Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 167.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1907.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
PROSPECT BRIGHTER
End of Week Shows a Sharp Rebound
in the Prices of Stock I.
MONEY SITUA!TV 13 CLEARING
Demands of Fa, Expected
Am. T - T" - k A
VO fit MVCJIt. v eTy.
COUNTRY BANKS S. OUT
' ; ,
Show a Disposition to ' the
' Discounting of Pape.
SAVINGS BANKS SHOW UP WELL
"Isty.Day Period lias Expired and
Depositors Hare Takfa Ad
'tt of Xttlftt ( Wllk.
rawal ( Fands.
NEW YORK, Dee. 29. The downward
drift of prices of stork I ant week. In a
market that wit almoat Idle at tlmra. re
flected tho . restraining influence . of the
acsntlnes of money supplies and the pur
pose to await developments In the com
mercial position over the end of the year.
The source of anxiety waa clearly Indicated
by the brisk rebound In atocka at the end
of. the week. Induced by the decisive do-
cllne In the premium on currency, the can
cellation of a gold engagement In London
and the Inference drawn from these Inci
dents of a clearlng'Of the money situation.
Preparations for the yearly acttlcmenti
made requirements which would give care
for their provision In normal money con
dition!. Besides dividend and Interest pay
ment fof January, estimated at, around
11 85,000,000, theia fell due on January 1 sub
scription obligations for new Northern Pa
cific and New York, New Haven & Hart
ford stock, and the American Telephone
and Telegraph convertible bonds to the
amount of nearly t30,C00,00O. There was a
good deal of calling of loana by the banks
In preparing for the financing, which ex
erciser repressive Influence In opera
tion In stocks. There was, besides, the ap
l.rehonilon that the money situation would
react" unfavorably on commercial affairs
after tho first of the year. Large maturi
ties fall due' at that time of mercantile pa
rer. bused on extensive previous nurchases
of merchandise of. all varieties, for which
the market has been notoriously unfavor
able' J n. the depression which ensued upon
tho banking crisis.. The. market, for mer
cantile rir In New York since that time
.lias been scarcely more, than .nominal and
the prospect of the continuance of that
( condition causes anxiety .over adequate de
mand ta nrovld fnr t,ut,wi ...........
,some of those maturing obligations. 1
.Banks I-oonen l'a. '
One of tho week's developments which
attracted most ' attention was the revival
of a demand on the part of interior banks,
small In itself, but regarded as a possible
'symptom of better things, for mercantile
apeV.-erth-e-psl grades. '
Brsld s this immediate need of mercan
tile borrowers, h featuro of the money mar
ket for the coming year will be the large
volume of temporary note Issues of the
rallrUol and 'industrial corporation?, which
were: put oftt last year for emergency ex
penditure after the market for ordinary
bond Issues bectme glutted and which fall
duo at various periods throughout the com
ing year to h total estimated at lllS.OOO.OOO.
The banking position upon which these
conditions converge had light thrown upon
it last week from several sources. There
was published the digest of conditions of
11 tho national banks as shown In the
reporta to the comptroller of tho currency
as of December 3, and also of reports to
the New York State Bunking department
of condltlona of state banks and trust com
panles as of December 19. The reports of
the national banks of the country com
pletely confirmed the Inference of the whole
ale withdrawal from reserve and central
reserve cities of deposits of banks which
had the proportion of their reserves per
mitted by the national banking law In
trusted to those depositories. The comp
trollers digest shows that the smaller
banka heavily curtailed loans as well as
calling hpmo their deposited reserves, while
the central reserve banks Infringed upon
their legal reserve limits and Issued clear
ing house certificates to provide resources
to meet the stiain which thus threatened
a breakdown.
Savluira Hanks All Right.
The reports to the New York Banking
department show the stute banks In Now
York, members of the clearing house, as
liberal contrlbutora to the means for meet
ing the crisis, while the reports of the
trust companies clearly define the pressure
on those Institutions as a whole. In sympa
thy with the severe runs on a few of their
members and the additional strain thus In
volved on the reserves of the clearing house
'janks. The conditions thus reported are as
:hey existed and the experience of similar
trials In the past show a precedent for
nulek recuperation and reflux of funds to
banking reserves after the panic has sub
sided. The rate of this recuperation in the
present period, however, has been disap
pointingly slow. The continued Inflow of
Imported gold to .JXsw York, the outflow of
rash frem this center and the persistence
f the premium on currency are as un
mistakable proofs of the tenacity with
which banking reserves bare been withheld
from redeposit In the central reserve banka.
In the case of the saving banks gratifying
evidence bas been afforded of the entire
lubsldence of distrust among depositors.
Last week saw the expiration of the sixty
day limit imposed on the withdrawal of
deposits by most of the savings banks.
