The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVIII NO. 23.
OMAHA. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 190&-TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
TAFT ON JUDICIARY
Judge Assists in Dedicating Court
House at Germantown, Va.
TORY SYSTEM
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LAUDED
People Share In Responsibility of
Securing Justice.
PROPER CRITICISM OF COURTS
Jurists Should Feel that Critical Eyes
Are Upon Them.
MORE PAY FOR MEN ON BENCH
Statement that Salaries Are Not
Adequate for Clans of Service
Required Introduced m
Next President.
HOT SPRINGS, Va.. July 20.-Judge Wil
liam H. Taft today assisted In the open
ing of court and In the dedication of a
court house at Germantown. Vaj five
miles from Hot Spring. ' Judge Taft ac
cepted tho Invitation to be present at this
ceremony on the ground that It wag a
neighborhood affair. The subject of his
speech waa the administration of Justice
by the courts. Ha was greeted by a large
assemblage of sojourners at neighboring
resorts and country folk, many of whom
traveled far to see and hear the republi
can candidate for the presidency. He was
given a cordial welcome.
The Strength of the Judiciary, he de
clared was based on the fact that It rested
on the principle that the people share In
the 'saponslblllty for tho work of the
courts, in the form of duty on Juries and
In oth( capacities.
He Justified proper criticism of the courts
by the people because by such criticism
"those who administer Justice shall feel
that they are under the critical eye of
men and women entitled to have Justice
o fthe people administered without fear
or favor." He could not come Into the
atmosphere of the court, he said, without a
feeling of deep regret that he had ever
left thar bench. He concluded his remarks
by congratulating Bath county upon the
fact that In It the two great political
parties are nearly equally divided, which,
ho said, was a guarantee against evils In
the administration of the government.
Judge Taft was heartily applauded when
he opened his address and waa frequently
Interrupted by applause. Mrs. Taft ac
companied her husband to the court house,
which waa reached after a drive over splen
did mountain roads.
Introduced as Meat President.
Judge Taft waa presented to the assem
blage b. J. A. Rlvercomb, a member of the
board of supervisors of the county, Judge
Oeorge K. Anderson, the presiding Judge
being present. In presenting the visitor,
Mr. Rlvercomb referred to him as the
"most distinguished gentleman In the
United States." He spoke of his wife and
varied experiences In publjo Ufa, and In
concluding, said: ',-
"I take pleasure In Introducing to ynu the
bext president of the United States."
"I don't like to Introduce a Joint discus
lloti Just at this time," said Judge Taft In
opening his remarks, "and I venture to say
that the last statement of the distin
guished gentleman might not receive unani
mous concurrence throughout the country.
Hut we ire not hure this morning to talk
politics. I appreciate much the hospitality
f Virginia and of Bath county In inviting
me, a stranger, within your gates, to come
ind take part in this Interesting cererpony,
"We have coma up Into this beautiful val
ley for health and rest. We are getting a
treat deal of Inspiration, those of us who
have come Into It for the pure air. Some
of us haven't taken the waters as yet. I
have not felt tho necessity, on the scoro
tf health, to do that, although I am bound
to say that the enthusiastic hosts at the
Met Springs have suggested. I ra d to them
that my feellns reminded me cf the epltauh
in a graveynrd, 'I wa- well, I wished to oe
better, I took a physc and here I am,' so
like a good husband I have ventured to al
low Mrs. Taft to take tho baths. am
told that the waters of this valley aie very
S'arrhlng, very healthful, but a little dis
oppo nting at flist in developing a great
many troubles that you do not know you
have. If then I were to embrace the op
lortunlty and take the waters and find
out more sins of the body than 1 supposed
1 have, with u fatal result, I should be,
Ilk) tne gentleman of whom Dr. Hill ot
thi Methcdist church told me the other
day. He had been working very hard one
night, speaking to an audit nee. He came
Lome to the house where he was a guest
and caked whither he might not have some
lunch. The good lady said that she had
r.o. unythlrg except a mince pie. 'Well,'
he sul:, I will try that' It was good and
lie ttivd It. Hut about the middle of the
night he waked up with acute Indigestion.
IVctors wi re culled In. The case was very
tat'girous. so dangerous Indeed that the
i oct T udvl.-ed the lady that she must
1. 11 h, r guest that he must be prepared to
mot lis end. She said to him, 'you arc
not ufrild to d:e?' 'Oh, no,' he said, 'I am
Dt afraid to die, but I am ashamed to dia
under th se circumstances. Instead of tht
waters I have been taking the pure air of
ti ls valley.
More Par for Judaea.
