The Omaha Daily Bee.
THE OMAHA DEE
Is the moft powerful business
getter In the west, because It goes
to the homes of poor and rich.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Kor Nebraska Slightly warmer.
For lnwn Tartly cloudy.
For weather report boo page 2.
VOL. XXXIX-XO. 200.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1SU0 TEN PAULS.
SINULU COPY TWO CENTS.
MARATHON OVER
RAILROAD RILL
Interesting Face on Between Two
Houses of Congreu on Voting
Question.
Fair Kidnaper
of Whitla Boy
Seeks Freedom
Helen Boyle, Through Her Attorneys,
Begin Fight to Secure Release
from Penitentiary.
MOTHER AND FIVE
CHILDREN BURN
Mrs. Jeremiah Miner and Five Little
Ones Incinerated in Ranch
House Near Ponca.
ROOSEVELT IDOL
OF THEFRENCH
Designate Reception as Crowning of
the Career of a Man
of Letters.
TOUCHED BY HONORS PAID HIM
SENATE ENCOUNTERS OBSTACLES
TAR EXPLODES IN KITCHEN
Mr. Elkins Leads V
Cummins Substiy
the
HOUSE MAY BALLOT Ti.
Upper Body Probably Will Hoy
for Ten Days.
"
BASE BALL PROVES ATTRACTION
.National Hume Keeps Jlember Awl
Hnya Mr. .llrich Trnfflc Rate
. llor..r- InlrrntRtr I'ora-
r.
nirree Conim Isnion.
WASHINGTON. April 26 The "mara- j
thou" brtwren the senate and house for the
distinction of foeluK the first to puss Presi
il. lit Taft's railroad legislation Is attract
ing unusual Interest. Both branches of
congress hart hoped to reach votes before
the close of the coming week, but the
ienat seems, to have encountered several
obstacles and from preaeut Indication it
will be ten days probably before the meas
ure Is setit to conference.
Representative Mann of I.llnois, who has
charge of the bill In the house, succeeded
In netting an order for the consideration
of the bill for amendments under the five
ininuto rule. It U likely he oan bring the
mcokiipA ii a final vntA hv ThursHnv nr
Friday.
On the senate sldo exasperating delays
have btoii provake,d by the desire of mem
bers o go to the base ball games. ; Senator
Elkins sold yesterday he could have put
through several important provisions dur
ing the last week If It had not been for
the absence of so many of his colleagues.
As a mutter of fact, Mr. Elkins did not
exaggerate, the situation, although he was
(peaking ocularly,
Urn Has th' Votes. '
Senator Elkins reported yesterday he had
sufficient' Vote to defeat the Cummin
substitute for the- Elkina-Crawford pro
vision, which, thw weoatqrs in charge of the
'bill want adopted. . ,
"Then let's get a vote," urged Senator
Ahfrlch.' i I ;
"Jt woild not be safe today,", said Mr.
Elkins, "too many aenatora are attending
the boll game.".
"That would effect both sides, wouldn't
It?" persisted Mr. Aldrleh.
"I don't knowtabout that." repHed Mr.
Elkins. "1 seems to be our fellow who
ard away."
."De base .ball-game keep on all sum
mer?" asked Mr. Aldrleh. In a grieved tone.
Plainly, he did not know. Vice President
Sheiman or Senator Crane could have
answered, but both of them Were at the
Kapio. So-a, newspaper man had to tell
him. ,
"Twenty-two' out of the next tWenty-ntne
tiahies will be played In Washington.". '
"Humph!" Mr. Aldrleh condensed a word
of .meaning In this comment.
Noses then were counted. Mr. Elkins
made no attempt to get a vote.
Postal Bank till.
After the railroad bill la out of the way,
the house expects to begin work on the
postal savings bank measure, although it
may require a contract of the republicans
to get the bill out of committee. The sen
ate bill does not meet with general approval
In the house and the contest over it will
be spirited.
Hearings will be. hod on the Moon bill
for the regulation of Injunctions, and
naturally this measure will follow next
on the house program. Statehood legisla
tion probably will be the last of all of
the administration' policies to be con
sidered. Thursday the president will receive his
Imperial highness, Prince Tsal Tao, brother
of the Infant emperor of China.
