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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
ANOTHER CASE
LOST BY STATE
FORECASTS COLLAPSE or PROS
EcUTloN IN SPRINGFIELD
RIOT cAsEs-1oo REMAINING
MAY BE DISMISSED.

Springfield. m. Nov. 2S.-Thc ac
quittal today OF two more OF the de-
PENDANTS is generally regarded as
.forecasting the collapse OF The pros
.ecution in the cases growing cut OF
the recent race riots here.
The verdict of not guilty was
brought In by the jury in the case Of
William and Mabel Stout who hal
been on trial on Indictment charging
larceny This was The first OF bur
glary aud larceny cases growing out
OF riots to the tried
The defendants admitted taking
large quantities Of groceries which
were alleged TO have been stolen from
q wrecked store. but said they found
the goods on the Sidewalk ia front Of
tbe store
The state has failed 10 sccurs con
Eicu0ns iu fhe murder cases CROWNS
out OF The iynchiHg and also in the
destruction of property or burglar
and larceny casee- over a hundred
ether Indictments are bending b..
taese cases vin an very Hkeiy be
disrnlsseL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
MOTHER DIES,
SON CONDEMNED
HIS FATE CRUSHED HER-FARE-
WELL TO SON WAS PA
THETlc LETTER.
B,LIIk RAILS AT LAW
For Condemnn5 Him, An innocent
Man, and Putting Mother to
Death Hangs in
TWO Weeks.

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 2S.--Mrs Bar.
bara Billek, mother OF Herman Bill
lex, condemned to be hanged two
weeks from today, died in her home
in Cleveland. O., literally killed by
'the awful fate impending over her
son The news, brought from Cleve,
land In dispatches, was taken to Bill
lex, who collapsed with grief ia his
cen at the county jail
Mrs. Billek had been in failing
health for some time. and fell in a
dead faint when she received a
pathetic letter of farewell from her
doomed son Wednesday, in which he
said that he had given up all hope
and must die on the gallows. She
was put to bed and given the best
medical attendance, but weakened
steadily till her death came in the
early hours today.
pflick had passed bad Thanks,
giving Day ana i restless night. and
had eaten his breakfast but short
time before the news was brought 10
him bya newspaper man.
In letter to her son, received by
Billek Thursday, Mrs. Billek In
clcsed 81 and said.
my Dear Son Herman-Why don't
yol, write me in so long time i
have no rest, I am half dead al.
ready | pray night aud day that
Coy Almighty will let me live until
| know what comes of the troub,es
Of my only child.
II can't believe they viii hang you,
or there is no justice in the world.
know you are innocent. You never
committed crime like that
But when they hang you they
will kill me.
II send you here two dollars-ali
[ have to spare. will try TO come
to sec you yet. send dozen
kisses.
Your Broken-Hearted Mother"
Alter the news of his mothers
death had been broken to him, Biliek
dehounced the legal system under
which he stands condemned. saying
that it had not only condemned him
to die when innocent but had also
put to death his mother.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
slx MEN suFFocATsp.

Detroit. Nov. 2s-SiX men sufOea-
ted to death this afternoon In Oak.
wood outside the western Outskirts n
Detroit They were al work $50 fest
down in a shafi being sunk for a salt
mine. when the canvass tube Viii h
supplied air became clogged and the
shaft filled with gas
Officials Of the company place n.
number Of dead at l25. some esti
mate the total number as high as sel
This was PAYDAY ar the mine ani
tonight ls2 envelopes have not bee,
claimed and DO Is believed that prae
ideally every maa who DID not cat
fCr his pay during the day Is mum
bareI anon efhe victims
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
EMpHATICALLY DENIED
That Austrian Troops Were Thrown
Into Panic From Fear Of At
tack BY Monteneerins.

Vienna. Nov 2s-It Is absolutely
denied in official quarters that. as r.
ported from Belgrade. a large body
Of Austrian troops stationed near the
MOntenegrin frontier were thrown
into a panic from fear Of attack by
Montenegrin forces
Onicisls state that there Is no Aus
trisn army in Ct near that district
They admit that several days ago
the baggage Of tome Austrian troops
near Avtovac was removed further
inland for fear Of attack by Monte
negrins- This appears to he the only
ground for the report
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
BANK ROBBERS CAUGH I
Two Were On Train When Arrested
Two Others Tsken-psrt
OF Money Recovered.

