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VOL. XXXVI-NO. 55.
OMAIIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1906-TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COrY THREE CENTS.
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PR AISl: . FOR SOLONS
Ireiident Write Letter Dealing.
Fojitical Situation.
ith ths
PRESENT HOUSE SHOULD BE CONTINUED
xeoutiTs Calls Attention to Goad Eesulti
of Lai, f onion. .
SEVERAL BIG PROBLEMS ARE UNFINISHED
Freient Leaden Bhould be Returned to
Sesame the Work.
STATEMENT ON REVISION OF TARIFF
mall Benegts Hera aad Tber Woald
' Not Offitt Ueaeral Depression that '
Weald Fallow Opening at
Sa eject.
NEW TORK. Aug. SO.-' "v.,
written
man
Jtmn E. Watson tot Rush. ' 'i.'.; ' '--vlewlng.
ted approving of the V "
present , congress and decIarV.
change , the leadership and o, S,
tlon of the houaa at thla time mea,.
bring confusion upon those who have
cessfully engaged in the working out of
great and oomprehenslv scheme for the1
betterment of our social and civic condi
tions, was made public today. The presi
dent also declared that such a change will
result In hurtful oscillation between the
extreme radical and the extreme reaction
ary. The president also said that he hopes
the present congress will enact laws pro
hibiting ' political contributions by corpor
ations, lowering the dutlea on Imports from
the Philippines and limiting the number
of hours for railway employes.
Of the tariff Mr. Roosevelt says:
We stand unequivocally for a protective
tariff and wa feel that the phenomenal In
dustrial prosperity which wa are now in
Joying Is' not Itghtly to be Jeopardised, for
It would be to the last degree foolish to fee
cure here and thera a small benefit at the
cost of general business depression. But
whenever a given rate or schedule becomes
evidently disadvantageous to the nation
because of the changes which go on from
year to year la our condition, and where
It le feasible to change this rate or schedule
without too much dislocation of the sys
tem, it will be done; while a general re
vision of the ratej and schedules will be
undertaken whenever it shall appear the
sober sense of our people that on the whole
the benefits to be derived from making such
changes will outweigh the disadvantages;
that is, when the revision will do more
goad than harm. Let me add one word of
ceuaon, however. The question of revtstn t
the tariff etands wholly apart from tl
question fo dealing with the oo-ca'.l .
t runts that la, with the control of monorp
lies and with the supervision of great
wealth in business, esneclailv in corporate
'oV form. The only way in which It Is possible
. tn.itoat with those trust monODOlles and tbe
. great corporate wealth Is by action along
the line of the laws enacted by the preeem
congress 'and Its Immediate predeoeoaor.
The cry that the problem can be met by
any ohaagee In the tariff represent,
whether consciously or unconsoloualy, an
effort to. divert the public attention from
the old method of. taking effective action,
i Werk Cemgrreaa.
X&r. mmyw turn. V
Issue were involved In this contest he
I should besltat to say anything 'publicly
in; reference to It, but ho does not feel
that this la the case. The president de
clares that '"with Mr.' Cannon as 'speaker
the house haa accomplished a phenomenal
amount of . good work. It haa shown a
' courage, good sense and patriotism auoh
that it would be a real and serious misfor
tune for the country to fall to recognise,"
Mr. Roosevelt then enters upon a review
of the work of the congreee and the com
plete measures paaead by t meaeuroa
which. he says are more than important
In a partisan sense because they subeerve
the welfare of the whole people. He gives
credit to congress In the matter of the
Panama canal, saying:
The interests banded together to op-
' pose the canal are numerous and ' bitter
and most of them with a peculiarly sin
ister basle for their opposition. Had con
gress been ' either ' timid or corrupt and
' had not the leaders of congress ehown the
most farslghted resolution In tbe matter,
the work , of ' building the, oanal would
never hare been begun, would now have
been halted,"
Strong approval la expressed of the at-
. tliude of congress toward the upbuilding
of the navy, "and thin the president take
up the measures dealing with government
regulation of business. . '
laaaatrial Casus;.
"The tremendous social and Industrial
3hangea In our nation." he says, "have
rendered evident the need of a larger ex
ercise by tbe national government of Its
power, te deal with tbe business uee - of
wealth and especially of corporate wealth.
In Interstate business. It la not too mu:h
to say that the course of congreae within
the last few. years and the hearty agree
ment between the executive and legisla
tive deperaments of the nation in taking
: the needed action, each within Its sphere,
have resulted In the natlen for the first
time definitely ' entering upon the career
of proper performance of duty - In these
matters.
'It to a, very easy thing to play the
demagogue 1 matter to confine one's
self to merely denouncing the evil's qf
wealth, and to advocate, often In' vague
language, measures so sweeping that while
the? would entirely fall to correct the
evils aimed at, they undoubtedly succeed
in bringing down'' the prosperity of the
nation with a crash. . But It la not easy
to do as the present congress and the Im
mediate predecessors have done; that la,
ftemly to disregard alike the eetf-interest
of those who eere less to do away with
them than to make a reputation with the
unthinking - of standing or extreme op
position to them. . But thte Is pre
cisely what the present congress has dene.
The previous eongress, by the enactment
of the Klklne law and the creation of
the Department of Commerce and Labor.
