Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL "HI-NO. 81.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNIXO, SE1TEMHEK 21, 1908
TWO CENTS.
SS1A
Dread Disease Hm a Fir.
Capital of the Nav "
-'in
DRASTIC MEASURES TO FIGHT IT
Unsanitary Condition! Greatly Asiiit
in Spread of Scurge.
PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS HIG
Larje Portion of the Empire Afflicted
with the Disease.
OTHER NATIONS QUARANTINED
Authorities Roaaalr Berated
Failure to Take Proper Preraa.
lions Im Earlier Stage of
. the Oat break.
for
hT. PETERSBURG. Sept. JO. -St. Peters
buig la In the grasp of the Aalatlc cholera
wlilch already has exceeded In severity and
number the visitation of 1MB. The disease
la Increasing dally to an alarming rate
ana unless the authorities show In the fu
ture a greater de(re of ability to cope
wiiii in altuatlon than they have In tb
past, mere Is every reason to fear that
H will get out of hand.
The government's threat to apply the pro
visions of martial law haa drlvan the rnu
nlclpallty offlrials to bend all their energie
to clearing- the city of the scourge. The
aidermanic council today voted, $260,000 to
enlarge the hospital space, to purchase and
distribute disinfectants, th supply of which
In Kt. Petersburg la well night exhausted,
nnd to excpedlta the Interment of bodies,
nicn haa been notoriously alow. Tha dead
'"'" i ove it' vded and many 10 iae
ii" uiiuiirU'd.
i. mjer his authority as prefect of 8L
Petersburg. General Dracheffshy on Sat
urday prohibited the sale of liquor through
out the city. Including the government
vodka shops until- September 22, and he
has further ordered that after that the
Kale nf liquor shall be suspended at t p. m
on Saturday until 10 a. m., on Monday. This
action has been taken In order to diminish
alcoholic excesses, which very materially
Increases the liability of cholera Infection
and he general spread of tha disease.
A beginning waa made today when public
schools were transformed Into hospital
wards. A number of tha grammar schools
were closed and 4,000 students sent to their
homes. , The department of war has opened
stores to supply Immediate needs and army
field kitchens have been dispatched to the
poorer quarters to djspetve free food.
. Disoa Mora Virulent.
Tho situation sesumss a graver aspect
from tha appearance today of a very viru
lent typa of ths diseaa In two cases In
which dearth followed within fifteen minute
nf tha first symptom. As announced by
ths offlelal bulletin th ease numbered Stf
and th dathea ltt durlaa th twenty-four
' faeurs between Friday Boon and Saturday
noon. ' - This a . , oonetdr rable decrease
from th preoedltux day, but there Is doubt
of the accuracy of the official statement,
Th recdrd for th same twenty-four hours.
ascertained from unofficial but reliable
aouroasvahowa th actual number to have
been far In axces of that Whether or not.
however. thr waa an actual decreaae. The
diseas resumed Its march on Saturday, th
statistics posted showing that from Satur
day noon until Sunday noon there were 398
caaes and 141 death, this being the largest
number so far officially announced.
It Is feared that th cholera will make
further gains for at least another fort
night, this being figured on the basis of
former epidemics. All verities of Aslatlo
cholera have now developed here, there be
ing numerous caaes of th algid type, which
Is accompanied by th greatest suffering,
Th metropolitan of St. Petersburg caused
prayers for deliverance to be read through.
Out the diocese today. In which the pesti
lence is described a a punishment for the
people's lawlessness.
Premier Stolypin had sharply reprimanded
the municipal officials for the appalling
conditions. At Abuchoff hoapttal, which
lie vlalted Saturday, he found that three
bathrooms were doing service for 300 pa
tients. The physicians were powerless to
carry out the proper course of treatment
and the mortality at this hospital has been
three tlmee that of others. Three of the
nurses at this institution were stricken
with the dlses.se yesterday, making a total
of nine nurses now under treatment for
cbolera.
Opportunity for Spread.
Practically nothing has been done up to
the present to put the city's market place
in a sanitary condition, they are places of
indescribable filth with the atmosphere
reeking with foui odors. One hundred car
loads of fruit have been auctioned off and
forwarded to Warsaw, Vilna and other
towns which tha cholera has not Invaded,
and tAe possibility of Infection from this
source Is very great.
As a city, St. Petersburg is woefully un
sanitary and the great disease finds here
the conditions most suitable for lte propa
gation. It first made its appearance among
the poor people herded in wretched tene
ments, but It is now spreading to the bet
ter classes and It has broken out in the
barracks among the troops.
