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The Omaha Daily Be tiEVS SECTION. Pages 1 to 8. A Pspor for tS Hem THE OMAHA DEC Best t':. West 01NLA1LA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER. SO, 1907-SIXTEEN PAGES. VOL. XXXVII xo. 142. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. BILLION IS Parm Frod:i:tj Tortn More Than TIios-) of .'.ny Previous Year. GAIN OF TEN PEH CENT OVER 1908 Total Value of Output Placed at $7,412,000,000. CORN FIRST IN IMPORTANCE Eight Crops Equal to Value of All Railroads and Equipments. COW AND HEN ALSO BUSY Dsvlry Product Second Only to Corn 1 and Poultry and Eix Crop Sell (or More Than Wheat Crop. WASHINGTON, Nov. SC. The annual re port of the secretary of agriculture con tains the following summary of Interest to the farmers of the middle west: The value nf the totul farm productions of ISO? exceeded that of 190, which wss f ht above that of sr .- precedlna: year. The total villus for W, In $7,412,000 oon, an amount in per cent greater tlvin the total for 19ot, 17 per rent greater than t-at of 1!6, 20 per rent alxiv thnt of vSi. :. per tent In excess of that of 1''3. and 67 nrr rent greater than the tnal value for lV.ij, If we let 110 represent the t ital value for 1M, tho value for 1P'3 would ho represented hv I2f; that for lf4 hv 131: for 106 hy 134: for iw, hy 14.1; urid the total value for 19C ly 157. The f irr-er depends not alone on his field cropa. He produced meat animal; he keeps dairy cows: he rulsos sheep for mutton and for wo"l: he rn'ses horses and mules: he keep poultry. The animals sold from farms nnl those elanghtered on them tn 17 were worth about $1.27i.flOO,ono or nearly twice a Tuch os the cotton crop. Various Crops. Speaking of the chief crops, the e t tary ravs thnt corn ranks first In Import ance. Iteslii"' Its laree use as a human food, as a live stock feed, "the starch of corn becomes the fat of the ho and the finish of the steer." thus becoming a gr at factor In the production of meats and meat products for export. While not as lnrre as that of 1WH1. the value of the corn iroi of 1907 Is greater 'and Is 2s per cent ahoy the value of the crone of tho nr-,ced'n5 five years. TTe ad'ls 'hat e'fht such crops as that of IW would ray for dunlP-s'lne every mile of stenm railroad In the United Plates, with terminals, rolling Block, and all property. , The wheat crori of 1107 Is KTil.nflO bush els, K per cent less than the averace nuin tltv for the five nrooecllna; years. But the valuo Is ahout xnanflnflnn of F'A nor rent more than the ('"""i1 althourrh the croos of 1 (Ml. 1"V13 and i'R id enrh a sl'ghtly higher value then that of this year. The oat cmn 741 5"1 W h"sbel Is 19 ner pen' hslnw the flve-venr average, hut the vnl" i s rrr cent abova tho average tr wi one. (wo. Potatoes 47 (Vw hushels-are t per rent a'-ove the n"ersrv: V. e !ui is 1190 00,000, or 2t per cent abova the nver are. Parley nlr 's t rer r-r ' above the aver age 1n cinnltv. whtte the value Is ft 'tranrdlnarv shout . ner cent shove the average, "" Is 447.192.of bush el" the v-iloe asfl oea. The dalrv pr''"',t. of the eountrv alone were worth nsnrlv c v .v. r .i '., rc p. Touch more than, anv eror ave corn Ttlces of both butter and milk have ad vanced. The peultrv and ier products for i"W . . . . . A 1 6W soeoin ne pT'mfpn or Tnr.r m.Tn -(xvxwt in value Tn fact thee r-rodoets were "'crth more thn the -hest cr-n Tn t the fa ere. rHce rt ees nvera'd n trete o-er 11 rents rter tn I1 ft wss evr rers Tpsse-t ntiltrv Sold 1n f?,.T- -r v ti 1" ,KV- cents a pOUr'': '' 'V '''r t,ol, Exports and Imports. TJurlna- the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, the domestic exports of farm products were valued ai .l.OT.i.Oim.ono. or t.,M6. P abova the hlKh record for 10. Plant prod ucts made up four-fifths of this total, cot ton alone amounting; to $4K2.0uO,OliO. - Aiitmals and animal products mostly packlntr house products were exported to tl value of ikiO.OuD. The live animals rti wortli ,U,uw,u0u and the dairy prod Uts 6.tU),0UO. Cotton is the greatest of all our exports, having-, In W! per cent of the total value. To animals and animal products must be credited 17 rer relit of the total; to grains and grain products, KHfr per cent; to all other agricultural products, OMi por cent, and to forest products, 8 per cent. Thus farm and forest products made up, on a value basis, 71 W per cent of the total exports to the United States In 1907. Agricultural products valued at 627,000.000 Were ImporteJ during the last fiscal year I4i'3,OOC.UoU worth of plunt products and (tft.oov.OCO worth of animal producta Tho pilnclpal Items among these Imports were: Bugar and mcl Asses. f94.uuo.Ot'; coffee. t'iH, Owi, Oi o: fibers. IoAOOO.lOii: packing houte products (mostly hides and sk!n. Jfiii.fHW, foo; silk. ITl.OiO.OCO, and wool, ,12.000,00. During the fiscal year 17 the exports of farm products exceeded the Imports by $44-l,ou0,UM a balance that hna been fx. cerderi only Tour times In lo:S, U09, 101 and Our furelgn credit Is sustained mainly by our faiiuera lr vlghtevn years be ginning with l&a) the fanners Have not fallsil to secure a favorable balance, the lowest belug that of 18tt 193,uuu,(M; and the grand aggregate of the balances of trade In farm products for tire eighteen years Is W.lfOO.CMj.wo. At the same time our foreign trade In nonagrtuullui al prod ucts for the same period has shown an aggragate adverse