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VOL. XXXIX NO. 131.
OMAHA, TUESDAY MOKNINO, DECEMI5EK 7, 19UD-TWELVK PAOES.
SINGLE COPY TWO (T-NTS.
WOMEN HOLD
HOARDS TODAY
Leaders Arr.onj Club Women of Five
States Will Discuss Social
Life in the Country.
SHORT SESSIONS
IN KOTO HOUSES
ITrase of Representative! Sits Eut
Torty Minutes and the Senate
But Thirteen.
Wilson Advises
Every Farmer to
Viit Corn Show
FIKE INSURANCE
PRESIDENT OCT
Holiday
cocas
George P. Sheldon of the Phoenix of
Brooklyn Removed from Office
by Board of Directors.
Secretary of Ajriculture, in Litter
to President Wattles, Tells of
Benefits of Exposition.
I.IITING
LARGELY
SOCIAL
STATE OFFICIAL FILES CHARGES
WELL BE A NOTABLE OCCASION
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Senator Bailey Makes Attempt to
Have Sessions Bin at 2 (Tclock.
COMMITTEE WAITS ON PRESIDENT
Announcement Hade that Annual
Message Will Come Today.
KANY BILLS ARE INTRODUCED
Marly Adjournment In Taken Out of
Hraprrt to Memory of Member
Who Died IMirlna the
Rereaa.
WASHINGTON. Dec. . The two houses
of congress lonver.ed tod.'y for the first
regular session of the Sixty-first congress,
but the day's proceedings were In great
part of a social nature anil practically no
business was transacted.
lirlrf as was the Semite's thirteen min
utes It was enlivened by an unsuccessful
effort on the part of Senator Ualley to
defeat the passage of the usual resolution
that tho dally sessions begin at noon?
suggesting that the senate should con
vene Instead at 2 o'clock. Mr Bailey said
he would like to see the senate hold night
sessions in order that senators might de
nte the day to Individual business. No
objection was offered when a similar
resolution was Introduced In the house.
A comcltteo was named by both houses
to wait upon the president and to Inform
limi that congress was In session and
ready for any business he might wish to
lay before It The president's response
will constitute his annual message, the
reading of which will consume practically
all of tomorrow's sessions of the two
houses.
The house session continued forty min
utes, during which W. W. McGrcdle. the
new representative from the Second Wash
ington district, who succeeds the late Fran
els W. Cushman, was sworn In. The
greater part of the session was taken
up by the roll call.
Hr Dllla Introduced.
Although only 311 members responded to
their names, almost a full membership
appeared on the house floor, and there
were few among them that did not have
one or more bills to offer. These Included
on by Representative Oarner (Pa.) for an
Investigation by congress of the entire
customs service, particularly in regard to
sugar frauds recently brought to light;
one by Representative Hitchcock (Neb.) for
the establishment of postal savings banks;
on by Representative Mann' I11. for
federal regulation of the "white Slav
trade" and ahother by Mr. Mann for the
free admission of wood pulp and one by
Representative Hamilton (Mich.) to grant
statehood to Now Mexico and Arizona.
; There were the customary crowds In the
galleries of tho two houses and the usual
scenes attending an opening day of con
gress were re-enacted on the floors. The
leaders of the majority and the minority
were there and conversed amiably, aU of
the bitterness engendered by the tariff
fight of last summer apparently having
been forgotten for the time being at !e&st.
Resolutions of respect for the memory of
Senator Johnson of North Dakota, Repre
sentatives De Armond and Lasssller. who
died during the recess, were adopted and.
as a further mark of respect, the two
houses adjourned until noon tomorrow
the senate at 12:16 and the house at 12:40
p. m.
Galleries Crowded la House.
An animated scene presented Use f to
Speaker Cannon when he appeared in the
J..ouse at noon today to call to order the
house of representatives In the sixty-first
congress.
The galleries were crowded to the doors
long before the hour arrived.
A round of applause greeted the speaker
wnen ne enierea me cnamLer. tor a
moment he stood In his place nervously
fingering the gavel. While the applause
was subsiding, the gavel descended with
a resounding left-handed whack.