The authorities had every warning of
th coming of the disease and their neglect
to tak proper precautions to prevent Its
spread ha brought out a storm of indig
nant criticism. As an example of the In
efficiency and negligence displayed, it Is
sufficient to cite the fact that many chol
sra cases have been conveyed to the hos
pitals In city cabs, which are very numer
ous In St. Petersburg, after which these
lame cabs were permitted, without disin
fection, to return to their work on the
itreets.
The cholera waa firt reported this year
about the end of July. It was of a vir
ulent typo and the percentage of mor
tality was high. The disease spread rap
liily Ir.to the provinces along the Volga,
Sown both coasts of the Casplun and in
the territory of the Don Cossacks, In
other words, la the eastern and south
eastern districts of European Russia.
Alarsa la General.
Advices from all parts of Ru.sla show
:hat th alarm is general end thut there
a good reastn for it. At Moscow a quar
tntlns has been established at ail railway
lepota and passengers are placed under
the strictest survellUnc. I'd to th pres
ent Moscow has been immune. A death
las occurred at Helslngfors from the dl
tease and the Russian steamers have been
lenled entrance Int Vlborg harbor for
ivadlng quarantlue at Trangsund, a road-H-J
eight miles from that port. Several
lusplcloj caats have been reported In the
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CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA AND
IOWA Generally fair Monday and Tues
day. Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
NEW VETERINARY COLLEGE
Chlcngo I'nlveraltr Propose to Estab
lish One of Wide Scope and
I .a rare Equipment.
CHICAGO. Bopt. M.-President Edmund
J. Jamea, of the University of Illinois, ar
rived home today from a tour of Inspec
tion of the veterinary colleges of the meat
Important European states. The Univer
sity of Illinois Is to establish a state vet
erinary college and research laboratory
In the city of Chicago, and President
Jamea waa commissioned to visit and ex
amine the leading veterinary schools in
Europe with a view to drafting a plan of
organisation and equipment which will
make the new school fully the equal of
the best In the old world.
Twenty-one of the most prominent
schools were vlolted, including those In
Holland, Belgium, Germany. Austrta-Hun-
ary, Italy. Swltxerland. France, England.
Ireland and Scotland. President James
this afternoon said: "Everywhere was
found an astonishing recognition of the
Importance of these schools to the wealth
and the health of the countries visited.
The little kingdom of Belgium has Just
spent over S1.fO0.Ou0 In the erection of a
new plant for Its veterinary college four
tlmea as much na any American state has
ever expended for the same purpose. Ger
many Is about to expend 12.600,000 In re
constructing and re-equlplng its veterinary
schools. Without adequate veterinary
schools to serve us the centers of scien
tific Investigation and of nurseries of ex
pert scholars In this field, all meat Inspec
tion must be a farce, no matter how much
money the. government expends upon It, or
what the law may prescribe. All attempte
to prevent the spread of animal diseases
such as Texas fever, hog cholera, etc.
must be largely futile, and all police meas
ures looking towards eliminating tubercu
losis, bubonic plague and other diseases of
main derived primarily from animals must
be largely emperlcal and Ignorant. The
new veterinary college of the University
of Illinois will be distinguished from all
schools of the kind In the United States
by the emphasis placed upon scientific In
vestigation Into the causes of animal di
seases and theJr relation to human di
sease, and the means by which such
disease can be prevented. The legislature
of Illinois made an appropriation at the
last session for this school, and It Is hoped
that It may be largely Increased at the
approaching session.
REORGANIZING MILL COMPANY
Creditor of rillaharyWaikhsra Com
pany to Hold a Meeting- la
Chicago.
CHICAGO. Sept. . A step toward the
reorganixatlon of the Plllebury-Washburn
Milling company of Minneapolis, Minn.,
which recently went Into the hands of a re
ceiver. Is expected to be taken at a meet
ing of the varloua Interests In Chicago at
10 a. m. tomorrow. The Investigations of
the creditors' committee are to be made
known and the extent of the loss which will
fall on the stockholders determined. Those
expected to be present Include Charles S.
rillsbury, son of the founder of the com
pany; J. C. Slaughter of London, England,
solicitor for the English debenture bond
holders, who are said to control 14,000,000
worth of Pillsbury paper; H. C. McLeod,
manager of the Bsnk of Nova Scotia. Hal
ifax; Albert C. Lorlng, of the Consolidated
Milling' company, Minneapolis; Albert C.
