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B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 8, 1DOT. V DEATH NOTICES 1BT& Michael, aged 70 yam. Funeral Sunday. July S. 1 SO p. m. from th family residence, 24"2 South Eleventh trot. to flt. Patnrk churrh. Fourteenth and Caatellar streets. Interment St. Mary's CT ltll7i r t h Orn hti a. MONUMENTS Qreet Western Granite Co. Douglas A11. FENCING tc per foot. N. 17th St. ' Tel. Red 814. skz Julys) WIRR and Iron Fencing, Hitching Posts, wire Trellis. Omaha Wr and Iron Iron Works, Su7 Be Bid. Tel. Red w. RAILWAY TIME CARD CMOS STATIOIS-TE.1TH AND MARC I liln Paelan. Utn. Arrive Overland Limited a 1:40 am a 1:18 pm i n unina ana japan Faat Mall .a 4 15 pm a 1:10 cm Colo. & Calif. Ex California A Or. Ea, Lo Angeles Limited.. Fast Mall , Colorado Special North Platte Local.., brattice Local .a 4 15 pm a ISO am .a 4. la pm a l:Iv pm .all:) am 10:45 pm .a 1:66 pm till pm .a : am a 7:4 am . t 10 am a 4:W pm ..o I.Ui pm d l.uu pr.i Iklaaae rkwastvav Local Cedar Rapida ....a i:vam Chicago Daylight, a :UU am Chicago Limited a M pm Carroll Local a :U pm L Paul Faat Mall ....a J6 pm Bloua C. Bt. P. Local, b :w put Fast Mall Chicago bxpres a l:fa pm Chicago Limited all:UU pm Norfolk As ttoneatoel ....a i:im Lincoln Long Pin ..a 7:4u am Casper At Wyonuug ....a 1:0 pm bead w cod As Lincoln ...a l:(M pm Hastings At Albion ......D I W. pm Fremont-Albion b :01 pm Chicago Lt.cal all. 30 am t klcasa Ureal W ester si, U Paul sr. Minneapolis. sJO pm Bt. Paul As Minneapolis. 7:4b am Chicago Limited (:49 pm Chicago fcxpresa 7:46 am Chicago Express :M pm a 1:00 or 11 :) pm u ai I.W am lit am a M am ..J pm a i :4U am U:U am 10. J am 10.16 am a :w pm 1:0a Din I pm du:4 pm 1:4 piu 1:10 U:0 pm :(M am U:u pm i:i piu Chlawao, Hllnaskte 4a 11, taaL Chi. A Colo. Special.... a 1M am a 7:10 am vniiiorma at uie. iux...a S.4S i)i- 1:10 pm Overland Limited a s:i rm a 1:20 am Marlon At Cedar R Loc.b 1:46 am blLOO pm vaiiai ataa iiiaae v I to 1 B a. KAs)T. Leave. Arrive Chicago Limited a 3.a am a 7:10 am Iowa Local i:uuam a .ao pm Chicago Mall :is am al0:l0 pm )u i-ocm ulz:l Din b :fca no Chicago (Eastern Exp.). a 4:06 pm a 1:46 pm WEST. Kockv Mountain Llm..a 7:20 am a 1:16 am Colo. A Cal. Express... a 2:01 pm a 3:66 pra JM. a lu&as axil a u put Hi.uw pm uoioraao rui aiau ...aiu:io pm a : aaa a dally, b dally except Sunday. Illinois Centra. Chicago Lxpreaa a 1:00 am a 3:64 pm C'IiIcmko Limited a :00 pm a 7:W am wassak. St. Louis Express a 1:30 pm a l:4t am di. iMuir i.ocai ii rem Council Bluffs; a 1:14 am al0:30 pra tMiitiir ioral Ifrocsa Council Bluffs) b 5.00 pm bll:I0 am stiaaouri I'aausa Bt. Louis Lxpruas a :00 am a 1:10 pm BiaLMOTOal ITATIOI-IOTB MASO.1 Uarllaatoa. Leave. .a 4:io pm Arrlvs. Denver & California. a a:' int a 6:30 pra Black Hills. in :iv pm orthwest Special a 4:10 pra a :( am Northwest Express ...all:10 pm a 6:30 pm Nebraska Express a :i0 am a 1:40 pm Nebraska Local a 3:00 am Lincoln Local a I .-OS am Lincoln Faat Mall b 1:00 pm al2:20 in Ft. Crook Plattsra h..b 1:60 pm blO:V am Bellevus 4k PlatLsia h..a 7.60 pm a :30 am Denver Ll-nlteo... a 7:10 am jti iu riuu.a .tj am a :o aia ttii. jm at rmv. iuuv... viu am a 1:60 pm Chicago Speolal a 7:3 n a 7:5 am Chicago Express a t: o- M:M Chicago Flysr a pm a 7:H asg Iowa Local a 3:13 am J0:M pm St. Louis Express a 4:4. pm all:30am nniM 1 1. j -c tfu...uv.fw pm a l:4S am Mwmmmm .w yui ( i - I , i i. I. . . ' I , u U , tM - .... WCBITBB OEPOT-taTU a WE BITCH Cklaaar, St. Pa ml, Miaaoapclla uualiai Leave. Apri Twin City Passenger. ..b 6:80 am b 3:10 pm Sioux City Passenger.. .a :w pm all:W am Emerson Local b 3:20 pm b 3:10 am bininun iwocai.... a s:ts am 6 s:au pm Nebraska Local. via Weepln Water t 3:60 pm bll:S0 pm a Dally, b Dally except Sunday, d Dalit xcept Saturday, o Sunday only, e Dalls OCEAN STEAMERS ANOHMt UNI o. a nan. rrgASHHiTS. KXW YORK, LONDON OBHRT AMU UUAiU NBW 10AK. fAXXKMg MD NAfLA. SUP! Lktl IMWIUIIWHWII, WACVUMli (.IU. lm.1 aaauon M mri aararuUf eiuiunl er reaas-trls iiwiu laaaea seiwaeu he kara 4 Kwi, aus'iaa. inaa aaa au wnuni still laaa tl m nnv m auraauie nue. Baas lar igwt r tor tiau er aaaara! lalaiiaaUiia uLw Im . ivw mmma m w. caor t-iu. er is siis&aasu4 uw mm i asaaia, V swaaa, Ui. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Qeorge W. Knight and wife to Mary Butterfleld, lot 7. block 4. Llnwood ..Park ad.. .., 700 wary isevin to John Navln, lot 3, block . Mathews' sub. of blucks 1. M, 21, ii, U: S and ii. AibrUul s choice I riou u. vsaa to f orest uwn ceme tery, beginning at southwest corner of Jot itu. City of Florence 1 v. v. unoies company to Charles S. uale. lot 14 block 3, Denman Place 0 oiepnen u. uanga and wife to -Caaper L,ukowlskl. lot 6, block a, Surouiit ad 4uQ tiiaries wunama ana wire to Mary A. Jackson, south 60 faet of lots and 7, block li, Myera, Richards and Tild in i ad 4 iNunuet o. turns to r rank it. f arsons, ; ' ioi , diock i, ureston aa Samuel 8. Curtis to Frank H. Parsons, lots 16, IS and 11), block 4, Vaasar Place Samuel S. Curtis to Frank H. Parsons, lot 7. block 6, Boyd s ad William K. Potter to Mary A. Sudeu- burg, lot 32, block 14, Orchard Hill.;. Samuel S. Curtis to Frank H. Parsons, lots 1 and 2 in Park's sub of lot 31, Qlses" ad Samuel s. Curtis to Frank H. Parsons, west H of lot 23 and went H of south Samuel 8. Curtis to Frank 11. Paraona, 23 f et of Jot 24, Beauvolr Place lot 14. block 1, Institute Place Samuel 8. Curtis to Frank H. Para3ns, lot 13. block 13. Central Park Samuel 8. Curtis to Frank 11. Parsons, lot 21. block 3. linker PUce Samuel S. Curtis to Frank 11. Parsons, lots 3. 4. 