The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 77.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1907.
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VOTE IN OKLAHOMA
People Will Fan Upon Propoied Con
stitution Tuesday.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE RATIFIED
Eftch Side Calls in Prominent Speakers
to Aid in Fi?ht.
SECRETARY TAFT IS AGAINST IT
Bryan Makes Second Tour of State in
Its Support
PROHIBITION VOTE A BIG FACTOR
Third Party Holds Balance of Powff
nil Will Throw Itu W
In Favor of Rntlflcv
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GUTHRIE. Okl.. Sept. .-(
lerrltorle of Oklahoma and
lory, to whom congress g
lond during Its Inst sesslor
lether for the frit time, 7
proposed state constitution
Slbltlon, which become i
constitution. If adopted.
i in pro
of the
. election
the itate
f a full ticket, five men,
supreme court. ell district judges, five
member of congre, a state legislature
which will elect two United States aenl
tors, and all county and township offl
lers. As regards the. constitution Itself, the
nter have two eminent although dissent
tig opinions to guide them. Mr. Bryan of
Sebrsska says. "It is the best constttu
rion ever written." Mr. Taft of Ohio, says:
"If I were a resident of tha new state. I
would vote against It." Mr. Bryan has
made lils second lour of the state In order
to reassure the voters of the excellent
quality of the document, while Mr. Taft's
position has been reinforced by no lesser
lights than ex-Senator Mason of Illinois,
Congressman C. B. Landls of Indiana, and
to some extent at least by Attorney Gen
ial Bonaparte, who, In a letter to the
institution makers practically told tnem
what should be eliminated and In a per
lonal letter to President Murray of the
constitutional convention, made it much
stronger.
Will Be Ratlfled.
The ' general opinion Is, however, that
the constitution will be ratified. It Is not
love for the constitution that will bring
about that result, but the desire for state
hood, especially among tha people of
Indian territory, who thus far have en
Joyed no kind of government whatever.
Many republicans, who share Mr. Taft'a
views, will vote to the contrary in order
to get statehood, while there Is an army
of republicans who Will "hit It with all
their might." believing they will give Mr.
Roosevelt all the moral and substantial
support possible In case he should decide
to withhold hla approval. With thesa re
publicans, too, la a strong body of demo
crats, living mostly In Oklahoma terri
tory,., who w)U vol against tha constitu
tion some because vof fear- of high taxa
tion, and still others for political reasons,
ear!ng tha Indian territory wing of the
nomocracy will dominate In state affairs.
Every prohibitionist will vote for the
constitution, and unleaa the signs fall this
vote will be sufficient to ratify the docu
ment. If statewide prohibition carries.
then it becomes an Integral part of the
constitution, and Oklahoma Is made up
in great part of prohibitionists from Kan-
as and temperance workers from Texas.
Both political parties will divide Us vote
on this question, but no doubt now remains
that prohibition will carry. Many a re
publican vote will be cast against the con
stitution and for prohibition, and many a
democratic vote for tha constitution and
against prohibition. C. N. Haskell of Mus
kogee, the democratic nominee for gov
ernor, has slated often In his speeches
that ha will vote for prohibition. This
has lined uo for him the temperance work
ers almost to a man, Including tha mln
latry. Governor Frants, the republican
nominee, atated publicly that If prohibi
tion carries, he will see to It, If elected,
that the law Is enforced.
'three Tickets In Field.
Althougn ilure are three siaie tickets
nominated republican, democrat and so
cialist yet practically everybody on the
ticket ha bean lost sight ut In the main
fight between Haskell and Irrania.- It has
XHin a bitter campaign. Frantx. tha pres
et territorial governor of Oklahoma, was
Rough Rider with Roosevelt in Cuba
ind represents the Roosevelt policies In
his race tor the state governorship. Has
kell cams to tha territory from Ohio, where
Vjo was a figure In state democrailo poli
tics and an aaplrant for the gubernatorial
nomination In 1MM. He waa the floor leader
tor the democrat during tha constitutional
convention and is responsible, mora than
any other man. If not more than ail tha
other delegatea combined, for what la In
Uia constitution.
The legislature to ba choaen will consist
f forty-four senator and lt representa
tive. Th democrats in the constitutional
convention made th legislative districts,
and evsry Indication I that they will carry
both houses; only a landallde could give
lb assembly to th republicans. The
latter charge not only a political gerry
mander by th democrats, but also a sec
Uuunl gerrymander In favor of the Indian
Territory pot tlon and th southern portion
f tho state, placing the control In the
bands of th southern democracy, and
they claim It is Just a great a gerrymander
agalnet the northern democrat as It 1
galnst th republican.
Content for flenntnrahlp.
The election of two United State sen
Mora depend upon the legislature. The
lemocrata nominated their senatorial can
lldate by Wat rrlmary. th winner being
"olonel Robert L Owen of Muskogee, a
tart-blood Cheroke Indian, and Judg
Thoroa P. Oor of Lawton. known aa "th
aind orator of Oklahoma." at.d formerly h
fa a Taxas-M'.MtaslDDl poput. Th re
publicans have named no candidates, al
though should they control th legislature
is known that Bird 8. McQulre, present
delegate in cmxress. former Delegate Den
Dl T. Flynn, Colonel Jake Admire of
Enid and ex -Governor Tom Fetguson would
be aspirants on the Oklahoma side, while
Cohnel WllUam Busby of McAlester.
