ITIE OMAHA DATTA r.EEt WEDNESHAY. MAY 1.1. IMS.
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WILLIAMS IS A CANDIDATE
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Announce Hu Df sire to Srrre An-!
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TROUBLE OVER EULO BRIDGE
Ceaalr Uvwor of Rlrlmrd'oa Coaaty
Asks for Correction of .ewent
Italian; on frl Rate
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LINCOLN. May ll.iPpeclal.) Railway
Commissioner J- A. William today made a
formal nnnunce ment of hl candidacy fur
re-elelion and annourrrd his platform.
Mr. Abbott of Aurora. reRrnt of the uni
versity. I.aa been proposed by his friends
aa a candidate for the mmt position on
the republican ticket, but he has not an
nounced his Intention.
Trouble Over Brlda-e Aumnrit. '
County Assessor N. B. Judd of Rlchard
tnn county ha asked .the Btate Board of
Assessment to correct an error In hia re
port of railroad proMty subject to tax
ation under the terminal tax law. He asks
that the Ruin hrldgn. valued at tZQ.'W Tor
the west helf. be taken from the list of
Burlington property because the bridge ta
not in any city or village.
G. O. Holcon-.b, of the tax department
rtt tHj. t'nlnn T'.KL' mail im in)trect Ira" the
work of county assessors and comparing
valuea. The county uifHcr of Keith
county valued the main line at iS.OnO a
mile, which waa the as s-d valuation
placed upon it last year by the etate board,
or one-fifth Ita value. This valuation would
have to be divided by five for terminal
taxation purposes. Mr. Holcomb finds that
most county assessors valued property at
the same fisure reported by the railroad,
but Income tana he says assessor appear
to have arbitrarily raied values.
Rale on Feed Stand.
The railway eornmission this afternoon
refused tn p' rmit the Burlington road to
withdraw Its corn rate on molasses, feed
and apply a hia her rate. Te feed la made
of alfalfa and syrup and several mills In
Nebraska now manufacture It.
The commission will har the request of
the Kearney Telephone company to put in
the now rate aa faat aa Improvements are
made on May I!. Senator Randall of Madl
on county will file a formal complaint
against the Northwestern road for taking
off trains on the Newman Grove line.
I'Xalan ttraad Lodge.
The Pythian gtand lodge opened Ita eg
ionhre this morning with addresses by
Grand Chancellor A. R. Ray of Fairfield
and others. The Pythian Sisters are also
In s ssion.
Reports of the tate officers were taken
up at the afternoon session of the Krand
lodfe. The statement of Will H. Lore,
keeper of record and seals, contained thi
data: '
Rlief contributed by subordinate lodres
during the yer 4.37'i : balance in lodge,
tteanii'c. 11. 71 5 V.; balance in the hanos
of the .r;md master of exchequer. $:.1i.K7.
Memrwtsiiip n locember 31, 7.1M; n j rn
ber of Iih'.rcs on May 1, 115: charters sur
rendered ilurne the car. 4: new lodge in
stituted. 1; charter restored, 1.
SulM'tdl Lodges Cash on hand and
receive! , .ring; 1i7. t 742 I: disburse
menlr. tXOW.7; 1 alanoe Deeinlier SI.
7C'.3: v!'j of ptopertv and investments.
M'.S'.;7; total ctfch and Investments, J9,
'i IV.
Uiartd Loc'ee Cut-h on hand May 1. 1W,
$1 . J4-" . 1. : rwjetpt". l :j JO; expenses, 7.
7O0.K9: balance May 1, It. 2.!10.r7.
About :." reirsentatis and grand offi
craare in attendance at the grand lodge
ac-sVins, a hic h will continue for two days.
The Fythian Eirttra' meting today was
almoa'. wholly ".eotd to ceremonial work.
The prund temple disree was conferred on
fjtecti frn4 icf.ue,iH3,Uv4 and past
chlefa.!weea fi'ty and aixty wor.tn are
prtcnt. -ThVrv will be a rweption to the
vlsitins fi!'tr nl the Uindell hotel thia
vrnln; tir.Ocr outpice ol North Star ttTn
pU l.:rH;cl.
I'enn!- lon to National r.nard.