St Louis. Mo-. Nov. 2S.-A specia'
to the Post-Dispatch from Cassville
Nc, says:
The four robbers who blew the
safe OF the Citizens Bank at Rocky
Comfort early this morning and OBJ
tained 5000 in eesh beside destroy
ing the days securities. were cap
tured by Sheriff O'Dwyer OF this city.
Two were found near Beaver, Ark.
and the other two we're caught on a
Frisco train en- route TO Fort Smith.
Ark. The sheriff recovered $500 Of
the stolen money.
The sheriff reached here tonight
with the prisoners who refused to
give their names.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
EXPECT 1000 PRESENT
shSwn BY Reports to Secretary Elli-
son OF National Rivers and
Harbors Congress.

Washington. Nov 2S-Reports to
J. r. Ellison. secretary OF the Ma
uCnsl Rivers and Harbors congress.
indicate that the attendance will be
fully 5000 when the congress az
senibles here December 2 to enlpha-
size the needs OF waterways deveiCp-
ment to meet the growing demands
Of trade and commerce. DeleEa ions
have been appointed By governors Of
states. mayors Ct cities and trads
and commercial bodies throughC ut
the country
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
through the chancellor may have en-.
dangered the realm.
LAY CONNECTING LINK
Gen Dodge Says Colorado Southern
Railroad Will Make Improvement
Soon as Possible.

Council Bluffs. la. Nov. 2S.-Gen.
Grcenyille NJ. Dodge said tonight that
the Colorado Southern, of which road
he Is chairman of the board of di-
cctors, would. as soon as financial
conditions permitted fill the gap of
Is to - miles in its line south of
Cheyenne. Wyo.. and extend its line
ncrth to connect with the St Paul
and Hill lines on the Yellowstone.
This connection will give a con-
tinucus line running from Galveston.
Texas. to Edmonton. Canada
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
TO Get AT CHANCfLl(R
Moderate Radical Party to Introduce
Bill in Reichstag to Create
Impeachment Court.

Berlin, Nov 2S The moderate
Radical party today decided to intro
duce a resolution in the reicbstag fer
the creation of high impeachment
court, before which the chancellor
could be brought to answer TO-
in his constitutional duties
as between the emperor ani the leo-
pie or in a case, when, although not
unCcnstitr tional, imperial acts
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29

Marshall Ashley, and they laid their
plans craftily last night when about
TO begin the battle
They concentrated their apparently
forlorn hopes up on the leader of the
band. Jim Floyd. and when his conl-
panions saw him lying prone at the
officers mercy they fled with their
fighting spirit gone. The two officers
afterwards rounded up the gang and
captured all but one.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
NO DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS
SAYS ". S. LEAylTT.

Paris. Nov. Zs.-W. S. Leavi.t
whose wife il the deaughter is the
daughter Of William Jennings Bryan.
snnouDced tonight that there was 10
truth in the statement that divorce
processing we're impending. Ny
vile. Re said. has never even hint
ed at such a thing. either in her lei-
ters or verbally
Dispatches from Lincoln. Seb. pro
hshed here state that Bryan is seai-
ing a lawyer 20 Paris 10 arrange for
a divorce.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
STATE NINE INSPECTOR HAD
JUST PRONOUNCED CON
DlTIoNs GOOD.
EXACT DEAD NOT KNOWN
Rescuers Did Not Reach Victims TIL
Late--Bodies Not Yet Count
ed--After Damp Caused
Their Deaths.

