The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 23.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, JlTLY 15, 1007 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY' TWO CENTS.
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DULL MOVE FAILURE
Attempt of Speculators to Boost the
Price of Stocki Gets Setback.
PUBLIC SIZE UP OPERATIONS
Legitimate Demand for Money Too
Great for Pure Speculation.
RESOURCES OF BANKS STRAINED
Dividends of July Met Without Caus
ing Any Great Inconvenience.
TREASURY WITHDRAWS CASH
At fame Time Holders of Matared
(iiiTrrnmrit Securities Are Slow
In Presenting; Them for
Redemption.
NEW VORK. July 14 The week Just
rasscd was marked by the occurrence of
several event which together constituted
something like a crisis In financial affairs,
and the consequence was an upset of the
organized speculative move for a rise In
prices and a sharp reaction.
This movement was entered upon previous
to the July 1 settlements and had the encouraging-
circumstances to g-o on that the
supply of stocks In the market for some
time previously had been very scanty, so
that pj-ofesslonal operations to force lower
prices had met with little success. It was
also hoped that with the disbursement of
an unprecedented sum In dividends and
Interest In July the long dormant Invest
ment demand would revive and a medium
be afforded for the digestion of speculative
profits. The market campaign was con
ducted In a flambuoyont style and by meth
ods of newspaper advertising, which kept
It open to -jsplclon of artificial manipula
tion to lift prices In the market. The In
cident of the failure of the New Tork City
bond offering previous to the first of July
dashed the confidence In the early awaken
ing of Investment demand. The converg
ence of some extraordinary demands on the
money market during the second week of
July also gave warning of difficulties to be
encountered In the carrying out of the spec
ulative campaign.
These' warnings were disregarded, how
ever, and the market operations for the
support snd advancement of prices were
carried on up to the very threshold" of the
requirements of July 10. on banking re
sources. At that point there was an abrupt
relapse, which served to dash the specu- i
lallve Interest In the market and to throw '
It back Into a condition of dullness and I
feeble 1 and uncertain fluctuations. While I
the meeting of the July 10 requirements
.jVad this unsettled effect on the market
commitments previously made, the passing
of that state Is viewed with relief, as the
passing of a crisis no ionger In the pros
pect '
Blow Presontlnc Bonds.
The known condition of the New Tork
Clearing house banks the previous week
made it evident that events of last week
must strain the available resources. It was
riot a surprise that the matured govern
ment bonds were slow In appearing for re
demption, and, in fact, up to this time,
less than one-half of the 138,000,000. out
Standing at the time of maturity have
been presented .for redemption. The with
drawal of 130,000,000 of government deposits
from the banks on July 10 was only partly
offset, therefore, by the redemption oper
ations. This tardiness l.i bringing Into use
so large a atim of available capital at a
time of a practical famine of capital and
onerous terms for use of money is one of
the anomalies of the present financial sit
uation. The money difficulties were aggravated by
the resumption of the Paris demand on New
York for gold which resulted In the ship
ment during the week of S2.TS0.000 to that
point. The further extent to which this
movement might go Is a matter of con
cern. In view of the present banking posi
tion In New Tork. If It be the yurpo hs of
the Hank of France to re-establish Its eon.
dltlon to the average of recent yearsthere
is a considerable merging of recuperaMon
yet to be effected, compared with last year.
Its gold holdings week were still
123, 1M, 000 less than year ago, while its
loans were S31, 857,000 greater and Its note
Issues S.15,600,000 In excess of those of a
year ago. The condition of the Bank of
Kngland likewise compares unfavorably
with that of a year ago. In view of crop
shortages abroad the great foreign banks
are looking forward to the necessity of
large payments for foodstuffs Imported
and are anxious to fortify their reserves In
preparation. Foreign exchange In New
York receded toward the end of tt.s week
under offerings of finance bills In the pro
cess of drawing on foreign credits by Inter
national bankers to lend In New Tork. tAs
process encounters opposition In London,
. where It has forced up discount rates.
Bates for time loans In New Tork have
also risen materially.
Crop Report Ftaai-e.
The publication of the government's re
port of condition of cereal Crops as uf July
I did not Improve the feeling over our own
crop prospects. Winter wheat ohowed less
than the expected Improvement tdurtng
June and the deterioration In spring wheat
was a disappointment. The effect of the
low percentage of conditions In the com
crop was partly offset by the Increase in
acreage, and by the fact that the late
ness of the crop operated against the con
dition showing and left chance tor im
provement as it matures. Much Import
ance is attached to the postponement of
frosts In the fall for the Anal outcome of
the oorn crop.
Shooting Ends avs M order.
ABERDEEN, 6. D.. July 14.-(8pec1el.
Christ Nelson, the victim sf Theodore Tay
lor's murderous attack at Glenham on
Wednesday, is dead here at St. Luke's
hoFpltal and Taylor now faces a charge of
murder In the first degree. After the shoot
ing h was charged with assault with in
tent to kill, but his hearing was put over
until July IT In order to see what the out
Com of the shooting weuld be. A new
charge has now been filed as stated. It
soeina that at Gtenhain and In the eounTry
surrounding that town, all of the sympathy
Is not with the Nelson side of the case.
