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OMAIIA. MOXD
K MORXlJvG, DECEMBER 9, 1907.
SINGLE COPV TWO CENTS.
HE Oma
Bee
FT A
CALL FOR CONVENTION
Republican National Ticket Will Be
Selected in Chicago in Jane.
HOW DELEQATES AE.E SELECTED
Committee Slightly Modifier Method
- to Conform with New Laws.
DISTRICT STILL TO BE UNIT
Primary Election! to Be Held Where
State, St ' Ee quire i It
EITILESrST " IF TERRITORIES
Km M ex lea, Aa - Hawaii. Alaska
and Inontar slews Art
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" WASHINGTON. Dee. t fllclal cell
for the republican nstlon, .. t-onventkm, to
be held ;n Chicago on-June 1 next, was
ImuM today. It la signed by Chairman
Hsrry S. New and Secretsry Elmer Dover
of th publican national committee. The
call, which Is addressed 'to the republican
lectors of the Untied States." Is aa fol
lows: "In accordance with estsblished custom
and Jn obedience to instructions of the re
publican national conrentlon of 1901, the
.republican national committee now directs
that a national Convention of delegated rep
resentatives of the republican party be held
In the city of Cl.lcairo, la the atate of 1111
neis, at 12 o'clock, noon, on Tuesday, the
tsteenth day of June, 108. for the purpose
of nominating candidates for president and
vloe president to be voted for at the presi
dential election Tuesday. November S, 1902.
and for tha transaction of such other busi
ness as may properly come before it.
. "The republican electors of the several
states and territories. Including; Hawaii,
tha District of Columbia. Alaska, Porto
Rico and the Philippine Islands, and all
other elect ore. without regard to past poll
6J4 affiliation, who believe In the principles
af the republican party and endorse Ita
policies. ar cordially Invited to unite under
this call In the selection of delecatea to
aid convention.
Nanaber ef Delegate.
"Said national convention ahall consist
of four delegatea-at-large from each atate,
two delegate for each repreaentat ive-at-large
In the7 congress, two delegates from
each congressional district and ach of the
territories of Arisen. New Mexico and
Hawaii; tire elrgates from tbe District of
Columbia, and two delecatea each from
Alaska. Porto Rioo and the Philippine
Island.
"For each delegate elected to this con
vention, aa alternate delegate ahall be
chosen to serve tn case of the absence of
his principal.
'Tha defegates-at-large and their alter
nates shall be elected by popular state and
trrrttOTwrf' frmwnwa.es' .'w-ritsh - at least .
thirty days' nolloe' shall hare been pub
lished In some ewspaper or newspapers of j
general circulation In the respective stats,
or territory.
"The congressional district delegates
hall be elected by conventions called by
tbe republican congreeflonal committee of
each district, of which lit least thirty dsys
notice shall have ibeen published tn some
newspaper or newspapers of general cir
culation In the district; provided, thst in
any congressional district where there Is
rto republican congressional committee, the
republican atats committee ahall be sub
stituted for and represent the congressional
com mitten In Issuing said call and making
aid publication, and proxided that dele
gates both from the state at large and
thetr alternates may be elected In con
formity with the laws of tbe state In
which the election occurs, provided, the
state committee or any such consressleinal
ommittee so dbect; but provlfied' further,
that la no state shsil an election be so
bald as to prevent the delegates from any
congressional district and thetr alternates
being selected by the republican electors
of that district.
Delegate frose Territories,
"The election of delegates from the Dis
trict of Columbia ahall be held under the
direction and . supervision of an election
board composed of Sidney Bleber, Percy
Cranford and George P. Collins of the Dis
trict of Columbia. This board shall have
authority to fix the date of said election,
subject to prior provisions herein, and to
arrange all details Incidental thereto, and
ball provide for a registration of the votes
cast, such reglstrstlon to Include the name
ad residence of each voter.
"Tbe delegates from the territories of
Aiisona, New Mexico, Hawaii and from
Alaska trail be selected In the manner of
sleeting- delegatea-at-large from tbe states
as provided herein.
Tha delegates from Porto Rico and the
Philippine Islands rhall be elected in con
formity with certain rules and regulations
adopted by this committee, copies of which
are te be furnished to the governing com
mittees of the republican party tn Porto
Rio and the Philippine islands.
Ttaae Llaslta Seleetlena.
AD delegates shall be eleoted not earlier
than thirty days after ths date of this call
and not later than thirty days before the
AHm Of the meeting of the next republican
national convention.
The credentials of each delegate and al
ternate must be forwarded to the secretary
ef tbe republican national committee at
Washington. D. C. at least twenty days
before las date fixed for tbe meeting: of
the convention, for uae la making up Its
tempotary roll.
In any case where more than tbe au
thorised number of delegates from any
state, territory or delegate district are re
ported ti trie secretary ef the national com
mittee, a contest shall be deemed to exist
aal the secretary at. all notify the several
delegates so reported and ahall submit all
uU credentials and claims to the bole
committee for decialoa aa to which delegate
reported sUall be placed on the temporary
roll of the convention.
At not Wee ef contest shall be submitted
In wriuat. aeoompanled by a printed state
ment selling forth tbe grounds of contest,
which must be filed with the secretary of
tbe committee twenty days prior to tbe
meeting ef the national convention.
