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t I . TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. MARCH 5, 190S. SENATORS ODTJOR ALLISON HepreienUtiYfi From Other SUtei to Spe ak at Meeting on Seventeenth. CONVENTION MAY ENDORSE HIM Twa lew Read assert Tbr Umra I,oet Hnr Vmr taa Oprtlem nf tha Two-fft r (fr Hate Law. J (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINBS, la.. March 4. (Special.) At the Allison headquarter In thla city today It wu announced that Senator Dol llver will arPr here on March 17 or 18 to make an address In favor of Allison's re election to the United State urnate. and that with him will appear a number of United Btatee senators from other states. It was also announced that . the Polk County Allison club, which now numbers about 1.200 members, will bo organized on March 12. March 18 Is the date of the first republi can state convention. If the Dolllver meet ing is arranged for March 17, It will come the evening before th state convention. The first convention Is cslled for the pur pose of selecting 4our delegates-at-large to the national convention. Many of tha county conventions which are aelec'.lng del egates to this first state convention hava adopted resolutions favoring the re-election of Benator Allison, and It Is understood that In the present state of factional poli tics In Iowa tha Allison people recognise that the senatorial contest cannot be sepa rated from the presidential contest, and hence have not hesitated to adopt resolu tions when they control the convention. The Idea of bringing In senators from many other states to appear here at the time of the state convention and speak for Allison was first announced today, and the prestige such a move would carry la easily recognised. It Is a surprise to the Cum mins forces. No Informntlon could be given out today as' to what senators would ap pear, as this la not fully determined yet, but It Is asserted that they will Includo some of the leaders of the senate. The Allison people are asserting now that they will control the first state convention, and there Is- reasonable grounds for the clnlm. If they do It Is not unlikely that this first convention will adopt resolutions endorsing Senator Allison for re-election to the United States senate. Police Stop a Show. Clilef . of Follce Jones today Issued an order putting a stop to the performances of "Twentieth Century Maids" and order ing th arrest of the manager and actors unless certain parts of the show are cut out. Night Sergeant Hammer was ap pointed '.o attend the show; last night. Me reported this morning that parts of the show were vulgar, and the order at Chief Jones followed. Go rare Going Oat. The big Ice gorge In the Raccoon river which hai been- threatening property for two weeks and which was prevented from doing damage only by cold weather. Is gradually being moved. By exploding dyna mite today workmen today were able to break out considerable chunks of Ice, which were floated down the river. If they have as great success tomorrow It Is believed they will be successful In remov ing all danper. Thrift Breaks- Rlba. Adjutant General ,W. It. Thrift fell on the capltol steps and broke three ribs. It will probably, be a. month before he will be able to be at his office again. An examination cf commissioned officers la being held at the state house of officers who have been elected to positions subject to examination. Arbitrators Do Not Agree. No agreement has been reached by the board of arbitration In the question of wages of the street car men of this city. The board waa In session all day yesterday and convened again this morning at 10 o'clock. Lawyers Disagree. Lawyers disagree as to whether or not It Is necessary for voters to be registered In order to vote at the coming city pri maries and election for mayor and commis sioners under the new commission plan. City Solicitor Brenner took the position that they did. not need to. Other lawyers say It Is necessary, Tha legality of the vote Is at stako and the controversy Is causing confusion. Inarches Advertise In Street Cars. Des Moines churches are advertising In street cars.. In many of the street car a modest, dignified advertlsment of Bt. Mark's Epis copal church appears. The card gives the location of the church, the hour of aer- 'Vices, Kev. Thomaa Casslday'a name 'and an Invitation to attend the church. Des Moines churches have often used tha ' columns of the dally newspaper to ad- ; vertlse their meeting, but this la the first 1 time that street car advertising has ap ' ptared. In other cities this plan has been used and has proved to be successful, i ' Rone) Claims Loaa. ; Stockholder of the Iowa Central and ' Minneapolis Bt. Louis railway who last year tried to stop the t-cent fare law from going Into effect In this state have filed With the United States circuit clerk here an amended and supplemental complaint again asking for an Injunction against the law. In thla second complaint the roads give a report of receipts and earning for the six months under the new law from .July 1. 