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The Omaha Sunday Beb PART L HEWS SECTI3I1 THE OMAHA DEC Best XL Vcst packs i to e. . ,.C ,J,V VOL. XXXVIII XO. 6. OMAIIA, ?T' aORNINO, JULY 2G, 190S-FIVE SECTIONS THIRTY PAGES. SINGLE COrY FIVE CENTS. r IRISH SPIRIT GROWS Revival of Nationality in the North of Ireland. ORANGEMEN AS NATIONALISTS Did Religious Difference! Are Dying Oat. Sayi Cullea. BELFAST CENTER OF MOVEMENT Ecotch-Iruh of Ulster Are Now Con idered Real Irishmen. DEMAND A LOCAL LEGISLATURE ilve I'p Idea of Reform from British Parliament find Eipon the (air of Imprrlil Home Rale. rmMN, July 24-Speelal.)-I have Just returned from a trip through the north of Ireland during which I visited the counties of Antrim, Down. Tyrone and Derry, formerly the strongholds of Orangclsm and anti-nationalism, and I con fess that I have been astonished by the change Tlilrh has come over the people of the north. We In Dublin are accustomed to hear from time to time of the growth of nationalist sentiment In "Loyal Ulster" and while we have recognised that things were improving In the north In thla respect, I doubt If any of u leallxcd the revolu tion which haa come over the poaltlon of :he Scotch-Irish of the north. I must apologize, however, for calling them Bcotch-Irlah. It la only done for Ihe anlce of Identification. Today the Jescendanta cf the Scotch planters of Ulster are aa Irish as the descendants of tho ONells whom they displaced. A gen eration ago, or even ten years ago, they prided themselves on the fact that they had nothing In common with the Irish. Today they are disposed to resent any title, which would Indicate that their Irish na tionality Is qualified In any way. Remarkable Chans; In Beirut. Thla change of sentiment was particu larly noticeable In Belfast. Formerly every Protestant In Belfast and most of the Roman Cathollca, who were above the laboring class, were ardent unionists. To day I find that the lead In tho national movement Is being taken by young men rnd women, whose names have been house hold words for generations among union ists and Orangemen of the north of Ire land. Gaelic signs can be seen on some of tho shops, and I have even heard the ancient Irish tongue spoken, and spoken fluently, on the Belfast streets and In tho Belfast drawing-room. Rven the Orangemen that body of sincere fanatics whose hatred of Irish na tionality has only been equalled In the pant by their hatred of the religion of the majority, of their fellow countrymen have felt the change. The Orange body Is now spilt Into two parts and the larger part Is frau4,tovor of a large meas ure of home rule for Ireland. The demo cracy of the north of Ireland aa repre sented In the Independent Orange organi sation has abandoned all hope of any re form from the British Parliament and Is looking forward to the re-establishment of the Irish legislature. Imperial Home Rule. To all this Intense wave of nationality which has sprung up over the north there Is a practical side. The northern nationalist la not a separatist. He feels that Ireland oould not stand alone from a military point of view, and he recognises the Importance of federation with the British empire. But he insists thnt the federation shall be so loose that Ireland shall have a free hand In managing all Its Internal affairs and that only truly Imperial matters like na tional defense, foreign relations and Inter national trado shall be left to the Imperial Parliament. It Is likely, too. that the northern natlon tllst will add great atrength to the national movement by going for the practical thing rather than by straining after the unat 'alnable Ideal. Already some of the leaders it the northern movement have established 'rlendly relations with leading men In Scot and and Wales and a demand Is growing n these countries for home rule all round, ft Is not at all Impossible, then, that the anlonlat party Itself might be Induced by lis friends to bring in a measure which would grant the various countries local elf-government wthout weakening the mp!re. To Unit Celtic People. Another extremely practical step which has had Its origin In the north Is the foun Jallon of a movement for the union of the Celtic nations. It must not le forgotten that the people of Wales and Scotland are of the same stock as the Irish and that their Ideals and mental attitude are prae tleally alike and equally antagonistic to those of the people of England. Perhaps this In some measure explains the awaken ing the the Scottish Celts of the north of Ireland, who are at last realising their re lationship to their fellows of the rest of Ireland. The re-awakening is pervading all classes. I found the traders of Belfast en thusiastically Irish and I found .the farmers of Down and Tyrone Just as Irish In their sentiment. Moreover. I found among the Protestant formers who used to be the backbone of the Irreconcilable Orange party a profound rittgimt and weariness with Eng lish methods of government. One man whose family has occupied the same 400 acres In County Tyrone for art years told me that he as done