The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXV II NO. 08.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1907 TWELVE TAdES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
I
C0ND1TMJF CORN
tGoreniment Beporta Decrease of 11.2
Points Over Tear Ago.
I 7 '
IJJEAELY TO TEN-TEAS AVEBAGE
Intimate Placet Percentage
Against 79.6, a Lou of .
78,
'STATE CUOP SHOWS
DEC1
Tnr.TifTr.rVno Pnfuti RelnW last Teal.
-" ' ,
Eirht BelOW Ten-1 ear Average.
XIQUEE3 OH SPBUTG WHEAT
Tleld la Placed at Baahel an
Acre, Againat 18.7 Bnahela La at
Teuv and 1-T Bhel
la 10OB.
WASHINGTON, Oct. . The crop report
board of the bureau of statistics of th
Department of Agriculture finds from re
ports of correspondents and agents of the
bureaus ss fellows:
The condition of corn on October 1 was
78.0, as compared with ! last month,
flO.l on October 1, Wt, 88.2 on October 1,
1906. and a ten-yr average of 79.8.
The following table shows for each of the
principal corn states, the condition on Oc
tober 1 of this and last year, with the ten-
year averages;
Oct. 1,
1907.
. m. o
. "0.0
. tw.o
, MO
. 7
. 7.0
. MO
. 78.0
. 88. 0
. 60.0
Oct. 1, 10-yr.
1906, avg.
Illinois ,
Iowa
Nebraska
Mlsuourl
Texas
Kansas
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Arkan:.-
Indian Territory
87.0
97.0
90.0
!).
78.0
8.V0
80
B9.0
99.0
93.0
M.O
85. 0
n.o
80.1
84.0
92.0
77.0
50.0
71.0
5 0
86.0
MO
82.0
78.0
87.0
72.0
mo
Oklahoma mo
South Dakota 72.0
United Slates 7K.0
82.0
79
Spring; Wheat Yield.
The estimate of the average yield per acre
of spring wheat Is 111 bushels, which
compares with 13.7 bushels as finally esti
mated In 1906, 14.7 bushels in 1906 and a ten
year average of 14.0 bushels. The total in
dicated production of spring wheat is about
210,067.000 bushels, compared with 242.372,9f
bushels as finally estimated In 1906. The
production of spring and winter wheat
combined is about 82S,547,000 bushels, com
pared with 735.2W.970 bushels as finally esti
mated a year. These and other preliminary
estimates of yield are subject to revision
when the final estimates are made In
December.
The following table shows for Ave prin
cipal wheat states the preliminary state
f yield per acre and total production In
bushels th's year, with final figures for 1908
for comparison.
Per . 1907 Per-. . 1908
Acre.
Tots 1. Acre. Total.
North Dakota.... 10.0 6fi.iao.onu is. 77.9iUi
Minnesota , 13.0 69.8H1.00 1H. Efi.Ntd,6!U
South Dakota, ...11.2 23,23-.0"0 1.1.0 41.9,6.400
Washington 24.S 81.90O.Oirt 19 17,lSt.
Iowa 1LV8 0.4rU 14.9 7.74S.WO
.United States-.-.-. . 1.11 1!H.e1!7.W 1S.0 2B,3T2,Wi6
REFUSE TO STOP SPECULATION
Bed lea la Cottoa Convention Decllaa
to Paaa Resolvtlon of Coa
grniaus Hefltn.
ATLANTA. Oa., Oct. 9. By a vote of
4 to 1 the bodies composing the Interna
tional Association pf Cotton Growers and
Spinners vottd to refer the Hcftln resolu
tion asking congress and the British Iar
llament to Investigate the cotton ex
changes to the different bodies -for indi
vidual action. The Southern Cotton as
sociation voted In the negative.
This, of course. Is regarded s prac
tically destroying the force of Congress
nan Heftln's resolution, which was aimed
M cotton speculation and cotton . ex
changes. The report of the committee ' on better
trade relations between growers and
plrmors was finally adopted after sev
eral changes had been made. One uf
these placed the conference on record
. . 1 . 1. ... I 1 L. I W 1
furred by the great majority of spinners.
CHURCHMEN WANT HANGING
Mow Jersey .Member Protest Against
Farther Executive Interference
In Schuyler Case.
TRENTON. N. J., Oct. 8. A delegation
of church members, headed by the Rev. C.
8. Woodruff of Fleming-ton, has visited
Oovernor Stokes to protest against further
exeauttve Interference in the banging of
John F,. Schuyler, convicted of murder In
Hunterdon county, where the delegation
caul from. Such an action is unprecedented
In th history of the state. Schuyler has
been reprieved three times. A number of
other Hunterdon people do riot want their
county smirched with what may be the
last hunglng In the stale. Schuyler la on
uf two men likely to be hanged for mur
der. All other capital punishment must be
Inflicted by electrocution at the state
prison, this city, according to th new law.
STEEPLEJACK'S HIGH CLIMB
Plan to Oo Vp FlaajataaT on Singer
Balldlas; la New York
Cltr.
lake elevators for grain cargoes as the re-
XKW YORK, Oct. . Ernest Capelle, a 1 ult of peculiar conditions at Port Arthur
nervy little steepljack. expects to put up . ,nii t-0rt William, Canadian Lake Superior
a new high climbing record toduy, w hen porta. The Canadian crop is -so backward
he ascends the flag staff of the Singer that elevators at those terminals are ship
bulldlog tower to clamp the gilded globe Pnl- high-grade grain back into the coun
to th top of th staff. At about 7(4 feet try to supply Ue demand of the mills,
above th ground. Cap-die will go to work .
then .to paste gold leaf on the globe. Al- SIAMESE DIPLOMATS' PLIGHT
together the staff of welded steel is f .
feet 1 Inches long. Above the pinnacle of Actinic Minister aad Attach of Dele
the tower it stand. 61 feet 8 inches, whll i aatloa at Mask lng ton Sir.
