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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. XXXVI-NO. 66. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 190G-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. HEARST IN CONTROL Indioitioni that Now YoTk Democrat! Will Homlnate Hawipaper Ownar. CHOICE EXPECTED. ON FIRST BALLOT brea Important OommStteei Dominated by Adbemta of the Editor. STRONG TENSION AMONG DELEGATES Possibility that Stara May Sweep Away Wrk of Leaden. FIRST . SESSION OF CONVENTION BRIEF T"lrrr Chalrmna Lrwli SI Make ta Appeal for Harmon? that U Applauded More Than Any Other Utterance. BUFFALO. trept. 2S. Th democratic state convention will tomorrow nominate a governor and a full atat tlcki. action which may not go through y' amoothni that characterk - the first brief session today. In less t o, .y an hour today all the preliminaries rarV ors-anlsatlnn m-M Al.nniMl ni f Nixon of New ITork, the temporary man. mll fin .An.. fn. linrnw.nw w ' wii applauded mora than any other uttu anre, although the convention could not be termed a wholly, enthusiastic one no far. There Is a tension among the delegates tonight, however, and there may break a storm tomorrow, to sweep away the struc ture which was bullded today after many hours of earnest effort on the part of the leaders, who aro trying to find a common ground where, temporarily at least, the democracy of the state may pitch Its tent and hope to withstand the tempests of the coming campaign. According to the consensus of opinion tonight, William R. Hearst of New York, who Is already the nominee of tne Inde pendence league, will probably be nomin ated for governor on the first ballot. Along with Mr. Hearst, It Is said, the convention will name W. Stuyvesunt Chanler of Duchess county for lieutenant governor and John 8. Whaten of Monroe tor secretary or state. Both Mr. Chanler and Mr. Whaten are also on the Independ ence league ticket. It la asserted this Is as far as the moat radical of the Hearst delegates will go In taking over the candi dates of the Independence league, for in cluded In the ticket of that organisation are one or two republicans. War Horace for Hoarat. In announcing their decision to support Mr. Hearst a number of the democrats nere stated that they had reached thla de cision, not because of anv rnnmnlnn to all the Ideas of government which Mr. Hearst represents, but because they feet under tha circumstances he Is the strong est candidate the convention has before it. Tha m!t who bitterly fought Mr. Hearst In years gone by have announced their In tention to vote far him tomorrow, though they- -clare the? -are not ready to retract any statements they have made In the past. Tbey declare Mr. Hearst haa entered into DO deal with them whatever, and that the fight haa been fought squarely and with out pledge on either side. The same old party men, while going into the convention tomorrow with the an nounced purpose of supporting Mr. Hearst, are not pledged to such a course, and It a storm should break they would feel un der no obligations to adhere to their pres ent plana. .' It waa asserted .tonight that Senator P. H. McCarren of Brooklyn, who came to Buffalo, bringing with him an enthusiastic delegation of supporters for Justice Wil liam Gaynor of Brooklyn, haa been unable to convince Leader Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall, and others, that the dis tinguished Jurist would positively accept the nomination and remain In the field as a third candidate and against Mr. Hearst as the nominee of the Independence league. Hearst Coatrola Committees. Mr Hearst Is generally conceded to have gained control of three Important commit teea appointed at the first session of the convention, the committees on contested seats, which will decide contests in twenty districts. Involving sixty votes, the com mittee on platform and resolutions, and the committee on permanent organisation. The platform agreed upon late tonight by a subcommittee of six appointed from the full committee will contain a plank de claring for municipal ownership under CT tain conditions and. It la stated, will en dorse William J. Bryan In a general way, Mr. Hearst will be placed In nomination tomorrow by former Assemblyman W. V Cook of Albany county. Tha candidacy tor district attorney of William T. Jerome, waa practically with drawn today at an adjourned meeting of the Albany conference of anti-Hearst demo crats. Mr. Jerome has let it be known pretty generally that he had entered the fight In hope of defeating the nomination of Mr. Hearst and If this was accomplished he waa satisfied. At the conference at which Mr. Jerome was a party today, it was decided to ap point a committee to ascertain whether or rot the anti-Hearst sentiment could not be centered upon either Mayor J. N. Adam of Buffalo, or Justice Gaynor. . Mayor Adam would undoubtedly be placed In nomination tomorrow and It. waa reported tonight that Mr. Jerome might have a proxy to be on the floor of the convention as delegate. HRPt BMCA9 8 TILL VP IS THK AIR Usee la Probably Between Brict and Hashes. SARATOGA. N. T., Sept. .