The Omaha Daily Bee.
ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1902 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
ODELL HAS TO COME
Lieutenant Gevernonhip Taigle Galls
Him to Saratoga.
SIXLDON DECLINES TO WITHDRAW NAME
Befutei OoTtrntT! Beqneit After Viiitiig
Senator flatt
WOODRUFF CROWD RESUMES AGITATION
Timothy, HiraMlf, Ventares U Print a
Few Wards.
fLATT ANSWERS IN CAUSTIC VEIN
Inpll.i that tha Seemloally-Iovewted
Executive is Hot So UtoaolAsh
as He Seems lm Tlila
Troublo.
SARATOGA. N. T.. Bept it. The dlffl
, culty In the republican convention over
tha candidacy of George R. Sheldon for
the lieutenant governorship assumed such
proportions this afternoon that Governor
Odell was summoned from Albany for con
sultation. Word comes that ha left the
I state capital for this place on a special
train tonight.
. It has developed that Governor Odell to-
Bight requested Mr. Sheldon to withdraw
1 from the race for the nomination for eeo-
ond place on the ticket. The governor
, gave aa a reason that be was of the opinion
, that Mr. Sheldon's candidacy would Jeop
ardise the success of the whole ticket.
I The governor added that ha bad selected
'Mr. Sheldon for the place and waa his
close personal friend, but had reached the
conclusion that It waa best Mr. Sheldon
should retire. Mr. Sheldon consulted with
Senator Piatt and, gaining the senator's
support. Informed the governor he could
not comply with the request.
Governor Odell then sent to Senator
Piatt and aaked him to use his influence
to get Mr. Sheldon to retire. Mr. Piatt
announced that he would not make tne re
ouest. and that Mr. Sheldon waa in to stay.
In the meantime the Kings county delega
tion, headed by Lieutenant Governor Wood
ruff, had hlnta of Governor Odell's request
and Immediately reaumed lta attack on
Mr. Sheldon.
Woodruff's Attitude.
i Immediately after the adjournment of the
, convention In the afternoon, Lieutenant
i Governor WoodruH made this atatement:
"I bare iio persona! animosity ejilnst
: Mr. Sheldon. I believe that the objections
raised to him are of the gravest sort and
.that they Jeopardise the atate ticket. I
have no personal ambition. I am not and
I will not be a candidate. I am lntsreated
itn the success of the atate ticket alone.
! Irrespective of individuals. I am the unit
voter for the largest county in tne smi-.
.Tt n New York county. We carried
nr nrlmarlea and have united the party.
'l believe that Kings county should have
!some say In nominating a ticket. We were
promised this. Mr. Piatt nroaa ms wora
to us and named Mr. Sheldon without con
sultation. I believe be did it. for the best
Interests ot the.,pajrty, but he was mis
, .v.n I bow to no man In my allegiance
to the party and Its leaders, but I am not
' going to stand calmly by and see the party
.. ionardlsed. I have no candidate.
but I believe there are up-state men who
I could fill the place accepUbly and aid the
ticket. I believe aiao mai n -u w
state man is nominated Kings county can
nominate the secretary of atate. probably
Mr. Dike, and all portions of the state will
' fee represented on the ticket."
Flatt'a Cawstlo Comment.
When shown the statement of Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff. Senator Piatt sa d:
"Perhaps ws csn give Mr. Woodruff a lit
tle lesson In politics as well aa In good
.manners. Why should the leader of any
'one delegation be offended because a man
'desires to be a candidate? Ia Kings county
to control the situations? Mr. Sheldon la
'a candidate and is not withdrawn at all.
ixell Mr. Woodruff that for me.
"Woodruff could have many things.
He has had them. H has refused
some lately, and It Is 111 advl.ed
of htm to seek to make trouble. His
concern for the party Is very touching,
but there are others of larger experience
who are equally Interested and more ca
pable of Judging."
When tho newa of this trouble between
the leaders boeame public in lta entirety the
previous apathetic attitude of the rank and
file of the delegatea to the atate convention
changed to one of the llvelleat interest. By
, o'clock Governor Odell was being urged
by Ms personal friends to come to Sara
toga and settle the controveny. but to this
request he at flrat answered that be had
signified what his wishes In the matter were
and that the convention could work out the
situation Itself. His esteem and regard for
Mr. Bheldon were as firm aa ever, but he
had become convinced that Mr. Sheldon
(could not help and would only hurt the
ticket
Odell Takes Positive Stand.
Governor Odell's friends then began to
work actively to get Mr. Sheldon to retlrs
and as a result of the agitation telegrams
began pouring In from all sections of the
stste not to vote for Sheldon on the ground
of his business affiliations. Leaders from
up the state were apprised ot the fact that
the governor waa averse to Mr. Sheldon's
nomination and toward ,9 o'clock the news
was known about hotel corridors. About
that time Governor Odell in response to
a query from Lieutenant Governor Wood
ruff with regard to bis position on the
Sheldon candidacy evnt a telegram, aaylng
lie (Odell) would not run on the ticket If
Sheldon's name waa on It. Odell'a father
and brother then went to the telephone
and told the governor that he must come to
Saratoga and straighten the matter out.