with unionism. "Whst have, we ever got from the union ists?" ha saldT -Every reform that the Irish farmer has gained In my lifetime lias been won by the hard fighting of the naltjiiaillsl party whose members we prrs iryterlsii farmers have despisid as 'heat xn' nd dncunred as Irish." What are wa if we are not Irish? We have been here j0 yeara and we ought to be acclimatised by this time. What does our religion or the religion of our fellow countrymen mat ter? 1 am frankly alck of this dlvtsUn for the benefit of politicians In a foreign country, who care no more for their 'loyal' supporters In Ulster than they do for the 'rebels' of the south, and I Intend to be come a rebel, too. We cannot cut loosa from England altogether and It Is un thinkable that England oould afford to let ua go, but It muat let ua manage our own affairs." Another northern farmer reminded me that the l ister Presbyterians were only rtrturrlng to the poaltlon In which they stood in 17!, when the Irish volunteers were composed almost exclusively of Pres byterian farmers. Mortal Always la Lead. "Our greatgrandfathers were Irish.- said tbla man. "and surely then w are IrUh, (Continue ea Second fast ) CONDITION OF THE WEATHER 1903 -iluLr-o 1908 m m 3 4 10 II IZ 18 24 25 SI StX tfaf. TTZ. . Hta TIRt I 2 Forecast for Nebraska Probably local showers; cooler west portion. Forecast for Iowa Probably local showers today. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Deg. 5 a. m Ti a. m 7 a. m 72 8 a. m 75 it a. m 7 1 a. m 2 11 a. m M 12 m Ho I p. m i p. m 7 II p. m 9 4 p. m K5 6 p. m no A p. m 83 7 p. m 82 MOTIMIBTB or OCEAJT ITEAMSXIP& Port. A rrl Tea. Balled. NEW YORK OHIc PLYMOUTH PYImM Alice BOSTON. Eitsonls. BOSTON Columbia. HOTTk.KIAM.... Hrndnm LIVERPOOL. Odnc LIVERPOOL Victorian NAPLES QI'KICNSTOWN CHTRnoURO.... K. A. Victoria HAVRK La Bnttsjns... MOVILLE Tuniilan Emp. of Britain. .. LlKurla. .. Baltic DECRY OLD-AGE PENSION BILL Menanre of Liberals Is Unpopular ( with People It Alms to Benefit. LONDON. July. 22. (Special.) Few measures doalgned to work a great social reform have attracted such unanimously hostile criticism as the old age pensions bill which the Liberal government of Eng land has announced Its determination to pass Into law. The bill Is scorned aa an Inadequate makeshift by those whom It Is designed to benefit. Is damned by the socialists and the Labor party In Parlia ment aa objTctonuble In many of Its prin cipal features, sneered at by the Tories as an attempt to steal their thunder for It was the great Unionist leader, Joseph Chamberlain, who first brought forward the scheme of pensions for aged workers, while a great section of the old-faahloned liberals condemn -It la a blow at private enterprise and a dlscouragment to thrift. Furthermore the great friendly societies, which are very powerful In this country, are opposing It with their might because they say that the bill, by Its defects, would make voluntary provision for old age not only necessary but deterlmental to the great majority of the workers. Briefly tho bill proposed to pay $1.26 a week after January 1, 1909, to every person over seventy years of age who Is not al ready In receipt of an Income of $2.50 a week, but this was amended In favor of a sliding scale providing the following pen sion: $1.25 to Incomes not exceeding $2; $1 to those not exceeding $2.25; 75c to those not exceeding $2.50; 00c to those not exceeding $2.75; and 26c to those not ex ceeding $3. If this were carried out It would be a good beginning of a great re form, but the fact seems to be that the Liberal party has "gone off at half cock" and la now regretting Its precipitancy. It promised an old age pensions bill, but when the time came to moot Its engage ment the funds were wanting. It tried to delay but the pressure of the Labor men and the socialists and the sneers of the t'nlonlsta forced It to do something. What It did was to bring forward a meas ure In which the promises were whittled down to the minimum, and In which all sorts of conditions were made, the effect of which will be to deprive of relief fully half of those who would be entitled to a pension under a generous scheme. To begin with, the age has been fixed too high. Mr. Asqulth, the prime mins ter, estimates that It will cost $6,000,- 000 for the first three months, which is all he has to provide for out of this year's budget. Next year on the same busts he will have to find $24,000,000, and so far he has given no indication of where it la com ing from. On this basis about 9O.0UO old people will receive pensions but It Is es timated that there are In England 1.254,000 persons over seventy years of age who are In needy circumstances. Then few workers are able to care for themselves after sixty-five or even after sixty. There are t.llti.Oio needy persons over sixty-five years in old in England. It Is estimated that the cost of pensions as proposed to all who really need them and who woald be entitled to them under a full scheme would be about Ilu0.0u0.000 a year. WORE OF PROHIBITION BEER New Brand Increases In .Manufacturer and