"The house will be In order. The chap
lain will offer prayer."
In allusion to the traslc death of Rep
resentative De Armond of Missouri, who
was buined to dealh In his home, the chap
Iain prayed:
"And no, Oh, Father, profoundly moved
by the recent tragtc death of one of the
most distinguished members of this house,
who for yeurs has been conspicuous In the
affairs of his state and nation; we most
fervently pray for that consolation which
Thou alone canst give for his colleagues,
and especially for the stricken wife and
children."
Fire at Union
Burns Block
live Buildings Destroyed in Blaze
that Started in a
Dm? Store.
. ION, Nib., Dee. i. (Special Telo
, m.) Fire broke out here In the rear
. '0 of the drug store, about 1:30 a. m.,
iiiul five buildings were destroyed. The
tire was first discovered by Agent Wil
..i:ns of Wyoming and a traveling sales
man for the Loose-Wiles company, and
liey Immediately entered the building, but
i lie fir had sained such headway that
i .otbing could be done.
The buildings and stocks destroyed were
A. E. Situs & Co.. druggist; Charles
'.raves, attorney; C. W. Clark, rc-.-taurant
and confectionery; L. C. Curtis, barber
hop; H. E. Graves, Union I-edjfer; H. M
Townsley. rertaurant and confectionery.
The fire cleaned the block on the south
aide of Main street, except W. W. Wolfe's
blacksmith shop. Only by hard work were
other buildings saved. The losses as far
as cou d be ascertained are as follows:
A. E. Stltes & Co.. $!4: C. W. Clark. $1,100;
L. C. C'uiTs. $3e0, Union Ledger. $.'; H.
M. To nslty, $1j0. There seems to be a
niystti- o the origin of the fire.
Ten Hunters An Killed
CLF.VKI.ANI. O. Dec. 1 Ten
persons
nrrw miii'ii niiu in " n iinir injuieu, aix
six
probably fatally. In Ohio, during the three
months' buntinK aaon which clood Sat
urday lilac l t- " 'f ll.oa- Injured many trr
crlM'hd for life. Several lost a foot, a
U or a Laud. A few ert blinded.
(From a StafT Corn spondent.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (Special Tele
gram.) Secretary Wilson today forwarded
to O W. Wattles, president of the National
Corn exposition, a telegram of congratula
t on upon the successful opening of the
great exposition. The secretary of agricul
ture not being content with the wire, to
night mailed the following l iter to Mr.
Wattles:
"WASHINGTON, Doc. C To O. W. Wat
tles, President National Corn Exposition,
Omaha, Neb.: I wish for tho National
Corn exposition which oprned its doors to
day, success to which such an educational
undertaking Is entitled.
"Expostt'- - of a character such as
yours i" ' nil to be ben 'ficlal. They
are help -e farmer and to all asso
ciated wl. rf- ' nd a larger knowledge of
grains anc f fruits and grasses, to
say nothing "V ' stock, their feed and
care, measui Ifference between suc
cess and fal the business of the
farm. "T,
'The exhibit . V Department of Ag
riculture of the , j, States to be seen
at the third anmt '-ty exposition will of
Itself be worth thi .use of going there
to every farmer in" the country who at
tends. If grains, grassis and legumes nec
essary to make a first rate pasture are
studied by one farmer and that one farmer
should prepare his pasture as an object
lesson to hi:i neighbors It will result in
the building up of that neighborhood, be
cause without this kind of pasture, soil
fertility cannot be maintained and pros
perity on the farm cannot be established.
"If every farmer visiting the exposition
should learn this one lesson, how to make
a pasture it Will be worth untold millions
In a few years to the neighborhood from
which these farmers come. In an 11-day
ride on a' railroad train, through any part
of the United States there Is scarcely such
a thing to be seen us a first rate pasture.
"The exposition will have many other at
tratclve fcutures. The agricultural exhibit
lately shown at Seattle, with exhibits from
dry land experimentation farms in the
northwest will be worthy the study of any
farmer who attends the exposition. Very
truly yours. ,
"JAMES WILSON. Secretary."
