Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1903, Page 7

e e —l OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AUGUST AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA New Viaduot Proposition Recpens the 01d Debate as to Terminus. PROPERTY OWNERS DIFFER AS TO POINT Rivalry Between Streets for By May Defeat Object Sought Unles an Understanding Can Be Reached. Bome objections will be ralsed to the passage by the council of the ordinance directing the rallroads to consiruct a viae duct across the tracks at O street. This opposition developed yesterday when busi- ness men on lower N’ street subscribod enough money to purchase property on Twenty-sixth street, midway between N and O street, with the intention of pre- senting the same to the rallroads pro- viding the eastern terminus of the bridge be diverted from O street to the middie of the block. In talking about this viaduct Councll- man Adkins sald: “Thig thing. of bullding a viaduct across the tracks has been talked of for years. Nothing bas ever been dome except to draw plans and then give one excuse or another. The com nies interested are the Union Stock Yards and the Union Pacific. There has always been some difference of opinion about the eastern terminus of the bridge, and only recently President Burt of the Union Pa- cifio told & committee from the Live Stock exchange that as long as the peopls in South Omaha could not agree as to where the viaduct should be placed he would not bother about the matter. Continuing, Mr. Adkins said that the members of the coun- ©ofl have decided to go ahead and pass an ordinance deciaring the necessity for & bridge across the tracks, and locating the eastern ond at O street. Another member of the council sald the city is gétting tired of the dilatory tactics of the rafiroad companies, and that a via- duct will have to be bullt, even If the ocourts have to be appealed to. There is a wide difference of opinion re- garding the location of the bridge. Of course, property owners on O street are anxious to have the viaduct land at Twen- ty-sixth and O streets. Some years ago, when there was a prospect of a viaduet, considerable property in the vicinity of Twenty-sixth* and" O streets was bought by speculators, and natura'ly they are anxious to see the bridge opened across O street. On the other hand, the prop- orty owners on N street say that by di- verting the trade to O street N street property will be ' rendered practically ‘worthless. The N street property owners are willing to split the difference and have the viaduct land In the middle of the block, and with this idea in view about $,000 has béen subscribed to purchase a terminal to be given the ralroads If the plans can bo changed and a direct route made. While the deal for the purchase of this property has not been completed, those interested say ‘that negotiations are now. pending, and that the sale' may be consummated today. Thowe who favor the middle-of-the-block route say that the rallroads would save considerable in construction by building the bridge In a stralght line, instead of diverging to reach O street. In this connection some of the council- men say that if the raliroads will agree to build a viaduct at once the city stands willing to makq any reasonable conces- slons. Pushing Viaduet irs, It was announced last night that the Q street viaduct would be opened to trafic on Friday. Twenty earpenters are now at work laying the planking on the bridge and it Is expected that this work will be completed late tonight. This viaduct has besn closed to street car traffic for about two months, the delay being on account of the nonarrival of material. ‘When opencd Engineer King says that the bridge will be in first class condition and will last for quite a long time. The planking is being lald flush with the street car rails the same &b on the, Bixteenth street viaduct In Omaha. This method of laying the tracks necessitates a double floor, but the stock yards company has not so far complained about the expense. With the opening of the bridge the usual schedule of cars of the Q street line will be re- sumed. . Lumber for Crosswalks. Lumber for the laying of fifty-elght cross walks has been ordered and City Engineer Beal stated last night that he expected to be able to commence work Friday morning. The laying of such a number of walks will take some time but the engineer says that enough men will be employed to get the work done before bad weather sets in. In addition te the laying of new walks old cross walks all over the city will-be re- patred. Paving Railroad Avenue. ‘Before the councll takes final action on the ordinance regarding the paving of Rall- road