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Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
BAR ON INSURANCE COMPANIES
Those Who DO Not Pay I'm San
Francisco Cannot DO Business
I'm Kansas.

Los ANGELES, Cal, July 1.-The Times
says. quoting c. X. Luling, superintendent
OF insurance for Kansas who is visiting
in Los Angeles:
'The report which Insurance Commits
sioner f. Myron Wolf Of California makes
upon the action Of those companies in
regard 10 promptness Of payment of risks
i'm the big fire will be sufficient for every
other fire insurance commissioner in the
United States; at least it will be accepted
by myself as final judgment as to whether
any certain company can continue TO
transact business in the state OF Kansas.
II the report is unfavorable TO any COM
pany. that comps must close its Offices
in the state Of Kansas once and for all -
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
NEW TOWN ON MOUNT VESUvIUS
Cornerstone laid with Much Cere-
mOny by Duke and Duchess

NAPLES, July 1.-The duke and duchess
OF Aosta and the local officials ascended
Mt. vesuvius today 10 lay the cornerstone
OF the new village Of ottajano, The AFFAIR
was marked with great enthusiasm. a lar e
number uf people from San Giuseppe,
somma. Santana and other villages in
jured by the eruption OF the volcano last
April witnessing the ceremony.
The weather, however. was unfavorable.
there being heavy rainstorm. with light
ming ana thunder. and the heat being op-
pressive The cornerstone is composed Of
cement and cinders
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
BOYsEN SECURES CLAIM AT LAST
Outwtts Omcers aud FILES on section
of Land.

CHEYENNE. wyo., July 1.-CspeciaL)-A
telephone message from Lander states that
Asmus Boysen. the Iowa mining man, has
at last outwitted his enemies. and in spite
OF the Watchfuiness OF a company OF United
States soldiers and the reservation ofhcials
Al the Wind river agency. Boysen has
nIed on go acres OF mineral lands in the
reservation. ana as soon as the lands are
opened TO settlement he will develop ana
YAtsnt the sam&
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
TWO BIG OIL TANKS EXPLODE
buildings wrecked and watchman
Missing and Probably IL
Dead.

PORTLAND, Ore. July with force
so great that every window within three
quarters of a mile radius was shattered
two Of the tanks Of the Union OIL company
of California exploded last night at Uni
versity park, a few miles north of this city.
Leonard Jaau the night watchman, is
missing and it is feared he is dead. Both
of the tanks were nearly empty. 1t is esd-
mated that only 10000 barrels of oil were
lost. This, with the damage to the tanks,
amounts to about $4,000
It is stated that Jaqui was seen near one
of the tanks Immediately before the ex-
plosion occurred, and IL Is believed in some
manner a spark was communicated from
his lantern to the oil The fire was cor
fined to the vicinity OF the two tanks.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
RUNAWAY CAR KILLS MINERS
Five Dead and One Fatally
Injured in Ore Pit in
Minnesota.

BVELETH. MINI, July -Four men
were killed and one probably fatally in
jured in a wreck in Fayal, No. 3 extension
pit late last night. Five runaway steel
cars loaded with iron ore dashed down the
grade into the pit. striking a shovel in the
stripping and burying the shovel crew in
ere and debris. The dead:
JIMMIE SULLIVAN, brakeman.
WILLIAM CHAPEL, fireman. aged q
LOYE May, water boy, aged IA
JOHN RINDA. q pitman.
Injured:
Jake RindA. father Of John RindA
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
OFFICERS RAID LIQUOR CLUB
Church People stand Around and Sing
while Liquors Are Being
Destroyed.

CANYON CITY, Colo, July 1.-City offi-
cials, assisted by a number OF church peo-
pie, made a raid today on the Canyon City
Labor club. where liquor selling is said
to have been going on, arrested the pro-
prietor after a hard fight and spilled the
stock Of liquor into the cutters of the
street. Throngs on their way to church
witnessed the raid. and as the whisky,
beer and wine filled the cutters sang
Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow"
Today's raid was the climax OF the anti
liquor fight began over a year ago, when
the temperance element got control OF the
council The saloons quit business but
many alleged clubs" started up. which
have made stubborn fights against the ef-
forts 10 close them up.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
Robbed Whine He Restea.

