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Tim BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER C.'J. 1909, TWO ACENCIES TO BE UNITED Govtrnment Plain Better Conditions for Omaha and Winnebago Indian. BUEKETT WILL LEAVE SATURDAY i Senator Return to IMrbrmka fur Speech at Omnha Before liar AiHirlallcin More Land -a roasted. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, I. C, Dfo. 22.-(Special Telegram.) Senator Itrown I In recHpt of a letter from Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affalra Fred H. Abbott regarding the protest filed by the Walthlll Commcr clol rlub against the consolidation of the Omaha and Winnebago Indian agencies. Commissioner Abbott advises Senator P.rown that he la convinced thla protect has grown out of a complete misunderstanding of the character of the proponed ao-culled consolidation. "At a master of fact," Cora missioner Abbott aaya, "thla office has never contemplated real consolidation of the two reservations. A number of years ago Omaha Indians were compelled to transact their business At' the Winnebago agency, and at thut time there was real consolidation. Unfortunately the use of the word 'consolidation' li 'connection with a few minor changes proposed In the plan of adlmnlatratlon of the affairs of the two Indian tribes, has naturally led the minds of 'the people of Thurston county back to the former condition of r.al consolidation. "The Indian office simply proposes to place on superintendent over two agencies, all business of which Is to be kept sep arate and conducted In practlcully the same manner as at present. A chief clerk at Winnebago agency and another at the Omaha agency will continue the business of the respective agencies, taking the place really of the present superintendents and the superintendent by having this addi tional help will be able to give all of his time to the constructive side of the work on the two reservations. In addition to this change the purpose Is to place two expert farmers on each reservations who will give all of their attention to Uie needs of the Individual Indians. "At a certain point between the two res ervations It la proposed to establish a model farm of i&u acres to raise pure deed and pure stock for distribution among the Indiana of Uie two tribes," and In connec tion therewith' to establish an agricultural fair to. encourage agricultural Industry. Makre A St CitUena. "The economy of tbV, plan, rather than an attempt to support 'separate farms on twa reservations, Is ajparept. Again, the Indians of these .reservations will very rapidly develop Into Independent cltiiens of Nebraska and their direct relations with the county authorities will rapidly IncreuRe. The, advantage, therefore, of having one superintendent, wl,th one personality and one set of policies with which to deal, both with the local authorities and Indian offices, will be clear to. all. "Another Strong argument In favor of this' centralisation of administration Is found In the fact that If a separate super Intendency la to be continued at Macy an outlay ot a large amount of money would be necessary. In ordes t make the repairs necessary to put a run-down plant in any thing like fair condition. "As a matter of fact, the Omaha Indians will continue to transact their business at Macy, and they will hot know, so far as any change In their manner. of transacting btilness Is concerned, ' ttlat there has been any change.'s5ThV bnly change, .will Jj? In grtater attention to Individual needs of all and more real economy 1 In handling-of nil Indian matters In Thtirstort county. ' "Messrs. Gannon and Sloan of Pender nd Keefe and Cecil R. lloikhn of Wallhlll have been In my office thla. week," con tinued Assistant Commissioner Abbott, "rnd when I explained fully the plans of th bureau with reference to the Indians' affairs In Thursday county they gave their absolute and Unqualified endorsement. That all people of Thurston county who are really Interested unselfishly In the wel fare of these Indians will come, to the same conclusion I have not the. slightest doubt. "It is absolutely impossible for this of t Art v'v- . V .Sj-, fice to chsnK" its plans without very ma terially hampering the welfare of the Omaha Indians as well as that of the Wlnnebagoe." The present superintendent at the Winne bago agency Is to be placed In charge of both the Omaha and Winnebago reserva tions and will assume Joint control Janu uary 1. Ilarkett to Make Speech. Senator nurkett. who is down for a cpeech at the Nebraska Har association, which meets In Omaha, December 27. 