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THE OMAHA DEE
Best & West
VOL. XXXVII NO. 14.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER
1907 SIX SECTIONS THIRTY-SIX PAGES.
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i HEIRESS IS ANNOYED
Mysteriously Worded and Abusive
letters Sent to Miss Dreiel.
GIRL MADE HER DEBUT IN LONDON
Sh at Once Became Popular in Most
Exclusive Circlet.
NOTES COME FROM CHICAGO
They Proteit Against Alleged Inten
tion to Enter Convent.
STORY OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH
Circumstantial and Pnthetlo Account
the World Without
Foundation.
LONDON. Sept. 21. (Special.) That
beautiful mansion on Carlton House ter
race, owned by Lord Cunou, once occi
1 led by Joseph Choate and now. leased
by Antony Drexel, Is being bombarded
by scores of abusive letters from this
United States. Many of these letters ara
' mysteriously worded, a majority are
anonymous and all are addressed to Mia
Margaretta Drexel.
Miss Drexel Is the lS-year-old heiress
of the Antony Drexel millions. She made
her debut In London society this last
season and at Cowes was. a noted belle
at the most exclusive social functions of
the yachting season. The letters, which
aro arriving dally, are mostly abusive.
Kome are worse. They all protest agalnitt
the beautiful young heiress' alleged In
tention of abandoning, society and
the
Protestant faith to enter a Roman Cath
olic convent. The Drexel household l.i
. naturally thrown Into a state of violent
Unrest by the activity of these letu r
writers.; Despite the fact that they are
addressed to Miss Drexel herself none
each her. The mall arriving at Carlton
House terrace ts closely examined, espe
cially that from the states. No chances
are taken and where there Is any doubt
of the sender the letters are Immediately
opened and later burned. Miss Drexel
Bees none of them. In fact she does not
know that the persecution still con
tinues. The Drexels are all at the country
house they have leased In Wiltshire. They
are entertaining a large house party
for the shooting. But In London they
have left Mrs. Antony Drexel's private
secretary to receive the letters and to
guard against Miss Drexel receiving any
of them or a possible crank caller.
Emanated from Chicago.
I saw the secretary the other day about
the extraordinary state of affairs. It Is
due, he declares, to a story emanating
from Chicago regarding Miss Drexel's re
tirement Into, a convent. The persecu
tion, he thinks, ts an organised one and
has Its headquarter also In Chicago,. for
a majority . of.llie letters, received .ara
- p ostmarked from that city and the sur
J lundlng western country. The motlv.1
Tfor such an organised , persecution, if
there Is one, is quite a mystery. There
Is no clue whatsoever to. the letter writ
ers, those who sign names giving no
addressee. The police have as yet not
been appealed to, but action will cer
. '.alnly be taken by Mr. Drexel If the let
ters continue much longer.
The convent canard Is current In Lon
don. Indeed, I heard It at one of the
clubs only the other day with many em
bellishments. London Is much interested In Miss Drexel.
8ho made her debut at one of the royal
courts In tho spring and from that mo
ment was one of the spoiled darlings of
society. . She was regarded as the greatest
beauty, the richest debutante and the most
accomplished girl la the great world of
London, Her success was really wonder
ful. She fascinated everybody. King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra singled her out
for special attentions and openly ex
pressed their admiration.
Mrs. Antony Drexel, herself one of the
leaders of American society this year and
the acknowledged best dressed woman In
town, spont a fortune on her daughter's
gowns and Jewels. On good authority I
have It that the young American belle
received three and four offers of marriage
every day. Marquises and peers of all
ranks, diplomats, the great men of the day
worshiped at her shrine. The three months'
history of this fair American duiing the
last London season would read like a
chapter In the romance of Borne youthful
queen.
Story la Great Detail.
Little wonder then that London was
startled at the whispered announcement
that Miss Drexel had determined to enter
a convent. As X heard the story there was
so much detail that it seemed bound to be
true.
It was told me that Miss Drexel's grand-
lunt Is Mother Katherlne Drexel of the
Convent of the Sacred Heart at Torres
dale, Pa., and that It was in this convent
that the fair Margaretta had determined
to become a nun. In her own words she
la alleged to have said: "The more I see
of the world and Its ways the more I
have realised its hollownesa and sham. I
have tired of it. My one great desire Is to
leave It."
At Cowes, when Queen Alexanda went
i board the Drexel yacht "Margharita,"
according to the story, she asked Mlsi
Drexel why the was so anxious to take
the veil. The girl is quoted as saying:
"rne gaieties or tne world are false. The
world of society Is Insincere. I can never
be happy in It." Queen Alexandra is re-
ported at being so touched that she wept.
The story goes on to tell of alleged
happenings at the great Drexel ball given
In July. Mlsa Drexel during the height
of the dancing, was missed. The search
revealed her kneeling, in all the pomp and
Hiy oi ner guttering Dan areas, at the'
foot of the crucifix In her Itttle white bed-
room, praying for those below who through
the giddy wait were enmeshed In the
wiles
Jcvll.
of the world, the flesh and the J
Ureiels Aro Proteataals.
