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V I Fhe MAHA UNDAY PART I. A Pasw for the Mama THE OMAHA DEE Best A". West HEWS SECTION PAOES 1 TO 1 OtfAHA, SUNDAY .MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1007 SIX SECTIONS TiniiTY-TAYO PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXXVII NO. 28. Bee u YORK BOY PRESIDENT Ernest Pendel Elected at State Junior Y. M. C. A. Conference. SECRETARY, 0. EU GAB. MAN, OMAHA Delegates from Various Cities of Nebraska Attend Contention. YOUNG MEN VISIT STOCK YARDS This and Athletic Exercises Form Recess in Regular Session. MEETINGS TO BE HELD TODAY Religious Department Led by Sum Footer of Lincoln la Moralng l Fluul Sesslea Comfl at Tare O'clock. President Ernest Pendel. York. First Vice President Claude "Jitchell. Lincoln. Second Vice President Clarence King. Fremont. Secretary George Burst-man, Omaha. Assistant Secretary Will Shelton, Central City. Head Uaher Walker Bleuman, Hastings. These officers were elected at the session Saturday of the boys' conference of the Young Men's Christian association of the state. Delegates to the number of fifty were present Saturday at the conference being held tn the boys' department of the Omaha association. B. C. Wade, general secretary for Omaha, opened the morning session with devotional exercises and a short Bible study was taken up at :S0. Roy Updegraff, chair man of. the Bible study committee of the local association, led In the discussion of "How to Interest Boys." and W. H. Bab- cock, boys state secretary of Iowa, spoke on the general topic of interesting boys In association work. The visitors were the guests of the boys' department of the Young Men's Christian association for lunch, after which they were taken to South Omaha to visit ths South Omaha packing houses. A round table discussion waa organised In the afternoon. led by E. F. Denntson, head of tha boys' department of the Omaha association, and Judge Sutton ad dressed the boys at 8:50. An' athletic program waa prepared for the evening entertainment. The visiting boys are being entertained. many of them In Omaha homes and some In the rooms of tha Young Men's Christian association. Tha conference will continue Sunday, with a religious department dla cusslon at 10 a, m., led by Sam Foster of tha boys department at Lincoln. A meet ing win be held at 3 p. m. Sunday, alter which the conference will adjourn. n...iH Hal a It , S The delegates to the conference are: man. C. Mitchell, H. English, O. Widentr, C and U. Mann, L. Barnhart, A. Munger, K. Woodrlng. S. Waugh. J. 1111, 8. Doyle, If. Stulta. L. Hyde, R Funkhouser, B, Wldener and Secretary Sam Foster. Central City F. Deach, W. Shelton, J. Traver, U. Lambert, P. Burke. Hastings W. Bleuman, O. A. Mo- MlchaeL Beatrice D. McClcery, D. Folson, F. Metts. Fremont H. McDuffy, C. King, R. Rocky. York-E. Pendel. Crete U Horning. , , Omaha-C. Nagl. R. Updcgraff, M. EB11 llngton, E. Burdlck. C. Tungate, L. Rob erts, Dodds, K. Wade. E. Xlrschbrann, K. Hunter, W. Massion, R. Tracy. R. Budden- berg. G. Parish, O. Trimble, S. Larmon, C. Pagels, W. Hamilton, C. McGullough, Sec retary. E. F. Denlson. MURDER MYSTERY IS SOLVED Bedy of Womli Foasd la Poad Iden tIBed and Slayer 111 Be Arrested Sosa. NEW YORK. Dec. 28. The veil of mys tery enveloping the tragic dvath of the young woman whose nude bedy was found half submerged In water and mud In lonely pond near Harrison. N. J.. Thurs day. Is being rapidly lifted. Detectives working on the rase believe that the slayer of the woman, who was Identified today as Annie O'Keefe. or Annls Kevins, will soon be run down and taken Into custody. The Identification of- the dead woman was first made today by Mrs. Margaret Wright, who Conducts an employment bureau In Mont Clair, N. J. She said that the woman l.ad called on her earlier In the month and asked for employment. She gave the name of Annie Kevins, but did not state where she lived. Late this aft moon .Tin. Wright's identification was practically corroborated by Detective Ber ennt Dray bell of Orange, N. J., who said the woman's name wss Annie O'Keefe, and that he knew lier well two yeara ago. when she wat employed In the home of Thomas Kevins, a contractor In Orange. Since that time Sergeant Draybell states the woman vraa employed tit the capacity of A maid In several places In and about Orange. The hat worn by the murtV'red woman was found this afternoon in the Passaic liver and turned over to the polio. I Is a eulkln turban and matched the col larette and muff that were found near the Isidy. Mrs. Wright's description of the clothing worn by Mlsa O'Keefe whin she applied to her for work corresponds In every delsll with the clothing found near the dead woman's body. N hlle Mrs. Wright, could give little further information concerning the woman, she recalled that Miss O'Keefe had told her that she had been acting as I oun.'kn p r for two young men In Hrookl n. The Harrison police' have learned much cf Miss O'Keefe movements Just before I lie murder from Thomas Flanaran. an elevator mm In a Newark department store, alio, after a visit to the morgue today, declared with posltlrenesa that Mi'i O'Keefe had been in the store on Chi latnias eve and had asked him If a mar. had Inuuirvd for a woman In a red die. Later, Flanagan aald. he saw and spoke to her in a Chinese restaurant and that aha told him that sh had been un a bio to And the man. He states that the woman left tha restaurant shortly before midnight. The police say there Is no doubt that she final! ymet this man am: after spending Christmas day with hirn lured Into the Harkensack meadow and murdered. ate a UUsrsurr. UNION. 