"We are here today for a function, the
dedication of what is certainly a beautiful
court house. I am reminded as I look at
this court house of a letter which Mr. Jus
tice Jackson of the supreme court, wrote
to Secretary Hoar, the chairman of the
Judiciary committee, with refeience ti
what I am sure my friend Judge Jackson
Will have an Interest In. the salaries uf th )
Judges. Fald he: 'My dear senutor, as I
go about from city to city and come Into
these i beautiful federal court houses I
think that the policy of the United Statu
government may be described as erect
ing magnificent temples to Justice and
starving the high priests.' I don't know
about the Judicial salaries In Virginia, hut
If this be a hint that shall leaf In any way
to the rals ng of the compensation of hard
working Judges. I shall have done some
thing worthy ot the dsy.
"This scene today to anyone who looks
at It In a comparison with other eountrt -s,
suggests the blessing of a free govern
ment Those who have had any experi
ence with other Countries will realise that
In many , of them ths government means
to the people an entity different from
themselves, something In a sense antago
nistic to them. It has a different person
ality and ths feeling with respect to It
generally among the people is that the
government has the power and must look
after Itself. In such countries among the
people there Is an absence of a sense of
responsibility ss to what Is done by the
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For Nebraska Partly cloudy and warmer.
For Iowa Slowly rising temperature.
Tcmperatsro at Omaha yesterday:
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7 a. m 67
8 a. m 69
9 a. m 71
10 a. rn 72
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of court house at 5
which he lauded the S
vocated proper critic
at dedication
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stem and ad
ourts. Fag's 1
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Charles E. Foster e g
McKlnley club. ? -j.
Samuel Oomperg, Frn . ison and
John Mitchell have bee to appear
In court In Washington September 8 to
unswer charges of contempt. Page X
LOCAL.
Visitors from Capital city receive royal
reception in realm of Ak-Sar-Ben.
Page 1
Daniel L. Korn of New York City buys
Sanborn block, near Fifteenth and Howard
streets, through George & Company for
$75,000 cash, simply as an investment.
Pags 3
Sutphen heirs bring suit In district
court to secure property from father,
grandfather and Oeorge A. Joslyn, said
to have Illegal possession of the estate.
Page a
While Lew Hill, reported to be a
millionaire, had but a small amount ac
cording to his will, the deeding of his
property to heirs In contemplation of
death will not release the estate from the
Inheritance tax law. Pags 8
uoTrxpmt or ocean steamships.
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SOUTHAMPTON.
OlEKNSTOWN..
QUEKNSTTOWN..
HAVRE
.New York
Lueants
Republic.
LsLoralns.
WOMAN KILLS BROTHER-IN-LAW
Mrs. Frank Banner of South Omaha
Shoots Fred Banner Because
of Daughter.
Mrs .Frank Banner of South Omaha
Monday night shot and killed her brother-in-law,
Fred Banner, son ot Daniel vBan
ner. 1314 G street. South Omaha. She
followed Banner on the street and came
up with him In front of Charlea Fern
land's barber shop, corner of Twenty
fourth and G streets at 9 o'clock.
The difference between the two causing
the shooting was the relation of Banner to
a daughter of Mrs. Banner. Mrs. Banner
had been divorced before she married her
present husband and the girl In question
was a daughter by her former husband.
BRYAN APPEALS FOR FUNDS
Asks Newspapers of Country to Help
Raise Money by Sub
scription. f
FAIRVIEW, LINCOLN. Neb., July 20
Willlam J. Bryan today again occupied
himself with the subject of campaign con
tributions, and issued a statement appeal
ing to the democratic newspapers of the
country to begin the collection of a fund
from their subscribers. Ho believes that
this year the democrats will receive a
larger campaign fund than ever before
and that the money necestary will come
from the masses.
The statement was called forth hy th
receipts of telegrams from the Oklahoma
of Oklahoma City, and the News Scimitar
of Memphis, announcing that they had
started dollar subscriptions. Mr. Bryan
expressed himself as very much gratified
with this evidence of support.
UNIONS ARE AFTER RESORTS
Labor Committee In Chlcaaro Iteports
Parks Are I'slnsr Non
onion floods.
CHICAGO. July 3V Reports from com
mittees of the Chicago Federation of La
bor last evening relative to amusement
parks and excursion steamers show that
the man with a strict union conscience
has few chances of enjoying himself here.
One park that has union waiters was
found to have nonunion bread and In other
parks where the bread was all right the
beer was wrong. It was found that thero
Is not a strictly union amusement park In
the city. I
A communication to all the unions In
the city was decided upon, showing the
degree to which the amusement parks are
offending organised labor.
CONFER ON NEW LEGISLATION
Conference at Naravanaett Pier
Opened by National Mone
tary Commission.
NARRAOANSETT PIER. R. I.. Ju'y 20.
The conference arranged by the last ses
sion of congress f. r a discussion of th-3
financial situation of the country, by which
It is hoped to show the legislation neces
sary to remedy the financial needs not pro
vided for under existing laws, was opened
In the Imperial hotel today by the members
of the National Monetary commission, ap
pointed under authority of the new cur
tency law. The commission was originally
ai pointed consisted of eighteen members,
but several sent word that they would be
unable to attend the meetings.
