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The Omaha Daily Bee HEWS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. A Paper for th Horn THE OMAHA DEE Best West VOL. XXXVII NO. 94. OMA1IA, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1D07 SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. r ) IV Thief Executive ia the Gueit of ths Citj of Memphii. LAVISH DISPLAY IN 'HIS HONOR Ze Make. Addresi at Annual Water way. Conyention. f ieeds or Mississippi valley legion the Richest and Most , Important in World. UVERS SHOULD BE UTILIZED rwrlr TkDMd MMm e( Navigable Streams C Be If ad of Greatest Value to the Country. MEJirillS, Tenn., Oct. 4.-Thousands of citizen, and visitors thronged the streets f 'Memphis today to do honor to President Roosevelt, . and the many dis tinguished men who are ' here attending the second annual convention of the lakts-to-the-gult waterways convention,, which met at the Auditorium rink, this morning. Never before In the history of Memphis has suob a lavish display of (lass and bunt ing been In evidence. The buildings on tho principal streets are a masa of color and pictures ,f the president are numerously displayed throughout the city. President Roosevelt and party arrived In the harbor of Memphis at 12:60 p. m. and Immediately landed amid the screech ing of whistles and the cheers of the thousands of people. 'HEMDEKT PPKAKS AT MEMPHII "hlef Executive Calls Attention to Needs of Entire Nation. MEMPHIS, Qct. 4.-Presldent Roosevelt, n his address to the convention, said: Under any circumstances I should wel some the chance of speaking at Memphis In the old historic state of Tennessee, rich 111 Its glorioits past and In the certainty tt an even greater future; but I especially congratulate myself that I am able to peak here on an occasion like this, when I meet not only the citizens of Tennessee, but many of the cltisens of Mississippi snd Arkansas and of other states as well; and when the chief executives of so many states are gathered to consider a subject of momentous Interest to all. The Missis slppl vslliiy s a magnificent empire In size and fertility. It Is better adapted to the development of Inland navigation than any ' otlitr valley In either hemisphere; for there ia 13,000 miles of waterway now more or less fully navigable, and the conditions are so favorable that It will be easy to Increase" the extent, of navigable water ways to almcst any required degree by canalisation. Early In our Industrial history this valley was the sat of the largest development of Inland navigation In tho United States, and Derhana vou will pardon my mentioning that the first steamboat west of the Alleghenles' wss built by a Roosevelt, my great-grandfather's brother. In 1811, for the New Orleans trade, and In that year made tho' trip from Pittsburgh to New Orleans.. But from various J cauwea . river u and canal transportation' declined all over the United BUtes s the railroad systems came to their full developments It Is ourbualneas Vf e' that the decline Ts not permanent; Ind It Is of interest ' to remember that fiearly a century ago President Madison . advocated the canalisation of the Missis- sippt ' : . Wealth, si Rruaree. 'r In wealth of natural resources no king dom of Europe can compare with tha Mississippi valley snd the resIon around the great lakes, takes together, and In population this huge fertile plain already surpasses all save one or two of the largest European kingdoms. y In this empire a . peculiarly stalwart And masterful people finds Itself In the surroundings liest fitted for the full development of Its powers and faculties. There has been a great growth In the valley of . manufacturing centers; the movement Is good If It does not go too Tar: but I most earnestly hope that this region as a whole will refcialn predomi nantly agricultural. -The people who live In tha country districts, and who till the small or medlum-alzed farms on which they live, mako up what la on the whole the most valuable asset In our national life. There can be Just aa real -progress and culture In the country aa In the city; especially In these days of rural free de livery, trolleys, bicycles, telephones, good rosds, and school Improvements. The alley of the Mississippi Is politically and commercially more Important than any other valley on the face of the globe. Here mora than anywhere else will ba determined the futura of the United States and Indeed of the whole western world; and the tvpe of civilisation reached In this mighty valley.