Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1909, Page 2

THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1909 long to this organization and recelve con- signments of the best seeds h year The plan operates In the same way as the bureau of seeds ard planty Industry of the waters of its several streams to dry rtory In the Cplorado booth are shown twenty varieties of alfaifa, twenty. carleties of tor- WAS ARMOUR ROBBERY FAKE? l I Christmas | Department of Agriculture at Washington. [ wheat, twelve varieties of omts, ten varie- NATIONAL FIDELITY L Son, Pren.; 0. M, Wik son, Pres,; O. M, Wi heli, V-Pres.) B. T. Swobe, V-Pres. & Sec. George W. ‘Wolf Asst, Secy. and Ma 7. and Man Acola Surety Departme; DIRECTORS: Mon. J. H. Millard. Kirkeddall, O. M. Wilhelm, 7. 3. Ruth. ©. 7. Billa, The Strongest Fidelity a: s ncon'yro:‘ns: u'"’ 2;:'1 ks Increase in Premium Income Over 250 % Increase in/ Reserve ‘Over 200% Increase in Assets Over 240% Give Preference to a Home Company Which Merits Your Support Accident, Fidelity, Surety Bonds, Plate Glass, Burglary, Ete. Hon, C. F. Mander- son, Ex-0f. b2 By this means there is a falrly unitorm disfribution of the best grain seeds through- oui the state. GOVERNMENT DISPLAY POPULAR Unele Sam Has Something of Real Interest to Show. The government Is attracting a larger proportion of the visitors to the exposition each day. The large room in the basement of the Auditorium is a most popular place {and the govermment experts aré™at hand constantly to explain the different exhibi- tions which the United States has pre- pared with great care. The Rovernment exhibit I8 a study in ftself and #ts many departments are sure to furnish #omething of interest to the visitors The bureau of plant ndustry the largost bureaus in the Department of Agriculture and embraces a wide and varied fleld of research directly connected with many diverse agricultural industries. The greater portion of the exhibits is in- stalled in double pavillon cases. In addl- tion there are many colored drawings, en- larged bromide plefures and transparencies These lines of research are represented: Cereals, pomology, pure-seed Investigations. vegetable pathology, plant Introduction and plant breeding. The organization of the bureau, ita dif- ferent lines of work and Investigations, the locations of the stations In the sev- eral states where experiments are being 18 one of tles of millet ond forty-five samples of native grasses. One of the most interesting attractions in the Colorafio exhibit 1s the sugar dis- play. Here are lllustrated the complete | process followed in the production of beet sugar from the raw beet Lo the finished. granulated product, put up In small sacks. Different samples are displayed in glass jars, showing the vatious stages and changes the sugar beet undergves in its Journey from the beet fleld to the table. |RIVER OFFICERS RE-ELECTED (Continued from First Page.) that some plan be adopted to finance the needs of the organization so that no offl- cer will be compelled-to do this in future. Renolutions Adopted. These resolutions were adopied yesterday We, the delegates to the third annua meeting of thé Missour! River Navigation congress: again provisim our faith in our | cause and our project. The Missouri river throughout the more than 230 miles of lis | nuvigable length, should be made a sery- | iéealiv channel of commerce. The grea river courses through and serves a mighty area, than which there s no other in cne | world richet in natural resuorces and pro- | ductivencss, and susceptible of more mag- pificent deyelopment along ail industrial | Tines. The products of this drea are largely of heavy and bulky character. whieh could be fransported by water much cheaper than | testimony, both | ment and the defense, and it doubtiess will | This is Important Question in Can- | tonwine Perjury Oase. | WINDOW BROKEN, GI.A{S OUTSIDE No Footprints Hole | Th ead to Small Which Robber upposed to Have Entered—Mystery in Ride of Defendant, SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. 16.