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OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1907 TWELVE PAGES.
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BOOST FOR RIVERS
Tourtcfn lett Through the Valley"
the S!oji cf the Westerner!.
kesoeri nima repbeseste)
Pushing Delegations Present f'om
Hiatouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Di l
OMAHA ME5 ARE REC0G2T
iciujr a. auu jmjs
water on Resolutions Committee
waicf on ftewiuuon voianuiie.
XAESAS CITY AFTER COM Li' 1 103
fllffi ArMUat1r Drop Owt of Coo
teot for RrrMlraa Gathe-rlaa- ul
Ceateat Lies BtlUMi Ku.
Hi Ctty ud Dram.
fFronf It Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON. Dec 4, (Special Tele
gram.) "Fourteen feet through the val
ley," which baa been the slogan for many
year among cltlxsns In tha states border
Ins the Mississippi. u amplified today by
the present of Nebraska. Iowa, Missouri
and South Dakota delegations who m
Into tha national rtvera and harbors con
vention tor ship channel for tha Missouri.
Within a ahort time thr will b an or
ganisation insld tha national rtvera and
harbors protect farorable to the deepening
of th Missouri and It control within Its
batik. At noon Rer. Frank L. Loveland,
Btata Senator C. I Peunders, Captain Pal
mer, F. D. Wead, John A- Scott. Henry T.
Clarke and Victor Roeewater, Omaha; P.
It. Hopkins, Tweumseh; J. F. Peyton. Tren
ton, representing the Nebraaka delegation,
met at tha VWUard and perfected a stat
organisation by electing Chart" L. Saun
ders chairman and J. F. Peyton aecretary.
It waa agreed that Henry T. Clarke of
Omaha ahould pa presented to the national
sesotlstlon on river and harbor Improve
ments ai V'oe president from Nebraaka and
that C L. Saund-r ahould be aelected for
the committee on nomination! and H. T.
Claike an resolution. Mr. Victor Rose
water ass selected ly the national chair
man of the conventlen. Representative
Ransdell of Texas, a cne of ten members
at large, which the crmlr hss power to ap
point, on the committee of reaolutiona
Immediately after tlie mating of thia aft
ornoon the committee on reaolutiona was
appointed and Mr. Roae water and Mr.
Clarke retired to help formulate tha prin
ciple upon which the convention will stand
In IU fight for larger appropriations to Im
prov th Interior waterways of the coun
try, making "fourtoen feet through the
alley," meaning the deepening of the Mls
alsalppi and a ship channel for the Missouri
an actuality.
Viet- Roaewaler ReoolatloBS.
TfM crmsMttee on reaolutiona met In ex
ecutive aeasion and elected Repreaeotatlva
J. Hampton Moors of Philadelphia chair-'
maa. Jar. Moore appointed a subcommit
tee -af ntv-m formulate the reaeluUona. '
and ui oi this subcommittee Mr. Rosewater
rai ai'DOtr.ted a member. The subcommlb.
tee Is having a meeting tonight.
In addition to tha namea mentioned above
tho . forming are preaent as delegates:
W. . Whltteii, Llncolu. Neb.; iorge C
Call. A. Xi Beall. K H. Hubbard, Slouz
City; C. T. Hancock, II. E. Fred way, Iu
bmjue, la; Captain Uow Bryson, Daven
port. Ia; Thomas N. Wilkinson, Burling
ton, la.; W. E. Bt rim back, Keokuk. la;
Representative J. P, Conner, Denlaon; D.
, W. Hamilton, fligourney; C. A. Kennedy,
Montrose, la, '
Halloas! Comaattte Msetlag.
Kebrarka will be rcpreaenud st the re
publican national committee meeting Fri
day by Victor Roaewater as proxy of
National Committeeman Charlea II. Mor
rill. Mr. Morrill executed a proxy about
week ago, conditional upon hla Inability
t attend In person, and since his arrival
here Mr. Roeewater has received a tele
gram from Mr. Morrill saying that he
cannot make tha trip to Washington at
this Ume.
Catalans ef Bsakers.
Senator Burkett. that be might have tha
feeneflt of expert opinion relative to eur
tancy ' legislation In the last month, haa
receive 137 lettnrs fr..m as many national
banks l.i Nebraska outlining the vlewa of
either the president, vice president or
cashier of these banks, roplylng to the
senator's Interrogatories, which, on being
tabulated, present tha following opinions:
For ssset currency, positive, 13: condi
tions lly, ; Bftmlnpt asset currency, J7.
For guarantee fund, poeltlve. 9; condi
tionally, lb; agnJnst guarantee fund. S.
For postal savings banks, iwsllive. 12:
oonilttlunally, ; nsalnst postal savings
oanss. Mi iur central osnsa, 1
tnher senators who have taken the
trouble to ascertain the wants and opnllnns
of bankers In their ststes report similar
diversities of opinion Indicative of the per
plexities which will be presented to the
banking and currency committees of the
two houres when they seriously get down
to tho, work of formulating a currency
measure which will command the largest
Hi' Miure of strmlh.
After Repasllra Ceaveatloa.
