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LEADIES OF THOUGHT COMMENT)
Rev. Dr. Abbott Say it is Time for
Light. Not Heat.
GOMPERS COMMENDS THE IDEA
All Intetests to Be Represented and
Present Their Views.
JOHN MITCHELL TO BE PRESENT
core of Letters Received by CItIc
Federation, Which la Promoting
liar Meeting, Promising
' Atttndanrf.
NLW YORK, Bcpt. 1. That the National
Conference on Trusta and Combinations,
which la to bo held In Chicago In October,
will create unusual Intercut already la ap
parent. Score of letter from men prom
inent In the various pursuits have been re
ceived by the National CJvIc federation,
under whose auspices tho conference 1b to
be held. Almost without exception the ex
pressions of the writers are highly com
mendatory, and the opinion that great good
will result from the exchange of Ideas ap
pears to bo general. Among those who
have written In this vein are the Rev. Dr.
Lyman Abbott, D. D., editor of Th Out
look; Samuel Qompers, presldi-nt of the
American Federation of Labor; Rlohnrd
Watson Ollder, editor of The Century ; John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Worker of America; Judge. Peter G.
Orosacup of Chicago, Bishop Henry C. Pot
ter, Charles O. Dawes, the Chicago banker;
John M. Stahl, president of the. Farmers'
National congress,' and Nahum J. Bnchel
der, grand master of tho National Grange.
Time tor Mailt.
Dr. Abbott, In his letter voices the sen
timent which runs through all the com
munications when he says: "Tills la a time
when we need light, not heat." Nearly (.11
the writers believe that the greatest good
Will come from the wide publicity which
will be given the'trust question as a result
Of oren discussion by"the leaders of thought
who will taka part In the conference. "It
seems to me fundamentally true," writes
Dr. Abbott, "that the Interests of the rail
roads, the shippers and the general pub
lic nre essentially one, and that It Is of
the utmost Importance that men represent
ing all these classes should get together,
com pure views and endeavor to come to
aotr.ti agreement as to the general prin
ciple!! by which these common Interests can
be best served."
Mr. Gilder believes that "this talk will
help to bring calmness and coolness to the
rurUtnlnd, and heaven knows It needs
themw Judge C) rouse up says that It Is full
time that the corporations "which have
rown iip.as developments of our business
life without much reference to their rela
tion to the people as Institutions of, and
for, the people, be looked Into as Insti
tutions of, and for, the people." Bishop
Potter believes that by "bringing the whole
subject of the administration of corpora-'
Hons Into the light we may be assisted by
the best Intelligence of the' land" in clear
ing up a subject concerning which there
Is "so much Ignorance and so much curious
misapprehension."
Good In Discussion.
That tho conference will be productive of
much good In that It will allow all sides
to meet and freely express their opinions
on what he regards aa one of the greatest
subjects the country has to don I with.
Is the opinion of President Qompers. John
Mitchell also aees much possible good tn
open and free discussion. Mr. Dawes re
gards the calling of the conference at this
time aa a highly useful piece of work.
He believes that the Industrial problems
confronting the country today, demand
consideration by the best brains of the
nation. The questions to be discussed at
the conference are declared by President
Btahl of the Farmers congress to be "the
most Important pressing for solution before
our people today." Grand Master Bachel
Jer, believes It la time "for serious people
o discuss the trust problem when President
Roosevelt and the law officers of the
government, whose duty It Is to enforce
the Sherman anti-trust act, openly say that
under It the business of the country can
pot be done today without violating It."
NEW RULES FOR SOLDIERS
War Department Issue Orders and
Derisions la Cuae Pending
Before It.
WASHINGTON. Sept. I. The War de
partment has decided not to Interfere to
secure exemption of retired officer and
enlisted men of the army front Jury duty.
It I said, however, that retirement doe
npt change the statu of such men, for
they still remain a part of the army and
are entitled to exemption on account of
being on military duty. The state courts,
It I believed, may be depended upon to
determine what civic duties by retired
soldiers do not Interfere with military
duty.
An amendment to the army regulations
has been adopted which revoke the au
thority heretofore exercised by department
commander with relation to soldiers un
ler sentence of a court-martial. Officer
srho have ordered a court-martial will no
longer be permitted to pardon or mitigate
punishment adjudged by such a court. All
appeals for leniency must bo sent to the
War department.
The wife of a non-commissioned officer of
the army, when adjudged Insane, la not en-
- titled to treatment In the government hos
pital at Washington unless she ha a res
idence In the District of Columbia, accord
ing to a decision Just reached Th case
arose through an order sending a non
commissioned officer at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., to the Philippine. His wife was In-
, lane and he desired that aha be bent to this
city. If the stafl? of Kansas declines to '
reotive her In un Institution, she will have !
to be sent to her home. . ;
Announcement Is made at the War tie-
partment that disciplinary measures will be
li-U, if n.-Ksary, to end the use by fum-Uk-a
of u-iny officers of cars chartered l.y ;
the government for trauaiwrtation rf
troops. The um of the cars for persons :
of a non-military character Is considered !
detrimental to the beat Interests of the
orvtee and a misuse of government trans
UUNUIIIUN Or THE WEATHER
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PERSIA IS DIVIDED UP
Itnsala and Great Britain Print
Sphere of Inflame In
Emslre.
