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Local Staple Groceries.

Sugar-Granulated, sac; Y. c., 4Mc.
Flour-Fancy patent, $40; STANDARD
patent, $40; straight. 81.
Coffee-Green. 11Q13c; Arbuckle's. s1655;
Porto Rico. 1865.
Meat-Dry sailed ribs. SIC; dry sailed
rib bellies. 10Ac; extra cfear, l0c; hams,
fancy. 15asc; medium 14ssc; bacon bellies
12hc; California hams. 10c.
Lard--Leaf, 105se; compound lard, Sc.
Molasses-Centrifugal 30135; sugar
house, 40c; Georgia cane, 35c.
White pears-Per bushel, sass.
Beans-Navy. s2.25 per bushel; hand
picked Lima, 7c
Grits-92 pounds. s.65.
Meal--"Jim Dandy" H.1s.
MacaronI, 6hc.
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Feed Stuffs.

Corn-No. 2 mixed, G4r: white. roc.
Oats-No. mixed. 43c; No. 2 white,
45c white clip. ioc.
Pure wheat bran, so or 100. SIPS.
Cotton seed feed meal $25; prime. ST.
Corn chops. s1.15
Corn hearts, $l.25
Shorts-1Oo pound sack. $40.
Hulls--s0-lb c. g., So ton; 20-lb. c. s.. 4oc
sack; 100-lb C. s., 81 ton; 100-lb c. s., 40
sack; l00-lb sack hulls, soc.
Hay-Choice timothy. s23: No. timo-
thy, S23; Johnson 'rrass. SIS; clover mixed,
Sa05
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Conditions in the local wholesale gro
very market continue very favorable TO
an active trade, and prices are unchanged.
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Trade in the local wholesale fruit and
produce market continues steady on n
firm basis Receipts have been liberal
so far this week and the demand for
produce has been very good. d Chickens
and eggs are somewhat scarce and high
and butter Is somewhat higher than last
week Prices are reported very slightly
changed.
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CARROlLTON SHORT LINE RAIL
WAY COMPANY
SCHEDULE.
Effective July l6. 1896.

-. |. No. 2,
3 .sS l.. Reform, Ala. A.. .i2l) p. m.
l'05 pm. W.. Stansel ....Lv. IL 80 D. m.
4:ao pm. Ar. Carrollton ..Lv. IL :3j am.
4:43 pm. ..Lv.. Carrollton Ar. IL 20 a m.
sos pm....I.v... Dillburg ...Lv. IL 90 a. m.
5 20 pm. Ar. Aceville ..Lv. ..l0:45 n.rl.
For further Information apply to John
T. Cochrane. President. City Bank Build
ing, Mobile, Ala. Alex jackson, Supt..
Alicevile. Ala
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Tombigbee Valley r. r. Go.

IIFtI
northbound on the Southern railway from
Mobile.
Trains No. and No. 3 meet No. 81 on
the Southern railway. southbound, and
No. 116 northbound to and from Mobile.
Connections are close and passengers
ran buy through tickets and can check
baggage through from points on Southern
railway to all points to 7. V. Line hnd
vice versa.
JOHN r. COCIIRANE.
CHARLES II. DUKE, President.
Superintendent
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure Of
passenger trains at the Union station,
Birmingham:
effective November q, 1909
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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Arrive from ,epart to-
Richmond ..1o:2O pm Richmond -. 6:35 am
Richmond 10 pm Richmond =. 2:25 pna
All trains run by central time. Tralnl
marked thus % are daily except Sunday
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Seaboard Air Line.

Arrive from depart to-
Savannah 10 10 pm Macon ...... 700 an
Savannah ...12:05 pm Savannah -. 400 pr
Sc ahn RI In 1 La
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sldent; ]. II. Woodward. Vice. President;
A r. Forsyth, assistant Cashiers; r. ).
gron, Assistant Cashier
olton, f. d. Nabers, b. +. Moore, Robert
ay, w. P. @. Harding. W. H. Hasslnger.
I'd. William NJ. Walker. Culpepper Exum,
KauI.
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sIrmlnaham Mineral Railroad.