Sale In the Dry Com-, mnnltlea. The manufacture of the non-alcoholic or prohibition beer la Increasing In Omaha as la its sale anl shipment. But three of the Omaha brewer, are thus far manufacturing the beverage. The product Is In all re- tpect similar to tha regular b,-er com poun ex ept that It must c ntain less than one-half of 1 r cent of alcohol and tlus becomes exeunt from revenue taxation. The standard brands of terr which htvo 4 pir cent of alcohol are taxed at the rate of 11 per barrel or keg. The lurpnsu of the manufacture of the non-aicohoilc beer Is to enable its sale In prohibition communi ties. Much of this beer yet exceeds the one-half of 1 per cent test owing to the process of fermentation, which has a ten dency to Increase the alcoholic percentage teond the limit, and thus bring it und.r the irolions cf the tax able product. Bieweis are constantly experimenting with the new bever age and expect to bring it up to a stage of perfection In a short tune. Much of ti new beer la being shipped Into Kansas and into the "dry" towns of Nebraska, the shipments Increasing daily. FAVORS DISMISSAL OF CADETS Action of President Roosevelt Xow l eaves the Matter I to Congress. OYSTER BAY. N. Y July 26.-Presldent Roosevelt has approved the dismissal from the military academy at West Point of eight cadets who were found guilty of hal ing undrrclassmen. Both the report of the board which tried the cadeta and that of the superintendent of the academy were approved by tha president. Secretary Loeb aid today that reinstatement ti the men could be acoompaoled only by congresaloaal action, EAST RAIL MEN IN Employes of Bij Lines Follow West erners in Organization. FIVE MILLION VOTES LUMPED Eepresentative of New York Central in Omaha for Pointers. CONFERS WITH CHAIRMAN RYAN Comes to Study Nebraskan's Modus Operandi of Lining Up. NONCOMMITTAL AS TO PARTIES Walls Admitting They Will Vote Solidly Against Radical Antl Italliray Policies, Men A ame No Favorites. How will the 6.000,Vfl railroad employes of the United States vote In the national campaign? This Is a question which Is agitating a good many good men, since It has be come apparent that the organization of the Nebraska Railroad Emplos' Protec tive association Is going to result In similar organizations In every state and the rail road men say they will vote as one. O. W. Huntley, a veteran conductor of the New York Central lines la In Omaha. Mr. Huntley came for the purpose of Inves tigating the Nebraska Railroad Employes' association and Its plana. He apent all day Saturday at the headquarters of the Nebraska association at the Hotel Rome n conference with Chairman F. M. Ryan, 1 H. C. Mecomber and other members of the executive committee. "I am simply here to Investigate thla p'an," said Mr. Huntley, "we are think ing of organizing a protective association on the same general plan of the Nebraska, association. "No, not to enter politics, Just to aee that men who are elected to positions on the railroad commissions and help make the laws aro not agitators of legislation adverse to the railroads. "Nothing to say about the national ticket," added the New York Central representative. rJnoaKh to Carry States. With the coming of Mr. Huntley, repre scntatlvea hove now conferred at the head quarters of the Nebraska association from every state from the Atlantic to the Pa cific coast through which the trunk lines pass. The employes of the Urns which Mr. Huntley represents, can almost carry an election In the states of Indiana, Ohio, New York and Vermont. They are the men who operate America's greatest tallroad which has a mileage of 12.092 inllea, stretch ing from BoBton to Chicago; from Montreal to St. Louis; from New York City to Cincin nati and north through Detroit to Mack inaw City. Tho lines on which employes which are now Interested In the organisation of as sociations In the western states similar to tho Nebraska organization, are; Burlington lines east and 'west of the Missouri river. Illinois Central. Missouri Pacific railway. Sante Fe system. Chi cago & Northwestern. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha. Union Pacific lines. Southern Pacific lines. Chicago Rock Island & Pa cific. The employea of these lines are rep resented by O. W. Huntley: New York Central & Hudson River railroad and .branches. Boston & Albany railroad and branches. St. Lawrence & Adiron dack railway and branches, Raquette Lake railway, Fulton Chain railway, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway and branches, Dunkirk, Alle gheny Valley & Pittsburg railroad, Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling railroad, Michi gan Central railroad and branches, New York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad and branches, Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad arxl branches. Lake Erie & Western rail road and branches, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Loula railway and branches, Cincinnati Northern railroad. Indluna Harbor, Chicago, Indiana & Southern, Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo railway