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FORMER OMAHA
Y MAYGRMAERIES
George P. Bemis Surprises Friends
and Meet His Fiancee in
Chicago.
I WEDS MRS. ELIZABETH A. NEFF
Steals March on Friend by Going to
Windy City.
PAST THREE SCORE AND TEN
Declare He1 Will Live to Be One
Hundred and Fifty.
BRIDE THIRTY YEARS YOUNGER
" Bridegroom Iidoucm that He El
VI erola to Lire to Be ISO Ynri Old
-CouaIa of Late Gorge
Prai Traia.
George P. Bemls, "S year old, former
mayor of Omaha, and Elizabeth A.. Neff. 43
year old. also of Omaha, were married
Saturday afternoon by Judge O. F. Heard
In his chamber In the Cook county build
ing at Chicago. Mr. Bemla stole a march
on hla friends la Omaha and went to Chl--'
''-go two day ago. where he met Mra.
ai'eff who went to Chicago Friday evening
Vorn Richmond. Ind.: where the had been
pajendlng everal months with rLUves.
netey secured a license at noon,
thghough whlte-hulred and approaching the
waV"-o.uartis of century mark. Mr.
rranl declared he la young and will live to
Ve UO year old.. He rtep about aa spry
la many men not half his age. Recollections
f of a visit to Chicago In IW3 when he at-
terded the World's rt. d Mr. Bemla' to
' go to Chicago to be roeled. As mayor of
Omaha he represented this city at the
exposition and, according to -the accounts
of Carter H. Harrison, -sr., he -wa the
last man to leave the mayor's office In the
city bail with the mayor. Th two went
. from there to the Illinois ' Central depot,
where they took a train to the world's fair
ground.- There after Mr. Harrison had
delivered the last speech of hi life, Bemls
land, he together rang the liberty bell. Mr.
' Bemis carried with him to Chicago Frl
day a short piece of 'the belleord which b
kept as a souvenir.
. Couala of George Praacl Tre-ia.
Mr. Bemis Is a cousin of the lata George
Francis Train. With him be toured , furope
and established la London during the civil
war the London American,; the only news
paper that espoused the cause of the federal
government during the war.
may look gray, but I am not old."
Bemls to friends - In. Chicago. "It all
depends upon which way you look at life
to how long you wllL live. Edison and I
Mil
live to be 1M years old. E. H. Harri-
tnaa died young. . because he. took ail his
schemes .to . bed . with . him . and could . not
jflep. I can sleep soundly .every night.
After the marriage .Mr and Mr.' Bemls
bnloyed a dinner with Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
itlllar, . who were - witnesses ; to the ' cere,
smbt. Mr. Millar wa secretary to Mayor
dwrlnf. It" four 'rwVfT1$ ?to t
Cftie la Oaaaha, They are spending the
day . today at the home -of Mr. and Mra
Millar,-''-$9-Mkt'r .vtwe.'' ftd' wfll
iaav for-Omaiia tociBt.
Bar ta Boetoa.
Mr. Beatls wa bora in- Boston, Maes.,
SCarcfc It. 188, and graduated from the Ab.
academy at Fafthlngton. Me,. In 1851.
after which he filled position In a large
I shipping and commission house in New
YCtoc City. After spending six months in
th army la 1861. he went to London, -Eng.
land, a prlvsr secretary to his cousin.
fGeorg Francis Train. There he took
charge of' Mr. Train' street ' railway In
terest. I'. IMS he .returned ' to America
and became closely Identified with Mr.
Train In th organization of the Union
Pacific railroad and Credit MobUler of
America and Credit Fonder of America
of which Mr. Train was president and Mr
Beml wa secretary.
In 1S6S Mr. Bemls cam to Omaha and be.
cams largely Interested In real estate and
has made his home here 'since that time.
la 186S he organised the Bemis Park com
paay, and donated a park by that nam to
th city. He w elected mayor in the fall
of 1S9L Mr. Beml wa married June 8,
laTO. to Miss Julia. Brown of Oswego, N, T.
