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Hew County Councils Are Saving
Taxpayers Great Sums.
ECONOMY IN ROAD BUILDING
gteam Boilers Are Introduced for the
Jt First Time.
LABOR IS EMPLOYED DIRECT
Price is Reduoed from Thirty to
Twenty Cents a Perch.
RATE COLLECTION IMPROVES
Local Tax Books Are Closed Promj'-J'
for First Tlaie In Yeuru
Kim Decrease la
Pauperism.
DUBLIN. Oct. 2.-(8peclal.) There could
be no stronger argument for the policy
of letting- the Irish people manage their
own fcffalrs than the success of the popu
larly elected county councils frhlch were
constituted under the local gavernment act
a few years ago. The annual report of
the local government board has Just been
Issued and It shows that the work of
these councils In the administration of
local affairs Is far superior to that Of the
old grand juries, which were' composed
of the landlords and their satellites In the
districts over which they exercised Irre
sponsible sway.
On of the great works which has been
accomplished by . the county councils . Is
the Improvement, of the roads. It may
seem strange to American ears to hear a
local authority bragging about the adop
tion of steam rollers as a great step In
advance, but It la a step In advance. The
old method of building and maintaining
Irish roada was by hand labor. Seventeen
out of the twenty-three county councils
have Introduced steam rollers for the
roads, and the result Is that they are get
ting much better roads for much less
money than formerly. Several of them
have also Introduced the direct employ
ment of labor on the rotfds, and the Tlp-
perary county council reports that whereas
the contract cries was SO cents a perch. It
la now getting the work better done by
direct labor for 20 cents a perch. The
mileaee of Its roads has been Increased
In three years from 336 to 741. miles.
Collection of Rates Improves.
The collection of rates has also been
muoh Improved. Only two rale collectors
In the whole of Ireland had not completed
the collection of all the local taxes In
their districts at the end of the last fiscal
year. Under the old system the books
were often kept open for five or, six years
One of the most striking cases of effl.
elency Is In the working of the public
health and sanitation acts. The number
of ras of fever lust "year was the lowest
on. record, and In all of Ireland there was
only one case of jmallpcw. and that was
lirpnrted by a commercial traveler from
Jy., gland. . , '
- The report also notes a great decrease
In the number of outdoor paupers that, Is,
persona who although not Inmates of the
workhouse are receiving relief from the
guardians. There were 6,057 fewer of these
persons than In the previous year and there
was no Increase In the number of Indoor
paupers except In the Infirmaries, where 600
mora patients were treated. Thla Is ex
plained by the enforcement of the policy
of inducing the sick poor whenever possible
to enter the Infirmaries and receive proper
treattnent. The cost of outdoor relief haa
been reduced 153.000 ami the cost In Indoor
relief in spite of the Increase of hospital
Inmates lias been reduced by good man
agement to
Luautle In Bsilaeu,
One of the curiosities left over from
the old administration of the public char
ities has Just been discovered by tho Don
egal district asylum management coinmlt
tee. It seems that a lunatto who haa
been an Inmate of the asylum at Letter
kenny for the last six years has all that
inie been carrying on a profitable trade as
a sheep dealer, no remea (rasing innus.
bought and sold sheep, and be was al
lowed to attend the fairs and markets In
charge of a keeper., lie received his bual
ness letters and telegrams at the asylum
and one of the, clerical staff kept his books
and collected his accounts. It Is said that
several of the asylum attendants and offl
clals profited by tho Inmate's expert know".
edge of sheep to do a little trading of their
own. All this time the lunatic who was
making an average profit of more than
$1,000 a year was being supported out of the
taxes. The committee promptly directed
Its lawyer to recover the money spent on
Uo maintenance and a special committee
Ml appointed to find out whether a man
who was sane enough to earn 12,000 a year
at sheep dealing among the sharpest buy
era and sellers In the world, is mad enough
to be detained In an asylum.
Lord Aberdeen, the lord lieutenant of Ire
land. Is erecting a statue of the late Queen
Victoria, largely at his own expense, on
the castle grounds at Dublin. A few morn
ings ago the workmen on coming to work
found the following Inscription painted on
the partially completed pedestal:
Behold a statue here doth stand
Of queen who never loved our land.
By foreign workmen solely planned.
Erected to a lord's command.
During King Edward's recent visit to
. Ireland it was noticed that on one or two
occasions he replied In Gaelic phrasea to
addresses of welcome in which Gaelic
waa uaed. It was stated then that the king
had learned the phrases for tlie occasion
but It Is now learned that when a boy he
acquired a good speaking knowledge of the
ancient tongue from Donald McFpydm,
who was then schoolmaster at Balmoral,
Life of Small Farmers.
