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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 19CH INTEREST IN . TAFT'S TRIP Climax of Iowa Tour to Come with the Meeting at Set Moines. t SPECIAL TRACTS ARRANGED FOR -! far tka Feeble.Mlnaed at l.lfuwMl RUm tke Prls Cora Amn( tke Yarloas Stat Institutions. From a Staff Correspondent. ) 1KS MOlNES. la., Sept. 23. (Special.) A reprt aentatlve of the national republican committee. Mr. A. E. Blatter, took lunch at the S&very today with Chairman Franks of the state committee. C. W. Lyons of the speakers' buresu snd Mr. Peavltt, the sixth district member, and made final ar rangements for the Tsft tour through Iowa. He says that' Taft s trip west Is arousing big Interest and that there Is urety of big crowds at every point on the J entire route. While special rales could not be secured for the big Tafl meetings, special trains and speelil accommodations have been se cured so as to care for all the crowds. It Is planned now that Governor Cummins hall Join the Taft special train at Chi cago and accompany It through Illinois and Iowa. At Clinton, which will be reached Friday morning, tha special will bs Joined ' by Senator Dolllver, National Committeeman Hart. eir-Congressmsn La cey, Chairman Franks and other members of the state committee.. Hon. Lafe Young, chairman of tiie Des Moines reception committee and others. Through each con gressional district the republican nominee for congress will accompany the train. The plans for the Des Moines meeting were perfected today. Congressman Hull will preside at the auditorium, where Sen ator Dolllver will speak first to he fol lowed by Judge Taft, who will deliver his main address there. He will later speak at 'Foster's opera house and at the Con gregational church and at two open air meetings, one on the east and one on the west side. The meeting at the church will be attended by women only. An afternoon meeting will be held at the auditorium by l lie Polk" county republican club, where Hi K. Clark of, the Interstate Commerce commission, Charles Pickett of Waterloo, N. E. Kendall of Alhla. Frank P. Woods of Eathervllle and James W, Good of Ce dar Rapids will deliver .speeches. The last four are the new republican nominees for vuiigreav In Iowa this year. lonra Raises Good Corn, The school for Feeble .Minded children at Glen wood raised the bent corn in the slate of Iowa this yearFrom seed which Chair man Cownle purchased at the corn expoal llon last year bumper corn crops have been islsed at all the state institutions this year. Samples of the crop at Glenwood nre at the offices of the state board this year and are considered as 'good as any corn raised In the state. Chairman Cownle, who takes especial pride In the farms of the state 'Institutions, Is this year especi ally proud of the corn crop. Klrkmts (or Bigamy. Because John Klrkman. alias John Klrk mond, Is alleged to have a wife at Lincoln, Neb., he must return to Council Bluffs and stand trial for bigamy. He Is alleged to have married Helen Lageson at Council Bluffs, thoughtlessly forgetting the first wife at' Lincoln'. Then he Is alleged to have suddenly remembered the wife at Lincoln and returned to her. A requisition was secured at the ' governor's office for Klrkman and he will be returned to Coun cil B ruffs for trial. , SuprenieWonrt Decisions. Judge William D. Evans sat on the bench with 'the other members of the supreme court todsy. He was sworn in In the chambers of the court yesterday afternoon by the chief Justice, to fill the vacancy made by the death of Judge Bishop. Today the court handed down the fol followlng decisions: W. , F. Marnahan, executor of will of Thomas O'Toole, sr.. against Thomas O Toole, Jr., et al, apellants. Clinton district. Bult over probation of will. Affirmed. K. A. Aga, against L. Harbach, appellant. Suit for personal Injury. Pulk county. Af firmed. Farmers' Savings bank of Arlspe, appel lant against Arlspe. Mercantile company, et a I. Union county. Promissory note. Re versed. Maggie P. Webster appellant against Shrine Temple company. Polk. Determina tion of boundary. Affirmed. Kllsabeth A. Reynolds against T. U. Mc Manus, appellant Black Hawk, damages for malpractice. Verdict $5,000. Reversed. Independent school district of Falrvlew (gainst Independent school district of Bur lington. Des Moines district. Suit for ac counting. Affirmed. Railroad Men