The Omaha Daily
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VOL. XXXVI II no. icy.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 190S-TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
DAY IN WASHINGTON
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
DAY WHEN ALL ARE FAVORED
Spirit of Thanksgiving is Extended
to Every Class in City.
On the Field of Outdoor Sport
COLLISION IN A FOG
rrlday, Xsrfmbrr 2T, l0.
President Principal Speaker at Laying
of Y. M. C. A. Corn " ne.
VISITER AT THE WH. V TOUSE
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SOLEMN AND GAY ARE FEASTS
VESSEL SINKS IN TEN MINUTES
Splrltuul Devotion anil Fleasare)
Meeklng and Giving to Poor and
Hlrk Ocfopr Omaha Peo
ple's Time.
Three Passengers and One Member of
Crew Drown.
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Three of the President's Sons Are
Away from Home.
PRESIDENT TAKES LONG
Kirrntlrt Spends Twa Hoin
artlnar Official , Business,
Doca Not Receive Any
C tillers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-ThRnksglvlng
day In th national capital wu observed
In a manner becoming the purpose of the
day. Thla afternoon President Roosevelt
was the principal speaker at the laying
of the, eornersUne of the Colorado Young
Men'a Christian association building, to
ward the, erection of which John " D.
Rockefeller gave 123. 000.
At tho White Houae the president'
family enjoyed their laat Thanksgiving day
dinner In that historic structure. Instead
of going down to Mn. Roosevelt's country
placn at Pine Knot, Vs., aa they did last
Thanksgiving, they remained In Wash
ington. . .
The dinner wu purely family affair,
although there were aaveral abaentees
from the family circle. .Three oldest sons
were not at home, Quentln being the only
ono of the boys was there.' Theodore,
Jr., la now workwlng In a carpet factory
In Connecticut; Archlo la at Harvard and
Kermlt la at school at New London, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the
president's son-in-law and daughter, and
Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the president's
youngest daugter, were present.
The piece de resistance of the dinner,
which mas served at 7:30 o'clock this even
ing was a well fed turkey, a twenty-six
pounder from the farm of Horace Vose, the
patriotic Rhode Islander, who for many
rears pest has been the contributor of the
"lucky" turkey which has graced the
White House table on Thanksgiving day.
President ' Roosevelt did not attend
Thanksgiving services at any of the
thurehes. He spent a couple of hours dur
'ng the forenoon In his pfftce attending
to official business, but did not receive
any callers. After that he went for a long
ride on one of his favorite horses, accom
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel and
Quentln and returned before luncheon.
rRKIDKT
KOOJKVtLT TALKS
Id dress at Laying; of Cornerstone of
, Colored V. M. C. A. Bulldlngr.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S. The presence
of rrcdcnt :Xtuevelt.M the principal
speaker at the laytnifr" of the cornerstone
of the new home for the Colored Young
Neil's Christian association, made ; the
rveilt. a most notsbls one among the
Inlofed people of the District of Columbia.
he building will cost r.00,000. Twenty
lire thousand dollars of the money for
the construction of the building wes given
y John D Rockefeller. The president
laid:
It Is to me a matter of peculiar pleaaure
to be present on tnis occasion, at the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the building for
the colored Young Men's Christian associa
tion of Washington. The Young Men's
Christian aaaoclntlon has worked among
roiored nun tor less than thirty years. For
a number of reasons, for some time afur
the work was begun very little progress
was made; Indeed at first, curiously
enntighr" the churches tended to antagonist
the Young Men Christian association. But
during the last twenty years the associa
tion work among our colored fellow cttl
mi has proceeded rapidly, and these are
the very twenty yeara In which the colored
rne In Amerlcs has- made most progress.
The religious people, those standing high
ft in the roll red churches, now appreclnte,
aa they failed to appreciate a quarter of a
rertury ago. (hat Innocent sports and nniu se
mi lis should be encouraged, and that the
poorest lesson to be taught to any men
ft sny race, la that pleasure and vice are
tynmiymnu terms. The bowling alleys,
the swimming pools and gymnasiums of
the Young Men's Christian association
buildings are adjuncts of a very Important
V'nd to the effort for the moral and re
llguus Uplift W'th which the association
movement has alwsys been Identified
, llortover, th Young Men's Christian ns
SxtatU.n reaches both the classes that are
reached by the churches and the classes
list the churches fall tn reuch. Such a
building as tills will be Is open every dav
and every evening. It brings in men of
many different types, for it appeals to
irary different sides of human nature. Al
rtai'y the colored association has a mem
brhtr In this country of narlv lo.fton,
S.nnu belonging to the thirty-seven city
associations, and (.000 to the student organ
izations. Of the 130.000 spent last year for
the current exr.ensee of tho th!rlv-"-.cvn
rlty associations three-fourths were paid
by colored men. ft Is noteworthy thst of
tiie lO.nno colored men attending tiie colored
c lieges of this country half are sotlve
members of tho Young Men's Christian ns
aoclayon. Thla speaks well for the spirit
of these colleges, and gives us hope and
encoursgement for the character of the
v-..iera or the colored race in the future,
v If 4.0 volumes were circulated laat
' Ir from the as yet limited number of
l"red Young Men'a Christian association
libraries. t
Wld rield for Work.