1907, to December 81, 1S07. The re- giorts for both roads show a lesa amount received for passenger transportation and A PerfectSubstitute FOR GELATINE can be prepared instantly by simply stirring contents of one package into a pint of boiling water. No soaking, sweetening-, flavoring- or B fussing. Everything in the package. i -W II 11 1r ""J lbLL0 The Dainty Dessert IpiYcA atrial and ) ou wiI1 never use gelatine again. 7 flavors. Sold bv all ''C?Vc Pr package. Highest award, gold medal. St. Louis and Portland. TOE C EKES EE FUSE portatlon. s follows: The reports for the two tonils Is s Iowa Central. l!r?. No. passengers carried. '93.037 Total pasHngr rev....T)n.3 24 Totol cost. pass. bus.... 823.431. ft Net Cost paas. bus. .. . 214.W7.30 C. M. & St. I,. , lo7. No. passengers carried. 2T.1M Total passenger rv KB.M 17 Total cost pass. bus.... 2"9.444.15 Net. cost pass, bum 249.8K4.7D 19!. 3.t 41 $'24.0Vi 95 Z13.742.S1 209,714.85 150. 21H.573 81KV116 36 24K.R40.87 2J3.M7.4fi Creston Chareh Calls Pastor. CRESTON, la., March 4. (Special Tele gramsRev. Frank I. Hanscom, of Rock ford, la., haa accepted a call to the Con gregational church here, and will take up the work Arrll 1. Mr. Hanscom waa a can didate here about a month ago and created a favorable Impression. Iowa News Notes. , CRESTON Mies Rena Phllpott of this City and John Klrkman of I-enox were united In marriage, Sunday, March 1. at the home of the bride's parents. Rev. Oaaton of the Baptist church performing the ceremony. CRESTON Des Molnea despatches state that the stock of the Dee Moines, Creston ft Wlnterset interurban Is being raplilly taken by the merchants there. This Is good news to Creston. It Is hoped actual work will soon begin on the enterprise. LAKE CITY The proposed Interurban railway from Des Moines to Storm Lake via Sac City, Je-fferson and Lake City has assumed definite proportions, having been fully organised. A mas meeting was held at this place Saturday night, at which un limited enthusiasm waa manifested. IDA GROVia-The .farmers in Ida county are now riding In automobiles. John P. Turin, one of the most prominent and well-to-do farmers In Ida county, and in cidentally a member of the Board of Su pervisors, haa Just purchased a fine new touring car that seats five passengers. IDA OROVB Blackleg ha appeared among the cattle In Blaine townahlp, Ida county, on the farm of S. T. Churchill, between here and Arthur. Dr. A. 8. Dem Ing pronounced the disease undoubtedly blackleg and a very close watch la being kept on this and other big herds In the county. i CRESTON Yesterday afternoon and last night the members of the Elks lodge enter tained their women friends at the club parlors. In the evening Agnew's orchestra gave a concert from 8:30 until 9 o'clock, after which a ball was indulged In. A large number were In attendance and It waa quite an elaborate affair. CRESTON The prohibitory amendment campaign waa launched In this city Sunday by Rev. W. (9. Barber, superintendent of the antl-saloon lwucue, and Rev. W. Z. Allen, field secretary, and Rev. M. T. Butterfleld, president of the Amendment league. These ministers spoke in the local churches to large audiences. MAR8HALLTOWN Wllllard Hull, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hull of this city, has been appointed vice consul general at Canton, China. Mr. Hull has held a like position at Hankow, China. The appoint ment carries with It an Increase of salary. Mr. Hull's request for a leave of absence this summer has been refused by the de partment. SIOUX CITY C. 8. Bennett, acting chair man of the republican county central com mittee has Issued the official call for the county convention to be held In Sioux City, March 12. The convention will name twenty-four delegates to attend the state republican convention in Des Moines, March 18. The convention will bo made up of 216 delegates of which Sioux City will be entitled to 119. SIOUX CITY Photographers from Ne braska, South Dakota and Iowa to the number of 150 gathered In Sioux City today for a three days' convention. The meet ing Is the third of Its kind held by the organization and the visiting picture taker will be elaborately entertained during their stay. J. C. Barbeau will be In charge of the demonstration worK ana will De assisted by K-WenU. J. C. Scott. C. C. Moore, H. fc Miles ana &. u. Hurieign. IDA GROVE A romance of a doten years' duration ended here Saturday In the marriage or mjss r annie K.egrice, daugh ter of one of the most prominent and best Ida Grove families, to Mr. 8. E. Zimmer man of Omaha. They went to the home of ltev. A. K. bmltn and were quietly mar ried without attendants or display and were then guests at dinner that evening of the bride's brother, J. V. Kegrloe. They will live in omana, wnere me groom naa been connected the last year with the Burling ton railroad. CRESTON Union county democrats met In convention here yesterday and In dorsed William