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LABOR DAY AMOAD
John Mitchell Addresses Great Crowd
at Marion, HI.
HE IS EOT IN POLITICS
Once Cheriih' 'cal Ambition,
But i. It.
rAIBBAITKS UIAPOLIS
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Vice President Sneak ication
of Labor Pa
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OBSERVANCES IN OTB. ..vlTLES
flamsel Gomprrs "penlcs nt DnnTllle,
111., Thomas V. Lewis at Oska
loosa. la.. and Frmnsr. Morri
son at rrnensf I. a".
MARION. 111.. Bept. T.-John Mitchell.
forrar president of the United Mine Work
ers of America, addressed tO.OOO people t a
Ijibor day celebration here today. Mr.
Mitchell poke of the rarld advance of
laboring classes and denounced the Idea
that the rich are growing richer and the
poor poorer.
He said that recently he had had political
ambition, but had abandoned aU aspirations
In that direction. He spoke highly of the
Judiciary, but criticised Its course In some
, Injunction cases.
Vice President at Home City.
INDIA NAPOLI9, ' 8ept. 7.-Labor park
was formally dedicated today by the union
men of the city and neighboring towns.
The park has been purchased recently to
be used exclusively for labor celebrations,
t. H,.,,tifullv situated in West Indlan-
' apolls. Vice President Fairbanks was the
princiral speaker, talking on laoor.
Uamsrn at tannon'e Home.
DANVILLE, III.. Sept. 7.-Labor day was
celebrated here with a parade and speech
making .Samuel (Jompers was the princi
pal speaker In the afternoon. The burden
t th. .neecrv was an attack on Speaker
Cannon. Danville la the home town of the
speaker.
OSKALOOBA, la.. Sept. 7.-Preident
i. ! ! nt the United Mine Work
ers of America addressed a monster Lobor
day celebration here this afternoon. He
told the atory of tha Alabama strike, which
.. tii abandoned. Tha Industrial
and trades union parade was a feature of
the day'a program.
ptTTBHi-mv Bent. 7. Never In the his
tory of organised labor has Labor day
been s generally observed In the Pittsburg
. district as It wa today. Picnics took tthe
"plaoe of parades. Addreaaea were delivered
. T M Pnwderlv. Frank L. Hawiey
' v---., w t. Mnlhr.kl.nrt and V. H- Morrlaey.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Sept. 7.
' With a spectacular parade participated In
by thouaanda from Denver and other cities
of the state, labor' annual Monday was
Webrate4,.hrulodey oa waa - rands
scale ever attempted In tha Pike's peak
region.?
a -rv iff EH! K. Y.. Beot. 7. Five thous
and members of organlaed labor marched
hera today In the labor parade. Fran 1
u.niu. uintm nf the American Feder
ation of Labor addressed tha working-men.
BRYAX ORATOR FtlR LABOR DY
Make the Principal Addrean at tho
' Chicago Celebration.
CHICAGO, Bept. 7. William Jennings
Bryan was today the center of a Labor
Day celebration that outranked similar
celebrations In Chicago for years past.
From the moment of his arrival. exoept
for an hour that he spent as gueat of the
Iroquois club at luncheon, he was In the
hands of the labor men practically all
day. The first public appearance of the
democratic presidential candidate waa on
reviewing stand on a balcony before the
national democratic headquarters at the
Auditorium Annex, where the Labor Day
parade, with approximately JO.OOO union
men and women In line, passed In review
before hlro.
Mr. Bryan waa met at the railway sta
tion by a committee representing the In
junction Reform league, which organisation
waa bla host for the day, and escorted to
the Auditorium. After the parade he vwm
whisked away to the Great Northern lotel
to tbe Iroquois club luncheon, where he
made a brief talk to the club members. He
then entered an automobile, which was
to convey him to Forest park, where he
was to address the union men at 4 o'clock
on the subject of tha abuse of the lnjunc
tion In labor disputes. At 7 o'clock In the
evening lie was to speak to the electrical
workers at Brand's park on the northvest
aide of the city.
Tbe Labor Day parade, under the dlrec
tie. Nf John Fltspatrtck. president of the
Chi-ago Federation of Labor, waa the
greatest event of the sort, numerically, at
least, since 1SSC. For the first time since
that year the printers were In the line of
march. Partially in account of their
strength of numbe.a and partially In honor
of the guest of labor, who la a .member
f tke printers' organlxation, they were
given 'ie place at the head of the column.
