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TITE OMATIA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1905. HEAD SET ON RATE REVISION Preiidut Coniidan it thi Pmmonot Isms of tha Praia it Day. CONSUL HEIMROD WOULD LIKE TRANSFER jtrpolilnrat f D. E. Thosapeoa AmhasJador te Mesfeo Appears to B Iavolved la Coa alderable Doabt. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. (Special Tela gram.) Mr. Rosewater today had an ex tended conference wlth the president. Pri marily hi visit to the White House was for the purpose of presenting the memorial of the Military Telegraphers association asking that the president recommend to congress that the survivors of that asso ciation who served during the civil war be given as pensionable a status aa other sur vivors. The president. It Is understood, agreed to look Into the merits of the case. The talk had by Mr. Rosewater with the president extended over a wide range of subjects, much of which was of a confiden tial character. In speaking of his talk with the president, however, Mr. Rosewater said: "The published reports about the stand the president will take on the railroad rate question In his message to congress are wholly correct. If anything, I believe the president will be more direct and more specific on the rate question than he has been on any former occasion. It would not at all surprise me to see the question ex haustively treated In the forthcoming mes sage from the White House. As to tariff revision and the other questions which have been uppermost In the minds of the people for some time past, I believe they will be passed over with slight reference. The president Is determined to secure fairer railroad rates and he regards that aa the leading subject before the people today. I believe I betray no confidence when I say that the president was emphatic In his dec laration for rate legislation." ' Asks Transfer of Helmrod. Mr. Rosewater had a conference with Secretary Root looking to the transfer of Qeorge Helmrod, consul general at Samoa. Mr. Helmrod has made an excellent record since his appointment to that far-away country and now desires a place nearer home, where he may have the association of his family. While Secretary Root made no pledges, it is believed that the head of the State department will be able to bring bout the transfer desired. Boot to Control Consols. In thia connection It waa learned today that the appointment of consuls and con sul generals hereafter will be made directly by Secretary Root. Heretofore every man who desired a consular position filed his application with and saw the president him self or else had his senators and repre sentatives Intercede for him. The presi dent Is an exceedingly busy man and from now on until the adjournment of the first session of the Fifty-ninth congress the business of the White House will Increase In volume every day. Realizing that he has In Secretary Root one of the ablest men who have occupied the chair at the cabinet table next to the president and filled the position of secretary of state, he has made an order that all matters relating to the consular service shall be wholly in the hands of Secretary Root. Donbt A boat Thompson. It was learned at the State department today that the ambassador to Brazil, David E. Thompson, had not been ordered home, nor was It known at the 8tate de partment when he would sail. It is under stood Judge Penfield has reached Rio Ja neiro and is now, with , the assistance of Mr. Thompson, examining Into the trade situation between Brazil and the United States. The lack of authentlo Information as to Mr. Thompson's movements, and par ticularly the date when he will succeed Ambassador Conger to Mexico, has created doubt In the minds of a good many people here about whether Mr. Thompson will ever boast of having filled the position of ambassador to the republlo of Mexico. Mr. Conger's resignation takes effect on October 19 and unless an appointment Is made be fore the president leaves on his trip south the ambassadorship to Mexico will be va cant until the return of the president from that trip. Secretary Root said today that ha had no knowledge of the president's In tentions so far as the American mission Is concerned and It may be that Mr. Thomp son will be permitted to remain In Brazil. Look lac Into Commerce Data. Mr. Rosewater, since he has been In "Washington, has spent some time looking over the records of the Interstate Com merce commission with a view of using the Information thus obtained In an address which he will make at the Interstate com merce law convention, which meets In Chi cago October 38 and 27. This convention will be held under the auspices of the In terstate Commerce league. The commission appointing Judge Paul Jessen of Nebraska City as one of the as sociate Justices of the supreme court of Arizona, vice Judge Eugene Tucker of Humboldt, who resigned, waa mailed to Mr. Jensen today. Mr. Rosewater will leave tomorrow for Omaha, arriving there Tuesday morning. Postal Matters Rural carriers appointed: Iowa Orlnnell, Route 4, Charles C. Snyder, carrier; Mrs. M. B. Snyder, substitute. Lucas, Route 1. Jsaae N. Butty, carrier; F. B. Hall, substl Free Pile Cure Instant Relief, and a Quirk Painless Cnre By the Marvelous Pyra mid Pile Remedy. 