Ei.Vt.-R. DOVER. Secretary.
ll-AHRT 8. NEW. Chairman.
llMOr RATS MEET THI RSIXAY
ne title Are TaaidlasUea far tbe
OtUrr Star OsMTeattasv.
WAlliWOXOH. Iec . Ths democratic
national co:i-uj.:uee will meet at tb
rux-guia la tins city beat Thursday at
boas) tr tbe t--u-y ef selecting- the place
t -
- t.'jiuitt4 i .slsofind J,asrat
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CONDITION OF THE WEAT!
fDRRTA ?T FOR -NEBRASKA Snow
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Temperature at Omaha yester.
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p. m 46
CANNON ON LABOR UNIONS
Speaker "fates His Posit lea la Reply
te Address ef Thanks ef Plate
Workers.
WASHINGTON. Dec. . Speaker Cannon
today expressed his senMments toward or
ganised labor and Its leadr. Samuel Oom
ptrs, with respect to the latter's campaign
for hia (the speaker' a) defeat, the occasion
being a call on him by a committee from
the local union of plate printers. A set
of resolutions commending the spesker for
his legislative work in behalf of the
plate printers was presented by the
chairman of the delegation. Charles T.
Smith. In reply. Speaker Cannon, after
expressing his gratincstlcn at the con!l
dence conveyed, entered into an informal
discussion of "one msn political leadership
of organized labor." He said that while
he bore no enmity to the president of the
American Federation of Labor, be did not
believe that union men as American clti
their voles. That If Be were " a craft
sens would ever accept a dictatorship over
woiVor he wtuld ally himself with a trsde
union, because unionlam has been the
vehicla cf all progress toward better con
ditions for the wsge earners; and while
his fealty toward organized labor would
not waver if he was affiliated with it, he as
sn American, would hold his franchise
above the right of any leader to direct.
He paid a high tribute to the ability of
Mr. Gompcrs as an organiser and ex
pressed himself as highly sensible of the
work done by tilm within the functions al
lotted to him as a labor leader and aa the
president of the American Federation in
behalf of the worrlrgmen and the country.
Coincidental he made It plainly known
thst he for Ms part would pursue his own
Ideaa In legislative matters Irrespective
of Mr. Gompers' opposition to some of
them.
He said thst he knew that In some things
Mr. Clampers misrepresented the 2.000.000
of men of his organisation and that be
(Ihs speaker) bad proved this. He said
thst in his latest re-election that there
waa cast for him a larger union labor vote
than ever before in his political life, and
that be took this as a decisive verdict
The chalman of the delegation remarked
that nothing In the resolution or the visit
should be construed as aa act of disloyalty
to the American Federation. Replying,
Speaker Cannon said there could be no
such misrepresentation of the motives; he
had no thought of attacking tbe federation
preideat, 4mt be felt - tbe ooeaeloat one
for making his personal attitude Clear.
FIGHT ON TUBERCULOSIS
I "car Members Added to Commlttew ta
Arraasje for InteraatlonaJ
Con grrese.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 Four members
have been added to tbe committee of ar
rangements for the International Congress
on Tuberculosis, which Is to be held in
Waahington next September, under the aua
pices of the national association for the
study and relief of tuberculosis. They are
John Barrett, the director of the bureau
of American republics; Dr. William A.
White of Washington, superintendent of
the government hospital for the Insane;
Dr. C. H. Mayo. , the well known surgeon
of Minnesota, and Dr. Henry M. Bracken,
secretary of the State Board of Health of
Minnesota. The committee Is not limited
to medical men, but Includes representa
tives cf humanitarian undertakings that
are Interested In the soc'.al aspects of the
antl-tuberculosls movement. The latter In
clude John M. Glenn, director of the Sage
foundation; IJvlngston Fsrrael of New
York, Mlsa Jane Adams of Hull House,
Chic so: Ernest P. Bicknell of Chicago,
Bdwsrd T. Devine of New Tork. W. H.
Baldwin of Washington and Mra. J. F.
Newcomb of New York.
FIRE IN MOMONGAH MINE
Probability mt Aaetber EiaJeelen
Stoae Relief Work Ftftr-Tbrea
Badle-a Takes Oat.
MONONOAII. V. Vs..' Dec- i.-Flfty-thres
bodies had been recovered from tbe
two mines at Monongah at dark tonight.
Shortly after S o'clock this afternoon a
fire broke out In mine No. a All reecue
work wss at once stopped and the miners
and police directed their efforts to driving
from ths vicinity of the mines the thou
sands of sig-htseers. ss It was feared there
would be snother explosion. It Is thoug-bt
the fire w!l Isoon be. subdued.
FIRE RECORD.
Fire la Forsj Factery.
MAP.SHALLTOWN. Ia.. Dec R. (Special.)
Fire, which broke out In the Snlshtng
room of the atarahantown Drop Forge fac
tory yesterday, did damage to the building,
stock and machinery to the extent of tV.
S. P. Miller, a stockholder of the company,
was badly burned snout tha hands and
face, while rescular his son. Lloyd, whose
clothea lad become Ignited In the blase.
The fire was confined to tbe single depart
ment, and thereby a dUa'-er waa averted.