Colonel Clarenc Douglas of Muskogee and
lame A. Hmi of Wagonar would con
test fur th honors on the Indian Terri
tory side.
Xew Mensnrinl Hall.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Sept. !1-The Bhef
leld Scientific school of Tale university
nil! receive a gift, of I1M.0U0 from Mr.
Jama B. Oliver of Pittsburg for the erec
tion of a new lecture hail a a memorial
lo her eon. a student in the Uheffleld grlen.
title ohool, wb died last June. U will b
Failed the Olive Memorial HalL
CHAIRMAN KNAPP ON COMBINES
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Advocates Central Control of
Transportation.
CHICAGO, 111.. Serf". 14. "I believe the
most mischievous piece of legislation In
th history of the country Is the Shot-
man anti-trust law as Interpreted by tha
United States supreme' court. It Is In
tolerable and strike a blow at develop
ment and progress."
This statement by Chairman Martin A.
Knapp of the Interstate Commerce com
mission was warmly applauded by 100
railway officials here today at the annual
meeting of the American Association of
Freight Traffic Managers. Nearly all the
large railways of the United Stales, Caa
sda and Mexico were represented. Chair
man Knapp advocated combination, co
operation and central control of the trans
portation lines. The axiom, "Competition
Is the life of trade," must be discarded
If we are to progress he a:d.
'The obvious tendency of the age Is to
combine, nnd I think thin tendency is to
become more pronounced as we grow older
and Industrial and commercial civilisation
Is perfected. The ultimate result, I think,
will be tha central control and regulation
of all transportation lines with diffused
ownership. Let us not denounce, but
discriminate In bringing about the de
sired reforms. The constant friction of
unbridled competition has become irk
Some. We are drifting toward a world
wide financial federation.
"The one public man who dared fear
lessly to express his opinion on the in
justice of tha supreme court's Interpreta
tion of this act Is the president of the
United States."
The following officers were elected:
President. R. C. Wright, Philadelphia;
first vice president. T. W. Gallagher, Bal
timore; second vice president, W. B.
Groseclose. St. Louis; secretary and treas
urer, J. F. Auch, Philadelphia.
DR. CORT 0N PURE MILK
American Expert In Speech at Brnssela
Hays Pnstenrlaatlon Will Not
Solve Problem.
BRUSSELS. Sept. 15.-Dr. Henry Colt
of Newark, N. J., president of the Ameri
can Association of Medical Milk Commis
sions, strongly opposed, In an address today
at the International milk congress, the
compulsory pasteurisation of milk as a
means of effectively Improving the supply
of milk. Dr. Colt said that the employ pas
teurisation as anything more than a tem
porary expedient would be undesirable, be
cauae It would remove the Incentive to the
public to compel the producer to accomplish
an Improvement. Pasteurised milk In bulk
Is not only intrinsically less desirable than
clean raw milk, declared Dr. Colt, but Is
actually unsafe unless It Is consumed within
twenty-four hours and Is kept at or below
10 degrees centigrade (60 degrees Fahren
heit). Dr. Colt also said: "To resort to the
compulsory pasteurisation of the milk sup
ply In large cltlea aa a protection against
the tuberculosis. Instead of taking more
radical measures for Its eradication from
milk, would be protecting only those who
liva in these cities, and expose all who live
In tha rural districts.. The only real safe
guard lies, in tha complete eradication of
bovine tuberculosK
COPPER ' PRODUCTION HALTS
Two Bl Companlea to Rednee Their
Output Twelve Hnndrrd Tons
n Month.
DITLUTH. Minn.. Sept, IS. The directors
. of the North Butte and the Calumet and
j Arizona Mining companies Saturday decided
j to curtalj the production of their copper
, mines 60 per cent. This will mean a re-
j ductlon of 700 tons a month at the calumet
and Arlsona mines and 6rt0. at the North
Butte. The Calumet and Arlxona Is one
of the leading producers and the Arlsona
and North Butte company operates a Urge
mine at Butte, Mont. In explaining the
action of the directors, President Brlgg
of the Calumet and Arlsona said: "It Is
currently reported that there Is a surplus
of 250.OW.000 pounds of copper, almost en
tirely In the hands of the producer. Once
the demand for the metal la resumed the
surplus will disappear like magic If good
times continue."
WOMAN BALLOONIST KILLED
'Mrs. Carrie Meyera Dashed to Death
In Presence of X.OOO Persons
nt Glean, N. Y.
OLEAN, N. Y.. Sept. IS. Mrs. Carrie
Myers, S3 year old, of Springfield, Mass.,
a professional balloonist, fell from a para
chute, 1,000 feet above the fair grounds,
her Saturday, and dashed to death In
view of 8.000 persons. Mr. Myers made
her first aacenslon Wednesday, when rha
sprained her left wrist. When about 1.000
feet above th ground, Mr. Myer was
een to raise her right hand to release th
parachute, holding to the trapes rope
with har lam hand. Just aa th canvas
spread out and the rapid downward flight
waa checked, Mrs. Myer fell backward.
It 1 believed th sudden Jar hurt her
lam wrist.
