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Daily VOL. XXXVIII NO. 3G. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, i JULV 30, 190S-TEN TAGES. SINGLE COrY TWO CENTS. The Omaha Bee i I, OIL FIGHT TO CO ONiswimary of the bee Attorneys for Government Hold l ferance at Lennox. v j STATEMENT BY MR. BONAPARTT Attorney General Outline! Course of Action Determined Upon. .PPLICATION FOR . REARGUMENT Firtt Move Will Be for Revision of Recent Opinion. PROSECUTION WILL CONTINUE Cases Now Pending Against Rocke feller Corporation Will Be Pressed for Trial mm Speedily aa Possible. DL-I.LBTIX. LENOX. Man., July .-Every effort of Uie United States government will be put torth to secure a revision of the recent Jcrlslon of the United States court of ap peals In the cua of tha Standard Oil com wny of Indiana. The statement wai Issued lila afternoon by Attorney General Charles 1. Bonaparte. Application for a reargument of the cane ind a motion for a modification of the pinion will be made at the aame time the pending prosecutlor.8 against the Standard Oil company and all other prosecutions for giving or receiving rebates will be pressed 'or trial. LENOX. Mass., July 2. Prominent prosecuting; officers of the government, with the assistance of several leaders In the practice of law. Including Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, took up the consid eration today, of the question whether the LTlminal suit against the Standard OH company for alleged rebating and other violations of the Interstate commerce laws hall be further pressed In the courts. The distinguished gathering waa brought about by an Invitation by Attorney General Bonaparte for the persons named to meet him In conference on the subject here. The assembly will embrace, besides At torney General Bonaparte, Solicitor Gen eral Henry M. Hoyt of Washington; Edwin V. 81ms of Chicago, United States district attorney for the north district of Illinois; his first assistant, James H. .Wllkerson of Chicago; F. B. Kellogg and several clerks of the Department of Justice at Washlng 'on. One of the parlor of the hotel Aepln wsll has been set apart as a meeting place. A great mass of literature In connection with the trial of the suit against the Standard Oil company at Chicago, some fifteen months ago, was brought from Washington and Chicago, together with tha test of the decision of Judge Landls in Imposing the lUS.MO.OOO fine upon the company, as well as the latest document tn the case, the decision of the United "Hales court of appeals, setting aside Judge Land Is' decision. Hope for Unreversable Victory. The government's position at the present time, according to Its legal representatives. Is one of confidence that another cam paign, carefully planned and well ex cuted, would secure a victory which would e beyond reversal by the higher courts. The Chicago lawyers. It Is understood, ire ardent In their desire for a retrial of :he caae and have brought here nearly all the documenta having a bearing on the preparation and trial of the first suit, to lethrr with much of the evidence. They idmlt that mistakes were made In the trial, but they believe that the mistakes ran be rectified and the experience used profitably If a new trial la afforded. At torney General Bonaparte and Solicitor General Hoyt, It la understood, will take the argument of their colleagues under ronslderatlon, review the documents and lerlile what steps shall next be taken. Mr. Kellogg arrived here early today, ind arrangements were completed for the opening of the conference at 10 o'clock. Mr. Kellogg said that he expected to go lo New York tomorrow afternoon. Inti mating that he thought the conference would be completed by that tlmo. FUGITIVE FOUND ALMOST DEAD llleged Murderer Starves Three Daya nd la Too Weak to Kill Himself. GRANITE CITY. 111.. July M.-Andrew Honaa, charged with killing Mrs. Annie Kocur. wealthy widow 01 the former "king X the Poles," of Granite City, was found br the police today half dead In the "sand pike," a swamp two miles southeast of here, where he had been hiding without food three daya. In hla despair and terror he had tried to end his life by stabbing himself over the heart, but hla hand larked strenejth and the wound only weakened htm. He was armed when found but of fered no resistance. IlJDsa Is said to have told his captora that he ahot Mrs. Kocur after a quarrel over the storing of some of his furniture. Mr. Kocur's lt-year-old son. Andrew, who witnessed the tragedy, says Honaa made Improper advances to his mother, which she repulsed, and that Honsa was enraged thereat. CASHIER CF FAILED BANK GONE .. n. i irwai o ustit Disappears After Depositors Ileal Salt Against film. BCTTE. Mont., July . A. B. Clement former cashier of the defunct Aetna bank. a Helnse Institution, Is being sought hy ths sheriff. Besides tha two felony on which he Is out on bonds, a new suit was filed against him yesterday In which It Is sought to hold him responsible fir lO.m'O, the amount the depositors are said to have been defrauded out of by the wrecking of the bank. lr. Kerfoot Way Head I alrerslty. MITCHELL. 