Some preparations for possible extra de
mands and these preparations had some
Influence In tightening the week's money
market The event proved that an Insig
nificant, proportion of those who had given
nolle of Intended withdrawal were acting
on the privilege:; Advices and reports of
railroad earnings are carefully scanned for
Indications of the cour of the country's
Industries and the discussion of dividend
prospects Is brought prominently forward
ta a corollary. $
TAFT TO SPEAK IN BOSTON
Del It era Three Addresses Darlas His
tar k Maaaatchaavtts
- Capital.
WASHINGTON, Dec. . Secretaij
Tart left here at 1:41 this afternoon for
Boston, where tomorrow he will de
liver three addresses, the, most Im
portant being at night before the Mar
chants' and Manufacturers' association.
In the morning he will speak at a meet
lug of Boston ministers and in the aft
ernoon wlU address the members of the
Klyslan Slue. He Will retura to Wash
ington New Year's day.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
FORECAST
Monday.
F01U3CABT
M"iiday.
Temperature
FOR NEBRASKA Fair
FOR IOWA Snow or rain
RECORD OF DR. WACHENDORF
rhyslrlan Who Killed Himself Had
I. on at 1, 1st of Misdeeds to
Account For.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D Dec. 29. tflpecisl.)
-That Dr. C. C. J. Waehendorf. who shot
and killed hhnsell In his apartments In
this city on Saturday, shortly after being
placed under arrest by Deputy United
States Marshals! Jerry Carleton and O. V.
lyomb, was a man with a record has been
demonstrated by Information concerning
him whichVwas secured by C. 8. Ranger, of
St. Louis, Mo., a special Inspector of the
Postoffice department, who traced Waehen
dorf to Sioux Falls and caused his arrest.
The Inspector hud been on the trail of
Dr. Waehendorf since last May, nnrl from
that time until the tragic death of the phy
sician In this city he led the representa
tive of the Postoffiee department a merry
chase. The fugitive, since he mailed the
threatening letter to Henry Quodle, of
Omaha. In February last this being the
particular offense for which he was ar
restedhas traveled under the names of
Dr. C. C. J. Waehendorf, Dr. Charles
Waehendorf, Dr. Otto Max and Dr. H. D.
Albert is. The objectionable, letter was
mailed from Lldderdale, la., and the In
spector traced the fugitive from that place
to Manning, la., from there to Hannibal,
Mo., then to Feorla, 111., and finally lo
cated him In Sioux Falls.
"Waehendorf," said Inspector Ranger,
"I am satisfied, was a bigamist. Besides
the wife he married at Lldderdale, la., and
from whom ho had not been divorced si
far as I have been able to learn, he was
Quarried to a Peoria woman at Chicago
about six or seven months ago. I think
It was the Teorla wife who was In Sioux
Falls with him for a time. I believe that
he ali"o has another wife. I also learned
that he beat the father of his Udderdale
wife out of IU00 In a' manner that would
have sent him to the penitentiary had the
father cared to make a complaint."
A search of the clothing of the dead man
revealed that he waa prepared for the
Worrt. He evidently expected he would be
arrested and arranged that he would not
be In prison long. In the waistband cf his
trousers was found a sharp surgeon's knife,
with a blade about four Inches long. This
knife was sealed In an envelope and sewed
In the waistband In subH a manner that
with the trousers on it would have been a
difficult 'matter for the officers In search
Inav him to have, discovered . the keen
blnded little Vnlfo ", 'J " t j ' . "'
SEEKS TO REPLEVIN HIS WIFE
Refused the Writ, llnahand Tries
Force, bat la Boated by
Woman.
SHOSHONI, Wyo., ' Dec. 29. (Special.)
A storm which had been brewing for
some time between Wllltam Stlckney ,nnd
his wife broke out with full fury ChrlHt
mas eve and she left him and took refuge
with a woman friend. The Stlckneys
are recent arrivals In Shoahonl and have
been for a short time Joint proprietors
of a hand laundry here. In order to
forget his troubles Mr. Ktickney seems
to have sought solace In the wine cup,
and whllo more or less under the influ
ence he sought out the local Justice of
the peace and demanded the Instant is
suance of a writ .of replevin for his bet
ter half. This being contrary to the
statutes In such cases made and provided,
the Judge' was obliged to refuse his re
quest. Acting upon the advice of a dis
interested bystander, Mr. Stlckney then
rushed Into the house where his wife
waa. He endeavored to remove her. To
this she strenuously objected and sou grit
the aid of the woman of the house, who
waa not slow In forthcoming, for, armed
with a stove poker, she summarily
ejected the husband ' and in the mix up
appears to have struck him with the
poker.
At last accounta Mrs. Stlckney had left
on the northbound stage and Mr. Stlck
ney was searching with a Joint of gas
pipe firmly held in his right hand for the
disinterested bystander.
Escaped I'rlaoner Caaarht.
SIOL'X FALLS. 8. D., Dec. 29.-(Special.)
Warden Parmley. of the Sioux Falls pen
itentiary, has been advised of the recapture
and return to the state hosDltal for h.
insane at Yankton of Alfred Martin, who.
...-, uruiB remuvea xrom ine penitentiary
to the asylum, made his escape from the
latter Institution about two months ago.
