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I THE OtATIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1903. CREAT JOY ALL OYtR RUSSIA BnBnBSBsna.nS People I a'baiiaitickllj Celebrate the Dews of a New Ira. WITTE SHOWERED WITH CONGRATULATIONS oelallas and Revolutionist Altrmpt to Stir Ip "lrlfe and a Sumbfr of .Minor Conflicts Ai Reported. (Continued from First Page.) point of a serious encounter with the troops or with the loyalists. oldlcra Fraternise with PopoUr. The soldiers oft duty today mingled freely with the demonstrators and fraternised with the populace. A number of them Including several offi cers planed themselves at the head of one procession provoking; wild cheers. A feature of the day was the intense enmity displayed by the orators agnlnst Uniial Trepoff, the. agitators universally demanding his removal, and at a great meeting In the university tonight one orator openly called for a volunteer to kill him. Count Wltie. however, does not seem Inclined to throw him overboard, at least for the present, and has also refused the proposals for the removal of the troops as sheer folly. The forthcoming amnesty for political j rlsonf rs announced by Count Wltte served to defeat a num'oer of attempts made by agitators to stir the crowds up to attack the Bt. Petersburg Institution in which political prisoners are detained, but which J Ik strongly guarded by troops, Wltte for Inlrersnl Snffraae. Inuring the afternoon Count Wltte an nounced to a friend that ne was not with out hope that universal suffrage would be Introduced before the elections for the mate douma took; place. This announcement, when It spreads among the liberals, will enroll many of the latter among the friends of the new gov ernment against the socialites, who an nounce that they will be satisfied with nothing less than a democratic republic on the basin of state socialism. If the agitators force a collision and the army stands firm the resultant bloodshed will be apt to react against and to drive all except the radical element Into the : government camp, assuring Count Wltte a strong majority in the douma when it assembles. Congratulations for Wltte. Count Wltte has been showered with con gratulations upon his personal triumph, but to all felicitations he says: "Walt. Re serve your congratulations until I have aucceeded." After seeing the Associated Tress corre spondent last night Count Witte worked until 2 in the morning and was up again at 7. At 9 he began a series of consulta tions with his friends. Such news as comes from the interior today is distinctly better. The provincial authorities, through ma chinery which in that respect is perfect, spread the news of the grant of the con stitution from house to house and this morning the strike appears everywhere to be going to pieces. Before noon the celebrations began and the city soon appeared to have gone mad. Such scenes had never before been wit nessed in Russia. Unrestrained by word or deed, the crowds did and said what they liked. Despotism seemed suddenly to have been replaced by license. Red flags were everywhere in evidence. In the churches devout men and women, on bended knees before the image of St. Nicholas. . the miracle, worker, rendered Utanks for the blessings of liberty, .while, at the corners of the thronged streets orators harangued the populace. The people assembled prin cipally on the Nevsky Prospect. From the Kazan cathedral to the town hall opposite the Hotel de L'Europe traffic was blocked. Hed Flags Are Displayed. Fully 90,000 workmen were massed there, Hutculng to student orators, who delivered impassioned speeches from thhe steps of the town hall and cathedral. Red flags showed above the dense black mass of cheering humanity. The police kept in the background, not even trying to keep the street open. Passing patrols on their way to barracks would have been mobbed had It not been for the appeals of the cool headed ones. The biggest demonstration was organ ized by students and Wbrkmen. A great procession was formed. Starting from the university, lO.OoO strong. It increased in numbers as the demonstrators marched across the river and up the Nevsky Pro- pee t as far as the Koxan cathedral, sing Ing the "Marselllulse." A dosen red ban rare. Inscribed with the word "Svoboda' (bbarty), were carried at the head of the parade, which stopped at the places where the troops fired on the people January 22, and the paradera. with bared heads, chanted funeral dirges. The crowds In the streets uncovered their heads as the procession paused. . . Fiery Speeches at I nlTersity At the Kazan cathedral the procession countermarched to the university, where from the balconies students harangued the crowds with fiery