JOPLIN PAPER NOT SILENCED
News-Herald Make It Appearance
Despite Attempt to Dynamite
Plant.
JOPLIN, Mo.. Sept. 15. The explosion In
side Its plant of enough dynamite to wreck
a good slxed town will not alienee the
Joplln News-Herald, the 'local afternoon
newspaper that ha waged a fight for law
enforcement. The News-Herald waa pub
lished today from the plant that It was
sought last night to wreck.
The stockholder of the paper at a meet
ing today voted a 120,000 Increase in the
capital stock of th paper to cover dam
ages to the plant.
New Havings Bank.
SIDNEY, 'la., Sert. 15. (Special.) The
Anderson Saving batik I the name of a
new banking institution Just organised at
Anderson, with a paid-up capital of 115.000.
I A new bulldinc will be Immediately erected
d th aoora ooened for business about
December 1. The officer are: President.
H. J. Falling; vie president. A. F. Wood
ard, cashier. Bert Flchter. Anderson I
a thriving little village, located between
Sidney and Randolph on th Sidney-Hasting
branch of the Burlington. It waa
named In honor of Mayor A. R. Ander
son, former congressman from this dis
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BARTIIOLD BACK FROM HAGUE
Missouri Congressman Optimistic Over
Outcome of Conference.
ARBITRATION PRINCIPLE WINNING
Apoetle of Pear Seen Promise of Sue
reaa for Some of the Policies
lie Has Advocated for
Many Years.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Special.)
Richard Bartholdt, who has for fourteen
years represented the Tenth Missouri dis
trict In congress and who will sit as one
of three republican members from St. Ixuts
in the Sixtieth congress, has capitalized
himself as few men have In public life.
He has stood for peace, although the coun
try of his birth has times without number
stood for war.
Born In Germany and Imbued with the
spirit of his ancestors, Richard Bartholdt,
from the beginning of his career In the
country, of his adoption, has raised his
voice In favor of International arbitration.
Until he entered the Fifty-third congress as
a republican, Richard Bartholdt was a
newspaper man and h calls himself a news
paper man today, primarily, while second
arily a national lawmaker. Before he took
up his residence In St. Louis Mr. Bartholdt
saw every phase of newspaper life In New
Tork. He was a police reporter, a munclpal
hall reporter, correspondent at Albany for
German newspapers, and finally foreign
editor for the New York Staats Zeltung
under Otto Diffenderfer. He edited the St,
Louis Tribune until he came to congress.
Throughout his newspaper career Dr.
Bartholdt has been, a firm believer In the
principles of International arbitration In
stead of the nations resorting to arms. And
lie has talked International arbitration In
season and out until he has lived to see
the nations of the world foregathering at
The Hague and adopting some of the recom
mendations he has made to the Interparlta
mentary congress, made up of represents
tlves from the world's parliament of which
he was at one time president.
First Arbitration Treaty.
In a small cottage In the midst of Thur-
Inger Forest, In Germany, Dr. Bartholdt
prepared the first great International arbl
tratlon treaty, which was submitted to the
Interparliamentary congress that met in
Hrusseis several years ago. This work
took Dr. Bartholdt six months to complete
after he had received suggestions from the
leading International lawyers of the world
upon the subject .matter of his dreams,
There were twenty-one questions propounded
to the nation hi thl first treaty, with
request that the nations indicate what que- '
tions they would submit to arbitration and
what question they were doubtful about.
It is Interesting In this connection that the
progressive nation of the world were will
ing to ubmlt all the questions contained
In Dr. Bartholdt s draft to arbitration, while
the less progressive, or the retiring nations,
had serious misgivings as to a number nf
them. Dr. Bartholdt. who has Just re
turned from The Hague conference, whera
he was an Interested spectator upon the
proceedings of that great body of world
statesmen. Is opUmlstic in. his-views as to
the outcome of tlielr deliberation. Be be
lieve that befon the Conference adjourn
the American idea of a permanent arbitra
tion court will ba adopted and that a tre
mendous step forward for peace will be the
result.
In the little German town In which Rich
ard Bartholdt first saw the light and on the
house in which he waa born there Is a tab
let Inscribed as follows: "In this house
Richard Bartholdt, an American member of
Parliament, was born." And not so very far
away, In the depths of a German wold, this
same Richard Bartholdt wrote an Interna
tional arbitration treaty which Is destined
to make his name famous the world over.
Efficient Men for Pay Corps.
I'nltss congress reconsiders Its former
work relative to the four-year detail of
line officers of rank corresponding to that
of vacancies to be filled in certain speci
fied staff depurtmeits, the extinction
staff officers with permanent commissions
in the army wilt result. This Is a matter
of serious diacustlon with the present pay
master general of the army. Brigadier
General C.C. Snlffen, In his report to the
secretary of war. I'ntll the act of Febru
ary 2, 1901, was passed efficient men could
be appointed to the pay corps whose train
lug had been along financial lines, book
keeping and the essentials which go to
make good paymasters; but under the act
of 1901 the appointment from civil life
waa don away with and now the vacanclea
to be filled in the pay corps must be made
from the line gf the army at the whim or
the caprice of the man In authority, with
out regard to the training of the man se
lected for paymaster.
