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    Fhe Omaha Daily Bee
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OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1908 TEN PAGES.
VOL. XXX VIII NO. 43.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
TWO X ItACKSORBERED
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
UCLL TALKS OF SITUATION
TAFT OX LAW'S DELA!
Friday, Aagast T, ItOS.
Iowa Congressman Says State is
Strong for Taft
Union Pacifio Prepare! to Doable Line
to Grand Island.
Candidate Addresses Meeting: oi
Virginia Bar Meeting".
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TO POSTPONE SENATORIAL FIGHT
WOEK MUST START AT OIJCE
Haniman Calli for Construction After
Learing Omaha.
MAZES PLEA FOE EQUAIIT1
Promptness in Rendering: Decision
Would Aid Poorer Litigants.
tawllllag te Ray Jfew Casassls
Will Get Place Meat leae
Latcey aad Walter I.
Smith.
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ft MUCH MATERIAL NOW EJ PLACE
Doubling of Line to
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AWAIT DEFINITE XSS.y..
TONS
Kutcra Railroad "
Over ronmlultxr Ola
Interpretation of 'Rat
Cm Decision.
Harr1man's trip across Uebraska ha
had en Immediate result and that la the
order which has gene forth from the
Union Pacific headdUBrters to proceed t
once with the completion of the double
track on the main line of the Union Pa
cific acroaa the atate of Nebraaka. The
llrst work t be completed will b the
double track from Omaha to Grand Island
and enough men will be put at work at
once to complete this work aa oon aa
possible. Moat of the rails and ties are In
place, but they have been laying . on the
(round for over forty mllea ever sine tne
orders went forth laat October to atop
work.
While It la not known at headquarter
Just what Mr. Harrlman had to lay on
the subject, it la known that a aoon aa
he had finished hla trip from Omaha to
Grand Island the ordera were Issued for
the operating department to put the second
track into condition for uae. When thla
work la completed the Union Pacific wiy
have 164 miles of contlnuoua double track
between Omaha and Grand Island. It is
the plan to have a double track from
Omaha to Julesburg, but no ordera have
been received for the continuation of this
work except east of Grand Island.
Rate Ralla Gives Alarm.
Eastern railroad managers are alarmed
over Commissioner Clark's Interpretation of
the Missouri Valley rats case decision. In
this decision the Interstate Commerce com
mission decided the rates from Chicago to
the Missouri river were too high on moat
classes of, goods, and especially on dry
goods. It baa been explained by expert
to the Chicago Association of Commerce
that ths decision means the announcement
by the commission of a new' principle,
which will revolutionise all theories and
uractlces of tats making. Ths railroad
managers declare that ths decision event
ually will meaa ths loss of many millions
of revenue to the railroads.
Commercial associationa of ths larger
traffic centers like Chicago, Ffttsburg and
St. Louis are fearful that when carried to
its logical conclusion It will in-sn a com
plete reversal of the commercial and In
dustrial map of the country. They fear it
will meaa ths reduction of some of the
commercial neuters th bulldlnc op of
others. A great change In the trend of
commerce through the country is antic!
pated. The shippers say they are certain of
one thing, and that is that there will be
' a stubborn tight in the court.
No Competitor Gets C. G. W.
The Chicago Great Western will not be
sold to any competing lines or to any other
line, according to the decision of the Eng
lish committee of the debenture holders
v. hich has decided upon a plan of reorgan
isation.
The feature of this plan is ths merging
of the preferred "8" and common stock
into ons class of stock and in working out
the arrangement 100 shares of preferred
"B" will be considered the equivalent of
930 shares of the common. When the road
went into the hands of receivers on
January I there was outstanding 134,127.000
of debenture stock, dividends on which are
cumulative, and other stock Issues a fol
lows: Eleven million, three hundred and
thirty-seven thousand dollars of preferred
"A." t3.104.00t preferred "B" and SU.46S.000
common. The company had no ouistand
Ing bonds.
Ths English debenture holders protec
tive committee has bad deposited with It a
majority of the stock and scrip outstand
Ing, held largely in England and Holland.
This committee has been working in per
fect harmony with the American debenture
holders' protective committee. It was said
today by a heavy stockholder that a sale
of the road Is out of the question, and tha'
even if the debenture holders desired It
ths unfavorable conditions that are likely
to exist for some time would cause them to
hold off. It is said that a new company li
to be farmed by the protective committees
to buy the property.
WAY CLEAR MURDER MYSTERY
Vosaaa Pssstl Desl la New Yerlc
Be IVatrwIt -tmkn.