speeches urging the peo ple not to cease the struggle until evory right of man had been attained. In the Very Low Excursion Rates m November 7tli, 1905, To Certain Points lu Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. RAJEFour-fifths of the one- waf rate 'or the round trip. All tickets carry final return limit of twenty-one days from date of sale. . For further Information Call or writs F. P. RITIIERFOHD, D. P. A., , , . Omaha, Neb. midst of the oratory intense enthusiasm was created by a student who scaled the roof of the university and attached a red flag to the cross over the entrance. The following Is a sample of the inflam matory speeches: You must go to tne prisons anil nnerate your comrades On armed with revolvers, dynamite and bombs. Trepoff Is stlil In power. Our watchword must be that n'l the troops must be withdrawn from Bt. Petersburg and leave the capital in our possession. That bloody scoundrel Trepoff musi ne oriven nui 01 iiu?ih. i nc uoorn of the hsstlle and of the fortresses must be opened and a national gunrd must be created for the protection of our liberties. It would be fatal to stop now. The em peror has yielded because he Is not sur.i of the army which, brothers. Is with us. Their swords ate on our side. Hurrah for liberty. Hurrah for socialism. Counter demonstrations took place on the palace square, where several thousands of people bearing white flags knelt on the cobblestones and sang "God Save the Km peror," and prayed for the emperor. People Given Free Rein. Although admitting that there Is some danger in the uncontrollable exuberance of the people, the authorities have decided to give it the freest rein possible and only to interfere if public safety Is threat ened. The old Russians who understand the temper of the people say that if the manl festo can arouse such manifestations In cosmopolitan, indifferent Bt. Petersburg, the people will go mad in the provinces and there may be a repetition of the scenes at the coronation which occasioned great disaster. General Trepoff, speaking to the corre spondent of the Associated Press about the effect of the manifesto said: It is necessary to await the developments of the few days during which undoubtedly there will be great demonstrations all over the country. 1 believe these will be tol lowed by a period of tranquillity, as I feel certain the revolutionists who would not be content with anything will be ' unable to continue tne agitation effectively. Women Take Part. As the afternoon advanced the crowds became more unruly and there s.;emed to be momentary danger of great disorders, Up to 6 o'clock, however, no serious col lisions had taken placl. The workmen all over left the work and urmeu to the center of the city, massing before the Kuzan cathedral. Fully 100,0(0 persons gathered in the great square, completely riling the. space between the proudlng colonnades of the cathedral whose wings, like St. Peter's at Rome, stretch out like arms on either side. The spectacle was Impressive. In the gathering gloom, the ted banners massed behind speakers on the cathedral steps seemed like splashes of blood against the grey, cold, imposing edifice. The orators were- mostly students and workmen. Their appeals kindled the wildest enthusiasm in the crowds which In cluded hundreds oi workmen and girl students. The oratory continued for hours and while It was in progress a procession was formed with students at Its head bear ing red flags. A cry was set unf "to the bastile" and the procession started in that direction. Preparations had been made against attempts to storm the political prison, termed the bastile, and all the fore noon two companies of the Bemenoftsky regiment and four squadrons of HuBsars were drawn upon on Shpalernia street with mple reserves inside. The leaders of the procession, however, had already been ad vised that Count Witte had announced that an amnesty proclamation was being prepared and led the procession to the Nevsky Prospect and the Nicholas station, followed by an Immense crowd, all singing and shouting. Complete darkness had settled down before their return. People Panic Stricken. At the Kazan cathedral the procession was joined by thousands there and singing the "Marseillaise" and shouting for a con stituent assembly. . the human tide now composed ot fully 200,000 persons swept down the avenue and across the' palace bridge to the opiversfty In the' Vaslli Ostrov district. Shopkeepers and the lower classes of people became panic stricken, fearing that the mob would get control of the city. The stores were closed and people fled to their homes. The Nevsky Prospect and other streets were boarded up from end to end as a precaution against possible pillage. The