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The Omaha ' Daily HEWS SECTIOll. Psges 1 to 8. Your . eVot . THE OMAHA DEC Best & West VOL. XXXVI-NO. 1G9. OMAHA, TUESDAY MOltXIN'O, JANUARY 1, 1907-SIXTEEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY Til H EE CENTS. Ier. 1 A a. OMAHA'S BEST YEAR Twelri Montht Just Past Maket a lew Record for the Gate City. BUSINESS OF ALL LINES SHOWS GROWTH Activity la Commerce aid Industry Brines Bic Totals for Tear. INCREASE RANGES FRtM 7 TO 25 PER CENT lank Clearings Amount to More Thanfj Half a Billion Dollar MANUFACTURES SHOW A BIG TOTAL Almost 2O0,0O0,000 In ThU Item anil Jobbers Come Along with the Heaviest At uref me Rnilntu la City' Hlatorr, OMAHA1 RtSlNH FOR IfKWl. Bank clearings $504 388,764 .60 Manufacture 195,460,600.00 fobbing 83,899,000.00 . Seal estat transfers 10.368 903.00 Bonding- permit! 4,373,050,00 Fostofilo aour order bnalneas 8,319,348 38 VOKtcffloe stamp salts 673 890.88 XiIts Btook Business (had)t Receipts. Shipments. Cattle 1,079,373 303,343 Hogs 8,393,561 170,663 hsep 8,165,116 1,176,843 Grain market business (bushels) I Receipts. Shipments. Wheat 10,113,500 7,393.300 Cora 81,194,400 Oata 13,396,300 Stye 835,000 Barley ...... 187,000 19,345,400 13,053,300 191,000 61,000 Total., 48,114,100 39,943,900 Bleren months only; December soles emitted. Clearing house totaln of almost $10,000,000 a week; manufacturing output of nearly $4,000,000 a week; jobbing business of more than tl. 500,000 a week; real estate transfers amounting to almost $1,000,000 a month; ostofflce money order business of more N-n $26,000 a day; stamp sales of nearly JSAO a day; building operations of more than $82,000 a week; grain receipts of 45,000,000 bushels and shipments of 39,943,900, and receipts of cattle, hogs and sheep to the number of 6.63S.140. These are the salient points of Omaha's business during the year 1906. It Is a record to be proud of. An increase Is shown In every line of activity and Industry. The commercial life Ot the city was never so vigorous and healthy as during the last twelve months and the promise for the next year is ' brighter than ever. Hssofsptarlng anil Jobbing. Omaha's total manufactured output In 1906 was approximately $Ki5,4tiO,COO. as com pared with $1Tj. Ii3,00 in V."-', an Increase of $19,991,600, or 12 per cent. These figures rep Wsent the total output of upward of 240 t- jrna, more thnn 200 of them being com- business for the year ,0n0, as compared with Increase of $15,881,730, or a little better than .23 per cent.. These figures ire for the 1G3 wholesale concerns doing business in forty-five different lines. That these splendid gains have been pos sible has been due, of course, to the pre vailing good times and the good crops In V . ,i!viy amau. in t ;! jobbing J u tiled to tK.m $U,O17.250 in 1906, an Omaha territory. The people of Nebraska j ln ag a m.gf,enger boy. His early years mntal mu8ll:al Program, vanea wun re and adjoining states never knew greater were employed on the Illinois and Iowa ! freshments and social games of a miscel prosperlty. and they have been spending divisions of the system. Fifteen vears ago ' laneous character. The social feature con thelr money freely for every manner of i Mnjor cnieas was transferred to Memphis ' tlnued unt" 11:45 1,1 the lecture room of the article that is made or sold In Omaha. and slven full oh(lrBe of the Illinois Central ! church, and at that hour an adjournment Country merchants iiavei paid oft what debts they had and In hundreds of cases they have acquired thei own buildings, where they formerly rental quarters. They are keeping better and larger stocks of merchandise on hand, ietter goods they must have, for the farmer has been grow ing large crops and seljng them at good prices for several yearl With his pros perity cornea that of aO trades and pro fessions, and people w(tnt a better clasa of good than they ued to buy. Collec tions hav been very satisfactory all thiough th year, except for a short period late In th summer. Figures on Manufacturing. Packing house products make the largest item in the manufacturing business. While th actual Increase by pounds In the output of th South Omaha pickers was only about I per cent, yet the Increase In value was about U per cent Tl e figures are approx- t Imately $123,060,000, as compared with $107, 000,000 the previous ear. Next come re fined metals, of will.- i the output was $44,- 650,681. aa compared twlth $40,659,400 In 1906. Brewery and distillery products figure $4,500,000, an increase of 20 per cent; soap, $2,000,000, an Increas f of 15 per cent; output of Union Pacific sVts, $2,645, 000; man's gar- I menu, $3,400,000; b-fta and ahoea. $500,000; bag factory prodtirils, $1,326,000: dairy prod not. $3,100,000; whitehead. $750,000, a decrease from IK on acculit of the factory being out of commlosion one month for repair,: structural ateel at I cast Iron, $426,000; stock food. $625,000; pbijlng mill products. $400. 