THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEBt SEPTEMBER 23, 1900.
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALI
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Demand for Flat ii Ontrannisc tha Omaha
Bnpply Fart.
BACHELOR APARTMENTS BECOME POPULAR
Sew Pkase of Boelal Life Voted be
the Real Relate Mea, Who ria4
Aaetber Aveaae for Qc4 '.
laveatmeat.
New Residences Thai Are Making Omaha a City of Beautiful Homes
LATENT POWEEEJ COMCOBS
Enoonracinr BenlU of Experiment Con1
ducted bj the Government,
WASTE PRODUCT TURNED INTO ALCOHOL
waot Oora Jaieter Than tbo Coasmea
Mrade- gpeoalatlve Reflections
, oa tho Poaslbllltlea o
tho Discovery..
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Plana for building are a much In arl
dence thla fall aa at any time during the
year. The architect seem to keep verf
buajr , at one thing or another, and If
they are not drafting plana for or looking
' frerithe construction of retail, building
ot) warehousea, are preparing plan for
dwelling houae and flat a. The latter
tyl of building aeem to be very popular
with men who have money to Invest,
James Coagrov will erect a row of three
atory preaaed brick flat at Twenty-third
street and Capitol avenue, and Lr. C. 8.
Shrppard will build a two-atory flat struc
ture at Eighteenth and California streets.
Flats and double brick houses In Omaha
are now bringing good Interest on the
money put into them. In spite of the fact
that they have little or no lawn, thCy are
much sought after by people who have to
rent, having, a they do, all modern con
veniences, and most of them being close in
to the business part of town Again, all
those which have been built recently have
large rooms, and an Interior finish as good
as a man ceuld put in a bouse If he were
building one for bt own use. In spite of
the fact that a flat, or aa the caae may be,
the half part of a double house, rents for
3S for the six-room ones, and about J 80
for the seven and eight room ones, there
are not enough' to - supply the demand.
Ernest Sweet haa Just, completed a row
of these eight-room flats at Twenty
fourth and Harney streets, m'aklng a num
ber of fine' homes, fend says several time
aa many people aa can b accommodated
have applied for the flat.
How long before exclusive bachelor apart
ment will become common all over )the
cltyT Blr Horace Plunkett started with the
Chatham and It haa proven such a profit
able Investment that local men are alive
to the possibilities and are beginning to
construct similar buildings. Ernest Bweet
I having plan prepared for a fine bach
elor' home at Twenty-fourth and Harney
street., A number of flat In various parts
of the city originally rented to famine
have been turned Into bachelors' quarter,
and all of them And more men thanMhey
can accommodate. The pen seem to want
to get away from close contact with femi
nine society, except during what they term
their social hour.
On of the transfers of buplnes prop
erty for the week was that of Benjarri'-.
Folsom of Pasadena, Cal., to Fred D.
Wead. The property Involved I on the
west side of North Sixteenth street and
lies just north of the first alley south of
Cuming street. Mr. Wead gave 17.000. and
other valuable considerations for the lot,
which is sixty-six feet on Sixteenth street
and IS feet on the alley and which Is the
site of three very amall old frame struo-r-
.'J res. Unless a good chance for a sale
presents Itself Mr. Wead will hold the
property with the Idea of erecting, a sub
stantial building on It for someone who
want o do business In the North Six
teenth street district.
Mr. Folsom says he haa no Intention now
of parting . with any more of his Omaha
property. The recent sale was. mads for
the purpose of applying the ' proceeds to
Improve other property, and two or .three
1 sales early In the summer were made for
the same purpose. The houses and store
buildings on the Folsom property are to be
repaired under direction of the Byron-Reed
company, as agents, and held Indefinitely.
Mr. Folsom haa seen Omaha grow from a
hazel brush thicket with a few log houses
to the splendid, city It now Is, and has
sever lost faith In It. When he was In
the city last Thursday he -remarked, aa he
noted the steady Increase of population
and; the greet building activity, that It
never had better prospects oerore it man
now. The two years rlnc his last visit
had shown a wonderful Improvement in
Omaha, he said, 'and more than all else he
was Impressed, by the number of large
buildings whloh have been, erected, or are
ow In course of construction. In 'various
arts of the city.
