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6 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEEt THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1008. CURB ON THE NURSERYMEN Heaty Penalty Advocated for Falitly Labeling Stock Sold. TAX REVISION LEAGUE MEETS AHWtili of Railroad Teamlnala trrr LoeaJ TuttlM On of the 8nb Jeets lllcmil-M ArrM d of Bigamy Atteaaats Balclde. (From a Btaff Correspondent.) DFS MOINES, Dec I. (Special.) In hJ annual report re J before the State Horti cultural society today Wealey Greene of Davenport, secretary In charge of the de partment at the state house, recommended aoitM reformatory legislation In connection with tha raising and Ten din of nursery tork of Iowa. Among other thins Mr. Greene recom mended that the legislature pass a law requiring very nureery In the elate to secure a lioense from the Btate Board of Horticulture, which he would hare au thority! to Inspect these nurseries) and orchards and propound rules for their con duct Then he would require mirserymen to properly and truly label vary tree or piece of h rubbery, making it an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. to f ! inly lafcet nursery stock. This ha con tends would put the sale of nursery good on the imm basis a provtslona under the present pure food Jaw. Mr. Oreene would go oven further and have the law require every vndor of nursery stock or agent for eiioh to secure a license from this proposed state board, such license to bo Issued only to men of good character and resident freeholders. Bwh a law would eliminate, from the Iowa field many of the Itinerant nureery salesmen, whom members of the horticultural society claim are soiling unde sirable stork. Tea Reformers Oatner. Ti e annual convention of the Iowa Tax Ttevlelon association was opened here this wrnlng by President John H. Jackson -f Kloux City. Following his address State Pentor C. J. Krlrkson of Boone, who Is n hmkcr. delivered nn ndilress on "Tax Cf Corporation Stock." Clem F. Kltn-h-i o' Council Bluffs, city attorney, read purer on Terminal Taxation or iuiu- This evening Charles Mclean of Du buque, editor of the Times-Journal there, talked on "Taxation of Mortgages." To morrow. Attorney C. V. Powell of Des Moines w'll read a paper on "Taxation ol Banks. National.' State. Savings and Pri vate." In the afternoon Frank Q. Pierce of Marshalltown. secretary of the associa tion, will talk of plans for a tax commis sion In Iowa. I.oRan Appointed Adjutant. Ony l.ogan of Bed Oak will be appointed adjutant general of Iowa to succeed Ad jutant General Thrift. This has been an nounced by Oovernor-eleot Carroll. ' Attempt to Take Hie Falls. Married twice, and in danger of prosecu t'on for Mgamy. P. C. Demlng of St. Louis, a traveling salesman, attempted suicide last nlg'rt. . ' He turned on ' the gas In his room. A clerk broke in the door and found him half conscious. Demlng was taken to the Methodist hospital by the city physician and will live. He came to Des Moines from St. Louis two weeks ago. He has a wife there. Shortly after his arrival he took out a license to wed Mrs. Anna Stltzel of 17 West Ninth street, and they were mar ried by Judge Howe, after both had been arrested In Mrs. Btltzel's apartments. Demlng left a letter to his wife In St. Louis, with the request that his Insurance go to her. Agricultural Board Scrap. At the annual meeting of the State Agri cultural association tomorrow, M. F. Cur tain will be a candidate against R. T St. Jchn of Rlrevl'le for member of the State Board of Agriculture from the Fourth district. Mr. St. John Is the present member and Is standing as a candidate for re-election. Estate Pays lp Taxes. FORT DODGE. Ia.. Dec. 9 (Speclal.)- Only a few minutes remained before the tax sale was to start Monday morning In County Treasurer Hadley's office and the sael of lands owned by the Snell es tate to satisfy claim for unpaid taxes was to begin, when Prank Farrell, agent for tthe Snell eatate, entered the treasurer's office with draft for tl0,968, which he de posited as payment fo rthe taxes. The draft was received In Fort Dodge but a short time before In a special delivery leN ter. The Snell estate must be "land poor" was the thought'that entered the minds of many who had gathered to bid on the Snell lands If they were auctioned. Had the lands been sold and unredeemed, many large tracta that have been lying Idle, ac cording to the policy of the late Tom Snell, would have been divided Into small farms and put under cultivation, to the great benefit of Webster county. The exact valu ation of the real estate owned by the es tate In Webster county has not been com puted and cannot be figured out by means of the draft for taxes because several spe cial levies were also paid Monday. Killed by Fall Throaah Window. BIOUX CITY. Ia.. Dec. 9.