Cobb of Minneapolis, who represents In
terests In the northwest, and Ralph Wha
lln, Minneapolis counsel of the Pillsbury
company. It Is said consideration will be
given the plan for leasing ninety elevators
in Minnesota and North Dakota, belonging
o the Minnesota and Northern Klevator
company, a subsidiary company, the pre
liminary papers necessary for the taking
of such a step having already been filed
In the federal district court In Minneapolis.
The plan Is that a leasing of the elevators
will produce enough money to supply the
mmediate demands of the business.
NEAR BEER DEALERS FIGHT TAX
New Georgia Law to Be Tested la th
Coarte Right at the
Outset.
ATLANTA. G Sept. .-The Georgia
prohibition law, so tar aa taxing "near
beer" is concerned, is under firs. Th
extra session of the legislature which ad
journed yesterday authorised a tax of $500
on manufacturers of this product. Two
hundred dollars waa the amount Impoacd
on dispensers of "near beer."
Shortly after midnight last night. Judare
jmiis, or we superior court, enjoined the
comptroller of the state, the sheriff of
Kulton county, which Includes Atlsnta, and
his deputies; from Collecting this tax. The
lniunctlon was granted on the petition of
lis dealers In the "prohibition product."
The "neAr beer" dialers claim that the
legislation was unconstitutional. The case
will b carried to the highest courts.
CHILD REPUDIATES TESTIMONY
' "! Her Mother and Her
Father's Coasln Arrested for
His Merder.
BLODOETT. Mo.. Sept. .-Wiliiam
Miller, a cousin of Morris Stagner, whose
bullet-riddled body was found near here
last Wednesday, has been arrested and
charged with complicity in the crime.
Mrs. Stagner Is also In custody on the
same charge. Miller's arrest followed the
repudiation by Beulah Stagner of her testi
mony at the coroner's inquest. The girl
said that she had been coached to falsify
by her mother and Miller and had- done so
In order to protect her mother.
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PRESIDENT OUT FOR TAFI
Points Out Necessity of Electing the
Kepuclican Presidential Nominee
CONGRESS ALSO ESSENTIAL
All Those Who Believe la What Has
Beesi Aresnslbsrd and started
la Last Seven Years'
Should Line Up.
OVSTEK BAT, Sept. .-Preldent Rooae-
velt In a letter to William B. McKlnley,
chairman of the republican congressional
uinmiiiee. made public today, appeals to
Disinterested cMlsens to loin with the na.
tional republican committee and the con
gressional committee. In a movement to
elect William H. Taft, aa president and
republican congress to support him. After
reviewing some of the Important legislation
of the last aeven yeara. the president de
clares that Mr. Taft and the republican
canaiaates Tor congress seek election on a
piairorm wnicn specifically pledges the
party to continue and develop the policies
which have been acted upon for seven years
past.
All the aid that can be given to perpeu
ate the policy of the government aa now
carried on, the president says, should be
given by every good citizen as it Is far
more than a partisan matter.
HASKKI.L rHAI,l,E,(lEJ HEARST
Asks Editor to Make Good HI Chare;
Before Referees.
CHICAGO, Sept. 30. Governor Haskell nf
Oklahoma tonight gave out the following
letter, which he said he had telearaDhed
to William Randolph Hearst:
William R. Hearst. Care New York Amer
a1ni.W YT Clty.-8lr: You are ataTlng
rirTn- ,nd f"- ln ubelance. that
during the year im. when Attorney Gen
eral lrank 8. Monnctt of t)hl i, h i,7i..i
case, pending In the supreme court of that
It?.h.,."n?tth 8'ndard Oil company, I
nit. l h. i n"? 10 dismiss these
suits. I have said, and now repeat, that
that I'net'.Th" ' "?y '' nd
... J never had any relations of any kind
n.nvh"r?,; " W,V?. h" Standard Olf com-KSihVn-
v con'llln' "tatements prove
an t 2&J?' ," a """"PaP" man, may
?ulne? id d",re a r'Pultl"n for thruth
ihJl ?S: V " Pub"c official, demand
mKe thee.rWnr0ooVCUv9 mZ ",,ln, forth
IT.iS.f r 1roo, You know that a suit
flnBt you for civil damages, or a crlm-
rnd- f,ord y"r character of Journal
i"m ' cnnce to cover your expenses before
being called upon to aettle. I do not want
rt?A.3JP,,blKi.a" ' accuser who lias
s atemtn.f,Ubl,CKr'cor'1?. mnA m"ufactured
statementa for base political purpoaea. Kor
the purpose of forever settling this in
famous slander which you are circulating
In your newsnaner unA -
un5eVC.Th.Mr.,,t0othh?rr .'"d .H!
may o.tre as to the truth or falsity of
L"r. c.hr?' ?l the earlie.t possible mo-
5rrS- render their decision to the pub!
vLl" Sh0l!ld committee find
aiiHiainen 1 shall withdraw
denT..?" "-""T'lo" with the present rrN
dentlal campaign. Should the verdict be
against you. as I know It will, there need
b.?o(hr than th public con
tempt due every assassin of character.