Adjf.tatit G. n. '.-il Ol trl's F Si hwar: has
Issued an otd'.-r grar.t'ns pcrinission to Naj
ticnal Guard tonifaniis to insist veteran
In Me;ni.r al : rvh . Tiie ordi-r snys:
In lerocn'tion of Memor'nl day. conse
cri I' d to the lnae wu olfd. not for them
sches. but on hehnif of the great cause
for wlikh thev olfeiej themselves a will
Inj; sa r.f re. it Is earnclly desired that all
organ": a 'ps of tiie N hraska National
Guaril lond such asRistan-e as ts within
tho'i power to any patriotic organization
eiTnrr.g; aprropiiHt. oi'seoante of tiie
6a. thns honoiing both i.ie living and the
dead. For thl purpose the above otganiia
t'ons cf the ataic of Netnaska are hereby
granted rrmi'it'cii to parage filly armed
and enuippt?d Sai unity, Mty &: In
icoori'.inr, vlih nwragrph 44. t'nited
States orry reKUlt'ona. tie natioral f'g
will I 1 splayed at hnlf-staff on all
tiorles ard puViic builJ.iit; oin J e
till mWay. . t no n ti e - v
holatrd ir. the t'p of the St.-
there t II unr-t.
KEN ISO V M'tlltEK f As
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Irons Owl of Killlas; of aa Li. Cos
of Mlaatare.
KIMPAL1, Nh.. May 1 (Special Tele-irtmi-
T-tnl cf Ernest P. Kenlaon for
the murder cf Sim D. Cox at Minatsre,
waa callr-d here tdav tn. work of securing
fury begun. Tomorrow will vrobably te
Isken In recaeiiitr the Jurv.
The 1 1 story cf the case follows: ?tm Cox
editor of Ihe Min itare S r.tinel, was killed
Iecember l' by Ernest Kenlson. The
trouble between them wrs of krg stand
ing. Cos.. was an ami-siloon man while
Kenis iti was a )f Qi 4j inker. On the even
ing of the da.e named they met near a
drug store and hot worda followed, a fight
ensued In which Kenison was beaten.
Kenlson then epened fire and after two
Shot tbey clinched: The third shot killed
Cox, there was a hitter anti-saloon fight
on In towa ana the trouble grew out of
thi. Ktnison waa tried in Scott Bluff
county and convicted and aentenced to
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WATCH Tins SPACE TOMORROW.
t ntr-four year In the pnitert'ry. The
uprrr court reverd the de intra nf the
Ifwar court on tha ground that the Jury I
' erroner.nly lntnx-ted. A chns of
v.nw tk.n t- thi. county. Hnter
ni1 Hamer of Kramer are attorney for
the (IKmM and county attorney Morrow
of Pootts Bluff and Hsrrlrgton of O'Neill
for th prosecution. Judge Grimes it the
trial Judgt. The case will lart ten days.
nt.AIR HAS ORIT OK LAIIT
Ttsi gtlrrea I Over Arrest When
ftalooa C'loe4.
BLAIR. Nb.. May 12 . Special.) New
proceeding w-re commenced thi momms
In what 1 expected to be a long and bitter
legal fight, growing; out of the arrest last
Thursday night of ex-Chief of Police Jonas
Liurcham. Henry Ketchmark and William
Donncr on the charge of alleged drunken
ness, resisting an officer and disturbing the
peace.
At the last city election Blair went dry
and on last Moriay night the ealoocs
closed their doors permanently for the
first time In the history of the city. Rumors
had been afloat for some time previous
that the new dry officer would "'have their
hand full." "run up against the real
thing." "get off their beat." etc., but these
are not charged up directly to the men
who were arrested and with whom the
police had a hard fight last Thursday
night, when Burcham and Donrer were
badly cut up by being clubbed.
Mayor Mead wa sworn Into office the
night the saloon coscd and appointed his
new officer, who went on duty the same
night. He then (wore In Emmet Bolt, who
la Janitor of tha city high school building,
a extra night police It was Bolt who
struck Ponner with a base hall bat thr
night of the fight, and today Donner has
filed a charge of assault and battery
against Bolt, charging that he had no
authority and that he, Donner, wa not
taking part In the disturbarjee.
Charge are also being filed today by
City Attorney O'Hanlon against Burcham
Donner and Ketchmatk. and both cases
will be made state cases and pushed to a
finish by both sides. Attorney Herman
Aye. will represent Donner. and Burke Car
rigan, county attorney, will also be in the
fracas.
