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VOL. XXXVIII NO. 27.
OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1908-SIX SECTIONS FORTY-FOUR PAGES. ,
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KING CORN ABSOLUTE
LOSE RIGUT TO FISH
SUMMARY OF THE BEE
iNEW OMAIIA THEATER
Brand eis & Sons Will Build One at
Seventeenth and Douglas.
Busyl
Sunday, Dfrrnbtr SO, 1ROR.
National Exposition Comes to Closa
Irish families Deprived of Privilege
by Court of Appeals.
DUO'S FAVORITE GATHERS IT IN
Lord Shaftesbury Asserts Claim from
Ancient Grant.
COURT SORRY, BUT DECIDES CASE
1903 '-December- 1908
in Positive Triumph.
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WOODWARD-BURGESS MANAGE &fyf
TOTAL ATTENDANCE OVER 100,000
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GrZ 8 9 10 11 12
Figures Exceed by Far Estimates that
Old Partners Reunite -of
New Kk
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Were First Made.
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FINANCES BALANCE ON RIGHT SIDE
SPLENDID . STRUCTURE PLANNED
he Omaha
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Lough Neagh, Largest Inland Body of
Water on Island.
HERRING FISHERIES RUINED
Mmm Tnwlm Working? Near Irish
CoMt Destroy Spawn and Irlv
Fish. A war Pee-ollnr
Will Contest.
DUBLIN, Dee. 19. (Special.) One more
Illustration of the way In which the natural
opportunities In Ireland have been grabbed
by the favorites of English kings U af
forded by the decision cf the Irian court
of appeal few daya ago In the treat
Lough Neagh ftaherlea case. Lough Neagh
la the largest aheet of Inland water In the
three kingdoms. It s more than 150 aquare
mllea In extent and It ! better entitled to
the nam of an Inland aea than of a lake,
Thousands, of families have made their
living tor generations by fishing In the
lake and as long as these fisheries did not
aeem to be cf any great commercial value
no one Interfered. Recently, however.
flourishing trade grew up with England In
Lough Neagh eels and other coarse fresh
water fish and the earl of Shaftesbury Im
mediately discovered that the fisheries In
Lough Neagh belonging to him under a
grant to one of his ancestors by Jamer I
Be began proceedings to restrain the f shr
men from plying their trnde there and the
case has been fought through all the court,
The court of appeal has now decided that
the fisheries belong to Lord Shaftesbury
and that he has a right to forbid fishing
In the Lough.
The lord chief Justice expresses his regret
that he is compelled to (wve this decision
and declares that he hopes that Lord
Shaftesbury will not Interfere with the
old-fashioned methods of fishing for local
use which have prevailed for centuries.
Lord Shaftesbury, by the way. is a great
philanthropist, but most of his benefactions
Are exercised in England.
Herring; Industry Threatened.
Another fishing induMry which Is threat-
ned by English greed Is the aea flshlng
Industry off the coast of Donegal. Thou
Mauds of families, says a report of the
Board of Agriculture, are threatened with
starvation because of the failure of the
herring fishing caused by the Increase cf
team trawling. The steam trawlers coma
from RuU and Grimsby and the fish which
they catch off the Irish coast are taken
back there for sale, so that Ireland does
Dot even get the benefit of handling them.
The. 'trawlers dlntuib ihe herKnr btforo
they can gut far enough mVfhore for the
Irish fishermen, and they destroy largo
. quantities of spawn and Immature fish,
thua threatening the total extinction of the
Industry. It Is suggested by the Board
ef Agriculture that the trawlers should, be
(ofbldden to com within three miles of
the Irish coast, as- has already been done
In Scotland. The yearly value of the herr
ing landed In Donegal Is often in excess
of th total valuation of the parishes in
which th fisheries ar situated.