Martin was serving a term in the peniten
tiary for a murderous assault upon a police
man at Mitchell, and after having served
some months of his ten-year term he lost
his mind and was transferred to the state
hospital for the Insane.
Saevrstorm Visits Pierre.
PIERRE. 8. P.. Dec. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) The first real snowstorm of the
winter In this part of the state started
here last night with a rain and snow
has been falling all day. It is growing
colder, with promise of a continuation
of the snow through the night.
FIRE RECORdT
Baslaesa lloases at Aarora.
Al'RORA, Neb. Dec. 29. (Special Tele
gram.) Fire at an early hour this morning
destroyed three business houses and dam
aged another on the north side of the
square. The total losses were; Anton
Hendrhkson, tailor; Serf, notions and toys;
Anderson, barber, and the damaged estab
lishment was the Harney sisters, millinery.
The loss will reach S8.50O and the insurance
S4.500.
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PLAN TO STOP LOGROLLING
Proposal that New Method Be Adopted
for Securing' Appropriation!.
GOVERNOR TO HOLD THE KEY
H. C. Richmond Vlilla Capital Cltr la
the Interest of the Coral as; Con
vention of the Nebraska
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(Fronv a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN? Dec. 29. (Special. )-It Is not
Improbable thai In his message to the next
legislature. Governor Sheldon may make
certain rocommendations that if acted
upon will forever end the present system
of securing appropriations for the main
tenance of state institutions. The pli.i
under consideration Is for the governor to
visit In turn each state Institution and
confer with the. head of, It and with the
various boards which have control over
the Institution. When an agreement Is
reached regarding the Improvements
needed t the Institution and the amount
of appropriation which should bo made fur
its maintenance, the governor wilt make
the recommendation to the legislature.
The appropriation bill would then have tho
backing of the administration and doubt
less would be passed with little or no
trouble. Inasmuch as the governor would
be In thorough touch with the finances of
the state, said a prominent educator, and
would be familiar with the needs of the
Institutions, . each would be well cared for
and none woud secure an appropriation
larger than actually needed.
t'nder the present system It has ben
pointed out the members of'the legislature
from those counties In which Institutions
are located are seriously handicapped and
compelled In many cases. In order to se
cure an appropriation, to vote for meas
ures to which they are at heart opposed.
There has been at least one occasion In
recent years when a member was forced
to vote agslnst a measure distasteful to
the railroad lobby or lose the appropria
tion for the maintenance of the Institutes
located In hla county. On other occasions
representatives from the counties having
Institutions have been able to organise and
control the legislation of the entire body.
On all occasions cltisens Of the towns
where tho institutions are located have
come to Lincoln to lobby for appropria
tions and after getting to Lincoln they
have been compelled In Instances to lobby
also for other measures. On one very
recent occasion a member of a state
board came to Lincoln to lobby for an ap
propriation for an Institution and then
charged his expenses up to the state and
the bill was allowed.
It Is argued that under the proposed plan
all of this would be stopped. The state
has passed an anti-lobby bill to keep
away those who would Influence legisla
tion, but this law does not prevent the
logrolling of appropriations. Under the
proposed plsn not only will the state
treasury be protected. It Is argued, but
the Institution will be csred for as It
should and the representatives from those
directly Interested counties will have an
opp6rtunlty to take a , hand. . m neneral
legislation.
Boomlsg Editorial Convention.
Henry C. . Richmond, president of the
State Kditorlal association, was In Lin
coln last night stirring up some Interest
In the meeting, which la set for the latter
part of February. President Richmond
lives at Fremont and Is editor of the Fre
mont Herald. He has been mentioned on
several occasions as the democratic sacri
fice to be offered up next fall when coti
grcssmen are to be elected. Last night
Richmond said he was making no fight
for a congressional nomination and had
come to Lincoln In the Interest of the
editorial association and not for pointers
on how to conduct a campaign.
Little Dolsg Politically.
Little has been doing In the state capital
this week In tho matter of electing presi
dents and organizing presidential clubs
because the Btate Teachers' association
met here and with the association came a
dozen or more candidates for state super
intendent and they occupied the entire
spot light. The only Incident worthy of
note, and that of only paaslng Interest,
outside of the politics of the teachers, waa
thf reassumptlon of editorial control of
the Journal and News by Frank Harrison,
who will use the columns for the further
ance of Bis LaFollette boom.
CANAL WORK IS STUPENDOUS
Concrete In Dauns Wonld Make Hooses
Enough for m l.arsre
City.
WASHINGTON. Dec 29.-The engineers
on the Panama canal are dealing in vast
figures these days and the Canal Record,
Just received, conveys In a graphic manner
an idea of the magnitude of the work to be
done upon the locks of the canal. It Is
stated, for Instance, that the amount of
concrete to be used In building these locks
would suffice to construct eight room city
houses of the generous size of thirty by
thirty feet with two stories and basement
and with concrete floors and with concrete
roof to the number of 22,842. Allowing each
of these houses a seventy-five foot lot,
they would make a continuous street from
New York to Philadelphia, with enough
houses left over to make a row on one side
of the street from Philadelphia to Washing
ton. The houses would furnish suburban
homes for 120,000 people, or according to city
standards, would house a population equal
to that of-the city of Minneapolis.