Jennings Bryan for presi dent and elected ten delegates to the state convention to be held at Cedar Rapids, March 28. A resolution was adopted that the delegates selected by this convention be Instructed to vote for delegates to the national convention wno are known to be true and tried friends of William Jennings Bryan and 'Will give htm a platform and a national committee that Is In accord with' his well known views of economic ques tions. SIOUX CITY-Denutv United States Mar shall J. A. Tracy today received an order from the Postofflce department at Wash ington notifying him to deny the Globe Realty company through its Bioux City agent, W. C. Bmlth, the use of the mall. It Is charged by the government that the company is conducting a scheme for ob taining money through the malls by means of false and fraudulent pretenses In vio lation or the federal statutes. The com pany contracts for the sale of real estate by Inserting advertisement In the news Dariers to the effect it can sell nrorjertv of any kind and description. MARSHALLTOWN The Marshall countv democratic central committee. In session today, fixed the date for the county con vention and apportioned the number of delegatea for each voting precinct. The date chosen Is Saturday, March 4. ne del egate was allowed each voting precinct ana in anuuion one aeiegate ror every twenty or fraction over ten votes cast for Claude R. Porter In 19US. This will give the convention eighty-five delugates. The county Is entitled to eight delegate to the state convention. The prohibitionists fixed Saturday, March 7, for their county con vention at a meeting of the county cen tral committee held Saturday, IOWA CITY-A peculiar and painful ac cident happened at North Liberty, on the Interurban road between here and Cedar Rapids. Monday. The exDresa aeent of th road was loading some goods on the 7 ociock car mis morning and was directly behind the engineer of the car, who was seated In his compartment at the forward end of the car. While in a stooping posi tion the agent attempted to draw his re- with his movements. In doing so the weapon, a 44-callbre affair, waa dlachamff,l and the ball passed through the thin wood partition separating the express and en gineer's compartment, struck the seat of me engineers chair and passed through, lodging In his hip. Mr. SoukuD was re. moved to St. Luke's hospital at Cedar Kunids, wnere tils condition Is reported to oe serious. a greater expense for such Iran 1 luusiratea xecipe Book, Free. CorriDlies with all Pure Frwl T .aro FOOD CO; Le Bey, N.Y. FISH OUT OF DIRECTORATE Stockholderi of Illinois Central Rail road Elect New Board. HARRLMAN PARTY IN CONTROL It la I'nabte. However, to Master Two-Ttilrrts Votes Necessary to Bar Two Branch Maes. CHICAGO. March 4. The long struggle for control of the Illinois C-r.tral was ended, at least temporarily, yesterday when the official adjourned meeting of the stock holders was held and four dlrectora were elected. With only formal protests recorded by the Interests headed by Btuyvesant Fish, which have been opposing the administra tion of the road, E. H. Harrlman and John Jacob Astor were re-elected to the board; A. O. Hackstaff, who has been serving as a director since the death of John C. Well ing,, wa chosen to fill- the unexpired term, and Joseph F. Titus waa elected to succeed Btuyvesant Fish upon the directorate. Mr. Titus, however. Is to serve only a few weeks. President Harahan announcing to the stockholders that J. Ogden Armour of Chicago will be chosen to the board In plaoe of Mr. Tltus as soon as the stock owned by Mr. Armour can be transferred to his ac count on the books, thua making him a stockholder of record. Mr. Fish waa not present at the meet ing and only a few of his allies were there to watoh his Interests. Neither were the bulk of the proxfee neld by Mr. Fish pre sented to tne proxy committee. The report of that ooay snowed that B84.6R8 shares, out of a total of 960,400 outstanding, were en titled to be voted. Of these 6S1.456 were held by President Harahan. Branch Lines Not Purchased. The comparatively small representation of stock at the meeting had one effect which waa a bit disappointing to the ad ministrative forces. With less than two thirds of the outstanding stock voting, it waa found lrrrposstble to ratify legally the action of the board of directors to purchase two amall branch lines the Kensington & Eastern and the Memphis & State Line railroads. The charter of the railroad re quires that 632,600 shares shall be voted In favor, of any proposition looking to the purchase of other railways. Today only 683,046 were offered In favor of the plan to purchase the two lines In question. The Kensington A Eastern runs from Kensing ton, 111., to Hammond, Ind., acting as a connecting link between the Illinois Cen tral and various roads. The Memphis ft State Line Is a belt road around Memphis, Tenn. Both properties. It waa stated by President Harahan, have been constructed with funds furnished