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tttnh&Q DAYS Frr Omaha Daily EE, . Only 20 DAYS Fcr Christmas Shopping Christmas Shopping V VOL. XXXVII NO. 143. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1907. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. The B PLENTY OF CURRENCY Indications Bond and Certificate Is iuci Will 2fot Add to it Materially. JTOT REQUIRED BY SITUATION Adxainiitrntion Pleased with the Result of Its Action. CASH PAYMENTS ET DECEMBER Expected to Be Besomed Shortly After Meeting the December Payrolls. Bmmemeaian BAJTKS HAVE STOOD STRAIN WELL Rational Bank of Small Capital Htrt Kof Proven lonr( of Wuknrn, as Mr Ifnd Predicted They Would. WASHINGTON, Dec l.-The close of th Tat wfk fosmd a confident feeling pre vailing in banking circles and at the treas ury that th financial situation would oon reauma Ha normal state. The inter vention of the government two week a ego, by which It waa proposed to Issue 1150,000 000 In new aecurltlra, accomplished the purposo. anttclDeted by Prealdrnt Roose velt amlj Secretary Cortelyou In demon strating the ability of the treasury to re lieve dlturbd conditions. Thia reault bavins' been accomplished, the actual Is sue of new wcuritleea will be only about half what waa proponed. In thla respect the pressent administration departed from the policy puraued In 1893, when measure of relief were usually adopted only when they bNm Imperative. It la felt at the treasury that the wisdom of the new policy has beea vindicated that It waa better to take resolute . and ' broad measures, even If they went beyond the Immediate needs of the-situation. The Issues of the Pan ama bonds will he for the full t50.00ft.000 which waa offered, but the issue of one yoar treasury certificates will not much exceed 35,000,000. It Is probable also that the issues of new bank note circulation will fall considerably within soma of the earlier estimate, beoausa of the abundance of cur rency which will ue available when cur rency payments are resumed by the banks and exchanges resume their normal course. Trot Many 11 on 1c Notes. PI nee the Panama bonds will be held by t. treasury in the first Instance as se curity tor the public, money which Is paid for them and left on deposit with those purchasing' bonds, the bonds are not ex pected, to be deposited to their, entire amount for new bank note circulation. They can only be so deposited . by substi tuting; other classes of bonds aa security or deposits of public money. While this would have been done if the new circula tion had been required, it la now expected at the treasury that It will not be dona to auythlo .Ilka .the full, .Jssue ofbonds. If public money Is withdrawn from the banks In tho spring, the bonds will be releasod and could be substituted as security for circulation issued against the one year cer tificates. If . the latter were then paid off with interest to the date of payment. The . information reaching Secretary Cor .telyou and Comptroller Ridgeley Is very fa vorable to the resumption of cash . pay ments by the banks aa soon aa the Decem ber payrolls hav been disposed of. . It is not belloved that there will be any dis position on the part of the depositors to make a run for oiirwnrv. RanlrMn whn have been In town have In many cases re ported cash reserves in their, institutions much In excess of legal requirements. Borne tanLa which are mot In central reserve Cities are holding cash to as high a propor tion, as 40 or SO per cent of their demand liabilities. Evidence that pressure for cur rency la diminishing la found In the state ment of, the New Tork clearing house banks on Saturday, with Its actual Increase f.f nearly' (3.000,009 in cash and Its reduc tion of the deficit In reserves by over $1,000. oa If this result ha been attained with Considerable gold still on the ocean and not counting In reserves. It Is expected that the statement of next week will make a till more favorable ahowlng. With gold Import aggregating $85,000,000," Including what la on the way, with new bank note circulation already taken to the amount of about $60,000,000 within the past month, an additional circulation In sight to the amount of perhaps 140.000,000, making a to tal of new currency of about llK8.coo.000 within the last few weeks, It Is not be lieved that It will be necessary to go much further lit swelling tho circulation. On the contrary, it Is anticipated that money will become a drug In the market within a abort time. In the panlo of 1X93 lawful money reserves stood on July 12. 1893, at t28S.544.S60, which wa the low point ahown by the re pert to the comptroller of the ourrency, but Increased by the date of the statement for May 1 1K4, to tl52.lu3.214. BsaLi Stand 1'p Well. The manner In which the national banks hav stood the strain has been very grati fying tu the comptroller. Leas than a dosen failures have occurred alnce October 1, which is not much above the average of normal time.' This is In striking contrast w"h conditions In 193. when more than 190 nalons occurred at the height of the ps.lo. Borne of the suspensions In 1893 took PUS'S beiorn the suspension of currency pAmcnts, which In the present case pro faned the banks from runs by depositors; b- the fact that about half of the failures la. 11 ware not followed by re-opening Indicates that the situation at present Is rrrtjh stronger that at that time. The ere-ail-m of banks with a capital below taO.OUO ate hot , less than t-l.OuO has not appar-mt-ky Impaired the general strength of the '.national banking situation. The number of batiks on October II. i.sos, was S.T9S, with an Mgiegata tapttal of tiS5,&58,l. The num ber on October tl. 1907. was ,650, with aa aggregate capital of $909. 