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VOL. XXXVII NO. 147.
OMAHA, FKIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, i907 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COFY TWO CENTS.
I HE
Omaha
BANK FAILS TO OPEN
Sank of Commerce of Kansas City it
, 'in Hand of Receiver.
DEPOSITS ARE GREATLY REDUCED
Eighteen Million Dollar Withdrawn
in Two Months.
UNABLE TO STARS STEADY DRAIN
loans Could Not Be Collected as Fast
as Cash Was r 'cd For.
; -7.
HOPES TO RESUME '.jEW DAYS
'"
Pistsea Million Du t , ''om and
Pridrnt Woodi fay "Will
B Paid In Fall
KhIu Rot AStctet 'V
KANSAS CiTY, Mo.. Dec. 8. a'N
tlonai Ttnnk of Commerre of Kansas City,
Mo., on i of th .largest, In the west,
with deposits of JJ.000,00O, closed Its doom
this morning and waa taken In charg by a
national bank examiner upon an order of
the comptroller of currency. Later two
mall outlying banks In which th Com
mon bank waa Interested, the Stock'Tard
Bank of Commerce and the Unlott Arenue
Bank of Commerce, also cloaed.
The failure of these bank had been pre
dloted for several 'daya, and but little ex
citement followed the announcement of the
Mws, although crowds of depositor gath
t ered about the doors of these Institutions.
The officials - of the Commerce, which Is
affiliated' with many banks here and In
other parts of the southwest express the be
lief that none of them will be seriously
affected. The failure Is laid to the with
drawal by outside banks within the past
two mouths of 111,000,000 of deposfta. They
expect t" reqpen soon and say depositors
rill be paid in full.
Business la Normal.
Other local l.mks were not seriously af
fected up to noon,, and at several banks
heavy dvpoUH were made.
The following statement was Issued at
noon by Dr. W. 6. Woods, president of the
National Bank of Commerce, for the board
of directors:
To the Public: Much as we regret to do
so, we are compelled to close the doors of
the Natonal Hunk of Co m roe b came
we have not been able to collect money
from our borrowers as fast as the Fame
was demanded by our depositors, caused 'by
unjust and unfounded rumors vigorously
circulated.
puiing this panic' we have reduced our
rieposi1 from Jfc,&0,XW to about 116,600,000,
thus paylmr out over the counter and by
' transfers to other banks In this city and
trier cities ' about .tlS.OuO.OOO of deposits.
' This, of itself, tells of our resources. . W
have mnfle the fight of our life, but coirVJ
tact stand the strong tide against us.
W hope to be able to open up the bank
gain Id the near future for businer. We
do pot believe It possible for a denosltor
In tha National Back of Commerce tt lose
a dollai. We beg your Indulgence and for
bearance until our affairs can be arranged
l t the satisfaction of all Interested parties.
epjw-eriste sensfbry the roniMsnoe -of
wur numerma dustomers. large and smitU.
bev placed la -us, and we hope to show in
the end that we have been true to this
trust.
Bradley Will Bo Reeoiver.
v . James T. Bradley, tha bank examiner tn
harge, was this afternoon notified by tha
somptroller of tha ourrenoy that he had
been appointed receiver of tha National
bank of Omiinerca.
The following notlos waa posted on the
Joor of tha bank at E: this morning:
MThL" ba,nk. ha" ben ' X order of
the board of directors. It la In the hands
f James T. Bradley, national bank exam
tir, by order of tha comptroller of cur
rency. Tba bank has been tn a weakened eondl
ttoo since the last statement, which waa
issued August 22. last. At that time It
was stated the bank owed tha clearing
souse olosa to. 11,000,000. When the flnan
lal dlturbanoe o&mo and the clearing
louse decided to Issue clearing house cer
tificate, rumors regarding the Commerce's
tondltloa Inoreaaad until within tha past
Isw days numerous oonferenoes of other
sat ion al banking officials hara were held
Ind msaas of keeping tha bank open ware
tlsoussed. ,
law la Making; gtatemont.
Yesterday much surprise was expressed
hen the request of the comptroller for a
Itatement of condition of banks waa not
responded to by the National Bank of Oom
toerco. Other local banks published their
itatements, showing a healthy ocndltlon,
ut the officials af the Commerce an-
ounoed that Its statement would not be
forthcoming until this morning. This ore
ttod further distract In the bank's condition
tni after conference Listing lHo tha early
louts - this morning, the clearing house
ifflclals dealded they aould not- aid the
. 'ailln bank.
When the statement of the Natlonai Bank
f Commerc appeared in the morning pa
ere, It showed that since tha statement of
august fc, Ust. Ua depoelts had been re
luced from close to fJCOoo.OOj to tiC.M3.6M.
The stateraent showed, also, that the item
If loans and discount had been cut down
M,OuQ,009. Tha statement Issued early this
nornlng follow!
Resoauroos.
Utana and discounts.. JlMM.fo
teai estate
ne iir cent r
detlxptlon fund.,,.
t0.00ft.00
a and sig'.t ex-
rriange
Jlilted Slate IfMlds,
per
.t5.J43.M0.10
1.230.000.00
Itlier high gTUjo
, DU1UJS
... (.008. TTLOu-tlO, 130,231. 'J
Total
resources ....