by the Illinois Cen tral. He added that the projects were be gun during the administration of Mr. Fish. In addition to electing the directors the stockholders tatlt'led the purchase of cer tain terminal facilities in New Orleans and Memphis. The value of these was stated to be In the neighborhood of Jl.COO.OOO. Statement by Mr. Fish. Mr. Fish gave out last night the state ment relative to his absence from the stockholders' meeting: I refrained from taking any part In the meeting because I deemed It best for those stockholders whose proxies I hold, that neither they t or I be in any manner bound by any thing done at the meeting. Mv first intention had been to attend the meeting and not present any proxies. In which case It might have been claimed that as I held proxies and was personally present those who had given me proxies were also present. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Quaint and Cnrlons Features of Life In a Rapidly Crowing tate. Threats Some miscreant drove a file or knife blade Into the Yale lock on the jus tice's office at the village hall Monday night and entrance had to be effected through a second story window and the lock takea) off and replaced with a new one. This Is rather expensive deviltry the board thinks and the doer of It had better not let himself get caught, now or here after Wlsner Free Press. Pretty Good Slie Then A farmer made an unsuccessful search for a hogshead large enough to scald a big fat hog In. He claimed the hog was so large that It was Impossible to get It Into his wagon without the means of a derrick and pro posed to kill provided he could get a vessel large enough to get a gooi scald. Speaks well for Nebraska products. Lincoln News twenty-five years ago. Burden of Proof in Their Favor A crowd1 of gentlemen who are Just as much at home at a rooster fight as at a revival meeting, composed of Will Gardner, A. B. May, Ernest Krassman, Percy Gardner, John Patterson, Jr., Jamea Smith and Will Free, went to Grand Island Thursday to spend the evening. They say that they went up to attend the meeting of the An cient Free and Acoepted Masons, and as they are all Masons and all give the same account of their experiences there Is prob ably some truth In their Btory. Central City Republican. Bridge Is off Color A party of young people from Gerlng were on their way to Scott's Bluff Friday night for a skating party and while on the Gerlng bridge the whlffletreea became detached from the wagon, the wagon was thrown against the railing, which broke off, and the wagon and load wero thrown v to the Ice of the river below. The team ran away.- The most seriously injured were Helen Feufch. leg broken: Harry Barton, hip Injured; Raymond Neeley, shoulder dislocated; Bes sie Lamm, Mamie Barton and Leone Boul ware, badly bruised, and several others more or less injured. There were ten peo ple In the load. Such accidents as these are bringing the old bridge Into disrepute. Mitchell Index. RAILWAY FIREMEN MEET Joint Protective Boards Issue State, meat ResardlaK Pay and Con ditions of Work. PvnMA. 111.. March 4.-The two days conference of the chairmen of the Joint protective boards of all railway systems east of Chicago, with Grandmaster John J. Hannahan and Grand Secretary-Treasurer w. S. Carter, of the Brotherhood oi Loco motive Firemen and Enginenen, which has been considering reduction of pay oi the tn-mhrs of the brotherhood, came to a close tonight, and Grandmaster Hannahan i..n a statement of the conditions, pro testing against a lower wage schedule or h rh&nza of rules now In effect tnat will work a hardship to the englneir.en. Ths report embodies the following: The first effect of a decrease In tho . i . . . i i..in.,. r. t a rill.nv rnmnunv la TUIUIIIf VI - - . . - felt by the men engaged In the operation of railway trains, wiore me puuuu im twir xant that a depression has set In, men in the railway train strvlca find that their in comes are reduced because of the discontin uance of some of the trains. Just how a man In railway engine serv'c. who finds his Income reduced from & to t) per ctnt bettuse of a dicrease of traffic, can stand an additional reduction of waea. Is a problem some one other than a railway employe must solve. The fact that the en cinemen In train service are paid by the r. . w mnW thtfOr income depend only on the -!"