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The Omaha Daily Bee Our Magazine Pago will merest every woman who likes food henrt-to-hoart talks with other sympathetic womon THE WEATHER. Fair r VOL. XL1I-N0. 116. OMAHA, TIiniSDAY MORNIN'U, OCTOBKK HI, 15)12 TWELVE 1'AdES. SI NCI 1,10 COPY TWO CENTS. SHERMAN DIES AT HIS . HOME IN UTICA AFTER ( LINGERING ILLNEFS Vice President of the United States Surrounded by Friends and Rehv tives, Passes Away. END NOT WHOLLY UNEXPECTED Had Been in Comatose State for Sev eral Hours Prior to Death. LOSING GROUND MANY MONTHS Examination by Physioians Shows Presence of Uremic Poison. UNUSUAL SITUATION DEVELOPS Io Precedents Are Found to Cover Dfth of k Candidate for Vice President Jtmt Before the Election. UTICA, N. Y Oct. 30. Vice President James g. Sherman died at his home here at 9:42 o'clock tonight. Members of the Immediate family were all present. , IIULLKTIJV. UTICA, N. Y., Oct 3u.-9:10 p. m. Mr. Sherman's temperature rose at 9 o'olock nYom 101 to 1C6. The change Is Interpreted m( Indicating a radical physiological hange. UTICA. Oct. 30. The afternoon bulle tin on Vice President Sherman's condi tion says there is no favorable symptoms. whatever. The attending physician holds out no hope, but says It Is Impossible to determine when the end wilt come. At 3:15 o'clock Dr. Peck stated that mere wouia prouamy De no change In iMA a unri niuii n ciiritiiiiijii i rnm hi v t i UTICA, N. T., Oct. 20. "Vice President Sherman's death Is a question of only a few hours." said Dr. Peck, when he left the Sherman residence at noon today. The vlco president wns delirious when ho awoke for a few minutes early this morning. He then relapsed Into u heavy sleep. It Is not believed Mr. Sherman will survive the next twenty-four hours. Dr., Peck said that Mr. Sherman's kid neys had- refused to act since 2 o'clock yesterday and that most of the time since his patient had beeii'lnTi comatose condi tion. For a few minutes early today he was awake. bit heiwas delirious. He soon ' umijjjeu on iq sleep anu nua remaiuco oblivions to the world -since. Ho' has not been Rational since Mondfty. Dr.1 Peck, expects the' end during this afternoon or night. information Is not given out very freely, but the comatoEo condition -has continued practically unbroken throughout the day and the uremia remains unchanged. The extremely critical condition of the patient has caused many rumors of the death of the vice president. Local news paper offices have "been flooded with In quiries. Jleasaue from President Tuft. A message was received here this after- i noon by 'Mrs. Sherman from President Taft as follows: "Mrs. Taft nnd I have been greatly shocked and distressed to hear of the present Illness of tho vice president, and I seed you this messago of sympathy I with the earnest bope that symptoms may become more favorable and that your dear husband may be restored to his friends and his country." Dr. Peck stated at 3:15 p. m. that It was now a "matter of hours." The physical cm lltlon of Mr. Sherman was Bitch that IiIb strength might hold out throughout tho night or possibly until tomorrow afternoon. He did not think that death would, ensue before the ex piration of from eight to twelve hours. JVo Other Nomination Probable. NEW YORK, Oct. 30. No plans have been formulated at republican national headquarters for procedure should neces sity ariso for withdrawing Vice President Sherman's name from the national ticket. Prominent members of the party feel (Continued on Page Two.) The Weather For Nebraska Rain. For Iowa Rain. Temperutnre at Omnha Yesterday. Hours. Deg. S a. m 22 7 a. m.'.'!.'.'!.'!!!!.'.'.' 30 8 a. ni!!!'.'.!!!!'.!'.'