strike committee during the afternoon decided to continue the strike, Joining with the students in their demand for the depo sition of General Trepoff. general amnesty, the removal of the troops to twenty miles out of the city and the creation of na tional militia. There were some minor dis orders and revolver firing reported during the day at various places. Gendarmes at the polytechnic institute fired, some stu dents are said to have been wounded and eighty-two Were made prisoners. An officer In a restaurant who refused to doff his cap before a red flag, was set upon by a crowd but he covered ills retreat by -firing two shots in the air. A collision between whites and reds occurred near the Anltchkoff palace. The reds put the whites to flight and destroyed their flags. Rejoicing; in Poland. WARSAW, Russian Poland, Oct. 31. The Imperial manifesto granting a constitution to Russia made a deep impression on the people here. They embraced In the res taurants and there was universal rejoicing. In which army officers Joined. The military patrols have been withdrawn. Special editions of the newspapers con taining the text of the manifesto were In the hands of everybody this morning. The streets were filled with crowds eagerly dls cussing the news. Many persons were un able to realize its signillcance. The factories and many shops are still closed. The socialists are trying to main tain the strike until full amnesty Is granted to the political offenders and Governor Bkallon Is removed. There is no hope of the railroads resuming , today. Cossacks and infantry patrols are still In the streets. The officials here received the manifesto with mixed feelings. Many of them did not correal their anger at the defeat of the bureaucracy. Two unknown men held up the cashier of the Vulcan Iron Works in the Praga sub. urb today, wounded him severely and then decamped with 7.u00. Soldiers Provoke Violence. ODESSA. Oct. 31.-8:15 p. m. Something spproaclnng panic prevails in this city tonight. There is much indiscriminate shooting and hands of roughs are prowling In various quarters looking for an oppor tunity to pillage. It is openly stated that the police and military are Indignant at the changed order ! of things resulting from the emperor's manifesto and are abetting the disorderly j elements In order to give excuse for vlo lence. With darkness came a serious outbreak when troops attacked the Jewish retail ' shops in Dalmtzkal street. It is reported that they were accompanied by fifty police men disguised as workmen. The Cossacks In aiding the shopkeepers used their whips and the flats of their swords freely while the shopkeepers discharged revolvers and rifles into the crowds. It la reported that several persons were killed or wounded. There were collisions also In other quar ters and it Is stated that in every case shots were fired by disguised policemen compelling the Cossacks to use their knouts. resulting in numbers of persons being badly injured. The students at a mass meeting tonight decided to arm for self-defense. The sit nation la considered critical, especially in view of the possllllty of trouble at the funeral tomorrow of students mho were killed in the recent disturbances. strike la Warsaw Continues. WARSAW, Oct. 1.-1016 p. m. The em plo,o. th. Vienna railroad have decided to remain' on strike until the question of the use of the Polish language Is settled and until the government proclaim am nesty for political prisoners and self-gor- ernment for Russian Poland. The newspapers are appearing without be ing si:bjcted to censorship. The police Insist that the people remain Indoors after I p. m., and this I causing much indignation. Critical situation In Lds. LODZ. Russian . Poland, Oct. 31. The situation here tonight Is extremely serious. The general strike is still in progress. Beveral collisions occurred between the mobs and the troops on Pltrokowskl street at 7 o'clock this evening. The infantry fired on the mobs, killing two persons and wounding three. An hour later on Kon stantin street two privates were killed and eight wounded. At the same hour a col lision took place in the suburb of Baluty, where three persons were killed and eight wounded. The military governor has o.dered the troops to mercilessly quell all disorders. William Claims Credit. BERLIN, Oct. SI. Emperor William wrote to Emperor Nicholas last winter, suggesting that he grant Russia a consti tution that should include the right of habeas corpus, upon which the Oerman emperor seemingly laid stress. In succeed ing letters Emperor William, followed up the subject, always taking the view that Emperor Nicholas would find the labor of ruling Russia simplified by sharing the responsibilities with