A remarkable scene occurred a few days
ago at Holycross,. near Thurlea. where a
large body of police had been drafted Into
the district on account of disputes between
: the local landlord and his tenants. The
notice Inarched In a body to the local' Ro
man Cathollo church on Sunday morning
and no sooner had they been seated than
everyone lse In the church rose and walked
out. One woman met the police at the
entrance and tried to prevent them enter
ing, but she was pushed aside. TIio people
bald a meeting In the afternoon which was
addressed by the priest, who promised to
stand by them In their struggle with the
landlord.
Contest of Miser's Will.
The relative of the late John Watson, an
eccentrio miser of Port ado wn, are contest
ing his will. Watson had a fortune of $50,'
tOO, and he left every penny of It to the
town, although hq had a sister and a num
ber of nephew and niece. He left $500 to
buy new Instrument for the town band.
and the rest of hi money , was to bo de
. voted to the purchase of a public park and
various other public objects. The only con
dltlon be made was that none of it was to
be used to encourage foot ball or rowing.
Uia relative ar trying to prove that bo
waa of unsound mind.
Irish oak. it has been discovered, 1 the
beat In the world for the spoke of artillery
wheel now so popular for motor car and
th demand tor It ha become so great
that Ireland i threatened with the loss of
a few oak forests which still remain. This
fa fiill II A. aarlkiia I tap tr v .ib la aA
low growing that It is hopeless to think
of replacing, by replanting, the tree which
are felled. The demand for Irish oak la
Illustrated by a suit for damage by a
01agow firm which contracted with a Dub
, (fen timber merchant for 1,000,000 oak
spoke. Th Dublin man wa unable to
supply them all In. the contract time and
th Olasgow people had to substitute Eng
lish oak, which they declared wa much
Inferior.
Wkku for Tramps.
"We have the best workhouse In Ireland
for tramp," waa th declaration made at
the laat meeting of the Letterkenny, County
, Donegal, Board of Guardians, and It waa
stated that nearly 400 tramp patronised
- thl famous house of call every week. There
. wa a long discussion on th best mean
of soaring them away, which was concluded
whan a member pointed out that If It were
not for th tramp there would be no Jobs
for half th workhouse officials, and the
local tradesmen would suffer severely by
th loss of the workhouse contracts. The
guardian then decided that there wa no
cloud without a silver lining and dropped
th discussion.
Soon encouraging figure allowing the
growth of Irish trad were given recently
In a lecture In Dublin by Mr. A. Samuel.
K. C. In ISM th total export from Ireland
were estimated at about xiJ7.000.Oiw and the
imports at $100,000,000. In VMS these figures
bad grown to MA 000, CO for the exports
and about the same sum for the Imports.
Bttr. Samuels pointed out too that rhe trade
of Ireland waa not naif developed, and
showed how th co-operative creamery
movement had saved the butter trade from
utter extinction. The same methods, he
declared, could be extended In the butter
trade and applied to the egg trad and to
tuajuf branch of agriculture.
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VICINITY Fair Sunday; not much change
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.BOKXSTXO.
Attorney for the Standard Oil com
pany filed a brief in appeal of govern
ment In Landls fine case. X, rag's S
Senator Gamble seeks to have the opin
ing of Standing Rock and Cheyenne 16nds
expedited. Slsseton and Wahpeton Sioux
to receive delayed annuities after Christ
mas. X. 'ag 1
The insurgent member of the house of
representatives are confident they will
eventually carry the change of the rules
of the house. X, Fag 3
The appointment of Senator Knox to be
a member of the cabinet of President
elect Taft will cause a host of senatorial
booms In Pennsylvania and alreajly nu
merous candidates are mentioned, among
them Congressmen Burke and Dalsell.
X, Fag 0
The story of Colonel Taylor relating his
escape from th night riders was lotd on
the witness stand at Union City yester
day. I, Fag 4
Abe Raymer. leader of the Springfield
riots, after being acquitted of murder,
was convicted of stealing a sword.
X, Fag 1
. The state of Missouri has decided to
abandon further taking of testimony In
the harvester prosecution and the suit
Will rest on the question whether the Mis
souri company is lolutlng the state law.
X, Fage X
STBBBASXA.
