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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1903.
Oil AHA FOR DEEP WATERWAY
Ctlef&tei Goinff to Chicago to Three
Dayi1 Xteting of Association.
TRIP V7VLL H jtAD TO 'CANAL
I klngo tommrwlil Association Kor-
Itbfi "peela! Trains to Go to
t mpleted Section of Lakes
to llf tasnl.
'
'.' i '.
mugh a tang way 'foiu the pro
lxsed "Lakes" to the Oulf Deep Water
way Canal" Omahans are going to Chi
cago Tuesday and Wednesday to attend
the nieetlnjf of the. waterway association
und bot,.i,th work, which promises to
be the first successful attempt to 1m
lroe and utilize the waterways of tlia
.imfrlrin continent.
A dele gates .from the Commercial club,
heal EHate e.tc Imnge.- and appointed by
Governor .Sheldon, the following will
leave Tuesday evening for Chicago: O.
v. Wattles, Victor Roeewater, David
lole, N. . I'pdlke, WUUam Btull and
1. U. Wead. Mr. Wead will attend a
meeting of the executive council of Jlha
Missouri River Navigation congress.
The ti!p to Chicago Is to be mora than
Interesting to delegates It Is to be OM
i,l the most Instructive meetings ever
held In the Interest of waterways.
Wednesday atternoon the delegates will
taken by special train on a trip to
..i.iect the completed part of the deep
v. aterwuy from Chlcago'to Jollet. The
.A'iirloii is tendered the visiting dele
uutej hy the Chicago Association of Con-
Tlarhot Will Speak. ,
Another feature of the meeting will be
t..s fact taat no evcjilng ttesslon are to
j hUd. The convention' will do all Us
v.uik in daylight. 'Thursday morning W.
j. biyan will address the meeting and
in the afternoon Clifford Plnchot, chair
man of "the national conservation move
nt nt, will be the principal speaker.
Theodore 1 hnts, president of the
Cover Leaf and the Clilcago & Alton
.allwaya, will be one Of the speakers
i lUay, as will John A. Ockerson. mem-
u- of the Mississippi River . commit
.ion. who speaks on "What Europe Is
uolng with Waterways."
Speaking of what the meeting means
to Omaha, 8. A. Pearl of the Missouri
i.lver Navigation congress said: "I hope
tiny got that deep waterway from Chl-i-ugo
to the gulf; it will help Omaha. I
hope they open the Missouri river from
Kansas City to the junction with the
deep waterway canal, as It mean! lower
rates from Kansas City to the gulf and
Hum Omaha to the gulf.. Last of All, I
want to see the river used to Omaha.
It can be and will be. The work to se
cure the deep waterwaV from the TTrxe
to the guir le like building a trunk line
f railroad the branches will ear com
later."
n.AXS FOR WATERWAYS MEETING
Bryan and Taft to Be Amoif
Speakers.
CHICAGO. Oct. 4. -The National Deep
Waterway convention, organised, to promote
the building of an InJund ship waterway
from Lake Michigan through th Mississippi
river to the gulf of Mexico, will open in
Chicago on, Wednesday for a three days'
session. Delegates, including governor,
member of congress, engineers and prom
inent men from, all part of the country
are expeoted to be present. It I announced
that 3,000 acceptance to invitation, nave
been received.. W, F, Taft and W, J. Bryan
ar: Id le Nnmong. thg' spealtera. .'.Mr.' Taft
Will speaa" At tl o'clock on Wednesday
miming, while Mr. Bryan will, speak at
the same hour on the following morning.
Illinois already ha expressed ' practical
interest ' In ' the lake to the gulf plan by
arranging that the voters of the. state at
the. November election shall' determine
whether KO.000.WO shall be expended by
them in building that section of the water
way which would extend from Chicago to
the Mississippi river. For thl reason Gov
ernor Deneen of Illinois ha been selected
to preside at the opening session. The open
ing address. t will be delivered by President
W. K. Kavanaugh, who will' be followed by
Mr. Taft
At 1:30 Wednesday afternoon the delegate
are to be taken by spqclal train down the
Illinois drainage canal to Lockport, 111., the
canal being the proposed route of the deep
waterway. Explanations of how the drain
nge canal came to be built will be made
by Robert R. McCormlck, president of the
canal district; Lyman S. Cooley, engineer,
and Isham Handolph, chairman of the Illil
nols State Waterways commission. On
Wednesday night the officer of the conven
tion will attend a banquet to be given by
the Chicago Association of Commerce.
Following Mr. Bryan' 'speech Thursday,
an address will be made by Glfford Plnchot,
i l airman of the National Con rvatlon com
mission. In the evening of that day a
smoker will be given at the Coliseum. On
Friday the speakers are to be T. P. Bhonti,
president of the Alton and Clover Leaf
railroad systems, and Colonel John Ocker
son of the Mississippi River commission.
Officers will then be sleeted and reports
from special committees received. During
the day the visitor are to be taken by au
tomobile through Chicago. On thousand
automobiles are expected to be In line and
banner and transparencies "boosting" th
project are to be displayed.
Th general arrangement for the con
vention are being made by Secretary W. F.
Baunder of St Louts and Assistant Secre
tary Oeorge E. Plumb of Chicago. The
official declar that every state In th
union will be represented, Missouri heading
the list In the stse of Its contingent. The
Mlesourtana will com by a special train.
Th first waterway convention was held ln
St. Lout. At the last previous one, held
in Memphis, President Roosevelt attended.
On Tuesday evening before th opening of
the convention there will be a banquet of
Importance at the Vnlon League club. John
F. Wallace, former chief engineer of the
Panama canal, la to be a speaker.
