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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
CoNeER is CRITICALLY ILL
Former Minister to China Reported
Slowly Dying at Home in
Pasadena, Cal.

PASADENA. Cal, May 16.-Edwin Con-
ger, former minister TO China ana re-
Gently resigned ambassador to Mexico Is
critically Ill at his home in this city.
Mr. Conger came to Pasadena immedi-
ately after his return from Mexico in 1906.
Since that time he has been slowly falling.
II Is understood. the end may come at any
hour
Former Minister Conger first came into
prominence as minister to Brazil In 1897.
He was minister to China during the Boxer
Siege and conducted the negotiations for
the United states after the allied powers
had captured that city.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
BARKER SEEKING TO ESCAPE
Desperate Des MOines Negro Fights
for Release Though seFt-
ously wounded.

DIES MONIES Ia. May 1s.-Armed on
GERS are stationed at the bedside OF the
negro Barker. shot IN a duel with Detec-
tive Johnson last might. Twice Barker
attempted 20 escape today but was over
powered by attendants. Forty-two per-
foratfons were found I'm his intestnes.
johnson, who was shot in the head by a
stepaon Of Barker, win recover
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
pOMERTIC.

Rev. w. H. Roberts of Philadelphia was
elected moderator of the general assembly
OF the Presbyterian church. Page
Eleven talesmen were examined at
Boise yesterday at Haywood trial One
juror was secured, but he is subject to
peremptory challenge Page 1
st. Paul railroad pleads guilty to two
charges Of rebating in New York and is
lined 100000. Page 1
President Finley of the Southern rail-
road in addressing the cotton growers
says If unjust restrictive legislation is
enacted the roads cannot raise the money
necessary to meet the demands of the
rapidly developing country Page 1
Kansas republican state committee unan.
imously indorses Secretary Tafts candi-
docy for president Page /
e. H. Conger, formerly United States
minister to China and who went through
the Siege Of Peking, is critically i'll at
his home in Pasadena Cal. Page
Republican caucus of Wisconsin nom
mates Isaac Stephenson of Marinette for
United States senator to succeed John c.
Spooner. Page 1
NEBRASKA.
Railway Commission informs roads II
will not countenance elimination of frac-
tion under the new maximum rate law
Updike Grain company objects to method
of assessment in Lincoln. State Board of
Assessment takes recess until Saturday
when citizens win be heard on railway
valuations. Don c. Despair resigns as
labor commissioner. Page
Inspection Of wheat fields near Adams
shows the green bug is doing great
amount of damage. Page 3
WASHINGTON.
back to the government 1865 acres of
coal land fraudulenUy obtained and no
prosecutions will follow. Page
FOREIGN.
Reports from Russia indicate that the
wheat crop in several provinces has been
badly damaged and in some sections will
be an entire failure. Page 8
Confession of Cossack sergeant reveals
fact that men in conspiracy to kill the
czar during passion week are members
of the emperor's personal escort Page
LOCAL.
w. A. Paxton decided to build large
apartment house near Twenty-hfth and
Farnam streets and Willow Springs will
erect new siN-story brewhouse Page 2
Annual council of Protestant Episcopal
church aujourns and reports received from
Canon Bell and Rev. James A Wise
Page
| Gentle Spring, who was stolen by the
villain Winter, is found within twelve
! hours after advertisement was made in
| The Bee. Page IL
! Fred Burke, or L. r. Higgins, the con-
/ fessed murderer of Mr.. and Mrs. w L.
/ Copple Of Pender. wants to remain at the
/ Douglas county jail until he can see his
mother, Mrs. Cora Higgins of Denver.
| Page
! W. j. Bryan arrives in Omaha for con-
/ ference with Mayor Dahlman and local
! democrats. but refuses TO talk regarding
| political matters. Page 5
! The migrating Ute Indians, who left
! their reservation last fall. have agreed to
return to new reservation given In the
/ Cheyenne river country Of South Dakota
| and leave in one month. PaRe 2
Society Items-Last meeting of season
! Of K. X. K. club and luncheon given at
! Fort Omaha for Miss Rose Greedy Of
! washington. Page 8
Paxton & Gallagher decide to build new
! warehouse of eight stories and will tear
| down old buildings on site at Ninth and
/ Jones streets. Pare q
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
SUICIDE OF SHELTON MAN
Dependent over Money Loss and Out
of Work william COnrOy
shoots Himself.