...Vi4.17,C.3
Liabilities,
capital stock
Impiu and undividad proflta
7n:uJiiHin aooount
Sue ilept-xdlora
:;-arlr,g hue oartinoalea...'..
y. Al lUhllttlea
S 1W. .00
. 1.00,0o0flO
lfl.f.t fitf
S.fe4 0u.0
Tlia principal c.Tloers of the National
ankof Comtoeroe are Dr. W. a Woods,
roslileuti W. H. WUianta. rioe presldetit.
fA William A. lUilo, c'ruiluer. Its directors
jd stoc Vio'c1ers loclue soma of tba most
romlnent men In Kansas City. Dr. Woods
U president of tha Oamtneroa Trust
ompahy of Ksnsaa City, wtiioh has a
apttat or ti .H0 and dapoalta et H.136,
ST Since Its Jest tutatuent tha dopoalts
f to trnrt ron-.pany have Inoreaaad aearly
f' 03 and that institution is believed to
ie Iti 1 eound condition. ,
Other Baalts Xa4 IavalvaeV
Jamo r. Downing, proeident ef tha New
tn,7!ard Nadorui uank and 'bead of the
X:sl CVaitng Haute aaraclaUca. ei pressed
1. tvtaT U.at thv faHure ot the Com
trrc nl X waul 4 no; urvolea deeply any
Kai.sas CH? buttt-ullon and that
I'.rr 1 cl banks t-uuld be able ta weather
J-.e sTi--. Tbo Kstlor.el Peak cf Cem
ticrce h'ikl the dt .osLs tf numsmcu. stnaU
auks la thl par: of the 'southwest. What
ift the lallure wia haro upon uiem si
rohld:n-J,'aL Cn Aujrvst B laat. the
:n,i),re owd iftar rut-Junal banks M.-
SUuLMARY OF THE DEE
FrMay, December dp. 1007.
ioo7 December 1907
us 0 Tut wfO " rl
12 3 4 5 6(7
8 9 10 II 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 T $ X
TWM WIATaXB.
Forecast uniil 7 p. m. Friday:
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
tTooaDiy rair t rldayj rlslnr temperature.
For Nebraska and Iowa Fair Frlilay.
iJ.."VL.- I'l'1 Temperatsre
CIA r ZL at Om.li. ,
1 a. m 25
8 a. m r
a. m : ;
m s s
-c. UO T I lp. m 43
S p. m 44
"y I S p. in. 44
BOMJESTXO.
Victor Rosewater presents resolution to
Waterways convention which meets with
general favor. Nebraska senators busy
In the senate for tho Interests of the state,
Pag 1
National Bank of Commerce of Kansas
City failed to open yesterday and ' was
placed In charge of Bank Examiner Brad
ley, who will be named receiver. The
drain of deposits by outside banks was
the Immediate cause of suspension.
Page 1
Delegates to the Waterways congress
submit resolutions calling for $50, 000. 000
a year, for river and harbor improve
ments to Speaker Cannon, 'Mr X
Kansas City or Denver are leading in
the race for the republican natlonai con
vention. x Page 1
Superintendent Whalen of the North
western at Boone called to 'phone by mes
sage saying his mother was dying. Un
able to go because his wife was Cylng.
rage 1
Insane man shoots three men who wore
attending meeting in the office of Gov
ernor Guild of Boston. Paga l
.Chairman Fowler of the committee on
bnnks and ourrenoy has announced the
subcommittee that will draw tip the new
currency bill. Page 1
Thirteen persons are Injured In a col
lision on. the Pennsylvania road tt ol
Pittsburg. ' . Page X
House of representatives was in session
but ten minutes during Thursday;
' Page 1
xomsxan.
'Secretary Taft haa left Russian terrl
tory for Berlin, where he wtll make but a
short stay.. - Page
Tba . Japanese Immigration ' companies
dislike the new decision to res tr lot tha
departure of Japanese people for America.
Page a
Crisis In ..tha Jlalchst&g means mere than
appears on the surface, as the chanoollur
appealed for support directly to the po
litical parties on his side. - Par 1
VSBBASXA.'
Reduced rate ordered between Lincoln
and Crete on cotton goods. Commission
to fight Increase In switching charges at
Omaha stock yards. Passenger ticket
sales Increase' in Nebraska. , Pag 3
XOCA. .
Charles Pumphrey blames Mullen for
death ef Ham Pak, while a laborer at tt
hospital says the Chinaman died from
chloroform administered by physicians.
Page T
Former Receiver Pettyjohn of the Valen
tine land oftloe la given on day in Jail
and a fin of ISOO for illegally fencing
land. Pag-a 1
State banks of Omaha which paid cah
during financial flurry And deposits
larger and business safer. , Page 1
City Prosecutor Daniel will be asked to
authorise warrants for arrest of violators
f city ordinances after December 10 be
fore arrest are made. .- Paga B
Cmaha banker declare Kansas City
bank failure will have banefluial effect on
Omaha banking situation. Pag. 9
The Union Paolflo resumes work on ths
Lane' Cut-oS with reduced force, Pag 1
Rev. George C. War will sorva time at
Grand Island for violation of federal land
Uws, page 1
Tfae republican county committee may
call a primary to select the successor of
Emmet O. Soloman, who leave the offio
of county oommlsslpner to fill that of
county comptroller. Pegs S
COmOOaOXaX AJTD tsTatrSTBXaX.
Live stouk markets. Pags
Grain markets. Pag
Stocks and bonds. Pag
x o TnsiEjrfi op oosajr STSAacsaxps.