The origin of the Bre Is not known, further
than that It started Is a pall of oil The
loss Is fully covered by Insurance
Hut Is as Wssli rstsaasteeJeBera,
HASTINGS. Neb, Dec. 7. Spec!al Tele
gram.) The delegation frem Adams county
to the state convention of county commis
sioners In South Omaha Dart week win
make an effort to secure the 1M ooovea.
tlon for Haatliura,
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ROWTD OF RURAL SERVICE
Country Diitricti Well CoYered by
Letter Carri?rt.
PARCELS POST SYSTEM FAVORED
Repert af Fewrtb Aaelstaat Postmaster
Geaeral P. V. McGraw, (evrrlas;
Braach of Postal Delivery,
abssltted.
WASHINGTON, Dec 8-That the country
districts of the fnlted States are fairly
well covered by rural letter carriers In the
distribution of mail Is made apparent by
the report of the fourth assistant post
master general. . He shows that a number
f minor changes might be made with
benefit to the men employed, as well as
to the public. A recommendation In favor
of a parcels not rj-ste-m Is a featnre.
The extension of the rural delivery serv
ice throughout the country, he says, hss
continued during the last fiscal year, but
there has been a marked decline In the re
quests for new service, thus indlcsting
that the appropriations made by the con
gress for the development of rural delivery
hsve fully equalled the demand. During
the fiscal year ended June m, 1&64
petitions were filed, a decrease of 2.13J. as
compared with the number filed during the
preceding year. Of the petitions filed. 1.804
were accepted for Investigation. Petitions
are not so accepted unless substantially
all ef the prerequisites for the establish
ment of the service appear to exist. These
are that the roads shall be tn good condi
tion, unobstructed by gstes. without un
bridged streams not fordable at ordinary
seasons of the year; that there shall be a
possible patronsge of 109 families on routes
tsrenty-four or more miles In length, or a
proportionate number on shorter routes,
and that three-fourths of the families
wlthla reach of the service shall pledge
themselves to provide for suitable boxes
and to avail themselves of the service.
Kxteat of Service.
At the close of the fiscal year 1907 rural
delivery waa In operation on 17.728 routes.
serv-d by $7,582 carriers. On 889 of these
routes service is performed tri-weekly. On
nearly all of the remainder the service is
dally. It is contrary to the policy of the
department to establish rural delivery with
more frequent service that once a day.
During the year 2,211 new routes were es
tablished and 260 routes were discontinued,
leaving- the net increase In the number of
routes In operation 1.961 The number of
petitions pending June 30. 1907. waa L404
Since that date 651 petitions have been ac
cepted and 874 routes established or ordered
established. There were on hand October L
1907, (03 cases favorably reported, awaiting
action, leaving the net number of petitions
pending; on that date 880.
From the records at the cloae of busi
ness October 21, 1907, the expenditures, ex
clusive of those for supplies, have been as
follows:
Appropriations for 1907 3.500,000. 0
Bet aside for old
service r25.21a.428.00
Deductions, account of
failures snd discon
tinuances, etc 140.0608
Krt' wtt irf 'ad serf ' ' " -
vice .... 25.07S.S71.S2
Paid for substitutes.. 714.S37.45
Cost of new service... 872.oSH.26
CWks In charge of
stations 9.C2181
Tolls and ferriage .7fi6.M
Total
828.871.699.26
Net amount unex
pended 1 143.800.74
When the estimates for the current year
were framed, petitions for establishment of
rural routes were being filed at the rate of
over 4.&0 a year, but- the number of new
cases presented during the fiscal year 1907
fell off 2.1? J. reducing the demand on the
appropriation to that extent. It was
further found praotlcable by the rearrange
ment and consolidation of existing: routes
In connection with county service and by
the discontinuance of routes not sufficiently
patronised to. effect a saving- of 8272.000 on
the year's appropriation.
The estimated cost of rural carriers'
leaves of absence waa 8 SC. 000. Only 8704,
337.45 of this amount waa expended, by
reason of carriers falling? to take advant
ase of tbe privilege given them.
Crswtk et Syatesa.
The growth of the rural service during
the eleven years of its existence Is shown
by the folio wing- table:
Appropri- Expendi-
Yeajr. Carrier. atlon. tures.
17 83 t 4.H0 t 14.840
1 148 6u,S41
11 IfxMKB 'l&O.vlJ
1KO L27 460,01 0 4A'..433
1'1 4.J') ' 1.7i0.7 1.750.321
!1 8.4-. .(si.'J?S 4.W-i.041
1 1S.119 8.5tM.3v4 8.0U.5H9
U.Cvi 12.a;6 ll4.r75
X( &.11.eoo 2u.H64.tiSa
i sew ii.ty) Aou.si
IMT 37.U3 2.,0j9 aJk..a64
aApproxImete.
Complete rural delivery service waa In
eseratlon tn 681 counties on- June 10,
190T. la 126 of which number It has been
completed during ths year. Slnoe that
date and tip to Seatember 16 orders have
been Issued for completing the service
in sixty additional counties.
In reference to road Improvement, while
material Improvement Is admitted In many
Inatanoea. the report says further:
The Clfflculty which the department has
exsertenoed In securing the improvement
of highways, on which rural delivery Is
established Ilea In the apathy of patrons,
in me aosenoe or nignway laws and of
highway commissions In some of the
elates and tn tbe lack of concerted action
and intelligent aad proper methods tn
eiaer states where highway lavs exist.
