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VOL. XXXVII NO. 15
OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907 EIGHT SECTIONS SIXTY-FOUR PAGES.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
DEATHS BY ACCIDENT
Last Year's Total in United Kingdom
Record Breaker.
ACTIVITY IN GOODS TRAFFIC
orkmen Have Been Employed at
Unusual High Pressure.
VIGILANCE' IN REPORTING THEM
Deepest Open Dock in World to Be
Built at Southampton.
TO HAVE ROOM FOR FOUR SHIPS
Importut DrrUlon l Gi(llk f'oart
that Marriage with lln-fMfil
Wife's Sister la
' Legal.
LONDON. Sept.. 14. (Special.) The Board
f Trade general report upon the accidents
;hat occurred on the railway of the United
Kingdom diirlnB the year 190C shows that
within the year 1.1S9 persons were killed
nd 7,21! wore Injured by accidents due to
the running of tralna or movement of rail
way vehicles. The year was again re
markable for ' the number of fatalities to
passengers 1n train accidents, more Indeed
being klllod In thla way than In any year
since 1S89. Fifty-six out of the total of
fifty-eight deaths of pansengera were at
tributable to three Accidents, vlx., the
Elliott Junction. Grantham and Salisbury,
fix hundred and thirty-one passengers
were Injured In train accidents and thirteen
railway servants lost their lives, while" 140
were injured by accidents from other
causes. One hundred and eight passengers
were killed. 1.619 injured, while 43 railway
s wants were killed and 4.225 Injured.
Tho report observes that It Is much to be
regretted that there has been an Increase
In the number of fatal and nonfatal acci
dents to , railway men. and expresses the
opinion that It la probable the Increase Is
largely due to the exceptional activity In
goods, traffic, and consequently high pres
sure at which all railway work had to be
conducted during the year. It Is to be
noted In this connection that while train
mileage shows an Increase of Si per cent,
thcro lb reason, tho report, states, to believe
the shunting mileage, of which no record
can br kept, waa Increased still more
largely, and It is in shunting that accidents
are most apt to occur. A higher propor
tion of accidenta may, however, be partly
accounted for by the railway companies'
Increased vigilance In reporting the same.
Foreign lra.de of Japan.
Mr. Harrington, the acting British com
mercial attache at Toklo states in his an
nual 'report that the total import and ex
port trade of Japan during 1906 amounted
to $430,043,960. an increase over the sum for
the prevloua year ($413,474,055) of tlS.S71.sti5.
or Just above 4 per cent. There was at the
same time a very " great change In - tho
balance of trade. The course of trade dur
lx the year was generally held to be
Uvorable to Japan. For the first tlma
lnce 18PG the exports exceeded the! Imports;
and, though the customs returns take no
notice of "invisible Imports and exports,"
the condition of affairs - was regarded
facilitating the retention of specie in the
country and the expansion of Industries.
This waa especially true of the latter helf
of the year, during which the change In
the balance of trade took place. The very
considerable Increase In the export trade
waa looked upon aa an indication of Japan's
Industrial expansion, and though the favor
able balance of trado waa due In part to a
great decline in the imports which de
pressed that particular branch, the net re
sult of the year's trade as a whole was
regarded as encouraging. Several com
putations of the total wealth of Japan have
from tlma to time been made. The most
recent and probably the moat satisfactory
estimate places the capitalised wealth at
approximately . $11,(56,000,000, excluding
Formosa. It la evident that there la room
for a large expansion of Japanese aggre
gate wealth, even If It never approaches
the considerable per capita wealth of (ither
countries, and when ths natural resources
of the country are taken Into consideration.
It Is very probable that this development
and appreciation of values will take place.
Deepest Open Dock.
The directors of the London and South
western Railway company have accepted
the tender of Messrs. Topham. Jones and
Rallton (limited) Great Georgs street. West
minister, for the construction at Southamp
ton of the deepest open dock in ths world,
lixcluslve of the quays and cargo sheds,
the dock will oover an area of sixteen acres.
The site chosen, admirably adapted for
the purposes of a vast ocean trade, com
prises the greater portion of the reclaimed
land lying between the Empress dock and
the Trafalgar Graving dock. Forming an
Oblong square, ths water area to be created
will be 1.700 feet long, and a uniform
width of 4ft) feet ts stipulated. The outer
walls will be prolonged Into ths river test
somewhat beyond the present boundrles.
and ths additional quay space secured wlU
offer berths for eight of the largest vessels
afloat. Alongsids the existing deep water
quays In the test-tlio scens of so much
naval and military activity during the war
In South Africa there la already a depth
of thirty-two feet at low water of ordinary
spring tides, but the dock designed will be
capable of being dredged so as to give
under similar conditions, a depth of not
less than forty feet Increasing to fifty,
three feet at high waUr.
