Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAILA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 190S-TEN PAGES.
VOL. XXXVII NO. 306.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
KAW FLOOD PASSING
Creit of-Both Rivers 11 in Sight of
Kansas City.
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAIR
Rains Are Orcr and Upp "-f.v i
Fallinj.
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NORTH TOPEKA IS Fl -D
Water Two t? Four Feet '1 s.n
RAILROAD TBAFFIC DELA
Train I'nton Pacific, Borllngtoh,
Reck Island to Palata Worth
- - and W-t Art Late or
AbendonTd.
' ".' vfAP ' CITT. June l-Th' Mlfwurl
a') Kaw rivers continued to rise her to
day a little more than an inch an hour,
but the creit of the flood tn both, river
In In Sight and will pass on Wednesday.
The weather obaerver aaya that the Kaw
will rise six or seven feet higher and the
Missouri will rise nearly three feet more,
to twnty.slx feet.
Weather condition In Kanss are fair
and apparently the raina are over. The
tributaries of the Kaw and the upper
tlon of the Kaw Kself are falling and will
continue to fall. The Kaw river la dls
chsrging Ita wtr Into the Missouri at
great ipeed, which mean that thera will
be no hacking up aa In lwd and IV. when
the Kaw bottoma were flooded. In those
years the Mleaourl river waa higher than
the Kaw. Borne of the low landa about
I Kinua City are submerged, hut no damage
baa been done.. The banka of the river are
higher than In IV and the railroad tracke
ire higher. Al! the bridges are'safe, there
being little driftwood running. The pucn
lng houses and wholeeal establishment m
the Kaw bottoma, have removed the. con
tent of their baeementa to upper floor.
People Leave Armonrdale.
People In the Armourdale district of Kan
aa City, Kan., continued to move front
their house, today In rplte of the assurance
of the weather bureau and the rtainal
board thru there waa no eertoua danger.
The lltllo village of Harlem, Mo.. In Clay
county, just oppoatte Canaae City, will
be inundated, but thla la expected at every
high water and the Inhabitant are ac
customed to moving.
Train eervic over the Union Pacific and
Bock Island rallroada between Kanaaa City
and Topeka haa been abandoned. Train
are routed over the Satta Fe, but that line
will be closed If the, water reaches the
height predicted. The Denver train of the
Bock Island thla morning waa routed over
the Burlington to Lincoln, Neb. Tralna
from Omaha and 8t. Joaeph are late be
cauaa of aoft traeka. On the branch line
ef the varloua roada In the Kaw valley
traffic a practically suspended.
Majatloa it Tntka,
TOPJEKA.: Kao... Jus I,Th government
weather gauge In t lie Kaw river at thla
point showed a registration of 28.7. feet at
Jo o'clock thia morning wriich la a rlv of
even In lice In three hours. During the
flood tif i tlm water reached 33.7 feet on
the government gauge.
Th altuatlon from the upper Kaw valley
la favorable. Wamego reports the river
stationary.. Manhattan a drop of an Inch
and a fot fall at -Junction City. The
government weather aervlce predicts a
gjoss'ble rue of a foot more here during
the, dev. hut with the rflns over In the
Kaw valley.
The government weather Indications, Just
received are alsn favorable, saying "fair
tonight ar.d Tuesday."
W'h.l cc nrfUlops at this hour are serious
In North Toeki, with the low portions
under wutcr. tl'.e water has not yet reached
Kansas acet.u in the heart Of the North
Topeka business district.
.,t not-n. Mure waa break In the Kaw
river tank 6M yaids wide at the Tlg bend
of the river, a mile and a half west of
north Tom-ha. As result water four feet
VUee; svept down Into north Topeka
through a t reak In the Union Pacific rail
road Tvi'jankment. The water is two and
thn fT-et deep In many houses. '..
Boat la City streets.
It ls.-4.xpec;d thai the water will cover
Kanrs? !vn f'om 8'ildier creek to the
rlvir.to a depth of two feet by night, but
tbe r-ple Tt prepared. The windows are
boaiUeil up and other preparations made.
In .me Instance wooden
scaffolding
have heen built
round the house to keep
me UTiu anay. ooata appearea on waca
son stieet at noon, where the water was
three fct deep. Th river formed a Junc
tion with th back water from Soldier
creek and flooded that part of North
Topeka known 'Little Russia." The
water here wa two feet deep at noon,
IVt li'.e current alt slight and little dam
age ss done. Ths Santa Fe, the last road
which had been running tralna Into To
peka , annulled passenger train No. 1 at
Lawrence at noon on account of submerged
trscks at Lake View, twenty miles east
cf Tcpckd.
lion Pacific passenger train cimvi
with. ii five miles of Topt-ka thla morning
with passenger who were transferred to
boats at that point and brought to Topeka
by this .Tirana.
LOM HKAVY
AT
' Tsrsifle Tor I Eerytklar la
Ita
Path forTwelv Mile.
DKeHi.EK, Neb.. June 8. Deahler today
for the that tlm Waa able to aend out by
wire new of th two tornadoes that struck
nsar hie Friday nlgliL. Twe f jnnel-shsped
cloud did great damage In western Thayer
crunty and In this Immediate vicinity four
ate dead and a large number are Injured.
The drad near Deshler:
THOMAS J. AUSTIN.