C. N. il ASK ELL.
RER5T PAYS VISIT TO GETTYSBURG
Vice Presidential Candidate Pate la
Day on Famous Battlefield.
WESTMINSTER. Md., Sept. 20,-John W.
Kern, the democratic vice presidential
nominee, left here about o'clock this
morning i John J. Mahon's automobile
with Oeneral Murray Van Dlvet, chairman
ff the democratic state central committee:
.ypiue, n. f. Crounse. Wlltiom r
O'Connor, W. B. Hottel of Salem, Ind.. and
vi. oinciair or Westbaden. Ind.. for Get-
ijeuu.g. ra. following was another automo-
wie witn other guests and newapapermen
rr.ving at Ucttysburir. the i.artv l,.v
dinner at the Eagle hotel, and afterwards
made a twenty mile tour of the famous
oaiueneia. Returning this city was reached
- ...o aner p. m., and after a stop
a lew minutes the party, except those
who live here, proceeded for Baltimore
mo inienuon or making a stop at
me residence of Mr. Mahon near that citv
Mr. Kern has no plans for tomorrow.
ouier man tnose connected with the bust
ness upon which he came to Maryland.
FIGHT WITH OFFICERS FATAL
Sheriff and Woman Uylnar and
eral Others Danareronsly
Wounded.
Sev.
WEST PLAINH. Mo.. Sept. 20.-Jolin Rob
ens ana nis wire today resisted a sheriff's
posse In a desperate battle near Prestonla.
one mile south of the Missouri-Arkansas
line, when the officers attempted to arrest
Koberta for killing Obe Keasinger, a neigh
bor, last night. As a result, th woman
and Sheriff Mooney of Baxter county, Ar
kansas, are mortally wounded; Roberts and
two members of the posse Max Lowery
and his son sre all seriously hurt. Roberts
may not survive.
The murdor of Kesslnger wss cold
blooded. Roberts went to the house Iste
In the evening and called his victim to the
door. When Kesslnger appeared Roberts
fired deliberately and killed him. The cause
of the deed has not been learned here.
Bherlff Mooney collected several deputies
when he was Informed of the crime early
this morning and started t arrest Roberts.
The poese waa hailed by the woman and
told to keep away, but when the sheriff
continued to advance both ahe and her hus
band opened fire.
Mooney waa shot by the woman. His
fall disconcerted his deputies for a few min
utes and Roberts and his wife took ad
vantage of this to baratade th house.
They defended the building for hours.
When the firing from within finally ceased
the door was broken down.
Mrs. Roberts, suffering from fourteen
wounds, waa dying, and her condition was
such that no attempt was made to remove
her to Jail. Roberts and the wounded ef.
fleers were taken to Mountain Home, Ark.
FOREST FIRES THREATENING
-vilwaakee Sends Fire Earls
Hose to Help Save City of
Rhlaclaader.
and
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.-There were 'few
people astir when William J. Bryan, dem
ocratic candidate for president, arrived In
me cuy irom new England. He waa n.i
t the Grand Central station by National
Chairman Norman E. Mack and ths two
breakfasted together at the Manhattan
hotel.
As Mr. Bryan came out he found a
small group of men waiting to see him
and took off his hat ln recognition of
their cheering. Several men shook hands
with the candidate and begged him to make
a speech, but Mr. Bryan declined. A little
later. Mr. Bryan left for Eeopua and AJ.
bany to visit ex-Judge Alton B. Parker
and ex-Senator David B. 1I11L
inv iV,... .J 1 " committee of five, or
ofnythe
s
; .
The Experienced One "The
gives us good wages."
Kansas City Journal.
STATE CONVENTIONS NEXT
Under New Law All Meet at Lincoln
Some Time Tuesday.
REPUBLICANS TALK PLATFORM
Democrat Largely Interested In Stat
Chairmanship aad in Inducing
Popallst Nominees to
Withdraw,
(From a Staff CoroapondenO
LINCOLN. Sept. 20. (Special. )-A II of the
state convention of the varloua political
parties will be held at the state house be-B-lnnlng
Tuesday at 12 o'clock. The republi
cans will hold forth In Representative hall
and the democrats In the Senate chamber.
