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OMAHA, THURSDAY MOItXING, OCTOBER 31, 1907 TWELVE PAGES.
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FEW CALLS FOR CASH
New Tdrk Banks Report that Condi
tion Are Nearly Normal.
MORE FUNDS ARE . SITED
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Nine Milliont in Vaults fK ed
Institutions Now Availa.
SMALL INVESTORS GET
V.
Broken Report Many Sales of Stoci
to Country Customers.
NEW ORLEANS NEEDS FUNDS
Large AmmIi Will Be Reqalre In
Move Cotton Croo Flaanetnt
Situation la' Enrope la
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.NEW YORK. Oct. SO. Thr financial situa
tion today van no near normal that there
u no new features of Importance. It
was stated by bankers that the caila (or
money from tho neighborhood of New
York and the entire east appeared to be
i practically sat lifted, such calls fur
currency of art urgent character as were
being received came from points went of
the Mississippi. These calls are being- met
as fast as conditions permit. Mr. Williams,
the new state superintendent of banking-,
gathered up most of the cash In the sus
pended banks today and deposited It with
going Institutions, thereby adding several
millions to the funds available In the mar
ket: The debit balances against banks at
the clearing house were smaller than
usual, under normal conditions, all such
balancea aggregating only a Utile more
than 1 9,0u0,0) on clearings of tJtW.0O0,tw.
Jtw Orleans Needs t'aah.
One of the points at which the most
pressure for money Is expected it at New
Orleans, In order to finance the movement
of the cotton crop. The pressure there Is
always heavy at lids season of the year,
and promises to be even more Intense this
year than usual, unless special prepara
tions are made. The New Orleans banka
appear to be fully alive to tjils situation
and war endeavoring today to arrange for
transfers of money from Europe on pay
ment for cotton through the fiscal agents
of the United States in Europe and Us
direct transmission by cable to New Oij
leans. A committee of New Orleans bank
ore Is In Washington and hopes to secure
a promise from Secretary Cortelyou of the
deposit of substantial sums of public money
In New Orleans Institutions. . Secretary
Cortelyou appears to recognise that benefits
conferred by this policy wl" not cnn
fined to New Orleans and the south, but
will nld with movement and prompt deliv
ery of American products In Kurope and
the creation of n credit balnnce which will
cover in Import of gold.. Cotton hills are
being closely scrutinised In New York
nml cannot lway be negotiated quite so
promptly as In normal times, but whore
their diameter, la unimpeachable they are
recognised as one of the-best means of
1 veneering the Important ' movement.
t , Mnutll Investors Get Baajr.
One of the TiloSt interesting developments
In til's situation ts the large amount of the
purchases of securities In small lots for In
vestment. Most of the large private bank
lug houses which sell stocks and bonds
have been keeping the clerical force at
work overtime executing such orders and
ntlendlng to the transfer of titles to the se
cut Itles on the books of the corporation from
which they are Issued. This Is one of the
decisive marks of investment buying. It Is
estimated by good Judges that there are
0,0i0 more names of stockholders pn the
books of the railway and Industrial cor
porations than was the case a year ago.
A single large Arm reports sales between
$600,000 and 1750.0(10 per day. Another Arm
States that Its wires to outlying places ire
crowded with small orders, directing the
transfers of the securities to the names of
new owners, while atill another firm de
clares that there has not been a movement
of this kind of such volume for twenty
tear.
EeroaeaB Situation Qalet.
The cables from Kurope were not dis
quieting to those familiar with the situation
there. The fact that the Bank of England
has allowed the question of raising the
discount rate to go over until the regular
meeting of the board of governors tomor
row, Is regarded a an Indication that the
demand for gold la not causing unusual
anxiety there. It la generally expected that
the Bunk of England's rate will be ad
vanced tomorrow, but this will be too late
to affect engagements of gold already
made for the United States.
The disposition lit Paris to aid the Ijon-
doa market by loan on sterling bills Is re
garded as an Indication that the French
bank Is well fortified and Is willing to
pursue,- under Governor Pallaln. the gen
erous polloy which has usually character
Ixed Its action in emergencies. Tho ab
hence of any failures, either financial or
mercantile. In New York of any Import
ante, except that of Keaaler Co., a prl
vate banking firm, and the offer of call
money at lower rates than during most o
the time yesterdsy were the other favor
able symptoms of the situation.
ItllX.F.I.EY GIVES qi ICK RE I.I HP
I a of Uoverameat Bunds I rgrJ o
Means far This End.
WASHINGTON. Oct. SO. The object o
the comptroller ts to give quick relief
not only to the large cities, but also in
the country where the banka have dlft'i
culty In obtaining currency ftom tlicl
reserve sgents. Mr. Ridgelev Is urir.ii
banks to auttatitute bonds acceptable to
the secretary of the treasury and Ira'.'
the government bonds thus released !'
taking out Increased circulation. Th.-r-
ts possibility, of Increasing the tirculu
Hon from SU.OOO.Ooo f f;,oo.000 in tin
way, with circulating notes now on haul.
