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HIE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1000. employ only such a will agree to work on a non-union basis. "OMAHA A COUNCIL BLUFFS STREET HAII,WAY COM PA NT, "Hy O. W. WATTLES. Prrsldent. "F. T. HAMILTON. W. V. MORSK. "C. R TYLF.R. ' L. F. CROFEOOT. "K. C. BARTON, "W. A. SMITH, Directors." "The a hove proposition by the Omaha 3k Council Wuff Street Railway company Is the result of protracts negotiations, and we recommend It to the employe for their acceptance, "JAMES C. DAHLMAN. Mayor of O.naha "FRANK KOUTBKY, llayor of South Oms.hu, IHOS. MALONEY. Mayor of Council Fluff, "F. S. TUCKER. Mayor of Florence, "CHAS. A. TRACT. Mayor of Benson. LOUIS RURMESTER, "M. F. FUNKHOU8EH, "M. F. FUNKHOUf ER, "LOUIS Lt'RMESTER, "LOUIS HERKA, "Committee of ri'y council of Omaha." fttateiueat From Mr. Wattles. After the conference had concluded, Mr. Wattles, for the street railway company, gave out the following statement: "The statement mihmltted by the board oj director Is a compromise upon both Iuch.. Further than thin I cannot say. it rails 'fur some sacrifice of the demand rvarte by the striking men. but It also em LorMes sucilflees upon the part of the com ; any. "One phrase, treating of th return of Hie union men without relinquishing their membership In the union, Is directly con liary to the statement of the company iHKUed- previous to the strike. If the strike was declared at this unfortunate and In opporiuno time. Only the knowledge upon the part of the directors that the rank ar.d flit- of t.,o striking men were unin formed as to this Matement. Induced the directors after long urging upon the part of the mayors, momb-ri of the council end bnrlneafc men, who were Jiurty to the confer' tioe, to recede' from the position In this matter taken by the president. "If the strike ends now, and I hope It will, the not results will be tiemendous losses to the company and 10 the public, with some sacrifices upon the part of the striking men, of advantages they had or might have obtained in the future without Inflicting this strike with nil Its dlsaaters upon th city and company. "I believe the -men. If left to their own tloclslon In this matter, will vote to go buck at once. , Whether or not the Influence of the agitators will still control their actions' cmalns to be seen. "We have never had any trouble with kit men In the past,' and expect none In the future, as long as outsiders, with no interests In this locality, do not come unci's them and arouse them over Imagi nary wrongs. Ther It Something wrong wit It a syptein that leaves the commerce ;if a great city, and the. property of one nf Its ret public service corporations, at the mercy of on or two non-residents who may coma Into our midst and paralyze our pronprrlty In a week or a month. "It was the desire of the officers and dli i c.tors of the company to settle the strike In a manner to prevent, If poeslblo, a recurrence lit arty rime In the future, and to a certain extrt the proposition we have made accomplishes this result. "I have no HI feeling toward the runk nnd file of our striking employes. As a rulo, they are good men. I hope they will not com pal 1 we "to " fill their ' places from the hundreds of applications wo have for them Xicin all parts of the country. Their mtlon upon the proposition we have now submitted will determine once for all whether or not this must be done." Contrary to the general Impression, the striking street oar men did not receive th company's proposition la.it night and do not get It until this morning. Conse quently the proposition could not be acted upon by the men last night as was ex pected. At the strikers meeting C. O. Prstt and Ren Commons warned the men against trickery, alleging that the street car com p uiy has a general scheme on foot and both speakers hinted that th proposition must be carefully scrutinized. The general attitude of the meeting did not give hope of a prompt settlement of th strike. Propositi is Drawn I'p. The proposition which It was hoped would put an end to the Street car strike was formulated at a meeting of the board of directors of th street railway company with the five mayors, the special commit tee of th city council and a committee from th Omaha Business Men's associ ation held yesterday afternoon at th street railway offices. Th members of th conference before which th proposal was formulated said after the meeting they believed th prop- TUMOR OF FOURYEARS GROWTH Removed by Lydia E. Pink ham'sVegetableCompound riouth Bend. Ind. " Ljdla E.' 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MiAhsm's V fetable Compound, made from roots ana herbs, has been the standard remedy (or female iUs, and such unquestion able testimony as Vie a be re proves the value of this famous remedy, and tuculd rife confidence and hope to every sick woman. If you would like special advice about yonr cas write a- conflon tUl letter to Mrs. lMnkhuui. at Lynn. Her advloe) 1 free ud . . . . Lelpful. osltlon waa such th men would accept It. At th close f th conference. which lasted thre and a half hour. President Wattles of th street railway company mad a statement to th press. "W have worked hard for several days," he said, "to formulate a proposition, which will be acceptable to th man and th company. We hav met with many difficulties, but we hope we have made a proposal that will be acceptable to every one