F. Christianson, Twenty-hfth and ]
streets, South Omaha, reported to the
police early Sunday morning that as he
was seated on the sidewalk at Tenth and
Harvey streets two men came up 70 him
and when they left a few seconds Later
81 OF his money was In their pocl1eta ChFis-
tianson said they took Il from him forcibly.
The police took a description OF the holdup
with being drunk
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
BEVERIDGE GETS THE PEN
President sends Complimentary
Letter of Transmittal TO
Indiana Senator.

WASHINGTON. July president Roose-
velt has sent the following letter 10 Senator
Beveridge Of Indiana. dated yesterday:
send you herewith the pen with which
signed the agricultural bill containing
the meat inspection clauses. You were the
man who first called my attention 10 the
abuses in the packing houses. You were
the legislator who drafted the bill which
In its substance now appears In the amend
ment 70 the agricultural bill and which
viii enable US TO put a complete stop 70
the Wrongdoing complained Of. The pen Is
worth nothing IN itself. but / am glad 70
send Il 70 you as the expression OF my
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
Labor Trouble Compromised.

ST LOUIS. Mo-, July with the vote
TO accept the compromise taken today BY
the Bridge and Structural Steel Workers
union the last Of the labor differences
which have kept building operations in
turmoil for the last three months came 10
an end. Under the compromise the men
get an advance OF 10 cents a day. They de-
manded an increase Of % cents
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
Moxement. of oeean Vea.eIa JuI, ..

Al LlVerpOOl-ArTiVed. Campania. from
New York; Empress OF India, from Quebec;
Sylvania. from Boston; Canada, from Mont
real Canadian. from Boston. Sailed Bo-
hemian, for Boston and passed Fastnet
July ].
Al Moville-Arrived: Laurentian, from
Boston for Glasgow land proceededJ
At Queenstown-Sailed. Tmbria from
New York.
Al Plymouth-Arrived: Oceana. from
New York for Hamburg tand procededD
At IOndon-Ssiled: Mesaba for New
York and passed Lizard; Mount Royal. for
Montreal
AT southampton-sailed: Barbarossa.
for New York
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02

The America left Marseiles June and
ST. Michaels June Il, and should have ar
lived at New York about June g. The
agents OF the Fabre line say II may have
been delayed by damage Ia It's machinery
compelling It 10 go at reduced speed. or
that it may have taken disabled vessel
In tow.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
steamship Is Overdue.

ROME. July 1--All inquiries by govern
ment officials and, officers OF the Fabre
steamship company relative 10 the steamer
America of the FabTe line, now more than
a week overdue at New York, have been
fruitless It has been ascertained that the
America had thirty Italians on board.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
Constitutional Democrats Will Not I
Places in the Ministry.
VOTE TO CONTINUE PRESENT POLICY
Support What is Good and Attack the
Objectionable in Any Cabinet,
DO NOT EXPECT CAR TO YIELD TO THEM
In Fact They DO Not Desire to Take
Responsibility of Government
During the Preseat Period
of Unrest.