Ther ar over 90.000.000 of govern
ment bonds in th hands of the treasu.-r
to secure government deposits and it
Mould be posslhl to increase nations!
bank' circulation by over 3300,000,000
before eliminating this.
Comptroller P.hlgeley today ihtue.i .' i
official statement whlcli says:
The comptroller's office mill In eeiy
proper way facilitate the Immediate n.
crease cf national l.i.k note circulations.
lt this end in Mew all national bauxs
which have given bonds in the hands of
the treasurer of the I'nlted fctatea to ke-
ure deposits, and also have any avail
able . t-; a. llv for Increased circulation,
will tie allowed to eiibxtuut ether boi.dr
MMilafactury to the secretary of the treas
ury. litis rule will apply not only where tin
luuik transferring bonds from the depot-p.
''wliit lo the circulation account 1m.
out additional circulating nolea, but fcot
where an arrangvuivnt can be made, foi
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SUMMARY OF TflE BEE
Tkiradar, October 31, 1 aOT.
1007 OCTOBER 1907
SUN MOM TVS WCD HU SAT
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G 7 8 9 10 II 12
13 14 15 10 17 18 10
20 21 2 23 24 25 26
11 28 20 30 31 f.
THE WEATHEB.
recast until 7 p. m. Thursday:
.'nr Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Pair and warmer Thursday.
For Nebraska Generally fair and warmer
Thursday.
For Iowa Thursday generally fair and
warner.
Temperature
at Omaliai
Hour. Deg.
C a. m 44
I a. m ... 44
7 a. m 45
8 a. rri 45
t a. m... 45
3D a. m 46
11 a. m '., 47
12 m 48
1 p. m 49
2 p. m 49
3 p. m 49
DOMESTIC.
Dealers In stocks In New York City aro
fairly swamped with buying orders for
ow priced stocks. Only one hank was on
the wrong side of the clearing house ac
count at the settlement of business. Call
money was rated much lower. Comptrol-
er Rldgeley Issued a statement In which
he requested the financial Institutions to
so use their securities as to get the larg
est amount of currency possible in cir
culation. , rage 1
An entire ship's crew of forty men.
It Is fesred, have been eaten by canni
bals at Terra del Fiego. Pag 1
Coal trade in Pennsylvania has become
active, two thousand cars having been
shipped last week. Vage 1
A severe gale passed over Galveston
early yesterday, for a time causing much
trouble with telegraph communication.
One woman was killed. rage 1
American Society of Kqulty, on behalf
of tobacco growers of Kentucky, is con
ducting a hard fight with buyers, rage 1
Increase In lumber rates will aoon .TO
Into .effect from the Pacific coast, af
fecting a large amount of lumber ready
for shipment. rag 1
Judge GmsHcup furnishes bond and is
released on manslaughter charge.. Face 1
Republican national committee offlcla's
are in search of a location for the next
republican convention. rag 1
roxxiair.
Secretary Taft changes his program
and leaves for Germany one week earlier
than he had planned because of an ur
gent need for his presence there, rag 1
The town of Karatugli In Bokhara has
been burled by a mountain slide as a re
sult of the earthquake on October 21,
only tho governor and his mother esVapin,;
out of the entire population. rag 1
Men of the torpedo boats fire on ladl-
vostok and are fought off by the gerrl
aonu. rag 1
Pope plus uses stem measures with
recalcitrant bishops. rag 1
XlBB&IIa.
The Northwestern railroad has ap
pealed its' hay car rase to the supremo
court from the 'court cf Judge Wet
over Pare 3
K F. Grimes, of Omaha, has been ap
pointed deputy oil Inspector. rag 3
Railroad Commissioner Williams re
ports that the Burlington road In Custer
county demanded cash on a shipment of
cattle and the stock was placed In the
railroad yards with a scarcity of feed.
rag a
Union Pacific lays off men at North
Platte who had been recently engaged
for Improvements. rag 3
MOVEMENTS Or OCEAsT STEAMSHIPS.
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SEVERE STORM AT GALVESTON
Several Honaea Blown Uowa and Tele
traphle Commanlrattoa Nearly
Cat Off.
GALVESTON, Oct. 30. A wind and rain
storm of unusual aeverity struck tills city
early today. A number of residences in
tho west end were blown to the ground
and aome persons are reported injured.
The downpour was heavy for an hour and
low areas are flooded. All telegraph wires,
with li e exception of one used by the As
sociated Press, are down.
DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 30 Telegraph, tele
phone and trolley wires are down In south
Texas today as a result of a severe wind
storm which passed over that section of
the state at an early hour this morning.
At Galveston several houses were dam
aged by the violence of the wind, but no
fatalities occurred.