13 and 14, block 4, Wakeley ad Addis Q. Jerome and husband to Jeasa M. Hendee. lot 17. bli.ck 2. Wayne Place 600 uwis B. need and wire to Isabel Wyman Robbing, lots 3 and 4, Buena Vista Place Bankers Savings and Loan association to Richard C. Peters, lots 11, 12 and 13, block 1, Boulevard Terrace 2.700 Bankera Bavlnga and Loan association to Melville D. Cameron, lots 2 and 3, block 2, Boulevard Terrace, a sub. of lot 2 In Griffin and Smith's ad.... 1,800 james rt. Merrnant ana wire to John W. Roblneon. eait feet of lot 3. Block 6, Recti's 3d ad 6o iniiea states neai r.srate ana Trust company t Mav Butterfleld, lot 16. block 6. Maxwell's IA ad vo toutn umana western Railroad company to Balthas Jelter. lot 1, block 2H City of South Omaha Qeorge T. Mllla and wife to Andrew Carstensen, lot T, block 3, Ciarvndon ad 400 Total for July T. 1S06.. 310.308 Business Boosters Try tfce Want aJ Oelumna ot Ths Be CONDITIO N OF OMAHA'S TRADE Lull of EeTarml Days' Duration ia ths Jobbing World. FOURTH OF JULY CAUSES QUIETNESS Lea a Activity Expected front Raw la then and Dry Good, bat Indications Good la Hard war aad Groceries. Tha Fourth of July caused a temporary ,u" ,n lIie jonmng woria, me reel tnt It came la the middle of the wek raualng an especially sharp break In the uaually heavy rM of koods. Travellna snlsmnn generally were off the road for three day, ', at leant, as there Is little use of trying to do btmlneita the day before and after the Fourth. Dry Goods and shoes probahlv 'ill be quiet for two or three weeks, but groceries and hardware show no signs of any let-up In volume of business. Hports from country merchants art of the moat encouraging nature. They are to the effect that crops are In the beat nf condition and that the yield of winter wheat will prove much larger than antici pated some time ago. Shoes aad Dry Goods. Although this Is the dullest season nf the year for the shoe trade, tha mnil nrW Dullness is fair and salesmen are sending in quite a few orders. The demsnd for summer shoes continues good and the Job bers are filling many orders for sorting up purposes. Leather continues firm at the same high prices and Jobbers are prepared for other advances at any time, thouah Prices on shoes have been nrartirn'lv un changed for several weeks. An Improve ment of business is expected In August. ine ury gooas nouses or the city mailt heavy shipments of fall goods last week to the country retailers. Large consign ments of fall and winter anoda are haintr received by them and are fast belna shipped out. There were not very mnnv buyers In the market last week, hut mail orders were good. On account of the Fourth. Salesmen's nrrfAra wan lth .. the reason that the salesmen were given a few days off Fourth of July trade with kuumry aeaiers is said to have been ex ceptionally good. tolet Holes Hardware Market. House trade In hardware was m.i.t .nrf orders from ths country were only foir, the rourth of July holiday being respon sible for the temporary lull. Prices on most articles remain unchanged, hut changes have been made on a few articles. An advance has been quoted of 6 to lo per cent in plumbs and levels, according to grade, and rules and suuaies have hiid an advance. I'nlon Dlunes are ouoiiH in m is per cent higher than recent figures. Last Week IJW a tood run of if nra.n, 2nn,1-eulKHeralPr,1' A lar8 ,ale of 'Porting goods la developing remarkably early. J;??eia "tron- Jobbers paying V. cent tna" tw weeks ago for the gretn article. The new cron is rnmln. n th. miark?t tul u estimated l.ooo.OOO bags win be received thla month t nrin,rU points. This is about normal. Bugar is strona: and rettnsra predicting higher prices. Withdrawals are heavy and the demand Is good. syrups Highest la Years. SyrUDH arl HUlm, t-inw mm, I u i UP pl.a Is expected in the near luture. kium mi syrup aie now considerably limner than tuey have been for several yeaia. Last week one of tne pacaers who was fluaiiciaaiy Interested In sums of the to liiaio syndicate's holdings became aiarmcd at the situation and ueimuiueii iimt nor. lain ihliiKS u uoue. Certaun tuings wulch he wanted done were not done, and he thereupon put upon the market several thousand Canes of tomatoes, with tne re sult of breaking the market In the east 26 cents per dozen. The otner markets In terested in the Syndicate a holillnira were hastily called together and a plan was out lined by which the tomatoes would be offered only through one central selling agent, and in this way the market was sieadied. This break has not materially atiected the price of Omaha Jobbers, ior iiu annpie reason tnat they nave at no time followed eioselv the eastern market. and even on this break they could not buy tomatoes to sen at a less price than they have been selling at for the last thirty days. The tomato syndicate made one of the biggest attempts ever made to control thla article, but the undertaking was too great and they have certainly failed of their ultimata object. It looks now ss If they would be oompelled to carry over Into next season a considerable portion of their holdings In spite of this break in the market. Futures are nractloally In tha same dosI tlon as laBt reported. The piosoeuta throughout Maryland and the east are con- siaeiauiy improved, and while the acreago is not as heavy as was anticipated eaiiy, there will be a fair pack of tomatoes in Maryland and Indiana. Soot corn la pretty well cleaned up, so far as the packers are concerned. While here and there are some small lots, there are no heavy blocks. The packers are very independent about selling, preferring to noia ratner man to sen at tne prices now being offered. Packers are also as Independent about making contracts foi fall delivery, aa they all seem to be of the same Impression that the prices will rule higher a utile later in tne season, ana as they lost so much money last season they feel like taking advantage of the oppor tunity that they now have on ruturea, to there la no dlsuosltion to let go of future corn exceut at an advance of to 10 cents above the opening prices. Everything would now indicate that uieir nopes win be realised. California Caaaed Goods. Never In the history of Uie trade have spot peas been more cioseiy