Fhe Omaha ' Daily Bee
VOL. XXX VII NO. 11!).
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING NOVEMBER' 4, 1907.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
pensions
Ninety Thousand Certifica. tied
Under the McCumber '
PRACTICALLY SERVICE PLV V
Spanish War Vftran Makes- a v
for Re-establishment of Canteen.
WORKS FOR GOOD OF THE ARMY
Under American Patent Sweden is
Making Taper from Peat.
COUNTRY'S INTERNAL COMMERCE
Ilenorls Khn niutlnntlon llurlnsr
rittrmber, anl the lnorfnf la
Kapeclnlly otlrea1e In
Farm Products.
(From a Stuff Coin spondeiit.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Special.) The
annual report of tho commissioner of pen
sions ha recently been made public and
contains a great deal of data of Interest
to the pensioner and the general public. It
appears that under the so-called McCumber
act, which l practically a service pension
law, M.uno certificated have been Issued.
1'nder the general pension lawi, any
soldier who nerved In the federal army In
tho civil war, honorubly discharged, and
la disabled by wounds received or disease
contracted In the line of duty In such -rv-Ice,
Is pensionable, regardless of tho length
of time he served.
Vndcr the net of Wo, any soldier who
served In the federal army In the civil war,
not lesa than ninety day, wus honorably
discharged anil slnco his discharge, by
accident or disease not due to lis own
vltiousnesH, has become In uny degree un
able to earn his support by mnnuul labor,
Is entitled to a sienalon.
I'nder the act of February S, l!Mi7 the
McCumber act any soldier who served In
the federal army ill the civil warnlncty
days, and wus honorably discharged. Is
entitled to a pension at the rate of tU per
month, after ho has reached the age of ft!
year. $13 a month after he has arrived nt
the age of "0. and $Jo u mouth after he Is
75 yeurs Old, on account of age ulone.
It will be noted that under the genera!
law a soldier Is ' pensionable because of
wounds or disease contracted )n the serv
ice, regard lb n of the length of his service;
that under the act' Of 1890 he Is pensionable
for disabilities not due to his own vicious
habits, occurring after his discharge, on
condition that he served ninety days In the
civil- war and was honorably dlacharged,
and that under the McCumber act ha Is
pensionable, aa stated. If he served ninety
days In the civil war and was honorably
discharged. ' '
It Is tint necessary that the soldier
served In . the same organisation the
ninety day or thai he had a continuous
service of ninety days, but that the sum
total of the novice?, ff hn had, moiVt tUan
one t-nUstmentjrs nrnvty days, which sat
isfies the requirements of the law, but the
service or services must have been In the
civil war.
Plea fr ruttts. -
Walter Scott, Halei commander-in-chief
of the Spanish War Veterans, declares
that It Is of vital Importance that con
gress should restore the canteen to the
regular army and to the soldiers' homes,
lie has been In Washington during the
wi'M and gave this Interview:
"Tho restoration of the army canteen
la absolutely necessary If the government
desires to maintain the regular army at
anything l!Wo Its maximum strength. I
served ai a soldier In the rgular army
and know by experience that the operatiou
of the canteen was most helpful In main
taining discipline and .contentment anion.'
the tnen. It was beneficent In that It
made many of the men contented and
discouraged thum ironi visiting; low
brothels and dives where vile compounds,
termed liquor, were dispensed. In the In
terest of sanitation, morality and dUd
pllna I hope congress will follow the
recommendations of practically all of the
lilgti officers of the army and former sol
dier and restore the canteen to military
posts and soldiers' liomes."
The peat bog furnishes the latest sub
stitute for wood In the manufacture of
paper. Paper making- from peat on a
commercial scale has already begun Ifi
Sweden, whers a company, capitalised at
more than $1,000,000. haa made extensive
purchases of peat bogs and prepared plans
for the erection of mills for turning out
wrapping paper and pasteboard.
The money for the enterprise comes
largely from Loudon, but the process by
which tha vegetable fiber of the peat will
be converted into paper la covered by
an. American patent. An account of the
u.-eesaful launching of the enterprise Is
given In a report of the V lilted States
consul, R. S. S. Bergii of Gothenburg,
tiweden-
This la not the first effort at paper mak
ing from peat. Soma years ago a paper
mill was operated by water powar at
t'ulbrldge, Ireland. Tha patriotic people
1 of the neighborhood put forth their best
efforta to place the new commodity on the
market, and It was enthusiastically an
nounced that "making paper from the soil
of old Ireland U an established Industry."
However. It remained, for American tests
to satlafy capitalists that peat-mads paper
would command price that would make
lta manufacture profitable. It Is claimed
that a ton of paper worth $30 caa be
mada from peat at a total cost of $15,
thus leaving a satisfactory margin of
profit. It la further claimed that It takes
only two hours to convert the peat Into
paper.
