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unday Bee PART ONE Only 10 DAYS For Christmas Shopping NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO 8 4 7 VOL. XXXVIII NO. 26. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1908 SIX SECTIONS FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. LATEST LAND BILL CONDITION OFTHE WEATHER FOR OMAHA. COUNCIL. BLUFFS AND VICINITY Fair and lightly colder Sun day FOR NF.RRAfKA Fslr Sunday.. FOH IOWA-Fulr and colder Sunday. Temperature at Omaha yesterday: GOSSIP OF CABINET CORN SHOW BIG HIT ad I 'I c" v New Irih Act Great Improvement Over Predecessors. BIRRELL SPONSOR ' IN COMMONS Startling1 Disclosure of Inadequacy of Unionist Scheme. UNDERESTIMATED MANY MILLIONS judge Taft Has Decided Id- UlUf 1.1! Exposition Panes Hurrah Period and A it Should Be Mac Assures Successful Results. Hour. 6 a. .... 33 .... S4 .... 3f .... 87 6 a. 7 a. ft a. 9 a. WANTS MEN FROM THE PEOPLE No Promotions from Clerical Positions to Cabinet Portfolios. CROWDS COMING FOR THIS WEEK 10 It a. m. International Aspect Gives Great 12 m 48 AT CHRISTMAS TIME Festival Enlarged Influence. i Id. m, The Omaha j i ii ill ri nun I 1 1 I'un'b 2 p. m. I p. m. 4 p. m. 6 p. m. ( p. m. 7 p. m. MEN FROM MANY LANDS ATTEND r i i (J. I ill. 1 VI 1 V is CONDITION OF THE CONSTABULARY Better Far rrorlded Oat and Hln-her Pension for Coffl a Makers of Work la Dablta. DUBLIN, Dec. 12. (Special.) Naturally the. one topic of conversation In -Ireland now la the new Irish land 'Mil which has just been Introduced In Parliament by Mr. Blrrcll, the chief -secretary for - Ireland, and I am bound to say, that while some people do not think It goes far enough the majority of Irishmen are disposed to accept It as a far larger measure of justice than they had any hopes of receiving from tlila government. Two features stand out In the new bill. One IS the resumption of land purchase and the Other Is that the consequent settling of men and women on the land that has been given over to the bullocks. One of the side Issues, which, perhaps, Is not less Impor tant than the main features, Is the expo sure of the pitiful Inadequacy of the Wynd ham measure of 1903 and . of the ' faulty finance of the lata unionist government. Mr. Wyndham estimated that to buy out the landlords of Ireland and restore the land to the people would cost about $560, 000,000, of which ICOO, 000,000 would be paid for the land Itself and W0, 000,000 would be paid as a bonus to Induce the landlords to sell, or, as It has been expressed In one of the debates, as a "bribe to the landlords to part wit their land for more than It was worth." Mr. Blrrell riddled these f!g ures In Introducing his bill and said that It was now clear that the total expenditure would be $900,000,000, exclusive of the bonus. In explaining his plan for finding this money he relieved the mind of the Irish taxpayers. Wyndham Art, ' Under the Wyndham act land purchase Was financed by an Issue of bonds which had to be sold considerably below par, the Issue of 1160,000,000 stock to date represent ing a loss of $17,600,000. This loss fell on the IrlBh taxpayers, but under the Blrrell bill the loss, If any, is to be borne by the im perial exchequer,' The ' other feature of the bill provides - for giving the congested districts commissioners compulsory powers for the pure has of land for distribution among the oocupylnf tenants, and for im proving uneconomic holdings, and gives them an Income of $1460,800 a year for the latter purpose. ' ..'.' Borne Interesting figures Knowing the ex tent to which the Wyndham act has worked 'are given by Mr. Blrrell.' Bo far the trans actions completedin which the money has been paid over to landlords represent $125, 000,000. Agreements to purchase have been signed to the amount of (266,000.000, but the transactions have not been completed for want of money, and It Is estimated that there is about $500,000,000 worth of land remaining to be dealt with.' The landlords have received an average of twenty-six years' purchase for their land, which no one can say Is not exceedingly generous, and when the bonus is added It works out at about twenty-eight and one-half