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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
RESOLUTIONS Adopted.

The following resolutions were adopted
by the convention:
We endorse the platform of the repub-
lican party as adopted by the recent ma
tional and state conventions.
We congratulate the people of the FIJI
teenth judicial district of Iowa on the
splendid ability and high integrity OF the
We recognize with pride the eminent
ability, integrity and distinguished services
of the man who has for twenty years been
an honor to the judiciary of our country,
Hon. N. w. Macy, and we commend his
habits. life and character to the emulation
of all aspiring young men.
The convention was called to order al
IL O'Clock by Attorney D. E. Stuart of this
city. chairman of the judicial central com
mittee. who had hoen selected as temporary
cf 1irman. w. c. Ratcllff Of Red Oak,
county attorney Of Montgomery county
was selected as temporary secretary.
on calling the convention TO order Mr..
Stuart spoke briefly Of the responsibility
of a convention called for the purpose OF
placing in nomination a candidate for the
high position Of Judge OF the district court.
During the last fifty years, he said, every
Judge elected had proved to be Of high in
tegrity and sound learning, and OF these
judges all but two had been elected by the
republican party, Mr.. stuart closed his
short addr. 50 wth a tribute to Judge n. w.
Macy OF Halion, who is about to retire
after serving twenty years on the bench
of the Fifteenth judicial district. The
reference to Judge Macy was greeted with
a storm Of applause from the convention,
After the naming of the following com
; mittees an adjournment was taken for
lunch:
Permanent Observation-Disclosures, +, L.
Howell; Cass, DR.. e. w, Porterfield; FIRE.
mont p. H.. Harrison Harrison, Clarence
w. Kellogg; Mills; A -; Washourn' mont
Wheeler; Pottawattamle, George II. Mayne;
CTe3entiais-Audubon II. ]. Mantz; Cass
c. b. Clovis; Fremont, Clark Vanatta
\ Harrison. II. l.. Harvey. Mills, +. b. Wood
ruff; Montgomery, Ed L. Mills; Page, c
n. Marvin; Pottawattamie, Fred a. WI
liams; Shelby, l.. c. Lewis.
Resolutions Audubon, George I. kellogg
Cass. John w. Scott; Fremont, R C. camp
bell; Harrison, II, II Roadifer; Mills, join
Y. Stone; Montgomery, r. A. Larson; rage
William A. Turner; -PottaWattamie. w. 5
Baird; Shelby. T G. Ford.
One Proxy shut out.
On the cc0A cr,ou rc~assembling the com
mittee on cree. n, 'd'5 reported four proXie
and r~eccmuo-de' The holders be seated
one Of n rc B.; :'cs was given by PER-!
Kerncy Of tic F-ottawattamie county dele
CATION to Attorney Charles NJ. Harl OF thi
city. The report was accepted and MI
Harl, with the holders Of the other thre
proxies. permitted to take their seats. Whe
this had been done Chairman c. b. Glow
of the credentials committee announce
that he had been handed another proxy
given by ]. II. spalti of Oakland. a mem
Der of the Pottawattamie county delega
ton. Chairman ]. NJ. Calvin Of the Pot
tawattamie county delegation objected I
the holder OF this proxy being allowed
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
Vesper

Beginning with next Sunday evening,
from I to 5 O'Clock. there viii be vesper
services held in the assembly room OF the
Broadway church as the evening services
of this church for the warm summer even
ings of July and August. There will be no
services in the auditorium these evenings.
The assembly room Is cool and comfortable.
The plan is an inspiring early service,
Grabbing the people to spend the evenings
at home.
Harry Curtis will be the leader next Sun
day evening. The pastor win close each
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
NO NOMINATION FOR JUDGE
Sixty Three Ballots Taken Before
Delegates Weary of the Labor.
ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MORNING.
No one of the Five Candidates Mt Any
Time Has Near Enough Votes
to Land the Noml-
nation.
ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MORNING.