elected representa tives. The Russian emperor's manlfosto is re ceived here with uncommon satisfaction In government quarters, where It is believed Russia will now enter upon a period of constitutional development. Conservative and moderate opinion expressed in the newspapers also took this view. The more radical newspapers consider that the concession was wrung from Emperor Nicholas and that his decree was an an nouncement of bankruptcy of the auto cracy. No evening socialist paper Is published, but the socialist opinion seems to be that It will be necessary to continue the agita tion In Russia In order to secure what has been promised and to get more. Strike lu Moscow Ends. MOSCOW, Oct. 31. There were publio rejoicings here today over the emperor's manifesto and the strikers resumed work. Many meetings were held In the streets and one at the university, where Prof. Manuelleoff addressed the students. The crowd formed a procession, in which there were 10,000 persons, and paraded through the streets singing patriotic songs, proceeding toward the residence of Gov ernor General Durnovo for the purpose of demanding the liberation of political pris oners. On the way they met a force of policemen escorting a body of prisoners whom the crowd wanted released. A con flict ensued In which there was firing on both sides and two persons were killed and some Injured. REFORM SPREADS TO FIKLAKD Governor General Announces Retnrn to Constitutional Regime. HELSINGFORS. Finland, Oct Sl.-The proclamation of civil liberty in Russia was followed today by the announcement of the return to a constitutional regime In Finland and abolition of the arbitrary conditions under which Finland has been governed lncc the accession as governor general of Count Bobrlkoff. who in June of last year was killed by Eugene Schaumann, son of Senator Schaumann, the assassin after wards committing suicide. After a meeting of constitutionalists to day at which an address was drawn up for presentation to the government demanding the administration of Finland In accordance with the terms of the constitution of the grand duchy. Prince John Obolensky, the governor general, announced to a deputa tion sent by the meeting that ho had been nstructed from St. Petersburg that the diet would be immediately called In extraordi nary session to legislate for Finland. The members of the senate, who had con tinued to perform their functions under Count Bobrlkoff and Prlnoe Obolensky all handed In their resignations In compliance with the demand of the constitutionalists, and the fact of these resignations was tele graphed to St. Petersburg. Among the demands of the constitution alists is the reform of the diet Into a uni versal assembly to be chosen at general elections by all citizens of mature age, and the first duty of which shall be the prep aration of new laws for Finland. Considerable excitement prevailed during the meeting of the constitutionalists and while the deputation was waiting- for an answer, but after the resignation of the senators had been proclaimed to the crowd from the balcony of the senate order was restored. Owing to the strike the town Is In dark ness. Many students today visited the vestibule of the senate to view the spot where Schaumann killed Count Bobrlkoff, and cheered the memory of the slayer. POR1KDOXOSTEFF M IT" CZAR Procurator General of the Holy Synod Hands fn His Resignation. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 31.-The dawn of a constitutional era marks also the passing of Constantlne Petrovltch Poblenonoatseff, the aged chief procurator of the holy synod and the servant and advisor of three em perors, who all during his long life has been the strongest defender of the auto cracy. He was unwilling to remain In office under a parliamentary jovornment and tonight presented his resignation which was accepted by the emperor, who at the same time nominated him to he senate, the resting place of retired statesmen. The following rescript addressed to M. Pobie donnstsrff was published late tonight: Constantlne Petrovltch Yielding to your desire, we have called you to the senate and also desire you to continue your activity as a member of the council of the empire, but liberate you from the functions of chief procurator of the holv svnorl and from member of the committee of olnlstere Having been for more than a juarter of a wntury the nearest collaborator with my grandfather, my father and myself In the administration of the orthodox church, you have acquired my esteem by your extra ordinary capability and devotion to the throne. In divesting mself In your person of the services of a statesman whose seal and firm convictions were ever nighty ap preciated oy me, i una u my sincere duty to express to you my profound gratitude for your devoted services. TrrpolT Issues a Warning;. ST. PETERSBURG. Nor. 1.