HEAVY SHIPMENTS OF WHEAT
Orrgea Breaks tho Record Both for
Quantity aad Value of Oereal
Exported.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 2.-The first six
months of the cereal year of 1907-06 have
witnessed the exportation of 7,721,570
bushels of wheat and flour reduced to
wheat, valued at S,780.29. against 5,1SI.
W3 bushels, valued at SS.TM.yrf for the
same period last year. With the cargoes
new afloat and which are expected to
clear between now and the close of the
year. It Is expected that the shipments of
wheat and flour reduced to wheat will
total nearly S.22&.000 bushels for the first
six months of the cereal year. The ship
ments of foodstuffs this year have been
by far the heaviest In the history of the
port.
Farewell Call atm Knacnr.
BERLIN. Dec. . Ths emperor gave a
farewell audience to Lieutenant Com
mander William L. Heward, former naval
attache at the American embassy here, to
day. Lieutenant Commander Howard pre
sented Lieutenant Commander Reginald R.
Belknap, hui successor, to the emperor.
Lieutenant Commander Howard and Mrs.
Hwird sail for New York en January t
HOBSON HAS A NEW SCHEME
Weald Have the government Print a
Joarnal for Free DIM rl nation.
WASHINGTON. Lvc. 2S.-An official
Journal, ta be published weekly by the gov
ernment, and oftem-T If necessary, and
which probably will contain brief notices
.if the work executed In the departments
snd Independent bureaus of the depart
ments, of the supreme court of tho tTnited
States and of the profieedings pi congresses,
so far as they may be of general Interest,
Is provided for In a Mil which Congressman
Richmond P. Hobson If the Sixth Alabama
district proposes to introduce after the hol
idays. The sum of I7S,(K0 is appropriated
for equipment and $27j,00u for the expense f
Issuing the publication.
Captain Hobson has gone to some pains
properly to1 convey bis Idea of what the
Journal should be, and has hsd printed a
number of specimen copies containing Just
such matter as won hi be expected to fill
Its columns. 1
In speaking of hi hill today. Captain
Hobson said: 1 x
"The official Journal Is Intended to make
a connecting link between the government
and the people and will be In effect a
periodical report to the people of the work
done by all branches of the government.
The project grew out .of my having ascer
tained that a vast tnvmnt of valuable ma
terial did not reach c people for whom It
wss Intended. I helfrve this Journal will
be a means of famlltuj-lzlng the people with
the stupendous work that their government
Is doing and will remove distrust and sus
picion and create a renewed Interest and
confidence among tho masses In govern
mental affairs.
"It cannot help but aid the press of the
country, not only In furnishing a ready In
dex, but In creating H taste and demand
for reading matter and for additional Infor
mation upon Important subjects that can
only bo touched upon In the Journal."
It Is provided In the bill that the Journal
shall be non-partisan and shall contain
no editorial comment.. In case It should be
deemed advisable, provision also Is made
for the simultaneous publication of the
Journal at one point In the middle west and
at one 'point on tho Pacific coast. The
journal Is to be distributed .free.
REVIVAL TO BE STATE WIDE
Kanaas Ministers Plan an Ambitions
Campaign to Kvangellae the
Statu.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 29 "Kansas
for Christ," Is to be the slogan In a state
wide evangelistic campaign that Is to be
pushed simultaneously In every county of
the Sunflower state next Joar. Hundreds
of ministers of various denominations) ' to
gether with numerous well known evangel
ists are to hold revivals. An entire year
will be spent In - the movement and an
effort Is to be made to demonstrate to the
whole country what may be accomplished
In concerted religious work carried forward
on strictly business lines. Tho great revival
Is to be under the direct leadership of Rev.
William Edward Blederwolf, who planned It.
The undertaking will toe subject to the
general supervision of an advisory board
composed, of two tnlS Jt'TA and, Iwj.Jaymcn
from each denomination in the state. This
body, which has already been organized
with fifteen denominations represented, has
selected Edward E. Taylor of Philadelphia,
to act as secretary. The plan Is to have
a large number of the best known evangel
ists In the country, aided by the local
pastors, give the entire season to work 'and
everywhere union meetings are to be car
ried on, directed by Rev. Mr. Blederwolf
and the advisory board.
RIVER IMPROVEMENT, FINISHED
PlttAhurar flow Haa th I e of the
Greatest Inland llarfior In
the W'orM.
