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TITE OMAHA DAILY PEE: SATURDAY, MAY 0, lOO.'J. ( f 3MB Hie Bennett Company iilinory for Saturday 2.98 A black tucked chiffon hat, trimmed in black satin and roses, marked to sell at' $4.00, Saturday for A, white satin braid hat trimmed in all light, shades of silk, light pink, light blue and cream, with roses and foliages, a special, worth 3.00, for.. delicate 3.50 SpecialsforSaturday IN GAS PETS 95c all wool ingrain yard. . 60c Cocoa mud mats 46c 45c SECOND FLOOR $22.50 velvet rugs 11 QC 9-0x11-3 Itlr.UO $1.35 extra Axmin ster carpet $1.25 best velvet QQ( carpet UQG 1.20 Drapery Special For Saturday only, Curtain Swiss worth up to 25c ' If) a yd., not over 25 yds. to one customer, per vd. ..... IUU Window shades speQEft I Odd curtains, while cial, 3x6 ft., each...f-MU ceya8t-each' FURNITURE SPECIAL-For Saturday Only Stool with upholstered top, value $1.25, special Kfln while they last, Saturday only, each uUu 25c it MB J 5 jr.. v I 1 rrr .7! - . 'iff ?i . COMPARE RAILROAD RETURNS StaU Board Finds Only Tew Charge From TLosfl of Laat Tear. REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE MAY BE LATE Mutual Insaranee Companle. May Not Rrnrlt mm Much a. They Expected From the New Law. ROOSEVELT IN LOS ANGELES President Keachs. Land of Angela and "Street of Millionaires." . REVIEWS THE GREAT FLOWER PARADE California' Second City Gives a Joy ous Welcome to the Nation's Ei- ecntlve and Parades Its . Many Attractions. LOS ANGELES, Col.. May S.-Presldent Roosevelt made his entry Into Los Angeles today. Ths enthusiastic ' -welcome that greeted him at each stopping place within the boundaries of California reached a cll- max when the presidential train drew Into La Grande station. The presidential train left Riverside this morning at 8 o'clock, at which early hour thousands of people turned out to bid tho president goodbye. On the way over the v Santa Fe a half hour's stop was made at Clearmont. where the president spoke to the students of Pomona college, the presi dent of which. John D. -Gates, is an old time friend of President 'Roosevelt. Greets Grand Army Post. The president was Introduced by Dr. Oates and spoke as follows: Even In a distinctly college and school gathering 1 know you will not grudge my spying my first word of greeting to thoeo whom,' before all others, we honor for what they did, the men Of the Grand Army. I always envy you men of the Grand Army because you do not have, to preach; you practiced. All we have got to do is to try to come up 10 me nianuiua in peace which you set alike in war and In peace. In speaking of the activities of a college life and the necessity for physical train ing the president said: There Is not much need of educating the Ixidy if one pursues certain occupations, but the minute you come to people who pursue a sedentary life there is a great need of educating the body. All of us recognise that. If we come to think of It. The man that Is the Ideal good citizen is the man who, In the event of trial, in the event of a call from his country, can re ppond to that rail as you responded in the great war. When that call comes you need not only fiery enthusiasm, but you need the body containing that fiery en thusiasm to be sufficiently hardy to bear It up. Every college should aim from It In tellectual side, from the intellectual stand point, to add to the sum of productive scholarship of the nation, and I trust that this college, all colleges like this, will add to the purely . American scholarship. By purely American. I mean that you should turn your attention to the thing that you find naturally at hand or to which your minds naturally turn, and try in dealing with that, to deal In so fresh a way thut the nt ircome shall he an addition to the world's stock of wisdom .and knowledge. Ard every college should strive to d vwloti among Its students the cnacltv to di good, original work. I hall the chance of having been met by such a s-atherlng this, because It Is a wood nurnrv for the rpihll" to see In this trlvhty wtern s'ate the things of the body ind thln ft the soul equally cared for. I greet and thank you. Proceeds to Pasadena. From Clearmont the train ran through the picturesque San Gabriel valley to Pasa dena, where a stop of two hours was made. Pasadena, famous for Its beautiful homes, had been elaborately decorated All these houses snd all the residences on the route over which the president was driven were decorated with flags and bunting. On the way to The