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VOL. XXXVIII NO. 62.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1903 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPV TWO CENTS.
DAY OF CONFERENCES
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Omaha
LEADING SOCIETY MAN SHOT
Charles. B. Roberts of Baltimore
Wounded at Atlantic City
A Sad Farewell
CIMARRON AT FLOOD
"A platform it binding- as to what it omits as well as to what it contains. An official is not at liberty to
urge personal views." Bryan's speech of acceptance.
Republican Leaden r to Oyster Bay
to Consul, 'dent.
CAMPAIGN FOR PRESSMEN
Hitchcock, Sherman a -.Kinley
Dlicun Situation on Th -urn.
Number of Houses Are Washed Away
in Folsom, New Mexico.
AFFAIR OCCURS ON BOARD WALK
FIFTEEN PERSONS ARE DROWNED
ssnassM
Eleven Bodies Have Been Recovered
tnldeutlSed Blan Meets Chair la
Welch Reberts Was Rldlusr with
Mrs. W. S. G. Williams,
Shoots aad Escapes,
and list May Be Increased.
SUMMARY OF THE DEE
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
Wi( Virginia Contest U Taken In
and Rival Caudidntee Notlged
te Appear and Present
Their Cases.
NEW YORK. Aug. 28 Chairman Hitch
cock of ths republican committee had a
long conference at the Manhattan hotel with
Jamea 8. Sherman, republican nominee for
vice president; Representative William' Mc
Klnley, chairman of the republican congres-
lo'jal committee, and Representative Lou
denslager, aecretary. The conference began
upon the, return of these gentlemen from
Oyster Bay. where they were called by
President Rooaevelt for -a talk about the
congressional aituatlon. 'It was late before
the conference waa concluded, but the Hat
Of pongressmen who are to; be Invited to
make apeeches In both the national and
congressional campaign! waa completed. It
la aald that President (Rooaevelt displayed
Interest In the arrangementa toeing made for
a vigorous campaign. He waa able to give
Chairman McKlnley and Secretary Louden
alager many valuable auggeattona and thcae
were approved also by Mr. Bherman, who
waa chairman of the congressional commit
tee until hla nomination for the vice presi
dency. ' , Campaign South.
No details of the conference at Oyater Bay
were made public. It waa admitted, how
ever, that arrangementa were made to en
list apeakera for a contest in a number of
districts In southern states which are now
represented by democrats.
Secretary Strauss of the Department of
, Commerce and Labor, who waa a caller at
national .headquarter, waa asked an opin
ion of" the governorship question. He
would not say whether ha believed that Mr.
Hughe snould or should not lie nominated,
but he aald: ' "Politically we should not
tcmporlss with the will ol tho people. The
leaders should learn the will of the people
and then properly represent their views."
' Executive Committee) Meeta.
The meeting of the executive committee
waa taken up largely with a general dis
oiMSlon of routine affairs and some tlma
devoted also to the question of finances.
There were present Mr. Hitchcock, Mr.
Brooker Of Connecticut, Mr. Ward of New
York and Mr. Pupont of Delaware, nam-
. btraof .tb'xe04ttW.cwtn"ltte;Mjr. .Shel
don, treasurer' of the national committee,
and ' Cornelius Bliss and Senator Crane,
members of the advisory committee.
The West Virginia controversy waa taken
vp today by Messrs. Ward, Dupont and
Brooker, but no declalon waa reached. The
two' contesting nominees for governor of
statea, Mr. Swisher and Scherr, were noti
fied to appear next Thursday at 10 o'clock.
The first rally of negro votera to ba held
during the campaign occurred tonight here.
The meeting was addreased by former
gvernor Plnchback of Louisiana, with T.
trnoti, register of the United Stales treas
ury und a number of othera.
TAKT LEAVES KOH LAKE kHIH
Brains Trip Middle Baas Island
. Tonight.
HOT SPRINGS, Va., Aug. ,28Judge Tatt
and party will leave here tonight for a
week'a fishing as the guest of the Middle
Bass Fishing club of Middle Basa Island,
Lake Erie. On his way to Toledo, where
a steamer Is to be taken, he will stop at
Athens and address a gathering of veterans
of the civil and Spanish-American wars.