LESLIE CARTER IS INSANE
Guardian Will Be Appointed for
Prominent (hlcaaro Street
1 tar Mastuate.
CHICAGO, July 20.-Leslle Carter, form
erly president of the South Side Elevated
Railroad company and prominent In finan
cial affairs, was today adjudged mentally
lncompeltent to manuge his own affairs.
A conservator will be appointed.
Mr. Carter has been seriously 111 for sev
eral months, the result of gas poisoning.
Witnesses declared Carter's condition In-curable.
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CRIME STIRS GOTHAM POLICE
Evidence of Deep Plot in Murder of
Viennesss Widow.
SEARCH STARTED FOR NEPHEW
Believed He Lured Woman to Amer
ica by Cunning; Scheme and
Then Murdered Her for
Money.
NEW TORK, July 20.-The tale of a
crime so revolting and replete with cruel
craftiness as to be almost unbelievable Is
told In the case of Mrs. Ottlleo Eborharrt,
a well-to-do Vlennesse widow, whose body
was found on the railroad track In a
lonely section of Hackensack, N. J., early
yesterday.
At first It was believed that the woman
had been struck by a train and killed.
Subsequent.' lnvestlgctlon, however, re
vealed that she had been murdered and her
body placed upon the track In an effort
to destroy traces of the crime. It was
with' this discovery that there came the
first Intimation of the deeply laid and cun
ningly executed plot, which places the case
almost In a class by Itself In the history
of crime. As a result of that Investigation
the people are now searching for August
Eberhard. the dead woman's nephew, who
had Importuned Mrs. Eberhard to como to
this country and to bring with her her
little fortune of $2,900 and her 20-year-old
daughter, whom August had promised to
rrarry.
It wns largely due to the rtory told by
the daughter after the finding of the older
woman's body that the search for August
was begun and the police of every city In
tho eastern section of the country have
been asked to take him Into custody If
found. He Is wanted to tell what he knows
of the circumstances related by the girl
who was to have been his wife. The
young woman herself, however, refuses to
believe that August had any part In the
tragic death of her mother: but despite
her protestations, detectives have gone to
the home of the man's parents, who live
on a farm near Dutchess Junction, Is
Dutchess County, New York, and the
search for him Is being prosecjted In
many other quarters.
Evidence of Deep Plot.
According to the police, Eberhard hail
been at work for months, carefully plotting
the crime to gain possession of the little
fortune that his aunt In Austria possessed.
He WTOte many letters, painting in glowing
colors the riches that would be her's If
she only would leave the old home In
Austria 'and come to this new land. To
the woman's daughter, aged 20, also bear
ing the name Ottlleo, Eberhard promised
marriage. If they would but come to
America. Finally, yielding to his ln
portunlttles, Mrs. Eberhard and . her
daughter set sail for this country. They
arrived In New York last Thursday on
the steamer Deutschland. the mother carry
ing 12,800 In the bosom of her dress. Eber
hard, who had been employed In a grocery
store In Bt. Nicholas avenue, asked his
employer for a vacation, on the day of
the woman's arrival, and met them at the
pier. After settling them temporarily at a
little hotel- at Tenth avenuo and Twenty
third street, he took the elder woman to
a money changer, where her little store
of wealth was quickly converted Into
American notes.
Fatal Trolley Ride.
It was the intense heat of Saturday af
ternoon which furnished the pretext for the
trip to the country, with Its tragic ending,
according to the story told by the detec
tive. Eberhard1 suggested a trolley ride In
New Jersey. Mrs. Eberhard consented to
the trip, and the three crossed the Had
son by ferry on their way to the icountry.
At Rochelle rrk. two miles west of Hack
ensack, the nephew suggested that they
take a walk and the threee left the car
to stroll through the fields. Evening found
them at a lonely spot on the tracks of
the New York, Susquehanna and Western
railroad. Eberhard told the women he had
lost his way. A storm broke and the trii
pushed ahead down the track until In a
deafening crash of thunder, the elder w, man
stumbled. "I have been struck by light
ning," she screamed as she fell In a heap
by the track. At the same Instant Miss
Eberhard says she saw a flash coming evi
dently from behind a car on a siding nearby
and then a second and a third. As her
mother fell to the tracks, the girl felt a
bullet grate her own neck, cult n? a poid
chain from which a locket was suspended.
Hons from Rain of Bullets.
Suddenly Eberhard urged her to run as
a second bullet plowed Into her shoulder,
she started down the track screaming. Once
she turned back to see If her mo her was
following her, and again there was a tho:,
th ch passed above the bridge of h?r nose,
the blood from the wound half bllnd'ng her.
