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The Omaha ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1902-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. TO KILL THEIR KING TwertT-Three Italian! Art Arrssted at Geneva for Anarchistic Plotting. SCHEME WAS TO DERAIL THE ROYAL TRAIN They Plained Cad Endiag forFleaiaat Trip Into Germany. 'fy . it. SO FAR JOURNEY IS WITHOUT MISHa. lint Day's Only Inoidenta Art Oration by the Loyal. SWISS GIVE THE MONARCH GREETING Ho, In Reply, Tells How Pleased He Is that Italy aad ltd Hilly Neighbor Ar Friendly Tirmi, LONDON1. Aug. 26. In a dispatch from Genera the correspondent of the Dally Express reports the arrest of twenty-three Italians, supposed to be anarchists. In con nection with an alleged plot to derail the train br In Ring King Emmanuel to Berlin. ROME, Aug. 26. King Victor Emmanuel left Racconlgt this morning for Berlin. He was given a hearty farewell by the crowds. SIgnor Prlnettl, the minister of foreign affairs, will Join the king later on. GESCHKNEN. Switzerland, Aug. 26. The train bearing the king of Italy and bis suite emerged from the St. Oothard tun nel and arrived here at 5 o'clock this vvenlng. The railroad station was deco rated In honor of the -king's arrival and ha was greeted by the playing of the Italian national hymn and salutea fired from the heights surrounding the town. His majesty was welcomed to Switzerland by President Zemp of that country and the 'federal counsellors. In an address Presi dent Zemp said this visit qf the king of Italy was a fresh proof of friendship and that he was convinced It would draw closer the ancient and good relations existing be tween the neighboring nations. Replying to the president. King Victor Emmanuel said It was a pleasure to ex 'press the cordial friendship between Italy and Switzerland, and he hoped It would constantly become closer. After this ex change of courtesies the king's train pro ceeded for Berlin. COMES TO STUDY STEEL TRUST German, Experts Sail la. September for X'mXtrA nn tno Mission. BERLIN. Aug. 26. The object of the Journey of Count von Thtele-Wlnckler, a mine owner and prominent German finan cier, to the United States In September Is specifically to study the United States Steel corporation. The oount takes with him two lor threa experts and he may be regarded fcimeelf as an expert, since ha is a practical Iron man,- though no "chimney baron." as the Germany nobility sneerlngly character ize tba recently ennobled business men. Count Wlnckler has asked the manager of tba United States Steel corporation tor an bpportunlty to really study its organization and details of administration at first hand, and the county has been Informed, through the Deutsche bank, which made the In quiry, that ha would have every facility for to doing and suggestions have been made as to how he best could accomplish his mis sion. Count von Thlele Wlnckler, who la one f tha richest men in Germany, Is said to have undertaken the trip as an unofficial lommlssloner of his government. Hta earn istness and the fact that he takes technical experts with him gives color to tha idea that ha contemplates forming a combination sere Ilka the United Statea Steel coropra Uon. SHIPPING AGENTS ARE READY rhoee la Londo Invite Patroaaare of Peoplo with Parcels for C" States. LONDON, Aug. 26. A letter appears In the London papera thla morning signed by leveral London shipping agents announcing Ihelr readiness to transmit parcela to the United Statea at as advantageous ratea aa the aostofflce. Henry Norman, II. P., has written a letter to tha Times, complaining that tha proposed parcels post service between Great , Britain and tha United Statea ia restricted lo transmission by tha Cunard and White Star lines. Ha points out that tha use of steamers of the North German Lloyd line would In many cases 'save three days In the delivery of parcela in America, and In Bo way discourage the building of fast Brit ish ships by extending preferential protec tion to tha slow ones. SEVERE FIGHTING IN HAYTI Rovorament Troops Reeaptaro a Towa from the Flrmln. ttee. ' OAPB HATTIEN. Aug. 26. The village of tlrabe, eighty-two miles north of Port Au Prlnca, has been attacked and recaptured y tha troops or the provisional govern ment. Llmbe waa In the possession of Fir Unite soldiers from the Artlbontte dis trict. Tha fighting waa severe and lasted from midnight last night to midday today. Many men on both sides were killed. The town was destroyed by lire. MONT PELEE AGAIN MUTTERS Gives Evidence of Another Bllloaa Attack, bat Hot of Former Severity. ST. THOMAS. D. W. I.. Aug. 26. Advices received from Dominica today aays that between 10 in the morning' and I o'clock In tha afternoon yesterday (Monday) clouds of dust were seen in the direction of Mont Pelee and that detonations at long inter rale were heard until tha morning. Light howera of volcanic dust fell on Dominica. DOVER DECIDES NOT TO BEG English Towa Will Resist Temytatloa to Reach for tha Capacioaa CaraeaJe Pocket. DOVER, England. Aug. 26. The town councillors today engaged in a long and seated discussion, during which the idea of begging waa deprecated and a petition from Influential townspeople requesting the souncll to ask Andrew Carnegie tor money to establish a public library waa rejected hi a vote of I to T. DR. IRA PORTER .IS NAMED Omaha Physician Made