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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
HOME RULE IDEAS VAGUE
while Much H. Hoped. Little Is Cer-
tRinly known OF Govern
meats plan.

DUBLIN, Sept z.-Cspecisi Csblegram
to The Bee THE outlines of most of the
schemes for home rule published up TO the
present time deal in glittering generalities.
II is dificult. IL not impossible, for corre-
spondents, either English or Irish, to deal
with accomplished facts. for the reason
that little or nothing has been really So
tied Very little OF the Dublin castle
has been allowed to transpire \ Z, ~
looms d'essai have been flown to .<N
way the wind blows but thu - -rs
made public may bear no e to
the ultimate plan. There isN cry i'm
portant point on which all fo.ee are
silent, and that is that it is proposed to
introduce nominated element to keep the
county council representatives. straight
The value OF any forecast OF the Mac
donnell scheme may be gauged from the
fact that the plans are far from matured.
and they will be altered from time TO time
to secure the adhesion OF this that
member Of the cabinet. II II is true. as
reported, that two or three important min
listers have declared that they will not go
as far as the earl OF Dunraven, then Sir
Antony Macdonnelrs pet projects have lit
tie or no prospect of success.
The meeting OF the unionist alliance
and the speech OF Mr.. Walter Long. NJ.
p. are noteworthy at the present time.
For better or worse, the alliance repre-
sents the unionists of Ireland. 1t has APP
pointed Mr.. Long its spokesman. He was
elected by big majority for the one con-
stituency outside Ulster that returns
unionIst. There are practically only two
parties in Ireland-the nationalists and the
unionists. A certain section of unionists
Including Lord Dunraven and some others,
7 baN-a aad nit
the existing condition of Irish govern
ment and desirous of some reform. This
policy has been called "devolution." The
| devolutionists number some men of consid-
cradle ability. but they are few in num-
| Der. The nationalists have welcomed the
movement of the devolutionists because
| their attacks on the existing system are
useful so far as they go. though the rem
edy they have proposed is pronounced not
| only inadequate. but futile. The unionists
repudiate them
The existing government is composed
mainly of men who have declared them
selves home rulers. The majority in the
cabinet have voted for Mr.. Gladstone $
home rule bill. Quite recently it's princi-
pal members. including the prime min
lister and Mr.. Asquith. publicly declared
that home rule was the one effective rem
| edy for the Irish difficulty. The proceed
ings at the recent meeting OF the union
lists ana the speech of Mr.. Long 60 to
show that they would oppose with equal
vehemencs any measure of reform, how
ever falter1ng and feeble. They are pre-
pared to oppose devolution as strongly as
home rule.
The speech of Mr.. Long. as the spokes
man Of the Irish unionists, Is regarded as
a warning 20 the government against fall
ing between two stools. II is plain dec
laration that no watering down OF home
rule, however much It may aiienate ma.
tionalist support, will In the faintest de-
gree mitigate unionst hostility.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
CROWN OF ST. MICHAEL LOST
Valuable Relic Claimed by Church
and state In France Has
Disappeared.

RoUEN. Sept. 2.-(special cableEram to
The Bee.)-A richly jeweled crown which
cost $4,000 and was known as the crown
OF 81. Michael has disappeared from the
church at Mont st. Michael. where u was
placed in 1875 by the parishioners. who sub
scr.bed TO buy It.
Several churches in the neighborho9d
have recently been broken into by burglars
and these are suspected by the priests OF
having stolen the crown OF ST. Michael.
On the other hand, II 10 rumored that
the priests have invented the burglary and
hidden the crown, for when the eongrega-
tion Of the Fathers OF Mont St Michael
Was dissolved the government liquidator
claimed the crown. and the court decided
that he had a right 10 II.
Pending the appeal which the priests have
Instituted the crown has disappeared.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
KENTUCKY BOY A MURDERER
COnfesHes that He killed Cousin De-
cause He wanted 20 shoot
Somebody.

NASHVILLE. KY. Sept %. = James
Chester Savage, aged 10 years. has con-
fessed that he deliberately shot and killed
his cousin. William L. Savage. To the
chief of police the boy said Il loved my
cousin. but ! Just wanted to shoot some
body, so / shot him"
When the shotgun with which the boy
shot his cousin was found both barrels
were loaded and the hammers raised The
police say that young Savage undoubtedly
intended TO shoot some other person also
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
Dutch Defeat Javan Natives.

