Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1907)
7 i The Omaha Daily Bee I 1 VOL XX XVI I- NO. .?.. OMAHA, MONDAY MOHXIXO, AUGUST 26, 1007. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. ( THEFTS CAUSE WORRY t'ntle m Has Been Playing a Long String- of Hard Luck. MUTT TtnfTftr iorTiw t nrrcf I'l'lIX iUUbU AVIiS.AI A Two Defalcations Recently in as Many Subtreasurics. RECORD THEFT FOE ONE TIME Million Dollars Taken from the New Orleans Subtreasury. MOST INGENIOUS OF THEFTS t nlnred Mrwnifr In Trrunrf Dt pnrtmeat Take Silver Dollars mid Substitute Lead of Ham W y c r: I From a Staff WASHINGTON, Your Uncle Samuel Sldcrable tollgll li out (if the loss of taken by trusted " y- ondent.) i" -7" . (Special.) jn having -n- , ently growing SSr A'hlrh has been c S (if the varlmm departments of tt nunent, the dis npp'arnncn of 0 registered in.nl I ouches from a ' " on train between Denver, Colo., ar rd, Neb., and said to contain IKO.Oliu. elng the latest . 4 peculation which la sorely worrying postal n(Tlclnl. Only a abort while ago one of the offi cials In the Bolton aubtreasury relltved Uncle Bam of $8,t00. The theft of 1173, 000 In 11.000 bflla, which occurred about five montha ago In tho Chicago aul treuatiry, la atlll a profound mystery to the government'! detective forces, the chief aleuth of tho Treaaury department. Colonel John Wllkle, having been con tinually endeavoring to ferrt out the crtmlnnla who took the money ever since the crime waa committed. And the theft of $112,000 from the St. Loula aubtreas ury, which occurred nearly a year ago, la aa much of a myatery now, ao far ua the public haa any knowledge, aa It wis when the theft waa llrat discovered. According to u statement made by an official of the Treasury department, the United States snbtreasurles have aufferej greatly by reason of peculation on the iart of "trusted" employe!. In nine oases have the aubtreaeurlea been robbed of 110,000 or more, In alx of which tic) thlevea have been apprehended and pun ished und conalderanle of the money re covered. Million Dollar! Taken. ITobably the greatest theft of govern ment money waa the Whltaker-May atoal Iroin the New Orleana aubtreasury In 1887, when nearly 11. 000.000 was taken. When the thlevea were apprehended but a email part of the money waa recovered, ' Um government being still out $GS0,B1.M ' ytm that bold robbery. Another big theft ' that took place In this city was that of Marden and Johnson. Marden got away with 112,000 and Johnson with $50,00.1. The treasury la out on that enterprise 14M00. Borne thirty yeara ago an employe of the Interior Department, Captain Howgate, got away with about $so,000, not a cent of which ai ever recovered. Howgate died about a year ago In New York in extreme poverty. The Wlnalow theft, which waa accom plished In 1876, waa another big haul. Wlnalow waa an "honest" employe In tho treasury, und everybody was aurprlaed to discover Chat he hud helped himself to a pucknga containing $S,C00. Intended for shipment to a western bank. Wlnalow got acared out of his wlta when some one said to Mm In fun, "They've caught you at luat, Wlnalow." That night someone rang the door bell of the home of the secretary of the treas ury, A. C Wyman, formerly a resident of Omaha, now an employe In the depart ment over which he presided as chief, so hard that the old gentleman tumbled out of his bed in - a hurry. When he opened the door he found a bundle containing the stolen money, with a few hundred dollar! missing. laaTealoua Colored Memager, One of the meat Ingenious and painstak ing thefts waa that of an old and trusted colored messenger of the Treasury depart ment who had aooeaa to the treasury vault where gold and silver coin la stored. He got away with about 800 allver dollars, taking from one to four 1 a time. Silver dollars are stored away In the treasury vaults In canvass sacks, each sack con taining 1.000 silver dollars. The method adopted by Jackson was this: He pur-t-hassd a Troy weight scale and weighed a standard silver dollar, and ascertaining Its precise weight proceeded to get a quan tity of lead In sheets and make disks of the lead of the exact alia and weight of a silver dollar. With these lead diaks In his possession from day to day he would as opportunity presented Itielf, during his hours of duty about the vaults of the treasury, carefully open a sack containing silver dollan, ex tract two or three, replacing them with the lead disks. This petty thievery went on for some years and was only discovered by the sheerest accident. When a United States treasurer goea out of office an accounting of the cash under his control must be made and a balance struck before the United States will re lieve his bondsmen and a clear balance turned over to his successor. The hi II lions of sliver dollars In the vaults of the treasury when a count la made necessary by a change In United eHatee treasurers la not made by actually counting by hand every piece of money, but by weighing the baga. Each bag con taining t.Ok pieces should Weigh Just so nu.h. an.) If short or over the merest friction suspicion would ! a ... - uu m3x V.. rJ th fpend to tlnd out what la vii. Ban Aeeldeatalljr Bareta. The weighing process or counting is con ducted by a committee of trusted clerks a;puueJ y the secretary of the treas