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    The Omaha Daily Bee
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VOL. XL-NO. 03.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1910-
-TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COVY TWO CENTS.
SKIES AFLAME
TO IlEKALI) KING
f rllliattt TjtptcYaict Portend Com
ing of Migtty Ak-Sar-Ben XVI
IaU His Gay City.
HEAVENS GLEAM LAST NIG1
Preliminary Hint Given xl Splend
11
of Parade Tonight.
BEVELLERS JAM THE HIGHWA
No Merrier Crowd Ever Known b;
Great King. I
SHOWS
GET
BIG PATRONAGE
Concessionaire Raking In the
heakel and Bveryone In Happy
Visitor from C State Flock
la br Toooenads.
' AK-8AR-BEN PBOGRAM.
Wednesday, S p., m. Electrical
parade.
Thursday. 2 p. ra. Military parade.
Friday, S p. . in. Coronation ball.
t to i.iO p. m Military maneuv
er. Fort Omaha, Tuesday, Wednes
day, Friday and Saturday.
AMUaXMXBTTg OI TOJJM,
At Carnival; High mire alide, 4 p. m. and
p. m.
Base ball, at Vinton street park: Omaha
v. Sioux City, 8: p. m.
Military tournament at Fort Omaha, be
gin at 1:44 p. m
At Tort Omaha.
Exhibition Drill Machine gun platoon.
Fourth infantry.
Cavalry Urtir Fifteenth infantry.
Musical Caiisthenlc Drill (.Bull' manual)
'lnirteeiitn tntaniry.
Exhibition Urlli , Company D, Signal
corps. '
Artillery Drill Battery E, Fifth Field ar
tillery. bareback Squad Seventh cavalry,
Shelter tent camp and wall acaltng.
(.Those wlehlng to see tne beginning
iliould bo in their teat by i o'clock).
Slectrlo Farad.
All float line up nort'n ot Cuming street
and start from Sixteenth and Cuming at
p. m. along the following route:
Slxteentn ana Cumming aouth to Howard.
Eaal on Howard to Fifteenth.
North on Fltteenln to Harney.
K.st on Harney to out teentn.
North on Fourteenth to dougla.
Easi on iiuuia to ientn.
South on Tenth to Farnam.
Went on Farnam to Nineteenth.
South on Nineteentn to Harney.
b.uxi on Harney to Fifteenth.
NotUi on riteentn to uouge.
At to aatrsi
The Three i'ltina" at mo Brandels.
"Th Late Mr. Jonee" l the Boyd.
At the old Crossroads" al the Krug.
Vaudeville at tne orpneum.
Vaudeville at the American,
Burjesqu at tue Uayeiy.
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Wednesday ...... 1
Thursday 7,8 .
irlday ..... ... 8,5T .7
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Moaoay 7,645 ' 7.7HO
laeleaea V31 children.
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The heaven gleamed In 'glory and In
splendor last night In honor of the advent
of the king. Through the skies Bhot
screaming rocket and bursting bomb
which filled the whole empyrean with
daatllng tar of varying hue. It waa a
glittering hint and foretaste of the crown
ing homage which will be paid thl even
ing to Ak-Sar-Ben XVI.
The firework et off at 8 p. m. on the
King' Highway were the most elaborate
and beautiful In the long history of the
mighty dynasty. Every variety and speci
men of the pyrotechnic art wa displayed
before the heaven quieted down and re
sumed an Inky way welt above the per
manent Illumination of the festival.
Then on the Highway a urglng. yelling,
laughing confetti throwing crowd, number
ing many thouaands, resumed It carnlval
lst lo propensities.
Tonight come the great event. The elec
trical parade famed all over the world
will draw Its stately and brilliant length
through the streets of Qulvera before the
admiring eye of thousand and thousand
of people.
Lincoln Visitor Battle.
' The crowd were honored yesterday after
noon by the presence of the Hon. John M.
Ltevlne of Nebiaska. with headquarter at
Lincoln. Down at the state capital It ha
been o dry for a year or two and smiles
have been ao few and tar between that
cracked Up usually result at the first In
dulgence In smiles. But General Devlne
walked .through the ground thl afternoon,
aw the antics of humanity on the human
roulette wheel, heard the spieler and fin
ally broke tnto a hearty laugh. It almost
brought the blood from hi Up, but he
Juat couldn't help IL "Am I dreaming, or
la It really true," he murmured a he
laughed.