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The State de partment made public the Invitations of the Russian government to secure another conference at The Hague. These take the shape of two memoranda, one dated Sep tember IS, being an unsigned memorandum delivered by Baron Rosen to the president at Oyster Bay, and the other a memoran dum dated October 12, also unsigned, deliv ered by the president to Baron Rosen In Washington. The first memorandum Is a mere recital of the opportuneness of another conference with the promise to submit a detailed pro gram by Russia when the congress meets. The president's memorandum Is a hearty acceptance of the Invitation and directs at tention to the fact that his previous circu lars to the powers appear to be precisely In line with the Russian papers. The last memorandum was delivered to Baron Rosen Thursday night for transmission to St. Petersburg. FRESCH WARSHIP IS SOW HEAR Secretary Root and Ambassador Jos serand Confer Over Venezuela. WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. Another confer ence between Secretary Root and M. Jus serand, the French ambassador, regarding Venezuela was held at the State depart ment today. Reports of the growing Im patience of the French public continue to reach here, and this phase of the situation was among those discussed. At the conclusion of the conference the statement was made that French patience, while exceedingly strained, had not yet ex hausted Itself. Another effort to settle the dispute diplomatically will be Imade by France before a resort to force. Meantime a French warship Is hovering almost within striking distance of the Venezuelan court and others are prepared to start for the West Indies on short notice. M. Jusserand will again confer with the Washington government before France decides to dis patch its ultimatum, the terms of which are already known In a general way here. CHOLERA IX THE PHILIPPINES Official Report Says Disease Has Prac tically Disappeared from Islands. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Reports having reached the War department through Ma nila papers of an outbreak of cholera In the Philippine Islands, Secretary Taft ca bled Governor Wright to make a state ment of conditions and has received the following reply; Cholera has nracf Iran v iHaanMa Au?u?L23J 1ate ,nBr" hftve been 713 cases and 553 deaths, distributed as follows: Prov nee of Risal, 449 cases. 327 deaths; Province of Cavite, twelve cases, twelve deaths: Province of Pumnansn tun aam one death; Province of Bulacan, two cases' vmu ut-Hiiin, r-rovince or lm. Uuana, thirty four cases, twenty-four deaths: Manila. Americans, eleven cases, six deaths; Fili pinos, 1X0 cases. 162 deaths; foreigners, nine teen Cases, fifteen rleatha- chlnac r cases, four deaths. ' ' AMISHING MEN ARE RIOTOUS Spaniards Wreck Market and Seise Entire Stock of Food ad Money. SEVILLE, Spain. Oct. 14. Over 1,000 farm laborers, made desperate by the existing famine. Invaded the market place at Eclja, forty-eight miles from Seville, today, seized the entire stock of food and money, de stroyed the market and threw the town Into a panic. The Inhabitants hastily ap plied for military relief. DEATH RECORD. John Wesley Barnes. TECUM S EH, Neb.. Oct. 14.-(Srecla1.V Hon. John Wesley Barnes died at the home of his son. Dr. C. D. Barnes, early this morning. He waa stricken with apoplexy last Monday and never regained conscious ness. He was 70 years of age. Mr. Barnes was a native of Kentuckv. but had resided In Nebraska for flftv vears. lie nrst located at Mount Pleasant, In Cass county. From 1873 to 1876 Mr. Barnes was member of the house of the Nebraska legislature, having been elected by the re publicans. During the administration of President Grant he was an Internal revenue collector, with headquarters at Beaver, Ore. Later he was Inspector of govern ment surveys in Nebraska. He was In the employ of the Burlington for some years as a special agent. For a number of years the family home was at Tork, but during