balaiise of 45d,ouu.000. Thus a great stream of wealth has con stantly been sent from farms to foreign countries to offset the adverse balance of trade In commodities other than agricul tural, to pay the ocean freight costs on Imports ounveyed In foreign-owned ships, and U pay the Interest, dividends and prin cipal on investments In the United States by foreigners. It is the farmer who Uaa sent credit to expatriated Americans; It Is he who has provided the Immigrant with millions to send every year to the loved ones in the old countries; and. If there is still any credit to dlspoee of, the farmer 1j provided the American traveler Jn fort-tan countries with his pocket money. Under the law of June 20. inui. the de partment's work In Inspecting meat has greatly Increased. On July 1, 19M7, 2,.u employes re onpntad In meat Inspec tion, compared with tl th year be fore; 701 establishments In 1S6 cities had the benefit of Insertion, but oiCy 13 establishments and til cities the year before. The Inipeotlon covered 50.:I9S.US4 animals, nearly all of them mapected both before an t after alatigbter; 1 4 :i . 7 y 2 car caesi s and 6i.l7'', parts of carcaaaoa wcie Condemn' d for dieu:-s or other cnun). The inspection of r.nlNfced products to de termine tlietr eonu tion I.a shown tint h early 100 varletl. of products wl.'eh wrer In ctrculatloni rlor to tne nw law were In conflict with It, hut now, as a general rule, the parking houses are com plying with th law. 1'he mlcrosconlo lnsp..ctlon of export pork for trichinae has been atoppe -T; since a single Inspection Is n. t conclusle, and the Arusrkan public did nut receive ine benefit cf the Inspection. A commlhslun of so en ,-x;srt patholo gists, net m-nibis of the department, was appointed during the -ear to advise rewarding those rojtions of .ho meat reg ulatlona which deal with tlie disposal of dlfeaited carcasses. The general conclusion o fthe commission was that "If there be arv general error In the regulation this Is In favcr of the public rather than In favor cf the butchers and packers." While t.'ie federal Inspection label assures tho cons' mcr th.it meal bearing U comes from hralihy animals, there Is great need for slates and luunlcli ailiies also to make such an Inaiectiori at all places not under lcoei-l Hlpe'lslon. Animal for exvort f t't number of W. 21 and 741 vessrlsi renyuig rxpuit an'mais i re u,s;w.'ied. Ulseaare of Animals. Quarantine of catt'e on account of the caule tl k lias ten ll:tcl from J'nOa.iuare ni'lea. In six stales and twenty , Previously guarantinrd have beri admitted ii provisional quarantine. The ultimate ex- (Continued oa Fourth Page.) SUMMARY Or TUE Bti Saturday, November 80, 190T. 1907 November 1907 sun mom. rut. wt thu nti (at J ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (0 II (2 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 TIE WIATIEE. Forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday: KOK OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS AND YK'IMTY-rnld end warmer Saturday. FUR NKBRASKA Fair and warmer Sat urn a v. FUR IOWA - Fair and warmer Saturday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. & a. m 6 a. m 7 a. m r a. m 9 a. m 10 a. m .. 11 a. in 12 m 1 l. m 2 p. m I p. in...'. 4 p. m 5 P. m .... .... -a .... is .... 28 .... as .... m .... 37 .... S8 .... 42 .... 41 .... 43 .... 43 p. m 42 7 p. m 42 8 p. m 44 9 p. m 46 DOMTWTIO. Government's alienists on the rtand In the Pradley trial cay she was sane wh?n she shot rienator Brown. Vage 1 Caleb fowers Is pleased with the jury lccf-.d t try him. FafjTe 4 L ; in is a guest of New Haven at Lhs dedication of the Bennett fountain and at a meeting of progressive democrats. Faff 4 The testimony In the Walsh trial de velops methods used for f oailng bonds. Par 1 Mrs. Tuft, mother of tho secretary of war, In steadily growing worse. Faffe 1 Soven business houses In Cody burn from fire of Incendiary origin. Fags 1 Japanese nobility hold dinner on anni versary of Harvard's founding. rage 1 Judge Smith McPhorson rules that the Sunday law may be enforced at Kansas City, which means no theaters on tnat i r.)-. Pag- 1 llev. Father Henry A. Brann declares the teachings of Uie great universities hinder the growth of truo faith. rage 1 President Roosevelt takes time to in spect Ezra Meeker's yoke of oxen. . Page 1 Plans arc. on foot to reopen tho Knicker bocker Trust company. Pare 1 Senators Curtis and Teller recommend prose. !Utlo:is because of rauds uron Klck apoo Indians. 1 Fife 1 Annual report of the secretary of agri culture shows that the value of all farm products Is over $7,000,010,100, 10 per cent more than the crop of last year, which was the moot valuable on record. Pare 1 FOBEIOir. Japanese are not greatly disturbed over the emigration question", says the minister of transportation of Canada. Pays 1 Germany's business crisis is declared at hand by the socialists In the Reichstag. Page 1 Cxar, through Premier Stolypln, lays down the law to the Russian - Duma, greatly to the discomfiture of the Octo berlsts and constitutional democrats. Pag-e 1 XTXBBASXA. Judge Kelllgar fixes March 18 as the date for hanging of R. Mead Shumway. Page 3 Representatives of the various railroads and state commissioners hold a meeting behind closed doors to discuss proposed Increases In grain nnd feed stuff rate. State auditor Inclined to balk on expense bills for officials attending conventions. Page 