Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 83.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1907.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
The
Omaha
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PLATFORMS ARE MT
onventioni Meet Tuesday to Formu
late the Party Creeds.
CEN WHO WILL PERFORM TASX
epublican List Fairly Complete, but
that of Other Parties Less So.
ILL OF . BODIES - MEET AT NOON
;hoosing 'Stat; Committees Another
Task of Conventions.
!HESE SELECT OWN OFFICERS
a nil Ida tea yg Longer Koprfmr In th
S-elpetlon of Chairman and Srrr.
tarr, Wia' Furrat-1
th Caae.
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From a Blaff Correspot
LINCOLN. Sept. r.-(Speel
move on tha political chess 1
braaka nil ba played next Tu
tinder the provisions of th
primary law, delegate eonvei t " I be
lipid her of all tha .politic . r- to
formulate the platforma on v .' can
lldatea are to run. The ma . r e
ectlng the delegate to thei .tlnns
wmi to be aomewhat combe. . nr it
iny rate the report a of the delegatea chosen
av been more or leea delayed, ao that
ven now a complete llat In not at hand.
?he names of about two-thirds of the ninety
vpubllcan delegatea are known, but lea
ban halt of the democratic delegatea and
nly a Blattering few of the populists.
The llat of the repullcan and democratic
lolcgates la aa followa, ao far aa com-
Republican Delegate..
idama... I. D. Evana
antelope Congreaaman J. F. Boyd
Boone 8. B. Morehead
Boyd... Levi Bennett
' Box Butte Ira E. Tash
Brown , R. S. Rtelng
Buffalo I Senator Norrls Brown
, J. W. Holmquisl
........... C. IL Aldrtch
.Governor George L. Sheldon
, Frank P. Voter
Dr. A. J. Jenlaon
11. H. Wooda
J. C. Elliott
; ' McCann
W. A. Stewart
O. t. Wood
Roaa Hammond
Victor Rose water
Charlea H. Bhnn
J. Frank l.enti
L. M. Graham
A. H. Kldd
i...C. F. Bent lev
J. M. Cox
B. R. Claypool
I. D. Hmlth
F. M. Flanahurg
R. n. Dickson
. John Morrison
J. B. William
..C. H. Denny
, Dr. M. Stewart
Frank Nelson
, ., J. W. Welpton
?olfx
Turning
lwea
Dawson
Dixon
Dodge
DoiiHlas
Fillmore....
Franklin....
Frontier.,
Oage
Hall
Hamilton...
Harlan
Hayea.t
Hitchcock..
Holt
Hooker
Howard.
Jefferson....
Johnson
Knox
Keith
Lancaster..
...W. B. Roue
Madiaohi7.l..r,.vrwM.v.. .8. C. Blackman
Ylcriick J. C. Martin
V'maha O. N. Tltua
yoe.... Judge Paul Jeeen
fawnee.......
, v . n. nun
F A. Dean
W. B. Dona'dson
,'. E. H. Chambers
R. O. pouglns
..Congreasman G. W. Norrla
Paul B. Weaver
...William K. Patterson
, .(. John F. Bo'rk
Phelps...
Pierce
Platte ,..
Polk
Red Willow.
Richardson...
Sarpy...
Saline
Saunders
Pcott'a Bluff...
Seward
Sherman
Stanton...
Thayer
Thurston
Valley..
Washington....
Wayne
Tork
...T. J. Pickett
B. T. Wesrervelt
Dr F. A. Marsh
. R. P. Starr
....Charles L. Mnl.eod
Dr. V. Wilcox
C. P. Matthewson
John Wall
i. ...I. C. Kller
....Judge A. A. Welch
Judge S. II, Sedgwick
Democratic Delegate. .
.' ...P. J. Miirphv
...W. D. Old ha. n
W. R. Baum
Brown .
Buffalo
Burt
Butler
Caaa ,
Odar
pheyenno
Colfax...
Cuming.
Dawson
Podge
Oougla v..
rtllmoai..'
Franklin
frontier
gage.. .j.
Barneld
Howard
loffersoa...,
Johnson.,., v,
Knox
Phelpa
Pierce..
Platte......
Polk
Richard eon...
Barpy
Bailee ,
Baundera
Stanton.
Thayer
Thurston
Waablngtoo
.Henry Diers
Henry R. Gering
A. I. Williams
Joseph Oberfelder
II. E. Phelra
F. D. Hunker
George C. Glllon
.....Henry C. Richmond
, George Rovers
Jacob Wels
8. T. Doner
W. H. I atha-n
, Dr. C, V, Fall
, T. F. Brltt
X. Plateckl
W. H. Rarna
.Dr. A, P. FltTHlmmona
W; H. Oreen
.....:J. 8. Johnson
Venue Huebnnr
P. E. McKilllp
V. K. Wllaon
J. H. Morehead
...P, J. Laogdon
Joaeph W. Bhestak
.N. J. Ludl
W. F. Cowan
Smith Ketchum
i.T. I Sloan
Clark OHanlon
f Proeedar.