-(Speclal Tele gram.) Carl Turner, a bartender, fell through the front window at the Head quarters saloon, 824 Fourth street, this evening, cut his Jugular vein and bled to death. Te went to aleep In a chair and fell over backwards Into the window. From Politics to Law. FORT DODOE, Ia., Dec. I (Special.) E. O. Dunn of Mason City, much talked of as a fit candidate for governor on the democratic ticket during the last cam- Ailments of Men Happily Overcome SUCCESSFULLY TUCD BY MANY Undoubtedly thexfollowtng prescrip tion will work wonders fur that great class of men who, through dissipa tion of their natural strength, find 'themselves In their "second child hood'' long before the three score and ten allotted to life's pleasures and enjoyment are reached. It U presumed to be Infallible, and highly efficient In quickly restoring the "nervous extiauatlon, weak vi tality, melancholia and the functions. First get fifty cents' worth, of Compound fluid balmworth In a one ounce package, and three oun.'ei syrup sarsaparllla compound, lake home, mix and let stand two hours; then get one ounce compound essence cardlol and one ounoe tincture cado niane (not cardomon). Mix all In a six or eight ounce bottle, shake well, and take one toaipoonf ul after tacli meal and one whan retiring, followed by a drink of water. By mixing It at home no man nead to be the wiser as to another's short comings and expensive fees are avoided. Lack of poise and equilibrium in meu Is a constant source of embaraos meat even when the public leant sus pects It. For the benefit of those who want a restoration to full bounding health and all the happiness accoin- fianylng it, the above home treatment s given. It contains no opiates or habit forming drugs whatever. Mix It at home and uu one will be the wUer aa to your affliction. palgn, has taken Into partnership with himself D. II. Fltzpatrlck. a young lawyer o fthls city. Mr. Dunn, who Is very prom inent In co-operative grain circles of the state, will gradually separate himself from the grain buying business. In which he Is now engaged. The partners have formed a law firm. Iowa Mews notes. ATLANTIC Court was adjourned here this morning until Deifrahsr 14, at which time Judge Thornell will again be here to preside. Several of the big cases of this session, were laid over until the Hth. MARPHALLTOWN-N. Elliott, proprietor of the Hotel Rule of Hampton, one of the leading and best known hotels In central Iowa, was today Indicted by a Franklin county grand Jury for "nuisance." In the illegal sale of Intoxicating liquor. ATLANTIC Snow which fell here lata Paturdny evening has made sleighing the finest In years, having packed as It fell to a depth of four or five Inches. Barly Sunday morning tho thermometer at th-j water works registered 9 decrees below, the coldest weather of the winter thus far. ATLANTIC Mrs. Mary Goeken died at her home on South locust street at J o'clock last ' nlpht, after a wi k's Illness of an abscess In her side. Mrs. Goeken, with her husband, has been a resident of this county since 1X67, living fur a number of years near Marne, but having moved to Atlantic some time ago. She leaves her husband and six children. MARSHALLTOWN-Luke Van KVera, a printer, well known over Iowa, and who has worked In this and other Iowa cities many times, Is believed to be dying In the Cook county hospital at Chicago as a result of being attacked by thugs. Van Kvera's skull is fractured. He was found st the corner of Lasalle avenue and Illinois street, where he is believed to have been slugged and robbed. ATLANTIC The Case) County Mad'cal as sociation held Its annual meeting Tuesday In the rooms of the Young Men's Christian association and a number of doctors from over the county are in attendance. The meeting closed Tuesday night with an Il lustrated lecture at the Presbyterian church bv Dr. Ktme of Fort DodKe, who is state lecturer on tuberculosis, this being the sub ject of his lecture. FORT DODGE J. A. Pease, ex-presldent of the Northwestern Iowa Poultry associa tion, sent ten fouls to the Sioux Valley Poultry association meeting at Sioux Falls. These captured eignt rionons, an iney could capture, and won their owner $26 In premiums. Mr. Pease also sent ten fouls to Keokuk, where a large snow was neid recently. These birds won first, second and third places there. FORT DODGE August Kolb, a farmer residing a short distance north of this city, has a Held of ten acres or corn that nas produced 1(10 bushels to the acre this year. Vlr. Kolb has used three varieties of se?d corn In securing the seed for this year's crop and has worked for five years to secure the combination. Nearly all of the corn will be sold for seed corn at $1.50 per bushel, so that he will receive almost $1,600 for the yield from this ten acres. IOWA CITY While the children and little baby of John Dotigloss slept peace fully a lamp exploded and burned an organ and pictures In the room during the night. A stone floor prevented the spread of the flames further than a rug near the cradle and the sleeping children hud a wonderful escape. It was not until morning that the rutrs were discovered hy an older sister. A 12-yearoid son forgot to blow out the light before he went to bed. The freakish accident happened on the farm of Robert Graham In Scott township. CRESTON At the annual meeting of the Creston District Fair association held last night a new board of directors was se lected for the ensuing year composed of N. D. Merrill, J. M. Wray. H. D. Smith, Dr. John Reynolds, J. M. McCormack, J. B. Wray; C. A. Alfen, Ed C. Keith, A. Ijatimer Wilson and J. B. Fltxslmmons. The question of dates was not decided upon, but will be soon. The following offi cers, to serve- next year, are: President N. D. Merrll; vice -president. II. D. Smith; secretary, James MeCornack; ' treasurer, J B. Wray. " ., TROUBLES OF THE BOYSENS , Damage Units Follow After the Ar rest of Mrs. Boysen at Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 9. (SpecHl.)