The Omaha Daily
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XXXV1I-NO.
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OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1908.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
ANSWER TO CRITICS
President Replies to Charsre of User' '
Patronagre in Behalf of Taft.
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bh&jxulu ALH AND MALICIOUS
Question Called to Hii Attention by
an Indiana Man.
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AS TEXT
Method of Making Appointments i
' Clearly S?t Out.
FEW PERSONALLY KNOWN TO HIM
'Senator nnd ( OBRrrtamrn Consulted
and, With Few Eirrplloaa, Are
the Ones Directly Responsible
for Naming" Men.
WAfflTrNOTOrf, Tcb. S. -President Roose
1 vlt today mado answer to the recent pub
lic statement that he had made life of
federal patronage to further the presiden
tial Interests of Secretary Taft. The an
swer la In tho form of a letter addressed
to William Dudley Foulke of Richmond,
Ind., and Includes letter from Mr.
Foulke 'to the president, suggesting the
need of such a statement. The president
beKlna by characterizing the charges as
"false and malicious." He follows this
with an analysis of all appointments sent
by him to the. senate for Its action to show
that In no case has the proximity of a
presidential contest' Influenced his actions.
The correspondence In full follows: ,
Letter of Pontic.
"February E, WV The President, Sir:
On January 13 I lnld before you an article
In the Indianapolis News (a paper support
ins; the candidacy of Mr. Fairbanks) accus
ing you .of using the'fedcral patronage to
secure the nomination of Mr. Taft, and
naming the postofflce m particular. I
spoke of the fact that certain Taft men
had been nominated In Ohio and you an
swered that that was true, that you would
be very weak ir you allowed the power of
appointment In that state to be used only
as a means of attack upon the Administra
tion. "dn my return home, I observed other
articles making similar charges In various
papers, for Instance, the following in the
New York Evening Post of January 16:
" "We are now getting dally lessons In
civil service reform from the White House,
which otiKht to attract national att ontlnn.
The appointment of Taft workers to post
orflees in Ohio, and of the totally unfit
George W. Wanamaker as appraiser of
this port, is now followed by the presl-
' dent's refusal to reappoint a good Hughes
man os collector of customs at Plattsburg.'
"On January 17 an article charging you
.with, similar abuse of the patronage ap
peared In the Indianapolis Star, a paper
alao supporting Mr. Fairbanks, and re
puled to be owned principally by Mr. Dan
iel a. Held, a gentleman representing Im
portant Wall street interests. This article
I enclosed In a letter to you in 'which I
MM; ..A... : ..: ,, .
' 'No man can he a more unqualified
supporter of Mr. Taft than I, yet I realise
that any use of the patronage to aid him,
especially if coercion can be . Implied, Is
likely lo injure you very seriously. . ,
The use of any public, office for this pur
pose Is fraught with great danger and
subject to unanswerable criticism.'
Asks for Proof.
"To thia you answered, January 19: '
"'Will you produce the name of a single
man whom I have coerced or influenced;
will you give -ne tho name of any official
who has been controlled by the threat or
Implied threat of dismissal, or from whom
I have demanded support for Taft; In fact,
will you give me one particle of Justifica
tion for the fears you expressed? Name
the man whom I have removed because
I was for Taft, or threatened to remove
because he was not for Taft. You cannot
do so, and, as you cannot, why do you not
repeat this challenge' to the newspapers In
question; assjrt that their words arc abso
lutely false and challenge them to make
good?" .
"I, accordingly, wrote to the 'Star asking
It to name a single case of the coercion
referred to In lta previous Issues. It pub
lished an answer to my letter, but failed
to name any Instance of the kind. I then
wrote again, railing attention to this fallum
and asking if I were not forced to conclude
from Its own silence that its own charges
were absolutely without foundation. This
lecond letter, however. It would not pub
lish, though: It still continues to repeat Its
general charges of abuse of patronage.
"These charges also continue to be circu
lated by other newspapers In all parts of
the country. Thus the Boston Herald of
January 19 say:
" 'Federal office-holders may be com
manded to vse their Influence and their
authority In behalf of a candidate' Such
a command has been issued and the presi
dent should know of It. Somebody
has instructed postmaster that they must
obtain from their subordinates either their
resignations or their pledges of support for
Taft delegates to the convention.
Even in Massachusetts efforts of this kind
have been made recently, but happily they
aave been stopped, partly because the post
masters on whom the attempts were mado
have the courage to resist and partly from
jther causes.'
"In view of these reiterated complaints,
would not a detailed statement of your re
sent appointments, the men by whom they
are recommended, your reasons and prin
ciples upon which you have acted In mak
ing them, a Well as a statement In regard
to the alleged coercion, be the best method
f exhibiting the facts? Yours respectfully,
"WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE."
Pals ana Mallcloas.
Feb. I. 1908.-My Dear Mr. Foulke: The
statement that I have used the offices In
the effort . to nominate any presidential
candidal is both false and malicious. It
is the usual Imaginative invention which
flows from a desire to sy something
Injurious. Remember that those now mak
ing this accusation were busily engaged
two months ago In asserting that I was
using the offices to secure my own re
nomination. It la the kind of accusation
. which for th next few months will be rife.
f:"it particular slander will be used until
' exploded arid when exploded those who
have used II. will promptly Invent another.