and branches, New Y'ork 4 Ottawa railroad, Rutland railroad and branches. Leaders Aro -Noncommittal. With all the armies of voters behind the leaders In the movement, who are Ne braskans, they are still noncommittal when It comes to talking about the Na tional tickets. It is fair to presume, they say, that they will not vote 5,000.000 rail road men for the prohibition ticket nor for Hearst's Independence league ticket. Few of the railroad men are socialists and only a handful are populists. Chairman Ryan saya they don't care any thing about the buncombe handed out about Taft's Injunction, policies and believe Bryan Is trying to forget government ownership of railroads as fast as he possibly can. Mr. Ryan says the railroad employes don't care what Samuel Gompers thinks about the political situation rr the national plat forms. And these few expressions only deepen the mystery as to what ticket will be supported by the railroad employes j when the time comes to vote for a new Amerlcan prudent, GIRLS TAKEN FROW VESSEL lloarna Believed to Be White slaves Hud Been shipped aa Btomanaya, CORI'NNA SPRINGS, July 2u.-The cm. bnrka lon at this port of a number ot oung worn, n on loiud the Spanish at- am thl? Isle de I'anay prior to the sailing of the vessel aroused the suspicions of tha local authorities and today an Investiga tion dirclosed the fact that dozens of young girls, mostly minors, were slowed away on board the steamer. The authori ties forced all the young women they could find to disembark. Some of the girls It ! " """ hd bee" bUht from ,he,r parents. The most plausible explanation of the occurrencs was that the girls wero intended for the white slave traffic. BANDIT KIDNAPS TWO OFFICERS Handcuffs Them Together and Tarn Them Loom an Plains After Dark. ROCKY FORD. Colo.. July 25. City Mar shal Croop and Frank Johns, while search ing for stolen harness, were yesterday kid naped by an unknown bandit. They were forced to accompany tha bandit acrcss the plains until darkness set In and then, after being handcuffed together, were turned loos. Croop and Johns made their way to the Dearest ranch house, mora than tight milea distant, and telephoned to Sheriff Potter at I a Junta. A poeao was formed and started In pursuit of the bandl SULTAN'S ACTJS TEMPORARY Uellrf General In Tarkey that Con stltatlon Will Be With, drawn. CONSTANTINOPLE. July 25. The mo mentous act of the sultan of Turkey 'n proclaiming yesterday the restoration o( the constitution of 18T has left the popu lation of Constantinople unmoved. The aspect of the city Is today perfectly normnl and there have been no manlfesttatlons of. dissatisfaction of any kind. The stolid fatalism of the moslems, who for centuries past, have been aecustomel to a regime of personal rule and who are not used to political freedom. Is thought partly to explain the apathy everywhere apparent. Added to this Is skepticism re garding the durability of tho new era prom ised. Furthermore, past experience and th fact that the sultan conceded to the re- establlshment of the constitution under extreme pressure Inclines the Turks to the belief that the concession Is Intended merely to surmount the present troubles and avert the threatened disruption of the empire and that the earliest opportunity will be taken again to suspend the charter of liberty. Should these auspices prove groundless, the new system of government Is bound to have far-reaching consequences with regard to the treatment of the Macedonia problem. It will render foreign Intervention more difficult than ever and destroy for the time being, at any rate, all hopes of a realization of the desires of Borne of the Balkan states to acquire slices of the European provinces of Turkey. PARIS, July 2S. The granting of a con stitution to Turkey has created a good Im pression on the Bourse and today the en tire list, under the lead of Ottomnns, be came firmer. TRAIN I NJUR1ES ARE FATAL W. P. Voder Dies aa Result of Acci dent Which Iteqnlrea Amputn tlon of Lee W. P. Yoder, 32 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Yoder, 2321 8outh Twenty third street, brakeman on the Omaha rail road, died at the Methodist hospital yes terday as the ultimate result of falling from te train at Calhoun Friday night at 12 o'clock, when boh legs were mangled so ha one was amputated at the hosp i.il, whither he was at once moved. Ha will be hurled Monday at 2:30 p. m., the funeral services being held at the home of his brother, David Yoder, 2206 Fowler avenue. Mr. Yoder lived long enough to tell how his calamity occurred. "Another brakeman and I wera going back toward the rear end of the train, walking on top of the cars, when suddenly the, train gave a lurch and I fell and was run over. They picked me up and car ried me Into the depot at Calhoun, where Dr. Curtis, tho local doctor there, did all he could for me and then had me moved to the hospital In Omaha." Although both legs were badly mutilated, only one was removed, but the unfortunate man was too badly Injured to profit by this and died within a few hours of the time he was hurt. The Injured man leaves a sister, Mrs. H. E. Johnston, and two brothers, Gar field O. and A. P. Yoder. all of Omaha, and all were present when he died. Ha was not married. CONFESSION IN GOULD CASE BUsa Fleming Said to Have Admitted Tart She Played In the Conspiracy. NEW TORK. July 25.