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Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
Ten Balloons Are
to Start in Race
Contest in Attempt to Win the Ben.
nett Cup Will Open at st.
Louis Today.

ST. LOUIS, Oct 1L-Inflation Of the
balloons entered in the international race
for the James Gordon Bennett cup and
the cash prizes was begun early this morn
ing. The first balloon will go up at 4:SO
o clock and others will follow at five
minute intervals.
The order of starting balloons. pilots and
aids follows
l. Condor (Franoe): pilot jacques Faure
aid, Ernest G. Schmolck.
2. Million Population Omitted StRtes)
pilot, Won Phul; aid Joseph OReilly.
3. Azurea (Switzerland); pilot Captain
h. Messmer; aid, Leon Girandan.
4. Harburg Ill Germany; pilot Leopold
Vogt; aid, w. +. Assmann.
5. Isle de France (France); pilot, Alfred
lie Blanc; aid, Walter de Mum.
6. st. Louis No. Omitted States); pilot,
Captain H. e. Honeywell; aid. j. w. Toll
I. Helveia (switzerland) pilot, Colonel
Schaeek; aid, A. ArmbrusteT
3. Dusseldorf Germany; pilot, Lieuten-
.. America IL Omitted States); pilot, Alan
Hawley; aid, Augustus Post.
TO- Germania Germany; pilot, Hugo
Won Abercron; aid, August Blanckertz.
The official measurements Of the balloons
We're made at o'clock this morning, prior
to the letting in Of gas. Each OF the bags
came within the limit of the rules of Is, 900
cubic feet The Germania, which is to be
piloted by Hugo Won Abercron, is the
most brilliant 1t is covered with a coat
ing Of aluminium dust and glstens like
silver. The surface is supposed to defect
the SUMS rays. The other gas bags are
made Of silk or rubber.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
Body of Ketchel
Goes to Old Home
Hurtz, the Murderer of the Pugilist,
is in Jail and Carefully
Guarded.

SPRINGFIELD, No, Oct 17-Conveying
the body Of Stanley Ketchel. champion
middle weight pugilist, who was shot and
killed Saturday by Walter Dipley. alias
Walter A. Hurtz, back to the pugiist's
old home in Grand Rapids, Mich, r. p.
Dickerson, on whose ranch the fighter was
shot, and General Emmett Newton Ions
a friend Of Ketchers .eft here this after
noon. They expect to reach St. Louis this
evening and pass through Indianapolis
arriving at Grand Rapids atr2 p m. to-
morrow. A coroner's jury will hold an in
quest into the death OF Ketchel at $3.50 to-
morrow morning
Dipley, in the care of Sheriff Cope
Shields, is being guarded carefully in jail
at Marshfield. Rumors of mob violence
have led Sheriff Shields to keep a speca
lookout for his prisoners safety. Goldi
Smith, cook at the Dickerson ranch over
whom the two men are said to have quar-
relied, also is held In the Marshfield Jail
No arrangements have yet been made foi
bringing either Hurtz, or the woman L,
trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
Alrmen Fly from
Paris to Brussels
Legagneux and Hynmalen Try for
Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars that
Has Been Hung Up.

PARIS oct. ;'.-M. Legagneux. the
French aviator and Henry Wynmallen.
the Holland aIrman who started yesterday
In an attempt 20 win the prizes totalling
5000 Tor a successful flight from Paris
10 BRUSSELS and return with a passenger
continued on the home trip today
Nynmallen, VINO returned as far as Saint
Quenun yesterday ascended at G:iO this
morning heading for the French capital
LegagneuE, who stopped overnight IN
Brussels. got away AT S.lj O'Clock this
morning. lie had 40 miles before him
while his rival had only ninty 20 make.
Wynmallen arrived at Issy, the aviation
field here at l-.l3 o'clock, having COM
pleted the round trip On twenty-seven hours.
fifty minutes and twenty-seven seconds
from the time of his departure
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
Meat Packers Are
Hurt by Comment
Say that Committee Investigating
High Prices Did Not Act in the
Best of Faith.