Following them were the pressmen and the
book binders and other printing crafts
man. The Women's Trade L"m league
followed In tally-ho roaohee, ai u all unions
which hsve labels numbering upwards of
seventy made up the rest of the first di
vision. Four other divisions, composed of
teamster, freight handlers, construction
trades, machinists and a score of mlsoel
. laneoua trades, followed.
On the eve of his speaking tour of three
weeks, beginning here today, William J.
Bryaa became the victim of bolls. These
plebeian afflictions developed over night on.
tbe trip here from Unco In, Neb., and when
tbe candidate, smiling, stepped from his
train at ! o'clock this morning a hand
kerchief protected the back of his neck
from contact with bla collar.
The speaking tour begun today will carry
Mr. Bryan through the states of Illinois.
Indiana. Ohio. West Virginia. Maryland.
Delaware. Rhode Island. New Tork and
New Jersey.
Mr. Bryan' Address.
In bis address Mr. Bryaa aaid-
"The world is growing toward brother
hood and our nation la leading the way.
There Is more altruism In this country
than anywhere else In the world and more
today than there ever has been before.
There la more recognition of the kinship
that exists between us. more thought about
tbe questions which concern a common
humanity than at any preceding time. The
labor organisation Is a part of this great
movement of the masses toward cloaer
fsllewahlp. It has worked wonder tn the
past and It work la only commenced.
Th labor organisation helps those out-
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GERMAN MILITARY MANEUVERS
Most Important Moremeata of Army
Are Inrier War In Alsace
Lorraine.
ST. JOHANN. Sasr. Sept. ".When wat
ws declared lust night In the grand ma
neuvers of the German Imperial army, the
opposing forces on the slopr of Alsace-
Lorraine were so far spart that today
even the cavalry were unable to get In
touch with each other. The "red" army
under command of General Von Graffon.
Is advancing from the northwest with cav
alry thrown out well ahead, hut keeping In
touch with headquarters by means of :
telegraph line laid from horseback as they
proceeded.
As the "blue" army under General Von
Gilbenhelm is still for south of Saarbrueek
en. It Is believed the scene of operations
will be within the square formed by Pt.
Avoid, Saargemund. Saar-Union and
Dteuxe.
The "red" army's provisions are coming
up In automobiles from Mtx. General
Von Graffron spent the morning at B"l-
chn to await their arrival. A portable
wireless telegraph system keit him In con
stant communication with the Infantry
divisions at Ms rear, while at his side was
a telephone box In touch with the cavalry
division which occupies a position In the
front. Orderlies, mounted on motor bicy
cles constantly come and go. Automobiles
conveyed Lieut. General Count Von Moltke
chief of the general staff, and General
Von E'nam. the Prussian minister of war.
for a fleeting visit to the scene, and far
In the background were group of starlmf
blue Moused peasants. ' many of whom
probably participated In the campaign of
The authorities attach extreme Impor
tance to these maneuvers to the new mo
tnr transport commissariat, which Is an
Innovation. Tt takes the form of tra'ns of
motor wagons of various makes Including
one motor omnibus.
Lieut. Col. John P. Wlsser. mnttsrv at
tache of the American embassy at Berlin,
arrived today.
TROUBLE OVER BANK CLOSURE
Examiner Cnnnlnsiham. Formerly of
Nebraska, Denies He Waa Intox
icated When Posted Hotlee.
PITTSBURG, Bept. 7. The directors of
the Cosmopolitan National bank, which was
closed by order of the comptroller of the
currency Saturday, will meet tomorrow and
formulate a demand upon the government
officials at Washington that the bank be
reopened and allowed to continue business.
They still Insist that the institution Is
solvent and that the act of the comptroller
waa not warranted.
; National Bank Examiner John B. Cun
ningham, whose examination of the bank's
books resulted in the comptroller's order
that It be closed, denies that he waa In
toxicated when he made the examination
or when he went to the b-ink Saturday
morning and posted the notice that closed
the institution, as alleged. Cunningham
waa accompanied to the bank Saturday
morning by Judge F. F. Oldham, legal ad
viser to tha comptroller of the currency,
who came ta Pittsburg to assist Cunning
ham In the examination of the Cosmopoli
tan. '
Receiver Robert Lyons and three govern
ment accountant began work on the bank
accounts today.
Officials of the Mount Washington Sav
ings and Trwst company, which waa closed
at 11:30 o'clock Saturday morning by the
state bank examiner, declare that
the bank will resume business tomorrow
morning. President H. W. Oleffer and
Secretary George M. oGrdon of the bank de
nounce the closing of the bank half an
hour before regular closing time of Satur
day as an outrage.
"If such a thing as this can be done
legally," said Gordon, "It will be possible
to bankrupt every bank In Pennsylvania.