The new admlniatratlon admit that it 1
new at the buslnea and ha -probably made
some mistakes, the row coming so soon
k'ter they had taken hold of city affair.
Mayor Mead waa elected atrictly as a dry
man, and 1 determined to administer the
city affaira according to the letter Df the
law. The new appointed officers and the
police judge are receiving considerable cen
sure for being unprepared and almost to
tally Ignorant of the dutie of their offices
to be able to properly handle Just such a
case a might have been foreseen on the
closing of the aaloor.s. Some blame 1 at
tached to bith Klndes by both faction.
RAINFALL ABOVE THE JtORMAL
flare April First lxtr Per Tent of
Normal P11 In .Moat Coaatlea.
LINCOLN. May 12. (Special.) The
weekly weather bulletin for the week end
ing May 11. is as follows: The week waa
cold and wet. with northerly wind and
lev than the normal amount of sunshine.
The dally mean temperature was between
4S degrees and U degrees, which is eight
degrees to 12 degrees below normal. Frosts
ocenrred very generally Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. The minimum tempera
ture were below 48 degreea most of the
time, while on several days they were nesr
freeging end ice formed at several stations
on two or three day.
The rainfall 'wa above normal In neaily
all part of the state. Rain began falling
very generally Sunday. May I. and showers
occurred Monday and Tuesday, 1C00L fair
weather prevailed from Wedneaday to Sat
urday, while cloudy, showery condition
were general Sunday, the Krth. The rainfall
from April 1 to date is about 9t) per cent
of the normal amount in most counties.
O. A. LOVELAND,
Section Director, Lincoln, Neb.
DOMESTIC THOIBI.E IS FATAL
Anton Blly Shoot HI Wife and Then
Himself.
TABLE ROCK. Nb.. May 12. iSpeclil
Anton Bily, who resided on a farm,
three mile this eide of Du Boia. some nine
miles south of here, shot and killed his
wifa st 7 o'cock last night and afterwards
shot and killed himself. Their married life
had been notoriouFly ciiscordt.nt, and the
tragedy Is no surprise. They formerly
lived a couple of miles east of here.
A fe wmonths since, a brother of Anton
was shot and' killed, while riding in a
wagon. A son of Anton had been killed
a shoit time before that, while out hunt
Irg. A coroner's Jury pronounced It acci
dental. Further particulars are not known.
El GENE SMITH HANGS HIMSELF
lonna; Man of Saward Coaaty ra
Dead In a Barn Tneaday.
SEWARD, Neb., May 12 tSpeclal Tele
gram.) Eugene Smith, son of Frank Smith,
living near Milford. wa found thi morn
ing dead, hanging in the barn on hi fath
er's piac-e. He was 24 yinr of age and had
only yesterday appeared before the grand
Jury of Seward county here, where he was
closely questioned concerning the death of
his mother last February. At the tuna of
the assault upon Mra. Smith, the son's
way were the subject of much comment.
He left a note, denying he was responsible
for his mother's death. Tha young man
was thought to be partially unbalanced
mentally.
When Mrs. Fmlth was found tn her
kitchen early In February with her body
bruised and beaten, and later when she
died, the neighbors demanded a thorough
Investigation of tha crime. The coroner's
Jury made such an Investigation aa was
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FAXTOaT VXOCX. OXAXA, VXM.
possible, but because of the hesi'ancy of
many who lived rear In testifying little
inform!"; c-rrrri'rg :h aseauit could be
secured. Mr. Fmtth refused to say who
truck her before she died.
Within the last few week the farmer
living near "he Smiths and elsewhere In
tha county circulated a petition calling for
a thorough Investigation of the crime and
a grand Jury was called, which is In ses
sion now under the supervision of Judge
Corcoran, especially to look Into the details
of the murder. The relatives of the woman
appeared before the Jury, among them the
husband, and yesterday, the son. The de
liberation be'rg secret. It 1 not known
what the boy' statement to the Jury w.
Tjjng Fmlth was formerly marrifd, but
hia wife left him because of his peculiar
actions !!is father la a wealthy man and
I kjiown in the vicinity as a money lender.
Nebraska News Notea.
BEATRICE Mrs. Mary Scharton. sed
Si years, died here yesterday. She for
merly resided at Lincoln.
TORK. -The r.ur!!n?tor will n:n a special
train from York on th" IS'h to ciav Center
Nebraska, for Kron'ir day festival..