Bom terrible stories of tho life of the
small farmers In certain dial riots of the
west continue to be told to the Royal Com
mission on Co-igestlon. One wltnea who
waa brought to Sllgo said that lie had a
wife and two children and a mother to
support on two acres of land. He worked
verv day from 6:30 in the morn
ing until M or IS at night and lie did not
know what a holiday was.
Another witness was from the island of
Inulahmurry, which Is about a mile long
tuul half a mile wide and has a population
of nlnaty. "We Lave no rats and no potato
blight," he said. "The Atlantic does all
the spraying and kills the blight and the
liotaioes as well and the rats have starved
i.i death long ago. - We have no tax col
lectors either, lor tUe collectors can't
any taxes."
A priest was asked In another district If
the landlord supplied lime for manuring,
''1 nver knew the landlord to aupply any
thing li this .district but evlilwu pruc-
." b ehcd. . F. X. Cl'U-EN.
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DOKZITXO.
Banks of New York decide to Issue
clearing house certificates and bankers
believe the worst of the financial diffi
culty is over. The Pittsburg exchange
will probably reopen Monday. The light
ness of money has commenced to affect
labor. The United States Bteel plant at
Columbus, O., has closed down Indefinitely.
X, Pag 1
Two men suspected of robbing the Ori
ental Limited train of the Great North
ern road were arrested at Spokane.
lfiiuls the robbery of the
United States Express company at Mil
waukee. . X. Xage 1
December 18 has been agreed on as the
date for the start of the American Meet
for Pacific waters. X, rags S
A train load of laborers fell Into a lake
at Mlllinocket and many were drowned.
Trial of George A. .Pcttlbone has been
postponed until November 18. X, Fage 1
President Roosevelt has specified No
vember 28 as Thanksgiving day.
X, Page 1
President Roosevelt promises to use his
Influence in the future for separate state
hood for Arizona and New Mexico.
X. Page 1
Kansas man on eteamer Baltic, who was
on his way to be married In Kansas, com
mits suicide by Jumping Into the ocean.
X. Page 1
Secretary Straus has plan to make his
department mora efficient for business
men of the nation. X, Pags 1
President Roosevelt's 49th birthday will
be observed today. XVPage 1
Numerous - Indictments brought against
Cashier Rinrhart of the Farmers' and
Drovers' bank of Waynenbuig. X, Pags 6
Paymaster of Crescent City Coal com
pany eludes bandits. X, Pag B
KEBKASXA.
Chairman Hayward of ;the republican
state committee urges the voters of the
party to action, saying the only danger
to the ticket Is In over-confidence.
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POBEXOXr.
One passenger killed In underground
railroad crash nt London, the first death
of a passenger In the history of the road.
X, Pag 1
A suspect was arrested who was
thought to have been trying to assassinate
King Edward or the prince of Wales.
X, Pae X
City of St. Petersburg hastens payments
to M'rstinghouse company to Induco com
pletion of electric line. X, Page 1
French officers confess they were sell
ing Government army secrets. X, Fags 5
X.OCAX..
Saturday, the last, was the best regis
tratlon day, but even then the full vote
was not registered. X, Page 3
Cornerstone of the new Young Women's
Christian association building will he laid
November 24. XX, Page 7
Captain Carter P. Johnson haa been sent
to confer with the Ute Indians, with a
view of pacifying them as he did last
winter. XX, Page 3
Police reject the proffer of bloodhounds
aids to them In running down crlm
inula, XX, Pag
Charles E. Fields Issues demand on the
mayor to order rigid observance of Sab
bath and compliance with the Sunday
closing law. and saloon men approve 11m
action as final recourse. X, Page 1
Amendment to Interstate commerce law
to prevent railroads and express com
panles from buying and selling fruit Is
sought by the western fruit jobbers as
one result of the Interstate Commerce
commission Investigation this week in
Omaha. X, Page
XOMl SECTIOK.
In the Home Section of this number
will be found Buster Brown; The Busy
Bees' Own Page; Viterbo and Its Musty
Medlaevaltsm; Backwoods of Egypt; Lin
gerle Waists Not a Necessity; What
Women Are Doing and Saying; On the
Other Side of the Stage; Fluffy Rultles.
SU Pages
. MAOAXIXX BEOTXOST.
in tho Magazine Section of this number
will be' found a short biography of
James Gow of' Bellevue, who has lived
almost a century; A Reminiscent Sketch
or Father William Kelly; The Curious
Adventures of John. Mary and Boaulv;
Nebraska Farmers Who Have Prospered;
Another Fine Church to Be Dedicated
Gossip of PlayaSand l'luyers; Musical
Note and Comment; New York's Newesf,
Aqueduct. Six Page
KSAX. ESTATE AJTD BVIX.OIEO.
