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The Omaha ; Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVIII NO. G3.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOKXINO, SEPTEMHER 'J, IMS TEN FACES.
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SUMMARY OF THE DEE
STILL AT OMAHA CORN SHOW
In the Land of King Corn
1ESDLT IN VERM0N1
Tt flfinhfr 2, lfn.
Model Plant for Manufacture of Dena
Conteit for Veterans Narrows to 1 ' x. : '
Lake City and Atlanta. 18 SEPmfBlR? 1908
Y'V "my. 7TZ, nfa 7217 IPJ- 2Xt
Early Returns Indicate Republican
tured Alcohol is Coming.
Plurality of 28,000.
SOLVE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
UTAH CITY IN THE LEAD
1 2 3 4 5
6 z sown 12
13 U 15 16 1Z 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
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VOTE LIGHTER THAN IN 1004
Instead of Mending riant ow In
Wnshlngton, Model One M ill Be
Made and Sent Direct from
the Factory.
Many Comrades, However, Wish to
Visit Scenes of Former Battlefields.
MARK FOR GRAVES OF HEROES
Republicans Show Loss of Nine Pes
Cent and Democrats Four Per Cent.
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Veterans Attend Dedication of Shaft
for Dead at Fort Meigs.
BIO . CIVIC PARADE IN TOLEDO
Four Candidate Pressing Their
Claims for Election as Com
nar.der-ln-Chlcf Great Pa
rado Wednesday.
TOLEDO. O.. Sept. 1. The contest for the
honor of entertaining the next annual en
campment of the Grand Army of the Re
public, today narrowed to Atlanta, Oa., and
Salt Lake City, Utah, with representatives
of the latter city claiming victory.
That Washington mute posts are support
ing Sale Lake City was confirmed by U. II.
ItjanlmuM, department commander of tiiat
state.
The two main attractions of the Grand
Army of the Republic encampment today
were the dedication of the Fort Meigs
monument and the civic parade. In the
latter 3,000 members of local organisations
marched with bands plaj Ing and banners
flying, while the veterans, whose parade
will take place tomorrow, looked on ap
provingly. The parade was led by a platoon of
mounted police. In the order named came
the Cherry Pickers, which Is the inarching
club of tho Klks; Independent Order of
Foresters, fniform Rank Knights of
Pythias, Knights of . the Maccabees, fifty
children descendants of veterans, the Na
tional Veteran Women of America, the Tol
edo Newsboys' association, the S0 mem
ber of which have done gratifying work
a guides to arriving veterans; two com
panies rf sharpshooters and one of lancers,
a company of Polish-Americans In uniform
and trie Toledo fire department.
The moat significant of the day's exer
cises occutred at the village of Perryshurg,
twelve mlls from Toledo, where a great
granite shaft, eighty-two feet In height,
was dedicated in honor of the dead of Ohio,
Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia, who
fell In the battle around Fort Meigs during
the war of 1812-13.
Ceremonies at PeVryabnrg.
The dedication of this monument was In
cluded In the offlcal program of the en
campment and hundreds of visitors tock
the pleasant trolley and boat rides from
tills city to attend tho exercises.
It was at fort Meigs that General Wil
liam Henry Harrison checked the British
advance.-i under Proctor after the general
had profited, by General Hull's surrender
of .jAiiolL . v ' ,. .
Not many years ago the graves of ttie
heroes of Kort Meigs still lay unmarked
C'attl4 wandered oyer them slowly, munch'
lug nt the long grass. A church stood, and
now stands, wncre mere was formerly a
British hattery. The credit for the erec
tion of the monument dedicated today be
longs to the Maumce Valley Pioneer and
Historical society, which worked for years
to collect the necessary funds.
Several thousand veterans and other vis
itors were present when D. R. Hollenbeck,
president of the Historical society, called
the assemblage to order. Following the
singing of "America" and the invocation
by Rev. Father J. P. Mlchaells, Governor
Harris of Ohio made an Introductory ad
dress reviewing the chronicles of the his
toric. spot and telling of the work of the
monument committee. Other speakers
were Senator Foraker. Governor Wlllson
of Kentucky, Lieutenant Governor Murphy
of Pennsylvania and Major Robert W.
Hunter of Richmond, Va.
Foar Candidates for Commander.
There will be a pretty fight on the con
vcntlon floor lor the office of commander-in-chief.
