Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha "Daily
Bee
VOL. , XXXVII NO. GO.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1907 TEN PAGES.
AUGUST 27, 1007 TWELVE PAGES.
I
BRYAN HAKES REPLY
Nebraikin. Takei Exceptions to Be
mark of Secretary Taft
MISSTATEMENT IS ALLEGED
Attitude of Democratic Leader ii Sot
Correctly Stated.
NO CLEAR BUGLE NOTE HEARD
People May Be Disappointed in Ideas
of Befonn.
some ponrrs of failube
Prospective Democratic Candidate
Kara Secretary ot War Fear to
tarry Oat Ideaa to Logical
'Brlaalon.
Aug.
LINCOLN.
Bryan t repl
Taft at C
tonight. Be
a "straddle
laauea, anJ
36. William J.
it y . .e peech of Secretary
1 O.. waa given out
Taft ia condemned as
Nearly all the Important
Sj? aed for not taking ad
i ? reform. Mr. Bryan com-
vahced grc
plains, al w t his own position has
been mlsr si led by the secretary. Mr.
Bryan sa' " ,
'Secret t'a speech will prove a dis
appointment to those who expected a clear
buglo note In favor of reform. There Is
npt a single question on which he takes, a
strong;, advanced position.
"On the railroad question he la In favor
of preventing watered stock, opposes the
consolidation of competing lines and the
duplication of directorates. So far so
good. But he does not advocate the ascer
taining of the value of the roads or the
reduction of rates. He even defends the
president from the charge of favoring the
reductions made by the states. The rail
roads may object to his rhetorical de
nunciation of abuses, but they will hardly
be scared by his remedies.
Aa to Trusts.
"On the trust question he thunders at
unlawful trusts, but not only does not
recommend new legislation, but takes the
position that a monopoly may not be harm
ful. '
"He seems to lean, toward the Idea that
It must b convicted of some harmful act
and this throws the burden of proof upon
. the government. He recognises that "re
straint Is more difficult', when one corpora
tlon swallows up a lot of other corpora
tlona that 'It Involves enormous labor on
the part of the government to prosecute
such a combination because the proof of
the gist of the offense lies underneath an
almost limitless variety of transactions,
W'd yet lie Is opposed to the license system
. Which would enable the government to
absolutely prevent a monopoly. In other
words he elves the benefit of the doubt
to the corporation Instead of to the people.
Jla think that putting eite or two trust
rragnate In th penitentiary would have
a healthy effect, but he uses so many
qualifying words that one is left In doubt
aa to what he really favors.
"After submitting an argument In sup
port of an Inheritance tax and a graduated
Income tax, he concludes by saying that
he Is not In favor of adopting either of
, them now. At some future time he may
aaopt mem ir they are needed.
Bryan Misstated.
"He comes out strong In favor of gov
ernment by injunction, but does not take
any position on arbitration and election of
senators by the people.
"He takes a rap at socialism, denounces
the Initiative and referendum and presents
an. argument against government owner
ship of railroads. He is stronger In stating
what he opposes than In' stating what he
favors and he unintentionally, of course
misstates Mr. Bryan's position on several
questions.
"He makes out a strong case In favor
of tariff reform, but when he gets to the
remedy he goes no farther than the re
publican leaders have gone In former cam
m wants enough tariff to cover
the difference In fcost of labor her. an
abioad-exouse given for the present tariff
ana ne wants the tariff reform. k. u.
friends.' 'Tariff reform by the friends of
the tariff la a farce and a fraud and the
secretary runs away from the conclusions
which would naturally be drawn from the
.i.n.uci wnicn tie presents.
"Tk.
.... vv,.,,,v,, may object to his
"-vause it admits many democrat!
uui real reformer wHl find
.... .Bu.nl m it. it is a' straddle of
the most important l..ues-a compromise
.... ui nini ror reform."
BELT RESISTS EXTRADITION
Omaha Ma a la Aeased of Disposing
""p in i.tiiB(toa,
Kenteeky.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Aug. 18. - Special Telegram.)
VT. E. DeBord of Omaha, representing D.
O. Belt, also of Omaha, and employed by
a lumber firm there, waa before Governor
tuiemon this morning resisting an extra
anion irora Lexington. Ky. It Is altered In
th charge preferred that Belt sold some
nemp, tne title to which did not lie In hi
nan, wen denies the charge.
Belt I employed by the H. F. Cadv Lum
ber company, In charge of It teama, and
waa engaged a year and a half ago on hi
arrival In Omaha from Kentucky. It was
prior v to thl time that the Incidents oc
curred Which led to hie arrest Secretary
Ooorg ,W. Platner of the company say
Belt Is a reliable employe. The company la
VaiUtlng him and Mr. DeBord I its at-
torney.