PittSDnrg, Pa, Nov. 2S.--On the eyn
lof the convention Of the American
Mining Congress, which assemblies
Ihere next week TO consider mining
problems in various states Iii general
lnd particularly To discuss mime 4 sas
sers and provide means for their pre
ventioa there occurred shortly be-
Ifore noon today an explosion IN the
Marlanna Mine of the Pittsburg-Buff-
aIo Coal Company which entomhed
and killed all the men employed la
the mine al the time, the number BE-.
n ing yalltGsly estimated at from I25
% 300
Uncertainty as to the exact number
prevailed throughout the afternoon,
and continued when darkness enves-
|oped the new mining town which this
lowners had expected 50 much In the
way Of safety and comfort, through
the extraordinary study and expense
that had been devoted TO this feature
.of the development OF the new coal
field.
How Explosion Came
Deputy State Mine Inspector u u
tit few mintues before the explG-
sion, had completed two days in.
speetion which had revealed no cause
for apprehension. lie and General
Manager. Kerr, Of the eompaAx. cam
to the surface in d cage operated IN
one OF the shafts a few minutes hes
fore III O'clock. Mine Foreman Henry
Thompson and two miners entered
the cage and II was started toward
the bottom Of the 500 foot shaft
There was an ominous rumblng.
then trembling Of the ground rounl
about the mouth of the saft as from
an earthquake and an instant later
there YEAS terrific report and the
in It. The bories of the three men
through the roof of the shaft house,
the mine foreman and two men still
in it. The bodies o fthe three men
were hurled through the top OF The
building and far beyond IT, Thomp.
son was dead when picked up, whis
the others were mortally injured
Wreckage Hurled 1000.
SO great was the force OF the ex-
plosion that the shattered portions of
the woodwork about the mouth of
the shaft were blown into Ten Mile
Greek, 1000 feet from the shaft. Be.
sides the three men in the cage. por.
tions OF al least two other bodies were
blown fro mthe shaft and found IN n
field near by The ventilating fans
were put out OF commission by the
explosion and for several hours nutil
repairs could be made. no air could
be forced into the mine. The delay
ia the rescue work was also caused
by the blocking of the shaft by wreck.
ed timbers and machinery. A supreme
effort was made to hurry the opening
Of the mine, and IL was late when the
was effected.
AT $3.50 tonight when the FIRST res
cuing party reached The workings
they found dead bodies scattered
about the floor Of the none
Pew. II any. OF the bodies are mutt
ated AMI The men were undoubtedly
smoihered BY the deadly vapors which
the explosion. The bodies
have not yet been counted. bui it Is
Known that there are al least l2j. ami
DE number may BE- larger. All but
NO of The bodies in the mine, Il Is
all. are those Of foreigners.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
THREE soYs FROZEN TO DEATH

Nenturs. Cal Nov. -S-FrOzea 20
Death in the suo~ that coffrei tn
high peaks norh of the Santa Clara
VALLEY WEDNESDAY. the bcdies 81
tiree santa Psuia boys we're fotnl
today after q search q tro dsTs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
- eopIEs LocArEp.

There is not the slightest hope En-
tertained thar any a. the mea arr
IrnE. bui al possible speei sin -
male % reach the dead boiics. Il =
bsiievri by those Vho have enfer-d
TIE nine that the lives q he m-n
vere snunei oht almost Instantly -
the deadly rapors iAai foiiovrd ths
expicsics.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29

Thorght IL the property Of him who
can entertain II. and Of him who can
adequately place it--Ralph Wake
Emersca.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29

which makes the agreement second
to but few that have been recorded
in the later pages OF the worlds his.
tory.
Diplomatic Washington Awakens.
D.p'uma.'o wash 'ngtCn opened
wide 's ewes trday when the full pur.
"ort cf TIE agree nent, which has
been so much tailed about recently,
De.G.ns known The retlcence OF the
state department on the subject per
mitted but comparatively little 10
become public about the negotiations
aud this was confinei to the an.
nouncement that there would be a
restatement OF the positions Of both
ccuntries regarding China. designed.
II was said. to clean up any misap.
pr hension that might exist in the
matter.
That the two countries ever con
telnplated going as far as they have
was never dreamed Of even by the
most sangu ine Of those who favored
a closer understanding in support Of
Chinese territorial integrity. That
the negotiations have progressed to
pciLt Of actual Signature Of the
agreement thus indicating the tacit
acquiescenee in course by ether ma
tiors having large interests in the
fa- east. marks. diplomatic officials
assert. a decided step IN the gradual
solution Of tie eastern question. for
50 many wears threatening the peace
Of the nations interested.
Practically an Alliance.
An agreement ~as reached be.
TWEEN Japan and the United States
covering the policy Of the two conn
tries in the Pacific is the elimination
o. long line Of conventions. treaties
aBG understands between the two
cCuhtrics dating back 20 the con-
trcvarsy over the japanese school
ulesticn in San Francisco. which fer
a time in the minds Of scme people.
thrfsteuef a rupture of TIE frfenf 3
reiaiicna of the two countries
That was settled am-cably. laffr
tLCre vas a copywrisht and trade
mark convention. an arbitration
treaty. a prompt answer 70 the invi
(Concluded on F1fth PAge)
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-29
Navy Not pismsYed.

The spirited playing shown BY the
Army did not dismsy the Navy. how
ever. and they vent at West Point
with The greatest Of confidence. Sc
curing the ball on an exchange c.
kicks & was worked By good line
bDcking to the Army's q yard line
where il was fumbled BY Clay and
lost The Army Immediately pHntsd
2. aclnied on ThIrd Paral
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06
CONFERENCE oN GRAIN RATES
Kansas City Asks for n Greater Defer
entail as Against Omaha to
the Southeast.

