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I TITE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1910. r Nebraska CIVERM IS REAL BOSS Big Chiefs of the Party Come to Lincoln for Orders. THOMPSON AMONG CALLERS Mttle Clan) la Aaxtoaa for Khallea bersrer to Be Candidate for Another Term Mayor Jim Only Stars Away. . (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN'. Jan- 0. (Speclal.)-Uovcrnor Hhallenberger has established hts right to the title of "boss" ef Uis democratic party . of the state. And unto him have come during the, last few days the erstwhile big; chief illher to k for quarter or to get ir.r.trttcUons or to curry favor. Since his return from Washington the governor has been besieged with callers of high and low degree,.. Following his re fusal to call an extra session of the legisla ture the aspiring ones who were on the other side have by their presence In his office acknowledged their submission to his edicts, and his utter refusal to be used by Mr. Bryan to carry out the pet Ideas of the presidential 'candidate has scared the little fellows, who tremble at the name of Bryan into fits. Among the callers last week was W. II. Thompson, tha "Little. Olant." of Grand Island, who Is a candidate for United States senator. The "Little Giant" Is not anxious for the- governor to be the "Giant Killer," so ho sugKiftts that the governor try for hlB old Job again and his friends Insist that a Thompson-flhallenberger com bination looks good. ' In fact It Is reported that the "Kittle Gtant"even went so far as to say but In Hall 'county that tha t O'clock closing law had been a factor In the election of democratic county officer. Then came the change In the date of the democratic dollar dinner1, which htM been originally set for February 8. All of a sudden some one asked if this date suited the governor,- who was then in Washington. So the matter was held up In the air until tha big boss stamped his approval on Feb ruary it, changing it from the 20th, which was the second choice of the lieutenants. . Volpp Has Orlevance. Senator Fred 'Volpp of Scrlbner was an other ' caller, who had ' previously been quoted as ' being for Mayor Dahlman for governor. '' Volpp, so his friends say, Is anxious for executive approval of his con templated announcement ' for state treas urer. Volpp feels peeved at the way the party has- treated him. ' In fact it went square back on a promise 'that had been made him.' He had 'gone to considerable trouble to secure a banking bill for Intro duction into the legislature. Then when tha committee decided to sidetrack It Volpp roared as only a man Of his Hts can roar, so to appease, his Just wrath It was de cided and made a matter of record that tha bill when it oame from the oommlttee was to carry the name "Volpp-Wilton bill.'' The committee gos Jealous of Volpp and Wilson and each member had his own name tanked onto the bill. A11 the satis faction1 Volpp got was to read seventy-eight amendments prepared by Arthur Mullen and given to him by Governor Shallen-berg-er. Two amendments- which Volpp himself offered were afterwards defeated because they had not f h-st bsen O. K'd. by Mullen.- - - -, Then oame,.. .udar;Ki L .Adams 6f the Fifth district to pay Ji.s respects. ' . Lee Herdmap, the- rit whip .the dem cratlc party, ever had, tmcavered In tho presence of the jx.ee alive but he was more fortunate than the others. because he was Invited to lunch with his excellency. T. S. Allen, brother-in-law. of Mr. Bryan, was also , in the lint,, as was P. L. Hall, though His . visits are not as frequent as of yore. From Omaha there came numerous messages from H...E. Newbrnnch over the telephone. Charlie Pool, speaker of the democratic , bunoh of Job hunters, marked time for quite a while before he was uuhrred Into the presence of the big chief. Then Richard L. Metcalfe cftme. This was his first appearance for a long tlmv. Chair mnn Byrnes wris another. Ha eami to get light on that date for thn'Vollar banquet. Iri fact they all came except Mayor Dahl man of Omaha. The governor's defiance of Mr. Bryan In- the matter of the extra sf Felon ha laid the foundation' for another band wagon and the Htrie fellows and the big fellows are jumping In. And the gov ernor may try for the senate..- No stampede of Republicans. " "The republicans are well satisfied and thfy are for President, Tafl," said George C. Junkln, 'secretary of siate, upon his re turn yesterday from . a trip to the Fifth congressional 'dlstrlot. "In Gosper county' I found no evidence of insurgents at a If, Instead. I found the peoplo refuse to stam pede. They' are satisfied With conditions tnd have every confidence In President Taft and the national administration." Tudze P. James Cosgrave' will not be a '. I j f-i '!' - - . . hi' I 'KM "W hitrUn nn. 1 m ffA ' wagon to a star. feTM we bronM forth 1 M3 .v n I'M there yon are" a. sm.wi rut ten YOU LIKE ftri!mcri' CjMfllulcr John Nittler te, CU.l 822-1 So. 84th Street, Duog. 1C6S, Bad 3933, !iA :.