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CONSOLS GO BEGGING
No Longer Great Demand for Toil
Form of English Stock.
RIVALRY IN FIELD OF FINANCE
Foreign Investor Looks Well Before
Tying; Up His Money.
CAPITAL DIVERTED INTO TRADE
Commercial Enterprises Offer Much
Advantage to Traders.
MUNICIPAL LOANS ATTRACTIVE
Ureal Britain Not Only Country wltsi
tabic Government and Fanda
Have Com to Halted
States.
LONDON, Aug. t4.-(Bpeclal.)-Th. un
prccedentcdly low price that consol. hav.
touched accent! the fact that ha been
obvlou. for some time that the public no
longer regard English 2H per cent stock
aa the one Ideal Investment. The Intereit
la low, and the security offered la no
longer much. If any. auperlor to that of
othr stock yielding a, more satisfactory
return. Great Britain la no longer without
rival for Ita oommorclal supremacy, nor
doee It alone possess a atable government.
Consequently, the foreign Inveator la not
ao eager aa he waa to tie up hia aavlnga
In an English atocklng. He keepa hia
money In hia own country, and English
men no longer profit by the thrift of the
whole world. In addition there remalne. of
courae. the Immense and often reckless
borrowlnga by municipalities. The muni
cipal loan la comparatively well secured
and attractive In the Intereat offered, and
a natural reeult of the outburst of mu
nicipal trading with Ita consequent mu
nicipal borrowing la a diminution In the
number of potential buyers of consols. Un
doubtedly, too, both the foreign and the
home Investor are made fiervous by the
advance of socialism and the doubt as to
what will be the next eccentricity of the
present British administration.
Result of Trade Boom.
Another cause for the low price Is the
trade boom, which has attracted capital
Inta commercial enterprlaea, and has .made
It advantageoua for the trader to relnveat
hia profits in his own business. This boom,
which has occurred to some extent In
England, has beert phenomenal abroad and
an Immense amount of English capital has
been ' drawn Into American Investments.
The figure at which conaola stood for years
was obviously Impossible of permanence
when the commercial life of other nations
developed.
Mr. Victor Grayson, the new socialist
member of Parliament, gives his Impres
sions of the House of Commons aa fol
lows: "After listening to a lot of speeches
there t am convinced that if you want
samples of third-class Intellectual medioc
rity you ahould go to the House. -Much I
bad In quality and stuff not worth discus
sing, and the time Is being squandered by
people who do not want social reform. Our
present system Is rotten from the core to
the bottom. If conventional tradition
stands In the way of progress, we want a
party which wilt say boldly, 'Let the tra
ditional precedent of the House perish.' We
want a north wind to sweep through the
Commons. We are advised to advance Im
perceptibly' to go at a snail's paoe to
take one step at a time. Surely there are
some young enough to take two steps or
more at a time. We are the onTy move
ment who are moving at all. Those who
feel It their duty to oppose us' wtll either
have to succumb or be swept away by It.
Dsatlsg a Solemn Rite.
The Imperial Society of Dance Teach
ers met at the Hotel Cecil and sternly de
nounced those feather-headed people whoso
dancing is a mere romp. To the minds of
the Imperial Society of Dance Teachers,
dancing la a aolemn rite to be indulged in
decently and In order. Thla la anotheer
proof tha,t the English take their pit
urea aadly, and it la evidently due to the
refining Influence of the Imperial Society
of Dance Teachers. It la good newa that
the Imperial Society of Dance Teachers
haa discovered four new dances. Two of
them have been Imported from Hollanl,
though we are not told If they are danced
to that captivating tune, "By the Side of
the Zuyder Zee." The first Is called the
Apollo, and consists of "gliding, sinuous
movement," apparently a sort of anake
dance, and the other la the "motor" polka,
which demanda great apeed and much henl
and toe. Doubtless before next season we
shall have "motor" polka records, and,
for the safety of the leas agile, speed lim
its for ball rooms. The Ceclllan waits Is
the mystery of the Imperial Society tf
Dance Teachers. No on knows how to
"ceclleT' and the secret Is to be kept from
an anxious world until the Imperial Society
of Dance Teachers Is ready to give It out.
Finally, there Is the Esperanto waits. It
must le something International a Span
ish dance accompanied by a German band,
or an old Engllah dance performed to the
rhythmic beating of the tom-tom. The Ce
. clllan waits waa Invented by R. M.
Crompton. president of the society. It Is
expected to be the catch of the winter sea
son. Mr. Crompton says that the Ceclllan
malts strikes a quiet note of ultre-reflno-ment.
There Is little of that vulgar clutch.
Ing of the waist of a recently Introduced
damsel about the new dance. The part
ners stand side by side as In the barn
dance, to which the "Ceclllan" bears a
genteel resemblance. They advance, per
forming waits-like evolutions with their
feet for a few bars. A graceful flanking
movement follows, after which the part
ner face each other and "progress back
ward!." Sixteen bars of music go to the
complete evolution, and during the last
four bars only do the partners come to
gether In true arm-and-arm waits fashion.