THE HAGUE. Sept. 22.-An official dis
patch received here from Bali ian island
Of the Malay archipelago Immediately east
OF Java. where for some time past the
Dutch have been conducting military op-
erations against recalcitrant chiefs. reports
the captute OF Pasar. capital OF the vassal
state of Badong. OF two princes. their
women and children. The followers of the
princes. numbering in an 400 men. were
killed in attempting desperate sortle
The Dutch losses were four Europeans
killed and ten wounded.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23

NEWS sECTION-TweIve Pages.
i bryan splits EnElish Liberals.
German lnhuence at Vatican.
Cuban situation BECOMES Complex.
Local Coal Trust is EnjOtned.
3 News from All Parts OF Nebraska.
Burkett Reviews Party Records.
Sprecher Touches I'D Williams.
Andrews ON Reform In SpellinR.
q Anairs at south Omaha.
q Past Week In Omaha society.
Z Yates on Clearing House Currency.
= How Impure Food Can he Detected
y American Autos for the Cap Race,
10 Sporting Events of the Day.
COrnhuskers Are Practicing Daily.
II Council Bluffs and Iowa News.
II Airship ia TO GO Up on Monday.
Boat Line May he Encouraged.
Railroads Decline 20 Give Aid.
EDITORIAL sECTIoN-Ten Pages.
= Editorial.
3 Timely Real Estate Topics.
Comforts In the Modern Home.
Activities of the HOusebuilders.
Corn Cobs Turned To Good Use.
4 Overland Route from Sea 10 Sea.
Five Years of Great Prosperity.
want Ads.
want Ads.
want Ads.
Diary of Clusters old BuEler.
Financial and Commercial.
10 Condition of OmabR's Trade.
HALF-TONE sECTION-Ten Pages.
I Bryan'S visit TO sweden.
Weihensa1l TELLS of Italy.
Catching Counterfeit Coin,
3 About Plays and Players.
Music and Musical Matters.
Wisner's Unique Cattle show.
Omaha People in summer Camp.
Gossip About Noted People.
/. Prosperity Among the MethOdists.
Ezra Meeker's Labor of Love.
Uncle Sans Great Daily Paper.
WOmani Her ways and Her World
weekly Grist of Sporting Gossip.
\ In the. Field of Electricity.
Little stories for Little Folks.
Some Quaint Features of Life.
Fish stories of Waning season.
short Stories of Several Kinds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
THE BEE BULLETIN.

Forecast for Nebrsaka-FRir sunday,
Except showers and Cooler In North
Portion. Monday Fair.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-23
Talls ef cIeaVage.

The london ENprfss kays;
THE shrewd common sense OF the mas
er OF Elibank recognizes the facts as they
sre. Speaking with authority as Scottish
government whip. he has outlined the plan
of liberal crusade against socialism The
country would be glad TO see his sugges-
ton taken up with spirit by the govern
ment. But will the government do sos
Probably not. 50 sure as next session
comes we shall ana short-sighted poll
iicans rising 10 depreeate the talk Of
cleavage in the iiberal-labor ranks, and to
suggest that all will be We'll so long as
nothing more Is said aDout the matter,
rhe cleavage IN wider and more vital han
the master OF Elibank shows. New forces,
az he saws, are awakening in the cOun-
try. and the changes which they herald
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
The Lauter
Playerpiano

The Lauter Playerpiano creates
musical atmosphere in the home that
may have been hitherto devoid Of
music.
If you could but learn the opinion
Of those who own Lauter Player
piano, you would conclude that you
must own one, too. This instrument
is a revelation, especially to the music
lover who can not play for himself.
The Lauter Playerpiano provides
TWO PIANOS IN ONE, for it can
be played by anyone with the aid Of
music-roll and treadles. No knowl-
edge of music is necessary. The re-
suit is not mechanical but thoroughly
artistic music, for tempo, expression
and accent are completely in the con-
troll ofthe performer.
1t is also a magnificent instru-
ment for playing by hand in the
usual way. It has tone of unusual
power and beauty, and the touch is
wonderfully responsive. The change
from one form to the other can be
made instantly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
TROLLEY
ELECTION
The Vote Tomorrow Must be
For or Against the Propo-
sition as Presented.
NO MIDDLE GROUND POSSIBLE.

