W".0fn. The " eilmatf jrryrnue, lie rnlt. 1
It only l4.onn.M4 a yeari lesvlng the net !
co.m 10 in i niM ftates at .,on.i,io a
eer.
Feet mirir toearalltr.
Representstiv Hlierley raid the lilmory
of the world had ihoon that neutrality
Via observed only where there were forts
to make It observance neceary, and he
could not ' understand fco any American
wtuld be wtlimgls ttnia.wf ...war to Krant
a enemy fiee and equal use of the canal.
la rioting the debate ReDrexentatlv
Kir.lth took " lue ' with Mr. Tawney aa to
lila figure".' Baying' they wr entirely -too
high. Even if CnVer4 hV- said he would
b In favor of foftfflr-stVm.e '' ' '
After tn"Tswney'"anVfiamrit ana the
Kelfsr motion to strike' inir lisit 'been 'de
feated another motion" Vs made to re
commit the bill with Instruction to tiie
tommlttes to omit the fortification of the
canal. On a yea and hay vote thla morn'
tng It M defeated, 13 to SI.
A Ouaranteeof ratris -prosperity
Th tee Advnrl'slng Column.
APRIL I-OIRTH FIX;i AS DtTK
Ie moo rate Wilt fllndth 4a Map
' Finns' fee Se.alon.
WASHINGTON,' Feb. WBo probable Is
It that an extra sefeslon c-f cotrgrees will
be nceesry to get actlAn on the Canadian
reciprocity agreement Mtt President Taft
haa fixed April da thd date on which
uch A slon may be" 'aHed. The date
was selected ' after consultation with
Champ Clark, who will be 'speaker of the
next house; and Representative Cnderwood
of Alabama, 'who will be "Chairman of the
ways and meand " cornmltfre. which will
have charge of and report the" reciprocity
bill In th houa.
Th president had Intended to -convene
the extra session' St an earlier date, but
Repreaentatlvea Clark and' Underwood told
him they desired a month's time after the
present congress adjournevt In which to
map out democratic plan ' for the next
eMlon.
There was no Chans lit the situation
tn th senate toddy rrifarVJmg th Cana
dian reciprocity agreement and' th lead
er no -hop 6f ' brtntrlnir the McCall
bill to a vote Id thla aeaddti. '' '
Many rumor tVere circulated 'of move
M remedy-' th "situation! Jbut ' Apparently
they wera without foundation.
Aaaaor Aldrlch U on Way.
Th most persistent waa one that Sen
ator Aldrtch, famh for winning- legislative
battle which hls..coUaues. thought lost.
waa speeding to Yfshlngton. at the urgent
solicitation of President Taft to take
charge of th situation la th senate.
Th Aldrich rumor . apparently was
distortion of a telegram .which the senator
sent from Jekyl island, qeargla. whera.be
ha been for several vweeks Jn search of
health, saying , that. If he. .wer her he
would vote for th Canadian rxreement.
Th telegram waa to op pf the senate
leaders asking that, a pair be arranged
for him In favor of the McCall bill if It
cornea to A vote this session., ,The fact that
suck a telegram waa received waa whis
pered about the senate and created some
surprise, as many standpat senators had
believed that Senator Aldrtch. Ilk Senator
Hale of Main, would oppose th reciprocal
agreement.
Many correspondents sent reports to their
papers, some saying that Senator Aldrlch
would be tn Washington, on Monday and
others that h loft Mrunawiek, aa., early
today and would reach her Sunday. Jekyl
Island, wher Mr, . AldNviH rhas been so-Journlng.-1
isolated o far a. communica
tion la concerned, and therefore, in the ab
sence ' of" contradiction,. th.-tory gained
currency.' ft Is not brhAtd "by any of
Senator Aldrlch's Immediate friends in th
senat nor at th Whit house. " .
. . ' I-.
..' jwsoaed by Inaoraent.
As a mutter of fact, no' on believes that
th coming of Senator Aldrlch would alter
th situation In respect to th. McCall bill.
The measure la bppoaed s'by Senators
Cummins, Brlstow, ' Clap$ And "many other
Insurgent republicans.
The arrival of Mr. Aldrlch and any at
tempt by hlra to fore consideration of the
bill would bo like, shaking s, red Hag Into
the fac of a bulf. It would serve, accord
ing to th conasnsua of .opin'io in tbe sen
ate, only to intercity the insmjgeots' fight
against th meaeure.-. . '
Net only that, but his jp lenushlp for the
bill unquestionably would' altinlhat some
of his beat friends, OUta-Senator Hale.
McCumber, Bmoot, ajid others, who aided
him In framing i Fan-Aldrlch tariff
bill, but who ar,pppoi(ea. to th, 'Canadian
agreement. - . -0." v , I
Benator McCunbeV tboka' kgvJnst 'tta bill
today, . basing iia .ajgvment. on jha disas
trous effect whlcfc"h aald' .tits enactment
would hav on tit fAr.njjjrndustry.
For Sttxiii:QKiiio
Oorernor of ?outH Dakota Ufgres Citi
tens to Send Supplies to Red Cross .
CfOoAAtllikelL
riERRK, 8. D., Feb. So, (Special.) Gov
ernor Vessey. as state president of the Had
Cross society, today sent out th following
tall to th people of the atate: "Inasmuch
a. there ia at present tint great suf
fering among th in habitants of certain
districts of China, th South Ikr'i Hoard
of th Amerloan National Hed Crass urges
upon th cltisens of th state the Impera
tive need of rendering some assistance to
th sufferers immediately.