Tho ottiolal denial of the Drexel family,
given to me the other day. brands this
circumstantial story at absurd. The
Drexels are Protaatant th kP.nk
which the mother superior of the Torres-
dale convent belongs being the only Cat ho-
lies. Mist DrexsL till her dahut thla
year, hat been under the ceaseless care
of a governess. She lis simply delighted
in society and her release from .restraint.
Mho hat no Catholic tendencies nor marked
rellgtoua fervor. A to dancing, ah is
pusslonately fond of It, and at the ball
mentioned was tua instigator of several
extra dancoa. Her mother ha frequently
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SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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THE WSATIIE
Forecsft till 7 p. m. Sunday:
FOR OMAHA, COUNCIL, BLUFFS AND
VM'INITY Fair and warmer Sunday
FOR NEBRASKA Fair and warmer Bun
day. - FOR IOWA-Falr flunday.
Te ire at Omaha vnlmlivi
Hour.
DOMESTIC .
Governor Folk addressed a large crowd
of Missouri citizens on the state day at
the Jamestown exposition. He was men
tioned as a presidential possibility.
X, rage 1
Independent oil men refuse to talk
about the existence of an agreement with
the Standard. X, Page 8
Traveling men demand relief from In
solent railroad station agents. X, Page 3
Chicago police are making investigation
of other acts of the parhamltes of Zlon
! City. x. Page 1
Chicago police arrest a woman suspected
of the murder of Miss Lillian W. Grant.
X, Page 1
K. H. Harriman buys up an Immense
timber tract In California. - X, Page 1
In an affidavit Mrs. Lulu Clark of Rich
mond, Ind., says the murderer of William
Ooebel was Turner Igo of Farmers,
Rowan county, Kentucky, assisted by
John Sanford of Covington, Ky.
X, Page 1
President Earling says the Milwaukee
road would be hampered in Its march to
the coast were It not already financed.
X, Pg 1
Secretary Root will soon go to Mexlc3.
He Is back at Washington, much Im
proved In health. X, Page 1
Mayor Tom L. Johnson was nominated
for a fourth term at Cleveland.
X, Page 1
roKZxazr.
Prlxe court Idea finally wins out at The
Hague conference. X, Page 1
. Imperial troops force the rebels to re
tire at To Chow. X, Paffe 1
German socialists take vote In oppoBl
tlon to the use of liquor while working.
X. Page 1
King of Slam Is spending money liko
water In 'the celebration of hi anni
versary. .. Page 1
MIkr Margaretta Drexel, an American
heiress, who Is popular In the most ex
clusive social circles In London, Is an
noyed by abusive and mysterious letters
which protest against her alleged Inten
tion to enter a convent. ' X, Page 1
Japanese Imperial order, dated eight
years ago, excludes all foreign laborers
from the mines, factories, farms and
fisheries of Japan, except where permis
sion is received from local authorities.
This permission Is never granted.
X, Page 1
VLady Mary" writes from London an
interesting bunch of. social and personal
gossip, detailing matters of interest to
Americans concerning the smart set of
England. Xt Pe 3
X.OCAX.
Omaha Horse Show association an
nounces that the usual prises will be of
fered this year for tho best decorated
store windows. X, Page
Omaha needs 600 male and 450 female
laborers, according to estimate made by
Charles C. Montgomery of the Business
Men's association for the government bu
reau of Immigration. ' XX, Pago 5
Omaha ts completing arrangements for
the advent of the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities
Wednesday, which will surpass all others.
X, Page 1
POftTDTO IIOTIOI.
Western colleges are preparing for the
foot ball campaign as never before. Ne
braska expects to have a stronger team
than last season, and Coach King Cole
Is very hopeful. Iowa reports few
changes In Its team. Colorado will have
a strong line. Creighton university is
very hopeful, pther teams alxed up by
by experts. Pf X
SEAXi BSTATB AWU BUXXDIUTO.
Question of rent in Omaha Is discussed
by real estate men. some saying too high
and others Justifying the figure.
XX, Page
Butnmair linmea at Cut-Off are belli 2
made lnto permanent dwellings and the
local builders find plenty of other work
to keep them going, as new contracts
are being let every day. XX, Page 6
xcAOAznra bxotxost.
In the Magazine Section of this number
will be found a short description of the
proposed new Douglas county court
house; Hunting Fossils in Nebraska and
Wyoming; Sketch of the Royal Family
of Sweden; Story and Pastors of Ht.
Phllomena's, First Nebraska Cathedral;
Gossip of Plays and Players; When a
Man Moves and When a Woman.
Six Pages
Bona zotxoit.