NEW TORK. Aug. . That the charred
Body of a young woman found on a re
as dump bb Oreanpolnt a week ago
siay be that of Annie Herlvll. a Detroit
Henograpber, who came her seeking work
Is the latest polio theory. Her parent
In Detroit hav never heard from Miss
Uerlvil since shs reached this city a fort
sight ag and the descriptions and phs
Vtgraphs of the pleoea sf clothing and the
body lead them te believe that It may be
Uiat of Uair laughter. It la expected that
mm an win come from Detroit to try to
Identify ths body.
DETKOIT. Mlctu, Aug. 8.-11! as Anna
HeitHL who to missing and is thought
y her relaly here may possibly be the
ricttra of th Orsensatnt murder m Nw
Tork, left this city July X7 to take a
Urn Tver tor bar hosne m Boathaixtpum.
Pr'" Her relative here bars heard
kijthlng af ber smoa. The young werann
W.t her hssn to BouXbamBtoxi. July 4. wlih
her braihsr-tn-lcw, F. H. Goodmg sad
earn to her brother's hum her. On the
neamer en mat to New Toxk ha famed
lb ftcsnsistano of a maa. whs) paid her
treat artanrlnn. A tew days after ber
arrival Latre in HrrtvH nerama iTtssfls
fled and expressed a wise to Tvrara kssne.
iter sawdiar fmalty arraasjad fear
sack t Bssilissiipton. but her
Onds ttuU jut such perano as Mia BsrivQ
tosk T sgs as be bad arraagad cm ths
Whtt Star steamer lty Sk. Ooedhag
cauls) suggest no reason far th gtrl naTng
W maj-dtred. H says aa aaa keamed
t&at Mum BerhrO Ustura Iravrtna; bar tried
to s& ef bar ps ag frosn Xew Tsrk
to acsnJaunjaaBi. wbxch We Is bam to a
NEBRASKA Oener-
ally fair today.
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roiElOI.
Myllus Erlchsen, a Danish explorer, jr-
lshes while trying to cross great icepacs
of Greenland. Fags i
Eight hundred lives have been lost since
bombardment of Tabrls has begun. 1
Iags 1
Taaul Indians are reported to have killed
party of thirteen, and ranchera are band- I
ing for protection. ! 1
Ambassador Hill delivers an address be-
fore the Congress of Hlstoriana at Berlin,
FOUTXCAX.
Judge Taft discusses the administration
f Justice in the courts in an address be
fore the Virginia Bar association.
Congressman J. A. T. Hull says Iowi
will be strong for Taft and that senti
ment Is in favor of postponing senatorial
fight until after election. Ps" 1
DOMESTIC.
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed six
warehouses filled with whisky at Lexing
ton.
Next convention of Jewelers' .National
association will be held In Omaha.
rag 1
X.OCAX.
Dahlman democrats defend John E. Rea-
,m h. im. f hpin a cornora-
tion cormorant Other political goaslp.
Pife jo
T. F. Sturresa. secretary of National
Corn exposition, returning from a western
trip on corn show business, says crops in
Nebraska were never better than now.
rag
Wsrehous of National Wool Growers'
association will be located in Omaha If
liberal proposition from banks and bust-
ness men has anything to do with it
a I
Acting Mayor Johnson addresses letter
to cltlsens asking everybody to go to ths
Des Molnes-Omaha ball game today, pro-
ceeda of which go to St. James' orphanage.
An order has been given, as the result
ot Mr. Harrlman'k recent transit 'across 1
Nebraska, to Oouble-track the Union Pa-
ciflc west from Omaha at least as far aa
Grand Island. rag 1
Rain In many parts of Nebraska lays
the dust and makes assurance of a good
corn crop doubly sure. ' S
Western League
7 Omaha vs. Sioux City Z.
S Ies Moines va Lincoln S.
National League
6-7 Philadelphia vs. Chicago-.
9 Pittsburg vs. Boston L
! 8t. Louis va Brooklyn 0.
0 New Tork vs. Cincinnati S.
American League
1 ashlngton vs. Cleveland .
1 New York vs. St. Louis t ,
1 Boston va Chicago t.
American Association
S Columbus va Toledo 18.
8 lutsvllle va Indianapolis 1
S Kansas City vs. Milwaukee Z.
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SABLE ISLAND Cesrlc W0 mile east of
Bandy Hook at noon; will probably dock
at p. in. Friday.
MIMIC WARFARE IS BEGUN
Hives aa Bftwii at Caata Craw f era
Ai-c Salvias; FrwMeass (
Attack..
CAMP EMMET CRAWFORD. Wyo..