274.775. Ths num ber oC new banks organised with a capital waa permitted by the law of March 14, 1900, be been MM, with an aggregate capital HiUi'.Sttk Thaae Institutions, therefor, tftitle tuy have added only about T per Mnt to banking capital, have added a very Muh larger proportion to the number of Institutions. Report com lied' by the Comptroller of the currency for state barks. Iran and trust companies and saving Istuika, oo vr about June 30, last, shows total resources of tlLltil.S14.ua, of whloh tr77.773,S7 represents Individual deposits. i the caee of savings banks alone the umber of depositors Increased over 19U5 tofna,U7f ll to S.6W.K1. while the amount Of deposits Increased from $3, 4:. 13 7.1 98 to SI.C'.07VI3. ' , . II is fult at the treasury that tbe Immed iate einurgcucy has so nearly .passed that tft will not be noery far cungrv to Wt"" ' " ' . ".('"'"'' fceoor.d Page ) - ! J m C0 ' I 0FJHE WEATHER FORI aST FOR NEBRASKA Monday fair. FORECAST FOR IOWA Monday, fair snd warmer. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: Hour. Der. JOINT STATEHOOD OPPOSED Governor of Arliona Nnya Sentiment 1 Stronger Now Than Evw Before', WABHINOTON, Dec. l.-"Narly k year has pessed alnco the election which de feated the proposition of Joint statehood, and I deem it my duty to report the fact that public sentiment In Jkrisona Is now even stronger against Joint statehood with New Mexico than It was last year," says Governor Joseph H. Klbbey, of Artsnna territory in his annual report to the secre tary of the Interior, made public today. The report states that the last year was undoubtedly the most prosperous the terrl tory has ever known. The present popula tion Is given a approximately 1SS.000, In cluding about 28,000 Indians. On June 30, ID07, the cash In ' the territorial treasury amounted to 1306,015.65 against $279,197.00 the previous year. Of the closing of gambling In the terri tory April , renponstve to an act of the legislature. Governor Klbbey says: ' This made April 1. 107, an historic date In the territory, for until then gambling had boon conducted everywhere In a 'wide open' manner, the doors of the gambling houses being open every day and night of the year. The abolition of gambling was In response to pronounced public sentiment and I regard It as a fact mose creditable to our people that not only was the new law Instantly obeyed by the gamblers themselves, but that there has ben no at tempt anywhere to evade the law." MORMONS START WORK IN IOWA Propose to Canvass Every City In the State lie fore They QU. BURLINGTON, la., Deo. t-(Speclal.) Sixteen Mormon elders, direct from tha Utah church body, Invaded Iowa at thla point yesterday and began a thorough, canvass of the city j that, according to their loader, will - extend all over Iowa. Burlington . was . chosen for the starting point, and a house-to-house canvass will be made here and after several weeks' work eight of the elders will, depart for another field, leaving tha other eight to stay all winter and carry on tha work, or ganising a church If their Inbors are suc cessful. Kvery city In the state will prob. ably be visited, and the present number will bo added to as tke work progresses. 'The 'elders came on foot from the old Mormon town of Nauvop, 111., where they had gone to view the historical spot where their religion got lis first substantial start. They also visited Carthage and the old stone Jail where their prophet, Joseph Smith, wr klllfd. The old Jail Is now owned by 'the Mormons, and haa been made a sort of shrine, where all good elders of the church go to view the death plato of their leader. The young men travel entirely on foot from place to place. TORREY CLOSES IN CHICAGO Large Nnmbcr of Persona Confess Conversion an Heanlt of Efforts. " CHICAGO, Dec. 1. Rev. Dr. R. A. Tor rey closed tonight one of-vthe most re markable evangellstlo campaigns ever seen In Chicago. The meetings, which were held for the most part In a hug steam-heated tent erected at North Clark and Chestnut streets, have at tracted, an average attendance of 1,000 for Sunday a and 1,000 on other nights. Dr. Torrey has delivered 136 sermons to more than 175.000 listeners. About 8,100 persons professed conversion. Less than 1,000 of these were women. The campaign was planned and flnanoed by the Laymen's Evangelical association, ISO members of which contributed J0, 000. Of this amount 110,000 was ox pended for. the tent and $11,009 for ad vertising. The association lias made plans for another campaign of a similar nature for next year. Dr. Torrey left tonight for his home in Philadelphia. After a week's rest there he will go to . Virginia, where a series of meetings Is to bo held, and from there will leave for Los . Angeles, start ing a campaign In the California city early in January. . . HONOR FOR MGR. KENNEDY Rector of American College la Created Tltalar Bishop of AdrUus apolle. ROME. Nov. 30. The Pope' has created Mgr. Kennedy, th rector of the Amer ican college, titular bishop of Adrianapnlls. This is considered a great distinction and a special compliment to the United States, aa no rector before has been so honored. The appointment will be announced at the consistory to be held December 13. Bdltor Una Hla Troubles. 