General Snlffen, who, probably, more than
any other man who ha occupied th posi
tion of paymaster general since th close
of the plvil war, has been essentially an
executive man. He has served all through
the grade of paymaster to paymaster gen
eral. Before h wa appointed to the pay
corps he wa on of President Grant'
closest clerk, and before he wa called
to the Whit House under the Grant ad
tnlstration ha mcutiIm . .i.
nv
tlon in th War department. Hl. tr.inlng
ha been in a broad .chool not confined
, ,. .
Z h ; " "mr' DUl com"
prohendlng both the lfne and staff he has
urougm 10 me neaa or tne pay department
a knowledge which haa been accepted by
his superiors locking to betterment, in the
pay department.
Detail System In Question.
The detail system undoubtedly ha much
to commend it in time of peace, but In
time of hostilities the adequacy of the de-
tall system when aDDlled to the hlrher
grade of major, lieutenant colonel and i defenBe- ,n ca"e gentlemen do not
colonel is seriously questioned. At such 1 or ln c,e "ther side declines to co
a time few officers of the Una of uch ' PratB ,n the matter, then thl court will
eradea will be found wilting i..M ...... ! Pthologiat and a chemist to direct
chances for ccinmand, distinction and ad-
vancement and assume the pecuniary re- i
tponslbllltle and risks which attend the i
exigent and unfamiliar di.bur.lng dutle.
of paymaster. In th field.
General Snlffen, who has pronounced
view, upon th que.tlon of th. detail y.-
tern, take the poaltlon which ha. been
held bv hi. two Immediate nnut-..nr.
Generala Bat, and Dodge, that the ap-
plication of the lyatera ahould not ex
tend beyond th lowest grade ln th army,
which I that of captain, and that th three
field grade ahould be permanent. That
vacanclea occurring ln th grade of major
In the pay corps ahould be filled by the
appointment of captalna who have served
or may be serving a detail and whose fit
ness for permanent commlaalons shall be
established by th record they ahall hav
made for efficiency In th disbursement and
accountability of public funds, and that
these permanent appointee should be eli
gible to promotion to the grade of colonel.
It I an undeniable fact that th officer
ho devotes his official lire to special
duties under a permanent commission must
become more expert, useful and competent
than the officer who Intermittently serves
for a limited period in one or the other
or all of several departments or corpe in
the army subject to detail. Unless at the
coming session of congress legislation Is
passed changing existing conditions in the
pay corps tha permanency of the fluid
grades mill be abolished because not lster
than January 1, in, a vacancy In the
grade of major will occur , which must
under existing law be filled by a . detail
of a major frtim the line. What troubles
General Snlffen as to the efficiency of his
corps troubles General Aleshlre, head of
the quartermaster's department, tha latter
even going so far as to recommend In his
annual report a school for the training
of quartermasters with particular reference
to the constructions of buildings and build
ing materials, plumbing and a first hand
knowledge of textiles and their manufac
ture. The detail system was undoubtedly an
txperlment with congress and as the prac
tical questions growing out of the system
are presented to the committees of the two
houses dealing with the subject, a modifies,
tlon of the law of 190f would seem Impera
tive and further remedial legislation ex
pected from time to time and that finally
a system tf detail suited to all the con
ditions of the service and adjusted to the
functions of each staff department ulti
mately adopted.
REVOLUTION PUT IN CHECK
Portoarnl Hm Fo.sll one of t.mven
Political Battles that tome
to Nations.
LISBON. Sept. 15. (Special.) Revolution
has been checkmated in Portugal, at least
for the present. The recent attempt to
assassinate King Carlos and the premier
has led to the arrest of thirty republican
leaders. It Is believed that this action on
the part of the government will bring to a
head one of the graveet political struggles
fought out in Portugal since constitutional
government began. Don Carloa dissolved
the Cortes, which had become little more
than an arena of corrupt faction and took
the strong but necessary step of refusing
to name a date for the convoking of a new
Parliament. He swept out of office for
the time being both of the parties who held
and quitted office by arrangement, changed
places with the mechanical regularity of
the figure In a Dutch clock, and fattened
with equal rapacity upon the country. Each
of them In the last few years had obtslned
majorities by the usual manipulation at
the polls In a land where the vast majority
of people never go near the ballot boxes.
Each of them had failed to govern ngalnst
the obstruction of the assembly, tempora
lly defunct, and the growing violence and
daring of the republican agitation.' Each
of the regular parties now excluded from
office and It sweets begged In turn to
be entrusted with a dictatorship. King
Carlos could have entrusted it to either
without seeming to range himself against
the other. He wa impartial between thorn,
and the peasants, with th more solid class
In the towns, were weary of both. But in
Portugal, as elsewhere, the king's govern
ment had to be carried on. Don Carlos
natlia to-"Ms-T(r "new-man Toting, bril
liant and fearless. This wa Senhor Joa.j
Franco. He had been for a tlin minister
of the interior In the party of the regener
ators, who correspond to "conservatives,"
co far aa any names agree with realities
In Portuguese party politics. The other
organization 1 that of the progressists,
who believe they are the more liberal sec
tion of the two.