Qatar- gonads tke Key Hole.
fhs republican state convention met here
today for the preliminary work Incidental to
the naming of a atate ticket and tha draft
ing of a platform. Outside ot delegatea and
alternates the spectators wars few.
Ex-Congressman Lemuel Ely Qulgg, the
temporary chairman, apoke at follows:
Rooarvrlt Recognised Leader.
For eight-yeara the republicans of this
state have enjoyed public favur. We have
eliled four republican governors. One of
these, summoned to the highest destiny
that is within the lite of any man to
reach, by his progressive Ideas, hla ardent
tiatrtotlrm. I'.is splendid courage and his
ofty Intcurliy has profoundly impressed
the country. Nowhere is his leadership
more cordially accepted than In hla own
atate.
The American people are better off today
than they ever were before and nothing
the democrats can ssy will disturb that
solid truth. It Is no wonder the democrats
are troubled about an issue.
It Is the singular fortune of this country
that the political problem moat under dis
cussion Is not how to get Its people profit
ably employed, but how more evenly to
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PRESENTS SIDE OF MEXICO
Attorney for that Ootmnfit Makes
iriintit In Mas Casa at
The Ilaajue.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 23. Lawyer Ralston
of San Francisco occupied th morning aes-
Ion of tbs International court of arbitra
tion, which Is hearing the arguments in the
case of the Plus fund. He contended that
Mexico was bound bjr the Judgment of the
previous arbitration court, which counsel
anticipated the present court would con
firm, thus increasing the general confidence
In arbitral' -n aa a means of settling dis
putes.
When '
-Ion was resumed In the
afternoon '4,, refused an application
from the Ah. unael that Lawyer
Deacamps shou.. I' . ard Monday. It
waa explained thai- 1 waa prevented
from attending thuTv
Attorney De La CroK ' Mexico's
esse. He maintained tha, e waa no
question of a conflict of nai. sbs Involved
In the present dispute, which was merely a
case of diplomatic Intervention by the
United States In favor of a private claim
of the archbishop of California against the
government of Mexico. Hence only the
actual law of Mexico waa applicable and
not the vague principles of equity Invoked
by the United States.
The fund In dispute, counsel continued.
waa established with the question ot politi
cal conquest of California and the right of
disposing of the fund belonged to the king
ot Spain and, subsequently, to the United
States, but never to the church or to the
archbishop of California, , The session waa
adjourned until tomorrow,
EARL ROBERTS CALLS A HALT
Promises to Panlsh Severely Anyone
Hereafter Gntlty of Such Per
secution as Oregsos's.
LONDON, Bept. 21. As an outcome of
the recent Gregson incident, Earl Roberta,
commander-in-chief of the forces, has no
tified all commanding officers ot the ne
cessity of suppressing, with s strong hand.
any such practices as "ragging," whiob he
declares to be a disgrace to the army
and most pernicious and prejudicial to the
whole spirit of discipline. Earl Roberts
threatens to severely punish in the future
any cases similar to the Gregson Incident.
Second Lieutenant Gregson of the Second
Life guards was known to be a hard worker,
an efficient officer and popular with his
men. On the night of July 21 a number
of officers of the regiment chased Lleuten
ant Gregson out of his quarters, hunted
him through the barracks with whips,
ducked him in a horse trough and later
WTeCk&d his u,uaj tern aud destroy ed him
kit. The only explanation of this treat
ment was that Lieutenant Gregson waa
socially undesirable. The lieutenant re
ceived hla commission February 15 last
A military court of inquiry investigated
his persecution, and it has bean reported
that two lieutenants probably will be
cashiered as a result of the escapade.
MONEY AT TWENTY PER CENT
Financial Situation la Walt Street
Circles Contlnnes to Bxeito
Considerable Interest.
NEW YORK, Bept. 13. The local financial
situation continued to excHe considerable
Interest today. Money on call fluctuated
between 11 and 20 per cent before noon.
opening at the first figure and advancing to
20 per cent In leapa.
By noon the rate had eased off to 12 per
cent. An unusual and algnlflcant feature
was the lending of money by Individuals
and firms, who withdrew the greater part
of their bank balances and made loana di
rect. Naturally thla curtailed the supply of
bank money and created some 111 feeling be
tween the banks and their clients.
One prominent brokerage bouae la re
ported to have taken $1,000,000 cash out of
two banks, lending the money at from 15
to 18 per cent. Two leading banka re
ported today that withdrawals by their out-of-town
correspondents, presumably In the
weat and southwest, had been unusually
heavy. Theae drafts, it was added, were
for crop purposes. Considerable money la
reported to be going to Chicago, Cleveland
and St. Louis.
A number of out-of-town banka pursued
their usual courae on thia occaalon by with
drawing balancea from the local banks and
loaning them direct on the floor of the ex
change. Local branches of the Canadian
banka were heavy lenders at the higher
rate.
In the last hour the rates for call loans
were quoted at from 10 to 13 per cent
At the close money on call was strong at
6 1 18 per cent and cloae offered at 8 per
cent.