The candidates are H. N. Nevlus
of New Jersey; L. T. Dlckason of Illinois;
Former Governor Van Sant of Minnesota
and General Adams of Nebraska. All
have oprm d headquarters and are proselyt
ing among the delegates.
The Atlantic, Ga.. delegation wants the
lu xt reunion. Junior Vice Commander-
in-chief Scott, a cltlsen of Atlantic, is
among the active exponents of a further
ing cementing the friendship of the blue
and the tray by bringing the veterans
In blue to the south land. Salt Lake
City, Pittsburg. Kalamazoo and Seattle are
also listed among the aspirants for the
honor of entertaining the Grand Army
men.
RICHARDSON N0J ASSAILANT
Mrs. Karle Hallam SlRns Statement
to This KtTeet at Spring;
field. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. l.-.t 2 o'clock
this afternoon Mrs. Earle Hallam signed
a statement that George Richardson is not
the negro who assaulted her cr, ,'ie night
of August 14. A warrant Is reported to
hav been sworn m.t for the arrest of an
other negro, named Ralph Burton, who
may be implicated In the assault. It was
the alleged assault charged against Rich
ardson and his arrest and removal to
Bloomlngton. III., that preclpated the re
lecent bloody race riot.
DEFEAT FOR SHAH OF PERSIA
Troona Beaten end Klnnnelal Knvoys
Tnrned Down r Money Lords
of ICorope.
ST. PETER3BCRG. Sept. l.-A special
dispatch received here from Teheran says
It is reported from Tabris that Satar Khan
lias Inflicted a decisive defeat on the troops
of the shah. In which the government sol
diers lixt 8U0 men killed and wounded.
Civil war la raging anew In Tabris province.
The negotiations for a Persian state lon
to be placed In Great Britain, France and
Russia have come to naught, as the shah
refuses European control of the finances
th empire.
TNTY-SEVEN SAILORS DEAD
A mason Wrecked Near
hot, Wales, and
VTh British
Port TaJ
rt
s
TKB WIATHEB.
FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL Hl.UFFfl AVn
VIOINITY-Falr Wednesday: warmer
WrririfwiRv.
FOR NK BR A SKA Fair, with rislna tem
perature Wednesday.
( UK iowa r air Wednesday: cooler In
east portion.
lemperature at Omaha yesterday:
Hour.
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DOMESTIC.
Secretary Wilson solves problem of
denatured alcohol still for the Omaha
Corn show and demonstration will be mada
as planned. Tags 1
The democrats held their state conven
tion In Tulsa, ukl. Fag 8
Dedication of Fort Meigs was the prin
cipal ceremony of the day at Toledo.
Fags 1
Further tests of the riding ability of the
army officers of the Department of the
East will be conducted at Fort Ethan
Allen. rags 1
National republican committee begins
sending out campaign literature. Fags 1
Twenty-seven sailors perish in the
wreck of a British steamer near Wales.
rar a
Colored voters are for Taft, declares
Bishop J. 8. Caldwell. Fags 9
Secretary of War Wright will make an
Inspection of the military maneuvers at
Fort Riley. Page 3
France is still aroused over the flying
machine experiments of Wilbur Wright.
Fags 3
Charles B. Roberts, who was shot at
Atlantic City, Is recovering. Fag 1
Germany suggests the recognition of
Mulai Hafid as sultan of Morocco In the
Interest of peace. Fag 1
roREioir.
Traffic on the Canadian Pacific Is tied
up by a washout that exceeds anything in
the experience of the line. Fag 1
Shah of Persia is defeated and bis
financial policy is being blocked by the
money loaners of Europe, who ask for
control of the finances of the empire
Fag 8
Z.OOAX..
Annual reports of the Union pacific
will show its gains to be big, the road
baying ept expunges down-far- the' yeal
and increased revenues lftmany ways.-
. Fag S
C. W. Baker, street car conductor of
Omaha, may be heir to fortune of millions,
but lie Is Indifferent to his possibilities
and "too busy" to fight for his rights in
a big Philadelphia fortune. Fag 3
High prices for wheat and corn have
drawn a surprising amount from the ter
ritory about Omaha during August, when
experts said little or no grain was held
by the farmers. ' Fag 5
BPOKT.
Results of the ball games:
6-4 Omaha vs. Den Moines 3-g.
9 Lincoln vs. Sioux City 6.
7 Pueblo vs. Denver 1.
4-8 New York vs. Roston 1-0.