Removes Poison Germi of Catarrh
and Rheumatism from the Blood
For catarrh of the bead un a teaspoon
ful of salt and quarter teaspoohful of
boras dissolved In a pint of warm water.
Snuff thl mixture through the nostril
twice dally and Immediate relief is ex
perienced. To cure, a constitutional blood
remedy must be used. Catarrah and
rheumatism are both du to aet-amulated
poisons In th system. These poison
ought to be eliminated through the skin
the bowela and the urinary tract.
The following simple horn mixture war-
ant the utmost faith, as It effectually
act. on the kidneys, the bowels and th
skin, cauairg them to resume their func
tions quickly and properly.
Tou can m i it at home or nave any
bonct drugg'st do so. Or.e-half cuac of
fluid extract Duchu.. one ounce compound
f u d Ualuiwort. and two ounce syrup
EarfapaiUK compound. Mix, and tak a
teaspjciifvl f;er each meal and one at ro
ll rli.tf. Many 'case rf catarrh, rheuma
tism and kldiwy trouble have already bene
fltd by tl treatment, n4 thl is th
Kcswu a baft avai l)' t vvry cne need it.
Another Phase
Mr Hon.
In negatively discussing the subject of
"Bank Guaranty Of Deposits" In an arllclv
published several weeks sgo, I mad the
Stolemcnt that the stockholder Is as much
entitled to protfctlon In Ma or her own In-
vestment as the depositor. If banks are to
be required to guarantee each other' lla-
bllltles or the government is going Into the
insurance business.
Exception Jiaa been taken to this position
on the ground that the stockholder are
virtually the bank and, therefore, are not
on tho same footing with the depositors.
It Is claimed that as they elect the dlrec-
fnr md ii.n AWftnr w th minMim
officers, If the tiank la mismanaged they
have It within their power to change the
board and through the board effect a
change In the management and thus pro-
tect their own Interests. This is true In
theory, but not In practice.
The Impression seem to prevail that the
capital stock of hanks 1 owned largely by
the director, and officer and few .hare- n,tItutlons which th,o stockholders were p(.tltlon with othef banks In their lo
holders Any One who has Inspected the renulrMi to mnUe goci by asessment on caIItyi whlcn rely MX(nn their reputation
lists of stockholders In
.mnu....
knows that In a large majority of oases
the stock I. very widely distributed and
that tlx board of director, and managing
officer own but a (mail proportion of the
total shares. In many Instance the direc
tors own only the minimum number of
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which, In national banks, Is five or ten
share each, according to the amount of
The annual report of tho comptroller of
the currency for 1904 shows that on July
4, 1904. the number of shareholders In tho
national banks then In operation wis
318,736. Of thl number 104.U4 were women.
The number of share held was J. 834,404, of
which amount 1.KS.448 share were owned
by women. The average par value of tne
sharea was JS7.23.
On July 4, 1904, the date of these returns,
there were 5,358 national banks In active
operation. Today tlure are 8.870, and It may
be safely assumed that the number cf
stockholders and the number of shares "'"ww or on.c.ai supervision any morr, ngtipfy judgments for the amount of as
held by each have Increased in the same 'frertlve. It will not Insure better Judg- eegsments. ,
ratio. ment on the Mrt of bank otticern nor if we are going Into the guaranty busl-
These stockholders, a a rule, are people
of limited means, who have accumulated
a few hundred dollars each by dint of
economy and self-denial. Widow., orphans
and estates are very largely represented. While competition between banKa ror fle
Whlle such Investments represent part of posits through the inducement of high
the bank's working capital, so far a. tho
stockholder Is concerned, they really par-
tako of tho nature of savings. Tbe de-
posltor may draw out his funds at any
time. The stockholder cannot always find
a ready buyer for hi. .tock when he want.
MILLIONS IN CROPS
(Continued from First Page.)
Is much too low, Nebraska stands alone,
so far as I can learn, In Its ability to grow
alfalfa, in greater or lesser degree, on
practically every section cf land ln Its
borders, on wet land and dry land, on
hllllsdes and draw.. Iowa dalrvmen are.
among our beat custonr.tr, and th Ne
braska product costs them 112 o 118 a ton,
laid down there. Even at that cost. It pays
them to feed It with their corn. Alfalfa
mills are. being started In many places In
this state, ' because of the great demand
for thl" richest of out fodder plant.' To
day, Nebraskans who have it not, are
paying their neighbor . .who grow It, $
to 88 , 11 ton. in the stack, and haul It
yourself. '. . .. -K
"Clover and blue grass also taknr vp
m larger acreage, a I brome' grass In some
section, with very satisfactory returns in
monetary wyv Our otbsr tame grasae
and bur wild hay give an annual product
worth close te 840,000,000 In the market.
' Cabbasra snl Other Small Crops.
"In part Of Iowa they have jollifications
known as sauerkraut daya, -devoted to
glorifying cabbage. I want to get a line
on such side Issue to standard agriculture
In Nebraska, and feel sure the 2,000 acre
of cabbage we note this year Is not all of
the sauerkraut crop by any mean.
"Our 100,000 acre of potatoes this year
will bring the grower 86,000,000 or better.
In the so-called sandhill country, thta crop
Is a staple, and hundreds of carloads of a
fine tuber a can be grown are shipped out
yearly from many a small town up west.
By and by we will get starch factories that
will use up the smaller potatoe. I know- a
man living near Hemlngford who ha In
vented a very practical seed potato cutter,
that will prepare 100 bushel a day, and it
la bound to come into use.
'Sugar beet acreage 1 doubled this year,
and when the factories reach a better un
derstandlng with the farmers, and labor be
comes somewhat more plentiful, we will
equnl any aectlon of the country In growing
sugar beeta. Development of irrigation In
western Nebraska will aid very materially
in Increasing this crop.