"Donatlona of any sis will be thank
fully received, and aa a very small amount
may be th means of saving human life,
It la to be hoped that our cltisens may
generally and generously rvspoud.
"CeatrifeatlcBs sheuld fc snt to C. L
Branson, treasurer of tbe South Dakota
branch of the Red Croas, at Mitchell. 8. D.,
by whom, the funds will be transmitted to
the national organisation and . thence to
th fanilna-atrluken district." ' -'
Omaha Boy Wins,
Honors at Ann Arbor
Edward J. Bosenburgr Will Eepresent
Sophomore Class in Varsity.
Oratorical Contest.
ANN ARBOR. Mich.. Feb. M.-(Special )
fc.Wa J. Koaenberg of Omaha, by win
ning first place in his class oratorical con
test last night, won th right to represent
th aophomora class of th college of lib
eral arts in th university oratorical eon
twit, which Is to occur arly In March.
Mr. Rosenberg's subject waa "Th Price
of Efficiency" O. A. Andrew of Holly.
Mich., who spoke on "Imagination," was
aelected aa alternate. Among the Judges
of tha contest wss Prof. Vlttor-R. Uo
Lucaa, formerly of th Omaha bar.
Medictwe that aid attur ar always
Moat rfcluaL Chaatberlaln's Cough
Bm y acts oa this plan. It allays th
rough, relieve the lungs, opens th so
ireilutis and aids nature in reatorlng th
system to a healthy condition. Thous
ands hav testified to Its superior ex
eUieaca, bulj by all dealer
MUNICIPAL TILINGS CLOSE
Armitronjf, Business Men's Candidate,
Has the Largest Petition.
MAN IS ARRESTED FOR A KISS
Jack
r
Hole? la mltten with ( karma
Waitress He Cannot Resist
Oacalatory lns nine la
Jail.
' IFtom s Ptaff Correspondent ) .
lilNCtrL.V, Feb. 8pvclAI.) THe larg'
Vat petition t b offered lit support of any
candidate for the coming munlclir elec
tion Is the one filed yesterday for A.. If.
ArmntronfC, the republican candidate of the
business men. for- mayor. The filings have
closed now and the five maooralty asplr-
jants. Armstrong. Robert Malone. Thomas
tj. Cochrane. Mayor Don L. Love and the
socialist candidate. C. R. Oyler. wllr befrin
their active fight. The list of Clings com
plete Is as follows: ...
FOR MAYOR
A. H. Armstrong, republican.
Don I. lrfve, republican.
Robert Malone. democrat.
Thomas Cochrane, democrat..
C. R. Oyler. KoclsllHt. -
KXC1SF.MEN". '
Fed Kind, republican. ' '
Hurry Porter, republican.
W. K. I nland, republican. ..
I. C. Harpham, republican and demo
cratic. John M. Stewart, republican.
Francis W. Brown, sr., democrat. .
Klmr Hoard, democrat.
F. H. Zimmerman, democrat.
Frank R. Rider, snclsllet.
Clyde . Wright, socialist. " -
t'ITT CLKRK.
William A. Ilawes, reptibllcsn.
Roscoe C. Oitnin, repuhllcan. '
Walter A. Ieene, republican. f
Henry Tlingnman, democrat.
C. H. Hohmsnn, democrat.
("ITT TRKAHI'REH '
eGorge Dayton, reiiubllcan. . -
J. H. Oleason, democrat.
CITY ATTORNET.
C. C. Flansburg, republican. "
Fred C. Foster, republican.
Thomas J. Doyle, dencrat. ,
CITY KNOINEER. .
Adna Dobson, repuoiican. -
William C. Dotson, repuhllcan.
WATKR COMMIHIUIONtiR. .,
O. M. Rudy, republican.
James Tyler, republican.
P. B. Sprague, republican,
J. A. Murray, democrat.- .,
SCHOOL BOARD. , .
W. Jt. Ferguson, republican, ' "
Dr. .1. F. Ktevens, republican.
E. H. Barbour, repuhllcan,
CKMKTERY TRC8TEE. .. .
Heorpe W. Bonnell, republican.
First Warrt-O. D. Herrtck (rep.),' O. J.
Wenninger (dem.)
Second Michael Bavur (dem), Adolph
I,elsarrt (rep.)
Third Julius Deltrlch (rep.. AVifllam
Wa'worth (dem.) -
Fourth EX O. Maggl (rep). Dr. J. S.
Ieorrhardt (rep.)
Fifth F.. H. Rchroeder (rep). W. H.
Robinson (rep.). J. Yungblut rep.)
Sixth Klllott Lowe (rep.; L. . (V Pace
(rep.). Callen Thompson (rep.), O. W. Mier
(dem.), O. W. Meier (dem. -rep., second peti
tion). Seventh O. F. Bnrras 'rep.K .T. C. Pent-
rer (rep). Henry F. Oulle (rep ), Charles
Strader (rep.). H. R. Williams (rep.;
Thomas Sinclair (dem.)
la Arrested for a Kiss. .
Jack Daley, a switchman, was so smitten
with the charms of a waitress who came
to ask his order at an - Eleventh etret
restaurant last night that he could not
suppress an Impulse to kiss her then and
there. She screamed., the proprietor yelled
and the policeman came to the rescue.
Daley Is In duress at the city Isll.
Minister Near Death
When Dwelling Burns
Sector Tries to Rescue Valuablea-of.
Neighbor from Fire Building" '
Crumbles About Him.