WHEAT CHORTS RUN TO COVER
Bear Panle Advances Price ot Septem
ber Option to Eighty-Five
Cents In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23. September wheat to
day gave strong evidence of a congested
condition, advancing from 79 celts, the
bottom price st the opening, to 86 bents, a
gain ot nearly 10 cents over yesterday'a
bottom price. Today's aharpness of ad
vance, like yesterday's, waa due to cover
ing of short contracts, 'though today's
operations In that line v. ore said to have
been on a smaller scale. Yesterday the
buying was chiefly by Influential houses,
but today the demand came chiefly from
outalde shorts, representing numerous but
generally small lines.
The running of "corners" on the Board ot
Trade haa been enjoined by the courts,
but it is stated that the available aupply of
contract wheat la nearly all In the hands
of a prominent elevator company. Repre
sentatives of this company did not sell
openly today, but were credited with letting
out some September through other houses.
Thla relief became effective shortly before
noon, when the price had reacted to elVi
cents.
The short Interest Is believed to repre
sent between 2,000,000 and 2.000,000 bushels.
MOVING THE QUARANTINE LINE
Plan to Place It Farther Sealh Occu
pies Attention of National San
itary Assoclattoa.
WICHITA, Kan., Sept. 23. The National
Association of Sanitary Boarda met here
today. The two pointa ot Interest are the
placing of the quarantine line farther south
and the extension ot the open seaaon. After
the appointment of committees recess waa
taken. The members of the committee to
fx quarantine lints and to regulate the
open aeaaon Include George B. Kills of Mis
souri, A. W. Sale of Illinois. W. H. Dunn
ot Teaneaeee and M. M. Hanklna of Texaa.
The committee on resolutions Includes D. F.
Luckey ot Missouri, L C. Tiffany of Illinois.
L. 8. Pope of Tennessee and W. J. Moore ot
Texas,
SPEARS ON TARIFF REVISION
Eooxavtlt .tloiea Teur with Noteworthy
Utterances at Logangpert.
PROBLEM IS A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
Xatlon hoald Deal Tilth II na Such,
Avoiding Sudden Violent Changes,
Yet Fitting; Hnlea to Chang
ing; t'lrcanistunces.
LOOANSPORT, Ind.. Sept. 28. One of the
moat Important of President Roosevelt's
speeches waa delivered by him here today
to a crowd that stood in a pelting rain to
near him. The president himself was
somewhat expoaed, but, as has since been
learned, he had previously resigned him
self to an abandonment of hla preaent tour
and was anxious to give bis views on tariff
revision before returning to Washington.
Not Wholly Political.
He said, in part:
The business world must exist largely Oil
CTedlt and to credit conlldence la essential.
Any tampering with the currency, no mat
ter with what purpose, if fraught with the
suspicion of dishonesty In result. Is fatal
In Its effects on business prosperity, very
ignorant and primitive communities are
continually obliged to learn the elementary
truth that the repudiation of debts Is, In
the end, ruinous to the debtors as a clat,
and when communities have moved some
what hiKher In the Bcale of civilization thev
also leern that anything in the nature of
a aeirasea currency works similar damage.
A nna.nciai system or assured honesty Is
the first essential. Another essential for
any community is perseverance In the
economic policy which for a course of years
Is found nest fitted to Its peculiar needs.
The question of combining such fixedness
of economy aa regards the tarlfT, while at
the same time allowing for a necessary and
proper readjustment of duties in particular
schedules a such readjustment becomea a
matter of pressing Importance, is not an
eaay one. It la perhaps too much to expect
that from the discussion of such a Question
it would be possible wholly to eliminate
poimcai partisanship. Yet those who be
lleve. as we all must when we think serl
ously on the subject, that the proper aim
of a party system Is. after all, to subserve
the party good, cannot hope that where
such partisanship on a matter of this kind
conflicts with the public good it shall at
east oe mini mixed.
Tariff Is a Bnalness Proposition.
What we really need In thla country is
to treat the tariff aa a business proposition
and not from the standpoint of the tempo
rary needs of any political party. It surely
ought not to be necessary to dwell on the
extreme unwisaom. rrom a business stand
point, from the standpoint of national pros
perlty, of violent and radical changes
amounting to the direct upsetting of tariff
policies at Intervals of every few years. A
nation like ours can adjust its business
after a fashion to any kind of a tariff. But
neither our nation nor any other can stand
the ruinous policy of readjusting its busi
ness to radical changes in the tarilT at
short intervals. This Is more true than
before, cv.-lr.a: to thrf lmmcr.se nnd crc.it
variety of our product. The tariff schedules
or locuy carry rates or outy on more than
4.000 articles. Continual sweenlnar changes
in such a tariff, touching ao intimately the
commercial interests oi a nation, wnlch
stands as one of the two or three in the
whole Industrial world, cannot but be dis
astrous. Yet. on the other hand, where
the Industrial needs of the nation shift as
rapidly as they do with us. It is a matter
ot prime Importance that we should be able
to aajusi our economic policy as rapidly
aa possible and with as little friction aa
possiDie to tnese needs.
What la Needed.
