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    he Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. XXXVII NO. 214.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 190S-TWELVE PAGES.
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TRAIN MEN PROTEST
Railway Brotherhood! Object
Cut in Wages.
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FORMAL STATEMENT " . VJ)
Compensation Based on Mile
This it Already Reduced.
PAY DECREASES WITH TRAIT
Added to This it Increased Cost of
Living Away from Home.
NO REDUCTION BY CENTRAL
President Vtnmn Telia Commlltf
of Trainmen and Telegraphers
that No Cat la Contem
plated. CLEV F.LA ND, O., Feb. a. Warren S.
Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of
locomotive, Engineer, today made the fol
lowing atatement in connection with the
reported purpose of tome railway com
panion to order a general reduction In the
wsge of employes:
"The threatened reduction of wage of
employe In train service Is absolutely un
justified from any point of view. Their
pay la baaed on mileage basis, practically
piecework, arid they are only paid when
these service are performed. Wages of
employes In train service fall parallel with
the' shrinkage In business, plus Increased
living expenses away from home. When
their earnings are $lt.O per month their ex
pense of living away from home is about
16 per cent, whllo at tha present reduced
rate of $10 which' has to be met by hun
dreds under present conditions that ex
pense will increaca Into at least 20 per
cent of earnings, because they are held
away from . the home terminal until there
la a full tonnage train to be handled, mak
ing a total automatic reduction already In
wages of from to TO per cent.
"The roads are getting the same return
In freight receipts for the service rendered
as they did wh-n the business was good,
and there Is no consistency in asking men
to accept further reductions than result
from the present business shrinkage, and
the full power of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers will be used If necessary
In an effort to prevent any further reduc
tion, because It would be absolutely un
just." ;
Wage workers Are Blameless.
William G. Lee, assistant grand master
of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
speaking for hta organisation on the samo
subject, dictated tha following:
"The wage workers have not had a thing
to do with this panic and loss of business
except to suffer from the mismanagement
of some employers and speculators who
blundered In the game of dollars on Wall
street. If he works he produces Just as
much per A our as ho ever did. rfls living
expenses ate just hi high as before.
"AH classes of, trainmen are" paid by the
mile or trlp:'mr a' reduction of miles run
or trips made, means a reduction ot the
amount paid by the employer. '.
"There can be no good argument pre
sented why trainmen should receive lower
trip or mileage rates for miles run. Freight
trains are not run unless business requires
It. Corporations never carry an overload
of labor, but labor is usually compelled to
corry an overload of capitalisation.
"It Is na fault of labor that financiers
play with the money and lose, nor Is It
the business of labor to suffer the losses
sustained when its employers reach too far
Into tho fire and get their fingers burned.
"Our principal business is to maintain
tho present standard of living which means
to hold to tfie present standard of wages
and unless signs fall, railroad employes
will oppose to the bitter end any attempt to
reduce wages." '.
IVo'ltrdactloa by Central.
NEW YORK. Feb. 21.-A ommlftee of
, twenty-five railroad men representing the
Lrotherhood of Ixicomotlvo Engineers,
Firemen,' Trainmen, Conductors and Tele
graphers met here today to take action
relative to the reported reduction of wages
by railroads In the country. President New
man of the New Tork Central, sent a com
munication to the (meeting to the effect
that no reduction of employes wages on
,tjhe Central or allied lints Is contemplated.
FISH PROTECTS STOCKHOLDERS
! Mutfment In Which He Says
ProxiM Given lllm May Be
Withdrawn.
NEW TORK. Feb. Il.-Btuyvesant F sh
has given out the following statement: .
"The Hon. Farlln Q. Ball. Judge of the
superior court of Cook county, Illinois, yes
terday dissolved the Injunction which he
had granted on October 14, 1907 restraining
the Union Paclflo railroad cimi any nnj
the Railroad Securities from voting the
:si.2Sl shares of Illinois Central stock held
by them, which constitutes nearly three
tenth (to be exact) 19.56 per cent of the
total capital ot of the .0u0 and G0.400 shares.
Proxies have been given to Mr. Charles M.
Beaoh, Mr. J. D. Cutting and myseif by
many of those In the service of the om
pany, by shippers resident on and near tho
railroad, by those furnishing It with ma
terial and supplies, or interested in Indus
tries depending on the rallroud fur trans
portation and by others who for various
reasons may not now desire to have It
known thst they have done so.
"As the voting on March 2, 1908, wlil of
necessity leave in the hands of the Illinois
Central railroad company a permanent
record of all those tn whose name proxies
are voted, It is due to the stockholders In
America and Europe alike that I should
ay that If any of them wish to withdraw
proxies given to Mr." Peach, Mr. Cutting
and myself, they have but to advise me or
tha fact. In which ca.se such proxies will
be withheld from presentation at the stock
holder meeting and If so required there
after returned - unused to those who ex
ecuted them."
MARKET STREET BANK CLOSES
Institution, ftt Sea Francisco with
eolt of Million Dollars
Closes) Ouurt.
BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. fi'.-Th Market
Street bank, located at the corner of Sev
enth and Market streets, did not open Its
doors this morning. Its financial condition
la being Investigated by the bank commis
sioners. 1
Th bank had deposits amounting to
tl.U2.ftti, The officials of the Institution
claim that it U solvent, but stste they are
for money to meet demands.
SUMMARY OF THE DEE
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FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL BLUFFS ANT
VICINITY Fair Saturday, with not much
chansre In temperature.
FOR NEBRASKA Fair Saturday, with
not much change In temperature.
FOR IOWA Fair Saturday
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
DOMESTIC.
Residents of South Dakota In Weshlng
ton seeking to expedite the opening of
lands In Standing Rock and Cheyenne
River reservation. Pag 1
Brotherhood officers, whose organisa
tions are threatened with a cut In- wages,
declare there is no Justice In the prnpscd
action of tho roads. Pag 1
Hearing of case of state against But
Ungton railroad postponed until March 9.
Fag 1
Officers at New Tork capture band of
robbers who have been stealing from
freight cars. 1 Pag 2
Record of the lumber syndicate that Is
being prosecuted In Oregon. Pag 1
Congressman Hlnshaw taken 111 sud
denly on train while going to attend tho
funeral of Senator Latimer. Pag 1
Ohio river Is over the forty-foot mark
at Kvansvllle. Fag 1
Woman preaching that Jail Is better
than hunger was cause of the riot In Phil
a delphla. Pag 1
Receivers of the Great Western railroad
ask permission to reduce wagea of the
men. Pag 1
Two tubes of tho Pennsylvania railroad
are brought together within three-eighths
of an Inch In the Hudson river. Pag 1
POKXZQN.
Courtmartlal of General Stoessel de
clared to be great arc by the newspapers
of Russia. Pag a
Religious teaching In the schools Is op
posed In Rome by the people. Pag a
Peruylans are granted liberty Sf inspect
ing the warships of Admiral Evans' fleet.
Page l
Fourteen men lose their Uvea In a mine
at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Pag a
irEBJUIKA.
Soldiers' Home and penitentiary must
cat "expenditures if they keep within the
appropriation. Psgr a
Missouri Pacific road cancels passes and
gives up fight on antt-pass law. Pag 3
FOUTICAXh
Cheers greet name of Bryan in the con
vention of Kansas democrats at Hutchin
son. Pag 1
Hlnshaw' vote for Hammond making
him trouble and congressman explains his
reasons. Pag 2
Announcement of Shallenherger's as a
candidate starts a row In the democratic
camp. Pag 3
Oklahoma convention of democrats will
be held today, when the state will declare
for Bryan, Pag 1
X.OOAX.
Reports of Omaha banks show they have
almost $2,000,000 more In deposits than
they had before the recent stringency be
gan. Pag 1
Democratic politicians pick Shallenbercr
as the most likely candidate for governor
next fall. . Pag 4
Chief Donahue warn police fore not to
allow Drummy murder o affect their
treatment of colored persons. Pag 7
Flowers grown from cuttings set out by
George and Martha Washington will be
used In celobratlon of Washington's birth
day Monday. Pag 11
Omaha market ranks astseventh In the
receipts of all kinds of grains. Pag 7
Only $1,000 Isavallable In intersection
fund, according to estimates made by City
Engineer Rosewater. Pag 7
COMMERCIAL AltD XK DUSTBIAIb
Live stock markets. Pag 9
Grain markets. Pag
Stork and bonds. Pag
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WOMAN STOPS RUN ON BANK
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Andltor.
MADISON, III., Feb. 21.-State Auditor
McCullough arrived from Springfield today
and began an investigation of the Trl-City
Stat bank which closed Ita doors yesterday.
President C. H. Ktner said that the bank
Is solvent, though it has "very little cash
on hand." He would not state the exact
amount.
A run was started yesterday and In the
temporary absence of Cashier C. W. Bur
ton, h:s daughter. Miss Roxy Burton, as
sistant cashier, closed the bank to stop
the run. Cashier Burton is a brother of
forme.- Vnlted States Senator Joseph
Ralph Burton, of Kansas.
GIRL DEAD FROM "SYMPATHY
Domestic Who Una Worked la Stors.
el's Home Ends Life oa
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HARTFORD, Conn.. Fob. a. Because of
her regret over the conviction of General
atoessel at St. Petersburg. Amelia Karris
killed herself her yesterday by Inhaling
Illuminating gua. The girl was a Russian
and had formerly been employed In the
general's family. She was working her. In
the home of Joseph Silver, and when she
wsi Informed of General Stooasel's convic
tion she went to her room and no more
was heard from her. When the escaping
ga caused the door of her room to be
broken open she waa found dead.
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BRYAN CETS ANOTHER STATE
Democrats of Kansas Endorse Ne
braskan for Presidency.
MANY AT HUTCHINSON MEETING
Effort Made to Arouse Lethargy F,i
1st In a; Among; Doarbona of nn
flower State Harris for
Senator.
