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MCK TO THE LAND
James J. Hill Draws a Lesson
From Governor's Convention
THE IDEA 18 A GOOD THING
Neither the First Meeting Nor the
Second, Third and Fourth Will
. Show Results Which the Public
Mind Will be Able to Grasp.
NEW YORK, May 20.-That the
recent conference of governdrs was a
good thing and should be made an
annual event is the opinion of James
J. Hill, prsident of the board of direc
tors of the Great Northern Railroad
"who was one of the special guests in
Tited by President Roosevelt to ad
dress the meeting at Washington.
The idea behind that conference,"
Ur. Hill said, "is a big thing. There
are persons no doubt who feel and
treat it cynically but they are wrong.
Everything has to have a beginning,
and it is easy enough to be cynical.
In an annual convention of the gov
ernors of states of this land I see an
institution which can be nurtured and
built into one of the great forces of
the nation.
"Neither the first meeting nor the
second, nor the third, nor the fourth,
will show results which the public
mind will be able to grasp but I
should say that after the expiration of
the formative period big things will be
realized. If, as it is generally sairf,
this nation has reached a pass should
occasion the gravest apprehension, it
is about time that we began to put our
louse in order. I do not know of a
betted way to go about it than through
the permanent establishment of an
annual gubernatorial conference or
convention.
"But I want to say right here that I
lelieve Washington should never be
selected as the place for another meet
ing of the kind.
"The atmosphere of the capital is
essentially political. You must keep
politics out of this institution. I think
a city like Springfield, 111., would be
an ideal place. Then thercj are the
large university and college towns.
The place chosen should be where big
agriculture experiments ar being car
ried on. There you have object les
ions to hand lessons which are es
sentialfor our redemption is to come
from the soil and in no other way.
"It is all very well to hold conven
tions and prepare papers and talk,
tut we might as well stay at home if
cut papers, our talk and our purposes
mean nothing. At the recent confer
ence talkers were limited to twenty
minutes, and to illustrate what I have
just said, I want to mention the case
of a man from Chicago who got up
and used 13 minutes of his time telling
as that if the world kept going around
as it has been doing for so long, that
at the entl of ten thousand years it
-rill have sprung a foot through ero
sion. ''What I hope to see is the people
looking ahead and planning for a
couple of generations. That will be
far enough to get them into the habit
f thinking and those who come after
will inherit the ideas and purposes of
conservation and carry them along
ior their allotted time. We must go
lack to the land. There is no other
tray for us."
DENVER CONVENTION
When tTje doctor Is called he asks:
"Hop are the bowek?" They are gen
rHy wrong. His visit might have
bttn saved by a timely dose of Lane's
Family Medfclr.e.
Finishing Touches Being Put On
the Auditorium
ALL HEADQUARTERS SECURED
Those in Charge of the Convention
Say the Requests For Seats Are
Twice as Many as For Any Previous
Convention.
DENVER, May 20. Preparations
for the national democratic conven
tion have been practically completed.
Work on the new. Auditorium has
been hurried until nothing remains to
be done but to place the seats in
position. As an indication of what the
attendance will be the unusual de
mand for seats at the convention is
significant. Those in charge, of the
convention for the national commit
tee say that the requests for seats are
easily twice as numerous as at any
convention the democratic party has
ever held.
At the headquarters of the sub
committee of the National Demo
cratic committee which is in charge
of Former Governor Osborne, of
Wyoming, the hardest work of the
convention preparations has been dis
posed of. All the delegations so far
selected by the various states have
been provided with headquarters, and
the printing of tickets and badges has
been attended to. A special souvenir
badge has been prepared for the
members of the national committee,
and there will also be a special badge
for delegates.
The arrangements for doorkeepers
and guests in the auditorium have not
been fully made. This work will be
more comprehensive than usual this
year.