avenue a committee will be sent to confer with officers of the street rallway company in relation to the extending of | the tracks to the Barpy county line. It is the iutention now to pave Twenty-fourth street from Q street south to Raliroad avenue and thence to the county line. As there has been a demand for the extension of the car tracks to the southern city limits it is inferred that the officers of the street car company will make this ex- tension before the pavement s lald. Resi- dents of Albright are pushing this matter through the Southeast Improvement club and hope to see the car tracka laid before the paving contract is let. Clity Jall Empty. The South Omaha city jall was empty yostorday for the first time in many months. Judge King bad nothing to do eype——ipe———————— NEW WAY TO TREAT HAY FEVER Ne Stomach Dosing~Just Breathe Hyomet—8Stops Sucesing and £ Smarting. Sherman & McConnell are recommending to thelr customers, s a cure for hay fever, Hyomel. It is claimed for this remedy that it stops the spasmodic paroxysms of snoesing, the smarting and running of the eyes and nose, and other acute symptoms of this dis- ease. Many bave been oured of hay fever by Hyome! and its inventors profess to be able to prevent both the recurrence of the annual attacks and to arrest the progress of the disease when In the most chroude form. Among those who have been' cured by Hyomel are J. ¥'. Forbes, chief dispatcher B. & M. R R, McCook, Neb, who writes: “T have never had relief from any remedy for hay fever even temporarily, until 1 used Hyomel 1 will always recommend it whenever occasion offers.” A. Hamlin, Westford, Mass., writes, “Hy- omel cured me of hay fever in one week's time. 1 comsider it & duty te tell others who suffer from this disease.’ These endorsements are samples of hun- dreds that have been recelved by the manutacturers of Hyomel, but Sherman & McConmell ofter to refund the money if Hyomel does not do all that is claimed for it, s the strongest proof that can be as to the fellance they place upon 1 cure hay fever, all day in police court but hear a couple of uninteresting continued cases. At roll call last night Acting Chief Elsfelder told the patrolmen that the eity had been un- usually quiet for the last week, but he cautioned them to be vigllant. There seems to be a dearth of tramps in the city just now. A few weeks ago the city was full of vagrants but for the last week few un- employed men can be found. More Gas Mal Two cars of pips for the Omaha Gas com- pany arrived last night. This pipe will be used in the extension of mains. On Friday or Saturday excavating for mains will bs commenced on the following streets:On Twenty-third street from B street to the city limits, on M street from Twenty-sec- ond to Twenty-fourth street; on G street trom Twenty-second to Twenty-third street; on D street from Twenty-seventh to Twenty-elghth street, and on Thirtieth street from S to T street. Grading About Completed. The grading for three additional tracks for the stock yards company fs about com- pleted. This work has been done at Thirty- sixth and Boyd streets and has occupled about & month. Just as soon as the ma- terlal arrives the three additional tracks will be laid Into the new western division of the stock yards and to the new loading and unloading chutes. It is expected that these new tracks will be lald and be ready for use in about a month. Magie City Gos H. C. Richmond returned yesterday from an extended eastern trip. Mrs, C. M. Willlamson has returned from a month's visit with friends in lowa. Charles Allen, who has been quite ill for some time, was reported some better yes- terday. Rev. M. A. Head has returned from Colo- rado, where he spent a fow weeks with triends. The Jetter Brewing company has just completed the erection of a #,000 buflding at Springfleld. Neb. Mrs. H. B. Fisher, 92 North Twenty-fifth street, gone to Mount Vernon, la., for few weeks' visit. Rev. Dr. Wheeler will leave today for Scotts Bluff, Neb. He will preside over the dedication of & church there. Androw Davidson, a steam fitter, re- cently employed at Armour’s, has been ap- pointed a patrolman to take the place of Bdward Plerce, resigned. This evening the:local lodges of the An- clent Order of United Workmen will take formal possession of the new Workman temple at Twenty-fifth and M streets, A al Busineas Se Hears Reports Omcers. on of Members Elects The members of the Metropolitan held their annual business meeting election of officers last night at the house. The offcers who will serve ing the ensuing year are: Julius Meyer, president; H. L. Cohn, vice president; S. Goetz, secretary; Morits Meyer, treasurer; club and club dur- | 8. 