We need a acherae which will enable us
to provide an application of the principle
to the changed condition. - The nrnhUm
thernlare, is to devise -some - acEeme by
which these shifting needs can be recog
nised and the necessary readjustment of
duties provided without forcing the entire
business community and, therefore, the en
tire nation to submit to a surgical opera
tion, the mere want of which, and still
more the accomplished fact of whleh
would probably parallze, for a considerable
time, tne industries or tne country. Such
a realization might very readily produce
the conditions from which we suffered
nine years ago, in lfr93. It is on every ac
count most earnestly to be hoped that this
firoblem can be solved In some manner
tito which partisanship shall enter as a
purely secondary consideration, If at all
mat is, in some manner wnlcn shall pro
vide for an earnest effort by non-partisan
inquiry and action to secure any changes
the need of which ia indicated hv the r.
feet found to proceed from a given rate of
outy on a given article, Its effect. If any,
aa regards the creation of a substantial
monopoly, lta effect upon domestic nrlces
upon the revenue of the government, upon
importations irora anroaa, upon nome pro
ductlona and upon home consumption.
To Meet Requirements.
In other words, we need to devise soma
miiciuiiery ny wnicn, wnue persevering in
the. policy of a protective tariff in which I
tnlnk the nation as a whole has now irn-
erally acquiesced, we would be able to cor
rect the Irregularities and remove the in
congruities produced by the changing con
ditions without destroying the whole struc
ture. The one consideration which must never
do ummea in a larin mange is the Im
perative need of preserving the American
standard of living for the American work
InKtnan. The tariff rate must iwv.r fait
below that which will protect the Amer
ican worklngman by allowing for the differ
ence between the general labor cost here
and abroad, so as to at least equalize the
conditions arising from the difference In
the standards of labor here and ahrna.i .
difference which It should be our aim to
foster insofar as it represents the needs of
better educsted. better paid, better fed an
better clothed workinsmen of a hihr
clav than any to be found in a foreign
country. an nuzarun ana no matter
what else la sought for by changes of the
tariff, the American workman must be pro
tected in his standard of wages that ia, in
his standard of living and he must be se
cured the fullest opportunity of employ
ment. Three Honrs In Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 23. President
Roosevelt was the guest ot Indianapolis
tor three hours today. The special train
bearing the party arrived shortly before
noon. The party waa driven to Tomllnson
hall, where the president addressed the
Spanish-American war veterans, now hold
ing their annual reunion in this city. Tbs
afternoon program was as follows:
1 o'clock Luncheon to the president at
the Columbia club.
2 o'clock The president addressed the
people in Monument place from Columbia
club balcony.
S o'clock President left via the Big Four
for Muncie, Ind.
The weather waa "made-to-order" variety
and long before the arrival of the president,
Waahlngton street, which had been roped
off to prevent the crowd surging toward the
center of tho thoroughfare was packed with
people eager to aee and hear the president.
All along the route to Tomlinson ball the
chief executive of the nation waa kept busy
bowing hii acknowledgments to the cheers:
A great ovation awaited him at the hall.
here be made his principal address.
The ball bad been elaborately decorated
and there was nothing lacking to make tha
president's welcome hearty and enthusi
astic. Senator Beveridge Introduced the presi
dent at Tomllnson hall and Senator Fair
banks presented htm to the people from the
Columbia club balcony.
The president spoke as follows at Tomlln
son hall:
Part la Affairs of World.
In speaking to the men who volunteered
for the bjiunmh war I wih to lay special
stresa on the need of preparedness. Muurrn
war of a srrioua kliui ia determined quite
as much by what ihe aniagonlsta have
done lu advance of the outbreak as by
what they do afterward. Molern condi
tions have brought all parts of the world
clcaer together, and, while thla nearneaa
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CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER
Forecast for Nehrnsks Fair and Warmer
ednesday. Thursday Fair.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. Ilea. vHour. Drsr.
B a. m :l 1 p. m ta
a. m tit . a p. m tin
T a. to (14 V, a p. m HI
Ma. m 4 - 4 p. m HI
9 a. in '; A p. m 4
1U a. m A4 ;. ( p. m til
11 a. m :t T p. ra 4
13 m 3 p. m :
t p. m u:i
OMAHA'S RED LETTER DATES.
September 24 Ak-Sar-Een Street Fair
opens.
October 1 Ak-Sar-Brn Daylight Pa
rade,
October 2 AU-9ar-Ben Electrical Pa.
rade.
October 8 Ak-tir-Bea Royal Coart
Ball.
October 4 Ak-Sar-itea Street Fair
closes. ,
TALK OF STRIKE PROBLEMS
Employer and Employes at the Con.
ventlow in Minneapolis Dlacnaa
Obataclea In Arbitration.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 23. The second day
of the national convention of employers and
employes cloaed tonight wl(h the discussion
of the eight-hour question.
Miss Elizabeth C. Wheeler of Providence,
R. I., spoke on "The Opportunity of the
Social Secretary." "The Economic Effects
ot the Eight-Hour Dayt was the subject of
the address by Frank itavey, professor of
economics ot the University of Minnesota.
pror. Mavey believes -final not until the
laborer can do the eafee amount of work
In eight hours that he an, do In ten hours
will the eight-hour dav question be brought
to a aettlement. The discussion of the
eight-hour question was opened by Prof.
