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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1907)
2 TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEEi MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1907. SIT.AR IS ABOUT ALL HAUL Campaicn of Grind Island Factor On of LoacMt ii Iu Bitter, MOST OF THE BEETS SHIPPED IN BY RAIL 1 aires Mere Are Rtlirl la Vletalty ! Fester? Fears Art Eirtaif4 It Mill B Dismantled I'ltlmatcly. GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Jan. a7.-Spe-cial.) The longest run In the history of the local plant of the American Reet Sugar company la about to draw to a close. The factory haa now been In operation on the 1M crop of beets of 131 days, while the average run will not be much over 100 days. Over S.OGO acres of beets were contracted for and the tonnage and quality Of beets has been good above the aver age. A fine product of sugar Is being turned out, and, especially considering! all of the. disadvantage the management has been under, the "campaign" has been a very favorable one. The factory .uses car loads upon carloads of coal, coke, lime rock, etc.,' besides having to haul most of the beets by rail. With the condition of traffic, the railroads" having not been able to forese and prepare for the Immens? Increase In this section, there has been little of a shutdown, night or day. in the process of making sugar. Two hunderd men, one-half each for a day and night shift of twelve hours eaoh, have been em ployed In the direct beet campaign, not Including the force necessary in the earlier osmose campaign of working over syrups, and about 178,000 In wages have been paid. About lOO.OrX) will have been paid out for beets, for which the factory has been pay ing !& per ton, flat, for all beets contain ing U per cent of sugar or over. The average tonnage In the Grand Island terrl tory will be nearly eleven. Something like 1.100 acres of the (.000 have been raised In Orand Island territory, by which Is meant within a radius of thirty miles from the factory. The rest have been raised from Kearney west and some In the Republican valley. In the outside sec tion better results are generally secured It Is sald. on account of the fact that by Irrigation moisture can be more readily applied just when needed. However, successful as haa been the cam palgn, both for the factory and the beet raiser, there Is some question whether the future la Just as bright as the result this year would Indicate'. The directors of the company have de elded that for the ensuing year the con tracts with the farmers shall be on the augar teat basis.. Instead of paying a flat price of 15 per ton for all beets testing from 1 per cent or over. $S will be paid for beets testing 15 per cent, 4.50 for at testing from 14. to 13 per cent and 14 for all beets tenting less than 13 per cent of sugar content. Tears ago auch contracts were In force. They almost Invariably caused dissatisfaction. Farmers, rightly or wrongly, found fault with the teatlng. They are privileged to make their own test, by their own chemist. In the factory with free use of the factory's laboratory, but that did not seem to fill the bill com- ' pletely. Whether there will ' be a mate rial reduction In the acreage for next yeai on this account yet remains to be seen Borne of the old and steady beet raisers are taking up the contracts without much dissent. But these are experienced men, some of them Germans who were ac qualnted with the Intenaive nature of tha culture In the old country and know how and ' are willing . to do intensive farming. Others are using Japanese labor. ' On, the , other-hand,! the company holda out, not without aome good reason, that the flat scale Is unbusinesslike and has, as Its tendency, tonnage instead of quality careless culture Instead of the best sul ture and over-fertilisation Instead of that degree In which' the beet thrives beat and does best for Its Intended use. The fac tory of Norfolk was dismantled several years ago. The machinery In the local plant, the first to be built In Nebraska haa been used, the greater part of It, for ' seventeen years. In Inside circles there la some question, particularly If the per centage of acreage should continue to be less In the Immediate vicinity of the fac tory. If new machinery will ever be In stalled and If the factory baa' many more years to run. Tho Institution Is an excellent one, and every effort ' will be made to keep it In operation. And that It will be for another year or' two at least Is certain by reason of the fact that contracts are being en tered Into for 1907. The result of the change In the contract, the corresponding proportion of acreage with Ita freight ques tion and the success of the next campaign will, however, be watched with somewhat more anxloua Interest than heretofore. ; Murder at Fort Robinson. CRAWFORD, Neb.. Jan. S7.