Inside the dock will be berths for four
vessvls each about 800 feet long, and these
can enter ot leave at any state of the tide
In this respect no existing dock at home
. or abroad can a like claim be sustained,
and Southampton will, therefore, enjoy su
premacy amuttg British, and foreign porta
In Its provision for the Immense passenger
Y 404 ro steamers that now form such an
f Important element In ths mercantile marine
Ths outer bertha at the quays to be built
U ths River Test are to surply accom
modation for four ships, varying In length
from m to 7U feet, and thus a valuable
ddltlon may be counted upon In the faclll
les that Southampton will In future afford
xr ocean traffic of every kind.
The Decern.,, MvtW, Sl.tcr.
In the matter of marriage Willi a"d
Aeesod wlfe'a sister, a remarkable caso
was that of the third marriage of Richard
Uavell Edgeworth. father of the famous
Irish novelist. His first wlf. he hsd mar
ried, as he acknowledges In his memoirs,
somewhat Indiscreetly In his student days,
and not entirely aa a matter of choice, but
from an honorable obligation to carry out
an engagement too rashly entered Into.
His second marriage was the ou we of a
really romantio attachment fa. Ifonora
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SUMMARY OF TUE BEE
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XlwJfXfiTIO.
Lumber trust in Minnesota, Iowa and
the two Dakota will be Investigated by
the grand Jury to meet soon In St. Paul.
X, "Page a
Pressmen's union of the country will
take a referendum vote on question of
strike. Z, Par X
Methodist conference at Columbus,
Ind., turns Vice President Fairbanks
down as a candidate for delegate to the
lay conference for temperance reasons.
Z, Fag 1
Postmaster General Meyer changes the
rule for the weighing of mall In order
to save the government much money.
X, Fags 1
Editor Older of the San Francisco Bul
letin was arrested on a charge of crim
inal libel and spirited away to Los An
geles In an automobile by his enemies.
X. 1
Freight train strikes passenger In the
yards at Bt. Louis on 'Frisco road.
X, Pa I
Baltimore Ohio freight train and paw
senger crash near Wheeling and ' seven
are killed. X, Page 1
Frank J. Constantlne was given a life
term In Joliet penitentiary. X, Fags 1
New captains will be named on many
of the battleships of the Pacific squadron
before it sails on the long trip.
X, Far X
NXBBASKA.
Railroad commission at Lincoln does
not approve the western classification
schedule. X, Fags X
FOBEXOV.
Secretory Taft's ship surprises the
Japanese with an early arrival. Pro
gram of entertainment Includes royal au
dience. X, Faga fl
Bandits In Cuba cause a call for the
rural guard - . X, Faga X
Deaths by accident on the railways of
the United Kingdom In 1908 exceeded
those of former years since 1889.
X, Faga X
Lord Bishop of London was greatly Im
pressed with President Roosevelt's per
sonality. X, Fags X
X.OCAL.
Property owners tell the park commis
sion .they want West Leavenworth street
paved this year regardless of what the
cost may be. XI. Faga T
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will es
tablish a branch laboratory of the bureau
of chemistry In Omaha and Is trying to
get quarters In the federal building.
IT, Fag
W. J. Bryan Is to start his third cam
paign for the presidency In Omaha at a
banquet to be given December 7 at the
Auditorium by the Dahlman democracy.
TX, Faga 8
Chief of Police Donahue wants to uae
part of his additional yearly appropria
tion of $80,000 to establish two branch
police stations. X, Faga 4
BFOBTXVO itcnog.
Colorado university squad develops four
giants for the line and prospects for
strong team are good. Fag X
Michigan rooters much pleased by news
from the Tost scoring machine. Faga X
"King" Cole finds his problems are not
yet solved, although the tryout against
Pfcru helps some. Faga 3
Coach Bell ot Crslghton is devoting his
attention to building up his line. Fag 3
COmoXTCXAIi ascTioir.
In the Commercial Section cf this num
ber will be found "Omaha Is the Markot
Town." "Business on a Solid Baals,"
"Omaha Facts In Tabloid Form," "Omaha
as a Wool Market." "South Omaha and
Packing," each a comprehensive article
dealing with a topic of interest, "Live
Men In a Live Business." a review of the
South Omaha live atock commission men
and other articles of interest.
Sight Fagss
. AX-SAJa-Binr BXCTIOW.
In ths Ak-Sar-Ben Section o fthls num
ber will be found "Scenes at the Old Dan
Door." "History of Thirteen as a Hoo
doo." "Men Who Make Ak-Sar-Ben."
Thirteen Tears of Activity In ths Or
der," "Illuminations for the Festival,"
"Parades for the Week and Their Prepa
ration," "Slxty-nlne Who Have Been
Faithful." "Ak-Sar-Ben Dramaand Men
Who, Make It a Success," "Initlatlona
Most Inspiring Performance," "How Ak-Sar-Ben
May Be Mad a Better Bhow,"
"Ak-Sar-Ben's Cash and Where It Comes
From." and many other Interesting arti
cles. Stxtssa Fag ss
KAQAXOrS BCTIOsT.