The speech, which will be nonpolltlcal will
be delivered after the candidate and Mm.
Taft have had luncheon as the guests of
Charles K. Orosvenor of that place.
Fred W. Carpenter, Judge Taft's private
aecretary, haa completed the details for the
accommodation of ths Taft party at the
Hotel SInton, in Cincinnati.
The office rooma will be on the eighth
floor. There will be six of them, one each
for the candidate, the chief of staff, the
publicity bureau, the private aecretary, the
managing force and the stenographers. A
reception rcm also haa been provided op
posite the office suite. For ths present
Judge Taft and family will make their home
at tin Blnton.
Secretary Carpenter and force will re
main here for a day or two putting things
In order and will then go direct to the
Slnton hotel headquartera to take care of
the mall, which la growing heavier each
day. -Judge Taft will reach Cincinnati from
Middle Baaa Island on or about Septem
ber 7.
MEW SPEAKING DATES FOR BRYAN
.Nebraska Caadldate Plana to Talk at
Lincoln Daring Fair, .
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. i.-Wllllam
J. Bryan passed through Kanaaa City this
Bornlr.g on his way home from Topeka.
He remained In the city only between
trains and did not leave the atatlon. The
fact that ha would come thla way waa not
generally known. Mr. Bryan while here
announced new speaking datea. Following
the speech at St. Paul on August 31. he
will go to Fargo and Grand Forka. N. D.,
apeaklng In those cities on September L
On September 3 he will speak at Sioux
City. Ia., and at Lincoln, Neb., on Septem
ber 3.
BAIL DENIED HAINS BROTHERS
Both Arralaraed la Ceart te Await
Aclloa of Graad Jarr la
Their Case.
NEW YORK. Aug. 38. -Captain Peter C.
ltaina. Jr., and hla brother, T. - Jenkins
Hnlna, r.n held without ball for the
action of a grand Jury today cn a charge
ol murder of William E. Anrla.
Ueere Wears Critically 111.
SlOl'X CITT. Ia., Aug . (Special Tele
gram,) George Wears, president of the
lose National bank, who haa lived In
Sioux City longer than any other man,
having come here December I. X&i, Is In a
critical condition after an operation for
lyinacu trouble and the aurgeons have
given up hope. Mr. Wears came here from
Cedar Rapid. He Is one of the best known
aaaiwi la lo
STRAITS CALLS AT HEADQ.
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TIB WliTXIS.
FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLl'FFS AND
VICINITY Probably fair Saturday. Not
much change In temperature.
FOR NEBRASKA Partly cloudy ana pos
sibly local showers Saturday.
FOR IOWA Partly cloudy Baturaay.
Temperature
at Omaha I
Hour. Deg.
6 a. m 72
a. m Tl
1 a m 72
8 a. m...v 74
a. m.... 7
10 a. m 78
11 a. m ,.. 71
12 m M
1 p. m s4
2 p. m 84
I p. m 80
V OZiITXCAX.
New York affairs were discussed at a
meeting of the executive committee of
the republican state committee of New
York yesterday. Chairman Woodruff aald
that any attempt at dictation to the re
publicans, even If from the highest
sources, would endanger the party In the"
state. rage 1
President Roosevelt received men prom
inent In the republican congressional cam
paign at Oyster Bay. 'age a
Mayor Dahlman, Interviewed at Lincoln,'
declared he waa the man of all candidates
for governor In the democratic party to
pull Mr. Bryan through In the state this
fall.' , , "J rage 1
. DOXXSTCO.
The shooting of Charles . B. Roberts of
Baltimore while In a covered chair on the
board walk at Atlantic City with Mrs. W.
S. G. Williams of Baltimore has created
a great sensation. It I alleged that rob
bery was the motive Of the assailant and
stories of other motives are denied.
Fags 1
Ball was denied the Halns brothers on
their arraignment. 'age 1
roaxiG.
The British steamer Dunearn, with fifty
one members of lta crew, went down in a
typhoon off Japan. 'age X
The plana under way for the enter
tainment of the American fleet at Mel
bourne are the moat elaborate of any so
far encountered, the government having
set apart a large sum for the purpose of
hospitality. 'age 1
oommskciax ajtz xxrsusTRiAX.
