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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1905)
'Y TnE OMAHA DAILY REE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1005. CURRENT COUNCIL D1YIBED OVER FRANCHISE City Oofinoil 8tands Four to Toot on ths Question of Paymtnt of Eojalty. ALSO SPUT ON THE FIGHT TO FIX RATES Vmmatri of (ompaar Aaaert Trtrj Will Nat Arcrni Frchlse If These Twe Provlaloaa Arc Inserted la It. The Indrpajidrnt telephone franchise ordi nance Is itlll up In the air, the cltjr council at Ita meeting In committee of the whole list night falling- to reach any agreement. Two provisions, which some of the alder men Inslateti on and which others favored eliminating, proved tha main obstacles to any decision being reached. When tha committee adjourned after seT eriKhours of at times heated discussion, the aldermen stood four for the company being required to pay the city a percent age of Its gross earnings as a, royalty for the franchise and four against the Incorpor iitlon of shy such provision. Aldermen CMpveh, Maloney, Olson and Tounkerman were emphatic In their declarations that they would not vote for the ordinance un less It contained a clause requiring tha company to pay tha city a royalty for a franchise. "Aldermen Maloney and Tounk erman stnu1, however, that they would be content If the company paid the city a lurrlp sum' fur the franchise, say 120.000. Regarding the clause giving the city the right to regulate the rates to be charged by the cornpahy. Attorney Miller, who, with F. 3. Day, appeared for the company seek ing the franchise, stated Wist he had been Instructed ..to tell tha committee that un der no circumstances would his company accept theordlniuics It that clause was re tained. "While we admit the right of the city to regulate rates, we could not If this clause wss Inserted, In the franchise ordi nance, be abl to dispose of our bonds, with which r expect to secure funds to Install the system," stated Mr. Miller. ' Last Chance to Be Offered. Mr. Miller further said that when it was suggested that a. company be formed to se cure an Independent telephone franchise, business men, realising the opposition there had been at the time a similar proposition was before the city council two years or mora ago, refused to assist In forming the company. Out of sixty-one business and professional (pen approached by the com mittee appointed to organise the company. It waa with the greatest difficulty that twenty men could be secured who were willing to assist Mr. Miller further said that if this company failed to secure the franchise it' waa seeking ha could assure the aldermen that there never would be another company organised and the city would lose Its best opportunity of securing an Independent .. telephone system which would afford connection with the Independ ent systems now. operating In thla section of the state. . In making thla statement Mr. Miller explained that It was not In the na . tft ot f threat,' but. merely a plain state ment of facta. ' City Solicitor Snyder, In regard to the ' cfauee giving the city the right to regulate tji .rates, explained that if tha city ex pected In the future at. any time to exer cise -this right, it waa Imperative- that sucrl provision be made in the ordinance. He said it was a question which the aldermen had to decide and he had suggested Its in sertion, as be considered It was essential If the city's interests were to be properly safeguarded. . Alderm.en Gilbert) McMillen, Tinley and Weaver .took the side .of the company and expressed themselves aa not only willing, but anxious, to make all the concessions demanded by Attorney Miller. The other four members of the committee, however, stood- out for the royalty clause and the provision giving the city the right to regu late rates, and the meeting accordingly ad journed 'without any conclusion being reached. . After Messrs. Miller and Pay bad ad dressed tha 'committee, the aldermen de cided to hold the balance of the session be hind closed doora and the newspaper report ers ere requested to withdraw, Aldermen Weaver and Gilbert objecting- to their re maining., ' HOSPITAL, DIRECTORS ORGANIZING ' ' ' ' ' .. . Tavor jErectlosi of Addition to tha . . ' Preaeat Balldlnsr. 