Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 20, 1902, Page 22

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APHIL 20, 1902 TREES, LEGA NOTICES, The choicest and largest assortment of home grown Fruit, Ornamental SHRUBS FLOWERS &t i owens ever brought to this city, from the famous Crescent City Nurseries, located 10 miles from Omaha. All sizes and prices. Stock guaranteed. Come and pick out what you want. CRE' T NURSERIES, G. H. Keyes, Mgr. Omaha Business. Salesground 21st and Farnam, South Side. Telephone 1626. TREES TR ‘shrubs, roses and vines of ever variety. Sales grounds, 18th and Douglas, Fraak R. Martin, prop. Tel. i BLER roses and Panicu- delivered and aha or South CRIMSON RAI lata Clematis, 2 years ol planted anywhere maha, 76 each or $1 per palr; orders taken for all nursery stock. A. V.'Spauld- ing, 407 N. 234 FRATERNAL ORDERS. THE GARDENERS protect 0ld age as well Iife, Charter meribers free. Partic from Frank llosewater, _nanager, 222 Bee Bldg. —724 URE MANUFAC P. MELCHOIR, i3th and Howard, ma- chinist. M OMAHA Safe and Iron Wks., make claity of fire escapes, shutters, doors and safes. Q. Andreen, Prop., 102 Bo. 10th 8t. —M1is AE——— STORAGE, PACIFIC Storage and Warehouse Co., 912- 914 Jones, general s:orage and forwarding. Van Stor. Co., 1011% Farn. Tels. 1669863, oM. % —_—eee as evidence of good faith. Full specifica- tions must accompany bids. When specifi- cations vary from proposed plan on file th the town clerk the bidder may submit as many bids as he has plans or proposi- tions. Terms and times of delivery of bonds to be agreed upon and shall be reasonable. Work to be completed August 15, 1902, rther particuiars may be had from the records of the town or by consultation with the board Dated this 16th day of April, 1% ED L. GRANTHAM, President Board of Trustees Custer City, ) Attest: F. J. V. RUTHOWSKI, Clerk Apr-20-d-1t EXTENSION OF CHARTER OF THE NEBRASKA NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, Treasury Department, Office of Comp- troller of the Currency, Washington, D. C., April 11, 1902.—Whereas, by satisfac- tory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that ““Th bras atlonal Bank of Omaha,” city of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and state of Nebraska, has complied with all the provisions of the act of congress to enable national banking associations to ex- tend thelr corporate existence and for other purposes, approved July 12, 1852 Now, therefore. I, Willlam B. Ridgely, comptroller the 'currency, do hercby certify that ‘“The Nebraska National Bank of Omaha,” In the city of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and state of Nebrasks, is authorised to have succession for the period specified In its amended articles of assoclation, namely, until close of business on April 1i, 1922, Tn testimony whereof witness my and seal of office this 1ith day of 1 (Signed) WM. (Seal) Comptroller e Ne- in the hand April, B. RIDGELY, of the Currency. Apr.19-20 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS, The town council of the Incorporated town of Coon Rapids, Towa, ask for bids to furnish and lay five' (5 blocks of four (4) inch cast water mains, together with hy- drants and cross T. Bids to be opened Mon- day, May 6, 1%02. Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. For further in- ED. MORGAN, Recorder. Coon Raplds, Towa, April 12, 1902, pv formation inquire of -t —ee GOVERNMENT NOTICES, FUR DRESSING, ©. R. GILBERT CO., tanners. 1424 So. 13th. 565 oo T ————— FACTORIES, TRUNKS, travellng bags, sult cares; trunks repaired. Om. Trunk Faciory, 1 Farnam. &1 —_— CURTAINS CLEANED. LACE curtains cleaued, %c a palr. Farnam Street Hand Laundry, 2210 Farnam St. 552 Ad0 —_— OCARPENTERS AND JOINERS, ALL kinds of carpenter work and repal ‘;‘omvux attended to. J. T. Ochiltre h and Lake streets. —311 e NOTICE, PAPER HANGERS, for all purpases, ‘Write for prices. 2210 Cuming. FLORISTS. L. HENDERSON, 1519 Farnam. Tel. 1268. —_— GARBAGE. ANTI-MONOPOLY GARBAGE CO., cleans cesspools and vaults, removes garbage and dead animals at reduced prices. 621 N. 16. ‘Tel. 1779, —928 DRESSMAKING. DRESSMAKING in families or at home, Miss Sturdy. 2042 Farnam. —505—M-6 TYPEWRITERS, PEWRITER bargains— imith-Premier, No. 1, $19. 4 ith-Premier, No. 1, $21.80, fine_condition. mington, No. 6, almost new, $6. 