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Irish Universities Bill Greatly Dis
liked by People.
MANY PROMISES UKTTJLFELLED
Growing Dissatisfaction with Meas
ure of the GoTernment.
ALL DENOMINATIONS OPPOSED
Wealth of Pledges, but No Machinery
for Bringing Them About.
IRISH LANGUAGE IS SLIGHTED
Nortk Cork Mllltla with Loner List
of Atrocities to Its ' Credit
Has at Last Been
Disbanded.
DUBLIN. June 4-Speclal.) Every Eng
lish government which haa tried to legislate
for Ireland has met the fats which threat
ens the present administration In connec
tion with Ita Irlah universities' bill. This
measure, which st first wss hailed by all
classes as a solution of the educational
problem In Ireland, Is now universally con
demned. and lnstesd of healing- the sec
tarlan breach It haa only widened It. ' Ita
fault la one common to all English lefts
latlon; the bill la a epecloua and at first
night an almost convincing attempt to
satisfy the demands of Irish nationality,
without In reality granting any essential
reform. It lays down great principles, but
provides no adequate machinery for carry
Ing them Into practice.
I told a few weeks aero how the Irish
Roman Catholic hierarchy were In a stits
of Indecision about their attitude toward
the bill. They do not- like it. but they
cannot make up their minds whether or not
they ought to refuse It. The more they
consider It the less they like it. Now one
would have supposed that a bill that was
so distasteful to the Catholic bishops
would have pleased the f later Protestants,
but the general assembly of the Presbyter
Ian church haa condemned the bill, lock,
stock and barrel, and haa sent Its moder
ator to England to appeal to the English
nonconformists to help kill It. The. Irish
Methodist church, which Is entirely
. Ignored, haa also condemned It. The truth
Is that the bill, which professes to provide
'distinctive universities for both Protestants
and Catholica, doea nothing of the sort.
The proposed University of Dublin, which,
It was understood, would be ss Roman
Catholic In atmosphere as Trinity la Ancll
can, win be entirely nondescript as far-as
religious Influence Is concerned, while the
proposed Belfast university will be even
' less under Presbyterian influence than is
the present Queen's college.
Held for Slen Felners.
The Gaelic league and the Sinn Felners,
who are not always the best of friends
have Joined hands In a common attack on
the new universities bill because no provl
slon Is made for the teaching of the Irish
language. They demand that Irlah should
be ens of nan atMlgartery--subjects for ma
triculation at the new universities, and that
after a period of four or flva years a cer
tain proportion of the lectures at the uni
versities .should be. given in Irish. They
rightly point out that a national univer
sity Irt which the national language has
no place la an educational absurdity.
Dublin does not take kindly to innova-
- tlona. A few weeks ago several motor
omnibuses of the unwleldly type that cum-
ber liondon'a streets were Introduced by
an English company and began to run In
the Dublin streets amid the Jeers of the
Jarvles. From the first the Dublin public
' gave them the cold shoulder, and the com
pany Irt despair tried sending the 'buses
to the theaters at cloalng time In the hope
of picking up a load of homeward bound
playgoers. This was resented by the Jar
vies as an Invasion of their territory and
the climax came a few nights ago when
one of the new 'buses drew up In front of
the Tlvoll. theater about 10:30 p. m. There
was a line or nearly forty cars on the
rank, and every one of the Jarvles promptly
left his car and made a rush for the 'bus.
tThe chauffeur and conductor aaw them
coming and did not wait to argue. They
Mo. Tor their Uvea, but unfortunately the
conductor received a blow on the head from
a stone which necessitated treatment at
the hospital. When It was all over the
police appeared and demanded the lm-
mediate removal of the motor 'bua aa an
obstruction. No one present understood Its
mechanism and the victorious Jarvles took
their horses out of their cars and towed
it into a neighboring yard, where It re
reposed until morning.
North Cork Mllltla Disbands.
The dlehandment of the North Cork
mllltla a few days sgo closes the history
irf one of the oldest military organisations
In Ireland, ind one with the worat record
of atrocities against the people of the
country. The North Cork distinguished It
self especially In the Insurrection of 1798,
when, its activities were devoted to the
county of Wexford. The gallant militia
men spared neither women nor children,
o,nd . one of Ita sergeants in that rebellion
Is still spoken of In Wexford as "Tom the
Devil.1 He invented the fiendish torture
of the pitch cap. which he applied person
ally to many unfortunats prisoners. It con
sisted of smearing ths hesd of the victim
with pitch and settn It on fire. It was of
the North Cork mllltla that Lord Corn
' walls, ths Union lord lleutnsnt of Ireland,
Mid that "our troops delighted in murder"
and to who hs applied the phrase "the
ferocity of the yeomanry mllltla." His de
fence, when he .was charged with undua
leniency, wss to point to the record of the
North Cork and declare that all he had
done was to stop murder, the outrsge of
women, the burning of houses with their
inmates, snd a reign of rapine and terror.