This 'accidental' closing might Just a well
have happened to a large Institution, caus
ing a tremendous run, as on a small bank
ing house like ours."
AEROPLANE RECORD BROKEN
President of Aviation Clnh of France
Remains In the Atr Thirty
One Mlnntea.
PARIS. Bept. 7. Leon Delagrahge, presi
dent of the Aviation club of France, today
beat hla world'a aoroplant record made
yesterday. He circled the Meld at Iaay
eighteen tines at an average height of
thirteen fed and remained In the air thirty
one minutes.
As Delagrange'a aeroplane touched the
ground while making Its first round of the
field three minutes waa deducted, making
the official time twenty-eight minutes. M.
Delagrange carried thirty liters of fuel es
sence In the machine's tank, but waa
forced to discontinue his flight before all
of It was exhausted owing to interference
of the lubricating oil with th aparktng
aparatus of the motor. M. Delagrange Is
confident that he will be able to remain In
the air an hour before the end of the week.
After M. Delagrange flight Louis Male-
cot, with hla combnatlon balloon and aero
plane, maneuvered for a few minute over
the field of Issy at a height Of ISO feet.
LEMA.NB, Bept. 7 Wilbur Wright, th
American aeroplanlst, who Is conducting
a series of flights with hi machine on the
field of Auvours, near here, doea not ap
pear to be disconcerted by M. Delagrange'a
record-breaking aeroplane performances of
yesterday and today on the field of Issy.
He said to the Associated Press this morn
ing: "Even If M. Delagrange covers fifty kilo
meters he cannot le.flil the conditions re
quired by the Lasare Welller committee,
according to which he must fly at an alti
tude of twelve meters In th wind at a
speed of over - six meters a second. M.
Delagrange has still to demonstrate his
ability to fly In the wind and travel at an
altitude of twelve meters."
WANT ADS BRING RECRUITS
Government riads This th Most
, Baeeeaefal Way of Adver
tising. WASHINGTON, oeru t "Want" adver
tisements have been found helpful by the
Navy department In lis recruiting work
and hereafter most of the money avail
able for that purpose will he spent In that
claaa of advertisement. la preference to
th display forma Considerable success
tn some secttona of the country, however,
has attended also tha clrca ar letter
feature Inviting recruits.
FIRE RECORD.
Altsaa, Manitoba, Horns.
WINNIPEG. Mid., Bept. 7.-A large por
tion of the business section of AUoaa. a
town In southern Manitoba, near ths boun
dary, aa destroyed by fire today. The
burned building Included th hank of Mon
treal, th Western Canada Land company's
tlrk, th Conracrctil l.oul ai tire post
office. Less. IM0.C00.
GUN IS THE MISSING LINK
Break In Chain Officer Weare
Around Suicide Theory.
DOCTOR SAt3 RUSTIN KILLED SELF
Asserts He Sklllfnlly Planned Hli
Self-De irnetloa Maid at the
Stricken Home Telia Wstt
He Said to Her.
Witnesses who will be called before tha
coroner's Jury In the Dr. Frederick Rustin
Inquest, which will be held at 9 o'clock
this morning, believe there will be one m Us
ing ltr.fc rn the case, now considered of
minor Importance, but the case aa a whole
will be settled by the Inquest.
Chief of Police Donahue said:
"We have not found the weapon from
which the shot was fired which caused the
death of Dr. Rustin. What la more, we
may not be able to find it. There will be
a missing link, perhaps, but It must be of
minor Importance. I believe the testimony
at the Inquest today will show that Dr.
Rustin had been planting self-destruction
for some time planning so well that the
gun used may not be found at least not
for a long time."
Late last evening the chief had a talk
with Anna Dlneen, the maid In the Rustin
home who assisted Mrs. Rustin In bringing
the wounded and dying physician tn from
the porch last Wednesday morning. With
apparent frankness. Miss Dlneen retold the
story she recited when first questioned.
She gave no new Information, except that
she was familiar with almost' every part
of the Rustin home, did work In all parts
of the house and never saw firearms of
any kind In the home or In the hands of
Dr. or Mrs. Rustin. She stated positively
that she did not see a revolver on the
porch ' or in the hands of anyone . last
Wednesday morning when called to assist
Mrs. Rustin. All rti mors that the maid
would give sensational testimony at the in
quest were squelched by the chief when he
talked with the maid last night.'
Told Her a Man Shot Him.
