The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVIII NOT 67.
OMAHA, FRIDAY M0KX1X0, SEPTEMBER 4, 1908 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
NEVIUS IS ELECTED
SUMMARY OF THE DEE
INQUEST IN THE RUST1N CASE
Three Spirits of 1908 Kp
MR. TAFT TO SPEAK
: -.irV-r
Coroner Brewer Will Hold Hearing:
Kew Jersey Man "nen Commander-in-Chief
id Aray.
Judge Will Greet People During Trip
Next Tuesday Morning.
Acrou Ohio.
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NOT CERTAIN YET AS TO HOW SHOT
OPPOSITION
LAKE
STOPS MADE AT ALL STATIONS
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Suicide Theory la Scoffed hy Maay
Since Plato Cannot Be Foil
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Stomach.
Next National Encan. May Be
Held in Washu X
Trip from Sandusky to Cincinnati to
Be Made Tuesday.
Friday, September 4, 10.
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Memberihip ii About Two Hundred
Twenty-Fire Thousand.
SAD NOTE DURING PROCEEDING?
Com When Reference la Made to
the Number Who Hare Bee
Mustered Oat Baslnosa
Session.
' BULLETIN.
TOLEDO, Sept. 8.-H. M. Nevlrm was
elected commander-in-chief of the Orand
Army of tha Republic thia afternoon.
Opposition developed late today to Bait
Lake City In the corateet for the next en
campment, despite that It had no active
rivala In the convention. There n talk
about Atlanta a possibility, and a de
cided aentlment In favor of going; to Wash
ington, lx c. '
TO MED O, O., Sept. I.-With the parade
and other featurea of the forty-second en
campment over, delegates to the encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic
. today took up tha bualneaa of tha orders.
Business meetings were held by the
Woman's Relief Corps, the Daughtera' of
Veterana, and the Ladles of the Orand
Army of the Republic.
The meeting of the Grand Army of the
Republic was held In the Valentine theater
and the report cf the commander-in-chief,
the quartermaster general, other officers
and several committees were received,
laurton Cousrratulates Members.
Commander Burlon, after congratulating
the members of the organization upon the
success of the encampment, said:
Mindful of the fact that this encamp
ment bus assembled for the transaction i.f
business, i shun not tax your time by
indulging In an ecnnlum upon the Grand
Army of the Republic or Its accompllnh
raenta, but shall content myself with di
recting your attention to the objects fir
which It was created and the purposes for
which It exists, coupled wltn the admoni
tion that we cannot too often dedicate our
selves to the achievements of thone ob
jects and the fulfillment or those purposes,
The consolidated reports of the assistant
adjutants general for the term ending
June are never received In time to en
able the adjutant general to tabulate thi rn
for the benefit or the next succeeding; ni
ttonul encampment, and it Is Impossible to
state our numerical strength on June It,
"On December si, 1901. the members In
good standing numbered 229.982. On D?v
i cember 21, 1907, the members In good stand
ing numbered 226.167; net loss In member
ship during the year 1907, 4,776.
Those Mastered Oat.
Taurine the year 117 our loss b .death
. waa TG.UX. which was partly" offset by 4,67
members who wire ndricd to our roll y
muster rna reinstatement.
Comiuander-ln-Chlef Burton declared the
"Suspended Hat" la very large and sug
gested 'that whenever It la apparent that
a comrade cannot pay hla dues without
detriment to himself or family his post
ahould promptly remit them.
The eommander-ln-ehlef congratulated
the member of the Grand Army upon the'
passage of tha Sutloway bill In April, 1903,
which grants a pension to every honorably
discharged soldier of the war of the re
bellion who had served ninety days or
more and who had reached the age of 62
years of (12 per month and to the widows
of such aoldiera a pension of a like aum.
Eloquent trlbutea were paid by Com
mander Burton to Thomaa O. Lawler of
Rockford. 111., past commander-in-chief of
the Grand, Army, and to Daniel R. Lueai,
the past rhaplaln of the organization, who
died last November In Indianapolis.
Chief Interest centered In the election of
a new commander-in-chief, for which of
fice, H. M. Nevlua of New Jersey, Former
Governor Van Bant of Minnesota and L.
