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TIIE OM An A DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1007. CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA 1? COUNCIL OAea, IB KO LEAKS IN SUNDAY LID ' At Least None Were Observable to the J Ordinary Eye. I NO AEBESTS FOB rjRTOXEOTTESS Certalaa Cf Bad Herons Takea Oat of the Saloons In Rriponic to tae DrrnaiH af the Coaaty Attorney. For the flrsf Sunday In many moons the register at police heado.uartf rs failed yes terday to how a single arrest for (lrv.nk- , ennes. This unuaual state of affair was ' said to be the Yesult of the saloons gen erally obeying- the. edict of County Attor- , nejr Heaa aa to observing the provlaiona cf the mulct law. On Broadway It wai noticeable that every saloon had the curtains up and the ' screens and awing doors removed so that a plain rtew of the Interior could be had from the street. At the same time It waa hinted by the . knowing- ones that a man did not have to go thlrety in Council Bluffs yesterday and that a bottle of beer and a drop of ! something even stronger could be bought by the follow, with the price who hap- ' pened to be on the Inside. The police when asked declared there waa no evasion ' of the Sunday cloning order and that the lid was hermetically sealed yesterday. SODAT MEETING) OP Y. M. C. A. Are to Be a Regular Feature of the Work from ot On. Regular meetings for men In connection with the Young Men's Christian associa tion are to be held Sunday afternoons. This j was unanimously decided upon at the con ' ference held yesterday afternoon In the I Plrst Baptist church, at the suggestion of : Harry Curtis, secretary of the association. The conference was attended by a larg number of representative church men and j members : of the association. Secretary Curtis oresldcd. i The minister were enthusiastically In favor of holding the meetings as suggested by Secretary Curtis, tha consensus of opln- Ion being that religious ' gatherings should i bs a feature of the association work. According to the plan outlined by Secre tary Curtis, these Sunday afternoon meet ings . are to be, at least for the present, entirely .Informs!. "There will bo no need to go outside Council Bluffs for speakers or singers," declared Mr., Curtis. "We have plenty of home talent. This has been well I demonstrated at the weekly meetings Wo have been holding In the public library building. For the present ' I do not favor big meetings, although every young man In the city la not only welcome, but Is In vited to attend them. The best of results can be obtained from small, Informal gath erings where the religious spirit prevails." Secretary Curtis' spoke of the work of the Young Men's Christian association In Coun cil Bluffa twenty-two years ago. He said that many of the leaders In church wor of the present received their Inspiration from attending' the' Informal gatherings of the Younz Men's Christian ansnelatlwi In those early days. .'Pastors of several of the churches were present and offered the use of their churches for the Sunday afternoon meetings. The . all spoke la favor of the proposition. The meeting next Sunday afternoon will be held at 4 o'clock In the Broadway Methodist church, on in vu at Ion of Pastor Williams. Two More Draaek Poetofdcea. In compliance with, the request of Post master Hart Hon. the department at Wash ington has autl.c-'f od the establishment of two additional i, ,ih.rcd branch atatlons In this city, at the dr.ig stores of Dell 3. Mor gan, , 143 West Broadway, and Oscar II. Brown, B25 South Main street. The other two are located at the I'nlon transfer and at the drug store of E. L. Hoag & Co., 2316 West' Broadway. ', Stamps, postcards and other postal sup plies may be purchased, letters may be registered and money orders purchased at .hese. branch offices, but mall will not be collected nor delivered 'fey them. As the drug stores remain open until 10 p. m. and often lat,rr, while the stamp win dow at the poatofflce closes at i p. m. and the registry and money order department at I p. m. thqse branch offices are a great convenience to business houses and tha residents In their .vicinity. . The new sta tions on Main street and Broadway will be of great service to the large business dis tricts In which they are located. Assessment ror "ewer. The city council win meet this afternoon mainly for the purpose of assessing up to the abutting property the cost of the sewer completed by Contractor Wlckham In the southern' part of the city. The sewer begins at Pleasant street and; Thirteenth avenue, extends south to Fifteenth avenue, thence south to Sixteenth avenue and thence west on Sixteenth avenue to Main street, where it connects with the already constructed sewer. On Sixteenth avenue, at Sixth street, the new sewer extends west to con noct with the main outlet of the sewer system. The council will also assess up some re cently completed curbing. Mixed candles. lOo lb. Purity Candy Kitchen, tti Broadway. Charles, IU Banana Critically 111. Charles. R. Hannan, the former well known Council Bluffs banker and capital ist, is critically 111 at his home In Bos ton and won) received by friends here Is to the effect that the worst. la feared. T. CI. Turner, cashier of the First National bank of this city, was called to Boston Saturday evening by a telegram an nouncing the serious condition of Mr. llannan. Although Mr. Hannan a few years ago moved to Boston to take charge of the financial Interests of Swift and (Established ism.) -Cunt Wktl ran SJsssv Whaoplng-C o u g h , Croup. 