ury. Upon the occasion of the discovery of the thievery of liesaenger Jackson the weighing of the baga of silver dollars had bwa about half completed when a sack, ai'M.wsd and old. broke in the handling and it contents rolled all about the floor of ti. vault. Of course thoea having charge f the count directed that the coins be gatherd up. and when this was done. t th-.r great astonishment, they found four lend di.ks in the heap. A careful count was mJ of t actual good stand , ai l ;ivr dollar which had escaped from in broa.Hi sack, and it totaled SW, four shujt. witi fuur pieces of lead to make the eva thousand, Thera waa oaaiderable coaaternatk CONDITION OF THE WEATHER': Tempi I at liro ut OniHliii vct crdnv : Hour. Lk. Html . Dig. A hi .1 ; m'. m I a. "l m H h. in tv; : I') ii. in H7 " " I 1 p. in... - P- in... 3 p. m... 4 p. in... 5 p. in... ti p. m... 7 p. in... , 1J in 7" d p. in.. 9 p. 111. tho treasurer's ofllce. How the lead disks had been substituted for the atandard sliver cart wheels waa a puzzle nnd might have forever remained a secret had not the negro messenger, who turned the trick, lost hia nerve and confessed. Aa a r-sult of the millions of silver dollars mere all recounted by hand, piece by piece. Hnd resacked. the operation occupying a force of twenty-five expert counters nearly a year, nnd by this means It was ascer tained that Jackson had stolen some K allver dollars, substituting lend disks for the sliver dollars abstracted. Veritable ;sld Ilrlrk. Another theft whereby l'ncle Sam lost a considerable aum of money mlnht in very truth be called a gold brick swindle. The thief assayer In "the Philadelphia mint turned this trick some years ngo. It appears that gold Intended for mintage Is moulded Into shape about the size of the common red brick of commerce nnd each Is worth about lio.oiin. These gold bricks are stored in United States mints by the thousands awaiting such time as the gov ermuent desires to coin the metal. The Philadelphia mint official conceived a shrewd plan. At intervals he would extract one of these real Rold bricks, and having erected a retort at his home In one of tho suburbs of the Quaker City, proceeded to work the golden metal Into small Ingots, which he had no trouble in selling to gold smiths. In thla manner he got away with nearly $.',0,000 worth of l'ncle Sam's jrold before his thievery was discovered. The discovery was made through the process of the usual annual count of stock made In every Government mint. Cabinet Olltccra Are Traveler. "Official traveling la as contagious as yellow fever. It goes through an adminis trative household like a prairie fire and oddly enough tho more of It that is done the more of It seems necessary." This comment waa made by one of tho oldest und most experienced of government officials in connection with the world tour on which Secretary Tuft has started. Ho noted that from the president down through all grades of government officials the ex tent of th traveling done during the last ; six or eight years exceeded that of the last quarter of u century. "President KooBevelt's cabinet," he con tinued, "might well be known as the travel ing cabinet. Its members have been away from Washington more frequently, have traveled farther and on more extensive Journeya than tho members of any other cabinet In the history of the country. In a way thla la only the natural result of the development of the country. No cabinet officer possibly can familiarize himself thoroughly with tho work of his depart ment without coming into intimate touch with It In all of Its detuils. These details are widely scattered, and, as they cannot be brought to lilm. It is necessary that ho should go to them. "Take Secretary Taft's caae aa an In stance. He la now about to make his sec ond trip to tho Philippines since he was appointed fcecictary of war. Practically he made a trip around the world before. This time he actually will encircle the globe. From the time he left Washington until hla return next December he will have covered approximately So.ooo miles. That trip will mean much, not to him, per sonally, only, but to the people of this country. Taft, notwithstanding his hulk and his weight, is a prodigious worker and every hour he Is away he will be working for Amertcn and for its diversified Interests. A few yeara ago such a Journey would have been wholly unnecessary; now it- Is absolute neceaaity, made ao by the condl tlona which America created. Hoot's Trip South. "Taft, however, Ii not the only long dia tance traveler In the cabinet. Secretary Root haa already taken one long trip longer than any other cabinet officer, except Taft, ever undertook that to ttie countrlea of South nnd Central America. The good reeults of that long and arduous Journey have not yet been appreciated fully, but In fhe years to come they will e. He Is Juat about to go on another long trip, not ao extensive as the South American trip, but one pregnant with interest and im portance to the people of the United States. He will visit Mexico In the near future, and while the precise nnture of his mis sion has not been disclosed. It Is expected It will result In closer relations politically and commercially between the United States and Mexico than has ever existed before. It Is not unlikely that out of Secretary Root s