Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 23, 1910, Page 1

t A 4 [ L] 1 > ’)lfiom * “iian n one of yesterday's clashes. L} . THE OMAHA BEE ) 1a the most powerfnl business getter in the west, because it goes to the homes of poor and rieh, ! * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Snow; cold For lowa—Snow; partly cloudy, For weather report see page 2. OL. XXXIX-NO. 214 TREET CARS STOP N PHILADELPHIA All Am;lpt to Give Traction Service is Abandoned Before Dark. COMPANY WILL TRY AGAIN TODAY Say it Has Enough Men and Demand Protection. MAY CALL OUT STATE TP"0PS e Ve Mayor Holds Further %% with Governor Stu ‘nee | M 7 | MORE TALK OF GENERAL Uslons Rewent Arrest of Orid Fratt on Charges, They Saymf Trumped Up—He s Re. 2 leaned on Bond. PIILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.—All street cars have been withdrawn from the streets of Philadelphia for the night. | Following a conference with Gov. Stuart | at the Unlon League, this afteroon, | Mayor Reyburn held a consultation with the heads of the various city departments and decided to prepare to cail on the gov- ernor for the entigs state militia In case | the palice tomorro® find themselves unable | 1o cope with the rioters. The cructal potnt in the situation prom- ises to develop tomorrow. The company will attempt to start their cars on the reg- | ular schedule and, it the police do not| give them adequate protection, will demand that the mayor forward to the governor the request for state troops. o | The general striks ordered by President | Murphy today may also materialize. C. O. Pratt, the national organizer of the street car men, after his release on bail today, held a conterence with President Murphy, at which he is reported to have urged| tho Inexpediency of a general strike, but Murphy, at the close of the conference, stated that he still believed that a general | strike {8 inevitable. Of the 200,000 or more | members of the labor unions, in this city, 3 have already voted to go on strike, afording to the secretary of the Central Labor Unlon. Whether the leaders who are | opposing a general strike will be able to| defer a walkout tom is problematic. | A delegation of labor leaders left for Wash Ington this afternoon to consult with Sen- ator Penrose and urge him to use his in- tluence toward a peaceable settlement. Pratt Released on RBo) Aftor spending the night In a cell at the city hall, Pratt was given a hearing in ‘the Central police court and-held in '$3,000 bail. He was charged with riot, inciting to riot and conspiracy, Before Pratt's case was heard, a number of all rloters were given hearings. Two af them, were. W Dail - to-mwait the result of Thju received by a police- Small Riot at Germantown. Among other seripus disturbances of the was a small riol At Germantown and gh avenues in the northern part of the oity. - A jirge crowd had gathered, throwdrrs misdles at the few cars In npqrnlun. . Fifally one car came along with twé policenfen, who fired their pistols in the alr. For{unately no one was hit, but the shots aftracted a larger crowd. Mounted policemen galloping up swung thelr clubs right and left and when the melee was over some of the men had lacerated scalps. Oné man's arm was broken by a police- man's olub. § This riot ‘occurred -on the edge of Ken- sington, one of the world's great mill dis- tricts, The state fencibles, numbering about 200 men, equipped with guns and boyonets, were sent Into that territory this morning. Murphy May Be Arrested. Murphy sald be had heard the rumor of the issuance of a warrant for him and declared he was ready for it at any time. ““They can serve it whenever they want to,” he sald, “and the response of the unjon workmen will be swift and sure. Efforts_of some of Pratt's friends to see him during the morning were made im- posaible by the police. The central station and central police court are on the sixth floor of the big ecity hall, The orders were rigid and hundreds of men And boys arrested vesterday and last night for participating in the disorder were given heatings without the presemce of friend \ Duting the morning hours there was the usudl stoning of cars In several parts of thé city In which no one ‘was serlously huft. The most serious trouble ocourred in the northeast section, when two boys were shot by a policoman, it is said. One of the youths was struck in the chest by a bullet and was seriously wounded. Ne Effort at Peace.'