Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1910, Page 1

! THE OMAHA BEE Is the most powerful business getter in the west, because it goes to the homes of poor and rich. \ VOL. LATEAMENDMENT HELPS SHIPPERS | Provision Tacked on to Railroad Bill | Near Close Permits Interven- tion in Suits, 1 6RIOEAL PLAN IN DISFAVOR l Senator Smith of Michigan Com- pelled to Accept Changes. L 3 ¢ p A SENATOR DOLLIVER CRITICISES | 1 Towan 'Not in Favor of Making the Government Defendant. | RAYNER AND ELKINS OPPOSED | ,Two Senator Involved in Warm Colloquy—West Virgininn Charges Man from Maryland with Innccurney. WASHINGTON, Ma cept any modifica the law making the Interstate Commerce commission the defendant in all guits growing out of pro ceedings against railroads the republicans today en y 18.—Refusing to ae- on of progressive ered on & vigoroues opposition to the amendment to the rail- road bill Introduced by Senator Smith of Michigan. ticket. ‘It is probable that he will have no for renomination again. The Chatauqua will begin July 14, and Mr. Smith’s amendment appropriates the house provision on this subject. 1t permits the commission to Intervene, but continues the national government as the defendant, the matter of prosecution being left tirely to the attorney general. The first speaker of the day was Senator Dolliver ot Towa. Mr. Dolliver criticized the amendment because it would permit suits against the government and because, would place obstacles in the way of the shipper seeking justice frqm the railroads He conteded thit the provision authorizing the intervention of the commission would be inetfective. To meet some of the objections to the house provision, Mr. Smith accepted an amendment presented by Senator Hughes, which would permit intervention by ship- pers in sults and would prohibit the dis- continuance of such suits without the con- sent of the interveners, Cummins Objee The modification did not have the effect of placating the progressives and Senator Clapp and Cummins fmmediately undertook 10 show its features to be objectionable. Senator Rayner appealed to Mr. Aldrich | to accept the Cummins' provision, saying it would reflect greater credit on him than any act of his senatorial service, Mr. Rayner also engaged in a sharp colpquy with Mr. Elkins. The West Virginia senator charged the Maryland senafor with inaccuracy in outline of the views of the former con- cerning a point of law. Mr. Rayner re- torted that the statement would have more welght If presented by some one who knows about lay Mr., Elkins came right back with the statement that It wash “facts and not law” that was wanted Mr, Rayner denounced the Smith pro- vislon as “an act of injustic “I am here to denounce as Gtterly base- less the statoment of the senator from Maryland, when he undertakes to mal senators on one side or the other,” declared Mr. Hughes in reply to Mr. Rayner The Maryland senator replied that his yeference had been to the Smith provision rather than to the Hughes moditication of 1t TAFT AUTHORIZES Criticism of 1 No Foundation. WASHINGTON, May 18—President Taft today authorized Several of the administra- tion senators to deny absolutely the storie that have been In circulation during the last few days that the president recently . DENIA Alleged tx Hax had denounced insurgents in unmistakable terms and had used langaage (o which th 81 statesmen took offense. Reports reached the White House today { \ghat some of the Insurgents, smarting un ‘)\-r what they had heard had been said of them, were determined to defeat the rail- road bill and other of the president's meas- ures, regardless of what might happen to them or to the party This latest phase of the situation in the § Veenato was discussed at the White House today at & conference between the presi- dent, Senators Aldrich and Root and At torney General Wickersham The president declured that he could not recall having sald anything regarding the nsurgents which could in any way justify the reports that had been spread broadeast slnce Saturday last. He was told that the remarks attributed to him were alleged have been made to a number of newspaper men. The Insurgents also are said to have taken Offense at the general tone