Live stock markets. 'age
Grain markets. 'age
Stocks and bonds. 'age
Dun's review of trade says manufactur
ing is increasing in volume and country
merchants- are replenishing stocks. . .
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Results of the ball games:.
10 Ploux City va. Omaha 4.
10 Pueblo vs. Denver 4.
3 Lincoln vs. Dea Moines 0.
1 Pittsburg vs. Philadelphia 0.
3 Boston vs. St. Louis 1.
2-0 Chicago vs.rNew York 1-V
1- 2 Detroit va. Philadelphia 0-11.
2- 8 Washington va. Cleveland 0-0.
2 Columbus vs. Indianapolis- 1.
1 Milwaukee va. Kansas City 0.
3 St. Paul vs. Minneapolis 1.
7 Toledo vs. Louisville 1.
'ere 11
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BY WIRELESS.
Cape Race St. Paul, 1,030 miles east of
Sandy Hook at 6 p. ro.; will probably dock
at 8 p. ni. Saturday.
BRITISH STEAMER GOES DOWN
Daaeara Blake la Typhoon and Fifty
One Members of Its Crew
Drtws.
TOKIO, Aug. 28.-News of the slnklnej of
the British steamship Dunearn and the loss
of all but two of the fifty-three members
of its crew In the typhoon which raged
Auguat 26. off the port of Goto, on the
Island of Kluhlu, haa reached here in a
report received from MoJI, a town on ths
same Island. The names ot the survivors
are given aa William Phillips, an engineer,
arjd John Landon, a aeaman, both of whom
were picked up by ths Japanese steamer
Bakyou Maru.
The Dunearn was bound from :i.olalesk,
Asiatic Russia, to Singapore, and put In a:
the port of Karatau for coal. Again put
ting to sea on August 24, the ship ran into
the very center of a typhoon, which aent it
to the bottom. .The two aurvtvors are proa.
trated from exposure and hardship and a
subscription haa been taken up for them
among the crew ot the Sakyo Maru.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 37. Aa yet no
word haa been received as to the prob
able fate of the steamship Aeon, which
haa been out from Portland aince July 1
and from San Franclaco sines July (,
toound for Auckland, N. Z. Reinsurance
on It haa run up to 36 per cent. - It has
been out fifty-two days from San Fran
oiaoo. It should have arrived at its des
tination three weeka ago.
HYMENEAL
Whttasore-Baraea. .
VALLEY. Neb., Aug. 3.-t8pec!al.)-The
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Q. Whltmore
waa the scene of a quiet though Very pretty
wedding at noon, yesterday, when their
daughter, Jennie, was united in marriage
with Mr. Newell Barnes formerly of Lin
coln. The ceremony was performed by J.
Lewis Marsh, pastor of the Unitarian
church of Lincoln, and Misa Alyae Swed
burg til Lincoln played the wedding march.
Only relatives arid some claasinatea wit
nessed the ceremony. Among the out-of-town
guests were: Mr. and Mrs. F. II.
Barnes. Miss Edith Barnes, Miss Alyse
Swedburg. Lincoln; Mrs. Words and aon,
Mra. Godao, Mra Sarah Murray. Omaha;
Miaa Margaret Porter of Central City and
Mr. and, Mra Jease D. Whltmore of Grand
Island.
The bride and groom left for their future
home in Spokane, Wash. Both were stu
dents of the State university laat year.
BULLETIN.
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. .-Incensed over
the atatements given out by friends of
Charles B. Roberts, who waa shot here on
Wednesday night, the police late thla after
noon gave out the Information that ths
holdup stories ars untrue arjd that they
have under suspicion W. 8. O. Williams,
husband of the woman' who was with Mr,
Roberta at the time of the shooting.