CRETE, Neb.. Feb. W. (Special Tele
gram.) Death under burning walla threat
ened Rev. Arthur Cash, rector of th Epis
copal church, and Mrs. W. E. Jlllson, when
the Jlllson residence was destroyed by fir
this afternoon. ' " '
Th rector and Mrs. Jlllson were trying to
rescue valuables tn a room on the second
floor of th burning dwelling when the fall
ing chimney crashed through the roof. The
room In which they were standing was
filled with flying splinters and sheet of
flam. They were rescued without serious
injury. ' ''
Th fir started from a' defective flu.
Th building I a total loss, entirely cov
ered .by insurance. It was th property of
Mrs. Ida K. Pop of Providence, R. I. Th
fir burned two hours before it coiild be
subdued.
Nebraska News Notes.
K EA RNEY Henllne A Ollnger. a live
stock firm of this city, has filed a suit In
the district court for damages against
th Union Paotflo railroad, .wijleu. loss, it
la alleged, was 'sustained on several ship
ments of ho s to the Pacific, coast. Trie
railroad is charged wftK negleottrig t'pT'
vkle the hogs-with-Water while chtpnienta
were enroute. . . . ,r i
KEARNEY The county attorney of Buf
falo Is preparing a brief to how that Mrs.
E. J. Jenkins, wife of a man who recently
resided in Clay county, la In full ownership
of Sao acres of land near Amherst, Neb.,
valued at Slfi.OuO, left her by her husband,
and the further proof that Buffalo county
has a large slice of inheritance im.x due
therefrom. The attorneya for Mra. Jenkins
say she assumes life ownership only, in
which oase the county Is not entitled to
an inheritance tax.
FAIRMONT 8. M. Carney of this city
died Saturday morning of pneumonia.
FAIRMONT Laurlds Jorgenson, vie
president of the Fairmont bhnk, sold hi
stock to Shelby Hlnes and will retire from
the bank. Mr. Jorgenson has accepted a
position as manager of the Kansas City
bianch of the Franklin Ice Cream eompany.
FAIRMONT Miss Anna Murrel and Mil
ford U. Parker wer married af the home
of th bride' father, Albert Murrel. Thurs
day evening In the presence of relativea
and a few friends, Rev. Mr.. DeWolf offi
ciating. The bride has passed all her II f
her and Mr. Parker la th youngest son
of A. J. Parker of Coming. Ia. - . .
BIA'E HILt The Blue HIM debating
team will meet Hastings Wednesday even
ing. Msrch 1. The question' under discus
sion Is. "Resolved, that the policy of main
taining the United States navy at it a pres
ent etrength Is preferable. to .substantially
Increasing It."
RH'E HlIXr-Beglnntnr with last Mon
day, the accommodation train between her
jnd Hastings changes running trme on
Mondays and Wednesdays of each wek.
This Is done for ths accommodation of
stock hiprs. Wednesday the time at
Blue Hill of th south bound train la I '28
and returning at 1:11.
Psesnsaik Follows C14 ...
But never follows th na of Fol.ya
Hooey and Tar. which cbck tha cough
and axaela th eoid. M, BtockweU. Haonl
bal. M. aays: "it Uats all th remedies
aver used. I contracted a bad cold tng
cousn lui-eaienaa witn nnayUBw
Ona bottl of Foley a Honey and Tar com
pletely cured ma" N apiatas, jt- r-
y all
sruggui1-
Want Mannaseat M.a.
MARSHALLTOWN. la. Feb, 5.-Sp-claL-The
two lirand Army ot th Repub
lic pouts of this city, loud veterans who
ara mumbera of th Iowa Soldiers' home
and Senator C. H. Van La of thla county
are back of a movement to hav tha sol-dlera-
and sailors' monument which now
stands on the capltol ground in Des
Moines moved to th soldiers' home
ground her. A bill has been introduced
in th aetiat to mov th monument from
th capKol to th Dea Molnea river front
Till: IlKEt OMAHA. MONDAY,
Balloon Lands After
a Ten Hours' Battle
With Bad Snowstorm
Aeronauts Compelled to Throw Out
Ballast and Descend ia Spite of
- Well-Filled Larder. -
ST. JOBKPH, Mo.. Feb. 2i(.-Th balloon.
Miss Sophia, which left Fan Antonio, Tex.,
at :47 Friday evening, landed oh a farm
near ISower, Mo., Srt 5:15 O'clock Saturday
evening.
The balloon waa tn tharge of W. E.
Assmann and J. " M. O'Reilly, St. 'Louis
aeronauts. They were tossed about In a
severe snowstorm above the, clouds for ten
hours before landing. The airship traveled
800 mile. The aeronauts wera attempting
to lift the Lahm cup for long distance
flight.
Though several times yesterday the bal
loon attained an altitude of IS, 000 feet, the
aeronauts suffered but little from the ex
posure. When they ran into the storm
they were forced to throw off ballast and
they worked In the enow in their shirt
sleeves tossing the sand bags overboard.
Th storm made It impossible for them to
tell In what dliectlon they wer going.
For a time they thought they were over
Oklahoma. They decided that they might
b sailing back toward Texas. They kept
on dropping ballast and they came down
on th Oray farm In an open field, a quar
ter of a mile from Gray's house.
Only the storm, the aeronauts declared,
caused them to descend. They wer well
provisioned, and as the gas bag of th
Miss Sophia holds tublc feet, this
permitted the carrying of enough ballast
to warrant Assmann and O'Reilly remain
ing from forty-eight to sixty hours In th
air. ,
Shooting of Charles
Vater is Justified
Coroner Finds that Mrs. Van der Ham
Killed Insane Stockman ia De
fense of Self and Children.
8IOCX FALLS, 8. D.. Feb. 2. -(Special.)