Juat what tha procedure of these con
vention wUl be la not definitely deter,
mined, but In all probability they wll!
follow tb general course of other oon
entiona. leaving out. of courae, the
nomination of candidates, which haa al
ready been effected at the primaries. Tha
organisation will be under a temporary
and permanent chairman, after the cre
dential are verified. The law provides
for the meeting to take place at IS noon
at the state house, which unseemly hour
will Interfere with the usual arrange
menta for dinner, unless a recess Is
taken to accommodate tha hungry. Tho
chancea are that a large majority of the
, ninety delegates will have one or. more
auggeaUona of platform 'resolutions up
their aleevea and that a amailer commit
tee will be required, something - on tho
order of tha old platform commute,
to sift out what la good and fit the planka
together.- If the former preoedent la fol
lowed, thla eommlttee will consist of onj
or two represented res from each of the
Bis congressional dlitrlcta, with perhaps
a chairman chosen at large. A glance
It the membership dlacloaed by the Hats
lor the republicans will suggest plenty
f available timber for the special com
feittee. The only other work of tha convention.
Vealdea constructing the platform, la to
fceleot the membera of the state com
mlttee, thirty-three la number, one for
each aenator of each senatorial district.
In other word, while the platform con
vention la made up of one delegate from
each oounty, ignoring proportional
strength, the state committee Is baael
on eenatoriU diatrlot. which In tarn are
supposed to contain equal population, ao
that the fomtnlitea organisation at once
become representative, a whole lot of
name . are being talked over for com
mlttee place and the official job In con
nection with the management of the' cam
paign. Hitherto the candidates have had
tb preponderant vole in choosing state
Uialrmaa secretary, but the new law
(Continued Second Pag -
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CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
FORECAST
FOR NF.BRASKA - Fair
TO RECAST FOR lOWA-Mondsy,
and trermer.
fair
- nt r ir-nra yesterday:
FINANCIAL OUTLOOK BETTER
ftorU Market More Steady and the
Money Market Decllrlly
Easier.
NEW TORK. Sept. C-A more cheerful
feeling over the financial outlook has
emerged through the clouds which re
mained over the proapet as revealed In
the movement of the stock market. These
clouds were gathered for the most part
over the metal Industries, eapeclally cop
per, and even there the movement In the
securities of that group has Indicated a
conviction that the unfavorable condl
tiona had been adequately discounted and
that a better condition might be forth
coming. The price of copper haa made a
further decline, and plana for radical
curtailment of output have been officially
announced by the great producers. The
demand for the metal at the reduced price
haa not yet been emphatic,' but hopes are
expressed that the level of stability In
tho trade la near and that the withheld
demand will develop and the market right
itself.
Fears that a almllar experience awaited
the Iron and steel trade have grown less
acute and point of difference In the con
dition In the two tradea have been recog
nised, such aa the leaa degree of Inflation
which haa occurred in the Iron trade. A
reviving dmond for Iron Is already re
ported and the leading authority In that
trade expresses the opinion that "It Is
clear that, for the time being, the market
haa reached Its level."
The most Important factor In the Im
provement In aentiment which has oc
curred Is the betterment In the money
market and Its prospect.- With the pass
ing of the special syndicate requirements
of the New York City bond sale and sub
scription to- the Union Pacifi convertible
bonda the money market haa shown an
easier tendency, which has applied not
only to call loana but the time loan
branch.' The feature of the money market,
however, la the unusually large offerings
of mercantile paper and the continued
high ratea commanded by high grades.
This la the reflection of the sustained
activity In general trade, aa reported to
the mercantile agencies from various parts
of the country. The condition of the
banka of the country reflects the same
conditions to a large extent, the fact
being revealed by the latest report of the
natjonal banks to the controller of the cur
rency. "" '-l
; It la subject for surprise that, during a
period characterised by such drastic liqui
dation In the securities' market there baa
occurred, nevertheless," gn expansion . In
loans of the t atlonal banka of $47,440,277
over the preceding call o May 20 of thla
year, while the comparison with Septem
ber 4 of last year showa a loan Increase
of $I79,G0O,52. Turning to the statements
of the New Tork clearing house banka for
the same period, however. It la found that
loans of these Institutions on August H
wore I38.:.'o7,7CO less than on May IS, and
only 124,112,100 more tlian on September,
1M. Thla, discrepancy la emphasised by
the ahowlng of the New York stale trust
companies, which showed on Auguat II a
contraction of $37,000,000 In loans on col
lateral compared . with June 4. The Inference-
ia plain that the principal pressare
for credits has been on the banks of the
country at large.
GENERAL TIEUP AT HELENA
Strike In Sympathy with) (be Tele
phone Workers Who Are
Already Oat.
HELENA, Mont., Sept. 22. As a result
of the refusal of the business men of
Helona to discontinue tha use of tele
phones, pending a settlement of tha Rocky
' Mountain Bell Telephone company's strike,
J the Helena Trades and Labor, aaaembly,
I affiliated with the Montana Federation of
Labor, haa decided to call a general strike
next Monday at noon.
The result of this action, It la aald. will
be a complete tie-up of the street car
service in the city and the closing of
hotels, manufacturing establishment, busi
ness houses and . even saloons, where the
urn of telephones haa not been discon
tinued. B teli op It axe Coating; to Oat aha.