.l 2 3 a. m 10 a. m 11 a. m 12 in 1 p. m 2 p, in 3 p. m 4 p. m 5 p. m... 32 JJJ g 6 p. m 42 7 p. m..,. it D o v. m V) Compnrattre Locnl Record. Highest yesterday 70 70 lowest yesterday !9 34 45 54 Mean temperature 3d 41 58 Precipitation ;oo .08 .00 .CO 4rareratue ana PreclpitaUon depar .tures from the normal: normal temperature ., . .. .Deficiency for tho day 10 'Total deficiency since March 1 in Norms l i, Deficiency for the day 07 Inch Total rainfall sln. e March 1..24 2" inches Def clency since March 1 2.92 Inches Deflc ency for cor. period. 19U..14.34 lnehes Deficiency for cor. period. 1910..13.48 Inches Iteporta from Stntlon at T 1. M. Station and State Tomp. High- Rain. vi enuicr. I p. m. Llieyenne. snow est. fall. 24 82 .14 48 50 .00 36 40 .07 42 4G .00 34 46 .0) 28 32 .34 38 40 .0.1 42 4J 22 4S .0) 32 34 .11 40 41 .6? 3fl 4 .X' 30 32 .14 33 42 .00 38 40 .00 Des Moines, cli lodgs City. HaI "uuiir. snow onn Platte, pt Omahs, t'outy Pueblo, snow .. Salt Lake City, cloudy... Santa Fo, pt cloudy ... RIoux City, clear ". S3 alentlne. cloudv m U A WKLlf, Uocal Forecaster Vice President Passes Away JAMBS SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN. BECKER IS IOEATH HOUSE Convicted -. Murderer of Rosenthal.! lafsen to Sutf Snip;. INSISTS -THAT HE IS INNOCENT Wife .AcconipanlpH Prisoner from York nnd ltriiiiilim In War den's, Office. Curlnim Crowd Attrncted. SINO SING, N. Y.. Oct. 30.-Formcr Police Lleufenant Charles Becker Is in tho deajh' houso at Sing Sing tonight under sentence tofdjo In the'n'lectrta chair during tho week ending November 9, the convicted murderer pf the gambler. Her man Rosenthal. Ho was brought here from New York today Immediately after sentence was pronounced upon him by Justlco Goff In tho court room where he was found guilty. Becker's execution will be- stayed, how ever, by the filing In the Interim of' a notice of appeal from tho verdict. In- this lies Decker's only hope of escape from death. His last words before, the gates of the prison wero shut behind him this afternoon were: "I come here an Innocent man. I never had a chance. "I wns railroaded. -But the fight has only br-sun. 1 expect' a re versal of the verdict and a new trial." Becker, manacled to a deputy sheriff. arrived at the prison at 1:30 o'clock, after a twenty-minute walk through the streets of the village surrounded by several hun dred persons curious to see, him. With stolid countenance and head erect Beckei withstood the ordeal without losing his composure. A window o ftho warden's office framed a woman's tear-stained faco ,as Becker marched up the prison walls. It was that of the convicted man's wife, who had accompanied him from New York and had driven ahead of him from the rail road station. Becker' waved his hand sadly and the woman threw a kiss. An hour later, after the formality of taking the prisoner's pedigree had been dlsfiosod of, Becker was In his death cell in solitary confinement, clad In prison garb and entered as prisoner NO. 62,499. Ten other condemned murderers occupy cellB In the death houso with him, Five Plead Guilty - to Taking Rebates NEW YORK. Oct. 30.-Pleas of guilty rt accepting" ren.itin' from the Baltim-)r Si Ohio railroad weie entered In the . al court here tci'ay by five men on trial before United States Judge Mayer Jules E. ilernard of the forwarding firm of Bernard, Judae & Co., Chicago, was given a technical sentence of a lav' Imprisonment and fined 3,000. Oscar F. Kcsche, August Ronteaux and Maurice Atcher also were sentenced 'to a day in Jail and in addition Kosche, wa fined 3,O00 and Bonteaux and Aiclier $1,000 each. The Imprisonment of the men atr.ounte.l to less than two hours, as the day was nearly oven when their pleas of guilty were entered. Sentence was suspended In the case ot Albert B. Grazer, the fifth Minnesota. Hunter Killed. CARLTON. Minn.. Oct. 30. Olson Olson received a telegram from Fort William. .IMOkl., today Jnlorming him that his son, Wjiienry aj. uison. was accidentally shot companions- Mr Olson was 2t years old j and an architect. Swift Testifies of . -Organization of Reaper Combine CHICAGO, Oct. SO. Rodney fa. Swift. Kn! company, gave a detailed account of tho organization of tho alleged