In the Home Section of this number will
' be found Buster Brown; The Busy Bats'
! Own Page; Great University of Upper
Egypt; Cowboys of the Roman Campagna
Some Fall Fashion Hints; What the
Women Folks Are Doing; Disastrous Ef-
feeta of FUrtlna In Europe; Fluffy Rutfles.
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WHITES BAR OUT JAPANESE
Miners at Atlla Escort Asiatics
eteanter nasi Ad via Then
to Co.
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept 21. A spools! to
the . Oregontan from Seattle says that
I aavenly-aeven Japanese miners irrlvin.
at Ainn inursasy night to work In the
mines were escorted to the river steamer
Gleaner by white yesterday morning
and atarted back towards Vancouver. Tue
white miner served notice upon the Japa
r eae that if they did not stay away vlolene
would be shown in protecting the diggings
gainst Aslatlo labor. The Japanese are
elmost destitute and will be turned toot In
Skagway. Alaska,
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EXCLUSION IN JAPAN
Foreigner Not Allowed to Work in
Minei, Factories or Farms.
BOTAL ORDER EIGHT YEARS OLD
It Applies to All Territory Except
Residential Settlements.
LAURLER DISCUSSES TREATY
Canadian Premier Replies to Demand
for Its Abrogation.
rr is pro' to Canada
tided to Domlslon
'It to Get Fart
Growing; Japaaese
Trade.
LONDON, Sept. 21. A dispatch to the
London Times from Peking today says that
the labor troubles at Vancouver are being
followed with much Interest in the far east,
where an analogous problem has now
arisen between China and Japan. A Japa
nese imperial ordinance, numbered 3527,
dated July 17. 1899, rigorously forbids ail
foreigners, whether European, American or
Chinese, from working In Japan as llabor
ers In agriculture, Ashing, mining, manufac;
turlng and other clossee of Industry out
side the narrow residential settlements de
fined in former treaties, except by .special
permission of the local authorities. The
dispatch adds: "Such permission, we are
informed here, is never given. Article 5
of the ordinance provides that any Chi
nese working without the necessary Per
mission are liable to expulsion from Japan.
Consilerable numbers of Chinese laborers
were recently Introduced to work on the
government railways of Japan by certain
Japanese contractors who had not previ
ously obtained this necessary permission."
Laurie Discusses Treaty.
OTTAWA, Out.. Sept. 21.TBlr Wilfrid
Laurler today sent the following telegram
In reply to a request from the Domlnon
labor congress that notice be given to
abrogate the Japanese treaty and that
meantime the Importations of Japanese
be kept down to the number arranged for
some time ago by both countries:
"Aiphone Vervllle, M. P., President
Trades and Labor Council, Winnipeg,
Man.: I have given due consideration to
your request that Immediate steps be taken
to terminate the treaty with Japan. I
would observe that this treay when brought
into existence some fifteen years ago did
not apply to Canada and that some few
years ago, In response to the repeated ex
pression of public opinion and with a view
of affording to Canadian producers an op
portunity of taking their share of the
growing Japanese trade, the Canadian gov
ernment became a party to this treaty, and
that it was unanimously ratified by the
Canadian Parliament. t -, '
Profitable to Canada.
-"The treaty has proved-of great -advantage,
and our trade "with Japan under It
has considerably - increased.
.."You base your appeal for the denuncia
tion of this treaty on the allegation that
a crisis has arisen In British Columbia by
reason of the unprecedented Influx of Japa
nese. Whilst it Is true that most regret
table incidents have lately occurred In Van
couver, there seems reason to doubt that
the cause was the Influx of Japanese, as I
am In possession of a telegram from the
muyor of Vancouve, which, has been ren
dered 'public, which expressly aversthat
the disturbances were directed against
Asiatics generally, rather than against
Jupanese. Under such circumstances any
precipitate action might be regrettable, and
before bringing themselves to such a course
the government . thinks that they should
carefully Inquire Into the causes which
within the recent past have caused a
greater influx to our share than previously
of oriental people. (Signed)
"WILFRID LAURIER."
LONG FREIGHT RUNS AWAY
Races Ineontrolled Down Steep tirade
and Craahes Into Light
Engine.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. Sept 21. A
long freight train on the Santa Fe railway
got away at Devoe station, on the top of
the San Juan grade, early today and
, crashed Into a light engine at the bottom.
; The wreckage caught fire and burned
1 fiercely. Five men are known to have been
killed and one fatally injured. There may
! be other victims In the wreckage.
1 The dead Include H. K. Stratton of San
J Bernardino, the engineer, Brakemen Day
and Bryan and two tramps, names un
known. Day, Bryan and the tramps were
burned to death. Fireman Thresher suf
fered a fractured skull and probably will
die.
ARREST MADEJN GRANT CASE
Police Hold Miss Helen Melnert In
Connection with Chicago
Tragedy.
CHICAOO, Sept. a.-The police today
arrested Mies Melnert In connection with
i the murder Of Mrs. Lillian White Grant,
the teacher whose body wat found yester
day after she had been strangled to death.