- ' , hall a etutury'i ue b iunumeiablc UotueTt everywhere prevoi - tUe cc:Ura(ed Silver Poliih to b tinaqmiicd V!"k. 'or Cleoniss Bad pel. , V"! J I txhri fine snetala ar.. kaat takor aaa ci pence and im set aoratrli or wear. AaidsulstituUt hcud audrcta for TV&.s FREE rtwr4tlpo (1o..drtfT t, York. . li a. A t . -.!.. a Ota u? vrxM;t m irukieSiav t"trr urj. JTw IB R ( S m 'ft mm Nebraska eandldate for congress, unless something comes up to change his mind. For both the congrcssionsl nomination and for a p'ace on the district bench Juc"ge Cosgrave, who Is row county Judgo, has been fre quently mentioned. But Itl understood now that If Judge William Hayward de cides to run for congress Judge Cosgrave will not permit the use of his name. FIFTEEN BOGUS DEEDS FILED orntase Reaplag Mela Mar-rest Sell ing; Baffalo Ceaatr Land that R a lata Nat. KEARNEY, Keb., Jan. Sft.-Ppeclal.) About a year ago the registrar of deeds of Buffalo county received a bogus deed to a section of land that did not exist In the cotinty for the purpose of registering it on the records at the court house. Since that time there has been about fifteen of these same fraudulent document received. They are all from parties living along the south ern border of Ohio and the northern border of Kentucky. . In each Instance they de scribe land that could not be found on the plat of the county and they are all signed either by John Berra or John Moore with an H. B. Emerson as the notary public One party paid W.000 for a section of land claimed to be under a government patent, hen the government has never Issued a patent on more than one quarter section at a time. When the party who has been duped Is informed that his Instrument is worthless he invariably wants it returned. Ia some Instances the land Is traded for property. On the surface of these actions can be seen the coarse work of a J. Rufus Walllng furd and from a distance looks as though some one la working the game to a hand some profit, although with great risks. C'RHTIS AN KILLS HIMSF.LK Frank Catnea Takes CVrbollo Acid After Quarrel with Wife. CRETE, Nob., Jan. 30. (Special Tele gram.) Frank Carries committed suicide last night at 6:30 by taking carbolic acid. He died within an hour. The suicide was the result of an unhappy marriage and followed within a few minutes after a quarrel between the husband and wife. The couple were married In Qulncy, 111., five years ago and after considerable quarreling Mrs. Carries leit her. husband and came to Crete with her parents. After about a year Carnes wrote to her and came out to Nebraska -and they made up. They have been living In Crete ever since, but their home was very unhappy and the were unable to get along together. Few were aware of their quarreling outside of near relatives, but the .wife's father had heard Carnes often threaten to kill him self. It also said he threatened to kill hit wife several times. . Last nlgbt when Carnes came home from work he and his wife had a bitter quarrel and when she went out to telephone for an offloer he took the fatal carbollo. acid. When, the wife came in the house again she heard her husband in the front room groaning and crying. She opened the door and found him lying on the floor, his head near the stove and in terrible agony and convul sions. Mrs. Carnes hurried for neighbors and called a doctor. A few minutes after help camo he was dead. Carnos was a fine built, smooth shaved and good looking fellow, barely 71 years old. He was a first class painter, but. as business was slow during the- winter he was helping in the construction work on the college science hall. Mrs. Carnes is a frail little woman, ; only 22 -years old and pretty. They had been married, five years and have two children, Roy, ( years-old, and Leona, a year and a half. old. The mother of the dead man lives Irv Qulneyv. 111. . Carnes father also killed himself ..with carbolic acid. ., mmu . Postoffiee Situation at Alan a. , ALMA,' Neb., Jan. - 30. (Special.) The postofflee situation here has reached -.a peculiar stage.. Milt Erwln, who la alleged to have named former Alma postmasters, made the statement today that the present Incumbent was practically assured of re appointment regardless of other candidates in the field, and that J. O. Thompson,' a prominent democratic -attorney and deputy under the present postmaster, is to take the stump for Congressman Norrls during the coming campaign. The republicans are divided on the question and thus far all efforts to get the congressman . to state his position have apparently been in vain. The leading democrats, however, seem ,to be united for the present man. It is said Congressman Norrls' choice at Orleans has been appointed. Newa of Aebraaka. , PIIRTJ B. C. Clifford, who sold his livery barb some months ago to Rhoads Bros., last week repurchased a half interest in the same. PERU Joseph Leahy, an old settler,' who lived with his brother t northwest of town. died Tuesday morning, after an illness of many weeKs. FERU-tay