The Chinese party will be entertained
elaborately at the White House and by
Secretary Knox and otherwise will be made
t? feel the kindly disposition of the ad
ministration toward the Chinese empire.
President Taft will speak twice Monday
afternoon at the dedication of the Cornegle
library at Howard university here and
L Tuesday at the dedication of the new
Tulldlng of the bureau of American Repub
lics. Both buildings are glfta of Mr. Car
negie, who will speak at both occasions,
and on Monday evening will be the guest
Of tho Natlonul Press club of Washington.
Trnffle nates.
A notable conference will be held by the
members of the Interstate Commerce com
mission Thursday and Friday. Those days
have been set aside by the commission for
thu consideration of the Paclflo coast
cases which were heard by the commission
on Its long trip last autumn.
All of the cases are of grneral Interest
to the country. They Involve not merely
freight conditions local to the Pacific
Nasi, but questions of rate which affect
(nuts (.ontlnrittal traffic In Its entirety. The
eases Include the rehearing of the Spokane
rate case, the Portland and Seattle back
haul cases, the San Francisco cases, in
volving rates Into Interniountain country,
tnd the notable, Reno rate case.
The last la the most Important proceed
ing now before the commission. Rtno
shippers have urged the commission to
give them the same rates of class and
commodity traffic from Atlantic seaboard
points as now are given to Pacific coast
terminals.
It was developed In the hearing of the
case that the rate from Atlantic ports
to Sacrameniui. and other Pacific coast
terminals u 13 on first-class freight and
proportionately less on other classes and
commodities.
Mattes of I.ouar Haul.
The rate to Ueuo from the same points of
origin la the sum of (he Pacific coast
terminal rate plus the local rate from Sac
ramento to Reno. The distance-, from
Sacramento to Iteno Is under 150 mile and
the bark haul rate Is II. a (n first-class
freight. This makes the rate from Atlantic
seaboard points to Reno ft S. although the
freight Is unloaded at Keno on the west
bound haul.
The defense of the railroad is that Sac
ramento Is a water comiietltlve point, a
boat line being operated between San Fran
cisco -and Sacramento. They hold, there-fort,-
-that, although Sacramento Is a
longer hauliey are obliged to make a
lower rate on account of the water competition.
P1TTSBLRG, Ta.. April 24-The attor
neys for Helen Bnyle, now serving a.
twenty-five year sentence in Riverside for
kidnaping little Willie Whitla, son of the
Sharon, Pa., millionaire, are ready to begin
their fight In superior court to regain her
freedom. They promise sensational de-
elopments.
,y-'Tho appeal will be heard here a week
x 'in Moivday. The appeal Is from the de
JH of the Mercer county court and the
,ilt'stion Is: "Did the Mercer county county
court have Jurisdiction In the case of Mrs.
Boyle, as she committed no crime In Penn
sylvania. A new confession of Jlmmle Boyle, the
kidnaper, and husband of Helen Boyle, la
being used. In this confession Boyle de
fends his wlfj and sweara she did not know
the boy was kidnaped when he took him to
Cleveland.
Allege Election
Fraud in Kearney
Dry Forces Enjoin Issue of Saloon
Licenses and Demand Recount
of Votes.
KEARNEY, Neb.. April 24. Special.) A
temporary restraining order was granted by
Judge B. O. Hosteller in district court
Saiurday against the city of Kearney grant
ing licenses for saloons: the coming year.
The action Is the result of a long Investiga
tion of the manner in which the last elec
tion . was conducted and the petitioners
allege that there was Illegal voting, mis
counts and other Irregularities. They ask
for a recohnt and that the court Issue a
restraining order against the mayor, city
clerk and council from issuing license and
auch other relief as the court may grant
them. John N. Dryden and W. L. Hand
are furnishing the data and claim to have
obtained same by a careful watch of the
polls and from the poll books after elec
tion. The hearing of testimony of both
sides will be had Monday.
Bryan Petitions
Out for Senator
Documents Are Circulated by Demo
crats in Various Sections of ;
the State.
. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April .-(Spcla1.)-Although
the question of. whether' Mr. Bryan will be
a candidate for United States senator on
the democratic ticket. Is very much unset
tled, there Is no doubt about the activity
of domocrat In his behalf.'.