N cltv In the country presents a better
or wider field for useful Young Men'a
Clirlatlan association work an. one- the
colored people than Washington. Here we
hsva mi re than 20,000 colored men. who
have, unfortunately, but few safe places
to which to go for Innocent amusement.
Hundred of young colored men are every
"r being lured away from tho habit of
decent living because they are not sup
pile With the chance to go where limex cnt
end h.akhy amusements are provided In
surroundings that encourage education and
morality. I cannot too heartily commend
the action of those colored men who are
responsible for starting this bulld'ng. When
cmnplvtad t( W be a tribute to the no.
vancrtment of the colored race, and alo
a monument to the advancement of the
City of Wnahington. It will h a mmM
for the entire country: It will Influence
tuher cities, and It affords an excellent
opportunity for both white and colored
meil to Join In the wurk of uplifting a class
LJV! ?,,lwl,r..n,1 "M- Th colored man
who builds that which improves and beau
tines his city earns the right to the respect
cr Ms white aolahbor. and benefits himself
In a double way. I hope that the colored
rn will I'UKiriDUte frlo tnari Ihl
building, and I hope that their white friend
wll help them also. Such a building as
this
.i,. """s me improvement In morsjlty
ii Christianity. In education, of the colore.
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citlsens
Of
, , --. nir .-,ii,iwii
w sahingtnn.' and thrfnn. it
concerns uot only the colored peopi. of
Washington, but the white people also.
V !wn completed this building will erst
SluVO and no sum of nionev could b
better eapended. In thirty da vs' lite colored
people of this city pledired Svono tn' order
lo secure a gift of fc-S.Ouu contlnent on
their raiting a like sum. Of this f5ii
'leilged by Colored men only lj.uijhas
een aald in, and right her let me say a
Word lo the colored men who have pledged
sunut and have not redeemed their rede
No man hits a rlaht to promise aid to a
eaaee like this and nut to keen I, la n,ni..
1 Is th iu
t ' promts
I thosa wl
uiy or vry aucn man to make
iwa ana to no it at once, and
ho have not pledged for a con-
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' DOMESTIC.
White Star line freighter Ocorsl? col
lided with the Panama line boat finance
yesterday In lower New York bay, sink
ing the Finance and causing the loss of
seven lives. Page 1
Public Printer Leech resigned and Pres
ident Roosevelt appointed Bamuel B. bon
nelly of Brooklyn. Page 1
POaVIOir.
Russian Terrorists are alleged to have
made a plot to kill the dowager empress
of Russia. Page 1
XiOCAXa.
Thanksgiving day generally observed In
Omaha. Stores and offices close and
churches have" services In the morning.
Page 1
Dr. Connell replies to Councilman Davis
on criticisms of Health department by
going after the council on corporation
record. Page 3
Central City girls show people some sur
prises In what can be made from corn
husks. Page 10
Newsboys have two Thanksgiving din
ners. Kick when talk delays the feast.
Page a
SPomT.
Defeat of Bellevue by Doane leaves the
state collegiate championship in a badly
muddled condition. Page 7
Louis Wagner, In a Mat car, won the
grand prize automobile race yesterday
over the course at Savannah, Ga. Page 7
KOTXMXHTS1 OP OCX AIT STXAJCtZIPS.
Port. ' Arrived.
NEW VORK Republlo .
SOUTHAMPTON. Oraeanle ..
SOUTHAMPTON
SOUTHAMPTON
LIVERPOOL
LONDON Marquette .
UKNOA
BOSTON Ivtrnla ...
Sailed.
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. .fevonlan
SPRINGS SURPRISE ON WITNESS
erred with Summons In a Klfty-Thoasand-Dollar
Damage
. 'Salt.