EARNEST AUSTIN, son of Thoniaa Aus
tin. MRS. CHRIST FIN TEL. .
F1NTEL. daughter of Mrs." Christ
pntel.
Seriously Injured:
r Mrs. Thomas Austin.
Daughter of Mrs. Austin.
Two children of Mrs. Flntal.
William Othelrich. '
. William LueOrs, his wife and Infant
child. - -
Th following persnrs lost everything
they owned: The Austin family, Charle
Krause. August Kraft, Mrs. Christ Flntel'a
family. Richard Bruckert. Rudolph Goeta,
) John Warnvrk. Henry St-hnff . vini.
Struve. II. Q.Njloops, August Bedel, WU-
llaxu Luedera. Carl Degner, State Repre
Y"Uv Conrad Blearier and many othera
'The two tornadoes paased over the county
about 8 o'clock p. m. Frtdey. the first form
ing near Republic. Kan., passing tn a north-
(CoaUaued a Second Paga.)
SUMMARY OF HIE GEE
Taeeday, Jaa 9. 19AM.
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FOR OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS AND
VICINITY Fair and lightly manner Tue-
Vor NF.BRAPK A Fair Tuesday.
FOR IOWA Fair Tufily.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
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DOKXSTIO.
Frank Hitchcock. Tafta manager, wlth
drawa from the republican committee In
spite of asiiurancea that hla course la ap
proved, a'age X
'Railroad presidents and official fcgiee
that the present la not the time to raise
freight rates.
Kaw river continue to rle at Kansas
City and at Topeka the cltlsen are get
ting about the streeta In boata and rail
road traffic haa been suspended, 'age 1
Governor Deneen decides not to inter
fere with the hanging of Herman nillek.
Pag 1
Confederate soldiess hold reunion In
Birmingham. Ala. age I
0 H. P. Belmont la weaker and acant
' ore of life are held out. Tag 1
Condition of winter wheat is reported by
the Department of Agriculture aa per
cent.
Officiate of the Treasury department
take atep to put the new currency law in
effect.
Humboldt 1 visited by a email twister
Pag I
Police of Lisbon dlcover plot to blow
uo the royal family. ' 1
Two Iowa cltle. Mount Vernon and LI
bon. were visited by a tornado Sunday.
Vage 1
Director of the Union Pacific road
ratlfjt the new 160,000.000 lseue of bonds
and make them a first vnortgage upon
the line, with Interest at 4 per cent.
ae X
Brewers" convention at Milwaukee will
convene today. Prohlblttonista of Minne
aota aend their condolences. Pag 1
Battleship Maine and Alabama sail for
Manila,
New battleships authorised by congress
will be called the Florida and LUh.
' rage 1
Bepubllcana of South Dakota Till hold
Drtmariea today to determine the sea
.torlal .tight, between Senatorv,CIttredge
and Governor Crawford.; rage i
- lOCAXt. v ,
Pair weather la promised at last by the
weather man. after many buildings are
In danger, of being waahed away and gar
dens rulrled. rage a
Engineer falls from speeding Burlington
train which traveled seven miles before
the fireman discovered that .the engiao
waa running wild. Page 10
Something aa to what Colonel Piatt la
actually worth cam out in the hearing
before Judge Kennedy Monday when
Jerome Magee aald the land near Blair
seldom produced crops because of flood.
rage T
Three hundred and fifty high school
cadeta are In camp at Blair, and glrU
want aome "Red Cross" experience, even
If the cadet have to be wounded to fur
nish patlenta. rag 10
COMXOIA.X. AID nrOVfTBXAXfc
Live stock markets rag r
Grain markets. rage?
Stocks and bonds. rage T
MOTmczzm or ooxajt ifsuium,
Port.
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SEW YORK.'.
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MONTHKAL .
MONTREAL .
Arrived. MIM,
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PHILADELPHIA. WwtHnlu'....,
LIVBKPOOL Art Mo
LIVERPOOL, Cortlrtn
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LONDON M tin trow
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CONDITION OF WHEAT CROPS
Wlater era Crop A Tenures S3 Per
Tent, Aaralaal 98. riret of
Mar Mere rtaat Wiwt,
WAKilYOTCN. June . A preliminary
'ejiir.-r'n f !",?!0.T0 acres of spring wheat
i mir-j. r-r m 10 tttan C310C acres more than
lint r. and placing the caridltion on June
. of wlnt -r wheat at Su.O per cent aa against
I f ! S n, r rnt nn MkV 1 im fnflfl Ifwthe June
, . .
j ment of Agriculture today.- The report rs
: tlmated the acreage, of oata at 81.644.000
, and barley t.K7,000 ant gives th condition
. ; figure (or crop other than wheat aa fol
DESHLBft ' 'ow,:
oat, sz.l per cent: barley, 89.7 per cent.
The report give the condition of spring
wheat at J dn 1 aa 96 per cent of a nor
mal compared with 88 7 on Jun 1. 1907, and
a 10-yeer average os 83.1
MAINE AND ALABAMA SAIL
Advaara Gaarw of Bl Fleet of War.
ah I pa Leave aa Francisco
Toelay for Far East.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jun t-Th battle
ship Maine and Alabama, composing ths
special service squadron under command
of Captain G. B. Harber. sailed at T
o'clock this morning on their return trip
to the Atlantic by way of Honolulu. Ma
nila and Suva.
