THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, AmiE Cfi, 1909.
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S3IU0T COMING TO ' FRONT
After Desperate Tight Utah 8enator
it on Solid Ground. .
' BUSDTESS MAN 01 GOOD JUDGME3JT
Seatta Dakota Sraeter eklaa; taa
at AaSlter Person, Utl
a Ptatar la tee laterler '
tlepartmeat.
fry in a Huff Correspondent.)
Washington, April n. (Special, v-or-
dtnarlly whn a new man ta aworn la a
a nw member of th United States senate
It la expected that he 'will not b con
spicuous tor at least two year and aome
'tlm four yearn mutt (lapse before It ia
xpeclert that he will make hla appear
,ance at a debater. Of eourae, there are
i jaKceptlana to thla a-enarat rule. If Uncle
Joe Cannon, for Instance, ahould be choaen
to succeed Mr. Hopkins aa a aenator from
tl' state of Illinois everybody would ex-
j (pect to . hear, from him In ahort order.
And a man Ilka Beeretary Boot oan ax lie
in hla aeat to debate Any question, espe
cially a question Involving the foreign
policy of the United Btatea, without fr
etting comment. But the ordinary citizen
who la choaen by the legislature of hla
atata to occupy a aeat in the senate la
expected , to . remain quleacent for at least
two yeetrsand he will ault the powers
that be better If he doea not aay a word
for four years because It la an unwritten
law that new men ahould, like children,
be aeen and not heard.
. When Reed Bmoot first took hla aeat aa
a senator fom Utah six years ago ha ob
served the rule rigidly, but still ha was
In the 'public eye most emphatically from
the time that he took the oath of office.
He was' attacked oh account of his re
ligion and hla right to continue to' repre
sent the atata of Utah waa denied from
the outset. Thla was because of the fact
that Mr. Bmoot ia an apostle of the Mor
mon church. It used to be s&ld that when
a preacher assigned to a Methodist church
t announced to his congregation that ha
would deliver .hla first sermon In an
; lagonlam to the brewing interest he waa
't agviaed pot to do so because there were
? several brewers who were shining lights
In the congregation, He uelected various
other "Industries" aa aubjects for hla dia-
course, but In each Instance the deacon,
whom ho consulted, pointed out to him
' : the reasons why this should not be done.
In desperation the minister asked, "Whom
can I attack?" "Oh, Jump on the Mor
mons." was his reply, "they have no
' ' friends here," and there were mighty few
frif-nds of the Mormon church to atand
: by Reed Einoot.
H waa subjected to most rigid In
quisition and nearly four yeara expired be
fore hia right to occupy a seat to which
es-erybody admitted he had been legally
elected viae confirmed by a majority of
the senate.
I Airfare a Hard Worker.
; During all that time , Mr. Bmoot had
remained rlve so far as' active par
ticipation In the work of the senate waa
( concerned, but everyone noticed that not
withstanding the strain under which he
labored for all those years that he at
tended to his committee work assiduously.
No more persistent worker was found In
any committee of the senate than Reed
Smoot. He attended every meeting of
every ' committee to which he had been
assigned, religiously, and In those sub
bodies of the senate, which, had' active
control of ' the legislation In which hla
" state was most deeply Interested, he dem
onstrated that he waa, to uae a slang
expression, "onto his Job."
It was not supiptislng, therefore, that
hen the new committee on flnanif waa
chosen, after Mr. Bmoot had been re-elected
by the legislature of Utah for a second
term, that he should be assigned to a
place on the Important committee on fi
nance. In the old days a finance committee of;
the senate was composed of "grave and re.
trend arlgnlirrs" who had long years of
tervlce behind them, and western men par
ticularly had very, little chance of obtain
ing a seat In that particular committee
room. But a new regime haa dawned and
the west Is coming to the front ss a power
In legislation. Western men are now on
the steering committee and western men
have something to say aa to the forma
tion of all the committees, so It la not at
all surprising ,that four western men are
now on the committee on finance, nor la
It surprising to those who know something
of the personnel of the senate that Reed
Smoot of Utah Is one of the four. Those
who have watched the career of the aen
ator from I'tah are by no moans surprised
at the activity which he haa displayed as
a member of the committee on finance.
