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Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
MINING CONGRESS ELECTION
J. ". Richards OF Boise IL Chosen
President and }. =. GaIbreath
of Denver Secretary.


DENVER. oct 19.-The ninth annual
session OF the American mining congress
came to an end this afternoon with the
announcement by the board oi directors OF
the recollection of the old officers. as fol-
lows:
J. II. Richards of Boise president.
Thomas Ewing of San Francisco. first
T. r. Buikeiey of Rona, Mo. second
e. A. Collburn of Colorado Springs, third
vice president.
tary.
President Richards stated that the board
Of directors had met una organized and
had appointed the following committee to
raise 5000 to bring before the congress Of
the United States tho matter Of establish
ing national department OF mines and
mining: John Dern Of Utah. Thomas Ewing
Of California, +. A. Collburn of Colorado
Springs. George w f. Dorsey Of Ne
braska and Dr. f. II Bukcley of Mis-
souri,
Additional resolutions relative to mining
frauds were adopted today as follows:
Resolved That the officers of the Amer
lean mining congress esp'cttu ,n g
gest to governors of states and territories
that when in any state which has adopted
the law known as the Pardec resolution,
charges of its violation grC O. ads 90.
ernor OF the state I'm which alleged mining
properties are claimed 20 exist at his dis
cretion, upon request, authorize the COM
missioner of mines or other appropriate te
state official to examine such alleged min
ing properties sufficiently to determine and
report on their approximate reality. and
the state may charge a reasonable fee to
cover the cost of such examination and
report, this fec to be paid by the parties
requesting such examination.
Resolved, That the American mining con-
1FNg
ment in preventing frauds I'm the taking
up Of mining claims, or In the correction
and punishment of frauds already commit
ted and the president and board of d-
rectors are hereby authorized To receive
and transmit to the legal deUartment of
the government requests and data bearing
on such frauds or alleged frauds as may
this congress.
ident appoint a committee Of five to CON
slider the relations between the ore pro-
ducers and the smelter interests and re-
port to the congress at it's next session.
Resolutions also were adopted asking
members of congress to support the. move
ment for better highways and commencing
the proposed international exposition at
Seattle for the purpose of making known
to the world the mineral and other re-
sources of the Alaska and Yukon terri
tories in the United States and Canada and
on the Pacific coast
The congress voted to hold its meeting
next year at Joplin, Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
New Detail Made for Army Retiring
Board tO Meet in
Omaha.
(From a stan Correspondent.)

WASHINGTON, oct 19.-(Special Tele-
gram )-Colonel Edward b. Pratt, Thir-
tieth infantry; Major Moses G. zalinsld
quartermaster; Major George d. Deshon,
surgeon, and Captain Thomas l.. RhOades,
assistant surgeon, are detailed as mem
bers of the army retiring board at Omaha,
vice Brigadier General Theodore ]. Wint;
Colonel John Hoff, assistant surgeon gen.
eral; Lieutenant Colonel john c. Mullen
berg. deputy paymaster general, and Ma
jor Richard w. Johnson, surgeon. relieved
Postmasters appointed: Nebraska -
Howe. Nemaha county, Charles A. Keel
vice W. II. Lohr, resigned Iowa-Hart-
ford, Warren county Lizzie Shepherd. vice
A. NJ. Wellons, resigned. South Dakota
Warner Brown county, Alexander L.
Williams. vice b. A. Estey, resigned
Rural rCutes ordered established In
Nance county, Nebraska, December IL:
Belgrade, route y; population, 34 families
houses, sc. Fuperton, routes 8 and 4; pop
ulatlon, G2s famtias; houses, l57 Genoa,
route 4; population 300 families; houses, Is
George Z. Larson has been appointed
regular and Frsrk z. Manatt substitute
rural carrier for route at Laurens, Ia.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
WOMEN IDENTIFY PRISONER
Mother of Actress Says She Saw
scREtOn when Man Was
Killed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19.-Ralph Sean
lon, now I'm charge under suspicion Of
numbering William Friede. a Market street
storckecp,r, was positively Identified yes
terday by Mrs. c. II. Giimon and her
dau ghter Ruby as a lookout stationed out
side Friedes shop on the day he was
beaten 10 death behind his counter with a
length of gas pipe. Mrs. Gilman is the
mother of Mabel Gilman, the actress
Mrs. Gilman and LeT daughter were
taken into a room az the Bush street sta
ton and there singled Out scanIon from a
group Of other prisoners and declared they
could not be mistake IN their identification
of him as the man they had seen and
conyersed with outside The shop on the
day OF the murder
Scanlon. who had been maintaining all
along that he was nowhere in the vicinity
Of the crima ON thf afternoon il was
perpetrated was evidently badly takon
Attack before the completeness Of the idcn-
tification.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
OLD MAN FEARFULLY BEATEN
Possibility that HaIVert Thorrcn
May Die ns Result Of
Injuries.