George William, postmaster ot Albkm,
waa on the grounds with a bundle of pe
ctaf delivery lettera
"Even' body at Albion ha come down for
the week," v waa hla explanation, "and
knew I eould deliver the mail better and
quicker here than at home."
Jut then he handed out a letter to Henry
Lehr, once hort time chairman of nhe te
tiublican state committee, chairman of the
republican county committee of Boone
county, one time deputy atate treasurer,
manager of a lumber yard, owner of van
estate la Canada ana neavy taxpayer in
Nebraska. Thl man Lehr went under th
' surgeon knife on several occasions in
order to get rid of his appendix, which
bothered hlra at variou times.
"1 told them to get me in slittpe for Ak
Bar-fen ana mey am m oeamea i-ehr
he Jumped over the front end of his
automobile to shake hands with aom girls
from his home town. And he waved at
Tom Benton, ex-state auditor and general
superintendent ot the affair of the Full
man Car company during legislative and
taxation time.
.. Baateua Aaaoaaces Ticket ale.
Samson ha announced that ticket for
the coronation ball are now on sale at th
Beaton Drug store and at the office of
Secretary Fenfold, 1717 Douglas street The
price are a follows: Genrral admission,
SI; extra ladles' ticket. K. membership
tiuket. HO. Those who want the ticket.
Samson had It announced would do well to
get busy.
Irraplaaa- Cruaars Pyrenees.
BIARRITZ. France, Oct. 4-M. Tabut.au
mad a eplcndid flight over the Ptrent-ea
Ironi fcpain to r ranee last evnm ih
aviator rose at Sin Seb.iatlne and, directing
hi course between the lofty peak of Has a
and PalMTUibei, followed the valley of tti
river, Uluaanua. to the ea. over which he
passed to Btarnta
Witnesses Plead
Constitutional
Privileges
J' ' -
Men Whose Testimony ii Wanted in
Lorimer Case Afraid of Incrim
inating Themselves.
tCAGO, Oct 4. Whether Minority
T Lee O'Nell Browne, State Senator
Broderlck and Representative Robert
ll?on, each of whom Is under Indict
on a charge of bribery, or con
V to bribe, can avail themselves of
ngtltutlonal privilege of refusing to
ilf-lncrlmlnatlns testimony la a quee-
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31-
tll undecided by the Lorimer tnvea-
committer tndav.
,.Arly adjournment was taken by the
committee today and In executive session
the senators will wrestle, with the problem.
The morning session was devoted to ex
amining minor rebuttal witnesses for the
defense. The principal wltnee was Rep
resentative George W. Alschuler of Aurora,
James W. Doyle, a machinist, who waa
a member of the railroad and labor lobby
at Springfield, wa called to the witness
stand by the ''defense" and declared that
in his opinion Representative Charle A.
White had sought to secure a bribe. He
testified that White said to him:
"How Is the railroad legislation coming1
on? You fellows are the cheapest bunch
I ever saw. What do you expect us to live
on wind?"
Witness said that he supposed that White
had seen him talking with Attorney John
G. Drennan of the Illinois Central railroad
and took that as his cue to approach him.
Representative George W. Alschuler,
democrat, of Aurora, testified that Repre
sentative George W. Meyers did not go to
Minority Leader Browne desk Just be
fore, or during, the roll call on the elec
tion of Senator Lorimer. This testimony Is
In direct contradiction of Meyer' state
ment on the Btand. The committee at
noon adjourned until tomorrow, there being
no more witnesses at hand.
General Wood
.Talks to National
Guard Meeting
Chief of Staff in Address Says Aero
plane Will Be Great Aid to
Army in Future.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 4.-MaJor General
Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United
State army waa an Impromptu speaker at
the convention of the National Guard as
sociation here today. The national guard,
he says. Is the standby of the nation.
He elaborated on hla former statement of
the use of aeroplanes by saying, that the
aeroplane will be the greatest aid to the
army In the future. It usefulness, how
ever, can be demonstrated only by young
meauSvbo have money and time, as the
anny la facing an economical 'eontcress.