-Mrs. Anna L. Boysen, with Rudolph liaug,- a skating Instructor, brought suit In the superior court yesterday for $50,000 damages against her sister, Mrs. Rosa L. Thompson, who on November 12 caused her a'rest. Her husband. Aamus Boysen. filed suit for $100,000 damages, and Dr. Jay F. Pitts also filed suit for $25,000 damages against Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. Boysen asks damages on the grounds that her sister caused her arrest up n a slanderous charge, and persists In saying she is Insane. Boysen asks damages on the ground that Mrs. Thompson charged him with forgery and with seeking to gain control of his wife's fortune. ." . . Dr. Pitts sues on the ground that the defendant called him a "shyster" doctor and accused him of seeking a part of Mrs. Boysen's estate. The charge that Mrs. ' Boysen was living In the skating Instructor's apartments, and that she Is mentally Irresponsible, still la pending. She Is an heiress to a large estate, and her sister set up that she was only seeking to protect Mrs. Boysen In bringing the charges. WISCONSIN DEBATERS BUSY Meet Both Nebraska and Iowa veraltlea Daring the Pres ent Week. Vnl. MADISON, Wis.. Dec. 9, (Special Tele gram.) This week will be a crucial one for the debating teams of the university. Friday evening the representatives of the university will meet the University of Ne braska in the home contest, while on th rame evening the other Wisconsin team will meet the University of Iowa debaters at Icwa City. At present Wisconsin and Minnesota lead the debating league and the outcome of the twe debates will have considerable bearing t pon the league leadership, as the two schools are tied, and two Badger wins would undoubtedly give Wisconsin a clear margin over Ita Gopher rivals. The team that will meet Nebraska Is composed of Gustave Buchen, George Blanchard and Monte Appel, while the team that will go to Iowa City will be made up of Hal Martin. Walter Atwood and Geohard Geseile. FIRE RECORD. Opera House at Prrscott. CRESTON, Ia., Dec. 9 (Special.) A dis astrous fire occurred at Prescott early this morning, and when discovered about 1 o'clock, was thought to have been burn ing about an hour. It occurred In the basement of the opera house, and is sup posed to have been caused by the explosion of a gasoline tank. The opera house was totally destioyed, both floors collapsing O. T. Jenkins occupied the first floor with a stock of merchandise. Two buildings east of the Courier opera house wers wrecked by the explosion of the tank in tne opera house. J lie first one was a restaurant, occupied by T. E. Gentle; the other one contained a stock of mere nan dlse, carried by Clark Bros. The Sluniche poultry, butter and egg company, occupy ing a irame bunding on the north, was totally destroyed, together with from $400 o $5u0 worth of eggs. The total loss roughly estimated amounts to between Stl.OuO and $7,0u0, with $4,000 Insurance. The fire company from this place was called for and responded, going with chemical en gine and team and about twenty ot ths fire company, several citizens accompany Ing them. The Courier building Is re ported to be fully Insured. The loss Is tS.Out on the opera houa. Insurance. $4,000; Jenkins store loss $6,000 to $7,0U, Insurance, $4,000; .wrecked brick buildings owned by James Swim Insured for $2,000. will cover loss; W. EL Goo tie. $600 Insurance and Oarko Bros, carried $7,000. The Clarinda, Poultry coaiuaay loss Is not large. SHIPPERS AND RAILROADS Interests Join Issues in Manufactures Banquet in Chicago. BROWN SPEAKS FOR THE LATTER New York Central Man gays Hlsrher Rates Are XeededMr. Barber Says ' lie Takes Cne from P. T. Rarnnm. CHICAGO, Dec. 9. The Issue between the shippers of the country and the railroads, which, broadly, Is said to be whether the plow follows the locomotive, or the locomo tive the plow, was Joined at the annual banquet of the Illinois Manufacturers' as sociation here tonight. W. C. Brown, senior vice president of the New Tork Central lir.es, delivered an elaborate plea for the participation of the railroads In the coun try's prosperity, while Ohio C. Barber of AkYon, O.. president of the Diamond Match company, vehemently asserted that instead of contemplating It creased freight rates which perhaps ultimately will go, by mean, of some American heiress, to "enrich for eign noblemen," the roads should be cal culating how great a reduction they should In fairness make to shippers. Mr. Barber In his address referred several times to Mr. Brown, declaring that the latter In his attempts to educate the publia to a belief that higher rates are neces sary, "perhaps Is taking his cue from the late P. T. Bamum, who said the -publlo was fond of being humbugged." "William II. VanCeibllt." said Mr. Bar ber, "who succeeded his father, the com-n-jc-dore, with the latter's brain and ability, recognized the public with the words, tho public be damned,' and the public has been damned ever