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    Omaha Daily Bee
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VOL. XXXVI-NO. 114.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOKNINll, OCTOBER J9, 1P0G.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
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EVENTS OF TIIE WEEK
FroipacU of Vieortnt Coioptlcaiic la tba
EtiU af New York.
JARST APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT
Eight of Seventy Condidalee to Appear on
Ticket to Be Determined.
BRITISH SCHOOL TEACHERS CCM'.NG
Tive Hundred Ptdaeojnee Will atndy
Educational 1 ethode Here.
FEDERATION OF LABOR WILL MEET
t.rarral t'oawentloit, Which Opeae at
Minneapolis Friday for Twelve
nays' fteaelnn. Will Disease
Mur Important Sablert.
WASHINGTON.- Oot. 3. The political
i.impalgn, now within ten deys of Ita close,
becomes mora Interesting a Section day
approaches. Resides th ' . work
dona to secure monberi sev
f.ml of the state campaigns . ""tad
national attention.
. In Vw York etat this week W V,
Hearst, the lndeendcnee leagtie and , 0
trade nominee, and Charles E. Hughes, ,
publican nominee for governor, will maki
rapid sveech-muklng trlpa through the
stale. lp to the present time each of the
candidates has been greeted by good sized
crowds and all signs point to a continuance
of the keen Interest taken by the public In
this year's contest.
Hearst Appeals Oow rt
r.rsMes his canvass for the gubernatorial
-.ulialr, Mr. Hearst ha on his hands a seri
ous legal content an to Whether about
seventy of the candidates of the Independ
ence league for congress, senate and aa
asmbly from New York, county tuny have
their names printed on the offlcliU ballot at
the coming state r& congressional election.
This point will probably be decided defi
nitely this week.
Counsel representing the Independence,
league will appear before Chief Justice Cul
len of the court of appeals at his home In
Brooklyn this morning and make a formal
uppeal to him to call a special semlon of
that court In tinve to hear an appeal from
the decision of the appellate dlvtslun of the
supreme court which excluded most of the
league's candidates from the ballot be
causrt tliey had been nominated by defective
petitions. If Judge Oordon consents to call
h special session of the court It may be
held on Tuesday.'
llrltlslt Teachers tnmlwa.
Tin firft company of a group of 6u school
tcacliers from Great p.rttaln Is expected to !
reach the T.'ntied States this wtek to begin j Near by was a small Inn, which the de
a aerleK of tours to cities as far wist as toctiyes promptly visited.' There they found
Chlejgo. They will li under the direction a wilt of well-cut clothes, which rould
or Alfred Mosvley, who he.ided a commis- ' hardly have belonged to the peasants own
slon of. Uiitlth educational experts who J Ing the place, and. more damning still, a
visited America ihroe years ago. That button hearing the name- of M. Braun
comiiilKMhm found that the British countyi schweiss tsljor. The detectives went on
council iw hoolr wi re lucking sVnne features investigating, and making, discoveries. In
of It. AT.r(.w acS'Sow. The avowed pur-' J"" awn tourists had rnysterioU-sly
e of the visiting teachers is to tudy !
Ihf l?st featuitK of the American tyMem
and to aieviv thorn t-j the British schools.
The (H Mventlon of the American
l..lrill. " ..r. at which a number of :
linro ti r
will I -Nov-"-!-.
xeKsi, n ti i'
ure to be diseuxsed. j
Miniieaiiolir on Frilav. '
Ti h" convention H1 be In !
I Novembir 11.
r l.eugue cf America will meet
The J.uil - r
In com entluii tit
day.
Canton, O., on. Wednea-
ALASKA IS SADLY NEGLECTED
Deleaate Tkiimtt lale Telia of tin
.Many Waste of the I'eople of
the Territory.
SKATTI-K. Wash., Oil.
ai. Delegate
Thomas Cule of Fairbanks. Alaska, Is in
the city on his way lo Washington. "The
people of Alaska." he said, "are more In-
..v - - . -
ing a territorial form of
In anything else that Is
terested In securin
government than
before them at present. We don't mean to
Co Into all the i-Hiiiiflcatior.s of loyil self-
government. Into township, counties, etc.
We simply wish and It Is a natural want
of American cltlienslilp to be empowered
to legislate for ourselves.
"We are anxious to aooure as much gov
ernment assistance as we can for road con
struction In Alaska. We want a road
from some point on tho coast. Valdes or
some other, through the Yukon coiantry.
We would like to have the road tap all tho I
Interior. If the government will attend '
to the' construction of the main trunk j
roads. Aluakan themsrlves will attend to
the construction of the brunches.
"The present provision for schools away
from the Incorporated limits of towns is
meager and unsatisfactory, and people In
many places have to educate their own
children after paying their revenue to the
government. We look for mora govern
ment assistance along thla educational line.
"Alaska Is sadly neglected In the matter
of llfc-savlng stations along the danger
ous cst. Navigators should be given a
great deal more protection. ,
SPELLING REFORM CONGRESS
A a drew t'araegle Talks at t'oafereace
of Phllologlata from All Eag
llah gpeaklaw Praplea."