fhalrmaa of Medical Seetloa, National fra ternal Association. DENVER, Aug. 26. The National Frater nal congress, the central organization of lh? fraternal and Insurance orders of this country snd Canada, met In annual con vention here today. President W. A. Warer, M. D., cf Topeka, Kan., presiding. There are over 200 accredited delegates In attendance. Fifty-seven fraternal societies Hold membership In the congress and the . spt officials of more than fifty of these - ending the convention. a. ' opening session welcomes were extend. "'nlted States Senator Thomas M. Fattet- . on behalf of the west, by Governor Orman on behalf of the state, by Mayor Wright an behalf of tha city and by F. A. Falkenburg on behalf of the Col orado auxiliary congress. The annual report of President Ed L. Young of the National Fraternal Press as sociation was largely devoted to the action of Third Assistant Postmaster Genersl Madden in excluding fraternal publications containing advertisements from the malls as second class matter. Many apeechea were made denouncing thla construction of tha law. Tha medical section of the congress was called to order by President M. R. Brown, M. D., of Chicago. Among the papers read was one by Dr. O. Millard of the Knights of the Loyal Guard, of Flint, Mich., on "Mortality and Its Costs." He reported the national fraternal congress experience table to show a death rate at 40 yeara of 13.9 per cent, starting with 100,000 lives at 20 years. As to this table, Dr. Millard said: "I am constrained to call the attention of this body to tha fact that our table shows at the age of 40 that the mortality haa In creased about I per cent over that of tables that have been standard anywhere In th4 United States or Canada, except In tropical countries for a long time." Dr. Millard suggested aa a probable causa the "hustle" of the lodge system with the desire to Increase membership and at the same time the payment by the frater nal societies of about one-third tha aum paid by old-line companies to their med ical examiners for a like amount of work. Officers were elected today aa follows: National Fraternal Press association, presi dent, E. L. Wood. Flint, Mich.; vice presi dent. W. M. Haag. Philadelphia; secretary -treasurer, N. E. Stevenson. Chicago. Med ical section. Dr. Ira W. Porter, Omaha; vice chairman, Dr. F. N. Smith, Zaneavllle, O.; secretary, Dr. E. D. Cook, Detroit. TIMES DISCUSSES ROOSEVELT Paper Credits Him with Taking a Bold Stand Against Party Wire pullers. LONDON. Aug. 27. The Times this morning published an editorial article dis cussing President Roosevelt's decision to appeal from party wire pullers to the people on the trust question. The paper aays: "This Is a bold decision if Presi dent Roosevelt is ambitious, of a second term, but he Is shrewd sa well as courage ous. We cannot, however, venture to form a Judgment of hta chances ; ot success against the strong forces arrayed on tha opposite side. Tha American people themselves have no very clear Ideas on thla aubject and their political prophets ara all at sea In their speculations. "It la Interesting to observe that In America It Is frankly assumed that Mr. Roosevelt's object la to throw a protecting shield 'over the capitalist and his attacks on the trusts are? regarded with suspicion by American protectionists. "The result of the struggle between a eravlng for protection and Impatience of monopoly will soon be visible In tho United States, and Mr. Roosevelt, appar ently will have credit for having raised a great Issue with conspicuous fearlessness." COLLEGES WIN ANOTHER ROUND ljudge I.acombe I'pholda Validity of Will of Lata Daalel Fay erw rather. NEW YORK. Aug. 26. A decision was handed down today by Judge Lacombe In the United Statea circutt court deciding, ao far as that tribunal Is concerned, the noted Fayerweather will case. Judge La combe's decision confirms the decision of tha atate court of appeals of July, 1897, which admitted the will of tha lata Dan iel B. Fayerweather, the millionaire leather merchant, to probate. Under the terms ot the will tha greater portion of the estate, estimated at $6,200,000, was divided between various colleges and uni versities mentioned In tha will. Judge La combe's decision dlsmlssfd an action brought by Emma Fayerweather and Mary Wachter, niecea of Lucy Fayerweather, widow of the dead merchant, to contest the will and leaves the colleges and uni versities In the undisputed possession and enjoyment of the money granted them. Tha decieion, however, does not mean that the case will end, aa an appeal will be taken at once to the United Statea su preme court In Washington. ALLEGE THAT LEYDS IS SHORT LoasT Paper Aeeoants for His Deposi tion from Traasvaal Le- . cation. LONDON, Aug. 27. In a dispatch from The Hague tha correspondent of the Daily Mall declares Dr. Leyda, who was the Euro pean representative ot the Transvaal re public, has been deposed because ha re fused to account for a large sum ot money missing from the Boer exchequer. The Boer cause, continues the correspondent, will be agitated through the length and breadth of South Africa on the model of the home rule campaign in Ireland, and this sgttatton will call for all the foresight and firm nets of which British statesmanship is capable. Tha first move in tha game w'll be the proposala tha Boer generals will ask of tha British