Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 25, 1907, NEWS SECTION, Image 1
The Omaha Sunday Bee PART I. A4vrtlM la THE OMAHA DEC Best West HEW: SECTION PACE 1 TO 8. VOL. XXXVII NO. 10. OMAHA, SUNDAY MOHNINO, AUGUST 25, 11)07 FIVE SECTIONS Till KTY-FOUU PAGES. SINGLE COPV FIVE CENTS. 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 (Continued on Second Page.) - SUMMARY OF THE nrclDMMC ffiS DJT11 inct ni Sunday, Afiiiil 88, UK Oojj ir,joiiJ U OJIiltf (JO 1 of Perpetrator of ID07 AUUUST . iiiu. cum mom. rut. wts rtiu " rati sat 5? I i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TKB WTJ1THIR. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair and warmer. Temrerature at Omaha vesterdav: Hour. Deg. Hour. Deg. 6 a. m M l p. m so 6 a. m 64 2 p. m 79 7 a. rn 62 8 p. m 81 ft a. m 68 4 p. m til t a. m 1 6 p. m M 10 a. m 74 6 p. m o 11 a. m 7i 7 p. m 79 12 m 79 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.