NL7VV YORK. Oct. Hi. Andrew Carnegie,
accompanied by his wife and daughter,
returned from Europe today on the Celtic
and had something to say regarding re
formed spelling. Kfforts were being put
forth, be s.tld, to have all the English
branches of the Reform Spelling associa
tion meet ln convention. It waa aaJd
Csnada and Australia would send dele
gates. Ife declared that President Roosevelt had
done more to accomplish reform spelling
tlian all the reform philologist had done
together In twenty years.
. Mr. Carnegie was In good health and e
pressed Mmtelf greatly pleased to be home
again.
BRYAN STOPS IN CHICAGO
ship Will Be the Damlaaat
Issae la ttWS.
will be fell In this campaign- and that
will be a dominant one ln 1."
. Mr. B " - V"- Jena toalf M.
, CHICAQO. CM. .-WlllUm J. Bryan
"wj "J passed the day here on his way to Lincoln.
" Neb., from hla eastern tour. Ho exprad
' k satisfaction over the result of hia campaign.
u "I am amlnried." he said, "that h..ih nv.
ei'iuneiit and municipal ownership of tall
ways la bul a few years off and thut this
It
GRAVE OF ARTHUR'S CONSORT
Rod) af l.sdj I atwpbcll-llaanermaa
aid to neat RuMr qaera
Oataererr.
GLASGOW. Oct. (Special Cablegram
to The Bee.)-The burial of Idy CampbrH
Bannernnn In Melgle church vard might
well hnvt drawn more attention than it
has done to a, curious and Interesting tradi
tion of the spot. Tbnt tradition. li(iy
stated. Is that the diiKt of Guinevere,
spouse of the famous King Arthur, lies In
the church yard. Py the villagers, who re
peat the tradition, she Is culled Queen Win
der, or Vnnora, but there is no doubt am
to the person Intended. ' A long, low mound
among the graves beside the church Ic
pointed out as the actual snot where she
lies, and certnln of the strange carved
atoms which once stood In the church yiird
and are now preserved In the old villi"
school are said to commemorate her end.
At first suggestion the presence of Ar
thur's queen so far to the north may seem
to the popular mind preposterous. But
j that popular mind derives Its knowledge
or Arthur and his kingdom and deeds from
no more authentic sources, as a rule, than
Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" and Sir
Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" and
similar romances. To the. student of actual
history there Is nothing at all Impossible
about the tradition that Guinevere ended
her days at Molgle.
When It Is remembered that the nets
were Arthur's enemies their capital was
M Fortevlot. on the Earn, near Perth-It
ns natural enough that the erring queen
have fled Into their country, fearing
..'e.unce of her li i d. Mclgl is said
the oldest village In Scotland. Its
ca J stones are among the most curiwus
of these monuments which strew Strath
more, and the possibility, to say the least,
that Its church yard holds the dust of the
far-famed Guinevere does not lessen the
strange Interest of the spot.
BENDER FAMILY IS RECALLED
Kansas Incident Reflected In Dis
covery of "Harder Farm"
In (he Trrol.
PARIS, Oct. 28. (Special Cablegram to
The Pee.) Those who have a memory for
horrors will remember the grim tale of a
KaiiKH farm, where a score or so of skele
tons were found burled. The bluff, honest
farmer had thriven on the robbery and
murder of wayfarers. A farm of the same
sort has just lieen discovered by three de
tectives of Paris In the Austrian Tyrol, at
rtoisen. On August 10 last M. Alphonse
Braunschweiz, a Swiss member of Parlia
ment, while mountaineering In the neigh
borhood, disappeared mysteriously and his
son appealed to the Paris surcte generate,
and three detectives were sent to investi
gate. Near to the spot where M. Braun
schweix had been last seen they dug up
the body of another tourist, who had un-
accountably disappeared two months before.
ub'uPpoured near Boen, almost at me sejr.-
"" roi. me aeiecxives, oemg rrencn.
couhi apply ror warrants oniy inrougn
u'P'""iutlc channels, and negotiations are
p.u'inig. -wranwnnc one ui wie (:un,
inmates of the farm and Inn has fled the
country. '
riFni &TinM IN PIITU APRIPA
a WW aaf lar -I I W I 111 VWW I II IIIWs-l I
Natives Refuse to Touch Head and
Bodies Lie Inburled Where
Fonad.
DL'RBAN, Oct. (Sptcial Cablegram to
The Bee.) A missionary who has traveled
, through the greater part of the territory
covered by the rebellion reports that the
4km1Ics of the natives sluln in the opera
; lions are still unburled, in accordance witii
i the gruesome and offensive native supcrstl'
Hon against touching tho dead.
The regions visited are described as deso-
. ... -
ate. The chief crop, have gone and food
,. ao scarce t ha some of the people arc
i gathering edible leaves. The gardens can-
; not yield any suppllea for live months.
Many of the men and boys who but for
the rebellion Would be earning a subsist
ence for their families, have been killed or
imprisoned.
CREVESSE GIVES UP ITS DEAD
Hod lea of Mea Believed to
tirand Army Foaad In
Cave.