cleaned up than they are at tne present time. It Is piactlcauy impossible to obtain anything that wouia go as a iwceni seuer. juuueia are therefore urging off their eetetr grade of goods, whlcn are usually worth the rilffeience In brlce. The condition ot tne growing crop u nut materially Improved, and tne prospect for a pack of peas is no better man ra oentlv reported. New York packers have f.uinri it nwMiurv to so Into tne market to secure supplies for their contracts. In diana packers have also been compelled to do the same, so that It is a Weil estab- n.h..i f,t that the rack will be short. Under these conditions is very uunvuii. to get the canners to name prices betore their goods are In the tin. Th. ri.mar.it for California canned goods la exretdinalv aood. Usually by Junt 16 the heavy calitornla packers have an ...mart their rrtces for fall delivery. Sev ml imlltlona have Interfered with 'he n.m nir nf iirlraa UD to me Drsscm lime, it would appear that the preaent condition has been brought about partly oy me jealousy of some of the dried fruit packers on the Paclfto coast. Laat year one of the heavy Callfpmla caned -goods packets went into tne arieu irun uu Thi aotlon on the Dart of this tan nlng company resulted In the loss of busi ness, aa well as profit, to some of the heavy dried fruit snippers, because of the fact that the market was i v and forced them to lake considerable losses or reiaiianun vr mw . : . . - , eis have quietly circulated the Information that the growers wouiu .....i. nvn nriKM for Deaohse this year, ' .m.. i. ..n.iinlv difficult for cannera ... ...JTu-.nt for their supplies, tssultlng al.n In the growers asking exorbitant priests ... .k.i. r..n .tuff, t'ndes theae conai ii.. iii, i ' trm imvn rriiuru w . . . . . - and accordingly find It Impossible niL prices. We simply give this Wry for wnat it is wuiiii. c- true. The general iniyiwiuu s that ins the Paclflo eroD of peacnes w ccaat this year 111 not be 9. AJsa-eia. wa - - - - . almoat no carry-over or mi"""'" ."'a. , I. reasonable to suppose that somew1--' Mefcer pries will prevail. There bag been a further advance In V-,.. ii uiuea of 10 to is crii.e u-r cam) during the last week. This ln n.trv leami to have been placed on a reasonably firm basis, as the organise t on seems to control not only pricca, du th. A.irnut of fanned Bluff. Because of the crop of cherries, dried fruits are selling very slowly, particularly peaches. Prunee and retains are both en !.win a fair demand, also evaporated ap pies. Prices have been named on future imirhii hv a number of shippers, hut Omaha Jibbers are quietly advised that the market IS not so strong on ino cuni ami th.it considerably lower prices arc boipid to rule. Prunts have also dropped off somewhat from the opening prices, but aa manv aalea which have been made hav hoen short sales, it would not be at all sur nrlalnar to see the market react before the iroruU are ready to MO forward. Future evaporated apples are being offered at rea sonable prices, and with a good, fair croi of a rule a In the east the trade will be able to get along with a comparative! small amount of apricots, and Jobbers pre diet future peaches will havs to fleclln materally before they will Intereat th retailer. Palate, Oils aad Claaa. No change Is noticed In the gliss sltua tton. lJirae oraera or plats gisss are goln out daily iecauae or tne great amount o LulWlug opiuons. lus market Is Snn. i ..... .. A tit much heavier man it was j. craned eachs will open at 16 to cents per down higher than last year's opening P.." o.T... the faet that there Is Llnaid oil remains at Or for boiled and I7o for raw. . Turpentine Is still 65c. Car ter's lead Is c whl.e ermthern Is 7S The demand for paint la good. RBLJOtOt'S NOTO1. m Rev Dlnsdal T. Toung, the noted Eng lish Wealeyan preacher, said: "A true Methodist cannot be a bigot." Tha Cathollo bishop at Vllna, Russia, has sent a report to the synod showing that alnoe the ukase or religious toleration more than 30,000 members of ths orthodox church have become Catholics. Rev. John T. Oreagh, professor of canon law at the Washington university, has been appointed by the pope to the commlesion which Is codifying the canon law of ths Roman Cathollo church. Rev. David R. Lova of FTankfort, Ind., who has Just celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday, has read the bible through an nually for half a century. He was absent from his pulpit but once In tha first thirty years of his mlnlitry. Rev. Dr. Reese F. Alsop, the well known rector of St. Ann's Protestant Episcopal church. New Tork City, will resign today and start on a tour of the world, leaving San Francisco July 17. He has been pastor of tha church for twenty years. It Is not generally known that for more than a score of years the Society for the Protection of Christian Knowledge, a Brit ish organisation, has maintained chaplains to emigrants while on their way across the Atlantic from Europe to the United 6 fates or Canada. Rev. L. D. Baas, a prominent Baptist minister of Indianapolis, said In his sermon recently: "The time has come, especially among Bapxiata, when we should cease to worship the BaDtlst aold brick Rockefeller. and turn our attention to tha poor carpen ter of Naxareth." A pulpit that has been consecrated by the criuan Disnop or Carlisle for use in Bt. Cuthbert's, Carlisle, runs on wheels. It is brought In and taken out of the church by means of a trolley and endless rope. Made of mahogany and over nine feet in height, wie puipn cost ai.uw. Already and for manv veara wenrlnr with distinction the title of doctor of divinity. f-ev. ur. j. u. (w. MCC'lure, pres. dent of McCormlck seminary, has mnln rerolvetl the honor, Princeton university conferring it at Its recent commencement. The worthy doctor Is now spending a few weeks In the vlcin ty of the national capital, supplying one of the Baltimore churches. Rev. Hugh Black, the