'Tha physicians selected by the Woman's Christian association aa a Board of Di laotora to .manage Its hospital, have taken tha preliminary steps towards organising. At a meeting held Wednesday night at which ten of the twenty physicians se lected were present. Pr. V. I Treynor was elected temporary chairman and Pr. P. W. Pean temporary secretary.. Pra. V. U Treynor, F. W. Pean and A. F.' Hanahett were appointed a committee to draft a plan of organisation and to r fcort at a meeting to be held Saturday evening.. Pra. P. Macrae, Jr.; P. J. Mont ornery and N.J. Rloa were appointed a committee; to canvass the doctors selected as member of the board and ascertain how many are willing to qualify by paying tha prescribed fee of US. -. Vacancies in the board caused by declination to aerve will be filled by the Board of General Pirectors of the Woman's Christian association. The doctors present at the meeting ex pressed themselves aa favoring the pres ' ent aite for the hew hospital, which, if their suggestions are conourred In, will be aa addition to the present building of about fifty rooms for atli nls . and necessary auxiliary space. It Is believed the addition can be erected for about (36.000 and Uie as sociation naa on hand I.'O.OOO in Its building fund. ; .- . .-;'..-. . - Real Estate Traaafera. These transfers were reported to The Bee on January 1 by' the Title Ouaranty A Trust company of Council Bluffs: Pavld O. Alsop and wife to Johanna P. U Bourloius. lot t In lot JTs, prislaal; a. w. t. Tts.0U0.00 "Yank Hunt and wife tn J tn Hunt lot 10, block 11, MuUlns subdivision: w. d H U P. Jensen to Carrie Jensen, lot . Tarrells subdivision to Neola: w. d ; J. N. Miller and others to P. P. rowes and Peter Lewis, lot t. block , Hall's addition; w. d. William H. Butler and wife to Neola too MOO 00.00 township, part nwt, ne, 24-77 -ii, w. d (39.41 Oscar Younkerman and wife to James Noble, nt , nS saw. lT-Tt-ts; w. d , 1,000.00 Blx transfers; total W.TJO.tS Coakllaa- Makes Coafeaaloa. x C. C. Conkllng, the Pes Moines young man who attempted to pass several forged checks, notified Assistant County Attorney Hoss yesterday that he was anxious to waive his preliminary examination so that his case might' go to the grand Jury aa soon aa possible. The grand Jury will not meet until March 14 unless County Attor ney Hess should reconvene It before then. Young CoaUlng made a clean breast of it ytaterdar to 'Chief Klchmond. The story about his room mats in Omaha giving him the checks he' admitted was false snd an Id "as slons .responsible tvr them. Re NEWS BLUFFS garding the Pes Molaes deal for Which he Is oald to he wanted, Conkllng said he had purchased a piano on the Installment plan and then mortgaged It to a loan broker, t'p to last evening Conkllng had received no rerly to the telegram he had sent his people In pes Moines, notifying them of the predicament he was In. DISCOVER SEW 'Ol STERFEIT BILL. Caahler of Local Rank First to Detect the Kote. Assistant Caahler E. A. Ppooner of the Fimt National bank of this fity is credited with making the first discovery of a new counterfeit $10 bill, three of which have been taken In by local merchants and by them deposited In the. bank. The counter felt, which Is said to be a particularly dangerous one, has been reported to the officers of the Treasury oVpartment. The counterfeit Is an Imitation of the United States treasury note of the 1901 series, bear ing on one side a seal In red and on the reverse side a large "X" in the same color. The red Ink in the' counterfeit is lighter snd the silk thrend Is straighter In the counterfeit than In the genuine, while after the word "Washington" In tha counterfeit there is a period, where in the genuine there Is a comma. Waat Damray Trains Reatrrd. The West Council Bluff, Improvement elub. having failed .to secure a straight 6-cent fare between this city and Omaha from thi motor company Is now urging the resumption by the Union Pacific ft Its dummy train between Council Bluffs and South Omaha, with a fare of not to exceed t cents each way. The railroad, the club contends. Is bound under Its charter from this city to operate such trains (and in the event of it refusing a resume such service the club suggests that the city solicitor press the suit now pending In the courts for the vacation of Union avenue by the railroad. The club also wants the banks holding the city funds and those of ths pork, li brary and school boards to furnish bonds aa it Is contended the banks do In Omaha. Inquiry for Jin Larsen. County Recorder Balrd Is in receipt of a letter from Olof Larsen, dated at Copen hagen, Denmark, making Inquiries about Lars Jorgen Larson, who emigrated from there to this country a number of years ago. Larsen's family heard from him un til about five years ago, since when he ceased to write, and all letters sent him have been returned unclaimed.' When his family last heard from htm Larsen wrote from Avoca, this county, saying he had married and waa the owner of a small farm near Avoca, MINOR MENTION, Pavla sells drugs. Leffert's glasses fit. , , Btocksrt sells carpets. -Puncan sells the best school shoes. Prs. Woodbury, dentists, 10 Pearl street Puncan does the best repairing, 13 Main. Go to night school at Western, la., college. Choice line of toilet artlai. Morgan A Plckey. Pictures for wedding gifts. C'E. Alex ander, 833 Broadway. Morgan ec Klein, upholsterer ana? mat tress makers, moved to 19 8. Main. Tel. 648. Anna, the 1-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. 