I-ONDON, Sept. 1 The formal conclu
sion of the Anglo-Russian convention Is
w-elcomert in Great Britain as ending the
years of misunderstanding between the
two powers In respect to the near and
far east. It is also welcomed as remov
ing the fear of many Kngllshmcn that
sooner or later Russian commerce would
threaten the Indian empire. The terms
of the convention will not be divulged
until foreign governments are fully ac
quainted therewith, but the gist of the
agreement has been known for months.
The convention particularly defines the
line of action between Great Britain and
Russia will follow in Persia, Thibet und
Afghanistan.
In Persia spheres of Influence are defi
nitely fixed. Russia maintains Its posi
tion in the north and Great Britain In
the south of that country. Groat Britain
is thus relieved of anxiety that HussU
Is scheming to secure a port on the Per
sian gulf. When Lord Landsdowne was
foreign secretary he, declared that tny
attempt on the part of Russia todo this
would mean war. Tho other governments
Interested In Persia have been assured
that the convention does not threaten the
integrity of the country, and for this
reason the question of the Bagdad rail
road Is left to future negotiations be
tween the powers, Including Germany and
France. The convention is understood to
guarantee the maintenance of the pres
ent position of Afghanistan and Thibet.
CORONER'S JURY AT WORK
Thirteen Iloille Have Been Recov
ered front Wreck of Quebec
Bridge.
QUEBKC, Sept. 1. Up to a late hour
tonight no more bodies had been takun from
the debris of the Quebec cantilever bridge.
At noon the coroner's Jury, which include
several manufacturers, was sworn In and
viewed the thirteen bodies at the morgue,
the Inquest was adjourned until Tuesday.
This afternoon the Jury visited the scene
of the accident, also viewing tho bodies of
Hardy, and Croteum. who lived near tho
bridge. Tho scene at the morgue was
pathetic, as the relatives of some of the
victims saw the latter for the first time.
One of the Indians Is minus his head, and
his arms torn off. Others had parts of their
legs torn away, and nil thirteen bodies were
badly muttluted.
There are still all kinds of rumors as to
the number of victims, but according to
Thursday night pay list, eighty-six men
were at work when the brtoge went down,
eleven being Injured, fifteen taken out, of
the debris, and sixty still missing. Four
official of the Phoenix Bridge company
arrived late thl afternoon. They will visit
the scene of the accident tomorrow. J. S.
Deane had an Interview with Mr. Parent
and the former admitted that no fault could
be found with either of the piers and was
surprised that they stood tho strain of fall
ing steel. Up to Thursday, Mr. Deane says,
everything worked to perfection. The
government commission will begin It in
vestigation in the courthouse Thursday.
GLOVER MAKES STATEMENT
Son of Mrs, Eddy Says Ha
Satisfied with Result
of Suit.
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DEADWOOD, a D., Sept. l.-George W.
Glover, son of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
founder of the Christian Science church.
who Just returned from Concord, N. H., has
given out for publication a statement re
lative to the dismissal of the suit for an
accounting brought by himself and others
as "next friends" of Mrs. Eddy, against
Calvin A. Frye, et al. The statement says
In part:
The fact has been dlsclnsed that Mrs.
Eddy was worth over $1,000,00(1, when It
had been claimed that she was worth only
about $M,nno. Five days after the suit
was brought she was constrained to put
substantially all her property Into the
hands of three trustees and safeguard It
In much the same way that we meant to
protect It when we brought the suit. The
result was enough. I stand ready to de
fend the rights of my mother and my
rights as her only child as her heir. For
the present I am satisfied with having
forced the execution of the trust deed,
which has taken the control of her prop
erty out of the hands of the men In whom
1 have no confidence. My only regret Is
that my mother Is to be kept by them a
virtual prisoner In her own home during
the remainder of her life.
This feeling Is embittered by the fact
that while In Concord, N. H., my daughter
and I were not permitted to see her unless
we agreed to conditions which our sense
of honor rendered impossible.
PROFESSORSHIP IN RAILROADS
University of Illinois Secure Services
of E. R. Dewsnup for th
Chair.
CHAMPAIGN. III.. Sept. 1. President
J. J. Jame of' the University of Illinois
yesterday announced the appointment of
Prof. E. R. Dewsnup as professor of rail
road administration and management of th
University of Illinois. Pror. Dawsnup was
born In England, of American parentage.
and received hi education at the Univer
sity of Manchester and at the Royf.l Tech
nical college of Manchester. After gradu
ating he spent considerable time studying
operation, construction and management of
railroads In the United Kingdom, in Franc
and In Germany, and was for a time an
officer of an English railway. He then
spent a year In the United states, making
a comparative siuay t tne rauroaa sys
tem of this country with those on the
continent. Three year age he was brought
to this country permanently by President
Harper of the University of Chicago to
take charge of the railroad courses at that
university.