Confer. CRK8TON, la.. Sept. 23. (Special.) A lengthy session, marked by some Important developments, attended the conference of freight agents and way conductors held here Sunday In response to an Invitation sent' out by Superintendent Leonard to the Crcston division, about seventy-five responding. The meeting was for the pur pose of discussing and trying to find a remedy for the conditions now existing in the freight service. The claim is made by Sickness of Children A large part of the sickness of children is directly traceable to improper food. Many have their digestion crippled for life. Sound digestive organs mean a sound body and a sound brain. t Ml m VHEAT FLAKE CELERY mm is prepared by a physician and chemist who nas been nearly half a century manufacturing pure food products for children, invalids and all classes, sr ."VX TT k if i sir g-raTTTT rmi Thousands of women have found the use or Mother's Friend robs confinement of much pain and Insures safety to life of mother and child. This liniment is a God-send to women at the critical time. Not only docs Mother's Friend carry women safely through the perils of uic syMt.ni ,ur uic com fig 1,111 il 1-3, event, relieves "morning Hny 11 11 II 1 , -1-1 It I J- ft . m r 6n.M;ci3, vnu uincr ais- sickness, snu oiner ais--r comtorts. 1 WTTV. tlaa mailed free. f 235 I i J J liUt HlLan IELD KEGC1.ATOB CO. M f 11 iuaia. utt ths railroad company that drippers, es pecially the email shipper, practices deceit and fraud upon the company and the large shipper by signing up for freight, glrtng full weight and measure and when the freight reaches Its destination. It falls short and then the company Is expect to make up the deficit. This and several other matters came up for discussion and while no particular methods were adopted at this meeting, many suggestions were made which It Is hoped may receive at tention of the higher officials of the en tire system at an early date. G, A. R. Oppose Later. IjOOAN, la,, Sept. 23. (Special.) As a result of Major Lacey's attitude towsrd the so-cslled "Iowa resolutions," opposition to him In Harrison county among the Grand Army of the Republic organisation la being crystallted at the present time. The "Iowa resolutions" were designed to amend the McCumber pension law. Major Lacey was chairman of the committee on resolutions at the Cedar Rapids state en campment last June and was pronounced In his opposition to the resolutions for the reason that they would tend to Increase the amount of pension to each old soldier and consequently the pension appropria tion, which In his Judgment at the pres ent time would be both unwise and Inex pedient, but owing to the fact that these resolutions had been endorsed by every Grand Army organization In tha state of Iowa and, with few exceptions, by every Grand Army organisation In the United States, and from tha faot that he waa In formed by other members of the commit tee on resolutions that if he omitted to report these resoluttons favorably they would bring them before the members of the encampment, he finally and reluct antly yielded and reported them to the encampment, wheie they were unani mously endorsed and likewise were they endorsed by the national convention at Toledo, O., after being Introduced by De partment Commander J. C. Milllman of Logan. Ions Sfsi Notes. ATLANTIC The district court for the 8.-ptetnler term convened in this city to day with Jude Greene presiding. ATLANTIC The local lodge of Knights of Columbus held their annual picnic In Hammond a grove west or town Sunday and a large crowd attended. This Is the second annual picnic for the lodge In this city and ha grown wonderfully since its organization here. M ARSHALLTOWN Rev. George E. Shear, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of State Center, today tendered his resignation to the church board to become effective at the end of the -conference year. Mr. Shear will leave Stale Center and go to Rockford, la., where he has ac cepted the cashlershlp of the First Na tional bank. MAR8HALLTOWN-W. D. Haywood, Vromlnenl in socialist and United Mine workers circles. Is soon to mske a tour of the state of Iowa In the Interest of the so cialist party. He will speak in this city on October 7. His Iowa Itinerary includes speeches as Centreville, Albla. Des Moines, Davenport, Burlington and Waterloo In ad dition to this city. ATLA NTIC The bsnd boys are trying to arrange for