T. Dickason of Chicago, are candidates and
the selection of a place for the next en
campment. For the latter. Salt Lake City
appeared to be the only contender, other
aspirants having dropped out earlier In the
week. General J. KerA Hamilton of Toledo,
who was chairman of the local committee
of arrangements, will be chosen senior vice
commander. Contest for Offices.
BOSTON, Bept. 3. The last, and by far
tha most Important busineaa session of the
f tt til annual encampment of the Vnlted
Spanish War veterana, demaned the at
tention of the soldiers and aallor delegates
today. Great Interest was manifested in
tha election of officers for the coming year,
ax in practically every case there was a
contest.
The Spanish war veterans voted to hold
next year's encampment at Tacoma, Wash
KAHTKLY TROI BI.KS ARE EXDED
Woeiaa Held Araon Charge Com
mits Salclile.
BONESTEEL, 8. P.. Sept. S.-(8peclal
Telegram.) Eeasle Slnkular, living south
of Dallas. 8. D., committed suicide at 1
o'clock today by ahootlng herself through
the heart with a shotgun. Miaa Slnkular
waa engaged In the millinery business at
Hsirlck. 8. D., until tha . tenth of last
July at which time a large part of the
town was destroyed by fire. Mlts Bluku
lar aaa accused of having started the fire,
and had her preliminary hearing before
Judge Biggins ot Bonesteel on August 1
and was held to the circuit court In the
sum of tl.OGU. Brooding over this trouble
la supposed to have been tha causa of
the act. Miss Slnkular came- here during
the ruah and proved up on a Rosebud
farm. Her folks are well-to-do.
Heady for Fair at llnroa.
HURON, 8.' D., Bept. 3. (Special. The
electrical display arranged under direcMon
of the Huron Commercial olub for fair
week, waa tested Monday night and la
highly satisfactory. The business portion
of the city presents a magnificent appear
ance, the streets being fastooned with
thousands of . white and colored lamps, the
entire arrangement preaenting one of the
most pleasing displays aver seen In this
portion ot the northwest. Special arrange
ment haa also been made for lighting the
residence portion of the city during- fstr
week. Everything bi practically In readi
ness for the fair, which opens on tha 7th.
On Tueaday' Governor Johnson of Minne
sota will deliver an address, and thousands
of people from the surrounding country are
expected to be present at that time. Rail
way companies have made arrangements
fur running excursion trains for the accom
modation sf the (rest crowds.
I WZATKCB,
FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLUFFS AXn
VICINITY Fair Friday.
FOR NEBRASKA Fair Fridav: moderate
temperature.
HJR iowa (Jenerally f(Hr Friday.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
Hour.
Deg.
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8 a. m. .
9 a. m.
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10 a. m 71
11 a. m.
12 m
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po&rrxcAX.
A. C. Bhallenberger rapidly draws up to
Dahlman In the contest for governor and
Berge makes a stronger showing than hto
opponents expeected. Pag- 1
The republican speaking campaign will
begin In the middle of September, but
the greateat amount of work will be done
In October, according to plana that have
been laid by National Chairman Hitch
cock. Judge Taft will remain at w Cin
cinnati at least until the middle of Octo
ber. Page 1
rOKBZOW.
French officials become Involved In
the Venezuelan scandal In connection with
the French Cable company, recently fined
by Castro'a court. - . Page ,1
Sultan of Dunaharra has been ordered
to pay a penalty of $500 for participation
li a massacreing expedition and then to
be hanged. Fags 1
DOMESTIC.
Commander Burton makes his report to
the vaterana at Toledo." Nevlna Is elected
new commander-in-chief. Page 8
Roy Knabenshue makes a long fright at
Columbus. Page 1
Iowa decldca to vote on a short-term
senator Stptember 9. Pag 1
K. H. Harrlman will make some speeches
She fore Oregon societies. Pag 1
Secretary of War Wright leave Fort
Riley and will go to Yellowstone park.
Pags 1
TEBKASKA,
Seventh Day Adventlsts authorize the
erection of an additional building at
Hastings. Fags 3
X.OOAX..