Taylor Is a Rantucklan and endowed with
a full quota of southern blood of the hot
kind. Nelson. It Is claimed, called him the
kind ef a name which W1sters Virginian
demanded should hsve a smile with It as a
wash, and Taylor would not stand for It.
The quarrel arose over an assault case In
which Taylor and Nelson were witnesses
on opposing side
SUMMARY, OF THE BEE
Monday. July 13, 10O7.
1907
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Temperature at Omaha yesteri '
Hour. Deg. Hour. .
6 a. m 6S 12 m '.
t a. ni 69 1 p. m ."
7 a. m 71 2 p. rn
S a. m 72 3 p. m '
9 a. m 74 4 p. m , .-,
10 a. m i s p. m 66
11 a. m 72 6 p. in M j
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DOMESTIC.
Bull movement to artificially boost
prices of stocks for the purpose of un
loading proves a failure. Fa" 1
One man Is klled and a large umount
of property destroyed in tornado which
passes near Mount Vernon and Mitchell,
8. D. Faffs 1
Mobs at Roanoke. Va., wreck Greek
restaurants and shining parlors. Trouble
starts over a difference of 6 cents.
rags 1
LOCAL.
In the presence of about 6,000 persons
the Schiller statue Is unveiled at Rivtr
view park. Addresses are made by
Charles Kpplen, E. J. Cornish, E. J. Krnst
and Dr. K. 8. Lucke and the monument
Is given to the city by the German so
cieties of Omaha. Page 3
roaiiGnr.
Naval reservist makes unsuccessful at
tempt on life of President Fallerles jf
France, shooting at him twice while his
carriage was being driven through 'the
streets. The would-be assassin was ar
rested. Page 1
poirncAi
It Is now accepted at Lincoln that Judge
M. B. Reese will seek the republican nom
ination for supreme Judge. A lively con
test between Reese and Sedgwick at ihe
primaries. Page 1
Several candidates for nomination for
the place of university regent on the re
publican ticket are brought forth. C. J.
Krnst, whose term expires, is not certain
if he will again seek the place. Page 1
Henry T. Clarke, Jr., is to have oppo
sition for the nomination for state rail
way commissioner on the republican
ticket. Fags 1
The democratic conference, called for at
Lincoln on Tuesday evening, is not rind
ing much favor among democrats of the
state. Page -
movements or ocea.it steak-ships.
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"POLITICS," SAYS THE MAGNATE!
Mr. Harrlman Says Report la Personal
Attack on Him.
NEW YORK. July 14. Mr. Harrtman,
speaking by telephone from Arden tonight,
said:
From what I am told the report Is a po
litical document and pert of a personal
pursuit of me. The tone of the report
and the method of Its promulgation snow
that. Imagine a court or any Judicial body
sending copies of its decisions around se
cretly to newspaper publishers days in ad
vance under pledge to publish it simul
taneously Sunday morning. That Is what
the commission did. Its opinion was put
!n type several days ago and sent to newa-
Fapers throughout the country with the
ollowing printed In bold tytie at the head:
'Confidential To All Newspapers: Tills
report Is released for publication on Sun
day morning. July 14. 1907. and not before."
It is deemed good politics to attack me.
But I can stand much better than the peo
ple of the country can stand that sort of
procedure on the part of the government
tribunals ohargtd with the duty of impar
tially administering the taw.
I shall study It caretully and have some
thing to say about it later. But from what
1 am told It la full of strange misstate
ments of fact. For example, in reference
t0 tn! .?hi Alton, It says that I
caused $12,0"0.uw to be credited to const mo
tion expenditures in order to find an exouse
for borrowing money to pay dividends. As
a matter of fact that was a written recom
mends Irm made by President Felton when
I was In Alaska, and It was adopted by the
board of directors at a meeting at which
I was not present. Again, it Is said that
a certain method of accounting that was
carried oet would have the effect of cover
ing up the payment of the special dividend,
thereby intimating some wrongful conceal
ment. This la a most extraordinary s'ate.
Dient for the writer of the report to make
when It la considered that tha stockholders
necessarily know of the dividend, becaus
everyone received his share, and wh.-n It
was published In every financial Journal at
the time and was reported to the stock
exchange and shown on its printed lists
Tho suggestion, therefore, of any reason or
desire for conceal, nent Is most unfair
1 am Informed by those who have ex
anine.l It more carefully that the articla
la full of errors as glaring and Inexcusable
as these but I jhall read It carefullv and
make a full statement about It. particularly
of my connection with the Chicago & Alton
readjustment. In a few days.
Candidates Art Shy.
FREMONT, Neb.. July 14.-8peclal).-Pelltlcs
In this county are very quiet. Thus
far only three candidates are announcing
to the people that they want to run for of
fice, A. Bauman, Jr., for sheriff, and
George Murrell for clerk of the district
court, republicans, and A. E. Evans, su
pervisor from Fremont, democrat. For dis
trict Judge It Is doubtful If the republicans
have a candidate from Dodge county.
County Judge Stinson. who has been men
tioned for that office will probably prefer
to retain tbat place for another two years.