Weaverllng, who recontly sold hia hardware and furniture store, left Tuesday morning for his first trip ou the road for a wholesale hardware bouse. WYMORE Pled ires have been secured for $5J8 to buy the "brewery" block adjacent 19 ins urnngton depot to convert it into a public park. About S2.OU0 will be neces sary to make the purchase. WYMORE-The 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mis. Sherman Tsylor died suddenly Frldsy afternoon of ptomaine polnon, supposed to mva been In meal Tha funeral was held a the home Sunday afternoon. . , KEARNEY Eugene Palmer, the boy who scaped from the reform school in this city arly Friday morning, has succeeded in eluding the party which pursued him. He was traoed to the headgates of the Kearney canal and from there track was iost. ; KEARNEY Kearney people were greatly . urprised Saturday morning to find that I'our Inches of snow had fallen during the morning. At 12:30 a. m. everything was -'itar and bright, but shortly after snow began falling and kept it up all day long. TECl'MSKH Thtf members of the Te-o-.imseh Federated Clubs held a meeting at the library building Saturday afternoon and 'tiected officers for the coming year as , follows: PreMdent, Mrs. W. A. Apperson; vice president. Mrs. Dick McLanahan; 1 secretary, Mrs. C. M. Bhaw; treasurer, Mrs. O. L. lirown. WYMORE R. S. Brauer, a postofflo In spector ot K&r.ras City, was here Thurs day. H stated that Wymore has tho Olrtiest postofflee room and most-anti-I iuwted fixtures of any place he has ever i vlnlted. An effort will be made to com I plete the Addition to tho postofflee mom I i.r.J make other Improvements ordered by thn government. PERU Ray Hester has returned from ; Denver, where he attended the apple show. He took on his exhibition there the first I pris on the best barrel of apples and first ion a plate of Senators. Last week he at tended the meetlnas of some of tha arrl- cuitural societies In Lincoln and took first prize on five varieties of ' winter apples and second on Missouri Pippins.. KEARN ICY Edward Morley of Rlverdale as In county court Saturday asking for another deed to some land he owns near that town. Some time ago he traded his laid for that of his- jiclghbor'a, William -ne. Morley was very well satisfied with the trade he made, but Lange brooded over the deal after It Was made and finally his wife became dlxcofiHulitts and went to the bank where the document Is kept. She asked to see the deed and when tha cashier brought it to her she crabbed it from him und tore It Into shred with her teeth. Hence Kdward Morley seka another deed. A Lite atraea of suffering with throat and Inug-' trouble Is quickly commuted by. Or. King's New Discovery. and fU For sale by Bea toil Drug- Co. .". The key to the sltuatlor.-L'eo' Went 'Ada Nebraska Dog Leads Way tcTBody of Man Who Killed Self Harry Hill of Hastings Commit. , Suicide While Despondent by Taking Chloroform. HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. 80. (Special Tele gram.) With loud and prolonged barking a shepherd dog late Saturday aroused Mrs. Chsrles E. Hill In her farm home three miles southwest of Hastings and led her to thi body of her son, Harry, aged It, almost completely concealed under snow at the side of a straw suck about thirty rods from the house. Two weeks ago Harry Hill told com panions he Intended to commit suicide and pointed out the place on Thirty-two Mile creek where he said he would enact tho tragedy. Friday night he left his home about ft o'clock and his parents supposed he had gone to a neighbor's. He was not sen again until the dog led the mother to the I lf less body. He killed himself with chloroform, with which he had saturated cotton tied over his face with a wire. A coll of rope and a shotgun near by indi cated that he had planned three different methods to end his life. The young man left a note asking that his sweetheart's letters be buried with him. The girl, who lives here, is 17 years old. Her parents objected to his attention because of her age and this caused his despondency. Harry Hill was a son of Charles B. Hill, for several years chairman of the Adams County Board of Supervisors, and prom inent In the state association ot county commissioners and supervisors. He was the manager of hts father's extensive farm and was well liked in a large circle of acquaintances. Take Chamberlalr'e, Cough Remedy when you have a cold and you will be delighted with It COAL SHEDS DESTROYED Three Thousand Dollars Loaa at Office of T. R. Neal Orlffln Not Knows, Fire Saturday caused a lows of $3,000 at the coal office and sheds belonging to T. R. Neal at Nicholas and Forty-fourth streets. W. Hewitt, teamster In the employ of the firm, sleeps In the office nights to watch or fires, but he was not In the place at the time the fire started and Its origin Is unknown. A largo quantity of harness, stock food and other material used In the retail coal business was destroyed entailing a loss eatlrrated at not less than 13,000. BLUFFS