CHICAGO H., Get. 1.-THE report OF
the executive committee of the National
Meat Packers association, which met In
annual convention here today, intimates
that the select committee Of the United
states senate, when 1t met to investigate
the high cost of living did not act in the
best faith in examining the packers.
The report says that while there have
been some repeutions Of the usual slurs
and unfounded charges against the packers,
they lacked the venom OF previous years,
and the opinion is expressed that belief
is growing with the public that the pack
ers as a class, are doing a legitimate
business.
President Charles Rohe Of the associa-
ton, In his address, said that the last year
In many respects had been unsatisfactory
to packers, owing to the high price OF live
stock. 1t is undoubtedly a fact" he de-
clared, that all packers and meat dealers
have been doing business without profit
during the year"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
MORE CITIES IN CENSUS
New England Towns Whose POpuIa-
tion is Given Ont All show an
Increase.

WASHINGTON oct 17-Population
today were:
Portland, Me, 5s,57l an increase of S, i26,
or 1863 per cent over 5Oli5 in 1900
Brockton, Mass 56,S7S, an increase of
1883, or 42O per cent over IO0j3 In 1909.
Ch!copee Mass, 25,4Ol, an increase of
6234, or 22.5 per cent over 19,167 in 1900
Fitchburg, Mass. S5,S26, an increase OF
G295, or 20 per cent over 2l,531 in 1900
West Hoboken, n j., 35, iO3. an increase
of 12,3O9, or 533 per cent over 2309i in 1900.
Lima, o., SO50S. an increase OF s7S5. or
iO.4 over over p 723 in 1900
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
M'VANN REACHES CAPITAL
Omaha Traffic COmmissiOner In
Washington 90 Gather Evidence
for Hearing at Chicago.
From a stsff Correspondent


WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Oct l7.-CSpeeial
Telegram )-Wnliam II. Doherty. postmas-
ter at Lennon, s. D.. today filed an appli-
cation at the Postoffce department re-
uuesting authority to open a Postal saw
lngs bank In his office
The census bureau today announced tn.
population OF Missouri Valley. Harrison
county. Iowa. to be SlS7. as against 4Olo
In 1900, a a decrease IN ten years Of s28
The census Of 1870 was 2.7g7
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs Valentine
ana Assistant Commissioner r. IA. Abbott.
left this afternoon for Mohonk. n Y. to
attend the annual conference there. which
yearly meets and discusses the upIift OF
the Indian and Kindred subjects, Assistant
Commissioner Abbott upon his return eN-
pects 10 start home Tor Aurora Neb IL
enter the campaign and east his ballot
E, J. McVann. traffic commissioner Of IN,
Commercial club. arrived in Washington
today for the purpose OF collecting evi-
dence from the Interstate Commerce com
mission 20 be used In the hearing before
the commission at Chicago October 3.
Earl Palmer OF Hetland Charles L.
Gaukel Of Brooking Clarence A. shariete
Of Aberdeen and Stanley NJ White OF
Broodngs, s. d.. have been appointed
railway mail clerks
Rural carriers appointed:
Nebraska-Crnb Orchard. route 2 HARRY
A. Walrod, carrier, Joe Gray. substitute
South Dakot0-Andover, route 1. w. NJ
Roth, carrier r. s. Stevenson substitute
Henry route I. $. Z. Tubbs. carrier. ne
substitute; Ramona. route a. John shan.
non, carrier. Otto Pagcl. substitute. T,,n.
dali, route 2. Leila rurubun. carrier. r. W
Tgmbuu, substitute; Vehlen. route 1. Frank
Olson, carrier no substitute; Yankton
route g. N. W, harrington. carrier. no sub
gtituta
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
THREE HURT ON WAR VESSEL
Explosion Of salt water Evaporation
ON Board Torpedo Boat De-
stroYCr Responsible.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Oct l7-Three
men were seriously injured by the ezplo-
sion Of salt water ovaporator on board
the United states torpedo boat DESTROYER
rruXton of santa Barbara Yesterday ana
were brought here today. They are Frank
Leo Howard, 22 fireman Salt Lake city.
Harry W. Bailey, o. machinist, WASHING.
ton, d. C., and Thomas Joseph Kiernan, 25.
electric clan, Albany, n y.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
ROADS CANCEL ALLOWANCES
SIX Western Railways Serve Notice
of Cancellation OF Elevator
Grants,