"We, the Jury, find that Charles Vater
came to his death as th result of a shot
fired from a S2-rallbr revolver in the hand
of Mrs. Percy Van Der Ham In defense
of herself and children and under cir
cumstances Justifying such shooting, and
that said Charles Vater at th time of his
death was Insane."
Such was the verdict returned by a
coroner's jury, which Investigated th
tragic death of Charles Vater, a wealthy
Charles .Mix county stockman, who be
coming violently Insane, ran amuck and
was shot and killed by Mrs. Van Der Ham
in defence of her own life and the lives
of her children.
RUSH FOR MONTANA LAND
PROVES TO BE PREMATURE
Prospective Settler Anticipate Open
ing of the PeilMa Coontry -to
Entry.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Feb. 3.-(Special.)
Over at Kalipell, Mont., the other day a
flock of sis late model, automobiles buxzed
'up to the local office of th register of
lands and th occupants of tha machines,
all out of breath, rushed pell .mell to th
office. It was but fifteen, minutes to clos
ing tlne and the officer was bus getting
ready to quit, the' office.
When, the excited people got over their
period of breathlessnes from th rush, they
told him they, had com (o make entry on
some lands tn the Poison country, 'which
report had prematurely placed on the list
of "open to homesteaders." He told them
they wer a bit too soon as he had not
heard of it.
Th autoiets, chagrined that they had
been disappointed, wera forced to go to
a first class hotel for th night, and they
thus escaped another experience of tha
earlier homesteader for they did not have
to eat chuck steak broiled on th camp fir
and sleep by th wagon under the stars.
Thomas B. Browne and his sister, two of
th party, had com seventy-five miles In
their machine and Mr. Browne said he
would be on the firing line when th land
is finally opened. '
License Fight on at Kearney. .
KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. .-8peclal.)
The "drys" of th city ar circulating a
petition among tha electors of th city
which requests that the power to grant
licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors
be taken from tha city council. The petition
is causing a warm fight and. tha Issue will
come into the spring election, April 4. Can
didates ar already lining up on tha propo
sition and it is now. admitted that an early
attempt to keep th saloon question out
of politics at ' the spring election was a
failure. Jack Dempsey, a local bartender,
haa filed his petition for mayor, the petition
being signed by 204 voters, th requisite
number .being 200.
Experiment with Grimm Alfalfa.
KEARNEY. Neb.. Feb. 28. (Speclal.)-F.
F. Roby of thla city haa purchased quite
a large quantity of "evlger klee," Orlmm
alfalfa seed, and will experiment with It on
his Buffalo county and Colorado lands.
This is th most expensive s-ed produced
In the United States, but It Is said to be
th hardiest" variety of th plant. It I
raised in Minnesota, where it flourished,
and from which state tha United State
agricultural department haa taken seed for
experimentation. Wher other varieties,
tried out In th Dakota, proved a failure,
this alfalfa has been successful. It it is
successfully raised in th state of Colorado
and her Mr. Roby will plant It more sx
tonstvely. The Weather.
FOR NEflRAPKA Fair.
FOR IOWA Cloudy and colder.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
i i i i our.
Deg.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, lVb. 2. Official record of tem
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding period of the last three
)eara: )11. Jul lw. IKus.
Highest today St XI 43 4
lowest today "i IS III 14
Moan temperature 3t 24
precipitation MO .00 uO .(w
Temporal ure and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1,
1H10, and compared with the Uet two years:
Normal temperature 27
Excess for the day
Total excess since March 1 lltf
Normal precipitation 01 Inch
I etl.-iency for th rtny o.' Inch
precii'ltailon since March 1 14 v6 Inches
Deficiency sine March 1 14.74 Inches
- fur cor. period In 1S10 4 70 luetics
Deficiency fur cor period In 1 4 74 Inches
L. A. V fcLeli, Local Forecaster.
ilZii IV;. 11 a. in.
yJ yr- i p-
-r . a p. m.
ye. -VV 1 P-
J? i ''yr- 4 p. in.
S S 4 p. m.
J9- 7 p. m.
S p. in.
Record
rCBKUAIlY
CUTTING DOWN THE CENSUS
Director Darand Makes Report on
Some Vital Corrections.
TWENTY-THREE CITIES OVER
Deliberate plrwey r'waad la
and Knanieratnra Are i m dieted for
Their Attempts Pad Ike'
Retnras.
WASHINGTON. Feb. H.A 'considersble
part of the annual report for 1T-I0 lyhlch
Census Director Durand has transmitted
to Secretary Nag el of the Department of
Commerce and Labor ls devoted to the
subjects of overcounting. ''Vr "padding,'
and undercountlhg the population; of sev
eral deliberate conspiracies between private
Individuals and local special agents and
enumerators to Inflate- wensus returns; of
the desirability of a federal law prohibit
ing the unofficial circulation of printed
slips containing census questions; and of
the extent of th margin of error In the
thirteenth census count, i
After careful investigation of the returns
and schedules by expert clerks In the bu
reau. It was found necesssry to correct the
population figures for some twenty-three
cities of the United Htsten, whose census
returns had ' been inaccurately made, or
"padded," either intentionally or through
carelessness or. error. . In no case, however,
was any correction in the population fig
ures made without first conducting a care
ful Investigation in the city Itself.
Rvldenea nf , Deliberate Conspiracy.
The director states that in several cities
there seems, to have ben a deliberate con
spiracy between private ' Individuals and
some of the special agents or enumerators,
or both, to Inflate, fraudulently, the census
returns. It wqild be inadvisable to pre
sent the evidence of such conspiracies In
any Individual case at the present time, aa
only after investigation by th Department
of Justice and the possible ensuing prose
cutions will the facta be fully known.