Ths Dublin law courts have Just decided
aa Interesting case brought by Mrs. Morris,
the only lady member of the Derry board
of guardians to assert what she terms her
lights. Mrs. Morris, who takes her duties
very seriously, lnsited on paying surprise
visits to the workhouse infirmsry at all
hours of the day snd night. Ths doctors
and nurses complained to ths board of
guardians, ssylng that Mrs. Morris, who
was not backward In her criticisms when
she saw sny thing of which she did not ap
pjrove. disturbed ths patients snd destroyed
. - Juinl.. .V. (natllnllnM "T. I.A. rA
agreed with ths doctors, and forbade Mrs.
Morris to go to ths infirmsry except at
the regular visiting time for guardlana
lrs. Morris continued her unexpected via-
, Its and the doctors finally locked her out.
w whereupon she broke a window snd climbed
in met; way. mu ini wmugvi
fre barred to keep her out. and she then
, f-4 for the enforcement of her right to
'' ester. The court, however, hss decided
that ahe must obey the rules made by ths
beard of which ate la a member.
F. X CVI.I.EN.
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
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DOMESTIC.
Contests from Florida and Georgia. In
volving sixteen seats, were decided yes
terdsy by the national republican com
mittee in favor of the Taft delegations.
X. Fage X
Norwegian woman asks for infornislion
concerning her son, whom she thinks is a
victim of Mrs. Gunness. X, Page 1
Ten. years' sentence was given imbex-
xlers in Pittsburg court: X, Fags 1
Great crowd of teachers is expected to
attend the national convention In Cleve
land. X, Fage X
South Dakota orators win the content
with North Dakota at Mitchell. X, Fage 1
Mrs. Pearce of Denver Is found guilty
of robbery through spiritualism lit Den
ver. X, Fage X
Expression in favor of, reduced tariff
is riven by Iowa manufacturers.
x, Fr i
Enid. Okl- haa the record flood jf It
history. . f
President Roosevelt names Wrterways
commission in spite of the attitude of
congress. Fage X
Short nomination speeches will be the
order of the day at the Chicago conven
tion. X. Fage X
Republicans of five states make protest
against t he way the Taft men are treat
ing them In the organisation of the con
vention. Xt Fae X
HXBRABKA.
Tornadoes In the south central counties
of Nebraska cause the loss of many Uvea
and a large amount of property.
X, Faff X
XiOOAX i
Shippers assert their determination to
resist the" advance In sugar rate from
Paclflo coast to the Missouri river. ,
X. Fa;o
Big employers of labor make rule to dis
charge ' their 'employes ., who patronise
money loan sharks. - X, Fag
Law and Justice disagree and election
officers fall to get their pay for awhile
longer. X, Fag 4
King Ak-Sar-Ben will rope 100 booaters
at his den tomorrow night and put them
through the ordeal. X, Fage 4
Superintendent Park of the Union Pa
cific asserts that railroads did not In
spire movement for employes appealing
for no more anti-corporation legislation.
X, raffs 4
Prof. R. W. Fisher, horticulturist, . tells
how to kill dandelions out of your grass.
X, Fage a
comczmoiAi. ajtd dtsustrial.
Live stock markets. VI, Fags 4
Grain markets. VX, Raffs
Stocks and bonda. VX, Fags
COMIC lECTIOa.
Buster Brown presents some new ori
ental dishes. Page fo rthe little folka.
Matters of Interest to the women folks.
Fluffy Ruffles and the month of brides.
Fonr Faces
xcAXF-TOira sectioh.
John E. W.lgman. champion and pioneer
of the public school manual training
school. Cardinal Logue's view of Ameri
can institutions. Interesting facts sbout
how national conventlona are run. Ne
braska boys who grsduate from the naval
academy. American the boas of the
biggest Island in Lake Victoria.
Four Pages
MOVEMENTS OF OCSAH STXAMSHrjrS.
Port. ArrtTee. Bailed.
NEW YOHK ,...1 Lorralae ....
NEW VUKK ....Battle
BOSTON Numldtsa.
Ql'EENSTOWN .Arabia Cedrle.
ANTWERP Marquette.
LIVERPOOL VMtorlu.
SOUTHAMPTON K. A. Victoria.
MANOHEsTTBR, . BoaUnlas
QUEBEC,. Smp. at Brrtala.
GREAT CROWD OF TEACHERS
Tklrty-Oao Tkoaasvad Have Already
aid Tker Will Be at Cleve
4 lead Meeting.
CLEVELAND. O.. June 1 Thirty-one
thousand members .of the National Educa
tional association have signified their in
tentlpn of being present at the convention
of that -organisation to be held in thla city
June 29 to July X, inclusive. The attend
ance may awell to 40.000 or more. Already
the ' numbers ' who have announced their
Intention of being present Is within 4.000
of the attendance at the Boaton conven
tion of 19U3. when 36,000 teachers were reg
Istered. Cleveland entertained the Na
tional Educational association thirty-eight
yeara ago. The city was then accredited
with a population of f2.ouo, and Ita gueata,
members of the association, were 17a Thla
waa when the organisation waa eight years
old.
WOMAN GUILTY OF ROBBERY
Mrs. Peareo of Denver Foond Gallty
of Veins; Splrttaallsia to
Aid Her.