! of bunlness thtiy ... in train uirviri). Tii statistics of railway companies and of the Interstate Commerce Commission, show that a single crew In train service transport today an average or nesriv i.wi tons of freight more than flftfen yesrj ago, with only $2 to $.1 per WO miles Inrresaa In waves for the train crew. If we era to JxuUre by the tonnsge hnuled and the coal consumed by our modern locomotlvte, the locomotive firemen are today working at a less rate of pey than ever before In the history of American railways. Grandmaster Hannahan left tonight for Chicago, where tomorrow he will attend a conference of the heads of the ral'road brotherhood to consider the question of wage reduction. LOCK BROKEN FROM INSIDE Details of "Dor In Bank Bobbery at Chlhnahaa Five Employes Are Vnder Arrest. CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March 4. The daring bank robbers, wha on Sunday re moved $29S,O00 from the vaults of the Chi huahua branch of the Banco Mlnero, took the money from a vault directly under the study of Governor Enrique Creel, who haa a residence In the upper stories of the building. The lock to the document vault was broken from the Inside and the currency taken consisted of notes already Issued and passing constantly over the counters. The numbers are unknown and Identification will be practically impossible. A statement has been Issued by the bank officials calling in all outstanding 1,000 peso notes for redemption. Most of the missing money waa of this denomination. A large quantity of silver, gold and bills of small denomination were untouched by the robbers, although they were lying in the same compartment from which the cur rency was taken. It Is believed that the robbers had ac complices among the bank employes and that they were concealed In the vault be fore closing time Saturday afternoon. The lock being broken from the Inside of the vault supports this theory. The bank watchman, the porter and two or three men of unknown antecedents have been arrested and are held In Jail In communicado, American detectives are here at work on the case, but If they have a clue to the robbers the authorities re fuse to make It public. BANK OF COMMERCE TO OPEN Comptroller of tho Tressnry W. B. Rldarely to Be tha New President. KANSAS CITT, Mo., March 4,-It waa announced here tonight that the National Bank of Commerce of thla city will re open its doors Monday, March to. In Its own quarters In the new Commerce build ing, with $6,000,000 capital In Its valuta. W. B. Ridgely, comptroller of the curr ency, according to the announcement, will be president of the bank. Edward Ridgely, his brother, will be cashier and George T. Cutts, the government receiver now In charge, will be first vice president. The board of dlrectora will include many local More Charges Agrnlnst MacDIarmld. MARBHALLTOWN, la., March .(Spe cial Telegram.) Three additional informa tions were filed late this afternoon aga.nst Dr. Stuart B. MacDIarmld, president of the closed Green Mountain Savings bank. In Jail here on the charge of fraudulent bank ing. These charges are perjury, conspiracy and embezzlement. The conspiracy charge alleges MacDIarmld conspired with the cashier, Donald B. Johnson, and E. L. Col lins of Omaha, a director, to wreck the bank. The charge of perjury Is also filed against Johnson, whose preliminary exam ination began this afternoon. F. E. Rob erts, of the state auditor's office. Is the complainant In each Instance. The examin ation Is being held' behind closed doors. Four witnesses, Lei and Windsor, bank ex aminer, of Des Moines, and J. A. Lynch, William Pierce, and Forrest Gustafson, of Green Mountain, were examined. They were depositors during the time the state claims the bank was insolvent. Windsor's testimony related to Johnson's knowledge of the bank's Insolvency. University Debate. IOWA CITT, la:.1 March . 4. (Special.) The university championship debate will be settled on March 27, when the Marshall law team will meet the trio from the Zeta- gathlan Literary society. The preliminaries were held on Saturday night, and the two teams named were successful In winning the decision over their opponents. The Marshall law team last year defeated the team of the law school of Kansas univer sity, and the men on this year's debate are anxious to sustain that reputation. The two teams won on opposite' sides of the prelimi naries, and great Interest Is manifested In the outcome of the final debate for the championship. The members of the two teams are: Marshall law, EL L. Edmund- son, Columbus Junction; 8. J. Leon, Des Moines; C. H. Belknapp, Fayette. Zeta- gathlan. E. C. Robblns, Cedar Rapids; C. D. Klger, Brltt; J. T. Colgrove, Russell. The winners and losers, as well, on this last of the series will be awarded medals or rings by the. Forensic league. Federal Bnlldlna; to Be Enlarged. FORT DODGE, la.. March 4-(Speclal Telegram.) A telegram was received today announcing the appropriation of 1130,600 for enlarging the postofflce here. The appro priation was made at the request of Senator Allison. After tha. building haa been re modeled the federal officers located In other parts of the state probably will be located here. Do Not Take the "Just as Goods." Red Cross -- Cough Drops real thing. 