8IOUX FALLS. & D., Deo. 1. (Special. V John Wldlon, the veteran editor of the Enterprise, a aiewenaper published at VI borg. Turner county, together with his wife, are having more than their share of trouble and have the sympathy of the press boys of the state. Mrs. Wldlon for the last year or more has been very 111. and for a period of five months thla year waa In a Sioux Falls hospital. For two months of this ttme It was momentarily expected by her physician Uiat ane would die. Her left eye waa destroyed during hr Illness. The, other haa beea seriously affected and weakened, and In-order to save the sight tn the remaining eye It will be necessary for her to submit to an operation later. MOTElOUf 1 Cl OCEAN STBAaUXXFfw Stlled .. Mauritania. ralrluu. . Miuatapolla Calwdonta. Nor Amafika. ' C f. Tlt(w. ' Kaeubllc. tork. knp. of Brltala, h.iltg (. l-aiiaaalyttta, U karsoa. 4'. ieOii.iaa. Anuria. A .tu.-la. vndaai. s .an.!,. rort. Ktw roaK MtW H'lRK lsW YORK. h.vv tOBt Nfr VOKK hEW TOHH Nt:w lia M TOHK. Llvrnnxil, .... CMPUrlASS'D SOI THAkvrTuN KaFI II.YHQL'TH .... UBAC v MAKcnrfTlL fHP.KSi t'HO .. GLA'W L(;T"ltRDAM .. Arrtv. MtuKhtb Gull C'Ariiiaaia .. Sl lui . rRrWt SU I-iul TrrM -V 6 m ir- a. m to -J.- ' 1 7 ft. m YxT23 itm::::::::::::::!, ' f S 10 a, tn 2 I-JjsLe 11 a. m M Yr? I W 11 m 87 VV 1 p, m..... 40 Zmfiiy P- m 2 Vk?n7 4 P. m 43 . y: 6 p. m 41 P n...., 40 ' " 7 p. m 40 I p. m tn p. m.... S4 NORTHWEST ISALLFORTAFT Rootevelt's Mantle is Seen on Secre tary's Broad Shoulders. SOLID DELEGATION IS PROMISED Alaska's Example to Ba Followed by Washington. Ore a on, Idaho, Mon tana, Cnllfornfa, Nevada, Utah - Arlaonn sag Hawaii. BTCATTLB, Wash., Not. SA (Special.) The action of the Alaska republican con vention, recently held at Juneau, in In structing it six delegates to the national republican convention, next summer, to vote for Secretary William Howard Tart for president, is but a forerunner of the action that will be taken by the republican conventions In every one of the atatea of the extreme northwest and of tha entire Paclflo coast. The states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana and the territory of Alaska were among the first to adopt the dlreot primary law, thus- throwing oft the yoke of the old time political bosses. Thsy have In recent years established railroad com missions and have got from under rail road and corporation control, by which they were dominated In early days, both aa territories and later as states. President Roosevelt's policy in advocating greater control of corporations engaged In interstate commerce and publicity of their aots has received, and Is receiving, tie hearty endorsement of the people of the northweBt. In the election of 1904, Roose velt's plurality In Oregon, Idaho and Wash ington was more than CO per cent of the total vote oaat in these states; and Mon tana, which has been democratic for twelve years, gave him a plurality over Parker of 13,000 votes. In Washington his plurality over' Parker was 72,000 in a total vote of IGO.000. This Is mentioned to show how tha people stand toward tha president and his policies. Roosevelt Taken at Hla Word, Until a -few months ago their was a strong sentiment throughout th northwest that the president should be nominated again, but the people have com to under stand that the president meant what he said following hla re-election In 1904, when he declared that he considered the present as his second term and that under no cir cumstances would he be a candldat for re-election. Naturally they turned to the man who would most nearly carry out the policies Inaugurated by President Roosevelt No man so nearly filled the popular Ideal aa Secretary Taft. His speech at Ctolumbus, O., In August last, showed plainly where Mr. Taft stood on all public questions, and there was at once a general trend of popular sentiment for him. Later, when Secretary Taft visited the northwest on hts way to the Philippines the good opinion waa fully confirmed. Genial, good natured, aggressive, not afraid to declare himself on any publlo subject, Secretary . Taft met popular ' approval in the northwest. Wherever he went h was given an ovation never before given to any public man in this section of the country. except to President Roosevelt on hla mem orable. visit In 1901 .. ". . V . The many-ilnSdness of the creiry waa well illuatrated while ho waa In Seattle. He arrived on a Sunday afternoon and was Immediately taken to the Grand Opera house,, where he addressed an audience of men under the" auspice of the Toung Men' Christian association. There . wa nothing of politics th the address, but' a wonderfuL story of the work of the Toung Men's Christian association in this country, with the army and in the orient. It wa a masterly talk on th worth of right liv ing and rightful conduct on the part of young men. Crowd FIoolc to Taft. , On the following Monday, the secretary delivered a political address In the same place Jo a crowded house, In whloh he boldly and fearlessly discussed th lights of capital and labor and the right of 'in junction as applied to both, showing how ths right of Injunction waa originally in voked In behalf of the laborer and the downtrodden, and was still their greatest bulwark of defense against oppression. It was a masterly review of tbe question. Containing, besides a strong legal argu ment, many points of historical importance not familiar to the average man. When It wa learned that hla stnamar would be delsyed two days from the or iginal sailing date, the people of the south western part of the state. In what 1 known as the Orey'g Harbor counuy. district containing