The special election for the ratifca-
tion or rejection Of the ordinance
adopted by the board Of aldermen Civ
ing permission to the Morris County
Traction Company to build and oper
ate street railway on Speedwell ave-
nue. will be held tomorrow,
Polls Open from A. M. to Z p. M.
The polling places for the several
Wards follow :
FIRST WARD.
First District Dempsey & Murphy's
Store, 127 Morris street,
Second District First Ward Hose
Company House, opposite Railroad
Station.
SECOND WARD.
First District William Sires ONCE,
Speedwell avenue.
Second District Cutters Store, Sus-
sex avenue.
THIRD WARD.
First Distrsct McCollum's Carriage
Poom, Bank street.
Second District-Stiles Drug Store,
Washington street.
FOURTH WARD.
Clifford s. Belbey's Store Room, Mar
ket street.
There seems to be considerable mis-
apprehension in regard to the election,
particularly in regard to the time ol
the franchise. Under the law the gov.
erning body Of any municipality car
grant a franchise for not exceeding
twenty years without submitting it tx
a popular vote. All franchises to run
more than twenty years must be sub
mitted to the voters of the mnnicipali
ty interested and a majority of the
votes cast in favor of or against prop
osition decides it. The law provides a
form of ballot which confines the votei
to the single proposition presented Civ
ing no choice whatever Of any other
proposition.
The ordinance passed by the Board
Of Aldermen gives the Morris County
Traction Company a forty year fran
chise, The ordinance providing for the
submission of the proposition to the
voters presents ballots in the form Civ
en- by the law. AS voting machine:
must be used here Town Clerk Stilwell
has arranged the ballots on the ma
chimes in the following order
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
NORMAL AND MODEL SCHOOLS

Noticeable Advancement iii Work OF
State'slEducatIonal institutions.
The State Normal and Model Schools
have had an unusually successful year.
The enrolment in the Model School
was practically as high as that Of any
previous year, and its earnings were In
excess Of those Of any year in the past.
All of its departments showed appre-
ciable gains in strength.
A noticeable advancement was in the
music conservatory, where the enroll
ment increased, and where the class Of
students was more advanced than usual
In experience. 1t is the intention to
make this conservatory the leading
one Of the State, and one that will
compare favorably with those of New
York and Philadelphia.
The Normal School enrolment was
strong. The graduating class, num-
bering about 12O, were practically all
engaged before they received their d.
plomas, at an average salary In adj
vance Of that OF previous years. The
enrolment for the new term is at the
present time in advance of even date
Of last year.
The new dormitory has proven a boon
to the Institution. Its larger halls and
more commodious reception rooms
have made the life Of the hall more
free and satisfactory.
The faculty for the coming year is
complete, and the prospects in every
way are Of such nature as to prove
gratifying to the State. The Model
School is particularly strong in It's fa-
|cilities for preparing for college, and
the credit that Is given the graduates
of the Normal School on the college
course Is encouraging many who i'm
tend going tolcollege to take the Nor
NAL School course first. The additions
OF the departments Of stenography and
commercial law, thus making the busi-
ness course complete, is drawing to
the school many who arg deslrous
simply Of preparing TO enter the busl-
ness world,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
FOR STATE
R. BOARD
Bill Providing for One viii be
introduced into the Next
Legislature.
PURPOSES OF THE MEASURE