SNOW STORM IN KANSAS
Southern Part of State In Grip of
a Small Slsed Bliasard
Today.
WICHITA. Kan., Dec. . Southern Kan
sas Is enveloped by a snow storm today.
A temperature of 6 degrees above ser and
a slxteen-mlle-an-hour wind accompanied
the snow.
Congratulations from President Diaz
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President of
CITY OF MEXICO, Mexico,
November 25, 190!.
Mr. (.'. V. ifosewater,
Chairman Executive Committee,
National Corn Exposition,
Omaha, Neb., U. S. A.
Esteemed Sir:
I have always believed that Omaha, the beautiful
Gate City of Nebraska, with its exceptional geo
graphical situation on the Missouri, and the magni
tude of its commerce and its industries, with its ex
tensive railroads for marketing agricultural pro
ducts in the East, will, in n short time, be one of the
greatest cities in North America.
The exposition of 1S9S has shown to the "World
the importance of the rich state of Nebraska, and I
compliment the organizers of the present exposition
and cordially wish for new triumphs and a brilliant
future. I assure you,
I am your servant and friend,
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Superintendent Hotchkiss Says Sur
plus is Greatly Impaired.
NO EXAMINATION FOR YEARS
Records Show Large Loans to State
Deputies and Inspectors.
PRESIDENT
IS
OVERPAID
Iterord Showa thai He Has Prawn
Ilia Salary to October 1, 1010
Questionable Securities
Amoii Its Assets.
NEW TORK, Dec. 6. The Phenlx Insur
ance company of Brooklyn Is under In
iseximtlon for Irregularities, which It Is
bellrised have Impaired its surplus at least
i fl.000.OuO and to have resulted In condition..
which Superintendent Hoichkiss ot tno
S'ate Insurance department laid before the
district attorney today for possible
criminal action. It Is charged that the
president has overdrawn his salary, that
he has unloaded doubtful securities on the
company and that he has used the com
pany's assets as collateral to secure his
own personal speculative accounts. Nor
do the directors escape their share "f
conBure.
In a formal statement Issued tonight Mr.
Hotchkiss says he does not believe . the
capital of the company Is Impaired, n.r-4
that thus far there Is no evidence that Its
securities are not Intact, but he adml's
that the presen investigation Is Btlll un
completed. It was announced tonight that at a
meeting of the board of directors held to
day. President Sheldon was removed from
oflce and that In his stead W. T. Gray,
formerly auditor of the Continental in
surance company, was elected president.
George P. Sheldon, a member of many
club and as chairman of the laws com
mittee of the national board of fire under
writers. Is one of the best known lnsur
ance men In the country has been president
of the Phoenix since 1W7 and It Is charged
that under his administration the annual
reports of the company made to the In
surance department during at least the last
ten years and probably longer, are false
In more than one particular.
No Inspection for Years.
Under the law the Insurance department
Is required to examine Into the condition
of all life insurance companies, at least
once In every three years. He advocates
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From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
PUBLIC WORK IX FOUR STATES
Details of Secretary of Treasury's
Report to President.
MONEY FOR KEARNEY POSTOFFICE
Urge Suin to Support Different
Tribes - ot Sloai Hat Imatea in
Wyoming, Dakota aad
Iowa.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. . (Special Tele
gram.) The secretary of the treasury In his
estimates of appropriations required for
service for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1911, asks the following for carrying on
government work In Nebraska, Iowa, Soutl.
Dakota and Wyoming:
Nebraska Kearney, $200,000, to completu
Its public building, and Nebraska national
forest J.1S.-.0. There are many other Ne
braska iiems in the bill, but they are
merely continuations of previsions made
In previous appropriations. Every project
In which Nebraska la Interested has been
cared for.
For support of the different tribes of
the Sloux, Including those on the Santee
agency, Nebraska, $600,000 will be neces
sary. Money for Poatafflce.
