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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1908)
TIIE OMAHA DAILY. BEE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1903. FACIS OF OSA'CE OIL LEASES Official Statement of History of Matter in Controversy. mST CONTRACT BY DEMOCRATS CovgrrmM, ar tatate, Or(rl Part of It neaewe-d m4 Presldeat Roose elt laereased Hofiltr Twee-tr-Flve Per Oat. WAFHINOTON. Ort. 9. Another rhsp ter In the controversy over the charges regarding the action of the government In the matter of oil land leases In the Indian TerrltWV, to which correwi.ondence President Roosevelt, (invcrnur Haskell of Oklahoma. Kecretery Garfield and others hare contributed a formal statement, was furnished toduy when Acting Secretary of the Interior Pierce Issued a supple mentary statement In regard to the Osage oil land leases.: - In this Mr. Pierre rays that as there has been considerable discussion concern ing the leases of these Osage lands, coupled with .charges that the present ad ministration failed to safeguard the in terests of the Indians and In fact sacri ficed their Interests, Jie thought it well to set forth "In skeleton form the exact truth about this matter." The statement adds: Test of 'Statement. In 196. during a democratic administra tion, the entire Os.'.ge reservation, 1.470.001) acres of land, was li'.ised for oil purposes to a certain F. H. Foster for ten years from March li. JK91. the rate of royalty being fixed at Id per cent. On March S. jftio. a year before the K.istor. lease would terminate, congress provided definitely by statute 133 Htat. ltill fjr a renewal of this lease as to fiVi.mo acres of land, with the provlsi that tiie president of the. United Htatrs shall determine the amount - of royalty to be paid for oil. K'lld determina tion sl:Hil bb evidenced by filing with . the secretaiy of the interior, on or before De cember 31. 116, such determination. It should he. noted that congress left the president and the secretary absolutely no power or duty with regsrd to the lease ex cept that when the I. a.irt was presented "to determine the royalty to be. paid for oil." Congress determined the fact that there area of the leaso and the term for which It was to run. At that time It was not known that the leasee was allied to the Standard Oil company and the department has reason to believe that there Is now such alliance, but has no certain knowledge aa to this matter, which, so far as the de partment is concerned. Is wholly immaterial as In any event the secretary of the In terior would treat all oil companies exactly alike as long as they obeyed the laws. Moreover In this especial case the depart ment had power to do nothing except recommend to the president the rate of royalty. Royalty ta Increased. The commissioner of Indian affairs m Vestlgated the question of what would be a reasonable and adequate royalty for oil and recommended to the secretary an increase from 10 to 12 per cent. The secreiary ap proved this rej ort and forwarded It to the presld nt June 3, 1& The president on the same date approve.i the re om i.en.lailon of the secretary and thtis f.xed the roja ty of 14 pr Cf nt Instead of Hi per cent. It Is to be noted that this waa an Increase of 25 per cent In royaJty In force before that time, also that at that time and until May 1, 1908, the rate allowed for leases In the F.ve Civilized Trlfces , was 10 per will, uavuin urnii m I fhrch ihbi nprillK III 12V4 per rent by Secretary Oartleld in con formity with the ptesldent's previous action for the Osige oil; also that througntout the o.I fields of Texas? Kansas and the east ths rate of 10 per cent Is the usual one, and rates above 12H er cent are tei dom obtained even by land owners of busi ness acumen. BRADSTR tSK T'S It 15 VIEW OF TRADE! Reports Are Somewhat Irregalar, Owing to Weather Coadltlona. NEW YORK, Oct. . Bradstreet's tomor row will say: Although trade reports are somewhat Ir regular In character owing largely to vary ing weather conditions In different sections of the country and uncertainties caused by Impending elections, the general undertone Is toward sustained Improvement. Country trade has been comparatively quiet, be cause the farmers have been taking ad vantage of the ideal weather to complete their harvesting. However, the heavy mar keting of crops haa made for an Increased railway tonnage and improved collections