DENVER. Colo.. June 1 After being out
twenty-four hours, ths Jury in tlis case of
Mrs. Lionora Pearce. charged with robbing
Mrs. Harriet Crowe, an aged and blind
woman of tl&OOO, using ths Istter's belief
In spiritualism as her method, yesterday
brought In a verdict of guilty. Five days
were allowed the defense to appeal before
aentence la pronounced. The maximum
punishment for the offense charged is ten
years in the penitentiary.
Commoner Fore at Flenle.
LINCOLN. Neb., June . William
Bryan and his newspaper employes today
left for Crete to hold the annual picnic
A baae ball game and a basket dinner
Vfrarrr
were ftatuxei of the eating- .
SAILORS DjAD
Another Victim ' of Explosion on
Tennessee Dies in Hospital.
six Others in ' hospital
At Least ,Two of Them Are
Not
Expected to Recover.
FUNERAL SERVICES x IMPRESSIVE
Bodies Are Buried in Little Harbor
View Cemetery.
ENTIRE SHIP'S COMPANY PRESENT
Message from President Roosevelt to
Commssltr-ls-Cblel Expresses
His Sympathy aad
Concern.
LOS ANOELE8. June 6.F1ve of the
sailor victim sof yesterdsy'a fatal explos
ion on board the cruiser Tennessee were
buried today in the HtUe Harbor View
cemetery with full and Impressive mili
tary honors,- and six others, suffering from
terrible injuries were brought 1 to this
city before neon and are now at the An
gelue Marine hospital.
The names of the dead lntered. were:
A. KEJNHOLD. ,
GEORGE WOOD,
G. W. MEEK,
B. C. BIGGS.
E. J. BURNS. ,
The Injured now at the hospital here are
Walter S. Burna, A. If a yes. F. S. Fits-
gerald, 8. Btamatis. F. 8. Maxfteld and J
P. Carrol. All of these men are suffering
from frightful burns and at lesst two of
them are not expected to recover. The
condition of Maxfleld and Carroll Is ser
lous. Both men are burned snd scalded
from hesd to foot and are suffering also
from sever congestion of the lungs and res
piratory organs, csused by the inhalation
of steam. AU of them suffered the loss of
a Isrge amount of cuticle, so severe In
some cases that It Is feared it may not
heal.
Dr. S. D. Brooks, surgeon of the United
Statos Publlo Health . and Marine hospital
In charge of these cases. With his
sslstsnta he . worked the greater part of
the day dressing Injuries of the men.
The three others who sustained injuries
in the accident, Rutledge. Corns and
Watson are on board the Tennessee, be
ing cared for In the hospital of the ship,
Their Injuries are nto serious.
A, funeral over the bodies of the five
dead was conducted on board the Tennes
see today prior to the services held at the
cemetery In the presence of the whole
ship's company. The service was remark
able for Ita . tmpresslveness and for the
manifestation of feeling of both officers
and men . from the admiral to the sailor
of the lowest rank. The flag of all the
vessels in the harbor, as well as thoae In
the little city of San Pedro, floated at
half mast throughout the ceremonies. A
mege wss received this afternoon from
President Roosevelt addressed te thw -com
mander In chief, expressing hi sympathy
and concern over the accident en the
Tennessee. "
BOARD WILL MAKE IXVIHT
Naval Aatbortttcs Will Look Into Ao-
eldent on Tennessee.
WASHINGTON.-June .-The cause of
the accident on the armored cruiser Tea
nessee. In which four men were killed and
a number Injured, from the bursting of
steam pipe while the vessel wss off the
California cosst, will be thoroughly ex
amtned Into by a board of Investigation
appointed by Admiral Sebree.
Admiral Sebree haa telegraphed a report
containing practically the ssme informs.
tlon aa the newapaper dispatches.
Several months ago there was an accl
dent to the boiler machinery on the cruiser
St. Louis while off the Pacific coast.
caused by the unweldlng of a water leg,
This, however, waa not as severe as the
accident on the Tenntisee, five men being
bsdly scalded, but recovering after ten
days' trestment In one of the hospitals on
the coast. There have been a number of
serious - accidents to nsval veeaels In re
cent years, but the officials claim that the
number Is smaller and the results less seri
ous than In foreign navies. -
A statement prepared by the' Navy de
partment regsrding the four men who lost
their lives give the following Information
GEORGE WOOD, water tender, enlisted
st nuaaeipnia; nome addreaa, Scranton,
Pa.; next of kin, William H. Brown
brotner, Bcranton.
EARL C. BOCJOfl, fireman, second-class
enlisted at Blrmlnghsm, Ala., home ad
dress. ADOLPH REINHOLD. machinist mate.
second-class, enlisted at Saginaw, Mich.
GEORGE w. MEEK, fireman, flrst-c ass.
enlisted at St. Louis, Mo.; home sddrees,
Skldmore. Kan.; next of kin, James Meeks,
father, . akldmore, Kan.
EXPRESSION GIVEN ON TARIFF
Iowa Manafactnrero nt Ottamw
- Adopt . Resolutions Asking;
for Red act Ian.