On the democratic side Judge Hollenbeck,
who has been on the bench for the last nine
years, probably will be mentioned. There
are a number of candidates talked of for
county officers by both parties who have
not yet filed their applications with the
county olerk. It Is doubtful It township
candidates will care to put up the neces
sary filing fee. ix
Nnmaa New Coram last uu era.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. July 14.-(8pedal.)
Judge Carland of the Vnlled States court
has appointed two new United States com
missioners In the region weet of the Mis
souri river. One of ths new appointees la
Hugo Behrena. whose office will be at Yale,
altusted In the extreme southern portion of
Butts county. The other Is Ixiuls A. Moore,
whose headquarters will be at Chance, a
little town which Is located In the extreme
eastern part of Butte county. Both men
were appointed fur thTttU term of four
yeara
GREEKS ATTACKED BY MOBS
Restaurants and Saining Parlors at
Roanoke Are Wrecked.
STARTS OVER SMALL DISPUTE
Dlffrrran Only Five Crnti Mhrn the
Row Started and Pol Ire for a
Time Are Powerless to
Stop the Mob.
ROANOKE, Va., July 14 Roanoke is
quiet today after four hours of rioting last
night, when a mob wrecked nine Greek '
staurants, three Greek shoe shine parlors I
.1 two Syrian shops. The riot was caused
ty a dispute about S cents between a Greek
employed In the Belmont Greek restaurant
on Salem avenue, and an American who
went there to buy a sandwich. Seven
places were wrecked on Salem avenue,
three on Jefferson street, one on Nelson
street and one on Railroad avenue. Fivo
men have been arrested and lodged In Jp.il !
and one of them has been released on I
$-.7) bull for his appearance at the hearing j
next Thursday. None of the Greeks is
under arrest. At all of the wrecked places j
today the proprietors set to work cleaning
out the debris, to be ready to resume bust- j
ness.
The Greeks have employed counsel to
look after their Interests and have already
called the attention of the Greek consulate
In this country to the affair.
While the disturbance was In progress
last night. Mayor Joel H. Cutchln, who
was In the street begging the crowds to
disperse, was struck on the legs and se
verely bruised by rocks thrown by uniden
tified parties. Flying stones also struck
Police Justice J. R. Ryan, Police Sergeant
Overstreet and Policemen Manning, Ring
and Evans, and Chief Engineer John Wag
goner of the Central fire department. Wag
goner Is on crutches today. The fire de
partment was called out to throw water
on the crowd and when the hose was
turned on there were cries of "cut 'the
hose." One man stuck a knife In the hose,
but was driven off by the big stream that
was played on him.
Statement of Officials.
John D. Johnston, counsel for the Greeks,
tonight made the following statement:
"The Greeks have confidence In the fair-
i ness and sense of justice of the Roanoke
i people and believe they will be reimbursed
j for the damage they have sustained."
Nicholas George, head of the local colony,
tonight said he had referred the matter to
r. N. Bntaasl, Oreek consul general at New
York, with the request that he take It up
with the Washington authorities.
In a signed statement tonight Mayor
Joel R. Cutchlns says:
"The regretable occasion of last n'ght
has brought the blush of shame to every
I good cltlxen of Roanoke."
The mayor says the riot occurred soon
I after midnight, when the city was In semi-
darkness, the police force of seven men
scattered over the city without any fa
cility for concentrating them at the scene,
and that before the' police could get to
work, stones and bricks were thrown Into
; the various, places wrecked, scattered over
several city blocks. The mayor added:
"There is no resentment against the
i Greeks on lite part of the city government
j or of any of the law-abiding cltlsnns of
Roanoke, Tne city government will con
tinue to offer the Greeks every protection
In Its power and proper reparation will no
doubt be made for any damage sustained
by those who have suffered at the hands
of the mob. No further disturbance will
be permitted. None of the Greeks suffered
any bodily violence.
"The restaurant keepers will open for
business again tomorrow. A most vlgor-
I ous prosecution of the parties now under
i arrest and any who may be later appre
hended will be instituted. Tne Judge of
the corporation court will be asked to con
vene a special grand Jury to thoroughly
investigate the matter."
WEDDING FOR OLD PEOPLE
Centenarians Invite All Over Ninety
to Attend the Cere
monr.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. July 14.-Persons all
over the world who are over 90 years of
age have been invited to attend an unusual
wedding that will take place In the moun
tains of Tennessee, August 15, when Miss
Rose McGuIre, aged 100, will be united In
marriage to John n. Bundren, aged 101.
Calvin Smith of Kansas City, yesterday
accepted an Invitation to attend the wed
ding and made known a strange story of
love long deferred that ls to end In a most
happy culmination.
It appears that three-quarters of a cen
tury ago the courtship of Miss McGuIre
and Mr. Bundren began. They were
separated because Miss McOulre's parents
disapproved of the match, but the devotion
of each for the other has not faltered,
though for seventy-five years they have
I lived In different parts of the world. For
tune has been good to Mr. Burdren, and
the condition poverty which prevented
marriage In his youth has disappeared. Mr.