Local real estate men say the panic In
Wall street haa not had any appreciable
effect on values locally and that the de
maim ror goou property waa never
stronger. XX, Page
Contractors and builders all report a
steady demand for their services and ex
pect to keep busy during the winter.
IX, Page 7
ktOTEMEMTI OP OCBAK STEAMSHIPS.
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PRESIDENT HASA BIRTHDAY
llaaaarlan tlan Will Bo Received on
Forty-Math Annltereary
Today.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2i. President
Roosevelt will be 4$ years old tomorrow.
B'ides a (tuiet family rrjotclng. he will re
ceive the congratulations of the members
of the Hungarian club of New York, thus
continuing a custom Instituted by that club
several yers ago In presenting; themselves
to tha president of the United States on
the anniversary of Lis birth,
COUP M FRUIT MEN
Ban to Railways and Express Men
Buying: and Selling.
CHANGE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Amendment to Law Sought as Result
of Investigation.
JOBBERS APPEAL TO CONGRESS
Chairman Knapp of Commission Will
Have Agent Here.
HEARING SLATED P0R TUESDAY
Who'esale Fruit Men of the Wnt
Making Strenuous Effort
oS Fortify Their' Heavy
v
Interests.
"As a result of the hearing to be given
the Western Fruit Jobbers' association be
fore a special representative of the Inter
state Commerce commission In Omaha
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week, an amendment will probably be
offered In congress this winter to the new
Interstate commerce law, which will In
clude express companies In' the provision
making it unlawful for "railroads" to en
gage in the purchase and sale of com
modities. Wholesale fruit dealers and Jobbers have
their case ready to present, and believe
they will be able to show that great Injury
to fruit growers, wholesalers, retailers and
consumers Is done by the express com
panies engaging In the sale of fruit, through
their agents In various parts of the coun
try. ,
The hearing opens In the federal build
ing Monday morning, and will be heard
by a representative of Chairman Knapp of
the Interstate Commerce commission.
George N. Brown. If it is Impossible for
a member of the commission to reach
Omaha. Following the hearing here, the
fruit dealers will present testimony to
the commission at a hearing In Kansas
City to be held next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
Kipreai Companies Admit Charges.
According to the fruit dealers the ex
press companies have admitted that they
sell fruit through their agents, and give
all sorts of excuses for engaging In the
business. The common reason given is
that the agents in small towns and cities
do not have enough express business to
keep them employed and the express com
pany usually secures Some r merchant to
act as agent, paying a commission of 10
per cent on all Incoming and outgoing
business. The express company then takes
the position that there Is no way of the
company dictating to such merchants what
they shall do in the matter of handling
fruit as a side line, when such agents are
really not In their employ. In other In:
stances the express companies consign fruit
airect to regular agents, inn sen the fruit
on eommtsslort which, ges td! the.
press company, according to the allega
Hons of tho Western Fruit ' Jobbers' asso
ciation. ' ' .
Fifty , witnesses will be heard before tho
representative of the commission in Omaha
Among them will be business men from
points In Nebraska and Iowa, as well as
fruit Jobbers, who will testify to the de
moralizing effect on the fruit market at
points where the express companies sell
fruit
Business Men Offer Testimony.
As the case Is of the greatest Importance
to fruit dealers and others In all parts
of the United States, much Interest Is
being taken by business mm In western
cities and the fruit Jobbers have had offers
from business men over the west to appear
and give testimony which they hope will
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i.iMi-Mio i-uugrese 10 pisce tne express
companies on the same footing as tho rail
roads in the matter of engaging In the
sale of commodities.
The case dates back more than a year
when the fruit Jobbers .were forced to take
action to protect themselves, after the
Interstate commerce law passed and failed
to provide against the fruit selling of ex
press companies. Ex-Congressman J. I.
Kennedy and Senator Burkett secured the
resolution calling on the Interstate Com
merce commission to Investigate the
charge that express companies were selling
commodities. The commission then or
dered the express companies to ihake re
ply within thirty days. The replies were
received about May 1, 1007, and these will
be presented at the hearing In Omaha.
The express companies having admitted
that they are selling fruit, and the fruit
Jobbers will have to show that such a traffic
Is injurious to the trade and to tha con
sumers as well." said a member Saturday.
"We can do this In three or four different
ways. The express companies make no
fixed price tor fruit. They are Interested
largely in the transportation charges, and
If they get that they get about all they
want. One day fruits of certain kinds will
be 11 per box and the next day the express
companies will get a shipment which they
must unload and the price tumbles to 50
cents. It unsettles the market and ruins
legitimate trade."
LABORERS THROWN IN LAKE
Work Train with Fifty Men Fatis
Into Water nt Milllaock.1,
' Maine.