OTTUMWA, la.-; June 4. The ' Iowa
Manufacturer' association brought Its con
vention here to a close yesterday afternoon
after adopting resolutions and msklng Da
venport the next meeting place.
Among the resolutions passed wss one
declaring a need of tariff revision, with
special demand that the tariff on steel
and Iron be reduced so as to permit th
manufacturers of Iowa to secure the rsw
material on a basis that will allow them
to better compete with their present com
petitors. A motion was also passed where
by the president of the association will ap
point a eommlttse of five to look after the
matter of tariff revision.
The executive committee met snd ap
pointed Georage A. Wiightman of Chi
cago as secretary of the state association
with headquarters in Dee Moines. Until
recently, Mr. Wrlghtman was connected
with the Illinois Manufacturers' assocla
tlon.
VICTIM OF MRS. GUINNESS
Xorwea-lan Wnmna - Makes laejnlry
A boat Fato of Son, Wko
Went to La Pnrte.
LA PORfE, Ind.. June 1 Mrs. E. Wire
Svenkeruo. christians, Norway, through
ths Swedish consul in Chicago, today made
Inquiry of Sheriff Smutaer for her son.
Olsf Jensen of Cspron. 111., who In lis
left Chicago to marry a Norwegian wldo
living on a farm near La Porte, whom he
had met through a matrimonial advertise
ment. Jensen waa never heard from after
that. He had a sum of money with him,
The mother firmly believes he became one
ef Mrs. Guinness' victims.
OLDUPS ENDJN ONE DEATH
Member of (iam of Highwaymen la
Killed by Deteetlve, Who
la Skat.
PITTSBURG. June . A tragical sequel
to a number of wild western holdups snd
robberies In this vicinity occurred about
i, o'clock this morning at Elisabeth, near
here, when County Detective John Engel-
art, shot and killed one of four men bar
ricaded In the farm house of John Pat
terson, a wood chopper located a short dls-
snce from Elizabeth, between McKeesport
aad Versaillea. Detective Engelhart was
himself ehot vrtrough the wrlat and side
and Is in a criticsl condition.
Patterson Is under arrest, but the three
companions of the dead man. armed With
rifles and revolvers are holding In check
lsrge posse of officers and cltlsena from
Elisabeth.
When word of the shooting waa received
at ths county detective headquarters an
utomoblle csrryln six officers was
started Immediately for the scene. Upon
their arrival It Is expected a desperate bat
tle will be fought
The name of the man killed is said to be
John Trever.
All the men are alleged to be Implicated
In the bold holdup and robbery of the Mon-
ongshela Consolidated Coal and Coke com
pany's general store, last Tuesday morn
ing. The robbery was committed by two
men who Were masked and on horseback
and who, after robbing the store, galloped
through the mining town of Boston firing
revolvers right snd left.
It Is also Intimated that the men are
also connected with a holdup on the Pitts
burg Street railway at Boston, seversl
weeks ago, when two maaked men at the
points of revolvers robbed eleven passen
gers and the crew, and escaped.
The men were trsced to Tatterson's house
by Detective Bnglehart. Patterson was ar
rested early today and after taking him
to Jail, Knglehart went back to the house
to watch for ethers. In the meantime the
four men had reached the house and were
surprised by Englehart. His command to
aurrender was met wjth a, fusillade of
shots.
WOODMEN BANKER'S CLAIM
Mason City Official Seeks to Recover
Large Sam from Crocker
Estnte.
CHARITON, la.. June 6. Head Bsnker
. H. McNlder of Msson City, of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America, has filed a
claim of $350,000 against the F. R. Crocker
estate, Guilford Crocker, administrator, on
the ground of the alleged deposit that the
Woodmen head banker had In the defunct
First National bank here.
The notice ststes thst the head banker
deslgnsted the First Nstlonal bank of
Charlton as one of the depositories for the
Woodmen funds, snd his sction was ap
proved by the board of directors of ths
Woodmen. At different datea after August
1. 1906, he deposited four sums In the bank.
amounting to S400.000. In September, 1906,
150,000 was trsnsferred to the National
bank of Mason City, leaving M60.000 In ths
bank here. The Interest was kept paid on
this to October I, 1907, when the bank
failed. -
A copy of the famous Woodmen bond,
which it la aimoat certain was a forgery,
ts attached to the Claim.' This bond Is the
security Head Banker MoNlder had against
loss of money in the bank and Is for
S400.000. The names of the following per
sons are signed to the Instrument:
F. R. Crocker, A: L. Mallory, J. M,
Thayer, O. J. Stewart, E. 8. Baker, O- ,W,
Larimer, John V. Bennett, L. Rex Bonnet,
George Bonnett and J. Smller.
The bond waa sent by Mr. Crocker on
July a, 1906, and It is now practically
proved that all the names on It except Mr.
Crocker's were forge5 by him. All the
men . whose names appear as signatures
state positively that they never signed
such a oond. However, some of them did
sign a smaller one, but were afterward
released from it and their names were
erased by Crocker in their presence. This
smaller bond, with the names erased, was
left by Mr. Crocker, together with other
proof, thst the 1400,000 bond was forged.
and ons of the men whose name appeared
on the bond now haa It In hla possession.