The prohibition and socialist parties will
be given smaller rooms, while there Is a
tenons question whether Mr. Bryan will
permit tho populists to hold a convention.
In the republican convention the nlatform
will incite conaiderable debate. Leading re
publicans roaliae thai the Issue in this
campnljrn U th ffnd.w'Aticnt'of ths 'wot
or tne last legislature and the admtnlalra
tlon of Governor Sheldon and a continu
ance of the work begun.
oomo repumicans and some democrats
nave been nominated on a platform onnnn
mg or promising county option. Therefore
It Is hell any statement regarding county
option in the state platform would not bind
these candidates who are already pledged
one way or the other.
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..iu..r. are xaiKina- of ruarantv nf
wink dpcslUi, but this is considered
another scheme of theirs to hide the real
issues or the campaign. The democrats do
not want the record of the last legislature
mentioned In the cnmpalsn and for that
reason thlr aponkers are talking of a new
mnject which they hone to make the Issue
oiiir, rrpimnrans ravor the guaranty of
. . .,., ueuave mat herore
rno election the whole theory will be flat
tened out as was free silver at a ratio ot
16 to 1.
No one has been mentioned for tempor
ary or permanent chairman of the conven
tion. On the night of the convention the
state committee will organize.
Popnllsts Vet In Race. '
So far none of the populists nominated for
state office has withdrawn and It may be
there will be some lively scraps over this
matter lKfore any one can be Induced to
break hli oath. The letter from Walter
Johnson nominated by the popullata ln the
Sixth district for congress, asking how to
fet off the ticket lias created considersble
discussion about the sacrednees of an oath
and over the penalty for committing per
jury. There Is no quest kin but both Mr. Shal
lenberger and Mr. Berg-o mde misrepre
sentations to get th!r names on the popu
list ticket. The misrepresentation was a
statement under oath, that each affiliated
with that party and each swore to abide i
by the result. Should anyone care to take
up th matter, lawyers say there might be
grounds for original complaints. It Is under
stood here that an agreement existed be
tween Rergn and Shallenberger that who
ever received the majority of the combined
democratc and populist votes should be the
nominee of both parties. If this Is true it
proves that both contemplated a violation
of an oath.
Where Democrats Are Troubled.
Another disturbing element ln the demo
cratic sate committee fight over the chair
manship Is Arthur Mullen of O'Neill. Mr.
Mullen wants the Job. His clnlm centers ln
tha fact that he appeared for Tom Allen
when Allen put through his scheme to steal
the populist votes for Bryan. Mullen did
U I ii
wie nurraning mat Jerked Secretary of
State Junkln c f f his feet and made him fall
over backwards. Now Mullen wants his
pay. He wanta to be chairman . He Is now
president of the Bryan Volunteers.
Mullen Is chalked u"p in Lincoln as a
populist. If he is a populist, of course that
practically puts him out of the running,
for Tom Allen and Mr. Bryan will not
stand for a populist running a democratic
campaign, especially after they have fixed
it so a populist cannot vote for his national
candidate. But Mullen has some friends
who Intend to make a fight fo him and
who expect him to land the place.
There is another man who will command
attention and that Is A. V. Johnson of
Lincoln. Mr. Johnson is president of the
Bryan Traveling Men s club and the travel
ing men want some recognition. Mr. John
son haa been put forward for the place and
his friends are booming him. If he doesn't
get It. aome of his traveling men friends
will take It aa a personal slap at them,
and if he does well, the old machine will
be sorely put out and disappointed.
There is no question but what Oruentiier
can get the Job, for he has a big bunch ot
the rank and file of the party for him.
(Continued on Second Page )
A Lesson to the Young
democratic party feeds us on promises:
MANY EXPECTED AT CONGRESS
San Francisco Preparing to Katertaln
Delegate to TransmUelsalppI
Meeting.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.-Present in
dications are that fully 1,200 delegates will
attend the nineteenth annual Transmiasis
slppl Commercial congress, which will meet
In this city from October 6 to 10, and at
which will be discussed many subjects of
national Interest, but with particular refer
ence to the states and territories west of
the Mississippi. According to letters and
telegrams received by Secretary Arthur 1.