Mrs. Elisabeth A. Nff Is the widow of
Pfcorrts ' Neff, who died recently. Last
April she left Omaha for Richmond, Ind..
and returned to this city only once, being
Seen then In the company of Mr Bemla She
resided at H3 Harney street, where for
Dearly sis months she kept roomers In on
of the flat of the' apartment building.
APPIAS IS STRICKEN DUMB
Cull for a U slaa Wawke Vp to Ftad
that He Is TJisabl to ftter
a Word.
HAP A. Cal., Sept. 10.-O. Applns of Nap
junction.' Cal.. was stricken dumb by a hal
lucination - last night.' He Informed his
family, la writing, this morning.- that he
had seen a terrifying specter In his dream.'
standing by hi bed.- When he awoke he
wa mute.
TheWeather
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FOR NEBRA6KA Generally fair.
FOR IOWA-Oenerally , fair.
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, Cwttr(tv Local Record.
1311. 1910. 190. 1906
EO'best yesterday M 71 Ml . 91
Lowast yesterday if M 1 ' fi
Wean temperature 7S a - 74 I
precipitation SI. -00 . .00 ..00
Temperature an precipitation departures
great the normal:
Normal
(Vicess
Total ex
Normal
Normal temperature 8
for the dav in
exces sine March 1 1 14
nreclDitatlon 14 Inch
fxces for th day 18 inch
otal rainfall since March 1.... 43 Inches
deficiency since March 1 U&llnche
Deficiency for cor. period 1910. .12 J inches
Deficiency for cor. period !.... 1J Inches
A
Pioneer Physician
Dies at Breakfast
of Heart Failure
Dr. T. R. Ward Had Been a Frac
ticing Physician Here for
Twenty-Six Yean,
Suddenly complaining that he felt a grip
ing pain near his heart. Dr. Thomas R.
Ward, one of the best known practicing
physicians and surgeons In Omaha, toppled
over out of his chair to the floor while
fitting at breakfast with his wife and
daughter yesterday morning at about I
o'clock. He wa assisted to a sofa nearby,
but within half an hour after he collapsed
and passed away. . Dr. Mary Strong and
Dr. 8. K. Spalding were called, but he
waa dead before they arrived. Heart fail
ure Is given as the cause of his death
Dr. Ward has been practicing medicine
in this city for nearly twenty-six years
an dat the time of his death, was 64 years
of age. A few hours before his death he
remarked that he had never felt better
In hi life, and wa in the beet of spirits.
He I survived by on daughter. Miss
Edith Ward, and bis wife. Arrangements
for the funeral will be made later.
Nation's Crops BSlow
Average Condition
Freent Season Ha Continued Unfa
vorable ai it Progressed Toward
Harvest.
WASHINGTON, Sept 10. The condition
of all crops combined In the United
States' was on September 1. approximately,
16 per cent below the average condition on
that date for the last ten year, according
to the supplemental crop report of the De
partment of Agriculture issued today. The
present crop season ha continued unfavor
able as It progressed toward harvest Gen
eral condition on August 1 were about
14.6 per cent below average, on July 1
about 10.7 per cent below and on June 1
about I.S per cent below. During August
conditions Improved somewhat In i most
northern states, but declined , la most
southern states.
A comparison of the condition of various
crops on September 1 or at time of har
vest) with their average growing condition
of recent years (last ten years for tte
most crops) Is shown as follows:
Pet. Pet.
Cranberrlts l'S Sweet potatoes.. 92.5
Lima beans 107. Ot Tomatoes 91
Apples
.. .lOo.fci Sorghum
91 2
90.1
&S.7
M. 6
ft;. 4
S5.4
Ski. 6
82.8
hM
81.1
80S
78.9
78.1
758
72.7
710
Watermelons
Lemons
Hope
...105.1! Kaffir corn.
.. 104 91 Corn
...103.21 Onions .......
Sugar cane.
..103.11 Tobacco ......