BOOSTING BASKET BALL ty Teams Are Organ lacd by Y. M. C. A. Men. Twenty teams In basket ball have been organized to take part In an Indoor league at the Council Bluffs Young Men's Chris tian, association and the . series will be launched on Saturday of this week.. The Saturday Morning league la composed of twelve teams picked from the younger boys' classes and some good work In the Indoor sport will be put on by these Junior mem bers of the association. The Saturday Night league will be made up from the members of the young men's class and the Inter mediates, several of which are athletic and play the, game with a rush. Eight teams wjl). tajje part In this league and a warm flcfit.wljl be made to land the pennant that will, gQ io. the team winning the most games In' the. series. These Saturday night games, which' will be held weekly for the next six weeks, are tree both to women and men gnd It is -expected that big crowds will attend: ' The representative baset ball team of the association will meet the fast squad from Olenwood, la.. In the local Young Men's Christian association gymnasium Fri day night of this week. The "big five" are working out in splendid shape and will locate tor Its share in the score making. During the next two or three weeks Phy sical Director Plerson will have several of the big drawing cards in the game as opponents for his five, Including such teams as the Tarklo (Mo.) college team, the Amity college squad, Atlantlo (la.) "Y," and In March, Malvern, Shenandoah and Red Oak will be taken on. Contracts were signed yesterday for a game with the Lincoln (Neb.) professional Indoor base ball team for a game In Coun cil Bluffs for Friday night, February 11, and It is more than likely the game will be put on in the city auditorium. A number of looal organisations have become inter ested In the indoor - game and will very likely have representative teams at an early date, notably the Dodge Light-Ouardti and the Iowa School for the Deaf. Poultry Untrlee at Mitchell. MITCHELL, 8. D., Jan. .30. (Special.) Tuesday morning the 8outh Dakota Poultry show will be in full operation in the city hall building, which makes an ideal place to hold the exhibition. Entries that have been received ' In the Barred Plymouth Rocks indicate that this class will outnum ber all others at the show. The Barred Rocks have usually Outnumbered all other classes of birds at the local shows for many years, with the Buff Cochins and White Wyandottes a close second. Several towns along the western border of Minne sota have been sending birds to the show, and they have been among the prize-winners, and It la expected that section will be well represented again this year. Prepara tions have been made to take care of a large number of entries, which J. N. Crow, who has been doing the advance and pro motion work for the show, Is sure will come. The local fanciers have been quite success ful in securing many special prises In the various classes which the chicken associ ations have arranged for. The cash prizes which the association has put up are larger than for several years, and ths show has the reputation of paying Its prises in caxh. There will be something of a departure In the way of entertainment In the evening" during the show. Commencing on Tues day night musical programs will be given for four nights. In which local singers end musicians will take part. The' show will close Saturday afternoon. The birds In the show will be scored by Judge Shaner of Illinois. All la Readiness. "Mary," aald Mra. Rrown, enough cleaning powder?" "have we Yea ma am. "A good mop?" "Yes, ma'am.' "A tank hammer and a step ladder?" "Ye, ma'am. I think we have every thing." - , Two palls and a window rubber?" "Yes." Then w ran start cleaning house this morning. But waltl Is there a old ham bone In the pantry for Henry to pick at whn he comes tonight?" "Yes." 'Hood. It would never do to start houe-ien'n without n cotd ham bone." Detroit Free Press. PIl.KM CI'IIKIl . ---i 1 ntvi. Paso Olntm'nt l im-,-,1 to rure any raae of ?tehln. TVHd. WrnV.nt; or Pro-irud'r- r '-a Id I j II days or money -refunded. Iff VAST INCOME FROM EXPORTS Amount of American Product! Sent to Europe Grows Steadily. VALUE OVER BILLION A YEAS Cettea and Grain Prod arte Bent Oat ot Country Shewn by Flve-Year Period a Meat Prvds-eta In , Big? Demand. WASHINGTON, Jan. K. -(Special.) The last half century has seen a great Increase In the exports of farm products from the United States. From an average of $1V. 000.000 a year In the five-year period. 1S51 IKA, the agricultural exports rose to an av erage of $.175,000,000 n year in 1TO1-1905, and In two subsequent Individual years (190? und l&flR) surpassed $1,000,000,000. Not only have such .exports Increased, but they have Increased much faster than the population. Io H51-1.V the average valuo per capita of the agricultural ex ports of the United States was $&.ftn. In 1901-lUOA It was I10.8S, and slnoe 1906 it has been still greater. -A report on the annual exports of farm products from the United States from 1861 to IMS, Inclusive, Is about to be published as Bulletin 75 of the bureau of statistics, United States Department of Agriculture. Averages are given by five-year periods, so that It Is possible to perceive the general drift of the trade.