8. IX, July 2.-iSpecial -Two of the trustees of Dakota Wesley n university went to Mankato, Minn., this morning for the purpose of Interviewing Rev. Dr. Kerfoot. the presiding elder of the Mankato district of the Methodist church. Dr. Kerfoot's name has been taken Into consideration, aa one of the candidates for the election as president of Dakota Uesleyan university, and It Is only In the last ten days that his friends have bee actively pushing his candidacy, which has brought to light much of tha minister at talnments of which the committee was not la possession, ant they have gone up there M UJt tver U.t ailuaUpa ftU feiBa Thandir, July , 11. '90S JuLy-o ' jvoY 7TZ, nCa 7711 1908 rpj. sxr 3 4 101 1Z 18 24 25 31 M 6 Z 8 0 0 4 J 1 1T Ifi A'l V It JrJ 1222 23 26 28 29 30 THE WEATHEB. FORJ-3CAPT FOR NEBRASKA Thurs day find Frldav fn:r; cooler Thursday. FOR WAST FOR IOWA Fair Thursday and Friday; cooler Thursday night and Friday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. r g. 5 a. tn 75 K a. m 75 7 a. m 70 8 a. m ) 9 a. m S3 10 a. m 84 11 a. m 87 13 m 88 9rt fr j 03 92 !1 , 90 8fi 82 1 p. m. 2 p. m. 3 p. ni. 8 p. m. 9 p. m. DOMESTIC. Mrs. Frank Plnkham of Bonesteel, S. D., cut the throats of her two sons and then her own In a fit of despondency. Fags 1 Attorneys for government have deter mined to make application for reargument and modification of decision of court of appeals in Standard OH cane. It wa also agreed to push the other canes pend ing against oil corporations. Fags 1 C. Winthrop Sands, stepson of W. K. Vonderbllt, Is killed In an automobjle ac cident near Paris. Fags 1 Elaborate ceremonies attend the eleva tion of Rev. Paul Peter Rhodes to the episcopate at Chicago. Page 1 i roKEiair. ., Simon Villa, a candidate for office, rouses Spanh;h residents of Manila by as serting he favored killing all Spaniards. Page 1 POLITICAL. Taft stands strain of notification cere monies. Boat on which he was guest was fired on by unknown man and one passen ger is slightly hurt Page 1 Bryan will make a few speeches at cen tral locations and will remain at home most of the time during October. Fags 3 NEBRASKA. State Senator C. A. Sibley uas an nounced his intention to contest for for congress at the primaries against Con gressman Klnkald. Fag 3 X.OCAX. Mayor Dahlman says he may veto the charter limit tax levy of the city council. Fag S Twelve-story state bank building will be erected by Omaha and 8t. Louis capital, probably at Sixteenth and Harney streets, at a cost of 11,000.000. Page S If plans of the National Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers carry inmma win made tne nub of the dairy Additional mall collections are pro vided for the business district In Omaha, Page 3 Two soldiers of the same name, same place and same regiment record are mixed up In a pension claim. Fag 10 POST. Scores of yesterday's base ball games: Western League Omaha vs. Denver 0. JO Sioux City vs. Lincoln 0. 9 Des Molues vs. Pueblo 2. National League f Pittsburg vs. Brooklyn 0. 1 New York vs. St. Louis 0. 4 Cincinnati vs 1'hllaoVlrhla 2. o Chicago vs. Boston 0. American League Hosion vs. Cleveland 5. 6 St. Louis vs. Philadelphia 4. American. Association 7-2 Toledo vs. Minneapolis 0-4. 3 Kansas City vs. Indianapolis 2. 8 Columbus vs. St. Paul 3. 2 Louisville vs. Milwaukee 0. Fag 9 KOYEKZttTS OF OCZAsT STEAMSHIPS. Port. Arrived. Ballrd. NEW YORK K. P. Co-slls Vmnl.m NKW TOKK Russia K. W. de'r Grosss. NEW YORK Barbarossa Boston Saionta. CHKRROIRO President Unrolo UVKKPOOL Maurstanla LONDON Meaaba ANTWERP Zaeland BREMEN K. Wllhelm 11.... DIAMOND THIEF'S CLEVER RUSE Member of Prominent Qnlney Fam ily (barged with Bold Hobbery. FEORIA, 111., July . "Tony" Martin, said to come from a prominent family of Qulncy, III., was arrested yesterday Charged with robbing the residence of J. K Murphy, till First avenue, and secured diamonds snd valuables to the amount of 11,000 Mon day afternoon. Martin, under the pretense of Inquiring as to the residence of a friend of his mother, discovered that Miss Mar garet Murphy, being alone, waa about to leave her home. He crossed the street and entered the home of Mrs. Swords, whom It later developed was a friend of his mother at Qulncy. Shortly afterwards he again entered the house of Mr. Murphy and secured the booty. When Martin returned to the home of Mrs. Swords yesterday, he was taken into custody by the police, and on being searched the goods were fiuind In his possession. HEAT IS FATAL IN CHICAGO One Dead. One Mentally Deranged and Many Prostrated Is Day's Record. CHICAOO. July 29-Wlth the thermom eter at 11 this morning standing at S3 de grees, one death, one disappearance and numerous prostrations due to the heat were reported. John Dssek, who wss overcome by the heat yesterday, died today. Joseph O Mara, whose mind had become unbalanced by the high temperature and humidity, wan dered awsy from home and the police are searching fr him. DATE OF BRYAN NOTIFICATION raalrmaa larton of Committee Sets Aaanst Twelve at MONTGOMERY, Als.. "July 29.