-The first sesaion of the republican state convention lasted an hour and a half and was har monious and comparatively uneventful. Two episodes, however, occasioned aome comment and amusement. One was a brief passage between State Chairman Odell, presiding.' and Representative Herbert Par sons, heading tha New Tork county dele- gatlon. and the other was the interruption of Temporary Chairman DrlaeoU's attack upon William R, Hearst bv a young man landing before the front row of deles-ate who exclaimed that Mr. Hearst had "sacri ficed all." This wss hardly noticed, but he repeated In a loud voice that Mr. Hearst had "sacrificed fifteen million dollars." Tha delegates were Indignant and tbe man waa ejected. Stilt another Incident out of tbe ordi nary was the adoption of a resolution deploring race hatred and mob law. "at home or abroad." The resolution attracted the more attention because it waa pre. aented by a colored delegate. Charles An derson, deputy collector of Internal revenue (Continued on. Second Page.) WYOMING TEACHERS MEET tat Aaaorlatloa la oW In Session at Donglas with Attendance. Larae DOUGLAS. Wyo.. Sept. 2. (Special.) The third annual meeting of the Wyoming State Teachers association met here this evening. The first session was held at the Episcopal church and other meetings will be held at the educational exhibit build ing on the state fair grounds. A banquet will be given Wednesday night and the meeting will close Thursday. At the session tonight addresses were de livered by Senator Clark and Superintend ent C. R. Atkinson. Mr. Atkinson said, In part: With very few exceptions, parsimony In appropriations for school work is not a fault of the people of this section of the free-hearted west. There Is, however, a statutory enactment fixing the price of the most valuable labor that can be secured by the state that is a at-cater menace to the educational advancement of Wyoming than anything else that confronts us today or has confronted tis in the past. We might as well try to erect a skyscraer on a foundation of sand as to expect the educational fabric of the stste to foe safe and sound without able, well prepared. high-minded men snd women directing the common schools. With sn apparently sub- lime trust that God would work a miracle , ana oring to tne guinance 01 tneir iacn era and children a high grad of talent for which they had made no provision, the good people of Wyoming arranged their school laws so t lint their county superintendents of public Instruction should receive wages ranging from 175 down to 141.61; per month, and It is broadly hinted that In some quarters the ! two-third part or the mixed numoer more v! early represented the value of the Bery ls I 111 n-l.iJll- ... llinu l no llllT-p;. a. 'jl 'ay, a prominent sheep man of Wyom- -id Montana, recently Informed me v ' - 1.1 1.1. MKoAV.I.Avr1c.ra llfl r. paid his sheepherders J40 per V nd board. Our county Buperin K . jine of the ablest, of this or any oth. ..ate, and living in a county that has ...le world's record on wheat and po tatoes, gets :2. RO per month and boards herself. Figuring the sheepherder's boaid at 120. which is posslhly too much, and the county superintendent's at IJ5, which Is probably too little, we have a balance of 122.60 per month In favor of the faith ful servant Who cares for the bodies of the sheep, as against the at least equally faithful servant who looks after the minds and souls of the teachers and children of a great county. Verily, my friends, does It not seem that In placing an estimate upon the value of these two lines of serv ice the people of Wyoming have taken too literally the words of the command: Feed My Bhcep. ACTRESS BURNS TO DEATH Vera Van Kant Loses Life at Dead. wood, Clothing Coming Into Contact with Fire. DEA D WOOD, S. D.. Sept. 2G.-Speclal Telegram.) Vera Van Zant. an actress in one of the vaudeville houses of this city. while curling her hair last evening, allowed the wrapper which she was wearing to flutter over the flame of an alcohol lamp. In an instant she was a mans of flames and ran shrieking Into the buffet of the Mansion hotel, where she was rooming. People In the buffet immediately tore her burning clothes from her and quenched the flames. She waa burned from her head to her feet before the burning elothes could be taken from her, and, after suffering in agony all night, died this morning at 11 o'clock. . Her relatives live In the east. COB PALACE ATTRACTS BIO CROWD Child ierlonsly Injore-d by Looping ia Loop Accident. MITCH ELI S. D.. Sept. 26.-(Speclal Telegram.) Fifty coach loads of people were hauled Into Mitchell today on three special trains over the Milwaukee 9t Omaha roads, and tho greatest crowd for a second day of the palace resulted. The building this afternoon and this evening was packed to the limit. The palace Is giving better satisfaction thaq ever, owing to the diversity of the program. Four special trains tomorrow Insure an Immense crowd and the special train serv ice the rest of the week will make the affair a complete success. Late this afternoon as Dlavola was loop ing the loop In a large ball weighing 800 pounds, the ball rolled off after it left the loop and lunged with' great velocity into the crowd of people surrounding the ap paratus. The hall paased over the body of a little girl and knocked another down. The child waa Injured Internally and It Is a miracle that she waa not Instantly killed. Dakota Legislative dominations. 8TURGIS. 8. p.. Sept. 2S.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The republican senatorial convent tlon for the Fourth district, comprising Meade and Butte countlea wu held at Belle Fourche today. The convention was harmonious and enthusiastic Henry E. Perkins of Sturgls was nominated for state senator. The convention passed strong resolutions endorsing the candidacy of Robert J. Gamble for the United States senate, also W. H. . Parker for congress. CANNON. AT KANSAS CITY With Congressman Watson of Indiana the Speaker Will Make aa, Address, KAN8A8 CITT. Sept. 25-8peaker Joseph G. Cannon and Representative James E. Watson of Indiana apent today aa Kansas City's guests. They arrived on the morn ing train from Sedalla, where yesterday they delivered the first speeches in the Missouri congressional campaign. The day's program included a reception, a luncheon, an automobile ride about the city and speeches tonight at Convention hall. United States Senator William War ner and Representative Edgar C. Ellis of Kansas City and a committee of citizens met the party at the station. Speaker' Cannon and Congressman Wat son will leave here for St. Joseph, Mo., tomorrow, where they will address a meeting. In his review of Mr. Bryan's career, Mr. Cannon said: If it were not that I believe Mr. Bryaa to be honest in his opinions. 