ROAD REACHES COAL FIELDS
Burlington's New l.lne from Worland
to Klrby Ilaa Been torn.
pleted. .
WORLAND. Wyo., Sept. l.-The Burling
ton's new line which penetrated the eastern
part of the Big Horn basin has been ex
tended twenty miU from Worland to
Klity on the west bank of the TJ'.g Horn
rier, where there arc limimw coal t'.
.is.'tf. At Ti-cri.mpi'Us, 3 lew mile nuth,
r. the It'g H rn hot spring. The exVn
k'.on to K'lby is a continuance? of the linj
Iron: Frvnnle to Worlasd, ninety-one ni las,
which was completed In record breaking
time to handle a rush of homeaeekera to
the Shoshone Indian reservation Irriga
tion i progressing rpldl)
TAFT ASKS FOR BIGCER ARMY
Secretary of War Urges Need of More
Enlisted Men.
TEN THOUSAND CALLED TO ARMS
Officers Better Equipped sal Superior
In Military Skill and Ability,
bat Army Is Too
Small.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. I. (Special.) "Offi
cers of our army are better equipped in all
respects and are mora efficient than army
.officers ever were In the history of the
country. In military skill and ability they
are superior to any officers of the armies
of the world."
Secretary Taft before starting on hi tour
of the world took pardonable pride in
making this statement. It was made In no
boastful way, but was uttered merely a a
statement of fact which careful Inquiry and
comparison have made evident.
The secretary went on to say that Ameri
can army officers now know more about
their business than they ever knew before;
that they are more thoroughly trained than
any officers have heretofore been; and ven
tured the assertion that American officers
"are better equipped In Intelligence and
efficiency than the officer of any other
army In the world."
Secretary Taft made It clear that the
real embarrassment under which the Ameri
can army labors at present Is a lack of
experienced enlisted men. "At present,"
he said, "we have an army of only fifty
five thousand men. We ought to have
sixty-five thousand as provided by law. Of
course, I understand the argument that. Is
used In support of a small army. We have
no need at the moment for a large army
and It Is urged that, It war should break
out, we could raise quickly an immense
volunteer force. The civil war 1 Indicated
as an example of what we may do with a
volunteer army.
Preparing; for Eventualities.
"Mind you, I am not looking for war. It
may be a long time before this country
again become involved in war; but we
ought to be prepared for eventualities. We
cannot raise, equip and discipline an army
In a few hours or a fow weeks. The
armies which comprised the union forces
during the civil war constituted the best
volunteer fighting force ever assembled
on earth; but It required months, even
years for them to become Inured to the
trials and hardships and the fire of real
war. Of course, we could raise a volun
teer army, In an emergency, but that would
take time. Meanwhile we ought to keep
the regular army up- to Its maximum
strength, Under the law. To do this, it will
bo necessary to make the service attractive.
Condition must be made uch In the ser-
vlce -as to bring Into the military service
the highest standard of any army. In
order to bring about this result perhaps
some change will have to be made In the
law providing for mor pay tor enlisted
men and other change in conditions."
No secret is made of the fact that a
vigorous effort I to be made in the near
future to Induce congress to author! the
re-establlshment of th canteen in the
army. It l maintained by trnry officers
who-'have studied the situation that the
abolition of the canteen ha done more to
render army life unattractive to the en
listed man than any other one thing. From
Secretary Taft down, practically every
official of the .War department favor the
restoration of the canteen. They know
from practical every-day experience what
the situation Is and there Is not a depart
ment or post commander In the service who
ha not declared that the present condition
in the vicinity of army post is demoralii
tng and Intolerable. By the re-establlshment
of the canteen, those conditions sub
stantially would be eliminated; discipline
In the service would be Improved; and the
eervlce Itself made more .attractive.
Quartermaster's Report.
The first report of the new quartermas
ter general of the army, James B. Ale-
hlre, shows In every subject considered,
not only a comprehensive knowledge of
the needs of the great department of the
army, but a sympathetic Interest In the
broadening and developing of the depart
ment over which he has been called upon
to preside, vice Major General Charles
F. Humphrey, retired.
Unlike many soldiers, General ATeshlre
believes in diving credit to whom credit
is due, and In the first paragraph of his
report to the secretary of war he show
the stuff he is made of by paying a most
deserved compliment to General Hum
phrey, who, he ays, "had planned and
outlined in memoranda the scope of the
report and his Idea have been followed
a closely as possible. It Is desired and
deemed proper that General Humphrey
sign this report, but his absence from
the city and the Impossibility of delay
ing it submission prohibited."