In the Magasln Section of thla number
will be found a brief biography of John
Baptist Kuony, a pioneer- of Omaha;
Story of Diets' Long Fight Against
Lumber Company; Old Ironsides in It
New Form; History of th Sixteenth In
fautry. U. 8. A.; How Nebraska Masons
Celebrated Golden Jubilee of the Grani
Lodge; Gossip of Plays and Players;
Music and Musical Matters; Whsn He and
She A-6hopplng Go. SUs Fag
BOMB BXOTIOV.
In th Home Section of this number
will be found Buster Brown; Th Busy
Bees' Own Page; Schools of Instruction
for Employes; Great Dam In th Nils at
Assouan; Woman Her Ways anil , Her
World; Long Wraps a Necessity; Albu
querque Ulrls Ride Astride. SU Fagea
HaiAX, XSTATB AK'D BCXUDXaTO.
Lbi-al real estate men compisln that
carnival tnterfers with their trade, but
put values on Omaha property.
XX, Fag
Builders find that home wnra are
paying more attention t doura and win
dows than ever. . XX, Fafa T
MOTBatEXTS OF OCX A STSAMJUEXPB.
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SCHEDULE IS 1IELDUP
Railroad Commission Tal es No Action
on Western Classifications.
ROADS SEND IT OUT , cS AX '
Tariff Sheets, Howe-
"Not Good
SOME REDUCi.- ..D SOME RAISED
j Minimum Weight on Carloads of
Sugar Materially Increased. I
NO TANK CARS FOR OIL SHIPPERS
Williams Had Not Read the New
Schedule and Other Two C'om
mtasloners Not Ready to
Art on It.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Sept. 28.-(Speclal Telegram.)
i The State Railroad commission this
' morning notified the railways of Nebraska
It would withhold its approval of th wes
tern classification schedule, which the
classification committee filed to go Into ef
fect October 1, effective on all roads west
of Chlcsgo. The railroads will send out
the new schedules today, but will lsbcl
them "Not good In Nebraska."
Commirsloners Clarke end Wlnnett passed
the resolution made. Commissioner Wil
liams holding out for an amendment to the
effect the commission had taken no action.
Mr. Williams said he had not read the
classification carefully, whereupon h was
reproved by the other members of th com
mission, who told him he had had since
August 28 to read It.
The clnssifleation makes some reductions
and some increases In rates and the rail
road representatives said the lstter were
offset by the former. The minimum car
load of sugar Is msde 83,000 pounds, where
It used to be 24.000 pounds, thus Increasing
the investment of a purchaser $4W on each
ear. Rates on nursery stock are Increased
SO per cent. The railroads do not propose
to furnish tanks for shipment of oil. Candy
In boxes Is reduced and In baskets ts in
creased. Tho rate on store counters Is re
duced. Lawn swings sre raised from eighth
to fifth clais. Preserves are raised from
second class to first dsns.
Governor and Family Go Sontn.
Governor and Mrs. Sheldon and three
children, Lawson. Julia and Anson, will
leave Sunday for a visit to the governor's
Mississippi plantation. The governor will
attend the lakes to the gulf convention at
Memphis, taking Julia and Anaon with
him. Mrs. Sheldon and Lawson will viait
relatives In Illinois a short time and join
the others in Mississippi. During the ab
sence of the rest of the family, Marian
Sheldon will be the guest of Warden
Beemer. .
FAIRBANKS IS TURNED DOWN
Temperance Melfcodl'ts of Indiana Re
rose to end Him to Gen.
rat Conference.
COLUMBUS. Ind.. Sept. ffl.-Vlce Presi
dent Fairbanks was defeated yesterday for
election as a lay delegate from Indiana
to tha quadrennial conference of th Metho
dist Episcopal church to be held In Balti
more pext May. Sevan lay delegates out
of eighteen, who were proposed were
elected by th Indiana conference on Joint
votes of th ministerial and lay delegates.
The vice president was not himself a
candidate, but his name was urged by
friends, who assumed his election would
follow by acclamation. Instead of this.
It was bitterly opposed by th radical
temperance element In the conference, who
took the ground that electing hlra would
be equivalent to condoning what they re
gard as an offense against temperance, the
alleged offense having been serving of
cocktails and wines at the dinner to presi
dent Roosevelt In the Fairbanks home last
Memorial day.
CORN PALACE IS BIG SUCCESS
Mitchell Festival Cloaca In Blase ot
Glory with Concert by
Sonsa's Band,
MITCHELL. 8. D.. Sept. 28. (Special Tel
egram.) With the concert by the Souaa
band this evening the tenth annual corn
palace came to a close in a blaze of glory.
Th last day has been the most successful
Saturday In the history ot the corn palace.
Every seat in the building was occupied at
th afternoon concert. The Milwaukee
road broiught In, on three specials and Us
regular trains, over l,o0 people, while the
Omaha road had a crowd of 400 on Its reg
ular train. This evening the place was
seen of rejoicing by a crowd of horn peo
ple when Mr. Bousa and his band cloaed
th concert. When th electrical street Il
lumination waa turned on this evening a
great carnival of fun held forth In throw
ing eonfettl. The corn palace has been the
greatest success this year In Its history and
greater plans are on foot for next year's
exhibit.