sHOsHONI. Wyo., May l6.-(special.)-
Despondent over money losses and being
out OF work William Conroy, who came
here recently from Shelton. Neb., COM
mitted suicide last night by shooting him
self through the head with a revolver
The remains will he sent 70 the old home
Cor burial
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
CROWD ATTACKS CONDUCTOR
Strike at Evansville, Ind, Cause of
Considerable Disturbance
Among Citizens.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 16.-One hum
dred and twenty street car employees, mem
bers of the union recently formed here,
walked out this morning upon the refusal
OF the Evansville & Southern Indiana rail-
road to grant an increase In wages.
General agents of the company are re-
cruiting men in other places to take the
places OF the strikers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
RELIEF TRAIN is DITCHED
Special from cOvingtOn TO MRrysvine,
Ky. 10 Aid Wreck Also
WrepIxed

CINCINNATI, May IA relief train
sent from Covinston 10 Maysville. Ky.
where a Chesapeake & Ohio train was
wrecked today. is reported to have been
wrecked. Two men are said 70 have been
killed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
SUMMARY OF THE bee
Friday, May II, 1907.
THE WEATHER.

FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA.-Fair Fri
day; showers In northwest portion; cooler.
Saturday fair.
FORECAST FOR IowA-Partly cloudy
Friday; probably showers, cooler in west
portion. Saturday fair
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17
SPORT.

Results of the ball games:s
B-Omaha VS.. DenVer-6
S-Pueblo VS.. Des Moines-2.
S-SiouX City VS.. Lincoln-l
7-Chicago va Boston-O.
columbus va. Milwaukee,.
list Paul VS.. Louisville-5.
4-Kansas City VS.. Toledo-3
1-Detroit VS.. New York-0
2-Cleveland VS.. Bostou-l.
st Loyis VS.. Philadelphia-0.
7-Chicago VS.. Washington-2.
COMMERCIAL. AND INDUsTRIAL.
Live stock markets. Page 8
Grain markets. Page o
Stocks and bonds. Page
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17

Sceatinusd on second PASol
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-17

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, May 16.-An ex-
plosion OF powder at the foot of Lookout
mountain today caused the following dam
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21

such course would have left here one
more opponent of the pious frauds. who
have been maliciously aiming at the
destruction of everybody and every
thing which they could not personally
control. So the underling ecclesiasts
began to write to his family in Eng
land, charging the young man with the
most outrageous conduct. His kins-
people, not believing the scurrilous ac-
cusations, returned the information TO
their young rolativo Of what was trans
piring concerning him. Tho things
with which the man were charged, had
he been guilty of them, would have
pauperized a far more wealthy indi-
vidual than he; and the best refutation
Of the calumnies Of the lying ecclesias-
tical character-assassins is in the very
fact that he has saved ample money to
carry him back to his relatives-for
the sole purpose, too, Of refuting the
falsehoods of priestcraft. The young
man is driven away from Utah by the
ecclcsiasts because they do not desire
the residence here of any decent stran-
ger who might oppose them. He is
obliged to leave in order to defend his
own character in the house Of his
fathers.
Seldom in this world is such villainy
practiced in Christian communities.
And the case here presented is but
one among many hundreds which have
occurred here. Some victims have left
the State and some have remained; but
the whole series of attacks emanates
from the bigoted source that has al
ways been noted for its venom-that
poisonous polygamy, whose adhcrcnts
claim to be the only boosters for Salt
Lake and Utah.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
THE LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 2 1907

The apostles OF polygamy and BIAS
phemous graft desired to impress the
world with the erroneous supposition
that they, above all men in Christen-
dom, were preachers of tho word Of the
Almighty to nil humanity; that they
were actuated only by the highest mo-
tives in bringing people to Zion, where
they could more perfectly live after the
life pattern Of the Righteous One. Such
a goodness!
But what about the contradiction
embraced within the lines of these two
very short paragraphss "Well, and
what of it2' will be the counter-inter-
rogatory Of the brethren. That is no
ono's business but our own-and de-
cent people are glad that tho priests
havo so little company IN their dis
graceful occupation. Besides, we put
our own Interpretation upon everything.
However, this instance is but one Of
thousands which would tend to enforce
the thought that, to comprehend any
definition Of Mormon theology or to
understand any explanation of hier
archical act or utterance, one must first
learn of the particular circumstances
which antecede or surround either-the
resultant sum will be the total Of their
priestly philosophy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
HIS AUToCRATIC EXcELLENOY,