10-9 Pittsburg vs. Cincinnati 2-3.
6 Ht. Louis vs. Chicago 4.
4-9 Philadelphia vs. Brooklyn 2-0.
4-0 New York vs. Philadelphia 3-4.
1 Cleveland vs. Detroit 0.
8 Washington vs. Boston 0.
13 St. Louis vs. Chicago 3.
3 Milwaukee vs. Minneapolis 2.
2 Columbus vs. Louisville 1.
6 Kansas City vs. St. Paul 2.
12 Toledo vs. Indianapolis 4.
Fag
COMMERCIAL AND rlW AN CIAL.
Live stock markets. Page 7
Grain markets. Fag 7
Stocks and bonds. Fag 7
BtOYEMXlfTS OF OCSA1T STEAMSHIPS.
Port. Arrived. Billed.
NEW YORK Valrlnd
NEW YtlKK rerneitis
CHF.RBol RO rrl4. dr Groan
PHILADELPHIA.. Noordlind
LONLKJN Mlnni'lMhs
EFFORT TO WRECK FAST TRAIN
Detectlres Believe Attempt Was Made
to Ditch fhlcaaro F.x press on
New York Central.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1. -Detectives In the
employ of the New York Central railroad
investigated today what they suspect was
an attempt to wreck the Chicago express
in a cut at Hyde Park, near Poughkeepsle,
N. Y . last night. A milk train which en
tered the rut Just before the express was
due ran Into a pile of ties which blocked
both tracks and the locomotive threw the
ties from Its pathway. Around the curve
less than a mile down the track the rum
bling approach of the Chicago express
could be heard running at top speed in an
effort of the engineer to make up twelve
minutes lost time. Trainmen swung the
ties to one side and when the headlight of
the locomotive flashed Into the cut the way
was clear and the train dashed by un
harmed. It Is believed that the men who
placed the ties on the track were inter
rupted by the arrival of the other train.
RUSH FOR CANADIAN LAND
Prospective Homesteader Walt la
Line for Honrs to Uet
Chance to Fll.
WINNIPEG. Man.'. Sept. 1. The dominion
land offices in every district In the west
where odd numbered sections are thrown
open for homesteading promise to be very
busy for the next few days. In th reports
received from fourteen poli.H where appli
cation may be made. It Is stated that
hundreds of men waited outside the land
offices in line throughout the night.
Many of the towns, especially In Sasketch
wan and Alberta, numerous valuable aec
tlona, some of them near town are to be
had. Dauphin last evening reported be
tween 100 and 2cu waiting In the streets.
Scores are awaiting at Yorktown and th
Great Doukhobor rush la likely to be du
plicated. Lethhrldge reports hundreds In
that town awaiting the opening of the land
office and Humboldt and Moose Jaw add
heir quota of the all night watcher.
Deg.
t ' I 6 a. m 59
-r-C-k fi a. m 58
nr,??' 7 a. m 59
tm- I I-r' m M
J"' 9 a. ni 03
10 a. m 72
"C 11 a. m 75
i V ;M ? 1- m
'JFS( 1 p. m 80
T1 3ffY 2 m
V4ff 3 p. m 81
tp' V- m
fi p. m ?;
' ! p. m "1
7 p. m IS
?T-, ft p. m 7
t 9 p. m 75
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(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. (Special Tele
grain.) The difficulties arising out of the
transportation and housing of the denatur
ing alcohol still at the National Corn ex
position at Omaha In December seem to
have been solved by Secretary Wilson,
who propones to assemble the new still at
Omaha( direct from the factory.
"Since my return to Washington," said
Mr. Wilson, "I have been In daily confer
ence with bureau chiefs as to the exhibit
we will make at the National Corn ex
position to be held In Omaha. I have found
that It will be Impractical le and alto
gether too expensive to transport and set
up the "still" we are now assembling here
for tre purposes of experimentation. This
plant is not ytt in working order but will b
roon. What I propose to do for the Omaha
corn exposition Is to have a precise model
made large enough to demonstrate the pro
cess of denattirlzing alcohol; one of suffi
cient size to accomplish results and ba an
educational exhibit. This model still will
he made In such a compact form that it
may be readily transported from place to
place. It Is our purpose after Its ex
hibition at Omaha to erect It again In sev
eral towns In Nebraska and the Dakota
and other states Interested In the di'naturli
Ing of alcohol from such products as they
do not find ready market for. In other
words the refuse of the farm."