Arrive from
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
THE STATEHOOD QUESTION

One week from tomorrow the United
States senate will take final action on
the joint statehood BILL provided that
the existing agreement is adhered to.
1t Is stated that an informal poll of the
senate on the bill warrants the opinion
for referendum vote in relation TO
New Mexico and Arizona will be
adopted This would give the people of
each territory an opportunity TO declare
by vote whether or not they desire to
enter the union as one state and seems
an entirely proper and fair proposition.
The probability is that the people of
Arizona would vote almost unanimously
against joint statehood. while there is
some uncertainty as to what the result
would be in New Mexico. though the
chances are that its vote would be in
favor OF joint statehood
In regard to admitting Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory as one state there
is no controversy. Their people with
practical unanimity desire 1t and the ter
ritories are in every respect fitted for
statehood. The development of Okla
homa has been without a parallel in the
wonderful growth of this country. The
first settlement there was made only
seventeen years ago, when 100000
acres of land were thrown open to pub
lie settlement. Approximately 100000
people secured homes. BY the census OF
1900 Oklahoma had populat ton OF over
$4,000. Since that time several Indian
reservations have been opened TO settle
ment comprising three large and popu-
lous counties, with three wonderfully
populous young cities and an aggregate
population of 10000. The governor
of the territory estimated that the popu-
lation on June 30 last was 100000. The
23,O0O,00O acres of land in Oklahoma
represent an agricultural investment,
exclusive of improvements, crops, or
stock, of S232, 100000. The present popu-
lation of the territory is about twenty
to square mile as against about one
To the square mile in Arizona and New
Mexico. The percentage of illiteracy in
the population over 10 years of age is
So per cent, as compared TO 80 per cent
of all the population i'm New Mexico and
"a per cent in Arizona. There are thirty
one states having a greater degree OF
illitency than Oklahoma. The territory
is well supplied with transportation
facilities. banks and newspapers. Farm
property has been rapidly growing I'm
value and the population is steadily in
creasing.
The Indian Territory has an area OF
-. 81 600 square miles and an estimated
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
RATE BILL TACTICS

Kansas City Star: Aldrich of Rhode
Island is doing nothing in the senate To
conceal the fact that he is related to the
! Rockefeller interests by marriage
Kansas City Times: When you see an
inflated old codger going around with d
sort Of heavy smrk on his face. like the
one that Aldrch wears, you can always
bet money on it that he is not half so smart
as he thinks he is and that some day he
will make an ass of himself. Just as AID
rich did in the senate on Friday.
Chicago News: The people stand behind
the president in this matter. They see in
the rate bill an effort to meet a great and
serious problem and the attempt to dis
credit this effort by resort to buffoonery
will fail of it's purpose. Adrich, in his in
solent pride has served his masters the
great corporations, badly. II he is getting
fat-witted they, will have to retire him.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Tillman in charge of
the bill may prove very different from TIL
man the free lance, and Dolliver, though
naturally irritated, will soon perceive that
the slight 'cannot really injure him. But
the indisputable thing is the revelation of
Aldrch's caliber. He is, by grace and sup
port of the Standard Oil company and its
proprietary corporations, more nearly the
boss Of the senate than any senator has
ever been. And his craftsmanship is of the
breadth that can only be measured by those
wire gauges that distinguish down to the
sxty-fourth part of an inch.
New York Tribune: Senators who try to
play small politics with the railroad rate
bill mistake entirely the sentiment OF the
country. Rate regulation is not partisan
issue. The. presidents rate policy is
hearty supported by an overwhelming ma
jority of the voters of the union. both re-
publicans and democrats, and attempts to
inject partisan considerations into the dis
cussion now proceeding in the senate are
i'll advised and inexcusable. The senate
should initiate the house of representatives.
In trying to solve the railroad problem
from the single point of view of public well
fare.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
CONCESSIONS TO GERMANY.