8IOUX FALLS, B. D., Sept. B.-(Spe-clal.-Rt.
Rev. William Hobart Hare of
thla city the venerable Episcopal bishop
of South Dakota, will depart on Monday
for Omaha, where ha will attend a meet
ing of the sixth Judicial court of review
of the Bplscopal church of America, of
which Important body - Bishop Hare la the
chairman. Tha court I composed of the
chairman, three laymen and three law
yer, and It hears and decides appeal of
clergy of the church. From Omaha Bishop
Har will proceed to Richmond, where he
will attend the general conference of the
B?lacopal church In the United States.
Chang in Baa kin Circles'.
ENCAMPMENT, Wyo., Sept. t:. (Spe
cial.) George M. Wlnkleman, member of
the state legislature and ex-manager for
the big Cos griff sheep Interest in Wyo
ming, ha purchased the W. C. Henry
interest In the North American Trust
company. It is reported the Rawlins
National bank la also Interested in the
ucbi. a xne ninaieman interests are
talking of starting a bank In Saratoga
in opposition to the Casgriff bank there,
it 1 mora than probable the CbsgTlff
will put In an opposition bank her.
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FLEET GOING TO TAR EAST
Navy Department to Send it Out in
th. Best of Condition.
VALUABLE LESSON TO BE LEARNED
aval Men Hare No Feara Bat Great
Fleet Will Make Good Knowing
and et Suffer by Com
parlann.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2?.-(Speclal.)-Orders
were Irsued this week by the navy
department to commandants of govern
ment shipyards and nnvat training sta
tions to prepare' all available s.iilormen
to Join the Atlantic fleet, which sails In
December for the Pacific. It la the In
tention of the naval board, aa well as
Secretary Metcalf, to send our fighting
monsters on their mission of peace Into
foreign waters with full complements and
all men who have sen one year of aervlee
and less than twenty years with Uncle
Sam e navy will be exported to join the
fleet that has already commenced mob
ilization to sail away Into the far east.
The aquadron which Is to give the people
of China, Japan and Austral-Asia an. op
portunlty to look upon the moat formid
able fleet of battle-ships ever assembled
In that section of the world goes oslen
albly for practice and to test their ef
ficiency. But behind the determination tj
aend auch a tremendoua force Into . for
eign waters la understood to be a deep
laid plan of the higher up naval offlclala
to Incite renewed ship building on the
Atlantic coaat, the atatea bordering on
thoae waters and adjacent thereto already
showing the liveliest possible Interest In
the unprotected situation In which it will
leave them after the Pacific aquadron
aails.
"Let the Pacific aquadron aall by all
means," aald a chief of one of the naval
bureaus yesterday. In discussing the move
ment that waa on foot some time ago to
have the president recall his order mob
lllxlng the fleet In the Pacific. "Thtre
Is not a man connected with the navy who
has any doubt as to the good report which
the fleet will make," he continued. "It
will not only be a splendid achool for the
younger officers, but It will brush up the
older officers, and If we are to have any
trouble In the immediate future the trip
across the , Pacific and Into eastern waters
will bring out defects and permit of thtlr
being remedied. It will have the further
advantage of demonstrating to the country
tnat we need more fighting machines and
that there should be two great squadrons
one on the Pacific and one on the Atlantic.
The United Statea will only be secure when
It has the moat formidable navy In the
world. Security reata In ton of metal and
tone of guna with men sufficient to officer
and man thorn. .. ,
Polities In Move.
"There I no pontics In the moblllzstlon
of a great fleet In the Pacific as has been
Intimated In eom circle antagonistic to
tha president. How could It be? If there
la. any politics in tha ajuembllnjr of oar
great aea fighters en t-ho Pacific). -ft sTthW
polities of preparedness and a practical
demonstration that we are willing to take
advantage of conditions and get the best
results from them possible. Now, I'm not
a politician, nothing more than a sailor
man, but even a sailorman can aee that If
politics waa to be played ao far as aeeurlng
delegatea to a national convention Is con
cerned It would pit the west against the
eaat and that to my mind would be ex
tremely bad politic. The tranafer of tho
Atlantic fleet to the Pacific take ; away
from our Atlantic coaat cltlea not only the,
ships, but the men who man them. At
lantic coaat towns are benefited by the
vlslta of the Atlantic fleet to these places,
having safe harbors, and the butcher, the
baker and the candleatickmaker, to aay
nothing of , the placea of entertainment,
benefit from the vlalt of the fleet. To make
It a political queation, therefore, would be
the height of folly and President Roosevelt
haa never been accused of being a bad
politician. My Judgment la that the fleet
which la ordered to aaaemble on the Pacific
oatenalbly on a vlalt to California and
Waahlngton, will be ordered to the far eaat.
for we all recognise that the volcano Is
there and there the eruption will take place
and not on the Atlantic. While I am not
In the confidence of those who are directing
the movements of the Pacific fleet. I know
enough of conditions throughout the world,
by reason of having been with the navy
for nearly forty years, to know that there
are exceedingly delicate mattera to be ad
Justed In the far east, and If Japan should
Insist upon the annexation of ' Corea, It
would be wise to have a friendly aquadron
nearby to protect the persona and property
of American citizens in the orient. I say,
therefore, let the fleet aall and God speed It
on it mission of peace"
MISSOURI IS GROWING DRY
Almost Half the Counties Have
Novr Voted Against tho
Salses.
KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Sept. 22. Rev. A1-'
bert Bushneil. auperlntendent of tha Antl.
Saloon league for the Kansas City dis
trict, said yesterday that In his esti
mation it would be only a few week
until Missouri would be half prohibition.
"There are 114 counties In the stato
and forty-seven of them have voted
agalnat the aaloon. Only ten more dry
elections are needed to-make the 'wet'
and 'dry' aide equal. Ther have been
eight countle made prohibition territory
within the last week. There will be ev
enl more elections In the next few
weeks, and ' It looks good for the anti
saloon people."
At the beginning of 190S Mlsaourt had
three prohibition countiea. Tha locnl
option move haa been shown to be a
gradual movement, with the general re
cent reform mov as Its chief stimu
lant. The Missouri Anti-Saloon league
has kept worker In many counties and
through it Influence several "dry" elec
tions may have been brought about.
THIRTY-TWO PASSENGERS HURT
Fortanately ao Fatalities Oetsr
When Train la D
railed.
WASHINGTON. Sept. St. Thirty-two
passengers were Injured, none seriously,
by the derailment of the Chattanooga &
Washington limited train on the South--em
railway, Juat north of Ryan'a Sid
ing. Va., early today. A broken rail was
the cause of the accident. The entire
train, composed of a baggage car, day
coach and three sleepers, left the track,
the sleepers being almost destroyed by
flra. A special train waa quickly made
up and proceeded to this city with all ths
paasengers of the limited. The wreck
blocked the track for several hours, all
train meantime being detained.
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ISLANDS CEDED TO BIRDS
Roosevelt Aids Movement for Per-
petaal Refnne for Wild
Fowl.
NEW YORK. Sept. 3?.-(8peeial.)-At
pricea of from S3 to $7 an acre perpetual
home and breeding grounds for the wild
bird of America are now being secured
by friends of the national bird life. In
addition to the twenty-five Islands In the
Gulf of Mexico, eaat of the Misaiaalppl,
which It now maintains as an undisturbed
haven for the native wild fowl, the Na
tional Association of Audubon Societies
ha today completed the purchase of
"Sundown Inland" off the Louisiana coaat.
The ceding of this- thirty-acre Island
tract to the birds aa an everlasting
homing spot. It la announced, marka the
beginning of a widespread movement
among bird lover In thla country. Thla,
It Is hoped, will result in the eventual
acquisition of all the native- haunt In
the island and coastal region of the
Atlantic, Pacific and of the Gulf, where
at present the breeding flocks are sadly
molested and unprotected.
At tho head of . the aubacrlptlon '1st
toward securing the homes of the na
tion's birds Uncle Sam baa already placM
himself with the reservation !of the en
tire "mud-lump" region of the Missis
sippi's delta 'and the "Shell Keys" some
what further west. Official orders from
President Roosevelt calling for the set
ting aside of these breeding tracts have
recently been forwarded to Audubon
headquarters In tills city In1 answer to
an earnest recommendation of 'this meas
ure which the association mad early. In
the summer. With thla cordial endorse
ment and continuation of the reservation
plan by governmental authority. It now
remain to complete the . projer-t of es
tablishing an adequate bird . realm, by
private purchase of such islands aa aro
owned by private peraona and yet remain
unguarded from the moleatatlon of human
destroyers.
Coat la ttraall Item..
That a few dollars may aecure to all
bird posterity a full acre of home and
breeding ground, carefully patroled by
Audubon wardens, la an Idea that is ap
pealing to friends of American wild life
all over the country. In support of the
general movement the Audubon workers
have already begun to receive contribu
tions to their funda for the 'purpoae of
reclaiming these national bird haunts to
their own once more.
By the government's -reservation of
Shell Keya a multitude of national wild
fowl have already become assured of the
preservation of their homes and offspring.
On this reef, which Is composed of oyster
shells and extends only a mile and a
half In .the waters- of the tipper gulf,
aome 300 brown pelicans, , 600 man-o'-war
birds and almost 1,000 royal terns were
recently observed by an Audubon patrol
expedition. . More than 200 neat of the
terns' were also counted on -the little
reef which haa now been placed under
careful guard against marauders..
Birds et III X eed . Mome-a.
. In addition to tho, Shell Key and the
equally frequented "mud-lump" reserva.
tlona at the Mississippi'- mouth, which
have todar enen) unde.-rtho entrwolllance
tit the Aadubon Workf rv nsiM -a ores
of Island' region "have been, purchased or
acquired-by the-association far. the same
purpose east of: tho river's delta. - Many
more Island,--either-privately held-or un
discovered, must be bought or held under
perpetual leaset the ornithologists dee
clare.' before the bird Ufo of this oountry
will be adequately safeguarded. -
"The only hope for the preservation of
the wild bird of our nation lies in ac
quiring their' home breeding grounds on
the roasts of the United State and care
fully maintaining them against moleata
tlon," said William Dutcher. president of
the association, at Its headquarters, 111
Broadway, today. "Every American should
be Interested In the preservation and
extension of his country's - bird life and
no true patriot will care to aee a race
of his nation's birds die out for -lack of
their ancestral homing grounds."