HOWE'S FORMAL APPOINTMENT
i
Vmsai at Manchester, Kaglaad, Will
Take Nebrashan'a Place at
Montreal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. .-Th taU de
partment teday announced th following
change In the consular service! Churoh
Hew of Nvbraaka, new consul general at
Montreal, to be consul at Manchester, En
gland, at M.4Q0 a year.
William Harrison Bradley of Illinois, now
consul at Manchester, to be consul gnral
at Montreal, am aalary.
Albert R. Moraweta of ArUona, now con
sul at Bahla, Brasil, to b consul general
at Urge for th district of Central and
4Uth America, at 95.000, succeeding Rich
ard M. Bartleman of Massachusetts, trans
ferred to Madrid at hi own raquest, at
tVfex
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
Tuesday, Assait 27, 190T.
1907 August iso7
SUN MOW. TUt. WtD rNU Ml. ' SAT
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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THE TXATKXB,
Hour. Ieg. Hour. Deg.
KORRCAST FOR NEHRAHKA-Tuesday
fair and cooler.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday
Hour. Deg. Hour. ,Deg.
6 a. m.... t; 1 p. m.i 87
a. m 68 !p. m HO
7 a. m 09 3 p. m 91
8 a. m 73 4 p. m... S2
9 a. m tn. m 93
10 a. m 83 p. m 90
11 a. m....'. F4 7 p. m M
12 m 86 II p. m 83
9 a. m 81
DOMESTIC.
Secretary of War Taft pTit In a busy
day near Joplln, Mo., addressing the
miners of that district. Page 1
D. O. Belt of Omaha resists extradition
at the hands of Kentucky authorities.
Par 1
An American syndicate la snid to be
about to boom oil lands In Mexico.
Page 1
Train on the Southern railroad, operated
by the same crew that was In the wreck
fh which President Fpencer was kilUd.
Is wrecked at Red Hill. Va. Page X
XTEBBASKA.
Residents living near Bancroft, Nob.,
took Lorls Hlgglns, the murderer of i
Farmer W. L. Copple and his wife, from
the hands of Sheriff Young of Thurnt.m
county t Bancroft and lynched him
from a bridge near that place. Page 1
Representative of the oil companies
of the state appeared before the Nebraskiv
Railway commission to protest against
the rates charged on transportation of
oil. Page 3
Commercial travelers protest to the
railway commission about the recent or
der of the Union Pacific road prohibiting
Interstate travel on the limited trains.
Pag 3
Irene Hlckel kills an attendant, while
erased, at the Bailey sanitarium at Lin
coln by throwing acid in his face wliild
sleeping. Page 3
El wood Meado has been appointed by
the British government to take charge of
Irrigation Investigations In Australia.
BrMlsh House of Commons accepts
some changes made by lords In Irish
evicted tenants' bill and nationalists leave
house In anger. Fag 1
LOCAL
The ordinance to submit to the people
the question of bonds to buy the ga
plant is held up by Mayor Dahlman' de
lay In attaching his signature. , Page S
Congressman J. Adam Bede of Minnesota
say Omaha may get appropriations Tor
the Improvement of the Missouri If It
will only hustle for them. Page
Arrangements are completed for the
celebration of the 'anniversary of Bee.h-
ers Island to be 1ield at Hairier on Sep-
tember 17. Pag 6
RIGHTS OF MILITARY OFFICER
Army Circular Inform Commandant
About Legal Statu In Mak-
In ir Arrests.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. An army cir
cular recently Issued declare that organi
sation commanders are not authorized to
send armed private soldiers to arrest other
soldiers absent tn the city of Leavenworth
or elsewhere. Reliable noncommissioned
officers will b ued when arm are de
cided necessary, and all are cautioned that
no private premise should be entered ex
cept by authority of an officer of the peace
and when accompanied by a police officer.
Th order grew out of an Incident at Fort
Leavenworth when two soldier were ar
rested for carrying arms and tresspassing
on private property, the men claiming they
werlooklng for a member of their com
pany who was absent without leave.
FISHERMEN START TO WORK
Despite Kali ore to Agree with New
foundland, I'ncle 8am Give
' Word.
WASHINGTON, Aug. M.-In view of the
fact that the open season for the New
Foundland fisheries Is beginning while the
American fishing smacks have been lying
at ' considerable expense at Gloucester,
Mass., awaiting the conclusion of the ne
gotiations In London between Ambassador
Reld and the foreign office, the atate de
partment today determined to allow' these
vessels to proceed, to the. Ashing grounds
and begin fishing.
This is with the understanding that al
though the modus Vivendi of last season
has not yet been renewed, the state of the
negotiations In London warrants the de
parture In the opinion that It will be so
renewed, even If In a modified form.
PACIFIC STEAMER SINKS
Arapuleo Turn Turtle in San Fran.
Cisco Harbor and Cargo la
Ruined. ,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. M.-The Pacific
Coaat Steamship company's steamer Aca
pulco, which waa to sail today for Panama
and wayports, turned turtle and aank at
its dock just before Its time for departure.