Wilson High school, where he stopped to deliver a. short speech, he passed under an arch of welcome. The arch was a solid mass of flowers from bottom to top, with festoons of vari-colored roses draped across from curb to curb. Baskets of flow ers or smilaz-twlned poles' extended from the windows of the high school buildings and solid banks of roses adorned the walls from basement to cupola. Alone "Street of Millionaires. After the address at the . high sehool President Roosevelt and ' party took car riages for a drive through the city. The route took them down the famous Orange Grove avenue, the "Street of Millionaires." A brief stop was made at the hame of Mrs. Garfield, the widow of the late President J. , A. Garfield, with whom , the president chatted pleasantly for a few minutes. Con tinuing on the drive, the party passed down Columbia street to Raymond hill, from which point the president gained a splendid view of the fertile. San Gamon valley Promptly at 12:30 the party boarded a train at Raymond station and left for Los An gelcs. When the train pulled In at La Grande station, Los Angeles, thdusands of neon I e blocked the streets on every side. Former members of the Rough Rider regiment, a detachment of Troop D, National Guard or California, and "Teddy's Terrors." a political club of prominent Los Angeles business men,' wearing the Rough Rider unirorm, formed on either side of the plat form and kept the crowds back. Rides with the Governor. The president entered the carriage with Governor Pardee, Secretary Moody and Private Secretary Loeb. and proceeded, fol lowed by a platoon of mounted police and Troop D. National Guard of California, was driven directly to the Westminster hotel. wnere juncneon was served. From the sta tlon along Second street to Main and thon to the hotel crowds had gathered for a glimpse of the " chief executive. All the enthusiasm that had been pent up for days pasi auring me preparations for the com Ing of the president, was given voice irt continuous cheers, which the president nuiiiittiy acanowieugea. Extraordinary police precautions had been made to guard the safety of the pres. blent during his stsy In Ln Angeles. Secret service men surrounded him and made way for him through the crowd at the station and when he alighted' from his carriage at the Westminster hotel. In addition to the viligance of the secret serv ice men, the I Angeles police force adopted some stringent measures against the encroachments of the crowd. West minster hotel, the temporary stopping place of the presidential party, was surrounded by a cordon of police and plain-clothes officers. A ropo was drawn around the hotel ami no one except those holding passes were admitted. Sees Feast of Flowers. Tho annual Fiesta de las Flores. ths chief feature of which Is the elaborate floral pn rude, was arranged this year to coincide with the visit of the president. I'nusual efforts had been made by the fiesta com mittee to make this feature of the celebra tion particularly attractive, a sort of ex pression of the floral wealth of California. The floral parade occurred this afternoon and was reviewed by the president and party. THIS BOOK IS AN INSTANT SUCCESS, THE TRAIL the GRAND SEIGNEUR i By Olio L. Lyman 7 Colored Illustrations. The Brooklyn Eagle says: "The author has taken a number of legends that cling about the esatern end of Lake Ontario and has woven them into a stirring romance. He writes well the style of the narrative holds easily the render s attention. It is a novel of unusual quality." Altogether It is In an original vein and is a remarkably well told story. letroil Journal. The characters of Renee Montfort snd her aged father, both French Huguenots end refugees, are beauti fully ar.d torn hlnijly portrayed. Washington Post. Cloth. Richly Bound. NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK CO. A' story full of the most vivid Inter est. New York World. Fsr above the average book. Ths author makes you feel as tbough vou were face to face with something alive snd real. Uookteller, Newsdealer and Stationer. All Booksellers, $1.50. TWTfffTIt (From a Start Correspondent.) LINCOLN. May 8. (Special.) With Treasurer Mortensen and Auditor Weston present, the State Board of Equalisation, sitting as a boatd of assessment, held a two hours' session this afternoon, and ad journed until Tuesday morning. Governor Mickey was absent In Omaha, looking after strike matters, and this forenoon Treasurer Mortensen was In Nuckolls county with Land Commissioner