1 Bronchitis, Coughs, Diphtheria, Catarrh. Confide net can be placed in a rem edy, which for a a a art ex of a century baa earned unqualified praise. Jestful nigbta are assured at once. Cmolea is a Boom to Atthautlc W itml for V Oreaolene Andseotts Tbroetlableisfuc tae Irritated Uirt, of your A rusYM or frots as. Una, la stamps. HpJ Vsie-Cruofca Co, I SO Mm St.. K 1. m BLUFFS t. Tel. 4A. Company In the New England states, he fttlll regarded Council RhilT as hla home and expected to return here to llvo. MI IVOR MENTION. Born. ' to Mr. and Mrs. Chris I,oseth. Tenth street and Twentieth avenue, a daughter. Rebeknh lodge No. 3 will be entertained Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Thomss Klshton. 120 Harrison street. Central chapter of the Woman's guild of St. Paul's Kplseopal rhurrh Is planning to give a minstrel show early In the new year. Miss Anna Murphy left last evening for Ixa Angeles. Cel.. where she will Join her sister and remain for the rest of the winter. The funeral of Samuel Moffll will be -Md thla morning at o'clock from Ft. Peter's Catholic church and burial will be In St. Joseph's cemetery. The regular monthly meeting of the Council Bluffs Homeopathic Medical so ciety will be held this evening. Dr. P. J. Montgomery will read a paper on "What Is Disease?" The South First street chapter of the Woman's guild of St. Pauls Eplseopa church will meet this afternoon at the residence of Mrs. O. H. Jackson, 517 South First street. Arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Charles K. Cooper, whose sudden death occurred Saturday, are awaiting the ar rival of her brothers, but It will probably be held Thursday afternoon. There will be no services Wednesday eve ning at St. John'a English Lutheran church. The women of the church will hold their annual fair Wednesday. Thurs day and Friday at 37 Pearl atreet. The choir will meet' for rehearsal Saturday evening. Pylva Rimer, the 14-year-old daughfr of Mr. and Mrs. A. Crltee, 114 South Tenth street, died yesterday from a tutnor on the brain. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from the Latter Pay Saints' church In Crescent and Interment will be in the Crescent cem etery. Mrs. J. F. Spare. 1030 Fourth avenue, has as her guest her brother, Willis McMullen of Colorado, whom she had not seen for thirty years. Mr. McMullen formerly re sided In Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Spare had not seen him since he left here thirty years ago for Colorado, where ho la a mining prospector. Patrick T. Burns, a conductor on the Great Western railroad, living at BID Seventh avenue, died yesterday In the Gen eral hospital, Omaha, aged 45 years. The body was brought to this city and will be taken Wednesday to North McGregor, la., for burial. He Is survived by his wife, one daughter and four sons. Deceased was a member of the Order of Railway Conduc tors. i J. C. Hlgby of Beatrice, Neb., who came to this city a short time ago on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. M. A. Metrger, on Glen avenue, waa taken sick a few days ago, and Is now In a very critical condition. Mrs. 8. C. Smith, another daughter, and her husband, are here, and Beecher Hlgby of Omaha Is also at his father's bedside. Mr. Higby. Is nearlng bis eighty-eighth birthday. Oak Deaf camp. Royal Neighbors of America, has elected these officers: Ora cle, Laura Marble; vice oraole, Laura Mc Mullen; chancellor. May Ingram; re corder, Mary Ingalls; receiver, J. Marie Colgan; marshal,- Mary Tracy; Inner sentinel, Tine Feblowlts; outer sen tinel. Allle Panther; manager, Jessie Wade: physicians. W. E. Heller, J. H. Gasson and M. Tlnley; delegate, Daura McMullen; alternate, Mary Ingalls. Fran Krettek died yesterday afternoon at hla home on the Crescent City road. Just outside the city limits, from apoplexy, after an Illness of two dava. He was 56 years old and Is survived by his wife, four I Frank J.. Fred W.. . Ed A. and Qrover C. Krettek. Mrs. Court Grahl and Miss Char lotte Krettek. The funeral will probahlv be held Tuesday afternoon and burial will be in Walnut Hill cemetery. . . - . The funeral of' the late Mrs. ' Mamie E. Poole, former matron at the Iowa School Tor the Deaf, who died at Santa Fe. N. M., was held yesterday afternoon tram the chapel of the institution. The services were conducted by Rev. G. G. 