Trainmen Poorly Paid.
The position of affairs on the railways
of Great Britain, so far as wages and
conditions of labor are concerned. Is be
coming serious. Those best acquainted
with the feeling of the men eay that an
explosion may take place at any moment
It Is txileved that certain sections of the
men in the industrial districts are reidy
to hand In their notices; some of th 'm
being more than anxious to do so at once.
A spark anywhere would set the whole
country la a blaze, and holiday-makers
might find their travels seriously ham
pered. The union haa about 0,uo0 mem
bars, but there is no doubt that it has
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FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair and
warmer.
Temrerature at Omaha vesterdav:
Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg.
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7 a. rn 62 8 p. m 81
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DOMESTIC
Railroad operators on Long Island
threaten to go out unless they are
granted an Increase In pay and shorter
hours. X, Pags 1
The purchase of the Alton road by the
Clover Leaf means the establishment of
a new system In one of tho best paying
traffic sections of the country.
X. Fare a
Comptroller Rldgeley says he sees noth
ing in the financial outlook to warrant
cause for alarm. Z Page fl
President Zelaya's son braves parental
anger to marry daughter of governmnnt
clerk at Washington. . Z, Page S
New York la in no danger of a meat
famine. Z, Pag 1
Tornado strikes Brunswick, Wis., and
Fall Creek. X, Pag 1
Special Agent Kellogg arrives In New
York to take testimony In the Missouri
esse against the Standard OH company.
X. Pare X
Catholic prelate will attend the fourth
eucharlatlc congress In October.
X, Pare X
Better tone prevails in the stock mar
ket. X, Page X
A republican will be acting mayor of
New York during the temporary abaence
of Mayor McClellan and the president of
the Board of Aldermen. I, Page X
poxEitnr.
Moorlah situation threatens to become
involved In diplomacy, though Germany
and France appear to be In perfect ac
cord over the position of the latter In
Morocco. X, Pag X
Some of the men on the municipal work
at Panama have been laid off. X, Pag X
HXBBASXA.
Nebraska Railway commission la likely
to permit the telephone companies to re
place free telephonea In railway atatlona
oer atate. , X, Par 3
The commission orders the Great North
ern railroad to stop discriminating
against Omaha In the furnishing of cars
to shippers. X, Pa.
Regents of university. It is asserted,
allow claims before vouchers are on fllo.
Building and loan associations have $10,
000,000 or real estate mortgages.
X, Page 3
William J. Bryan, in an Interview at
Lincoln, says the president's proposition
for federal Incorporation of railroads is
a move toward centralisation that is in
tended to prevent "regulation of rallroada
by the states. I, Pa
X.OCAX
Old soldiers are perturbed over demand
of new pension law that Bible records
of births are essential to getting In
creases. XX, Pag XO
Gonden, BeVl and Edwards, candidates
for county treasurer, alarmed at Furay's
strength, try to pool Issues. X, Pag 4
To let South Omaha dealers in, county
board throws open bidding for coal sup
ply for winter. X, Pag 4
Postmaster Palmer says Omaha fall oil
to get national postmasters' convention
because it made no effort. X, Pag 4
Model city all of steel will be Gary,
Ind., capital of the greatest of corpora
tions. ' XX, Par X
SXAXf BBTATB AJtD UH.DntO.
Demand for trackage for the Egg-o-Ses
mill sets dealers to looking about and
results In the discovery that ten-acre
tracts with railroad, facilities are very
few In Omaha. XX, Pare X
While fewer contracta than usual are
reported for the week, local builders re
port plenty of work In hand and In sight
for the rest of the season. XX, Pag S
acAQArars bxctxob.
In the Magazine Section of this num
ber will be found-a short biography of
John Baumer, a pioneer Jeweler of
Omaha; Engineers and Air Brakes; Ele
Dhanta thut Have a Snap; the Return
Postage Stamp; Freighting in the Days
Before the Railroad; Day at the State
Fair; Chat of Plays and Players; In the
Field of Electricity; Prosaic Account of
Portal to Lake Alban; Some Short and
Snappy Stories. Six Pages
BOMB SECTXOW.
In the Iff-nic Section of thla number
will be found Buster Brown; the Busy
Beea' Own Page; Lost Engravings of the
Laocoon Restored; Work of Excavating
Egyptian Rulna; Women aa Dog Fan
clera; Embroidered Kimonos More than
a Fad; Goaalp for the Women Folks.
Six Pages
LAW TO PREVENT FLIRTING
Common Council of HI Kb more, 8. n.,
Passes Ordinance Intended to
Restrict Love-Maklag.
HIGHMORB. S. D., Aug. 24.-The com
mon council haa passed an ordinance pro
hibiting male and female persona from
loitering on the atepa of any church or pub
llo building, or doorway of any store, for
the purpose of visiting, eating candy or
peanuta. or loitering in streets, alleys or
vscant lots or any other obscure places,
for the purpose of flirting In the evening
It will be unlawful for parents or guardi
ans or other persona having minora under
their control to knowingly permit them to
violate thla ordinance.