-(8peclal.) On Monday the residents of Fort Robin son became alarmed because they had not several days and his mall remained un seen C. B. Brown about tils premises for several daya and his mail' remaining un called for In the postbfflce. The door of his dwelling apartment .was locked, and after consultation and report to the au thorities It was ordered thst the door be fereed open. I'pon so doing, the desd body of Brown was found upon the floor. It appearing upon examination that death was rallied by a bullet entering the back of the vhead. The hair of the head was somewhat singed, indicating that the weapor) was held close to the head when the shot -was fired.' The body was taken to the solitary hospltuj and a search- was a-.' t i i i .i STOP WOMAN AND CONSIDER First, that almost very operation in our hospitals, performed upoa women, becomes neoeeaary because of neglect of guoh symptoms aa Backache, Irrerularitlea, Displace ment.. Pain -in the Side, Drag-fring-bensatlona, DlsxlneM and Sleepleaa naaa. - . ' - ' . Sacond, U&t Lydl E. Plnkbam'i Vegetable. Compound, made from naure root and herbs, haa cured mora caaeg of female ilia than any other one medicine known. Ik reg ulaVra. strengthens and restore women's health and Is inraluabls tn preparing" women for child-birth and daring ths period of Cbanf of Llfs. ;; . Third, ths great volume of no solicited and grateful testimonials on file at ths Pink ham Laboratory at Lynn, Maea.. many of wbioh are from tlms to time being- published by special permission, g-lve absolute eri. denos of ths Talus of Lydl E. Pinkhaxa'g VsgsUbU Compound, Jd Mrs. Pink ham's advice. h . Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound For mors than 10 years has been curing Female Complaints, ssea as Dragg-lntf Benaatitms. Weak Back, Falun r and Dis pi aec men ta. In flammation and Ulceration, and Or -am la Plseasss, and it dissolves aad expels Tumors at aa early ttag-e. 5 Mrs. PlnkhanVa Standing Invitation to Women Wcroen suffering- from any form of female weakness are Invited to writs Mrs, Pink ham, Lynn. Mass. foradvios. BhsisthsMra. Fink hana who has been adriaina; slok women free of chargw for more than twenty years, and be five that sha assisted her mother-in-law, Lydia B. link- Dam in adruing Thus she is especially well quaimed to g-uiae sick woman back o health. Writs) today, tioa wait until too lata, made by the surgeon In charge for the bullet, which is found In the fore part of the hesd and appeared to be of the M-callber variety. Xekraika Hews Rote a, PliATTBMOtTH This eres thS roldeet mnrnlng of the season, the mercury regis tering l below. '. BEATRICE Mr. Genres ftavaare and Mlsa Mary Gallagher both of this city, were married here Sunday. FriATRlCB The Farmers' Institute at Virginia closed Saturday afternoon after a successful run of two daya. PLATTBMOLTH William Hutchison and MIm Daley Campbell, residing eaiith nf riattsmniith, were united In tnarrlaae to- WISNBU Wednesday and Thursday. February t and 7. ara set for the farmers' Institute . at Wiener, with an attractive program. - BEATRICE Mr. Thomas F. Fielding and Mrs. Ida McNalr. both of Lincoln, were married here Saturday night. Judge Ppaf- ford officiating. BE.ATR.ICF H. H. Harney, for the last five years baggageman at the Burlington station here, has resigned his position. He Is succeeded by Ed Jones of this city. BEATRICE A valuable cow belonging to William Floyd, living In West Beatrice, was killed by a Rock Island train yester day, and an hour later he lost a horse. NEBRASKA CITT In an exciting and welt nlarert Hme nf basket hall Friday evening the Peru normal team defeated tne local high school players oy a score of 43 to a. BEATRICE C. B. Rodgers of Wymore has presented the Beatrice firemen with a check for 126 In behalf of the Burlington company as a donation to the firemen's monument fund. BEATRICK The Gage County Teachers Reading circle held a meeting at the eourt house Saturday afternoon, at which an in teresting program was given. Fifty teach ers were present. NEBRASKA CITT The Otoe Preserving company, can tiers, has purchneed a canning plant recently erected In Rockport, Mo., ana win operate it in tne tuiurg in cuniiet tlon with the plant here. NEBRASKA CITY The Commercial ciiiD hss suhleused the Overland theater from the present lessees, Woodward ft Burgess, and will operate It in the future. Charles Koire win assume tne management. NEBRASKA CITT George W. Hameyer of the Otoe Lumber company 'has pur chased the Interests of W. H. Hogrefe and R. II. Welter in the company ana win con tinue the business under the same name. FREMONT Mrs. Nancy Melford died of old age yesterday at the residence of her daughter. Mrs. W. A. O. Castle. 8he was 89 years old and had lived here for twenty- soven years. Her nusDana aieo. nine years ago. BEATRICE Word has been receiveu nere announcing the marriage of Mr. Bon Ral ston and Miss Nellie llelfrlch, which oc curred Thursday at the bride's home In 1 tit a burg, Kan. They will muke Beatrice their home. BEATRICE) The wrestling match held here Baturday night at the auditorium be tween Charles Bluker of Table Rock and the Dago Kid was won by the latter after as pretty an exhibition of wrestling as was ever pulled off In Beatrice. BLl'E HILXrThe residence of Frank Vnrrlcka, about twelve mllea south of this Itv, was destroyed by Are Friday morn .ng. The fire started from a detective flue ind the loss Is about $700. By the timely assistance of neighbors the furniture was 4aved. BEATRICE The funeral services for the ate Mrs. Amelia Osborn were, held Sunday it 2.3 from the family home, conducted hv Hw w r. Drawn. She was a native of New York and is survived by her hus band and a son, who is engaged In the theatrical business. BEATRICE C. J. Claaasen. for the last two years cashier of the State bank at Jansen, has resigned and left Monday for Winnipeg. Man., where he becomeg man ager of the Saskatchewan Elevate com pany's Interests. He Is succeeded In the bonk by J. E. Grebe. - BEATRICE The Board of Supervisors has let the contract for printing and sta tionery to Mllburn Scott of this city and the contract for furnishing psncils. pens, etc., to Walter