IL has for some time been an open
secret that President Roosevelt Is DIS
contented with the newspaper CORE
spondents at Washington. He is roma
of telling them what tc write and what
not to write; and if the compliant
scribe writes what he is told TO write
he is held in high favor, but If the
non-compliant one writes what he Is
told not to write, he is III disgrace; his
homo office may even receive n note
to the effect that he may as well be
called in, as he will not be given news
at the White House or in the depart
ments.
This has made a sort of terrorism
among the Washington correspondents
They don't know at what moment a
back fire may be opened upon them
And TO be denied access TO the sources
of news, means lack of usefulness, and
the Job must go to some one else
but always on condition of subservl-
encc or no news. Still, the newspaper
lads are not q worshipful set, and 1T is
hard to keep them under the official
thumb. And when they get out from
the pressure, the represscd feelings are
apt to find expression and even one
who is persona non grata may occa-
sionally get news from beyond the
bars,
1t seems TO have become necessary,
therefore, to discipline the boys with
greater severity, the form of this dis
cipline being narrated in an Associated
Press dispatch from Washington this
morning. This states that hereafter
newspapermen will not be allowed any
more TO congregate in the White House
grounds after nightfall, or to go to the
door of the White House in search of
information.
Where shall they go, then9 Must
they stink around the back way, and
peer in at the windows7 Is the prohi-
bition of congregating in the White
House after nightfall delicate hint
that the Presidential hencoop must
not be invaded7 Are other citi-
zens also under the like disqualified
tionl What is it all about, anyway
Are not the newspapermen also men
and brothers! Why this open afrront
to them, this restriction upon them as
if they were dangerous characters to
have about9
This latest outgiving from the White
House is as insulting as it is auto
cratic and unprecedented, The Nation
at large has right TO the news Of our
public men and our public business;
and the newspaper men are the agency
through which the people get that news.
What is there to hide' And why
should the President of Republic
seek to hide himself and his acts in
cloud of secrecy and mystery such as
is fit only to a people hating despot7
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
TIE CAT PEEPING OUT.

The cat is peeping out of the official
conspiracy bag. Presently, no doubt, 1T
will emerge entirely, ears, claws and
tail. And "Sandy' is the man who
has loosened tho puckering' string SO
that the cnt can peep. In his letter to
Scottish newspaper he let it be known
that it was "with the kind assistance
Of friends" that he and his brother
were SO suddenly able to start in bust
ness here after having, as they claimed,
lost their all. To be sure, tho Deseret
News, the church organ, claimed that
The Tribune had interpolated those
words quoted; but 1T is always the
News's way to rave and lie when it
gets In n close place or wants to clinch
any special piece of deceit, and al
though the News knows fully that its
charge In this was wholly false and
that we printed the Alexander McWhir-
ter letter and the Scottish paper s intro
ductiou to it, precisely as that paper had
it, we have no idea that the News will
take back its false assertion. but will
continue to let its readers (those who
read no other papers, poor chapsD keep
on trusting to its word in its falsehood,
and believing that The Tribune inter
polated those words. And yet tho copy
as clipped from the Scottish paper is on
view, 80 that any one interested can
see that we reproduced the whole mat
ter precisely as it appeared there.
Now, who are those "kind friends ''
Why should any one step forward to set
strangers up in business who had shown
so astonishing simplicity as to give up
$4,000 on demand of an assumed police
ofhcial2 Even had that assumed police
man been a genuine officer does not
any man of ordinary intelligence know
that no officer has the right TO demand
man s money and make way with it,
And why should any one put up money
for any one so simple as not to know IT.
And the McWhirters are no such fools;
they are bright, sharp, knowing their
rights far above the average man.
We have always felt that the return
of the McWhirters, their close handling
and hiding by the Sheriff, and their
starting up in business here was a good
deal Of mystery. But it was "kiud
friends who aided them in all this
And now, who are those "kind
friendsa' An answer TO this would
throw a food Of light on the whole
transaction. Probably it was those
same "kind friends who were able
to point out to Alexander McWhirter
the direct connection of his case with
the election Of last fall, thus making a
common interest between the two, SO
that he might exult in it when he wrote
home.
With this excellent start toward
complete exposure of this official con-
spiracy whereby the county is being
robbed to pay the expenses of putting
up job on Chief Sheets, further devel-
opments may reasonably be expected.
But the pressing question now is, Who
were the "kind friends who furnished
the assistance for which Alexander
was so grateful7
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
INTERPRETATION VAGARIEs.