It is believed no lives were lost, but the
vessel wss heavily laden and much of th
cargo will be ruined by water.
NEW YORK RAISES INTEREST
Forced ,o Do So to Dispose of Forty
Million of Bond
Isaac.
NEW TORJv. Aug. 2&-Th city comp
troller announoed today that he will offer
$40,000,00 of New York City bonds at pub
llo sale on September 10. The bond will
bear 44 per cent Interest. Th city waa
forced to raise Its Interest rat to Vs per
cent becaas of the Inability to sell securi
ties on a 4 per cent basis.
WORKMEN GO OUT IN BODY
Kansas City Contractor Haa Trenblo
for Employing Nonunion
Tinner.
KANSAS CITV. Aug. 26.-Four hundred
union teamfltters, bricklayer, carpenter
and other craftsmen, working on the Na
tional Bank of Commerce' new building
her for th Fuller Construction company,
truck today because th firm employing
tinner on th Job conduct an opes shop.
LORDS SCORE ONE POINT
Common Will Accept Modification of
Evicted Tenants Bill.
IRISH LEAVE HOUSE IN ANGER
Itedmad Declares Jtew Campaign
Hut Be Started la Interests of
Islanders Who Walt for
Land.
LONDON, , Aug. 2. The chief seoreta-y
for Irelind. Mr. Blrrell, announced In
the House of Common this afternoon
that the government was prepared to ac
cept some, but not all, the amendments
of the House of Lords to the Irish evicted
tenants' bill, whereupon John Redmond,
chairman of the Irish parliamentary party,
said he declined to take any further pai
In the discussion of the measure. Red
mond accused the government of failure
to carry out its promises to the Irish
people and said the bill aa it now stOJd
provided for the compulsory removal of
tnnnnta M-Vl n had t.ken fRHllI iTOm
evicted persons, and therefore was a vie-
torv for Lord Clancarde. whose evicted
tenants had for twenty years been wait
ing at the roadside for an opportunity
to return to their homes, but who would
not be able to do so under the. bill as
amended by the House of Lords, "It was
evident." continued Mr. Redmond, "that
the Irish must close their ranks and re
commence a strong, menacing agitation
as the only means of securing proper land
legislation."
The Irish nationalists then left the
house in a body and another committee
of the House of Commons was appointed
to confer with' the House of Lords to
see, what could be saved of the mutllatal
measure.
FRANCE WATCHES MOORS
Newly Proclaimed Snltnn May
Be
Friend or Foe Spaniards Ask
Protection.
PARIS, Aug. 28. France's attitude toward
the brother of the sultan, who wa recently
proclaimed ultan, 1. for the preent, one
of nonrecognltlon of his' authority. 'Until
decisive events-show that he Is actually the
choice qf the people France will regard
him as a pretender and revolutionist.
France will persist In following unequivo
cally th terms of the Algeclra conven
tion, and will not end an expedition of
conquest into the Interior. Meanwhile the
French government doe not know whether
the new sultan Is advancing toward the
coast as a friend or foe of the French.
The Echo de Pari today published a
dispatch from Berlin declaring that the
impression caused there by the interview
between Ambassador Cambon and Chancel
lor Von Buelow and between Premier
Clemenceau and King Edward is "that the
peace of Europe 1 olldly fixed."
TANGIER, Aug. 2S.-fha Spanish colony
her ha voted to petition Spain to Bend
additional warahip to Tangier, on th
ground that Spaniah cltjien here have not
mclenX.rotectlon.. , 4r
GERMANY WILL NOT OBJECT
Ha Asaured French Diplomat They
Have Fall Swing In
M orocco.
i
BERLIN, Aug. . Jule Cambon, the
French ambassador to Germany, returned
heic today from Nordern, atlsfled with
the result' of hi visit to Chancellor von
Buflow. The ambassador had fhrae Inig
convf.se Hons with the chancellj.'. covet
ing the ertlre. field of international polloi-'s.
Most of the subject were touched upon
somewhat -lightly, nothing in the way of
frah proposals or aerlou suggestion being
made. Possibly the most Interesting sub
ject to the French government at present
wa the Moroccan ituatlon, upon which
the chancellor talked freely, repeating and
elaborating what had already been com
municated to France through the Foreign
office at Berlin, namely, Germany' willing
ness that France should use its own ais
c'relioi. at Casablanaa,' with the knowledga
thit Germany will not ral.se embarrassing
quet.ons or seek In any way to ylce
difficulties In Its way or hinder the French
work of restoring and securing the future
safety of Europeans in Morocco.
TURKS ARE ENTERING PERSIA
Continue Their March, Devastating
Laud and Injuring Defense
lea Person.