I'll. -eruhIicun convention Of the Fl
teenth / It ii ] Cistr1ct. Compri ms the C tn
ties OF Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Hirrison'
Nils, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattam.e
and Shelby. failed after taking siNty-three
ballots. to nominate a candidate as sue
essor TO Judge y. w. Macy Of the district
bench and adjourned shortly before o
o'clock p. m. until $3.50 o'clock this morning.
There were five candidates before the
convention for the nomination, namely;
Thomas Arthur Of logan, Harrison county;
]. B. Rockafellow Of Atlantic, Cass county
George w. Cullison Of Harlan, Shelby
county; A. L. Cool! OF Maven, Mills
county. and II. w Bccscn Ct Rcd Oak,
Montgomery county.
The first ballot gave Arthur % votes;
Beeson, %; Cook, II; C~ul.ison. l6, and Rock
afellow, %. The ballot in detail was as
follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
BOOTH & COMPANY is GUILTY
Big Fish Concern Admits Accepting
Rebates From Railroad
Ompantes

CHICAGO, June SO.-A. Booth & Co, one
Of the largest concerns dealing in fish and
oysters in the west. pleaded guilty today
to having accepted rebates from railroad
companies. An indictment against the
company was returned a year ago. II con-
tanned several counts. all Of which, with one
exception, were dismissed. Judge Lands
will announce his sentence later. The
maximum penalty for the o%ffense. accord
ing TO District Attorney Simms. Is 5000.
The company was indicted for the viola
ton Of the Elkins antitrust law, the case
presenting many points similar to those
brought out at the trial Of the Standard
on company. which resulted In a fine OF
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02

These transfers were reported to The Bee
June 30 by the Pottawattamie County Abb
stract company of Council Bluffs:
Nathan Cary to, Henry Press, wSO
feet of lot 8, block /, Boilers addl-
ton to Walnut, Ia. W. d..............$ 81, $50
Benjamin-Fehr Real Estate Co, ct
al, to Charles 4. Christensen, lot
10, block l, in Snow & Green's sub
division to Council Bluffs, Ia, W.. d.. 800
Peter 7. Petersen and wife to Lorena
E. oakly, part swA SEA of ~19-77-43,
May WEIGH to Joseph II. WEIGH, lot
l, block A, and lot 8, block 10, Rid
dies subdivision in Council Bluffs,
Ia, W. 1
Ernest E. Hart, trustee, to Edith NJ.
e. Reed, lot 2, Aud's subdivision of
neA SEA-, ~3O-75-43, q. C. d............... 1
uVtra trapsFars +o4a1 60 oEo
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
Iowa News Notes.

MARSHALLTOWN - William O'Keeve,
who shot and wounded Policeman Joseph
Edgar OF the local force in 1904 while the
latter was aTresting him, was released Sun
day from the FIT. Madison penitentiary.
O'Keeve was sentenced to serve five years,
but he shortened his time one year and
three months by good behavior.
MARSHALLTOWN-According to the re-
turns made by the city, town and township
assessors, Marshall county has personal
property of a value Of {, l94,9 43, an in
crease OF $209, 600 over last year. Its real
estate is given a value OF S24, 7l9, 1856. The
valuation OF its total property is SS0,9l4,299
MARSHALLTOWN - Another consign-
ment of thirty-eight strike breakers to
take the place Of shopmen of the Iowa
Central, who are out on strike. which is
now going on its eleventh week, arrived in
the city this morning. The men were Sc
cured In Philadelphia and St Louis, 1t
union laborers employed in the shops will
quit on July 4. So far no successful effort
has been made to bring the strike to an
end.
MARsHALLTOwN-The fifth annual
convention OF the Luther league Of Iowa
will be held in this city on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday, July IS. Is and
II. The officers OF the state association
are: President, ReY. II. +. Martin, Mus
catine; recording secretary, Miss Mary
Fieseler. Iowa City: corresponding seere-
tary. o. ]. Viland, Slater; treasurer, Miss
Clara Vollmer. Burlington. Rev. CLAUS
Quallen. pastor OF the local church, will
deliver the address OF welcome. which will
be responded to b. Rev. Martin Of Musca-
tine.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
Special Announcement

The large number of
special trains over the
Union Pacific to the
Democratic National
Convention at Denver
will not in any way in
terfere with the usual
train service on that line,
as arrangements have
been made by the Union
Pacific to handle bust
ness on regular trains
in the usual way. 1t is
suggested, however, that
reservations for sleep
ing car space be made
as early as possible. Call
at or telephone, City
Ticket Office, 1924 Far
nam street. Phones,
Douglas 1928, Independ-
ent A3231
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
and Daughter Drown.

FORT MADISON, Ia, July Ezra Par
menter and his 4-year-old daughter lost
their lives in the Mississippi river yester-
day afternoon Tit family consisting Of
Mr.. Parmenter, his wife, daughter and
2-year-old son, were in a launch when the
top caught in an ~overhanging limb of a
tree along the island, and the launch was
capsized. The wife and son miraculously
reached shore.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
woman Burns TO Death.