He of
GK.NKVA. Oct. (Special Cablegram lo
The Bee.) The skeletons of three men who
are believed to have been soldiers In tile 1
army of Nspolun that crossd the Alps In
1MN) were found a few days ago hi a kind
of closed-Ill cave In the ice on a disufecd
road In the Col Sepllmer a mountain ti.OuO
feet high.
Two curious Swiss guides broke Into the
cave with their lees axes. If their theory
with regard to Napoleon Is correct the
skeletons have lain there log years.
The road near which they were found
was made by Caesar.
ATTITUDE 0FGEN. PICQUART
Hwgerer from Drerfws Affair Hoes
Not Remember Old
Kaemles.
PARIS, Oct. -H. The attitude of Ueutidl
Plcquart, now minister of war, towards
bis old persecutors in the army waa de
fined yesterday when an officer who was
Involved In the conspiracy to practically
batilsh Picquart to the border of the Sa
hara, entered the minlater's office and be-
gan to stammer out a statement on the
subject. Picquart stopped him, saying:
"I know only one thing, and that 1 that
you have always been an excellent officer.
Tou may be sure that I shall not forget
that."
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DUKE AND DUCHESS APART
Maavhester Uaardlaa ae Marl
boraagrh aad Wife Have Formally
Agrerd ta Separate.
LONDON. Oct. 3. The afternoon parw.1 a
hare quote the Manchester Ouardian as
saying that a deed of separation between
the ouke and duchess of Marlborough has
been signed on the ground of Ineoinpatl.
blllty of temper, by th. provl-U.,.. of which
,he dueuea. keep. Sunderland hour. Lull.
don. and he, own dowry, but I, precluded
.... ... -iiwl
from gotng to t. euiieu . j ,,. uocu.ctnt. It
U adtird. was aignea o. toDer 3.
Tba duke is now at Blenheim and the'
d'ltUaO )Llz Bunala toude. i
Democratic Gang
"I reallie. of course, that the position of
city prosecutor carries with it considerable
power that miy be used to extremes either
way, but I have always conducted an or
derly place and never yet, In the years that
I have been In business In Omaha, have t
been obliged to ark for 'protection' or
forced to go Into police court nnd defend
myself against any charge. And so I don't
believe that at this late date I am going
to knuckle down to a proposition Just be
cause a club Is hung over my head. I don't
believe there's any use to court trouble, so
for that reason I will ask you not to use
my name."
This is the utterunee of a saloon keeper
In Omaha who hsa been In buslnesa for
years. The full meaning of the statement
may be bettor appreciated when all the
circumstances are known.
Certain well known democratic brethren
sre giving lessons In the occult science of
combining business with politics. One of
these brethren Is E. E. Howell, known
chiefly as the man who runs for mayor
every few decades, and another Is Herbert
8. Daniel, recently elected city prosecutor,
and also secretary of the state democratic
committee, as well as a member of Gilbert
M. Hitchcock's special campaign commit
tee. Mr. Diailel is supposed to be new at
the game Of politics as well as that of law,
but his friends say ha is displaying re
markable signs of "getting onto the ropes."
The fact, that the city proaecutorshlp Is
an office fraught with great possibilities
said not to hove escaped the keen observa
tion of Mr. Daniel, nor, Of course, that of
his astute, tind experienced friend, Ed
Howell. It is even said that Mr. Daniel
and Mr. Howell have peered inquiringly
out into the future and perceived certain
circumstances under which saloon keepers
might fall under the ban of the law as It
la directed by the city prosecutor and that
by a certain interpretation of that law thy
city prosecutor might have it In his power
to make things unpleasant as well as un
profitable for the said saloon keeper.
LINEUP FOR ELECTION DA
Kul tiplicity of Fartiei a Feature of lam
' paifi in V any States.
THREE STATES HAVE CHOSEN if FICERS
Forty-Two Statea and Threw Terri
tories Will Vole oa Local OIBccra
and Conatrcaamaa an Slsth
of November.
NEW VUHK, Oct. al. A week iroin
Tuesday there will be election in forty
two statea and three territories. . Oregon,
Maine and Vermont have already elected
state officers and nramhrrs of the, Sixtieth
congress. In twenty-three of the states
a governor and other state officers (in
twenty of them also a' legislature); in ten.
minor atate- officers or justices Of the .su
preme court; In jtwo, congressmen ajwl a
leglIatur4 and in en congressmen nfyv
are to be eleuLad.rO&vhonia. jji ti vote on
a state conatltuUun and . Arizona and "JCevv
Mexico on Joint statehood. .
The terms of thirty , United States sena
torsfifteen democrats and fifteen repub
licansexpire March 3, . 1907. ' Virginia,
Louisiana, Misslnslppl, Kentucky and Ar
kanxas have already selected democrats
and Georgia has a legislature which will
lel"ct ""other; while Maine knd Oregon
l -,
have legislatures which Insure the return
p of republicans. Of the twenty-two states
In which is to be chosen November 8 a
I legislature that will elect United States
J senators, fourteen are now represented In
I the senate by republicans and eight by
democrats. ' '
A national house of representatives Is to
be elected the Sixtieth congress, with 3W
members. The present house Is composed
of 0 republicans and 136 democrats. Maine
has already elected four republicans, Ore
gon two and Vermont two.