KANSAS CITY, MO-, Oct 5.-(speciai
Telegram) - An important conference,
which may result IN a compromise in the
differential grain rate complaint of Kan
sas City against various railroads, will be
held here tomorrow. Tho complaint Of the
Kansas City grain dealers is that the rates
given Omaha are so slightly higher than
those given Kansas City to st. Louis. Cairo,
Memphis. New Orleans ard Galveston as
to constitute in fact discrimination against
Kansas City
The men 10 be In the conference here to-
morraw are Theodors Brent, assistant to
the third vice president OF the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific; E. B, Boyd. as
sistant to the third vice president of the
Gould lines; some traffic official OF the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, f.
]. McVann, secretary of the Grain ex-
change OF Omaha; ]. c. Lincoln, transpor-
tation commissioner Of st. Louis and II.
G. Wilson, commissioner of the Kansas
City transportation bureau. The differ
entail case is set for hearing here before
an examiner October y.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06
STOCK RATE CASE ADVANCED
Attorney General Orders Suit of
Western Roads Placed Ahead of
All other Litigation.

ST. LOUIS, Oct 5,-James r. Gray, clerk
of the United States circuit court, today
received a communication from Attorney
General Bonaparte, asking that the injunc-
ton suit filed by fifty-five western and
southwestern railroads to restrain the In
terstate Commerce commission from en-
forcing an order reducing live stock rates
on shipments from the southwest to Chi
cago. st. Louis. Kansas City and st. Jo-
seph be advanced on the docket ahead Of
all other litigation. The attorney general
also asked that the papers in the case
be sent as soon as possible to Judges Van
deventer, Hook and Adams.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06
.BERGE Is Off THE TICKET
Declines to Run as the Populist
Nominee for Governor.
PLAYED TO LIMIT BY DEMOCRATS
Would Not Trust Him 10 File DOcu-
ment Himself, but Was Placed
In Hands of One of the
Bryan Leoders.
tFrom a staff correspondent.l

LINCOLN, Oct. Especial George
w. Berge has quit. The idol of the popu-
lists has acceded to the demands of Mr..
Bryan's Tom Allen and has filed his. de-
clinauon of the populist nomination with
the democratic state committee, or
rather with A. s. Tibbetts. The COM
n,ittee took no chances and would not
even permit the populist nominee to file
his papers with the secretary of state.
The papers have not yet reached that Of
ficer
Mr. Berge made a fight for the demo-
cratic and populist nominations and he
secured the latter. AS soon as this be-
came known he was ordered to withdraw.
Notwithstanding he received larger per
cent of the populist votes than Shallen-
berger did of the democratic vote, there
was no talk of Shallenberger declining
the democratic nomination
AS a matter of fact, Shallenberger,
Mayor Dahlman, Tom Allen and other
close intimates of Mr.. Bryan had the
cards stacked on Berge from the very
first They did not want him nominated
for governor, and there was no chance Of
his nomination at the hands OF the demo-
Gratis even II he had received a majority
OF the combined democratic and populist
votes. Bryan's schemers saw to that.
Here is how 1t was done.
Shallenberger filed both as a populist
and a democrat Mayor Dahlman filed
only as a democrat These schemers
knew that the democratic nomination
would go either to Shallenberger or to
Dahlman. Now had Dahlman received a
larger democratic vote than Shallenberger,
he would not have Withdrawn, even
though Berge's combined democratic and
populist vote was larger than the Dahl
man vote Dahlman would simply have
said he did not run as a populist and
therefore IL would not be fair to compare
the Berge combined vote with his demo-
cratic vote. Shallenberger filed both as
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06
FATALITIES IN TENEMENT FIRE
Eight Supposed 10 BE Dead and q
Number Injured, One
Fatally.

NEW YORK. oct. Sight persons are
believed to have been burned to death and
several were injured, one fatally, in a fire
in a crowded tenement house on Mulberry
street. between ] and o'clock this morn
ing. Several tenants jumped from windows
and fire escapes wheE flames cut off their
retreat
The fire started on the first floor in
dry goods store and spread rapidly
There is a fire escape on the front Of
the building but Il was OF little use, as
the fifty persons In the building lost their
heads and children were thrown from the
windows to the street. Fortunately nearly
all OF the children were caught by persons
on the sidewalks.
At 2;l5 o'clock this morning the police re-
ported eight persons dead in the fire. -Four
bodies have been removed from the build
ing, those = twa men one woman and a
little girl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06
REGISTER AND ,aEAR HUGHES
Time to Do Both Tuesday Night,
When New Yorker Comes.
AUDITORIUM PLACE OF MEETING
Governor sheldon and A. w. Jeferis
VIII Speak and state and
County OmciaIs VIII BE
Present.

