The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL.. XXXVI-NO. 27.
OMAIIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1906-TEN PAGES.
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WAR DOGS IS LEASH
Armiitioa ia Central Amerioa Begin
Wednesday Moraine.
CONSUL GENERAL JENKINS IN WASHINGTON
Cmaha Man Bayi Gautemala Ticked Quar
rel With FaWtdrt.
VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY ONLY PRETEXT
Opportunity for Makinc aa Attack Eu
Long Been Boueht.
CONFERENCE ON bOAKD THE MARBLEHEAD
fenltador Agent Board Amerlcaa
Warship at Arajutla and It Will
I'roi-rrd to Pan Jt far Rep
resentatives of t.aatcmala.
WASHINGTON', July.'
bctuecu t lie minnt cv
public wctil Milo effect
morning.
The armlatic
inencan re
0, Much tUla
Air, Munuz, the Guatenn
nlsler,
tailed al the State departmet. '
announced that he has been i
hi government of the selection
onimiiialnners and a secretary to
and
by
Kent Guatemala at the peace confe.
'J hoy will bo to Ban Jose. Guatemala,
time to buaid th Marblehead. which
expected to reach there tomorrow.
rue Guatemalan minister, Mr. Munos, Is
much annoyed by reports trom Salvadorean
ixilnts that Guatemala continued righting
ultt'r It had agreed to cease hostilities.
'Such stories are absolutely without foun
uHtmn," lie said today.
Umaba Han Reaehe WatkUflos.
President Eseulon's special representative,
American Consul General John Jenkins,
has arrived In Washington from Salvador
mid has beer In consultation with Assistant
Secietery of State Bacon respecting the ie
establishment of peece between the hostile
Central American republics. Mr. Jenkins,
though an American official, was requested
to coins to Washington when it appeared
that Guatemala was about to Invade Sal
vadnr In retaliation for the alleged vio
lation of neutrality by that country as an
Incident to the revolution. The Stat de
partment consented that he should make
the- trip, and since his arrival h has been
advising th department as to the true
state of affairs In Central America. Th
pith of his otatemsnts In this case Is un
derstood to be that Guatemala has for a
long time past been Intent on picking a
quarrel with Salvador and has now seised
on this pretext for th attack.
Salvador and Guatemala mus'. decide
through their representatives to the peace
conference on board the Marblehead
whether Honduras la to b represented in
the conference. Ther ar only two sides
to the controversy so far as th world of
diplomacy knows, that of Guatemala and
that of Salvador. Honduras' Interest In
the war Is secondary In Its nature, but as
an all Of Salvador U iaa become Involved
"' to such a Aegre that (he Stat department
believe th other two countrle In the con
troversy will agree te have Honduras rep
resented on board th Marblehead.
Salvador's Envoy Hostile.
Senor Jose Rosa Paces, whom President
' Kacaloii appointed to come to the United
State and present Salvador's side of th
Central American dispute to this govern
ment previous to the serious battles between
Guatemalap and Salvadorean troops, Is th
Salvadorean minister of Interior and at
tracted much attention In 1902 by denounc
ing Chief Justice Henry Strong and Don
M. Dickinson, with whom he mat In Wash
ington to arbitrate th claim of th Salva
dorean .Commercial company agalnat Sal
vador. It Is now rumored that Senor Pacaa may
be named by Salvador to represent It at
the conference to be held on the United
States cruiser Marblehead for th purpose
of adjusting th disputes which have In
volved Honduras, Salvador and Guate
mala. This rumor has caused much com
ment In diplomatic circle because of th
notoriety Senor Pacaa attained by bis con
duct after, th announcement of an un
favorable award of the Salvadorean eom
pany case. In that case th American
company sought to recover from Salvador
ISoo.OOn for damages It suffered aa th r-
nult of th selsur by th government of
harbor improvement th corporation had
made at on of th Salvadorean ports,
Urea at Waahlaarton.
After long dispute the caa was sub
mitted to arbitration in Washington, with
Senor Pacaa representing Salvador, Chief
Justice Strong aa the neutral member of
th commission, and Mr. Dickinson aa th
American representative. The members of
th commission met for weeks at the Ar
lington hotel In thia city and when th
award was announced Mr. Pacaa bitterly
charged th two other member of th
com mission with treating him and his gov.
ernment with the "grossest unfairness."
Chief Justice Henry Strong personally re
sented the attack on his action and a scene
followed, Senor Paras storming about th
hotel In great rage. Salvador then pro
tested against the decision of th arbitra
tors In violation of th cardinal principles
of arbitration and delayed the payment of
th award of 153.178 for a long time. The
State department was compelled to make
.. representations to Salvador repeatedly.
Finally attorney for th Salvador Com
mercial company despaired of ever col
lecting th full amount of th award from
the little republic, and in 1ST) a com
promise waa agreed upon with Salvador,
and the rase Is aald to hav been settled
for about poo, 000.
Delearate Gettlasj Torethr.
SAN SALVADOR. July IT. Tee p. m.