an area larger than the tate of Connecticut, Immediately Invited the secretary to visit them. Arriving at Aberdeen, the leading town of that aectlon, it appeared as though not only all of Aber deen's 12,000 people had turned out .to greet the aecretary. but fully aa many mor from the surrounding, country. The new opera house, with a seating oapaolty of 1,800, could hold but a small portion of the peo ple who wanted to hear him. Wherever he went, he won the people to him and popular euUnvnt at onoe eryatallsed In favor-of Taft for the next republican nominee for president. Fairbanks Got a Froat. Shortly before the secretary's visit, Vice President Fairbanks had been In th north west and wa treated with distinguished consideration due his high office, but there waa no popular or Insistent demand to see or hear him a waa the case with Secretary Taft. Certain old time politicians of th railroad variety tried to start a little boom for the vice president, but It died a-bornln'. These same men and other old time leaders tried to decry any efforts In behalf of In structed delegations In favor of the big secretary, but they were swept aside by a popular demand that could not' be Ig nored or hindered. It was Just a strong In Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana aa It waa In Alaska, and tt constantly gain ing strength. Some men holding federal positions have tried to talk about the un wisdom of the state of th northwest In structing for any one, but they hav been forced to see that they will hav no voice in the selection of th delegate to the sex. nt!or!l eeriVfrit!c-3 if they do not stand for an Instructed delegation In favor of Mr. Taft. Whll none of the state will hav large delegation, combined they will be large enough, to command attention. Washington will hav tan delegates, Oregon eight. Idaho six, Montana Alaska six; a total of thirty-six. To the thr wUl b added th six from Hawaii, twenty from Cali fornia, six from Nevada, six from Utah and six from Alison a, a grand total of eighty. Fntal Aatomobll Aeeldent. MARINETTE, Wis., Dec L-In an auto mobile accident Just outside of th town of Gladstone. Mich., today Captain Frank Bent of th s ctty wa Instantly killed and Summer preacott of th Prescott Manu facturing company, laaao Stephenson, Jr.. Joseph Duxburry gad W. A. ' Uuluulat wnr Injured, , but not . oerWusly. Th luaabua tji Jij u .AJxjuul .turned ow. J OKLAHOMA'S' FIRST SPEAKER William H. afnrrny. Father of Con- Utntlon, Chooen to Preside Over Lealslntnr. GUTimiB, Okl.. Deo. 1 (Special.) Th democratic house caucus of th first legis lature of Oklahoma met In the city hall, where th constitution of th new stats wa written, to plan th party organisa tion of th lower house, -at S o'clook to night Hon. William H. Murray of Tisho mingo, familiarly known aa "Alfalfa Bill," who wa president of th Oklahoma con stitutional convention, was "elected by ao olamatlon speaker of th first legislature, which will oonven Monday, Deoetnber t, Th new speaker Is a native of Texas. He waa 38 year old on the list Inst His career in Oklahoma politic 1 unique, from th standpoint that he has no apparent de sir for political promotion, but la elected to offlo without making a contest When the convention adjourned b disregarded t)ie popular demand to run for governor or United States 'senator and took th stump for C. N, Haskell, th first governor of th state. A ' another peculiar Illustra tion of hi apparent desire to shirk public office., unlike most pollllolans, h with drew hi brother, who wa a candidate for labor commissioner, ten days before tha primaries. Tbe brother's name re mained on most of th county tickets, and through th popularity of th president of the convention he wa nominated by 1,000 majority after thus being withdrawn, and aftsr th nomination Murray again said that, although th people., had voted for his brother, it wasn't fair and lie ought to withdraw, and withdrew him again. He was put on the ticket in Johnston county for the legislature, over bis pro test when hla horn people learned h wouldn't run for any other position, and wa nominated In a blanket primary over three active and avowed opponents. In the same way he has been nominated for speaker by tha democtatlo house caucus, consisting of ninety-one , members out of 109, and will thus be enabled to shape th statute of the state as he shaped It con stitution. He la 1 now sometime called "The Father of the Constitution." The first speaker Is a lawyer by profes sion, but retired from th practice of law about flv year ago, sine which time he ha been a practical Improved farmer and stockralser on hi farm near Tishomingo. DEFICIT IN POSTAL REVENUE Department Lacks Six and a Half Millions f Paying Its Ex sense Bill. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 If the amount lost by fire, burglary, etc. Is added to th ordinary excess of nrpendlturea over re ceipts, including expenditure during th year on account of previous fiscal years, tbe gross deficit in the postal mrvtce dur ing tha year 1907 will aggregate tti.!)2,(Bt.47. The third assistant postmaster general, Hon. A. I, Lawshe, tn bin annual report, give the above figure and with It he quotes the amount of the postal OWInlt In IK, which wa n0.at.906.s4 Just S6.7S per cent higher than th -txca of expendi tures over th receipts of the postal ser vice for the curriit year. The outstand ing UahlUtie at (ha clew of tha yaaty how ever, are not -Included In the statement, These will aggregate almost ISOOGwO. Th total postal revenue for 1907 shows an In crease of $16,068,847.80 over th year 19ol , The third assistant postmaster general goes at length into a discussion of the troubles which wx publishers and these who have to do wlih the second-clas postage rates. A ruling ft a been made tn regard to the sample copies of nttVspaper and periodical which will be put In force in a few days. It Is in effect that th publisher shall be allowed to mall earripla ooples at the pound rat to a limit of 10 per cent of hi bona fide subscription list There are also some rules Imposed which relate to expired subscription and limit the time in which the department shall carry papers to these delinquents at the pound rate. " It Is recommended that the money order system be extended to- every postoffic In th United States. "All postofflces trans act registry business," said Mr. Lawshe, "why not money order business?" Th great usefulness of the money order system Is shown In the statemeent that during the present year $02,089,733 In money orders waa Issued. Thla. Is an Increase of nearly 14,000,000 over the Issue of 1908. The passu of a bill providing for a form of postal note, whereby sums of money less than 13.50 may bo sent through tha mall cheaply, Is recommended. JIM CROW LAW FOR OKLAHOMA Expected to B First Measure to Pnas the Legislator In Now Stat. GUTHRIH, Okl., Deo. 1. Th first Okla homa legislature will meet tomorrow. 'It will elect two United States senator, Messrs. Gore and Owen, already chosen by popular vote, and who will present cre dentials of appointment by Governor Haskell to the senate In Washington to morrow. Much legislation Is neoessary to et th machinery of tho new state in smooth operation. A month ago It waa expected that the legislature would consider drastic railroad legislation, but the rail road having accepted tbe 1-cent rat en state and Interstate passenger traffic and displayed a conciliatory spirit tn other ways, the railroad question has diminished In Importance. Th legislature will un doubtedly pas a law for th regulation of tate bank. Of national InUrest will he the new legislature's attltuds toward the negroes. The first bill to be Introduced In the sen ate will be a "Jtm Crow" measure by Sen ator Clint Graham of Marietta. It will provide for segregation of the whit and negro races In railway trains and watting rooms, and will Impose sever penalties upon roadt that disobey the law. Senator Graham will try to have It made an emergency measure to go Into effect Ira mediately upon passing and publication. There la little opposition to th proposed measure and It Is believed that It will be come a law early In the session. WATERWAYS REPORT DELAYED Deepening of the Channel et the MIsalsalB.pl Hlve-r to B Recommended. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. The Inland Waterway commission ha been disap pointed In its effort to complete It pro. posed preliminary report te the president before tn beginning of th present con green and It 1 not expected that th work will be accomplished before the middle of thla week. It Is understood that tho eocn n lesion will recommend, among other thing, a general plan for th Improve ment of th rivers, lake and1 canal of the country, with a view to encouraging navigation, and that to this end It -will suggest the division of tbe country la vari ous section. Th deepanlng et th channel of tho ICga alAstuU .gijca-j'ii STATE REPORTS ARE COMING One, of State Bailway Commission Awaited with the Most Interest TinXGS IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED Secretary of Lincoln Commercial Clnh Looking TJn Evidence to Sapport Contention of DUerlml. nation In Ravtea. CFYom a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN. Deo. L-(Speclal.)CoBslder-abl interest attache to tho reporu to be filed th first of th week by th various tat officer with th governor. Koch of th department will in it report detail Just how It ha spent th ir.oney appro priated for It use by the legislature. In asmuch a this will be th first report evor wade by th But Railway commission more Interest I taken in that report than In any other. Th legislature which enacted th law under which th commission operate ap propriated $00,000 for It maintenance for two year. In return for that th com mission ha permitted the railroads to re due rate fn numerous localities on sand and cement; It ha granted permission to the telephone companies to decrease rates in several localities where ther Is competi tion or whr a new telephon oompany dslred to start In business; it Issued an order oompellng th Lincoln Traction com pany to sell six tickets for X cent after having th case under advisement for many weeks and listening to testimony which ocoupid th whole bf more than ten days; It haa taken up many private claims against the railroads and settled them without a hearing or caused their settle ment; it issued a statement that it In tended to put in effeot a lower orn and grain rat, and gave publicity to the figures, but gigged back when it wa ad vised by th author of th law that it wa proceeding contrary to the law; then It wa tied up with an injunction to pre vent it again fooling with corn rates; it announced it wa going to accept a IS per cent reduction on express rate Instead of enforcing th S per cent reduction as provided for In th Sibley taw. Before It did thla however the commissioners changed their minds and now this law Is tied up In th courts; it established a schedule of cream rates after a lengthy hearing; It listened to testimony and argu ment for a