a special train to run to Omaha the night of September 30, the night of the electric parade, and If a suf ficient number can be Induced to go the Rock Island will grant the special. The Atlantic bsnd has been engaged to play at Ak-Snr-Ben festivities on the days of the 2th and 30th and hence their efforts to secure a crowd to accompany them. IOWA FALLS Word has been received here of the death In Milwaukee, Wis., of Mrs. Bacon, for several years superinten dent of schools In this city. At the close of the civil war, Mrs. Bacon found herself widowed by the death of her husbsnd at the front, and. being called upon to sup port herself and her two children, she pre pared herself for educational work, which she devoted the best years of her life to. Her laat Illness was a long and painful one. but was tempered by the kindnesses of her children, a son and daughter, who sought to repay. In part, the devotion of loving parent In their earlier years. ATLANTIC Saturday evening at the home of the bride's parents the wedding f f Miss Delia King and Fred I.. Warren, both of this city, took place. The house was prettily decorated for the occasion and" some sixty-five guests were present to Witness the ceremony. The young people went at once to their home on the groom's farm, where they will be at home after October 1. Both come from prominent Cbbs county families and are well known In the county and In Atlantic. M A RSH ALLTOWN The religious work of the Iowa Toung Men's Christian associa tion, according to the report of the state secretary of the religious work department, J. A. Whltmore of this city, which has Just been made public, has made marked gains In the last year. The following are a few of the ststistlcs showing the Increase In various branches of the work: Organiza tion, number of men on relirlni's work committees. 19". 61fi; 11)07 . 377. Bible study, students enrolled, 1908, ?,552; 1907. 2,flfi0. Re ligious meetlng-i. total attendance. 1KR, 118.478: 1907, V'3.,147. Kxtenslon department, different meetings outside of buildings, 327: 1907. 14". Reported professed ron- slons 190K. 895: rW7.v40S. Foreign work gifts. 1908, $2,830; 1907, $1,868.28. Saloon License Refused. BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. 23. (Special Telegram.) Upon the application of Jul ius Vogel and others, Judge Spafford to day granted a temporary Injunction re straining the Barneston village board from granting a saloon license to Edward Sever ance and John Wolken, applicants for a license. Frank Plzar, who Is charged with assaulting Vogel, In company with Ed ward Severance and Charles Churda against whom warrants to keep the peace were Issued were brought here this even ing by Constaiil Leary for their hearing. nothing compares to the pain of child-birth. The thought 'Wav r .u t- . . - fa iWI IM Hi J auncnng in siorc ror inl fCjtlw her robs the expectant mother ' SSI. LsJ. JDDCE TAFT TALKS TO CLUBS Candidate Addreisei Great Man Meet in; in Cincinnati. PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO BRYAN He as Hla Opponent Has er Done Any Constmrtlve Political Work and Ills Theories Are Impracticable. CINCINNATI, Sept. 23.-THS real activi ties of the campaign have begun for Will iam H. Taft, the republican presidential candidate. Threa political addresses were tha demands upon him yesterday.' Early to morrow he will start his Journey of speech- maklna; through the west. Not since the candidate was notified offi cially of his nomination has the city of Cincinnati been so thoroughly awake poli tically as tonight, when marching clubs from Indianapolis, Columbus, Hamilton end other places lent the blaze of torch and the blare of trumpet as an escort to the candi date, who was the principal feature of the rally of the National League of Republican clubs at Music hall. At noon Mr. Taft ad dressed the delegates to the national con vention of Baptists, who had come here from Lexington, Ky., for the purpose. Previous to this he looked in on the work of the National League of Republican clubs and was at once Introduced for a speech. In these two efforts the candidate was brief. His expression of sympathy for the struggles of the negro race elicited warm applause from the Baptist ministers, who met the candidate at the Sin ton hotel, and his words to the convention were warmly received. It was tonight, however, that Mr. Taft made his strongest effort. After reviewing the record of the republican party as one of action and future reliability, he depicted his Idea of the democratic "policy of prom ise" and then devoted himself to an analysis of Mr. Bryan. This was the first time Mr. Taft has paid his respects to his opponent In an extended manner and what he said waa listened to- with great interest and aroused enthusiasm. The Music hall, the largest assembly hall In the city, was crowded to Us capacity. President John Hays Hammond of the league. Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill, pastor of the Metropolitan temple, New York, and Job Hedges, an attorney of New York, made speeches. Jodge Taft 'a Speech. . What William H. Taft really thinks of William J. Bryan as a statesman and poli tician was told today In no uncertain lan guage by the republican candidate to the League of Republican Clubs. The Bryan feature of Mr. Taft's speech came at the conclusion of a 10,000-word address in which the accomplishments and purposes of the republican party were contrasted with what the speaker termed the democratic record of opposition and . promise. "Turning now to the other picture," said Mr. Taft, after his review of the Issues, "what Is It that we have to expect from Mr. Bryan? Have we anything to expect but what he promises? Have we anything to expect but what Is based upon his elo quence and his adroitness as a public critic? Has he ever given any practical demonstration of his ability to meet prob lems and solve them? Has he ever done anything but formulate propositions In his closet of an utterly Impracticable character, largely with a view of attracting votes by their plausibility, and very little with a view of the operations. . . "By their fruit we shall know them.' What Is the history of Mr. Brysn? It Is from beginning to end a record of failures on public epiestions. We find him first in congress In the second administration of Mr. Cleveland, a member of the ways and means committee, most- active In formu lating the provisions of the Oorman-Wilsbn tariff bill. After five months debate It passed both houses and came to Mr. Cleve land In such shape that he denounced It as piece of perfidy. It levelled the Indus tries of this country to the ground. It threw out of employment millions of wage- earners. Farm products, for lack of a market, fell to a point never so low In forty years. Coxey's army marched from (the west to Washington to protest. "And then, after having assisted In this suicidal policy, after the country was nearly dead, after the farmers and wage rarners were staggering under debt and mortgage, penury and almost starvation, Mr. Bryan defeats the efforts of the only great democrat they have had In the party for many years, Grover Cleveland, and hurls at him billingsgate and denunciation for what reason? Because he opposes Mr. Bryan's pet hobby, that of the free coinage of silver without the consent of any other nation. . Takes I'p Money Issue. "Mr. Bryan announced that the gold stand ard had slain its tens of thousands, where protection had slain Its thousands, and he abandoned the Issue of protection and free trade, of tariff for revenue, which now so attracts him, and he went Into the business of trying to persuade the people of the country to resort to the dishonest method of paying off their debts by issuing a de based money, which would be equivalent to the payment of what the nation and people owe at the rata of 60 cents on the dollar. "Repudiation always has an attraction for those who are laboring undr debt. In that campaign. Mr. Bryan prophesied that the continuation of the gold standard meant uncertainty In employment of, labor and hardships to the wage earner; that It would send down the price of farm products wheat below 60- cents, corn to 30 cents and oats to B cents. He did not have to live two years to see these assertions refuted. "Then there came the campaign of 1900. In that campaign he still adhered to his free silver fallacy and attll went about the country trying to explain why it was that the continuation of the gold standard had not resulted In the disasters which he had prophssled. But lest the Issue of free silver had become a little shopworn, he brought as a paramount issue that of antl-lmperlal-lsm. Prolonged Philippine War. "Ha announced that if he were defeated In the next election, patriotism would have ceased to be Id this country, the celebra tion