Follmer apprslsing some s.:hool lands. .The two members present devoted their time to a comparison of the returns made by the railroads this year and that mads last year, with a view to finding Just where the decrease and Increase would be. Very few changes were noticed. On the main line the returns were almost the same, though In some Instances a slight increase was shown. The Union Pacific returned a half dosen new engines over Its last year's report and some of the feturns on its other rolling stock were also Increased. Owing to the absence of Governor Mickey, nothing else was donej and the board took an early adjournment. In the meantime, If the Omaha Real Estate exchange has an idea that It will be able to come here along about four weeks from now and appear before the board the said exchange would better get another notion. It la more than probable that the board, as an assessment board, will have completed Its business, a new commissioner appointed on the Omaha Fire and Police Board and many other Inter esting things will have occurred within the four weeks. Treasurer Mortensen said to day that he saw no reason why the board would not complete Us labors at a very early date, that Is, as an assessment board. In July the board again sits, this time as a board of equalization, to act upon the returns made by the county clerks and to make up the grand assessment rolls. The law requires the board to make Its returns to the county clerks on or before the 16th day of April or as soon thereafter as the board, or any two thereof, shall have made or determined such valuation. The board heard the railroad arguments the first day and has records and flguros galore before It from which to make Its deductions, so there Is very little excuse for them waiting much longer than the lfith Inst, before making the returns. Though of course the two new members of the board, with their very Inquiring minds, may prolong the deliberations in order to get some facts upon which to work. There Is such a thing as the Omaha Real Estate exchange coming In too late to do any effective arguing, or, at least, it is liable to wait until the board has about agreed upon a valuation, which would amount to the same thing as If the members of that body had remained at home. "One trouble with that Real Estate ex change," remarked a taxpayer from Omaha today, "Is that Its members splutter around to beat the band, but they will allow a delegation to come down here from Omaha absolutely unpledged, and when ft comes to aa election, instead of supporting that class of men they .know to be In favor of e;ual 'taxation, they do Just the. opposite. They are too Inconsistent. They have been working on this tax business for years and they should have been prepared to come here the day the railroads delivered their arguments for a reduced assessment. Why didn't they come and argue when It would do good and why weren't they here to call the turn on the railroads. They are a peculiar lot, those boys are." Mutaals Hay Not Benefit. . The passing of the bill by the last leg's lature to allow mutual Insurance companies to do business outside of the state probably will not have the effect Its supporters be lieved. Today Deputy Insurance Commis sioner Pierce received a request from the Insurance department of the state of Kan sas asking for a copy of the law that al lowed foreign mutual fire Insurance com panies to enter Nebraska. There Is no such law in the Nebraska statutes, or at least the Insurance department has failed to locate It. It Is the belief in this depart ment that some Nebraska company has made application to do business in Kansas and that authorities there wrote here to sea if Nebraska has a reciprocity law and it Is the belief also that If outside mutual fire companies cannot do business In Nebraska that It Is more than probable that Ne braska companies will not be allowed to do business In other states. A great flght was made against the bill passed by the last legislature allowing Ne braska mutual companies to go out of th3 state, and at one time the bill was dead, but It was resurrected later and by amend ing It to restrict the llabll'ty of the policy holders it became a law. The oppo lents of the hill argued that the agents of the com panics would have power to take all kinds of risks In the large cities an1 that each policyholder In the stite wa liable for the loss, having at the time ne tecime a mem ber of the company signed an agreement to that effect. . i Statement of Appropriations. From the office of the auditor there will soon be Issued a statement of the appro priations and expenditures of the last legls. lature. The office fores is busily engave) !