PEASANTS ATTACK TOLSTOI
Literary Jubilee of Russian Novelist
Marked by Assaults on HI
Residence.
, ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 2. The Jubilee
of Count Tolstoi's literary activity was
marred by an attack on his residence at
Tasanaya. Polyana, near Moscow, by
armed peasants. According to reports re
ceived here today from Moacow, several
peaaants on September 1J, It Ja atated, ad
vanced to within 1C0 yards of the count'
houao and opened fire with flint-lock guns
and pistols, but were driven off by the
gardeners.
Although his family was much excited,
Tolstoi refused to summon the police, say
ing he had no need of defense agalnat the
peaaanta, to whom he A voted hla life. The
next night, however, the peaaanta again
approached Tolstoi's homestead and- fired
at the windows, breaking them and shat
tering mirrors In the rooms. The attack
ing party was driven off, but none of them
was captured. Tolstoi then called on the
rural constabulary for assistanoe and they
searched the houses of peasants In the
neighborhood and arreated three of the
peaaants on ausptclon. Tolstoi, It Is stated,
remained calm and explained that the
action of the peasants waa due to a mere
spirit of mischief.
HEAVY MOVEMENT OF , GRAIN
Five Thoaaand Cars Are Enronta
to Chlaatro on Three
Hoads.
CHICAGO. Sept. 22. Weatern railroads
are making special efforts to prevent a
congestion In grain traffic, which ia extra
ordinarily excessive for this season. It waa
aald today that on three roads, he North
western, tho Burlington and the Milwaukee,
there are now more thau 5.000 -carloads of
grain enroute to Chicago. It Is the Inten
tion of the Northwestern to start 1,000
empty cars for the west at once. It was
said that the other roads would soon have
an equal number of empties on the way.
High prlcea have caused the unusual move
ment of oats and ol3corn. ,
CONSTANTINE F0UND- GUILTY
Mnrderer of. Mrs. Arthnr Gentry of
Chlrnaro ta Given m Life -eateo,
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-Frank J. Const n
tine was found guilty of the murder of
Mrs. Arthur Gentry by a Jury In Judge
Kavanaugh'a court tonight. Hla punish
ment waa fixed at Imprisonment In th
penitentiary for life.
The case'went to the Jury shortly after
o'clock. Assistant States's Attorney
Robert Holt concluded his argument by
asking that the penalty of death be passed
upon tn aerendant. Judge Chetlain read
in customary instruction and tn Jury
retired. Two hour and a, half later
th verdict waa reported
; RJQ TIME FOR PRESIDENT
Great Preparations Made for His
Entertainment in the West.
START TO BE MADE NEXT SUNDAY
First Stop to Re Made at Canton,
Ohio, and Next at Keokak, from
Where He Will lio Down
the Mlaalaalppl.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. While the
preparations for President Roosevelt's
western trip have not been completed,
the program ha been sufficiently arranged
to make It certain that the tour will be
one of the most spectacular ever tinder
taken by. him. He will leave here a
week from today and will be absent from
the seat of government until October 23
or 24. The trip has three distinctive ob
jects: The dedication of the McKlnley
mausoleum at Canton, O.; the Inspection
of the Mississippi river with a view to
arousing Interest In a ahlp channel from
Its mouth to Keokuk, Ia., and tho great
lakes and the securing of a period of
recreation for the chief executive before
the beginning of the duties of the winter.
Incidentally there will be some speeches,
on the return Journey which will deal
with current Issues.
The stay at Canton Monday, September
SO, will be only of little more than suf
ficient duration to permit the president
to pay hla tribute to the memory of hi
Immediate predeceaaor, but he will there
meet Vic President Fairbanks and
number of other people of note and will
make a long speech. He will then cross
direct to Keokuk. Tuesday, October 1 ho
will be given a notable public recep
tion, delivering an address and begin his
Journey by . boat down the Father of
Waters, said to bo with the exception
of a short voyage by President Pierce,
the first trip on the river ever made by
a president. At Keokuk the presidential
party will- be met by the governors of
twenty-three atatea, all lntereated In all
projecta looking to the deepening of the
channel of the Mississippi and the gen
eral. Improvement of Inland navigation,
and these on another boat than that on
which the president will travel will con
stitute hla guard of honor to Memphis,
where, the party will arrive October 4.
There will be two Important atops on tha
voyage, at St. Louis on October 2 and
at Cairo,, 111., on October 3, and at both
polnta speechea bearing upon' the coun
try's future will be delivered by the pres
ident. Entertainments Enroute.