MILLINOCKET, Me., Oct. 26.-A work
train of flat cars, on which were forty or
fifty Italian laborers engaged In the con
struction of an artificial luxe for the Great
Northern company, tumbled into the lake
through the sinking of the tracks, and It Is
reported that nearly all the workmen had
been drowned. The company officials,
while admitting the wreck,, denied there
had been great loss of life. The lake la
five miles long and a mile wide. The rail
road track is on one side of the luke and,
according to the messenger, the track set
tled, throwing everyone on the train into
the water.' The messenger .said that he
drove to the scene and saw the trainmen
reach a place of safety, but few workmen
escaped.
SEPARATE STATEHOOD COMING
President Reoaevelt Will I'm Iain,
enco at some Date In tho
Fntnro.
WASHINGTON. Oct. :. President Roose
velt announced through Senator Flint of
California today that he will use his In
fluence for separate statehood for Arimnu
and New Mexico. The president, however,
expressed the opinion that nothing In that
direction could be accomplished at the next
session of congiebs.
STRAUS WANTS CO-OPERATION
Secretary of Department of Commerce
and Labor Develops New
rinn.
WASHINGTON, Oct. JS.-Wlth a view to
rendering aid to the comnirrcial and In
dustrial Interests of the United 8tates and
to the promoting of the forelKn commerce
of this country. Secretary Btraua of tne
Department of Commerce and Labor has
caused to be prepared a pamphlet by N. I.
Btnpe, the tariff expert of the bureau of
manufactures. The pamphlet contains u
study of the commercial situation and con
ditions, with a statement of results already
achieved by the Department of Commerce
and Labor In promoting America's for
eign commerce. It urges that "con
gress be brought to a realisation
of the magnitude and the Importance of
this task," and give Its support with funds
commensurate with the work to be done.
With tho view of developing the most
practical plan for rendering the department
of greater service to the commercial Inter
ests of the country, and at the same time
to enable the department to enlist to co-operation
of such Interests, Secretary Straus
has Invited the chambers of commerce and
boards of trade of twenty of the leading
cities of the country to appoint committees
to meet here December 5 to consider with
him ways and means of accomplishing thee
objects.
CAPTAIN TO VISIT THE UTES
Fort Robinson Officer Delegated Task
of Paclfylna the Trouble
some Indiana.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 26. Captain Car
ter P. Johnson, Second cavalry, stationed
at Fort Niobrara, Neb., has started kor
the Cheyenne River reservation In South
Dakota to use his Influence with the troub
les: me Ute Indians with a view to sup
pressing the outbreak.' He was with the
detachment of cavalry which accompanied
the Utes 'when they settled on the South
Dakota reservation moe than a year ago.
and after the wandering Indians had re
fused to ' return to their own reservation
In Utah, Captain Johnson conducted the
negotiations resulting In their settling on
the Cheyenne River reservation. He has
considerable Influence with the Indians
and .was assigned to the present task at
the urgent request of the Indian office.
The Indian office has received no, advices
regarding the reported killing of a Mr.
Baker, the agency farmer, by the Utes.
A telegram from Assistant Clerk Craig, In
charge of the Cheyenne river Indian reser
vation, says that Clerk Ra stall has gone to
the scene of the trouble with twenty-five
armed meii and that fears are entertained
that communication has been cut off be
tween the terminal at White Horse and
Thurnder Butte, . where . the .Indians are
located.
TAFT IN RAILWAY ACCIDENT
Secretary of War Inspects New Line
to Dug u pun ' with Thla
Result.
MANILA; Oct. M.-Secretary Taft made
on Inspection of the partially completed
extension of the Manlla-Dagnpan .railway
Friday. He Tode twenty-five miles on the
first pasBer.ger train run over the line and,
incidentally, was a participant In the first
accident on the rqad. Near the terminus
a flat car in front of Mr. Tart a car was
derailed and nearly took bia with It. The
Taft car landed completely on top of the
flat car.
BAGUIO, P. I., Oct. 26.-Secretary o( War
Taft will arrive here tonight, making a
distance of thirty miles . by automobile
over the famous Benguot road. The
natives will turn out to receive him.
Scores of .bamboo arches have been placed
along the route of march and bands have
been provided. Early tomorrow golf and
riding will be indulged In and Mr. Taft
and his party will be entertained at
luncheon by Provincial Governor Pack. At
night there will be a reception by the
officers of the army to Mr. Taft at the
John ' Hay post.
A typhoon Is Impending, which reports
from Manila say will he the most serious
of flie year and this threatens to keep Mr.
Taft stormbound for three' or four days.
ULLMO WAS IN NEED OF CASH
French Knilitn Confesses He Was
Trying; to Raise Money by
Ills Work.
