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The Omaha Daily Bee J ' ; 1 - 7 . VOL. XXXVI-NO. 90. OMA1IA, MONDAY MORNING, -.OCTOBER, 1, 1906. SINGLE COPV THREE CENTS. 7 ARMY ON THE MOVE Mobilisation sf Tint Etpaditiot to Cub Em Beenn. FIRST TROOPS SAIL THIS EVENING Army Transport nmnr Will Lest Haw Tor with 900 Men. OLPARTMENT 13 ON A WAR BASIS Tint Sunday Work by Offioitla d Clerki Sinoa Spanish Amaricga Waf. ALL IS REPORTED QUIET N CUBA i . .-'. In sar seats Are Preparing Lay Dwt Anas, and Call Troop ' is Preeaetleaary HNn ' S Only. WASHINGTON Sept. 1 10. American troopa arc moving toward Cabv Mobili sation of th forcaa will b at Newport New. Vs.. for tha moat part, although a part of the first expedite' y force to Cuba will be aent frorg fr -ork and Tampa, Fl. Advice re . ''s, th de partments ef the military , v anient pf tha government today K, v hat all la quirt In Cuba, and thy -surgents Intend to lay down th Tha probability la that United forces In tha island will bo landed as a precautionary measure. So '"r nfflriKia nf the nvfrnmut here are aa. vised, no trouble of a 'serious kind 1Y anticipated, but In accordance with In atructlons from President Roosevelt hur ried preparations ara being made for the sending of an expeditionary force of the army to Cuba. ' First Troop for Havana. Tha flrst American troops will be landed at Havana next Saturday. Meantime, the marines and bluejackets from the Ameri can fleet in Clibsn water will protect American Interests and support Secretary Taft. the provisional governor of Cuba In the preservation of order and the pro tection of life and property. In official circles here. American Inter vention was regarded aa Inevitable. How " long It may continue. 1t Is impossible to foretell. The nature of tha Intervention and the preparatlona for It . indicate a supervision of Cuban a flairs on the part of the American government, for an m- definite nerlod. Arrangements have bfcert concluded not only for tho flr-t expedi tionary force to Cuba of 5,00 men, but for a second force of equal numbers. No orders for the mobilisation of the aecond force, of course, have been Issued, but If the men ara needed all arrangements have been completed for hurrying them to Cuba at the earliest possible moment. Whether more troopa than ara Included In tha first expedition will be sent to Cuba will depend upon tha developments In tho ' island during the next ten days. f . Departments oa War Baals. ' It la certain, however, that a sufficient . fore of" American troops will be main tained In Cub to support tha provisional " government and to insure security 1 lo . life- and property', vor.dhig the -establish. ,jint of . a stable government by tha USE OF WIRELESS MESSAGES Areata of Thlrty-ene Nation to Make ' Rales OsTersIs Hew System. BERLIN. Sept. 30 Delegates represent ing thirty-one government will assemble here on October 3. by Invitation of the air man government, with the object of reach ing a eonirron agreement for an exchange of messages between the ur of vsrloui wireless telegraph systems and to deflna the bass on which private wireless tele graph companies may operata with tha con sent of governments. The conference Is , a result of the Marconi company having refusod to allow its stations to do busi ness with persons using other than Mar coni apparatus. 'This controversy began Soon after the Marconi company In 1901 set up stations for public telegraph purposes. The refusal of these stations to tnke ms aages sent "in by the Blaby-Arcoe (Owminl apparatus brought shout the International wireless telegraph conference, also by Invi tation of Oermany In 1903. Eight govern ments took part: The Cnited Btates, Ger many, Great Britain, France. Bps in. Italy and Austria-Hungary. The delegates of six governments' agreed In the flnal pro tocol to a series of recommendations that looked toward the co-operation of all users of wireless telegraphs. The delegates of Great Britain and Italy, because their gov ernments 'had contract with the Marconi company, did not sign the recommenda tlona " Little has come of these recommenda tions. The Marconi company has contin ued to set Up stations and to refuse the messages of rival systems. The most lm Sortant act In the controversy In the Inter t, was that of the Cnited Btates govera- ln 1904 In directing the Marconi com- to remove the apparatus from the lip Nantucket, Germany will pro- to the conference than an International bureau shall be established for wireless telegraphing; that each wlreles station must be connected with the ordinary tele graphs by special lines; that the conditions under which wireless stations shall work with companies Aj s do not subscribe to the conclusions1 of rtuf-rf-onferencr shall be laid down by the conference, that govern ments who do not adhere to the convention may do so later; and that, when contro versies arise over the interpretation or ap plication of the system they shall be sutt mltted to arbitration. HUNDRED AND TWENTY DEAD Later BtporU of Lsn af Lift in Vicinity of Mobile. ' DAMAGE IS ABOUT EIGHT MILLIONS 1 Wlr Service Being Slowly Restored, bat It Will Be Days Before Tralaa Ara Raaalng Regnlnr. SUITS " AGAINST . RAILROADS Attorney UeaernI girder rreeecatlea f Lead lag LlnJs for Violating Safety AppJlaaee Aet. ii pfie to LAND FOR RUSSIAN PEASANTS nistrlbatloa by Local Agrariaa Com nsissiona la Slated, to Begin " v . at Out. LOU1SVILLK, Ky.. Sept. .