1t would be interesting TO learn from
the man who imagines himself TO be a
prophet, seer, and revelator, if his jour
nalistic representative is permitted to
contradict him. Or 1t would be still
more interesting to be informed by the
organ of the polygamists whether it
was itself or tho recent manifesto of
the church authorities that promulgated
something "new' in the two following
quotations.:
The church is not engaged in the emil
grafton business. The elders in the field
not emigration agents. They do not
encourage anyone to como TO Utah.-Des-
eret News editorial, March %. 1907
We proclaim the objects of this organ
ization TO be. the preaching of the gos-
pei in all the world the gathering of
scattered Israel-Ofhcial Declaration of
the Mormon Church, April ), 1907.
There seems to be some discrepancy
between these two etatements-both
official when the church desires them
to be such, and both to bo repudiated
if occasion shall require
To gain an insight into the workings
of the priestly mentality, it is neces.
sary to inquire into and note the cir
cumstances which led TO the priest
crafty contrariness Of utterance. At
the time the Deseret News made it's
grand stand play, it was at consider
able pains to deny that the Mormon
church was In the habit of having its
missionaries use their influence TO in.
ducc people In foreign countries TO
come to Utah. The reason for its
headlong rush into supposed breach in
the wall OF hierarchial machination was
the publication of dispatch from an
Atlantic seaport, which informed the
public that n lot of Mormon converts
were about TO be conducted across coun-
try TO Zion. In order to refute. self.
deceivedly, some details OF that dis.
patch, the organ of the Mormon lord
resortcd TO ono of its musty falsehoods
either that, or tho late manifesto pre-
sented something "new.p In select
ing either horn Of the dilemma the
hypocrisy Of the News will be estab-
lished.
AS to the recent pronouncement.
there was an object in view in con-
tradicting the utterance of tho divinely
inspired organ. The priesthood wished
to present a holy front to the world.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
ECCLESIASTICAL BLAsPHEMY.

In no other organization in the
civilized world is the name of deity so
frequently and persistently blasphemed
as IN the Mormon church. No men liv-
ing assume so much upon the sacred
name OF Jehovah as do the priests of
the polygamous cult Attend any
gathering of the Saints, and you will
hear sacrilegious repetition of such
assertions as "We are the people Of
God -; 'FBrother So~and.So is a man of
God -; "this is the work of God" and
others equally brutal in their profanity.
Referring to the first expression of
self~praise, prevalent among the priest
ridden Zealots of the Smith following.
the principal characteristic of their pre-
tended godliness lies in the fact that
they are absolutely obedient to their
fraudulent rulers. 1t is true OF them
that they will accept as the word Of
the Almighty any nonsense which
may enter into the prophetic mind
They will assist in any subversion of
sentiment, any lnfraction of law, in
every evasion of truth, just as they
may happen to be directed by priest
craft. And ON this account they con
tinually boast-mercly uttering of
themselves the fattery which is
patronizingly dealt to them by their
leaders-that they are "the people Of
Cod
As to the second laudatory saying,
which is banded about between the
hierarchs in mutual establishment Of
righteousness, no better example OF
the usual subject. of that sort of Nor
mon praise can be had than the chief
of the whole community, His own
testimony is in evidence of these
several facts: That he is law
breaker; that he disregards the al.
legged command Of the Almighty; that
his intention is to continue in sinful
and unlawful career; that he takes
money from poor people, IN the name
Of the Almighty, for his own aggran-
dlZement; that he pretends TO be n
prophet and does not prophesy; that
he claims TO be a revelator and re.
celvcs no revelation; that he breaks
the most sacred promises which man
can make; that he lies when occasion
presents itself; that he disobcys God
whenever he feels like doing so; that
he encourages crime within the church
by refusing TO punish it; that he openly
and deGantly lives an altogether I'M
moral life. And on this account b;a
coadjntors call him ga man of God. -
Coming to the third boast, it is
sufficient to say that the Mormon
church defends the whole impious
desocration involved in the other decla.
rations. And on this account the Saints
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
assert that they are engaged in "the

assert that they are engaged in "the
work of God.'
No such hard-hearted perversion
exists on the earth than is embraced
in the bypocritical sanctity of the
polygamous leaders Of the Mormon
church. They tamper with the sacred
name of deity in order to clothe them.
selves with holiness. They fling about
the namo Of God to hold their dupes
in inane submission to their will.
They boast of the Christ-like attributes
of themselves and their followers in
miserable attempt to distract the atten-
tion of the world at large from the
evils which they teach, foster and prac'
tice,
To the ordinary Christian mind, the
boastful self praise Of the hierarchs is
simply an appalling display OF vii
lainous fanaticism-to be pitied by the
over charitable and to be damned py
the sensible.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
A FIELD FOR USEFULNESS.

