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VOL. XXXVII NO. 143.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1907.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
The
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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