8. C. Dc. 24L-Final returns from tha county locut option flection gave the duenxar- a majority of eleven vvtea ever proUtltlUvs. I Us UUi Wis SUMMARY OF IDE BEE Saaday, Ptrtmlwr SO, lOT. 1007 December TV l WIS 1907 rat T 6f us MOM 4 5 I 8 2 9 3 10 II 12 I 18 19 -.V 15 16 17 25 26 2i 28 22 23 24 29 30 31 THE VTEATXEB. FOR OMAHA. COl'NCIL BLUFFS AND VICINITY Fair funday. Kt NEBRASKA Partly cloudy Sunday. FOR lOW A-PundHy, Increasing cloudi ness, probably unsettled by mMf. Temperature at Omakat Deg. 17 , 17 U U , 1 a , 36 , , S4 DOMESTIC. Former Secretary Fhaw to speak In Iowa this week, when It is expected he will declare hlmxrlf regarding his can didacy for the residency. ' X, Faga T President Roosevelt has notified the governor of Nevada that the soldiers will be kspt at Goldfield for three weeka If special session of the legislature Is called within five days to consider situation. X, ags 1 John Barrett. In an address before the American Science association, said that visit of big fleet to South American ports will dispej lda there that the United States would be unable to support Mon roe doctrine If occasion should arise. X. Paga 1 Congressman Pollard returns from trip and reports Taft sentiment strong In Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio. X, Page 1 Statement from Washington that first assistant postmaster general will prob ably climb Into the Taft band wagon. X, Fag 8 Robbers secured 90 cents from a train dlnpatnher of the Alton. X, Faga 1 Railroads of the country are evidently lining up for a fight against the Sherman anti-trust law. X, Fags 1 HXBKA8KA. Tom Worrall, one of the best kne-vn grain men In the state, commits suicide. In Lincoln, presumably on account of 111 health. X, Faga 3 Editor Miles of O'Neill has retracted his attack on Supreme Judge Barnes and pro ceedings have been dropped. X, Faga 3 Union Pacific railroad makes demand for refund of taxes paid undjer protest. State asked for S22.046.07. . X, Faga 3 X.OCAX Session of federal court, with Judge T. C. Munger on the bench, will be resumed tomorrow, with lha only land trial of the term. X, Faga After first of In year Burlington will have employment bureau, through which all applications for work must pass. X, Fag 4 York boy Is elected president of the Nebraska Boys Young Men's Christian as sociation conferenoe. X, Faga X Mayor Dahlman sends invitation to Chairman Taggart for the committee on arrangement for the national democratic convention to be entertained by him In Omaha enroute to Denver.- X, Faga 5 Report of earnings of the office of clerk of the district court for four years ahows the amount to be tH3.521.07.. I X, Faga 4 County board finally 'votes to transfer $10,000 front the general to the road fund, which la practically exhausted. X, rags cobqcx&cxax. aits xbdustxiax Live stock markets. VI, Faga S Oraln markets. TI, Faga 8 Stocks and bonds. TZ, Fags 5 Condition of Oriaha's trade. VI, Pag 4 MOVrMXHTB OF OCXtAJT BTXAMSXXPaV Port. Arrlre. NEW YORK Lt I'roraoM QfKeNSToWS) . LIVKHPOUL, .... Sailed. . Palllr. Lacanta.' Bmp. of Brttata. Peninsular. LlfBdN IIEN'OA MARSEILLES NAHLKJ LIBAI' HAVRE FOIMXIGNB .. OIBRALTKR . Europa .Italia Manuel Calvo Smoleftflk Loutitana Ryadam Gorty. BUSY TIME FOR MR. TAFT Ilia Visit ta Boats Naaiar alow of tmrma Kn. gsgentests. Orca- WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Secretary Taft la to .have a busy day during his stay in Bostoa. next Monday, having three engage ments of a seml-publlo character, at all of which he la expected to make addresses. Monday morning ha Will attend the Boston ministers meeting. k In the afternoon at 3 there Is to be a reception at the Elysium club, made up of Jewish bankers and mer chants, at which Mr. Taft will apeak brieTy. and la the evening ha will deliver an address at the banquet of the Mer chants' association at tha Hotel Somerset. Tuesday Secretary Taft will be at Mil bury, the former home of his mother, and will return to Washington Tuesday night DISORDERS LESS FREQUENT Xea-roes Have Left Hearyelta to Avoid Troable People Thor oaghly Aroased. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okl.. Dec. 21-A special from Henryetta, Okl., says all is Quiet in that town today, but the people are tn a state of alarm. The few negroes living there have left. No armed negroes near the town have been reported, neither are there fears from other sections. Be' cause of reported threats by the negroes, armed guards were stationed about tho plnce last night. Railroad bridges are Inspected before trains cross, since several torpedoes have been placed on the tracks. No troops have been called for and it Is not believed that they will be Deeded. MANY MORE BODIES LOCATED Tatal Takes frasa Dsrr Mloes w Nam He re Twat llaadred wad Twtalr, JACOB'S CREEK. Pa., Dec. .