At Council Bluffs an appropriation of
140,001) Is recommemie -'-r vurchr e of
additional land for the eompletion and 0d
largement of the court house and postof
fice. Walter I. Smith, being a member
of the appropriations committee, will doubt
less attend to this, as well as the further
provision calling fur a tlO.OUO appropriation
to enable the -postmaster at Council Biuffs
to pay rent on temporary quarters.
At Fort Dodge a similar condition ex.
Ists. The government Is in rented quarters
there, pending completion of a new post
oftlce. The continuance of such rental is
recommended.
Oltuinwa wants SS.000 to complete its
new poatofflce and it U lecomiuended.
In South Dakota for the assay oftlce at
Deadwood IS. 400 Is recommended; for sur
veyor general' office, Including clerks,
oil ice rent and supplies, 8,300.
Indian schools: i-luutlreau, (69,425;
Pierre, J33.0S0, and Rapid City, It!i,3a0.
In addition to that S-OJ.OiftJ is requests!
for general educational purposes of the
Sloux In South Dakota. For the support
of the Sioux Yankton agency $20,000 !
recommended and Canton al ylum fur In-t-ane
Indian jlsks $.'5,0u0 to maintain
their Institution.
In Wyoming to complete public building
al Lander $50,000 I asked and a similar
amount Is requested to put the new post
ofi'ice at Sheridan into habitable condi
tion Ellis Off for Omnha.
VV. F. Ellis of the forestry division of
the Agricultural department, who itas been
delivering lectures at Chicago left tonight
for Omaha to represent his bureau with a
.erics of lectures at the National Corn
ixrosltlon.
G. T. Harrington of the bureau of seeds
of tio Department of Agriculture has gone
to Omaha to give demonstrations in seed
sebction at the Corn exposition.
Senator ond Mrs. Norris Brown arrived
In Washington yesterday, as did Senator
and Mrs. Gamble of South Dakota.
Victor Kosewatcr, editor of The Bee, who
arrived In Raltirr.ore Saturday c.me over
to Washington today and witnessed the
opening of the regular session of the Sixty-first
conpress.
The Nebraska State association has
planned a 'camp fire" for tomorrow night,
which will be attended by members of the
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Corn Exposition
visitors will find
The Bee advertis
ing pages a handy
guide for theirshop
ping while in the
city.
Do not overlook the adver
tisements on the want ad
pages under the classification
of "Christmas Hints". Our
Omaha merchants are offer
ing many suggestions to help
you with the problem of what
to buy. You will always find
something worth while if you
read the want ad pages of The
Bee.
Have you read the want ads, yet,
today T
and Give the Girl Behind the Counter a Gianee
Two Men Killed,
Four Arc Hurt
by Explosion
Boiler in Wholesale Liquor House at
Kansas City Wrecks the
Building.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 6. Two men were
killed and four other were Injured follow
ing the explosion of a boiler In the buse
ment of a six-story building at 910 Broad
way, In the wholesale district here shortly
before noon today.
The dead:
JAMES FOLEY, steam fitter.
JAMES Cox, driver.
Fatally Injured:
Andrew Meyers, plumber.
A negro janitor and two other workmen
ere serlousiy but not fatally injured.
The two lower floors, which were vacant,
collapsed. The building above the second
floor was not seriously damaged and no
person In the upper stories was hurt.
The force of the explosion blew out the
front and rear portions of the first and
second floors of the building at 910 Broad
way and broke several large windows In
the millinery house of Lyons Bros., 912
Broadway. '
Much excitement prevailed among the
dozen of girls employed in the millinery
establishment and several made a rush
for exits. AU rea-hed the stree In safety
liowever, and none of the occupants of this
building was hurt. '
Coldest is Four
Above Zero Mark
Minimum Temperature for Omaha
This Winter is Reached '
Monday Night.
A temperature of 4 degrees above ro
was recorded Monday night at 9 o'clock
with 'prospect of a nearer approach to zro
before morning.
At North Platte f degrees below sero
was reported Sunday morning and 6 below
it Valertine.
Cold weather still prevails up the Mis
souri valley, though no severe temperatures
prevail.