Admission tickets to the general
public will provide for seats in cer
tain specified sections to which the
ticket holders will be directed by
ushers. In this manner the confu
sion and noise occasioned by a large
crwod pressing toward the most de
sirable seats will be eliminated. It is
estimated that each session of" the
convention 1400 people will be pro
vided with seats. The members of the
national committee will hold a meet
ing in Denver in the latter part of
June and decide upon the temporary
chairman. The decorations for the
national convention will be the most
elaborate that have ever been attempt
ed in Denver. Electrical effects will be
conspicuous in the decorations and
flags and bunting will be used in a
lavish manner.
VIGOROUS
DEFENSE
Aged Senator Denies All Mae
Wood's Charges
REPUDIATED HIS SIGNATURES
Disturbed the Congregation.
The person who disturbed the con
gregation last Sunday by a continually
toughing is requested to buy a bottle
tf Foley's Honey and Tar. T. F.
laurin, Owl Drug Store.
RUEF JURY STILL OUT.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 After
being out for 26 hours the jury in the
case of Abraham Ruef, who has been
on trial tor the past seven weeKS
shortly after 11 o'clock tonight sent
for a part of the Phillips testimony.
It took the counsel for both sides
nearly half an hour to find the par
ticular portions of the Phillips testi
mony desired and which evidently had
something to do with the question in
tilt: 'deliberations of the jurors of
whether or not the former supervisor
was an accomplice of Ruef. After the
testimony was sent to the jury loud
talking was heard from the jury room
indicating that 'a heated discussion
was in progress. Judge Dooling was
still in chambers a few minutes before
midnight in the hope that the jury
would reach a verdict.' ,
BASEBALL SCORES.
At San Francisco San Francisco
5, Los Angeles 1.
At Spokane Butte 3, Spokane 0.
At Seattle Aberdeen 9, Seattle 1.
At Vancouver Vancouver 5, Ta
coma 4.
Justice O'Gorman Announced That
the Trial Must be Concluded at To
morrow's Session no Matter How
Late the' Sitting of the Court
NEW YORK, May 20. rhysicnlly
so weak he practically had to be car
ried in and out of the court room,
United States Senator Piatt was at
times a spirited witness today when
he appeared, to testify in his own be
half in Mac C. Wood's suit for an ab
solute divorce from him. His denial
of all the charges brought by Miss.
Wood was emphatic, and when prod
ded too hard by the plaintiff's coun
sel, the aged senator proved himself
capable of a vigbrous defense.
While the defendant in the action
was in the court-room much of the
day, Miss Wood, the plaintiff, did
not attend the trial. The prosecution
of the case for the defense aside from
Piatt's own testimony, was marked
by a sharp attack on the authenticity
of the marriage certificate which Miss
Wood offered in evidence to sup
port her conversion of her matrimon
ial contract with the Senator. This
was followed by an effort to show that
the letter in which Senator Piatt is
said to have admitted his marriage to
Miss Wood was written over his
signature on a blank sheet of paper to
which he had previously affixed his
autograph on the request of two
women applicants for it while he wa
staying at the Hotel Arlington in this
city in 1906. Plat himself in his tes
timony categorically denied that he
ever married or promised to marry
the plaintiff ,and repudiated the sig
nature purporting to be his on the
marriage certificate and the genuine
ness of several letters which Miss
Wood testified came to her from him.
At the conclusion of the afternoon
session Justice O'Gorman announced
that the trial must conclude at tomor
row's session no matter how late the
sitting of the court that might involve.
SEVEN ARE OWED
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OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
CLEVELAND, May 20.-Barring a
possible squabble over the details ot
a settlement, the indications at mid
night tonight were that a peaceable
end of the strike of the motormen and
conductors against the Municipal
Street Railway Company will come
tomorrow. The conferees at that hour
were still in executive session, but ac
cording to the reports emanating from
the room the chances seemed to indi
cate an amicable agreement to arbi
trate the matters in dispute would be
reached before adjournment.
CURRENCY COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, May 20. The
appointment of the currency commis
sion to be composed of nine senators
and nine members of the house, will
be provided for in a bill to be intro
duced in the Senate tomorrow by
Senator Aldrich, This course was
decided on today by the conferees.
Undoubtedly this means that the lead
ers in congress are determined upon
the final adjournment of congress on
next Saturday.