Arrtnc Balls.
uri Lltanla.
AdrUU
Marios,
fttalendtn.
Kwasr.
- - Fw.Tntk
TDlled Slates
lltlwtlo
NBW TORK
NEW TOBK.,...
(ISW YORK......
Ijkw Toh
NEW TORK
KJiW YORK
CorENHAtJIjN..
fLIJUXjTU
r -
SHIPS GATHER FOR VOYAGE
Majavltir ag Pleat Baa. Arrived at
Haas site. Hssd aw la aa
Way.
NIBW TORK, Dec, (.-Rear Admiral Ev
ans' flagship, the Connecticut sailed from
New Turk for Hampton Roads today,
whenoe It will lead the battleship fleet to
the Pacific, It was preceded a few miles
ny ut battleship Rhode Island. The naval
supply and refrigerator ship Ol icier, which
will accompany the warships on their pa
clflo voyage, sailed for Hampton Roads
this afteraoon,
" PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 8,-The battl-
shlps Kearsarg and Georgia sailed from
the league Island navy yard tolay for
Hampton Roads to Jain the fleet Vileh Is
to sail to the Pacific The Maine will sail
tomorrow. The Kansas passed out the Del
aware breakwater tnday.
-TAYLOR'S SOLDIERS" MANY
Kvldeaoa et Csasirmey sf, Mseuatala
a Prsdaesd la Pewen
Trial.,
GEORGETOWN, Ky., Dso. l-State Sen
ate Waic teatMsd la tha trial of tal.o
Powers today that h saw four armed men
in cfUeeas' clothes ta th duo of the ex
"frw mLwt yrta- OoebeT body wae
being ear. imi, t-nnj tha state house grounds.
T1tnsjs sid that "Taylor's soldiers,' who
armed. tiV possession ct the state
hsus grounds a few tutnote after the
shooting ss U by preconcerted action.
Stat Senator Frmsltr tesUflaJ tkat he
heard some mountain nn ay: "We ar
here to st nd by Taylor and propose to
rive 'em helL"
Sfc
PAYING CASH KEPT DEPOSITS
State Banks Come Through Flurry
with Big- Reserve.
BRANDEIS AND HA YD EN PAY CASH
Depositors Get Meal Mosey Wkti
They Wanted It and Neither
Deposits Kor Reserves Have
Been Affected.
State banks of Omaha, which have paid
rath In full to depositors presenting checks
since the clearing house banks of Omaha
decided to suspend full cash payment and
tssuo cashiers' checks, have come through
the weeks of the flurry since October 27
with flying colors, as shown by statements
Issued to the State Banking board Thurs
day. Notable among the reports of the banks
of Omaha Is that of J. K Brandels & Pons,
bankers. This bank has advertised widely
in newspapers and street cars that It would
pay depositors money and not cashier's
checks "when they want It." It has also
taken care of many pay checks drawn on
other banks, and tha Saturday preceding
the date when tha lid went on the bank to-
celved more than (17,000 In pay checks
drawn on other banks. '
Reserve An Large.
By th) statement It If netlced that the
bank has deposits bf 1C21.W2 and a cash re
serve o' tlSD,Si. The reserve is equal to
80 per cent of Its deposits, though the
legal roerve for state banks 1 but 20 per
cent. The Brandets bank hns 1G3.060 more
cssh than Is required by lnv. The state
ment made Thursday compared with the
statement of the bank November 90, 1906.
followst
TU. 1AVT Ma.. lOra
Deposits
PB1.W2 pm.wj
Cat'h and exchange...
Undivided profits
Loan and discounts.
Bonds and warrants.
m.t'S 189,054
7.6-3 4.6x3
440,io sw.a
107,703 1M,K
Hay den Bros, bank.' which opered but a
year ago and has been paying cask to de
posltors who presented checks, shows de
posits of 1344,644. and has on hand In cash
1111,174, or a little more than 40 per cent of
the deposits, the legal reserve being 20 per
cent. The loans and discounts of the bank
are 1301.(48 and the undivided profits 11.119
Th deposits of the Institution are about
n a par with those of the last statement,
but the showing is considered particularly
good for a new institution.
Savings Bank Haa Lara-e Barplaa.
Reserves are heavy in the City Savings
bank, which submitted its report to '.the
State Banking board Thursday, and the da
poalta have grown. Many of those who
during the opening days of the panic gavo
notice of their Intention to withdraw cash
have cancelled the notice and the bank will
not be called on t pay out th money
December 17, Just sixty days after many of
the notloes were filed. Savings banks.
forced to provide for the withdrawals by
cashing securities, now have large surplus
and have begun to deposit them In the
natlanal backs.
: The report t th City Savings bank
shows that four to five times the legal re
arrva la being carried 1a cash. i,Tbe state
ment msde Thursday, compared, to tha one
made a year ago; follows:
December, 1907. Nov. , "06.
Deposits ....
H.',r(
C&tfh 2.,i
2,iii0
Capital and profits IM.fM
Lnans, mortgages .- fc&.ffn
U4,ai
484.917
Natlsaal Bank Loans Fall
While loans et the state and
o
savings
banks of the city show . an Increase, the
reports of the national banks show loans
to be less than a year ago and 13,402,404
less than the loans In 1 the August state'
ment ef 1907.