Twenty-five hundred - Oman apeople
take the special train for the state fair.
Fags 10
Inquest In the Rustln caae to be held
Tuesday. "N6 new ,delojjfcunl. In . tbe
affair to date. " ' Page 1
MOTEMXXTTB OP OCZrAJT KTM aJK SKIPS,
Port. Arrlred. IiIM.
NEW YORK... Adrlatto Maurrtanla
NKW YORK Prlnaeas lrena.... Atlce .
NKW YORK.
Teutonic
Saxonta
.. Madnnnla
- Hayerford
Madonua
Ql'EENSTOWN..
MAK8KIL.LES...
LIV KRPOOL,
ANTWERP
BOSTON.
Romanic
. Maltatlc Winifred laa
BOSTON...
SOUTHAMPTON. Katrer Wllhalra I Hamburc
SOl'THAMPTON. Kalner Wll'm II.
LONDON. Marqaotta
PLYMOUTH beuurhland
BY WIRELESS.
NEW YORK Steamer Lucanfa. Liverpool
for New York was 1,150 miles east of
Sandy Hock at 4 p. m. Will dock 7:30 a. m.,
Saturday.
HARRIMAN TO TAKE PLATFORM
Accepts Invitation ot several Clvlo
Bodies to Addresa Them
la Oregon.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. . According ta
reports received here, B. H. Harrlman,
who la now staying at his summer home,
Fellcan Lodge, In the northern part of tha
state, has accepted the Invitations of sev
eral civic bodies In Oregon to addresa gath
erings and will start for Portland today for
that purpose. E. E. Calvin, vice president
and general manager of the Southern Pa
cific system, will accompany Mr. Harrl
man to Oregon. Vj
RAILWAY BOARD IS ENJOINED
Judge Vandevanter, lirjnte Order
. Acalnst Arkanaaa t'om
nalseloa. ST. PAUL. Minn , Sept. 8. Judge Van
dovanter In d a United States circuit court
today granted the Injunction requested by
tha St Louis, Iron Mountain At Southern
and three other railroads operating In Ar
kanaaa agalntt the Arkansas State Railway
commlaslon. The Injunction reatralna tne
commission from enforcing tha new 2-cent
fare law and f r. m interfe lng with the 1 ail
roads In raising their freight rates on In
terstate traffic.
KNABENSHUE MAKES FLIGHT
Yeaasr Man Circles Dome of
Capltof end Returns to
Fair Grounds.
Ohio
COLUMBUS. O., Sept. 3. Roy Knaben
shue today aturted from the fair grounds In
his airship and made a trip down town,
circling the dome of the state house-, with
three pasargra aboard. Knabenshue was
gone Just twenty-seven minutes., returning
to the fair gTounds. ' He circled the race
track. Thousands wltneased the flight.
SULTAN MUST PAY, THEN HANG
1'hlllnnla Territorial Court Passes
Judgment I poo Chief of
. Dunaharra.
MANILA. Sept. ',-The territorial au
prenie court today decided that the sultsn
nT,harra must hang for the part ha
took as leader of the raid on Parang. Island
of Mindanao In January. 19C, wherein J.
W. McDonald of that place was killed by
the raiders. Bealdea being condemned to
be hanged the sultan Is ordered by the
court to pay to the heirs of McDonald 1.00)
pesos (3UX.
Foreelosnro Asralnai Ross,
P1TTSBURO, Bept. .!. Foreclosure pro
ceedings against the 4 Pittsburg-Wabash
Terminal Railway company upon the first
mortgage and property given to secure first
mortgage bonds waa commenced in the
United States circuit court here today by
the Mercantile Trust teou" of New
York,
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Undecided finally aa to the caue and
manner of the death of Dr. Fred Rustln,
Chief of Police Donahue Is continuing a
vigilant search for p"tble clues and an
Inquest has been decidtd on. The Inquest
H! be held Tuesday at a. m.. although
the body will he burled Satutday.
Chief Donahue, County Attorney English
end Coroner Brewer held a conference
Thursday morning and came to the con
clusion an inquest was demanded by the
circumstances of the case and should be
held Tuesdny for several reaeons. First,
It could not be held before Saturday, as
the police could not complete present plans
of Investigation before then and It was not
desirable to hold It on tha day of the
funeral, as the widow wuuld have to testify.
