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Daily Bee. SINOLE COPY FIVE CENTS. KSTAHUSHEn JUNE 19, 1871. OMA1IA, TUESDAY MOIJNING, OCTOBER 6, 190o TEN PAGES. 7 A Fhe Omaha DEVONSHIRE IS OUT Leader of OonierYfttfve Parly in House of Lord? Tenders Beiignatinn. ACT IS A HEAVY BLOW TO BALFOUR Premier Makes Publio Keplj to Letters of President of Coincil. INTIMATES NOBLE 10R0 IS INSINCERE Btjt that He He'ped Form the Cabinet Announced Mondtj. SH iFFIELD SPEECH GIVEN AS REASON Head of British Cieverament Takes Ksrrptlona to Thl and Complain that Colleague Han ot Treated Hint Fairly. LONDON', Oct. 5. The duke of Devon shire, who was leader of the conservative party in the House of liorUn. has resigned Hit) otilce of lord president "f the coun cil mid the kins has acceptid his resig nation. The duke wrote to Mr. Bulfour hiving (ho rcimons for hlii resignation, which he attributed, among other things, to tho premier's speech lit BhefTield and Ills pamphlet mi liisulur free trade. The duke, of Devonshire has not yet nmde hid letter public, but tho following letter of ac knowledgment from Mr. Uultour was pub lished tonight: WHITT1NOHAM, Oct. 3. My Dear Duke: 1 received this afternoon two telegrams, thi' first trom you asking how noon your reslgnaadtt might bo announced and th second nix Inn a, full mramari ot the K'lmiina wbli'ii moved you to resign. 1 km not sure which of these communica tions surprised me moat. On the whoic, perhaps II was ih second. The llrat, how I'nr, wan auffloleiitly strange. Lo you remember th circumstances'.' It wan on tioplcmlier lh that you Informed me of jour resolve to remain In the government. This decision whs preceded by much con fident tul correspondence, much Intimate conversation. There was no phase of pol icy which 1 whs not prepared to discuss anil which l dlil not. In fact, discuss witn iterfcct frankness. Measures were surveyed from every point of view bearing on the present course and future for tinim or the party, inn oecision arrived Ht after these preliminaries 1 hud n right to consider firm I. and final 1 crrliilnly considered It. Accordingly 1 con suited you aa far aa the circumstances as to time und place permitted, ulo the best mode of lining the vacancies. You were good enough to express aome weighty judgment on tho delicate matters aub- inltted to you. You even Initiated proposals vf your own, which X gladly accepted. Iteslanntlon la Strange. Our hist communication on these sub' Jccts was lu the letter 1 dictated during my Journey to Hhemeld on Thursday at ternoon. Less than forty-eight hours thereafter 1 received In Edinburgh the telearuma which llrat announced your In lentlon to resign and your desire to see the process of resignation consummated without delay and without discussion. The lirlnclDRl occasion for this singular trans formation was. you tell me, my Sheffield speech. This Is strange Indeed. In Inten tion, at leasf, there was no doctrine eon 1 ulned In that speech which waa not con tallied In my note on Insular free trade and In ray published letter to Mr. Cham- Verm lu. Tbo flrw of theea documents you had In J our pooeesalnn ' ttefore th generality of the raid net. The second you aaw the mann serlnt of beforn It aDoeared In the press. With both, therefor, you were Intimately kconalnled during the whole fortnight In Which you lent your rouiitenance to the government after the resignations, I muat suppose, therefore, that It la some unin tentional aincrepn ncy between the written nnd spoken worde which now drives you to deeert the administration you so Ions; adorned. Such unintentional discrepancies are without doubt bard to avoid. Not every one. certiilnlv not I. can al ways he sure of finding on the spur of the moment, uerora an eager audience or &, Ono ueoiil. the Precise phrase which shall dexterously express the exact opinion of the ane&ker ou dltncult and abstract sub JimIS to foil Ids opponents who would wreat It either to the right hand or the lert. t a a Ilea I vaasalre's fllaeerity. To such a one It would have seemed nominal, ao I should have thought, to take. In eases of apparent discrepancy, the written rather tnan the spoken worde as expressing the true meaning of the author or. If this" la asking too much, at least to rnake an Inquiry before arriving at a final . hostile conclusion. Hut, after all, what and W here la this discrepancy which has forced you In so unexpected a fashion to reverse considered poUoyT T da tint believe that It exists, and tf any Hher mait than yourself had expended so mucn inquisitorial subtlety In detecting Imaginary things 1 should have surmised that he was more anxious to pick a quarrc than particular aa to the auftlclency of it occasion. To you. fortunately, no auch suspicion can attach, YVt. am I unreason able In thinking that your resignation gives me aome just occasion or complaint and rerhnps aome special occasion of regret t yourself Am I, fur example, not right In complaining or your procedure in refer ence to mr Sheffield speech? Yim fear that It will aggravate the party division )f there Is any certain thing it la the dec laratlon of the policy then made produced a nea ung erreci ami la detinet to produci more hatmony In the party than has pre vailed etnee the fiscal ijucatlon first came to the front six months ago. Had you resigna on tne i;in, or naa you not re signed at all, this healing effect would have suffered no Interruption. To resii now and to reelgn on tho speech la to tak the course most calculated to make harder the hard task of the peacemaker. Desert a "bin la Distress. AeWlfK. do you not feci some simh'IiiI re zret at Having, at this particular Jun.tui to sevx your connection with a unlouln administration? IHHibtless there Is Imaginable occasion on which you could have left one without Inflicting on it serious lo. At tho moment of Its motit buoyant prosperity our abaonce from lis coiitxils would have rwen aenalbly M(, but yi have. In fai'U left It when. In the opinio of our opponents. Its fortune are at the loweet and lis perplexities ui the greatest. MyhA however, ynu are spared this aggravation of the Inevitable palu of separation by holding, aa t hold, that our opxinei1 are In thia mistaken. 