Not content to let the Commercial club
do everything In honoring prominent visi
tors, the Real Estate Exchange has decided
to give a swell banquet for General A. W.
Oreely. He will be In Omaha next Wednes
day evening and the banquet will be held at
the Commercial club at 7:30. The Com
mercial club will co-operate In the banquet,
and arrangements are being made to ro
vlde for 800 members of the two organisa
tions and their friends. President Green
haa selected some good speakers to re
spond to toasts and W. O. Gilbert will pre
side. General Oreely has not yet made
known hla subject.
One of the largest sales of residence prop
erty last week waa the sale of Judge VI n
sonhaler's residence at 115 South Thirty
ninth street to T. H. Matters. The consid
eration la said to have been between 112,000
and 115.000.
3. B. Mason la preparing plans for the
following buildings: For P. H. Lane,, at
1901 Military avenue, a 13,000 two-story
frame residence; for Herbert McCoy, at
HO South Twenty-ninth street, a $4.0)0
two-atory frame residence; for. J. H. Bex
ten, at Twenty-ninth avenue and Douglas
street, a COCO residence; for Mrs. 8. V.
Miller, on Orchard Hill, a $2,000 realdence;
for D. C. John, at Forty-ninth and Web
ster, frame realdence. John F. Meyers'
$4,000 house at MM Wirt street has Just
SAVE MONEY
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Dollars will decrease In your pocket, but
-Increase In the -
Orauha Loaav and BuiMlng Ass's.
Whether your available cash be one dol
lar or uore. yea have your coolca of surely
Increasing It or not. Savings accounts will
give you a self-confidence and aelf-respeot
whloh Is more valuable than dollars, be
sides. It works and earns for you at a rate
of aix per cent Interest dividend every six
months, and payments may be made of 2
cents par week or $1 per month per share.
LA systemavlo. regular monthly or weokly
payment will give you a home or a com
petence for old age.
Our new location I the southeast our-
Mr of lta and Dodge.
Full Information furnished by
O. M. NATTlNOfeiR, Secretary.
O. W. LOOU1S, Prealdanb
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C. J. SMYTHSTS NETW HOME AT THIRTY-EIGHTH AND BURT STREETS.
been completed on plans drawn by Mr.
Mason. , "
The first real estate firm to be repre
sented at the carnival In all Its several
yeara of existence here la the Charles E.
Williamson company, which has secured
one of the best location on th ground.
Just north of the telephone building. It la,
besides, having plat mad of Ha three ad
dition, phnt0s-rrph and other good ad
vertising matter showing a nice line of
crop samples of farm land It Is handling.
NEW MOTORS START MONDAY
Two Mora Cars Will Go Into Coaamls-
stosi la Nebraska o tJaloa
m Pacflle.
The Union Pacific will put two additional
motor cars In service on branch lines In
Nebraska Monday. Because of the great
success of the cars which have been used
on the branch lines already and the per
fection of the engtnespf No. t, the manage
ment of the Union Pablflc Is quite enthusi
astic over theee cars and It Is .understood
additional cars will be built at once.
Motor Car No. t will be put In regular
service Monday between Lincoln and
Beatrice. No. t Is the latest product of
Mr. McKeen and has great power with It
DOO-horse pow'" engine. A trailer will be
used In this service for mall and baggage
and two trips per day will be made. The
car -will leave Beatrice each morning at
11 and arrive at k Lincoln at 12:30, and re
turn.'.ig will leave Lincoln at 6 p. m. and
arrive at Beatrice at :80.
Motor car No. 9 will be put In service be
tween St. Paul and Loup City, beginning
Monday. The dlstm" I? ": ,fme as b- ,
tween Lincoln and Beatrix and a ot
trip will be made every day except Sunday.
The reports show the motor which ha3
been In operation on the Callawy branch,
has rarely been late, except where a wait
was made for connection, and the Union
Pacific officials are enthusiastic over the
prospects of more regular motor car service
on the branch lines.