-Con-gressman Henry I). Clayton, who was chairman of the democratic national con vention at Denver, today announced that the committee on notification of Mr. Bryan would meet In Lincoln, Neh., at noon on August 11. and that Mr. Bryan would be formally notified of his nomination dur ing the afternoon of that day. Mr. Clay- toa will deliver ths notification pca. I I KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Car in Which Vanderbilt'i Stepion Was Riding Turns Turtle. OCCUPANTS MAIMED AND BURNED C. W. Sands, Son of Mrs. Vanderbllt, Dies Moon After and Chanlfenr Is Believed to ne, Fatally Injured. PARIS. July 29. C. Winthrop Sands, a stepson of W. K. Vanderbllt, was killed In a frightful accident which occurred at 7 o'clock this morning. Just outside the grounds of Mr. Vanderbilt's beautiful coun try seat, the Chateau St. Louis de Poissey, twenty miles from Paris. Mr. Sands was riding with the chauf feur when In some manner which has not yet been cleared up, the automobile, which was spinning along at a fairly high rate of speed, left the road and struck a tree with terrific force. The car was overturned and Mr. Sands and the chaf feur were pinned under the wreckage. The gasoline tank exploded and the wreck at oncn caught fire. As soon as help arrived, Mr. Sands and the chauf ft ur were extracted, but they had been horribly maimed and burned. They were carried Into the chateau where Mr. Sands died at 9 o'clock. The chauffeur Is still alive,' but his injuries probably will prove fatal. Mr. Sands' mother, Mrs. Vanderbllt, his stepfather and his brother were at the chateau when the accident occurred. All were overwhelmed with grief. Mrs. Vander bllt waa almost distracted when the torn and bruised body of her son was borne tenderly Indoors. It was evident that he was then past mortal aid and he did not regain consciousness before his death. The members of the family were apprised of the accident by telegraph. George W. Vanderbllt Is at Dlnard. H. S. Vanderbllt, Jr., left here this morning for London. W. K. Vanderbllt, Jr., Is at Alx Les Bains. Car GoInK at Mlsih Speed. Mr. Sands left Deauvllle at 6 30 this morning to come to Poissey. Tne only other person In the car was the chauffeur, Pick ings. The pace was fast all the way. Mr. Sands was at the wheel. When the acci dent occurred the automobile had Jut reaehed the entrance to the chateau grounds and was going at the rate of sixty-two miles an hour. Suddenly a tire flew off, the machine swerved, plunged across the road and struck a tree with such force that it was completely wrecked. When the cur collided It turned turtle, Mr. Sand be ng thrown under It and p'.nned there. The chauffeur was'thrown out, but only his feet were caught under the wreck. Several workmen who had witnessed the accident rushed up, but as the machine Im mediately took fire they kept away from It, momentarily fearing an explosion. The men finally rushed In and extricated' the horribly mutilated body of Mr. Sands, literally tearing his leg off, which was firmly pinned down by the torn and twisted machinery of the biasing wreck. O. Wlnthrop Sands wss a son of the present Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt by her first husband, Samuel Sands, who was killed at the Meadowbrook hunt some years ago. Mrs. Sands-Rutherford was married to W. K. Vanderbllt in 1908. HASKELL LOSES IN OIL FIGHT Court Overrules Motion of Governor to Enjoin Attorney General of Oklahoma. GUTHRIE, Okl.. July 29.-Judge A. H. Houston, In the district court here today, overruled the motion filed by Governor Haskell last week to dismiss the suit brought by the attorney general of Okla homa to enjoin the Prairie Oil and Gas company from building pipe lines wlfhln the state. The court holds that the gov ernor has the power to suggest the filing of such a suit and that It tben would be the attorney general's duty to obey, but that It did not follow that the governor could prevent the carrying out of a suit instituted by the attorney general. Judge Houston also holds that the attorney gen eral has power to Institute suit in the name of the state. Governor Haskell, following' the render ing of the decision, at once filed a petition In the state supreme court asking for a writ of prohibition. The petition was granted by the Issuance of an alternative writ compelling the lower court to cease trying the attorney general's case on its merits. The alternative writ la made re turnable on August 10. CHICAGO MAN KILLED BY TRAIN Jumps from Train at Salem Leg Is Crushed Vnder Wheels. and MITCHELL. S. D., July 29.