-Th flret newa by telegraph out of the stricken city of Mobil was received In Louisville t 3 o'clock thl (Sunday) morning, tha Courier Journal, whose correspondent sent dis patch In a roundabout way. from an Im provised office In the swamps Just on the edge of the city.- The Information Is given in the dispatch that the loss of life In Mobile and vicinity from the great storm of Thursday will probably reach 130. al though the death list In the city ft self will not be large. The greatest number of lives lost, according to the dispatch. Is at a place known as San Soucl Beach, a sum mer resort near Mobile, where thirty-nine bodies are reported to have been found. The property loss In Mobile and along Mobile Bay will probably approximate 18.000,000. The people living on Dauphin island are suffering for food and they hav only tha clothe they are wearing. Nearly all the bouses of the fishermen were swept away. The dlxpatch further says: "As the dead come ashore on the south beach below here, they re being buried. The Louisville Nashville railroad will not be able to resume train service for several days and the other railroads are Khandlcapped by washouts and the loss of telegraph wires which prevent the handling of trains with any degree of promptness. Gulfport is damaged to a small extent and there Is no Ions of life there as far as has been heard of her. Many Interior point yet remain to b heard from." At the general manager's office of th Louisville Nashville road in Louisville, It was stated today that they have tele graphlo communication within a short dis tance of Mobile, but that th tracks are still unfit for use. It could not be stated definitelyWhen train service would be re sumed. The Western Union at noon today was working one wire from Atlanta Into Mobile by way of Montgomery and this circuit Is being utilised to order men and equipment from every direction to Mobile to repair the Wast damage done. Splendid ladex of the Advaae Omaha Haa Made Wlthla a Vear Afforded br the Great Isaae. MANY TONS OF WHITE PAPER Soma Interfiling FacU About tha Bi Ak-Sar-Fan Somber. WASHINGTON. Sept. .-Attorney Gen- J u T11P orP eral Moodr haa directed that suits 1!" u mlLniftL UHU Dl intott brought sgalnat a large number of rail road companlea to recover petile tor violation of the safety appliance law through failure to keep thelf equipment In proper condition. The .largest number of violations attributed to any road la fifty one against the Delaware ft Hudson com pany.' The total number of violations Is 181. The defendant and the districts In which suit are brought Include: Chicago Alton Railway company. Southern district of Illinois; Chicago ft Nnrthwsstern Hallway company, district of Nebraska Colorado Southern Hallway company, district of . Colorado; Chicago, Great Western Hallway company, district of Kansas; Clnclnnsti, 1 Hamilton Dayton Railway company. Southern ; district of Illinois; Chtcsgo, Milwaukee tit. Paul Ratlwav eompanv, dimrK't of South Da kota; Chicago. Milwaukee St. Paul Rail way company. Northern district of Iowa; Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Railway company, district off Kansas; Chicago, Rock Island ft Paclfid Railway compsny. district of Colorado; Cjcvelsnd. Cincinnati, Chicago - ft St. Louis - Hallway company, Northern district of Illinois; Denver ft Rio Grande Railway cemjumy. district f Colo rado; Fort Worth ft I'ver City Railway company. Northern district of Texas; In ternational ft Great Northern Railroad com pany. Western district ef Texas; Kansas t'liy Southern Railway 'oumpany, district of Kansas; Missouri Pacific Railway company. Western district of Missouri; Missouri Pa- clflo Railway company district of Kansas; Kio urande Southern t Railway company, district of Colorado; Sl Louis. Iron Moun tain and Southern Rallisy company. West. em district or Mlssoiirii Bt. I.ouis. iron Mountain ft Southern I Railway company, KaRtern district of Arkansas; St. Louis. Iron Mountain ft Southern Hallway com pany. Western district; pf Arkansas; Wa bash Railroad company. Southern district of Illinois; Wabash Railroad company, Eastern district of Missouri. i ( Cubans. Operation in- all department of th military establishment of th govrnmtnt today wer on a war basl. The autlng secretaries and chiefs of all bureaus wer at their desk nd every office was bum ming with activity. Scores of tiork. who hav not worked on Sunday alnce the Spanish war, wer on duty at th War and Navy department and at th headquar ter of marine corps. General Ainsworth, military aecretary. and General Bell, chief of staff of the army, worked throughout the day conclud ing arrangement for. th deprtur of the flrt expeditionary force to Cuba. Order for the movement of troops wer aent out laat night, but today scores of order were sent to. officer who are on leave to join their regiment. Transports Ar Ready. Gvuoral Humphrey, quartermaster gen eral, practically, closed arrangements today for th transport 'which are to convey the expedition to Cuba. The ships will b ,i a ready for tieparvurs wnuro m- nwi1 ' been mobilised at Newport News. If It should b necessary to send econd expe ditionary, force to Cub Immediately fol lowing the nrt. th War department ap prehends om difficulty on ccount of quarantine law of the various southern states. A transport returning to any southern tt from Cuba will hav to e- f'l main in uuarantin flv dy befor it