of the discussion at the Saturday night meeting at the White House. The president said fie had not made any such r reported. The president is sald have ntors Aldrich and Root that he tant to believe Senator Borah of Idaho had been engaged In circulation of the r ports of the last few days; that h ways regarded Senator Boral's professions of loyalty as sincere and that while he rec marks as were told was r Sen- lue- had al- ognlzed the senator's independence in the senate, he did mot believe he was willing 1o attack all of the administration meas- ures simply because they were adyocaied by the White House ENDS Be BETHLEHEM STRIKE Sunday ' --nnll SOUTH RETHLEHEM, Py May 18 The strike at the Bethlehem Steel Works, Which has been in progress since Kebruary was officlally declared off today The principal conditions of the settlement are as tollows All of the and Overtime Work % Men In ture., to men of the crafts may re- turn to work, within thirty days as near thelf old places as possible, except the tndividuals who did injury to the works or aftacked the Irtegrity of the company. overtime and Sunday time will be op- tional With the men, s b e L Fifteen Years for Hank Clerk, BOSTON, May IS—George W. Coleman, after .dmmln‘ today that. he looted the § 4 iSesnl Oity Rank of Cambriage of §3- utenced to fiftcen years in the jl at Greenfleld. Mass., by Judge e United States district court to- en- | as he aserted, it | Buckeye Parties ‘B()AT S MEN SAVE | | \ 1l | y 4% ani 3 | Name Candidates | MANY FROM RIV ER for Lower House| il | Dot Members of Crew Prevent Loss of Life Republicane and Democrats Join in Aboard Sinking Ship on Big ‘ Prii 2 -Only One Congress- | Muddy. [ 322 is Defeated. I P b Ltz |RUNS AGROUND NEAR KAW CITY | CLEVEIZ 2 0., May 18—Forty-two | | [Lenday for LB Nenty-one seats apyor. | EXCursion Steamer Badly Crushed by | {tioned to % in the lower house of Collision with Another. | | congress. A% state election laws, | i ! | democrats ate® -~ iblicans joined in the | primaries. @ | VESSEL HEADED FOR THE SHORE | Ralph D. Cof blican) of the Eighth | | iy present congressman defeated for a renomination, rank B, Willis takes his place on the: ticket | The campaign made against Representa- Taylor of Columbus, Kennedy of Youngstown, Thomas of the Eighteenth district and Keifer of Springficld on the e of their support of the F ne tariff “.u‘[ falled signally Following are lstrict was thy, Panic Stricken People Are Aided from | Damaeed Craft. | tive FRIGHTENED ONES JUMP OVER s Strugaling Are Rescued from the republican and demo River— cratio nominees to Ald of Capsized Exe | First distiiets presentative Nicholas | [ longworth, (€); "Dr. Thomas P. Hart, ston ar | ) Second district: Representative Herman ‘l’,r;:l*ln-,hvll,l 1‘" r‘. ,\'nn-u « l,\‘h‘n. (D.) KANSAS CITY, May 18.—Panic stricken d_district; * George R. Young, Representative James M. Cax, (D ¢ |y the realization that they were on | Fourth district: C. k.” JoRilson,”(R); J. | ¥Inking steamer, 150 pussengers—men, wo- | ll‘ ‘r-;:lr‘k(“- ‘i‘l""ll R. D. Roe, (R); Repre. |Meh and childrn—struggled and fought | entative T, K. Ansberry s(Ds)y €Pre- | madly to escape from the excursion | Sixth district: " Jesse Tayior, (R.); Rep- | steamer “Uncle Sam,” when it struck a | Fegentative M. R Denver, (D) J. \Wap. | 540 bar and capsized in the Missouri river ! Koiter, (Hoyo 1. B “_‘s"‘."‘l," - War- | qear here this afternoon. Only the cool- I hth district: " Frank B. Willis, (.); |ness of the boat's crew prevented loss of | . Mahon, (D.) life. Lenth district; Mepreseniative . I [where the wver is wide and deep. The | Johnson, (KR); Hdmund Willis, (D.) stgamer was attempting to turn und, Kleventh Representative Albert | DIukIas. and while backing down the river with the | . Claypool, (1) Twelrth d Representative . L. |rapid current, struck the sand bar squarely, | Taylor, jr., (R); Frank 5. Monnett, (D.)|erushing in the entire right side of the Thirteenth district: J. D, MeClaughim, | oo i | (R); Representative C. C. Angerson, (D.) | P02t | Fourteenth district: J. G. Chamberlain, | The boat filled rapidly and men and (R): Representative W. G. Sharp, (D.) | women screamed: “She is sinking; " “she Fifteenth district: Representative James Joyce, (R.); George White, (D.) g My Sixteenth' district: Representative D. A.