TEHERAN. , Aug. Sti.-General Sempam
Dowleh and other officials., according to
report received, have been killed by the
Invading Tuika after having been taken
priaoner. Many Inoffensive Persian vil
lager Including women and children, hav
been slaughtered, women Lave been car
ried off. a church has been defiled and
much gtr.lt and other property has been
taken or destroyed. Turklsn regular
troops with artillery were within four mile,
of Ui-umlah August 15. There are no sign,
of the withdrawal of Turk, from Per.lan
territory.
Another report .ay. that the Turk, hav
Merlean. In' Persian Kurdetan.
Rulelmanm. In telegram asking
for help th clergv and Inhabitant, of
.aa that If the Persian govern-
ment 1 powerles the people must beg
Russia to aalt thenu
NEW ORDERS FOR PORTER
American Delegate to The Hagno
Conference Haa Instruction
front Home.
THE HAGUE, Aug. 2.-3eneral Horace
Porter announced thl. afternoon that the
atrWMon- to present a special list of case.
Siruciiun" . . .v..
mtn within the copc oi w
obligatory arbitration scheme. .
NEW MARRIAGE LAW PASSED
V.lo- sHh Decease Wife'- l.t.r
Will loon Be Permissible
la England.
LONDON, Aug. 2.-Marrlag. with a de-
ceastd wlf ! nnlly bcom ''I
gallxed in Great Britain, th. House of
Lord. thl. .venlng having by to M
vote. J"4 b Uonln ,uch
union.
Newspaper In Canal Son.
PANAMA, Aug. 2. -The Canal Record,
weekly newspaper. wHl mak Its appear
anc next week as the official organ of the
canal authorities. Joneph Bucklln Bishop,
secretary of th Uthmlan Canal Commis
sion, will hav chrg;of th pacer. Mr.
Bishop ha alo been md chief of th
trouble bureau, and will hav ta listen to
all counn-itnts.
BAR ASSOCIATION MEETS
National Gathering of Lawyer Ton.
ear at Portland, Me., Alton
Parker Presiding.
PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 26. The thirtieth
annual meeting of th American Bar as--
sociatlon opened today and will continue
through tomorrow and Wednesday, con
cluding with a banquet Wednesday even
ing. Two hundred delegates had arrived
before the convention was called to order
and aa many more were expected today and
tomorrow.
City hall, where the session of both the
American Bar association and the Interna
tional Law association, which meets the last
three days of the week, will bo held, was
well filled when the convention was called
to order by President Alton Parker.
One of the most Important matters which
will be considered at the meetings will be
the re poet to the standing committee on
Insurance law, to be presented tomorrow
morning.
Tills committee has under consideration
a bill to set forward the Interest of the
life Insurance companies and the .policy
holders.
The opening of the convention was de-
.lVd half an hour after the appointed time
by the non-arrival of the speakers. Presi
dent Alton B, Parker was Introduced as
the presiding officer, and he In turn pre
sented Governor Cobb of Maine, who wel
comed the member as the chief executive
of the state. j
'Lucius A. Emory of Elsworth, chief Jus
tice of the Main supreme court, extended
the welcome of he Maine Bar association.
President Parker then arose to deliver his
address as president. He Was again loudly
applauded.
Elshty-fiv ne,w members were elected
and the general council was chosen, nearly
all the member being re-elected. Among
the new member of the general council
are George O. Menley of Colorado, Charles
N. Gregory of Iowa, Charles B. Ames of
Oklahoma and Frank O. Post of Washington.-
Secretary John Hlnkley of Baltimore
reported the membership at present as 3,039,
including representatives from all the
state " and th . territories of Arizona,
Alaska, Hawaii. Indian Territory, New
Mexico and Oklahoma. It was voted that
a committee of fv be appointed to con
sider the establishment of a home for
indigent lawyer J who have been thrown
upon their friends for the necessities of
life. .
The executive committee reported that
since the last meeting 433 new 'member
were elected. Th committee authorised the
president. to appoint ten delegates to the
meeting of th National Clvlo Federation
at Chicago, September 23-2S.
MAN , KILLS WOMAN AND SELF
-
Couple Reglsterlna In Chicago - n
' from Indiana Die In
, Hotel.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Charles H. Andrews
of Bouth Bend, Ind., shot and killed hi
wife in the Saratoga hotel today and then
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head.
The cause of the tragedy is not at this
tim known. The coople came to the hotel
late, last nlghtVa -1- registered under the
name given above.-v Nothing was neea -4r
heard of them until today, when the sound
of a rsvolver shot was heard. An occupant
of an adjoining room rushed in and found
the woman dead on the floor with two
bullet wounds In the head. Andrew wa
standing over her with a revolver. In his
hand, the blood flowing from his head.
The police were summoned and Andrews
wa taken to a hospital, but died just as
he reached there. There wa no sign of
struggle between the pair.