By direction of the president, th census
bureau has already laid the facts thus far
ascertained with regard to several rases
of. "padding" before tha Department f
Justice,, and other cases, will shortly be
brought o Its attention.
Up to tha. present time Indictments have
been brought and convictions secured In
th ease of three enumerators In Great.
Falls, Mont., and Indictments have been
secured, which ar now pending trial, In th
case of on enumerator In Seattle, Wash.,
and of three enumerator and on special
agent In Fort Smith, Ark. , , I
In describing tha general character and
method of overcounting or "padding" the
census returns In. large . cities. Director
Durand says in his report that it was Im
possible In many cases ' to distinguish
clearly between deliberate fraud and nils
Judgment. It Is undoubtedly very difficult
in . many Individual Instances for an
enumerator to decide whether a, given per
son is or Is not entitled to enumeration in
his district. ' The difficulty arises chiefly
In connection with the floating population.
I naatkorlsed Assistance.
In a considerable proportion of cities in
which overcounting took place. It was due
largely to the unauthorised activity of prl-
vat Individuals In collecting names and
turning ' them over ' to the enumerators.
in other words,' many enumerators per
mitted Information obtained by private In
dividual and Judgment exercised by pri
vate Individuals as fo the claim of persons
to enumeration to be substituted for in
formation secured and judgment exercised
by themselves. '
In a" number tt cftles' committees -were
constituted' by1 'board -of trade or'bther
commercial1 organisations", or wer other
wise formed, to assist In the" census. The
nominal purpose rn alt cases 'was merely
to make sure that tha enumeration was
complete, and )a soma Instances the activ
ities of these committees wera actua'ly
helpful to ths census. In some Instances,
however, even where the purpose and th
methods of these committees were legiti
mate, the result was an overcount of the
population, and In other cases the purpose
and methods of at least individual mem
bers of committees and- those employed by
them wera conspicuously Illegitimate and
fraudulent. - i
' List of Overcount Cities,
A list of th several cities In which, as
a result of r-enumeratlon or recheckLng,
tha population, aa finally determined by
th census bureau, was. leas than originally
returned by th enumerators Is Inserted
Th director says it Is Impossible to assert
aa to every on ot these cities whetiicr
th excess In th original enumeration waa
du to deliberate fraud on th part of th
enumerators or others, or to misjudgment
only.. It may b stated, however, that
thora Is less evidence, of conscious fraud
In tha cas of th districts in San Fran
cisco,. Duluth, Minneapolis, Boise, Raw
lins, Laramie, Havre, .Ogden. and Everett
than in th cas of most of tire other
cities. In some of th cities In which oraj
of tha enumerators .' wer undoubtedly
guilty of fraud, other who overcounted
th population apparently did so without
fraudulent Intent. Tha list follows:
As orla- I
Stat. Inally As cor- Differ-
City. enumer- reeled. enc.
ated.
Arkansas:
Fort (Smith SO, ISO t3.H76 1,436
California.
San Francisco 480.234 418.011 S.82a
Idaho;
Bols 19.7U 17,161 2.424
Minnesota:
Duluth S2.022 78.4 3.6(4
Minneapolis Stxi.Vit S01,4us 4,6t
Montana:
Billings 12.428 10.061 2.397
Great Falls 22.324 13. MS .3,
Missoula 14.63 12, 1J1S
Havre '6,04 1.424 1,440
Oregon: .. .
Portland 222.9&S 207,214 16,746
Utah:
Ogden 2145 26.690 60S
Washington:
Aberdecu U.S.1-J 15.6) 1 91
iieiungnam i,in U.Zri 2,S3
Centraila 7.811 764
Everett 26.r.D2 24.U14 M
Houulair .li4 si. 171 kxj
Montoaano 2,im4 2.4M 46
Beattl 24. 82 237.114 11. log
Spokana ...W,ts.')6 104, 6,m
Tacoma ,..llti,2rt H.1U ti.in
Walla Walla 20.273 19.4 fc
Wisconsin.
Huperior S1.SS6 40.384 11,011
Wyoming:
Rawlins 4,461 4.2C4 208
Action Upon Complaint.
A , On th subject of underoountlng th
population, th director states that prior
J to th tlm of th announcement of th
3D total population of th United States whan
31 ever a complaint t haft he census of any
?J place was incomplete was presented and
supported by any evidence worthy of con
31 slderatlon du investigation waa mad.
30 Complainants wer required to submit some
tangible evidence, usually In th form of
lists of persons claimed to hav been
omitted or- In th form of th results of
private enumerations. In most Instances
wher complaints wra mad such tangible
evidence could not be produced. In several
cases wher lists of supposedly omitted
names wer submitted the schedules showed
that all or most of them had been duly
numerated. Expert employe of th census
bureau wera sent to tnveatlgat whsrever
l( seemed likely that material error had
occuri ed. In several cases a rchcklng of
re-enumeratlon of all or parts of a city was
deemed necessary, and In eight of these
casea th resatt wss to show that there had
actually been aa undercount; and th fig
ures wer accordingly corrected. The
27. 1011.
ass were as follows:
A'.abema, Montgomery, and Talladega;
Georgia, Augusta; New Jersey, Atlantic
City: New York. Newburgh and Port Jervis;
Oklahoma, Woodward Clly, and Tennessee,
Memphis.
In only four of these cities Augusta. At
lantic City, Newburgh and Woodward did
the addition to th original figures exceed S
per cent. There la absolutely no reason to
believe that the margin of error shown In
then four cases would he In any dagrea
approximated in th great majority of cttle
and towna throughout th United States.