government aa the prlca of their assistance in the reconciliation and settlement ot South Africa. WOMAN DIES OFJ'LUMPY JAW" Two Men la tha Same Towa Daager oasly 111 with tho Samo Disease. PRATT. Kan.. Aug. 26. Mrs. Kimball Is dead from "lumpy Jaw," caught from cattle, and Mr. Cochrane of tha Pratt Republican haa been brought to a hospital ia this city dangerously afflicted with the disease. An other man, whose name has not been learned, has caught the dlaease by chewing straw. Mr. Cochrane caught the disease by lying down la a pasture In which "lumpy jaw" cattle grazed. Tha doctora hero say there ara only alx casea on record where human beings have caught "lumpy Jaw" front cat Us. UTILIZING STUMP LANDS Pise Barrens of the North Present Problem to Agricultural Department SECRETARY WILSON HOPEFUL OF RESULTS Believes that with Proper Treatment They Will Become Valuable Dairy and Sugar Beet Lands. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. (Special Tele gram.) Since bla return from his tour of the west the secretary of agriculture has set his experts to work to solve a problem which has been presented to the depart ment, namely, denudation ot the pine for ests of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minne sota. Ths stump lands of these states, he saya, form a desolate wilderness, but he has faith that his experts will soon de termine the varieties of grains, grsssea and legumes beet adapted to the conver sion of these lands Into productive farms. The problem Is unlike any heretofore pre sented, for tba reason that both the aoll and climate condttiona are dissimilar to those prevailing in other sections of the country. The secretary believes they more nearly approximate the conditions govern ing Danish agriculture than any other por tion of this country. The annual rainfall is twenty-five inches, while the dense fog which floats Inland from the Oreat Lakes add to the humidity available for plant growers. Tha soil Is strong In vegetable food and is largely permeated with iron, which renders the clays a deep red. The secretary will detail scientists from the department to examine the soil and will probably send others to Denmark and Nor way to make observations of agriculture under similar physical conditions. At the present time large numbers ot Findlanders and Scandinavians are aettllng in the dis trict referred to, which the secretary esti mates to equal in area the atate of New York. There is also a sufficient number of American settlers to teach the principles of self-government to their neighbors. Necessity for Reformation. One of the peculiarities of the situation In this deforested country Is the necessity ot Immediate attention being turned to refor estation with a view to providing fuel, fenc ing, lumber, etc., for the aettiers. Mr. Wilson predicts that this section will be come a great stock and dairy center, and that the land, will yield handsome returns when devoted to the culture of sugar beets. He says that In time the beet sugar pro duced from this vicinity alone will equal the present output of the entire country and that the residue or beet pulp will be fed to large herds of dalrv cattle. Assistant Secretary ot the Treasury Tay lor today decided to accept the site of fered by Alonzo J. Barklay for the new public building at Boone, Ia. This site Is situated at the northwest corner of Eighth and Arden atreeta, and the price Is $11,600. Roatine of Department. The comptroller of tha currency haa ex tended the corporate existence of the First National bank of Seward, Neb., and tha Firat . National bank . ef . Caaaeltoa. H. v D.. until tha oloae of business on August 26, 192J. The Continental National bank of New York haa been approved aa reserve agent for the First National bank of Burt. Ia. Kittle Herring of Waterloo, Ia.. haa been appointed a $900 clerk in the pension agency at Dea Moines. Rural free delivery service will be es tablished October 1 aa follows: Nebraska, South Auburn, Nemaha county, an addi tional route; area covered, thirty-two aquare mllea; population served, 625. Iowa, Latimer, Franklin county, two routes; area, forty-one aquare miles; population, 640; the postofflce at Coulter to be supplied by rural carrier. Strawberry Point, Clayton county, three routes; area, seventy-two square miles; population, 1,500; the postof flce at St. Sebald to be supplied by rural carrier. PICK CONGRESSIONAL TIMBER Democrats Pat t'p Candidates la Illinois aad Ohio Dis tricts. PARIS. 111., Aug. 26. The democrats of the Eighteenth Illinois district today nom inated H. C. Bell of Mashall, Clark county, for congress. Hon Joseph G. Cannon la the republican nominee. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 26. Ben F. Caldwell of Chatham was nominated for congress by the democrats of the Twenty first congressional -district. JONESBORO. 111.. Aug. 26. The demo cratic congressional convention for the Twenty-fifth Illinois district today nom inated Jamea Lingle of Union county. Thts was the second session of the convention. Reed Green of Cairo, who waa nominated several weeka ago, having declined the nomination. MANSFIELD, O., Aug. 26. George D. Neal of Knox county was nominated for congress by the Fourteenth district demo crats today. Before tha convention as sembled It waa understood that Mayor F. J. King of Lorain would receive the nom ination, but aa temporary chairman ot the convention he made a speech, endorsing Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland and criti cising ax-Presldent Cleveland, D. B. Hill and W. J. Bryan, and hla name waa never presented to the convention. ILLINOIS POPULIST TICKET One Blank Space Left to Be Filled by Womaa -Candidate If Possible. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Aug. 26. The peo ple's party of Illinois held a convention here today and the following atata ticket waa named: Clerk of the Supreme Court W. W. Scott of Marlon county. State Treasurer Dietrich Balser ot Mad ison county. State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion W. C. Gullett of Fulton county. Trustees State University Richard Stan ley ot Morgan county and Henry Johnson of Vermilion county. Tha selection of a third candidate tor trustee waa left to the chairman of the state committee, and If possible a woman will be aelected. Joseph Hopp of Chicago was re-elected chairman ot the atata central committee. Resolutions were adopted favoring ths Initiative and referendum; a law to prevent blacklisting of employes by corporations; a law to prevent use of convict labor la competition with free labor; holding It to be tne duty ot the government to take pos session of all anthracite coal lands and mine coal; pledging support to the union label, and declaring that trial by jury should be given In contempt cases growing out of violations of court Injunctions. CALIFORNIA JS BALLOTING Repabllcaa State Conreatloa Is Try lag to ( home Betweea rive Candidate. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 2 The re publican state convention reassembled this morning and after ths presentation of com mittee reports sdopted a platform. It deplores the death of President William McKlnley. The administration of President Roosevelt Is Indorsed aad he Is especially tbanked for his support of measures pe culiarly beneficial to the coast, such as Irrigation of arid lands, the exclusion of Chinese and the Isthmian canal legislation. The convention Indorses the "firm, but enlightened policy pursued In, the Philip pines, which baa secured peace In the Is lands," and urges that "contention over our policy In the Philippines should now cease and the beneficial plsns of the civil govern ment be given the united and cordial sup port of all the people." The convention recommends that liberal pension provisions be made for the soldiers and widows of the lata civil war and of the war with Spain. On the question of trusts tha convention expresses Itself aa follows? w condemn all conspiracies and com bines to restrict business, to create monop olies, to limit production, or to control prices, and favor such legislation as will effectually restrain and prevent all such abuses, protect and promote competition and secure the rights of producers, laborers and all who are engavd In Industry and commerce, and we approve and commend the efforts of President Roosevelt to en force the laws against Illegal combinations In restraint of trade, and pledge him our hearty support In all his efforts to protect the people from all oppressive combinations of capital. The platform recommends the construc tion of government ships In government navy yards and urges the adoption ot an eight-hour schedule for labor on all gov ernment work, whether performed In public or private establishments. The platform opposes "all reciprocity treaties Inconsist ent with the protection to American labor and Industry," and any reciprocal policy not laid down in the republican platform of 1900. ' The platform also favors legislation which will ao regulate the process ot Injunction as to prevent Its exercise In abridgement of free speech or peaceful assemblages. The platform rejoices "in the fact that the act providing for the cutting of a canal be tween the North and South American con tinents was passed by a republican con gress and signed by a republican president." It waa quickly noticed by the followers of Governor Gage that the platform failed to Indorse the state administration, and a warm debate followed. It being declared that the omission was for the purpose of prejudicing the cause of Governor Gage, who la a candidate for renomlnatton. The matter waa finally compromised by the adoption of a resolution Indorsing all the . . cn.cm.2. Five candidates were placed In nomina tion for governor, namely, Henry T. Gage, the present Incumbent; E. B. EdBon, the present railroad commissioner; Dr. George O Pardee of Alameda, Thomaa Flint. Jr., of San Benito and J. O. Hayes of San Jose. Three ballota were taken without result, the last one standing. Gaga, tZ2; Flint, 27; Pardee. 121H; Hayes. 67; Edson. 89. Adjourned until tomorrow. !; HOT FIGHT TORNQMINATION Second Primary May Bo Necessary to Settle Soath Carolina, Plant. COLUMBIA. 