Two si-oclal cars of Kanaaa City boom
ers for the rstinnsl republican convenl"n
rolled into Washington this afternoon.
taking jua-'. is at the Shoreham. which Is
the natloi.i1 o.nmittee headquarters. They
are a hustling st of westerners and have
adopted for th'.r motto something Ilka the
lettering cf the old prairie wagons th
creased at tha Kaw to atrlke the Bant a Fe
trail. "Kunsas City or Buat
Chicago seems to havs dropped out of ths
running altigt-Uer and it looks now as if
the f.ght would be between Kanses City
and Ienver for convention honora Rut
CliUsg has a way of getting things It
rants even without the presence of brass
Mflili and should ths Cannon boomers
te,ake a d i.d set for Chicago It might land
if rei'Ublii aa convention anyhow.
ak Dwketa Matters.
Reprer.lstlve Porker of South Dakota
r.as n mi, '.natrd as cadet at West Point.
llbrern-e H. IHinlelson of Iad, and for
alternati'S John Ft rm of Iead and Henry
O. Ari.Sm of Drooklcga Colonel Parker's
nominee for principal la the son of a for
ma a of tha Humeri -k Mining company at
Ljd and Is toi' t r gradual of ths
Ir-ad City High scj.;l 'lit Is th first boy
to t reoommended as cadet at West Point
who Is tho son of a laborer from South
DsV.ota.
The ftout"' Dakota eler.itloa haa tocorn
mene4 (ha s'.al ! I rueiii (It new land of
floe ci-'-.ct la Li.ft county, near Union,
. a sect., n of. Bouih T'akota now being
T isp'tily se'il-d t.p.
Mlaov Maltrrw at Capital.
Senator Euik' tuJj- Introduced tin
flluwltig bills: 1 establish a tUtt hatch
ry la Nebraska, as..wn; - sUuwliig t
f 'ain"T"1 OS fiecwud Iwge.
SmillARY OF THE BEE
Tkmltr De-eras ber B JBOT.
1907 DECEMBER 1907
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Nebraskans at rivers and harbors con
vention take aa their slogan "Fourteen
feet through the valley." Omaha man on
reaolutiona committee. Kansas City men
after republican national convention, with
good chanc of landing It." Fag 1
Waterways congress meets at Washing
ton and Is addressed by Secretary Root
and othera Senator Newlands bas drafted
a bill covering the waterways subject.
Fag 1
Controller of the currency Issues his call
for the condition of national banks on De
cember 1. Western cities report themselves
already retiring cashiers' checks.
Far
Henry O. Harsmeyer, head of the Amer
ican Sugar Refining company, is dead.
Fag 1
Canadian Shorthorn ateer wins prlxe at
Chicago over all American competitors at
the International Btock ahow. Fag
The currency committee of the houae ap
points a sub-committee of five members
to draft a financial measure. Fag X
Cotton market experlencee active day
with rise In price. Fag ft
United States government Is laying lr.
coal at all army posts whils anthracite
steam coal In the east Is rising In price.
ra a
Man formerly of Sioux City Is frosen
to death at Aberdeen. Fag 1
Hotel men of New York are much wr
r!ri over the growth of prohibition feel
ing. Fag 1
Fir at Drytown, Cal, makes securing of
entombed miners impossible for some
days. ag I
Receiver will be named for th lime
town exposition, t Fag 1
State auditor files report of financial
condition of the state. Cwnmlttew named
to bear, disbarment case of Allen O.
Fisher of hadroti. Fag
Missouri Pacific road doubts th juris
diction of the Railroad commission to or
dsr the laying of sidetracks. Fag a
rouui.
Secretary Taft has a five-hour visit with
Cxar Nicholas and meets member of the
Imperial family. Fag 1
Bomb thrown at the governor general
of Moscow narrowly escapes killing nliu.
The thrower, a woman, was fatally In
jured. Fag I
King Oscar of Sweden has apulntd
Crown Prince Gustave regent because of
hla falling health.' Fag 1
Ambassador Aokl will probably be duc-
ceeded at Washington by Baroa Takahira.
rag 1
Government receive a sever setback In
the Reichstag. Fag 1
Vere Pt Leger Ooold and his wife are
convicted or murder at Moms .ario, ins
woman being sentenced to death. Fag 1
COMMXaCIASi AITS HtBTjrTXlAi.
Live stock markets. Fag
Grain markets. Fag
Stocka and bonda Fag
Z.O0AX
Practically all Omaha bankers indorse
President Roosevelt's recommendations
for emergency currency with heavy In
tereat clause. Fag 11
Statement of Omaha banks to Comp
troller Tidgley show Increase, of $!,0u0,
000 In cash resources and decrease of
(2.000,000 In loans. Fag 1
Basil Mullen, one of the Ham Pak mur
derers, tells graphic story of clime and
laya principal part In crime to Charles
Pumrhrey. now on trial. Fag T
Railroads are retrenching by cuitlng
down forces and calling In business get
ters. . Fag 4
F. W. Judson discusses mov to dignify
labor by teaching trades In th pub;i;
schools. Fag 7
MOTZXXsTTS OF OCZAJg STXAMSXIPB.
Port. Arr Bille
ytw TORI lawMll X. T. Wllhain.
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LONDON MiaauoM
au'111RIAl... l-ri.yrs
BT W1RKLE.
fc&hla I!and teamer Teutonic. RB miles
east of Nantucket at noon; will probably
reach New York at a. m. inursjay.
BISHOP WEDDED TO DIVORCEE
L-ader la Afrleaa Methadlst Charrh
t ailed la Krrlag ta HI
Meeretary.