8. Goldstrom, stage director; A. Mandel- berg, N. A. Spiesberger, M. Klein, J Klein, H. Rosenthal and G. A. Rubin, directors. The annual reports were recelved and accepted. The retiring president, Mr. § Frank, delivered a very interesting address regarding the past, present and future of the organization. Among other matters mentioned by Mr. Frank was a comparison of the membership of the club one year ago and toda: He sald although the club's - membership had decreased during the past year, its financial condition has improved, and he anticipated an improve- ment financially during the coming year. Mr. Mandelberg, who has had charge of the renting of the club house during the year, presented a statement which showed the most successful season in the club's history. . o 0 e A Thoughttul H nd Cured his wife of fainting and dizzy spells, weakness, headache and backache with Eleotric Bitters. Try them. S0c. For sale by Kuhn & Co. on Mightier Than Sword. The nelfllfilbor- of R. Olson, 824 Bouth Thirty-sixth street, allege that he is in the habit of aolnl home in an intoxicated con- dition and beating his wife. Last night he pursued his usual tactics, and to add sest 1o the proceedings he secured a sword with which he chased her about the house and yards.' Some of the neighbors sent a call to the police station and Officer Foley was sent to arrest Olson. When the of- ficer arrived Qlson was still in his tan- trum and atfacked the policeman with the sword. He %\filly disarmed, however, and now lan, in a cell charged with being drunk abusing his wife. LOCAL BREVITIES. Robert Dewar and John O'Brien, graders, dritted into town last night lool ng for work. They were arrested as sus- piclous charactérs, Ou thy charge of misinforming passen- rs Walter Jensen, a hack driver, who ves at 316 North Fifteenth street, is locked up at the police station. Fire caused by explosion of a plumber's asoline torch called the firemen to the joyd theater about 6 o'clock yesterday ternoon. It was extinguished without any damage resulting. C. Ellington, & bficbout 17 years of age who resides 'at orth Twenty-fifth street, was arrested last night for dis- charging firearms inside the city limits. He was shooting at soms pigeons belonging to Mrs. Lyons, who resides in the sawne nelghborhood. One of the employes of the Kimball laundry at 1609 Jackson street, left a hot iron on some cloth when she quit work esterday evenl remen were called to the place about 8 o'clock to extinguish a fire which de- stroyed a small pile of clothiig and burned an ironing board. The damage was slight. W. F. Jamison, %513 South Thirteenth streot, was locked up at the police station last night, charged with being drunk and disorderly, The police allege that Jamison has been lving at the house of Mrs. Han- chett, and that she made up her mind to spend the evening out with friends. To this Jamison objected and he grew so loud in his objections that an officer was called with the above results. About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon John Gorby. who runs a secofd haud siore at 48 South Tenth street, felt thirsty. He stepped fnte his back ‘yard for the pur- { gelting @ pail of water. | When he o found one of his show cases open and four gold watches missing. As he saw no one about the premises at the e he could give no description of the thieves to the police. Roy Hendricks of Kansas City Is charged with steallng a bicycle from Albert Edwards, of 1621 Casteller street. Hendricks attempted to sell the wheel to C. T. Wallick who resides at 23) North Twenty- ffth street. Wallick became susploious and telephoned the police after askl Hiendricks o call later. When he called an officer was awaiting his arrival and he wag taken to the station, L. F. Adkins, who gives his address as 1008 Capital avenue, went to the police st Hon yesterday afternoon for the purposs of getting the “kitty’" which was taken in the raid on the gambling room in the Mid- way Tuesday night. Captain Haze asked him If he was the owner of the cash and when he replied = that he was he was promptly locked up charged with running & gambling establishment. The prisoner was later released on a $100 cash bond. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Adjutant J. H. Culver of Lincoln is In the city a guest at the ller Grand. Frank Kimball of the Kimball Laundry company has gone to Colorado for a sum- mer's outing. H. C. Lindsay of Pawnee City, chalr- man of the republican state committ: in the city quartered at the ller Grand. “H,“Glg‘boqulLKurn \'V.o'l‘ dOoldl of ) ity, A L. of Grand Island Imr W, ; ‘Wood mhvflh are at the Tler Grand. BENNETT-8amuel Frisbee, A it 19, at 0 b, m., At his residence, B4 South this it born §. Twenty-seventh street. March 16 1820, aged 88 years 5 months. him and are Mrs His children surviv Mary L Wade S’h‘l Mris, 8 W Brown, L ob R, Ben- B and Miss Cornelia Benhett. Dotice later. ’ , and as & cansequence | DROP PLAN OF INJUNCTION Bepublican Oandidates Abandon Though of Attaoking New Primary Rules 0'HOLLAREN READY TO, BUT WANTS HELP He Says Candidates Doubt Fairness of the Primary System and Hold Them Contrary to Statates, Candidates for the republican nominations for county judge, clerk of the district court, county assessor, and other offices Who have been lying awake for the past ten nights figuring on the new primary election rules, and were talking of enjoining their enforcement have concluded not to go into court. At least no one can now be found among their ranks willing to sign his name to an Injunction, or even contribute to the expense of Injuncon proceedings. Several conferences, at none of which, however, it is stated, were all the interested candidates present at one time, have been held during the past few days, and matters progressed so far that the drawing of a petition was commenced, but it 15 now stated the whole scheme will be dropped. It nad been arranged that F. C. O'Hollaren should sign the petition. Speaking of the proposed action he says: \ “'All of the candidates for nominations, or at least all of those with whom I have talked, have expressed considerable doubt as to the fairness of the new rules. In the first place it 18 not considered just that a member of the party should be obliged to pay the county committee $50 or $100 before he can even become a candidate in his own party for a nomination. And if he later decides to witharaw he cannot withdraw his money. Attacks the Rule. “Then a careful reading of the rules shows that they are ambiguous and have several large-sised holes in them. Even if & man accepts them and obtains & plurality of all the votes there is no certalnty of his nomination by the convention. If the suc- cessful candidates were all from one ward, or It for any other reason the convention saw proper, it could throw the rules out of the window and nominate whatever candi- dates the delegates desired, for the commit- tee cannot bind the convention, which Is su- preme in itsclf. Another objection which one candidate brought forward was that one faction of the party might delfberately let the other side put up all the candidates before the primaries, but take care to have a good majority of its own members on the delegations and then do as it pleased at the convention. “Another point against the new rules is that the committee should have received authority from the convention which created it before adopting new rules, or in any way radically changing condition Heretofore the county and other commit- tees have never taken upon themselves any duty regarding the campaign of the suc- coeding year to the campaign they manage except the ocalling of primaries to elect delegates to another convention. The con- vention last year did not give the present county committee authority to go any further, and so far as the wording of the statute 18 concerned no such authority can be construed from It Prineipal Legal Point. “The principal legal point in the matter, and the one on which the petition would have been based, is that the new rules are contrary to section 123, chapter xxvi, of the primAry election law, which construes the words as follows: The words primary electidn, as used in this act, shall be conatrued 80 as to embrace all elections held by any political party, capvention, organization, or association, or defegates therefrom, for the Dumfle of chooalna candidates for office, or elec- tion of delegates to other conventions. “The new rulee not only provide for the choosing of candidates through a popular vote, but also for the election of delegat: to a convention to choose candidates, while the law contemplates that primary elections shall do only one of these two things, either choose the candidates or choose delegates to a conventlon to choose candidates. I am ready to go ahead to knock the new rules out, but I do not feel llke going It alone.” UNION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS After Installing Staft for Year Takes Up Discussion of Work—Balance in Treasury. The Woman's Christian Temperance union held its annual meeting yesterday after- neon at its rooms in the Paxton block and electe’ these officers for the ensuing year: Pres!. it, Mrs. G. H. Covell; vice presi- dent, Mrs. N. J. McKittrick; correspond- ing secretary, Mrs. Graham Park; record- ing secretary, Mrs. W. C. Hughes urer, Mrs. Roe. The superintendents of the varfous