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FARM SURVEY TO " BE TAKEN IN IOWA WILSON AND BRYAN CONFER AUSTRIA ACCEDES TO BALKAN PLAN Turkey Must Give Guaranty cl Reforms in Macedonia. LEADERS OF UPRISING. GREATEST FLEET King Ferdinand. Who Will Head the Combined Forces, And King Peler of Servia. 1 Detachment ot Sixty 5 by Zapatistas. prised Warships Gather In Nsw York Government and State to Co Nebraskan and Candidate Talk Politics at Falrview. Harbor lor Review, operate in Securing Data. i i SURViVQRS REACH TOIM CEREMONIALS LAST TEN DAYS THREE-FOLD PURPOSE IN VIEW PICTURE IS TAKEN TOGETHER. LEAVES NO EXCUSE FOR WAR. 1 .; BAND OFRURALES IS WIPED OUT .... . 7.sr i -i ,-. .--' " ?! I Ml i Women and Children Atrociously Treated by Victors Bloody Battle Lasted for Mors Than Three Hours. Ammunition Gives Out. Mexico City, Oct. 7 Word was brought into Toluca, southwest of her, of tho almost total annihilation of a detachment of rural guards and a number of women and children in a fight with Zapatista rebels near Sul tepee. Tho sole survivors of the rurales and their party three men anil a woman straggled into Toluca. They said the detachment of sixty rurales, with a number of women and children, was stationed on a hill near Sultepec and was surprised by rebels while feeding their hourses. The rurales quickly assembled, how ever, and put up a strong fight. According to the survivors, a bloody battle lasting three hours was fought. The rebels lost many men and it smemed as if the rurales might be vic torious, when their ammunition gave out. The slaughter then began. The men were quickly killed and many atrocities were practiced upon the women and children. The survivors reported that Major Flores of the rurales detachment was treated with unusual barbarity. Hi body, they Raid, was first chopped to pieces end then burned. TAFT SUMS UP SITUATION President Issues Statement Declaring Situation Is Satisfactory. Pnlton, Mass., Oct. 7. Under a cloudless sky tho president and Mr3. Taft and Mi.-.s Mabel Doardman, their Aiiest, rode for 182 miles in a White .Hoiue automobile from Beverly tc Dalton. The presidential party rested in Daltcn until this morning, when it ber.n the second day of the six-day motor trip tli'ough Vermont and New Hampshire. President Taft summed up the pnllt lml situation ns he sees it in a stato ment, in which he said: "I have every reason to bo satisfied with political conditions. I have been simply overwhelmed for days past with letters and newspaper clip pings showing the trend of the tide toward the Republican party, its plat form and its candidates.' I hav been especially satisfied by the news from the northwestern states." BIG JACK SELIG MURDERED Prospective Witness In Becker Trial Shot In Street Car. New York, Oct 7. "Big Jack" Zelig was Khot to death. The east side gang leader and prospective witness in the trial rf Police Lieutenant Charles Hooker for the murder of Herman Ro renthal, the gambler, was seated in a Second avenue open trolley car when Philip Davidson, who says he is a fruit dealer. Jumped on the running board and fired the fatal shot. Davidson leaped from the car and ran away, but was caught, weapon in hand. He admitted the shooting and dec'ared it was for revenge, the police say. According to the prisoner, Zelig had held him up at the point of a re volver in an east side hallway and robbed him of $100. The police were at a loss whether to believe Davidson's story and re ports that Zelig had been lured to the scene of the shooting by a telephone message are being Investigated. INDIAN CONGRESS ELECTS Dr. Sherman Coolidge of Minnesota Is Chosen President. Columbus, O., Oct. 7. Appointment of more Indians to the government service, codification of the laws relat ing to this race and better school fa cilities for their children were among' the measures embodied In a platform adopted by the delegates to the Amer ican Indian congress here. The delegates voted to petition President Taft to defer the appoint ment of a successor to E. G. Valentine, Indian commissioner, who resigned a month ago, until after tho election. Among officers elected for the com ing year were: Rev. Dr. Sherman Cool idge of ' Faribault, Minn., president, and Thomas L, Sloan of Penler, Neb., first vice president. Conservationists Win Fight. Washington. Oct. 7. Yielding to