PRESIDENT PLEASES BISHOP
Episcopal Divine of London Finds
Chief Executive Most Enter
taining Host.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. The bishop of
London was the center of interest at today's
sessions of 'th Brotherhood of St. Andrew.
A great crowd cheered him upon his ar
rival. Addressing the convention, th bishop
said:
"To have a good Influence over people you
must be absolutely straight; and right hers
let me say that that seems to be the leading
characteristic of your splendid president.
Since arriving yesterday I have had three
or four hours of the most delightful conver
sation I ever had with anyone In my life."
This afternoon members of the various
councils were chosen. . Th delegates later
were received by President Roosevlt.
BOXER OUTBREAK OCCURS
Italian Priest and Nnmber of Con
verts Have Been Murdered at
Tnwooll. '
SHANGHAI, Sept. 17. An outbreak of
Boxertsm occurred St Kakangslen In the
southern part of the provtnoe of Kiangsl.
A a Italian priest and a number of con
verts have been murdered at the village
of Tawwoull and the Lasarlat Fathers' mis
sion at Manchowfu has been burned. Th
missionaries ascaped to Klafu, whence they
telegraphed for assistance.
Advice received here from SLuiehew
Ful say that tho ProUsUnt missionaries
there ax all safe
i
You, Mr. Voter
Are You Registered?
If Not, Register ,
Tuesday Oct. 1st '
PRESIDENT'S ORDER UPHELD
Jndge Woiverloa, However, Takes
Exception to nalea Govern
' Ins; Immigration.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 2s.-"But there
is no regulation barring the entry of any
alien not having a passport from his home
I government. If such a regulation exists,
I am not aware of Jt."
This statement was made by Judge C. E.
Wolverton, of ths United States district
court. In deciding the case of Captain
Maurice Hemet, of the French bark. St.
I Louie, who was fined recently by the
imitra states commissioner on a charge
of violating the Immigration law prohibiting
masters of vessels from landing aliens
and forbidding their admission to this
country. The case grew out of the escape
of two Japanese sailors from the St. Louis,
who had signed at Kobe, Japan, for the
round trip. Hemet's defence was that the
Japanese had no intention of coming to
this country, when they signed for the
trip. Captain Hemet also asserted that the
order Issued by President Roosevelt last
May excluding Japanese and Coreans from
this country, was In excess of his au
thority. Judge Wolverton upheld President Roose
velt's order. The court, however, takes
exception to section C of Rule 2l Issued
by the commissioner general of Im
migration, which says if a Japanese or
Corean laborer applies for admission (to
tho contiguous territory of the United
States) and prtsdnts no passport It shall
be presumed, first, that he did not have
one when he left Japan or Corea entitling
him to ehtef the United States, and.
second, that he did have one limited to
Moxlco, Hawaii or Canada.
Judge Wolverton ruled that the Japanese
sailors were not Improperly In this coun
try and discharged the defendant.
COW WRECKS PASSENGER TRAIN
One Man Killed and Several Injured,
Among- 'Latter Gaston Flrle
, of Omaha.
SlOirX CITT, la., Sept. 2T.-(Speclal Tel
egram.) Tho southbound passenger train
on the Milwaukee railroad, due In Sioux
City at 6:10 p. m., was derailed three miles
north of ' Hawarden and forty-six miles
from here shortly after "8 o'clock this
afternoon. Grant Bowers, aged 15, of Ash
land, Neb., who was stealing a ride be
tween the baggage and marl cars, was
Instsntly killed, and Reed Muma and Wil
liam Elllngson of Canton, S. D., his companions,-
received serious but not fstal in-
l Juries. The accident waa caused by the
j engine striking a cow on the track. The
I engine and three coaches were all thrown
i off the rails and the tender turned turtle
Into a ditch. The train waa traveling at
j thirty-five miles an hour at the time. The
. track waa torn up for 100 yards. Wreckers
were sent from here and a special trans
ferred the passengers.
The dead:
GRANT BOWERS, aged 14. of Ashland,
Neb., riding on the front end of the bag
gage car.
The injured: '
Guston Flrle, passenger, Omaha, Neb.,
wrist broken.
J. Olsen, passenger. Canton,' S. D., ankle
sprained in Jumping through window.
W. T. Tounkin, Calliope, 8. D., ribs frac
tured. Reed Muma and William Ellington, boys,
of Canton. S. D., minor Injuries.
The engineer and fireman stuck to their
posts and were uninjured.
PRESSMEN VOTE ON STRIKE
Success In ew York Gives Them De
sire to Enforce Demands
Elsewhere.