. No hand has yet been ralsed in an effort to bring about a peaceful settlement of the strike. The Philadelphia Rapld Transit company says It Is & fight to the end. This is albo the declaration of the union. The company is running cars on the principal lines, but the service Is not regular and but few people venture to ride. The political situafion in \ must hot be forgotten. The pregident of the Central Labor union, Murphy, was last fall & candidate for city treasurer on the | tieket of the Willam Penn party, the re- form organization that has made bitter WAr on the dominant political organization in Philadelphia. . Murphy was badly de- téated At the polls. Palitics has also played a part ln the management of the street rallway system, the local leaders taking active interest in it. Brigadier General Wendell P. Bowman, commander of the Pirst brigade, National Guard of Pennsylvania, and Henry Clay, diredtor of the department of public satet; went Inte cojifersnce at 11 o'clock. As they lscussed yesterday the advisability of hav- ing the troops ready for instant call, It is presumied their conference today had to do with the same subject RAILROAD BILL DELAYED Admiunistration Measure Will Not Ready to Report for Two : Weeks, . WASHINGTON, Ieb ~The adminis- Uaton rallroad bill will vot ba ready te be rirorted to the house for two weeks, | manded by the city engineer last Saturday, | attending a conventfon of city engineers | | brick, broken rock, hitching posts, | Cowduroy or his relatives. but no one Is | permitted above the fifth floor. | Philadelphia | Harry Cowduroy Is Out and Ugly Charges Are In Resigns on Demand of City Engineer Craig, with Whom Accusations Are Lodged. [ City Engineer Cralg has recelved and a cepted the resignation of Harry Cowduroy. The resignation {s sald to have been de- but Cowduroy Insists ha voluntarlly ten- dered it to avold placing the engineer in an | awkward position. Mr. Craig is in Chicago and counclimen, and will be away until Friday or Saturday. Harry Cowduroy has been for several OMAHA, WEDNESDAY GRAIN TRADERS GIVE THEIR SIDE Vice President Merrill of Chicago ‘Board and Inspector Culver of Toledo Chief Witnesses, TRADING IN FUTURES DEFENDED Speculators Fill Gap Between Pro- ducer and Consumer, PICKELL CAUSE OF BIG SENSATION Chicago Editor Says Bucketshops Are Back of Scott Bill. years foreman of the asphalt street repair | gang. wnd it s through John Martin, & | teamster working on these repairs, that the charges are sald to have been pre- senfed to the city engineer. Martin asserts that Cowduroy has frequently directed him to load and haul material from different points about the city to the home of the foreman at 117 South Twenty-ninth avenue. Martin is alleged to have made a state- iment of times, places and character and | amount of alleged stolen material to the city engineer. He says the work for Cow- duroy was done on city time, and that some of the material hauled to the Cowduroy | place was city material; also that all the work done for the foreman at his home was done on city tirse and pald for by the ity He also alleges that faterial was sold from city premises and the money taken by the foreman, and that sand, cement, paving kind- ling wood and other stuff was hauled by him from varlous locations tg the home of Gust Thoren, a mason, living at 3007 Web- ster street, is aleo brought Into the case with an affidavit corroborating in some respects the story of Martin. Cowauroy denles any wrongdoing, except that he admits selling street waste, like broken asphalt, and keeping the money. He insists this is a usual thing among street foremen everywhere. He also claims that whatever new material e took to hls place was bought amd pald for by him, and nmes the firms he purchased from, likewise that whatever work was done for him by Martin | or any other city employe he pald for out of his own pocket. Minnesota Regente May Call Roosevelt Ex-President May Be Offered Presi- dency of University on Return from Africa. MINNBAPOLIS, Minn, Feb. 22.—(Spe- clal.)—Theodore Rooweveit, ex-president of the United States, has been suggested as prosident of ghe University of Minnesota by ‘the. Beliman, a will-knosknJocal monthly publication, and the regents of the state university. Though the regents refuse to give out any of the veSults of their Qelib- erations, ti is known that they afe consid- ‘ering the proposition serfously. Twin City the ex-president as head of the growing northwestern school. Mr. Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to visit the Twin Cities in October, whem he will speak before the Minnesota Bduca- tional Assoclation. If the regents decide to make him the offer of the place here, if will be made at that time. British Oppose . Knox’s Court . Foreign Office Hostile to Clothing Tribunal with Power to Arbi- trate Between Nations. \WWASHINGTON, Feb, 28.—Afier several months, consideration the/ British foreign office has returaed a reply that, in general terms, 1s unfavorable to Secretary Knox's proposition to clothe the highveourt, to be created, as the result of the fnternational maritime conference at London, with power | o arbitrate differences between the powers signatory to The Hague convention. The nature of /the British objection can- not vet be leained, but it Is believed they are not basic, and the way may yet be opened by subsequent negotiations which will clear away certain doubts in the British mind as to the scope of the pro- posed new ‘court. {BQONE “SCHOOL MAN QUITS J. C. King, Long Oity Superintende: Presents Resignation and Works for Publishing House. —J. C. King, superintendent of the Boone | schools for many years, resigned this morn- | ing and the board accepted the resignation | with regret. Mr. King will be released April 1. He goes to Chicago to accept a position with the Newson company, educa- tional publishers, in an ‘editorial and pro- moting capacity. He will return here May 1 to close up the school year. He is one of the best known educators in the central {w Nothing has been done about a suc- cessor, but it is rumored Prof. Marshall, BOONE, Ia., Feb. 22.—(Special Tilan-m,) business men are enthusiastic In favor of | WOULD AID CANADIAN MARKETS Witnesses Insist that Ban on Trad- ng in Fuatures Would Drive Some Dealers Across the Border. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Grain ex- changes today closed their side of the case in the movement to abolish transactions in futures. The committee has yet to hear the “insurgent” wing of the New York Cotton exchange and a delegation from the New Orleans Cotton exchange, which does ot agree to all of the statements made by the ruling faction. These hearings probably will be held some time next week, after which the committee will be ready to vote upon the proposed legislation. Vice: President Merrill of the Chicago grain inspector at Toledo, and president of the Chief Inspectors’ National associa- tion; J. Ralph Pickell, editor of the Na- tional Hay and Grain Reporter of Chi- cago; J. W. Snyder of Baltimore, B. T. Cushing of New York, all fn opposition to the Scott bill and other similar measures, and Representative Gronna of North Da- kota, in advocacy of it, were today’'s wit- nesses. Would Ald Canadian Markets. Mr. Culver read a telegram from Frank I King of Toledo, United States has no monopoly on trading in grain futures; that Winnipeg and other Canadian markets would expand rapidly it congress should restrict. American grain trade, and suggesting that congress should not confuse bets made in ‘bucketshops, or puts and calls, with grain contrpcts for future delivery made upon legitimate boards of trade. “There is as much difference between reg- ular boards of trade and bucket shops,” he sald, “as between national and faro banks." Mr. Pickell therw a bomb into camp by declaring that the bucket shops are bi- hind the Scott bill. Pickell {s a neighbor of Scott. Mr| Scott expeoting a sinister interpretation, asked wheat he meant. the Blcket shops, barred:hy"state legisla- tlon, favored legislation to restrict or abolish the ecxchanges. Mr. Pickell read a lette rfrom the Kansas Grain Dealers’ assoclation urging that the Scott bill be enacted into la' Merrill is Star Witn Mr. Merrill was a star witness, For jriy-two years he had been a member had executed a speculative transaction. He declared the decision of the supreme court in the Christy case had given the Chicago Board of Trade a ‘clean bili of health and he believed the Scott bill was unconstitutional. He said there is always an Intent to recelve or deliver in its trans- actions, that hedging of grain is an ab- solute certainty to the banker, that specu- mtors fill a gap between the producer and the consumer. Chairman Scott again read the market letter to which he referred last week as sent from a member of the Chicago board, and containing extravagant, objectionable statements, Mr. Merrill agreed that the statements were undignified and said that ihey appeal to the small speculators, who Lnot equipped for transacting buainess, He sald probably %0 per cent of the Chicago board agreed In' this view. It was a mat- ter of a private business and it was hardly feasible to establish a censorship of such letters, though there has been some talk of righting the evil. Chairman Scott thought action was feasible and suggested that the elimination of such 'objection- able matter would go far toward doing away with the criticisms of the board. There was no complaint, suggested Mr. Scott, as to the purely legitimate hedging transactions. $peculative Busineas Small. Mr. Merrill, replying to the chairman, de- clared the withdrawal of the class of trade that uses the board In the same way A it would use the’ bucket shops Involved too small & business to be felt on the Chicago board. “If the Scott bill,” asked Representative Burleson, ‘“confines itself exclusively to transactions where the buyer has no in- tent to receive or the seller to deliver, then you-have no objection to the Scott bill?" “Not If that is the provislon of that Lill, but it is not. And, let me say that no insurance scheme could work in place of hedging. The biggest speculators or gambler or bettor Is the insurance company which bets the face of its polley against the present principal of the school, may be chosen. the premium. The percentage of the com- panies that fall Is larger than the percent- age of speculator: “Hats off, the flag goes by,” is calevlated to thrill the true American heart—at the proper time, in the right place. “Hats off when the flag goes aloft,” was the more familiar tune to th itors of the Omaha public schools T\ morn- ing. | It is the rule on Jegal holidays to send the Stars and Stripes to the masthead on all publie schools. Usually this chore s a ! mere detall in the day’'s work. This year it was a struggle comparable only to the task of keeping the flag floating high in battle. As soon as the banner was made fast to the halliards and the brave janitors accarding ta’ the statement of Chairman Manh of the committee on Interstate and forelmg commerce today. The senate com- mittod® cxpected to complete its work on C.NIIHM’ essayed to holst away the wild wind took | hold of the starry folds and whipped them about In wild abandon. The man wha could hold his hat, bl t haul hard on the | mala halllards and te his flag to the Old Boreas Resists the ‘Hoisting of Old Glory peak, while standing on the exposed roof of a school building—he was doing some work. On a windy day a big flag made fast on only one side acts in the unexpected and diabolic fashion of the untrained stove pipe of old. The flagman's legs, arm: face, everything, s In the way of the sweep of the hurricane-like flapping plece of bunting. For the time being it loses the lovable charaocteristics of Old Glory and takes on the annoying features of Old Nick. However, be It sald to the undying eredit of the janitors of the Omaha schools, they 4id send the flags aloft to whip saualy in the blizzardly breezes; ari as Father George cast a spirit eye vu the face of his beloved nation he folded his wings com- portably with the thought that all was well in Omaba, Board of Trade, Edward H. Culver, chief | pointing out that the | Mr. Pickell explained that he meant that. of the Board of Trade, he said, and never | are undesirable on the board, as' they are | MORNI .\'(; , FEBRUARY 23, 1910—TWELVE PAGES SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. From the St. Louls Time: | Will Not Deliver Death Blow to Min- istry During Budget Fight. WAR TO ESD, SAYS BALFOUR Privileges. LONDON, Feb. 32.—The political ‘atmos- phere continued heavy when Parliament reassembled today, but @ ray of hepe ap- peared with the announcement that-the na- tionalists earlier In the day had decided not to move an amendment to the address |in reply to the speech from the throne. The text of the nationalist resolution fol- lows: “Resolved, That having regard for the | supreme importance of the constitutional struggle going on between the two houses of Parliament, .and being convinced that the primary business of this Parliament was to act on the mandate given In the general election and proceed forthwith to limit the veto power now exercised by the House of Lords over all progressive legis- lation, the Irish party decides not to complicate that great issue by moving an amendment to the address, or by balloting for bills and motions during the present sesslo This decision accepted generally to méan that -aithough John Redmond, the nationalist leader, had rendered judgment against the government, he and. his follow- | ers had decided to defer the execution of the sentence -and not to throw out the cabinet over the budget, while abstatining from supporting the financlal measure, as they- abstained in the last Parliament. ~ Home rule for Ireland s the stake for which the nationalists are playing. Says alfour. In & speech at a political luncheon to- day Arthur J. Balfour, leader of the op- position in the House of Commons, also helped to clear the atmosphere by intl- mating that the unionists did not propose to throw any unnecessary difficulties in the way of the government in dealing with the impending problem of finance, the so- lution of which was necessary for the car- rying on of the administration, though he added: “When it comes to larger problems in- volving matters of principle concerning the House of Lords, therg can be neither & compromise nor an arrangement. Upon the resumption of debate' in the House of Commons George N. Barns, chalr- man of the parllamentary labor party, aligned the laborites with the matlonalists and demanded further ‘assurances that (Contisued on Second Prge) Automobile Deal- ers are giving inter- estingspecifications of the cars exhibited at the show today. Cars of all classes---pleasure and commercial machines' trucks and delivery wagons—larg: and small— gasoline cars and steemers. Look them over. They are correct and are iriportant to prospective buyers. Bargains in new cars repair- ing and painting is also shotwn under this elassification, Wateh this elassifi ation every day for something ney IRISH DEFER DECAPITATION |Shackletord | Untonist Leader “Ne gt | | om Financial but Bitter ‘Battle for Lords | | cireulating notes have Worries About Notes in Bank Congressman from Missouri Has Re: olution Jnquiring Into Issue s of Paper. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Whether the banks of . the United States are getting ready to issue emergency currency s a question that is puzzling Representative Shackleford of Missourl, who today intro- duced in the house a resolution calling on | the secretary of the treasury for informa- tion bearing on the subject. | Mr. Shackleford had heard unofficlally that under the emergency act of May 0, 1908, the bureau of engraving and printing printed $1,132,100,990 of this currency and that $444,463,850 of that amount was issued to banks in the ordinary course of busi- ness. This left $687,697,140 of emeregncy cur- rency in possession of the Treasury de- partment on February 2, 1910, Mr. Shackleford wanted the secretary of the treasury to inform the house as:fol- lows: What natlonal currency associations have been formed under the emergency currency. act. What amount of eirculating notes have | been issued to banks under the provisions'| of that act on February 1, 1910. To what banks it has been issued. Have the securities upon which such | been issued been | statement of the et forth in the dally Tnited States treasurer? Have such circulating notes Issued to banks been shown In the ecirculation state- ment fssued monthly by the Treasury de- partment? Moving Pictures | " for Insane Asylumi State Board Will Use Machine as Method of Amusing the Patients. LINCOLN, Feb, 22.—The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings will buy a moving plcture machine for the amusement of the insane patients at the Norfolk asy- lum. Superintendent J. P. Percival says that these plotures appear to sooth pa- tients and that they can watch them with out the exciting effects incident to other forms of diversion. WICKERSHAM CGIVES FACTS Attorney General Discusses Railroad Bill with Senate Committee. SESSION IS MOST INSTRUCTIVE Opvonciis and Supporters of TIIL Sny et Cleliring Up Situation and Ask Him to Appear Again ) Today. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—Several hours again were devoted by the senate commit- | tee on interstate commerce today in ls- tening to Attorney General Wickersham expound his views concerning necessary amendments to the interstate commerce law. Tt had been expected he would com- plete his explanation of the administration railroad bill today In time to permit the méking of & taport to the senate. Members of the committee were so much intereated in what he had to that they !nvited him to come back again tomorrow. It Is not now expected that the bill will be re-, ported until late in the week. Every phase of the railroad rate question touched on in the amendments proposed by ing -attention and practicdlly all of the members of the committee have taken part in the examination of the attorney general, Supporters and opponents of the bill alike united in the statement that the sessions are the most instructive that they have ever attended and that the views of Mr. Wickersham will be helpful in debate in the bill after it 1s reported to the sehate. While the majority of the members of | the committee will Vote to report the ad- ministration bill with very few changes it 5 likely that Senators Cummins and Clapp, and perhaps one or two of the democrhtic members may dissent and bring in the Cummins' bill as a minority report. Publi chearings were closed today by the house committee on interstale com- merce which Is considering the adminis- tration bill, but Chairman Mann expressed the opinion that no report could be made for a fortnight or more. Executive ses- sions_on the bill will be begun by the house committee next Friday The basis for the bill, which will be reported by the house committee, is the administration, but Mr. Mann will urge that features of his bill, which are not included in the administration measure be incorporated In it. The Mann bill omits the proposed court of commeérce, Willlam R. Wheeler, former assistant secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor and now manager of the traffic bureau of the Merchants' association of (Continued on Second Page.) Burnett Needed Money to Fix Others, Says Conger ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 2.—Fuller detals a8 to ‘the alleged corrupt use of money in Influencing legislation here in 1901 are now Itkely to be brought out in the Investiga- tion by the senate of the charge by Senator Conger that in 191, when he and Senator Jotham P. Alds both were members of | the assembly, that Allds and others were given money in behalf of the American Bridge company and other bridge bullding concerns. When the senate went into committee of | the whole and Senator Conger returned to the witness stand, Senator Davis, presiding. announced he would permit Senator Conger | to answer the question, asked before ad- | journment Friday, regarding his knowledge of the distribution of the $4,000 alleged to | have been handed to Assemblyman Jean L. Burnett at the time, as asserted by ! Conger, that Allds was given $1,000. The stenographer ther ‘epeated the ques- | tlon Senator Wainwright asked last Friday: | “Did either Burnett or your brother state | t0 you &t any time whether Burnetf was | were asked to keep that money himself or whether he was to divide it up with others?’ “Yes, ho did,"” answered Conger. “My brother told me," continued the witness, “that Mr. Burnett claimed he would have | to have a conslderable sum of money; that he would have to take care of the chalr- man of the infernational affairs committec and others on the floor, but did not tell me thelr names.” The chalrman of the assembly committee on internal affairs in 191 was George W. Doughty, republican of Queens county. He I8 the fourth legislator to be definitely connected by Conger's testimony with the boodle fund of $4,000 4 Conger was . then Interrogated regarding his allegation that the bridge compenies In 1006 to send a “protection fund of §10.000 to Albany. The witness said he thqught a part of the fund was ralsed, but that no member of the leg!sinture had been pald any of it The money he sald, was returned .' ¢ N o the administration measure is receiv- | AT COURT HOUSE Ceremonies at New Million-Dollar Structure Do Not Stop for Weather. l — lNVl‘ A HITCH MADE IN PROGRAM |Pioneers Send Delegation Only to Attend Ceremony. GEN. BILLY KIERSTEAD LEADS Marches at Head of Old-Timers Marshal of Day. [GRAND RUSH T0 GET IN BOX County Comm foners, Judge Estelle and Probhation Officers Kindly Do- nate Thelr Photos as Candi- dates for Immortal Fame, The corner-stone of the new $1,000,000 Douglas county court house was formally | 1a1d yesterday afternoon with all the pomp |and ceremony that a grand lodge of the | Anclent Free and Accepted Order of Ma- { sons can muster. DNl winds and a stead. {lly dropping thermometer did not detract {from the impressiveness of the ceremony, | although “the severity of the weather did result In a small ‘attendance of ploneers and of the general public than would other- wise have been the case. At 245 p. m. a progession formed at the | Masonle Memple, and thence marched to | the northeast corner of the new court house building. Hughes' band, playing a lvely march, led the parade, and following the band came a delegation from the Doug- las County Assoclation of Nebraska Plo- neers. These had been elected to represent the assoclation