Stndents Have Hard Fall.
BOONE. Is., June 6. (Special Telegram.)
The commencement of the Boone High
school last evening might have been at
tended with disastrous results. Ths con
tractor erected an amphitheater of seats
In Lincoln armory for the High school
chorus. As the chorus, numbering seventy-
five, rose for the opening number, the
seats collapsed, precipitating the students
to ths floor below. Superintendent King
immediately allayed the feara of the largo
audience by announcing that, not a student
was -injured.
Marahalltowa Elks Bay Homo.
MARSHALLTOWN, la, June t -(Spe
cial Telegram.) Marshalltown lodge No.
S12 of the Elks today purchased property
In ths business section of the city for
17,000, on which it win erect this year a
business block or lodge home to cost about
$3,600.
PRESIDENT NAMES COMMISSION
Carries Oat Vbreat to Take Aetloa In
Spite of Attltndo of
Coaarress.
WASHINGTON. June 4. Carrying out
his declarations to the conference of- gov
ernors that should congress fall to provide
for the continuance of the Inland Water
ways commission, he should continue It
by executive act, and congress having
failed to take action on the subject. Presi
dent Roosevelt todsy re-appolnted the
members of that commission. In doing so
he msde public ths following statsment:
"In view of the desirability of continuing
the work of the Inland Wrterways com
mission, the president has requeated thoae
deslgnsted lsst year, with the exception of
Genersl Alexander MacKensle, chief of en
gineers, War department, who haa retired,
to continue their services on the said com
mission, and has also requested Senator
William B. Allison, Representative Joseph
E. Rsnsdell and Prof. George E. Swain of
the Maaaachuaetta Institute of Technology,
to serve as members. As soon as a selec
tion for the chief of engineers for the Wsr
department has been made, he will also be
deslgnsted as a member of the commis
sion In plsce of Genersl MacKenxlr.
SEVEN KILLED NEAR CHESTER
Latest Renorte Indicate Severest Loss
Ja Conatry District Near
There.
CHESTER. Neb., June 4 (Special Tele
gram.) A tornado within six miles of
Chester, Neb., swept north to Deshler,
Friedensau and Carleton, last night, o
tslly demolishing many farm houses. The
property loss is high. Latest reports are
that seven persons are killed,
SIXTEEN FOR TAFT
National Committee Decides Part of
Florida and Georgia Contests.
SECRETARY'S ROLL INCREASES
Allies Fail to Score in Second Day's
Hearing.
FOUR DISTRICTS GO OVER
Anti-Taft Forces" Are Not Ready to
Present Cases.
CHARGE OF FORGERY MADE
Bogai Admission Tickets to Florida
Convention Caaso Sensation
Personal Eneoonter Nar
rowly Averted.
CHICAGO, June a Sixteen more Taft
delegates were added to the temporary roll
call of the republican national convention
today as the result of the determlnstlon
of the contests from Florida and Georgia.
The opposition to Taft failed to score and
the slate waa wiped clean In favor of the
delegates Instructed for the secretary. One
Florida district, the Third, and three Geor
gia districts, the First, Secondhand Third,
were psssed over until Monday becauae
representatives of the anti-Taft delegations
were not resdy to proceed. Counsel for the
delegatlona Instructed for Secretary Taft
moved the postponement snd announced
they did not desire to take "snap Judg
ment." Vigorous use of the gavel by Chairman
New and the Interference of friends was
all thst prevented a personal encounter be
tween principals In the Florida state con
test. The proceedings were enlivened also
by the assertion thst Representative Butler
Ames of Massachusetts, who Is said to have
engineered the anti-Taft fight In Florida,
wss responsible for the use of alleged
forged tickets of admission to the stste
oonventlon hall. This charge was mede In
the form of an admission by former United
States District Attornsy J. N. Stripling, one
of the anti-Taft contestants, who spoke in
opposition to ths seating of the Taft dele
gation. It created a distinct sensation.
Forced Admission Tickets.
The claim that forged tlcketa had been
used for the purpose of packing the con
vention hall had been made by Henry 8.
Chubb, state chairman, and one of the del-egatea-at-large
instructed to vote for the
nomination of Secretary Taft, When Mr.
Btrlpllng of the opposing delegation, which
favored the , nomination of Senator For
aker, arose to reply his attention waa di
rected to the charge by Frank 8. Streetor
of New Hampshire.
"The charge has been made that, forged
tickets were used by your supporters in
gaining admission to the convention," said
Mr. Streetor, . and he followed the state
ment with the direct question: "Do you
know where those tickets came from, and
how they came to be usedT"
Mr. Stripling did not reply until he waa
reminded by"Mr. Btreeter that his reply wss
awaited.
"I am under the Impression that they
were obtained at the suggestion of Butler
Ames, who was then In St. Augustine,
said MY. Stripling. He was not questlonsd
further. . '
Representative Ames was In Florida, as
well as in several southern states prior to
the conventions held to nsme delegates to
the national convention.
Printing: of Tickets.