Batea Clark of Columbia university, who
spoke to the question, "la Compulsory Arbi
tration Inevitable T" He ssld in part:
"An anomaly In our civil system which
baa long existed is rapidly becoming seri
ous. The civil law protects men who wish
to work whenever sad wherever work Is
offered to them. It Allows employers in
the time of a strike to' gather unemployed
men from many places and 'use them as
strike breakers; yet It does not actually
protect theae men when they accept the
employment offered. It allows organized
laborers to drive them off by the various
kinds of persuasion they know bow to use.
In the last resort, it may suppress positive
rioting, but short of that it will let the
nonunion men be terrorised and assaulted
to an evtent tbs.t ! ttsnslty sufficient to
keep them off the ground where a strike
is in progress or to drive them off If they
have had the temerity oome.
"If after a tribunal has decided what Is
fair, the men refuse to work, unless they
can have more, let the employer be tree
to gather a new fores gnd let the men so
gathered be protected y the full power
of the state. This is th essence of com
pulsory arbitration, and In my belief. It
la the only kind ot compulsory arbitration
needed in America.";' , ''
The closing address f-rt tha evening waa
that of W. D. Wnan,.vit I president of the
Deere xlow .. company oitne, IlL, .who
spoke on "Responsibility in. Labor Con
tracts, from the Standpoint of tha Manu
facturer." He said In part:
"When both sides come to see the de
sirability of a mutuality of remedy as well
as mutuality of agreement In all contracts
by which the one party agreea to furnish
employment to the other at a atipulated
wage, and to pay him regularly for It, and
the other party undertakes to render serv
ice for a definite period of time, the In
nate sense of fairness of the American
people will demise and demand some plan
by which one contracting party will be
equally bound with the other. I am con
vinced that labor will never possess the
dignity that rightfully belongs to It until
It assumes the responsibility It demands of
Its employer."
GENERAL SMITHSPEAKS OUT
"Hell Roarlnsr Jake" Finally Says a
Word In His Own Behalf Con.
cernlsg Sasnar.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 28. General Jacob
H. Smith, in an address on "The Philip
pines" before the national convention of
the Spaniah War Veterans tonight, made
hla flrat public, utterance -on the 8a mar
campaign. He defended bis course and
waa cheered at the conclusion of his ad
dress. He described the island, told of
the cruelty of the natives toward native
soldiers, and continued:
"We had to curtail the food supply to
bring them to terms. We Instituted
blockade to prevent food being sent out.
We destroyed their interior huts that
formed a shelter. As they came In we
treated them kindly and returned them
to their homes. After the women and
children were In, by Instituting a strict
blockade, we prevented them from sending
supplies to the lighting men. By this
course and by keeping the men tired out
and worn out by frequent Incursions Into
the Interior after them, they finally lost
heart and concluded to give up the strug
gle. Terms of surrender were arranged
In a conference with their leader, but be
fore I could carry out my part of the
agreement I waa called to Manila for other
purposes."
TREASURER GETS IN TROUBLE
County Official at York, t-ennsylvnnla.
Is Accused of Embesallns; Larsje
Sum of Money,
YORK, Pa., Sept. 23. County Treasurer
William O. Thompson, charged with embez
zling county funds to the amount of $73,-
676, was arrested today and placed under
$50,000 ball.
Thompson waived a hearing and will
take hla caae direct to the October grand
Jury.
He was arrested on ten specific charges,
a warrant having been sworn out tor each
offense.
Movements of Ocrss vessels Sept. 23.
At New Tork Arrived Rremen, from
Bremen. Billed Taurlc, for Liverpool;
Moltke, for Hamburg, via Plymouth and
Cherbourg; Krnn Prim Wllhelm, for Bre
men, via Plymouth and Cherbourg; I.lgurla,
for Genoa and Naples.
At Boulogne Arrived Potsdam, from
New Tork. for Hamburg, and proceeded.
At Brow Head Pasaed Ivernia, from
Boston, for Queenatown and Liverpool.
At Cherbourg Arrived Kalserin Maria
Theresa, from New Tork, for Bremen, and
proceeded.
At Yokohama Arrived Empress of
China, from Vancouver, for Shanghai and
Hong Kong.
At Sydney, N. 8. W. Arrived Miowera,
from Vancouver.
At Queenstown Arrived Ivernia, from
Boston, for Liverpool, ana proceeded.
At Liverpool Sailed L'ltonla, for Boston,
via Queenstown.
At Plymouth Arrived Kalserin Maria
Thtress, from New York.
At the Lixaxd-Passed Nsw York, for
Loudoo.
PRESIDENT ABANDONS HIS
Ak-8ar-Btn Galls Off Electrical Fagsait
for Saturday Night.
SAME PARADE GOES ON NEXT THURSDAY
Grandest Electrical Ipeotaols in Festival
Hiitorj ii Fromiied.
ALL BIG CARNIVAL EVENTS WILL COME
Abieice of President Cuts Ont Oily the
Ipecial Arrangements.
REDUCED RAILROAD RATES TO PREVAIL
Chansje In President's Plana Brings
Disappointment to Omaha, but
Alters Carnival Proa-ram
Only Slightly.