Such being the case, I almost wonder
whether it Is' worth while answering, but
a It 1 you who ask why, th answer you
snail have,
' "Since th present congress assembled
two monthd ago. I have sent to the senate
the names of all the officials I have ap
pointed for the entire period since congress
adjourned on March 4 last, that Is. for
eleven months. Excluding army acd navy
(Continued an Second fag.)
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IRRIGATION PROJECT COMPLETE
l.sriml Enterprise Undertaken
.. Private Capital All Ready
for the Peltiers.
by
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. 9. (Special.)
One of the largest and what promises
to be tho most successful reclamation
projects ever attempted by private cap
ital will be opened to settlement on May
12 next, when thousands of settlers will
be offered homes on fertile tracts of land
under a never-failing system of Irriga
tion. , It is what is known as the Oregon
RaHln project In Big Horn county, Wyo.,
and is being constructed by the Big
Horn Basin Development company and
financed by Young & Hamilton, the Chi
cago bankers. The lands will be re
claimed under the terms of the Carey
act through contracts with the state of
Wyoming.
The Oregon Basin project will reclaim
2lo,C00 acres of land lying wholly in Big
Horn county. The tract Is fifty-five
miles long from east to west, and twenty
five miles wide north to south, and lies
between the Shoshone river on the north-:
west, tho Greybull ' river on the south,
and the Big Horn, river on the east. The
climate Is almost ferfect, there being lit
tle? or no wind, and tho smallest percent
Age of precipitation of any section of the
state. The temperature never gets ex
tremely hot nor does it get very cold.
The season In which ' to,, mature crops 1b
longer than In any other section of the
state. The soil Is very rich and will
grow successfully any crop known to this
latitude.
Water Is taken from the Shoshone
river at a point thirty miles above, or
southwest of the town of Cody, on the
Burlington -railroad. ; A canal has been
built a distance Qf twenty-eight miles to
the Oregon basin, an Immense natural
reservoir with solid rock sides and bot
tom. This canal is sixty fet wide and
from ten to elghtyi-flve feet doep. There
are five tunnels tiirough solid rock, ag
gregating two miles in length. Where
the canal empties lit the big basin the
water has a tall of 234 feet, producing
lCutiO horse power. The lake holds water
to the dvpth of ninety-seven and a half
feet. Th outlet Is through solid rock a
distance of one-half -mile. The big na-f
tural reservoir has a capacity of 444,000
acre-feet, or sufficient water to supply
each acre to be reclaimed with two feet
of water, or enough, to Irrigate ' for two
whole seasons.
The Shoshone river flows 16,000 acre
feet per month maximum, which Is dur
ing the Irrigating season In that country.
The qanal Is . substantially built, and
there la absolutely ho danger of the
water supply ever failing.,, There are no
dams to go out, . and no possible leaks
In the reservoir. . The whole system ap
pears to have been planned by a higher
mind than that of. our ; best, . engineers,
who have simply, taken advantage of the
wonderful resources offered,
FLEET SIGHTED IN STRAITS
Chtleaa Cruisers , Leading; the Way
Through the Tortuous Pas- .
sages of Magellan.
PUNTA ARENAS. Strait of Magellan.
Feb. 9. The Pad fie Navigation company's
steamship Orlta, which arrived here this
morning, reports havftig passed the Ameri
can fleet in the strait at o'clock last
evening, twelve miles east of Cape Pilar.
The Chilean cruiser Chacabuco was lead
ing. The weather was very stormy.
TAFT BiMtlET TO BIS BIQ AFFAIR
Thousand Expected to Be Seated at
Tables in Public tn Galleries.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 5-The republican
banquet In Convtntton halt tomorrow night
in hondr of Secretary of War Taft promises
to be a gigantic affair. Over 1,000 persons
will eat dinner served In the arena of the
big hall and probably 10,000 more will crowd
th balcories and gaurles to listen to the
music and the speeches. Tickets to seats In
the twenty-five boxes that encircle the
arena ave been sold, but the galleries
and balconies will be free to the public.
At the banquet the speakers' table, eighty
eight feet long,, will extend along the north
end of the hail and at It will be sealed the
republican state officials, republican state
committeemen and other notable guests, as
well as the speakers. Th other tables will
be set at rlfht angles with the main table.
A platform has been erected on the east
side of the hall and the speakers will move
to the platform after the close of the feast.
The dinner is to begin promptly at t o'clock
Two hours will be taken for the meal, dur
ing which time the spectators will be enter
tained by a n.JUtary band and a big college
club. The tpetiklng will begin at I o'clock.
The adJresi of welcome will be delivered by
Mayor Henry M. Beardsney and the prin
cipal toasts will be "The Republican Party,"
Judge Selden P. Spencer of St. Louis, and
"We Have Put Our Hand to the Plow,"
Attorney Oeneral Herbert S. liadley, Miss
ouri. Secretary Taft will be th last
speaker. E. E. E. McJimsey of Springfield,
Mo., will be toastmaster.
