As the World
HcxJolites
DR. GLADDENS NEW ROLE.
Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, who
haa just been elected president of the
American Missionary Association at
ita fifty-fifth annual meeting; is a dis
tinguished American prcher, writer,
author, Iwturer aud poet, whose books
and wonia have entertained thousands
of cultured persons. Dr. Gladden's
merit as a man of thought and of
magnanimity may be gathered from
the fact that the University of Notre
Dame, a Roman Catholic school, has
conferred upon him its honorary de-
REV. DR. GLADDEN,
gree of doctor of laws. His books all
treat of live subjects and are written
for popular reading. Such works as
" ri , , I r .1 .. nniL x I r it. n
Bible?" "Things New and Old" and
"TaoIh and the Mn" rA ArlrirpauAft 'tn
men and women who think for them
selves. The new head of the American
missionary movement has served for
many years as a pastor In Columbia,
Ohio, and he Is probably the most ac
tively working socialist in this coun
try. . .SPANISH-AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
'" The address at the opening of the
"Pan-American conference in Mexico
City was made by Senor Ignacio Ma
risal, the Mexican minister of foreign
affairs, tie said among other things:
"There is no doubt whatever of the
sentiment of friendship and sympathy,
cultivated to such a high degree by
our'northcrn neighborhood, among the
representatives of the three Ameri
can" ' Thin mav have heen n mere no-
litical phrase. It Is more likely that
Its object was to let It be known that
Mexico . at least discredits entirely
tttese reports that the United States
detfircs to extend its power at the ex
pense of the Spanish-American repub
lics, Ever since the Spanish war and
the acquisition of Porto Rico many
European Journals have been assuring
these, republicans that the United
States' has .designs on them. It has
mot lis onlv desire Is that they may
he 1 welf sioverjaed and prosperous.
Nevertheless, thl. flood of advice from
Europe may have made an impression
on same of the small and suspicious
republic of 'this hemisphere. If that
be so, tne remarks or senor manscai
may tend to remove that impression.
If Mexico, bordering on this country,
does not -apprehend American aggress
ion, the republlcs'to the south of Mex
ico nied hate no -fears.
, . . mm nsnni n vvulv.
..The engagement bat been announced
In. ISe.w Ytfrk o( MWwi,Helcn Kelly to
rVatik Jay-Grjtrid, 'the youngeRt son of
the late" Jay Gould.. " Mr. Gould is 24
MISS .HELEN.-MARGARET KELLY,
years olfl 'iind-his share of the fortune
left -by bis father Is $LO,OOO.UOo; ;.. He
and his sister Helen llvvati Living
ston. Miss. Kelly to ' a daughter of
Mr. and ' Mrs'. Edward- Kelly of New
York and "a granddaughter of Eugene
Kelly.
Wtlw Mnppljr of Ainerlreu tit lea.
New York clty'a average dally sup
ply of water for the three boroughs of
Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx
Is 340,000,000 gallons and the consump
tion of Queens and Richmond brings
up the total to 350,000,000 gallons, a
larger quantity than Is used by any
other city of the world and nearly as
much as It used by any other two
American cities. The dally supply of
Chicago Is 285,000,000 gallons, or Buf
falo 1117,000,000, of Clefffend 65,000,
000, Philadelphia 2!K),000,H), St. Ixnils
fi0.000.000, Boston oO.OOO.OOO, Cincin
nati 40,000,000, San Francisco 30,000,.
000, Newark 25,000,000, Denver 40,000,
000, Milwaukee 25,000,p)p. Baltimore
60,000,000, Omaha 20,000,000 and Wash
ington 60.000.jm f.f.
X5he WeeKJy
Panorama. .
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STAMPS AS MONEY.
The recent theft of stamps In the
Chicago postofflce has led to the sug
gestion of several plans, either for
making such thefts impossible in the
future or for making them unprofit
able to the thieves. Assistant Post
master Hubbard believes that if
"stamp certificates" were used In send
ing small sums by mall, a great source
of danger would be removed. The
mail order bouses would be required to
refuse stamps and to insist upou
stamp certificates," and in this way
the usa of stamps as currency would
be largely curtailed. As things are at
present, when not only small but fre
quently large sums are sent from one
place to another in the shape of
stamps, it is comparatively easy for a
man to work off a fairly large block
of stamps within a few years, and if he
has bought those stamps at reduced
ratea he makes a considerable having.
The new plan would interfere serious
ly with such practices and would fon
fine postage stamps to their proper
function of appearing on the outside
of envelopes. Another suggestion that
has. been made looks more directly to
ward .the "fence" part of the stamp
stealing business. If it were made an
offense for any private dealer in
stamps to sell more than a dollar's
worth at a time, the oale of larger
quantities would be regarded as in
itself a confession of Improper meth
ods of securing the stamps.