Petitions are being circulated and signed
in various parts of the Btate and these
are being sent to the Bryan headquarters
here. Just how many petitions are out It
is not possible to Bay at this time, but it
has been said by the most reliable author
ity that one petition was sent In from
Richardson county this week In which
every voter In one precinct, except seven,
had signed.
Who is engineering these petitions Is not
public property at this time, so It Is not
possible to say, but so far as heard from,
no steps have been taken by the Bryanite
to discourage thia activity.
TWO SISTERS DIE, THIRD
LIES AT POINT OF DEATH
All Stricken with Fatal Disease at
Same Time Theagh Many
Mile Apart.
DES MOINES, April 24 Separated by
many hundred miles, each Ignorant of the
condition of the other, three sisters were
suddenly stricken with fatal disease within
a few hours of each other. Two of them
are dead njid a third is lying at the point
of death on a claim In South Dakota.
Wednesday night Joeephlne Radloff, a
popular waitress In a fashionable down
town cafe, became fatally 111 and was
removed to Mercy hospital. While lying
on her death bed a tolegram was handed
her , apprising her of the serious illness
of her sister, Mrs. Clem Flunk of Calmar,
la.
Miss Radloff died Friday night and six
hours later the sister at Calmar also ex
pired. Tonight It was learned that the
sister In South Dakota was expected to die.
BIO
BLAZE
AT
OVERTOV
Lumber and C'onl Sheds and Other
Building Destroyed.
OVERTON, Neb., April 24. (Special Tele
gram.) Fire started In V. H. Qllgree' lum
ber and coal Bheds at 10 o'clock this morn
ing and In less than two hours the whole
lumber yards was In ruins, also a house
belonging to Mrs. Rucker and several
hams and outbuildings, making a total loss
of about 125.000.
Wind Picks Woman's Purse
and Breaks Into a Store
A bitter wind from the northwest wept
clouds of sand and dust over Omaha Sat
urday, trifling In Its angry course to here
and there play fanciful antics and capers.
In practical humor the gale broke Into the
Brandels store at Sixteenth and Douglus
treet through a heavy plate glass win
dow and out on .tioutb Twenty-third street
picked a helplees woman's pocket-book
of tOO after throwing her struggling
gainst a fence.
Mrs. H. A. Fitch. 123 South Twenty-fifth
street, started from her home on a shop
ping errand to be lifted from her feet at
the gate and roughly handled by the hur
ricane. When she recovered her purse of
150 In bills had been blown away and lost.
Damage amounting to IliiO waa Incurred
at th Brandels store through the break
ing of a big display window from wind
pressure.
1 Charles Hill. ICS North Twenty-fourth
street, suffered vr Injuries! when th
. '. . -. ' ' ' .'
Members of Family Enveloped in
Flames and Perish.
FATHER SAVES CHILD AND SELF
Head of Household Jumps Into River
to Quench Fire.
SON ATTEMPTS RESCUE, BUT FALLS
Cbarlea Miner Frustrated In Rffort
to fare Victims by Fierceness
of Blase Home Msu
of Rain.
PONCA. Neb., April J4. (Special Tele
gram.) Enveloped In the flames of burn-
.ng tar, six members of the family of Jere
miah ' Miner met agonised deaths today.
Mrs. Miner and five children were the vic
tims of the accident, and another death,
that of Mr. Curtln, is likely.
A two-gallon kettle of tar cooking on the
stove In the kitchen exploded when nearly
all the faml y were present. One little girl,
aged 8 years, escaped, owing to her fath
er's heroism. Himself covered with flames,
he managed to throw her out of the win
dow. Those who died were these:
MRS. JEREMIAH MINER.
PHILIP MINER, 13 years old.
SAMl'EL MINER, 10 years
old.
I'TLKY MINER, & years old
JEREMIAH MINER, Jr.. 3 year
old.
ETTA MINER, 5 monthB old.
Two other children are left alive be
sides the child which the father saved
These are Charles Miner, 21 years old, and
Bertha, the eldest daughter who 1 visiting
In Elk Point, 8. D.
Father Jump Into River.
The Miner family lived In a farm house
one mile and a half from this city. Mr.
Miner, besides farming, ran a ferry boat,
and the eldest son was near the boat when
the tar exploded. The first he knew that
anything had happened waa when his
father, his clothing aflame, rushed down
and threw himself Into the water.