concerned. In th proposal to be sub mitted the company has mad som con cessions and the men If they accept It Will have to make unit, but we hop It mill be agreeable to both sides." Mr. Wattles declined to make public at once the terms of the proposition. Many P reseat at Meeting. The conference began at 3 o'clock and did not end until C 30. ftesldes the board f director there were In th room Mayors Dahlman of Omaha, Tracy of Ben son, Maloney of Council Bluffs, Tucker of Florence and Koutaky of Bouth Omaha; Councilman Berka, Funkhotiser and urmester of the special councllmanlc com mittee; Euclid Martin,' JU A. Sunderland and E. E. Bruce of th Omaha Business Men's association. There was general feeling of relief among those at the conference at th end of their labors and many of them et pressrd the hope that the strike would be off Monday morning. The proposition submitted to the em ployes last night was th result "of many forces brought to bear On all sides by various Influences, which have been at work sine shortly after th strike began. Plrectly, It was th result of confer ences between President Wattles and the mayors of the five cities after a written proposition for arbitration had been made by the employes to Mr. Wattle through the mayors. The special oounellmanto committee got Into the game first with a public meeting, which spparently did not narrow the breach. Then C. O. Pratt, representing the strikers, submitted a written proposition for arbitration and Im mediate resumption of work by th em ployes. This was laid bofore President Wattles, who in turn took Up the sug gestions of the mayors with th board of directors. The meeting Sunday afternoon of al! the rsrlntis bodies Interested was the culmination. CARMEN HAVE TO CI T IT IP Don't (;et Hot One-Fourth of Pares They Hold Oat. "You fellows make me tired; you talk like as If we wus getting rich at this business. Why, we ain't making no pile. You know what we have to do? When we get to the burn we have to cut what money we have four ways the motormiui gets his, the major gets his, the captain gets his and then we get ours." Thla was the speech of ono of the strike breaking conductors who had b'-on twitted by a passenser for holding out aJl the fares he collected. "This Is our business, but It ain't as fat as you people think. The man who hires us gets JH a day and lie keeps S3 and leaves us $6, then he gets his cut In on all the fares, lie Is the major, and there is the captain who looks out for his at the barns. "Then w on't work the year round. Maybe we work two or three weks In a stretch and then lay off for a month. So you ae w have to lay by for the rainy day. Oh, of oourse, w make more In the year thun the regular street car men, but that ain't saying anything." THIN K PEOPLE ARE DISHO.NFST Conductor Hays Vhey Hand Him Transfer l.onai Dead. "A conductor on a Farnam car fell Into a conversation with a prtenger on the rear end. "The newspapers talk about us fillows being robbers and all that." said the strikebreaker. "Why, man, we ain't dis honest at all as compared with some of these Omaha people, women, too. mind you. Why, a young woman rmndd me a transfer the other 'day dated last June and I got to telling th boys about It when one of them spoke and said, v"That's noth ing, an old lady staked me to a Chicago transfer.' I quit." These new fellows hove been free and easy with their transfers. They have been giving the slips without any punch at all and people have been making the best of It. On man who lives In North Omaha ha paid one nloket sine th strike bigan. lie paid that the first morning and has been riding on transfers sine. SHERIFF SEIZES NEW MOTOHMAW Charles Roma Arreste Yesterday on Charge mt Shooting. Charles Roma, a strike-breaking motor man, "was arrested thla morning by Sheriff Hralley, charged with shooting with intent to wound. Roma was running a South Thirteenth street car near th corner of Thirteenth and William streets, when he had som trouble with his power and the car stopped. A crowd of boa and men quickly gathered about th stalled car with cry of "scab" and endeavored to pull his trolley rop. Roma tried t drlv thn away by various means, but tbey refused to nova. He beoam Impatient, and leap ing from th car, h drew a revolver and fired, as h say. Into th air. No on was Injured, but Roma was taken to the city Jail . IX108 VOTE MWANCIAL AID Typographical mmA Other Will Rle f00 to f 1,000 Far Wlt. The International TvpograrMcal union. at a meeting held Sunday sr.ernoon, passed rniininns In suDDort of th street ear strikers and fixed an assessment of W cents per man per week aa their contribu- in tn the strike fund. Other unions took similar action and th total amount raised by this method will b about 900 to fl.flM par week. Dr. Abernthy. th great English pnysV clan, aald. "WetcU your kidneys. Whi. they are affected, life 1 In danger." Foley Kidney Remedy makes healvuy kidney, correct urinary Irregularities, and ton up tlie who! system. FIRE RECORD- In dlan School. ARDMORK. Okl., Sept. 16-A 11 of the . Mary's mission, a Roman buildings of St. Catholic school for Indiana, situated here. together with were destroyed was the oldest and Comanche tn issl. Fathar Isadora's resldenoe, by fir today. St. Mary's mission among th Kiowa Indian. It waa established Knana Goes to th Coast. WASHINGTON, Sept. ll Chairman Mar tin Knapp of th Interstate Commerce commission, accompanied by