Germany's concession of minimum
tariff rates on products of the United
States has been promptly followed by
concessions on the part of our govern
ment to Germany under the third section
Of the Dingley law.
This is the reciprocity section of the
act and authorizes the president, when
ever the government of any country, or
colony. producing and exporting to the
United States certain specified articles,
with the United States. or make con-
cessions in favor of the products or
manufactures thereof, which in the judg-
ment of the president shall be reciprocal
time of such agreement or concession,
by proclamation to that effect, the i'm
position and collection of the duties
mentioned in the act on such articles so
exported to the United States from such
country or colony.
The articles specified in the section are
argols or crude tartar. or wine lees
crude; brandies, or other spirits manu-
featured or distilled from grain or other
materials; champagne and all other
sparkling wines; still wines and YER
muth, paintings and statuary. 1t is
provided that ON these articles low
rate of duties shall be levied 1t is
to be presumed that it was with
the understanding that the president
would exercise the authority con
ferred by this section that the con-
cession was made by Germany, though
there was no intimation of this on the
part Of the German government. The
concessions accorded under the presi-
dents proclamation will be nearly or
quite as valuable to Germany as the
concession made to this country. 1t is a
gratifying solution, for a time, OF what
was II perplexing matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
"WHISkERS."


From the Haversack.
Wal, stranger, nothin' personal. but speak.
ing OF dogs. you see
You somehow remind me of Whiskers. who
took on I'm Company c.
1t was on the rough Pine Ridge campaiSa
IN an lnJun wickup; al, go,
Amidst mess of Brule Sioux, we found
the little pup.
Handsome? Wal. no. not poorly but the
pluckiest little cuss
That ever went into miNup-he was
always IN muss.
His breed was just pure Injun, it was
anything between
catamount and a gatling filled with
nitroglycerine.
Not that he wasn't friendly if he knew
And didn't go presumin' when you wore
civilian clothes. 80
He seemed to say on pay day, with his
Il reckon you'd be lonesome with your
bunkie in the Jug
When the regiment went to Cuba our
Whiskers went along. -,
This was aginst the orders, but that didn
You may separate chums, man from his
wife-some men, for time from their
But nothing short of death itself takes
soldier from his dog.
He yeIped and barked along the line. the
bullets came like bees,
But the old pup tried to paw them up, as
The Spanish guns were turned upon our
blockhouse until night -,
When Whiskers wagged his TAN 10 say
kept the fort all right
We next fought in the Philippines-theu
came back in boat,
But Whiskers couldn't land because ne
didn't have vote. -, H.,
hearts with fear were hlled), -
The dog must die But Whlskers
sneaked and city dog was Killed.
Old Whiskers came and went again. "her
we pursued All, ,, ,,,,,,
home and me. , ,,,.
TIM not much of a church sharp, but ]
.hope at the Great Review
uySno the regiment comes to Attention
that Whiskers will be there too.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
Personal NOTES.

CONGRESSMAN f S. Blackburn of North
Carolina, who has been indicted for violat-
ing the law which prohibits member W
congress from practicing before govern
ment departments, is regarded as the
handsomest man in the house.
Baron Speck Won Sternberg, German am
bassador to this country, is one Of the
most popular members of the foreign set
in Washington. He is approachable,
democratic and probably knows more of
American institutions than any other
diplomat from abroad.
Somebody has figured out that upon q
salary of sl75 a day for 6,odO years Adam
would not have so much money as Carn"-
gle now possesses. There was fear that
with the passing of Edward Atkinson there
would be no one left to attend to essen
tiaI calculations such as this.
Rufus Bullock. the only republican ever
elected governor of Georgia and who
played a conspicuous part in the recon-
struction period. is now spending his de-
clining days in the village of Albion, N. Y"
his boyhood home. Although his mind Is
as brilliant and clear as ever, form OF
paralysis which seized him a year ago
has made him an almost helpless invalid.
George Meredith is rs years old. The
Pail Mall Gazette says: He stu con-
verses freely. votes literally, writes illib-
orally of his political opponents, ana
enjoys life as much as may be- considering
his age. To an admirer last summer he
said. The worst part OF old age is to see
your friends and dear ones falling away
one by one"
President Falleres OF France is averse
TO having his photograph taken and
shrinks from publicity. But his signature
has been the subject of an examination by
an expert and reveals much. The presi-
dent elect is a man of wide variety OF i'm
pressions. Perseverance, suppleness and
patience are the dominant notes OF charac-
ter. with their outward expression in sim
plicity, modesty and benevolence and
warmth OF heart. But there is a tlnge OF
the majestic about NJ, Fallieres, with a
dash of the imaginative and the secretive.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01