The burned man then collapsed and might
have drowned had his son not pulled htm
out. Charles Miner then rushed to the
house, a few rods away. The building was
a mass or names and he waa unable to
enter It, although he knew that his mother,
brothers and slaters were Inside.
Presently he found the little girl whom
the father had saved and he took her to a
neighbor'. The father waa then removed
there' tttid later' brought toMown for medi
cal treatment. ' If hi 'condition ' will per
mit he will be sent to a Sioux City hospi
tal,
The house burned to the ground and the
people Inside were Incinerated. A heap of
smouldering ashes Is all that remains as
inanimate evidence of the terrible holo
caust. ,
Axe is Ready tor
Carroll G. Pearse
Socialists in Milwaukee Said Not to
Favor Retention of Ex-Omahan
as School Head.
MJL.WUKEE, Anrll 24 (Special Tele
gram.) The principal political fight now on
n Milwaukee is between Carroll Q. Pearse,
superintendent of schools, and Victor
Berger, dean of the socialists. Pearse ha
been at the head of the public- school sys
tem for the last two years and he has
secured favorable resolutions from various
teachers' convention which have been held
here. Berger, however, thinks he Is not
the man for the place, and Berger 1b now
the power behind the throne In Milwaukee.
Pearse has five votes with him on the
school board out of nine, but the new ap
pointments, with the Influence of Berger,
w hose wife is a member of the board, are
almost sure to count against him, and
trre Is already speculation a to his suc
cessor. DEPEW HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY
New Yorker Celebrate Seventy-Sixth
Anniversary a the Guest of
Montauk Club.
NEW YORK, April 24. "For a long
life, abounding In good things. In a ca
pacity for enjoying everything. In recipro
cal attachments and contributions with
multitudes of men and women in more
than my share of health and happiness, I
reverently thank God both that I am alive
and that I have lived," was Senator
Chauncey M. Depew's estimate of what
the world had all amounted to in hi life.
The senator waa speaking at the nine
teenth annual dinner given him by the
Montauk club of Brooklyn In celebration
of his 76th birthday. Senator Depew ap
parently Is as hale and hearty as ever.
wind tossed over a heavy dray wagon
which he was driving, scaring the team
Into a runaway. He waa attended by a
police surgeon.
Frightened by the roar of the wind and
iiuttering papers a norse driven by an
unidentified man dashed Into a pier on
the approach to the Douglas street bridge
nd fell over dead wlm a broken neck.
The driver jumped from the wagon and
disappeared. The owner otf Jhe rig has not
Deen locaieu.
Three small fires threatened various sec
tions of the city with dangerous confla
grations, but were extinguished In tlmo
to prevent serious damage. Sparks from
engine caused blase at tha Hoagland
lumber yards. Sixth and Dougki streets.
ana si mo i:iow springs Drewery. A new
building for a garage at 2100 Farnam
treet was Ignited by the flame from the
exhaust pipe of a gasoline engine oerat
tng a concrete machine.
fZL -
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
STREET SIG$ CAUSE OF WAR!
Bank Display at Lincoln Brings on
Merry Dissension.
CITY COUNCLL' MAY END DISPUTE
Request for Temporary Sign Made by
8. II. Barnhan, Prominent Banker,
Bring Oat Question of Ob
structing Scenery.
I "
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 24, (Special.) This
beautiful little city Is Just now torn with
dissension and there la woe on every
hand over the request of S. H. Burnham,
one of Lincoln's prominent bankers, for
permission to construct a sign over the
sidewalk to designate th, temporary loca
tion of, his bank pe"J-. tha. construction
of tt new bank" buioJtig to -cost $300,000.
Tha city . oouncll may take some action
on the matter at its meeting Monday, tin
lent it turn the request over to" the City
Improvement society, which' is composed
of some of the beet known women of the
city . and which usually passe upon such
request for the city authorities.
It has been the custom here for a long
time in some quartera to criticise se
verely any obstruction between the side
waikB and the broad, blue sky or the
giving of authority to construct signs
along the sidewalks. In fact, the feeling
against these obstructions ha reached
such a point In some quarter that one of
the newspapers editorially voiced an ob-'
Jectlon to "skyscrapers" because they dis
figured the landscape.
Other Instance Cited..