OGAL1.OL.A-Mr. Pr-'nter. the head of
the Wealf an Conservatory of M'Jsic of
Lincoln. aited by Mrs Enyeart and
A u mist Molzer. the great r.ohrmian violin
ist gave a concert here Monday evening.
BEATRICE. David Check, a f oi mer
resident of Beatrice, died last night at his
home a mile north of Holmesville. He was
64 years of age, and Is survived by a widow
end one son.
BEATRICE In a fast hall game the
Dutch nine of this city wot from the
Plymouth team Sundav by the score of
4 to 2 The feature of the game was s
home run smash by Townsend o( the
Dutch team.
BEATRICE Rev. Edwin Booth. Jr..
preached hia farewell sermon at the Con
gregations,! church Sunday morning and
left yesterday for Norfolk. Nb.. to assume
his new duties as pastor of the Congre
gational church of that city.
COLUMBUS. The record In the county
clerk s office shews that in the past two
weeks, there have been thltty-seven trans
fers of real estate filed, and that the
amount of money, or It. equivalent that
changed hands was f91.3l
YORK Base ball fever has taken a good
strong hold In York. Iast evening ar
rangement were made to reorganize the
city league and a schedule of games is
beina; arranged. Today the Congregational
and Methodist Sunday schools play a
game.
YORK. The German Evangelical Luther
an Congregation haxe purchased ttie corner
residence property of W. E. Bell on Beiver
sv. nue and ninth street on w hich they
will erect a fine large church building. W.
K. rV-ll iias purchased the Page property on
Platte a'-enue.
BROKKN BOW Sheriff Rtissey of Cas
oKihs. Mich. .(arrived here yesterday and
left on the first east bound train, taking
with him Raymond Bonlne. who has been
held here by Sheriff Kennedy, on the
charge of seduction. Bonine's crime was
committed In Michigan and he has evaded
the oflcers for over two months.
YORK. E-County Attorney Fred C.
Power and editor Frank and Son of the
York Teller have purchased the J. D. P.
Small property Immediately adjoining the
brick business property now owned by
F. C. Power. The building wil be re
modelled and Frank & Son wil occupy the
same with their newspaper pant.
BEATRICE A number of the leading
republicans of this city held meeting and
organised for a grand reunion and ban
quet to be held here within the next thirty
days. Republicans from all parta of the
county will be invited to attend, and speak
ers of note from abroad will be here to
enliven the occasion, with oratory.
BROKEN BOW The billiard and pool
hall men are making a big fight to secure
license for the coming year, although they
were voted out at the last elctlon by a
small majority. Ptltlons in favor of the
halls have been circulated and signed by
many prominent business men and citirens.
The case will probably be settled in the
district court.
ELSIE This locality was visited by
good showers Saturday evening and night,
making an excess of two Inches of rain fall
In the past six days. Fall wheat looks
well and spring wheat promises an aver
age crop. Corn planting will be In full
blast this week If the warm weather con
fine. Some land is changing hands at
advanced prices and with good prospects
of continued increase In land values.
BEATRICE A petition signed by the
druggists snd most of the practicing physi
cians of Beatrice Is to be presented to the
city council to permit the sale of liquor
on prescriptlona of resldenta physicians,
such prescriptions not to be refilled. It
la claimed that the strict prohibition, which
ha been In force for the last few weeks
ha worked a hardship and grat inconveni
ence upon patients in some cases.
TORK.-The many friends of Mrs. Emma
Sedgwick Brown were surprised to learn
of her death at her late residence in York.
The deceased is a sister of editor Sedg
wick and supreme Judge Sedgwick of this
city, and mother of E. J. Brown, court
reporter at Beatrice. Pearl Brown, a stu
dent at Oberlln. snd two daughters, resi
dents of thi city. Mrs. Brown had been
ick for some time, but her death, which
was quite sudden waa wholly unexpected.
BEATRICE. The demurrer filed by the
defendants In the case of Bishop Eonaeum
sgalnst the heirs of the late Michael Lvnch
has been argued before Judge Pemherton
in the district court and the matter taken
under advisement by the court. In the
case brought by Bishop Bonaeum he al
leges thst Michael Lynch made a nephew
and a niece the sole beneticlarles of his
will while mentally incompetent, they hsv
ing Induced him to provide for them ss
he did. The bishop claims that the de
ceased had promised him hia estate for
the purpose of building an orphanage.