- In this vast stretch of country lying between the Alleghenles and the Rookies, the grest lakes and the gulf, will largely fix the type of civilisation for tha whole . western hemisphere. Already, as our history shows, .the west has de termined our national political develop ment, and th fundamental principle of present American politics, political equality, was orlalnally a western Ides. The wonderful variety of resources In different 'portions of the valley make the demand for transportation altogether ex ceptional. Coal, lumber, corn, wheat, cot ton cattle on the surface of the soil and beneath the soil the riches are great. There are already evident strong tendencies to Increase the carrying of freight from the northern part of tha valley to tha gulf. Throughout the valley the land la so fer tile, as to make the field for tha fsrmer peculiarly sttractive; and where In the went the climate becomes dryer we enter upon the ranching country? while In ad dition to the products of the soil there are also tha manufactures supplied In Innumer able manufacturing centers, great and small. - Cltlea of astonishing growth are found everywhere from the gulf to the (treat Lakes, from the. Alleghenles to the Rockies; .most of them being situated on the great rivers which flows by your doors or upon some of Ha numerous navigable tributaries. New mineral fields are dis covered every year; and the constantly increasing use of aU the devices of Inten sive cultivation steadily adds to the pro ductive power of .the farms. Abovo all, Ihe average man Is honest. Intelligent, self reliant, and orderly, and therefore a good i-ltlsen; and farmer and waseworker alike In the last analysts the two most Import ant men In the community enjoy a stand ard of living, anj havs developed a stand ard of s.'lf respecting, self-reliant man hood, which are of good augury for the future of the entire republic. No man can foresee the limit of the possibility of de velopment In t Mississippi valley. River Should Ba Vttllsed. Burh being toe ease, a ad this valley be ing literally IBS near or me inuea eiaiea. ill tnai congorns ne wwir miu wu rn ltkewian the whole country. There- orv. the MlaslssiDDl river and tts tribu taries ougiit fcy all means to be utilised to their utmost possibility. Facility of cheap transportation Is an essential ia our mod ern civilisation, and we cannot afford any longer to neglect the great highways which nature has provided for us. These natural highways, - the waterways,, can never ba monopulised by anv corporation. They be long ta all the people, and It la In tha af no on to take them away. Wherever a navigable river runs beside ii.iau tJie problem of regulating rates on ho railroads becomes far easier, be- r'ver leaulatious is rate regulation. When the water rate sinks, the land rat .,!.. i Kept at an exfaatve height. Therefor It Is of national importance to develop tliese almaiiis aa ulghays Is tha jml : nt winch U genuinely orofltahl. Year b', Var transportation yrohleuia be came - -ut, and ihe time has come when really ft to serve ss sr- terirs id should he provided with cbaniiei e, aoeugh and aide taeugh ta make the investment of the necessary uieaey profile tie ta the public The n UeaaX gevarumer.t should undertake this (SBtlae4 aa Fourth Pages) SUMMARY OF TUE BEE Saturday, Orlobrr 3, 1007. (007 OCTOBER 100? Sua MOa rut wed t.u rat aT V 1 I 2 3 4 5 0" 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 i TUB WEATKIB. For Omaha. Council Bhiffs and Vicinity Fair Saturday; no Important change In temperature. For Nebraska snd Iowa Fair SaMrday. Temperature at Omaha t Hour. teg. 6 a. m 63 6 a. m 4 . 7 a. m 45 8 a. m 50 9 a. m 55 10 a. m 60 H al m 64 12 m 67 1 r. m 71 i p. m 74 X' . DOMESTIC. President Roosevelt, In Ills speech be fore the waterways convention at Mem phis, declared his belief In the need of the deep channel Idea, but alio called attention to the numerous propositions before the government In the way of In ternal improvements. Fags I The president will soon call a conven tion to consider the conservation of the natural resources of the country. . Page 1 Secretary Straus, in Ms speech before the Cotton Manufacturers' convention, pointed out the need of modification of the tariff. Vara 3 The grand Jury that investigated the claim of President Moffett of the Stand ard Oil company of Indiana that other shippers besides the Standard benefltel by rebates reported to judge Landls that Mr. Moffett was unable to substantiate his charge and ha did not even write the letter of the company so widely circu lated. Fays a Census report on cotton shows a big falling off In number of bales ginned. - Page 1 Hindus are not wanted In Washington, a band being driven over the border Into Canada, whence they had escaped. Paxs 1 Secretary of Commerce Straus will lake ateps at once to stop the "white slave traffic" to tho United States. Page 1 Former Captain Klrkman of tha United States army will be released from the federal prison at Leavenworth today. Ho Intends to secure the publication of a book exposing army Ufa. ' Page 1 United States Senator Piatt states that the frequent suits of Mae Wood against him have no other aim than to extort money. Page 1 Tha price of salt has advanced uridor an agreement . between the trust and tha Independent dealers.' . . Paffa. 