Although President Roosevelt will not
be in Omaha Saturday night, the Ak-Sar-Ben
festival will open today and be car
ried out in every detail as planned before
the president's visit was expected. Ab
solutely the only change In the program la
the ' omission of tho electrical pageant
arranged especially for the president's
benefit for Saturday night and which 1
exactly the aame parade that was origin
ally scheduled for Thursday night of next
week, and will be given on that date.
When the Board of Governors began
preparation for this year's carnival a
visit from the president was not expected
and the dates for all the big teetlval eventa
were fixed. Later on, when It was learnod
that President Rooaevelt expected to visit
Omaha on the night of September 27, ar
rangements were made to give the elec
trical pageant twice, the first time on the
date of the presidential visit and second
on the date originally set for It. Thla
special arrangement for two preaenta
tlona of the parade has now been called
off.
At a meeting of the Board of Governors
last night It was decided to pursue the
course outlined above and to devote every
energy to making the electrical spectacle
of next Thursday night an unqualified suc
cess. On account of the expected visit of
the president special pains have been
taken by the board In the preparation of
this year's electrical parade and the post
ponement ot Its Initial presentation from
Saturday to next Thursday night allows
)uet that much more time for arranging
11 the details of the mammoth spectacu
lar show. It Is promised that the pageant
of this year will excel In splendor any
ever before given by the Knights of Ak-
Sar-Ben.
The special railroad rates granted on
account of the presidential affair probably
will prevail, as It will be difficult for the
roads to recall their offers at this late
date, and In any event the reduced rates
given solely on account of the Ak-Sar-Ben
featlval events of next week will be In
force.
Banquet Is Declared Off.
-Alter considerable dUcUslontbe Board
of Governors decided that the banquet ar
ranged for the president would not bs
given Saturday evening.
Railroad rates which had been announced
for Saturday will be effective all next
week, so that the only change In the ar
rangements will be thoae for Saturday.
The first Intimation that President Fry
of the board of governors received of the
fact that President Roosevelt had cancelled
his Nebraska dates came from a reporter of
The Bee, who aaked him what the board
would do under the circumstances. For a
minute he believed that he was being
hoaxed, but when he found It was no Joke
he said that the matter would have to be
attended to Immediately and Inside of fif
teen minutes a special meeting of the board
was called to meet at the Omaha club at
g o'clock to decide upon a course of action.
Provlous to the meeting none of the mem
bers would express an opinion publicly, as
the board acta as a unit and decides upon
all matters before they are discussed pub
licly. Told In the Bee'a Extra.
The news of the president's condition and
the consequent determination to abandon
the rest ot his western dates reached Tha
Bee office In the form of an Asaoclated
Proas bulletin about 8:40 yeaterday after
noon. The last edition of The Evening
Bee had been sent to press some moments
before, so an extra was Immediately pre
pared. None of the wild rushing to and
fro and hurling about of pagea and huge
ladlea of metal so graphically deacrlbed
by local contemporarlee when they get out
their extras waa Indulged In by The Bee
force, but several minutes before the first
World-Herald boy had emerged from the
alley The Bee was on sale In front of that
office.
Very soon after the extra edition of The
Bee was out people began to clamor at the
telephone for further news of the presi
dent's condition. When assured that his
attending surgeons anticipated no trouble
and that only a minor operation had been
Derformed, public apprehension subsided.
but expressions of disappointment that the
expected visit would not occur were many
and genuine.
Mayor Moores Resxreta It.
Mayor Moores, when seen by a reporter
of The Bee, had but Just heard of the
abandonment of President Roosevelt's
western trip and expressed the deepest re
gret and disappointment that the presi
dent's physical condition should be such
aa to make It necessary for him to give
up hla tour and also that the people of
Omaha ahould be deprived of the pleasure
of his long expected visit. He said:
"I am very aorry to learn of the presi
dent's disability, for I had supposed that
be had entirely recovered from the ef
fects of that accident and was not aware
that there was any danger of serloua con
sequencea. It la a great disappointment
o me that our people should be deprived
of this expected opportunity to see tho
president and have him as their guest, and
this turn affairs have taken la something
of a blow to my pride as well, for I have
flattered myaelf that we were going to
how the prealdent something here that be
could not aee in any other city of the
country. We are Juatly proud of our Ak-Sar-Ben
electrical parade, the Idea of
which originated here In Omaha and tht
like of which Is not to bs found any
when." Surprises Senator Millard.
The first Information that Senator Millard,
who has bad charge of the general arrange
ments for the president's reception in Ne
braska, had of the sudden ending of the
tour reached blm through the newspaper
extras. Monday afternoon the aenator re
ceived a telegram from Secretary Cortel-
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UFFICIAL SlATtNltNI. t
IXDIANArOLIS, Ind.. Sent. 23.