On a table In the room waa found a let
ter, evidently written by Andrews, and ad
dressed to C. W. Andrews, Jr., Elkhart,
Ind. Th letter contained the following
sentence, which leads the police to believe
that the murdered woman may not havo
been Mr. Andrews: "Ethel and myself
have not been feeling very well of late.
Tou know the teason why. Be a good boy
and mind your mother."
OIL LAND BOOM FOR MEXICO
American Syndicate Said to Be Plan
ning to Exploit the
Field.
NEW TORK, Aug. 28. Arrangement
have been completed for the organization
of a 160,000,000 American syndicate, accord
ing to an announcement published today,
which plans t develop several million
acre of oil lands In Mexico. It Is pur
posed not only to supply the Mexican mar
ket, but to ship the product to Central and
South America and to Europe and South
Africa In competition with the Standard
Oil company.
The syndicate will take over the Mexican
Petroleum company, limited, which now
operates extensively In the southern repub
lic. Thl concern waa organised in , 1902
under the California laws. It Is capitalized
at 110,000,000. The company. It Is stated,
own approximately 1,000,000 acre of land
in th states of Tamaullpaa, Vera Crux
and San Lai Is. More than 100 flowing well
are reported to be on the property. All
the well are of th gusher variety. The oil
Is said to be of th same grade as that of
th Sour Lake and other southeast Texas
fields.
LIMIT OFF OF CANAL CASH
Expenditure In Excess of Pro Rata
Allowance I Permitted by
President.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The pretdejit
haa approved Colonel Goethals' request to
continue expenditures In excets of the
pro rata monthly allowance for the present
fiscal year on account of "present necessi
ties and unforeseen developments since
these estimates were submitted." Con
gress will be requested at the next es-
, .ion to make an appropriation to cover
this deflclencv.
Colonel Goethals asked for authority to
expend Jl. 000,000 more than the appro
priation, aaytng It was In the interest
of true economy and might save a year's
time In completing the canal.
PROMOTION FCRy ELWOOD MEAD
Wyoming Irrigation Expert Will Go
to Australia for British
Government.
LARAMIE, Wyo.. Aug. 28. Dr. El wood
Mead, formerly state engineer of Wyom
ing, later professor of Irrigation engineer
ing at the Colorado Agricultural college,
and afterward chief of th bureau of Irri
gation of the Department of Agriculture,
ha. accepted the position of chief of Irri
gation Investigation, for Australia from
the British government at a salary of 115,
00 per annum. He will leave for Australia
In about a month. Dr. Mead lost an arm
In a street car accident La Washington a
few year ago. t
TAFT VISITS MINING WNiBRyan's son visits capital!
Secretary of War Put In Busy Day
Near Joplin, Mo.
BIO CROWDS ARE GREETING HIM
Makes Addresses at Webb City and
Carthage Discusses Trust
and Railroad Rate
Topic.
JOPLIN, Mo., Aug. 2fi.-Secretary Wil
liam H. Taft was booked to deliver thrre
speeches In Joplln and vicinity today. The
secretary reached Joplln last night after
ar all Sunday ride, escorted by a commu
te of Joplln citizens that had gone to
Oklahoma City to meet him. Enroute he
was greeted by 300 citixena at Claremore,
I. T., who were at the station as the train
passed through, and at Tulsa there waa
another enthusiastic crowd on hand. A1-'
though the arrival In Joplln was late there
were 1.600 persons at the station here.
Secretary Taft secured a good night's
rest and started the day greatly refreshed.
He delivered his first speech In Joplln this
morning, addressing a throng and talking
principally on the trusts and rate legisla
tion. The city was crowded with visitors,
who had come from various parts of Mis
souri and from across the line In Kansas.
Later Secretary Taft was escorted to
Webster City, a jiearhy mining town, where
after luncheon he delivered hln second
speech. Along the trolley line between the
two Cities lie was cheered by good sized
crowds, made up in part of sine miners.
Early In the afternoon the party will
start for Carthage, Mo., the county seat
of this, Jasper county, where Secretary
Taft will speak a third time. He will re
turn here late In the afternoon and tonight
will depart for Springfield. Mo.
ARMY TOURNAMENT AT ST. JOE
Rea-ular
to
and National
Compete for
Prise.
Gnardamen
the
FORT RILET. Kan.. Aug. 26 (Spcclnl.)
Brlgadler General E. S. Godfrey, U. 8. A.,
will leave here on "Wednesday for Omaha,
where he will begin to make arrangements
for the co-operation of the regular troops
In this department with those of the Na
tional guard of Missouri In the coming
tournament to bo held at St. Joseph, Ma.,
the week of September 23-28, inclusive.
This military tournament will be the first
of Hi klnd'ever held In the west, and the
War department Is deeply Interested In
the success of the project, a It believes
that It will be of great benefit to the mili
tary service, the affair is being handled
locally by several of the prominent busi
ness men of St. Joseph, who have elected
Mr. Donovan president of the tournament
association. Mr. Donovan will be at de
partment headquarters this week to confer
with General Godfrey on the arrangement
of detalla.