since by one scheme and an other emanating from the brains of men of his own Ilk and force." Mr. Barber declared that at the begin ning of the panic of last winter the rail roads accentuated the result of the panic In every direction, and tried to blame con ditions on President Roosevelt." Commission Is Impotent. "It seems to me," said the speaker, "that the Intel state Commerce commission Is ab solutely Impotent In protecting fully the Interest of the public. The railroad l.a become so great a part of the buslneai of the country that there Is no power In law that can control it. Thoy (tne railroads) In turn control the legislation and prevent legal actions by the overpowering weights of their Influence and the expense of liti gation agalnft them." Mr. Barber In closing declared that the Only remedy for correcting the evils of overcapitalization .to be a federal corpora tions act, with the railroads all In one cor poration and a government guaranty of 4 per cent on the stock, which never there after should be Increased. Mr. Brown's address presented a careful review of the Increase In price of every commodity within the last ten years, save alone freight rates, which he said had lagged behind. He said that If the. expenditures of ths railroads for 1907 could have been made at prices obtaining in 1897 the railroads of the country would have saved $76,Of0,0t0. lie confirmed the charge made a year ago that from 1898 to 1908 freight rates had been ad vanced on 897 articles, but he added that in the same time they had been reduced on S76 articles, and that the net result was a reduction In rates of 10.69 per cent. Mr. Brown concluded by declaring the interests , of the shippers and railroads Identical, but asserted that the railroads were the only class of business that had not been permitted to advance prices. President Upham's Address. President Upham Issued a warning to the railroads, asserting his belief that If the railroads did not act fairly public senti ment would demand amendments of the rate law which would take from the car riers all initiative In the fixing of rates He said that shippers should aid . the rail roads In legally eliminating obnoxious clauses of the Sherman anti-trust law and that they should not object to the rall rcads pooling their trafflo under certain restrictions. Mr. Upham assured his hear ers that' President-Elect Taft proposed giving calm and Judicial consideration and a fair determination of all the trafflo problems that confront the country. SENTENCE PASSED ON HYDE San Franclseo Man Given Heavy Fine and Two Years tn Prison for Frand. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Frederick A. Hyde of San Francisco, recently convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States of large tracts of land In Oregon and Washington, was today sentenced In the district criminal court to pay a fine of $:0,C00 and to serve two years In tho peni tentiary at Moundsvllle, W. Va., the max! mum penalty under the law. joosi ii. ocnneiaer ot luraon, Ariz,, an employe of Hyde, and convicted with him, was fined $1,000 and sentenced to one year and two months In tho penRentiary. Both noted appeals to the d strict court of ap pta:s. Hyde was released on $20,CO0 ball and Schneider on $10,100. The prosecution of Hyde and Schneider, together with John A. Benson and Henry P. Dlmond, who were acquitted, following the investigation of al leged wholesale Irregularis In public lind deals In the west, cost the government $1C0, 000 and the trial occupied three months. MOTION MADE FOR NEW TRIAL Defendants In Utah Coal Cases Al- lege Verdict Is Not In Accord with Kvldeace. 8 ALT LAKE CITY, Dec. I Counsel for J. M. Moore, Everett Buckingham, the Ore gon Short Line, the Union Pacific railroad and the Union Pacific Coal company. In the United States district court today Constipation flay tt pertrtanctiily orercansljy prober personal effor vvttMrte assistance cftheon fruiy beneJicAal laxative temecly, Syrup ojtigs aid tXxr ojSfana, KicK xlln ontJwrm regular kabit& claily So that assistance fo ha ture may l gradually )i$penseiVdH when noloner needed astkeUstof remedies, when reouirex), are to assist tvaWe arul act to frapp) ant the ftatu. J functions, vkicK muet depend uUi enately upon proper nourishment, prjr 'effortaW rifcKt IjyinA general. To get Us beneficial effects, alayi buy tho genuine SyrupffifcsEi xxi Senna Manufacture hy tag California Fig Snrnup Co. only SOLO BVALL LEADING DRUCCISTS I moved for a new trial of the case against I their clients. It was claimed that the vet- I diet of the Jury finding the defendants guilty of conspiracy In restraint of trade In withholding coal shipments from D. J. Sharp wae not In accordance with the ev idence. The motion was taken under ad visement by Judge Marshall. BONDS FOR CONSERVATION President Roosevelt and President elect Taft Place Themselves on Record. WASHINGTON, Dec. I-Presldent Rocse- velt and President-elect Taft Publicly put themselves on record today In advocacy of the Issuance of government bonds for the construction of permanent public Im provements to conserve the national re sources of the nation. President-elect Taft presided at the Joint conservation meeting this afternoon at the Belaaco theater In this