1 would say that in reversing his position on great national policies he has sought only his own political sdvautage that he hunted for an issue oq the Philippines In 1900 and that he is hunting for an Issue now. Professing to believe In rate legislation for the regulation of railways, no sooner Is the legislation enacted than he declares It to be worse than useless. The prince of phraae makers and one of the most eloquent orators In the republic, he uams his mighty force to play fur position for himself. And now h is making a cam paign throughout the country and I under, stand he Is to address a great audience In this ball In a few days to aid in the elec tion to rongresa of representatives from Missouri and elsewhere, not lo supiiort President Roosevelt In carrying I or ward the policies he saya the president appro priated from the democratic platform, but to oppose the president and en. barrage him In all he attempts to do. After the splendid record of president Roosevsll and the republican rona-ress, Mr. Bryan asks you for action at the polls that will make the aixtletb congress demo cratic, that the lust two years of this ad ministration shall be ronipelled to mark time. For what? Tlifcl the peerless leader nisy again make the race for the presi dency. Again by the unpractical and popullatlc policies he would halt produc tion In this country, embarrass commerce among tbe states and with foreign oa-Uotuv BAILEY REPLIES TO CRITICS Tatai Senator Eaya Agitation Aeainit Him ia Work of Palititnl Enemiee. WORK AS ATTORNEY IS LEGITIMATE "ays Railroad la Sot Owned by Standard Oil Company, bat by St. Losla Capitalists and City of Kaahvllle. DALLAS, Tex.. Bept. 25. The following Statement was mnde public tonight by Senator Joseph Bailey, In reply to criticisms of him and his record which have been circulated during the past few days: The democrats of Texas have not for gotten that exactly this same kind of a fla-ht was made on me when I was first elected to the senate slx'yesrs ago. After I had won the wnatorshlp In a fair con test before th people, a coterie of dlssatis fid politicians made a desperate attempt to defeat my election by the legislature. The present aaltHtlon was largely Inaugurated bv the same men. with some outsirte as sitance and Is predicated upon exactly the same transaction. My candidacy for re election to the senate wss submitted to a direct ballot, bv the democratic party of Texas, and I received within 2.000 votes of the number cant for four of the candidates for rovernor. notwtthstsndlng the general appeal made by some of the men now pro moting this movement to the voters to m-rairh mv nsme. The convention rell- ersted the Judgment of the people, without I mv traducers having chsllenged a discus- j Bfon of my record. They do not expect J prevent my re-election or to discredit me In Texas, where sll of the facts snd clrcum- ! stances sre known; but thrv hope to iniur me In the estimation of the country at lnrtre. and to Impair my usefulness In the senate. Oil Company nt Owner of Road. The first step In this campaign of male volence and detraction wa to have a pur ported Interview with the Hon. Roger Sullivan of Illinois, availing me, nt ).r..u,t. nvor the country. Mr. Sullivan promptly denounced that Interview as a la 1st hood. The next step was to circulate the falsehood that the Tennesfee railroad properties for which I nm the attorney bo long to the Standard Oil company. Some of the men who are circulating that story know and all of them could have learned with very little Inquiry, that the Standard Oil company had no Interest In or connec tion with these properties, and that they were owned by II. C. fierce j. k,. van ri ir if ThAmnann amd manv other leading business men of St. Loula. I he municipality of Nashville, itself. In order to provide its people additional and compet ing railroad facilities had subscrbed for 11 HOO.ODO worth of the stock of the railroad. The railroad had passed through one re ceivership and was on the verge of an other when I was called Into the case. I accepted the employment and performed exactly the same kind of service that would have been expectea or any uimr irjuii.u lawyer. The statement so Industriously circulated bv some that I "put I13.0O0.0iX) worth of securities in my pocket to do with them as I pleased" Is little less than ridicu lous. I did not have 13 worth of securi ties In mv pockets. Every dollar's worth of bonds of that railroad company were pledged for Its Indebtedness and It was my task to prevent those who held them from enforcing their liens and sacrificing the securities at a forced sale. That 1 suc ceeded In doing this is a matter of g-neral satisfaction to me. as it was io my cucnis. I not only managed the properties com mitted to my charae in a way to save my clients a large sum of money, but I also managed It In a way that gave to the city of Nashville three Important competing railroad systems, before it naa sunerea In the rrasn of one. and the people of that - city testified their approval of the disposition which I made of the railroad by public meetings and speeches. , K i-sio gecvef Anon Employment.