The local outlook Is for continued snow,
with a slight tendency to warmer. Snow
and sleet prevail In the cast up as far a
me iahe region.
The snow Interferes much w th the move
I racnt ct the malls and all trains are te
ported more or less late, with but 1 ttl
prospect for improvement for the next Ua
or two.
END CF Yc.lKES FIGHT
Agreement Confirmed l.y Which
Widow filvea Up Claim to
!. ooo. noo.
CHICAGO. Dec. G. Judge Cutting In the
probate court here today confirmed an
asreement which was entered It. to some
weeks ago between Mrs. Adelaide Yerkes
widow of Charles T. Yerkes, the executor
of the traction magnate's estate, and heirs
of the estate by which Mrs. Yerkes re
llnqulshed personal claim to property In
New York and Chicago valued at $30,000,000.
The confirmation of the agreement brimjrs
-to an end litigation which was pending.
What You Can See at the
National Corn Exposition
Corn grown at an altitude of 0,000 fee
above the sea level.
Corn grown bflow the sea level on th
swump lands of Louisiana.
Corn grown north of Hudson bay.
Corn grown In the arid regions of thi
west, white rainfa.l Is less than twelve
inches per annum.
The best ear of corn the world has ever
known, tCutd.ng in f.ne points those of
the Paxcol ear.
The best ten years of corn in the world
with peuigree ten years long.
The best bushel of corn in the world,
seventy ears.
The worst bushel of corn In the world
the corn which was pulled down from the
tassels. '
Corn placed at any point desired on the
stalk by the plant breeder, to hang at any
angle on the stalk desired.
Corn which contains so much mineral
matter that it will make larger, stronger
and harder bones In the animals consum
ing It.
Corn containing so much oil that It will
finish a steer for market In six weeks or
less.
Bushel of corn containing enough starch
to last a laundry a month.
Mexican National band.
Moving picture of convicts, making good
roads in Virginia.
Thirty model road beds built by farmers
Lectures Illustrated by lantern slides and
Nmsa2
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TRAINMASTERS CALLED OUT
Eleven Men in Charge of Switchmen
Ordered to Quit.
IMP0BTANT PRINCIPLE INVOLVED
Action la Taken to Mean that Mem
bers of Other Unlona Muat
Not Help Break the
Strike.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 6. President Shepard
of the Order of Railway Conductors ar
rived yesterday from Cedar Rapids, la.,
and after a conference with the four other
national officers here, ordered out those
members of the conductors' organisation
who through recent promotion by the
Northern Pacific have been acting as
trainmasters in charge of nonunion switch
men. The same action was taken today In
regard to the Great Northern.
While the number of men so employed
Is only four In Minneapolis and about
seven In St. Paul, according to Secretary
A. C. Parker of the strike committee, the
significance of the act Is In the principle
Involved, which prohibits men of other
railway- organisations assisting in the
strike.
Easterners May Co Out.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 6. Authority to
can a strike of ail union switchmen bu
tv een Buffalo and Chicago, if such a course
IS deemed necessary. Is vested In a com
mittee ot the union, which goes to Chicago
tomorrow to negotiate with the general
managers of the nineteen railroads for a
settlement of certain demands.
A referendum vote to secure the sentiment
of the organization and to give their com
mittee a free hand was taken some time
ago, according to Grand Vice President
Burt, who is In charge of the Buffalo dis
trict during the absence of President Haw
ley In the northwest to superintend the
strike in that territory.
The district east of Chicago Includes not
oidy Toledo, Fort Wayne, Detroit and other
important centers, but also takes In points
as far south as Pittsburg, so that the ranks
of the strikers will be Increased by between
12,000 and 15,000 men If the negotiations
which begin at Chicago tomorrow fail.
The demands to be submitted at Chicago
will be for 6 cents an hour Increase 111
wages, time and a haif for overtime ex
ceeding a ten-hour day, double time for
Sundays and holidays and a modification
of the physical test. Notice of these de
mands were sent to the general manager
of the lines in the Chicago-Buffalo district
on November 6, so that the thirty days'
unit expires tomorrow.