Aug. .-(Special.) The provisional divtaion
of tha regular army under command of
Brigdier General Charles Moton ia now
salting down to the real war problem bast,
The movement embrac a large area of
territory and aro carried out with a strict
fidelity to actual campaigning In the field.
The forces are a usual divided into tha
"blues" and "browna." The problem fixed
for solution during the present week is
that of "Attack and Defense of a Selected
Position. " Beginning with Thursday
morning Exercise No. 4. of Problem 1,
will ' be undertakes. The dispositions of
the blues are given lu the circular
announcing th problem, as follows:
Oeneral Situation A brown force has
been moblnawg far the past week at Islay.
while a blue (xree has been gathering at
Laraoue. Th arocoaa has proceeded to
such aa extent that a small body of browns
has beea pushed forward to tne neighbor
hood ui Mi'KechftM s ranch, te protect tne
further cuucexitrallon of men aud supplies.
Likewise blue ha dlspatcnrd a mixed de
tachment to (he neighborhood of 'J'elephan
Sprkngs to cover lis main body against
suranse.
Sportal Situation Blue Our secret agent
having reported that th browna are oon-criitT-atrng
a small detament of ail arms
st Mckochnte'B rrmcn, n th ru4 be
tween Telephone k)prtn-s and lalay, tt be
oomea Important tnat ids mobilisation be
interfered with and brown driven back
toaaria Lnay before he ahaD have time
to prepare a etrong defensive poalilon.
According the blue detachment en the
Laramie-TrVpboi, Spnilgs road received
roirucilcms t roT forward slang the
read leasing through points 8---li-- and
av faooiue force thai - aarhl be en-
oxuniaes Ax a. hi, Aagust t. la, the
furenieai eWaceit at the ooiumn had ar-
lew a Mass to lauvsraasua.
MILWArZJt, Wis. Aug- l-DaljsUs
from aC Yum s ths ooxmiry gatnesad hare
today to attend the first acucuaj nanism
tiim af tb wprirmsl Traswken asaai is'Va
ef AJnerSna. A. O. ghassar Iowa Ctty.
to&rserary alsstraossL
FORRCAFT FOR
(From a Ptaff Correspondent.)
WABHINGTON. . Aug. .-(Bpec1al Tele
gram. Representatives W. P. Hepburn and
J. A. T. Hull left Wahlngton tonight to
attend the funeral of Senator William B.
Allison. In reply to a question regarding
the political situation In Iowa, which may
be brought to a most acute state through
the death of the late senator from Iowa,
Representative Hull said:
"kefs fight our fight against democrats
In Iowa and when that has been finished
turn to the matter of choosing a United
States senator. Mr. Allison always was
for harmony in the republican party and
It is what he would have wished had he
lived
"Jurt before Senator Allison's death, the
outlook in Iowa was good from the repub-
, ... ...
imueu r. nun. Little nas'Deen neara
lately of Cummins and anti-Cummins men.
nu mere iia a cnance ior more real
narmcny aunng tne coming campaign than
iowa has seen In year. Republican can-
dldates for the legislature have all been
nominated and there cap be no change In
the statutes until after the election. -
'The legislature which has been noml
nated would have re-elected Allison had he
lived. What course It will pursue now re-
mains So be seen, and should be settled
after election, to avoid, so far as possible,
friction in the republican ranks.
Hot Picking- the Winner Hew.
Mr. Hull said that Cummins undoubt
edly had strong friends and a large fol
lowing, but he was not willing to say
Cummins would be the winner In the sena
torial race. Lecey, he said, might be the
logical and strong candidate, aa also might
Walter I. Smith of Council Bluffs.
'I do not think any fight over the senar
torshlp, if there Is one, would endanger
the state for Taft," said Mr. Hull.
'Iowa should go republican by 60.0G0, If
not more. From 60.000 to 70,000 is the state's
normal republican majority. Roosevelt, of
course, swept the state by 180.000. But he
or ti '
a' wl iaay man any oxner man wno
nunv run.
nun paid a innuie to nenator aiii
on- whose loss, he said, will be felt by
ln wnoie country as wen as in iowa.
Senator Allison he declared to be one of
the greatest leaders any state has ever
produced, a man who did mere In the last
forty years to keep together the republican
party In Iowa than any other man.
Hall's Hard CaasBa.la.
Congressman Hull ha Just arrived from
the west, where he participated in the most
strenuous campaign of his tihole political
nr. lh, closeness of tho vote to the pri
marie, being largely due. according to Mr.
Hull, to his failure to look after his fences.