Bfos. The Beatrice bally Sun will print the proceedings of the board for the coming year. BEATRICE Yesterday Sheriff Trude levied on the stock of novelty goods be longing to Walt Son, who recently came here From Atchison, Kan., to satisfy a claim of 140 for rent held by Mrs. Sarah Orlnsberg. The case will be heard In county court next Wednesday morning. WEST POINT The marriage of Jacoh Blrky of IUinols to Miss IJssle Oswald of Beemar was celebrated at the bride's home, Rev. Jacob Blrky, pastor of the Mennontte church, officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Oswald of Bsemsr and a niece of ex-ftheriff Chris Rupp. GRAND ISLAND William Crawford, a negro, who has been employed at the Bon Ton restaurant skipped out yesterday morning after. It Is alleged, having robbed the trunk of a student who was acting is waiter at the restaurant while attending -he business college, and taking therefrom $ gold certificate and a rasor. i vii.i.KVTh Woodmen of the World have Inatalled John Yeager, C. C; John wail a I. John Monahan. banker: Wil liam Dubola, clerk; 8. J. Rice, eacort. A farewell reception was given tor B. F. McDuffle. who will move soon to his new home in Saunders county. The lodge pre sented a chair aa a token of esteem. GRAND ISLAND J. J. Walker, an em ploye of the American Beet Sugar com pany, was severely scalded yesterday by the blowing out of a boiler tube at the factory. Mr. Walker waa standing In such a position that he could not Immediately ?et clear of the escaping -steam and his ace and hands were aeverely soaldad. PLATTSMOUTH Tho Engineer Johnson, who was killed on the Atlantic Coast line last week, waa not Engineer Frank H. Johnson, son of Captain J. W. Johnaon of this city, who was an engineer for the Burlington for many years before going to Florida, where he holda a similar posi tion, but is not pulling a passenger train. FREMONT Carl Engberg. . a gardener living west of this city, died last evening after a brief Illness, aged 00. He came from the extreme northern part of Sweden and had lived here for twenty-five years. He Waves a widow and two sons. Prof. C. H. Engberg, Instructor In mathematics at the University of Nebraska. and one residing in South Dakota. NEBRASKA CITY-Johrt Bridges, who lost his wife last November, left for parts unknown a few days ago, leaving six chil dren from 4 to 15 years cM to be cared for by chanty. He had previously told the children that he was going away nd that he would not return. The children are being cared for and an Investigation will probably lead to the prosecution, of the father should ha be apprehended WEST POINT The iewly elefted officers of the local branch of the Catllollc Mutual Benevolent association were Installed on Thursday evening by Very Rev. Joaeph Ruesing sa. follows: President, Ruaolph Britxda; first vice president, C. A. Hugoi second vice president. J. Fr Kaupr accrs. tary. William Uentrup; recording Secre tary. William Harstlck; treasurer, John x i-vi . s a - -t m rVhneth; guard, Joseph Gerken: trustees, Frank Resac, F. H. Ollverlus, Joseph Kou dele. Chris Schlnstock and C. A. Hugo. WISVNER At the annual meeting of the Wiener lave Stork and Agricultural as. soclatkm all the old ofttcers and directors were re-elected, as follows: Rylvester Rmley. president; J. R. Mansfield, vice president; Leo Mfere, secretary; W. M. Armstrong, treasurer: J. G. Voa Seggern, I. H. Prltchard. W. E. Kelso. H. A. lielsf and J. P. Mnile-an, directors. At a meeting of the board Saturday it re-elected F. J. Buck manager and selected Septem ber 11. 12 and 13 to' hold the stock show. POSTAL LAW REPORT (Continued from First Page.) counting combined of the Individual pieces of third, fourth and second-class matter, according to Its natural subdivision In such matter as to show not merely the average weight of a piece of such matter, but the average weight of the Individual pieces according to the classification In respect to character and method of handling; the ascertainment of the average haul of all classea of matter under each subdivision or those classes and the ascer tainment of the average lead of railway postofllee cars, as well as the average load of storage cars. Continuing, the report says: This commission Is In accord with the views of the postmaster general that tne whole business system of tne postal service should be examined and overhauled by a set of expert accountants end statisticians secured from the ranka of those professions Outside the department. It Is believed this examination can best e made through the agency of congress. The commission realises that this Is a task of great magnitude, but It must not be forgotten thst great Interests are at stake. It Involves, flist of all, the expenditure every year of 1176,000,100 of the peoples money. It will shortly Involve even more than that, for at the rate at which the postal service Is growing It will not be many years before the annual expenditure Is l.'fiO.uoo.iioO or even IdOO.ow.OUO. The object of this inquiry Is not a temporary or pro visional one. It Is en attempt to get tnat gigantic organisation known as the postal service organised once for all on an economic and administrative basis. It In volves even more than that. It Involves the way In which the burden of that tre mendous service Is to be adjusted be tween the various classes and elements of the Immense public which makjei use of It. Redaction ef Cost. The commission recommends: The scheme of progressive reduction of compensation for mall rarrled In excess