-Explorations In the Durr mines of tha Pittsburg Coal company were completed today with the exceptions of numerous falls of slate. A total of bodies have been recovered in tie ir.ain Ixadinfs and entriea, The number of Ixxius that will be found under the slate falls la estimated at at lnast fifty. Attention waa given today to tha removal of tho ca tea aura of the dead horse and mulea. The reroner has fixed January t tj V tail Htf --! . i a. s.-JpC'li S a. m... JT?- ,1 m " Ki 10 a. m... 11 " " fUJ--j' 2p.m... " I S p. m... BENEFIT OF CRUISE t Talks of Good Effect of of Eleet to Pacific. fS tER BEHIND MONROE DOCTRINE South American People Will Be Given Fine Object Lesson. POINT MUCH DISCUSSED Impression in Other Hemisphere that Uncle Sam Could Not Make Good. BANKERS' CURRENCY PLAN Davis R. Hewer Explains Proposed Ccheme t tae America cleaee Association at Madison, Wisconsin. MADISON, Wis., Dec. 28 The beneficial effect of the Pacific cruise now being made by Admiral "Evana" big fleet on the rela tions of Latin-American republics to tha United Statea was pointed out by John Barrett In an address before the American Science association In session here today. Mr. Barrett, director general of the Inter national Bureau of American Republics, spoke on the new South America and Its relations with the United States. He said In part: "One of the important effects, if not the principal result, of the sailing of the battleship fleet to the Pa cific has been almost overlooked In the constant discussion of the effect on Japan, and that Is tho Impression created In South America. We have failed to notthat the great newspapers and leading men of our sister republics are giving even more attention to the movement of the armada than are those of our oriental neighbors. The powerful republics of South Amer ica, like Braail, Argentina, Chile and Peru, which are fast becoming world powers, are not only welcoming the coming of the ships and applauding this vast and unique naval undertaking, but are planning to give the fleet a reception that will not be surpassed In cordiality, enthusiasm and extent by any reception that may be accorded them later on either our own Pacific coast or tn the porta of tho orient. "At Rio de Janeiro In Braxll, and again at Callao In Peru, Admiral Evans" fleet will be greeted and treated as the repre- ntatlve of naval strength, as Secretary Root waa the true envoy of the new di plomacy of the United States which, po litically, commercially, historically and a-eorraDhlcally. Is the natural ally and friend of all South America. In short, the voyage around South America of this fleet, while not In any way Intended or planned to impress South American countries, and therefore all tha more appreciated by them, will establish beyond quibble or Issue ona point often discussed In South America wUh. daubt about the strength and capacity of the United States as compared with Europe if ever the necessity should come which God forbid, the United States could enforce and maintain its position that the Monroe doctrine is a strong living Issue never to be forgotten In the competition of nations for power and influence on this hemi sphere. ,' At the afternoon aession George A Thacher of Portland, Ore., spoke on the Oregon initiative and referendum. J. Allen Smith of the University of Washington discussed recent Institutional legislation and Jamea W. Garner of the University of Illinois and Jesse Macy of Iowa college discussed various phases of primary election legislation. W. S. UTP.en of Oregon also spoke on the Initiative and referendum of that state. Bankers' Cnrrencr Pi Davia R. Dewey of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology delivered a speech setting forth the asset currency plan of the American Bankers' association. He said. In part: "The., plan before us for consideration today la that proposed by the currency commission of the American Bankers' association. The plan of the American Bankers' association Is frequently spoken of as a plan for asset currency. It will i na observed, however, that It la simply tlonal legislation and also agree that the a proposition for the Issue of notes equal railroad interests and the shippers are to 125 per cent of value of bonds deposited, ! rapidly getting closer together and real 100 per cent of which shall he, as at pros- ; lxing that their Interests are closely Inter en t, taxed one-half of 1 per cent and 26 woven. per cent ahall be taxed ZV per cent. The i ostensible object of this plan Is to pro vide a certain portion of currency which will adjust Itself to the periodic move ments of the money market. The plan of ths American Hankers' commission Is confessedly a compromise. It Is believed by many, however, to be a step toward asset banking. If the bond circulation should decrease, the plan provides that the authorised Issue of credit notes shall be Increased to a correspondingly greater percentage of its bond-securing notes. We must, therefor, face this contingency and pass judgment upon ths wisdom of In directly Introducing ths banking principle Into our money circulation. Defects la Present) Plan. "Again it may ba asked whether It is de sirable to adopt any