The tournament will be carried out on
lines similar to the one that was held last
winter In Madison Sduare garden. Regular
army team from the following post will
be entered In the different event: Fort
Omaha, Crook. Dee Moines, Leavenworth.
Riley. Robinson and D. A. Russell, ir
Tdund necessary prises will be awarded
to the amount of about $4,ono.
. It Is very likely that the Second, cavalry,
with Its band from Fort Des Moines, will
be ordered to make a practice march of
twenty-one days to and from St. Joseph,
with n stay in camp on the tournament
ground of one week. Officer and as
sistants will be detailed by Oeneral God
frey to look after details, while a sufficient
number of officer- will also accompany
the troops to act as Judges. Both General
Bell, chief of staff, and Assistant Secre
tary of War Oliver are very much, In
terested In the tournament and are lending
all their Influence to make It a success.
BRITISH STEAMER SINKS TUG
Five Men Believed to nmwm i' -
aa Result of Collision Hear
t Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Md.. Aug. 26.-The tug
Gerry of Wilmington, Del., wa unk In a
collision with the British steamer Barnsta
ble, from Jamaica, last night In the Pa-tr,-n
river, off Sparrow's Point. Five
men are believed to have lost their lives
out of twenty-five who were on the tug
boat. Six of the survivors clambered up
the side of the steamer by mean of tne
anchor chain.' The remainder were picked
un by the ateamer' boat or swam to a
dredge moored near by. The name of the
missing men follow:
W A. -Boyd of Baltimore, pilot.
T J. Ehbert of Brooklyn, N. Y., cook.
Charles Cherry, Baltimore, mess boy of
the tug. ' .
J B. jonnson, wiinnim'"", -"" v..H"'"
Charles White, address unknown, dock
hand of the dredge.
Confusion of signals seems to have caused
the accident, each side claiming that the
other was at fault
MORGAN TO GIVE BIG SUM
Crossing' of Cathedral of St. John,
' the Divine, to Be Com
pleted Soon.
NEW TORK. Aug. 26. Announcement
ha been mad that the crossing of th
Cathedral of St. John th Divine, on Morn
Ingside Height, will be completed through
a $100,000 fund contributed by J. Plerpont
Morgan and 75.000 given by George S.
Bowden. Though It may be eventy-flv
year before the cathedral I fully com
pleted, the completion of th crossing will
give a space where 5,000 people may con
gregate. The new work that 1 provided for will
crry the building from, the choir to the
greet arch, thua making the arm of th
cruciform auditorium which I to be
erected ultimately.
The Cathedral of St. John th Divine I
already. show place. The choir I In a
fair way of completion and In th crypt
ther 1 room for a good-lsed audience.
TAX ROADS TO PAY TEACHERS
Georgia Legislator Add On Per Cent
Itato on All Grose
Business.
CHICAGO. Aug. K.-8peclal.) The lower
branch of the Georgia legislature ha
passed a an amendment to the general
act a measure Imposing a tax of 1 per, cent
upon the groaa receipt arising from all
business dona within the state by all
railroad and street railway, such tax
to be paid monthly, commencing In Janu
ary, 1908.
The bill wa urged on the ground that
there are from 1,000 to 10,000 public school
teacher In th state who hav not been
paid sine January, and who ar compelled
to saorifle' their tat scrip to money
shark. rag of th bill lA th Moat
la said to b assured.
One of I-arae Party from Culver
Institute Which Visits
Exposition.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S.-(Sneclal Tele
gram.) A son of W. J. Bryan Is In Wash
ington, with 4(K of his fellows, from Cul
ver Military and Naval Institute, located at
Peru, Ind., who are returning to the Insti
tute from a visit to the Jamestown expo
sition. William Jennings Bryan, Jr., who.
though he stands six feet lit his socks,
would not have attracted any especial at
tention among the ton other lads had it
not been for the fact that a check from
his distinguished father awaited htm upon
his arrival at the Kbbltt house, where the
Culver Institute boys are stopping.
The Culver academy boys are a finely
disciplined body of embryo soldier and
are enjoying themselves Immensely. Thl.
afternoon they gave Washingtonlans a
treat in an excellent exhibition drill In
White House park. Tomorrow the Culver
boy will be given a morning trip through
the city In autoe. In the afternoon they go
to Mounl Vernon and spend Wednesday
at the Annapolis Naval academy, returning
to Washington at 9 p. m. Wednesday. They
take a special train on their returrt Journey
to Indiana.
The Interstate Commerce commission to
day made public a complaint received from
the Greater Pes Moines committee against
the Rock Island Railway company. The
complaint In brief is that the Imposition of
class rates operate to discriminate against
De Moines In favor of the cities of St.