TAMMANY YIELDS ITS RULE
For Two Weeks a Republican Will
Be Acting; Mayor of New
York City.
NEW YORK. Aug. 14 New York City
will be governed by a republican mayor for
the next two weeka. Eliaa Goodman, vice
president of the Board of Aldermen, having
become acting mayor In th abseno of
Mayor McClellan, and President McGowan
of the aldermen, who have gone away on
vacations. This Is the first time In the
history of the city that a republican has
Imhii tuayor while a Tammany administra
tion was In control. There la no fear, how
ever, among; officeholders, as Acting Mayor
Goodman haa no power to ntak appoint
oi v
" " Airvviuns Crime.
PUBLIC EXECUTIONER PENSIONED
His Office, by Act of Parliament,
Practically Dispensed With.
GUILLOTINE HAS BEEN PUT AWAY
Appetite of Multitude for Objection
able Pampered by Press.
JURY'S VERDICT IS UNENFORCED
Recrudescence of Crime In France
Onlm to Leniency that lins Been
Criticised More ef the
Dreyfns Case.
PARIS, Aug. 24 (Speclal.)-All France
la wondering whether the guillotine has
been banished forever. Since the assize
court of the Seine tried Solelland for the I
peculiarly atrocloua murder of a little girl j
the question whether or not he Is to be j
executed has become a burning one. The
verdict of the July being guilty, without
the benefit of extenuating circumstances,
obviously the condemned man In the or
dinary course of things would be guil
lotined. But, though Parliament has not
voted the abolition of capital punishment.
the death sentence pronounced on me
prisoner must apparently remain a dead
letter, since the public executioner has
been pensioned oft by the butdget com
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies and
the guillotine has been stowed away In
,,m dimmed outhouse.
nv the. nonvoting of the law abolishing
capital punishment, while at tne same nine
suppressing the post or puDtic execution"
on r-watlng "la veuve." aa the guillotine
la called in criminal alang, to an outhouse.
a distinctly abnormal condition or tninga
h.. .n Mtabllshcd. For inatance, within
the last alx months In Paris and the prov
inces, the death sentence haa been passea
on numbers of convicted murderers, the
said sentence being of necessity commuted
by the president of the repuWlc, since vir
tually capital punishment can no longer be
said to exist. '
Pre. Clamors for Blood.
In presence of the exceptionally atrocloua
crime which brought Solelland to the as
size court, many leading organa of... the
press are now clamoring for "sa tete"
with almost unseemly violence, and on the
first page of certain Journals the criminal s
severed head, with the guillotine beside It.
.onstltute a gruesome pictorial attraction
for the morbidly Inclined. It should be
said that the latest Parisian crime n.
been what is termed "written up' in wha.
appears a distinctly objectionable
Since Solelland'. Imprisonment his wife ha
not only been repeatedly interviewed by
cnterprialng reportere. but ahe
perauaded to write her memorre for boule
vard aheet. in which delicate and "
aubjecta connected with her nwrted HI
with th. convict are crudely revealed and
all manner of objecUonabl detail, ar.
given In a word. th. appetite of the
multitude for the horrible and the tragic
r. been pampered, and what waa .Imply
Revolting. Ignoble crime, about which out
of re p t "or decency, the lea. said the
better, he. been given all the pre.tlg. of a
'r.VevHabT: result wa. that during th.
tS women atreeae. and o.onda.nes.
many of whom cam. back from th coun
try or the aeaalde to .be pre.ent. And, aa
a male apectator with no lltl. -I"-"'
marks, the attitude and manner, of these
smarUy dre.sed. pearl-powdered, performed
ama y - v.iv out of keeping with
women ucK.. . tk.v
the aolemnlty of the rrona,n8 "y
laughed, chattered, appiauaea, or
STm though they were at aome theatri
cal drea. rehearaal rather than in . . court
of Juatlce. unmoved apparently either by
the presence In the witness box of the
haplea. victim', parent, or th. exhibit n
of the blood-stained garments worn by the
child on the day she wa. .laughtered.
Public and Capital Punishment.
With regard,' however, to the Important
question anent the abolition or mainten
ance of capital punishment in France,
thoughtful commentators on the subject
rightly remark that opinions concerning
that question ought not to be affected
merely because a sensational crime . has
been committed, and street hawkers are
selling pictorial Illustrations thereof. In
which "La Veuve" Is figured awaiting her
lawful nrev. Home months sen when "M.
de Paris'' (the publlo headsman) was pen
sioned off and It waa tacitly understood he
would have no successor the campaign In
favor of the abolition of the death aen
tence met wla distinct publlo approval. It
vmm Armed that countrlea auch aa Switzer
land or Belgium, where capita) punishment
does not exist, murders wer" not so. fre
quent aa in countrlea where It doea exist.