So there are few obstructions between
the sidewalks and the broad, blue sky or
on the sidewalks, barring, of' course, the
boxes of fruits set out by the fruit deal
ers, the grocers wares, the signs designat
ing the location of the theaters, the baj
conl.s around the Lincoln and Linden ho
tels, together with the large electric signs
attached thereto, case in which photo
graphs are exhibited, a few buildings or
two which set In the street, the Young
Men' Christian association having occu
pied half of a street for several months.
In which a restaurant is conducted while
constructing a new building.
When Mr. Burr.ham made his request
there was a digging Into records and
It was found there Is an or Jknce against
such signs. The worthy mayor promptly
went on record in opposition to the re
quest. He and the worthy council standi
between the "money power" and the peo
ple. And a there are a lot of people here
and some money there Is a division of sen
timent awful to behold.
When Mr. Burnham made his -request
Mr. Oregory of another bank said publicly
and for publication that It waa not neces
sary for this bank to have that sign. And
In that he has many backers, for when It
was announced that the bank would be
located In the Brownell block, everybody
here knew that meant In the same build-
(Continued on Second Page.)
Turn to the want
ad pages.
See what is going
on. Z-:-
You will find the
very thing that you
need, no doubt.
In these pages employers
servants servants find homes
find
Landlords
find bouses.
find tenants tenants
Bargains that you haven't
thought of are listed in these pages.
What has been lost, is here.
What has been found,- is here.
Altogether, it will be inter
esting for you to wade through
it today. It may be that you
will call Douglas 238 tonight
yourself.
Archimedes ."Was a Mollycoddle.
Patten Denies a
Report that He
Squeezed Shorts
Not in a Cotton Corner, but He Looks
for Higher Prices on
Wheat.
CHICAGO. III., April 24.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) James A. Patten, credited all over
the country with having cornered the cot
ton market and created a panic among
shorts in that commodity, resulting Indi
rectly In the Investigation begun by At
torney General Wlckersham, returned to
Chicago today after a brief visit In New
York and laughed Tn the face of the cotton
corner, saying:
"The story will not "hold water, no mat
ter how hard they try to make It look like
truth. . ' ' . - -
"There Is no cotton orner at -this ttmev
and has been none so far a I am con
sidered. What Is true Is that conditions
warrant a belief in much higher cotton
than now rules, tnd so I am buying cot
ton. So are a good many other men who
believe as I do."
Mr. Patten laughing at the rumors of a
big game Involving himself and J. Ogden
Armour, said:
"It Is perfectly obvious that with the
winter wheat losses In Kansas and Ne
braska wheat will have to go higher."
HELD BY THE CORONER'S JURY
Mr. Todd Explains Why She Shot
and Killed Her Husband at
Dendwood.
DEADWOOD, S. D., April 24.-(Speelal.)
"I killed him becauxe I loved him una 1
could not bear to see him quit me." Ac
cording to testimony at the coroner's In
quest into the death of Jerry Todd, the
recognized leader of the colored colony
here, this, was the reply Mrs. Todd, a
young bride of four months, made to her
friend, Mrs. Bell, Just after Todd had
fallen from a pistol shot in his side.
In her testimony, Mrs. Bell said that Mrs.
Todd rushed to the Bell residence for help,
declaring she had shot her husband, and
adding, "You know I always said I would
kill Jerry If he left me," but that Mrs.
Todd a few minutes later added that Bhe
had not Intended to kill Todd, but merely
fired at his .leg to scare him. On the
strength of this testimony the woman was
held by the coroner's Jury and later an
Information charging her with murder
was filed by the state's attorney.
dead murderer;dentified
Body of George Bowers, Who Was
Killed by Train, la Exhumed for
Ohio Officer.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., April 24. Cap
tured after being dead and buried Is what
happened to George Bowers of Zancsvllle,
O., who was killed by a. train at Kenova.
W. Va.. last week. Bowers was wanted in
Zanesvllle on a chnrtre cif murder.
Officials from Zanesvllle yesterday went
to the Kenova cemetery and opened the
grave In order to Idantify him. The photo
graph In the poesesHlon of the officers
proved a genuine likeness of the lifelets
form.
How Big is Omaha?
- - What Some People Think About It
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END OF WORLD NOT IN SIGHT
So Says Father W. F. Rigge, Astron
omer of Creighton University.