de- partments of the work also were elected. The lunch work was discussed and it was decided to continue it at the high school and Mrs. Covell will have it in charge. The report of the treasurer showed total recelpts for the year $,M6 and expendi- tures 34,742, leaving & balance of $804. The union meets again next Wednesday to dis. cuss plans for the work for the year. It was not the Woman's Christian Tem- perance union, as was erroneously pub- lished, but the Woman's Christian assocla- tion which erected and furnished thg new home. FIXING THE TRANSPORTATION Adjutant General Culver Arranging to Semd First Regiment Camp at York. inte “The purpose of my visit here,” sald Adjutant General Culver last evening, “is to arrange for transportation for the First regimént, Nebraska National Guards, to the state encampment at York, which be- gins August 2. Only the First regiment will go into the state encampment, as the Becond has been assigned to take part In the army maneuvers at Fort Riley in October, It is probable that the signal corps company at Fremont may also par- ticipate in the Fort Riley maneuvers, W have recelved equipment of Krag-Jorgen- sens for the two regiments from the gov- have found Gorham silver is indeed inimitable ; none other offers the same com- bination of faultless design, sincere workmanship, and sterling material, | tended ernment. 1 am also looking after the transportation question for the Second regi- ment to Fort Riley, and arranging other incidental detafls for the maneuvers.” CASE OF DOUBLE DECEPTION Woman Asks Divorce from Man Who Said He Was Rich and T She Wa The absurdity of marrying for money is the moral drawn from a petition filed in the district court. It recites without frills the girl's side of the case and seeks to tell trom her standpoint how a pretty stenogra- pher of Columbus, - Neb, was lured by false promises into marrying a gay young of Norfolk. The sum total of thelr married life lasted but a few weeks in January, when the girl came to Omaha, found work and now wants to resume her malden name and prerogatives. They were married at Columbus. represented to me, girl's petition, “He substantially says the “that he had $70 In the bank nd& nice, comfortable home at Nor- folk. JPon arriving at Norfolk I was conducted to a dirty room without furni- ture, which resembled a hog pen more than a residence.” Two days later, she says, her husband, William H. Robinson, admitted to her that he had no money or property and was minus even a job. Tt was then, asserts the wife, that he showed himself to be a “cruel, depraved and evil-minded man, and cursed and abused her and threatened her with loaded revolvers. According to Rozena, Willlam told her that he thought she had money and that was why he married her—for that purpose and to be his slave and work for him. “He continued his Inhuman treatment with the threats and looks of a lunatic,” declares the petition, and after ten days of this performance Rozena “left him forever and can never live with him.” Robinson lives at Norfolk. Ethel Mary Faith Burritt is another woman who has concluded she married not well. She seeks a divorce from Frederick Walter Burritt, whom she married in To- ronto November 25, 1891, She mccuses him of nonsupport, cruel and inhuman treat- ment and habitual drunkenness. There are two children, Dorothy, aged 11 years, and Alice Mary, aged 5, whom her mother sup- ports. The latter has been making a live iihood by teaching school After twenty years of marrfed life Eliza Asheraft seeks separation from Albert 8. Ashcraft, whom she charges with abandon- ment and nonsupport. They were married at Wilber, Neb,, in 1882, NEBRASKA SOIL AT THE FAIR Exhibition at St. Louls— » to Have Range Cattle There, Too. Matters cre moving along at a rapld and encouraging pace at the Nebraska commis- sion to the Loulsiana Purchase exposition Assistant Secretary Shedd has returned from a visit to Chicago and 8t. Louls in the | Interest of the commission. Secretary Matt | Miller was at c¢ommission headquarters Monday, having just returned from an ex- visit through Mexico. President Wattles and C. H.