—(Special) | ~Interest In the case of the United States | against J. C. Cantonwine, formerly a prom inent business man of Armour, who Is be ing tried In the United States court In this | city on an indictment charging him with | | perjury, 18 becoming more keen as the trial progresses. There in is a large behalf of volume of | the govern- | be well toward the close of the present | week before the case goes to the jury An importagt witness for the government | was Rev. Anton Weltzel, who varles his duties as pastor of one of the Armour churches by outside employment, and who | t the time of the alleged robbery of the | safe In Cantonwine's store of $35,300 In cash on the night of September 18, 1%8, and for | some little time prior thereto, had) been | employed as a clerk in Cantonwine's store. | Mr. Weltzel testified as to his making an examination of the surroundings In the Gifts For Physicians, Nurses, Invalids Remember your doctor that eases your paln and suffering. Remember your nurse that faith- fully watches over you walle helpless, Remember your sick friend with some invalid ap- pliance that will add to their com- tort. Physioclans’ bags, hypodermic sy ringes, mioro- scopes. ters, fancy oases and water bottl Invalids' wheel ohairs, bedside and reading tables. H. J. PENFOLD & CO. carried on are shown upon framed charts. | Work along one or more lines is now being | conducted by the sclentific staff of the bureau In every state and territory In the | ?fi'm”'r”,u..f}"y' 1‘-.‘"('}»’ E'“"m-u- "‘dfl"d"'rei If | effort to discover clews which might lead o rogress and deveiop, o cheaper frajght rites must be secured thay |t0 the detection of the thief or thieves the railroads are either willing or able to|Among other things he alluded to a pane of atford. While the Missouri river is now |glass In & window In the rear end of the | Nati he West. Accident Dept. The reason for Invalid and Sick Room Suppl 1410 and 1412 Harney Street, House in maha. nal Fidelity & asualty Co. The Largest Surety’ Department the extraordinarcy growth .of our ac- cldent business—-is that ability and en- eriy are being used (o plage poliey con- Tracts that really in- sure time when sick or in- Jured, monthly ~ payine stralght sccident, sioknoss, ted disability, complete bility—sverything in the of acgident and health insurance, Agents apply. 1n show. that it was rhuch more Important to ! have good roads in the farming dlstricts than to have better waterwAys. D. Ward King, inventor of the split log drag, a man with a national reputation,’told how to get good roads without cost. “While we have the best raliroad system in the world, our publie’ highwavs are worse than those of any civilized nation, Russia alone excepted.” sald Mr. Eld: ridge, who 18 of the United States office of public roads of the Department of Agrl- culture. ““There are 3,151,000 miles of public roads fn the United States, and of this mileage only 161,000 miles have been improved; that In only 7 per cent. Tn other words, we have 2000000 miles of roads which are mud In winter and dust in summer, enough had roads to reach around the earth at the equator elghty times. “To ship & bushel of wheat from New York to Liverpool in 1906 cost 3.8 cents a bushel, but It cost the farmer 6.4 cents to ship & bushel of wheat from his farm to the railroad station, :an average distance of 94 miles. . In other words, it cost the tarmer more to get his erop to murket or to the whipping point In many instances than it does from the shipping point to its final destination, by rall or water.” Effect on Coat of Hauling. To show the offect of road improvement on' the cost of hauling, Mr. Fldridge called attention to & specific case which recently came under his observation. The road from Dandridge to Jetferson City, Tenn., 1s ten miles long. On this road. before im. provement, twenty bushels of wheat made & good load for & two-horse team, requir- ing one duy o make the trip. Estimating the cost of men and team at §8 per day, the cost per bushel would be 15 conts, The ToAd has recently been Improved and the trip s now)made {n two-thirds of & day and fifty bushels of wheat is hauled with the same two-horse team, costing wp- proximately $2 for the load, or 4 cents a bushel. Showing the effect of road improvement on farm lands, Mr. Eldridge called atten- tion to a farm which wag recently sold {n Bullivan county, Tennessee. This farm be- longed to John Fain of Bristol, who ef, fered it for sale three years ago for $15,000, but falled to seoure & purchaser, The farm conslsts of 400 acres of fairly good upland, The road, which ran through the tarm, Was one of the worst In the state, This Toad has been recently macadamized and last fall Mr. Fain sold his farm without Alfticulty for $25,000 How to Raise Fands, Mr. Eldridge went into the subject of raising money for road Improvement and methods of road administration. He sug- &ested direct cash taxes for road improve- ment Instead of labor taxes and explained | the‘system of state ald which has been adopted In twenty-fiye states. This new teature conslsts of appropriating from the general atate treasury a portion of the | cost to buildink the most important roads, the counties and the townships paying | for the remainder, | “In g0od roads sections the farmers ralse frult and vegetables which produce an average for vegetables,for the United States of M2 per acre and for frult about | $90, while