Senhor Franco separated himself from
his old associates and formed a new party
of men, whoae program might be. described
as national liberal, or liberal unionist, one
of those combinations of a strongly pa
triotic creed with enlightened domestic prin
ciples by which the best work in the policy
of all the great countries has from time
to time been done. Senhor Franco could
form a following in the country, but he
could carry no Parliamentary seats against
the power of the regular machines. He
had proved his Independence by trenchant
criticism even of the court. In May of
last year King Carlos took the decisive
step of entrusting him with the formation j
of a cabinet over tho heads of both tho I
factions, regenerators and progressists j
alike, who believed they had a consecrated
right to alternate In office at convenient i
periods. 1
Senhor Franco became a premier with-1
out a party. He Is exercising what Is j
called the dictatorship until he can make '
one. He Is undoubtedly making one, and .
1 ... I l. Ka fka .nli.nHn. n IV.rl.rRol 1 1 '
thi. li.i.r nn.rH to devote hi. ,lf
to the campaign agalnet waste, corruption,4"1'"' church. The pallbearer, were Henry
and incompetence, were able to rally round .13- Mw'' R; H. Olmsted, Charles Joh.n-
create the basis of a reforming majority In
a new Cortes.
BUUT li UHUtntU CAHUMtU
Testimony nf Expert to Settle Con
test for Perkins Insurance
at Topekn.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Sept. 15. Judge Smith
McPherson of Iowa, sitting in the federal
circuit court here last night, ordered the
I body of the late L. H. Perkins of Lawrence,
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xora mai rerains iuuk poison anu iu
U!:
It should not be compelled to pay
i llfe tn,Urance."
I Hls decision in the case was. In effect, as
follows: "The marshal of thl. court 1.
j directed to take charge of the matter of
exhuming the body of the late L.
kin. Th wdrk shall be done
H. Per-
ind an
autopsy performed under th direction of
an eminent pathologist and an eminent
i chemist, to.be selected by agreement by
the attorneys for the plaintiff and for th
th work. The marshal ahall see that the
work Is don In a seemly manner."
In directing the disinterment and exami-
imtlnn t (ha Hsu.v lnila. A i,Dh.....n I
! prelv .ud th,t th held no v i
regarding the cause of the death of Mr. i
t.,i,i. v.... .i,i. . . j ..... :
J th truth might be known and th question
.ettled once and for all. Judge McPher.on
,h., .h- h. i
to see that the order wa enforced.
Valae of Sonth Dakotn Land.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Sept. 15. (Sp
clal.) The really wonderful Increase in 1
tbe value of South Dakota farm land
during the last few years is Illustrated
by th case of a 630-acre farm altuated
half a mile north of the little town uf
Putney, Brown -county. Four yeara ago
J. B. Lumbra sold th farm to an Iowa
man named Morgan for the sum rf ta.000.
Now the farm has again changed owners,
th new owner just having paid th aum
of (21,000 for the tract. Morgan ralaed
three very profitable cron on th (arm
during th tlm ha ovm
FUNERAL OF A. J. HANSCOM
Pioneer of Omaha Laid to Rest in
Prospect Hill.
SERVICES AT PRITCHETT HOME
Beantlfnl Rites of Episcopal Chnrch
Are Used by Dean Beecher of
Trinity Cathedral, Mr.
Hanacom'a Chnrch.
All that was mortal of Andrew J. Han
scorn, pioneer of Omaha and Nebraska,
whose name will be remembered forever
In Omaha by his gift of Hanscom park
to the city, was laid from sight in Pros
pect Hill cemetery Sunday afternoon.
The body arrived Sunday morning over
the Rock Island, accompanied by Mr.
Hanscom's daughter. Miss Virginia Han
scom; his son-in-law, George E. Prltchett,
and Miss Hanscom's friend. Miss France.
It was taken to the home of Mr. Prltchett
at 2124 Cass street.
Funeral services were held at the
Prltchett residence at S o'clock In the
afternoon. The beautiful service of the
Episcopal church, without a sermon, was
used. It was conducted by Dean Beecher
of Trinity cathedral, of which church Mr.
Hanscom had been one of the organtxer
In 1856 and on tha rolls of which his
name stood first. Members of the choir
of the cathedral were present to chant
"Lord. Let Me Know Mine End," and
sing the hymns. "Rock or Ages nna
..Hark Hark, My Soul." In the home
, ,,.,. ,h m
full of mourners the majority were gray
haired they were mostly men and women
who had known Mr. Hanscom in the
early days of the city.
The pallbearers were: Frank T. Ham
ilton, General John C. Cowln, E. M. More
man, Senator J. H. Millard, C. W. Lyman,
Major Thomas Pwobe, John L. Webstar
and Judge A. C. Troup.
' At the grave the words of the burial
service were spoken by Dean Beecher.
George Hanscom Prltchett, a grandson,
arrived from Wyoming Sunday morning
to be present at the funeral.
Mr. Hanscom died at the Fifth Avenue
hotel In New York City last Wednesday.
He leave two daughters, Miss Virginia
Hanacom and Mrs. George E. Prltchett,
and one son, James Duane Hanscom. His
wife died nine years ago. Mr. Hanscom
was 78 years of age and came to Omav
in 1864.
James D. Hanscom. a son, who has been
in California for some years, arrived In
time for the funeral.