Secretary Wilson said that his observa
tion In various middle western states dur
ing his absence leads him to confidently
predict "bumper crops" of cereals. "I did
not touch Nebraska territory while away,"
said the secretRry, "but I am informed that
the outlook rT- an abundant yield of corn
and other crops is excellent In the Antelope
state. As to Iowa and the Dakotas, as i
farmer, I never saw a harvest more por
tcntous of greater abundance."
As to the political situation In Iowa Sec
retary Wilson had nothing to predict.
Minor Matters at Capital.
The application of J. W. Harris, J. K.
Clark, Orson Clark, B. M. Harris and
Henry Duncan to organize the First Na
tiunal bank of Lemmon, S. D., with $25,000
capital, has been approved by the comp
troller of the currency.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Madrid. Route 2, Allen F. Williams, car
rier; S. E. Adams, substitute. Wellman,
Route 2, Charles M. Llvesey, carrier,
Walter H. Llvesey, substitute.
William .Conlon has been appointed post
master at Terrll, Dickinson county, Iowa,
vice J. 8. Blow, resigned.
J. F. Sobozyk of Omaha and E. A. Glas
of South Omaha have been appointed meat
Inspectors in. connection with the bureau
of animal Industry.
, If. E. Gies of Lincoln, Neb., has been ap
pointed copyist ln: the- Kay " department.
ROBERTS IS GROWING BETTER
Police Find o Cine to Mynterloos
Shooting; of Baltimore So
ciety Man.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Sept. 1. The
condition of Charles B. Roberts of Balti
more, who was mysteriously shot last
Wednesday night, is said today to be much
Improved.
The mystery surrounding the shooting Is
still as deep as ever and the impression
is gaining ground that the veil will never
be lifted. Mrs. W. S. G. Williams, who
was In the rolling chair with Mr. Roberts
when he was attacked, has returned to her
home near Baltimore, but Mrs. Roberts,
wife of the victim, is still in this city.
At noon It was stated that Roberts prob
ably would recover.
Chief of Police W03druff, after reading
the Interview given out in Baltimore by
Mrs. Williams, concerning the shooting
of Roberts, admitted that In the main her
statements were true. He admits that lu
has never met Mrs. Williams, and that
most of the statements attributed to Mm
have been Incorrect, but he takes exception
to the declaration that the police did not
take any Interest In the theory of high
way rebbery as th motive for the shoot
ing.
Chief Woodruff says no warrants have
been Issued. He admits that the police are
at sea so far as tangible clews are con
cerned. STEAMER'S SAFETY IN DOUBT
UraTe Fears Entertained for British
Vessel Aeon, on Way to
Ancklnnd.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1. Gravest fears
are entertained for the safety of the Brit
ish steamer Aeon, which cleared from this
port for Sydney, via Apia and Auckland,
July 6, and lias not yet arrived there. The
steamer Lord 8efton of the same line ar
rived at Auckland on Sunday and reports
no sign of the Aeon. . Reinsurance on the
vessel Is quoted at 50 per cent; but It Is
believed In shipping circles that the ship
has not been lost, but has sustained Injury
that has delayed it.
On board the Aeon are ten passengers
shipping as members of the crew, among
them the wife of Lieutenant Riddle, V. S.
N., and Chaplain and Mrs. Patrick, bound
for the naval station at Pago Pago.
SEED WHEAT HAULED FREE
Mlssonrl Paclfle Makes Application to
Assist the Farmers of
Kansas.
TOPEKA, Kan., Bopt. 1. The Missouri
Pacific Railroad company has filed applica
tion with the Board of Railroad Commis
sioners to haul seed wheat free to western
Kansas farmers. A large amount of seed
has been purchased'ln Europe and In order
to get the farmers to buy It in sufficient
quantities to sow their entire fields, the
millers and railroads have Joined in a move
ment to get the wheat to them at the low
est possible price.
AERONAUTS RECEIVE INJURIES
Keer In Balloon Land ear Devil's
Hole r.nd Are Bald to
Be Hart.
NIAGARA FALLS. N. T.. Sept. I A
balloon supposed to be the Chicago, one
that has bten missing from the list of
starters In the recent race from Columbus,
O . landed near the Devil's Hole this after
noon. Four occupants were Injured and a
retcuo parly Is now cailug for theuu
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From the Kansas City Times.