The report Is an exceedingly Interest
ing document, following closely In the
footsteps of the reports made by General
Aleshire' Immediate predecessor, who 1
deservedly classed in army circles the
best quartermaster general the depart
ment ha ever had. Having served with
General Humphrey during the campaign
in China and the Philippine, the younger
man ha Imbibed th enthusiasm and
the fearlessness of the older and it Is I
very generally predicted that General j
Aleshire will more than meet the re
quirements of the position which 1
growing harder to fill every year by
reason of th work required In tho tuar
termaster general' department.
Supply System In Philippines.
It 1 to General Aleshire that the larg
est measura of credit for having estab
lished, while chief quartermaster In the
Philippines, a system of supplies for mil
itary posts on th coast throuen water
transportation. General Aleshire took up j
and perfected by means of transports a
thoroughly equipped system whereby all
coast stations In the Island were visited
regularly by transports, thereby afford
ing tho troops an opportunity to gei
fresh meats and vegetables, beside mall,
clothing and other supplies. Befor he
became chief quartermaster of the
Philippine th troops In th far east
were compelled to depend upon Irregular
boajs, and sometime for week at a time
our soldiers wer compelled to go without
fresh meat or vegetable, depending
upon the native for subsistence. All
this General Aleshire changed. After
General Humphrey left tho Philippine
ho was placed in charge of th water I
and land transportation In Manila, and
he performed the duties in so spIcnLd
a manner that he won tho heartiest of
congratulations from liU superiors. When
General Humphrey became quartermue
ter genera) his assistant was Colonel
Pond, now on the retired Hat, and upoa
tho retirement of General Pond, having
succeeded to the rank of brigadier gen
eral on retiring. General AJeahlr was
made principal sniatant to General
Humphrey and, very naturally, should
succeed him.
Perhaps no better Idea cn tv obtained of
the maanltudo of the department to the
management of which General Aleshire hss
been called than ny simply considering that
It had at Its disposal during the fiscal year
ending June Jo, 1907, appropriations aggre
gating S33,581.7K. Since the occupancy of
Cuba hy our American soldiers and felicit
ously called "the army of pacification" the
quartermaster' department ha extended
for this occupancy $2.561970. which Is reim
bursable to the American treasury by the
Cuban government when It gets oj its feet
once more.
General Aleshire calls attention to the
fact that larger appropriations' must he
made for hf department, due to the In
creasing cost of labor and supplies. He
say the Increase of cost In almost oil
directions la of such general knowledge
that he doe not deem it wloe to cite any
Seciflc casp. At times It hs been
necessary to submit deficiency estimates,
omettmes for Targe sums, but in some of
the deficiency estimate they have arisen
thfough causes no human foresight could
anticipate and others. General Aloshlr
says, msy be expected In the future. While
the quartermaster, general makes a plea
for economy, he kelleves It bad economy
to cut down estimate on the theory that
a policy which looks only to the Immediate
saving of money may In the end prove most
uneconomical. f
Propose Remount Division.
One of tho subjects which Is close to tho
quartermaster general,. 1 that of th re
mount service to which great attention Is
now being given European armies. In hi
report he recommends tho establishment
of a separate division of the quartermaster
general's office to be known as "the Re
mount Division" and under charge of an
officer of the quartermaster' department.
especially selected by the secretary of war
on the recommendation of tho quartermas
ter general of the army, who would super
vise all purchase of animals. In addition
to the main office located In the quarter
master general' office, General Aleshire
recommends that there should be established
near to the great horse raising sections
of the country, three Or four remount
depots, where hore could be purchased
and where the tandards desired could be
Insisted upon. It would be the business of
the officers in charge of these remoum
depot to keep a record of tho number and
class of horse in the remount district,
how bred, by whom owned, and where
located. The object and purpose of theso
district being to give to each remount
depot a particular ectlon of the United
State from which to receive its uppi
of young horses. There is no intention on
the part of the quartermaster general to es
tablish breeding farms in certain sections
of the country, a has been erroreously
reported, the only object of General Ale
shire being to raise the tandard of horses
and mule in th army, secure younger
horses and mule and. If possible, have
them educated for the service for which
they are Intended at the time of purchase.
These and many other things are taken up
and discussed in one of tho most interest
ing reports which ha been prepared by a
government official.
SHETLAND CLAIMS ATTENTION
Statesmen Asfifl Whether Island
Should Be'Glren Back to
. Norway
GLASGOW, Sept. 1. (Specll.)-Snould
the ShetWnd bo handed back to Norway?
Thl wa the question put-to the premier
recenUy by Mr. Cathcart .Wason, the lib
eral member of Parliament for Orkney and
Shetland. Mr. Wason, however, disclaimed
any desire to break up the British Isles.
He admitted that he had phrased hi ques
tion In such a manner to attract public
attention. It is not generally known that
the Orkney and Shetland Islands wero
formerly the property of Norway and were
formerly given up by that country. James
III of Scotland married Margaret, the
daughter of King Christian of Norway in
1468. and when the marriage treaty was
made It was agreed that ner aowry bihiu.u ,
be 60,000 florins. When the time 10 pay
came King Christian found that his treas
ury was empty and he gave the islands In
pledge, agreeing to redeem them when
he could raise the money. The debt has
never been paid and the islands have thus
remained a Scottish possession.