Ne great or general Improvement in the
hirnwaya can be expected until the peo
ple take an active Interest In tbe mat
ter and secure trie enactment and enforce
ment of adequate hlchaay laws. It la
not difficult. In those communities that
desire It, to secure aa Improved condition
oi roaoa. There seems to be a mistaken
Idea that tbe rural delivery berviua re
quires ideal roads and that they must
be macadamised or graveled. This Is not
the rase, but It Is required that they shall
ee kept reasonably smooth, free from
washouts and ruts and proierir drained
and graded ao that they may le traveled
y carriers with celerity and aarety.
On July 1. 1907, the compensation of
rural carriers, baaed upon tbe lr:.fth of
routes, aa shewn by the records of the
department, was graded as follows:
8er minim
24 miles and ever.. , . iio
12 to 14 miles ,6
2 to 13 miles........ (io
18 to 20 miles itn
U to 18 tr.lleo no
14 to 16 miles.... a
12 to It tnlies.. (04
10 to 12 miles 44
I to It miles 4ii
6 te 8 miles . , s
Msusr Bars Reel aw a.
The realgnatlens of 6.481 curie re were
aoepted during- the year, selna about 11
per cent of the carriers In the service
a June It. 190T, a decrease of thlrty-elx
front the number accepted during tha pre
ceding fiscal year. During the first eight
months of the last fiscal year t.iit res
ignations ware accepted, or aa average
ef 49 per month, while during tbe four
mot. ths subsequent ta tha passage af the
tCooUaued a 6ad Paga.)
SLAYERS OFjlLK CONVICTED
liree Hfi TV fc 1 tiled rtla fiaase la
.'Yellowstone Park ( altered
After l.K t htie.
CODT, W"yo.. Dec. 8 Special. )Tho!e
pervme who are Interested In the protec
tion of big rime wilt be gratified to learn
that at least one game warden has done
his duty. O. D. Msrx has been Instru
mental In bringing abont the arrest of
Fred W. Chase. Gus Holti and Hsrry
Workmsn. all of Cody, for killing elk In
the Yellowstone Natlenal park. These men
were arrested last a-eek by Leslie Snow,
deputy t'nltcd States marshal, and tsken
to Fort T?llowstone, where they were fined
8108 and costs, which amounted to each.
They appealed and the case will be car
ried to the United Statea court In Chey
enne. Chase has been known to the authorities
for some years ss one of the most flagrant
violators of the gsme laws In this locality.
He has openly boasted thst he was "too
slick" for the game wardens and local au
thorities, and further asserted that when
they got him It would be at the point of a
gun. . As a matter of fact, after the war
rant for his arrest w as ready to him. Chase
went with the msrf'itil like the proverbial
lamb. f.
Chase Is a taxldcr
r4t and It Is a
alleged
that In the past ha s killed for the heads
and horns, but mm 1 frequently only for
the two tutks. wM-i bring all the way
from 81 to 100 a pair j It is further aljed
by persons in a pr. ion to know that at
the close sf no mjhi since Chase's resi
dence In the country has he returned with
less than twenty-flv pairs of elk teeth,
and at the close of one season he brought
in as high as thirty-three pair. The hesd
and horns of the elk tiad been taken from
the elk killed In the- park, but the meat
was untouched. 1
Chase will ba heli and tried later In
Uinta county, where the depredation was
committed, for the Wiling of several elk
outside the park line, from which the tusks
alone had been taker. The men also are
charged with killing a moose near Bridger
lake, which Is a felony, since moose are
protected tor twelve yeara The carcass
of the moose was' found with the head and
scalp gone, and Its killer waa traced In
the new-fallen snow to Chase's cam a.
Moose are greatly on the Increase In the
game preserve set apart In the forest res
ervation fer breeding purpose, end this,
with the lncressed vigilance of the game
wardens. Is doing much toward the preser
vation of big game. Tbe game wardens,
however, are greatly handicapped by the
fact that there Is no money at their dis
posal with which to jTosecute their work
and carry on their !nv-stg-atlons. When an
arrest Is made, as m tbe esse of Chase
and hie assoclatea. Ml the expenses, even
to the railroad tlcke's. must come out of
the private puree of i e game warden until
they are eventually reimbursed by the
state.
So In earnest Is M. x tn the prosecution
of Chase, this most ilrasen of local law
breakers. . that be c lares he will pawn
his saddle horses. bet. re these men shall
escape punishment h- jause of the lack of a
few dollars. Marx cafcped in tbe snow and
trailed them miles la a snowstorm In the
mountains to obtain evidence sufficient to
Con vlct, thrin, ant be" ; tl.erafora, datnmt
ined that they shall m escape the punish
ment which every real sportsman will agree
they deserve.
MRS. LOUISA TAFT IS DEAD
Mother ef Secretary ef War Dies at
Her Hoaae la Mlllbery, Mass.,
Early Today.
MILLBCRT, Mass., Dec 8. Death, which
has been expected almost hourly for a
week past, was announced this morning at
12:20 o'clock from the bedMde of Mrs.
Louisa Maria Taft. mother of William IL
TaTt. secretary of war. Mrs. Taft waa
the widow of Alphonso Taft. secretary of
war end attorney general of the United
Slates under President Grant, and later
minister to Aurtria and Russia.
Mrs. Taft was attacked last July with
acute Indigestion and a gradual break
down of her vigorous constitution soon fol
lowed. Mrs. Taft resided In the old homestead,
where she had lived as a girl, and which.