A FRIEND OF THE CHURCH.
William Drew Washburn of Minne
sota, who presided over the Unlversal
Ist convention at Buffalo a few days
ago,, is one of the wealthiest manu
facturers in America and a well
known citizen of Minneapolis, where
his large flour mills are located. "Mr?
Washburn has participated in political
life since 1861, when he was appointed
United States surveyor general of Min
nesota. He was subsequently elected
to congress lor tureo terras and in
WILLIAM D. WASHBURN.
1889 was chosen United States senator
his term expiring .In 1895. Like his
late associate in business,' former Gov
ernor Plilsbury, Mr. ' Washburn was
born down east and spent his early
years in a hard struggle for success.
He- settled in Minnesota In 1857 and
took a large part In the railway con
structlon of the Northwest. He served
as president of the Minneapolis, St
Paul and Saul Ste. Marie railway
union until that road was well on the
way to Its completion, and then re
tired from its active management. Mr.
Washburn is 60 years old.
BULLER'S SUCCESSOR.
Major General John Dtnton Pink
stone French, who has been appointed
to succeed General Sir Red vers Buller
as commander of the First Array. Corps
Is one of the comparatively young sol
dlers who have, risen to' high positions
In the British military service. He
bad fought In the Soudan and In. the
east previously to his appointment In
1899 to the command of the cavalry
division in Natal. Ho is one of the
two or three British generals who have
fought the Boers with .success. He
was in command at Elandslaagte, at
Relfontein and Lombard's Kop, and
was the commander also of the oper
ations around Colcaburg and in-the
movemetUs which culminated in the
relief of Klmberl'ey. He directed the
cavalry troops in the. campaign which
ended In the capture of Bloemfonteln
and Pretoria, and .was the officer la
charge of Iord Roberts' left wing in
the battles east of Pretoria on June 10
GEN.. FRENCH,
and 12, 1900. In October lant year he
was placed at the head of the cavalry
division in South Africa. General
French Is 49 years old, was born ht
Kcut, .England, and was educated for
the navy, In which his father was an
officer. '
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People and
T Events
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
James Jackson, the man who was
expelled from the Second Reform Pre-
byterian Church of Boston because he
had taken the outh of allegiance to
the United States, is a native of Ire
land, and came to this country about
fifteen year3 ago, He lived in New
York, in Pittsfleld, Mass., and finally
settled In Boston as a dry goods mer
chant. In 1895 he bought a store in
Cambridge, Mass, and has since con-
JAMES JACKSON,
ducted a successful business there.
Mr. Jackson did not become a citizen
because he thought it his duty to do
so. He took out naturalization papers
for the purpose of securing a passport
for his wife, who wished to visit her
old home in Ireland, and to save her
from annoyance at the hands of Im
migration agents. He never intended
to vote, and acted only in behalf of
his wife's comfort. Mr. Jackson says
he will not renounce his allegiance,
now that he has become a citizen, but
so long as he lives up to this intention
he must remain outside the pale of the
Reformed Presbyterian church, in the
eyes of which the Constitution of the
United States is an infidel and "im
moral" instrument of government.
A LONG POWER ARM.
Two and a half years ago the
longest electric power transmis
sion line in this country and probably
in the world was that running to Los
Angeles, Cal., from the San Bernardino
mountains, eighty miles away. Now
there has been opened a line from the
Upper Yuba river in the same state
to Oakland, a distance of 140 miles,
and at the present time, through a
temporary connection to San Jose,
power is actually being carried 184
miles. A double pole line has been
built, and at the Straits of Carqulnez
the current is carried on a suspended
span 4,427 feet long, which, according
to the Engineering News, is the "long
est single span of cable ever erected."
The power, too, is transmitted at the
surprisingly high pressure of from 40,
000 to 60,000 volts, an achievement
which the same authority regards as
"an engineering precedent of great in
terest." ANOTHER CANADIAN KNIGHTED,
Robert Bond, the prime minister of
Newfoundland, who has Just been
knighted by the Duke of Cornwall and
York, is one of the most -popular and
capable of the public men in Canada.
He is descended from an ancient and
honorable family of Devonshire. His
father was a rich man and widely
known merchant in St. Julius for up
ward of half a century, but the son
preferred the more active and ambl
tloua life of politics and the bar. As
, ROBERT BOND,
early as 1884 Robert Bond had become
speaker of the Newfoundland assem
bly. From 1889 to 1897 he occupied
a position as colonial secretary, and
In this-capacity ho did 'much to en
large' and make free the Industrial Ufa
of the old British colony, of which ha
is a native citizen. Last year the elec
tions In Newfoundland placed Sir Rob
ert at the helm and his, administration
has been highly1 satisfactory.