'Rice, being translated into the sign language by one of the Instructors. Interment-was In ,W1 nut Hill cemetery, eleven, of the young women students preceding the hearse as flower bearers. The Insurance adjusters are still at work on the settlement of the, loss caused by the recent burning of the warehouse and stock of David Bradley & Co., but It Is believed the adjustment will be completed some time thla week. J. Harley Bradley, president of the company, returned to Chicago Saturday night, but likely will return this week. Members of the firm have not yet given out any statement as to Its future plans. i The funeral of the late Leuls P. Judson, held yesterday afternoon from the family home on Sixth avenue, waa attended by a large gathering of i sorrowing friends, among the number being sixty members of the Masonic .fraternity. The services were conducted toy Rev. Marcus P. McClure, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and Mrs. Mullls and Mrs. Hypes sang. The floral tributes were many and beauti ful. Excelsior Masonic lodge, of which Mr. Judson waa a member, had charge of the service at the cemetery. What to do with Lulu Nelson, a young woman who Is a charge on Pottawattamie county, la what Is puzzling the authorities. Some time ago she was sent to the Bene dict Home In Des Moines, and from there was transferred to the State Industrial School for Girls at Mltrhellvllle. The man agoment of the Mltchellvllle Institution now 'slsts she Is a fit subject for the Institute r Feeble Minded at Glen wood or the state asylum at Clarlnda, and she haa been brought back here- Her case will be in yestigated today by the commissioners on Insanity, The meeting of the Young Men's Fort nightly club of the First Congregational church will be held this evening at the parsonage. Instead of In the church parlors, as the church Is In the handa of painters. The midweek services Wednesday evening will also be held In the parsonage. The Forefathers' day social Thursday evening will be held In the church parlors. An excellent program has been arranged for this social and refreshments will be served. Mrs. J. P. Davis requests that the names of all children for the primary department and the "cradle roll" be sent her to 313 South Eighth street at sn early date. New Landlord for Mondaaaln. SIOUX CITY, la., Dec. lS.-(8peclal Tel egram.) Nicholas Murphy of Rochester, N. Y.. has succeeded W. A. Kent as land lord of the Hotel Mondanrtn. Charles Kennedy, credit man for the C. Shenkb'srg company, will be his partner in the five year lease he has taken from the Mar tins, the new owners of the hotel. The building will be remodeled. Railroad Brakemaa Killed. IOWA FALLS, la, Deo. l.-(Special Telegram.) Bert W. Edwards, a brake man on the Illinois Central, was Instantly killed here last night by falling from a train. His neck waa broken. He waa 21 years old and lived at Waterloo. He leaves a wife and child. The coroner's Jury te turned a verdict this afternoon of acci dental death by falling from a train. Iowa News Notes. WOODBINE The following officers were '"a wee ,,,e n-iulsr meeting of the Woodmen of the World: C. C VV C. Wllklne; A. M. M. Vlnlng; banker! F. M. Savage; escort. F. B. Bennett; watchman. John Blnnall. Jr.; watchman! S. a Cadwallader; clerk, D. G. Clark; man ager. H. J. Cole; physician. W. S. Payne. LOGAN The death of Mrs. Charles R Huber occurred this weak at the family home In Minden and the funeral was held st Logan, with Interment at the Logan cementery. Both Mrs. Huber and her husband were Harrison county young peo ple. They were married here Just three months prior to the young bride's death WOODBINE-The Canton Harrison of the International Order of Odd Fellows recently elected the following: Commander J. 8. Burrell; lieutenant. Otto tjtelhl; en sign, W. J. Pevernaes; clerk. L. W. White accountant, W. H. Tut tie. The officers wili be Installed at the first meeting In Janu ary. LOGAN The local lodge of the Modern V oodmen of America recently elected the following officers for the coming year: C., E. O. Tyler; A., H. M. Norman; clerk. G. It. Harvey; banker, Oscar F. Coffey; escort, Uaylord Pen rod; sentry, L. U Ovialt: watchman. T. J. Frailer; man ager. T. it. Dakanf phyeloiau. Dr. W. A. Hush. HIGHER WAGES FOR TEACHELS Iowa School Authorities Say District! Pay Too Little. GREAT LACK TO THE COUNTRY Retail Liquor Men of llawkeye tale Are t'rgrl by Dealers to Get In Mae and Obey (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE3 MOINES, Dec. 16.-8peclal.)