Is now the home of her sister. Miss Delia
Torrey.
Mrs. Taft waa born In Boston Septem
ber 11. 18Z7, the daughter of Samuel Dav.
enport Torrey. She Is survived by four
children, of whom Secretary Taft is the
eldest.
CUMMINS IS A CANDIDATE
Governor of Iowa Iatlsaatea tbat Ho
Will Make the Raes far Falted
States geaate.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8. Governor Cummins
of Iowa, In a speech here last night, de
clared that President Hooaevelt will not
allow his name to be presented ta the
republican national convention. He re
fused, however, to express an opinion
as to the probable candidate. Regarding
conditions In Iowa. Governor Cummina
said:
"If I am a candidate for United States
senator and my friends say I am I enter
the contest without promise or agreement
of any kind. Some of my enemies have
charged tbat It promised Senator Dolllver,
Senator Allison or .some other man not to
mix In tbe senatorial race. That charge
la not true; I am handicapped by no party
pledge nor premise of any kind."
Governor Cummins is returning from
Waahinjrtei where be witnessed the open
ing of congress. He left for Dee Moines
on a late train tonight.
FIFTEEN BATTLESHIPS IN LINE
Dlgr Fleet GeUhertasT mt Xsrlalk
far Trla Areaad tha
Mara.
NORFOLK. Va.. Dec. 8. Three batUe-
ahlrs were added to ths number already
assembled In Hampton Roads by tbe ar
rival of the Kaasaa, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, making a total of fifteen
ahlps of the fleet at the rendesvoua. 1
The social function oa ths day of gen
eral mobilization and review by PresldeaU
Roosevelt will ba a naval ball el van la
honor of Admiral Evans, staff and of floors
of the fleet at Old Point Comfort.
Today thousands visited the Roada te
get a glimpse of the big vessels at aiv
cher and Incoming trains were loaded with
visitors. It ts expected that oa December
It the crowd in attendance will be the
largest la the history of Norfolk.
Laaltaala, Delayed kr lltra,
NEW YORK. Dec. a BuiTeted by storms
thst retsrdrd Its progress from the time
it left Liverpool uniil It pasaed tbe grand
banks, the Luaitanla of the Cunard Una
came into port today. The time of pasaa-e
five days, twenty-two hours and teea-ty-nve
minutes. It waa the nrst tune thst
the new four-day ship had beea ootupclied
te battle w'lh beevy seas duriag IL entire
voyage- Tt.e Lusiiaiua made as averaae
Sie4 of lill kat
PUMPHREY IS FOUND GUILTY
Jury Files Life Imprisonment ta Pen
alty for Murder of Ham Pale
DELIBERATION LASTED 20 HOURS
Prisoner Hears Verdlet Wlthewt
Fllarhlasr and His Attorneys Will
Aslt for a New Trial or Carry
Caave ta Saaresae CeaH.
. Charles Pumphrey, the 19-yesr-old bell
boy. must be confined In the penltentlsry
for the remeinder of his life for the murder
of Ham Pak. proprietor of a Chinese res
tsurant at 1906 Douglas street, last July.
The Jury In Judge Troup's court which
hesrd the testimony returned a verdict of
guilty of murder In the first degree Sunday
afternoon at S: o'clock and fixed the
penalty at life Imprisonment, after almost
twenty hours of deliberation. While
Pumphrey had expected an acquittal or a
disagreement, he was not visibly affected
by the verdict. His mother. Mrs. Roe of
St. Joseph, and Anna Parr, the girl thst
Pumphrey testified he was engaged to
marry, were both in the court room. They
were deeply affected by the verdict, but
they maintained their composure until sfter
the verdict waa read. Pumphrey's attor
neys, John O. Yelser and Carl E. Herring,
will ask for a new trial, and if this Is
denied will take the case to tbe supreme
court.
The verdict wss reached at 12:05 Sunday,
but the Jury went to dinner before report
ing the verdict to the court. It was after
1:80 when they returned to the court houee
and the verdict was Immediately resd In
tbe presence of three or four spectators
and the attorneys and relatives of the
defendant. After a abort consultation with
his lawyers and Ms mother Pumphrey was
taken back to the county Jail to await
sentence.
Favored AcejalttaJ.
The attorneys for Pumphrey expressed
surprise at the verdict, but many of those
who heard tbe testimony at the trial anti
cipated It. The jury went out at 4:40
Saturday afternoon and though a majority
stood from the first for conviction, a small
minority stood out until Sunday morning
for an acquittal. Some time waa also spent
tn reaching a decision as to whether death
or imprisonment for life should be fixed
aa the punishment. The verdict was signed
by R. W. Bryant aa foreman.
After the verdict was read Jeff Davis,
one of the Jurors, made a short statement
to tbe court expressing the thanks of the
Jury to the court and the attorneys for
the courtesies received and especially to
Bailiffs Ktrkendall and Bandhauer for their
faithfulness and courtesy In handling the
Jury during Its confinement. Judge Troup
dismissed the Jurors from further service
after thanking them for the work.
Hope of a verdict had almost departed
after the Jury had remained out all night
without reaching an agreement. Until late
Saturday Pumphrey' mother, aister and
Miss Parr remained at the court house
awaiting a verdict, but none came. They
went back to the court house Sunday
morning and remained until after the
vwdict was read. .
