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Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-20
Total expenditures

Since the building was opened two years
ago the actual operating expenses have
amounted, In round figures to f3s, 800 and
the fixed charges-interest, insurance and
taxes-to about Sl2,500, making $5l 900 paid
out for operating expenses and fixed
charges,
The earnings have been SO, ,I52, which
leaves us a profit over all operating ex-
penses and fixed charges OF $3.50 This
has been used In paying for the heating
plant and other improvements.
Total subscriptions to the Audi
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-20
AUDITORIUM MONEY SCHEME
Plan Of Raising Fund to Complete BUILDING
IL Projected.
NEW BOND ISSUE IS THE PROPOSITION
Directors Submit Statement of Earn
inEs, showing Net of Nearly
Nine Thousand Dollars
In Tive Years.

Various plans of raising money TO COM
plete the Auditorium were discussed at a
meeting Wednesday noon OF the commit
tee appointed by the Commercial club
in the matter Among them was the Is
sue of $4,000 of bonds in addition to the
$4,000 bonds now I'm force. Another plan
was to call in the $4,000 bonds and is
sue a new set to the amount Of sSO,0pO.
After a discussion OF the financial state
ment of the Auditorium for the two years
since it's opening, the general opinion was
expressed that since the statement shows
the building to have made money there
ought to be little dificulty in selling $780,
600 worth of bonds.
No definite conclusion was reached and
the discussion will be resumed Friday.
Manager Gillian of the Auditorium
quoted figures to show that St. Paul has
put ts75.OOO into an Auditorium. Kansas
City S455 900 and Denver has voted S40o.-
900 bonds. Omaha to date has invested
about sa5O,OO0 in the local building.
statement of Earnings.
Preparatory to a campaign for funds to
complete the Auditorium, the board of di-
rectors has prepared a financial statement
showing that the net earnings OF the
building since its opening two years ago
are s., 80 The detailed statement follows:
RECEIPTS.
On subscriptions ....................H H1S, 2S1 90
From miscellaneous enterprises,
band concerts, souvenir bricks, -
midwinter fair etc.................. &,6246S
Earnings of the Auditorium since
II was opened two years ago
band concerts, rentals, miscella- - -
RniisT nHSp' rint S5tertSinTeais tSo %ears - atss
Borrowed on bonds. 6O,U0O0
lNIA m mot fag nj NM
iIS5s iI 10: Z: I%,s.':i' ;s 'n'a
Total received ................ .sSsi, ,sl2. 70
EXPENDITURES
Grounds % S0S %
! Furniture and fixtures .:........... 1884. %
Lost on guessing contest. 1881 g
! insurance paid ........................ 5Z9. e5
| Interest paid .................... sos 80
| improvements new floors, etc.. 2216.64
Roller skate equipment. 1S50. 90
Roller rink expenses, two years. 11,5T7ls
entertainments ',t......:'........' .'e, 575477
\ Paid to employees, laborers. watch
men, ticket sellers doormen, =.
ushers .."................,...... 6,5I4sl
| Paid for light and power.....,.,... 3,SSS, 70
Paid salaries OF secretary, first
stenographer two and a half years 9,465.Oo
Miscellaneous including various
items during the five and one-half
| years, such as telephone hauling,
| express, postage, messenger serv-
| ice, water, repairs, decorations,
safe rental advertising. station
| cry, printing, signs and banners,
| architects fees, etc............... s,69s54
bond loan ..........o.....'..'....... anu c 10000
Total expenditures .............. .t8si ,6i2 u
Since the building was opened two years
ago the actual operating expenses have
| amounted, In round figures, to f3s5O0 and
the fixed charges-interest insurance and
| taxes-to about 1l250O, making $1,000 paid
out for operating expenses and fixed
| charges
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ANCHOR LINE .. NAH BTAANsHTPa
NAV YORK. LONDONDERRY AND GLASGOW
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three years, and manager and
stenographer two and half years
Miscellaneous, including various
items during the five and one-half
years, such as telephone, hauling,
express, postage. messenger serv-
ice. water. repairs, decorations,
safe rental, advertising. station
cry, printing, signs and banners,
architects fees, etc.
Legal services and commission on
DOnd loan .......................
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sociaIlst ueIegates 70 state and second
district convention:
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
MYSTERIOUS Infection.