new currency plan before certain reforms In our banking sys tem have been put In operation. Soma of these seem so obvious and pertinent to the ends which tha bankers' commission desires that they fall within tha scope of a dls cuaalon, on the currency. Among these de fects may Je mentioned the question of: First Insufficient reserve. particularly of country banka and the centralising of such reserves In New York. . ' Second The Inadequacy of redemption of facllltlea. Third The ever-lnvestment of banka in Blocks and securities which cannot be rapidly liquidated, and the tying up of the funds of the bank for too long a period. Fourth The bad banking methods of trust companies. Fifth The speculative character of the call loan market In New York. Sixth The absence of any system whereby negotiable paper can be easily redlscounted so that loanable funds will flow to tha place where they are moat needed for com mercial purposes. Seventh and Finally The rigidity of bank reserves. "Might It not be possible to permit our national banks. In accordance with a sug gestion of Mr. 8c h Iff, to encroach upon their reserves, say up to one-fifth of such re serves, by payment of a tax of per cent. This would let loose about SUS.UOO.OOO. which might be as serviceable for emergency cir culation aa the credit notes of the Ameri can bankers' plan." to Hes1to for Grata Man. CHICAGO.' Dec. in. JudK Landis In the United States dlrtnct court today der.led th. application uc-ge 8. Mi Reynolds, formerly a grain broker of this eily, fur a writ of habeas corpua. Mi-Reynolds was recently sentenced to the penitentiary oa tha charge of having sold grain covered by warehouse receipts. He will nan; )a tvuittiitd l am Mil amlcttL-o. 1 CLUE TO WOMAN'S IDENTITY Body fr'oand In Pand r Harrison, -ft. May Be That ( Trio phane Operator. NEWARK, N. J.. Dec. 28. -The mystery surrounding the death of the woman whose body was found In a pond In Harrison last week, appeared to be nearer solution today. About the only hope the officials engaged on the case hsve thus 'tfar re ceived In their attempt to establish the Identity of the murder victim came today when the manager of an employment bureau auld she recognised the body as that of a woman who had sought work several weeks ago. Mrs. Margaret Wright, who has an employment office at Mont rlalr, N. J., said she is certain the body In the morgue Is that of a woman who railed at her office early In December and gave her name as Annie Nevins. The ap plicant ,s)nve no address, but said she had been employed as a housekeeper In Brook lyn and wanted a similar position In Newark or, Montclalr. The Identification by Mrs. Wright Is not accepted as positive by the police. The hands of the dead woman had been carefully cared for and showed no traces of rough work. An anonymous letter received at New York pol'fe headquarters today said the writer was certain the murder victim was a Miss Smith, once employed as telephone operator at Hotel Girard In New York. The writer said she was known to bave had trouble with a man In Newark. A detective who went to the Hotel Girard with a description of the dead woman was told that It answered very closely the ap pearance of the former telephone operator. LIFE GIVEN UP FOR CHILDREN Mother Starves May LIt. t Her Family Proud NEW YORK, Dec 28. Happy that tha children for whom she has sacrificed every thing, even the last scraps of food, had at last found friends, Mrs. Phylls Prisco died at a Brooklyn hospital of starvation. Mrs. Frisco's husband has been dead some months and with four little aons, tha eldest four years, the youngest four months old, to rare for, she labored day and night until she was taken 111. Her pride prevented her from asking for aid, so she saved what bits of food she could obtain for her little ones while she gradually grew weaker and weaker from the lack of food. The last bits of crust went for the children's Christmas dinner and the next morning neighbors heard the crying of the little ones In the unfurnished room In which the mother and children lived. They en tered and found Mrs. Prisco dying and the cHldren weak from the lack of food and from the cold. The police removed the mother to a hospital and the children's society took care of the little ones. When the physicians found that all hope for the mother was gone, the little ones were sent for and Mrs. Prisco was assured that they would be cared for. The children ware happy again for they had had plenty of food and toys, and as the tired mother real ised that their sufferings ' were over tha mother's heart was stilled and ber sacri fice, was complete. ROADS LINING UP. FOR FIGHT Effort Evidently to Be Mwde to enre Amendment to Anti Trust Art. 3e- 'CHTCAGO, Dec. 28. Tho railways and powerful shipping Interests are apparently uniting In an effort to obtain a repeal of the Sherman anti-trust act. Insofar at least as It applies to the traffic associations. This fact Is made apparent In a symposium published In the current Issue of the Rail way Age and participated in by railway presidents, governors, railway commission ers and representatives of large shipping interests. Nearly every problem that Is troubling the railroads and the shippers