- making the compilation and the copy will be ready for the printer In a short time. The law requires that this be done within sixty days after the adjournment of the legislature, and while It has not olways been the custom to hsve the reports ready by that time, from the prospects this year such will be done. The reports will show how much money each member of the legislature, each employe and eiery one connected with the legislature received from the Ftate. It contains the amount of money appropriated and used by the various state Institutions and officers snd will make con siderable more than K0 pige. Deputy Auditor Anthes said this morning that tho copy was almost ready to be turned over to the printer. Plenty of Teachers Apply, From the north and the south and from the east and the west, every day In the week. Superintendent Fowier is receiving applications for positions on the principal's staff of that new normal school that Is to Today he received a communication from a woman In Baltimore, and yesterday came one from a teacher In California. Every applicant enclosed plenty of recom mendations and several good words for himself or herself, as the case may be. To the end that much time may be saved In the superintendent's office Mr. Fowler has prepared a circular, which, after stat ing that enclosed Is the recommendations of the applications, reads: The legislature of 1913 made an appro priation of 850.000 for the establishment of a new state normal schor l and for the construction of buildings. They made no appropriation whatever for its maintenance and support. The next legislature will not convene until January, l!sV There is a strong probability that the selection of a faculty win noi ne maae oeiore Apm 19f6. for I doubt very much if the new state normal school will be opened before Bentember. lwa. A proposition has recently been sug gested to the towns that desire to secure the new normal school to give a cash do nation to be used to pay the salaries of the teachers. This will take about $25,000, but there are many towns that bave sig nified a willingness to give even more than this. This would enable the school to be started as soon as the building is secured and it would probably result In the next legislature making a I.trger appropriation when it convenes. Inasmuch aa It would do away with much of the bitterness and envy that will naturally result among the various towns when the school Is finally located. Game Is Increasing, Under the protection of the game laws of the state and the enforcement of the laws all kinds of game Is on the Increase In the state, according to the reports being received by Game Warden Blmpklns from his deputies. The average Increase In prairie chickens Is estimated by the depu- ties as at least 26 per rent. Lancaster county reports an Increase of 600 per cent. Seward and Nemaha make the same kind of reports, while others report an Increase of !00 per cent. Among the counties re porting the largest Increase are ) Hamil ton, Hall, Cherry, Dawson and Buffalo. Franklin county sent In the only report of a decrease. This report said the decrease was at least 30 per cent and possibly 10. The same condition of affairs seems also to prevail In counties- where there are grouse, most of the observers finding that there had been a largo Increase In the num ber of these birds. Brown, Cherry pnd Frontier counties are credited with an In crease of 200 per cent. The reports on the number of quail are of especial Interest from the fact that the law has protected them from the onslaughts of the sportive nlmrod for several years. Very few counties report a decrease In the number, but in the majority of cases there has been a substantial increase in the number notice by observers. Dawson county heads the list with an Increase In the number of quails, amounting to 600 per cent for the year or more In Which ob servations were carried on. Frontier and Buffalo counties have added to their stocks of quails to the extent of 300 per cent, while the percentage of Increase In other counties averages about 60 per cent, with several claiming 100 per cent. One Lan caster county observer reported a decrease of 40 per cent, while another stated that he did not know. The largest decrease In the number of quails Is reported from Nuckolls county, where only one observer