84 feet of it 1 firmly supported Inside the rowly Kacnpe Druwalag.
tower, at th base the stuff ts lo Inches 1
In diameter, at th tower 1t Inches, and
at the top, wher the ball will rest, l
Uithta. The steel globe la 12 inches - in
diameter.
FORD HELD FOR THIRD TIME
Jarr PMnds Him Gallty oa Oa Count
of Secreting, lateadlnc
Eaikaul.
CHARDON. O., Oct. 9.-R N. Ford was :
today found guilty on one count In the In-
dlotment, which charged him with wreck-
lng th bank at Burton, O. The Juror
found the bunker guilty on the fnurth count
of th Indictment, which charge him mlth
"cretlng with Intent to embezzle." Ford
wa one befor convtcUd. but released by
. . Aim.nr miih 'p i., w. 1. . . i 1 .
me oircun conn, in uurion oang luuea
four year ago for 81.2GO,OuO. The Jury was
Aiitr Bauiiriv iwaniv.rrii t-.itiit I'ltta . i
rttd'a third trial
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
Thursday, October 10, 1007.
1907 OCTOBER 1007
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QC 7 8 9 10 II 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 2G
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sy, TStH WXATXZB.
V. V ""t till 7 p. m. Thursday:
V OMAHA. COUNCIL BLUFFS AND
, &. u - fair Thursday; warmer
TY Fair
. ' NEBRASKA. Fair
Wtt. , hrsdav.
Thursday ;
Ft, .' IOWA-Fair Thursday;
Thursday.
Temperature at Omaha:
warmer
Hour.
49
R7
59
6 ,
1$ !
3
6
DOMESTIC. 1
Government crop report shows oondl
tlon of corn 'at 7 per cent October 1,
against a ten-year average of 79.6. Tho
crop In Nebraska is estimated at 68,
against 80 last year, and a ten-year aver
age of 77. Pag'l
Cassie Chadwlck is said to be very ill
in the Ohio state prison where she is con
fined.' Pare X
Coroner's Jury is making a thorough In
vestigation of the Sapp murder case at
Iola. Kan. rage 1
Moulder' at Columbus, O., because his
wife would not withdraw divorce suit
kills her and then tries to end his own
life. Pag 1
Churchmen at Trenton, N. 3.'. call on
"governor to stop Interfering with hanging
of John B. Schuyler. Page 1
Cotton men In convention refuse to pass
favorably on the resolution of Congress
man Heflin aimed' at speculation on cot
ton exchanges. . Page I
Priests walking among the panic
sticken occupants of tenement nouses in
New York City avert great loss of life
during big car barn fire. Page X
- R. N. Ford was convicted In Ohio of
secreting money with intent to embezzle.
Pag X
Director Conrled has returned to New
York broken in health, he says, because
of worry over Caruso's arrest. . Page X
Standard Oil .' company's books are
shown up in the trial at New York, evi
dence being produced to show evasion or
law In ownership of various subsidiary
companies. Page X
Steamer linos are likely to be impli
cated in giving rebates, according to tes
timony In the Standard Oil hearing.
Pag X
ITEBXASKA.
Anti-saloon mun are busy at Lincoln
preparing to use thenew. Jaw. for . remov
ing derelict officials to prosecute county
officers who do. Jiot enforce the Slocmnb
laW. ' ' Pag a
Secretary of State Junktn getting out
samples for official ballots. Page 3
Federation of Woman's Clubs ha a
busy session. Biennial sessions Ukely to
carry. Pag X
poasxair
. Canada Is forced to send grain back lo
mills that was once shipped ay be
cause of scarcity. Pag X
William Marconi aays that in a rfhort
time the wireless system will be open
for commercial uses between Europe and
America. 1
BPOKT.
Chicago Nationals defeat the Detroit
im.rir.ni at Chicago by a score of 3 to
presence of a great crow on
to Grounds X
1 In the
the Chicago
HOTSUXSTS OP OCTAJT TBAMSHtP8.
Port. ArrlTad. KallM.
NBW Yonk lajranla.... CirmtnU.
NEW YORK Potsdam.'..; Kronprlai Wllh'ra
NEW YORK 8nOorto.
r LONDON.
K WHh.Im II..
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. DIVORCE SUIT CAUSES MURDER
Holder at t'olnmbn Shoota Wife and
Taken Acid Became Case
Was Poshed.
COLUMBUS. O.. Oct. 9-Alfred Butt, a
molder aged 36 years, went to the home of
his wife early today and, forcing his way
Intd the house, asked her if She was de
termined to push her suit for divorce. , She
said "yes" and he grabbed her and tried
to force carbolic acid Into ber mouth,
burning the flesh about the lips. Falling In
this he shot her dead and then turned the
weapon upon himself and put a bullet In hU
body. Falling to kill himself he .swallowed
an ounce of carbolic acid and Is dying at
the hospital. .
CANADA PULLS GRAIN BACK
Steamers Are Taking; Hlh Grade
Grain Back lato Domlulon
for Mill.
8UPERIOR. Wis., Oct. 8.-Canadlan
steamers are coming to the head of the
GLOUCESTER. Mass., Oct. 8 M. Rata
nayahti. acting Siamese minister at Wash
Uigf ind M. Sheun. an attaches of tbe
lctat. .1 had a narrow escape from death
off Little Good Harbor beach yesterday.