MARYVILLE. Mo.', Nov. 36.-SpecJal
Telegram-) Mrs, Ollle Mackay came to
Maryvllle yesterday from Madison, S. D.,
to, serve as a witness In a suit tn which
her daughter, Mrs. Mellat Klllott, was
suing OTen M. Klllott, editor of the Gra
ham (Mo.l Post, for , dlvorco and was
surprised while watting for the casa ':o be
called to be served with papers In which
Elliott sued Mrs. Mackny, his mother-in-law,
for SSO.onn for alienating his wife's
affections. Both Klllott and his wife are
deaf mutes and have two children, one n
boy of 8 years and a girl 6 months old.
both of whom are normal as to hearing
and speech. Mrs. Elliott alleges In hor
petition that Klllott cursed her In the 'deaf
and dumb sign manual, and that be truck
and abused her. The case was contlnuod
until the February term of the Nodaway
county circuit court, as the Interpreter
who was to have translated the lawyera'
questioning and the witnesses' answer, did
not appear. Elliott filed a cross bill In
the case soon after filing suit agalnat
his mother-in-law for tTiO.oOO, making1 statu
tory charges. Mrs. Mackay, Elliott's
nther-ln-law, 1a , the wife tof William
Mackay. a wealthy banker of Madison,
8. P. Mackay la Mrs. Elliott's stepfather.
Elliott Is president of the Missouri Sllen-
tlum society of deaf mutes and Is wealthy.
TERROR REIGNS IN HAYTI
President Nord Aleals Ordering;
People hot Indlacrimlnntely
Intervention May !'.
NEW ORLEAN8, Nov. .-Accordlng to
a cable dispatch received early today by
the Picayune from St. Thomas, Danish
West Indies, private cable advlcea received
there from Port au Prince are to the ef
fect that the censored dispatches sent from
Haytt only give a faint Idea of the reign
of terror now existing on that island. Tho
dispatch continues:
Anarchy reigns throughout Ifaytl and
the country la literally running with blood.
Private cablee received here from Port
au Prince state that wholesale executions
are in progress, both by the government
forces and 4he revolutionists. Persons who
are suspected of sympathy with the In
surgents are being summarily ahot by or
der of President Nord Alexis, and a a
result a panic prevails. The tun course
Is being followed by the revolutionists,
who have control of the southern portion
of the republic. Every person in that
section who sympathizes with the govern
ment Is promptly put to death when Ms
sympathy becomes known to General Si
mon, the leader of the Insurgents.
It Is the general opinion in St. Thomas
that intervention by the United States
Is necessary to protect life and property
In Haytl.
TERRORISTS BUSY IN RUSSIA
Aliened Plot Agalnat l.lf of
D,wsir Empress Kolleal my
Gendarmes.
ST. PETERSBURU. Nov. M Telegrams
received In this city today give an ac
count of the discovery of an alleged plot
upon the llf of the dowager empress cf
Russla during hef reccrt Journey from
Ccpenhagen to this city. Shortly before
the train on which her majesty passed
Pondery, three men were noticed acting
suspiciously. They were approached by
gendarmes and opened fire with revolvers
Two got away, but cne waa arrested. This
Incident Is the basis cf sensational reports.
The train traversed Pondery at Till speed,
and It Is argued that even had It been
their Intention, th three ir.cn would have
had no opportunity o harm the empress.
If th terrorists have designs on the llf
of ber majesty thry could find countless
opportunities to attaik ber on the streets
of St. Petersburg.
Thanksgiving day In Omaha was full of
happiness and brightness. The whole ten
dency was toward complete cehtentment.
Those who had gave thanks and tried to
help those who had not and those who had
not received from those who had gave
thanks, too. and so the day was one of
genuine and ge.neral praise for plenty.
In solemn devotion and In gay festivity
Omaha people spent their time. Churches,
Catholic and Protestant, held services.
Ministers preached on subjects of thanks
giving, on reasons for being happy and
grateful and choirs sang or chanted their
hymns of praise to the Giver of all' good
gifts. A noticesble note of optimism ran
through most of the sermons and many of
the preachers found arqong the chief
causes for thanksgiving wider national
visions and cleaner civic lives. Interna
tional and Industrial arbitration were rea
sons for praise and gratitude. Ministers
saw in the tendency' of the times a reac
tion toward Improved moral and political
conditions and they called on their people
to give thanka for these things.
Protestant ehurchea In various sections
of the city united In services, while Catholic
churches held separate mass at o'clock
and In some sermons were also preached.
Charitable Institutions looked out for sick
nd poor and even penal places fell In
with the spirit of the day and saw that
stern justice did not monopolise the day.
If there were any who dwelt entirely out
side the shadow of this benlflclent Provi
dence it must have been because they could
not be found.