The New Hanking- Power.
Two large New York banks will ap
ply the community of interest princi
ple In their management. Thus this
theory, first advanced by Collls P.
Huntington for the . benefit of the rail
road situation, Is brought to bear in
a forcible way on New York banking
conditions. -The First National and
the Chase National, which have, de
cided to unite their interest, will form
a new power which alters the,entlro
banking situation in . .Wall street,
Heretofore the strongest, single ele
ment In the money market there has
been the National City Bank, known
as the Standard Oil Institution, and Its
affiliations. As far as any one bank
could It has been In a position to con
trol tna Wall street money, market
Its resources are so vast that the
changes In Its condition could virtu
ally decide what the weekly bank
statement' could show.
IS A VIOLATOR
Being So Declared by Secretary Royse of
the State Banking Board.
NEEDS LICENSE f OR ITS BUSINESS
Law Bequlre that Bam He Secured
From State Banking- Hoard A Tour of
Inspection of Irrigation Oilier Me
braika Matter.
.LINCOLN, Oct. 30. Secretary Royse
of the state banking board has notified
the state representative of the Tontine
Loan and Security company of St
Louis that he has violated the Nebras
ka building and loan association law
by conducting an investment business
in this state without the necessary
license from the banking board. Mr,
Royse's attention was called to the
operations of this company and an in
vestigation brought this result. He
ruled that the company, by the nature
of the business it seeks to transact,
comes under the Jurisdiction of his de
partment, to be governed according to
the provisions of the building and loan
association law. This law requires
companies to procure licenses from the
state banking board. No license hav
ing been issued to the St. Louis Ton
tine company, it therefore has no legal
right to do business in this state.
The Nebraska manager for the com
pany is A. C. Maskedal of this city and
his assistants are F. E. Beeraan of
Omaha end I. W. Withrow of Lincoln.
The prospectus details the plan of in
vestment as follows:
Under our plan you can arrange to
borrow from. $100 to $10,000, the agent
taking your application for any amount
you desire to borrow from $100 to
$10,000 Dy paying at the rate of 60
cents per $100 loan value, all monthly
Installment to be paid before the 20th
of each month. After twelve consecu
tive payments of 50 cents per $100 you
are legible to a loan in cash equal to
the face of our certificate as soon as
there is sufficient money paid into the
trust fund to make the loan,, and from
the date the loan is made you are re
quired to pay not less than 80 cents
per month, which includes interest on
each $100 borrowed until all the money
has been repaid to the company at
the rate of 3 per cent simple interest
for average time or l'a for all the
time.
Inapect Irrigation Worfc.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 30. State En
gineer Dobson and Assistant Forbes
left for Lexington, where they will
begin a tour of Inspection of irriga
tion works along the Platte river. Be
tween Lexington and the state's west
ern border line there are numerous
Irrigation canals in course of con
struction and Mr. Dobson and his as
sistant will visit many of them before
returning to Lincoln. An examina
tion of the five-miles pipe line of the
Culbertson Irrigation and Water Pow
er company, which extends into
Hitchcock county, was Inspected last
week and found to be in good condi
tion. Plana for Chlneaa Reform.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 29. The
State department has received from
Minister Conger at Pekin a translation
of a series of preliminary regulations
adopted by the recently organized Chi
nese board of national administration
charged with the reorganization of
that government on modern and effi
cient lines. The sentiments expresse
are conservative, says Mr. Conger, and
it Is made plain that there Is no In
tention to lmitato tho too brisk place
set by the reformer of 1898, but In
sated, to study western methods.
Youth Blllrd by l.lilitnlnr.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 30. William
etlegelraann, 18 years of age, was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed while attending to the stock in
his father's barn at Princeton, this
county,' during a sharp thunder show
er. The young man was found shortly
after the bolt descended, lying beside
a hone, which had also been killed by
the same shock.
Washington Conntjr'a Two Victories.
BLAIR, Neb., Oct. 30. This county
taa won a victory In each of the two
ases before the 'Supreme court at St.
Louis, one being an equity case and
the other a law case, both growing out
of the Washington county bond case.
Hank Vanlt Too St rone.
JACKSON, Neb., Oct. 30. Burglars
entered the Bank of Dakota County
by breaking a window, but could not
open the steel vault. The damage was
small. There was $5 In tho stamp
drawer and it was taken.