The case has been In the courts for about
a year.
BROKEX BOW The Custer county
Athletic and Literary association held Ita
annual meeting here Saturday. The prin
ciple high schools of the county took part
In the exrecises. which consisted of field
athletics, base ball, declamatory and
oratorical contest. A base ball game In
the forenoon between Merna and Mason
City, resulted In a score of 7 to I In favor
of Merna. The afternoon game between
Merna and Broken Bow. wa also won by
ten former team, the score being i to .
Those heading the field contest are as fol
low: Putting hot, J. Jeffords. Broken
Bow. 3K.K; Hammer throwing, won by R.
Thompson of Broken Bow. running broad
Jump. M. Green of Merna. ls.S; pole vault.
H. Willis of Merna. 8 ; high Jump, (I. Cad
well of Broken Bow. 4 S; 1' yards dash, O.
Runyon. Mason City; fifty yards dash, A.
Sheppard of Ansley. The oratorical and
declamatory contest oecured In the evening
at the Temple theater, and waa as exciting
sa young people could make It. Miss Eula
Black of Merna was given the highest per
centage in oratory, while Miss Alice Nicolas
of Mason received the same on her
declamatory efforts.
DELINQUENT ONES POSTED
S arvrisa for Mentors of Coasmerelal
Clan Who Ara Bark im
Diss,
Every business msn and firm In Omaha
which should belong to tha Commercial
club and boost for the city will have the
name printed on a neat folder and dis
tributed among; tha members, that a little
missionary work may be done. x
Already all th delinquents bave been
posted oa a bulletin board In tha lobby of
tha club rooms. In such a conspicuous
place that "he who runs may read.
The posting of the names of those who
ara behind occasioned soma surprise, and
a careful look at the list caused still more
surprise and some comment. But tha ex
ecutive committee so ordered, and cow It
has been deckled to print tha Dames of
those who do not belong.
Tn oampajgn for membership goes on,
and Tuesday J. J. Deright. dealer in auto
mobiles and safe, and Guy R Baker of
tha Natloaal Paint and Oil company were
elected to membership.
It was announced that tha next "horn
trad excursion" probably would ba given
next week, when th -members of the club
will go through tha Union Psciflo shop
and motor car works at th JCvllation of
Vies President Mohler.
aeelal Railway Aseata Meet.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. May ll.-The National
Aaaocuitioo of Railway 8rtf-tal Ag-ents mt
In annual session her today azui will con.
linuo In aeaaloa for three day. Tha aaao
clatton la composed of secret service men
cf th vsrkiua rwUway systems in Canada
and tn I'miod Eiaioa x.d jj.v deizaia u.
la Ui du.
around the corner from 16tK and Douglas
Wc wish to thank you for the interest you have taken in alvertisinR our preat '''Pot Contest"
the greatest projtopition ever u!lel off in the west.
We tlo not sell sutrar, nor shoes, nor callieoes nor corsets, nor clothes, nor capillary coaxers Xot
that there is anylhinp; demeaning in handling such articles hut 4! years ago this summer we chose
pianos as the field for our commercial ambitions..
Persistently, insistently and consistently we have adhered to our first choice. Too many cooks
soil the broth so we argue too many lines of goods spoil an otherwise useful career.
The result of sticking to one idea has been the largest piano business in the United States and
the sellirg of the best instruments at the lowest prices.
To the successful contestants in our dot contest
and to the public at large
This contest surpassed our fondest expectations and has already accomplished the results aimed
at; viz: to popularize the Steger Piano and to test the advertising value of Omaha's dailies.
We have been swamped in mailing out the announcements of awards, as everyone of the more
than thirty-five thousands contestants has been or will be notified by letter. There can be no dis
pute concerning the fairness of this contest or the fairness of the awards.
These were made publicly in our auditorium Wednesday evening. May (th, in the presence of hun
dreds of Omsha's representative citizens. The awards were made by three disinterested men one
representative from the Bee. World-Herald and News.
We have deposited in the First National Bank of Omaha
One Thousand Dollars in Gold
which will be given to any firm or individual who can prove that the contest was in any respect
other than fair.
Our Gold Bond Certificates
are redeemable only at our store and are good for every cent of their face value.