But others are. There lias not been a meet
ing of the committee, since it waa organ
ised which Mr. Bmoot has not attended. He
haa shown a remarkable knowledge of
tariff affaira and haa demonstrated clearly
hat the business sense which has made
Shim auccesaful in Utah la available In the
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committee on finance. Withal, he has ex
s
orcised a boldness of views which not only
' liedounde to the Interest of hla atale, but
1 makes for much in the common interests
? Icf the country at large. There Is scarcely
1 schedule of the tarrlff bill which he haa
: Viat studied carefully and conscientiously.
rrhe direct Interests of hla people are in
i Vhoae schedulca which affect hides, wool,
-7.11s. lead and sugar, and yet he has de
moted Just aa much study to silk and
hemlcals, msnufactures of cotton and all
the others aa he haa to those which bear
directly upon the industries of his own
mate.
It Is not to b wondered at. therefore,
that Senator Reed Bmoot of Utah haa been
In the public ee during the last few
weeks to an equally great extent as any
Other member of the finance committee,
not rxceptlng Benator Aldrlch. He has
been sooken of with more or less commcn
latlon by practically every one of the met
ropolitan dailies, snd his activity haa been
noticed. In fact, throughout the country.
Senator Emool would not be regarded as
in orator, but he la a business man of
tard.' common sense, whose senatorial cu
ter will. In all probability, not reach Its
Women's Secrets
There is one nian ia lbs United State
mors women's secrets than any other
country . i ne svercis are uui uvu
Ihs secrets of suffering, sad they hsvs been confided to lir.
R. V. Pierce ia tbs boos and expectation of advice and help, f ,
That (cw of these women have been disappointed in their ex
pects t ion t ia proved by the feet that ninety-eight per cent, of
alt women treated by Dr. fierce have bee a absolutely and
altogether cured. Such a record would be remarkable it the
casea treated were numbered by hundreds only. But when
that record applies to ths treatment of more than hali-e- mil
:. r r . ai i. i. i
and entitle Dr. Pierce to tne gratitude accorded him by women, aa the tret of
specialists ta the treatment of women's diseases.
Kv(ry sick woman may consult Dr. Pierce by letter, absolutely without
charge. All replies are mailed, sealed in perfectly pleia envelope, without
any printing" or advertising whatever, upon them. Writ without fear as with
out fe, to World' Dispensary Medical Aasociatioa, Dr. R. V. Pieroe, Prat.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
. DR. PIURCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION
OrvisvlceM "VCTosvU. Women Btronc,
sSlols. "VTVoxxxoxa. Well.
climax until he has placed hia name Indel
fbly upon the statutea of the country.
fasten After Persia's Seals).
Congress ' first provided an "auditor of
the treasury for the interior departmeut"
fifty yeara ao. The office haa been, held
for half that time by two men. The
present Incumbent has served for twelve
yeara and he haa made a record for him
self unequalled by that of any other
auditor. But he ia elated to go.
He la Robert H. Person and he was
born In the little hamlet In Erie county.
New Tork, locally known aa '"Wiles
Holler." It la today one of the most
dilapidated hollers" In the entire atate
of New Tork. , Probably if "Rob" Fereon
had remained there he would As dila
pidated too.1 But when he was about
aeverl years of age hla mother purchased
for him a pair of copper-toed cow hide
boots with red tops. On these tops waa
emboased thla verse:
It is not wealth.
Nor rank, nor state.
It's git up and git
, That makes boys great. .
When about alxteen. Person began hla
career aa a newspaper man. He was the
assistant coneapondent at "Wales Hol
ler" for the Erie County Advert'ser.
From an old file of that Journal are
culled a few "pieces" which Bob wrote
or assisted In writing:
"Ed Ieigh put a new board In the
floor of hla porch last week."
"Peleg Havens drove to Buffalo with
aJload of hand threshed rye straw in
Friday."
"John Mlndle killed his hogs laat week.
The old white Chester aow dressed 6(2
pounds."
"Road. Commtasloner Keem plugged up
the hole in the roof of the covered
bridge with about fifty shingles on
Tuesday."
"There will be . a revival at the Free
Methodlat church next Sabbath."
' These were aamplea of hla work. They
don't amount to much thirty odd yeara
later, but they show that R, Person was
an observing youth.