ST. LOUI8, Feb. 9 -Secretary of War
William H. Taft arrived In St. Louis to
night shortly after o'clock on his way to
Kansas City, where he will speak tomor
row. Mr. Taft was scheduled to arrive
over the Pennsylvania at 4:30 o'clock, but
his train was two hours late. He spent
two or three hours here, talking with
friends and met membeta of the two war
ring republican factious.
WOODFOHU HEAD Hl'tiHEB LK.i GI B
Vie Presidents and Advisory Board
to Be Manned.
NEW YORK, Feb. .-lt was announced
tonight that Ueneral Stewart L. Woodford
has been chosen president of the Hughes'
League of the United States, and that at
a notification meeting to be held at the
Manhattan hotel on February 17 vice presi
dents and an advisory committee would be
chosen.
M OYESCXITTS OT OCXAJT ITUMIUn.
Port. Arrived. siid.
NEW YORK Luctsll
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HOTTEKBAM... Kdi.
BY WIRELESS.
60UT1I W'ELLFLEET Cedric 390 miles
west of Sandy Hook at noon: will reach
Now York at j. in. Sunday.
CONDITION OF
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SURE CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA
Dr. Melvin Telli Mr. Pollard He Can
Save Afflicted Herd.
WORK IN NEBRASKA PLANNED
Faets Come Oat In Ilearlnsr Before
Agricultural Committee and Con
gressman Pollard Take
Culck Action.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (Speclal.)-DuV-Ing
the hearings before the agricultural
committee recently Dr. Melvin of the bu
reau of animal Industry mad the state
ment that they had discovered V "ure for
hog cholera. Mr. Pollurd asked Dr. Mel
vin: "Are your scientists able to go Into
a lot of hogs that are Infected with this
malady and by applying this remedy pre
vent the continued mortality of the herd?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply, "they have
done that."
"After it has broken out?"
"Yes, sir; not only our own men, but in
some of the states."
"What percentage can you save In a
herd of that kind?"
"I do not know definitely. I think I
would be safe in saying 98 per cent We
have goneInto herds where the disease
was prevalent and treated one-half of the
herd and left the other half untreated,
and nearly all the untreated hogs would
die and the others would survive. That
was done In a number of Instances."
Upon learning that no co-operative work
along this line had been undertaken In
connection with the Nebraska station, Mr.
Pollard took the matter up with Prof. E.
A. , Burnett of Lincoln and has Just re
ceived word that Dr. Melvin has recently
been In Lincoln and discussed the matter
with Prof. Burnett and Dr. Peters of the
Nebraska station.
The method requires an expert to admin
ister It, but it Is hoped that a system
can be arranged whereby it will be pos
sible for the farmer to handle It himself.
Mr. Pollard says that If there are any
epidemics of hog cholera existing In the
First district he will be glad to take the
matter up with the department with the
view of having an expert sent to the neigh
borhood who will be prepared to administer
the treatment to the diseased herds if the
existence of such epidemic is brought to ha
attention.
Morris Explains Amendment.
Nebraskans cannot afford to be anything
else but a serious minded toK -that Is to
say, those who represent that state In the
halls of legislation, for George William
Norrls knows now whst It means to be
facetious in debate -and he Is greatly per
turbed over a little pleasantness of his
during the debate on the bill revising the
criminal code. Congressman Norrls, who
Is an Industrious and laborious legislator,
according to the estimate of John Wesley
Gaines of Tennessee, had been listening to
tho fulmlnatior.s of the democrats upon
the bill which codifies the criminal laws
of tho United States. Our criminal laws
are scattered through a dcxen or more
volumes and 4t is a very difficult thing,
under present conditions, to even find th
lawr - To .codify these laws , It -was ceces
sary to do It In the shape of a bill.' This
bill, containing all th criminal laws In
the United States, had been prepared un
der great expense by a committee ap
pointed for that purpose by a' preceding
congress.' It must be understood 'that con
gress, under 'the constitution, must - go
through the tedious task of reading the
bill. " -
The bill never contemplated anything
else than the codification of existing laws.
It Is easy to see that If each section were
debated and amendments offered and dis
cussed, the entire winter would be taken
up on this one bill alone, comprising as it
does many hundred pages.
Some of the democrats started In to of
fer amendments to every section. Some of
these amendments, standing alone, were
desirable, but many of them were offered
out of pure buncombe and most of them
were already covered by existing law In
other parts of the bill. A number of the
amendments were Ingeniously worded so as
to give opportunity for political speeches
with a view of making 1t appear that th
republicans were opposed to needed legis
lation, when perhaps the very amendment
was Included In a different section of the
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Morris' Stopa Filibustering.
In order to put a stop to the filibustering
on the part of the democrats and to get
through with the bill as rapidly as possible,
Norrls offerd an amendment that con
vulsed the house and which I as follows:
Any member of congress who shall en
gage In the practice of law, or who shall
deliver Chautauqua lectures for pay, or who
shall engage in farming or manufacturing,
or who shall have any occupation what
ever, or who shall patronise any national
bank by depositing any money therein, or
who shall patronize any railroad company
by riding thereon, or who shall purchase
any material of or sell any material to any
corporation shall bo hanged by the neck
until dead and thereafter be prohibited
from holding any office of profit or trust
under th government of th United States.