000. In addition 'f these are 218 concerns who products aggregate $9,090,000, an In cra of 20 per ceLt. Detail off Jobbing Trad. Th grocery ttre. as usual, lead In th amount of jobbing business, with a year' total aales of aboil t $16,500,000, gaining from $13,160,000 th previous year. Thla la due In large part to an increase in th volumo of goods sold. t In some measure to the are higher, also to the fact that good tendency of people to buy the best. Canned J offer was made to Mr. Burdett-Coutts yes goods trade had not fallen off, despite the terday by the dean of the Abbey, after fact that th ffrult crop was large and mor sugar wis bought for canning pur poses than in I any previous year. Fancy good and flsjg trade haa showed a heavy Increase. Morf coffee was roasted In Omaha this year thai in 1905. Th Omaha house hav their fill sbar of suocees in bidding for Indian sifply contracts. No new houses hav enter 0 the field, but Paxton dt Gal lagher ar pinning to enlarge by the erec tion of ' an feight-atory building 1S2 feet Square. Thl firm has been compelled to buy th oil Parlln, Orendorff A Martin building, any even with this additional gpac it ca iot find room enough to do business w) th new ho: n building. Th erection of 1 1 has therefor been deferred for a yar, Th dry gVds business ha been coming to th frongf by leaps and bounds. Total business dele in dry goods and millinery was about g'.OOO.OOO, which Includes $2,&oo.000 worth ef rien's garments manufactured In th oity. Ill 1 th manufactured clothing reached $'-i.000. 'ami the entire jobbing business, ll-ludlng this, was $3,010,000. One company lA baiil an eight-story building and th ther has two eight-story struc tures In Icours of construction. A third concern li.i com into the Held, tha 8wen- .,, i)ni. Pry Qood company, with an jniioM on fiu.Ui fg-.. SUMMARY OF THE BEE Tuesday, January 1, IttOT. I The Weather. FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Snow Tuesday; Wednesday partly cloudy. J Temperature at Omaha yesterday: lour. Leg. Hour. Drg. ... 2 ... n ... 26 ... 25 E a. m -r 1 p. m... 2 p. m... 3 p. m... 4 n. in... js a. m . 7 a. m 8 a. m ' a. in 10 a. m 2 :4 at 6 I' lit 6 p. m 2r 7 p. m 25 8 p. m 21 9 p. m 24 Hi m u. m Washlnaton. Department rules Indian Cltlxens can make homestead entries. Page 1. Secretary Shaw reviews the financial operatlrns of the treasury for the year, showing large increase in revenue and circulation Fags 1. Council muffs and Iowa. Past year has been one of most pros perous in history of the city. Fags 7. Nebraska Stm, Operator has hand-to-hand fight with robbers at York. Fags 3. Republican caucus selects Nettleton of Clay as speaker fit the house. Fag 1. Review of the Year. Tast year has been the most prosper ous in history of the city. Fag 1. Much railroad building during tho year. . .Fags 8. Real estate transfers are big. Fag 9. Building record for 1906. Fag 8. Death roster of the year. Fag 9. Fostofflce statistics show a great In crease. Fag 9. luteal NeWS. Omaha gives its greeting to the new year. Fags 1. Council at meeting Wednesday will take up ordinance on grade crossings, provid ing protection from trains for public. Fag 4. Board of Education opens bids for Vinton school and finds them higher than they expected. May be some curtailment In plans. Fag 4. Events In the Omaha social world. Fag XI. South Omaha council to opposo annexa tion. aa"e 7. Accidents. Dead from wreck near Washington will number sixty. Fag 8. Political. Railroads monopolizing all lines of transportation. Fag 3. Much work cut out for lawmakers of the various states. Fag S. MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. Port. ArrlTea. Ballad. NKW YORK Pauvla CHHISTIANSANDHkIIIk 01t LIVERPOOL i'annonla L1VKHPOOL Ionian PATH AS Sofla Hnhenburg. ROTTKHIIAM Bmolrnak. rHKRHdt'KO Bluei-hor ST. JOHNS Pirlnlatl Sardinian. DOSTON Michigan MAJOR GILLEAS RESIGNS Third Vice President of Illinois Cen tral Retires After Forty-Eight Years Active Work. MEMPHIS, Dec. 81. After forty-eight years of active service with the Illinois Centra'l railroad. Major Michael Gllleas, third vice president, has resigned, and nt midnight severs his relations with the com pany. railroad men in the country. He began his career with the Illinois Central nt Amboy and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley lines south of the Ohio river, and aided materially In upbuilding the vast territory traversed by his lines. Major Gllleas, with his family, will leave here Immediately for Los Angeles, where he will reside ln the future. SCIENTISTS ELECT OFFICERS Prof. C. E. Ressey of Nebraska Is Head of Rotanlcal Section of Association. NEW YORK. Dec. 31. At a meeting to night the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science selected Chicago as th next meeting place, the association to convene in the Christmas-New Year week of 1907. These officers were elected: I President. Prof. E. L. Nlcholls. Corrwll I university, department of physics; general ! secretary, President F. W. McNair of the Michigan school of mines. Houghton. Mlch.1 secretary of the council. Prof. William H ir- ru.- rini'la Thil'lt linlverMltV KjlHtOtl I I, . vire presidents of sections Include: Botany, ; Prof. C. E. Ik-ssey, University of Nebraska, 1 1cu- There will be no summer meeting next T- but there " a f,8pf ct th1 the ""f elation will meet in Winnipeg, Manitoba, ln the summer of 1908. At l" " . 