Fusion la Nebraska Only. -
There la fusion only in one state Nc-
braska-where the democrats and populists
, a d state nom-
lnatlonSi thouBh ln several other state.
ey,er
the republican and democratic candidates
for state offices have been nominated or
Indorsed by one or more of the minor
parties.
As usua:, there is one state ticket the
democratic lr. South' Carolina. Ponnsylr
vanla leads this year with the greatest
number of state tickets twelve. Parties
are numerous, those having tickets ln the
field being Independence leugue. Citizens'
Commonwealth, city, referendum, Jeffer
son. American, anti-admlnlstratlon renub-
j llean. reorganized republican and Lincoln
republican, hlx of them, however, are
confined to Philadelphia.
The socialists have tickets ln twenty-live
states, the prohibitionists In twenty-three,
socialist labor In seven, populixts or peo
ple's In fuur and the Independence league
In three, while "Public Ownership" hts a
ticket in one state. ,
The number of tickets In the different
states Is: One, South Carolina; two. Ala
bama, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Washington; three, Delaware, Montana,
Nevada, North Dakota, Rhode Island,
Utah; four, Connecticut. Colorado, Idaho,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, South Dakota, Wiscon
sin. Wyoming; five, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
New York, Ohio; six, Indiana, Massachu
setts, Texas: seven, California; twelve,
Pennsylvania.
The social Is is have tlcketa In California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana,' Iowa, Kansas, Massachu
setts, Michigan, Missouri. Montana, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
York. North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wlscon
tln, Wyoming.
Th nrohinitiniiliita In fnlfei.min
j ..cut. llwa. Irt-ho iiiii. ' ,.....
lows. Kansas. Massachusetts. Mlchir.m
Minnesota, Missouri. Nebraska, New
Hampshire. New York. Ohio. Pennsylva
nia. Rhode Island. South Dakota. Texu s,
Wisconsin, Wyoming.
The socialist-labor In Illinois. Indiana
Massachusetts, New York. Ohio. Pennsvl.
t"'
ine populists or people in California,
i Indiana. Town, linn
j The Independence league in California.
' llaasachuttetta. New Tork.
I Union labor ln California, Pennsylvania
"Public Ownership" in Minnesota, nu-
administration republican In Alabama and
reorganised republican ln Texas,
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Rule for Omaha
mUWANC.t AP
t,i sours m
City.
Dear Stri
fe are general agents and H. 6. Canlela, City Prosecutor,
.: general attorney for the United Surety Co., and we have arranged
tv take care of your Saloon Llc4r.ee Bonds thle year, giving you the
sane eatlsfaetory service that our Kr. Eodscn ho always -been giving-
you In the past, at a eharr,o of tlO.00. If you will ccme Into our
i ' '
offloe when you ara ready, we will fix you out In a v.-.ry few nlnut.es,
or If you will telephone us, we will have e-.ir bor.d am call and fix you
up.
We would, alao be glad to have cur solicitor shew you a
new and liberal form of Burglary and Holdup Insurance and to quote
you the very low rate we are making to saloona In Oraahu. ' we do all
kind of Insurance and will be glad to serve you when you are In
need of anything In our line.
Yours very
or, prto. under certain other circum
stances the prosecutor might make It de
cidedly pleasant and profitable for said
saloon keeper.
The first of January to rolling around. It
will soon be here. But the man with a
weather eye will not allow it to creep upon
him unawares. Ed Howell is a man of
lien foresight, and his young friend.
Daniel, appears to be developing that fac-
BELMONT 1SJF0R PUBLICITY
Saggeatlon That Bath CoBaTrrssloaal
rommltteea Publish Statement
of Kxnewses.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. Hon. Perry Bel
mont of New Tork. executive chairman of
the publicity bill committee, has mailed
to Hon. James S. Sherman and Hon. James
M. Griggs, chairmen, respectively, of the
republican and democratic congressional
campaign committees, a letter suggesting
"that within a reasonable time" after the
coming election the two committees make
public a statement of Jthelr receipts and
expenditures during the campaign.
The text of the letter which was made
public today Is as follows:
WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct. 2S-Mv Dear
Sir: There was manifested at tl i last
session of congress u opinion on both
sides of the house, as well as on both sides
of thn senate ehnmher in favor of the rrin-
J clpal of publicity in regard to campaign
funds, although tne proposed piiDiirity mil
illd not reach final action. Believing that
you approve such a law the-executlve committee-
of the national ' publicity law or
ganisation, which IncliV'i (n Us member
ship iroveriioi's of nYmnnftrtlr "and repub
lican states, presidents Of all our greit
vmlvorFltleF. rcnrexeiitatlve of organized
labor and members' of the republican and
democratic national eomml tees, has author
ised ma to address you and to suggest
that at a reasonable date after the pend
ing congresHinnal election you make puldlc
the receipt and expenditures of jour com
mittee.
am also requesrea to can your a.!.-..-
tion to the f"t that there are mibUcity
laws existing In a number of the stales
and that jour voluntary action, upon the
puggeHtion of our organisation, would be a
most Important aid in rendering such laws
effective and In securing the mibH'-ation of
campaign contributions and expenditures.
very truly yours,
PERRY BELMONT.