(delay In transmission). Th peace com
missioner of Salvador are Dr. J. R. Pacua
and Senor tiallegas. They will go on
board the United Statea cruiser Marble
head at Acajutla tomorrow wltb the com
missioners of Honduras and proceed to
San Joae. Guatemala, where th other
commissioner will be taken on board, and
th party will put to sea and draw up
and sign th treaty of peace.
The body of the Salvadorean. General
Temaa Regaldo. who waa killed July 11
In a battle fought at Jtcaro. Guatemala,
has arrived at Guatemala City in a com
plete state of decomposition, making It
repatriation Impossible.
Fight Before A res I si Ire.
SAN SALVADOR, Tuesday. July 11 -Shortly
before the armistice waa screed to
over l.ont Guatemalan soldier mad a dea
perate attack on th Salvadorean positions
by way of Metapan. ' Th Ouatemalan ar
tillery, stationed on high places fronting
th Salvadorean positions, cannonaded th
latter, though th bad quality of th shells
and th poor aim of th artillerymen re-
f (.Continued on Second Page.)
LADY CURZON PASSES AWAY
Aeaerlraa Wife of British Itattmaa
Die Wednesday After Loa
lllaees. IjONDON. July II. Lady Curt on of
Kedleston. wife of th former viceroy of
India, who had been ill for some days,
died at 7:40 o'clock this evening. She
never quite recovered from her serious
Illness at Walmer Caatla Kent In 104
and the recent hot weather brought oa
a pronounced attack of general debility.
Lady Cunon waa Mia Mary Letter,
daughter of the late Levi Z. Letter of
Chicago.
CHICAGO, July IS. Joseph Letter of
this city, a brother of Iady Curson, re
ceived his first Information regarding the
death of his sister from th Associated
Press. He had received no word from
England at the time, and at one cabled
for particulars. Mr. loiter said he could
not yet decide whether ha would go to
England.
Lady Curxon was in her own right the
possessor of 11,000,000. From Chicago th
Leiter family moved to Washington and
later traveled extensively and entertained
lavishly. During her stay in England
Miss Leiter met George N. Curxon, eldest
son of the Rev. Alfred Nathaniel Holden
Iveraon, fourth baron Scarsdale. They
were married in 1896, after Curxon had
held the offices as private secretary to
the msrquls of Salisbury, under secretary
of state for India and under secretary of
state for foreign affairs. In 188 Curson
was created first Baron Curxon of Kedles- j
on, and in 1899 was appointed viceroy
iid governor-general of India, which post
he resigned in August, 1905, and waa suc
ceeded by the earl of Minto.
Daisy Leiter, one of the sisters of Lady
Curxon. was married to the earl of Suf
folk and Berkshire In Washington Decem
ber S. 1904.
Nancy Leiter, another alster, was mar
ried In Washington November 29, 1904,
to Major C. P. Campbell of the Brltlah
at my. Lady Curxon leaves two daugh
ters. WASHINGTON. July 18.-The marriage
in this city on April 2J. 1895. of Mary
Leiter to Lord Curxon was one of the great
social events In Washington. The ceremony
was attended by all the notables in offi
cial, diplomatic and resident circles. Bishop
Talbot officiated, assisted by Rev. Mr. (now
bishop) MacKay Smith.
Surrounded by every luxury that wealth
could suggest, an acknowledged beauty
and the poasessor of many accomplishments
by travel, study and observation, she waa
distinguished In her young womanhood
above other girls. Her debut at a aeries
of large receptions given by her parents
In th early 90 s at their home here on Du-
pont Circle was followed by a triumphal
season abroad, from which she returned the
betrothed wife of George Nathaniel Cur
son, M. P.. and then under secretary for
foreign affairs.
TINNED MEATS ARE GOOD
London ' Experts Say Samples Ka-
amlaed Show Nothing; to
Bear Oat Charges.
LONDON. July .11. Since th canned
meat scar widespread analysing of pro
miscuous samples of panned ' ' good of
every description haa been going on on
request of th local government board.
With a few axoeptlona the analystst's re
port indicates that about th only thing1
which can be alleged canned food Is that
th retailer keep them on their shelvea
too long. So far aa the examination
haa gone, apparently nothing baa been
discovered to bear out th recent scare.
so far as imported goods are concerned.
For Instance, an analystist's report on
fourteen samplss of American goods pur
chased la th poorest part of Wadsworth
says:
In every aample the contenta of the ran
were sound and In no case were preserva
tives or other coloring matter ate-iea.
Evidence of dirt or other extraneous mat
ter waa carefully looked for, but in every
lnatance the aamples, in this respect, were
satisfactory.
In the Behtnal Green district six Ameri
can and six Colonial samples were an
alysed. One of the American contained
sulphite and one of the sngusn samples
contained borackc acid. Twenty-nine
mixed samples examined at Deptrora
showed no sign of preservatives, though
in some cases the meat did not have aa
Inviting appearance. The analyslst.
however, reported that there was nothing
to warrant its condemnation aa unfit for
human food.
BEIT'S FORTUNE IS SHRINKING
Soath African Financier Had Lea
Thaa Half of Lowest Esti
mate of wealth.
LONDON. July 18. Those who are really
In a position to give authoritative Informa
tion regarding the amount of th fortune
of the late Alfred Belt, the South African
financier, and the terms of his will, havs
not yet given it to the newspaper. The
pronouncements of th latter, therefor,
are purely speculative.