In connection with the charge that forged
tickets were used In Florida, there was
made publlo today the story of the printing
of those tickets over which the controversy
has arisen. It appears that the original
tickets were printed In Jacksonville, at
the direction of State Chairman Chubb.
After he had . secured the tickets. It Is
said, a representative of the people oppoaed
to the Coomba-Chubb' faction visited the
same printing shop and said that Mr.
Chubb wanted an additional 100 tlcketa
They were struck off by the unsuspecting
printer and charged to Mr. Chubb'a Re
count.
FIVE STATES TO MAKE PROTESTS
Hcpnbltenna Ootslde of Oklo Object to
War Tker Are Handled.
CHICAGO, June 6. Representatives of
five states, other than Ohio, which have
candidates for the republican presidential
nominstlon met here todsy and announced
that they will make a formal protest to
the republican national convention on the
manner In which they are at present, ac
cording to their opinion, being Ignored by
the dominating elements in the republican
party.
They claim that they have 1M electorlal
votes which number lacks only 114 of being
abls to name a prealdent of the United
States, and they "are being ridden down
In . the interests of states which cannot
furnish a single electorlal vote to the re
publican party."
At the meeting today were Messrs, Keal
ing, manager for Vies President Fslrbanks
Humphrey, for Governor Hughes; Mc
Klnley of Illinois. i manager for Cannon
Senator Penroae and Repreaentatlve Burke
of Pennsylvania, and Senator Hemeway of
Indiana. They declared after the adjourn
ment of their conference that they consider
the states which they represent ss'the
backbone of the republican party, and
"therefore entitled to a respectful hearing.'
They chsrge thst the "Roosevelt-Taft ma
chine" la ignoring them entirely In the In
terests of ths southern states, and declare
that they will mske a formal protest to
the republtcsn national convention In the
Interests of the party. They will continue
their fight before the national committee
and before the committee on credentials,
and Irrespective of the reaults before those
two bodies, they will carry ths matter upon
the floor of the convention.
SHORT NOMINATION SPEECHES
Crisp Addressee to Bo tbe Order at
Chicago Convention.
WASHINGTON. June l-Ths amount of
tlms that may be consumed by each nomi
nating and aecondlng apeech at the coming
national republican convention at Chicago
haa caused the prospective orators on thst
occasion to diligently search the records
for presedents. Roscoe Conkling's nomi
nation of Grant for a trtrd term conaumed
twelve minutes and Garfield at the same
meeting took but a little more time In
placing the name of Sherman before the
convention. Ten minutes was required for
IngersoU to nominate Blaine. These three
speeches stand out prominently as models
In the annals of national conventlona.
It la understood thst Representstive
Burton will take twenty minutes In pro
posing Secrstsry Taft as the presidential
.candldats of hla party, and (hat Senator
(Continued on Second Fa
DES MOINES JHAS COMPLAINT
Asks Interstate Commission to Ad
Jast Rates from All
Directions.
(FTo-m a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. June . (Speclsl Tele
gram.) The Greater Dea Moines committee
today hsd a hearing before the Interstate
Commerce commission, complslnlng against
the Rock Island and other roads of dla
crlminatlng against Des Moines snd in
fsvor of Chicsgo and points east of the
Illinois and Indiana state lines, ss com
pared with other points In the ssme belt.
The complaint of the Grester Des Moines
committee was submitted by M. T. Guern
sey. Mr. Guernsey also submitted on be
half of the aame association a complaint
against roads entering Des Moines from
the west snd south Invoking rates on lum
ber from the territory west of the Mla
slsslppl to Des Moines, ss compared with
rates to Omaha and Council Bluffa.
Senator Burkett held an extended con
ference with the president and Secretsry
Tsft today, the plstform of the republican
national convention and ths selection of
a chairman of the national committee being
the points most generslly considered. Of
course the administration Is not giving out
whom It Is favoring for chairman of the
national committee, but in view of the
success of Frsnk H. Hitchcock It Is a
pretty safe gueu U mske thst the former
first assistant postmaster general la the
man who comes nearest to filling the bill
for the Taft people, and that Senator Mur
ray Crane la not thought of In connection
with the chairmanship. Senator Burkett
also discussed with Secretary Taft points
to be covered in his speech seconding the
nomination of the wsr secretary.
ENID, OKL, IS UNDER WATER
Boggy Creek Becomes Flood
and
City Is Tkreateaed wltk
Great Loss.
ENID. Okl., June Enid todey, faces
the most disastrous flood In its history
Following six hours' rainfall. Boggy creek,
running through the city, this morning
widened from twenty feet to 1,000 feet
and flooded practically, the whole of Enid,
carylng away houses, flooding stores and
endesngerlng lives. Today water stood
twelve feet deep In Ms In street covering
wo blocks of the business center. Fifty
houses were swept away and carried down
stresm with the occupants who had been
driven to the roofs, shouting for help. Sev
eral families floated about at the mercy
of the flood waters and In the darkness
all night.