Orchard statistics are very encouraging,
and strange as It may aeem, fruit la rot
ting on the ground, or being fed to pigs,
right now. In Nebraska. Thla plenitude
of apples and peaches I. not general this
year, of course, but the statement la true
of enough area to make It regrettable that
Nebraska fruit growers are not organised
to handle their product to the very best
advantage. The Douglas County Fruit
Grower.' association la a pioneer pointing
the way to what must come along th lines
of organisation for mutual help and profit.
Th same is true of melons, only ln a
lesser degree; and ln a few years will be
true of nut. .
Prelti frasa Cream.
'I almost overlooked hand separator, the
great modern time-saver for cream sellers.
W have got returns showing at least 31,000
ln use, with the number steadily Increasing.
But In thl connection, It should be said,
the bureau knows of a few owner of small
dairy herds who are churning and selling
their own butter and claim to find this
plan the more profitable.
"Silo are becoming more numerous, espe-J
daily In northwestern Nebraska, wher the
underground .Ho, with cemented bottom and
.Idea, appear, to meet with moat favor.
And In that seotton some farms heretofore
devoted to grain are now entirely given
over to dairying. Intelligent dairy help,
for milking and caring for cows. Is a need
of the dairy sections.
Flaar and Cora Meal.
"There are several lines of Investigation
that ought' to be tackled by the bureau, to
key our own people up to a proper prid
In their atate, that ahall be based on ac
curate knowledge. For Inatance. our mill
ing Industry Is somewhat Immense In the
aggregate, and It haa some Intensely Inter
esting features. We are grinding corn
products for Germany and for Mexico, Just
to mention two purchasing natlona. The
southern state are now making their corn-
bread of Nebraska corn meal, the finest to
be had. Many of our flour mill are hip
ping the most excellent bread material to
New York, to other eastern states and to
Europe And here let me pause to say
Minneapolis and other milling centera are
helpless to sustain their reputation without
th high-grade wheat of Nebraska to mix
very strongly with their own milling grade.
Within a decade thl should be on of th
greatest milling statea In the world. If not
tbe greatvst. Everything la r.ilit, and only
of the Bank Guaranty Proposition
T. T. Kane, Depot Comptroller of the Curreaef.
to dispose of It. Hhareholdera of this clsss receiving deposits U e risked or lost In
have no more voice In the management of
the bank and know nothing more of its
condition than the depositor. At annual
elections of director they usually vote by
proxy and depend upon the directors and
managing officers to so conduct the bank
affairs as to yield a small profit on their
Investment. If the capital of the bank be-
come Impaired by losses or Insolvency en-
ue they are liable, for an assessment to
the par value of their stock holdings.
If we are going Into the business of In-
iurn(t investments, why not protect the
1.1 m ,utm i . wn k.
depositor? Why discriminate between
themT The losses to stockholdors In such
of the national banks as have been finally
liquidated since the beginning of the na-
tlonal system amount to about $.02.t!4.
or ovr no per cent of the total capl'allsa-
ton of BUCn banks. This doe not Include
iOM tuning m Impairment of solvent
their stock.
Notwithstanding this fact, the deposit
guaranty scheme proposes to further 1m-
pair the Investment of the minority stock-
holder by making him Table not only for
the losses of his cwn bank, but also for his
nmn..rnn. p it.. .r. iii.ni
tie of every other bank in. the system of
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niucii ma nwuuiiii nin KirniB h. pari. rr
this liability must bo deducted from the
T , . . . . " , . , "
bank, and whatever tends to diminish this
fund reduces thv Interest of the stock
holder In his Investment.
This proposition, therefore, vitally, con
cern the numerous minority stockholders
ln th lnk,, throughout the country and
nou,d ar0u, tne,r mt're.t and opposl-
tlon.
Guaranteeing deposits will not make
banks any more safe or sound, nor prevent
or lessen the number of failures. It will
not make bank examination any more
make their loans and Investments any
more eecure. It will not convert an In-
Judicious or speculative hanker Into a'
prudent or conservative officer.
rates rf Interest may be regulated and con-
trolled by eglslatlon limiting the rate that
may be paid, ns has been done by the
State Banking board of Oklahoma, such a
statute would not prevent an injudicious.
Incompetent or Kpeculatlve banker from
lack of faith haa been at fault; but at last
that lack seems to be met. Praise to our
fields, our farmera and our good gray mill
era! "Look at our ahlpment figures, repre
senting surplus products sent away from is. In my Judgment, fast approaching and
the hundred of stations in Nebraska. Tak then the first great tep towards the ab
them any way you want to and you will aolute eradication of; tuberculosis will have
ret satisfaction from the showing made. ,
The shipment of surplus commodities dur
ing 1907 represent a grand total ot 8206.