made any report on this item, finding that this species had fallen oft 90 per cent. The two Thayer county observers claim that the same ratio of decrease has been no ticed In that county. The report made to the game warden shows that the loss resulting from cold weather Is ery small, only a few counties reporting any loss due to this cause. One Thayer county observer reported that 80 per cent had frosen, but his fellow ob server reported 20 per cent. One of the observers from Hamilton county reports a loss of 60 per cent, while the same percentage of loss Is reported from Lancaster county, but In each case the loss was noticed by only one observer. Platte, Pierce and Seward counties make the same returns on Josses from this cause although In each case but one observer has noticed It. ... It la probable that more accurate returns on this Item will be received next year, for hunters generally will pay more at tention to quail, clnce the law . protecting quails expires this year and quails may be killed from November 1 to November 80. High Schools In ETldeace., The high scllool fete 4s on and about 1,000 pupils from the various schools of the state are here to keep H going. All classes at the. university- have been dismissed and that building and grounds -turned over to the visitors. They have' taken charge of the state house nd are nmnlng over tho dome. They called upon Private Secretary Allen and tfsked about the governor. They saw the great seal of state and the big tunnel. The real program began at 11 o'clock, when Dean Davis welcomed the guests at Memorial hall. He was followed in short talks by Superintendent Fowler, H. K. Wolfe of Lincoln, W. L. Stephens of .Bea trice and W. H. Fullmer of Pawnee. At 2 o'clock a dinner was served on the cam pus. The annual meet of the Nebraska Inter scholastlo Athletic association was held at 2:30. Representatives from these schools took part In this contest: Beatrice, Crete, Falrbury. Hastings, Hebron, Seward, York, Wymore and Auburn. Beside these the fol lowing towns sent delegations, but they did not take part in the track meet: Have lock, University Place, Friend, Avoca, Paw nee, Omaha, Lincoln, Exeter, Falls City and Syracuse.. Beatrice had the largest delegation, numbering about 125, York 86, Seward 76 and Avoca 60. Protest on Licenses. EDGAR. Neb., May (Special.) A num ber of cltlsens opposed to licensing a sa loon presented a remonstrance to the city council last Monday. The remonstrance stales that the license ordinance Is defec tive, that the applicant, John Dlngman, is not a suitable person to sell liquors and that an error was made In canvassing the votes at the late city election. The re. monstrance was only partially heard on Monday and continued to Thursday. The hearing lasted all day Thursday and re sulted In the council's overruling the re monstrance and deciding to grant the li censes on the filing of a suitable bond and payment of tlje license fee, 11.000. The prosecution gave notice of appeal to the district court, which sits on May 18. Voathfal Debaters Rewarded. BEATRICE, Neb., May . (Special.) The Crabtree-Cutter debate, for which a prize of 335 was offered to the two scoring the highest number of points, was held at the high school yesterday. The question de bated was, "Resolved, That the Dlngley Tariff BUI Should be Repealed." The af firmative was upheld by Stuart Dobbs and Samuel Rlnaker, Jr., and the negative by Ralph Weaverllng and Richard Ahlqulst. The Judges awarded the decision to Sam uel Rinaker, Jr., and Ralph Weaverllng, the first to receive fl& and the second $10. Falrhnry Licenses Granted. FAIRBI'RY, Neb.. May s. (Special.) The city council was In session yesterday hearing the case against granting saloon licenses. Thomas Darnell of Lincoln repre sented the antl-llcense element The cases of IaduIs G. Luebbin and Higglns Walsh were heard and '.ast evening the remon strances were overruled. License was granted to Luebben and Higglns & Walsh's application was considered this morning. There are three other petitions filed and the remonstrators were heard today. Ir vol' srtp not tav BfCAlSE YOU lOOH 0 tf BFCU-5E YOtl K Y "Taxs fiMicW-i -J? you mv .77.r. M)TBO( YtX1 10OK MOUSE CORRECT DRESS FOR MEM AND BOY'S. Fashionable Spring and Summer Clothing Underpriced Your suit is ready There is just as much -difference in suits as in the men who wear them. Wc have given special attention to securing better clothes, bstter style and to maintain the smallest possible price consistent with good