Including the bureau of corporations, had
enabled Us to make great strides In ad
ranee along the path of thue bringing the
use of wealth In business under the super
vlstoa and regulation of the national gov
eminent for tp actual practice It h
proved a sham and pretense to eay that the
several state cea thus supervise and r re-
ate It
i president Roosevelt reviews and approves
the measures taken to secure certain
rights to wage worker. Including the em
ptor re liability law and the etght-heur
la. "
Urm at Pa Praaeteee.
SAM FRANCISCO. Aug. JO. Baldour
Guthrie Co.. received a cable message
Utrnmr from the Am) of Williamson Balfour
A Co.. which firm la fete correspondent at
Valparaiso. Th cablegram was as fol
lower a ...
YAIJARAlHO. Aug. VaJperaiee had
earthooake. fire Ma as yours. Confusion
tn4asorlhabl,M . .
ODESSA EXPELS AMERICAN
Cltlsea Named Glnsoa la Conducted
te Rasslaa Frontier y
Police.
ODESSA. Aug. 10. An American cltl
sen named Olnson he been expelled from
this city and undV a police convoy has
been taken to the western frontier by
order of the governor general. Glnson
was arrested as an alleged political pro
vocative agent. He Is a Russian Jew, who
recently took out citlsenshlp papers.
8T. PETERSBURG. Aug. JO. Colonel
SolovlelT. who Investigated the escape of
Bejenzoff. the leader of the band of Mos
cow bank robbers, from the train on which
he was being' conveyed to Moscow for
trial, haa found that his escape was en
tirely due to the gross carelessness of
the guards. Instead of Jumping, through
a window of the train It turns out that
Belenzoft was in the toilet room with a
guard outside. The prisoner lacked the
door, raised the window, quietly lowered
himself to the etep of the car and Jumped
off. . His escape was not discovered until
half an hour later. The gendarmes who
formed the guard have been summoned to
St. Petereburg to answer to their neglect
of duty,
Last week.'e statistics whow that fifty
eight officials were murdered and forty
three wounded in Russia proper; that fifty
bo m"b depots were discovered; six safes
Jcd of money, and thirty-six - persons
ed. These official figures do not take
,v . -ccount the pillaging in the country.
y Petersburg Gasette says that 2.300
4 were banished on Saturday from
k v Petersburg alone and that 750 were
placed on trains bound for the Interior.
The police of this city are being trained
In the handling of rapid-fire guns at an
arms factory outside of St. Petersburg.
USOVKA, Russia, Aug. SO. Two squad
rons of dragoons last night began to dis
perse 0, meeting of Vyatka miners, when
several shots were fired from back of the
crowd, which numbered several thousand.
The dragoons replied with five volleys,
killing and wounding many of the miners.
Eighteen ringleaders of the disturbance
have been arrested. The greatest excite
ment prevails here.
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STEAMSHIP GOES , AGROUND
Hew Oevernor of Philippines aad
J edge at Manila Delayed
Near Honelelu.
HONOLULU, Aug. .-The Pacific Mail
Steamship company's steamship Manchuria
Is on the reef at Rabbit island.
The Manchuria 'Struck bow-on during a
heavy rain storm about 4:30 o'clock this
morning. It was considerably out of Its
course. ,
. Rabbit Island la a small speck In tbe sea,
close to the Windward side of the Island
of Oahu, on which Honolulu la located.
The coast here is unusually dangerous,
owing to the on -she re seas.
The steamer Ilea about 800 feet from, the
main shore. There are from two to three
fathoms of water forward and about six
fathoms art. The tub Ffearless and the
Interlaland steamer A. Cummins have gone
to the scene. The agents of the Pacific
Mall steamship company at Honolulu are
cn th Fearless.
tt was high tide ,when. . the Manchuria
struck. Aa officer who hast coma aabor
expressed 'the opinion that the vessel can
be floated at high tide tomorrow morning
at about the game hour - It struck. , There
Is no danger of any ' loss of life, but It le
feared ' that the ' steamer will d seriously
damaged.
SAN . FRANCISCO, Aug. Jk The Man
churia, commanded by -Captain J.' W.
Saunders, sailed on August 14 from this
port for Honolulu and the' Orient with ISO
saloon passenger and 1,000 tons of freight.
Among Its paeenger are! Major General
James F. Smith, the new governor general
of th Philippines, accompanied hy his wife,
and Judge N. W. Gilbert of the court of first
Instance of Manila with his bride. General
Smith Is on his war to Manila to take the
oath of office as governor general of the
Philippines. The Manchuria' also haa on
board eighteen missionaries' hound for
China and Korea.
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The Manchuria Is a twin screw steel
steamer of 1140 gross tons and S,7E0 net
tonnage. It la 600 feet long, with a beam
of S feet I tnohes and a depth ot U feet 1
Inch. It was built in 1894 by the Oamden
(N. J.) Shipbuilding company.
Anarchists Papers Fwaad.
MARSEILLES, Aug. I0- The polloe
have discovered papers and paraphernalia
here indicating the connection with a
hand of ar-archieta of Clrlllo, th aran
ohlat arrested hsr yesterday - on the
charge of plotting to assassinate President
Fallleres.
Bryan Starts Home.
OILBRATAIR, Aug. SX-WlIlunn J.