"Whether Mr. Williams actually shot Rob
erts or whether a confederate did It, ths
police- will not say, but they declare that
Wllllama had not been in Europe at all, as
alleged, that he had come from a sanitarium
In Atlantic City and waa here when the
shooting occurred. It Is asserted that Mra
Williams will be held here as a witness.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Aug. M.-Though
Charles B. Roberts, the financier and club
man of Baltimore, Md., who was the vic
tim of a mysterious shooting on the board
walk on Wednesday night, la still In a
critical condition at a local hospital, strong
hopes are entertained by the physicians
that he will recover. He has sufficiently
revived from unconsciousness to tell the
police something of the man who shot
htm and acting on the faint clue which is
understood to have been given them, they
have boen working Industriously to clear
up the mystery surrounding the shooting.
- Mrs. Wlllams, who waa In the rolling
chair with Roberts, and the negro chair
pusher, were subjected to a sharp cross
examination and their stories agree on ths
details.
Opens Chair Window and Sheets.
Mrs. Williams told the police that the
man who halted the chair came face to
fece with them and was walking alowly.
Peering through the glasa windows behind
which Mr. Roberts and Mra. Williams sat,
tho man laid his hand on the chair and
shoved one of tho windows aside, at the
same time ahowlng a revolver. Thinking
the man wanted money, Mrs. William de
clared she offered him her chatelaine bag.
The stranger waved it aside and ordered
Roberts to "get out." As Roberts got up,
Mrs. Williams says she looked hard and
saw for the first time that the man waa
masked. He shot four of five .bullets, one
of them taking effect In Roberts" side, an
other penetrating the back of the rolling
chair, and narrowly missing Mra Williams
and the others going wild. Then, declarea
Mrs. Williams, the man cooly walked
away In the direction of the "Inlet," which
la at the upper end of Atlantic City.
The negro chair pusher was too fright
ened to act and admits he ran away until
the man with the revolver was out of
sight. He then called Policeman Rust, who
assisted Mr. Roberts Into the rolling chair
to await the arrival of an ambulance.
Wamasi Denies It Was Hwsbaad. -
Mra Williams made -.emphatic denial
'hen asked whether the man might have
been her husband. She asserts that Mr.
Roberts has long been a family friend and
that her husband knew him as such. She
says her husband haa never exhibited any
signs of Jealousy during all the years she
has known Roberts. She added, too, that
her husband knew of the presence of Mr
Roberts In Atlantic City.
Mrs. Williams waa then asked whether
the man who did the shooting made the
reported declaration, "You will never take
my wife out to dinner again," aa he fired
the shots. She denied this, as did also tho
negro car pusher.
Mrs. Williams was unable to aay whether
the man tried to kill her also.
"The bullet came uncomfortably close,"
she aald, "but If he wanted to kill me It
seems he could easily have done so."
She further declarea that ahe has not the
slightest suspicion as to the Identity of
the assailant.
Mrs. Roberts, wife of the victim, arrived
here last night and has been at hla bed
aide at the hospital ever aince. She re
fused to talk of the occurrence. The police
scoff at the theory of highway robbery,
and hint at sensational revelations upon
the arrest of thoaa whom they have under
suspicion.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 28. The attempt on
the life of Charles B. Roberts of this city
at Atlantic City created a tremendous
sensation In Baltimore society. The report
that Mrs. W. 8. G. Wllllama, also of this
city, was in the rolling chair with Mr.
Roberts when the shooting occurred, added
Interest to the case. For a number of
years the Roberts and Williams families
have been on Intimate terms, the heads
of the two households being of approxi
mately the same age, moving In the aame
circles of society. In view of these rela
tions, K was pointed out by some of Mr.
Roberta' friends that hi meeting Mrs.
Williams and riding with her In ths rolling
chair was quite In keeping with the friendly
relations their two families 'enjoyed. The
husband of Mra. Williams returned from
a two months trip to Europe last Monday.
He would say but little concerning the af
fair. He expressed surprise, when told
that the woman with Mr. Roberts was his
wtfe, saying that she waa In Boston the
last time he hesrd from her. He said that
ha saw Mr. Roberta laat Tuesday night for
the first tlma since he returned home, ana
told him how glad he waa to see him. Mr
Roberts did not go to Atlantic City untt
the next afternoon.
YIELD OF WHEAT IN KANSAS
Seventy-Three Million Bashela EatU
saated for BnnSower Stats
Mare Cora Acreage.