ATLANTA Ca.. De. J.-blBhop H. M.
Turner of th African Methodist church
was married here last night to Laura l:
Union. The bride wee formerly the bish
op's secretary and had secured a divorce
from ber husband. Rev. Powell, last May.
At th tim th divorce was obtained It
was reported that the bishop contemplated
ru 'ng Laura Lmon his wtfa I'hop
Calnes brought Die matter to the aaen
Uoa of the council of bishops at Its meet
ing la Juna After aa Investigation Turner
was noticed by the council that sucu a
ntaiilage would not be countenanced by
th tkurrlt. Nothing further was heard of
the matter until th announcement of tha
msr.-iavo Isst night.
NEW REC0RDIN PANAMA
Nearly T Millie a Cable Tarda f
brlk Maved Darlasr th
. Mwath af Xermker.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 Colond Goe
tl.als. cHef engineer pf the Panama canal,
cabled the canal oftloa In this city tud&y
trat all recorda were again broken for
the mouth of November la tb matter of
tiravauoa oa the taU-inua The total
amount of earth removed daring that
mobth was l,P'J$.o( cubic jarda, as agrlnst
SM.an cubic yatda la Nvtciubcr, 1X4
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WATERWAYSCONGRESSMEETS
Two .Thousand Delegates Begin Cam
paign for Eirer ImproTemeatt.
AKBASSADOE JTSSERAITD SPEAKS
Frearfc Dlplessat Tells af BesHIti of
Canals la Kallslac Freight
Rate la Ills
Csastrr.
WASHINGTON'. Dec 4. Prominent offi
cials of the national government, governors
of state, representatives of foreign pow
ers, members of th senat and house of
representatives pa-tldpated. today In the
opening of the convention of the National
Rivers and Harbors congres. Nearly awX
delegates, representing 'every stat In tha
onion, were present. It was not expected
that any definite or concrete action In pro
motion cf the prospects advocated by the
congress will b taken, but It Is hoped that
th work of the convention will so lmpres
the national congress now In session, as to
Indue It to make adequate appropriations
for th Improvement of th river and
harbors of the' country. It Is tha desire of
the a negates to secure such sotldri by ths
congress of th Vnltd State s will pro
mot the trade and commerce of America.
It is hot a special pro! chat the conven
tion haa In view, but the adoption, of a
policy by th gwvarmnt looking to the
extension of the transe-artailnn facilities of
the L'nlted States. ,
On behalf of the national administration.
Ellhu Root, recretary of state, extended
to the rongi'.ss hearty sympsthy In the
work which It had undertaken and gave
assurance of the support of the admlnts
trstion In the conclusions arrived at by the
delegatea. The congress will be In session
for thres days and th body will be ad
Idrcsed by soma of th most prominent
publicists and economists of the United
States.
Secretary Root Make Address.
The convention was formally opened at
10 o'clock this morning. Representative
Joseoh JB. Ransdell of Louisiana presided.
and J. P. Ellison of Cincinnati officiated as
secretary. Th session began with prayer
by Earl Cranston, bishop of th Methodist
Episcopal church..
Before tb ' congress formally convened
President Rarndell was presented with a
silver-mounted gavel by the Upper Mis
sissippi Improvement association. Mr.
Ransdell In opening the congress referred
to th work of the national administration
in promoting trad relatione between Amer
ica and foreign countries, particularly those
countries lying to the south of the Lnlted
States, and referred In compliments ry
terms to the achievement -of Secretary
Root In promoting those relations. He then
presented the secretary of state.
Secretary Root was received with great
applause, th delegates rising to greet him.
"It is a pleasure," said Secretary Root,
"to extend to you the Interest and hearty
sympathy of the national administration
la your grefit work. It has been a subject
of much . misunderstanding and depreca
tion and even of derision. Our people ar
s busy that the In habitants of on section
of th country understand little of what is
going on in other sections."
The Intra trj scheme, Mi.' Root said
had been sought under eolorrit river and
harbor Improvements. H 'felicitated the
convention on the. fact that the river and
harbor bills of this day were relieved of
temptations Df th k!nd referred to.
Railroads Art Overtaxed.
Th aecretary said that the policy fol
lowed by th United State must b con
sidered truly as a policy and not a a
project. He referred to the construction
of the Panama canal and to the Improve
ment of the Erie canal aa Instances show
ing thst the American people stand
squarely behind the Improvement of water
ways and he expressed the hope that they
would assert thst policy In the future.
"In your last convention," said Secretary
Root, "there was some reference that we
should not cross a bridge ustil we reached
It. W now have reached the bridge;
(Applause). There Is no greater achieve
ment than the transportation of ' articles
valueless at on point to another point
where they are valuable. The railroads
of the country no longer are able, phy.
sically, to carry the traffic of America and
the one a venae cpen t such traffic Is
waterway transportation. We must move
forward or we will go backward. I i
American production handicapped by two
things first, ths great cost of gating the
goods to the seaboard, and, second, the
absence of an American merchant marine.
President Ransdell presentod a report of
the work of the conres during the lat
few months. Then he introduced M. Jus-
serand, the ambassador of France to the
United States.
Frame Sets Goad Example.