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NEW TORK. Sept. SS.-Th question ot
a strike of printing pressmen and press
feeders in the cities of the United States
where recent demands ot the union for
an eight-hour day with Increased wage
have not been granted, la now being de
cided by a referendum vote of the members
of the International Printing Pressmen'
and . Assistants' union. The vote was
ordered by President George L. Berry of
Cincinnati, following the completion of an
agreement entered Into between the New
York Printers' league, comprising about
eighty firms of employing printers, which
became operative on November 19, and will
last until January 1, 1909. By the terms
of the agreement the employes will work
eight hours a day and the pressmen will
receive an Increase In their wages of 31 a
week, making their wages 2i. The feeders
signed a scale of 818 per week last March
and will not not be affected financially.
ENEMIES OF MEXICO HELD
Prominent Men Accused of Robbery,
but Real Charge Bald to Be
Political.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Sept. ffl.-L. Qu
tlerres de Lara, a member of the alleged
Junta of Mexican revolutionists now said
to be operating In Los Angeles and a com
patriot of Magon and Vlllareal, who are
under arrest on a charge laid by the Mex-
lean government, was arrested here last
night and held for examination without
ball. The complaint charges robbery.
De Lara Is a novelist of seme note and
formerly waa a practicing lawyer In Mex
ico. His friends say the charge agalnat
Mm cannot be proven, his real offense be
ing criticism of the present Mexican ad
ministration. . Pardon Sought for Ball Player.
NEW YORK. Sept. 28. Roland B. Molln
eux Is taking part In an effort to get a
pardon for Edward Wise, who was a mem
ber c-Vihe Boston National league team
sbr.-SA wm convicted of murder in 1&4
for T......ig Chsrles F. Beasley, a book
maker, In West Thirty-seventh street. He
was sentenced to die, but Governor Roose
velt commuted the sentence to life Im
prisonment. Mollneux went to the criminal
courts building aud sot a record of the
case. There were other men with Wise
whun Boaaley was killed and Wise says
oo of them committed the crime.
BORAH IN LASDFRAUD
Part United States Senator Played
Shown by M. C. Burch.
STEUNENBERG IS ALSO REVEALED
Dead Governor Credited with Getting;
-Thirty Thousand Dollars.
BORAH FILED THE BOGUS DEEDS
Such is Charre Made bv Soecir.1
Assistant Attorney General.
RUSH OF OMAHA HELPS IN CASE
Ho and Burch na Special Deputies Arm
eat by Washington to Prosecnte
Glgaatlo Steals of Idaho
Land.
What the government expects to prove
as to the guilt of United States Senstor W.
K. Borah, chief counsel In the prosecution
of W. D. Hayward. In the land frauds of ! Pn,B on l"e schedule to be reached Frl
Idaho. of which he and others are charged J October 4, where Governor Sheldon
and for which he now la on trial at Boise. I '' ba tne UP,t of the Business Men s
Idaho, is set forth in an exhaustive ar- ! ch,b of ,llKt cltr nd whr the
ralgnment delivered to the court and Jury j wa'" c"""1'0" ' hoM " !on"- ov'
by Special Assistant Attorney General M. i "nr held,n. IU K. , MemPh' , to
C. Burch of Washington, who. with Special V"U hJ" ' p,"",?Mm,1, in Mi"'"" ,pr': bMn"
1 asvarasW 4Frus Nnhrdalra Hirlltil r K skaa Ae
i Assistant Attorney General 8. R. Bush ot
. . , . ,
Omaha I. conducting the case. Not a on.
tho part which Borah played, but also that
j which former Governor Frank Steunenberg,
charged with having taken. Is presented In
this argument.
So Important a man was Borah In this
gigantic system of robbing the government,
according to Attorney Burch. that to him
was entrusted the responsible duty of ac
cepting and finally placing on record the
fraudulent deeds which sealed the transac-
! tion and spelt the doom of the guilty par-
I ties. "Out of this Irsnsactlon," says Burch.
"it will be shown that Frank Steunenberg
received 830.000 of the stock of the Barber
Lumber company."
Statement of the Case.
Attorney Burch then proceeds:
"This Indictment charges that the eight
or ten persons named in the indictment as
confederates and as respondents were
guilty of attempting to defraud the United
States, in that they procured lands through
and by the-use of other persons acting as
entrymen-and did so for their own uae
and benefit and practically by means of
false oaths of the three entrymen named
also In the Indictment. In this county of Hams, coadjutor bishop of Nebraska, and
Boise In v 1899 and 1800 the United States Rev. Charles Hughes Marshall of Denver
was possessed of a fine body of timber land, ; to the president. Hardly had the Introduo
a virgin forest, mora valuable for Its tlm- j tions been made when the chief exeouttve
ber than for any other reason. told senator. Burkett he liked all of the
swpreeenung noise county in tne stale
senate of Idaho at that time was one John
Klnkald, one of the parties indicted, who
cuts an Important figure in this case. He
evidently knew the value and extent of
that land -4
"I have forgotten to mention to you that
the defendant, William E. Borah, has had
a ceverance, that Is. a separate trial from
the other defendants, granted him in this
case, -which, however, does not excuse th
government from It requirements of pre
senting to you the whole story. -Collecting;
th Land. '
'This John Klnkald we find busying him-
self during the year 1890 in and tbout the
scheme of procuring and obtaining as much
ot this land from the Urlted States aa
possible, by false and fraudulent means.