harvester combination In 1902 at tho hearing of the government's 'dissolution suit against tho International Harvester company today. Mr. Swift said tho question of organizing tile talleged harvester combination was first discussed with him by members of the McCprm(ck. family early in IKK. I-nter ho. went Jo New York with Cyrus H. McCormlck and mfit J. P. Morgan. George W. Porklns. Attorney F. I,. Stet son. Attorney Cromwell and Mr. Stewart, head of one of tho large trust companies. The witness sold Stetson assured thom the combination could be, formed with out violating Uie law. Mr. Morgan said he would flnanco tho proposition. Attorney Cromwell Bald tho combination could be legally formed, say ing that nothing. could prevent ono man from selling his property and another from buying it. In July, 1902, the witness made another visit to New York with Cyrus II., Harold and Stanley McCormlck, and '-after two weeks' conference final plans for the or. ganlzatlon of the Internatlpna Harvester company was decided upon. George W. Perkins represented J. 1 Morgan &'Co. at these conferences, said Mr. Swift. bwift told .of -a-process by which ho said a bill harmful to the International Harvester company was killed In tho Kansas legislature. The bill, lie sold, was introduced to make Illegal the company's contracts. whlcli compelled agents to handle only machinery manufactured by the Interna tional. A board of directors' meeting was called, he testified, ai)d Cyrus McCor mlck and Charles Deerlng told Hwlft tq go to Kansas nnd "fix It up." I went to Kansas In February of 1903, said, Swift, "and found the legislator who Introduced the .bill in straitened clr cumstances, I got In touch with the law firm of Rosslngton. Hiifflngton & Smith of Topeka. Smith said Rosslngton was the man I wanted, so he went to Topeka and the bill was killed." Grubstake Man Wins Suit for Two Millions COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 30. Two million dollars worth of tne capital stock the Orand L'njon Mining com pany of Now York and Mexico will bo awarded to Dr. J. G. Holllngsworth of Karros City, In hui suit against Kdward Turts whom Holllngsworth claimed he grub-staked severul years ago if the rec ommendatlons of Referee O. II Collins made to the district Court here today are carried out. The suit has been tried In New York, Kansas City and twlco tried in Colorado. Holllngsworth and Tufts were boyhood friends. Tufts, it Is alleged, obtained $2,000 as a grub-stake fiom Holllngsworth and located a group of mines In Mexico. in 1900 he organized the Grand Union Mining company In Now York with a capitalization of J10.0O),C00. According to Holllngsworth. Tufts received $1,000,000 of the stock Issued and 11.000,000 was taken by men who financed the proposition. Referee Collins recommended that T"'t be compelled to divide evenly with Hoi. llngsvyorth. 'Ijjy ' " D-,u ' 'j' "a ' MP 7o From1 Judge. HDHS-DIB TOJAYE ORPHANS Six Sister of Charity Burned to Death , at San Antonio, EIGHTY-FIVE CHILDREN All hut Two Imniiti'N of tin" Asylum Are Tn'ken Out l- the llerolu Women lint Three Mu ter lcnir. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. SO.-Snrrlflc-Ing their lives to reBcuo the eighty-seven orphan children In their charge, six cis tern of chnrlty perished In a fire that de stroyed St. John's Orphanage todny. One baby fell to ItH denth, with Mury of the Cross, mother suporlur of the Institution, who left her place of safety. Anotner orphan Is missing and It is fenrod It did not escape. " Flames broke out In the building early this morning. Arousing from their sleep, the nuns mnrshnlrd their charged to fire escapes, remaining at their posts until flames barred the way to safety. Two of tho sister, Kostka Fnrrell nnd Monlcn Moiitez, were killed by Jumping. Three Ksenite, Three sisters escaped. Instructed tn pilot tho first column of frightened chllron out of danger, they gullied tin' ground In time to esnipc the crash of falling walls. The children owe their lives to the dur ing and self sacrifice of tho nuns. While attaches of the drplmnage hospital hur ried to the burning building nnd dashed through bursts of flames to help In tho rescue work, yet many of the orphans (Continued on Pago Two.) Roosevelt Engages Burns to Watch Polls on Election Day OVSTBR HAY, Oct. 30.