visit to Mexico will grow a more stable and definite understanding as to the situation throughout Central Amer ica It certainly will be fruitful of good reaults reepectlng the United States and the country over which President Dial presides. i Btraas BeneHts from Journey. "Secretary Straus of the Department cf Commerce and Labor la Juat about com pleting a tour which included the northern and western borders of the United States and the Hawallun Islands. He has been In touch with parts of the government's service that no cabinet officer ever before jcame Into personal contact with and the ! Journey will give him Ideas and lnforma- tlon Impossible to obtain In any other way. i "rVcretary Wilson of the Department of ! Agriculture haa been atudylng for two ! montha forestry and grazing problems In the west and northwest, traveling hundreds I of miles over almost Impassable roads In I wagons. Thla Is true also of the new sec ' retary of the Interior, Mr. Garfield, who ' has also traversed all the public land states, together with the territories. In a desire i to have flrat-hand information as to the great queatlona with which the Interior j department muat deal. J "While he haa been secretary of the navy, : Mr. Metcalf has Inspected most of the j naval stations of the country on both i roasts, covering thousands of miles by rail ' and water. I "Commissioner I.eupp of the Indian office, Chief Fortater Plnchot and Director New ' ell of the reclamation servtcV. have been on the go almost constantly since the ad ' Journment of congress and the k no m ledge ; which they have acquired will be of Incal i culable service to their departments when , the legislation for the future la put Into j lasting form." ; Iowa Coal Prodartlon. ! Iowa was the only state west of the Miss issippi whose production of coal in 19og ex ceeded that of the preceding year. In each ef the laat ten yeara. Indeed. Ua coal pro- (Continued on Second Page. STOCK MARKET IS EASIER Financiers of tho Opinion Worst of Period of Uncertainty is Past REFLECTS EUROPEAN CONDITIONS Ulan It a tea for Money Abroad Have Indnred Korelanrra to Throw Over I.nrae Amount of Amrrlean Securities. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. The feeling of ap prehension with which the stock market began the week has been replaced by calmer Judgment. There was much less liquidation and few aigna, aave In isolated Instances, of selling by those whose margins were Impaired or whose confidence In the future had fallen to a lower point Such Improvement aa was shown, however, was largely sentimental, based on the belief tliHt prices have discounted all the more adverse conditions thAt may arise and that henceforth there will be less cf political ngltatlon, or at least less responso on the part of Investors to what have formerly been regarded aa disturbing policies. The apeechea of Secretary Taft at Columbua on Monday and of President Roosevelt at Province-town on Tuesday were read with great Interest In Wall street, but their efTect on the market was alight. Much more Interest attached to the gen eral credit situation, since it became ap parent that the market wna slowly but surely divorcing Itself from purely politi cal considerations. Hankers who look at condltlona from a better vantage point than the average outHldera are more impressed with the idea that the trouble through which the market haa been passing la International In character, nnd that It Is the close relatione between the money marketa of thla country and those of Kurope that have produced the tension here. Our marketa have not only had to abaorb the liquidation of American share holders, but they have been forced to ac cept securities to the value of many mil lions of dollars from Investors scattered all over Europe, England, Germany, Prance and Holland who have greatly reduced their holdings of American securities, until now they are probably at the lowest level In some years. Further, the high rates for money abroad have reduced the borrow ing capacity of this country in a field from which large amounts of capital are an nually drawn. WRECKED CAISSON RIGHTED Itallrond Will nt Once Proceed to Complete Drldge Over the Mlasonrl. PIERRE. S. D., Aug. 26.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The caisson which wna wrecked last spring by high water was righted to- I day. Thla Insures the early completion of the Chicago & Northwestern railway's ateel bridge over the Mlsaourl river. It Is ex pected that the rails will be connected during the week of September 14. The Postoffice department at the re quest of United . States Senator Klttredge authorized through mail service to the Black Hills over the new line, taking effect today, which will make the Black Hills malls two days earlier than now. The rail road will receive the maximum rate until the rate has been adjusted. A completo list of general officers has been created for the new Tine of railroad west of thla city. It la announced there will be twenty-five more here In three weeks. A new bank will be organized at Blunt, this county, thla month. A number of Indiana partlea are here looking over the location for the purpose of sinking an oil well In this section, A packing plant will be established here nnd will be operated by Independent pack ers. The promoters expect to be ready for business soon. The new $10,000 auditorium la to be opened on the evening of Auguat 13. with a grand ball given by the Capitol City bank. ACCIDENT IN NAVY YARD Air Compressor Explode! at Nor folk and Injnres Three Men. I NORFOLK. Va Aug. 25.