That much of the money was out on call
and short time loans Is evidenced by the
fact that the Ave national banks of Omaha
could scarcely bring in 13,400,000 on com
mercial paper between the time ef the Au
gust statement and the December stats-
ment, which, as a matter of fact, has been
brought tn during the last thirty days. The
comparison of the two statements:
' ' December. Aurust.
Omaha National bank..!.6,fH,K!4 17.lil.li.iS
First Natlesal 6.81a Uw . 6.au.o,S
United Slates National.. 6.220,066 4.7H6.040
Merchants National ..... 8,747,160 S,!4a.3t
Nebraska National
l,004,4t7 , l'.9,144
Ttals.......rt....'....'..
Cash Reserve
22,4U,8f,7. !26,U4.fcl
Inoreaaad. .
That the cash reserves are greater In .the
December statemeut than In the August
statement by 11.260,185 indicates the care
with which the bankers of Omaha have
been drawing in their cash during the last
thirty days especially, but the Increase has
been made since August 23. The statement
by banks follows:
Omaha National bank... 3.67?. S2 1 4.3.)t
Mrst National bank...... 6.730,4: 1.984,4
I nited States National.. X (U4 ar i 7u iv
Merchants National ISOSilM l.MilaW
Nebraska National 1.162.011 445.398
Totals li.6W.i44 111,171,469
Deposits of the Omaha banks as shown
In the statement to the comptroller of the
currency at the end of business December
S do not compare differently with the Au
rust statement of the banks than Is an
ucipaiea eacn year when the money Is
withdrawn to handle the fall bustna
The stateraent of the five national banks
aa compared with the Au.ust statement
follows: . 1
r)nrmVMf inm.l
Omaha Natlonai bank...Sl0.2','S Sr 11) 173 4 1$
First National bonk 10.74J.3&9 U.mMO
l.niled State National.. I.904.W9 9 4J5
Airrvnams iN&llonsJ ft 7,i.i ai show?
Nebraska Natlonai lireiol l!76l!lu7
Totals
.137.113,897 t.Jll,48
COMMITTEE FOR BANK BILL
Chairman fowler Aaaoaaess Mem
bers ta ft'sraaalate Car
rrnsy llsaaors.
WASHINGTON. Dec 6. - Chairman
Fowler of tho house committee on banking
and currency today enounced the sub
committee of Ave which wtll frame and
submit to the main committee a currency
bill. The (subcommittee is as follows:
Bowler. New Jersey; Prlnue, Illinois; Cal
derhead. Kansas; Lewis Georgia, and V!
lesple, Texas. The last two are demo
crats. The subcommittee. It Is expected,
will hold Its first meeting today and will at
once begin the drafting of a currency
measure.
THIRTEEN - PERSONS INJURED
I'euncylvaata Fassaaarer Train ts
Wrecked After Lsavtaar Pitts
' gtatlea, Uolasr East.
PITTBBURCt. Deo. l Ail eastbound
Pennsylvania train was wracked today
after leaving the Union station." Thirteen
persons were seriously Injured. Amony
those hurt were:
Mra J. U Shepherd. Manila, P. I.; Jlmb
and bead Injured.
Twu children 'ef Mr. Shepherd, aged .4
an.i 4 years, who wsr -cut and hnjlss.1,
t 1 hurras Currsn of Cooney, K. M.
The wrsok was caused by either a frosen
switch e a too hastily throwing of the
switch.
TO KANSAS CITY OR DENVER
Tws Cities In Lead for Katlena
Repablloaa Convention Next
Tsar.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Of the fifty
four members of the republics n natlona
committee, which will meet tomorrow,
about thirty-five already, have arrived
As to the place of holding the next con
ventlon. Senator Scott, member from
West Virginia, . seemed to represent - the
views of a good many committeemen whe
he said:
"1 am tn favor of either Kansas City
or Denver. . There is going to be very
little money for the campaign next year,
and I know of no more legitimate way
of getting funds for the necessary ex
penses of the campaign thati that of ac
ceptlng a liberal contribution -from the
city securing the convention. Almost an
city can take cars of the delegstes, and
It Is of comparatively little consequence
whether there is a large attendance
not."
The date and place of the convention
wtll be decided Saturday. A chairman
of the committee will be chosen tomor
row. There Is no doubt Chairman New
will be named to succeed himself. Mr,
Now said today h favored June 2 as the
dule for the convention, whether or not
It Interfered .with th plans Of the demo
crats, who also have been talking of an
early convention. . "I believe we should
have an aarly convention and avoid ths
hot weather," h said.
Th Kansas City delegation which
here said t;.e failure of the Natlonai
Bank of Commerce of ; that city would
have no Influence upon the chances of
that city In securing th convention. The
checks for 175,000 which they offer arc
upon the First National bank of Kansas
City. , ;
It waa asserted by friends of Chicago
as the place far the convention that th
city would make ample flnancal Induce
ments to secure the .convention.
REICHSTAG CRISIS ALL OVER
Appeal of Chancellor to Parties 1
Innovation in Oes-inany'
Politics. '
BERLIN, Dec. S. The ministerial orlsl
has been settled as quickly as It broke out.
Chancellor von Buelow succeeded In get
ting pledge of support from all of the
coalition parties, and at the opening of
th Reichstag today the lcadors of these
parties assured the chancellor of their
continued loyalty.