-When the commission to revise the school laws gets together one of the things that will be laid before them will be a com plete reorganization of the system of school management by township directors. It Is well known by all having dealings with school matters Iowa has a con glomerate system. In some counties one system Is in vogue and in others a dif ferent system. In some places they have Independent school districts inside a town ship. In other places all is managed by the directors of the township, with on director for each subdlstrlct, each suh dlstrlct having one school house j anj school. It Is now claimed that the whole trouble In getting good teachers for the country schools is In the country districts. The city schools and town schools pay higher wages, and with this Inducement addej to the fact that all teachers would rather work in the towns or cities, where they can get boarding accommodations, rat'.ier than in the country, where they have to "board around" or are unable to get board at all, gives the towns and cities the choice of the teachers of the state, with the result that the town and city scholars have better advantages of education than those in the country. More often than otherwise It Is claimed that they worry along with a few pupils when they Just as well might be consol idated into better schools. It is the cus tom for the township Bchool directors to delegate to the director living In a sub district the work of hiring the teacher for that subdlstrlct and attending to all the wants of tho school. In effect then tho township director system results in district schools with one director for each school. It Is proposed to remedy this by pro viding three directors and directing that they act for all he schools in the town ship, hiring all the teachers and attending to all other matters. It Is elaimod that if this Is done the three directors, look ing at the township in a broad sense, will be moved by economy and other considera tions to consolidate schools which have but a few pupils and hire better teachers. Plain Troth to Officials. At the meeting of the school officers of Pottawattamie county at Council Bluffs one day last week, out of about 260 such officers 150 attended the gathering. At that gathering State Superintendent Riggs tqld the officers' that the country dlstrl-jts must make up their minds that they must pay $50 a month for teachers and that unless they did this there would be still more schools In the country wlthoat teachers than there iare now. Tho commission to revise the school laws provided for by the last legislature Is to be appointed by the governor. It Is under stood that the governor expects to appoint the commission . soon. Because of the limited amount of money appropriated by the legislature for the purpose It has been talked that the commission will not make a thorough revision of the laws at thla time, but will make a beginning and lay the foundation for the work, and then recom mend to the legislature a further and larger appropriation for the purpose. It is said to be more than likely that the commlslon when It meets will recommend to th--leglslature a law fixing a minimum wage that can be paid to teachers In the rural schools. This prediction J being made by educators on the strength of the fact that many other states are doing that. North Dakota has a minimum of $45 a month. Indiana fixes the dally salary at three times the grade of the teacher. If the teacher's grade on examination aver ages eighty the teacher gets $2.40 a day as a minimum. As a solution to the vexed problem of a scarcity of teachers, however, educators do not see a perfect remedy in this Idea. They point to the fact that In New York City, where the highest wages In the country are paid and where a pension system is In force for the teachers main tained by the Board of Education, there Is a scarcity of teachers. The authorities there are ma ding a plan at this tlmo to the teachers in the country to come to New York, and are holding out Induce ments to them to come, it is estimated that at least 300 teachers must be found somewhere and taken to New York by January 1 or there will be that many vacancies. The schools are already short that number and there will be vacancies of 600 or 600 in March and April to be filled by the examinations to be held shortly, with a visible supply of only about half that number. Help K force the Law. The report that the officers of the Retail Liquor Dealers' association are visiting the cities of Iowa and insisting to the saloon keepers that they get in line and obey the law was confirmed here today. The as sociation has seen the handwriting on the wall. The meeting some time ago in Dubu que, It Is learned now, resolved on this plan, and Dubuque was the first place whipped Into line. The association pro poses to force every saloonkeeper In the state to obey the mulct law and to assist In prosecuting those that do not. The saloonkeepers of the inland towns are the prime movers In the plan. They have decided to lay down the ultimatum to all the river town saloonkeepers that unless they "come In" and obey the law the inland town saloonkeepers, who have for years ben obeying the mulct law, will Join the forces of the temperance people and give them moral support in closing up such saloons. ' The inland saloonkeepers fear that un less checked the sentiment will result in the prohibitory amendment which the Anti Saloon league and ministers are working so vigorously for. It is learned that In Davenport the brew ery