CHICAGO, oct, l7'-SiN western railway,
gave notice today OF cancellation Of m
1hc elevator allowance for trausferrin
grain form Missouri river crossings (
boats at Chicago. St. Paul Is not include.
IN the list The allowance was granite,
about six months ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
Attempt Made to
Dynamite Bridge
Damage is Slight, but the Explosive is
Found Scattered Along the
Railroad Track.

PARIS, Oct 17.-An attempt was made
today to dynamite a railroad bridge span
ming the River Lore at Miramas, in the
province OF Bouches du Rhone. but the
damage was slight.
Dynamite had been strewn along the
tracks for some distance.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
MILLIONS MORE FOR RESEARCH
Rockefeller Increascs His Donation
90 the Institute Bearing His
hu4vg

NEW YORK. oct. l7.-It was announced
shortly after 1 O'Clock today that John ID.
Rockefeiler would this afternoon give TO
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search an additional f3s20Cl9 BRINGING his
donations 10 this institution up TO an ag-
gregate Of 100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
BEVERLY HOUSE is LOCKED
President Taft Motors 60 BostOn ON
His Way "a New YORK and
Washington.

BEVERLY, Oct l7.-Presidcnt TAFT bade
goodbye 20 Beverly today ana motored to
Boston 90 take train for New York.
where he will stop two days before goins
20 Washington. The president viii reach
Washington Thursday morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
Omaha Census
Figures to Come
in Short Time
Director Durand Says Delay is Not
nne . Protest Nor to Sugges-
q on of Padding.
a staff CorrespondentD

announce the result We expect to an
nounce both cities at the same time.
There is no suggestion that the Omaha
census has been padded and when an
nounced the figures will, l believe, be sat
isfactory to everybody"
The padding Of census returns In the
cities mentioned by me in my statement
Of Saturday night was not Insignificant
but in no instance was it as extensive as
in Tacoma said Director Durand today.
u do not want the understanding to pre-.
vail that there has been anything like a
general effort in the west to initiate the
figures to the extent that has been shown
in Tacoma"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
Foss, Nomination Pnpers.

BOSTON, oct. T.-Complete nomination
apers for Eugene n. Foss as the progress
i've democratic nominee for governor
we're filed with the secretary Of state to-
lay. Partial papers for former State SEN
ator Thomas F. Cassidy OF North Adams
for lieutenant governor were also filed.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18

HAVANA, Oct. 1.-THE cyclone that
struck the island yesterday is increasing.
us velocity is appalling. Beyond doubt II
Is more serious than the hurricane Of 19O
which cost many lives and damage to the
amount Of millions of dollars.
The custom house warehouses are flooded
and the roof OF the main building has been
blown away.
The national observatory reports that the
disturbance Is only beginning and will last
probably for twenty-four hours.
Wire communication with the interior is
cut off and the situation outside the city
is in doubt
The town OF Batabano is said to be under
water to a depth Of many feet. Many
lives have been lost there. according to
reports
report from Regla, across the harbor.
says that many persons have been killed
there. 1t is rumored that great numbers
of sailors and longsboresmen have been
drowned In the harbor.
Lives LOsN and Damage Done.
II Is probable the most fatalities and
the greatest monetary damage has been
done IN PinaF del Rio, where the destruc-
tion OF Thursday and Friday has been
added TO greatly since last night 1t Is be-
heved. The sugar cane crop is thought to
nave suffered severely.
The gale came today from the southwest
with violence not experienced before in
long time. Rain fell in torrents through
out the night, but let up somwhat at
iaybreak. though the wind held strong
IS ever
All traffic in this city and in the harbof
was suspended today Scores Of lighters
and other small craft had been swamped
oT wrecked against the bulkheads. All YES
sells in the port are double-anchored. The
steamers are under steam. The Ward line
steamer Saratoga, which was due to sail on
saturday remained storm bound.
RecOrd-BreakGsg Proportions.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 17.-Adviees re.
,eiyed by the louisville weather bureau
this morning from gulf observatories in
1icate that the hurricane which has been
blowing In the Gulf OF Mexico has either
attained record breaking proportions, or is
twin" hurricane with two centers-a
rarity in meteorological annals The weather
observers report high tides at Galveston
and Key West.
Al Key West at o'clock this morning
The velocity Of the wind was forty y-five
miles an hour from the east, with wind
rain and tide increasing. The barometer
was at the low mark of 29.3 and stil fall
ing. The tide at Galveston was one foot
above normal and the wind rising. The
direction OF the wind prevailing at Key
West Indicates that the center Of the hur-
rlcane is southwest Of the Florida penin.
sula.
The weather observers expected the cen.
ter Of the hurricane to reach the Florida
peninsula tonight. Unusually severe
weather Is looked for along the entire gull
coast.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18