PRIMARIES LIKE ELECTION
Weather Favorable and Polls Had
Appearance of General Election.
JIM LETS SALOONS STAY OPEN
Elmer Thomas of the Berge Forces
Applies for Mandamus to Close
Them Late In the
Dey,
Primaries are over and It will be many
days before the official returns are In,
though It will not be as long as In Iowa
and Illinois, where there is a larger popu
lation. For hours yesterday the polling places
In Omaha had the appearance of a general
election, with plenty of rooters, heelers,
candidates, carriages, police and excitement.
If weather Is an element In the size of
the vote cast at the pnimary election in
Omaha and Douglas county, Tuesday's vote
was up to the maximum of registra
tion, for the weather was Idesl. The day
was bright and clear and the air light and
pure Just such a day that would make a
man feel his ftest self. A total of about
$.000 votes In the county was anticipated In
some political quarters and larger than that
In others.
Chief Interest locally, at least, centered
In the three-cornered race on the repub
lican side for congressional nomination and
on the democratic side In the three-cornered
gubernatorial contest. Jeffcris, Saunders
and Blackburn, the republican aspirants
for congress, were out with their forces
making their beat closing fight, and the
champions of Dahlman, Berge and Sliallen
beiger, were busy. Mayor Jim did not al
low his confidence to lag at any stage of
the day's activities, but kept a stiff upper
Up, insisting he would be nominated by the
democrats for governor. At the same time
his enemies, Congressman Hitchcock, thu
Jacksnnians and other Shallenberger men
with the lierge forces, left no stone un
turned to defeat him.
Saloons Remain Open.
The mayor allowed early In the day how
keenly alive was he to the fact that he was
a candidate. He seised onto the slightest
vantagu ground, even to the permitting of
saloons to remain open tn contradiction to
the opinion of the attorney general last
year that such places of business were to
close on primary election day. The saloon
men derived their authority for keeping
open from an opinion stated by Assistant
City Attorney Dunn, who ruled that the
Slocumb law gave him his basis of decision.
The only complaint made of this action
on the purt of the mayor and Dunn came
fiom the Berg-! quarters with Elmer E.
Thomas as the mouthpiece, and yet
Thomas refrained from censuring the
mayor, blaming Dunn with the whole af
fair. Vacancies In Hoards.
Vacancies In about twenty of the primary
boards in the city had to be filled during
Continued, on Second PI
CANADIAN TRAFFIC TIED UP
Fifteen Passenger Trains Are Stalled
on Canadian Pnclflc ear
Winnipeg-.
WINNIPEG, Fept. 1. Fifteen passenger
tialns. besides all freight and stock trains
on the Canadian Pacific road between
Winnipeg and Fort Williams, are held up
nt way stations and side tracks between
these two points as a resu't of the cloud
burst that flooded the main lino between
Homer and Ignace late Saturday night.
It Is stated by railway men to bo the
worst disaster of Its kind that ever
happened In western Canada. Net a train
has reached Winnipeg from the east since
Saturday and several thousand persons
are kept waiting at points along tho line.
In addition mails and express matter are
also held up.
Farl Grey, governor general of Canada,
and a party are on board one of the de
layed trains.
There are two big washouts at Scoville,
east of Kenora, besides smaller ones be
tween that point and Rennle. As a result
of the tracks being washed out at Decep
tion, six hoarding cars filled with work
men were thrown Into the ditch on Satur
day tilght. All escaped. Every available
man along the line, some thousands, have
been put to work to repair the roadbed
and It Is expected that the first passenger
train will reach the city today.
BOLD BANDITJflAY BE BINKLEY
Officers Think Yellowstone Robber
May Re Man Held for
Khootlng Klk.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Sept. l.-Game
Warden W. B. Morgan last night received
a telegram from United States Game War
den T. S. Palmer that the bandit who re
cently held up twelve stages in Yellow
stone park is believed to be William Blnk
ley, who escaped from the National Guard
home at Yellowstone park In November.
Blnkley had been given. a three-and-a-hulf-year
sentence for shooting elk In the park.
He was arrested by Morgan In Los An
geles and was convicted on evidence se
cured ihrouph the efiorts of tho warden.
It Is considered possible that Blnkley U
headed for Los Angeles and Warden Mor
gan and other officers will be on th watch
for him.
KERMIT ON HUNT OF HIS OWN
President's lea to Make Trip
Northwest for Big
Game.