NEGRO WHIPPED IN DELAWARE
Crowds Eager to flee Brutal Paalsh
aent of a Brute at Wil
mington. .WILMINGTON, Del.. Sept. 21 Before
the eager gaxe of nearly . 600 persons,
Charles Conley, the negro who waa a few
days ago sentenced to fifty years' Imprison
ment and to' receive thirty laahes for com
mitting an atrocious assault and battery
upon Mka. Beatrice Ftaaklah and her
daughter, Mlas Gussle Leltch, two' weeks
ago, waa publicly whipped today in the
yard of the Newcastle county workhouse.
While there have been many whippings in
the Jail In the past, none attracted the
Interest as that of Conley. More than
1,000 persons clamored tor admission to
the workhouse yard, which was too amall
to accommodate all of them. ,
Although the lashe were well laid on,
they were carefully distributed, so that no
blood waa drawn. The man' back, how
ever, when the caatigatloh waa completed,
waa a mass of dark welts and ridges al
most from shoulders to waist. Conley
staggered slightly when he waa released,
but waa able to walk without aaslatance to
his cell, where he entered upon his sen
tence of Imprisonment for half a cen
tury. ALIENISTS TO EXAMINE THAW
Mother Soearoo Soa'a Coaeeat to See
Bpeelaltate Employed la
His Behalf.
NEW YORK. Sept. 21 -Harry K. Thaw
waa examined at the Tombs prison by
three alienists retained by the prisoner's
counsel. Thaw was perauaded by hi
mother to consent to ths examination. Mr.
Thaw assured her son that ths visit of
the physician waa t-determine hla sanity
rather than to determine his Insanity. Tht
alienists who examined Thaw were Dr. B.
D. Evans, superintendent of the New Jer
sey Stste Hospital for the Insane at Mor
rlstown; Dr. Christopher C. Besllng, Dr.
Evans 'chief of staff, and Dr. Charles D.
in'agner. auprlntendent of the New Tork
State Hospital for the Inaane at Bingham
ton. ,
The aame doctors visited Thaw several
days ago to examine him, but ha refused
to submit te the examination. Since then
hi mother haa been endeavoring to con
vince him that his atand. If peralated In,
would result In the wlthdrawels of hi
chief counsel snd make th second dis
agreement be haa had with his lawyers
to the line of the defense at the trial.
RAID ON CATALINA ISLAND
Crow and Paaaeagere Will Atteaaat to
Laad at Avalea Wlthoat
Paylagr Tan.
SAN PEDRCA Cal.. Sept. T3.X Beet of
eight gaaolln launch started for A Ta
lon, Catallna Island, thla morning, having
on board several hundred passengers whe
are going over with th avowed Intention
of making a landing on th Island without
paying the US per head which the Ban
ning company, owners of the Island, de
mand. Commodore X. B. Heller, owner of
the launch Baa Diego, fs In command of
th expedition and It la la the nature of'a
retaliatory measure, aa the Southern p.
dflo company and th Banning company,
who control the wharves here, have re
fused to give the Ban Diego a berth. Th
men pn th launches are armed with wire
nipper to mil 'th barbed wire fence
which th Banning company haa placed
along th shore at Avalon.
Th matter of making Avaloa aa epea
port baa been la th oun for several
yeara .
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COMFORT IN MODERN HOMES
Hsw Useful and Ornamintal Blend in
Twentieth Oentur Construction.
ESSENTIALS COME FIRST ON THE PROGRAM
Tillage that Maat Be Had Get First
Attention, bat Plenty Is Lett
for Exercise of Fancy
or Pocketbook. '
It has not been many years since the term
"modern conveniences" came into Me as
applied to house equipment and It was
generally accepted to Include those two flrse-f
and most Important utilities that were in
troduced Into the house by means of a
system Of plumbing, water and light. For
generations people had lived In homes
counted luxurious without knowing the con
venience of such supplies, but once they
learned it they became Indlspenslble, until
today only the poorer and most squalid
abodes within reach of these utilities are
without them. Considering the complica
tions qf the modern mode of life, plenty
of water and light have become absolute'.y
necessary, but from this beginning the
modern builder has developed a variety of
nonessentials scarcely less convenient and
It Is this list of -elementary things to
day that determines lU... . o a house
to be called "modern."