IOWA CITY. July l,-(Special Telegram)
Miss Matilda Slezak, aged p, died today
after eight hours suffering from burns,
Her clothes caught from a fire she was
starting in the kitchen stove with kero-
sene. Every particle of clothing was burned
off her body and relatives were severely
burned in attempts at rescue.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to
Unidentified Man Killed.

FORT, DODGE, Ia, July 1.-(Special
Telegram)-The Great Western passenger
train this morning killed an unidentified
man three miles east of Vincent. He was
lying inside the rails and was not seen by
the engineer until the train was upon him.
Coroner Lowry empanelled a jury, which
returned a verdict generating the engine
crew. The man was seen at Vincent early
this morning drinking.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA

meeting with a short address. Short ad-
dresses by laymen and the presence Of the
orchestra and the use Of new song books
will add 70 the interest Of these meetings.
While these meetings will be under the aus
pices Of the Epwcrth league. it is a joint
service Of the league and the congregation,
The regular offerings will be taken.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02

There were los votes in the convention
and consequently flfty-five were necessary
for a nomination. At no time during the
balloting yesterday afternoon did any one
Of the five candidates come near getting
the nomination.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
Deadly Fright

possesses sufferers from lung trouble Til
they learn DR., Kings New Discovery will
help them. SOC and 81. For sale by Beaton
Drug company.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
II
EOR TOILET Ann RATH
FOR TOILET AND BATH

It makes tie toilet something to be en-
joyed. 1t rem oves all stains and roughnc5s,
prevents prickly heat aad chatting, and
leaves the skin white, soft, healthy. In the
bath Il brings a glow and exhilaration which
no common soap can equal, impartirg the
Vigor and life sensation of a mild Turkish
bath. AL GRoCEos " DrUGGIsTs
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
Commander Names Staff.
Freight Rates Down.

Freight rates will be reduced July 20
~ the Rock Island from the east Ia
FONTS. The information reached Des
Moines today, other lines entering Des
Moines have not received such orders yet
but they are expected soon. This rate Is
enc that the Commercial club and Greater
pes Moines committee AVE been fight
ing for for some months and the reduc-
ton is enough TO remove the discrimina-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
Boy Not Held for Trial.
Automobiies Increase.

Automobiles nave increased to 6,l36 IN
Iowa. The state law requiring that au-
tomobiles be registered with the secre-
tary of state was, passed and went INTO
effect in June, 1904. The first automo-
bile was registered June 81, 1904. The
increase by yearly periods since that time
is as follows: June 80, 1905, 1928; June
80, 1906, 2,21S: June 80, 1907, S,76S; June
81 1905. 6l36.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02

The sixty-third ballot, the last taken be-
.ore adjournment, was as follows;
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-13
TEXAS BANKERS SUICIDE.
c. A. BeasIey of Houston, L. c. Hutch
ms of Fort Worth and E. c. Gam
breII Shoot Themselves.

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 10.-C. A
Beasley, president of the American
Bank and Trust company of Houston
Tex, and until recently president Of
the Texas Bankers association, killed
himself by shooting. He had been in
San Antonio for the last two weeks
L. c. Hutchins, second vice presi
dent of the Fort Worth National bank
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head with a revolver. III
health and anxiety produced by the
recent financial panic are given as the
cause of suicide
Brooding over the suicide of Banker
Hutchins, a man he did not know, Eric
G. Gambrell, 38 years old, shot and
killed himself at a hotel in Fort
Worth. Gambrell was son of the
Rev. Df. J. r. GambreIl, a noted Bap
fist preacher, and had practiced law in
Dallas for many years. He formerly
edited several newspapers in Missis
sippi
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-13
Marshall Lake Mines.