Estimates ranging from 1126.000.000 to
1626,000,000 hav been published, but it will
probably be found when the terms of th
will are given out that Mr. Belt's fortune
was somewhat below 150,000,000. About one
third of this amount, it Is expected, wil)
he bequeathed , to national purposes In
Great Britain and South Africa, mainly of
an educational character, aa waa a great
part of the fortune of his most intimat
friend, th 1st Cecil Rhodes.
Mr. Belt had several married sisters la
Germany and Austria, and presumably
they, as well as his mother and brother,
will Inherit considerable amounts.
May Help Baa Fraaclaeo.
BERLIN. July It. The Tageblatt today
affirms thst it Is authorised to deny the
report that the German government la
considering the propriety of using Its right
of Inspection In the case of fire Insurance
in order to compel the settlement of the
San Francisco claims. The legal situation
Is regarded aa being extraordinarily com
plicated. Th government could only in
terpose after its rights have been legally
established.
Boclallata Se Danger.
LONDON. July II The socialistic and
labor parliament committee today adopted
a resolution providing that international
danger la threatened both the committee
and the international socialist le bureau.
Tr.esa will meet simultaneously with the
view to providing messures for peace and
another calling of all civilised countries
to protest agalnat the crimes "committed
by th government of the Russian em
peror." Uraad Dak Laid to Heat.
MOSCOW. July 11-With th utmost se
crecy. In th presence of Grand Duke Con
stantly Alexis. Boris and Dlmltri. the
Grand Duchess Elisabeth and a few faithful
retainers, the body of Grand Duke Sergius,
who was assassinated here by the explo
sion of a bomb February IT. 1906. and which
haa been resting In a temporary vault, ant
last night Interred in the crypt of Hit
Trnnduff monastery In th Kremlin.
THAW DEFIES HIS MOTHER
PriieWi Personal Attorney OeU Order
from Court for Paper ia Oaie.
REFUSES TO MAKE PLEA OF INSANITY
Artlea Follow a Two Hoar Confer
ence Between Youna Maa aad
HI Mother aad
Wife.
NEW TORK. July ll.-Th chaotic con
ditions surrounding th preparation of a
defense for Hsrry K. Thaw, accused of
the murder of Stanford White, were accen
tuated today and apparently the breach be
tween the prisoner and hie mother, Mrs.
William Thaw of Pittsburg, as to the char
acter of th defense Is wider than ever.
Following quickly upon a conference of
two hours with Thkw in the Tomb after
the mother had twice during the day en
deavored to gain the boy's consent to the
re-employment of the law Arm of Black.
Olcott. Gruber A Bonynge, and to consent
to a plea of insanity, Clifford J. Hartridge,
Thaw's personal counsel, obtained from
Justice Blanchard, in special term of the
supreme court late today, an order direct
ing Judge Olcotts Arm to show causa next
Friday why they should not turn over to
Hartridge all the papers In Thaw's case.
Mr. Hartridge based his motion on a petl-
nun eignea Dy maw. wntcn waa piacea on
record In connection with the proceedings.
More Is a Dlsllact Surprise.
This move was a distinct surprise, being
a contradiction of reports which had Rained
wide circulation earlier in the day to the
effect that Thaw had consented to his
mother' plan of action. Tha rumor that
the young man had at last bowed to his
mother's will undoubtedly had Its origin
in the fact that Mrs. William Thaw" and
Mrs. Harry Thaw, who were In conference
with Thaw at the aame time today, emerged
from the prison arm in arm. It was th
first time they had been seen together.
Thaw's wife has all along supported htra
In his demand' for a trial on the Issues of
the case and haa opposed the Insanity
plea. She has thus been arrayed against
the elder Mrs. Thaw, who seemed to think
thst the only hope of saving her son from
the electric-calr Is to depend on a defense
of Insanity. The success of this plea
would avoid the further publicity and
ignominy of a trial and has been Insistently
urged upon the prisoner, who, however, ap
parently remains obdurate.
Injunction Case I Poatpoaed.
Justice McLean adjourned until tomorrow
the hearing on the writ of Injunction ob
tained yesterday by counsel for Harry K.
Thaw to prevent District Attorney Jerome
and the grand Jury from examining further
witnesses In the Thaw murder case.
"u""i a discussion In court prior to
me postponement Assistant District Attor
ney Taylor objected to the writ on techni-
cal ground, that It was not directed to a
court nor to an Inferior tribunal, but with
drew hia objection when Informed that it
waa directed to th court of general ses
sion.
Mr. Taylor said: . "
How Thaw can be hurt by any precVed-
lnga of toe district attorney I cannot eej.
as be Ja now in the Tombr under an stsk-
"""h " ne .owy tact appearing In too
complaint which seems a tact is that a
eubpoena waa served on Nellie Leahy, but
it does not appear to hav anything to uo
with th Thaw matter.
Nellie Leahy would not be entitled to a
writ of prohibition, but could have the
matter deal in with if she declined to obey
the subpoena.