And of these nonessentials that go so far
toward determining the cost of a house,
;r '.a j e-iierc1 !-. the
ornamental and utilitarian. The average
house, that la th house that costs from
$3,000 to 18,000, doea not admit of many
frills. iThe most has to be made of that
amount of money In supplying the es
sential In a quality consistent with the
general atmcture. - People are demanding
more and more every year and are com'.
Ing too to a better appreciation of the
merits of consistency. Each year sees less
of the cheap and flimsy attempt at the
ornate and In Ita place , a substantial
simplicity that Is truly artistic. The
builder today knows that plain, but hand
somely finished woodwork will return better
ornamental result for bis Investment than
any number of octagonal bay windows and
cupolae. He has learned the value of sym
metry and proportion and hla elaboration
when the essentials have been supplied, ex
tends to the details. ,
The decorative nonessentials of the mod
ern house are practically unlimited. Aa
long as one haa the means to Indulge his
fancy, they .may be added to hla house
with profitable result. The hard wood
floor Is on of the commonest of these and
one of the most practical, and It admit of
most effective application. A handsome
floor will contribute an element of rich
ness to the entire room. The aame Is true
of the woodwork. The beamed ' celling
and the paneled doors and wainscoting
have been borrowed from the old manor
house of Europe and employed with
plendld results In the twentieth century
American homes. And to subdue and sup
plement their severity the art glass, either
In the opalescent or the leaded pane. Is
used In the windows. The book shelves.
once open to the effect of dampness or
dust, and dependent upon the bindings of
their burden for whatever ornate element
they might 'contribute, are today a hand
some, permanent , furnishing. Preferably
they are built In the wall and their
treasures are protected by leaded door
that It I no misnomer to call art glass.
The permanent sideboard or buffet In the
dining room la also built In the wall, giving
more space In the room and admitting of
the high recessed window or windows.
The result Is quaint as well as practical.
Th problem of the frescoed or the hand
decorated wall is finding a solution In a
system of csnvasslng that mskes such
decoration practical and lasting. The best
of planter will crack and to obviate thla
difficulty a canvas Is put on over It and
the decoration applied to this. The canvas
will give with the expansion and con
traction of the plaster and so protect the
decoration from cracking, or the ' cracks
resulting In th wall from'showlng.
The several floor level I on of the
least practical of the popular novelties of
the modern house. This undeniably quaint
and frequently effective style ha been
borrowed from the aame source that has
contributed a number of the most sub
stantial and beautiful features the old
manor house.
It must be evident to thoa who have
visited the old ancestral places that this
characteristic 1 no part of their original
design, but ha resulted rather from addi
tion that have been added from itlrae to
time by succeaalv generation. Aa an ex
tension was desired It waa not always
practical or possible to retain th aame
floor level, and so there was a step up or a
step down. While this rambling effect con
sistently followed la undoubtedly attractive.
It la th eepUonal house that admits
of It
While th useful nonessentials are lesa
numerous than ths ornamental they ar
scarcely costly. First of all ther la an
elaborate system of plumbing supplying
bath rooms, lavatories tcalet rooms, kit
chen and laundry. Aa oven more Intricate
system of eleetrio wiring supplies the light.
So complete la th aystera or switches that
almost any light In th house may bo
turned on or off by literally "pressing th
button."
The dark cloeet and th dark corner ar
unknown la th strictly modern nous for
th lltti bulb at th n of th flexible
wire may lis swung any place without
danger of aettlug fire to the flimsiest dryest
textures. The drop light Is a part of the
equipment of the closet now a day Just
as much aa the row of hooka or the chest
of drawers and the attic, the cellar and the
store room are furnished with a like con
venience. The telephone service that connects with
the outside world is supplemented by a
house telephone system that does away
with the old speaking tubes once counted
so convenient. By meana of this 'phone
the mistress may vmmunlcate with the
maid on the upper floor, the laundrcas be
low, the coachman at the barn or the cook
in the kitchen and there' is no danger of
odors or sounds being communicated from
one part of the house to another by the
wire as ther was through the old fashioned
tube.