The police are searching for Richard E.
Williams, a colored man who is thought
to know something of the murder, and the
Melnert woman told the police today that
Williams had worked with her in a hotel
In the southern part of the city, and ad
mitted that she had received a letter from
him last night In which he asked her to
meet him tonight at his home.
;tom johnsonjs nominated
. Three-Cent Street Car Fare Plays
j Important Part In Hla Plat-
i form.
) CLEVELAND. O.. Sept. 21. Mayor Tom
I- Johnson was nominated for a fourth
term as mayor by acclamation at the city
democratic convention today to oppose
Congressman Burton, the republican nom
inee. In the platform adopted S-cont
; street car fares Is put to the fore.
Cham plea Kough Rider Pylag.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Sept. H.-(Speeal.-Elton
Perry, ex-champion rough rider of
the world. Is dying at his home here. Perry
is suffering with meningitis, brought on by
year In th saddle. Perry ha ridden and
ubdued on of th wildest outlaws in the
west. He was until recent years without a
peer among the buster, but rough riding,
coupled with advanced age, put Perry out
of business. He was always a favorite
with th spectator at the frontier shows,
being a daring, dashing and spectacular
perforr-
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AMERICANS CONSIDERED EASY
English Shopkeepers Have Learned to
Boost Prices Darin a; Ham
mer ,
LONDON. Sept. 21. (Speclal.)-Witli the
exodus of the American tourists from Lon
don, the prices In the various stores that
ester to their wants are beginning to fall.
It may not be generally known, but It Is
nevertheless a fact, that with the Inrush of
the American visitors to the British
metropolis prices are watered to an extent
that would make nn up-to-date American
trust magnate blush, and with their de
parture the bottom drops out, so to speak,
and the price marks once more assume a
normal face. '
There was a time, not many years ago,
when the average American could come to
London and fool himself Into believing that
he was saving the cost of his passage on
his purchases. Three or four suits, a dozen
pairs of gloves and a dozen neckties were
packed away In a trunk marked "not
wanted on voyage," and he was the proud
and happy possessor of a wardrobe that
he was sure could not be duplicated for
twice the money in Ms home land.
But all that has been changed. There
was a time when a good suit could be ob
tained In London for $13. Today, during
the American season, the same suit is
ticketed 130 and unbiushingly offered to
the "easy." opt:i-handed American tourist.
Neckties which were formerly 30 cents are
now priced 00 cents and kid gloves, al
though still cheaper than In the United
States, always advance 50 per cent during
the late summer, when the "Rubes" from
the other side are here In full force.
The American has himself to blame for
the fact that prlcos go up as soon as the
papers announce that the rush for England
has begun In the United States. In past
years, and even today, the American tour
ists and especially the womenfolks find It
Impossible to make a purchase In Iomlon
shops without making an audible remark
about Its cheapness,
"Why, these gloves would cost me three
times as much In New York." she exclaims,
Intent upon Impressing her nationality upon
the shopkeeper, who, by the way, was per
fectly aware of It from the time she dark
ened the doorway of his store. These oft
repeated remarks have had tho natural
effect upon the English storekeeper and
Americans act upon London prices like
clear weather on a barometer.
DRINKING ATJVORK OPPOSED
German Socialists Pass Resolution
Directed Aaralnst Free Vac
of Beer.
ESSEN. Germany, Sept. 3. The tem
perance question was again discussed today
at the socialist national convention in this
city. Only one votj was cast against a
resolution whose main feature was an ex
pression of opposition to the use of alcohol
In any form during working hours, thus set
ting the full strength of the socialist party
against the German factory system. of boer
drinking at regulur Intervals throughout
tho day. In man,y work shops the drink
ing of eiriht to ten pints of beer while the
men are at work Is usual.
The prevailing opinion among the dele
gates to the. convention was that the Intem
perance of the laboring clan, a will gradu
ally erase with the betterment of their con
ditions, the shortening of the hours of
work and the abolition, of night work.
The Bergmann electrical works in Berlin,
which Is owned by Americans, was one of
the, first concerns In Germany to prevent
Its employes from drinking beer during
working hours. This followed a long and
hard fight- some years ago, and the result
has been that the product of the works Ik
Increasing appreciably.
REBELS FORCED TO RETIRE
Imperial Chinese Troops Administer
Defeat to Unruly Subjects
at Vo Chow.
HONG KONG. Sept. 21.-The Imperial
troops have repulsed an attack made on
the city of Yo Chow, on the Yank Tse
, Kiang river, province of Hu Nan, by 2,000
j rebels. The rebels stormed the city and
I scaled the walls, but after srmc sharp flght-
Ing, were driven off. The disaffection In
' the Kai Chow district is spreading and the
Inhabitants of the Kwang SI border are
' Joining the movement to obtain redress for
the grievances complained of, including tho
Increased taxation and high prices charged
for food stuffs.