Shamefully bruised and beaten, several
ribs broken, his head badly battered and
possibly fractured at the hands at the
hands of a man whom he had taken In
and given food and shelter, Halvert Thor
son, an aged man living in hovel on the
sidehill near Fourteenth and Corby streets,
was found Friday evening by Police Patrol
Driver Al Samuclson, lying on a cot and
suffering extreme pain and perhaps dying
from the numerous wounds The person
who thus rewarded the hospitality shown
him is said to be named Andrews, a large,
able-bodied man who, too lazy to work,
has made his home with Thorson, accept
ing the free board and lodging without a
trace of gratitude.
Thorson is "A weak and shriveled old man
of apparently 75 years. He has no family
and for years has provided for himself out
Of his earnings as a tailor living i'm the
hut set into the side of the hill. His neigh
bors say he has always been kind and
harmless. and their indignation at finding
him in his precarious condition boded Ill
for his assailant, should he venture to put
in an appearance.
Samuelson notified the station of the
matter and Police Surgeon Harris was sent
to attend the man. Harris found fractures
of the ribs in most dangerous places, some
of the bones being almost powdered. evi-
IDENTIFY from a series of kicks. The eyes
We're blackened and swollen. while the back
Of the head indicated it had been struck
severe blow Harris was unable to make
a thorough examination under the circum-
stances and Thorson absolutely refused to
be moved to hospital He did what he
could for the old man, however, but said
there was some doubt If he would live
through the night.
Thorsons assailant could not be found
during the night, but he will probably be
picked up today by the police. 1t was
learned by Officer Samuelson that Thorson
and his companion had been drinking beer
together and the belief prevailed among
neighbors that the two qVarreled. the dis
pute ending in a fight
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
EPISCOPAL MISSION WORK
Bi.bop futile Reports that Last
Years Contributions Amounted
TO sS5O.OOO.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. bat today's ses-
sion Of the Episcopal conference Bishop
Tuttle read list of figures on the contri-
buttons by the twenty missionary districts
and the Sixty-three dioceses in the United
States.
Bishop Tuttle said that the sum of $780,
600 was raised last year for the missionary
cause
\ committee was appointed to consider
the matter of holding a conference next
year Owing TO the fact that the general
Episcopal conference convenes next Oc-
tober the next session will not be held un-
iii 1908. The COMMITTEES will report Satur-
day
Rev. j. B. Vanfieet of Watertown, S. D.,
was one OF the speakers. lie held that
the supreme need was having clergymen
able and willing TO cope with the difficult
ties of the small town.
feature of tomorrow mornings services
will be a special meeting at o'clock, con-
Quoted by Sioux Indians in their own Ian
guage.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
FRAUDS IN MINNESOTA
Democratic Politician IL Held for
Illegally Assisting In NsturaIiEa-
tIOn of Foreigners.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1s.-WhOlesale nat
uralization frauds in the Hennepin county
district courts have been discovered by the
officers OF the courts and the evidence has
been turned over to the United States
authorities and thorough investigation
is under way.
Sixty-two warrants are being served by
the United States marshal and Moses Win
throp, "A well known democratic politician
has been arrested and bound over to await
the action Of the federal court. 1t Is
said that large numbers Of foreigners have
perjured themselves. In taking out their
second papers. in overstating the time they
have been in this country for the purpose
OF making voters Of them
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
HEAVY FINE FOR RAILROAD
New York Central Assessed over Hun
dred Thousand Dollars for
Giving Rebates.

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-Judge Holt, in the
United States circuit court, today imposed
fine Of slOS,0OO on the New York Central
& Hudson River Railroad company for
granting rebates to Lowell NJ Palmer,
who has charge OF transportation for the
American Sugar Refining company. There
were six counts and fine Of $1,000 was
imposed in each.
Frederick L. Pomeroy assistant traffic
manager Of the New York Central, was
fined S,0O0 on each count, total of Sc coo
Judge Holt criticised the practices Of the
railroad.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
RESPITE FOR MRS. MYERS
Execution of Missouri Woman POST
POned Pending Action of Federal
Supreme Court.