Telegraphic communication was had with
Galveston at o'clock today, but an hour
later the underwriters' association of that
city ordered the power plant to cut off all
currents until th niasa of tangled wirea
could be repaired.
At Houston and Beaumont the stonn did
much damage to wires. Houses were un
roofed, but no one Is reported Injured.
South Oakata toart.
iilTCHELL, 8. D., Oct. 3L-tSpeclal.)-The
Jury list for the November term of
clruit court has Just been drawn and the
term will be held November 19. There are
but few Important cases on the docket,
either criminal or civil. The negro who
robbed a jewelry store during corn palace
week, getting !)' with a diamond ring
and a watch. Is the only Important case on
the docket, and as ho has confessed the
proceeding there will not be much In that.
George Pautach, a auloon keeper, ill have
to answer the charge of selling Intoxicating
liquors to minors, as a result of which
they wuut into the country and disturbed
a religious meeting. The boys peached on
the fcslocn keeper when they were arrested
and fined tlf each for disturbing the meet
lug
Aeaeaaneeat for Blc Ditch.
YANKTON. 8. P.. Oct. CO. At a Join!
seta Ion of Yankton and Clay county com
missioners the assessment levy waa voted
which will raise the flK.ouO to fcxi.Ou) needed
to construct the Turkey valley ditch near
Irene, w hich a ill be four and a half ndlec
'org and will drain some land that will be
treaily benefited by the ditch The ex
'wnse will be borne jiiainly by the farmerr
hose land the proposed ditch will ias
through. '
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CANNIBALS CAPTURE SAILORS
Entire Ship's Crew Has Met This Fate
in Terra del Fueg-o.
WRECK OF VESSEL DISCOVERED
Investigation by .arwrflaa Captain
Falls to I) I ariose Any Trace
of Forty Men that Were
oa the Boat.
CHICAGO. Oct. 30 A special to the
Record-Herald from New York aays the
fate of the crew of forty sailors who took
the big sailing ship Arthur Sewell out of
Philadelphia April 3 on the start of Its
long voyage to carry coal to the I'hlllpplnea
probably was to be eaten by cannibals.
Word has just been received at the Marl
time exchange that the vessel was wrecked
near Terra del Fuego and all algns point
to the survivors having been captured by
the cannibals who Infest the Islands in that
vicinity. The news of the wreck and the
almost certain fate of the crew cam from
the steamer Frldthjoff.
Since the Arthur Sewell sailed not one
word wss received regarding It until a let
ter came today from the Norwegian sealer.
The Sewell' first stopping point was to
have been Seattle. The Frldthjoff reports
that on August 29, while cruising near tho
southeast headland of Nolr Island, half
way between Cape Pillar and .Jape Horn,
the lookout reported a derelict ahead. The
dm-ellct proved to be a four-inaated square
rigged ship that in every way answered
the description of the Sewell. As the wreck
evidently was very recent the Frldthjoff'
captain made Investigation, In the hope of
discovering some of the possible survivors.
On the shore of Nolr Island a landing party
from the Norwegian vessel discovered
traces proving that a considerable party
from the Wreck had made Its way to land.
The trail led away from the beach. The
aailors from the Frldthjoff followed the
trail as far its they could make It out, but
finally had to abandon, the search owing to
the danger from the cannibals that Inhabit
the Island. The native on the islands In
that part of the sea are cannibals of tho
fiercest kind and shipwrecked sailors could
have little hope of escaping from them.
In the hope of discovering something
more about the fate of the ship and its
crew divers with a strong party have been
sent to Nolr Island.
FIGHT IN CHICAGO BUFFET
Wyomlaac and Denver Men with I'm-
plre ftberldan E a are are la
Eneodnter.
CHICAGO. Oct. 30 "Jack" Sheridan, an
umpire of the American base ball league;
L. M. Olsen, a gate manager at the Ameri
can league base ball park In this city; E.
O. Glenn, a wealthy broker of Denver, and
M. J. Meyer, a cattle man of Cheyenne,
Wyo., were arrested early today after a
fight In which Sherldnn and Olsen were
badly beaten. The four men had been
together throughout the night, and when
Meyer discovered that he had lost 1120 he
accused Olsen of theft. A fight followed
and Sheridan was knocked down by Glenn,
receiving a cut over the eye. Olsen went
to his assistance and was also knocked
down, and he declared that while he waa
on the floor somebody stepped on his neck.
H. W. Boedecker, the proprietor of the
buffet In which the fight occurred, and
E. H. Reed, a bartender, endeavored to
stop J he fight and they were also beaten
by Glenn and Meyer. The men were
searched at the station, and 32,500 was
found on Sheridan.
Meyer and Glenn were uninjured with
the exception of a few bruise.
Later all of the men were arraigned In
the municipal court and were fined 310
and costs each.
TOBACCO FIGHT GETS WARM
American Koclety of F.aalty Has
Hard Task la Kentucky
Fields.