the last few years the deceased had resided In Tecumseh, his wife having died here two years ago. Mr. Barnes leaves seven children, who are Mrs. D. A. Campbell of Tulsa, I. T Mrs. C. N. Carpenter of Tork. Mrs. Charles Jones of Omaha, Mrs. Charles Boyle of Sabetha, Kan.. Dr. E. M. Barnes of Plain view, Dr. C. D. Barnes and W. W. Barnes of Tecumseh. All were at his bedside when the end came with the exception of the last named, who arrived from Chicago today. The funeral will be held at the home of Dr. Barnes In this city Sunday afternoon. It will be In charge of the Masonic fra ternity, of which order Mr. Barnes had long been a member. Interment will be In the Tecumseh cemetery. Henry Herring;. RIVER SIOUX, la.. Oct. 14 (Special.) Henry Herring, who came to River Sioux in 1857 and built the first store at this place, died in an Omaha hospital this week and was burled from the local Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Curtis of Little Sioux preached the funeral sermon and Interment waa at the Little Sioux ceme tery. The deceased was born In Adams cuuniy, rennsyivama. in uaz, and was married In March, 1866, by which union were born five children. M. I. Mead. A INS WORTH, Neb., Oct. 14. (Special Telegram.) M. I. Mead, an old soldier on the Niobrara river, fifteen miles north of here, died this morning. He leaves a wife and two daughters. The funeral will be In Alnsworth cemetery Sunday afternoon. He was one of the first settlers here and ran a ferryboat across the Niobrara river before there were any bridges. He was well known all over the northwest. Colonel H. C. Lewis. WINFIKLD, Kan., Oct. 14. Colonel H. C. Lewis, aged 72 years, past commander of the Kansas Grand Army of the Republic, died hers this afternoon following an ope ration on his foot for gangrene. He was lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth volunteers In the civil war. was a prominent Mason and member of ths Loyal Legion. Isaao Taylor. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 14. Isaac Taylor, Indian fighter, scout, stage coach driver and one of the first men to make ths trip over land from Kansas City to the Pacific coast died at his home here yesterday, aged 84 years. Ha was born at Boston and was a close friend of Colonel William F. Cody. ' J. C. Ives. HAMBURG, la.. Out. 14. (Special.) J. C, Ives, for many years a resident and busi ness man of Hamburg, cued at his real denes on A r gyle street today. He suffered a stroke of apoplexy a few days ago and did not regain consciousness, finally sue cuwblng,. PRISON FOR WILLIAMSON lfssjser sf Ceigms Oonriotci of Tmi it Land One. GIVEN TEN MONTHS' SENTENCE AND FINE Dr. Geasner, His Partner In Sheep Bnaineaa, and Ex-Land Commis sioner Blags Also Con vlrtaa. PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 14.-John Newton Williamson, congressman from the Second Oregon district, convicted In the land fraud suit started by the federal government, was sentenced In the United States court here today to serve ten months' Imprison ment and to pay a fine of 1500. He was also reprimanded by the court for his failure to set a good example In his exalted public position. Marlon R. Biggs, ex-United States com missioner, was taxed by the court with similar dereliction of duty and given an equal penalty. In the case ot Dr. Gessner, convicted of being a fellow conspirator to suborn per jury, the term of Imprisonment was, be cause of the defendant's age and feeble ness, cut In two and the fine doubled. Van Gessner was Williamson's partner iS the sheep business. Appeals Will Be Filed. Appeals will be filed and a stay of execu tion was made pending a further order of the court. Meanwhile Congressman Wil liamson will go free on his own recog nizance, but a bond of $4,000 was required of the other two defendants, as during the trial of the case. As the term of Imprisonment Is less than one year the sentence must be served In the county Jail. When the time arrived for the Judge to Impose sentence Judge Hunt asked Mr. Williamson to stand up. With his hands In his pockets and with no change in color, looking the Judge squarely In the face, Williamson stood ready to receive his sen tence. Judge Bennett, Williamson's counsel, interposed an objection, on the ground that his client Is a member of congress and the Imposing of sentence would Interfere with his attendance and conflict with his con stitutional rights. This was overruled. Williamson Has Nothing: to Say. "Mr. Williamson," said Judge Hunt, "an Indictment was brought by the grand Jury charging you with conspiracy to suborn perjury. Tour plea of not guilty was en tered and upon trial you were found guilty. The