1 ttrmly Ix'heve they are 1 see no difficulty In carrt!ig out the pillcy which for u fort night you were willing to accept, by the aid of an administration which for a fortnight jou helped me to construct. On this point 1 fed no disquiet, t cannot rretend to view with light equanimity the hs of a colleague whose acrvlcea to the Unionist party no change and chance of iol i new 1 fortune can tempt any unionist to iorge Yours sincerely. A. J. BALFOUR. Mew Cabinet Members. The new cabinet la com posed aa follows: Mrs HiodrUk. formerly secretary of war. Succeeds Lord George Hamilton as secre tary firT India; Austen Chamberlain, post master general succeeds Mr. Ritchie as chancellor of the exchequer; Alfred Lytle ton, recorder of Oxford. Succeeds Joseph I'hainberUIn as secretary of the colonies; W. O. Arnold-Foster, secretary to the ad- h.lr. I. 1 U tl..lpl..b ... - , V --- " . , tsrv of war: Grahum Murray, lord arivn. rata of Scotland, auoceeda Ixad Ralfour of Burleigh as secretary for Scotland; Lord ttanley, financial secretary of ths War office, succeeds Austen Chamberlain a a oalmaster general. What th Dak Bald, lata this evening the duke of Devon shire's letter to Mr. Balfour, to which ths Vregidng was the response, waa conununl- SMcd to the press. It Is ss follows: Mv Iear Ralfour: I have sine we lai nei fell tncreuking doubt nhether j had Wn well advised in conarjttlng to aepartita u train Wins of our cuUeagues whoM attlan win tendered and aorepita (CvcuatMd a Booi4 Psgss VINSONHUER AGREEMENT is pronounced by County Judge Vir haler to gery. T 'tia1 t. .. 1!. f . haler to be a for- copy of the repudia. ' neut with his signature V ,1'H be on exhibition au ' ay in the window of M. .el berg's jewelry store at 1522 F&rnam street. Look at it. I will give One Hundred Dol lars to any local charity Judge Vinsonhaler may name if it is not genuine every word of it, the cashiers of any three national banks of Omaha to decide he to make a similar gift if their decision sustains me. VlCTOK KoSKWATEtt. Omaha; Oct. 5, 1903. TALKING OF THE BOUNDARY American Advocate Claims that Par- llameat of Great Britain Agrees with His Contention. T.ONIiON. Oct S.-At today's session of he Alaska boundary commission, Mr. Mcklnson of American counnel, continued Is argument. He contended thai Great Hritaln's claim than Vancouver s hurra tlvc was relied upon by tho original nego tiators, was not substantiated by the evi dence submitted by Brltlih counsel. Van couver's map whs accepted by the United States, but not this narrative, In spite of Attorney Ocneral Flnlcy arguing, which Sir Ijoula Jett, lieutenant governor of tho province of Quebec mid one of the com mlssloners for Great Itrltnln, supported. Mr. Dickinson contended that the line through Portland channel was always un derstood to run through the middle of the channel lUielf, and not along Us side. A minute examination of maps then mono pollzed the proceedings. ' Continuing Mr. IlckltiFon maintained hat the British argument at the best only ralaed a doubt as to whether or not the Portland canal" of tho treaty la the channel" claimed by the United States. If there waa any such doubt, it must be solved by evidence of the Interpretation Great Britain and Russia gave to the meaning; of the treaty by their subsequent acts. Their acts conclusively proved that the identity of the Portland canal was not only never questioned until 1SS8 or 1889, but on the other hand that It was always shown by the maps and official acts of the governments to be the channel claimed In lHTifi, by order of Parliament naming the lower, part of the disputed body of water Portland Inlet," which was a distinct of ficial declaration cn- tho purt of Great Britain In rocojtnielng the United Slates present contention. The commission will adjourn after the Tuesday morning session, so as to enable the members to attend the memorial aer vices for Sir Michael Herbert. KING WILL MAKE SELECTION Foreign Office and Premier Have Little to Do In Appointing Herbert's Successor. 