1). Lloyd, WIS Avenue C, died last evenlns of pneumonia. Constantly increasing In all but "the price oVpartment. We can take care of you right. C Ha(er. 'phone iiu. . Tlgredla temple,- Rathbene Sisters, will meet in regular session this evening, when there will Do several candidates, lor Initia tion. , . . ' Might Detective George Wilson, who has been quarantined for thirty days for small pox, resumed his position ou the police force last night. , Tha regular - meeting of the Woman'i Christian Temperance union .will be held this afternoon in the rooms, 43 and 45, South Main street Mrs. Alice Kodrlque of this city was granted a divorce yesterday in district court from Arlatlde Rodrlque . on ths grounds of desertion. . '. The residence - of George Sutton. . 606 Twenty-third avenue, waa entered by thieves Wednesday evening and a number of articles of minor value stolen. Missouri oak dry cordwood (8 a cord, eobs 11.76 per load, shell bark hickory n per cord, delivered. William Welch, it North Main. .Telephone 1& Drugs, paints and prescriptions at Mor gan at Dicks. , The First National bank of this city hss begun suit In. the superior court against A. Brown of Carroll, la., and others to re cover fci.uW on two promissory notes given In 1903. Elton E. Wrenn and Frances B.- Huston, both of Omaha, were married' in this city Wednesday, the ceremony being performed by Kev. James O'May at -the Broadway parsonage. There will be a farge clous' of candidates for initiation at the meeting ot tlio Elks' lodge this evening. Following the meet ing there will be a social Bumton at)d re freshments will be served. Klra Chief Nicholson -has been- notified tliat the combination chemical and hose wagon and oilier equipment for the new engine house in - the southern part jot the city will be here in a few days.- ... Bpencer Smith and Thomas Bowman, ap pointed by the Board of Supervlaois 10 check tha accounts and books ot County Treasurer Conslgny, at tha latter ' request, have begun worn. The checking up of the utiles Is expected to take two weeks. Hlchard lieftin, the young mart who swal lowed carbolic acid ttunuay evening with suicidal Intent lollowing a quarrel 'with his sweetheart, Was reported yesterday to be rapidly improving, and his recovery now seems assured, as he is able to take light food, Dennis J. McSweeney, a clothing mer chant of Neola, la., has filed a voluntary fiutltiun In bankruptcy wltli a scheduled ndebtedness of 4,6.J. Besides Ids personal Wearing apparel, valued at 176. the pe titioner's sole assets Is a promissory note for JJ3. ; - Articles of Incorporation of the Fruit Growers' Building company were filed for record yesterday. The incorporators are: Samuel Avery, W. S. Keellne, W. C. Rich, J. J. Hess, Alexander. Wood, F. 11. Hall and. Robert Mctiensle.' The capital stock la placed at tlO.Ouu. The closing arguments in- the McCoy -Paxlon suit, Involving the ownership uf uuO acres of accreted river land in Crescent township were made In district court yes terday afternoon and Judge Thornetl took the case under advisement. The caJse haa occupied the attention of the court for a week. 'l he- commission appointed by the superior court to determine the boundaries of the disputed territory involved In the Muiiawa fence ,case lias been given until Saturday, January 28, to complete the survey, the extension of time being mad necessary by the heavy snow. Mrs. A. E. Whltlock of 111 Plainer street, this city, has been appoiuted matron at the county poor farm, to succeed- Miss Mar garet O'Nell, the change to take place February 1. Mrs. Whltlock will receive t-i a munth, whereas Miss u' Nell hue bean receiving $J6. The new appointment iiaa been made by Supervisors Braudes sod Bullls, the committee in charge of the county poor ami. These -calea ot smallpox have been re- f orted to the Board of Health .In the last wo days: C. Whitbeck, Ninth avenue and Fourteenth street; C. Peterson, ltMi South Thirteenth, street: Mrs. F. Brown. &u 6ev. euth avenue; Mrs. N. Fuller, 316 North Twolfth street: P. Srtiarpe, 