time has now arrived to Impose the penalty. Have you anything to say before sentence Is passed upon you?" There was no plea for mercy from Wil liamson. He answered In a firm voice, grimly, without shifting his position, "I guess It has all been said, Judge." LAST DAY OF THE BIG FAIR Portland Exposition Closes After Scoring; Success Greater Than Was Hoped. PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 14. Today, "offi cers and stockholders day" at the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition. Is the last of the exposition period. After tomorrow the work of wrecking the Immense exhibit palaces and state buildings will commence and In a few months all that will remain of the exposition will be a memory of Its success; success as expositions go, for President Goode has made public announce ment that stockholders will receive a divi dend from 30 to 40 per cent on their stock. The passing of the exposition will not be marked by any elaborate literary exercises, but toward midnight there will be a grand fireworks display, bands will render patri otic airs and to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" by the United States Artillery band President Goode will formally declare the exposition closed. The exposition has been a remarkable success from every standpoint. It has at tracted to this city and to the great north west 100,000 people; the exposition' has at tracted Investors In almost every line ' of endeavor and It has made known to the entire country some of the advantages which the Pacific coast has to offer home seekers. It Is probable that with today's attendance the fair will have attracted over 2,500,000 people. FILIPINOS WERE ASTONISHED Appearance of Miss Alice Roosevelt Was Not What They Expected. COLUMBUS, O.. Oct. 14. By a letter Just received from Tacloban, In the Philippines, from the Rev. C. E. Rath, one of the rep resentatives of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions In the islands. It Is evi dent that the Filipinos were rather disap pointed In Miss Alice Roosevelt. "They had their imaginations all wrought up about the way ahe wculd appear," says Mr. Rath. "They had her pictured In a royal robe sparkling with Jewels, a crown on her head and with everything that should go with royalty. What they saw was a young American woman In a very plain white dress, with a sailor hat and no display of Jewelry. Some of them in fact did not see her, or If they did did not recognize her as the daughter of ths "Please Smile AND Look Pleasant." When a woman tays I am racked with pain," the word "racked" recalls the day when they stretched the tender bodies ot women on the rack with rope and pulley until the vary iolnta cracked. Fancy an attendant saying to ths tor tured woman, "Please smile and look pleasant." And yet the woman "racked with pain," ta e i peeved to smile through her agony and to make horns happy. She can't do It. It la against Nature. Generally speaking, the racking pains of Ill-health such as headache, backache and "bearing-down pains are related to derange ments or disorders of the organs dis tinctly feminine. When this condition It removed the general health Is restored, and with health comes back tha smile ot happlneaa. . ... . Any woman may regain her health at home without offensive questioning or examinations by ths use of Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription. Hick women may conault Dr. Pierce, by letter, frej of charge. Such letter are treated a sacredly confidential. "It affords me pleasure to relate the woo derf ul merits of your great medU'laea espe cially your 'Favorite Prescription.' writes Mr. J. TS ealey Khlnaof Woodbury. N. Jersey, L. Box ft& "My wife has been using It for soma time pant, having suffered severely with bearuur-down patna, acblng In back, and niauy other complaints peculiar to Women. She was very weak, could not do any beay work or washing but can do all kinds ot work now- She Is soon to become s mother but we do not fear the result (as heretofore), all due to your wonder-worker, favorite Prescription. Your 'Pleasant Pellets are also worth many times taelr erica, I have used them for blllouaaea and stomach trouble, and bare found them to be all that yon claim. Ibe are my constant companions ones used, always kei. Aivan tin. The Peoole' Common ttouse Medical Ad vlser is seat free oa receipt of stamps to pay eipeose ot mallluc only. The book con tains IJus pases, over JuO Illus trations and several colored plates, bead II one-owit Stamps for the paper-bound book, or 11 stamps for tbe rloth bound. Aildrras lI. k. V. Pieroa, ftasal M. T. president, for they were looking for