How Bringas became infected is some
what Of a mystery II IS believed. how
ever, that he contracted the disease
In Australia. where he went TO look
after a business venture. mere was
a Ieper at that time in the early stages
of the disease and therefore not known
70 be a leper, with whom he had some
dealings. 1t is possible that 1t was
through this man that he became in
fected 1t is on record that a man in
louisiana got the disease merely from
using a hoe which had been used by
a leper. But tHen again. there have
been many cases in which direct con-
tact has brought no result to the un-
affected person. Then. too. Bringas
had undoubtedly seen many lepers in
the course Of his travels. which have
been extensive. So too much cred
ence can be placed upon the Aus
tralian story.
Bringas' life has been adventurous
10 say the least. 1t is reported that
he Is bv birth a Kentuckian. that he
spent the early years Of his life In the
blue grass country. where he became
a remarkable horseman. an accom-
plishment which stood him in good
stead when he went West. as he did
when he was little more than twenty
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

island IN the archipelago for leper
colony. and there the lepers are being
transported as fast as possible by the
authorities.
Lepers sometimes live for years be
fore the disease finally kills them. II
has been said by hloh medical author
ity that every leper might be cured. or
at least the disease entirely arrested,
If only the affected person had vitality
enough 10 stand the strain until the
enemies OF ieprosy bacillus. OF which
there are many in the human body,
could down once and for all these ba-
cilH. But there are few men who have
sufficient vital force 10 stand not only
the disease but the terrible nervous
strain. II Bringas does not find
cure in Europe he may live for years
a leper. In fact. IT is five years since
he contracted the disease.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
Saccess Game Quickly.

But one day the rest of the crowd
woke up 20 the fact that Bringas was
n cattle owner. the owner of ranch.
After that he was remarkably success
full. Whatever he touched turned into
gold. He had been located in New
Mexico. occaEionally he drifted across
the line He met an American pros
pector on ore Of these trips. plaus-
ihie fellow with tales Of the gold
which might be hidden. undoubtedly
was hidden. in Mexican soil. Bringas
said nothing AT the time But he
thought much about what the stranger
had told him. And a little later
Bringas madc a trip into Sonora. He
told out his cattle holdings and start
ed TO dig for gold. All that he had
earned ne put into prospecting and
working mines that did not pan out.
Soon he had TO money left. He was
convinced. however. that there was
wealth in the ground which was to be
had if only he worked long enough.
So when his money was gone he
worked by himself And finally he
struck 1t. struck it rich.
It was not all smooth sailing even
then. He was nearly wiped out by a
party OF Mexicans who had heard Of
his findings and had come out to take
the claim by sheer force. But Bringas
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
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His Last Piag.

When he had decided that there was
no longer hope for him in the treat
ments which he was receiving. the
mining king, determined that he would
make a last play for health. said he
would go abroad. If he could find no
relief there he would return 10 his own
old home 70 die. Ike a man. II he
could. With this in view Mr.. Brig
mas chartered a special train consist
ing OF a Pullman car and a baggage
car. He made no secret to the rail-
road company OF tho reason for which
he wanted this private train. and in
consequence was compelled 10 pay a
large sum. With his family. who have
elected TO stand by him no matter
what the cost. and his family physi-
clan. he boarded the train a few days
ago and set out for the City OF Mex
leo and thence TO Vera Cruz. where
he will take steamer for a European
port. II may be that he will have to
charter q whole vessel.
Coming from Sonora. where his min
ing properties and large ranches are
located, Mr.. Bringas found it neces-
sary to go through II Paso. Texas.
To do this he was compelled 10 give
himself and his train over into the
hands Of the United States Marine
Hospital Service. Guarded closely by
the American officials. who had the
unique experience OF travelling on a
millionaire leper's private car. he was
across the border into the United
States and then away and across
again into Mexico. And so he must
travel always. practically a prisoner
OF the health authorities OF the coun-
Try through which he happens to be
passing.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
A Royal Fight.