brilliant Srotih minister, who will shortly leave Edinburgh, ocuwana, to take the cha r of Drart cal heolOgy at Union fiemlnnrv Kew York has written several books dealing with the culture of character. The first. "Frlend- hlp." Is now In Its elahth edition: "Piil- ture and Restraint" In Its fourth edition, and "Work" has rapidly achieved a tenth edition. ReV. Hugh Black who la n leave Rt. George's United Free church, in Edin burgh, to become a Drofes.or in the Union Theological seminary, was born at Kothesay, and ia under 40 years of age. He was ordained when he was 23, after taking his degree in Glasgow university. His first church was at Paisley, and on the com pletion of five years there he was called to be co-pastor of Dr. Alexander Whytle, at St. George's United Free church. Rev. R. A. Ellwood of Leavenworth In an open letter demands that Governor Hoch sign the death warrants of fifty or more murderers now under sentence of death "at the will of the governor." To tnis uovernor nocn replies tnat ne "will never decree the hanging of any man," and he suggests that It Is not a pleasant spectacle to find a minister of the gop 1, who is supposed to emulate the examuie of the Savior, demanding an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." LABOR AND INDUSTRY. Among other records to break Is that of the output of the Baldwin Locomotive works. During the last six months the number of engines completed Is more than 1.3C0. If it were Just that number It would amount to fifty a week, or more than eight every twenty-four hours, omitting Sundays. A new Industry recently started at Belle ville, N. J., Is the" manufacture of rubber from the hoofs of cattle. This Is the third establishment of this character, the other two oeing located at Btoke-Newington, Lon don, and Menkenhoff. Russia. The process oonststs of grinding the hoofs to a powder ana compressing it into tne desired shape py means of hydraullo pressure. The first Plant In the world where nickel Will be commercially refined hv elertrlHtv win soon oe in operation on tne Canadian Shore of the Sault Ste. Maria. Neaotia. nuns nave Dean compieiea py wntcn an ex isting copper plant at that place has been leased by the Canadian Nickel comnanv and the necessary Installation Is being put in 7inw. , There are about 22S.ono mil nf nahi. i. ftH.at. tne- bottom of the sea, representing aijo.uw.wo, each line costing about 31,u00 a mile to make and lay. The average useful me oi a cable nowadays la anvthinv h. tween thirty and fortv veara nmjiHin viivuiiKuiiicn. Aoout ,uw,uou messages are oonveyed by the world's cables throughout the year. The automobile will navor riu h. ...... entirely out of fancy harness, but at pres- .... .,. iraciy superseoea mm. in the which ended yesterday there were made In the United States 328,000,000 worth of automobiles. Nearly one-ninth of the.. were exported to other countries. These foreign sales -were more than counterbal. r;.L.i " Tv ,n importation of au tomobiles worth 34,000,000. In the first three months of the vear the average earnings of 833,000 workmen em ployed In factories, stores, hotels, railway crviiu, construction work ana other occu pauuns in w tork stale were 32.83 a day, or 3213 for the Quarter. Theae furura are considerably above the average warges ' earners generally, necause they relate chiefly to skilled workmen belonging to trade or labor unions: no women anit few minors are Included and unskilled labor is feebly represented. The average wage ui uaj nura in mis perioa was 33. The last Issue of the Massachusetts Bui letin. published by the bureau of labor statistics, gives some Interesting facts a o tne occupation oi girl graduates of the Boston High schools. Of the 612 considered It Was fSUnd that While attnrtlnr they took special courses of instruction s luuuwa: rtooKKeeping, 1&; drawing, 147: dressmaking, 106; plain sewing, 151; cook ery, jnn. in answer to the question, "Has your Industrial school edurstlon been of piai-ui&i vsiue in your employment?" 102 vein, anawerea - ICS," Ml, or ii. uer cent, answerea "No," while 20. or b.st per cent, did not answer. If these statistics are to he taken as a criterion It ayyear mat me "special oourses taken by girls In tha hlrh irhnnls m -aa r. much use to them when the lster enter uiv umuimm neiq to earn a livelihood. OCT OK THE ORDINAV. ine average monthly Income In Japan after recent advances In wages la officially stated at leas than 38. About 70 A. D. the first glass bottle was made by the Romans, although the manu facture was not taken, up In Ungland unul loo. According to an officer connected with the naval obaervalnrv at aBiihihffi,n . the most remarkable photographs ever ua.ua uy an astronomer waa that obtained quite by accident, of an explodlna- meuor. The highest bridge In the world wl.l bs vivaa me vuiorauu river near canon City, Colo., over a Vertlcal-slded canyon t,M0 feet above the river. The new e.ectrlc railway line from Canon City to Florence win cross mis onuge. pome ronsn editors have a hard time. " worn iu nis readers the re tiring proprietor or trie polish paper (Jorno saiaaaa says mat during the uve years of ii!r s existence tne responsible eu. tors nave spent tour and a half years in pneun. wnna , isw nas oeen paid In lines. In these days, said the manager of a load Ing Insurance company, It Is no exaggera viuu m jr mat you can insure aga.nat any wM.civBuie cuutingency, irora twins to ii.tuoKiuniy; m tact, it would take a very clever man to Imagine any posalbie nsg mat ivu iu protect yourseu against U uu are wining to pay me ru.uiit pre Violet Peterson, I years of age, proved herself a heroine of Carney, Wis , by sav e ,n ' '"r "1,,er nd extinguishing ..iv nvuu nave ursiroyea nrr home The Bister la A vura M - alone In the house. Tha nMr Hri ... freshen the fire with ki rosene and started uiu. er urtas anre, she attempud vainly to smother the flames in a blanktt Then shs