Into
OYSTER BAT. N. Y.. Sept. 1. The presi
dent's son. Kermit Roosevelt, who will ac
company his father on the hunting expedi
tion into the wilds of Africa, left Oyster
Bay today for a hunt of Ms own In the
northwest. He will Join John Oreenway,
the presidents friend and former Rough
Rider, who is In charge of the United
States Steel corporation's mine in the
lower Mesaba range, and together they
will hunt over th big gam regions el the
oyrUiwesU
WRIGUT AT LEAVENWORTfl
Secretary of War and Party Visit
Opening of Army Service School.
GENERAL FUNSTON IN CHARGE
General Wright In Ills Address
Talks of .Necessity of Having
Large Body of Trained
Officers.
LEAVENWORTH., Kan.. Sent. l.-Secre
tary of War Wright arm party, including
Major General J. Franklin Bell, chief of
staff: General J. B. Aleshlre, fiuarter
master general, and Mujor General C. G
Treat of the general staff, left here to
day for Fort Riley, Kan., where severs
oays will be spent.
Before departing, Secretary Wright at
tended the opening set-stm here tills morn
ing of the fall term of the army servlc
schools. The school was formally opened
by General Funston, the new command
ant, who introduced the secretary to th
student officers. Secretary Wright ad
dressed the school for over half 'an hour.
He expressed the hope that congress will
authorize a larger list of officers for the
army, to enable the army to take care of
the many duties evsiving upon them out
side the prdlnury garrison duty.
Major General Bell also addressed the
students. The party departed this after
noon for Fort Riley.
Secretary Wright in the course of his
remarks said:
We are forced to come In contact for
commercial reasons, If for no other, with
nther peoples. We muBt In some degree
prepare for war, which event, if not prob
able, is possible. Tho American people ar
contitlitillonally opposed to a large stan I-
Ing army, but we xliouhl huve a large
numWr of highly tr.ilned offlceis, who ar?
capuble of moulding an army and who
can do it properly. We have a greut
natural strength; It Is impossible to over
estimate our strength, but we xhuuld have
officers trained to orsaiilze and handle It.
rhould we become Involved In war with a
first-class power it might not be consider
ate enough to give us lime to train and
prepare a large army. The next best tlilntr
is to train and prepare a large body or
officers.
You men who receive this education are
not expected to be of fliers of squadrons
and battallona In case of wur, you are ex
pected to command xa eolopels and gen
erals. Those t you who know about wars
can realize iluu there will be lest of
waste and Ins if there is brains at the top.
Unlets we are prepared for war we might
suffer frightfully In blood and treasure at
the beginning. But we would win in the
end. There is no cloud on the horizon, but
it is the unexpected that often happens.
There are other reasons for these schools,
one that the training helps an officer in
civil duties. The army officers are semi
clvll in character, I observed this in the
Philippines. The officers of the army had
in a large degree to administer civil affairs.
Carnegie Medal for Girl.
IOWA CITY, la.. Sept. I -A Carnegie
silver medal was received today by Mar
Jorle Coast, the 11-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Coast, who leaped Into
the Iowa river and saved the life of Mar
garet Hayes, daughter eX ftiX and Mrs.
VOTE IS OVER HALT IN
ndependence Candidates Are Third
and Prohibs Fourth.
ISSUES
CLEARLY
DEFINED
Republican Plurality for tioreraov
Fonr Years Ago Was 81, (1ST
Five Tickets In th
Field.
nt'LI.RTIX.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt.. Sept,
Returns in the stat election today from
three cities and 137 towns out of six o.tles
and 240 towns ghe:
Prouty (,-ep ). M.ITO; Burke (dem ), S.335;
Backus (Ind.), 561; Campbell (pro.), 5'JS;
Uunbar, (soc), 26D.
Same cillcs and towns In 1D04 gave Fell,
(rep.), 2,.Ui; Porter (dem.). 8,598.
Prouty's plurality is estimated at about
2K000, compared with Boll's plurality of
31.867 In 19"4.
HVXLBTIX.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Vt., Sept.
1. Returns in the state elr-ctlon from one
city and fifty-nine towns out of six cities
and 140 towns give Prouty (rip.), 8.9i0;
Burke, (dem.). 2,U; Backus, (ind. Ilb.,
1S5. Same cities and towns In 19 4 gave
Bell (rep.). 8.7SK); Porter (dem.), 2,S..