, Papers of a technical nature were read
by officer of the regular army' today.
Major D. 8. Stanley, quartermasters de
partment. United State anny, detailed
to the national guard officers the duties of
the quartermaster. The work of the In
struction camps was reported by Captain
M. C. Kerth. Second Infantry, United
States army.
General Thomas J. Stewart of Harris
burg, Pa., president of the association, was
renominated for president, as waa General
Charle J. Martin of Topeka, Kan.-, for
secretary, and General Joseph R. Storch
of Nebraska for treasurer. They will have
no opposition when the election Is held.
Prentice Will
Manage New
York Campaign
Deputy Attorney General is Elected
Chairman of Republican State
Committee.
NEW fORK. Oct 4 Exra P. Prentice, a
deputy attorney general and former as
semblyman from the Twenty-fifth district,
wa today chosen chairman of the repub
lican state committee to succeed former
IJeutenant Governor Timothy L. Wood
ruff. .
In seconding Mr. Prentice's nomination
William Barnes, Jr., said It gave htm espe
cial pleasure to do thl because of the
nominee's well known opposition to direct
nominations.
Mr. Prentice ha been a leader tn repub
lican politic. He I a lawyer, a graduate
of Princeton university and of New York
Law school, has served several term in
the atate assembly and waa a member of
the Armstrong Insurance Investigating
committee. He has been a member of the
republican atate committee from the Thlr-
tenth congressional district.
Provost Harrison Heslga.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.-Charles C
Harrison, provost of the I niversity of
Pennsylvania, today tenaerea ins resigna
tion to the board or trustees to take er
tict at the end of the present year. Ad
vancing ace is Kiven as tne principal rea
son for his retirement.
Thousands of
visitors arc here and
more are coming
They are engaging room now.
Have you a ipare one?
Now It the time to tell them ot It.
i
Suy where it is.
How many minutes walk
rom depot. Near what car
line.
Whether in residence sec
tion or business section.
And what it is worth.
VUttors are watching The Bee tor
this Information.
- Call Tyler 1000 and you will find
a cheerful staff ready to wait on
you
DYNAMITERS BOAT
FOUND M POLICE
Launch Pastime, Disguised as the
"Peerless," is Supposed to Have
Carried Explosives.
BRYSON CALLS HIMSELF "BRYCE"'
Two Men Who Hired Vessel Corre
spond to Those Wanted.
OFFICERS ARE CONFIDENT
Authors of Los Angeles Horror
Believed to Be in Trap.
CRIMINALS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Sleuth Are ot Opinio that Hnnt la
that City Wilt Prodaee Important
neeulta Funerals of Vic
tim Held.
LOS ANGELES, Oct 4.-General Harri
son Grey Otis, proprietor of the Los
Angles Timea was arrested today on th
warrant worn to soma time ago In San
Francisco charging him with having
criminally libelled Andrew Gallagher; a
San Francisco labor leader.
OAKLAND, Cel., Oct. 4.-Answertng the
description of the launch Peerless, which
Is supposed to have carried the dynamite
to blow up the Los Angeles Timea building
from Giant, the launch Pastime was dis
covered In Oakland harbor this morning.
The police believe that the capture of the
men who hired the Pastime on Friday,
September 20i will mean the arrest of the
person responsible for th explosion In
the southern California city.
On September 20 two men giving the
names of Bryce and Perry rented th
launch Pastime from Douglas A. Bor
roughs of thl city. They paid a S500 de
posit and are .said to have paid a liberal
rental when ,4hey returned the boat on
September 26. Bryce and his companion
answer the description given the police
of Bryson and Morris, the two men who
purchased the explosive at Giant
The boat ehowed the effects or nam
usage and on the bow were the marks of
tarka. a If a sign of metal letters had
been tacked over the name i;astime.
This leads the police to believe the name
Peerless wa used to disguise the boat
Police Are Confident.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. Soarch for the
dynamiter who destroyed the Tlmee build
ing last Saturday embrace today all the
country between San Francisco and ban
Diego and from the ocean to the deserts of
the San Joaquin.
While there haa been no cessation in the
MU-ch for the conspirator here, tho police
are more confident than ever that the hunt
In San Francisco will produce Important
results.