the average for graln, whear, eorn and oats I8 from §1 to §8 an acre, | sald Mr, Eldridze, | “The power required to pull & ton to arket on the average clay road is about 1% pounds, on the best gravel road it | takes about seventy-five pounds, but on the best macadam romds It takes but HOME OFFICE Merdhants’ |roads are built more | sald Mr. King. We make a spe- clalty of bonds for Watl, public officers, par-| ticularly for county officlals-elect, who must file their bonds on or before January 6, 1910. forty-five pounds. Assuming that one horse will exert a pressure against his collar of 125 pounds all day long, he will bo able to draw one ton fo market on the clay road, but on the gravel road he will haul about 1% tons to market and on a macadam road he will pull &bout 23 tons, practically three times as much as he could haul on & dirt road. Furth- ermore, on a good gravel or stong road a farmer will make the trip to market much quigker than on the mud road. In these day3 distance Is no longer measured by the yard stick, but by the clock's tick. Time {s money. “The cost of hauling crops to market depends ybon the size of the load, the number of trips which can pe made In a day, wear and tear on teams and equip ment and grades, 0od roads enlarge the areas of pro- ductivity for the reason that where good intensive farming is practiced and crops are grown which yield a larger. money return to the growef. Goed Romas Without Momey. “Gopd Roads Without Money” was the theme pf the address of D. Ward King, inventor of the split-log drag which s ex- tensively used in road making. ‘More than 1§ per cent of the ro.ds ct the nation are still of the native soil,” “‘Some of us have for yeurs been suspecting ‘that this state of affairs existed, when, during the first few yewrs of the agitation for good roads without imoney, 1 received letters of inquiry con- cerning ‘my methods from within 100 miles of Boston, 1 concluded that the western man who was prene to belleve that the entire east was covered with beautitul, smooth macadam roads, was mistaken. The figures produced by Mr. Eldridge disclose the fact that Missour| has a greater yor cent of stone and gravel roads than the proud and haughty state of Pennsylvania.” ON BARLEY BADGERS STRONG Wiseon Exhibit Tells Story of Grain Growing in North, The Badger state claims to have a well develuped and systematic plan for the dis- sribution of valuable seeds throughout the confines of the state. H. E. Krueger, act- ing. vice president for Wisconsin at the corn show, belleves this system ls greatly vesponsible for the excellent varieties of barley, oats, wheat and rye produced In the state. Samples of these grains are displayed in the Wisconsin booth, located near the northwest corner of the Auditorium main floor. Her® are shown, besides the full- grown sheaves of grain, the various seeds from which these products are Erown. Hottles are displayed contalning the tiny eeds from their inception until maturity. Barley is one of the principal grains of the Badger state. The farmers offer as proot of the excellence of their barley the fact that L. R. Zerbel of Madison captured the barley trophy, which is on exhibition. John Accole, also of Madison, showed the Milwaukee people what he could do by winning the Oderbrucker barley cup offered by the Chamber of Cpmmerce of the brew- ery eity. The Wisconsin College of Agriculture, & department of the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, shows an excellent collection of seeds. These are from grains grown on th* state experiment farms, adjacent to the university campus at Madison. Farmers of the Badger state are, for the most part, organized into & seed assocla- tion, through which they obtain desired seeds from the state experiment station. It is estimated that fully 1,600 farmers be- SAFETY RAZORS, the Latest Makes BARNEY & BERRY SKATES TURNING LATHES for Boys nckel’s Emperor Razor, $2 oach e 31" money away on cheap affair: very one warran- Don't throw ‘Then.we have lower priced good razors. Manicure Sets, qpn\?i ng Sets, Scissor Sets 'i'-Eig Cutlery, Carvers for Game, Roast, Steak Fo SCROLL SAWS r the Little Folks to the larger ones for Toot_power for larger boy Pocket Knives flver and pearl handled sciasor kniv. Miss our Pocket Knife Sale. Rem Never befo men from 25c upward o the finest Steriing have we shown such an fm. Varlety of patterns. All price Gombination Husting Knives. Don't ber, every one guarantéed. Tool Cabinels... but the over shown he Jus v the man ‘of house er his Nothing Yo H__l_l_mil Training Tools show a ur boy knows what he wants. We 1 T Remember, the rush for Christmas shopping is on. your selection now, JAMES MORTON & Don't delay. SON C0,, 511 . Nake unfon. Btandard varleties of commercial apples and promisine new kinds fill the shelves |of stx glass fronts of three double cases | Over 0 apples models are embraced In this collection, One case le devoted peach varieties, Chinese cling, the Peento, the Honey and the Spanish groups, fllustrated by about 250 models. In all these cases are small maps. which indicate the general reglons where each mpecles or varlety is grown. Th froft models offord authentlc represent tions of frult varleties valuable for |lus- trating publications, alding in or correcting nomenclature and in other phases of the work of the pomologist. Owing to the great commercial impor- tance of the grain industry elght cases are devoted to an exhibit of small grains, wheat, oats, barley, grain sorghums, rice, etc. An unusually fine and carefully se- lacted serles of samples, embracing all Anhe varieties imported by the department durlng recent years, are shown. Here are seen the forms of durum wheat of which the Kubanka has become famous, the Turkey, the Kharkov, the Minnesota, the Ghirka spring wheat, @& hardy drouth-resistant sort of oxcellent quality, the best varieties t onts Including the Swedish Seleot and Sixty-day varjetles; varieties of bar- ley, emmer and spelt, The grain sorghums include the Kowliang, the Kaffir, the Milo and Durra varleties, The rice dis: play includes hulled und unhulled sam- pleg of varieties now being experimented with, Including a number of the most desirpble orts. One case contains speci- mens which show the principal diseases of cereald, such as wheat scab, ergot, varfous forms of blight, smut and rust, The labels in all the grain cases give in- formation of practical value. One double case contalns material fllus- trating some of the features of the work of the bureau on corn. There are speci- mens showing the typical varieties grown in ‘the different regions of ‘the United States, others show corn varieties, while still others show the results obtalned by breeding for Increasing productivengss and other special purposes. This case also contalns an interesting series of photographs connected with of corn Investigation. Pure seed investigation is a thoroughly practical and very important line of work carried on in the seed laboratory of the bureau. The appliances and .a working exhibit glving daily demonstrations of testing seeds for purity and germination are interesting features of this exhibit. A unique series of photographs of forage plant seeds, their common adulterants and the weed seeds commonly found in commercial seeds are all instructive and add value to the pure seed display. Seed- men as well as those who buy seeds for the farm will be well repald by carefully studying this part of the government ex- hibit. FINE NORTH _ DAKOTA = PARTY, Big Delegation Brought by Wheelock & Wheelock of Fargo. One of the large visiting delegations to the show is the speclal. party of North Dakota farmers which come as the guests of Wheelock & Wheelock of Fargo. The object of the visit Is to afford an opportunity for these farmers to see the wonders of the National Corn exposition and especlally the grains and grasses which are adapted to that section of the oountry. The tirm acting as host wanted to give these farmers an opportunity to gain val- uable information so they may knpw more of the methods employed in raising corn, which Is fast gaining a foothold in North Dakota. These farmers have all made a success In growing wheat, oats, barley, rye, aifalfa potatoes and other grains and they wan to learn of corn. Most of them are well- to-do from having used practical farming methods. They will remain until Friday evening. The members of the party are: Mr, and Mrs. George Gavin, Wheatland; John Durkin, Embden; Emil Hadland, An- drew Hadland, Fargo; H. A. Button, Cas- selton; Alonzo Odell, ower City; G. M. Babeock, Beifleld; J. Flack, Page; Rob- ert Wadeson, Willlam Mahik€, Alice; Rev. {T. 0. Bkaar, C. E. Nugent, of Magll & | Co., seed merchants, Fargo; C. A. Whee- |lock, treasurer Wheelock & Wheelock, | Fargo; M. G. Boecher, in charge of adver- using, Wheelock & Wheelock, Fargo; ¥ | ¢. Btoltsman, solioitor Wheelock & Whoe- lock, Madison, 8. D.; Andrew Nordloef, so- llcitor Wheelock & Wheelock, Carthage, |8 b | BT L | COLORADO RANCH AT Flel ot Within Expes! } There is an entire farm of growing crops i at the National Corn exposition. There are waving flelds of wheat, oats and millet &l green swards of real alfalfa. Nestled in among the green fields is a ranch house with barns and sheds and threading the entire tract are stteams of running water This farm is located on the balcony at the Auditorfum just at the brow of the stalrway at the east end of the bullding It 1s the exhibit of Colorado and fs in charge of J. P. McCrery of Greeley, who is stats vice president of the Natlonal Corn ssociation and secretary of the Commer- claj elub of the normal school oity. The Colorado exhibit is surely & unique and clever one. Soll was placed within the exhibit and arranged to form a real Col- orado ranch. Water was run onto the soll, soeds planted and scarcely had the expos- ition opened its gates before the seeds had taken root and burst into luxuriant growth. It is a typlcal irrigation ranch, for in the centennial state, irrigation controls the { destiny of agriculture. Vast arld tracts have been reclaimed by the use of water and the greatest engineering projcts of the f to | Including the Persfan. the | the Bubjeot | SHOW | navigable, yet it must be actually navi- gated. ad no other equally etfective method | {for the regulution of freight rates has been \‘IUKII‘HPLL And the gross discrimination in rallway frelght tates against the country | | west of the Mississippi river will continue, | both in regard to commodities shipped In | for consumption and commodities s ipped | out to market. To provide these cheaper facllities of transportation, and to regulate rallway rates throughout the whole trans- missiasippl country, the Improvement and | actual navigation of the Misgour| river {« @ necessity. Tha conversion of the Missiri river Into a navigable channel is practioa: ble from every standpoint. Expert engi [neers. both In the government service and civil lite, 80 pronounca it. A practical cst of the methods proposed by the govern- ment enginéers has been made, on a long stretch of the rivet, and has resuited in BTent success. e cost of such Ifiprovemant will yleld such splendid return on the Investment that there Is no reason to hesitate to make the expenditure. The river should be improved, and made a part of the Great Lakes-to-the. | Gult deep waterway project, and once made {8 part of that great ¥atém would be as important and valuable to the people of the whole country as any other part of that gTeat Interior waterway system. We favor syatematic and comprehennive Improvement of the whole Missouri river. We will cheerfully leave fo the engineers {or any bodies of commercial comminsioners | competent to so determine plans and meth- ods and procedure when the work Is to be begun\and How it {s to be carrled forward, |provided the pians comprehend _the whole |length of the river, &nd contemplate ocon- truing' work untll ‘the whole stream shall |be developed. Also that while the work s |golng forward, all shall be done to pro- |mote existing havigation that may be done | conststéntly with the whole plan and with- |out waste of morey. |, We belleve the money expended In this imbrovement would be & permanent invest- ment; therefore, we earneatly urge congress to provide by an lssuance of bonds fro |time to time for continuing the work of | | this worthy project, when once begun, and When money from curfent revenues may be found insuffictent or unavallable. We belleve there is a great misston for | this Missour River Nevigation' congre [Btramuthen (toatf . 3 pipomos | en itself In its resourcea. ne ‘lhuuls bo provided to. carry forward the work ausplciously beguh some years ago, |#nd to perfect the aitairs of the congr $o a definit end. and purpose, The facts | when tully carried out and compiled should | b8 published widely ambng the states repre- {serited In this congrems. Local organiga- |tions of subsidiary® character should be gatablished and kept constantly at work |along the river fof u 8 purpane of educating | the peaple s o the bomsibilities and bene- e T rom its lagting {mprovement. e o © eraffirm the faith and dpvotl | this “orguniantion o the cause of \mprove: iment and navigation of interlor rivers and | waterways of the whole country, and espe- clally 'do we approve of the lnkes-to.the | BUlf deep waerway profect as one of vital mportance and necessary to the successtnl {grovement and navigation of the ool |latéral streams of sa B id" deep waterway | In view of the opinlon of President T [and othars In autharity that dsfigite plans |of improvement of this very worthy proj:et sheuld be presented to the federal conyress and be adopted by sald congress before expenditures of money be made we call upon the senators and members of congress | In the several states represented In ' this | Missourl River Navigatlon congress to formulate and present to the federal con- gress or have the same prepared by gov- Srrment engineers a plan of comprehen: sive lm?rovnmant of all the Interior water- um& and o1 waxs of the country. e ‘Lord helps fhose who help them- soives. ‘W commend to the municipell i along the Missouri river the action of legislature and opigsot inols in the | propriation of $20,000.000 