PITTSBURG. Dec. 29. Within a few days
the large river Interests of the Pittsburg
district will have use of the greatest In
land harbor in the world. Only two or
three days work remains to complete the
system of locks and dams built on the
upper Ohio river between Pittsburg and
the mouth of the Beaver river at Beaver,
and by the time the low water season
comes tho entire chain of six dams will be
ready for full operation. The harbor of
Pittsburg, which has heretofore been con
fined between Davla Island dam and Lock
No. 1 on the Monongahela river will be
extended to Merrill, or Dam No. 6, on the
Ohio river, a distance of over thirty miles
from Pittsburg. This will enable river
shippers to take millions of bushels of coal
and other products to southern parts. The
improvements have cost the government
15,000,000.
It Is estimated that the tonnage of the
upper Ohio for 1907 will exceed 4,OJO,O0O tons.
FAMINE CONDITIONS IN INDIA
Lark of Rain Canaea an Utter Failure
of the Hire Crop In
LSt'koow.
HILLSDALE. Mich.. Dec. 29. Secretary
H. S. Myers of the general conference
of Fr;e Baptlsta aald today: "According
to advlcea Just received by me from our
missions In Bengal and Orlssa, India, four
months of rain la the usual allowance
In Lucknow, India, in a year, but during
the year 1907 It has rained only four
days. The result Is famine everywhere.
Fields of rice that should have been full
of food are as nothing. Thousands of
the population are suffering, and before
relief comes next August In another crop
hundreds of thousands must die unless
relief comes from Christian lands. The
Indian government has undertaken famine
relief and many missions are caring for
the orphans and helpless."
DEATH RECORD.
Henry R. Penny.
Henry R. Penny, a resident o Omaha,
died Saturday evening, after an illness of
several years. Mr. Penny was 38 years of
age and was for a number of years engaged
in the brokerage business in Omaha. He
was a member of the Omaha club. Commer
cial club. Country club and Fields club, and
was also a Mason. He was a man much
esteemed In business circles of Omaha dur
leg his active business career and his death
will be very generally regretted. Ha Is
survived by his wife and two children.
His father and mother also survive him
and live at Wellston, Okl. The body will
be taken to his old heme In Herkimer, N.
Y., for Interment.
Mrs. Rosalie Haywortau
Mrs. Rosalie Hay worth, wife of P.. L.
Hayworth, of Mlnden, a confectioner, who
until recently was a resident of OmaJia.
died Saturday night at Wise Memorial
hospital, after a brief lllntsa. Her funeral
services will be held todaj st 1:) p. m. at
the Cole-McKay chapel and burlul will be
at Forest Lawn cemetery. Mrs. Hayworth
was 13 years of ag and leaves no children.
TAFT GAINING IN NEBRASKA
Declaration of Senator Burkett Em
phasizes Growing Sentiment.
MUCH INTEREST OVER DELEGATES
Only nrrak In Monotony of Wmo
rrntlc Affairs la 1'oaslhle Contest
for Ia hi man's Place na Na
tional Committeeman.
Th
e authoritative announcement from
Wasl
iiungton that both Senator Burkett and
itor Brown want to mn u i4uiA,a(M.
Senate
at-
large to the republican national conven
n and the positive declaration by Senator
rkett for Taft as his personal prefer-
I
Ion
Bu
ence
i tor president, has emphasized during
the
the
mat wcck a growing sentiment .behind
Taft movement In Nehnk
Nr
ehraska Is to have four ri ,l i v . f u t
lar
ge and It seems to be conceded that
Gov
ernor ttneuion, who was an original
sevelt man with Taft .,
Roosevelt
ch
lolce will head the dcleratton.
v
artous parts of tho Htato romps niniillnn
as
a probable delegnte-at-large of Victor
icwater of The Bee. It beln taken for
Rose
granted that one of the four nl sees will bu
gl
'en to Dollfflns pnnntv i
other names have yet been projected
In
puone, aiinough It Is Inferred the ac
Ity of Lawver Charles o vvi,.ir, ...
t
LI
-incoln In Intended to furnish the founda-
tlon
lor me claims or some candidate for
of these nlaeea In t lid nnrmnn t f nil 1. . .
one
M
r. Whedon. Iilmself. or his former law
partner. Governor Magoon, now at the
helm In Cuba. Governor Magoon Is known
to be a strong Taft partisan, which makes
It all the more difficult to fathom thus what
Mr. Whedon Is playing for.
Perhapa some light may be thrown on the
situation by taking the cover off of the
local factionalism smoldering In Lancaster
county. The Burkett candidacy Is hound
to be complicated with the efforts of
former State Chairman Rose and his
friends to spcure Butkett's acquiescence In
the appointment of Rose to succeed Elmer
B. Stephenson as United States collector
or Internal revenue. The frlenda of Rose
do not know Just which way to turn. There
Is a small element in Lincoln Implacable
to Burkett and determined to block him
for anything he wants. The Rose follow
ing might make trouble for Burkett by
Joining the implacables, but on the other
hand they might also bring Burkett to a
sense of his obligation to them by swing
ing In line for him and giving him a clear
track to Chicago.