He decided to "git up and git" ' and
he atruck out for Dakota when. In a
few yeara he had made a name for him
self as a Journalist. He owned and pub
lished one of the most Influential news
papers In the territory, When -'the
territory waa divided and two rtatea
formed he became a factor in politics.
Twelve yeara ago he waa appointed
auditor of the Treasury for the Interior.
About all the auditing he ever did waa
the payroll of the printer and the devil
employed In the office.
But that motto on the old red-top boota
atuck by him. He continued to "git up
and git" He got up early In the morn
ing and he carefully examined every
paper which was brought to him for
signature. Inside of alx months he knew
every detail of his office. He knew
the capacity and ability of every one of
the army of clerks under him He has
alwaya been a rigid disciplinarian. He
cut red tape right and left, lopped off
useless repetitions and insisted upon the
prompt dispatch of bualness in every di
vision of his office. He Introduced sys
tem where before ' haphazard governed
and aa a result his office Is the model
for all the others.
About the laat ' official letter written
by Secretary Garfield waa addressed to
Person and was a poem of praise for the
manner In' which the auditor . had
straightened out the existing tangles In
the pathway of business between the In
terior and the .Treasury department.
But Person had sided with the Klttredge
forces In the Klttredge-Qamble senatorial
fight. Now Gamble and hla colleague,
Crawford, want the scalp cf the native of
Wales Holler. They are senators from
South Dakota.
Martin and Burke, who are the repre
sentatives from the state In the lower,
house', are hla warm friends,' and Beeretary
MacVelgh la satisfied to keep him in Office-,
As . to Person, he doer n't care. He has
made his record. He haa learned a lot.
He la willing to leave whenever he is arked
to do ao by the secretary, and It ia prob
able that the senators will eventually suc
ceed In calling attention once ,more to that
motto on thoae little eld boots and that
once more Robert Person will "git up and
git"
Aldrlch Holds the Key.
No one but Senator Aldrlch knows what
the tariff bill will- look like when it finally
emerges from the senate, and ia sent back
to the house, and he probably has only a
vague ' Idea. That there will be many
amendments la a foregone conclusion and
many of the schedules In the next print
will bear little resemblance to those which:
were originally reported from the ways
and means committee.
It waa thought a week ago that the
question aa to a tariff on petroleum had
been definitely settled beyond a doubt and
that that product would kurely stay on the
free list. This waa supposed to be a body
blow Ht the Standard. Oil company and
everyone, from Judge Liandla down, ia
against that monopoly. But It haa been
discovered that If there Is ono concern In
the world that favors free petroleum' it Is
that self same octopus. The Standard is
said to own cr control at least to per cent
of the Mexican oil fields and those fields
promise to become aa productive aa were
the Pennsylvania fields thirty years ago.
Oil la produced today in half the states
of the union and 90 per cent of the produc
tion Is owned by Individuals and companies
entirely Independent cf the Standard. There
la a large gathering of these oil men la
Waslilrgton now. They come from Penn
sylvania. New Yortt, West Virginia, Ohio,
Utah, California, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Wyoming. They have been heard1 by the
members of the finance committee and by
Individual senator and their arguments
have apparently borne fruit. It ia certain
that at least twenty senators will support
sn amendment to tax petroleum, and If
they stick together fcuch an amendment
will certainly prevail.
Nor are the oil men the only Interested
apectators tn the galleries of the senate.
There ere apparently aOO people at least
gathered In thu cspllol and aenate office
building every day. Importers who want
reduction", manufacturer who insist upon
Increases and even representatives of foi-
elgn exporters who think their Interests ir.
Jeopardy.
Quick Action f' r Your Money Tou get
that by using The Bee advertising columns.
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who has perhaps heard
man or woman ia the
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IOWA INSANE ON INCREASE
Population of Asylumi Growing; j
Wftiio rnsons Decrease.
INSURANCE MEN BLAME LAW
Declare AaH-Coiapaet Statate Caaaee
toss af Ferly Million Dallara la
Risks Written ew Bye-
r
teas of Aeraaatlag.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, April .-8peleJ.-The
average coat per day of maintaining the
more than 4.000 tnssns persons of Iowa In
the four state hospitals aoout 41 centa.
The . Insane number nearly half of those
who are classed aa wards of the state or
supported under the board of control sys
tem. '
The entire number of Inmates In the
state Institutions at the beginning of the
present quarter waa 8,823. The per capita
cost per day for the entire list was 57
cents.