Secretary of the Interior Jamea R. Gar
field, who arrived late last night from
Washington, waa a guest of Captain Har
ber on board the Maine, 'Secretary Gar
field being enroute to Honolulu to make
Investigation of certain mattera that
come under hla department
Womaa Dellaorately Kills,
. NEW TORK. June I Sarah Koten, the
young trained nurse who lured Dr. Martin
W. Auspiia to a house tn Harlem last night
by a false telephor. call and shot him to
death after ahe had lain In wait for him
for many hour, declared today that sne
had no regret for her act. "I ahot him.
but I did not murder him," ahe said In a
roll In the police elation as ahe awaited
the summon to spvoar In court. "I killed
him because he has arongej. m aod Uen
refused to blp sua
PRESIDENT SELECTS AIDS
Advisory Commission Snpgeitei by
GoTtrnon is Appointed.
DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS
mater. Forest, Laaal aad Mlaeral
Problems Each Will Be Coasld
creel by Committee of
Easerte.
WASHINGTON, June 1 In accordance
with the suggestion made by the governora
at their conference at the White House in
May, the president today appointed a na
tional conservation commission to consider
and advise him. on questions relating to the
conservation of the natural resources of the
country, and to co-operate with similar
bodies which may be designated by the
several statea. The personnel of the com
mission Is:
Water Theodore E. Burton, Ohio, chalr
mnn; Senator William B. Allison, Iowa;
Francis O. Newlands, Nevada: William
Warner, Missouri, and John H. Bankhead,
Alabama; W. J. McGee, bureau of aoila,
secretary; F. H. Newell, reclamation ser
vice; Herbert Knox Smith, bureau of cor
porations; Representative Joseph E. Rana
dell. Louisiana: Prof. George F. Swain,
institute of technology, Massachusetts; the
chief engineers United States army.
Forests Senatora Reed Smoot, Utah,
chairman; Albert J. Beverldge. Indiana, and
Charles A. Cuberson, Texas: Representa
tives Charles F. Scott. Kansas, and Champ
Clark, Mlsaouri; J. B. White. Missouri;
Prof. Henry S. Grave of Tale forest school,
Connecticut; William Irwlne, Wisconsin;
ex-Governor Newton C. Blanchard, Louis
iana; Charles L. Pack. New Jersey; Oustav
Schwab, National Council of Commerce,
New York: Overton W. Price, forest ser
vice, secretary.
Landa Senators Knute Nelson, Minnesota,
chairman; Francis E. Warren. Wyoming;
Repreaentativea John Sharp Williams. Mis
sissippi; . ex-Governor George C. Pardee,
Collfornia; ex-Oovernor N. B. Broward,
Florida; James J. Hill, Minnesota; Charle
McDonald. American Society of Clvtl En
gineer. New York; Murdo McKensie, Col
orado; Frank C. Ooudy, Colorado; George
Woodruff. Interior department, secretary.
Minerals R preventative John DalaelU
Pennsylvania, chairman; Senators Joseph
M. Pixon, Montana; Frank P. Flint, Cali
fornia; Iee 8. Overman. North Carolina;
Representative Phllo Hall, South Dakota;
James A. Slayden, Texas: Andrew Carne
gie. New York; Prof. Charles R. Van Hlse,
Wisconsin: John Mitchell. Illinois: John
Hays Hammond, Massachusetts; Dr. Irving
Fisher. Yale university, Connecticut;
Jamea A. Holme, geological survey, sec
retary. Executive Committee Glfford Ptnchott,
chairman; Representative Theodore FA Bur
ton, Senators Reed Smoot and Knute Nel
son, John Dalsell, W. J. McGee, Overton
Price, G. W. Woodruff, Joseph A. Holmes.
CZAR HURRIES TO MEET KING
Raaalaa Eanperor Takes Ship to Greet
Royalty from Eaglaad o
ArrlvaJ.
ST. PETERSBURG. Junes t. Emperor
Nicholas and other member of tbe Im
perial family, accompanied by a large
aulte. will go on board the royal train
at Peterhof at 8 o'clock this evening and
travel over the special Imperial track to
Gatrhlna, thirty miles from St. feters
burg,, and from thence over the Baltic
Una to RevaL where they wtll arrive to
morrow morning. The ordinary run'from
St. .Petersburg.' to Beval ia twelve hour.
Thfw s the flnrt railway- lourneyof any-
length that the emperor haa taken since
he made the trip to Samara on July ,
1804. to review the troops going out to
the Russo-Japanese war In Manchuria.
' Extraordinary precautions have been
taken along the Baltic railroad; the track
la being closely watched by a cordon of
soldier and special guards have ueen sta
tioned at all the bridges. A large staff
of plain clothea police official has been
sent on to Reval ahead of the royal train.
Premier Stolypln, Foreign . Minister
Iswolsky and Vice Admiral Dlkoff, 1 the
minister of marine, left here this morn
ing on board the crulaer Almaa for Reval
BREWERS MEET IN MILWAUKEE
Leader Will Speak oa
. . Necessity of Abolition of
Dlvea.
tko
MILWAUKEE, Wl Jun 8. Brewer
from throughout the country arrived today
to attend the convention of the United
Statea Brewers' association convention,
which will open tomorrow.