3 mington, 7, new, $70. nsmores ' while they last FLOYD ST. JOHN, 17i2 , your cholce. Farnam st. —Mo24 LAUNDRY, OMAHA Steam Laundry; shirts, 8c; collars, 2¢; cuffs, 170 Leavenworth. T-Lfi‘.“' PERMANENT SIDEWALKS, NATURAL stone, cement, brick, Welshan's Mantel and Tile Co., 309 8. 17th. Tel. 1689, —M225 A2 —_— STAM COIN: BOUGHT-Omaha Stamp Co., 309 So. it EDUCATIONAL, FRENCH, Spanish, fencin 33 Bee Bldg. —MI57 A22 —— pEEEE@ Good Dental Work stands where cheaper kind falls It is poor economy to have cheip work put on your teeth. You can not get something for nothing. Bailey the Deutist, 323 vn Bioek, 16th and Farnam Sts. Lady sttendant. Fhone 1088 | TN LEGAL NOTICES, NOTICE AND AE}IDEJITIBEMENT FOR Notice is hereby given that the Town of Custer City will receive bids up to 6§ o'clock . m. May 6, . upon tne erection of a er works, to be pald for in b twenty-year. optional atter ten , bonds of the town of Custer City, uth Dakota, sald water works to be as W Reservoir—Circular form, 40 feet dlameter, 10 feet deep; sides 2 feet golld masonry, ttom conereted, lime cemented; outside eled to width of 18 inches with rock or earth, or both, within § inches of top, slop°s not more abrupt than 30 degrees; covered with confcal-shaped cedar shingle roof with =.nholv. To be located in vielnity of block upon street, at a point to be mutually ed upon, elevation 170 to 30 feet above , connected to main with proper pipes. SaEEEREP 2 WANTED, for U. 8. army, able-bodled un- married men between ages of 21 and 25, citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information app:v to Recruiting Officer, 16th and Lodge sts. l\)'ml;lhn, and postoffice building, Lincoln, o e ————————————— RAILWAY TIME CAKD, UNION STATION-10TH AND MARCY, Chicago, Daylight. Chicago' Expre Des Molnes Local. Chicago Fast Expre Des Molnes, land and Chicago Lincoln, Denver, # eut Colo., Texae, Cal Oklahoma Flyer 1ilinois Central Colo. Springs, Pueblo and & 415 pm & 9:50 am Chicago Express........ a (.‘Iélc:‘o, ll(,:l.ne‘lpglh & 250 i G Paul Limited.....-a 7:60 pm & 8:06 Minheapolls ‘& Bt Pl o A X o b10:35 pm 0% Bm ifornia Expre cific Express Missouri Pacifie. t. Louls Express.......a10:00 am B 08B L Bxpress. a10i50 pom Wabu 8t Louls “Cannon Ball” o Tess ..o 16 pm s 8: 8t Louis Locai, Couneil - b Blufts & ..a10:00 am a10:30 pm i e WEBSTER DEFO1-15TH & WEBSTER a6 a Fremont, Elkhorn & Missourt Valley. aeave. Arrive. Black Hills, Deadwood, Hot Spring: a 3:00 pm & 5:0 pm Wyoming, Casper and Douglas . .d 3:00 pm @ 5:00 pm Hasungs, York, id City, Superior, Geneva, Exeter and Seward. Norfolk, Lincoln b 3:00 pm b 5:00 pm b 7:30 am bl0:%am 730 am <o0o.D 4:10 pm a10:25 am st Paul, Miuneapoiis & B 00 pm 0 pim 41120 hm 6:40 pm b 5:46 am Wymore, Beatrice and A ed. Prrck s and fond Fot°Eraok and Pl mouth o & Pacific Jet. Bellevue & Pacine Jet. Hunsas City, St. Joseph « Coumel) Blufts. sas City Day Ex... 6:05 pm Louts_Flyer. all:16 am sas City Night Ex @ 6:15 am “a Daliy. b Daily except Sunday. c Sun. asy E:I‘l a Dally except Saturday. e Dally cxcept Monday. HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE ew York-Rotterdam, via Boulogne, 8. M. ns — Leading from reservolr h_streets, approximately 5,000 feet 4- h (or 5-inch) castiron pipe, asphaltum, ing, oakum and lead foints, tested to X0 pounds pressure, lald 5 feet deep to bottom of bipe; course af line to reservoir from ain to be mutually agreed upon. Hydrants—Fourteen in number, with two openings sultable for attaching the hose prescribed. Valves—Two globe or cut-off valves in i check valve where water is pumped aln. Located on the alley in block 18 as racticable, at lea: o near the main as feet deep, but must have 10 feet of standing ‘water at ordinary seasons; 7% feet diame- ter, walled with rock. Pump and Power—The water shall be pumped into the main with a windmill and pump with sufficlent capacity to do the required, properly connected and work ulbped and dutomatic .&q\l ipments—An Indicator placed at some convenient E how- ing the water pi ght of the water in the reservolr. All other proper and necessary equipments and appliance: ose House—12x16. doubl> floor, shing roof. sided with shiplap. painted (wo coat ‘with hose tower and proper appliances and w‘“l. 00 2-inch, single cover, teed to 40 pounds pressure. -foot fhaths, quick ' automatic couplings, two brass & nozzles, covered and painted. Hose Cart—Of standard make, two in . with capacity of 0 feet of hose. n stem suasphtéed to do the business and dr to be erect: o nd war- For aix months after completion. g‘.