreement had been
signed, the intervention ot the court
was acceptable because it gave to the
union exactly what it had asked. This
was the reinstatement of Conductor
Benjamin J. Hiatt, whoso recent dis
charge without an investigation led to
the trouble, and the order that arbitra
tion must decide whether or not he Is
to remain with the company.
Hiatt was one of the first men out
of the Twenty-fourth street barn and
his friends along the route gave him
ample evidence of their esteem in fre
quent cheers.
The suit in equity which terminated
the strike, was brought by the city of
Des Moines, through its city counsel
lors, H. W. Byers and Robert O. Bren
nnn, upon the order of tr? city coun
cil. A hearing to determine whether
the injunction shall Ire made perman
ent probably will be had tomorrow.
MANKER'S BODY TO RED OAK
Will Be Taken to Old Home for In
terment. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 7. The body of
Carey A. Manker, the Pearl, III., bank
er, who killed himself at San Fran
cisco following his confession made as
to past financial Irregularities, will be
taken to Red Oak, la., for burial, ac
cording to Mrs. Manker. Red Oak was
a former home of the Mankers. The
date for the shipment of the body
from California has not been definitely
set. A sister of the dead man Is In
San Francisco at the present time and
will look after the details from that
end.
Des Moines Ball Team Sold.
Omaha, Aug. 7. Announcement was
made ot the sale of the Dos Moines
baseball team by . President John F.
Hlggins. Who the purchasers of the
team are and where they hail from is
at present unknown to the public and
will be kept a secret pending the
transfer of stock and purchase price.
That the new purchasers, who are
two In number, are In good with the
Des Moines fans is an established fact
according to Mr. HIgglns.
Second Letter to Counties.
Des Moines, Aug. 7 The state
treasurer has sent out a second letter
to county auditors asking them to
again report the number of civil town
ships in each county and certify to the
same. It appears that when reports
were first received many of the county
auditors did not understand what was
wanted and fell Into errors. There
are about 1.P14 townships In the state
and the auto road fund will be dis
tributed according to townships.
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Aviator Who Will Ran
Kail Service Between
Win'sor and Lcodon.
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Ptoto by American Pretts Association.
AIR MAN TO CARRY MAILS
Grahame-White to Be Postman Be
tween London and Windsor.
London, Aug. 7 The postmaster
general is arranging with Claude Grahame-White,
the aviator, for an ex
perimental aeroplane postal service
between Ixndon and Windsor. Th
service will start this month.
AF1ER FRUIT THIEVES
Farmers' Club Decides Upon Prompt
and Vigorous Prosecution.
Logan, la., Aug. 5. In answer to
the question under consideration re
cently by the Harris Grove Farmers'
club as to what steps should be taken
by farmers, fruit and melon growers
to prevent raids by intruders, It was
decided that prompt and. vigorous
prosecution should be instituted by
the loser as in case of loss of wheat
and other products on the farm, and
In addition the club asks the co-operation
of other farmers that the fruit
and melon purloiner may be so re
strained that the products of the
orchard and garden may not in the
future be a partial or total loss as
often as in the past.
COSTLY FIRE AT CLARION
Electric Light Plant and Opera House
Bum With Loss of $12,000.
Clarion. Ia., Aug. 5. The electric
light plant and opera house here
burned at 4 a. m. The cause of the
fire is unknown. The buildings are a
total loss, but some machinery, In
cluding a $1,500 engine, can be re
paired. The loss of the owners of tha
light plant. Cair & Mozingo, Is $8,000,
insurance $4,300. The loss on the
opera house, which is owned by the
Western Farm Land company, is $4,
000, insurance $2,000. Temporary ar
rangements are being made to pump
water into the city tank.
NEXT YEAR BAD
FOR FISHERMEN
Game Warden Says Drought Will
Put Them Out o! Business.
Des Moines, Aug. 5. Fishermen will
have poor picking in the rivers aud
lakes of Iowa next year, according to
State Game Warden Lincoln, who is
In Des Moines on business.
"Present Indications are that the
state will not even send its car out
this year," said Warden Lincoln.
"Down at Sabula on the Mississippi
where the state gets its fish, thu
bayous are perfectly dry. We depend
there on an overflow from the Missis
sippi. This year there has been no
overflow The rlveris so low. that
we even cannot run the state launch.
"Last year it was bad enough. Then
we wanted over twenty car loads of
fish and by exhausting every pond we
were unable to get more than thirteen
car loads. It looks to me as If the
state will have to go without fish next
year, for certainly no fish will be
available for the resttf king of the
streams and lakes." '
Patriarchs in Encampment.
'Storm Lake, la., Aug. 4 Two hun-A-ed
members of the Patriarchs
Militant of the Odd Fellows of Iowa
are holding their annual encampment
In Chautauqua park In this city.
Patriarchs are here from all over the
state and many Interesting social
events are marking the meeting They
will he In camp the remainder of the
week.
Airship and Auto to Race.
Boone, la., Aug. 4 The Shooting
Star. Jlnimie Ward's famous racing
biplane, will have a speed contest with
local automobile at the time of the
aviation meet here on Aug. 9 and 10.
New President for Morningslde.
Sioux City, la.. Aug 4 Dr. Albert
E. Craig of Wilmington. Del , has been
decided upon for the presidency of
Morningslde college, to succeed Dr
'-uthcr Freeman, reslgnel.
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