IMMIGRATION ON THE INCREASE
England 'and Ireland Lost Xearlr
I Two Hundred Thousand
During; Year.
j LONDON. Sept. 21. Over 177,000 British
and Irish emigrants went to the I'nlted
States and Canada during the latst year, ac
cording to a Board of Trade return issued
today. The total is greater than that , of
any year since 1887. Canada received lant
year the largest number of emigrants 91.000
nearly 30,000 more than the previous high
est total for the Dominion
MOORS NOT READY TO QUIT
Peace Negotiations with Tribesmen
Have Failed and Fghtlng
Will Follow. 1
PARIS, Sept. 3. It Is officially announced
this afternoon that the peace negotiations
at Casablanca with the hostile Moors have
failed and that General Prude will resume
the offensive.
French Harvest Bountiful.
PARIS. Sept. Il.-Offlcial figures pub
lished today show that France will reap
bountiful harvests this year.. The wheat
yield will be 13O.37T,O0u hectolitres, against
114,60100 last year. Rye will yield LXU'.OiO
against 17,771,01a and maslin, a mixture
of wheat and rye. will yield 2.471, COO against
2.109.000 hectolitres.
Aokl Staya at Waahlnatoo.
TOKIO. Sept. 21.-The Foreign ,.m. e has
decided that Ambsssadnr Aokl shall re
main at Washington. Haron Tsuisukl. now
representing Japan at The Hague confer
ence, will succeed Ambuksador Inouve at
Berlin.
Shrapnel Shell Explodes.
WILHELMSHAVEN. Germany, 8ept. 2i.
Five men wero killed and four men and
two women were Injured through the ex
plosion here today of a shrapnel shell while
a quantity of ammunition was being un
loaded In the artillery depot.
BAPTISTS CONDEMN LYNCHING
State Associativa Calls on Governor
to Punish Men Responsible
at Bancroft.
PALMYRA. Neb.. Sept. l.The state
Baptist association laitt ujght passed reso
lutions condemning the recent lynching of
j tne murderer, Higglns at Bancroft and
caning upon Governor Sheldon and At
torney General Thompson to punish tho
men guilty of the crime.
FOLK AT JAMESTOWN
Governor is Principal Speaker
Missouri Day Exercises.
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WELCOMED BY EXECUTIVE
Missourian is Referred to as Presi
dential Possibility.
TALKS ON LIBERTY AS A RIGHT
Believes in the People and Says They
Can Master All Problems.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE
Awakening of Public Conscience
Dora "ot Proceed front a Spirit
of Discontent The
Ontcorac.
NORFOLK. Va Sept. Zl.-"Mlssourl
Day" was celebrated at the Jamestown
exposition today with Governor Folk of
that state the central figure of Interest.
The weather was Ideal. Assembled in the
large audience hall at tho auditorium,
where the formal exercises were, held,
were several hundred prominent men from
all parts of the country, who remained
over following the adjournment of the
I.CHgue of American Municipalities yes
terday to hear Governor Folk address anr".
participate In the Joint celebration of
"Municipal dny."
The Exercises bean in the forenoon,
when Governor Folk and party, escorted
by thi Twelfth fnited States cavalry, left
the Missouri building for the auditorium.
Henry T. Kent of St, Louis, president of
the Missouri Jamestown commission, pre
sided. An ' address of Wflconw by Lieutenant
Governor Ellysou of Virginia, In which sug
gestive reference to Governor Folk as a
presidential possibility received tumultuous
applause, preceded tho oration by Governor
Folk, who took for his subject "Liberty of
tho Individual a Right, Not a Privilege."
Governor Folk said In part:
Our civilization differs from those that
have gone before, In tnat it is a civilization
of the Individual, a civilization that de
mands the education of all, not of a few;
a civilization of equal rights Instead of
privilege. Our material prosperity and
progress in Invention aro the outgrowth of
the principles of liberty and Individual
rights. When we depart from these moral
principles our nation will go us others have
gone during tho flight of time through
the ns.es. The nations that have tottered
off the stage of the world Into oblivion did
not die lor lack of wealth, for many of
mem were riciier wnen tney rell man ever
before, but they ceased to exist for lack
of men. They died not for lack of money,
but for lack of morals; not for want of
material wealth, but for lack of moral
wealth. The many had no rights; the few
had all. Vice followed, then decay. The
perpetuity of this government rests not on
the great wealth of the few, but upon the
morality and integrity of the average In
dividual. There are some who sea danger to our
Institutions In the Agitation resulting from
the exposures of wrongdoing In official and
business life. To my mind the hope for
the perpetuity of this government by the
people was never brighter than now. This
awakening of the public conscience does
not proceed from ' a .spirit of discontent,
but comes from the quickening of the
mural sense of the average individual.
No- man or corporation doing an honest
business need fear the arousing of thft
conscience of the people against wrong
doing. Those whose business methods
will not stand the light of publicity have
no right to complain. If they persist In
wrongdoing and are hurt, they are not
Injured by the people, but by the wrong
which they do. I do not believe there Is
any enmity anywhere in this country to
legitimate industry. It Is not railroads nor.