It would not be legal Sunday or Mondny,
the latter being labor day. So Tuesday was
the earliest convenient date.
The coroner's Jury waa Impaneled Thurs
day afternoon and In company with Coroner
Brewer visited the scene of the tragedy
and viewed the body of Dr. Rustln. The
men who will serve In the case are: C. E
Black, 3809 Farnam street, hatter and men's
furnisher; Ed Hancy, 1821. Farnam street,
retired; W. L. Settiy, 4808 Davenport etreet,
real eatate; A. I. Crelgh. 112 North Thirty
second avenue, real estate ;-F. B. Barrett,
111 North . Thirty-eighth avenue, Barrett-
Johnson company, tailoring; Victor White,
2806 California street, Havens-White Coal
company. .
Every,' clue to the mystery which sur
rounds the death of Dr. Rustln, who was
found by Mrs.' r Rustln on the .front porch
of his residence Wednesday morning,
shortly after 3 o'clock with a bullet hole
Jn Ms abdomen. Is being run down by the
police.
Not Satlnfled vrlth Snlrlde.
Chief Donahue Thursday said he was still
unable to dismiss the theory of suicide en
tirely from his mind, and yet was' not
ready to say finally that such was : the
manner of death.
The Inability of the police or any one else
to find the revolver that fired the fatal
shot and the fact that no skilled surgeon,
It seems, would shoot himself In the
stomach, are the two chief obstacles to the
suicide theory.' By many this theory, In
the face of fnrls, Is hooted.
The recent discovery that Dr. Rustln did
not go home at 3 o'clock In the morning,
but was seen going " there after mid
night, has had much to do with changing
views !n various minds as to the mode
of death. He was seen by Harold Under
hill at Fortieth and Farnam streets
going home about 12 o'clock, maybe a little
before, maybe a little after. This young
man, who waa waiting for election r
turns at the voting place, there, says the
doctor walked.Jtnd appeared to. be ncrna
and went straight toward ivta home.
The police and Mrs. Ruetln, however, are
certain the doctor waa shot about 3 o'clock.
perhaps a little later. ' The shot aroused the
neighbors at that hour, aa at least three
have stated.
Mrs. Rustln, Chief Donahue said Thurs
day, has not yet fully made up her m,nd
that her husband killed himself. She ex
presses no fixed opinion now, though at
one time she felt certain it wss murder.
Many Witnesses Summoned.
, A large number of wltneaaea will be sum
moned to appear before the coroner's In
queBt, and everyone who saw the physi
cian late In the evening Tuesday haa been
closely questioned by the authorities,
especially the night watchman, who clalma
to have seen Dr. Rustln mount his front
st?ps as lato as 1:30 Wednesday morning.
What transpired on the front porch dur
ing the following two houra or until the shot
was heard la still undetermined, It being
a matter of conjecture that he dozed In a
chair on the porch.
Chief Donehue and Chief of Detectives
Savage spent aome two houra In consulta
tion with Ml. Rustln at the family home
and they, with Mrs. Rustln, made a vigor
ous search for the revolver, but failed to
find It.
Mra. Howe of Massachusetts, mother of
Mrs. Rustln and Mra J. H. Mcintosh of
New "York, alster of the doctor, are ex
pected here In time for the funeral. Rev.
T. J. Mackay will conduct It Saturday at
3 p. m., at All Saints church, of which
Mrs. Rustln la a constant attendant.
WAKEFIELD F0R CORN SHOW
Veteran Exposition Man Joins Staff of
the National Display la
Omaha. (
John A. Wakefield former secretary of
the Transmisslsaippl and International ex
position, and since Identified with almost
every big exposition, held In the country.
Including the Panameiican at Buffalo and
the Jamestown shows, has been added to
the staff of the National Corn exposition
and will have charge of the concessions.
Mr. Wakefield la known from Omaha to
Idaho arjd from Buxxard's Bey to Broken
Bow as an exposition man and a showman
of no mean standing. He waa secured by
President Q. W. Wattles or the National
Corn exposition, who since his return from
Europe has entered into the work of mak
ing the National Corn show a success.