-(Special Tel egram.) William Ramey, whose home Is in Chicago, was run over by a passenger train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road last right at Salem, crushing one leg. He was brought to this city and placed In the hospital and his leg was amputated. He died this morning from the shock of the operation. Ramey was on his way to Mitchell from Pierre and left the train at Salem Just aa It was starting out of the station. He had a small amount of money on his person. The body Is being held waiting to hear from two brothers in Chicago. BRYAN NOT READY TO TALK .Nebraskaa Declines to Make State ment .Mow In Answer to Mr. Rosewnter'a Letter. FAIRVIEW. LINCOLN. July ?9.-When Informed of the open letter of Victor Rose water, proprietor of The Omaha Bee and republican national committeeman from Ne braska, In which the allegation Is made that a conspiracy, engineered by Mr. Bryan's brother-in-law. Is on foot 'tor the purpose of purloining votes In Nebraska not in tended to be oast for you," Mr. Bryan said: "I have not the time now to make an swer." Ho wss not certain that he could reply at all. but said the subject would be in vestigated. BATTLE WITH MEXICAN TROOPS Kngaaement with Revolutionist and Two Amertean A re Re ported Killed. EL PASO, Texas. July . A special to the Herald from Delrlo Bay It I reported there that Mexican troop and revolution ists had an engagement In Mexico opposite Comstock. Texas., and that two American residents of Mexico war killed. American troops. It I said, have been dispatched from Delrlo to ta at la CfhU SULTAN CALLS, PARLIAMENT Appeals to Teople to Cease Demon strations, hut Crisis Be lieved et Over. CONSTANTINOPLE. July -An im perial lrade made public today convokes the first Turkish Parliament under the new constitution for November 1. Th document announcing this decision appeals to the people to cesse their demonstrations, pointing out that as the sultan has proved his good sentiments and his Intentions strictly to observe the constitution .and labor for the prosperity of all his sub jects, there Is no longer reason to continue the manlfeststions, which only Impede the progress of events. The crisis In Turkish affairs Is by no means over. The demonstrations that have been In favor of .the sultan may at any moment turn against him If he does not yield to the demands of the constitutional party for the dtsmlsssl of the palace camarilla. It Is believed thst the sultan will make these concessions, although to do so Is a difficult matter. Some of the ob noxious officials already have been re moved. It is apparent thst the sultan is becoming uneasy. Troops last evening pre vented further demonstrations In front of the palace. It Is believed that some of the most unpopular of the officials will either Open Letter to William J. Bryan In the address which you delivered last February before the Civic Forum of New York, choosing as jour subject, "Thou shalt not steal," you expressed very clearly and very forcibly the popular conviction that this com mandment la often broken without violating the law. You said, "To steal or to commit larceny may be defined as the wrongful taking of another's property," and after making a subdivision of larceny into petit larceny, grand larceny and glorious larceny, you divided larceny into two further classes, "larceny in violation of the law" and "larceny through the operation of the law." If, as you very properly insist, the larceny of property breaks the commandment, "Thou shalt not steal," do less when "through the operation of the law" than when "In violation of the law," I ask you, Mr. Bryan, if the larceny of something more priceless than property, namely, the unpurchasable votes of the people, is not equally reprehensible whether the theft is committed in violation of law or under cover of legal technicalities? Let me call your attention to the fact, if you are not already aware of It, that a conspiracy is now on foot in this, your own state of Nebraska, engineered by your own brother-in-law as chairman of your democratic state committee, for the purpose of purloining votes not intended to be cast for you and to count them for your candidacy. In the interest of square dealing, I have filed protests with the secretary of state against the mis branding of democratic presidential electors. The filing of the names of democratic electors as "people's Inde pendents" is a palpable attempt to secure votes for you by false pretenses. If thlB plot succeeds you will have the benefit of tho votes Intended to be cast for Thomas E. Watson as well as of the votes intended to be cast for you. If this would not be larceny of these votes "through the