de mands of conservationists that coal lands hereafter be leased by the gov ernment to private concerns Instend of alloted or sold, the Interior depart ment announced the plan would be tried. As a result Van II. Manning, assistant director of the bureau of mines, left for Wyoming, where he will complete the details of leasing 5.480 acres of government coal lands In that state to a local corporation. Youth and Girl Fulfil-! Suicide Pact. Pennington. Kan., Oct. ".John R. Toman, twenty years old, and Miss Nellie Markley. seventeen-year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer, com mitted suicide at the Markley home, near here. Their bodies were found In the orchard and a note left in the house told that they had rarrled out nn agreement to die together by tak ing polf-on. Thousands Await Arrival of Ten Huge Gray Vessels Six Score Craft Will Corn Most Extensive Naval Dem onstration Seen at Metropolis, New York, Oct. 7. Headed by the Cagshi;; Connecticut, bearing the pm ir.ni oi Hear Admiral O-sterhuus, un Bray ironclad wardships steamed up New York hay the uaokbone of tlse battleship division in the naval gaia eriujj of which the harbor will be tic scone for the next t?n das. Thousands of sightseers were awr.it ing tho battleships, whose arrival wa;' heralded by screeching of Innumera ble whistles on river craft. The din kept up continuously as the formidable line of sea (lghter3 slowly felt its way up the Hudson to tho anchorages as ligncd its units for the leviews and ether ceremonial Incident to the gath erins: here of the more than six score war craft, which ar-; to participate in the biggest naval demonstration the port has ever known. The arrivals, beside the flagship, were the battleships Ohio, New Jer Bey, Rhode Island, Neb-aska. Kansas. Louisiana, Delaware -Utah and Flor Ida. No sooner had they dropped an chor than the fleet of smrll craft, pre pared to convey the thousands who will visit tho warships during thoii ray, was put into commission rcnd for tho visiting rush. The of.eial opening of the program in connection with the ieviev began when the mavor's committee and the reception coaimitt.ee, headed by Her man Ridd r and Dr. John II. Finley, the chairman, put off to the flnrshlr. and gave the eity'3 formal welcome tn Hear Admiral Osterh tus and his men The Tmmiiteemen were cordially re I reived and there was an extended ex chanae of felicitations. TRIPLE COLLISION OF AUTOS Nine Men Lose Lives in Accident on a Bridge in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Oct. 7. A collision or, a bridge in which three automobiles were involved resulted in tli3 deaths of nine men nt Thirty-third and Thompson streets in this city. One of the machines, containing nine m an, came onto the bridge nt ter rifle speed. Its rapid approach was Seen by John I. Spade, a Philadelphia contractor, who was going over thf bridge In the opposite direction in a motor. He tried to avoid the car, but he was too late In steering out of it? way and a collision occurred. A third automobile was directly be hind tho speeding car, whlrh ran intr It. with the result that the first ma chines was rntapulted over the bridge and down into a roal yard alongside the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. The drop wis about forty feet Tlu ether two cars were damaged, but their occupants were uninjured nnd immediately went to the rescue of the other. TWO MORE AVIATORS KILLED Aeroplane Falls From Height of 60C Feet When Wing Collapses. Berlin, Oct. 7 Aviation week at Johannlsthal was concluded after twe more deaths had been added to the long list of fatalities among Europear aviators during the last two months. An aeroplane carrying Ernest Alls and a mechanician, suddenly fell from a height of 600 feet when a wing col lapsed. The mechanician was thrown from the machine at height of 45C feet nrd his body landed on the ground clear of the wrecknge. Allg fell with the monoplane anil was Instantly killed. The accident was witnessed by a big assembly. Trolley Cars Collide; Twenty Hurt. Kansas City, Oct 7. Of the ten most seriously injured In the rear-end collls'on of street cars on the elevated road '.ere, eight suffered Injuries re markably similar, coming out of the wreck with broken legs and anna Roth cars were crowded and nearly all the twenty injured passengers were on the platforms." Strikers Stop Passenger Trains. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 7. Two passen ger ttnins running In opposite direc tions between here and Atlanta on the Georgia railroad were held up by trlke sympa'hizers and the conductor and flagmen badly beaten. Similar ueaMnent was accorded the strike nreaking train crew of a freight train Girls Trapped in Burning Building. New York, Oct. 7 Trapped on the third floor of Dennett's restaurant building on Park Row by flames which started from n defective flue, Nellie Oilmen and Adelaide Preston, two young waitresses, were killed and two others taken out In a serious condition from smoke Inhalation. Resume Dynamite Cases. Indianapolis, Oct. 7. Prellmlmir; arguments were resumed today In thi trial of the "dynamite cases." Dla trlct Attorney Miller, who last Thins day began outlining before the Jur; testimony which the government wll offer, said h would talk two day: longer. Cost of Raising Corn, Rent and Credit to Be Studied by Experts Enumer- ators Wiil Begin Work After No vember 15. Anus, la., Oct. 7. Farmers of Iowa are to know just how much it costs to raise an acre of corn, what they cun afford to pay for rent, and how much credit can safely be given on a given amount of land; and they are to learn rdl this from authoritative sources, for the United States government is to take it up in the near future In con nection with the farm crops depart ment of the college. The following statement was just Issued by the farm crops department through Professor 0. G. Lloyd : . "The farm crops department of the, Iowa State college, in co-operating with the office of farm management, Washington, is now making plans for a detailed latin management survey in many farts of the state Luring the first yar, however, the survey will be limited to Story county. "The purpose of the survey Is three fold Thf first iind primary aim Is to determine on equitable rental contract between owner and tenant; second, to determine tdie needs and faeiliites of farm credit, and, third, to gather data on farm practice in order to deter mine the cost of operation and the net returns from various crops, as well as from various systems and various types of fanning. This data will also be available to students in farm man agement classes, making the courses of much srrer.ler practical value. Story convs the nearest to any county to be In:: in the geographical ?enter of th. stat". and mud: of the data obtained in n v he usc'nl to farmers in other counties, when soil, labor, climatic and market conditions, etc., are quite similar. "T!k rrev-nt rian is to begin the t:rvev In the townships adjoining the co'letre, in the hope that one-half, or appre: i'-rif ! l.Cfi.l of the farm homes in ?to:-y coi'nty will lie visited the fiiS-f y av I'M-ni '.'itovs will visit ev ery far;:!-'1!' ;e -'he townships In order to accurately record all data on the farm, such as Inventories, farm opera tors, receipts, expenses, etc. "The ftrnier ran report his property mere accurately when all the crops cr? grfherol and harvested. For this r?pen enuT' r: tors will not begin v.ovk until after Nov. 13." FANCY PITCH FOR APPLES Council ElcT.'a Orrhardlst Makes Pho noir.enal Sale. Council muffs la., Oct. 7 The highest price ever paid in Iowa for an pies giown here was paid by a com mission firm which bought the product of the orchards of W. S. Keeline, a big farmer and orciiardlst of this city. Mr. Keellno's .orchards are located near the city, and he received $1.03 per bushel for the product, orchard run. This price is considered phenom enal. Mr. Keeline thinks there will be from 6,000 to 7.000 bushels of ap pies. The appler., under the terms of the sale, are to be delivered to the packing tables, where they are to be packed In boxes in fancy shape. The Keeline orchard Is one of the best in Iowa, and the fruit has been produced under scientific treatment, nnd as a re sult the buyer said he did not believe there would be 5 per cent of culls. Courts Are Too Lax. Des Moines, Oct. 7. The state game warden In his report filed with the governor for the blennlnl period takes the courts of the state to task for be ing too lax in the matter of inflicting fines and penalties on violators of the game laws, thus making it doubly dif ficult to necure enforcement of those laws. He declares