Bryan and his party boarded the North
German Lloyd Una steamer Prlnaees Irene
at 1:W p. m. today. Tbe steamer sailed
I p. m.
TRANSIT OFFICIALS RELEASED
BreekJya Mem Arrested la Cwsuaetta
with Deebl Fare, Rlets
Glv Bead. .
NEW TORK. Aug. KX-Two high offloiala
of ths Brooklyn Rapid Transit company,
Dow 8. Smith, Its general superintendent
and William A. Newberry, Its chief inspec
tor, late today escaped committment to Jail
on chargee growing out of th recent dis
turbances along the company's lines to
Coney Island over the question of a double
fare to that resort. After having been held
without ball to await the action of the
Kings county grand Jury by Magistrate
Higgtnbotham' In the Lee Avenue police
court, their counsel, Isaae R. Oeland, had
Supreme Court Justice Jaycox release them
on a bond of $2.. on a writ of habeas
corpus. ,
Jdbn F Calderwood, vice president and
general manager of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit eo.nr.ny. and Timothy F. W 11 llama.
Its treasurer, were held In 12,000 bail.
DEPOSITOR COMMITS SUICIDE
Cblcag Bank Fallar is Ree sensible
fer Less f Aaether Maa'e
Life.
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CHICAGO, Aug. Anoioer suicide was
added today to the list caused by the
wrecking1 of the Mllwaaukee Avenue State
bank. ' '
Edward Kollerebv 46 years old. who two
month ago deposited xe In th defunct
institution, today hanged himself. 'The
prospective loss of this money Is said te
have unbalanced his mind.
Receiver Charles Q. Dawes closed , the
Milwaukee Avenue Co-operative star to
day. ' Notices were 'posted oa th windows
that tbe puvos had been closed la prepara
tloo for a receiver's sas
BRYAN-SULLIVAN FIGHT IS UP
Isbui Eiiaeol by Nobrukan Will Ginte
Stormy Time in Illinois Convention. "'
PARTISANS OF BOTH CLAIM CONTROL
Xebraskaa's Friends Will Resist Aay
Attempt te Eadorec Hiss If
Cklcac Maa Is Hot '
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PEORIA, lit. Aug .20 Whether It pleases
him or not, William J. Bryan will be en
dorsed aa the neat presidential candidate
of the democratic .party by the state con
vention of the Illinois democracy which will
be called tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr, Bryan haa stated that under certain
conditions he does not car for the endorse
ment of the Illinois democracy, but this
will have little bearing on the convention.
and Mr. Bryan wlH be eodpseed Irrespective
of the fact that he has announced that'll
does not care for the approval of the demo
crats or the sit officially expressed, If
Roger C. Sullivan of Chicago Is allowed by
the convention ' to retain the position of
national committeeman to which he wae
elected In 1904. ", '
It Is expected that there will be etormy
times in the convention, hut all debates
will lead to th same ending, which will be
the endorsement of Mr. Bryan as a presi
dential candidate. If his friends are suc
cessful In their attempt tar gain control of
the convention, he will be approved aa a
matter of course. 'If the mm t whom Mr.
Bryan 'tiaa said - that he te opposed are
successful In retaining control of the party
organisation, they will endorse him, no mat
ter what he says. -
lltlmntam frera Bryan's Friends. '
The friends of Mr. Bryan have been posi
tive In their statements that If the conven
tion does not call for the resignation of
Roger C. Sulltvan a national committee
man from Illinois they will .fight with all
their strength against the passage of any
resolution endorsing Mr. Bryan. If thoy
are not able to control the convention, and
the Indications tonight seem to be against
them, they will ba unable to prevent the
endorsement from going through.
So confident, in fact, are the Sullivan
forces that ' they are to dominate the con
vention that the endorsement of Mr. Bryan
Is already- drawn up. It contain aMlttle
atinger to ' ' the effect that while Illinois
democrats . are .'. strongly In favor of . Mr.'
Bryan, they are also, emphatically In favor
of home rule- in- politics without Interfer
ence from outside.
The fight on the floor of the ' convention
Is expected to arise over the, wording of
the resolution endorsing Mr. Bryan. That
wing of. the party which claims to be es
pecially In - his confidence1 desires that In
this resolution there shall he a condemna
tion of Roger C. Sullivan and of the man
ner of his election as a member of the na
tional committee, ' together with a request
for his resignation;. The Sullivan people
are against the. .Insertion of any ' matter
regarding - Sullivan ' m the Bryan resolu
tion, but say that they have no objection
to having It brought up In tbe convention
as a separate matter. N - s
'. Beth Parties Make Claims.
Both parties are' tonight making claims
of. being able to control the eonyentfM re
morrow, ' Sullivan claims that, h. will, have
fully SO per .oant of. the delegates and that
he will carry the . convention from first to
last without, the slightest . trouble. .The
Majority Rule, league, composed of those
men who are In touch with Mr. Bryan,
claim that thla statement of ' Sullivan Is
absurd and say they will have control' of
the situation. The decline, however, to
glv figure. '
Th outlook tonight - Is that the conven
tion will sustain v Sullivan, refuse to ask
his resignation, do nothing that Bryan de
mands and will then endorse him In the
most flattering manner. The action for or
against Sullivan and consequent control of
the party la the actual Issue In the con
vention. Candidates will be named,' how
ever, for state treasurer, superintendent
of publlo Instruction and for three trus
tees of .the University.- of 'Illinois. For
state treasurer Charles ' V. Thomas of
McLeansboro is' most prominently men
tioned and Caroline Grout of Pittsfleld
seems to have the combination for super
intendent -of publlo' Instruction at her
mercy. ,
Message from Mr. Bryaa.