The house had been In session all day
without reading a line of the bill and every
body had grown tired of the apparent de
sire on th part of th democrats to con
sume as much time as possible with
speeches on every conceivable subject and
having no bearing whatsoever upon the
bill before that body. Mr. Norrls was re
plying to Representative Champ Clark of
Missouri, who was supporting an amend
ment offered by Mr. Randell of Texas,
making It a misdemeanor for any railroad
company, sleeping car, dining car, steam
boat, express, telegraph or telephone com
pany doing an Interstate business to glv
to any senator or representative In congress,
or to any Judge or Justice of any of th
courts of the United States free transporta
tion of person or property or frank and
making such representative or senator and
such Judge or Justice liable for a high mis-'
demeanor should he accept such free prlvl
lege.
Wholly .I'nlookedfor Eftect.
Mr. Norlia offered his amendment to show
the logical result of the doctrine advocated
by Mr. Clark and facetiously Introduced
his amendment ' it th hanging of any mem
ber who engages in any buslneo pursuit.
The effect, however, of this amendment
In Nebraska has been wholly unlocked for.
Newspapers as well as cttlsens have taken
Norrls seriously to task for an amendment
which was offered In a satirical manner and
done for the purpose oX showing how un
tenable Mr. Clark' position was regarding
th amendment. In conjunction with ths
amendment Mr. Norrls Id speaking to It
said:
In addition to th objection that was
made by the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
M. Moon, It seems to me that the real
reason why we ought to oppri thia amend
ment Is because it is practl ily covered by
law at th preaetil time. I was most heart
ily In favor of what la known as th anti
pass amendment to th Hepburn MIL I
tContinusd oa fieoocd Fa.;
CREAMERY RATES TOO HIGH
oath rtakota Railroad ' rmmlalon
Promise to Make, Fall -Invet
iKstloa.
SIOUX FA LI .8, S. 1). Feb. .-pecla!.)-The
State Board of Rsllrosd Conim'slon-
ers. at an adjourned meeting which has
Just been held at the headquarters of the
commission in Sioux Falls, among other
things consldertd the omplaint .of the
iRedfield Creamery company to-the effect
that It is being charged excessive freight
rstes upon shipments of milk and cream
from points on the Minneapolis A St. Louis
railroad. The railroad commissioners will
make an effort to have the rate reduced
and as nn. outgrowth of the complaint In
this case will make an investigation of rates
upon cream and milk throughout the state.
In an endeavor to ascertain whether any
of the local creameries sre being unjustly
discriminated against by any of the rail
road companies In the matter of rates on
milk and cream shipments.
During the sdjourned meeting the board
considered the application of the Great
Northern Railroad compary for permission
to close Its depot buildings at Booge and
Corson, and in both case the application
of the railroad company , was refused by
th board. (
During the meeting quite a number of
claims for excessive freight paid by ship
pers were adjusted.
Complaints were recently made to the
board in reference to the taking out of
telegraph Instruments at same of the smaller
places In South Dakota, and the board has
taken up the matter with the various rail
road companies which are concerned. In
most cases public telephones have been
Installed In the depots as a substitute for
telegraph instruments, anil these seem to
give fair satisfaction to tli general public.
The railroad commissioners, during the
adjourned meeting, considered the first' case
of the kind ever held before the board.
The cae was brought before the boar by
the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad com
pany and was In regard to the construction
over Its tracks at various points of tele
phone lines. These wires. It is alleged, are
swung so low as to endanger the lives of
freight brakemcn. The railroad company
asked the board to rule on the height thn
Wires should be above the tracks. While
the board has no Jurisdiction over telephone
companies. It was the unanimous opinion
of the members that It did have Jurisdiction
over anything which In any way obstructed
railroad tracks and endangered the lives
of railroad employes or the general public
Accordingly, Secretary Stanley of the board
was instructed to take up the matter with
the telephone comapnles whose wires over
the tracks of the Minneapolis & St'. Louis
railroad are alleged to be strung at too
low a height, and secure an adjustment of
the difficulty.
SUITS FOR ROYAL ALLOWANCE
Children of Late King- Of Spain Brine
Action to Been. aom
Cash.
MADRID, ( Feb. 9. The question of allot
Ing a pension of 250,000 pesetas to the Infant
Alphonso, the son of Don Carlos of Bour
bon and the princess of Astoria, who re
cently married Princess Louise of Orleans
In England, has received thia approval ot
th council- oi late aia, now ' goes before
the Cortes. But It has raised many com
plications, not the least Interesting of
which are suits for similar allowances
brought by the natural children . of Al
phonso XII: by -Elena Sanz. a Spanish
actress, and' a natural cousin of th king
named Carlos Allen Perkins, a second rate
but popular actor tn the music halls of the
capital.
Perkins' claim goes back to his great
grandmothes, the ' famous Infanta Char
lotta, who provoked the Carl 1st war by
obliging Ferdinand VII to admit the princi
ple of the Salic law. . It was she who
slapped the face of Calomarde. the premier,
and drew from him the historic retort:
"White hands are not offense."