Colonel Hepburn let urns to Iowa, with
Mrs. Hepburn, aad, they amy .retrials for
,-v. v, . . n .. .
U, '..lutlon with Trtends at
horn.
The sbstract of the condition of the 'na
tional banks of Nebraaka. exclusive of
Omaha aid Lincoln, on July IS shows the
average reserve held st 17.08 per cent, ns
sgalnst I7.X2 per cent on May 34. Ixans
and discounts Increased from S41.72S.S00 to
S44.0fkg.720. gold ooin decreased from S1.C04,-
143 to S1,5I7,2, the lawful money reserve
decreased from S3,S71,a6t to IS. 7X1. 274. the
individual deposit decreased from $44,579,284
to S44.oD8.li4.
H. C. Wilson of Bloux City, la., has been
appointed tariff clerk st a salary, of $1,300
in the Interstate Commerce commission.
Alfred V. Robotham was appointed post
master at Walton, Lancaster county, Ne
braska, vice J. W. Knight, resigned.
ISLAND GIFT BY MRS. SAGE
Widow af Ftnaacler May Deaate Sit
far Military Preparatory
School.
NE3W TORK, Aug. t. It is learned from
a New York friend of Mrs. Russell Bags
that she is thinking seriously of purchas
ing Constitutional island in the upper Hud
son, opposite West Point, and presenting
It to the United States government as a
site on which to erect the world's greatest
military preparatory school school that
will be to West Point what Eton Is to Ox
ford and Lawrencevllle Is to Princeton.
Mrs. Sage would like to give to West
Point a preparatory school, it Is said, where
boys, particularly those from remote places
where the public schools are not th beat.
cn receive th preparatory education nec-
I essary to pass the rigid examination re-
I Quired of all candidate for cadetahip at
th United State Military academy.
I Teaiaent Kooaevelt I said to OS in rvor
of tn P11 10 stablish such a school and
" certain that even if Mrs. Sag doe not
Present the island to th government a de
terminer rion wiu m made in th next
congress to get an appropriation through to
Purchase It. The island can be bad for a
um between S1M.000 to $300,000.
SIX WAREHOUSES DESTROYED
Fir Believed ta Be Iaeeadlary Barms
Alssoat Fifty Tkesiasi Barrels
af Whisky at Sf Id way.
LEXINGTON. Ky.. Aug. 7. A fir be
lieved to have been of inoendiary origin
which raged from 14 o'clock laat night until
nearly daylight this morning destroyed sis
targe bonded warehouses of th Graenbaum
distillery at Midway, Woodford county, cub-
talnlng 4T.sut barrels of whisky, and threat
ened the northern part of th town. Th
property loss waa at lest. 8i.ft.g0a, whl't
th Mcstruottr loss to th government In
I th destruction of whisky Is band, amount
ing to UOAOeo gallon, will be nearly SX&XV
The fir was on C th moat dii
trwo knewn te eeatral Kentucky. It ia ba-
iiflTod te nav been of incendiary origin.
YACHT RACE ALMOST FATAL
mt Boats Capala at LaV Gestrs
ui Csilesiga Maurra strata er
LAHE " Aug. 8.-In
I regatta In wind and water so stiff that
I oeven yachts were capslaed. Oeorge Buss,
brother of Chicago's mayor, was tangled
I yesterdsy In th sub-nerged rigging of his
boat, Yankee Girl, and was dragged out
I unconscious. Ths rescue waa mad by
I J. J- Mitchell, dresUent af th ISinots
I Trust and asrtna bank; X C Haty and
I Perd W. Peck, Waa war aboard Mr.
I MttrtisW1 ateaon yacht. lanrlsa
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-TAW. OLD
RIGHT.
From Harper's WsekJy.
FATAL TRIP FOR EXPLORER
Mylius Erlchsen and Companions Per
ish in Greenland.
DRIVEN TO SEA' ON ICE FLOE
Party Waa Trytasj t Cross Eteraal
Saowcap of' Greealaaal Throng
Region Devoid af All
Food.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. $. Mylus Erlch
sen, the Danish explorer, hae met his
death In the far north, according to Infor
mation contained in a telegram to the com
mittee of Denmark-Greenland expedition
Erlchsen and two of his companions who
sailed with him from Copenhagen July St,
1906, to the unexplored regions of the north
eastern coast of Greenland, perished in a
snowstorm. The three men were on an
expedition over th loe when disaster over
took thm. Otherwise to exploring party
ha been successful.