" Pak.' the victim ' of the" miirdar.' ' wee
beaten to death with a club and robbed
of about 890. Pumphrey, Basil Mulloa and
William Allmack. the latter an employe
of Pak. ined and were afterward arrested
and brought back. Mullen turned state's
evidence and Implicated Pumphrey as the
principal. Pumphrey denied committing
the crime and laid It to Mullen. He de
clared In Ms testimony he did not know
anything about It until he saw IJullen
beating tbe Chinaman. He also contended
Mullen forced him to flee at the point of a
revolver and prevented him by threats
from returning and making a clean breast
of It.
FUNERAL OF DR. F. M. LANKTON
Services at Dodse street Home lis
day Lararely Attended by
Fr leads.
The funeral of Dr. Freda M. Lankton,
who died Thursday afternoon, was held
at her late residence, 117 Dodge street, at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and waa at
tended by ao large a number of her
friends and acquaintances that many were
unable to get seats In tbe borne and stood
on the porch and In tbe yard and listened
to the services through the open doors.
The funeral sermon was preached by Rev.
Newman Hfell Burdick of the Second
Presbyterian church of which Dr. Lankton
was a member. In bis sermon her pastor
paid a beautiful tribute to ber spiritual,
mental and social qualities and also her
professional labors.
The pallbearers were local physicians.
They were Dra. W. K. Fbote. O. F. Wood.
A- P. Hanchett of Council Bluffs, S. J.
Qulnby, J. F. Alexander and C L. Alex
ander. Many beautiful floral tributes were
sent by friends and the casket was burled
In Cowers. Mra ElUa sang tbe solo,
"Lead Kindly Light." Tbe only near rel
atives TtT. Lankton had ware two sisters,
one of whom Uvea tn New York and the
other In Massachusetts, both of whom are
In feeble health and were unable to attend
tha funeral. Dr. Lankton waa a practicing
physician tn Omaha for the last twenty
years and was held In high esteem by
the profession. She was fit years of age.
Interment waa ta Prospect Hill cemetery,
where aha waa laid beside her husband,
wbe died eves years ago.
PIERSCN GETS HIS HUNTER
Gaaae Wardea terarea Mam Wanted
After a Lea a aai Patient
Walt.
Deputy Gam Wsrden PI arson has the
satisfaction of knowing this morning that
roan b has been hunting for since early
in September la under arrest at Norfolk
and has agreed to plead guilty to violating
the game la era.
In September Plerson Intercepted a htp
meat of five prairie chickens from Bone
steel, 8. D-. to Nebraska City. This ia
la violation of tha South Dakota, Nebraska
and federal statutea. After some effort
It was learned tbat the bird had been
shipped by William Blatt. Plerson learned
his haunts la Omaba and left word for
him. not wanting to put him to tha ln
convwcJenoe ef formal arrest. But Blatt
did not pot la hia appearance, aa his
friends had promised, and so a warrant
waa sworn out far him. Last night Pier,
son got word that Blatt was under arrest
at Norfolk and had agreed to plead guilty
te violating the Nebraska statuts If not
forcod to coma ta Omaha. He will be al
lowed to do this. Under the Nebraska
law he la liable ta a fine ranging from 828
to 111. - He la still in danger of the South
Dakota statute, which provides for a fine
of Sat par bird, or So0 ta this case, and un
der tbe federal statutea be' la still liable
ta a Svue of tML It will prwr that prairie
ctJ isires eotae high ssaieHmaai
SOLDIERS REACH GOLDFIELD
Kseralan tasoewce tbat Attempt
Will Be Made ta Reopen
Mines.
GOLDFIELD. Nevada. Dec. S.-Encour-sgd.
doubtless, by the presence of federsl
troops In QolofieM. the Goldfleld Mine
Owners' association held a meeting Saturday
afternoon and tonight gave out a rtatement
In which It la cpenly ssd that the mem
bers of the eseoclatlcn have decided to
make a determined struggle to free Gold
field of union domination and make this
n open camp.
The statement of the purpose of ths
mine owners Is direct and unequivocs! and
throwa down the gauntlet to the Weatern
Federation of Miners. Officers of the as
sociation refused to say If sny steps hsve
si ready been taken towards Importing non
onion miners In sufficient numbers to re
open the mines, which are now Hie and
rspldly filling with wster, but stated that
many telegrams are berng received hourly
offering men and that within forty-eight
hours the mines could be opened with the
fame number of men as were formerly at
work In them. The officers of the associa
tion ss?-. however. In their belief, there
re enough men In ramp who will lesve
the union now to make the Importation
unm-ceesary and they sre looking for these
men to make application early In the com
Ing week. It la Impossible, the operators
say, for them to get enough men In the
mines at present to operate the pumps
and keep them clesr of water. Csvelns
sre constantly taklnr nlace and other
damage la being wrought by reason of the
inset vity.
No unusual excitement was csused bv
tbe arrival of the first detachment ot troops
ana the crowds that gathered at the de
pot quickly dispersed after the troona had
marched to the mesa In the northwestern
part of the city, where they have gone Into
temporary encampment. Tonlcht noidfl.M
Is quiet and there are no Indications of
impending trouble.
In the command of Colonel Reynolds are
2M men exclusive of officers. From San
Francisco came Companies B, D, K. I and
N of the Twenty-second lnfantrv. At is
o'clock tonight a special trsln arrived from
Monterey, Cel., with 150 men of Companies
-.-. r. u and H of the Twenty-second
Infantry. With ths two detrlim.ni.