Reports from all points at which stops
are to bo made indicate that the party
will be entertained on a lavish scale
throughout. At Keokuk there will be a
water pageant and many citizens will
convoy the president down the river In
crafts of all sizes for twenty or thirty
mile and a number of them will accom
pany him all the way to Memphis. At
Memphis the president will find the deep
waterway convention in session and will
deliver. speech... ,.t" , ...
Them- the wreaiduut will .turn, hla. back
on civilisation for a period of rest - and
sport in the wilds of northern Louisiana.
This past of the program ha been . ar
ranged largely by Civil Service Coram'
alomer Mcllhcnny, a Louisiana sportsman
of good record.' He has hunted many
times over . the ground and has recom
mended the place, In terms, of praise ns
being, well stocked with game, both large
and small, and sufficiently secluded to
prevent Intervention. .
JOBBERS' CHANCE TO APPEAR
Sooth Dakota Railroad Commission
: Will Poatone Date of .
' Meeting;.
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D., Sept. 22.-(Spe-clal.)
For the convenience of resident of
the western half of the state, the meet
ing of -the State Board of Railroad com
missioners, which waa to have been held
at the headquarters of the commission In
Sioux Falls on . September 26, has been
continued until Octpber IB, and Rapid City
has been aubstltuted In place of Sioux
Falls as the point at ' which to hold the
meeting.
The meeting Is for the purpose of secur
ing Information which will enable the rail
road commissioners, Intelligently to prepare
and put Into effect a new schedule of
freight ratea In that part of South Dakota
lying west of the Missouri river. Rates'
eaat of the river were adjusted by the
board last spring. But three great rail
road systems are Interested In the pro
posed new freight rates west of the Mis
souri river the Chicago, Milwaukee eV St.
Paul, the Chicago & Northwestern and
the Burlington. Each of them will have
representatives present at the Rapid City
meeting.
AU Jobber and shipper who are In
terested - In the proposed reduction of
freight rate in western South Dakota will
have the' right to appear, if they wlah,
before the board at the Rapid City meet
ing and furnish such Information aa they
desire relating to the promulgation and
putting into effect by the railroad com
missioners of a new schedule of freight
rates In that part of the state.
Th Northwestern railroad now la pro
paring a new schedule of freight rate
for its line west -of th Missouri river
In Bouth Dakota, and It I expected thla
will be submitted to the railroad commis
sioners at th Rapid City meeting.
LUSITANIA OFF FOR EUROPE
Tnrhlne Cnnarder Will Attempt to
Break Eaatbonnd Record Held
by Lnranla. '
NEW TORK, Sept. 22.-Groomed for a
faat run on its first voyage eaatwar,d, tho
Lualtanla sailed for Queenatown and
Liverpool yesterday afternoon. To beat the
New York to Queenatown record, made by
the Lucanla In 1894. the Lusltania must
do better than five days eight hours and
thirty-eight minutes.
There was an exciting five minute on
the pier Judt before th great liner
started. 'As is customary, the propellers
wer turned over a few minutes before
starting time. Th strain was too much
for th hawser, which snapped. The
great ahlp ahot forward and crashed
againat the stringer at the head of the
lip. . The gangway wer thrown to the
pier and paasengers, crew and specta
tors wer tumbled In heaps. No one was
Injured and the ship sustained no dam
age. Th following wlrelea dispatch wa re.
celved from th Associated Press corre
spondent aboard the Lusltania: "Ten
o'clock th Lusltania la apeedlng along over
a smooth sea, through a clear night, at
twenty-three knots. We passed Fire Island
at 7:46 o'clock. Th wind la outh-outh-
-SIXTEENTH ISDUE TODAY
Infantry from Phil!.. I.e. I. n.. i.e J
Infantry from Phllinplnea la Detained
In Arriving at Port
(ree'i.
The Sixteenth United States Infuntry, re
cently arrived from the Philippines and
now enroute to Fort Crook, where It will
constitute the permanent garrison for the
next three years, will arlve at Fort Crook
aome time during Monday hy two apeclal
traina. The command, consisting of head-
quarters, band and twelve companies, com-
prising about ftio men and officers, left San
Francisco Wednesday via the Southern Tft-
clflc for Ogden; from there It will take the
. uenver at mo uranne ror Denver and me ,
Missouri Pacific from Denver to Omaha
' via Kansas Pity. It was expected the pom
' mand would reach Fort Crook Sunday and
' a big delegation of Omaha and South
; Omaha people went down to Fort Crook to
i witness the arrival. Word was received
the regiment would not arrive In Kansas
City until o'clock Sunday evening. It
would be detained there aome time In order
; that one battalion might be detached from
the main command and sent to Fert Logan
II. Root, Ark., while the other two batta
liona, with regimental headquarters and
the band, would come to Fort Crook. Under
these conditions the regiment will not reach
Fort Crook until sonic time during this
forenoon.
Company 1, Eleventh Infantry, which haa
been doing garrison duty at Fort Crook
, elnce the .departure of the Thirteenth In
! fantry a month and a half ago, will leave
I Fort Crook Monday afternoon for Fort
i D. A. Russell, Wyo., regardleaa of the
arlval of the Sixteenth Infantry. Thla com
pany numbers thirty-six men under com
mand of Captain R. 8. Jones and Lieu
i tenants W. E. Persona and J. E. Barzynskl.