"N~''iSA Aoo bSSu CledI ana the sea smooth
The day brought no word by wireless or
otherwise Of the Welman airship. Amer
lea, which is hanging over the Atlantic
ocean somewhere off the coast of New
! England or Nova Scotia.
The last message received was at l2.45
p, m' yesterday, when the faint "good
Dye came as the airship passed beyond
Nantucket island.
The steamer, Kronprnz Wilhelm. ZOO
| niles seaward and on the regular steamer
line, reported by wireless, but had no it'd
lnss OF the airship. The steamer Bar
| barosa, 800 miles out similarly reported
/ without news of the airship.
With no word from the air shin. its To-
cation is entirely guess work and subject
10 the fluctuation of wind in direction and
velocity and the workings of the motors.
The America if still afloat, has already
established d record for time in the air
tity-elght hours up to 6 o'clock tonight. as
against the previous Zeppelin record Of
thrty-seven hours
NEW YORK, oct 17.-Wireless stations
along the coast, heard from at $50 a m
To-Day had nothing to report as to the pro-
gress of Walter Wellmans dlrigible balloon
America in its attempted flight across the
Atlantic
ShJruy after noon yesterday the America
pas sed out Of wireless touch with tho
marconi station al Siasconsett and since
then no word has come from WeEman. who
IN the absence of other information its as
sumed to be continuing his northeastward
flight along the Atlantic steamer lane
with the British isles as his destination.
Following the transatlantic steamer lane
the great dirigible balloon passed through
the night and morning hours about 300 or
200 miles from the New England shore
heading for Sable Island. ~ S.
1t was expected the wireless station there
would be able TO communicate with the
America today
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
JULIA WARD HOWE DlES
Noted Woman Passes Away Aged
Ninety-0ne Years.
WAS FAMOUS PHILANTHROPY
shared Husbands Activities and Con-
tinued LRbOrs After His Death
Cause of Her Death Was
PneumOniR.