Tanl and Minneapolis and Iowa point, to
which throuRh rates are made. These pro
portionate class rates very largely exceed
the Interstate rates on the same class of
npf j
voluntarily estamisnea ana maintainea ny
the Rock Island. The petitioners pray that
the defendant railroad company be Inves
tigated r.nd an order be made fixing Just
and reasonable proportionate rates, to 1mj
applied from Rock Island to De" 1 s,
upon traffic originating east of
Indiana lines.
On the recommendation of Congrcvx.,. -Mondell
of Wyoming, Dr. H. E. WccoTTum
has been appointed pension examining
surgeon at Laramie, vice Dr. O. G. Condid,
resigned.
ARBITRATION NOT WANTED
Head of Telegrapher' Union and One
Superintendent Talk Other
Labor Trouble,
NEW TORK. Aug. 2. Arbitration of the
telegrapher' strike as It stands at present
Is out of the question, according to Presl-'
dent Small of the Commercial Telegrapher'
union.
Mr. Small said the strikers are prepared
to remain out for two months and that the
union will support them for tthat time.
The executive board of the American
Federation of Labor, he added, will con
sider the relation of the federation to the
strike In a day or two. Mr. Small said
also that conditions are worse for the com.:
panies than on the day the strike was1
called and that one-half of the Western
Union's force In this city failed to report
after Friday last, when, he said, the double
pay system was abolished... He predicted
that by th end of th week the tulegraph
systems of the country will be out of com
mission. Superintendent Brooks of tho Western
Union, In speaking of the strike situation
today, said: "Our company will have noth
ing to do with Mr. Small or his union.
While we are willing to consider Individual
cases of tho men who went out, where we
believe they did o under pressure, the
agitators who have engineered thl. situa
tion will not be re-employcd under any
circumstances." ' -
CINCINNATI, Aug. 28. A demand for an
eight-hour day and a 20 per cent Increase
In wage wa decided on by the Metal
Polishers, Buffers, Plater, Brass Molder
and Brass and Silver Workers' union at
their national convention which adjourned
last night. The union 1. snid to have a
membership of 22,000.
READING. Pa., Aug. 28. About 800 em
ploye, of the Reading Hardware company
quit work today. The trouble la due to
alleged discrimination, tho company. It Is
said, refusing to reinstate several men who
were too active In a strike In one of the
departments of the plant. 'All but 200 uf
the entire force walked out.
WRECK ON SOUTHERN ROAD
Twenty-One . People Injured. None
Seriously, by Derailment
-of T'ala.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va., Aug. 26.
Twenty-one people wre Injured, none of
them eiioU8ly, by the derailment of a
northbound train on the Southern railway
at Red Hill, nine mile south of here, early
today. The entire train except the engine
and tender turned over... The accident was
caused by a broken rail. The train, for
tunately, was running at moderate speed.
A special train - which waa immediately
made up here carried all of the Injured
to Washington,
Th train wrecked wa the New York and
Augusta express. All seven coaches were
thrown against an embankment. The per
son Worst Injured i. John A. Borger. Wash
ington, mall clqrk, who 1. hurt Internally.
The private car of Bird M. Robinson, the
president of the Mobile, Jackson ft Ivan
aa. City railway, wa. wrecked, but the
party aboard the car escaped uninjured.
The same crew wa. In the Thanksgiving
day wrecke when President Spencer of th
Southern railway was klllled.
TRAIN NARROWLY ESCAPES
Almost Plunge Over Sixty-Foot Em
bankment Into the Schuyl
kill River.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 26.-The forward
truck on one of the passenger coaches at
tached to the Pottsvllle accommodation
train of the Philadelphia V Reading rail
way today Jumped a switch on the west
side of the Schuylkill river, near the ap
proach to the falls of Schuylkill bridge,
itWs city, and the entire train narrowly
' escaped plunging over a sixty-foot em-
bankment into th river.
After the truck left the track the train
ran eighty yards, th derailed wheel tear
ing up th roadbed for th entire distance.
The passengers In the derailed car were
thrown from their, stats, but no one was
Injured. i
HARRIMAN HAS CONFIDENCE
Says Business Outlook In the West
Waa Never ta Better
Shape.
NEW YORK. Aug. S8.-tSpecial.)-In a
dispatch to a friend in New York from the
Pacific coast, E. H. Harrlman said:
"The business outlook In the west was
never better than it is today. Union Pacific
wss never la such snap a it 1 at th
present ttm."
HIGGIflS
LYNCHED
Thuriton County Murderer Swunj
from Bridge at Bancroft.
MASKED MEN AWAIT SHERIF?
No Resistance Offered by Officer to
Superior Force.
LITTLE TIME WASTED BY MOB
Scarcely Given Time to Make State
ment Before Death.
GAVE NO REASON FOR HIS DEED
New Found Religion is His Stay ia
Last Hour.