For the first time In the history of the
association a public meeting will be held
at one of the local theaters. The brewers
say that they want publicity. They want
the queatlon of prohibition spread before
the people In all Ha phaaes, believing aa
they do that misrepresentations hav been
made by tbe adherenta of prohibition.
At thla open meeting will be presented
he side taken by the brewers, aa well aa
arguments for prohibition. Arthur Bris
bane of New York will talk oa the "Rela
tion of the Drink Problem .to the Public."
PLOT TO BLOW UP ROYALTY
Anarchists ef Black Croaa Frustrated
la Plot to Kill Portagaeeo
Raler.
LISBON, June 8. The police have al.
covered and fuetrated a big plot hatched
by the Society of the Black Cross to blow
up with bombs the members of the royal
family at a religious feast which Is to be
held on June 18. Among the ringleaders
arreated are Jose A veils, Adao Durarte and
Constantino Mendes, notorious anarchists
The bombs which had been manufactured
by the society were destroyed, and corres
pondence seised shows that the society, to
which Manuel Bulssa. one of the principal
In the aseaaalnatlon of King Carlos an
Crown Princess Louise last February, be
longed, had close relations with anarchlstf
In Barcelona and Madrid.
FUNERAL OF JOEL N. CORNISH
Rot. A. E. Kalrkorbarker Will Con
dart tke Service Thla Aft.
i terssea at Homo.
Colonel Joel N. Cornlah will be burled at
Foreet Una cemetery thla afternoon. The
funeral services will be conducted by Rev.
A. E. Knickerbocker at, the home, 1404
South Tenth street, at 8 p. m. These are
the palltearers:
Honorary Dr. George L. Miller. General
John C. Cowln. W. J. Conneil. George H.
Thumiu,!, E. E. Bruce. C J. Ernat, Sena
tor J. H. Millard. E. M. Morsman. Judge
E. Wakeley. A. B Smith. P. E. Her and
Milton Barlow.
Active Lee Spratlen. William H. Wead,
George1, Barker. Dr. Smith. L. Branch,
Charlee M Martin. Frank L. Haller.
George A. Day. Arthur C. Wakeley, Frank
barker and Theodore RingwalL
Race Riot la Texas.
DA LI -AH. Texas. June 8 News hss Just
reached here that two negroes were killed
on the si reels of Long View, Gregg county,
today, and a race rnii waa Imminent. The
governor haa been requested to send rang
era to that city.
Former lawasi End Life.
MOBILE, Ala.. June 1 J. W. Ptlklngton.
aged a former resident of Springfield,
la,, commtlUd sulcld last night by shoot
ing Worry over financial matters It Is
said, waa l cause. Tb body. w)il be aeet
U MIWB,
DIRECTORS RATIFY BOND ISSUE
V-loa Pwefttr' Hew tlerk of Paper,
Anaeoatlaa- to Fifty Million,
Considered.
NEW TORK, Jttne . The board .of di
rector of the t'nloft specific Railroad com
pany at a meeting today ratified the Issue
of I60.ono.oo0 first lien and refunding mort
gsge 4 per dent bonds.
According to a statement given out by
the directors after today's meeting, th
new first lien and refunding mortgsgw 4
per cent bond will tie ,a first mortgsge on
th unencumbered mileage of the Union
Pacific, consisting xT 1.177 mile of main
track and 144 rnilea of other track. Subject
to the present, first mortgage and the
stockholders' approval, these bonda alao
will be secure! by th entire remaining
mileage of the Union Pacific system. In
event of these bonds being extended to
cover the line securing the first mort
gage t50.Qoo.ono bonda additional may be
issued, but only Tor the construction or
acquisition . of, additional lines connecting
with the linea then aubject to th mortgage
lien securing the entire Issue of first Hen
and for the .acquisition of other property
and refunding first mortgsge bonda and
for use on or In connection with the mort
gaged lines and for Improvements. In the
end all of these bonda will pass under the
tioo.ooo.ono of the new bonds will be re
served to refund tbe present first mort
gage 4 per cent bonds, (due 1947 for a like
mount, which bonds . will not be ex
tended.
The board of director today approved
and resolved to ask the stockholders to
authorise, at the annual meeting to be
held October, 11 next, the extension of the
mortgage of the first Hon and refunding
mortgage bonds ever the lines pledged
under the first mortgage! Until that action
la taken by the stockholders the Issue of
these bonds must remain lfmlted to the
present issue of tyO.OOQ.OOO.
- The bonds wtll be redeemable at 107H and
Interest on September 1, 191 S, 'or on any
Interest date thereafter on not less than
three months' notice.
READY FOR NEW CURRENCY LAW
Treasory Department Taking;' Step"
toV Pat It la roree
at pace.
WASHINGTON,' June 8. Preparation
are being mad by the Treasury depart
ment for the prompt carrying Into effect
of the varioua provision of the new cur
rency law. .
A list of alf national bank arranged by
states, showing the capital and aurplus of
each, la being prepared by the comptroller
of the currency for. Ose by the secretary's
office In connection with any application
that may be received from bank for the
formation of national currency associa
tion provided for by the new law.
Deputy Comptroller of the Currency T.