667.000, an Increase of exceeding 820.000,000 present busily engaged ln getting his es
over 1908. I tlmate for the quartermaster general's de-
Needs of the Baresi. partment for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1910 into shnnn for suhmlimlnn tn th
"In a ort of meat ax way we have been 8ecretary of w,r na8 run up agalnst a Bna3
trylns- tq frame up an intelligent showing that w, add thougand, t0 the demand of
of the growth of land values ln Nebraska, the gervlce Irl llle irangportatlon of of
and so with. evcral other Important ata- flcer'from the east to the west, and vice
tlstlcal stunta. But these will very likely veriai the bond-a(ded railroads have been
have to await, for publication, the action fav)re(i because' of the pecuniary Interest
of the next legislature. Mr. Oobum's bu-; tho government haa In them. It was not
reau,. which ha made Kansas known to very long afro that the west waa grldlroned
even the pickaninnies aT Oie source of the pretty nearly, nJt railroads, whose con
Nile, pcnd more for postage. I believe, BtrUCtlon had.blea made possible by the
than thl bureau I allowed for all other ad of friendly federal legislation. Qrad
purpoe aald from alarles. Hence, dur- uany jn the presence, of prosperous times,
Ing the ' time the present head of the these government-aided railroad have been
bureau haa. been in charge, much atten- paying back to the government the aid re
tlon haa been devoted to, equipping build- ceived, the Union Pacific, under Mr. Bar
ings with proper fire ecapc on the theory ; rmBa'B guidance, settling with the United
that some one or two of the multifarious states treasury several years ago at an up
dutlea laid down for the bureau ought to iet price, which boosted the receipts
be well attended to, rather than scatter
time and attention and achieve nothing.
Factory Inspection and our factories are
Increasing with a very healthy growth
Is practically neglected; female and child
labor laws are perfunctorily cared for;
labor statistic are not gathered or com
piled, and farm atatlstle aro not nearly
what they should be; the state free em-
ployment bureau I not In existence, great
as the need Is for such a public conven
ience ln Lincoln and Omaha, from whence
the whole state could be served.
"Mayberthl open confession wilt be good
for the state. I sincerely hope o. Governor
Sheldon very properly will not countenanoe
a deficiency, but he la alive to the need
of making thl bureau what It ought to
be: A public ervice bureau ln the widest
and- beat sense. And with a close and com
pact organisation aay like a dally news
paper staff we could do good and effec
tive work without any very extravagant
appropriation. "
DEATH RECORD
Rabbi Sonaenscbeln.
BT. LOUIS. Oct. 4. Rabbi Solomon H.
Bonnenscheln, one of the best known Jew
ish rabole In the Mississippi valley, died at
his home here last night. Death was due
to th bursting of a blood vessel ln the
brain. Dr. Bonnenscheln first officiated at
a Jewish temple In Buda Pest. Hungary,
but fifty year ago h was called to Shaare
Emetji temple, St. Loul. About twenty
years ago a new temple wa formed with
Dr. Bonnencheln t It head. He was the
first rabbi to Institute Sunday services ln
a Jewish temple ln this city.. At the time
of his death he was editor of a monthly
magaslne. 1
Reds Wla the Wlndap.
CINCINNATI. O., Oct. 4. The local base
ball season was brought to a close today
by Cincinnati defeating St. Louis. Shaw
made three of the visitors' four hits. In
the base ball field events which preceded
the same the Cincinnati winners were
I bert In the imvvards dash and base cir
cling and Mitchell In the funao hitting.
Ixbert established a new record of four
teen seconds flat In going around the bases.
The St. lxuls winners were Moran In ac
curate throwing. Hostetter in the long dis
tance throwing and Shaw in bunt and run.
Score:
CINCINNATI. ST. I..OUI
AB.H O A B Shw. rf .... 4 t
4 n
1
1 J
So
1 1
to
- I
1
1
Hiuitni th . 4 t 4 4 orhsrlM, !b .. 4
Btrlru. cf . I I I 0 OMurrar. rf
Lobrt. lb .. 4 1 ft 1 OKonetchy. lb
Barhr. If .4 8 8 O.to.n. M .
HnMUMll. ! 4 0 10 0 murdock. If
HuUwItt. ta. 4 I t 4 f Moran. e ..
Mitchell, rf . 4 1 8 OKgrrs. lb .
SrhUI. ...140 1 RhodM, S
4 I
t ft
4
1 e
1
1 0
Kwln, ... I l I 0
Totals
v 1 11 1 1
Totals I 87 It 1
Cincinnati 0 0 0 8 8 1 0 1
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01
Two-base hit: Murray. Three-baae hit:
Bescher Sacrifice bit: Konetchy. Stolen
bases: Bescher (2). Double, play: Hulswitt
to Huggins. Bases on balls: Off Owing, 8:
off Rhodes. 2. Struck out: By Bwing. 4; by
Rhodes, 4. Hit bv pitched ball: By Rhodes,
1. Wild pitch: Ewlng. L Time: 1:46. Um
pire: Owen.
Aeadeaar Defeats Ashlaad..
" ASHLAND. Neb.. Oct. 4.-(Speclal.)-Th
Nebraska Military academy of Lincoln de
feated the Ashland High school at Ashland
yesterday by a score of 10 to 0- Koran, a
former Omaha High school star, did some
grandstand work. Macdougall, Fefllnger,
Hurd and Hunt did excellent work in their
respcetlve positions. The Nebraska Mili
tary academy Is a new preparatory school
and th team, although late tn getting to
gether, blda fair to glv every team la its
(Ihss a warm race f ir the siate champion
ship. The team la light, but speedy.
his hazardous vertuiea. which, would not
have been Intrut-ted' him but for the
security of the guaranty of Ms reputable
and conservative ni lubbers,
In the numerous discussions of this
widely-debated subject many word plc-
tures have been extravagantly drawn by
the advocates of this financial heresy.
portraying aged depositors facing the
poor house and widows and orphansleft
In destitution as a result of the failures
of banks In which their life savings and
Pittances were deposited. Mien n.iHrep-
resentauons wnen maae oy
spakers are simply Ingenious devices with
which to catch vote for their party can
didates, but when niade by bankers can
not be regarded citherwl.se than as a
mere subterfuge advanced as a means to
the accomplishment of an end the en
actment of a Ihw. that, will aid them In
securing deposit , accounts which they
,,, lit Mn nKnlM V. ..... i 1 . lasltllTlflU -fini.