years' purchase. This is a high price, but Ire land Is willing to pay if it la assured of being rid of landlordism. New Constabulary 3111. Another piece of legislation which will benefit a large number of Irishmen Is the new constabulary bill dealing with the pay and conditions of service of the royal Irish constabulary. It is fashionable, I know, to denounce the constabulary as a foreign force maintained for the oppres sion of Ireland, but 1t Is really one of the f.hest police fdrces In the world and does excellent police duty. It Is not Its fault that it Is occasionally used by the British government to enforce oppressive laws, and In the hands of an Irish government It would form the most popular body of men in the country. The men are wretchedly underpaid and the new bill provides for a slight increase pay and somewhat larger pensions. It also redresses other griev ances and offers larger opportunities for tho promotion 'of men from the ranks. Wh la tulklr.g of the constabulary I may mention that the K. I. C. possesses a bache lor of arts strung its members. Hs is Con. jtabls P. J. Cunn.ngham, B. A., who is now Stationed in Dublin and who tock tils degree fiom 'he Hoyal I'ntvuisliy of Ireland a few months ago. He Is the only member of the lore under commissioned rank possessing a' university degree. The Coffin Makers' society of Dublin, which Is one of the trade unions of the lilsli capital. Is comp a'nlng that times are bad and thut Its members cannot f.nd work. The secretary wro.e to the North Dub.l.i bcuid of guardl.ns a few das ago com i.lalnliix that tajp.1 were being eu.p.oycd to mako coillns In t ie workhouse a.id de claring it-at as the city b.'came hoaltl kr tl.clr tia.e was declining. The guardians were ni.ura ly enable to express any very keen sympathy with the unemployed' colf.n ru kerr. but they do.ldud to see that they tot tl.e workhorse work in future. Uf Way to Shroud Maker, The sLiieud make: in the north, however, seem to U: in u more indepenitnl position, 'the relieving officer complained last week at iLe meeting of the Hal yn.en board of gutrcluns that he had to walk four milts u c a shroud for a dead pui.er at the 1 rice allowed by the guardians 40 c nil. Not oi.e in U-illymena wou.d m.ks a shroud for :oi than 31. 7i 1 he guard.aiis dec.de 4 in ti.is case to buy their own calico cnl Lave tl.e throuda maUe In the workhou-e. Anotlur serious wo.khouse quest! n which in agitating the Dublin gjardihns is "Should women smoke?" The guardlana ace no Mason why they should not if they want to, tr.d they Imvo been In the habit of provid ing pipes and tobacco for the women in sist es of the workhouse. Now, however, the local government board has refused to tiuss the bills, declaring that it is not de siruble that the women should be encour aged to smoke. The medical offloer de lirn that tobacco is necessary to some of the old women wh i have used it all their lives, and that if they can got It in no other way ha will order It for them under the head of "medical comforts," with which the local government board has no power InterUrsv F. X. CULLEiN. Resumption of Land Purchase Provided For. KOVIKESTI Or OCXAaT BTXAMSKtFSL Port. Arrlred. i Sallaxl. NW YORK Lo.lt.nl. NIW TOHK MonttTldto , HALIFAX Sardinia J?"-" iHTOnta. OENOA Caroola fPJIf HP. Amstaraan. UVEHPOOL...... Diltlc UVBHPOOL Kmp. of Brltala. BIG DEMANDS ON TREASURY Between Capitol and Mate Institu tions legislature Will Have to Para dome, PIERRE, fl. D., Dec. 12. (Special.) The last legislative session provided new build ings for practically every one of the state Institutions, and it was thought that there would be but little demand for such Im provements In the way of increased build ing room for the Institutions from the com ing session, and the Capitol commission felt the way was clear for them to ask tho necessary funds for the completion of that work, with the fitting up of the building and the grounds. For that purpose, they will ask for approximately $4Oj,0CO. This is o be secured by continuing the appropria tion of the last pension for $200,000, which has not been drawn upon, by the issuance cf $100,000 of capltol bonds, and authority to use $100,000 more from the sale of capitol lands. The first $300,000 can be cared for In the future by the sale of lands, and the only reason for asking for the ap propriations at the present time Is that most of the lands yet left lie at so great a distance from rail communication, that to attempt to sell them at the' present time would make a sacrifice of them. Up to the present there, has been realised from tho sale of lands $403,707.92. and of this $.