This crisis has been far more Important
and significant than appears on the sur
face. It la the first tuna In the history of
the empire that a chancellor has appealed
to the majority In tha Reichstag for sup
port as a- condition of. his continuance In
offloe. Up to th present tune the attitude
of the ministers has been: "Wa are re
sponsible to th emperor; we v. Ill bold of
fice so long as It pleases him; wa are not
responsible to the Reichstag."
His appeal means nothing leas than the
responsibility of tha n4nitry to the Reich'
tag.
It Is Understood Emperor William was
fully aware this etepnts pomlng befor he
went to England, He Indorsed it fully tn
the belief that lti b system: waa to longer
tenable. Upon thtf opening of the session
today, the floor leaders sf th "bloc" per
ties briefly declared thctr readiness to sup
port the coalition regime of Chancellor von
Buelow. The clerical and th socialists
greeted these declarations with derisive
laughter and hooting. It was evident that
the coalition leaders had united in- the
common purpose to prevent any- discussion
of the crisis by the centrists and socialists.
After a fpench by Herr Bebel, socialist
leader, the leaders of the "bloc" moved
the closure, which waa carried amid the
greatest confusion.
The house then took up the third reading
of the modus vlveiidi with Greet ' Britain,
but after twenty minutes of noise and con
fusion the session was adjourned until' to
morrow:
GOVERNOR GUILD HAS ESCAPE
Insane Man Shoot Tares Men Who
Were In His Office at
Hearing;.
BOSTON,. Mass., Dec." 5. Three labor
leaders, Drtscoll, Cohen and Huddell, at
tending a pardon hearing In the council
chamber of the state house today, were
shot and seriously wounded by a man who
afterwards gave his name as Steele. It is
believed that Steele Is Insane. The condi
tion of tho wounded men is serious.
The men who were shot are: EMward
Cohen of Lynn, president of the Massachu
setts state branch of the American Feder
atlon of Labor, wounded In tha head and
Is expected to die; Dennis D. Drtscoll. sec
rotary of the state branch of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, Boston, shot tn
the head and fatally wounded; Arthur M.
Huddell, former president of the Boston
Central Labor union, shot in tha arm, but
not dangerously wounded.
Steele had announced that he Intended
to kill Governor Guild, aa well as the labor
men.
The shooting took place tn the ante-room
of the governor's chamber and the governor
was within twenty feet of Steele when the
shots were fired, although a door separated
the governor from the assail ant.
WHALEN HAS PLENTY OF GRIEF
Wlf Dsd and Matker and Grand-
mother la Dylngj Condi
tion. BOONS, la.. Dec 6. (Spoctul Telegram.)
Mrs. Mary Whalen, wife .of 3u peril. tend
ent Whalen of the Northwestern railroad.
dW at noon today, following a loug ill
neas. A tew minute before her death the
telephone rang and a message came for
Mr. Whalen, calling him to the bedsid
of a dying mother two blocks away. "I
can t," ha replied, "my wife is dying."
HI mother Is at th pomt of death and
hor mother In Hartford. Mich., Is very low
and can't live but a short time.
MRS. TAFTS JCONDITION SAME
Aged Mother of Secretary of War
Shows H Slaws of Improve
assnt.
MILLBURT, Mai., Deo. S. Mrs. Louisa
Taft, th aged mother of Secrets ry Taft,
today was In a condition unchangad from
that of yesterday. Death Is consldsred a
question of but a short time, aa Mr. Taft
baa not boen conscious for a wsek.
LLIN0IS TO JBE FOR BRYAN
Dontocrnts) Are Barneaieai an Kv af
Reorptloa to ITebmaaat
Loadsr.
CHICAGO. Doc l (Special Telegram, V-
Chicacg democrats r bartnonloua on the
ev of Bryan's reception her. The 1111
noj delegation. Is new oonoaUd to Bryau.
ilME TO CROSS THE BRIDGE
Governor Glenn of North Carolina Ad
dresses Waterways Meeting'.
FIVE HUNDRED MILLIONS WANTED
For De-rpoalne; of Rivers and Har
bors II Declares To Is Sam '
Bkonld B Set Apart
nd Heed.
WASHINGTON, Dec S. Quite 600 addi
tional delegates attended tha National
Rivers and Harbors congress today.
Governor Glenn cf North Carolina, one
of th speakers, declared that the matter
before this congress was th most im
portant that had been approaohed In the
last 100 years. Continuing, ho said:
"As Secretary of State Root said yester
day, we have ro ached the bridge. I say
to you that we have not only reached the
bridge, but we must cross th bridge this
year.
"We demand the deepening of our rivers
and harbors. We will take no denial. We
must have 1500.000,000 for the Improvement
of rivers and harbors, paid In sums of
160,000.009 every year."
President Flniey of the Southern rail
way, In an address, pointed out ttint It
was the policy of the Southern t; "n
courage the establishment of coa-twle4
steamer lines, as. he believed that th
providing of additional facilities for
water transportation would increase the
population and prosperity of the seaboard
community and thus benefit the railways.
In the same way," he said, "I bellnv
that the construction of the Panama
canal will benefit, rather than injure, the
transcontinental railways, as it will tend
to build up the Paclflo coast states and.
whlla taking some trafflo from the roads,
will give them increasod trafflo of other
classes.
"It Is to the Latin-American countries'
and the orient that we must look for an
Increase In our . transportation facilities,
and tt Is to them that we must look for
the principal opportunities' to extend our
markets for those commodities for which
we are striving to produce In competition
with Europe."