Mia Dlneen says she will be able to tes
tify at the inquest today that Dr. Rustin
told her before he died that a man shot
him. She told this to Chief Donahue, Bay
ing that while she was assisting Mrs. Rus
tin to bring the physician In from the
porch aha did not know what was the mat
ter. She bent over him while Mrs. Rustin
waa at the telephone. She will swear that
Dr. Rustin told her in reply to her ques
tion a to what waa the matter. "A man
ahot me," precisely the same words which
Mra Rustin will say her huaband told her
but a few mlnutea before.
An Intimate friend of the Rustin family
said:
"I am aatisfted that Mr. Rustin told th
officer Wednesday when they first talked
with her everything she knows. I went to
her when some attempted to discredit th
suicide theory and told her that It she
knew a single fact which would go further
to make suicide certain It would be for the
best and spare needles notoriety If she
wwnM tall that of fleers averythrog. Mer .re
ply was that she 'had told every single
thing." ,
At least . one of the physician who at
tended Dr. Rustin is convinced that the
man carefully planned to take his own
life by a pistol wound, which he knew
would not cause instant death, but would
be fatal only after he had disposed of the
gun and walked to the porch or dragged
himself Into his home like a wounded man
shot In the street by robbers.
Knew How to Plan It.
"Not only la It possible for Dr. Rustin
to have inflicted tha wound which caused
his death and disposed of the gun. but he
waa a man of such brlllancy and cunning
that If he made up hla mind to deceive the
world aa to the manner of his death he
could and would have prevented powder
from entering the wound by aome means
so aa to make tt appear the ahot waa
fired at a considerable distance," says
this physician. "That man had nerve. He
knew to half an inch where a shot should
be fired to prove fatal after a short time.
perhaps a few hours of even a few days,
The bullet entered parts of the body where
gangrene usualy follows and ths wound
was almost sure to Cause death."
CANADIAN PACIFIC YIELDS
Railroad Agreei to Take Back Strik
ers oa Waaes Agreed To
or Board. ,
WINNIPEG. Man.. Sept. 7.-Th Canadian
Pacific Railway company has decided to
take the mechanlca, who are on strike,
back to work this week in their old posi
tions on the wage scale agreed upon by
the majority report of the board of con
ciliation, held In Winnipeg, pending a fur
ther lnveatigatlon by a second board on
soro points now in dispute. This indicates
that the decision of the Canadian Pacific
railway is an unexpected concession, as 100
British mechanics are expected to arrive
thi week for distribution among the shops
In the west.
MYSTIC MAN JJHOT TO DEATH
lsi Otln, After TerorlslnsT Edge
moat, III., Killed by
Charles Bergrer.
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111.. Sept. 7 -After hav
ing terrorised the citizens of Bdgemont for
two day and night. Chub Otln, a mlnei.
was shot and killed today by Charles
Berger, owner of an ice cream parlor, otln
began drinking heavily Saturday and bad
since stalked the streets making threats
of trouble. Entering Berger'a ice cream
parlor, he attempted to slash Berger with
a raxor and was shot dead. Otln came from
Myatic. Ia., two years agb. It Is said he
had a wife and two children in Iowa.
AUTO KILLS ST- PAUL MAN
Paris Fletcher Crashed Under Vp.
tamed Motor at Mlaaelaka,
Mian.
BT. PAUL. Minn.. Sept. 7.-Pari Fletcher,
member of a well known real eatate firm
of thla city, and prominent socially, was
Instantly killed and Mra Fletcher was -erely
Injured by the overturning of thir
automobile at Mlnnetaka, near Wabasha,
Minn., today. The accident occurred at
the bottom of a steep hill a mile put of
Mlnnelaka. Mr. Fletcher was pinned un
der the car. being crushed acroac th ab
domen. Morsiarrs or ooxaji iniirnrfi.
Port. Srrl. &114.
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PHILADELPHIA. PrtMiaae
BT WIRELESS.
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Sable Island Kaiser Wllhelm II. from
Bremen for New Tork. waa reported bv
Uaronlgiam ml.es east of Bandy Hook
at 3 d. io.: will dck 1M a. a. Tuudtv.
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From th Kansas City Journal.
TAFT VIEWS HAYES' HOME
Judge and Mr. Taft on Trip to Estate
of Late President
SPEAXEJG TRIP IN OHIO TUESDAY
Addresses Old Soldiers at Sand oaky
and Talks Along the Wny
to Cincinnati Will
Follow.
MIDDLE BABb, O., Sept. 7. Boat, auto
mobile and trolley will ba employed today
In carrying out the Itinerary of the Taft
party on reaching Sandusky by way of
Fitment, where a visit will be made to
the horn of th late Rutherford B. Hayes.