can take on a cargo or irpopa tor uuoa. ism War department ha taken UP thl matter with the authoiitiea of tha southern atate In the hop of nanglng for a waiver of th flv day quarantine regulation.' Scctetary Taft. th head of th presi dent special mission to Cuba, has avail able nearly (.000 marines and blue jacket who could b landed on Cuban soil In a fsw hour tn case of emergency. Other marine ar eu rout to Cuba and will b available for emergency service in two or thrs day. It "will P full week befor th force of th army can be landed In Cuba. Th flrwt detail of troops will leave New Tork on Monday aboard the army transport Humncr. They will arrrve at Havana on ai.irdar afternoon next. It probably will b several days later before other troops of the first expeditionary force of the army will be able to reich Cuba. Where they will ' be landed Is yet undetermined. ' It 1 likely tbey will go to Havana, but Ihelr pre. tee destination will not be determined until practically the hour of the sailing of the transports. Presldeat Roosevelt's Order. Ho tliuc is bring lost In hurrying troop fa th point of mobilisation. Newport va. The order of Preaident Roose- ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 30,-The final step to set In action the machinery of the government's plan for the distribution of land to the peasantry was taken today by the publication of voluminous regula tion to the local agrarian commissions, to which the sale of ll.wn.OOO declatines of land in Buropean Russia will begin immediately. . These commissions, which r composed of delegates elected by the peasants, . th land owner and the sematvos and of representative of the government, act. as intermediaries In th valuation of the land . and the fixing of conditions of sale. , Tbey are, charged also with arrangement for emigration. The . aerrag in eastern Russia and on tha Siberian steppes . surrendered - by the emperor will b sold on easy terms. The price I less than. S3 fin acre and payment are spread over fifty year. With the constitutional democratic con gress only; on week away and the form ation of a formidable new party 'on Count Heyden' platform, pesoeful regeneration seems assured. Th political campaign 1 becoming animated.' Th ban upon th meetings of th constitutional democrat In St. Petersburg and Moscow has been removed and the assemblies have been sanctioned subject to the restrictions of ex-Premier Wltte" temporary law. En couraged by this concexaton. the con stitutional , democrat contemplate trans ferring their congress of October from Hclslngfors to St. Petersburg, but they will adhere to the arrangements made to meet In the Finnish capital unless they sre definitely assured of noninterference, as they are In wholesome fear of the reg ulations of "re-enforced security." It Is expected that about 4X delegate will at tend the congress. The appeal for mitigation of the death sentence pussed upon the assassin of General Koilov. who wa killed In Peter hof park last July, haa been Joined by the general s widow. After fruitless Interces sion with the commander of the St, Pe tersburg garrison. Mm. Koilov haa tele graphed the empress asking that no fur ther blood h spilled upon th tomb of hr husband. f MILITARY SCANDAL IN RUSSIA Colonel of Eaglaoer Charged with Selling Plaas of Portress to ST. PETERSBURG, Sept, S0.-There 1 good reason tonight to anticipate th dis closure of a grave military scandal, a colonel of engineer having been arrested for alleged connection with tho al of plan of an Important frontier fortress to tho agents of a foreign power, Th news papers today declare that th minister of the Interior has Instructed the provincial governor to make special arrangements for tho protection of foreign, consuls In an ticipation of a recrudescence of the law- lessuess of last winter. A private dispatch received here from Tokln says the minister of marine had asked the Japanese parliament for an ap propriation of H36.0OO.nnil, to be distributed over a period of srvon years, for the con struction and repair of wurshlpa and th building of a new dockyard. , fasat le Caatellaae Eloeted. PARIS Sept. SO. Count Bonl de Castel lans lins been ekcted an anti-ministerial member of the Chamber of Deputies f'om I vslt. received at lft:6o o'clock laat night j lh. Aln. b ! 5Sl V,M .Mi.. . at th V.ar acpannwm imparamn. hy ,,, irs opponent combined. It text was as follows: ! Count Bonl was unseated after his last Arrange for MM .troop, to .tart for Cuba I rl6Cllon rom lMm nllItr)ct oh of as soon as posslol. I This telegram waa received in answer to otic ant to tl.e president ysterday morn ing by the, war officials, following the meow use from Secretary Taft. Immediately corruption. Mexleo Pars Rallwar swbsldf-. KAN8A8 CITT, Mo.. Sent. Sa-A tele s-ram from the City of Mexico to A. K. ,p, rw.p ; resident of the KsnsssCity. ,r.m. were aoni to in. iroon- -r.ee,.,, or - railroad, was received at Cuban .orvlce to mova at once. By mid- ae. of ,h, company her. yesterday night lt J1 oOe" to the troop had been 1 J"mw D j Ha(r attorne. for tn, despatched nd advlct received today riBUalng that he had collected H.tuO.eoo sub th military secretary. General Ainsworth, . -dy frotn the Mexican government. The Indicate thst Hi order are being carried .' ,uuidy Is the second of a simlWr amount Into effeot. ., ! received by the company. It Is for the Wl.t Arris Taesday. j construction of the eccnd