Insurance companies the people complain of,
but the breaches of trust on the part of
those running railroads or Insurance com
panies. In the fight against the privilege of law
lessness there nave arisen questions be
tween the federal and state governments as
to the construction of the powers of each.
If the people of the states cannot be trusted
to erect valid laws with respect ta cor
porations, by what process of reasoning
can ' It be assured that they have the
capacity to legislate for the Individual
citizens.
The danger to the integrity of the states
can best be cheeked by the states exercis
ing their rights of self-government In the
enactment of good laws, and enforecment
of those laws. The states that allow their
self-government to be spread out and dis
sipated among many subdivisions, until it
becomes so weak as to mean but little, are
doing much to aid In the plan of those who
argue for a more centralized government
at the nation's capltol.
DOLLIVER LOW MAN ON VOTE
Advocacy of Heed Smoot Olven as
Reason for Slight at Slonz -City.
SIOl'X CITY. Ia Sept. 21.-U wat not
a mere accident that United Statet Senator
Jonathan P. Dolllver of Fort Dodge was
"low man", of the five lay delegates, who
were chosen to represent the Northwest
Iowa Methodist Episcopal conference at
the general conference. Because the sen
ator several months ago voted to seat Reed
Bmoot, the Mormon, In the United States
senate, ministers and hymen In the con
ference, who took exception to his action,
made deliberate plans to defeat and humil
iate him in the electibn of general con
ference delegate tn Sioux City, and did
succeed in pulling down his vote to. a
considerable degree. The official vote
follows:.
Beakley, 110; Miller, 109; Lockle.. 107;
Soper, 102; Dolllver, 72; Meacham. 67;
scattering, S; defective, 1. Total number
of ballots cast, 11. Senator Dolliver's
friepds say the senator was Justified In hit
vote for the seating of Smoot. They say
It was not an endorsment of either Bmoot
or the Mormon church.
BOY'S LIFE IS PRICE PAID
j Domcstle Trouble of New York
j Woman End In Accidental
j Hhootlag of Son.
i NEW YORK. Sept, 21-In attempting to
; prevent his mother from shooting herself,
a he thought she was about to do, Curt
; Klein, 16 years old, received a bullet wound
' In his own head early today in a fur
j nlxhed rooming house In Second avenue.
He will probably die. His mother was
was locked up, charged with felonious as
j sault.
I Friction between Mr. and Mrs Klein over
the management of the house, the police
say, induced Mrs. Klein to attempt sul
' clde. Mrs. Klein, It Is charged, ran into
her son' room and, drawing a revolver
from her waist, exclaimed: "I am going
j c-nu ,v an, nn a vry me ooy leaped
from the bed where he had been sitting
and rushed to her. and caught her arm, and
then tried to wrest the revolver from her.
In the struggle the weapon was discharged
and a bullet atruck the lad behind the
right ear. To father and some roomers
rushed In and disarmed Mr. Klein, who
fainted when she taw her boy lying
wounded on th floor.
RULER SPENDS MUCH MONEY
Ills Celebration of Ills Birthday In
Ilomhnrg Will Cost Small
Fortune.
HOMBl'RO. Germany. Sept. 2l.-K1ng
Chul ilongkorn of Slum today Invited
all Homlmrg to Join In celebrating bis
birthday. Champngn- and red or.i white
wtiies of other descriptions were' srtvert
at the Kurhuas without any limit, It being
arranged by the chief minister of tho vis
iting king that each perso.i who paid 9
trifling fee shout 1 become tempcrsrlly n
member of the Kurhnns end be entitled
to three bottles of wlno, one each of
champagne and while and red wine, whlhs
In the grounds of the Kurhaut three pit
vlllons were erected, wber-j froo beer was
distributed to all ?omrr. The king de
creed that the celebration should continue
at his expense for three days. He Is also
distributing large sums of money to the
poor and the benevolent societies, and to
night he gave a banquet to 6o0 persons.
The people of Homhurg are Joining In
the spirit of the king's hospitality. His
majesty's portrait Is In every shop window,
the houses are decorated with the Siamese
fag, and an Immense quantity of fire
works will be burned tonight at the city's
expense.
Tho dally outlay of King Chulalongkorn
in normal times, while traveling. Is about
K.0O0 for tho hotel bill of himself nnd bis
suite. It is presumed that the celebration
of .his blrlhduy will cost SlSO.OOO, as the
managers of the Kurhaus have been
hastily gathering In wine by the carload
from neighboring cities. It Is estimated
that the king of Slam has already spent
Il.6y0.0o0 In Germany alone.
OTHER CASES COME TO LIGHT
Police Are Making; Investigation Into
Acts of Parhamltes at
Zlon City.