Tha party left here shortly before
11 o'clock on Commodore Richardson's
yacht Jessamins fbr the hour1 sail to Port
Clinton. Tbo sixteen-mile automobile ride
which I to begin' there .is so timed as to
bring the party to Splegej Orove, the Hayes
estate, at 1 o'clock. The) visit to the Hayea
home carries out a desire of Mrs. Taft,
who from girlhood, has been, an intimate
friend of the famtrHsr father, Joba-W.
Herron, and President Hayes were warm
personal friends and professional associates
In Cincinnati.' President Hayes died at
Spiegel Grove In th winter, of 1803. and
Orover Cleveland attended - hla funeral
there, saying that as "President Hayes
promised to attend my Inauguration, hla
Illness preventing, I - will attend hia
funeral.'
Speaking Begins Tnesday.
From Fremont the Taft party will reach
Sandusky late today ty trolley and will go
directly to the home of Edward Marsh,
where they are to be guests until tomor
row. Tuesday morning st the Soldiers'
home, near Sandusky, Mr. Tuft begins a
series of speeches, which Is to be contin
ued until he reaches Cincinnati that night..
After addreaslng the old soldiers with a
nonpolltlcal expression of sentiment he will
appear before an audience at a lochi thea
ter and talk politics. The trip to Cincin
nati, which begins on the afternoon train
of th Big Four, ia to be a succession of
rear platform talka Speechea will be
made at Tiffin, Carey. Wharton, Forest,
Kenton, BeHefontalne, Springfield, Urbana
and Dayton.
Before leaving the Middle Bass Fishing
club Mr. Taft said he had enjoyed hlmsolf
during his week here most thoroughly.
"The flshng was all that could be ex
pected at this time of the year," he said.
"The location I a delight and the sur
roundings most congenial."
DEATH FOR SEXT PRESIDENT
Warning Given Jadge Taft of Alleged
Plot Against Him.
TOPEKA. Kan., Sept. 7. The State
Journal today print an unsigned letter
mailed In Topeka in the lalter part of
August and addressed to Judge f Ill-am H.
Taft, in which th writer aarrs iiie repub
lican presidential nominee of an alleged
plot to assassinate htm. The letter, which
was remalled to the chief ut police by
direction of Judge Taft, was mad public
here today by the latter official. It fel
lows: TOPEKA. Kan.. Aug. 27. Btcretarv of
War W. H. Taft Dear dir: 1 feel tt is
my duty to enlighten you on some fact
that deeply concern you. Four or five sus
picious looking men were seen In cli ss
conversation in a boxcar, which waa atand
ing in the Rock Island rallnad yards. 1
waa very close to the car. and liavirg rub
ber heels, they did not hear my approach.
They were busy formulating plans to as
sassinate the next preauient. who, they
said, would be you, and. moreover, they
were going to try the.r best :o Implicate
some negro man. On of the men was v-iy
desperate and swore he would dV it at Cht
cago the next tune you came, tut that h-!
would do so with a rifle from the top of
some skyscrsper. Yours respectfully,
TOUR UNKNOWN FKSEVD.
KNOX FAMILY IN AUTO CRASH
on of Senator gertonaly Injared
While Tonrlng In Rwltser
laad. LONDON, Sept. 7. A news agency dis
patch received here today from Geneva
says that Senator Philander C. Knox of
Pittsburg and Mrs. Knox were slightly
hurt and their aor seriously 'njured In a
motor accident. While pacing another
automobile a tire buret and the cars col
lided, that occupied by the Knox family
being ditched.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 7. Information
that United Statea Senator Knox and mem
bers of his family had been injured In an
automobile accident in Swltaerland had not
been received at the Knox residence at
Valley Forge, near here, when Inquiry was
mad upon receipt of the dispatch from
London. Members cf the family expressed
surprise that the senator and hia rarty
were now In Switserland, aa It waa believed
that they were still in France.
Senator Knox, accompanied by Mra
Knox, Philander C. Knox. Jr.. and Judge
Young of aha United States court. Pitta
burg, left tht country Auua a tour
of th continent.
Old, Golden Rule
lp
CALVIN CHAPMAN REMARRIES
Nebraska City Has Another Sensa
tion Added to Others In
His Cas.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. Bept. 7.-(Bpe-clal.)
Somewhat of a sensation was oc
casioned last evening by the announcement
of Calvin Chapman, one of the prominent
capitalists of this city and a former deacon
of the Baptist church, that he and Mra.
Rebecca Bond were married on August 10
and the matter had been kept a secret un
til this time. He refused to state where or
by whom they were married. It ta suffi
cient for the public to know that they were
married.