GENERAL ROW.
GUTHRIE, Okla., May 20. A
scene was created in the house today
when Tillotson, Norvell, and other
so-called house "insurgents" attempt
ed to throw Speaker Murray out of
the house. They rushed toward the
speaker's, stand declaring their inten
tion, but were stopped by the more
conservative members. A general row
ensued and it was some time before
order was restored. , ,
NO CURRENCY BILL.
WASHINGTON, May 20.-The
conferees on the Aldrich-Vreeland
currency bill held another meeting to
day and failed to agree. It is now
apparent that the whole subject of
financial legislation will go over to
the next session.
Fatal Accident Happens to
Pleasure Party
GASOLINE TANK EXPLODES
Nine of Members of the Party Suc
ceeded in Reaching Shore and
Were Saved Drowned Were All
Prominent People of Community.
M KM PI I IS, Tenn,, May 20.-A tel
ephone message received early today
reports that seven member, member
oi a pleasure party, were drowned in
White Kiver near Clarendon, Ark.,
last iiijdit when the tank of the gaso
line launch aboard which they were
riding exploded. The drowned are:
MISS LILLIAN WINtlELD of
Clarendon, Ark.
MISS ALMA PETTE of Coving
ton, Miss,
MATT IE COUNTS of Clarendon,
Ark.
MISS BESSIE PALMER of Kan
sas City.
MISS ALINE BURTON of Hel
ena, Ark.
JOS. McMANUS of Clarendon,
Ark. I
OK. A. L: HOUSTON of Claren
don, Ark.
N'nie other members of the parly
were saved. All -were prominent
young people.
RESULT TO BE ANNOUNCED.
BALTIMORE, May 20. Informa
tion that is believed to be reliable is
that the second vote cast by the Meth
odist Episcopal Conference which is
in session here today resulted in the
election of the Rev. F. W. Anderson
of New York and Rev. J. L. Nuelson,
of Borea, Ohio. The instructions to
those handling the ballots were that
everything connected with the result
was to be kept an absolute secret un
til announced in the convention tomorrow.
MISSOURI FOR BRYAN.
JEFFERSON CITY, May 20,-Vo-ciforously
applauding the name
of W. J. Bryan the delegates to the
democratic state convention here to
day instructed Missouri's 36 delegates
to the national convention to vote as
a unit for the Nebraskan's nomination
for president
ENQUIRY CLOSED.
TACOMA, May 20-When the third
day of the inquiry into the sanity of
Chester Thompson, the slayer of
Judge George Mead Emory closed
today, Prosecutor Rowland was sat
isfied he had laid the foundation
showing that Thompson is a paranoic
and that another brain storm might
overtake him again if excitement was
the cause to bring it on. Chester was
on the 'stand today and made a good
showing and appears strong, mcnally
any physically. He denies he now be
lieves his former delusions and said
he began to recover directly that he
fired the fatal shot.
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REPORT IMPROBABLE.
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WASHINGTON, May 20. The in
vestigation of the wood pulp and pa
per question was not concluded today
and the chances for a report being
made to congress in time for action
at this session are not as bright as
they were a few days ago. A number
of paper manufacturers were examin
ed today and the committee was in
formed that several others are due
from the west tomorrow. The testi
mony today embraced both increase
of cost of the body that goes into
paper" and increase in price of wages.
Arguments against removal of tariff
on wood pulp and paper also made. ,
NEWSPAPER MAN MURDERED.
EL PASO, Texas, May 20 Monroe
M. Hirrell, formerly of Oklahoma
City, who for a number of years .was
engaged in newspaper work, was shot
and killed here tonight by J. F. Mit
ehim, proprietor of the El Paso News.
Mitchim, who was arrested, claims
that Hirrell threatened his life. Be
fore he lapsed into unconsciousness
Hirrell said: "I am murdered."
LANSING, Mich., May 20. W. J.
Bryan was endorsed today by the
state democratic convention and the
Michigan delegation to the national
convention was instructed to vote for
him under the unit rule until he was
nominated.
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