County Attorney Hanson seems TO be
of a strenuous turn Of activity. He Is
known TO be personally very modest
young man, but his bursting love for
the State, his overbrimming anxiety
to see the law respected and obeyed,
have led him into the limelight with
considerable frequency Of late. To be
sure, he may have made some mistakes
who would not, with matters of great
depth to contend with?-but neverthc-
less he is active in what he consid-
ers TO be a defense of the laws dig
nifty.
1t will be remembered that he is the
ambitious youth who has been conduct
ing some sort Of case-the public
is not Informed of its real character
against the Chief of Police of Salt
Lake City. The young man is cour-
ageous, too, in that he heroically re-
fuses TO disclose the identity of those
who have at times ruthlessly thrust him
into a tight place and left him hold
ing the sack. Therefore he plods on
his righteous way, firmly believing that,
if not here and now. there will else
where and hereafter be reward.
But some people are not satisfied,
even at this loyal display of devotion to
duty. Not content to let the County
Attorney pursue his ornamental way,
they are cruel enough to ask that be
add something useful to his achieve.
ments. They mention the cases of the
Smiths, the Taylors, the Cowleys, the
Tanners, the Newtons, and scores of
others who are intimated to be con-
stantly pursuing a course of life which
should be highly repugnant to the SUI
perior ethics of one who is a perambu-
lating saturated solution of morality.
These people profess that they mere
~ call the attention of the immaculate
County Attorney to these other things.
IN the hope that the fruits of his la
bors shall not be constantly of the cit
rate variety.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
THE FIRST KIsc

How delicious is the winnInp
OF kiss at loves beginning
When two mutual hearts az.
For the knot there's no untyiny
Yet remember. midst YOUR vo.,-
Love has bliss. hut love las W
Other smiles may make YOU e
Tears for other charms NAV
Love he comes. love he tarrles
Just as fate or fancy carrjes
Longest stays when sorest chIt<
Laughs and flies when pressed N
Bind the sea 10 slumber stiuy
Bind It's odor to the lily,
Bind the aspen ne'er 10 ouiyer
Then bind love. TO last forever
Loves a fire that needs rensVsI
OF fresh beauty for lis fuel:
Loves wing moults when caesd|
tured-
Only free he scars enraptured
Can you keep the bee from "a.
Or the ring doves neck from {
No! nor fettered love from dyi1
In the knot there's no untyine.
Thomas q
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-21
Some Poetrgy|

ROSE DOLORES. +
The moan OF Rose Doloro.
plalnt TO me: sue q
My hair Is lifted hv ~.
sweeps In from the 'ns vl1|
/ taste the salt upon mv i,ea;
set me freef' "ps-01,
Content thee. Rose Do,o
thee. child OF carei ei''es,
There's satin shoon unor =,
emeralds in thy hal my {,
And one there Is who ~,
step upon the stair "Nsera
The moan Of Rose DoIo,s,.
set me freel" "0t
are terrible to me. e@n'l
l heard a murmur on the w,,,
muir OF the sea" ''a' 4
"BethInk thee, Rose Dolo,,
thee. ere too late,.
Thou vert a fishers chilli -,
to a fishers fate, aiee
Wouldn't lay thy beauty ,r
wouldn't be a fishers ~
The moan OF Rose Dolores: "x,.
let me go, an
There's one VINO is a flsher-sh,
beats cold and slow w
Lest he should doubt / lovs ~,
love not heaven SOL" '
Alas. Sweet Rose Dolore.
against the bars?
The fisher lover drifteth nh,
is full Of stars; "'e
Why weep for one who wea,,
since grief thy beaury ne.
The moan OF Rose Dolores q,
me patiently: "a'
oh. jailer, now | know who ,.r
out the calling sea.
/ know whose kiss was in u.
1ailer, set me frcep'
By Isabel Eccleston Nact,-
Clure's.