Perkins' birth is not recorded In Got ha,
but he Insists that his real name Is "Don
Francisco Carlos Plo Rose Alphonso Luis
Fernando Allen Perkins Gurowsky Bourbon
Lutherlan Hossen Drlchma Vrlchlna and
Ottendorf,"' and consequently the blood
relative of most of th reigning sovereigns
ot Europe..
Th suit of th heirs of Elena Sans for
recognition as natural children of Alphonso
XII Is now In. progress. Mel Qualdes Al
varea, a republican deputy, Is the lawyer
for. the . plaintiffs. Among the witnesses
are some of the grandees of Spain, Marquis
D'Altavtlle, duke of Sesto and marquis of
Borga, who was master of the royal palace
during th late king's reign.
COAL LAND VALUES NOT FIXED
Oklahoma Commission Says Sufficient
Faets Are Nat a Yet
Available.
GUTHRIE, Okl., Feb. . Th report of
the commission authorized to inquire Into
th extent and value of the segregated
coal and asphalt lands ' belonging to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nation, looking to
wards their purchase by the state, will be
submitted to the slate legislature within
a few days. The commission Is said to
have reached the conclusion that at this
lime there Is bo means at hand to ascertain
the reasonable value ot the lands, but that
under no circumstance should a price In
excess of 118.000,000 be considered by the
state. Th purpose of the proposal to buy
th lands la to give th state control of Its
coal and asphalt resources.
John F. McMurrey of McAlester appeared
before the commission and exhibited a con
tract between the Choctaw and Chickasaw
tribal governments on th one side and
on the other the law firm of Mansfield,
Cornish as McMurrsy and Cecil A. Lyon
of Texas, by which the latter wer to
negotiate the sale of the lands and to re--i
ceiv a commission amounting to fl.000,000
he lands were sold to the state.
E OF PIG IRON FIXED
Informal Agreement Reached at
Cleveland to ' Maintain
Present Rate.
CLEV ELAN D, O., Feb. .-Whlle no at
tempt was made to form a binding agree
ment, the unanimous sentiment of pig 'ron
manufacturer who mot here yesterday was
In favor of maintaining the basis of 117 at
Mahoning and Shenango Valley furnaces
for No. 3 foundry Iron.
The whole subject of pig Iron prices In
relation to or and finished material was
discussed and there was a strong feeling
in favor of th policy qf conciliation and
ooooantratioa inaugurated by th Gary
movement at th recent meetings held In
New York City. This action of th pig
iron, producers, following that of th rep
resentatives of Iron or Interests, prom
ises to have a very benefMal effect upon
th market. It Is said. Those present at
today's meeting represented pig Iron manu
facturer of Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland,
Pittsburg, Ironton, Columbus and ethsr
esotara.
DEMOCRATS SLILI1T PRIMARY
Delegations in Nebraska Counties
Chosen by Mass Conventions.
REPUBLICANS UNITING. ON TAFT
List of ItenauHcjin Convention Dates,
at Two-Thirds of Which the
Presidential Preference Bal
lot Will Be Used.
The political developments In Nebraska
during the Inst week have almost all been
In the direction of harmony among the re
publicans, with a strengthening of the Taft
sentiment, and of greaater discord among
the democrats. The only real ripple on the
republican waters is the contest in progress
In Lancaster county for the control of the
delegation to the state convention, while
on the other hand the feud between the
democratic clans in Douglas county has
broken out again In the worst form of viru
lence andviolence that promises a standup
and knockdown fight.
A few democratic convention delegations
have been chosen In different counties, all
by mass conventions, without any of the
much vaunted primary elections, and no
resort whatever to direct expressions of
preference by the rank and file of the
party. Most of the republican county
committees have taken some action toward
providing for a choice of delegates, and the
county caucuses and conventions will now
be coming thick and fast. . About two
thirds of the counties in which calls have
been Issued will use the presidential pref
erence ballot, which is to be supplied by
tho state committee, and In Douglas county
the delegations are to be labeled with
their presidential preference on the ballot.
The list of republican county convention
dates so far made up is as follows:
Antelope, Feb. 26. Knox, Mar. 4.
Boone, Feb. S9.
Lancaster, Feb. 14.
Madison, Feb. 29.
Nance, Feb. 29.
Nuckolls. Mar. 4.
Phelps, Feb. 29.
Pierce, Feb. 9.
Polk, Feb. 29.
Red Willow, Mar. 4.
Richardson, Mar. i
Sarpy, Feb. 2S.
Saunders, Mar. 3.
Seward, Feb. 29.
Thurston, Mar. 7.
Washington, Feb. 2.
Wayne. Feb. 29.
Burt, Mar. 6.
Butler, Feb. 24.
Cass, Feb. 20.
Cedar, Feb. 12.
Cuming, Mar. 4.
Custer, Feb. 18
Dakota, Feb. 29.
Dodare, Feb. 29.
Douglas, Feb. 18.
Fillmore, Feb. 27.
Franklin, Feb. 19.
Furnas, Feb. 2ti.
Gage, Feb. 2fi.
Holt. Feb. 29.
Howard, Feb. 28.
Webster, Mar. 5.