HUTCHINSON, Kan., Feb. ?U Kansas
democrats In state convention this morning
unanimously adopted a resolution Instruct
ing all delegates to tho Denver convention,
both stat and congressional, "to cast a
solid vote for the nomination of William
J. Bryan for president of the United
States."
A great demonstration lasting several
minutes attended the adoption of the reso
'utlnn. During the morning the seven congres
sional districts held caucuses and named
rlolegates and alternates to the national
convention. The slat convention will se
lect its delegates at the afternoon session,
when a platform also will be adopted.
Former Senator Harris waa noncommittal
when asked regarding hi possible candi
dacy for United States senator.
The convention was held in - the Home
opera house, which was crowded to its
capacity. This Is the most largely at
tended democratic convention In Kansas In
years. W. H. Ryan, chairman of the stats
central committee, In calling the conven
tion to order declared that Kansas has a
united democracy that had cast 150,000
votes at the last election and said If the
election were held now there would be 60,
000 votes added to this. He referred to
what he termed the "robber tariff" and
this remark elicited much applause.
No I.onsr Fares in Politics.
Mr. Ryan Introduced Grant Harrington
as temporary chairman. Mr. Harrington
In his speech said:
"You can't win by sitting around with
long facea and saying, 'We can't win.'
Why, if we had thought we could have won
at the last election we would have elected
Colonel Harris governor by 20,OX majority."
At the mention of the name of former
Senator Harris, whose friends are booming
him for re-election to the senate, there was
much applause: But tho greatest demon
stratlon came when Mr. Harrington men
tloned the name of William J. Bryan.
"We want to broaden out," he said. "If
a man comes up to vote if it Is for Bryan it
makes no difference what his grandfather
was or what his former political afflllta
tlon have been lets welcome him."
A demonstration lasting several minutes
ensued during which the name of the Ne
braskan was cheered to the echo. This
was renewed a few minutes later when
resolutions binding the convention to In
struct it delegate to Denver to vote for
the nomination of Mr. Bryan for president
were read. The resolutions were Introduced
by Judge W. P. Dtllard of Fort 8cott and
were adopted unanimously 'with a whoop.
Tho Bryan Resolntlons.
They follow:
Resolved, By the democrats of the
state of Kansas in convention asserhbled
that the delegates both delegates-at-large
and delegates lroui the several cangrea
s.unal districts to be elected by this con
vention to the national democratic conven
tion to be held in the city of Denver, Colo.,
on July 7, ISMi, be and tuey hereby are, and
each of said deltales hereby is. Instructed
to vote for the nomination of Hon. Wil
liam J. Bryan, for the nomination for presi
dent of the United States, and be It further
Resolved, That each and every per
son named as delegate-ut-lurge, and
each and every person nominated to
this convention as district delegate bjhe
several congressional district caucusese
fore his ratification and election by this
convention as such delegate, be required
to pledge himself to vote in said nauonal
convention for the nomination of said Wil
liam J. Bryan fur president of the United
States, and be It further
Resolved, That the delegates to the
elected by this convention to said
national convention be, and they are
hereby directed and instructed,, to cost the
solid vote of the state of Kansas in said
national convention for the nomination of
said William J. Bryan for president of the
United States, the desires or wishes of any
individual delegate or delegates to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Delesratesi to Denver.
Following the adoption of the resolution
committee were appointed and the con
vention took a recess till I o'clock.
At the congressional caucuses the follow
ing delegates and alternate to Denver
were selected:
First District F. M. Pearl, Hiawatha;
W. O. Rlgby, Shawnee; J. W. Walker,
Atchison; P. E. Eggin, Mayetta.
Second District W. W. Rose, Kansas
City; Frank Cunningham, Fort Scott;
James Agnew, Anderson county; E. C.
Clemmons, Miami.
Third District S. H. Henderson, Colum
bus; H. B. Goss, Sedan; G. W. Llnebaugh,
Parsons; Frank Cominkey, Crawford.
Fourth District Ed Thalt. Eureka; M. F.
Trultt, Eskridge; Charles Gantz, Osage; J.
M. McGowan, Emporia.
Fifth District H. R. Fulton, Hanover;
Dr. J. B. Stewart, Clay county; William
Grosser, Sallna; J. S. Allen, Dickinson
county.
OKLAHOMA WILL BE FOR BR Y AX
State Convention Bnturday Will Pre
sent Delegation on Platter.
MUSKOGEE, Okl., Feb. a. William J.
Bryan will be unanimously endorsed for
president at the Oklahoma democratic
state convention which will meet here to
morrowK and a solid delegation will be
sent to the Denver convention Instructed
to vote for him as A unit on any platform
that he may favor. This was conceded here
today. Marry democrats are already here.
Governor Haskell, who will dominate the
convention, arrived today and wag accorded
a big demonstration.
WAGE REDUCTION IS DESIRED
rat Western Receiver Want
Pay Less Money to All
Trainmen.