' The population of the Institutions Is
steadily Increasing, for while there has
been a reduction in the prison population
the number of insane ia steadily Increas
ing. Ten yeara ago the total population of
the Institutions wss S.7S7. In the laat quar
ter the Increase In Inmates was M0, and In
employes forty. The report of the ac
countant for the board of control aa to
the average population, average number of
employes and per capita coat per day at
each Institution for the first three months
of the current years shows the following:
' " Em-
Hospitals Pop. ployes. Cost.
Mount Pleasant 1.071 If
10.40
Clarinda 1,05 140
Independence 1.126 114
Cherokee .' 877 1X4
Olenwood lie, 190
Knoxvllle 141 35
Oakdale 72 90
Prisons and Reformatories
Fort Madison 444 TR
Anamosa 425 64
Eldora 391 to
Mitchellville 31 82
Homes and Schools
Msrshslltown OKI 130
Dsvenport 617 ' 711
Council Bluffs 2S4 ffl
Vinton 158 42
. .42
.41
,42
.44
.65
1.40
.89
.64
.44
.80
.41
.40
.711
.7
10.67
, 8.823 1.35
Twa Have Deaelte.
All except two of the Institutions hsd a
credit ' In the support fund at the begin
ning of the quarter, the total credlta be
ing $80,000. The two behind were Inde
pendence and Council Bluffs, and the leg
islature wiped out these deficits. . Under
the new law the School for the Deaf will
get about $500 a month more than It haa
been getting.
The cost per month for support at all
the Institutions, for the care of more than
$.800 persons, is about $125,000. The actual
amount of auppllea and stores on hand the
first of this quarter waa valued at over
riTv.ooo.
Falllagr OA la Baals.
Iowa fire insurance men , declare that
the anti-compact law la directly respon
sible for a falling off of $40,000,000 in risks
written - and $1,000,000 premiums collected
by Iowa fire insurance companies the last"
year. George Gallarno, clerk In the state
Insurance department, completed the total
for the Iowa Fire and Casualty company
for the year 1908.
The official totals show risks written
for 1907 by Iowa companies of , $816, 768,
6&3.14, as compared to S370,MMH.2 for 1908.
a heavy loss of $40,000,000.
Premiums received In 1908 were $4,942.
882.40, as against $6,502,440.34 for the pre
ceding year. The losses pa IS In 1907 Were
$l.6S,470.1t, as against $Un,U3.2 In 1908.
' The ajoss assets show a gain for 1908
with a total of t8,09,f.26.06, as against
$7,29!,4.40 for 1907. '
Systematise State Baalnesa,
In accordance with plana made by Sec
retary of State Hay ward many months
ago the state will soon adopt a system
of better accounts for the employes and
agents who are compelled to travel. An
account book will be furnished every per
son entitled to travel at atate expense
and In . this will be entered the Items of
expense from day to day so that a com
plete record may be had. The most ex
tensive travelers of the state are the
board of control and the railroad com
mission. They expend a large amount of
money In traveling over the state pn of
ficial business. Next In Importance Is the
food and dairy department, whose Inspec
tors do a great deal of traveling, and the
mine Inspectors, factory inspectors and
others, do a great deal of traveling. The
plan waa worked out last year and blanka
are being prepared so that there will be
uniformity In thla matter. The state now
haa a law requiring duplicate vouchers for
all bills agalnat the state, so that the
four atate officers whose duty It Is to
audit all billa will have all facts aa to
expense before them. This, with the new
plan of' having the per diem charged in
parts of a day, the day being divided into
hours. It Is believed will greatly lessen
the expense of state government.
Will Close If Baslaesa.
The old boards In charge of the colleges
have resolved upon closing up their bual
ness as rspldly aa possible ao as to be able
to make to the new central State Board of
Education a very complete report of opera
tions. At Ames It has been decided that
whtye the legislature appropriated $50,000
with which to continue the work of com
pleting the central heating, plant and left
thla so that It 'could all be used at once,
the old board will not make use of any of
It. The legislature authorised the present
board to continue work on three buildings
and this will be done. At Iowa City and
Cedar Falls no new work will be done, and
the work now under way will be closed out
as quickly aa it can be done. When the
new board takes hold July 1 It will be up
against the problem or whst to do In the
matter of continuing the building opera
tions, what new buildings to erect and get
ting the plana ready. It Is regarded as
Inevitable that the first year there will be
but little' done In the way of building
operations.