K A I iti BILLS WITH NEEDLE
'
Boy Make Ten Dollar Out of One
and Fools Even Bank
Cashier.
Scratching tl bills with a fine needle, a
Minnesota boy realized 127 per hour for
, his skilful work, until A. L. Gallaher,
1 United States secret service, agent of the
Treasury department, was handed one of
the bills so carefully made into a S10 bill.
Mr. Gallaher. whose headquarters sre, In
St. Paul, has been In Deadwood and Lead
i for several days as a witness In federal
I cases. He displayed to Omaha friends a
l roll of raised money, some of which has
been In circulation for .aome time, and
which he has passed successfully on a
number of , cashiers, returning to remind
them of their negligence.
The" bills which Mr. Gallaher carries
were raised by a young boy In Minnesota,
who could convert the green bills Into cur
rency which passed for S10 bills, at the
rate of three every hour. How many of
them he altered for Uncle Sam Mr. Gallaher
, haa never been able to learn, but aa a re
j suit of the skilful wofk there are some
; queer looking greenbacks In the money
; drawers of Minnesota country stores.
j The fecret service agent preserves a card
engraved from a plate made for him by
one of th best engravers who ever made this season of not booking a carnival covn
jbad money. It was a present to Mm from pany; but has scoured the. country for th v
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aVAVaf' tit lha P. nlf antlneai
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BIG
CHOIR UNDER BUTLER
Torrey ".tag-era, Lender nnd Book tn
- Be Used for Christian Endeavor
Convention.
'The State Christian Endeavor aoclety
convention which meets In Omaha, October
11-19, I engaging the Interest and efforts
of all the local worker, ministers and lay-
men, who propose to make this the largest
and best state convention ever held In Ne-
bra ska
A large choir will be organized
and led by Charles Butler, who conducted
the music with such successful results dur
ing the Torrey meetings at the Auditorium
last winter. The plan la to nave as many
persons as possible who were In the Tor
1 rey choir Join the Christian Endeavor sing
ers. The first meeting of the musicians Is
to be held at the First Presbyterian church,
' Seventeenth and Dodge streets, tomorrow
j flight, when the choir will be orgsnlzed and
Shaped for rehearsals, which will be held
regularly. The same books used at the
Torrey meetings, with others, will be used
during the convention.
NEWS OF . THE ARMY CIRCLE
Two Privates Are Sentenced to Fort
Leavenworth Military, Prison
for Desertion.
The following general court-martial sen
tences have been approved and promulgated
from headquarter of th Department of
I the Missouri: Private John Kellam, Com.
. pany D. Thirtieth Infantry, deserter, dls
! honorable discharge and eighteen months'
Imprisonment; James E. Schow, Company
I, Eleventh Infantry, deserter, dishonor
able discharge 'and fifteen months' Impris
onment. The imprisonment In both In
stances will be at Fort Leavenworth mil
itary prison..
First Lieutenant 8. L. Pike of the Eight,
eenth Infantry and Second Lieutenant
Loula Solellae of th Sixteenth Infantry
have been detailed aa additional judges for
th military tournament to be held at St.
Joseph, Mo., this week.
FIRST MURDER IN COUNTY
Trial at Dealaon, In., for Only Kill
ing on Record In Crawford
Conaty.
Crawford county, I., la a Utopian land
of peace and good will among men. Ths
first murder case in the history of the
county Is being tried at Denlson, the
county seat.
W. W. Slabaugh of Omaha has gone to
Denlson to assist In th defense of Joseph
and Solomon Hassan, who are charged
with the murder of their cousin, Fred
Nofal. All are Syrian peddlers and are
well known In Omaha among the people
of their own nationality. The trial has
been In progress a week and probably will
continue all this week.
CLUB FOR BUSINESS GIRLS
Yoona; Women of the Commercial
World Will Organise for
Weekly Meetings.
The Business Girls club Is to be organ
ized by girls who are membera of the
Toung Women's Christian association. It
will meet each Tuesday night and once a
month the sesaion will be devoted to ths
discussion of subjects Ilk tnese: "Shopping,
from a 8hopper's Standpoint;" "Shopping,
from a Clerk's Standpoint;" "A Stenogra
pher'a First Position." "stepping Stones to
Business Success.' In addition, there will
be a question box. when the questions f
on girl will be answered out of the ex
perience of another. October ii I the
club's opening clghL
' TWA H I IT Tfl TW
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Before You Know it Gates of Gaiety
Will Be Open.
FESTIVAL
BEGETS WEDNESDAY
Everybody and Everything is Ani-
mated with'Ak-Sar-Ben Spirit.
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BUSY ON THE KING'S HIGHWAY
Attractions Are Rapidly Beiny PlacVd
in Proper Shane.
ILLUMINATIONS .' APE TESTED
One Handred and Fifty Thnnsnntf
Incandescent Light Are Proven
and In Readier ler Most
Elaborate Display.
Two daya more. .
"Always a few notches ahead."