Captain Richardson, adjutant; Captain
woue, quartermaster: Captains Wassel and
Stewart and Majors Fredericks and Krenh
Captain William Cox. a member of Gov
ernor Sparks' staff and the personal rep
resentative of the governor. Is In Gold
field tonight In conference with Colonel
Reynolds. He states that Govrtnor Sparks'
action In requesting that troops be sent
to Goldfield was merely a precautionary
measure and not based on any overt acts
f the union men.
DEATH RECORD.
K. P. Keraalda.
WYMORE. Neb.. Dec 8 HI P P.thkM.
Jr or.e of Wrmore's most nromlnent anil
highly respected citizens and a man known
all over tbe country In railroad circles,
quietly passed away at his rorae a few
minutes before noon Saturday. Mr. Rey
nolds bad been failing In health for nearly
tro years.
Elisha Potter Revnolda 1r . fami1irlv
known, as .. "Juney," waa born In Hock
Mlanlr nr.. September 31, 13. At the age
of It he came to Nebraska and has alno
then called this state hia home. But very
inue time has been Spent by him out of
the state. Mr. Reynolds stopped his school
ing at 16 to engage In the railroad contract
ing buslneaa. He built tha Cfclrarn. Rur.
llngton i Qulncy railroad through. Wymore.
He bulit roads In most of the mi.m
states and quite a number east of Chicago.
mi neadquarters had always been Wy
more until about six years ago. Mr. Rey
nolds did more to build up Wymore and
Improve It than any other one man. He
formed the Wabaska Electric cmpany, built
a street railway here and was the princi
pal member of the company that built the
Touralln hotel. He was mayor of the city
In 1S91-82 and served a second term, nuv
ceeding himself. About six years ago he
went to Boston as a railroad promoter and
remained there four rears. Hia kmith
failed him and he came wrest again and
about eighteen months ago went to Cal
ifornia. HIS condition did not Imnmn anA
three months ago he returned to Wymore.
a snore aervlce will be held at the home
at 11 o'clock Monday, after which the body
will be taken to Rock Island for lnt.rm.n
He Is survived by his wife and sister. Miss
Betty, who are hero, two brothers. Ban
and John, railroad contractors in Vfnn.n.
bis mother and sister. Mra. Channoa, who
rvalue ai xwrss island.
Gaa r. Rbada.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. Dec 1 (C i.i
Telegram.) Gus F. Rhode, aged 18 years.
ior more man eight years local editor of
the Evening- News, naseed
' . WWWU
Sunday. Funeral Tueaday afternoon. A
wne ana tnree small daughters survive
him.
STORM 1.1 HicsitiH.i JiKBstAtKA
Indications Perfect far II lis sard
GlCaatle Pnaartlaaa.
f
ALLIANCE. Neb., Dec a-Spaclal Tele
8rm.) The first snow of tha season of
ny consequence began falling early this
evening and, with tbe thermometer drop
ping ezid a high wind prevailing, the Indi
cations are perfect for a bllxxard cf gt.
gantlo proportions, as the storm extends
west to Sheridan, Wya.
Life Caat Rmaa. '
SIOUX FALLS. & D Dec 8 t Special. -It
develops that James Hemmona, a fermer
residant of Sioux Falla. who a few days
go waa killed In a railroad oolllstoo la
Texas, lost his life aa tbe result of a rare
exhibition of personal bravery. Tbe body
of tha young man ha Just reached Stonx
FaXa. In charge of L. Shilhab of Fort
Worth, Tex, a member of the Order of
Railway Trainmen, who waa delegated to
do so. Biemmons was riding with the crew
oa a freight train. In tha caboose. He was
not one of the trainmen, but was on his
way to Fort Worth, where ha expected
U secure employment. Warning was given
that a rear-end collision waa Imminent.
Mr. aiemmons, with the members of the
train crew who were In tha caboose, suc
ceeded In Jumping to the ground. Blem
roons, remembering that a stockman was
asleep' In tbe caboose, returned to It and
aroused the man. who safsly alighted from
the rear of the caboose. Slemmons at
tempted to make bis escape through ths
door next to the train, and at that Instant
tha collision occurred, and he waa caught
between tha caboose and a freight oar,
and crushed- Tbe body will be taken ta
Montrose, where In torment will ba made.
Valaakia Palette atadaau
COURTRAL Belgium. Dec 1 One of
Van Dyke's great ma tar pieces. The
Erection of the Cross, has been stolen
from the church of Notre Dame. Tbe
thieves carefully cut off the caavae from
the frame and carried It away. They are
believed to have beea a Xpert a as special
watchmen employed tn guarding the treea
orea af tha tvhurvh observed "-hl"aV
KIA'C OSCAR IS DEAD
Aped King- of Sweden Passed Away.
Sunday Horning.
SICK FOR OVER TWO YEARA
Separation of Korway from Domain
Broke His Heart.
SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS OF AGE
He Ascended the Throne in 1872
After Death of Brother.
HIS SOS GUST AVE BECOMES KESQ
Km Political remplleatleaa Likely te
Follow Change -Rea-arded aa
tha Beet Monarch la
Karon.
STOCKHOLM. Dec 8,-Oscsr II, king of
Sweden,' died at 8:10 o'clock Ihls morning.