(vessagea wore aent , to police and . eon-
stablea In most of the ceaat and valley
towns asking for Information regarding all
motor car touring partle aeen traveling
southward ince September 23. The police
here do not believe that the dynamite wa
brought southward in an automobile; that
would have been dangerous. They are con.
vlnced that a latnch brought the explo
sive to some point on the coast near San
Pedro, while some of the conspirator came
south In the motor car.
The funerals of Churchill Harvey Elder,
night editor of the Times and J. Wesley
Heaves, the young stenographer who met
death at his post, were held today.
The certificates of death issued by Coro
ner Hartwell read as follow:
Death resulted from burns and injuries
caused by an explosion, tne origin or. wnicn
Is yet to be aetermineu. i
Weather Mostly
Favorable for
Ripening Corn
Unusual Dryness and Warmth Charac
terize Past Week Com is Matur
ing Well Generally.
WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-Weather con
anions with regard to agriculture were
favorable during the last week over the
greater portion ot the country, although
it was unusually dry and generally warm,
according to the national weekly weather
bulletin of the Department of Agriculture
lsaued today. It say In pari.
"Over the corn growing atate the dry
weather with much sunshine and warmth
was very favorable for maturing the late
cropa and the ground waa generally In good
condition tor plowing and preparation of
the aoll for aeedlnsT.
"In the cotton growing atate, west of
the Mississippi, showers occurred tn many
part of Louisiana, Arkansas and Okla
homa and small amount were received at
a number of points In Texas, but over
much of th atate there waa little or no
rain. Unusually warm weather continued,
especially in Oklahoma and Texas and the
ground la becoming exceedingly dry In
many parts of those states.
"West of the Rocky mountain good rain
occurred In the extreme northwest and at
a few points in other portions, but over
most of this sestion Is continued dry. The
warm weather continued favorable for
ripening and gathering fruit, etc., although
some damage waa reported from shower
In southern California. 1
MRS. L D. MATHES ENDS
HER LIFE BY SHOOTING
Wife of General Manager of Dilioqir
Street far Lines Commit
Suteldr.
DUBUQUE. Ia.. Oct. 4.-Speclal Tele
gram ) Mrs. L. D. Mathes, wife of the
general manager of the Dubuque street
car line and a prominent aoclety and club
woman, committed suicide by shooting her
self through th head at their home at 11
o'clock thl morning. It 1 said her mind
ha been giving away recently and she onoe
or twice before threatened to take her own
life. In her husband's office this morning
she told the stenographer she wa going to
snoot neraeir. iter nusDana accompanied
her home and as she epicared in better
spirits he started back down town, goln
but a tilock when a. premonition caused
1 him to return to the house where he found J. Plerpont Morgan of New York and his
I her bnathlng hr last. Th family before ' f arty. Mr. Morgan I a delegate to the con-
1 coming to Dubuque Was prominent Id buai- J ventlon and announced that he would i e
nesa and social circle In Memphis, Tenn. j main here until the cloe of the convention.
Tram th Cimliad
LAFOLLETTE UNDER KNIFE
Operation for Removal of Gall Stones
Performed This Morning.
ALL CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
Doetora Say Hla 1'nlse and Tempera-
tare Are Normal and Physical '
and Meatal Resistance
Unimpaired.
ROCHESTER. Minn.. Oct 4. Senator
LaFollette wa operated upon for gall stones
at 8:20 a. m. today and the operation was
completed at 8:40 a. m. Eight stones were
removed from the gall bladder. Prospects
for recovery are 'good. .
Alt of the gall atones were small.
"The complications a diagnosed, were a
slight adhebion of the email intestine to
the gall bladder, acute inflammation ot
the pancreaa and . enlarged lymphatic
gland due to septio matter In- the gall
bladder.
The danger will not "be over for several
daya on account of these complications. He
stood the operation well and prospect for
recovery are good." .
The above bulletin waa Issued at ti
o'clock today from St Mary s hospital and
waa algned by Drs. George Kenan and C.
H. and W. J. Mayo.
In explaining the bi. Vila issued. Dr.
Phillip Fox n "r - .
'The ' pfrnatfjA ' discieWd. exactly' what
we expected and hears out In every detail
the exhaustive diagnosis of last Friday
and Saturday.