It will be remembered that Mr. Chapman
has figured quite prominently in the court
and church for the last year. He and hi
wife lived together for forty-six year and
during that time had accumulated a for
tune. One day he filed a suit in ths dis
trict court against hla wife, praying for a
divorce on the grounds of cruelty and con
stant nagging. It waa thought up to thla
time that the couple had always lived hap
pily together. They had one of the nicest
homes In tbe city and were leading mem
bers of h Baptist church
Slmrtly after this suit was filed Frank
Bond.'a teamster about town, filed a. suit
in -the courts against Mr. Chapman charg
ing htm with alleaiatlng the affection of
hi wfe, who several month before had
brought suit against him and secured a
divorce. This case after hanging fire for
a few month was settled and dismissed
snd Bond boasted that be received a neat
sum of money and waa quite "flush" for
some time.
Mr. Chapman settled with his wife by
paying her something like J75.0OO in money
and landa and waa enabled to secure a di
vorce without opposition. Then Mrs. Bond
brought suit against Herman Bchaden, a
saloon keeper, for $5,500 for selling liquor
to her husband and making a common
drunkard out of him and thua depriving
her and her daughter of his support. The
caje waa tried In the federal court and she
secured Judgment for $5,400, which the
bonding company paid, after refusing to
appeal and brought suit against Mr. Bcha
den and attached all of hla property for
the money paid Mrs. Bond. In the mean
time Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, because of
the notoriety they had aecured through
their- lawlng. were asked to resign from
the Baptist church.
Now Mr. Chapman announces hi mar
riage to Mrs. Bond and has already begun
the erection of a handsome home at the
corner of Fifth street and First corso for
his new wife, while the former wife, of
years, occupies the old home Just two
blocks away.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman when they were
married in thia city aome forty-seven years
ago were very poor and by hard labor and
thrift became Immensely wealthy and this
the finish of their dream..
CLEVER SWINDLER CAUGHT
Police at Antwerp Cnptnro Const De
Tonlonse-Lnntree on inch
Charge.
ANTWERP, Sept ".The police here to
day arrested Count de Toulouse-Lautree on
the charge of cashing stolen coupons. The
count protested against the arrest, claim
ing to be an American cltixen and dis
played natursllsatlon papers Issued In the
state of Illinois. An investigation showed
that he had recently been releaaed from
Siberia after having been extradited from
Bremen and having also been expelled
from Spain.
Nicholaa E. Bavine. also known sa Count
de Toulouse-Lautree and Prince Savine, ha
a long record of adroit swindles In various
parts of Europe and Is also known In the
United Statea. When arrested at Bremen
three years ago and taken to Bl. Peters
burg to stand trial on a charge of aaln
dlins Savine told a romantic story of his
adventures and alleged persecutions and
appealed to Emperor Nicholas, In return
for the services of his ancestors and him
self to Russia, to free his name from the
cloud hanging over It and permit him to
rejoin the army, of which he waa ence an
officer and served against the Japanese in
Manchuria. He asserted that he waa nat
uralized an American cltixen In Chicago
April 27, UkS, and In his petition to the
emperor he set forth that he was descended
from a long line of counts and princes who
Intermarried with the noble French family
of Toulouse-Lautree.
Savine in his youth was an officer in th
aristocratic Chevalier guards and left the
service owing to failing into the bands of
usurers, but later waa allowed to serve aa
a volunteer tn the Turkish war of 1S77.
He recounted In detail a long 'series of
trie's on various charges, which, he de
clared, were th result of the malevolence
of hi enemies, a chief of whom he named
ex-Mlniater of Juatice Sturavieff, now am
bassador at Rome. Th final reault of
these charges waa hi banishment to Si
beria, whence, after various adventure,
h escaped ta America. Savine aaaerted
that he served as captain of th United
Statea cavalry during the war with Spain
iu4 said ttat b was wounded at Santiago.
Days
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SOME MORE REAL MR. BRYAN
What Thomas H. Tibbies Had to Say
About Him Four Tears Ago.
OFFICE PUT ABOVE PRINCIPLES
Lincoln Labor Has Bla; Parade Ex
else Board Proposes to Tighten
Up Some More On Llejnor
Herniations.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Sept. 7. (Special.) An inter
eatlng article written by Tom Tibbie three
years ago telling horn Mr. Bryan attempted
to vote the populists for Parker and how
he forced fusion between the democratic
and populist partlea la particularly pat at
thia time when Tom Allen la trying to
ateat the Wataoii vote for hla brother-in-law.