CHICAGO, Sept. 21. Walter and Jennie
Greenhaulgh, together with Harold Mitch
ell, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Louise Smith,
who were arrested on the charge of caus
ing the death of Greenhaulgh's invalid
mother, were toduy taken from Zlon City
to the county Jail at Waukegan In order to
avoid any possibility of an outbreak, as the
feeling against them Is Intense. 'The Inquest
will bA resumed tonlirbt. and It Is nossthle
that further orrests will be made, as It Is
believed that other cures for "demonlaclnl
possession" have terminated disastrously to
patients. The case of Bertha Young, 19
years of age, who recently died In Zion
City In under Investigation.
Benjamin Hopkins, on undertaker In
Zlon City, has been warned not to attempt
to leave the place under pain of being
placed under arrest. Ho admitted to tho
coroner today that he knew that the bones
of Mrs. Greenhaulgh had been broken by
! the treatment she endured, but said that
he suppressed the fact on the request of
members of the family. Hopkins Is .a
Parhamite.
HORDES GO T0PACIFIC COAST
Ten Thousand i olonlsts Pour 'Into
Sontharn California, la Month
of September.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 21. (Speclal.)-By
October I railroad reports Indicate colonists
arriving in southern' Cellfgrnlu will reach
a total of 10,0(0 for tho month.' tn three
days In the first week of September 5.0CO
colonists arrived, 7,000 In a single day. In
a great many Instances the individual pas
rengers represent families temporarily left
In tho east, who will later Join the "pio
neers," and expert estimates of the total
number of colonists that will settle in
California before January 1 next, places
the figure at 30,000. Most of the colonists
arriving are farmers or those whose pur
pose ia to secure ranch homes.
Reservations for sleeping car service Indi
cate that winter travel to California will
break all records. The San Francisco
disaster had the result of reducing Pactfio
coast travel last year, but with the realiza
tion that It was the fire and not the earth
quake that did most of the damage In
California, westward trafMce will, accord
ing to all the rules that the railroad have
for estimating it, exceed anything known
In the past.
CHANCE FOR PRIZE COURT
Mexico Withdraws Objections Since
Every Nation Geta Judge
on Ita Caae. x
THE HAGUE. Sept. 21. -The sixth plen
ary sitting of the peace conference todny
attracted an unusually large audience.
' Many members of, the international aels
; mological and dairy congresses, which were
j meeting here, were present. In the course
j of the discussion regarding the establish
ment of an International prize court, Senor
j Esteva (Mexico) announced that the Mexl
, can delegation wetild now vote tn favor of
: the proposition, as the modification per
mitting a country Interested In a case to
' have Its own judge on the tribunal largely
i did sway with the objectionable features
) of the earlier proposal, which he said, con
travened the principle of the equality of
nations.
Senor Esteva added that while Mexico
would support the proposition to establish
a prize court, it did not "withdraw Its
opinion, repeatedly expressed, against the
project to establish an International court
of permanent arbitration If based on a
principle contrary to the equality of the
states.
PASSENGER TRAIN' WRECKED
Engine on Illinois Central Jump
Truck at Curve Near
' Fulton, Ky.
FULTON. Ky.. Sept. 21. New Orleans
and Louisville Illinois' Central passenger
train No. 104, bound for Louisville. Jumped
j the .track on a sharp curve one milo south
I of Fulton this morning. Two men wre
j killed and one fatally hurt. The dead:
PATRICK GROGAN. engineer.
ROBERT A. ROBERTSON, fireman.
Injured:
James T. Johnson, mall clerk, will die.
Two mall clerks, seriously hurt, re
moved to hospital at Paducah.
Engineer Grogan and fireman Robertson
were crushed under the engine. Three
Pullman coaches and a buffet car re
mained on the track.
JURY GETS CASE ON MONDAY
Arguments In Couatantlne Murder
. Trial Takra Longer Than
Was Expected.
CHICAGO. Sept. 2I.-The arguments in
the trial of Frank J. Constant ine, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Louise Gentry,
occupied all of the court today and up to
noon It was deemed Improbable that the
case would be given to the Jury before
Monday. The defense claimed today to
have clearly proved that Mrs. Gentry com
mitted suicide, while th alate Insisted that
It was a clear case of murder, for which
th death penalty should L InfJlcUd,
READi FOR CARNIVAL
Omaha is Groomed and Gowned for
Ak-Sar-Ben Festival.
ILLUMINATION MOST ELABORATE
e
Over One Hundred and Fifty Thou
sand Lights Will Burn.
CITY WILL BLAZE WITH GLORY
King's Highway Promises Best Attrac
tions Ever Yet Presented. '
PARADES WILL BE SURPASSING
Hotel and Street tar Facilities Aro
Enlarged nnd Improved to
Accommodate mt Army
of Visitors.
High carnival Is about to begin In the
capital city of King Ak-Sar-Ben. The plan
of many men for a year and the labor of
hundreds for many weeks are about to cul
minate in tho groat ten days of festival
which mrike Omuha the Mecca of all good
knights and of all people who delight In
beautiful, gay and wonderful sight.