ANOTHER CRIME ADDED TO LIST
Assaulted Daughter of Copples After
Murdering Parents.
SECRECY MAINTAINED AS TO THI3
Hlggln Taken Xortfi from Omaha)
on Early Morning Train, bat
Secrecy Wa Not Preserved
Little Criticism.
BANCROFT, Neb., Aug. 2.-(By Loiv
Distance Telephone.) Lorls Hlgglns, alia.
Fred Burke, who shot and killed Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Copple, farmer of Rosalie,
May 12, was lynched one mile from thl
town at about t a. m. by a mob of twenty
masked men.
Higgins reached Bancroft on the North
western train In custody of Sheriff Sid
Young of Thurston county and Deputy
Sheriff Newell at 8:37 from Omaha, wher
he had been confined In the Douglas county
Jail since his arrest soon after tho murder.
The masked men met the train, brushed th
sheriff and his deputy to one side, threw a
rope around the murderer's neck and led
him forth. He was placed in a dray and
hauled to the Logan bridge, a mile out of
town, where the lynching was performed.
Murderer Thrown Off Bridge.
The rope was tied to the highest beam
of the bridge and after the victim made a
statement he was thrown by the mob Into
the air and reached the end of the rope
with a terrible bound, snapping his neck
and producing Instant death. Forty bul
lets were then shot Into his body, which
was left dangling In the air for the ofneer
to care for, while the executioners un
masked themselves and scattered ' in . alt
direction in the timber which skirls tha
scene of the lynching.
The whole affair wa performed With lit
tle excitement and w bvei- before ' most
of the people of Bancroft knew It wa con
templated, but reports of It spread repldly
In all directions and soon It waa known
throughout this section of the country.
The mob had gathered before daybreak,
disguised In overalls and black masks.
About daylight the entered the elevator
on the sidetrack and lay quietly until
the arrival of the train. Two men forced
the engineer to uncouple the engine and
run It ahead, while the remainder of tha
mob boarded the train.' '
Sheriff Young Jerked the prisoner to hi
feet and tried to hustle him Into the front
end of tho car, which ws a combing
affair. Several men selxed him, threw MBS
to the floor and severely choked him.
The sheriff's deputy pulled hi revolver
when the mob appeared. The . men told
him to put up his gun and when he refused
they knocked It out of hi hand and
knocked the deputy down and told him
"not to be foolish."
Hlggln appeared little concerned, and
when the rope which was to nd hi to
his death In a few minutes was slipped over
his head he did not even flush or move, but
stepped lightly from the train to the plat
form, surrounded by the masked crowd.
He prayed a. he alighted, and continued
hi. prayer until the train had gone and ho
wa. loaded Into a dray which wa Standing
conveniently by.
Sheriff Young, finding himself confronted
by a resolute mob of masked men, offered
no forcible resistance to the taking of th
prisoner. The sheriff wa visibly affected
by the demonstration, far more to than
waa Hlgglns. Hlgglns appeared little con
cerned, and when the rope which wa to
end him to his death In a few minute
was slipped ovtr hi. head, he did not even '
flush or move, but stepped lightly from
the train to the platform, surrounded by
the masked crowd. He prayed as ho
alighted, and continued his prayer until
the train had gone and he wa loaded
into a dray which waa standing conveni
ently by.
Statement Before Death.
None of the mob had much to ay to th
victim and he wa not assaulted until th 1
bridge wa reached. At the bridge, after
the rope wa tied and Just before he wa
thrown into the air, he waa given permla
slon to make a statement. He availed him
aelf of the opportunity, saying h had loijjp
ago repented for hla terrible deed, that h
had made hi peace with his God and wa
now ready to go and face Him, feeling
that all would be well hereafter. He said
he had tried to atone for hi wanton mur
der, but had no excuse to offer a he had
no cause for committing It. He rcavowedl
his faith In the religion he hod found
through the help of the "good women" in
Omaha who qame to hi cell and prayed
with him.
His statement wa cut short by th Im
patience of the mob to do It wortt.
Th mob kept spectator at a distance
of eighty rod from th bridge. Till w
accomplished with drawn firearm, which
no one seemed to doubt would explode If
the dead line wa violated.
Hard to Fig Responsibility.
He asked God to bless the little children
whom he had left without parent by. hi
ded and then to the masked men about
Mm he requested that a not b sent hi
mother asking her to write to hi father
at Nanta. Idaho.
"The identity of Borne of the men taking
part I known, I It not?" wa asked of a
prominent cltlxen here.
"Oh, I suppose some person, here have
an Idea, but they will never swear to it,"
he replied.
No one is standing on street corners con
demning them, nor professing that he
knows a single man who engaged in th
affair. Bo far a Sheriff Young ' 1 con
cerned, he doe not appear to know them.
Illusion county authorUU declara taut