William J. Bryan, according to bis
friend. Judge, .twen P. Thompson of
Jacksonville, deelres no Instructed dele
gates from Illinois In ths next democratic
national convention unless National Com
mitteeman Roger C. Sullivan la repudiated
by tomorrow' state convention.
Judge Thompson mads ths announcement
Immediately ifpon his arrival In ' the city
that he had received such a message from
Mr. Bryan. When naked today for a copy
of the dlspgtch. Judge Thompson ssld:
"I cannot givaout a copy of th mes
sage, as It contains other matter which
should not be published. I can, however,
quote verbatim all that It contains relative
to the Instructions by tbe convention. This
1st "Oppose Instructions unless Sullivan
repudiated.' That was all there was on the
subject."
"What la Mr. Bryan going to do about
It If BuUlvaa la Upheld by the convention
and Instructions are given' for Mr. Bryan
desplt his protest r'
- i ney win never ao sucn a think as
that?" replied Judge Thompson. "Do you
suppose that any man will attempt . to
compliment Mr. Bryan with Instructions
when he has been informed by Mr. Bryan
that It Is not in his power to compliment
him. I don't believe It.
Leek lag fer -Pirn-
"Now, then." continued Judge Thomp
son, "coming down to . politics practical
in th sxtrsme. When Mr, Bryan Is
elected, where will these fellows stand, who
poked their Instructions In his face after
h hag In, effect declared that he would
regard them aa an InsuH. Thiers may be
pies to be cut when Bryan la In, Who
knows? Will the fellows who shoved In
structlons on him get any of these pks?
No, sir; no pis. The followers of Mr. Bui
livao are strong on pie and 'they will not
stand out long when they see they sre
going to starve."
Mr. Sullivan merely laughed when asked
what the convention will do about endors
ing1 Bryan. .
"We will not oppose any Instruct lens In
favor of Mr. Bryan. We have never
thought of doing ao. If delegate come t
th convention instructed tor Bryan they
tin nave to vote, that way, I guess."
ILLINOIS WILL KJDttrlSB CASSOK
tat Rab!laa Ceaveattea Will
Asreve Hta CaaaUdaer.
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Aug, S0.-Th fea
ture of th repubnoao state cooventiua
which meets her tomorrww will be th
Indorsement of Speaker Joseph G. Cannon
a the republican nominee for. the preat
denoy In IK. Thla action was decided
upo tonight at a conference of state party
tContlsued oa Bsooad Page.)
EXCURSION TO CONVENTION
A special excursion rat of ft. 15
for the round trip hag been made
for those who wagt to ro from
Omaha to Lincoln to attend the
republican state convention that
meets there Wednesday. .
The Douglas county deregatton
will go in a body on the train that
leaves the Burlington depot -At 8
o'clock Wednesday morning, and
a large number of republicans
generally have ' signified their in
tention of accompanying them to
boost for Douglas county.
The excursion rate will prevail
on all -trains and will be good on
the Rock Island as well as the
Burlington.
AIRBANKS REVIEWS -TROOPS
Vic Preeldeat Visits the tastroetloa
Camp at Fart Beajasala
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FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON. Ind.,
Aug. . The visit of Vice President Fair
banks to review the troops at the fort was
a noteworthy event today. Thousands of
people , were present to witness the re
view, t
tTpon the arrival of the vice president at
the army post station at 1:30 a detachment
of field artlllerf fired a vice president's
salute of nineteen guns. A troop ot cavalry
from the third squadron. Wilted States
army, acted as a guard to the vice presi
dent. Arriving at headquarters the dis
tinguished visitor was greeted hy General
Carter and his staff. I I "
Promptly at 2 o'clock every military or
ganisation In ' camp moved toward the re
view field. . Included In the review, were
the United States regulars In camp, the
Indiana national guard and, he .second
regiment, Illinois . National guard. The
vice president end General Carter, both
mounted, rode to the center of the field on
a tour of Inspection. After the inspection.
Vice President Fairbanks' and General Car
ter and his staff mounted , the reviewing
stand and the 'soldiers paused before them.
The vice president Inspected the camp after
the review and then returned to Indian
apolis.' ' "
The maneuvers this morning were the
largest yet held at the. camp of Instruc
tion, six thousand men being in the field.
The problem was one covering the destruc
tion of a railroad.'