TALL OF COMET NOT DANGEROUS
Present Visit Twenty-Seventh Time
the Comet Ha Passed the Earth
First Time for Earth Going;
Throua-h the Tall.
The world will not come to an end on
May 19 as far as Halley's comet is con
cerned, la an assertion made by Father
Hlgge. at the meeting of the Phlloaophk-a!
society In Barlght'B hall Sunday afternoon.
Father Rlgge gave a number of reasons
why the passing of the earth through the
tall of the comet would have no particular
effect, fIef . of which, was the statement
that the gaaea -of which the' tail hv sup
posed to be composed are so thin that
stars can be seen through the vapor for
hundred of thousand of miles with tele
scopes. He also brought out the fact that
tho smelter located In Omaha sent out
gases 100 times more dense and poisonous
than those composing the tall of the sky
wanderer. The fact that the head of the
comet at the time the earth passes through
the tall Is 12,000,000 miles away Is- another
fact Indicating that the gases will not be
of pronounced density.
Father Rlgge explained to a large gath
ering the astronomical data that has been
gathered about the comet. He said accord
ing to the records this Is the twenty
seventh time It has passed the earth and
the first time the earth passes through the
tail. He also denied that this comet waa
the star of Bethlehem.
The comet will pass before the sun May
19 at 9 :1S at night. It will not be visible
here, but will be In the Pacific ocean.
After the comet has passed the sun, It
will be seen more clearly In Omaha and
those who look for It on May 20 and 21
should be rewarded for their efforts.
Father Rlgge said It Is probable that at
tie time the comet passes the sun the sky
in this section may be faintly lighted.
Confirm Senter'a Report.
Last evening Father Rlgge said a let
ter from a former student of his now at
St. Louis university has convinced him
he saw the comet both on Wednesday
and Saturday mornings, but did not at
the time recognize It, so faint was the
speck of light. Ho did not see the tall,
or any indication of It, and thus was nils
led Into thinking he saw only a star.
"I have Ao doubt Prof. Senter saw the
comet," said Father Rlgge, "also that the
St. LouIh observers saw It. The St. Louis
data sent to me convinces me that I also
saw It. The high school Is much higher
than Creighton observatory, of course, and
Just at present my apparatus is not In
the best working condition, but it will
be shortly."
Today I I.nst Day to File,
PIF.URK. S. D., April 24. (Special Tele
gram.) Next Monday Is the last day for
filing nominating petitions for tho June
primaries. The republicans are practically
all filled. The pruhlbltloniuts file today
and the democratic nominees are to be filed
Monday.
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I r. li J. Harp c' B ttmonK cmifree. for lie was ctrialn of
().' Urwii. s. o'l'helr Indulgence.
Karl Halm, iox K. a! "1 cannot express how much I have been
J- JaCKSOIl. K. U.
. . .Ambrose
Gleasoti. CrHvhton
Ulllan R-tnda, Niobrara
Jv.le Grant. If43 1'srk
Hurry Gocti, 1.U3 Park
Mike Bolker, 257i pierce
Is Counting Now.
Name of Distinguished American on
Everybody's Lips.
REGARDED AS CONSERVATOR
Question of Race Suicide Taken Up
and Discussed.
VIEWS AGREED WITH BY LEADER3
(ireetrd by Thousands on Way
Through Uonlevnrds and Laugh
When Fear Are P.xpreased
for 111 Safety.
FA It IS, April 24- Mr. Roosevelt passed
a compai utlvely quiet Sunday In Paris.
Accompanied by Ambacsador Bacon In the
moining he attondid service In tho Amer
ican church in the Rue le Beni nnd lis
tened to the sermon of the Rev. Ctuiuiicov
W. Goodrich, who preached from the kos
pel of St. John, chapter 17, verse xv.
Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by Koimlt
and MIsh Kthel, attend.il the American
church In Avinue Le L'Alma.
Colonel and Mr. Rooecvelt lunched with
Ambassador and Mmc Jutterand, tho
other guests Including Premier Biiand, M.