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 28. According to
the report of T. D. Coburn, aecretary of
the State Board of Agriculture, ths total
yield of winter wheat In Kansas this year
Is 73.WS.000 bushela Ti ls is 372.000 bushels
mora than In 1307. The condition of corn
Is given aa 68.7, which ia S.S less than in
1807. Corn acreage this ye.r is 7.0ii415.
which is an lecreaae of 2t3.0t9 acres over
laat year.--
HOME-COMIU AT CEMTERVILLK
Theodore P. Shoals Delivers Prin
cipal ' Address There.
C ENTER V1LLE. Ia.. Aug. 28.-F1ve hun
dred former Appanoose county residents,
from half the states of the union, Joined
with 10,000 home people St the Chautauqua
"Home Coming" today. T. P. Shonts deliv
ered ths principal address, his subject be
ing "TranspoTtaticn."
Other speakers on the program were W.
E. Evana, general solicitor of the 'Frisco
railway. St. Louis: C. J. Phillips, super
intendent of the Lackawanna railway, Buf
falo; Johnson, Hastings, Neb.; Sena
tor C. F. Goddard, attorney for the North
ern Paclflo railroad, Blirings, Mont.
(Copyright, 1908. by the Mall and Express
FESTAL CLIMAX FOR FLEET
Australia's Welcome t 'Melbourne on
Grand Scale.
WARSHIPS . SIGHTED NEAR PORT
Thousands of Spectators Will Crowd
City and Large Sum Will Be
pent In Providing; En
tertainment. MELBOURNE, Aug. 28. 10.30 o. m. The
American battleship fleet passed Wilson's
promontory, 12$ miles from the entrance
of Melbourne harbor, at 9:45 o'oclock to
night. The warships were In column forma
tion. The warships will arrive at Port Philip
Head on schedule time tomorrow morning.
The visit of the American fleet to the
capital of the Australian commonwealth
promises to be the most memorable mili
tary event In the history of Australia. The
welcome to the American officers and men
by the people of Australia, which began
at Auckland and which Sydney continued,
will reach Its climax here.
The federal, state and municipal authori
ties have been busily planning to receive
the fleet for about two months. Many
committee meetlnga have been held to ar
range the details of the reception. Private
organisations are alao eagerly co-operating
with the authorities to give the Americana
a cordial welcome. The Salvation Army
has chartered a ateamer and, accompanied
by several of Its best brass bands, will pro
ceed to the head at the mouth of the
harbor to welcome the fleet upon Its ar
rival. Intereat In the reception has ex
tended far Into the interior or ths country.
Upon receiving invitations, which already
have been accepted by Admiral ' Sparry,
deputations of officers and men will visit
the ckles of Ballarat, Bendlgo and North
Mlrboo, where they will be entertained by
the municipal authorities of these cities.
Many Thonsand Visitors.
The authorities are expecting fully 70.000
visitors in Melbourne during "American
week." As this city and ita suburbs have
a population of above 600,000. It may be ex
pected that the atreets ot the city will ba
throrjged to their fullest capacity. Hotels
and boarding houaes are preparing to en
tertain their overflow guests at private
houses.
The public entertainment of the Ameri
cana will be on a more extensive scale
than has ever been known here. The stats
government alor expects to spend about
IjO.OuO In entertainments, not to mention
the expenaea of the federal government and
the municipality composing Greater Mel
bourns. The illuminations will be upon an un
usually splendid scale. The Parliament
house, the general postof flee, the various
ministries, the town hall and many other
public buildings will be lavishly illuminated.
The words "Australia Welcomes America"
will be blasoned from many of them in
colored elect rio lights. One novel feature
planned for the day of the public pro
cession is the dressing and grouping of
many school girls In such a way as to rep
resent the Union Jack and the American
and Australian flags.
FIRE RECORD
Valuable Block Bnrns.
IOWA FALLS. Ia., Aug. 2S.-(Spetial
Telegram.) Lightning this morning struck
a barn on Sunnystde farm, south of this
city and It ia a total loss, estimated at
from K.000 to $7,000. The properly Is owned
by ths Wlape:- estate xt Eldor.i and tha
personal property waa owned by Jackitou
and Johnson of this city. In addition to
tho buildings the loss Included hdy, grain,
implements and fou." head of registered
stock.