Mrs. Knapp and confidential assistant, Ross J. Rynder, left today for th Pacific coast, where th commissioner la to hear a srls of Im portant case affecting th freight traffic of th entire country from th Atlantic to th Pacific seaboard. Militant Christina Convent loa. riTTSBCKO. Sept. W -Military organi sation of churches throughout the country will send representative her this week to th thirtenth annual convention of th Vntted Hoys' Ftrtgade of America, which Convenes In thla oity on Friday. While no gieurale figure are obtainable as to the membership of th organisation It Is said th drlcgatrs to the meeting In this city III rep-rMiit about aVUU) young soldiers ot tt Culled mates. COOK RECORDS ARE AT ETAI1 Harry Whitney Says Peary Would Not Take Them on Roosevelt. SEJDS MESSAGE TO DR. COOK Hunter, Who Was Espeeted to Brlac Brooklyaj F.aplorer's Belongings Coin In a Hoath on Schooner gt. John. NEW YortK Sert. 21. Commander Rob ert E. Peary refused absolutely to allow any of the records or Instruments of I'r. FreOerlrk A. Cook to be brought aboard the steamer Roosevelt and was thus In strumental In causing thes records to re main In a cache at Kltah, Greenland, ac cording to Marry Whitney, the Newhaven sportsman. In a dispatch received In this city by l)r. Cook today. Th message, which came a respone to one sent by Pf. Cook, Is as follows: "Strathcona, via Indian Harbor and Cape Riv. N. F., Sopt. 25,-!r. F.A. Cook. Waldorf. New York: Started for Home Roosevelt. Nothing arrived for tne. Peary would allow nothing b-?)onnlng to you on board. Said to leave everything In cache nt Ktah. Met CeptaiT Ham. North Star Did not go bsck after going aboard schooner hound Mt. lolins take steamer home. Hone vou w'l. S you soon. Ex plain all. Oood shooting. "HARRY WHITNEY. Dr. Cook was questioned today as to his view of the situation created by the ac tion aHCilbed to Commander Peary, but he dcclinfd to ray anything derogatory of his rival. "It may be that the Instruments will arrlv this year after all," he said, "and as for the records and observa tions, their non-arrival here makes no dif ference, however, as I have completed duplicates so that there will be no delay In coupling irty story with all Its details." Pr. Cook did not appear to be greatly surprised by the news he received from Mr. Whitney. He hopes to see him In a short time and hear a complete explanation of the occurances at Etah. ' Dr. Cook denied the report that" he was to bring suit for slander against Peary. "Ther is no truth In the report," he said. "1 have no Intention of bringing suit. Natnrally I am taking measures to have everything In order In ease of necessity, but I never e.ven thought of filing a suit and 1 wish to contradict Buch reports at once." If they are still at Etah, Dr. Cook's in struments may not arrive In New York until the spring months of 1810. There Is a possibility, however, of their reaching here this year, as another vessel may have touched Etah after 'the Roosevelt left. Whitney Coming goath. ST. JOHN, N. F., Sept. 26. Wireless dis patches received here state that the schooner Joannle, which Is bringing Harry Whitney, the New Haven hunter, back to civilization, left Indian Harbor yesterday morning for St. Johns and would riot call at Battle Harbor. It Is expected thnt the Jeannle will ar rive her Wednesday. Peary's Compunion Writes. PITTSBVRO. Sept. 26. In a letter to his mother, Mrs. Mary Ooodsel of New Kensington, Pa., near here, Dr. John A. Ooodsel, who accompanied Commander Peary to the dash to the North pole, gives a description of the trip. The letter was written on the steamer Roosevelt and says In part:- "You are awara that Commander Peary has at last reached the goal of his tin-bltlons-the North pole-. an, echlavement which means much to our commander-our-selves and unsolved scientific and geogra phic problems. "I was with the commander on the north ern trip to Cape Columbus and across the Ice to latitude 84, degrees 29 mlns. At this point the first two detachments re turned to Cape Columbus, where th ex pedition left the land. The temperature on th Ice was as low as R) degrees below xero. I left the Roosevelt on February 16 ,uh the second detachment, the captain starting the day previous with the first. I reached the Roosevolt March 15, being absent from the ship nearly six weeks. After the northern trip, my time until th return of the commander was engaged in caring for the disabled men I brought in. "From the latter part of May until the middle of June 1 was on a trip to Laks Hayden to socure specimens of fish native to the lake. We were at Cape Sheridan thirty-one days. I traveled 118 miles with slegdes and I mutes. I have done some mlcroscopal work and mounted some slides. Have a fair botanical collection and taken nearly 200 photoraphs. Th members of th expedition had fine sport hunting walrus on th way home." CROWDS VIEW THE SHIPS (Continued From First Page.) and R. Van Rees, treasurer of the Hudson Fulton celebration committee of The Neth erlands. Twenty-flv million dollars, competent authorlttea estimate, la the sum. in round figures, that out-of-town visitors to th celebration will leave In New -ork. Hotel proprietors familiar with th general sit uation, set 600,000 Yor th number of guests now housed under their roofs, and In moro modest lodging houses, and even In single rooms in flat let out for the week by their thrifty tenants. It aeems safe to ay there