3 i. in. As a result of the trol-
loj acvldeut at rittsflrld, Mflnn., j
the prt'sltlfnt received several se
rious bruises. One of these, ou
the left leg, between tho knee and
the ankle, has developed Into ft
small abscess. The president Is en
tirety well otherwise and hns con
tinued to meet the several engage
ments of his Itinerary, but lu view
of the contluuousness of the ab
scess and out of an abundance of
caution, Drs. Oliver and Cook of
J Indianapolis were requested to
meet Dr. Lung, the president's sur
geon, at Indianapolis. Dr. Klcuard
sou of Washington was there. In
the opinion of the doctors the
trouble necessitates an operation,
which they think should be per
formed at once at St. Vincent's
hospital, In this city. As after the
operation the president will require
entire rest, probably for at least
ten days or two weeks. It has beeu
necessary to cancel all the remain
ing engagements of his trip and he
will go direct from Indianapolis to
Washington this evening.
The physicians say that the case
Is not In any way serious and that
there Is no danger whatever. This
statement Is made so that no false
rumors may disturb the people and
that they may be authoritatively
advised of the exact nature of the
case.
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
Secretary to the President
DISAPPOINTS NEBRASKA TOWNS
Announcement of President's Illness
Occasion of General
Regrets.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Sept. 23. (Special Telegram.)
Elaborate preparations had been made
for the entertainment of the prealdent on
his proposed visit to the Nebraska, rspltsl
next week, and the announcement tonight
in the hotels and other public resorts of
hla Illness occasioned widespread expres
sions of regret. The final arrangements
for hla reception had Just been completed
at a meeting of the committee at the
Union Commercial club today. In political
circles the president's predicament la
viewed as a public misfortune, partisan
ship being laid aside for the moment and
the resulting depression affecting all. The
republican state committee, while disap
pointed keenly by the abandonment of the
tour. , will make no suggestion - that the
trljj fee, made later, after the president has,
coavaleaced. The Journey so far has been
under 'the direction of eenatora and con
gressmen, with whom the executive is per
sonally attached, party organizations mean
while) holding aloof, so that the spirit of
partisanship could be eliminated.
HASTINGS, Neb., Sept. 23. (Special Tel
egram.) The newa received here tonight
of the Illness of President Roosevelt and
the necessary abandonment of his trip to
Nebraska caused profound regrets to be
expressed on all sides and the people of
Hastings sincerely hope for speedy recov
ery. Preparations had been made for a
grand and glorious reception to the presi
dent and his party Saturday morning, and
not a single thing or suggestion had been
overlooked by the various committees hav
ing the matter In charge. The fact that
It waa to have been strictly a nonpartisan
affair caused everybody to lend a helping
hand and assist In making it aa great and as
fitting a welcome as la due to the prealdent
of the United States from the 10,000 people
within the corporate limits of this city.
Senator Dietrich and Mayor Miles were
both seen tonight and they expressed deep
concern for the president and sincerely
hoped that he la on a speedy mend and
will aoon recover. They were very so
licitous for the welfare of the president
and realized that the great disappointment
of the abandonment of the president's trip
waa as nothing compared to the great
anxiety for the president's speedy recovery.
KEARNEY, Neb., Sept. 23. (Special Tel
egram.) Kearney bad made extensive
arrangements to receive the president, In
the way of decorations and getting people
Into the city. The whole country for many
mllea around waa anticipating hla coming
and his welcome would have been made
by many thousands. The committee had
everything In band for a complete and suc
cessful entertainment of thirty minutes or
more tor the president and his party. The
disappointment is great and the feeling
seems to be one of sympathy and Interest
for the prealdent and hoping ths opera
tion may be successful and bis recovery
rspld and permanent.
DISCOURAGING TO THE ELKS
Sloaz City Had Planned to Make Pres.
Ident'a Visit the Blsr Day of
the Carnival.
SIOUX CITY. Ia., Sept. 23. (Special Tel
egram.) The Elks' big fair. In spite of
unfavorable weather conditions, has opened
auspiciously. The fair will laat a week
and Indications are that large rrowda from
Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska will be
In attendance. Tomorrow morning the Elka
will march in a body through the streets,
after which the fair will have been formally
opened. Jabour'a clrcua Is the chief sttrae
tlon. It had been planned to make "Roose
velt" day the big day of the fair and tha
abandonment ot the western trip has
plunged the management into despair. No
attraction haa yet been found to take the
place of the president's visit as a drawing
card.
STRIKERS HAMPER ARMOUR'S
Company's Beef Plant In Chicago at
Standstill as Result of Sadden
Walkout.
CHICAOO, Sept. , 23 Operations In the
beef plants of Armour Co. were tied up
by the action of 100 laborera who went on
strike for an increase of 25 cents a day in
wages, before the men had been out an
hour the 500 butchers employed In the beef
house were made Mle for want of ma
terial. The strikers threaten to extend
their fight to other portions of the Armour
plant tomorrow unless a settlement If
reached.
WESTERN TRIP
Osei Into Hospital at Iidianapalii ait
Operation Performed at Onoe.
LEAVES LATER IN DAY FOR WASHINGTON
All Engagements ia the Watt Art Canceled
n A ocean t of Hie Illieit,
DUE TO EFFECT OF HTTSFIELD ACCIDENT
Braise Then IteceiTed Develops Iito Painful
Abscess on the Leg.