-Contents of a statement said to have been made to the district attorney's office by Mlsa Julia Fleming, who Is In custody on the charge of subordination of perjury In the Frank J. Gould divorce coBe, were made known today. After the hearing yesterday Miss Fleming, It was said, made a statement which corroborates tho story told by Miss Maliel MacCauslan, tho young milliner's apprentice. In which the latter said she had been offered a sum of money to testify falsely against Frank J. Gould In the di vorce suit brought against him by Mrs. Helen Kelley Gould. When employed at a prominent hotel. Miss Fleming said, she had become well acquainted with Mr. Gould and her part In the alleged con apiracy was to coach Miss MacCauslan and enable her to Identify Mr. Oould on tho witness stand. Miss Fleming was to have been married today, and If her re lease was not procured on bail It was un derstood that the ceremony would take place In the prison. TACTICAL EXERCISES BY FLEET Wireless Messnge from the ConneetU cot Five Hundred Miles from Honolulu. ON BOARD T'NITKD STATUS STEAM SHIP CONNECTICl'T BY WIRELESS TO HONOLULU. July 25.-The posl tlon of the fleet at S p. m.. Friday was 1X1 degrees S minutes west longitude; 13 degrees and 23 minutes north latitude at a distance of 510 miles from Honolulu. The weather Is warm with a moderate sea run ning occasional wind squalls. During the morning and again In the afternoon the fleet went through tactical exercises, the day being otherwise un eventful. The flagship last night received reports from the Glacier by wireless. Th- Glacier was then l,io0 distant from the Connecticut toward Suva. Wireless mesxaes were also exchanged with the Yankton, 1,"90 miles distant In the direction of Samoa. The fleet will tie In communication with porta, where cable all Hons are located probably every night during the voyage to Auckland, except July 27 to 30. MINERS CONFER AT SEATTLE Coal Operators Seen Itedartlon Miners Increase of Pres ent Scale. and SEATTIJ3, Wash., July 25. An Im portant meeting of the coal operators and representatives of district No. 1 United Mine Workers has b-gun here. It Is the usual yearly conference In regard to tho scale for the coming year. The mine owners submitted a scale, which calls for a general decrease of 10 per cent, while the miners ask for a general Increase of S per cent with an eight-hour day from bank to bank. C. R. Claghorn, representing the Rosslyn Coal mine was elected chairman of the conference. FIRE RECORD Oklahoma Town Sporrhed. FOBS, Ckl., July a.-Fire here early today destroyed a block of stone buildings on the west side of tha main business street. In cluding tha pom of flee. First National bank and five store rooms. Loss K0.0U0. The town U without a waterworks system. PLAN TO TAKE POLL I Republican Leaders of Central States Meet in Chicago. NEBRASKA METHOD IS ADOPTED System of Tabulating: Devised by 2Ir. Kayward to Be Used. LATER MEETING TO BE HELD Leaders Will Be Called Together Again After August 15. JUDGE TAFT IN CINCINNATI Candidate for Republican Komlnntloa Benches Home City After Une ventful Joarney from New York. CHICAGO, 111., July 2S.-The second con ference between Frank If. Hitchcock, chairman of the republican national com mittee, and1 various state republican lead ers was opened at 10 o'clock today at the Auditorium annex. The states represented at this meeting are Illinois, Indiana. Ken tucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne braska, Missouri and Wisconsin. The national committeemen from Illinois, Minnesota, Indluna and Michigan were unable to come at this time be cause of the short notice given them of the meeting. It Is expected that as a result another general conference will be held here soon after the headquarters are opened on August 15. The members of the national committee In attendance a,t today'a conference are Messrs. B. E. Hart, Iowa; A. R. Bjrnham, Kentucky; Charles Nagel, Missouri; Victor Rooewater, Ne braska, and Alfred T. Rogers, Wisconsin. All of the state chairmen and most of the state secretaries invited are present. At the meeting today Instructions were given for the preparation of a poll of voters of each state, giving necessary data as to the nativity, religion, politics and other Important facts In relation to every man. The system to be followed In gath ering this Information was adopted at the Colorado Springs conference and Is based upon a method that has been employed for several years In Nebraska by William Hay ward, chairman of the republican state, committee. Mr. Hitchcock places great dependence upon this character of Infor mation. At the conference today, Mr. Hitchcock will submit to his political col leagues the list of the new executive com mittee, so far as it has been made up, but no time has been fixed to announce