CAI.HOCN. Ky., Oct. 30. The war of the
American Society of Equity against the
tobacco buyers In western and central Ken
tucky la becoming set. Every effort is be
ing made by growers to hold the 1907 crop
and induce the buyers to quit the field. An
army of several hundred men was mobilized
at Llvermor today. They will call on buy
ers and demand that they quit the field
and rescind all orders that have been made
with growers, and will then march to this
city and preeent aimilar demands to other
buyers.
OWEN8BORO, Ky.. Oct. 30.-The tobacco
barn of William Green, near Curtlsvllle,
was destroyed by fire todsy. The tobacco
warehouses of John Matthews, near this
city, are being protected by armed men.
UNION PACIFIC TAKES ACTION
Hecarltles of Other Companies Will
B Placed for Protec
tion. NEW YORK. Oct. 30: Upon the call of
President Hartiman a meeting of the board
of directors of the Vnlon Pacific was held
today. At his suggestion the question was
considered of so placing the securities of
other companies held by the I'nlon Pacific
that the Interest should best accrue to the
Union Pacific stockholders and their Inter
ests be protected. A special committee
waa appointed to take the matter up lu
conjunction with the executive coinmlttee.
The full committee is as follows: E. It
Harrlman, Henry C. Frick. Marvin
Hughltt, R. S. Lovett, James StlUman.
Oliver Ames, P. A. Valentine and Robert
W. Goelet. Mr. Harrlman says that -'in
whatever Is done the convertible bonds will
be fully protected.
LOCATING NEXJ CONVENTION
Rrpnhllcaa Committee Wants Build
lag that Holds Twenty-Five
Thoasaad.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-Harry New. acting
chairman of the republican national com
mittee, spent the day In thla city listening
to arguments in favor of bringing the con
vention here next year, and examining
various buildings which were considered
suitable for the purpose. He said: "We
want a building capable of seating 25,OoO
leople." '
JAP CONSUL FEELS INJURE0
Has -Not Yet Received Bealy to li.
qelrr Mad of Mayor of
Llacola,
CHICAGO. Oct. 30. Japanese Counsel
Shlmlniu denies that he made what Mayor
Brown of Lincoln, Neb., calls "peremptory
demand" as to th Isolation of Ave Japan
ese laborer at Lincoln who ar afflicted
with berl-bert The counsel said last night
he had written a polite note, asking for In
formation, and had received no reply.
TAFT CHANGES HIS PROGRAM
Secretary of ar Will Hasten to Ger
man, Where- Hie Presence
Is Required.
MANILA, Oct. 3t. As the result of vol-
umlnious table correspondence between
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft, I;
Is understood that the latter will leave
Manila on November j. In order to reach
Berlin at the easiest possible moment. 1,
Is Impossible to communicate with the ec
retary at present and the officials are silent
regarding the change In his plans.
It Is understood, however, that he will
leave here on the flagship Raln-.iow. Rear
Admiral Hemphill received a cablegram on
Monday asking whether or not he conic
make the cruiser ready to ssll on Sunday.
Ho responded In the affirmative and was In
formed unofficially that a mater of utmost
Importance is pending In Germany and
Secretary Taft' presence there is neces
sary Immediately. The hasty departure of.
Secretary Taft will cut short his stay In
the Philippines one Week. He originally In
tended to leave on Sunday, but recently
changed his plans, so as to permit of I.
longer stay so as trt clear up Important bus
iness. The summots he has received from
President Roosevel will shorten the pro
gram made for hit entertainment In Ma
nila. He and his party are due from
Bagulo tomorrow evening, when he is ex
pected to attend a banquet In his honor
given by the Anierlesn residents of the
city.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 80.-Nothlng Is
known at the War department regarding
the change In the plans of Secretary Taft.
Tho last advices were that he would pro
long his visit In the Philippines a week, de
laying his arrival at Berlin so as to meet
the emperor, who will be away from the
German capltat at the time scheduled for
Mr. Taft's arrival there. Secretary Taft'
original plan was to leave Manila Monday
next.
MYSTERY IN POTTER'S DEATH
Autopsy Held oa Insnraare Maa at
ew York Kxp-tcd to
. Clear It l a.
NEW YORK. Oct. 30. The autopry
which Is to be held today Is expected to
clear much of the mystery surrounding
the death of Herman Bradley Potter, Jr., a
prosperous insurance agent of Doylestown,
Pa., who came to New York on a pleasure
trip, and whose body was found late last
night In his room at the Waldorf As
toria. Wounds on the head and body. In
cluding a fracture in the- skull, Inclined
Coroner Harberger to the opinion that tho
rhan was murdered. A letter left by Pot-
ter for his wife, writ
ten In a fine hand and
apparently without
thing to show that
certain statements
nervousness or any-
Khe writer was dying,
u the letter and the
flndipg of a small ja
r, which contained the
remnants of powder, led the police to ex
press the opinion that possibly Potter had
committed suicide.