em blems of royalty. I am glad she came to lis as she did for she could have done noth ing better to Illustrate the democratic spirit of America," T. W. TALIAFERRO IS CALLED Omaha Man Among? Other Importas Witnesses Called la tha Packers Cases. CHICAGO, Oct. 14. Important subpoenas for former officials of packing companies said to have been consolidated Into the National Packing company and for former officials of the latter company were issued today by the federal officials. An attempt Is being made to show at the trial of the packers that the men sub poenaed signed contracts or knew of such papers binding the owners of the consoli dated companies to an agreement that the signers would not engage In the same line of business after the sale. The subpoenaed officials are ordered to produce all records. books and papers In their possession. The government apparently will try to show that the National Packing company Is prac tically a clearing house and by Its organiza tion trade, commerce and competition was thwarted. The list Includes the following: George H. Taylor, treasurer of the Continental Packing company; Thomas E.- Wells, for mer president of the Continental Packing Company; Benjamin S. Wilson, former sec retary and treasurer of the Continental Packing company; Fred Cowln, secretary of the Anglo-American Provision company; E. F. Robbtns, former president of the Omaha Packing company; T. W. Talia ferro, former secretary of the Omaha Packing company. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Oct. 14.-F. O. Cun ningham, general manager of the Fowler packing plant In this city, was subpoenaed today as a witness In the government's cases against Chicago and Kansas City packers, to come to trial on November 1 at Chicago. XT. S. Epperson, former man ager of the Fowler plant, was subpoenaed here yesterday. AUTO RUNS THROUGH FENCE Five Persons Injured, Two Severely, When Heavy Car Leaves the Road. NEW TORK, Oct. 14,-Mlss Wle Brumer and Miss Nessle Doyd, who are believed to be residents of Syracuse, - were Injured so severely this morning that they have little chance of recovery, when an auto mobile In which they were riding plunged through an Iron fence and Into the tunnel In Park avenue and Thirty-third street. Charles Gelhause, owner and driver of the automobile, was also severely Injured. He was cared for and then placed under arrest. The others Injured are Mrs. K. Wild of No. 216 West Thirty-fourth street and Mr. and Mrs. Splidorf, patrons of the Criterion hotel. Mr. Gelhaus, who lives In the Bronx, had lnlvted the party to go with him In his heavy forty-horse power gasoline auto mobile to the Vanderbilt cup races. The big machine started down Broadway at a rapid pace and wheeled Into Thirty third street, running at a terrific speed eastward. Suddenly the machine swerved to one side of the street, smashed through the Iron fence that runs along the edge of the street car tunnel opening at that point and landed on the car tracks ten feet below. Police who witnessed the accident found the two women pinned under the machine and the others lying near In a partly un conscious condition. The machine was badly wrecked. TRYING TO PROVE CONSPIRACY Prosecution In Philadelphia Case Would Show Existence of lot Against City. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14. The hearing In the case of Abraham L. English, director of publlo safety during the administration of Mayor Samuel II. Ashbrldge, and oth ers, accused of conspiracy to defraud the city, was resumed today before Magistrate Elsenbrown. The other defendants are Phillip H. Johnson, architect; John W. Hen derson and Henry E. Baton, members of the contracting firm of Henderson & Co., and James D. Flnlay, a former building in spector. The testimony presented yesterday tended to show that In the construction of the new smallpox hospital inferior material waa Improperly used; that Inspector Fin ley had reported favorably upon the work and that the original specifications had been fraudulently changed. Former Judge Gordon, who Is prosecuting the case for Mayor Weaver, today endeavored to estab lish the fact that a criminal conspiracy to defraud the city existed among the de fendants In awarding the contracts and in the construction of the building. , HYMENEAL Pulltser-Webb. SHELBURNE, Vt.. Oct. 14.