Bundren Is wealthy now and ls so anxious
that his wedding be well attended that he
Is willing to pay the traveling expenses of
every person over 90 years of age, no mat
ter from what part of the country he or
she conies. The invitations ask that the
guests give certain facts regarding their
habtta, their families, their Idea of how
long they will live and what they believe
Induces longevity.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT BUSY
Investigation at Salt Lake City to
Ascertain Statna of Crim
inal Caaea.
WASHINGTON, July 11 The Investiga
tion decided upon by the Department of the
j Interior and justice in recard to the status
i of criminal proceedings In the courts
throughout the country Involving Interior
Department matters was begun today tn
Salt Lake City. The Investigation was
made by three experts. Including an ex-
I amlner from the attorney general's office,
j the district attorney In the district In
which the suits were filed, and a special
agent of the general land office. The In
quiry at Salt Lake City Is Intended to be a
test and the result arrived at there will
determine whether the future Investigations
shall be made In the field or la the de
partment offices here In Washington. The
investigators are directed to make one of
three recommendations in each case, first
as to whether the rase shell be dismissed
as of no Importance; second, whether It
shall be proaocutod, and. third, as to
whether further investigation shall be
made as to what final disposition shall be
made of It. There are many old cases, In
volving Irregularities of one kind and an
other, pending In the courts throughout
the public land states, and the present In
vestigation Is Intended to clear the docket.
It is said that the commission will be able
to report upon the Utah situation soma
U:ne next week and Its report will determine
Jtte nature of future proceedings,
EXPOSITION 0FWET GOODS
Chlcau-o 'Will Show People How to
Use Bfvrrairi to Beat
Advantage.
CHICAGO, July 14.-A dry exposition of
wet goods will be held for the first time
In the history of the manufacture of lev
erages when the National Pure Bevemgo
Exposition takes place at the coliseum in
Chicago next December. The management
has decided to have no public bar privilege
at the show and to maintain It throughout
on a strictly high-class and educational
basis.
The exhibits will Include every sort of
beverage used to satiate human thirst from j
pure water to pure alcohol, but the thuu-
sands of visitors to the show will not be I
able to buy a single drink during the ten!
days of the exhibition. This move by the j
management of the National Ture Bev-!
erago Exposition Is father startling since
there has not been en exposition In Chi
cago for some time) that has not had a
bar connection, and ,'when It Is taken into
consideration that this la the first beverage
exposition tn the United States, the absence
of a bar Is bound io excite considerable
comment. j
However the blgl manufacturers have
agreed that the malntainance of a dry ox- On the Sedgwick side tho original pro
position Is In this lnptanee a wise move. Rm Is being carried out. of petitions
One of the principal objections of the en- j signed up generally by republicans throtigli
terprise Is to overcome the prejudice which j out the state, asking that his name be
exists against the liquor traffic and It tslP'ad " the official primary ballot. Re
the Intention to demonstrate to the public ! Prt fron directions are to the effect
that the manufacturers and sellers of bev
erages do not Intend this affair to be
merely a means of selling an enormous
quantity of drinks, but rather an educa-
tlonal Institution where they can show the : "nd. allowing for delays, they will prob
proper and lmproper uses of their products, j "b'r M- wl,n tne secretary of state
While the advertising purposes of the sometime next week,
show are extremely Important, neverthe-1 Pot Calls Keitle Black.
less. Just at the present time the beverage
people believe that an ' educational cam
paign Is the most vital need of the trade
and they Intend this exposition to be the ;
first move in a general campaign of this)
character. Processes of manufacture and .
illustrations of the change from raw ma-1
terlal to finished product will be shown of
course, but there will be a great many more
educational features. It Is likely that a
series of lectures on the proper use of bev
erages will be given by leading scientific
lights and other features of this character
will be at the fore at all times at the
National Pure Beverage Exposition.
ONE DEATH FROM THE STORM
Large Amount of Property Dunage
of Mount
non.
MITCHELL,
July 14.-(6peclal
Ylclnltfr
Vt'fn
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Telegram.) There was but one fatality in , secretary of the State Railway commla
the tornado which! visited this section J Blon, both drawing public salaries. Frank
Saturday evening. 1 All telephone wires Harrison Is clerk of the United States
were down last nlgtt and no outside lnj j court at Lincoln, and Ross Hammond ex
formation could b secured until this pects to be United States collector of ln
morning. John iH Pease, living three ; ternal revenue. In addition to all of this,
miles north of Mount Vernon, was killed, j Reese has been employed from time to
A part of his family, had gone to the cellar ; time, and drawn fees out of the state treas-
when the storm approached and others
went across the road and took refuge in a
grove of trees. Mr. .Pease, a few moments
afterward, started Serosa the road to see therefore," are causing Rose and Perkins of
If the children weie safe, and when 100 ! misusing the machinery of the state com
feet from the bouse V. t tornado picked him! mlttee, and especially the committee's press
up and carried him rltty feet In the air and I bureau, to promote the fortunes" of a
In dropping to the ground he. was terribly
I crushed. He' lived but
few momenta
I after the children reached his side.
The
i funeral Was held this afternoon.
Some few yeara ago Mr. Pease was a
prominent politician In the populist party
of the stste, and was one of the leaders in
I the movement.