We lose no money on these certificates notwithstanding the fact that we have not advanced
piano prices for Steger & Sons and eleven other manufacturers with a capitalization of $18,000,
000.00 are redeeming these certificates to us dollar for dollar.
Pon't let any false cry of wolf deter you from applying your certificate on the purchase of a
high grade piano. Come, examine our instruments, compare our prices with those of any other dealer
and judge for yourself as to the absolute truthfulness of even statement we have made since our dot
contest was inaugurated.
SCMMffi & IUEI1E1 PIMO C
1311-1313 FA.RIVA.IVI STREET
SECRETARY IS FAR IN LEAD
Republican Leaden Working on Flan
to Prevent Friction.
TO AVOID CONTEST ON F100&
Talk of Fairbanks for Vice President
and Another Tern, for Cannon
s Sneaker "other Plans
Ara Dlarnsaed.
WASHINGTON. May IT. --Republican
leaders In congres are now working earn
estly on a plan to prevent any break at
the Chicago convention that might dis
rupt party harmony and endanger success
at the tolls In November. Conference
have been held at both ends cf the cspltol.
among such men aa Senators Aldrtrh. Hale,
Allison and Crane and Representstlves
Fayne and Sherman of New York; Tawney
of Minnesota; Jenkins of Wisconsin and
Smith of Iowa? In fact meetings of small
groups from this list have tieen of almost
dally occurrence for mora than a week.
They have been directed to one end a
nomination on the first ballot by which
they mean "William H. Taft. While no
definite result has been reached they be
lieve their efforts will be successful.
Most of the men figuring prominently
in this movement were numbered against
Taft early In the campaign, but party
policy and the necessity for harmony,
which have been manifest In republican
ranks since the disastrous results of the
Blsine-Conkling feud has awakened a de
mand that personal desires be subordinated
to tha will of th majority.
Favorite Bona Llnlaar I" p.
That the efforts of the group of leaders
back of tha harmony movement have not
been barren of result 1 indicated by the
fact that to a number of the conference
have been called urh men as senators
Hemenway, Penrose, Cullom, Hopkins and
Depew, and represents Uvea Parsons and
Vreeland of New Tork; Bout ell and Mann,
of Illinois; Burke and Da'.xell. of Pennsyl
vania; Watson and Landls of Indiana and
others who are backing the candidacies
of Vice President Fairbanks, speaker
(i nnon. Benstor Knox or Qjvernor Hughes.
No attempt la made to disguise the fact
that tha real Impetus to such a concerted
movement In the Interest of Becretsry Taft
la tha refusal of th Roosevelt sentiment
to b snuffed out and the danger of such
sentiment spreading to aa extent that
might b difficult of control at Chicago.
At the same time It Is said the movement
Is not hostile to President Roosevelt, who
admittedly occupies th position of com
mand In the Taft forces. H has made it
perfectly plain that nothing can come from
the renewed calls for his renorafhation
which have been made In Texas, Utah and
California, as ba Is prepared to reject any
prof ft r of support no matter how extended.
Kaes Hca Dtntr.
The uttermost limit of endeavor of th
republican leaders who are striving to
harmonise party differences la to elimin
ate all candidates for the nomination ex
cept Secretary Taft. but it la not antici
pated that all cf tha c&hUUIaies tvAuy
will agree to this proposition. Supporters
of Senator Knox particularly are said to
oppose tha plan and one of the other can
didates is holding out strongly that there
is no Immediate demand for agreement.
At tha same time there areIeaders in
Illinois, Indiana. Pennsylvania and New
Tork, who an parties to the movement
with th knowledge of th favorite on
candidates from tboa states.
The selection of Secretary Taft a tha
beneficiary of harmony action Is mad
because of th fact that he is the only
candidate who baa sufficient instructed
votes to promise an early nomination. Th
argument of tha harmony faction is that
If Taft ahould fail to secure the nomina
tion on the first ballot and the allies were
able to bold, out agidjist tlm, It would
To o tulip coinnipcsfiMoiPp)
in
mean a convention contest of many ballots.
These lesders have little doubt that In
such a contingency the Roosevelt third
term sentiment would threaten a stampede,
and though they have little doubt that the
president would squelch any proposi
tion looking to his renomlnstlon. the ef
fect of tich a stampede can only be sur
mised. The possible dire results upon the
campaign for the election of the candidate,
whoever he may be. Is one of the argu
ment used to draw the so-called allies Into
lie harmony program.