-While ord nance department officials were testing an air compressor used In expelling torpedoes In the powerhouse of the yards and docks department of the Norfolk navy yard to day four out of eight cranks In the ex peller blew out with terrific force. Injur ing three men and doing considerable damage to the building. Many who were standing around had narrow escapes. A heavy sheot of armor plate placed for tho protection of those around In case of ac cident, was blown a hundred feet away and one of the largest cranks went straight up, taking off the eaves of the power nlant and breaking sixty-five windows In I . l. - hi.iMin Thm Inlnred are: vim l. . - Allen Webb, badly cut about the feet and legs. S. S. Martin. E. L. Shepperd, both Injured about the feet and legs. HOLDUP AT HUNTLEY, MONT. Fonr Men Fatally Shot and One Maimed for Life One Robber Captured. BILLINGS, Mont. Aug. 23. Four men shot fatally and a fifth maimed for life Is the result of an attempted holdup at Huntley, one of the government townsltes on the recently opened Huntley project, esrly this morning. Seven men, six of whom were Finland era, the seventh being an American laborer, were sleeping In a freight car. 8hortly after midnight they were awakened by a a-ruff volco which bade them put up their i hands. The Finns refused to comply with I the order and the robbers began to shoot. ! Three Finns were wounded wnd one ban t dlt's trm was shattered. He was captured by the angry Finns, but his comrade es caped. The Flnlanders were enroute to Wyo ming to work In coal mines. Steamboat on Green Hirer. GREF.N RIVER. Wyo.. Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) Smith Broa. & Field of the Lucerne valley will place a ateamboat In service on Green river, between their ranches and this place. If the venture pays the business will be extended. It has been known for years . that Green river was navigable for small boats, or large boats of small draught. SCOTSatZTSl Or OCXAjr BTBAJCSatrPa. Port. Arrlvss. Blls4. HAVKE laBratasue LIVERPOOL Cearie LIVERPOOL Cymric HOTTERDAM Potadim. Pl.VMlllTH St. Louli PLVUl I TH Bsrtosrotsa LONDON MlBBshaha. M4HSEIIXRS ..Roma jl'KES9ToWN .gtrurta ANTWKRP KrosBUM. CHIhBi'l RO, ... Ns York. GLA300W 1414 on Uk. i EXPLOSION IN POWDER MILL Tvro Men Abe Killer and Several Others Are Injured nt Kan Frnnrtaro. OAKLAND, Cel.', Aug. . An explosion occurred at the rupont-Denemours powder works at Sobrante, on the bay aliore, six teen mllea north of Rerkelay, yesterday. There were three shocks. Two persons are dead and many were Injured. The whole place Is In flames. The shock of the ex plosions was felt In all the cities sround the bay. The dead: RICHARD TOMPSON. WILLIAM DOANE. These two men were working In the mixing houae when three tons of nitro glycerine exploded. The wash house, the nitroglycerine mixing houae and the acid separating house were wrecked. The mone tary loss Is lEO.OOO. SAN FRANCISCp, Aug. 24-When the 3.000 employes of tile California Fruit Can nera' association who work in the big establishment of the company on Van Ness avenue In this cltir felt the ahocka they thought there was an earthquahe and rushed Into the streets. During tho stam pede a number ofl persona were thrown down and trampled upon. At least thirteen persons, it was find later, were badly hurt. Seven Italian women were removed to the central emergency hospital, three other women were taken to their homes and three more who were Injured treated at the canneries. When the shock of the explosion was first felt several men Italian employes went Into the street to Investigate the cauae. On re-entering the building they said It was an earthquake, nnd this atarted the atam pede. During the efforta to get outsldo a few men drew knives and wounded severnl persons. Other! Jumped Into a chute used to send cans to a part of the eatabllshment nnd were landed In a heap at the bottom. Of the alx Injured women taken to the emergency hospital one whose name has not been ascertained has Internal Injuries and possibly a fracture of the skull. The other Injured include Rosa Angelonl, Jose phine Marinella, Mrs. Ballonl, Teresa Quac cla, Katherlna Quaccla, Maria Sadinl, Mary Scardinla and Antonio Connlzla. The main cause of injury was the acci dental closing of the heavy doors opening from tho main hall lo. tho street. It la thought that employes on the lower floor in rushing out through the vestibule closed these doors. Nearly BOO women who were working on the second fldoi1 crushed Into the upstairs corrk ir. and1 finding then hers already filling the aelvea blocked by ol staircase, thrw tin! rnselves headlong down stairs until the sta way was Jammed. The opened until several doors could not bi policemen arrived allowing the wome find broke the hinges. to reach the street. NEEDS OF THE SIGNAL CORPS General Allen Wants Both More Men and More Officers for Mia Department. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26-Brlgadler Gen eral James Allen, chief signal officer of the army, in his annual report urges a con siderable strengthening of the arm of the service In hla charge. He aays It Is believed that by the development of the power of accurate control upv.n the field of battle through perfect lines of Information It would be possible for the commander who first utilizes It to the limit for tactical purposes to gain as decisive victories In the future as any that have ever been gained In the past. General Allen points wltn regret to hla Inadequate forcea, saying that there , Is a shortage both In offlcera and men through out the service, and submits a scheme for a general Increase In the corps ao aa to have 1,500 prlvatea and a proportionate number of officers, secured In part by de tail from the line. TWO KILLEDJN AUTOMOBILE Four Others Injured When Machine Crashes Into a Stone Wall. SAUNDERSTOWN. R. L. Aug. 2a. Waldo Merrill, stockbroker of Boston, and Erlck Landstrom of Mattapan. Mass.. a chauffeur, were killed today by the overturning of an automobile, which craahed Into a stone wall at a sharp curve In the road leading to Narragansett pier. Four other occu pants of the touring car. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Mllliken of Milton. Mass., their daughter. Mlas Rita , MtlllUen, and Mrs. Merrill, wife of Waldo Merrill, escaped with slight Injuries. TORNADO IN WISCONSIN HI or in ear Kan Claire K11U Two Persons, Injures One nnd Wreoka Many Buildings. EAU CLAIRE, Wis.. Aug. 25.-A sum mary of the tornado of laat night In the southwest part of Eau Claire county shows the following casualties. Dead: THOMAS HAGUE, a boy. MARY CLEMENSON. both of Clear Creek township. Injured: A young eon of C. P. Mones of Bruna wlck townahlp. Twenty-three barna and sheds, five resi dences, two school houses and one church wapa rieatroved. two horses were killed and ; a great number of haystacks scattered for miles. FATAL COLLISION INFRANCE Ten People Killed and Twenty-Five ' Injured In Itallrond Wreck. j COUTRAS, France, Aug. 25. Ten persons ' were killed and twenty-five Injured In a 1 heudon collision today between an express ' train bound from Bordeaux for Paris and ' a freight train. The accident was caused i by a misplaced switch. None of those killed ! or wounded waa an American. PEACE AMONG SHOE MAKERS Charges Against International Offl cera Dismissed by Con vention. TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 23. The Boot and Shoe Workers' International convention closed today. Charges against President Tobln, Vice President Lovely and Secretary Bain of tampering with ballots, Issuing false statements and other unlawful acts were dismissed by a vote of 180 to 33. Excursion for Vacbtamea. BERLIN, Aug. 26. The American yachts men who competed recently in the races for the Emperor William cup went for an excursion on the Spree river today to Grunau and return. They were dined to night at the Wannsee Yacht club by Oscar Huldschlnsky, on of the leading jachtmen a ernsasw REIIA GETS BIG RECEPTION Omaha Turner Who Wins Honors Abroad Welcomed Home. MAYOR HELPS IN RECEIVING Tel Jed okol Gives Demonstration to Man Who Brings Interna tional Championship to Gate City. The return of Frank Reha from Prague, where he represented the Omaha Tel. Jed. Sokol In the International exhibition and contests, waa marked with featlve featur.'a not common In Omaha. The society of which ho la a member turned out In force, with a brass band and colors flying, to meet him. The mayor of tho city greeted him aa he left the train and hla admirers presented him with a large bouquet as a mark of their pleasure at his safe arrival. The welcoming pary marched from the Bohmlan Turner hall to the Burlington depot, where their champion arrived at 4 o'clock. From the depot he waa eacorted to tho hall, stopping enroute to greet his mother, who waited for him at home. At the hall V. Schneider, president of the so ciety, made a ahort address In Bohemian and was followed by Mayor Dahlman, who told how proud Omaha was to have an International champion In the city and how pleased, he, with all of Mr. Reha'a frienda, were to have him home again. The guest of honor responded In a few worda In Bohemian and thereafter an In formal reception followed, tho bouquets being scattered among the young women aa mementoa of the occasion. The turner drill team gave a brief exhibition to show the champion that they had been at work during his absence. First Mednl and Diploma. Mr. Reha brings back with him a first medal and a diploma for the excellence of his burning. His team also won a seeond prize In the team contests, lacking eight points of carrying away a first prize. Mr. Reha waa a member of the Boheniian American team. There waa but one other team from America, that aent by the Slovaka of Chicago. He left Omnha May 19 and arrived in France June 11. From Havre he went to Paris, where the team gave an exhibition. Mr. Reha doesn't have a high opinion of French arrangements for athletic exhibits. He says the exhibits were held In a barn, the floor covered with sawdust ao deep that when the men were at work the dust nearly smothered them and that after one exhibit he refused to appear again In that hall. The exhibitions were then removed to a government gymnasium, which was some what better. Nine Thousand at Once. At Prague there were 9.000 turners, rep reaenting the United States, Bohemia, Rus sia, France, Belgium