quality. til- i-;i.','7 1 Men's Hand-Tailored Perfect Fitting Suits. $15. OO Handsome tweeds, worsteds and homespuns, in the tftp neuvst coloring and cut in the very latest, fashion able styles. We have made it our greatest endeavor to equal other stores' r $20 and $22.50 huits at this popular price and we've done it $10 Without doubt the best low-priced suits possible to produce All the new shades of browns and grays, neat plain and fancy worsteds, in a variety of popular stripes and figures made in a very thorough, honest, painstaking manner, of best material actual values $15. Special $10.00. Extraordinary offerings in men's finest suits-$18.00, $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 Every known cloth and style is represented in this line, which is so popular with Omaha s best dressers. Nothing better conceivable than, you find here. Men's Trousers Special Special cash purchase of 1,000 pairs men's finest trousers, the entire stock of New York's foremost cP C trouters maker actual rrt rallies i: and Is kK Youths Suits College Brand and Sleln-Bloch two of the best makers known, the name is a guarantee of good- C ness, sizes 30to,10, pricos $2u tokJJO See our boys clothing window on S5th st. for the latest correct dress for boys Great Clearance Sale of Jq p and Rain CoatS Just the coats for now $7.50 & $9 coals $5; $10& $12 coat $7.50; $15 coats $10; $18, $20, $22.50 coats $15 Men's Negligee Shirts $1.00 Monarch, Elgin, Faultless, Bimetallic and other makes in all new stripes and figures hotter ones for $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.50. JVlen's Fancy Hose Lace, drop6titch, clocking and embroidered stripes, and figures 15c, 2 for 25c; 25c, 50c and 75c. Special Sale of Boys' Balbriggan Underwear, 25c. - aJ STRIKES CHECK INDUSTRY Dan Declares Labor Unrest Host Discrim inating to Manufao nrers. COMMODITY PRICES SHOW A DLCL'NE prlncfleld Maa Gars to Edgar. EDGAR, May I. (Special. )-At a recent meeting" of the school board L. A. Carna han of Springfield, Neb., was elected prin cipal of the high school and superintend ent of the city schools. The other teachers have not yet been elected. Mr CoaSrmed at Oaalalla. OQALALLA, Neb., May 8 (Special.) Bishop Scannel of Omaha and several priests from western Nebraska parishes held services in the Catholic church, at which twenty-two young people were con firmed. A large attendance of the church members was present. Textile Business Improves Mot at All, Some Mills Even Withdrawing Travelers From the Hold When Sales Fall Off. - NEW YORK, May 8. R. O. Dun & Co.'s , Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will . say: Iabor disputes have Increased rather than i abated since May 1. when difficulties of I this sort should culminate. No single strug- i glo f1 great magnitude Is In progress, but I the frequency of small strikes Is disturb-, I Ing, and In the aggregate a large force is j Idle, while Important Industrial undertak ings are checked. Uood reports are received from footwear factories, shipments from Boston for the year thus far surpassing all records, while ( clothing makers receive duplications of . spring orders in aaanion to getting oui iau samples. Commodity Trices Decline. Prices of commodities declined slightly during April. Dun's index number falling from 9.iti7 to $98,561. A year ago the high est point of recent year was touched at 1102, i89. Railway earnings In April were 3.4 per cent larger than in last year and 28.7 per cent above 1901. All quotations Indicate a tendency to ward more normal conditions In pig Iron. Thi la hlirhlv desirable and gives assur ances that present activity In iron and steel may be maintained. Contracts for about 50.000 tons of structural material have been closed and other orders are only postponed by uncertainty regarding the labor situa tion. Railway requirements appear to have no limit and the proposed extensions will consume large quantities of steel. Rillets are one of the scarce articles at present, even Imports being arranged with difficulty. Implement manufacturers are surpassing all records In their purchases of merchant steel, machine shops are working at full capacity and there la a brisk demand for plates, pipes and tubes. All leading ma chinery markets report satisfactory condi tions. Trade in hardware is of good volume, orders sssurlng activity for some time and new business still coming forward freely, and especially at the south. Textile Situation No Better. Textile manufacturers In the east have not Improved