Certain magistrates, high police officials
and tall chsnlalna. however, autded hv
their long experience and contact with the
criminal classes, maintained that fear of j
"La Veuve" was needed as a restralner i
upon murdering Instincts, or In default of j
this some kind or punishment more severe
and laatlng than the aentence of transpor- i
tatlon to "La Nouvelle" muat be provided, j
It la . ract mat convict, are by no meana
much intimidated by the prospect of aerv
1na their aentence nn snme lalMnri wh
privileges are too easily obtained, chances
ot escape ny no meana proDiematlcal and
life altogether far more endurable than
that pasaed by the convict undergoing Im
prisonment In a French Jail.
Against the maintenance of capital pun
ishment In France It Is urged that the
presidential prerogative of clemency la
frequently so erratically uaed aa to result
In flagrant lnjiistlce toward criminals on
whom sentence of death haa beon passed,
some oi wuom are. execuieu wniie otners
keep their heads on their shoulders. In
any case. It is distinctly desirable that the
Chamber of Deputies, Immediately the au
tumn session calls them back to work,
ahould settle the matter one way or an
other. It la manifestly absurd to see day
by day throughout France prisoners found
guilty of murder, sentenced to death with
all wonted solemnity, when all the time
they know the sentence will not, and can
not, be carried out.
Aa for the wretched culprit Boleiltfnd It
would evidently be skin to Injustice to be
head him were It possible so to do, when
mRiiy other criminals sentenced to death
within the last alx months have profited
by the existing and embarrassing uncer-
(Continued on Sacond Pag.)
PILGRIMS SHOWING DEVOTION
St. Patrick's Oratory toil of Many
Ploa. Catholic Wind-Swept
Altir.
Dl'BLIN. Aug. 24.-(Hpeclal.)-The third
of the modern pilgrimages to St. Pul rick's
Oratory on the top of Croagh Patrick this
year eclipsed Its predecessors In the size
of the attendance. In the devotion shown ,
by the pilgrims and In the splendid weather
which was associated with the celebration.
Three years ago Most Rev. Dr. Healy,
archbishop of Tuam, revived this pilgrim
age, which, as recently discovered docu
ments show, was of Importance In 1432,
when Pope Eugene IV granted an Indul
gence to the vlsitora to the holy mountain,
and fixed the date for the visit on the
last Sunday of July. Very Rev. M. Mc
Donald, the administrator of Westport, has
ably seconded his archbishop In his exer
tions to revive this religious and historlo
devotion. A concrete oratory now aheltera
the priest who says mass on the wind
swept summit of the reek. 2,600 feet high,
and the enormous assemblage fully estab
lished this pilgrimage as an annual na
tional event. Many persons camped on
the mountain all night. Special trains from
Dublin. vAthlone. Achlll, Claremnrrls and
Balllna poured thousands of visitors Into
the town of Westport and on arrival they
Immediately set out for the summit. Peo
ple were present from all parts of Ireland,
from Great Britain, from America and
from the Antipodes, and the calculation
was that their number may have been
anything between 17,000 and 20,000. The
figure seems amazing, almost Incredible,
considering that the Holy Mountain Is
something like 2.500 feet high. This Is a
very considerable ascent, even for a
trained climber, but the young, the middle
aged and the old made It. With tho arch
bishop of Tuam and the devoted adminis
trator of Westport to lead them, the faith
ful did not spare themselves on their
pious pilgrimage. And they were well re
warded when they got to Croagh Patrlek'.i
crest. Eleven masses were celebrated by
priests from nearly all the lands In which
Irish Catholica have found a home, and
10.0M) people took the temperance pledge
from Father Angelus of the Capuchin
Order.
COST OF POLICING DUBLIN
Amount Practically Double that Paid
In Various Other Places In '
'England.
DUBLIN, Aug. 24.-(Speclal.)-A return
has been Issued to the members of the
Dublin corporation by Mr. Edmund W.
Frye, city treasurer, regarding tho com
paratlve cost of tho policing of Dublin and
the various other cities In England and
Wales. The return Is a most Instructive,
not to say startling, one. It would appear
that Dublin practically pays double the
average cost of policing any of the English
cities. In Dublin the police arc a special
department, controlled by a commissioner,
constituted under a special act of
Parllamental, by which provision Is
made for taxing the citizens for their
maintenance at the rate of 8d In the pound
on the the valuation of the city. The re
sult has proved that, though crime Is di
minishing in Dublin, notwithstanding Its
growing population, the cost of policing has
grown with the increase in the valuation
of the city, until th. financial Imposition on
the city ha. becoa. 'm or, it roue. For In
stance, the valuation of the metropolitan
area of Dublin In 1S50 waa 645,000; the val
uation for the year 1905-6 was 1.346.000.
The result of this Increase in, the valuation
of. the city haa been that the cost of the
police In Dublin haa grown up from 71,000
In 1X50 to 1,930 In 1906-6. The strength
of the force practically remalne the same.
The Dublin force In 1850 waa 1,137, and In
1906-C it was l.m. The cost of maintain
ing tho police force was, therefore, In
creased, In fifty-five years, from 71,900
to 160,950. Dublin is generally known as
one of the most peaceable cities In the
three kingdoms. In 1S70 the number of In
dictable offenses was 6,186; In 1905-0 the
number fell to 3,235. The number of sum
mary convictions In 1870 was 47,310, and
this showed a great falling off In 1905-6, the
number being 29,960.