161 Fourth avenue; Dorothy Twiford, Hi Washington avenue; Maud Williams,' i2t Franklin avenue; Mrs. Straver, 427 Third avenue. Quimby Jones, an elderly man, while carrying lunch yesterday noon to his son, John Jones, a mortar mixer employed on the Carnegie library building, was seized with an apoplectic lit. He was found by some of the men lying unconscious on the steiie t the Main street entrance to the build! uildlng. (on nd Ay Jonf ulanc to Hi i ouniy fnysician liice was caurq and ea removed In the do I lee am. b e nmne oi ins sou ou aiynner alret. Colored la Casaleatarr PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 1. The new nr motrd cruiser Colorado was placed In com mission at the I-anue Ulaod Daw urd today The cruler is vuniuiuudvd by Csp Uiu Puncan KtiiiuUy. - OF IOWA OFFICER WANTS KEIitAKLNG Gate Ariies Ont of tha Failure of Offloer h Pusey Bank. SMITH NOT CANDIUA1E FOR GOVERNOR Christmas Present the Means of Ite reallng tha Identity of Dr. Hoff man, Which Has Reea Sack a Mystery la Des Moines, (From a Staff Correspondent.) PES MOINES, Jan. 19. (Special.) A pe- i titlon for the rehearing of the case of Charles T. Officer against Officer & Pusey has been filed In the supreme court The American Express company was an Inter venor against M. U. and Mary K. Musser. The case comes from Pottawattamie county. The Mussers were the appellant?. It was claimed that money paid to Oilicer & Pusey waa a fund out ot which certain obliga tions were to be paid. The Mussers claim they bought the express company checks outright and sought to cash them at the express company s, securing a discount on the purchase. The express company claimed the notes were given as letters of credit, without consideration, and that If cashed at any time the express company should be reimbursed. The petition for a rehear ing Is bused on the claim that the supreme court, while staling the law currectly, mis construed the issues In the case. Smith Mot a Candidate. Senator James A. Smith of Orage was in the city today, visiting his friends, and called at the state house. He denies that he is a candidate for governor or that there is any likelihood of his . becoming such. There seems to be strong grounds for believing that the stand-pat element In the state has practically united on Sena tor James H. Trewln of Cedar Rapids as Its. candidate for governor. The Cummins wing seems t6 be doing nothing. The gos sip Is that Speaker Clarke is a most likely person If any effort should be nlade in his behalf. Hoffman's Identity Known. Pr. Charles H. Hoffman of this city, whose Identity has been shrouded in mys tery, Is now known to be Charles H. Hoff mann. The story leaks out that at Christ mas time Pr. Hoffman received a package from Germany. Before opening It he stated to A. B. Shaw of Still, college that It was a book from his brother In Ger many. He stated further that his brother waa an author and the book was one of his own ..writing and was a child's book for Pr. Hoffman's child. On opening the book It was' seen that the author's name was "Wllhelm Hoffmann." Pr. Hoffman is an instructor in Still college, of which Mr. Shaw la tha director. Mr. Shaw called his attention to the fact that the name wao the tame and in the light of the mys tery as to the doctor's name wanted an explanation. Pr. Hoffman laughed and called attention to the fact that his brother's name wag spelled with two "n's." Pr. Hoffman resigned from a position of instructor in Drake medical school In February, 1903, rather than disclose his identity. Seen today Pr. Hoffman denied tsa entire matter and claimed that it was a schema to get him to tell his Identity. For Aactton Concessions. W. C. Brown of the concessions commit tee of the State Fair association is in' the city today In consultation with Secretary Simpson.- It Is possible that the conces sions at the fair ground may be auctioned off next year Instead of following the usual mathod. A plat of the fair grounds it be ing made at this time. (. Appeals to Governor. 