are 400,000 more. Allowing tor pos sible exaggeration, it seema safe to esti mate the entire out-of-town crowd at be tween 800.000 and 1.000,000. That yesterday's rush to both banks of the Hudson to wltna th naval pageant was no mere redistribution of local popu lation la proved by all the various aspect of th city today. St. Patrick's oathedral uptown and Old Trinity downtown wer both filled with such congregations as their rectors ar not wont to fac except when the olty Is Jammed with visitors. Th streets were thronged with slghtxeers whose gait and bearing and questions to tb policemen all proclaimed them strang ers. Th program for tomorrow Include prob abl flights by Wilbur Wright and Uiern H. CurtUs from Governor's Island, and the opening of various commrmoratory and art exhibits throughout the city. ITALIANS HONOR YKH AZZ iNO Preceded Hudson's Discovery By Many Years. NEW YORK, Sept. 26. A controversy of discovery that mlKht now be waging quit as hot a the polar dispute were Henry Hudson and the Italian explorer, Veras sano, alive, was recalled at a mass meet ing tonight In c mmcmoratlon of Veraa sano's "original discovery" of the Hudson river eighty-five years before Hudson sailed from Amsterdam. At this late date ther ar few to dispute th Italian's claim, but because h left no record or map of actual exploration of th river, he is get ting little popular recognition in th great celebration now on. The Italian colony tonight, however, did their o ur.tryman great honor In historical j addresses and othtr appropriate cera I monies. On October I the local Italian so cieties plan to hav a parage and other j festivities In th Latin quarwr. Ground was broken her recently for a statu of Veratsano. KEVISING THE - MONEY SYSTEN Continued from First Page.) corrected measure, looking to the creatlun of branches of the cmtral bank has only strei.gthened the fear of the existing banks that the Knlted States government Is to enter the field of competition wLh them. lv cent action by Mr. Murray, the comptroller of the currency. Involving the assumption of absolute rerponslbility by bank directors for every part of th bank.?' promises; guarding against loan without proper security to directors and requiring th closest co-operation between the na tions! and state bank examiners In the In spection of the operations of the bnnkt have i suited, It Is believed. In bringing thete institutions Into a much higher state of efficiency and placing them on a sounder business basis than they have ever before j enjoyed and the comptroller Is fully con j vinced that with public confidence In the j banks fully restored there Is no reason to apprehend any struggle or competition for business between the national and state banks on the one hand and a government central tank on the other. STRIKERS HEAR SPEECHES (Continued From First Page.) saloons, for the sake of economy and pub lio opinion. "I am hoping that the unions will not call on me to start litigation and make matters worse," declared John O. lelser In addressing th crowd. But I trust that the strike will bo settled, and honestly settled. Not that you will ret what you want, but be satisfied with what you can get Then later on add another little to that. But don't slide back trying to get more than can be fairly- and honestly given." Yelser denounced the desire to avoid rec ognition of the union by the signing of a formal document as fetlchlsm. C. O. Pratt charged that Mr. Wattles did not keep his promises to the union men, referring to the troubles of four years past and his vl.tt here at that time. Pratt also took occasion to deny the charge that he had abused Wattles and called him names. Pratt for Arbitration. "The time for the evasion of the Issues of this struggle in past," said Pratt. "Ar bitration could hav settled the differences which existed and without th strike and th consequent Inoonvenlence to the peo plo. Mr. Wattles Is afraid of arbitration. The fact that the men ar willing to sub mit their demands to a fair arbitration board Is evidence enough of the honesty of their demands." Pratt repeated his statement of Saturday In which he Insisted that the strike could be settled In two hours If Mr. Wattles would stand by his 'published statement, that th only difference existing Is In the demand of the union that the company violate agreements with nonuninn inm, ir. also made a general defense of the right or tne mon to organlx and In organization make a contract for their labor. , "There is a state law against the Im portation of armed strike-breakers, yet the city administration encourages and permits the bringing of armed men to man these cars." ' ' - Pratf 'Charged that the comnanv mnirt irouDie arid riots' and that It only Bought in io can ror tne minus. He said even that th company had asked for the militia when the strike was but forty eight hours old. ' At the close of his address Mr. Pratt read a series of resolutions signed by J. Ij. Davis and John J. Simpson. These resolutions demand' that unless a settle ment of the strike be effected In twenty four hours, an appeal b mad to Gov ernor -Shallenberger to fore a restoration of street csr servloe and the withdrawal of strike-breakers. Dene ad I'ngnarded Car. m It was also demanded that the police be removed from the cars, on th charge that they are placed there to help the strike-breakers operate the cars, and that the olty administration withdraw support of the street railway company In efforts to break th strike. The company was de nounced, for refusing arbitration and the importation of stride-breakers. The crowd declared by aoclamatioto In favor of th resolutions. A strong guard of police and detective were on detail at the meeting, but all was quiet. At the I nlon Meeting. In executive session Sunday night the striking street car men endorsed the reso lution adopted at the mass meeting earlier In the day and sent a letter to Governor Shallenberger asking for Immedlat help In bringing about peace and a settlement. It was also decided that the executive committee of th local organization would meet with C. O. Pratt and Ben Commons, the strike leaders. 