REAL LIFE AT JOHANNESBURG
Sample of Week's Happen Inas on the
Rand Show that Much I.
Going; On.
JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 24.-(Bpeclal.)-There
la more real life and genuine un
restrained animal spirits In Johannesburg
than In half a dozen mining camps in the
far west. There are more revolvera to thr
square mile on the Rand than In any other
area on the habitable globe. Take a sam
ple week on the Rand:
Sunday Beer-drink fight In a mine com
pound. A dozen native heads split open:
one native policeman spitted on an Impro
vised assegai.
Monday Bank held up. Revolver bullets
darken the' air in Commissioner street.
Tuesday Open air discussion betweer
strikers and blacklegs. Soldiers charge
with swords and bayonets and police with
truncheons and revolvers.
Wednesday Store blown up bv dyna
mite. Occupants more or less killed and
Injured.
Thursday Diamonds Jump up to 1100 on
discovery of large stones (subsequently
found to be the product of Klmbertey).
Friday Incendiary fire, a few robberies
with violence and the disappearance of i.
prominent financier (with a portmanteui'
load of scrip).
Saturday Chinese welcome police wit'.
stones and bottles. Notorious prison
breaker missing from tho fort.
LIBEL COSTS EDITOR MONEY
Parisian Newspaper Man Pays for HI'
Remarks About Sarnh
Bernhardt.
PARIS, Aug. 24. (Special.) The owner
of a paper called Wasps was fined $10 r
few days ago, aentenced to a week'a Im
prisonment and ordered to pay $100 dom-
: sgea for libeling Mme. Sarah Bernhardt
Soma time ago, when the papers were dls
. cussing the question whether Mme. Bern
I hardt should be decorated with the Lgior
of Honor, the Wasps decided In the nega
tlve, giving reasons thet were very of
fenslve to the great actress. She did no
appear In court, much to everybody's dls
appointment.
WIRELESS STATIONS IN ARMY
After October t German Wll'tarr As.
thorltlea Will Extend This
Branch of Service.
BERLIN, Aug. 24. From October 1 each
of th German telegraph battalions at Ber
lln. Frankfort-on-the-Oder and Coblens
will have a section for wireless telegraphy
added to it. At the same time a fourtl
telegraph battalion, also with a wlrelew
section, will tie established at Carlsruhe.
Th wireless telegraph station at Nauon
claims to bav increased it. rang to i,M
milt.
BLAME FOR FRANCE
Moorish Statesmen Say Action of
France Was Too Hasty.
TRIBESMEN ARE PANIC STRICKEN
Uprising Due to Fact They Thoug-ht
Country Was Being Subjugated.
CAMB0N CALLS ON VON BUEL0W
Declaration Made that France and
Germany Are Still in Accord.
GRAVE CONDITIONS EXIST AT FEZ
Europeans In Dnnsrr and All Have
Decided o Leave Snltnn'a
Brother Forms Court at
Morocco City..
BERLIN, Aug. 24 -German official, dep
recate the Idea that the visit of the French
ambassador, Jules Cambon, to Chancellor
von Buelow at Norderney today was oc
casioned by developments In Morocco ami
that von Buelow's Invitation to him means
that Germany Is disquieted over the Casa
blanca Incidents. The officials here say
the visit Is due to the wish expressed In
July by M. Cambon to see Prince von Buo
low, whose other engagements prevented
an earlier Invitation.
While the fighting at Casablanca has not
caused tho meeting of the two statesmen
at Norderney,' they will talk over the
Moroccan situation. This does not mean,
however, that Germany Is seeking any spe
cial arrangement with France.
This Is Impossible In view of the terms
of the Algeciras convention, which remain
Intact. Germany thus far sets no occasion
to depart from her previous policy of yield
ing to Franco and Spain tho right to es
tablish order In Morocco.
Moors Rlsmlng France.
The Frankfurter Zeltung published a des
patch from Tangier, giving the aubstance
of an Interview which Us correspondent
there hod with Mohammed Sldl El Mokhrl,
of the Moroccan delegation to the Algeclrlas
convention, and who, It has been reported,
may succeed Mohammed El Tores aa repre
aentatlve of the sultan at Tangier. He Is
quoted as saying that the present ferment.
In the Interior of Morocco Is due to France's
Inpatient, hasty course at Casablanca.
This caused fear among the Moors that
their country would be subjugated? Mo
hammed added that If France now acts
with greater deliberation the exlstjng ex
citement may be allayed. Otherwise ho
fears a general uprising.
The movement hitherto has not been antl
chrlstlan but anti-French. France's present
course, Mohammed claims, is contrary to
the terms of the Algeciras convention and,
moreover, Is a blunder. He expressed tho
hope that the other powers would Insist
on France keeping within the terms of tho
Algeciras convention, and stated that the
events at Casablanca had endangered
peace In Morocco, Whereas that country ex
pected peace and civilization from Europe.