The concessions and admissions were as
slgied to Secretary T. F. Sturgess of the
corn exposition, but aa the enterprise has
grown, Mr. Sturgess has found his time
well occupied with the secretary's duties
without looking out for the concessions.
At the suggestion of Mr. Wattles the mat
ter will be handled by Mr. Wakefield and
directed from the office of the preslder.t.
Plats of the Auditorium have been made
and apace Is being sold by Mr. Wakefield
for the exhibits other than those in the
classes of the exposition. The seats
will be removed from the gallery of the big
building two weeks before the exposition
opens, and It will be used aa the aecond
story of tha national corn show. Every
j u" 'P08
In the Auditorium will be
needed and perhaps mors room on the out
side.
low. to Vol. on Senator.
DE8 MOINES, la., Sept. 3. -The house
today passed tne Lambert -De mar concur
rent resolution providing for the election
of a short term senator, September I, by a
vote of 73 to 29, tbe democrats voting with
the progressives. The election will be held
at 3 o'clock of that dale.
DCS MOINES, la., Sept. 3.-Tiis senate
adopted Senator Lambert's amended resolu
tion. A tilt between stand-fatters and pro
gressives preceded vatia Tha resolution
carried. M to 11.
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PRIMARY. RETURNS SLOW
Another "Bay Adds Little to Previous
Knowledge of the Result.
OFFICIAL CANVASS BEGINS TODAY
Indications Still Xhallenbcrger Ifaa
Beaten Dahlman Klnkald Wins
Renomlnatlon In the Big
Sixth District.
Returns fmm the nrimarv In t.ho rfnto
continue to straggle In, but 1n such incom
plete shape as to bo unsatisfactory and
tell little. Election offlcera in so many
Instancea failed to bring In duplicate re
turns outside the sealed package that it
will be impossible to present anything like
a story of the result until after the official
canvass, which commences today. The bal
lot Is so long that many counties will not
complete this work before Saturday. The
few additional returns only aerve to bear
out the prediction of the morning after the
primary that Bhallenberger will have a
lead ovar Daiilman In the state for the dem
ocratic nomination for governor on the face
of the returns. Dahlman, however, contends
that populist votea have been erroneously
counted for Shallenberger, and that with
these thrown out he will have a lead.
Until the official canvass Is made there Is
txj telling how much there Is In this con
tention. In the Third congressional district the
fight la between IiUta and Howard for
the democratic nomination, with Latta a
little In the lead, so far as the returns
have been received. '
In the Sixth district, Kinkaid, republican,
has undoubtedly been renominated. So far
as the few returns received Indicate any
thing. It is that It Is close between McNeil
and Westover for the fusion nomination.
Indications point to the nomination of .
A. Wlllams for railway commissioner. In
spite of the fight of the Railway Employes'
Protective association.
Contests on- uuditor, state superintendent
of public instruction and lpnd commissioner
niust await the opening of the poll books
before -they are determined.
bnallen
Dahlman. berger.
Berge.
131
Adams, 6 prec'ts 73
233
Antelope, 3 prec'ts.... 8
Box $utte, 3 preo'ts... 27
Boone, t pet tii
Burt, complete 1&2
Butler, complete ;t5
Caas. 2 prrc la at
Cherry, 4 prec'ts 1
Clay, complete 82
Colfax, 1 pet 1H
Cuming Hi
Dawes, 1 prec't J
Dodge, 3 pr-c la Ill
Douglas, l oil! I let ....3.SM)
Fillmore M
Frontier, 3 pets , 3
Furnas, 6 pets 3
tirant, 1 pel 2
Oretlry, i pets f
16
16
62
161
213
44
21
404
339
8
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1,234
4
23
47
3
40
27
87
40
3.'
20
110
3
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4S
78
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2
198
321
7
4
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149
2
61
8
149
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18
28
14D
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301
34
10
231
4
104
J !