1 Frank A. Greenland has. appealed to the governor to save himself from serving a sentence of three years in Fort Madison. He Is the Decatur county man convicted of being implicated In the theft of aome cattle which were shipped to Chicago. The case waa affirmed by the supreme court Tuesday. Greenland is interested in other litigation which It is claimed will be Inter fered with if he Is sent to the penitentiary at thla time. Jt Is presumed, too, that Greenland will ask for a pardon. Stndent Falls I'nder Car. AMES, la., Jan. 19. (Special.) Ralph Collette, a student at the Iowa State col lege, met with a serious accident yesterday noon which will necessitate an absence from college work for a long time. While attempting to board the motor which car ries the passengers from Ames to the col lege he missed his footing and slid under the moving car, the wheels passing over both legs. The muscles and flesh of the left leg were torn loose frorq the knee to the foot and stripped It clean on one side. The wheels passed over the right leg Just below the thigh, but the injury was not as serious, but received bruises of a bad nature which will cause intense pain. The left leg may heal readily, but an amputa tion Is not at all uncertain. Booten la a IVoaerter. SIDNEY, la., Jan. 19. (Special Tele gram.) Sheriff Kant will leave here Fri day morning with John Booten, whom he la taking to Norfolk, Va., undee arrest. While In Jail here for bootlegging Booten told a pal of having deserted from the United States navy on the Atlantic coast aome time ago. A reward was offered for his arrest. He is a brother of George Booten, who waa sent to the penitentiary from this town recently for five years for horse stealing. John Booten Is supposed to have enlisted in January, 19u3, at Omaha where Ids wife is supposed to reside at present Dies in Chess Game. OSCEOLA, la., Jan. 19. "I'm check mated; you win the game." His defenses gone, Levi Taylor, business man and in ventor of Osceola, smiled defeat at his friend across tha chess board, - then fell prostrate to the floor. He played with death and lost. Apoplexy, due to the ex citement of the game, was the cause of the sudden demise. TRAINMEN MAY GO ON STRIKE Employes of a Paaaeylranla Electrle Una Ueataad aa luerease la Wages. WILKESBARRE. Jan. J9.-Aftcr a five hours' session, lasting until early today, the motormen and conductors In the em ploy of the Wllkesbarre & Wyoming Val ley Traction company, which comprises nearly the entire electric railway systoin of the Wyoming valley, voted to go on strike ana endeavor" to enforce their de mands against the company. The men want an increase from 11.80 to $2 a day. No date nt set for ths beginning of the strike. This point will be arranged by the United Labor union. Before the final step Is taken another at tempt will be made to effect a compromise with the company. The company officials say they will not concede the demands of the employes. ' Boylea Easy far Misers. In a one-sided game of basket ball be tween the Mixers and the Boy Irs college team the f-irmer won by the score of GO to IS. It a more of a foot race than it game of baoket ball, for the colieue men, int'd of guarding tliair mm. trh-d to fol low the ball. The Aral half the college team muV one point and that tuunt foul, and In the sacuiid ball ll Mixers let down and thr made elghtTi potnte mm-, while the Mixers were content with making thirty more points fr themselves. Final score, 60 to it. LOOK FOR HIGHER WAGES Fall Hirer Operatives Expect Aral tratlsa 1a tireatly Improve Their Condition. FALL RIVER. Xlass.. Jan. 19.-The thousands of operative, who have been Idle for nearly six months as the result of the great textile strike returned to work to day. All the operatives appeared confident that conditions would be greatly Improved as the result of the agreement reached yesterday between the manufacturers and the union leaders through the efforts of Govrrnor Douglas. Although the per cent reduction on account of which the strike was In augurated went into effect with the return ing strikers today, the feeling seemed gen eral that the governor's arbitration of the question of the margin of profit for the manufacturers between the price of raw cotton and that the finished goods would bring about a higher scale of wages in the near future. BOOM IN READING STOCK Ko Clae niaenrereil aa to Cans of lleaty Dealings on 'Change. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Enormous deal ings in Rending common shares at an ad vance of 3H points was the feature of the early trading on the Stock exchange today. The stock, which closed yesterday at 8ti74, a net gain of 3V4 points, opened today with a sale of 8.000 shares nt S7H. In the first hnlf hour upwards of 75.000 shares changed hands front the opening figure to and back to 8S"i. At li):.10 the price was 89V The movement halted before 11 o'clock, the price going off to S7-V It was Impossible to gain any correct idea of the cause of the movement. Buying was so general r.s to give no clue. Some brokers expressed the opinion that the move was merely a drive against the shorts, while others thought that this interest was very small. RANGERS WILL TRAIN AT