Tho committees have also Issued calls
for Hall, Otoe, York, Cheyenne, Dixon,
Hamilton, Hitchcock,. Lincoln, Perkins,
Rock and Thayer, but the exact dates are
not available.
Probably the greatest Joke of the season
has had its Inception In Sheridan county,
where the populists have called a conven
tion for- the purpose of electing delegates
to the Omaha convention. The reason for
naming the delegation is given at length
in the Rushville Standard, In a signed
statement by H. F. Wasmund, chairman
of the populist county central commute.
Th chairman says: '
"To keep the. organisation of the party
entirely separate from other parties, for
the reason that the reform demanded by
the people's party would soon be enacted
Into law and executed In the interests of
the people, so long as tho. party works In
dependent of other parties. Both of the
old parties have adopted a part of our
platform, but so far have failed to enact
them into laws and enforce them, and It
Is very doubtful . whether either can get
the party machinery .out of the. hand, of
concentrated wealth. Until that- Is done,
jthe people will get no reform that, will be
of much benefit, but will be all promise
and nothing doing." - ,
Regardless of the fact that the delegates
named by the Sheridan county populist
are sure to come to Omaha and do as the
democrats desire them to do, the populists'
chairman explains that the people's party
is needed, as badly as a neglected garden
needs hoes, and says:
"The people's party Is needed at this time
to force the old party to give the people
relief from, corporate oppression', and
closes with an appeal for "every man to
stand aloof from either of the old parties,"
The congressional contest In the Fourth
district Is now . reaching the point where
a climax might naturally be .expected, a
the republican papers of the. district are
aligning their guns, some for Hlnshaw and
other for Aldrich , So far It Is hard to
tell which candidate will hold the balance
of newspaper power In the, district,, but the
contest promises to be of more than pass
ing Interest. '
RECEIVER FOR ILLINOIS TOWN
Failure of Bapervlsor to Tarn Over
Tax Collections ts the
Cause.
BELLEVILLE. 111.. Feb. . Judee T? n
Burroughs, presiding in the circuit court
neve, Saturday granted the petition of the
Federal Union Security company of Indiana
for an Injunction to restrain George Le
perch from further acting as supervisor
of the village and common fields of Ca
hokla and from collecting rentals from the
tenants of 6u0 owners of valuable lands of
tnat historic settlement. Frederick B. Mer
rills of Belleville was made receiver.
The court order results from an effort
to readjust the affair of the village, which
were entangled as a result nf th nii.,.
failure of Supervisor. Anthony Bordeaux,
wno served the village from J882 to 1892, to
turn over to Camlle Droit, his successor
$20,000 collected In rentals.
This Is the first time in th history of
Illinois courts that a receiver has been
named for a villas or citv. The offir.
supervisor of Cahokia was created In 1722
and has been continued since with the same
powers. The village is still 'governed by
the laws given It by Louis XIV of France.
Sioux Falls Men Celebrate.
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D., Feb. 8. tSpeclal.)
One of the greatest affairs of its kind
in the history of Sioux Falls was the fifth
annual banquet of the newly organized
Commercial club of Sioux Falls, which was
held last evening (Friday) at the Cataract
hotel. Plates for more than two hundred
of the business men of Sioux Falls were
laid. During th serving of the banquet
a local orchestra rendered a program of
choice selections. Among the addresses at
the banquet were the following: "Value of
Commercial Clubs in City Building," by
Victor E. Bender of Council Bluffs, la.;
"Manufacturing and Cheap Power," by
Georg B. Caldwell. Chicago; "Street Car
Systems." F. M. Mills, proprietor of the
Sioux Falls electric street railway system;
"That 60.000 Prediction," Porter P. Peck,
Sioux Falls; "Sioux Falls Commercial
Club." W. L Baker, Bloux Falls: "The
Salt of the City." Rev. Frank Fox. Bloux
Falls; "Th City Beautiful." E. A. Bher-
man, Bloux Falls. It Is the belief of the
men who are pushing the commercial In
terests of the city that the banquet will
mark a new era tn th history of Bloux
Fall.
SICK GIRL TAKES HER LIFE
Tlllte Wlk Itrank Carbolic Arid San
day Mornlnsr While Paramour
V.as Absent.
Tlllle Wlk. a girl 19 years of age, com
mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid at
11 o'clock Sunday morning In the rooms
wl-.cro she lived with Charles Zlnch, 514
North Sixteenth street.
The rooms are on the second floor rear.
Zlnch left the hotise at 9 o'clock In the
morning and at that time the girl whs
eating breakfast. He Is a driver for T.
C. Brunner Son, wholesale flour deal
ers, ltiltf Chicago street. When Zlnch re
turned from the barn where he kept his
team he found Billy Plager at the door.
'What's the matter with her? I be
lieve she's taken something," said Pla
ger. Zlnch found the girl on a sofa. Her
lips were burned with the acid. He tele
phoned at once for Dr. J. F. Langdon,
but when the physician arrived It was
too late. The body was taken In charge
by Coroner Davis, who will hold an In
quest. Zlnch said the girl had been In poor
health for several months. He said they
had had no. quarrel of any kind. The
girl left two letters, one written to her
father, Henry Hagedorn, 930 Reynolds
avenue, Kansas City, Mo., and the other
addressed to Zlnch. In the latter she ad
dresses him In tender terms and said pa
thetically that she thought It best that
she bring her life to a close. The letters
were written after Zlnch had left tho
house, as she borrowed a pencil from a
neighbor for the purpose. The Wlk girl
tried to take carbolic acid a few weeks
ago but she was prevented from doing so
at that "time.