28 and 29, will leuvo Washington Saturday night or Sunday for Omaha. The senator will spend the greater portion of the holi day recess In and about Lincoln, returning to Washington about January 4. Secretary lialllngcr has npproved the Wyoming Carey art, segreKation list num ber 67, embracing 2,0SO acres. The lands Included In this list were selected by the state under the Corey act and are to be reclaimed and Irrigated by the Uinta County Irrigation company. Carl M. Stanley of Waterloo, la., w as appointed clerk In the Interstate Commis sion office. John C. Wharton of Omaha has been ad mitted to practice before the Interior de partment. Civil service examination will be held January 23 for rural carriers of Carleton, ICIgln and New Castle, la. Wllllm H. Fenno was appointed post master at WeBt Union. Custer county, Ne braska, vice C. A. Montelth, resigned. Rural carriers appointed: For Nebraska, Oakland, route No. 2, II. O. Rich ards, carrlor, no substituto; Plattnmouth, route No. 2, J. R. Ileeson, carrier, Pearl 8. Iieeson, substitute: Rulo, route No. 1, Newton K. Horsford, carrier, no substitute; Seward, route No. 1, Devoe Konkrlght, car rier, no substitute. There la not the least danger in giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to children, as It contains no harmful drug. Letter Stolen from Files of Office Prosecution May Follow Publication of Communication by Attorney General. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. "There may be a sequel to the disappearance of the letter that will be very uncomfortable for some body," said an official of the Department of Justice today when his attention was called to the publication of the letter written by-Attorney General Wlckersham June 27 last to District Attorney Wise at New York, which found Its way Into one of the magazines. The letter had relation to a feature of the Sugar trust prosecution. Mr. WlBe, it Is said at the department, Is making an effort to discover by whom the letter was taken, he having filed It with his personal correspondence and a prosecution of any one who may bo found guilty of purloining It will be undertaken. NEW YORK, Dec. 22 Thomas B. Harned, a Philadelphia lawyer, brought suit In the United Slate circuit court today against the International Magazine company, owned by W. R. Hearst, taking damages of $75,000 for an alleged llbul In the current Issue of the Cosmopolitan Magazine In an article entitled, "Tragedies of U'.e Sugar Trust." In this same article appeared a copy of the letter written by Attorney General Wlckersham to Henry A. Wise, United States district attorney here, which In some manner was copied from an origi nal In Miv Wise's dusk-... iL a Harned Is one of the men Indicted by the federal grand Jury In connection with the. Pennsylvania Sugar Refining - company's suit, whose demurrer to the indictment, however, was sustained . on the ground that prosecution was barred by the statute of limitations. Liquor Shipping; Salt. MI'SKOGKE, Okl., Dec. 22. Attorneys In the suit in which the Missouri, Kansas & Texas raHroad seeks to secure an In junction prohibiting officers from seizing liquor shipped Into Oklahoma over Its lines and which was set for a hearing here to day, have agreed to a postponement until Janauary 6. The temporary restraining order issued several weeks ago was madt effective today by the federal court untl, Jai uary 6. eda arc made from the finest flour and the best materials obtainable That Makes them an ideal LPneeda Biscuit are baked in surroundings where cleanliness and precision are supreme That Makes them needa are touched only once by human hands when the pretty girls pack them That Makes them y needa Biscuit are sealed in a moisture proof package da ) SCHLEY IS LOYAL TO COOK Admiral Reiterates Belief Brooklyn Physician Beached North Pole. ASKS PEARY TO SUBMIT DATA aya Other Authority Thsi Araerlraa Society Should Fmm on It Arrtlo Club Discusses Dr. Cook. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22 Reaffirming his confidence in Dr. Cook, Rear Admiral W. 8. Schley, retired, today called pub licly upon Commander Prary to submit his proofs that he reached the North pole to some scientific body other than the National Geographlo society. This, the admiral declares, should be done at ones In the Interests of Justice and to establish beyond questtdn the claims of Peary. Admiral Schley believes that the same body which threw out Cook's testimony should be permitted to pass on the data submitted by Peary to the Geographic society. "The Danes are the best posted body of men In the world on Arctic matters," he said. "The consistory of the University of Copenhagen should be given the oppor tunity to examine the Peary proofs, for In that way they would be submitted to the same test that was applied to those of Cook. The conBlstory which was re garded by the civilized world as more than friendly to Dr. Cook showed by Its action In turning down the explorer that It holds the scales of Justice, as It sees them, evenly and honestly." Prary Should Insist. Moreover, Admiral Schley believes that the submission of the proofs to Copenhagen should be insisted upon by Peary, despite Whatever the National Geographic so ciety's attitude may be. It is suggested to the officer that the society some time ago officially declared Its Intention to let scientific bodies or reputable standing ex amine and test the Peary proofs when they had been passed upon by the society. "But the organization has not done It," he retorted quickly. "So far there has been shown no dlspobltlon to carry out Its avowed Intentions, has there?" Admiral Schley declined to say on what grounds he took exception to tho finding of the scientists of tho University of Co penhagen that Cook had not been at the North pole. He merely reaffirmed his be lief In the