‘u-mflor shall furnish sufficient ‘company bond. conditoned upon ”’? ce of contract. the E"......tf:.""i"."-.an.. ¥ . < mnims e o e e e 5 6 — ...-- R DT AT Twin-Screw &, 8. of 13,00 tons register. Tyiacscrew Potgam ape. 26,10 4. . Twin-Screw RypdaM mays w0 m Twinse™ Rottordam ey 1030 m. Mool Ml Farnam ot 3 %, MeN: 38 Farnam street: 'C’-l 5" Jon . “Louia ose, Fir FOUR SEPARATE AND DISTINCT SERVICES. Fast Twin-Screw Passenger Steamers sail- ing regularly from Boston, Portland and also Boston to Send for booklet, For rates, ete, apply to local agent or company's Montreal to Liverpool, Mediterranean ports. “Mediterranean Illustrated.” office. 69 Dearborn St, Chicage, Il Kuights d Ladies of Security. at Redmen hall, Continental block, teenth and Douglas streets, braska present. REPORTS FROM RAILROADS Towa Executive Oouncil Will Require that They Shall Be Uniform. SOME OF THE RESULTS OF AN INQUIRY atisties Secured This Year that Have Never Been Called For Before—Increase in Net nings Shown, (From a Staft Correspondent.) DES MOINES, April 19.—(Special.)—Next Tuesday the lowa executive councll, acting under a new law just placed on the statute books, will meet to prepare rules and regu- lations with respect to the keeping of ac- counts by rallroad companies doing busi- ness in Iowa, so that there will be uni- formity in the reports which are made an- nually to the executive council and that the reports may show a complete divielon of earnings as between etate businees, in: terstate business and that which Is entirely outside of lowa. The law was passed In the closing days of the general assembly and was suggested directly by Governor Cummins to meet his views in regard to the Information which the council should have before making the sessments. Heretofore the compantes have reported their gross and net earnings for the entire systems and for the state, but the basis used in arriving at the division is not the same in all cases, and the di- vision of figures s therefore regarded by the members of the council as little else than estimates. The representatives of the companies have been invited to appear be- fore the council next Tuesday and dlscuss the matter of uniformity of accounts with the council before the rules are adopted. A start was made by the council at the January meeting in the direction of secur- ing this divislon of accounts. A supple- mental schedule was sent out to all rail- road companies containing questions to be answered In relation to the proportion of the gross earnings on strictly lowa busi- ness, frelght and passenger; on business District delegates of the Knights and Ladies of Security will meet in convention Fit- Omaha. On Wednesday, April 30, the convention will be called to order at 10 a. m. There will be representatives from fifteen citles of Ne- Hamilton Warren, M. D., eclactic and magnetic physician, office at Victoria hote), 1308 and 1310 Dodge street, till a suitable location can be found. Special attention to all long standing or lngering dlseases of and childrea. - beginning or terminating in lowa and crossing the state line, and on business crossing Jowa, but beginning and terminat- ing elsewhere. All the compantes reporting were instructed to fill out these schedules accurately and, in case it could not be done, to explain briefly how certain similar items were obtained in previous reports, purporting to give in general the division between state and outside business. The companies were also instructed to state whether or not the lines in Iowa are more or less valuable per mile than in other states. ¥ / Two Make Good Reports. Only two of the companies thus far re- porting have made any attempt to state in exact figures the division of business in the several classes suggested. The Omaha company, which crosses the northwestern corner of the state, on the way from St. Paul to Omaha, makes a very complete report of the division of gross earnings. This company reports the division as fol- lows: Business in Iowa, $308,848.84; busi- ness originating in Towa and terminating elsewhere, $687,649.54; business originating outside and terminating in Iowa, $752,166.48; business originating and terminating