Only o Cowreo Papers.
It should not, however, be expected that
peat as a material tor paper making can
take the place of wood pulp for all pur
poses. It It helps to meet tha demand
for tha coarser grades of paper, and thus
relieves the pressure upon the timber
supply, It wUl do a great . deal for the
forests of tha Vnlted States. Tha quan
tity of peat In tha world la enormous. It
exists la aU the countries . of northern
.Kuropa and has bean used for fuel for
centuries. Deposits cf from. tea to fifty
feet deep and many miles In extent axe not
unusual. Siberia has thousands of square
miles of peat, and much exists In the
Untied States and Canada. It la a vege
table aubatanoe. depoalied by alow accu
muUtlou during thousands of years, the
procea bertig similar to that by which
coal was formed.
Many food qualities have been claimed
for paper made from peat. It la said that
au article wrapped la It will not be at
tanked by mot ha. and for that reason It
(U aaaumed to be particularly fitted for
fcoata and bags fur storing furs and
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CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
'iViuiierst lire at Omnli.i
terday :
Itu
BOOTH PREACHES IN NEWYORK
"alvatlon Army Commander Horde
t Three Monster Meclna-a In
Metropolis.
NKW YORK. Nov. 3-Genrral William
Booth, the head of t lie Salvation army,
today conducted In this city what was
considered to be the most Important series
of meetings of tils present and probably
his farewell American tour. The New
Amsterdam theater was crowded to the
doors with an audience that represented
plcturesquelly cosmopolitan New York.
Each appearance of the general was
greeted with fervor characteristic of the
organisation. He. was assisted by Com
missioner Adams, formerly of Chlcano;
Commander Eva Rooth, Ills daughter, who
Is In chargo of the Americun work, and
many other officers of the army.
General Booth preached ut the three
services, morning, afternoon nnd evening,
and despite his nearly four-score years
appeared strong, his voice usually carry.
Ing throughout the auditorium. He joined
lustily in the singing and' once when the
buss drummer faltered the veteran leader
communded him to hit harder.
ARCHBISHOP DEFENDS PRIEST
C'rtlar Hnplils CathollraX Are Angry
When Told to Hrepec-t the
C'hnrrh's Authority.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Nov. 4. (Speclul
Telegram.) Archbishop Keane, after con
firming n, class of thirty-five yesterday, ad
dressed some vigorous remarks to the par
ishioners. In plain language he told them
they urted unwisely In . the controversy
with Father Luke Donlon. He supixjrted
the priest in every particular In the parish
flglit of two years and gave no opportunity
for the opposition to be summoned. He
suggested sending Father Donlon to a big
ger and better parish. He recommended
hurmony and respect for church authority.
The leaders of the opposition, prominent
and successful business men, are very
angry. They say that 73 per cent of the
parish are opposed to the priest's course,
but afraid to speak their mind.
The Injunction suit secured by three In
fluential members retraining; the priest from
publicly talking of the trouble will tie
tried Tuesday next.
ADAMS JURY NOT COMPLETED
Many Witnesses Reort hot They
Will Xot Be eeud for
... ' Several Days,
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ItATHDRVM. Idaho. Nov. 3. The routine
work of securing a Jury to try Steve
Adams Tor the murder of Fre Tyler Is
still In progress here and slow progress Is
being made.
Between twent-flve and thirty witnesses
have reported up trt date and It is under
stood that a number of others have been
subpoenaed, but as they will not be needed
until the Jury Is complete t hey have not
yet put In an appearance.
Charles Moyer, who was arrested with
Haywood and Pettlbone, la In constant, at
tendance in court and occupied a seat at
the side of Sttve Adams. He frequently
whispers to the counsel for the defense.
Mrs. Adams slso occupies a seat beside'
her husband and appears to be even mora
cool and collected than ho.
RECLAIMING WASTE PLACES
Dralnane Con areas to IH erase n.
tlonnl Vmwr on the
abject.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S. Secretary cf
the Interior Garfield; Glfford Plnehot,
chief of the forestry service, and F. H
Newell, director of the government
reclamation service, ere expected to at
tend the congress- of the National Drain
age association at Baltimore, November
15 to 27. The meeting will be In the Mc
Coy hall of Johns Hopkins university.
Senator Flint of California, the author
of the general drainage bill, will advocate
the adoption of that measure by eon
gress. Senator Clapp of Minnesota, Rep
resentative Steveuaon, Adam Bede and
Assistant l'oatmaater McCleary are ex
pected to participate. Most of the gov
ernors of the southern, western and east
ern states, as well as mayors of a num
ber of cities, have been appointed dele
gates. HIGHWAYMAN VISITS HOTEL
1 ses Knife Freely on Kaesta Mho Re.
fns to' iilTe 1 p
, VaJaables.