The people of the islands are almost
pure Norse In blood, and until the end of
the eighteenth century they spoke the
Norse language. Many Norse words are
still retained in their dialect, and they
have little In common with the Scots of
the mainland, whom they regard as for
eigners. Mr. Wason declare that the
grievance of the Shetlanders are serious
and distressing. "The herring fishery," he
said, "the mainstay of the Islanders, has
already been ruined on one side and Is
getting worse on the other side. All the
whales are being destroyed, and it Is the
whale which drive the herring Inshore.
Norwegian and Scotch companle have ta
tlons on the Islands and carry on th work
of whalo killing. These enormous animals,
seventy or eighty feet In length, and com
paratively valueless, are dragged ashore,
skinned for the blubber and then the car
cass 1 left to rot. Th mussel beds re
ii,.e,i so that the bait of the fishermen
Is destroyed and masses of the putrefying
e..h flo.t about the "voes." ueaa animais
make life almost intolerable. The only j
aolutton Is for the secretary ior
to uprress the whaling stations. Fishing
Is being prosecuted now four times as far
from land as formerly, and almost wholly I
w " Hft.rs. while the native .ailing j
by steam aruiers, mi ..-
vw. have seldom reached the shoals,
Ujr liruoi . , , , ,
Mr Wason declares that the Shetlanders
have often complained of the grievous
wrongs they have suffered at the hands
rf the Scot, end he Is determined to have
them redressed.
MESSAGE NEVER DELIVERED
Tarty Addressed Drops Dead as Boy
Was Handing Telegram to
Him.
Charles Fries, residing at 2906 Iaard street,
fell dead at his home Saturday night Just
as a messenger boy handed him tele
gram which he had called to deliver. Tt
messenger rapped at the door and Fries
told him to walk In. The boy stepped In
side the house and handed his delivery
book t Fries. The latter was tn the act
Df signing the delivery sheet when he
placed his hand over his heart and fell
back across a bed ar.d expired before as
sistance could reach him. The boy was
badly frightened, but when he came to hi
senses ran across the slrevt and told Fries'
neighbors of the occurrence and they called
a phy!j'lan. When the latter called he
pronounced Fries dead.
Fries has been sick for several months
and for tha last two we.ks had been con
fined to hi bed. He got up today for the
Brat time. Hi wife I said to hav been
at the park, when Fries died.
ALL OVER BUT THE WAITING
Primary Election Campaign in State ii
Practically Closed.
REESE PAPERS SHOW THEIR HAND
One Advise Populists to Bntt In on
Republican Primaries and Another
Threaten the Supreme
Court.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Sept. 1. (Special.) o far
a th campaign for nomination on the
state ticket I concerned, it la all over
but the voting and the waiting, and the
waiting for th return promise to bo
the mosttedlous part of it. As might
naturally have been expected, report
come from all over Nebraska to the ef
fect that there I much confusion and
misunderstanding as to the various
features of the new direct primary law,
and this. Its first trial In practical opera
tion, Is sure to disclose Its defect. Th
attorney general ha been busy all week
answering letter asking advice a to th
meaning of different sections, and In spite
of all this the chances are good that
the plain Intent of the law will not be
carried out In all the counties. There
is a suspicion that those Interested in
different candidacies are advising th
voters contrary to the accepted practice
In primary election and utrotchlng points
n order to open the door to the count
ing of questionable votes. The paper
edited by F. H. Abbott at Aurora, and
which ha been the chief mouthpiece of
the Rees boomers, openly flaunt thl
appeal In Its editorial columns:
"If you are a populist who Intends to
support a majority of the republican
candidates, you should call for a repub
lican ballot at the voting place."
Dana-er In the Course.
This instruction out of the Rees head
quarter has called for a severe rebuk.
One of the Sedgwick folk decleare
"that it simply show tha t Rees I
working to get the populists to give htm
a republican nomination, and that Ills
friends are wilfully defying- the pur
pose of the direct primary law. If a
man Is a populist, he should call for a
populist ballot and use his vote to help
name the populist candidates. Any known
populist or democrat, trying to break Into
the republican primaries should be
promptly challenged. Th primary law
set out in detail the question to be
propounded to him when challenged, and
truthful answers to them will bar any
one from casting a republican ballot un
less he want to be known aa an avowed
republican."
Threat from Perkins Paper.
The tallend of the press bureau cam
paign has resolved Itself Into mere rep
etition of appeals for support of the op
posing candidates, respectively, and tha
reason for and against them, already
thoroughly rehashed. Tho only new thing
worth ' mention is notice given through
the St. Paul Republican, which 1 tha
personal property of Clark Perkins, sec
retary of the state committee, now snugly
berthed a secretary of th railway com
mission, that the fight on Judge Sedg
wick In th nam of reform I only the
first step In a movement to dislodge the
whol membership of the auprem court.