Grand Vice President Burt today received
a telegram from President Hawley notify
,ng him that the situation In the northwest
,s satisfactory to him.
No More Men Needed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5 The General Man
:gers' association of the railroads affected
oy the switchmen's strike Issued the fol
lowing statement tonight:
"The striking switchmen are fast re
turning to their former positions and it
is the Intention of the railroads to allow
them to ceturn where vacancies exist. It
.'hould be understood, however, that the
i.ew employes will not be displaced to
make room for the men who obeyed the
-trlke order.
"That the railroads hold no 111 feeling
gainst the strikers is best Indicated by
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transparencies,
by Prof. Scribner of the
Departmnt of Agriculture
One hundred and fifty lantern slides, glv-
Ing visitors a complete tour through t tie
Union stock yards In South Omaha.
Two thousand feet of buckins bronchos
at the frontier day celebration, at Chey
enne. Growing field? of rice, corn and cotton.
An alfalfa palace, which Is a "hog's
idea of heaven."
Clover from Wyoming, four feet high.
Two hundred varieties of cotton from
Oklahoma.
Ten thousand bolts of cotton fiom Texas. ;
Kaffir corn and black strap mo. asses, the
Texas steers' breakfast food.
Wax apples, oranges, cherries, grapes. In
the government exl Iblt.
Dates Imported from Fgypt and grown In
America.
A wax model of a dressed beef carcass.
Seventy samples of diseased animal
tissue.
Small grains and molass grown In
Alaska, during the six months of sunshine.
A portrslt of James Wilson, secrelaiy
of agriculture.
Kxhibits from twenty-three states, from
Delaware to Washington.
Grains and grasses adaptable to any cli
mate from Omaha to Idaho, and from
Buzzard's Bay to Broken Bow.
Girls working In the domestic science kit
chen, who Intend to leara bow to save
ILOuO.OOu annually.
Program Outlined for Woman's Day
Full of Promise.
PRESIDENT DIAZ GIVES GREETING
Formality of Openinj Bun by Pres
ident wattles Address.
VISITORS ARE BEGINNING TO COME
American Snrlety of Aaronomy to
Meet Today Wednesday la to
lie lleiiitccl to torn
Association.
TODAY'S IBOQIVAM
10:00 a. m Koand tab. a.aouaalon oa
"Social Lifo la th Country," led by
stats presidents of th Iowa, Kansas,
Illinois and Nebraska Federations of
Woxan's clubs; Mrs. W. O. Waltmore,
preiluent cf borne ecjuoiulos department
cf affiliated Agricultural Societies of
Nebraska, prtnidlng-.
1:30 p. m Concert, Mexican Katlonal
band. ir
9:00 p. m Maslo ball.
Mrs. r. H. Cole, president of the Ita
braska Federation of Woa-.an's clabs,
presiding.
"The States' Aid; Woman's Clubs,"
Mrs. Frances D. Everett, president of
the Illinois Federation of Woman's
clabs.
"Good Citlxenshlp as Influenced by
Home Training," Mrs. Julian M. Rich
ards, president Iowa Federation of
Woman's clubs.
'Flay and Fiaygronnds," Mrs. C. 0.
Qoddard, president Kansas Fsderatloa
of Woman's olnbs,
Talus of Organisation," Mrs. O. O.
Hlgbee, president Minnesota Federation.
4:00 p. m Concert, Mexican national
band.
8)00 p. m Concert, Mexican national
band.
Ttarelogne Lecture.
Other Meetings.
Amerloan Society of Agronomy, at Hotel
Bonis.
NATIONAL CORN ASSOCIATION SAT.
Wedntstlay, IKosirter 8, Mnsio Ha L -
8:30 a. m. Henry Wallaco, editor of Wal- ,
laoe's Farmer, presiding.
'Progress of Organised Agxionltare ;H
testimony as offered by the virions stats
Tlce presidents cf the National Corn as
sociation, reg-ftrdt-iy the development and
work of organizations promoting corn
and small irr.ln Improvement la their
respective states.