PRE8COTT, A rlx.. Nov. S.-A lone high
wayman, armed with a knlfo. last night
entered five hotels In this city, fatally
wounded one of the guests, who offered
resistance, and made his escape after
robbing a score of people encountered dur
ing his single-handled raids. Tha man
first made his appearance In the Schuer
man hotel, where he was discovered by
Robert Lutely. The latter resisted when
the robber mada demands for his vsluables
and waa almost cut to plecea by his as
salient. Ten minutes later the robber
entered the Brlnkmeyer hotel, where ha
secured considerable booty. In rapid suc
cession he paid hasty visits to the Head,
Chff and Globe hotels, In each Instance
terrorising and robbing tin- inmates he
encountered. II then made his escape.
Small Clearing; II ease CcrtlCeateo.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1-Tbe local
bankers decided that for a time clearing
house certificates in small denominations
would be Issued to meet demands for pay
rolls. This step was taken to provide a
small negotiable currency In lieu of cash.
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INDIAN FIGHTERS TO FRONT
Second United States Cavalry Ordered j
to the Ute Country.
COL: 0?? COMMANDS EXPEDITION ct'nv''e In Washlmrlipn probably on No
. vomber 11, will draw 'to this city as dele-
Baie of Operations May lie Trans
ferred to Cheyenne ItlTer Aaency
Company M Cioea From
Fort Crook.
Orders were, received at a,rniy lieadi4Uar
ters In Omaha late Saturday evening to
dispatch the remaining two squadrons of
the Second T'nlted States cavalry, com
posed of eight companies, to Thunder
Buttes, a. D., at the earliest possible mo
ment. Tho command will leave Fort Des
Moines early Monday morning. The de
parture of the two squadrons will leave
only the band at the post.
company K. Flxteenth Infantry, left
Fort Crook Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
to garrison Fort Dcs Moines during tho
absence of the Second cavalry In the field.
Company M Sixteenth lnfantrj. under
command of Captain Harry F. Dalton,
will leae Fort Crook Monday morning
early for Gettysburg. S. D.. to take charge
of the base of supplies which has been
established there for the operations !
against the Ute Indians should they make
any troublesome overtures.
Colonel Frank West of the Second cav
alry will be placed In command of the
expedition on arrival at Thunder Buttes.
Major Sibly and the first squadron of
four companies of the Second cavalry a
now at Thunder Buttes. Colonel WeBt
Is an old-time Indian fighter and Is said
to be thoroughly competentto handle the
situation In whatever phase It may
de-
V,1P- j BALTIMORE. Md., JVov. S.-A comblua-
May Transfer Base of Operations, j Hon of Independent cracker manufacturers
It Is possible' that the base of operations i to bo known aa the General Biscuit cqm
may be transferred from Gettysburg, ' pany Is In process of formation, according
which is the end of the railway lines, to ' to George Dobbin Peunlman, a lawyer of
Cheyenne River agency, eighteen miles this city, who today returned from New
west of Gettysburg, on the west side of 1 York, where he has been In conference
the Missouri river. By the establishment with parties interested In the proposed
of the base at the agency the necessity new corporation. It Is understood that
and Inconvenience of crossing the liver about twenty-flve Independent companies
would lie avoided should the operations will be in the projected romblne. The cap
ngalnst the L'tes be prolonged Into tho llal stock will be $.'B,0O,00O. but for the
winter season, which now seems very i present It will be Lssued only In sufficient
likely. j amounts to absorb the plants desired. Tem-
'1 he Second cavalry Is one of the oldest porary organisation, lias been formed, but
regiments in the United States army. Its those concerned prefer not to give out any
organization dating from the revolution- ; details until all plana have been perfected,
ary period, when It was known aa the Mr. Pennlman stated that, owing to pres
"Second Dragoons." As an organization ent money conditions, the time was not
the regiment has participated In more In- ! opportune for launching the enterprise,
dlan campaigns than any other regiment but meanwhile plans will be carefully
In the service. Forty years ago the regl-. worked out. Baltimore. New York. Fhila
ment was engaged In the Sioux campaign delphla and St. Louis are among the cities
in the vicinity of Cheyenne river nnd
along the Moreau or Owl river, where
iur pieveui scene or upcrmions is iu-
cated. The command will go Into tho
teld fully equipped for a winter com-
paign. rne quartermaster and commis
sary departments at Omaha aro rushing
supplies to the disaffected district and
the Department of the Missouri headquar
ters will have Immedlnte direction of the
operations against the Indians so fa
ar tut
the army is concerned. , ,. .
. Brigadier General Charles Morton will
remain in Omaha to personally direct the
movements of the troops. The entire do-
partment staff worked nearly all of Sat-
urday night. Sunday and Sunday night
rrunging lor the transportation of tho
troops and the shipment of supplies to the
field.
bill LtGAL BATTLE IMPENDS
Prominent Lawyers Are Knaased In
Hendrlckson Murder
Cnse.