In conclusion, President Flniey said:
"I believe that the solution of this
problem is to bs found in the adoption
by the general government' of a broad
and comprehensive plan for tho Improve
ment of the rlvera and harbors of the
country, to be carried to completion as
rapidly as the work can be done ad
vantageously, and by the adoption by fed
eral and state governments of such rail
way regulation as will Involve the mini
mum of Interference with the operation
of eoonomlo laws consistent with - the
protection of buyers of transportation and
tha publlo generally from wrong."
Ossarcssuiaa Barton Talks.
Chairman Ransdall, In presenting to the
congress Representative Theodore S. Bur-.
ton of Ohio, .chairman of the rivers and
harbors committee of th house of reprs-
sehtatlvea. said that th country had
reached its present high plane In' the Im
provement of internal waterway mats!
rlally through the efforts of Burton, , The
delegates rose and sheered Mr. Burton
heartily. '';
Kr. Burton declared that tba movement
for the Improvement of the Inland water
ways had been stimulated by th unparal
leled growth of the country in Its re
sources. He said there was an admitted
inadequacy tn transportation facilities of
the United Statos and it was with a pur
pose of improving the 'facilities that such
congresses as this had taken up the work.
He said that the national congress had
largrly eliminated "log rolling" In behalf
bf speoial projects and that such Individual
projects were allowed to take oar of them
selves. He believed it unquestionable that
appropriations for th Improvement of
river and harbors would be Increased in
the near future, because tt . was ' con
ceded by all who had devoted study to the
matter that the railroads wtr unable to
care for all the freight offered for trans
portation. W are going ahead by leaps and
bounds," said he, "and we have come upon
a time when th railroads of the country
cannot begin to take care of the traffic
In this situation the internal waterways
not only ' convenient but necessary.
Th field of operation between tba rail
ways and th waterways will be divided
naturally between them, and I hope to see
greater degree of co-operation between
the railways and ths waterways than here
tofore exhibited.
"This In a great national policy whloh we
are advocating, which must not be divided
In proportion to tha population or the
wealth of states. In my opinion we should
avoid the making of dribbling appropria
tions for anv particular project, but onoa a
porject Is tv's-un, tt ought to be finished.
Fifty Millions a Tans'.
At this point Mr. Burton waa interrupted
y a delegate et - th congress who In
quired what he had to propose In th way
of appropriations.
"Well," said Mr. Burton, "I can stand by
your platform of t&OuO,000 a year. Of
course that question can be answered only
by concrete conditions. Wo must out out
vlslonftry projects and such an operation
will iiettfsltate some man's standing up
gainst them." .'
Mr. Burton said that personally he wat
opposed to th putting on rivers and har
bors bills projects tot tt Irrigation of
lands, as he dl I not belleva that that
measure should La made th dumping
ground of projects for all sorts of water
distribution. ,
In conclusion Mr. Burton said:
"It Is my earnest deslr to withdraw
from th river and harbor oommltte,
with Which I hav bad th honor to be
h airman for a long time, but as a mem
ber of congress and as a member of this
body, t wtll b ready at all -times to co
operate with you In th projects which are
so dear to you and whloh are dear to me."
John M. Parker, if New Orleans, deliv
ered a brief address on th development
the lower Mississippi river. He sati
that with ths construction of proper levet-x
the south would be In position to maintain
Its supremacy In th cotton production of
the world and he urged the congress to
lend its lnfluono to the movement for the
adequata- lmproveroe.'.t- of- the- greatest
waterway on this eontlnant.
CAMXOX HBCEIVttS SUSSOLVTIO-V
Resosst of Waterways Conarssa far
Fifty Millions Hand.! Over.
WASHINGTON, Doc 6. Fifty delegates
to the ooaventloa of 'the Lakao-to-the-Oulf
Dep Waterway association, led by
President Kavanaugh and RspreaentaUv
Bartholdt of "Missouri, called on Shaker
Cannon today, and prater ted a memorial
congress praying for national aid for
th projoct for a laks-tctho-gulf canal
ONE DAY IN JAIL AND FINE
Sentence Is Imposed t'pon J. C. Petti
John Cn as Against J. M.
Tacker Dismissed. f'
J. C. Pettljohn, former register of the
land office at Valentine, entered his ap
pearance before Judge W. 11. Monger In
tho United tSates district Court Thursday
afternoon and pleaded guilty to the Indict
nv-ut of unlawful enclosure of 400 acres of
publlo lands in Cherry county. He was
sentenced to one day's Imprisonment In the
Douglas county Jail and to pay a fin of
1300. The other Indictment ag.Vnst Mr.
Pettljohn for esonspliacy to defraud th
government out of use, possession and title
to publlo lands hav been nolled,
Mr. Pettljohn entered upon hi sentenoe
of imprisonment at S o'clock Thursday aft
ernoon and will be released at tha same
hour Friday.
J. C. Pettijohn was Jointly Indicted with
J. M. Tucker, county attorney of Cherry
oounty, for conspiracy to defraud and for
Illegal enclosure of publlo lands. The casa
against Mr. Tucker was not regarded aa a
serious one and the Department of Justice
concluded that the ends of Justice would
be amply conserved In the sentence agalns
Mr, Pettljohn and thereupon the Indict
menta against Mr. Tucker wer also nolled
and dismissed wtlhout further action.