They wr out in a sail boat, which was
upset In the storm, but clung to th keel
of their boat for half x an hour until
rescued. '
PRESIDENT STARTS FOR BEAR
Chief Executive la Good Health aad
Galdes Are Certain II Will,
i Gt gum,
i
gTAMBOUL. Lu., Oct. 9,-Tlie president
anrt 1... llln,i. r,.r.v atartnl out riv
.j, ,nornlnj in tearch of bear. The weather
.. .
c1Kiol are favoiahle und the guide
; kr, t,ln ,ut gm- iu i. titm-4. Th
j ptetldenl is in excellent health and keen
I for the spjf
Deg.
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Vr 8 a. m
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Q BvJ- " 10 a. m
J.r. Y) 11 a. m
" sl- i m
ftsV? , 4 p. m
M 7 jLs 6 p. m
I I 8 p. m 69
' ' 8 p. m 67
LIBRARIANS OF NOTE SPEAR
Dr. W. K. Jewett and A. E. Bostwick
Among the Orators.
CONVENTION 13 WELL ATTENDED
Over One Haadred and Fifty Active
Ilook ' Workers Am at the
Dual State Meeting la
la Omaha.
More than 16 active workers were
present when the Wednesday morning
Joint session of tha Nebraska and the
Iowa Library associations was called In
the lecture room of the Omaha Public
library building. It was one of the most
Important and Interesting sessions of the
three days' convention. Q. H. Thomas.
superintendent of schools at McCook and I
president of the Nebraska association,
presided.
"The libraries of the City of WaBh-
ton," was the subject of an address by
Dr. W. K. Jewett, llbrsrlan at the Uni
verslty of Nebraska.
He told Of the ex- f
cellent system by which the big libraries .
of the various departments of the govern- J
ment are indexed and of the manner in
which the most esoteric information on
even the obscurest subjects Of deepest
technicality Is available at a moment's
notice.
He mentioned the libraries of the Bureau
of Agriculture, the patent office, the
weather bureau, the bureau of education
and the department of state, but did not
touch on the library of congress, which
ts entirely too big to be treated except
In a separate paper. All these are open
to the public except that of the department
of state. Upon the shelves of the latter
library are volumes containing, perchance,
deep stat secrets and therefore they may
be used only with special permission.
The library of the surgeon general Is
the third largest storehouse of medical
lore in the world. And the beneficent gov
ernment in an effort to disseminata as
widely as possible such knowledge as may
lead to a diminution of human suffering,
loans any desired volumes from these
shelves to any library or physician in the
country, making no charge except that
for transportation.
President A. E. Bostwlck of the American
Library association, spoke on "Library As
sociations." Association Gives Strength.
"Association In any worx gives strength,"
he said. "This is true from the most primi
tive states of men, or even of animals. Two
savages striving unitedly to lift a heavy
log are drawn together and strengthened
by their community of Interest. Also their
united strength results In lifting a heavier
load than either could lift alone. The same
Is true of our library association. We are
drawn Into closer fellowship and we are
strengthened to accomplish much more than
we could separately."
Mr. Bostwlck is in charge of the circula
tion of the public library of New York
City.
His subject was to have been "Book
Buying Methods." At the close of his ad
dress questions were asked him on this
topic, which is of Interest to all librarians.
"It U my decided opinion that no reliance
fclmuld be put ou published book reviews."
he said. "It Is true that of the making of
books there Is no end, and It is impossible
for book reviewers of the magazines and
papers to carefully read all the volumes
poured in upon them. Possibly the best
solution of the problem Is to have a com
petent nsslstunt in the library read books
and thus determine whether they are suit
able for the shelves."
The meeting adjourned at 11 o'clock and
the delegutes went to Fifteenth aid Far
nam streets, where they took street cars
for a sightseeing trip over the city. This
was by courtesy of the Commerclul club.
The ride ended at the South Omaha library
building, where luncheon was served at 1
o'clock.
Afternoon Session at Sonth Omaha.
The afternoon session was held In the
South Omaha library. Mrs. O, J. Wortman
of South Bend tqld of the organisation of
la library for circulating books among the
farmers and of its great popularity. Purd
B. Wright of St. Joseph, Mo., spoke on
"The Library and the Mechanic." Miss
Edna Lyman of Ouk Park, 111., taking as
her subject. "The Listening Child," told of
th branch of tho work which consists of
reading to children.
Las; evening at tho Omaha library build
ing a college and reference librarians'
round table was held et 7:20 o'clock and
at 8 o'clock there were talks on "Spain,
Yesterday and Today," by E. P. Fitch of
Council Bluffs, and C. W. Martin of
Omaha. A slereopticon talk with motion
pictures was on the program.
Th program for Thursday is as follows:
JOINT SESSION COUNCIL BLUFFS
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
9:30 a. m. "Reference I'se of Public
Documents," MIhm Alice Marple, reference
librarian public libruiy, Des Moines, la. -
iJIscusNion Miss Margaret A. O'lirlen, as
sistant librarian, public library, Omaha.
"Some Demands of UhrariaiiKhrp." Miss
M. E. Ahem, editor public libraries, Chi
cago. The Book Side of Things." Miss Harriet
A. Wood, librarian public library. Cedar
Rapids, la.
1 p. ni. Seeing Council Bluffs, courteay
Council Bluffs library board.