"W hold the record for the present.
said Ambessador Jusserand, "you will bold
It In your turn when . th great Panama
canal la finished; we turned the first sod;
you will turn the last, and no one will ap
plaud more heartily than your predeces
sora."
The ambassador reviewed the history of
the efforts mad by France In th Im
provement of waterways and the resultant
benefit to commerce. He said that the
greatest era of canal building In France
Is the present. The elm be added, la to
have throughout France free canals aa
they have free roads.
'From 1S75 to 1900 the traffic increased UJ
per cent and It now amounts to over
tO.fflnOOO tona Tha Investment is valu
able because of what It yields, of what It
help, and al-.o of what It prevents. The
best thing It prevents is th rsilroada
raising their tariffs too high. As soon as
ths rairoad companies ratss their tariffs
Quantities of goods find that they ra very
well afford to travel at a slower pace and
take th water route. Our canals act. In
a way, as a kind of rata bill, a self-regu
tatlng one.
Forests Aboolato Wee easily.
"It is an absolute principle no forests, no
waterwaya Without forests regulating the
distribution of wcters, rainfalls are at once
hurried to tb sea, hurried sometimes, alas,
across country. After having devastated
the neighboring fields the rivers find them
selves again with little water and much
and; with such rivers bow will you feed
your canals In all seasons? Since our for
ests suffered damagea which w ar now
bent upon repairing at considerable pains
and cost, a river Ilk th Loire haa been
entirely transformed; It used t b th best
of waterwaya, and it is now th river whose
inundations ar most , destructive. Tb
question Is as clear can be. Do you
want to have navigable rtvera. or do you
prefer to hav torrents that will destroy
your crop ard never bear a boat? If you
prefer tbe first, then mind your forests.
We can tell you. for w know."
XewUssi Haa Waterway BUL
WASHINGTON, Dec . Senator New
lands of Nevada Introduced today a bill
ICtf&tUmed aa Second. Page.)
BRYAN LIKES CAMPAIGN PLAN
Say President's Idea twr Oovraaeat
to Foralsh Faad la i
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Ds. 4. William Jen
nings Bryan, en rout to his horn In Lin
coln, Neh.. arrived here today from Wash
ington arxl met his wife and daughter, who
are bound for New fork, whence they will
sail for Europe f-'t-u-day.
Mr. Pryan commented on several of the
testes treated In President Roosevelt's
message and credited the president with
introducing an original proposition In sug
gesting tha appropriation of campaign
funds by tha government.
I hope," he said, "that It will be enacted
Into a law."
Mr. Bryan Is strictly In accord with the
president concerning postal savings banks
and guaranteed banks.
8ald he: "Th money boarded In hiding
places. If It can be drawn Into th banks
and thus be put into channels of trade
will relieve the stringency more ef
fectively than anything else. The postal
bank will do this to a limited extent, but
not completely, for ta th plan proposed
th depositors will V limited as to each
person, and no checking account will be
allowed. r
"Tha system of th guaranteed banks
contemplate absolute guarantee by the
government of such banks as may volun
tarily enter Into tho system. In entering
tha system they . agree t reimburse the
government In proportion to their deposits
for any losses incurred by tbe government
In payment of depositors In failed banks.
During the last forty year the average
lo among rational bank has been less
than one-tenth of 1 per cent of deposits,
and, as we have passed through two
panic In that Urn It la not likely that th
average lost will be greater during th
next forty years.
"To rem up, th depositors need security
and thia must either be given by the postal
savings bank, which will grow until It has
absorbed the deposit banking of the coun
try, or It must be furnished through th
guarantee of existing banka"
TRAINS CRASH AT STATION
Haltlnswr Ohio Local Psttesger
Collide with A oother at
Haw ever. Mi, . y
BALTIMORE, Md Dec, 4. Thre per
sons were killed and about twnnty Injured
In a rear-emd collision between local pas
senger trains Nos. 142 and 14 on the Balti
more Ohio rat 'road at Hanover, Md.,
twelve miles .wst of here, this morrlng.
Bom of the Injured are badly hurt and
may die. The th,re killed outright were
negro track hands. Relief trains were
made up. th dead and Injured were
brought to Baltiroor and tbe Latter placed
in hospitals. ! .
The flmt train Was twenty-five minute
late, having been dolayed by a broken rail
at J e sups, where It had sidetracked to
let fin oxpress pax a. While standing at
Hanover station taking an paaseugsra, the
second train cam around th curv at
that point : at a high rat of speed and
crashed into th rear ear of th stationary
train, an-ashing thia car and driving it
into the next coacU a'.rfad,' -The last car
of No. J'U ww-drvtdetW.Vsjnokliig com
partment ami aactioWor nfxsoeat.H,,ws
n this car that tha death ooaurrod. .
The dead:
WILLIAM PARKER, colored... .
GARFIELD BROWN, colored. ' .
AN UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO. v
The movement of trains on this branch
of the Baltimore A Ohio system 1 con
trolled by an automatic electric signal.
When a train enteis a block a red target
la thrown out, remaining until the train
leavea the block, when the target change
to green. Just ' west of Hanover station is
such a s'.gnaL
ACKI IS NOT TO COME BACK
Vlseoaat Ha Expressed Doalr tm Bo
' Relieved of Datlo at .
Capital.