considerably, while exports of wheat are heavy. Iron and steel are quiet, impend ing elections being a deterrent Influence, but production' Is Increasing in anticipation of forthcoming good business and there Is more doing In other Industrial lines. There Is less Industrial Idleness, and in some Instances business Is developing for the first quarter of 19C9. especially In hoes, lumber and pig Iron. The pig Iron production for September exceeded that of August by 4.2 per cent and It iwas the heaviest total recorded since November last, while it represents an Increase of 35 per cent over January, 1WJ8. However, the decrease from Septem ber, lisff, reaches 35 per cent. Basic pig Is fairly active in the east, and apparently prices are easier. Consumers' stocks are aid to be low, and this fact tends to BABY SCRATCHED DM MID NIGHT 1 t Tormenting Eczema Spread from Child's Arm to Ear and Face All Kinds of Salves and Remediet Met with No Success Finally TORTURES YIELDED TO CUT1CURA REMEDIES "I had a lot of trouble with tor little girl's ecaema. She had been a sufferer lor some una. ih. The ecaema started on her arm and tbr it got on her fnoe and ear. Wo had our family doctor, who treated h a r and did a 1 1 he coukL Go gave her all kinds of s&Itos and rwkexhea, but without success. Tbo diueaae tormented her so (ha would s'TaU-h day and night. Thon I read of what Cutinura had (Vine for other children. We used tXitloura Soap and Cutioura Ointment, b&ndagiac her so that the snma would not spread over her wUnia body. After nana the Cutt oura Itamedk for a month aha started to improve. 1 have used Cutkwra Boap for her since aha waa bona, and thai wtsJb on box of Ointment cured her. I am glad aha la cored, and I alaaya rooanunend U Outlrur Hesne riies. Mrs. LilUe Batnnr, S2 Ontario South Sfacna. alaecfc 18 aad aprtl 14. latrt.- FEARFUL PSORIASIS Lasted Poor Years. Irritation was Terrible. Cured by Coticura. 'sly dtmaea waa psoriasis. It waa a paruoisarty bad case, affecting me from my boad ta xay o, aod tiie irritation waa narrttaa. I offered tur four year off and on. I had seen in doctors and tried sundry rornedjea. but soas rare me any eaaa mil 1 tiled Cuueura buap aad CMnUxtflnL. lir caee being a very bad ana. st rawiuWlv tons. lrngnr ta rauke a good tmprm ji as. bat after per severing day after day tor a rum tV. I aenmad to maaa fair pnnw. I ba. an so aaa Ute txsnnxtra lUiasilw ats'ot air. 1VOA. and nrr asm was KMimku a boat Oorober tlaissaTMr. Alrrsa Levy. 1. WtakMd Ua. wtaai Cones, k EaaWd. Masca J 1. 1.- O mil Suae f'4. Ovmtmm nr A. BillWuia . m4 .. CM I UN mm i tMi Pruia . U7Julans An . ktm n stiffen the rlews of producers, who appear indisposed to contract beyond the first of next year. f Btislneea fsllursa In the Vnltel States for the weeg ending October t. number ISA, against 22R last week and 1st In ths like week of 1U07, 164 In 1W, IKS In and 1M In 1!H. Business failures for the week In Canada number &. as against M last week and 24 n this week In 11. Wriest. Including flour, shipments from the United Biaies and Canada for ths week ending October t, aggregate &,S3.6t.J bushels, against 4.47J4 bushels last week nnd &.2!6,f2 bushels this week last year. For the fifteen weeks ending October this year the exports are 7,TM,78S Dusneia, asslnst M.74S.M4 bushels in the corre-nnndtna- period last yesr. Corn exports for the week are 17,759 bush els, against 1S.A1 bushels last week and 33.H bushels In 1907. For the fifteen weeks ending October K the corn exports are . 063 bushels, sgalnst 18, 371,904 bushels In the same period last year. POSTAL BANKS IN BELGIUM Facilities Aflforded by the OsTtrsmsal for OsTlsg, Insaranea aad Life Aaaaltlee. Across a narrow sea from England la a little country which, though densely popu lated, has practically no paupers, nor do the people emigrate. This Is thrifty Bel glum, where there Is thrift of the Indi vidual, thrift of the family, co-operative thrift, national thrift, and prosperity In the face of the keenest competition ef Its powerful neighbors, England, Franca and Germany. The government, Instead of paying; old age pensions and dispensing charity, has machinery for the encouragement of thrift and thereby for the prevention of depend ence. It pays the Individual Interest on Ms savings. It Insures his life and' it ' wtll give him an annuity If he save to pay for It In the government savings bank,' deposits may