of the Fourth of July would become but a memory. His agitation of this ques tion continued, the war in the Philippines against the authority of the t'nlted States for nearly two years longer and many a poor fellow who loat his life In the service of his country In those far-dlatant Islands owes It directly to the Inspiration whieh the opposition of the democracy under Mr. Bryan made to the policy of Mr. McKlnley in the Philippines. He was besten on the Issues and w continue to celebrate the Fourth of July with fervor. "At the end of the next four years Mr. Porker was nominated, and Mr. Bryan still insisted on a free silver platform. But he Joined with Mr. Parker In making the paramount Issue the Roosevelt Issues. He denounced Mr. Roosevelt as completely subject to corporate Interests, and held up to the country the dangers of war to which It would be subject under a Roose velt administration. Although the same policy was being pursued In th Philippines as before. Imperialism had ceased to be then a paramount Issue. "The prophecy which Mr. Bryan made with reference to the warlike tendency of Mr. Roosevelt and to his subjection to corporate Influence, he tied only to wil:, ss l.e had to wait In previous Instanrra when he made a prophesy, Sunie two years ago, to find them utterly refuted. For never In the history of the world has any chief executive had such a triumph In making peace as Theodore Roosevelt In the Russlan-J.ipapese war. In Central America, in' Panto Domingo and in Cuba, and never In the history of the country hss there been such a complete triumph over th. corporate Interests, which tne persistence of Roosevelt had wrought." ow He Approves .avy. During the campilgn of 14 and In pre- 1 vlous csmpalgns, Mr. Hrysn has denounce 1 ' militarism snd imperialism, but this eurj ne was savist-a inai me visit or our navy to the Pacific coast had aroused such an Interest In the navy, had maie it bo popu lar on that coast that his Pacific filendi persuaded him to approve a plank In tne platform for an adequate navy tor the pro tection of the Pacific coast. Just what he means by this Is a llttl difficult to tell. What the republlran means by It Is clear. It means an Increase In the fores of the navy, and yet, with churacte rls.lj Inconsistence, Mr. Mrysn, as already sa.d. attacks the republican party tor maKlng suitable appropriations for the Increase ui our naval lorce. In 1V06 Mr. Bryan went around the world ana his return was heralded with the statement Lnat In lils visit around the world he had ao gained information and knowl edge that he had become safe and sane; that he was a conservative and all the dem ocratic party awaited his coming with great Interest. L'pon his arrival he dispelled this erroneous Impression by declaring that he was convinced that the only solution of the rsllway question would be government own ership, lie had previously declared In favor of a national initiative and referendum, also. In favor of the election of federal Judges, The most radical propositions have now been excluded from the democratic plat form. And now, with the record of promises and prophesies unfilled for a period of twelve years, with this record of a hunt for an issue upon which to achieve the presidency, with this record of repudiation, of negation and of running away from na tional responsibilities, Mr. Brysn asks that the public give him an opportunity to put Into effect reform In respect to bank de posits, etc., wholly untried, wholly theoreti cal and on their face bearing evldpnce of their Impracticability and of having been devised by the ready brain of one lacking for plausible arguments rather than real reforms. As to Savins; Banks. H5 only In a qualified way approved the postal savings banks recommended by the republican platform, which is a tried and proved means of encouraging the wait'.' earner and small farmer to make deposits In a bank absolutely secure, btrt much pre fers a system which takes a man's money to pay another's default and which In stead of strengthening our banking system will break It down by destroying the value of the banking character and experience and capital and offering inducement to reckless bankers without character or capital. The record of Mr. Bryan and his character as It is understood by twelve years acquaintance with him, have Im pressed the business community of this country and those whose Judgment deter