city, at which President Roosevelt made the prlnlcpal ad dress. The Incumbent ot the White House gave his unqualified approval for the car rying out of expert plans for the conserva tion of the nation's resources. The coming president seconded Mr. Roosevelt's asser tions with hea.ty accord. ' Governor Chamberlain of Oregon voiced what seemed the advanced ground of the democratic party, In advocacy of federal Jurisdiction and an audience which filled the theater, and which Included Andrew Carnegie, John Mitchell, senators and con gressmen and the governors of several states, applauded every sentiment ex pressed. President Roosevelt spoke In part as fol lows: Our natural resources are so related that the use of one affects the use of nil ih others. This Is especially true of our waterways. Kvery man, woman and child within our borders has an Interest In I hem, through navigation, power, Irriga tion or water supply, or through ull fo lr. We have neglected our waterways more than any other natural resource and we must put an end to that neglect. The Inland Waterways commission has told us now. First, let US Drenare a comnrehrnslvn plan for Inland waterway deveh pment along the lines pointed out by the com mission. Suc.i a plan must consider every use of the waters. It must nut th Inter ests of all the people In advance of any private interests whatsoever. The prepara tion ui mis coniprenensive plan should bi gin at once. beconu. let US nroneed Immmltntplu ulth thu construction of the wuiHrtnivi r.,r which plans have already been approved, and which we are now certuln will tit into the outlines of the general plan. Our previous policy of procrastination, delay and fitful and partial action has borne Its perfect Irult. Our waterways are deserted, and In return for our vuhl expenditures we htive little or no uclu.U i'aigaiioii to snow, iiie people are ready for a cnange. Let us have It, and at once. It we can pay the cost Horn current levenuea lei ue do so. it not, let us lssua bonds. By either method let us have the waterways, and that quickly. The plan tnd the work can and snould proceed to gether. W'nile tne work we are sure of is being begun the plan tor the rest can be prepared. lue work, therefore, should begin at once. But there must nut b the sllu utnat rnk. lessness or waste of money. No work whatever should be undertaken that lias not been thoroughly examined and fully approved by competent experts. Above all. not one cent should be expended to satlsly special Interests, whether of a business or a locality, or promote any man's political loriunes. forests and waterways cannot be sep arated In any successful treatment of either. Forest protection and river develop ment muse go nana in nana. The three things which should be done without any further delay are, therefore: First, to pro vide for a comprehensive clan of waterway development; second, to begin at once on work already planned that will surely fit into the larger plan; third, to provide am ply for forest protection axalnst fire. against reckless cutting, against wanton or reckless .destruction of all kinds. The Joint meeting brought together the members of tho. conservation committee and their helpers, the delegates to the Great Southern Commercial congress, the mem bers of the Rivers and Harbors congress and others Interested in working out a comprehensive plan for making the most of the lands, minerals, forests and waters that belong to ths public domain of the United States. EVENING OF SOUTHERN STORIES Miss Lonlae A. Williams Presents a Pleaalna; Evening's Enter tainment. Society turned out In force Tuesday night at the Lyric theater to hear Miss Louise A. Williams of Atlanta, Ga., give a choice se lection of southern dialect stories and 'Im personations. With' the charming speech and manners of the land of her birth, and a fc. 'lng gown of white and pink, made In the style that Is so characteristic of the south, Mtss Williams completely won her audience and many expressions of sat isfaction and approval were heard after the entertainment. With the happy charm of the drawing room more than the ordinary attractive ness of the stage, the program proved most successful and must have greatly pleased the many patronesses and their friends who occupied prominent positions In the boxes and front sectional Aside from the read ings, stories and anecdotes by Misa Wil liams, a piano medley of southern airs by Martin Bush and several Dixie songs by a well balanced quartet composed appreci ated parts on the program. MRS. GATEWOOD STARTS WAR Takes Five Knots at Frank Lockman, bat Falls to Do Any Damage. Mrs. Henrietta Oatewood. colored, weight 223 pounds, height five feet five Inches, and dressed In black, , caused a stampede about tf:40 o'clock last night In the neigh borhood of Twenty-ninth and Douglas streets by taking five shots at Frank Lockman, also colored, and his son. Lockman drives a coal wagon and was on his wagon near Douglas on Twenty ninth street when Mrs. Oatewood opened the bombardment. None of tho ahota took effect, but the entire Oatewood family and the neighbors barred their doors for fear of more trouble, Tho police station was notified and Emergency Officers Morgan and Lahey went to the battlefield, but the enemy had fled and ceuld not be found. The reason assigned for Mra. Gatewood's warlike atti tude is alleged to be that she blames Lock man and his wife for an estrangement be tween herself and her husband. FIGHT AGAINST RIVER IS WON Water Is Receding at IMae Bluff, Ark., and Will Do Little Fur ther Damage. PINE BI.UFF, Ark., Dec. .