ST. PETERSBURG, July mo definite
statement with reference to the retirement
OF the Goremykin cabinet was forthcom-
ing today. Emperor Nicholas apparently
IL encounterinE trouble In finding man
70 whom 10 entrust the reins Of power and
effecting an understanding with the liberal
groups Of Parliament.
The constitutional democratic parliamen-
tsry committee met this morning behind
closed doors 70 discuss tactics under the
new situation. The Associated Press was
informed after the meeting that the com
mittee adhered to its former decision that
nothing less than a fully responsible cab
met will he acceptable and that constitu-
tional democrats will refuse to take port
folios in any mixed ministry. The leaders
scarcely expect that these terms will be
accepted at present Indeed, they have
slight deFire to shoulder the responsibility
OF government when the country ap-
parently is on the verge Of a series OF out
breaks and disorders Their present plan
lie to adopt towards any new ministry the
same tactics they have followed In the
past, the acceptance Of what is good In
the policy * the government and unsparins
criticism where that policy does not square
with their Ideas. The immediate vote OF a
lHck OF commence II pfopdblts
II is stated that Minister OF the Interior
stolypin and Minister of Finance Kolov-
son will submit to the lower house OF
Parliament, probably tomorrow, a request
for an appropriation Of 900 for famine
relief one-half OF which will be for dis
trfbution during the current year and the
remaining one-half next year. The min
listers reject PaTliaments suggestion that
relief be conducted through the zemstvos
and other local bodies. declaring that the
organization of these bodies Is insufficient
and that only the administration is capable
OF efhcient work
Troops stilI MutinOus.
BATUM. July 1.-The ferment of mu-
tinous nTtilierists here continues. Many
armed men are at large, though the period
within which they were ordered to return
to their barracks under extreme penalty
expires today.
Business here is paralyzed in consequence
Of the strike I'm the shipping industry
I which haB lasted FIVE weeks. Robbery and
murder in the streets are of daily occur
Z renee.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
Relief Comes Quickly.

The surviving passengers and trainmcn
describe the sound Of the wreck as like
the discharge Of "a series Of heavy guns
Of varied calibre and when the crashing OF
the wreck was past there came calls OF
the injured, some sHHosiug with pain and
fear ard others moaning as II Lewilderld
by tho shoes.
Relief came quickly, although IL was m
hour before the last body was drH eyed from
the wreck The police, attracted by the
noise, called ambulances and surgeons ana
warned the hospitals 70 prepare 10 receive
the injured The railway yard quickly
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-02
Number Of Others Are Seriously Injured
and Are in the Hospital.
My FEW PEOPLE ON TRAIN tsCAP
Engine Jumps the Track Just Before
Iassing Onto Bridge.
CARS SMASHED MO NNOLlNG WOOD
Accident Happens at salisbury,
Town Eight Miles from London
Injured RcceivinG best
of Attention.

SALISBURY, England July driving
at a mad pace over the London South
western railway, the American line eX-
press, carrying forty-three of the steamer
New York passengers from Plymouth to
London, plunged from the track just after
passing the station here at 1:55 o'clock this
morning and mangled to death in its
wreckage twenty-three passengers, who
sailed from New York on June ., and four
of the trainmen. Besides those to whom
death came speedily a dozen persons were
injured, some OF them seriously
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-18
MILLION DOLLAR
LUMBER COMBINE
Earnest Williams Effects Merger
OF Immense Timber Inter
ests in Three States.
RAILWAYS ARE ALSO OWNED
The Civic League of Lynchburg
to Make City
Beautiful.