This is the slogan of the King's High
way. It la the historical fact of Ak-Sar
Ben. The first festival thirteen years ag
men aald was good; the second one wai
better, the third atlll better and so on dowr
the line of lime, each succeeding festival
has been an Improvement upon Its prede
cessor, and the thirteenth, the one whlcr
Is about to begin, admittedly will be tin
best that haa yet been undertaken. Numer
ous causes and conditions contribute to tills
conclusion. Rxnarlonce. from veur to vrnr
' "u'e',t P'ces of betterment; the splrl
i of Ak-Sar-Ben Is more dominant and every
facility for the king's honor and entertain
ment of his suhpeots is better thla year.
The Board of Governors is now satisfied .
that results on October will have proven
the wisdom of their predictions, thut by In
verse ratio the traditional III luck of "13"
will have redounded In good fortune to the
Kingdom of Quiver and Its great annual
festival. From all over the state and ad
jacent territory comes word that larger
crowds than ever will attend the festivities.
And these crowds will find better aeconimo-'
dations than they have ever found.
Breed nnd Raver Bna-.
Doc Breed, manager of the concessions,
and Harry Raver, manager of the ehows,
had a busy time Sunday locntlng the differ
ent shows snd concessionaires aa they ap
peared on the scene. Although the fun does
not start until Wednesday, the showmen
have learned that Omaha Is worth while and -that
It pays to bo on the ground early, oven
though the greater part of a week la lost.
The beautiful Bagdad ahow of Barnaby
Raver Is being pushed and the girls re
hearsed Sunday at the Auditorium. This
Is no common outdoor attraction, but a bin
musical comedy, ,put on with Just as ranch
care a though It was to go Into the theater,
where It has bwn played many times. .
Manae-er Breed I trvinar tlu. nnarinunt
her Independent 'JrWg 1r. h business.
with the, result, that there will be no wrfb,'.
shows, or shows simply to fill In. that .each
owner and manager of a show will vie with
tha other during th opening week to make
his show a feature- show of the carnival.
The King's Highway Is known all over the'
broad land, as some of the big shows have
done the largeat business, of their careers
right here In Omaha, and with thla reputa
tion Manager Breed had little difficulty In
securing, the best to be had In any part
Of the Country. He haa securer! Ilnrrv
, Raver to manage the shows. Mr. lUver
j Wtt, i omnh ! v.. ,
! the Parker ahow. hut lnee th.t i...
gone Into, the buslnes of manufacturing
merry-go-rounds and other carnival attrac
tions for sale. Ha I taking hi vacation
by coming to Omaha to manage the ahow
on the King's Highway for the. Board of
Governors. -
Klectrlc Lights Tested.
Sunday was a busy day for the electric
light employes, for It Is no easy taak to'
prepare the city of Omaha for' th fall
festival. Sunday night the street Illumina
tions were tested as far as' they are In
place. The high oanoples along the main
thoroughfares presented a beautiful appear,
ance and this new Idea, which Is being
worked out, will meet with the hearty ap
proval of all. The telephone and telegraph
poles were cut away two years ' ago and
consequently last year th lllumlnatlona fell
short, as ther were no pole from which,
to string the lights. Thl yer the light
are strung from the tops of the buildings.
That la, wires are strung from there to
hold the festoons and canopies which Una
the- streets.
Rsilroads are making extraordinary prep- .
aratldng for handling the crowds which are '
sure to come to the celebration of Ak-Sar-Ben
the Thirteenth. Whll some feared
the attendance might faU away because of
the failure of the" roads to put in th re
duced fare, th experience of tlit stat
tat fair waa that nearly a many people
attended a last year, which was th ban
ner year In the hltory of the fair, Ther
I no. reason why Omaha should not draw
as well with It added attractions. None
of the popular features of last year's show
are omitted, but several new Ideas hav
been worked out.
Little has been said of the, balloon race,
which Is scheduled for each day, but th
balloons are all ready and the race will be
run each afternoon of the carnival.
Omaba merchant, always alive to their
best, interest and those of the city, are
right In lino wlth"very mov th Board
of Governors has made and th united
effort of , the people of Omaha will be
used In furnishing th proper kind Of en.
tertalnment for the visitors. Their window '
decorations are superb.
MRS. BURKETT AT WASHINGTON
Senator Will Follow In Short Tim
and Then - Retnrn for the
Nebraska Campaign.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.-(Speclal Tele
gram. )-Mrs. E. J. Burkett, wife of Sen
ator Burkett, arrived In tho city Tester
day with her children. Th District of
Columbia schools begin Monday and it
was for the purpose of placing th little
ones of the Burkett family In their grades
that Mrs. Burkett arrived befor th sen
ator, who 1 expected later. In view of
the Illness of his law partner, tenator
Burkett may noUeome on for a week or
ten days and then, only to remain for a
day or two, as he expects to participate
In the campaign for supreme Judge and
railroad commissioner. Mrs. Burkett has
been busy since her arrival In getting the
pretty home which the Burketts own on
Nineteenth street In order, so that when
the senator does arrive he will find every
thing In good condition for the long ses
sion of congress, which Will keep him hei
until June of ntt . ,
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