JOINT SESSION COUNCIL BLUFFS
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
2:30 p. in. "Library Initruction in th
Normal School," Mini Anna V. Jennings,
librarian. Normal school, Kearney, Neb
"Th Library and the School.'1 Superin
tendent F. E. Lark, president Iowa Teach
ers' association. Onawu. la.
DlacusHion W. N. Clifford, superintendent
of schools. Council lllufta; V7. M. Davldtion,
superintendent of schools, Omaha.
' p. 111. Reunion dinner Society of Iowa
Ldurary school, at I lie (irand Hotel.
COUNCIL BLUFFS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
8 p. m. Address. Dr. N. E. Schaeffer,
state superintendent of public Instruction,
HarriMburg. Pa.; reception by Council Bluffs
library boura.
Session In Blaffs Today.
Th Iowa and Nebraska Library associa
tions will hold Joint sessions In Council
Bluffs today. The delegutes to both con
, vent tons will be the guests of the Council
1 Bluffs Library board on a motor tour of
the city. Starting from the public library
building at 1:15 p. 111., the guests will be
taken to Fairmount park, where a short
t0P wl" ' enable the visitor
to take lcK,K round. Leaving FalrmOunt
I'ra, me cars win go easi on i-ierce sireci.
rouni the loop at Oak street, buck to
,,ettrl treet. and then to Lake Manawa,
where another short stop will be made.
The- guest, will then be brought bark to
ine uorury uuiiuinz lor me aiiernoon sea-
len
In the evening, t th conclusion of the
address of Li. '.. VH. 6i?aeffer, state super
intendent of puollc instruction, Harrlsburg,
Pa., the visiting delegates will be tendered
a reception at the Library building by the
library board. There will be music by
Whaley's orchestra and llgnl refreshments
' served.
. , , . . ,
1 nis is 11. e i rogram ior toiay:
MORNING.
8:30 A. M. "Uetereuce Use of Publlo
(Continued oa Second Page.)
TRACE OF CLARKSONS LOST
Myeterr Jurroundlna; 1tn( Ceaple a
Ie part ere from New lark Is
Couetaatlr Increasing.
LONDON, Oct.. . The purser of the
steamer Majestic, which left New York Oc
tober 2 and was stated to have among Its
passengers Samu-l Clarkson, a young Kng
llshmsn, and his bride, who was Miss Helen
Maloney, daughter of Martin Maloney of
Philadelphia, wns communicated with today
on the subject by wireless telegraphy. He
replied that If Mr. and Mrs. Clurkson are
on board they are traveling under assumed
names, as there are no passengers on the
Ma Jen tic registered as Mr. and Mrs. Chirk
son. The Majestic is due to arrive at Ply
mouth today.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. -The mystery which
surrounds the disappearance of Miss Helen
Maloney, or 'Mrs. Samuel Clarkson, who Is
said to be ono of the most Wealthy heiresses
In the world, is Increased by the news from
London Indicating that the eloping couple
are not on board the Majestic. When the
Information from the purser of the Ma
jestic was conveyed to the home of Mr,
and Mrs. Maloney today it was stated that '
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iici:i,uiiLa ul uich uttUKULtr .HB Bill!
unanown to mem.
FLTMOTTTir. Ftmlnnrt Oct
8 The
steamer MaJ. stlc arrived today. No trace
wss found on board of It of Samuel Clark- I
son and his bride. It Is believed here that
they sailed for Liverpool from New York,
October 3, aboard the Baltic..
MOCRS WAYLAY THE FRENCH
Heconuolterlne; Cnlnmn Ambathed
ear Ond.ln aad Two Spahls
Were Killed.
ORAN, Algeria, Oct. 8. A French recon
nolterlng column, consisting of two com
panies of sharpshooters and a squadron of
Spahls and Algerian Irregular cavalry com
bined, was ambushed yesterday at'Guerbol
Hill, about nine miles from Oudja, Morocco,
by Benl ' Snassen tribesmen. The Moors
were repulsed, bu the French lost two killed
and .had two sharpshooters wounded. A
score of French cavalry horses were killed.
PARIS, Oct. 8. Official reports of the
fighting near Oudja say that a Moorish
raiding party, consisting of 100 horsemen,
was threatening the Angad tribesmen, who
were camped northwest of Oudja, on ac
count of the lattera' friendliness toward the
French. A French column was sent to pro
tect the Angads and dlnpatched emissaries
In advance to ascertain the Intentions of
the hostile tribesmen. ' The latter insulted
the emiHsarles. While some of tho Moors
still negotiated with the emissaries, who
consisted of a few" irregular cavalrymen, a
shot was fired at the Spahls, who replied,
driving the Moors to refuge behind the
Guerbol hill. Suddenly a cross-fire was
opened on the French troops and a regular
engagement followed, lasting feur hours, at
the end of which the Moors wera coiiiiietely
defeated. They left a number of dead on
the field.
COMMERCIAL WIRELESS SOON
Marconi Has Nearly Perfected Ar-
. raaa-emrntn for Service with
Old Country, -
NORTH SYDNEY, N. Oct. :.-With
the arrangements for a wireless service be
tween Europe and America so far pro
gressed that the transatlantic service may
be taken for an assured fact, William Mar
coni, the Italian Inventor, will within a
fortnight, leave for the station at Cllfden,
Ireland, the European terminal, where he
Intends to conduct further experiments
looking to the transmission of aerial mes
sages, direct from Europe, to the Pacific
coast. ' A atatton ' will be erected at Van
couver, B. C, as a part of this plan, which
is Intended as one of the preliminary
stages of wireless communication around
the world.