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CHICAGO. 111., Feb. 21.-A. B. BUckney
and Charles H. F. Smith, receivers of the
Great Western, strved notice on W. J.
Trost, Chicago business agent of the
Switchmen's union, that the road demands
a reduction In wagea and asked tor a
Joint conference to be held In St. Paul on
March . The engineers, firemen, switch
men and conductors on the road have agreed
to resist the denjand for a reduction, and
say that unless th road recedes from Its
position tbey will strike.
It Is more than likely that the officials
of the unions comprising the employes on
the Great Western will demand that the
wage dispute be submitted to the courts,
as provided by the Erdman act. Switch
men now are working under an agreement
which- provides for a minimum working
day of ten hour. The road proposes to
change tha minimum to five hours a day.
Sixth, District for Taft.
BUTLER, Mo.. Feb. a. Republicans of
the Sixth congressional district met here
today to elect delegatus and alternates to
the national convention at Chicago. The
convention will endorse Taft, the only con
teat being in the choice of delegates, who
will b selected this afternoon,
JAIL IS BETTER THAN HUNGER
This Doctrine from 'Woman Orator
Ron see Philadelphia Italian
to Flaht Police. ,
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. a.-A a sequel
to the remarkable scene enacted In Broad
street late yesterday afternoon, when sev
eral hundred policemen gave battle to more
than 1,000 unemployed foreigners who were
marching to the city hall for the purpose
of making a demonstration, fourteen Ital
ians were held In ball today. Five of th
ringleader were held on a charge of as
sault and battery and Inciting to riot, and
nine of the other member of the crowd
were held for Inciting to riot. A number of
witnesses were examined.
A witness testified that at the mass meet
ing which preceded the march a woman
speaker had Incited the men by declaring
"It is better to bo In Jail where you get
plenty to eat than to be out of work and
hungTy."
Voltalrlne de Clere, the anarchist, and
others addressed the meeting. She stead
fastly disclaimed any responsibility for the
march and the disorder which followed.
She said her speech wss made in English
and that half of the audience did not un
derstand her. She said she was not afraid
of the police and they knew where to find
her. During the march toward the city
hall a number of red flags were carried.
The Central Textile union at a meeting
last night decided to march In parade to
the city hall In th near future and appeal
to Mayor Reyburn for aid In obtaining
work for Its unemployed members. A reso
lution to that effect was passed before It
wag generally known that disorder had oc
curred In Broad street earlier in the even
ing. It Is said that out of the 28,000 textile
workers in the mill district 1S,000 are now
out of employment. '
The police late this afternoon arrested
Voltalrlne de Claire on a warrant charging
her with Inciting to riot.
TWO TUBES , JOIN TOGETHER
First of Penasylvanln Tunnels Meet
In Water Under the Hod
son River.
NEW TORK, Feb. a.-Tha first of the
great systems of tunnels and subways by
which the Pennsylvania railroad will be
enabled to run a train from Philadelphia
under the Hudson river across Manhattan
Island and under the Bast river to Long
Island City, was completed today. Tho
two ends of one of the fnnr tnhna mn..
'necting Manhattan Island with Long Is-
lond City were brought together under the
bed of the middle of the East river off
Thirty-fourth street before noon, and the
steel rings composing the shell of the tube
were for the first time bolted in one con
tinuous string from shore to shore.
This tube was begun In August, 1S, and
Is 4,000 feet In length. Two other tubes
will be completed within a few days and
the fourth will be. flnlrhcd within three
months, according to an announcement by
the company. The completion of the first
tunnel waa celebrated In Long Island City
by a display of flags about the works of
the company. Workmen who were digging
the tunnel from th Long Island City side
first broke through Into the end of the
tunnel extending from the Nw Tork side
last night, but th two ends wore not con
nected until today, j .
So accurate. w.i tj-ineufcuremenis of
tha engineers that th ends came together
with a variation - of only three-eighths
of n Inch. Thl system of tunnels under
the East river will connect the Long
Island railroad with the Pennsylvania
railroad's terminal now being constructed
at Thirty-third street. New York. A con
necting railroad Is to be constructed . In
Long Island City and Brooklyn to connect
with various stations of the Long Island
railroad.
PERILOUS ERRAND OVER ICE
Companion of Toledo Harbor Light
house Tender Brlnar News
ot Death.
TOLEDO, O., Feb. a. Fleeing In terror
over long stretches of treacherous ice from
the Toledo harbor lighthouse, where for
seven days he had been imprisoned with
the dead body of Captain Delos Hayden,
Joe Bernor reached the city yesterday aft
ernoon. Bernor brought the news of tho death to
friends and relatives telling of the vigil
beside the dying man In the lonely light
house and his still more terrifying experi
ence while watching over the dead body,
waiting for a turn in the weather which
would permit his escape over the ice.
Hayden was conscious to the last and left
a message for each of his relatives and
friends. He died In his faithful compan
ion's arms. Bernor placed the body in one
of the lower rooms of the lighthouse and
began his wait for an opportunity to reach
shore.