1 '. , ITBBHABKA. , r plJh-XatfdwalL-who defeated by.lL T. Clarke, Jr.; for' the republican nomina tion for railroad commissioner, -has ap plied' to . the secretary of atate for In formation concerning the proper way to run by petition. Paa 1 Nebraska railroads have taken steps at Lincoln to appeal to the United Stxtee supreme court the suit In which Judge T. C. Munger denied them the right to enjoin the railroad commission's reduc tion of grain rates. Paga 3 roBxxoir. Rioting has been renewed at Calcutta. Page 1 Germany has ejected Mormon mission aries who are trying to renew their en ergies in Saxony. P" KOTXIOSVTS OP OCEAJf 8TXAJCSKXPS. ran Arrives. Sailed. Adrtitie La 8olt. Fred. Omsaa. MEW YORK Pretoria Luiae Daltlc. NEW YORK Koarnsta ....... K. A. Victoria. NEW YORK K. Cacllia. NEW YORK SOUTHAMPTON. CHERBOURG) ...DetttaebUnd. RENEWED RIOTS AT CALCUTTA Newspapers Attribute All the Blamo for Name to Police Officers. CALCUTTA. Oct. 4. The rioting hare, caused by seditious agitation, during which about forty policemen were wounded Tues- day night, waa renewed last evening In I the streets of Northern Calcutta. Students and hoodlums collected on the roofs of ; houses and In the roadways and pelted i passers-by with bricks, Europeans being ' especially singled out for attack. Tha Bengali newspapers today throw the whole blame for the riots on the police and allege police brutality. There haa been no loss of life, but many persons sustained ' severe contusions and scalp wounds and many street cars were damaged. MEETING OF POLICY HOLDERS New Orleans Man Calls Those later rated In Mutual Reserve Life Companies. NHTtV ORLEANS, Oct. 4.-W. D. Robin- eon of New Orlesns, a policy holder, to day leaped a call for a meeting of the policy holders of the Mutual Reaerve Life Insurance company and the Mutual Re serve Fund Life Insurance association In the states of Louisiana and Mississippi, November 7, 1907. Tha meeting Is called "for the purpose of tsklng such ateps as may be necessary for the protection of the Interests and the legal rights of the policy holders." iWIRE MEN HAVE GRIEVANCE ! i . Key Founders on Rio Grande Demand j Reinstatement of Una DENVER. Oct. 4.-H. B. Perham. na tional president of tha Order of Railroad Telegraphers, arrived In Denver yesterday to take personal-charge of tha grievance ef the telegrapher, against the Denver 4t Rto Grande railway. Reinstatement of R. H. Skeggs. discharged because of his re fusal to test Western I'nton wires at Grand Junction, ha. been demanded by tha teleg rapher, and has boen flatly refused by the Denver ec Rio Grande officials. SURVEYOR GjNERAL KILLED John F.. Daly Falls oa Stair at Pari land. Ore.. Breaking Ilia i "erl ' I'ORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 4 John E. Daly, Untted Utiles surveyor general, .lipped f u . the .Ulrs In tha Belllng-Hlrsch building t tere today and broke hie a CALDWELL MAY MARE RACE I Edgar Man, Defeated at Primary, May Bun by Pe v "n. SEEKS PLACE ON r V l BOARD Me Has Seat nry of State .Tonkin rf .or Instrac- lor yjV salsg la .dently. (From a Staff Correspondent. LINCOLN. Oct. 4. (Special Telegram.) Does P. A. Caldwell of Clay county pro pose to run by petition for railroad com missioner despite his failure to secure the ' republican nomination at the . prlm-jry election? This Is a popular questfon In Lincoln today. It arises from the fact that Mr. Caldwell has written to Secretary of State Junkln asking minute Instructions upon the law regulating the act of running by petition. Mr. Junkln has sent him the desired Information, advising him he trust secure a petition of 1.000 names and have It In the hands of the secretary of sate In time to allow his name to be printed on the ballot when the others are. If Mr. Caldwell Is contemplating filing by petition, as his inquiries are believed to Indicate, his action will be a hock to j his friends, whom he assured he would ' not make the race unless he was inad , the regular nominee of his party. To the correspondent of The Bee he stated em phatically and his Interview has been published that If he fulled of the pri mary election nomination he would bow to the Inevitable and by no means allw his name to appear on the ticket. While some of his best friends in Lincoln main tain Mr. Caldwell is not the man to go back on such a declaration, they fear con niving politicians have prevailed on him until he haa consented to listen to the siren voice with a view of making the race if conditions seem at all propitious. Rev. Wilbur P. Ferguson Arrested. Rev. Wilbur P. Ferguson, the Methodist minister of University Place who recently demltted the ministry as the result of a In the sacks the men were carrying, os coir.pro:r.Is!ng situation, was arrested here tenslbly for the purpose of getting pro thls morning on the charge of adultery. ' visions. Tho bluejackets were questioned. The charge Is preferred by E. A. Cross, ; whose wife made certain admissions lay ing' the blame on Mr. Ferguson, when tho matter was under consideration by the church authorities. Rev. Mr. Ferguson, when charged or iginally with unbecoming conduct, was to have had a trial before the conference, but wnen tne time came tor tae hearing ne declared It Impossible for him to secure a fair hearing and said he would withdraw from the, ministry before he would un dergo the trial. He did withdraw and forthwith filed civil suit against Mr. and Mrs. Cross and certain ministers of Unl verslty Place for $26,000 for alleged de- famatlon of character. His arrest on the criminal charge Is the answer to tha suit His hearing In police court has been set for October 14. DAVIDSON COMMENDS CLARK Superintendent Praises Lectures f ran Chicago University ' Who Cornea to Omaha. Dr. S. II. Clark, who will lecture In Omaha Monday and Tuesday night next week under the auspices of the Woman's club, has been highly commended by edu cators. Ha will . deliver two public ad- dresses here at the First Methodist church, the first one Monday evening on "The Spirit of Literature" and the second one Tuesday, an interpretation of "Stephen Phillips' Ulysses." Concerning