tor a-ood manasrenimt and -integrity to
secure their proportionate share of the
banking business of tho community,
The average rate of dividends paid to
depositors in the 387 failed banks that
have been finally liquidated during I e
existence of the national system amounts
l ".Per cent,
jh word rlrtm
The word pictures, therefore, of poverty
and destitution resulting from national
bank failures, It will be readily seen, are
very much overdrawn and are not true
to the facts. But If the reverse were
the case, the minority shareholders have
been the greater sufferers and have sus
tained the greater losses. They have
not only lost the principal of their In
vestment, but have had to bear ln addi
tion thereto their prorata share, accord
ing to their stock holdings, of the de
ficiency ln the bank's assets necessary
to meet the liabilities to depositors, even
to the extent of mortgaging their homes
or having them sod over their heads to
ness, why not require stockholdors to In-
sure the Investments of each other? Why
discriminate between the depositor and
the stockholder?,
I have always' favored Independent
banking. I never have been an advocate
of branch banking' or of permitting one
set of banks to monopolize the banking
business of the country, but branch
banking Is by far preferrable to such a
fundamentally unsound principle as bank
guaranty of deposits. T. P. KANE.
WAR ON THE WHITE PLAGUE
(Continued from First Page.)
been taken.
New Problem for the Army.
Quartermaster General Aleshlre, who is at
mightily.
But there remained one bond-aided road,
the connecting link between the east and
the west, the Central Pacific, and It was
an easy thing for the quartermaster gen
eral to transport the army, if need be,
from the Missouri river to Ban Francisco
via the Central Pacific, and charge up the
transportation
1 the treasury books
against the subsidy bonds Issued by the
government In aid of the road's construc
tion. Every quartermaster general for year
has figured on this transportation ln his
estimate to congress, asking only appropri
ation for the movement of troops, animals,
etc., as coveted by the railroad companies
which are Independent of the government's
aid. It was comparatively easy to look
after thta branch of the department ln con
sequence, and there was usually enough
money in the transportation fund to meet
exigencies, but a rude awakening haa come
to General Aleshlre. He has to readjust
his transportation estimates, for the Cen
tral Pacific has ceased to be a government
bond-aided road nearly a year ahead of
time, and all the figures on this subject, to
be sent to congress, have had to be re
vised and the transportation fund Is get
ting dangerously low. The unexpected has
occurred. ,
Railroad Mote Taken Up.
Under an agreement made with the of
ficial of the Treaaury department ln Feb
ruary, 1899. settlement of the debt of the
Central and Western Pacific railroad com
panies on account of government aid given
was accomplished, the entire debt, prin
cipal and Interest, on February 1, U99, be
ing 868.812,715. This amount was secured to
the United State by twenty semi-annual
notea of 82,940,635 each, bearing interest at
the rate of 3 per cent per annum.
The railroad has been meeting these semi
annual nttes with great regularity, and In
order to stop the Interest paid the lust note
in July, seven months before It fell due.
The other day Acting Secretary Coolidge
of the Treasury department notified all de
partments of the government of thl pay
ment, and that hereafter any money owing
the railroad companies for transportation
services or otherwise ishould be paid to the
companies and that auditor's certificates
of settlement directing the withholding of
settlement for transportation services ren
dered should be returned to the auditors
for re-statement and charge under proper
appropriations.
Operations at the plant of the Council
Bluffs Cunning company have been sus
pended owing to the recent frosts ending
the tomato supply. The plant will be
started up again a soon a th supply of
pumpkins warrants It.
Tho change
from coffoo
to
POSTUM
I pleasant and beneficial,
"There', a Reason"
SOUTHERN EDITOR ON 0MAI1A
Editor Shottse of Lexington Say Some
Good and True Thin ft.
VISITS OMAHA, FALLS IN LOVE
Find Helpfal Spirit la Omaha Which
Braee I'p Those Who Kred
Help aa Well as Those
Who Do o,
- Jouet H. Shouse. editor of the Kentucky
Farmer and Breeder, visited Omaha re
cently and then returned to Lexington to
tell his readers what he thought of the
city.
When Editor Shouse got through writing
about the city of Omaha. Kentucky dal'lles
recognised that he had written something
about a city which was really doing things
and the article from the editor of the Ken
tucky Farmer and Breeder ha been widely
copied. The Lexington Herald reprints the
article, which appeared as an editorial In
the farm paper. Writing of Omaha, Mr.
Shouse says:
"Omaha, the city of unity nnd enterprise
the connecting link between the middle and
the far west, the center of a cope of terri
tory rarely excelled, already one of tbe
big factors In the commercial development
of the nation with every promise of a fu
ture of really vast proportions. Recently I
spent several clays In Omaha and I was
tremendously impressed by what I aw.
It baa the breezlncss coupled with the push
and hustle of Chicago and Kansaa City,
but It has another quality too, a quality
that smacks of the vast reaches of country
to the west a supreme optimism coupled
with a kindliness that would help every
fellow who needs it and a lightheadedness
that pushes big enterprises through to suc
cessful consummation without ever taking
them or anything else ln life very seriously.
But more than all else the one element
that has made Omaha'a success la a unity
of Interest and of purpose upon the part
of every business man, every cttlsen. There
are no knockers, no drones. Every man Is
willing to do hi full part of any work
that tends towards the common good,
whether or not It Is going to bring him
specific benefits, without reference to the
direct results. And so Omaha has doubled
Its population In the last ten years and I
ajt to double again In ten more. During
1907 one of its paper ran each day across
the top of its front page ln red Ink the line
'Two Hundred Thousand Population for
Omaha ln 1910.' The city will reach that
mark In 1909.