1 LONDON, Oct. 6. While the governmen la endeavoring to mulntain Its rosolv not to consider the question of a successor to Sir Michael Herbert at the Washington embassy at present, there is reason to be lleve to considerable wire pulling Is going on and several women prominent on both sides of the Atlantic are becoming Inter ested In the matter. It Is known that after the death of Lord Pauncefoot the appoint ment of Sir Michael Herbert was opposed by aeveral well known New Tork people nd a prominent Kngllsh woman then visit lug America and who was tiupposed to huv the ear of the king, was enlisted on their aide, and that It waa with great difficult that the king's consent waa obtained to SI Michael Herbert's uppolntment. Now Sir Henry Howard, the British mln later at The Hague, is reported to be the king's choice for the poet of ambassador at Washington. The king alone will make the selection, and It is unlikely, that thu pre mler or the Foreign office will be requested to nominate the ambassador. The r.ex llkllest selection from the service Is said to be Sir Arthur Nicholson, British mtnistc to Morroco, who la regarded as being in th line for an embassy. Kit her of these np pointmeota would pleat's the United States It is well known that the king raiy outside of the regular succesalujp, cs h did In tne case oi eir upturn. POWELL BECOMES IMPATIEN l rare aat Dem I ago to Appoint rbl trntors and Snys Matter Cannot Be Delayed. sXx DOMINGO, Republic of Santo Do mingo, Oct, 6. It was reported this morn ing that Minister Powell had Informed the DomlnicJan minister for foreign uffalrs that he expects to receive within ten days the names ot the arbitrators in ths case of claims against the government, adding that matters cannot be delayed much longer. The government up to date tuts refused to recognise the agreements made with ths late Vasques government and desires to reopen the whole question. The United States minuter lias refused to accept all propositions of this character. PARIS. Oct. 5. The Foreign office says that owing to the British cabinet crisis snd the vacancy In the office of colonial secre tary the British-French negotiations re garding Morocco have been temporarily suspended und thst. therefore, the renewed reports that the powers have given France I authority to settle the Moroccan troublea is not warranted by the present sUs of the negotiation Wreath far Herbert's l ufla. PARIS, Oct. i Count Caoalnt, the Rus sian ambassador to the United Btates, has sent a wreath to b placed on th coffin of Sir Michael Herbert, the lats British Am bassador at Washington, whose funeral oc curs at Wilton, England, tomorrow. Marshall field taming Ham. LONDON. Oct. S.The Whit Star line I hospital, where b had been for a week or steamer Oceanic which will Mil from Uv mors under treatment. Bell's condition Is erpnot for New Tork Wednesday, will tags I very serious, but It Is believed he wUl r amoug lis pass eager Marshall Field. cover trom his prasvtit Ulaeaa, EYES TURNED TO RUSSIA Watching to See if that Country Will Really Evacuate Manchuria. NO HOPE OF MOVEMENT BY OCTOBER 8 npan, tondnctlnsi .egotlatlona for Treaty, Says that the Work I Dltrtcnlt, hot War la .ot In lght. LONDON. Oct. 6. No apprehension exists the minds of the British government or the diplomatists In London that the far eastern situation will bring forth any !m medinte serious developments. This feei ng of temporary security on the eve of he day that Russia should, but admittedly will not, evacuate Manchuria, is due to as surances on the part of Japan that so long s the negotiations now proceeding between Itself and Russiii present R reasonable prospect that a settlement will be reached. jHpan will take no action hostile to Rus- la In the matter of Manchuria. H is further learned that the negotia tions looking to a final settlement of tho Ruvso-Japaue.se spheres of influence In the far east, nnd especially dealing with the situstton in Korea are progressing satis factory at Toklo. So treaty however, has ct been signed, and It Is unlikely the rgotlntlnns will lie concluded by October the date on which Russia was to eva cuate Manchurin. Russia's failure to evacuate on that day, however, will not participate a crisis as Japan, rather than break off the negotiations covering broadly 11 tho Issues between itself and Russia, s willing to strain a point regarding Man churin In the hope of arriving at a satis factory settlement. Klements of Danger. In all of this the British government cquelsces. Such elements of Immediate danger as the far eastern situation pre sents appears to be confined solely to the popular agitation in Japan against Rus- ian occupation of Manchuria after Octo ber 8. This, however. Is being taken Into consideration by the Japanese government, whose diplomats have warned Rus- ia that while the Japanese gov ernment will not allow its hand to be forced to the extent of entering Into agreements over tho Manchuria question it cannot Indefinitely prolong the present negotiations at Toklo In the face of the ex pected popular clamor. From the Japanese embassy In Ixmdon, the Associated Press has secured the fol lowing statement of the prevailing condt tlons: We are forced to believe that It Is phy slctally Impossible for Russia to fulfill Its promise to evacuate Manchuria by Octo ber 8. but we do not anticipate a crisis on that account. It would be making the les ser Include the greater were we to break off the negotiations now in progress at Toklo because of Russia's failure to keep Its promise on the exact date. So far as is known no naval or military preparations have been undertaken by Japan to meet any expected emergency. Obviously, we have made no representa tions to Russia regarding the evacuation of Manchuria, because we would be distinctly out of order until Russia has brok Its promiad. Wo have hopes that a final set tlement' may be reached between Russia and ourselves that will settle once for all our outstanding disputes. Negotiations in Japan. The negotiations for a treaty for that end have now been transferred to