Company.)
FORT WILL STAND BY GUNS
Governor of Xtw Jersey Says Ha Has
the' v LesTlalatare Baela
, - " , ef .Him. , .. - . 4
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 2S.-The ex
traordinary situation that has developed as
a result of Governor Fort's proclamation.
In which he threatens to use the power of
the state mllttla to enforce the Sunday
liquor laws here, and the action of the
Atlantic county grand Jury In deliberately
Ignoring the Instructions of the court by
refusing to return Indictments against per
sona accused of violating the excise laws,
continued to be almost the sole topic of
conversation today.
That Governor Fort will be compelled to
call out the state troops Is hardly proba
ble, since the summer season Is nearlng
an end and It Is more than likely that at
least the larger and more prominent places
will refuse to sell liquor on the coming
Sabbath rather than face a chance of losing
a license. Nobody denies that liquor ia sold
nn Sundav. That there ia much nolltica
J in the whole situation is apparent to every
body familiar with conditions In the state,
and particularly In Atlantic county, and de
velopments will be awaited with Intense
Interest.
SEA GIRT, N. J., Aug. 28,-It Is fully be
lieved here that on next Sunday Atlantic
City will continue Ita defiance of the gov
ernor and will be "wide open," aa In the
past. Advices have reached the governor
that auch would be the case, and there
can be no doubt that the call for a special
session of the legislature will follow. It
Issued, the call will probably appear on
Tuesday.
MANDERSON VICTIM T3F AUTO
General Thrown from Baggy and
Hart by Car Approaching
from Behind.
By being thrown from his buggy, which
was struck by an automobile owned and
driven by 8am Mort of 1418 North Twenty-fourth
street,. South Omaha, General C,
F. Manderson sustained head bruises and
a sprained back Friday afternoon at
Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets. While
his injuries are painful they are not seri
ous and he wa sable to go to his homo,
610 South Thirty-eighth street, in a buggy
belonging to George Elsasser.
Mr. Manderson buggy waa approaching
Twenty-fourth street, going east on Far
nam, and was closely followed by the
Mort sutomobtle. Upon stopping sud
denly to allow another machine to pass
him going crosswaya on Twenty-fourth,
General Manderaon's rig was bumped by
Jhe car in the rear and overturned and he
was thrown out onto the pavement.
- It was stated at the Manderaon residence
laat evening that the general was getting
along nicely.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Pension Examining Surgeon Ap
pointed for Iowa, Nebraska and
Senth Dakota,
(From a Staff Correapondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 28.-8peclal
Telegram.) On recommendation of Con
gressman Pollard, Dr. C. F. Stlckert haa
been appointed penalon examlng surgeon
at Nebraska City, vice lr. W. T. Neal.
resigned. On the recommendation of Con
gressman Hull. Dr. E. L. Baker at In
dianola, Ia., haa been named vice Dr. L.
H. Surbcr. resigned, and on recommenda
tion of Congressman Hall, Dr. F. IS. Fyle
at Geddes, A. D., vice Dr. J. S. Newcomer,
resigned. '
C. F. Carnell of Dea Molnea haa been
appointed clerk In the quartermaster's de
partment at St. Paul. Minn.
Jos.pl A. Rogers has been appointed
regular, and John F. Rogers, substitute
rural carrier for route S. Harry C. Haw
thorne, regular and Lottie Hawthorne, sub
stitute carriers for route S at Ds Moines.
JIM TO PULL BRYAN THROUGH
Omaha's' Mayor Says He's the Man to
Help the Chief.
RETURNING FROM CAMPAIGN TRIP
Declares at Lincoln that Both Snellen
berger and' Berge Are Dead
ones Reachee Home
Today.
(From a Staff Correapondent.)
LINCOLN, Aug. 28. (Special Telegrams
After a triumphant tour of Dodge, Platte,
Saundera, Butler and Otoe counties Mayor
Jamea Dahlman of Omaha stopped off In
Lincoln last night In company with
George W. Berge and left for home this
morning.