Foot ball fields and theaters were scenes
of festivity. Crelghton university and Has
kell Indians played a game at Vinton
street park, and the Omaha and LeMars
High school teams met on the field at
Diets, park. All the theaters had their
crowds of pleasureseekers.
EPISCOPALIANS AT CATHEDRA I
Canon Knickerbocker Prenchee the;
Sermon of Morslss.
'Thy vows are upon me. Oh God; I will
render praises unto Thee."
This twelfth verse of the fifty-sixth
Psalm was the subject of the text from
which Rev. Addison E. Knickerbocker
preached a Thanksgiving sermon at Trinity
cathedral Thursday morning, where union
service of the Episcopal church were held.
Trinity choir supplied the music.
"This acripture I have chosen for my
text furnishes the perfect example of
Thanksgiving service," said Canon Knick
erbocker. "The danger we must guard
against on these annual days of thanks
giving ia giving thanka for purely ma
terial benefit only: we . often -.forgot, the
blessings that' have come to us of other
than material character. That life or sys
tem embodying the Idea that all good is of
a material kind is doomed.'
"On such occasions wo talk much of the
social teachings of Christ. AU Chrlst'a
teachings were social. It la In their rela
tion and present-day application to men
that we find the force of this fact. 'Thou
shalt not steal," and 'Love thy neighbor
as thyself.' are the keynotes to the social
doctrine laid down In his teaching and on
which the wholo system of sociality la
based.
. "And now, when we thank God for ma
terial benefits, let us also thank Him for
a self-conscious reason that enables us
to rise above the low creaturea and the
baser Influences of life; thank Him for
the capacity of knowing and imitating
God."
Canon Knickerbocker here read an old
prayer, first offered in historical Spain,
evidently by some ruler. He recited it for
its strict application to the theme of his
sermon. It ran:
"Oh, my God. I thank thee because thou
hast not assigned a place for me among
the animals which are without self-conscious
reason, for having made me a con
scious being, and, what Is more, a Chris
tian and ruler of a kingdom In which I
can be th Instrument of Thy bene
ficence."
LIBERTY COMES THROUGH LAW
Rev. B. H. Jenks Lift HI Voice for
Thla Principle.
The First Presbyterian, First Congrega
tional. First Methodist and Central United
Presbyterian churches held a union aervlo
at the Central United Presbyterian church.
Twenty-fourth and Dodge streets. In the
morning. Tha church was well filled and
the services were full of Interest. Rev. E.
It Jenks of the First Presbyterian preached
the aermon. Hie text waa frSn Psalms
cxlx:4S: "And I will walk at liberty, for I
seek thy precepts."
Dr. Jenks gave a lucid definition of the
meaning of the word and of tha atatua of
liberty.
"Liberty comes through law," he said,
"and w must b keepers Instead of vio
lator of the law. Law Is created for th
repression of vlolenc and the protection
of every human being In the exercise of
his rights and the protection of Society,
which is the true essence of liberty. Excess
la not liberty. Mob Ur as illustrated In
th recent distressing events In Tennessee
Is th every antithesis of liberty. The ao
tlons of corporations in defying the law
and distorting the law 'for their selfish in
terests Is as equally Inimical to the true
spirit of liberty as the actions of the
trended mob. W must abide not alone
by the letter of the law, but by its pre
cepts. Th man who keeps the law abides
not only by Its precepts, but by Its spirit.
This is the true meaning of liberty and any
other conception of liberty la utter' law
lessness and la not very far removed from
anarchy."
Folio wing the sermon a Thanksgiving of
fering waa taken up for th Old People's
home, resulting la liberal contributions.
BUILDING Or A NAvTIO.t TEXT
Dr. Hr Find Can for Oratttudo
A Ions The Llac.
"Th building of a nation," was tha sub
ject of th Thanksgiving; sermon at Sl
Mary's Avenue Congregational church, by
Kcv. R- Scott Hyd of Hanscora Park Meth
odist church at a union service of that
church, Bt. Mary's Avenu Congregational
church. Westminister Presbyterian church
and. tha Grac Lutheran church. Music
was furnished by the choir of ML Mary's
Avenu church, consisting of Mn. Harry
Jeunlaon, soprano; Miss Mlnnan, Webber,
(Continued on Pag Two.)
mm M S
From the Cleveland Leader.
WARNING FROM VANCLEAVE
Intimate that Standpatters Control
Tariff Hearings.