REPORT OF LAND OFFICE
.Nearly Twenty Mlllloa Acres af the
Pabllc Domain Sold llnrlug '
the Year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. The annual 0
port of the commissioner of the general
land office, whlcn was tnaae puDiic loaaj .
shows that the total receipts for the year
ended June 9U were r7,58S.X:4, an Increaaa
over the preceding year of t567,7U. The
total area of the land dlspoa-d of waa
19.431.1S7 acres, an Increase of a.374.665 acres,
Ail of the recommendations made by
Commissioner Richarde in his report of a
year ago are renewed except ln Instances
where congress already haa taken the ac-
tlon required. Unde a bill pas?d by the
last session of congress the land office haa
under consideration the etrtabllahment of
various parks to protect tne present ma-
toric ruins of Arteonn. Acw Mexico, coio-
rado and Ctah which recently were made
the subject of a report by Prof. Edgar I-
llcwett. asulwtant ethnologist of the bu
reau of American Ethnology and fellow of
the Arehneologie.nl Institute of America.
COMMITS SUICIDE IN CHURCH
Mlaa Nettle Brown of Llneala Takea
Polaoa Daring Service la Kit
aaa City Cathedral. .
v.vi. rvr mo Oct r.Ml NettU
Brown. aged 26 yearn, said to be the
daughter of D. C. Brown of Lincoln, Neb.,
committeed suicide here today In the Cath
olio cathedral by taking carbolic acid.
Miss Brown came to Kansas ICty about
I three weeks ago and registered ot one of
I the leading hotels. She remained several
days. Later aiie changed her hotel, going
to another one, also first class. At the lat
ter place, without funds, she asked the
hotel people to telegraph to her "guardian"
ln Omaha. The answer from the Omaha
man satisfied the hotel authorities that he
had no connection with her, and she waa
requested to leave.
Today she attended services at the ca
thedral. It waa noticed that she remained
In the church after the congregation had
left, but nothing was thought of It. Later,
however, she waa discovered In a pew
i dead.
MARLBOROUGH DENIES REPORT
Dk gays Deed -af Keparatlaa Haa
Not Bets nigaed aad That Roas
ire la Hla Caatody.
LONDON. Oot. . Sir George Henry
Lewi.-, acting aa solicitor for the duke and
duchess of Marlborough, aaya b U au-
thorlzed to state that no deed of apara-
tlon between the duke and duchess has been
signed and that the children of the couple
are not ln the custody of the duchess, but
are with their father at Blenheim castle,
The text of the solicitor's statement Is
as follow-:
The duke of Marlborough and members
ot his family. Including the marquis of
" Hlaii'lford aiel Ixtid Ivor Spencer Churchill.
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I Ulenhcini. Tin repol mat a Oeed of acn.
I areuoa sag eircadjr UA ai.ati is Uatrua.
Saloon Keepers
SUWSTT SO OS
- m eraser
(Huh Xrfc.. Oat. S3, 18 0.
irt),
ulty. The rent of the saloon keeper's story
la told In this letter, which takes pains as
it runs along to point out to any saloon
man who might be In a hurry and liable to
overlook the real point at Issue, namely.
that H. S. Daniel, city prosecutor, and H.
8. Daniel, attorney for the United Surety
company, are one and the same person,
t These . letters are being received by
Omaha saloon kiepers In general..
WILL EXPLAIN TO METCALF
aftmbtn of Triton Fcbool Baard Bay
Action ii Strictly Within tba Law.
MANY JAPANESE STUDENTS ARE ADULTS
Men aad Waraea Go to School Who
Are Xot Entitled to Edweatloaal
Prlvllegea of Aay
Kind.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. -"When Victor
H. Metcalf arrives to inquire Into the
action taken by the Board of Education of
the city' and county of Ban Francisco In
providing a separate rchool for Japanese
children we will meet him more than
half way," waa the statement of President
Aaron Altman today.
'"The position taken by the board was
for the beat Interests of the public sohools
of San Francisco and In strict conformity
with- th stsle laws. iWe beHevw that the
best ' interests1 of schools should be sub
served by sending children of Japanese
parentage to a separate school. If we have
erred and can be shown whereby we haw
done - so, the board will be more than
pleaaed to correct Its mistake if any has
i been made.
. -ivithoiit rcedltia from nnr nnsltlon we
vvitnoul recedlnf from our position, we
claim that the fault. If any exists. Is with
tuc leglflative body of the state. In plain
, unlr,i-.I1i(ar,i. iunlitn that nurtleular
anu umnisiaKaDie language tnat particular
section of the statute under which the
board acted states that all children of
oriental parentage . shall be placed In a
separate school. The board would like to
have the constitutionality of the statute
tested In the courts."
Many Jap gtadeats Are Adalta.
City School Superintendent Alfred Ron
convert said the coming of Secretary Met
calf was not necessary, aw the exclusion
of Japanese from the schools provided for
while children Is required by law.
'Many of the so-called Japanese school
i children," said Mr. Ronconverl, "axe men
, of OT to z veara of Bge They nave no
' rgnt tl attend schools established for our
mUe i,, an(J glrW and w, W0Bla llot
aow white men of the same age to go to
j these schools.