to perfect and | prove the Iiinols river and canal trom C cago to the Mississippi river, and sugges: |to sald municipalities that they themselve: |improve thelr own water front and buil suitable wharves to facilltate the handling of freight and river trafflo and also to beautify their river front from an artlstic standpoint as far as possible, Meanwhile we favor the immediate use (i Ahe Missourl river evervwhere by boat lines and through the organization of new boating enterprises from fime to time. Wa belleve that the fostering and ehcourage- ment of navigation upon that river in its Erelen! condition is wise and far-sighted, oth because of the present demand for water transportation along its courses, ana because we belleve that no object lesson lo the people angd to the mercantile worla is or can be so forcible and convincing in favor of improvement of the river and the use of federal funds therefor ms its actual | present use under exlsling cond! thereby proving that a stream which is In general actual use merits such further im- provemant. Clarke Oppowes Resolution. The resolutions Were presented by Justin |A. Runyan of Kansas City, chairman of | the committee, who moved their adoption. This motion was strenuously opposed by Henry T. Clarke, who objected to endors- |Ing the deep water channel profect. He based his opposition on the treatment ac- | corded the Missour! tiver advocates at con- | vertions of the deep water advocates. | White of South Dakota also seemed to be |onposed, and moved to lay on the table. | Governor ‘Burke declared his motion out of |order and the resolutions were then ac- cepted, with but two or three dlssenting | votes. Previous to the presentation of the reso- |Jutions speeches had been heard from Vice President Deland of South Dakota, Uncle {Joe Redman of Omaba, Judge Biand of Kansas City and John KFox, secretary of the Natjonal Rivers and Harbors ~ongress. Mr Redmah expreseéd the hope that eon- gress would bring about a re-establishment of navigation on_the Missourl, even better than It used to be In the old davs. Mesars. Deland and Bland made strong arguments for the idea. that a plan shoull be agreed on and that then the men of the Tran missigsippt country should stand for that | plan and plt it through. Fox Loaded with Facts. Secfetary Fox was loaded with facts and figures uching the commierce of the coun- try, and Jts division betiveen rail and water carclers. The contrasts he presented in tigures, ad to the vastly lower cost of water tranisportation, whether by river or Iake, made the members hoid their breath. “Educate, Agitate and make this mighty empire of thé west come Into Its own," w his parting ‘message to the delégates. Mr. Fox was bhos::’:d with congratulations at the eonclusios his address, which was tull of sound reasons for opening to com- merce the great waterways of the country, and outlined ways to Ko about it that other similar associations have found valuable. Governor Vessey of South Dakota and Herbert Quick are on the program for ad- dresses this morning. RS D ee— store belng broken, stating that the hole broken In the giass was 14x23 inches In size The witness stated that no footprints could be found In the rear of \ie bullding leading to the broken glass. The alleged robber was supposed to have entered the store by means of the broken window, but the gov- | ernment will, as the result of the testimony |of Mr. Weltzel and other witnesses, con- tend that It would have been physically impossible for even the smnallest man to have crawled through a hole only 14x2 inches in size, with jagged edges, and with no support in the way of boxes or a ladder on the outside. Mysterious Drive that Night. Another important witness for the gov- ernment was John Langfeldt, who was a guest of Cantonwine on the night of the alleged fobbery. The evening of September 18 he went to the opera house. Cantonwine stating that himself and wife were going to drive out In the country on & business |trip. When Langfeldt returned to the Can- tonwine home about 10 o'clock that evening he was surprised, he testified, to find both Cantonwine and his wife there. The witness testified that he stated to Cantonwine that he thought he (Canton- wine) had gone out into the country, and that Cantonwine replied that they had gone a short dlstance and then, because of the darkness and having run into a wire fence, they had concluded to return. 