GOOD HAUL FROM JEWELER
Store of Louis Bornhelm Robbed Early
Sunday Morning;, Watches and
Pens Being Secured,
The Jewelry store of Louis Borsheim,
608 South Sixteenth street, was broken
Into by burglars early Sunday morning
and looted of several hundred dollars'
worth of Jewelry. Entrance was gained
by a rear door which Is made of sheet
Iron. The robbers made their haul some
time after 4 o'clock In the morning, as a
watchman found all well at that hour.
When Mr. Borsheim came down at 3:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon he discovered
the burglary.
Among the goods which a hasty exam
ination showed to be missing were twenty
four dozen sliver knives, forks - and
spoons, five mirror sets, . a dozen pearl
handled gold pens, twenty-five fountain
pens, a number of manicure sets, several
watches, bracelets and other valuables.
CURL IS FOUND TO BE COREY
Negro Ha a Prison Record Covering
a Term of Years from 1808
to 1008. i
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Chief of Police Donahue ha 'compiled
the criminal record ot Willis Curl, the
negro, who admits ' his guilt In several
recent burglaries and the assault of Miss
Florence Poast at Twenty-second and
California streets the evening . ot Jan
uary SO. ...
Curt, whose real name is Bill Corey,
was sent to the penitentiary for one year
from Hastings for burglary In 1858. Upon
being released he came to Omaha ' and
was .arrested here April 6,' 1900 and was
freed January 18, 190 He Immediately
committed a burglary In Lincoln and was
sent up . from there for two years. He
was released . from that term " December
80, 1907. and since; that time has been com
mitting burglaries and highway robberies
in Omaha. '
KEEPS FULLFORCE OF MEN
Street Railway Company Has Not
Found It Necessary to Lay OS
a Single' Man.
Seventy-five men are on the pay roll of
th Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway
company In th repair department and this
force has not been dismissed but is kept up
to the full standard the year around. The
company last, year completed a new machine
shop at Twenty-seventh and Lake streets
and tier all the car of the system are
gone over and painted once a year. Some
car get Into the shop oftener, In case of
an accident..
As "time work" the company Is building
new cars and the men are at work on eight
cars, mention of which was made in The
Be last fall. 'The company has also re
built some of Its old motor cars, which
have been sold to Interurban line In dif
ferent section of the country.
Sunday Closing; Opposed.
, SIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. Feb. 8. (Splal.)
A movement has been Inaugurated by
Roy Townsend of this city, secretary of
the All Bloux Falls Base Ball association,
having for its purpose th holding of a
convention In Bloux Fall some time dur
ing the coming summer with the object of
organizing for the defeat of what Is known
as the Sunday closing act of the last leg
islature, which will be submitted to th
voters of South Dakota at the election
next November for acceptance or rejec
tion. Among other thh.gs the act pro
hibits the playing of base ball on Sunday.
Those who seek to defeat the law at ths
poll because It Interfere with Sunday
base ball propose to first hold a district
convention, which will pave th way for
a state convention, when th organization
of the anti-Sunday closing forces woid ex
tend to all parts of the state. The law has
enacted by the legislature which was In
session a year ago, but before It could go
Into effect those opposed to Its provisions
Invoked the referendum amendment to the
state constitution, thus preventing th law
from going Into effect and giving the vot
ers of the state an opportunity at th No
vember election to say whether or not
they want it placed upon the statute books.
Charities aad Correctloa.
MITCHELL, S. D., Feb. 9.-(Specia.)-
Tha State conference of Charities and Cor
rections for South Dakota will b held at
Redfield on April 1, , and 3. This meet
ing is expected to be one of the most in
teresting ever held In the northwest.
Themes of vital Importance, not only to th
Workers In lines of pnology and sociology,
but subjects of Interest to the public gen
erally wlU be discussed by men and women
of prominence in this line. Several people
of great prominence have already been se
cured to take part in the program.
I New Klks Tak Oath.
HURON. S. D., Feb. . (Special. ) A class
of twenty was Initiated Into th Elks lodge
of this city an evening or two since, mak
ing the total membership something over
600. C. P. Bates, deputy grand exulted
ruler, was present and superintended th
Initiation ceremonies. A large number of
visitors from out of the city were present,
and at th conclusion ot th cuLtmoalts a
Locl l tuo was hM.t i .
HINT AT CONSPIRACY
Dahlman Democrats Wonder at Jack!
Submitting: Name of Hitchcock.
WAS IT TO TEST HIS STRENGTH I
But the Jims Carefully Dodge the Is.
sue of Congressional Candidate.
10 DUNN WOLD GO TO CONGRESS
Probably the Jacks, Displeased With
Hitchcock, Would Back Him.
JIMS TO HELP THEIR FRIENDS
Only Those Who Boost for Dahlmasss
Ism Can K inert the Support of
the Jims, and llltehrork
Remains Inactive.