Clemeacean to See Falllerea.
PARIS, Aug. 24. Premier Clemenceau
will return to Paris tomorrow from Mar
lenbad and will go Immediately to Ram
boulllet, where he will give President Fal
llerea an account of hia Interview with
King Edward.
The Foreign office here officially assumes
that diplomatic complications over Morocco
are not likely to occur, aa the official at
titude of Germany alnce the crisis has been
one of complete approval. Ambassador
Cambon's visit to Chancellor Von Buelow
at Norderney, although arranged prior to
the fighting at Casablanca and having no
official relation to the Moroccan situation.
Is expectedyto have effect In enabling tho
two governments to understand each other.
NeverthelosB, the attitude of the German
newspapers, which are constantly filled
with Insinuation and Innuendo, creates
some misgivings lest the German govern
ment. In the event of the situation de
manding stronger measures, abruptly
changes its front, as It did several times
during the Algeciras convention. Some of
the French papers are firmly convinced
that this Is what will happen, but the
Foreign office gives no encouragement to
this assumption, and It la proceeding on
the theory first, that France and Spain
will not be forced to exceed the mandate
which they received at Algeciras, and sec
ondly, that If the unexpected happens, all
the powers will loyally support whatever
measures are found necessary to Insure the
safety of the lives and property of the
Europeans In Morocco.
The government haa received Information
ihowing that a German merchant at Tan
?ler, who la notorious for his dislike of
Frenchmen, Insph-ed the reports cabled to
the German newspapers, criticising the ac
tion of the French roopa at Casablanca,
especially the statement, classed here a i
ridiculous, that the French upon landing
tired first at the Moors.
Situation Grave at Fes.
TANGIER, Aug. 24.-Letters received hero
Trorn Fes, dated August 20, declare th
situation there to be most grave. All the
European residents have decided to leave
Fes at once.
A courier from Morocco City, who arrived
oday. confirmed the reports that tho America, to oe nem in x-m.ourg on uuio-'-.rother
of the aultan had been proclaimed Der 1B' 14 "nd "' under the tmPorrr
viltan August 16. After announcing by a Presidency of Cardinal Vannutelll, bishop
alute of four guns hia assumption of tho of Talestrlnl. who will come to America
hrone he Immediately formed a court -ri ,n October " Per,al "Presenta-
I'he Influence of the former ...lt.n l .v..
outh Is disappearing and Mulal Hafig has
eelared his Intention to appoint his brother
doharnmod Kullf of Fez and then proceed
lake command of the Moorish forces
eeieglng Casablanca.
The Europeans who are leaving Fez havo
iked that a warship meet them at El
ralah August 30.
It waa reported here thla evening that
he French cruiser, Du Chayla, had cap
ired off the coast a German vessel loaded
vlth titles and flying the Spanish flag. Ita
omr.iander was made a prisoner.
COMPETENCE OF TRIBUNAL
Iweclal Committee at The Hagne Dis
cusses Full Detail, of
Procedure.
TUB HAGUE. Aug. Si. The special com
nlttee of th peace conference, charged
with the examination of the American
iroposltlou for the establishment of an
nternational high court of Justice at Th
'iague, met today and took up the dlscus
don of article 7, dealing with the compe
.ence of the special tribunal which the high
ourt yearly shall appoint and If necessary
may try cases elsewhere than at Thu
Hague. A disagreement developed and the
lebate on th article was adjourned uutil
Vigust Z7
iCR0CK F TAFT
In Thla Way tollert Money Off
Omaha Man nml Others
Further West.
FPOKANIC. Wash., Aug. 24-(Speclal.)-"W.
H. Taft. Jr.. Washington. D.
Were the words a young electrician, after
ward giving his name to the police aa W.
j F. Vaughn of South Itend. Ind., Insertlx-d
with a nourish on the register at the Hpo
kan hotel, saying to the clerk at the same
time, "of course you know who I am,"
adding "nothing Is too good for the eon
t.f the secretary of war. Father will be
out this way In a few days on the way to
the coast."
After giving lengthy Interviews to the
newspapers, telling of his father's, politi
cal ambition and declaring that "the old
man will be a candidate for the presidency
If Theodore Roosevelt does not accept tho
nomination," the youngster called on L.
C. Monroe, secretary of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce, where he exhibited
a letter, purporting to have been written
by the secretary of war, telling him to bo
a good boy and not talk aa freely to re
porters as he did at Chicago.
Mr. "Monroe, who was formerly a news
paper man In Ohio, did not recognise the
signature as that of Mr. Taft and ques
tioned his visitor closely, ascertaining that
he knew no one at Washington or In Ohio.
The hotel detective was put on the young
ster's track and when confronted the
pseudo Taft broke down and said he re
sorted to the trick as he was hroke.
Previously he borrowed W from Alex- j
ander Flck of Omaha. Chief of Police j
Rico ordered Vaughn to
leave the city
and when Inst seen he was headed for the
Ptigct Sound country.