Mr. Marconi has been at the Olace Bay
station during the past two "weeks experi
menting with lonK distance communication,
looking to tho inauguration of tho trans
"""""c service, wnicn is cxp
Place1 at disposition of
business within a few days.
atlantic service, which Is expected to be
commercial
The report that communication with the
Philippines had been made by !tho Cape
Breton station was stated by Mr. Marconi
to b Incorrect.
BANK OFFICER . SAVES MONEY
Robber Make Vnsaccesaful Attempt
to Itob Rasalan of - Large
. . Sum on Traia.
RIGA, Russia, Oct. 9. A band of armed
men made an unsuccessful attempt Mon
day evening to get away with a large
sum of money in transit over the Dorpath
Walz railroad. The band boarded the last
car of the train here. Wh'.o the tr'ain
was belveen the stations of Elwar and
Boozenhof, the robbers suddenly opened
fire 011 the cur ahead of them, In which a
bank official with the money In his cus
tody was traveling. Tho official returned
the fire, and for a while the exchange Of
shots was lively and consternation reigned
on the train. When the melee finally was
over It wis discovered that, a gendarme,
two passengers and one of the robbers had
been killed und that the bank official and
suveral passengers, including a woman,
had been wounded. The robbers mad their
escape an.! the bunk official saved his
money.
BARK ADA MORRELL WRECKED
Captain aad Crew Saved by Steamer
Dewey and Taken to
Kingston.
KINGSTON. ' Jamaica, Oct. 8. Ths cap
tain and crew of the barkentlne Ada Mnr
rell have arrived here on board the steamer
Admiral Dowry. They were taken from
their ship last Thursday, the Morrell hav
ing been wrecked and waterlogged while
going from Salem to Philadelphia. Tho
wreck of the Ada Morrell whs set on fire
by the crew of the Dewey.
O'BRIEN'S RECEPTION DELAYED
Death of Mother of Mikado Result
la I burnt of OUlclal
Program.
TOKiO. Oct. .-Thuinas J. O'Brien, the
new American an.bussador to Japan, will
, n,colved in audience by the Japanese
j f mperor October 15. when he will present
j credential. The delay of the reception
of Mr- o j3ren waB duo tQ ,h8 recent death
j of si)iym, mother of the em-
I poror.
VALPARAISO HARBOR WORK
Plans I eider Way to Improve Chilian
Port, Making It One of
the Best.
VALPARAISO, Chill. Oct. 8.-PIans that
will convert Valparaiso into one of the
world's largest and best ports have been
accepted by a committee appointed by the
president for tbe purpose. French engineer
submitted their proposal. Th rk will
take nine years.'
BUSY TIME FOR CLUB WOMEN
Many Conventions Crowd Hotels and
Keep Some Away.
CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICES
Indications that the Proposal tor
Biennial Session Will tarry
X amber of laterestlnal
Addresses.
HASTINGS. Neb., Oct. .-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The second tiny of the thirteenth
annual convention of tho Nebraska Fed
eration of Women's Clubs In session here,
was replete with Interesting features. The
tax upon tho homes and hotels of the city
to accommodate representatlces at the
women's and Baptist conventions and the
Frantler festival, all In session now, has
deferred many club women from attend
ing, but the meeting Is still one of the
largest yet held. The morning trains have
brought many for the day only. Thurs-
day's registration showed 162 voting dele
gates from eighty-four towns.
it BUiuHnce 01 ine convention in
the ,ctn officers Thursday, the nom-
committee nas ortereo. tne tonow
lng: For president, Mrs. H. L. Keefo of
Walthlll and Mrs. William McCoy of Fair
bury j for vice president, Mrs. A. O.
Thomas of eKarney and Mrs. F. H. Colo
of Omaha; for recording secretary, Mrs.
A. S. Scatt of Lincoln and Mrs. O. C.
BrUce of Holdrege; for corresponding sec
retary. Mrs. Ida Swanson of Oakland and
Mrs. W. J. Mead of York; for treasurer,
Mrs. J. D. French of Hastings and Mrs.
Steele of Fall bury; for auditor, Mrs. C. S.
Langworthy of Seward and Mrs. O. M.
Stonebraker of Lincoln; for general fed
eration secretary, Mrs.,1. B. Letton of
Lincoln and Mrs. J. 'm. Paul;-for district
vice presidents, 'first district. Mrs. H. D.
Travis of Plattsmouth and Mrs. P. V. Gist
of Falls City; second district. Mrs. Ed
ward Johnson and Mrs. A. B. Somers, both
of Omaha; third district. Mrs. John Ehr
Hardt of Stanton and Mrs. C. E. Nevln of
Laurel; fourth district, Mrs. Carrie Peter
son of Aurora, Mrs. D. g. Crosby of Fair
bury and Mrs. A. I. Cowan of Ashland:
fifth district, Mrs. O. C. Bruce of Hold
rege and Mrs. Mattle Wells of McCook;
sixth district. Mrs. Max Ilostetler of Shel
ton and Mrs. W. H. Underwood of St.
Paul.
No Opposltloa to Mrs. Keefe.
No opposition whatever is offered to the
re-election of Mrs. Keefe as president, the
naming of two candidates by the nominat
ing committee being but a formality.
It Is generally expected that the constltu-
tlon will be amended Thursday to pro-
vide for a biennial Instead of an annual
convention to alternate with the biennial
convention of the general -federation.