Tokio, where the Russian minister, who !s said to be a pacific and broad-minded diplomat. Is carrying on affairs with our foreign min ister. How long It will be before an under standing cad be reached It is Impossible to say. In spite of the natural Irritated feel ings of our people, we frankly recognize the gravity to Russia of these questions, and we have no wish to demand a peremptory Settlement. Still, we cannot go on lor ever and though we realise that It Is scarcely likely that the treaty can be signed by October 8, we have clearly Indicated that after that date haste becomes more and more essential. From Japan's viewpoint the crux of the whole situation Is K6rea. Russia knows that we will fight to the death rather than let any foreign country occupy Korea. Rus sia's limber concessions there and ths ether evident Interest It has exhibited In Korea render the present negotiations extxamely difficult, but the horlson miows no clouds ao dark aa to threaten war. Great Britain aa our ally Is naturally cog nizant of the trend of our present nego-Ja tlons, all of.whlch look toward peace. We have no reason to believe that Russia's activity In securing dock yards for Its far eastern fleet is actuated by an intention to prepare for hostilities any more than are our own necessary preparations for ths best equipment for the convenience ot our navy and army. Itnsala Is Not Dlatnrbed. PARIS. Oct. 6. The Russian government has made it known that Japan's mobiliza tion of troops for transportation to Co re a does not, up to today, constitute an un friendly act against Russia. At the same time the Rrisajan government is being kept fully advised aa to the extent and nature cf Japan's military and naval mobilisation. It appears from these official sources that Japan thus far has embarked three divisions of troops and the Japanese fleet is now between Chemulpo and Fusan. The ships continue under steam, but noth ing is known beyond this concerning their purpose. Baron de Rosen, the Russian minister to Japan, has returned to Toklo after an ex tended conference at Port Arthur with Ad miral Alexieff, who was recently designated to assume supreme control of Russian In terests In the fsr east. Ths results of this conference are not known. Thirteen Persona Drowned. MASLIUa. Holland. Oct. S.-Th French lugger President Carnot has been wrecked off tho Hook of Holland. Thirteen persons were drowned. LOCATED IN A HOSPITAL Police Find n Mark Wanted Man In a Serf Physical Con dition. DENVER, Oct. 5. Th superintendent of a detsctiv agency in Denver last night verified a dispatch from St. Louis to th effect that N. R. Hammond, who hss sev eral assumed names and Is under surveil lance at St. Anthony hospital In this city, haa mad confession. Mr. McParland added that th confession covered sll th crimes with which Bell stsnds charged. Bell la accused of having committed numerous forgeries, swindles snd mall pouch robberies over th country, his operations sggregating something like 1500 006. H was located several days sgo at th SUPREME COURT MONDAY s Derisions Likely Be Handed Dona, However, Before Tuesday, (From a 8taff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 6. tSpeclal Tele gram.) The docket of the supreme court of the United Slates for the October term, which begins its sittings Monday next, was Irsued toda. The Justices will have twelve original cases to consider and 418 cases coming over from past sittings of court. The court will meet r.ext Monday at noon, but practicably no business will be con ducted that day. The practice has been to meet, exchange courtesies, adjourn for the day and call upon the president In a body, officially notifying him that court Is In session. On the following day, Tuesday, some decisions may be expected to be handed down upon old causes which have been considered diirlng tecess. Postmasters apiwvlnted: Iowa Rt an hope. Hamilton county, Kdward J. Johnson, vice F. R. Barkhurst, reelgned. Nebraska -Cul- bertson, Hitchcock county, Henry Kleven, vice 8. K. Solomon, resigned. These rural carrlera were appointed to day: Nebratka Cook, rcEiilars, Harry K. Hoslc, Theodore Smith, James W. Ham mond: substitutes, Joseph IrolHt, Guy Brooks, Norman B. Yarwood. . Falrbury, regular. Win D. Johnson; substitute. 3eorge Hamlin. Talmntre, regulars, Frank K. Debird, S. I. Conger; substitutes, Oscar C W'hltcomb, Fannie Conger. Vcrdoii, regular, Jerome B. Simpson; substitute, Frank Dougherty. lows Collins, regular, Roy Manstleld; substitute, Oeorge Mans field. Kagle Grove, regulars, Carl W. Thoup, John B. Gray; substitutes, James Rose, Mrs. v M. Gray. Jamaica, regular, William I. Wlncy; substitute, J. N. Thorn- burgh. An additional rural free delivery route will be established November 2 at Brock Nemnha county. Neb.; area covered, twenty squaro miles; population, 370. FOUR KILLED, MANY INJURED Work Train on Sunt hern Paellle Crashes Into Cars Loaded vrltk Iron. L08 ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 5. Four rail road laborers were killed nnd thirteen In jured, two of them probably fatally In a collision at the southern end of Chats worth yard tunnel on tho Southern Pacillo today. The victims belonged to a crew of 100 men being taken to work. The dead: MARTIN SALTER8, Los Angeles. JAMES M CONNELL, Los Angeles. IRISH LABORER, name and residence unknown. MEXICAN, name unknown. At 3:30 o'clock this morning a working train left Driver station In this