In the letter Potter bids his wife and
children goodhy, and tells his wife where
to find certain documents relating to his
business, which were In Ms desk at his
home. He also tells of an attack on him
by three thugs last Saturday night, two of
whom he knocked down, but the third, he
says, managed to sandbag him and ren
der him unconscious, and while In tills
condition he was rowocde ', "
HOMESEEKERS' RATES HIGHER
FIT Dollar a Ticket W 111 Be Added
to t'barsTC After First
of Year.
CHICAGO. Oct. 30, At a meting In
Chicago yesterdsy representatives of the
larger railroad systems agreed not lo
abandon the . homeVeekers' excursions
the west. Since the passage of the 2-cent
fare laws In many of the western hLatei
there had been talk of discontinuing tiro
low homeseekers' rates. For three duys
the general passenger agents of ihe
larger systems have been' In conference
here considering the question.
There was a minority vote that these
lutes should be dropped out and regular
tariff charged to all. Reports of the
I'nlon Pacific, Burlington, Milwaukee ft
St. Paul, Northwestern and Rock Island
said that under no circumstances would
they agree to abandon these rates, us
they had resulted In building up the wffct.
It was agreed, however, that the home
seekers' rstes be slightly advanced after
January 1. The maximum advance will
be 35 on each round trip ticket. To Illus
trate, the tound trip homeseek r's fre
from Chicago to Texas and oth.er south
western states will be advanced from $25
to $30; to Wiiita, Kan., from $205 to
$22.26, and to Uenver from $25 to $32.?.S.
It Is planned to advance the $33 one wuy
California rate in the spring to $38.
NEW YORK CAMPAIGN QUIET
Apathy Prevails Generally, Only Ex
citement Being; Joint Debate
la Brooklyn,
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Tlie present polit
ical campaign in thla city has been remark
able for the apathy which prevails. All the
noise and argument that usually occur be
fore election are missing. It Is an off year
in earnest so far as election excitement and
Interest Is concerned, due chiefly to th
fact that only minor local officials are to
be chosen and that no Issue of Importance
has arisen.
The only excitement of the campaign ao
far occurred in Brooklyn last night when
Senator Patrick H. McCarren and Timothy
I WoodrufT, the leaders, respectively, of
the democratic and republican forces of
that borough met in Joint debate. It was
an outcome of a public remark by McCar
ren that President Roosevelt was responsi
ble for the financial flurry of last week.
More than 5.000 persons heard the debate.
MERCHANTS' DISPATCH QUITS
New lork Central Bay Oat Oldest
Organisation of Klad la
Country.
MILWAUKEE. Oct. 30.-Announceiiiei)t
was made today tiiat the New York Centra'
line has purchased all the property and
franchises of the Merchants' Dispatch com
pany, which means the retirement of tht
latter from, the transportation field as an
independent company.' The Merchants' Dis
patch Is said to be the oldest organization
of its kind In the country.
HIGH LUMBER RATES ARE DUE
On Friday Eaatrra salanieats front
Paclae Coast Mast Meet High
Tariffs.
BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ao.-A big ad
vance in rates of lumber shipments to al
eastern points Is to go Into effect Friday
About 12.0UO cars of fir and t.OOO cars of
red wood are annually shipped from this
point.
LANDSLIDE BURIES CITY
Fifteen Thousand People Said to Hare
Perished at Karataugh, Bokhara.
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ESTIMATE PROBABLY TOO HIGH
Place Is Isolated anal ews le Over
Week Com Ina; Through Il
aster Canned by F.arta
quake. TA8HKEND, Russia, Oct. 30. The whole
of the town of Karatagh, in Bokhara, has
been destroyed and tho entire population,
numlierlng about 15,000. was burled by a
mountain slide following tho recent earth
quake there.
The governor of Karatagh and his
mother are the only persons who survived
the disaster.
ST. FETERSBl'RQ, Oct. 30 The dispatch
received hero from Khokand. Turkestan,
confirms the Tashkend report of the almost
complete destruction of Karatagh by a
landslide following the earthquake of Oo
tober SI. An enormous section of the moun
tain hanging over Karatagh slid and al
most completely burled the city.
It would appear from two dispatches re
ceived here -that the casualty list, first
given at 15.000, had greatly overestimated
the real loss. It Is believed, however, that
the dead mtwt number many hundreds.
Karatagh, situated 100 miles from Samark,
and 250 miles from Khokand, Is so isolated
that newst over a week In coming through.
POPE USES STERN MEASURES
Excommunication Follows Prleata
Who Criticised Encyclical
of the Pope.
ROME. Oct. 30. The virtual excommuni
cation of Rev. Father Tyrell, the English
Jesuit who severely criticised the pope's
recent encylical on modernism, will, It Is
said, probably be followed by the adoption
of similar measures against German, Ital
ian and French mbdernlsts. '
The retirement of Mgr. La Croix, bishop
of Tarenalse, France, who favored the ac
ceptance by the clergy of the church and
state separation law, ts considered to he
primarily due to the prelate's lack of sym
pathy with the present ultramontalne policy
of the Vatican. The reason given for the
bishop's retirement, however. Is ill health.