MIDDLETOwN, X l.. oct 17-JuIa
Ward Howe is dead. Bowed under the
weight Of her nnety-one years, the noted
phiianthropist and author succumbed
peacefully today TO an attack OF pneu-
monia at her summer home here The
funeral viii be held at the Church of the
Disciples, Unitarian church. at Boston.
Thursday
Those who knew her said that Mrs.
Howe's unfailing optimism was the source
and support of her manifold activities.
Born in a cultured home in New York City
and educated with care, she showed early
remarkable avidity for study and super
ior literary tastes.
She was but p years of age when she
came to Boston and met DR.. Samuel Grid
ley Howe, the great philanthropist, and two
years later they were married From that
time until Dr. Howes death in 1876 this
remarkable couple showed a never-tirng
copartnership of activity in all things max
ing for the upllft of mankind
Continued Husbands Work.
After her husbands death Mrs. Howe
continued her work by pen and tongue for
many a worthy cause up 20 the very end
She had shared her husbands labors for
the Greeks in their struggle for indie
slavery work and fired the nation with her
Battle Hymn of the Republic" She had
Joined heartily in the crusade for woman
suffrage; then in the last year of her life
she pleaded the cause Of the little children
by participating in a public hearing at the
state house and urging that action be
taken TO insure pure milk for infants.
Mrs Howe was the author of many other
poems Of which she had published several
volumes, and of many prose works. Her
works included volumes recounting her
travels with her husband in Greece and
Cuba.
Mrs Howe leaves four children Mrs
Florence Howe Hall, a prominent woman
suffrage worker; Mrs. Laura h. Richards.
an author; Mrs Maude Howe Elliott, wife
Of John Elliott. the artist and professor;
Marion Howe, professor Of metallurgy at
Columbia university.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
CYCLONE In CUBA
ISHEADED NORTH
Storm in Which Many Lives Are Lost
Endangers Tampa and Cities
in Vicinity.
GREAT DANGER ON THE ISLAND
More Serious than the Hurricane of
Nineteen Six.
TO LAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
National Observatory Reports that
Disturbance is Just Beginning.
SOME TOWNS ARE UNDER WATER
Communication with the Interior of
tue Island Is Cut OFF and the
Situation Outside Havana
is In Doubt.
More Serious than the Hurricane of
Nineteen Six.
SOME TOWNS ARE UNDER WATER

TAMPA, Fla, oct IA wireless mes
sage received here at o'clock stated that
the hurricane was sweeping over Key West
at the rate OF eighty miles an hour. The
barometer there read $3.50. The storm
seemed TO be moving directly towards
Tampa and Local Forecast wurtz an
nounced that a hurricane OF at least
eighty miles an hour would be experienced
here or in this immediate vicinity tonight.
Tampa and the entire Florida peninsula
are threatened with one OF the most de-
suucuve storms in a decade. At Egmont
Key, at the mouth Of Hnlsboro bay at
o'clock the wind had attained a velocity Of
fifty-five miles an hour and was rapidly
increasing.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18
NOTHING HEARD OF WELLMAN
Ships Within Range of Wireless Re.
ceive No Messages.
"GOODBY" IS THE LAST REPORT
Balloon Tossed by Winds FIuctuatinR
I'm Direction and Speed, Aided Only
by MOtOrs Carried on
Board.
RULLETIN.

SIASCONETTs oct. 1.-The Marconi
wireless station here has spoken a number
OF steamers and was in communication this
morning with the Finland. bound for Jew
York but none of the steamers has seen
or heard anything of the airship America.
The Finland reports that a heavy storm
occurred early Sunday, but at p. m. the
weather cleared. Since that time the
weather has been clear and the sea smooth
Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-18

For Nebraska Partly cloudy.
For Iowa Partly cloudy
For weather report see page 2.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

Caule4s are VERY sensitive ~ u1ais-
,ure iH 'fle REGION IT frssise.il rsln~
ihey tFe usually absent. enst II they
gs;sss. luia such with caravans fse re
salts II the rais3y S.aStn ara gr-ssi1
feared. The er~st humility 81 'hs min
explains ttfs mtea.Hea ~ 1tse esHsG~l frssssi
thr tsssrt hssrn slopes ~ tie .AfIts and
fr,stn weit wooded Ahysstaf IaiS
constituencies expresses iiseff tn the
character IF different races The In
est. n1sssi iseiase lbs Sln. cauteis. With
short sitk tIse hair. snp ffsslss. la sbr
interier ~ deserts. as In she faage@
region In nssrtii Africa. ap they saa-
not ie ussd for Jsnrnes = r ta sssoRst re-
Sions E.fen 81 tesxau. south ,f Trip
oil. the aisEasais are Shorter issl ~fafssg.
with iagi- coarse tgsiy. ssss IN Nile
lands arsi an eeas's ii l. fisss sasae
These animals. fra. are less ssrv ceabl.
as regards speed asni endurance
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29
THE RIVER NILE.