3 Wayne boy fatally shot by discharge of a gun while victim and hla brother were scuffling for possession of the weapon. Pag 3 LOCAL. Local bankers all agree that New York and not the west was cause of financial Hurry. Pag 5 Park board kills project for North Cen tral boulevard because land is too valu able. Page 6 Everett E. Buckingham neither confirms nor denies report he 1 going to Orient road. Pag 6 Closing of school for three days adds to the number of new boyi clamoring for business on the streets. Page 6 Reception to Mrs. Frank Hamilton Is principal event in social circles. Par f Full t'xt of ruling of federal court of appeals holding city of Omaha must pay water company's bill for hydrantal. water company's bill for hydrant rental. Pag 1 comrxKCXAX ajto xitdtjstkiat,. Live stock markets. Par 13 Grain markets. Par 13 Stocks and bonds. Par 13 MCVEMEWTB OP OCBAJW BTZA.K SKIPS. Port. Arrives. sails. NEW YORK AdrlsUs La ttstols. NKW YORK Barbarous. LIVERPOOL CsltH. Kit UK I'ltonla. HAVKK La Lomln CHFRBOt'HO.... X. P. CscUls. (11 EENSTOWN... Tsutoal. BT WIRELF.S& Sable Island Minnehaha, 115 miles south east at 12.30 p. in.; will probably reach New York at 2:S0 p. m. Saturday. Cape Race Bluecher, 22A miles east at I p. m. ; will probably reach New York at S:S0 a. m. Monday. St. Ixuls 1.U83 miles esst of 6sndy Hook at 11:15 a. m.; will probably dock at 8:30 a. m. Sunday. Brow head Zeeland, 190 miles southwest at 1:25 p. m.; will probably reach Antwerp at 10:30 a. m. Saturday. KICKAPOOS CLAIM ROBBERY Senators Teller and Cart Is Champion . Their Canse nnd Recommend Prosecutions WASHINGTON, Nov. ?. Senators Teller of Colorado and Curtis of Kansas mad an earnest recommendation to tve president today that prosecutions be com menced at, once In behalf of certain mem bers of the Indian trlbs In Oklahoma known as the Kicking Kirkapoos. An In vestlnatlon Just completed oy these sen ators leads them to believe that the In dians have been robbed of land to the . ilue of J'&d.OOO by syndicates operating la Oklahoma. ALAPTA OFFICIALS CONFER Are Considering How Best to Contest Federal Injunction as) to Laws. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Nov. f A con ference on the pc'icy of the state with regard to a federal court ord"r restrain ing the enforcement of the "w railroad laws will be held between the governor and state counsel t.rtuorrcw. Application to the state cou.ta for mandamus wrtis to compel the roads to make effective the new rates at onct Is being considered. 335 trss EMPLOYES OF GOVERNMENT Census Register Showing Distribution of Patronage. THIRTY-ONE MILLIONS SALARIES Nearly Thirty Thone in This Being Army, Averaare 1,080 a. VV v'' -ma .4 "wj0 . Nor. 29.-(Srclal.) The census has sent to press the .4 of the official register of the States for 1W7. Ti.is volume will W dl. fir.. Unite. b completed and dellver'n! to each senator and representative at the opening of con gress. Of tho 306,000 persons employed In tho federal service, th official register shows more than 136,000 employed In the various departments and bureaus of the govern ment outside of the postal service, and the diversity of employment indicated by the register Is one of the most noteworthy characteristics of this Interesting volume, there being about 1,100 callings specified. Volume I consists principally of tho direc tory, which occupies 600 puRes, and is pre ceded by a list of the abbrebvlatlons em ployed. Tl.c. following list sugersts tho di versity In th" official duties performed by employes of tho government: Csr .-onduo-tors, d red ce captains, oakum sp-riners, cel lar sweepers, cemetery caretenders, bullion stampers, armaturo winders, loemen, anatomists, law clerks, forelad'es, druijg a.a, plcklers, spudmen, lea examiners, water boys, boiler scalers, cashiers, barbers, cor I oners, dish washers, herders, lockmakors, oilers, pile drivers, laundresses, vaoolna tors, scale adjusters, magnotio observers, pathologists, ferrymen, game wardens, don corral bosses, darners, horticulturists, yard masters, weavers, upholsterers, rope mak ers, assayers, band masters, cabin boys, cataloguers, bath bouse keepers, dietitians, coffee roasters, chambermaids, cheese makers, tick eradicators, fence riders, hair spinners, photographers, loggers, tinners, local forecasters, polishers, rodmen, farm hands, overcoat makers, plumbers, teachers, taxldormlsts, scowmen, hotel managers, meat cutters, butchers, pantrymen, physl- j clans, scientific assistants, choristers, civil J engineers, dining room E'rls, disciplinarians, house boys, forest guards, embalmers. Jall I ers, Interpreters, money cleil,, proof read ers, storekeepers, bull drivers, brick layers, dentists, eann cooks, dynamo ti.nders, hearse drivers, hod carriers, marbleis, plastorers, music teachers, scrubbers, poultrymen, clock regulators, calkers, pro- fecsors, scouts, shoemakers, chauffeurs. I constables, book binders, barrel turners, ' astronomers, bobbin winders, housekeepers, coal heavers, balers, axmen, and entomolo i bists. Bine llooU Statistics. Statistics of the civil service were first collected in H'CQ and published as census bulletin 12. This publication was prepared by the director of tho census at the request of tho civil sorvlco commission, and was based upon Information secured by execu tive order from the various departments of the government. Lnder the larv of 1906 it was possible to ask for Information