-Apparently the fight against the encroachment of the Arkansas river toward the eastern resi dential section of this city has been won and with the more rapid receding of the water, as now Indicated, it la believed that the most serious phase of the present flood Is pained. When the government dyke, which protected what Is known as the East End. was swept away late yeaterday and work waa suspended at the ahops of the Cotton Belt railroad and workmen and of ficials alike Joined the realdents In a systematic effort. Their work was success ful , and while several squares west of Harding bayou, a small stream have caved away, the crumbling tonight has ceased at this line and it Is not believed that ths waters can encroach further. A Hlaodr AsTalr Is lung hemorrhage. Stop It and cure fak lunga, coughs and colds with Dr. King's New Discovery. 80c and $L For sale by Beaton Drug ANNUAL TREASURY REPORT - Disbursement! Fifty-Eight Million in Exceis of Receipt. LARGER DEFICIT NEXT YEAR Operations of Treaaarr Department la Financial Flurry of October Last Are Set Oat In Detail. WASHINGTON. Do?. P. The annual re pott of Mr. Corieljou, I he awrctary of the trensu y, shows a leversal if conditions for the fiscal year 1!k, as compared w.th the fiscal year for 1007. For the latter year the receipts were 11.236.586 In vxieas of the ill.xhura mcnls. For the flfcal yeur i 19 the disbursements were $58,(K0,2Ol in ; excess tf tl.e leielpts, due to business dc- 1 presilon and Imreaoe.l approprt ttl' ni. , Fortunately, the report says, tuc ava.lab.e cash bal ince at tl.e beginning of the final: ear was fc.'?2,Otjl,4lu. The tieusnry was called upon in the lat ter part of October, 19o7, to render ass. st ance In a financial panic which started In New York City and which gradually ex tended over the entire country. Through treasury operations during this financial disturbance the amount of public deposits with the banks reached $:36,548,3il on No vember 30, 19U7, and on December i7, 190;, thu maximum of 1259,994,271 was attained, after which It was decreased to 2ji,30,154 by the close of the month. Further withdrawals decre.se 1 this amount to 1118,37,66 on November lti, ll. At the beginning of the present tlscal year there was a freer circulation of money, and large amounts wero lecurned to the lman- clal centers, and some of the depositees voluntarily returned to the treasury a part of their holdings of public deposits, amount ing In all to approximately H.'Mi.KO. A further withdrawal of pullic mon,-y from depository banks in Now York City made In January amounted to s, 860,0)0, making the balance In the banks to the cr dit ot the general fund at the end of January $-26,241,llg. Furtner voluntary surrender of deposits were made during February and on June 30 the general fund had ben rtduceJ to 149,tO,0OO. increase In Trust Fonda. Tho aggregate of trust funds, cons sting of gold coin and standard silver dollars held for the redemption of ceitiflcates ami notes for which tlicy were respectively pledged. Increased Jl;.9,000,0t0 during tlio year. The monetary stock for the year In creased t2t3,2t3,iX0. The growth In gold was $151,714,391; In silver, 117,919,396; national bank notes, $94,545,2:7. At the same time there was a decrease of $1,906,000. At the close of the fiscal year 1908 the money in circulation -amounted to $3,O3a,015.4!8. or a per capita of $34.72. The percentage of gold j to circulation was $45.95. Th.re was an in-j ciease of $94,545,227 in the volume of national bank notes during the fiscal year.closod July 1 last. The amount of Interest bearing debt on June 30, 1907, Is shown to have been $934, 9.2, 761, and on June 30, 1908, . S97,503,!)9 J. The report 'shows that from the date of the passage of the national bank act In lust, to July 1, 1908, charters were granted to 9,174 national banking associations and at tho close of the last fiscal year there were in operation S.SlT associations, with authorized capital stock of $930,542,774. Banks to the number of 1,878 have been cloaed by the voluntary action of their stockholders and 49 Insolvent associations have been placed In charge of receiver There were purchased for the coinage of subsidiary silver during the fiscal year 10,956.309 ounces of silver bouillon at a cost of $9,823,026. Receipts and Expenditures. The receipts from Internal revenue taxes fbr the fiscal year 1908, were $251,711,126, a net Increase from 1807 of $17,955,646. The customs receipts for the same . period amounted to $286,113,130, a decrease for th. year of about $46,000,000. Basing his figures on the estimates o1 appropriations already submitted by thr several executive departments the secre tary Is of the opinion that the excess o expenditures over receipts for the flscn year ending June 20, 1909, may reach $114, 000,000. . Realizing- that suddeit changes in the customs standing of Imported merchandise are unfair to business, and Introduce an