Large tract of unknown land hare been
mapped out and th entire northeastern
coast of Greenland baa been charted. '
A telegram says that Ertchseu and his
companions were on an Ice floe which
drifted out to sea, TbJr provisions became
exhausted and . they '( drifted for . days,
growtng weaker and' waker.--When the
floe waa ' finally driven sack to-land the
three men did not nave sufficient strength
to make the effort necessary to return to
the station. Tbey must have perished on
the shore. The Esquimaux who brought in
the newt of the disaster arrived at the
station In a dying condition and succumbed
immediately after making his report.
ladertakes Perilous Trip.
Myllus Erlchsen had devoted several
years to the exploration of Greenlsnd. He
has made several trips north, supported
financially by the Danish government.
Mr. Erlchsen planned on this last trip,
and this was the most adventurous portion
of his undertaking, to cross the eternal ice
cap of Greenland at its broadest part by
means of snow shoes, dog sleds and sn
automobile. He ia supposed to have set
out about March, 1SJ6, accompanied by ooe
of his staff and two Greenlanders belong
ing to the crew. Erlchsen and the three
men were to proceed to the unknown Ice
dome of the Interior, which rises at its
highest to 10,000 feet sbove rea level. This
region is completely devoid of vegetable
and animal life and here is to be found
one of the cold poles of the northern htm-
lephere. It Is doubtful if man could live
there In the coldest season. Under the cir
cumstances the leader chose the months of
March. April and May for his venture. He
hoped to compass this venturesome Journey
in about two and a half months, coming
out on the west coaat.
THIRTEEN KILLED BY YAQUIS
Raacbsaea Ar Coinblalag to Resist
th Indians oa tne War
path. EL PASO. Tex., 'Aug. 6. W. M.. Gillette
of Santa Carlos Indian reservation, Arl
aona. who Is In this city, received a letter
today from A. D. McPhee. superintendent
of the Promontory mine, twenty miles from
Montesuma, Sonera, stating that Taqul In
dians on July H killed thirteen people out
of three families near Lampasas mine. The
letter says ranchers of tha surrounding
country have congregated at the Promon
torio mine prepared to resist th Indians.
TWO MURDERED BY PIRATES
Oatlavta Attack Cassp of Mining E
Ktaeer .la Tral Mai
District.
VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 8. News wss
brought by the Tosa Maru of the murder of
two Hong Kong engineerB, M. Fearby and
M. Sutherland, in Tral Mai district. Ton
kin. by Chinese pirates, who. armed with
rifles, attacked the camp of the mining en
glneers and ahot them down.
Both men had been working in the Phil
ipplnes before going to Tonkin.
JAF8 ARF, HfcPL.All.NU STRIKERS
Several Carloads of Orientals la Ca
nadian Farias Shops.
WINNIPEG. Mm., Aug. 8 Ths Csnadian
Pacific railroad is now replacing some of
the strikers in western shops by Japanese.
Several coachloads were brought in last
night from the mountain section to 8wift
Current and Medicine Hat, while Gallrlans
do duty at Moos Jaw. Japanese are being
gathered on the Pacific coast and more are
expected today. They will be placed In
roundhouses as wipers and will do small
repair work under Instructions.
Ths crux of the situation lies in ths atti
tude of the engineers, firemen and con
ductors and indlcstions ar that the Jeal
ousies which have spoiled previous strikes
for the men hav now d.aaj pesred and that
four daya hence the whole Canadian Pa
cific reilway service will be tied up by
the operatives refusing to take out malls
on ths ground that th train hav not been
properly Inspected)
BOY. DON'T YOU THINK YOU COULD LEAJtN TO
BILL. LF YOU COULD MANAGE TO LOOSEN UP THAT
HILL TALKS TO HISTORIANS
Asnerleaa Ambassador to Germssr Is
Waraaly Keeelved at Ber
lin CosgreM,
BERLIN, Aug. 6. The International Con
gress of Historical Sciences, whose annual
sessions have attracted scientists from all
parts of the world, Is being held this year
from August 6 to August 12 in the great
Philharmonic hall here. The governing
body selected Dr. . David Jayne Hill, am
bassador of the United States to Germany,
for tha distinction of delivering the open
ing address. Dr. Hill dealt In his lecture
with "the ethical function of th historian."
In closing he said:
Th one constant factor In the historic
process is human nature, which Is some
times governed by reason, but generally
moved by impulse. The business of the
historian, therefore, is not to make his
tory seem reasonable by placing upon It
a scientific stamp foreign to its nature,
but to display the motives that have de
termined the historic process as it has
in reality been unfolded. If he is thus
faithful In his exposition of motive and
result, his work will have a far greater
scientific value than If he Imports Into
it principles and methods borrowed from
other sciences dealing with materials of a
different nature, or products e! purely
Intellectual abstraction, for the effect of
this importation is to Impart to history
an appearance of reasonableness that it
does not In reality posses.