be made In every postofflce of the kingdom and in all branches of the na tional bank. The minimum deposit Is 1 franc. There is no maximum. Deposits are made by special adhesive deposit stamps, which are. In reality, receipts for the money paid In, and which are pasted In a bank book delivered to each depositor free of charge and bearing an official num ber. In this book is entered every trans action between the depositor and the bank. Including the calculating of interest, which Is done annually. Depositors may corre spond with the national savings bank free of postal charges and, after the issue of a book, a depositor may put money in any postofflce of the kingdom. The government provides In a special way for ' those who cannot put aside so large a sum aa a franc at ' a time. It authorizes, smaller, deposits by postage stamps In order to enoourage school . ohll dren, farm laborers and the like, and rural postmen carry with them the necessary forma for this purpose,- and urge the pub lic to make use of the savings bank In this way. - Life annuities may be contracted for at all branches of the savings bank,' at all branches of the national bank, at all post offices and at the offices of all tax re ceivers. . The minimum payment that may be made la 1 franc, and the smallest annuity paid by the fund la 1 franc, while the largest Is 1,200 francs. The annuities become paya ble at the end of each completed year from the age of 60 to 65. Annuities are contracted for In two ways, by . paying in the capital benefit to any heir, and by providing that the capital, less 8 per cent for general expenses, shall be paid over to the heirs after the death of the beneficiary. Any person who depends solely upon his own work for his sus tenance, and who, before the-age stipulated for the payment of the annuity, becomes disabled. Is allowed to . draw at once an annuity calculated upon from the amount of the payments made up to the time of his becoming incapacitated. In addition to the annuity fund there U a government insurance fund, the manage, ment of 'which is under government guar antee. Life or endowment policies may be contracted for, the latter payable at the end of ten, fifteen, twenty or twenty-five years, or for a period ending at the ages of 66, 60 or 68 years. Boston Globe. NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY Qaalat aad Carious Features of Life ( la a Rapidly Growing; tate. An Ancient Election Republicans should remember that In Platte county election are gained sometimes by only one or two votes. Be active. Be vigilant. See that every republican voter Is at ths polls. Don't let a little bad weather keep you at home on October IX Deposit your vote first and give the weather over to the gentle xephyrs of Nebraska (In 1874 elec tions were held in October instead of No vember.) Columbus Journal many years ago. Nature Fake Henry Nehne was in town Monday, and showing some iron ore which he found In the country north of Mlnatare, claimed that there are thousands of acres of it. He found this several feet below the surfaoe, and says it Is easily separated from the soil by the use or a magnet, re. sembllng gunpowder in appearance. Mr. Nehne Is making further Investigations, and so far ha says he haa found nothing but encouragement to believe that the ore Is there In quantities profitable for work ing. We hope so. It Is not so far to the section where Iron la taking out at Sunrise, of the most satisfactory quality, although there is considerable difference between the red ore at Sunrise and the black loose stuff found by Mr, Nehne. Oering Courier. Nebraska Putty Mine The road commit tee of the Ravenna Improvement associa tion beard that there was aa outcrop of stone on the south bank of the South Loup river, at the point where the Nantasket bridge spans the stream, and Wednesday they drove out there to Investigate It. They found a ledge of material which had the appearance of stone, but It Is in fact a very hard kind of clay, which when dried can be crushed Into a powder as fine aa flour. One member of the committee thinks it might be utilised in the manufac ture of putty, which Is made by grinding what la called "Spanish" clay with linseed oil. Ravenna News. Nebraska Pears by the Wagonload The small boys of Peru were treated to a sight yesterday which strained the capacity of their salivary glands to the fullest extent as the pear crop