-C 30 a. m. Early this morning after a conference in which the generals commanding troops in St. Petersburg participated. General Trep off issued the following announcement, which is being placarded throughout ths city: The day of October 31 unfortunately did not pass off without violence, encounters between tne airrerent Tactions or the popu lation, as wel as with the police and troops. Recognizing the responsibility Imposed In me I agtin request the population to main tain order and give warning that all at tempts to disturb order will be suppressed with the must peremptory and ctanrlca measures. TREPOFF. Aeeldeatal Death. Tuesday morning Coroner Bralley held an Inquest over the body of Joseph Shuty, the Austrian who was asphyxiated Sunday morning in a room over the Ashals' saloon, 611 North Sixteenth. The Jury returned a verdict that the man met with accidental deatn. The coroner has not yet been able to locate relatives of ths dead man. It has been decided that no inquest will he held over the body of Nels Jensen, who died from the effects of a large dose of carbolic acid Monday morning, the ci. j SEa?" ot d"th 'UiuJ' OJK IETTEI I3X. Cost of Life Insurance. OMAHA, Oct. To the Editor of The Bee: I have read with much Interest your splendid editorial In The Bee under the caption "Cost of Life Insurance." The figures you quote are correct, nevertheless they are startling. That the expense of management are out of all proportion can not be denied and reform along lines of economy is demanded by the public, and Justly so. But "unfortunately the grouping of all the eighty odd companies In one grand total of Income and disbursements does great In justice to the conservative companies more economically managed, while the extrav agant and most expensively managed are put In better light than they deserve. There is probably no business In which there Is so large difference In management as In life Insurance. Neither Is there any business of one-tenth its magnitude of which the gen eral public knows so little, and It Is this very ignorance that has enabled compinles to become so extravagant and grafting, if you please. Would the publio study insur ance and familiarize themselves with com pany management like they study other subjects In which' they make investments, two-thirds of the companies would be com pelled eo either reform their methods or quit doing business. New business costs soma companies for commissions, salaries to agents, medical examinations, etc, 13) per cent of the first year's premium, while it costs some companies only 52 per cent. Some companies use up for expenses of all klnde only U per cent of their Income, while oth ers use over 40 per cent. The cost of lite Insurance can be lessened only by reducing expenses of management. The laws of mortality cannot be changed nor can the rates of interest obtainable on funds. Com panies are assuming contracts some of which will run for fifty years or more and in order to cover unforeseen contingencies as to future rates of Interest and mortality no company can with absolute safety re duce the premium materially; perhaps from 5 to 10 per cent might be cut off, but no more. But an honestly managed company doing business on the mutual plan cannot overcharge for more than a year at a time, every such company returns the following year such overcharges in what they call div idends. The word dividend as applied to life Insurance companies is a misnomer, it should be called return of the change or overcharge. I realize that the evil complained of Is a great one and as a remedy we need honest men to manage the companies, stringent legislation as to greater publicity In detail of every item of expenditure, to prohibit companies from using more for expenses than what is provided for in the expense loading of the premium. Compulsory dis tribution of surplus annuully instead of deferring such distribution for periods of twenty years. If companies be compelled to show their hands annually competition will bring great reform. To change the proxy law of New York and other states where corrupt manage re by the control of proxies can perpetuate themselves in office. ' JOHN STEEL. As to Life Insurance. OMAHA, Oct. 81. To the Editor of The Bee: Referring to your editorial in Mon day's Bee under the caption "Cost of Life Insurance," wherein by a process of reasoning qnknown to the writer you fall in with certain other editors in announcing the dictum that too much money la charged for life insurance. Certain self appointed critics of the coat of life insur ance have arrived at .tills, conclusion