of 5,000 pounds a day, which la embodied In the accompanying bill. The reduction be. fins with a weight In excess of 5,0 pounds, t leaves untouched the present rate of $171 for the dally average weight of 6.WJU pound i for the reason that we uo not believe that density of that degree permits sufficient economies In the methods of transportation to Justify a lowered compensation. Where the dally weight, however. Is In excess of 5,000 pounds we think that the economies above mentioned are now possible and can De increasingly uiuiieo. scneme ci re duction which we recommend is thereore progressive, beginning with a 6 per cent re duction between 6,0iK) pounds and 48,0n0 pounds, and Increasing to 10 per cent be tween 48, Out) and (tOAM) pounds, and there after st the reduced rate of $18 per ton per mile per annum carried Instead of the pres ent A-ate of IE1.37. In our Judgment 60,10.) pounds mays be safely taken as the paint where the returns from the Industry be come practically constant. In other words. Increase In the mail handled simply means duplication' of t entile and the next 80,001 pounds cannot be cnrrled any more cheaply than the first 80,000 pounds. It is esti mated by the officials of the railway mall service that the total decrease In compen sation will be for the fiscal year 180s ap proximately 33,000,000. . . - Defects In Present Law. The commission points out that there are four cardinal defects in the present system of charge for sec d class matter, as fol lows: The difference between the second class rate and the next higher rate, the third clam, la too great. In other words, the second class rate irrelatively too low. Wholly dissimilar services are performed for the same rate. Substantially similar services are charged. different rales. Concerning the first defeot th.e commission ays: - ' The" mere "fact that (he iiext'hfgher rate, that for printed matter. Is 800 per cent greater than the periodical rate, creates an almost Irresistible temptation to give all printed matter the periodical form. Im mense quantities of printed matter are put up In periodical form for the bald purpose of accomplishing Its distribution at the cent-a-pound rate. It Is pointed out that this abnormal dis proportion does not exist outside of the United States and Canada. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Qaalat aad Carioas F.atnres of Ufa la a Rapidly Growing tat. Chances for Cupid W. R. Bowman haa some woefully pretty valentines In. Hay Springs correspondent, Rushvllle Recorder. Expert Opinion Wanted Can anybody answer this question: Why Is the cuticle on a woman's knee always rough? Silver Creek Sand. Reports of railroad building In Nebraska Indicate that managers have less fear of unfriendly laws than remarka of press agenta would indicate. Pity the Preacher A dense audience packed out the Methodist church lost Sun day night, many having to turn away for lack of room. Nelson Gasette. Nebraska weather to date has carried little Joy for either .the Ice man or the Coal trust. It la a powerful combination which can overthrow the laws of nature. Farmers' Institutes are sweeping Ne braska with all the fervor of the old "alliance" movement, but the theme of discussion today la cultivation of soil and "feenanctt" is left tn th tpnrlnr iiiapaL. of congress, while the farmers are swelllnri'd'cam'nt- To, the rsprsssntatlvs's chagrin. I . V, slants, Inata ntll. .nl A . n 4 k their bank accounts. No Ceremony Forgotten The party of young people who went out for a sleigh ride Monday night had a general break down In the south part of town. . Ths whole party was dumped promiscuously Into a large snow drift and after the usual ceremonies on such Occasions wended their way home on foot. Nelson Gasette. Pad Took the Hint Some time ago Breeses remarked why live alone when there were so many charming widows that might be won. It is, said this put Dad Tyler to thinking, and the result of his think was he took Breeses' sdvlce, and we see the potlce of hla marriage in last week's I News. Ws wish you success and happi ness, Dad, and may your days be many and all shine. "Breeses," In Crelghton News. Slippers td the Rescue There are a num ber ot young rowdies In Tecumseh, whose ages run from U to 18 years, who seem to take especial delight In going to churches, t theaters snd public halls and devoting their beat energies to disturbing the preach ing, entertainments, etc. They coma from some of our very best families, sre old enough to know better, and we predict soms of them will And themselves In serious trouble unless their demeanor is Improved in the near future. Tecumseh Chieftain. ratal Fight for Water. EL PASO. Tex.. Jan. 17.-1 n a fight for water on the Arlsona desert Friday one prospector was wounded and ths owner of the water hole with Ita slender supply of what. In that barren recton. waa price leas fluid, was killed. William and Lynn Desplaln, brothers, nearly perishing for water, came upon the water hols twenty. ve miles from Haloma, Aria. An old man named Jones had taken possession of It and fortxtde tha prosrmctors fll, 'n: their kegs. They disregarded Jones and Jones fired upon them with his rifle. A fight bgan and hrn It was over Jones ws dead and William Deaplals was badly wounded. SAY TUEr WONT TREAT, BUT" Conresimea lr Uadsr Bmpieiei is Stw Eoslety. NICE POINT IN ITS GOVERNING LAW Aatl-Troatfaa Society Started la Washlnstea Its Membership draw la Rapidly Need of Ameaded Rales EHseovareS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-An