Thus, from every point of view, we see
that the function of the historian is not
to deal with uniformities and universal
formulas, but with the variations of hu
man conduct and to measure its success
and Its failure upon ths scale of rational
endeavors; for history Is the - record of
man's effort t lsw the1' problems with
which his nature and his environment
confront him. It Is good for mankind to
realise that, although living in s universe
governed by lew. as a result of its free
dom is has sometimes gone wrong, and
that, without loyal adherence to great
principles, it may go wrong again. Ths
best antidote to this eventually is a trua
science of the past. But. whethep It be
for good or for evil, as men of science,
dealing with the largest and most In
structive aspect of human development,
historians are bound by that scientific
conscience which Is the test, the badg
and the glory of their profession, to un
veil reality and to give reolng to th
words. "Die Weltgeschlchte 1st das
Weltgericht."
Prince Frederick Leopold was present a
the representative of Emperor William.
Dr. Pethmann-Holweg, minister af the in
terior, welcomed the delegstes In the name
of Chancellor Von Buelow and the empire.
The mayor of Berlin made a speech in be
half of the municipality In which he said
he hoped the congress woufd be a second
peace conference.
Dr. Hill then read his address, at the con
clusion of which he was warmly applauded:
GIVES BUILDING TO THE POPE
Two Haadred American Pilgrims Ar
Received at the Vatican by
FM PI as.
ROME, Aug. a The pope today received
Americsn pilgrims who left New Tork
last month under the direction of Rt. Rev.
James H. McGean and J. J. McGrane of
Brooklyn. McGrsne presented the pop
with a building in New Tork valued at
SMi.OCC, which is to be given to the Italian
SsJeslan fathers for the establishment of
a college. Mr. McUrane presented the pope
with tl.eoc. the offerings of the pilgrims.
The pope thanked the pilgrims and Im
parted the spostollc blessing.
THIRTY JAP BRIDES ON BOARD
Many Wedding Will Follow Arrival
of Steamer Toaa Mara at
Beettl.
VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 8. There will be
many msrriages when the steamer Tosa
Maru. which arrived yesterday, reaches
Seattle, for there are over thirty Japanese
women, mostly secured by proxy under the
oil hetographlc ceremony, who will have
to be claimed by husbands before Immigra
tion officers will let them lend. The Tos
Maru lost by two days in a race with the
Monteagle with silk.
NO SUBSIDY FOR CANADA LINE
New Zealand Government Refases
Aid, as It Will Not Revive
U!d Service.
VICTORIA, B. C. Aug. 8. The New Zea
land government ha refused to enter into
any arrangemtnt to aid in the grant of a
subsidy to the Canadian-Australian Hi.,
according to advice received from New
Zealand. New Zealand's lesson for ref Jtlrg
to contribute to the arrangement is that
owing to the Brisbana Call the service is
of no value to secure the revival of the
steamship line to San Francisco.
CARDINAL GIBBONS IS ILL
Takes to Bed at Rosa with Iaestlaal
Troaole aad Tessporatar
Is High.
ROME, Aug. 8 Cardinal Gibbons wss
taken ill yesterday at Castle Gandolfo with
intestinal trouble. He was driven into
Rome and baa been obliged to take to his
bed. His temperature at present is 10L
The cardinal srrtved her from New
Tork July SO and had an audience with tb
pop August L Hs went to Castle Gandolfo
to visit th villa of th American college.
LOVE KE r
BAG A BIT."
PERSIA IN THROES OF WAR
Eight Hundred Have Been Lost in
Bombardment of Tabriz.
NEW TUB.KISH MTMSTEY RESIGNS ;
. I
loans Torks Present Slate Accom
panied by Vltlmataat Saltan's ,
Nephew Lynched and Sev
eral OfBcer Arrested.
TABRIZ, Aug. 6. There has now been
thlrtyflve days fighting in the streets of
Tabris and the casualties due chiefly to
bombs thrown from mortars and shrapnel
are estimated at 800. Many of the iintr
residences of the city and hundreds of
shops In the basements have been looted,
the loss in this direction being placed Vt
more than 11,000.000.
The American missionaries in the city
have been exposed to stray bullets, hut
although they have had some narrow
escapes none of them has been Injured.
During one of the heavier bombardments a
piece of shrapnel fell in a garden within
a few feet of one of the mission servants.