-93,195 has been paid out, the balance of the fund being in mortgages and deferred payments. But the state institutions are not Intend ing to let the matter of new buildings rest, and the coming Bcssion will have to do sime paring on the desires of the heads of these ! Institutions. They will come to the legisla ture asking for approximately $1,000,000 for that purpose The state university will ask for $346,000, the Agricultural college wants $185,700, the Redfield Asylum for Feeble Minded Is willing 4o get-along with $127,000 and the rest of the Institutions think that from $100,000 down would about fit out their plans In a proper manner for the present..' The capitol la under construction,-and thu j state departments have entirely outgrown the old ramshackle building now used, and ,' the commission will insist that their claims come first,, and If the. legislature agrees with them, the other Institutions will have ' to wait for at least two years more before they get anything very expensive In the way of buildings. The question of 2-cent passenger fare will probably be pushed, as It Is a part of tho platforms of both parties In this state at the recent election. At present a suit is in progress in the United States court to pre vent the putting Into effect in the state of it 2',4-cent rate, which was ordered by the State Railway commission, under Instruc tions from the last legislative session. The securing of physical valuations of railway property for the purpose of .taxation and rate regulation is also under wsy In the state, and with this work only partly com pleted, and the test case In the court on a higher rate, just what action the legislature may take Is an open question. The Insurance men of the state will at tempt to secure the repeal of the valued policy clause of the state Insurance law. FINGER PRINTS ONLY CLEW New York Police Have Baffling Crime to Solve and Almost No Evidence. NEW YORK. Dec. 12. With only the bloody finger prints of the murderer to assist them, the police today are scouring the city for some trace or the man who committed what now appears to be one of the most baffling crimes in the city's criminal history. His victim, the young woman whose body was found last night In a padlocked and barricaded apartment at 137 East Eleventh street, has not yet been identified and a thorough search of the rooms has revealed nothing which will aid the police in their task. Evory dis tinguishing mark had been removed from the woman's clothing and pictures had been cut from their frames and burned to gether with several pieces of paper which may have borne addresses. On every hand there was to be found evidence of the crafty cars used by the murderer to baffle pursuit. The discovery of the crime came about through the anxiety of the Janltress of tha flat house to collect rent for the apart ment, nearly two weeks overdue. The man and woman who occupied the rooms more than two months had paid promptly up to the first of the present month, but since that time the apartment had been closed and the door locked with a padlock on the outside and neither the man nor the woman had been seen. Last night the anltress decided to enter the apartment to make sure the tenants had not removed their trunks without "her knowledge, and the police were called to assist her in open irg the door. When an entrance was forced, the woman's body, with the hesd almost severed, was lying on the blood soaked bed. The room was In confusion. Broken chairs were scattered about and wearing apparel which had been removed from an open trunk was strewn about the room. Under the woman's body lay a raxor. Its edge hacked and broken. The condition of the body Indicated that the woman had been dead 'not less than two weeks. On the door knob and on the sheets were the finger prints of the murderer. RUEFS SENTENCE DELAYED Jodare I.awlor Postpone Imposing; Penalty on Ban franclse Man Till Deeemher 1. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-Ths pro nouncing of sentence on Abraham Ruef, convicted of bribery, was postponed by Superior Judge Lawlor today until next Saturday, December IS KNOX FOR SECRETARY OF STATE Burton Likely to Take Treasury if He Does Not Land Senatorship. HITCHCOCK POSTMASTER GENERAL Wilson o Remain for a Time, bat Beyond These It Is Stated the President-elect Has Come to No Conclusions. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-(8peclal Tele gram.) From many sources and with In terviews had with Preiryjent-elect William H. Taft, by friends of tnfe Incoming chief executive, it is believed that Judge Taft will select his cabinet completely from those not associated with administration affairs. By this It Is not meant to Insinu ate that the present cabinet officers are not to the liking of the incoming president, but that he wants to surround himself with men who come from the people and not through the clerical branches of the govern ment. Mr. Cortelyou, who has made a splendid secretary of the treasury and a most efficient postmaster general, . Is a product of clerical advancement. This Is true also ef several officials in the Post office department and throughout the gov ernmental scheme clerks have been ad vanced to occupy positions which they are wholly fitted . for from an administrative point of view, but who know little or noth ing of the wants of the people whom they represent. As a cabinet officer Mr. Taft has seen these things and now that ha 1s to be In augurated president It Is learned that he proposes to have about htm at the cabinet table men who represent the states and the nation, rather than mere bureaucrats. To this end Is Is seeking a man for secre tary of state who will fill the place mads vacant by Ellhu Root, and It 1s thought he will choose Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, one of the very ablest law yers In the country. v Whltelaw Reld, ambassador to the court of St. James, It Is understood, would like to have the place, but "there Is nothing doing" in that connection. B or ton for ' Treasury. 1 Should the fate of .battle go against Rep resentative Burton, who represents the Cleveland district of uhlo In congress, It la pretty generally accepted that be will bo asked to tako the position of secretary of the treasury, a plaee for which hs is pre eminently fitted. Of course, Mr. Bur toll may win the senatorship as .the successor to Senator ForaXor, tor he occupies a strong position with the five people In the race Ctiarles P. Taft of Cincinnati, Qovernor-i Harris, Senator Foraker, Harry Daugherty and himself. Mr. Taft, editor of the Times-Star and brother of the president-elect, does not have at this time anywhere near votes enough to elect, although the. republicans have thirty or more majority In the Ohio legisla ture on Joint ballot. Burton will have a lot of votes In the caucus, as will Foraker, Harris and Daugherty, and It may be that Instead of Taft for senator. Burton may win out because of local conditions. That Is neither here nor there, however, for It Burton Is defeated President-elect Taft will ask him to take the treasury portfolio. As to the postmaster generalship, Mr. Hitchcock Is still the favorite, notwith standing the backfire which has ben started against him, and a good guess Is that he will land the position for which he Is both mentally equipped and peculiarly fitted. WlUon to Star Awhile. It Is generally accepted In Washington that James Wilson, secretary of agricul ture, will not hold the position beyond next July. It has been Mr. Wilson's ambition to serve the longest time of any other secre tary of agriculture, and "Tamer Jim" will be permitted to make that record and then will come a change. Mr. Pinchot of the forestry service has been very generally slated for the agricultural position, but from those who have had conferences with the president-elect, the Inference has gone out that Judge Taft believes that Mr. Pinchot would subordinate the great De partment of Agriculture to that of the for estry bureau. There will be a change in the Depart ment of the Interior and a change in the Department of Justice, but who are being considered rests completely in the mind of Judge Taft, who does not propose to make mistakes In those two great offices. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte today Indicated that . he would not be a member of President-elect Taft's cabinet when, in response to an Inquiry on the sub ject, he said that after March 4 next he positively would retire from public life. Although Mr. Taft has a wide knowledge of men, his mind is open to suggestions, tor he wants In his cabinet men of all geo graphical sections and not men of mere localities! Secretary Wright of the War department will remain, but the Navy de partment Is much In doubt. As for Com merce and Labor, Mr. Straus has proved himself extremely capable and the chances are that he will remain In his present posi tion. Dakotaas See Taft. Senator Gamble and Mr. Cook, chairman of the republican state central committee of South Dakota, had an interview by ap pointment with Judge Taft yesterday aft ernoon. Matters of Interest to the stats were discussed, but both the senator and Mr. Cook refused to mske public the re sult of tha conference. Senator Gamble was In consultation with officials of the Interior department today with reference to the states of ths preliminary work on the Staudlng Rock and Cheyenne River In dlsn reservations. He urged that the ut most expedition be exercised so that the work may be completed and the reservation opened tb settlement at the earliest pos sible date. It la the Judgment of the de partment that tha work of allotment alll be completed and the appraisement and clas sification of lands be concluded so that ths lands may be opened for settlement in the fall of 19U9. Senator Gamble also took up with the de partment the matter of two bills he recently Introduced looking to the opening of the surplus lands on the Pine Ridge and F. s-- I 1114 $$J, From The Woman's 'Home Companion. CITIES TO EXCHANGE CALLS Omaha and Council Bluffs Will Inter- visit on Tuesday. STREET CAR AND AUTO PARADE Spectacle of Vehicles Headed by High School Cadet Battalion Will Be Presented Golnar Over River. The National Corn exposition and the Na tional Horticultural congress at Council Bluffs .will exchange courtesies and the people of Omaha and Council Bluffs will do likewise: Council Bluffs will come to Omaha Monday and Omaha will go to Council Bluffs Tuesday. Omaha's automobile and street car proces sion and parade to Council Bluffs Tuesday bid fair to be one of the largest affairs of the sort In local hUtory. t The entire high school battalion and band In charge of Cap tain Oury, commanding, wl.l go by specially assigned street cars, while another section of ten chartered cars will bear those who do not go by automobile. Of response to the Commercial crab's committee, having the matter in charge, there were twenty. one, pledges of cars in the first mall Satur day morning, following the sending of circu lars Friday night, and plbdgcs to bilng their cars have been pouring In ever since.' Each car owner will make up his own party. All Omsha men and women going in cars or autos will carry cornstalks, which will be furnished by a committee of the Com mercial club headed by John Steele, who Is even now scouring Douglas county- In pur suit of a sufficient quantity. The high school battalion will Hot be armed with rifles like an invading army, but will also carry cornstalks. The battalion, tha street car crowds and the automobiles will rendexvous at the Northwestern station in Council Bluffs and thence go in unbroken line to the National Horticultural congress, for which the price of admission Is 25 cents for adults. To facilitate matters, tickets will be sold on the street cars enroute. The mayor and city council, city and county officials will have a prominent place In the parade. There will be only one speech at the congress. It will be given by Rev. F. U. Love and. Bls Business OraTanlsatlons. The Real Estate exchange, the Dive Stock exchange, the Commercial club and mem bers of other