and Arabia. At one time every man of the 9.000 was on the floor at one time In a callathenlc exerclae. Five hundred turners not In the contest! attended the meeting and Iff) musician! sup plied tho music. After the International I conteata the American team vlalted aeveral j places In Bohemia, where they gave exhl ' bltlons and received high praise for their ', work. Mr. Reha aaya the Tluropesn turners do not pay as much attention to athletic de vices as those of America, depending more . upon calisthenics nnd almllar drllla. Tho American team waa outclassed In the mat- i ter of age, the European contestants all being older. This Is due to the fact that all of the young men serve In the army and' cannot take up turning seriously until after they are 14 years old. The Fourth of July celebration of the party was held In Prague. The American I consul and his family Invited the mem bers of the tenm and all visitors to take part with him In the observance of the day. A picnic was held and firecrackers and blank cartridges were exploded In honor of American independence. PRESIDENT WRITES G. GREEN Secretary I.oeb Sends Thanks of Mr. Roosevelt for Third. Term Sonht. George Green gave hla uaual Sunday pro gram to thousands of peraons at Hanaeom park yeaterday afternoon, but that lan't the point. The program waa an excep tionally good one, but that lan'f the point. Green's word for It that Dan Hoyt's cornet solo was the most artistic bit of triple tongulng ever heard In Omaha, hut that Isn't the point. Dan Hoyt trlpled-tonguod so well that he never missed a note, but, pshaw, that Isn't the point. The program was largely adapted to the press, but that Isn't anywhere near the point. The point Is not to be found In this program, nor in this concert, good and successful as both were. The point Is George Green and his popular concert band have furnished music that lias reached the ears of the man who sits In tho White House; Theodore Roose velt, president, has taken notice of Han com park's Patrick Sarsfleld Gilmore and has complimented him. Mr. Green received the compliment In the form of a letter from the president's secre tary prior to yesterday's concert and yet the concert went off Just as If the letter from Oyster Bay had never come. Borne weeks ago George Green let go of his "Teddy, We Want You for the Third Term" song and sent a copy of It to th? president. This Is the letter which Mr. Green la proud of: THE WHITE HOUSE, Aug. 2, I907.-To Mr. George Green, Omaha. Neb. Dear air: Your letter of 29th ultimo haa be?n received and In behalf of the president I thank you for calling attention to the enclosure. Youra very trulv. WILLIAM I.OEB. Secretary to the President. WAITER- STABS A YARDMAN Stl-s Knife In Man at Chraaprake Iteatnurnnt and Makes Ills Escape. Edward Coleman, the yardman at the Chesapeake restaurant, was stabbed In tho left side about & o'clock Sunday night by William Ingram, a colored waiter, who lives In Council BlufTa. He was taken to the Omaha General hospital In the patrol wagon and Is not thought to be danger ously injured. Ingram made hia eacapl Immediately after tho stabbing and the police of Omaha and Council Bluffa are looking for him. The stabbing was tho outcome of a personal fued that haa ex isted between tho two men for somo time past. HYMENEAL nock-Kohl. Henry J. Bock of South Omaha and Miaa Emmy Rohl of Berlin, Germany, were married In Chicago Saturday. They ar rived Sunday at South Omaha, where they will reside at 417 North Twenty-fourth street. Mr. Bock met hi! bride when h's waa atudylng musio In Germany. COLORED MEN BUCK TRUST Tito llonthlnrka Itefnae to liaise Prices tilth Greeki Who Con trol Business. In thla day nnd age of trust busting, when the vox popull Is lifted in righteous indignation against predatory comllnea, Omaha haa grappled with two tenacles of tho octopus, the con! and Ice, nnd now finds Itaelf face to face with the third the bootlack Industry. At least this Is the charge made by two colored men, dene Thomas ami Tom Adams, who propose to stand between the common people and the encroachments of the powerful. The fact la a couple of yeara ago Greeks secured control of the bootblack stands In Omaha, and today own them all except two places one at 211 Smith Thirteenth street. Omaha, and the other at 423 North Twenty fourth etreet, South Omaha. These two are owned and operated by Messrs. Thomas and Adams. Having tho business prac tically In their own hands, the Greeks are able to dictate the market. They have, therefore, raised from 6 to 10 cents the price of a shine for Saturdays' Sundays and holidays. Thla Is the Issue. The col ored men are irtlll charging tho same for these days as they do for others 5 cents n shine and propose to stay by this price and "fight It out along thla line If It takca all summer." They don't care If there are four holidays a week and "every day la Sunday bye and bye;'' they will con tinue to guard the Interest a of the com mon people by asking no more than 5 cents, let the octopus charge what It may. Messrs. Thomas and Adams say they and other colored nun would like to get back Into the bootblack business on a large scale, as they once were, but have found It Impossible to secure quarters. They have been refused suitable places by a number of landlords or agents to whom they