TOKIO. Dec 4. I p. m The recall of Vis
count Aokl, Japanese ambassador at Waah-
Ington, I the result of his own expression
of a desire to resign, and no official an
nouncement I expected until after his ar
rival In Toklo. It Is now regarded aa a
foregone conclusion that Ambassador Aokl
will not return to Waahlngton. The ques
tion of his probable successor, in th event
his resignation is accepted, haa be-n long
tinder discussion. The names mentioned In
this connection include Baron Kaneko.
formerly special envoy to th United
Ststes; Baron Chtnda, vice minister of th
Foreign office, and M. Takahlra, at present
Japanese ambassador to Italy and formerly
minister .of-Japan at Washington. It Is
now understood that M. Takahlra Is first
choice. Nether Baron Chlnda nor Baron
Kanek -in be spared, so Takahlra will
undoubtedly be appointed if be is accepta
ble at Washington. Th Assoclsted Press
ta assured by th highest authority in th
Foreign office that the recall of Viscount
Aokl Is rot Intended as a reflection -upon
his course, but a possible chang at Waah
Intgon has long been Imminent. Neither
ahould th present action be construed to
denote the slightest change In th friendly
attitude of the Japanese government toward
America on th Immigration question.
BOMB NEARLY HITS GOVERNOR
Raaslaa Wosaaa Who Marled It Will
Probably Dl of Her la
Jartea. . MOSCOW, Dec. t. An unsuccessful at
tempt was mada In this city today upon
tha life of Lieutenant General Guerschel
msnn, governor general of Moscow. He
escsped death only by a narrow margin. A
woman hurled a bomb at the? general's
carriage while ha was driving In th I,e-
fortt quarter of the city. The horses were
blown to pieces and the coachman was
seriously wounded. Th governor general,
however, came out of the explosion tin.
toucheJ.
Th woman was so severely mutilated
by her own bomb that th had to b re
moved to a hospital. Sh Is in a dying
condition.
GUSTAVE APPOINTED REGENT
Kla Owner's Health Tiuatiefaelory
Md II Tsrat Over Govera
saeat to Boa.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. a Th health of
King Oscar again la unsatisfactory and h
has handed tha reins of government to
Crown Princ Gustsve, who today was
formally appointed regent.
Ballooa Cosaeo to SCash.
BELFAST. Ireland. Dec 4. A dispatch
has Just been received hers saying that an
sirsh'p, believed to be La Patii. descended
on a farm today .a th neighborhood f
Ballysansgh, a little town In County Down.
Tha tnachlna ry of tha car waa wracked.
THOUSAND BILLS IN SENATE
L&rg-e If amber of Measures In trod need
During' Wednesday's Session.
vTjoLD CHANGE BATE LAW
Ma-. Faltoa Haa Heatsr Prohibiting
Sew Tariff from Going- Into
Effect Vtll Its Fatrae Is
Passed tses.
WASHINGTON, Dec 4. Nearly 1.01
billei were Introduced In th senat today
and all of them were referred to Com
mittees, where they will be taken for
consideration after th new senators shall
hav been given committee assignments.
No other business of Importance was
transacted. Almost all of these bills were
considered in the last congres and most
of them ar private penalon bills.
Tha whole number Introduced In th sen
at of tha Fifty-ninth congress was i.fi.'T
and before th Christmas holidays It Is
probable that at least half of them win
again be Introduced and referred to com
mittee. Chaagr la Rata Law.
Among the mora important measures
introduced today were the following:
By Senator Fulton Amending the rail
road rate law In such a manner that a
rhanre of tariff filed with the Interstate
Commerce commission cannot go hito ef
fect wher objection Is made until tb
commission has declared the rate fair.
Hy Sirai'ir LMck The aJ ministration
measure, pt.'vidlng for an Increase of pay
for members of the army, navy and marine
oorpa
By Senator Burks Providing for the
teaching of agriculture In normal schools;
free postage on reading matter mailed to
the blind and prohibiting telegraph and
express companies from transmitting re
turns pertatnine- to aamblina.
By Senator Heyburn pills providing for
the purchase of public building grounds In
Washington; the establishment of land
courts and appellate land courts: the es
tablishment of a national board of cor
porations and a department of lines and
placing in the capital building of each
state a model of the naval vessel which
has been named after that state.
By Sc-nator Hansbrough Repealing tiie
timber and stone act and providing for the
ale of timber on tiublio lands: also a
bill giving homrstead entry men the right
to r absent from thnir homesteads dur
lng four winter montha
By PTetor La Follette Requiring thst
railroad rates shall b fixed so as only to
y1 1 a fair return on tb valuation of a
road s rronerty.
By 6-naor Nelson Extending the free
oeuvery service to su towns raving a pos
tal revenue of S8.000.
Br Senator Scott His last suasion hills.
providing a site for a new building for the
Stato department, the Department of Jus
tice and th Department of Commerce and
cnor.
SM Baaaldy Heusrt.
A short bill, which may take th place
of a regular ship subsidy bill this seaslon.
was Introduced by Senator Galllngcr. It
provide for an Increase cf th mall carry
ing rate for stxteen-knot ships plying on
tb Pacific and the South Atlantic to an
amount not exceeding the rate paid to
first-class vessels. Th , bill la designed
to meet th Ideas set forth on ship sub
sidy In the president's message.