Iowa News Notes.
TRAER-Omrao Jensen, a well-known
fasiner of Beaver township, committed
suicide Haturday morning by hanging him
self to the rafters of the barn. No reason
Is assigned foe, his committing suicide.
Ml'8CATINE-Jessle Eaton. aged 18
yeara. waa almost Instantly killed here
Saturday by falling from the third floor
of the Commercial hotel. The girl was
overcome with an epileptic fit and fell
through a closed window to the sidewslk.
forty feet below. Her head was crushed
and one l-g waa broken. Hh died a few
minutea later.
MARSvHAIJTOWN-As a result of the
trip of inspection which the city council
has made to Oary, Ind., the United Stales
Steel trust s model city, and to other placea
in the east, thia city will probably put
down several - mllea of concrete paving
during th coming summer. During recent
weeks the city council has been fioodea
with petlllona asking that concrete paving
be laid on various outlying streets In the
residence sections. '
MARSHAIJ.TOWN-J. C. Kroener. for
merly of Melbourne, but now In the real
estate business in Pes Moines, was held
to the grand Jury under tl.tiuO bonds Satur
day by Justice Millard on a charge of per
jury. The complaint was filed by T. V.
Bradford an atorny of this city. In be
half of Christian Kroener of Albion, who
la the father of J. C. Kroener. It ia alleged
that J. C. Kroener committed perjury when
he awore to atetemeitta in a petition of a
suit brsught against his father In which
he alleged hia father serured th deed to
a larar farm nur Melbourne from his
J mother by fraudulent meuna
Harriman Plans
Billion Dollar
Corporation
Scheme it to Consolidate All Eailroad
Mileage Controlled by the
New York Central.
CHICAGO. April 2.-F.dward H. Harri
man Is planning a billion-dollar corporation,
according to a special to the Record-Herald
from New Tork. with a view of consolidat
ed and solidifying the vast railroad mile
age represented by the New Tork Central
lines. A dosen or more of the most eml
nlnct corpartlon lawyers In the country
are ' now working on the problem of this
great corporation, which Harriman hopes
to make the crowning effort of his rail
road and financial career.
The lawyers In Mr. Harrlman's employ
have been told to discover a way In which
the 12.000 mllea of railroad under the con
trol of the New Tork Central and repre
senting a capitalisation of nearly $1,000,000.
000 may be made over into o homegenous
quantity with a central management with
one treasury and with one purpose to en
able It to assmue the most commanding po
sition tn the transportation world. '
Status of Anti
Trust Suits
Department of Justice Busy Paining
About Sixty Cases Which Are
Still Pending.
WASHINGTON, April 28,-The Depart
ment of Justice ia pursuing with vigor Its
policy of urging to a final determination
all cases, civil and criminal. Involving vio
lations of the Sherman anti-trust law, the
Interatate Commerce act, and the act pro
hibiting the granting and receiving of re
bates. On October 1, last, eighty-eight
cases under these several acts were pend
ing in the courts, but this number has been
reduced by at least twenty-or twenty-five,
removing some of. great Importance from
the state. The American Naval Storea'
case is now on trial In Savannah. The
Maine case,' an alleged trust among the
sardine packers, la In process of settle
ment. During the laat few weeka the gov
ernment haa Intervened tn two employers
liability cases on the ground that the pri
vate suits Involved the constitutionality of
the aot. Ono of these cases was brought
in Connecticut and the other In Illinois,
The "commodities clause" case Involving
the constitutionality of the law, which, tn
effect, prohibits railroads (rom owning and
operating coal mines, has passed through
Its several stages' to ' the aupreme court,
whence a decision Is expected very soon.
The civil suit agalnat' the American To
bacco company and others Is now before
the supreme court of the United States on
a cross appeal, tbo' government appealing
from the decision of the lower court,, dis
missing the bill of complaint against the
Imperial Tobaoco company and others and
the tobacco company appealing from the
decision of the court In favor of the gov
ernment as to the parent company. These
cases will come up for hearing before the
supreme court on 'October 13, next, '
Cases against the Standard Oil company
are on the dockets of several courta and
re being pushed forward as rapidly as
possible. Some of , these cases are thought
to Involve- one t more of the - question?
at issue In the 'recent $28,000,000 fine case.