Lieutenant Governor. Hopewell l at
Lincoln, taking charge of the state gov
ernment In the absence of Governor Bhel
don. X, Fag a
Expense of living up to platform plodgs
for physical valuation of railroad i-J
worrying the democrats. X, Fag 1
Robbers, possibly the same men who
robbed banks at Gibson and Keene the
day before, blew the safe at the r'tat
bank of Cerefwi yesterday and stole
$3,000. X, Fag 3
Hastings, prohibitionists propose to go
into court in effort to oust Miles and seat
RoHier as mayor. X, Fag 3
XaOCAXi.
Corn show winds up with a blase of
.glory. Attendance exceeds expectations
and show in the marvel of those who
visited it Bryan the attraction of the
last day. X, Fag 1
Actor who Is rehearsing for charity per
formance Is robbed. XX, Fage 10
Two bills prepared for Introduction In
the legislature affecting the Omaha board.
XX, Far 10
Doings of Omaha society folks during
the last week. XX, Fag 3
Work of the women In club and charity.
XX, Fags 3
Latest gossip of the builders and real
estate men. TX, Fag S
Gossip of plays, players and playhouses.
IX, Fag 3
OOMKXBCXAXi AHO XXTDUSTmiAX..
Live stock markets. VI, Fag 11
Grain markets. TX, Fag 11
Stock and bonds. VI, Fag 11
COMXO SXCTIOJr.
Uncle trie his hand at fooling Buster
and Tlge and find the Joke turned on
himself. Page of reading for the little
folk. Many things which the women will
like to know. Fluffy Ruffles makes a
start for Paris. Foot Fagsa
KAXI--TOJTE aztcTxoxr.
Richardson county, on of the richest
in the nation. Illustrated. German kaiser
blamed for the collapse of German bus!
ness prosperity. Human side of the Na
tional Corn exposition. Possibilities of
the mines and cotton industry of Wont
Africa. Four Fage
MOTBMXaTTS OF OCEAaT SrrBABtgXXFS.
Port. Arrtvad. Balled. -
NEW YORK Tuunlo
UVKKPOOL Cymric Tunlilan.
HALIFAX LaurentUa
BOTTtCHDAM.... Kyudam
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GIBRALTAR Malik
STATE THROUGH WITH CASE
No Farther Testimony Will Be Taken
la MUaonrl A boat Har
vester Trnst.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Dec. 19. At
torney General Hadley of Missouri an
nounced today that he ha notified th at
torney for the International Harvester
company ot America that th state will
hear no further testimony In the ouster
suit which th attorney general is prose
cuting against the company on the ground
that It exists In violation of th anti-trust ;
laws of Missouri.
The case for the atate will thus reat upon
the evidence of officials of the defendant
company solely. No other witnesses have
been called -toy the prosecution. If the de
fendant Interest wishes to offer testimony
It will be placed In the position of .attack
ing the statements of its own officials.
It Is considered likely, therefore, that the
case will be decided by argument on the
legal proposition aa to whether the defend
ant company, which la an agent tor the In
ternational Harvester company of New
Jersey, can be held responsible a a prin
cipal for any possible vitiation of the Mis
souri statute.
If no testimony la offered by the defense
It I likely that th argument before Spe
cial Commissioner Brace, who has heard
th testimony, will begin soon. Th com
missioner will then report his conclusions
to th supreme court, where the final argu
ment will take place.
It I expected that th attorney for the
respondent company will file an amended
return to conform with th testimony of
General Manager C. 8. Funk a to th
number of competitor which the company
must meet. He waa unable to name on
the wltneaa stand many competitor In
several lines of goods as th original re
turn showed.
Modern in All Respects and Fireproof
Construction Throughout.
SOME DETAILS OF THE BIG DEAL
Maamiacent New Playhonse Is th
Christmas Gift that Haa Been
Slipped Into Omaha's Stock
ing by Brnndels.