exploier, adding that he be lieved also that Peary, too, had gained the top of the earth. Schley's Arctic Experience. The importance of the admiral's demand Is Increased by the fact that he has had wide experience in the far north. In 1SS4 he was in command of the Thetis expedi tion, which resulted In the rescue of Lieu tenant Greeley and the men who had been cast away at Cape Sabln, and whom the civilized world had practically given up for loBt. For his rescue Schley, then a cap tain in tho service, was awarded a gold watch and a vote of thanks by the Mary land legislature and a medal of honor by the Massachusetts Humane society. Shortly after his return from the Thetis expedition Captain Schley published a book, "The Rescue of Greeley," which re counts his struggles In the frozen region. . . Members of the National Geographlo society declined to dltcusa the suggestion of the retired naval officer. The society Is still smarting under the somewhat curt reply made by the University of Copen hagen' t - Its request, that a committer representing the society be permitted to be present when Dr. Cook's data was ex amined. While recognizing the complete tight of the Danish scientists to decline ouch a request, yet American savants feci that the Danes were needlessly brusque In their declination. Cook May Be Expelled. NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The members of the Arctic club ot America, at a meeting tonight, adopted a resolution to refer the question of further membership of Dr. Frederick A. Cook to the board of direc tors, with power to act. It was said that charges would be preferred a.balnst Dr. Cook by some of the members and pre sented to the directors for consideration. Biscuit Biscuit That Keeps them NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Dr. Conk Is a member of the executive commlttea of the club. Rudolph Kerstlng, newly elected treas urer of the club, accompanied Dr. Cook on the Greenland expedition In IfW and 1901 to Alaska, broached the subject of Dr. Cook's membership. He argued that the University of Copenhagen, after a studied and thorough Investigation, tad declared Dr. Cook an Imposter, and favored Immedi ate steps to dlmnlss him from the club. "By his hoax he disgraced the Arctlo c:ub," said Mr. Kerstlng. Instantly the meeting was thrown Into an uproar, and the debiting that ensued was long and stormy. It was learned that not more than two or three members at the most supported Dr. Cook outright. Dr. Rosewell O. Bteb blns, who. was himself, the leader In or ganizing tho Cook relief expedition ' be fore the explorer wns heard from, urged that It wo too serious a matter to dispose of hurriedly and the regular course of pre senting formal charges for the considera tion of tho board ot directors should be fol lowed. "I have no comment to make on Admiral Schley's statement." This was the brief written statement sent out by Commander Peary tonight from the banquet hall at the Waldorf-Astoria, where he was a guest of the New England so ciety. CHRISTIAN I A, Dec. .-Frld'tJof Nan sen, the Norwegian Arctlo explorer today broke his long silence and talked of the Peary-Cook controversy. "It Is my opinion," he said, "that Cook Is no longer Interesting. He is practically a dead man and ought to vanish from the consideration of the world. I never trustod him, for the first report which he made did not inspire confidence, especially his statements concerning the distance of 14 seconds from the pole. This proved that Cook was Ignorant of the simplest prin ciples of astronomical observations. Even his later reports contained nothing of value. On the contrary they were filled with Im probabilities and contradictions. "From the first I was unable to support Dr. Cook. I therefore preferred to keep silent. As for Peary, I never doubted his veracity, although I did not approve of his behavior after his return. However, it Is easy to understand his Indignation. At least he Is a man, and tnere Is no com parison between him and Cook." For stiff neck there la nothing better than Chamberlain's Liniment. Joint Committee for Balhnger Jones in Senate and Humphrey in House Will Introduce Resolutions. WASHINGTON, Deo. 22. Senator Jones, who yesterday read In the senate Secre tary of the Interior Balllnger's letter ask ing for a committee to Investigate the mat ters contained in the so-called Balllnger Plnohot controversy, and Representative Humphrey, also of Washington, had a long talk with President .Taft today regarding the Inquiry, to which the president has given his consent. i Senator Jones and Mr. Humphrey told r the president they agreed with Secretary Balllnger that the best results would be obtained through an Investigation through a Joint committee. The Investigation Is In tended to give the. public all of the facts and to reach a verdict of which the public will. approve. .' 4, ., ! j f As a result of tbi gonference today. It was said that on January 4 next Senator Jones would Introduce In the senate and Representative Humphrey would Introduce in the house resolutions calling tor a Joint investigation of the widest possible scop. The forestry service will be Included in the resolution along' with the Interior de partment and the land office. The Yellow Peril. ' Jaundice malaria biliousness, vanishes when Dr. King's New Life Pills are taken. Guaranteed. 