that there are so many new immigrants to the Btate that they are making Inroads on the game and fish of the state. Boy Killed by Train. New Hampton, la., Oct. '7. Victor Dziggel, the nine-year-old son of Fred Dzlggel, was killed by a passenger train on the Milwaukee track near New Hampton. His body was found badly crushed. It Is not known wheth er he wis hit by the train or dropped vhen stealing a ride. Ministers Give Money to Morningslde. Storm Lake, la., Oct. 7. At the morning session of the northwest Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, the ministers sub fccrihed $17,501 to Morningslde college. Not a toyman was permitted to assist In raising the amount. Woman Found Murdered Near Fairfax Cedar Rnplds, la., Oct. 7. Mrs. Frank Novak, Jr., was found dead In bed near Fairfax by a neighbor's child. Marks of violence on the woman's face point to murder. Her husband Is missing. Cedar Rapids officers are In vestigating. Car Repair Shops Destroyed by Fire. Des Moines, Oct 7. Fire destroyed the car repair shops of the Des Moines City Railway company, causing a loss of $100,000. Two firemen were In ired The Insurance totals $00,000. is V -fa V J V KlnB T'Vrdiiiand (tilnive) Is ruler of tint garlu jiml Ik li-adliu the ooinbliicil ilomnn Btniiiun In the lliilknn Haiti's u-ulnst Tur key, l'.iilnmiii will furnish' ntimit fl5.") cnmljHtiinn. Klnt? 1'ctiT In iililinit Willi his m m j' ot ubimt lT.'i.mJU. BALL PLAYER HERO OF A DISASTROUS BLAZE "Wild Eif Cass Rescues Maui Chicago, Oct. 7. Sparks from a lo comotlve started a fire here that de stroyed 5,ti()0 tons of coal and burned over, a four-acre coal yard belonging to the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company. The blaze is believed to have started In a stable near the tracks. Christopher Jensen, foreman of the burned coal yard, was rescued from the burning stable by "Wild Bill" Case, a professional basaball player, former ly with the Cincinnati National league uani and now with the Central league. Jensen was overcome by smoke In nn attempt to bring out a horse. Case was the first to respond to a call for volunteers to rescue the man. The former big leaguer pulled his cap over his eyes and dashed Into the smoke. Otlur would-be rescuers were halt ed, but Case kept on until he found Jensen unconscious on the floor. He staggered into the open air with the man Just before the roof collapsed. STAGED IN GREAT STADIUM World's Championship to Be Settled Under Modern Conditions. New York, Oct. 7. The world's se ries games will be staged, both at New York and Boston, In theaters of the new steel and concrete type. The New York National league club claims to have ecllsped all other major leaguo cities In this respect with its mammoth stadium at the Polo grounds. This will be the scene this yenr of a world series contests for a Rocond con secutive time. In Boston, the Amer ican league pennant winners boast of a fine structure, but of smaller propor tlona, erected early this year at Fen way hark, In the Back Bay section of the city.. STANDING OF THE TEAMS National League. American League ' W.L. P. W.I j. P, Boston 105 47 691 1 N. York.ma 48 682 Wash... 91 61 599 Pittsb'h 93 58 filfi Phlla... 90 r2 592Chloago 92 58 fiH Chicago 78 7fi 507 ClnU. . 74 78 4S7 Clevel'd '73 79 480Phila... 72 79 477 Detroit. (19 84 451 St. L'ls. 02 91 407 St.Lo'ls 53 101 344 Br'klyn. 58 95 381 N. York. 51 100 338 Boston. 53 100 341 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League. At Detroit: R.H.E. Chicago 020 3 0 1 2 1 09 13 4 Detroit 00 0 0 1 1 2 00-4 11 4 Smlth-Kuhn; Lake-Kocher. At St. Ioiils: R.H.E. Cleveland 000 2 4 1 1 008 13 1 St. Louis 0 00 1 0 0 0023 5 1 Mltchell-O'Nell ; Allison Crossen. National League. At Cincinnati: R.H.E Pittsburgh ...3 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 416 19 2 Cincinnati .. .000 0 6 000 0 6 10 2 Cam nit J! Gibson; Benton-Severold. At Chicago R.H.E. Chicago 0 0003001 4 10 1 .St. Louis. ..... .0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 10 4 '..I KI T tt V i1. y n Commoner Decides Governor Is First Rate Campaigner Democratic Lert ers Agree Upon How to HandU . Rocky Mountain States in Campaign Lincoln, Oct. ". -'lovej nor Wood row Wilson, presidential nominee ot tho Democratic party, and William Jennings Bryan, three ttines lienio critic candidate fur the same