Oranges lOl.OIClover
Cantaloupe
.101 S Flax
Grape
Pears
Sugar beets
Cotton
Rice
Beans
Buckwheat
Alfalfa- .....
....101 .71 Cabbage
....100.2, Millet ...
..-..KW.O' Oats
SO 61 Peaches
. 9S.i Barley
. 96.3) Broom corn....
. 96.2! Potatoes--.
. 98 ll Hemp
. 94 61 Spring. wheat..
peanut i
On hundred represents, average condi
tion and net nomai.
The' average figure do not take Into ac-Oouni-
the rthf luesc of changed acreage,
i ' Th elover seed acreage, a "compared
with last year, is per cent.
- jTwv n amber of tcfc tog, as compared
with laat year. 1 V& l per cent .
Brakeman Killed
' By Cars :at Blair
William E. Stammer Crushed While
Adjusting Coupling Pin that
Did Not Drop.
BVAIR. Keb., Sept. 10-r Special Tele
gram. ) William E. Stammer, a brakeman
on the North western freight .train, which
was switching la the yards' here wa
caught between th bumpers of the freight
car and fatally Injured at 3:30 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. He was taken to the
emergency hospital and attended by the
company's physician, Dr. R. J. Murdock
but wa so badly hurt that he died at 6
o'clock. He wa caught across the lower
part of th body and hla hip bone were
entirely crushed.
Stammer wa adjusting a coupling pin
which had failed to drop 'when the cars
came together and the train came back
th second time and caught him. He wa
conscious until death and made the above
statement to Dr. Murdock. He waa 16 years
old and a single man and had been with the
Northwestern about eighteen months. He
came from La ton. Ok!., where his mother
resides, and ha a brother in Wichita, Kan.
Girl Kills Brother
. and Shoots Mother
Prominent Military Men First at
Scene of Accident at Exclu
sive Club.
SAfvDUSKT, O.. Sept -Aroused from
their slumbers at the exclusive Middle
Baa club today, Lieutenant General Nel
son A. Miles and General Warren J. Keifer
of Springfield. O . were the central figures
la event that followed th accidental
wounding of Mx. Louise Wuichet of
Chicago and. the killing of her son. Eu
gene, aged 7, by Mrs. Wuichet' 14-year-old
daughter, Mary. The girl pulled the trig
ger ot a revolver which she believed was
act loaded. The bullet Inflicted a flesh
wound in th mother' side and lodged In
the bov's heart killing him instantly. Gen
erals Miles and Keifer. leaping from bed.
were first to reach the scene of the acci
dent They applied such restoratives at
were at hand.
CENTRAL CITY WOMAN MEETS
HER FATHER FIRST TIME
Job a Jolly of Omaha Found te
Her Parent Wnom She Havd
Never Seen.
Be
CENTRAL CrTr, Neb , Sept 10 Rpe
clai ) Meeting her father for th first
Urn wa th experience ' of Mr. A.
Spienkey ef this city when she went to
Omaha thl week la response te a letter
from her parent. Mr. Splenkey' parent
were separated two month -before her
birth and she was reared Into young
womanhood by. her mother. During thl
time she had never seen nor heard of her
father.
Two week ago she went to Omaha for
a visit with friends and It was then that
she beam mentioned the name of John
Jolly. Eb secured th aid of friend la
the quest, with th result that she was
summoned to Omaha thl week by her
father. On her return to thl city she waa
accompanied by Mr. Jolly, who visited for
a few day with Mr. and Mrs. Splenkey.
FARMER MAT BE
ROBBERS' VICTIM
Body Found on the West Dodge Road
tj..i.-:-j i Ti i
is AuriiLii itn nv rt i a -
- ,r
W. S. OVERTON OF SARPY CO .
V
Wa Supposed to Have Carried $4,000
at the Time of Hi Death.
FOUL PLAY IS NOW FEARED
He Was Last Seen Alive at Millard
About a Month Ago.