A new theater, strictly modern In alt par
ticulars, fireproof and equipped with all the
latest appurtenance for presenting any
sort of a show, Is the Christmas gift that
haa been tucked Into Omaha' little stock
ing. Messrs. J. L. Brandel oV Sons and Messrs.
Woodward A Burgess completed the deal
and signed the contracts yesterday after
noon, and the only thing that now remains
la to adopt architect' plana and work will
be commenced. It Is hoped that the the
ater will be open to the public within the
coming year.
Outlines of the Theater.
The theater will be a part of an Im
mense building covering a ground apace 132
feet on Seventeenth street by 198 feet on
Douglas. On the Douglas street front,
where the main entrance to the theater
will be located, the building will be eight
stories in heght. This section of the build
ing will be forty-six feet deep, leaving 163
feet back for the theater section. The audi
torium will be TTlx 100 feet, leaving a twenty-five-foot
strip on the Douglas street side
for storerooms, and thirty-two feet on the
alley end of the lots,, which has been re
tained by Mrs. Rosewater. Th tentative
plans show a magnificent foyer on the Sev.
enteenth street side, with ample exits Into
a broad corridor, and other exits leading to
the alley and Douglas street. The stage
will be 76x53 feet In the clear, on of the
largest In the country and more than am
ple to 'care for the largest production ever
sent on the road. An Idea of what this
means may be had from the knowledge that
the stage at the Belasco theater In New
York, - where so many famous productions
were made. Is but 70x10 feet In the clear.
Modern In Fvery Bespert.
In the contract between. M$ara. 'Brandel
and Messrs. Woodward A Burgee It is
provided that the theater Is to b modern
In every regard, and equipped with all th
latest electric lighting and mechanical ap
pliance to be furnished In the best and
most artistic manner,' and to be In all
ways thoroughly up-to-date. Thl 1 some
thing Omaha has needed, for th city I
growing fast and ha become an lmpor
tint point In the stage world. Kansas City
and Denver each have two first-class
theaters and Omaha having but one ha
militated against getting all th shows that
would otherwise have played here. Many big
attraction go to Denver and Kansas City
and do not come here, because the town
ha had no place to put them. With the
Brandels theater and the Boyd theater
open next season thl condition of affairs
will no longer exist
Real Estate Deal Involved.
In connection with the theater contract,
a real estate transfer of some Importance
wa made. Mrs. Edward Rosewater sold to
Messrs. Brandels 132 feet on Dougla street,
running back 100 feet at the rate of $600 a
foot, or $68,000, The outh or alley ends
of the lot are retained to be used In con
nection with the Bee building, the strip
being 100x32 feet In aixe, a Jog of thirty
two feet being left at the west end in order
that access may be had to the stage from
the alley. On thia strip will be erected the
dressing rooms and scenery store rooms for
the theater. It will also afford access to
the stage for the handling of scenery and
baggage. The building will be lighted and
heated from the plant of the present Bran
dels building.
The section of the building fronting on
Douglaa atreet will be fitted up for office
sultea above the ground floor, which. wUl
a .
oo given over to storerooms. It Is the In
tention of Messrs. Brandels to Invest not
lees than $600.00 In the building. Work
will
be begun as soon as plans are de-
elded on.
I
nortnnt Amnsenaent Flrsa;
Messrs. Woodward A Burgess leave on
Monday for Chicago, where they will con
ault with architects as to plana for the
theater, and are of the opinion that by
me nrat of th year they can announce
definitely what their new playhouse will
be like in detalL They have a twenty-year
leas and contract with Messrs. Brandels,
which Insures permanency of occupancy.