sntl-trestlng society was organised In Washington on new Tear's day. The original members formed rather a small group, but now the outfit haa become so formidable In num bers that the boose grafters ef Washing ton, who are known' as bell weevils, are In despair. The organisation now Includes a considerable number of senators ahd repre sentatives. No member has yet been held up to gen eral vituperation as a deserter from th4 cause, but many of the accounts of skillful evasions of the basic principle of the outfit are being whispered about. Two or three prominent congressmen are under suspic ion. One of these Is an extremely well known representative from the south, front Mis sissippi, In fsct, who, shortly after the re convening of congress following the holl daya, waa visited by s prominent planter of his state. It was, of course, up to the repiesentatlve to take his friend around. The representative apprehended how fu tile It would be for him to endeavor to explain to the planter thst he was de barred from staking him to a few drinks becauso he waa a member of the Antl Treatlng society. So before, starting out he telephoned to the manager of a Wash ington house of call noted throughout the land for the excellence of Its liquor and for the vast network of spider webs that hangs from Its rafters. How the Thtagr Arnse. "8ay. George," the representative tele phoned, "I'm going to be over there di rectly with a friend from my state. He likes corn liquor. How are you fixed for corn liquor today?" "Hogsheads of It, air." replied the man ager at the 'phone. "Smooth as panne velvet, fragrant as Jasmine, mellow as" "Urn very good," Interrupted the repre sentative. "Well, you know, George, I'm a member of that Antl " "Come right over, sir," broke In the manager. "You'll be taken care of." So the representative and hie planter friend strolled over to the spider web sa loon. A number of ' the antl-treaters were lined up at the bar, buying them selves drinks. The representative looked a trifle hangdog at sight of hts fellow members, but his embarrassment was only momentary. "I wish you'd try some of this, sir," said the manager to the representative, plant ing a bottle of superfine corn liquor on the bar. "IVs Just In from North Carolina and It's been stowed In a cellar there for eighteen years and" "Well," said the represntatlve, "I'vs a friend here from my state who Is a con noisseur In corn liquor and maybo he'll be able to tell you whether this article " The two men poured out their drinks, tossed them away and smacked their lips. "Very choice, suh," observed ths planter. "Tastes like moV and he picked up the bottle to pour himself another ons. "Like It?" said th manager Just then, saving the situation.-.' "Well, our best wishes for a Happy New Tear go with that qu : and a couple other quarts of the same that we've put aside for you. Like a little carbonlo with jt this "time?" Trouble Follows Content. Then the representative and his planter friend adjourned to one of the tables with a quart of the com lisuor and a bottle of carbonlo and enjoyed a reminiscent hour. The antl-treaters viewed the proceed ings with some gravity of mien, but It waa clearly a case In which the manager of the saloon did the treating, and, as such, called fbr no action. But they straightway got together and rectified an omission In their one rule. They caused it to read that no member should troat anybody, nor should he accept a treat from anybody. The representative was Informed of the new reading- of the rule before the day was over. He had nothing to do but prom ise that he would abide by the amended rule. That same evening he again dropped Into the spider web oasis with his plantei friend. The manager met them as soon aa they entered. Again a large number of the antl-treaters were present, purchasing libations for themselves. "Here Is a package that waa left here for you a minute or so after you went out this afternoon by a gentleman who hod Juat arrived from Tennessee," said the manage! to the representative. "He said he didn't know your address; but he had, such an admiration for your work In congress that he was Impelled to leave this Httle gift, commemorative of the season, for you. In my care," and the man ager handed the package over to the rep resentative, who undid It and found It to contain two quarts of an exceedingly rare and choice brand of Tennessee whisky. Antls la the Game. Instantly several of the antl-treaters sur rounded the representative, politely but firmly demanding that he return the two quarts of liquor to their donor through the manager. Thus the cat was" let out of the bag and the planter friend was made aware of ths representative's pre- ths planter Instantly went ovsr to the side of the antl-treaters snd Joined with them tn Insisting that the representative was bound by the amended rule. The representative sought, by learned quibbling. In which he showed his fine knowledge of the law, to show thst goods In bulk, or In the original package, could by no process of reasoning be termed s "treat." Hs maintained that a treat neoea aarlly meant a dram, the dram being of whatever dimensions the user thereof chose to make it. Ha sternry declared that It was wholly Imrosslkle to regard two quarts of liquor aa anything remotely resembling the thing commonly known ah a treat. Thus declar ing, he stood upon his fundamental right tn carry the two quarts over Into s corner and. at one of ths tables. Imbibe the two quarta, or sny reasonable amount thereof, with his