HAD SOLD HIS FARM FOR CASH
Put the Money la His Pocket aud
Was IrlTen to Millard Paid
the Youth $iOO for the
Drive.
The body of the man found Saturday
by some bo5'S in the weeds near the Union
Pacific tracks and the Dodge attest road i
has been identified by his relatives a 1
that of W. S. Overton, a bacholor and a i
farmer, who for the last forty years ha !
lived on a farm five miles southwest of
Springfield.
Foul play is suspected by his relative,
because the last time Overton was seen
alive by his friends he had In his posses
sion $4,000 In cash.
On August 13 Overton sold his farm for
tl tfYi rash ani4 rtut tha mnA,-- In t '
pocket. In the evening he was driven to
MiUard from Springfield and that Is the
last heard of him until his body was
found in the weeds on the Dodge street
road nearly a month afterwards.
Overton had sold his farm quite unex
pectedly and it Is said he was led to this
move by th fear of arrest at the instance
of some of bis neighbors over eome
trifling matter. It Is said that Overton
had heard that his neighbors had gone for
a warrant for his arrest. Some of the
neighbors' haystacks had been burned and
it was reported they suspected Overton.
Overton paid the lad who drove him
from Springfield to Millard S100 for the
Job and also gave him J300 to give to his
mother. He told the boy he wa going to
take a train to Omaha.
No Action is Taken
. at Union Conference
General Officers and Advisory Com
mittee of Shopmen on Harriman
. System Put Off Decision.
WA6HTNOTON, Sept 10. (Special Tele
were held here today between the general
officer and the advisory committee of
five shop craft unions, which are asking
from th Harriman ystem recognition of
the federation, which they have organized,
upset expectation by not taking any defi
nite actloa.- Wearied with pours of talk
the conferee adjourned to meet tomorrow
afternoon. It wag said that their confer
ence wouleV terminate then and strike talk
was stronger tonight than at any time
heretofore. ,
It was reported late tonight that a propo
sition to shelve for the present the demand
for recognition of the federation and con
centrate on other demands already pre
sented will be gone over at tomorrow's
meeting. In case this Idea Is rejected,
which seems likely. It Is possible that an
other meeting wjth railroad officials be
fore resorting to a strike will be urged.
La Follette Will Wait
Until December to
Make Up His Mind
Wisconsin Senator Desires to Hear
Taft's Message Before Announc
ing Himself as Candidate.
MADISON, Wl., Sept W-TTpoa excel
lent authority It 1 learned that Senator
La Follette will wait until after congress
convenes, early In December, before an
nouncing hi candidacy for the presidency.
Although leading progressiva republican
throughout the country have been com
ing out la Interviews endorsing him. he
will avoid haste to answer their call, pre
ferring to wait until after President Taft
ha aubmitted his message.
Primarily the senator wants to find out.
It Is said, what position the president will
assume toward what are known as the
progressive policies and his general stand
on departmental and administration Issue.
HILLS PLAN FOR BIG BOOST
Baslneee Men's Clab of Desvdwood
Outlines System to Advance
Interest of State.
DEADWOOD. 6. D., Sept 10. Speclal.)
One of the beet attended and most en
thusiastic meetings of the Business club
since It orguJUation wa held here for
the purpose of outlining a progress of com
mercial and systematic boosting. One of
the principal themes discussed wa the
subject of better railroad rates to the
Black Hills and more extensive advertis
ing ot the beauties and resources of the
hills by the railroads and th commercial
organisation. A representative of the
Northwestern road announced that pas
senger rate to the hills would be In effect
next summer, which would equalise with
those to Colorado. Two carloads of bus!
ness men and the Romestake band are to
attend the state fair at Huron next week
and boost this locality with pamphlet and
other argument and arrangement for this
were completed.
It 1 planned to establish a free assay of
fice her for the benefit of prospectors
and others who cannot afford the regular
rate, th mining companie her agreeing
to lmd their assistance. Applicants for
the position. or paid secretary of the Bust-
aea club and general advertiser will be
met at Huron next week and on ef them
engaged. - Congressman Martia dlsctisted
a program for co-operatioa with the rail
roads for belter service and advertising
and President Franklin willam com.
rnittee to ' handle the different phase of
thl work.