. John D. Gleason of counsel for Thaw
aaked for a postponement and said the as
sistant district attorney had agreed to it
before going into court. The hearing was
then put over.
GOURDAIN IS REBUFFED
Illinois Maa Not Permitted to File
Petition la United State
Snpreme Court.
WASHINGTON, July 18.-Louis .A. Gour
daln, th alleged Chicago and New Orleans
lottery dealer, who la seeking by meant
of a writ of mandamus to frustrate the ef
forts of hi attorneys to keep him out of
the penitentiary at Jollet, 111., made an un
successful attempt today to file his petition
in the auprem court of the United Stat.
When be appeared at the office of the
clerk of th court he waa told by Deputy
Clerk Maher that the petition could be
acted upon only by th court, and In open
session. He then announced his intention
to make application to an Individual Justic
of th court, either in New York or Can
ton. O.
' Gourdaln telegraphed later to Justice Day
at Canton, O., asking him if he will be
there for a few days, In which event Gour
daln said he would make personal applica
tion for the writ.
Gourdaln, after visiting New Tork. will
go to Narragansett tomorrow in the hope
of getting Justice Whit of the United
States supreme court to direct the clerk
of the court to receive the petition.
Th would-be convict waa the center of
attraction her today.
Pathetic appeala by telegraph from his
wife to return home reached him today, but
Gourdaln wired that he is in good health
and spirits. Gourdaln says it Is his Inten
tion to make restitution of the vast sums
of money he was convicted of obtaining by
fraudulent means.
ICE HEARING INKANSAS CITY
Plant Idle at Tim Prte I Raised
Beeaa Supply I
Short.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. July 18,-Much evi
dence was lntrodtX-sd at th lc investiga
tion today In support of th theory of
County Prosecutor I. B. Klmhrell that
soma Ice plants were closed down and th
output of other plants were curtailed in ac
cordance with a deliberate plan of the
alleged Ice trust to reduce the supply of
Ice. The evidence showed thst this was
done at the time when the ice manufactur
ers were defending the exorbitant price of
Ice by alleging a shortage of the supply
The People's Ice. Storage and Fuel com
pany, the distributing company, bad a
lease on the Westport Ice plant, which has
a capacity of fifty tons a day, and al
though the price of Ice was advanced the
1st of May the plant was allowed to re
main Idle until th let of June.
H. L. Burk. secretary .of th People s
Ice, Storage and Fuel company, was test!
fylng when Prosecutor Klmbrell asked:
"You could hav had th Westport plant
ready for us two or thre month earher
If you had wanted to, con Id you not?"
"I could."
"Was the supply of lc falling off In
April when you increased th price a dollar
ton?"
"I don't know."
Your Judgment fixed the price of ice for
th season?'"
"I testified licfor that I fUtd tba nh,.
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SISTER ADDRESSED LETTER
Mlas Scott Hays Exhibit la
las Waa Written
hy Her.
Hartje
PITTSBURG. July II The most sensa
tional scene of the Hartje divorce cue
during the trial came today. During the
cross-examination of Miss Ida B. Scoti,
Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje's sister, by Augus
tus Hartje attorneys, a new letter waa
produced In an attempt to show Miss
Scott had been practicing to imitate her
sister's handwriting.
Attorney John M. Freeman, chief coun
self for Mrs. Hartje, leaped to his feet and
In excited tones declared the letter had
been stolen from his ofBce. Hartje's coun
sel declared that this letter, with other
papers, had been found In the street and
brought to them. J'Jrtge Robert Fraier
at once compelled Hartje's counsel to Oe
llver the papers to Mr, Freeman and would
admit no testimony to how they were
obtained.
"Any paper stolen ; from an attorney's
office," said he. "will hn-t rerjr little In
fluence on the court rn this case."
Prior to this Miss Scott had testified that
she wrote exhibit No. 14. the only envelope
produced In evidence with the forty famous
letters. 8he said she a rote It at the re
quest of Annie Lutx. a servant.
The defense introduced Thomas Scott, a
relative of Mrs. Hartje, who testified that
he was "Tom," to whom Mrs. Hartje tele
phoned so often, snd'then presented Mis
Mary Dillon, who testified she was the
"Mary" to whom "Torn" Madlne telephoned
from Schulenberg's stable.
Miss Scott was than shown th letters
involved In the case and picked out a
number of the missives as having been
written on the stationery belonging to
herself or one of her slaters. She said
the maid, Annie Luts, had been given fhts
kind of letter paper and, she wrote letters
quite frequently. The testimony caused
a sensation and the plaintiff's attorney
followed with a searching cross-examination
to break Its effect.
Toward the close of the examination of
Miss Helen Scott, Attorney Roger sprung
a surprise upon the attorneys for they' de
fense by producing a -number of plained
and mutilated letters,: the parts of which
had been pasted together. The .letter were
written upon the staUoneryf the Hotel
Windsor and the Ftorenro'Yilla and were
addressed to "Dearest t Mary."
Witness admitted that several of the
new exhibits hud been written by herself,
but denied the authorship of the others,
although she said the -handwriting looked
like her.