planter friend. On a vote by ' the antl-treaters present the representative waa beaten In this con tention. To hla profound depression the I planter Joined with the antl-treaters In vot ing him ddwn. , Cornered, the representative, with the fighting instinct of s lawyer who finds him. self la a hole, sought another method to Your Hotel will ssrvs Grape-Nuts If you ask. Order the food served dry and with cream to pour over it. wln out. "Sir," he demanded of the manager of the spider web establishment, "at what hour did the gentleman from Tennessee de posit this package here for me In your cars?" Un Was Kx-Post Fart. "At I o'clock, sir," replied the msnager. "And, gentlemen," said the representa tive, addressing the antl-treaters, "at what hour was your amended rule, providing that no member of our esteemed organisa tion should accept a treat, ' made and passed ?" "About half-past 6," replied the spokes man of the protesting antl-treaters. "Well, gentlemen," said the representa tive, then, the gleam of triumph In his eye, "it Is a matter of fundamental law In thin and all other civilised countries that In no matter affecting his person shall the Individual be bound by any retroactive law or rule. Thus this gift Is not affected by the amended rule." The crowd of antl-treaters were cowed by the representative's display of legol knowledge. They allowed him his conten tion without a vote. But they have had their, eyes upon him. What a Western Member Did. Another representative, this one from a western state, is now under close observa tion by his fellow members of the Antl Treatlng society on account of a circum vention of the rule which he practiced and got away with during the convention of architects in Washington. Accompanied by an architect from hit own state, the representative entered a Washington saloon that has many paint ings scattered about Its walls and In alcoves and side rooms. The representative ordered a superior article of old rye, and the arch itect said that his would be the same. Then, although there were several of the antl-treaters lined up at the bar at the time, the representative boldly tossed 40 cents on the bar In payment for the drinks. "Now, Just a minute," said the repre sentative to the architect. "I'll drink mine first," and he poured out a stilt one and tucked It away. "Now, there's a llttlj animal painting sheep, cows and such like away out In the back room yonder that I want to see again. I'll be back pres ently," and - he hurried out to the back room. The architect grinned and poured out a drink for himself and (ossed It off. The representative returned to the main room of the saloon within about two minutes. He was Instantly surrounded by the antl treaters and accused of backsliding. He looked greatly surprised. "Me treat anybody!" he exclaimed with heat. "When? Where? I treated this gentleman who Is with me? I did nothing of the sort! Did he take a drink? If he did, I didn't see him. I wasn't with him at the time he took a drink, If, aa you say, he did take one. How the dickens could I have treated him when I was no where near him when he took hla drink?" "But," urged one of the antl-treaters, "how about that 40 cents we all saw you put on the bar in payment for the two drinks?" "For the one drink for my own drink- pray permit me to Insist that I disbursed the 40 cents exclusively for my own drink,' replied the representative. "I defy any man here present to prove that I didn't pay out that 40 cents for my own drink and not for two drinks." Bound to Beat It. So the representative who gave his ar chitect friend the absent treatment, as It haa buen called, won out, but the antl- treaters are now engaged In endeavoring to find some method of flagging that absent treatment system, which they fear may endanger the existence of the order if it Is not squelched In some way. These, however, are unusual cases. The vast majority of the antl-treaters are not only bltliisf their1 thumbs at the thing known as morning katsenjammer, but they ars putting by money. But the grafters of the Boll Weevil asso ciation are plunged In profound gloom and they are hoping with all their might for a sudden or even gradual breaking up of the Ordei of Antl-Treaters. COAL COMPANY IS ENJOINED Old Concern Objects to New One I sln the Name of Monarch. ' SHERIDAN, Wyo., Jan. Z7.-(BpecIal.)-A suit to restrain the Monarch Coal Mining company from using the name "Monarch" has been filed In the district court here by the Wyoming Coal Mining company, ship pers of "Monarch" coal. The suit Is against John B. Kendrlck and K. E. Enterllne, well known men of Sheridan, and W. C. Irvine and J. T. Williams of Douglas, who have recently Incorporated the new company. The petition alleges the new concern seeks to Injure the plaintiff "and obtain an undue advantage, and to deprive plaintiff, fraudu lently and unlawfully, of Just profits, and to pirate, make use of and appropriate to themselves the good will of plaintiffs busi ness by appropriating Its trademark of "Monarch Coal." The new company's mines sre also at Monarch, but the old company Insists It has no right to the use of the words "Monarch Coal,", as the plain tiff has "expended thousands of dollars In advertising this name and la entitled to the banent. The case will be heard as soon aa Judgs Parmelee can assign a date. Mrs. Crawford Daaneroasly III. HLTtON, 8. D., Jan. t?. (Special Tele gram.) Mrs. Crawford, wife of Governor Coe I. Crawford, was taken dangerously 111 yesterday and today waa aent by apeclAl train to the hospital at Rochester, Minn., where she will undergo a surgical opera tion. Bhe wss accompanied by Dr. Alford, the family physician, snd Governor Crew ford. MOVE FOR FREE SYNAGOGUE Rahhl Wise Formally Usaeaas the Project, In New TarSx Msetlsg. NEW TORK. Jan. n. The movement te establish what will be known as a 'Tree synagogue" was formally launched today at a meeting In the Hudson theater, at which the founder. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, formerly of Portland, Ore., delivered ths first of a series of addresses. Hs referred to his call to occupy the pulpit of a New Tork aynagogue, which was not acceptable, be said, because certain restrictions would hsve been put upon him. Dr. Wise declared that the suspicion that the ministry of both the Christian and Jewish religion wss controlled and owned by the rich, and that the ministers thereof were mere "lackeya of the wealthy," waa partially, at least, borne out by the conduct of the ministers themselves. "The sversge minister," he declared, "Is a tolerated social necessity, who prefers peace and servility to strife and freedom. "Even If the Jews would not observe their Sabbath, It would still be the duty ot this synagogus to proclaim the message to them on the one day in the week when It la possible to reach them. If ws must sacrifice the form of the Sabbath ws will conserve Its substance." DIAMONDS Frenaer. Uih and Dodge. Oil Broker Dies SadSealy ST. LOUIS. Jan. XI. W. P. Fife, an oil and mining broker, aged tt years, died suddenly from htsrt dlxeaso In Ills room i ih fit. James hotel today. FlfUen 1 minutes before his dath he was In ths hole! lobby In apparently tne Deat ot rieaitn 1 In his clothing were found papers algnsd . by Dr. W. W. Flfs vf Dsavex, Cole., said to be his STRIKES AT THE PAIRUNAGt ibslition sf TsBsloa Arenoiei Btlrf D; Komber of Concreiimen. fOUR HUNDRED CLERKS RS INVCLVZl Total Pension Payment glare the Close of the Revolatlnnery War Asneaat to Three aad n Half Billion. (From a Staff Correspondent.) Washington. Jan. n.-(Speiai.-fn- less the senate amends the pension appro priation bill by restoring the appropriation for pension agencies every one of the eigh teen agencies now in existence will be wiped out except the one In Washington. The agencies are located In Augusta, Me., Boston, Buffalo. Chicago, Columbus, Con cord, Dee Moines, Detroit, Indianapolis. Knoxvllle. Louisville, Milwaukee. New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Topeka snd Washington. The committee on ap propriations In preparing the pension ap proprlatlon bill decided to reduce the num ber of agencies to nine, as It was shown that this could be done without Injury ts the interests of the pensioners or ths grrr ernment. But the threatened loss of patron age crested a great howl, and Mr. IMlsetl of Pennsylvania, who represents the Pitts burg district, announced that If Pittsburg was to be deprived of Ita agency he would make a fight to have them all wiped out. He carried out his threat and the house struck out seventeen of the eighteen. Now, If the sctlon of ths house It endorsed by the senate, the government will save the salaries of seventeen pension agents at $4,0X per annum each and upwarde of a hundred clerks at an average annual salary of tl.000 each, or In round figures (168,000. The number of clerks employed In each of the elghteea agencies Is: Topeka, 99; Columbus, O., 88: Chlc&go, S2; Knoxvllle, : Indianapolis, 28; Boston, : 'Philadel phia, 17; New Tork, 28; Washington, 14 Des Moines, M; Milwaukee, tl; Pittsburg 24; BuffaJo. 21; Ban Francisco. 20; Detroit. 20; Louisville, 14; Concord, 10. The numbe: of employes now required Is 4S4. at an annuel coat of (436,000. Tha number of pensions paid at ths dif ferent agencies Is: Topeka, 113.567; Chi cago, 7,B4; Knoxvllle, 66,24; Indianapolis. 62.468; Columbus, 98.9BS; Boston, 59.9TJ; Phlla delphla, 89,238; New tork, 68.SS2; Washing ton, 54.177; Des Moines. H.651; Milwaukee, 49.60B; Pittsburg. 46,944; Buffalo, 46,818; San Francisco, 42.514; Detrrtt. 41.888; Louisville. 27.644; Augusta, 17,723; Concord. 16.533. It Is proposed to transfer abont 350 clerks from the different ngeneJes to Washington and It ts the opinion of the commlsstones of pensions thst the change will not delay the payment of pensions east ot the Missis sippi more than twenty-four hours and It. "most cases there will be no delay whatever. " Cost of Pensions. Under the present system the average annual cost of payment It about 48 cents, per pension. This cost varies In accord ance with the number of pensioners paid at each agency. At the Topeka agency, which Is the largest In the United States, the annunl cost Is' about 40 cents per pensioner. while at the Concord agency, which is- the smallest, the cost It 74 cents per pen sloner. The number of clerks required at the Topeka agency Is thirty-nine, or an average of one clerk to every 2,900 pen sioners, while at the Augusta the proportion la one clerk to every 1,477 pensioners. Pay ments were made at promptly at the larger as at the smaller agencies. During quar terly payments, on an average, 14,000 pen sioners are paid eaoh day at. the larger agenMes, such as Topeka. In this connection the committee on ap propriation has furnlahed an interesting statement showing ths amount which the United States ' has paid out for pensions since the revolution. The totals are as follows: r War of the revolution (eatl- mate) ; 70.000,000.00 War of 1812 (on account of service, without regard to disability) 46.642,068.24 Indian wars (on account of service, without regard U; dlaablllty) 8,268,143.38 War with Mexico (on account of service, without regard to disability) ....i.i 88.089.246.23 W of the rebellion I.26.19o.306.0 War with Spain and Insurrec tion In the Philippine islands. 