P. Kane, tn answer to an Inquiry a to
what wa being done toward preparing re
commendation for amendment to th na
tional banking law for submission to th
National Monetary commission, atated that
thla matter would be taken up and care
fully considered at th present time, but
a yet nothing ha been done.. Such amend
ments-will be recommended aa experience
In the practical administration of the lawg
haa been .shown to be neoeaaary. -
J Alao ' Deputy eroptrVlr, Kan thought
It unwise at present uy gef Into- details. It
la well known that for a long tlm th
comptroller -office haa Importuned eon
gree to mske certain change in the law
which would result In greater aecurlty.
especially to creditors of banka More
bank failures, it Is said, hav resulted"
from the exceaslve or Imprudent concen
tration of funds in the hands of single or
allied Interests than from'all other cause
combined.
0. H. P. BELMONT IS WEAKER
Haw York Financier Wh Underwent
operation Wot Holding
Hla Owa.
NEW TORK. June 8. -Oliver H. P rt.i.
mont. who has been critically HI with n.
pendlcltla at his country horn at Hemp-
- T T . ,. .
i,-u, j- noi 00 wen tonay. He
had a very hard night, hi Bhvician uM
today, and waa weaker thia morning.
During last evening Mr. Belmont began
to lose ground, ar the pnyslclan remained
with him throughout the night. Member
of the family. Including Mr. Belmont, her
on. William K. Vandprbllt, Jr ., and
T7 nl I V.rM.rtilll -n w .
" w.., vYiuiam jv.
Vanderbllt, Jr., remained all night within
can. Arcer midnight there wa a brief In
terval when the sick man seemed to
strength, but as the morning wore on the
weakness came on again, and there seemed
to be little chance that he would survive
through the day.
During the forenoon Mr. Belmont' eon.
dltlon grew steadily worse and hope for
his recovery was practically abandoned
He wa unable to take nouriahment of any
kina today.
PLAN TO TOW TORPEDO BOATS
talsja Experiment to Ascertain How
Best to Make Loag- Trlp
to Island.
SAN rRANCISCO, Cal Jun 8.-Th
Examiner says that, almost unique, but
algnlflcant movement will be made within
the next thirty days by the Pacific fleet,
under command of Admiral Dayton and the
torpedo flotilla. Th Dayton squadron I
ordered to assemble in Sen Francisco har
bor a a unit during the next fifteen daye.
The torpedo flotilla I ordered to report
aa a unit In th same harbor on June 10
At a date to be set by Admiral Dayton,
under order from th Navy department,
the cruiser squadron - will take tn two the
torpedo boats, sixteen In number, and will,
at the faatest speed feasible, considering
the safety of the smaller craft, proceed to
Magdalene bay, returning to the same way.
Upon the success of this expedition will
depend the conveyance of torpedo boats
to the Philippines under the same condi
tions. NATIONAL HOLINESS MEETING
Monster Religions Gathering; at Oak,
leoaai Mark Cloae of Session
Omrera Named.
OSKALOOSA. Ia., June s.-The Nstlonal
and State Holiness associations, which
have been Jointly holding a camp meeting
on the Central Holineas university ground
In this city, closed their aeaalona yeaterday
with monster religious services In the tab
ernacle. More than half of the state and terri
tories were represented by delegates, and
reports made Indicate that the cause ef
hoLness Is growing In all parts of ths coun
try.
At the annua business meeting of the
national association the following officers
were elected: President. Rev. J. C. Fow
ler. West Newton. Mass.; first vice presi
dent. Rev. Joaeph H. Smith, Meridian,
Mlsa; aocond vice president. Rev. C. W.
Ruth, Indlanapolia. Ind.; third vie presi
dent, Bev. M. L. Haoey. Pasadena Cai.
SOUTII DAKOTA VOTES TODAY
SUte-Wida Primary to Settle Senator-
hip Firht. ' v
CONTENTION ONLY PRELIMINARY
Victory of larargeati Then Declared
to Be Only Temporary y
friends of Senator
Klttredge.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. t.. June 8. 8pecial.)
A republican factional fight, second only
In interest and Importance to the factional
fight between Iowa republicans which ter
minated last Tuedy In the victory ot
Senator AllIscVi. will culminate In prlmarle
whjch era to be held In South Dakota to
morrow. "
.'The principal bone of contention between
the republican faction whlchj for week
have been striving for a victory tomorrow
I the United State senatorshlp now held
by Senator Kiltredge, who Is a candidate
for re-election.
The opponent of Senator Klttredge in
hla fight for re-eleetton to the aenate is
Governor Coe I. Crawford, the leader of
what Is known a the insurgent faction of
8duth Dakota republicans. The fight be
tween the factions has been In progress for
bout five years. Two year ago the In
surgent faction won It first victory, elect
ing Mr. Crawford governor and alao elect
ing a full 'state and congressional ticket.
The victory waa brought about the re
sult of an alliance between the Crawford
forces and the forces of United States
Senator Gamble, whom Senator Klttredge
and the stalwart faction sought to defeat
for re-election.
The victory two year ago of th Insur
gent republlcana enabled them to re-elect
Senator Gamble at a eslon. Of th legisla
ture a year ago last winter. In return for
the aid of the original Insurgents In the
campaign of Jtwo yeara ago Senator Oamble
and hla friend In the campaign which will
culminate In the prlmrlea tomorrow are
actively aiding Oovenosv Crawford In his
candidacy1 for election to the senate the
successor of Senator Klttredge.