W0 kilometer. . t ih. vv-r of th western section or the Orient road A oispaiiH . :, ,K a,.Pr. Msdr mountains h-i, Minacas and Topolobampo. (asaaltr List Increasing, MOBILE, Ala.. Sept. 30 (via Meridian, Mies.) The number Of casualties In the great storm of last Wednesday la slowly increasing as messages are received from place, which have heretofore been inacce. slble. The total last night of the known dead was seventy-five. This number was brought up . to . a certainty of seventy nine and possibly of 102, by the reports which reached Mobile during the night and early today. Four bodies not before counted hav been found at Coden and it 1 esti mated that twenty-three lives have been lost from th oyster fleet around Cedar Point. Thl last estimate Is not known to be accurate and Is probably somewhat ex aggerated for the' reason (hat it Included among th dead every man Aboard a Ashing boat that has not been beard of. sine, tho storm. It Is known that some of the boat on which these men were, hav been driven ashore and It Is entirely possible that some of the crews managed to reach the shore. It doe not seem likely at present that the death roll will amount In thl vicinity to more than 126. . Order Oat of Chaos. Mobil itself is rapidly emerging from th confusion caused by the storm. Large gang, of men were kept working all day Sunday In clearing the streets of debris, three of the street car line have com menced to run for the first time sine Wednesday, the confusion at the dock, is rapidly being repaired and business will be at normal a soon as the railroads ar able to run trains. ' - A yet th Loulavtll ft Naahvlll la dis abled atod is ths only road which I not able to maintain a schedule, and the time when that road will be open' for regular traffic Is conjectural. It will certainly b th best part of a fortnight before It will be running trains between Mobile and New Orleans. Th Southern and th Mobil ft Ohio ar running train befor th storm. Damage Aloag Coaot The altuatlon along th coast to th west of this city 1 now fairly well known. At Scranton, Miss., on church, th Odd Fellow hall and several building were blown down. At Paacagoula Beach, rot a residence 1 left standing, th river front at that point la completely torn up and the lighthouse there lias been de stroyed. Shipping at thl. point ha. been badly damaged. The revenue cutter Winona, for which much fear waa en tertalned, t. now known. to be safe. Th crew of the cutter rtweued th keeper of th Paacagoula lighthouse and hi family during the storm. Th keeper of th Horn island lighthouse, just outside of Scranton, lost his life. Th oaptaln of a tug which cam near th. houa at th commencement of tb storm, urgd him to leave, but he refused to abandon hi post and in a short time waa drowned. Tho entire end of th Island on which th lighthouse was situated 1. said to hav been carried away by the waves. At Blloxl, th damage ha been of a minor character to building. Every bath houa In the place 1 gone and th beau tiful driveway along the coast at Ibis point has been destroyed. Boats, which hav from tlms immemorial found refuge from all th storms that blew, by fleeing Into the back bay at Blloxi. wore granted no auch Immunity on Wednesday, as ih waves ran high and many of the boats that sought refuge there wer sunk and all of them wr badly damaged. At Pass Christian no lives were lost and th damage was slight. Th wrecking of a few house comprised the damage at Gulfport and no live were lost there. Five out of eight vessels at Ulilp Island at the tlm of the storm, were beached and two will be total wrecks. Many Vessels Ashore. Several vessels, th name of which ar unknown, arc ashor off Horn island.' and the small islands marking th passsg BIBLE NOT THEJVORD OF GOD Statement Made by Bishop William ef Mlehlgsa la Address to V. M. CVA. 2 DETROIT. Mich., j Sept. . 30. Bishop Charles D. William, of. the Episcopal dio cese of Michigan in aa address to Young Men's Christian association members here today on "Tho Bible and th Word of God," declared that the Bible . was not the word of God and that the teachings to th con trary ar Nth most priillfic source of un belief th church ha to contend with. Tb bishop said : . Nowhere does the Bible declare itself the word of God. Yet., we are told we must take it In Its entirety. . it is a venerable museum and visitors are requested not to touch it. As It is the direct word of God, there is no other. Take the young man Just out of college. H reads Genesis -and And Impossible geology, astronomy and etitnology. His teacher, when questioned, says: . "Manipu late It until It tits yous sciences." If too honest to handle the word of God craftily, the young man give np the Bible. He re fuses to stultify his reason. The Bible needs no defense; fell It needs Is a suuare deal. There sre those who read It devoutedly and diligently. But I never say the Bible is the word of God; I say the Bible and the word of God. TO tnose wno accept ,ne enure dook as the literal word of God I would point out that It Is nowhere so stated. Christ tore asunder the old testament precepts, the law of Moees, and furnished new one. Where- the-old testament -directed men to hat their enemies, the. V" rng. of Christ were to love your enemiNa.v - We must learn from the scriptures Itself how to read the scriptures. . Some of us use It aa a heathen - does hla fetish or amulet a wicked use of th book. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fair Monday. Temsierataro at Omaha Yesterday! Hoar. Hear. Hoar. Dear. It a. aa , - 1 p. aa A a. na...... 49 a. sa n T a. m 4. n p. m O.t la. sn 4t 4 p. sa M a. as BX II p. n T to a. sa ft t p. aa...... 3 11 a. sa W T p. m M la sa no a p. na AO p. sa ...... BT PRESIDENT AT OYSTER BAY STEAMER SINKS IN LAKE ERIE City of Coaoord Gov Down Off Haroa, Ohio, aad Three of It Crew Are Drowned. CLEVELAND. O.. Sept. SO. The . old wooden steamer City of Concord, having three barge in tow. went down Saturday night In the storm on , Lake Erie, oft Huron, O. Three of the crew of twelv were drowned. The other nine, after a terrible - experience In their yawl boat, landed at Cedar Point at 2 o'clock thia morning and walked Into Huron - seven hours later In an exhausted condition. . The City of Concord was built thirty- eight years ago, but notwithstanding its age, its captain, Charles McEcheran of Buffalo, put out of this harbor In the face of the high wind Saturday night, with three barge In tow. For several hours It was able to proceed only a few mile, from port. In spite of the increas ing storm 11 mad no effort to return to thl harbor, but - late In the afternoon teamed eastward. That was th last seen of the vessel until the new. of the sinking reached here today. Nothing definite ha. been received as to the fat of the barge and it I feared that some of them have gone down. PENSION ROj DECREASES Net Loss for the Year Ending' Jane SO, 190A, is' Over Twelve -Tboasaad. , i WASHINGTON. Kept. 30. rh net de creas In the pension roll of th United State for th fiscal year ending Jun to crease ever known In th history of th laat, amounted to 12,470. the largest da country. The fact ar brought out in th annual report of Commlanoner of Pensions Warner, which has just ' been completed. In the report th commis sioner expresses the opinion that theie will be a still more marked ducreoie dur ing the present year. During the year there were added to th roll JS.6(i new pensioner and 1.405 rt etoratlona and renewals, making a total addition of S4..74. The total number of pensioners on th roll during the year waa l,nS3,415. The number of pensioner dropped from the roll during th year pas 47,444, leaving the number of pensioners June 10, 10, II,T1. Th Bee', big Ak-Sar-Uen number, while Interesting demonstrating In a most forcible manner the forward stride Omaha ha taken in th laat twelve months, brings out some surprising facta Incident to the making of a great newspaper aa to the amount of material and labor which enter Into It makeup. Incidentally- It prove, beyond question that the business men of Omaha regard The Bee not alone a newspaper of the highest standard, but an advertising medium without an equal. Assuming It possible for one man to comprehend and intelligently discuss the hundreds of different phase and stories which make np the new. column, "of The Bee'. Ak-Sar-Ben number, writing con tinuously day and night, without Inter mission for oieep or meals, at an average peed of forty words each minute, it would take him over eighty-seven day to put the copy on paper. Had he worked but eight hours per day It would have been necessary for him to have started the work I eight months ago In order to complete his copy in time for this edition., Borne Mechanical Facts. With the Improved linotype machines in use In The Bee's composing room It would have required a fairly rapid operator, work ing eight hours per day, over eighty-four days, or nearly three month, to sew the news matter alone. It took 861 hour to set the display adver tising for this number. Had this work been performed by one man working eight hours per day, it would have taken him alxty-nlne days to do th work. When it la remem bered that all of this work was done In less than two weeks, and without Inter rupting the publication of the paper dally, a fairly comprehensive Idea is conveyed of the number of men required to get out a paper of this sice. After the matter Is net and proof, read the type 1. locked In a form and aent to the stereotype department. Her a papier mache matrix I made and from this matrix plate, are cast, each weighing approxi mately twenty-five pounds. An average of two plate are coat for each page. Aa there were seventy-two pages lh this num. ber, not including the four page, in color, it Is easy to see that nearly four thousand pounds of stereotype metal was required for this Issue. Tho width of The Bee as you open it. showing two pages, is thirty-five Inches. If all the pages of the Ak-Sar-Ben edition were laid side by side in a continuous line they would cover a distance of 671 miles or would make a streamer two feet wide reaching from Omaha to Chicago and have over 170 miles to spar. You hav often seen heavy truck, haul ing itnmens roll of paper to The Bee building. These rolls of paper are seventy Inches long and thirty-five Inches In diame ter. -If, all tha roll of paper used In th AX-Sar-Befl edition wer set" on end," One above the other, they would, reach a height equivalent to the combined height of the post office' and The Bee building, or they would make two Immense pillar nearly three feet In diameter a high aa The Be building. Over 300 pound, ef black ink wa. required for thl number and over 84,000 pound, of paper. , Advertising Statistic, f Over 1,000 Inohe of 'space was required for the total advertising. If laid column upon column they would make a conttnuoua band of metal two and one-half tnche wide extending the length of nearly two blocks. Perhaps no better illustration can be found than a comparison of The Be' Ak-Sar-Ben number of 1908 with that of 1905. The total amount of display advertising printed October 1. 