He opened an office in the city of Boise
and drew unto himself several parties with
the view to assisting him in procuring
entrymen who would for pay make falae
oaths that they entersd the land for their
exclusive use and benefit and conveying Im
mediately after perfecting their entries to
somebody else, and thus by a roundabout
courses obtaining the land.
"Another of the party was Patrick S.
Downs, a timber cruiser from Wlsconain,
who possessed an expert knowledge of
standing timber and thus selected the most
valuable timber lands, on which he put
dummy entrymen. This combination needed
money. It found one William Sweet of
Boise who had the requisite article. In
duced him to Invest it and back them In
these entries.
The Man Steunenberg.
"There alao was at that time In this
state an ex-governor, Frank Steunenberg,
a man of wide Influence and Interpld
character, who had the will to execute
that which he desired. They succeeded In
Interesting Steunenberg In the scheme,
yiere being au Intimacy between Klnkald
and Steunenberg. , Steunenberg succeeded
In inducing a number of persona to go
; Into ths scheme with him as a business
venture. Sweet Invested $20,000 In the en
terprise, but up to this, time Klnkald,
Wells, Steunenberg and others had not put
1 up any money U do their part, but for
; the purpose of adding more funds to the
! unlawful work, Steunenberg and Sweet
procured 37,600 on a joint note from one of
the Boise banks, which they put Into tha
enterprise. Sweet subsequently went to
New York, upon some of tils own ven
tures, while Steuniberg was looking
around tor somebody to buy at ar profit
j In order to release their money.
j Coenr d'Alena Affair.
J "Along In 1898 and 1899 there were some
, troubles up In the Coeur de'Alene district
In this state. Governor Steunenberg had
' gone there, presumably upon the patrlotlo
mission of stopping those troubles, as the
cnier executive or tne state, in tne course
of that transaction he became acquainted
with a wealthy mine owner by the name
of A. B. Campbell of Spokane. Governor
I Stuenenberg succeeded In getting Camp
j bell Interested In his scheme later, with
A. E. Palmer of Wisconsin and James T.
Barber and Sumner Q. Moon, two more
' of the respondents In this Indictment. The
j result was that Sweet sold out to these
I parties for $32,900, the money being sent
j to Steunenberg to Caldwell. Idaho, and
' was turned over to Judge Richards, the
attorney for Sweet.
; "At the tlm of this sale Steunenberg gave
J Sweet to understand, In writing, that he
hsd entered Into an arrangement with
Barber A Moon at Eau Claire, Wis..
, whereby some 1140,000 was to be outlaid In
. the procuring of timber lands In Idaho,
i Including tha payment for the first group
of lsnds. When final proof had been made
by the dummy entrymen the deeds were
executed by them to A. E. Palmer, another
of the defendants In this action, and he, as
a dummy trustee, conveyed the lands to
the Barber Lumber company. I think that
without a single exception those deeds. In
stead of being delivered to Mr. Palmer,
who was no longer connected with the
transaction, found their way Into the hands
of William Ev Borah, tho defendant in this
case, and were eventually put on record
. (Conttas-
FROM KEOKUK
GoTernor Bh
Exerntlvea Meet President In
Iowa City.
Governor George, L. Sheldon will be In
Omaha this evening on his way to Keo
kuk I- .h.r. I,. .mi InU ,1ia
ernors of the Mississippi valley states in
receiving President Roosevelt on his arrival
there. . Governor Sheldon will be Joined
here by Victor Rosewater. editor of The
Bee. ho will accompany him to Keokuk
and down the river aa far as Memphis to
tne waterways convention. In which he wlil
h.'rT u.nerary ' I'm
bring him Into Kokuk Monday night. He
i wl" th ue,,t ' h city of Keokuk
1 In
In the exercises arranged for th entertain
ment of the president, who ts to reach there
Tuesday morning. The governors will go
from Keokuk to St. Louts by special train,
while the president travels down the river
on a steamboat. While waiting In Bt.
Louis for the presidential pnrty, the gov
ornors will be entertained there by the
Business Men's league of St. Louts, wit
nesMng th Veiled Prophets' parade and
attending tho ball later In the evening. A
formal luncheon will be entered the presi
dent In St. Louis, after which all will go
by steamboat down the Mississippi, arriv
ing at Cairo Thursday morning, where the
president will make another speech. Mem
,.' '' . .. ' " ... J
uus nov-Bkr, mint: mi. jrn nr m hi v 111 s j-
! from
j PRQT
OPPOSES PLANK
Roosevelt Bluntly oVIeea Objection to
An tl-In Jnnct Ion Resolution of '
Nebraska Republicans.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. .-(8peclal Tele
gram.) Before a room full of people today
President Roosevelt. In his nlaln. blunt.