"
SIOCX FALLS. 8. D.. Nov. 3. tSpecial.)
According to reports which have been
received here from Moody county, the
battle for the life of Henry Hendrlckson.
a prominent grain buyer, whoso home is
at Trent, and who is charged with the
murder of H. A. Bradfleld. the Trent drug
ciera. who aiea aturaay in a Htoux Falls
hospital from a gunshot wound alleged to
have been Inflicted , by Hendrlckson, will
be fought by some of tho leading attorneys
whl ,.' ,nnat. with V. .. i .. I n
r l. v.ZZ . . 7... tV.'-'
HenrlH. un hu. aiuT ' a. 7" .
, thl. ,, ....., I
mann! whUe ,77. understood that George !
W. Kgan. the attorney who recently de.
elded to remove to Sioux Falls from Logan,
la., and who as special prosecutor secured
the conviction of Mrs. Kaufmann, will be
engaged to assist State Attorney Blewltt
of Moody county in the prosecution of
Hendrlckson. Whether or not State At
torney Blewltt will arrange to have Mr.
Egan aid him in the case or whether the
friends of Bradfleld residing at Trent and
vicinity will raise a special fund and engage
hia services on their own account Is not
known.
STORES CLOSE AT KANSAS CITY
...bath Oh.err.nco Has Str.ck Hard !
In tho City oat tho
K.w.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. J.-Never be
fore In tha history' of this city was the
Sabbath so strictly observed by the busi
ness Interests aa It was today. All the
merchants who have heretofore defied the
attempts of Criminal Judge William H.
Wallace to enforce the state law forbid
ding unnecessary labor on Sunday, today
obeyed tha Sunday cloalng order. The ,
.I,! ' : V , t i , r .. ' rent for "" y"" - "hen the Sol-
hey ar. protec Ud by Injunction proceed- , ,, w a .mall ,n,tttutlon ,
in., pending in the federal court. mtle COUIltrr . , of
Tha decision of the merchant, to obey ! ..Wered the need, of the postofflce. A.
the law today was brought about by the ' the institution per and a new head
wholesale arrests, during the last twenty- ' quarter, building was erected, a room waa
four hour, of those persons who were In-' .et .side for a postofflce and all the
dieted by the grand jury yesterday for re- needed furni.Ur in eio i. ,.. ..-i.i.
fusing to comply with the law during the
two previous Sundays. The persons ar-
"-" -viur-r oonas ranging
,rom to .1.0ft) each.' ,
fmilTV nnTiAii in ' aaiAMMn. '
COUNTY OPTION IN MISSOURI
Seven Tow., .ad Couatle. to Vote on
Question tu tha .rar
Futur.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. X Seven counties
and towns In Mloaourt are about to vote
on w.i r,iun .. .. v . ,
... .....v-.. euTcinurr (, r
Nevada. In Vernon county: November , ,
Moniteau county; November . Pulaski
county; November 11, Aurora. In Lawrence ;
county; November 1?, Daviea county; No
vember Its, Caldwell county; November 23.
Jackson county, outalde of Kanaaa City
and Independence.
Fifty of the 114 counties In the
nave aireaay voted and are "dry." About
..,-,. counvies. oiuea and towns are
. t i
10 yioia eiectiona Dc-rore December 1). and
the Anti-Saloon league or Missouri expects
half of these eiectiona at lull will bv m
by the "drj'g." -
delegates seeking, peace
I Central Ancrl
can k'ountrles II
era And Revola
tlone. Hone to
Knd W
WASHINGTON. Nev. 3.T,he Central
American peace conference, which will
1 gates the leading statesmen and profes
sional men of Costa Rica, Guatemala.
Honduras. Nicaragua and Salvador, as well
as the ministers accredited to the Vnlted
States from those countries. These men
will assemble here to represent the hopes
l entertained In the various republics that
the conference may effectually end wars
between themselves and revolutions within
themselves. '
It Is expected that the conference will
continue at least two weeks and It Is likely
that it may run for a month or more.
In preparation for the gathering the
upper Boor of the building occupied by the
International Bureau of American Repub
lics has been flttcd out in elaborate stylo.
In addition to their regularly accredited
ministers to the t'nlted States, Guatemala,
Honduras and Salvador have sent two dele
gates each, while Costa Rica and Nlca-
...'1. .'a ..ml l.i i xn Di-kaUu
t p,cf ue flgure whn w, wpn
Bt le coforence , Benof p,,,. Bon.
)la B formrr, prcBiunt of Hondura!1, ontl
( ,1(JW t,)e rec01nlw Ua(lBr f tn bera,
, that countrv; He ,ald t0 Da
a lawyer of great learning and ability.