Mr. Freeman started to his feet and ob
jected to their being introduced upon re
direct examination. , , Mr. Rogers then
stated that his object' in producing them
was to show that despite hor previous de
nials oh the stand, witness hsd shown that
Mrs. Hartje and Tom Madlne had been
In correspondence with each other and that
the letters would show the truth of his
statement.
Court w;as then adjourned In order that
counsel for the defense might have an op
portunity of examining, the new exhibits.
,Thls was said to . be -the sensation which
counsel for the prosecution hav all along
promised.
During the course of her "examination.
neien Bcottrwas aBk by Mr'-. Fretnran
whether.rtr'htr 8hhaj';'wrlllftt lii one of
her alleged letters to Mrs. Hartje a state
ment that she (Mrs. Hartlet anH tv,
would one day be man and wife, but they
would have to wait some time. Helen
strenuously denied this statement.
John L. Wclshons, who Is now under
ISO.OOO ball on the charge of conspir
ing with August Hartje. the plaintiff, and
Clifford Hooe, the negro coachman, to de
fame th character of Mrs. Hartje, an
nounced that ho would go on the stand
as a witness for the defense and riuin
his connection with the case.
MORRISON GETS EVIDENCE
Special Council for the Government
Learns What Was Shown
at Cleveland.
CHICAGO, July 18. Assistant Attorney
General Pagln arrived In Chicago today
with a transcript of evidence taken In
Cleveland In the inquiry Into the relations
of the Standard Oil company and various
rallrouda, and submitted It to former dis
trict Attorney Morrison, special counsel for
the government. It was the Intention of
the local federal offlcals not to begin the
iiiveauaaiion rrc unui September 1 or
later but It is now probable that some steps
will be taken in the near future.
The four propositions which Attorney
Morrison and Pagln will study In connec
tlon with the Investigation are:
Charge ac-ainst the Standard OH romnmv
or accepting aiiegea rebates under rh
Atkins law.
Charge agalnat the railroads for rhinln.
ivunira u; me tJli until aii y.
Combination in restraint of trade mH
commerce with other oil comnanlea.
Monoply of trade, not a combination; or
FOLK TALKS ON ADVERTISING
Governor of Missouri Glrea Advice to
Retail Merchants at Jer
fersoa City.
JEFFERSON CITY. July 18.-Governor
Joseph W. Folk, addressing the retail mer
chants of Missouri at their convention her
yesterday, spoke against th mall order
business and favored advertising in th
town papers. He said in part:
W are proud of our splendid cities and
we want them to increase in wealth and
population, and we also want our country
towns to grow. We wish the city mer
chants to build up, but we also desire the
country merchants to prosper. I do not
believe In the mail order citizen. If a
place Is good enough for a man to live in
and to make his money In. it I good
enough for him to spend his money In
No merchant can succeed without adver
tising In one way or another. Patronize
your town papers, build them up, and thoy
will build the town up and build you up
Increased trsde and greater opportunities.
Do not be afraid that business ls going to
be hurt by the recent exposures of wrong
doing In the commercial world. No man
who is doing an honest business can be in.
lured by the light. All business will be
Setter for th. cleansing process It Is golns
through and the atamplng out of th evil
AGAINST THEEIGHT.HOUR DAY
Eleetrlral Worker at Saa Fraaclaeo
Tl m e.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jjly 18-Th member
of the Electrical Workers' union who are
In th employ of the United Ralla-ay de
cided this morning to go on strlko after
receiving an ultimatum from the company
In reply to their demand that, while willing
to grant an Increase of wagea from (3 60
to 13.75 for ten hour work. It would not
grant an eight-hour day. it is possible
that the street car system will be tied up
If th strike Is made effective. The power
house cannot operate without shop men.
The United Railways announced this
morning that it would fight the striker
and nil tuetr places with nonunion men.
TRADE LEAVES Ll'DDEN OUT
Bnrlintrton Machine Oeta the Lecielatire
Ticket in Lanoaiter.
BROWN AND WINNETT GIVEN DELEGATES
Sheldoa Is Damped hy the Combina
tion and Left Unt la the Cold
Congressional Deleaatloa
Is for Pollard.
Republican lastraetlons to Dnte.
Total delegates to be elected S7
Ttital delegates already elected "i
FOR BROWN FOR 8ENATOU.
Buffalo 15
York 1
Butler 11
Hamilton 12
Seward 13
Saunders
Lancaster
Total I1'
FOR ROSE WATER FOR SENATOR.
Cedar H
lKuRlaa
Garfield 4
Total
FOR CONAWAT FOR GOVERNOR.
York
FOR MILES FOR GOVERNOR.
Adams
FOR ROUSE FOR GOVERNOR.
Hall
FOR WALL FOR GOVERNOR.
Valley
Sherman
98
18
IS
14
8
6
Total
FOR STEELE FOR GOVERNOR.
Jefferson
FOR KVlt FOR TREASURER.
Gag
14
14
23
trnu nntAN i-rm TREASURER.
Boon It
vim nriTHWi'i.t. nm TREASURER.
Thayer ls
FOR WINNETT FOR RAILWAY COM.
Lancaster
FOR SADILEK FOR RAILWAY COM
Saline
14
UNIN8TRUCTED.
Polk ..