on a vote that the ploneers, as a body, remain In the warm rooms of the temple. W. L, Kierstead selected the delegation, which Included, besides himself, Judge Lee Estelle, Fred B. Lowe, Goodley Brucker, James Radman and John Drexel. The Masons were headed by Alpha Mor- gan, as marshal of the grand lodge, and | Brnest H. James, as marshal of Nebraska lodge No. 1. Grand Master in Charge, | At the scene of the eorner-stone laying, | Grand Master Michael Dowling, clad like | the others in full regalia, had charge of i the ceremonies. Speechmaking did not | lengthen these. First there was read the {invitation to perform the ceremony sent\ | by the Board of County Commissioners, the | four members of which were present, these being Fred Bruning, O. J. Pickard, P. J. | Trainor and Jeff W. Bedford. Very Rev. George A. Beecher, who was chaplain of | an invocation, and following this the T. K. quartet sang “The Most Excellent Master. Next the list of articles contained in the copper Box within the .gorner-stone ' wh | reaa alovd. - ~ i y Then the corne nun?‘mlf was lowered and lald according to the Masonlc eere- mony, the trowel being handled by Grand 1“0.!&1’ Dowling. When the quartet had {sung “The Flag Without Stain” Mr. Dowl- |ing gave the formal explanation of the implements of Masonry. There followed next formal testing of thp stone and | formal pronouncement that it had been well |latd. The whole audience joined. in sing- |1hg “America.” and with a benediotion from the grand chaplain the exercises came Ito an end Seek Fame with Photos. | City and county officials witnessed the | ceremony, with the Board of County Com- missioners prominently in evidence, for the | new court housa lz/bullding under ita juris- diction. The four members of the county board threw out a little hostage to Im- mortal fame in the morning by consigning la photograph of themselves to the copper | box, which contained records to be sealed 'up in .the corner-stone. | ANl the records and pupers exlumed from the cornerstone of the old building are | contained in the new record box and a host lof new records besides. There was a grand scramble in the last |few hours to ‘get records deposited. Judge stelle sent down a pleture of himself, of Probation Officers Bernsteln and Carver {and of three juvenile court ‘‘eases.’’ Also {the box contalns a copy of an addrcss by 1Judge Estelle on “The Law's Relays.” | The Douglas County Assoclation of Ne- {braska Ploneers and the, varipus Masonto [bodies came to bax with numerons rec- | ords, publications and lists of officers, and mest Omaha_defly and weekly publications {sent in copies of thefr publications, A | curlous contribution to the ghest Is a Lin- | coin | penny. Bmployes in the eourt house, not desiring to be left out in the cold, sent In lists of their names. All Get in the List. All the high and low city officlals have their names In, too. A full list of the new records, publications, memorials and | souvenirs in the copper box Is as follows: | Deposited by the grand lodg: | Proceedings of the grand lodge, Anclent | Free and Accepted Masons of Nebraska, | 190, { Proccedings of the grand chapter Royal Arch Masons of Nebraska for 1908 Procecdings of the grand cammandery | Knights Templar of Nebraska for 190, Proceedings of the grand counctl of Royal and Select Master, 1908. | Law ofstreemasonry in Nebraska, edition | 1908, Souvenir volume, semi-cententiial grand lodge Anclent Free and.Accepted Masons | of Nebraska, 1907, | History of the organization of the Ne- braska Masonic home, published in 1907, Button of George W. Lininger, lodge No. |68, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, | with portraits of Past Grand Master Lin- inger, who laM the cornerstone of the Douglas county court house October 2, 1Bt I Copy of record of annual mesting of Ne- braska Masonie home. Monitor and ceremonics of the Anelent | Freo and Accepted Masons, eopy of roster of Nebraska Veteran Fresmiasons, consti- tutlon of Nebraska Veteran Freemasons, button of Knight Templer of Nebraska, by Frank White, grand secretary, Lfst_of county eferks of Douglas county from 1867 to 1909, inclusive. Annual report of the eounty clerk of Douglas county, Nebraska, for the year | 1909, Souvenir of the Oveanion. Souvénir of the occasion, with compii- | ments of John Grant | Offictal program Memorial day of Army, May 30, 190 Official roster & riev of Omaha, - and city officlals 1909 to 1012, a0 Qo) ATy of e mreti of the - e e dnlad e e ) | the day, read the Twenty-fourth Psalm and,