Perkins' paper, among other thing, say:
"Another reason for not upport!ng
Judge Sedgwick Is that a large percent
age of the republican voters have de
cided that the supreme Judge must go
as fast as they can legally be disposed
of. Supreme effort .have been made of
late to fumigate and ventilate the stat
house, and so far as the legislative and
executive department extend have been
quite effective. While satisfactory re
sults have been secured so far, th people
are unsatisfied. They demand an entire
change in the highest tribunal of the
state. Several unfortunate decisions have
been handed down (whether technical or
not) with which many of the rank and
( fi,e Rre dlBpieaBea
They insist upon a
new deal.
Fusion Doesn't Fuse,
On the democratic and populist side no
excitement Is visible. The populists are
muttering under their brath at the. work
of the democrats, trying to stampede
the supreme Judgshlp nomination to
Judge Loomls, after promising it to Judgo
Alberts, the populist. The friends of
Judge Albert Insist that they have not
had a square deal, and will not look pleas
ant If he 1 thrown down.
WIXDIP OF LANCASTER CAMPAIGN
Judge Allen W. Field Taken Shot at
tha Bar Ticket.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Sept. L (Special.) As a last
act of the Lancaster county campaign,
Judge Allen W. Field took a shot at tha
Lincoln lawyers In trying to dictate the
nominees for Judicial honors, thus pre
venting a half doxen good, reliable, well
though of lawyer from submitting their
name to tho voter. Judge Field ha for
year fought for the passage of a primary
law and as a member of the resolution
committee of various state conventions has
Insisted that the primary law be a plank
in the platform. He claim th action of
the lawyer nullifies the primary law and
should be rebuked at the poll next Tues
day. Had the bar kept it hand off th j hift. The tlmbermen have been recelv
selectlon of candidates. Judge Strode and Ing $3.50 per day and their helpers $3 per
nair dozen other lawyer would have
been candidate, but a the bar made a
"ate tnese menkept out of the fight.
The action of the bar In trying to dictate
nominations have been resented over th
county, but whether It will be defeated at
the poll It I Impossible to tell. Beside
the fight over the Judgshlps, there are
lively scrap on over th office of district
clerk, coroner and county assessor, the
result In each being much In doubt.
The gates to the state fair grounds will
be thrown open to the public tomorrow and
the Indications point to a most succeisfu!
week. During the last few months thou
sands of dallar have been spent In better
ing the ground and the visitor will be
treated to several agreeable surprises. Dur
ing the day many visitors passed through
the gates and many workmen were kept
busy putting tha last touches on the tooths,
while several race horse men warmed up
their pets on the race track.
Lincoln last night turned on its lights,
which will be used nightly during the fair,
and the sight was beautiful. O street, from
the postofflce to Nineteenth street and for
a block north and south on each side. of
the business part of town, hav been arched
over with thoussnds of electric bulbs, while
the rlty hall and many of the business
houses have been gorgeously decorated.
Rudge St. Gunzel and Mayer Brother hav
literally covered the fronts of .their stores
with a blunket of lights, while Herpol
achtmer and other stores hav used the
light a tatefully, If not so numerous.
Th Commercial club ha secured plenty
of room for visitor and an Information
(Continued on Second Pag.
riUMARV TUESDAY, HKIT. 8.
WIPE OUT FACTIONALISM I
&1 Ufl AiAll
Rjr vol Inn for thin ticket rcprovntln:
all republican elements.
For Buprsm Ju4f
SAM I EL H. SEDGWICK X
For Ballroad Commissioner
HE.N'KY T. CLARKE. JR
For Begent of State University
IHAKI.ES M. ANDERSON
GEORGE COUI'LAND
For Clerk of District Court
W. W. BINGHAM
For County Sheriff
E. F. BRA I LEY
For County Judge
CHARLES LESLIE
For County Clerk
D. M. HAVEKLY
r County Treasurer
t RANK A. FUHAY
For County Assessor
RANK MAHO.NET
For County BnperUtendent
V. A. VODER
For County Coroner
HARRY B. DAVIS
For County Surveyor
HERMAN REAL
For County Comptroller
EMMET G. SOLOMON
'0T?,onnty Commissioner
r RED RRUNINU
P. J. TRAINOR
For Folic Magistrate
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BONA FIDE SETTLERS PROFIT
Huntley Irrlsutlon Project Was
In
Jo sense for Beneflt
Improvident.
of
BILLINGS. Mont.. vSrpt. l.-(Speclal.)-Although
Uncle Sam conducted a lottery
In disposing of the Irrigated farms under
the Huntley Irrigation project, many of
those who p.layed It have learned that tho
ticket were not transferable; that no
profit was to be mado off the winnings,
except by actual acceptance of the land.
They have come to understand that It was
a case of taking a farm or leaving It to
someone else. The rights they secured
could not be utilized for speculative pur
poses, as they were not transferable.
Thus those who registered for the draw
ing under the Impression that they could
sell their number or ticket and make a
little easy money have not been heard from
since. There were others wno were un
able to raise the required money to make
their flrBt payment on the land; they, too,
have been dropped from the list of for
tunate ones. With the speoulatora, tho
impecunious "and those who registered
simply to try their "luck," of whom there
were many hundred, and who had no In
tention of filing on land even though they
were fortunate enough to secure first
choice, eliminated, matters have adjusted
themselves to a solid bast.
Up to date about 12S have filed on land
comprised within the project, leaving
something like 460 farm to be disposed of.
These vary In size from forty to 150 acre
each, with the average of Irrigable land
to each unit about forty acres. Since Au
gust 23 the unclaimed land has been open
to entry under the homestead law, which
mean that five year of actual residence
and cultivation are required before title
may be obtained. In addition to which tha
entryman must pay the cost of reclamation
and the price agreed upon with the Crow
Indiana, 4 an acre,
Tno land liseii is among in mosi ae-
slrable In the Yellowstone valley and the
Tho land Itself I among th most de
fact that a
majorlty of those who have
o far made entries are resident of this
section and thoroughly familiar with the
land and condition hould be accepted
as evidencing it value and faith in the
nrofltableness of Its cultivation. This I
further emphasized when consideration Is
fcivcn the slight regard In which small
farm are held In thl part of the country.
What make the land particularly desirable
Is its proximity to the sugar factory at
Billings. The company ha obligated Iteelf
to erect receiving tatlon at convenient
place on the tract and 1 prepared to
enter Into contracts for all the beets
grown, at 15 a ton delivered at th re
ceiving stations. A the yield 1 from ev
enteen to twenty ton n acre and the
cost of cultivation not to exceed $40 an
acre, beet raising should bo profitable and
the eniryman should have no difficulty
In making payments on his land, which
extend over a long period, ten years. Al
falfa, fruit and general crops may be
raised with most excellent result. To the
man satisfied with a moderate sized farm,
with an assured market for everything he
raise and a perpetual right to an abun
dance of water for Irrigation and all other
purposes, the government hold out excep
tional inducement In the claim that may
be had at Huntley.
CRIPPLE CREEK MINERS QUIT
Decline to Take Out Mine Owners'
Association Recognition
Cords.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept. 1-Rather
than tak out mine owners' recognition
cards, 126 out of 450 men employed by the
Portland Gold Mining company quite work
tonight. This Include eventy-even of
alghty tlmbermen and their helper, who
had demanded an lncreae of 60 cent a
day. It Is predicted that between 300 and
400 men will rf fuso to take out cards Mon
day and will quit work.
WINTER APPLES WILL BE HIGH
Crop Generally Short, Only Good
Yield Belnc In Oregon and
Washington.
Prediction that apple will be $4 to $5
a barrel thl winter are made by local
fruit Jobber. This is $1 to $2 a barrel
higher than the usual price.
"Ther ar practically no winter apples
In Nebraska, Missouri or Arkansas," said
Charles Trimble of the J. R. Snyder house.
"There are quite a few fall apples, espe
cially In southeastern Nebraska, but such
apples as Winesaps and Ben Davis are
practically failure. In New York there
Is half a crop and In Washington and Ore
gon a good crop. Under the conditions, the
price must be high."
DEATH RECORD.
Mr. Mary Srhlank.
Mr. Marie Bchlank, wife of Siegmund
8chlank, died yesterday at tha age of 10.
Th funeral ervlce will be at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel A. Adler.
1017 North Thirty-fourth street, but the
particular have not been determined. Mrs.
Bchlank leaves a husband and six children.
They are Maurice of Il Angeles, Isaac,
Louis, Isidore. Jufob and Mrs. Adler of
Omaha., Bh was born In Crakow, Austria
nd had lived in Omaha tw.nty-sevcn
year. For ye.r. h. wa manager of a
reatuarant ( i oouia inin sireci.
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LABOR DA If PARADE
:Bigr Demonstration Planned by Unioni
in Three Cities.
;TEN THOUSAND MEN EXPECTED
vuiw nnu &ciwiaca Will AC ZlCld al
Syndicate Park.
x PROCESSION WILL FORM EARLY
Mobilizes at Sixteenth and Capitol
Avenue at Nine-Thirty.
C. A. M'DONALD IN COMMAND
Mnyor of Omaha and South Omah
Will Make Addresses, a Will
Others, Possibly Hay
wood.
Organisations representing 10.000 labjr
men and women of Omaha, South Omaha
and Council Bluffs have ' promised the
attendance of their members at the Labor
day picnic at Syndicate park today and
the greatest labor demonstration the city
has known is predicted.
The day will begin with a parade, vhlcb
will form at 9:30 at Sixteenth street
and Capitol avenue. It will bo under th
command of C. A. McDonald, ex-prenl-dent
of Central Labor union, a chlel
marshal. The unions will meet at thll
hnll at 8 o'clock and from there will
march to Sixteenth street and CaplLoi
avenue, where they will line up in order
as follows:
Advance guard, platoon of police.