-Morrell are expected | home from the east In about ten days, | after which the commission will meet for a general review of the situation. Prof. C. H. Barbour, superintendent of | the educational exhibit, has but recently roturried from an- extendeds trip - through the North Platte country and has arranged for an unique exhibit-of Nebraska sofls and exhibits of cement, chalk and bullding stone 1ncllities of the state also will be made. These will -be in addition to ,the regular chool exhibits, but-ave:to be arranged with them. ... p At the meeting of the cattlemen at Den- ver last week every btate that fs Interested in the range industry was represented, in- cluding - Nebraska. A committee was ap- pointed to meet with the chief of the live stock exhibit of the Loulsiana Purchase ex- position to urge upon him to annul the or- der prohibiting the exhibition of range cat- tle at the fair. If this fs unsuccessful an ppeal will be made to the president of the United States to use his {nfluence to secure a proper’ presentation of the great cattle range industry of the west, in order that the evolution of stock raising may bo shown from the range to the feed lot &nd abbatolr. The printed prize list and olassifications of the department of live stock are In the hands of the printers and will be issued within two weeks. They will make a book of nearly 200 pages. DEATH RECORD. Samuel Frisbee Bennett, §. F. Bennett, father of W. R. Bennett, dled at his residence, 514 South Twenty~ seventh street, at § o'clock yesterday after- noon. Mr. Bennett had been at the store ten days ago as active as ever, but was then obliged to take to his bed. He was apparently recovering and Tuesday was up and about the thouse and garden. Early yesterday morning he became unconscious and passed away as if in a deep sleep. Samuel Frisbee Bennett was born ‘n Duanesburgh, New York, March 16, 182, and came of a long lived race, his father dying at $ and his brother at § years of age. In 1878 Mr. Bennett came to Omaha and started in business in a very small way at 18 North Fifteenth street. Later he removed to 1512 Capitol avenue, where he established the first department store in the city, the growth of which necessitated the erection of the present immense bulld- ing at Sixteenth and Harney streets, which was opened in March, 1902, Mr. Bennett's wife died twelve years ago, but all of his children survive him. They are Mrs, Mary L. Wade, W. R. and Miss Cornella Bennett of this city and Mrs. Francls W. Brown of Lincoln. Mr. Bennett was of & very retir- ing disposition and did not care to mingle in public life, but In business affairs, not- withstanding his age, was always progres- sive and up-to-date. He had a particularly happy disposition and always encouraged his employes, by whom he was beld in the warmest esteem. The date of the funeral will be announced later, Willlam P. Robinson. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 19.~Willlam P. Rob- inson, jr., formerly general manager of the Bt. Joseph & Grand lsland, is dead at his home in this city, aged 4. Under his dai- rection the Grand lsland was completed between Bt. Joseph and Kansas City. Lately he had been president of the company bullding the Mexico & Oriental raflroad. Pl Finds Dy Too Paintul, After mature deliberation Carl Emslie, 20 ears old, residing i 08 Noriu Twenl ourth street, decided he wanted to die. secured a knife with which to accomplish the end and retired to his room. When he found out after making the fi ouge that it was going to hurt he desisted and | informed someone what he had done. The | result of the attempt was a gash about | two inches long in his neck. It was not very deep, however, and Dr. Ellis was called to sew up the wound. When the dogtor arrived the young man resisted, and in the scuffle which followed the physician had most of the claihes torn from his body. He gave up the case and retired in disorder in meantime an alarm had been sent to the police station and the wagon with couple of officers was dispatched to the scene of the trcuble. Emsile was brought fo the statlon and by the time he arrived there he had ceased to be a belligerent and allowed Police Burgeon Schlefer to take four stitches over his jugular. Emsile was charged with belng drunk and wes locked up to meditats Negro Kid, . Ja FORT SMITH, Ark, Aug. 19.—William Hicks and his wife and six other negroes who are accused of kidnaping a white girl oldl'on Glb“or;. 1}');1 » h-uv;‘ n;&uml‘r;: an n Jail here, the girl is her daughter. ] with Search Light Nsatches and you wont have to fill it so often. Every One Lights. Longer, Stronger Sticks. More A valuable coupon in every box. Economical. Ask Your Grocer. STRIEE HALTS CONGRESS Delegates Desert Seattle Meoting, Fearing Oars Will 8top Running. PALMER LAUDS SUGAR AS STAPLE CROP Declares Arld West Can Grow All Thing: ut Sell Few, in Com- petition with Eastern Farmers, SEATTLE, Aug. 19.