out- side the state, $1,074,069.91. The basis used in arriving at this division is stated to be that of train mileage as recommended by the rallroad commissioners. The Burlington, Cedar Raplds & North- ern, which is almost entirely an Iowa com- pany, reports the division accurately and states that the information can always be had from the books with only slight clerical labor, but states also’ that the basis used in arriving the figures in the division 1= s per imstructions of the Interstate Commerce commission.” Cannot Give the Information. Some of the other companles reporting have filled out only a few of the blanks and state that the rest cannot be furnished. The Union Pacific reports only the item of business originating in lowa and ter- minating elsewhere. The Wabash reports that to give the Information asked for “would necessitate our getting out every waybill made during the year 1901, cover- ing shipments to or from points in the state of Towa or passing over the state in whole or in part and working up the information from these waybills.” The Burlington peo- ple do not make the division asked for and in explanation of previous estimates state that they kept for some months the figures showing a division as accurately l W.R.BENNETT (: THIRTY PHONES, 135 to 180. W.R.BENNETT (: WEREFUND YOURMONEY AT BENNETT'S IF YOU BUY YOUR PIANO OF US AND ARE NOT SA11SFIED. WE CANNOT GIVE YOU A STRONGER GUARANTEE. The Everett Piano endorsed is universally by the musicians world as the new standard. Every one who listens to us can but say wonderful. of the The [yers & Pond Piano friends need no in- troduction to Nebras- kans. It has been conside ered the leader here for a great many years, Even our competitors admit its excellence. us. No piano has made more in America than the time honored Starr Piano. The pioneer of manufacture. This piano com- bines more good features- for the price than any other piano made. ‘When you &ee it you'll not doubt western piano The Smith & Barnes Pianos ‘Another standard piano that one doesn’t live long enough to wear out. Will stand in tune under the most se '5"3 vere climatic changes or any other test; has a beautiful singing tone; artistic case design; has been on the market long W’ enough to have over $40,000 in use —3,000 in Nebraska. We have other makes atlower prices, chosen with a view { of securing the best value for the money. The thoughtful piano buyer will surely appreciate this. SALE DAYS because we are always at the bottom on prices. west. teed. Lowest prices. Remember we are the only ONE-PRICED PIANO HOUSE in the entire It is unnecessary for us to announce any SPECIAL Piano tuning done by skillful tuners, work guaran- - Sheet Music and Musical Merchandise McKinley edition, /0c. Woods and Peters edition sold at 40 per cent discount, We aim to carry everything known in this department. Violins from $2.50 #p, guitars from $3.50 up, banjos from $/.75 up, mandolins from $2.75 up. Metronomes, without bell, $2.80; with bell, $3.80 BENNETT’S All popular music sold at one-half off, Shirmers, --The strictly one-price piano house. Tilinots Central . sens .. 19116 Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North- st ern .. s Minneapolis & 8t. Lou 142 29 Keokuk & Western. 143 88 Iowa Central .. 2533 Mason C|t¥ & 3 198 68 Atchison, Topeka & Banta 682 49 Kansas City, 8t. Joseph & Council 2,567 02 197 8 311 89 262 69 179 66 Some Loases Reported. The Union Pacific, on its short mileage, reporta a change in that for 1900 there was a profit of $28,467 per mile this has become a net loss of $18,331 per mile in 1901. The Great Northern lacks $527.30 a mile of making the profits of the previous year. Losses were also reported on the Davenport, Rock Island & Northern, the Burlington & Northwestern, the Omaha Bridge and Terminal, and some others. But in general the reports show that the Towa lines earned much more per mile in 1901 than they did in 1900 on their Iowa busi- ness. . —————————————————————— Ante Room Echoes ——————————————— The ways and means committee of Tan- gler temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, were much encouraged by the receipts ot the evening at the ceremonial session held as possible and estimated from these for the whole year. The Milwaukee does not report the figures, but states that if the company had been advised