1 1 ? '" mpct ln "f "na. th '" J"." BURIAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY Funeral of Baroness Burdett-Coutts Will Bo Held at Noon Friday. LONDON, Dec. Si. It Is announced that the remains of Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who died at her residence here yesterday, ! will be burled In Westminster Abbev. The consultation with his colleagues in the chapter, and accepted. The burial ceremonies will occur at noon on January 5. For the sake of those who will not be able to attend the services In the Abbey, the body will lie at the resi dence of the late baroness on January 3, the public being admitted with restrictions. Messages ot condolence continue to be received from all parts of the world. NEGRO BREAKS CAR WINDOW Private Who Took Part In Fight at Leavenworth to Be Conrt Marttaled. ' LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Dec. 31.-The official Investigation of the disturbance be tween a street car conductor and negro soldier the night before Christmas has been completed and It Is learned that Pri vate Stewart. Troop F, Ninth cavalry, throw bricks Into the elect rlo car. Pri vate Stewart will be court-martialed. There vat no hesitation on the part of either th negro or the white soldiers in telling what they knew and the Investigation de veloped that Stewart Jumped through a window and threw bricks, although he did nut Ua part la th fight la la oar. GREETING TO THE NEW YEAR lumber of Churches Hold VTatch flight Services with Interesting Frograma, DIN OF WHISTLES, PISTOLS AND BELLS Telegraph Companies Rig t'p Circuit from Washington and Tick the Mldalaht llonr Aronnd the World. A large portion of Omaha remained awake to greet the new year, and the portion which was not already awake speedily be came so, for with the tick of 12 the steam whistles and bells broke loose and some of the more enthusiastic proceeded to shoot off firearms. Omaha wis also on the telegraph circuit which the Western Union Telegraph com pany, In connection with the cable com panies, rigged up around the world. Promptly at 12 o'clock, Washington time, the wires were silent for all but the tick of the seconds from the great naval observa tory which marked the dawn of 19n7. Watch night services to pay final respects to the departing and hail the new year were observed nt several of the Omaha churches last night. The services at Ilanscom Park Methodist church were divided Into four hourly pe- t rlods, beginning at 8 o'clock. The social i hour continued to 9:30, the musical hour j Ing from 10:30 to 11:30 and the consecration hour from 11:30 to 12 o'clock. A large num ber of young people was present and a most delightful evening was passed. The devo tional services at the last were full of Im pressive Interest, closing with the New Tear's greeting by the pastor. Rev. Clyde Clay Clssell: "May the New Year be Bright and Full of Material and Spiritual Promise and Profit to You and Yours." Another pleasing and entertaining service was held at the Castellar Street Presby terian church. The services began at S o'clock with the regular meeting of the Christian Endeavor society, continuing for an hour. Then followed a social session of song, a spelling match, silhouette por trait cutting of prominent citizens by M'ss Laura Shear, followed with light refresh ments, after which came a two hours' de votional service until the dawn of the new year. The attendance was lnrge and tho services throughout were full of Interest and entertainment appropriate to the oc casion. The devotional services were given an additional Interest by a sermon by Rev. W. H. Reynolds. The services at Castellar Presbyterian church were the Initial movement toward a two weeks' evangelical scries of meet ings. Swedish Methodist Services. Largely attended services were held at the Swedish Methodist Episcopal church. Nineteenth and Burt streets, with Rev. Mr. Munson as master of ceremonies. The early evening was devoted to social diver sions and refreshments, and these were followed at 10 o'clock with a song service, with Mrs. John F. Swenson as soloist, and other numbers by the church choir. Fol lowing this came the devotional services. Including an address appropriate to the old and new year by Rev. Mr. Munson, these latter services continuing until shortly after the midnight hour. At Kountze Memorial church was a large gathering of young people to speed the parting a ad hail the coming year. The j WR8 "gely social and Included a delightful vocal and lnstru- was taken to the main auditorium, where the regular liturgical services of the church were observed, conducted by Dr. Hummon, pastor of the church, continuing until 12:15. During this service William Heldloft sang a baritone solo and Dr. Hummon read a poem on "The Old and New Year." The subject of Dr. Hummon'! address was "Our Guide for the New Year." Rev. P. M. Alfvln, pastor of the Swedish Methodist Episcopal church of Rockford, 111., will preach at the Swedish Methodist church this evening and each evening dur ing the remainder of this week. Pastor Alfvln will be remembered as being present during the Torrey meetings at the Audito rium. First Accident Reported. But one accident of a serious nature was reported as the result of the Fourth of July feature of the New Year's welcome. An drew Weiss, 201 North Ninth street, was shot through the lower part of the right leg by a man who fired off a 3I-calibre