All were finally rescued at daylight and
no fatalities are reported. Today the water
ia receding slowly. The heaviest losers
were the Enid Planing Mill company
whose warehouse containing $10,000 worth of
goods was swept away; the Alton Mercan
tile company, wholesale grocers; the elec
tric light plant, flooded to a depth of four
feet, leaving the city without lights or
street car service. Both daily newspapers
were put out of business by lack of power,
The Rock Island's concrete bridge over
Main street was csrrled out, together with
six other Rock Island bridges within six
miles of Enid. The Santa. Fe and St. Louis
t San Francisco report all their lines de
moralised frqm washouts and bridges
washed away.
KAW RIVER RISES AT TOPEKA
Railroads Refuse Shipments
to
Flooded Portions of
Kansaa. -
TOPEKA, Kan., Jane a The Kaw river
is still rising an Inch an hour at this point.
The government weather gauge registered
seventeen leet at noon.
The river is out of its bank in the low
lands esst and west of Topeka, and many
of the more timid living In the low dis-
trlcts of North Topeka have moved with
their belongings to this side of the river.
From the reports received from up the
Ksw valley sufficient volume of water Is
enroute to send the Ksw river to twenty
one feet at Topeka some time Sunday,
which will overflow portions of North
Topeka.
Railroads are refusing- shipments to
flooded districts. The Rock Island road re
ports its worst overflows around Clay
Center.
Just, before noon the Blue river wsshed
out a section of the track of the Union
Pacific main line at Manhattan and train
service in the valley of the Blue has prac
tically been abandoned.
Telephone reporte from Independence.
Kan., today abow that the Verdigris river
fell five feet during the night at that point
and rose three this morning.
SOUTH DAKOTA TAKES CONTEST
Second Year State Has Won nnd Sec
ond Time for Mitchell
Orator.
MITCHELL. 8. D.. June 4. (Special
Telegram.) The thirteenth annual conteat
of the Western League of Oratory waa held
last 'night between representatives of the
South Dakota and the North Da Irt e col
lege. The contest waa won by John Dob-
son of Dakota Wesleyan university of
Mitchell, his subject being "America's
Great Problem."
The sum totsl of Kls points were seven
having received five first plsces and one
second. Don 8. Ford of the State uni
versity of Grand Forks, N. D., was
swarded second plsce, his subject being
"The Cell of the Central Empire." He re
ceived a total of thirteen polnta. Alvln
Hanson of Tankton college, South Dakota,
waa awarded third place, his subject belpg
"The Trsgedy of Lost Childhood." Miss
Artffa'Uusafer of the State Science school,
Wskepton, wss fourth, her oration being
on "Gladstone." This Is the second yer
In succession that South Dakota and a
Mitchell orator has won the Interstats
contest.
AIRSHIP MAY BE OMAHAN'S
Vaarraat Vessel Fonnd la East Fred
rlckaon Thinks Is His, Lost
Last Snmmer.
UNION HILL, N. J , June 2 -The Ber
gen police are looking for sn owner frr sn
slrshlp thst landed on the Huckttnss.k
mt-adows and. haa been remote! to tiie
police alstioii. It was seen 'o fall by a
negro Ust Eundsy, but lie did not rtpjr.
It to the police until today. When sn of
ficer wenr- to the- meadow he found a
cigar-shaped bag sbout fifty feet 1 n,
with guy ropes attached. TWre Is nothing
on ,the bag to Indicate where It came
from. ,
When H. E. Fredrlckson read the above
dispatch he immediately began to wonder
If that might not be hi airship, which waa
lost laat July and was not heard from
He haa written to tho above parties to ses
It it wss his ship.
Belmont Reported Better.
NEW YOBK, June 0 Oliver H. P. Bel
mont, who has been dangerously 111 for
several days with appendlclila st his sum
mer home at Hempstead, L. I , waa re
ported to be a little better thla morning,
tin condition, however, is still regard.- d
as critical.
rWESHDIElNWlXD
Tornadoes Wreck Many Towns and
Death Haa Big Harvest.
PEOPLE ALL TAKE TO CAVES
Dozen Counties in Nebraska and
Kansas in Storm's Path.
WORST DAMAGE IS AT GENEVA
Four Dead and Four Fatally Hurt in
that Vicinity.
PROPERTY LOSS IN THOUSANDS
Eight Twisters at One Time Are Seen
from laavale Deadly Fannel
Shaped Cloads Leave Many
People Homelese.
TH SIU,
TWO BROTHERS RAMES AVSTTJT,
near Byron, Thayer county.
MJtS. O. SXMPIiXt ARD TWO XAOOK-
TXRR, nsar Byron.
MR. ATSTXR ARX ORB SOW, aear By
ron.
ERTXRH TAMXLT OT TOTJR TO SIX
PERSONS, near Byron.
ICRS. AUGUST rUKTZX., ssac Xesa
ler.
XmXWS SHXVELY, Osnsva.
ROSS SKXTKX.T, Osnsva.
XitrXitr SMITH, near Geneva.
ELIJAH AROEHBRICKT, near Shick.
lay.
IRS. X.ESX.XB CARTER, Oaleton.
MRS. CARTER'S BART, Carleton.
TWO CHIX.DRXH OP MR,' SMALL,
nsar Guide Rook.