FRED CUMMINS TO ARMOUR
First Winner of Edwnrd Ilosewater
Scholarship Rntera I'pon Mechan
ical Engineering Coarse.
G. Fred Cummin, the flrt Omaha boy to
receive an Edward Rosewater scholarship
at Armour Institute, Chicago, left for
the college last night to enter upon hi
course which, he ha decided, will be me
chanical engineering. Th committee .n
charge of tha fund and arrangement met
Saturday evening and decided to pay the
young. man hje stipend quarterly. .
.Mr. Cummins la the young roan whoa
work In the high school won him this
scholarship. He 1 the son of Mrs. Alice
I. Cummins, 2005 Dodge street, widow of
John H. Cummin. Since leaving hfgh
school he has been clerk at tne ox t'P-,tne
writer company', office. During hi. public
school course ne worked hard a. a student
nnd put in many effective 11 ks out of school
In order to continue hi. studies there and
get through the high school. He had been
out one year, when he went back and
took the senior class work, graduating
with such high honors. Friends of the
young man expect the aame high standard
of work of him at Armour that he ha
done In Omaha.
Several other Omaha young men ar at
Armour. They are Louis Bexten, Curtis
Lindsay, Ramlll Jett, Cyrus Bowman, Miles
Standlsh
nd Sidney Singer. Mr. Cummin
expects to room with Louis Bexten,
FUNERAL OF OSCAR WILLIAMS'
Services Are at Family Residence and i
Bnrlnl
nt Forest
Cemetery.
Lawn
The funeral of Oscar C. William, who
died Friday morning of blood poison, was
held at the family residence. Ill South
Thirty-third treet, at 9;30 o'clock Sunday
morning. Brief services were conducted by
Rev. Mr. Fulton of the Westminster Pre.by -
i naa, Charles II. Pickens, Charles R. Court
1 ney and John W. Robblns. Several beauti
ful ..oral design were sent by friend,
among which wa a set piece - from the
Travelera' Protective association, of which
, the aeceaSed was a member; a set piece
from the firm of Paxton Gallagher, and
a wreath from the Woodmen of the World.
The ervlce were private, only a few
persons beside th relative and near
friend being present. The body wa placed
in th receiving vault at Forest Lawn
cemetery, where it will remain until Mrs,
Hflniteiv nn wh h
! will mak. her future re.ldence.
CO-FOUNDER 0FW.C.T.U. DEAD,Cu.d
Mr. Harriet R. Bertram, Once Noted
Temperance Advocate, Passes
Away.
Friends hsve received word that Mrs.
j Harriet R. Bartram died at her home In
Marlon. O., afwr a prolonged Illness at the
age of 77 years. Mrs. Bartram was on3
of the most brilliant women of Ohio and
was for many year at the head of the
temperance movements In that itate. She
na the close and Intimate friend of the
late Ftancla Wlllard and waa one of the
founder of the Woman' Christian Tem
peranca union during the crusade era of
thirty years ago. She Is survived by her
husband, Famuel H. Bartram of Marlon,
two daughters and two sons. The funeral
services took place at Marion Saturday
I flrnoon nd wer X niany of
1 the mo,t Promlnrnt women 'emPanc
! worker, of the east. Mrs. Bartram has
several relative In Omaha and elsewhere
throughout Nebrsrka.
HITS DYNAMITE WITH HAMMER
; Natha
Ruben Strikes Sappoeed Piece
of Stick nnd la Badly
- Injured.
Nathan Ruben, a boy who live at M-'l
Maple street, struck with a hammer a
piece of explosive yesterday and I now
confined to hi room with aarloua, though
not fatal, wounds. He was playing on
th Belt Una track and found a pl?
of aoraethlng he thought wa wood. When
he atruck it. It exploded. One y, ui
breaat and on foot wa Injured
JUDGE CRITICISES
LAW
Kansas Jurlt Refers to Prohibition
Opponents.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Sept. 15 In
refusing the application yesterday of At
torney General Jackson for a rehearing of
the saloon cases decided a week ago,
Judge Gllpatrlek of the circuit court se
verely criticised the prohibition law. He
referred to the law as "Hostile and
venomous to persons who do not agree
with It."
Last week Judae Gllpatrlek ordered the
sheriff to return to the owners the valu-
able fixtures of 100 saloons seised by that
official. The state had failed to present
evidence that the saloon men had sold
liquor.
BALL PLAYER KILLS BONIFACE
Francis E. Bentley of Portland, Ore.,
Team Charred with Mnrdcr nt
Baturla, Si. Y.
BATA VIA, N. Y., Sept. 15 Edward Con
riifr. proprietor of the Byron Road hotel,
near Batavla. was shot and Instantly killed
Saturday by Francis Earl Bentley, a
professional base ball player, who Is under
arrest. Bentley claims self-defense. At
the hotel It was said that Bentley, who
had no money, demanded a drink, which
was given to him. He asked for more,
and, It Is alleged, drew a revolver when
this was refused. Connlff tried to take the
revolver away and In the scuffle was shot
through the head. Bentley was a member
of the Portland, Ore., club this year.
LUTHERANS
CI.O.SR
KESSIO.V
Officers Elected nnd General Rnelneea
of Synod la Ended.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Sept. 15. (Spe
cial.) The annual convention of th Ne
braska synod of the general synod of the
Lutheran church came to a close this even
ing with an ordination service, Messrs. Q.