PARIS, Oct. 36.-Ensign Charles B. Ullmo
of the navy, who was arrested at Toulon
October 24, on the charge of being a spy
and who confessed to having abstracted a
secret naval signal book and the naval
cipher code, and Berton, the army reserve
officer, who was arrested yesterday at
Vendome, charged with negotiating with an
agent of a foreign power for the sale of
military secrets, were brought to Paris to
day and arraigned. Ullmo confessed every
thing, declaring his object waa to raise
money. Berton denied the charge of
treason, but the correspondence seized
when he was arrested seemed to prove that
he had arranged to deliver certain military
documents to an agent of a foreign power.
The latter Is not named, but is understood
to be Germany. ,
SUSPECTED ASSASSIN HELD
English Police Arrest Man Supposed
to Have Deslaias on tha
Kins'! Life.
NEWMARKET. England. Oct. 2fi.-The
'.ice here today arrested a man supposed
;:' having designs on the life of King Ed
ard or the prince of Wales. The prisoner,
whi was a member of the Berhuanaland
(South Africa) police, named J. P. Pearse.
NEBRASKANS HOLDINGS VOID
J. W. l.oua- of Loup City Seeks to En.
force Claim on Arkansas
County.
LINCOLN. Oct. 26. John W. Long of
Loup City left for Askansas this morning
to start a suit In the federal court attack
ing the warrant reissue law of Arkansas.
Long owns 10.000 In bonds Issued to com
plete the Ashby county court house a
Hamburg. Ark. He claims an advertise
ment was placed In a local paper, the
bonds reissued and his hokllng declared
void.
GEORGE MACKOWN IS GUILTY
Jury Returns Verdict at Webster
City, Fixing" Crlm of
Arson.
WEBSTER CITY, la., Oct. 26. (Special
Telegram.) The Mackown Jury returned a
verdict Just before noon, finding the pris
oner guilty of arson as charged. A mo
tion fur a new trial and arrest of judgment
will be made and argued. If overruled,
sentence will be pronounced at once. Tho
jury bad been out sines last evening at 5:'.
AIR TIGHT SUNDAY
Charles E. Fields Demands Rind
Observance of Sabbath.
COMMANDS MAYOR TO ORDER IT
Wants Every Place of Business and
Amusement Closed.
STICKS FOR LETTER OF THE LAW
Liquor Dealers Approve Action as
Their Last Recourse.
COURT FIGHT SEEMS POSSIBLE
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Mayor Dahlman Has Five A'ay"
In Which to Aet and Say
He Will Take the
Count.
Commanded one day by the Anti-Saloon
league to pull down the screens from sa
loons that obscure their bars from public
view. Mayor Dahlman Is ordered the next
day by the saloon men to cloae every plr e
of business in the city on Sunday and en
force the most radical and rigid observance
of the 8abbath day. And the mayor finds
himself a very much - ordered servant.
Charles E. Fields, Justice of the peace
and editor of tho Protector, the liquor
men's organ In Omaha, late yesterday
evening served notice upon the mayor, com
manding him to enforce to the very letter
Section 211 of Chapter 23 of the Criminal
code, which provides that all places of ;
business and amusement. shall be closed on'
8unday. The mayor Is given five days In
which to act'. He says he will take the
count.
"T reallv do riot know what I ahall do
unless It bo to do -what every man and
woman tells me to do." said Mayor DaUl
man. "I think we have at last come to
that stage of our political affairs when
the officeholder is maeea me servant oi
the people' who elect him. In the last
week I have been served with orders from
two sides of opposing forces. In the ( first
Instance, when the temperance folks com
manded me to order the saloon screens
down I Issued a proclamation In compliance
with their demands. I don't see any alter
native In the latter case, but as I have
five daya In which to act I need not attempt
and do not attempt to outline my action
onlght. I want it distinctly understood, I
have not announced my determination."
This Is section 2 of Chapter 23 of the
Criminal Code of Nebraska, under which
Mr. Fields Issued his demand upon the
mayor and under which he proposes for
the mayor to act: .
If any person of the age of 14 years or
upward shall be found on the first day of
the week, commonly called Sunday, sport
ing, rioting, quarreling, hunting, fishing or
.shooting, he or sho shall he fined In a
sum not exceeding $20, or bo confined In
the county Jail, for a term not exceeding
twenty days, or both, at tho discretion of
the court. And If any person of the age
of .14 years or upward shall be found on
the Itrat -day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, at common labor (wprk of neces
sity and charity only excepted) he or she
shall be fined In a sum not exceeding S5
nor lees than SI: providing nothing herein
contained In relation to common labor on
the-first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday.' she- eontsrued to extend to
thoHn who conscientiously do observe the
seventh day of the week as the Hatmatn,
nor to prevent families) . emigrating, from
traveling, watermen from landing their
passengers, superintendents or keepers of
toll bridges or toll gates from attending
and superintending the same, or ferrymen
from conveying travelers over the water.
or persons from moving their families on
such days or to prevent railroad oon
panies from running necessary trains.