"These pupils are largely of the Japanese
servant class, working for their board and
lodging. They are to be commended for
so working, but they are not entitled to
go to school like little boys and girls.
"We do not deny the Japanese any ed
ucational light, but there are separate
schools for them, and these they must at
tend.
"Before the fire there were between 400
and 500 Japanese students in the public
schools. A new count Is now being made.
"Of course. If the United States declares
our ctate law ln conflict with a treaty,
that s another matter. But at present we
are guided solely by California laws."
Lass Bxciteateat In Japan.
TOKIO. Oct. S. The course of action
pursued by the United States with the
view of protecting the treaty rights of the
Japanese has been' somewhat effective In
aooining me reelings or ine Japanese peo-
j " "u D ln " rTancisco scnooi
incident, and accentuating the confidence
of the people In President Roosevelt, wbose
fairness ia nralaed on all aidna T la al
ralrness ia praisea on an aides. It is al-
ioSeiiier uioine.y aim mere is as yei no
sign whatever that the Japanese will Inil
tate the Chinese In boycotting American
goods.
BODIES TAKEN FROM LUTIN
Indications That Freweh Bahmarlae
Boat Attempted ta Rise Tea
Raddealy.
B1ZERTA, Tunnls, Oct. ffl.-Six bodies of
the crew of the French aubmartne boat
Lutin were removed from the vessel to-
day.
The Lutin sank off thla port on October
10 with fourteen men and two officers on
board. She was commanded by Lieutenant
FVpoux.
The work of remo1ng the dead probanly
will not be completed before Monday and
It is planned to hold the funerals on Tues-
day. The bodies of Lieutenant Fepoux and
four men were found clustered aniid4ilp.
six bodien were found In the stern and th
I remainder in me oow.
I AU wer ia a horr'bl condition, owing to
1 th mction ot th "W'' Tn onlf fn'n" of
Mentlncatlon waa by objects found on the
rorP- Moat of the men were barefooted,
i Th Indications are that they met their
death Instantly.
The opinion prevails that lh Lutin tried
to come to the surface too rapidly and that
her .tern consequently struck
on tile b it
break and
I torn. Thiscausfd rivets to
"lil.. ... ,.,.. Biv 4 j,
! " r'uiiu
I lb bull
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Fair Monday, (older la Weatera Par
float Fair Taesday.
Trmprratirr at Omaha Yesterdayi
Roar. near. Hoar. Dec
R a. ia .ia 1 p. at 4H
A a. in .13 2 p. m 4
T a. m ,1H S . a.,.,,. Ill
a. m .ia 4 f. a ftg
9 a. at XT A p. at 3
10 a. as Mt p. m Ill
It a. at 4.1 T p iw 4
11 u 40 n p. at 4
p. an 4M
WRECKED BY GAS EXPLOSION
FlTe Balldlaara Blona Dow a aad Two
Mea lastaatlr Killed at
Coffey vllle, Kaa.
TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. JR. Two persons
were killed, one Is missing, four were seri
ously Injured and twenty more were more
or less Injured In a terrific explosion of
natural gas, which completely demolished
Ave two-story brick business blocks at
Coffcyvllle, Kan., at noon today.,
The dead:
JEP8B ROSS, a negro.
MRS. J. E. MDANIEL.
The missing:
Young son of C. J. Clospen. a grocer.
The seriously Injured:
C J. Clossen, a grocer.
Cotton Kay, a cabman.
Mrs. I'earl Keelcr.
Three-year-old son of Mm. Keeler.
It (S supposed that the gas escaped from
a leaking main somewhere In the block, and
that after a sufficient quantity had accumu
lated It became Ignited, causing the explo
sion. The buildings were In a row on East
KlKhth street, and were ocupled by a real
estate office, three stores and a restaurant.
The second floors of all the buildings were
occupied as rooming houses.
Neither Ross nor Mrs. McDanlel waa
killed outright by the explosion, but both
were frightfully Injured and died shortly
afterwards at a hospital.
Brick and glass struck the negro cab
man, and Mrs. McDanlel was crushed by
f 1 1 !1 ti i Afhrl T nntlM V A ...
buildings was leveled to the ground, and ,
nnt. hw.n t,ei..i,. - ,..k ...
,? - ' l v n.o, -v-a iiri t i 1 u l wt- l aw, aU
twisted iron remain. The buildings and !
stocks In them are a total loss, as none of
them whs Insured against gas explosion.
A fire broke out Immediately after the
explosion, but the flames were quickly ex
tinguished and little damage was done from
that source. Several persons were burled
in the debris, but Mrs. McDanlel was the
only one fatally hurt. The others who were
rescued were only slightly Injured. One i
little girl, a daughter of 8. D. Fraslor of
the Kansus Land company, was undor the
timber and brick for twenty minutes, but
was taken out uninjured.
Search of the ruins Is still being made
tonight In the hope of finding the little
Clossen boy, who was In the grocery store
wun mi rainer WDeii the explosion tooK
place, and who haa not been heard of since.
It is believed that he la dead and his body
will be found in the' ruins.