the appointments. Taft Reaches Clnrlnnntl. CINCINNATI, July 26. Judge William H. Taft arrived In his home city this after noon to be formally notified on next Tues day of his nomination as the republican candidate for the presidency. The trip across the state from Cleveland was un eventful, small crowds at various places greeUng the train as It passed. , Major General Fred D. Grant, whose father, the late President Grant, was born a few miles above this city on the Ohio river, telegraphed General H. C. Corbln, who Is to bo one of the marching privates In the military escort on Tuesday, accept ing the Invitation to be present. The Hamilton and Taft clubs of Chicago, tho Owl club of Louisville, tne Tlppecanoo club of Columbus, the St. Louis Glee club, the Buckeye Republican club of Columbus, with the glee club that scored so pro nounced popular success at the Chicago convention, and many others have sent word that they wish to bo In line with from ion to 1,000 marchers each. The Blaine club of this city, one of the oldest polit ical marching clubs In the country, as well as one of the most noted, expects to have 2,000 men In line, while other local veteran, civic and military organizations will bo represented by almost their entire membership. An Interesting figure on the platform at the Taft residence will be Miss Ioulse D. Horseley, a teacher In the Sixteenth dis trict school, under whom Judge Taft took his first public school work. DAYTON, O.. July 25.-The Taft train ran into enthusiasm at Springfield and a crowd of voters were given an opportunity to shake the hand of the candidate by climbing over the car platform. During the rid down from Columbus, Mr. Taft occupied himself with a number of poli ticians and political writers who came aboard on their way to the notification ceremonies. JAP OFFICERS WATCH DRILL Make Notes of Tactics of Army t Camp of Wisconsin Gnnrd. MILWAUKEE. WIb.. July 25.-A special to the Daily News from Camp Douglas says that as the troops of the Wisconsin National guard were breaking camp last evening, after their annual outing for drills and target practice, two Japanese army offlcirs were discovered on the bluffs which surround the camp. It Is said they had been living on the bluffs during a por tion of the encampment andiwith the aid of field glasses had watched operations closely, making notes. The Japanese officers, It Is said, left last night for Minnesota, where they will con tinue their lnestlgatlons. POLITICS AND HUNTING TRIP Two Topics Discussed at Luncheon Given by President Hoosevelt. OYSTER BAY, July 25 -Presldent Roose velt todiy entertained ha'f a dozen gursts at luncheon. They Included Oeorge R. Sheldon, treasurer of the republican na tional committee; Wlllam B. Howland and Lawrence E. Abbott of the Oir.look; Leigh Hunt, who has exttrlve concessions l.i Egypt and E. H. Wells, dean of Harvard university. Mr. Sheldon's visit was for the purpose of talking over the financial situa tion of the coming presidential compalgn. Leigh Hunt came to see the president about his proposed African hunting trip. OHIO BANKER IS ARRESTED Charged with Embessllna; Funds of Institution that Recently Closed. CLEVELAND. O., July 2J.-A warrant was Issued today for the arrest of II. Gaxell. secretary-treasurer of the Farmers and Merchants Banking company, which recently' closed. Gasell Is charged with embeullng SS.325 of the bank's funds. It Is reported that the aealgneo baa found tha assets ol tha bank Impaired to the extent of pcc.OOft, COREAN EDITOR UNDER ARREST Charged With Helping Get Away With Funds He Helped to naive. SEOUL, July 26 A sensation has been created by the editor of the vernacular edition of the Dally News, formerly owned by E. T. Bethel, nn Englishman, who recently was sentenced to a term In rrlson In Shanghai, after conviction In the British consular court, of using the columns of his paper to Incite the Coreans to riot. Prior to his trial Bethel suspended publication of the English edition of the News. The Corean editor of the paper Is now charged with complicity In the alleged disappear ance of a portion of what Is known as the Corean national loan redemption fund, which amounted to 2M.O00 yen, nnd was originally collected1, partly with the assist ance of Bethel's newspaper, with the cb Ject of paying the Corean national debt to Japan. It Is now asserted by Bethel's friends that the arrest of the Corean editor of the News was secured by the Japanrsn heeaufe he was the chief witness In behalf of Bethel during the latter's trial. The British consul has protested against the arrest of the editor on the ground that he la employed by a British subject. ELECTRIC STORMS KILL THREE Several Others Injured and Property Damaged In Knat. Much PHILADELPHIA. Ta., July 25.