| Instantly the officers and crew found Hollingsworth, (R.): W. B. Francis, (D) |themselves in the midst of a struggling Seventeenth district: A. B, C (R.); Representative W. A. A Kighteenth dhn}rl itchtield, \brook, (D.) Representative James mass of humanity. Headed for S| ore. plight ‘Uncle Sam,” rushed their boat to the res- cue. The crew of the excursion boat found | defeat in the republican primary for a | fowrth term momination for congress from | “'“; “‘3“""“‘ district by approximately 200 {4y ;ogsible to make use of the life boats. votes. ; y A Officers on the “Uncle Sam’ were badiy Franj B. Willls, a lawyer of Ada, |gigpiencd for fear that the bollers would | defeated him on an anttl-Cannon platform. |, 1o e before the passengers were landed, The rapid filling of the hull with water | cooled the bollers and probably prevented an explosion. In less than ten minutes after the boat sank every passenger was safely on shore, The chief danger aftér the boat settled Graft Charges in Illinois A Into the water was that the submerged ! State’'s Attorney Will Investigate [boiler would explode, but the speedy low Passage of Greater South ering of temperature caused by the in- . " rushing water prevented this. The coolness Chicago Bill. of the crew saved a number of women wha : — tried to jump into the water as soon as the SPRINGFIELD, 111, May 18.—State's aceident happened. torney Burke has announced that he begin an investigation into the passage of the legislative bill known as the “Greater | Danger from Miss Vi axplosion. | zinia Duff jumped into the wat and was saved by Willlam Marshal, a tole- South Chicago bill." | graph operator. Miss Duff could not swim Thig bill authorized the sale to the U144 ghe gank at once. Marshal quickly nols Steel company and the Iroquols 1ron | ypoeq off his coat-and shoes and plunged company of land on the lake front in South in after the drowning girl. As she ros: to the surface he seized her and swam with her in his arms to the shore, ‘The boat was 160 feet long and thirty-two foot.beam. The 18 estimated at 325,000, Chicago for a consideration of $200,000. It was charged before the passage of the bill | that the land in question was worth, ap- | proximately, $3,000,000. Secretary of State Rose s expected to | appear before the grand jury today and {bring doctiments regaraing the award of JOHN A, KASSON IS DEAD | the contract to a Chicago company for fur- _— . nishing desks and chairs for the senate D chamber and representatives' hall. Investigation of the work of the Illinois Manufacture assoclation against labor legislation will be commenced tomOrrow, ALLEGED WIFE DESERTER | IS STILL GOING SOUTH lomat Prominent in Public Since Civil War Pases, Away. Afe WASHINGTON, May 18.—John A. Kas- son, former United States minister to Aus- tria, died here today. John R. Kasson had been prominent In public life since the days of the civil war. He was a contemporary and colleague of Garfield when the latter was the republican leader in the house of representatives, and had much to do with | Sherift Brailey nvades Whee unty, but Finds Man Left While Leaving Was Good. the framing of Important legislation of Sheriff Bralley has been chasing a wife | that period. He relinquished the legisla- deserter through the sandhills of Wheeler | tive service to become v of the county and thanks to an early start, the United States to Aust ater min- | ister to Germany and had a long career of | diplomatic life. is still deserting. Della Thompson pro. alleged deserter Some days ago Mrs, | curea an Information in the county court, Among his most distinguished achieve- | |against Charles N. Thompson, the com-|ments was the successful negotiation in | plaint alleging that Thompson abandoned | collaboration with the late William Walter | his wife Mareh 1 in Omaha. Thompson |Phelps of the tri-partite treaty between | Was known to have been recently at the |America, Great Britain and Germany, | [bls A, T. ranch in Wheeler county, the |which settled the dispute between the three ! ranch belng owned by Samuel Allerton of [countries as to the ownership of umi Samoan islands, which