was being hauled through the city to the canning factory by the wagonload. Manager Lowe of the factory has been handling every wind of fruit In season, and yesterday he began the can ning of a fine quality of pears, delivered by several promlnentt rrult growers in this dlstriot. Students of ths State Normal school who came from western Nebraska, where they do not aee pears grow, stood on the street corners with mouths watering and watched the heavily laden wagons pass slowly by te ths factory. Compara tively few people, even In the fruit section here, are used to seeing fine large pear in wagonload. Peru Correspondence. Are Tea Ualr half AUvet People witn kidney trouble are so weak and exhausted that they are only half alive. Foley's Kidney Rsmedy makes healthy kidneys, restores lost vitality aad weak, delicate people are restored te health. Refuse any but Foley's. Sold by Complete Store for Men. N..W. Corner Douglas end 16th Streets if 11 z U , U , $ ; -SS; U. - ' Vii;;V.,;.;! 1 If 4" O v i t "?-' If J. 1?V 'milk !- 1 -s: ' 1 kfw teM i nnsji ' , lj r-::,iM. ' : ,ir Men's Separate En trance to Our I nlargcd Qothlng Dept. N. W. Corner 16th and Douglas. AND s i. Most Extraordinary Sale in Years Immense Purchase of High Class Sample ; I MEM'S SHITS For Fall and Winter g 11 7R POSITIVELY WORTH UP TO $250 Our New York Buyer certainly captured the big bargain of the year. He bought nt practically half price all the sample fall and winter overcoats and suits from one of New York's foremost wholesale tailors. Buy one of these suits or overcoats here Saturday and you get the finest clothes that the best tailors in New York could make for fall and winter. Men's $20.00 and $22.50 Pure Worsted Suits. Men's $18.50 All Wool Sample Suits Men's $22.50 Tourist Sample Overcoats.... Men's $20 Black, Brown & Fancy Overcoats. Your unrestricted choice Saturday Overcoats and Suits $25 Rofiers-Peet & Co., Hlrsch-Wlckwlre We want you to know that we carry the fineat ready-to-wear clothing In Omah and that's why we make price concession on our very beBt clothes early In the season. These are the clothes that C m satisfy you better than those from your high priced tailor. Every suit and overcoat Is S worth fully $30.00, Saturday, at , 3 The Largest, the Most Complete, the Most Economical Boys' Section in Omaha. Boys 'Overcoats and Suits 98- lease eaaaaaaaaaaa t High Class . U4 Good substantial clothes for your boy, will wear long and look well all the time suits in ages 2 to 1G overcoats in ages 3 to 8; your choice Saturday at Boys Suits and Overcoats BulU with knlckerbocker panta overcoats all cut In the latest style these are $4 Overcoats and suits, at Our Famous COMBINATION SUITS for BOYS Complete knee pants suit with extra pair knlckerbocker pants, the kind the boy takes pride in all the service of 7 Lf 2 complete jDU suits, at ... . Boys' Clothes These little suits and over coats compare with those that cost you $6.50 and $7.60 at any other place. e make a specialty of these boys' clothes, at $5 JO M r SPECIAL SALES OMAHA SPECIAL SALES Men's Heavy Underwear All manufacturer's samples of men's wool and worsted underwear and en tire surplus stocky of a large eastern manufacturer men's red flannel medicated, Wright's health fleece, ribbed worsted, etc. values up to ST.V.39c-S0c-75c UNDERWEAR SPECIAL IN BASEMENT All the odd samples and broken lots from the.manufacturer's stock wool and fleeced underwear values up to $1.Q0 new store basement, 'IP at.' -JC Munslng Union Suits, at. .$1.50 to $4.50 LewU' SterUng Underwear at 3 to $5.50 Root's Tivoll Underwear, $1.25 to $4.50 Men's ft .23 SHIRTS at 89c Men's Sample Negligee Shirts fall patterns, worth up to T fil $1.25, at JJC Men's and Boys' 75c quality shirts in Basement, " ' . 10 at Men's 1. SO and $2 SHIRTS at 05c Mon's $1.50 and $2 ShlrU, plaited and plain bosoms, coat styles , Men's Manhattan and E. & W. Shirts at $1.50 $3.75 95c MEN'S SHOES In New leath ers and New Lasts for Fall Wear. The beBt shoes that ever sold in Omaha or any other city for $3 a pair; dull enameled leathers; lace or button high quality, s u b b t a ntlal shoes at a pair. ST S3.00 We are Exclusive AgenU for tiie Famous Florsheim Shoes FOR MEN More comfort more service and more style than any T C other shoe made for BRANDEIS SPECIAL BARGAINS OMAHA 4y GREAT SALE5 Men's Sample Hats On Big Special Sale Saturday Entire sample lines bought from two great eastern manu facturers soft and stiff hats all new fall and winter styles worth up to $3.50; in two big lots Saturday. These Hats worth up to $3.59 98c; $3,50 4 Sr,f 'J THE FAMOUS JOHN B. STETSON HATS Both stiff hats and soft hats all the new blocks $ for tall and winter, at , Boys' and children's school caps Borne with fur underhand, every mT."4. 