The DuPont powder case. In which It is
alleged that a' combination la being main
tained In restraint, of trade In the manu
facture and sale of gunpowder and 'Other
high explosives, la nearlng completion. I
the case of the. United States against th
Vnlon Pacific Railroad company and oth-v
charging combination and conspiracy :
violation of the Sherman act, testlmon
Is now being taken. 1
JAPANESE WARSHIPS
IN SAN PEDRO HARBOR
Crnlaers oy and Aso First of
Mikado's Vessels to Enter Pa
rt lie Port . for Ten Years."
POS ANGELES, Cal., April For the
first time In ten year warahlps of Japan
entered a Pacific coast port of the United
States when the cruisers Soya and Aso,
comprising the Japanese training squad
ron, commanded by . Rear Admiral R.
ljlchl, steamed into 8a n Pedro at noon
today. The Aso and Soya are on a peace
ful visit of some weeks' duration, which
will take them to all of the principal
porta of the Pacific coast. The two ships
are prises of the Russo-Japanese war. The
Aso Is the former' Russian cruiser B&yan,
found in the harbor of Port Arthur after
General Stoeasel surrendered. The Soya
was formerly , the cruiser Varlag, which
waa captured In the harbor of Chemulpo.
They are comparatively modern battle
ahips, - carrying heavy ' batteries and
equipped with high speed engines. ' The
Aso Is the flagship of Admiral IJIylil, a
veteran of the war with Russia. '
"We shall visit "Los Angeles. San Fran
cisco, Seattle and .Victoria and possibly
other porta," aaid the admiral. "We must
return to Jaran by August 1.
"Personally, I can only express my pleas
ure at the Increased evidence of friend
liness between the United States and my
country. I have no doubt that our visit
here will be one of lasting pleasant re
membrance for u. We of Japan have
great admiration for America and I am
glad of thla opportunity to return here
for even ao short a stay."'
Neither the federal nor state govern
ment made any eepeclsl demonstration of
welcome. That Is reserved for Ssn Frsn-
clsco. when the warships arrlva there
about May 1, when the Pacific fleet and
federal and state officials will extend an
elaborate greeting.
Bradley Edge Drop Corn Planters snd As-
penwall Potato, Planters. Sperling ft Trip-
lett. S'-T Broadway.
While Eczema, Acne, Tetter, Salt Rheum, etc., are troubles which affect
the skin, their source is far deeper than the outside cuticle. These affections
re caused by Irritating humors, or urstlo acid ia tho blood. Such impurities
Inflame and irritate the delicate net-work of fibrous tissue which lies Just
beneath the surface of the outer skin, and the inflammatory discharge thus
produced Is forced out through the pores and glands, and is continually
kept up while the blood remains Infected. This exudation causes the form
ation of scales and crusts so often ssen in, Ecsema, and when they are
scratched off the flesh is left raw and more susceptible to other infection.
It can very readily be seen then that to produce a cure the circulation must
be purineu and cleansed. This B. 8. S. will do. It goes down to the very
bottom, removes ail humors and impurities, neutralizes the excessive acids
of the system and in this way removes the cause of disease. Local applica
tions oan only soothe the Irritation end assist tn keeping the akin clean; thev
never produce a cure because such treatment does not reach the blood.
8.S.S. restores to the thin, acrid blood all its lost properties, makes i':
pure ana rich and enables it to nourish the skin and keep it soft, smooth
and healthy. -Book oc Bkln Diseases and any medical advice free to all
who write.
TTIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLASTA, OA,
BOAT SINKS IN MISSISSIPPI
Steamer Eafcle Goes Down in Hundred
Feet of Water Near New Orleans.
EIGHT PEHS0NS ARE DROWNED
raase of Accident Is Myatery, aa
' Vessel . Oee Down WHhoat
' Wsrslsi, Alrtfan All
t Beln Asleep.
NEW ORLEANS. April 2.-Klght people
were lost s.nd seven others on board had a
thrilling errape when the towhoat Csgle
of the lioulslana Petroleum company went
down early today In the Mississippi river
about twenty ntlle south of New Orleans.
The dead:
CAPTAIN GEOROP: JOYCE.
CHARLES OOOTRl'D. second engineer.