resulted in a divis- lon of the group between the three powers, President McKinley appointed him a spe- I plenipotentiary to frame the | Chicago and the Thompson family. | it Brailey “approached by of | Spalding In Greeley county and atter an all {day ride by wagon found his man had gone Mr. Thompson left no definite words of his She way various ciprocity agreements with forelgn na- destination, but it is announced that he|tions under the terms of the Dingley tarift | | was headed for the south act and there are many other achievements o a2 W0 | of note in the field of diplomacy recorded | Kansas Mayors in Council. | to this creait. WICHITA, Kan., May 18.—Mayors repre S el e S ; | & twenty-five citles and towns of | Kroon Passenmers Safl Kansas, met here today to form a Kan-' SOTHAMPTON, May 15—The steamer sas municipal league of mayors 1""'-”; Adriatic sailed today for New York, hu\'lllu‘\ vow they will lay a- corner stone of |\ hoaid the firs ha i S R Wienita's new $150,000 convention hall and | O board the first class passengers trans- | I Qrive the fitst spike In the Arkansas |ferred from the crippled Kroonland, which | {Valley interurdan rallway, which it 10| put in here Monday. The Kroonland broke nnect Wichita with Valley Center, New- | = o b it o ton. “Burrton, Sedgewick and Hutchinson, | @ Shaft after salling from Antwerp on Kan Saturday H. J. Penfold Lost in Paris, Saved by Cutfl Newspaper Lost in Paris at night on board a motor his virtues and faults all con in the dered, is’the car driven by @ chauffeur who could |Ereatest man world . todey,” de-| | pelther understand Engisn nor reaa| €lared Mr. Penfold. “All Europe wan talk ‘ ing about him when we were abroad | French—that 1s the combination of clreum- | “.\yo ca\ the soldlery of France turned stances which confronted Mr. and M H. ['gut to keep the peace on Labor & \\]mh: 3. Penfold of Omaha on the night of |is May 1 over there. I was proud, indeed, | Nad 4 | of our American soldiers when I saw what | “ talked hard, very hard, and made|slovenly chaps those Frenchmen are in signs. but to no avall,” said Mr. Penfold, | ranks. Despite all that the French have discussing the incident | not or would not understand. Then at last | ness and dispateh, their military s always “He either could |in the way of reputation of vivacity, neat- | | we were saved by a newspaper. about twenty minutes late, Their “th 1 drew the paper from my pocket and showed him % | ments crag And thers s o suap and pre pieture of the hotel In an advertisement erm. as compared with the troops of the United States.' “In just ten minutes we were safe at our While in Europe Mr. and Mrs. Penfold met several Omaha folks. In London they | saw Ralph Courtney, son of . R ney of Omana; Mr. and Mrs ford and Dr. and Mrs. Pulver. In Paris| they met H. P. Devalon aud his sister, Mrs. | Gridiey. | | quarters.” | "Mr. and Mrs. Penfold have been gone since April 9, on what Mr. Penfold Styles | his *first_vacation In thirty years.” The journey took them through England, Ire- land and France. “I am sure now that Theodore Roosevelt. Court- | Frank Craw- | | Declares ¥ | local option sentiment. “IHow Long is She Going to Stick Around Anyway?”’ T'rom the Cleveland Leader. 1910—-TWELVE PAGES. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. P — WEATHER FORECAST For Nebragka —)— For lowa e and warmwor Fair and warmer For weather report see page 2 -'l‘\\'n CENTS. EARTH PLUNGES IN COMETS TAIL Omaha Weather Bureau First to Note [ Unusual Ring About the Moon. ALL DRINRS | SEASON ‘ | | | CROWDS OUT TO SEE PHENOMENON | —— Experts Figure Event Took Place ! from 8:37 to 10:37 P. M. ! — BIG SPOTS FOUND ON SUN | | California Astronomer Makes Known ! Discovery, WEATHER BALLOONS SENT UP rations Whintey Made ¥ Efcets May Visit of Sky ECHOES OF BRYAN MEETI ¢ Bell Announ Appearance of | Former Leader §cemu Ready to Cast Aside All Old Foibles, e in Not Now and Wil Be—Fears it Would Involve Entire Democratic Party. for Bryan that were wont to crowd e saloon for blocks around when he billed for a speech in the old days, later jammed the largest halls to hear political preaching, were not in evidence. In the drink emporfum under Washini hall not two-bits extra was taken