A night is always interesting. whether
Il be for a kingdom or for a single life.
and Bringas IS waging a war against
heavy odds IN royal style. Leprosy has
existed hundreds, thousands of years,
yet no man has discovered the exact
cause, the particular bacillus 10 which
IL is due. Hundreds of men. some of
them honest, have declared that at last
they had discovered the cure. But IN
the end it has been proven that the
bacillus Of leprosy had stiH eluded
them. There have been cases. It IS
true. where the disease has been ar
rested. where beyond certain scars Ct
was no longer visible in the patient.
Some doctors there are who say that
II the disease has been arrested a cure
has been completed. But there are
plenty Of scientists who deny that this
Is a cure. who maintain that unless all
the hbers and tissues OF the body be
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

Iionaire. He became more and more
Identified with the country OF his
adoption. Even his name became
Spanish. this was in a way a conces-
sion to his parents-in-law.
Today Bringas is the owner of the
great Las Vegas mine IN Sonora and
also the principle owner in the Winton
Mining and Smelling Company. Since
he has made his pile he has invested
again in cattle and owns some $50, 900
acres of land.
Like a bolt out of the clear blue
came the taint of leprosy When lie
was about TO settle Gown to the enjoy
ment of the fortune which ne had
made by years Of hard work he be-
came an outcast. or at least he would
have become an outcast had he not
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

EeLu LenekS Her-

Out OF a population Of over eighty
millions. the population Of the contg-
uous territory Of the United States.
there are less than 500 cases known
and they are carefully segregated.
Most of these cases are in Louisiana
and the majority Of the others which
are found outside Of this State are
located along the Pacific coast. To the
average American. therefore. who has
never seen a leper. who lives miles
from any person afflicted with the dis
ease. leprosy while it is still horrible.
is vague and shadOwy. But the
knowledge that It has fallen upon
one Of the richest men in our sister
republic, brings home the possiblH-
ties of the disease lying latent at
present which would become potent un-
less the authorities be constantly on
the lookout TO exclude tainted men
and women from the country's bound
ries. 1t is sometimes stated that the
disease Is confined TO tropical coun-
tries, but this is untrue. for it has
been found IN Iceland in Norway and
Sweden, and occasionally in England.
But it is nevertheless a fact that the
great majority OF lepers today are
found in Southern countries. II is
said that there are upward of 1900
lepers IN the Philippine Islands. The
Government has set aside a small
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

proven free OF the taint It cannot be
said that a cure has been effected. OBJ
viously It IS impossible to examine with
a microscope all the tissues Of a living
mans body.
Though leprosy has been In evidence
for ages, it has been. as a rule, con-
fined 10 the poor and lowly born. It
has been, in fact a beggars disease.
But occasionally. as IN the case Of
Bringas, a man Of wealth has heen
stricken. II is a matter OF history that
Robert Bruce, Of Scotland. died OF the
disease in 1893. and there have been
other exalted personages IN Europe
and in the East that have fallen VIC
TINS 10 this form Of living death. In
this country the disease is practically
unknown.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

years old. For several years he led
the hard life Of a cowboy. But Brin-
gar. which. by the way. IS a Spanish
form OF his American name. the lat
ter ne has abandoned entirely since he
gave dp his American citizenship. w7s
not destined 20 punch COWS all Of
natural life. even though he may T.
wish that this had been his fate. H.
had. besides the ability 20 sit astride
anything in the line Of a horse which
could be made 20 stand up, a mind,
and shrewd one at that. While the
other cowboys were blowing in their
hard earned cash whenever they were
fortunate enough TO strike a frontier
town. Bringas was looking around for
a place to invest his salary. He bought
cattle here and there. II was only a
beginning, a modest one.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