Out of tho cloud and smoke of battl
waging between the Jacks and Jims of
local democracy rises one feature dis
tinguished above all the rest, and this Is
the twist given to tho congressional situa
tion In tho Second district of Nebraskrt.
Both factions to this fratlcidal conflict
admit the position of Mr. Hitchcock to b
disconcerting, to say th least, and th
future fraught with ominous uncertainty
for him or any of his rival aspirants.
Whether a preconceived plot existed In
the camp of tho Jucksonlans at the outset
to center this war on the congress-editor
as the pivotal Issue or th entering wedge
of Indeterminate factional fight as a means
of determining the relative strength of
Ig Dunn and Hitchcock with the Dahl
manltes is not known. That the Jack
courted open hostilities for this purpose
or that the turn affairs have taken Just
happened to develop this condition Is the
question. But the fact ts, as admitted
under cover, Mr. Hitchcock has been placed
between the "devil and the deep blue sea,"
and has failed to wield the. slightest In
fluence with either Jacks or Jims. Worse
than that, he has failed to receive endorse
ment at the hands of the majority faction
for delegate to the national convention.
"But he, didn't seek endorsement," say
his friends. "He didn't want tho place,"
says W. H. Thompson.
And thereby hangs the tale, so one stal
wart Jim asserts.
Illteheork Let Down Easy.
"You see. It's like this," he said. "Th
Jacksonlans very well knew that Mr.
Hitchcock was not a candidate for dele
gate, didn't want to go to the convention
or do anything that might tend to com
plicate his Individual position or hazard
his chances of renominatlon and election.
He felt that If we and the Jacksonlans
could pull through this fight without hi
mixing Into It to his own detriment so
much the better for him. Of course, Mr.
Hitchcock, through hi peronal representa
tive, did try to exercise a certain Influence.
We know that, but that Is neither her nor
there Just now.
. "The Jacksonlans naturally feel sore he
cause Hitchcock, once strongly allied with
them, now shuns this alliance . In self
defense. They think he ought to continue
to align himself with the minority faction,
but they are not as good practical poli
tician as Mr. Hitchcock or they would
not adhere to such a theory. So when th
Jacksonlans placed the name ot Hitchcock
on that ballot and sent It to us they did
It for the specific purpose of having us
turn It down ar.d thus tske the initiative
In leading a revolt on Hltchoock, leaving
them In the clear to go to their nian at
such time as they might be able to claim
Hitchcock did mot have the united support
of his party nnd would be sacrificed If
nominated. In which event they could get
behind Ig Dunn, who Is courting the con
gressional nomination, strange as that may
seem.
Scheme of Jacks Fell Through.
"Well, we fooled our cunning friends.
We taught them a lesson In diplomacy.
Did we turn down Mr. Hitchcock? Oh no.
we didn't endorse him, but we made It
possible to avoid th issue."
"Do you mean to" say the Dahlman De
mocracy is too loyal to Hitchcock to turn
him down?"
"Well, we are not discussing the subject
of loyalty Just now. I say we didn't turn
him down, that is not with a thud."
"If the Jacksonlans get behind Ig Dunn
for congress will th Dahlman men Jump
to the support of Hitchcock?"
"The Dahlman Democracy has no candi
date for congress. We ere trying to fight
our own battles, and help those who help
us. Mr. Hitchcock hasn't asked us to fight
his battle yet."
The Dahlmen men deny the charge of
C. J. Smyth that the Joint conference com
mittee's report on a compromise the other
night was turned down by them, or that
tho Joint committee could not teach an
agreement.
"It did reach an agreement," . said a
Dahlman man. "All seven of our commit
teemen and Ed Berryman of the Jackson
lans, which constituted a majority, as per
terms, agreed on a ticket, and then when
the agreement was returned to the Jack
sonlans It was repudiated, th Jacksonlans
asserting the committee it had empowered
had no authority to make such an agree
ment." The situation now presents. It I iA
mltted, the possibility of nothing but an
open fight to a finish. The Dahlmanltea
having named thler slate, say they are
through until primary day; the Jacksonlans
must still and will tonight, they say, name
their delegates.
How the Jacksonlans will be ahls to re
ject the namo of Joseph Hayden ts mora
than wise heads can make out. President
Smyth of that club Is Mr. Huyden's close
friend and legal adviser, and VIII not. It
is understood, place himself In the atti
tude of opposing him. In the Judgment
of many, the best the Jacks can possibly
do after all Is to compromise on at least
one man, leaving the other two they en
dorse precarious targets for the battlo ot
ballots.
Good Job for Americans.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Secretary Taft
yesterday ordered that hereafter none but
Americans shall be put on the "gold rolls"
of the, Isthmian Canal commission. Th
effect of this order will be that skilled
labor on .the Isthmus hereafter will b
American citizen. Such foreigner a may
b among those now employed and who
numbers Include a dozen or more nationali
ties will not be disturbed, but as fast a
any vacancies occur these will be filled by
Americans. The order la the outcome ot
representations made to the secretary by
American machinists who objected to tin
employment In responsible places a goet
LaUurta ot clUzooa C foreign, ouaU1a.
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