Especial to The Times Dispatchl
LYNCHBURG. VA. october 1.-THE
merger Of a number OF lumber companies.
together with two small roads in the
Carollnas. into the williams & McKeithsn
Lumber Company. with its home once
here. has just been announced here.
The company has paid up capitalist
ton OF one million dollars. and, besides a
large number OF saw-mills IN the two
states mentioned. owns between SO.eO
and 1000 acres OF heavy timber lands.
which is said 20 have almost an mex
haustble supply OF cypress and pine
timber on It.
Tho merger gives this company control
OF the property and business OF the fol-
lowing established concerns Williams &
Mcclellan Lumber Company, OF Lum-
her, S. c.: Apex Lumber Company. OF
Hamlet, y. C; Palmetto Lumber Com
pany. OF McBee, s. C.. Chatham Lumber
Company, Of Durham. s. c.: tho Char
lotte Monroe and Columbia Railway, from
McBee 20 Jefferson. S. c., a distance OF
twenty mileR: the Durham ana South
Carolina Railway. between Durham. n.
c.. and Bonsal. a distance Of thirty miles.
Mr.. Ernest williams. Of this city. Is
president and treasurer Of the consou-
dated company: d. T. McKeitAan, FIRST
vice president. J. 4. Duncan. second vice
president. and J. A. Ford. OF this city.
secretary.
The board Of directors consists OF J. NJ.
Barr. OF Norfolk. formerly general man-
age Of the Sesboard Air Line: .. r. Nc
Keithan. OF Darlington. s c.: W. r.
Bonsal Of Hamlet. y. c.. J. A. Duncan.
OF Hamlet. y. c., and Ernest Williams
Of this city
The general Offices OF the company will
he located in the krse building In this
city, bringing Il IS expected. a cousid-
cradle once force 20 the city.
Civic League Formed.
The Civic League OF Iynchburx WAS
formally organized last night IN a repre-
sentative meeting with the following Of
hce-s: Rev. Or. James Dunlop Paxton.
pastor OF the First Presbyterian Church,
president. Messrs James r. Gillian,
John W Craddock and FLOYD T. knight
,fce- presidents. Mr. Leon Goodman, sec
Rotary: Mr. r Chess McGhee. treasurer
Messrs. Richard Hancock. z. @ Ham
mer. y. Ryland. II II. Harris, \. 2.
p Aomas and A r. Long. executive board
The league proposed 20 establish 3uve-
nile leagues IN all OF the public schools
u tho city and the york for beautiful
LynchhurG will be carried on inteln-
gently and energeticany.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-18
AMHERST COURT.
Campbell Said Nothing Deroga-
tory of Whitehead.
Ispeoiai % The Timss-D IIpateh. J

Especial 20 The Ttmss- Dtspstchl
AMHERST. VA. October lin his re-
port 81 the Whitehead Campbell contrc-
versy. bv saying that Campbell denouno Ell
Whitehead. your correspondent did not
mean 20 say that Campbell said anything
derogatory 70 Whitehead. This ~ did
not do. lie grew very angry and said
that Mr.. Whitehead had 20 apologize for
" hat he had said. or both OF them coull
not I've IN Amherst county. As eAid IN tine
report Mr.. whitehead simply replied 10
this that ~ had meant nothing offensive
10 Judge Campbell
Judge Gordon on Tuesday decided the
Monroe case He dismissed the petition u
Belle Ware. who was trying 20 upset the
title 10 a good deal 81 property IN the
town OF Monroe. IN this county. Tho
suit has been pending some time and has
very much retarded the growth OF the
town Of Monroe. which r. the division
terminus OF the Southern Railway in
this county People were afraid to buv
there until the suit was decided. The suit
was tried az the last term Of the court
Judge Gordon handed down his opinion
Tuesday night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-18

discovered his relatives or friends rally
90 HIS relief and pay back tho money
which he has stolen: then everything r.
husrcl up and tho "defaUiter'' Is restored
90 his position in business and his position
ga society and goes about his business
NJ though nothing unusual had happened
This course IS justified on tho plea that
AS restitution has been made. nobody
has suffered loss and that IL Is better 20
save the young man than TO wreck his
nfe by giving him a term in prison. 50
Gar as the young man himself 10 co.,
-crncd that may be. But II that IS 70 be
u1r policy. why punish any thief Tor HIS
rst offence n only he restore the goods
re has stolen? And what is the effect OF
such system upon other young men
and upon society at large? Il is like put
ting n premium upon crime. At best il
is making defaicatiOn as trivial as over
checking ones bank account. Defslcetlc7
is but polite torn for theft. and stealth.
IS crime which should always be pun
i~hod rs the law provides The chicken
thief when caught may be willing 20
restore his plumber. but that act OF gener-
osty does not excuse or exculpate hio1.
He has committed theft and he IS pun
isled for &c. Defauiters should receive the
same treatment for theft is theft. wheti-
'r tho offender move On high society or 'n
the Sums
our courts should use greater diligence
n detoctng and punishlng this species
of crime which has become so prevalent.
Whenever tho grand jury Is summoned
'ae court should charge the members 10
make due inquiry whether or no thc'c
has boon any hushed-up defalcstIon in
.ae community. and IL so to present tho /
offender for trial A few examples" Of /
tHis character would have a wholesome |
Influence
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-18
WOMAN S FOREIGN
MISSIONARY WORK
The Society Of the Virginia Meth.
odist Conference in Session
in Petersburg.
FELL FROM POLE; BADLY HURT
Herbert Wood Fractures His
Ankle and is Otherwise
Hurt.