'Mondsy morning and discuss the offer of th company If on was mode by that time. Monday afternoon at I o'clock another secret meeting of th whol union will b held to take action on the advloe of the executive committee. About BOO car men and sympathiser met In the Labor Temple and were addressed by Ben Commons and C. O. Pratt. Mr. Pratt made the statement that no action would be taken on any proposition of the company until another union meeting could be held to discuss It with the men. Th secret cession lasted from I N to 11 o'clock and was spent for the moBt part In discussion of th proper attitude for th men to take toward th offer of th com. pany. In response to the published statement by Mr. Wattles that the strlk leaders are agitators who ar standing in th way of a settlement Mr. Pratt said: "Mr. Com mons and I would be very glad If Mr. Wattles would come before th meeting tomorrow and make his own terms. We would absent ourselves from the discussion altogether." Your complexion as wen aa your temper I rendered miserable by a disordered liver. By taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets you can improve both. Sold by all druggikts. Train Strikes Freight Engine. HURON, S. D.. Sept. 2d (Spaclal.) The souuil'i.i.rid pa.sengr ira.n on the Cni cago, Milwaukee A St. Paul line struck a freight engine at Wolsey. Uoth engines were badly damaged and a number of empty car wrecked. Several passengers were badly shaken up, but none serlojsly Injured. Steamships Aground la Surf. JAi KSoNVU.LE, Fla., Sept. id With the btaa Mill running so high that it has been iinpuitble for t - to get lines to it, th Dutch s'eanier Zeeburg lies helpless on the nouih Juty at th entrance of th St. Juhn's river, five miles below Mayport and twenty-five miles from tola city. Cap tain Von Rassen and his crew of twenty el;;lit men are laboring with the pumps, trying to Pav a portion of Its largo of fertilizer. Quick Action for Your Money You get1 that by using Th Be advertising columns. j Nebraska PI1AT TAKE FOR TWO PAPERS Governor Has the Placing of Thirty Six Thousand Word Legal. DERELICT C0EP0RATI0N LIST After Publication Those Which Hare Vot Paid Tax Will Have Mo An. thorlty to Transact flaslaeas. t From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. (Spectftl.) Hovernor Shallenherger has a nice llttie piece of patronage to give to two good democratic papers In the form of a legal notice containing the names of the corpor ations that failed to pay the nw state occupation tax by September 1. There are ?.0:t corporations, more or less, In thr list which contains about S6.000 voids. The publication is to be mad by Secretary of State Junkln once In two dally papers to be designated by the governor. The legis lature appropriated 11.000 to pay the ex pense of publication, but at the rate of tl a square of ten lines each It will hardly be possible to squeexe the publication down to 154)0 for eaoh paper. If the appropriation Is not sufficient the favored newspapers can bring In a claim before the next leg iHlature. Secretary of State Junkln did not present the list of delinquent corporations to the governor till September 25. The law requires this to be done by September 15 and Immediately thereafter the governor Is required to Issue a proclamation con taining the list and announcing that the companies named are delinquent and that their right to do business In this state shall cease unless the occupation tax, together with a penalty of $10 far delinquency. Is not paid by September $0. Oovernor Shal lenberger will Issue such a proclamation Monday and designate the two newspapers that get the plum. Six Injured in Automobile Driver Overturns Machine While Try ing to Lodge a Dog. M1LFORD, Neb., Sept. 26. Six perons were Injured, one fatally, this afternoon In an automobile accident near here. Her man Truberg, his wife and baby. Mrs. Johns, Alice Johns and Miss Nlckerson were riding and In attempting to avoid running over a dog In the roadway Tra herg lost control of the machine, which turned over, pinning Miss Johns and Miss Nlckerson underneath. Miss Johns Is o badly hurt she cannot recover. Miss Nlck erson' injuries ar leas serious. The others were' bruised. SERVICES AT CONFERENCE Bishop Kaelaen Preaches at City Au ditorium. NELIOH. Neb., Sept. 26. (Special Tele gram.) Sunday service at the Methodist Kplecopal conference began at 9 o'clock with a love feast led by Thomas Bithell, D. D., dt Fremont. At 16: Bishop Nuelsen preached - In the city auditorium to a crowded house. At the close of the service he consecrated Miss Fretda Schmickl and Miss Alice Oorby as deaconesses. At t:30 In th afternoon Chancellor W. J. Davidson spoke on "The Worth of an Education." At i o'clock