Mayor Jim and Mr. Berge both spoke at
Mead yeaterday and each last night highly
complimented the other's speech.
"I am well pleaaed with my reception In
all the towna I visited," said the mayor.
"And I am aure of the nomination and
subsequent election. I will get more votes
than both Shallenberger and Berge. I am
opposed to county option and that Is my
platform. That la what the fight Is to be
made on this fall. If the democrats want to
tie a dead weight to Mr. Bryan they should
nominate Shallenberger or Berge, both
losers. If they want a candidate to help
Bryan they should vote for me on primary
day. That Is what I am telling the demo
crats In my speeches. I ask them If Shal
lenberger Is stronger than he was two
years ago when Sheldon defeated him? If
so, why? The nominee haa to make the
fight against the same man, Sheldon, who
has made a good governor and who Is a
good man. Why should democrats pick a
loser to compete with hlmT"
The mayor will spend the rest ot ths cam
paign in Omaha and he ia going after a
few scalps of democratic leaders who are
after hla.
Tom Allen May Tell.
Tom Allen, chairman of the democratic
state committee, who had $15,000 secured
from Wall street rlenda of Mr. Bryan to
spend In the election of 1904, Is going to
tell how the money was spent may be.
Mr. Allen Is Just now sending out a lot
of literature entitled "Bryan's Prophecies
and Their Fulfillment." In ths list of
prophecies is this:
Publicity Mr. Bryan haa for a number
of years favored a law compelling public
ity h to campaign contributions before the
election and he haa predicted that the re
form would come. 1 tie democratic plat
form and the democratic committee have
favored tins reform. In republican con
vention turned It down, but Mr. Taft has
been brought to the advocacy of publication
after election.
Should Mr. Bryan aucceed in Inducing
Mr. Allen to tell how he apent the S16.00O,
peoplu at the state house say the presi
dential candidate will have atteated his
sincerity In one Instance, at least. Inci
dentally, Nebraska haa a publicity law
which Mr.. Bryan did not cauae to be en
acted and which Mr. Allen Is yet to com
ply with. Some think may be Brother-ln
Uw Tom .wtl come acroas so Bryan ran
point to his action aa a vindication of hla
position and prophet.
' Express Agents May Be Arrested
Thirty-one agents of express companies
doing business In Nebraska are liable to be
arreated and fined for falling ot comply
with the orders of the Railway commission
Tha commission to day aent out a letter to
each of these agents, demanding the for
warding of a report of bualneas for deslg
nated months, at once. Should this order
not be obeyed the commission will at once
begin proceedings at once. Tha heada of
the express companies Informed the com
mission they had done the beat they coul
to gei me agents to make the necessary
reports, .but had failed. Then the commla
XConUfiUt? i-4. ftaOOOd Peg J
HEAVY LOSSES IN THE SOUTH
thirty Persons Drowned in Georgia
and Carolina Cities.
DAMAGE TWO AND HALF MILLION
Many Colored "People Meet Death In
nislna; WatersLose Is Felt
Greatest In City of
Angnsta.
TRINIDAD, Colo.. Aug. 2S.-A flnd In
the Cimarron river following a cloudburst
washed away a number of dwellings at
Folsom. N. M., snd fifteen persons are
reported to have been drowned. Klcvc-n
bodies have been recovered.
The heaviest rain ever known here, cov
ering a wide scope of country, fell during
the night and In consequence the town Is
practically cut off friin communication
with the outside world by railroad today.
Dan B. Wenger.and two children arc re
ported drowned near Folsom, N. M.
Wenger formerly resided here. He was a
merchant.
A local undertaking firm today received
from Folsom. N. M., on order for six cof
fins for persons drowned there. Folsom
Is 100 miles south of Trinidad on the Colo
rado & Southern railroad. The town Is
reported to hnvo been badly damaged.
The known fiend at Folsom are:
R. B. WENGKR.
MRS. R. B. W F. NO ICR.
MI8S DAISY WENOFR.
MISS H'CT CRKIOHTO.V.
T. W. WHEELFR.
MRS. T. W. WHKF.LKn.