city and proceeded to Chatsworth Park, where 100 men were taken aboard the first car, which was loaded with railroad ateel . and con struction material. Tho engine was placed behind the train and pushed out on the new cut-oft leading to the partly com pleted tunnel, six miles distant, where were two flat cars losded with railroad Iron, which had been left on the main track Saturday night and which were to have been picked up by Uv'work train. The engineer for- some -unknown reason did not slacken speed and the first car, laden with the laborers, crashed Into the stationary cars on the . track. The Impact doubled both cars up like Jackknlves and threw the five score ot men Into the air on all sides. Tho majority saved them' selves by jumping, but many were injured by the flying pieces of steel. The dead and Injured were quickly placed in a box car, which was hantlly prepared with htraw on the floor,, and the run to Los Anseles was made. Ambulances met the train and the men were taken to the hospital. ROAD IS BEING GUARDED Northern Paclnc Officials Fear Black mailers May Carry Ont Their Threat. HELENA, Mont., Oct. 5. The time limit set by the blackmailers for the Northern Psclflc to deposit 150.000 to save the road from being Injured by dynamite, expired last night, and no move was made by the dynamiters to put their threats inao execu tion. A man giving the name ot Langdon, who it Is alleged bought powder for the opera tion of a mine which was found to have been Idle for years, was arrested yesterday in connection with the Northern Paoltlo c-fine. BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 6. Despite the fact that the date set by the blackmailing dyna miters, who asked IS0.O0O from the North ern Pacific, has expired without violence, I the vreatest precautions are taken here All hunters outward-bound are deprived o their guns, as the detectives fear the dyn.t miters might enter a train as sportsmen. It Is thought that if nothing is done tonight the dynamiters will be no longer feared. ALL BUT THREE SUSPENDED Color Rnah in tikron (Ohio) College Is Severely Panlahed by Order of Faralty. AKRON. O.. Oct. 5. A color rush at Buchtel college today resulted In the faculty suspending every man in college except three, and tliey remain because they did not reach the college until after the rush was over. Friday night the upper classmen Initiated the freshmen, putting them through a se vere rourte, snd when th latter appeared in chapel this morning wearing their col ors President Church made a speech pro hibiting a color rush. He stated that the freshmen had been Initiated in a more severe manner than any class ever waa In the institution, and he upheld them lh wearing their colors. As soon as chapel waa over the upper classmen went after the freshmen and tore their colors off and bloody noses and torn clothes, were In evidence. The faculty suspended both classes. GETS IN TROUBLE HIMSELF Man Make Complaint Against a Womaa and la Placed la t aatady. ST. LOUIS. Oct. .-Wellr Reed, for merly cashier of the Los Angeles branch of th California Fruit Canners' associa tion, has been arrested her on the charge of embexsiement. He lodged complaint with the police sgalnst a woman whom h charged with robbing him of tl.ooo. Th police recog nised Mm from descriptions sent front Los Angeles, where ha Is wanted for embesaling tj.MXt from his employers. H wss placed under arrest and ccn feaned. saying h would return to Im Angelea without a requisition. Red his been stopping st hotel uadar th alias of "JolUlSOB,' LUNATIC AT TI1E CAPITOL When He Attempt to Enter the White Home He it Arretted. DRAWS REVOLVER ON SPECIAL OFFICER Stranger Is Teter Klllott, n Machinist of Minneapolis Who Imagines that President Roosevelt Dealrea to See Hint. WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-A desperate hand-to-hand encounter with an armed In sane mail, w ho was determined to see Presi dent Roosevelt, occurred in the vestibule of the White House shortly before noun today. The man, who gave his name as Peter Elliott nnd his home lis Minneapolis, was overpowered by the officers on duty at the White House entrance and carried to a police van which hud been summoned. He was placed In the van in tho custody of two officers. Seeming to realise then for the first time that ho was under arrest, Elliott began a lurious struggle with I its cuptors for liberty. He drew a revolver and attempted to shoot Officer James Ciscie. The officer grabbed his hand and wrenched .the weapon from his grasp. Elliott's struggles wcro so fierce, how ever, that the two officers in fhe cramped quarters of the van wcro unable to over come him. Officer Clscio then drew his revolver and fired two shots to attract at tention. Chief Usher Thomas Stone and Officer Farker of the White House force, who had assisted in currying Elliott to tlio van, at tracted by the shots rushed buck to tho vehicle and assistod in ovct powering him. In the struggle within the police van. Elliott h.'id broken a glass panel with his hend, severely cutting his head and face. Officer Clscio sustained a serious cut on his right arm, two inches ot flesh being cut out of the fleshy part ot the arm. He suf fered from loss ot blood, but his Injury Is not serious. Both Taken to Hospital. The van wns hurried to the emergency hospital, where the Injuries of both Clscio and Elliott were dressed. Klllott is undoubtedly violently Insane. Several