"Not long ago there was a deal pending
which If consummated would mean the
erection of a handsome hotel on the prin
cipal business street. The parties got to a
point where a difference of only 88.000 atood
between them. But there they hung fire.
It looked a if the proposition would not
be put through. A meeting of the Com
mercial club was called. Within fifteen
minutes merchants occupying contiguous
buildings who believed their business would
be benefited by the erection of the hotel
subscribed the 86,000, making donations out
right. Such Is the spirit of Omaha.
"There Is- now ln course of construction
a very handsome' and excellent children's
hospital. In addition to the funds already
raised about J30.000 .Is needed for Its com
pletion. Tho ladles of Omaha said thev
would get the money. They designated
last Wednesday aa 'Tag Day.' From early
morning until dark the town was can
vassed by committees. They tied red paper
tags on everybody they saw and accepted
whatever amount might be offered In rer
turn. , T$o prevailing p'rK;. was 50 cfcnts,
One prominent business 'VmTfl gave 8500; day
laborers would contribute their nickels and
pennies. All amounts were accepted with
equal grace and gratitude and courtesy.
On every street corner was a committee;
In every restaurant or other place of gath
ering re the canvassers. No 'guilty'
man (or woman either) escaped. And the
women who did the wprk throughout the
day In the broiling hot sun represented
the wealth and culture of Omaha. They
raised the required amount and more. too.
Tn such manner they go after whatever
they want or require and they generally
get It.
"It la the Internal strength of Omaha
that makes her great. As compared with
other cities, little capital la Invested there.
Omaha has all the money she needs. What
she may lack the farmers of Nebraska
supply. She had no panic last fall. She haa
no money stringency now. She constantly
turns down eastern offers of loans at a
very modest rate of Interest. And it la per
haps because Omaha Is so well able to
look after her own affairs that she I so
lit tie known In other sections. With one
half the advertising that either Denver or
Kansas City has enjoyed her population
would be far greater than It Is today. One
fact Is certain the growth and develop
ment and marvelous Increase In property
values are based on a solid foundation.
There Is no boom, no attempt to boom, but
there Is a constant increase that will cer
tainly result In making the Omaha of today
but a circumstance to what the Omaha of
the future will become. '
"It Is difficult to specify what constitutes
the city's foremost Interest. Beyond a
doubt the packing houses are a tremendous
factor, the retail trade from the surround
ing country Is very Important, the Union
Pacific shops arl other manufacturing
enterprises form quite an Item. But per
haps the big Jobbing houses constantly In
creasing ln number and constantly extend
ing their territory are more Important In
their bearing and their results than any of
those things previously mentioned. This
fs a branch of the city's business that haa
groWn tremendously In the laat few years
that will grow even more rapidly In the
Immediate future.
"And then there is the grain trade. Four
years ago the first elevator waa erected In
Omaha; now there are eight or ten of vast
proportions. A well-informed and conserva
tive man made the prediction to me that
within ten years Omaha would supersede
Chicago as the grain market of the coun
try. He founded his belief on the ad
vantages of natural location and the greater
ease ol transportation. Aa with grain, so
I . U . i . i .
wiin wuoi. wui.iiia iias uecome a marati
for the latter only recently, but It will
surely and rapidly forge to the front.
A great city already, the foundation for
one far greater. And the wonderful, un
usual fact of It all Is that each man al
ways has time and Is always glad to help
another."
Anaoaacement of the Theater.
If a cat may look at a king. Mr. 'Earl,
banjolst expert, who opened la week's en
gagement Sunday at the Orpheum, believes
he could play for the king. King Edward
of England heard Mr. Earl play at one of
the London theaters. The king on returning
to the palace wrote Mr. Earl a "command"
to sally forth to th palace with hi banjo
and play for his majesty. Mr. Earl 1
demonstrating this week at th Orpheurn
Just why th king should havs sent fur
him. He can play the banjo as few other
men have over succeeded fn doing. Will
M. Creasy and Blanche Dayn. In Mr.
Cressy's "Town Hall Tonight," promise to
be talked about before the week has far
waned. TAls one-act piece la given to make
people laugh that form of laughter which
leaves a warm glow In its wake. "Town
Hall Tonight"-will be repeated every even
ing and afternoon tor the reat of the week.
TWO CANDIDATES COMPARED
(Continued from First Tage.)
tie one.
" 'Did Mr. Magulre kiss you?' I asked.
" "Oh. yes, sir," sho said. 'He kissed me
and mamma both.'" (Loud yells for the
blushing Mmiilrc)
And thus was the evening spent. After
a busy week the good natured crowd was
ready lo relax and be entertained, without
having to carry home anything to think
about.
The missing festure Which would have
added to the show was the omission of
Mr. Bryan of the date he is going to have
Tom Allen tell what became of that Walt
street $15,000 which was brought to Ne
braska to help elect Bryan a United Statea
senator. He also missed a good opportunity
tg tell how his lung became so rapidly
healed after the receipt if that 815.000. mm
t'on of which wa made In a signed article
by Thomas Tibbie right after the 19v4 cam
paign. These thing be passed over with
out even a reference to them as he dis
cussed the publicity of campaign contrlhu-
-Mlons.
Republican Speaking; Dates.
Senator Norria Brown Monday, October
5, Kenesaw, 2 p. m.; Wednesday. October
7, St. Paul, 8 p. tn.; Thursday, October 8,
Greeley, i p. m.; Uurwell, p. m ; Friday,
October 8, Ord. afternron and evening;
Saturday, October 10, Fullertnii, 8 p. n.;
Monday, October 1, Oakland. 8 p. m.;
Tuesday, October -0, Wakefield. 3 p. ni..