HONEST REVISION IS NECESSARY
Says It Is l to Republican Adminis
tration to Make Geod Promise
In tb Party's Plat
form. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26. Regarding the tariff
hearings before the ways and means com.
mlttce at Washington, : James W. Van
Cleave, president of the .National Associa
tion of Manufacturers, ave out the fol
lowing today: (
Several strange things connect themselves
with these hearings. I am told about lui
out of the JfiO.oOO heads of factories In tho
country received notice to appear before
the committee. In moat casrs the notice
which they received was too short to allow
them to present carefully prepared state
ments, although all of them have the privi
lege of submitting briefs at any time prior
to December. The hearings, which will
close on December 4. will have covered
only about three weeks In the aggregate.
The questions put by tRo leading members
rf the committee .lp tTrl'- manufacturers
re admirably calculated sd-call, out an
swers asking for the retention of the pres
ent rates of duties, or advance in them.
"Do you not believe that your present
duties should be maintained?" This is the
usual query. Bcarct-ly ever is It put thus:
"Do yu think your rates should be re
duced?" Eastern papers state that under
this seductive coaching one manufacturer
who has a duty of 30 per cent now on Ills
product, and who acknowledges that he is
making a profit on it, asks to have the
duty increased to 40 per cent and wants to
have the duty taken off the materials
which he uses in his factory, thus giving
him a chance to swell his profits in two
directions. One or two manufacturers who
asked for lower duties on their own wares
made my friend Chairman Payne gasp.
I presume that the commlttc aims to get,
through there hearings. lnformallon on
which It can base a bill fur the revlwion of
the Dlngiey bill. In its platform of !!
the republican party declared for revision
In a apecial session of congress to be cal dl
by the new president Just after his Inaugu
ration. The country, including the National
Association of Manufacturers, aaaumed thai
this meant honest snd not bogus revision.
On this presumption 1 and a large majority
of the other members of the association
supported Mr. Taft during the campaign.
We used all the Influence which we could
exert in favor of hla election.
1 want to say right here that as, in its
membership, the National Association of
Manufacturers covers also all the great
crafts of the country, we never have, as
an association, urged any specific changes,
up or down, In any particular schedules.
Aa practical men. however, we know that
changes are needed In many cases, and that
the public Imperatively demands tliein. An
that we aak tn that the change be honest
and be equitable.
President-fleet Taft Quoted.
Aa shown by his speeches and interviews
during the campaign, President-elect Tatt
also Interpreted this platform declaration
to mean honest revision. 'It Is clear to me
from things which some of his close friends
have said about hhn In the last few duya,
that. In his message to congress at the
opening of the extra session, he will insist
that the platform promise of honest re
vision must be carried out, In spirit and in
letter.
As thes hearings of the committee on
a tariff which Includes over 4, out) Items
will cover only about three weeks. I aup
pose that my friend Payne muni have ar
ranged for investlgationB by expi rts in
all the leading Industrial and commercial
centers of Europe and Asia, presumably
these experts have been busy ever sim
the long session of congress closed laat
spring, and they will continue their worlf
until the eve of the extra session. I have
seen no word yet In the laapern uhout the
activity of these delegated Investigators,
but Mr. Payne knows the inadequacy of
his committee's inquiries and he there
fore must have prevlded for this sup
plementary work In the leading old worl l
centers of trade.
Mr. Payne's easy confidence In being
able to make a readjustment of the tarltt
schedules which will be autlafactory to
the country mut mean that he baa pro
vided for scientific aid from the outride.
I am strengthened in this belief by the
fact that he knows that Germany, ui a
preliminary to its latest tariff revision,
created a commission of tlilrty-two ex
perts, and that tliey gave five sears of in
vestigation to the subject, many of them
visiting every country on the globe with
which Germany had any trade, several
of them came to the United States.
Morever, our' tarirf rovers far more
Items than Germany's. Our industries Bre
three times as great In volume. In get
ting Its tariff inveatlgattons made by a
board of experts, Germany was upplyinK
business principles to what la pre-eminently
a busineas subject. Hailroads, great Indus
trial and commercial houses and all the
other larger enterprises in the, I nlted
States employ experts to Inquire Into busi
ness conditions and 'make reports on which
plana for future activity can be based.
The men who are running the big corpora
tion called th United States government,
know that the trade laws of the universe
will not suspend themselves for their grati
fication. If any on supposes that he can safely
assail the public s patience he Is taking
a gambler's chance. That Is how It looks
to m at this moment. Ia politics as in
everything else there Is a hereafter, at
thought some of our law-makers some
times seem to forget this. In our case,
the hereafter may strike us In 11)12. If It
gets sufficient provocation it may hit
us in th congressional election of 1810.
We, who worked and voted fur Taft and
a republican congress who believe that he
and th republican platform mean exactly
what thev said and who have faith in his
sincerity, his courage, his progresalvenesa,
and Ills devotion to republican principles,
call upon Mr. Tat and the ways and
means committee not to forget the eletneu
tary truths.