days ago Kecretnry Loeb received a letter, postmarked Washington and writ ten on ;ettor paper of the St. James hotel. this city. The letter Inclosed a photograph of Elliott and an incoherent request for an interview with President Roosevelt. The letter was signed "Peter Ell." the statement being made Immediately tinder the signature that the writer whs regis tered at the hotel as Peter Elliott. It was evident to Secretary Loeb that his corre spondent was Insane and he Issued direc tions at onre that the officers on duty both at the White House and at the executive office should be on their guard ogalnst him. The photograph was turned over to the secret service officers. At that time the man manifested no symptoms of insanity and quietly left the vicinity of the church when ordered to do so by the officers. Asks to See President. About 0 n'clork this morning he ap peared at the executive offices. Entering the vestibule he inquired for President Roosevelt. One of the doorkeepers asked him what he wanted to see the president for. "Oh, Just for fun," he responded. The president sent for me and I Just want to sou him." Elliott was told to return next month. He smiled and walked sway, not offering the slighteat objection to the rebuff which he had received. His appearance at tracted very little attention and he gave no indication at that time of Insanity. Warned to Be on Lookout. All of the officers, both at th White House and at the executive office, however. were warned again to be on the lookout for the man and not take any chances with him. . Shortly before 12 o'clock Elliott walked up to the main door of the While House, stepped Inside and Inquired of Officer Cls cle If he might see the president. Chief Usher Stone snd Officer Parker were standing just within the vestibule at the time. Mr. Stone told the man that he could not see the president Just at that moment, (as he was engaged, but that he might possibly arrange to see him after a while. Instantly, the man having been recognized, a hurry call was sent for a po lice van Scarcely had the call been sent In when Elliott became violent. The officers and at tendants, after a brief but strenuous strug gle, overpowered him. Officer Ciscle made a hurried examination of his pockets' but found only a pair of shears and a large penknife. The man became quiet, hut refused to leave the White House until he was forced to go. The officers conveyed him to the po lice van. which by that time was waiting at the gat of the White House grounds. Straggle lu the Van. The struggle In the van occurred almost tniinerlln.ttl v after Fllintt hud tii'rn rklm.Arf In the vehicle. He drew hi revolver from a pocKct wnicn scrnieu to oe an enlarged watch fob. As that Is the most unusual place in which to carry a pistol. Officer i Ciscie In his hurried search had over- looked the weapon The pistol was sn ordl- ; nary bulldog fivc-shooter of a cheap pal tern. At the emergency hospital, where his wounds were dresred, Elliott said that ha was a Swede and thut his home waa lu Minneapolis. From the hospital the man was taken to the First precinct station and Incarcerated in one of tho detention wards. An official examination as to his mental condition will be held soon. At the St. James hotel it was stated that Elliott arrived there last WcduesJoy even ing. He registered as "P. O. Ellj New York." He had no baggr.ge and paid for his room In advance. He conducted himself about the hotel in a quiet, gentlemanly manner and nobody with whom he came In contact Imagined that he was Insane. Elliott Is about 6 feet G Inches hlj(h, 35 years of age. with light brown hair and beard and apparently la of foreign birth. At the station Elliott gave hla occupa tion as that of a machinist. Ho said lie had lived In this country for eleven years, most of the time In Minneapolis. He said he cam to Washington from Paterson, N. J. Late this afternoon the police surgeons, after a careful examination of Elliott, certi fied that he was insane. An order was lsrued Immediately for his removal to th St. Elisabeth's hospital for the Insane. K,aewa at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. S.-lnqulry develops the fact that Peter O. Elliott, the ma chinist, who rooms at 243 Cedar avenue in this city, has not been seen about his old haunts for several months and thut no on seemed to know where he had gone. He hud been a familiar ilgure in tlio neigh borhood snd was generally considered ratnrr peculiar, lie tsial inuca of so cialism. CONDITION OFJHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska- Fair and Warmer Tuesday: Rain snd Cooler Wednesday, Increasing Kast Winds. Temperature at Omaha Vesterdayl Hoar. Ilea. Hoar, lira. !i a a, T n. X n, t a. 1t a, II a II 4t -II 47, 4H .VJ r.7 ut I p. m J p. m : p. m 4 p. tn fl p. m H p. m n.1 111! tin Tt 70 IS tut Ml ti;t ni . tu. T p. H l I m. 111 mi.. . . GET ORDINANCE RETAINED Bnslness Men's Associativa Meets with Saeress la Its Plea ta the Coaaell. A committee of seventy-five members of the Business Men's association, with T. J. Mahoney and Euclid Martin as spokes men, succeeded al a general committee meeting of tho council yesterday afternoon In getting the ordinance forbidding the dis tribution of cards, dodgers and circulars on the, streets retained. The existence of the law was threatened by a proposed ordi nance, instigated by the labor unions, which seeks to substitute the word "scatter" for the word "distribute," nnd to thus allow nny kind of advertising to be put in cli-cu-lailon, provided it was not cast upon the sidewalk or pavement. The present ordinance, which lias been sustained by tlio supremo court, prevents the unions from passing boycott cards on the streets. The substitute ordinance would repeal thu old and jierniil the boycott sys tern. After listening to Attorney Mnhoney ond Euclid Martin all the councllinen present. Schioeder. Huntington, Evans, Buck. Dy bnll nnd O'Brirn, voted to Instruct the Ju diciary committee to file the ordinance to ward which objection hud been made. Then Councilman Huntington, who hod been noting ns chairman, thanked the busi ness men for coming to the city hall. In vited them to be there often und take a hand In legislation and said their co-operation nnd Influence1 Is much desired b the council, Huntington's remnrks nnd the action of the councllmen were nppliiuded. President Stickuey of the Great Western was another orator liefore the council. He ploaded in favor of the ordinance, which would give the line certain terminal con cessions by vacntlng streets, saying that while there would be Injury to some, the majority would benefit. The ground se lected, he said, was practically the only land in the city that can be used and It la absolutely necessary fqr the line to cre ate Its terminals. Several property owners protested against the Incoming of the railroad, saying their properly would lie greatly damaged and that they had no redress. Counctlmanio sentiment favors the Great Western ordinance and there Is little or no question hut 'that It will pass and be signed by the mayor. OBSERVE HARVEST FESTIVAL Jews Assemble In Temple Israel and Celebrate Vital Fanrtion af . Their Itrllarloa. Joy as a factor tn the home and In the life of individuals was emphasized last evening at the Temple Israel upon the Oc caslnn of the Jewish festival, known as tha Sueeoth, or the Harvest festival. The ceremonies lu connection with this event look to the promotion of Joy In tho every day life and originated with the Jewish people at the time thoy were In their native land of Palestine, the primary purpose of tho annual event being to re turn thanks for bounteous harvests. Last evening the temple was decorated with fruits and harvest products native to the land or Palestine, which had been sent over from that country to be used In the celebration of thia event. The pulpit was canopied with a profusion of flowers and fruits .and palms, msklng a very pretty effect. Rabbi Simon stood beneath this canopy In making his address upon "The Joy of Living." The speaker held that Joy was one of the supreme characteristics of the Jew. Thut Oi.d not only enjoined his peo j'ii. in iw jujiuc, ou; mai nc mane it a positive and direct commnnd. Reviewing the trUiulations his race had endured. Rahbl Pinion argued that the Joyful nature of his people had been a Godsend. The ss sertlon was mnde that during the many" years when the Jews have been driven from place to place, without a home, and in suffering untold cruelties at the hands ot "curs human and otherwise" they have still remained Joyful and will soon whisks wie aay wuen they shall assume the place in the history of the world to which they are justly entitled. reature or the. iierv.ee last evening Was the music re'idered by the choir and the congregation, ror their festivals the Jews have special music and that of last evening was enjoyed py a lurge and niinrn.i.ii.. an, aia (STILL IN DANGEROUS CONDITION I Yonasj W'nuia a Found on Streets I n. rnuirloui Is la Critical Slat. .Miirtiia Miller, tiie young woman who was found unconscious Sunday night nea the Her Grand hotel, la still lying in a dangerous condition In the matron's sec tion at the police station. The surgeon I great trouble in arousing her Sunday nigh and after he regained consciousness she relapsed Into . comatose state and re inalued sj . until' nuoii, when by herol elTorta she wns again aroused. Her ease the doctora Bay, is most puszling and thev cannot account for her condition, as there is no evidence of a drug having been ad ministered. The young woman wim. sclous Sunday night gave her residence a Philadelphia. Her parents, she say a, pe. side In Switzerland. FIRE TRUCK IN COLLISION tames la Contact with street While Banning at Fall Speed. (ar ST. LOUIS. Oct. 6.-While running at full speed, In response to an alarm of fir, a fire truck containing six firemen collided with a swiftly moving street car at Ninth and Carr streets etriy today and all the firemen were hurt, on probably fatally. Injured: Driver Thomas Flynn, head crushed and Injured Internally; may die. G. F. Reardon. Internally Injured. James Wood, badly cut. Hhcmisn ilcHrld. tadly bruised Theodora Volker, trulsed. Etev Hrnecke, seriously. Th street car was thrown from tb track, but th few persona on board were not hurt. The Br truvk was overturntd. MYSTERY FOR MEN Wod Jarful Show that Di.msji and Annus the Board of Gorennrf. MIOWAY VISITORS MAY SEE IT TOMORROW Closely Concealed and Carefully Gnarled, it Attractt Much Interest NO NAME YET BEEN CONJURED UP FOR IT Large Orowdt Throng the Oronndi Both Afternoon and Evening. HOTELS HAVE EVIDENCE MORE ARE COMING Program Arranged for the Daylight Parade af Wedneaday Drras Re hearsal at Knights at the Den, i Weather, Continued fair. raid Carnival Admissions. f Irst day ;,14 SetMind day 5.3' Third dny 17.01 Fourth day H.OCJ 3.1M .;oo .0f 1T,AvO Ak-Kar-Ben Dates. Monday Shriners' and Elks' night at th carnival. Tuesday Knights of Pylhlas" and For esters' night. Wednesday- Daylight flower and military parade. Children's iliv at fair until o'clock. Eagles' and Modern Woodmen's night. rimrsday Electrical parade. Woodmen ct the World nlsht at the fair. Fiidiiy Ak-Sar-ilen ball. Saturday Closing night of the carnival. Free Attraetlona. ahert. King of the High Wire Midway, Mild K:15 u. m. Russell. High Bicycle Diver Eighteenth and Douglas. 