And to every otL luxury and conveni
ence Is added tbat of heat by any one of
several very successful systems. The ma
jority of architects and housekeepers pre
fer hot water aa the aurest and cleanest
system. The heat of the radiators being,
less Intense than that from ateam, causes
lees aA current about the radiators and lesa
duat llult). But it Is not enough that the
heat lliould be introduced Into the houae
by thla system; Its conveyance must be as
Inconspicuous aa possible and the recessed
radiator haa been evolved by the Ingenious
architect. This recess Is fashioned to reflect
the heat and remove the radiator to a place
where It will not conflict with the arrange
r:nt of furniture.
The Inconveniences of "wash day" In the
modern home have been entirely eliminated
since the advent of the house laundry. It
la complete In every detail of water and
aewerage, heat, light and air. Ita cement
floors and walls and Its tubs set out where
they are accessible . froih all aides, are
perfectly sanitary and may be kept clean
and dry when not to use. Every appliance
for ironing known In the public laundry
may be had In the house laundry.
The clothes chute extends from the top
floor to the laundry and Into this the soiled
clothea are deposited from each floor
through doors that close tight beyond the
possibility of allowing dust or odors to
escape. The clothea drop to a wheeled
receptacle below,- which may be rolled out
Into the laundry.
A fruit room that Is properly dark, and
the temperature of which may be con
trolled, la another feature of the basement
or cellar, while the billiard room and a
completely equipped bar ar not unusual on
thla floor below stairs.
There Is a noticeable decrease In the
height of the ceilings In newer houses. The
low, large effect la very popular Just now
and very practical too In this particular
climate where heating has to be taken Into
account. The modern living rooms are
from eight and a half to nine and a half
feet high and the bed rooms above range
from eight to eight and a half feet high
These are none too low In thla climate where
there I always a breese, and In the colder
seasons the rooms are easily heated. The
recessed window and the window alcov are
popular outgrowth of this style.
The big. broad mantle has returned to
popular favor, but It la noticeable that the
fireplace I comparatively small. Now that
It Is no longer needed to supply the heat.
It Is an exhaust In the room, but being
Small, with a modest Are In Its big mantle
setting, it still serves to contribute th
cheerful glo and this. In th modern
house, Is Its chief function.
WARDS FOR TUBERCULOSIS
.
-Definite Plana Aro Drawn and Will
Be Sabmltted to Board
by Tralnor.
Commissioner Tralnor next week will
submit to the Board of County Commis
sioners definite plans for a tuberculosis
ward at th county hospital and he will
urge the board to adopt these plans; so
will Dr. J. E. Summers and T. R. Kimball,
the architect who drew the plana free of
coat to the county.
Mr. Tralnor, Mr. Kimball and Dr. Sum
mer together made a study of conditions
at th hospital with reference to thla ad
junct. The plans call for fourteen rooms,
ten for men, four for women; a dining
room and pantry. The sleeping rooms are
to surround the dining; room and pantry.
Underneath the sleeping apartments will
be heating pipes. The sleeping rooms will
be tent-like and through these pipes may
be heated when necessary. The whole Im
provement under these plans would coot
14.000.
GRAND JURY SITS AT LINCOLN
Federal laoalsltor WU1 Hold Forth
at State Capital for Octo
ber Torso.
It baa been finally determined that a fed
eral grand Jury will be called for tb
October term of th United State courts
to be hld at Lincoln beginning October t
Th grand Jury will be selected Monday,
September M. Thla will be th only grand
Jury called during the fall and winter
term in th Nebraska federal district. It
Is tho purpose of th court officials to
transact all of th grand Jury business at
Lincoln and to hold no session of ths
grand Jury In Omaha. This la don that
th grand Jury business may be put out
of the way before th November term of
th court begin at Omaha, that term
being exclusively devoted to the trial of
oases, of whloh there ar many Important
ana, relating particularly ti tho land
frauds aa th cartlo country.