Through the darknes and storm the
woundtt girl kept up her flight until sha
reached a cottage where she was taken in
and cared for until Sunday, when the storm
had passed. Then the Hackensack police
were notified. In the meantime, an engineer
on a passing milk train had ten the body
of a woman on the track and when they
arrlvrd in Jersey City, he telephoned to th
coroner of Hacks nsack. Upon visiting ths
spot Indicated by the engineer, the coroner
found the body of Mrs. Eberhard, horribly
mangled. Close examination, however,
showed that the woman had been shot
twice, and was dead when the train struck
her. The murderer mutt have shot the
woman as she lay prostrate on the track.
In order to make sure of her death, before
('ragging her body across the rails.
STATION AGENT FINDS WEALTH
Heir to Estate of I'nrlr for Whom
He Has Been Search
Inn. FORT DODGE, la.. July 20.-(Speclal .)
L. E. Cornell, Great Western agent here,
has been bequeathed1 an estate worth over
fiO.OCr) hy his uncle, Louis Contell, who died
In Texas recently. The estate consists
largely of Insurance In the order of Rail
way Trainmen and land In Old Mexico. It
It reported the property also Includes a
go'd mine somewhere In the west. Unci
and nephew hat been separate! and had
been looking for each other for several
years. Contell learned of his uncle's death
by reading a notice tn a railway Journal.
WILLIAM F. VILAS STRICKEN
Member of Cleveland's Cabinet Suf
fers Hemorrhage of Brain
at Madison.
MADISON. Wis.. Jut yi William F.
Vilas, former United States senator and
member of President Cleveland's cabinet,
today suffered a hemorrhage of the brain
and his condition la said to be serious.
Mr. Vilas was stricken about 5 o'clock
this morning, some time oefore his usual
time for arising. Mr. Vilas has lived a
retired life for several years.
FAST TIME INRELAY race
Silver Tube CrlaeT Mlchlsran at
llate of Twelve Miles an
Hour.
TOLEDO, O., July 20. The Young Men's
Christian association 'relay runners carry
ing the message from New York to Cnicago,
reached Toledo at 6:-2 this morning from
Fremont. Not a second was lost here, the
local boys starting at once with the mes
sage for Adrian, Mich. A large crowd
welcomed the Bellevue runners and wit
nessed the start of the Toledo boys.
ADRIAN, Mich., July . The Young
Men's Christian association boys, who are
relaying the message from New York to
Chicago, arrived In Adrian from Toledo
at 8:15 o'clock and an Instant later an
Adrian boy darted away toward Coldwater
with the silver tube In his hand. On the
run from Toledo the boys, about sixty In
number, who ran In half mile relays, aver
aged the miles In 5:02 minutes each. The
relay Is expected to bring the message
Into Coldwater, Mich., when It leaves the
state, about 6 o'clock this afternoon.
CLEVELAND. O.. July 20. With the trip
nearly two-thirds completed and the run
ning schedule pushed far to the rear, tho
Young Men's Christian association boya
resumed shortly after midnight this morn
ing their task of carrying on foot, by re
lays, a message from Mayor MeClellan of
New York to Mayor Bowse of Chicago.
Tho message. encased In a sliver tube,
which was started from the New York City
hall at 10 o'clock last Wednesday morning,
was stopped at Fremont. O., st 10:20 o'clock
Saturday night, It being then eleven hours
ahead of the schedule.' It was arranged
that no rrt of the run would be made on
Sunday. The relay was resimed this morn
ing with the boys ten hours ahead of the
tchedule. In crossing Ohio the boys met
with many drawbacks. Recent heavy rains
made the roads heavy. An average of
seven and a half mllea'an hour was main
tained from the eastern Ohio state line to
Fremont, a distance of about 160 miles. It
now Is expected that the message will bo
handed to Mayor Busse at the Chicago
city hall about noon tomorrow, thereby
making the 1,000-mile trip in about 118
hours, at a grand average of approximately
eight and two-thirds miles an hour.
HISTORIC EVENT FOR POLES
Consecration of First Polish Bishop
Attracts Priesthood All
Over Country.
CHICAGO, July 20. Consecration of the
Rev. Paul Peter Rhode, D. D., pastor of
St Michaels Polish Roman Catholic
church of South Chicago, as auxiliary
bishop of the Chicago archdiocese, which
will take place a week from Wednesday la
attracting attention of Polish sp'-.aklng
people throughout the world as an event
of historic Importance to the Polish nation.
Bishop Elect Rhode Is the first of the
army of Tollsh speaking Roman Catholic
priests in the United States to be pro
moted from the ranks of the priesthood
to the episcopate. Assurances, it Is an
nounced today, have been received by mall
and telegraph from 700 Polish speaking
priests tn the United States that they will
be at Holy Name cathedral to witness the
consecration. In addition, there will be a
large delegation of Bohemian, Lithuanian.
French and Italian pW-rsts In addition to
th English and German speaking clergy
at the ceremonies. Four archbishops and
twelve bishops, who have many Polish
speaking people in their dioceses have also
promised to be piesent.