That Mr. Tlbblea ta now on th Bryan
band wagon and la consorting with Sulli
van, Taggart, Sheehan and Murphy at hls
Urn make hi articles of IMS tha more
readable. Here la what he bad to lay tn
Tom 'Watson' magaxlne: "
"Th proposition to force a fusion wrth
tha democrats under the lead of tbe most
disreputable end of Wall street, fresh from
Its victory In St. Louis, on the face of It Is
absurd. But the doing of absurd things
never ruffles the plaold countenance of Mr.
Bryan. The Idea that tehre could be any
real opposition to his Imperial will In Ne
brata, aside from tbe republican party,
never seemed to enter his mind. Hereto
fore when Mr. Bryan entered a democratic
or populist convention, the fusion populists
and democrats immediately bowed and wor
shipped. The only thing that convention
had to do was to find out what Mr. Bryan
wlahed and then proceed to do tt with all
possible haate. It became evident that thia
convention would have to be handled dif
ferently, ifr. Bryan all the winter, spring
and summer has been denouncing Judge
parker as a 'dishonest candidate, running
on a dishonest platform,' and when he had
Come home from St. Louis sat down at hi
desk and the first word that he wrote
were: 'I shall vote for Parker and Davis.'
The populists remembered how, for eight
years he had been coming to their conven
tions and In. hla aweet and winning way
telling them how noble they were to put
principle above party and vote for men of
another party If they thought they could
advance reform by ao doing. Many of them
who had always supported Mr. Bryan since
he first appeared on the battlefield of poll
tics, thought that the time had come when
he should practice what he preached."
Editor Is Obstreperous,
from the chief justice down, to use per
suasion. That failed. Then Mr. Bryan's
personal organ in the state tried a new
deal. It poured out on Mr. Tibbies the most
fulsome flattery day after day. It said If
he would only say "fusion" every popu
list tn the state would obey his commands.
When all that failed Mr. Bryan came him
self. The proposition that he made was
that a fusion electoral ticket be put In
th field composed of four populists and
four democrats. Mr. Bryan saying that "In
th event of their election, each party
would count the full vote aa its own." The
proposition waa Instantly rejected. Others
followed. Mr. Bryan came to the Independ
ent editorial rooms four different times.
using all his eloquence and persuasive
powers to get the editor to consent to and
advocate a fusion with the party that had
nominated Parker, and whose campaign
waa put Into the hands of the most dis
reputable gang that ever sought Wall street
favors.
Mr. -Brysn realised that there was trouble
ahead, but thought that if the Nebraska
independent would support the Bran plan
that a fusion legislature would send Mr.
Bryan to the United Statea senate. The
editor of the Independent was obstreperous.
He had had enough of fusion with a party,
half of which was more disreputably pluto
cratic than the republican party and whose
irrevocable rules were so rigid that they
required a man. upon a vote of a conven
tion, to come out boldly before the people
and advocate a policy he had denounced
by pen and voice for eight years. All sort
of schemes were devised to bring this ob
streperous editor Into subjection to the
Imperial will of Mr. Bryan. The first waa
to send all the leading men of the state
Mr. Bryan gave orders that everything
visible clear to the political horlron and
other things invisible, lying behind the
floating clouds, should be offered to the
populist convention, providing that tha
populists would fuse. The battle waa
fought out on the convent! n floor. Many
democrats had procured seats as delegates.
One democrat tame over from his own con
vention and answered to the call of Thurs
con county in the populist convention,
which county had no delegates present,
and voted the fifteen vote that county was
entitled to every time for fusion. Out of
ths hell broth brewed In that all night
session ther floated upon the fusion scum.
(Continued on Second Page
UNION LABOR IS KING
Organized Workmen Supreme, Mako
Their Holiday Memorable,
THOUSANDS IN PARADE AND TICNIC
Long Line of March Moves Through
Principal Business Streets.
NUMEROUS TRADES REPRESENTED
In the Afternoon Great Picnic Is Held
. at Cut-Off Lake.
ORATORS CONTRIBUTE THEIR PART
Matnre Smiles Approvlnaly Upon
Her sturdy gone and the Day
Is Ideal for Sack Cere
monies.
The tramp, tramp, tramp of S.PVl orga
nised labor men through the princclplo
tlioi. tplifjim of O truth. i In ti.c iiioin.ng
and the assemblage by tie waters of Cut
off lake of other thousands In the nfler
noon where they participated In the gigan
tic picnic, listened to several orators and
enjoyed the pleasures of the, lake mido
labor day, 1908, In Omaha an evont of mem
ory. The weather could not bave bevn
more Inviting; the air was pun and com
fortable. The temperature moderate and
the sky clear and bright.