office, had a heart to In-art talk here ou the political situation throughout the country. Ruth predicted a lieinocratic victory. In 'he View. Mr radiant sun parlor of Fair Brian's home, the veteian campaigner and the new corner In na tional politic"! sat for hours, disruss Inn the pi ogress of the campaign, hut with particular reference to the Kacki mountain states, where Mr. llryan Um Just comph'teil a six weeks' tour. "We did not have time to no Intr the matter very th'ooughly," said tli" Fovernur. "We sat up late and agreed upon a method of handling the tuonn tain stales. That is as far as we gut' The governor did mil think It would be possible for him to go to the pa cific coast. "We are keeping open the last two and n half weeks of the campaign however," he said, "and I do not know yet what tii'-e the campaign committee will make of them. set out to niakej trips in tin' campaign, but the local! ciinniittees have been making tour out of them " The governor was delighted with h reception In Nebraska. ' "I think the demonstration In Lin coin was very remarkable, indeed," ho raid. : have find a splendid time, es p: ially with Mr. Bryan." Vli"V the newspaper correspond cuts ctilled at Falrview, Mr. Bryan l r.::'l the nominee were hi ing photo- ! r,: at bed tocether. Mr. Brian said he watched the gov i error closolv in his five speeches here I t-iz'"! him up as a "first rate cam I piiiie? , who adapts himself admirably to h's crowds." D!ef.rict Attorney Ayres Files Brief. Dish let Attorney Avers has filed a brie'.' in the supremo court In support of the fimlinga of Referee llolcomb In the South Omaha fire nnd police com mission case. He asks for a Judg nipt on the findings, which were that the defendants, John J. Ryan nnd Jo f"ph Plvonkn, hnd wilfully failed to ct:forci the liquor laws and should be forced to give up their offices. He combats the assertion of the defend nuts tht they are serving a second term Instead of a first term and there fore cannot he ousted for acts com mitted during their first term. Sawyer Goes to Texas. Ulysses Grant Sawyer, who has been engineer at the state house for sev eral years, has handed In his resigns tlon ami will move to Texas. It is understood that his Job will not go begging, for already four patriots hava fled notice that they think they can sign up a monthly voucher in as ac ceptable a manner as did Mr. Sawyer Plan to Enlarge Campus. The business men of Lincoln ar considering a new proposition for en larging tho university cnnipus. Th plan Is for the city to buy four addi tional blocks next to the present uJmpus If th? legislature will appro prlnte $100,000 per year for the next four years. Judge Rules Against McShane. Jiidee Tnsgrovf if the Inncaster district court sustained the demurred oi ti e slate 'n the petition of Felix J. McShane, sheriff of Douglas county By this decision Sheriff McShane will receive but 19 cents per day for board ing prisoners after conviction. Stanton Wants Depot. The Retail Merchants' association of Stanton has petitioned the railway commission to compel the Northwest ern Railway company to build a new depot at that place, claiming that the present structure Is too small and un fit for public use. Dr. Wilson Returns. Dr. H. II Wilson of the state board of health returned from Washington, There he attended the International congress of hygiene and demography. Thlitv-t.hree different nations weri represented bv about 2,000 delegates. Seven Cases of Spinal Meningitis. A report has been received by Dr. Wilson of the state medical board that three children hnve died of splnnl meningitis at I'wIston and four from the disease at Bennington. Woman 102 Years Old Dies at Seward Seward, Neb., Oct. 7. Mrs. Susanna rarrlsh. the oldest woman In Nehras ka, died at the home of her son, John rarrlsh. She was horn In Ohio Aug 2 1810, and has lived In Nebraska since 1880. She was the mother of seven children, only three of whom are llv Ing She leaves twenty-six grandchll dren and twenty-seven grent grand children. Ex-Mayor Miller of Dorchester Dead Dorchester, Neb., Oct. 7. A tele gram was received announcing the death of ex Mayor Franklin Miller of this place, which occurred In Lords burg, Cal. Allies All Accept Suggestion With Ex ception of Great Britain, Which Will at Once Fall in Line Slight Changs in Proposal. Paris, Oct. 