Hart mit ton, 8 p. tn. ; ednesitay. O toln r
21. Wausa, 2 p. m., Blooinf icld, p. in ;
Thursday, 0 tober ??, Madison, S p. in ;
Friday, October 23, St. Kdward, 2:80 p. m..
Albion, 8 p. m.; Saturday, October 2,
Genoa, 8 p. m. ,
Senator E. J. Hurkett--Mondny. October
I, Hartlngton, 8 p. in.; Tuesdav, October S,
Oakdale, 2 p. m., Nellsh, 8 i. m.; Wednes
day, October 7. Monowl, 2 p. m.. Spencer,
8 p. m.; Thursday, October 8. Atkinson, 8
p. m.; Friday, October 9. Valentine, 8 p.
m.: Sntimiav, October 10, Crawford. 2
p. m.. Chadron. g p. m.
Governor Goorge L. Sheldon Friday, Oc
tober 9, Oakland, 2 p. m., Tekamah, 8
p. m.; Saturday, October I'). Springfield, it
r. m.l Monday, October 12. South Omaha,
p. vm.; Tuesday, October 13, McCook, 8
p. m.; Wednesday. October 14. Alma, 2
p. m.; Oxford, S p. m.; Thursday, October
15, Kenesaw, 8 p. m., Mlnden, 8 p. m. ;
Friday, October 1, Iexlngton, 2 p. m.;
Saturday, October 17, Crete, 8 p. m.
Congressman B. M. Pollirrd-Monday, Oc
tober (. Stella, 8 p. m.; Tuesday, October
6, IJnrvln, University Republican club;
Wednesday, October 7, Burchard, 8 p. m.l
Thursday. October 8. Elk Crock, 8 p. m.l
Friday, October 9, Douplas, 8 p. m.; Sat
urday, October 10, Nebraska City, 8 p. m.
Congressman E. H. Hlnshaw Monday,
October 6. Qresham, 8 p. m. ; Tuesday. Oc
tober 8, York, 8 p. in.; Wednesday, October
T. Arborvtlle. 8 p. m.; Thursday, October ,
Hordville. 8 p. nT Friday, October 9:
Bhelbv, 8 p. m.; Saturday. October 10.
Btromsburg, 8 p. m.; Saturday, October 17,
Crete, 8 p. m.
Honorable Grant G. Martin Friday. Oc
tober 9. Oakland, 2 p. m , Tekamah, 8
p. m., (with Governor Sheldon).
Judge W. F. Norria Wednesday, October
7, Peru, 8 p. m.; Thursday, October 8, York.
8 p. m.; Friday, October 9, Kearney Nor
mal school, Id L m.
Secretary of Agriculture lame Wilson
Saturday, October 10, Nebraska City.
8 p. m.
Honorable W. E. Andrews Wednesday,
October 7. Seward, 11 a. ra.; Thursday.
October 9. Syracuse. 2 p. m.; Friday, Oc
tober 9, Seward county; Saturday, October
10, Beward county.
Honorable F. W. Collins Wednesday,
October 7. York. 11 a. m.; Thursday, Oc
tober 8, York county; Friday, Oc-tober 9,
York county.
Dr. W. T. Vernor, Register' of the Treas
uryMonday, October 12, Omnha.
Congressman W. C. Hawley pf Oregon-
Friday, October w. camDrmge, z p. m.;
Saturday, OCtoner IT. iioiorege, b p. m.
Governor Charles E. Hughes of New
Yott Tuesday, October 8, Omaha, 8 p. m.;
Wednesday, October 7, trip through Ne
braska. Frontier Cooatr Fair.
8TOCKVILLB, Neb., Oct. 4. (Speclal.)-
The twenty-second annual Frontier county
fair closed at Btockvllle last evening. The
fair waa a marked advance over prevlou
fairs here In the display In Agricultural
hall, which was entirely too small. The
horse exhibit waa larger than before al
though the management had built omo
new stalls, all had been old out the week
bcfdVe the fair opened. The racing atable
had been doubled this year. However,
thero was not enough room and moro than
one-third of the race horse were com
pelled to find stable room outsldo the
grounds. There wus a complete absence of
whoels-of-fortune or gambling feature of
any kind quite frequently seen at county
fairs. There were several good Bhows, two
good bands and plenty of wholesome
amusement for the people. The attendance
was excellent though not quite' up to last
year on account of the disagreeable wind
and dust.
Nebraska News Notes. s
PERU The Peru Commercial club Is mak
ing plans to drain the lower part of Peru.
The club will give a reception to the nor
mal faculty In the near future so express
their appreciation of the kind attitude of
the faculty toward the affairs of tho town.
PERU Mr. Lodwe of the Peru Canning
factory says that the frosts following the
recent light rain have destroyed nearly one
third of the tomato crop. Notwithstanding
this, the canning factory Is putting out
large quantities of a most excellent product.
PERU The large drainage canal which Is
being built by the Peru Land and Drainage
company Is nearly completion. Th canal
Is being built to drain the swamp land on
the Missouri bottom north of Peru, at a
cost of over 835.000. The land which the
canal will drain will sell for from 8 to 1150
per acre and will be worth seven or eight
times the cost of the ditch.
PERU-Presldent J. W. Crabtree will de--liver
an address before the teachers of
Beatrice next Monday evening.
HOLDUP CAHNIVAU AT FT. DODGE
Robbers Escape After Series of Daring
Crime.
BOONS, la.. Oct. 4. (Special Telegram.)