FORT RILEY, Kan., Aug. .10.' The regu
lar cavalry and InfantryAnlsbed the prob
lem in instruction' by struadjrons and bat
talions In the disposition for security and
the formation or troops on trie marcn
today. The artillery resumed firing for
tarajet practioe..-' Thw Kansas and South
Dakota National guard had battalion drill
close order and extended order, with ex
ercise both morning- and .afternoon. The
regular cavalry and Infantry will maneuver
as regiments tomorrow and the artillery
will continue firing. - Colonel Garllifgton
of the . general staff of ,t hc. army left for
Washington . today after couple weeks
at the -camp for obseryatfpn, Lieutenant
Colonel - Frederic De Monurverde, - Spain's
military attache -at Wkstttngtonv,. arrived at
trie camp tonight to'femaln untfl Friday
for observation. The headquarters of -the
provisional brigade has been notified that
Major Kunkthlge . will arrive at thacamp
of - Instruction September . 1 - for observa
tion. At he same-time Captain Fournler.
the French military attache at Washing
ton, will be at the oamp for the same pur
pose. NEGRO TROCPS TO BE MOVED
Company Whteh Caused Treable- at
Fart Brown to Be Transferred
to Fort Ringgold.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Orders were Is
sued today by the military secretary. Ma
jor General F. C. Alnsworth, for the
transfer of the colored troops from Fort
Brown, Tex., where there has been
serious trouble between cltlsens aqd sol
diers, to Fort Ringgold, Tex., which Is
about 100 miles above Fort Brown and la
also on the Rio Grande river.
One company of the Twenty-sixth In
fantry, made up of white men. Is ordered
to' Fort Brown to take the plao of the
colored troop.
This shifting about of troops was mads
subsequent to a report from Major C. W.
Penrose- on the situation at Fort Brown,
and after an appeal by Senator Culberson
to President Roosevelt. In his report Ma
jor Penrose says he wa persuaded that
the killing of one eltlaen in Brownsville
and the wounding of another were the
work . of soldiers, although hs has been
unable as yet to. discover who tbe guilty
men are.
YOUTH COMMITS SUICIDE
Harry Blwoee Eade Life with R,
. Revolver at Kmhloyer's Resae
Hea Beatrle. ,
BEATRICE. Neb., Aug. 10. (Special
Telegram.) Harry El wood. 16 years of sge,
a aon of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Elwood of
this city, committed suicide this morning
at ths home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Lewis, two miles south of town, where
he has ben, employed this summer. The
body waa found lying across the bed by
Mr. Lewis, at o'clock, with a bullet hoi
in th heed and a revolver by his side, no
cause is assigned.
Nothing new developed at the coroner's
Inquest held this afternoon over the re
mains of Harry Elwood. The boy's sweet
heart. Miss Johnston, apd Mr, and Mrs.
Lewis, st whose heme he took his life,' were
put on the stand, but were unable to throw
any light on th case. The Jury rendered
a verdict that deceased cams to his death
by a gunshot wound self-inflicted during
a fit of despondency.
FOREST FIRES THREATENING
Lack ef Wind All that Prevents
Relga ef Terror la
Minnesota.
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DULUTH. Minn., Augi 20.The lack of
wind Is ths only condition that now pre
vents a possible reign of terror from forest
fires on the Mesaba and Vermillion ranges.
Ths Meeaba la a veritable furnace as a re
sult of the fire. The fire Is spreading over
the surface of dry grounds and swamps.
Millions of dollars' worth of property,
towns and mines are In peril.
People at various points are "back-firing."
Missionaries Hapetal.
NEW. TORK, Aug. X. The general
hoard of' th Methodlat Missionary so
ciety report that they have a large mis
sion la Santiago and smaller missions la
Valparaiso, Isukroe and Coooeptloa. hut
feel confident that o serious damage ha
resulted 1 these InstltuUeua,
FEW DELEGATES AT LINCOLN
Advance Guard of Contention Gathers Bat
Slowlj on Ftttle Ground.
SENATORIAL NOMINATION IS CERTAIN
Eaeesrh Instructed Delegates to De
feat the Railroad Plaa to Throw
the Whole Matter lata
th Legislate re.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Aug. 20. (Special. )-Only a
few of the delegates to the state conven
tion, to be held Wednesday, have yet
arrived In Lincoln. Charles Weston,
George Rouse, George L. Sheldon, C. F.
Steele, Clarence Miles and John Wall can
dates for governor are here. R. R, Kyd,
Ellis Good and L. G. Brain, candidates for
treasurer, and George D. Melklejohn. can
didates for senate, came In thla morning,
though his opponents have not yet reached
Lincoln. Inasmuch as there are no dele
gates to be worked on, the candidates hav
been talking with each other.
So far no one has come out for attorney
general against w; T. Thompson. Audi
tor Searle, Land Commissioner Eaton and
Secretary of State Galusha have not been
In evidence around the hotels, but remained
In their fliers all day. Governor Mickey
was down town a short time this after
noon and of course the story was at once
started that he would use his Polk county
delegation to get a nomination for a third
time. . , . -
No one here will predict the outcome of
any of the contests, and every one her
believes nothing will be settled until the
convention gets to doing business. Brown
and Sheldon both went to Geneva to attend
the Fillmore county convention this after
noon. Senatorial Xomtaatloa.
Unless the unexpected happens the re
publican state convention will nominate a
candidate for United States senator. That
much, at least, is settled on the face of the
returns. Norrls Brown haa Tit Instructed
votes and Edward Rnsewater has 127Vi
Instructed votes, and both of them are on
record In favor of a convention .nomina
tion. Outside of the delegations that are
Instructed for one or the other of these
two candidates there, are, at least, 183 dele
gates instructed by resolution adopted In
th county conventions t' ot named them
to vote for the nomination of a senator In
the convention. These counties are as
follows:
Antelope
Banner ..