CANADA WILL LOSE GROUND
New Alaskan nrver Will Result lu
Changing; Established Boss
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OTTAWA. Ont.. Oct. 30. It Is stated here
that a strip of land six hundred feet wide
and many miles In length will be trans
ferred from Canada to the United Statef
In Alaska as a result of the work by a
survey In that country during the punt
summer.
The line of demarkatlon between the
I'nittd States and Canada In the far north
Is the Hist meridian, which starts from the
coast of Mount St. Ellas, and crosses the
Yukon river at a point ninety miles below
Dawson.
MEN FIRE' ON VLADIVOSTOK
Crew of Torpedo Doits Attack t-e
City aad Are Repulsed by
the tiarrlaon.
. TOKIO, Japan, Oct. SO. A dispatch from
Vladivostok Bays that the crew of two
Russian torpedo boats there mutinied and
attacked the city from them. The soldiers
garrisoning the fortress, it was added
responded with a brisk fire, which resulted
In one of the torpedo boats being disabled.
It was further stated that great excite
ment prevailed at Vladivostok and that
the amount of damage was not ktlown.
CHINESE HEADED NORTHWARD
Many Land In Mexico with Idee.
F.aterlnar I'nlted Ctatrn
Once More.
of
MEXICO CITY. Oct. 30. -According to a
dispatch' to The Record, since the, first of
the year there have arrived at tbe port of
Sallna Crux 4,ti3 Chinese, of this total
two-thirds' having as their destination the
I'nlted States. About 300 left here last
Sunday on steamera for Ouaymas. Many
of them are destined for Torreon. A great
many of these foreigners seemed to have
once lived In the United States and are
laboring under the impression that they
can get In again.
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION
Bomb Horled at Acting Governor of
Vlattka by Former
fttadent.
VIATTKA: Russls, Oct. 30. As Prince
Gartchakoft. the acting governor of Vlattka,
waa driving from the cathedral here at
noon today, a bomb was hurled at his car
riage, but failed to explode. The perpetra
tor of the outrage thereupon attempted to
shoot the prince, but the Clrcassion sol
dier of the guard shot and killed the would
be assasain, who was an ex-student of the
local high school.
FILIPINOS WANT FREE TRADE
Leading Newspaper Are Asking for
Thla Condition with I'nlted
(State.
MANILA, Oct. 30. The leading Filipino
newspapers are asking for free trade with
the I'nlted States. Heretofore they have
opposed the tariff reforms on the ground
that they would bind the Philippines too
closely to the United States and endanger
ultimate Independence.
NO JURISDICTION IN THE CASE
Federal Jadge Pollock Scores Crlml
rial Conrt for Maaday Theater
Proacratlous.
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 30. Federal Judge
Pollock today held that he had no Jurisdic
tion In th esse of the Kansas City theatri
cal managers who sought a restraining
order .o prevent Judge Wallace of the
criminal fourt from having lndictmenta
rendered against the managers, actors and
employes ot the playhouse for working on
Sunday In violation of . the state law.
After scoring Judge Wallace for his action.
Judge Pollock gave the theatre men two
days In which to file sn amended bill.
Laad Leegee W las Stakes.
LONDON, Oct. 30. At Newmarket today
the Cambridge stakes handicap of lo sov
ereigns each with iuo sovereigns added, for
1-year-olds and upward, one mile and a
furlong, waa won by Land League. Malul
waa second and Stick Up third. Fifteen
horaes started- Malul was ridden by Danny
Maher, the American Jockey, and waa a
..i favorite at 2 lo 1 against The betting
waa k to 1 acaiust Land Ltague.
SCRAP OVER SCHOOL LAW
Parent and Board of F.dacatlon
May Take Troehles to
Conrt.
One resident of Vnindee and the secretary
of the Omaha Ponrd of Education are at j
loggerncaus. anil rue result may nrirnu
upon a decision of the courts. Tho last
session of the legislature psssed what Is
known as tho "free high school law." by
which children of country school districts
are permitted to attend high school In the
cities, the district of which the pupil Is a
rMl.lnnt Mt lH, 1 1. tnitt.iri f.t lo the ell V
school district. I'nder the terms of the law
a Dundee pupil received a certificate from i
the county superintendent of schools and '
entered the high achool. A short.tlmo there- .
after the father of the pupil was notified
that he must pay to the Omaha school dis
trict the difference between what Omaha
charges pupils from outside of the 'district
and what the Dundee district pays, or tho
child would be denied the right to attend
the high school. The father has protested
and will take tho matter dp with the Board
of Education at Its next meeting.
OMAHA MAN IS AUTO VICTIM
Colonel U.
man,
Y. Wheeler,
Accidentally
In Denver.