6c. We must all use laxatives we who eat rich foods and exercise too little. The best way to take them is a Cascaret at a time when you need it You know when you need Cascarets. You feel a certain dullness, a depression perhaps the ap proach of a headache. . You say, "I must take something tonight." But why do you waste the day? It is easy to keep at your best at all times, if you'll do it. The way is to carry a box of Cascarets with you. Take one just as soon as you need it. Then the clouds rise at once. Tho need for Cascarets U a natural need. Don't think thit you art drugging yourself. We must get a laxative sorce way. If we don't get it through nercise, and through proper food, we must get It otherwise. Cascarets are the nest best way. Ask your Doctor about it. He will tell you that the day of the violent purgative is past. The day of pills, salts, castor oil and cathartics. This Is the day of the gentle In medicine, the natural, the pleasant. Cascarets act just as certain foods act just as exercise acts on the bowels. Cascarets are candy tablets. They are sold by all druggists, but never in bulk. Be sure to get the genuine, with CCC on every tablet. The price is 50 cents, 25 cents and 10 Cents per Box, M Our Letter Box Contributions on timely topics Invited. Write legibly on one sMe of the paper only, with neme and address appended. Unused contributions will not be re turned. Ietters exceeding 00 word wll be subject to being cut down at the discretion of the editor. Publication of views of correspondents does not com mit The Bee to their endorsement. v "What Khali We Do to Be Saved." OMAHA, March 8,-To the Editor of The Bee: The present condition of the negro In Omaha la one that needs the consideration of the people in general. Since my arrival In this city I have watched hl condition with Intense Interest and find that the churches, or the better class of negroes have not given suf ficient attention to the condition of their unfortunate brothers. I believe that this condition should be charged largely to the lenders and the pulpit orators of our city. What have the churches done to better the conditions? practically nothing, to my observation. It Is not enough that our churches open their doors once a week, for there Is a class of negroes that do not frequent the churches, many of whom at tend the' houses of worship rarely, If at all, and there must therefore be 1 put Into operation some other effort In order to reach this class. It must be borne in mind that he la bone of our bono, and flesh of our flesh, and that he needs our sympathy and care. If we do not seek to save him he will eventually destroy us. I believe that If the proper Interest had been manifested by the Intellectual men and women of our city we might by this time have had some Institution in. operation to which we could have invited them from the red light dis trict of our city to a respectable place, where we could talk with them and teach them better things. If our various denom inations would spend more time In dis cussing s,uch problems It would moan much to the moral side of life as well as In crease the membership of our various churches, and we would not have to regret so often the unfortunate brother who falls Into the hands of the destructive clement. There are many Institutions of vice In Omaha that are offering all kinds of In ducement to entrap both races. We have dance halls, pool rooms, and olher dens of wickedness that are open day and night, and .that extend a cordial Invitation to whomsoever will come. The saloons of our city give our young men a welcome greet ing, and many of the saloons place pipers where they may be easily read, and have amusements In store. Why wouldn't they frequent such places? On the other hand, the churches have offered them no Induce ments whatever. The young negro that comes to our city haa nowhere to go, unless to the gambling room or the club house. Is not the purpose of Christianity to lift up fallen humanity? It the pastors do not lead their respective congregations to higher Ideals of life, we cannot expect better re sults. Until there have been founded such Institutions as the Toung Men's Christian association, well equipped to furnish amuse ment, you will always have trouble. The association work has proven to be the only medium by which the young men can be reached. I believe that that will be the only redeeming feature for the negro of Omaha, and until the churches have pro pared such an Institution for the young people, they will have no right to crlt'clse the negroes In regard to where they spenJ their Idle time. In this intelligent age we must learn to be up and moving, keep'n? step with the moving spirit of the age. We cannot afford to neglect anything that will tend to morally, physically, Intellectually and spiritually elevate our race. The pul pit orators must be dignified and take a firm stand for righteousness If they are to be esteemed and respected In the city In which they live. The world Is looking to the pulptta for light, and if they do not truly represent the lowly Nazarene, what other refuge hava we? i A. D. LACET. Caught in the Act and axrested by Dr. King's New Life Pills, bilious headache quits and liver and bowels act right. 26c For sale by Beaton Drug Co Workman Instantly Killed. BIOUX C1TJ. Ia. March 4.