by taking the premium fri.etria and dividing it by the amount of- insurance in force and thus attempting to show cost of life insurance per J1.000. They have utter.ly ignored the facts; first, that a large percentage of such policies are on the endowment plan, where the face of the policy is payable at death or at the end of the endowment period and where life insurance Is a side Issuo, as It were, in the matter of cost; second, a still larger per cent Is on the limited payment plan, I. e.. a plan wherein the assured pays a certain premium for a certain limited period, on completion of which the policy remains In force without further payment of premiums payable at death; and, third, a still larger per cent on a plan where the premium remains level, except as It may be reduced by divi dends, for the period of natural life. On none of these plans is life insurance sold as cheaply year by year as-' it can be obtained from ami' of our standard com panies But the selection has not been by the companies, but by the assured: If Omaha contracted a debt of $l,000,nro and Issued bonds running twenty years at 4 per cent interest per annum, It would be a very simple calculation to determine the amount to be raised by taxation to pay the Interest and to provide a sinking fund for their retirement at maturity. If it was provided that such sinking fund as It was collected should be placed at interest, and further. If the law provided that the rate of taxation for the assessment could not be legally Increased, and If furthermore, It was provided that failure to have the face of the bonds on hand in the sinking fund on the completion of twenty years meant bankruptcy for the city, the cal culation would be a little more Intricate and an assumption would have to he made to determine the assessment and rate of taxation. That assumption would be the rate of Interest that could be positively without any reasonable doubt be earned by the money in the sinking fund. Having made this assumption the problem Is very sim ple. Well there moves to town a man who acquires property and who Is not familiar with the situation and he finds, first, a heavy tax, and second, that the city has quite a large sum In the sinking fund, and he immediately begins to howl about the taxes being too high. "Why. look at current expenditures? Look at the amount passed to sinking fund? Un doubtedly taxes are too high? There must be reform. There must be a reduction In taxes." Biit Is that so? Ts there a cent more being collected than may be needed? Per haps there Is. as you mav he earning more Interest on your money than- you assumed. If such is the case taxes ran he reduced by the amount of the excoss. or the sink ing fund will reach the amount required to retire the bonds that much sooner when taxes for this purpose will be wiped out entirely. How does this arply to the life Insurance itnstlon? I will show you. The life Insur ance companies are required bv law to name a rate under which they will guaran tee the face of the policy at denth, and havin named the raie it cannot be in creased, and the policy must he continued as long as xbt policy-holder pays the pre mium. It is the part of prudence, there, fore, to name a rate adequate under all probable. If not possible, conditions that will provide for the obligations ijnd thus avoid bankruptcy. One thousand men at a JS are Insured today. Py rreans of mor tality table carefully compiled we know pretty accurately ths number of men that will die each year on the average. We therefore can very accurately tell the amount of money that each must pav that each may receive $1 run at death. This cost. as we must guarantee to the policy-holder that the rate will never Increase, depends on the rate of Interest we assume we wfll be able to earn In the future oa the sinking Around the World With Bryaii Read Bryan's Letters in The Bee No Other Nebraska Paper OuUlde) Mr. Bryan's Horn Town Will Have Them Colonel Bryan Is already on his way for a tour of the world to consume nearly a year. He will give his observations and comment ibout the following countries he is planning to visit: HAWAII, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SPAIN, Mr. Bryan writes in a most entertaining and instructive style and what he has to say is sure to interest every one. His letters, begin-, ning about the middle of November, will be printed regularly from, week to week in The Bee, which has exclusive arrangements for them. . Make 9ure not to miss a number Subscribe at once through your newsdealer or to The Bee Publishing Co., Omaha, Neb. fund or reserve, as it Is termed by the ac tuary. If we assume we can earn 4 per cent compound interest per annum and adopt the American table of mortality the net premium Is 114.21, which together with a similar premium each year Invested to yield 4 per cent compound Interest will pay all claims as they occur and equal the face of the policy to be paid the single survivor on attaining his nlnty-slxth year. If we assume we can earu 3 per cent the net premium Is $16.11, which with the same amount paid yearly improved at 3 per cent compound Interest per annum will accom plish the same purpose. But as far as this matter is concerned the companies ore not free agents. The laws of the various states require that one or the other of the above net premiums must be charged. Of course this makes no pro vision for expenses, and so the commercial or gross rate is obtained by loading the net premium. This loading must not only pro vide for necessary expenses, but also take care of any investment losses. In the case of two companies I have in mind, one a western company, which has calculated Its premium rate on 4 per cent basis, and the other an eastern company which has calcu lated its premium rate on the S per cent basis, this gross premium is J21.49. If their contracts were the same the western com pany would have an expense loading of the different between $21.4 and 114.21. or 17.28, whereas the eastern company has but the difference between $21.19 and $16.11, or $5.3S. This clearly Illustrates that the only ele ment of the premium that is determined by the company is the loading. That there has been extravagance in man agement has to be admitted; that this ex travagance is doomed and more economical administration assured Is also manifest, but that does not mean lower Initial premiums, although it will ultimately mean cheaper assurance. One other point. Tou with others have laid tremendous stress on the excessive commissions paid agents. It Is an open field. Anybody can take up the work. It the remuneration Is so great, why such a dearth of laborers? Do you know of many rich men among life Insurance agents? Tet if there ever was a body of men who by their works, measured by the good they do, were entitled to make money, it Is the life Insurance agent. Now, knowing nothing about ths science of the business, seeing the accumulations which the law says must be in hand Jn order to permit us to continue In business. nd which Is necessary to meet our obliga tions, you shout with the rest, "Cheaper rates." When Father Time allows man to remain a little longer on this mundane sphere, then and not until then will cheaper Initial rates obtain. WILLIAM HENRY BROWN. gelation of Band Hill Problem. BLAKB, Neb., Oct. . To the Editor of The Bee: Tour paper has contained sev eral ailkies on the solution of the sandhill land problem. Tour writers differ wldly In their opinions as to the proper solution. I believe that the Kinkatd section law was a step In the right direction. The next great step is to get railroads to build lines to tap and develop the future greatest stock-raising and dairy district in Nebraska. Alfalfa, native grass, bluegrass, Hungarian rye and brome grass will grow abundantly In dry years as well as wet, where the right hand ling of this land Is understood. Hundreds of acres of alfalfa are now growing on the very sandy land, clearly proving the great wealth lying dormant in this now consid ered worthless district Of Nebraska. There will be fortunes to the dairy Interests which will come and develop same. I have known tUe siindiOll lands ot this district for the It - SJali I s r -- A . . - . v - X - M. J FRANCE, DENMARK, JAPAN, INDIA, EGYPT, SWEDEN, TURKEY, SWITZERLAND, NORWAY, RUSSIA BRITISH ISLES, HOLLAND. last twenty-eight years and know of one piece of very sandy land that would blow and drift like snow which Is now the very best piece of alfalfa land to be found In the North Loup valley, which you cannot buy for $50 per acre; yet within twenty-flv miles of that same pleco of land you car get the identical soil for $5 per acre. Put a railroad within a mile or two of this last piece of land, on which you can raise five to six tons of alfalfa every year, and you know what the value would be then. One other great drawback to right de velopment Is the many lazy, worthless and I may say lawless class of citizens now In this district, who would not develop Saun ders county or any other rich county. This class will move on when railroads come and bring in an honest, energetic class, which will find great reward for practical. Intelli gent work. WILLIAM. DAN BALDWIN PASSES AWAY Popular Police Officer Dies at Family Residence of Complicated Disease. Daniel P. Baldwin, the well known po liceman, died Tuesday at 12:46 at the family rcnidonce, 1312 Dorcas street. While Irs death was not unexpected It was no Vss a shock to the members of the police de partment, and many others who knew the man in Omaha for many years. Both as a policeman and citizen Baldwin occupied a unique position, his unufual physical strength and kindly disposition making for him friends aherever he hap pened to be. He was popular in every sense ot the word. He entered the police service July 11, 1892, the same day Chief Donahue and Desk Sergeant Marshsll entered the service. Chief Donahue says Baldwin was one of the best and most fnlthful officers on the force. Baldwin served as patrolman, emerg ency officer and In other capacities. He was as fearless as he was gentle. Baldwin Is survived by a wife and four young children Lizzie, Clifford, Daniel, )r., and Helen. He was a member of the Eugl-3 and Ancient Order of I'nited Workmen. His age was 40 years. Before entering the police service he was a housemover and lived In Omaha nearly all his life. He returned home last Wednesday even ing from Salt Lake City in a serious state of health. Four days ago his life was de rpalred of. Bright's disease, rheumatism and pneumonia were the complicated dis eases that caused death. Baldwin figured in many notable arrests. chief among them being that of Bam Sid ney, colored, at Twelfth and Chicago streets ten years ago. Sidney was re ported to the police station as trying to kill his wife. Baldwin was the first po liceman on the scene. He broke open the door of the Sidney home and made a rush at the Infuriated colored man in the dark ness, to receive a terrible razor slash In the neck. Although bleeding profusely. Baldwin held the prisonrr until asuhitunce arrived. At the police station Dr. Towns took eighteen bl.tches In Baldwin's neck without administering an anaesthetic. The surgeon said only the strong muscles In Baldwin's neck saved his life at that time. Sidney got four years, Baldwin married Miss Hunan Hagerman In Omaha twelve years ago. Of his imme diate relatives only a father survives him. The father lives in Omaha. The funeral will be held Thursday after noon at I o'clock, set-vice being conducted by Rev. .John Williams at St. Barnabas Episcopal church. Nineteenth and Califor nia streets. The funeral arrangements are in charge of the Metropolitan Police Relief department, subject to tLe wishes ft' vir Said win. PHILLIPINES, PALESTINE, GREECE, ITALY, GERMANY, RECEPTION FORJOHNNY REB Reunion of Federal Veterans to Com memorate Gavins; Life of Confederate Soldier. Some of the officers of the Department of the Missouri headquarters have received . Invitations to attend a reunion of the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry Lancers asso ciation, to be held at the Dooner hotel, Philadelphia, this evening. The reception Is given In honor of O. W. Hodge, late of FInnlgan's brigade of the confederate army, who was frightfully wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., in Tune, 1W4. The Sixth Pennsylvania was Im mediately In front of Flnnegan's brlgsde. and Captain Frank Fumass of that regi ment noticed Hodge lying on the field be tween the battle lines, bleeding almost to death from a frightful wound In the arm. Captain Furnasa ran out from the union lines and tied Hodge's wound up with his handkerchief with the aid of a stick tourni quet, under heavy fire, and when the lines fell back he went out again and carried Hodge, a mere boy, back to the union lines, dressed his wound and the boy sur vived. The Incident la a treasured tradi tion with the Sixth Pennsylvania, and only recently was it known Hodge was still living, a prosperous Virginian, and this re ception Is given as a memento of the in cident, fnntnln riivn... I - n 1 u..i.. - . v - , mBj iivtiiH Mil is the president of the Sixth Pennsylvania, association and will be present at the re ception. ONE SYSTEM OF ROBBERY Roirnea net Into Homes I nder Pretext of Repairing; Telephones nnd Do Mischief. Chief of Police Donahue haa receive a postal card from Chief Hyatt of Albany, N. Y.. stating that two men rrnrrumtaa themselves to be employes of a Mrnhnn. company stole diamonds and Jewels to the vaie or Kim while working in the home of A. J. McClure on the pretext of repairing a telephone. The Omaha chief thlnke It well to guard Omaha people against tha possibilities or being robbed In a similar manner. Two Great Stories CTwo stories stand out in the November Mo CiUi e's (now on sale) two stories of war and death, and of love greater than either war or death. "Tha Last Love-Feast," by Basil King, with pictures by Andre Castalgne; "The Substitute," by Samuel Hopkins Adams, illustrated by Louis Loeb. These are stories of life as it is lived, real, strong and hu man. S. 8. McCLllRE COMPANY 44 0 East 23d 8tree aVi7W. YOU