- Cotton Bis; In Export Value. The chief agricultural products exported In the last half century have been (1) cot ton, (2) grain and' grain products, and (3) Packing house products. In 1S61-1SK5 cotton made nearly two-thirds of the. value of all agricultural exports, but In 1901-1905 between one-third and one half only, although tha average quantity exported Increased from 1,028,000,000 pounds in 1K1-18NS to 1,677,000,000 pounds In 1901 1905, while In 1907, the highest year, 4,518, 000.000 pounds were sent out In the period 1861-18rt6 the quantity of cotton exports was only about 6 per cent of that for 185S-1890. Increases occurred afterward, however, un til in 1878-18S0 the average quantity ex ported was somewhat greater than In the period Just prior to the civil war. In quan tity exported per capita, the five-year period 1SM-ISC0 was highest; there were then exported 44.8 pounds of cotton per capita. The nearest approach to this was 44.5 pounds per capita in 1901-1906. Cotton seed products, such as cottonseed oil, oil cake and oilcake meal, have assumed con siderable Importance In the export trade of the United State In recent years, that la, beginning about 1878. The value of oot tonseek products exported averaged during the last several years from 125,000,000 to I3,000,000 a year, the highest being In 1907, about 134,000.000. Grain Goes In Vast Quantities. Grain and Its products come second In order of value. They Increased from a yearly average of 826,000,000 In 1861-1865 to $194,000,000 In 1901-1906, and In 1908 were 216.O00,C00. The chief. Items are wheat (In eluding wheat flour), corn and oa.ts. Ex ports of these cereals during 1851-1855 were equivalent to about 20,000,000 bushels of grain annually, and rifty years . later to 250,000,000 bushels. The period of largest grain export was 1896-1900, since which time there has been a decline. The per capita exports of wheat and flour were largest Jn 1881-li5,,when they were equiva lent to 1.6 bushels per capita; in 1901-1906 the average exports, per capita were two bushels, and since 1906 have been leas than two bushels, . In corn the maximum limit was reached In 0$9. 1900, when an average of 3.4 bushels per , capita waa exported. j.ni come a downward tendency, the ex ports in tho next five-year period betna' only 1.1 bushels per capita, and In uc4re better than those of any other man ceedlmr ven.r falling Kau., - , iST --- xin VUV DUBllUI, Compared with corn and wheat, exports of oats .have been small, the largest aver age for any five-year period being 38,000,000 ousneis a year during lsw-1900, or aome thing more than one-fifth the correspond ing exports of corn or of wheat, including flour. . Our Meat Products In Demand. Exports of packing house products, a third leading group, have Increased much more rapidly in the last half century than cotton or cereals. The average value of packing house products exported In 1851 1855 . was $10,000,000 a year, and in 1901-1905 It was $18,000,000, while In 1908 the value was 1K6,(100.000. The principal Items of this group are pork, lard. - beef and oleo oil. As in the case of grain, the greatest ex ports of lard and pork Were in the five year period. 189S-1900. The exports of lard have Increased nearly eight times as fast as the population of the United States The average per capita In 1861-1855 was 1 1 pounds a year, while fifty years later, In 1901-1906, the average reached 8.6 pounds per capita. Another great lncrem. . curred in per capita exports of pork. The ,v.rage ror is w-1870 was 1.8 pounds per capita; In 1876-18S0, 13.6 pounds per csptta and in 1901-1906, 14 pounds per capita. The largest exports of beef and (those In 1901-1905) amounted to 408,000 000 pounds a year for beef and 148,000,000 pounds for oleo oil. Since 1906 there has been a marked decline In exports of beef the average for 1906-1B08 being only 349,000(100 pounds a year, or less than for any five year period since 1886-18). On the other hand, the averng exports of oleo oil dur lng the three years ending with 1908 ex cetded the average for 1301-1906 bv nMrl OO.OW.COO pounds. American Tobareo Popular. Tobacco, which a century ago was amon the most important of our exports, still holds a prominent placa. Exports of un- manufactured tobacco have averaaed alno 1891-1S95 more than 300,000.000 pounds a year, with an averase yearly valuation of about 30,POO,000. The per capita exports of this product declined fiorn 6.8 pounds in 1851- l Pounds In 1901-1906. while during 1S03-1908 the average was less than four pcurds. ' Exports of fruits Increased from i7i rort In 18.11 to $30,000,000 In 1904, aid subsequently they ranged froru $14,000,000 to $17,000,000. Exports of hops hsvc been Irregular. In 1S51, 110,000 pounds were exported; in 1&56 4.023.