, outsDokpn wav. to,j senator Burkett he
didn't like that portion of the resolutions
adopted by the recent republican conven
tion of Nebraska, having reference to In
junctions against state officers. Senator
Burkett blushed and was visibly embar
rassed because of the directness of the
president's attention to him, although there
' were other senators and members of con-
gress present In addition to a number, of
leading lights of the Episcopal church, who
were present for the purpose of meeting
Mr. Roosevelt's guest, the lord bishop of
London.
Senator Burkett was at the While House
at 10:30, to present Rlxtit Rev. Arthur Wll
' r..0iu,i0. -dontert lw th. .,hiinn. f
Nebraska In . their recent state convention
except the paragraph relating to antl-ln-Junctlon.
EDITOR IS JSPIRITED AWAY
Fremont Older of Nan Francisco
Bulletin tharared with Criminal
. I.lhel at Los Angeles.
BAN FRANCISCO," Sept. 2.-Fremont
Older, managing editor of the Bulletin and
prominently connected with the graft prose-
, cut,on- w" rrted in this city yesterday
evening on warrants issued In Los Angeles
and sworn - to by Luther Brown, who
charges Older with criminal libel. Older
was sr rested on the street and taken In aa
automobile to Redwood City, twenty-five
miles south, where a connection was made
with a southbound train for Los Angeles, on
which he wa's placed In charge of officers
from that city. .
SANTA BARBARA. Cel.. Sept. 28.-Fre-mont
Older, managing editor of the San
Francisco' Bulletin, arrested In that city late
yesterday on -a warrant charging criminal
libel, was released here today by Judge
Crow of the superior court In 83.000 bond
and left for home tonight. Mr. Older, In a
statement, corroborated the printed story
of Ms capture.'. He said that at San Jose he
waa given the privilege of wiring to Ru
dolph Bpreckles -of his plight
LOS ANGELES, Sept, 28. The complaint
upon which Fremont Older was arrested In
Ban Francisco was filed In Justice J. C.
! Summerfleld's court in this city by Luther
: Brown, an attorney. It charges criminal
i llbel n tne publication in the Bulletin of a
storV In which the name of Luther Brown Is
I alleged to have been confused with that of
R- Brown, the detective.
.... .
j SEVEN PERSONS ARE KILLED
Baltimore Jk Ohio Fast Train Crashes
Into Freiaat in Bellalre '
Yards.
WHEELING. W. Va.. Sept. 28.-The Chi
cago express, a Baltimore eV Ohio fast
train, running between Chicago and Wheel
ing, crashed Into a freight train In the
Bellalre (Ohio) yards, near here, at 3:30
o'clock this afternoon. Severals car were
demolished.
Seven persons were killed and fifteen In
jured, .a number, It is thought, being fa
tally hurt. , ,
The killed: t
EDWARD HI NFS, Wheeling, W. Va.
WILLIAM SHAW. Wheeling.
F. A. Dl'NLAP, Flushing, O.
N. A. ENGLISH. Flushing. O.
KNG1N1CEK- RISHCOMH.
ENGINEER L. A. YVOLLAS. Newark, O.
1 , fireman of the freight engine.
FREIGHT STRIKES PASSENGER
Collision 01
Place
'Frisco
Inside St.
Limits.
Road Takes
Louis
ST. LOUIS, Sept. .-Two coaches of
'Frisco passenger train No: 4. from Texas
were wrecked by a collision with a freight
train just Inside the city limits late last
night. The freight ran' through an open
witch upon the main track Just as tho
passenger was passing and went between
the first and second coaches. A. R. Mo
Neal of Salem. Mo., who was sitting in
the rear of the first coach, had his hip
crushed. Several others were slightly
bruised. The passenger train waa running
thirty miles an hour when th accident '
occurred, unj th fsct that the freight
crashed between coaches probably pre
vented loas of life.
Hammond Jury Discharged.
NEW YORK. Bent. JS.-T-atlmony In the
rase of James B. Hammond, founder of the
Hammond Typewriter company, whose san
ity ts being Inquired into, was concluded
late last night Ths Jury wss unable to
agree after being out six hours and was
discharged.
Motorman Killed In Crash.
TOLEDO. O.. Sept 28. In a collision on
the Toledo at Port Clinton electrlo railroad
today MotormaSi Null was killed end Con
ductor Ursnton and a 'lf doaea othets
( UUulan.
!REICS OF COXFETT
Air and Many Mouths Are Filled witt
th. Tiny Bits of Paper.
CROWD BIG AND GOOD-NATURED
King's Highway Jammed, but
Everybody Has a Good lime.
BUSINESS FOR ATTRACTIONS
People Come Early to the Show and
Stay Until Lights Go Out
FAINTS AFTER SLIDE FOR LIFE
Roy Throws Confetti In Face of Mile,
I,aanre and t a nerves the
Daring Little French
Woman.
Attendance at
Carnival.
1907. ISO
2.5S8 r.Mtf
906 (.470
19i 5.
3.ir.7
6.4M
,6JJ
Wednesday
Tl'ursdav ..
Friday
(Tuesday night, October I. auto parade.