Much Interest will be felt in this partial re
vival of the old firm at Woodward A Bur
gess, whclh was dissolved a little more
than a year and a half ago. after one of
th most successful of careers In the show
business. Mr. Burgess at that time retired.
having disposed of his holdings In ths com
pany, and sold out the Burwood theater to
Messrs. Sullivan A Conaldlne. He ha had
several chances to re-enter the field, and
It was thought at one time be would build
a theater In Washington, but he has pre
ferred to remain with Omaha. The present
arrangement covers Omaha only. It waa
here the firm made Ita start, and here they
prospered as lessees and managers of the
Boyd and Ctelghton theaters, builders of
the Burwood and director of amusement
enterprises generally, wtlh three theater
In Kansas City, on In Bloux City, and
other at Nebraska City, Sioux Fall. Man
kato and other point, making uo a muat
Important clrcalu
Copyright, 1908, by the Mall and Exp'
OPENING OF INDIAN LANDS
i
Senator Gamble Seeks to Have the
Matter Expedited.
BIG PAYMENT ' TO THE INDIANS
Xehwaskn Confer name Senator
Mostly Finn to Spent Christmas
Holidays at the National
Capital.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. (Special Tele
gram.) Senator Gamble took up with th
Department of the Interior today the mat
ter of expediting the preliminary work for
the opening of . the ' Standing Rock and
Cheyenne River reservations, and he feels
confident from the Information received
that It will be possible to have the matter
In such shape that even If the lands cannot
be opened then, that the registrstlon msy
be hsd In the fall of 1909 and settlement
taken up In the spring of 1910. The act
opening these reservationa to aettlement
provides for the payment by the govern
ment to the Indians for school sections St
the rate of 11.25 per acre. The - original
agreement waa $2.60, but congreaa In the
passage of the act reduced the price. The
department now favors an amendment to
the law providing that the lands on school
sections be paid for by the government
$2.50 Instead of $1.25 per acre, and has made
such a recommendation to Congress.
Blsr Payment to Indians.
Commencing immediately after Christmas
there will be paid to the Slsseton and Wah
peton Indians, as a result of a Judgment
obtained In the court of claims on a bill
introduced by Senator Gamble and passed
In the Fifty-ninth congress, referring the
matter to the United States court, the sum
of $G98.86ii.87. This amount is to be dls
trlbuted among 4.440 beneficiaries, members
of the above two bands of Sioux Indians,
and the claim Is for a restoration of con-!
flscat d annultl s growing out of the Minne
sota massacre of 1862. There will be paid
at the Slsseton agency $300,330.07; Devil
Lake, N. D.. $161,576.20, and miscellaneous
roll, $246,960.60. Each Indian Is to receive
$157.40, except the first 1.807, who will re
ceive $167.41. Of the above $406,000 will be
paid to 2,57$ Indians living in South Dakota.
Major James McLaughlin, who had
charge of preparing the rolls, leave the
city on Monday and will represent the de
partment in making the payments,
t'onnitlis Reclamation Homesteads.
Senator Brown today introduced a bill
to amend the reclamation act so as to
allow commutation proof to be made by
homesteaders on entries. It Is understood
the department will favor the passage of
this bill for the relief of thoso homestead
ers who are unable to make payment as
provided under the original act, because
of the government's Inability to furnish
water In time for this year's crops.
Dralnna Report Ready.
Senator Burkett waa today informed by
Hon. C C. Elliott, chief of the drainage
division, Department of Agriculture, that
reports upon the drainage of the Silver
Creek bottom In Merrick county were com
plete and ready to be aent to the board of
county commissioners. Mr. Elliott states
the survey waa made with greater detail
than 1s usually done snd that he hoped
the county commissioners would carry out
the recommendantions of the proposed plan
for drainage. This work on the part ot
the department Is In compliance with a
request made by Senator Burkett last
spring. '
Condition of Nebraska Banks.
The abstract of condition of national
banks of Nebraska, exclusive of Omaha
and Llnooln, at the close of business on
November 27, as reported to the comptroller
ot the currency, allows the average reserve
held at 14.91 per cent, against U.47 per
cent on September 23. Loans and discounts
Increased from $44,941,406 to $45.81.6b; gold
coin decreased from $171,916 to $1,641,173;
lawful money reserve tocreasod from $3,-
(Continued oa Fifth Pag.)
res Company.
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MAG00N FOR CABINET FM-ACE
Nebraska n Mentioned as the Prob
able Secretary of War
Under Taft.