"I cannot set a time when the 'senator
may be pronounced out ot danger, but
there 1 no modification to be made ot pre
vious Btatemept that he will be out in
three weeks.
"The appendix is not affected and In
general there Is positively no occasion for
alarm."
' Kails- Comes Quickly.
Senator La Follette began to rally from
the ether while being removed to his
room. Dr. Fox asked:
"How are you feeling. Bob?
"Sore, but bully,", replied the senator.
This waa but a few minutes after the
operation. His mind was clear. When he
arrived at his room he asked for Mrs.
La Follette and she went to him at once.
She remained but a few minutes.
At 11:46 when Dr. Fox left the hospital
the senator wa awake and resting easy.
The uaual symptoms ot nausea were not
present
The following statement waa Issued at
St. Mary' hospital today. Just before Sen
ator LaFollette was removed to the oper
ating room:
"Unless unforeseen complication arise
the senator Bhould rally from the opera
tion in a few hours and pass the crisis be
fore noon tomorrow at the latest. He will
go under the knife with temperature and
pulse normal and with physical and mental
resistance unimpaired by the malady. Every
indication is hopeful that there Is not the
least ground for alarm."
Senator LaFollette passed a restful night
at the hospital. Mrs. LaFollette and Drs.
Fox, Kcenan and Hooper of Madison, Wis.,
were with him until the staff physicians
came to prepare for the operation.
Senator LaFollette said he had no mis
givings aa to the outcome.
THREE MEN PLEAD GUILTY
TO GAMBLING, OTHERS FIGHT
Sioux City Crusade Reaches Climax
W hen Court Takee Actloa Us
Ward Acquitted,
SIOUX CITY, la., Oct 4. (Special Tele
gram.) The crusade against Rumbling In
Sioux City reached a climax today , when
George Meyers, William Livingston and
John Hopkins, who had been indicted by
the grand Jury entered a pUa of guilty In
the district court and were each fined i'MJ.
C. E. Griffith, proprietor of the Mondamin
hotel, and Len Lessenlch, owner ot tne
Chicago House, will oppose conviction.
After being out ten hours with the night
spent In the court house, the Jury in whose
hands lay the fate of Lon Ward of South
Sioux City, charged with asxauit on Miss
Ida Teter, returned a verdict of not guilty.
Failure to make a potlve identification
on the part of Miss Teter waa the cause
of the acqultal. The assault on the yuuim
woman was one of the rnoct brutal in the
history of South Dakota county.
TRIENNIAL CONVENTION ,
OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Plvrpoat Morgan I Amoner
First Delegates to Heach
Cincinnati.
the
CINCINNATI. O., Oct. 4. Many delegates
and visitor to the Triennial convention of
the Protestant Episcopal church in Au.erlcu
are here for the opening tomorrow., The
j conference will continue for twenty-three
days, during which time muny subjects of
J interest to the church will be considered,
1 Anionic the prominent arrivals todav w.is
This Seasons Hats
ilp
Martial Law
Still Prevails
at Winter, Wis.
Newspaper Photographer Who At
tempted to Reach Dietz Farm
is Thrown Into Jail.
j
WINTER, Wis., Oct. 4. George Luxten,
a photographer for a Minneapolis news
paper, attempted to reach the John Diets
farm this morning and war arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Bert Wiley, one of the
special officers guarding the road to the
Deitx farm. Luxten wa brought to Winter
and placed In a cell at the point ot a re
volver. .
A telegram waa received from Milwaukee
today by the operator here signed "George
Sch." and "George K," aaylng:
Send word to John Delta to hold the fort
Reinforcement coming from Milwaukee.
Expense paid.
The identity of "George Sch." or "George
K." is unknown here. They are believed
to be crank.
Fred Thorbahn, In charge of the deputy
sheriffs here, say he doe not know how
Delta is to get the message.
ASHLAND, Wl., Oct. 4. Myra Delta,
daughter of John Delts of Cameron Dam,
who waa brought to the hospital here yes
terday, la suffering from peritonitis aa a
result et the gunshot wounds she received
Saturday. The attending physician aaya
Mis Delta ha a .lighting chance to re
cover. ' 1
More Missing
Sailors Report
List of Supposed Victims of Accident
' in New York Harbor is
Steadily Decreasing.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4. There was still hope
today that the list of probable drowned
from the swamping of the battleship New
Hampshire's barge In the Hudson river last
Saturday night would be further reduced
by report from men now set down as dead
or missing, but who still may be alive but
unlocated.