better service for the shipment of cream, but ha not yet issued any order, though It had Intimated what the order Will be: It listened tn arammTi -Jt .i ......... v ,1.4 . r L 1 mony on the application of the independent uii companies ror a lower rat on oil, but that case is still pending; It listened to ar gument about th bad condition of the Missouri Paclflo track, ordered that road to repair tha same and mat. vi . port of th progress of the work; It issued apeea oroer against tho Missouri Pao flc; about concluded to glgback after the englnemen objected, but ao far a the pub lic know tho order still stands; refused th application of the railroads to chang switching charge in Omaha: refused to allow tho telephon companies to put tn free telephones anywhere; it ha not acted on th coicnlalnt r.aalnst the na ger civlce glvni by the railroad. During n year v-nairman wtnnett attended a meeting of rallwav mmnlnlnnm in wa-t.. Ington City; Commissioner Clarke attended n rooming oi tno miana waterways conven tion at Muskogee; Commissioner Williams nas maae a apeeoh at Palmyra; at the Peru normal school at the Keamey nor mal school and up in Custer county. Rika' Memorial. Memorial service were held at tha Oliver theater by th Enks thl afternoon and the building wa crowded. Th address wo delivered by the Rev. Glloert A. Ottman. Two Interesting feature of th program wre th number by Carl Steckelberg, on th violin and tho vocal solo by Miss Helen Dean. Lincoln Looking Up Rate. Secretary Whltten of the Commercial club haa gone to Washington to look up evidence against . th railroads doing bus Ine In Nebraska which, it I alleged, dlsoiimlnata against Lincoln In. favor of Omaha. Th tariff sheet of all the rall roade intorested are on file with th Inter state Commerce commission and Mr. Whit tn expects by these to prove hi case. It is the rate mad from southern points that Lincoln objects to. Prtae for Poultry. More than $2,400 In cash prises to x hlbltors will b paid out by th Nebraska Stat Poultry association at ! annual how, to be held In Lincoln, January SO to 85. A large number of special prise ar also announced In the catalogue which Secretary L. P. Ludden Is sending out It is claimed that th coming exposition will not only be the largest ever held for poultry raiser In Nebraska but will be th biggest thing of Its kind tn the whole west. It will take place In the auditorium, as usual. The State Poultry association Is one branch of organised agriculture In Ne braska. All of th kindred associations, ivteen In number, will hold their meet ings her at th am tome, and a number of them will show classified exhibit. It I announced that owl oar service on the South Seventeenth and East O street lines of th Traction company will h Inaugurated next Monday. Th general chadul will be on oar every hour on both lines, but th tim win be governed by th arrival and departure of trains at th passenger depot. It I th purpose of th Traction company to hav It car meet the train whenever they come In. As nearly as possible, a car will leave the potofflce square every hour between mid night and f o'clock, tunning to Twenty seventh and Holdredge. Car running on South Seventeenth will leav th aquar half way between th departure of th othr. At S:30 a, m. a car will arrive down town, bringing employe -who live near tho Tenth street line. The ten minute service on South Fourteenth street for th full length of thla line will also be started on Monday. HOLY WAR IS ' PROCLAIMED Ajrah Trtheemen In Herthenatern Moreeeo Are Told Frenchmen Ar Helpleae. LALLA MAGHNIA. Dec. 1. Marabout Buthlch has proclaimed a holy war and his emissaries ar busy stirring up th frontier tribe, telling them th French are helplea aa all th soldier hav gone to Casablanca. In a fresh attack on th French near Adjaroud last night, 4,000 tribesmen hurled themselves with rcklaa bravery against a French force of 400. but th wall posted guns f th French poured In a murderous hall fir, mowing down th rank of th tribesmen, who finally retired, leaving the ground strewn with corpae. Th French loss wa two killed and six wounded. Th dead tiibeaamn - numbered IX ai.d the weited- REPORT ON PUBLIC LANDS Government U Itolsg Best It Can to Rretrnln Frnndnlent Practice. WASHINGTON, Deo. 1. The report of the commissioner general of the irnd office, R. A. Ralllnger, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, waa made publlo today. It show that subsequent to March 4 more than 3,000.000 acre of pub llo landa, previously, held under blanket order of suspension, were restored to entry. Nearly .10.000,000 acre wr re leased from forestry withdrawal In the same period. The most rigorous effort," aid tho commissioner general, "1 being made with th force at my command to restrain un lawful and fraudulent practices In th publlo land states and to secure evidence to prosecute the guilty of violation of th law. Th field foroe 1 totally In adequate In number to reach all such offenses; heno tha gross offupdsr ar mor particularly ought for." The report oondemns aa obsolete and absurd some of the existing land laws, In particular the act of March t, 1S73, governing the patenting of coal land. "Title having passad, th government possesses no guaranty that a publlo util ity, the coal, can b mad avalinbl to upply the market; on the contrary, these land hav almost uniformly passed Into the hand of speculators or large com bination controlling th output or the transportation, so that th consumer 1 at th mercy of both in the greater por tion of the west" ald