CINCINNATI. O., Dec. 19. A Times-Star
special from Augusta says: When Philan
der C. Knox, the Taft secretary pf state,
comes to' Augusta to discuss wRU the
prsldnte1ecf"ther makeup of th remain
der of the new administration cabinet, Mr.
Taft will ask him to approve ot Myron T.
Herrlck, former governor of Onto, as secre
tary of the treasury. This fact can be
stated aa coming from authoritative
sources. Before Mr. Taft offered the treas
ury portfolio. to Representative Theodore E.
Burton of Ohio he waa seriously consider
ing Herrlck for the place. Now Herrlck Is
tths approved man for the Job. The selec
tion of Knox aa secretary of state Is of
vast significance in that It will , probably
mean that most of the men now 1n the
cabinet who have figured as great Roose
velt supporters will lose out in the final
framing of th personnel of th Taft cab
inet. The president-elect Is frank In his
statement that he will depend on the coun
sel of Knox more than ' on the advice of
any other man. This Is taken to mean
that th chance of Pinchot being secretary
of agriculture and Garfield being secretary
of the Interior are reduced to a mlmimum.
When Mr. Knox - arrives here within the
next week or so Mr. Taft will submit to
him for .his Inspection and approval the
following cabinet Hat:
Secretary of state. Philander C. Knox of
Pennsylvania; secretary of the treasury,
Myron T. Herrlck of Ohio; attorney gen
eral, George W.. Wlckersham of New York;
secretary, of war, Charles Magoon; sec
retary of the navy, William Loeb ot New
York or . Charles H. Thompson of New
York; secretary of the Interior, Richard A.
Baltlnger of Seattle, Wash.; postmaster
general, Frank H. Hitchcock of Maaiachu
setts; secretary of agriculture, the present
secretary, James Wilson; secretary of com
merce and labor, George A. Knight of Cal
ifornia,
INVENTOR SHOOTS BROKER
Cnrb Trader In New . York DaaaTer-
onsly Wonnded by Man Who
Had Claim Against Him.
NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Henry B. Suydam,
a mining stock broker, member of the curb
stock market, and an alderman of Plain
field,' N. J., ..was shot and dangerously
wounded In his office at S9 Broad street
today by John C. Lumsden, an Inventor who
claimed that Suydam refused to pay him
money for an Invention. Lumsden waa ar
rested after making a desperate struggle
with George A. Downs, a young clerk em
ployed by Suydam, upon whom, the broker
had called for help when he' saw Lumsden
reaching for his revolver. Lumsden as
serted that he fired the shot In self
defense. HOPEWELL HAS PARDON CASE
Lleatenant Governor Takes Char are
In Absence of the Gov
ernor. (From a Staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 18. (Special Tele,
gram.) Lieutenant Governor M. R. Hope
well reached Lincoln today and at once
took his place In the governor's office In
the absence In the south of Governor Shel
don. He was busy today hearing the ap
plication for ' a pardon made by Convict
Purley, sentenced from Hall county for
nineteen years on a murder charge.
SENATE ENDSF0R HOLIDAYS
Take Adjournment shortly After
Ween Until the Fonrth of
Jaanary. -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19,-Th senate ad
journed at 12:60 o'clock this afternoon until
January 4.
Van VUnan'i Estate.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Dec. 1.-The personal
estate of the late Peter Van Viarcora,
president of the National Bank of Com
merce, Is worth $4,046,391.43 according to
aa Inventory and appraisement filed In the
probate court today. The Inventory reveals
that Mr. Van Vlarcum held only $i,iM
worth of stock In th bank of which he
wum nraaida' '
DEMOCRATS ARE WORRIED
Physical Valuation of Property Likely
to Be an Expensive Job.
BREAKS PLEDGE FOR ECONOMY
Hassrr Omce Seekers Object to Any
System Which Cats Oat Fat
Jobs Jobber Take Hand
In Lard Deal.
(From a Staff Correspondent.