Boone -..
Hoyd ....
Burt ...
Cass
Cuming ,
Dixon ..
Gage ...
Hall
..12 Hayes
.... t
....12
....
.... 1
....12
....
.... 9
.... 6
....11
Z'HOlt
....11
Kearney ....
Kimball ....
Madison ...
Mwrlclt
Phelps
Stanton ....
Washington
.... 8
....10
.... 8
....
....10
....23
....14
Total
11
Adding this .total In with Rosewater's 127V
and Brown'a 276, we have G86V. to which
should be again added gyi more from Knox,
Inasmuch al the whole delegation from
Knox la instructed to vote for a senatorial
nomination, making a grand total of 63.
This takes ao account of unlnstruoted dele
gates committed to. the idea.
Conceding that quite a fear of th dele
gates Instructed for Brown might Le pulled
away 'oh the question of nominating or not
nominating In the convention. It ' is clear
that not enough could be taken away to
make a majority of the whole convention,
which would . be needed to vote the sena
torsblp out altogether. .
Railroad Cam pa Is n Defeated.
' Looking back over the campaign the
growth of . sentiment favoring conven
tion nomination. Is plainly seen. . It is
notorious that the railroads started out on
the one proposition of preventing any nomi
nation of aenator and undertook to bring
this about by preventing Instructions with
the Idea that the whole thing could be
handled through the unlnstructed delega
tions. , They not only fell down In several
places on this program, but as soon aa their
hand was clearly seen the friends of . a
convention nomination began a move In
counter-action by resolutions adopted in the
different counties approving the action of
the state committee In Inserting the sena
torshlp in . the call and Instructing their
delegate to uphold the, call In the state
convention even though not Instructed to
vote for any particular candidate for
senator. "
During the last week these resolutions
came thick and fast in all parts of the
state. The railroad politicians evidently
clung tenaoiously to thetr no nomination
Idea to the very end, and some of them
still cling to It, but the chancea are that
they will suffer a rude awakening If they
ever try to precipitate the matter for a
vote on the floor.
. Brew a Boosters Basy.
If the unlnstructed delegate who goes
to Lincoln to attend the convention gete
host after his arrival It will be a miracle.
The Brown boosters have a very elaborate
and detailed organisation to tak oare of
all ths little details of convention
maneuvering and fix the stage settings to
the advantage of their candidate. Every
train that Is expected to bring In a vote
In the convention will be met by reception
oommttfee properly decorated with Brown
badge to over-awe the new comer, who
will be taken In tow. If he doe not resist
the moment he sets bis foot on tbe rail
road platform.
An attempt will be made to impress him
that, everything and everybody ' Is for
Brown, and' that all he has to do Is to
climb up Into the band wsgon and occupy
a' soft cushioned eeat beside the driver.
It is said that ths clackers have been
drilled to yell and shout for Brown at
every possible ' opening, and the actor
In - the troupe are being rehearsed to go
through their parts both before and In the
convention. The Brown campaign Is to
be a spectacular performance In Its climax,
as It has been from the start, and nothing
Is to be omitted. In the shupe of sky
rockets snd red light to bring the hern
before the curtsln at the critical moment
with the prairies afire.
On the other aide the belief Is strona
that ths delegates who are going fo make
up the state convention this year are not
the kind that are carried away hy euch
stampeding tactics. The delegates ere said
to be the most representative lot of repub
licans, who have ever been commissioned
to represent ths party In state convention,
and have the full senee of their ' responsi
bility. If they should fall victims to ths
Brown hunch of flfers snd drummers, or
be dassled by the Brown ribbons and
banners, they will not be the olss of men
they have been proclaimed. ,
.AST OF COVPTT CONTORTIONS
Ft 11 as are lasts-acts fer Brewn, Rhe.
dea aad MeBrlva.
1 GENEVA. Neb., Aug. 20. (Special Tele.
graavVTbs Fillmore ' county republican
cenventloa me at Geneva today. W. B.
chairman aad F. M. Flory
CCoutlirued oa Broood rg4
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Showers Tuesday aad Wednesday
Cooler Tuesday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Rear. . Dee. Hoar,' Dee.
A a. aa TH 1 p. at HO
a. m Tit 9 p. n Ot
T a. at T.l fl p. m 02
a.' m TT 4 p. m OS
n a. at...... Pt H p. m..... Oft
lO a. m 4 ) p. sa OO
1 l Ha in RM T p M rVI
19 as OO p. as N4
O p. m . . , , , , S3
GOULD REACHES THE PACIFIC
Corvalls A Eastern ta Friend krsssh
Oregon and Will Tap
. Harbors.
BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. J0.-The Chonl
cle mvs today: The fact that the Gould
lines have obtained an entry to Oregon h
leaked out through the announcement of
A. B. Hammond, president of the Corvalls
Eastern and Astoria ft Columbia roads,
that the first nrfmed will he extended from
the terminus st Idanha, IJnn county, across
central Oregon to some point on the 8nake
river, probably Ontario. Work will s'so
be started on the Astoria In the same con
nection and It will be pushed south along
the coast from Seaside to Nehalem and
Tillamook county. These projects will ag
gregate more than SfiO miles of construc
tion for the two roads within the next few
years. It Is said that the terminal of the
Corvallls A Easrern may not be Ontario,
but a point in Klamath county, wher a
Junction may be effected with the Califor
nia, Nevada A Oregon road, . an acknowl
edged Gold tine, which It is Intended shall
be pushed north from the main line of the
Western Pacific at Reno," Nev., to Lake
View and Klemath. The road has already
been completed as far as Madeline Plains.