He will have a4 his colleague Senor E.
C'onstlntlno Flallos, now secretary for for
eign affairs, and an authority on political
t st.uncei
PRAHKFR P.niWRIMP FflRMIMfi
Twenty-FIre Independent Companies
Are Planning- o Join
Forces.
v represented In the New York company,
( with Baltimore aa the distributing point
i ror me entire SOUU1.
i FIRE
IN . PACKING PLANT
Main Office of Nelnon Morria Company
In F.st St. Louis Is
' Destroyed.
EAST ET. IXU'IS. IU., Nov. 1,-TUef main
J office buildlnr of the Nelson Morris Dauk-
Ing plant was destroyed by-fire late ester
day. Tho fire broke out on. the top floor
; of the five-story building and In an hour
' the structure was gutted. A general alarm
brought out the fire fighting apparatus and
the firemen had hard work preventing the
flames from spreading toward the Na
tional stock yards. All the occupants of
the VinlMtno M.l it,. i.
" believed to have been destroyed. The
loss Is approximated at nearly t300,(K,
Miss May Walsh, the cashier, remained
at the safe on the third floor, and notwlth-
islanding the advancing flames she safely
j passed out bundles of money to a group of
clerks. After the money had all been
taken from the safe Miss Walsh, assisted
i.by the clerks, made her way In safety from
j the burning building. The building was
the newest and largest of tho Nelson Mor.
j rls structures and was completed two years
ago. The cause of the fire has not been
determined,
FIRE RECORD.
8"" B-Hdl. at O..I1.1.
OGALLALA, Neb.. Nov. a.-(Speclal Tele-
gram.) Fire which started In the smoke
L'0" ' V'! m"t. h.'
frame row between the bank and the brick
store at midnight. The buildings burned
were the Davidson drug store, Girmann's
meat market, a restaurant, the real estate
office of Holloway and the Postal telegraph
office. Loss 110.000, Insured for about 60
per cent.
fiOVKRNMBVT TAKES BOX It EXT
Peculiar Conditio. Brougrht to Light
at M.rnhialltovra.
MARSHALLTOWN, la..' Nov. 3. (Spe
cial.) As a result of an Investigation made
recently by a postofflcO' inspector. Miss
Lulu Walker, postmaster at the. sub-
Tl'ullT. "I th VW" l"" "T
will probably have to pay about WHO for
box rents which have been collected by
her, but which havo never beon turned Into
the Postofflce department. All uninten
tionally, and without intending any wrong,
Miss Walker has been keeping the revenue,
which, amounted to dbout $100 a year, de
rived from the box rents at the postal
station, which supplies almost 1,000 people
with their mall.
The case la a peculiar one, In that the
state is furnishing the boxes and the
Iederal d,partment lntend, lo colle(.t ,
by the state. This furniture consisted of
several hundred private boxes. They '
rented readily, and never .tuestlonlnc for'
a m,nutt, ltl rljrnt t0 do ,0i ,he lnamutlon J
--ow "e postmaster to keep the rent'
from the boxes .. part of her salary. This
she haa done through a aeries of year.
Recently Postmaster C. H. Smith was
notified that the box rents, past and future,
of the Soldiers' Home substation would
have to be turned Into, the department.
This Mr. Smith has done for the nine
months of hi. term of office. The balance
: . - :
or tne time belongs to the term of J. Q
Saint, who preceded Mr. Smith In office.
Fight Over Public Llahtlaat Coal
t. I
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Nov. (.-(Special.)- I
As a result of the failure of the Cheyenne
Llaiit. . Fuel and Power company to keej
promlsea made to the mayor and city
council to improve the lighting and heat
lao service of the rlrv M-- v a
.Saturday took another step looklna to thi
. . - - v . v. v
maaing or a mange and wrote a letter
demanding that the company remove it
pole and gas mains from the streets and
dovUrlrig the company's contract forf.it U.
LAST WORD GOES TO VOTERS
Chairman Hayward Arranging to Oct
Prompt Returns of Result.
WARM CAMPAIGN IN CUSTER
Commercial Bank at Grand Island
I'ronoanced All Right by Bank- '
Inn: Board nnd Will llr
open Tuesday.
(Froi-.i a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Nov. 3 (Special.) Chalr
manllayward has sent out letters to
county workers requesting that from tho
various localities the vote be telephoned
In just as soon cis it Is counted, and in
return he will give the party telephoning
whatever Information he may have of the
vote In other parts of the state. Mr
Hayward hopes to have enough of tt.o
returns In before the morning after elec
tion to pretty near tell Just what the re
publican majority will be. With the re
publicans this election does not stop tho
campaign, but the committee will go rlgnt
ahead strengthening the party machinery
bo that next year the republicans will
have no trouble- at all Ip retaining the
state In the republican column.