Total Popalatloii I lentatre. ,
It I probable that, taking; the country as
a whole, the population Is slightly under
state by th census bureau, but whether
the margin of error la a fraction tvf i per
cent or amounts to as much aa I per cent,
no one can possibly know. . That It should
exceed 2 per cent la certainly extremely
Improbable..
it Is the intention of th director, by care
fu (study of the methods of census taking
abroad and by other Investigations, to at
tempt to discover whether means can be
devised for materially Improving the work
of census taking In the United States; and
in a future report th results of such in
quiry will be presented. . together with a
further analysis of the sources of error
under present methods. It may be that the
present methods of taking th census se
cure results as nearly perfect as Is possible.
but the practicability of improvements .In
methods Is clearly deserving of most thor
ough Investigation and consideration.
Counterfeit Dollar
buy trouble but a genuine guarter buy
Dr. King's New Llf Pill, for constipation,
malaria and Jaundtc. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
RATE CASE TO NEW COURT
(Continued from First Page)
this extra session, which nobody wants
and everybody fears. Whll th nresldent.
In issuing his call, will almost unquestion
ably call congress together for th princi
pal purpose of enacting, the Canadian leg
islation, that call cannot prevent th in
itiation of any or all business which mem
bers may see fit to propose. On thing
Is certain, it will precipitate an Important
reorganisation of th official fore of th
nous and will result to th dismissal of
Wt per cent of the employes withtn thirty
aays artcr that organisation is perfected.
In round figures, the patronage of the
hous amounts to about M0.000 a month.
and the republicans, who will b succeeded
by th democrats, do not want to lose
this patronage before next December, nor
win they if an extra cession is avoided
There la also a considerable amount of like
patronage, in the senate which will be
transferred from th majority to the
minority party, in the event of an extra
session, and these reasons may prov
potential factors In preventing th neces
sity for the call.
But after all, th fear of a general re
vision of the tariff, or at least an attempt
to general revision by th democrats in the
house, and the consequent far of disturbed
business conditions during the coming sum
mer, are being used in an attempt to fore
! recalcitrant republican senators to
a vote
on the Canadian reciprocity treaty, ven
although that vota to postponed until th
last twenty-four hour of th session, but
at tha present writing ther seems to b no
possible chanc that a vota can be reached
and an extra session seems to b unavoid
able. .' Better Horses for Army.
A-great deal of Interest haa been taken
during th latrt' f.w week in th offer' of
Mr, August Belmont to present to th army
of the United States a number of th finest
thorough-bred horses in th country for
the purpose of establishing th nucleus of a
stock farm for raising horses for the
cavalry servlc. In spit of the Introduction
of the automobile into almost every line of
business and the substitution of the trolley
for the old horse-drawn street cars In every
hamlet and village of th country, horses
of all grades are worth twice as much to
day as they were ten years ago, and thi
quartermasters department of th army
has experienced great difficulty in securing
remounts for the cavalry and artillery arms
or tn service. Mr. Belmont's proposition
is in the nature of a plan to establish
great government breeding farm for horses,
which would enable the army to supply Its
needs for all tlm without reference to th
horse market.
But th appropriations for th support of
the army hav specifically stipulated that
no portion of th funds should be used for
breeding purposes, and yt on th other
hand congress authorised Secretary Wilson,
som six or eight years ago, to expend a
larg sum of money In an attempt to pro-
due a purely American type of faorsa and.
unaer that authority, a breeding farm waa
established In Colorado, which Secretary
Wilson believes will be successful In achiev
ing th purpose aimed at before many
years. Mr. Belmont's plan waa first triad
out by th American Jockey club, with th
result that great Improvement In th char
acter of horses bred In various portion of
New York stata has been noticed sine ha
aa president of that organisation, first took
tha Inltlatlv.
Owing to th lateness of tha day on which
Mr. Belmont's offer was made. It Is out of
th question to expect legislation during
th few remaining days, but tha proposition
meets with th most cordial endorsements
of every officer of th army having to do
with th cavalry and artillery arms of the
service, and It I scarcely to be doubted
that ths patriotic offer of tbe New York
banker will lead to th adoption of a plan
already followed by European governments
and th consequent slavatlon of th typa of
th American army hor in th vry near
future.
Liie-saviasT aarvioe.
Congress will undoubtedly adjourn with
out enacting legislation for th Improve
ment of th llf saving service of th
country, which legislation haa been most
strenuously urged by th offtoara of that
service and which, by th way, is admitted
to be tha hardest worked, worst treated and
poorest paid branch of ths federal servlc.
(turfmen who risk their lives every day
In their efforts to prevent drowning at sea,
in th rivers and on tha lakss ar hard
to get. The government pay for th best
of them Is but 170 a month and on tha
sea coast they ar employed only ten
months In th year and on tha lakea
scarcely half of that tlm. As soon as tha
Inevitable stiffening of ths Joints, caused
by rheumatism and exposure, comas' upon
these sturdy servants of ths government.
they are relegated to tha background, de
prived of all pay and allowances and turned
adrift to shift for thamsalvts. Tha result
Is that th superintendents of tha above
divisions find great (Jlffloulty In keeping
up craws of competent man and hav urged
that congress enact such legislation as will
either better tha inducements to th sturdy
sons of tha sea and tha husky dwellers
along ths shores of th lake to enter th
rvlca. This can be don by providing pen
sions or retirements for those who ar dis
abled or crippled aa a result of their years
of service and by holding out batter fi
nancial Inducements than ar now accorded.