their position during the week. Jobbers sre buying only small quan tities, exercising a discrimination that in dicates dull markets elsewhere, and sales men are being withdrawn from the road. With large print mills closed, there Is no activity In print cloths, neither is the move ment of brown sheetings and drills of any account. Abnormal prices for raw cotton nright be expected to stimulate Inquiry for goods, but the only effect is to prevent sellers from making concessions. Higher figures are expected next week at the official opening of the season In carpets. More woolen trims nave ciosea ana me market Is featureless, but new wool clip is firmly held. A steadier tone la noted in silks, owing to reports that production will be curtailed. Trade la rather quiet In leather, both as to sole and upper prices, and all heavy weight stocks have accumulated. Chicago packer aides are dun at recent aovaiicii prices, which were only latest salting. For eign dry hides are easier, buyers reducing thrlr bids slightly. Failures this WM'k were 175 In the V'nlted States, against 218 last year, and twenty two In Canada, compared with twenty-four a year ego. TRADE OVERCOMES DRAWBACK Bradstreet Reports More Than Sea sonable Activity In Most Lines. of some retrospects and reflections as to the future. Iron production Is at the msxl- tnt.m. but pig Iron Is dull and drooping. The sharp contrast with cruder forms Is the strength and activity In steel and the continued active sale of finished products. Men's wear woolen goods ore not being taken hold of freely and some shortening of running time Is possible at New England mills. Wool moves fairly, though mostly at concesHlons, and the disturbed condition of raw cotton, prices having reached the highest point In over two years, holds back trade for fall, though rather more dispo sition to do busliif ss has been manifested by buyers this week. Strikes and lockouts Interfere with trade In lumber and other building material In New York. On the other hand the shoe industry seems to be exceptionally active. Leather Is firmly held. In dry goods, gro ceries, hardware, clothing and millinery Jobbers note good reorders and the volume of fall orders booked exceeds a year ago. Southern trade Is affected by unseasonably cold weather holding lirvk bus!.e.as .and complicating the crop situation 1 1 eortoti. nuns 11111 vrftriu uitrn. i lie utii..-c? vujit, i bv cold weather, however, can st'li be re- ! paired by prompt replanting and favorable weather, although the cotton crop will be a late one. Wheat. Including flour, exports for the week ended May 7 aggregate 3.201. iS0 bushels, ngulnst 3.41ft.?K) bushels last week. 3.302.240 bushels this week last year and 4 178.S72 bushels in 1901. Wheat exports since Julv 1 aggregate 191.503.163 bunhels, against 219.lti6.72S last season, and 180,389, 373 In 1900. Corn exports aggregate 1,630.709 bushels, against 2.2W.1.15 last week. 1.755,0(10 n year ago and 1.683 3M in 1901. For the fiscal year exports are E7.011.65A bushels, against 255. IVW3f5 last year and 158.222,263 bushels In 1911. Business failures In the T'nlted States for the week ended Mav 7, number 175, against 173 lnst week, and 19 In the like week of 19H2. 193 In 1901. 174 In 1900. snd 1(59 in 1899.; In Canada, for the week. 14, against 13 last week, and 23 In this week one year ago. WKKKbY BANK. CLKARI.GS. Summary of Business Transacted by the Associated Hunks. NEW YORK, May 8-The following table, compiled by UrudHtreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for Din week enued May 7, with the percent age of Increase ana decrease as compared with the corresponding week lust year: Me.. Augusta. Portland, scranton Tnpeka Syracuxe Evansvllle Wilmington, Del Birmingham Davenport Fall River Little Rock Knoxvllle Macon Wllkesbarre Akron Springfield, 111 Wheeling, W. Va Wichita Youngstown Helena Ixlngton Chattanooga I xi well , New Bedford Kalamazoo Fnrgo, N. D Cnnton. O , Jacksonville. Fla Greensburg, Pa , Rockford. Ill Springfield, O , Binglmmtnn Chester, Pa , Bloomlngton. Ill Oulncy. Ill Hloux Falls. 8. D..., M.insfleld. O Jacksonville. Ill Fremont, Neb ICtlca IPecatur. Ill tHoiiKtnn tOalventon Charleston, S. C..".. Totals. TT. fl Outside New York. 1,009.3021.. 1.476,2711 1.6K1.II79 .. 1 Si"4,!fnl 1.45M23 ' 1.MM74! 1.214.2 .. 1.4Sf.,5.vl 1.0! '5,6151., l,2fS.!93l MS. 704 ! 1.CM.027 . rsi.ourt l.i.5,M9 '5.2nO 760.574 SS3.909 Sl MO ., 634,rifi 781 .MM 650. C63 ., 771.9431 472,624!. 559.9491., 72S.2W 518.8211 V5,onol St.tWH 4P9.7SSI. 876. 