&10; In Un. m.m; In 1U, 8,816,000; In 1870. 16Kfi,000; In 117. 281.000, aiKl, beginning with ISM, amounts ranglno: from 7 ouo nnt 23,000,000 pounds. Exports of vegetables, which were con. s derably less than $1,000,000 in the year GIN F0l THB KIDNEYS (Mb long msoogulz.d by tiie Mauical y-o-ftsaiou as a XieiufiL for Xulnej. " 34dar aaa Xdver. Doctors agne that good, mre gin, when properly pi.ecrlbed. Is wonderful medl cltia for-Jildntya, lUer and oiaujer. 4,,e one best prescription In which giu la used is given: six ounces good, puis gin. one hulf ounce Murax compound, one-half ounce fluid extract Uuchu." (Be sure to get the Hunuine Muiax coinpuunu In ori ginal sealed package.) Any tood druggist has it or can quickly st it. Shaka bottle of mixture well each time and take one to two ttaspoonfuls after escli meal This should b taken at first alsn of kidney trouble, pain the back, frequent or highly colord urination, soa-dlng urine, rheumatic palua In the Joints, puffnea. iimler the ees, dimmed vision. The ser loua forma uf kidney troubl are thus pre vented. , w Such symptoms, ir lft to continue, al tnoht always reault in cVonle rheumatism Hrlnlus disease or dread diabetes. These m-fui afflictions, with their serious conse quences, ecu be ureventrd if tha 1m mixture U toUcn in tl.ne. Adx. prior to lfl4, ranged from $1,000,000 to $2,400, 000 In the years subsequent to 1ST. PRICES OF CAITLE HIGHER (Continued from First Page.) sold by the manufacturers for the benefit of the farmer and the farmer is certainly reeclvlng the benefit of the present high prices. Neat ftneakerahln Plaht. Whether or not Mr. Cannon of Illinois decides to become a candidate for re-election as speaker of the Sixty-second oon gress In the event of the republicans re taining control of the house, It is certain that Uncle Joe will have a very strenuous opposition. Although the rules whloh have led to the designation of the present par liamentary methods In the house as "Can nonlsm" are tho outgrowth of the rules of the first congress over which Mr. Reed presided, and, although so far as they re late to the powers of the speaker, they were not changed by the congresses n which Mr. Crisp, Mr. CarliKle and Mr. Hen derson were speakers, the Insurgent fight against them has led to the common belief throughout the country that "Cannonism" means tho method now in existence for the control of representative affairs in the house Of representatives. The mont ardent supporters of "Unci Joe" admit that the so-called Insurgent opposition to him Is virile and widespread and many of his most earnest friends hopo that he will not permit his name to gs before the republican caucus In the next house If the republicans control that body. Tanner's Llsrntnlna; Rod Up. It is, of course, to be expected that the west, end especially the middle west, will make vigorous" efforts to secure the honor for one of Its sons, and ordinarily It would appear that James A. Tawney of Minnesota will become the most formidable candidate for the honor. If the west Is to have that Important position Tawney will perhaps go into the contest with more strength than any other man who could be named from the region west of the Mississippi. Mr. Tawney Is one of the most able and fore ful members of the house of representa tives. Like "Uncle Joe," himself, ho has served for a long time on the committee of appropriations and has shown a deep seated knowledge of all affairs relating to the conduct of the government business. Also, like "Uncle Joe," he has fearlessly fought for outialstent reductions In ap propriation for government expenses which he regarded as extravagant, and also, like his able predecessor, he has been frequently "turned down" by the majority In the house. But Mr. Tawney comes from the state of Minnesota, where tnsurgentlsni seems to have obtained a powerful foot hold, and this in Itself will act as a check upen his ambition to secure the gavel which gives the holder a position second only to that of the president In the United States. . Boom for Olmatead. Not since Mr. Reed stepped down from the speaker's rostrum has the east fur nished the presiding officer for the house, and for this reason the east will probably Insist upon consideration In the next cau cus, and when the eastern candidates are looked oVer Representative OlmBtead of Pennsylvania looms up In the foreground as by long odds the most' formidable of the available candidates. Mr. Olmstead ia re garded as a parliamentarian second to nor.o In the lower house. He has had-long ex perience in congress. He has the faculty for surrounding himself with followers who I will fight for him and who believe In him and he Is wlthall without Intangling alli ances. He Is by no means objectionable to the so-called progressives and at this writing1 it would appear that If the middle west is to be sidetracked Mr. Olmetead's chances of succeeding to the speakership ECHOES