Rreord Ilrea.ker.nu Sheep.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 30.
The largest sheep receipts since th
establishment of the stock yards Id
this city were registered yesterday.
There were seventy-three cars, con
taining 19,865 head of sheep. Tht
best previous record was October 10
1900, when 17,628 head of ahecp wor
received in a singlo day. The mosl
Important feature of thla record break
ing event, however, was the extraor
dinary demand.
NATIONAL AND STATE BANKS
What la Bet Forth In the Report thai
Urn Jut He n Made roblle.
LINCOLN, Nov. 4. The increase of
deposits In Nebraska national and
state banks from July 17 to Septem
ber 30, the day of the last call, Is ap
proximately $3,650,000. The increase
in state and private banks alone, as
shown in the report issued by Secre
tary Royse of the state banking board
today, Is $1,195,010. The average in
crease cf deposits in the national
banks of the state Is 10 per cent,
which makes a total in these institu
tions of over $27,000,000, or an in
crease of $2,455,460. '
The figures for the national banks
are merely estimates based upon the
statements of the Omaha aud Lincoln
banks, but it Is conceded that they are
very nearly correct. If the same ratio
of Increase prevails throughout the
tt.ate in the national banks the total
deposits In Nebraska banks will be
over $58,000,000.
Following Is' a summary of tho
statements of all state and private
banks at the close of business on Sep
tember 30:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $23,791,865.88
Overdrafts 325,778.54
United States bonds 7.000.00
Stocks, Judgments, etc.". 411,1163.54
Due from banks and bankers. 12,310,410.25
Bank'ng house furniture and
fixtures 1,228,923.86
Other real estate 576,353.56
Current ' expenses and taxes
paid 382.950.32
Premiums paid 3,685.01
Cash 2,282,244,39
Other assets 150,417.03
Total $4UG0,9H2.S8
LIABILITIES. ,
Capital stock paid In $ 7,149,450.00
Surplus fund 1,174,042.01
Undivided profits 1,237,500.94
Dividends unpaid 4,960.16
General deposits 31,759.644.80
Notes and bills redlscounted... . 70,902.22
Bills payable 73.480.75
Tolal '.$41,469,992.88
Banks now hold a reserve of 4614 per
cent. . ,
As - compared with the statement of
July 17, 1901, the present statement shows
Increases as follows: ,
Stocks, bonds, etc '..... 56.S82.92
Loans 211,572.21
Cash 104,772.08
Capital stock : 6S.S06.80
Surplus 5,270.46
Undivided profits 156.218.96
Deposits 1,195.010.41
Rediscounts and bills payable. 26.138.52
Decreased. Number of banks reporting
Increased ten.
Compared with the statement for Sep
tember 20, 1900, increases are as follows:
Loans .....$3,477,940.15
Stock, bonds, etc. 114,861.21
Cash 122.C14.18
Surplus 139,547.59
Deposits 4,954,360.51
Capital stock 103,500.00
SMALLPOX AMONG THE INDIANS.
They Are Heine Vaccinated to Prevent
Spread of the Dieae.
OMAHA, Nov. 4. The red man of
the forest, represented by the Winne
bago, has been Inoculated with the
white man's idea of preventing small
pox and i3 now baring his arm to the
scalpel and vaccine point.
Deputy United States Marshal Allan
has returned from the Indian country
of Dakota and Thurston counties and
reports that smallpox is still spreading
among the Indians of the Winnebago
reservation. It Is said the disease has
reached the town of Thurston and
that the public school has been closed.
A rigid quarantine has been establish
ed and the Indians who live in the vi
vinity have been prohibited from en
tering the corporate limits.
NEBRASKA AS APPLE GROWER.
An Invitation tor Farmer to Prndnce
Jonathan. ;
OMAHA, Nov. 4. E. F. Stephens of
Crete has presented General Passen
ger Agent Francis of the Burlington
with a big, red apple, a Jonathan that
looks like a mammoth jewel, and says
that it is a sample of the product of
45,000 trees, in which he has a half
interest. His plan Is to put out the
Nebraska grown trees among farmers
on a contract by which he is to re
ceive half of the product for a term
of years, the farmer to cultivate the
trees according to instructions. The
success with which he is meeting, he
says, proves beyond question that Irri
gated ground In the Loup, Republican
and Platte valleys alons the southern
line of the Burlington will be the fin
est apple growing country in the worl,j
if the farmers are properly Interested.
End of Flahlnt Reann
LINCOLN, Nov. 4. Last week
marked the closing of the fishing sea
son for 1901. Hereafter nobody will
be allowed to flah in any stream or
water In the' state. Persons having
fish. In their possession are given, five
days', time to dispose of the same.