Throughout tha present session ther has
been a volunteer lobby her la th interest
of these men. headed by som of th ablest
offlrr of tb service, who hav paid their
own sxpenses snd Spent their own tlm
In th Interest of the men employed under
them, but unfortunstely the whole crowd of
life surveyors, scattered a they ar from
Main to Florida, from Ogdensburg to Du
luth snd from Seattle to Santiago, hav no
political status and caa do little toward
aiding mora than a few congressional
friends, still the country seems to be
awakening to the Justice of the demands of
the men and It Is probable that at least
during the next congress something may
be done to Improve their conditions.
VOICE HEARD IN SACRED
" -SONGS AT OWN FUNERAL
rkssetrspk Will Varnish Mnsle Pre
Iad In Advance for Occasion
by Dead Man.
OWOSSO. Mich., Feb. M.-A phonograph
will furnish sacred music at the funeral
tomorrow In th Methodist Episcopal
church of William Henry Faxon, a nona
genarian who lived near here. The reo
ords to be used were mad for the funeral
by Mr. Faxon when he was US years old.
Up to the time of his death he had an
excellent tenor role and was prominently
Identified with church work.
RncJc rlnaa Bny Killed.
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo Feb. M.-(Sp-
clal ) Clarence, the 11-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Fletcher, met death In a
horrible manner while crossing the railroad
yards. A switch engln moved a long
string of cars just as the little boy
crawling between them waa attempting to
reach a place of safety. Th wheels out
off tha left arm shove th elbow, severed
th left leg at th hip and crushed his
abdomen. H died on the operating tabla.
Bl Toarlst Contract.
WORLAND. Wyo.. Feb. 3S.-(8pclal.-Tex
Holm, who makes a business of taking
people through Yellowstone National park.
has Just entered Into an agreement with a
tourist agent in New York, under which 260
tourists will b taken through the park
next summer. Each tourist will pay StiOO.
Mr. Holm will provide all th necessary
provisions equipment and horse for a six
weeks' ramping trip.
"crlbaer Cat-Off Finished.
WORLAND, Wyo.. Feb. 2. -(Special. )
Tha Scribner cut-off on the Burlington
from Scribner, Mont., to Fromberg, Mont..
haa been completed. Th Burlington will
connect with th Northern Pacific at
Fromberg. This will lessen the distance
from Big Horn Basin points to Billings and
tha northwest coast. It Is understood that
trains will be run ovr th new line soon
after March 1. The track between Bcrlbner
and Toluca will probably be torn up In th
near future,
Insurance Men Meet at Ha ran.
HURON, S. D., Fb. .-(Bpeclal. Fol
lowing a lengthy discussion of plans for
th organisation of an association in thla
state for th betterment of fir Insurance
protection by insurance men gathered her
from all parts of th state, It was decided
not to perfect an organisation at thla tlm.
It waa deemed advlsabl to glvs th prop
osition further consideration, and another
gathering will be held to take definite
action in a few weeks.
Firemen tn Meat at Wall Lake.
LAKE CITY, Is., Fab. 26. (Bpeoial.)
The annual midwinter meeting of th of
ficials ot th Maple Valley Firemen's as
sociation will be held th last Wednesday
In March at Wall lake, at which tlm tha
asaociatlon will make It decision aa to ths
place of holding th 111 annual tourna
ment. Tha town of Sac City Is maklg a
strong campaign, for tha tournament, and
Harry Arney and , Walter . Cress of that
town wer in Lake city a few days ago
conferring with a representation of the
local company along that line.
Test Horses Arc stolen.
PIERRE, 8. D., Feb. .-(Speclal.)-Three
rustlers aro reported to be at work In
southern Stanley county. A few days ago
ten head wer taken from a pastur near
Hayas, and so far as known were taken
north toward the Cheyenne river. On at
tempting to get news over tha telephone In
th direction tha ruatler was supposed to
have gone, th Itn would hot work, and
It was later found that It had been out at
three different places. Th stolen animals
belonged to J. P. Crews at Dupre. and he
waa notified of th loss as soon as the
wlrsa could b got to working, and is out
hunting stock In the "northern part of th
stat.
! .News .otes.
CRE8TON Th -country towns around
her ar now indulging In considerable sal
tatlon, looking towards better train ser
vice.
MONTICELLO Hugh Smith, a farmer
living near Wyoming, la., was killed when
a blind horse he was driving walked off
a nigh embankment. ,
HAMPTON Whll repairing his locomo
live, William MlDken, an Iowa Central nl
nr, waa badly -and tt tnay prov fatally
scaiaea Dy live picara.
MARSHALLTOWN Frank J. Young, a
former councilman from th Fifth ward
and a well known harbor of this city, will
enter th ministry of ths United Evangeli
cal church.
MISSOURI VALLEY The Missouri Val
ley High school debating teajn, composed
of William Welch, Julius Muler and Her
man Bayer, now claim ths championship
of southwest Iowa.
SIDNEY Jay Haakatt haa been arrested
on a charge of horse stealing at Rushvllle,
Neb. H hss been working all winter at
Payn Junction on a farm and previous
to this had been a cowboy In th north
western "art of Nebraska.
LOGAI?- F.d Kellogg, William Ellerbeok
mr A nlh.r rma,ra onnfrmtntu1 If In V ttrAtfl
and smooChed th roads from their homes
to Logan and thsn extended their work
on Fourth street Into Logan where th
roads have been In a frightful condition
since th rains and frees up. Though th
farmer war not long at work yet tney
mad a wonderful Chang In th condition
of th roads sadly neglected previously.