-Three lives were lost, several persons Injured and much damage was done by severe electrical storms In eastern Pennsylvania and In New Jersey last night and early today. Kathryn Wagner, a 5-year-old girl, was killed by lightning while watching the storm from a window of her home In Camden, N. J. Charles Kessler, a 12-year-old farmer's son, was struck dead In his home near York, Pa., and the other mem bers of the family were Injured. James Cumllsse was killed In this city by a bolt of lightning. Reports from various parts of the state show a very heavy rainfall, reaching the proportions of a cloudburst In some places. All trains on the Reading and Columbia railroad, a branch of the Reading system, have been annulled because of numerous washouts and weakened bridges and many streams are out of their banks. CANADIAN ROAD TO SEATTLE Will Use Ilrlllngham Line to Retali ate for the Hill In roads. BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 25. A dis patch from Winnipeg says the stock of the Belllngham Bay & iirltlsh Columbia railway Is already under control of allied Interests with the Canadian Pacific. Running rights Into Seattle and other Washington cities will be secured at once as retaliation for Inroads made on Canadian Pacific territory by Jamea J. Hill. The overtures for tho placing of the Belllngham Bay & British Columbia In a holding company came di rect from the Union Pacific and It will be but a shrort time until the announcement la made that the Belllngham company has been changed to a terminal company. At the local offices here It Is admitted that the Canadian Pacific will be running Into Seattle In the near future, but all ar rangements will be made through the offi cials at Vancouver. DRIVES AUT0 INTO CANAL Prominent Rochester Man and Fiancee Drowned by Peculiar Acrldent. ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 25.-Edward 8. Bartlett, president of the Trebert Gas En gine company of this city, accompanied by Miss Geraldine Tumllty, daughter of a wealthy family here, drove his automobile by accident at full speed In the Erie canal here early today. The bodies of Miss Tu mllty and Bartlett were recovered several hours later. Bartlett, It Is said, was engaged to Miss Tumill'.y. NEW YORK, July 25.-Dr. Carlton Flint, a prominent physician of this city, who was knocked down by a speeding automobile at Seabrlght, N. J., last night, died today from his Injuries. JAP PAPER LAUDS O'BRIEN "upposed Antl-Forelgn Medium Com mends Move for Friendship with America. TOKIO, July 25. The Hochl, a newspaper generally credited with antl-forelgn feeling and said to be Inspired by Count Okuma, leader of the opposition party in the Diet, In an editorial referring to published In terviews with American Ambassador O'Brien In 8an Francisco, Bays: "The American ambassador continues at home the splendid work which marked his policy In Japan, namely, using ills Influ ence to promote the cause of friendship be tween America and Japan which was mo mentarily menaced by the efforts of the yellow press." TWENTY YEARS FOR BANKER W. K. Walker, Who Got Half Million In securities, Sentenced at Hartford. HARTFORD, Conn., July 25. W. F. Walker, who looted the Savings bank of New BrltaJn of more than JjO.000 worth of securities, pleaded guilty on four counts of th indictment In superior court today. He was w ntented to not less than one year nor more than five years on the first count, and not m'jre than five years on each of the three other counts. Sentence Is to take effect on the expira tion of eacli previous sentence under tha indeterminate sentence law. Tula will make the entire penalty not more than twenty years. CHICAGO BUND FIGHTS OMAHA 'Ihrcntrns to Withdraw If Haeugrr test Is Bronchi Here to lUlO. LA CROSSE, Wis.. July 25.-A contest wh'ch threatens possibly to divide the saengerbund of the northwest Into two sections Is on at the raengerfest here on the Question of the location of the next fest. It has been belli'vel up to this time that the fest of 1810 would be award, d to Omaha, but the Chicago societies served notice today that In case this Is done they will favor the division of the bund Into two, on the ground that the Nebruka metropolis Is too far west. To prevent division Is It possible that Omaha may withdraw aa a candidate. Former Official ladlrted. HELENA. Mont., July 25. The federal trand Jury returned Indictments against . 8. Catlin. formerly emploved In the l'nltd States land office. Missoula, en a xtv-four counts, charging embezzlements i stmliic tram a turn tkillajrs I1UIWL. OLYMPIC GAMES END Queen Alexandra Presents Medals ta the Victors. AMERICANS FAR IN LEAL Yankees Score 1141-2 Toints oa Track and Field. UNITED KINGDOM IS SECOND British Athletes Make 68 1-3 Points, to 121-2 by Sweden. MANY DISSENSIONS CREATED Itouht Is Expressed aa to Whether tha Games Serve Any Uond Purpose l'rejndlce Against Americans. LONDON. Julv 5S. The nivmnln vsmea were brought to a conclusion this after noon. SO far as the snorts Vii-M In the Stadium Were concerned n-Vien Ono-n andra presented the gold medals and iropnies io the successful competitors and the dowaaer duchess of Westminster th duchess of Rutland nnd Lady Desdeborough handed the silver and bronte medals, tha diplomas and tho commemorative medals to inose entitled to them. A big crowd attended the function sn cheered the athletes as they came up to receive their prizes. The Italian. Dorando, was honored with the greatest ovation, tho sympathies of the spectators going out to the man who had missed the nriio of tha Marathon race whep It was Just within his grasp. Before the ceremony of prize giving oeian America captured two events, tha 110-meter hurdles and the 1 son-meter ri the latter being the last ev ent nn the nr. gram. The Stars and Stripes was the last nag 10 riy from the masthead. In all of tho events concluded iin tv.