him Super intendent Davidson says: "Dr. S. , H. Clark of the University of Chicago is one oi tne aniest anp most pleasing speakers on the educational plat form today. When the plan of bringing him to tho city was proposed by tha European committee organised for the pur Woman's club I had no hesitancy In Join- ' pose of drawing up a grain certificate for Ing In the enterprise, for It hail been my . American acceptance decided today to ad purpose to Invite Dr. Clark to lecture be- Journ the meeting of the committee, called fore the teachers alone soma time wlUiln for the beginning of October at Hamburg, the coming year. With this thought In owing to the unfavorable prospects of the mind I all the more readily Joined In the ' committee's proposition being accepted by plan to invite him to come to Omaha in j the American shippers In the present posl October as proposed by the Woman's club, tlon of the market A conference will be In this decision I feel sure of the hearty and unanimous support of the principals end teachers In the Omaha schools. "We have In store for us a rich profes sional treat. I regard Dr. Clark as with out a peer In the Held of Interpretative lit erature, as well as In his simple talks to teachers on "How to Teach Reading." I am anxiour tnai tne scnoois oe stirrea this year along the line of teaching read ing as an art In itself, and I am looking to Dr. Clark to enthuse the entire teaching force from the high school tot the kinder garten grades." CENSUS REPORT ON COTTON Blc Falling; OS In, Number of Bales Ginned from Growth of tho Year. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Tha census bureau today Issued a complete report, t showing tha cotton ginned from the growth of 1907 up to September 26 was 1,669,977 bales, against 1067,283 bales last year and J,S66,71 in 19ns. Report counts round bale, a. half bales. The total number of active ginneries re - ported waa 18,162; total ginneries reporting to September 26. last year, was 20,416, and In 19U6 was 2VS89. The number of round bales for 19D7 was 41,86. as compared with 6S.S02 for 19 and 74.81" for 1905. Sea Island bales numbered 4.240 for 1907, as compared with 2.6-9 for 190 and 11,934 for 1906. EXPLOSION IN COAL I Four Men Cau.ht Behind Fallln Back aa Believed to Bo Dead. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Oct 4.-An ex- plosion of ga. occurred In m.n. No. 7 of the Tennessee Coal. Iron Railroad com- pany at Pratt City tula morning and a y . .... . . cave in ot me row luuowru. r our minera, including the bank boss, were caught be- hlnl Oi. In -ni nr- tt.llA -. . K dead. A number of injured men were taken out and removed to hospitals. HINDUS WERE NOT WANTED Moh at Danville. Wash., Drives Them Across tho Border to Canada. i El'OKANE. Wash.. Oct. 4-At Danville, Wash., last night an angry mob drove a i small party of Hindus across the lino Into Cunada, sending a shower of missies after them. A few .hot. were dlschsrced at the tre.paa.era .but ... ws. Injured. It 1. believed. Th. Hindu, had found shelter in a cabin at Danville following their cap from Canada, Germany ejects mormons Three Americana of This Faith Have Been Peat from Coan try fur Activity. DRESDEN. Snxony, Oct. 4. Three Ameri can Mormans have been expelled from Germany as tho result of persisting, despite final warnings prohibiting them from spreading their propaganda, In conducting river baptisms and making converts. They were arrested and summarily taken unaer guard to the frontier. The Imperial authorities decided in 1WJ that it was not desirable to allow Mormon agents to continue their activity in Ger many, but owing to the representations of the American embsssy in Berlin nd of Chief Missionary Cannon, whose field of activity was central Europe, with head- . quarters at Berlin, the foreign office al lowed the Mormons a month In which to , xhls. together with the election of delegates settle their affairs and leave the country. by clergy and laity to the general confer There were at that time fifty Mormon ence at Baitimore next May. were the most mlaslonsrles In the various German states notahie events of yesterday s session. The and the grounds for their expulsion were vot on thB colgre! bishop proposition teachings contrary to public morality and ,tood tnrty.elx t0 thlrty-slx and was the social order. It was also agreed with Mr. reuIt of mueh. dphate. The delegates and Cannon that all Mormons, who. were Amerl- j alternat).I elcted vere. ran citizens, snouia discontinue proselyting : In Germany. ' The German converts. of whom there were several thousand, and who continued " .......j pastors, were subjected to various police hindrances. Mr. Cannon moved his cen tral European headquarters to Switzerland j and 11 understood, has since returned to I Balt Lake City. It Is now presumed his successor is re-entering the German field for Mormon missionary work, from which formerly many women converts were sent to Utah. CARTRIDGES FOR THE MOORS Landing- Party from ftpanlaVi Battle ship Caught moarsrllna; A mu nition Ashore. PARIS. Oct. 4. Special dispatches re ceived iere from Tangier declare that the customs officers of that port today stopped a shoe party from tho Spanish battleship ; Numancla and found eighty-three package, of cartridges for Martini rifles concealed but they were not able to give a satis factory explanation of the destination of the cartridges. As similar parties have been landing from the Uumancla for weeks there Is no doubt that large quantities of amunltion have thus been smuggled ashore and sold to the natives. MIKADO'S MOTHER IS DEAD Report at Toklo that JVakayama Passed Away Early This Morn ing; In Palace. TOKIO, Oct. 4. it was reported this '. morning that the real mother of the em- ,'" -' ' ""' - . , , , ,. , . ., . court, was seriously III. It Is. believed, . ... . . .. . , . . however, that she died early today. . The emperor Is officially supposed to be , . . . ' . . 