- . - ti . third sten In the ' nrboesa ""was to pretend that the , testimony given by Mr. Pierce disclosed a secret employment of me In connection with those properties. The emulovment was a perfectly proper one and euch aa any reputable lawyer would- have accepted without tne sugniesi neena tlon. Not only that, but the newspapers of the state, together with those of St. Louis and Nashville, contained repeat ea references to those properties and to my connection with them. There never was the least attempt to conceal my attorneyship' for those proper ties, nor was there tne least reason wny, it should be concealed. The objection to ii.y employment as the attorney of those properties must proceed upon the theory that a man in puDiic office has no right to pursue any private business, and such a doctrine, If applied to all men and all officers, would reduce the public life of thin country to a point where only rich men or rascals could afford to accept an office. If I had found that my time and strength would not permit me to serve as a senator and to practice law at tne same time I would have abandoned the law without the slightest hesitation, be cause I always believed and acted upon the belief that the public service holds the highest claim upon every man who under takes It, or If I had found there waa any conflict between my duty to my clients and my duty to my constituents, I would have declined all employment aa a lawyer. Record la Caagreas. The Coogresslonal Record will show that I have beeo as constant In my attendance upon the sessions of the house and of the senate during ray fifteen years In congress as any man who haa served with me througn that period. Certainly that estab lish s beyond the shadow of a doubt that 1 have not neglected my public duties In the pursuit of my private business. The Congressional Record will also show that during my fifteen years first In the house and then in the senate I have spoken and voted on every Important question, and my most malignant enemy cannot point to a single speech or vote in the interest of my clients and against the interest of my constituents. 1 have carefully read tbe circular issued by the Good Government club of Houston, and I was impressed when reading It, with the striking similarity bt-tween It and the Cosmopolitan magaslne article. In fact It appears to be a special effort to Justify that scurrilous and Infamoua attack upon me. I have seldom seen a formal docu ment which contained more gross misrep resentations thap are in that circular. Klrby Lain be r Case. The first criticism against my business dealings la with reference to my attorney ship for John H. Klrby and the Klrby Lumber company, which Is In substance mi rely a rsstatement of the same matter from the Cosmopolitan magaslne. The Cosmopolitan article did not, however, aa I now recall it. Include the statement now made for the first time in this circular, that I helped Mr. Klrby sell an ' "east Texas railroad to the Santa Fe system." This Is an addition, and It seems strange that such an addition should have been made by any man at Houston because all of the Houston people who know anything about Mr. Klrby s affairs knows that the railroad which he built and sold to the Santa Fe system, was built and sold years before I had any business relations with Mr. Klrby. The next statement Is that Mr. Klrby, Instead of going "himself to Harrlman or Ryan, or to any other great railroad oper ators," employed me to do so. That Is a falsehood, pure and simple. Xever Saw Harrlman. I never saw Mr. H.irrlman In i.iy hte, and 1 have never discussed s business prop osition with Mr. Ryan. There la, how ever, one part of the circular to which I will make reply, and a must conclusive one. They Insinuate that when the Waters Pleroe lOl company was grsnted a permit to tranaact lis business in Texas I knew that It was not an "independent concern." I stated on oath before the legislative com mittee what had been said to me on that subject and I do not deem it necessary to call any witness to prove the truth of what I have aald. But In order to prove the falsity of what these men now say, I will print this letter from Mr. Pierce, which I found in my mail when I reached Gaines ville Saturday night: ST. LOt' IS, Mo., Sfpt. to. I9t. Hon. Jo seph W. bailey, Gainesville, Tex. Dear Sir: In view of the attacks being made upon ou with reference to the readmisslon of the Waters-Pierce Oil company In Texaa, I think It due you that I should say when I sought your assistance In that mat ter, I represented to you that If permitted to continue it business In your stale. tb new Waters-Pierre oil company would be an Independent enterprise and absolutely free from the ownership or control of the Standard OH compaay. Yours very truly, . "U. C. PliuACB." GOMPERS ON LABOR CAMPAIGN Federation President -gays Trnata peat Large Sams to Aid la Eleetlon of l.lttlefleld. WASHINGTON. Sept. . In the October Issue of the American Fcderatlonl't. the organ of the American Federation of Labor, President Gompers reviews his campaign against Representative IJttlefleld In the Second district of Maine and gives to organlxed labor the credit tor the reduction of Mr. LittlelieWa majority from 5.419 in 1904 to about 1.006 la inns. He says that "labor did not undertake to defeat Mr. Llttlefleld, because he was A republican nor horauae hu conspicuous opponent was a democrat. It made a clean fight agulnst Mr. Llttlefleld because of his bitter relent less antagonism to the best . Interests of the wsge earners as well as the common people of our country." He charges "the Interests" with a direct rffort In Mr. Ultletleld'a behalf and de clnrea that "the commercial, railroad and shipping trusts poured immense sums of money Into the campaign and the methods used to 'get' the nomination were amply employed to secure Mr. Llttlefleld's election at any cost." Considerable attention la given to the part taken In the cnmpalgn by Bpeaker Cannon, Secretary Tsft and other republi cans from the outside, who went to Mr, Llttleflold's asalstsnee. Of the speaker's ef forts Mr. Qompcrs says: "He totally misrepresented the alms and purposes of labor In his speeches." and he charges the Speaker with "so constituting the committees of the house that the wrongs of labor might be continued and the rights of the people denied," and he adds that "Mri IJttlefleld waa one