Pined for Playing Poker.
NELSON, Neb., Nov. 4. Tho city
marshal raided, the armory hall and
found nine young men playing poker.
They were all arrested, pleaded guilty
and were assessed $7.50 each.
Knlrirmlc RnrentU to Thnrnton.
'PENDER, Neb., Nov. 4. Dr. Towne
of the state board of hnnlth was scM
for to examine a suspicious case ol
sickness at Thurston, which proved
to ho smallpox.
WEST TO GET A SHOW!
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Her Interests to Bs Discussed in the
President's Mesrage.
IRRIGATION fOR THE GREAT PLAINS
i
President Rooecrelt Familiar Wtrh thai
Heeda or the Wat and Intend to Do
What Jle Can In the Way of Providian
the name Hiitceliauaoas Matters. j
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Irrigation
for the arid and semi-arid states is
to be seriously considered in Preei
dent Roosevelt's first message to con
gress, and it will be accorded as mueh
space as will the part devoted to reci-
procity and the isthmian canal. This1
is the judgment of the western sen
ators and representatives who have
seen the president In relation to thia
important question.
Elwood Mead, irrigation expert of
the Department of Agriculture, also
confirms the view that irrigation will
have serious consideration in Presi
dent Roosevelt's message. ..He had a
long conference with the. chief execu
tive today. Mr, Mead -reviewed the
whole subject of irrigation with the
president, who is no stranger to the
wants of the west.
"Having lived for many years ' In.
the arid section of the country, Pres
ident Roosevelt did not have to be
told of the present conditions of that
section," said Mr. Mead. "Our talk
was along definite plans for the recla
mation of the arid lands, and," I hope
some plan satisfying all Interests for
the upbuilding of the west can be
formulated upon which we can all
agree." .
Captain J. H. Culver of Mllford,
Neb., who has been in Washington
several days on matters connected
with the War department, said today
that orders had been issued for the
Fifteenth 'infantry to prepare for
transportation - to the ' Philippines.
Captain Culver's son is second lieu
tenant of one of the companies of
this regiment, although at present un
aligned. Captain Culver returns
from nearly three years' service in
the Philippines enthusiastic in praise
of the wonderful possibilities of the
archipelago. ,
MISS GOULD ACCEPTS THE TRUST
Two Duties Are Imposed Upon Tonne
Woman Pbllanthroplit.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Miss Helen
M. Gould tonight announced that she
had accepted the position of vice
president of the McKinley . Memorial
association. "I shall," paid , Miss
Gould, "gladly serve on the commit
tee and accept the office and do all I
can to help build the monument to
the memory of the late president It
is a worthy undertaking and I am
heartily in favor of it."
Miss Gould also said that she had
accepted the invitation to be a mem
ber of the Board of Women Managers
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition
of 1903.
Carrying Coal to France.
WASHINGTON,- Oct. 31 Consul
General Skinner, at Marseilles, under
date of October 4, informs the state
department of increasing success of
American coal in the French market.
During the first half of 1900, says Mr.
Skinner, 457,732 tons of English coal
arrived at Marseilles, as against 7,779
of American. From January to July
of this year, however, the figures stood
389,303 tons of English and 97,622 tons
American.
German Walter 8 nt Home.
, WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 The thirty
German waiters who arrived in this
country early in the present month on
the steamer- Mongolian have been or
dered by the treasury department to
be deported. Upon' landing in New
York the waiters were arrested un
der the contract labor law. After an
investigation of the case it was held
that they were here in violation of the
law. They took an appeal to the sec
retary of the treasury.
Itrownlne Knllnr Anrornted.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. The secre
tary of the interior formally abrogated
what Is known as the Browning rul
ing, which in effect holds that it Is
the duty of the service to All the
regular government schools before
permitting drafts on the Indian chil
dren for sectarian school enrollment.
More Trnnp for the Front ' (
LONDON, Oct. 31. The war office
sent orders to Aldershot 'last "night
directing that a brigade of cavalry
be prepared to start for South Africa
by the middle of next month.
Perkins Pralae HI Nrtem.
LONDON,. Oct 31. Charles T.
Yerkes today testified before the ar
bitrator appointed to decide on the
electrical system for underground rail
roads. He reiterated that he would"
not be connected with any but th
direct current system. Mr. Ycrkea'
said he had electrified GOO.to 600 mile,
of street, tiar lines' In Chicago, which,
equipped with this fcyslem, has nevsr -hnd
a single death occurring as the r
result of electricity.