Some little aurprlso was expressed by
democrats and republicans here t oday
when the World-Herald jumped on Tom
Allen for not advertising W. J. Bryan'a
speeches to bo delivered In the state.
One reason civen by a prominent demo
crat down here was that owing to tho
scarcity of money Tom Allen found he
could not rocure space In the demo-pup
shee to ;.Tet Bryan ' before the peo
ple. Lincoln democrats running for
office or managing a campaign have
found, so they say, that It costs money
to advertise democratic candidates In the
World-Herald. Tom Allen, the democratic
chairman, I. the brother-ln-Inw of Wi J.
Bryan and holds his position by virtue
of that relationship and by virtue of the
hold the railroads have on the minority
party. This Is the explanation offered by
democrats for electing Allen to this posi
tion, but they are opposed to the demo
pop organ saying: a word against Allen,
because they claim he and the World
Herald are In the same railroad camp.
Little wus doing around the republican
headquarters today, only a few letters came
In to bo answered and .c, few telephone
message, were sent out to workers to
be on the lookout for false rumors or
stories which might be put In circulation
by the opposition.
Custer County Anake.
Colonel John J. Ryder returned this
morning from Custer county, where lie
went to expound republican truths for
the enlightenment of the people of that
section of the state. Colonel Ryder found
that practically every republican vote In
Custer will be cast and not only will all
the republicans vote for Judgo Reese, but
-a good many democrats and populists are
going to do the same thing. The ' great,
quentlon In Custer county 13 county di
vision, and that Is the only question, the
pmpl i will enthuao over." The bank: alt na
tion, Mr. Ryder said, ' was not' cutting
any figure out in this great common
wealth, for tho peoplo of Custer have
all the money they can use. Their great
est trouble he found was In making
change. At a sale which was held near
Calloway, he 'said every man who made
a purchase paid In the coin of the realm
and not a single noto waa given. Every
body In that section or the state, It
looked like, he said, had a "plant," and
was paying no. attention to the banks and
were not In the -least worried.
Ed Hamilton, Cashier of tho Commercial
State bank of Grand Island, -which closed
Its doors last week, following the suicide
of the cashier of the First National bank
at Charlton, la., which held some of the
Grand Island bank's money, waa In the city
today in consultation with the State Bank
ing board; It was decided the wank was
to reopen for business as usual Tuesday
morning. Secretary Royce, of the bank
ing board assured Mr. Hamilton that, the
examination showed the' bank was solvent
and never should have been closed. Mr.
Hamilton stated that when the affair at
Charlton waa made public ha became fright
ened lest his Institution should become In-
voolved and he did not care to take the
chances on his own responsibility of con
tinuing the business. The condition of the
funds at Chariton la such that they can be
realised on and the bank Is considered
to have ample resources aside from this.
No date ha. yet been fixed for the clos
ing of the big revival meeting which has
been In progress here for many weeks. To
date over 900 persons have announced that
they have been converted. The auditorium
Is crowded nightly. The meetings are being
coonducted under the auspices of the Chris
tian churches, assisted by the Baptist
churches.
IIOU TO VOTE Oil BOIID PROPOSITIONS
QUESTION 1
hail tha titles of Omaha and Boats
Omaha ha eoasolldatedf
YEO....H NO.aa.n
QUESTION 2
hall Soagaaa county spend t-lS.OOO
for site aad ooaatruouo. of a aetaa
tio. hornet
YEO....O NO. ...El
QUESTION 3
ball Soagia. ooaaty spend 98,000
for a tubeieulesla ward at tha ooaaty
hospital T
YEO....E NO...'.!"!
QUESTION 4
ball tha city of Omaha Issue
S 50,000 boaaa for pavlag attest iiter
qectloB.t YEO...'.H NO
QUESTION 5
hall ti city ef Omaha lssms Ms,.
000 boaaa fot war ooaatrwctlear
YES....
X
NO
L0WER priceson lumber
Dealer Pays That xt Two Months
V. Ill lie the Time to
Buy.
"The best time to build In Omaha." said
I
a representative of th'r Diets Lumber com
pany, "is within the next two months.
This talk about tho price of lumber being
awny up Is not true. As a matter of fact
we linve Just cut Hie price on shingles
"5 cents on the bundle and are giving a
discount of 20 per cent for cash on other
lumber. The wise builder will take ad
vantnge. of the line weather - In Omaha
during the months of November and De
cember and will ' get his house enclosed
In time for cold weather so that tho In
terior work can be done at a time when
labor can be secured more easily and at
much lower wages than during the warm
months."
ONE MORE STRIKE SETTLED
National Prlntlnar Company !fla;ua
Contract ".'lth Printers nnd
Pressmen.
The National Printing company has algned
a contract with Its printers and pressmen,
granting the eight-hour day and providing
for tho "closed" shop In all departments.