Wednesday night. October S, electrlo
pageant. .
Thursday afternoon, October S, women'
float parade.
Friday night. October 1 coronation ball.
Saturday night, October 6, carnival close.
Saturday, children's day.
Monday, South Omaha day.
Tuesday, Iowa day.
Wednesday, Douglas county day.
Thursday. Lincoln day.
Friday, Nebraska day.
Saturday, Council Bluffs day.
Attractions on King's Highway.
Slide for Life-s p. m. and 8 p. m.
' High Dive 4:50 p. m. and 8:30 p. m.
The Bagdad ahow, which Is not free. wll
occur at S:30, 8:18 and :80 p. m.
There Is rejoicing among the directors of
the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival, for fliat. which
was lost Is found.
The balloon, Samson, In which Joe Simons
soarod away Into the sky last Thursday,
and which, after depositing him safely at
Thirty-sixth and Parker streets, suddenly
broke away and went gaily off on an excur
sion of its own, was found Saturday morn
ing east of Avoca, la. '
The director of the carnival are glad,
because the errant balloon was valued at
8300, It being a fine article, mude of Japan
ese silk. The brave navigators of the air
are glad because the finding of the balloon
makes possible the races, which are
scheduled to take place between It and Its
twin. A farmer, living ten miles west of
Avoca, la., Is glad because by finding th
balloon on his farm he has earned 810, which
was the reward offered by tho lord high
chamberlain of Ak-Sar-Ben for Information
leading to the recovery of the runaway.
The farmer, milk palls In hand, was
walking from his house to ths barn Satur
day morning rubbing the sleep out of his
eyes and yawning profusely when an odd
looking object lying on the neighboring
Mil attracted his eye. It looked like a
gigantic mushroom. He went over and In
vestigated. '
He Knows What It Is.'
The big gray mass of soft material might
have pusxled him had he not been reading
j"bf the lost balloon In the papers.
He
knew what It was at once and. being a
faithful subjoct of King Ak-Sar-Ben and
knowing that there was urgent need of the
balloon in the capital city he lost no time
j n letting Robert Everett, city marshal of
Avoca. know mat
It was on his farm.
Mr. Everett lost no time In sending a
wagon for the balloon and a message to
Omaha. Samson lost no time In ordering
the balloon forwarded by fastest express to
the' capital city and Samson's secretary
lost no time In writing a check and send
ing It to the farmer west of Avoca.
Thus is the only 111 omen that has dark
ened the horoscope of the carnival put to
naught The hydrogen tanks are working
overtime In the big tents and the big bal
loon which has stayed ,at home was filled
with gas Saturday afternoon and made a
aucoessful flight, as also did the great air
ship.. The prodigal waa returned late In
the day and will go up Monday with the
other, and then the first real race Is to
be run between the two, big bags.
Samson, -desires to notify all person
In the country round about Omaha to be
on th lookout for utrsy balloons during
the next wqek. so thst If one of the big
fellows gets away it may be recovered
without loss of time.
Sun Shines on King's Highway.
The sun was a visitor on tlie King's High
wsy Saturday. Of all the honored person
who enter the portals of the city of pleas
ure none Is more welcome than Mr. Sun.
His coming was greeted with smllua and
hi presence -spread about a genial Influ
ence and caused visitors, showmen, con
cessionaires and directors alike to smile the
smile that won't come oft as long as Mr.
Bun stays. Ha has free admission to th
grounds, to all the booth and to all the
hows. v
In fact, though the great carnival of Ak.
Sar-Ben Is held in th midst of a Christian
country, all the governors, the nobles, the
ladles of the court, the ladles In watting
and the subjects of ths wide realm of the
Corn Belt are ardent Sun Worshippers
during the magic ten-day period of the
festival.
The optimism of the showmen during the
downpour of Frldsy found vindication
Saturday morning when Old Sol raised his
smiling round face above the horlxon and
shot long, bright rays across a sky of k
purest asure unspecked by the smallest
cloud; undlmmsd by the slightest haso.
The freshness of the raln-cleared atmos
phere was delicious to the taste. Draggled
bunting and flags were quickly dried and
began to wave with their former vigor.
LOO OP BAYSDORFER'S AIRSHIP
Busy Day for Great Admiral and Ana.
Ions One for Public.
All day Saturday thousands of expectant
people waited for Admiral Baysdorfer to
all out of ths cove on the, carnival ground
,n ret airship "Samson." Wireless
bulletins were received at The Bee office,
a special correspondent looking out of Ti
Bee edltoriul rooms almost every minute,
to keep Informed of the progress of the
ship.
At T:38 s. m. the sun was shining, and th
ship's cook begun breakfast. Th meal
consisted of Java and hamburger sand
wiches "guarintead under the pure food
laws."
8 a. m. Muggsy, th ship's boy still asleep
by the ship. -
8:30 a. m Telephone In The Bee offlc.
Dougla SOL begins ringing. Inquiry about
the tlma th airship will sail.
S a, m. Navigator Baysdorfer and his