Alexander Flck has an office In the New
York Life building, Omaha, and deals In j
sugar beet seeds. 'He could not bo found
Saturday at his office nor at his residence, j
I
COMPLAINT OF CREAM RATES
Merchants' Trnffle Association
Denver Alleiica Charges Are
Exorbitant.
of
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-(Speclal Tele
irttn I The Interstate Commerce commis
sion Is In receint of a commalnt from tho
Merchants' Traffic association, with head- 1 enabling act and the constitution of. th
quartets at Denver, against the Pacific Ex- j United States, it was not the function
press company, "a company engaged In of the president to reject the constitution
the transportation of property by contlnu- merely becauso he did not approvo Its wis
ous carriage between various points In Colo- i dom and did not like Its provisions .from
rndo and Nebraska, and more particularly
between St. Paul, Neb., and Denver. The
complaint of the Merchants' Traffic associ
ation against the Pacific Express company
relates to the charge for the transportation
of inllk and cream In cans between Bt. ,.-"
Paul and Denver. The rate now charged Jury trial should Intervene between an or
is 12 per 100 pounds and the complainants j uor of injunction and punishment for It.
ay Zt surcharge la exomltant. unjust violation. He -aid that the writ of : in
H s noble Junction was one of the most beneficial
8 TheUnfaerm owned hv the late James D. j writs that a court could have and that It
Yeomaiia of Bloux City, below Mount Ver- ; la Juat aa useful In defense of the poof
non on the historic Potomac, comprising j as In the defense of the rich and any wcak
about 1 800 acres. Is about to pass out of ; enlng of It as an Instrument for remedy
the Yeomans family, a contract for Its , Ing wrongs would operate In favor ot th.
purchase having been signed this week. ; rich malefactor. Ho spoke at length on
The price agreed upon is 127,000 and It Is . the hypocrisy of tho framera of the con
bellevcd the court will ratify the aale, ! stltutlon In purporting to make an Instru
whlch haa been arranged by the com- ! ment by which the will of the pcopU ahould
mltsloners appointed . for that purpoae. , be eustulned pure and undcnlud and then
Cogresaman Hull of Dee Moince owned en by the merest political trickery " and
Interest In the farm, together with ex- ' chicanery, adopt a plan by which there
Congressman Wadsworth ot New York. mig,t be a majority of 10,000 for the r
and It la understood their Interest, are pUi,uCan ticket In the state and yet there
Included In the transfer, j be a democratic legislature and two demo-
., , s ! cratle senators, thus securing an expres-
ZELAYA'S SON IS
FORGIVEN
. ' . ... ...
Married Daughter of Washington
Clerk, Braving Parental Wrath
to Secnre Bride.
NEW YORK. Aug 24 Alfonso Zelaya,
son of tho president of Nicaragua, who be
iin .tron.Ted from his father because of
his marriage to Miss Stella Baker of Wash-
lngton, daugliter of a government clerk. to In tho unnecessary numoer oi omoee
has arrived here with his bride enrouto ' and also upon the severe Impairment ot th.
to his home In Nicaragua. There has been I system ot education by limitations upon
a reconciliation between father and son. i taxation for educational purposes, which
The Nlcaraguan chief of state haa forgiven in the Indian Territory It waa auid by thos.
the prodigal and has asked him to come who knew would probably not afford more
home. So on Tuesday he will sail with his j than two months education In a year. Th.
wife for Nicaragua by way of Panama. ; constitution provided for separate schools.
The romance of young Zelaya and Miss j white and neuro. and yet mado no provi
Baker brought them a gTeot deal of no- : slun by taxation for carrying out any auon
torietv. Zelaya, who bad been a cadet at j ayatem. For these reason, the secretary
j West Point, did not like the rigorous disci-
pllne there and quit. Ho went to Wash-
I lngton. met and fell In love with MIhs
Baker, and arrangements were progressing . that it waa a great deal eaaier to reject,
for their wedding when the prospective the eonstltulon than to amend It bo a. to
bridegroom waa kldnapml by auppoaed eliminate Ita defecta, and he would be con
agents of hia father. He was taken aa far fident aa a citizen that the next congres.
aa New Orleans, where he regained his ; would come to the aid of the people ot
freedom. He returned forthwith to Wash- ; Oklahoma, by a new enabling act and ft
! lngton and made Mle Baker his wife,
I Parental wrath and the cutting; oft of hia
allowance followed, and the son of the most
i powerful and rlcheat man in Central Amcr-
lea was forced to earn a living.
News of the father", forglvenee reached
him In Waahlngton Thursday night through
a repreaentatlve of the Nlcaraguan lega
tion. CATHOLIC PRELATE COMING!
Fourth Eurhartatle Congress of
(hurtn Will Be Held
SJ October.
the
NEW YOKK, Aug. 24. Plans are already
well under way for the fourth eucharletlc
, ow8 h9 Rom,n Catholic church In
tlve ot tne pope io w Co...r..