The contruct runs Indefinitely. The men
' struck last Tuesday, and a settlement was
reached on Saturday, tn addition to a
shorter work day, the men also receive a
substantial increase In wages.
OFFICER BE; BKKK A.NU GKT8 IT
Telia ftynipnthetlc Itrualt How Dry
Ho la. and Arrest Follows.
Sidney Eastman, who runs a drug stove
at Hamilton street, waa orrested for
selling beer on Sunday. ' He may also have
to answer the charge of selling beer with
out a city license, as ho has failed to pro
vide himself with such a document.
Officer Wooldridge suspected that East
man had been in the habit of selling
bottled beer on Sunday and ho dressed
himself in plain Sunday clothes and went
In nnd Introduced himself as one of East
man's new neighbors. After half an hour
of pleasant conversation the officer said
that he regretted the lid was so securely
screwed down on Sundays, as his Inner
man craved a bottle of beer. Eastman
said he could fix him out and proceeded
to do so, after which the officer rudely
, revealed his Identity and invited Eastman
I to take a car ride to the stution. . He was
, released on S1Q0 bond and will have a hear
ing Monday morning.
LEGAL HOLIDAY
IX
OREGON
Governor Takes Action to Protect the
Banks.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. J. Governor
Chamberlain lost night Issued a procla
mation designating Monday. November 4,
a legal holiday In this state, Mr. Cham
, berlaln says that he will declare euch
successive day a holiday until the present
monetary famine 1. over.
At a banquet at the Commercial club
last night Governor Chamberlain vpoke
i on the financial crista. Ha asked for a
spirit of forbearance on the part of tho
people. He argued that there waa no oc
casion for great alarm, especially In 'the
northwest, where prosperity never was no
general and where It was eo certain,
owing to -the natural physical advantage,
of the states of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. He said that the balance of trade
was against this section at this time for
tho reason that it was so prosperous and
that It was shipping 80,000,000 bushclt
of wheat to foreign countries; that the
wheat had to be paid for and the pay
ment hod temporarily left the bunks short
of ready money at a time when it was
In unusual demand. The governor pointed
out , that the banks of this section de
pended upon the Portland banks and that
the Portland banks equally were dependent
upon eastern banks.
KEVATORSHIP
MARYLAND
Voters
to Be Given ODnnrtnnKr
Express Preference.
BALTIMORE. Md.. Nov. 3-Last night
practically brings to a close the campaign
precedent to! the election next Tuesday,
when a governor, comptroller, attorney
general and clerk of the court of appeals,
members of both branches of the legisla
ture and county officers will be bnlloted
for throughout the state. In addition, to
the election to the office named there will
bo on Tuesday a primary election Intended
to Indicate the choice of the people for the
long term United State senatorshlp. An
nouncements of candidacy for this closed
officially early In October with eight names.
Withdrawals have since reduced this list
to three, Edwin Warfleld, the present gov
ernor of the state; John Walter Smith,
ex-governor, and Congressman J. Fred C.
Talbott. Of these the two last named are
organization men, whllo Governor Warfleld
Is understood to be opposed by the organ
isation forces.
QUESTION 6
hall the city of Omaha Issue 3o
DOO bonds to build two aew lire ag-iaa
houses T
YES. ...HI NO....l
QUESTION 7
hall tha city of Omaha Issue $50,
000 bonds to buy b.w parks aad im
prove uiai
YES
NO....P
QUESTION 8
hall tha city of Omaha Issue
93,600,000 bonds to hay tha gas
werksf
YES
NO
QUESTION 9
BhaU the sehool district of Omaha
Issue 9600,000 boads foe school lto
aad huUdiagal
J
YES....
NO
Question 1 la voted on la Oasaha
asd louta Omaha.
Question 9 aad ar. voted oa all 1
over tbe county.
Qnsattoa. 4, 9, 9, T, 9 had 9 are
fated ea la Ouaaha only. -Qusstloa.
1 to ar e tha retlag
wail ousstioa I u m ta
sekocl hoard Itallwt.
ORDER OUT OF. CHAOS
Great ProijTesj Made in Restoring
Normal Conditions in .Finance.
SITUATION WELL IN HAND
Gold on the Way from Europe is Hav
ing Steadying1 Influence.
INCREASE IN BANK NOTES HELPS
M::.:ures Taken to Guard Against a
Recurrence of Trouble.
TSUST COMPANY RESTRICTIONS
(Jli.l They "hould Uo Out of the
HanLIng- Business or Keep ttho
nme Reserve the
t
l Bnnfcs. , .
YORK, Nov. S. Last week was
given over to the work of rehabilitation
of financial conditions and much progress
was made, although there remained many
element of disorder tn the situation owing;
to the dislocation of exchange fsrllttlod
In the money and commercial markets.