26c. For sale by Beaton Drue Co. Clocks FRKNZER tilth ana Dodge, IL j(QQjJ 3 - ,44 A 0 PICTUKKfr Th onljr ultra select Him In Omaha featured by a house renowned for Its art department. Here, and here onljr will you find th world's most ar tistic water colors, etchings, oil paintings, Ouerln prints, Copley prints, university art shop prints, photogravures, and lighter priced, yet thoroughly artistic prints. FIXAMKS Th line of frames shown here Is without a peer in the west, and this is the concern maintaining the "Kramer's Craft Shop."- of which you have no doubt heard much. lilUC-A-IlRAC Hare pottery, ham mered brass and beaten copper w ares, etc., are here in profusion. This season there has been added also, a complete line of "Carence Craft Hhop" Jewelry; no two pieces alike; all exquisite hand wrought productions. Ml'SIO In musical publications, books, musicians' portfolios, music bngs, etc., we are foremast here; it's the only complete showing made in Omaha. SMALL GOODS Guitars, mandolins, violins, banjos, cornets, autoharps, flutes, clarinets, drums, and all other instru ment so dear to the young aspirant, are here, too. 1513-1515 Douglas Street WORK ON NEWCOMMERCELAW President and Advisers Complete Third Bevise of Proposed Act. TREASURY OFFICIALS JUBILANT Progress Made In Rehabilitation of Customs Service la Cause for Rejoicing- Still After Man Hla-her Ip, WASHINGTON. Pec. 22. President Taft and the law officers of the government are still busy on the proposed amend ments of the Interstate commerce law, the purport of which I to relieve the commis sion of its . quasi-Judicial functions and to establish an Interstate commerce court. This work Is the outcome of a committee appointed by President Taft earlier In the year of which Attorney General Wlcker sham and other officers of the government were members. They held some of their conferences n New York City. The mat ter is being gone over with great care and the third revise of the proposed amend ments is now In the hands of the printer. It had been hoped that these amendments would be ready for submission to congress early after the reassembling of that body In January, but they are subject to still further revision If upon examination they are found not comprehensive enough. Treasury Officials Jubilant. Treasury officials are congratulating themselves that with the closing, of' the year, 1909, splendid results have been ac complished in the rehabilitation of the cus tom service, particularly at New York and In the rounding up of persons and cor porations figuring in the frauds by which the revenues of the government have suf fered to the extent of millions of dollars. The department Is still continuing Its In vestigations into the losses sustained by the under-weighing of sugar. The officials here are keeping mum as to the personality of the individual "higher up" In the sugar fraudB against whom an Indictment Is expected every day, althougn his Identity is well known to them. The fact that the American Sugar Re fining company contemplated filing a claim for $600,000 for losses alleged to have been sustained since 1907 by overweights has been known in Washington for some time. Last summer the attorney for the company men tioned the matter incidentally to the Treas ury department. The claim will be looked Into thoroughly. Congress Would Keep Out. President left's views, as expressed In his annua message to congress, that a con gressional Investigation of the Hugar trust frauds might prove embarrassing In view of the probe now going on by the Depart ment of Justice and the Trenaury depart ment finds a warm advocate in Attorney General Wlckersham. He made It clear today that he was op posed to any such inquiry pending the en deavors of the two departments to punish the parties who may be guilty and In recovering the money wrongfully withheld from the government. After their work had been accomplished, he does not care how many Investigations by congress might be made. . Mr. Wlckersham said his experience of legislative Inquiries had convinced him that usually the result of such work was the framing of policies for the future, rather than assisting materially In punish ing the evildoers and helping to redeem any losses the government might have sus tained. Supervision of Mines. Headquarters of the American Mining congress have been opened in this city to promote legislation for the establishment of a national bureau of mines. Both Presi dent Taft and Secretary Balllnger of the Department of the Interior are said to favor such legislation. "The only difficulty In the way of the establishment of such a bureau," said James P. 