The building of the Coirs lis AV Eastnrn
to a Juncture with the Western Pacific, or
the California, Nevada at Oresron, and thus
closing the gap between Albany and Port
land, Ore., Quaqulna and Tillamook, will
give the Gould line access to all the north
western habors except Coos hav.
ECUADOR HAS NEW TARIFF
Law Effective la November Haa Little
Effect ' oa Trade with
t'nlted States.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Ecuator has
proclaimed a new tariff schedule which has
Just reached the State department and will
become effective November 1. The schedules
provide for a complete reclassification and
make reductions on some classes of goods
sent from the United States to Ecuador,
but make no marked alterations on the
chief exports from this country to Ecuador.
A reduction of about 1 cent a pound Is
made on manufactured steel. Iron, brass,
bronze, copper and tin. Flour and lard are
the , chief exports . from this . country to
Ecuador and on these products there le no
change in duty.
The American flour trade with Ecuador
shows a marked Increase. In 1301 It was
1159,841 snd a year later the total was t271
027. The export . to Ecuador from th
United States for 1908 aggregated tl.7S0.000
and the Imports from Ecuador were $2,500,-
ooo.
i A curious feature' of .the new. tariff. ct In
Ecdador IS that It permits' cabinet members
to enjoy exemption from duty oh goods
they import for their own use.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Postmasters aad Raral Carriers
Kamed for Iowa aad Booth
Dakota.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
. WASHINGTON. Aug. .-Speclal Tele
gram.) Postmasters appointed: Iowa, Dur
ango, Dubuque county, George Hoffman,
vice John Jones, resigned. South Dakota,
Mansfield, Brown "county, Frank L. Free
man, vice F. A. Remede, resigned.
Rural routes ordered established as fol
lows, October 1: Nebraska, Hubbard, Da
kota county, route 2; papulation, S00:
houses, 60. Boseland, Adams county.
route 2; population. SOD; houses, SO. Octo
ber 16: Iowa (all In Clinton oounty): An
dover, route 1; population, 976: houses, 75.
Delaware, routes 2 and S; population. 806;
nouses, lbl. uewui, route o, population..
350: houses. 70. Elwood, route 1; popular
tlon, 100; houses, 60. Gooselake, route 1;
population, 5; houses, 91. Grand Mound,
route 2; population, 106. Lowmoor, rout 1;
population, 375; houses, 76.
Civil service examinations ' will be held
September S at Sioux City, la., for clerk
and carrier In the postofflce service.
ENGINEER KILLED IN WRECK
Cars Break Away from Siding aad
Get Oat aa the Mala
Llaa.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Aug. 20 (Special
Telegram.) A northbound freight train on
the Denver Pacific crushed Into a string
of rurt&way cars standing In what Is
known as the "hole," three miles south
of Cheyenne, thla morning. Engineer
Alexander Messex was killed snd Fireman
William. Shell and Head Brakeman H. H.
Adama were scalded and cut, but not
seriously. A wrecker was sent out from
Cheyenne, but the track waa not cleared
until afternoon.
No one knows how the cars got out of
the' East Cheyenne yards. Bnell and
Adams eay' it was dark, and though they
were looking ahead, did not eee the run
aways.
MANY PROSTRATED BY HEAT
Oae Death Is Reported la St. Lonls
. aad Three la Leelsvllle,
Keatacky,
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. More suffering from
the heat In St. Louis and East St. Louis
111., was reported today In the form of
prostration than on any previous day this
summer, although the temperature, as re
ported hy the weather bureau, tailed te
show sensational figure. St. Louis had
one death and three prostrations; East St
Louis, five prostrations.'
The highest point reached In this city
was f degrees at t p. m. The only feature
of the day's temperature waa that It wa
sultry aa soon as th sua rose and con
tinued Intensely warm until after sunset.
CHICAOO, Aug. 2a Ten cases of pros
tration by heat were reported today. The
temperature at 1:20 p m. was tl degrees.
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 20,-Three death
from heat prostration were reported today.
The maximum temperature wa M - de
gree, accompanied by extreme humidity.
Oil Frteee Lenres.
CTrvTrLAND. Aug Jo. The refined oil
aeJ norllned He per gallon today. Th
Standard (HI company's new quotation are
aa follow: Water whit Ohio state test.
: headlght, 17; degree. uVc est
ooueu. US. Ther Is n ebange In th
quo mired ag UAaS
gasulia.
FIVE HUNDRED DEAD
Later liswi from Valparaiso Show Earlier
Estimates Wert Too Lares.
PROPERTY LOSS RUNS INTO MILLIONS
Almendral Quarter is Transformed Into
Esap of Bains.
ORDER IS pOMING OUT OF CHAOS
6trt Bailwaj Etrrioe Bernmtd and
Belief York is Bsioc Ejttomatised.