The delegates from the first district met
Wednesday morning and affected a nermn.
nent organization of that district, adopting
a constitution. Thl provides no definite
tlmo of meeting however, but that the
district conventions shall be held after
consultation with club presidents of the
district.- Voluntary contributions will take
. J. VTn
ill Vor ,2 k. , , '"I". ""-
State lor the biennial ataf pnnwntlun anA
with thT Hastings and other-of the larger
dubs on that side the measure1 will doubt
less carry. Omaha women have taken no
definite action, bat are- offering no oppo
sition. Mrs. W. H. Ciemmons of Fremont, mem
ber of the general 'foderatlon's legislative
tommittee. made a strong talk Wedneart.v
MCT-riwiiy Ul legislative
work. She endorsed the recommendation
made by Margaret McCarter of Kansas
before the St. Paul biennial that lobbying
should only be entrusted to women dls-
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creet of Judgment and prayerfully In
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earnest, but It must be dono. As essentials
to the succe of women In legislative work
she recommended the creating of sentiment
organization, legislative method and the
ballot. V '
X umber of Addresses.
In her annual addreBS Mrs. Keefe urged
upon the women their Individual responsl-
billty In strengthening all the branches of
work being advocated by the 'federation's
standing committees.
Mrs. J. M. Pyle of-Wayne prejided dur
ing the educational session.
State Superintendent of Schools J. L.
McBrlen spoke on young people. Whila
recognizing the necessity of social life
umong young people in school, he advo
cated that restriction should be placed
upon It. Concerning teachers, he named
common sense, heart power, character an !
scholarship as the essentials and named
integrity and industry more vital than
life itself -to the boys and girls.
Miss Ephan Macrae of Brownell Hall,
Omaha, gave a paper on "Nature" pre
vision for Having th Work of tne World
Done." ,
The household economies session was
the feature of the afternoon and the hall
was taxed to accommodate th crowd of
women who wished to attend. Mrs. A.
K Gault of Omaha told of the state'
new pure food bill, explaining its pro
visions. The effects of pure food wero
given I na paper by Mrs. B. H. Aronson
of Fremont. Mrs. Harriet McMurphy of
Omaha, food Inspector, told of the work
of the Nebraska commission in tho in
terest of pure food and drugs. A general
discussion followed.
The visiting women were later taken
for a drive over the city, gue3ts of the
Hastings Commercial club.
Th literary session occupied the even
ing. Prof. S. H. Clark of Chicago uni
versity gave an address on "The Spirit
of Literature."
DEVOTION BEARS - DISGRACE
Wealthy Massachusetts Woman Mar-
rir, ainn liirr irrn in rn-ua
for Forgery.
WORCESTER. Mass.. Oct. 9 Miss Clara
C. Leach, a weathy woman of thl city, 1 against the Santa Fc and other railroad
has Just been wedded to John W. Maher, a alleging that the combination of lcal rates
former convict. The romance behind the : Imposed October 1 between Ashland and
wedding Involves the unwavering devotion : Oklahoma points is unreasonable and nu
of th woman for a business man whom j just. The complalpt asks that the def end
she loved, despite the disgrace following ' ant roads be compelled to maintain reason-
hi arrest. Indictment for larceny and
xorgery, nnii consequent conviction ior
laceny, and Incarceration for nearly four
years in Jail.
FALL OF A CONFIDENCE MAN
"Grand Central Pete" Seat to Work
houae After Lena; Career of
"Smooth Work."
NEW YORK. Oct. 8.-Pter Lake, fetter
known a "Grand Central Pete." who had a
teputation twenty year ago from New
York to San Francisco as the king of con
fidence men, has fallen upon evil days.
Hie old master of smooth talk had the
humiliation yesterday of being sent to the
workhouse as a common drunk and disor
derly person. Pet, who la now IS years
old, full the indignity keenly.
panic at FmE .s avebted
Ifnndreite of I. Ives Bndanaered
Bnrslng of ?lw York
tar llnrha.
NEW YORK. Oct. 9 -llundreds of lives
were endangered, thousands of persons
were thrown Into panle. 123 electric cars
lisi'd on several cross-town lines were de
stroyed and projerty los to the extent of
),fl"0 was caused by a fire In the Four
teenth street car barns early today. Three
hundred and fifty horses were laken out
In safety. As a resi.lt of the burning of
the cars service on all the cross-town lines
was greatly hampered today.
The fire had gained great headway be
fore It was discovered and when the fire
men arrived the walls separating the big
structure from adjoining tenement houses
were smoking hot. Instantly the word was
given to clear the tenements, aad tho occu
pants poured Into tha streets In a panic.
From that time on the police were as busy
attempting to control the frenzied hundreds.
most of whom were foreigners, as the fire
men were In lighting the fire,' which was
gaining hendway with startling rapidity.
It was not until several priests attired In
all their refbes appeared on the seen and
walked through the surging crowd implor
ing the people to calm themselves that any
thing like order was restored. Firemen
working on the fourth floor of the car
barn barely escaped when the floor above
thtm came down with a crash. A few
minutes later the Fourteenth street wall
of the building collapsed. From that time
on It was merely a question of drowning
out the flames In the barn and several ad
Joining tenements which had caught fire.
JURYN LOOKS JNNTO SAPP CASE
Mraterlous Death of Moran, Kan.,
Woman Helnar Freely Probed
by Officers.