in be- | signal fo cause of the Bryan meeting. The temper of this hostile element was | John B. well exhibited in the attitude the few who | were present assumed when Mr. Bryan |surveyor of the port. called for the negative vote on county from his seat. “We'll show our.rentiment In the maries and in the elgetion,” said one of Bryan's lost boosters. Not a man budged €Y | testimony of Uhited State Weigher Thom: Was | . Hyatt, known as “the square weigher,” | and | whoge appearance on the sugar docks at! " his | willlamsburg, while the alleged cheating gton same in 1900 pri- | “So that if required to sell useless thing about | the home is to in- vest 20 cents in Bee Want Ad. 1t generally does the work. If you ¢ to the office call Douglas and describe the article. cheerful staff will write the for you and see that it gets proper elassification. Everybody Reads Bee Want Ads. 't come down town NEW YORK | been testified, by hiding the fraudulent devices by which the underweighing was accomplished. Stanchfield, 1 cross-examined George r Square Weigher| NOT CANDIDATE FOR SENATE | | ;Spectacular Evidence Introduced in i Trial of Six Employes of | Sugar Combine. | May 18 Kentoay, (R g Whitacre, | (D | today opened fire in a spectacular way on| Nineteenth district: Representative W.| The boat was headed for the shore, but{ v s ‘ 5 1« away | Charles R. Heike, secrctary of the Amer-| {A. Thomas, (R); ¥, R. Bathrick, (D.) Hefore KFtIDING . tHer Shuik 4 1t W. J. Bryan is ready to kick away |2, g gar itefining company, and the five | “wentieth_distitet; Representative Paul |JUst before arriving there it sunk on ofie|from him every ladder by which he |y syl b i d et S Howland, (R.); Willlam Gordon, (D.) side, submerging half the deck. A few peo- | climbed to influence and riches, seems to |« p CTPIOVES OF the company sccused Twenty-first ' district: Representative J.|ple jumped overboard, but, as the water|be the belief of local democrats, who at- | " him of conspiing to cheat the gov-| H. Cassidy, (R)i R J, Bulkley, (D) was shallow, they were resctied without alf- | tended his Washington hall meeting. | ernment out of duties by underwelghing | INDEAY, O, May 18.—Congressman |gio ot SN0 S vernment steam The throngs. ot Lasth et Lieuters | CATE0€S of imported suga Ralph Cole toddy practically admitted his |y oo WS 00 TS B0 ot iiha styane S| The batteries were uncovered, during the was going on, used to be announced, it has the ringing of a bell, the Mr. that the physical conditions surrounding the weighing of sugar on the docks were the as in 1897. Mr. Heike by in 1599 he stepped Into a system which had alrendy existed for two years?” ced ; e government Ielke's counsel, Smyth, acting Smyth admitted ecame secretary said Mr, UD to 10 o’clock Jast nigiht the carth w s ‘;\n-» United States bad paseed ‘.H“w‘n\ the | tall ot the comet without being disturbed (i any way, and it appeared that predie {tons of astronomers that nothing would ‘Hmmwy_ wax to be verifled throughout = last evening, (hough a quecr white « rele FINDING IN BALLINGER CASE|wciock.: his Vs the onis vpapast messre | | logieal phenomenon observed up to that s hour in Omaha. The clrele was not 1 the ordinary | distinetly moon ring, Committee Hopes to Complete Work but larger more s " defined and of whiter color Before Congress Adjourns. | Mcantime thousands were comet-gasing without result on their retinas. More peo ple gazed at the heavens last night than ROOT GOES TO EUROPE BOOK|fo: many, maily yoars bt this W b Ing except for the moon's ring spoken of Assintant Secretary of the Interior | Comet balloons went up from Fort Omaha A yesterday, ¢ hope of meeting Finney Will Be the First Wit- Hipdes not with the hope of mecting ho celestial visitors, but with sounding in- ness nt the Hearing struments on board with which it Is hoped Today. +[to get records of the atmospheric influ- «|ence of the comet. These balloons were sent up by C WASHINGTQN, May 18.