News from Marshall lake (Idaho)
district regarding the mining condi-
tons is exceptionally favorable. Sew
eral good strikes have been reported
J. G.. Callahan, who came out yester-
day from Marshall lake, said that the
Bear Creek Tunnel and Milling COM
pany had driven tunnel into their
property encountering the ore ledge
at depth OF $50 feet below the surface
and that another tunnel will be driven
$50 feet below.
The Maxwell Mining and Milling
company has driven a tunnel which
strikes the ledge 200 feet below the
surface, and at this depth large
quantity, ofsfree milling ore has been
reached. -
The prospect is of unusual promise,
and specimens which have been
brought out to be assayed are said to
be rich in gold ore.
At present the district is handi-
capped with four feet of snow, but
work has not ceased, and plans are I'M
der way for great activity next sum-
mer.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-13

NO. $50 exploded, hurting him from
the cab, where he was riding, ana
sending scalding water over his body.
A report has reached Washington,
D. c., that Senator Fulton OF Oregon
purposes bringing action against +. ).
Heney for criminal libel.
At Pendleton District Attorney
Phelps sprung a surprise in court re-
Gently by his request for arraignment
of C. B. Wade, former cashier OF the
First National bank, on a charge OF
forgery and larceny by bailee.
Louis F. Swift, who is in Portland
with a number of Swift men, an
nounces that within the next six
months construction work on $4,000
600 packing plant would be instituted
at Portland. It will be the largest
plant west of Kansas City.
Former United States District Attor-
ney John H. Hall, indicted for conspir-
ing with the Butte Creek Land, Live
Stock and Lumber company to main
tain an illegal fence which enclosed
10000 acres of public land in Wheeler
county, was found guilty. The trial
has been in progress since January Ii
and has been bitterly fought on both
sides,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-13
STORMS HIT FLEET
ADMIRAL EVANS and men
HAVE DASHlNG time.
Encounter Fierce Gale While Passing
Through the Straits and Are Spread
Over Quite Stretch of Water but
Are Making Splendid Progress In
the Face of Strong Winds.

Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan,
Feb. 10.-The Pacific Navigation COM
pany steamship Orita, which arrived
here this morning, reports having
passed the American fleet in the strait
at 6 o'Hock last evening, IL miles east
of Cape Pilares. The Chilean cruiser
Chacabuco was leading. The weather
was very stormy.
The captain of the Orita said that he
sighted 10 vessels in the fleet, these
being the 16 American battleships, the
Chilean cruiser and two others, prob.
ably GOLFERS. He did not sight the
American torpedo boat f1Otilla, which
accompanied the battleships from this
port, but which turned north at
Smythe channel, 80 miles from the
western end of Magellan strait, to pro.
coed through this passage to Telcah
uanO.
Owing to the heavy weather, the
warships were spread out over a con
siderable stretch, but all seemed to be
making splendid progress in the face
of the strong winds.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-13
MONTANA NOTES.

A boy named Mcmillan was drowned
at Whitefsh in the Whitefish river.
The accident occurred near the
schoolhouse, at point where the chill
dren have been coasting down the hill
and on to the ice.
At Lewistown, Mont, John Walsh,
aged IA, accidentally shot his 12-year-
old brother while playing soldier on a
ranch 20 miles from town. The young
er boy died instantly. The two were
alone at the place when the accident
occurred.
Announcement is made that E. T.
Stotesbury has sold Sweet Marie, the
famous trotter, 2:O2, to William Brad
ley of Red Bank, N. j., owner of Major
Delmar, 1854.
Independent mining men of Montana
have decided to build an Independent
smelter, as a meanss of relief from
trust dictation. Missoula is anxious
to secure the plant, and business
mems committees have been at work
for a week preparing data to be sub
mitted to the meeting of the indie
pendent mining men on February II
at Helena.
1t is announced on the authority of
the management of the State Savings
bank at Butte that the bank would re-
sumo business February Is. President
M. S. Largely of the bank and F. Au-
gustus HeinZe have made good the
amount of their Indebtedness to the
institution.
Montana Horticultural society will
meet in Billings February 1923.
State Engineer John W. Wade, who
where he made plat of the town,
| will report to the state board of land
commissioners that practically every
business house and residence of that
town is situated upon land owned by
the state and by the Great Northern
railroad. This is the result of the re-
cent decision of the court against a
settler named Allison, from whom the
property owners originally secured
| their Deeds. The court affirmed the
claims of the state and of the railroad,
and it will be necessary for the inhabi-
tants to secure leases to the land from
the company until such time as they
can again buy their lots at auction
from the state.
George G. Hastings, who yesterday
pleaded guilty to second degree muir
der at Boulder in connection with the
holdup of the North Coast limited on
the Northern Pacific and the murder
of Engineer Frank Glow, May Z, 1906,
was sentenced to the penitentiary by
Judge Lew M. Galloway. Hastings is
20 years old.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-13
IDAHO EVENTS.