1t Is supposed the government's purpose in offering this testimony Is to base the foun- dation for the contention that while on this drive Cantonwine went to his store and abstracted from the safe the money which he the next morning claimed had been stolen. In order to convict Cantonwine of per- jury it will be necessary for the govern- ment to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the alleged robbery was a ‘“fake" one, and it 18 because of this that the alleged robbery occuples so large a part in the testimony of the witnesses for the government. Naturally there 18 great curlosity as to the nature of the testimony to be offered in behalt of Cantonwine, and as to what explanation will be made to. that part of the teatimohy of Langfeldt in which Lang- feldt stated under oath while on the wit- ness stand that the broken picces of glass from the broken window were all on the outside of the store bullding. AFFAIRS OF OMAHA INDIANS (Continued from First Page.) committee which was fheard today that there are 150 Indians about whom there can be no doubt as to their competency to hald lands in fee and if patents were issued to these 10 Omahas, $,W0 in taxes could be collected making it possible for the county to begin road-making and bridge-bullding which everybody, both on and contiguous, to the reservation, so badly needs. The committee also presented to the com- missioner the need of an investigation with the view of determining heirships and to help helrs consolidate thelr land into workable quantities. Illustrétions were cited where some Indian heirs had haif a | dozen pleces of land in different parts of the reservation, none of wiilch exceeded sixteen acres In size. But by theé system of mutual exchange, these lands could be consolidated and each helr have about sev- enty acr Little Incentive to Work. They pointed out that as long as these lands were widely rcattered there was no incentive on the part of the Indians to work thelr holdings or make homes for themseives, whereas it holdings were con- solidated home building would result and Indians become sélf-supporting. Among Indians or squaw men cited as eminently capable of holding their lande in severaity and managing their own affairs was Thomas H. Tibbies, erstwhile candl- date for the vice presidenoy and bryan's companion, philosopher and friend, who, through his marriage to Bright Eyes Is en- joying iucrement from a quarter section of as magnificent land as In all outdoors, but upon which not one cent of taxes ls paid. Hiram Chase, well known attorney, was another case oited as belng wholly capable of managing his own affairs and to whom patent should Issue at once. District Attorney Charjes A. Goss ar- rived in Washington today for the purpose of looking after his fences to see whelher they are “hog tight" and “horse tight' Heing & candidate for reappointment he naturally wants to find out how senators stand toward him and his ambition. Representative Haugen today Introduced bills appropriating $100,000 for sites and ereption of public bulidings at Oelwine and Charles City, Ia. Representative Hinshaw today introduced la bill providing that any child of a sol- die dor sallor who was regularly enlisied in the army or navy during the late war of the rebellion, which child was blind a: the time of sald enlistment or has since be come blind before attaining the age of sixteen years and -has now reached the age of fifty years shall have a pension of 3100 per month. Fees for Customs Officers. Representative Gordon of Tennessee to- @ay introduced & bill providing an amend- ment to the existing law regarding payment for services of surveyors of ports in various localities throughout the United Siates. The bill provides that they shall receive a salary of $80 per annum In addition to fees which they now recelve. This bill, should it become & law, would affect surveyors of ports at Omahs, Burlington, Keokuk and Dubucue. Blds were opened todsy at the Treasury department for the construction of an ex- tension to the public bullding at Daven- port, Ia, The bidders were as follows: Hannan Bros. of Willlamsport, L'a.. §59,266. Hazelton & Walin of Chicago, $67,50. General Construction company of Mil- state are now confined to diverting the| Sterling Ware—FREMZRR-15th & Dodge. | waukee, #7510, | B I Meerschaum 50 Meerschaum $3 Pipes, In case H Pipes, In cas 00 9 Meerschaum Pipes, in cases, $4.50 $7 Meerschaum Pipés, in cases, $3.50 A large assortment of Cigar and Ci, Why not H. BESEL Pipes for Christmas At One-Half Price There is no more acceptable gift to the man who smokes than a nice pipe. Full sample lines on sale until Christmas—Your choice at these low prices— uy him a pipe for Xmas? There {8 nothing would please him 1404 Douglas Street Pipes, In case: in cases ..... $8 Meerschaum §4 Briar Plpes, $5 Briar Pipes In cases . $6 Briar Pipes, in cases ..... garette Holders in cases at haif prices. etter. IidN & SON Lcopold Dying; No Hope Held | by Royal Court| King of Belgium is Kept Alive by Artificial Means—Relapse | Late Today. BRUSSELS, Dec. 1b.