The. explosion was heard five miles away.
CLOSING IN 0NUTF. INDIANS
Prahanlllty of Fight With the Heae
1 trades Near Ashland. Wyo , '
"rhU Balg. 1 -
HERIDAN. Wyo., Oct. (Special Tel
egram.) A Crisis In the Indian trouble ia
expected to be reached by Monday night,
when a battle. If battle is to be, will be
pulled off. Soldiers now approaching the
I'to band from five different points from
Fort Keorgs on north, Mackenzie on south.
Fort Meade on east. Fort Robinson from
the southeast. It Is figured out here that
various companies of soldiers should come
together somewhere ln the vicinity of Ash
land or Tongue river, sixty miles north of
Sheridan, at least by Monday night.
Tho last report from the X'tes located
them In the vicinity of Big Powder, going
northwest directly toward the Cheyenne
reservation near Ashland, but twelve miles
from the reservation line. It Is pointed
out that the I'tes could have easily sent
word ahead for the Cheyennes to meet
them near Ashland and Tongue river val
ley, expected to he the scene of the en
counter. A squad of Infantry from Fort McKen
ele left here today for Arvada to guard
the cavalry supplies unloaded there and
to allow the full strength of the troops to
go Into the field.
Four troops of the Tenth cavalry, under
the command of Colonel Augus, left Fort
Robinson by rail Sunday to assist In round
ing up the Vtes. With their arrival, the
force surrounding the Indians will consist
of 7H6 men. Colonel Augur la the ranking
officer and will at once take chiff com
mand, i
1 I AM UN NtW TURK OUTLOOK
I -
Secretary of War says Hearst la More
ta Br Defeated by
Hagbea.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 2S.-8ecretary of War
Taft today freely discussed the guberna
torial campaign ln New Tork, declaring
emphatically that be was all certain of
Mr. Hearst's defeat. He said:
The election of Hearst would be a most
deplorable thing. It would be nothing
snort or a calamity, tna erreots or which
i would be felt far beyond New York state.
ror that reason I am especially to be
' convinced that Hearst Is going down to
. Aeflti j a WHy lh aimwim Hearst la
making Is nelplng his opponent. The class
of voters that la generally hard to arouse
Is being stirred up and It will alit ma
terially In accomplishing the overthrow o
Hearst. In my opinion It is the thinking
votn that will bring shout the election nf
Hughaa snd the repudiation of Hearst and
his method.
When his endorsement for the presidency
by the next, Ohio state convention was
pressed on the recretary, he said:
"I am not responsible for the acts of my
frlerds."
Tomorrow morning Secretary Taft will
! w "'"''"'-. ..er wmcn ne wui
I to Togan and Lancaster, P.. to speak,
I HYMENEAL
,
j t hapmaa-Kattelhal.
Charles M. Chapman and MUs Rosa C.
Kettlehut were married yesterday at the
,,ome of tne sroom'a mother, 17 North
Forty-eighty street, by Rev. Francis P.
Cook. The home was decorated In cut
"owera. Chapman la a motorman ou the
Hurney street lin. He and his bride will
f. t ..... i f . . , ... ...
reside at imb midge street.
Faar Trolamea Killed.
liHUiAKAruua I no., oct. Bi I n a
head-on colllakwi Of two freight trains weat
of Snrlngfleld, O., on th. Peoria A Eaatern
division of the Big Four railroad lata Stt-
t unlay night, four trainmen loat their lives
while a fifth is not expected to recover.
Fred Ortii, a llreman of Irbana, III., Is
mlstiing and ia believed to have been
killed. It In thought tliHt failure of an cp
ruinr ti. deliver a train order eauaed ty.m
.ijfcUigtwtti ' -r t rr rj"u
FIFTY DIE IN WATER
Three Orowiad Electrio Can Flnnce Into
Etroam Near Atlaatio City.
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES ARE RECOVERED
Abeat Thirty Iijared and Death Lilt lfaj
Eeaoh Cerent j Five.
TRAIN IS DERAILED ON LONG TRESTLE
Two Can Tntirely I nbmertctd and All in
Them Killed.
PROBABLY DUE Tu DEFECTIVE RAIL
toadnetor Had Eighty-Eight Tlcketa
and It la Probable That Mora
Thaa Oae Ilaadred Pwrsoaa
Were Oa Train.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. IH.-Uy the
wrecking of a three-coach electric train on
the West' Jersey & Seashore railroad this
afternoon, at least fifty passengers per.siuxl,
and the lint may reach the total of seventy
five when all is known.
While crossing over a draw bridge span
ning the waterway known as "The Thor
oughfare," which a 'parates Atlantic City
from the mainland, the train left the tracH
and plunged Into the water. The passen
gers In the first two coaches, with one or
j two exceptions, were drowixd. I'p to mid
night tonight twenty-five and possibly fifty
more bodies still are In the submerged
coaches.
The disaster, the worst that haa happened
since the horrible. Meadow wreck of July
5, 1S9S. , occurred at 2:SU o'clock thla after
noon. The train, made up of three heavy
vestibule electric coaches, which left Cam
den at 1 o'clock In the afternoon, carrlei
?T?'ht TTT'
number of tickets are held by
as that
the con
ductor. That official Is uncertain, however.