Wednesday Is tho day.
Throughout tho great corn lelt. In the
seven cities of Cibola and nn the territory
of tho fourteen rivers, thousands of people
aro preparing nnd planning to makn the
pilgrimage to the capital city to witness the
carnival nnd he parades and bnll whlcli are
renowned not only throughout the immedi
ate territory of the great king, but through
out the world.
The army of working men Is still busy
completing tho final arrangements, puttlni
the finishing touches on tho city and get
ting It Into Its holiday dress. It will be
such a pleturo of beauty this year as It
has never been before. The Illumination II
to be on a scale never hitherto approached.
More than 150,000 Incandescent electrlt
lights will blase in the down town streeti
every night. Theso have been arranged and
strung over twenty-four blocks of street. In
addition to the strings of light along each
side of the street there is a new featurt
this year In the way of great festoons of
electric strings hanging from high In th
air. and draping down to each side of thi
street.
These festoons hang from a height equal
to that of a four or five-story building
When they are all lighted the scene look
ing down a street Is ono of surpassing
beaijtv.
Building More Brilliant.
Many of the principal buildings are to be
lighted with a much greater brilliancy and
more beautiful artistic effect than ever be
fore. Tho courthouse, city hall. Bee build
ing and New York Llfo building form a
group wlrich will have their fronts out
great blaze of light, while other block It
the business district of the city will also be
shtnjng at their best..
' The rnrnlval ground Is occupying a smal'
army of men. Construction on the big board
fenoe, the booth and display stands, has
been going on for a number of day and
the big space Is now nearly all enclosed.
Men wlrh the various concessions will get
to work early this wee and the showi
will begin to pitch their tents and get Into
t shape for the ten days' engagement. King
I Pharaoh, the wonderful talking horse, ha
! already arrived In the city In charge of hi
owner. Dr. Boyd. There are fifteen other
I shows beside this one. Then there is to be
I a 125-foot high dive by Charlea A. Blgney,
champion high dlv.gr of the world; a peer
less ride for life by Mile. La Blanche, and
balloon races between two great balloons
In charge of Henry Latoi.ia and a crew of
: famous aeronaut. Theso three thrilling
event will be free to the public.
Parade Will Surpass All Other.
The parades this year are tn surpass
those of any other year. Out In the dark
ened halls of the coliseum building stand
the beautiful floats. The work of months
Is nearly completed and on the night of
Wednesday, October 2, they will be brought
out like gay butterflies from their dark
cocoons and will move along the brilliantly
lighted streets of the city In that blaze of
beauty which is the wonder of ull who see.
It will require more thun 100 men to form
the living figures on the flouts. These havo
been selected and the measures have been
' taken by Theodore Lieben, who makes the
costumes. Each float. Is In charge of a cap
tain, whose duty It la to see that those
; under hint are trained, to do their purl
. correctly and that they get their costume
1 on time. Thus, on the float which repre
I sent that classic popular song, "Everybody
j Work but Father," mother and Sister Ann
and father must all be carefully costumed.
Similar preparations ore going on for the
i comic automobile parade, which occur on
the n'.ght of Tuesday, October 1, and also
I for the ladies' float parade for Thursday
I afternoon, October 1. The latter It a new
departure, Inaugurated thi vyear fur tho
first time. It will be participated In by
J women only. Samson furnished the float
I and the horses to draw theni, and th
I wuiucii mm iii. ruurciy ine 10 prepare
them a they liked. Entry to this parade
was open to any organization of women in
the state. There are several substantial
cash prizes for the best floats In the ladles'
parade.
Grand Crone lag Event.
And then, after the parade are over, will
come the grand crowning event of all the
year, the coronation of tho king and queen
and the grand ball. Tho scene of this great
occasion will be the "den," which will hav
been converted Into a veritable palace, fit.
ting for so great an event. The 1(0 maids
of honor, the 1M ladles in waiting and the
160 ladies of the court have been chosen
snd will be Instructed In court etiquette on
the day of the ball.
Who are the king and queen? If anyone
know thla it 1 three men, nnd no one
know who those three men are but they
themselves. Cryptic and sibylline I the
selecting of the king and queen. Th tecrct
committee of three to whom thi work I
given Is chosen from th board of gov
ernors. When they meet, where they meet,
what they do, whom they choose, these are
things utterly .hidden , from human kei..
Maybe the king and queen have been
chosen. Maybe thi.-y have not. But they
will be there on the coronation night. Then
and then only will their names be known.
A reception committee of loo men has
been selected to receive the people at the
coronation and ball. A floor committee of
twenty-five will have charge of the seating
arrangement.
Row Car for Crowd.
Word ha been received by the Wabash
In Omaha that shipments will be muds
next Tuesday from Ht. Louis of ten can
for the Omaha, at Council Bluffs Street
Railway company. Thi I the first .hip
men t bf thirty new cat which wti oi-