Bishop Nuelsen ordained Amos C. Bonham, Kzra B. Koontz, Joel J. Burke and Ambrose Q. McVay aa deacons and Arthur Atack, Albert W. Ahrendts, Charles C. Carroll and Joseph Stopford aa elders. At the Epworth league rally. J. B. Trimble, D. IX. of Kansas City, Mo., and S. D. Bartle of Grand Island delivered ad dresses. Two session wer held at night. Dr. Trimble spoke on "The Mission" In the Methodist church and Dr. Davidson In the Congregational church. Carnatloa Day Observed. REPUBLICAN CITY. Neb.. Sept. Jfl (Speclal.) The Woman's Relief Corps of Republican City observes "Carnation day" for the old soldiers. This waa observed yesterday In the Woman's Relief Corps hall. Each otd soldier on entering received a carnation a token of th respect of the Woman' Relief Corp, which thinks It better to give flowers and honor to the "living" than only after they are doad. Comrades Mcpherson, Klrkley, Forbes, Whitney and Frear reviewed scenes of bravery and danger. Mis Lova Smith sang two solos. Pastor for Omaha Chareh. KEARNEY, Neb.. Sept. 24. (Special.) Rev. Q. W. Abbott of the Methodist ohurch In this city has resigned as pastor of that churr-l, and accepted a call from the Trinity Methodist church In Omaha. Dr. Abbott has been with th church In this city for four year and from a member ship of 800 he ha seen It grow to TOO; from property valued at h has seen It In crease to 160,000. Dr. Hammond of Alton. 111., has accepted the call from thla church. Nebraska Gnllty of Asaaalt. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Sept. 26. (Special.) Tht. latest prisoner to be lodged In the Sioux Falls penitentiary I a young Ne braskan named Earl Cran, who In th stat. circuit court of Day county, pleaded guilty to the charge of criminal assault and was sentenced by Judge MoNuhy to a term of twj year. The defendant's parents, who are highly respected resi dents of Nebraska, cam to South Dakota and were with their son after his arrest and up to th time he wa sentenced to th penitentiary. Fatal Crossing Aerldent. O'NEIIyL, Neb., Sept. M. A special stock train on the Burlington railway struck a farm wagon near this plaoe last night, fatally injuring the driver, William Mo Dermott, and killing both horses. Th train was stopped and th unconscious victim picked up and taken to a honpltal. He lived but a few hour. The outfit was hurled fifty feet. Nebraska Kews holes. YORK A. W. Rhoades, formerly a trav eling salesman, has purchased In Tulle cafe and ha mad i.iany c.iai- In re modelling tho same. TLCUMriEH-rJames Halepeska of Te cumrh has sold his harness business at Sl.ickley. He has gone tj Wymor and may go into business ther. PtHl'-A. L. Carman ha opened a new store in the building junt south of the bank whhii l.e i uends to make primarily a bookstore. When his stock Is con-.piete it will be one of the largest In the c.ty. YORK E. H Smith, one of the most popular railroad agents at York, has re signed his position here and will tak a part of the maragemenl and office work of th Harrison Nursery company of York. PERU Among the new members of the faculty this year Is Prof Wlllard Lefler. from Elmwood. who takes tae plaoe of Miss Schlee, sli having resigned. II hai Nebraska been assigned work in the . model hln school. YORK York county faimers ar- com plaining of tlie extremely low prices be ing offered for apples, nnd many declare they will not sell until the prlees are bet ter. There are thousands of bushels of ap ples In York county. KEARNKY Saturday afternoon County Judge llailowell married Isaac C. KshU iran of Omaha and hertha Rcroff of lcn vor. Horace L. Hmznian of Holdrege and Miss Nellie Marshall of Kearney were granted a licence to wed also. YORK Carl F. Cooke, son of W. Cooke of the Ie Orande hotel, was married to Miss Myrtle Creegan at the residence of her aunt, Mrs. E. o. Wright. The cuplc left for Colorado, and will be at home to their friends In York In thirty day PERI. W. H. Lowe of the canning fac- Itory had the misfortune to slip Into the vst In which the cans or tomatoes sr cooked, badly scalding one of his feet and left leg half way up to the knee. The burn win ant destroy the use of tn toot, but tmii be very painful. PERU The canning factory Is running full time at present and can hardly keep up nun. tne tomato crop wmcn is coming In. Three carloads have already been packed and unless a sever frost occurs within a few days the crop will yield at least eight carloads, says Mr. Love, man ager of the factory. KEARNEY District court convene In adjourned session, with Judge B. O. Hos tetler on the bench, on Tuesday morning. There are about slxtv cases to be tried, thirty of which have been filed sine the last session. Twelve of these ar divorce cases. This Is the largest number of di vorce esses evr tried In one session. PERU-Rev. C. R. Weldon of Lincoln, formerly pastor of the baptist church at this plsce. was In Peru th latter part of th week with a view of starting a new bank here. He secured an option upon a business lot and made other arrangements looking to that end. Those interested say that there Is every prospect that th new Institution will be started. TECUM SB II The annual Johnson county fair will be held in lecumseh on Wednes day, Thursday anil Friday of next week. Indications point to a good fain Thursday will be children's day, and all the school children of the county will b admitted free. A good program of horse race has been provided, together