told Violet to throw water over her. The child kept her head and obeyed her sister's commands and then, drawing water from the well, extinguished the fire In the kitchen, which was burning briskly. Congressman Garner of Texas represents the greatest goat-raising renlon in the world. There are more than 8uo,o00 Nannies and Billies In the twenty-two ccuntli-s com posing his district, Uvalde county alone having 80,000. In the meat inspection liil tne goal Is mentioned with beef, cattle, hogs and sheep. "There Is no danger.'' sas Mr. Oarner. "that a Texas goat will ever be taken IntA a lanrhtr ftimta m.lii i i I sick. A Texas goat Is never sick. They eat anything and one was never known lo starve to death. When a gnat gets ready to die It Juat dies That is all there Is to It. It will be eating scrap Iron er post oak run ners or saga brush or cactus e-intentedly. Suddenly lis legs wlU begin to wabble and before you can get to It It Is dead. LIFE INSURANCE ON CATTLE How Bolemm is Protected Against Diaeued Heat Producers. OWNERS HAVE OPTION OF THE INDEMNITY GoTernmeat laaaraaee Takes Care of Loaae Dae to Aalaaals Beta Condemned oa Aeroaat of Disease. ANTWERP. June 23. To the Editor of The Bee: On January 1, 1J3, the provin cial government of Antwerp cieated a sys tem of compulsory insurance of cattle, the two objects of which were: First, to In demnify the raisers for loss of cattle; second, to take sanitary measures against disease amongst cattle. The creation of this system of Insurance supplied a long felt want, for at that time there were no mutual Insurance clubs among cattle rais ers In this province and the national gov ernment Itself only granted an Inadequate Indemnity of a maximum of 76 francs (315) In case of tuberculosis, which maximum was Increased to 126 francs (125) through the efforts of the provincial government, and was extended In cases of anthrax. The effect of compulsory Insurance was to enable the establishment of much lower premiums, which were fixed at 40 centimes (g cents) per 100 francs (320) of the de clared value, for genuine cattle raisers; 65 centimes (U cents)) per 100 francs (20) of the declared value for manufacturers, cattle dealers and owners of milch cows. This premium covered the risk of death by pleuro-pneumonla, tuberculosis, accidents attending parturition, madness, anthrax and similar diseases; also for death result. Ing from vaccination or Inoculation, If these operations were performed under the direction of the official veterinary service. The indemnity fixed In the event of meat being unfit for consumption was two-thirds of the market value of the live animal said market value not to exceed the amount Insured; for risks where the meat was fit for consumption the Indemnity was fixed at one-fourth of its market value and the meat left In the hands of the policy holder. Effect of Ike Law. This system of general Insurance worked during the years 1893, 1S94 and 1895 as far as cattle raisers were concerned and gave sn factory results to this class of policy ho is. This, however, was not the case with owners of mlloh cows, and even less so with cattle dealers, for whom the pre mlum of 55 centimes (11 cents) per 100 francs (320) was In no way proportionate to the risk Incurred. The owners of milch cows are In the habit of overfeeding their cattle, which makes them more subject to disease, while cattle dealers are constantly changing their stock and thus continually reincurrlng their risks. The total amount Insured under the com' pulsory system was 24,000,000 francs (34.&00. 000), representing about 82,000 head of cat tle, owned by 23,000 cattle raisers. The amount of the premiums paid was 83,500 francs (316,700). The satisfactory results attained during the three years of compulsory lnsuranoe, obtained for the Institution the unanimous sympathies of the provincial government but at the same time an active company was started among the cattle raisers In favor of optional Insurance. The super iority of the provincial Insurance system from an economical standpoint could not be denied, but Its adversaries based them selves on principal and demanded the sup pression of the compulsory element In the Provincial Agricultural Insurance. Iasnrance NoV la Vogue. The provincial government, therefore, was obliged to yield, and In an extraordi nary assembly In the month of October, 1895, the agricultural fund, as it Is called. was reorganised on the optional basis, and three distinct classes of Insurance were established, vis: Class A Tuberculosis, anthrax and sim ilar aiseases, accidents oi parturition, pieu ro-pneumonla and cow fever. Class B Covers all the classes provided for In Class A. as well as all losses In curred by the meat being condemned. Class C Covers all the cases Included In Classes A and B, and further, seventeen oases In which meat may be declared (merely flt for consumption) while the am mal may be suffering from one of the fol lowing diseases: uastro-enteric, natuient distension of the abdomen, chronic Indi gestion. Inflammation of the pericardium bone disease, disease of the spinal cords acute and chronic Inflammation of bronchial lubes or lunga, peritonitis, disease of the lungs. Inflammation of the brain. Inflam matlon of the digestive organs through mineral or vegetable poison, nephritis, hematuria, hepatitis. Jaundice, tetannos hvdroemle. The premiums under the new conditions of optional Insurance are as follows: For cattle Insured for a value of from 100 francs (3 to 200 francs (340) Class A 60 centimes (12 cents) per 100 francs (IkOi Class B, 1.06 francs (21 cents) per 100 francs (130); Class C, 1.56 francs (31 cents) Der 100 francs (320). For cattle Insured for a value of from 800 francs (360) to 450 francs ($50) Class A 80 centimes (16 cents) per 100 francs (320) Class B. 1.20 francs (24 cents) per 100 francs (320); Class C. 1.76 francs (36 cents) pe loo francs (320). For cattle Insured for