tha report "The Inducement for much of the crime and fraud committed under the present system can be prevented by separating ttve right to min from th title to the oil." The report shows th total cash receipt for th year from th disposal of public lands to hav been $, 647,37$. Miscellane ous reoelpts. Including sale of Indian landa, were $2,005,904; a grand total of $11, 553, 177,' representing an increase of $3,907,654 in th total receipt over th preceding year, or 61.1 per Cent The total area of th land disposed of during the year wa 30.997, b66 acres, an Increase over 1906 of 1.666,379 acros. There are now 159 national forest (for merly called forest reserves) created by presidential proclamation, embracing 150,831,666 acres. Th total Increase In th area of the national forests sine th laat annual report la 41,133,241 acre. Th report conclude with theae data of future opening of Indian land ,to settle ment already provided for by congress: Celvlll reservation, Washington, about 1,000,000 acres, will be opened In a year or so; Flathead reservation, Montana, about 1,000,000 acres, will be opened in 1908; Yakima reservation, Washington. about 1,144,000 acres, time for opening not yet fixed; Blackfoot reservation, Mon tana, about 600,000 acres, may ba opened In 1908;. Cour D'Alen reservation, Idaho, 310,000 acrec, probably ' be opened In the fall of 1908; Rosebud reservation. South Dakota, about 335,000 acres, will b opened In 1908; Lemhi reservation, Idaho, about (4,000 acres, will be opened In 1908. TAFT VISITS THE KREMLIN American ...Secretary - See AU . StgTk t of the Fnnaena Old Rnnslsn. Fortrea. the MOSCOW. Dec L Seoretarv Taft de voted Sunday to a visit to the ancient Kremlin, th historical center of Russia, all th palaces and churchea of which war opened for his Inspection by the special order of Lieutenant General Querschel rr.ann. governor areneraJ of Moanw. After th round of official visits had been paid this morning, the governor gen eral assigned his personal aid to conduot the American aecretary of war and hla party through the fortress. Secretary Taft showed remarkable familiarity with the historic laws, which h had teamed from hi father, who formerly waa stationed In Russia, Ho waa greatly Interested In th crown Jewels, the armor and relics of former rulers of Russia, particularly those which had belonged to Peter the Great Mrs. -Taft sat in th state equipage, which had been presented to the royal family by Queen Elisabeth of Eng land, In the traveling sleigh of Catherine the Great Secretary Taft had a conversation through an Interpreter with a veteran sol dier, a member of the palace grenadier, who bore ,tripea and medal denoting forty-eight years' service. The battle soarred hero wpt when Secretary Taft, not contented with th military aaluto, insisted upon shaking hands with him when he departed. This evening the secretary and hi party attended a banquet given In hi honor by the American colony. President Roose velt and Emperor Nicholas were toasted. Secretary Taft responded briefly to th speech of welcome of th American con sul, famual Smith. Everywhere the distinguished representa tive of the United State I recognized while lght-cuig and heartily cheered. Tomorrow ther will be an official dinner in his honor and a special ballet In the opera In the evening. Secretary Taft will leav lata in the evening for St. Peters burg. FUNERAL OF JAMES CHAMBERS Member of Family Accompany Body to Davenport In n Special Car Over th Roolc Island. Funeral services ef James K. Chambers were held at tho family residence, 5004 North Twenty-fourth street, at 1:30" o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. John Williams, pastor of Et Barnabas' Episcopal church, preached the funeral sermon. He reviewed th career .of Mr.-Chamber and referred to i th excellent Qualities of mind and goodness or hla heart which enabled him to win a place In the affections of all who knew him and a plaoe of honor with his employes. Vocal selections were rendered by Mr. Robert Bell and Mr. Will Brown. Th body of Mr. Chamber wa sent to th old horn at P;tvenport, la., for In terment Sunday ntgV.t, over th Rock Is land railroad and . as accompanied In a special car,by Mrs. J. Chambers, mother of the deceased, his sisters, Mrs. M. Jones and Mr. John Wllber; hi sons, Thomas, Aleck and John; hi brother, Walter and William; his daughter, Mrs. Clark Powell and Mr. PowelL Marriages Near lie roe. HURON, . D., Dec. 1. (Special.) The following marriage hav been solemnised In this city and Beadle county during the last few days: Mark Weaton and Agnes Conyer. both of Welngtn, marxUd by Rev. John Clayton; Robert W, Rahm and Olive Long, both of Glddlnga, married by Rev. F. E. Huvn; Harold B. Nwton and Maym Campbell, both of Wolsey, married by Rev. F. Rawllnaonj Daniel V. Hanson and Axelona Fredrlceon. both of Huron, married by Rev. D. Rlfenbark; Elmer A. Lyman and Daisy Glayds Davla, both of Huron, married by Rev. F. W. Long; Dan R. Sheen of Hlgtimore and May aim ( Hctrun. iumCJ kj V.W. Lou. LEGISLATORS AT SEA Uo One Pound Who is Willing to Pre dict What Congrets Will Do. FINANCIAL QUESTION TO FORE Neither of the Parties rt Unit on What , . Should Be Done, SOME CHECK TO SPECULATION Generally Conceded to Be a Patent ' Cause of Present Conditions. WATERWAYS ARE BEING PUSHED President Expected to Urge n Fourteen-Foot Channel In Mlaalaalnpt and Improvement of Other Waterway. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Never at tb beginning of any congress have the con gresslonal leader of both parties founi themselves mor at sea concerning legls. latlon than they are on the eve of th convening of th Sixtieth assembly of th national legislature, wiilch will take. place tomorrow at noon. Very little ex cept the financial situation-is engaging tlie attention of any member of either hous, and all th member of both house whether leaders or followers, con fess their Inability to foreoast what may b don on that subject. All of then lament th present situation, hut n them do not believe that th remedy for it i to d round In legislation. Those who believe that such a rimalf will prov efflcaclou ar In th majority, but their opinion as to mean vary so widely inai ail admit the great difficulty or get ting together. There la some ireneral division along party lines, but ih.r. i also great divergence of view among both repuDiicana and democrats. In view of this state of affairs It 1 evident that very llttel attention will be riven m other questions until ther can be som crystallisation of. thought on the finan cial problem. In his speech of aoc&Dtanae last nlcht. Speaker Cannon intimated tho possibility of some amendments to the railroad law. and but for the disturbance in th money center there la 'little, doubt that thla would have been undertaken durlfff the cssion. it Is still possible that some thing may be attemnted In that Una. hut all plana to that end ar now quit nebu lous. Th democrats have already Indi cated a purpose of trying to force the tariff tO thO front. blt tha nmiMln.na are so largely in the majority in both nouses and are so well united In their purpose of postponing action upon thl Important sublect until after th nival. dentlal election, that their opponent have . very little bona of acoomnllahlne anything beyond getting recognition for a' few apeeche for campaign consump tion. . . . . . Check to). Seenlntlon. Among other subjects which wnf"m celve serious attention will b th ques tion of taxing the sale made on th stock exchanges, and. while it 1 aenra. elated that even an effort In this direc tion may affect the market there aro a number of senators and member who attribute most of the disturbances In th financial market to these son.-ulatlva am. cesses and who will likely make th road a rocky a posslbla for them. It Is too early, however, to say whether uoh ef fort at legislation will be auoceasfuL There will be ome anti-trust talk, but the financial panlo will probably hav th ertect or curtailing it to a conlderabl extent Tho Philippine tariff bill and the bill for tho admission of New Mexico and Arizona as states will be introduced early In the, session, and It la probable that all of tfera, will receive considerable attention, but not so probabl that either of thm will be come a law at this session. Ths friends of the scheme for the deep ening of the channel of th Mississippi river will undertake to Inaugurate that en terprise during the session, and In that connection there will be an effort looking to th systematic development of all the Inland waterways. The president Is ex pected to recommend In his message a channel of not loss than fourteen feet.from New Orleans to Keokuk, and thu Initial a campaign which will be pressed until the desired end I attained. It Is also understood that th president will recommend an annreoiahla .ni.-.. ment of the navy, Whlln congress does not seem -prepared to completely follow him, in this matter, the prospect I good for soma Increase of the navy. Democrat of Inquiring Tare. A number of resolutions of inquiry grow ing out of th financial situation will be introduced by dejnocratlo senator and member early In th session. Some of these will make inquiry concerning the re cent Issuance of certificates by th Trea sury department; some will propound ques tions concerning the distribution In th) national bank of 'th treasury reserve, and till others will deal with different phases of the financial question. Even now th men who do most to formulate trie policies of the two house ar putting their heads together With th view of securing an adjournment of th session at aa early a date as possible. They are using the fact that the national con ventions will probably be held In June to Influence both republicans sod democrats, and the responses received are generally favorable to the view that the session should come to a close not later than th last of May. Tha speaker will make an effort to get the house committee In working order bo for th holidays, and a caucus of th re publican senator will probably b - hsltt tomorrow nCatr th adjournmunt of tli state for th pornose of starting the ma chinery . to (f th na-rganlxatlon of th senate comn.ittees. PANAMA L0AN SUCCESSFUL' Beeretnry Cortelron Annnrtneea that It Wa Sabeerlbed MW Times Over. WA8HINOTON, Deo. l.-Th opening of the bids for the Issue of $U.orAtOO Pana ma canal bonds which was Mgun at 4:30 yeatorday afternoon was not concluded until nearly 10 o'olock - when 8-wretary Cortelyou mode th fal'wlng announce ment: ( Th bid for th $.ooo,0oo of Panama canal bunds Invited by th secretary circular of November II were opened thl evening In the Treasury department. There were more than l,WO bids and the loan waa many times over subauribed ' ,Uo complete- tahulaM'.n la been posalhl as ...in., nisi uia average price la well above the present IDfrk't prices of the bonds. Owing to th l-i numtfr of rids to be considered It will be tiiiwra. -'cable to make n allotment m. medlatV but ths M.rr.1 -,ry will I, i, jreJl W fuYr hilwr.Uaa li J ni ., e- it 'I'