I Two women were reported killed .near
! Mount Vernon, but this has not been verl-
fled as yet. Additional details were re
l celved as to the extent of the damage done
l by the storm east of Mount Vernon. The
i hMi.a r.f t, piw una af.i4j,i thMv .
and set down, and but little damage was
done to It other than racking it to some
extent. Much of the furniture was wrecked.
! On the Herman farm the house and barn
were wrecked and scattered for some dls-i
tance. An immense barn was partially
stroyed on the Conner farm and Mr. and i who served once In the state senate, accept
Mrs. Conner barely escaped with their: the place on the ticket for university re
lives. The White Brothers' house was de- gent. Mr. Anderson Is at present visiting In
stroyed. The tornado was headed straight Michigan, and his wishes In the matter are
for Mitchell, and but for the fact that Its not known. A candidate from up north has
course veered to the northeast when twa. already been projected In the person of
or three miles out. an Immense amount of Oeorgo Coupland of Elgin, who ls said to
damage would have resulted. The cloud 1 w'n fitted for the place and aprosperous
followed along a valley for some distance
and then separated, cutting off the ex
treme northwestern part of the city.
DOGS MAROONED ON ISLAND
Ravenous with Huna-er They Attack
All Who Approach
Them.
ST. I-nS. Mo.. Julv 14 A horde of
dogs, marooned on McPIke island In the
Mississippi river above St. Louis, rendered
ferocious through starvation, has made
dangerous the landing of river craft. It j
Is believed the dogs were placed on the
island by owners who desired to be rid of
the canines and yet disliked to kill thorn.
For some time strange noises, yelps, howls I
and snarls have been heard emanating
from , the small. Isolated Island by oocu
pants of passing river craft, and Captain ;
Fluent made Investigation. No sooner had
Ms ferry steamer approached than scores
of dog. ran out from the underbrush and
, , . , , . .
lining the shore, growled and snarled so
menacingly that Captain Fluent feared to
land. A number of the dogs became en-;
gaged tn a terrific fight and some of them !
were killed. Others sprang Into the river;
in an attenint to reach the ferrv boat ami '
in an attempt to reacn tne terry Doat ana ,
were drowned. Members of the humane
society have decided to succor the starv-1
tng canines and declare they will prosecute
the owners If they can be found. Before It takes a man thirty years to become sta
j the dogs can be rescued with safety, food ! tlon agent at Clay Center." remarked a
i will be thrown to them from boats to ; statehouse employe, "his railroad experl
I satiate their ravenous hunger, and they ence couldn't be worth much to the people
; will then be taken from the island. j of Nebraska at this stage of the game. And
l i i If he had to retire from the onerous posl-
Hev G. II. Srhlrh In Slouz Falls. tlon at Clay Center because the Incessant
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., July 14. (Special.) I strain on his nevrous system threatened
Rev. G. H. Schleh of Omaha, sovereign ' serious nervous difficulties, he would sure
lecturer and chaplain of the Woodnten of ' have a quick relapse after he got located as
the World organization, was the principal railway commissioner. If there ls a place
speaker here today on the occasion of the , tne Itatehouse where the nervous strain
unveiling of a monument which has I een ,s H1' to be focussed any harder during
erected In Mt. Pleasant cemetery In this , tne nf,ltt few ,nan " the railway
city to the memory of the dead of that or- commission It Is not yet visible to the
der. Colonel George B. Moore, state man- 1 na'te(
ager for the order, officiated at the unveil- ' Democrats In Turmoil,
lng exercises and read an original poem, 1 Th democratic state committee confer
which was heard for the first time on this : enre ' t0 h"1(5 h're Tu,,'lay evening,
occasion. The oration In connection with i rtis""ss candidates snd party policies,
the unveiling of the monument was dcliv.
ered by Hev. Mr. 6chleh.
I Indian thief and Pipestone Pipe.
; YANKTON, 8. D., July 14.-8pectal.) The
body of a Tankton Indian chief and his
ptpestone pipe were dug up on Mount Marty,
this city, by graders. The bones showed a
' very tall man. but a most unusual type of
, skull with na forehead at all. The pipe w
pipe was
ef most 1
very Interesting and was clearly
'primitive workmanship
LIVELY CONTEST IN SIGHT
Reese and Sedg-wick Hooked Up for
Nomination.
ADVOCATES MAKE WARM FIGHT
Some Amaseinent Is Afforded by the
Spirit In Which the Champions
of F.ach Approach the
Subject.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb., July 14.-tSpeclal.)-M
may "o- taken as fairly assured that a
i. "vely contest will be waged In the
preliminary campslgn for the republican
Primary nomination for supreme juago.
While Judge M. B. Reese has made no
formal announcement of his candidacy It Is
understood that the "press bureau crowd"
has gotten in sufficient action already to
convince the Judge that a widespread de
mand exists for his candidacy, snd that he
has allowed the propaganda to go so far
that be will have to go through with It to
the finish.
that the petitions are being welt received
The publication of the letter of transmittal
shows that these petitions are to be re
turned to the Sedgwick managers by July
One of the amusing features of the
roundup Is found In the criminations and
recriminations of the political wirepullers.