Girl Shoots Brother.
SANDUSKT. O., Sept 1 Mrs. Louis
Wulchel of Chicago, wif of a wealthy
member of th exclualv Middle Baas Fih
Ing club on Middle Bass Uland, Lake Erie
we wounded, and her 7-year-old son was
Instantly killed today, when Mary Wulchel
ssd 14. her .daughter, discharged a re
volver which she supposed was unloaded
v .a. .
From the Washington Evening Star.
BISHOP BEECHER IS KEPT BUSY
Fifty-Five Thousand Square Mile in
the Nebraska Diocese.
FRIENDS TO BUY AUTOMOBILE
Sixteen Thousand Miles of T revel
Each Year la Order to Cover tbe
Territory, and Meet Com-
mnnloanta and Friends.
KEARtVET. Neb., Bept . (Special.
George "A'Bescher,''wjihop of the mis-'
slonary district of Kearney, has Instituted
several movements, which - have created
much discussion and favorable comment
and has enlisted In the cause of up
lift many new converts In western Ne-braska-
vThe bishop has been making no
effort, to advertise his plans nor publish
accounts of the things he has done. Tell
ing what he has ' accomplished 1n this
during his seven months of residence here
he said:
"I was so deeply Interested in the social
and parish work of Trinity cathedral in
Omaha up to the time of my election
that I had no idea, whatever, but that that
was te be ray life work. After the elec
tion took place It wa hard for me to make
up 'ay mind even then to give up my
work In Omaha.
"After these seven months, 'however,
having traversed the entire district thor
oughly. I can say that I have made no
mistake in answering what I believed at
that time to be a speuflc call from the
church to take up a work for which my
experience In th past had no doubt fit
ted m in many respect by virtue' of
my long residence and familiarity with
the country and It people.
Two Diocese Xeeeaaary.
"A to my work In the district, I would
say wnen we atop to think what a vast
aj-ea the state of Nebraska comprises, It
wlU b easily seen why tt wa aeoessexy
to dMd the state Into two dioceses Mv
.4 . ... . J
4u nas aa area or about 66,000
square BUIe. To cover this territory re
quires sooui iD.wio miles n." rvel every
year by railroad and ta?t --,ah. Some
i my invtme r planning to purchase
tor ma aa auDomomle ta order that I may
be able to reach out Into the country dis
trict and become acquainted personally
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w,u, in i earners ana tneir famll lee, in
me nope mat x may be able la some de
gree at least to encourage the boys and
girls to more scientific farming.
?ebrasKa Is pre-eminently an sjrrleul-
tural state, and every effort Is bein m
ry our educator to place within reach of
every boy who wishes to b successful In
the tilling of the soil to study th method
oi s ci en unc larming. Yi e already have
at Kearney a church military school for
.boys. About 100 boys attend thia Institu
tion annually, many of whom come from
the farming communities. It Is my great
desire to be able to enlarge the scope of
this institution so that It may Include am
agricultural department for the purpose of
furnishing a wholesome, practical "and
Christ! an training of young men who de
sire to become successful farmers. With
such an Institution under the guidance of
the church we ought to be able to accom
plish much toward th establishment of
truly Christian homes throughout, the state.
The church must take a more active in
terest In the social, as well a the religious.
Sid In th training of our young people
or we will lose our hold entirely on the
future generation."
SEVERAL RESIDENCES LOOTED
Robber Have Bnay Day Dnrtna; Per.
formaae of Show In Beaver
City.
BEAVER CITY. Neb., Sept W Special
Telegram During the afternoon perform
ance of a wild west show yesterday after
noon the houses of A S. Wyatt. R. J.
Scott and William Robinson were broken
into. Four watches. Jewelry, silverware,
clothing and a small amount of money
were taken Attache of the show were
searched, but no evidence found.