1. heir to' the. throne by- the late Emperor Komi Tenno, who died in 1867. Aeronauts on Way Over. PARIS, Oct. 4. Alfred Le Blanc and Rene Gasnler, who will pilot the balloons Isle de France and Anjou In the race at St. Louis, Mo., October 21 for the James Gordon Ben nett International aeronautical cup, left Paris today for Havre, whence they will sail for New York on the French line steamer La Lorraine tomorrow, Edgar W, Mix of Columbus, O., who has lived In Paris for several years," and Is an enthusi astic aeronaut, will second M. Le Blanc In the race and Charles Levee will second M. j Gasnler. Conference Over Certificate. HAMBURG. Oct. 4. The International held later either here or In Londan. Rice Crop Better This -Year. TOKIO, Oct. 4. The final official forecast of this year's rice crop shows It to be 1Z per cent above the average. I PRICE OF SALT ADVANCES Under Agreement Between Truat anal Independents Expenses Are to Ba Cut. NEW YORK. Oct 4.-A tactic under standing has been reached between the International Salt Company, known a. sail trust, ana certam inaepenoent rn.nu. The Hlrgt MemorU, Methodist church of facturers In regard to regulating the fu- 0mana at a meetlng of Its fourth quar ture course of the market for evaporated j terIy conference unanimously voted that salt, according to statements made in well : tha blahop b, re,ueate(, to return the pas ntormrd circles, says the Journal of Com- merce today. This action was taken. It Is said, In consequence of the higher cost of labor and supplies, as well a. because of the overproduction of salt, A. a result of the understanding price. have recently been advanced fifty cent, to $1.00 per ton from the low figure, prevail- ' Ing a month ago, when sharp price cutting wss In progress. Incidentally a policy or retrenchment has been Inaugurated and various firms have reduced their work- Ing forces. BISHOPS LISTEN TO REPORTS Convention of Episcopal I'hureh at Hlehmonal Taken Up with i RICHMOND. Va., Oct. 4 The general 'Episcopal convention today observed mis- 1 sionary day. The house of bishops and the house of deputies met In joint session In ' the hall of the latter at 11 o'clock, the bl.h- op. occupying seats on th. platform, with Bishop Tuttle presiding. Th. bishop of Al- bany. a. chairman of the board of missions. v.,. i.i . - v r-t.-tn.-T ,.. v.e..... j Reports were received from the Woman's -nvlliarv th Hnnil.v arhnnl .ii.IM.r- . v. - American church building fund commission, . the American Church Missionary society ' and the church mission's publishing com- m?" v. - address on the "Progress of the Church's 'Missions at Home and Abroad." ROBBERS GO THROUGH BANK Thlrty-hlue Hundred Dollars fleeared ; by Yesra-mea at Art i Maryland. AROO. Md.. Oct 4.-Th. State bank of Dickey, Lamoura county, was burglarised early thl. morning by yeggmen. who J.ecured $3,900 la cash from tba ..fr vote DOWN COLORED BISHOP Lay Delegates to Methodist Confer ence Tie on Proposition. DELEGATES TO GO TO BALTIMORE ome Contest Ensaes Over tho Elcc- , tlon of the Clergymen Repre sentatives to tha General Conference. Seventy-two lay delegates to the North Nebraska Methodist conference In OmahA yesterday failed to authorise revision in the constitution of the church that would provide for the election of colored bishops. CLERGY. LAITY Rev. J. W. Jennlngr.Mrs. A. McLaughlin. Rev. G. H. Main. B. H. Paine. Rev. wlllant GorstC. W. Delamater. Kav jj 1J- Muiarj. c. 11. Grav J. M. Tamplln. The last two In the clergy list are alter- nates and the last three in the laity list, Mrs. McLaughlin and Mr. Delamater are of Omaha, Mr. Paine of Grand Island, Mr, Torpin of Oakdale, Mr. Gray of Central City and Mr. Tamplln of Tekamah. Mock Interest In Delegates. The chief Interest of the conference meeting Friday morning centered around the election of delegates to the gen eral conference, which meets next year In Baltimore. Dr. J. W. Jennings, a mem ber of the North Nebraska conference, but a resident of Kansas City, was elected one of the three ministerial delegates on the first ballot. Rev. G. H. Main, presiding elder of the Grand Island district, was elected the second delegate on the fourth .... , .... , j "ot- lVerl?.n ba"oU. were was elected as the third ministerial delegate. Rev. H. II. Millard of the first Methodist church, South Omaha and Rei. Thomas Bllhel, presiding elder, of the Nellgh district are al ternates. Simultaneous with this session the lay delegates to the conference held a meeting In the Westminster Presbyterian church, where there was a lively discussion of some of the problems of the church, particularly that of negro bishops. When the question was put to a vote It resulted In a tie, thlrty-slx