No attempt Is made to disguise the fact
that the Interstate of Judge Sedgwick are
being supervised by Harry C. Lindsay and
Victor Seymour. In conjunction with T. E.
Sedgwick, the first two being the clerk andjcan b railed for Its ultimate discussion
; deputy clerk of the supreme court, respec-
tlvely, and the last a brother of the Judge.
Some of the press bureau critics are loud
In denouncing this as a gross perversion of
official power, and are entering strenuous
objections to the clerk of the oourt exert
ing himself as a political manager for one
of the Judges. On the other side, however,
only a thin disguise conceals the fact that
I tli. V arma tnnn n- a m A-lmlnatAit n,l I M hit.
. ...w -' .
lng engineered by Chairman Rose of the
republican state committee. Secretary Clark j
Perkins of the same committee. Frank
Harrison and Ross Hammond. Rose la
deputy attorney general, and Perkins Is
ury for assisting the attorney general's of-'
; flee, or representing the railway comrnls-j
slon In court The friends of Sedgwick. ,
! favorite candidate, to say nothing of de
! voting their own time to politics while ononce-
the public pay roll. To the observer on the
outside, tbse charges and counter. arges
I sound very much like the pot calling the
kettle black.
Candidates for Regents.
Outside of the supreme court Judgeship,
the only developments have come In the
suggestlon of several names for university ! are other Intimations of possible delay. ent seamen's strike snd that his mind has
regents. C. J. Ernst, whose term expires, j Judge Fremont Wood, however. Intimates I been unhinged by fancied grievances. It
Is said to be undecided whether to stand to counsel that the case must be concluded. I Is believed also that he aided In the rev
for re-election, although his associates on , Ha points out that by limiting the scope of , olutlonary agitation of tho General Fed-
i v.A -a in.ut.ni ih.i hi
i services can not be well dispensed with. He
i was originally elected while residing in Lin-
I coin, and has since removed to Omaha,
thus losing his geogrsphlcal status. A
number of republicans hereabouts would
de-jllke to see Charles B. Anderson of Crete,
farmer and (stock raiser. It ls probable
several other candidates will be In the field
before the doors close.
Opposition for Clarke.
The announcement of Henry T. Clarke,
Jr., that he would like to be re-elected as
member of the railway commission Is evi
dently not Insuring him against competition.
Repeated talk is heard that the farmers
and shippers ought to have representation
on the board, but most of this comes from
Qler suspected of hostility to Omaha
' Bnd mted a eslre to shut Omaha
out. Out In Clay county the candidacy of
S. M. Wallace has been suggested by a
local paper, as a farmer recently retired
from thirty years' railroad service, his last
position being that of local agent at Clay
Center. His champion says:
After thirty years of active railroading he
quit the business a few months ago and
now occupies the farm a couple of miles
frlm this city that he, having faith In Ne
braska, had the good Judgment to purchase
before the big advance In land. He has
been In charge of the railroad's business In
Z"?!";?, "2 lAVtK
; and helped It to expand year by j'ear until
the volume of business the laxt few years
because of our manufacturing Industries has
surprisingly large for the size of the
trltv The Incessant strain nivm hln n,rv.
ous system threatened serious difficulties,
and he resigned early last year, but was
not relieved for many months, and not until
he p,If.mr,Uiriy set the day mhen he must
be relieved.
Around the' statchouse this introduction
has not struck a very favorable chord. "If
! 'ltn vl'w 10 st-.ering tne primary nomlna
tlons right from the point of v'ew of the
bunch that Is at the helm. The committee
conference does not seem to satisfy many
democrats, even thowe who favorvd a con
vention being pronounced against this sort
of a packed meeting. This opposition Is
vol. ed strongly by Cgar Howard, who
speaks right out In Ihe last number of his
paper. Referring to the call issued by
Chairman Allen, he says: "Surely this Is
Continued en Bvtond PagaJ
COLLECTING NATIONAL DEBTS i
Conference at The llnsrn Soon to
Take t9 the American
Proposal.
THH ITAOl'E. July 14-The approaching
discussion of the American proposition re
lating to the collection of pecuniary debts
Isarotislng great Interest, especially be-
i cause of the attitude of the delegations of
the Latin-American countries. Several of
these delegates oppose the Amrlcan propo
sition personally, hut have received In
structions frmo their governments to vote
In favor of It. Thov comnlaln. however.
that the administration at Washington has 1
Influenced their (Sovcrnments to side with
the I'nlted States. Dr. Drago's position Is
particularly critical. He maintains that tho
Amerlcnn proposition does not embody his
drctrlne. He therefore wished to present
a separate proposition, the general outline
of which has already been announcd, but
was prevented from doing so by the Buenos
Ayres administration. Then he actually
presented an amendment, but his govern
ment compelled him to withdraw It and he
Is not now sure whether he will speak on
the subject. Dr. Drago has repented hav
ing accepted the position of delegate to the
peace conference, he suys, while the Ar
kentlne government la In the hands of the
opposition party.