-Frederlka Vanderbilt Webb, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Seward Webb of Shelburne. and Ralph Pulltser, son of Joseph Pulitzer, the owner of the New York World, were married in Trinity Episcopal church at noon today. Rt. Rev. Arthur C. A. Hall, Episcopal bishop of Vermont, officiated, assisted by Rev. Dr. Ernest H. Stlres, rector of St. Thomas' church. New York, and Rev. Wil liam F. Weeks, rector of Trinity church, Shelburne. The bride was attended by Miss Edith Pulitzer, sister of the groom, as maid of honor, while tne best man was Jcseph Pulitzer, Jr. For the ceremony the church was decorated with autumn leaves and cut flowers. Vocal music by a male choir from 8t. Thomas' church, New York, was one of the pleasing features. After the wedding a reception and breakfast were held at Dr. Webb's home, Shelburne Farms, about 400 guests being present. Later Mr. and Mrs. Pulitzer went on board Dr. Webb's yacht Elfrlda, for a cruise on Lake Champlaln. Among the guests were Senator Chauncey M. Depew, Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, Mr. and Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, Mrs. W. D. Sloane and many members of the Vanderbilt family of whom the bride Is a relative. Dowd-Phllllpa. LEAVENWORTH, Kan.. Oct. 14.-Mlss Julia Phillips and Lieutenant William Stewart Dowd, Tenth cavalry, stationed at Fort Robinson, Neh., were married here at noon today at the home of the bride's uncle, Dr. Russell Phillips. Chaplain ). T. Axton of Fort Leavenworth performed the ceremony. Mrs. Dowd is the daughter of William M. Phillips, a member of the edit orial staff of the Denver Post. Goodrleh-lllakley. DUNLAP, la.. Oct. 14 (Speolal.)-Elmer Goodrich and Mildred Hinkley, both well known young people of this place, were united In marriage this week at the home of Otis Hicks. Rev. A. A. Thompson of the local Methodist Eplscupal church offi ciated. Blakley-Vaa Orrnaa. It has just been learned In Omaha that Miss Evelyn an Orman of the Rees Print ing company's force and Harry J. Blnkley, formerly of. Omaha, were Quietly married a few weeks ago. They will make their future home In the western part of ths stats. dvartlss la 7b B. OUR LETTER BOX. An Appreciation of Irvlnsx. OMAHA. Oct. 14 To the Editor of The Bee: My acquaintance with Henry Irving began In 1878, on the occasion of one of Ms early visits to Dublin, after he became a star of the first magnitude; one of the great events In his career at wHlch I was present was the "command" night by Trinity college In 1878, when the fellows and students of Trinity college, Dublin, filled the old Theater Royal from pit to dome; It was Indeed a great night, and a signal triumph for Irving, for the seal of approval of Trinity college meant every thing to an actor; that night I saw, as I said then, and say today, the greatest "Hamlet" of my time. In a letter to the old Omaha Herald, dated at Dublin, November 12, 1878, I drew some comparisons between Barry Sullivan and Henry Irving. These observations were true then and there Is no reason to modify the point of view at this far date: Henry Irving Is tall and thin and not very well put together; no particular graces except beautiful long white hands and an expressive face: Is not a great elocutionist. and has a bad walk. Add to this, occasional pnenomenai pronunciation or a voice not down to the full register of a tragedy bass- ana yei a sweet voice, too. Remember these faults, and then remember also that me man had genius enough to overcome them so far. or rather make his audience lorget tnem, that today he Is asserted by thousands of cultured men to be the great est "Hamlet" of his time. His personation is luminous wnn (nought. He has torn away ine old trammels and produces a "Hamlet" that is refreshing In nrlnlnalliv He Is prlncelv. tender, nervous. vadllntinv "Why In this unweeded garden of the worm am i sent to remove foul distem pers, mlirht almost hn his rrv Vnthin "" me tenner Deauty or his scenes with Ophelia nothing more touching than his cllnerlnff fHenrinhln fnr VTntMitln noth ing more pitiable than the ever shifting, eddying, currents of his soul. His heart seems to exhale In sighs at times. Mr. Sullivan's "Hamlet" Is destitute of humor. Mr. Invlng brlnirs out the mihilotv . f Shnkesneare's delicate satire irn, make much of the scenes wiih Rosenersntz and Oullrtenstern or with the Renriler or with Polonlus or Osrlc. But through the mnrnianess or Mr. Irvlng's Prince there shines these occasional bright and brilliant gleams Of a Kllnnv nnllira Th fate In which he Is Involved cannot whollv obliterate his sense of humor. Mr. Irvlng's reading Is, for want of a better and stronger word, thoroughly gentlemanlv. His apology to Laertes in the last scene Is the perfection of courteous action, so beautifully delivered that It mlp-ht r.rv. ns the Ideal apology from one gentleman to another. The nersonalltv of man nn vina close to him zealous friends In private who may not be his unqualified supporters In public. Henry