CHARLES MARTIN, fireman.
RICHARD I E M.ANC mat.
TWO NEGRO DECK HANDr.
NEGRO CHAMBERMAID.
NEGRO CABIN f;OY. , ,
K The accident occurred at 4:30 o'clock this
n on. Ing. and at the lime all those who
perished were asleep. The' boat began to
dip and. take water and In an Instant was
going down. ..breaking tn half aa It sank.
Unconscious of danger, those on deck found
themselves precipitated Into the swift cur
rent of the deep channel. They succeeded
In catching hold or objects washed from
the boat and managed to stay afloat until
they attracted attention from shore.
The atnktng of n Eagle is a mystery.
There was no explosion of any kind. The
Eagta waa convoying an o barge up the
tlver. The barge broke away from the
towboat when the latter sank. The Eagle
was a stern wheel boa.
At the point where it went down the
river Is about 100 feet deep.
Taft to Attend
Conference on
Criminal Law
President Will Come to Chicago in
Jane if Congress Adjourns by
that Time.
CHICAGO, April 26. -(Spec la I.) President
Taft has promised to come to Chicago on
June 7 to attend the national conference
on criminal law and criminology, which
opena on that date, If congress adjourns in
time to permit him to leave Washington
It also Is announced that Govornor Denevn
will attend and lias- accepted the position
of temporary presiding officer.
The conference will be unique from the
fact that there will be no aet apeechea or
long addresses. All of the work will be
divided among separate sections, each sub
ject being referred to the section to which
It properly belongs. .
It 4a- expected that there will be between
260 and 300 subjects submitted for discus
sion, and fully ' that number of leading
Jurists, criminologists, penologists, psychol
ogists, alienists and criminal lawyera will
be in attendance. Among thoae from whom
positive acceptances already have been re
ceived is Judge Lee Estetle of Omaha.
Fatal Quarrel
in Sheridan
' IS I f
Allen' Smith Kills Henry -Jamison in
- Dispute Oyer Money Matters- .
Both Men Are Colored.
SHERIDAN. Wyo., April 2 (Special
t'lcgram.) Allen Smith, manager of the
pton club, an organization of colored men,
t under arrest, charged with the murder
f Henry Jamison, also colored. The crime
vas' committed early thla morning In Wal
ley's barber ahop on South Main street, to
which place the two men, accompanied by
two colcred girls, had Just returned from
a night's revelry. The men quarreled over
money matters and Smith shot Jamison
through the head, caualng Instant death.
Jamison did not carry a gun. Smith pre
tended to be sound asleep when the offi
cers arrested him in his room a few minutes
after the shooting.- Jamlscn .was formerly
a hiember of the famous Brownsville. Tex.,
colored regiment, but did not take pait In
the riot. Recently he has been t-mployt-d
as porter In a barber shop. here.
DIFFERENCE AMONG
WOMEN SUFFRAGISTS
llT, Anna thaw and Mrs. Catt ten.
sere American Who II ode la ,
Parade la London.
liONPON, April 36. There Is ssld to he
considerable friction smong the American
woman suffragists who are here in at
tendance upon the aerskin of the inter
national suflrsglsts convention. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt and Rev. Anna Shaw It
la ssld, disapprove of the action of some
of the western delegates who rode In the
procession April 17 which, was formed In
honor of the release from Holloway jail
of Mr. Lawrence, who had s.-rved two
months for taking part In a suffragist
demonstration. Among tho;e who partici
pated In the procession were Mrs. I.arina
baker of Spokane and the three Mlase
Langley of Seattle.
Rev. Anna Shaw addressed a large meet
ing of men nt Whlteflelds tabernacle to
night In advocacy of woman suffrage. Mrs.
Henry Fawcctt of London presMed and In
a speech censured the methods of the "auf
frsgettes" In strong terms.
Mrs. Catt gave a reception In honor of
the delegates this afternoon and In the
evening they were entertained by Beatrice
Harraden, the novelist.
' Caaterfey Dollars
buy trouble, but a genuine quarter buys
fr. Kings New Ufe Pills, for constipation.
malaria and jaundice. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
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ILct 'cm come
while flic
lasts. You cant set
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cake appetite when
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Tha best syrup for rery purpose.
In air-tight tins: 10c, 25c, 50c
A book of ndpts tor coo
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