Only Thins; (or Them to Do.
"I have taken thla action In my capacity
of a private cltlaen," said Mr. Fields,, "and
not as the representative of any Interest. It
seems this is about the only thing to be
done now under the clrcumstancea. I
think this- embmgllo Is one In which all
the people of Omaha are Interested. I am
for one."
"This action on the part of Mr. Fields la
not the action of the Retail Liquor Dealers'
ussnctatlon," said Henry Keating, secretary
of that organisation. "Of course we are in
sympathy with this action. We look upon
It as about our last recourse. We stated,
when the mayor Issued his proclamation
for tho screens to come down, that we
would forthwith comply with his orders and
now we shall expect as prompt compliance
with our demands, for we are stickers
for law, you know."
Asked If the saloon men proposed to con
test the law under which their screens were
ordered out, Mr. Keating said:
"Well, we simply propose to take up the
whole matter of saloon regulation and Sab
bath observance together and find out what
are our rights and what are the chances
of gutting them. We shall go ahead quietly
and orderly with our business affairs and
allow the law to take Its course In all these
matters. But we do not propose to be the
victims of discrimination. If a saloon Is to
be closed on Sunday, then so must every
other place that comes under the operation
of the law that regulates our affairs. That
law is plain and we are not able to see why
It should be enforced with reference to one
set of persons and not wtth another or all."
. Adveatlats Not Affected.
In the discussion of the Sabbath observ
ance law some agitation has arisen as to
the rights of the Seventh Day Adventlsts
and those observing Saturday as their Sab
bath. Some one haa facetiously asserted
that President Johnson of the city council,
who operates his printing house on Sun
day because he Is a Seventh Day Adventlst
and worships on Saturday, would be dealt
a body blow with the big stick. But the
law plainly exempts those who conscien
tiously observe Saturday as their Sabbath
from its operations.
SWITCHMEN TC ASK RAISE
E?lea-ates from Northwestern Roads
Employes Confer nt St. Pnul
About Demand.
ST. PAUL. Minn., Oct. 26. F.lghty dele
gates, representing the 3.000 awltchmen
employed on all the northwestern tall
roads In the territory from the Twin
Cities to the coast and northeast to Du
luth, gathered In St. Paul today for a
conference preliminary to their meeting
the representatives of the railroads, on
Monday, when they will present demands
for an Increase In wages. F. T. Hawley
of Buffalo, president of the Switchmen's
Union of America, and S. E. ' Kebberllng,
vice president, are also participating in
the conference. Similar conferences were
held today In Chicago, Cincinnati and sev
eral other large cities.
Engineer la Killed.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Oct. 26. Passenger
train No. 40 on the loulvllle Naahvtlle
railroad waa wrecked In the yards at
Blocton today.. The locomotive and bag
gage and mail car were turned over. Engi
neer Charles Silliman was killed and the
fl reins n. mail clerk, porter and baggageman
ti Injured.
SURGICAL GOODS DESTROYED
Fire Doea Thirty Thousand Dollars
Damage to Stock ( Tenfold
Company.
Fire which broke out about T:15 last even
ing In the store of the II. J. Penfold com
pany, 1 Farnam street, dkl about $30,no0
Worth of damage before tho firemen were
ble to subdue It. The fire started In the
optical room toward the front of the estab
lishment and to one side of the first floor.
Just how It originated no one Is able to
state. The employes were In the store at
the time and promptly turned In an alarm,
but the flames spread wtlh such rapidity
that the Interior of the ground floor room
was all ablase before water was turned on.
The firemen made short work of It and
the building wss only slightly damaged.
The character of the goods was such, how
ever, that they were ruined by tne heat
and water. The entire first floor w-as filled
wl'h costly surgical Instruments and surgi
cal supplies, all of which are destroyed
or practically ruined. The stock In the
back part o fthe store was only slightly
damaged, flmoke and water damaged goods
un the upper floors and In the basement to
a considerable, extnet., but the principal
loss Is to the goods in the front part of
the ground floor. It Is thought the loss Is
covered by Insurance.
BRYAN AND COMMANDMENT
Renins to Think It Worse to Steal
Hundred Thnn Million
Dollars.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 In an address pn
"The Individual and the State" before the
League for Political Education today, W.
J. Bryan declared that whatever relief
comes to noclety or to the race must come
from the deliberate action of those who
are not crushed by poverty and to whom
the mere struggle for existence demands
all the exertions of their minds.
"Nor doea relief come, from those who
are so rloh that their minds are centered
upon their fortunes," continued Mr. Bryan.