—The proceedings of the second day's session of the Transmisais- sippl congress were broken oft with a jar this afternoon when John Henry Smith of Utah, who was presiding temporarily, ralsed his hand for order and announced that the women in the hall had better hurry to the city, for there was a rumor that the street car men were going out on strike at 4 Five minutes later the hall was cleared, not only of women, but of men as well. Truman G. Palmer was in the middle of an ablo paper on the “Arid West" when the announcement of the possible strike was made. Before the hall was entirely de- serted one man had the presence of mind to make a motlon to adjourn, but no one stayed long enough to vote, but Mr. Smith declared the motion carried. Richard Kerens of Missourl was unani- mously elected president for next year. A. L. Black of Whatcom, Wash.,, was named as first' vice president; Walter Gresham of Galveston, who is presiding over the pres- ent congress, was sclected as second vice president; John Caulfleld of St. Paul, third vice president; C. B. Booth of Los Angeles, fourth vice president; George B. Harrison of Kansas City was re-elected treasurer, and Arthur F. Francis of Cripple Creek, Colo., secretary. Committees Get to Work. The committees appointed yesterday or- ganized today and took up the work of the congress. A number of resolutions are now in the hands of the resolutions committee for consideration and report. On account of the tardiness in the arrival of the prom- inent members of the congress several changes in the original program for yes- terday's session were necessary, but today the attendance of delegates was practically complete, and the proceedings moved with great regularity. The congress was called to order shortly after 10 o'clock, and Edward F. Har- ris addressed the assembly on “The Port of Galveston—Child of the Transmississippl Congress. This was followed by an address by Ma- jor Johrt Millis, Engineer corps, U. §. A., en “The Navigable Waterways In the State of Washington.” John Barrett, min- fster to Argentine, and recently commis- sloner general to Asia for the Loulsiana Purchase exposition, discussed ‘“The Bt. Louls World's Falr and Its Relation to Transmississippl Trade with the Orlent.” At the afternoon session, after the in- troduction of resolutions, the discussion of “Irrigation,” presided qver by President George H. Maxwell of the National Irriga- tion board, w lowed by an address by Chairman Maxwell on the “Future of the Great Northwest," and an address by F. H. Newell, depart- ment of the geological survey, on “Irriga- tion." C. B. Booth of Los Angeles, chairman of the executive councll of the Natfonal Irrigation association, then addressed the convention. Sugar Best Western Crop. Truman C. Palmer, secretary of the Na- tional Beet Su assoclation, spoke on “The Arid West:” His address, in part, was as follows: We are trying to develop a vast arid country where people can grow walking sticks If we but remove the ferrule, stick them In the ground and water them. In & sense that is true, but what can we pra duce commorcially. ~We have a sparcely settled country, the centers of population are far removed, and for export or surplus crops we are restricted Lo tnose which are sufticlently valuable to stand heavy trans- portation charges. The great staple crops of the east, in- cluding corn, wheat, oats, rye and barley, cannot be profitably grown under irrigation and shipped across the continent. and eggs, the great minor product of the east, can only be produced here for local consumption. ‘We cannot make butter here and ship it east in competition with their, butter. © We can grow seyeral crops of alfalfa a vear as against thellr only one annual hay crop, but long haul freight charges prevent our shipping it uway. And 50 it goes with nearly everything. The Tarmer In ‘the cast has at his back door a village of 5,000, 10,000 or 20,000 peo- ple, which will take every surplus pound of everything he can produce, be it fruit, vegetables, cereals, poultry, hay, butter or stock. The farmer of arid America has at his back door, a village of jack rabbits, coyotes and rattiesnakes. Wo of the arid west are exceedingly limited as to what we can produce and find a profitable market for, and it behooves us to guard most jealously the few products we can ship to advantage. We can_turn our ranges and our alfalfa and our beet pulp into stock and find a market for {t. We . can grow _special fruits and ship to the eastern market, but aside from the product of California, What do they amount to s compared to the fruit crop of the United States. And so in_the matter of vegetables. No use to blind ourseives to facts; they are too stern realities to be jgnored. We can produce to perfection any temperate | mone crop in the world, but we can ship but few of them to market. Now what else do we, or can we. grow that we can ship out in any considerable | Quantities? T will tell you one, the only one I know of. We can grow sugar beets to y