Th kindly admonition given by The Bee
several days ago that the small fry land
offnndnrs should come In and confess the!
misdeeds and thereby save expense has
been acted upon by the malefactors and
the government has been enriched to tha
amount of 11, KB In fines and the oftn.U-ri
have received an aggregate of 127 Uys'
sentence of Imprisonment. The figures in
detail are as follows:
James Bykes, 175 and sixty days; T. P,
fV.es, ITS and sixty days; Henry M
Smith, 175 and sixty dsys; D M. Ourlay,
130 and one day; R. W. Mahaffoy, 1600 and
forty-five days; A. V. Hatch, 1300; J. O.
r-emjoiin, ana one day. There are
others yet to come.
MORE CATTLE CARS NEEDED
Attorney for V cslern Raiser Oa His
Way to Washington ta Pre
sent Demand.
CHICAGO, Deo. 6.- s. II. Cowcn, attor
ney for the cattle ra nors In the wet and
southwest, passed through tonight on his
way to Washington. He stated that his
business at the capital was to get a bill
Introduced which would compel the rail
roads to furnish sufficient equipment to
move the cattle of the weBt to market.
"It Is not a question of equipment," de
clared Mr. Cowen, "because the railroads
have sufficient cattle cars to take care, of
Ihe traffic. They uso th cars, however,
in other lines of business, while cattto are
suffering for lack of transportation. The
law ought to also compel one railroad to
return upon demand car for car to an
other rood which has turned ovr equip
ment to tt. To show existing conditions,
It Is only necessary to state that there
were 200,000 cattle In- the southwest which
were taken to th railroad for transpor
tation this fall, and which had to be
driven back to th range. Murdo Mac
kenzie, president of tha National Live
Btock association," was three montlhil get
ting 1,000 cattle to mr.rket, and by that
time they had shrunk upon an average of
seventy-five pounds per hoad." '
Mr. Cown stated that he was also going
to se ' President Roosevelt and tell him
that some plan ought to be devised
whereby the cattlemen may tent the gov
ernment gracing lands
HARRIMAN RESUMES WORK
Union Pact do Takes Is Soma Con
traction I, aid Dawn Fivs
Weeks Ac.
"We have Just decided today to resume
work on the bridges and culverts of the
Lape out-off." said A. L. Mohler, general
manager and vice prialdent of tha Union
raoino. i nursaay morning. ' wncn we
stopped work about Ave weeks ago w
thought lt waa to be for a longer period,
but we And w are obstructing the publlo
nignways ana ipat . we must either go
ahead with th permanent work or els pnt
tn temporary trestles, whloh would be en
tire rj too expensive a task. '
, "When work was stopped wa were hav
ing difficulty In getting both men and ma
terial for this work, but so many men
have been laid off at other wont we find
we can get plenty of men for this class of
work and are (lad of tha ohanco to put
these men to work. Material, which was
also hard to get for the bridges and
arches, ts also coming along , and wa have
decided under thee circumstances to go
ahead. This ts the only work being r-
st;n:ed, along the Union Paclflo which was
stopped five weeks ago."
WARE GOES TO GRAND ISLAND
President af TT. B. I. -Corn poor Will
Not Serve Time in Doaglas
Cosnty Jail.
Rer. George O. War, th convicted presi
dent of the u. B. I. Land and Cattle com
pany of Hooker county, wtll not crv his
sentsno of ene year's Imprisonment In the
Douglas county Jail after all. The plac of
imprisonment has been changed to th
county Jail of Hall county at Orand Island.
Ths char re was made Wednesday evening
Dy judge w. 11. Munger upon the applica
tion of Mr. Ware's attorneys at th lat tor's
request, th Hail county Jail bolng a new
structure and , affords better modern
accommodations than the Douglas county
all.
Nothing further has been don relative to
the movement for a pardon for Mr. Ware
and the probabilities now are that efforts
tn that direction will be surended for a
few months, or u.tttl after he has served a
portion of the sentence. By good behsvlor
the sentence of Mr. Ware will be reduced
sixty days, so tn any event he will hav
completed his term of Imprisonment
August 16.
HOUSE MEETS . TEN MINUTES
Resolstlon of Greeting; to Stata af
Oklahoma Passed by Repre
sentatives,
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Aftr a ten
mlnute session the bouse adjourned today
until Monday. During the brief session
Representative M. R, feinlth (ITo.) reported
the omission of bis nan. from the list of
members voting for John Sharp Williams
for speaker, and the clerk waa Instructed
to make th correction.
Delegate Kahuilajiaole of Hawaii was
sworn in as a member.
The house adopted the following resolu
tion tn resigns to the message received
Friday from the Oklahoma legislature:
'Tha houjii of representatives acknowl
edges the greeting of tho state of Okla
homa and requests the speaker to send It
good wishns f'r Its futuie progress and
gr i-at neas."
Tli resolution was adopUd amid applause.
HITS NAIL m HEAD
Victor Rosewater Has Resolution
Which Meets General Approval.
PRINCIPLE RIVER IMPROVEMENT
Should Not Be Treated as an Expense,
but Dividend-Paying Inyestment.
MONEY SHOULD COME AS NEEDED
Henry T. Clarke Wants Continuing?
Contract for the Entire Work.
KANSAS CITY FOR CONVENTION
Witb Cklcaa Oat of tba Rap tba
Missouri City lias tba Call with
tba Incomlas; Members af tha
RepsUlraa Committee.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. K. (Special Tele
gram.) One of the Important plank, in
fact the mot Important plank In th res
olution to be reported to the National
Rivers and Hm 'joi , convention, now in
s!on In this city, was drp fted by Victor
Rosewater. Appointed ss he was upon
the suboommlttoe of seven- having
primary charge of tho resolutions, Mr.