The death of the venersble monarch oc
curred In the royal apsrtment of the pal
ace, where, surrounded by the members
of his family. Including the sged Queen
Sophia and Crown Prince Oscar Gustavo,
and high ministers of state, the Inevitable
end had been awaited, while outside tha
palace great crowds stood with bowed
heads snd tearful eyes long after ths an
nouncement came of the death of their well
loved sovereign. The whole country is
bowed with grief, for King Oscar was
something more than a ruler cf his people
snd had endeared himprlf to them aa an
Intimate and personal friend. When the
flag on the palace was dipped to hslf-stsft
there was a moan of hngulsh from the as
sembled multitude, and many of thera
cried, "Our dear old king Is dead."
The following official bulletin was posted
after the king's death, signed by his
physicians: x
The strength of the king continued to
decresse throughout the night and the
state of unconsciousness became more
marked. His majesty passed quietly awsy
at S:l a. m.
Tha death certificate waa worded aa
follows ;
We declare upon oath that Ma majesty.
King Oscsr II. expired peacefully at :ll
o'clock this morning in the eastle at Stock
holm, at the age of 78 yeara months
and 17 days, as the result of calcification
of the cerebral and cardiac blood vessela
New Klagr Takes Oath.
The succession to the throne of Sweden
now passes to Oscar Gustavo Adolphe. duke
of Verland. the oldest son of the late king.
At a meeting of ths council of stale thla
afternoon the new king took the oath of
allegisnce under the title of Gustave V.
and adopted the motto: "With the People
for the Fatherland."
The princess then took the osth of al.
leglance and the new monarch accepted
the homage of the state officials.
The last hours of the expiring; monsrehi
were passed In unconsciousness and up to
the end be gav na sum of recognising
those . about bia. The - auaen waa trrJaeV
stricken because he could sttrt bid her fare
well. All through yesterdsy the king had
remained In a comatose condition. At timea
there were faint signs of conscious percep
tions as the attending physicians brought
some temporary relief to the sufferer. But
their ministrations were without avail snd
they held out no hope last night beyond a
promise to keep the spark of life burning
for yet a few hours.
The death of King Oscar Is not expected
to be followed by any serious disturbance
of Sweden's political condition. The ven
erable monarch has been slowly failing
for many months past and last January
he experienced an Illness that at the time
was expected to end fatally. All precautions
have been taken for the orderly passage
of power to the hands cif his able son and
successor, Oscar Gustavo Adolphe, duke
of Vermland, who will doubtless take tha
title of King Gustave.
King Oscar has long been one of the most
Interesting figures of European royslty, hia
descent from Napoleon's great field mar
shal, Bernadotte. hia gigantic stature and
his family connections with many of tha
other great houses of Europe, combining
to give htm an Interesting personality. His
truly democratic habits have made him
Idolised by his subjects, who hsve regarded
him more as a father than aa a monarch.
It was King Oscar's devotion to the cause
of peace that attracted tha attention of
both the United States and Great Britain
when the two countries were framing the
Olney-Pauncefota general treaty of arbi
tration, the document naming- King Oecar
as final arbitrator shsuld those representing
tha two countries fall to agree.
Grtef Over Jtarwarw Ant.
Under King Oscar, Sweden's stability and
progress have been uniform until the omnia
culminating tn tha recent separation ot
Norway. Tha final success of the separa
tion was a grievous blow to tha aged king.
Both his aride and heart were wounded
and his constant brooding over this un
happy event doubtless contributed ta hia
death. Indeed the doctors' final diagnosis
that bis heart was affected, appear to give
color to the earlier reports that he was
slowly dying of a broken heart. Politically,
however, neither Sweden nor Norway. 1
likely to be disturbed by King Oscar's
demise, sines the recent storm between
them ha beea wholly calmed and each
ha bow adjusted Itself to the new order
of affairs. In on respect the chang ot
saonarch may ameliorate the relation be
tween Sweden and Norway, aa tha new
king' son. who now become) crown prince,
la united by marriage to th family of th
queea of Norway.
Sew Klag Reeesableei Father.
Th new king, Gustave, much resemble
hi father la gigantic stature and In light
Saxon-blonde features. The young mon
arch 1 not unused to the cares of state, as
ho ha frequently acted as regent during
tbe Illness and absence af his father, and
ba displayed good sacs and ability. He
la pereonaily much liked here and at other
capitola. where he Is regarded as having
his father chsractsristioa ef sincerity end
simplicity.
Oscar IL king of Sweden, and previous to
1806, king of Sweden and Norway, was
bom January 21. 1E8. He was tha third
son of King Oscar and of Queen Josephine,
daughter of Prince IXgme of Lsuohten
berg. and grandson of Marshal Bernadotte,
Oscar II succeeded to the throne at tha
death ef his father. King Carl XV, Septem
ber It, 1871 He waa married June 8. 167. ta
Queea Sophia, born June 8, ISM. daughter
of the late Duke William of Naaasu. Four
children survlvs King Oscar Crown Prinee
Gustave. born June 18 ltU; prince Oscar
Bernadotte, born November IS, ISLi; princa
Carl, born February B, 1ML and Prince
Eugene, bora August 1. IStiL Prince Gus
tave was married September 80, IBM. to
Princes Victoria mt Badea-Badaa. Tbalr