PETERSBURG. VA. october iT.-f6a
first business meeting Of this annnaI
session % the woman's Foreign MS.
siorary Society q the Virginia Msths-
dist Conference was held a. MaFksa
street Methodist Church this morning,
when the reading and discussion 81 -.
ports from the many districts receives
great attention
Miss Pear Young. q this city. diiiv~
cred a most appropriate and sttr@eHva
address q welcome. 20 which Nice Grace
Parham. OF Danvine. responded IN al
mirahle taste.
Herbert Wood. a young married man
employed BY tho Virginia PASSENGER and
Power Company. fell from an e7ectFia
light pole on JEFFERSON Street this morn %
ing Featuring one u HIS ankles and
otherwise inturinE himself. Mr.. woes
slipped and lost his balance while sd-
fustinE carbon IN N arc light.
Miss Louise Fox Banks. daughter 81
Nr James 7. Banks Of this city. has
been appointed sponsor for the Sons Of
Confederate Veterans from the Youth
Congregational District. with Aii6s Tinis
Walker Powell. Of Emporia, Sc maid -
honor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-18
COLLEGE MONTHLY.
DR.. E. w. Bowen Editing an
Edition Of Cicero's Works.


ASHLAND. VA, October 1.-THE Ran.
dolph- Macon Monthly will make its ini-
tial appearance for i906-1S07 this week.
II Will contain several interesting articles,
the most notable Of which. perhaps. is
entitled Personal Recollections Of James
a. Duncan" by Bishop John c. Cranberry.
There Is also a story called This Last
Voyage by a gifted student OF this col
lege. writing under the nom de plume
o. "Percivai"
This year there has been added a new
department that Of Art and Music. ="
edited by J. p. Simmons Or z. W
Bowen. Of the department Of Latin. is
now engaged IN editing an edition Of
Cicero's Philosophical Works namely,
DE Amicitia and De Senectute." for the
Gilderslceve Lodge series Of Latin authors
His recent article in the Popular Science
Monthly for October. entitled Amer
icanisms vs.. Britishisms' Is attracting
wide and favorable comment among Eng
lsh scholars IN this country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-18