IOLA. -Kan., Oct. 9. The coroner's Jury
that Is investigating the death of May Sapp.
the farmer's daughter who was found dead
In her father's yard at Moran, near here,
on the night of September 27, was taken to
that place this morning. ' There Frank
Reed, who Is quoted as saying he saw a
man and a woman quarreling In the rear
of the Sapp home on the night of the trag
edy; Mrs. Frank Messinger, who while
passing tho house heard someone scream
for help, and others will be examined. The
Jury probably will be brought back to Iola
lato today. "1
Samuel F. Whitlow, the married man who
yesterday lob! the Jury that Miss Sapp was
Infatuated with him and killed herself be
cause of nis refusal to desert his family
end clone with her. la belnr closely sriLardrd
In the county Jail here. There was a rumor
prevalent last nlcM that Whitlow had com- ,
mltted suicide, but this proved groundless, i
; The county officers decline to let newspaper
men,' see the prisoner. Two brothers of
i Whitlow visited him yesterday, but his wife
and three children, who live at Moran.
1 apparently have made no effort to see him.
MORAN. Kan.. Oct. 8. Dr. A. H. Do-
Ixing, the physician who examined the
body of May Sapp a few moments after
she was found dead, testified before tho
coroner's Jury here today that In his
opinion the case was not one of suicide.
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1 d I NUnU BUUK5 3HUWN UP
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wiinru at ew lork Dors Aot Ills-
Wkr Assets Were
Written Ol
NEW YORK. Oct.
ledgers and Journals of the old Standard
OH trust and several of its subsidiary com-
. . T "y" l"'
oil combine, for the purpose of proving the
governments contention in tne bill ot com-
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tor of the Sta
plaint that the Standard Is an illegal
rence G. Fay, assistant audi-
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T ,
Jersey, was again on the witness stand to-
day. Frank B. Kellogg, the government'
counsel, called attention to the balance
sheets of the Standard Oil. company of
.Kansas for 1899, on which the stocks ot
the Southern Oil tank line, Mutual OH cum-
pany. the White Golden Lubricating com -
pany, C. P. Wadner and company, H. Gar
lick and company and Protection OH com
pany appeared as assets.
Mr. Fay c-U lie could not explain why
the balance sheets In the following year
did not show what hud become of all these
assets and why they were written off.
C0NRIEDBR0KEN IN HEALTH
New York Director Declare Worry
Over tbe Arrest of Caruso
la the Cause.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Broken in health
and leaning heavily on the arm of a friend
Henrleh Conrled, director of the Metro
politan opera house, who has been In Eu
rope since tho close of last seasqn camo
ashore today from the steamer Kron Prln
sessin Cecllle. Mr. Conrled said his phy
sicians abroad had advised htm that he
had neuritis. He said his break down was
due to nervous strain over the arrest and
fining of Caruso. Caruso, he said, would
sing at the Metropolitan opera house dur
ing the coming season.
"All Europe," he said, "laugh at us be
cause of Caruso. The king of England and
the emperor of Austria have received him at Hecond and Cobb at first on a sham
and the emperor of Germany will soon. 1 double play. 1 Tinker to Chance. No runs.
Tinn-t talk tn me. anv more about Caruso Payne catching for Detroit. Chicago: 81a
Don t talk to me any more about caruso. , walkea BarfB Hloi0 oond and went
That dreadful thing cost me my health and 1 to third on Payno s wild throw, whlclt
every time I hear of It I feel worse." Mr.
Conrled said he had two new singers, but
would not announce their names.
OKLAHOMA FIRM OBJECTING
Complaint Filed with interstate Com
merce t'oinmlaaloa that Santa
P Dlaerlmlnate.
j WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-A complaint was
lodBy. fllud lth ,he interBtat Commerce
commission by the Gentry Hills Lumber
company of Pond Creek. Okl., owners of a
J, . . .,v. ' .:,,, .
large tract of timber near Ashland. Texas.
able rates on It product. It charge that
the cancellation of the former rates wa to
-1 -.,Qn rf-.i.r. in iblHhniriM tn nur.
chase supplies from competing timber lands
owned by the Santa Ye railroad.
I EMPIRE STATE TO CELEBRATE
Governor Haahea and Notables Reach
'Norfolk for State Day Ob
servance. NORFOLK. Va., Oct. 9. Governor Hughe
of New York, ccompan1ed by hi staff
and"not.ble. who are to participate In the
Empire siaie ceieuranou i me ..mr.iu. n
exposition tomorrow, arrived at ti New
York slate building today under escort of
New York stat troops from th dep
-1 -.h.M tha invarnnr lanriari Th.
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party
Tucker and olhtr tXQosltion g.
cms ' TAKE SECOND
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iinicag-o uaxionau win oiow uair.e
from 'Detroit Americans.
PFEISTER . AND , MULLIN PITCH
Payne Goes Behind Bat for Tigeis
. ' ' Instead of Schmidt.
TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND SEE GAME
Sunshine and Absence of Breeza
Improve Playing Conditions.
FIRST BUNS COME IN SECOND
Both Teams Score Once in ThU
Inalnx and f nlraao Makes
Wlnnlns Han In
Foarth.
CHICAO. Oct. . The Chicago Natlonali
defeated tho Detroit pen"" winners orf
the American league In the second of th
aeries for the world's championship this
afternoon. The score was 3 to 1. Slow
pitching and several slight accidents cuusod
the contest to drag out over two hours,
the delays trying tha patience of the big
crowd which again filled almost every Inch
of seating room.
Tho local team discarded the new gray
uniforms In which they appeared yester
day, api-earlng in their clean white horn
uniforms. The change seemed to put them
more at case and nlso apparently benefited
the Detroit players, for both teams played
more steadily than on the opening day.
After the first four and a half Innings had
dragged through an hour and thlrty-flv
minutes some sparkling fielding and sharp
hitting and base running hustcned th
contest to an end.
Pfelater and Mnllla Pitch.