Around the lighthouse the ice was firm
under the snow and when Bernor started
he had strong hopes of reaching the shore
in safety. Yet the trip was extremely per
ilous, he being not even equipped with a
pike pole, with which to .sound tho ice.
Mbny times he fell Into airholes, going
Into the icy water to his knees. At many
places also he found open water and fre
quently he narrowly and by the merest
chanco escaped death. Bernor cannot ex
plain how he happened to reach Cedar
Point yesterday morning. He had no Idea
in which direction he was walking and
had he gone S00 feet either east or weet of
the course he happened to take he would
have missed land altogether. He took a
few hours' rebt at Cedar Point and then
proceeded to the city.
HINSHAW GROWS ILL ON TRAIN
Nebraska Cmcrreaaraan Blck While
on Way to Homo of Sena
tor Latimer.
SPARTANBURG, S. C. Fib. 3,-Repre-sentativ
Edmund H. Hlnshaw of Ne
braska, one of the congressional party ac
companying the body of Senator Iatlmer to
the latter'a home at Helton, became 111
Just before the funeral train reached here
this morning. Physicians ware summoned
to the station and It was found that Mr.
Hlnshaw waa suffering from bladder
trouble. After they had administered re
lief the train proceeded to Belton, reaching
there about noon.
GREENVILLE. S. C, Feb. 21. The
funeral services of United States Senator
Asburg C. Latimer were held in the Meth
odist church at Belton this afternoon.
SEVEN CENTS FOR FIVE MILES
Complaint Filed Aajalaat Santa Fe's
Oil (harare ta State of
Nebraska.
LINCOLN. Feb. 21.-The Kansas Co
operative Refining company today com
pleted of the oil rate from Weber, Kan.,
to Superior, Neb. It Is alleged in a com
munication to the Stat Railway commis
sion that th Santa Fe charge 7 cents a
hundred for a haul of five mile.
BANiS LAUGH AT THE PANIC
Nearly Two Million More Deposits
Than Before the Pinch.
CASH ON HAND MUCH LAEGER
Every Clearance Hnnse Institution of
Omaha Shows Gain in Making;
Report to Comptroller of
-, Cnrrencr.
After going through what was called a
"panic" in the east, the five Omaha no
tional banks have I1.833.KS more on de
posit In their vaults than they had a year
ago at the samo time, according to the
statement made Friday to the comptroller
of the currency on a call for a report at
the close of business Friday, February 14.
The deposits of the nine clearing housa
banks of Omaha and South Omah aro
$719,500 greater than when the comptroller
called for a statement during the "panic"
December S, 1907.
There I more cash In the vaults of the
njne clearing house banks by over $100,000
than was shown by the December state
ment of 1907.
Loans of the nine banks are greater than
at the time of the December coll and much
larger than when the call was made the
last of January, 1907.
The statements of the five Omaha banks
ore considered particularly strong. The
deposits of the banks, compared to the de
posits shown by the statement of January
26, 1907, are as follows:
Feb. 14. '08. Jnn. W. "07.
First National $U.W.44i $n.1",lS2
Omaha National 10.ai7.frVi 9,(W.:;lj
U. 8. National 9.052, 7R1 S.4fl2.?4l
Merchants National.... 6,Vi0.2l 5.251. XL'S
Nebraska National ... 1,6:12.518 1.6U4.IU
Totals $37,929,630 $31.096.372
Evidence of Loans.
Evidence that the banks are making loans
and have the same confidence in business
which they had during the years when
prosperity wag admitted everywhere, Is
shown In the loan statements. Three Omaha
banks have more money loaned than when
the , December statement was made. Tho
United States National bank leads with
loans $634,343 greater than on December 3,
while tho First National reports loans
$350,370 greater than at the time of the last
statement.
The statements of loans compare as fol
lows: Feb. 14, '08. Dec 3. '07.
First National $ 6,260,475 $6,910,109
Omaha National 106,415 6.5.10.075
1'. 8. National 5.S54.399 5.220.056
Merchants National... 3.747, S2 8.747,150
Nebraska National.... 849,697 V,(4.41
Union St. Yds. Nat'l.. 1.955,416 2.123.863
So. Omaha National... 1.828.703 2.035.742
Packers' National 1,632.530 1,720,293
Live Stock National.. 130,399
Totals $28,366,016 $28,291,749
While the banks were accused of pulling
in the cash and with holding large amounts
from depositors during the panic, the state
ment of their cash and due) from banks,
shows that they have about $100,000 more In
their vaults at the present time than they
had In December, and they have been pay
ing every check presented for ninety days.
The statement of the cash on hand Is con
sidered remarkable when compared to the
December statement when thousands of
cashier's chik were In circulation.
Whaf Comparison Show.
The comparative atatement of cash and
sight exchange follow:
Cash and due from other banks:
Feb. 14. 1908. Dec. 8, 1907.