MARSHALL. Mo, Oct. l9.-CovernSr
Folk announced here tonight that next
Monday he will grant respites for both
Mrs. Aggie Myers and Frank Hoffman,
who are under sentence OF death for the
murder OF Clarence Myers, the woman s
husband. which will allow the supreme
court OF the United States ample time to
review the case of Mrs, Myers whose case
has been appealed 10 that tribunal. Gov
ernor Folk said he would grant tho respite
to Hoffman. although not solicited. because
the issues are identical with those involved
In the case Of Mrs. MyerA
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
PYTHIANS TALK INSURANCE
Supreme Lodge Discusses some Pro-
posed Changes I'm the EndOw-
ment Rank.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. IA move toward
putting the insurance feature Of tEe
knights OF Pythias organization upon a
more independent basis was up for discus
sion by the supreme lodge at today's con-
vention. Through an amendment TO the
constitution It is proposed TO allow the
directors of the supreme lodge TO appoint
the president of the board OF control Of
the endowment rank, this position now
being elective. Discussion of this and other
proposed amendments was held in executive
session, which had not ended when the
meeting adjourned until tomorrow.
The lodge of sorrow.' in memory Of
distinguished Pythians who have died since
the last encampment, was held today.
The next session will he held in Roston
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
TROOPS ORDERED TO WYOMING
Detachment Of Cavalry VIII Escort
TIE Indians Back to Their
Reservation.

WASHINGTON. Oct. i9.--Upou the ap-
plication Of Governor Brooke of Wyoming
secretary Taft. by direction Of the prcsi-
dent. has ordered Major General Gre,ly
70 dispatch troop of cavalry TO Wyoming
to round Up and return to their reservation
the Ute Indians who are now causing a
distGrbdnce in that state. {.
General Grcely is supposed 10 be
Omaha The selection OF the troop 49,
To his discretion. but it is believed
be ordered from Fort Meade n d. 1t
10 miles distant from the scene o the
trouble
Indian Inspector Mclaughlin returned to-
day from his mission tu the renegade
Gtes He says that the Indians were alb
solutely deaf u all appeals to return to
their Utah reservation, saying they would
rather die than go back. The white set
tiers are very much incensed over the
slaughter of game by the invaders. They
have killed many antelope. They took
with them seventy-flve head Of their own
cattle, and MIR. Mclaughlin thought these
with the game secured has supplied the
Indians with a sufhcency Of meat. He ox-
pressed the opinion that a considerable
force will be necessary to secure and re-
turn the Indians
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast OF WeRther-Rnin and Colder
saturday. sunday Partly Cloudy.

Page.
Bank of England starts Trouble
bankers Have ~ Lively Windup.
standard OIL Convicted In Ohio.
Many Lives Lost in Great storm.
BiE Plans for Missionary work.
= News from All Parts of Nebraska.
People Flock to Hear sheldon.
. Chief Briggs Acquitted OF GRAFT.
Chief Donahue Suspects benson.
9 Fine Horses Come 20 the show.
ShnllenberEer speaks in Omaha.
Night Train for the Union PaciHc.
Decisions of the Supreme Court.
% Affairs mt south Omaha.
10 Editorial
IL south Omaha officials Under Fire
Army HEADQUARTERS Endangered.
IL Comm crciRI Review of the week.
sporting Events of the Day.
l3 Financial and Commercial News.
4" Council BIuGs aud Iowa News.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20

General Greeley. division commander
who has been in Omaha for several days
left the city for St Louis at $40 o'clock
Friday evening over the Burlington, be-
fore he had received any instructions from
the War department 10 forward any
troops under his command to the seat Of
the Indian troubles in Wyoming.
That such orders would be received
shortly, however, was anticipated by him,
and it is known he intended sending cav
airy from Fort Robinson. Ncb. where
two battalions of the Tenth cavalry are
stationed.
Major Noyes, military secretary at the
department headquarters here, communi-
Gated with General Greeley at Burlng-
ton Junction late Friday evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
RAILWAY SURGEONS ADJOURN
II. u. Jennings and T. u. Lacey of
of Council Bluffs Are Two of New
NATIONAL Officers.

CHICAGO. Oct. l9.-At the concluding
session of the convention OF railway sur
geons today the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: President
W. S. Hoy, Wellston, o.; secretary, II. b.
Jennings. Council Bluns Ia; treasurer, r.
b. Lacey, Council Bluffs, Ia
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
Court House for Natrona County.