John M Stow, a pioneer farmer of thl
county, died early thl morning with a
cancer. It first appeared on his Up and
had eatin until It reached a vital part
He had suffered for many month.. -He
was well known and respected
1 '77Z9Z.
Government Files
Its Appeal Against
Harriman Merger
Alleges Court Erred in Holding Union
Pacific Was Not Competing with
' Southern Pacific.
SALT LAE CITY. Utah, Sept 10,-Ap-peal
papers were filed In tbe United State
court here yesterday by the federal govern
ment In the - suit against too Union Pa
cific Hallway company and others, known
a the Harriman merger suit, which wa
decided laat June by the United State
circuit court for the Eighth district In
favor of the railway defendants.
In the majority opinion the court held
that the railroad companies were not com
peting lines and that the Sherman anti
trust law was not being violated.
The government appeal from this de
cision, filed today, points out sixty-two
alleged errors by the circuit judges, many
of which are concerned with what are
competing lines and other concerned with
stock deals among the railroads t hem
Salve. It Is further' contended that the court
erred In holding that the Union Pacific
wa not a line competing for trade with
the Southern Pacific, together with the
latter' steamship lines and In holding that
the purchase by the Oregon Short Line ot
6 per cent of the stock of the Salt Lake
route was not In violation of the law.
The effect of the appeal. If the supreme
court chooses to consider It on all the
grounds submitted, will bring practically
every finding of fact by the circuit court
Into question again.
The order for the appeal Is signed by
Judge Sanborn. The original suit wa be
gun here In Febraury, 1908, and decision
was rendered by the circuit court June 24.
19U. Three of the four Judges decided
against the government
Live Wire Causes
Young Burke's Death
Son of Roadmaster of Dakota Divisior
of Northwestern Thrown from
Electric Light Pole.
HITRON, S. D., Sept 10. 4 Special Tele
gram.) George Burke, eldest son of John
6. Burke, roadmaster of the Dakota dlvls
ud oi uw noruweBiwa rauroad, was
thrown from an electric 'light pole and In
stantly killed today by coming Into contact
with a live wire. The young man wa assist
ing In stretching electric light wires at the
state fair grounds. He was formerly era
ployed by the Northwestern.
VICTIM OF ACCIDENT
IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS
Henry Oleon, Injured nt Wood me
World Bnlldlnar, ta Serlona
Condition.
of
Henry Olson, on of the men who were
Injured In the accident at the Woodmen of
the World building Friday evening, is still
unoonsclous at the Omaha General hos
pital, where he was taken immediately
after being taken from the debris la the
pit. For forty-eight hours be ha been
In a comatose state, and although the
chances are In favor of his recovery, the
physicians at the hospital are becomlag
alarmed.
THINK CHILD WAS MURDERED
rhylrlaa Declare Little Seven-Yeer-Old
Annie Lemberarer Victim
of Assault.
MADISON, Wis.. 6pt 10. That little An
nie Lemberger, the little seven-year-old
child, whose body wa found In Lake Mon
ona today, wa murdered. 1 th opinion
of Dr. H. E Purcell tnd Dr. Joseph Dean,
who mad aa examination of th body to
day. Th physician' opinion I based upon
th ground that there was absence ef
water In the lungs A further examina
tion alio revealed that the child had bn
attacked
CHINESE STUDENTS GO EAST
Seventy Orientals on Their Way to
Enter College.
SENT BY IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT
Will Scatter Over the Country and
Study Engineering-, Economic, the
' Other Science and .American .
College Life. .
- Seventy yooa Chine- the very pick of
he emntre foe lntenrrance. industry and
capacity, spent an hour la Oman. Sunday
evening on their way east tor enter a num
ber of American institutions of learning.
Every year It Is custom of the Chinese
government to send over a - party " which
finds In American , colleges, the technical
and cultural training which can later be
given to the people at home. Every large
university of Importance In the country
gets some of the men. but they seem to
prefer the state universities of the middle
west as the most cosmopolitan and the
most typically American. The University
of Michigan gets th largest number, thir
teen, and Wisconsin gets the next largest
twelve.