Cherry ,
Total
1G
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb.,' July 18.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) By permitting the Burlington, ma
chine here to name the legislative and
county ticket and by sacrificing George L.
Sheldon, candidate for governor, the Jour-nal-Newa-Brown
combination in the county
convention this afternoon secured the en
dorsement and a delegation for Dr. H. J.
Winnett, candidate for railroad commis
sioner, and Norrls Brown, candidate lor
United States senator. The delegation Is
yet to be selected by Dr. Winnett. The
legislative and county ticket put up by
Ihe machine and endorsed by the Journal-News-Brown
combination ls as follow:
Senators, Joe Burns and J. C. F. Mc
Kesson: for representative, W. J. Blystone,
E. W. Brown, Ned Brown, Frana rtejena
and Dr. Gilman of Havelock; for county
attorney, Frank M. Tyrrell. P. J. Cosgrove
was named for police Judge and Fred Kin-
yon for county commissioner without op
position. JS. M. Pollard of Cass county
was endorsed for congress. Judge Holme
withdrawing before th roll call on this
-fropeetrVsef wwa concluded.
The platform" adopted endorse tnr mrect
primary, an anti-pass law, the national and
state administration and pledges the dele
gates to the legislature to vote for the
nominee of the state convention for United
States senator.
Test of Strength Early.
The test of strength in the convention
came early in the proceedings, when C.
O. Whedon moved that L. P. Ludden and
H. J. Winnett be voted upon and the one
receiving the highest vote be allowed to
select the state delegation and no one else
be Instructed for.
Lincoln Frost amended the motion that
the delegates be divided between the city
and the county and that the convention
endorse a candidate for senator. The roll
call showed 275 for Winnett land for
Ludden.
Then followed a motion by Frost to In
struct the delegation for Brown, and be
fore the motion was put Frost remarked:
"And this delegation will never vote for
ICdward Rosewattr."
Both the machine and anti-machine dele
gates voted for this motion and Mr. Brown
waa Invited to address the convention,
which he did, thanking the delegates.
Then came City Attorney Strode with a
motion to Instruct the congressional dele
gation for Pollard, and though D. G. Court
ney tried to save Judge Holmes, the con
vention put the motion through in a whoop,
barely giving Courtney time enough to
withdraw Holmes before he was burled.
Pollard thanked th convention.
That ended the excitement. Thongh the
Journal-News-Brown combination had a
clear majority based on the Ludden-Wln-nctt
vote, the machine county slate went
through without once being endangered-,
even the manager of the Journal and the
News voting for his old time enemy, Joe
Burns.
Sheldon Turned Down Hard.
Elmer Brown tried three times to get a
motion befor the house to endorse George
Sheldon, and at last succeeded, only to soe
his favorite candidate for governor turned
down cold, getting only Z2 votes to 110
against him.
Last night and thin morning it waa con
ceded Ludden had a majority of the dele
gate to the convention, with prospects of
a big tight on county candidates. This was
eliminated when Winnett was allowed to
nam the state delegation and the Bur
lington machine to capture everything
else. During the convention there waa a
lot of wrangling, but never for a moment
was the program in danger of being dls-
j ruptcd.
Roscoe founa was cnairman ana eeeman
Fox secretary. After losing out in his
candidacy for lieutenant governor, Ludden
acted as reading clerk.
HIMSHAW GETS RF.NOMIN ATIO
So Opposition la Convention to tho
Fourth District Cooarresamaa.
DAVID CITY. Neb., July 18. (Special Tel
egram.) Th republican convention of the
Fourth congreaalonal district convened In
th opera house tonight with every county
represented with the full number of ac
credited delegates. In th absence of C. A.
McCloud, chairman, th convention was
called to order by W. 8. Bourne of Gage.
B. a. Hall ' of Butler waa elected tem
porary chairman and E. W. Carroll of
Thayer, temporary secretary. Th tem
porary organist lion was mad perm tnenL
Mr. HaJl In a abort speach thanked the
convention for th honor, eulogizing Con
gressman Hinsbaw's official record In
standing by President Roosevelt.
On motion of Judge Bourne of Gage,
E. H. Hiiuihaw was renominated by ac
clamatlon. Congressman Hinshaw mad a speech
thanking th convention for th honor and
CoiiUnueJ en Second Pa4
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UNTERMYER MAKES PROTEST
Say Mutual Life Officers Seek to De
ceive Policyholder a to
Ticket.
NEW TORK. July 18. Four of the mem
bers of the International Policyholders'
committee of the Mutual and New York Life
Insurance comanles who were yesterday
Included In the new board of trustees
nominated by the Mutual Life Insurance
company trustees as an "administration
ticket" declined today to permit the use
of their names in this connection. On
their behalf a protest waa forwarded to
Otto Kclsey. state superintendent of in
surance at Albany, by Samuel Untermyer,
counsel to the policyholders' organlxation.
Despite this protest, however. It was
stated by counsel for the Mutual that the
trustees have a right under the luw to
nominate whomsoever they choose and that
requests for withdrawul ennnot be con
sidered once the nominations are announced.