re quired l y statute In suoh form as to also suprly the material necessary for the statlctlcal tables, the continued publication of which has been generally approved. It was originally planned to include this material In volume I, as a statistical sec tion. Accordingly a large force of clerks, together with the mechanical facilities of the bureau, were utilized and these tables were completed practically within the al lotted time. As the work progressed, how ever, it seemed more appropriate and economical to reserve this exclusively statistical matter for separate publication as a census bulletin, to be Issued after the publication of the register. In accordance with the law which re quires that the editor of the official regis ter shall present In tabular form, in each official register, the amount of money accruing to each state from the compensa tion received by residents of these states holding official positions In Washington, the register for 19u7 presents a table showing the aggregate compensation received by employees of the federal government In the District of Columbia to be $31,641,228, re ceived by 28,917 persons. Distribution of Patronaare. The amount thus accruing through the citizens of the different states to each of the states and territories Is a follows, ar ranged in the sequence of amount received: Number Aggregate of em- eompen- pioyes. satl n. ...2X.947 $31,641,228 Total Dlatri. t of Columbia.. 81 7.W.324 New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia Ohio Illinois Massachusetts Indlsna Michigan Missouri Iowa New Jersey Texas North Carolina Kentucky Kansas Tennessee Minnesota West Virginia Oeorgla Wisconsin Csllfornla Connecticut Nebraska , South Carolina Maine Alabama Vermont nss1ssnt1 New Hernsphlre Louisiana Arkansas Colorado Phode Island T'aeMnirton Florida TVlawsre South Dakota North Dakota Oreson Oklspnma Wyoming Utah 'entna Tnd'sn Territory v'-w Mexico Tdahe Nevada rlron Fo'eien countries. Insular 2.8.3 1.8 2,11(2 . l .Wii 1,077 9W 742 692 47 44 4:! 473 40 m 81 Jo 8n 820 392 82 841 24 20 210 rM 195 211 1M 144 1" 1R1 121 lot R lol 96 7 tl K 64 40 !W S3 41 S H Y1 19 8. 071. 612 2.310.264 2.099.423 1.769. 71 S l.!Usi.2l l.SM.i'Sl 1. 060,173 7M.SK.-, M2 822 4t( 22 6P7.471 BM.'.'S,) 42. S24 442174 42 401 42-', 4?071:t 424 121 422. 81 n 420 43 41K.K S7 78 S4t . rT771 W.271 2JW 431 513 4it 2c-4 o 1&7 n 1.31 1 Wl Nti 01 p i 11 71 11 42 fV1 7 11 f "',1 F! 4' m r 61 ftw 4? 0 1"!! (TO 1"t 15.W . ressesalops. and AlisVa.... ?40 'TAtu Thosi f!gurese Include the employes of the government of the District of Colum bia, slnco thsy are direct'y under federal control. The average compensation the I basis of the aggregates above mentioned is it.ota. Br Departments. The number of employes in the District of Columbia, arranged by departments and amounts disbursed to each department, Is a follows: Number cf em- Amount plovep dlsfsr 1 Total .t; $T1.641.;j Executive office Tepariment of Stat Treasury department ... War department Department of .lustlce. Puiof:lo .1 : innit-nl 41 1M 84 2. '.! " 4-" 1.4i.2 4K740 SW..f"iO T.2.148 $,4.'8KM 7" 0!m i.o7.g (Continued on Fourth Page) MAKING SURVEY OF ISLANDS Company Has Been Incorporated to rrorlde Records of Sooth ' Sen Possessions. HONOLULU, Nov. 22. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Via Fan Fran cisco, Nov. 29. Articles of Incorporation of the Pacific Sclentiflo Institution have been filed wrlh tho territorial tieasjrer. The incorporation is for the purpose of carrying out a complete cthnograpl.ioal and biological survey of tho thousands of Islands in the raclflc ocean, before prog ress of olvllization has so modified con ditions that original research and record of primitive conditions will be impossible. The plan for carrying out tho survey and financing is that of William Allanson Bryan, curator of natural history at tho Bishop museum In Honolulu and an au thority on the ornithology o the Paolflo ocean. CZAR LAYS DOWN THE LAW Telia Damn, Through Premier, What Laws Shall 11 Passed Rights Rejoice. BT. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2!. The declaration of tho government read by Premier Btolypin before the Duma today was received, with dismay by the Octo borlsts and tho constitutional democrats, and with open exultation by the members of the right party. Tho keynote c the uddicss was reitera tion cf the idea of tho uutooi atic power of the emperor as the sole guarantee cf se curity nnd welfare In an cia of rllBorder. The announcement also was made that the Du.na Is expected to tnke Its cue from the adm'nlstrntlon in tho matter of legis lation, and the premier outlined what future legislation was expected. HE HOPES TO CURE LEPROSY J. Lrnr Wallach Has Been Granted Permission to Trent Its Victims. HONOLULU, Nov. 22. (Coritjpondence cf the Associated Press.) Via San Fran cisco, Nov. 29. The Board of Health on the petition of 627 of the lepers at the Kolokal settlement have agreed to permit J. Lear Wallach to attempt the treatment of twelve lepors from this settlement. This is the result of the agitation which 1 as been carrlod on by Wallach and his fric.ids for several months, during which he has persistently claimed that he can cure leprosy, and has thereby aroused the hopes of tho lepers thomsol ves, who are almost all Hawallons, and their relatives and friends outside tha settlement. HARVARD DINNER IN TOKIO Fonndrr'a Dny Celebrated by Japa nese Nobility and Officers Are Selected. TOKIO, Nov. 29.