Is touched upon, suoti as the effects of the Hepburn act, the question of additional legislation, the problem of state versus federal co'ntrol, the effect of recent agtta- Hon Pn earning capacity of railroads; the disability of the uniform classification and the substitution of steam by electricity as a motive power for roads. The, shippers and railroad men seem to agree that the Hepburn act has brought some great benefits, the chief of which is the abolition of rebates, but that it is too soon to make a complete deduction of the effect of the act taken as a whole. All deplore the conflict of state and na MILITIA IS READY TO MOVE Governor of Oklahoma Will Kend Two Companle to llenoetta on Call of Mayor. GUTHRIE. Okl., Dec. 27. Governor Haskell states he has most disquieting reports from Henryetta and that two companies of the National guard are be ing held in readiness to move to that town at any moment. He la awaiting a telegraphic request from the mayor for. help, which a telephone commiiloatlon leads him to believe will coma at once. Military companies at Chandler and Okla homa City are In readiness to move. Armed guards are patrollng Henryetta streets and couriers ar out endaavorlng to locate an armed body of negroes who were last reported four miles from the town. Tha governor expects to remain in his office roost of the night so that ba may be In touch with the bituatlon. Up to midnight tonight there had been no shooting or other evidence of disorder at Henryotta. Okl., aa the result of tha lynchlr.g of Jamea Garden, a negro, last Wednesday, though disquieting rumors con tinue to emanate from there. A number of armtl negroes have been arrested by scouting parties In the vlctntty of Henry etta, and It Is believed that all the negroes will be stopped and disarmed before they reach the town. SALARY OF PLAYER IS EXEMPT Jastlre liuuak Decides Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne May Retain Her Earning. . NEW YORK. Dec. 28 A decision which will prove of considerable Interest to law yers and theatrical people has been filed by Justice Hough In the United States dis trict court in ths matter of thtt bankruptcy of Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne. Judge Hough decides that the ability of a player la not an asset that can be touched by creditors or a receiver In bankruptcy. Tha receiver took ever tha scenery and properties of "Zasa" and "Du Barry .'1 in which Mra. Carter had been appearing, and demanded a share in the contrarta under which she is to apr'ar (n "La Toaca" and "Fedora.-; Judge Hough orders the return of the property taken and rules that tha receiver Is net entitled to any interest In tha con tracts or tho salary she obtains for her that p -Too Bear. NEVADA MUST ACT President Answers Request that Troops Stay in Goldfield. CALL OF LEGISLATURE ADVISED Soldiers Cannot Remain Indefinitely Without Its Request. LAW IN CASE IS QUOTED If Call is Issued Within Five Days Army Will Stay Three Weeks. GOVERNOR STATES HIS POSITION ExeentlTe Maya Legislature Probably Would Not Comply vrltn Hla Request to Create State Guard. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s. President Roosevelt today indicated by telegram to Governor Sparks of Nevada that the fed eral troops now at Goldfield will be Or dered to remain there for a further period of three weeks, provided the governor within five days Issues a call for a special session of the state legislature. The presi dent's letter follows: THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, Dec. 28., 1907. Hon. John Sparks, Governor: Carson City, Nev.: Your telegram of De cember 28 is received. It In effect declares that you have failed to call the legislature together, because. In your Judgment the legislature would not call upon the govern ment of the United Statea for the use of troops, although In your opinion It ought to do so. The constitution of the United States Im poses, not upon you, but upon the legisla ture. If It can be convened, the duty of calling upon the government of tho United States to protect the state of Nevada against domestic violence. Tou now re quest tho armed forces of the United Statea in violation of the constitution be cause In your Judgment the legislature would fall to perform Ita duty under the constitution. The state government certainly does not appear to have made any serloua effort to do Ita duty by the effective enforcement by tho use of Ita police functions. I re peat what I have already said to you sev eral times, that under the conditions exist ing In the state of Nevada, aa made known to me, an application from the legislature of the state is an essential con dition to the Indefinite continuance of troops at Goldfield. State Should Aet. Circumstances may change and If they do I will take whatever action the needs of the situation require so far as my con stitutional powers permit. But. the first need Is that the state authorities should do their duty and the first step towards this is the assembling of the legislature. It Is apparent from your telegram that the legislature of Nevada can readily be con vened. You have fixed the period f three weeks as tha time necessary to convene and organise a special session. If within five days front the receipt of this telegram you ahall have issued the necessary notice to convene the legislature of Nevada I shall continue the station of the troops at Goldfield during such period of three weeks. If within the term of five days such notice has not been issued, the troops will be Immediately returned to their former stations. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Telegram of Governor, The telegram of the president was In re sponse to one of the governor In which he sots forth the need of armed Intervention and expresses the doubt whether calling the legislature would result in the necessary re quest from that body for federal aid. The telegram follows: "CARSON, Nev.. Dec. ffl.-The President, Washington. D. C. : As chief magistrate of the state of Nevada I have been of the opinion for the last year that a condition bordering on domestic violence and Insur rection has existed In the Goldfield mining district. There has been an almost con stant stste of war between the Miners', union and the mine owners, who employ the members of the union. During the year 1907 practically one-fourth of the time was occuplul In actual strikes and several months In agitations about other strikes. Two Hostile Camps. "Without considering the merit of any of the controversies. It is only necesrary to state that the entire district became divided Into two hostile camps. On the one hand the miners and their adherents and sympa thisers and on the other hand the mine owners, with their adherents and sympa thisers. The union alone claimed a mem bership of 3,000 and fully one-half of the membership were constantly armed. Arms and ammunition were purchased by the union as a body. On the other hand the mine owns re employ a large number of watchmen and guards who are constantly armed and on duty; in addition to those forces were an unusually large number of the criminal element attracted to the new and booming mining camp. "Under such conditions the civil author ities were practically powerless. They could attend to the ordinary petty offend ers from day to day, but a the first con flict between the real armies of labor and capital they would have been swept away. The, repeated strikes and continued threats of strikes Irritated the mine owners more and more. It was clear to me, thurefore, that when the last strike was called In the midst of the financial crisis spreading over the country and wit a long winter facing the twenty thousand people situated upon tha desert, hundreds of miles from any centers of population. It was time to recognize the actual condition of affalia and to act accordingly. What Conatltntea Insurrection. "A state of domestic violence and Insur rection arises. In my Judgment, when armed bodies are in existence with sufficient power to overcome the civil authorities and con tinual threats were made of the destruc tion of life and property. This condition has existed In the Goldfield mining district ths past year and exists there now. It calls for the presence of the troops to keep the peace. As this condition has been slow of growth it will take time to remove it. "In my Judgment, It la necessary that troopa be kept at Goldfield an indefinite period W time. They ahould remain there until both aldea are ahown that the dis trict is not to remsln an armed camp and a scene of continual warfare. The com munist and anarchist must sek new fields The laboring man be convinced that arbi tration and peaceful methods are more cer tain and lasting methods of Improving his condition than by dynamite and the shot gun. This can only come about with time, Continued, im ticvuui fag-! t AROUND GLOBE TWICE A YEAR Distance Traveled Annually tr Every Itegalar street Car la Omnha. "I have traveled the distance of twice around the world on a street car every year for the last six years," said John J. Cobrj. conductor on the Harney street car line. "But at that I have traveled no further than any other Omaha street car conductor who haa had a regular run for the same length of time. Somn don't know how far thry have traveled and don't care. But the street rar company knows, and Its records show that every regular car in the service travels an aver age of fi.ono miles a year. have kept track not only of the distance I have traveled, but right here on this sheet of paper I have a complete record, which Includes everything of Interest to me dur ing my career as conductor. "Every night after supper since I made my first trip for the company I have sat down and entered up the different itema on thle shert It shows the number of transfera I have Issued and received, the number of cash fares I have taken In., the total number of people carried on my car and a lot of other things that no one but me cares to know. I have carried more people on my little Harney car every year than live In Douglas county. My biggest day was October 4, 1906. when I turned In $f0 cash, besides several hundred trans fers. That was during tho Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. My smallest day was April 7, when I took In 5 cents; the coldest day I run was January 14, when the mercury went to 2 below; the hottest was August 10. when