Senator Galllnger also Introduced .bills
prohibiting th sale and transportation of
poisonous foods; providing for a monu
ment In Washington ta tbe private sol
diers of th army swd iacraaning eruricne
for- total deafness, v - - v - -
Two slr.gl statehood bills wore intro
duced by Senator Teller for th admission
of New Mexico and tb other by Senator
Stone for th admission of Arisona as a
state.
Senator Culberson reintroduced two bills
which he advocated In the last congress.
On Is Intended to make Illegal the deellng
In futures, the other to provide penalties
s rains t railnrsd companies that fall to
furnish cars to shippers.
Senator Overman reintroduced hla bill
authorising the president to suspend ths
ro'lectlon of customs duties on articles com
ing Into competition with products of
companies which sell abroad at a less
price than In this country.
Will Draft Correacy Bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. The newly ap
pointed house committee on banking and
currency held its first meeting today, spend
ing two and one-half hours In discussing
th carrency question In several of It
phases. At ths conclusion of the me .1!. ir
several of th member stated aa a result
of the conference the members of the com
mittee were now nearer together than they
had ever been before, notwithstanding the
same members with the exception of three
composed1 the commute during the Fifty
ninth con great.
The only definite action taken at this
initial , mealing was th authorisation of
th chair to appoint a subcommittee of
five to draft and submit a currency bill
to correct th present financial situation.
Trier will b no hearings before the com
mittee until th subcommittee has finished
Its task and the completed draft Is In the
hands of th chairman.
Tha recurrence of two phare of th cur
rency question marked tb conference.
The were:
The creation of elasticity In th currency
and tha disposition of reserv balances in
national banks.
Th committee waa apparently agreed
that It will sanction no -tuov to Increase
the bulk of paper raey, but will confine
Itself to th consideration of tha be.nt
means of injecting elasticity. Tha plan of
providing tor th Issuance of national
bank credit notes, which can b Instantly
thrown into circulation when general con
ditions require an Increased currency, and
retired as promptly when tb need was
passed, was presented and discussed at
soms length.
COTTON MARKET MOST ACTIVE
Oseilss Exeltlag and Tradtaa; Very
Heavy. with Prices Hick
I Higher Thaa Tuesday.
NEW YORK. Dec 4. The cotton market
had th most active and excited opening
of the season today, prices ranging from
a to fl points, or about tl.S t bale higher
than last night's close. Traders buth for
advance ard decline bought heavily, In
fluenced by small crop estimates, by Im
provements in general trade and by the
strength of th English market. There
was tremendous profit-taking at the ad
vance to 1L19C for January, but the offer
ings were quickly absorbed and th re
cession was light.
FIRE BURNING AT DRYTOWN
!T Hooo Now of Heooverima; Bodies
of Minor for Several
Day a.
DRTTOWN, CaL. Dee. 4--Th fir at th
Fremont mine, tn which eleven men per
ished, has sgaln broken our Tha shaft
haa been covered and steam and water ar
being poured In, It being hoped to extin
guish the flames la this way. There Is now
no possibility of recovering th bodies (or
at laatit ssver V
GOVERNMENT LAYING IN COAL
War neoartaiewt aettlaa; F-xasapl by
Providing; Fael for Arsty
Price Higher.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. Acting .upon
speclflo orders of ths rrestde.nl. th War
department made every effort In Its vsrl
oos branches to acquire before the first of
October all of th coal necerary td be
used at army posts throughout th com
ing winter. In Usulng these orders th
president fallowed the suggestion of th
Interstate Commerce commission, acting
upon a recommendation of ths president of
the Northern Pacific rnlla-sy that th fed
eral government should set a good example
by laying In an adequate fuel supply for
all Its offices or branche In the northwest
well In advance of winter so a to avoid
so far as possible the trouble caused by
the shortage of fuel In that region last
winter. "This," th president said, "Is ex
cellent advice," and he gave ordors ac
cordingly. Army quartermasters have found no dif
ficulty in obtaining fuel and forage this
year, as was at on tlm expectedj but
prices hare appreciably advanced for both.
Thl year's contract prices are from 20
to S per cent higher than those of last
year, when the prices were 15 per cent
grester than these of the preceding year.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 4.-Several of th
Independent anthracite operators, after at
tempts to Induce the Reeding and some
of the other big anthracite companies to
tak th initiative In further advancing
the prices of steam sixes of hard coaL have
raised the price from 15 to 2S cents a ton
at the mine.
The Reading so far has declined to make
any further advance In th pric of these
sixes, on of the reasons assigned being
that the last advance of 25 cents a ton
made some weeks ago, had not yet become
operative In many Instances where pre
vious contracts were concerned. With the
expiration of most of these contracts, on
January L this advance will become gen
eral, and unlcs some falling off In the
demand Is indicated by. that time It Is
probable that an additional advance will
bo made before the Reading makes any
new contract.
GIRL TAKEN FROM GYPSIES
Los Aag-elM Slaa Takes Dasughter
. from Vts4erlsg Trlbo by
Mala Fore.
ST. LOTJia Dec. 4. Hy means of a writ
of habeas corpus secured from the Clayton
circuit court Antonio Thompson and his
wife of Los Angeles, CaL, today ' secured
possession of their lS-year-old daughter
Maria from a band of gypsies encamped
hi the western outskirts of St. Louts. The
parents deolar the daughter waa stolen
from them a year ago and that sine then
they hav traveled thousands of miles and
spent practically all their money In search
ing ,for her.