Just how many iaengers were on the
train, and until nil the bodies have bren
taken out of the submerged coaches It will
not be possible to give the true figures of
the dead.
Caase Not let Kstabllahed.
The cause of the wreck has not yet been
established. It was probably due either to
a d'cUve rail or the breaking of some
part of trie superstructure of the first
coach. It has also bean suggested that the
draw bridge, which had Just been closed
after the passuge of a yacht, may not havu
properly locked the rails. All theories to
night aa to the caune of the accident, how
ever, are purely speculative.
While running at a speed sdd to lmvi
been moderate, the first coach left the ralln
and dragged those following It over the U"
for a distance of fifty fuet. Suddenly
swerving the first two coaches plunged over
the aide of the bridge Into the water fifteen
feet below. The third coach struck an
abutment, broke Its couplings and for a
brief time hung suspended over the water.
Brief aa was thla period, however. It gavw ,
morn than a score of passengers an oppor
tunity, to Mcaps by the. rear door. Then the
car slid off and followed th other two lnb
the water. It la believed every ou ln the
third coach excaped alive, although an weta
Injured.
Coaches gink from bight.
.The. accident .waa witnessed by many per
sons on shore and assistance was promptly
sent from Atlantic. City. . Little could be
done, lKiwever, towards saving the llvts
of those Imprisoned In the submerged
coachos. The water at the point where,
the train plunged In was not deep enough
to cover tho coaches at first, but aa they
quickly settled In the mud and aa the tide
rose they were soon hidden Jrom sight ex
cept for the trolley poles. Divers were
sent down to try to reach the dead bodies
In the coaches, but as darkness set ln and
as the tide ran swiftly they were unable
for a long time to reach them.
Late In the evening a wrecking crew ar
rived on the scene and with their aid
and the use of a derrick a dozen or more
bodies were token out and brought to this
city. Of the twenty-five bodies about
twenty have been Identified, and It la be
lieved no difficulty will be experienced In
establishing the identity of the others.
Genei-al Manager W. W. Atterbury of
the Pennsylvania railroad arrived on the
scene tonight and trill make a thorough In
vestigation Into the cause of the accident.
Until this investigation shall have been
made Mr. Aterbury declined to make any
statement.
Partial List af Victims.
Dead:
WALTER SCOTT. Atlantic City. Motor
man. FKAX DE 8ACESENO. band man of
Royal Artlllerv bund.
J. P. DB.VPSEY AND WIFE. Camden.
FRANK MONROE AND WIFE. Cmdon.
ainn. liuioiBti. ia mined nv her niece.
SAMUEL L. FIELDS. 71 vt-ara old. r-hil-
ad.lr.hla.
MRS. SEI.INA WOMFBR, Camden, N. J.
JAMFS KUAN. Atlantic City.
CHARLES ALBERTUH. Norrlstown. Pa.
DAVID FRIED, New York.
MRS. LAURA LAURENCE. Philadel
phia. Mrs. Laurence's hufband waa res
cued .
VINCENT DONNELLI. PASQUELLO
MAZKLLE, P. AuNUURuSO, members ot
Tosca's band.
AGED WOMAN, dressed entirely in
black.
WOMAN, about (0 years old. wearlrur a
wedding ling with Initials "I. p. D. to I.
until death do us part." '
M1UDL.U AUiSlI MAW.
Injured:
Frank Deceri and John Fortuimto. of
Philadelphia.
Joseph Devlpo, manager Royal ArtUieiy
band, Philadelphia.
Angelo Fansln, Philadelphia.
Andrew Taylor, Camden. N. J.
Ma Debal. Florence. N. J.
Edward Morgan. Scran ton. Pa.
Creates Hoy, Philadelphia.
H. B. Joneph, Camden, N. J.
George McGce. Philadelphia.
H. B. Joseph. Camden. N.' J.
Al Reese, M Archibald street, Scrantnn,
Pa.
John Fortunato, real estate and tnsuranc
man. Philadelphia.
Joseph Devllo, manager of the Roal Ar
tlllerv band, severely Injun d about bead
and riba.
Oreaia Roy Malielo. Philadelphia.
John Dougherty, ?J3! Brandywlne street.
Philadelphia, employed In John Y oil lot's
rink, severely in.nned. He broke his v
through the window and escaped after be
ing Iti the water.
Andrew D. Taylor, electrician, Camden.
N J-. Injured severely.
George McOee, rr.lft North Fifteenth
street, Philadelphia, Injured.
Details Are Visat.
Details as to Just how the terrible acci
dent occurred are vague. A complete cli
cumstsntlal story cannot te obtained from
any one of th. paengers as yet. Two
causes have born aligned for the derail
ment of the train. One ia that the rails
spread and the other that the rails were
not properly locked when the draw bridge
was closed alter a pleuxur yacht which
had Just pasaed through. The man who
n.ay best be able to tell what caused the
accident Is Daniel B. Stewart, the brldgu
tender Stewart is In no condition to talk
tonight. The horror of the accident had
tern roc wily, bcrvft blot yf Lie l teuton, JaU.