of hla cnpahle lieutenants In carrying out that policy." Mr. Gompers concludes: "The cnmpalgn In Maine has shown how great are the forces alleged against the Interests of the people and It has also shown that labor needs only to lead the way and all good citizens aid in the noble and patriotic work." The same issue of the magazine contains an appeal by the executive council of the federation to labor throughout the country to aid In the campaign for the friends and against the enemies of the cause wherever found. They ask for moral aa well as financial support and urge that each mem bed of a labor union shall contribute a dollar. No mony u accepted from candi dates. AFTER THE SUGAR TRUST Wrecked Bank In Philadelphia Brings Ont Evidence Against Alleged Monopoly. PHILADELPHIA," Sept. , SS. - President Roosevelt Is in possession of evidence fur nished by Receiver Earle of the wrecked Real Estate Trust company which Is ex pelled to result In procetrr'ngo by the De partment of Justice against the so-called Hugar trust.. One of the terete of the Real Estate Trust company .is tho sugar refinery In this city built by Adolph Segal, the pro moter whose borrowings from Frank K. Hippie, the suicide president of the bank, were responsible for .Uia collapse of the institution., Thw.Anifilcaa Bugar "Refining company holds a controlling Interest in this refinery, which" 'never haa-been operated, and Receiver - Earle hopea to- show that It was tied up a the result of a conspiracy In which the sugar combine was Involved. Today the receiver held a protracted con ference with C. E. Hotchklss of New York, a lawyer representing the American Sugar Refining company, several directors of the Real Estate Trust company and counsel for Adolph Segal. Mr. Earle said -the. question of whether he should proceed against the so-called trust under the provisions of the Sherman act or under the state law was discussed, but not definitely settled. A further conference will be held tomorrow. The receiver evaded a question as to whether criminal action would be insti tuted against the sugar combination. Mr. Earle tonight Issued a statement to the creditors of the Real Estate Trust company bearing upon hla contemplated action. It Is In part aa follows: in the first place. It Is true that I have communicated with President Roosevelt In regard to the conduct of the Sugar trust. I outlined what I understood to constitute a complete esse aaainat the organisation and some of Its officers. I have not wished to go ahead until I felt that with a moral case that would convince anybody. I could myself give legal testimony to make out the prima facie rase, and I am prepared to ssy that whilst no one can predict the result of such a conflict, that I am convinced if I live I can supply enough evidence, no matter what the trust may do. Adolph Segal and his counsel have taken the position that he waa a solvent man, ruined by the machinations of this trust; that he Is acting In the best of good faith and will,. If he gets Juetice, be enabled to liquidate his Indebtedness. I do not wish to pass upon this question now. but in this fight I do aak that they be given an up- Eortunlty to demonstrate their good faith v the assistance they may render the creditors of thja Institution In obtaining justice. SPANISH WAR VETERANS MEET Enramrmeat to Be Held la Wash Ington So Comrade Roosevelt Can Attend. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, The official call for the national encampment of the United Spanish war veterans, to be held here the week beginning October 8, waa received today by Department Commander Walter Mitchell, who la secretary of the national encampment committee. The call states that the date was arranged "to eult the convenience of Comrade and President Theodore Roosevelt, who will be present and participate In the encampment." Child Fatally Rarned. TERRA VI LLE, S. D., Sept. 28. (Special Telegram.) While playing about a fire which had been built to burn rubbish . In the back yard of her parents' residence in Tertavllle this morning, the C-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Nelson got too near the flames and her dress waa Ignited. Before the flames could be put out the child waa so badly burned that she will die. Conference wtlh Htrlkora. ST. LOUIS. Mo. Sept. . General Man ager Miller of the Wabash road and the Joint committee representing the machin ists, blacksmiths and boiler makers, who went on strike last week st Moberly, Springfield. Fort Wayne. Peru and Decatur resumed the conference today In an effort to effect an adjustment of tha wage scale. Aaaeonda Declares Dividend. NEW YORK, Sept. The Anaconda Copper Mining company today declared a quarterly dividend of tl to per share. This compares with Its last previous quarterly dividend of ll.l'H a share. The par value of the stock Is Memphis Balldlng Kalis. MEMPHIS, Tenu.. Sept. 26 By the col lapse of a small Main street building today six men were severely, but not fatally in jured. Among the less seriously hurt was Frank 8. Waavac a aiaaahoat mate of St. Loula, ATLANTA IS AGAIN QUIET Coolar Heads Obtain Faaterj and Kcrmal Condition! Now I rev ail. THREE DAYS' RIOTING COSTS MANY LIVES Mass Meeting of Cltlseas Demands Punishment of Assailants of Women aad Protertloa All Persons. ATLANTA. Ga.. Sept. .-Atlanta to night shows little signs of the turbulent scenes which have boon enacted during the last several days. . Good c Itlxenshlp anJ cooler heads have apparently obtained the mastery, and prominent men, both white and colored, are bending every effort to ward bringing the city back to Its normal condition, which tonight la almost an ac compllahed task. The city and suburbs are quiet, no reports having, been received of violence tonight from any quarter. A law and order muss meeting was held tills evening, attended by representative people of both races. A fund of 13,600 was raised for the benefit of the victims of mob vio lence and a committee appointed to push the relief work to a generous completion. Protection Demanded for All. A committee on resolutions waa chosen, of which Hon. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, waa made chairman. This committee reported the following res olution: Resolved, That this meeting, composed of the members of the chamber of commerce and other la w-aiiiding citizen, does sol emnly protest against the spirit of law lessness that has tarnished the fair name of our city and led to the committing of crime. We denounce the cowardly and brutal murder of Innocent people and the wound ing of others, and we call upon ail good men to lift up their voices lor law and order and use their Influence to check the riotous spirit that has been abroad In the community. We aemand that the authorities spare no effort to put a stop to the assaults on our women. If It takes more men or more money to do It, that the authorities act accordingly. Our womanhood must and shall be protected. It is not right, not Just, thst the Inno cent, both white and bleck, shall bo pun ished for the sins of the guilty, and the events of the past few days prove beyond doubt that it is the Innocent of both races that are made to suffer ss the result of the unrestrained effort of the mcb to avenge the dastardly outrages that should be and must le punished by law. We further declare that It is the duty of our city to care for the sick and wounded of both races and to bury the dead, and we pledge our willingness to assist the au thorities if needed. These resolutions were presented by Chairman Howell, warmly seconded by John Temple Graven, editor of the Georgian; John 8. Cohen, managing editor of the Journal, and Charles 8. Daniel, editor of the News, and wore unanimously adopted as the senseof the meeting. Haarahaa Is Re-eleeted. The known dead, who have met death In connection with therlota hero since last Saturday night number one white man, County Policeman James Heard, and eigh teen negroes. To this number might be added thename of Mrs. Robert P. Thomp son, an eslmable white woman who dropped dead Monday evening after seeing two negroes shot and beaten In front of her home. . Thla, tho third day of Atlanta's race wW haa passed without serious disturbance-). Rumors by the hundreds hare been brought to the attention of ttieauthorltles. but not in a single Instance had any of the hor rible tales been verified. ' The papers here have united in an agreement to print only established facts, to isaue no more extras or specials on the riots and the agreement Is being lived up to.. Many Negroes Arrested. Following the arrest of 257 negroes at Brownville and Clark university today and the detention of about 100 of these In the county Jail, the feeling prevailed that at least peace has been restored by a strong show of authority. Almost simul taneously two negroes were -killed, In an other and distant part of the city by threo policemen who had been sent to stop their shooting and the main events during the day by the ordering into the city of four companies of state militia from outside points. Governor Terrell saying the order waa given as a matter of precaution rather than from apy pressing necessity. The gathering of a large representation of business and professional men today called for vigorous action by the city ex ecutive authorities regarding negro districts and saloons. Resolutions demanded that these place be closed and kept closed per petually. ' The saloons have been closed all day and will be until further notice. There Is an Increasing scarcity of negroes in the fac tories, stores and offices. In the postoffice and In the telegraph companies. Hundreds of Atlanta homes are without their regular cooks and Ice deliveries are conspicuous by their rarity. AMERICANS ARE IN DANGER Legation at Stockholm' In IJne of Attack by Finnish Refngee Revolutionists. STOCKHOLM, Sept. SS. The American legation, although not the direct object of the planned outrage, had a narrow es cape from being blown up by the Finnish refugee revolutionists who were arrested here September !2, and waa only saved by the timely arrest of the conspirators. It appears that the latter Intended to rob tho state bank, occupying part of the same premises as the legation. The Finns had planned first to empty the vaults of the bank and then rase the building with dynamite, fifty pounds of which were found in their possession. The men arrested de clare the attempt will be repeated by others. HELSING8FOR8, Finland, Sept. 2B. An unsuccessful attempt waa made at 1 o'clock this morning to blow up the police reserve barracks . here. One reserve man was slightly Injured and the windows of the barracks and of tbe adjacent guards bar racks and other buildings were shattered. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the outrage. POLITICS AT ' HONOLULU Democrats Endorse Bryaa aad Horns Rale Party Approves Booit. I velt and Carter. HONOLULU, Sept. 16 The democratic territorial convention in its platform de clares that William J. Bryan Is the acknowledged Jesder of the party. After expressing approval of the Roose velt administration, the home rulers en dorse George R. Carter, the present In umbeat, for governor. Anetro-Hona-artaa Diplomat Retires. VIENNA, Sept. 3. Marquis Pallavlclnl. Austro-Hungarlan minister at Bucharest, will succeed Baron von Callc as ambas sador of Austro-Hungary at Constanti nople, who at - bis own request Is retired from tha diplomatic sarvtoe. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Wednesday aad Cooler la East rortloa. Thursday Pair. Temperatnre at Omaha Yesterd onr. nesr. Honr. sy t Dev. Hoar. A n. a, T a, ft a. m I2 i p. . at . ett . ft4 . 