OF THE ANTE-ROOM Degree Staff of Sneceea Loflge, Royal Achates, Back from St. Joseph and Kansas City. Omaha No. tgave a box social Tuesday night. There was a good attendance and e. goodly sum was realized' to cancel the expense Incurred thee night of the Christ mas tree entertainment. Tuesday night there will be a large class Initiated. The degree staff of Suorces lodge No. 83 of South Omaha accompanied Supreme President Barlght and Kupreme Vice Presi dent Chadwlck to St. Joseph and Kansas City, where they exemplified the work and conferred the degree on large classes In fcoth cities. The party was royally enter tained and the' trip greatly enjoyed. The work was Illustrated by Captain Rackley by means of pictures thrown on canvas appropriate to the degree work. The Oold and Purple club auxllaery tc Union Lodge No. 110, Royal Achates, will entertain their husbands at cards at the home of Mrs. H. C. Dunn. W04 North Twenty-seventh street Thursday evening. Alt members of Union lodge are invited. . Fraternal Tnlon of America. Mondamln - lodge No. Ill will hold an open meeting Wednesday evening, Febru ary 9. A short program has been pre pared. Refreshments and danoing will be other features of the evening. Knla-ut and Ladles tkf Security. Harmony council No, 1460 will entertain Hs members and friends with a ground nor carnival in Maarnolla hull Wedneadav evening. One of the chief attractions will bo a genuine ground hog on exhibition. Several Interesting program features will be given, the whole winding up with a dance. Miscellaneous. Gate City hive No. 5. Ladies of tht Maccabees, will give a card Dartv Thurs day afternoon in Red men's hall In the Continental block. Fifteenth and ougla streets. White Fawn council No. 9. Degree of Pocahontas, will give a grand mak ball Monday evening, February 7, In Barlght hail, Nineteenth and Far nam streets. Banner lodge No. 11, Fraternal Union of America, will give a mask ball next Thurs day evening to Its members and friends. Omaha court No. 110. Tribe of Ben Hur. will give a prize mask ball Thursday even ing. A feature of the evening will be a colored weddlna-. which will ink. ni during the ball. , . Odd Fellows. Benson lodge No. El will have a can didate for the initiatory degree Monday night, , f'tate lodge No. 10 will put on the liilt'ntory degree Monday night on two rardlclRtis. Bc-rtm lodge No. 20 will confer the tnltlntory degree Tuetduy evening on four candidates. Omaha lodge No. 2 will celebrate the fifty-fourth anniversary of Its organisa tion next Friday evening. At that time there will he present Grand Master J. W. Kelley of Beaver City. Leputv Grand Mas ter Psul Story of U?d Cloud and Grand Secr.tsry 1. P. Oage and Grand Instructor Gerao L. Loom I a of Fremont. Wesptrlnn encampmtnt No. 2 will hold Its rcru'nr meeting next Saturday even 'ng snd the Patrlarehil degrve will be con ferred on two euu'ldatfa. Ruth Rebekah lode No. 1 gave a oard Party at Odd . Fellows' hall laat night Prliee were nlven the sue. eesful players ar.d there waa a good attendance. I Nenraaksns to Levant. BOSTON, Jan. .-(8peolal Telegram.) Among the passengers who silled today on the Hamburg-American liner Cincinnati from New ork for a cruise in the Medi terranean and to the Levant are the fol lowing Nnbrowkine: Mra. Herman Kounlse Omihe.! Mr. and Mrs. F. J. keen a. Kear ney; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mayer and M!s May McAllater. Grand Inland. They will visit the Madeiras. Spain. Algeria, Italy. Greece, Turkfy. Kgypt and the Holy Land, returning to New Vork April 1 l , i Persistent Advertising la lli road 10 Big Returns. ESES To Continue FOUR DAYS LONGER rientai from the ...Nahigian Bros.l Collection... Oi 177 Wabash Arc, Chicago At 1519 HOWARD STREET OPEN So great interest has been shown In the display of these artistic and benutiful floor coverings that we feel justified in continuing the exhibition four days longer Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Admirers of these textiles from the mys terious Orient are realizing that the collection now on display is not an ordinary one, that in magnificence it is second to none in the coun try, and that the prices are the lowest for fine rugs. Many choice pieces have been sold. A new shipment will arrive Monday to replenish and make the collection as complete and com prehensive as on the first day. ' Prospective purchasers are urgently re quested to call early. H. P. WHITMORE Art Woman's Work 1 i i in in i i , ii Activities e the Organises: eles Along tke lines of Ui aertaklng of Ooaoera te lVemsv In a recent report to the executive board of the General Federation of Woman's clubs, the federation chairman ot Indus trial and child labor committee made the following significant announcement. "Tour chairman submits that she has paid especial attention to the matter of contract convict-made goods as It affects the wages and employment of women. The whole subject of convict labor Is one of pressing Importance and one that is being