was a keen shot. He killed two OF
the MeXicans and the other two left
him in peace.
When he had his mine well estab-
lished he met a beautiful dark-eyed.
dark-haired Mexican girl. It was a
case of love at frst sight. There was
nothing slow about his love making
in fact 1t was a whirl wind wooing'
which ended In an el0pement, in the
face of the girls parents protests.
For she was a girl Of the better class
In Mexico and her father was too
proud to let her marry mere Amerl-
can miner The match. however
proved exceedingly happy.
Gradually the American miner made
Inore and more money. It came at
last with a rush and he was a mil
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

had sufficient money 10 protect himself
1T must be admitted that like the big
thief who escapes where the little IS
caught. the mining king has had the
better Of the ordinary leper. II he
wins by means OF his great fortune he
Will probably confer an inestimable
benefit upon mankind. for II cure IS
discovered which will make the rich
miner again clean that same cure viii
make the leper beggar equally clean.
MNl he WIN
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
EN- there are BY the score,

N ~ EN- there are by the score,
NJ :: :: : :: :: :: : :: :: ): :: : :. ): ): ):
= pulpit OF today. who are
giving their life's blood
in an effort to obtain fortunes less by
many dollass than that OF James n.
Bringas, the Mexican mining king.
Yet Bringas. the multi-millionaire,
has discovered the value OF the Jest.
and now he is willing TO hand over a
sum no less than s5.Oo0.OO0. his whole
fortune 10 the man who viii make II
possible for him to live his life IN
health 10 the END.
He is a leper.
In that one short sentence OF four
words Is contained the tragedy Of
James NJ. Bringas. whom many men
have envied. When II seemed that
he had attained nearly every good
that the gods provide, in a fash the
whole was made as naught. He was
stricken.
And now, accompanied by his family.
a wife. seven daughters. and a son.
Bringas has fed from his palatial
home IN the province OF Sonora and
is on his way TO Europe to seek the
aid Of scientists Of the old world,
for he has tried in vain the cures
offered him by the best doctors OF
America. Already, It IS said he has
given away a million dollars IN his
efforts 10 be cured. but driven 10
desperation he has promised 10 give
his all 10 any man who VIII cure
him. with health, though he IS a man
well on in middle life, ffty-ive years
old. he is willing to begin again at the
bottom OF the ladder and fight his
way TO another fortune. But cost
what IT Will he must be again able
10 mingle as a man with his fellows.
The knowledge that he IS a modern
pariah as long as he is tainted with
the dread disease. that men will avoid
him as though he were the plague.
is more than he can bear. Besides. IN
spite Of all that he has done 10 arrest
the progress of the disease, even
row the ends of his fingers are ter
ribly affected.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22
Leprosy Seldom
4 Rich Man S Disease

Though leprosy has been in
evidence for ages, it has been.
as a rule, confined TO the poor
and lowly born. 1t has been, in
fact, a beggar's disease. But oc-
casionally as in the case of
Bringas, a man of wealth has
been stricken. 1t is a matter Of
history that Robert Bruce, Of
Scotland, died of the disease in
1920, and there have been other
exalted personages in Europe and
in the East that have fallen vic
Tins TO this form of living death.
In this country the disease is
practically unknown.
The Washington times., 1906-07-22

The Fickle Goddess of For
tune After ShoWeTing Her
FaVoTs Upon the Head Of
James N. BTinGas, Until
From a Poor Cowboy lie
Became a Fabulously
Wealthy Mining King. Now
Plunges Him Into Hopeless
Misery by Making Of Him
That N lost Dreaded Of
Modem PaTiahS. a Victim
of LoathSome LepToSy.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-20