The four members of the policyholders'
conimittco affected are JudKo George Gray
of Delaware, General Benjamin F. Tracy
of this city. Colonel Alfred M. Shook of
Tennessee, and Harlowe N. Hluglnbotham
of Chicago. All of these gentlemen sent
telegrams to Mr. Untermyer today declaring
they were nominated without being con
suited and without their consent.
Mr. Untermyer declared the obvious pur
pose of the nomination of these men Is to
deceive policyholders Into the belief that
the ticket is nominated by the pollcyliold
ere' committee. Their names were used
he said, without their knowledge and de
clared It constituted an evasion of the law
and a gross breach of propriety.
Acting for the hollcyholdcrs' organization.
Mr. Untermyer hIio sent a protest to Al
bany today against the manner In which
the lists of policyholders In the various
Insurance companies have been filed. He
says the companies have failed to ?lve the
proper addresses In many Instances and
have been guilty of "wilful evasion."
ALBANY, N. Y., July 18 Superintendent
Otto Kelsey, of the state department, today
received the two protests signed ty Samuel
Untermyer, general counsel of the Inter
national Policyholders' committee against
action taken by the Mutual and the New
York Life Insurance companies. Superin
tendent Kelaey said tonight that he had
no authority to strike any names from the.
list of nominations filed with him. His
understanding was that these nominations
were tiled In the department aa a matter
of record.
"Violations of the Insurance law," said
Mr. Kelsey, "are misdemeanors, subject to
criminal prosecution and there is nothing
to, prevent , any., of . these gentlemen from
bringing such prosecution' If 'iifry-Olllin'U
warranted by the facts.
EARTHQUAKE IN NEW MEXICO
Klftr-Two Shook Felt at Socorro
Since Sunday aad C ity Nearly
Destroyed.
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. July 18-A special
to the Times from El Paso, Tex., says:
Socorro, N. M., north of Santa Fe, has
been badly damaged by an earthquake.
Fifty-two shocks have been felt since Sun
day morning. The court house Is wrecked.
The buildings of the school of mines are
cracked and nearly every residence In the
city ls cracked or wrecked. More than
two-thirds of them at least are damaged
or destroyed.
The town, which Is largely of adobe and
brick, is almost shaken to pieces. The
people are fleeing, but no one has been
killed. The Atchison, Topeka A. Santa Fe
railway haa sent box cars to Socorro to
tako people away and have already fled to
other town. Huge boulders have been
Jarred down on the railroad trck and
trains cannot entor the town. They stop
severa) miles outside the pluce.
The water In the hot springs near Socorro
has Increased several degrees In tempera
ture and the inhabitants fear that the an
cient extinct volcano, ten miles from the
town, will break out and begin spurting
lava again.
The people are fleeing without anything,
locking their house ami getting out as
soon as they can. Th entire surrounding
country has felt the shocks and much dam
age has been done, especially at San Marcla
and Migdalena, but not so severely as at
Socorro.
A cloudburst occurred near Carlsbad, N.
M., today and three inches of rain fell In
an hour. All streams and canyons are
overflowing and there will be much damage
to cropa and fields.
COMMISSION MEN WIN FIGHT
Chleaa-o Board of Trade Adopt Rale
to Esreurage shipment
CHICAGO, July lS.-The adherents of the
open market of the Chicago Board of Trade
won a the election held today by an over
whelming majority. The vote by whlcii
the amendment establishing a call sys
tern on corn and oats was adopted, 5U to
1j The new rule is designed to encoui
age the shipment of commission grain and
the amendment contains a clause to pro
tect the commission rule. The chief op
ponents of the new rule were the .elevator
interests on the board.
Appointments by President.
OYSTER BAY, July 18-Presldent Roose
velt toaay maae me following appoint
ments: To be consuls: William H. Gale of Vir
ginia, at Puerto Plata. Dominican republic
George Bucklln of Oklahoma, at Glauchau,
Saxony.
Th president also today signed proclama
tions creating the Heppner forest reserve
In Oregon and the Binnacles forest reserve
in California.
Movements of tleeaa Vessels July I.
At New York Arrived: Prtncets Irene
from Naples. Sailed: Rymlain, for Hotter
dam; Oceanic, for Liverpool.
At Queenstown Arrived: Majestic, from
New York.
At Dover Arrived: Manltou, from Phila
delphia. Al IJverpool Arrived: Ivernla. from Bos
ton. Balled: CarniHiila. for New York.
At Brvmen Arrived: Wllhclni rter Grosfce
from New Tork.
Al Marseilles Sailed: Gallia, fur New
York.
At Genoa Sailed: Lulalan. for New York
At Southampton Sailed : Kron Prlna Wil-
hiliu. for New York.
At Montreal Sailed: Nuiuid.an, fur til-
ia
TALK OF COUP D'ETAT
Lawlesanr-u in Bauia - Wit Lead to the
Downfall or Parliament.
REACTIONARIES ARE GROWING BOLDER
Propoaed Appeal of Lower House to Country
May Arouse ( lar.
COURTIERS ADVISING EXTREME MEASURES
View Taken That Parliament ii Exceeding
Ita Authority.
TROUBLE IN THE INTERIOR INCREASING
Continuous Stream of Stories of Burn
lug Houses, Robberies, Murder
and Collision With
the Troops.