earlier that this information was desired the record could bave been made without great expense. Average Value Per Mile. In the matter of giving the average value per mile of the roads In Iowa and outside. or a comparison of Iowa values with t Friday evening. The committee occupled the parlors of the Scottish Rite, and re- celved pledges and cash while the work was in progress. . The year-book of the Nebraska soclety, Sons of the American Revolution, for the year 1902, has just been issued. It contains the program of the five meetings to be held during the year, and gives the name system as a whole, only a few of the com- panies make statements. The Unlon Pa- eific declares that its Iowa mileage is mc valuable than the average of the system because of its valuable terminals. The Burlington says the lowa value per mile is less because of the absence of costly terminals. The Minneapolls & St. Louls admits that its Towa lines are not as valua- ble as those .in other states. The Mil- waukee and Rock Island refuse to make any guesses on the subject. The Wabach points out that, as measured by net earn- line is not worth as much as the system per mile, because it shows & net loss per mile on business done. The Omaba system regards the lowa mileage as the most valuable because it shows greater roings. The report of the Northwestern is not yet in. The Great Western has not reported on the supplemental schedule. Accounts Are Not Uniform. These informal reports recelved this year from the rallroad companies will go before the executive council at the Julvy meeting when the assessment is made. and whatever of information they contain will be made use of by the members of the council. They indicate that if the council is to secure the information which is con- templated in the new law there must be & radical change in the methods used by the different rallway companies in keepinx their accounts. No two companies not allled appear to use the same basis in ar- riving at any division of the business be- tween the states. The reports are full of explanations and suggestions. Some of the companies profess that If the information s secured year after year it will mean a large expenditure for clerk hire In the main offices, and after the information is secured it will be of no use to the councll. ever, the effort is to be made to information—something that has never been attempted in any state or by any taxing body. Increasing the Earnings. The statistics contained in the general reports of the companies to be lald before the executive council show that practically every rallroad dolng business in lowa has enormously increased its net earnings dur- iog the past year. Here are the figures on increase of net earnings per mile for 1901 over 1900, as shown by the reports for the two years: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy l‘hk‘::m Milwaukee & 8t. Paul. ™. . sas . 519 |Schiitz hotel, Sixteenth and Harney streets. and address of each member of the society. The current year is to be devoted to & study of the war for ind dence in the west. There is a table of the chromology of the war in the west, which opens with the calling of the Transylvanla congress at Boonesborough, Ky., in 1775; the election of Clark as dele to the Virginia house of burgess in 1776; then comes the events of 1777 to 1783, the campaigns of Clark, Helm and others in the territories of n linols, Kentucky and the south. The first meeting of the year was held last night at the home of Fred W. Vaughan, in Fremont, when the subject of “The English in the Northwe was discussed. The second meeting will be held June 14, at Omaba, | {he day belng the anniversary of the adop- { tlon of the American flag. The theme for the meeting s, “George Rogers Clark and the Winning of the Northwest.”” The third meeting will be held October 19, at Lin- coln, upon the anniversary of the surren- der of Cornwallis. *“Winners of the South- west,” will be the subject for discussion. The fourth meeting will be held at Omaha. December 20, the anniversary of the trans- fer of Loulsiana, and the theme for dis- cussion will be how the Spanish helped us. This subject is so seldom considered by the casual reader of American history, but the papers to be presented on this occasion will show that material aid was rendered to America, in its war against Great