a value of from 600 francs (3100) to 700 francs (3140) Class A. 1 frano (20 cents) per loo francs J3 Class B. 1.4S francs (29 cents) per 100 franc (320); Class C, 1.96 francs (39 cents) per 100 francs (3J). Basis of Premiums. The premiums have been made progressive for the reason that experience has shown that cattle of high value are mora sub' Ject to certain diseases and that the pro portionate premiums are not In keeping with the Indemnities that have to be paid. The above mentioned premiums have been maintained up to the present time and have been sufficient to meet all annual and normal demands, besides creating reserve fund for disastrous years. Tu premiums for the owners of milch cows, however, were doubled In 1802. The provincial Insurance fund now works to the general satisfaction of the cattle raisers; liabilities are settled with celerity every two weeks, and disputes between the management of the fund and the policy holders are very rare. The clauses B and C, by reason of the greater advantage- contained therein, are, of course, the most popular. The following table shows the working ot the fund from 18i6 to 1906, Inclusive. Amount Paid In In demnl tii- Account .niui.i, a uo- ' tn.TCU.oai and An thrax. s.100 'J.I0 MuO B0 ViuO 0, ) ,0 1. no 6,UA By Agricul tural Fund, t H.w0 16.b JO U.fcoO 1S.U.0 21.8'JO 24.:ix 23.-1J0 Number Casts. ....l,o .... 77 .... 104 13 ....1.U66 .....l.lo7 Wl sl .... S37 HM 1ST6 1SK7 libi 1KI, 1 1M1 ! ?r: M3 ISM .tS7 J7.0i0 Total paid in indemnities, 37,800. Reinsurance Fond. Since January 1, lSvl, a reinsurance fund was created In connection with the provi sional Insurance fund, accessible to recog nized agricultural societies Insuring at least HO Lead of cattle. The premium paid la 50 centimes (10 cents) per brad, while the In demnity Is SO francs (t). or 60 francs (II!), according to whether the rase Is one of meat declared merely fit for consumption or of meat condemned. For tuberculosis and anthrax, however, the indemnity paid Is only 10 francs (It), The management of the provincial agri cultural lnaurance fund la lu the bands of general council of six. presided ever by member of the official provisional board. ppolnted half by the provisional council nd half by the Provisional Society of Agriculture. Thus, by assuming an official character. thla provisional Institution has the abso lute confidence of the public and has never failed to meet Its obligations, however eavy. It may be said that the establish ment of this Insurance fund has done much to strengthen agricultural credit In , the province of Antwerp. CHURCH HOWE, Consul General. ASS1NG UF FORr NIOBRARA (Continued from Third Page.) from this post attended, marching the distance of 132 miles each way. In lww the War department assembled another body of troops tor Instruction at Fort Rob inson. This camp was caned Camp Ueorge Crook. The troops from Fort Niobrara attended, going and returning by rail, th Fiemont, iuxnorn & Missouri Valley rail road having extended Its line to the Black Hills. Ia the Plae Ridge War. In 18W the iudians at IvoseOuu and Pine Ridge agencies began to make trouble for the government, and it was necessary to send all except a lew troops from fort Robinson to the Kosooud reesrvatlon. Eigrtt com panies ot the First Infantry, under Colonel halter, stopped at the post for twelve days on their way to Fairburn, S. D. The troops that went to Rosebud met wltn nusiortune. Their commanding o nicer fell sick and the expedition Mas halted on the banks of the White river, where they re mained until General Henry relieved the sick ofllcer from command and oidered the expedition forward. This delay on the White river caused the expedition to miss much of the fighting. The First lnfamry, however, took an active part In tha cam paign. In 1891 the Sixth cavalry, under Colonel E. A. Carr, came to the fort to take the place of the Eighth infantry and the Ninth cavalry. The Sixth remained until September, 1894, when they were relieved by the Twelfth Infantry, under Col onel K. F. Townsend. The Twelfth remained until 1898. From that lima until 1902 the post waa garrisoned with small detachments, first from the Eighth cavalry, then the Tenth infantry, the Thirteenth oavalry and the Twenty second Infantry. The detachment of the Twenty-second Infantry was relieved by eight companies of the Twenty-fifth In fantry, under Colonel A. II. Bowman, In August, 1902. One company of the Twenty- fifth Infantry Is now on duty at Fort Washakie, Wyo., and will remain there until September, when It will Join the other seven companies who will leave Fort Niobrara on July 16 for posts In Texas. A small detachment will be left at Fort Nlo brara until July 31 to ship away all serv iceable property, and the poet will be turned over to the Interior department. Officers of the Post. Of the many commanding officers that Fort Niobrara has seen the following are the best remembered to the old-timers of the vicinity: Major J. J. Upham, Fifth cavalry; Major E. V. Sumner, Fifth cav alry; Lieutenant Colonel James 8. Brlsbtn, Ninth cavalry; Captain W. H. Blsbee, Fourth Infantry; Colonel A. V. Kautx Eighth Infantry; Colonel Alfred Bmlth, Eighth Infantry; Colonel S. S. Sumner, Sixth cavalry; Colonel E. A. Carr and Colonel E. S. Gordon, Sixth cavalry; Major Lacey, Eighth Infantry; Colonel Townsend, Twelfth Infantry, and Colonel J. N. An drews, Twelfth Infantry. Of the officers In command of the small detachments after 1898 probably Lieutenant John S. Stephens Is Best remembered on ac count of his eccentricities, which took curi ous turns. He had an unconquerable dis like for the citizens of the surrounding country and would allow no civilians to enter the post and ordered all property be longing to civilians taken from the reserva tion. This took valuable and necessary buildings from the post, one of which waa Ihe residence of the former post trader and was used for