It is certain that with Lancaster county
behind Senator Burkett's desire to go to
the convention it could be easily gratified
and even If Lancaster county were hostile
it Is iot certain that the rest of the state
would permit the senator to be left at
home. Ordinarily the four dclegates-at-large
are allotted to different congressional
districts, but this precedent haa not been
unbroken, because in 1900 the state conven
tion In choosing Edward Rosewater and
Senator Thurston gave two delegatesJat
large to Omaha. The fact that Governor
Sheldon fnd Senator Burkett both hapssa.
to vote in the First" congressional district
the one in Cass county and the other In
Lancaster county, does not necessarily bar
one of them from the state delegation:
The discussion over the question whether
a primary election should be held to give
the Nebraska voters a chance to express
preference between presidential candidates
I still going on in a few newspapers.
W hether a primary is held or not the del
egates, both district and at large, will have
to be named In conventions If the Nebraska
lew Is to be complied with. All these ques
tions probably will be settled at a meeting
of the state committee to be called shortly
before or shortly after February 1.
In the meanwhile the members of the
state committee from Omaha have decided
to extend an Invitation te have the con
vention called for this city. Omaha has
not had a republican state convention since
1S99, when Judge Reese was nominated for
supremo Judge. All the conventions In the
eight years succeeding have been held In
Lincoln. The new primary law further
more requires the annual platform coh
Vntions of all parties to be held In Lin
coln, so that the coming convention to se
lect national delegates Is the only one
whose meeting place is in the discretion
of the state committee. The handsome ma
Jorltles polled in Douglas county for the
republican state ticket In the last few years
Is urged as an additional reason why
Omaha should be favored for once this
time.
On the democratic side everything Is still
and quiet. It goes without saying the dem
ocratic delegation heading for Denver will
be finally made up to suit the wishes of
Mr. Bryan himself. The democrats are
1'kely to have a little tilt over the natlona.
committeeman. Mayor Jim's gubernatorial
ambitions are expected to terminate his
activity as a member of the democratic
national committee, and two aspirants for
his shoes are already sparring for posi
tion. Dr. P. L. Hall of Lincoln, who was
for several years chairman of the demo
cratic state committee, wants the place and
so does Dan V. Stephens of Fremont, 'who
has been a democratic water-carrier for
years. The wise ones predict that In tie
cr.d Mr. Bryan will touch the button and
that Dr. Hall will gather In the plum.
KENNEDY CONSECRATED BISHOP
Rector of American College at Rome
Receives Many Presents on Occa
sion of Klevatlon.
ROME, Dec. 29.,-Mfir. Thomas F. Ken
nedy, rector of the American college, was
consecrated as titular bishop of the
AdrianapoUs today. He received thousands
of telegrams of congratulations and many
valuable presents from America, as well
as from a arge number of prelates who
had gathered here for the ceremony. The
presents Included a beautiful gold pec
toral cross from the pope, a mitre and
crosier from the students of the college
and an Episcopal ring from Mgr. Par
ley, archbishop of New York, the spiritual
director of the college.
BACK BROKEN SEVEN DAYS
Coal Miner Contlnaes Work Cnaware
of tirrloaa Injnry, Then
Collapses.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 29. After work
ing seven days with his back broken and
being unaware all that time of serious
injury, John Tintura, a coal miner of
Bush, 111., fainted In Union station to
night and was taken to the hospital,
where physlelana say he cannot recover.
Tintura was struck with a lump of eoal
December Jl, but said tonight he felt
only numbing pains and bad un,tinujid
with bis work,
THEATERS KEEP UP THE FIGHT
A,ll Rnt Three In Knnsns tltT (ilve
Performances the game as
I nl.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Dec. . The clos
ing of the Grand Opera house, which Is
managed by A. Judah, Who has been the
lauding spirit In the opposition to the
Sunday closing policy of Judge William
H. Wallace of the criminal court, was the
feature of the situation In tills city to
day. All other theaters, except the Willis
Wood nnd Majestic, which capitulated
two Sundays njpn, were o)en today as
usual, mnklng It apparent that the con
test between Judge Wsllsce and the
theaters Is to be conttmiod Indefinitely. It
was thought that the surrender of Man
ager Judah would mean the closing "of all
theaters on Sunday, but the other man
age a held a conference and decided to
continue the fight.
The present grand Jury, which favors
Judge Wallace's position, will go out of
existence next Saturday. It will return
indictments next week against person'
who worked In theaters and others who
vlolnted the Sunday law today. Judge
Wallace has announced that another grand
Jury with the sumo convictions regarding
the Sunday Ihw will be called and that
there will be no cessation In the Sunday
closing campaign. Deputy marshals were
busy today gathering evidence to be sub
mitted to the grand Jury.
In consideration for the promise of Man
ager Judah nnd the pool hall manugera
to remain closed on Sumlav In the future.
Judge Wallace has agreed not to press
the prosecution of persons who have been
Indicted for working on Sunday in the
Grand theater or In the various pool halls
of the clly. .