Rosewater cleared the atmosphere com
pletely, according to Reptosontatlve J.
Hampton Moore of Philadelphia, chair
man of th committee on resolution,
which v.'lll report to tl e congress on
waterways tomorrow. . Mr. Moore, rpeak
lug of the resolutions offered by Mr. Rose
water on th bond Issue, solvntl f.io sit
uation by a comprehenulv jlafirm.
which was adopted-with one or tuo minor
modifications.
The resolution In question provides that
the spproprlatlons of money should be
regarded a Investments that will bring
dividends, and that Viewed In this light
congress la warranted In making annual
appropriations equal to cne-tentli of the
total amount required, as estimated by
the eng; leers and provides the money ss
needed, even by Issuing bonds If the re
quirements exceed the available, fundi.
The general committee, after iiuarlng th
report o the subcommittee, modified Mr.
Rosewatern resolution by Inserting a min
imum of 160,000,000 for the annual ap
propriations. . '
In this connection It Is understood
Henry T. Cla: ke of Omaha, member of
the resolution committee, will present a
minority report , favoring a 1500,000,000
appropriation, in order that contra ts may
be entered Into. There will probably b
several other minority report, but a
great majority of th oommltte Is , tn
favor cf a developing policy and not any
particular project and looking ta the up
building of the natlonai rivers and har
bors. 1 ',
' Kansas City Favored.
Incoming member of the National Ra-
pilbltcarrtotnrnitteo epeak wHth favor for
Kanssu City a a plac for bwltln th
next republican national convention.
Although the failure of tho National
Bank of Commerc this morning came as
a shock to th delegation from . the Mis
souri rlvr town they all agreed that tt
could not possibly havo sy effect to pre
vent securing the convention for that
place. In the face of th serious blow the
boomers went to work to counteract any
ouiklde boomers by lneintlng that Kansas
City was amply able to take care of th
convention and that the money for the
convention subscribed by cltlxens of that
plucu was in another bank. Wyoming,
Utnh and possibly 'Tennessee are th only
declared states for Denver, the great num
ber of known preference being for Kansas
City now that Chicago is regarded as out
cf .the running. 1
R. B. Schneider of Fremont, member of
the executive committee of th Republican
National commutes, Barn est E. Hart of
Council Bluffs, member cf th national
republican committee for Iowa, and J. M,
Green, member of the committee from
South Dakota, arrived tn Washington today
to participate In the proceedings of th
committee, which begins tomorrow.
Brown Presents Resslstlons.
Among the resolutions Introduced by
Senator Brown were thus passed by tha
house of representative of, Nebraska,
recommending that Fort Robinson become
a cavalry brlgada post nnd that the reser
vation be increased for all . suitable pur
poses relating to this use; opposing the
passage of the ship subsidy bill and pro
testing agalnut ti. present methods of In
spection of cattle and sharp at shipping
stations and praying for a more qultakl
plan of Inspection. He also presented reso
lutions from the Central Leber Unions of
Omaha and Lincoln, declaring tn favor of
government owaentl.lp of railroads ami a
petition from the house of representatives
of Nebraska favoring tlie enactment of
legislation providing tor th purchase of
the railroad, foot and wagon bridge over
th Missouri river between South B'oux
City, Neb., and Blous City, Iv, and making
a free bridge of the same. H also Intro
duced a number of private pension bills, '
Pabllo Building Bills. .
Senator Burkett today introduoed a num
ber of bills la which rrftrly every eity of '
any oonsUierabl sis In th state has aa .
Interest, that of appropriating money fr
th following publlo buildings: Falls City,
7I,4i0; Fremont (extsnslon), juG; Best
ride (extension) 176,000; Falrbuxy, West
Point and Wayne, 175,000 each; North
Platte, Uly.OuO; Culumb-us (building only)
t7W.oft..
Also bills for th relief of William R.
Turns r of Elk City, Neb., whose soa was
killed on the Connecticut last sutumer dur
ing tha trial of spoed; appropriating I;),-
0 for officers' quarters, men's uuarter and
civilian quarters at Fort Crook, niaklng
the fort a regl.nental post; 171.000 ta build
a road from Omaha to Fort Crook, ths ex
pense to be met by Sarpy county; Increas
ing the a. liry of surveyor of th port of
Lincoln from two to fl.SOO. ' .
'Minor Matter at Caoital.
Oeorg W. Bates, an employ of the
tate engineer's cffl" in Llnoolu Is visiting
his brother, C. C Bates, an employe In th
forest service In this city. Mr. Bate las
Just completed a, survey of Rock county,
Nebraska, end Is here to have tUe survey
accepted.
Representative Hioshaw today reintro
duced Ms bill of last sAjlon providing f ,r
the penslonltg of all widows of decease!
soldiers and sailors the UiJtsd States
at the same rate as thMr dec-ased hus-'
ands were receiving at th Urns of death.
Fust Lieutenant William N. llaake'.l of
th slgiuJ oorp wtll proceed to Fort Omaha
for duty.
Frank J. Raoek ha been appolntud post
master at Loma, Butler county. Nb Tics
(CiMtUnaed op Beooad I'aaa)
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V. J. Bratraovsky, ronl.ufcd,