operation of law," I would like to know what you would call It Discussing the objections to Instructing convention delegates, you said in your Commoner last January that "dishonesty is no better in politics than it Is In business," and you riddled the objections raised to instruc tions by merely stating them. On of these objections to Instructions, you said, was "that they make it Impos sible for the delegates to betray those who elected them." A presidential elector occupies a position very much like that of a delegate to a convention. He is a trustee Into whose custody i given the sovereignty of the peo ple who have voted for him. If your democratic elector should be nominated and elected in Nebraska as demo crats and also as people's independents, which trust will they betray? Will they betray your friends and vote for Watson, or will they betray Watson's friends and vote for you? I submit to you, Mr. Bryan, that you cannot afford while preaching the commandment, "Thotr shalt not steal," to permit yourself to be the beneficiary of this proposed fraud on the ballot. Whether or not these democratic electors have a legal right to masquerade themselves as "people's independents" and I do not be lieve that our law contemplates any such thing the Immorality of the deception is Just as flagrant. No one who wants to vote for you will be prevented from doing so by being compelled to find your electors vtder their rropeapKr't label, whereas, If your electorr usurp the "people's independent" designation, those populists who waafio-vote, for the nominee of their own party will be robbed of their opportunity to do so. In no other state in the union, so far as I can ascertain, Is tbis political malpractice being attempted, and I am sure that If It were legitimate In Nebraska it would be right and proper In every other state. I appeal to you, Mr. Bryan, irrespective of the protef,ts which I have filed with the secretary of state, to put your stamp of disapproval upon this attempted fraud and Imposition, which a word from you would stop. Omaha, July 29. 1908. VICTOR ROSEWATEIt. flee the country or seek refuge at one of the foreign legations. BDRLIN. July 29. A dispatch received from Salonlca, European Turkey, says all the political prisoners there were liberated yesterday. The leaders of the revolutionary bands and their followers are entering the city and fraternizing with their former op ponents. The manifestations of Joy over the granting of a constitution continue. WOULD KILLALL SPANIARDS Candidate nt Manila Rouses the Span Ish Residents by Radical Utterances. MANILA. July 19. The Spanish colony here Is greatly excited over a speech made by Simon Villa who is a candidate for of fice on the municipal board, in which Villa made plain his hstred of everything Spanish. The Spanish residents are planning an of ficial protest against his utterances. Villa escaped trial for the murder of a Spanish officer during the Insurrection only because of general amnesty pro claimed. In his speech yesterday Villa said that he had sanctioned the execution of the Spanish officer and that while he was op posed to another Insurrection, If such an Insurrection should come, he would be in favor of the killing of all Spaniards and of all who resembled Spaniards. A committee composed of Spanish resi dents o Manila called upon the Spanish consul demanding that the facts In this matter be presented to 0e government. Governor General Smith returned yester day from an Inspection of forty municipal ities located on the southern Islands and reports that conditions existing In all thoee places are highly satisfactory. RUIN IN CHINESE TYPHOON Thousands of Craft Are Srrumped nnd Many .Natives Drowned in Storm. CANTON, July 9 In a devastating ty phoon here yesterday morning thousands of native croft, Including the entire fleet of flower boats and many launches, cargo boats and lighters, were swamped, many people being drowned. The British river gunboat Robin and the French river gunboats Argus and Vigilante went adrift and were considerably damaged. The west river steamer Tung Kong foundered, the officers of the steamer Chay Sang gallantly rescuing Captain liasin and hla crew, seventy-eight survivors In all. In the city nu merous houses collapsed, entombing the oe. cupants. The public gardens were wrecked. Count Bonl's Suit Postponed. PARIS, July 29. Tie suit brought by Count Bon! De Castellane against his former wife, who Is now the Princess De Eagan, for ths possession of his three children hss been postponed until the fall term of the courts. HYMENEAL St nart-VaaSeor. LOGAN. Ia., July .