Thin was Inevitable from the shock of
the preceding week's events In New Y rk.
Rut the situation has been roll In Wnd,
and success was met In limiting the xiugu ,
of tho disturbance and In the Initiation
of measures to Insure correction and (set
tlement. Of these the most vital waa
Iho largo amount of gold secured from
foreign countries for Importation now afloat
towards New York. The gold engagements
have reached the neighborhood of x.-,0i,rtJ
and this week this broad stream will flow
Into New York banks. The feeling' that
this supply was enroute ha. done much
to fortify confidence, but the actual re
viving effect on banking and money opera
tions wait, the arrival of the gold. Mean
.Imc, the example set by New York In the
idoptlon of clearing1 house certificate, for
the puyment of balances between tho
oanks has been followed try the great
noney centers and has safeguarded the
anks.
Further. important relief is looked for
"rom the facilities extended by the comp
troller of tho currency for the Increased
junk note circulation. The government
-Kinds uro made available as security to
ake out additional bank notes and this
will efford largely Increased resources for
supplying the urgent requirements for cur
rency, which forms one of the severest
trial, of the situation.
I.eaislatlon ta Discussed.
Tho conditions which have had to be
met tn the recent crisis have given a strong
Impetus to the movement ' for providing
Increased currency and Is expected to In
duce early action by congress to authorize
new forma of bank note Issues. The ex
perience of the country In a period of high
prosperity, and active business and. Industry
and with, the haj-kiiig, position . sojipd, and.
solvent In coming almost to a deadlock for
lack of -means to make banking resources
quickly a va liable for the heeds of the clr-
culation has made a deep Impression In In
culcating the needs of an emergency cir
culation which can expand quickly In time
of need.
In another direction. It Is practically cer
tain that measures of correction will be
adopted for the trust companies' position In
New York, which Is now seen to havo
proved tho weak link In the financial chain.
Here again the solvency of Institutions did
not avail to meet the sudden demand, of
depositor, without recourse to the banks
for assistance, tho assistance thus ren
dered proving the strain that precipitated
the crlsla. The clearing house banks for
Laeveral years have, voiced their discontent
with tho trust companies' position, . which
was due to the great, growth of these Insti
tutions and their undertaking of purely
banking functions in the acceptance of
large deposits subject to check and to pay
ment on demand without obligations to
maintain cash reserve. In the proportion
enforced on the banks. Efforts of banks
to coerce the trust companies In this regard
ted to the withdrawal, several years sso. of
most of the trust companies from tha priv
ilege of clearing through the banks. Under
the operation of last year's New York state
law the trust companies had been obliged
to accumulate a resc iv of 15 per cent of
their deposits, but of this only 6 per cei.
was to be held In cash In their own Vaults,
per cent being allowed to remain on de
posit with the banks, where it figured, of
course, In the reserve of thosa Institutions
also, and S per cent was allowed to be In
vested In designated securities. With the
dependence of the trust companies In sn
emergency on the reserves of the banks,
demonstrated as It has been by recent
events, the enforcement of additional re
serve requirements upon the trust com
panies, either by central authority gnuiug
themselves or In conjunction with the clear
ing house banks, or by local enactment, is
expected to result as a consequence of pres
ent experience.
In the stock market the disturbed finan
cial conditions naturally found some re
flection and there was some clearing away
of wreckage, such aa la Inevitable from a
convulsion like that which swept tha mar
kets the week before. . Operations were
hampered by the obstruction to the work
ing of the machinery of the money and ex
change markets- In spite of these obstacles,
however, there was reported to be going
pn, buying for cash and for Investment, on
a scale such as la not recalled by the oldest
observers. This demand 1. for both home
and foreign account. Principal Interest,
from tho standpoint of the stock market,
now turns to the outcome of events.'
Credit Currency Advocated.
That permanent relief from the prevent
monetary stringency can only b had
through a system of credit currency udi -quale
to meet the requirements of trade
j and redeemable in gold coin was the opin
ion expressed today by Roptesehtatlvu
Churles Fowler of New Jersey, chairman
of the banking and currency committer,
which will, at the coming ses. Ion of con
gress, endeavor to have a law passed pro
viding for credit currency Issued by tho
national banks. I'ntll such permanent re
lief Is made possible by legiitlatlve en
actment, Mr. Fowler asserted, the situation
must be met by the Issuance of clearing
house certificates, caxhl.r.' checks and
due bills of business houses and manufac
turers. "The underlying business conditions,"
he oald to the Associated press today,
"are essentially sound, us evidenced by
the Increased earnings of railroads and
iho fact that the value of our agricultural
products this year are ISOO.000,000 more
than last year (which, was tha tilghetl !
year In our history) and are bringing t.i
our peopln about SI.OOO.OOu.OuO. but pub- '
ir; conni'.iue naa bci) gr.atly shaken