The political Interests of the year and the
Increasing share that union leadere in
taking in the campaign accentuated tho
Importance of the day, and the parade
showed labor's strength as a political fac
tor. More than 6,iTj0 men marched at 10:.T)
o'clock In the morning, through the busi
ness districts of the city and then went
to the lake for the picnic and speaking.
Fully LOW) of those In line were member
of the Oerman societies, holding an an
nual reunion In Omaha and celebrating
Sedan day. The German military bands
and uniformed veterans of German war
and trained In the excellent armies of the
Fatherland, were stirring featurea of th-s
parade. .
From the earliest morning It was evident
that the workers were to have a big day.
Many visitor were In the city. Long be
fore the hour for the parade to start the
streets were full of people, and only th
greatest activity on th part of police ana
street car company officer, kept traffic
moving. Unusual Interest waa manifest by
the general public, aa well as the women
and children of the laborer.
Lone Parade Interest.
The parade formed near Thirteenth and
Douglas street, the different organisa
tions forming their linea on Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Fifteenth street. Finally,
with on escort of police In the lead, fol
lowed by a band, four engine companies,
a truck and water tower brigade of th
firo department, the parade moved east to
Eleventh street, south of Farnam. west to
Nineteenth, south" to "Harney. t gain
to Sixteenth, where tt passed to Leaven
worth street and countermarched to Graco
streets, i-here the street car were waiting
to take the party to Cut-Off lake.
Noticeable in the long line were the
Brotherhood of Carpenter and Joiner,
which organization probably" had th larg
est number. More than 00 were In their
line. Each member wore a brown cap
with white shirtwaist and dark trousers.
Some of them carried carpenter' tools.
The Brotherhood of Painter nd Deco
rators received a hand from th onlooker
because they were "decorated." Leaders
carried large bouquets of cut flower and
ferns, while every man in th rank w
dressed In a white duck suit, with "paint
ers' cap." and carried u yellow yard stick.
Thirty-Third Degree Mason.
Bricklayers who hav been "serving an
apprenslceshlp" of forty year of more
were In carriage. Twelve of these men
live In Omaha. They hav all taken the
thirty-third degree In brlckmaeonry and
several have served their entire time In
Omaha. They have been among those who
"built Omaha."
Union cigar makera had a float the only
one in the parade. It wat a large union
label with the sign over it "Thi 1 our
safeguard."
The typographical union carried a ban
ner extending across th street, and an
other was seen tn th long line which said
"Ninety-five per cent of tho printers In
the United States work eight hours." Fol
lowing the typographical union cam tho
union press feeders. Some of them were
small and young, looking us though they
fed pony cylinders or 6x7 Jobbers.
Machinists Union No. 17 had a decorated
carriage tn which banners and flags were
carried by the officers. The member were
tn white.
Journeymen Tailor No. ! had a line of
eighty in suits made by their own hands
and needless to say the "neatest" In th
parade as tt is still unreasonable for every '
laborer to wear a broadcloth of English,
tlbet tsilored suit even on Labor day.
Coopers Had Campaign Veils.
The Coopers' union of Omaha and South
Omaha had a few campaign yells which
were given at regular Intervals and- iu
which the republicans and democrat
shared equally. The coopers made It very
evident that they were for personal rights
by their yells against prohibition.
Under sheet ruetal umbiellae the Amalga
mated Sheet Metal workers made a bril
liant appearance, the sunlight making
bright reflections on th top of their tin
sun shades.
Blacksmiths' helpers received their shar
of applause as they appeared in black
shirts with big whit blacksmiths' aprons.
Stage hands carried the banners of th
four theaters and posters .for coining at
tractions at the ends of long Fiji Islanj
spears, ordinarily used by the choruses In
comic operas.
Council Bluffs and South Omaha contrib
uted liberally to the parade and shared
with Omaha the credit tor making it a
success.
The German societies and veteran cam
last. They were noticeable at once be
cause of the trained steps. George Hoff
man, In uniform and riding a fine bla -k
horse, led th three divisions. S. Wog'r
sen mas the flag bearer and In the columa
there were thirty German and American
flags. The first division was composed of
the German fraternal societies, the second
of the German veterans from outside of
Omaha snd the third uf the Omaha Land
wehr Vereln.
I'lcnle Is Oa Grand fnecees.
Heat and dust wvre unknown at Cut-Off
lake Monday, and tlieie was nothing to mar
tile pleasure of the hundreds wltu attended
tiie Labor Day pic nlc there in the after
noon, (m account of poor car eervb.e, tlii
crowds did not begin to arrive until about
t o'clock, though a few managed to get
there eariltr. and. therefore, th sports uf
th day bad l be postponed until U sold.