treated largely by magazine writers and by those qualified to speak. We naturally dt sire to advocate reformatory methods In our penal Institutions, but we find that the reformatory idea of creating a oltlsen out of a man confined In a penal institution is lost sight of In the greed for gain in some one or more contracts. "As a result ot an investigation started by your chairman along these lines in the state of New York and which was carried on through the state labor department conditions were revealed which have re sulted in the organisation of a national committee on prison labor for the purpose of making a nation wide study of this sub ject and suggesting remedial legislation. The General Federation of Women's olubs may, your chairman thinks, felicitate Itself upon the fact that this committee which will comprise leading men and women In the labor movement, among manufac turers and for the general public, is a result of the work of the Industrial oom mlttee. Your chairman Is obtaining from someone In each state as muoh data as possible on the question of the kinds ot In dustries In which convicts are employed and to what extant It affects the work and wages of free women. We feel that all convicts should be given sufficient em ployment, but It should be in Industries In which the men could get employment were they outside at prison and for prices which would benefit the state and ths family of the convict and relieve the tax payer and not be solely for the benefit of ths contractor with the pull, "The question ot pensions for aged em ployes bears heavily upon the women in Industries and also the question Of proper safeguarding against accidents .and in these two matters your chairman Is co operating with organisations devoting time and means to placing these subjects prop erly before the public "HELEN VARICK BOSWELL." The National Women's Christian Temper ance union has announced a general tag day to be celebrated wherever there is a branch of the organisation March It or March 21. It is to be known as "Women's Christian Temperance Union Gift day," The proceeds will be divided equally be tween the local, state and national unions, the tags to be furnished by the national, through the state organizations. Further plans will be announced later. The union believes this will be tho most effectual und j quickest mtana of raising the funds nects- sury for carrying op this year's work. Tho social science department will pre- sent the program at Monday afternoon's meeting of the Woman's club. A review uf the work and the several movements to which ths department has given Its sup port during the lant year, will be given. Judge Estelle will speak of the Juvenile court, Rev. George Beecher of the play grounds. Miss Janet Wallace of the Sucltl Settlement, Mrs. Frances Follansbee of the city Jail, ai d Mrs. Praper Smith of child labor. These will be ten-minute talks. The household ecjnomio department of the Omaha Woman's club will meet Thurs day morning at 10 o'clock. Ji W. L. Roes will deliver a lecture on "Food and blot." I The mulo d'panmcnt will be guests of j the exhibition of rains.. EVENINGS Dealer -J the Tuesday Morning Musical, Tuesday, February L at an organ recital given at All Saints' church by Mr. J. H. glmms, assisted by Mrs. Douglas Welpton, con tralto. The program will begin at 10:30.- The ethics department is studying psy chology this winter, following the Univer sity of Chicago extension course. The de partment meets fortnightly Tuesday after noons. The next meeting of the literary depart-' ment of the Woman's olub will be held Wednesday, February 2, at 10 o'clock. In stead of the regular lesson a lecture will be given by Rabbi Frederick Cohn upon "Epics of the North Countries." All club members are cordially Invited, The formal opening of the new gymnas ium at Fourteenth and Wlllam streets in connection with the Social Settlement will be celebrated Tuesday evening with a musical program. Mr. C. F. Dennlson of the Young Men's Christian association will speak briefly on the . value of athletics. Rabbi Frederick Cohn will speak Sunday afternoon at I o'clock, on "The A. B. C. of Success," and Mrs. N. P. Dodge, Jr., will give several violin numbers. - The Sun day afternoon program is one of the new features of settlement work.., ThoV have beet; well attended. The meeting of the Omaha Society of Fine Arts Thursday morning will be In charge of Mrs. William C. Shannon. These prominent eighteenth century artists and their pictures will be subjects ot consid eration: Jean Mark Nattier, Carle Van Loo, Francals Boucher, Jean Honors Fragonard, and Claude Joseph Vernet. Mrs. Shannon will be assisted by Miss Louise Mcpherson. The quarterly meeting of the Women's. Baptist Missionary society waa held Friday at First Baptist church. The business session opened at 11 o'clock and luncheon was served at noon. A program was given In the afternoon. Rev. J. Williams Tea titles. ' Rev. I. 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