CASPER, Wyo.. oct. 19-(Spccial) THE
county commissioners OF Natrona county
have decided 10 submit 60 the voters of
this count" al tho election in November
the matter Of bonding the county for IN,
erection OF a 5000 court house. The propo-
sition Is generally considered favora bly, and
it Is believed will carry 10y large ma
ioritY.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
Transcript for moody.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct I9-Attorney
General Moody said he did not care TO
comment on the verdict in the Standard
Oil case. He said that United States Dis
trict Attorney Sullivan would make a re-
port on the trial and forward transcript
of the evidence. As the United States had
nothing TO do with the case, Mr. Sullivan
did not take part.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
Company Issues Statement.

NEW YORK, OCT. l9.-The legal DEPART
ment of the Standard Oil company has
given out the following statement
The verdict in the case at Findlay against
the standard OIL company carries with II
a single fine of from SO to 500, which Is
the maximum, according to the law under
the information on which the suit vas
brought. The defendant lawyers in the
case are taking immediate steps for appeal
before final adjudication may pass through
three courts, namely, court of common
pleas, the circuit court and the supreme
court of Ohio. They feel confident OF Sc
curing a reversal on manifold errors in
the trial just concluded,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
wind Eighty Miles an Hour.

The storm began nj an early hour I'm m
evening and increased in severity AT night
when the wind reached a maximum Of
eighty miles an hour. The people of the
city were badly frightened aud many OF
them passed sleeplsss nightc. There was
no power for electric lights. the gas burned
diiuiy and candles had 10 be resorted to-
Thousands OF persons spent the night h
the cafes The weather observer o. -
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
WOULD SELL THEIR BODIES
Indiana Young Man and Woman Want
ed to Use the Money to Have
Good Time.

Warran Greenstreet, baker of Ko-
komo, Ind, and Miss Maggie Down
hour, young lady whose parents
were once wealthy, offered their bodies
to three well-known Kokoma physi-
clans, saying they had agreed to sell
their bodies, have a good time with
the money realized from the sale, and
then end 1t all by committing suicide.
They had decided to use chloroform,
and begged the ply sicians to buy their
bodies. The doctors refused to buy,
and tried to dissuade them from their
purpose, but failed to do so, and, in
order to prevent them carrying the
compact into execution, informed the
police, and the pair were placed under
surveillance.
Several years ago the Downtown
family was in good circumstances, but
during the natural gas boom the faith
er had some bad investments and was
reduced to poverty. Maggie did not
want to be burden on her aged faith
er and mother, and went out to SER
vice in private families.
She and Greenstreet became &C
qualnted and subsequently engaged,
but their earnings have been small and
they have not been able to save enough
to Justify marriage. After consider
ing the matter from all points of view
they decided to commit suicide, first
selling their bodies and having good
time on the money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
sHREWD WOMAN'S SWINDLE
How Elegantly Dressed Woman Film
FIammed Madrid JeWeIer Out OF
Diamond Worth $1,000.

An amazingly audacious swindle
has just been perpetrated in Madrid.
The principal is handsome, elegant
" dressed woman who visited spec
ialist in mental diseases on behalf OF
her husband, who, she said was suf-
fering from religious mania. Having
explained the case it was arranged
that she should return in about an
hour with the afflicted husband. The
next scene OF action was jewelers.
shop in another part of the city, where
she selected diamonds to the value OF
S., 900 on the understanding that she
would buy them if her husband APP
proved. She requested that some one
accompany her home in a cab, and the
money would be paid Immediately. A
trusted clerk was sent, and with him
the lady drove back to the doctors
house. In an ante room she took the
stones "just to show them to her huS-
band" Then, entering with sublime
assurance the doctors study, she in
formed the specialist that her husband
was now in the ante-rOOm and ready
to be examined. Leaving a visiting
card, the lady took her departure,
and the doctor bidding the supposed
patient enter, proceeded at his leisure
to ask professional questions. The
clerk became suspicious, but the doc
tor interpreted his agitation as caused
bv his complaint, and when after two
hours matters were finally explained
the lady had vanished without leaving
any trace.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15

In tent on bleak mountain side,
not far from Elkins, w. Va, George
Rossett, the Syrian leper, about whom
there has been so much concern by
health authorities of a dozen cities
and towns in the past three weeks, is
existing without care of any kind.
The people in the vicinity are said
to be nearly panic-stricxen over the
presence of the leper and the health
authorities of the state of West Virgin
ia are threatening the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad with all sorts of dire
for bringing the diseased
man into the state.
The case finally has been brought to
the attention of the United States au-
tborities after the afflicted man had
been shunted from place to place in
several states without being able to
find an abiding place where he can
have proper care. Orders we're issued
that Rossett be examined by a
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
WIFE WON THE WAGER.
Jumped in Well After Betting $1,000
She Would Leave Home.