The steel work of the new main
building of the university is rising into
place rapidly now: The contractors
have their machinery all in place, and
large force on the work.
Three boys were fined in the court
Of Justice of the Peace L. T. Ditto.
more at Post Falls recently for gam
bling. -
Forty cases of pneumonia cause con.
siderable alarm at Nez Perez, as many
OF the patients are in serious condi
ton, with complications of typhoid
The logging camp under the super.
vision Of John hurry, near Bottle bay
above Standpoint, has temporarily
closed down on account of the deep
snow There are several million feet
of sawlogs located at this point now
which are to be taken to the Sand.
point mills soon.
Heavy Snow on the prairies is rap
idly melting, bringing moisture to the
dry grain fields, which are in need OF
1t. The rainfall this year has been
light, but winter wheat is in fine con.
dition, needing only the present moist.
ure to insure it wintering with little
loss. The fall of snow averaged eight
inches on the prairies.
Thomas E. Neighbors and F. A.
Green, Westlake saloonkeepers, plead
ed guilty to a charge of violating the
| Sunday closing law and were fined $50
each.
The big sawmill at st. Regis has
peen closed for the season and most
OF the men. about $50 in number, have
Deen transferred to different camps
run by the Big Blackfoot Milling com
pany. There was a scarcity of logs
and nearly all orders for the season
had been filled.
IN compliance with what is deemed
oy many to be necessity, an organ
lzatlon known as the Law Enforce
ment league is being formed in Wal
lace.
A petition to Governor Gooding Of
ioano and the state land board. ask
ing that the state relinquish its claim
10 lz,oOo acres of rich land on Marble
creek, in the ST. Joe country, in favor
VI settlers, was circulated recently.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-13
UNEARTH PLOT TO KILL GAR
Warning Is Found-Discover Wires
Attached to Bombs.

London, Feb 1.-THE Paris CORE
spondent of the Central News in a
dispatch, says word has reached the
French capital of the discovery by
the empress of Russia of a terrorist
warning, in the czarovitch's bed, stat
ing the car and czarovitch have been
sentenced to death. Secret police
found a network of electric wires in
geniously connected with II powerful
bombs placed at distant points in the
palace. A single operator would have
been able to blow up the entire palace.
The discovery of the plot, it is said,
has greatly frightened the car. He
is again in an exceedingly nervous
state.
It is now geenrally credited that
there are several revolutionists among
the servants in the palace.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-02-13
MINES AND MINING.

Nelson, B. Arrangements for the
consolidation of the Krao with the
adjoining properties are now nearly
completed. A tentative agreement has
been reached between the various par
ties concerned, who are Canadian,
Butte and Spokane mining men. The
Krao company was floated last year
at Butte on a capitalization of $780,
600.
Bayview, Idaho.-The Green Mon
arch mine, located near here, is ship
ping 1000 sacks of copper ore to Ia
coma this week for smelling This is
the first shipment of any amount
taken out of this mine, and is made to
secure general test.
The White Pass & Yukon Railway
company will begin building March Is
16-mile branch line from White
Horse into the copper mining district.
Phoenix, B. Core tonnage from
the CRANKY mines last week was lit
tie smaller than usual, owing to some
minor repairs being made at mines
and smelter
Pittsburg.-The total production of
bituminous coal in the Seventh Penn
sylvania district broke all previous
records last year, according to the re-
port of Inspector John l. Pratt, made
recently. During the year ended De-
cember 81 there were $685. S6 tons of
coal brought out of the SIS mines in
active operation.
New Martinsville, w. Vac. F.
LOwther, president of the LOwhter-
Kaufman Oil & Coal company, CAPT
talized at s1,00O,O00, recently asked
for receiver for the company. B.
Highland was appointed.
Nelson, B. C.-The passing Of the
control of the Hall Mine smelter and
Silver King mine from the hands of
the company into those of the de-
benture holders will probably mean
the operation Of both of these proper
ties under commercial conditions. The
Silver King mine has been proftably
operated up to the last few weeks.
Cadmium, a very rare and valuable
mineral, has been found to exist in the
ore from the W.-K. zinc mines, in
Kootenai county, Idaho. AS this min
eral is said to be worth into the thou
sands per ton, the company will have
a quantity of the ore sent to an expert
metallurgist for analysis. Cadmium
is said to be rarely, if ever, found ex-
cept associated with zinc ores, such
as SOhalorito which is fOund in con-
siderable bodies in the W-K