revclver at the stroke of 12 without heed ing whence the bullets might go. The accident occurred across the street from Weiss' home. Weiss said three men were walklng along the street when one drew a revolver and fired it. He said he did not know any of the men. Patrolman F. Murpny iook weiss to me ponce stat.on. where Surgeons Harris and Pugsley found the bullet Imbedded directly beneath the skin and extracted It. The man to whom fell the distinction of having his name lead the list of boisterous rounders, criminals and others on the blotter at the police station was John Hoover, who managed to tell the desk sergeant that he lives at Twenty-fourth and Vinton streets. Hoover came to Omaha under unlucky conditions, making the trip from Fairbury. Neb., his home on Decern- ber 13. He little dreamed that his name Buuuiu iieuu mj iiiuiiiiut-iii noi ere ne nan been ln the city lung, but It was all fixed up when he was sighted by pedestrians tacking from one side of Sixteenth street to the other, colliding with hard objects so that his face was cut. The patrol wagon picked him up at Dodge street and he was booked at the station at exactly 12:50 a. m. Two youthful Japanese, who appreciated the American way of celebrating the birth of a new year, and were sent Into the sta tion by Patrolmen F. Murphy and 8hle!ds, were booked Just a few moments before midnight and had barely reached their cells when the whistles burst out. The honor of being so nearly the first on the list of 1907 did not appeal to members of their race outside the prison walls and at 12:05 a more elderly Jap entered meekly and sought their release. After several minutes of trying to make the fellow understand that after the boys were sober their bonds would be $10 each the Jap went out. but In from which it was expected to begin dump half an hour was back with three more I ing rock In a day or two. This delays work little brown men. who accomplished no for a week or ten days. As the time for ,nore- closing the break is already limited this Reception at Hospital. renders the situation more critical It Is The passing of 19e wa marked at the becoming dally more apparent that unless Omaha General hospital by a reception the government comes to the rescue the given by the nunoa to the doctors of the situation will be hopeless for the residents letter fraternal organization began Its thlr hospltal and other. Every nurse that of Imperial and Cochclla valleys. Nothing : teenth biennial convention here tcdiy at could be spared from djty spent the even- but the most desperate measures can con- 1 th Auditorium hotel, with 354 d It-gates ing In the meeting room on the main floor, where grav physicians laid aside profes- slonal mien, devoting th last hours of the year to th enjoyment of music, singing, , ijCuaUuued a Fourta Page ) INDIANS AS HOMESTEADERS Department Roles 1 ner Have Same Rights as Any Other tltlsea. ( (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Iec. Si. (Special Tele gram.) Congressman Burke of South Da kota, who recently submitted to the sec retary of the interior the question whether or not an Indian allottee can make a homestead entiy, today received n decision which concludes as follows: "It would, therefore, appear that Indians who secure allotments under the provision of section 4, of the act of February 8, 1SS7, occupy the same status as ether citizens of the United States who have made homestead entries under section revised statutes." This means that nearly all of the In dians In South Dakota are eligible to make homestead entries, and that unless there Is- legislation in the meantime, should the bill become a law for the opening of Tripp county, undoubtedly a large number of the Rosebud Indians will register and If successful in the drawing will make en tries. Congressman Burke suggests that the Indians should be prohibited from aliena ting their lands) by legislation. Through the efforts of Congressman P.urke of South Dakota new rural routes have been established In Kingsbury county as follows: One from Desmet, one from Hetland, one from Esmond and one from Tr04,uolg, nni1 also from Manchester and Bntlcrofti efrectlve March 1, and the county BervIce , be put ,n PreraUon Bt that FostmnMers appointed: NebmaVa Crof- ton, Knox county, Otis R, Robinson, vice I D. A. Matthews, removed; Knoxvllle, Knox countv, Vincent Schreler, vice George R. Hodson, resigned: Sedan, Nuckollr county, Albert M. Brooking, vice A. C. Gross, re signed. Iowa Duncnmlie, Webster county, Jacob J. Clausen, vice E. E. Ford, resigned; Plato, Cedar county, John Z. Howard, vice E. H. Blatter, resigred. South Da kota Evarts, Walworth county, Mae Mul lenberg, vice Eugene Overholzer, resigned; Presho, Lyman county, John W. Jordan, vice E. E. Sweeney, resigned. Rural carriers appointed: Iowa I,etts, route 2. Charles E. Coder carrier, William Clino substitute. South Dakota Trent, route 1, Bert Eastman carrier, Christina Eastman substitute. Tho application of F. II. Harrison, J. I Atkinson, C. H. Solier, Tom Painter and B. M. Ausherman to organize the Evanston (Wyo.) National bank, with $50,000 capital, has been approved by the comptroller of the currency. FUNERAL OF A. J. CASSATT Simplicity Marks Last Rites Over Roily of Railway Magnate