RATS AND BUBONIC PLAGUE
Vigilance) of Physicians of Pacific
Const Finally End In Suppres
sion of Dlaeaae.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-The plague
situation on the Pacific coast Is said to
have greatly Improved within the last
few months, and the officials who have
been most active in work of its suppression
are encouraged to believe that with con
tinued vigilance Us complete eradication
Is probable. Dr. Walter Wyman, surgeon
genera) of the public health and marine
hospital sendee, In a report to the secre
tary of the treasury, concerning human
plague and plague Infested rats In San
Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Contra
Costa county and Los Angeles, Cal., and
In Seattle, Wash., covers the period by
months from May, 1907, to October 31, 1908,
and shows that since this last named date
no cae of human plague or of plague In
fested rats has been discovered on the Pa
cific coast. The report shows that in May,
1907, there was one case of human plague
in San Francisco, snd this resulted fatally.
In June and July there were none, but In
August there were eleven cases, o? which
six resulted fatally.
In Bepctember the number of cases had
Increased .to forty-ons, , with twnty-on
deaths. In October there were thirty-three
cases and twtenty-four deaths, and In
November the cases had Increased to
thirty-six, with seventeen deaths.
For many months the physicians In
charge of the work had trapped weekly
from 3,000 to 6,000 rats, which were ex
amined bacterlologlcally with reference to
plague Infections, as many were found
dead, but It was not until November, 1907,
that their efforts to trace the plague out
break to rats were entirely successful, for
during that month 310 plague Infected rats
were captured.
NOTES ON CHINA AND PACIFIC
Report Secretary Root and) Ambassa
dor Taknhlrn Are Nesrotlntlngr
fr Understanding.
TOKIO. Nov. 26. Persistent rumors de
claring that negotiations ere now In prog
ress at Washington between Ambassador
Takahlra and Secretary of State Root
Uoklng to the interchange of diplomatic
notes definitely outlining policies of both
countries In regard to the Pacific snd
China, have equal opportunity of finding
credence among the newspapers here
whose sources of Information are generally
excellent.
One man, who may be considered an
authority on official matters, declared
today that he had reason to believe that
such notes had already actually been ex
changed at Washington, but Inquiries at
the Foreign office, while failing to elicit
a flat denial of the report, cannot be said
to have brought out a direct confirmation.
J The officials of the American embassy are
also preserving a discreet silence and no
Information could be gained there.
These rumors are being widely discussed
about Tokio, and It may be said that the
ccrrtnius of opinion tends toward a full
belief that the pending exchange of such
notes Is a ' well founded report.
PUBLIC PRINTER RESIGNS
John 8, Leech Gives Up Position and
President Names Suntuel B.
Donnelly.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26-Public Printer
John 8. Leech has sent his resignation to
President Roosevelt, asking to be returned
to service In the Philippines. Samuel U.
Donnelly of Brooklyn, N. Y., former presi
dent of the International Typographical
union, was appointed to succeed Mr. Leech.
The change will take effect December I.
It Is said that Mr. Leech's retirement was
the result of the president's opposition to
some of bis policies. Recently his health
broke down under th strain of the work
and he went to his home In Illinois to
rest.
At the time of the announcement that
Mr. Leech would be relieved, several weeks
ngo. It was stated that "the president Is
strongly considering the advisability of
embodying in bis annual message to con
gress a recommendation that the printing
office be made a bureau of tha Department
of Commerco and Labor."
HOUSE IN STORM HITS TRAIN
Wreck Si early Caused Durlnar Tornado
that Dial Damns: at Stevens
Point. Wl.
STEVENS . POINT, Wis.. Nov. .-A
2-minut tornado which struck this place
last night did damage to the extent of
about $30,000.
A passing train was struck by a bam
which tiie wind carried through the air.
Th train narrowly escaped being wrecked.
Th engine cab was demolished and the
fireman severely rut. Many parsons were
cut and bruised. A twenty-two room bouse
was blown from lis foundation
LINCOLN TO BANQUETSHELDON
Proposal to Hold it in Auditorium
with One Thousand Guests.
DEMOCRACY
AS SPOILSMEN
Irons Contrast Between Their
Action and Republicans Who
Hart Been Elected to
State Offices.
3
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Nov. M. (Special.) A move
ment Is on foot in Lincoln to tender a
banquet to Governor Sheldon and the plan
Is now to have the affair In the auditorium
on the night of January 6. Th attendance
will be limited to 1,000 and the places cost
$1 each.