Charles Evans Hughes, governor OF New
York, will speak at the Auditorium Tues
day evening, but on account of Tuesday
being registration day he will not be in
troduced until o'clock, the hour the regis
tration booths close. This will give an
opportunity to all men who will no have
the time TO register during the day to
visit one of the fifty-four registration
booths in the evening and register and still
get to the Auditorium in time to hear the
governor of the Empire state speak,
Governor Hughes original itinerary
called for arrival in Omaha early In the
evening, but members of the committee ap-
praised him of the fact that Tuesday is
registration day and for that reason he
will make one more stop during the day
and reach Omaha at $3.50 in the evening,
coming from Missouri Valley in the special
train.
The governor will be introduced at 9
O'Clock, but the big political meeting will
begin at o'clock, Governor Sheldon to
precede the New York executive. A. W.
Jefferis, nominee for congress, will be
the first speaker, Governor Sheldon to
come next and Governor Hughes last.
Music will be furnished by Finn's Greater
Omaha Union band and all state, county
and city candidates will have seats on the
stage as we'll as the accredited delegates
to the national convention Of the National
Rural Letter Carriers association which
begins its session Tuesday morning.
Governor Hughes will be met at Missouri
Valley by Frank Crawford, county chair
man; Myron l.. Learned and Isadore
Zlegler, members Of the state committee
Howard w. Baldrige, chairman of the
reception committee; John C. Wharton,
treasurer Of the state committee, and Post
master B. F. Thomas.
Governor Hughes will spend Tuesday
night in Omaha, leaving Wednesday morn
ing at 1880.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06
EVANS CouRT-MARTIAL BEGINS
Charges Read to Board and TakIne
of Testimony Postponed
for Day.

MANILA Oct. 5.-The court-martial ap-
pointed to pass on the charges against
Lieutenant Frank T. Evans met today
aboard the battleship Vermont The
charges and specifications were read and
the court adjourned until tomorrow whep
the taking OF testimony will be begun. The
court is composed OF Captain Seaton
Schroeder. judge advocate; Captains w
P. Potter. T. B. Howard, Lieutenant Com
manders w. c. Bartollet. II. c. Scales
l.. NJ Mutton, w. c. Cole, IIeutenants J.
H. Holden and L. c. Palmer.
Major Williams OF the marine corps is
prosecuting officer and the defense is II,
the hands of Captain Harding and Lieu
tenant Kayser.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06
SLOW MAIL FOR BROOKLYN
Thirteen Years Taken by Letter to
Travel Across Bridge from
Manhattan.

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Thomas F. Davis,
a roofing contractor, upon receiving a let
ter at his home in Brooklyn, made hur-
ried trip to Manhattan. turning over in his
mird the prospects of fat profits from a
very promising bid for work made in the
letter When he arrived at an office in a
downtown building he asked If he could
see the bidder whose name signed the let
ter.
He has been dead for thirteen years." a
clerk replied.
Inspection Of the envelope showed that
tho letter had been mailed August 6, 1894
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06

City of south Omaha.
FIRST WARD.
lst Dist-548 n. goth.
I'd Dist-625 n. gath.
SECOND WARD.
1st DiSt-i99 S. goth.
I'd Dist-l09 N. gath.
THIRD WARD.
LIST Dist-Broadwell a.
Rich Coal Yd., Wash
ingtoD 81. e. X. r. Ave.
I'd Dist-W. side M. e. !,
Sunday school. saith &
u SITS.
FOURTH WARD.
lst Dist-2l2 n. 25th.
% Dist-3O17 q.
FIFTH WARD.
LIST Dist-S10 n. 9th.
I'd Dist-Lenagh Bldg,
8Sth & l..
SIXTH WARD.
1st Dist-i214 N. gath.
I'd Dist-4l5 N. goth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-10-06
SUMMARY OF The BEE
TEE wEArHER.

FOR OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS AND
fair and cooler' .,.
FOR ASKA-Tuesday fair with
cooler in east portion.
FOR IOWA-Threatening. with showers
in east central portions Tuesday; cooler III
west portion Tuesday.
Temperature at Omaha: