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The Omaha SuNDiy Bee. Atfvtrrtts In THC OMAHA DEC Best & West MIIT AD SECTION. Pages 1 (a 8. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1906. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK J How Excbanc Building Company ii Now I Making, Headwtj. MISSIONARY WORK IN INDIA Scope of Building Campaign in Omaha Covers Wide Range of Activity Spreading the Gospel of Christ Among Downtrodden Millions. SAMPLE EXPERIENCE OF THE TEACHERS Mohammedan Undertake Drlvt Them from a Village, ant tha Mob la Finally Suppressed ad Work Ooes On. MP ALTHY CALL FOR RESIDENCE PROPERTY Real Rstata Men Find that Deals Do Hot Linger Long; on Their Bands Thoea Basy Dnya. , '- - y v, I FATKOARH, V. P.. India, April L-(9pe-clal Correspondence of The Bee.) It waa an Indian village. The people themselves called It a backwood town some aaid it U worse than a bnckwooda It la entirely a Jungle town. Ten or twelve yean ago an Indian Methofilst preacher had visited the place and baptised a handful of people. Either became of persecution ni lack of men and means to continue tne work, the place waa abandoned. All teaching and even yearly vUlta were given up. The ln haltltants of the village were mostly Mo hammedans, Ignorant and bigoted, a scat tering of Hindus and about loo sweepers or out coatL-2. The latter lived In three parts of the long; narrow village; at the eastern and western edges and In the center. 'About a year ago a Presbyterian mis sionary, passing the village on his wny to other places, was hailed by Ran Jit of the eastern mohulla (precinct). He It was who bad been a Christian for a decade. He began to plead for his people. Would the missionary not stop and teach them and arrange for a school to be started? A time waa fixed to meet the other people who might want to become Christians on the missionary' return. He was also Invited to drink milk with them. Returning to the village, the missionary got onto the wrong street or alley (no village road outfit to be called a street, for they are the dirtiest kind of narrow altevs). After hunting a bit he found Ran JIt'a house, but was con fronted with an angry mob of MohommeJ dans, each armed with long bamboo clubs. The Christian men Invited hlra in to sit and drink the milk which waa ready for him. But the mob said, "No, you are here spreading plague, and must leave at once." Missionary Trlea to Explain. The missionary sat down and began to tell them why he had come. They protested that he was spreading plague. If not, why had he wandered through one alley, then another. He told them It waa his first visit to the town and he hod lost his way. The mob only sneered and said, "Plague spreader." Run Jit, seeing drtnger, walked in front of the missionary and dropped his club for him. The mob became urgent. The mis sionary said, "I will go. I mean to go, but you must not hurry me," and kept a steady eye on the leaders. He told them how the government and the missions were spending thousands to stamp out the plague. ' . .."That may be true," said a fierce Mo hammedan, "but" and coming closer "you bad better get out of her quickly, for now the mob Is excited and I do not know how long I can control It." And so, amidst shouts and Jeers arm lusty yelling, he led his bicycle out. Again the leader of the mob ran close to him, and as the men and boys hooted he said under his breath. "Mount quickly and go; I can ; rot aontrol tnem Togarv". The, Christian's " last plea warn -"Come again, sir. and send 'us a teaoher, for now these Mohammedans will persecute us." This is truly' worse than a backwoods town,' for they had not learned- that the motto of the British rule In India la "Live and let live." The missionary visited the mag Istrate and asked If any help could be given to save the Christians from persecu tions and told him that as soon aa a teacher was ready he meant to open a school. Driven from the Villas. Last week the missionary pitched his camp In a mango grove near this village. The first day be and his Indian pastor went Into the village they found every man, woman and child from the three out cast settlements wanting to become Chris tians, and that day forty-two received baptism. Next day the missionary's wife with a Bible woman, went Into the central mohulla. The Christian women were de lighted. Invited them Into the court yard and gathered around to visit and be taught. The missionary and his helpers went on to the western omhulla. When they were well out of sight the Moham medans began to crowd Into the Chris tian court yard, where the women sat; a rude thing to do to say the least, for men of another house never go Into the women's court yard. A strong, young. (Bean-looking Mohammedan, with club rained, ordered the teaching to stop and the women to leave the village to get straight out and Stop spreading plague. The Christian women said: "This Is our own house. We want to learn. We want tins lady to stay aad teach us." No, with mob authority only, they were driven out and followed to the plaoe where the mis sionary waa. He said: "This will never do. We will go straight back there. A bit of cowardice' at this point will not do," and. as we went back we met the crowd.' The missionary, with teeth set and muscles, $00, stepped up under the club of the leader and said: "What do you tneanf Toy mind your business and we will ous. ' "Meant" said the Mohammedan with a snaij; :fl mean that every one of you hall leave this village at once." ( '"And we mean to stay In that Christian's house, where we are wanted. And what is your name? I shall report you." "My name? My name Is anything." Out Castes Are Disheartened. Aad we went back and stayed about an . hour. When we went back to camp we found our cook looking for us. Our man, who bad gone to cut grass for the horse, had been beaten. The rook had been re fused water at the well from which the fields were being watered. A crowd waa around, threatening to burn our tents. A note waa sent to the police officer, ten . mile away. W waited till evening, then went back to the mohulla. We found the Cirfistlans all discouraged and aad. The women go out every day t sweep and clean and do the menial work for the Mohammedana. All the pay they get for It Is occasionally old cloths, and every Friday, which la the Mohammedan Sunday they get bread enough for their whole family one meal. Work a week for the sake of a Sunday dinner! This was Friday They had been refused their bread and been scolded at and driven off for having Joined the plague spreaders. And there at. hungry and dejected. When we entered the Mohammedans beran to gather. We railed the Christians all Into a group and said: "Now, we will not sing or teach you this evening. We will Jut pray and ask Ood to straighten this thing out for you." "Well," they said, "pray or not pray. whatever we do or don't do, our Uvea are more miserable thaa ever; they will find hundreds of ways to persecute us." W bowed la prayer and every Moham- rfc'---'-'----'--1----' - . - -' 'ntajZ- - NEW CRETCinTON TJN 1 V KRSITT DOM I medan slipped quietly away. That night about midnight we were aroused by the police officer. He had gathered up po llcement from every village through which he came and had a small army with him. He was a Mohammedan, had been educated In a mission school at the expense of a missionary and waa friendly. He went into the village at midnight and aroused as many families as he could. Arrested the leaders of the mob. Next morning he brought them to our camp, frightened nearly to death. They begged, they pleaded for mercy. The snarling, stalwart man of the previous day, who was then giving commands to the missionary's wife, now fell at her feet and stroked them and begged. He, with the others, were gladly forgiven, on one condition only, that they would stop all persecution of Christians. That evening as we walked through the village and every day. for a week after, the Mohammedans met us with bows and obestance, praise and flattery which seemed too profuse to be genuine, so extreme as to be sickening. But the missionary be lieved It to be sincere. He recalled how aa a boy In the middle west, when he en tered a district school, the attitude of the boys changed Just as radically after a win ning fight. "And so," he said, "It Is not peculiar Mohammedan nature which we have run against only the same old hu man nature." After the police officer and his men had spent the day eating at the expense of the village, they stopped at our camp. The officer eald: "That Is all humbug about 1 ., , , . - 1 spreading plague. These people know thatf you are noi uuinx nny imim, iuti lam OU wWTWih arid lift up these 6ut castes whom they depress, despise, persecute aad take service from. You vwlll make them their equals. Then who will do their drudgery T They say If you" will open a school for Mo hammedans there will be no. more trouble." The 'missionary said: "We will send a teacher and open a school for the Chris tians. Mohammedans and Hindus will not be excluded, but we will open no separate school. We have neither men nor money to open separate schools on. caste lines, even If we had the disposition to do so." Ponltloa of the Oat Castes. ' This, of course, will not satisfy them. For neither can a Hindu or Mohammedan touch an out caste without being dellled. If a sweeper Is to hand anything to an other he must first lay It on the ground; even when buying anything In the bazar the thing bought Is thrown at him like throwing a bone to a dog. He In turn throws down the money and so contact is prevented. Like the prodigal son, they have wandered clear away. They tend the swine, they eat the husks and, like the prodigal, all over India, they have come to themselves and are saying, "Let us arise and go to our Father." And the Father, as of yore, Is saying, "I call ye not servants, but sons." They are receiv ing education and are strengthening up morally. They are literally being picked up from the dunghill. They are foolish. they are weak, they are base, they are despised, they are not out caste, yet Ood hath chosen them and can use them to set at naught the things that are. They who have been without a caste are fast becom- ng an influential Christian brotherhood. They who have been last and least in the land are becoming first, "That no flesh should glory in His presence." MART E. BANDT. CARS RUN TO FOREST LAWN New . Lias) Ran Florence at Loss First. Bald to at Be Street car service has been inaugurated to Forest Lawn cemetery by the Omaha St Council Bluffs Street Railway company. A half hour service was put on for a start, half the cars to Florence being di verted to the cemetery. These cars are run at considerable loss to the company, aa on several days not more than seventeen fares were collected. The service, however. 111 be maintained. The activity In Flor ence land Is making the other Florence line hummer and the company Is planning to put on larger cars to handle the business. Besides the large number of new residents moving to Florence because of the cheap ness of land, the new canning factory Is drawing msny. This popular suburb, with Its own electiio lights and water works system. Is forging to the front BEMIS CASE STILL HANGS ON I'esr Jnrors Kile Affidavit In Hesnsnse to City's Motion for Hew Trial. Aa affidavit of four of the members of the Jury which gave George P. Bemls a verdict for Ili.OuO againat the city of Omaha was riled Saturday in opposition to the mo tion by the city for a new trial. In the motion City Attorney Breen charged that Juror Llddell was favorably disposed to ward Mr. Lemls and was actuated by sym pathy for him. The affidavit of the Jurors states that Jurors Llddell and Ptckard both held out for a low verdict aad only son anted to the large amount after they found the attitude of a majority of the Jurors. It asserts that at no time did Mr. Llddell Indicate undue sympathy for the defendant The motion for a new trial will be taken up before Judge Esulle within a few days, .: : i , TORT AT TWENTT-FIFTII AND CALIFORNIA STREETS. HOSPITAL TO BE FINISHED Methodists Let Contract for Completion 01 the New Buildinc- UNIQUE GIFT FROM PILGER CITIZEN Man Whose Wife Waa Patient Glvea Eleven Hundred Dollars Ho Received as Verdict Against Railroad. The contract for the erection of the main building for the new Methodist hospital at Thirty-sixth and Cuming streets baa been let to F. P. Gould & Son. Rocheford & Gould had the contract two years ago, when work was discontinued on the hos pital, and since then they have dissolved partnership. The bid of Gould & Son Is larger than that of Rocheford St Gould, for the reason that building material has Increased In price in the last two years. The main building will be 88xS5. feet, four stories and basement. In addition there will be built at the east end of the main building a Service pavilion, hexagonal in form, and 60x60 feet at the widest points, four stories and basement. Both main building and service - pavilion have been built up to the water table and the heating plant ' and operating pavilion have been .completed, x ne nrti payment on me noapiuu uu ,crlpUon pt.dges made this aprlng will be flue Jane L ,The cornerstone of the main building will be laid May 24. It will be laid by Bishop J. W. Hamilton of Can Francisco, who pre aided at the conference hero last fall, and who .Is no v .bU?y ' raising a f und,: of 1200,0 to rebuild the Methodist churches of San Francisco. He Is In the east now and .will stop one day for' the cornerstone laying, on his way, to California. Governor Mlckepr will preside over the ceremonies. On the evening of; the same day the Omaha Memodlst union will hold Its annual banquet, 'at the Commercial club at 7:30. Governor Hbch of Kansas has been Invited to be present and take part In the program. Dr. Mason North of New York, an au thority on city unions, and Governor Mickey will deliver addresses. I nlqae Gift - to Hospital A good subscription came In a peculiar way to the Methodist hospital fund recently. I The amount was tl,16&66, and it was sent by a citizen of Pilger, Neb., whose wife was a patient at the Methodist hnspltal in Omaha a year. or two ago. He was so pleased with the hospital that after the death of his wife, which occurred some months after she had left the hospital, he expressed his desire to do something for the Institution. Several months ago this man was injured in a wreck on the Northwest ern road and brought suit against the com pany for damages. In conversation with one of the hospital authorities he promised to give to the building fund whatever amount he might receive as damages from the railroad company. The court awarded htm something like J1.6O0, and after paying the expenses of the suit he had tl.16d.66 left. This amount he sent to the hospital. THOUSAND MEN ARE AT WORK Large Fore Basy on Burlington's Worlaad Branch to Com plete It Jnne 1. George M. Holdrege, general manager of the Burlington, has returned from a trip to the Big Horn country. "Every effort la being made to push the Worland extension," said Mr. Hol drege, "and we hope to have the line completed to Wor'.and by July 1. We have 1,000 men at work and the grading Is com pleted, except In Rock canyon. Track lay ing and bridge building is the work In hand now. The whole country looks fine and people who go there this spring to the opening of the Shoshone reservation will see a country which will open their eyes. The fields, the crops and the cattle and sheep are in splendid condition and the whole country Is prosperous. Work on the Irrigation ditches Is progressing nicely and many acres will be added this summer to that already In use. Water Is working wonders In fhe western country and I un derstand some of the companies guarantee the price paid for land will be made the first year If sugar beets are' grown. The beet sugar factory at Billings has arranged with the farmers under the Hanover canal to have 1.300 acrea of beets cjUsed this sea son and a promise haa been made for a factory at Worland which. will handle the 1SU7 crop." WORKMAN GETS LEG BROKEN Mechaals ln Lewerlng Strnrtarnl Iran tnstalna Several InJnrlea .that Are Ssrleaa. Patrick Lynch, 1114 South Twelfth street, sustained severe Injuries Saturday morn ing while working on the iron construction of the new Kennard building. Fourteenth and Douglas streets. Both bones of the man's light leg were broken below the knee aad his ankle Joint waa dislocated. Dr. Omar R. Porter attended Lynch, who waa taken to his home. Lyneh waa en gaged in lowering aome structural iron. when a rope broke and oaught hua around the leg. ao It was reported, mm fcra -T sV-4 MEMORIAL TO JUDGE REDICK Services Held by Old Associates In Honor of Late Pioneer Jnrlst. Memorial services for the late Judge John I. Redlck were held In district court room No. 1 Saturday morning. Resolutions, pre pared by a committee of the bar, were read by Judge Wakeley, who also deliv ered an eulogy on Judge Redlck, com mending him as a lawyer, business man, citizen, husband and father. Judge Wakeley was followed, by W. J. Connell and Judge Doane of the committee and Charles J. Oreene and O. W. Shields. Their remarks consisted of reminiscences indicative of Judge Redlck's characteristics. In behalf of the district Judges, Judge Lee Estclle, who had known Judge Redlck since early In the '70s, responded. He re called a prediction of Judge Redlck's that Omaha would become the most Important city .between Chicago and the coast, and cited It aa an Instance of Judge Redlck's faith la the city. Thars waa a large attendanoe of. mem bers of the bar. STRAWBERRIES FROM SOUTH Prodnct . for- Omaha Cones gross IrkSMM rtrsi aad U Ut This Tear. . 1 '! - : . ' ' . .v ' Arkansas strawberries ara' now on the market aad clarga numbers of nice ones ara arriving dally. The strawberries at present are earning from Van Bursn. This strawberry business from the south has all been workes-up In the last rt-hroe years. The first berrlesto reach Omaha are from Texas, then ' Arkansas, then Missouri, ana then the' home' product., The berry season Is short, generally; from May 1 So June L This ysftr It was abouf ten days late, The Burlington handled over J00 can 'Of .straw berries through Omaha last ' season,1 the home consumption being about 150 cara. ' OMAHA MAKES B1GGR0WTH City Shows Substantial Increase la Population grwna the New Directory. , The Omaha directory is in the hands of the printers and wtll.soon be out. The directory this -year will have a vast num ber more names than any previous dlrec tory, due in large part to the Increase in population In Omaha. ' ' The manager of this year's directory, has Included In the directory list many, names which were omitted by previous managers, and this will also Increase . the " list. While the manager could.-not . make an estimate of the-Increase In population which this di rectory would show, he said a substantial Increase was certain. OMAHA SHOWS UP WELL FOR APRIL Building in Twenty-Seven Cities Shows Increase for Month of Twelve Pr Cent, the Omaha Figures Being Nineteen. Building continues active all over tho country. Permits were taken out in twenty-seven of the) principal cities in April, according' to official reports- to Con struction News, for the construction of 12,386 buildings, involving 86,870,40:, against CITT. New York, includ'g Manhattan and Bronx urooklyn HI. Louis Philadelphia Los Angeles Washington Detroit Buffalo Seattle Cincinnati Milwaukee Minneapolis Denver St. Psul Portland Atlanta , Memphis Columbus New Orleans Toledo Omaha Louisville Duluth v Tacuma Grand Rapids Davenport Chicago Total Seventeen of the prosperous cities of the middle west had the coast show remark- able Increases, but the average Is reduced by a number of cities, which, because of their population, occupy an inconspicuous position in the table of building opera- lions. New York. Including Manhattan and The Bronx, shows a decrease of 4 per cent, and Brooklyn 16 per cent. Upon the 86; New Orleans, 86; Portland, 10; Seattle, other hand, Chicago rhows an increase of 62; St. Louis, ; Taooma, 43; Detroit, C; 86 per cent. The smaller cities which con Toledo, 26; Memphis, 24; Philadelphia, 23; tribute generously to the average deeress Los Angeles and Omaha, IS; St. Paul, C ara Davenport. 30 par seat Orand Rapids, and Cincinnati. 1 per cent For the first 88; Columbus, St; while Important cities la time In many years San Francisco Is m Ian watch Cher waa a tailing stt were: Minns- lng from the Hat of cities which have spoils, 43; Loeosvtlle, 86; Washington, 21; shown remarkable activity la building. Tecrar U, and Milwaukee, L The do- Tb Construction Newa jr. ' . , i r"e- , M: t r'.i. ' . "i ' 1 - tj, t. M , .,- , . . $ j i - NEW PARLTN. ORENDORF St MARTIN WAREHOUSE ON JONES STREET, BETWEEN TENTH AND ELEVENTH. KOliNTZE PAYS CHURCH DEBT Will Give Enonch Money to Believe Mem orial Lutheran Church of Obligation. , EXACTS PROMISE TO STAY OUT OF DEBT Action Will Enable Organisation to Retain Adjoining Property for Large Stone House for the Pastor. Herman Kountze has offered to give the Kountze Memorial Lutheran church enough money to pay all debts, between 126,000 and 130,000. so that the new building may be dedicated free of debt May 27. Mr. Kountze aaid Saturday In response to an Inquiry concerning a rumor of the gift that he had offered to give the money to the church under certain conditions. These conditions are that the church's entire debt, which la the exact amount he pro poses to give, will not exceed $30,000, and that the church make an agreement not to Inour any more debt. A congregational meeting of the ohurch for Monday . evening. May 14. was an nounced from the pulpit last Sunday. At this meeting the exact amount of the debt, supposed to be in the neighborhood of $28, 000, will be made known and Mr. Kountze s kindness announoed. All arrangements pre liminary to dedication will be completed. Previous to the time Mr. Kountze made his offer It. waa proposed to sell the lots and two houses Just west of the ohurch In order to get money to pay the debt. . Now the. ground can be retained for. a parsonage. 'ahdUt Is 'proposed Uo 'build' one 'of stone, to-conform with' the churchy" When AaTcB well permit ' .'.'. ' J ' i The Kountze Memorial church) haa 'never been dedicated. -It waa in '1863 that Augus tus Kountze made-a gift" to-Emanuel' Lu theran church, 'and-the name was changed to Kountae Memorial In honor of his father. Christian Kountae. The condition attendant upon the donation was that tho chusch be dedicated without debt The old church, which stood at Sixteenth and Har ney streets, was never dedicated because It was never entirely free from debt MANAWA 0PENSlN TWO WEEKS lows Resort Will Bo . In Operation Sunday Before Formal Open lng Decoration Day. Manawa will be opened to the public May J7. the Sunday before Decbratlon day, and Manager' Byrne will have everything . in readiness .by .that time. The formal open ing had been planned for Decoration day, but Mr. Byrne decided It better to throw the park open for the Sunday before to t.SSt buildings, aggregating In cost $5O,06V iz, tor tne corresponding month a year ago, an Increase of 2.69S buildings and SS.Sle.MO In cost, or 13 per cent. The figures in detafl are as follows; I 1900. 1KB. Percent. No. I Cobt. No. I Cost. Gain. Loss. 464 I14.7S7.916 413 $ 6,:i, 4r 7.7. 4 1.1.0 ,i71.r47 i,m .M.02l 16 XJ 4.46i,71i 44 2.DK3.17S 4 2.8 4.071.W8 L7 J.310,740 XJ US J.w-',361 3u6 l.tfiW 1 604 1.681, IMS J 1,147,8.0 a 641 1.43S.liO l,0U7,t0 42 iJi 1.4-1), 3-6 81 02.464 114 611 1, 074.3.'2 61 to.:. (IMS 2 4o7 l.o'Te.ojo m i,iA.jrs 1 m 1.014.607 612 1.011,47 I (44 SW.ODO :0 1.671.U5 43 2U6 4.u76 t4S 60.(X0 13 2w 723.000 366 678,116. I 249 636,010 111 313.870 TO StA 6U0.O70 27 2bi.iA 96 461, 32,4K9 34 273 443.676 tO. 45. 136 36 442. HVi 49.0o6 86 161 3IW4J6 183 3U6.W2 26 IX! S73.3U6 117 S14.& 17 367 228,6X 277 617.- 26 137 314.807 93 117.263 167 , 169 812.9A6 140 218.9:) 43 163 219.077 2z6 300.872 , 14 30.198 46 166.180 W 794 12.139.876 8u 7.2wt.3uU 66 12,316 $T.87'),402 S.686 160.06.672 13 creases are at such widely scattered points that they are .Insignificant as having any bearing upon the general situation, An evenly healthy condition in building trades prevails throughout the cities of the middle west and the coast, evidence of which is to be found in toe Increases in Duluth, 167 per cent; Buffalo, 114; Atlanta, accuMom the men to handling crowds be fore the big rush cams on the holiday. A changed appearance will be presented to the visitor this season aa he enters the grounds. The ball park enclosure has been removed and thrown into the main park. The large roller coaster figure "t" has been placed In the old ball park. The ani mal menageiie has been enlarged and Man ager Byrne will go to Chicago before the opening 1 to get some new amusement fea tures. Everything possible for the amuao ment -of tho people will be done and an effort made to keep up the splendid record made by the park last year, when a neat sum of money was netted, In spite of the absence of an entrance fee. LEAGUE OF H0ME MAKERS Coming Convention of Local Building and Lonn Association Men In Clnelnnatl. CINCINNATI, May 12. (Special.) "The American Home the Safeguard of American Liberties." This motto, the watchword of the United States League of Local Build ing and Loan Associations, will be em blazoned everywhere In the city of Cin cinnati, with banners of welcome fluttering from all aides, when tho fourteenth annual convention of tho league Is called to order here on July 24. Besides tho United States league conven tlon there will also be a stato convention In Cincinnati on the same dates, for the Ohio Building Association league will also meet for lis eighteenth annual ooifventlon. Every possible preparation Is being made for the bit double convention. Members of tho Cincinnati associations and the Hani' llton, pouhty Xagu'e of Building and 'Loan, Associations are.vleing with one' another lrl their efforts toviiyiure the. success of the meeting, and of., thai successful entertain ment tif,tha delegates and visitors. . When it Is said that two members of the United States league executive committee ara Clnctnnatlans Leajuo Secretary Her man F. Cellarlus and Gxeoutive Commit teeman Fred Bader the delegates from other states and those who have attended previous conventions will need no further assurance that nothing will be left undone in the preparation for the big double con ventlon In July, Although the meeting last year In New Tork City was a most successful one, It is the expectation that this year's meeting will eclipse all former years, both in point of attendance and with respect to impor tant and encouraging reports that will be received. The fact is Incontrovertible that building and loan associations over the en tire country have had a banner year and reports will show remarkable increase from every side. Thousands upon thousands of new mem bers have been added to the lists of tho various associations throughout the coun try, which means Increases of tens of mil lions of dollars In the receipts and dis bursements for the current year over Its predecessor. Such flattering reports are made certain by the partial reports which have already reached League Secretary Cellarlus, besides being based upon ap proximate estimates compiled from data collected during the year. Present Indications point to an Increase of more than 200,000 In the membership of L6J1.046. the total for last year, while an Increase of between $40,000,000 and $60,000,009 in the total assets of $600,342,686 is also prom laed. At- the last annual meeting the in creased membership for the year ended waa (4.346, while the Increase in the assets was $22,663,064. The thirteenth annual report of the United States League showed decreases in assets in but six states, all other states showing Increases, while but seven states out of the twenty-one represented showed decreased membership. Indications thl year point to the overcoming of the de creases In these various states, and It expected that increases will be shown in all Of the, states that lost membership last year all but one Illinois showed decreases In assets as well However, Illinois, though showing a decreased membership of 2,626, rolled up an Increase of $1,643,313 In assets for Its building associations, with a mem bershlp of 80,876 In the state. Notwlthstand lng the decrease of $1,766,690 in the building association assets of these six states, the net Increase In asset for the twenty-one states represented for the current year 1904- 1806 was $20,736,471. Nebraska will show gain of S.0U9 members and $1,008,000 assets. With an added membership of 2o0,000 for tne present year and an Increase of be tween $40,000,000 and $7J0,000,OuO in assets the United Butts League of Local Building and Loan Associations will show total asset of some $66,000.0f and a total membership of over 1.800,000 to attest to the merit of It motto, "The American Home the Safeguard of American Liberties." , Kssssa Mast Servo Tine. TOPE K A. Kan.. May 12. The state au prune court today athrmed the derision of tne aim net court in tne case ot Frank M amptx-ii, a former member of the Kan City (Han.) school board, convicted of ac cepting a bribe In lw)3 and sentenced to term of from one to seven years In the penitentiary. Cuban Steamer A Mr. BALTIMORE!, May 12.-A wireless report from Cape Lookout lighthouse No. T2 says the steamer Vlgtlanoia, from New Tork fur Huvana. was an re at I clock this mora. lug off Cape Lookout. AX 1js the Ara waa tuiaf aiMil rti The newly organised Real Estate Ex change Building company mot Saturday noon at the Commercial club and looked over the abstraots and other papers pre paratory to the transfer to the oompany from the Woodmen circle of the lot at tho southwest corner of Eighteenth and Farnara streets. At the close of the board's delib erations the executive committee was au thor led to complete the purchase. It la expected the deed will be signed Monday morning. Stockholders who have signed since the organisation of the company ara 8. 8. Curtis, Fred R. Dufrcne, Charles McMunemy, George B. Biker, C. R. Qlovor, W. D. Reed, the Russell St McKltrlok com. pany and Reed Bros. The canvass has beort stopped, as there Is room but for eight more stockholders, and there are twenty tlvo real estate men considered as prob able subscribers. The president of the board ot directors has been authorised to sign a petition to the council asking for sewer repairs and) paving In the alley In the rear of the prop erty. Three business men outside the real estate fraternity have applied for space In the proposed building. Two have asked for two floors each and one for one floor. It has not yet been deolded whether or not the building will be erected for real estate men alone. At the stockholders meetings last Tuesday a committee, con Istlng of W. L. Belby, W. R. Homan and Ernest Sweet, was appointed to receive the propositions of prospeotlve tenants with. view to settling on the charaoter of con duction ot the building. An adjourned meeting of the stockholders will be held Wednesday noon after the' regular meeting; of the Real Estate exchange, and meetings probably will be held each Wednesday thereafter. The largest single transaction In many months, with the exception of the sale of Frank Partnalee's property on North Six teenth street to Herman Colin, was the transfer of the Davldge block by O. Olf ford Davldge and others to Dr. Harold Qlfford of Omaha. Including agents' com missions, the property brought $103,000. Dr. Qlfford has always Invested in farm. property, but now he haa decided that Omaha property Is the place to put hla money. He sold a big ranch at Norths Platte at a big advance over the price ha paid several years ago and used that money in the recent purchase. Dr. Qlf ford haa been a successful buyer of farms. Six years ago he bought the Kaufman ranch, a few miles north of Florence, fog $30,000, and now It la said to bs worth double that figure. "There Is a growing healthy demand fog good property, particularly residence property, at reasonable figures," said John I McCagua. "It Is nothing startling, not a boom at v all, but a natural, quiet, legitimate growth. For a good many ' years we real estate men waited several months for an offer when we advertised property, and it Is only recently that the situation haa become so encouraging. ! About a month ago I advertised for sale house and lot at $3,000, but I didn't push It until within the last week. Two or three prospeotlve purchasers came in a few days ago, but today they cams In a heap, four of them. One of them bought the property. Of course they couldn't all have It. This merely shows the need of more dwellings In tha city. It seems evident that President W. It Green of the Real Estate exchange haa planned to have all tha prospective repub lican candidates for the Nebraska senator ship address the exchange. In the course of addresses which he has arranged, John L. Webster and Charles J. Qreena hava already appeared before the realty men. Now, Mr. Green has. written to Norrls Brown asking him to be the guest of tha exchange next Wednesday and exploit hla Ideas on any subject he may see fit to se lect. It is said that Gordon W. Wattle will com next, and that EL (Rose water will be asked to contribute the last of tha series of addresses when he returns (ram Rome. However, Mr. Green's plan seema to be entirely Innocent of politics. Charles Oreene touched UghUy oa politics la Its relation to business, while John I Webster confined hla romarka to the sub ject of commercial aad lad us trial prosper. y. Bids are to be returned May t9 on tha new, building of the First Reformed church. which will be located at Twenty-third and Boulevard. It will be of brick and its di mensions will be 46x70 feet. An old frama church now stands on the site, which Is but a block distant from tha South Omaha line. H. F. Curtis will build a brick double dwelling, 40x34 feet, on the site of the old Beth-Eden Baptist church, on Leavenworth) street. Just south of Park avenue. Thomas Tomb of Kansas City has let to John Prendergast the oontracA for a O tie story and basement brick building; 32x6d feet, at 1220 Harney street. It will be tha home of the Omaha Plating company. A syndicate consisting of Henry V. Wy man, Mrs. Wy man and Myron P. Learned has bought a piece of trackage ground at Sixteenth and Nicholas streets from tha Omaha National bank for $9,000. It la aa L-shaped traot, having a frontage of atxtjr slx feet on Nicholas street, a frontage of thirty-two feet on alley, and an an treme length of 133 feet. The following sales ara reported by tha Byron Reed company: From the Byron Reed company to Joseph Trlts, a row of three cottages at 2611-13-16 South Thirteenth street, for $4,260; front James Oameron to Jules Nleto, house and lot at 271S-12 Parker street, for Investment, $3,200; A. Wolfe ta Mrs. Wilde, house and lot at 3616 St Mary's avenue; to Miss Wilde, house at 130S South Twenty-sixth street. A sale important because a fine residence Is to be bulK on the ground involved, waa that made by B. M. Olbson of a lot on Thirty-sixth street, near Dewey avenue. Immediately adjoining that recently bought by Dr. Olfferd. Mr. Olbson will build on the lot a restdtaoe costing between $10,009 aad $11,000. Mrs. Dora Harney has bought from H. Q, Straight, the residence at 1238 Soots-twenty -eighth street, aa aa Investment. Shn (Continued an Becoud faga.) I