element of1 uncertainty, the secretary has instituted a new system by which, when the classification of goods Is changed, which results In the payment of a higher rate of duty, ample notice Is given to thoso Interested. There have bpen just completed by tho department negotiations, which put an end to the long drawn out controversy as to the value of LJmoges china. And In doing this It had established a precedent a"nd a principal of co-operation between the manu facturing interests Involved and the TTnlted States government, which Is capable of being extended to other classes of mer chandise, with excellent results. During the year the department ha entered Into an agreement with the Cham ber of Commerce of Limoges representing the manufacturers of that city, as to the value of all kinds of pottery there manu factured. Borne minor details yet remain to be settled, but these do not affect the harmonious results that have been achieved. Agreement with Germany. The report calls attention to the com mission of which Assistant Secretary James B. Reynolds was the chairman, which went abroad last year to discuss with German officials certain Important matters affecting the proper administra tion of the custom laws and an agreement E 'M .i, ', mil." Modern Miracles of Science Wonders Accomplished Right Here in Omaha Every Day That Would Have Been Regarded As Mir acles in Earlier Days. Little Eddie HavMcek, 1241 South 14th gtreet. has hail life niad a bur den to him for the last few years by constantly recurring epileptic fits. Now epllepgy U a chronic functional disease of which the fits la only a symptom. There 'are several varieties of gymn tonis, but they represent the same dis ease, differing only In severity and the Individual pt eullarltlt s of the patient. The uncertainty of the fits cause epi lepsy to be especially dreaded, and the difficulty In finding a cure, casts a gloom over nearly every epllt ptlc. That the family doctor cannot cure this trouble is a fart admitted by the phy sicians themselves. After Eddie's folks had almost given up hope of curing him, they heard of the wonders which the AtiBtro-Amerlcan Doctors were ac complishing In similar difficult cases, and Immediately brought him to their offices at 42S Hamge building. They hardly dared hope that he could be cured, but they felt sure that the Aus-tro-American Doctors would not accept the case unless they could effect a cure, as these doctorg are very frank In turning away those cases which are incurable. After a thorough examina tion, treatment was commenced. The results can best be told by Eddie's plain statement overheard by a reporV er In the doctors' reception room: "My mother used to come to the office with me, for I could not come alone; It was not safe. 1 had been having one or two spells every day for several years, Now, since I have been getting treat ment I have not had a spell. I am glad, because spells are awful." It Is hard for one who has not suf fered to realize the relief, both of mind and body, which is felt by a chronic Bufferer, whose ailment Is re moved by seemingly miraculous means. When the reporter suggested to the great physician at the head of the Aus-tro-Anierlcan Doctors that such cases were seemingly "modern miracles" he smiled and replied: "Yes, bo they seem, but It la merely a simple matter of common senBe and scientific knowl edge. The common sense teaches us that every effect has a cause. For In stance, epilepsy is the symptom of some organic trouble of the heart, liver or kidneys, etc. Now our first reached with that country contained a provision that the Chamber of Commerce of that country ahould be entitled to fur nish certificates of value of merchandise manufactured or produced In their respec tive communities which should be regarded by the appraising officials of the United States as competent evidence In the find ing of value. This privilege was subse quently extended to the Chamber of Com merce of other nations, and It was granted only after It was ascertained that these or ganizations were governmental In their character, so that In case of a careless or false certificate of value being sent to this country hy such an organization. It would bo possible to present the matter to Its government for proper action. The treas ury commission also made a special study of these chambers of commerce In France, Austria-Hungary and Great Britain, to de termine Just what would be the compe tency of the evidence that was presented tn case of disputed values. With a view to greater expedition and hence leas disturbance in business condi tions incident to the enforcement of the pure food law, the secretary during the year has arranged to do away In a large measure with the reference of each dis puted case to Washington and has left to the chief local representative of the Treasury Department and the Department if Agriculture at the larger ports the dis position of nil cases except those of ex- .ptlonal Importance. Economy In Disbursements. The secretary devotes considerable space to the question of an economical disburse ment to current receipts and the classifica tion of both receipts and disbursements in such a way as to facilitate such an adjust ment, and suggests that it would perhaps