The campaign ha been th hotteat In the
tate alnce the free allver contest of 1896,
wMn the South Dakota republican were
olldly" arrayed against a fusion of the
democrats and populist. In the- contest
which will be determined at th prlmarle
tomorrow the two republican faction have
fought each other with a fury "never die
played In straight out flghta between the
republican and democrat. Peronalltle
and charge Of all aort agalnat th leader
ot the two faction have been a distinguish
ing feature ot the campaign.
The Insurgent claim they repreeent the
antl-corporatlorl element and that they will
never cease their warfare against the stal
warts until the domination of the rallroada
and other corporations I ended tn the tate
forever. Tbe stalwarts, on the other hand,
charge that th insurgent ar mock re
former, who have taken advantage of th
anti-corporation . sentiment etirred up by
president Roosevelt to secure a grasp on
the stat and federal office m South
Dakota. '
Daring- th campaign each faction has
had a email army of speaera traveling
through the state, while .Senator Klttredge
and Governor -Crawford have personally
visited practically every one of the fifty'
three counties In 'the state and delivered
from one to three or four addresses to the
voter of each county. Senator Klttredge
In' particular haa been maktng addreases
In the atate almost continually alnoe the
closing days of last January, when he re
turned from Washington and actively en
tered the fight for re-election.
While the stalwart yet control a large
majority of the republican newspaper of
South Dakota and have had their active
aupport in the present contest the Insur
gents have double or three time a many
newspapers throughout the state as they
had two years sgo when they for the first
tJms administered a defeat to their staj
wart opponents. 1
The first test of strength between the
factions this year was In the contest for
control of the state convention, which
elected eight delegatea to represent th "re
publican of South Dakota In th republl
can national convention at Chicago. After a
lively fight the Insurgents secured control
of the Convention, which was held on April
7. they having a majority of between forty
and fifty In the convention.
Both the stalwart and IrtsurgenU express
confidence in their particular faction win
ning a decided victory In the prlmarle to
morrow. The Insurgents confidently expect
to carry the state by a majority of not
less than 15.000, and " which may run as
high as 20,000. Some of the more enthu
elastic 'Insurgents claim their faction will
ha,ve as much aa 30.000 majority over the
stalwart. .
SECRET OATH STRIKES HOME
President of Wkealsa College Dla-
' eoareea I'poa Secret Soeletlea
Beforo Daaksrai
DES MOINES. Ia., June 8. 8peaklng on
the aubject of secret societies at the Dun-
karda conference service yesterday after
noon. President Charles A. Blanchard of
W4fbaton college, aald:
The very secret society obligation Is an
Incipient divorce. The man who swears to
conceal his sets and words from his wire.
Is not a loyal husband. The wire la en
titled to the unlimited confidence of ber
husband, and the husband la entitled to the
confidence of his wife.
These obligations are reciprocal and
equal. No honorable man asks more In this
direction from his wife than he gives to
ner. -
What must be the effect on a million
of families, if a million husbands loin one,
two or three, or more secret societies, and
In each society swears concealment from
wlvea and children T No thoughtful person.
who gets that question squsrely before his
mind will nsve a doubt aa to the answer.
HYMENEAL.
I
Anderson-Toll.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 8. tSpeclel.)
H. L. Anderson, genersl superintendent of
the Wyoming division of the Union Pacific,
and Miss Prtha Toll were united In mar
riage h.e Saturday, thua culminating i
very pretty romance, which had Its in
ception a year ago when Superintendent
Anderson wss HI In a local hospitsl and
Miss Toll attended him aa a trained nurse.
Superintendent and Mrs. Anderson left at
once for California, where they will spend
a short honeymoon. At Laramie, enroute
west, the bridal couple wss greeted by a
large number of their friends, and at Raw
Una the Elk band met the train and gave
them a serenade.
Oatlaw Commits Marder.
GUTHRIE. Okl.. June 1 Another mur
der haa been laid at the door of Alf Uun
ter'a gang of outlaws now beir.g chased by
posses. ai lempie last nignt, ray B.
Kevton, colored, a member of the aana
stabbed Sidney Smith, a farmer living
seven miles south of here, and Smith died
thla momir.g from hla wounds. Hunter.
who 1 wanted tor tne murder of Sheriff
Garrison. e believed to be beaded thia way
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MRS. DRESSERjSEEKS DIVORCE
Wlf of Xew Vork Millionaire I at
Sloa Fall for This
Par pose.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. V.. June .-Speclal.)-
pTom wife of the president of the ship
building trust and of, the Trust Company
of the Republic In New Tork City and a
life of luxury In the meat exclusive society
set of the metropolis, Mrs. Daniel LeRoy
Dresser ha com to Rloux Falla to obtain
.divorce and fit herself far a position as
stenographer.
Shortly after her arrival In Sioux Falls
on May 1 Mrs. Dresser applied for admis
sion to the Sibux Fall Tuslnesa college.
and ha oeen In constant attendance there
ever sine.
Mr. Dreeser sttemptcd to obtain a de.
cree of separation from her husband at
New Tork In 1307. but did not press the
ease. Her husband failed trylna; to float
the securities of the American Shipbuilding
company. He Is a brother, of the wife of
George W. Vanderbllt, cf Mr. Nlcholaa
Brown, mother of Newport' SlO-WO-Ono
baby, of Countess TTOsmay of Parle and
of Rev. G. O. Merrill of Tuxedo.