NO MORE CABINET OFFICERS
President Write Health Association
that Another Department Is
Inadvisable.
NEW YORK, Dec. W. The committee of
1 on national health announced yesterday
that at a meeting of the members a letter
had been read from President " Roosevelt
In which he oppoped a national department
of health, to be under the direction of a
new cabinet officer. President Roosevelt.
In hla letter to Prof. Fisher, chairman of
the committee, which was made public
today, said:
I believe that we could with advantage
have a bureau of health, to be put under
one of the existing departments, but we
need no uddltional cabinet officers. On the
contrary, they would be a disadvanlaKe.
While we do most urgently need a re
arrangement of the bureaus and divisions
of the present cabinet, we need also to
have every executive officer of tho gov
ernment put under some cabinet officer. I
am utterly against the creation of any In
dependent bureau not under a cabinet of
ficer. President Eliot of Harvard stated at the
meeting of the committee:
The committee of WO is confronted by a
dilema. If less than a federal department,
with representation In the cabinet lll.le
will he accomplished. To seek to create a
new department with a secretary In the
cabinet Is to undertako the impossible.
Tho commission in now generally com
mitted to the advocacy1 of' a- system of
health bureaus within an existing de
partment, rather than a new department.
MANY H0MELESSJN NEW YORK
Unemployed Flock to City nnd Make
New Problems for Charity
Organisations.
NEW YORK. Dec. . With every
charity bed In the city occupied, lodging
houses overcrowded. Bowery saloons
turned Into barracks and an array of
wanderers on the streets, the charity or
ganizations In New York are today help
lessly facing a situation which will reach
Its climax with the first cold wave. It
became known yesterday that 60,000
strangers were homeless In this city and
that at least half that number spend nights
on benches and floors wherever shelter Is
afforded.
While the tide of the unemployed who
are flocking Into the city haa not been
stemmed, the charity organization mem
bers are making vain attempts to care for
those already here and the authorities In
charge of the charity organization head
quarters are planning measures which will
make the life of the wanderer less tempt
ing In New York.
In an effort to decide on a plan which
will bring the charitable organizations
together another meeting will be called
next week, when It Is expected thut a
definite system will be inaugurated for the
homeless.
WOMAN HURT IN RUNAWAY
Thrown Ont of Wagon and Gets
Shoulder Dislocated, While
Children Kecnne.
A team attached to a wagon took fright
at an automobile and ran away at Sixteenth
and Castellar streets Sunday morning, run
ning to Twentieth street and the Boulevard
before stopped. Edward Beline, a farmer
living west cf the city, owns the team and
was occupying the wagon with his wife and
three children. Mrs. Beline was thrown out
of the wagon and had her shoulder dislo
cated. She was taken Into John Counte's
drug store st Twentieth and Castellar
streets, where she received medical atten
tion. The others of the party were not
hurt.
WRECK ON R0CK ISLAND
Train Sit Derailed Near Dnncan, Okl.
Knglneer Killed and Five
Trainmen Ilnrt.
DUNCAN, Okl., Dec. 29. Henry White,
ergineer, was killed and two mall clerks
and two express messengers Injured when
Rock Island passenger train No. 23, a
double-header, was wrecked near here this
afternoon. Otto Koonty of Kansas City,
assistant baggageman, may die. Knglneer
White's two children were burned to death
when fire destroyed his residence In Fort
Worth a few weeks ago.
Mitchell -Needs More Schools.
MITCHELL, S. D.. Dec. 29 (Special.)
The limited school facilities of Mitchell,
made so by the greatly Increased popu
lation In the last five years, has claimed
the attention of the Board of Education to
the extent that at Its meeting a resolution
was adopted requesting the mayor to call
a special election Immediately to vote on
the Issuance of $t,000 In bonds for the pur
pose of erecting a new high school build
ing. The election will very likely be beld
early In Februsry, and there does not seem
to be any question but that the people will
vote the bonds. Mitchell's first high school
building was erected in VfM. and at the
same time a aouth side ward building was
constructed. The school board Is Just fin
ishing another school building In the Sec
ond ward, to cost about l;3,Ur, and It will
b ready for the grade departments abuut
the middle of February. At present there
are 200 pupils enrolled in tiie high school
department when there is room for but l'.
and the teachers find It a difficult matter
to haodls thsin pruyerly
STABLE RIVER UNION
Permanent Association for Boats to B
Launched at Sioux City.
MEETING TO BE HELD IN JAUTJARS
States Contiguous to Biff Muddy Ar
to Be Represented.
OMAHA WILL LEAD NEBltASKANS
Expects to Send Two Carloads of
Delegates to Convention.
LOCAL BODIES RECEIVE CALLS
Determined Movement to Make Fiscal
nnd Definite Plans Looking
Toward Navigation of the
Mlssonrl River.
To otganlze a permanent assocl
iclatlon
uous or.a
resentatlve of tho states contiguous to!
Missouri river which will look to the Im
provement of that stream In every direc
tion needed to encourage navigation, tha
first annual session of the Missouri River
Navigation congress haa been called to
meet In Sioux City January 22. and 23.