The remainder of the party -and some
students who .were formerly with thm. but
remained at universities already passed,
will be divided as. follows: Illinois, six:
Cornell, flv; Colorado School of Mine,
fiv; Michigan School of Mines, one; Pur
due, four; Columbia, three; Boston Insti
tute of Technology, two; Yale, two; Vir
ginia, two; Armour, two; Pennsylvania,
one; Harvard, two; Johns Hopkins, one;
Worcester Technology Institute, one; Cali
fornia, one; Williams, one; Washington
High school, one, and six go to colleges
not yet selected.
Like the t'altcd State.
"W enjoy studying In th United States."
said one smooth, quiet keen looking ori
ental -who had been over before and spoke
excellent English, "and we are particu'arly
fond of - tbe middle western universities,
because they give us such fin profes
sional training -and a truly American atmos
phere that la cosmopolitan at the same
time. The cosmopolitan club as they are
established at places like Ann Arbor are
great helps to us In getting acquainted,
particularly with tudent from other for
eign countries."
The young men la our party raoge In
age from U year to about 34. ' Most of
them are between IS and ZL They' wlU
devote their 'studies to two important
branches, engineering of various kinds and
political science and economy. The engi
neering students win study mining and
metallurgy, agriculture and th other allied
subjects, while the other will take up
many cultural course aad th other
cleiice. Two wlU atudy for a business
career. They have already received part
of their education from universities at
home. Twenty-one aau from th Tslngwa
college la Pekin and fourteen from St
John's university at Shanghai.
In charge of tbe party war H. C. Tau,
W. A. Chung. T. K. Ts aad Y. Y. Tsu.
representing th government Nine of. the
students are coming without commissions
from th government, but they are being
taken care of with th others.
The student cam in over the Union
Pacific and left over "to Northwestern,
while they were la the city they . were
taken around ' th city by Northwestern
railroad officials ,
PROGRESSIVES MEET AT. HURON
Large IV umber from Over South Da
kota to Gather Tueety. t '
Boom La Follette. '' . '
HURO. 6. D.,'.apt. S -Special Tel
gram.)Lettera received by R. O. Richards
from all "parts ef th state ladicat a large
attendant at th meeting of progriv
republican her Tuesday. It wlj be a
La Follette . gathering of the most pro
nounced type, having for It object putting
South Dakota ia th La Follette eolumo.
H C. Dillon. L F. GU. Alan Bogn. W. 8.
Glasa. William Elder aad other well Known
progressive will 1 her
Chicago Opera Stager Engaged.
CHICAGO. 111., Sept. 1 Announcement
was made here today that Rachel Free
Green has been engaged to Andrea a Dlppell
aa one of th sopranos for the Chicago
opera. Sh Is from Canton. O. . but has md
her career abrcad singing during th lest
t)ue ) ar la th Vuik opera la Berlin,
CBANE FLATS BIG
EASTERNSCflOOLS
Millionaire Iron Manufacturer Makes
Public Arraignment of Big Uni
versities o Country.
SCORES DRINKING AND GAMBLING
Fifteen Per Cent of Harvard Students
Go to the Bad.
OOJUIXBIA HAS WORST RECORD
More Debauchery Exists There Than
at Any Other Institution.
MANY COLLEGE .MEN IN PRISONS
Trim Merr ( IMsMks,
IiaaenJItr, BmwIlM sad SUch
lraa Homer Sneadlnar, with
CHICAGO. 9ft. Ml R. T. Crane, mDUaaw
Jre Iron manufacturer, made public today
an arraignment of th big universities of
the country. He charges armlng preval
ence of drinking and gambling among tbe
students. Columbia he ranks the worst.
but conditions at Harvard, Princeton and
Cornell, he declares are almost as bad.