8. C., Aug. "26. Democratic primaries for tha nomination of governor and a state ticket, congressional repre sentatives and state legislator wera held throughout thla state today. Ballota were also cast to determine a successor to United Statea Senator McLaurln. It Is eatlmated that -30,000 voters were recorded, but on account of late returns only 30,000 votes had been reported up to midnight. Owing to the South Carolina primary law, which demanda that successful candidates must receive a majority of the votea cast In primaries. It Is possible that a aecond pri mary will be ordered. In which those two leading candidates for every office which failed to receive a nominating vote will be entered. Every nomination, with the single exception of state treasurer, waa bit terly contested. From returns that have been received It Is understood that D. C. Heywood of Colton la far ahead In the race for tba guberna torial nomination, with ex-Congressman Tolbert aecond, and Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman third. Partial returns from forty-three counties show that In the contest tor the United Statea aenatorshlp to aucceed Senator Mc Laurln, Congressman Lattlmer leads, and therefore will be In tbe second primary. Hla probable competitor will be either D. G. Henderson ot Aiken or ex-Congressman J. J. Hemphill. U. X. Gunter Is named for attorney gen, cral and Colonel McMahon la named for superintendent of education. A aecond primary will be called to de termine the nominations for lieutenant gov ernor, secretary of state, comptroller gen eral, railroad commissioner and congres sional representatives. PROBABLE FUSION IN NEVADA Gold Democrat Slated to Be tho Nom inee of Parties for Got. rraor. RENO. Nev.. Aua. 26. Tha rt.mr.tf convention waa called to order at 1 o'rlnev and A. J. Denton of Lincoln was choaeu temporary chairman. The pnmmiu.. nn credentials waa appointed, after which the convention adjourned to attend a reception tendered the delegates by Francis O. New- lands. The silver convention waa rail. , at the same hour and Governor Sadler waa elected temporary chairman. A committee on credentials waa appointed and reported, after which the convention aril nil rn A.I fn. the aame purpose aa the democratio wing of me organization adjourned for. The indications ara that thr win k. fusion and that John Sparks, a gold dem ocrat from Washoe, who voted for McK nley two yeara ago, will be the fusion nominee tor governor. Lem Allen of Churchill will be tha nnmi. nee for lieutenant governor. C. D. Van Duser. another democrat win be the fusion nominee for cona-reas: J. v Talbot of Elko, for supreme Judge; Wil liam Woodman ot Ormsby for attorney gen eral; P. C. Weber of White Pine, for comp troller; E. D. Kelly, Washoe, for surveyor general; David Ryan, Story, for treasurer; Andrew Maupe of Nye. for aunerlntnint of public Instruction. The conventions ara now In iminn mn the sliver convention Is discussing tbe ad visability of Increasins the delegation from Nye, Elko and White Pine. Commltteea on permanent oraanlzaiinn resolutions, platform and conferenr will ha appointed tonight, after which the two con ventions will adjourn until tomorrow. There la much speculation aa to tha outcome. MERCER'S CAME IS BLOCKED Blackburn's Joint Committee Inoounteri Bom Stubborn Legal Propositions, INTEREST NOW IN SATURDAY'S MEETING Majority Proposes that Coanty Com mittee Shall Take Control of Pri maries, as It Is Required to Do by Law. Tha Mercer-Blackburn Joint committee, which attempted Illegally to absorb tba rights and powers of the county committee last Saturday, hesitates to proceed with the game mapped out for It. While Mr. Blackburn, who appears to be the whole thing in the joint committee, just as he Is in the congressional committee, professes to be In a position to carry out his original plans for controlling the county primaries. It Is plain to be seen that ha realizes that he haa overreached himself, for he wanta now to talk of compromise with the ma jority of the county committee who have called another meeting for next Saturday. Mr. Blackburn's Joint committee, with aeveral absentees, met twice yesterday, but transacted no business, indicating that the Mercer managers feet the Illegal ground that Is under them. During the day they conferred with E. J. Cornish and W. J. Connell, and expressed their willingness to make concessions if some arrangement could be made to have a part of their pro gram, as started last Saturday, carried out. At the conferences yesterday Mr. Cor nish and Mr. Connell discussed the legal phases ot tha situation with a clearness that left no room for doubt aa to the county committee's right to name the primary election officers, select the polling places and apportion the delegates from this county to the congressional convention among the political divisions of the county. It was also shown clearly that tbe county committee has no authority In law to sur render the control of the primaries to a sub-committee, even of Its own creation. James H. Van Dusen, the author of the primary election law, waa quoted aa say ing that "the intent of the law was to safeguard the rights ot the Individual voters by permitting them, through their direct representatives on the county com mittee, to control their own prlmsrles." Furthermore, Mr. Van Dusen la authority for the statement that tha law does not contemplate the delegation of the work of the county committee to any small frac tion thereof, which would not be directly representative of each and every political division of the county. Blarkbnrn Is Anxious. While In interviews Mr. Blackburn con tends that the meeting of the county com- tnlttaa ea114 for T t Rttird7 niM fta Ignored by his Joint committee, he Is dis playing great anxiety aa to the probable action of next Saturday's meeting, and waa ready to discuss terms upon which his faction might enter the