There Is a very bitter feud going on be
tween the constitutional progressives, who
hold eleven wards of the city and the re
actionaries, who hold one large ward. The
mass . of the people, however, have in
formed the central government thst they
are not opposed to the shah. Those who
are sealous for the continuation of the old
regime regard the constltltlonal progres
sives as revolutionaries. The local as
sembly, or Anjurnsn, did on one occasion
express seditlonary views, but later ac
knowledged the supremacy of ths shah
and adjourned definitely In token of sub
mission. TEHRAN, Aug. 8. A battery of quick
firing guns has been sent from here to
Tsbrls. The shah la argumentlng the mili
tsry forces In Teheran by the formation of
new units of troops.
Cabinet Forced to Resign.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 8.-t-ald Tasha,
the grand vlzar, and the newly formed
ministry have resigned. The sultan has
accepted the rerlgnatlons snd tonight In
vited Lemalledlu Effendl, the Shelk-Ul-Islam
and Klamll Pasha to foim a new
cabinet. The nc-WHpapera assert thst
Mehmed All Bey, minister to the United
States, has been relieved of his functions.
He Is the son of Inet Bey, former sec re
ts ry and advisor to the sultan, who after
the proclamation of constitution flod
aboard the steamer Maria bound for a
Mediterranean port.
The notorious Fehml Pasha, former
president of the council of state, has been
lynched at Yenlshair in the vlllsyet of
Brusa, Asia Minor.
Memduh Pasha, Hassan Rami Pasha and
Rechld Tasha, respectively ex-ministers of
the marine and former president of the
Constantinople council, were arrested to
day and conducted to the ministry of police
amid the Jeers and hisses of the populace.
The arrest has been ordered of other prom
inent officials of the old regime snd Tahsin
Pasha, former svere'sry to Abdul Hamld,
and Abdul Hulu, court astrologer, have
already been taken into custody.
Fehml Pasha was the sultsn's adopted
nephew, and was well thought of. He
was appointed chief of the spy department
and in this position terrorised the country.
He enriched himself by estsblishlng gam
bling ssloons In the capltol. but finally
overreached himself In a dispute with Ger
many in wot. He selsrd a cargo of wool
destined for Hamburg. To this German
made a strenuous protest snd as a result
an imperial irade was Issued In Februarj
of thst year banishing Femi to Asia minor ,
I'Mlmatasa front laiai Tnrka.
It transpires that the Ealonlkan com
mittee's demands, which Include the arrest
of the cour camarilla, were presented tc
the grand vizier In the form of an ulti
matum which was to expire Thursday. Tht
sultan summoned the SlielU Ul Islam to tht
TUdls Kiosk early this morning and ln
sisted on knowing the reason fur his resig
nation. The Sheik Ul Islam thereupon de
clared that the imperial rescript was il
legal and unconstitutional. As a result of
this conference Abdul Hamld Invited the
grand vizier to resign.
The Sheik Ul Islam spent the entire after
noon at the palace in deliberations con
cerning the new cabinet, but nothing was
decided upon. Ths hands of the sheik and
Klamll asha are virtually tied, the Young
Turks' committee having prepared a list
of acceptable ministers. Including one
Greek and one Armenian, which it will
insists upon unless Kiamll Pasha quickly
forms a satisfactory cabinet.
State Department Not Informed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-A cable dispatch
from Ambassador Lelshman at Constanti
nople came to th Stat Cepartroent Just
bofor closing hours this afternoon. It
relalod to a comparatively unimportant
rouUn matter and made no mention of
(Continued ua aVeuood Page.)
JUSTICE IS TOO EXPENSIVE
Cost of Obtaining: Bedress Often
Greater Than Amount at Issue.
LTMITLXa USE OF ' PR0PEBT1
nestrlrtlons that Will Keep It fro)
Melng Devoted ta I'nlawfal Far
poses Is One Iteform that
Is deeded.
HOT SPRINGS, Va.. Aug. 8 -Followlng a
technical analysis cf federal procedure by
Judge Henry C. McDowell of Lynchburg,
William H. Taft today addressed the Vir
ginia Bur assoclat!on. giving In detail hla
views on the delay In the administration of
the law and suggestions for reformers.