—Members of the| Woods and C. R. Gregg, United States re- Ballinger-Pinchot committee are discussing | search observers from Mount W cather, Va. the probability of a r during the|One balloon was sent up in the morning present session of congre everal mem-|another at 5 p. m,, and & third at 10 p. m. bers expressed the opinfon today that the! The weather bureau had recelved instruc- hearings could not be concluded and the mass of testimony reviewed and passed on | before congress adjourns. Senator Root will' leave at the end of this tions from the chief of the weather bureau hington to be on the lookout for any special atmospheric or meteorological phe- nomena in this locality during the passage week for the Hague, and democratic mem- | Of the earth through the tall of the comet bers of the committce have suggested that t night. it will be improper for him to cast his| This relates more particularly to any au- vote prior to the completion of the inves- tigation. The republican regula the control with Senator Root eliminated, even though Representative Mudison, the “Insurgent” member should vote with the demcerats. The vote would stand 6 to b, Chalrman Nelson sald today that it was Impossible to foreoast just when the inves- tigution would crd. He sald no agreement bad been reached by members of the com- 1 displays, meteoric showers or electric disturbances. The weather bureau force was on duty during the time of the pas- sage of the earth through the comet's tail to look out for anything ynusual. Hour of Trans!t, WILLIAMS BAY, Wis, May 15.—The earth passcd through tho tail of the comet between the hours of &:37 and 10:37 6'clock tonight, central time; according to an an- still would hold nouncement ma g Mayor Dahlman was at the meeting and | Stanchfield. R0 BN ThE miatler ~roathd. Wth ahute. % Tok QO (NI heard part of the talk of his old leader, | “That is, I suppose, true,” replied Smyth. [/ AN 083 ST AL v ol SAN JOSE, Cal, Ma 4.8 :)ml none 'u\t‘vlfihf “‘fl:“s of the Dahiman . The hearlngs will be resumed tomorrow | Ricard of Santa Clara college meterolo. lemocracy was in sight. l leuteflant and continue the remainder of the w.~.-k.i.m1 observatory Informs the Associated Dahlman Tells the Reasou, | E. C. Finney, assistant to the secretary|Press, that today he observed two large *As to arranging a meeting for him, and | C l l A ot’the Interlor, Wil ‘regort the com- | spots or i ; i ‘ | Dots on the sun, both intensely black, extending any courtesy demanded by the olone mes | mittee tomorrow that i searched | One s about twelve hours from the occaslon,” sald Mayor Dahlman, “it would T 3 through afl th files in the department and | : L, | central meridian, east of it arve thirteen only have been necessary for Mr. Bryan or FJLCS l‘lal has found only one letter of Ballinger-|pores, or small spots. These mpots ‘"{..'. any of his staff to say the word. Even| Perkins personal correspondence that hasientively new as tor three monts almost though we differ radically, he could have [not already been Hrought before the com- | potyiine 5 1 A | {nothing in the nature of spots had been commanded our assistance. But I had the| Officer of Twelfth Infantry will be | mittee e e ) | observed, ldea Mr. Bryan wanted to arrange and Tried by Court-Martial at NiK, Jdtter .Wns one written by Geor “Three awful groups” Is the way Father manage his meeting in his own way, and | Manila WW. Perkins of J. P. Morsan and compan, | grennan describes the spots. The recur- that's the only reason the local organiza- | # to Mr. Ballinger last summer on the for-| enee of spots at this time I v i tion was not in evidenc |mer's return trip from Alaska usual, but there is nothing in it to c :“' Beyond this expression Mayor Dahlman| MANILLA, May 18.—Upon instructions| Mr. Perkins wrote that he thought he had{yrot s W PR < vl ot had no comment (o make. Democrats of| from Washington, Lieutenant Colonel Rob-|discovered two new glaciers in Alaska and | gt U0 FEEC PSR PO lln'.-” i t | the rank and file were free in voicing their | ert F. Ames was today confined to quartersiasked Ballinger if they could not be nu-nml;»rh"': is no possible connection .