William Mayo Atkinson, lawyer
practicing in Newark, has confirmed
the report that he would prepare a bill
at the request ofa well-known Senator
providing for the appointment Of a
State Board Of Railroad Commission
|ers. Mr.. Atkinson has explained the
scope of this bill, as follows:
After study of more thar a year
on this subject, and after considerable
Thought and conference with men
deeply versed in railroad law and oper-
alton throughout the country, it is my
intention to prepare for and procure
the introduction into the next Legis-
lature of a bill to establish in New Jer-
sey State Board Of Railroad aud Ca
nal Commissioners. This board will
be given extensive and strong powers,
and willedo within New Jersey what
the Interstate Commerce Commission
does within the Federal jurisdiction !;
but besides that the board will be Civ
en- as much of the State Police
power in addition as will enable it to
completely curb the arrangements of
the several railroads in the State, and
compel them to properly exercise and
fulfill their charter obligations and
powers. To be more definite. the func-
Uions Of the board will include, inter
ALA, the power to prevent freight and
siding determinations. the supply of
cars, and prevent the communicating
and deviation by the railroads Of cars
of coal, the obtaining for all the mu-
inequalities within the State of proper
and adequate passenger service and
timetables, and the procurement of
the use of the most modern devices
and mechanisms for the safety of en-
ployees.
The State Boz I'd will also have
power to inspect the railroad tracks
and bridges within the State, and
where unsafe, order the tracks to be
Immediately made safe.
Besides the complaints of citizens
and shippers, the board will also inves-
tigate the inter-corporate relations Of
the railroad companies chartered in
New Jersey, and shall have power to
order the Attorney General to sue out
aquo warranto whenever they find any
device Of lease or management tends
to work, or does work, monopoly in
or hindrance to trade and free compe-
tition among the railroads in New Jer-
sey.
1.-THE present general railway law
will have to be thoroughly amended
and much Of it repealed.
When nominated this fall for the
two houses Of the next Legislature the
various nominees will be polled as to
their views on this subject and their
attitude to the proposed bill when in
troduced, but there is no doubt that
the bill win easily pass and become a
statute, as the voters and taxpayers Of
this State, wish to see the railroads in
New Jersey properly pohced."
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
ST. SWITHIN TAKES VACATION

After a Lengthy Season of Unrefresh-
Ing Rains ana Muggy Atmosphere.
Saturday last ended st. Swithin's
rainy vigil for this year, and the old
Saint surely did take full vengeance
for the act Of disturbing his bones. In
some respects this has been the worst
rainy season we have experienced for
sixteen years, the summer Of 1890 be-
ing like unto it. Families who have
left their town homes on a short vaca-
tion have returned to find furniture,
clothing, bedding, etc, covered with
mildew, the dampnesS having pene-
etrated the dwellings, With no possible
chance of drying out.
Rain has not fallen every day during
the legendary period, although twenty
six may be numbered but during the
four weeks prior to July Is enough
rainy days had occurred to give the old
Bishop his full tale.
The legend is centuries old and runs
in this wise Swithin, Bishop Of Win
chester and chaplain to King Alfred,
died A. D. S62. Just prior to his death
he enjoined the monks to bury his
body in the churchyard and not IN the
church. Many years later, after his
canonization, the A bbey monks
thought to honor him by exhuming his
remains and reinterring them in the
church, and fixed upon July Is for that
purpose. The spirit Of the old Bish-
op, vexed at the contrayention OF his
dying direction, wrought miracle,
and it rained that day and on forty
days thereafter
But the English ST. Swithin does not
figure alone in the role Of rainy-day
saints, as France has two test days
st. Medard tJune 81 and st. Gervaias'
(June 19); Scotland, St. Martin Of
BouillOn Flanders, Sc. Godelieve (:
while Germany sees the five and goes
two better with The Seven SleepeTs. !,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
FREEHOLDERS' SPECIAL SESSION