-A Harvard dinner was given at the Nobles club tonight In cele bration of the 3ih anniversary of tho birth of John Harvard, Jr., founder of the Harvard university. Viscount. Kaneko, ; preside, it. and twenty-eight persons were presi nt. Addreseek were made by Viscount Kaneko, American Ambassador O'Brien, Baron Megata and A. M. Tinapp, editor of the Advertiser. Much enthusiasm was manifested and toasts wt-.e drunk to President Roosevelt and Harvard univer sity. The Harvard society then elected tho following officers: President, Baron Me Kiita; vice presidents, Baron Isawa and J. M. Gardiner; secretary, Baron Kikkawa. OFFICER IN KIDNAPING PLOT I Cousin of Kins; Victor Emmanuel Held for Ransom by Policeman of Naples. NAPLES, Nov. 29.-The kidnaping of Marquis Gulscppe CIto, a cousin and aide of King Victor Emmanuol, who after be ing tortured and forced to give up $fo, was released by his captors, has caused great astonishment through the discovery that the organizer of the plot Is In reality a policeman. On being arrested he con fessed. GERMAN CRISIS IS AT HAND Socialist Leader In Reichstag Says There Are Thirty Thousand Un employed In Berlin. BERLIN Nov. 9 The 1908 budget was discussed In the Reichstag today. Herr Bebel, the socialist leader, made an inter esting address, In which he called attention to the condition In the country and declared this Indicated that a crisis was at hand. He said the unemployed In Berlin already number between 30,0) and 40,000. NO SUNDAY THEATER AT K. C- Judco MePherson Dissolves Injunc tion that Stayed Hand of Criminal Court. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 29-Judge Smith" MePherson of Red Ooak, la.. In the United States circuit court here today handed down a decision dissolving the Injunction re cently granted to local theatrical managers prohibiting county officials from closing the theaters on Sundays. Judge MePherson asserts that he has no Jurisdiction. The decision Is a far-reaching one, In that it practically seals the fate of all Sun day amusements In Kansas City. Judge Wallace of the criminal court, who has made a fight for a close observance of th Sabbath, Is now free to order the county marshals to raid the theaters on Sunday. County Marshal Ilesllp arserts that he will only arrest theater managers who have been Indicted by the grand Jury, which Is now In session. CODY BUSINESS HOUSES BURN Seven Blocks Dustroyed In Wyoming City Fire of Incendiary Orfslu. CODY, Wyo.. Nov. 29. Seven business blocks In ti e center of the city were de stroyed last night by fire, presumably of Incendiary origin. The fire started In the ri;lns of the city meat market, which was rartly burned a week sgo, and spread to adjoining buildings. Telephone service was lnetrrupted by destruction of wires. The total less ts estimated at $25,000. MRS. TAFT STEADILY FAILS Illness of Mother of Secretary of War Take a Serious ' Turn. MILLEURY, Mass.. Noy. 29. -Mrs. Louisa Taft, mothr of tn secretary of war, is falling every day, according to a statsirent made by a member of her household today. Mrs.' Taft has been 111 for many months and lust night It was said that hr Ill ness Lad ts-k-on m sorlous turn. WOMAN SANE, SAY EXPERTS Alienist: for Government Testify as to Mrs. Bradley's Mini THREATS PARTIALLY EXPLAINED Or. Utter Understood Her Not to Is tend to Shoot llrona Her self on Ills Refusal to Marry. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 29--Two government experts testified today In the trial of Mrs. Annie M. Bradloy. charged it-It h having killed ex-Senator Ilrown of Utah last December. They wer Edward M. Briixh of Baltimore and Dr. Smith Ely Jelllffe of New York. Dr. Brush testified that Mrs. Bradley was sane when sho thot Senator Brown. Ho said lie could find nothing in her fam ily history, her acts or her physical or mental condition to suggest that she was Insane at that time. Dr. Jelllffe declared the defendant was able at the time she shot Brown to chooso letween rlht and wrong and was can-J scions or ner art. Kev. Dr. David II. Utter, Mrs. Bradley's pastor, who has been referred t In the testimony as "the priest," ti-Mlled concerning conversations he had with tne uefendant In Salt Lake when she tol l him that Senator Brown would ma: ry her If he faced a pistol, but she did not say sho would shoot him; she spoke as If somebody else wo. .Id force him to marry nor. I The government rested its case nt 2:03 p. m., following which the defense an nounced that it had three witnesses ready to testify in sur-rebuttal. The defense rested at 2:14 p. m. Justice Stafford announced that the ease would go to the Jury Monday. Arguments will be begun tomorrow. Government Asks Instrnotlona. District Attorney Baker submitted to the court the government's prayers in the case, saying that they did not cover tho case of murder In tho first or second degree, that point being left for the Instruction of the court. The prayers were not read. Rev. David H. Utter, pastor of the Uni tarian churoli oC Denver, Colo., formerly of Salt Luke City, who performed the marriage ceremony between Mr. and Mrs. Eradley, took the stand. Following 11 long conference between counrol and the court counsel retired from the room for a fur ther conference, after which Dr. Utter testified that during a conversation with Mrs. Bradley ho expp-H.sod to her his be lief that Brwn would not marry her. He urged her to givs up her Idea of marryl-c Brown. She replied: "When It comes to a te.