Archbishop Qulgley, who took the first
step among the archbishops of the United
States to give the Polish speaking Roman
Catholics recognition In the episcopate of
the church In this country and at whoso
petition Pope Plus X named the Rev. Paul
Peter Rhode for that honor, will be the
conaecrator, assisted by Bishop Muldoon of
Chicago, whose transfer to take charge
of the new diocese of Rockford Is prac
tically conceded In church circles, and by
Bishop Koudelka of Cleveland, O., the
first Bohemian bishop In America.
WAR OF 'PHONE INTERESTS
Allied Independent Companies to
Combat Bell Concern In
loiva.
WrEBSTER CITY, la., July 2). The state
of Iowa bids fair to become a huge bat
tle ground In a war to the death between
the Bell and the allied Independent te'.e
phone interests. The first skirmish oc
curred several weeks ago at Marshalltown,
but no one suspected Its significance. Later,
however, when the Bell lnteres s merged
the lines In Dubuque city and county, the
Independent companies began to gel sus
picious. Two weeks ago the Bell com
pany turned Its efforts to Nevudi and
Story coui.ty, but was checked through the
quick action of E. H. Martin of this city
and C. P. Hceldogle of Rockwell City.
The action of the Bell Interests will re
sult In a big merger of the Independent
companies of the state. One huge com
pany, composed of tho many Independent
companies all merged Into a j:o.uOO,000 con
cern, Is to be the outcome, and It is this
company which Is to wage a war to the
death with the big Bell concern.
The method of the Bell company Is to
buy up small Independent companies and
merge them with their own system. This
I leaves the adjoining independent compa
nies without terminal facilities and has
forced the contest, now on.
AMERICAN DAY AT TOURNEY
Base Ball and Foot Ball on Proa ram
at Turners' Meet In
Uermanr.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN. July 20.
Today was practieal'y "American day" at
the Turners' tournament here. The vlsl ors
from the United Stall s wire out In full
force, wl.lle many thousands of the general
pub'.lc applauded enthus.astleally the
massed dumb bell exercises under the di
rection of George Urolsus of Milwaukee.
The military band played Aninr'can tunes.
Bate ball and foot ball games were played
and horizontal and parallel bar exercises
snd swing ng of Indian clubs were carrtel
out under command of A. E. Mlndervater
and Carl Heckerlsh of St. Louis and others.
RIVAL FCR HAMBURG-AMERICAN
Close Friend of Emperor Wl-lielm
Will Take Interest lu Proposed
Steamship Line.
BERLIN. July 20.-Prlnce Christian Zu
Hohenlohe-Oehrlngen, who has large Inter
ests In the Dent-eh Levant Steamship
company of Hamburg, Is preparing, accord
ing to the Klelne Journal, to found a sys
tem of great shipping lines In opposition to
the Hamburg-American line. Prince Egon
Furstenburg, the emperor's most Intimate
friend, has agreed, the journal affirms, to
become a heavy shareholder in ths new
enterprise.
LINCOLN MEN AT THE DEN
Men from Capital City Taken Out on
Water Wagon.
DOC BIXBY S POEM SET TO MUSIC
Den Presents Most Crowded Appear
ance of Any Nlaht So Far
This Ycnr In Honor of
Occasion.
Lincoln visitors to the ralm of Samson
were literally put upon the water wagon
when they struck Omaha Monday night
to attend the Lincoln night celebration at
the den.
The Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben
met the Lincoln train at the Burlington
station with special trolley cars, Includ
ing the big sprinkler. Several of the
members of the Lincoln delegation wero
put upon the wagon and taken to the den.
The others followed In the special cars.
' At the den a lunch was served to the
hungry travelers.
The regular program was carried out
according to schedule, with several added
features In honor of the occasion. The
den presented the most crowded appear
ance of any night this year, for. In addi
tion to the 160 from Lincoln, there were
a larger number of the Omaha members
present than usual.
Blxby's Poem to Music.
"Doc" Blxby's poem has been set to
music and It was made a picture song,
with the handsome author as the center
piece. The crowd left Lincoln shortly
after 6 o'clock, reaching Omaha about
7:16.
The program was the best of the
season and full of new stunt. Gus
Renxe has been setting up nights working
on the scheme and Colonel William Goat
fulfilled his promise to do his .turn with
an infinite variety of additions that made
It worth golngleagues to enjoy.
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SUICIDE BECOMES EPIDEMIC
Twenty-One Cases of Self-Destruct Ion
in Pittsburg; and Vicinity
Sine July 1.
PITTSBURG, July 20. Pittsburg and vi
cinity are In the grasp of a suicide epi
demic. Since the first of July twenty-one
persons have ended their lives, while a
dozen others unsuccessfully attempted self
destruction. The frequency of the cases resulted today
In a conference called by Public Safety Di
rector Lang, at which the police and health
superintendents part'clpated. While the
conference was called for the purpose of
taking up the matter of trying to prevent
persons committing suicide. Director Lang
said there was not much municipal authori
ties could do.