Mr.. Leo wise. manager o. the Aoad-
envy. states that in future all those who
enter the playhouse after the curtain
10 Up on the first act viii not be allowed
TO take their seats until the curtain fails
at the end OF the act late corners. who
have been IN the habit OF disturbing those
who arrived on time. Will b seated IN
the last tWo rows OF orchestra chairs. ~
any are vacant. The curtain win rise
at the Academy at s;l5.
The attractions At the Academy next
week will be Primroses Minstreis Mon
on Tuesday. and Miss Mary Emerson. 81
HIS Majesty and tho Maid" on Sat
urday. matinee ana night
Mr.. Ben Greet the eminent English
shakespearean scholar and player. writes
as follows 70 Tho Times Dispatch from
London:
The Ben Greet players Win be IN Rich
mond early IN November. with Every
man am hoping % set the PLAYS II
leoo-lslo put on at jamestown. Uith tho
help Of the 'srthorities.' for T am sure
they wlll make valuable cducatlonaf
adjunct TO the exposition saw tie
powers that be. and they seemed inclined
10 favor the scheme Of an old English
PLAYHOUSE. and also proposed giving "a
pageant Of early American ife down
TO the present time"
Mary Emerson. who has hoe, TO- VANS
leading lady with Louis James. and more
recently IN she support Of Richard Mans
nelc. Will star this year under Nixon and
zimmerman management IN q very
pretty. romantic drama entitled ms
Majesty and the Maid" Miss Emerson
Is surrounded BY capable company. and
VIII offer a rare treat 10 those WIZ crfo,-
good performance. She will play here
next week.
Many % RAYMOND Hitchcock's Old al
nirers Will be pleased 10 learn that al
though he IL soon 70 appear here IN Rich
ard Harding Davis's clever farce. The
Galloper." ne has not divorced himself
entirely from musical fun. The unctuous
comedian has a character song IN the last
act. ana has added quartet ~ Greek
musicians 80 tEe cast These take par
in the play. the story q which deals
with a series Of laughable episodes con-
nected with the oraeco- Turkish War
Miss Helen ware. WHO made such MI,
the Case" left Miss Blanche Walsh's
company after the performanc. here on
Tuesday night
Il Is said that the star could not stand
the applause that greeted Miss Wares
work-aPplause that was greater than
that received by Miss Walsh
II is only fair 20 say that Miss Ware
and there has seldom been seen a more
finished portrayal Of character than her
work as claire Foster"
Miss Ware left for New York on yes
terday morning. The Woman In the
Case" company went South.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-18
THE TIMES DIsPATCH RICHMOND

number at that time: forty 70 sixty mill
lion is nearer the correct estimate. o.,
Those enormous herds only a portion dis.
appeared by the arrow OF the Indian or
the bullet of the later hunter. Other
causes aided their going. Prairie fires
carried or large numbers So did thin
ice over the rivers. which broke under
the thousands OF heavy bodies which
crowded at once upon #. The bison al
ways moved with his family. his friends
and the friends of their friends Colonel
r. I. Dodge relates having seen 100000
together, in 1871. but the accuracy OF
these figures naturally cannot be vouched
for travelling together. the bisons diea
together. traveller tells of having
counted 10000 carcasses. mostly drowned.
within journey Of thirty-five miles.
BY 1892. the slaughter Of the bison had
attained commercial Importance. Cauin
asserts that 10000 TO 100000 robes we're
marketed in that year. The coming Of
the railroads vastly stimulated the hunt
ing. In the three years following tho
arrival OF the Sante Fe in Kansas. 1872
TO 1874. over S.GOoOO0 animals were killed
IN the southern range. Early in the
eighties the trade came to a sudden stand
stH because there were no more buffaloes
Northern hunters marketed 20O.Oo0 skins
In 1852; two years later they marketed just
800. OF the myriads which trod the plains
century ago, there remain to-day some
loo 1So Of which are in captivity.
Naturalists are determined that no more
animals shall become extinct il they
can help it. and they have long had the
backing OF the government i'm the effort
TO preserve the American buffalo. In tho
new 5000 acre game-preserve in OKLA
homa. twenty-eight head Of bison from
fronN Park VIII be installed and
systematic effort will be made to de-
Nclop "a large herd.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-10-18
Rhymes for 20 Day
Our Cook.

Our COOK.
is fine 10 stand where you can look
At our handsome. naughty cook,
And watch her loling with her book
In hand.
NOT tall nor short. nor slim nor fat.
She's such q real aristocrat.
10 see her in a plcture-hat,-
It's grand.
When she arises rather late.
An orange. hop. and chocolate
one cup,
Ana say some eggs and huCkwheat cakes
Al not and ready when she wakes,
= or Mother cooks we'll and takes
II UP.
love TO watch her MS she eats
HOW neat she nrasticates the wheats,
And then she rests. with James or Keats
TIL O.
Wherever she sits and does her hair.
And picking something Mica 70 wear
steps downward through the porte
To drive
We see that she's kept well arraved
Sic has her telephone and maid
We strive TO please. yet I'm afraid
She'll 90
Inc place is well enough she'll own
1,ut she lets well enough alone
ohe says. and our social tone
rs low