1905, waa 8.43 Inches September JO, 1906, The Bee published 6.528 Inches, being a gain of over 2,000 inches, In 1905 The Bee'o Ak-Sar-Ben number con tained but forty-eight pages; in 1906 it re quired close figuring to keep th number of page down to seventy-six. - The edition was divided Into eight part requiring a large fore of mailer, and carrier, to properly assemble, and over 300 carrier and assistants for it delivery in the city of Omaha alone. It I a matter of pride on th part of Th Bee to know that the paper wa delivered on regular time, and fewer complaint were received than on ordinary editlona. The number or advertiser, and th amount of space used by each show a material Increase over the edition of twelve months ago. Tb 1905 Ak-Sar-Ben number contained but four full page advertisements against seven full page this year, and only flv half-page advertisement against nineteen thl. year. It la alao worthy of not that this edition contained the largest amount of space vr used In a atngi paper by an Omaha advertiser, th large department store of Bennett using- almost three full page. Showing tb Growth. Th growth of Omaha' department stores Exeeotlre Retara from Visit to Fleet aad Prepare to Leave for Washington. OYSTER BAY, 8ept. 10. President Roosevelt returned to Oyster Bay on th Mayflower at 10:30 a. m. today. He had been afloat forty-eight hour, and had wit nessed the target practice of the North Atlantic fleet off Cape Cod. It Is understood that the Cubn situation Influenced th president to hasten his re turn. Assistant Secretary Latta went at once to Sagamore Hill .with lengthy ca ble from Havana. He remained with the president throughout ths day, and tonight announced that the president had no state ment to make on the situation and that nothing In the dispatches received could be made public The work of tha "summer capltol" came to an end : tonight. The executive force. with the office paraphernalia will go to Washington tdmorrow with the president Two car hav also been loaded with the president' horse and auch household ef fects as are needed In Washington and will reach the capltol tomorrow. The occasion of the president's partici pation in the target practice of the fleet was the only time he had been away from Sagamore Hill since his arrival here July 1. The usual leave taking ceremonies. In which the school children of Oyster Bay have1 heretofore participated, are to be omitted this year. ' The preaident haa met hi neighbor on several occasion during th summer, and It was his wish that no special notice be taken of hla departure. The station will be roped oft and the offi cial goodbye for the village will be sold by a committee of cltlxen., 10, FOR ROYAL CITY Ona Crj RotobertUi Tlrooehont lioedorn ofQuirart Tbli Day. ALL ROADS LEAD TO IMPERIAL OMAHA BnnaNBaab hooigndj af Loyal tnbjaoti Hasten to Put Homtca to King. CARNIVAL GROUNDS ARE FORUM OF FUN Airship Will Obgi iniooito South Omaha lhit Afternoon, lujba. ONLY WEATHER Man WtLSH CAN PREVENT Twelfth Relga ot Ak-ar-Ba Will Led Gradaally Through Oread gerle I'p to Cratln Friday Night. ' Weather: Fair ana slightly warmer. Al- iracuuna: Street fair at carnival ground. "46 Minutes from Rroanviv" with Fav TemWrlun at th Boyd. regay rrom fans, 1 at tn Hrug. "Turned Up," at the bur wood. Vauaevill at the Orpheum. Tuesdsy afternoon, inaustrial parade. Weanexday maht. Electrical naaeant and adveni ul King A K -Bar-Ben XII. inursday atiernoon, Flower parade. Friday nlgnt, coronation ball at Audi- SECRETARY JUJOT RETURNS Head of State Department Back la Washington After Soath Amer ican Trip. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Th United State naval vessel Sylph, with Secretary Root, aboard, arrived in Washington today Accompanying Mr. Root was Mr. Root and hi son and daughter. The secretary waa met at the navy yard wharf upon the arrival there of the 8ylph by Assistant Secretaries Ao.ee and Wilson, Mr. Denby, chief clerk, and Mr. Baboo ck, his private secretary. Mr. Root and hla family drove lmrae dlately to their home on Sixteenth street. where Mr. Adee, who ha been acting sec retary of state in the absence of Mr. Root, and Mr. Bacon called later. Mr. Root de clined tonight to give out any interview, Tomorrow he will resume hi duties at th Btate - department and assume actlv charge. .. . , ' ,i. The cruiser Columbia, which arrived laat night from Cartagena with Secretary Root and party on board, came up to Hampton Road today and Will go to Newport New for cosl - It Is stated that th Columbia will carry several , hundred troop, from Newport News to Cuba. JUDGE ROASTS ROCK ISLAND Railway Ordered to Balld a safe aad Substantial Bridge Across t'taaarren River.' KINGFISHER. Ok!.. Sept. 30. Judge C. F. Irwin of the district court here, yes terday sustained the proceedings brought WILL RESUME PEAVEY HEARING Commissioners Knapp, Clark aad Harlaa to Hear More Evidence la Chicago. CHICAGO. Sept. 30. Chairman Martin A. Knapp, E. E. Clark and Jame 8. Har lan of the Interstate Commerce commit Ion arrived here and will tomorrow morning resume the taking of testimony In the Peavey