Everybody here Is convinced that the so
called Drago doctrine would prevent under
all circumstances the employment of co
ercive measures for the collection of debts
In Latin-American countries; that It would
not bo accepted by European powers and j
that It would also be strongly opposed by i militarists, who tried to organlxe a dem
some of the South American countries, es- onstrntlon against the army throughout
peclally Brazil, on the ground that such France today, exceptional precautions
a principle would be altogether ruinous ; were taken to safeguard President
to tho national credit.
Count Tournlolll-nrusatl dl Vlrgano, head !
of the Italian delegation. Is receiving con- I
gratulatlons because the commission of
which he Is president has been the first
to complete Its task and present a new
convention adopting the Red Cross to naval
warfare, so that now a plenary meeting
and approval.
HAYWrfin PAF IMPARL FrJn!n Boulogne, where the antl-ml'ltailsts
MA I WLUU UHSfc NLArta tIMU . had Btntlone(, thf.mselves, with the Intcn-
Jadge Intimate. He Will Tolerate tlon uf hooting the soldiers, and was de
No Further Delay In Pro- sending the broad Champs Llysses amid
ceeillnas. 1 the acclamations of the crowds throng-
" I lng the sidewalks, who were shouting.
BOISR. Idaho, July 14. The end of the j
trlal of William D. Haywood, secretary and !
treasurer of the Western Federation of
Miners, charged with conspiracy to murder I
murder. Is now within measurable dis
tance. The case will tomorrow enter Its
tenth week of hearing before Judge Fre
mont Wood in the district court of Ada
county. Both sides have rested and the re- I oipiomats wo were rouowing me presi
buttal has commenced. dent s landau alighted from their car-
The rebuttal for the state so far Is being ! rlages and hurried to the side of M.
directed against the witnesses produced by i Falllerles. Finding that nobody had been
the defense to discredit Orchard, At the end ; Injured, by the president's orders the
of the first day of rebuttal a warrant was j cortege moved on.
Issued for Dr. I. A. McGee, who swore 1 In the meantime two policemen seised
that he saw Orchard In north Idaho at a
e whpn 0rcnard BWorc he was In Den-!
yr McGee Is a prominent man living In
the northern of tne state. Counsel for
the defense, as soon as they heard of the
warrant having been issued, sent a tele
gram to McGee, in which, according to
Clarence Darrow, oho of Haywood's coun
sel, they urged him to come to Boise at
I Tt ., Mnoted that the warrant would
j be ,erved today, but so far nothing has'
j been heard of It. Tonight the defense
claims to have discovered new evidence to
show that Orchard's maternal grandfather
was a maniac on the subject of crime and
thot he formerly lived In Canada, and there
i ex Ami nut inns of witnesses on both sides the
1 hearing might have been much shortened,
! but that he was desirous of giving every
j opportunity to counsel to develop their case.
' Now, however, the situation is different ami
; further delay would be an Injustice to tna
state, while the continued confinement of
the Jury would Imperil the case.
ORIENTAL DIPLOMATIC BUREAU
New Departure In Deallnsr with Gov
ernments of tho Far
Kr.mt.
WASHINGTON, July 14. With the view j
of placing all diplomatic and consular j
matters relating to Japan snd China In
the hands of officials familiar with con- j
dltlons In the Orient, the State depart- I
ment has perfected the organization of a
"far eastern bureau" which will have
charge of all correspondence and prellml- '
J nary treaty negotiations with the Oriental
governments. This new departure Is more
or less In the nature of an experiment,
which, If It proves satisfactory, may lead -.
to the organization of similar bureaus to i
conduct diplomatic and consular corre- j
spondence and negotiations with the Cen- I
tral and South American republics. Euro- j
pean and Asiatic countries.
i!Sor.u.oV
retary
served as secretary to the American lega
tion aim rnniMiuiy at iuniw, ia iinri m uic
new bureau. His two assistants are rer
clval Helntileman of Pennsylvania, for
merly student Interpreter, nttached to the
American legation at Peking, and later
vice and deputy consular general at Can
ton and Dulny, and William Phillips of
Massachusetts, formerly private secretary
to Ambassador Choate at London and for tat)on for activity, and President
the last two years second secretary of , Roo.Velfs name Is linked with "the stren
the American legation at Peking. Phillips ,, ... bllt wh u eon..d(,rad how
arrived from Peking a few days ago to
enter upon his new duties In the State de
partment.
BARKER JlHY OAIILK TO AGRKR
Further Hearing; on insanity Pirn Set ;
for September.
LINCOLN. July 14. A district court Jury, j
Investigating the allegations of Insanity '
prererrea to save jTtnt narser rrom tne ; whn. ftr,roa(, tne kln, wm meet the em
hangman, failed to agree today and was ; T0T of Xugtrla. In September the G--r-dlscharged.
The Jury stood six to six. man ernreror visits King Edward, whlls
half voting for a verdict rhowlng him to J tha court ,n re,idente at Windsor. This
be Insane. This was the first trial of this j wm mean much entertaining, reviewing of
sort in the case of a condemned man ever i troops and formalities, but the recent au
held under the Nebraska law. Barker was nouncement has failed to excite any sails-
convicted of murdering his brother and
his brother s wife, and sentenced to hang.