Ilrax alc-
Killed
Colonel D. Y. Wheeler, Tor thirty-five
years employed by the Richardson Drug
company, was fatally Injured by an auto
mobile In Denver Wednesday morning. He
died at a hospital in Denver In the after
noon. A dispatch telling of the accident
waa received hy C. F. Weller of the com
pany Wednesday evening. No details have
been received except that Mr. Wheeler was
struck by the automobile. Mr. Weler has
gone lo Denver to take charge of th body.
Mr. Wheeler was employed by the Rich
ardson Drug company when It hud Its head
quarters In St. Louis. When It moved to
Omaha he eumo here with It and has been
on the road most of the time since. While
In Omaha he made his home with Mr. Wel
ler. His wife died a number of years ago.
He has two married daughters, one living
In Greeley, Colo., and the other In Indianap
olis. -
UNION PACIFIC MEN ARE OUT
.North Platte Improvements Sorter
from Heeent Order of
th Bond-
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Oct. 30. (Special
Telegram.) The , I'nlon. Pacific Railroad
company here yesterday withdrew and dis
charged 200 men who were working 6n
extension of trackage In the west end of
this city. Last evening oil laborers work
ing on the construction of the ice lake
east of this city were discharged. One
man had Just arrived from Central City
with twenty team to do excavation work
on the ice lake. Although arrangements
had been made for the use of these teams,
he was told employment could not be given
him. .
Wherever possible the Vnlon Pacific is
discharging employes and already several
hundred laborers have lost positions here.
United Htntra by Thla Meaas Lose
Yearly More Than Coalti
tlon of Banks.
ills
NEW YORK, Oct. SO. Because of the de
crease in birds, the United States Is losing
yearly without protest a sum larger thsn
the capitalisation of all the national hanks
in the country was the statement matin by
President William Dutcher, at the annual
meeting of tho Audobon association here.
The public, declared Mr. Dutcher, Is being
swindled out of enormous sums by Insects.
'If a million dollars or more wss lost
through banks."' he said, "it creates a
wave of protest throughout the entire
country, yet a yearly loss equal to the
(Oit lie capitalization or mo national nanus
of the country creates no comment what
ever, simply because the public do not
realise what Is gjlng on."
W. R. COYNE IS
INDICTED
t. I.onla
Perjnry In Connection with
Bribery Case.
ST. IAUIS. Oct, o. William R. Coyne,
well known In local politics, was Indicted
this evening by the grand Jury on a
charge of perjury. The Indictment results
from the Investigation that has been made
by the iind Jury for the last week Into
the charge that Members Warner and
Pflesmeyer of the house of delegates re
ceived $500 to get a bill passed permitting
the erection of a garage by Henry Ascher.
r'ncnA 1 1 a il hiipn nllMttnnM hv t hn ,r.n I
d
. j , ,,,..
to do so by Judge Muench In the court ot :
criminal causes. Coyne's bond was fixed !
at $3,000 and ho remained In the custody I
of the sheriff pending search for
man. . ,
bonds- I
COAL' TRADE BECOMES ACTIVE
Two Thoasaad Car of Aathraelt
eat to Market Each Day
Last Week.
READING, Pa., Oct. 30,-The coal trade
on the Reading railroad has never been
more active than at the present time. The
collieries are all in operation and the output
of the combined operations of Reading
alone during the last week have been
larger than ever. Nearly 3,000 ears of an- '
thraclte were sent to market each working ,
day last week. A feature In the handling'
of thla enormous trad Is the favt that th ,
men are no longer required to work Sunday.
This Is due to the promptness which char-
acterizes the coal movement.
MRS. FINK BEFORE BOARD
Wife
of Omaha's City Treasurer
Maid to Be Cabala ared
Mratally.
Is
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3u.-Mrs. Fink,
wife of Robert O. Fink, city and county
treasurer of Omaha. Nob., who. according
to her husband. Is mentally unsound and
Incapable of taking care of her estate,
valued at tJM.Wo, appeared here today be
fore a lunacy commission, bet because of
the absence of one ot the commissioners
th Inquiry was postponed. Mrs. Fink is
now a resident of this city.
JUDGE GROSSCUP RELEASED
Famishes lioud la Railroad Proseca
tlon oa Being Served with
Wnrraut.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Judge Grosaeup, xw ho
was today served with a warrant charging
him with manslaughter as one of the di
rectors In an elect lie. railway at Mattoon
on which several were recently killed.
supplied bond and was relei
BANKS FULL OF CASH
j More Coin in Their Vaults Than Evt r
in Their History.
Wnif
NORMAL
ROUTINE RETURNING
Omaha Adjusting; Itself with Ease to
New Conditions.
CASHIER'S CHECKS AS CURRENCY
. . . e, . . ,
-Vti iiituuiuum an tMwppiuf uciu
to Their Correspondents.