F. Gunderman of Sidney. G. Klatt of Stam
ford and Charles R. Lowe of Rising City
being ordained Into the holy office. The
sacraments of holy communion and con
firmation were features of the morning
assembly. Many of the divines are filling
the pulpits in other churches at both morn
ing and evening service.
The following officer hnv been re
elected for the .ensuing year: Rev. J. A,
Lowe, Ph. D., Beatrice, president; Rev,
George W. Livers, Benedict, secretary;
Rev. C. J. Ringer, Wayne, statistical secre
tary; Rev. M. L. Mellck. Omaha, historian;
Joseph M. Miller. M. D., Surprise, treasurer.
Some changes were made In the constitu
tion of the synod, the only one of possible
general Interest to the laity being that no
licenses will be granted to unordalned
ministers. Several other similar changes
were made, bringing the Nebraska synod
more within the general Lutheran polity.
A very satisfactory report wa made In
the matter of the progress of the Tabltha
home at Lincolnwhich haa been acquired
in recent year by this synod, and which
will be devoted to hospital purposes. The
synod having here a promising state Instl
tutlon, one which It Is hoped to develop
Into much larger usefulness, a resolution
was Introduced looking to th removal of
at Atchison. Kan., to Lincoln,. 'h eaolu-
Hon wa Introduced by Rev. Mr. Ker
Nebraska City.
Th Woman' Missionary society ad
journed It. annual meeting after electing
following officers: Mrs. J. A. Lowe,
j Beatrlce( president; Mis. Maude Martin
, Hickman, .ecretary; Miss Mattle Martin
Hickman, vice president; Miss Elizabeth
Haase, Dakota City, treasurer; Miss Lydla
A. Bender, Yutan, corresponding secretary.
MAHLER NOW ODER PEACE BOM)
CnmlngT County Man, Released on
Bnil, starts Tronble nt Once.
WEST POINT. Neb., Sept. 15. (Special.)
Henry Mahier, who was In jail for a few
weeka on a criminal charge preferred by
his 16-year-old daughter, was released from
! custoay !asi wee, wnen .... mun.cr
j filer DOna XOr tow iur IU aHJrai am Lmiuta
! the district court of Cumlnff county In No-
day, during which time he broke the moat
sincere promises made to his attorney and
th(1 ,ourt to keeD sober, go home and treat
his family with due respect. Whisky got
the upper hand of him again. He boarded
the Thursday evening passenger train for
Beemer much Intoxicated, when Sheriff
Malchow, without any preparation, without
. eVen hi coat, stepped aboard and followed
; him.
. At Beemer, near where hi home Is slt-
; uated. Mahler engaged a liveryman to drive
j him out to hi. home tried to have him
, get him a pint of whisky and I then w ent
to a hardware store to buy a revolver, evi
dently Intending to wipe out the whole fam
ily. At this point the sheriff took him in
charge and brought him to West Point.
: HI wlf Immediately wore out a com
! plaint and h wa placed under $1,000 bond
to keep the peace, which, being unable to
procure, he once more languishes In jail.
1WI5D1.ER GETS MONTH IX JAIL,
John Rleknrdeoa Worked Minister
ny Smooth Trick.
FREMONT. Sept. 15. (Special.) John
Richardson, who attempted to awindl Fre
mont minister out of small sum here
guilty to vagrancy this
court and was sentenced
to thirty day In th county pail.
He wa Identified a the same man who
worked the Lincoln minister ln the same
way last April and had don th same
kind of a trick in Omaha and the western
part of the state.
Each ef hla Intended victim here says
tha man showed thorough knowledge of
law and creed of th different churches
and la a very smooth fellow. His scheme
was to call at the house of a clergyman,
tell him that himself- and family were
members of his denomlnstion and had Just
moved onto a farm a few mile from town.
He had a baby he wanted baptised the
next day, when he and hi wife would be
in and would bring In oma vegetable,
and could th minister pay him In ad
vance? The scheme, hi said, generally
worked.
Death at Soldier Home.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Sept. 15.-(8pe-clal.)
Three death have occurred at the
Soldier' Horn within the laat three day,
which ha In later year become not an
Infrequent occurrence, since a sad percent
age of the members of the Institution come
to th same as hospital patients and the
veterans of the civil war and their widows
are generally well up to or beyond the
allotted three store yesrs and ten. The
deceased are Mrs. Maria routs, wife of
William P. Fouta. also a member; Charles
McFarland. admitted from Nebraska City
ln litfl and a member of the First Nebraska
under General Thayer, and Robert Hoaktn.
admitted from Cheyenne county and serv
ing ln the war of th rebellion In Company
C, Sixth Iowa, enlisting at low. Fall.
MANY DIE . IN WRECK
Twenty-Four Killed in Head-on Col
lision Near Caanan, Vt.
THIRTY ARE BADLY INJURE!
Victims Were Excursionists Return
ins from Fair in Canada.
TWENTY
BODIES REC0VEREI
Number of the Injured Are Not
Expected to Recover.