-r and the gun Is pointed nt him. Brown will accede." Dr. Utter said that during a conversation with Mrs. Br.-Mlloy In 1W6 ho expressed th opinion that Brown would not marry her and ho said that Mn. Bradley declared sho woulii'force him to do so. Mrs. Brad ley did not .'ay she would shoot Brown herself, and th witness got tho Impres sion that in order to Justify the children either Mrs. Bradley's bi other, father or somebody else would do Brown bodily ham". Mrs. Bradley's reputation for peace and good order he testified was good. After leaving the stand Dr. Utter took a seat beside Mrs. Bradley and comforted her. They freely conversed. Mrs. Bradley often smiling at some'l.ing he said. Woman sunr nt Shooting-. Dr. Edward S. Brush of Baltimore, a government expert, declared that In his opinion when Mrs. Bradley shot Brown she uas perfectly sane. The torn letters of Mrs. Bradley found In the room In the hotel where the shooting occurred and which were pasted together, Dr. Brush said, dis closed no Inferences of Insanity. The whole of tile circumstances leading up to the shooting and the occurrences afterwards, Dr. Brush said, were not consistent with Insanity. Dr. Brush admitted that puer peral insantty was well known in medical science, but said It was rapidly disappear ing because of the Introduction of aseptic methods. Mrs. Bradley's case, he said, presented no symptoms of puerperal In sanity nor any of the symptoms nf gen eral Infection that had been testified to. Dr. Brush further testified that had an illegal operation been performed on Mrs. Bradley one week before the shooting ttu' symptoms would have manifested them selves. On the contrary, he said, she was up and around and very active and that if such an operatton had been performed she had gotten along remarkably well. The physicians Wednesday testified that there were present none of the symptoms of an Illegal operation when they examined Mrs. Bradley two days after the shooting. Nothing: In Heredity. Dr. Brush said he could not see any con nection between the Insanity of Mrs. Brad ley's two aunts and that claimed to exist tn Mrs. Bradley. On cross-examination Dr. Brush admitted that he did not volunteer as a witness, but was sent for by the dis trict attorney and expected pay for his time and sorvlces. He dented coming to Washington to aid the government all he could, but said he "came to get an honest opinion as to the status of this woman." Ills testimony he said, would have been the same, no matter who called him. Dr. Smith Ely Jelllffe of New York, another government expert, was the next witness called. Angered at a man in the audience for getting up and craning his neck Justice Stafford rebuked him and ordered expelled from the room any person who repeated th offense, saying: "Tills Is not a show, nor Is It a theater." District Attorney Baker propounded a long hypothetical question to Dr. JelllfTe covering various threats alleged to have been made by Mrs. Bradley toward Sen ator Brown and her movements nnd acts up to the time the shot was fired. At Its conclusion Dr. Jellffe said that at the time of the shooting of Senator Brown, Mrs. Bradly, In bi opln'on, was sane. Dr. Jelllffe testified that Mrs. Brad'ey had neither puerpural nor toxic insanity when she shot Brown. The government rested Its cs:e and the defense finished sur-rebuttal by t 14 p. m. PRESIDENT INSPECTS OXEN tsra Meeker I.nnds nt Whit House and Makes Plea for Oregon Trail. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. President Poosevelt stepped out of his office today and made a critical examination of Ezra Meeker's yoke of oxen and prulrl schooner, which has Just accomplished a 3.000-inile trip from the Stan it Wash ington, the route being over th old Ore gon trail, Mr. Meeker wai Introduced to the president by Senator l'ylea and Rep resentative Cushinan of Wishlngton. He made a plea to have the Oregon trail made a national lilfhuay aid to this the president llatsned with 1ntert, tut ud gel tod that If done tl ) pioject Would have to be on a cumiuerclsj ra.tb.or than a swnUrudiUtl tula. WALSH AND WATERED BOND Expert Testimony at Chlcaao Sho-nlnsj llow Brokers Arrive at Values. CHICAGO. Nov. 29. Expert testimony intended to show the methods employed by bond brokers to determine bond valiiet was Introduced In the trial of John R. Walsh In the federal district court here today. A. W. Harris, vice president of N. W. Harris A Co. and of tho Harris Trust and Savings bank, bankers and brokers, v as a w itness. One of the charges brought by the prosecution Is that Walsh In build ing up his railroads and other property Issued bonds to the extent of millions of dollars, when the corpora' Ions were earn Iru little or nothing, and that the bonds weie either sold to the Chicago National bank or were used as security for the memorandum notes by moans of which Walsh's uJleged diversions of funds are said to have been accomplished. Mr. Harris testified that It was custom ary' for bond dealers to send experts to determine tho earning power of tho prop erty on which the bonds were Issued. They would Insist, he said, that the stock holders should hnvo money Invented In the enterprise undor Investigation, but the earning power would play the chief part In flxlnr the value of tho bonds. "If the bonds were In demand," he said, "they would sell on the same basis as similar bonds of other corporations. If not In demand, their value would be fixed by comparison with othir similar bon.is not In de-rand " The earning power for a period of at least six months, the witness said, wss es sential to a proper detorminntion of tho value of bonds of any corporation. JAPS NOT GRFATLY AROUSED Canadian Minister of Pnhlto Works Does Not Fenr Outcome of Immigration Question. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 29. Re turning to his home In London, Ont., from a tour In China and Japan, Charles Smith Hymaii, Canadian minister of public works, arrived tn this city yesterday on the Pa ct fio M.iil steamship company's steamer Con a. He said that Japan had no hard feelings against the Canadians for their treatment of tho Japanese at Vancouver a few months ago. "I heard very few expressions of hos tility againrt either Canada or tho United States," he said. "Some of the news pnpers printed rather Inflammatory arti cles, but the mass ofthe people did not seem to attach any sarlt usnoss to the various racn outbreaks." He '.ens Inclined to think thot Lemleux's Mission was largely an e perl mental rn the Canadian government having no defi nite lden, of what It was prepared to grant and what It would accede to. COURT CLOSES LUMBER MILLS Triple Assassination at Clio, Ark., Re units In Order an the Re ceiver. ST. IjOUIS. Mo., Nov. 29.-A long dis tance telephone me.isriio from Jlln, Ark., today ' d'lveyi the Information that Cl'o, the home of 300 lumber mill employes and their families. Is to bo depopulated as the result of an order Issued by Judne Ellijti of Little Rock, which grew out of tl,o triple assassination there Mocday of Clarence L. Brush, Thomas Oadfrvv and A. R. McEwen, who were shot down as they stepped from a Cotton Belt train It Is said the klljlng resulted from a feu 1 between rival lumber companies. Judge Elliott has ordered the mills of the Bluff City Lumber comrnny at Clio closed and all tho employes discharged. The court has the power to make this order be cause the company Is In the hands of a receiver appointed by the court. This practically means the depopulation of Clio. FIVE FACTORY WORKERS DEAD Freight Train Strikes Loaded Trolley with Great Force at Water bnry, Conn. WATER BURY, Conn., Nov. 29. Five factory employes were killed today at the West Main street crossing over the Hlglj land division tracks of the New York, New Haven A Hartford railroad when an extra Hartford bound freight train crashed Into a trolley car containing twenty-five per son bound for the pin factories In Oakvllle Th car was struck with great fore di rectly In the middle and all the passenger killed were badly mangled. Six others were badly Injured and had to be carried to their hnmss. Flagman John Flavin and Conductor John Dillon of the trolley car were arrested The motorraan of the car, Charloa Leonard was not held. It Is stated that the wrecked trolley car was following closely behind another car which had passed safely over the crossing. MARCH 13 DATE OF HANGING Judge Kelllsrar Derides Shumway Must Die Then -He Says Ho Is Innocent. BEATRICE, Neb., Nov. 29. (Special Telegram.) In tho presence of attorneys, newspaper men and olficers. Judge Kelll gar this morning at 10 o'clock sentenced K. Mead Shumway, convicted of the mur der of Mrs. Sarah Martin, to be hanged In the ien1tentlary between the hours of 10 and 6 o'clock. March IS, 19011. Shumway was brought before the court and when asked If he had anything to say, he re marked: "I am not guilty. You are punishing the wrong man." Ju'go Kelll gar Informed the prisoner that ho had been given the beet of counsel ur.d that the verdict of the Jury was In accordance with law and Justice. Bhuinway was taken to the penitentiary this afternoon. The at torneys for defendant will file a motion for a new trial. JAPS DESTROY COMPETITION Low Pay of Crews and Subsidies Have Paralysed Porrlgrn Carriers In China. PAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-That Japan Is not only planning to outdistance t -.e United States for the commerce of the Pi clflc. but hss alresdy driven the steam ship lines of every other nation, but of the Chinese trade Is the statement of Harry 1 'Paddock, United States eouueul at Amny, China. Mr. Paddock arrived yesterday on the i'seific Mall steamer Corea on his way to Washington. "The Japanese have eaptuicd the entire ocefcn carrying trade of China from Hong Kong to Slianghr.l," he said. "The Britlah lines, which years sgo monopolized th' huf'uess, are doing nothing. Th same Is true of ti e German lines. All have suc cumbed to the competition of the Ja anese aided by their larte subslds and th low pay of tl.air ciw. CITi TO PAY RENTALS Text of Opinion Overruling Mungxr in Hydrants Litigation. ATTACK ON CONTRACT FAIWI.1 Court Denies Board's Claim Companj Pell Short on Terms. RETENTION OF BENEFITS PROVE n Corporation Entitled to Rental) Reg-ardless of the Contract. NO CASE TO THE CONTRARY Judste Hook Cnlls Water Tlonrd's Notice for More Pressure Mere Tactful Move S04.240.4S Due Water Company, The opinion In full of the United Statet circuit co irt of appeals In the hydrant rental case has been received In Omaha. This opinion, written by Judge Hook and concurred In by Judges Bunborn and Ad nrre Is a victory for the Omaha W.itr ccirpnny nnd a d fcit fr the iirnahs Water board. The Issue was precipitated In tha United States