The Me IL probably the mast Won
aerful river ia the world II has faade
Egypt possible by turning an arid
wilderness into the richest land 50 the
world. Ii has provided AZ the same
time an admirable commercial high
way and made easy the transportation
Of building materials The ancient
the granite Of Assuan for the splen-
dk structures Of the hundred gated
Theses and Of Memphis and even foE
those on Tanis. on the Mediterranean
coast
At a time when the people Of the
British isles were clad in skins Of wild
beasts and offered human sacrifices
upon the stone affairs Of the Druils
Egypt was the center Of a rich and
refined civilization. Most Of the de
velopment Of Egypt was due TO the
Nile, which not only watered and fer
dlized the soil annually. bur was and
is one Of the best natural highways In
the world.
From the beginning Of winter TO the
end OF spriRg-that is. while the Nile
Is nayigabie-the north wind blows
steadily up the stream with sufficient
force to drive sailing boats against the
current at a fair pace. while. on the
other hand. the current is strong
enough to carry a boat without sails
down against the wind except when ii
blows a gale. That is why the ancient
Egyptians did not need steam power
nor electric motors for the immense
that covered the Nile nor
for barges carrying building materials
for hundreds of miles--New York
Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

The skull Of the bt,li musk sx i re-
markable for the Development of rhs
eye orbits. whhsh project sutiie iently
beyond The plane OF the frontal tsesssss
TO compensate for the snterfnp,Eoa the
horns would otherwise make in tho
ange or yisieu. The musk OK. t.,sr
ever, de~ss not ss~'u 10 rely greatly at
ke~Gns-~s Of sight. far lrss On 4 uir
nesx Of hs7sring. for the sars are 81
small dimensions and are essnptgtrly
covered by the heavy gYowrh m fur
about them THE organs ~ Sssstf are
evidentiy more highly deretssssd. ana
they exact Of The hunter hrs Sr.-atss'
cumming
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

1t Is probable hat no other COM
modify ever came into such varied use
within so short a period as india rub
Der First employed practically for
footwear and other waterproof apparel.
rubber has come to be employed In
electrical insulation, bose pipes for the
conveyance Of water. steam, air aud so
on: pneumatic and other tires for all
sorts of wheeled vehicles. balloons and
the planes Of aerial machines. innu-
neral articles for the comfort of in.
valids. household conveniences and
what 0 Thus far rubber has never
come into use to an important extent
for any given purpose to which it is
rot still devoted In other words. its
advantages are S marked in many
uses that when once introduced no
substitute a be found for is--Cas-
sief's Magazine
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-07-29

The letter ! HAY ~ regarded IS the
inundated remains ef offe of fhe syRs
t-sss used by the snci.ug Egyptians ~
their lsierog3yrbsies OF picture writing
A coEanlaH animal In rheir country was
The two bspTnsSt sand wiper. a repressn-
taiien % wltich siossd fer V The
priests ultimately found ilsat for The
isra~tEral fs8fExs~s.S ~ eveFyday Hfe Il
wS~ y waste 81 tlale ;s H@ elaIsFTafc
hisru-ypE4sr~ std Snyrst tsi q Elm1 ~
Sharf henFl ~ gtsol Iisr 's~eeSssa In
FbfS isrr ~ltske 0a~ r~s3a ID 70 a y
TTitt . ,iaSb tN-s 80 ~ e~cEIt horns
sad isvl The f'tseeuIriauS adopted
this ie3ter. aud frarn them We get ouy
y hE tsS~ ~ tias. d5sh. leaving only
Elt. iwti llifie horns ~ the oTiGiasI pie
Iave TEgI~ Susske r. siIil esstauson In
F--ygs an<l Is fsroisat.ly the one men
rIoDftl iB tseas~sS six. II. ~naa shall
,e q ~v-rs'nr by The way, m adder in
ll,,s ;Saih- that hstSfh 1ilc herS. haes Sa
'sai his fitE ~la}s fIit backward "
Travellers tell u~ ,t,at It ! ,gHl addic,
.d-fc tLis ~unp5eaSaat Eaait.