rfection and. extract the sugar and suppiy the American people with the 2,- 500,00 tons they annually purchase from m_countries and put 000,000 & year into our awn pockets by so doing. | "For arid Ameriea the future of the sugar industry §s worth more than all other of our possible Industries combined, and the figures will prove it. If, of your few In- dustrial jewels, you permit your legisla- tors to fritter awdy this crown jewel, this jewel which of itself is a diadem which will yleld to you untold riches, you will de- serve to continue to live In the sage brush and cactus with jack rabbits and rattle- snakes as your companions. | ATTEMPTS TO SELL COCAINE | | Lineoln Man Falls Trap and Admits forel Taking Drug from Store. T. W. Bronson of Lincoln was arrested yesterday and will be held until an officer arrives from the capital city to take i him there for trial, probably on the charge of grand larceny, or possibly burglary. Bronson is accused of trying to sell cocalne [to Sherman & MoConnell, druggists, ves- | terday and they, being suspicious, told | him to return In an hour. They notified | Chief Donahue and Detectives Donahue and | Heltfeld recetved him. The cocaine which he exhibited was worth 86 and he confesses to having taken it from a Lincoln drug store, where he was employed. commenced. This was fol- | On Track of More Oil. [ Fvane . Dunlgp, secretary and manager |of the Omaha ‘etroleum, Gas and Coal | company, hus gone to Boulder, Colo, to buy & well-boring outfit for the use of the com- pany in Sarpy county. Additional oil indi- | Cations have been fourd in that county, and it 1s the detgrmination of the company | to make a thoroligh investigation. | Baitors Foultry | to Detectives’ | KEARNS PRESIDENT'S GUEST Utah Senator Urgumonumnl of Specia Session Till After Ootober. AMERICA ASKED TO PROTECT CHINESE Request Roosevelt to Ald Japan in Safeguard Agatnat Britain a ing Reformers Empress Dowager. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Aug. 19.—Questions of national concern were discussed today by the president with several cailers. Cur- rency legislation, the Panama canal sit- uation, the work of the extraordinary ses- slon of congress and federal appointments were among the topics under consideration. At lunch the president and Mrs. Roose- velt had among thelr guests Senator and Mrs. Thomas L. Kearns of Utah and Henry L. Stoddard, editor of the New York Mall and Express. Senator Kearns, who with Mrs. Kearns, has just returned east from a trip through the Yellowstone park, desired again to see the president concerning some pending ap- pointments in which he is interested and to talk to him about the isthmian canal sit- uation. Senator Kearns talked to the president about the probable date of the extraor- dinary session urging him not to call it until after the October elections. Later in the day the presiderit received a call from John E. Sleicher, editor of Les- lle's Weekly, and H. H. Kohlsaat of Chi- cago. Mr. Sleicher discussed the reform movement in China and the threatened punishment of the Shanghal editors Who were advocates of reform. He recalled that only recently the whole civiilzed world was shocked by the frightful death penalty in- ficted upon one of the native editors by orders of the empress dowager, Other re- formers are threatened with similar pen- | alties. An appeal was made to the fareign lega- tlons at Peking on behalf of the editors. Thus far only the governments of Great Britain and Japan, it is understood, have protested against the punishment of the editors. President Roosevelt sald he had heard nothing of the matter, but promised to investigate it at once. Mr. Kohlsaat talked to the president | about the proposed currency legislation, Mayflower returned to Oyster Bay late this afternoon. Tonight Mrs. Roosevelt Miss Alice Roosevelt and a small party of relatives went aboard the ship from which tomorrow they will witness the first of the series of International yacht races. May- flower will sail for Sandy Hook early to- morrow morning. Comeis for Polnte Frank M. Trew, business manager of the atrice Express Publishing company, wa in the city Wednesday on_ mattel nected with that concern. Said h Express i& flourishing fairly well and we are contomplating a material enlargement of the plant, and look forward in the near future to be established in our own build- inf, Wae will install typeset: machinery this fall and part of my business here is to look over tha fleld with a view to getting only the b 'his s my first it to The Bee establishment. always knew it was a blg condern but I T realized its immensity until visiting it today. 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