25c49c 350 Boys' Hats new fall styles, $1.50 values, at, Q Q each eOC DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE Substantial Progress Made Toward Industrial Recovery During- Week. ' . i -a i a MANY FACTORIES BESUME WORK n etsvil Boslaesa .Decreases at Mur Folata Beeaasa af Hlher Tens peratare Paynteats Are ' Mere Prompt. NEW TORK, Oct. . Dun's review of trade tomorrow will say: Substantial progress toward Industrial re covery was made during- the last wek by a larre number of wags earners resum ing work in mills and lactones that nad sn wholly or parllslly Idle for many months. Yet resumption ts by no means uniform, many undortaklngs Delng- de ferred until after the election and low water la ths cause of short time In num erous plants. Ths retail trade at many points haa decreased with the higher tem perature and the religious holiday, al though some sections note a satisfactory distribution of fall and winter wearing apparel and payments are little more prompt. Married Hta Npt Wasted. Married men will apply In vain for in vitations to "men's" night entertainments, accordlrsr to the restrictive rule adopted by the "Merry Widows' club,'-' nrg-anlsed by ten young and pretty widows of Al bany, N. T. Bachelors and widowers. It Is said, will be cheerfully welcome to all functions given by the Club. After discussion it was voted to permit the members of the club to attend theater and dinner parties In comparer with senr tlereen, providing tliat there must never be any married men, married worsen, maiden ladles, or Braes widows In the party. Mrs. M. J. Burritt of Albany, at whose home the club was eraaaJsed. aald there I was considerable rivalry last winter at whist parties between widows and married women, "so we Just decided to have our own set. That's the reason we organised the club." Mrs. P. K. Howard of New York waa elected president. . WOES OF THE CANDIDATE I.anteatatloaa of Oae M'ho Watched the Political Gam aad Felt the Jolt. Has Consider now the candidate and hearken unto his lamentation. He ariseth in ths morning; and beholdeth In the paper roorback which he starteth out, break fast less, to squelch; and ere the setting of the sun he hath run Into four more, all even worse than the first, and harder to disprove. He salth In his haste all men are liars, and on second thought he repeateth It with a qualifying adjective. He learneth from a perusal of the par tisan papers that he stole a sheep, even an ewe lamb, In his boyhood, and a horse In his prime, while the rumor that h had exacted tribute from the corporations when hs was in public pay hath yet to be nailed. Ha cryeth out with a loud voice In the market placea, saying: "Behold me; I am not seeking this office, but I am afraid that If I keep still the office may collar some Incompetent by mistake, and I am a patriot. I have been urged by my friends to run and In a few more days I ahall do so unless things begin to look more favor able. . And he reflected bitterly: 'Behold, when I started upon this campaign I had I he respect of my family and of them that dwell within my- neighborhood; whereas now I become an object of suspicion to my neighbors, and my family will not an swer when I addreas them unless Inclose a stamp . for reply. For have not my wife and children been reading the par tisan papers and am I not a vfctlra ef tlelr credulltyT "Of a truth I am 'undone, also done. For things that I have done that were not com mendable, but he als hath learned of seventeen criminals acts of which I was never guilty, and verily those things I have not done are worse even than the things I have done." He fain would publish the list of his campaign contributions, but that he fears that If the enemy should learn how little he hath raised his defeat would be easy, and that If It were known how much he hath and whence It came it would be still easier to defeat him. Bo It cometh to pass that he beateth his head upon the hardwood floor and cryeth with a loud voice yet again: "Woe Is 'me and woe are all my brethren, for we are even aa the two