Irvlng's greatest charm perhnps lies In his fascinating manners off the stage. Dispute his claim to fame as an actor as one mav. the man himself is thoroughly lovable. No warmer hearten" host can you find In all London no truer friend, no more courtly enemv. A refined and cultured s-entleman in everv sense of the word is Henry Irving, and those who know him best love him best. He hns not escaped calumny and stormy hisses. ana venomous cHMcfum. h,if he has nt all calmly without bitterness. snrt worked on. Some day he Is coming to America. Phnuld he ever do so. compari sons naturally will he Instituted between he KnirlUh actor and Krlwln Rooth TOnnth the Impersonation of srrace snd manlv beauty; Trvlng. lacking In many attributes wnirn. aner an me nieh talk "bout th drama, go verv far with the public. And still. admlrinP both. I Incline to the onlnlon that Henrv Irvlng's "Hamlet" is the su perior work more subtle In rending, more nasstonate. more broadly defined, more timlnous In general scone, than thnt of anv other actor now upon the stage. There sre actors who mav exceed him In other trne-ortles. The sensitive, nervous soul of the man Is embodied In "Hamlet." nhereas rohuft fibre rnleht be lacking In "Othello." wnt the "TTamlet" Is Pathetic, vlvldlv real. Istle. and. bv reason of personal conditions, unapproachable. Barry Sullivan was among the last of the old school, the Edwin Forrest of the Eng lish stage, while Irving represented the newer belief In that Intellectual treatment of character which has remained the prime method of his art during his long stage life. Abraham Stoker, known everywhere as Bram Stoker, was of a distinguished Dub lin family, a brother of Sir Thomley Stoker, former president of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; a brilliant Trinity col lege man, a clever llterateur, an accom plished man in many ways; he was known as a clever translator and adaptor of light French plays, being an admirable French scholar. Irving was greatly attracted to ward him, and Stoker went with him to London, I think, In that year (1878), be coming In time his general manager and closest friend. The personality of Irving off the stage was that of a most charming man, unlike many of the heavy tragedians. He was brimful of a quiet, gentle, humor; had a great fund of anecdote, story and reminis cence always at his command, and that made him one of the most delightful of after-dinner companions; but so thoughtful a host was he that every man who came to supper with him was drawn out upon some topic or another and went away feeling that he, too, had contributed to the pleasure of the evening no one was overlooked. I remember one of Irvlng's Chicago engage ments, when I happened In on blm at the Columbia theater. That night at supper at the old Grand Pacific among the other Oil s 1?? Double Daily Tourist Car Service to California from Kansas City. SPECIAL HQMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS Tuesday, October 17th, November 7th and 21st. to points. in Kan sas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, etc. Threerfourths of the one way rate for the round trip with minimum of ten dollars. Tor full Information call on any agent of the Company, City Ticket Office, S. E Corner 15th and Farnam Streets, Omaha. TOM HUGHES, Trav. Pass. Agt, TH0S. F. GODFREY, Pass. Tkt Agt OMAHA, NEB. H. 0. Old Chases Dirt 'Makes Everything "Spick and Span9 guests was General Lucius Falrchlld of Wisconsin, once consul at Liverpool, a warm friend of Irving. The actor asked General Falrchlld some questions regarding Blaine, the tariff and similar matters, and Irving listened, perhaps an hour, to a lec ture on American politics, he being the most Interested man at the table, and thanked the general again and again for his Illuminating exposition. I have often noted that In the many times I have been In Irvlng's company he aeldom spoke of his art, especially If he were to be a figure In any story. Stage stories he would tell In- Imltlble, humorous and pathetto, but he was seldom In the cast. It Is not for me to pronounce a euloglum. His place as the foremost English speaking actor of his time has already been securely established. My memory of him Is of a courteous, gentle, kindly man, a warm hearted friend, and one never forgets old friends; who so patiently and so bravely bore keen private griefs and harsh criticism through so many years of his professional career. No man valued friendship more; few men whom I have ever known were so true to their friends as he. B. H. BARROWS. Card from Mr. Reea. OMAHA, Oct. 14. To the Editor of The Bee: I notice In your paper this even ing a