SIX OR EIGHT OTHER TOWNS DESTROYED
Twenty Person Knewa to Be Deed
at Rantlese aa Result of Earth
jaake Which Begaa
Tharsday. ,
SANTIAOO, Chile, Aug. S0.-riv hundred
person are dead at Valparaiso as a result
of the earthquake' shocks according to the
latest advices based on the reports of refu-
gees who reached this city this morning.
The monetary loss at Valparaiso runs into
the millions. Six or eight other cities have
been destroyed. The street railway and tel
egraph and telephone systems are demoral
ised. The known dead In this city number
twenty.' Madame Mont, wife of Admiral
Mont, who was reported killed. Is alive but
eeriouely Injured, It Is expected that the
street railway and lighting systems In this
city will be restored today.
Sltaatloa Is r.leartaa-.
Sunday, Aug. Is. The situation is be
coming clearer. A relief committee was
organised here today and the street rail
way service was resumed. It was feared
that Santiago would be plunged In dark
ness owing to a lack of coal to supply
the gas works, but the officials of the gas
company say that they have a sufficient
supply to last a week,
Cirlos Edwards, one of the proprietors
of the Mercurlo of Valparaiso, has ar- ,
rived here on horseback from that city.
He confirms the reports that the Almendral
quarters snd the principal avenue of Val
paraiso have been transformed Into heaps
of ruins. When he left the city the In
habitants were wandering about looking
for relatives and friends. The majority ef
the Inhabitant - there have sought refuge
on the hills, in the park and along the sea
shore. The administration building and the
Victoria theater had disappeared even to
their foundations. The marine arsenal was
only slightly damaged, but not many of the
private residences were Inhabitable. In
spite of the desolation perfect order was
maintained by the troope, which were bi
vouacked on Grand avenue snd . Victoria
square. The military ambulances . were'
gathering up the wounded and dead.
. Loss Comparatively Small.
. When Mr. Edwards left Valparaiso it
waa Impossible to determine . the number
of persons killed, but aocordlng to his esti
mate the number of. lives lott .was small
when" the extent. Of, th catastrophe waa
taken .into consideration.. At .one depot be
saw fifty bodies..; Th main hotel wa
standing and all th guests1 escaped in
Jury, but Mr. Edwards regards Valparaiso
as being uninhabitable for the present.
' The squadron of cavalry forming the
presidential escort has started from here
for Valparaiso, with Instructions to re
quisition all the cattle met with between
this place and Valparaiso and to drive
the herds to the latter city In order to
prevent a famine.
A large number of people have nought
refuge on the various ship at anchor in
th bay of Valparaiso.
Th report that th naval school at Val
paraiso had escaped destruction la con
firmed today. A number of families have
sought refuge In the school building, where
they are being cared for by,' the naval
authorities. Medical supplies hsve been
sent from this city to Valparaiso and -everything
possible Is being done to sssfst
the homeless people. No accurate estimate
of the damage done by the earthquake can
yet be mad, but It is considered certain
that it will run Into the hundreds of mil
lions of dollar, and It le feared that a
commercial crisis will follow th earth
quake disaster. It Is believed that steps
will Immediately be takn to meet th!
situation. Buelnees Is .being slowly re
sumed here and at Valparaiso.
Troop Ar at Work.
Th minister of war and th interior
with detachments of volunteers from th
army and fir departments left here this
morning for the purpose of re-establishing
telegraphic communication with Valpar
aiso. . A train which left Santiago for th
north today arrived without any difficulty
at Calera. Contrary , to the reneral be
lief, the tunnels were not wrecked and tt
Is hoped that trains will be running regu
larly tomorrow.
The government ha authorised the prov
incial governor to spend all th money
necessary to help th earthquak ufferers
In their distress.
When th earthquake first shook th.'s city
the prisoners In, the penitentiary began
singing hymns. There wa no loa of Hfs
among them so far a known, hut at Val.
paralso th prison walla fell and crushed
140 prisoners to death.
A telephone message received here today
from Vina Delmsr. announced tht th
portion of th town between the Royal
hotel and the custom house la not seriously
damaged, but the rest of Vina Delmsr la
almost totally destroyed. '
Reports from Other Plaoa.
President Rleaco ha received dispatches
frjm Laserena, capital of tbe province of
Coqulmbo. saying that no damage ha been
don In the north, hut the majority of the
houses In the Amsgada district hav rot.
lapsed, a did hill between Valparaiso
and VlnaDelmar, destroying railroad ora
mnnlcstlon between thee two place.
Despit the fact that the store of provi
sions here ar Intact, a number of mer
chant hav considerably Increased th
price of provisions.
A great deal of damage has been don
at th mine in tbe the Noglsls and Calera
district. A number of bouse hav fallen
at Talca; fifty person war killed there
and ISO were wounded. At Mellplll l( is
believed that all the houees will have to
he pulled down, owing to the severe shak
ing which they received, snd at Caivador
and Santa Tumlno a number of publlo
buildings will have to be rated. At Llall
tal seventy houses fell. A number of small
villages In the Terremot dleMt were r.
tally destroyed. At Terremote th popu
lar trlel to pillage th business hc.'-
ot Rose Ionia which had reirslred etift
Ing. but the employes ef the firm uccer.T.
fully defended th plae.
' It was stated at tbe observatory teo-
that It I aot Ilk sly there will he aay
uun mt th ashnnsUo dtstvrtiaac 1
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