411
Hall, 1 prec't 21
Hamilton. U pets 44
Hitchcock, 7 pets 16
Kearney, 3 prec'ts 3
Keith 25
Lancaster, 11 p.'ia 104
Logan, i pcia s
Madutun, t pets fS
Nemaha, i pets 6a
fnwiu-e, 4 prec'ts 4
Phelps 8
Platte, h prec'ts 11
Red Willow. 8 pcta 13
Richardson, 11 pets.... M
hock. 1 prec't 4
Sarpy, complete 2l
Saline, complete 178
Reward, & pets 131
8lieridan. prec'ts.... li
h' anion, majority
Thurston, pets 82
Washington. 6 prec'ts
Wavne. 3 prec'ts 39
Webster, 11 pets 23
York, complete 141
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2
41
364
3
32
191
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39
84
58
104
3
131
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28
38
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4.118
Totals 5.556
First District.
Fltuimmons.McUulre.
Richardson .' 154 221
(Continued on Second Page.)
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ss Company.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Uads. Withdrawn., front. . aettleuient
for Sites for Irrla-atloa
' Heaervolra. , .
(From a Staff Correspondent.) .
. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. (Special Tele
gramsThe following lands which are re
quired for reservoir purposes in connection
with the North Platto Irrigation project
have been withdrawn from any form of
disposition whatever under the public land
laws:
Nebraska Township 24 north, range 58
west, west half northwest quarter, and weal
' half southwest quarter, and west half
southwest quarter section 10, and sections
14. 15, 21 and 22.
In Wyoming Ttownshlp 24 north, range
60 west, northwest quarter northeast vquar-
ter east half northeast quarter south half
section 5; all sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 and 22;
township 24 north, range 61 west, all sec
tions 1 and 13; township 25 north, range 60
west, southwest quarter southeast quarter
section 33.
These lands had previously been with
drawn from all forms of disposition except
homestead entry In connection with this
project. '
Miss Josephine D. Andres of Dubuque,
la., has been appointed teacher at Klcka
poo Indian school, Kansas.
Charles 8. Hawk has been appointed reg
ular and Florence Hawk substitute rural
carriers for Route 3. at Western, Neb.
DOCTORS DEMAND LEGISLATION
Assert thnt Leek of It Retards
Application of Modern
Methods.
YANKTON, S. D., Sept. 3. (Special.)
The twenty-seventh annual session of the
Stats Medical association waa called to
order here by President D. L. C. Mead
of the State hospital, with a stood attend
ance of physicians from all parts of the
state. President Warren of Yankton col
lege made the welcoming address and Dr.
R. C. Warren of Mitchell responded. In the
evening Dr. J. N. McCormack of Bowling
Green spoke at the opera house to a luge
audience .on the position of the doctors to
wards the people. He did not mince words
any, but talked straight out on conditions
as phys ns found them. He especially
criticised government officials and state
legislatures for retarding the app:L-aion
of modern methods and said the medical
field was far In advance of thoee In author
ity, but vverd handicapped for the neces
sary recognition, which was not the case in
other civilized countries. The sessions will
continue Thursday and Friday, and many
more physicians are expected for the last
sn ' two days' si-sslonc.
WRIGHT LEAVES FORT RILEY
Secretary of War Departs for Yel
lowstone After Inspeetion
cf t auiD.
FORT RILEY. Kan., Sept. 3. -After an
Inspection of the camp here this morning
in company with Major General J. Frank
lin Bell Secretary of War Luke K. Wright
left for the east. Only a few of the sec
retary's party will accompany him. Gen
eral Bell and his wife leaving for a trip
through Yeliowstons park and General AIj
ahlre going to Fort Sill, Okl , to Inspect the
military post there with a view of Im
provements In ths Immediate future.
Secretary Wright spent most of the day
In the sadde yesterday watching the ma
neuvers of the (.000 men stationed here.
He has been at this post two days.
Bank at Miles, O., Falls.
WASHINGTON. BepL S.-The First Na
tional bank of Niles. O., was closed today
by order of ths board of directors on the
grounds of Insolvency. P. Tllllnghast has
beta svpouUad receiver.
a"-
CRAWFORD OPENS CAMPAIGN
South Dakota Governor Talks to Grea
Audience at Fair Grounds.