statement by Mr. Fisher, president of the Typographical union, that Mr Thlessen, manager of the ticket depart ment of the Rees Printing company, has signed the eight-hour scale. Mr. Thlessen Is not manager, but lessee. He employs no compositors. He has leased this partment for one year, and has no author ity to sign the name of the Rees Printing company to any business document. He may have personally signed the eight-hour scale, because it would make no difference to him, as he hires no compositors, and to save the annoyance of the union print ers. Samuel Rees is the only person who has authority to sign the name of the Rees Printing company to a labor con tract, and he will never sign it to a con tract with the Typographical union. Wo feel that so far as we are concerned we have the fight, with the union won. Believing Mr. Fisher made the statement In the form he did for the purpose of cre ating the Impression that our firm was weakening In Us opposition to the eight hour day Is our only reason for writing this." REES PRINTING CO.. By Samuel Rees, President. Omaha and Sooth Omaha. SOUTH OMAHA. Oct. 12. To the Editor of The Bee: The writer noted the editorial of yesterday. As I am not scholar enough to cope with you editors, I have no desire to prolong this controversy, but I wish to answer a few of the questions. First, we have a separate form of gov ernment which Is different from that of North, West and East Omaha, or South Chicago, either, for that matter. It Is Just such articles as referred to that makes Cleanser ine waif Excursions SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER To California and TOWNUEND, 0. P. T. A., St. Louis, Mo. N utcfo k - OLD DUTCH CLEANSER IS THB MODERN Tnil'MPH In ftror of whlrh soaps. K-ourlnt bfirk mni cap powders sre st iM tT prac tical kouwkMpra OLD DUTCH CLEANSER CLEANS, SCOURS, SCRUBS. POLISHES POTS. FANS, KBTtT.IC.9, Enamalea and Porralala War. Blnka, Bathluba, roppar. Braaa, Pilntxt Walla, Floor.. Tlllns. Marbla, Encauatlo, Statu ary, Etc. No elacnlng praparattoe doae so sinrb with so lit -tla coat and labor, and nona can do It ao wall at any pries. our city seem Insignificant to the east erner. You say there Is enough for all of the Greater Omaha to feel proud of. I will admit It, if you mention South Omaha, which you did not. South Omaha having made the strongest growth of any city in the United States since Its existence, It should have a plaoe on the map. 3. O. BLESSING. Matllatloas of the Hers. OMAHA, Oct. 14. To the Editor of The Bee: The article of E. G. S. In The Bee of Saturday morning on the mutilation of the horse and the abuse of the noblest of the lower orders by men In overcheck Ing and other tortures was a strong and timely one. It Is astonishing that owners and lovers of the horse Insist upon de stroying the God-g mal, saying nothing i of these Inflictions. vllle Horse Show, the blue ribbon over i tall, docked and almost hairless, attracted the attention of Mr, Watterson to the hideous spectacle In a criticism which ought to have made the New York Imitator of Rotten Row blush for his want of taste In hla mutilation of one of the finest horses In the world. O. L. M. INCENDIARISM IS CHARGED Missouri Bnildlnar at Portland Said to Have Been Set oa Fire. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct 14. It is possible that the fire which destroyed the Missouri building at the Lewis and Clark exposition last night was of Incendiary origin. F. E. Beach, a prominent business man ot this city, claims to have seen the fire spring up from a pile of rubbish back of the burned building. This would indicate that the fire did not start from any defective electrio wiring, as was at first thought to havs been the case. A young man named McDonald says he saw three men trying to scale a fence neat the Missouri building Immediately befort the fir broke out MORE INDICTMENTS AT JOLIET Men Who Changed Ballots and Those Who Robbed Knnsan Are Aeensed. JOLIET, III.. Oct 14. The grand Jury to day returned Indictments for ballot fraudi and for a prise fight swindle. , At the last city election some person en tered a vault In the city hall and changed 107 votes for Mayor Barr so as to give ths votes to former Mayor Crollus, the defeated candidate. The grand Jury Indicted Assist ant Clerk Homer Mooney, W. H. Evans, Oscar Moxom and three othera. Six out-of-fown characters were Indicted for attempting to fleece F. L. Ball of Abi lene, Kan., out of IS.OOO In a fake prue fight 15th 31st, 1905 the Northwest 9, LirgeSittlRgTopC.il If 10c II Iven beauty of the anl- about the plain cruelty During the late Louis- Reginald Vanderbilt won Kit "lilt lluin win'nfl