29M'. 629.21BI 4H1.9nol t9.633 45,5n3 aw, 4401. 3H7.S28I 27.968. ?r.98i. 232 DM! lW5.o'. 26.fiRi 12.221.174'. 8,114.notv 974.688!. ...J a .7 S.7 6.8 S2!4 ....I 86.3 12.9 4 3 2.0 2; .8 .31 4 i? 8 8.2 i.9 30.1 4. 8 28.8:, 23.31. 51. 8:, 4.7!. 22.1 10.01 84.61 49.51 "i.7! 24.0 19.5 6.9 hi 10.8 2. 31.9 7.1 6.9 "i'.i .v... i. 4.0 !2.318.553.7(7!. I 892,102.276! 17.0!. S7.S CANADA. CITIES. ' Clearings.! Inc. I 1 Dec. E. Rosewater Speaks at Snttoa. SUTTON, Neb., May (.-(SpectaJ.)-Hon. E. Rosewater, editor of The Bee, will de liver the Memorial day addnuM this year at Button. NEW YORK. May 8 Bradstreet's tomorrow will sav: Business continues large and Industry ac tive, in most cases, surpassing previous years at this date, despite unseasonably cool weather In some sectloBg and a swarm vexatious labor troubles. Moat of the measures of trade and In dustrial volume silll make favorable show ings. The simply enormous gain In gross railway earnings reported for April, 15 per cent over the best In previous years. Is proof that past good reports of trade and traffic were fully Justified. The usual lull In whuiesule trade allows New York Chicago Boxtoii , 1'hlladelphla , St. tenuis Pittsburg San FranciHCO.,.., Baltimore , Cincinnati Kansas City Cleveland Minneapolis New Orleans Detroit Louisville OMAHA Milwaukee Providence UulTul St. Paul Indianapolis Is Angeles St. Joseph Denver Richmond Columbus . Seattle i Washington Savannah Memphis I Albuny halt Lake t'lty Portland, Ore Toledo Fort Worth Peoria I Hartford I Rochester I Atlanta Des Molne.s New Haven Nashville Spoknne, Wah.... Grand R.iplds..' Sioux t'lty. Springfield, Norfolk ... Dayton .... Tacoma ... Worcester , S1.426.251,431. Ih4,153,43li. 143.0UO,IW1. 1.770.313;. fJ,(4.404,. 54,2Mt,3aO 2U,til!t,bUA 24,13!).2m;. 19,193,621, 17.0u7,2if2 18.4M,MM 12,841,ftSi. ll,3tj,j 32.1.. 24.4i I 23.21. . 6.7 .. 15.3.. 17.3 , il.i .3 4.8 12.2 6.1 1. . 8.7 17 .0.. Mass.. ,t4i.357; 6.9 ij.lOi.sv. 8.1 723.IWii 1.8 7,ti'7.ii4i 30.11 6i(..U3; 25. 3 6.491.3-31 17. 6,0il.2'iM 14.6; 6.231.ti22' 22.3, 02S.275 24. l! 4.7i"iO.Hh2 3.2i 4.2o8.1mi 9.i! 3.!'2.67 31.6; 4U:W.4f!l. l.l 8.2M.15J l.i 4,61. 7:il 6.3 4.7'$.2, 14. li S.u;j,4iii i 1.7 2.96.5911 2.4j 3.7C3.567 45.6 2.9'5,5Hll 6.7 2 657,23:. ' 3.7 3.4h7.51u 2.3 3.15,tW; 4.0 2.719.8i 12.7 i.993.16S 24.0; 2.294. 635' 22.2 2.493.877 M.6 2.39.2ti7 26.4; 1.510, W 3.3i 1.W.191 2.8 l.'J2.KWi 9.81 l.ftv, 0,39! 7.9 l.M76( 18. 4i M.M3.3H7 4S.6' 1,990.533 26.5! Montreal . Toronto .. Winnipeg Halifax ... Ottawa ... Vancouver, Quebec ... Hamilton St.. John, N Victoria, B. I London ... n. c. B... c... Totals, Canada. ..I I-,.'$ 25.822.1491 16.224. Sl 6.646.7601 16'.178l C.3?9 25' I j ,Sd vki 1.617 Mil 1.151.3111 !V!1 96' , 531.67"! ' 1.O02.775'.. -I- 4.21. I 65.61. ....I S.Mi. Wl V' IT. II. 30.61. 21. 4i. 4.71. ...I. 67.442.057! 4.3. 10.7 "i.b Balances pa'd in cash. INot Included In totals hocause of no comparison for lnat yenr. tNt Included In totals hecsu con taining other Items than clearings. Schmidt May Be Revenged. PLATTSMOCTH. Neb.. May 8 -(Spectal If the press dispatches from Chicago sre correct, Herman Schmidt of this county may yet have the satisfaction of knowing that the smooth parties who worked him for $100 on a matrimonial scheme may re ceive the punishment they deserve. The dlspntches state that three of 'a gang of six members of a matrimonial syndicate have been arrested in a nearby town, whero they had been operating. Their scheme It appears, was to attract a prospective vie. tlm to that city and then by various threats get his money nway from him. These ar rests were made upon the complaint of a young man from the eastern part of fowl, who had been victimised. The Chicago officials promised to notify Schmidt if thev succeeded In capturing the parties who robbed him, but thus far nothing has been heard from them. It Is said that there sr! several other young men in Cass county, and two working In the Burlington shop here, who could, if they were so Incllne-I. relate the story of their experience with the "matrimonial" proposition. Arrested on Berglary Charge. BEATRICE. Neb.. May 8 -(Special Tele gram.) Charlea flpcrry was lodged In Jail this afternoon charged with robbing the tailoring establishment of Henry Wlpper man. When arrested Sperry wss wearing a pair of trousers which Wlpperman Iden tified as being stolen from his place. Ha will be given a hearing tomorrow. St. Louis tua i-im&r JL JaW JUt JL. W Tht tiightU frictd but tht But Simalitf. Order from H. Mar tt Company