-Colonel Roose veH announced todny that he had retailed Wllllnm Travers Jerome and Detective Wlllnm J. nurns to look out for frauds nt tho polling places In New Yoik state on election day. Mr. Burns came to Oy ster Bay today to talto luncheon wltb Colonel Roosevelt nnd go over with him the plans for election day. I told Burns," sold Colonel Roosevelt. "that I wanted the polls watched and that I wanted any kind of fraud stopped If there should be any fraud on our side. I want the guilty persons to be prosecuted Just as vigorously as any others. "We are not going to have any repeti tion of the, spring primary. In this case wo have tho law .behind us." Colonel Roosevelt said thut two or three other lawyers woidd work with Mr Jerome, but they have not yet been selected. Burns and his men will watch for frauds at thv polls," .the colonel con tinued, "and tho lawyers will 1 In ac tive consultation with them from now on. asked that Mr. Jerome be engaged. 1 did not care whom he was supporting, I expect that frauds will be attempted, but want It understood that those who try l! will do so a great peril." Colonel Roosevelt will leave late today ; frr New York, to vpeak In Madison Square Carden tonight. He Is keeplnk secret his "if rw-'i.j lw ..v?- , . , v. . , , . , i in" iiiuunn iiroviiu e 01 neusK 'i in- t t"t' l0rkh M h, distance thus traven-ed hy the I n-le San, 1 rival at the garden, on the advice of hU,r.,a. censlderablv short of that a- o.n-1 physician. Hallowe'en Warship Stewards Are Implicated in Extensive Frauds WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. -A systoin of graft In the commissary department of the navy which may tench every ship ill the Atlantic fleet ban henll rnve.iled by a secret Investigation. Rear Admiral Ostorhnus todny reported to tlin Nnvy department that tho Investigation lm resulted In the confession of G. T. Davis, chief commissary steward of tho battle ship Louisiana. Admiral Osterliniis' report is vary brief nnd contnlni no details, further tlmn that Davis In his confession has Impli cated the stownrds of other ships of tho fleet at least six nnd soveral contrac tors. Tho Investigation has been con ducted with the most utmost secrecy, It Is mid that after Davis hnd been suspected of Illegal transactions In tho handling of government supplies. Captain Wells of tho battleship laid n trap In which, officials say, Davis was caught. Captain Wells nrrented Davis nnd pre ferred chnrges against him to Admiral Ostcrlmus. Th Investigation by the court doveloped nut only tho chargp agnlnst Davis, hut what Is said to bo a system of Illegal dealings by commissary stewards on many other ships. Super-Dreadnought New York Launched; President is Present NKW YORK. Oct. 30. Tho super-droad. nought Now York, greatest of tho world's sen fighters, was launched today at the New York navy yard, Brooklyn, In the prekonco of 40.000 persons, Including Presi dent Taft and the secretary of the navy. Miss Klsle (.'alder, daughter of Represen tative William V. Culder of Brooklyn, christened tho ship. . President Taft sat with Secretary Meyer, Governor DIx, Rear Admiral Ostcrlmus, J. I. Morgun nnd others on a platform There were no speeches, but a marine band quickened the pulses of those as sembled. After tho launching was over, Presi dent Taft attended a luncheon at tho Naval Young Men'H Chrlstlnu assoclatloa Miss Cameron Again Before Grand Jury CHICAGO. Oct. 30. Six Indictments charging violation of tho federal whlto slave statute, none of them, howovor. In volving Pugilist Jack Johnson, wero re turned by tho federal grand Jury today. Immediately afterward the Inquisitors summoned Lucllu Cameron, whose rela tions with Johnson brought him to the attention ot the government officials, to fulfill her promise to tell many moro details of her association with the negro. AMERICAN BALLOON LANDS IN RUSSIA DKRLIN. Oct. S0.