AT an early hour Monday morning
the dead body of Mrs. White Hamil-
ton OF near Dillon, S. c., was found
in the lot we'll on their premises,
where it had been since last Tuesday
morning. On that day White Hamil-
ton, farmer living about two miles
from Dillon, went to town, carrying
with him his little daughter, the only
child, leaving the wife and mother
alone. She had expressed some OPP
position to having the child accom-
pany the father, fearing, she said,
that the horse might become frighten-
ed at the automobiles and the child be
injured, and even said if the father
persisted in carrying the little girl
she would leave home. Hamilton
playfully and banteringly offered her
80, saying he bet she would not leave
leave. When he returned home a few
hours later there was no trace of his
wife. He saw that she had evidently
changed her clothing, and he found
the $40 sticking in the fob pocket of
the trousers he had laid aside that
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
TATTooING AMONG SAILORS.
Movement Is Begun to Do Away With
the Practice.


Enlisted men in the navy have insti-
tuted movement to do away with
tattoo marking, which was formerly
so popular with sailors. Since the
conviction of Brooklyn man,
through the efforts of the officers of
the humane society, for mutilating the
arms of a young boy by decorating
them with India ink designs, tattooers
have shown unwillingness to embel-
lish the bodies of men who are not
known to be of age, and as few adults
care TO have their bodies decorated,
the practice may soon become thing
of the past.
The following description of de-
serter from the navy shows to what
extremes some men have gone in deco
rations, which cannot be removed:
''Tattoo marks on chest, shoulders,
arms and back, viz; Eagle, woman,
ship, flag, sailor, cards, clasped
hands, flag and flowers. ," Tattoo
marks are a ready means of identifi-
cation of deserters.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
CAN'T GET CARS.
Several Suits Growing Out of Situa-
ton at LithOnla.

Several Suits Growing Out of Situa-
ton at LithOnIa.
More than $50 men have been thrown
out of employment at the granite quar-
ries at Lithonia owing to dearth OF
cars for transporting the stone. AT
that place there are dozen big COM
panies and they are at a standstill
until the lack of facilities for removing
the products of the quarries has been
relieved. President S. I. Dolby, OF
the Brantley Granite Company, says
he is afraid to go into the market for
big contracts because of the lack OF
cars. He stated that suits had been
entered against the Georgia railroad
because of contracts cancelled, and
that one of these actions is for $1,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
NEW STATE BANKS.
State Treasurer Parks Report to the
Comptroller of the Currency.

State Treasurer Parks Report to the
Comptroller of the Currency.
Capt. R. E. Park, state treasurer
and state bank examiner, in a letter
to VIM. B. Ridgely, comptroller ofcur-
rency at Washington, called that Off
cial's attention to the many new banks
organized in the state of Georgia
The letter was written at the request
of Mr.. Ridgely, who asked for infor-
nation. Ninety state banks have been
chartered within the last year and not
a failure has been recorded. Seventy
seven banks with capital of $4,000
each have been organized. One with a
capital of $780, 900 also got charter
The total amount of capitalization OF
the ninety banks is 81, $685. 900.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-08-15
PARALYSIS AMONG BEES.
Busy Little Insects OF Isle OF Wight
Have Become Paralyzed.


Have Become Paralyzed.
The prevalence of paralysis which
is reported to have destroyed nearly
all of the bees on the Island of Wight
is causing considerable speculation
among experts. The claim has been
made that it is the result of 20 ver-
civilization, or the up bring
ing of the bees in frame dwellings in
stead of straw hives. This idea, how
ever, is secuted by the editor of the
British Bee Journal, who says the
disease may have existed in earlier
times, but may never have been no.
ticed owing to the difficulty which at
tended bee observation when straw
skeps were used.
The disease was first reported from
the southern states of America some
years ago, and in recent years few
cases have occurred in this country.
The British Bee Journal says the dis
ease has been more or less successful
ly cured by changing the queen bee,
by removing the bees to another part
of the aviary, and in other ways. But
the cause of the disease is unascer-
tanned.