1:30 p. m. Mr.slo hell.
"Conservation of. Our Boll," Cyril O.
Hopkins, professor of agrouomy, Univer
sity of Illinois.
3:00 p. m. i'SOII Fertility and Live Stock,"
Jceph E. Wins; cf the Bredders' Oazette.
4:C0 p. m. Concert by Mexican National
band.
8:00 p. m. Concert by Mexican National
band.
Travelogue lecture, "Across the Pa
cific, at Honolulu and TUroufh Japan,"
O. W. Wftt'lei.
OTH3B MEETINGS.
American Society of Agronomy at Boms
fcotel.
Amerloan Breeders' Assooiatioa at Boms
hotel.
The first night of the third annual Na- ,
tlonai Corn exposition became an occasion
of rare beauty through the striking effect
of the brilliant Illumination of the city
stitets reflected down vistas of snow,
covered buildings and pavements. The
darzllng glow of white and ruby lights,
caught by the tiny crystals of frost, was
showered back and reflected In prismatic
halos about each center of radlnnoe. It waa
a fairyland highway which connected th
Skwlng downtown district with the exposi
tion grounds.
Within tl. e exposition all was bright and
merry, too. The big show had begun and
the spirit of the great agricultural event
of the west asserted itself.
The afternoon program comprised the
foi mal speeches opening the exposition.
Last n'.ght there was nothing more serious
tt,an ,he flrf!l of tne 'kiuiar evening con-
certs by the Mexican National band.
j Today will be "womuns day" at the ex
position. At a round lub.e discussion of the
life of wotnun In the country one of th
; n.ost notable and momentous gatherings of
western club women will be held. Mrs. V.
II. Cole, president of tlio Nebraska Federa.
lion of Women's Clubs; Mis. W. G. Whlt
. more, pies d -'tit of the 1) jiiie economies de
jpaitnunt of the afiillattJ agricultural so
cieties of Nebraska: Mrs. Frances D. Ever
ett, president of the li.lr.o a federation; Mrs.
C. C. Goildurd. president: of ths Kansas
federation; Mrs. Julia M. Klrhards, presi
dent of the Iowa ftdetation. and Mrs. C. (,
H'gbee. president of the Minnesota federa
tion, will be among the prominent club
we men who will tuke part in the affairs
of the day. Never beiore In the history of
the urt'.unization of women's clubs has such
a representation been ealied to ti.i r. 'i ho
women are hlmily enthusiastic. They tx
pi ci to do much toward solving the prob
lem of the fui mer's wife In hir frequent
lack of social life.
Governor Shafrolh will probably arrive
) 1,1 "loinmg ami will malif; an address
di.lihg the exposition.
Tiie cail of the iui.d and the demand for
f. no as a nsjlt of tionomic eo'id.ttoiui
was tiie nieksage t,f a speech delivered by
Gui don W. U auks, pr. sld nt of t. e ex
position, who kd the program Monday aft
ernoon. Mr. H sales urped the Importance
I of the furthering of scientific mei'.ods In
at-rieultui e lout all tiie territory pos lolo
might be thus mad available for th- h mes
of the nation's crowing agrlcahuial e.aai.
He spoke in p. alsing t.rms of what ths
corn show has done for the wialth of N.i
briska alone, adding that thtre was y t
much to be Kaintd.
Maor Iialun.an save sn a-l!r s of w .
come in which he complimented the pco;,le
alio have brounht the nnnval corn show
into fcuoii successful blng.
"There Is r.uWunk that i . i:ld iliv Omaha
more pride loan the nia;mf.c nt luml;j
made here. It Is the niuru of a ,r al
decree if pleasuie to ine as a el l e(. and
official of out city to real.se tha. .t tin
become the Lome of uu af.air of tji-n tre
mendous in..,j! ta;n e to the it!on. to t tie
farm re of ..il tic wor.J, to tne com.ns.ee
of all the worid.
"The offici r of the exposition are to
be complimented In their achievement. an!
every exhibitor, no matter how small his
part in the show, must, too, be encour-