MAY PAY CASH NEXT WEEK
Oatlook Aow I for Early I.lftlag of
I'rccaatlonarr Measare aad
Resumptlaa of Money Pay
ments In Fall.
With the greatest of ease Omaha has ad
justed Itself t j a new financial situation.
This was Illustrated by th condition of
the banks Wednesday, after th plan of
holding back currency and extending the
use of checks had been (rled two day. U
was new even Tuesday, but when th bank
opened for businesa Wednesday morning
It was to assume tho regular routine with
out Incident. Almost all of the depositorti
understand the situation and have become
reconciled to a plan which looked panicky
to them Monday morning.
As a result of the two days of check
system banking every bank in Omaha fins
more cash in It vaults than ever, th sav
ings banks arc not receiving notices for
the withdrawal of money In sixty day and
tho savings and loan associations and trust
companies are actually Increasing their de
posits. No lines of depositors greeted the paying
tellers at opening time, no arguments wer
necessary to retain money In the bank and
the detectives which have Infested the ,
counting rooms for two day have been
dismissed, as their presence has been only
a precaution and not a call has been made
for their assistance.
Few Depositors Give Notice.
President J. II. Flack of the City Savings
hank said only 3J depositors out of th
H.OOO carrying accounts with hi bank had
given notice that they desired to withdraw
their money In sixty day, while not 100
of them would actually rak their money
from the lani. They simply gave the no
tice to enable them to withdraw the money
at the expiration of the legal time If they
desire to do SO then. '
The savings banks are providing mean
for those who actually need money, but
few of their depositors have asked for
assistance.
With the trust companies gnd the sav
ings and loan companies, the situation 1
equally as bright as with the banks.
So successful have the banka ot Omaha
been in retaining their cash and at the
suntc time the confidence of their deposit
ors' and so admirably has the clearing
house plan met every need of tho local
Imslress world that the natloual banks, -
; began Tuesday night to snip tncir country
correspondents bundles of rashler'a-check,
for use aa currency.
Evening clearing house meeting, which
It was thought would be necessary, have
been called off. Members of the associa
tion held a brief meeting Tuesday after---,
noon, and will probably nieot for a few
minutes each afternoon to handle routine
matter.
Work of t ashler's Check.
It Is the cashier's checks which were put
Into circulation Tuesday In denomination
of $5, $10 and $20 that are answering all
purposes in the local tmsmcss world ana
I B.
l supplying a convenient menium or ex
change for country banks. Every bsnk In
Omaha has been shipping out these checks,
guaranteed by the clearing house, and the
country banks will pay them over the
The outlook now Is for an curly lifting
of the precautionary measure, and the pay
olltleinn la Charmed wltl , .. rt f. . . k . f ,. . h
i is done In some Instance at Omaha bank
i at present. M'nibers of the clearing house
j do nut believe the rule, will be lu effect
longer than the first of next week, or at
i the outside the middle of the week,
j Provision has been made by all bank
to care for pay rolls Saturday, unless soma
' tiling unexpected happens in New York,
which Is not now anticipated. These, with
the money In common use, will supply all
. the needa of business, and there will be
' hundreds of Omahans who will never see
the flashy medium of exchange. In th
dainty tints with water marks and lltho-
graphs of buildings, known a "cashier's
checks."
CHINK! HEAP SAVVY SITUATION
I
Oaly One Chiaamaa Thlaks "Caantle
la on the Blnra."
Among the seven or eight nationalities
represented at the paying teller' windows
of an Omaha bank, a long line of China
men passed by, some asking for money
and aome perfectly satisfied to accept
cashier's chocks. Jt waa much easier for
the tellers to make the Chinamen Under
stand the situation- than it was to ex
plain it to some Americans, who appeared
at the. windows.
Numerous remarks from the Chinamen
"'i'tl the attention or the depositors.
n PSi'sed along and said:
"Put .In' counties on blum."
Th.'' paying teller replied In a polit liltl
ech that there waa no danger of th
I country being put "on tlm bum," and gave
the Chink a handful of allver for hi check.
Another Celestial, who had translated
the statement of President Yates of the
Clearing House association Into th lan
guage, which reads backward and up and
down, stepped Into view ot th paying
teller:
"Gimme twenty, pay me eightee checks,"
as he pushed through a check for $loo,
written in the latest style of United
Slates.
But the Chink had learned the American
language, and when the teller said "What's
the matter John, broke again?" the China
man replied:
"Yes, bloke agin by gosh, d my Mis
souri heart."
WOMEN ABE If All D TO TURN DOW
Persist la Demanding Cash aad Balk
at Aaythlac Else.
Fast and furious 'excuses for drawing
money from th banks, havo been born In
blocks of flvt. when polite paying tellers
have aaked depositors what the mouey
was for and sought to explain that ther
was no reason for withdrawing ih cash
or feeling uueasy. But undaunted by sound
explanations, women have been by far the
most persistent la demanding their moaty
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