ST. PETERSBURG. July lS.-Vhe politi
cal Larunutcr la attain railing. Th contu
sion which seeii's to have taken possession
of tile upper spheres since the eflona to
ioriu a coalition ministry failed, voupltd
with the alarming reports from tho Interior
and the attitude of Parliament, iimke
almost anything possible. There has oen
a marked renewal of apprehension that
the crisis may end in a coup d'etat agtiinnt
Parliament. The assassination ot Vice Ad
miral Chouknln and General Kuslov, ins
discovery that behind tho murder ot the
general was a big plot to kill not only
General Tiepoff, but Prince Puttalln and
other courtiers, and the general epidemic
of atsassinatlon which has terrorised not
only the local authorities, but even the
police, togetner with the wild destruction
of property by the peasantry in half a
doztn provinces during the last few daya,
have again strengthened the small part cf
the court which believe in resorting to
"extreme measures."
Appeal May Help Courtiers.
The adoption by the lower house of Par
liament of an address to tho country wlli,
It is feared, place In the hands of the re
aotitnlsts the needed lover to move the
emperor. M. I'etraJttskl vainly warned tiie
lower liouso yesterday of the serlousacss
of the proposed step, but the majority of
the constitutional democrats, of wuich
pany he is a prominent member, seeiutd
convinced that they must hold the peas
ants al all hazards. Tho members of the
extreme left Hecmud to court a flglil,
preaching open revolution from the lus
trum. The Novoe Vreinya, which often
relucts the views of the court, says today
that tha adoption by the lower house of
an address to the country would go be
yond the Jurisdiction ' of Parliament and
virtually constitute an appeal from the
government to the people. The paper adds:
With Its adoption Parliament Would cross
the Rubicon aoandon it professed policy
ot trying to rcHiraui the country, and in
stead oi pacltying it deliberately your oil
on the names.
Trouble Increasing;.
Dispatches from the Interior continue to
tell without interruption stories of the
burning of men or liouaos, robnrt leu, mur
ders, culllrtofis' hetwuvn jieasani' and rural
guard and the hurried dispatch of troops
here and there. The center of the peas
ants' uprising is Voronezh province, whero
the peasants, in their own mania for the
destruction of property, do not discriminate
between friends and enemies, as evidenced
by the complete devastation of thco statu
ot M. KokVishklnc, one of the most promi
nent constitutional democrats in the lower
house. Today's reports describe the situa
tion in the province as . "hopeless," from
the Eta nil point of the landlords. Th situa
tion Is almost as bad in Poltava ami
Smolensk provinces. In Tambov province
eighty peasants are reported to have beeu
killed or wounded by dragoons.
As further proof of the change of spirit
at Peterhof it was learned today that
Emperor Nicholas has requested the mem
bers of the Goremykln cabinet to retain
their posts.
tiar Herrlvea soldiers.
PETERHOF. July 18. A deputation of
officers and men from the four Siberian
corps and the First Manchurlan corps, in
cluding the Twelfth Siberian regiment, vt
which the baby Grand Duke Alexis is hon
orary cclonel, were received here today by
Emperor Nicholas and the heir to Uie
throne, who Is now about 2 years old. A
deputation presented their compliments to
the emperor and Grand Duke Alexis, ac
companied by gifts of a cross and ikons to
the grand duke, which the later kisaed.
The emperor made a speech 'In which h
returned thanks for the devotion and brav
ery promised In behalf of his son and said
the later would always wear around his
neck the cross presented to him by th
deputation.
RAILROADS AND MEAT LAW
Traffic Aaenta Will Ask That Car Be
Mealed at Parkin Plant by
Federal Inspectors.
CHICAGO. July 18.-Trafflc director rep
resenting the principal eastern and west
ern trunk lines met with representatives
of the packers here today to consider the
provisions ot the new meat Inspection law,
which requires railroad companies to ascer
tain that meat has been Inspected according
to the statute before accepting the product
for shipment. As a result of the conference
It was decided that a delegation represent
ing the railroad companies should call upon
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson taking a
decision allowing the railroad to accept
consignments of meat after they had been
placed in cars sealed by government in
spectors. The railroads propose to stamp
the waybills so they will show tovernment
Inspection of cars so sealed. The railroad
men contend that If they are compelled
to comply strictly with the letter of th
law It will be necessary for them to main
tain a large force of Inspectors to see that
the provisions of the law are carried out.
UNITED TYPOTHETAE MEETS
t ommltlee Report That Snap of
Member. With Few Exceptions,
Are Working; Kin Hour.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. July ll.-At today s
session of the United lypothetie James W.
VanCleave of St. Ixiuls, president of th
national afcaociatlon of manufacturers, de
livered an address. He referred to a num.
ber of "clas proposltlontt" Intended to
benefit a few at the exxne of the many,
and said organized labor Is going pill meU
Into politics to rutabltxh them.
The annual reports of president Georr
H. Ellis of lloatun and Secretary John Ma
Intyre were read. Willl.im Grem of New
York, ilialrn.au of the executive coinmlt
te in relating the years work reported
that with but few exception th lynntlirtae
tho), a of the country vwu( walking ai4
hours a da p