- games began early In the year. Including such games as water polo and other sports In which England alone competed, the pres ent standing of the countries, counting wins only, Is as follows: United Klnsrinm America. 22; Sweden, 7; France. 4; Hungary! s; Norway, Germany, Canada, Italy, I each; ueigium, Bout n Africa, Finland, 1 each. Americans Far In Lead. In the field and track events in whioh the points are counted five for first, three for second and one for third, thu standing Is as follows: America. 114V4: United Klnim kali. Sweden. 12V4; Canada, 11: South Africa ami Greece, 8 each; Norway. 5: Germany. 4- Italy, 3; Hungary. 3: France. 24: Aus tralia and Finland, 1 each. America's score In the field nnri fo,.ir events Is made up of 15 first. 10 seconds and 6 thirds, In addition to. a tie for scc- ona and third in the standing high Jump and a tie for the third place In the pole vault. The United Kingdom got S firsts. 6 seconds and 3 thirds. Sweden won I firsts. 2 seconds and a tie for third; South Africa, 1 first. 1 second; Canada, I first. 1 second and 3 thirds; Germany, 1 second and 1 third; Italy, Australia and Hungary, 1 third each. Doubt as to Utility of Gamea. Although doubts are being exnressed In some of the most Influential Quarters whether tho Olympian sanies nnv good purpose. Whereas, theoretically, they ure supposed to foster International friend ship, the result of tho present meeting "een io create dlssonslons and klndlt animosities. The relations between th English and American official. lni- i,... come so strained that It will be exceedingly difficult for representatives of the two rations to arrange any competitions In th ruiure or carry them out without unpleas ant Incidents. All of the American officials and athletci now here are convinced that the United States was robbed of the 400 meters race, while the KiiKlish nubile at nnv mi i- certaln that tho American runmers had a prearranged plan to keep Halawelle out of first place In that event by fair meant or luui. The London newspapers have commented on the case most temneratelv. tnr ut,ii. the have set forth the view which the public holds and strongly sustained the action of tho ludires. thev hv nl.ini - r-....... j stated that It would be advisable to let tho "unsavory episode" drop into oblivion, so that It may be forgotten by both countries as soon as possible. Prejudice Aualnst Americans. Nevertheless It Is not likely to be dropped or forgotten for some time. The officials of the Amateur Athletic association have announced that they propose to bring the complaint formally to he attention of th Amateur Athletic union, regarding C'ar pnter'B alleged foul and the officials of Amateur Athletic union are resolved ta stir up further trouble. Despite the con servatism of tho press, the English publlq Is lmbiiid with a fierce prejudice against American athletics. The Itallane believe they have b n treated unfairly by tho awarding of the Marathon to Hayes and they will always believe that there was a possibility that Durnndo would have, reached ho winning po-t first, If he had not been dragged to his feet and pushed along by the excited track officials, although practically everyone who saw hla struggle believe It would have leen Impossible for him to have risen after his last collapsa and that probably he could not have kept on. They ulso feel that It was unchlval rous and ungenerous In the Americans to claim what the Italians call a technical victory. There are many minor heartburnings with the representatives of other nations and although while on athletic success, as a promoter of International friendship it has been a dlemal failure. Halawelle Runs Alone. Amid the cheers of several hundred of his countrymen. HalHMt-lle, the FJig lish runner, this morning, "walked over" In the final of the 400-meter flat race In the Olympics, which was run originally latt Tuetd.iy and won by J. C. Carpenter, Cornell university. This Is tha race that was declared void by the Judg.'g on the allegation, which has been denied by the Am.-rli ans. that Carpenter fouled Hal sw.lls. Carpenter was disqualified from competing again and J. . Taylor, Irish Arnfrican Athletic club, and W. C. Robblns of Cambridge, Mans., withdrew aud wou!J not run today. Halawrlie did not really walk; ha ran, and ran hard. In an effort to establish a r.ew Olympic record. His performance was a very great disappointment after all that had been confidently expected. It was firmly believed that the most talked of athlete In the Stadium, until the Martbon racers replaced him In Ibis regard, would clip at least a fraction of a second off lb.'.