One attempt at such a triu In his behalf
was balked by a reprieve for nearly two
years. Issued by Governor J. II. Mickey.
A stay of action was Issued that this hear
ing might be given. A new hearing has
been ordered for September . 19"7.
town Man KllUd.
ABERDEEN, a D.. July 14. (Special
Telegram Martin Erickaon, who came
here from Cherokee, la., two weeks ago,
was found dead this morning st the foot
of the stairs of his boarding house with
a fractured skull. 17 Is s.ipposed he fell
downstairs during the night. An Inquert
will be held tomorrow. Among bis papers
ls a card In the Bricklayers' union ef
OtiiaU' i
SMS AT FALL1ERIES
Naval Reservist Attempts to Take
Life of French President.
FIRES TWICE AT HIM FROM CURB
Fortunately Neither of Shots Hits Hii
Intended Victim.
NO ONE INJURED BY FUSILLADE
Would-Be Assassin is Promptly Ar
rested by Police.
CROWD WANTS TO LYNCH HIM
Attempt IMade While President's Car
rlnae Win Reins: Drawn Throaah
Streets and Populace Was
Cheering; Hint.
PARIS, July 14. The national fete to
day was marred by an attempt on the life
of President Falllerles by Leon Mallle,
a naval reservist of Havre, who. It Is
believed! Is suffering from the mania of
persecution. Mallle fired two shots at the
president, but did not hit him. He was at
once placed under arrest.
On account of the activity of the antl-
Falllerles.
The attempt on his life oo-
curred on
Avenue des Champs-Elyascs
while the president was returning to ih
palace from Longchampa. where he had
; reviewed the garrison of Tarls In the
' presence of 250.000 enthusiastic people.
; Premier Cleineneeau and M. Lanes, the
president's secretary, were with the pres
ident in his landeau, which was escorted
I by a squadron of cuirassiers. The car
j rlage had safely emerged from the Bois
"Vive Falllerles," "Vive 1'armee," when at
e corner of Lesuer street Mai le. from
luUk succession two
snois poim Plana at ma preaiuent.
lraculously no ore was hit.
President Is Cool,
President Falllerles was cool and eoU
lected when the cortege stopped. Th
1 Mallle, who made no resistance, but the
police with difficulty prevented the Irate
j crowd, from lynching the prisoner until
a cordon of reserves came up and con
ducted him to the station. There Mallle
refused to give any reason for his act,
saying:
"The revelations I have are so grave
and serious that I will only make them
before a magistrate for transmission to the
chief of state. It Is a matter between the
government and me. I am the victim of
. ..in. i.i...
' '
s"me of ne witnesses of the shooting said
; that M"m flr,1 tne alr- " ls bo"
1 Heved that the man participated In the re-
I eratlon of Labor and the antl-mllltsrtsts
I There Is no reason to suspect a plot, as
, Mallle only arrived here from Rouen last
' niht.
; T,e attempt on the life of resident Fal-
,1,,,.,,, wll prohably strengthen the gov-
. crnm,f intention to put an end to the
! antl-mllltarlsm, which Is already demoral
ising the army, and becoming a
menaoa
to the republic.
Thirty-nine ringleaders were arrested to
day for hissing soldiers who were return
ing from the reviews. Other arrests wera
made at the Pluce de la Concorde, where
the League of Patriots held their annual
ceremony.
Mallle appeared before an examining
magistrate tonight and the authorities
only succeeded In extracting from him a
rambling statement about family pro ca
tion directed against him. It was In ordaf
to draw public attention to his grievances,
he said, that he fired the shots. The pris
oner terminated the examination by an
nouncing his Intention to give no further
explanations, as he believed that the magis
trate would do nothing to remedy his
wrongs.
President Falllerea has received numer
ous telegrams of congratulation from the
rulers of many countries on his escape.
LEADS STRENUOUS LIFE
! Kdward Setting; a Mark for Fmperor
William and President
Hooaevelt.
LONDON. July 14. The program of ac
tivities which King Edward ls undergoing
this summer marks him as one of the busi
est and most hard-working monarcha of his
HniA Th r ,n a n f m r.rnp hal a nsinnlnp
j mm.h oMlir th, klnf of En(tUn(i thB
his compeers, he may challenge comparison
with either. The visit to Ireland last week
was the last chapter In the king's work
before an August vacation at Marlenhad,
and concluded a strenuous rummer.
This week the king goes to Newmarket
for racing and after that ths Goodwood
races and the Cowes regatta will fill ths
time before the departure for Marl-nbad.
factory enthusiasm In this country
PCUND TO SPEAK IN MAINE
On Program for Addreas at Amer
ican liar Aaaoclatlon
Meeting.
PORTIAND, Me., July 14. (Special Tele
gram ) Roscoe Pound, dean of the Uni
versity of Nebraska Cullega of Law, Is tj
deliver ono of the prlnclpul addresses at
the annual meetings of the American Bar
association and the International Law as
sociation, to be held here the week of Ail-
j gust 20
British Ambassador Janus llrvce will de-
liver tiie annual ud lrt as on "The influence
of National Character and Historical En
vironment on the Dsvslopuisnt ctX O-mnin
Law,"