Skinned trans Hcnd to Heel
waa Ban Pool. Tbret, Ala., when dragged
over a gravel roadway, but Dr. Bucklln's
Arnica Balv cured him. too. For sal by
Beaton Drug Co,
Mra. P. A. ravath.
ORINNELL, Ia.. Feb. M.-(8peclal
Mrs. S. A. Cravath. wife of Dr. Cravath,
president of th Merchants National bank,
former owner of th Qrinnell Herald and
for a number, of year postmaster, died
suddenly at horn today of heart disease.
Sh was Tt years old.
Vermillion Defeats Haren.
HURON. S. D.. Feb. 2 (Special. )-In a
basket ball game her Friday night, be
tween Vermillion and Huron college teams,
tbe formsr waa winner. Th contest was
In tha saries for th stat championship.
Tha gam was quite sn saay task fur the
Vermilllonites, ana was witnessed Dy a
larve crowd
Natural Food
, and Drink
Wins geutea health.
P0STUP2
la wtaa f coffee at tea.
"There'i a Pciua"
AN IMPREGNABLE GIBRALTAR
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Congressman Smith of low on Forti
fications lit Manila Bay.
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RATIDLY KXABINQ COMPLETION
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Island af Carrcaldnr ftrlatl Velth
tlnna and Harbor It Sr Mined,
Blaklnc It Knlcld fnr
Fleet ta F.nter.
WASHINGTON, Feb. JCrMSpeelat Tale.,
gram.) That the United States, on tha Is-.,
land of Corregldnr at th mouth of Manila
bay, will hav what will become one of. the
great historic fortresses ot. the world snd.
the most nearly impregnable citadel now In
existence on this earth, Is the prediction
made by Congressman Walter I. Smith of
Council Bluffs. Ia. ,
Judge Smith Is chairman of the subcom
mittee of the appropriations commute In
charge of the fortifications bill.-. His state
ment Is perhaps the most emphatic official ,
on yet made as to th character fit the
fortifications which the United State Is.
building on the Island ot Corrsgldor.f It Is,
confirmatory of the reports which hav for
some time been circulated .that .Corregldnr
when fortified as planned would be-another
Gibraltar In fact, a forties mora powerful
than the historic fortress held by, England
at the mouth of th Mediterranean. Th
fortifications on the Island ot Corregldnr
and In the region ot th mouth of a Manila
bay are rapidly approaching completion.
Th small islands lying close to Corregldnr
ar being powerfully fortified.- , . .,
As Dewey Fnand It.
When Admiral Dewey entered the ha ot
Manila In 189s the Spaniards "had mad som
pretense of fortifying and had attempted to -
mine the entrance) of the harbor, but their '
mines were worthless and th f tins of th
fortification were mostly bsatet.) ' But '
when the fortifications now being oompleud
at the entrance of Manila bay ara finished
no battleship fleet in ths world will venture -to
run past them. It would be sulcldvto
do so. - v
On of tha Important features of the forti-
ficatton of Corregldor Is that tha island
will he well provided with - supplies of all
sorts, including ammunition and rations
so that it will be capable of standing a longs,
siege. Some day If the United States gets.
Into war with a great power, such as Ja pand
it may happen Corregldor will have to,
withstand a siege, and that on the retention
of Corregldor will depend th maintenance
of Unci Ham's hold on the Philippines, In
that case It will be prepared for it.
-f
Xa Fleet Would Make, Attempt. ,
So strong ars the fortifications that It
is lmprobsWe any enemy would ,lj-y to
enter the bay with a fleets What, would Je
much more likely to happen would ba tbe .
landing of a force of troops on the east '
ooast of Luson Island, that would, rush,
overland against Manila. If successful In
taking that city, Corregldor could be ap
proached from behind. It Is Intended, bow
ever, a th mainstay of the United States
In the far east, and army officers consider
It will b when completed. One of the
world's fortresses.- ' '"' '
Th appropriations for the Hawaiian la-"
lands ar practically closed, and In th '
Philippines they have bten nearly made; '
Alaska has not been . fortified - and no
provision I made for Its fortification. '
A great deal In th way of fortification
remains to be don along the Pacific, ooast
of th United States before that cosst Is
as well protected as many of the residents
there think It should be. Much Jias -been
done, however, and the harbors . of the
Pacific coast are well prdte'ct'etTf The' fact
that the Philippines and Hawaii have 'been
fortified makes It easier to enter 'on the"
fortification 6f th Panama canal, provision1'
for which is carried In the sundry civil
bill. x :
Pearl harbor, Honolulu, will be one of the -
i greatest strongholds of the United States'
in th Pacific when th work Is com
pleted. Dablcs Strangled
by croup, coughs or colds are Instantly re
lieved and quickly cured with Dr. - King's
New .Discovery, 60c and 11.00.. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co. -
Woman Is MterlnulMol.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 26 -Mr. MatUa
Fielder, wife of John Fielder, prominent jn
financial affairs, was shot and fatally
wounded today in soma unknown manner'.
Fielder Is In Jail. He declarea he heard a -shot
in th next room and found his wife
ther. A shotgun with one barrel empty
was lying besld Mr. Fielder when this
Officers arrived. .-
Muayos's Ehentnatlsm Remedy rltwrs
pains ia th lecs, arms, back, stiff or
swollen Joints. Cootsins as oiorriblno, '
opium, roraln or drugs to deadca the
pala. It neutralise tbe arid and drives
ut all rheumatic poison from th ?- '
tern. Wrlto Prof. Munyon, 64d and Jeff.
rroa St., Phil., la., for ai ad leal ad- -
vice, absolutely free
Cesksy1 Poultry ngfl-
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Neat Effg, Chicken Coops.
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