HOME Rourke Flnde I'nlverslty Grounds In adequate for I'se of Hie Team. Manager Rourke of the Omaha base ball team has eturned from Lincoln, where he went to consider the matter of having his players train with the university men. Mr. Rourke, however, found the grounds In adequate for his purpose. He arranged for games to be played at Lincoln with the university team on April .4, 6 and 6. The Omaha team reports March 26. DEATH RECORD. John McDonald. John McPonald, father Henry B. McPonald county commissioner; John W. McPonald, vice president of the W, J. Broateh Iron company and William W. McDwnald of the McDonald Brothers' foundry, died at 7 yesterday morning at 2230 Burdotte street, the home of the last mentioned son. Mr. McDonald was 77 years of ngo and was stricken two , weeks ago with a paralytlo stroke from which he never recovered. The funeral arrangements have not been fully arranged, but the family states the in terment probably will be held Saturday afternoon from the above number. Mrs. McPonald, the aged wife and mother, sustained a broken arm layst -Sunday evening at Twenty-second and Grant streets by slipping on the sidewalk. Her present grief, together .with the shock sustained by the fall, 1 Is proving quite a strain on her. ' ' John McDonald was born In Scotland In 182S, moving to Maryland In 1856. At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted in the Second regiment, Maryland Infantry and served in the army of the Potomac throughout the war. In' 1870 he moved to Omaha and has lived a retired life most of the time since then. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Custer post. Grand Army of the Republic. Ills son John was former sheriff of Doug las county. Tha only daughter, Mrs, K. 8. Fisher, died two years ago. Hoa. Stnrgls Williams. SIDNEY, la., Jan. 19. (Special Telegram.) Hon. Sturgls Williams died here Wednes day night at 10 o'clock. He was the father of County Auditor Roscoe Williams and had himself served In the legislature two terms and In varloua county offices. He waa a) veteran of the civil war, having marched with Sherman to the sea. Mr. Williams was aged 67 years, and had re sided in this county forty-seven years. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at Tabor, where the funeral sermon will be preached by his old-army comrade, Pr, E. S. Hill of Atlantic. Mrs. B. S. M eat brook. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Jan. 19.-(Spe-xlal.) Mrs. B. S. Westbrook, one of the pioneer of Delaware precinct, died last night at her home In Punbar of acute pneumonia at the age of 63 years. She had been a' resident of this county for thirty-five years. She leaves a husband and five children. The funeral services will be held Friday from her Tate residence and the Interment will be made In Wyuka cero.. etery, In this city. Merman Kordatrom. AMES, la., Jan. 19. (Special.) Herman Nordstrom, an old and highly respected cltisen residing west of the college, died Tuesday morning. He went to bed Monday night in his usual health. Not arising in the morning, his wife made an at tempt to arouse him from his slumbers and found him dead. Mrs. Clarence A. Kennedy. CEDAR RAPIDS, Neb., Jan. 19.-(Spe-clal.) Mrs. Pessa Kennedy, wife of Clar ence A. Kennedy, died yesterday of con sumption at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Tully of this place. Stop tho Pain with an NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE I Eesolntion Passed Favoring Irrigation ml Forest Rasemtion. IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATERWAYS Proposed 1 Increase of Homesteads from la a MO Acres Is Onpaeed Reciprocal Trad Treaties Approvedi WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. At today's ses sion of the National Board of Trade the committee on Irrigation, In Its report, fav ored the plan of the government irrigation of the arid lands and their subdivision Into small tracts for the benefit of actual set tiers, favored forest preservation aa a con servator of water supply, urged upon con gress the repeal of the desert land law and the commutation clause of the homestead law; favored the consolidation of tte vari ous forestry branches of the government into the bureau of forestry of the Depart' ment of Agriculture; strongly opposed the proposed Incresse In homestead entries from 100 to 640 acres In several statea and favored the establishment of national for est reserves in the southern Appalachian mountains and In the White mountains In New Hampshire. The report was adopted. A resolution was adopted favoring the passage of a bill by congress making an ap- Deal