"When men and women hold life so
cheaply that they are Indifferent to the
purposes the were put In this word for,"
said Director Lang, "It Is a hard matter to
convince them that self destruction Is
wrong. I believe If less publicity were
given suicides it would have a tendency to
check them. I believe also if the evil of
self destruction was taken up more by
clergymen It would aid greatly in disabus
ing persons of the ktra of destroying them
selves. "The sale ct drugs and weapons we may
in some way control, but after all It is a
moral question. Men and women must
be taught by their church that self destruc
tion Is wrong.'
CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH
First Jn America to Be Built from
the Bequest of Lee
Chit.
PHILADELPHIA. July 30-Through the
bequest of Lee Chit, who was murdered In
the Chinese quarter here last Tuesday by
George Lee, the first regular church build
ing to be established by Chinese In this
country will be erected In thlB city. At the
funeral of the murdered man yeBterday
the P.ev. Dr. Charles Seasholes eulogized
Chit, saying:
"Chit was one of the most devoted Chris
tians among our Chinese population.
"As tho result of his murder I am able
to announce that he has left In, his will n
large sum of money for the purpose of
erecting a Chinese Baptist church In this
city.
This church will be the first regular
building to be erected by the Chinese In
the United States, and as such will mark
an epoch In the development of the China
men In AraTloa. When the Chinese have
become Christianized, then there will no
longer be "yellow peril' for the white man
to fear."
WILL TEST NEW RACING LAW
Driving: Clubs In Xfiv Orleans Will
Hold Hra-ular Meets Next
Month.
NEW ORLEANS. La., July 20. Much ln
trrest is centered here In the outcome of
the so-called antl-racing law, which went
Into effect today, prohibiting bookmaktng,
bettlnji or gambling In any form on horse
races.
The races at the track of the Louisiana
Driving club were discontinued Saturday,
but the Interest lies principally In the ef.'ect
of the law on the long racing season which
has been a feature every winter in New
Orleans for more than a century.
No defined plans have yet been made by
the owners of the two racing r.lants here,
but It Is probable that It will le arranged
to hold short rreetines st bo:h tracks dur
ing the coming winter and the law may
be given a test.
NIAGARA FLOW IS SHUT OFF
Great Falls Practically Unharnessed
While Workmen Repair
Tunnel.
BUFFALO. N. Y.. July 20.For four days
at least the American N'ngara Falls will
practically ba unharnessed. At midnight
the flow Into the tunnel of the Niagara
Falls Power company was shut off and
workmen put In place, the Immense bulk
head which has been In course of con
struction for seversl weeks. Experienced
workmen were Immediately sent Into the
tunnel, which Is more than a mile long.
They will repair the damage caused by
the rush of the waters for the last six
years and the battering of the Ice Jains
against the less durable roof.
Scrrama Scare Assailant.
GARIIETBON, 8. I)., July 20.-(8peclal
Telegram.) Arattcmpt to criminally as
sault Miss L"ulse Stromme was frustrated
here about midnight, the screams of the
girl bringing assistance. George Miller, u
bad character from I.Mars, la., whi Is
suspected, fled, but was apprehended and
Is no In Jail. There was some talk of
lyncl Ing Bunds but It has died down
now
LABOR LEADERS ARE CITED
ionprn, Morrison and Mitchell Sum
moned Before Court on Con
tempt t name.
WASHINGTON. July y.-In the Rick
Stove and Range case. Justice Sanderson of
the dislrlit supreme court today summoned
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Fileratlon of Labor, Secretary Frank
Morr son of that organization and John
Mitchell of the executive council, former
president of the United Mine Workers of
America, to appear In court on September
8, next, to show cause why they should
not be punished for contempt of the court's
Injunctive order.
The citation Is based on a petition of the
Buck Stove and Range company of 3t.
Louis, which alleges that an order issue!
by Justice Gould forbidding a national boy
cott by the American Federatluon of Labor
has been violated by the public utterance
and addresses of the three labor balers
named. It also Is stated that Gompers
caused to be published In the Federatlonlst,
the official organ of the federation, a cer
tain article reflecting on the court's decis
ion and In alleging open defiance printing
the name of the Buck Stove and Range
company In the "We don't patronize" list.
Gompers is reported as saying to several
newspaper men:
"So far as I am concerned I wish to statu
this: When It comes to a choice of surren
dering my rights as afree American citizen
or of violating the Injunction I do not hesi
tate to say that I shall exercise my rights
as between tho two."
Other fitterances are quoted In which It is
alleged Gompers and Morrison, In further
ance of nji alleged plan to nullify the
court's ord?r, have published, editorially,
and otherwise, matter offensive to the
court's decision, Including the name of this
Buck Stove and Range company. Refer
ences, It Is claimed, were made for the pur
pose of keeping alive the boycott as It
existed before the order of the court and
were so framed as to efect the salo of the
company's products.