Francis, delegations are coming from every
western state and- territory. As conserva
tion of natural resources, a subject In
which President Roosevelt Is deeply Inter
ested, will be msde a special feature of tho
congress. It Is expected that the president
will be represented by a member of his
cabinet. E. II. Harrlman, the railroad
magnate, will be ln attendance and will
address the congress, and the governors
of Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada,
Idaho and Hawaii will head the delegations
from thctr states.
The keynote of the congress will Do
"Transpacific Trsde" and "American Mer
olmnl Marine. 7 Coincident with h meet,
ing of the congress, the Chamber of Commerce-of
San Francisco has called a con
ference of the business men of ths Pacific
coast to meet In San Francisco to discuss
these two Important subjects. Inland
waterways also will have a conspicuous
place on the program.
CURB ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Indian Commissioner Makes Ruling
to Which They Vigorously
Protest.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.-The Indian
bureau has undertaken to prevent the con
tinuance of what the commiasloner consid
ers has been an abuse in the manner of I
procuring Indian children fur attendance at
nonrt servatlon Indian schools by Issuing
circulars prohibiting the schools from send
ing canvassers to the reservation to se
cure business. The government allows $167
per year for every Indian attending those
schcols, and there has been much rival! y
among them In procuring pupils. Many of
the canvassers have carried children off
at night ln order to prevent the required
examination, and evasion which Commis
sioner Leupp says has resulted ln the tak
ing of numbers of children to climates en
tirely unsulted to them, with consequent
Illness and death In many cases. He char
acterizes some of the schools as "herding
places," and he finds that the food and the
heating arrungements ln them are calcu
lated to cause disease.
The liew orders contemplate that here
after the agent or superintendent on any
given reservation shall determine what
children shall be sent away to school and
to what schools they shall be sent. Some
of the schools have made bitter complaint
against the order, but Secretary GarfUId
has sustained the commissioner.
IRISH LEAGUE
CONVENTION
Number of Prominent Men
Ireland Are to Be In
Attendance.
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BOSTON, Sept. 20. The annual conven
tion of the United Irish League of America
will open Its regular sessions In Fanu"ll
hall on Tuesday.
It is stated that over 1,000 delegates will
attend. Among those present are John IS.
Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary
party, and his two colleagues, Joseph Dev
lin, M. P., of West Belfast, and John Flu
gibbon, chairman of the Roscommon
county council. Other prominent Irishmen
to be in attendance will be W. Bourne
Cochran of New York, William Dillon of
Chicago. Kdward levoy of St. Louis,
Mayor D'Arcy Scott of Ottawa. Ont., and
former Mayor John FiUpatrick of New
Orleans.
Tuesday morning the convention of the
league will formally open with prayer by
Rt. Rev. Bishop II. O'Connell. National
President Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia
will preside, and addresses of welcome will
be d. llviied by Governor Curtis Guild, jr.,
and Mayor Hlbbard.
The convention will end Wednesday night.
UEBS TAKES A SHOT AT BR VAX
Tryiug to Ride Two Horeee, Capitalist
r.n-4 Labor,
bT. FAL'U Sept. iW.-Eugene V,
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socialist candidate for president arrived on
the "Red Special" In this city early this
eveulng from his western tour and later
addressed an audience of T.OOO persons at
the Auditorium
Mr. Debs made thirty-minute speeches
st New t'lm and Mankato. At the latter
Place he spok of Bryan trying to ride
two horses going in opposite directions and
called him a tight-rope walker trying to
ba:nnrc he;wen th capitalist and work
ing clashes.
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Voter
the renublican Dart creates work and
WAR ON THE WHITE PLAGDE
International Tuberculosis Congress
to Continue Three Weeks.
CIVILIZED WORLD REPRESENTED
Foremost Scientists aad Phrslelan of
the Prwent Day to Be Present
and Participate in It
Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Sept. .-For th next
threo week the national capital will be
the scene of nch a crusade, perhaps, as
never before has been witnessed against
humanity' worst common foe the white
plague. It will be an educational campaign,
world wide in Its scope, the uHlmata ob
ject of which la to eradicate. If jiosslble,
from the ends of the earth a disease, which,
statistical reports declare, cut short the
live of from one-tenth to one-eighth of the
civlllxed population. Such distinguished
foreigners as Drs. Robert Koch of Berlin,
Bang of Copenhagen, A. Calmette of Lille,
r rnce: N. Theodore Tendeloo of Leyden
K. w. mmp of Edinburgh, C. Von Plrquet
of Ylenna, O. Sims Woodhead of Cam
bridge, Lydla Rn.b1nowltch of Berlin, Cam
llo Calleja of Velladolld. Spain; T. Ishl
gaml of Osaga, Japan, and noted American
physicians and scientists and other who
have devoted their lives In an effort to
solve this problem will actively particl
pnt. Th.) campaign will be carried on with the
I coming International congress on tubercu
losis convention on Its sixth annual ses
sion, which will meet In the United States
for the first time at the new National
museum In this city. ,
The Initial step will be tomorrow night,
when there will be a Jubilee opening of
the new National museum, In connection
with the congress, a tuberculoid exDosl.