Meanwhile the task of dragging the river
for bodies of the victims continued. Look
out also was kept for bodies swept down
by the tide, it being believed the strong cur
rent made the recovery of bodies floating
lower down the stream more probable than
In the vicinity of the calamity. The list
today still stands aa given out by the fleet
officials as twenty-three probably dead and
eight missing.
The' board of Inquiry resumed Its session
today, when it waa expected the testimony
of Midshipman Godfrey Chevalier, who was
In charge of the wrecked boat would be
taken.
! WASHINGTON, Oct 4. Dispatches were
received by the Navy department today
that several more men who had been re
ported missing as a result ot the accident
to the battleship New Hampshire's sailing
launch are allvo. Justus Turner of Brook
lyn has returned aboard ship and Norman
Blight of Boxbury, Mass., a coal passer.
and A. R. Chambers of Worcester, Mass.,
a private of marines, were seen ashore
yesterday.
T. Bonsall of Philadelphia, an ordinary
seaman, James Bonan of Green Creek, N.
J., a coxswain, and E. W. Selber of Chi
cago, an ordinary seaman, telegraphed they
were "alive.
EXCITEMENT IN PORTUGAL
Klllintc of Professor by Armr Officer
Starts Antl-C'lrrlcal Demon
stration. L1SHO.N. Oct. 4 Prof. Bombaida, the
republican deputy and anti clerical, who
was shot by an army lieutenant today, Is
dead.
New of the death soon circulated and
a crowd of anti-clericals assembled near
the profe:inor's home and shouted: "Down
w 1th the priests."
Visitors from Up State
Are Happiest in Omaha
John Kuhl of Cedar county, admitted by
all who know him to be the most available
matrimonial timber in attendance on Ak-Sar-Ben.
came in with the rush from the
northeast Monday nlKht and will remain
until the last do dies Paturday. Mr. Kuhl
has been In the legislature so long that
s une folks say he ouql.t to ashamed ef
hlms-lf, but, Just the same, his friends
have handed him am.th.r nomination and
he Is trying to come back. But the gentle
man from I edar Is not looking for votes
down here, for this la entirdy out of his
dlstrlct. ' '
"1 never mib Ak-Sar-Ben,"' said Kuhl,
"because I like lo come. 1 meet many
MR. BURKETT TO HITCHCOCK
Senator Says Congressman-Editor Has
Nothing to Debate.
WORDS INTENDED TO DECEIVE
Paraaea Policy of Neiratlon, Wa
Absent on Pleaanre When Work
Waa at Hand No Record
to Defend.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Oct 4. (Special.) United
States Senator Elmer J. Burkett has made
public his response to the challenge to
Joint debate sent him by Congressman G.
M. Hitchcock ot Omaha. It 1 aa follows:
"LINCOLN. Oct. S. Hon. G. M. Hitch
cock. Omaha Neb. Dear Sir: I have re
ceived your letter of the 20th ultimo, which
I had previously read In the press, wherein
you Invite me to a series ot debates. I am
speaking every day and have my dates
arranged until October 22, and It would
not be practical to alter my plan before
that time In any event. The campaign Is
going along very satisfactorily to me ao
far and I have no particular desire to
change my plans already made.
A debate upon real Issues and fact
might prove attractive; however, I have np
reason to believe that you would be more
fair or accurate tn your statement of facts
from the platform than you are ' through.
the columns ot your- paper."- Your long-ttmo
associate in politics, Hon. William J. Bryan,
ha atated In hla speeches that you axe un
fair In your method, and that you 'deceive
the people, 'misrepresent the Issues' and
do not treat your reader 'with ordinary
honesty.' If he I warranted In complaining
ot your, method In thl particular, I am
sure I raay be pardoned for suggesting It
Paper Intends to Deceive.