with lh usual amusements that attend a county fair. PERU The early class meeting of t'i" year are now bring held. There were 166 present at the first meeting of tha senior class. There will probably be between JHO and 200 In that class this year. Th Junior class will be about the same sise as lsst year, having about members. Th oph omore class la a llttie smaller than :at year, but the freshman class Is much larger. TECUMSEH Ex-Mayor William Ernst Is suffering terribly from the effects of hav ing his hand poisoned. He contracted the poison some six weeks ago, probnhlv from working with the flowers about hls'houoe. Hefore the poison had developed much Mr. Ernst and his wife and Mrs. M. E. Binder departed for a trip through Yellowstone park, to th Seattle exposition and to Cal ifornia. The trip was tnade, but Mr. Ernst suffered the greater part of the time with the afflicted member. YORK The Ancient Order of United Workmen local lodge In York Is one of the largest In the state, and because of Inac tivity, this lodge has made no growth compared with that of other lodecs, but thla week a deputy grand tnas'er tins heen here soliciting, and It is believed that by Tuesday night there will be seventy-five applications for membership. A commit tee Is arranging for s reat meeting on Tuesday night, when the seventy-flvu mem bers will be taken In. j PERU For the fifth consecutive vear Rev. Mr. Tyler has been sent to tht M,.ii ' odlst church at this plsce, his appointment nnving rjen made at the olose of the an nual conference late Monday evening. Other appointment made for the county are as follows: Auburn. H. O. Wilcox; Auburn Avenue, Peter Van Fleet; Rrock! H. M. Bassett; Brownville and Hethel, A E. Chadwlck; Johnson and Oaf. E. H Gould; Nemaha and Shubert, Leander Mor rison; Howe and Stella, E. if I Hlnkle. A fterlopa Breakdown comes ' from chronic constlnatlon. Dr King's New Life Pills cure headache, tor-! pld liver and bowel trouble. 25c. Sold by Beaton Drug Co. GREAT AUDIENCE FOR PRESIDENT (Continued from First Page.) able as possible during the day, we are j going to cut down that higher character 1 that We assume to have tinder greater ex igencies when we are showing forth Its strength. And so I say that our friends of the southern clime and our oriental friends hav touched a point In philosophy, the philosophy of life, that we may well learn from them and Introduce Into our live more courtesy and more politeness, more real, genuine desire to make every body happy Tr th little thing of llf, which, after all, constitute nearly all there Is in life. . Charity (or All. "Now another corollary from th text whtoli I would Ilk to draw Is that we ought to ascribe to our neighbors and to those with whom we come In contact, or with respect to whose action w hav to express an opinion a high motives as we can. W ought to avoid this acrim onious discussion that consign everybody who Is opposed to our view to perdition and to having the most corrupt motives and ascribes to those who stand with us only the purest motives. Life Is too val uable to wast In anger and th charg ing and denunciation of our fellow-men when they don't deserve It. "Th truth Is, my friends, this matter of hatred and resentment whli-h accompanies th attributing of a bad motive to those who differ Lorn you, I a wast of nervous strength, of time, of worry, wl.hout a -'-om-pllshlng one single good thing. I don't know how it has been with you, but It has happened time and time again with me that som man has don something that I did not like, that I thought had a personal bearing, and that I have said In my heart: Times will change and I will get even with that gentleman.' "I don't profess to be free from those ftellngs at all. But It has frequently hap pened, I may say, generally, that the time did oome when I couid get even with that man and when that time came It sevmcd to m that I would demean mself and '.hat It would show m no man at all if I took advantage. "And so, my friends, what I am urging la less acrimony In public discussion more charity wtth respect to each other as to what moves each man to do what lis does, and not to charge dishonesty and corrup tion until you have a real reaaon for do ing so. "I am the last man to pardon or miti gate wrongs against th pjbllo or agvnst Individuals. I bellev, and I regret to say It, that throughout this country th ad ministration of th criminal law and the prosecution of criminal la a disgrace to our civilisation; but It Is one thing to nrosecut a criminal when you hav evi dence and It Is another thing to ascribe motives to th aet of a man when vou hav not any evidence and ar Just living Iti your Imagination In respect to what you say. Inspires Higher Thought. "And now, my friends, 1 cannot In th presence of so great an audience as this an audience that Inspires on with higher thoughts of country and patriotism fall to refer to the depth of feeling that has been awakened In tn of gratitude for your welcome, of an appreciation of th basis of that welcome, which I loyalty to your flag and country." "I understand that In the great office of president, the personality of the man who fills It for the time slnkd and that the offio typifies th nation so that all reople of whatever party ousht to t-r that for the man who for th" time-being holds the orf.ee, ihe sre manifesting a respect for the nation for which they live nd for whhh they would be willing to die." Visit to OaHen. 