-8peci.) The mar riage of Miss Vera Van Scoy and Prof. D. Paul Stuart was solemnised at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Van Scoy of Logan, at o'clock this morn ing. Rev. W. - N. Oravea of tha Methodist churoh officiated and Mlsa Lost Yates of Otaab played the wsddl&c march GOULD AND HARRIM MEET More Rumors of Close Alliance Between Thest Interests. BANKERS ATTEND CONFERENCE Statement that Rrle 1 to Assist Wheeling; in Meeting; Obligations In neturn for Share of Pittsburg; Tonnage. NEW YORK, July 29. A conference to day between George J. Gould, head of the Gould railroad system, E. H. Harrlman, president of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, and representatives of the banking firms of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Blair & Co. was accepted as giving substance to the report that Mr. Harrlman and his associates are about to enter upon a friendly arrangement with Mr. Gould which will harmonise the relations of the Gould and Harrlman railroad Interests. One of the Immediate results of this and other similar conferences Is expected to be the financing of the S8.000.CKXI of notes of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad company, which fall due next Saturday and which are guaranteed by the Wabash railroad. Both of these roads are Gould properties. Bltlr & Co., who participated In today's conference, have financed the Gould properties extensively In recent years, while Kuhn, Loeb & Co. also have been associated with Mr. Harrlman In some large financial undertakings. One of the financial Interests stated late today that the Wheeling & Lake Erie situation would be settled In a satisfactory man ner." It Is stated that a formal statement of some plan for meeting the notes will be made public by Mr. Gould tomorrow. In Wall street the belief prevails that E. H. Harrlman Is likely to figure promi nently In any financial support which may be given to the Gould properties. It Is believed that he will accept a place In the Wheeling & Lake Erie directorate and that this will be followed by an alliance, or at least a "working agreement" between that road and the Erie. Rumor further has It that Harrlman in fluence will be used to Improve the physical condition of the Gould road, in return for which the Erie will get a large share of Pittsburg tonnage now car ried by the Wheeling & Lake Erie. Mr. Harrlman declined to discuss sny phase of the Gould situation today. Merchants' Kates to Neve York. SEV YORK. July 29 Retail merchants In northern IUIdoIm, Wisconsin, Minne sota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne braska. Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Arkan sas, Oklahoma and Texas will enjoy spe cial merchants' rates to New York City on August 1 to 5. inclusive, with a return limit to August 30, according to annaunco ment made today by the New York Mer chants' association. This Is the first time that merchants rates have been operative to this city frcm points west of the Mississippi river. Following the Initiative of the Rock Island-'Frisco system, It was announced today all the railroads west of the Mississippi to Denver and south of the Missouri river, including Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas, have u greed to grant special rates to merchants of a fare and a half for the round trip under the cer tificate plan. 8. C. Mead, secretary o fthe Merchants' Association of New York, stated also that the association Is arranging a secono ae ries of these reduced fares from the west and the southwest covering the dates Au gust 15-11. inclusive. MOTHER CUTS SON'S THROAT Horrible Heed of Bonesteel Woman While Deranged by Poor Health. RONEsi'EKL, S. D., July 29. (Special Telegram.) Mrs. Frank Plnkham, living a mile north of here, this morning cut the throats of her two boys, aged 4 and 14 years respectively, and then her own. The two children were sleeping with their father when the deed waa done. A girl, t years old, who was sleeping with her mother, was unharmed. It is believed tha older hoy will recover, but the younger one and Mrs. Plnkham will probably die. Mrs. Plnkham'a windpipe was severed. The act was committed about daybreak. Mr. Plnkham was awakened by the whet-sing sound from the throat of the boy. He found two bloody knives and a rasor blade In the bed and on tha floor. His wife waa lying face down la a pool blood on tha floor. Ill health la supposed to have beaa the caus of ths borribl dead. LAGE TRACT OPEN TO SALE Mine Million Acres In Oklahoma Held by Indlnns May He Settled. WASHINGTON. July .