Judgp Taft presented his suhjtct by stat
ing that the end sought in the adminis
tration of Justice wss to promote trsn
qutllity and contentment among ths peo
ple. It hnd, hs said, long been established,
that the supreme court of the United State
was the ultimate arbiter of the great po
litics! and legal Issues, deciding upon ths
limitation of both the legislation and exec
utive branches of the government, which
hsd carried th usefulness of the courts
beyond anything attempted In other coun
tries. Notwithstanding this deslrabl situa
tion, Mr Taft expressed a doubt that our
present administration of Justice insured
general popular satisfaction with Its re
sults. "There are." he said, "abundant evMsnrea
that the prosecution of criminals have not
been certain and thorough to the point of
preventing popular protest. The existence
of lynching 1n alt parts cf the country is '
directly traceable to this lack of uniformity
and thoroughness In the enfrooement of
our criminal lnws."
Shoald Limit Ts of Property
"The present is a time when all our In
stitutions are being subjected to closs
scrutiny with a view to the determination
whether w have not now 'i.ej the Instl
tutlons upon which modern society rests
to tho point of proving thst some of them
should be radically changed. The chief at
tack is on ths Institution of private prop
erty and Is based upon the inequalities in
the distribution of wealth and of human
happiness that ar apparent In our pres
ent system. I believe that the Institution
cf private property, next to that of per
sonal liberty, has had most to do with the
uplifting and physical and moral improve
ment of the whole human race, but that
Is not inconsistent with th rights of prlvstj
property to Impose limitations upon Its
uses for unlawful purposes and that this
is the remedy for reform ratter than the
abolition of the institution Itself. Rnt this
scrutiny of our Institutions, this Increas
ing deposition to try experiments to see
whether titers is not some method by which
human happiness may be more equally dis
tributed than It Is, ought to make thoas
of us who really believe In our Institutions
as essential to further progress, anxious to
remove real and Jut.t grounds for criticism
In our present system. I venture to think
that one evil which ha not attracted the
attention of the community st large, but
which Is likely to grow In Importance a
the Inequality between the poor and rich
in our civilization Is studied, is the delays
In the administration of Justice between
Individuals. As be,aeen two wealthy cor
porations or two wealthy Individual liti
gants and where the subject matter of the,
litigation reaches to tens and hundreds of
thousands of dllsrs, our present system,
while not perfect, is not so far from proper1
results ai to call for anxiety. The Judges
of the country, both state and national, ar
average good men. Venality in our Judges
Is very rare.
Uneqaai Borden of Delays,
"The Inequality that exists in our pres. nt
sdmlnistratlon of Justice and that sooner or
later Is certain to rise 2nd trouble us and ,
to call fur popular condemnation and in
form is In the unequal burden which the
delays snd expense of litigation under our
s.vslem imposes upon the poor litigant."
One remedy, Mr. Taft aald, must be re
form in our Judicial procedure, which I
now too cumbersome. Another would be
more expedition on the part of Judges In
rendering tin lr opinions. Delay, he said,
always worked to the detriment of the poor
and the benefit of the wealthy litigant. As
to appeals Mr. Taft billeves that "th
court of first mian(e" and the Intel me
diate appellate court should be for the pur
pose of finally dispoxing in a Just and
prompt way of contentions between liti
gants. The appellate Jurisdiction of th
court of last resort should be limited to
those esses which are typical and whi n
givn an i.pp.jrtunlly to cover the whole lied
i f the law.
Redaction of tesrt Fees.
"I belief that a great reform might bt
etfe ted certainly In the federal court,
and I think, too, in the state courts, by a
! mandatory reduction of the court coats and
ft-t. Th salaries of the court officers
should be fixed and should bs paid out of
the treasury of the country, state or n
ticnal government, as the case may be,
and lees should be reduced to a low a
f.gure as possible.
"I think another step in ths direction of
the dUiatch of litigation would be the re
ijulreweiit of higher qual.fications for those
Jju-s who sil In the cases involving a
small pecuniary amount.
"Another method by wh'ch their irtita
tlun at the inequality in our administration
of Justice may be reduced is by the intro
duction of a system for the settling of
damage suits brought by employe against
public service corporations through off.
cal arbitration and Khout resort to Jury
trials. Such a system Is working In Eng
land, as 1 am informed, and has ben
successfully inaugurated in Massachusetts.
No one can l.sve sat on th federal bench
as I did for eight or nine years and not
tealiie how detective the administration of
Jubt.ce in these cases must have em. d
to the defeated plaintiff, whether he nas
the legless or armless employs himself or
his personal representatlvea"
Dlsroaats Jury Trials.
As to the Jury system Sir. Taft laid:
"We cani.ot, of durst-, dispense with lb
Jury system. It is that wokh n.akes the
people a part of the admlnstratton of Jus
tice, but every means which In civil case
litigant may be Induced voluntarily to
avoid th expense, delay and burden trials,
ought to be aacouragtd botaus la LLlg way
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