OMAHA MEN MUCH IN EVIDENCE
Several Tralnloads Come Down to
Show Thflr Interest In the Bl
Show and They Proceed to
Make Thlnss Lively.
190.
1908.
32.684
99.01S
Thursday 31,181
roar aays
for week 97,893
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Sept. 3. (Special.) The re
publican campaign In Nebraska was
opened at the State fair grounds this af
ternoon by Governor Coe I. Crawford of
South Dakota, the nominee for the United
States senate from that state. The speak
ing was in the new auditorium, and practi
cally every one of its 4.5C0 seats waa
occupied, while hundreds remained on
the outBido, standing during the entire
speech. The weather was Ideal, the crowd
was attentive and enthusiastic and the
speech delivered In such prosperous sur
roundings, to such a prosperous people,
was rich In good things.
With kindly consideration for Mr. Bryan
as a good, "amiable" citizen, the Bpeaker
dissected his theories without mercy, Bjid
he told of the performance of the repub
lican party In the past as the best evidence
of what It would do In the future. The
names of Roosevelt, McKlnley, Taft and
Sheldon were cheered lustily. The name of
Mr. Bryan came In for applause, which
was started on several occasions by a
leather-lunged young man in the rear of
the hall.
People of Omaha have always attended
the State fair. But today Is the first time
Omaha has come down in a body. It Is
the first time Omaha has come down
headed by its commercial club, Its magni
ficent Ak-Sar-Ben and its leading business
men. Todiiy Is the first time It was Im
possible to turn around on the ground with
out running Into "Blyy" Kleratead, Ar
thur Brandies, J. H. Penfold. Arthur
Smith., or someone wearing the Ak-Sar-Ben
colors. And the Omaha delegation did not
look a bit different from the owners of
the live stork exhibited at the fair; the
men who raised the fine county exhibits, or
the men who put up the magnificent horti
cultural txhllMt. In fart, in this last de
partment, Charles Saunders of Omaha was
In charge, he being the president of the
society.
It was a great duy for tne fair and a
great day for Omaha.
The Omaha bunch, in aquards and In
marching formation visited everything on
the grounds, an Paul Clark announced
they had bought more cream cones than
he has sold on the grounds during the
entire week. And Omaha was in evidence
at the republican speaking; Omaha was
In evidence at the Llberatta concert and
at the rate track.
Notwithstanding the big delegation from
the metroplltan city, the attendance to
day was not at large as yesterday, when
It was Just State fair day and not parti
cularly designated as snyone's day, but
the crowd was a good one and It was en
thusiastic.
Tha day was called "Omaha day," and
from the big city several tralnloads of
people came down, while many cams in
automobiles,.
Homeward Hash Is On.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1 Nearly 1.000 csbln
passengers arrived today from Europe on
the Whits Star liner Adriatic, among them
being J. Plerpont Morgan. Other well
known passengers were Halted Slates Sen
ator Henry aixl Lodge. Blahoo w. H
Uenlaitd ef California aud Maxlut JSlliolL
WORK WARMS UP IN OCTOBER
Republican Speakers Will Then Begin
in Earnest.
GREAT DEMAND FROM THE WEST
1
Sneakers B area a Besieged with Re-.
qaests from Every Doubtful
State Commutes Gets
j Plans Ready.
CHICAGO. Sept. 3-Chslrman Frank II.
Hitchcock of the republican national com
mittee annrunred today that when Mr.
Taft goes from Sanduxky to Cincinnati on
Tuesday next the eandldato will meet the
people at all points where stops are made
by the Pig Four train.
Mr. Taft will leave Sandusky, at 12:46 p.
m. The train stops at all stations he- ,
tween Sandusky and Carey and about a
doxen points between Carey and Cin
cinnati, There the arriving time Is 7:45 r. m.
Joseph A. Breckens of Cheyenne. Wyo.,
was today appointed assistant director of
the literary bureau of the Western repub
lican headquarters In this city. He repre
sents In Wsshlngton, during sessions or
congress, a large number of western news
papers. Tarns Blxby o St. Patil visited republican
headquarters today and declared that he
believes Minnesota will give Taft 500PO plu
rality and that Jacobsen. the republican
candidate for governor will defeat Johniton
by a rlose vote. Mr. Plxby Is manager of
the St. Paul Tloneer-Press.