district court when tho water company biouRht action to recover hydrant rentals of $94.240.4S It claimed wcru duo from the city nnd which the city that Is, the Water board protested on th ground that tho water company had failed In tho perforn.anco of Its contract existing between it and the city. Going buck to the notice served by th Water board on the company In June, 1905, for more pressure and clear water, the ! court lays on this matter of contract obll j station: "Even If It were true, ns contended, that the company did not In full measure per form its duty, nevertheless, under the fact shown. It may maintain an action upon tha contract to recover t.ie accrue! hydrant rentals. It Is wull settled that sub stantial performance of a contract by one party, coupled with retention of the benefits thereof by the other, will authoilo an ac tion by the former to recover the contract compensation." Of this notice the court pointedly snys: "This notice was evidently a mere tact ful move In the midst of controversy and litigation. U required compliance within ten days, though manifestly If the means cm ployed for many years x.ithout ohj-ctlon to mako the water clear had been lnsuf fliient the adoption of the new process would have) taken mud. moro t'me thnn allowed." Text of the Opinion. Following Is the text of tho opinion: Hook, clrri it judge, delivered the opinion of tho court. "The Omaha Water company brought two actions against the city of Omaha, the first for hydrant rentals for the six months I end'-.ig December 31, 1904, ami the other for III. e rental;, for the six months ending I June t 190ii. They wore -brought shortly 1 after the accrual of tho funis sued for, re spectively. The Water hoard of the city of Omaha, which had recently been created a corporation by lepli-latlve act and vested with certain powers respecting the munici pal water supply, was Joined as a defend- I ant tn the second action. The aggregate amount claimed wns Jfil, 210.18. It was not ! denied that, aside from the specific de fenses tn tho answers, the sums sued for were due and owing. The answers of the city set forth that the contract between it and the company, which was the basis of tho actions, required of the latter the con tinued performance of certain duties, and that It had failed In three material partic ulars: (1) To furnish ample fire protection through hydrants without the aid of hand or steam engines. (2) To furnish pure, wholesome, clear water suitable for culin ary and drinking purposes. (3) To Install new hydrants upon new mains as ordered by the municipal authorities. (oouler Claim for Damn area. "The answer In the second action aWso contained a counter claim of $8l,6i.G for damage for the failure of the company In the first of the particulars mentioned. It being averred that because of the Inade quate fire protection the city had been com pelled to expend thnt sum In the pur chsse and maintenance of fire engines, eto. The actions were tried together. At tha conclusion of the evidence the trial court, upon motion for directed verdicts, held that the city had not made out Its first and second defenses, and therefore denied re covery upon the counter claim predicated upon the matters set out In the first de fense. On the other hand It held that the company had failed to Install new hy drants by the city, that no legal excuse therefor had iwen shown, and that while In the pisitlon of violating th contract It could not recover upon the contract for the rentals of the hydrants It had Installed. Verdicts for the defendants were directed and Judgments rendered against the com pany on Its cruise of action and a Judg ment against the city on Its counter claim. The city acquiesced In the result, but th company prosecuted these writs of error. Court Itlaht on First Two. "Upon the theory thnt If the trial court should have d ieeted 1' e verdicts upon any ground Its action should be affirmed thoun', it select -I the wrong one, we have considered all thrco of the defenses of th city und have r -ached the conclusion that the court was right In lis decision upon th first two of them. "iiy the contract and ordinances pur suant to which the v:iter works wer built In I8I1O-I8SS by predecessors In title if the water company and in n'-ieh (he municipal franchise was rented, tho character and style of ihe woiks and the source 11 om which the water bupply was to be obtained W'ire definitely prescribed. The contract and ordinances left very i't'lo to the Judgment end discretion of the hutluVr or.rt prtcttcally nothing so far as the rfdeivney of the sysi-in dependoj upon the -roircrt solution of cngiiuer'n J problems. I'.ef ire the ordlname wcro ..rliptrd H'el the "ontrac t was ma ie a hydraullj engineer was employed by t':ia .iiuniclp.il . authorities to study th 1 topography of the city and devise a plan for a system of vater work. In -May, 1880, he submitted to the city council an exhaustive report describing with much detail the lesult.c of his labors. The re .' jU and an amendment thereto was aft erwards embodied In the contract and re ferred to and made a part of the 1 rdl n,ncea. Features of the Hrpc.rt. "The material features of t-.u repot t were a folio: Th water for all pur poses w to be secured from th Missouri river snd the point of Intak where th pumping station was to b Installed vas designated. Th (haracier of thu build in ss at th panning station asd thu