tlon. It will be one of the largest, the most
Important and In every way the most com
prehensive exhibits ever assembled and It
will be Illustrative of what is being done
throughout the world in the fight against
tuberculosis. While the display Is connec
ted with the congress, it la not so closely
related aa to be taken as the official open
ing of the congress. The Important event
will occur one week lster, Beptember 2K.
Officially tomorrow night's opening of the
exposition will be known as Municipal and
Government ways.
World in Represented.
Twenty-four foreign nations and all the
atstes and dependencies of the United
States, In addition to the federal govern
ment and represented with elaborate dis
plays. The most advanced methods of fighting
consumption are exampllfied by model
dwellings, sHnltarora, railway and street
cars, model laws and ordinances, ideal fac
tories and numerous sanitary appliances.
Among the lay speakers who will par
ticipate In the opening exercises tomorrow
night are General Luke E. Wright, secre
tary of war; Secretary Straus of the De
partment of Commerce and Lsbor, and
Governors Stuart of Pennsylvania, Croth-
ers of Maryland and Swanson of Virginia.
That meeting will be the first of a series
of seven, the others being as follows: Sep
tember 16, women's clubs and allied or
ganizations; Sunday, September 27, fra
ternal organisations; Sunday, October 4, la
bor unions; Tuesday, October , social and
charity workers; Thursday, October 8, re
ligious organisations, and Saturday, Oc
tober 10, school children and teachers.
The war on tuberculosis, however, will
not be directed altogether from Washing
ton. A series of public lectures by some
of the most eminent authorities in attend
ance upon the congress will be given In
Baltimore, Philadelphia. New York and
Buxton.
While many sorial functions have been
planned for the delegates, the principal
event will be the reception tendered by
Prcaldent Roosevelt at the White House
on Friday, October I.
It is estimated that upward of 10,010 per
sons will be present when the International
Congress on Tuberculosis is opened a week
from tomorrow. Delegates will be In at
tendance from practically all of the civilised
nations In the world, and the United States
will figure largely In the representation.
Secretaiy Cortelyou will call the congress
together ia the absence of Prealdent Roose
velt. who accepted the presidency of the
body, but who, because of official duties.
Will be linnhle tr, - .
f-"Mv. ax i. i.oririvou
wl" orr,cl"y welcome the delegates on be
half of Uie United States government.
The congress will be divided Into seven
sections, at which esssys will he read and
discussed by men of international fame
These sections are: Psthology and bacteri
ology; clinical atudy and theory of tubercu
losis; surgery and orthpedlos; tuberculosis
In children; hygienic, social, industrial and
economic as parts of the tubf-reulo.,;
state and municipal control of tubercu
losis, and tuberculosis In auimais and Its
relation tq man.
I BR If AN CALLS OUR JIM
Mayor Dahlman Must Take Stump for
Democrats in Illinois.
RECOGNITION OF DEFEATED ONE
Peerless Leader Shows Mayor of
Omaha Expresses His Own Ideas.
JACKS AND JEMS GO TO IT AGAIN
In Time of T"7ar They Prepare for
Peace by Showing- Stilettos.-
DAHLMAN CAN'T BE STUCK
Friend of s-hallenherger Wonder
Why He a Mot Called to Tako
Platform Since Ills letory
at State Primaries. f
Mnyor Dnhlman will have to tak th
stump for the democratic party In Illinois.
Mr. Bryan says so.
The mayor tried to decline the request of
the national committee, urging the Impor
tance of his presence In Nebraska during
the entire campaign, but he pleaded In
vain, ln the first place It waa not left tnr
the national committee to aay whether he
could or could not get out of It. Higher
authority. In fact the highest authority In
the councils of the democracy, Wllllajn J.
Bryan himself, paused on this matter. And
Mr. Bryan said. "Dahlman must go to Illi
nois; the psrty needs him there." And
Dahlmtin will go to Illinois. He may go
today. He thought yesterday he would. At
any rate he will go.
Thus again is the saying fulfilled which
was written by the prophet. Bryan, "All
Asia rejoices In your election a mayor of
Omaha."