population OF 10000. The Indian tribes
who occupy the territory have erected
and maintained governments of their
own. The territory has no government
except the government of the courts and
the government provided by act of con-
gress for cities and towns save the
tribal government. which expires within
a few days. There is in that country at
least 100000 rural population without
government, without means of. education
for the children. conditions which should
not be permitted to continue longer than
is necessary to provide for changing
them. The territory is rich in mineral
deposits. it being claimed that the de-
posits Of coal are as extensive as those
of Pennsylvania. These two territories
have great possibilities for development,
United they will make a state having an
area of 10000 square miles and popu-
lation Of l.5OO, 900, which is nearly equal
to the average of the forty-five states
composing the union and greater popu-
lation than that of twenty-three Of the
states represented in congress.
There is now favorable promise that
the statehood question will be disposed
of at the present session.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
TELEPHONE SITUATION IN A NUTSHELL

TELEPHONE SITUATION IN A NUTSHELL.
club has been holding with representa-
tives of the warning Bell and indie
pendent telephone companies have ac-
complished one good thing. namely, in
demonstrating that all talk about com
pulsory connection of the Omaha ex-
change with the outside independent ex-
changes is mere froth and buncombe.
The Bell people frankly admit that
they do not want to and do not intend
to connect up with any independent
system which operates over n competi
tive territory already covered by their
own phones.
The independent telephone people in
noncompetitlve territory openly declare
that they would not connect up with
the Bell system if they could and that
they are bound by moral. if not legal
obligations, to stand together with the
competitive Independents and fight it
out.
The telephone situation in Omaha.
therefore, resolves itself simply into the
question of one telephone system or
more than one system. Shall Omaha
content itself with regulating and con-
trolling the telephone company already
here, or shall it grant additional fran
chises?
There is doubtless something to be
said on both sides of this proposition,
but whether the demand for another
telephone franchise in Omaha comes to
a head or not, it is idle to delude our
satisfy anyone.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
STEEL CARS FOR MAIL SERVICE.
Slow Progress i'm Protecting Railway
Postal Clerks.


Since 1900 seventy postal clerks. substi-
tutcs and weighers have been killed in rail
road wrecks while on duty IA have been
injured seriously and 1868 have been hurt
slightly The clerks in the railway post
Office service are amcng the most expert
employees OF the government. and the de-
partment is seeking continually to improve
the conditions under which they work les
sen the dangers that surround them and
protect their lives and the valuable prop
erty in their care.
In 1888 the government adopted specifica-
ticns for the construction of mail cars re-
curing them to be heavier and more sub
stantal than those then in use. In May,
1904, these specifications were revised and
further strengthening of the cars was re-
quired. The railroad companies have also
been experimenting with improved rolling
stock, the Erie building an all steel car and
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
two: the Pennsylvania road is drafting
plans for an all steel car, and the Santa Fe
company has contracted for thrty-nine
steel sheathed cars, with under frames and
flooring of steel. the floors to be finished
with cement felt and wood All these cars
are much heavier than those previously in
use. Under the department specifications
of 1904 full sixty-foot car weighs 10000
pounds, or 10000 pounds more than one
built on the plans adopted in 1893. The
clerks prefer the larger, heavier cars
which they believe to be safer in accidents
than the others Yet in a wreck on Texas
railway a fifty-foot car telescoped a sixty
foot car of later build and much greater
weight and was itself practically undam-
aged.
None Of the steel cars now I'm use has
been in an accident. The postal clerks have
great faith In them, feeling that they are
practically indestructble and almost sure
to preserve the lives of all who are in
them. 1t is likely that steel mail cars will
some day be- required by the government,
and when they are 1t is not improbable
that the public will demand a substitution
of metal cars. OF cars so heavily reinforced
with steel as to be practically the same
thing, for all wooden passenger coaches.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
POINTED PLEAsANTRIEs.