WHERE "RAHAM BRAD LET WILL LIVE AT TWENTY.- SEVENTH AND CALIFORNIA,
ACTIVITIES OF HOME MAKERS
Feature of the Annual Report of Nebraska
Baildinar and Lean Anooiationa.
NEW HOMES , BUILT BY MEMBERS
Comparative Showing of Baslaeaa
Growth In Ktve-Year Periods
Decline la Interest Rate Soaao
Slgalncant Feat ores.
No feature of the prosperity of Ne
braskans strikes a more gratifying note
than the ateady growth of home ownership
among the people. Material progress pre
sents no more pleasing aspect than the
multiplication of homes, evidence of which
is conspicuous In 'cities, towns and country
side. Increased cost of labor and building
materials have not affected It appreciably.
The movemonj apparently gathers strength
from conditions which would almost be
prohibitive In less prosperous times. All
classes of thrifty people are gratifying
their desire for homes. The day dream
of youth, the hope of mature years, thus
becomes actualities, and under the shelter
ing wings of home ownership Independence
expands, citizenship tskes on responsibility,
happiness Increases and family ties flourish
as nowhere else.
The extent of the growth of home owner
ship In the state I fairly well Indicated by
the report of building and loan associa
tions for the fiscal year ended June 30
last, a summary of which ha been Issued
by the State Banking board. These as
sociations are made up of working people
almost entirely and their business activi
ties more accurately reflect the conditions
of wage earners than any other financial
agency. For the fiscal year reported on
the sixty-one associations of the state made
loans for 1.246 new buildings. This means
that fully 1,200 new' home were built by
member of associations In twelve months.
The remaining forty-six will cover new
buildings other than homes. Report for
preceding years do not regularly record
this Item of association work. Some yeara
are omitted. In 1KW 244 new homes were
built. In 1807 S30, In 1908 SS0 and In 1904 l.Ofit.
The number of homes acquired by pur
chase la not so easily determined. The
report ahows 1,972 "loans made for payment
of homestead mortgages," most of whloh
are homes acquired by purchase. These
figures present a notable exhibit of pros
perity of the right kind and give a limited
glimpse of the activity of Nebraska home
builder.
Exnanitloa of Business.
The growth of Nebraska building and
loan associations Is remarkable In many
way. In five year they have doubled
their resources and receipts and quad
rupled their reserve. In ten year they
have trebled their business and member
ship. The following comparative statement
of five-year periods, compiled from official
reports, show their development. The two
last columns are fiscal years:
1896. 1901 ltOS.
Assets
Loans
Real estate ....
Cash on hand..
Receipts
I3.92S.77S $4.(14.744 fS.W1.7S8
. 2.S18.S86 1.766.06S 8.12S.OT6
. 160.246 U0.2ri 1M.CS
62. 8fc 192,260 S44.MS
. 1.446.2K0 J.S61.P23 ,928.23
28,974 33.683 71,651
salaries
Commission ....
Other expenses..
Reserve fund
No. of shares....
No. shareholders
No. borrowers....
None . 7.CS9 14.329
3.093 26. KH 61, UM
None 67.W1 200.738
70.016 U9,9t tea. 171
12,146 31.789
11,138
In 1896 there were seventy-three associ
ations In the state. Now there are sixty
one, the lesser number doing nearly three
times th business of ten years ago.
Notable Galas.
Compared with th report for th fiscal
year 1904-6 the last report shows a gain'
of $1,692,490 in assets, a reduction of $9,890
In the foreclosure account and an increase
of 63,000 In shares in force.' bringing th
total up to 662,171, a nine-fold Increase In
ten years. An Increase is noted In tho
real estate account due to the purchase
of permanent homea by two Omaha aasocl
attons. Tet this account Is but a trifle
higher thsn It waa In 1895. The number of
shareholders hfeji grown from 12,146 In 1AM
to 31,789 In 1906.