The dinner will be served by one of the
church organisations, after which there
will be speechmaklng and a general jollifi
cation. A committee has been appointed
to look after the details of the banquet
and In a short Urn the tickets will be on
sale. .
Democrats ns Spoilsmen.
"In thrrnter, of tbe appointment of su
preme judges and the demand of the demo
crats that they have two of the four places,
atentlon has been directed to the way the
democrats and the .republicans look after
the spoils of the fight.
State Superintendent McBrlen has con
ducted a nonpartisan office for over two
years Insofar as his appointments go and
his successor. E. C. Bishop, has started out
the same way by reappointing to one of
his best places a democrat.
While Mr. Bishop was doing this Governor-elect
Shallenberger was tearing the
doors off of the state institutions to get
the republicans out by the time he takes
his seat. He Is putting in incxpenencea
men to look after th wards of the state
without so much ss permitting them a few
days in which to famllarlxe themselves
with their work.
And while the new governor is scattering
plums to his faithful henchmen for poli
tical reasons, he and Ms followers are
besieging Governor Sheldon to give the
democrats representation on the supreme
bench. So rank has become the work of
the governor-elect's guillotine that even
some of the democratic papers have raised
a cry of warning. But the slaughter goes
on dally Just the same.
Thank iglvlna; Observance.
Thanksgiving was observed In sll of the
churches In Lincoln and the wards of the
state Institutions here and elsewhere were
remembered by -a big dinner and a holiday.
The state offices were closed snd all county
and city business was suspended for the
day. J ,
-UDGE TAFT ATTENDS SERVICES
In Afternoon He Plnsa tiolf and In
Evening; Eat Turkey vlth
M. E. InsinlU.
HOT SPRINGS, Vs., Nov. Thanks
giving developed Into a holiday for President-
elect Taft, notwithstanding the pres
ence here of numerous visiters anxious
to take up his time. , He partook of his
turkey In the evening at Inglecote, the
horn of M. F. Engall. After breakfast,
Mr. Taft. Frank R. Hitchcock and Oeneral
Clarenr R. Edwards attended services in
the Episcopal church. The greater part
of the afternoon was spent on the golf
links. On his wsy back to the octtage
from the game, Judge Taft atopped at
the Homestead hotel and made an ex
tended call on Richard Lindsay, a Wash
IriEton correspondent, who Is 111.
i The president-elect also had a talk with
C. R. Boynton of New York. Senator Bul
ton and National Chairman Hitchcock.
Representative Herbert Parsons of New
York' will see Mr. Tsft tomorrow.
Senator Fulton's mission to Hot Springs
was to sak President-elect Tsft to take
a hand in the Oregon senatorial situation.
Leading republicans In Oregon are very
strongly opposed against the election of a
democrat to the senate, regardless of the
fact that In the recent primaries. Governor
Chamberlain defeated the republican can
didate. It is bein gargued that under such
a primary law. a declaration in favor of
Governor Chamberlain might at soms time
result In changing the complexion of the
senate. Strong pressure, therefor Is be
ing brought upon the legislature to nam
a republican.
If Mr. Taft snd Mr. Hitchcock take the
position that a republican should be
chofcen. It Is expected this would go a long
way toward accomplishing that resulU
Girl Accidentally Killed.
SHERMAN. Tex., Nov. 24.' Mlas Louise
Gales, prominent in society here, wss sccl
dentally shot by a target rifle In the
hands of a girl companion. Miss Gladys
Ely. today, dying instantly. A party of
young people were engaged in preparing
1 haiikaglvln- lunch when Jtbf. Accident in
curred. .
ONE VICTIM CLINGS TO WRECK
Miss Irene Campbell Carried Down
Despite Efforts of Rescuers.
AMMONIA
TANK
BURST3
Firemen and Engineer Are Driven
from Post by Fumes' and One
Engineer Jumps Over
board. NEW YORK. Nov. 18. In th thlrW f.i.
off Sandy Hook today the stout steel
rreignter ueorgic ot tne While Htar lln
rammed and sank the lla-htlv lorton n.n.
anvt line steamer Finance, outward bound
with eighty-five passengers. The Flounce
went down within ten minutes, carrying
to their death three of the paasengers snd
one of the crew. The rest of the passen
gers, who Included nineteen women and
fourteen chlHren, as well as others of the
crey. were rescued by the boats of the
Georglc. Ths freighter wss not damaged.
Of the passengers lost, one was a' woman.
Miss Irene Campbell of Panama, who clung
frantically to the rail of th sinking vcs.
sel and could not b persuaded to release
her hold, nor were the men who manned
the smsll boats able forcibly to remove
her. She was seen clinging detemlncdly
ss the vessel was engulfed. William H.