Interests own three-fourths of the sa loons of that town. There are something like twice as many there as there are in Des Moines, though Davenport is only halt aa large. These Davenport breweries havo observed the provisions of the mulct law, but the saloons that they own have not. This has lead to the breweries being held up for many years by blackmailing lawyers. They have paid hundreds of dol lars to keep these lawyers from starting court actions against them. Finally driven by desperation, they organised a "holding company" to manage the saloons so that the breweries could not be hurt. In their management of their saloons the breweries have been forced to buy the property In which their saloons are lo cated, and this has been a big expense to them. Under the new plan the state as sociation proposes thst all Davenport sa loons and breweries shall obey the mulct law and live up to all its provisions. ThU means that they must pay the mulct tax. M JUL An experienced shopper tells us that she can do twice as-much shopping in the forenoon as in' the after-' v noon, with one-halfthe fatigue. i , She says there are no crowds then; that she has no difficulty in obtaining a seat in the street cars; that she is waited upon more promptly at all the stores and that the clerks are more courteous and take more pains to show goods, because they, like herself, are not tired at that time of the day. Knowing this to be true, we suggest to all ladies able to. do so, to try this plan and do their shopping in the , early part of the day. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company 3Z which they have never paid. The payment of this ax will result In about one-half the saloons going otit of business, and the breweries will have : a lot of corner lot property for salens i Toole Himself to Penitentiary. J. C. Norman; a big farmer living south west of Leon," In Decatur county, took himself to the penitentiary at Fort Madi son to begin a six months' sentence for stealing a coop of chickens. Norman Is anxious to get out in time to put in his crops next spring on his farm. ' Word of the unusual action of Norman has Just reached the State Board of Parole. It was more than two years ago that Nor man was indicted for the theft of the chick ens, from the home of Lawson McKern. Though stoutly maintaining his Innocence the prosperous farmer was convicted In the district court of Decatur county and sentenced to six months In the peniten tiary at Fort Madison. He appealed to the supreme court and it was more than a year before that court acted on the case, during all of which time Norman was out on bond. The su preme court affirmed the decision of the lower court. Then the friends of the man got busy In an effort to get him a pardon. They maintained that he was innocent, though the evidence, which was circum stantial, did seem to be against him. All the evidence of Norman's past good character and the best evidence that he was not guilty was laid before the State Board of Parole, but that body refused to Interfere. Last week Norman, on receiving the In formation that the State Board of Parole, his last chance, had failed him, he went to the clerk of the district court and asked for the mittimus to the penitentiary. The procendo from the supreme court had not yet reached the district clerk. Norman argued that he was ready and desired to take himself to the penitentiary, arguing that he was not guilty, and furthermore wanted to get his sentence served before time to put In his crops in the spring. Today Warden Jones reported to the State Board of Parole that the man reached the penitentiary safely and has started to serve his term. Norman will get about one month's good time, which will cut his sentence to five months, and will allow his release about the middle of next May, Just in time to plant his corn. ' Shaw's Book Delayed. Ex-Governor Shaw's book will not reach the public till February or March. The first announcement of the book was in the November Appleton's, snd It was adver tised us being a defense of his position as a standpatter. It was advertised as being ready for distribution. Copies were ordered in this city, but tho book did not arrive. Lately word has been received from the publishers that the book will not appear for some months yet. tee Temperance Victory. ' That the temperance forces of Iowa see a clear victory In the agitation recently started for a prohibitory amendment Is evidenced by the prohibition newspapers published In the state. All these papers are lately making extravagant claims that the politicians are scared and that victory is already perched upon the banners of the prohibition cause. In the last Issue cf the Commonwealth, published at Marshall town. It is stated that the plans of the pro hibitionists are to secure a petition of 15,0u0 signers to present to the next legis lature. The signatures of 10,000 have al ready been secured for such a petition. Comblaa of Railroad. Rumors of a combine between