at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 81. With services as simple ns the rites of the Protestant Episcopal church would permit, the re mains ot Alexander J. Cnssatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, who died suddenly last Friday, were today laid iit rest in the graveyard of the pretty suburban Church of the Redeemer at Bryn Mawr. Following out the deslro of the great railroad president and his widow, only a small number of relatives and friends were present as the body was lowered into the grave. The services at the home of Mr. Cassatt were as quiet as those at the grave. There were no pallbearers,' and by expressed wish of Mrs. Cassatt the floral Offerings were confined to a few laid on the caket hy Immediate members of de ceased's family. During the forenoon hour a steady stream of friends and business associates called to pay their respects to the dead. The services at the house were held at 2 p. m. and were attended by about 300 per sona, including, besides the relatives, all the directors of the company, the general officers of the company and affiliated lines east and west of Pittsburg and men promi nent ln the financial world and manage ment of railroads. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Richardson, rector of St. James' church, ln which house of worship the Cassatts have a pew. The remains were then taken to Bryn Mawr, a distance of ten mllns. The services at the grave, near the Church of the Redeemer, of which Mr. Cnssatt was a communicant, were conducted by the Rev. Dr. James Houghton, the rector. A heavy rain fell throughout the day. FIGHT IN NEW YORK TUNNEL Ma Found with Fractured Skull When Police Reach Scene of Conflict. NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Far below the sur fuce of the earth in a air lock of the Mc- Adoo tunnel under North rlver two men ' fought today until one of them was stretched out unconscious with a fracture i of the gKUll whlch may cause his death, j When a patrolman called to the mouth I , of the tunnel by the report that there had I been a fight down In the depths, was ! lowered Into the caisson he found seven ; ' men standing around the prostrate form '. of John Lundenlng. Soon after the ooUce- ! man arrived the Injured man regained consciousness for a moment and pointed at Christopher F. Lynch as his assailant. He said that Lynch struck him over the head with a plckhandle. The cause of the trouble ttetween tho men could not be learned, Nearly half an hour was consumed ln re- moving tne wounaea man ana me poiioe- man and his prisoner from the tunnel. They were obliged to pass through three locks, where the heavy atmcspheiio pressure under which the men work in the ; lower tunnel Is gradually reduced, j Lundening was sent to a hot-pltal and j Lynch to a police station. I HEAVY RAINS IN ARIZONA Floods Add Greatly to Problem Shutting Colorado River Ont of Salton Sink.- of IMPERIAL. Cal., Dee. 31.-A heavy rain Is now falling, further complicating the serious situation on the lower Colorado. Fleods of the Gila and Salt rivers are now pouring Into the larger river, which to night washed ten bents on the new irMila trol the Colorado river before th summer floods, ai.d then it will be Impossible to ' control It. There is no menace to the lives of th people, but unless th river is con - quered the country must become on tenable iur ta lO.iM w JU,0U0 ruaideuta, SHAW ON MONET SITUATION Secretary of Treasury Beviewi Financial Operation! of the Yean BIG INCREASE IN CASH ON HAND Gain of Fifty-Nine Millions Doe tn General Activity of Trade Need of Elastic Carrency Is Discussed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. "There Is no occasion for alarm. Our only anxiety need be lest we shall fall of facilities properly to garner, store, transport and market our multiplied blessings. Let every man be of good cheer and try to bo conservative In everything except thankfulness." Secretary Shaw thus concludes a resume of the year's financial record, which, he says, has been prepared In response to multiplied requests. In round numbers, ho rlaces the- receipts for the calendar year 1905, at $65,000.000, and the expenditures at $jti6,000,0H), or an excess of receipts over expenditures of $59,000,000. As there has been no change In the tariff laws or the laws relating to Internal revenue. Secretary Shaw says the large Increase In receipts Is due solely to the extraordinary trade activity. The total expenditure, however, for 1906, as compared with 1906, he says, shows a decrease of only $5,000,000. Discussing the finances of the govern ment for the six months of the present fiscal year Just closed, the secretary says the hooks of the treasury show surplus receipts over expenditures of $'25,0o0,Oi.iO, as compared with a deficit of $8,000,000 for the corresponding months of tho previous fiscal year. The cash In the treasury Is $190,000, 000, as compared with $171,000,000 a year ago, an Increase of $19,000,000. The cash ln national bank depositories is $159,000,0(0, as compared with $tl6,00O,0O a year ago, nn increase of $94,000,000, and the total cash in the general fund Is $356,000,000, as against $J42,000,OoO a year ago. Against this cash there are liabilities at the present time of $13,000,000 greater than at