John Mitchell, at a meeting of the United
Mine Workers last January put to a vote
a resolution to fine any member of that or
ganization 5 who purchased a stove or
range of that company's make. The resolu
tion also provided for the expulsion of a.
member in default of payment of the flno..
FIVE SAILORS BADLY HURT
Steam Pipe on Battleship Kearsnrge
Bursts at Honolulu with
Scrlons Result.
HONOLULU, July 20. By the bursting of
a steam pipe of the forward starboard
boiler of the battleship Kearsarge of the
Atlantic fleet, five of the flreroom crew
were Injured seriously. The accident oc
curred late Sunday, but the news did not
become generally known until this morn
ing, the Kearsarge being anchored In the
harbor distant ftom the shore. Fires were
drawn aftch the accident and the steam
plant was disabled for nine hours.
MANILA, July 20. The battleships Maine
and Alabama, composing the special ser
vice squadron which Is going round the
world in advance of the American Atlantic
fleet, arrived here today. The run from
Guam, from which Island they sailed July
14, was uneventful. The weather was calm.
The battleships wlllaal here and sUxtlut
tsir-gapore July 27.
All the Injured are doing well and none
will die, though all are suffering from
burns caused by the scalding steam. The
bursted steam pipe connected tho forward
starboard boiler with the dynamos. In
order to make repairs It was necessary
to draw all fires and allow everything to
cool.
MYSTERY IN LOST PACKAGE
Dlsaprartince of One of Three Ship
ments of Money Mystifies
Authorities.
DES MOINES, la., July 20.-A pnekagq
containing Sl.OOO has disappeared from tho
Des Moines office of the Adams Express
company. It waa one of three Identical
packages and, while the other two reached
their destination without mishap, this one
has completely vanished. From all that
can be learned, though Beveral of the
cleverest detectives In the company's em
ploy are at work on the case, no clue has
been discovered as to what has become of
the missing 11,000 package.
It Is understood that the packages of cur
rency consigned by a Des Moines bank to
an outside address and that this one was
cither lost or stolen from the local office
of the Adams Express company.
After a search of three days, In which
he was assisted by local Manager B. F.
Stretton, Superintendent Swift of the
Adams company left Saturday night for
Chicago with the mystery surrounding the
disappearance of the package still un
solved. A vigorous search. In which sev
eral of the company's most efficient men
are engaged is however still being prose
cuted and tracers have been sent out.
HOKE SMITH FLAYS BROWN
Charges Governor-Elect of Georgia
with Playlnsr Into Hands of
Kallronda.
ATLANTA, Ga., July 20. Governor Hoke
Smith sent to the Georgia legislature today
a special message, giving his reasons for
relieving Joseph M. Brown as a member
of the state railway commission In 1!o7.
Mr. Brown Is the prener.t governor-elect.
! having defeated Mr. Smith in the recent
j democratic pilmary. The governor In his
message reviews the act vt the raliroad
commission reducing rates Ir Georgia, this
action having been opposed by Mr. Brown.
"While I concede the right of any com
missioner to disagree to the action of the
majority reducing a freight or a passen
ger rate or fixing an obligation upon the
railroads, I deny his right to remain upon
the commission and furnish arguments and
evidence for the railroad companies to
attack the action of tho commission In the
courts," reads the message. This he
charges Mr. Brown with having done.
STOPS DRINKING ON TRAINS
New Law In Louisiana Will Perma
nently Retire Travel
er's Flask.
NEW ORLEANS. La, July 20.-Drlnk-tng.
even out of one's own flash on passen
ger trains tn Louisiana constituted a mis
demeanor punishable by fine or Imprison
ment, or both, according to a new state
law which went into effi ct today.
This act makes It unlawful to drink In
tozicating liquors of any kind In or upon
any railway passenger train, or coach, nr
closet, or vestibule, or platform except in
case of actual sickness. After a hard fight,
a section was added making the law inap
plicable to stimulants taken with meals In
a regular dining car.
Trainmen are vested, with auUiorlty as
pollcs officers.
STATE LAND WEALTH
Nebraska's Real Estate Valuation is
Quarter Billion Larger.
ONLY ONE COUNTY HAS DECREASED
Thomas Reports Lower Assessment
Than Previously.
ALL THEV REST SHOW BIG RAISE
Eight Divisions Missing Will Raise
Total ubstantially.
EDGAR HOWARD BEFORE BOARD
t'olumbns Man Discusses Railroad
Values at Lincoln Drainage
Problem Before Com
m laalon.
(From a Staff Correspondent )
LINCOLN, July 20. (Special.) With
eight counties missing the Increase In
the assessment of lands In Nebraska for
1908 over 1907, as reported to tho slate
board by the county assessors, Is $50.
010. :!!!. The actual Increase In land
values Is five times this amnunt, or 1250.