4 . HI . SS . T . Ttl . TO 2 2 o T.1 T.n re a p. p. 4 p. K p. P. T P. ft P. P. ft a. m ..... . lO a. m It a. m 18 as PRICE OF COAL IS TOO HIGH Salt Lake City Coasomera Pay SAJIS for Coal that Can Be Mined at Proflt for SI. SALT LAKE CITY. Sept. 2&.-That the railroads are to blamo for the high price and periodical shortage of coal In Salt Lake City was the conclusion to be drawn from the testimony presented before Com missioner Charles A. Prouty of the Inter state Commerce commission todsy. At the close of the hearing the commissioner ststed that the Inquiry stood adjourned until Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, when the Investigation would be resumed In Denver. Mark Hopklrux who operated two coal mines at Cumberland, Wyo., was aworn aa an expert today. He (.aid that coal could be placed In cars at Wyoming and I'tah mines for tl a ton and allow a reasonable profit. The present price on board cars Is S2 a ton. Salt Lake City dealers pay 13 75 for the coal laid down and the consumer pays S5.25 a ton. P. J. Quealy, manager of the Kemmerer (Wyo.) Coal company, and Thomaa Sned don, superintendent of the Dlamondvllle mines, admitted that their output could be Increased to prevent the annual winter shortage, but said that the railroads1 did not furnish cars to carry a larger product. An attempt was made to show that the Union Pacific carries supplies for Its mint-s at a lom-er rate than that quoted to Inde pendent operators, but this was not sub stantiated by direct testimony. MARINES DESERT FOR WORK Officers at San Franelseo laabla to Keep Sea Soldiers In Lino. WASHINGTON, Sept! 2.-Marlnes have been deserting the barracks on Mar Is land, Cal., at a rate which has made it necessary for Brigadier General G. F. El liott, commanding the marine corps, to de tail a second lieutenant snd several ex perienced enlisted men as a aquad whose sole duty It is to search 8a n Francisco for deserters from the marine corps. So great has been the demand for labor ers In San Francisco that representatives of labor agencies have been visiting Mare Island and urging the marines to desert the service and engage In work at Ban Francisco, where able-bodied men are paid as high as U a day for wheeling brick and mortar and doing other work necessary to clear the city of debris. Appeals by the marine corps to the San Francisco police were futile. Tha police tnent refused to arrest marines who de serted the service and engaged In Wrk In San Franelseo. Finally the StuatiSn be came so desperate that the commandant at Mare Island appealed Mo General Elliott for assistance, and he authorised the crea tion of the squad which la patroltng the city and picking tip marine deserters. RED CROSS MEETING DELAYED Absence of Toft and Baeon Caaaes Meeting; to Be Postponed m Week. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. Because of the absence of Secretary of War Taft and Rob ert Bacon, assistant, secretary of state, the meeting of the executive committee of the Red Cross, called for today, was postponed until October 1. It Is the purpose of tha committee to decide as soon as possible what disposition shall be made cf the $2,500,000 San Francisco relief funds still held In Washington. As winter Is ap proaching, the Red Cross executive com mittee feels that It should be Instrumental in providing homes for earthquake suf ferers who are living temporarily in tents and have no means of obtaining better shelter. The Red Cross officers ha-'e advised the relief committee that the delay In the meeting of the cxeou.ive committoe will In no way prevent ire relief of persons who are In need of food and other neces sities, as the Red Cro.is treasurer has been instructed to supply the California committee with mon-y necessary to meet the urgent demands f refuers. TRADE IN FARM PRODUCTS Imports Exceed Average, bat gales Still Far ia Excess of WASHINGTON. D. C. Sept. 2B.-A1-though the Imports of farm products were larger In 1905 than any year since 1890. says a report of the Department of Agriculture on exports of farm and forest products, tbe value of the exports exceeded that of the Imports by more than one-half and there was a balance of trade of 5,000,000 in favor of the farm products. The re port adds: During the laat sixteen years the bal snce of trade for all products was $6 0S2 . 000,000, while the balance of trade for farm products was 6, (35,000,000. In 1905 the bal ance of trade In favor of farm products was the lowest since 189, due to a fulling off In the grain trade and to the Increase in the quantities and In the average Import price of certain articles imported In large amounts, as sugar, wool, hides and skins and cofle. BRYAN REACHES TENNESSEE Mrs. Bryaa Leaves Party at Memphis ad Will Retara to V Llaoola. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Sept. a. William J. Bryan, accompanied by Mrs. Bryan, ar rived here early today from New Orleans. The visitors were met at the station by a reception committee and were escorted to a hotel for a tew hours rest. Despite a downpour of rain, a large crowd greeted Mr. Bryan. It had been planned to have Mr. Bryan deliver an address at the base ball park, but owing to the Inclement weather, the Lyceum theater was used for this purpose. Mra. Bryan will leave her husband here ar.d go direct to Lincoln. Neb. Mr. Bryan will leave tonight for Little Rock and Oklahoma. At 10 o'clock Mr. Bryan was escorted to the theater by the committee. Medleal school Dedicated. BOSTON. Sept. S. The magnificent new buildings of the Harvard Medical school were dedicated here today. This group of beautiful white msrble buildings Is the Isrgest single addition to the resources of Harvard la the history of the university. TAFT GIVES UP HOPE Preparation! Beinr Unit it Snih Troopa to Cuba. WARSHIPS AND MARINES ENROUTE All Flana Parfaotad for Aotira Occupation f tha bland. ALMA FORCES HAND OF AMERICANS Hat Refnial to Aooept Tarmi Proffered lj Libarala. CONGRESS CALLED TO MEET FRIDAY Session Is to Consider Resignation ot Pa I ma and Capote, bat Moderates Will Remain Away aad Break tionn. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. !5.-(Speclal Tele gram.) American Intervention ' in ' Cuba seems seems but a question of days. Secre ts ry of War Tsft has given up hop of peace In the Island and there seems to be nothing to do but for the t'nlted States to Intervene peaceably In the island, by setting up an American protectorate snd should bloodshed come, take possession of the Island as Its own. Activity In War and Navy departments today seem to Justify the prediction thst troops will be landing on Cuban soil within the next seventy-two hours; Hurry orders have been sent to the battleships Indiana and Kentucky, now at Provlncetown, to report Immediately to the commanding oflloer In Cuban waters with full complement of sailors and marine aboard. The Prairie, now at Boston.' has orders to take on AQ0 marines and sail at once for Havana. The Brooklyn, at League Island navy yard and the Texas at Nor-' folk, has been ordered to take on board all available marines In those two sections of the east and sail as soon aa their comple ment Is complete, for Cuban waters. The Columbia, which la now bringing home Secretary Root, has orders to stoo st Hampton Roads, where the secretary will leave th vessel and board the Sylph, which Is to bring Mr. Root to Washington. Should he arrive on schedule time Secretary Root will reach Washington next Monday after noon. In ample time to participate In the crthlnet meeting whlrh. It la understood, haa been called for Monday night. Cabinet Connrll Monday. The president will leave Oyster Bay arly Monday morning, October 1, arriving In Washington that afternoon and according to reports every member of the cabinet wilt meet him about the cabinet table on Monday evening, to discuss Cuban situa tion. It la reported tonight that the Morgan line of etearaers, plying between New York and New Orleans, have been Impressed aa transports on part of the government and ordered to rendeivoua at Newport News, to take the firat xpedltlonary fore of tha army, to Cuba. This fore will constat ot probaoiys.ow roon, man n iriti cavalry. Infantry and light artillery, heavy artillery .ot , being deemed necessary at thla time for purpoaea which the president contemplates of making a peaceful ahow or force in" order to bring the Cubana to right senses. Second Expedition Forming. While peaceful Intervention la suggested, troops go prepared for stern campaign, and while they are moving to several aeo tlons of Cuba most In revolt against th dominant government, a second expedition ary force Is already In process ot forma tion of larger numbers, with' greater cali ber guns. Brigadier General Funston will have command of the first forces of th army to land In Cuba. The chiefs of th provisional brigade have been tentatively selected, subject to the approval of Secre tary ot War Taft, who Is now attempting to bring peace to the island, but who aeua little hope for hla mediation. Bhould a second expeditionary force be required, it was stated at the War depart ment today, that 26,000 men ar under or ders to hold themselves in readiness for Immediate service In Cuba, and that In all probability Brigadier General J. Franklin Bell, chief of stsfT, would take the field, supplanting General Funston. wbo would then become hla assistant In th work of pacifying Cuba. . By orders given today through General Elliott, commandant of the marine corp. 2.500 marines will be en route to Cuba by Saturday night. . . Newport Newa has been selected as the rendesvous for the provisional brigade for Cuban servleie. In order to avoid the con gested situation at Tampa, the Spanish American war having demonstrated that a one-track railroad la no good for expedi tious movement of troops. - PALM A UOVBHNMEKT RESIGXt Proffered Terms Refnsed aad Amer icans Forced to Intervene. HAVANA, Sept. 25. The Cuban republic tonight stands on the verge of a second period of American Intervention. The mod erate party, which six weeks ago was In absolute control ot every office In the island, national, provincial and municipal, la to night determined to abdicate everything and compel the t'nlted States to Intervene, In fact every government official . front President Palma down ia sincerely anxloua to force such Intervention rather .than yield to any one of tha terms offered by the liberal party and those in arms against tbe government. The liberal leaders chacaterlxe tha con duct of the government as treason to th republic while Secretary of War Taft re gards It aa an unwarranted and dishonor able attempt to force the hand of th United States Into Intervention. This, It has been stated, la precisely what th Roosevelt administration has been most anxious to avoid. It is still Just barely possible that President Roosevelt, througli Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of Suite Bacon', may yet arrange to establish the liberals In control of the Cuban gov ernment, but t,lils la regarded bnly aa tha remotest sort of possibility. With either party Installed In power there would still remain a condition ot deplorable dissatis faction and unrest and tonight there ap pears nothing whatever to promise relief rave full control by the I'nlted States. Acting Secretary of the Interior Montalvo declared this evening that lie would never turn the army over to th liberals under any circumstances, but all government offi cials units In saying that If the rebels In the field or any portion of them resUH American control the Cuban army would co-operate with the I'nlted States In every nay possible. The real feeling at the palace is one of relief In 'the prospect that the adversaries of the government will not win, combined wltb the satisfaction thst tha United States will ba obliged t take i i