the same time Inst year. The available cash balance has Increased during the year $101,000,000. Increase In Circulation. During the last twelve months, the secre tary continues, the money ln actual cir culation, exclusive of the amount In the treasury vaults, has increased more than $0,0CO,00O. Of this Increase, $145,000,000 Is available for bank reserve and $riO,0Op,00O I In national bank circulation. "This," he says, "seems to be a complete answer to the oft-repeated and Ill-advised criticism that the treasury system neces sarily results ln contraction when money Is most needed." He maintains, therefor, that the exist ing money stringency, world-wide In Its ex tent, Is traceable In no respect and ln no degree to the Independent treasury system of tho United 8tates. He says the manifest and admitted shortage has been caused by the unprecedented prosperity In this coun try and reasonable prosperity everywhere. The people of the United States, he de clares, consume per capita more food, more clothes, more of everything than any other peoplo ln the world, and when prosperous they import very largely. This, he asserts, naturally encourages Industry everywhere and unusual business activity calls for an unusual amount of actual money and of credits based on actual money. Elastic Currency Needed. As to the currency reform bill, Secretary Shaw says that in his Judgment It permits adequate expansion, but that its weakness is Its failure to produce contraction. Th volume of money, he contends, does not respond to the volume of our business. The annual increase, he adds, may be sufficient, but there is no annual contraction during the dull summer months. "Only the un thinking and ill-advised," he says, "charge the admitted stringency solely or largely to stock and bond speculation." , Just now speculation ln real estate is at high tide and the opinion Is expressed that very likely as much money Is tied up ln options and margins in real estate as in options and margins on stocks and bonds. ' It is Idle to complain of the lnevltablo," he continues. "The spirit of speculation is among us, and, like the drink habit, those most addicted are frequently the loudest ln denunciation. It 111 becomes the real estate speculator to decry every other manifesta tion of desire to get rich quick. The epithet 'black' bandied between pot and kettle is never Instructive, and Just now it is not even entertaining." The effect of the present car shortage on the money market also Is alluded to. The secretary says: "A larger crop of cotton than usual and an unprecedented yield of cereals, fruits and every other agricultural product has filled granaries and warehouses to overflowing and congested every impor tant railway. A few years ago the freight cars of the country averaged forty miles a day, but, owing to the present congested condition and Insufficient terminal facilities and factory sidings, they now average only twenty-nv miles a day. This delayed freight Is owned by some one and some one's money Is thus tied up." Under our present system th only pos sible contraction during the summer and the only possible provision for the fall Is accomplished by the secretary of the treas ury withdrawing government deposits from th banks when these funds are not needed and restoring them to the channels of trade as the needs of business require. By keep ing a taut rein, wild speculation may be prevented and In most Instances a resultant crash averted. ci IfPCCCfiD oUUUfcooUn FOR CASSATT I More Indications that James McCrea i Will Rerome President of Penn sylvania Railroad Company. I PHILADELPHIA, Dec. SI. A meeting of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania railroad was held this evening at which the election of a successor to the late President r-njumtt was considered. The members of the board will make no statement as to what action. If any, was taken. All the directors except one wer present. It was -inert hv a norson who Is ln a position to ' know that James McCrea of Pittsburg ' probably will be elected to fill the vacancy 1 at a meeting of th board to be held ! Wednesday. MODERN GREEKS AT THEATER Delegates to Biennial Convention Are Entertalaed by Member ot Chicago Chapter. CHICAGO, Dec. Si. The Blgma Nu Greek . present from all parts of th country. Fifty- four chapter were represented by dele - gates. The sessions will continue until j Wednesday. Th delegate tonight were guests of th Chicago uhaptwr at th T I ggjjg , tasatwy NEW YEAR'S DAY IN OMAHA. Receptions Woman's club at First Congrega tional church. 4 to 6 p. tn. Y. W. C. A. at rooms In Paxton block, 6 to 9 p. m. At the Theaters (matinee and night) Boyd. "In the l:ihop's Carriage." Krug. "Everybody Works but Father." Burwood. "Pretty Peggy." Otpheuin, Yuudevllle. NEW YEAR'S IN NEW YORK Crowds of Merry Makers Gather Around Trinity t'hnrcli to Hear the Historic ( hliiien. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. The passing of the old year and the advent of the new were observed here In the good old-fashioned way. The playhouses were filled, the cafes crowded, up and down Lower Broadway moved a noisy, happy throng, while abovo the deafening din pealed the chimes from Trinity and less historic, spires, under which congregations gave the occasion a religious significance. Rain which had fallen steadily through out the day let up as evening advanced and the crowds that made New Year's memor able appeared on the streets blowing horns, ringing bells and showering confetti over all. The police made a faint show of re straining the exuberance of the paraders, but tho good nature of the crowd carried everything before It and the carnival went on merrily. As midnight approached the merrymakers congregated near Trinity church, where as "12 o'clock" rang out a mighty shout, welcomed 19U7. This was followed by "Red, White and Blue," "Liberty," "Ixng, Long Ago," "Suwanee River," "Home. Sweet Home" and other airs, while the listening thousands waved hats, sticks and umbrel las In Joyful abandon. Throughout the city other chimes rang out the old and rang ln the new. The celebrations In the cafes surpassed all previous carnivals of Jollity ln New York. GUGGENHEIM FOR SENATOR Candidacy of Smelter Trust Mnu Endorsed by Caucus of Repub lican Legislators. DENVER, Dec. 31. Simon Guggenheim's election as United States senator to suc ceed Thomas M. Patterson Is assured by the action of the republican members of the general assembly ln caucus this after noon. Mr. Guggenheim's candidacy was endorsed by a vote of 68 to 1. Seventy of the 100 members of the legis lature arc- republicans and all but one of them participated ln the caucus. Mr. Guggenheim is 39 years of age and Is a son of the late Meyer Guggenheim of New York. He Is a very wealthy man and I a member of the executive commit tee of th American Smelting and Refining company. In nn Interview today Mr. Gug genheim said: "If I go to the senate It will not be to represent the smelting company or any other company or any Interest. I will go as Simon Guggenheim, plain citizen, to rep resent the people of Colorado. An honor able ambition Is permitted to every mnn, even to the wealthiest, and It is my ambi tion to serve my country. "When I was a younger man I had the ambition to make myself independent, I have done that. I wanted Independence that I might go into politics with free hand3. Why should not nn independent mnn serve his country with all his wealth and with all his heart as well?" BLACK HILLS MINES CLOSE Demand of Miners for an Eight-Hour I Dny Assigned aa Reason. tho TERRY, S. D., Dec. SI. (Special Tele- gram.) mis uwnimu nm Reward and other companies working on the flat formation of the Bald mountain, Ruby Basin, Ragged Top and other sill- clous districts of the hills, closed down their mines and suspended operations, the demand for an eight-hour day by the miners being assigned as the reason for the close-down, the companies maintaining that they cannot afford to be saddled with fur- ., V. m..l e..l.,nn ther additional expense because of the low grade character of the ore which they are mining and milling. The mills of the Golden Reward, Imperlnl and Dakota com panies, with a capacity of several thousand tons of ore a day, will suspend operations tomorrow. It Is not thought the trouble will be of long duration. Everything Is quiet. Several thousand men are af fected by the disagreement between th miners and companies. MORE STORAGE FOR GRAIN Nye-Schnelder-Fowler Elevator Open and Crowel House Will Be Enlarged. The Nye-Schnelder-Fowler elevator, tn the aouthern part of the city, with a ca pacity of 1,000,000 bushels, has been com pleted and is open for receiving grain today. The Crowell Grain and Lumber company Is contemplating the erection of huge steel storage tanks at its elevator at Ohio street and the Omaha tracks. The elevator now has a capacity of only 125,000 bushels, but it is proposed to Increase this by 600,000 bushels by building the tanks. BUFFALO BULLS GO TO MEXICO Both of Them to Be I'sed In Ring, One to Fight Common Bull, th Other a Man. PIERRE, S. D.. Dec. Sl.-(Speclal Tle I gram.)-Scotty Philips has Just returned j from a trip to El Paso, Tex., and while in that city he disposed of two of his ! largest buffalo bulls, to be shipped to that place, to be used In a bull nght across the line ln Mexico on January 27. One of the bulls will be pitted against a native Mexi can bull and the other will be used tn a regular fight with a matador. CONDITION 0FTHE SICK ONES "No Change" Is th Report from Red sides ot Count Crelghton and J. B. Kitchen. While he could not be said to be any worse. John A Crelghton was a trifle rest- . less during the night, not resting very well 1 The attendants described tils Illness to be as during the day, without change. "No change'' wa the statement from the home of J. B. Kitchen, regarding Ui condition of air. JaUlcbtn, also. .NETTLETON THE MAN Clay Connty Member Named for Speaker and Bail read Lobby Gets a Jolt CORPORATIONS BALK ON CAUCUS PLAN ProTidel fcr a Two-Thirds Vote to Nominate and Ihey Frotest. MAJORITY RULE, OPEN BALLOT ACCEPTED t Railroad Element Fights On, bat Unabla to Make Fnrthtr Headway. SAUNDERS PRESIDLNT PRO TEM OF SENATE Clyde Rarnard Chosen Chief Clerk ol the Ilnnse of Representatives by Acclamation Evening's Pro ceedings Animated, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 31.