"When I was at Falls City a day or two
ago, Mr. Abbott of that place, and an old
time democrat, stated In my meeting that
through your paper you had saidthat the
Postal Savings bank law provided for only
one bank In each state, which you know Is
not correct I have Just finished reading an
article in your paper In which you pretend
to tell about my close relations with Henry
T. Oxnard, and which is. absolutely false,
and you know It . You know that no uch
relation exlsta and that the story in your
paper is true fiction, an dcaiculated to "do
celve," a Mr.- Bryan ay. You alio stated
in your paper that I voted against putting
lumber on the free list when you know
better and know that you are only petti
fogging the Congressional Record, and that
I not only voted to ptaoe lumber on the free
list but worked and spoke for free lumber.
You also ay In your paper that I voted
to increase th tariff on shoes, when you
know that no proposition waa mad by
any one to raise the tariff on shoes, and
that aa a matter of fact, the tariff was re
duced on boot and shoes from 25 per cent
down to 10 per cent, and that I voted foi
the reduction. You state also that I op
posed reducing the tariff on barbwlre, when
you know It was by an amendment that 1
Introduced that the tariff on barhwlrn
was reduced from i per ton to $7 per ton.
You state that I voted to raise the tariff
on farm implements, when we put farm Im
plements on the free list, and I voted for
It, and you know It ;
How Hitchcock Works.
'While I wa battling away at my post
of duty In Washington, trying to help
make the tariff bill right, you waa taking
a pleasure trip through Europe. Your
party offered no substitute for the repub
lican bill in your absence and you offered
none yourself when you returned, and I
do not know what you have to debate
about now. You hare no record on any
public question but the general one of ne
gation. While the republhan may hav
made moe mistakes here and there In the
details of legislation that you might make
some capital of, the record as a whole is
very gratifying and the prosperity that the
republican policies have brouht to the
people and the progrox and the develop
ment that America has made under those
policies Is very satisfactory to inot per
sons. I presume that you are no more
ready now to defend the record that your
(Continued on Second Page.)
friends her from over the state, and I be
lleve now we could gtt a quorum of the
late legislature If we tried.
"We had to make a hurried trip fr.i'
New York," said Tom Benton of Lincoln,
as ne ana Mrs. Benton leached the city
j Tuesday morning, "In order to Ret here In
time to see the fun. I believe we have been
most all oyer the country, but nowhere
havo we ever seen anytnlnir that compares
- ; to Ak-Har-Ben. It Is as much Nebraska as
It Is Omaha and the public spirited men of
thl city who have kent It rIiv are i.iu.
i ln and nol,1, receive the healthy co-opera-
lion of the people of the state. We aro
1 here for the week."
WAR GAME GIVES
TIIRILLONTHRILL
United States Regulars Stage Real
istio Exposition of Skirmish and
, Battle at Fort Omaha.
FIGHT FOR BRIDGE SHARP
Engineers Lay Solid Structure Under
Heavy Fire.
GENERAL REVIEWS TROOPS
Imposing Parade Passes General
Frederick A. Smith.
SABERS GLEAM IN SUNLIGHT
i '
Walt Seal In;, Horseback Wreatllnsj,
Dress Parade and Henry Artil
lery Drill Amonsr 6lher
Feat are of Day.
I
Most realistic of all the Imitations of
war ever put on In Omaha was that of
yesterday afternoon at Fort Omaha parade
ground. For thirty minutes the related
functions of every branch of the United
States army, on the field ot war, were
given in a composite and highly exciting
picture. At times while the thrilling
panorama was being enacted, even army
officers were stirred to enthusiastic ap
plause. The great audience surrounding
the field on all aides .almply held lta
breath or burst forth In vociferous ap
proval. A fair estimate of the crowd present
put It between 16.000 and J0.0OO,
No. 7 on tho program was "bridge build
ing and demolition,- Company K, ihlra
battalion engineers." The engineer were
the central feature of the number, but
during It presentation Infantry, cavalry,
artillery, field hospital, field telegraphers,
the wireless outfit to be used tn time of
batle all were on th fluid and in active
ervlce.
On an open field cut by a -creek or river
with skirmishers ot two armies firing at
each other, appeared two lone men of the
engineers. They made soma measurement
hastily, showing they must have a bridge
eighty-two feet long In order to make It
ponlble for the army to crow to where
the enemy held a position. Soon a trio
of wagons came galloping across the
field, loaded wtlh heavy timbers, and
planks. These wagon were followed by
the comapny of engineer on a dead run.