Disguised as gypsies themselves they In
vaded th gypsy camp and found thelr
daughtcr. Bbe threw herself Into the'r
arms, but a number of gypsies under direc
tion of their leader, ' King John Adams,
seised th girl and drove the parents out of
th eamp, asserting - th girl had . been
voluntarily sold to thera and belonged to
the trlbo.
Th grief striken parents invoked tho aid
of the law aad secured a writ of habeas
corpua . Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Banker and a number of cltlxens of Clay
tan they returned to the camp later today
and the girl was taken from the gypsies,
although, for a few minutes the nomsdt
made a demonstration and threatened a
r!ot.
CANADIAN SHORTHORN WINS
Roaa KlnsT, Owaed by James Leask
of Greea Btak, Out., Charn
aloa Steer.
CHICAGO, Deo. 4. Canada captured th
crowning honor of the International Live
Stock exposition, defeating the American
breeders on their own grounds. The
grand championship In th ateer class goes
to a Canadian exhibitor, to ths surprise
and discomfiture of the native stock men,
whose proudest beasts were entered In
th class. Roan King, a Shorthorn calf,
selected aa th best of th hug herds of
cattle assembled at th stock yards. Is
owned by James Leask of Green Bank,
Ont., weigh 1,071 pounds and was fed on
a diet of peas and hay Instead of the corn
which Is the staple dlst of American fancy
kin. Th Canadian contingent at th
Miow Is Jubilant over the victory.
SCHMITZ PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Forsaer Mayor of Baa Fra arise De
termined to Flaht Charge
of Bribery.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 4. Former
Mayor Eugene Schmits pleaded not guilty
to two charge of bribe taking this morn
ing before Superior Judge Dunne. Th
first rasa was relative to the overhead
trolley deal, the complaint averring that
ha had accepted frc.n Tlrey L. Ford and
Abe Ruef JiO.000. Th second waa In th
gas deal, in which h waa accused of tak
ing a bribe of SI, 260 from Frank Drum
and Ab Ruef. Th casts went over
for two weeks, when the dates for trial
will b set. Four demurrers in ths t.
tortion cases were denied Schmits by
Judge Dunne.
SIOUX CITY MAN IS FROZEN
First Fatality from Cold Rettltt In
Feeallar Way Near A bor
der. S. D.
ABERDEEN. S. D.. Dee. 4. fSnectat
Telegram.) Jthn Young, who cam her a
few weeks sgo from Sioux City to work
for a well drilling firm, was frosen to
death last nUrht about nine mile north of
this city. He and hi companions were en
gaged In sir. king wells. The sudden cold
wave last nlfl.t had a disastrous effect on
To-jng and his companions drove him to
George Hsn.lali.t's farm, but he was too
badly frown and died there about an hour
later. The coroner will hold it, lnquest-
HENRY 0. HAVEMEYER DEAD
Frealdeat of lorrlcta list' BegalBg
CossBasry BaerBsabs to At
tack of ladlgestloa.
KEW TOKK, Dec. 4.-Henry O. Have
meyer, president cf tl American Sugar
Refining company, died at 1 p. m. today
in his boms nesr Commack. L. I. He had
been ill with aa attark of acuta lndlgea
tlon for several dsys. -
RECEIVERS F0R EXPOSITION
JTada-e Waddlll Deeldoo to Nsmt Mea
to Tak t'ksrst of th
Coataaoy.
NORFOLK. Tl; Dee. 4.-Federal Judge
Waddlll today decided to arpoint receivers
for th JanistowB byosiUua ccmjtuiy.
SHOWING BJ BASKS
Omaha Institution! Kike Farorable
, Report to National Comptroller.
CASH RESOURCES ARE LARGE
Advance Stater cnts Show $3,000,000
More Than Tear Ago.
DEPOSITS HOLD ABOUT EVEJf
Surplus and Undivided Profits Show
Gain of $450,000.
LOAIfS DROP TWO . MILLIONS
Nearly All of th Bank Show Io
ere as la Money Oat Owlag to Re
treacheseat Policy aad talllaff
la of Oatslde Cash.
Cash resource of Omaha and South
Omaha banks, as shown by a sworn state
ment to the comptroller of th currency,
which will be limned today, are S30.HAS.K1.
an Increase of more than K.O0O.OVO as com
pared with the statement issued the tatter
part of November. 116.
Deposits have kept pac with tha re
serves of Uie bank and the statement of
th eleht banks In th Clear!:. g House as
sociation shows M&,Su&,9nS on deposit In th
eight banks, as compared with $15,871,857
last year.
The surplus and undivided profit of the
eight national banks shows a gain of more
than 1460.(100 over last yesr, and a favor
able comparison of Omaha banka Is mads
with the statement of August, when de
posits, cash reserves and resource are at
the high water mark
Loans have decreased almost 13,000,000 as
compared with the statement of th eight
banka mad (n November last year.
When the call of the comptroller of th
currency was received In Omaha Wednes
dny morning there was some doubt as to
how to report the cashier's ohecks and
clearing house certificates. The telegram
frorp. the comptroller of th currency whloh
waa necessary to mak all reports onlfona
wis not received by Pre' ."jut Vaies of
the Clearing House association until a late
hour Wednesday afternoon, otherwise the
reports of th Omaha and South Omaha
banks would hav been published In th
papers of Wednesdsy afternoon. But the
statements ' were preps red and prevision
made to show th certificate of the clear
ing house under "Uabi'ltles" and "re
sources" without reference to th actual
cash accounts. . .