LINCOLN, Dec. 19. (Speclal.)-One of
the platform pledges made by the demo
cratic pRrty during the last campaign wa
to provide for the physioal valuation of
corporation property o that the rate
making powers could have this valuation
a a guide m fixing rates. This pledge Is
now worrying the successful democrats,
because at the same time that pledge wa
made there waa another promising to cut
down the expense of the state government
and to reduce the taxes to be paid by the
farmers. It has been reported to the dem
ocrats who will be responsible for what the
legislature does that Michigan spent $66,
000 finding out the physical value of Us
railroads and that Wisconsin spent $36,000.
One part of the legislature favors making
an appropriation for the railway commis
sion and permit It to go ahead and secure
the Information, but that does not suit
the politicians in the democratic party.
These politicians are anxious for more
Jobs 86 they favor the selection of a com
mission to do the work. That of course,
would cost more money than to Increase
the republican commission appropriation.
Some of the democrats would favor a
commission to place a value on telephone
property and another on railroad property,
while cities and villages could be given au
thority to value eiectrlc lighting, gas and
water worka companies.
But the main question the democrats are
up against now Is how to olace a vajue on
railroad property. According to a demo
crat this 1s going to be on of the hard
est questions for the legislature to solve.
For Instance, taking merely the physical
valuation of a road would reduce Its pres
ent value ss fixed by the State Board of
Assessment and naturally reduce th
amount of taxes which th democrat prom
ised to Increase. The democrats will have
to decide whether to take the value as a
going property or merely at the cost of
reproduction. v
The legislature will have to decide Just
what amount will have to be added to the
physical value to equal the value of the
business which has been built up. What is
making It harder for the promisors of many
things is the fact that so many democrats
are anxious for a Job as a commissioner to
help do the work. The leaders of democ
racy are also afraid that public sentiment
would be In favor of the State Railway
commission doing the work, even though
It Is a republican commission, and thus
save the state considerable money.
Legislative Folder.
The official legislative map Issued by Sec
retary of State Junkin shows there are
61 democrats, 4 demo-pops, 1 fuslm, S pop
ulists and 31 republicans In the house. In
the senate there are 18 democrats, 1 demo
pop, 1 populist snd 13 republicans. The new
map shows the new county of Morrill snd
shows also that Nebraska has no unorgan
ised territory. It Is conceded that the re
publicans will not land the speaker of the
house or the president of the senate.
Jobbers to Comply with Law.
V
Letters received at the foud commission
er's office from some of the Jobbing gro
cers of the state Indicate that the Iowa-
Nebraska Wholesale Grocers' association
with headquarters at Council Bluffs, liai
taken up the matter of short-weight lard
being sold In Nebraska, and that the as.
social Ion will demand of the packers a
compliance with the Nebraska law,
proper branding of the net contents on lard
sold In Nebraska In tin cans.
A Jobbing house at Fremont takes the
ground that nalther the wholesale nor re
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Closing Day and Night Bring Out
Tremendous Crowd.
BRYAN SPEAKS IN AFTERNOON
Pays Compliment to People ot Omaha
for Their Prlvnte Share and
Other Cities and
State.
ATTXHBASrCS.
First day 11.500
Sscond day ; 11,037
Third day 10,il
Fourth day T.T'O
Fifth day (Sunday) 4,487
Sixth day 13,84
Seventh day 47
Eighth day 10,330
Vlnth day .S40
Tsnth day , 8.313
Eleventh day v. .. a.713
Includes frs admission of school chil
dren.
These are the figures which show that
the first National Corn exposition held In
Omaha, which closed at 11 o'cloclc last
evening. Is an unquestioned sucees when
held at the logical point, and make Omaha,
tha "home of the corn show," an Inter
national attraction: -
Attendance, 1U&.861.. i j . :
Grain and grass exhibits, 7,77S. t :
Farm Implement exhibits. 1,028.
Ears of corn sold at auction, 43,000.