meeting. He waa told that the majority of the county com mittee had come to understand -that their action of last Saturday waa clearly illegal and the purpose of next Saturday's meet ing waa merely to correct the error that had been made. Tbe coming meeting had been - called . tar tha purpose of selecting Judges and clerks and polling places and assuming general supervision of the pri maries In Douglaa county by the Douglas county committee as a whole, In compli ance with the plain provisions of the law. While the right of the congressional com mittee to make the apportionment of. dele gates among tha subdivisions of the county was denied. It was said by Mr. Cornish and members of the county committee that there was no disposition to make an ap portionment different from that already an nounced by the Mercer congressional com mittee. The assertion of Mr. Blackburn that the meeting of next Saturday had not been legally called, because "Chairman Goss had not even been consulted," was not given serious consideration. "It Is absurd," said a member of the county committee, "to assume that the created Is greater than the creator. As a matter of fact, Mr. Goss was out of the city when tha call was pre pared, but even if he had been here, a ma jority of the committee would have had tha same right to call a meeting without his acquiescence. Do you suppose that If the president of a bank should die, or dis appear, the board of dlrectora would be powerless to meet and continue the busi ness T" Mr. Blackburn'a claim that the necessary Ave days' notice of the meeting had not been given la met by the fact that the call was Issued and mailed to every member of the committee on the 25th, just six days before tha 30th, the date ot the meeting. ALGER TO FIGHT FOR PLACE Intlmatloa that He Is Going East to Coasalt with President Roosevelt. DETROIT, AugT 26. General Russell A. Alger, former secretary of war, leaves for an eastern trip tomorrow. It Is Inti mated here that tha trip savors of a call on President Roosevelt for a conference regarding Alger's candidacy to succeed tho late Senator McMlllln aa United States senator. It Is said the president would like to see the two senators from Michi gan mora In harmony with administration vlewa than Senator Burrows haa been and that be is inclined toward Congressman W. A. Smith as a successor to Burrows two yeara hence, and that Alger Is likely to get the administration's stamp of ap proval In the present campaign. Smith and Alger had a conference In Detroit yes terday. Senator Alger declared he was In the campaign and would be there with hla friends to the end. Tha general had been previously characterized aa a passive candidate. MORE AUTOMOBILE VICTIMS Two Persons Killed and Three Serl oasly Injared In Aeeldeat at Long- Braarb. LONG BRANCH, N. J., Aug. 26. Two were killed and threa injured In an auto mobile accident at the Park Avenue bridge over tha New York ft Long Branch railroad tracks today. In trying to avoid running down a man, Frank J. Mathews, president of tha Realty Trust company of Jersey City lost control of his machine and It plunged against tha ratling, broke through and dropped to tba rails, thirty-five feet below. Mr. Mathewa was Instantly killed, tha heavy machine falling upon him. Mrs. J. H. Cobb of Richmond, Vs., one of his guests, died later at tha Monmouth Me morial hospital, and Mrs. Louis I'lxzlnnt, her alster-ln-law, Is believed to be dying. Rev. Father Grant of tbe Paullst church, New York, suffers from shock and bruises. The chauffeur, Rudolph Meyer, escaped with slight Injuries, as he leaped to tbe bridge just aa tha machine plunged over the aide. CONDITION 0FJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Fair Wednesday situ iiiurnuijri warmer weunesaay. Tmperatar mi Omaha Yetrdr I Hoar. Dea-. Hoar. Dear. B a. m io 1 p. an tid fl a. m fin 9 p. m HH T a. m (is It p. m w A a. m ..... . nn 4 p. m ..... . HH O a. m K p. m 1 a. m .ei A v, n till 11 a. m trj Tp. m i 13 m 64 ft p. m H p. m...... T BEEF TRUST JPR0BING BEGINS St. Joseph Batcher Declares Prices Vnlform, bat Secret Rebato Made to Bayer. 8T. JOSEPH. Mo., Aug. 26. (Special Tel egram.) The first testimony' In the alleged Beef trust Inquiry commenced today be fore Special Commissioner H. I. Kinley of Kansas City. John Wood, a local butcher, waa the only witness examined, when court was ad journed until tomorrow forenoon. Wood testified that he had, for twenty yeara, bought beef of the packers and about two yeara ago he was Informed by the packers that the price of beef had been raised and that the prices were uniform. Since then he had been given a rebate by tha Ham mond and Cudahy companies, but waa sworn to secrecy by the salesman of whom he purchased the meat. "I was told that If I squealed on a aalesman, his house would have to pay a fine of $50," said Wood. Witness further stated that he had tried to buy meat of the Ottumwa (Ia.) house, but tha meat could not be delivered. Most of bis testimony was objected to by Attorney Alexander New, who conducted the case tor Swift and Company, on the ground that it waa most all on hearsay. RECEIVER. FOR LUMBER FIRM Disagreement Anton the Stockhold ers Given as tho neasoa for Failure. KANSA8 CITT, Aug. 26. The Culver Lumber company, successors to the Kan sas City Southern Lumber company, owning extensive timber forests at Craighead, Okl., with