WRECK OCCURS JUST AT DAWN
Heavily I.ndrn Passenger Trnln Ran.
nlnar nt High Rate of Speed
Crashes Into n Freight
Trnln.
WHITE RIVDR JUNCTION, Vt., Sept.
15. Twenty-four excursionists returning
from Canada mot death and many other
were injured about daylight today In
fcatful head-on collision on the Concord
division of the Boston & Maine railroad
about four miles west of Canaan station.
The Injured numbered nearly thirty, soma
of whom. It la feored, may not survive. At
noon twenty bodl had been taken from
t'ne wreck.
A train of four cars, well filled with tired
and sleepy excursionists, nearly all of
whom had been spending the day at the
fair at Sherbrooke, Quebec, 100 miles over
the Canadian border to the north, had
rounded a curve at lively speed when th
headlight of a freight locomotive flashed
before the eyes of the engineer. In an
other Instant there was a rrash and both
engine wete lying together, a mas ol
wreckage, In the ditch beside the track.
The bsggage car next to the passenger
locomotive had been driven back Into th
passenger coach, telescoping It and crush
ing the lives out of half a carload of peo
ple. At the same time nearly every on
else In that car wa injured. A few "es
caped, but thobe who were m the sleeping
car In the rear were saved from death by
the more sturdy qualities of their car.
Accident Occnrs at Dnwn.
The accident occurred at a. m., just
as the dawn was showing tn the east. Thi
moment after It happened train hands who
had escaped Injury and passenger in
tho sleeping car were looking upon one of
th worst wrecks ever seen in New Hamp
shire. The locomotive lay In a tangled
pile. The baggage car, partly derailed, was
held nearly upright by the wreckage of
the demolished coach, one side of which
had been completely ripped off, while the
remainder wa ground to splinter by the
force of the shock. ' A smoker behind th
day coach stood on the rail with end
demolished md window broken. Th
sleeper was practically undamaged. In th
debris of the passenger coach lay mora
dead and injured than could be estimated .
tM moment. At once there who had
1
escaped harm suw their task. Th crtet
end rt'oans of the injured prompted tpeedy
action. Wounds were hastily bound up
with sheets torn from the berth and
auch other help a could be hastily pro
vided was given. An hour elapsed beror
physicians could be brought from Hanover,
White River Junction and Canaan. The
dead were placed beside the track to await
more satisfactory disposition.
A. the un rose, the full horror of th
disaster became apparent. Along the .ld
of the track lay the dead yet uncovered. A
little further off were the living, aome
stretched on the ground with relative,
friends or atrangera binding their wound,
and encouraging them.
There were a comparatively few In that
crowd of rescuer who did not show some
wound from the disaster.
Fourteen Dead Identified.
A hospital train waa sent from here within
a few minute after new of the accident
wa received and by 7 o'clock th first of
the most seriously Injured had reached
here. Seven were afterward aent to Han
over to avoid .crowding tha local hospital.
Soon after daylight a crowd from the coun
tryside began to assemble and by the middle
of the forenoon the curious one numbered
several hundred. During the forenoon th
wrecking trains were sent from Whit River
Junction and Concord and the track wa
cleared early In tha afternoon. Altogether
ten of thirty freight cars which had com
prised that train were derailed and tha
track was torn up for a quarter of a mil.
By noon the" work of rescue had been com
pleted and It has become known that th
number of dead I twenty-four. Twenty
two of them were taken by train to Con
cord and two were sent to thl plac. Be
fore the removal fourteen bad been Idea
titled. Contractor la Receiver' Hand.
AMISS, la., Sept. IB. (Special.) Th
authorities at th Iowa Stat colleg her
are face to face with a knotty problem
In th hape of. a recelverihlp, Into which
th firm of Henry W. Bchleuter ha gone.
Mr. Bchleuter I the contractor who ha
built over $1,000,000 worth of building for
th at ate at the Amea Inetltution the laat
few yeara and he 1 now engaged ln con
atructlng the new agricultural building, to
coat some (300,000 and to be completed th
earning year. Some time ago he became
entangled to auch an extent that a sub
contractor who ha been doing work for
him, applied for a recelverihlp. That day
work wa stopped on the Ames buildings,
but It was shortly resumed. People thought
that the matter wa not very serious, but
it appear now that there may hav hav
been more to It than wa supposed, for
two meetings have been held with th
governor, member of the Am trustee
and member of Bchleuter Arm, and noth
ing ha been accomplished. On of the
meeting waa held In the college buildlnga
and on was held at De Moines, In the
governor's office, last week, and again
nothing wa accomplished. In each cas
the member of th bond committue which
carry Bchleuter, failed to appear. Another
meeting la set for the middle of the com
ing week and It I thought by Secretary
Stanton of the board of trust and other
closely associated with the matter that
aomelhlng may be dune.
Railroad SeUea Street.
NORTH PLATTE. Neb.. Bopt. 18. (Spe
cial Telegram.) A gang of loo track men
employed by the t'nlon Pacific took posses
sion of Front street at midnight and laid
about l.ooo feet of track to the naw tc
house of the company. A permit for lay
ing th track had been received from the
city council, but owner of adjoining prop
erty contemplated injunction proceeding
and thl action wa taken to forestall them.
Th track was finished before night and
car switched upon It to prevent 11 beinf
torn ik"