( t Shai resentment of some of Mr. Bryan's criti-|and will be court-martialed on charges of | Princeton fer and Tig tesil. mlaoior, | ng” comet fana s Bhb bk 4Bk “" ““‘:“ cism, but the leaders would not tali for |conduct unbecoming an officer and to thelafter the New Jersey uaversity. Mr. Bal-| . il lm“'_ bicte :. “Iu" publication. prejudice of military disciplir lirger referred the matter to the Coast ana | A" /8 & W0V B8 (Ar€e R4 che eagth to One strong ward worker brought laugh| THe action Is a sequel to the investigation | Geodetic survev, whicn replled that the |/ 100 the sun to make suc "' AT 4R0G from a bunch of sidewalk conferees when | Of the circumstances which led Lieutenant|iwo glaciers already had been charted and | At the (principal, proup, he sald: “Mr. Bryan is at once the crowing| Clarence M. Janney of the Twelfth In-|pgre other names. saRenchnry SRR eRRIR T ORP rooster and the setting hen of the demo-| fantry, Uni tates Army, to take his) My fioney will report that Mr. Balin.| STANFORD, 18 —Scores of cratic party. As a rooster he crows well, | 11fe following a dinner party at the home|zoig pergonal files at the department c “n groes professed salvation at all-night but as a setting hen he has never hatched | Of Ames at Fort Willlam McKinl The | tain no letters from any of the Guggen. |Services held in their churches here last any eggs, and he won't now, unless possibly | Suicide’s wife remains at the fort andijgimg or from J. P. Morgan and company. ["/Bht to pre themselves for whatevor the republicans, | probably will be the chief witness at the| “mpo prosecution,” has sought to show happen when the earth passes through it ndnd g TR Sl Sl e mllu.uu»’m?m.u, st - boara|that the Morgan-Guggenheim interesis |the COMeUX tail today, Wields are pract- mightily pleased over one phase of Mr. | r'\‘“‘"’f"';’ ot Tanney oo mittegfnere. the persons controlling or seeking |°811y denuded of fhimn hands,. fap, nesros Bryan's ‘apeech. He unequivecally « de-| 2 .'-I","‘_"‘ """"‘ m““wl""_” '“HCI ’{“..“.r”l to control the Alaska situation through the |"2Ve refused to work and ave flocking (« clared that he is not and will not be a|u0° &4 =0 tebe ok o el | Interlor department. e . William H. Ca nmanding the De- What Are mets? candidate for the United States senate. In 2 : Stenographer Kerby read several letters; : part of Luzon. After examining the find-| ' ¥ : MARE ISLAND, Cal, May 18.—Prof, T explaning why, he said it was because he o f o * | from Secretary Ballinger's perso file | . dhe P k- il g ings the general returned them to the|''” J. See, astromomer ih charge of th feared his candidacy would be embar-| ;e with instructions to obtain additional [Ye#ierday which he contended showed Mr. |y o (o rator S st rassed, and the whole party would be in- 8 4 . . o | Ballinger to be on friendly terms with M« B.i Nayal ‘abiryatory at Marh Islsha testimony covering certain features of the | o rKins. tannounced today as the outcome of years volved by the fight he proposes to make | o further developments were made = (BStS 75 of riremearcit T Aatt0 HHE A arig T ER TR on the liquor traffic. He declared he wants | public until the receipt of the fnstructions| One Of ticwe letters showed that the |0 4eSeACh ¥ 10 the origln of come to be free to talk as he pleases and cam- | from Washington today secretary was a guest of Perkins one o0 R RRER AL 4 ‘hll nitive paign in any manner he may see fit. day last May. s populatly :', ,‘;I,.‘,,'\m, g "“‘.','”" “That declatation will nominate Mr.[TENNESSEE BEMOCRATIC : ,\'u.‘.nv_\ ln].nul e s It to ba exceed- | S0l e DODUIARY Tbed us immatuie Hitchcock,” said one of ‘his supporters, ngly material to the investigation for the| 8 3 3 £ 4 i tha & 7 In the course of researches de at i kvt now b wactens for ansone sine| INSURGENTS IN CONVENTION |committec to mow the'extent of M. mai.| "It the course of rescarches mado a to hope for the senatorial nomination. —— Unger's relations with Mr. Perkins, He|Mure Island the last two years on the L 5 ' Five pusand Deleg Protest |therefore vesterday requested the produc- |OMEIN of the solar system,” sald Prof. Th, be those among the democrats who b e, "I ha 1 1 that come 2 ! do not agree with the conclusion at all. Agalnst State nittee's I tlon of all personal correspondence b have proved that comets are really ot Shakyaie Adenttagi bt Y] mary Plan. tween Ballinger and Perkins since the lat.