Mr. Franklin Brewster, whose husband.
who 1 a millionaire of Rochester, N. V.,
ha been getting a divorce here', and left
today for the home of her son-in-law. Sena
tor .FYeel In gh a use n of New Jersey. Mrs.
BrewMer has said here that she might be
an attache of the king of Greece. Her
daughter. If ahe marries as she expects
to do, will become a lady In waiting to the
queen. '
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Congressman Hepbarn Calls on Presi
dent Before Leaving- for
th Weat.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. June 8.-8peclal Tele
gram.) Representative Hepburn called at
the White House today to say goodbye to
the president before leaving for home. He
expects to spend several days In Iowa and
then go ti-Chicago for the convention.
Mr. Hepburn says he will return to Wash
ington soon after the convention adjourn
and will be here nearly all summer.
' J. J. Mercer of Omaha la visiting hi
son, ex-Congressman D. H. Mercer, on hi
way west. Mr. Mercer hss been In the
esst visiting relatives.
Captain John MHlef. paymaster, will pro
ceed to Omaha for toninorary duty.
Arthur F. Ames ha been appointed regu
lar and George R. Hunnell substitute rural
free delivery carrier for route No. t at
8utton. Neb. '
South Dakota postmnstera appointed:
Ida, Hyde county, John M. Zemllcka, vice
Jamea Bousek. resigned- Rauville, Coding
ton county, Walter J. Glese, vice J. Mc
Dowell, resigned.
A postofflc ha been established at
Wann, Saunders county. Neb., with Charles
8. MlllerVa postmaster.
COMMERCIAL OPERATORS MEET
heyvSay There Will Be No Strike
Until Secretary Straaa Blakea
laaalry.
MILWAUKEE. Wl..- June . S. Thirty
delegate were present at the opening ses
sion; of th biennial convention of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of Amer
ica today,,, t '.. .
A high official of, the union 1 reputed
to have, aald that until Secretary Oscar
Strau of the Department' of Commerce
and Labor haa made his report to the
senate next December of hlc Investigation
Into th telegraph and telephone com
panies there will be no strike of tel
egrapher. PRICE OF MEAT TO GO HIGHER
Shortage of Cattle and of Canned
Meata Given aa Reaaoa
'for Rise.
CHICAGO, June 8. It waa announced
today by the Chicago packer that be
cause of "a shortage of cattle and of
canned meats" the price f beef and of
canned meat will b Increased. An offi
cial of Armour & Co., in explaining the
altuatlon, aatd todays . '
.''There will be no great advance In
price, but there will be aome. The In-
creaaa will be between 1 and 2 cent a
pound." - .
NEW BATTLESHIPS NAMED
lee rotary Motealf Haa Chosen Flor
ida-mad Utah for New .
Vessels.
WASHINGTON, June 8 Secretary Met-
calf, today announced that the two jiew
battleships authorised at ths last session
of congress would be named Florida and
Utah, respectively. . He said that the next
battleship authorised would bear the name
Wyoming. The name of the monitor Flor
ida will be changed to that of some city In
that state. These announcements were
mad after a conference between tbe presi
dent and th secretary.
HERMAN BILLIK MUST HANG
Governor Deaeea Refosea to Inter
fere la Caee ef Bohemian
, Fortune Teller. .
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. SPRINGriELD, 111.. June 8. Governor
Deneen today, on recommendation of the
State Board of Pardons, decided not to
Interfere In the case of Herman Bllllk,
under death sentence In Clilrsgo for mur
der. The execution accordingly la expected
to take place on Friday, June 12. -
CONFEDERATES HOLD REUNION
Haadredeof Soldlera Meet at Birming
ham for Ananal Gathering
of Veterana.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., June 8.-Hundreds
of people are arriving for the eighteenth
annual confederate reunlou which begins
tomorrow.
' Railroad Reservoir Goes Oat. ,
UPTON. Wyo., June 8. (Special.) The
Burlington reservoir, which stores water
for the use of th town and fir th rail
road locomotive, filled by recent reins.
Went out Saturday and Inundated a large
area near thla place. Engineers and oth
er attempted to (top the break in the dam,
but could do nothing. Upton wtll now be
without water, except what is received In
water cars, until the railroad company re
pair th damaged dam.
Hegla'e C'as Postponed.
WASHINGTON. June 8. Representative
J. Thomaa Heflln of Alabama, a hose ar
raignment on an Indictment charging an
aaaault with a" dangeroua weapo.i on
Ltindy, a negro, has been snnounced for
tomorrow, will aot appear In court then.
Mr. Heflln proceeded to hla home In Ala
bama Immediately after the adjournment of
congress. United Statea District Attorney
Baker haa advised Mr. Heflln that the
arraignment will be deferred until falL
FEW REAL CONTESTS
Most of Fights for Seats in Conven
tion Art Tramped Up.
WORK OF ANTI-TAFT ALLIES
Only One Effort so Far Made to Se
cure Roll Call. .
THIS WAS DISMAL FAILURE
Only Two of Necessary Twenty Mem
bers Arose.
SECOND PLACE STILL IN AIR
Tendency la Marked to Give Consid
eration ' to Western Men
Sheldon May Be
Available.