mines whether or not capital shall be In vested, that he Is not a safe man with whom to try experiments In government; that he loves financial theories that are full of sophistries and are Impractical and that he advances propositions with but lit tle sense of respect as to how they may be carried out In practice and that he gives but little attention to the welfare of the conservative business community In his re form. His record Justifies this ' Judgment. If he were to be elected, unquestionably be cause of his record, however much he may seek to pose as a conservative, because of the failure of the theories which he has proposed for the last twelve years, his election will mean a paralysis of business and we should have a recurrence of the disastrous business conditions of the last democratic administration. Hammond Re-elected President. John Hays Hammond was re-elected by acclamation as president of the National League of Republican clubs this afternoon. A change In the constitution waa adopted providing for four vice presidents in order to recognise all sections, and the following were chosen: ' c, i Harry H. Mjrtrs of Little Rock, Ark.; W. W. HeffelfingeV of Minneapolis. Winston Churchill of -New Hampshire and John Albus of St. Joseph, Mo. For treasurer, Chauncey Dewey of Chicago. The secre taryship was taken by Q. Snellsmith of New York City,, national organizer, who will hereafter combine the two offices of secretary and national organiser. An Invitation for the next convention was received from Atlanta, Ga. The Taft special train rolled In from Chicago this morning with Colonel Daniel Ransdell, who Is to have complete control, aboard. The private car Constitution Is provided for Mr.' Taft and his Immediate party. Here he will sleep, eat and talk during the trip. Two other cars, with sleeping accommodations for other mem bers of the party and newspaper men, and a baggage car, comprise the train. The start will be made from here at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and the run to Brook, Ind., Is to be made without political Inter ruption. The celebration on the George Ade farm will be Joined In by the candidate. He will make a short speech and then go on to Chicago, where he Is to speak that night to railroad men. UTAH D ISM OCR ATM NAME TICKET Jesse Knight of Provo Nominated for Governor by Acclamation. IiOOAN, Utah, Sept. 23. The. df-mocratlc state convention met here today and this afternoon adopted a platform. Tonight the convention named Jesse Knight of Provo for governor by acclamation and completed the ticket as follows: Secretary of State E. R. Owen. Htate Treasurer Joseph B. Calne (by acclamation). Congressman L. R. Martlneau. Auditor J. W. Nixon. Justice of Supreme Court 8. W. Stewart. Attorney General J. W. Strlngfellow. Superintendent of Public Instruction D. H Robinson. Presidential Electors John Andrus, Ac qullla Nebeker and Frank V. Stevens. HUNDRED AND TEN DROWNED Star of Besgsl Wrecked Oft Alaska Victims Nearly All Japs and Chinese. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 23. Advices re ceived tonight from Alaska by the United States signal corps say that 110 men. ln- j eluding nine whites, were drowned In the wreck of the American bark Star of Bengal on Coronation Island, west of the Prince of Wales archipelago. Twenty-seven of the vessel's crew and passengers were saved. The Star of Bengal belonged to the Alaska Parkers' association and was on Its way from Fort Wrangel to San Francisco with a cargo of 45.000 cases of salmon. In addition to Its crew it cairied 100 Chi. nese and Japanese, who were emplojed In the canneries of the company, taken aboard at Port Wrangel. NAT GOODWIN ASKS DIVORCE Aetor Files Bill for I.eyal Separation front Wife, Who la Known mm Maalne KIMott. RKNO. Nev.. Sent, a. Nst C. Goodwin, the actor, yesterday afternoon filed a sealed complaint for divorce against his wife. Bessie Hall Ooodwln. better known as Maxlne Elliott. The nature of the al legations made by Ooodwln will not be known until the case is brought to Issue and the papers unsealed In court. Attor neys for the actor refuse to discuss the rase In any way. . It Is thought that Mrs. Goodwin wll contest the suit filed by her husband. It was definitely announced a short time ago that she waa about to file suit for divorce agalnit the actor. Deadlr Krlaat possesses sufferers from lung trouble till they learn Ir. King's