Culls have been received by the Omaha
Real Estate exchange. Commercial i club
and Grain exchange and many personal
invitations have been sent to Nehrsskans.
For several weeks, since tho Omaha,
delegation returned from Washington,
where the National Rivers and Harbors
congress was held, mombers of tho Com
mercial club and Roal Estate exchange
have been Inquiring about the coming
congress at Sioux City. Jn the opinion of
Commlsr.loner Guild of the Commercial
club no less than a carload of Omahans)
will attend the two days' session at Sioux
City.
What Official Cnll Says.
The ofllelal call Is signed by George C,
Call, director for the Missouri river In
the National Rivers and Harbors congress.
The Invitation to Sioux City says:
Never before In the history of this coun
try has the Improvement of waterways as
sumed tho important position It occupies
today.
Wliilo strong and vigorous work has been
done to improve wsterways, harbors and
navigation throughout the United States
by organizations formed In the different
sections for some unaccountable reason
the people in the wonderfully rich and
prosperous Missouri valley have been In
different to the tremendous possibilities
that must follow the work -of opening for
navi-atlon the Missouri river from ' Its
source to t lie sea.
Experienced engineers report that this
great natural highway ran be made per
manently nsvigsble Its entire length at
no greater cost than the selling value per
mile of a single-trsck railroad from the
Missouri river to Chicago. ,
Of the object of the convention at Sioux.
City, the official call says:
It Is the Intention to organise a per
manent association embracing the states
contiguous to the Missouri river, each
state to be represented by one vice presi
dent and one director, the directors to
organise and elect Its officers, sue h, . board,
to have authority to csll'tlie association
together at such time and plaoe -a they
think will further the Interests of the as
sociation. Cammlns Adds a Word.
Governor A. B. Cummins of Iowa, who
Is In part responsible for the calling of
the congress at Sioux City, adds:
"I believe that the American people
mean to Improve their waterways from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
lakes to the gulf.
"That the existing facilities for trans
portation Inadequately meet the demands
of our existing commerce Is. I think, ad
mitted everywhere and by everybody. That
our commerce will rapidly Increase Is not
only the hope of every loyal American, but
the belief of every Intelligent observer.
That the railroad can neither catch up
nor keep up with the business of the
country seems to be conceded By the rail
road men themselves.
"There is but one conclusion to be drawn
from these premises. We must either quit
doing business and arrest the progress of
the nation, or we must utilize our water
courses, and make them carry a greater
proportion of our freight than they now
carry.
"While the traffic of this country Is In
creasing at the rate of 12 per cent an
nually, the ability of the carriers of that
traffic Is increasing only 2H per cent an
nually. It would be necessary for us ta
build Immediately 75,000 miles of new rail,
roads In order to adequately meet ths
traffic conditions of the country.
"In seeking relief we naturally must turn
to the waterways of the country, and I
believe they are about to emerge Inta
an era of great usefulness. Nature hal
Indicated thst the commerce of the great
middle west should be carried to a large
extent by the Missouri, Mississippi and
Ohio rivers."
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HERBERT Ql'ICK TALKS O.V RIVER
Author Hays "We Will Build Water
waya Same as Ratlrouds."
"We are going to Improve and bulH
waterways just like we built rallroadt
when we neglected our canals and river
and went mad over railroad transporta
tion," said Herbert Quick, author and
student of the waterways of many land)
who was In Omaha yesterday.
Mr. Quick Is to write a series of articles
on "Inland Waterways" for The Reader
magazine, the first of the series It "The
Grand Strategy of Trade," which will ap
pear In the January number, and be ot
Interest to the business men who art
"boosting" for river Improvement.
New York was the first place to which
Mr. Quick waa sent on his long assign
ment to "look up ths waterways business,"
and he says the question In the "street"
Is, "What Is there to this waterways mat
ter?" Personally Mr. Quick Is satisfied
It means navigation If It means anything,
as the competitors for American trade are
all securing the advantage of water trans
portation. "I find that France, about ths size of
Texas, has spent t7S0.0O0.O0O fOP harbors
and waterways," ssld Mr. Quick. "This
work has been going on for sight y-alx
years, but In the sime time the United
States has spent but 13O0.0U0.0CO on all the
rivers, harbors and waterways. And be
sides, France is going to spend $100,000. ft
more within the next few years for water
ways. "in looking over the transportation In
Holland and Belgium I find that Belgium
haa spent Sloo.OiO.uOO for waterways and a
ton of freight comes to the manufacturers
of that country at the rate of 1 par ton
for l.oou miles. When raw material can
be hauled at such a price, American
manufacturers may well begin to look for
cheaper transportation, than that whleh
costs J6 to haul a ton of raw material 1,M)
miles."
Mr. Quick believes Hie farmers will bo
among the first to feel the lack 'of cheap
transportation, when the Canadian farmers
davtsluD the waterways ot that ( mjpir..