HBRRT KAOXSOR, near Franklin.
FATALLY INJURED.
t JOHR SHTVELT, Osnsva.
MRS. JOKH SHTVELT, Geneva.
MRS ELIJAH AROEHBRICKT, hick
lay.
JAKES XERRIX AH, Shlckley.
SERIOUSLY XHJURBS.
A. X. MoRaynolds, ralrfleld,
Ed Tnsssl, Osnsva.
XCrs. Young, thirteen miles south ot
Quids Rook,
Mr. and Mrs. Gray, nsar Rivarton.
XCrs. Bennett, near Geneva.
Doaen Deaths In Thayer.
CHESTER, Neb.. June 6-(8peclel Tele
gram.) The cyclone of Friday evening
wrought more havoc between Byron and
Deshler than In any other place It struck,
and the list of cssualties In that vicinity
numbers at least eleven. The bresklng of
lines of communication hss made It hard to
obtain full and correct lists of the casual,
ties. Those reported thus far are as fol
lows: Killed:
TWO BROTHERS NAMED AUSTIN.
MRS. C. SIMPLE AND TWO DAUGHT
ER8 MH. AUSTIN AND ONE SON.
E NTIRE FAMILY. FOUR TO SIX MEM
BERS, names unobtainable.
Seriously Injured:
Mrs. Austin and ons child. .,..
The cyclone started near Court lsnrt, Kan.,
and moved noresst, striking In turn tho
villages of Byron, Deshler. Shlckley, Carle
ton and Geneva. The twister spsred neither
life nor property tn Its headlong rush across
the country snd swept everything In Its
path. The property damage Is great, esti
mated as high as $230,000. The farmers
along the Nebraska-Kanaes line are panic-
stricken, fearing another storm, snd msny
of them have driven Into the towns closest
to them for shelter. Over fifty families
are. homeless snd are being cared for by
those fortunate enough to hsve part of
their buildings left intact.
The storm, occurring at 7 o'clock, gave
no opportunity for relief last night and the
condition of many of the cyclone sufferers
last night was deplorable. Probably M0
persons were without shelter and remained
In the open during a rain which lasted
most of the night.
Davenport Center of Storm.
DAVENPORT. Neb., Junej A (Soeclal
Telegram.) Reports from All nround tsll
of the fearful effects of tho -worst tornsdi
ever known In this section of the stste,
which passed through Clay, Tfcsyer snd
Fillmore counties between S:45 and 9:16 last
evening. The towns of Carleton, Deshler,
Shlckley, Geneva. Ong and Fairfield
were vlalted. At Carleton." Mrs. Maud
Carter waa inatantly killed and her baby
chlf-ld died this morning. Her husband
snd ons other child were seriously Injured.
A young farmer. Presa Calley, wss badly
Injured and a number of others, l'ro
perty In the town wss damaged to ths ex
tent of $50,000, The new 112.000 school
house waa wrecked.
At Shlckley. Elijah Argenbricht waa
killed, hla wife fatally Injured, and pro
perty to the value of $40,OM damaged.
Near Geneva, several people were killed.
The town of Fairfield waa badly wrecked,
over twenty-five buildings being wrecked
but no one killed.
The town of Deshler suffered slightly,
but the home of August Fentell, Just north
of there, wss wrecked, his wlfs killed and
daughter serfourly Injured.
The houses of Conrad Blesner, Theo.
Schroeder. Aug. Broket. near the Frlden
aau postoffice south of here, were des-'
troyed. ,
All telephone lines are down. There have
been no trains on the Ft. Joe and Grsnd
Island In the past forty-eight hours esst
of Fslrburjr.nn sccount of high waters
and . the Mock Island r'( ports several
miles of track out on their Nelson branch
and will not be able to run trains for somu
time.
Death's Harvest at Geneva.
GENEVA. Nob.. June .-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Four people killed, four fatally In
jured and a number seriously hurt Is the
tornado's record at and near Geneva. The
etcrm atruck thla place Friday night shortly
after S o'clock, wreaking devaatatlon In Its
path of over five miles In length. Tha
tornado cams from the southwest.
The desd:
LULU SMITH, ared IT years, daughter
of John Smith, Oi.-neva.
H(U3 tsHIVKI.V, aged S years, son f John
Si lvi-ly. (J-n va.
1RKNE HI! I VELY, sged years, daugh
ter of John bhively, Gnvs.
ELIJAH AHGENLKIOHT. sged 65 yesrs,
living two niilt-s east of ShlckK-y.
Fatally Injured:
Johnr Bhlvelv. farmer, Geneva.
Mis. John St.lvrlv. Geneva.
Mia. Elijah Arganbright, Hhlcklev.
James Merrlman, stock buyer, Shlckley.
Seriously injured:
Ed Fussel. Geneva, farm hand In employ
of John ehlvely. r
The tornad i whih atiuck Ceneva came
upon the people when t.iey were unpre
pared and without warning, and tn a num
ber of Inatancca the ebcapes were slmoot
miraculous. A atrip of territory several
miles long in the vicinity was struck by
the storm and great damage waa dona At
the home of Mrs. Beunelt tao bam was