CHICAGO. June 8 (Specl'sl Telegram.)
From the casea so far heard by the re
publican national committee It la fully
established that the great majority of the
contests for seats In the convention hav
been simply trumped up either by the
pulling of wires from representatives of
the so-called allies or by local Insurgents
expecting to find their reward when they
should present themselves at Chicago.
There may be a few bona fide contests,
but not one came, up In which the allies.,
who have plenty of members In the com
mittee, have felt warranted In even call
ing for a dlvlalon roll call. Until the
Fifth Kentucky case was reached, when
but two members rose In response to sn
appeal for division. The rules require
call of twenty member for a roll call.
In spite of Increasing talk of the vice
presidency, the second place on the ticket
with Taft Is still entirely up In the air. -The
tendency In marked to give considera
tion to name of western men. It Is
possible the availability of Governor Shel
don may be seriously canvassed.
Sixteen More tor Taft,
Sixteen more vote were gained for Taft
today by the settlement of contests. Two
of these came from Flor(da, six from Geor
gia and eight from Kentucky. These wer
all the contests heard by the committee.
The settlement of th Kentucky cases en
gendered more 111 feeling than haa been
manifested since the committee began It
work. Senator-elect W. I. Bradley of Ken
tucky appeared aa counsel for the Fair
bank delegation. Th First district waa
quietly settled, its Mr. Bradley hsd no
knowledge of the conditions Involved, other
than thoae presented tn the brief of the
case, .he Taft delegate were aeated. The
Fifth district wa then taken up. Thl la
the Louisville district, the homa of Mr.
Bradley. He spoke kt length, th tlm of
each aide having been extended to twenty
five mlnutea. During hi speech he made
the suggestion that It Taft la nominated K
would be doubtful whether he could carry
the state of Kentucky, whereupon Clayton .
Blaky. attorney for th Taft delegation,
charged that Mr. Bradley had stumped the,
stata for Fairbanks making Jut that sort
of argument. Mr. Bradley denied the
charge and Mr. Blakey r pi led that he had
aeen letter written by Mr. Bradley making
uch claima, and that h had peronally
received one of the letter. Mr. Bradley '
waa defeated In hla case and declined to
continue with the two remaining Kentucky
contest. He said that he would carry them
to the credential committee of th con
vention. The committee promptly seated
the Taft delegation.
The effort ; to Secure a dlvlalon of the
committee occurred In the hearing of th
contest from th fifth Kentucky district.
John W. McCuIloch. wio holds the proxy
of John W. Yerkes, the committeeman
from Kentucky, demanded a division on
the question of whether the Taft or the
Fairbanka delegation hou!d be seated.
Charle H. Scott of Alabama responded
by rising anT the two appealed in vain for
twenty imember to rise and b counted.
They then sat down. Mr. Bradley on en
tering the committee room accosted Mr.
Hitchcock with tmj following:
i m tired of thla brac!a gam you are
running. I won t bolt the ticket myself,
but I can't apeak . for Kentucky."
e expressed himself with great bitter.
ness. Mr. Hitchcock smiled a he replied:
i m aorry, governor, but I don't ae how
we could both be pleased."
Representative William B. MeKlnlej,
manager of the presidential boom of Josonh
G. Cannon arrived today to take charge of
tne cannon forces. I .ate today he Issued a
brief statement In which ha aald i
"The Taction of th Tft people on th
national committee simply demonstrates
the weaknes of their statement that they
had enough votea to nominate Mr. Taft
Without the aouthern delegate or thoea in
volved. In the contet. Our figure given
out the other day are correct, and a th
Ituation now stand w have every re
aon to believe that no candidal will have
enough to nomlnat him on th firt ballot-Committee
Begin Work. '
Th committee met shortly after U
o'clock today , to continue it hearing of
contests for aeata In the national conven
tion on the temporary roll call.
Tho first case taken up waa that of th
third Florida district, the only contest from
thst state which was unfinished when th
convention adjourned on Saturday. Fol.
lowing thia the three district contests from
Georgia which were passed on Saturday
were to be taken up and next on the Hat
were four districts from Kentucky. It is
possible that thla will comprehend all the
work the committee will be able to handle
today, but there were soma members of
the committee who believed that It would
be possible to 'take up the contests from
Louisiana, which Include 'th delegate-!
large and seven district.
All of the contests which are yet to ha
ettled are brought by negro votera In
atructed for Benator Foraker, with the ex
ception of the four districts in Kentucky
which are claimed for Vice President Fair
bank, and two In- Missouri which are
claimed for Governor Hughs.
The representatives of the "allies" were
present today In full force when the com
nilttee began Us deliberations and ther
wa no more talk heard of bolting th na
tional commute.
Illtrhrock Leaves Committee.
Frank H. Hitchcock, the Taft manager,
did not alt today as a member ot the com
mittee, Solomon Luna of New Mexico,
whose proxy Mr. Hitchcock had held,' hav
ing arrived. After a conference with
number of his friends Hitchcock decided
to withdrew despite th fsct that he had
received a telegram from Alexander Mc
Kensie, the national committeeman from
North Dakota, asking that Hitchcock rep.
resent him.
Mr. Hitchcock also received a telegram
from Charles A. Carey of Oregon, sending
hi proxy to th Taft manager. Mr. Hilcu-