-According to the terms of an act of the last session of congress removing restrictions on the alienation of land owned by member of the five civilised tribes of Indians in Okla homa, which went into effect Monday last, about 9,0NV0 acres of land, which has been tied up, has become avntlnhle to purchas ers. Acting Secretary Frank Tierce of the Interior department todny gave out the following statement, showing the effect of the law: "The act removes all restrictions from the alienation of the lands of KR.017 mem bers of the five civilised tribes and also removes the restriction from all of the lands except the homesteads of 6.101 more Indians of those tribes. The first Item of 6S.017 Includes all Indians having less than one-half Indian blood and also the. freed inen and Intermarried whites. The second Item of 6.103 are the members of the tribes which have from one-half to three-fourths Indian blood. The entire population of the five civilized tribes according to the ap proved enrollment Is W1.27. which leaves only 30.107 unaffected. The rentrlctlons of these 60,107 Indians may be removed In In- dividual cases by the secretary of the In terior on proper showing that the Indian Is qualified to take care of his own af fairs. There are only about 15,000 Indians In Oklahoma outbids of the five civilized tribes." The law will go far towards putting the lands owned by the Indian portion of the population of Oklalioma on a footing with that of other residents of the territory. POLISH PRIEST MAPT BISHOP Ordination of Father Rhode at Chi. rago Occasion for Demon stration hy Poles. CHICAGO. Juiy si. Prelates, priests and laymen from all parts of the I'nited States witnessed the consecration here today of Bishop-elect Paul Peter Rhodes, Chicago's new auxiliary bishop and the first Pollsh Amerlcsn priest In America to be elevated to the episcopate In the Roman Catholic church. Ever since the announcement on June 19 of the selection by Pope Plus X of the pastor of St. Michaels church, Eighty-third street and Ontario avenue, South Chicago, for the honor conferred upon him today, preparations for the cere monies had been In progress In each of the thirty-two Polish-speaking parishes of the city. Today every section containing a Polish hurch, or school, or other Institu tion, wks decorated In gala array and pre sented a festive appearance. Archbishop Qulgley conducted the con werrnt Ion cere monies in the Cathedral of the Holy Name. He was assisted by Bishop Muldoon of Chicago and Bishop Koudelka of Cleve land, O. A number of archbishops and bishops occupied scats of honor In the church. After the ceremonies the newly consecrated bishop, accompanied by the officiating nnd visiting churchmen par took of a banquet arranged by Chicago priests In the parochlul school hall of the Holy Name cathedral. Bishop Rhode then went to South Chicago and greeted the people of his own parish. A laymen's re ception and demonstration of the Polish organisations and parishes, the feature of which is expected to be a monster parade, has been arranged to take place tonight In the northwest portion of the city. BANK 0FFICERS ARE HELD Prominent .Mew Yorkers Are (barged with I.arrenlrs Amounting- to Forty Thousand Dollars. NEW YORK. July 29. Qua-at.tlue Cum niisfioner Frederick 11. Scliroeder, vice president cf the Eagle Savings and Loan company of Brooklyn, and Colonel Edward E. Brltton, president of the Eugl Saving anj Ixan company, were arraigned today before Judge Dike of Kings county on four Indictments charging them with grand lar ceny. Ths Indictments alleged that Schroeder and Brhtrn obtained sums segregating over M.OMi In cash from ths company on memo randum checks which were charged n the accounts of the company ss cash. When arraigned Schroeder snd Brltton pleaded not guilty and were held in $10,0t ball each. Officials of the district attorney's office state that while the Indictments apetlf cally charge that four sums, namely IjOO, 14,001, and MS, were obtained by Schroeder sod Brltton from December last until this month, the total sum of such alleged lar cenies will approximate ItO.OuQ, TAFT ACCEPTS CARD Judge Now Member of Steam Shovel and Dredgemen's Union. PRESIDENT D0LAN PRESENTS II Speaks of Cordial Relations Betweea Former Secretary and Union. REMARKS MADE BY MR. TAFT Evidence Men Are Convinced of His Desire to Do Square Thing. STARTS BACK TO HOT SPRINGS Dnrnls; the Day He Confers slth Arthur I. orys. State Chairman W illiams and Secretary Kliner Dover. CINCINNATI, July 2!.-William 11. Taft, accompanied by Mrs. Taft, left Cincinnati ' at .ll o'clock tonight for Hot Sim lugs. Va., whero they will remain until the opening of the campaign the first week of September. At that tlmo Mr. Taft will return to this city, where it Is the present intention to remain until election day. Tho day following notification day was one of comparative quiet. He had an extended conference with Arthur I. Vorys, his chief of staff, touching many minor mutters In connection with the Ohio situation. He also suw State Chairman Wiillums and Elmer Dover, secretary of the national committee. He was made a member of the international Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredgomcn and Into In the aft ernoon went In an automobile to the homo of his futhcr-in-law, Mr. Herron, where Mrs. Taft spent tho entire day. Mr. Taft said he felt no 111 