Friend-Have you ever written any nc-
ton?
scribbler-wel, have been newspaper
reporter for fourteen years.-Somervilie
Journal.
IL suppose that member OF congress is
surprised by his defeat"
les," answered Senator Sorghum. I'VE
are all a little unreasonable In that way
What we should be surprised at Is his cleo
ton In the first place Washington Star.
Bootkeeper-Gee! Those stenographers
are chattering so that l can't do any work.
wish | knew how to shut 'em up.
Cashier-Ask which one of them is the
oldest.-Cleveand Leader.
And what are you doing in the capital"
said the Washington citizen to n friend
from the west.
"Oh, | came to see congress make new
laws"
Indeed? Then you intend to reside here
for number of years. philadelphia
Press.
Mrs. Crossway-Isn't the Perkins Gwen
dolen an awfuly bright little girl?
Mrs. Lapsing-Nes; she's the most GU
taneOus child | ever saw.-Chicago Tribune
II wonder who originated the expression
'reckoned without his host? "
Very likely II was some deluded hotel
guest, who tried to figure out for himself
what his bill was going to be."-Phlla-
delphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01

An attempt is TO be made to test by
injunction the clause in the constitution
making executive state officers ineligible
for other state offices during the term
for which they are elected. There is
a question, however, whether this point
can be brought in issue by injunction
There have been several cases here in
Omaha and Douglas county involving
title to Office, based on ineligibility, and
the courts have invariably ruled that
injunction is not the proper avenue to
reach q decision.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01

or influence in the country at large, or
very far beyond Peking. 1t is itself,
according to reports, not free from APP
prehension regarding its own security.
1t appears to be doubtful IL It has conf
dence even in the army which it has
created with view to safeguarding
the interests and the territorial integrity
of the empire.
1t is a perplexing dilemma that is
presented to the governments having
citizens resident i'm China and no one
can foresee with certainty what the out
come will he. A repetition of the action
of the powers at the time of the Boxer
uprising is certainly possible.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
THE CHINESE DILEMMA,

Undoubtedly things are happening in
China of which the outside world gets
little IL any information. The proba-
bility is that the state OF unrest there
and the extent of the hostile feeling
against foreigners are much greater
come from the capital and some of the
commercial cities of the empire. That
was a very significant statement made
few days ago by WI 1ing-fang,
former minister to this country, that
China is at crisis and that a scheme
OF reform which he was working out
had to be abandoned for the reason that
II was necessary to call on foreign adj
vice. This shows that the anti-fOreign
feeling is not confined to the people, but
also exists in official circles and IL is
by no means improbable finds sympathy
on the part of the imperial authorities,
Some Chinese officials have denied
that there is hostility to foreigners, but
recent events confute them. The dis
turbances and demonstrations at several
places against foreigners furnish ample
assurance as to the existence of hostility
and suggest that IT is likely to grow.
Possibly the action being taken by the
United States and European govern
ments, with a view to protecting their
citizens, may have a salutary effect, but
1t is perhaps quite as likely to infiame
antagonism. A difficulty i'm the situa-
ton appears 10 he that the imperial gov.
eminent no longer exerts much authority
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-01
Educational Value of Senate Debate.
Springfield (Massl Republican

word for the United States senate
With all its faults the debates of the SEN
ate are a liberal education in the affairs
of the United States. and the affairs OF
the world insofar as tho United States
touches the world. These debates, how
ever, must be studied in the verbatim re-
ports Of the Congressional Record to prove
of value in an educational sense. Many
OF the speeches are learned and illuminating
on whatever subject happens to be under
consideration. Whatever may be the fu-
ture of the senate, IL is to be hoped that
1t will always afford an opportunity for the
exhaustive discussion of public questions.
Nowhere else is such an opportunity
afforded.