elevator ca.e. The hearing will probably continue until Thursday. The case 1. an old one. It 1. based on the practice of the Cnion Pacific railroad In giving tha Peavey Elevator company 14 cent, for every 100 pounds of grain handled ' for the ' road In th company' elevator at Council Bluff and Kansas City. Tbi. 1 held to be a "rebate" inas much aa the grain thus handled belong to the grain company and would ordinarily be elevated free. The complainant ara the rival road in that territory, the Chi cago Great Western, the Chicago, Burling ton ft Qulncy, and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. torlum. Attendance Wednesday Thu.sday ., Friday Saturday ., i..... i Thl Year. Last Year. 3.663 3,i"7 5,196 6.483 , 6.740 6.M.1 .17.796 .4lil payment today from Brigadier General Theodore J- Wlnt. commanding the depart ment of the Missouri, that be would arrive bare Tuesdsy. . H will be In command of th trooy t Newport Kw a they mobilise there r,d will direct their em barkation for t Cuh-t. Two companies of ' (Ceatinued oa Pag.) Three Trainmen Killed. CARTHAGE. Mo.. Sept. S0.-Three train men were killed and their bodies Inciner ated in the wreck of two 'Frisco syelem freight trains, which collided tonight st ('horns! curve, a mile west if here. The wreck caught flr and several car a era de- between Dauphin Uland and the mainland J glnst the Rock isiana railroad by hav been destroyed. The beacon lights I County Attorney Bowman to compel the on this part of the coast are not greatly 1 road to put a substantial bridge acres damaged. The schooner Allc Graham of j the Cimarron river, to replace that de Mobile 1 known to hav been lost with stroyed by the recent flood, which caused Its crew of six men. Tbi boat ha been th disastrous wreck at that point Hep pursued by aa vU fat and besides hav- tember 13. Judge Irwin severely cen ing various mishaps from tlm to time. 1 ured th Rock Island for what b termed was wrecked in th great torm of 1533 It poor facilities on this division of th when sever! people wer lost from It. Th known dead at Dauphin Uland are Captain ' John Worten of th schooner Irene, Captain Robert Peter of th schooner , Louisa B., and Mitchell Plaell, mat of the same boat. Four bodies have been picked up In rhe water near Dauphin (Continued oa Second Pag.) road and slated that it was a matter of common knowledge that the company is very careless In regard to the safety of the traveling public. ' He ordered that the company begin at one the construction of a saf bridge and gav th road until November 5 to report It progress on th permanent tructur. a told In Th Bee' advertising columns is interesting. The following table show the amount of space in inches used each ye 1906. Bennett 11 Inches 420 Inches Hrandeis 160 Inches 300 Inches Hayden 192 inches . 291 inches Five banks whose atatement. appear In each edition show a gain In deposits over 1905 of nearly 33,000.000. The growth of Omaha la reflected in the column, of The Bee, her representative newspaper. Omaha will continue to grow. Th enthusiasm and loyalty of her business men assure a conservative growth and The Omaha Bee. aa In tb past, will b found I -1 u- In the leaf) blucln tk. . . u -n V a m ... - -" LI, tu greater prosperity. BRYAN ON CUBAN SITUATION Hebraakaa Say Insurrection la Ks EtUscs of Incapability ef Self-Coverasseat. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Sept. 30 William J. Bryan. In closing his speech lat last night In Convention hll her, said .of th Cuban situation: "Soma people My that because there waa an Insurrection in Cuba It is evident that the Cuban ar not capable of self, government. Forty year ago w had a war In this country. Because of that war no democrat or republican will 'say we ar Incapable of lf-govrnmnt. There Is no reason for saying a Cuban Insurrection mean that Cuba I not capa ble f elf-govrnmnt." Mr. Bryan had arrived In Kansas city over three hour let and Ii did not finish hla pch till elos I midnight. GENERAL T. HHARRIS DEAD Officer Who Silenced Ijtat Battery Lee Placed In Position Die at Advanced Age. PARKERSBURO, W. V., Sept. 30-General Thomas Halay ' larrln, aged 93. brigadier general In the union army during the re bellion, and brevet major general, died at his borne at Harrisvllle today. With hi regiment be served with General Franx Slgel and subsequently as a brigade and division commander under Sheridan In the valley, and Anally wa transferred with hi division to Grant' army in front of Richmond. At Appomattox he wa directly In front of Lee', advance tin and on him It devolved to silence the laat battery that General Lee ever placed In position. After the assassination of Lincoln he was j ordered to Washington and detailed aa a member of the military commission that tried the conspirators under arrest. Following th Invariant rule laid down by King Ak-Sar-Bn I. Sunday was ob served throughout th kingdom of Qulvera and especially wa. thl. true in th imperial city of Cibola, In which ar being car ried out the preliminaries to th coming of th king. All revelry was stopped; th gate to the carnival city wer closed; th Joyous thousand wbo had congregated to make merry in th bam of tb king, ' thronged the churches and paid homage tu On' mightier, or they wandered up and down the broad thoroughfare of th Im perial city and , marveled at th grat change wrought by the hand of man un der the prosperous rslgn of King Ak-8ar- . Ben