For the meaning of that saying was this:
Jim was running for mayor of Omaha when
Bill was running for president by traveling
around the globe. And when Jim was
elected mayor Bill was In Asia and so
elated, so over-Joyed wa Bill at the
triumph of his most Intimate personal and
political friend, Jim, that he forthwith
seised a pencil and dashed off those few
words and shot them over the cable under
the deep blue sea to Omaha that Jim might
feel and the world might know how happy
It made Bill for Jim to be elected mayor, of
the metropolis of Bill's state, thus in
trenching himself behind the breastworks
of political power which might b wielded
at the next national contest In behalf of
Bill.
Not Weakened by Defeat.
But Jim has met defeat. He girded Ma
loin and went out to battle with th Philis
tines for the nomination for governor and
behold he was smitten with a big bunch of
ballots.
And there you are. When th result of
the primary election became positively
known and . the defeat of DalUman by-
8hallnlarger was eesurtd Ui Jaoksoniana.
who outwardly are , Bryan mn. ' bdt Mn-;
wardly are ravening anti-Bryan, rose up
and shouted with great Joy. "That the
last of Jim; he's a dead one now."
Is heT Fie on you envious Jacksonlans!
Like that Peerless Leader, who, "from
the ashes of two defeats, rises stronger and
more pnpulai than ever," Dahlman walks
right out of the defeat at the primary up
higher Into the councils of th party. But
a few days after the returns are ln show-
ng him second In the governor race, comes
demand from the national committee
sent by Bryan) for him to buckle on his
boot and spurs. Jump his favorite broncho
and tear for the plain of Illinois, and be
gin throwing his lariat for democratic
votes.
What does It all mean? Just on thing
that Dahlman and Bryan are the most inti
mate personal and political friends; that
Bryan not only likes th man and culti
vates his friendship, but that he admire
his political ways and endorse his methods.
Or why would he insist against Jim' own
desires, that he get out on the national
stump and whip those method into execu
tion? That is the question ardent Jim ar
asking. They are saying that In defeat
Jim Is stronger than any of his opponent
In triumph; that beaten for th nomination
he Is yet more powerful than Shallenberger,
the democratlo nomine for governor. And
between their teeth they his, "Why
doesn't somebody demand that Shallen
berger take the national stump f"
Harmon yT Wh y Sural
And so harmony dwells ln the ho us of
democracy In Omaha and Nebraska!
For proof, listen to th Jacksonlans i
press their opinion of Bryan for Insisting
that Dahlman get Into th national fight,
or listen to a few of their choice word
about Mr. Bryan not calling on sora Jack,
sonlan to take th stump In his behalf. Or
if further proof 1 required that th Jim
and tha Jacks, the Bryan and th antla.
the goldbugs and th silver tip, axe on
and Indissoluble ln this fight for pap, hark
back to the meeting of th Dnhlman Democ
racy Friday night and (her witness th
fulmlnatlons anent on Ed p. Berry-man.
a good and respected dtloen and a member
of the Omaha Park board, but lo, withal, a
Jacksonian. Not much waa said about Mr.
Berryman, nor done; nothing but a peremp
tory and cold-blooded demril that he be
seised, gently, by tha nap of the neck and
the most convenient part of hi wardrobe
and heaved over the transom. That' alL
Otherwise, a resolution was adopted on of
those nice, pungent, puissant resolutions
demanding that Mr. Berryman resign or be
kicked off the Park board.
Harmony? Yes, sweet and dulcet.
HITCHCOCK STARTS FOR WEST
Senator Crane Asked to Meet Him at
Chicago.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.-Chalrman Frank
H. Hitchcock of the republican national
committee started for Chicago today to
spend a Monday and Tuesday at tne west
ern republican headquarters. Ha expects to
return to New York on Wednesday. Before
leaving New York today he telegraphed
Senator Crane, who has been visiting Judge
Taft ln Cincinnati, to meet him In Chicago
on Monday.
ChiSn to Speak at Spencer.
SPENCER, 8. D., dept. TO.-tSpeclal.)
Eugene W. Chafln, prohibition candidate
for preatdent of the United States, will de
liver an address at Spencer on Tuesday,
Beptember 23. This . announcement was
made today by local member of the party.
Mr. Chafln will speak here at S o'clock In
the morning, going from here probably to
Bridgewater, thence to Mitchell, where he
Is to speak at th corn palace. A parade
by the school children will be lAr oS
Mr. Chafln appearaae here. ...
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