Skirmishers Rush for Bridge.
The wagons were being unloaded rapidly
as the men arrived, and in a trice stand
ards were raised, neavy underpinning
placed, deeper set Joists placed thereon
and plank put In position. Like a awarm
of beea the men ot tli engineer company
aetsed the timber and uoards, laid them,
drove pin ana npms, sm. unaw nut
fire. It wa quick, accurate, .and astonish
ingly efectivo work, ihe tructure, bln
ready In less than fifteen minute.
No eooner bad the engineer began to re-
turn over the bridge from the end nearest
the enemy, to take position at their own
end, than a rush ot skirmisher waa made
for it. They went over on a run and at
once reopened fire on th enemy, being fol
lowed rapidly by the cavalry and artillery,
and they in turn by the hospital corps men.
This all followed sharp ttklrmlBh trie from
both sides, the engineer being protected by
one bunch of infantrymen, and thl unch.
y another line of skirmisher a they went
forward in turn. In the meantime a field
hospital had een set up somewhat to the
rear, Into which were being carried
wounded men, who had been given first
aid to the Injured on the field, and had
cither been carried to the hospital on the
back of the corps men, or in stretcher
and on travois. Each man waa ticketed
with a diagnosis card showing Juat what
the nature of hi hurt waa, and at the field
hospital these card were carefully ex
amined by the surgeons, thus saving time.
Hardly had the hospital been et up than a
fire wa blazing away arid hot water waa
available before the tint man wa brought
tp.
Fighting; Grow Red-Hot.
With the four six-inch field pieces shatter
ing the atmosphere, the Incessant infantry
firing, as they pleased and y volley, the
sharp revolver work of the cavalry, the
dashing backward and forward ot fast
driven horses and mounted officer and or
derlies, the shifting movements of the vari
ous bodies of troops, the yelling and up-
pitiuae oi tne irenionuou crowd, waa a
half hour to be remembered by those who
have never seen war, and probaly never
will see it.
(shortly th enemy appeared In force and
the troopB were compelled to retreat over
the bridge, with the hospital men bring
Ing the wounded along. Hardly had the
last gun carriage rattled off the home end
before the engineer were again swarming
about the structure. They demolished It
even more quickly thfin they had put It
up, and when their wagons galloped away
not a piece of material of any kind was to
be seen about the blue where the bridge
had stood. Such work of this wa not
thought of in the day of war when the
Grand Army had It lesson of blood.
It was a si'ientlfio daii.onntra.tlon, carry
ing an impressive lsaonv-o every thought
ful peddon, hnd Its accompaniments were
spectacular and heart-stirring enough to
make a wooden man warm up a bit
Promptly at If o clock a salute was fired
for General Smith by the battery, and then
the bugli. called to, th parade ground nil
the tioo,s in camp. By reason of the fact
that but one squadron of the Seventh,
cavalry was at les Moines and four
squadrons are in oiuaha, a delay of five
minutes occurred beyond the stated time
for the cavalrymen to appear; and It wa
a five minutes, never made up after tne
exercises bean. This fact shows nv,re
strikingly than anything else could tno
exact figuring of the tournament mana
ge! s.
General He lens Command.
All the organisations marched by the
commanding ,eneral In this ordur:
Fourth infantry, Colonel Bolton, ' with
machine gun plutoon.
'1 hli tec i an intently. Colonel Loughbor
ough. Company A, hospital corps from Fort
HusHMi, cuptuin 'i'aiuot In commaud. Tna
company carries cols and hui ready for
service and was foiluwea by Its wagons.
Company K. nnlnei r battalion.
Iia'iery K Flftn In Id artillery. Captain
Wright Hmltls roiunisuiiliig. witli four -.nclt
Held i.iceis and ammui'i'Juii i'.iiun.
Coiiipun i oi tne Mnal Col i, Captain
Harimari commanding, 'i lie. signalmen had
with Uiem their wire reels ,nd ulreltsa
telegraphy equipment In wag'.ns.
fevemii cavalry, Colonel Hunter com
manding, mounted band and bun I corps.
FHtrntn cavalry, Captain Lltuibiand In
command.
The Infantry and tavalry oigaulxaUone