First National $ 5,9oO,d76 $ 6,730,428
Omaha National 4.aiO.;iX5 3,72.9!2
V. S. National.. 3.59K.294 S.5t4,332
Merchants National ,. 2,b07,9il 2,603,8X3
Nebraska National .... 7113,520 1,1(12,019
Union Stock Yards.... 1,375,924 1,526,592
So. Omaha National.. I,ti63.619 2,182,558
fackers National 6H0.429 633.727
Live Stock National..
163.252
Totals $20,953,990 $20,876,621
Total Deposit a of All Banks.
The total deposits in the nine clearing
house banks of- Omaha and South Omaha
are $40,076,411, as compared to $46,356,903
shown in the December statement of 1907.
The Live Stock National bank of South
Omaha, which started business December
9, 1907, has secured deposits of $201,091 and
reports loans of $130,000. The comparative
statement of deposits of the nine bank
follow:
Feb. 14, 1908, Dec. 8, 1907.
First National $11,186,446 $10,742,369
Omaha National Iu,397,ti63 10,278,2i0
United States National 9,062,761 8,364,494
Merchants National ,, b.tvh.ad 6,760,442
Nebraska National ... 1,632.618 1,97a,.'
Union Slock Yards.... 3,026,198 2.840,277
So. Omaha National... 2,913.k9 3,ttiu,4t,4
Packers National 2,oou,283 1.774.275
Live Stock National..
201,091
Totals
.$46,075,411 $46,365,903
LUMBER SYNDICATE'S RECORD
Company Senator Tillman Complained
Of Backed by Men In
Mlnnesotn.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21.-The St. Paul
and Pacific Lumber and Timber syndicate,
to whose use of Senator Tillman's imnio
Mr. 'Tillman objected yesterday In the sen
ate, has offices in this city. According to
the Oregonlan, It Is composed of prominent
8t. Paul capitalists. Mr. Bryan R. Dorr,
the president of the concern, insists that
the scheme Is legitimate in every way.
The circular to which Mr. Tillman object
solicits a payment of $2u0 for preliminary
expenses Incident to locating land included
in the Coos Bay wagon road land grant
held by the Southern Oregon company.
The circular states that this grant consists
of valuable timber land and that In viola
tion of the terms of the grant the company
will refuse to sell the land In 160-acre par
cels, as provided in it grant, for $2.60 per
acre,
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 21. Bryan R.
Dorr, president of the St. Paul and Pacific
Lumber and Timber company. Is well
known In St. Paul and his mother. Mrs.
Russell Dorr, is a prominent member of
the Minnesota Federation of Women's
Clubs. Nothing, however, is known of. any
St. Paul capitalists who are connected
with tho lumber company.
President Joseph Lockey of the American
National bank, who, when asked for any
Information he might have regarding Dorr,
said:
"Dorr has a amall account, with us here
and has been carrying It for several
months past. We knew nothing of him
prior to his opening an account with us
and know nothing of him besides that."
OHIO OVER FORTY-FOOT MARK
River at Evanarlll Still Rlslasj, bnt
Dnnarer Will Probably Pas
by KlaVht.
EVANSV1LLE, Ind.. Feb. S.-The Ohio
river passed the forty-foot mark during
the night and probably will come to a
stand some time tonight. The Wabash Is
fulling at Terre Haute, and the Green
river la falling from Spottsvllle, Ky while,
th Wabash 1 almost at a standstill at
Mount Carinel, 111.
STATE BOARD BACKS ORDER
Send Two Representatives to
Connell In Vneelnatlon
Fight.
Ileln
The principal Incident of the vaccination
Injunction case before Judge Kennedy on
Friday afternoon waa the presence of two
members of the board of secretaries of
the State Board of Health. Dr. W. H.
Wilson, Inspector for the hoard, and Dr.
E. J. C. Sward of Oakland, secretary, were
present at the request of the State Ronrd
of Health, which Is hacking Dr. Connell
In his fight for universal vaccination of
school children. Both ,took the stand, but
owing to objections from the plaintiff's
attorneys were not able to testify on ma
terial points.
The plaintiff Introduced Dr. Gertrude
Cuscaddcn. who testified thst she did not
consider there was an epidemic of smallpox
In Omaha. On cross-examination Deputy
City Attorney Dunn sought to have her
fix the number of rases necessary to make
an' epidemic In Omaha, but she said that
was a matter of opinion and could not fix
a definite number.
Arguments were begun nt onre, but were
not completed yesterday.
That there was an epidemic of smallpox
In Omaha and the measures he took were
necessary to repress It. was the gist of the
testimony offered by Health Commissioner
Connell before Judge Kennedy Friday
morning In the hearing of the Breuchert In
junction case. Dr. Connell was the prin
cipal witness for the defendants. His at
torneys contended he had authority not
only from the ordinances but also because
an emergency exlf-trd to take the steps he
did to. exclude non-vaccinated children
from the public schools.
Carl E. Herring, attorney for the school
board, read Rls answer to the suit which
practically excludes the school authorities
from the case. He set forth the orders
from Superintended Davidson showing the
school authorities had taken the position
they had nothing to do with forcing pupils
to remain from school. The power and
duty to do that, according to their conten
tion, rests with the health commissioner.