men, one of whom Is afraid and the other daasent." And he longeth for the next few weeks to pass quickly that the agony may be over and he may begin to recover his self respect and the respect of his family and his neighbors. Chicago News. Old-Time Sweethearts Wed. More than forty years ago Frank Faulk ner of Kingston and Barah E. Seymour, a young belle of Baugertles, twelve miles north of Kingston. N. Y., met at a country dance, fell in love with each other, and be came engaged to be married. The bride-to-be was a cousin of Governor Horatio Seymour of New York statt, and Faulk ner was a member of one of the leading families of that time In Lister county. Faulkner and his fiancee quarreled and the engagement was broken. They re fused to become reconciled and each mar ried some one else. Faulkner and his bride went west. Barah Seymour married a man of the same name, although not a kins man, and she and her husband also went west. Mrs. Faulkner died, and the husband of Sarah Seymour died In another frontier town. Neither Faulkner nor the affianced girl of his youth knew of the other's bereavement. Mrs. Seymour moved to Nebraska, and a few years ago settled at Schuyler, In that not only hath the enemy found out all the state. After wandering over t!ie west Faulkner, too, moved to Nebraska, but to another part of the state. A couple of months ago he moved to Schuyler. Excursions to the east proved attractive to the two Schuyler residents, who had not visited their native Ulster county since they left It forty years ago. They came east the same day. but by different routes. One day the steamer Hendrlck Hudson was pushing Its prow through the Hudson river aa Its pilot steered for Kingston Point, and a large crowd gathered on the lower deck eager to step ashore. Foremort among the crowd was an elderly woman of commanding appearance, whose looks belted her years. Beside her stood a stout, well preserved man, upon whose gray hair a bread sombrero fitted like a crown. "Pardon me, but would you mind telling me how I can reach SaugertiesT" Inquired the woman of the gray-haired man. "I'm not sure," he responded. "I used to live there, but It's forty years since I went away." "Forty years,' repeated the woman. There was a tremor In her voice that caused the gray-haired man to look sharply at her. "Barah," he said, aa he held out his hand, and as the woman looked Into his eyes her own eyes filled with tears and she only said: "Frank." Fifteen minutes before clrniag time they visited the city clerk's office, and .asUed for a marriage license. FATHER FAILS ON THE BOND Goes Back to Dee Molaea ta Trr Agala to Secure Ball for His Daaghtcr. ' ' Unable to secure the necessary II, CO bond for the release of his daughter, Mrs. Abble Rice, the state witness In the Davis mur der trial, A. M. Clarey will return to DaS Moines to arrange for an Indemnity bonC When shown an article in a local paper which purported to be an interview with Mrs. Rice, saying she refused to go home with her father. Mr. Clarey vigorously de nounced the artlclf as a falsehood and stated that Mrs. Rice was anxious to re tarn to Ies Moines with him to await the trial of Davis In the district court Ilarliuan Mar Uet 'Frisco. nv.w VDRK. Oct. s. Announcement made by the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb , A. Co. that that firm has undertaken uf -meet the 7.1.""0 of notes of the el. Louis' A- Ban Franciaco railroad, wnicn rill due on iiecembt-r 1 next. Borne European banks. Including one In Berlin, wtll assist them. The bankers decline to say whether the agreement to meet the notes involved any change in tiie control of the railway Kuhn, I.oeb sc Co. have been associated with K. 11- Harriman in a number of flnun clul proceedings affecting railroads. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs quickly, strengthens ths lungs and expels colds. Oct the genuine In a yellow pack age. Bold by all druggists. Advertise In The Bee, the paper that go. A Into the homes of the best people. rasa. 6ofYears oaf faiaeiAfss. Wt wasgyeti U kltm la Ihtm, foe. Sixty years of experience with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral make us bsve great confidence in It for coughs, colds on tho cbett, bronchitis, hotrsentss, weak throats, weak lung. Atk your doctor to tell you bis experience with It. If satisfactory, then you will certainly bsve every confidence la It. f .VtLV c