It was 98 degrees above. If there Is any other Information you want con cerning the history of my atreet car career Just drop around any time I'm not busy and 1 11 be glad to give it to you." LATEST ON THE P. 0. LINEUP Thomas is Sure that lie Will Get In, While Pnlmer Is Trying; Hard to Hang Oa. So far aa local advices go, there la no change In the Omaha postoffice situation. In which State Senator Thomns has been endorsed by the two United States urn-. ator to succeed Postmaster Palmer. Mr. Thomas has iwn busy the last few days circulating general petitions . asking for his appointment. He says he has In over 4.000 names, with more on the way, to enable the senators to prove that they have the sentiment of the community back of them. On the other side. Captain Palmer la standing by his guns. His credentials at Washington have been supplemented by additional endorsements' from the old soldiers and further letters from past de partment commanders of the Grand Army of the Republic. In fact. Captain Palmer says he has filed letters now from every living past department commander except one, and that one Is beyond reach be cause out of the country. By way of Lincoln comes a report that charges are to be filed In the post oft ice department against Mr. Thomas and that the papers there would all be held up pending Investigation. The source of these alleged chargea is not disclosed, but gossip here has It that ' Congressman Hitchcock, who - personally pursued Sen ator Thomas before a legislative Investi gation two years ago, has had a hand In It. Friends of Mr. Thomas insist that the promised charges will not materialise and that his appointment will be officially made shortly after 'congress reconvenos. SUICIDE BEFORE DISGRACE Dr. Warhendorf shoots Himself at Slonx Fnlls Rather Than Be Taken la Charge. SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Dec. 28 (Special Telegram.) This city was this forenoon the scene of the sensational suicide of Dr. C. J. WTachendorf, who had been a fugi tive from the United States authorities of the southern district of Iowa since last February. The suicide of the physician followed closely his arrest by United States Marshala Carleton and Lamb. They pro ceeded to the office of the physician In the business district. When Informed of their errand he glanced at the warrant for hla arrest and then left the officers In the re ception room and proceeded to a bed room, giving the two deputies to understand that he would accompany them in a few min utes, as 'soon as. he could dress. He at tempted to shoot himself through the heart with a 38-callber revolver, but missing his aim, he fired a second shot into hla heud, penetrating the brain and causing Instant death. The particular charge upon which he was arrested waa sending on or about Feb ruary 7 last from the poetoffice at Lld- derdate, la., a threatening letter to Henry Quodle of Omaha. In the letter he charged Quodie with having assaulted his (the phy sician's) wife and demanded a sum of money In satisfaction, and says that If It was not paid he would kill the Omaha man. Federal authorities for this district have never had the case In charge. The name of Henry Quodle does not appear In the Omaha directory. MANY ARE LEAVING ARMENIA Famlae la Eastern Turkey So Severe that Hundreds Start for United Statea. BOSTON. Dec. 28. Additional advices from eastern Turkey and Armenia received today by the American Board of Commis sioners for Foreign Missions Indicate that the famine already reported Is more severe than was first anticipated and the tide it Immigration to thla country waa never so strong aa at present. Secretary Harry Hicks writes from liar poot that upon returning to that city re cently, he met hundreds of Arabs and Ar menians going In the direction of Sumsoon and eventually to America. All these per sons were young or middle-aged, able bodied men. representing the strongest ele ment of the population tn that country and sufficiently well off to make the necessary "gift" to leave Turkey and pay their pas sage to America. It Is estimated that 1.2O0 families have left the vicinity of Harpoot since last April and the tide of emigration Is continually rising. DROUTH FOR IOWA TRAVELERS Burlington Issues Orders that Mere Lluuor Be Sold on Trains There. No CHICAGO. Dec. 28.-A dispatch to the Tribune frem Dea Moinea, la., says: "Aa a result of the liquor crusade now going on In Iowa, the Chicago, B.irlington & Quincy railri ad has Issued orders trt dining car conductora prohibiting tie sale of liquor wMle its trains are in Iowa. The order went Into effect yeetrrday. It la understood the cither roads will take luuUar eotiot - " GOOD TAFT OUTLOOK Congressman Pollard Returns fronj - Trip to the Central States. SENTIMENT FOR THE SECRETARY Michigan Will Be in Line, According? to Present Indications. INROADS ON KNOX'S DOMAIN Foraker Banquet at Cleveland Prove v a Political Frost. CONFERENCE OVER UTE INDIANS Bureau of the Opinion They Will B Willing to Go Buck to Utah ay ftprlag aad Farm Ther Lands. (From a Staff Correspondent . WASHINGTON. Dec. :8.