Britaln for the independence by the Spanish gov- ernment in Loulsiana. The annual meet ing will be held at Omaha on Washington” birthday, 1903. At this meeting officers will be elected, and the reports of the retiring officers received. The soclety has adopted for its gemeral text-book on the subject under co tion this year, President Roosevelt Winning of the West," belng In line with the course of study. The yesr-book shows that there are now ninety-one members of the state soclety, several belng added during last year. The committees from the subordinate and Rebekah lodges of Omaha, appointed for the purpose of making sultable arrangements for appropriately celebrating the elghty- | third anniversary of the introduction of the Independent Order of Odd Fellowship into America, met Tuesday evening and decided that the Omaha lodges will give a literary and musical entertalnment on the evening of April 26, the Roof Garden of the An Interesting program of first class mu- 278 0 | sic, addresses by prominent speakers, vocal solos and recitations will be the order of | the evening. Al sister lodges, including South Omaha, Florence and Benson, are cordlally invited to participate with the Omaha lodges In celebrating thie elghty-third anniversary and to aid in making it the most memorable in all ite history. All members are re- quested to bring their friends, The wardens of the subordinate and Rebekah lodges are kindly requested to bring their regalla to vest thelr members with at the door. There will be no admiesion fee. Local traveling men are looking forward to the annual meeting of the Nebraska di- vision, Travelers’ Protective assoclation, to be held at the Commercial club rooms Sat- urday, April 26, at 12 o'clock. Posters have been sent over the state and a free lunch will be given to all visiting members pre- ceding the business of the meeting. Large delegations from Post B of Fremont, C or Lincoln and D of Nebraska City will be in attendance and the princlpal features of the meeting will be the inauguration of plans for increasing the membership in the state, election of state officers and selec- tion of delegates to the national meeting of the assoclation, to convene at Portland, June 3-7. Nebraska division is entitled to four delegates, besides the retiring pres!- dent and the secretary. The full delega- tion will go from Nebraska division, and it 1s confidently expected that they will bring back with them the prize horns, which have been held by this division the last year and won at the last convention at O1a Point, Va., for the largest percentage of increase in membership. Clan Gordon, No. €3, Order of Scottish Clans, held an open night Tuesday evening at its hall, Continental block, and a good number of Clansmen and visitors turned out. Claneman W. J. Hislop had his phono- graph in operation and played between the various numbers. Clansman J. T. Falconer played the bagpipes; Clansman R. G. Wat- ‘lon #ang ““A Soldier and a Man;" Clansman Cuthill recited “The Stickin' o' the Soo," Mr. Mercer sang the comic song, “All Right Clansman Troup spoke at length | upon the objects of the order; Mr. Kennedy recited Burns' “Address to the Haggls" and | 88 encore eang “Scots Wha H: Mr. | Thomson sang “Robin Thomson's Smiddy;" | Clansman Lindsay played the flute, Mr. | Mercer sang about “That Funny Feeling," | Mr. Kennedy recited ““Casey at the Goal Clansman Watson sang “The Battle of Stirling,” and when a fresh box of Clan | Gordon's straight Havanas had been opened | the company sang “Auld Lang Syne.” | | Under the auspices of Banner lodge, No, 11, Fraternal Union of America, ner Guards and the officers will give & May Pole | party on the evening of May 1. Elaborate | preparations are being made for a magnifi- cent time and all members of the order and their friends are cordially invited to attend. This s the fourth annual May Pole party this lodge has given and it has earned a merited reputation for royally entertaining its friends. Omaba lodge, No. 18, A. 0. U. W., will entertain the ladies of Washington lodge, D. of H., next Tuesday evening at the Tem- ple. A fine program has been arranged and 1l members of both lodges are invited to attend. Lodges of the Royal Achates in Omaha | and South Omaha have received invitations | trom Blair lodge to visit it on the evening | of April 24, when a