16. 4M, 868 .16 rteaular establishment 7.I28.81J.K Unclassified '. 16.1it6,678.0 frnl illaKtireamanfa for pensions j,w,msi,ui.i Of the abovexamount 896,445.444.23 was paid from July 1, 1790, to June 30. 1866. It Is almost certain that the senate will restore the asencles stricken from the bill by the house, and almost equally certain that the conferees will support tne sctlon ot ths senate. ' ' earns Were Good. Many amuaini stories are told In con nection with the experiences congressmen have with their constituents growing out of the distribution of seeds of "the com mon a-arden variety," The latest is told by Representative Ryan of Buffalo. 'Munv of my constituents. said Mr. Ryan, "live in small houaes, with no apace for gardens around them. I have always tried to distribute my quota of seeds among such of my constituents ss can maae rCRESWEIL'Wl CteaeShraak Oar&Jss Ceuaf JBMaaalZaamaaaaamsBaCw iwsyt .tvui4tiii." tafc fan .Nfma axatsve uromd .fmsuid Cum fiCoU taOLsDay, CsTtsTat t staya Oo tyvsjy r , 1 . 1 a . I loo :AT IHlaimsooinn) FairCt GOOD ICE WELL LIGHTED 110 CHARGE ' l t Take Hanscom Park Line (East Side) Cars to Hickory Street proper use of them, but occsslonally a package gets Inte the wrong hands. A short time ago I sent out a sack full and It happened that the name of an old fellow wss put outside one- par-kage jrhtoh con tained an assortment of beans, peas and corn. The recipient Is what may be called an old rounder. He doesn't own a garden spot aa big as a pocket handkerchief and he spends most of his time In a saloon where a hot lunch Is served each day wltlt a glass of beer. ;'The proprietor of the saloon bears ths name of Mike and my constituent on re ceiving the package went to him and aaked, Molke. hav' ye a kittle on the sthovst' " 'I have thot.' replied Mike. " 'Wud yet cook these vlaitlbles fer meT " I will thtt,' was tho response. And they were cooked. ' "And I have Just received this letter," continued Mr. Ryan, and he handed It over: "Ilonrabll Wlllyum Ryan Deer 8ur: I thank ye extremely f(r the pease, corn and other vlgltlhles which ye sint me be the mnlls. They made a flne male. Mike O'Flahertv cooked a soup outern m and I nlver ate anything liefore which was quite st good. Yonurs respectful. "TIMOTHT J. O HOOLERAN." . HACKMAN IS HELD FOR MURDER Ball Fixed at Twenty-Five Thoasawd, Which He le t nable to Fnrnlah, NEW TORK. Jan. 27. Moses Silverman, the St. George hack driver who was ar rested after Dr. Charles Wllmot Townsend. a prominent physician, had been shot and mortally wounded at his home In New Brighten, 8. I., yesterday was arraigned In court today and held In trS.OOO ball for further examination. Mrs. Silverman today said she and her husband entertained callers until after mid night Friday night. The husband went to bed after the visitors left and did not leave the house again until 8:30 Saturday morn ing. Dr. Townsend, the said, attended her professionally nine months ago. He also attended her husband shortly after that, but was never In the house again. I-ast week aha communicated with Dr. Townsend to engage his services again. Hs did not call st ths house. TRADE TO CUBA INCREASES Two Million Hollars More that of the Precedlna ' Yewr. That) WASHINGTON. Jan. I7.-Never before in the history of United States commerce with Cuba was the export trade of this country to that Island so great as durmg ths last calendar year. American importa tions from that republic are considerably below that for the preceding years, accord ing to a statement issued by the bureau of statistics of the Department of Com merce and Labor today. The total exports from this country to Cuba were valued at 846,491, M4, which la more than 82,000,000 over the exportatlons for 1906. The importations from Cuba were valued at $85,066,296, showing a falling oft of 110,000,000 as compared with inns. The marked decline In American Importations from the Island Is accounted for- because of the reduction in the price of sugar. AHCIEMEITTI. BOYD'6 "SSZ&r Mflri. Wednesday Mat. and NlgJit Return Of the Musical Success, Land of Nod oo SKATS ldwi rz.oo, vuoo. Thursday Ths Brant of ths Senses, Mme. Schumann-Heink tsT COlTtXEKT. Prices, 0o to $2.00. Friday, Saturday Matinee and Night FLORE OB kOlEBTS, la TXS BVTB.BNQTK OS TBB WZU Coming Next Sun-Mon-Tues-Wed. JAMBS K. EAOKETT. BUHWOOD ... TOW IOBTT LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN Mats. Tues-Thur-Sat-Bun. rBOTBSBIOsTAX. MAT. TUESDAY. Next Week LOST S4 XOOat. AUDITORIUM v. . Championship WRESTLING MATCH FARMEti BURNS. vs. Charles Hackenschmldt Wednesday KvsnintY Jn. 30 Besenred Seats 800, 7 Bo and 91.00 General Admission to Balcony ass Seats go on sals at the Audltprlum Tues day morning, January 81th. XBXXS S"OIAZ.XiT ZBTZTXB Bvery Bight Matlmeeg That- Bat., Son, MODERN VAUDEVILLE Jnllns Stager k Co., Billon Bros., Clara Bsaecr'a Cats, afnsloal Avolos, Z.lna Vant ser, Knight Bros. S) BawtsUe. OlUe Tone and Bro. and the Xinodrome. Prices 10o-j6e-0c. KRUG THEATER W Bl l&c-aic-SOo-TBO Tonight 8 lis, X.ast Verfomanee Ths .. eat Mnsleal Comedy Saoeess, ' the Yankee Consul 1 Tuesday TBB BflSBZOBT BBOATB - AUDITORIUM ..Roller Rink-. SKATINO ALL WEEK W laCI IVXIT HKIT AT rS S'ClSCg Thursday Ladles' Day. nra Today ia- 1 ST