The report makes answer to the question
often asked, "How It Is these associations
pay higher Interest on accounts than state
and national banks?" The average rate of
Interest charged for loana during the fiscal
year waa $.1 per cent. The average rate
of dividend for the aame time waa 7.06
per cent. The difference between theae
ltema, lees than 1 per cent, represents th
cost of management. The remaining profits
or earnings go to th shareholders. Just
as the profits of banks do. There la thla
difference, however. The owner of an ac
count In a building and loan aasooiatlon la
a Shareholder, entitled to a pro rata, share
of ths profits.
Doellao la Interest Rates.
A gradual decline In Interest rates
charged by asaoclatlona Is shown by a
comparison of avaragea Thus, In 1903, th
reported average . was 176 per cent) in
1904. 16; 1906. 3.15; 1906, 3.06. Average earn
ing declined la Ilka proportion.
Secretary Roy' reflections oa "full
paid stock" and th sharp Increase la tb
Item of commiaalona, In the report of
1904-6, produced a significant effect in th
present report. While this class of stock
Increased by over $300,000, th amount paid
on commissions fall from $27,168 In 1W to
tlttJ In 190k At the same time th
Item "other expenditures" leaped from
$126,0 to $377,230. Ths Increase Is suf
Aclent to cover a multitude of commis
sions.
Thar was $1.638. TU tnor business don by
th associations than during th previous
year at an Increased expense of $23,901
It Is evident front tho figures that No-
braska associations are on easy street more
securely than ever before.
OFFICERS LETS FUGITIVE GO
Proseeatlaa; Attorney Exlra, Iowa
Releases Prisoner Omaha De
tectives Ran Down.
The Reputation given to country conata
blea by the funny papers and as represented
on the stage was enacted Into real life
Saturday morning, to th great vexation
and annoyance of Chief of Police Donahue
and other member of the police depart
ment. A few day ago Carl B. A. Jorgen
son of Exlra, la., spent a few day In tbo
City, and Incidentally added to hi ex
chequer by passing a few forged check
on the local merchants, so It Is reported.
He Is said to have passed a worthless check
for $126 on the Jewelry firm of Brodegaard
& Co., 115 South Sixteenth street, and the
police believe he passed a check for a amall
amount on a second-hand dealer near
Nineteenth and Davenport streets.
Jorgenson skipped town, but was located
Friday at Extra, where. It Is said, his
father Is a prominent merchant. Chief
Donahue wired the officers' at Exlra to h
certain to detain him, a he had a war
rant for his arrest. When Detective Ferris
arrived at .JUlra Saturday morning It waa
found that Jorgenson had been turned over
to the prosecuting attorney of the county
for safe keeping, who had In turn released
him, and Jorgenson Immediately departed.
Detective Ferris Is still In the wild of
towa searching for hi man.
OMAHA MAN STILL AT HEAD
Ralph W. Breckenrldge Reappointed
Chairman of Insaraaee Cona
mlttee by Parker.
Alton B. Parker, president of th Ameri
can Bar association, ha announced the fol
lowing as the committee on Insurance law:
Ralph W. Breckenridge of Omaha, chair
man; Burton Smith, Atlanta, Ga.; Robert
Dunlap, Chicago; Rodney A. Mercur,
Towanda, Pa; W. R. Vance, Washington,
D. C. The law committee will meet at
Chicago soon In Joint conference with
various state Insurance commissioners,
governors and attorneys general. The In
surance commltttee mentioned will serve
for a year.
BOULEVARD ON LEAVENWORTH
Proposition Will Bo Takes TJp
z Park Board at Meeting
Moaday.
y
Monday morning at 10 o'clock the Board
of Park Commissioner will hold a special
meeting to consider tb matter of making
a boulevard on Leavenworth street from
Thirty-seventh to Forty-eighth street,
from which latter point the county will
take up the work to Elmwood pork. This
matter was agitated by the Weat Leaven
worth Improvement club. Leavenworth
strett from Thirty-seventh to Forty-eighth
was turned over to the park board for
boulevard purposes by th city council.
FIVE CENTS F0R CAR FARE
Oao Item of Expense Noted by Can
I tfldato for Lower Haste of
Legislature.