Caah Renmti 8hw Iarrease. .
Advance statement of the cash re
source of the tight national banks In
the Omaha clearing house association, . aa
compared with the rtatemant 'of a year ago,
made th following showing: . . )
'OTI.
IS",
t l.r,7-J6
8.HH4.K
J 67S.244
ill's. 41
v 8JS.670
Lkff.ft)
ijCT.m
- GeO.bl
First Nations! . t S.T30.42S
Omaha National. S.72.J't
IT. S. National J.60i.!m
Merchant a National.. LIAt.KXS
Nebraska Kattonxl .. l.tOJ
Union Stk. Yd. Nat. 1 D2 f
S. O. National...
Packers National .... . ba,7i.1
Totals J. S30,7,ta $lJ,.as.f:H
Deposits tn the banks of Omaha at tho
close of ' business December I v.-era fcTZ,
110.8?;. as compared to 137.S28.H3il at tha
same time last year and I40,FU,18S' shown
In the August statement of thl year.
Deposits Fall Off Bla A a goat.
That tha deposits of Omaha banks should
i.ave decreased 13,600,000 since August Is
not unexpected. The money withdrawn for
handling crops and other fall business
would equal that amount sny year and ex
ceeded 14,0(10,000 last year. Ths banks hsv
Inst but J-MO.WiO In th Isst year, which
waa anticipated because of the remarkable
ami uitt of building .r-d the demand of de
positors for money to uso In various chan
nels of trade.
Tho deposits of th eight national banks
In Omaha and Scuth Omaha aa compared
to the record of last year are aa fallows:
1M7. LV.
First National bank 110.742.3. lTi,7.7U
Omaha National 14i.IV8.2M lo.ii36.lb
United States National. 8.3E4.4.M 8.730,74
Mr.hanls National S.7W.4U 1.441, R1T
Nebraska National LJ75.S10I l.K.WtS
Union Btock Tarda Nat'l l,40,r7 J.ms Hi
South Oinaha National.. I.610.4M lW4 K:ii
Packers' National L774.Z76 tuW.44
Total r..3f,6.9iJ 146.S73.K7
Total Retetrcri Mlllloa Greater.
Total resources of " the banks of th
Omsha Clesring House association are
tl,luS,692 greater than ever before and that
much mors than last year, when th state
ment was Issued to the comptroller of th
currency. The resource, as shown to bo
made Wednesday, compared with the con
dition of th bank at the same' time
last year, folic s:
IT
.." ;i.n
.. II.aou.uiG
.. H7 44
.. 4K1S.174-
ISO.
til.aw.77R
il.h: ftifi
10.UM.".
t.tm.iw
t.H7.KS
4 &Ht
VA.bt'7
3,860.168
First National bank
Omaha National
T U. National
Merchants' National
Nebraska National ..
2.,,lrj!7
I'nion Stock V-nds Nat S.)H
South Omaha National 4,4 ...!
Packers' Nat. bank.... 2.SU.0J0
Totals SM.r.4l tM41,Sll
Barpla aad Cadlvlded Pro Bis.
While total resources of the eight banks
mak a good showing, the report to th
comptroller of th currency will show tha
surplus and undivided profits of th banks
to be 14,4E7 more than at th same
tlm last year. Th statements compared
make th following showing:
1. J-i5.
First National t fl"".' I t'lK i8
Omaha National 4- .0 xtu.?4f
IT. S. National 4S. ,H ini 177
Merchant' National .... tf!.V, rut"!
Nebraska National VS 13 IM.MS
1'nion ntock Yards Nat. 1Ki8 luo 7
South Omsha National.. 877 e,i Sis."
Packers' National l."!.7ii If.i-'i
Loans show Falllna Off.
Loan t of the elvhl national batiks In th
Oman CJesrtng Hous sssoclatlor show a
decrease of Sl.s71.lM, as comptied to th
statement of a year ago, th bsnke making
the following report:
...
I
First National
Omtha National ...
l'nlti-d States National..
Merchants National
Nehraeka National
l'nlon Ftock Yards N't'l
South Omaha National..
I 2.m.""
a.r-,7 ro
i n
.. n
i.t.-mm
8 t'77 l-
1.7 KM
1 VlS.7-4
1 S.iY 4
1 s.yi4
1.4.5U
Packers National
Total tl,fc-1.7w toO.Hi'HSJ
Ballooatst Already Active,
NEW YORK. l'. 4. Amer'can balloon
Ists have begun an active campaign look
ing toward the recapture next year of th
International balloon cup. won last October
by O ar Krhloeh of Germany. Th rarr
next esr will t held tn OorTia ly. prob
ably In Juno, and the Aem rlub cf mn,i a
haa decided to raise J (!,' or mora, if
necssary, to aid in the preliintnari a for
th cup racr. 1 his nv-n will be expended
for new balloone and for the exnenrts of
practice trip It is possibls that th club
will arranse a - '1s of elimli.-.t'cn rau- s
in order to def-'dt- n the menit-ers of the
team which will rspresaat America la Lu
k I aca