JudWe Slabaugh acted both as attorney
and chief witness for the plaintiff. , He
testified that he had looked up the health
records and had found In August, 1903, when
the present ordinance was passed, there ex
isted only three cases of smallpox In the
city. This testimony wss In support of the
claim of the plaintiff that tho ordinance
is valid. It is asserted no statutory provi
sion existed at tho time giving tho council
power over vaccination and the way that
body could have the power to pass such an
ordinance would be In case of an emergency,
which, Judge Slabaugh testified, did not
exist when the ordinance wag passed.
BRADY IS jJNDER ARREST
President of Kansas City Refrig
erating; Firm I Charsred with
Kmbesslement.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 21.-Eleven in
dictments charging the' embezzlement of
$76,000 and violation of the warehouse act
forbidding the issuing of warehouse re
ceipts on merchandise not In the warehouse
when the collateral' Is Issued were returned
by the grand Jury today against J. E.
Brady, formerly president of the Merchants
Refrigerating company, which failed last
November. Two Indictments charge Brady
with the embesslement of $76,000 from the
Merchants Refrigerator company, and the
other nine Indictments, each containing
two counts, charge violations of the ware
house act. Violation of the warehouse act
Is a felony under the law. The nine vio
lations of the act are said to cover trans
actions in butter and eggs aggregating in
value about $49,000. The embezzlement In
dictments have to do with the disappear
ance of money that had been deposited to
the credit of the refrigerating company In
the National Bank of Commerce. Brady
disappeared the day before his company
failed and on the day of his disappearance
$76,000 of the company's money was with
drawn from the National Bank of Com
merce. The Investigation of the grand Jury
failed to find an accounting for the money.
The books of the company show that
there ore 261 outstanding receipts on but
ter and eggs which secure loans of $800,000
negotiated by Brady. Only a small portion
of the holders of these receipts are within
the Jurisdiction of the Jackson county
criminal court as many of the holders of
receipts arc in Kansas, Oklahoma and else
where outside of Missouri.
Brady was arrested tonight and taken to
the county Jail, and later released on bond.
DOUBLE FUNERAL SUNDAY
fthort Services Are to Be Held for
Mr-.i. F.. I.. Dodder and Mr.
Hamilton.
Until the arrival of relatives from the
east definite arrangements will not he made
for the funeral of Mrs. Edward' L. Dodder
and Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, ,vho died as
the results of burns from exploding gaso-
j line. It was decided yesterday, however,
that short bervlccs would be held at the
residence, 924 North Twenty-fifth street,
some time Sunday. The bodies of both will
be taken Sunday evenlns to Glade, Pa.,
their old home, for burial.
Mrs. Doddr was Miss Bertha Tedro be
fore tier mar riti ne two years ago. She was
born tin Glade, Pa. She was a graduate of
the class of P93, Mount Union college. Al
liance, O., and a clasmate of Mrs. Charles
A. Goss. She was a member of Delta !
Gamma sorority and prominent In sorority
circles both before and since her marriage.
She was a trained nurse at the time of
her marriage.
Mr. Tedro of Williams, la., a brother of
the two victims, and Miss Margaret Tedro
of Hebron, Neb., a r.lece, arrived in the
city Friduy afternoon.
A meeting of the undertakers of Omaha
was held at noon Friday In the Henshaw
cafe for the purpose of considering proper
steps for tho undertakers' association to
take in the rr.atter of the death of Mrs.
Dodder. N. T. Bwar.scn acted as chairman
of the meeting. 11 was decided that the
members of t!i association proffer their
Fervlces to their bereaved associate, pro
cure a suitable testimonial of flowers for
the funeral and adopt appropriate resolu
tions at a later meeting.
HEAD MEN TOO WELL PAID
Missouri Will Bnr Out Three Insur
ance Companies na Hesalt
of JS'ew Unr,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Feb. a.-Super-Intendent
Vandiver of the Insurance de
partment announced toduy that when the
state licenses of the Metropolitan, Equitable
and Prudential Llfo Insurance companies
expire In March 1, he will refuse to grant
licenses for the next year because of the
act passed by the last legislature prohibiting
the licensing of any company which pays
any of it officers salaries of over fuO.Ouo
per annul
llUKRYCALLMtLAiND
South Dakota People Anxious for
Opening- of Indian Reservation.
DELEGATION AT DEPARTMENT
Urge Negotiations Standing Rock and
Cheyenne Sioux Be Expedited.
INSPECTOR NOW ON OTHER WORK
McLaughlin to Take This Up as Soon
as He is Through in Montana.
RAILROAD CASE IS POSTPONED
Attorney for Both the State and tha
Railroads Too Rosy wUfe Other -Cases
to Ararne It Until
Early In March.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21-(Speclal Tele
gramsThe proposed opening of Standing
Rock and Cheyenne Indian reservations in
South Dakota hat reached a stage where
people from that state are coming on to
Washington for the purpose of hastening.