-A dispatch from II. IS. Honeywell, pilot of the balloon 1'iiele Ham, showed that lie landed ut Rverchlza. j fifty miles to the northeast of Dunaburg. ' in ine Russian province or Vitebsk The I pllshed by the French balloon Plcardte. I u m t. w w-r SEARCHING RIYER FOR BODIES Officers Looking for Trace of Sioux City Auto Party. STAMPER'S SUITCASE IS FOUND Kvldrnee tlmt All Were Drowned Aeciilimlntlii Mia Unit Left Oinnliu 'More Tlmn n Month Airo. SIOUX CITY. la.. Oct. 30.-fllnur Cltv .1. ...... . . . - ---- ............ ,n nun trying to clear up mo mysterious disappearance of flvn persons who are believed to hnvo perished In tho Missouri river whjle making nn nutoiuobilo trip from Sioux City to Omaha. Tho officers are confident that w.wi wicory Hint all tho members of the pally nei in the river will soon be r.n firmed. Tho finding df George Miller's nun me suitcase of Frank Stamper is taken ns nrnr Stamper, Bertha Holbrook, Ida Hall and .HuiniK uiso drowned. Close ."T1 " "m" ""Pt of- the river for the .. nnu mo missing automobile, Sllllcilae li'onn.f. A suitcase belonging to Stamp er has , "" on n sandbar Sloan, In. West of James Parker, a man emrairr,i in ornment work along the river, found the ...... i0 evening of October 0, Ho came to Sioux City tonight and re ported the finding. Tl... ....I. . .uMVWa contained 11 card with the nnino V, j. stamper, Danbtiry, la. a alter to Stamper, written by a woman 11 Hastings, Neb., who had met Stamper ... ...mu.11, was round, other contents of tho ense were four shlrta, six collars thirteen neckties, an opera glass, a cam cm. u gold-mount'ed stickpin nnd mis cellanciius articles, Chief of Detectives Richard will ask tho aid of farmers along tho river In dragging tho stream from above Wlnno bngo, Neb., south for several miles in an effort to find tho four missing. Miller's body has already been found. Ida Hall left Omaha with Frank Stamper of Danbtiry. la., two days be fore the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival and has not iieen- More since, according to her sister, Kmma Jones, who lives at the Northwestern hotel. Tho Jones woman said last night that her sister left here for Milwaukee In an auto and the last word alio had received was to the effect that she had married Stamper In Wis consin and was en route to Ploux City In an auto. ATTORNEY DESTROYS M'NAMARA'S CHECK BOOK INDIANAPOLIS, Out. 30. -Loo M. Rap paport, an nttdmey who received U,C00 1 ns a ree or the McNamara defense fund raised by the American Federation of Ialor, was usked on tho witness stand In tho "dynamite conspiracy" trial today whether he had destroyed evidence after John J. MoNamnra had been Indicted in lios Angeles, Cal, Rappaport testified that he had destroyed a checkbook fol lowing a talk with McNamara. It was tho private account of J. J. McNamara. which the government Charges showed disbursements for dyna miting purpose made by McNamara out or nio ii.uuu a month allowed him as sec retary of tho International Association of unugB anu structural iron Workers. Rappaport sold he remembered seeing Ortle E. McManlgat's name among the Bridge and Structural Iroh Workers, cancelled checks. GREEKS OCCUPY CITY OF VERRIA WITHOUT SERIOUS OPPOSITION Road to Saloniki, Which is Only Fifty Miles Away, is Now Open to Invaders. RAILROAD IS STILL INTACT Victorious Force Probably Will Ad vance to Seaport Soon. BIG BATTLE 01 AT ADRIANOPLE Turks 'Claim Success at Three Point of Conflict. AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA AGREE Humor that Thru- rimers Ilnvc Comu to mi Understanding; Ite unrdlnp; Progrnm of Action In the llnlknna. 