many years as a club house for the officers. Many other actions on his part made the government suspicious and he was finally placed in an Insane asylum. Regret at Its Fate. It seems a pity that such a large reserva tion of 60,000 square acres has to be given up by the War department. It has been the scene of many practice marches and maneuvers In the past and Is suitable for them now. The argument advanced by the department that Nebraska has more than Its share of posts Is not a very satisfactory explanation for the abandonment of this place, for our neighboring states have many more troops stationed within their borders and none of the posts can boast of such suitable ground for maneuvering purposes. Fort Niobrara Is In a rich section of the country. All sorts of supplies can be pur chased at very cheap rates. Railroad fa cilities are not Ihe best at present, but could easily be Improved. Nebraska loaes a source of revenue and the army loses an excellent training ground, but, on the other hand, many people will gain beautiful homesteads when the reservation Is thrown open for settlement. PRATTLE OF THE VOISOSTER. Sunday School Teacher What did the wicked men do after casting Daniel Into the fiery furnace? Bright Boy They asked If It was hot enough for him. Little Bessie was much Interested In the trilling of a vocalist at a private entertain ment. "Oh, mamma!" she exclaimed. "I do bepe I can gargle like that when I get growed up." Tommy (aged 4) Say, mamma, can fod make anything he wants to? MammaCertainly, dear. Tommy Well, I wish he'd make me a stick of candy with only one end to it. Little Bess Mamma, what makes papa's head so shiny on top? Mamma lie has lost his hair, dear. Little Bees Well, why don't he advertise and offer a reward for Its return? While out walking with her father one evening little Margie became very tired and he was obliged to carry her. "Am I very heavy, papa?" she asked. "Indeed you are, pet," he replied. "Well," continued Margie, "you ought to be awful tickled that I ain't twins." Children are the real humorists. They never rack their brains to say something funny. Here Is a small boy's Ingenuous "composition" on politeness: "Never eat quickly, or you might get bones In your throat. My father knows of a boy who got killed over his Sunday din ner. The greedy boy was picking a rabbit's head In a hurry, and swallowed one Jaw of It, and my father says he waa choked to death there and then. Be very polite over your meals, then, especially when It's rab bits. Since my father told me that I have always felt queer over a rabbit dinner. I don't talk much and don't ask for any more." A definition that won a little girl praise, despite Its strangeness, was "Turf, air. Is graBs and clean dirt stuck together by Ood." New York Tribune. No trouble to find lost articles If you advertlae for them In the "Lost" column oo Tbe Bee want ad page. THE PERMANENT HOME Omaha Loan & Building Association At the S. L Corner of 16th ind Dodge Streets. It Is the oldest Association In the state. Was started in May. 1883. Has enabled over 1,900 members to obtain homes and now has a mem bership of over 4,000. Following Is their Semi-Annual Statement for July 1st, 1906: ASSETS. Loans $1,156,044.50 Real Estate and Foreclosures Interest Unpaid Building and Furni ture Sundry Persons and Accounts Cash 12.fg5.60 2.929.61 35,200.00 8,109.06 S6.29S.10 $1,246666.77 Dividends on 8avim?s Accounts have never been less than at tho rate of 6 per cent per annum. Accounts opened any time. MONTHLY PAYMENT HOMESTEAD LOANS. TCE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ARE: GEORGE V. LOOMIS, President. ELMER E. BRVSOX, Vice-President. GEORGE M. NATTIXGER, Secretary. W. 8. Wright, II. J. Tenfold, Thos. J. Fitrtnorris, Edward A. Parmelee, John II. Butler, V. Scott King. srM tWii TWftPa UWIHVt II M BOOKKEEPING BY MACHINERY Electrte Machines laed to Add, to ahtraet, to Multiply and , to Divide. It will no doubt be a matter of Interest and Information to persons not acquainted with the routine and methods of the audit ing office of the government to know that the bulk of the postmasters' accounts, especially the offices In large oitlea, such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Buf falo, San Francisco, Boston, Kansas City, Nashville and Pes Moines are done by ma chines. The office of the auditor for the post- office. Treasury department, besides being the largest and best known of the auditing offices of tha government, of which there are six. by reason of having to deal with ; the postmasters throughout the country, as well as the largest accounting office, not only In the United States, but in the world, has the distinction of having re cently oompleted the Installation of the largest electric adding machine plant In tha government, at a cost of something be tween 6,000 and 17,000. Some years ago an experiment waa made In this offioe with one or two adding ma chines of the crank pattern to test the adaptability of machines for the work. Facility, accuracy and dispatch were thor oughly demonstrated lo the entire satis faction of the officials and each year since more machines have been added, until, with the last purchase, entirely replacing crank machines with the electrlo motor type, the number used has doubled In the past five years. The auditing of postmasters' accounts, which, as the name of the office would in dicate, Is the work of the office, necessi tates the handling of many money orders, which are the vouchers for the credit claimed by the postmasters. The machine section la In the Inspection division, of which B. A. Allen Is chief. This division Is the first to receive the accounts of the postmasters, with vouchers both foreign and domestic, together with ny orders which may have been spoiled in Issue or In printing, as sometimes bap- pens. A few days after the close of the period for which the office accounts, which Is either