Of the students at Harvard 90 per cent
drink In their freshman year. 96 per cent In
their senior, and 15 per cent of them go
Irretrievably to the bad, according: to the
report of n investigation which Mr. Crane
has made. Mr. Cifene has spent much time
and money putting under scrutiny the re
sults of higher college education. So bitter
Is he In consequence that be declares col
leges do more ham than good.
Results of Investigation.
Mr. Crane says In his report:
"An outsider can scarcely realize the
amount of drinking that goes on In the
club room of the colleges. Referring par
ticularly to Harvard he estimates the num
ber of students who combine In a mild de
gree wine and bad women. 6ft per cent;
who drink heavily, S5 per cent, and who
have two or three 'bats' a year, 45 per
cent.
"I do pot doubt that even worse states
of affair exist at other college. At Prince
ton It Is beer. beer. beer. Th town Is li
cense and the body of students In my
mind drink even more than Harvard men.
On one occasion I believe there must have
been more than 300 students dead drunk.
At Tale, drinking Is recognized In so
great a degree that clubs have their table
at the bar rooms. I was never so shocked
In my life as when I found New Havwa
the dlfsolute. debauched and whisky town
that It Is. Sometime ago, the statement ap
peared In a New Haven paper that there
were 2,000 falln women In that city.
"At Cornell the conditions are somewhat
the same, although I beBeve Cornell stu
dent do not carry their excesses so far as
do boys at Princeton, Yl and Cambridge.
Columbia the ..Worst.
"At Columbia' I bell.- there exists more
debauchery than at any other collage; on
account of it proximity .to the famous
resort of th city. If further proof be
necessary, let m quota from a letter re
ceived from E C. Mercer, who 1 special
secretary of the Association Of Colleges
of North America and who Is following
thi matter' up for the association, which
shows that it has taken upon Itself the
work of reforming college men. He Is Its
special Sgent and Is visiting the Colleges
and delivering a lecture entitled. 'College
Men I Have Met in the Slums aad Prisons
of New York." He say.
" 1 did say. and have written proof to
baek me up. that I have met personally
and have heard from the most reliable
authorities of some 1.J00 colege-bred men
In the slums, prisons. Jails and sanita
riums who were down and out through fast
living Th noted bread line in our city
ha constantly In It college-bred men.' "
Th rest of Mr. Crane's report Is a story
of drinking, Immorality, brawling and reck
less money spending. He gives a large
number of example and ays th proof Is
Irrefutable.
The report, which 1 printed In the cur
rent number of the Valve World, owned
by Mr. Crane, describe unsparingly stu
dent dissipation aad Is a remomsless in
dictment of not only the universities, but
of the municipal government that peYmlt
such condition.
LIKE ONE RETURNED"T0 LIFE
rormor Postmaster Loclrwood, Wh
rlaappear-l, .Oome Bacte
f HounltaL
HUMBOLDT, f. f.. Sept W (Special )
LTk on returning from th dead wa th
reapearanoe here yesterday of F. B.
Lockwood. formerly postmaster, who had
been-missing several week under circum
stance, which led hi relative aad friends
to believe he hsd been th victim of foul
p'ay or had died uddealy at some oat of
the way place, wher it wa impossible
to Identfy him.
Mr. Locktwood left Humboldt wa days
prior toth holding of th national en
campment of th Grand Army of th -public
at' Rochester. N. Y.. aad attended
the opening sessions of th encampment.
Then. It 4volopai he wa taken Ul and
quietly wt to a hospital, where he re
Booined many day, or uatll a few day
ago. when he felt abla to mk th return
Journey to Humboldt
Surrey for Irrigation Scheme.
- PIERRE B. D , Bopt. 10. (Special Tele
"gram Tbe commissioner of Stanley
county today followed Sully aad Hughes
eounlie and appropriated thlr share of
th expense of the preliminary survey for
a' power plant at Little Bend and Irriga
tion of about 1.000,000 acre to three counties
by pumping water from the Missouri. This
assure th fund for th first survey
which will be made by a New York n-
glneerlnf firm.
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