XI. And well might they marvel. Never did. a ruler leave to hi successor a realm more prosperous. During no reign of the house of Ak-Sar-Ben haa there been such a material growth In the welfar of a people than under th present beloved monarch. In this, th chief city, un sightly plot of ground are covered with magnificent .truoturea; magnificent struc ture, bav been torn down to make room for atructure of greater magnificence and grandeur; a people prosperous and happy and ambitious from all over th realm for greater thing will welcome th new ruler and bid a farewell to th on about to go. ' Ansplelows Cendltloa for Advnt. It 1 under auch happy conditions as these tb imperial ' city awakens thin . morning- to begin anew tb merry-making in honor of th king. All Nebraska will participate. No part of. th immense kingdom will fail -to scml.!Tprtieetatlve. for all want to Join In th great pros perity promised by tb ruler of Quiver. Railroad hav pnt In reduced . rate, as , usual. And th crowd that cony'Vwill be well entertained. - If Tuesday afternoon tb industrial? pared will take place and merchant of th big city will afaow to th people of the west that which will interest them. Thursday kfternoon- come tha flower parade, and Wednesday night King Ak-Sar-Ben XII.. escorted by an Immense electrical pageant, will come himself to smile upon hi peo ple and to bless them. But these menAoned are only Incidents to tha pleasure In store. Fun will run riot. The town 1. wild for fun. Th peo ple are hollering for fun. It has been a year of hard work. Everything I let loose beginning thl morning. - The airship will go up every afternoon, if Mr. Welsh will be good, and If he de cides to Interfere It will go up twice when It doe go. The airship haa mad good In th presence of thousand, and it will do it every afternoon thl. 1 week In the prrseno or ten or inousana. After a day of rut Sunday th people and th animal and th thing which-go to make up th attractions In th carnival city ar In fine fettle and om grand and gloriou surprise In store. - Pari Roand I Coming. ' Word ha been received from Pari Rounds, th irrespresslble and only major general of police of Arcadia, that h will - be here Tuesday. Mr. Rounds hss a pair of bellow for lungs, Thl great fun maker ha sent word himself he will be Aero and will do tha carnival grounds, be ginning Tuesday night. II will bilng wltU him hla famoua basket of peanut and a bushel or two of money and hla fog-horn voice just to help things along. Ovr a dosen cattlemen bav registered at th Merchant and each will trad load of steers for fun this morning Just to get tnings started right. Major General ot Polic Round will tell th people on th carnival ground why h I , major gen eral of police Instead of Sn ordinary chief of police. Th story is worth coming nils to hear. It 1 being arranged now to hav all th candidate for office throughout th king dom appear In a place aet apart (or them, and every voter will be permitted to throw ' a mud ball at them. Each will be pledgwl to take off hi hat to King Ak-Sar-Ben without regard to platform or previous record and his pockets will be searched for passes. This event la liabl to be pulled , off without farther notice, so It will be necessary for overyon to keep his ys open if he wish to see It. VESSEL SINKS IN LAKE HURON ., . I The presence of Mark Woods of Lincoln - on the carnival grounds Saturday after- Goes Down In Sterna I rrmtr1 soma consternation amons a ' flaallar. Mich. lot of people who believed a movement wag PORT HURON. Mich., Sept. 30. An un-! on foot to reorganise th entlr kingdom identified steamer foundered with its en- ! nA lMue bond nd " thm to onia P tir crew in Lak Huron off Sanilac thla ' P n Wisconsin, but Mr. Woods wo Juat afternoon during the norti.west gale.- Th j taking a recreation snd getting In talking tragedy wa witnessed by the crew of th ' distance of the people in thl part ot th paaawnger steamer City of Mackinaw, which I world. He said he had been trying to mak . . . . , . I ...... rn-lth rvmahm for n lnnsr time arrived i arior own ioaj . jne aiacK- i " inaw was some distance away when the; Record-BreaViaat Crowds, steamer foundered and cruised about In th j Every Indication point to s rcord-brk-vlcinlty for some time in the hop of res- I Ing crowd during the week and when th cuing some of the crew, but In th dark- I Indications point that way, th crowd nes and storm no trac of them ct uld bo always com. Th hotels hav reserved found nor any clu to the Identity of the j more room thsn ever befor In th his tory or tne cny., in mcv raosi or insra ar full up. but room are plentiful out In th rlty and many of tha hotels have mAd ar rangements with rooming houses to rare for the overflow. No one-seed stay away because th hotel look full.' Rooms will be ' vessel. Movements of Oeeaa Vessels. Sept. SO. At Liverpool Arrived: Etruria, from Tork. At Southampton Arrived; New - York, fmm New York. At oueenstow n euiiiea : uampania, tor ; provided ana ror moa wno woum prerer i7..-k. i . . . - .. . . . . New York. At Dover Sallid : Kroonlund. for New York. At Movllle Sailed: Furnesf4. fr New York. Arrived: t'uledonla. from Nrw Yoik. At Philadelphia Arrived: Marion, frurs Liverpool not to los tlm from the mrrlinnt by going to bed. the streets will b kept free from confetti and on warm nights the as phalt is good and soft. Thl afternoon en th carnival grounds l.lrotck