4:30 and 9 P. m. Lionel I'garo. Equilibria Marvel Nine teenth and Douglas, 5:30 and 9:30 p. m. The delayed portions of the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival- arrived late Saturday night and were hurriedly conveyed to Hie den,; where the entire exhibit was viewed by the Beril of Governors. The gencrsl sentlMent seemed to be one of dismay and amazement. Messrs. Hendrle and Hall, who conirscteit for the show, rhrugged their shoulders thabit they acquired In France) and stated emphatically that the exhibit was the mild est thing they saw in Paris, and that It waa viewed by native Parisians much aa Ne braskans would regard a combination of Swiss ben ringers and an Uncle Tom's Cabin eompsny. President Fry, who hss traveled far and observed much, ws coldly reticent, but W. 8. Jardlrie, sr., who of lat Is keenly alive to all that concerns horn and family, proposed and had adopted a motion that the exhibit be billed "for men only," at least for th first few day. It probably will open Wednesday.. Other Attractions Arrlv. Some pessimlatlc persons last night twld that the mercurial bunion, : and ' othtr things, pointed i rain today. They were not mobbed; th crowd "Jn the camlvsl grounds was too good natured. Besides therew as hardly room. The attendance falls far short of that for the sam day lust year, but It must be remembered thst that was the day set for Roosevelt, end that a great number of people have corns to town for that reason. The Bostock animal show will open to day, having been unable to get Its canvass in shape for business Inst night. Madams Pianka will prove an attraction with her eight lions. Captain Hardy, the champion rifle, revolver and shotgun expert, ha been engaged by the board of managers, nnd will begin tomorrow showing his skill In the Roman statlum enclosure, "which best lends Itself to. the purpose. HI-KI did not arrive last night, and is aid. to be HI. Lionel Legare Is promised for today. A concession which Is not receiving the patronage which It deserves, is the bench show. There are twenty-six fin little dogs Blenheim. Prince Chsrlcs, Ruby and Cocker spaniels; Pomeranians, black pugs.' black and tan toy terriers and an Imported bull dog. These nrc Omaha dogs, the prop erty of Mrs. G. H. Moore, nnd have won over thirty prises nt bench shows In St. Louis. Kansas City, Chicago and elsewhere. The Hawaiian are deservedly among the most popular ahows on the street. Willi their white clothing and orange lelsropes of flowers they draw attention. Among their songs Is "Aloha Oe" Farewell to Tlieel written by Queen Llliuokalant. Th Islaadcrs play the flute, violin, guitar and the native ukulele, or flee, which Is a tnlnl ture guitar. The Shriners and Elks were about the grounds In large nviinliers last night, but did not march In, or carry out Sny pro gram. This evening is Knight of Pythlss und Forester'a night. The knlghtt will gather at Myrtle hall, and with others from Pluttsmouth, Council Bluff and South Omaha, march to the music of the fair bund, to the Douglas street gat. Hotels Fllllag Is. The managers of the various ' hotels of the city report sn unusual demand for ac commodations for ths carnival festivities. Manager Dick Johnson of ths Dellon said: "The indications are for a very large excess over laat year. We have application for accommodations to almost the full capacity of the hotel. As wa are not furnishing m-als this yesr, we will devote th dining room space for lodging accommodations, snd have It nearly filled now with advapc applications." . i Manager Sage of th Millard said: 1 "Vfn will be crowded, and applications are com ing in rapidly by telephone and telegraph. We can accommodate all who come, . If this weather holds out every hotel In th city will have h!1 It can do. From present indications the crowd will be far In emrets of lust year." Clerk Sam aCi liart or the 'Murray Said: "The indicationa are for th biggest crowd here this week during the four years ; I huve been in Omaha. The desk ther Is full if teelgraros for advance accoinjno dationa. We will be able to accommouj i all who come, but It Is going to tag tb hotel to Its utmost. W bsv already don s big bualDesH, but I think thia week Is going to be a record breaker." ; The manager of the Pax ton said: "We ar virtually overwhelmed with acUt tlons for advance a oto m modatloD a B?t we will be able to meet tb emargeney -without trouble. W ar confidently look ing for on of tho largest crowds evar gathered her during th Ak-8ar-Bu festivals hretofor." 1 blldrea rail Oat at Baat. CASEVILLE, Mich., Oct. l.-Goorga Hoether. a Russian, took his wife, and four children rowing on th Pistes river last evening. Wlula passing undr a smatl foot brtdire on of tha rKUdren stoea up In the bunt, and. analog ris baJanr, cap six It. Tare at th rhilalrvn, Jojia sim1 12. Mary agd 4. a ad I .an g t. r drowned. The raUier la ont of his lataa a a result ( th tragtdy-