lumber yards In Kansas City, Mo., and a sash and door and box factory at Kansaa City, Kan., was placed In a re ceiver's hands today. Assets are esti mated at $50,000, and liabilities at $2.r0,000. A receiver has also been appointed for the company's Arkansas property, said to be valued at over $500,000. In Arkansas the company owns land In Green county, with two mills at Sedgwick, a store and twenty miles of railroad. Receivers were appointed in Kansas Cltv upon the application of Mary C. Culver and H. A. Culver, majority stockholders, trouble having arisen over the manage ment of the firm, whose capital la $300,000. Tbe chief creditor Is the National Bank of Commerce of Kansaa City, Mo., which holds a claim of about $30,000 against the company. ELK TREASURER MUST ANTE Ed S. , Orris ofBmfralo Bald to Be . Indebted to tho Grand Lodge. SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug. 26. Official an nouncement has been made before the Elks lodge in this city that a shortage of $16,000 has been discovered In the books of Ed S. Orris of Buffalo, N. Y., grand treasurer of the grand lodge of Elks. Mr. Orris was re-elected at the recent reunion In Salt Lake. According to a mem ber of the grand lodge the shortage was not discovered by the auditing committee until after the election. Mr. Orris, when con fronted, stated that he could and would make the shortage good at once, but this, It Is announced, has not been done. ' The official announcement does not state what action will be taken In the matter. FREEP0RT HAS A BARTHOLIN Officers Of that City Detain Stranger Resembling; the Chicago Marderer. FREEPORT. 111., Aug. 26. A man who waa arreated at Rock City today on suspi cion of being Bartholin of Chicago, was brought to Freeport tonight by Sheriff Fox. To a representative of the Associated Press ha aald his name was O. G. Holcomb, tbat he had recently been aelllng wines for a Weldon. N. C. firm and that hi r.m.i. became exhausted at Madison, Wis., and b left there on foot last Saturday night. He says that ha was auditor of the Lexington hotel at Chicago In 1901 and 1902. He bears uech a striking resemblance to the Chicago man that Sheriff Fox has decided to keep him until his identity Is established. RUSH FOR OKLAHOMA LANDS Supreme Court Decision Causes Latest Stampede of Land Seekers. EL RENO. Okl.. Aug. 26. The decision of tba supreme eourt attaching a atrip of land four miles wide to Oklahoma from the Chickasaw nation has brought thou sands of people here to file at the, land office, and today mora than 400 filings were rejected. Special tratna are bringing in additional crowds and the rysh for these lands promises to be almost aa gree the opening last fall. There ara abott 1,500 farma In tha atrip. JURY APPROVES THELYNCHING Coroner's Rcvlwera Come Oat Plainly la tho Caso of Tom Joaes. CHARLOTTE. N. C, Aug. 26. The coro ner's Jury In the caae of Tom Jones, the negro who assaulted and fatally Injured Mrs. Smith, and who was lynched yester day, has approved tba act of the lynchers. The names of tbe men are not known, or. If known, are not mentioned In the verdict. Movements of Ocean Vessels Ana-. 2H. At New York Arrived: Frederick der GroKse. from Bremen Stilled: Consuelo, for Hull; Kron Prlns Wllhelm, for Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg; Patricia, for Hamburg via 1'lvmoulh and Cherbourg. At I'shantl Passed: Neko, from San Franclsoo via Valparaiso, etc., for Ham burg. At Rotterdam Arrived: Ryndara, from New York via Boulogne Pur Mer. At Bremen Arrived: Hohensollern, from New York. At Cherbourg Arrived: Kxiserln Msrla Therewa, from New York via Plymouth, for Bremen, an-1 procedi-t. At Quernstown Arrived: Ivernla, from Bo'tnu, for Liverpool, and proceeded. At Liverpool Arrived: Taurlc, from New York. At Plymouth Arrived: Kaserln Maria Theresa, from New York, for Cherbourg and Bremen, and proceeded. At Genoa Sailed; Lombardia, for New York- ROOSEVELT ON CUBA Praaidant TJisouueg the New Eepublio'i Keedi in BpeVoh at LowelL ASKS RECIPROCAL TRADE RELATIONS Bellevs, the Isle to. Be Bound to Fifox In Future Affairs. MUTUAL INTERESTS WILL BE SERVED United States Can Go Farther Than Dutj with Profit CROWDS ARE VOCIFEROUS AS EVER Punctuate Hla Plain Itteraaeea with Spoataacons Oatharata aad Cheer Him Load I y 'Wherever They Catch Sight of Him. AUGUSTA. Me.. Aua. Jr. Pr.M.n. Roosevelt today passed throuah three states, delivered elaht aneeches and ra. celved th plaudits of 250,000 people. The greeting wblch baa marked his progress through New England la flattering In tha' extreme and today'a experience demon strated his popularity perhaps more than ever berore. Everywhere at the regular atops and the smaller stations along tha road the people were strenuous In their efforts to catch a glimpse of him. or hear blm speak, and at Haverhill. Mass.. thla desire assumed such a form that the crowda completely overrode the. police and sur rounded tbe president's carriage, making It difficult for It to advance. The day's Journey was not without tt. Incidents. As the president was about to noara bis car at Lawrence, Mass., after delivering his address, the leader of tha band stepped un and made himself known to blm. He aaid his name waa Bansn, a former cowpuncher and barber at Medora. N. D., where the president's ranche is lo cated. Tbe president Immediately recog nised and greeted 