Pfiester and ' Mullin wero the pitchers
and Payno went behind tho bnt In place,
of Schmidt, otherwise tho leanis lined Up
as yesterday. Schmidt's retirement wa
due to his inaccurate throwing, but In this
respect the change brought small Improve
ment, as the five stolen buses credited
to tho local team testify.
Playing conditions were Improved, th
crowd numbering VMOl s against over 21,000
yesterday, while warm sunshine and tha
absence of the chill breeze of the first day
kept spectators , and others comfortable.
What wind there was blew across th
diamond.
Two Unr.a In Second.
Rossman. whose hlttlng was the real fea
ture of tha contest, scored tho first run of
the contost In the second Inning. He hit
a. -rrounder toward Tinker, which bounded
away from the shortstop and rolled far
out to left field, the batsman making thre
bases on tho hit. . Coughlln struck out., but
Payne lifted a short fly to left field, which
Tinker might have caught but loft It
Bheckurd. The bull fell safe and RosnmeJI
t. . - A k.i A'l..r
and Mullin could not bring him home. CM-
cago tied the scor in tbclr half.' Kllng.
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Evers and Schulte singled In succession.
r.ninrtl,. tumn
Idling the bases with none out. Then Tinker
drew a base on balls, forcing Kllng home.
Right there Mullin suddunly regained con
s' Transcript of u,., ,,. hl rm nA OI1B .1.0 reached
home In tno next three innings Detroit
bat8nlen reached first base with none out,
but poor base running and inability 01
following batsmen to find openings in tl.
Chicago defense slopped them. Chicago
mlsse1 a gmiiar chance in the third, when
a doubl play and a strike out left runner
on first and third.
Winning; Runs In Fourth'.
The winning runs came in the fourth.
I Tinker' hit bouncing' off Mullin glova.
lie went to second on a sacrifice and
stole third. OXeary fumbled Slaglo
grounder. Tinker scoring: Slagle stole
. L..Anl and fa mi the rent of the Way on
i s.h,karil. ,,.... ,,,, ... After
Chance had popped out. Sheckard wa
caught trying to steal third.
After that fast fielding prevented either
scoring. O'Leary caught Off two hits ly
marvelous stop and throws In the fifth,
and repeated the feat in th sixth. Sheck
ard caught a line drive off his shoetups
In the seventh, and tho three Detroit vun
ncrs who reached first base were cut down
by Kllng' fine throwing. , 1 '
As In yesterday's game a fast .doubl
play stopped an imminent rally In the last
Inning. This time, however, the chance
were slim. Payne ended the gam with a
little hit In front of the plate, which Kllng
threw to first..
The teams will play here again tomorrow
and then will go to Detroit for two games.
They return here Sunday. ' 1
The receipts for today's came, a an-'
nounced by the national commission to
night, wero IM.ISO. Tho players will re
ceive IH.272-20, and each club I enrlch-4
I to th extent of 84.450.40. Th caUoruU B
mission gets $2,643. (
Pfelster went Into the box for Chicago
and Mullin for Detroit.
First Inning Deliolt: Jones singled to
left. Schaefer hit too hot for Ctiance to
hold. Crawford struck- out. bc.nanfer out
grazed Mullln's ear with such force that
a doctor was call-d to investigate the In
jury. SlaKle caught napping off third,
Sheckard flew out to Schaefer. Chance beat
out an Infield hit. Chance stole second, in
sliding Chance spiked Hchucfer and there
was another delay. Stelnfeldt fanned. No
runs.
Second Inning Detroit: Tinker let Ross
man's grounder get past him snd It went
for a three-base' hit. Coughlin fanned.
Sheckard dropped Payne short fly a fur
a hard run und Rossman snored. O'leury
fouled out to Stelnfeldt. Mullin flew out to
center. One run. Chicago: Kllng singled
to left. Evers beat out a alow hit to "uirt.
Schulte singled a hot one to 'eft. Base
I f:1"- Tinker walked, forcing Kllng acroa
the plate for Chicago first run. Pfelster
fann(1- Tne bs(., were Btlll fun wllen Bltu
gle came to bat Slaglu fanned. Mullin wa
cheered for his nervy work In the crises.
One run.
Third Inning Detroit: Tinker fumbled
Jones' grounder and Jones was safe.
Schsefer forced Jones at second. Tinker
unassisted. Schaefer out, stealing second.
Kllng to Tinker. Detroit insisted that th
( decision wa unfair, put It stood. Jen-
j nlngs was ordered off the couching line.
I Crawford fouled out to Kllng. No runs.
Chicago: Chance walked. Stelnfeldt hit bv
pitched bull. Chance took second. Kilns
flew to renter and Chance was doubled
off second, Crawford to Schaefer. Evers
. to .U1. going to third Evera stole sec-
oiiu. oviiuim laiuieu. i u iunp,
Tw for Chirac.
f..rth Inn1ae Detroit : Cobb singled to
center. Rossinau lilt to right, but Cobb hes
ItaLed between i.ral and a.'Cfnd fhlnlrln
gi-hulte would reach the fly, and was out
at second, bciiuiih to 1 inker. Uouglilin flew
VhTugo"': TTr .1',
but sacrincea, a
ndanvlna Tinker to aen
ond. linker stole HUrd. Ntugle hit I
O'Leary. too hot for him tt bundle, thereby
coring Tinker. Single stole second. rJhac'k
ard doubled to right, scoring rilugle. tilieck-
ura out stealing intra. Biiackurd wa out.
I Pay
n to Coughim. Chance flaw out t
I RoMrfTnfin. Two ronn.
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bin luuln Detroit: U'Lr