Amount distributed In premiums, SM.tSt,
Special premiums and medals, 4,409.
Agricultural colleges represented, 14.
Regular attendance domestic clenc ssB
tures, 231.
Foreign countries which hsd visiting
delegations: Mexico, Canada, Hungary,
England, China, Cuba, Philippine Islands
and Germany.
Knlshts of Nebraska. -
"Knights of Nebraska." which being
freely translated means, those who have)
Joined King Ak-Sar-Ben In his "lr-d o
corn," brought the exposition to a utting
close In the evening, while William J.
Bryan, the Ni?bras!-an honored thre times
with the democratic nomination for presi
dent, and onn ot the men from the farms
of Nebraska, waa the speaker ot the day.
As the result of the ten days exposition
the eyes of the civilized world have been
turned on Omaha. What the agricultural
college professors of many countries call
the "higher agricultural thought" has re-
cetved an Impetus which means millions .of .
bushels more of grain witn wmcn to iea
a hungry world and the conservation and
even restoration of the fertility of the soil
for future generations.
Knowledge of plant life which has been
burled in the libraries; stem fscts known
only to science; lessons of the students and
scholars of age have been taken down
from the musty nooks, planted In the soil
as It were of luture generations.
Silent nature; Invisible forces which work
constsntly to help man. have been revealed
to more than 100,000 people. School children
and busy men; experts In the many lines
far removed from the farm, the Indifferent
and the Interested, have alike seen In
graphic form, the progress which haa been
made in the handling of the earth given
to mankind for an everlasting resource.
Attracted the World. v
Without any boasting the business men
of Omaha have caused almost the whole
civilised world to stop and see what nature
has for the people of the earth; brought
thousands to a realizations ot the resources
which have been wasted snd the oppor
tunity which knocked st the door of every
cultivator of the soil.
The National Corn exposition, which
closed last evening, is said to be the first
real Invoice ever taken by the American
people to find out how they stood with
mother earth; the first real balance of ac
counts and mastery of the lesson, "Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow." Corn
has come Into Its own as the grain "la
whose yellow heart there Is food for all
the nations," ana me grains ana grasses
are more Interesting to hundreds. The
children who know how to read Greek now
know what corn is, or at least as many of
them as attended the exposition, and they
numbered about 16,000.
Know Good Thing, Etc.
The success of the Nations! Corn exposi
tion Is evidence of the good Judgment of
the btwlness men of Omaha In accepting an
opportunity when offered to them. The
National Corn association made It possible
and brought the proposition to Omaha
through th man who have bean at It
head, and a Mr. Bryan said In his address
"gifted with the capacity for doing tha
work and the willingness to taks It on
their shoulders and do the work well."
They subscribed $60,000 and only a little
more than half of It was needed to pro
mote the exposition; they received much
more than $3,000 in gate receipts for ad
missions; over $6,000 from the sale of prise
corn snd funds from concessions and all
other sources which make the show a fi
nancial success but not a great money
maker which waa not of the plan.
Without doubt the close waa aa brilliant
as the opening. Thotlsanda have admired
the spirit ot the city and commented on
the almost extravagant expenditures made
by business men privately for electrical
lighting and decorations.
The list of foreign representatives at th
exposition has added much to th euu
cess. Mexico Is felt by the manager to
be as great a contributor to the cos
mopolitanism of th show a any Stat
or country In the world. Zepherlno
Domlnguez. the wealthy Mexican planter,
whose name la now associated with any
idea of a successor for Dlas, contributed
much. T. R. Oarton of England, breeder
of oats and grains, and the Hungarian
and Canadian visitors have all added their
share.
Domestic Science Work.
Not the least interesting department
which has done Its work silently 'and
without display has been the domestic
dene department. In charge of Ml
Jessica Benack, a former expert court re
porter, who became ao ipterested In the
work 'at the agricultural college that alio
choose the line of work she has been do
Irg tan ti e "National Corn exposition
her tusk in life, and ha brought to the
first Omaha show th best talent of the
country and surrounded her If with soma