-(SpeclU Telegram.) Robert Condron, 41 years old, waa Instantly killed In a fall from the wall of the plant of the Interstate Brewing company at noon today. A swinging der rick caused the scaffolding on which he was at work to swing. wh.U ihyr irink a . f is r ft . I U.a.l SCOTCH 6 IRISH .WHISKIES, J Hi Waldorf Importation Company -vWakiorf-Astona noleL, T'VX NEW VORK. Good On Hot Calces if Kro Corn Syrup a better tyrup than you ever tasted. i i 11 CORN SYRUP a food sweet and v every purpose for which can be used. In 10c, 25c, 50c sir CORN PRODUCTS MFC. CO. Talks About the National Corn Exposition What the Corn Shw Me&nt to the Middle Weat. Throughout the agricultural west, the villages, towns and cities grow and develop at about the same rate that the farming community around them develops. Country homes are built and Improved; herds are estab lished and increased and farm implements bought and paid for, according to the resources of the farm, as shown by the cash crops sold. When the corn crop goes wrong, business goes wrong. The manufacturing, Jobbing and retail Interests of the west note carefully the crop conditions from week to week and they gauge their business, in a large measure, by the corn crop barometer. Land vnluee are sustained by the earning capacity of each indi vidual acre. Just the same as industrial stock values are-sust&lned, according to the earnings and security of stocks. When good crops are sold at fair prices, the necessities of life, such as groceries, clothing, fuel, farm implements and school books are freely purchased and then, perhaps, the piano the son and daughter are allowed to attend the high school or university. A decrease in crop production is reflected throughout almost every channel of industry.' The railroad lines build no additional cars; train crews are laid off; factories are operated only bait time; the grocer and the clothing merchant order sparingly. , The educational campaign, along agricultural lines, that has been conducted in recent years, such as seed corn special trains and farm ers institutes, has yielded large returns. The states of Nebraska and Iowa alone have given ' . " " ' ' ; ' an increase of more than fifty million bushels of corn in three seasons. What did it mean to you and to your busi ness to have S20.000.000 or $25,000,000 additional placed into the chanels of business in these two states? There are no business Interests which failed to share this Increase, directly or Indirectly. Not the least of the benefits are the surroundings found in the farm homes. As each new problem of nature's methods of produc ing crops unflld itself to the corn grower, he entertains a higher notion about his future plans. There is less talk about renting the farm and moving to town. At least 5,000 exhibitors will compete for prizes to the probable value of f 50,000.00. The National Corn Exposition stimulates Interest in better corn and better grain upon thousands of farms. To produce a prize-winning ten-ear sample of corn means work . intelligent plans and well directed energy, that always prompts the growing of better crops on the entire farm. A forty acre field with a larger yield and better Quality of corn, will Influence many other' forties in that community. There is both fascination and profit in producing larger yields and better quality of grain and live stock. Striving to win a prize means getting better acquainted with nature's way of producing plant life. Success, satisfaction, contentment and prosperity seem to blend in one harmonious whole. Better equip ment, better homes and better citizens are sure to . follow, wbore these educational campaigns are properly directed. This is tho fifth of a series of advertlsments, which will be published, giving information regarding what the National Corn Ex position is and what it means to you and the whole United States. HEADQUARTERS, ROOM 606, BEE BUILDING, OMAHA. TEL. DOUGLAS 2527. Wouldn't an oilice be a great convenience? In many lines of business a vault in connection with the office is not only desirable, but really a 1 necessity, when you stop to think what the loss of your books and papers would mean to you. If you keep your valuable papers and books in a vault there is absolutely no possibility of their being ' destroyed by fire. ' . THE BEE BUILDING la the only building- In Omaha whers the vaults are built ef brick and rest on a foundation from th ground up. They are not merely flimsy affaire, constructed of fire-tile on tha floor, when ever they happen to come. While there Is no possibility of a fire In a fire-proof building spreading, yet the contents of your offloe may be burned up, for example, by a waste paper bask&t cauhlnc fire. There are three offices rrlth vaults that we can show you. r en ling iroiu eignieeji o iiry auimrs per month, and varying In site from 160 to 170 square feet of floor spLca If you are loter estea, make your selection at once. For office spaoe, apply to Room 105 E. W. BAKER, Supt. 'COXUSYKUPj best fulfils a syrup - tight tins. with a vault Bee Building. 4 r v.