the Rork Island and the Fort Dodge, Des Moines dt Southern are being circulated among rail road men. It is claimed that an under standing haa been reached whereby the Rock Island la to have the use of the tracks of the electric road for hauling freight by steam power, and that the Fort Dodge, Des Moines r Southern will handle the passenger snd express and mall b u si ne over the Jine by electric power. The Newton ac North western, which Is owned by the same people as own the Fort Dodde, UNJ Des Moines A Southern, Is In the deal also. It is claimed that the equipment of the electric line is aa good as any In the state, and the arrangement would be to the ad vantage of all the roads. May Sao the Mallorys.' It is the belief of bankers that the Mai lory Interests of the First National bank at Charlton can be held for more than an assessment of the amount of their stock, and that suit is likely to be Instituted for that purpose. Roberta la Oat. Judge Roberts of Ottu.mwa has with drawn from the race for congress In the Sixth congressional district, giving as his reason that he could not secure the nom ination without entering into a contest such as he did not care to enter. Dr. L. A. Thomas, secretary of the State Board of Health, declares that tuberculosis infected meat is only part of the reasons for local meat Inspection In Iowa and that the general unsanitary conditions about the slaughtering houses and meat markets Is quite as Important, If not more so. "Tubercu'Mis Is a concrete thing, and hence the public attention is centered upon It," said Dr. Thomas today. "But-the un sanitary condition of tho slaughter houses of the state Is quite as bad as tuberculosis. There should be rigid local Inspection In every city and village where there Is a slaughter house. The meat markets too are open to criticism in many Instances. "I readily recognlzo that It Is not pleas ant to discuss the fact that the meat we are eating la In many Instances prepared in the most unsanitary surroundings, but it Is a fact. I know of an instance where a load of manure was hauled into the country and on the return trip to the city the same wagon brought a beef that had been killed In the country. And the wagon waa not cleaned out and nothing thrown Into or over It to protect the eef. "I haven't much sympathy for a great deal of the cry about the Inspection of school children. In some of the cities there has been a great deal of talk about physicians visiting the schools and ex amining the eyes and ears and throats of the children. That Isn't what is wanted. In many Instances this amounts to noth ing more than an advertisement for some physician or specialist. What is wanted Is inspection of the sanitary conditions about the school houses. If a child's health begins to suffer the parents will usually notice It and call in the family phyatclan. The parenta can usually take care of the heath of the child, but If the conditions about school houses are unsanitary the child will get sick and the parents will not know what causes it. "It is not the Inspection of the pupils, but the school houses and grounds that is wanted. To Inspect the pupils Is like build ing in a concrete house on a basswood foundation. School houses should be built right and kept sanitary and there will be no need for physicians to volunteer to examine the pupils in the schools." NEW DISCOVERY IN SURGERY Anaesthetic Which la Harmless to Patleat aad la Both General aad Local. NEW YORK, Dec. IS. Announcement of the discovery of a new anaesthetic, accord ing to the American today, will soon be rr-ade by the Rockefeller Institute for Med ical Research. The new anaesthetic la nothing else than plain, common epaom salts, or, to give it Its scientific name, sul phate of magnesia. It was discovered by Dr. Samuel J. Meltser, one of the Rocke feller experimenters. Its greatest value Is that It permits any sort of an operation without any danger to the heart of the patient. Either local or general anesthesia. It Is said, may be produced by the Injection of a 20 per cent solution of the famlllsr drug Into the nerve tract governing the sensa tions of the part to be operated upon. Gold Hill tomes Westward. LONDON, Dec. la The sum of about &u).uuu in gold, available In the open market today, waa secured by the Prilled Stales at an advance of S farthings over the last quotation. 7T III BIG FLOOD "F IMMIGRANTS Fait Year Largely Exceeds Any Pre vious One in History. MANY ARE GOING TO THE SOUTH Million and a' Qnarter Haa Beea Added to the Population of the United States Daring; the Past Year. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Immigration to America during the year ended June 30, 1907, was vastly greater than In any pre vious year of the history of the United States. This fact, with all Its Interesting and Important details, la placed In strong light in the annual report of Frank P. Sargent, commissioner general of immi gration and naturalisation, which was made public today. Of this great flood of immigration. Commissioner Sargent says: An army of 1,2,349 souls that have come, drawn hither by the free Institutions and the marvelous prosperity of our country the chance here afforded every honest toller to gain a livelihood by the sweat of his brow or the exercise of his Intelligence, surpassing In numbers the record of all preceding years. Ths report contains in tabulated form every phase of information bearing upon the question of immigration, and in sub mitting this carefully compiled data Mr. Sargent says: The Immigration for the year 1907 ex- ' ceeded that for If by 184.614 and that for the year 1905 by 268.850, or an Increase over the year lo8 of more than 17 per cent snd over the year 1906 of more than 25 per cent. During the fiscal year iao, aliens were rejected at our ports; during the last year 13,164. an increase of 632; hence the total number of those who have aouaht admlsalnn in 1907. vis.. 1.298.613. ex ceeds the number who applied In lu6, vis., 1.111.167. by 189,348. Many Go to Booth. Commissioner Sargent says it is of par ticular significance that many Immigrants landed at ports In the south during the last year, and he refers especially to a party of 473 Belgians excellent types of Immigrants received at Charleston. S. C, having been Induced to go there by the state authorities. The Increase of Immi gration to the south, the commissioner says, is discreetly connected with the grow ing desire of the southern states to draw within their boundaries a number of the better class of immigrants, It being consid ered by practically all of the leading men of the section that the future development and welfare of the south depends upon its ability to receive and absorb a reliable laboring and farming element. Striking Increases are also shown at New Orleans, Galveston and Honolulu. Of peculiar significance Is the table which shows the number of Immigrants from each foreign country, together with the Increasee or decreases as compared with the previous year. Twenty-seven countries showed Increases and eleven decreases. The tide of immigration from some of the coun tries Is indicated by the following figures: Immigrants. Ine. Dec. Austria-Hungary iM.ii 73,314 .... Bulgaria. Bervia and Montenegro 11, JT 6,69.1 .... France t.Til 36 .... German empire 37. '7 243 .... Greece 36,50 )7.(Ul .... Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia 2)15.731 12.811 .... Kussian empire and tin- land 258,943 43,278 .... a.767 11.267 .... bi.631 7.146 .... 34.6.W 466 19.740 ,874 .... Wl 63 .... 2.6 16.391 .... 1K9.918 14. .... li.69 1.13 .... Turkey Kngland Ireland Scotland China Japan British North America West Indies Comment oa Japaaeae. Interest naturally attaches to the propor tionately large Immigration from Japan. While the exclusion laws have rendered practically nil the immigration from China the immigration from Japan, while rela tively not great, has trebled In the last year. This increase Is significant, too, be cause It comes In ths face of the regula- mfo) J J Ml la tlons adopted by the American government with the assent of Japan, which ' It wasu. I supposed would curtail the Immigration of I .ijiuen 10 uiie country very materially. Commissioner Sargent presents excerpa from reports made 'to1' InVlburfcstt try1 In spectors sent to Mexico and Canada to study the situation with special reference to the coming of Japanese to America through those countries. The reports show that thousands of Japanese landed in Moxlco during the last year and ultimately gained admission, surreptitiously, Into this coun try. Once In the I'nited States It was im possible to locate them except In the rar est Instances. While the regulations con cerning Japanese Immigration have tended to reduce the number of regularly, admit ted Immigrants, hundreds, if not thousands, of the Japanese arc still coming Into tha. country by stealth. J The financial situation of admitted aliens is always an Interesting subject. Of those admitted S73.923 had less -than 450 each In their possession, whllo 107,602 were able to show amounts in excess of that sum. The total amount of money brought Into the country by arriving aliens was $:5,5!9,M3, or an average of almost 320 per person. Of the 13,064 aliens who were turned back during tho year, 1,434 wero contract labor ers, but the numlier of contract laborers deported during the laat year was 38 per cent less than In the preceding year. A table showing the outward passenger movement during tho last year dnvelnpa the fact that that movement waa greater than In ai.y preceding year for which statis tics are available The total number of cabin passengers was 224,393 and other than cabin 344.9K9. The aggregate number of outward-bound passengers, 669,882, was 73, . 146 larger than in 1906. a Cut Glass. FRKNZER, 16th and Dodge.. GERMAN SHIPPING INCREASES Merchant Marine Increases Over Two and a Half Million Tons la Last Tear. BERLIN, Dec. 16. 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