large number of candi- | dates will be initiated. The degree staff of Royal Oak lodge, No. 200, will perform the floor work. After the initiation an op- portunity will be given those not members of the order to witness some special work by this team which has been written for the occasion. A special traln has been se- cured to take the Omaha members (some 125), leaving this city so as to arrive in Blalr about 7:30 and returning in time for people to get the first car in the morning. The visiting members will be banqueted by the Blair lodge and a good time is assured. The first meeting of the supreme lodge of the Bankers' Union of the World will be held in Omaba May 7 and 8. Out of the 1,200 lodges it is calculated that at least 500 or 600 delegates will Le present at the | mesting. CANNY SCOTS ARE SPEERIV' Qonferring Over Title to Be Accorded to the King of Great Britain, OBJECT TO SEVENTH IN EDWARD'S NAME Claim that Assumption of that Num- ber Falsifies History and Makes Scotch Patriots Ap- pear as Rebels. Bons of Auld Scotia are conferring all over the cvilized world, and, according to the statement of members of that race the future history of the world hangs heavy upon the events of the mext few months in London, where Albert Edward is to be crowned king of Great Britain and Ire- land, with a number of other titles, which are not germane to the point at issue. When he succeeded his mother as mon- arch of Great Britain the king decided for state purposes to drop the name borne by the late prince consort and to use the name of Edward. It was further decided by those versed in the lore of kings and dynasties that the number to be borne by him would be “the seventh,” as six monarchs bear- ing the name of Edward have been upon the throne of England, and here is where the men of the hills and braes find cause for complaint. They say that while there may have been six other kings bearing the mame of Edward on the throne of England, no other monarch bearing that name h t upon the throne of Great Britain and that none has ever been upon the throme of a ronstituent part of the kingdom, the kingdom of Scotland. Formal Protest Prepared. While some of the patriotic antiquarians of the land of cakes made small protest when it was known that the present king had been glven that title it remained for the expatriated sons of Caledonia, resident in the United States to start a formal pro- ‘test over the assumption of the number. The first steps were taken by Clan Scot of Boston, an organization connected with the Order of Scottish Clans, which Is repre- sented in Omaha by Clan Gordon. After much discussion of the question the officers of Clan Scot were authorized to draw up a formal protest and present it for signa- ture to all persons of Scotch parentage in the Hub, after which coples of the pro- test are to be sent to every clan in the United States and Canada for siznature After the signatures of all members of all members of the clan have been secured it is the intention of the mombers of Clan Scot, according to the report which comes from Boston, to carry the matter to the heather, and Scotchmen at home will be invited to co-operate with thelr relatives across the sea in correcting the error into which the historlan and the British king have fallen. The petition from Clan Scot bas not reached Clan Gordon yet, but it is expected and the members of the local clan say that the protest will be generally signed. One of the members of the local clan said: For a Scotchman to recognize in the present King Edward, the seventh of the name, would be to acquiesce in the execu- tion of Wallace, In the banishment of Bruce and to confess that, in all the years between the days of Edward I of England, and the day when the act of union between the kingdoms was adopted, Scotland was a dependence of England and that its kings were all rebel chiefs against the lawful authority of the Eng- lish throne. Basis of Thelr Claim, “Giving the correct number to King Ed- ward will accentuate the faet in the minds of the public that there 18 no longer & kingdom of England and that 200 years ago or more there created a new coun- try, the kingdom of Great Britain. Be- cause the capital of the kingdom of Great Britaln was established at London, English- men have probably thought that it was but one government, and as under the last