votes being cast on each side and it stood thus when adjournment was taken at noon. Afternoon the question was resumed and the vote unchanged. Bishop McDowell announced that he had received notice of a meeting of the board of trustees of Northwestern university. f wn,ch wl make ,t necessary for h,m tQ leave Omaha Sunday night In order to be present. It was voted, therefore, to ad- j T . , . . , ' . ' I Journ Sunday night Instead of Monday i . a k ! " " F.a.. .The memorial service for deceased mia- t " V morning will be- held following the ordl nation services Sunday afternoon. The meeting of tha conference will be held next year ltu Btanton, the Invitation from this town being " unanimously ac cepted. , ' Admitted Into Conference. The following ministers ware reported passed In their fifth year's studies and voted Into the conference: Walker C. Kel- ; Page; Harry G. Langley, Ponca; Homer A. Taylor, Archer, and Harry G Kemp. They will be ordained elders Bun day afternoon. The following were reported passed In their first year's studies and advanced to the second year: John W. Henderson, Palmer; Charles F. Innls, Purple Cane; John H. McDonald, Cairo; Ward Morse, Wolbach; Edward A. Smith, Greeley; El mer C. Smith, Herman, and William B. Wetherel. Arizona. The following were changed at their re quest from effective pastors to the super numerary list: J. L. Phillips, St. Edward; F. M. Druliner, Hartington, nnd C. S. Hughes. Pender. Superintendent Spurlock of the Mothers' Jewels home In York reported the encour aging progress of the work there. More than -600 children have been placed In Christian homee by this Institution during , Its history. Rev. John Crews reported progress In the home for superannuated ministers at Blair. fhl V. n !Ti f- V. inir A&tahlt h.il In u erty presented to the conference a year ago. A resolution of sorrow and condolence was adopted on behalf of tho family of Rev. Dr. James M. King of Philadelphia, corresponding secretary of Ihe Board of Home Missions and Church Extension. Session tor. Rev. William Esplln, for his fifth year, pastorate of the church All Revisions Rejected. Seventy-two delegate, attended the lay conference, which held its sessions In West minster Presbyterian church, through the ot that church with John Dale consisted of both men and women. All the resolutions embodying proposl : ttons to change the constitution of the J Methodist Episcopal church were voted 'down. These comprised, first avproposl- 1!" ' 'r ""''T'0" ,! "T 4 , - wt i v., w.,,u wi.t. ' f ' ",....M.UI.. related to the change of the ratio of rep resentatives in the district conferences, l upon which should be feased the election of a delegate to. the general conference. ' These propositions fixed tho ratio at sixty. - ."iww, on delegate of those attending the district conventions. These three propositions were vo,ted f wn bjr , ""'""V"!1,' Th" rat ' representative, will therefore re- maln Pre"nt fluf delegate , "'""'" ,"" district conference. A resolution wss adopted that a sum clent fund should be collected to defray ' eXPfn' f Prlntln Preedlngs ' V? conerenc'' wltn thoM of the , B,'n"t"Ul, conference. ', JLZ'SX.XTti'Z . ,1,. t... hMU. .1-. I. . . Foot Ball at Bellevue Saturday. The Bellevue foot ball team has a game for Saturday afternoon with the team front the Military academy of Nebraska City. Bellevue has a strong team this fall and never In the history of the institution has as much Interest been taken In the game cUi.!.' draw. UrV. numb, "of th.VlVnd. of the college to Bellevue whenever a game Is scheduled en the college campus, where in. game witn neoraaaa city will be flaysd Saturday afternoon. ' - PLATT makesa statement United States Senntor Kays Wood Is Seeking to Get Money. Mao NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-Unlted States Sen ator Piatt made formal denial today that Via .v.r mnrrlpd XTnn r Vnnd Who iS ' suing him for divorce, alleging that she , was married to the senator November 9, I 1901. The denial was made In an appllca-I tlon In court today by his attorneys asking authority to examine certain papers In the case. The senator, n his petition, as- serted that she had never made a claim to him of such a marjiage until December 24. 190S. but had tried to extort money from him. More than three years after the date on which she asserts she was married to him, the senator averred, she was threat ening; to sue him for breseh of promise and retained a law firm of Richmond, Va., to act for her. The senntor submitted a copy of a letter from the firm written to him In January, 1905, In which they announced that Miss Mao C. Wood had employed them to prose cute her claim for damages for breach of promise snd for alleged consplrscy cul mtnstlng In New York In 1903 by which she asserted she was fraudulently compelled to surrender certain letters written to her by Senator Plott. In the f.ill of 1906, the senator asserted. Miss Wood brought two suits against him in Omaha In which the alTpiruttnna were ah- solutely Inconsistent with her present claim w jj,"" of marriage. These suits, ho says, were.n', j' penfo'lii!! brought to gain notoriety and to extort money from him. Both suits were dis missed. The senator alluded to publications of what purported to be a marriage certificate, which, he said, had been mutilated by cut ting away the part that should have con- talned tho name of the man who officiated. WHITE SLAVETRADE TO END Secretary Straus Will Take Steps to Put Quietus on Importa tions. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-Secretary Strai)s ak4 I Itn rilnrtmAnt s4P Pnnim asa and T iVist snd Frank P. Bargent, commissioner of immigration, have determined to eliminate the "white slave" traffic from the United States If possible. On his recent trip through the northwestern and Pacific coast states Secretary Blraus' attention was di rected to the increasing Importation of women for Immoral purposes. The Japan ese and Corean Exclusion league Informed 1 1 1 1 n that hundreds of Japanese women were brought to America surreptlously, and held In practical slavery, and sold by their Importers. Becretary Straus ordered a rigid Investi gation and It was discovered that the 'white slave" traffic was far more wide- spread than had been suspected. Involving tho Importation Into America not only of Japanese women, but of women from France, Austria, Russia and Italy. It Is proposed to have a careful Inquiry Instituted, in all of the large cities par ticularly, and a roundup of alien Immoral women will be made.- Those who have not been In the country three years and are found to have been brought here Il legally will be arrested and subsequently deported. Before they are returned to their ..... ,, t native lands, however, they will be re- quired to furnish evidence against those who brought them here, and prosecution. wlll be begun against those responsible for the traffic. It Is proposed to make example. of such men women by sending them to "ver, crystal in i" -imprison, j gleg, the same design and material being CAR MISSES LONG PLUNGE n . m. 7" - trolley Pole Alqne Sure. Liven of Pif - tabula. ASHTABULA. O., Oct. 4. Fifteen pas sengers of an electric car. Including several , women. .,u ,.... ...u i.niuuwjt j had a narrow escape late last night from J plunging to their death from the Ashta- women, and a motorman ana conductor bula & Pennsylvania Electric railroad via duct to the Ashtabula river 100 feet below. The passengers were In a panic and sev eral were injured by flying glass. The car was saved by a trolley pole from making tne piunge. me uouy u. tine tracks and one end hung suspended over the river. DEATH RECORD Mrs. Adda F. Fowler. Mrs. Adda F. Fowler, wife of former State Superintendent W. K. Fowler, died at 4 o'clock Friday morning at tho family . home. Ii21 South Twenty-second street, i Lincoln, after A severe Illness of but one day. Mrs. Fowler was formerly Miss Adda j B. Parker and was born In Logan, O., June , , (1 , Cl.. MA .a X' ..t... all . n IWCI w th her parent., locating at Scribner. She ..'.- J.i. . w v iri-. ITOil Ullli.'l ill inaiiB v - a QanloitihoK 9ri 1 fcSQ at f . n r..vn nrilla Minn Mr. and Mra. Fowler made their home at Blair in 1S93. where Mr. Fowler wa. super- lnterylent . of public schools, remaining there until his election a. atate superin tendent of public Instruction, and on Jan uary 1, 1901, removed to Lincoln to enter upon his new duties. The family has since lived In Lincoln. Mrs. Fowler Is survived by her husband and four children Marie, aged 16; Kirk, aged 14; Frank, aged 11, and Florence, aged 7 years. Her mother, Mrs. Harriet Parker; Is still living, as Is a sister, Mrs. Arthur English of Omaha. Tha funeral will take place from the family home In Lincoln at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. In terment will be made In Wyuka cemetery, Lincoln. Mrs. Fowler had many warm friends throughout Nebraska and Ohio, where she wss well known. Daniel J. Walsh. Daniel J. Walsh, 32 years of age. died Thursday night at his home, 1813 Dorcas street, after a prolonged Illness. He was In the employ pf the government as an Inspector and was highly esteemed by his superiors and associates. He Is survived by his wife and two children. The funeral service, will take place Saturday, October t, at 1:30 a. m. from St Patrick', church. Interment will ba made In Bt. Mury'a cemetery. Heavy I.o.e at Webster City. WEBSTER CITY. Ia.. Oct. 4(Speclal Telegram.) The stucco and retarder works I here burnod this mornlrg., Loss, $26,000; In surance, IT.ruo. The building will be re built fireproof. HYMENEAL r M tnrsey-aweener. John W- Carsey of Bt. Francis, Kan., and Mlsa Florence Sweeney, durhter of James nweeney, were raarnea i i.ursaay evening at 8:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lewis. 118 Boutli Twenty-fourth street. Rev. Charles W. Bavldge was the officiating minister. Dyhhro-BJerke. Alfred Dyhbro and Miss Amelia Iijerke, daughter of Emll BJerke ef Verdon, 8. D were married Thursday evening at 7:80 o'clock by Rev. Charles W. Bavldge at tha j latter', residence, t28 Maple street NEW KING AND OUEEN Ak-Sar-Ben and Hit Consort Queer, on Their Throne. THIRTEENTH OF THE DYNAST! , Coronation IS Superb CUmaX 01 Week Of Festivities. VICTOR B. CALDWELL IS KINO Shares His Royal Seat with Miss Nathalie Merriam. CEREMONIES ACME OF BEAUTY Conrt Where Qulvera Crowns Mon arch Scene of Surpassing; Splen dorCoronation Gown Creation of Art. King. K. M. iturtlett... t'usper K. Yoat. Reign. Queen. I Miss Woolworth II Miss Dundy Ill Miss KountSK IV Miss Allen V Miss Morse ...,.VI Miss Lotnax ...,Vll Mias Pmltlt ...VIII