"It must come from the great middle
class." By recent revelation, he Indicated
that some people must have thought that
the command not to steal applied only
to stealing small amounts, and- "I begin
to think that under some standards It
seems to be a greater . crime to steal a
hundred dollars than a million." ,
BANK CASHIER MUST ANSWER
Numerous Indictments Returned
Against Official of Farmers'
and Drovers'. Bank.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 26. Two Indictments
were returned by the grand Jury against
J. . B. F. Rlnehart, former cashier of the
Farmers' and Drovers' National bank eX
Waynesburg. Pa. One Indictment con
tains ninety counts, seventy-one of which
are upon alleged false entries in the "ooks
of- the bank and In the reports to the
comptroller .of t the i.curreiW. 'Flfteon
counts charge abstractions amounting to
$110,146 SI and four allege ..misapplica
tions amounting to S50.487.12. The other
Indictment contains eighteen counts for
falsifying amounts and misplacement of
funds arpountlng to $74. SOS. 96.
For tght months efforts have been made
to ropen the Institution, but without suc
cess. PETTIBONE TRIAL CONTINUED
Attorneys for State and Defense at
Boise Agree Upon Post 1
ponement. v -
BOISK. Idaho, Oct. 26.-Attorneys for
state and defense In the case of George A.
Pettlbone, charged with complicity in the
murder oC ex-Governor Steunenberg, today
signed a stipulation that the trial which
was set for next Monday shall be continued
until November 18.
The reason for the continuance is that
Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for Pettl
bone, Is engaged for defending Steve
Adams, on trial at Rathdrum, Idaho, for
the murder of Fred Tyler. It Is . also
agreed that If the Adams trial Is not
concluded by the date named there shall
be further continuance.
COMPLETE COTTON REPORT
Flarurrs on Production by Census Bl-
renn Not Fnr Behind Last
Year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The complete
report of the census bureau on the quantity
of cotton of this year's crop ginned up to
October 18. shows 4,407,055 bales, and 24,934
active ginneries.
In 1906 there were 4,931.621 bales, and 36.125
ginneries. In this report round bales are
counted as half bales.
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
President Roosevelt Specldes . Lat
Thursday In November as
Time to Observe.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S.-Presldent
Roosevelt today' Issued his Thanst;lving
proclamation, through the secretary of
atate, naming the last Thursday in No
vember, the 28th.
DEATH RECORD
Major Don G. Lovell.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 26. Major Don
G. Lovell dropped dead of heart disease
last night while attending a board meeting
at the First Church of Christ Scientists.
He was past commander of the department
of Washington and Alaska, Grand Amiy
of the Republic, and a prominent member
of the Loyal Legion. Major Lovell was 6ti
years of age and was born at Ionia, Mich.,
serving through the civil war with Michi
gan troops, and after the war with Cus
ter. He came to Tacoma In 18S3 and had
been a supcrloif court bailiff of late years.
B. V. Carlisle.
MISSOURI VALLEY, Io.. Oct. 26 (Spe
cial Telegiam.)-B. W. Carlisle of Missouri
Valley died suddenly this afternoon of heart
failure. He was a well-to-do man and
leaves a wife and two children.
Gambling! at Cheyenne Stops.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
Not a ball Is rolling or a card turning
In Cheyenne today and a good-sized dele
gation of tin-horn gamblers are out of
work. Last night Sheriff Smalley visited
all gambling establlahmenta In thercity
and notified the proprietors that gambling
must be stopped. All games were ended
Instantly. It is announced that hereafter
no violation of the antl-gambllng law will
be ptwnltted In the city.
RAWLINS. Wyo. Oct. 26. (Special.)
Josl Albarrl and Alferdo Sandoval. Mexi
cans, who stole nine head of horses from
Cosgrlff Bros., have entered pleas of
guilty and been sentenced to terms III the
penitentiary. Albarrl, who waa the leader
In the crime, was sentenced to five yers
and Sandoval was given four ycrs. The
thieves ran the stolen homes Into North
park, Colo., and were caught at Wald.n.
SHOW SOLID FRONT
New York Banks Pledged to Maintain
Each Other's Credit.
GOLD WILL BE IMPORTED
Arrangements to Bring Yellow Mstsi
from Europe.
COUNTRY BANKS DRAW HEAVILY
Clearing House Perfects Plan for
Issuing Certificates.'
ANXIOUS WEEK COMES TO END
Stock Market Shows Few Symptoms
of Serious Agitation One
Small Bank Has Sue- ,
' pended. '
NEW YORK, Oct. K-The Stock ex
change and the banks closed at noon
today without any further failures of Im
portance, with considerable Improvement
In the stock market and with several Im
portant remedial measures taken or agreed
upon to strengthen the financial situation.