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Contrast this with the one or two men killed in every thousand employed In foreign countries, where they have bureaus of mines that are making a thorough study into the causes of disasters." Big- Gun Stands Test. "Highly satisfactory," Is the report of the officials of the Navy department today In describing the tests of the new fourteen Inch gun now In progress at Indian Head, Md. Five shots have been fired and one or two more will be necessary before this gun, the biggest in the world, Is finally "proved." , The tests so far are said to have demon strated the necessity of a special powder for the gun, in order to produce the de sired velocity and hitting power without too great a pressure. The gun is fifty three feet six and a half Inches long, weighs sixty-three tons, shoots a shell weighing 1,400 pounds, uses 366 pounds ot powder at each shot and has a muxzle velocity of 2,600 foot seconds. Most Wonderful Healing. After suffering many years with a sore Amos King, Port Byron, N. Y., was cure by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. 23c. For salt by' Beaton Drug Co. Watches FRENZISR 15ti, ana Dodge. DANGER OF RACE WAR IN ALABAMA IS OVER Fortr-Two Leaders of Negroes Who Threatened Trouble Are In County Jail. MAGNOLIA, Ala., Dec. 22. The situation here tonight 13 quiet and no further vio lence Is anticipated because of bitter feeling between the negroes and whites of the community following the killing of the young white man, Lewis, Saturday night by the Mongomcry negroes. With the rlng:eaders among the negroes, forty-two in number, behind the bars of the county Jail at Linden, It Is believed the threatened attack upon the whites by the negroes tus been effectually forestalled. The negroes In this section outnumber the whites, fifty to one. The forty-two negroes taken to Linden toduy are charged with carrying concealed weapons bnd making threats of violence. Will Montgomery, the fourth of the des perado brothers, Is still being pursued by a posse. The " Exceptional Equipment uf the California Fig Syrup Co. and the scientific attainments of its clu-mists have rendered possible the production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, in all of its excellence, by obtaining the pure medic inal principle of plants known to act most beneficially and combining them most skillfully, in the right proportions with Its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of California Figs. As there is only one genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen uine is manufactured by an original method known to the California Fig Syrup Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the genuine to got its beneficial effects. A knowledge of the above facts enables one to decline imitations or to return them if, upon viewing the package, the full name of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found printed on the front thereof. OMAHA kuoJ Fraud in Chicago Coal Contracts CHICAGO, Dec. 22. The Cook county grand Jury undor the direction of State's Attorney Wayman here today took up the further' Investigation - of 'Ulleged Irregu larity In city Coal contracts. Subpoenas were issued for the production of the municipal records from the office of Com missioner of Public Works J. J. Hanberg, covering last year and thlB year. Con clusive methods in securing coal contracts and substitution of Inferior grades for a better quality called for by the contracts are alleged against some of the coal dealers who supplied the city with fuel. (EnUbltriitd lfffl) An Inhalation for Whooping-Cough, Croup, Bronchitis, Coughs, Diphtheria, Uatarrn Creaolene Is a Boon to asthmatics. liea ii not iwm mure eneuu.w w ... - rsmedj for dttctsea of ths breathing organ tbn U All ids nuwiij bum, mw' fesnlene cures twain the air, rendered strongly antl;ptlo, la cairieit over the aiijoaeta urraoe wun every ortmm, ," .i " nn.tnt treatment. It Is Invaluable to mother with mall cbiiaren. Litilo Folks Stuffed -LIKE TOADS These holidays make a lot of sick folks some of them awfully ill. In spite of all you can do the little folks yvill overeat Xtnas times. Don't fail to give them CASCARET st Kd time and help nature get rid of ths overload. It will keep them well nd lively. BuyalOo bos CASCARRTS week's tieatmerk-snd havs It handy to n very night. Xtnas wsak. Whiter than snow. Always makes frlenAn Where'er It mujr ft,. riower of all flours, Beloved of m wive, "Pnds of Oinaha" Takes tlx first prise. MRS. W. C. Kl'Hl.NUKlt, 703 S. St. Joe Ave., Jlaallnga, Neb. I.KUAL NOT1CK. NOTICE. To the Stockholders of Tho Conservative baviiigs and loan Association of Uuialia, Nebraska: As provided In Section 1 of Article 1 of the bylaws of said UHSoclatlon, you are hereby notified that the annual meeting of the bluckhuluers uf The Conservative bav Ings and Loan association of Omaha, Nub , will be held January lit, Ul at the office of said association In the Conservative building, No. 1614 Hartley street, Oiiha, Nebraska, for the purpose of electing 'three dlructors for a term of five years, to re ceive the reports of the officers and di rectors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come be fore the meeting. The polls will be open for the reception of ballots for the election of directors from o'clock to I o'clock P. M. of said date, and the business meeting of the stockholders will Immediately follow the closing of the polls. The Conservative Bavlngs & Loan Assa elation of Omaha, Nebraaka. By OKO. f. OH.MOIIK, l'r-Hlderit. Attest: PAUL. W. KL'HNtf. 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