New L'scovery will help them, sue and p.00. For tal b Beaton Drug Co, VISITORS TO M-SAR-BEN You are cordially invited to male our Piano department your headquarter and meeting place 11 A YDhX lilt OS. the; event of AK-SAR-BEN Is the demonstration of this store's pre-eminent position in all lines of Musical Merchandise, accompanied by our AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN OF PRICE CUTTING Our Piano Department Constitutes the moBt thoroughly complete stork In the woet. The assortment are Inclusive of the very finest grades In the world and of all Intermediate lines to beBt low priced pianos the world offers. To Properly Name This Sale You Would Say It Was a GIGAN11C SALE of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS In which QUALITY and LOW PRICES vie with one another as to which are the greater. The character of the goods and the prices we ask will undoubtedly move all these goods in a very short time. The stocks consist of the following: Pianos, Interior Piano Players, Piano Players, Organs .Music Boxes, Talking Machines, Talking Machine Records, Piano Player Music, Sheet Music, Guitars, Mandolins, Violins, Accordians, Cases for all kinds of Instruments and everything pertaining to musical mer chandise. IN THIS GREAT SALE everything will be sold at a Most Wonderful Price Reduction' While the prices we ask are amazingly low we to take advantage of the very easy tfrms we offer. 5.00 up. Organs from $.1.00 up. Here are a few of the many great bargains to be had here during our Great Ak-Sar-Ben Musical In strument Sale. $290 Walnut case . .' $ 85 $300 Mahogany case, good for beginner. 00 $400 Oak case, used 18 months $P-2." $400 Ebony case, In fine shape $100 $550 Walnut case, beautifully carved $223 $400 Ebony case, Just the thing for a begin ner $450 Mahogany case, Colonial design, per fect condition $210 HAYDEN IBM; CflAFIN PROMISES BIG BUNCH Proiibition Candidate Tells Wtat He Will Do When Elected1 SPEAKS AT THE LYUIC THEATER All BreTrerlea and DUtlUerlea Close In a Tear and National Capital to Have General Purifica tion and Disinfection. Although the Auditorium was packed to its capacity on the evening Mrs. Mary Armor, lie Georgia prohibitionist, spoke, there were several vacant scats at the Lyric theater Tuesday night when Eugene V. Chafin, candidate for president of the United States, on the prohibition ticket, ad dressed a small but interested audience on prohibition policies, the small audience be ing attributed to a paucity of advertising. The address of the prohibition leader was given under the auspices of the local Woman's Christian Temperance union who, with members of the Ministerial union, were represented on the atage. Rev. B. V. Fell man acted In the capacity of chairman and introduced Mr. Chafin as the "next presi dent of the United States." Having made over 250 speeches during the last two months on his present tour, the voice of the prohibition leader was slightly weak and he suffered from a cold, con tracted In the Colorado mountains, but nevertheless he made himself heard In every part of the theater.. Mr. Chafln's pro nunciation is clear and his style of delivery forceful but blunt, which received responses In the nature of continued applause in sev eral Instances. "Prohlbtlon as Politics" was the theme of his discourse, In which both the democratic and republican parties suffered equally with the liquor and white slave traffic and the various vices to which the nation is ad dicted. "1 have often been asked what I think of my chances of being elected," said Mr. Chafin. "and in reply 1 wish to say thai if two-thirds of the prohibitionists of the coun try, only two-thirds mind you, were to vote -"f 'T -Uv'- & -ism WtM will make the terms Vprlght Pianos from .$125 for me, I would carry the electoral vote of every state In the union." What He Would Do. "Inside of twelve months following my election," continued Mr. Chafin, "there will not be a brewery or distillery in any part of the United States or Its possessions. Prohibition Is the only political question be fore the American people, and why not make It a nonpartisan issue? It is not the pro hibition l.