Candidates before the recent primary
elections are beginning to file their ex
pense accounts. Henry Russell, candidate
for representative, filed his account Sat
urday, In which he states that his total
expenditure were $3.06. The $3 was ex
pended for cards and the I cent for street
car far. .-
CSaasart Haa WfeooplaaT Coach.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. tt-Presldent A.
J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company Is confined to his home at Hsvcr.
rora, a sunuro or tms city, suuering from
whooping cough.
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Th corncob pipe, proudly named "Mis
souri meerschaum." will not long retain
Its monopoly of corn cob. Another com
petitor 1 in th field, determined to wrest
th cob from Prince Nicotine and convert
It Into alcohol for power purposes,
The Department of Agriculture haa been
experimenting at a distilling factory near
Hoopeaton, 111., and ha discovered that
corncob "can be converted Into alcohol In
sufficient quantities to Justify the erection
of a distilling plant In connection with the .
cannery."
"Simple methods of fermentation wero
employed In securing the alcohol from the
cobs," say Secretary Wilson, ."and eleven
gallons to the ton of green coba waa pro
duced. At this rate tb experts have fig
ured out that over 1,000.000 gallon of
alcohol could have been distilled from th
corncob and cornstalks produced In tho
corn orop of dSCB In Iowa alone. Put to um
aa a motor power, that amount of alcohol
would be capable of propelling a car seating
seventy people at a speed of flfty-flvo
mile an hour for nearly 1,000,000 miles.
It la pointed out that the danger of trolley
line In the downtown thoroughfarers of the
large cltlea may lead to th substitution of
alcohol for electricity as a mottve power.
"It had been a generally accepted theory
with th department that sweet cornstalk
would produoa a larger percentage of aioo
hol than th common field corn, but th
experiment at Hoopeaton did not prove
thla to be th case. From the experiment
It I estimated that the cost of production
will not exceed S cents per gallon. No only
would this by-product be of value In Itself,
but it la predicted that the result of Ita
manufacture would be to decrease th price
cf canned corn and better the quality, or
give th consumer more corn and lesa
chicken feed."
Pttltslnr Waste-.
Not only are th cob a waste product,
but tho Irregular and spoiled ears aa well.
Hand labor 1 yet employed In huHklng and
all ear are put In, as the wage acale la
based upon a, measure. These measure or
emptied upon a conveyor and the ear unfit
for canning aro culled as they go by. These
culled ears ar also waste. Tho expense
In bringing them to the point where they
aro culled and cast aside Is quite as great
as with perfect ears. The addition of th
corn on the cob add further to the possi
bilities as to the amount of alcohol ob
tainable from a ton of cobs and will have
Ita Influence In bringing the quantity to a
greater figure.
United States. Statistics show that the
average pack of corn for the last ten year
ha been 6,094,444 cases. In each cibse there
aro twenty-four pound of actual aweet
corn. It 1 eatlmated that there are 650
pound of corn In a ton as It la hauled In
out of the field with the husk on. Tho
remainder 1 waste. Of thla wast 650
pound aro busks a nil tho remaining 750
pounds represent the cob In a ton. Tho
pack of 1906 was the largest In the history
of th buslneas. It amounted to 13,418.665
cases. With theae figures It is not a diffi
cult matter to determine tho enormous
The discovery I a very important one.
which tend to further Increase tho list of
agricultural products from which alcohol
may bo obtained. Some Idea may be gained
of the great waste to the Conner by a short
review of th output of the cannertea of the
waste that th packer must suffer. Figur
ing eleven gallons of alcohol to th ton of
cob give some Idea of th amount of
alcohol which could bo extracted from thla
wast
and converted Into a marketable
article at amall expense.
I Wool Mean Better Corn.
Th converting of thl wast into alcohol
would mean a better grade of corn at a
lower prioo and set a standard whjch would
be quit generally adhered to, especially
by th larger packers. The corn packing
capacity of the United States Is equal to
16.WO.000 cases. By converting all of th
eob into alcohol ther would In all prob
ability be better corn packed, a higher
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