effects of his sprtcch maklng exertions yesterday, but will go buck to the mountains with some relish for a niotnh of comparative quiet and golf. In accepting membership In the Shovel era' organisation, Mr. Taft hud this to say regarding labor: Tuft Tnlks on Labor. "I am very glad to have at your hands this expression of confidence In my efforts to do Justice while 1 was In office. The work upon which many of your members and I were engaged In one capacity or another, endeavoring to facilitate tho greatest constructive work of modern times, adds a great deal of Interest to me in the compliment you pay me today. I am especially gratified because you evince a liberal and impartial view lu thus tendering me, this compliment, lieacute In the administration of work on the isthmus, I did not always decide In favor of your contentions. But when I decided contrary to tho claim which was made by you, I tried to give reasons which I think by your action today were convincing of my desire to reach a Just conclusion. "President McKlnley had the honor to ba an honorary member of Xhe Bricklayers' union. President Roosevelt has the honor to be an honorary member of the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen. With such examples as that, and with the preoedenta In my own life In becoming an honorary member of a useful organisation, I cannot see the slightest objection to my accept ing this compliment at your hands, which 1 appreciate highly and which I shall always cherish as evidences thst there are some men whom I have convinced through my official work of my desire to do tha square thing for everybody." T. J. Dolan, president of the organisation, who Inducted Mr. Taft Into membership, in speaking of the manner In which Judge Taft had treated the organisation In refer ence to the can ul work, said: "We have always been treated by you in an eminently fair and Just manner." Shot Fired at Taft Boat. It became known publicly today that the steamer Islund Queen, which last night conveyed Judge Taft and a distinguished party. Including the notification committee, up the Ohio river, was fired upon by an unknown man on a shanty boat moored on the Ohio side of the river, opposite Dayton, Ky. Several shots from the. spent charge hit, but did not seriously Injure Mrs. Charles B. Russell of this city, who wss standing with her husband near the rail on the deck directly below where Mr. Taft was at the time standing. An Investigation of the affair Is being made by the steam boat company. How Mutotlna; Took Place. The Island Queen had steamed slowly around the bend at Dayton, Ky., and waa near the middle of the river when persona leaning on the la rims rd rail saw a man emerge frcm the cabin of a shanty boat moored on the Ohio bank and fire a shot gun. He was In his shirt sleeves and wore a straw hat. Mrs. Russell gave a scream and declared that she had been shot. She waa carried into the cabin, where It was found she waa not seriously Injured. One of the shot had penetrated the skin over her left eye and, another had struck her on the chin. The distance from the shore was so great that the charge of shot had almost spent Itself when It reached the boat. A number of the pellets pierced her dress. A man standing by Mrs. Ruxsell's chair was also hit by one of the shot, but he waa not hurt. The officers of the boat stated that they would make an Investigation In order to leirn the Identity of the miscreant who fired the gun. C. B. Russell said today: "I was standlr.g at my wife's side, but none of the shot struck me. It was lucky we were not closer to the Ohio shore. I saw the mun plainly, and at first thought him merely an enthusiastic celebrator. I do not like to bollcve that the shot waa fired with malicious Intent and It may have been only charxe that the spent charge struck Just below where Judge Tsft was Silling. ' llltt-hrock In Washington. WASHINGTON, July .-Frunk 11. Hitch cock, cliulnnai, of the republican national committee, und James T. Williams, his secretary, arrived here this afternoon from, Cincinnati. Mr. Hitchcock stated that ha would not be ready to announce the ap pointment of vice chairman of the advisory committee of the national committee for about a week. He lll leave Thursday r.ight for New York, where on Friday he ill lake i-p the work of prepsrlng tha headquarters of the national committee In that city for active business. Defaulting Teller Disappears. RACINE. Wis, Ju- I.-John Peliu'te, f isvlng teller of the First Na lonal lank, s short I ii,'"i In his ar omits snd has dispH-ari d. The i ii'ah ition was il,s ov. .red when the hank inspector came here on his semi-annual Inspection. When he t-nt-n-d the cage with Hchulte the latter suddenly left tne bunk. Saving h would return in a moment. Ha fsil.i to re urn 1 he money In the vsult wag taunted end futuid to te sliort fU,t, V