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Representative Pollard arrived In Washington last nlRht, with his wife and' baby. Mr. Pollard In reviewing his trip to Ohio, said: "During my recent trip I met a great many business men and active politicians In Grand Rapids. Mich.; Cleve land. O.. and Butler and Pittsburg. Pa. X found people wherever I went were taking a keen interest In politics, especially lit the choice of the republican standard bearer for the presidency. If the aentU tnent of those with whom I came In con tact In Grand Rapids Is a fslr criterion from which to Judge the state, Michigan will surely send a solid delegation to Chicago for Secretary Taft. At the banquet In Cleveland, given os tensibly In the Interest of Senator For aker's candidacy, there was a very pro nounced feeling of hostility to the senator. The friends of Foraker had planned to) launch his candidacy at this meeting. There was a very decided coldneea ap parent all over the banquet chamber, 8f far as I could ascertain the opinion seemed general that Secretary Tuft would have a solid delegation from his home state. Should the delegates be selected under the old convention system, Foraker would un doubtedly secure part of the delegation fof himself. Under the primary system, how ever, men with whom I talked felt sura that Mr. Taft would get them all. The people of Ohio. I was told, outside of few politicians and great corporate Inter ests, are perfectly loyal to President Roose velt and are decidedly agalnat Senator Foraker on account of his denunciation of the president." Confer Over I tes, James, T. House, superintendent of tha Indian schools at Rapid City, is In Wash ington and today called on Indian Com missioner Iupp relative to a number of matters involving the conduct of .the) Rapid City school and also had. It Is un derstood, considerable to say about tha work of the Utes, who left their reserva tion two years ago and have finally keen . rounded up and put to work on the con struction of railroads near Rapid City, There are about seventy able-bodied In dians who are at work near Rapid City and Superintendent House says they seem to be contented. However, the impression at the Indian bureau Is that gradually as spring breaks these Indians will be in duced to return to their reservation and settle down to the cultivation of the lands allotted to them. The work on railroad construction lHamu:h more arduous than raising corn and beans and they are said to welcome heartily the suggestion that , they return to the Uintah reservation. Parker Goes to West Point. Congressman I'urkcr from the Dead- , wood, 8. D., district, leaves tomorrow night for Weet Point to visit his appointee to the academy. Clarence Donaldson of Lead, S. D. Donaldson has been In a preparatory school for soma weeks and hla examination will take place early In the year. Colonel Parker, being greatly Interested in the young man. goea over to West Point to learn how matters are pro gressing with him. Minor Mutters nt Capltnl. Iowa rural routes ordered established March 2: Alula, Monroe county route 7; population, 350; families, 80. Algona,' Kossuth county, route 6; population, 3S6; families, 66. Kenton. Kossuth county, route 2; population. 300; families, 78. Hlteman, Monroe county, route 1; popSJa latlon, 300; families, 82. Lone Rocu, KcSssuth county, route 2; population, 200; families, 69. Melrose, Monroe county, route E; population, 850; families, 82. T I tonka, Kossuth county, route 3; popu lation, 600: families, 64. Wesley, Kos suth county, route 2; population, 800; families, 74. Rural free delivery carriers appointed) for South Dakota routes: Corona, route 1; John L. Haas, carrier; Hattle T. Haas, substitute. Tyndall. route 1; Jamea Bretsford, carrier; Charles E. Stuyvesaot, substitute. Etta Yokam haa been appointed post master at Webster, Keokuk county, Iowa, vice J. B. McLaughlin, resigned. The First National bank of CsunpbolI Neb., has been, authorised to begin business with 126.000 capital. L. H. East man, president; J. B. Laporte. first vice president; A. L. ILanreux, second vice president; J. H. Chevalier, cashier. PITTSBURG IN GRIP OF GRIPPE Worst tplaleaale Slues IftgU Haa Takes) Hold of Peaaalvaala City. PITTSBURG, Dec. &.-What is said te be the worst epidemic of sickness since 189 Is being experleiK-ed In Pittsburg and physicians estimate that thousands of per sona are prostrated by pneumonia, typhoid fever and especially the grippe. Through out the city probably every home la af fected tn some manner and a scarcity of. employes In the large office buildings la serioualy felt. The Pittsburg Railway com. puny Is having difficulty in manning Its cars on account of conductors and motor men being laid up with the grippe. City Physician Booth says the present epidemic of grippe exceeds In scope and severity all but that of lus" and may yet break that recoid. He htllivks the germs may have originated fur from here. In 1& the malady's mart was traced buck through Europe to Asia and finally located In Hong Kong, Chuia. , CHILDREN'S HOME ON FIRE Ikorwealaa Orphans nt Chicago Hernlnu" and llnadred la mate K'l;ic, CHICAGO. D'-c. -S .-i be Norwegian Lutheran Children's home at Fif ty-elghth avenue and West Irving Park boulevard Is on fire. It Is aald that au l& at Hale u. over 1J escaped, i 4