Fairbanks for Vice President.
Republican lead'-rs concede ttiat their
majority In the house is likely to be ma
terially reduced at the fail election and
they fear that unless all factions are
Drought together before th Chlcngo con
vention , they might lose their majority
altogether. One of the side plans being
discussed favorably I the renomlnatlon
of Mr. Fairbanks as vice president on the
ticket with Secretary Taft. which. the
assert, would remove Indiana from the
doubtful column and make It safely re
publican. It Is believed also that with the
republican forces solidly aligned, Taft
would easily csrry Illinois and the har-non-sers
are wiring to concede Cannon's re
election a speaker by a republican house.
Thera is a movement on already to bring
about the renomlnatlon of Mr. Hughes
as governor of New York and an effort will
be made .to bring Secretary Taft and Sen
ator Foraker together, which it is thought
would make Ohio safe.
No effort have been spred to keep these
plan confidential, but ther are too'tnany
person cognizant of the program for se
crecy to be maintained. x
Frank H. Hitchcock, whrf. Is the Tsft
manager In Washington and is directing
the greater part of the secretary's national
ttmpaign, has had numerous conferences
with republican leaders, and United Slates
District Attorney, Joseph B. Healing of
VTnhtcH
Indianspolls. political manager for Mr.
Fairbanks, ha been in Washington several
times recently and has conferred with the
same leaders.
CHARITY CONFERENCE ELECTS
E. P. Blcknell of Chleaaia Chase n
President nnd Alexander
Johnson secretary.
RICHMOND. Vs.. May 11-Py unanimous
vote the conference on CT.sritles and Cor
rection tonight adopted the report of the
committee on organisation, electing Its
nominees for all the offices and commit
tee for the Buffalo conference next year.
The following a. ere elected:
President. E. P. Blcknell. Chicago; first
vice "pr-mdenU Thomss D. Cbome, Louis
ville, Ky.; second vice president. Kavld
F Tille's. Boston: third vice president.
Robert W. Hebbem. New York; general
aeeretsrv. Alexander Johnv. Indianapolis;
treasurer. Edward Boyle, Chicago.
Public health was discussed at the night
session of the conference, a report being
made on the topic by the chairman. Dr.
Walter D. Ltndley. director of the Cali
fornia hospital. Lo Angele.
The Importance of pure food and drug
in relation to public health was discussed
in a paper presented by Dr. H. W. Wiley,
chief of the buresu of chemistry of the
rnited States tn the Department of Agri
culture. The Negro's Outlook for Health," waa
the subject of an address by Dr. Beverly
Wsmer, rector of Trinity church. New
Orleans.
TRAFFIC
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PROTESTS
Shipper Waat Hearing; Before Final
Action la Taken.
CHICAGO. May 12.-The National In
dustrial Traffic league, one of the strongest
commercial organisations In the United
States, at a meeting here adopted resolu
tions addressed to the railroad presidents
of the country asking trat announcement
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be made in advance when changes in freight
rates are contemplated and that shippers
be given an opportunity to be heard with
reference to the proposed changes., It waa
further suggesteed that th Interstate
Commerce commission be made the medium
through which the views of both shippers
and carriers may be learned as to pro
posed changes, and that the commission
shall render Judgment which shall be ac
cepted by both parties.
WRECK ON GREATJVESTERN
Two En ail are. Chair Car and Baxitie
-Car Are Derailed Near
Dean. Mo.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. May 11 Throwing
tao engines, a baggage car and a chair
car Into the ditch, northbound passenger
train No. I on the Chicago Great Western
tallmay, which left St. Joseph at this
afternoon was derailed at Dean, five miles
north of here.
With the exception of one aged woman,
who was shaken up severely, no on a a
seriously hurt. Mrs. H. Colter, of St. Paul.
Xllnn., a passenger In the chair car, waa
hurled from her seat into the aisle. Bhe
continued on her Jouriiey.
The train was being pulled by two en
gines. The trsck where th accident oc
curred la thought to have become soft from
recent heavy rains, causing th rails to
iprtad alifc-hily.
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Real Estate Men Convention.
CHICA'JO. Msy 11 A national convention
of real estate men opened her today and is
scheduled to continue for three dsys. The
gathering wa arranged by the Chicago
Real Estate board and ita object Is tha
formation of a national organisation. Tha
exact form of the proposed association la
not yet determined.
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