bodies will be represented in the automobile parade and many parties are already organised. It is certain that in both the street cars and motor cars there will be hundreds of prominent Omaha women and girls. The committee of the Commercial club which has the parade In charge includes C. W. Wllhelm, chairman; John Steele, II. 8. Waller, E. A. Benson and David Cole. The autos will rendesvous at Eighteenth and Douglas streets at p. m. and ths street care will leave Fourteenth and Douglas streets at ths same hour. Council Bluffs is coming in tremendous force to the National Corn exposition Mon day and the interchange of visits will be one of the most impressive and felicitous Interchanges of visits on the part of the two cities in the annals of ths west. A score of Council Bluffs society girls have been pressed into service to advertise Omaha day at the National Horticultural congress and all day Saturday they pinned (Continued on Fifth Page.) PROGRAM. Sunday. In Concert Hall. S p. m. Sacred concert by George Oreen and his hand. I'HCXl RAM. Grand Coronation March, from "The Prophet" Meyerbeer (a) lienedlrtns (He Is Blessed), (b) Adeste Fideles (Oh, Come All Ye Faithful) '. Cherubln The Mill in the Forest (Idyl)..Ellenberg Ave Marie (cornet solo).. Hoffman ' Charles Nepodal. Walts Symposia Bendlx Trinity (a sacred lntermeiso)....Tobanl Overture Tha Bohemian Girl. .....Buffs Grand Sacred Potpourri Kling March The Stars and Stripes Sousa CONCERT. 4 p. m. Sacri'd music by the Oratorio Society. Ira B. Pennlman, conductor, Including selections from . choral mas terpieces, chief of which is Handel's ''The Messiah." Selections from "The Messiah." Antlphonal choruses of men and women. "Uft Up Your Heads, O Te Gates".. Handel The Society. Solo and Chorus O, Thou That Tellest Good Tidings Handel Miss Ruth Hanson and the Society, Solo and Chorus Glory to God In tha Highest Handel The Society. Solo and Sernl-Chorus of Men Rhapsodle Brahms Miss Ruth Ganson and Men's Voices. Chorus Wonderful Counselor, the Prince of Peace Handel . The Society. 8 p. m. Band Concert. RATES TO OMAHA EQUALIZED Northwestern Geta Permission Meet Competition from Fre mont to This City. to FRBMONT. Neb.. Deo. 11 (Special.) The Fremont .office of the Northwestern will be ' permitted to meet the rate of the Union Paclflo and Burlington on freight shipments between this place and Omaha. Notice that the permission would 1 be granted in response to a recent request sent to the Interstate Commerce commis sion was received yesterday afternoon. The reduction applies to first and second class freight only. For several months the Union Pacific has had a lower rate for Omaha because of the shortening of the distance, due to the' Laane cut-off. The competing line ap plied for permission to make a smllar reduction. The Burlington also had a rate equal to the Union Pacific The change on the Northwestern reduce the first class freight rate from 28 cents to 2 cents. The second class Is reduced from 26 cents to 23 cents. The order permits the application of the reduced rate to Council Bluffs and Mis souri Valley after December 2. "OVERTIME" CAUSE OF STRIKE Tug-boat rw Refuse to Work Half Hour Extra Without Pay Trouble Kasne. NEW YORK, Dec li Because ths New York Central railroad's marine superinten dent refused to reinstate a tugbcat crew he had discharged when they refused to work a half hour overtime last night with out pay, the twenty-three tugs of the com pany did not movs today. Ths crews of all these craft, which handle the company's floats on East and North rivers and the hsrbor. refused to begin work this morn ing, and added a further demand that they be paid twice a month instead of monthly as heretofore. Two hundred men took part In tb strike. Al Chriamu time rur. it Rhyn 'Ncuh Mistletoe tni Holly A Mw mi Kin pmry Mn When oiherwiM 'twer. Folly He'll blea the Deyl when Syk wi Fiy Firet wrought th. wtxen Berry. For Mistletoe and Krne, go To max. a ChriKmet Merry Will lUOItTfjOIUEfiT TIAt-G MONEY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS Over Quarter of a Million Dollars in December Apportionment. CORRECT WEIGHT ON LARD PAILS Offices In the State House Are Being Rearranged Preparatory to Leavls ' latlve Session and Many Changes Are Made. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Doc. 12.-(Speclal.)-The semi annual school apportionment to be sent out during the coming week amounts to $267,132.91. The apportionment is nvade on a basis of .72196 per pupil, there bedng Hj9.9Uo children of school age In the state. These figures were certified to State Auditor Bearle by Superintendent McBrlen today, Treasurer Brian having certified the amount of the apportionment to Superin tendent McBrlen. The aggregate amount Is made up of collections as follows: State tax, $2,227.26; Interest on school and saline lands sold. $29,012.20; interest on school and saline lands leased, $&,07S.89; Interest on bonds, $U,77tv.l; interest of state warrants. $lf, 612.36; from fish and game license, $5,28ti, discount on bonds, $141.81. Following Is a detailed statement of tha number of scholars and the amount each county will receive: Amount Due. t 4,626.14 S, 499. 48 218.77 S.U2.63 1,217.27 i, 485. 99 1.138.68 6.3M.K2 S.0M8.78 $.$73.48 4.790.39 8,818.69 '799.86 1.677.18 1 681.15 8,8.6.77 $.932.01 8.8X0.69 6.164.84 1.648.29 1.847.23 8,737.01 4.81 2,941.38 6.1W.67 27,779.18 1,081.01 3.641.87 2.7'6.29 2.398. 46 3.376. W 7,2(4. '25 839.67 1.362. (i 164.25 2.04S.89 4.217 87 3 247.61 2,713.24 m.u 1.4X2.96 3.666 202.88 3041.73 tan 2.656.57 2,31-9.14 617.31 846.17 Scholars. 6.269 4.849 303 4 4,4' 1.656 2.374 1,577 7,464 4.292 6.IX8 6.656 6.2s9 1.103 2.323 2,190 6.061 4.061 5.37ft 8,5:8 i:v , 1.866 5.176 837 , 4.071 , 7,131 38,476 1,428 , 4,9-16 ...... 3.747 8.322 4.676 10,120 , 1.163 1.874 214 2.8.-13 6.842 4 498 3.768 1.021 2,64 4.940 2M 4.213 6.341 8.641 3.226 855 1.1.8 409 6.298 2U,28 4,i.(9 374 679 6.033 626 S.272 8.043 4.46U 4.1KS 4-04 8.74a Adams Antelope .... Banner Blaine Boone Box Butte .. Boyd Brown Buffalo Burt Butler Cas Cedar Chase Cherry Cheyenne ... Clay Colfax Cuming Custer Dakota Dawe Dawson Deuel Dixon Dodge Douglas .... Dundy Fillmore .... Franklin .... Frontier .... Furnas Gage Garfield .... Gosper Grant Greeley Hall Hamilton ... Harlan Hayes Hitchcock .. Holt Hooker Howard .... Jefferson ... Johnson .... Kearney .... Keith Keya Paha Kimball .... Knox Lancaster .. Lincoln Iigan Loup Madison .... McPherson . 295 81 4,047. 14.C33.26 8,204.91 270.01 490.24 4,365.76 179.78 2.862.36 2.1- 6.27 8.2-20..I7 2.961.68 4.6M 26 2.701.85 Merrick .... N' ance Nemaha .... Nuckolls ... Otoe pawnee (Continued on Fifth Page.) Governors' Day Attractive, with Woman for Its Chief Mag-net MRS. SHELDON'S FINE ADDRESS Oarst, Brooks and Chief Executive ef Nebraska In City Sacred Con cert for This Afternoon and Evening;. . ATTZXTBAirCa. First day 10,603 eoond day 11,037 Third day io,ai The success of the National Corn expo sition from every standpoint is now assured. From the first tho success of the educa tional and show features of the exposition were certain and the liberal attendance pf the first four days forecasts a great In flux of visitors for the last week of the show, and thus the financial success of the giant enterprise. Men of national and International repu tation have Visited the exposition during the last week and one and all have been un stinted In their praise. ' Ambassadors from foreign lands, ' members of Parliaments, governors of neighboring states, railroad magnates from a distance, all have been fulsome In praising the efforts of the man agement In assembling the largest and best exhibit of corn and products ever shown in the United States. v Saturday eclipsed all previous records In the matter of adult attendance of visitors, and the hotels are now taxed to handle the people who have come from afar. Fra ternal Society and Governors' day was voted by all as a great success, and even the ample room provided by the manage ment for. lectures and drills was packed. Now that the hurrah Incident to the open ing Is over the lecturers have gotten down to business! and all over the show may be seen groups of Interested listeners, hearing the gospel of Intensive farming preached by those schooled In the leading universities and agricultural colleges of the west. Over 200 persons gathered In the booth of the Iowa