'blm as an old friend. The man, evidently desiring the president to know that he bad profited by his ad vice, given some years ago, said to him: "You told me to get married 'and aettla down and I did. I have got alx children myself," which afforded the president no little amusement. Tonight hs Is the guest of Governor Hill, who met him at tha depot and escorted him to his residence, where tba president made a abort address. The governor"! house has become historic because of the fact tbat It waa the home of James O. Blaine and the president occupies tonight tbe Identical bedroom used by that states man. Talks of Porto Rico and Cuba. LOWELL, Mass., Aug. 26. President Roosevelt arrived from Boston at 9:19 a. m. and spoke to an Immense crowd hera saying: When I got on the train this morning on of the llrst to- groet mo was ex-Governor Allen . of Porto Rico, your fellow townsman. (Applause.) . . Now, you don't hear much about our government of Porto Rico, because there in nothing sensational in a complete suc cess. (Laughter and applause.) Under Governor Allen and since under hli successor Porto Rico has been governed so well that it Is not entitled to any space in the newspapers. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, we have done our full duty by Porto Rico. We have done our duty by Cuba. But I want to ask this peo pie to act further than tinder a sense ol bare duty. To act In a spirit of generosity such as befits a great republic dealing wltn a new republic. And I want, furthermore, that pur people should be awake to their cwn Interest In the seaa and lands south of our country. We drove oat those who had been on preening Cuba and we cleaned house for them. Not an easy task, for many of tho.te cities had never before been cleaned in their entire history. We Introduced a tchool system. We made Justice in fact as well as In name. We atamped out the plague of yellow fever, a plague which was a menace not merely to Cuba, but to our ?nndehntrn "tate'1 A then w le" th" frees Reciprocal Trade. But from the very necessities of the case rfih-0"" to uhave "tmata relations with them. Cuba has got to be in a sense a part of our International policy system, and I ask most earnestly that In return we It K.ihr part Pf our economic system by establishing reciprocal trade relations wuh bright AApplause' cheers and cries of 1 ask It In her Interest, and I ask It In ?UL"r.v.Tliere '" ? sre,u market In Cuba, and I wish to see it controlled In the Interest of our own people. 1 am speaking In one of the oldest industrial centers of tnla coun! try and one of the places In which modern Industrialism In America took its rise I am speaking In a place which, In addition to being an Industrial center, has always bten willing to devote Its best blo$ and Its effort on behalf of any moral question Jens touched the consciences of its citl- I think, men and women of Lowell that you are in those two points" typical of tie u,L .Aner'V.an citizenship. You hivj Jnd.eup,hla, city, through the develop! ment .,,yourJ, factories, through the busi ness skll and enterprise and the manual labor both hard and skillful, ot your sons Y-M-ave dor" .that and wh" the country ca ed you sent your sons to answer ths call. You have feit the need of doing the practical business work necessary to be done and you have alao responded to every call to do more than that work. v,r Lands Governor Allea. Now I ask that you show both tralta in dealing with the country s islanda and the Islands south of us with which we have been brought Into such close relations aa the result of the Spanish war. We did well in Cuba. We did well In Porto Rico. That waa because we could coiint on the service. vt men like Governor Allen, services which should be both In terested and Intelligent. Mind you. both You have got to have morality first, but If morality hus not got common senaa with it the result will be unhappy. l!d.!!ow. '.1 dealIn wll C"'ba, in dealing with the Isthmus across which we ara to build the great Inter-oceanlo canal we must remember, that we can do good with ourselves permanently only If we do good to thos with whom we are brought Into contact, that we must keep both facta well in mind. We must keep our own Interests as well as the Interests of the weaker peo ples whose destiny Is now Inextricably in terwoven with ours. I ask you, then to 'V1 that e S,ve Cuba reciprocity with thla country, primarily in Cuba's in terests, but also tor our own great bene fit. 1 thank you. Yoaaar Vets Participate. Acting Mayor Badger and a committee of tbe city government met tba president at tbe station and wera preaented by Charles M. Allen, former governor of Porto Rico. After a few words of welcome ths party took carriages and drove rapidly to tha com mon through streets arched with bunting and lined with cheering people. Arriving at tha speaker's atand, tho pres ident was presented to ths people In a brief sentence by the acting mayor. A aeutry, a Spanish war veteran, stood on either elds ot the president as he rose to speak. Cheers and applause greeted him. At the close ot hla speech the president passed to bis carriage. At tha rear of tha platform he found the local camp of Span ish war veterans drawn up at a "present." Tbe president smiled and. standing up In his carriage, spoks a few words to them, con cluding, "aad I'm nighty glad to sea you."