five monarchs nothing has occurred to em- phasize the change, many persons whose knowledge should bave protected them, have fallen into the same error. When the act of 'unlon was passed England and Scot- land passed from existence as political entities and the kingdom of Great Britain took the place occupled by them. Since then there has been one Victoria, one Wil- llam and several Georges, but no Edward. By some oversight Willlam was recognized as the Fourth, but the matter should not be permitted to continue and all good Scotchmen will recognize in Bdward, the first of the name, king of Great Britain, but not king of England or Scotland, as there are no such countries known to the world of toda; Scotch history and Eng- lish history has ended. The countries have b d into the same class as the king- doms of Egypt and of Rome. The history of these countries is dear to the hearts of the natives of the lands and for senti- mental reasons history should be kept pure.” The agitation anent the correct number to be borne by King Edward recalls the effort of Sir Walter Scot, In his *Tal of a Grandfather’ to show that it is only as a descendant of the Stuarts, who in the person of James VI. of Scotland, came to the throne of England and Scotland, that the present dynasty holds its position on the British throme, and of the efforts of the latter students to prove that all of the blood of these same Stuarts in the velns of Edward, the present, would not be sufficient to stain a cambric handkerchief. FAVORS VOTING BY MACHINE Agnew of South Omaha Discovers Ad« vontage of a Modern mprovement. SOUTH OMAHA, April 19, —To the Edi- tor of The Bae:—The recent city election in South Omaha ought to convince all of us that the sooner voting machines are adopted for the use of voters in the larger cities of Nebraska, the better it will be for all concerned. From a description of a voting machine given me recently, I be- came an ardent bellever in their use. The present system of voting and counting of votes is cumbersome and expensive, and is what might be termed a man-killing sys- tem. I served on an election board at the recent election, where there were almost 1,100 ballots cast, including the city and school ballots, and it was a heavy task to count that many votes, after serving on the board of election for twelve hours, with scarcely thme enough to get anything to eat. The seven members of the board worked hard and incessantly untll 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning, before the votes were all counted and the returns made out, and every member of the board was completely exhausted and most of them sald they could not be hired to serve on another election. With the adoption of voting machines most of this exhausting labor will be a thing of the past, and the accuracy of the votes cannot be questioned, for the voting machines will record them exactly as cast, and there will be no more room for contests with their usually un- satisfactory results. The experlence of the other election boards in the city were of course, similar to the experiences In the Second precinct of the Second ward. [ hope that all of the papers of Omaha and South Omah: without reference to party politics, will ad- vocate the adoption of voting machines. The expense of their Introduction might be large at firet, but in the end it would prove of great benmefit to the tax payers, From my {nformation on the subject, in- stead of seven judges and clerks of elec- tion, as under the present system, three men can do all of the work. That would mean a saving of at least $24 at every elec- tion precinct, at every election held in the cities of Nebraska. With the adoption of voting machines there will be no more election contests, with thelr exasperation and expense to ths contestants. The machines record the votes exactly as cast and the voters always get what they vote for, which caunot be sald to be true always under the present un- wieldy plan of conducfing elections. Voting machines are not needed in the smaller towns and country districts, but they are pearly a necessity in cities like Omaha ahd South Omaha. Then the selection of an election board of three members who would serve would be more satistactory, from the fact that three honest and capable men could be chosen more easily than sevea, Yours truly, F. A. AGNEW,