exhibit at one time Saturday after noon to learn the proper method of corn propagation', and this wsa but one of the many of such groups In tle different sec tions of the exposition. , Mrs. Sheldon Makes the Hit. Governor Brooks of Wyoming and Gov ernor Garst of Iowa mud able speeches at the National Coin exposition Saturday n orning, but 'all the laurels of the day were snatched from them by a woman. Mrs. George L. Sheldon, called on to apeak .In place of her husband without previous warning to her, made a five-minute address which moved the big autfene to tremen dous enthusiasm, and whon she had con cluded nobody cared a hang that pressure of official business had kept the governor of Nebraska from attending. Governor Sheldon did arrive' In Omaha, but too late for the exercises at the ex position. "If the Country Life commission will de vise some means of providing the farmer' wife with help sho will take car of ths social calendar herself," declare 1 Mrs. Shel don. "It is no light propos.tlen for a woman, often of eiel.cati health, by herself, to care for all that the management of the do mestic end of a farm Involves, and to go beyond this, to make a horn artistic as well as hygienic. Is something rather ardu ous. Personally, I enjoy :arm lit, but It Is difficult, you know, to get maid to stay on a farm. When on has to send washing five or six miles to get It done, or do it one's self, and when many other problem of this sort arise you can understand that the wife of tho farmer has little .time to plan social entertainments." Mrs. Sheldon Practical. - ' ' Mrs. Sheldon made a practical suggestion along this Una that laundries for farmers be established, the foundation of which ane tsald would relieve many women, w.lllng and able to pay for this work, of a great burden. "We hesr much of education aa a means by which the burden of the farmer will bo lifted," she continued. "I might make one suggestion along this line. Why not utilise our Indian schools to educate Immigrants In an agricultural way, requiring that a course of study and work in these school be made a condition of entrance Into the United StatesT If this were don the great labor problem which confront the farmer. of course, as well as his wife, might be solved to some extent at least. This sug gestion," added Mrs. Sheldon modestly, "1 original, even if It Is not practical." Mrs. Sheldon, when she was called upon to speak oy former Governor Crounae, who presided, waa not seated on the stage, but was In a chair In the front row of ths exposition auditorium. She was In ths company of Mr a. A. D. Brandels, chairman of the entertainment committee for women visitors; Mrs. Warren Garst, wife of the governor of Iowa, and Mrs. J. B. WrlgUg of Lincoln. All four were handsomely gowned. Mrs. Sheldon wearing a tailor, made dress of green broadcloth, with a yoke of real lace, the 'yoke being outlined) by some sort of brown embroidery. Her hat had a plume or aigrette or somsthlng or other feathered flouting from it. (The description does not orstc-nd to be expert) Carat and Brooks. Although Mrs. Sheldon won as many honors as an Indiana corn grower. It must be said that the audience, which was by far the largest morning gutherlng so far, heard two excellent addresses from Gov ernors Garst and Brooks. The former spoke first. The chairman of the day, after being Introduced by President Wattles, had made some humorous references to the Intimate relations between Iowa and Nebraska at an early day, particularly the way Iowans came over to vote. Governor Garst re turned the compliment, stating that Ne braskaus mixing up In Pottawattamie and Harrison county politics was not exactly an unheard of thing. Mr. Gam's address had to do with the spirit of altruism which is permeating the American people St the present day und with particular reference to agricultural conditions. He urged the wide establishment of manual training and agricultural schools, saying in part: The necessity for Improved farm condt. tlons, from a national standpoint, was em phasised and given due force and direction by the appointment of a oomtulaelon b y -J o D r, a r- I k V 9'. a 1 K u n ( Continued oa Fifth Page.) t