The Schooley's Mountain Road Re-
pairs ana Other Matters Considered.
The Board Of Freeholders met in
special session last Wednesday. The
road committee, at whose request the
meeting was called, went into session
with the only bidder for the repair Of
the Schooley's Mountain road, and
continued in session until past noon,
then adjourned until two O'Clock. On
the reassembling Of the Board the COM
mittee reported it had received bids on
Monday for the repair of the roads,
the only one submitted being that of
Jere. B. Salmon, for S6,S36.24. The
committee went over the road on Tues
day and came to the conclusion that
the bid was too much to spend on the
road, and recommended that the con-
tract be made with j. b. Salmon for
work not to exceed in cost $1,000. In
response to a question Chairman
Schoneberger stated that the commit
tee and contractor had arrived at an
agreement as to what should be done
The contract was awarded as recon-
mended.
Freeholder Weber recommended that
a contract be made with John 0 Don
nell for culvert at Ridgedale avenue,
Madison on his bid Of SI75, and it was
so ordered.
Freeholder Smith reported that the
Dover Boiler Works was the loves.
bidder for widening the bridge at the
Central Railroad in Rockaway for sl,-
1876, and contract was awarded in this
case This was the bridge reported
last week and ordered readvertised
The application Of the Morris Coun-
ty Traction for rights over roads in
Rockaway and Roxbury townships was
then taken up. The preamble and IT,
tie were amended and the ordinance
was then adopted. The grant by the
county Is for twenty years and proyi-
sion is made that at railroad crossings
the grade Of the roads shall be changed
without cost to the county where it is
deemed expedient to abolish the grade
crossings.
The matter OF the clambake then
came up and Freeholder Smith an
nOunced that it would be at Landing
at one o'clock on September 7, the cost
to be S4 per head. The representatives
Of the press were invited to be present
on that basis.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
Against

Turning the pointer to the left, to
"YEs, is a vote in favor Of forty
year franchise; turning the pointer to
the right, to NO." is a vote against
granting any franchise whatever.
Hence it will be seen that the propo-
sition is a simple one. Whatever may
be voters idea in regard to the period
for which franchise should be grant
ed he is confined to one Of two courses,
either vote :. yes and secure the troll
ley with a forty year franchise, or vote
no and put the whole matter back
where it was before any steps were
taken. If a majority of the votes
cast is against the proposition it an
nuls all that has been done, and the
trolley question will have to come up
with new application and all the
preliminary work done over again.
Whatever individual opinion may
be it should be borne in mind that the
ordinance was passed only after long
and careful consideration by the COM
mittees Of the Board of Aldermen and
Civic Association and also discussed
generally by citizens at public meet
ing held for the purpose. The terms
Of the ordinance are probably as fair
for all concerned as can be agreed upon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-08-21
ECCENTRIC
MR.. CORCORAN
He Wills His Property to Erect
New Church Building III
Green Village.
FIRST NEW BUILDING In YEARS

There is probably no more interests
ing church building in Morris county
than than that which has just been.
completed at Green Village. In addi-
tion to its charming simplicity and
grace of outline it has two other claims
to distinction its erection was made
possible through the generosity of a
man who was not church member,
and it was built almost entirely by
volunteer labor. For many years there
was no church at all in this little VIII
lage, and such of its residents as were
religiously inclined we're compelled to
drive to Madison, a distance Of four
miles, to attend church.
In these days the majority of the
churchgoers Of Green Village were of
the Presbyterian denomination but
at an early date the students from the
Drew Methodist Seminary at Madison
began to go over to Green Village, and
beginning possibly with the farmers
families, they began to make con-
verts to Methodism. Be this as it
may, however, it is fact that by the
early sos there were enough Method
lists in Green Village to erect church
edifce. This structure served the
needs Of succeeding generations, and a
new church was never even talked of
in the village until about five years
ago.
At that time Philip Corcoran, a
wealthy but somewhat eccentric farm
er Of thegillage, died, and it was found
that he had devised his farm to his
widow for life and had directed that
at her death the same should be sold
and the proceeds paid over to the trust
ees of the Green Village Church for
the purpose Of erecting new church.
This came as complete surprise to
most of Mr.. Corcoran'S neighbors, as
he had never been known to enter the
church and was not known to be inter-
ested in it. Mrs. Corcoran survived
her husband only three years and after
her estate was settled the work of
building the new church began.
That the trust fund might go as far
as possible, a lot for the new church
was given by Mrs. S. q. Frost, a mem.
Der of the congregation. With the
same end in view, the neighborii,g
farmers lent their men and teams to
grade the lot and dig out the cellar !;
the village carpenter and mason gave
their professional services, and even
the plan for the building was drawn
and presented to the trustees Of the
church by a Newark architect whose
summer home is in Madison. Depend
ing principally upon volunteer labor,
the church was constructed slowly. 1t
is now completed and is a handsome
building of the Italian style of archi-
lecture. That the residents Of Green
Village are proud of their new church
may be gathered from the TACT that it
is the only new building which has
been erected there for twenty years.