for a government experimental cold storage plant for the preservation of food. The report of the committee on Imrpove- ment of waterways waa rend and discussed. The report favors measures for the ultimate construction of a system of coastwise canala on the Atlantio coast, congressional annronrlations looking to the protection of the Mississippi valley from floods, improve ment of the Ohio river from Its heudwaters to Cairo and liberal congressolruil appro priations for the imrpovement of water ways generally. The following resolution advocating reelp rocal trade treaties was unanimously adopted: Resolved. That the National Board of Trade urges upon the congress of the I nii.H amies the establishment and main tenance of Judicious reciprocal trade trea ties with roreign count nes or aepenanci-, and especially with those located on the western hemisphere. The committee on nomination of officers recommended the re-election of present of ficers? after which the board adjourned for a year. Philippine Tariff Bill. Secretary Taft has forwarded to Repre sentative Payne for introduction In the house tomorrow with a view to Its disposi tion tr the ways and .means committee, the draft of the bill fixing rates on goods entering the Philippines. An Interesting feature Is a provtsidn Increasing the duty on crude orlum from 13 to U pot idlo and on manufactured opium from tZM to $6. The commission or any succeeding Philippine legislature la empowered to totally suppress tha o ilium traffic HYMENEAL. MeLanVrtr-Dorsey. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Jan. 19. (Special.) Fred W. McLafferty and Miss Katherlne DorSey, daughter of John Dorsey, thought to steal a march on their friends in Omaha and hied themselves to Plattsmouth and were united in marriage In the Hotel Riley, Wednesday evening, by Rev. F. H. Freund, pastor of the German Episcopal church. They returned home Thursday. Wnlte-Moffltt. AMES, la., Jan. 19. (Special.) One of the surprises to be sprung on the people of this city was the marriage of two ot Ames prominent young people In the persons of Miss Mabel Moffltt and Mr. H. C. White, which occurred late Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock In the study of Rev. Hodgson of the Plymouth Congregational church of Pes Molnea. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Fair Today In Nebraska, Hock Colder 1st West and if orfh Portions Saturday Fair. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Forecast of the weather for Friday and Saturday: For Nebraska Fair Friday, much colder tn west and north portions; Saturday, fair. For Iowa and Kansas Fair Friday and Saturday. For Missouri Fair Friday; Saturday, rain In south; fair In ngrth portion. For South. Dakota Fair and much colder Friday; Saturday, fair. Loeal Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Jan. 19. Official record of tern-, perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three years: 1906. 1904. 190S. 1902. 36 44 41 48 , 19 23 22 Hi 28 34 32 36 00 00 00 00 Maximum temperature Minimum temperature Mean temperature precipitation Temnerature and precipitation departures from the normal at Omaha since March 1, 1904, and comparison with the last' two years: Normal temperature . Excess for the day... Total excess since March 1, 1904 96 Nornvil precipe tlon 0! Inch Deficiency for the day .02 inch Precipitation since March 1... .25.57 Inches Deficiency since March 1 (.09 inches Excess for cor. period, 1904 1.76 inches Deficiency for cor. period, 1903 8 Inch Tcmperatura at T P. M. Maximum Tem Tem Station and State perature at 7 p. m. pera ture. 28 44 36 34 48 88 88 4 40 60 86 84 40 30 43 64 2 Raln fall. .00 .00 .to .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 - T .00 .00 of Weather. at 7 p. Bismarck, clear 20 Cheyenne, dear 86 Chicago, clear 82 Davenport, clear ...... 80 Denver, clear 40 Havre, cloudy 23 Helena, cloudy (4 Huron, clear 94 Kansas City, clear 88 North Platte, clear ' 40 Omaha, clear 83 Rupid City, clear 84 St. Louis, clear 86 St. Paul, clear 26 Salt Lake City, cluudy 40 Valentine, clear 43 Wlliiatun, cloudy 22 "T" Indicates trace of precipitation. L. A. WELSH, Forecaster. This painful trouble an be re lieved and cured by using an Allcock'i Porous Plaster. Warm the plaster before ap- piyinr if not relieved By bedtime, place a hot water bag against the plaster on the shoulder. Rt Ml MBIR-TW plasters srs a lor Hi tint aas saws. Thar aava baca la mm 65 yaare, bav kaaa Imitated atoraikaa aar article aver eola. eae beaa siaae siore ewes laaa aey atkar eaieraai tamed! 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