The only reverse of the day was the sus
pension of the Terminal bank, Brooklyn,
a new and small Institution, without any
Importance In the general financial world.
There Is now a waiting spell until Mon
day morning and a distinct sense of reller
Is apparent everywhere. Already arrange
ments for the Importations of gold are well
under way. and It is hoped these will fur
nish the relief' needed. It is understood
that the Treasury department will. a
heretofore, advance the gold for Immediate
use, so as to save the time occupied in
transit from Europe. 1
Meanwhile, as a precautionary measure,
although not regarded vitally essential, the
clearing house today authorised tile Is
suance of certificates. This means ihat
ine clearing house banks are to present
a united front In this emergency and that .
the aggregate resources of all of . them
are to be pledged for the maintenance of
each one.
The runs upon the Trust Company of
America and the Lincoln Trust company
continued In very much abated form, but
both Institutions met all demands.
Country Banks Dram Heavily.
The drafts of country banks ' on their
New York reserves were heavy, but not
alarming, alncc at this period of the year ,
such drafts are to be expected.
The Imposition of the ninety days' rule In
Rhode Island Btopped runs there, and mat
ters assumed a normal phase.
The stock market opened at an advance
on yesterday and showed little symptom of
serious agitation. London and other for
eign points also gave reassuring advices.
The rale of . excJiange . waa such as to
facilitate gold imports, and confidence
abroad was evidenced by the Improved tons
of all foreign bourses, the only weakness
i j " - uein inv ic.uii ui m tenure in
Constantinople and the financial crisis In .
Chill. On the whole the power of resistance
of the banks In New York and the stability
reported from all outside points brought
the week to a cloae with a feeling that the
general position waa greatly Improved.
Moneyed Men Confident. .
The captains of finance, wno . wtth the
secretary of the treasury, have been bat
tling: night and day to preserve order In
the banking world, held no conference last
night, but went to bed esrly, confident in
the belief that a threatened situation had
been successfully combatted and that from
now on the restoration of public confidence
and tranquility would be speedily accom
plished. The principal difficulty throughout
the week's excltment haa been lack of cur
rency. There was not enough actual money
In the city to stand the tremendous drain
without cutting down loans. The small
banking Institutions that closed this week
have good supplies of gild-edged securities
In their vaults, but Uiey could neither sell
them nor borrow money on them this week,
simply because of the scarcity of actual
paper, gold and silver money. '
No apprehension was felt this morning as
to the result of today's financial transac
tions. The Stock exchange and the banks
will be open for business for only two hours
and the Stock exchange wil not bo troubled'
by tha money situation, as all tha loans
made yesterday carry over until Monday
under the rules of the exchange.
There were small lines of depositors In
front of the Trust Company of America and
the Lincoln Trust company, but their num
ber was not so great as at the same hour
yesterday.
Difficulties All Loral.
The direction which remedial efforts will
take has been the subject of earnest con
sideration and some difference of opinion
among the most Important bankers of the
city. The difficulties are admittedly in
large measure local. It la felt that the
sudden lack of confidence Is not very, wide
spread throughout the country. The situa
tion at Pittsburg and Providence la ex
pected to right itself. Under these cir
cumstances. It was first suggested than an
effort be made to relieve the tension In
New York by gold Imports, and something
in that line Is being done. Whether the
rate of exchange and the price of American
securities will reach a level to enable gold
Imports on a sufficiently large acale to be
effective remains to be seen. It Is felt, at
Jacob Schtff put It yesterday, than any
effort to press the matter Is likely to meet
with obstructive measures In London.
As an alternative means of relief, the
clearing house loan certificates have been
discussed In a tentative way. Naturally
everyone la loath to adopt this expedient,
and it Is felt that It is by no means neces
sary to resort to It.
Money from Wnahlnnton.
The subtreasury received 110.000,000 in
small bills from Washington today. The
Trust Company of America opened Its doors
as usual at 10 o'clock today. There werd
less than 10U depositors In lino and the
company's officials declare that the run Is
over.
Leading bankers declared today that con
ditions were such that they would probably
be able to- Import gold from London . on
Monday to the extent of about I10.0w.0o0.
The bankers' pool, which lias been sup
porting Stock exchange, houses, gave fur
ther assurances today that money would be
provided for call loans when needed. .
The closing of the Terminal bank of
Brooklyn was due to the fact that Its tt
posltory, the Williamsburg Trust romjany,
suspended payment yesterday. The vice
president of the Williamsburg Trust com-,
pany, Wlllard T. Reid, was president of
tho Terminal bt nk.
The clearing house committee wrs !!
session this morning for half an hour and
Issued a vail for a lusting of the full us
soclation at 12 o'clock to decide whether
clearing house certificates should be' Is
sued. " ' '
James T. Woodward, - chairman of Ilia