The city la infested with bandit and
holdup men. Last night four men were
Steld up and robbed ln the eastern limit of
the city and relieved of watches, valuables
and money. Elmer Harper wa frst held
up near the hospital. He wa ordered to
drive on Into the country, Next were
Charles Barger and Early Hedge, .somlng
to town. They wer turned around after
being robbed and sent back. Last tame
Herman May, but he refused to stop and
the robbers shot at him, then ransacked
hla pockets, taking everything, even re
moving his shoes Jooklng for money. The
men then escaped. Two men wer arrested
I at Marshalltown this afternoon who an-
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HASKELL 7SCALLED ' AGAIN
President Pnl.tlshes Letter Walra
' tJovernr kara-ed He
Pare .
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 -At .the uggrs
tln ff J. If. Ni.rrls. chairman of the r
lulil'taii stnti- comt-.tttce of Oklahoma,
rr"llent Roos.-vi It tonight made public
a !e:ter he l,,l received from Governor
Haskell, rrlatlve to shipments ot whisky
Into prohibit. on territory. Governor Has
kell, In a recent statement, mentioned th
tact that he had such a letter from the
president and Intimated t';at the writer
might not .like to have It given publicity.
This arojaod interest In prohibition quar
ters and there were many inquir e a to
the contents of the letter. Chairman Nor
ria wrote to Secretary Lueh. suggesting
that the letter te made publl- in order to
check "Haskell's gismlstanil play," hs he
put It. Mr. Rio veit acccde.il jo tbe re
quest, ami tonight (rave out the Haskell
letter, together with Mr. Norria' note to
Mr. Loeb. President Rojsi-velt wrote to
Governor Haskell as follows: .
THK WHITK HOLSE. WASHINGTON,
D. C, Apt il lit, llM.-My liear Uovernor:
I have received yr.ur .euer and snail give
it careful coiiflo.iui.oii. The matters, ot
touiHc, concerns lungrtss piimarl.y, and
It g n all in Is now under i oi.nl u ra.lon to
en ciea.iK the a mo j in of nsslsiHme. whlcu
vioiutois of local prohibition slstutes tan
oututn trom tne ru.es nevesi-arlly protect
ing Intirstute commerce and tne use of
ilu ii.a.is. binccieiy yours,
iHtvOiXJHr HOOSBVELT.
lien. C. N. llskcli, Governor of Oklahoma,
i.uihi'ie, ckI.
(Snolvwekntlisfl ' hJcverySHRDLU
The following is Chairman Norrl' letter
to Secretary Loeb:
"Uuthrle, Okla., Oct., 3, 1908. William
Ixieti. jr.. Wusnlngion,- 1. C. Governor
liusKtll has aroused tne prohibitionist of
Hie entire couutiy by claiming to have re
cihid from tne president a letter advo
cating his Idea of . Iiitoratate commerce
shipments of whisky Into prohibition terri
tory. Haskell Insinuates the president
might not want the letter published and he
la being besieged by prohibitionists every
where to make It public. Haskell with
holds it. however, for effect. If the presi
dent would have no objections lo Its publi
cation. It mlRln be a good plan to release
It for publication.
"Joseph H. Noirls. chairman republican
Statu Central Clmmlttee."
CASTRO IS WILLING TO FIGHT
Intimation lie Will
tho Demands
1 Dstrh,
Not Yield
of tho
CARACAS. Sept. 28. (Via Wlllems"tad, Oct.
4.) President Castro returned to Caracas a'
few days ago, cutting short his stay at
Barqulclmeto on account of 111 health. For
a time the president was a very sick man
and consultations of physicians were held
dally. His condition Is Improving now, but
as yet he has not been able to glv his at
tention to Holland's second note, which
Baron Seckendorff, the German mlnlstor,
presented on Friday last.
The belief Is held here that President
Castro will not yield to the Dutch demands
and that rather than do this he would
fight.
Sir Vincent Corbett, the British minister,
has returned here after an absence ln Trin
idad of a month.
HEBMA
GET
INVITATIOX
Boys In
Ohio River Tell Him the
"Water's Fine."
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 4.-"Come In.
Sunny Jim, the water's fine," was th In
vitation given to the republican vice pres
idential nominee today by a group of young
Americans ln swimming In the Ohio river.
While Mr. Sherman waa Immensely tickled
at the bid to take a plunge, he did not ac
cept It. With the thermometer , flitting
around the midsummer point', the candi
date, disregarding fashion's decree, sallied
forth In a light-weight summer suit and a
straw hat to take a launch ride on th
river. He was the guest of Congressman.
John W. Foster, who wanted to demon
strate to the man from New York the need
of an appropriation from congresj to deepen
the channel of the Ohio. The river la the
lowet at thi point that It has been ln
yesrs and all navigation haa been entirely
suspended for the last six week.
Mr. Sherman started out today with the
Intention of resting preparatory to a week's
hard campaigning through Indiana nnd
Ohio, but before he got to the day's end
he had ridden twenty milea In an auto
mobile, spent the better part of an hour In
a launch on the river, visited the Country
club, where he waa the guest at a banquet
tendered to him by Dr. W. H. Gilbert, one
of the republican leadera of the country.
Mr. Sherman atarted the day by attending
the Presbyterian church, where he waa
surrounded after the service by a bevy
of women, who were anxious to shake the
candidate's hand.
Starting at the southern boundary of the
atate tomorrow Mr. Sherman will travel to
the northern line, visiting seven towns. In
all of which he will speak.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth left th
party here.
SCHOOL OFFICIAL ARRESTED
Secretary of Minneapolis Board
Charged with Graft Under
Several Cnanti.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 4. W. K. Hicks,
secretary of the Board of Education, wa
today arrested shortly after h bad been
Indicted upon several counts by the grand
Jury. The Indictments are on lour count
and concern the alleged us of bis official
position for obtaining positions under the
school board for a man and a woman and
for getting contracts for supplies Used in
the schools.
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