51EN, Utah. Sept. . -,rsldent Tnft spoke three hours here today. Then he resumed his Journey. Tomorrow mornlmr h1 wjll arrive In Butte, Mnt , and w ill encounter the second strike situation of hi trip. At Omnhn Inst Monday the president ran Into a street car strike, hut all efforts to run cars were called off during the time he was there. This time Mr. Taft will be In the tnnlst of a slrlke called bv the Western Feneration of Miners, of which Chnrle H. .Mover, whose Indictment In connection with the Stennenberg murder In Idaho was quashed after the acquittal of w. D. Hay Wood and Oeofge A. Pettlbone, mm the president. The slrlke has arisen through difference In the miner's organlration, the engineers In the mine having split away from the federation and organized their own union, and the federation having forbidden Its members to work with the recalcitrant engineers. It has been proposed that mm of the president's day would be passed In and about the mines and smelters of Untie but the president first will visit tlm Anaconda smelters, proceeding thence Into Butt at 10 a. m for a brief stay. Tho smellers have not yet closed down. Upqn his arrival here at 1 p. m., the president was taken for an elghteen-mlle automobile ride through the OrMen canyon one of the show trips of the west. After ward he addressed a big throng In Lester park. In which he dwelt upon the scenlo beauties and wonderful possibility 0f tho wet "Another development." he sold, "that r see on every hand Is the Insistency of your people of the education of olilldren. This whole trip, from the tlmo I struck Chicago until now, l.as been I had almost said 'strewn' with beautiful. ..n. , healthful children, and when the chl.'dron are all right everybody ela u ail fiuk In the community. You have not any raco suicide here that I am able to discover nnd your children occupy that place in the family that show you or devoting tha attention to the next - feneration, whl.-h will make It worthy of th present." Senator Borah Of Idaho, m-rnmninl. ih president from Salt Lake City. At Cornish. iaano, Governor Brady of that state and former Governor Gooding Joined the party. Crowd at Pocatello. POCATELLO. Idaho, Sept. W.-Preaident Taft passed half ad hour here tonight, arriving at 8:80 p. m. and leaving a little after 8 p'cloik to continue h.s Journey north in Montana. He was greeted by an im mense crowd gathered about a stand erected at the dcDot. It was the hi.,.i - r, e, " depot throng the president had yet en- counierea. Governor Brady, Senator Borah, former Oovernor Gooding, Ri pr. sentative Ilamer and former Senator Dubois of Idaho boarded the president's train at tho Idaho line and had dinner as guests of Mr. Taft. John Hayes Hammond and Secretary Hallingcr were also In the party. The president made a brief address hero and also at Brlgham and Cache Junction. Utah. At Brlgham, In the heart of the Utah fruit belt, several boxes of peaches and grapes were put aboard the train. Governor Spry, Senators Bmoot and Suther land and Representative Howell of Utah accompanied the president to the Utah line. "We have a great country," said Presi dent Taft tonight, "and if you wont to prove It, travel over It "us I hav e the laet mo weess. i nave a journey or some 11.00 J miles before me. but the pleasure I have had the last 2.MK) makes me think that I shall live to get through the rest. In Utah they neaily killed me with kindness, but that Is the sort of death that I am willing to Buffer. "When we consider this great homo genous country, it impresses one that It Is greater to be an American than to belong to any other nation. Wherever you go you find the same people, the same Ideals, the same prosperity, the same determination to ovrconie obstacles and the same loyalty and fidelity to the flag. This includes not only thn east not nnlv the i-..mia vaHt no tonly the far west, but also the south ana every otner corner or the country," PROBLEM INSCH00L LAW When Should Regular Army Soldier Secure Their edu cation. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Sept. 26 "Wher should the olilldren of th soldiers of th United States army be sent to school?" Is a question between the public school authorities of Indiana and the officers In charge of the troops stationed at Fort Benjnmln Harrison, near this city. About twenty children of officers and private have been sent to the small town ship school near the army post. The school I overcrowded and th slate superintend ent of publlo Instruction think that th township taxes should not be extended to cover the expense of educating the chil dren of the soldiers. Th state attorney general, however, hsa given an opinion that th army post children properly should be sent to school In the township In which th post Is situated. It is probable that a test case In the county court will -be Instituted by shutting the soldier' chil dren out of the school. rnnn rnt w n3 nm ate tJJU IUn th find their power I rVFRVFK work and youthful lgo lLVaTtiJ gone as a result f esr srers or mental exertion should ta b HAY'S NKUVK FOOD PILLS. tUmf wld luak you t and sleep and b a laaa tin 1 Box S hose t M by MIL fUkMUi htnOOsrnI.I, BUBO OA, dot. lta aal Bodge Street. OWL DIDO COIgJAJr, Cot. ltta as ataraeg ate OaaaUia AMI KKI h:TS. BAGE BALL OMAHA vs. SOUIX CITY Sept. 26, 27 and 23. VINTON STREET PARK MOM DAT, BZT. 97 X.ADIXJ SAT. 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