Marshal of tho day, C. A. McDonald.
Aid to the chief niHishHl, A. J. Donahue.
FIRST DIVISION.
Band.
John Pollan, commander.
Delegate to the Central Labor Union.
Delegate to the Structural Building
Trades' Alliance.
Carpenters' District Council.
Band.
Carpenter' Local Union No. 427.
Painter' Local Union No. 109.
Plumbers' Local Union No. 18.
Structural Iron Workers' Union No. 1.
SECOND DIVISION.
R. A. Schneldor, commander.
Band.
Electrical Workers' Union No.' 12.
Electrical Workers' Union No. 161.
Striking Telegraphers No. 10.
Typographical Union No. 180.
Press Feeder Union No. 2.
Bookbinders' Union No. 67.
Cignrmakers' Union No. 93.
Switchmen' Union No. 6.
THIRD DIVISION.
II. II. Farmer, commander.
Band.
Sheet Metal Workers' Union No. 3.
Iron Moulders' Union No. 190.
Horseshoers' Union No. 19.
Machinists' Union No. 81.
Blacksmiths' Union No. 60.
Degree Team No. 159, A. O. U. W.
FOURTH DIVISION.
A, C. Kugel, commander.
Band.
Brewery Workers' Union No. 9.
Brotherhood of Itnllway Carmen.
Sign Writer.
Butcher.
Leather Workers' Union No. It,
Barbers' Union
Tailors' Union.
Federal Labor Union.
Bout of Parade.
The parade will form in four division.
: th first division on the sotitn side of
Capitol avenue Rndon th west of 8lx-
un me norm
I of CaP"l venue and west of Slx-
! leenln; lne ,n,ra on lno 0"th of .Capitol
avenue ana east or. sixteenth, and
the fourth on the north of Capitol ave
nue and the east of Sixteenth. The lln
of march will continue from thl plac
south on Sixteenth (street to Farnam
street, east on Farnam to Thirteenth,
north on Tnirtcenth to t0Uglas, west
Douglas to Sixteenth, north on Sixteenth
to Jefferson square and Sixteenth, coun
termarch to Sixteenth and Leavenworth,
where it will disband to allow the work
er to adjourn to the park.
Included in the program at the park
will be addresses by Mayor Hoctor of
South Omaha, Mayor Dahlman, Rev.
Frank L. Loveland, Judge Button on "The
Child Labor Law" and C. J. Smyth on
"Injunction." W. D. Haywood is in
cluded on the program, but he had not
arrived Sunday evening. A program of
athletic event ha been arranged and"
handsome prizes, donated by the vari
ous unions, are offered. There will be
dancing and refreshments. The festivi
ties at the park will begin at 2 o'clock.
Employes of two packing houses will
go to the park at noon, but win not tak
part In the parade, owing to the dis
tance. Swift and Company' employei
will hold their annual Outing at Benning
ton. TAIL FOR THE BRYAN KITE
Warfleld nnd Johnson Are
gested by Mayor Jim
Su
Dahlman.
Governors Johnson of Minnesota and
Warfleld of Maryland will be two men
available for the next democratic ticket a
the tall to Colonel Bryan' kite, according
to Mayor Dahlman, who I keeping close
watch of the situation. Of course tha
mayor will concede to no on but the Peer
less Leader the right to head the ticket
next fall.
"I don't believe Bryan will Interfere tn
the selection of a candidate for vice presi
dent," said the mayor, discussing th
situation. "It is hard to say who will b
named. The south may demand representa
tion and If It does some southern man will
be nominated. Governor Warfleld is
strong man, strong with the people and a
wonderful vote getter. His nomination
would undoubtedly satisfy the south and
would strengthen the ticket.
"If Johnson of Minnesota Is named for
second place, I predict Minnesota will go
for Bryan. I believe he Is strong enough
with the people to carry the state. And
he would be a good man for the place, too.
But, as I said before, I don't believe Bryan
will try to dictate the nomination of any
man.
"Of course, Bryan will be the nominee
for president. When the people are united
on one man as they are on Bryan, the
leaders coudn't beat him if they wanted
to. I think that even Colonel Watterson
will Join In his support. It is a whole
lot better, In politics to climb In the tand
wagon when you can, than to be left stand
ing by the side of the road. Hearst won't
rut much lc a a candidate, but lie might
run a an Independent candidate. He could
not do much, though."
New Governor Reaches Home.
HOT STRINGS, 8. D., Sept 1. (Special).
Dr. K. T. West, the new governor for
Battle Mountain sanitarium, and h!s bride
arrived this morning. They were received,
with military honors upon their arrival
upon the ground. Dr. West snt the day
In , familiarizing himself with Home detail
during the day, us he assumes churgt
tornorrow. He w,i, ocCupy a unique poU
tlo , tnat ho wl boln gov,roor M
J chief surgeon of th Horn