THREE WHEELER CHILDREN.
MRS. ROOK E.
T. W. WHEELER'S SISTER-IN-LAW,
whose name could not be learned.
Meager advices recelwd here today say
that the entire town waa swept by the
floods caused by the cloudburst. Several
houses were swept swny completely and
nearly every house In tile town was dam
aged. The advices say searching parties
have been formed and that It Is expected
many more bodies will be found.
Folsom Is In the northeastern part of
New Mexico Its elevation la about T.0O0
feet and constantly In danger of floods
which sweep down from the mountains
whenever there Is a cloudburst or heavy
rain In the hills.
The propeity loss Is estimated to exceef
$100,000.
Thirty Drowned In South.
ATLANTA. Qa.. Aug. 2S.-A call for as
alatance, a loss of $1,600,000 In Augusts
alone and of $1,000,000 in Other cities ku
VSonth Carolina and parts of Georgia and
thirty lives lost summarises the flood con
ditions In the south today.
Reports of damage from points In Soutl.
and North Carolina are coming In slowly.
Bridges have been washed sway in Saul IT
Carolina along the Southern railway and.
until midnight last night It was Impossible
to secure communication with any point
out of Atlanta.
In Augusta, tha principal suffering la
along deep gullies, known as Brldwell's
Bottom and Perry's Bottom. Here the
houses were covered to the cSvss. The
water alao damaged business blocks In the
city and the tclal damage In this vicinity
will be $1,500,000. In South Carolina the
loss of llfo will reach probably twenty. In
North Carolina possibly half a dosen
whites and as many negroes have been
killed.
The list of dead In Georgia follows:
HARRY CARR, white; jumped from the
burning building of the Nixon warehouse,
Augusta; leaves wife and two children.
ROBERT BELCHER, jumped from the
Nixon building.
HORACE WINGARD, Jumped from the
Nixon building. ' .
ELEVEN NEGROEri, seven found under
the walls of the Nixon warehouse.
Many Out of Employment.
Every mill In Augusta whsrs loss of Ufa
occurred, has been shut down and there
will be no manufacturing operations for
weeks. Five thousand persons have been
thrown out of employment in Augusta, and
the list will bs swelled to 26,000 When the
mllU In other Georgia cities and In South
and North Carolina are considered.
At u late hour this afternoon the loas of
llfo may be estimated at thirty persons,
most of them colored.
Georgia and the Carolines today faced a
drop in temperature, which threatened to add
suffering to those who have been made
homeless by the floods. The mercury
reached very near the frost point In some)
sections.
A dosen trains on various railroads at.
tempted to leave Atlanta lite yeaterday and
during last night for northern points, but
were blocked In Southern Carolina, when
washed out bridges were reached. Many
of these trains returned to the city and
some have been detoured by way of Chat
tanooga. FAYETTE. N. C. Aug. 28.-Thls city,
with a population of 12,000 and located on
the Cape Fear river Is almoat entirely
aubmerged because of the flood last night
and early today. Three thousand persons
are homeless In the city and an appeal
has been Issued for relief.
AUGl'BTA, Ga., Aug. 2S.-The flood ap
parently has damaged tho foundations of
a great many buildings In thb lower pnrt
ot the city. At 10:3u thla morning the
Central Grammar school had collaps.-d,
the walls of the National Biscuit company
building had fallen and the underpinning
of the Fort Royal bridge had been washed
away. A mass meeting of citizens has
been called for this afternoon.
ANTHRAX NOW UNDER CONTROL
Authorities Hope to Soon Have the
Disease Entirely Stamped
Oat.
PIERRE, 8. D., Aug. 27. (Special Tele,
gram.) Governor Crawford has returned
from a visit In the anthrax affected dis
trict In the southern part of the atate, and
says tha disrate la being gotten under
control. The quarantine of that part of
Yankton county west of the Jim river will
be lifted at once, but continued eaat of that
streum for a time. Dead animals are now
all being burned and tha federal and state
authorities are working together to atamp
out the diaeass at as early a date aa poa.
sibla.
It was decided to be unssfe to allow
stock to be taken out of the district for
have representation at the fall a this fall,
show purposes and that section m
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