weekly or monthly, allowance being made for the distance which has to be covered, these statements are received by the clerk having charge of the mailing room and by him assorted Into sections as assigned to each clerk; In the case of the large offices for the machine section, they are taken directly to this room and there placed upon the shelves provided for that purpose; with the smaller offices thsse are assorted by states, alphabeted and divided Into sections. In this division the clerks are known as Inspectors. Each Is required to examine the statement of the postmaster, to see if It contains all the parts necessary for audit, to see If the requirements of the de partment as to the preparation and meth ods of entriee are complied with; that the name of the postmaster, name of the office and state and the date of tha period for which it Is rendered, are entered In the heading of each sheet of the statemsnt. The fees for orders Issued, domeitle and foreign, must be examined for error, and the amounts of the orders and fees footed and figured entered In blue pencil nn 'he side, corrections being made whers neces rary. This brings the Inspector to the pnU side of the statement, where each money order must be examined for th name of the city on which It Is drawn, amount In body of order compared with coupon of same, signature of person receiving the monry snd dating atsmp of paying office, any or.e of which being missing the state ment may be hold up, suspended, and the postmaster required to supply the missing data of the discrepancy noted oa the order or allowance made for It. Formerly all the statements wers audited by hand, as are now thoes of th smaller offices and a few large ones not aaslgnad to the machine section, but with the com pleted adding machine plant In operation LIAKIMTIKS. Payments on Capital Stock $1,153. 200.. 23 Incomplete Loans. 61,022.92 Reserve Fund Undivided Earnings. 26,3fi 24 6,065. 3b I $1,245,666.77 J WiTT pw-1"-'"! imiauiajiisma wmrewsBMi the operator, who has become expert by reason of his knowledge of the work and the constant manipulation of the machine, has only to place the money orders In a spring clip, provided for the purpose, which holds them fast, and with one finger of the left hsnd equipped with a rubber stall to turn the orders, he uses the right hand to enter the amounts on the keyboard of th machine, pressing the electric button on the side as each Item Is entered and at the end of a double stroke strikes tho tntnl, while another, pressing the button at tha same time clears the machine for another batch of orders. Milton T. Adklns, head of the machtn section, and his assistant, J. E. Nlohols, are thoroughly familiar with the work and show great Interest In explaining methods. Shelby J. Davidson Is said to be an expert In the manipulation of the machine. He understands the mechanism and construc tion, and has charge, under the chief clerk, of the repairs, adjustments and care of the machines. The machine perform all the funda mental operations of arithmetic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with as much ease and facility a that of addition, for which It Is commonly used. There are twenty machines In the room, which are connected from the drop lights with the electric current In the building. The operators are said to average dally 10,000 paid orders entered and added. Thla average has been broken both by Mr. David son and Eugene N. Brooks, the Intter hav ing to his credit a dally average of 14,000 for more than a month nt a time. The postofllce nioney ord-r system wai established in ISfia with 4V offices. There was a steady Increase from year to year until July 1, 1905, when there were some thing like 37,000 offices doing money ordor business. Washington Post. BEARDING THE PRAIRIE WOLF Wyoming's Israel Palaan Polls Off Hlatorlo Incident la Cave. There are still some parts of th country where. It appears, daring exploits against dangerous wild beasts may be undertaken. C. E. Blondle, a ranchman In the Big Horn country of Wyoming, according to a corre spondent of the San Jose (Cal.) Mercury, has emulated Israel Putnam in slaying a wolf In Its cave, though he did nnt com out of the encounter as well as his proto type. Blondle had suffered losses from tha ravages of wolves among his cattle, and recently discovered a den on a rocky hill side In which were six half-grown wolves. Armed only with his six-shooter, the -hunter entered the den and had killed five of tha puns, when the mother, hearing their cries, entered the den. The cave waa too small for Blondle to stand upright, so with only one cartridge In, his gun he was compelled to meet the attack of th enraged sha-wolf on hi hands and knees, and In darkness that prevented his reloading his six-shooter. The animal hesitated as she entered the den, but the smell of the blood of h r dead offspring and the yelps of the pup still alive, emboldened her to rush at the rancher and fix her teeth in hi arm. Just as she took hold of him he fired h!s remaining shot Into her skull, snd fortunately killed her Instantly, but her teeth remained fixed In his arm, while her body blocked the way out of the Utile cavern. Cslng th barrel of his revolver as a lever, Blondle succeded In loosening the Jaws of the wolf and made his way Into the open. His horse, terrified by th approach of the wolf or the commotion In- th cave, had fled, compell ing htm to walk several miles to his home with Ms wounded arm, the injuries to which were so severe aa to put him under a doo tor car. Jefferson's Daughter Marries. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. July ..-Announce-ment has been made here of tha ... marriage on June 8. at Cambridge, Mass., of William Wellington Corlett. son of a former attorney of this city, to Miss La retta Jefferson, granddaughter of the late Joseph Jefferson, th actor. Mr. Corlett (graduated from Harvard last month.