Baithlou, minister of Justice; Consul Gen
eral Mason, Anatole Leroy-ltuechel, Al
bert I)e Coubertln, Count Do Lawtryrle
and Count I)e PourtaJes. In the afternoon
there was an automobile trip to St. Uei
mnln, where Colonel Roosevelt visited the
chateau of Henri IV. On returning tho
Roosevelts dined quietly with Amlxissador
and Mins Bacon at the American em
bassy. Election Day In Pari.
Although tho general election were held
toduy In France, Colonel Roosevelt did not
take the trouble to visit tho voting booths,
salng that he had not time to Investigate
the matters which did not concern him
directly. Besides, he supposed that the
election machinery of France was not bet
ter nor any worse than the United Stales.
Tomorrow Colonel Roosevelt will be the
guest of the municipality of Paris. The
city fathers In solemn session will receive
him at the Hotel De Vllle, where luncheon
will be served In hi honor, aftr which he
will sign his name In the "Llvre O'Or,"
which contains the signatures .of all th
monarches and noted persons who have
been the guests of the city. In the evening
he will dine with General Bruger and from"
there will go to the opera house, where ha
wUL occupy the prenldonttal box.- Saloma
waaUhe. blH, tat by 'Mr. Roosevelt's ex
pressed desire Saint H sens' "Sampson and
Delilah" will be produced with ballet.
The paper are filled with Roosevelt; hli
name Is practically upon everybody' Up.
The government will try to stop race sui
cide because he recommended such a course
In his speech Saturday. He will be asked
formally and Informally to help the French
preserve their natural resouces. He l be
ing applauded for hip stand In Rom and
here ho becomes another national If ,e In
tho attitude of the French government
towards tho Romun Catholic church, which
Is not all friendly.
Orators are pointing morals and adorning
tales with the name of Roosevelt.
Orators hostile to the Vatican' French
po.lcy paint Colonel Roosevelt as a great
republican who set his heel down boldly
on the Roman Catholic church's efforts to
restrain Intellectual freedom.
Colonel 1 Elated.
Colonel Roosevelt was elated at the In
terest taken in his coming at first. Then
ho became mildly surprised. Next he pasaed
Into the stage of perplexity and now he I
angry. Despite his apparent anger he 1
pleased at some feature of the frantio
acclaim of the French people. He la glad
to know that his remarks anent race sui
cide struck home. He la further pleased io
know that ho is regarded a a conservator
away from home. The French people have
been invited to show their appreciation for
tho service. The French people have re
sponded nobly.
M. Brland has conveyed Indirectly to
Mr. Roosevelt that ho could do Franco
a great Bervice both in assisting to prevent
further Increase of race suicide and by
aiding In a general plan to conserve the
French natuial resouices. The first bal
loting In tho general elections will com
mence tomorrow and tonight speakers do
voted more talk to RooKcvelt In their final
campaign utterances than they did to the
strictly local Issues. The final balloting
will follow May 8.
Know o Fear.
Following Colonel Roosevelt' speech at
tha Sorbonno he was greeted by nearly
30.000 ieisons on his way through the
boulevards. Tho police were apprehensive
for his safety, but the American laughed
at their fears. The police agents, who
have been keeping a wary eye open for
American anarchists, lupt secret police In
close wait.) of tho automobile that con
talnd Colonel Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt showed displeasure
over the fact that tan paign capital Is
being made of the Vulican affair. Re
llgloun Issues weie mixed in the campaign
which as brought to a close tonight, al
though It will be open nguln after to
morrow. Colonel ltooavvclt Is annoyed
that his express wishes of being kept out
of religious discussion has beun over
looked. Following the lecture Vice Rector Liard,
In behalf of the University, presented Mr.
! Roosevelt
with a bubt of Jefferson and
two vases made at S. vus. But a curious
mistake har been made In the bu:t. A
bust of Lincoln had been ordered from
the goernment factory at Bevies, but In
some unaccountable way one of Jefferson
I was manufactured. M. Jushcrarid. the
French ambassador, bus arranccd to hav
the original order executed.
Appreciate the Honor.
In replying to M. Boutrog before tha
Academy of Military and J'olltlcal Sciences
1 Mr. Roosevelt spoke In French. He said
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lie Ba.u. t la tf.c nuniiiiiff m mo cai eei
of a man of letti.-is.'1
M. Boutroux. he said, had defined bin
moral conception of life better than In
could himself, and he continued: "1 have
alway tried to translate into action tUa
f