—The death of King | Leopold appears imminent, He had a dis- | tinct relapse this evening and is now being kept alive through artificial means. Tubes have been inserted in the intestines to ful- | fill the functions which ha’e been stopped by paralysis. Court clicles have practically no hope of the patient's survival The physicians this forenoon lssued the | following bulietin: | *“The king's condition is stationary. Tem- | perature 977-10 and pulse 7 His majesty's private Gotfinet, tn spite of tho officlal bulletin, declared that the condition of the royal patient was not very satisfactory this morning. | PARIS, Dec. 15.—A dispatch to the Tefps from Brussells, says: ! King Leopoll is doomed. Before the operation was undertaken the phisicians | were in doubt whether he was suffering from a simple Intestinal obstruction which an operation would relleve, or from paraly- sis of the intestine for which there was no remedy. Since the operation there has | been no sign of intestinal actiyity and this has led the doctors to conclude there s paralysis. UNCLE SAH HAS PROBLEM tary, Baron tion on the subject, the State department | officials discredit the news published some days ago of amy Important engagements ne- (Continued from First Page.) | | tween |the government and revolutionary | forces at Rama, in which the revolution- sald to have been defeated. The tact that the government has recelved uo information on the subject Is regarded as almost proof positive that no engagement has taken place at Rama. COLDS CAUNE HEADACHE, LAXATIVE BROMO Quinin:, the world wide Cold and Grip remedy removes cause. |Cal for full name. Look for signature E | W. Grove. f6e. Suggestions For Christmas | Wardrobe Trunks Steamer Trunks Hat Trunks ..., Ladles' Shopping I in Omaha, at ... Traveling Bags . | Buit Cas sone $1.50 to 844, Travelers' Photograph Frames §1.60 to 87 Drinking Cups and Flasks ..860 to $5.76 | |Jewel and Bilck Pin Cases 2%c to 84| | Coat Hangers 250 to 83 Collar and Tie Cases $1.50 to $5 Manicure Seiw .81 to 815 | Fitted Traveling Casos contain everything | necessary for the toilet $1.50 10 83! rds and Letter Cases, Bill Folds, each, A% s 0 oy 0 0 e .....380 to 86 Traveling Cases, not fitted §1 to 87 Men's Puress . .r.m t0 Ofl.ss edlcine Cases, contalning from 2 to uuumu. at e %1 to 812 Collapsible Umbrellas for sult cases, u each hesee to 96 Music Rolls .. 50 to 875 | 85 to 935 $7 to 835 select line $1 to 830 83 to 860 | ags, most Leather Goods | Freling & Steinle | Where TRUNKS Are Made 1803 Faraam St Tel, Doug, #73. Hot Chocolate Free You need refreshments when out shopping. A cup of hot cho- colate is the ‘very thing. From now till Christmas, every lady making a purchase of 10 cents or more at our store will hav A oup of hot chocolate fr For MOTHER or SISTER What will you give them for Christmas? Let us help you se- lect a suitable present. Box Candy . 5c 'to $3.00 800 to 1600 to §1.60 36c to $1.50 Bottle Perfume Bottle Tollet Wate| B0c to §5.00 x Paper . .800 Manicure Sets Halr Brushes Engraved Init Fountain Pens Hot Water Bot Hand Mirrors Nail Buffers Manlcure 8 all prices. Combs, Sachet Powders and suitable articles, Store open 7 A. M. to 11 p. m. HOWELL DRUG CO. -209 North 16th Hotel Loyal. "“and Files, Fancy Soaps, many other is all you need return; borrow any amount. Our payments are 80 small you will never miss pay- 4 ing it back, and 1L AuY CASH come in handy for Christmas expenscs right now ?—Business strictly confidentlal. 20c Weekly 400 Woeekly 800 Weekly Pays a $40 Loan Other amounts in llke prfllmr"flnv “Ask us about our Free Interest plan” THE J. A. HUTTON CO., 514-18 Paxton BIk.—Dou; “Open evenings until Cl . . Sticky Sweating Palms ufter taking salts or eathartie waders—did you ever notice thad wuary all gone feeling-—the pslms of your hands sweat—and rotten taste in your mouth — Cathartics oniy move by sweating your bowels =Dg a lot of burt—Tfy & CASCA- RE® and see how much easier the job Is done — how much better you feal [ e box for & wilke AT Arvigktets, Aiggest seller LAST TIME TONIGHT COMAN'S THE AMERICAN IDEA With TRIXIE PRIGANZA snd & bif, triliant cast of 78, anfl Sat—Relkin's ¥iddish Co. THEATER Fri ~—PRICES— KRUG THEates THE GIRL AND THE DETEDTIVE Sunday—THE CANDY XID GUp NN R AUvaNCED VAUDEVILL& Matinee Every Day, 2:16. - Night, 8:18, Th Week ‘Circimstautial vidence," Winona Winter, Ahear Troup, Charles Montrell, Charles Kenea, Pauline Moran, illes, Kinodrome and the Orpheuin Orchestray 10¢, 2be und S0c 50 te 730 QA YETY Epeite 070, (Formerly thie Burwood) zos® ENGLISH FOLLY CO. LUXTBAVAGANEA AND VAUDEVILLE Wothing Greater in town, exoepting $he Corn_Show. Ladies' Dime Matines Dally Bat. Wight (wrestling)—Westergerd va. Gus Feaby, the German Giant,