|SulVivals of the outer shell of an ancient a l“()n’l:ilu papers nu‘-lub the congress: a—— ter became secretary, 1n'-\v<lhe from which our system was de. aha papers des the co s8- L ab Doy VAt ol {veloped. AlL the Inner marts of the nehu's . s LB, Te May 18 a u man editor and will have a bad effect on| NASHVILLI r, Ko “'Mi 1“”»“..:“! MA have becn cleared away in producing sun his candidacy. to a call signed by over 1 ; thmuuA «'NEBRASKA N KILLED [Biatots and. IR Yt s representing every county In Tennessee, | planets and ellite ) many sma e LA b e ke A e et AT LOS ANGELES |masses still survive on the outer shell ot Conl Miner Killed by Detectives. fully '-\ ; ) e B e —— lold nebula. These are the comets.’ who had just arrived in Chieago frpm |those candidates for judges of the supreme|d. B. unnm-ln. :-. ‘n T the/village of Divernon, Iil, mistook feur }mlm[ and court of civil appeals, who have :nrl:\nll is Run Down by { detectives for robbers early today §ud |taken a stand for what they call an inde- % N fled The officers gave chase and edch|pendent judiciary in Tennessee T con | sepat 2 Hiihd s Ine fired a shot, Killing one of the men lin-|vention is the outgrowth of the recent| LOS ANGELES ! FORT DODGE, Ia., May 18.—(8 stantly and ' geveraly = wounding nother. | yoijon of the state democratic executive | gram).—J Hannon, 0 years old, Wiy ST i SR e ) The third miner, 4 brother of the man| ... ce in adopting a so-called blanket|a wealthy rancher of Fureka, N. waa | T0T80 Dundn.of SEPAes X6 880RIAPed north slain was arrested of Fort Dodge and are awaiting the cnd of primary plan, against which many demo-|instantly killed by a Southern Pacific ¢ g PASE i LA i the world, which they are convinced iy to paaco crats of the state revolted switch engine here this morning, He was | % 11 o' ok WedResd i : The convention was called to order at|an engine watchman. Hix bride of two 9CCUr % It @/ClOUE Wednosdy might, wo About all that 1s months i prostrated [ rsnan acrivod iirg g | who is a man of superstition in spite of a a i a | sses, “Although the tail looked Tail of Comet Million Miles Wide Where Earth Hits It/ CHICAGO, May 1S.—A splendid view of the tail of the comet was enjoyed here | from 1 to 3:30 o'clock this morning | “The comet's head was not above the [‘horizon until Sust beore the sun vose, but 938 |the tall presented an exceedingly bright | ploture,” declared Prof. 1. . Barnard of A |the Yerkes observatory. “The width of 7 | e tall whs trom.five 0 abx danress. whie its length was 107 degrees. It was brighter | than any portion of the milky way. It was | slightly convex at the north and slightly { more brilliant at the middle. The edges | were well-defined and throughout there | | were no condensations or other irregular- longer, owing { talr amount of knowledge, telephoned about the country immediately In an effort to locate the third band. It wae founy anc the members arrived post haste Sundy evening, joining thelr friends at onc Today the gypsies have been disposing o all the possesdions they could, sellin | hors $10 and $15 In o hasty effort t get as much money us possible for a feas which will continue throughout all of Wed s for to the fact that it Is nearer, it is much shorter than it was last Sunday—less |Nenday and for which the gypsies will don than 20,0000 miles, but probably more |thelr brightest garb. A severe eclectrical than 1500000, It will be about 100000 Storm Monday evening fiightened many miles wide where we break through i, ©f them to the point of terrof and no “There is now a curve that I believe hus it of argument can change thejs not been scen bofore. It is our plane of | OPInlon that the world will end befor. vision, and therefore we cannot tell inucp | AnIEN¢ Wedpestar "M':il:"l“:‘ Ty D W s swing | conime. 1w RES WITH STATE Prof. D. J. MeHugh, 1n & lecture at De- |yt o seate Bmplopen OFf the dJobe paw university today, described the tuil o kg et a8 shaped like n megaphone made of gas > g G " ( @ Statl Correspondent.) with & vold in the center B, Ll Ly g e o0 R We will pass first through one wall” | yery evident today sround the etate hou sald he, “then through the vold and then |nat a good many had an idea that th through the other wall. While this is hap- comet migh vening I look for a faint light in the sky.’ |~1a sarth do things tonight to thix dea For 80 far as the naked cye could