11 111,1. KTIN. SOFIA, Oct. 31.-1:30 11. m. After twr days'- fighting the Bulgarian army hi gnlned a complete victory over the prin cipal Turkish forces. Tlie Turks have te treated In disorder. LONDON, Oct. 30. The Greeks todat occupied tho Turkish town of VcrrU without resstnnee, according to 11 news agency dispatch from Athens. The Groei; army Is now within fifty miles of Salon iki nnd It Is believed the railroad from Cerrla to the city Is still Intact. Illaquo Bey, who wns military attach, nt Vlennn, nnd whoso wife formerly wan Itabelle Knllmau ot Minneapolis, has been appointed general ot a division In tho Turkish army, according to a dispatch from Constantinople. Turku claim Victory. The Bulgarian nrmy was defeated In tho Turks nt Visa, Rcmll nnd Serai yes terday, according to nn official dispatch received by tho Ottoman embassy here. The Turkish loss totaled tOO killed and wounded, CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 30. -MnhmoiM Mnkhtar's division of the Turkish army repulsed tho Bulgarian troops yesterday Inflicting severe loss on them at Teller kcsskcctl, on tho railroad midway be tween Constlntlnoplc and Adrlanople. Austria unit lluaalit Agree. VIIJNNA, Oct. 30. The, Austrian nm) Russian governments have arrived nt nn understanding on the Balkan question, according to the Neuo lelo prcsse. An official announcement on the sub ject ,1s expected shortly to explain tha nature or the accord and the common policy that has been agreed upon with refcrenco-to"t)ie- future treatment 'Ot tlm Balkan question. " (3 rent Ilnttle in Progress. LONDON, Oct. 30.-A big bnttle. per haps tho decisive ono of the war, Is pro ceeding somewhere to tho cast of tht linn from Constantinople to Adrlanople between the Turkish and Bulgarian armies, and heavy fighting also Is taking place nround Adrlanople Itself. Beyond the fact that a clash has come, however, the general staffs of tho Turk ish and Bulgarian armies are keeping the outside world Ignqrant. No news Itnx co 1110 from the scene of action, except tho dispatch from Nazlm Pasha, tho Turkish cOmmandor-ln-ohlcf, saying. "Tho situation is favorablo to tho Turks." Military critics are Inclined to betlevo that tho Turkish army Is at last ready to take the offensive and lias 11 chance of retrieving Itself, Tho Bulgarian troons. obviously, have suffered a check In the vicinity ot Adrlan ople, as dispatches from Sofia report tho arrival of many wounded from the front, and It Is announced that the Bulgarlali plan ot storming the great fortress has been delayed until reinforcements arrive Kckkl Pushu Is gathering tho remnants of his army at Monnstlr to meet tho ad vancing Servians and the allied Bul garian 'column. It Is thought ho may make another Plevna ot Monastlr and prepare himself for a long lege. Tho failure of the rx-SUltuii, Abdul Hamld to arrive at Constantinople whither lie was being removed froir Saloniki, seems to confirm the report that the railroad between those two cities also has been interrupted. Turkish troops defeated by the Servians and Montenegrins in tho district of Novl- pnzar, are arriving In hundreds In Bonn'a. having crossed the frontier. Turkish Holdlera flhot lr Offleera. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 30, Wlreles.i to Kustendje, Roumnnlo, Thrco hundred Turkish officers and men have been exe cuted In connection with the panic among the Turklhh troops at the taking of Kir- Klllsseh by the Bulgarians. According to refugees from Klrk-Klll-- sell city, troops thero wero composed al most entirely of reservists, under-ott-rered, ill-trained nnd badly fed. Ssvcral ot the regiments at the time ot the tight- "Business Personals1' This bonding of the want ads, is full of opportunity for the small merchant and tho nrtfsan and the cost is only a trifle. v For grocerynion, carpen ters, mechanics, plasterers, plumbers, etc. this head ing produces largo results. 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