have gone earnestly asking to rent certain rooms. In the meantime, the Greeks are multiplying their places and enlarging their plants In this and other western cities. PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE Four Persona Killed nnd Six Serl onslr Hurt In Wreck enr Sapnlpnt I. T. BAPULPA, I. T., Aug. 26. Four persons were killed nnd thirty Injured this after noon when westbound St. Ixiula and San Francisco passenger train No. 4)7 and east bound passenger train No. 412, both loaded heavily with excursionists, collided headon near this city. The dead: CHRIS BENTZ. Monett, Mo., engineer westbound train. W. c. SNOOD, Conway, Mo., fireman east bound train. GEORGE ANGERS, Oklahoma City, fire man. UNIDENTIFIED MAN. The seriously Injured: James Haner, Monett, Mo., fireman west bound train. W. B. Hill, leg crwshed. W. J. Walker, S . Joseph. Mo., had sprain. W. W. Bunigarten, St. Louis, head cut H. A. Coe, Monett, Mo., express mes senger westbound train, head crushed. William B. Lante, St. Louis, express mes senger, westbound train, seriously. The wreck Is said to have been due to the failure of the dispatcher at Sapulpa to order the eastbound train to take tho siding at Red Fork. Both eng-nes and the bag fcago car on the eastbound train and the baggage car and combinn-ion coach on the westbound train were telscoped and burned. Engineer Bentz met death bravely. Fire man Angers shouted to him that the crash was coming and said, "Let's Jump." Bentz replied, "Jump yourself I'm going to stick to the engine," throwing on the air brake, he tried In vain to prevent the collision. "SIEGE OF JERICHO" IS NEXT ItlK Spectacle la to Be Presented at Vinton Street Ball Park. When the base hall season Is over and the peanut has been safely packed away, the Vinton street lot will be turned Into a Bhow ground and Omaha will have a chance to spend Its evenings watching a grand display of fireworks and the like In connection with a spectacular performance to be presented under the title 'of "Tho Siege of Jericho." Just what fireworks had to do with the operations of General Joshua at the mem orable siege of Jericho is not divulged in written history, and the Inquirer will very likely be told to go to Jericho to find out. Papa Bill Rouke has closed with the com pany that puts on tho show, and will give It for six nights, commencing Monday, September 16. It Is a performance of much magnitude and Includes some spectacular features aside from the fireworks display, offering a somewhat dramatic representa tion of one of the great events of biblical history. Three hundred people are em ployed In the production, aside from the experts who handle the pyrotechnic dis plays. The show will be given on the dia mond, so that all In the grandstand and bleachers can see It. Additional seats will be put In to accommodate the crowda cer tain to visit the park during the time of the show.' More detailed announcements will be made later. SCOTS HOLD BEST PICNIC Clan Gordon lloa Finest of All Its Annual Oatlngs at Park. Clan Gordon laid la the cool shade (.11 previous attempts at picnics yesterday. It held its annual outing ut Krug pa-k and had the one time of the clan's career. The attendance was large and the enjoy nun unbounded. The band played, the clan sang, George McDougall stirred the good j1J Scotch blood with his blooming bagpipe, the while Thomas Meldrum gavo an exhibition of the Highland dance. And the Highland lllng It was not for gotten; It was flung for prizes. Miss Martha Brltton winning first and Miss Jennie Htslop Second. These others were prize winners: Boys' race, under 12: Arthur Sargent, first; James Watson, second. Girls' race, under 12: Jennet te Oehrley ami I -(.-art MacTtt-1. Children's race, under 8: Addle Fog and Nathan Hoffman. Women's race, wives of clansmen: Mrs. 1. Linn and Mrs. James C. Lindsay. Clansmen's 100-ynrd dash: Dr. C. t". Morrison won first and R. G. Watson und O. A. Dunn tied for second. RIFLE TEAM FROM HAWAII Pass Throaah City Knroate to Participate la National Competition. Forty Hawallans, bound for the National Guard encampment at Camp Perry, O., where they will represent Honolulu aa the rifle team from the Islands, went through Omaha Saturday evening. They came In at S o'clock on the Union Pacific and spent only a few minutes In Omaha, continuing on their way to the east, DOWN TO PRIMARIES Politicians All at Sea as to Probable. Result on Candidates. MANY UNCERTAIN QUANTITIES No Precedents to Guide Them in Mak ing Up Their Estimates. SWITCH ON TALK ABOUT PRESS City Papers Blamed No Matter Which Tack They Take in Campaign. CLERKSHIP BONE OF CONTENTION Plum Which Stnrted All the Fight Over the Candidates for Supreme .Indue Chance for Legis lature to Act. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Aug. 25 -tSpeclal Telegram ) The work of the rival "press bureau" or ganizations has been practically ended, although they have both been busy right along up to thla time. Both aldea of the. Sedgwlck-Reese controversy are Insisting that they have the better of It. but the Reese boosters do not ninke their claim! with quite the cock-sureilness that they did a little while ago. All are agreed that the outcome will depend, as between Reese and Sedgwick In their quest for the supreme Judgeship nomination, upon a great many contingent factors, on which no one can make Intelli gent estimates, particularly in view of the fact that this will be the first trial of a state-wide primary in Nebraska. Weather conditions, local flgbta for county nomina tions, the personal followlngs of different leaders who have espoused one cause or an other, the Intelligence cf the primary elec tion officers, the form In which the ballots are put up by the county clerks will all have something to do with the vote polled. For the regular election these contingencies might be discounted nnd somo f,nlr concep tion had of the size of the vote and the preferences of the voters. For this first experiment under the state-wide primary everyone seems to be at sea on these point! and the most seasoned political bellwether refuses to risk hla reputation even on a gueaa aa to approximately how many re publican votes will be footed up by the 8tate Board of Convasaers. Wlndap Rather Tame. The last week has been decidedly tame for the spectator watching the political performance, the climax apparently having been reached Irl the Interchange between Judge Pound and Editor Abbott and the redf.re was then set off all at once. Tbs) friends of the opposing supreme Jurtrw can didates have alnce been trying to overawa each other by parading the lists of th newspapers enlisted under their respective banner, while the Reese organs have been trying to take It out on the city dallies for not stampeding at their boast of being the only true exponents of reform. Right here Is where they have turned another amus ing somersault since the opening of the campaign, when they called loudly upon the city papers to tnke the lead and tell the country brethren what to do. Secretary Perkins of the state committee, through his St. Paul paper, at that time declared that "to the city papers la due the greatest credit for progress already made and to them are the country papers as well as the people looking for leadership." But now the same Reese papers sre excoriating the city dallies for having taken a stand In favor of Sedgwick and are serving notice on them that the country editors are the real moulders of public opinion and will prove In the coming campaign that the city fellows have no Influence whatever. Possible Outcome of Fight. "I'll tell you what this Reese-Sedgwlck fight Is likely to result In," says a state house politician. "It Is likely to result In the enactment of a law by a not far distant legislature, fixing a salary for the clerk of the supreme court. When the people come to realise that this unseemly fight has been precipitated because of the spoils and rivalry to get what Is the fattest political , office In the state they will begin Inquiring what there really Is In It. The tendency of the times Is toward the abolition of fee offices. In which the rakeoff la Indefinite, and to fix specific salaries for all public, officers. There Is no more reaaon why the clerk of the supreme court should keep all the fees that come Into his possession than that the celrks of our dlstrlc court! should do tho same. Of course, the clerks of the district court! used to do that very thing, but abuse got so flagrant that the legislature was forced to stop It and put them on salaries. I say that if the clerk of the supreme court were a salaried posi tion, with a moderate stipend no bigger than the salary of the chief Justice, there never would have been any Reeae-Sedgwlck acrap." AT BOILING POIXT IX LANCASTER District Judgeships the Center of Political Activity. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Aug. 25. (Sreclal.) The cam paign In Lancaater county has reached the boiling point and the Indications are It will get hotter as It progresses. The bar ticket, of course, Is the center around which the storm la raging. The opponents of political dictation have begun to look up the records of the men on that ticket, while the membwri of the bar are threaten ing to bolt the primary nomination! If the bur ticket la not successful at the polla. It was made public yesterday that If Frank Waters, now serving as county Judge, Is nominated for district Judgo over the bar ticket, tho luwyera will put up an In dependent candidate to run against him. Tills lias added fuel to the flames started when the bar attempted to dictate nom inations and annul the primary law. The opponents of tho bar ticket have found what they claim Is a good reason why the lawyers want the persons named In their resolutions as district Judges. They have discovered that the ringleader of the bar movement. Judge Lincoln Frost, has had S per cent of his decisions reversed by the supreme court. That is, he had been re versed forty-four times out of three times that many cases appealed to the highest tribunal. JudRe Cornell haa been reversed In 26 per cent of his cases. JuJge Frost's record, of course, his opponents say, Is a good and sufficient reason why at least some of the lawyers want him retained on the bench. It means money t.i them when they defend or prosecute a case In the supreme court. Those forty-four caaea In which Judge Frost liaa he n reveraed. hla opponjsrts say. haa cost lltlganta and the county vast sums of money, not only In court costs, but In lawyers' fees as well. In one Instance they are showing where Judge Frost found directly contrary t two V