Work Wanna I n In October.
Most of the speakers of national
prominence who will take the stunp
for Taft and ' Sherman will not bo
available until about October 1, and until
then the campaign In the doubtful states
will be waged hy local speakers. Senators
Reverldgo and Borah, and Leslie M. Shaw,
former secretary of the treasury, and per
haps Secretary Garfield of the Department
of the Interior, will be ready by September
15. A few speeches by these men will be
made earlier.
Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker
Cannon are expocted to make political ad
dresses outside of their own states begin
ning October 1, and Senator Foraker, Sen
ator LaFollette, Senator Knox and Gov
ernor Hughes will start out the same week.
In addition to these practically all , of the
members of congress, who will make up
the volunteer speaking force, have agreed
to arrange their plans so as to speak con
stantly for the last month of the campaign
wherever they may be wanted.
, Best Men to' Speak.'' '
Chairman Hitchcock today corrected tha
Impression that ths volunteer ipeaklng
force is to be used to the exclusion of paid
speakers. He said today that negotiations
are proceeding to secure the best repub
lican speakers In the country nnd that
ninny of these will be paid for their serv
ices. They will be used during the last
two weeks.
, The speakers' bureau In the west has
bfen besieged by republicans from every
doubtful state that Mr. Taft, President
Roosevelt, Mr. Sherman and prominent
senators be sent into the campaign at
once.
This Is taken as sn Indication of political
Interest. There has been no change in
Mr. Taft's determination to remain In Cin
cinnati during the campaign and address
such delegations as call upon him at Ills
home. It Is possible, however, that late In
the campaign, perhaps the last two weeks
In October, he may make a number of short
speaking trips Into middle west states.
The Ohio political situation was consid
ered further by Mr. Hitchcock when lie
received a call from State Auditor Gilbert
of that state today. It was ssld that while
there is dissatisfaction in some portions of
the state over nominations made for soma
of the state offices the nstlonal ticket
would not be seriously Involved.
FORAKER DK.MKS FAKE ITORY
Says There Never Has Been Troublo
Between Him and Taft.
CINCINNATI, O., Bi-pt. I. In an ex
planatory statement which was a Compre
hensive denial, Senator Foruker today dis
posed of a story published In ths Toledo
Times of this morning giving what pur
ported to be an authorised statement front
' htm. As soon aa he reached his home the
substance of the story waa repeated to
him and the aenator at once made tha fol
lowing statement to the Associated Press:
The statement published In ths Toledo ,
Times as you report It to ma la grossly
misleading. The only basis for any such
statement that I can recall In this: As I
waa leaving the hotel to take the train for
Cincinnati last evening, a gentlemen In
troduced himself to me and told me he
represented the Toledo Times and that the
Associated Press was ssndlng out a long
story some 2,000 words as I now remember
his statement giving an account of an
agreement that had been entered Into as a
basis for peace between Judge Tuft and
myself and he wanted me to give my ver
sion of tha matter.
'I told him there had been no agreement
of any kind, neither made nor suggested;
that there was no trouble between Judge
Taft and myself; that the troubls so much
talked about In the newspapers was manu-
fastured; that I had not made, at any
time, any request of Judge Taft and lis
had not made any of me; that ws had met
on the reviewing stand and at the public
meeting which we both addressed; that
our conversation on the reviewing stund
was only social and that which would
be naturally suggested by the character of
the occasion; that at the public meeting ws
had had no private conversation, and what
we had said at the public meeting spoke
for Itself that la alt there was of It. I
bade him good evening and went to ths
train.
"I wish there could be some way found to
stop ths publishing of these mischief-making
reporta."
POSTAL CI.KKKS AHE AROl'kED
I so of Seal on Card Declared to Be a
Forsery.
NEW YORK. Sept. 3 Union No. 1 of the
National Federation of Postofflce Clerks Is
aroused over a postal card bearing a ropy
of Its official sesl, together with a picture
of Samuel Gompers, which was sent broad
cast through the malls last Saturday.
Ths officers of ths union said today that
ths use of ths seal was not authorised and
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