Miss Cotton Kdward r fecK 'It. S. WllcOX. T. A. Fry. vs.h M.it IX Miss Brady Charles H. Pickens X...Miss Klrkendall Gurdon W. Wattri....XI Miss McShann Gould Diets. .v XII Miss Wood Victor B. Caldwell. ..X11I....MIB8 Merrtani The scepter Is In the hands of King Ak- ' Sar-Ben. The diadem Is upon the hesd of his beau- tlful queen. All the land of Qulvera, the seven cities of Cibola, the region of the fourteen rivers and the vast extent of the Corn Belt, sing together one glad paean of rejoicing. The thirteenth scion of the royal house of Ak-Sar-Ben was crowned amid scenes of the richest Gothic splendor at Uie feudal castle of Qulvera last evening, r rom an ! parts of the kingdom 5,000 people were i gathered, occupying the galleries and tho floor of the great and brilliantly lighted coronation chamber. A color scheme of red. green and yellow was carried out In the room. At the dais and throne In the north end of the building everything was In red carpets, draperies, the throne Itself. The celling hangings were yellow and the pillars and sides of the great room were green. Magnificently robed, the king entered the room and approached the throne, where he accepted the scepter, and, taking off the mask which had concealed his Identity, re- ', vealed himself to bo Victor B. Caldwell The queen, who proved to be Miss Nathalie Merriam, was gowned in a Paris creation of such exquisite splendor and magnificence as has never been seen In Omaha before. Coronntlon Gown Manlrteent. The coronation gown,' a Collot creation, waa not only queenly in Its lines and the richness of Its material but approached the spectacular In the oriental splendor of , Its Iridescent ornamentation. Cut princess, ' . . ,, . . , ... . It waa of white net built over white satin, t ,w . ,, , wlth Bp" Z Thu. ? aw , -ver .Wrt with It. full .weep- : " traln carrled a. dftop . Ml nd wheat straw, embroidered In I employed in tne giraie. The bodice, cut lSrS ! "tones edging a design worked out in j lrl(1(18Cent BpanBles. Bands of the same JlBllClll i . . 1 1 . . . . ' " ' h. the short, draped sleeve, which ware caught up with Iridescent tassels. A rich substitute for the time-honored1 red and blue velvet coronation robes that. j wltn few exceptions, have dono service for , , of Uje AU.Sar.Ben queens, was a long j ye,vet coronatlon mantle bordered with a broad band of silver, crystal and Iridescent pearl embroidery. In each of Its lower corners was embroidered a large flour do lis and the robe was held to place at the shoulders by trlpple ropes of pearls , ,nJlnB Wltn a iOOBe knot between the shoulders. The Jewels were In keeping with the gown. A dog collar of pearls and brilliants surrounded her throat and be low this was worn a necklace of pearls, turquoise and diamonds while dropping below this wss a trlpple rope of pearls caught In festoons with diamond buckles. The crown of brilliants that has graced the heads of all of Quivera'a queens was worn above a gold hind studded with dia monds, emeralds, ilhues and topax. The princesses of the court were gowned l alike In white with long court, trains of oranB " et "l'rold're1 front, of the skirt, were panel gold. The ed In whits satin embroidered with the seal of Ak-Bar- Ben- tne c"tl8 of the rlsln "u"' cneU ; of old ,eav" wer" worn and on eUh" side of these were knots of orange tulle. COSTUMES WORN AT THE BALL Occasion aa 1'sunl for tho Display el Rich Toilets. Following are the costumes worn by th women. B Mrs. John Balsby, Geneva White glib costume: diamonds. Mrs. Joseph Bsrker Light blue radium, with tr'mi'iiiiirs of annlti'ie lace. ' Mrs. A. G. Beeson Black and white chif fon over Mark stlk, designed with whit lace and black velvet. j Mrs. E. A. Benson Blue messallne silk, ir--. . Ul cream lace. I Mrs. C. K. Black Palo blue liberty sstlt I with trimmings of real lace Insertion. Tlx under drop was of butter-culurud silk, glv lnn rainbow effect; white aigrette hall ornament. .,. j. it. Blancliard Black Spanish luce r -r wh'te chiffon anil white silk; trim mings of cream lace; diamonds. Mis. K. F. Brallcy Rose taffeta Witt rose velvet trimmings and Irish point lacn diamonds. Miss Olga Bratley White opera batlstf over white silk; corals. Mrs. it us-" Hi anue.s White baby Irish I princess robe, inset with touches of pink I and black velvet: diamonds. Miss Bessie Brady Light blue satlr wi'h exqutaite trimmings of point lace. Mrs. John B. Brady Cream measallnt sll" Insei 'th rr.-uoi silk lace. Mrs. Ralph Brcrkenrldge Gray voile, liiM.-t with white applique. Mrs. C. B. Bogue, Jr. Dainty white me. j saline silk gown, di-aigned with tiny sprsyi of blue flowers; elaborate Iriah point tart trimmings; pearl and diamond hair ornu J merit. I Mrs. E. E. Ilryson Cream crepe d chene. designed with pink rosebuds auc ' shaded-grern leaves, with elaborate trim- : mlngs of pale green in. upaline folds anc ruffle, of lace; diamond pendant and pear. . jr- I tr- r.. r:. nruce imnortea wnite prin- re Ha .are roue over cinnon ana wuite situi diamonds. i K. Burket Gray voile, trimmed w:,i cr-an andt'ie; diamonds. Mrs. It. B. Uusrh Handsome white lact robe. V Mrs. Victor B. Caldwell White silk rotlt with exquialte white lac. trimmings. Mis. J. C. Colt While figured net ovei green messallne, edgings of while tullt ruciilugs. , Mis. Austin Collett Exqulslt gown a.