051.495. Tht counties missing are Cus
ter. Gage, Grant, Hooker. Nance, Scott's
Bluff and Valley. When the reports from
these are In the total Increase In land
values will probably reach more than
$54,000,000, as estimated several days ago.
The assessment of lands In the coun
tie mentioned Is $115,818,245, compared
with an assessment In the same counties
of $136,807,846 In 1S07.
Only one county In the state thus far
has shown a decrease In land values.
Tlicmas county came In short. The as
sessment of lands In this county last year
was $46,615 and this year $43,472. The
land under cultivation In this county has
decreased several thousand acres since
last year, which may account for the de
crease In value. In 1907 t he land under
cultivation numbered 17.690 acres and
this year 13,228 acres; not under cultiva
tion in 1907, 28.029 acres, and this year
36.305 acres. The total acreage In the
county In 1907 waa 45,719 acres and In
1908 49,681 acres.
Howard Before Board.
Judgo Edgar Howard of Columbus oc
cupied the attention of the State Board of
Assessment this afternoon In discussing his
protest against the alleged omission of
Sfl.000,000 worth of material and other prop
erty by tho Union Pacific In Its returns to
tire board. Mr. Howard based his com
plaint on a statement before the Railway
commission, made by Superintendent Park
of the Union Pacific. Mr. Park said the
road had spent $3,000,000 In 1906; $4,000,000 In
1907. and had "in Council Bluffs, Omaha
and along the road $9,000,000 worth of ma
terial and other stock to be added to this
property." The value of this class of prop
erty as returned by the xoad for Nebraska
amounted In round numbers to $2,000,000.
Superintendent Park, who had been noti
fied to appear before the board, . was not
present, but f In his place was A. W. Borlb
ner, tax commissioner of the Union Pacific,
Mr. Scrlbncr Insisted that Mr. Park meant
the $9,000,000 was scattered all along the
System. He said $2,000,000 of It was In Ne
braska, $2,000,000 In Kansas and the re
mainder scattered through the other states
through which the road operates.
Judgo Howard Informed the board Mr.
Park had told him the property was In Ne
braska. It la the duty of the board, he In
sisted, to Investigate thoroughly the state
ment of the superintendent, and If the
property could bo located It should be added
to the assessment of the company. Mr.
Scrlbner was Just as Insistent that Mr.
Park had told him the property was along
the system and that was the meaning of
his statement. While the statement of the
superintendent Is suwbject to two interpre
tations, the board thought enough of the
complaint of Mr. Howard to order Mr.
Park to appear In person at a date to ba
fixed later and give his side of the story.
Several county assessors were present, but
were not given an opportunity to be heard. '
Convict Labor Discussed.
The state board of public lands and
buildings held another session this, after
noon to discuss convict labor. JVarden
Beemer secured the meeting to tell the
board members ' that the prisoners were
beginning to suffer from their enforced
Idleness and something should be done.
"I shall never change my vote," said.
Treasurer Prkan. "I voted to charge tha
Lee company 75 cents a day for each
prisoner and I shall not change that vote.
When the legislature meets that body can
make a law providing for the employment
of the prisoners."
Attorney General Thompson and Secre
tary of State Junkln have begun to gut
worried over the matter and showed a
disposition to make the Lee company
another proposition. The board decided to
meet tomorrow morning and have Mr. Lea
present when the question will bo discussed
again.
Railroads nnd Drainage.
The state railway commission held as
executive meeting this morning and tho
members refused to make publtc what they
were talking about. At the meeting soma
expense accounts were allowed and It was)
decided that Chairman Wlnnett should go
to Waverly by train and Investigate a
complaint filed against the Burlington for
not providing-proper drainage for some of
its lands. Chairman Wlnnett, Commis
sioner Clarke and Commissioner Williams
were present at the executive meeting.
Anthrs Files for Auditor.
George Anthes of Omaha today filed his
application to have his name placed on
the, republican ballot as 'a candidate for
auditor. Fred Abbott filed his application
to go on the republican ticket as a candi
date for railway commissioner and E1gar
Howard Fled as a democratic candidate
for congress in the Fourth district. Fred
Abbott'e application was accompanied by
a petition signed by citizens of Columbus.
Lawson Brian filed as a candidate to suc
ceed himself as state treasurer. He tiled
as a republican, r-atu rally.
The report fur Nemaha county Is tho
second annual report filed by county su
pi ilntf ndi nts for the year YJfi-bS. Super
intendent Carrlngtnn reports 123 teachers
employed In Nemaha county during the last
year, holding certificates as follows:
ProfesKlTiial life 3
First KU'l'-. stHle JJ
frVcond Kiiide. mate J
Kiemi-nlary, st;ile 13
l-'ii si grade, county $
Second giadr, county 67
Tlilrd grade, county 7
Emergency 11
Average monthly salary paid to teachers:
Males, $6613; females, $44.68. Under the
provisions of tha free high school law Au