be competent to congress to vest In a Joint committee the power of revising the ap propriation bills with a view to distribut ing reductions and increases In an equit able manner and also with a view to the lelative importance of the object for which appropriations are sought. It would seem that such a committee should be charged with the responsibility of keeping the ex penditures of each year approximately within the revenue of the year, or. If this could not be done, that It should authorize the Issue of a proper amount of short term obligations to bridge over the deficit ot lean years. By such a committee needless find wasteful expenditures might be decked. The secretary says that the present form of treasury statement Is In several respects misleading. It makea no aeparatlon be tween the expendlturea for the ordinary service of tho government and those for permanent public works, like river and harbor Improvements, public buildings and the Panama canal. If these atatementa differentiated between the ordinary and the extraordinary expenditures the record for the fiscal year 19c would show ordi nary receipts of $601,128,118; ordinary dis bursements, $570,477,838; surplus of receipts, $30,648,279; extraordinary receipts and dis bursements, sale of Panama bonds. 1.4 -631.9S0; sale of treasury certificates, $15,436,- step Is to ascertntn, without question of doubt, the location of the 'cause.' Our next step Is to remove the 'cause' and consequently eliminate the effect. Each Ingredient of the prescription ha Its work to perform, and In no two cases are the prescriptions exactly the same. The great secret of our suc cess with the wonderful Austro-Amer-Ican treatment lies In the exactness with which we prescribe. Wo use no crude drugs only the purest alka loids." Tho doctor then searched through his many letters from patients, thank ing him for wonderful cures of rheai niatlsm, diseases of men and worr,n, nervous diseases, etc., and produced one from Mr. U. Plvonka, it. E. D.. No, 1, South Omaha, which read as fol lows: A it s t r o - American Doctors, 428 Ramge building, Omaha, Neb. Dear Sirs: My sister. Miss Anna Plvonka, suffered epilepsy for eight years and had those spells every two or three days. She had doctored with a number of other doctors, b-at got no help. Since commencing treatment with you a month ago, she hs had no more spells and eats well And sleeps well. Your friend, V. PIVONKA. j "You see," said the doctor, "that all I of our cases are different Entirely different treatment from Eddie Hav- lieck's was given Miss Plvonka, but the results are the samo 'a modern miracle' as you term It." The Austro-Amerlcan Doctors rrstist surely be helping Omaha's Invalids as there Is a constant stroam of people coming and going front tholr offices dally. They are making a special offer of free treatment, which Is good until December 16th, a nominal charge be ing made for medicines only They are doing this because they wttnt tho people of Omaha and vicinity to be come acquainted with the wonderful results of the Austro-Amerlcan treat ment. The Austro-Amerlcan Doctors are located at 4 28 Ramge building Just one block from the com show, and It will pay corn shcw visitors needing tho services of specialists to call on them. They make no charge whatever for examination. 500; from premium, $736,783; total extra ordinary recelpta. $40,804,268; extraordinary dlsburstments, for Panama canal, $38,093, 425; for public buildings, under treasury, $9,341,364; for reclamation service, $11,136,042; for rivers and harbors, $30,157,649; for the reduction of the public debt, $34,356,750; total extraordinary disbursements, $123,075, 230. There are other changes that should be made In the dally treasury statement In the Interest of a better understanding of the financial operations of the department. Revision of Tariff. On the subject of the revision of the tariff the secretary saya the new adminis tration la pledged to a fair and equitable revision. The necessities of the govern ment should be a guide, at least In part, to the measure and character of the revi sion. Data recorded in this report tell their own story. It the deficiencies reach any thing like the figures given ample provi sion must be made through new subjects of taxation to provide adequate revenue. The earnest consideration of congress la especially urged to this phase of the sub ject. Of recent currency legislation the secre tary aays that the act passed at the last session of congress has served a useful purpose and will be available until the recommendations of the monetary commis sion created by that congress can be con sidered and acted upon. Boa Want Ads Produce Results. Railroad Agrent Killed. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., Dec 9. (Special Telegram.) A. R. Walker, agent of the Iowa Central at Newspan, was fatally in jured this afternoon when run over by a fast freight . train In front of the depot. He was moving baggage on the platform and slipped, falling In front of the train which was Just passing. fgiUbHhd IhTV) An Inhalation for Whooplnq-Cough, Croup, Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Diphtheria Cresolene I a Boon te Asthmstlos. 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