-iw that prohibits the sale of liquor, but the enforcement of the law." Glvmg a brief review of the history of the origin of the present prohibition party, the presidential candidate took occasion to eulogize the work and efforts of Ihe Women's Christian Temperance union, whose efforts are responsible for the plac ing In teaching of the effect of the abuses of alcohol to the physical system in the: text books of the public schools of the country. Taklnff W. J. Bryan's recent reply to an I'liciTosa tlon as to why he did not make a fight on the prohibition question, which reply was, "I would rather fight for the protection of the unwilling victims of the trusts than to fight for the protection of the willing victims of the liquor traffic." Chafin quoted numerous statistics, among which were, that 170 girls of a 18-year-old average age, were entering a life of shame every day of the year, und during the last year "50 wives were murdered by drunken husbands. "And Mr. Bryan calls these willing victims of the liquor traffic why, I think Mr. Bryan Is crazy to be presi dent," said Mr. Chafin. Continuing, Mr. Chafin said. "There is not a thing that the republicans or demo crats need a party for only to hold office. When 1 am elected president next Novem ber, 1 shall first start in with the capital of this country and clean it of Its brotheis and gambling dens, even though I am obliged to call on the federal troops to ac complish my purpose." At tha conclusion of his speech Mr. Chafin was given an enthusiastic ovation. A nihil siibtjcrliition. which was taken up at the close of the meeting, was contributed to generously by those present. Webster fonntr Fair. BhADE.N, Neb., S.pt. 23. (Special Tele gram.) The Webster county fair opened at this place today with a large attendance. Captain Hardy gave an exhibition of fancy rifle shooting. Lord Kitchener won the spe HOI Our Small Instrument Dept. Is already recognized as the largest and best In Nebraska. The assortment is the largest and our prices are always Just a little lower than can be found anywhere else. to suit the purchasers, if thry desire $83.00 up. Square Planus from $500 Walnut case, almost new .$233 $350 Mahogany case, largest size, almost new , , $i0o $350 Walnut case, largest size, fine condl- " tion I... $185 $550 Walnut case, excellent bargain $123 $275 Mahogany case, almost new ....$165 $325 Mahogany case, largest size ......... .$180 $500 Mahogany case, almost new .$240 $750 Player-Piano, good ae new $31)0 cial trotting event In straight heats. ' Best time: 2:28. Hallle McCann won the half mile running In 61 seconds. Tomorrow will he Taft day and Thursday Bryan day. The Burlington la running a special each day from Red CloudL . ' . STATE LAYS CLAIM TO ESTATE No One Able lo Prove Relationship to Henry Keller. HASTINGS. Neb., Sept. 23. (Special. ) The state of Nebraska Is seeking to secure possession of the estate of Henry Keller, valued at about S,000, on the ground that as no properly supported claim has been pre sented by an heir the property should es cheat to the commonwealth. Henry Keller died about four years ago, leaving a farm and some personal prop erty. He was unmarried and so far n his neighbors knew had no living relatives. The administrator advertised for heirs in a New York newspaper and of the hun dred or more responses received he singled out one as bearing some indication that It came from a rightful heir. Tills letter was written by louls Keller, of Chicago, and the latter came to Hastings to present formal claim. At the direction of the at torney general County Attorney Snider made a special appearance, Insisting that Louis Keller's claim , was not ' properly supported. The administrator of the es tate and another witness testified that there waa a resemblance between Louis Keller and Henry Keller, especially In the voices and In the shape of the heads. Louis Keller, however, was unable to show by records of birth that lie was in any way related to deceased. Attorney General Thompson was to have been here yesterday when the ease was called up fur trial , but was detained In Lincoln. Mr. Snider appeared In his stead. Following a brief hearing Judge Button, of the probate court, took the case under advisement, promising a decision next Muu day. Danahtrra of Isabella Organise. ALLIANCR. Neb., Sept. 23. (Special Tel egram.) The Daughters of Isabella, the auxiliary society of the Knights of Colum bus, organized here today with a charter roll of forty women. The work was under the direction of the McCook council. This is the second council in Nebraska and the third will be established at Falls City on Thanksgiving day.