Monslgnor Lavllle of St. Patrick's cathe
dral here, is authority for the statement
that Cardinal Vannuetehi will visit this
country In the fall and attend the con
vention. Besldea presiding over the con
gress at Pittsburg, Cardinal Vannutelll
will visit Archbishop Farley and preach In
St. Patrick's cathedral, giving the papal
benedlcltlon as special representative of the
pop. He will call on the president and
will visit Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore,
bealdea making a tour of the larger cities
of the United States.
!MRS- MIZNERGETS DIVORCE
Widow ef Late Charles T. YerLe
Given Legal Separation from
Yonng Husband.
KEW YORK. Aug. 24. Juatlce Guy of
th aupreme court today signed a final
decree of divorce in the ault brought by
Mra. Mary Adelaide Yerkea Mlzner for
an abaolute divorce from her huahand,
Wllavn Mlzner. By the decree Mr.
Mlzner Is permitted to resume the name
of Yerkea and ahe may marry again.
Mlzner la forbidden to marry during th
lifetime of hia former wlfa. Mra.
Yerkea waa the wife of the late Charles
T. Yerkes, th. Chicago traction pro-moten
TAFT IN OKLAHOMA
Secretary of War Addresses Largt
Audience in Convention Hall.
SPEAKS ONLY FOR HIMSEL1
Defects
in New Constitution
Pointed Out
Arc
MANY UNNECESSARY OFFICES
Limitations on Taxation Would Limit
Schools to Two Months.
VOTE AGAINST RATIFICATION
Mr. Taft Says It Is Easier to Reject
t'nantlafartory Instrument and
Draft w One Than to
Amend It.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. !4.-Becretary
or War Taft addressed a large audlenr.
here tonight In convention hall. He dis
claimed all authority to speak for the na
tional . administration on any topic, but
aald that if he were a citizen of Oklahoma
he would vote against the ratlllcatlon of
" constitution necause oi
wl'lc' 1,e Pointed out. He said that It I.
I easier lo (trail a new instrument mn i
would be to amend an unsatisfactory one.
Mr. Taft began by defining the) Issues ot
the Oklahoma and Indian Territory state
election as two-fold. First, the acceptance
or rejection of the constitution and. aeo
ond, the election of a republican or demo
cratic state and legislative ticket and
United States senators; explained hia at
titude aa that of a republican, putting him
self In the place of a citizen of Oklahoma
and advising the republicans of Oklahoma
In respect to the wisdom or otherwise of
adopting the constitution. He disclaimed
entirely any authority to speak for th.
president on tho subject of the validity or
Invalidity of the constitution for the reason
that the function which the president per
formed was a Judicial one as to whether
i the proposed constitution conformed to th
' a political standpoint,
Writ of Injunction Necessary.
Mr. Taft commented at length on th.
necessity for maintaining the power of th.
j Blon of popular will with two democratio
j senators to represent a republican ma-
Ijorlty, but this itself shows what a mock-
j " i.i-.i.,.
.., .,. . ,h.
, , . ... . , .,.
JJIO WM tlliu fulfil men ucvibimivmi
"Let the people rule."
Many Unnecessary Onlcers.
The secretary comments on the heavy ex-
pense which tho state would be subjected
j said that if he were a citizen of Oklahoma,
I he would certainly vote for the rejection
' of the constitution, because he believed
new convention.
National Issue. Taken Up.
Secretary Taft then took up again th
national Issues, the tariff and the disas
trous effect of a revision of It, th. policy
with respeot to the dependencies In th.
Philippines, the question whether w. .houll
have government owneralp or railway rrgu
latlon, the treatment by the preaent ad
ministration of trusts, the foreign policy
and the navy, and urged that the new
state of Oklahoma and said that It ahould
be aatate that would range itaelf under th.
progressive principle, of Theodore Roose
velt, who did things, than In the ranka
of a party of Inefficiency and negation ilka
the democracy which had the aupport noly
of th statea ot the solid south, united
by the ghost of a past issue In the un
founded fear of socalled "negro domina
tion." NO DANGER OF MEAT FAMINE
Striking Drivers, However, Clash
.with- Strike Breaker, la
New York City.
NEW TORK, Aug. 24. There I. no d.n.
ger of a meat famine in thla city becaua.
of the atrlk. of the driver, of delivery
wagona of the big meat packing companies,
according to a atatement made today by
William H. Noyes, chairman of th. em
ployers" committee. Mr. Noyes said that
practically all of the firms affected by th.
strike were moving their teams and de
livering meat today, under th guard of
mounted police, and that the packers had
comparatively a full complement of men
for a dull day. Notwithstanding this, aom.
of the conaumera cuntinued to send their
own wagona to the ' packing housea for .
their aupply of meat.
One of the most svrtous clashea today
between th. strikers and atrlk. breaker,
occurred at Third avepua and East Forty
second street, when Jacob Handel, a strlk.
breaker, was dragged from his wagon and
into a saloon, where, ha alleged, four men
brat him until he drew a revolvsr and be
gan to shoot. Jamea Dowlitv, one of th '
atrtkera, waa arrested, charged with com
mitting th asLault on Handl. H ad
mitted that he did It and waa held In
ball for trial. Handel wa. also held on a
charge of carrying concealed weapons.