TEN DAYS OR TWO WEEKS REST REQUIRED
Condition Rot Alarming; and Good
tare and Rest la All that la
Considered Neeesiavy
In His Case.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Sept. U. At 7:4S
this evening the president, accompanied by
members of his immediate party and es
corted by a company of infantry, waa car
ried on a stretcher rrom St. Vtucent's hos
pital to hla car and the train left a tew
minutes later for Washington.
The following official statement was is
sued: "At 3:15 p. m. the president went from
the Columbia club to St. Vincent's hospital
In his own csrrlage and shortly after he waa
In the hospital the operation required was
performed by Dr. George H. Oliver of In
dianapolla, In consultation with the presi
dent's physician. Dr. George A. Lung, and
Dr. George Cook, Dr. Henry Jameson and
Dr. J. J. Richardson. At the conclusion of
tbe operation the physicians authorized the
following statement:
" 'As a result of the traumatism (bruise)
received In the trolley accident at Plttafield.
Mass., there was found to be a circum
scribed collection of perfectly pure serum
In the middle third of the left anterior tibial
region, the sac containing about two ounces,
which wss removed.'
"The indications are that tbe president
should make speedy recovery. It Is abso
lutely Imperative, however, that he should
remain quiet and refrain from using the
leg. The trouble Is not serious, but tem
porarily disabling.
(Signed.) GEORGE B. CORTELYOU.
Scretary to the President.
Abandons 'Western Trip.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 21 President
Roosevelt's western tilp taunt to an un
timely end In this city today. He waa
found to be Buffering from a swelling In
the left leg between the knee and tbe
ankle that required Immediate surgical at
tention, and, Instead of being taken to the
train to continue hla Journey to Fort
Wayne, Milwaukee and Omaha he waa con
veyed to St. Vincent's hospital, where he
waa operated on.
The operation occurred at 1:45 o'clock
and lasted only a short time, when ha wss
taken to a private room in the hospital to
rest. After taking a light luncheon at
70 p. m. bs was conveyed on a stretcher
to his train, 'Which had tn backed up on
the "Y" near the hospital, and t ten min
utes to 8 o'clock the train left for Wash .
lngton.
The first Intimation that anything was
wrong came In the form of rumors to tbe
great crowd that waa patiently watting
around the Columbia club and the Soldiers'
and Sailors' monument for the prealdent to
appear. It waa about bait past 2 o'clock,
half an hour after the time aet for tbe
prealdent to leave the city, that a few of
the favored ones In the crowd received In
timations that the president was tick and
that the rcat of the trip probably would be
abandoned. These statements 1 were
promptly denied as fast as they gained
currency, but soon the rumors began to
take on a more serloua character.
"The president haa burst a blood vessel."
was a whisper that went around among the
police officers and soldiers. '
"This cannot be true," said ethers, "for
the president la In the corridor conversing
with Senator Fairbanks."
V.vrn Assassination Is Hinted.
Then 1t was said that the president was
sick, that he had fainted, and finally a
rumor was started that he bad been shot
These rumora, however, did not appear to
reach the crowd, and the thousands stood
patiently after tbe speech by the president
from the balcony to see him make bis way
out of the club. The minutes began to
slip away, and still he did. not come. A
bait hour or more passed, and finally It was
noticed that a movement of some kind was
on. The president's carriage stood In front
of the entrance of the club, with Colonel
Wilson, the governor's private secretsry.
Inside holding the large bunch of American
, Beauty roses that bad been given tbe preal
dent In the ball. The soldiers ot the Na
tional guard were drawn up along the
street Just In the rear. The secret service
men and tbe local police and detectives
crowded the sidewalk In front of the club,
keeping back the people. The command
waa given to make room, and a path was
cleared from the club entrance to the car
riage and, as If In answer to tbs rumors
of bis Illness, the president, accompanied
by Senator Fairbanks, with a quick and
sturdy gait came down the steps of the
club, and hastily entered the carriage.
Colonel Wilson got out and Senator Fair
banks, Secretary Cortel you and Governor
Durbin took seats In the carriage with the
president.
Tbe carriage started Immediately, the
horses being urged Into a trot. A second
carriage containing the secret service offi
cers followed closely In Its wske, and a
third one containing Asslatant Secretaries
Loeb and Barnes and Drs. Georgs J. Cook
and J. J. Rlchardaon closed up the rear.
No sooner had the carriages atarted than
Captain Callon of Battery A. with twenty
mounted artillerymen, and Captain Hyland
with aa many mounted police, surrounded
them and In a few seconds the cavalcade
awung at a rapid gait down Meridian
street.
(eaves Crowd GaeastaaT.
The crowd In tbe circle had hardly got
a glimpse of the carriages before they were
gone. Much to their surprise, the soldiers
were left behind- and also a number ot the
carriages. Yettbey sent up a cheer, and
apparently took It for granted that tbera
was nothing unusual in this method ot
leave-taking.
Tbe cavalcade atarted south on Meridian
atreet between rows of banked-up humanity
bald back from the street by ropes. A
slight rain had begun to fall, and this ap
peared to furnish tbe reason why ths csr
rlage containing the prealdent abould be
entirely cloaed. Above tbe sound of many
horses trotting upon the asphalt and the
rattling of the carriages could be heard
the cheers of the people, who, though they
could not aee the chief executive of tha na
tion, thought they were bidding blm a
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