-(Sprclal Telegram.) The first skirmish In the legislative battl of 1907 resulted In a signal victory for th suuare deal and a telling defeat for th railroad combine by the election of Dan M. Nettleton of Clay county to be speaker of the house. Nettleton won on the. third ballot la tho house caucus, ln whic'.l hi principal competitor was McMullen of Gage, behind whom the railroad element attempted to take a stand. It was a Jolt from the shoulder that knocked the rail road bunch clear off Its feet, and It took some time before the fallen heroes wera able to climb "nut of the snowbank." aa McMullen facetiously termed It. The skirmishing was started bright and early ln the morning, when a conference was held, attended by all the speakership candidates, to discuss the caucus call. At the conference, which was attended by ton candidates, it was agreed that the caucus paper should call for an open ballot, with a two-thirds vote to nominate and flfty-ono slgnutures to make effective. In this con ference McMullen nt once tipped his hand. If any further disclosure were necessary to show that he was counting on tho sup-.. port of the railroad combine. Ho strenu ously orposed the two-thirds rule and th open ballot, but finally affixed his signature to it along with all the others. When word got abroad that these condi tions had been accepted the railroad lobby ists on tho outside protested fast and furious. They sent word to their agent and emissaries that this would never do; that It was unprecedented to require any thing more thnn a majority In a speaker ship caucus and that the right and privilege of euch member to vote In secret must b protected. Wilson Starts the Tronbla. Under orders from Frank Young, th Burlington lobbyist, Representative Wil son, who halls from Young's district, set out to foment an Insurrection. He mounted a table ln the lobby of the Llndell anil . proclaimed loudly the right of the mem bers of the house to enter Into caucus on.4 their own terms and conditions, without the aid and consent of any candldnte on earth, and he was Immediately seconded by McMullen himself, who explained that while he had signed the original caucus paper, he had done so under duress and did not propose to abide by It- Nettleton, Dodge and others followed. Insisting that the caucus rules were meet and proper and Inviting the members to sign up. The caucus pnper got us far as thirty-six sig natures and then hung fire while the coun ter call circulated by Wilson was deco' rated by about six signatures.' The con tention waxed faster and more furious while the corporation messengers, under direction of Burlington Lobbyists Dllworth and Young and Union Pacific Lobbyist Clancy were dispatched in all directions to bring pressure upon members in behalf , of McMullen To B'top ,h"e tumult a Becond eonfernc , of ,he camndates was i,rougllt nt0 action I ahout 6 0.p,nt,k whl(.h wa edlflod hy n other protracted debate. It was now plain that u wa8 McMuilen on one 1le wltfl occaa0nal assistance from Hill, and all , the otherg on the oth(,r .de, Tha cann-. dates consented to reduce the number necessary to nominate from two-thirds, or forty-six, to a majority, or thlrty-slx, while retaining the open ballot, although over the objection of McMullen. This Is the way the situation stood when the supper bell rang. When th crowd gathered again in the Llndell lobby, an hour later, the oratory was renewed In th form of a running fire between speakers standing upon the table and cross ques tioners on the floor. McMullen, Nettleton, Dodge, E. P. Brown and Harrison all orated. Some one tried to pin McMul!en down by questioning him where he stood as between on open and a secret ballot, but he refused to tell. Open Caucus, Open Ballot. Although no more signatures were added to tha caucus call, the house member gradually repaired to the hall where they were to meet and organized by mutual con sent, with Secretary of State Junkln in th chair. Not only was the ballot open, but th caucus was open as well, with the whole world invited to watch Uie proceedings a spectators. No nominating speeches was the rule and the balloting proceeded by roll call. The result of the ballots was as fol lows, winding up with a motion to suspend the rules and make the selection of Nettle ton unanimous: FirBt Second Third Ballot. Ballot. Ballot. Armstrong 5 0 0 Brown 11 6 0 Ixxlgn 11 11 g Harrison 3 0 0 Hart $00 Hill $ 0 0 K.-ifer Ill McMullen 18 19 Jl Marsh $00 Nettleton 12 81 60 Dodge received In addition to the vote of his associates on the Douglas delega tion the votes of Mllllgan and Saunders. The McMullen votea on the second bal lot, when hi) reached his maximum, wer as follows: liyram. Culdlce, Kller, Fletcher, Gluim. liamer, Hill. Klllen, I -ah ncra, Line McCullough, Iiaper, Renkle Rohrer, Smith, Stlnaeur, Thlessen, Whit ham and Wilson. The first transfer to Nettleton wa Bly stone of I jmcaater, and all th Lancas'r men followed suit on the second bailu The Douglas men who got Into the NfU tleton column were Lee, Tucker aVid Walsh, while Harvey redeemed bis promise to McMullen by voting for the Gage county nun. Walsh prides himself on being on of the original Nettleton men, having an nounced early that he would go to th Clay county candidate whenever he left Dodge. Walsh, by th way, says he wajfjj jj jjCimtloued tu t'UUi Pag4 'by ;i i i, iain! u. bast Sy Drug. B sur baaa v. f Ui operator. A