If possible, the conclusion of the treaty
with the Indians. The latest to appear In
behalf of the esrly opening of the reserva
tion are Isaac Lincoln, F. A. Brown and
Colonel J. H. Holmes of Aberdeen. Senator
Gamble accompanied these gentlemen to
the Interior department and participated
with them In a conference with Becrestary
Garfield today. They Jearned that the do-
lay In reaching ap agreement with the In
dians on the part of Major McLaughlin,
who has been deputized to represent tha
government In the negotiations with the
red men. Is due' to the fact that th In
spector Is needed In Montana In a case
pending before the grand Jury and until he
gets through with his business there It will
be Impossible for him to begin active ne
gotiations with the Standing Rock and
Cheyenne River Indian. Secretary Oar
field, however, assured the delegation that
the negotiations will be expedited a rap
Idly as possible.
nallroad Case Postponed.
Senator Brown, through stipulation with
the local attorney representing th defend
ants tn error in the mandamus caae of the
State of Nebraska against the Chicago,
Burlington & Qulncy Railroad,- announced
today the postponement of the hearing of
the so called railroad case until March t.
Attorney W. D. McIIugh of Omaha, who
will represent the railroads before the su
premo court, and Incidentally the Judges of
the federal district court of Nebraska,
cannot get ready for argument before this
date, and as Attorney General Thompson
and his deputy, W. B. Rose, are engaged
in case next week, It waa thought beat to
postpone the argument In this case until
later, and March 9 was agreed upon.
Stephenson Reslarnatlon la.
Secretary Cortelyou state this evening
that the resignation of Klmer H. Stephen
son as internal, revenue collector for tho
district of Nebraska h(d been received by
his department and had been accepted.
This removes the ohly obstacle In tie way
to the nomination of Ross L. Hammond as
his successor and In all probability. In
view of the fact that the senate will bo In "
session .tomorrow, his name will be sent
to the Senate by the president. If not to
morrow, then on Monday.
Dolllver to "peak for Allison.
Senator Dolllver expects tb leave for
Iowa early In March for a number of
speeches In behalf of Senator Allison's
candidacy for re-election. With Dolllver
In the field for his colleague It 1 expected
that Representative Blrdaalt, Who has an
nounced his withdrawal from the raca for
congress In. the Dubuque district, will also
go on the stump in Iowa fof the "Grand
Old Man." Within a month or six weeks
there will be a formidable array of well
known men In the state championing the
cause of William B. Allison.
Bill Similar lo Klnkald Measure.
Representative Mondell today Introduced
a bill providing that any person who Is a
qualified entryman under, the homestead
laws ot the United States may enter 320
acres or less of nonmineral, nbnlrrlgatable,
unreserved and unappropriated public land
which do riot contain merchantable or mill
ing timber, located In a reasonably 'com
pact body and not over one and one-half
miles In extreme length. The operation of
the act Is conttned to lands In the states
of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
North and South Dakota, Oregon, Utah
and Wyoming and the territories of Ari
zona and New Mexico.
Minor Matter at Capital.
Rural carriers appointed for Iowa routes:
Nora Springs, route 1, Frank E. Grove
carrier, Ray Grove substitute; Stuart,
route 4, James N. Coffin carrier, Grace M.
Chester substitute.
Senator Brown's bill increasing the cost
of the publjc building at Kearney from
$35,000 to IJie.toi ,aseed the senate today.
W. C. Lusk, editor of the Tankton Pres.
is In Washington and will return to South
Dakota the first of next week.
President William A. Bhanklln of Upper
Iowa university, located at Fayette, Is In
Washington the guest of Senator Dolllver,
who Is a trustee of that Institution.
F. W. Henkle, business manager of the
Lincoln Star, was In the city today for a
few hours on his way to Nebraska from
New York.
Senator Brown introduced II. II. Roosa
of Lincoln to the president.
R ETIHKMRMT OF Ol.ll EMPLOYES
Prealdtat Mend i to Nenate Report
from Keep Commission.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The president
today sent to the senate a report from th
Keep commission recommending th re
tirement of superannuated employe In
the classified civil erieu of the govern
ment.. A hill accompanying tho report,
approved by the Civil Service Reform
league, provides for a deduction from the
employe.' salaries of a auiticlutil percent
age monthly to create a fund to pay an
nuities equal to 1 'i per c?nt of such aU
arles. Retirement ages are from 60 to "9
years.
PROCEEDING OF THE SENATE
Mr. Perkins ftpeaks tn Favor of Lara
and fltronsT avy.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Senator ' Per
kins of California today spoke in the sen
ate In Justification of -xpindlturc for
the upbuilding of the American navy and
of the policy of sending tha flett Into the
Paclfi (ocean. IH reviews the uchleve
ments of the navy and declared that It ia
the most lopulur branch of i.m govern
ment service.
The senator adopted tho Tillman reso
lution authorising tb attorn ftnorai t
.iw, . , i .,n,. . jM'.-.a, a