This Indicates a republican loss of 9 per
cent and a democratic loss of 4 per cent.
On this basis Prouty's plurality Is estimated
t 28.(100. compared with Bell's plurality ot
31,557 In 19t4.
fll'l.LETlX.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Vt.. Sept. 1
Returns In tho state election today from
one city and seventy-nine towns out of six
cities and 240 towns give:
Prouty (rep.), 12,715; Burke (dem.), 4.0M;
Backus (I. L.). 222; Campbell (pro.), L32;
Dunbar (soc), 103.
Same cities and towns In 1P04 gave Bell
(rep.), 13,472; Porter (dem.), t.oatt, a republi
can loss of 757 arjd a democratic luss ot
eight votes.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt., Sept. 1.
With clearly defined Issues, popular can
didates and an unusually large number of
minor contests, good weather conditions,
and with the entire country looking on,
there was every Inducement of the voters
of Vermont to go to the polls today for the
annual state election. The candidates voted
for today were governor, and other state
officers, congressmen and members of the
legislature, the leaders on the republican
and democrat io tickets being Lieutenant
Governor Georgo H. Prouty of Newport
and former Mayor James E. Burke of
Uurllugton.
The Independence league, prohibitionists
and socialists also presented candidates for
governor and other state offices. Tho
candidates for governor wero iu.mby 8.
Backus, Brandon, Independence leagu.';
Eugene M. Campbell, Lyndenvllle, prohi
bition, and J. 11. lJunbar, Hartland, so- .
cialtdt.
The voting in the cities and larger towns
began at 9 o'clock, but In the smaller com
munities the ballot boxes were not opened
until 10 o'clock. Under the law of the
stale, the ballot boxes will not be "turned"
until sundown, so that It was anticipated
that the result could not be definitely
known until well along In the evening.
PRIMARY nilSlLTS I.N THE STATE
Weather Fine, but Indications of a,
Light Vote.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Sept. 1. (Special
Telegram.)- Thu weather was ideal for tho
primary election, but notwithstanding this
the vote was light. There was but ono
contest her . locally, on county attorney,
but at tills hour it In impoxmble to tell who
Is to be the nominee. The Indications aro
that Shallenberger has received the great
majotity of the democratic vote. Will'ams
for railroad cmunlKshiner on the repub
lican ticket appears to be in the lead.
FREMONT, Nib., Sept. 1. (Special Tele
grams The voting was light In Dodge
county, the principal fight being upon
congressman, and the. interest centering In
the vote in the Fremont wards. It la esti
mated that between 7(iO and 8 democratic
votes were c;ist In Dodge county. The
polls closed at 9 o'clock and the counting
was defyed owing to the length of tho
ballot. Friends of Latta and Howard wero
especially active, owing to the Interest In
tl contort in the hon.e of I. an V. Si phens,
Latta's campaign maruger.
LINCOLN, Sept. 1 (Special.) The pri
mary in Lincoln was a qui t affair, though
late this evening tt lo ked as though tho
vote would exceed that of last year. Up
to 2 o'clock there had been 1,333 republicans
registered and 3.'0 democrats and only four
po ulists. Tliete was little work b'ing
done by any one near the polls and no
carriages were seen on the streets.
Regardless of the opinion of tho city
attorney, persons were permitted to reglj
ter this year and vote at the same time,
regardless of how he was registered last
yeur. While there was supposed to be a
big fight on ever auditor and railway com
missioner on Die republican ticket, workers
were certainly not In evidence for any
candidate.
HASTINGS, Neb., Sept. 1. -(Special Tele
gram.) The vote In Adams county was
unusually light. Out of a normal vote of
1.600, it was estimated that only 700 were
cast In the city of Hastings. In the
country precincts the percentage of votes
cast was less than this.
In one precinct that cast 300 voles, the
total vote at 6 o'clock was only 20.
The tight In the county was on state
senator over the opinion issue. George
Tobbetts, democrat, Is believed to have
won on an anti-option platform against
Elmer Sims for senator. D. M. Ball, re
publican, and favoring option, had no
opposition among the republicans for th)
senatorial nomination.
i
National Committee t ailed.
Secretary Urey of the democratic na
tional committee, today sent out notices to
all members of the national committee, re
questing their piesence at a meeting to hi
held here on September . No specific
reason for the calling of the meeting was
given, but It is understood that ploAa tor
the campaign will b d.etusss
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