7. Austria has given ad hesion to the plan formulated by the French and Russian foreign ministers to deal with the Balkan sltuatbn. Austria, however, suggested a slight change in the wording of the pro posals, which met with the Immediate approval of both M. polneare and M. Sazonoff. The only effect of the amendment is more sharply to define the intnilons of the powers and pre sent a more precise statement of these. It Is understood the proposals do not include a demand for the auton omy of Macedonia, but urge the adap tat ion cf the provisions of the treaty of Berlin providing for a larger meas ure of home rule. It Is believed here the proposals will remove any lurking suspicions In England that the conti nental powers possibly were contem plating a s'.'tt'enient wholly at the ex pense of Turkey. Olormany and Italy have approved their ally's modifications; so that, with full adhesion of the British govern ment, which i.i expected today, the powers will be In a position to sav to the Balkan coalition that the Balkan states will no longer have to depend on the promises of Turkey, but In the pledged word of Europe. The French government Is confident that all the preliminaries will be com pleted in time to permit Russia and Austria, na the mandatories of Europe, to pre.ient a collective note to Sofia, Belgrade, Athens and Ottlnjo tomor row. Ah soon ns this Is done, Turkey will be Invited to give guaranties v. hlcii will render effective the prom ise that Furope will take upon Its shoulders responsibility for the reall znMon of the reforms. In official circles the feeling pre vails that thin guaranty offered by the powers ought to satisfy the Balkan Ftntes, if, as they profess, their sole motive !n mclillizltiT; against Turkey was to fnre the reforms provided for In the treaty of Berlin. Turks Win Fight on Border. Constantinople, Oct. 7. An engage ment has taken place at Borann, near the Montenegrin frontier, between Turks and Montenegrins. The Monte negrlns were repulsed, according to advlees received here. The Turkish government, II Is understood, view this affray as practically the beginning of hostilities. MARINES OUST REBELS j Nlcaraguant Fire on Americans andj Slightly Wound Five of Them. i San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Oct 7. The town of Iieon has surrendered to the American forces. There Is reason to believe that no fighting oc curred, but details of the surrender are lacking. Washington, Oct. 7. In their march upon Leon, the last stronghold of the Insurrectionists, the American forces under L'eutenant Colonel lng ousted A rebel mob at Chlchlgalpa, killing thirteen outright and wounding many more. Fivs Americans were slightly wounded. Ch'chlgnlpa Is on the Nica ragua!! National railroad, midway b tween Leon and Corlnto. WAR TALK KEEPS MEAT DEAR Balkan Sltuatior Prevents Import, tlons to Lower Prices In Germany, Berlin, Oct. 7. As wns to Ikj ex pected, the government's regulations, which were designed to reduce the prices of meat, have pleased nobody and up to the present have not bet tered the situation. The special sources considered for the Importation of cattle and swine were Russia, Servia and Bulgaria. AI most on the heels of the new regula tions came the war situation In the Balkans with the prohibition of ex portation of meat from Servln and Bulgaria. Car Shortage Is Subject of a Quiz. Washington, Oct. 7. Complaints to the Interstate commerce commission of a serious shortage of freight cars In the middle nnd far west have brought about an Investigation. It has developed that In Pittsburgh, Cln clnnntl. Chicago, St. Imls, Kansas and other large cities the .congestion of freight Is serious. Producers are complaining of the Inability of the transportation lines to move their shipments promptly. Customs Officers Seize Gould Gems. New York, Oct 7. Thirty-six pieces Of baggage which Frank J. Gould, his wife nnd her three sisters brought America, when they arrived from Fram e, are being; held up by the cus toms authorities. With their contents of gems and gownB the trunks and cases are Bald to be valued at 1100,000. Train Crashes Into Motorcycle, 2 Hurt. Omaha, Oct. 7. Alve M. Haines and Bskll F. Kronliolm of Omaha were possibly fatally Injured when a motor cycle ther were riding was struck by a T'nlon Pacific train near the Lane cutoff.