Todd, third assistant ensrlneer. lnmn,i
overboard and waa lost. When a roll of
the passengers of the Finance was called
It was found that Charles H. Sehwclnler, a
policeman of Panama, and Henry Muller,
a railroad conductor of Panama, had dis
appeared, and there is little doubt that
they were drowned.
The disaster occurred in the main ship
channel off Bandy Hook, at t o'clock thli
morning, and as both vessels were groping
their way through a fog that has held up
maritime commerce in local waters for tho
last three days.
Pnnlo on the Finance.
The Finance had weighed anchor and was
going down the Swash channel whon Cap
tain Mowbray, who was on the bridge,
heard the whistle of an approaching liner.
The Finance immediately ordered astern
and was slowly backing when the Georglc.
In-bound from Liverpool, loomed out of the
fog. and a moment luter crashed Into the
port side and Just abaft the beam of the
Finance. Tho prow of tho freighter pene
trated the aide of the Finance nearly ten
feet. The Panama steamer heeled over to
starboard, while men and women, many
of whom had been awakened from a sound
sleep, were thrown from their births. Hast
ily covering themselvt WHU bed clothing
these rushed In panic to th mailt deck. '
which waa fast kinking to the surface of
the water. Many of the passengers Jumped
overboard before they could be restrained
by the crew of the Injured steamer, some
not stopping even to provide themselves
with llfe-preservtrs. That more were not
lost was due to ths discipline of the crew
of the Finance and the prompt and intelli
gent work of th sailor from the Georglc.
Immediately after the accident (lie
freighter backed off and anchored, Its com
mander. Captain Clark. In ths meantime
having ordered ths Jlfebsats lowered. The
boats of the Finance Were also cut sway
ss quickly as possible. Attention wa
first given to those who had lumtted over.
j board, and score or mors were picked up
imw nmaii ooats. io aqa to the con
fusion, a moment after lh Impact there
was sn explosion of nit ammonia tank In
the forward hold of tha Finance and the
fumes drove the engineers snd firemen to
the decks. William Todd, ths third ssslst
ant engineer, was partially Overcome, and
staggering to th rail, threw himself over
board. He was not seen again.
Woman' Hold I to Rail.
Probably half fcf the passengers, With tho
crew, stood by the ship, awaiting rescue,
and these were gotten off with remarknbla
expedition. Whetl it was believed that all
had left the, vMel and the wster lisd
reached the rail. Miss Campbell Was die
covered holding tenaciously to a psl. Ap
peals to her to throw herself Into the water
or to allow herself to be taken Into a small
boat failed. Then two sailors Clambered
onto the half submerged deck, am) seizing
the terror-stricken woman, ons it cither
arm, struggled to fores her from her posi
tion. A powerfully built womiii, hcr
natural strength seemed magnified by mad
ness, and neither nor force could break her
hold. The men abandoned her only in time
to save themselves, the vessel sinking undr
their feet as the) climbed into a lifeboat.
Captain Mowbray refused to Isgve the
seen and after; the Gcurgic had steamed
away he and several of the crew remained
In a lifeboat ncir the sunken ship.
The passenger will depart on the next
outward-bound steamer for Panama.
TOWNSEND TO CHANGE RULES
Conareaauian from .Michigan Saa
Effort to tie' Is Them Will
II Mnde.
JACKSON, Mich., Nov. SS.-Cotiglresainaii
Charles E. Townsend of this city said
today In discussing reports that he Is to
be an active candidate for speaker of the
next house of representatives: '
"Tho only active Campulgu I have de
cided to start oiy reaching Washington
will be for a revlalni of the house rules
so that tha speaker and his three party
colleagues on th committee on rules will
not be tho whole thing. Several of our
strongest revisionists were defeated at Him
reoent election. Thfilr defeat tiaiturally
weakens our revision fnroos, stilt we are
going to make the fight."
STORY OF FIRE INCORRECT
Report that Oeora Halloa mt Mus
catine Is Charged with Arson
l r'uls.
MC8CATINB. Ia., Nov. ,.-Tlie story
sent out from here under da'e of November
30, declaring that George l'altoii of this
city had set fire to Ms mother's home lie
cause she refused him money with which
to pay gambling debts and that he was
being pursued by a posse with bloodhounds
and might be lynched If caught, was Incor
rect. The home of Dalton's mother was
burned, but no suspicion sttached to him in
connection with th sffalr, lie did Hot flea
from th city, but has rajuad lA siasow
tln ever sine ths fir