When somebody asked Graham
Saunders why he did not go to visit
the squire's family any more, he hesl-
tated for a moment before he ven
tured to put his reason into words.
I'm not one that's looking for
Sights" he drawled at last land I
never paid much attention when they
spoke about folks that generally came
at meal-times, nor any Of their re-
marks about large appetites. Nor 1
never applied any O. their statements
in regard to not waiting for invita-
tons or outstaying your welcome to
myself. l considered such talk wasn't
worth noticing.
"But when squire come out to me
At about four thutty one, afternoon,
when | could smell baked beans cook
Ing as easy as I'm sitting here, and
said he'd count 1t a favor If I'd note
down where the glass stood on our
z.Srth porch at o'clock that night and
at In the morning, twelve thutty at
noon and 6 p. m. for the next three
days, and then let MN know at the
postoff1ce SOS he could compare 1t with
theirs-I called it pretty considerable
Ike a hint for a man mat claims TO
have good manners, given to one that's
got a sensitive streak, same as l have,
though I tIy to keep it oUt O. sight"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-20
SPOKANE
Wholesale Produce Prices.

egetables-Potatoes, COO cwt; cab
page, $3.50 cwt.; lettuce, zoe Id; rhu,
barb, $1.00 crate; onions, 30c doz.;
spinach, 75c crate; Walla Walla as
paragus, SC Id; radishes. soc; toma-
loes, 1904 crate; strawberries, $3.50
$3.50; cherries, $1.75@2; Walla Wal
peas, sc Id; goosebernes, $1.7b@2
rate; beets. soc doz; new potatoes,
1925 cwt.; California red onions. q;
carrots, soc doz.
Oranges-$4.0o@4.50 box; lemons,
fancy, s4.75@5 case; dried figs, ESQ
soc; 10 Id box; figs in bulk, &c Id;
black figs, 10 ID package, soc; Fard
lates, 8@9c lb; golden dates, 7@Ss
ID; cranberries. SIS Dbl. SIS crate; ba
uanas, $2.75@3.5o bunch.
Flour-Local, s4@4.75 Dbl; Mime
sofa. s5.75@6 Dbl.
Butter and Eggs-Fresh ranch eggs
current receipts, $3.50 case; fresl
ranch, selected, $3.50 case; best cream
cry butter, 22c Id; cheese, twins, ID
ID; local ranch butter. 21c Id; CalifoI
MIA butter, &c lb.
Honey-sS.25@S.50; strained honey
| Sc lb.
Sugar-Granulate cane sugar, $5.5
per 100 lbs; beet sugar, $5.S5 per 10
lbs.
Coffee - Common package good
$1625 per 100 lbs.
Seed-Alfalfa, S14 cwt; red Glove
$3.50 cwt; Kentucky bluegrass, $12.'
cwt; timothy, S. cwt, opion sets,
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-20
FOIL DENVER BANK ROBBERS.
They Attack Cashier, but They Are
OverpoWered.

overpowered.
Dufield Knox Duncan and John Has
tings attempted to rob the bank at
Denver conducted by Edward Elwell,
but they were foiled and both were
captured. They entered the bank TO-
gether and asked to be shown safety
deposit box. Mr.. 4-.well accompanied
them to the vault, where Duncan then
struck him with blackjack. Elweli
grappled with his assailant and over
powered him. Hastings fled, but was
arrested a short time afterward at his
lodgings.
Duncan formerly lived in Syracuse,
N. Y, and is said to be a member OF
a prominent family. Hastings came
to Denver from San Francisco. he
lived in Cincinnati for number OF
years. Both men have been employed
ON local newspapers. Hastings recent
ly married Miss Katherine Jenkins
formerly cashier in the Elwel bank.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-20
beware of OintmcBts for Cstarrh that
Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and com pie telyyderange the whole sys-
tenn when entering IL through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
sxcep I on prescri D tions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can posi- ply derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by +. J..
Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o. contains no m ercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces % the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the gen uine. II is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by f. J. Cheney q Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halia Family Pills are the beat
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-20
Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY something fh We hardly realize that Of
all the children born civilized countries twenty-five per cent? nearly
oneuarter die before they reach year, even per
than onehd before they f and e-ha before they feen
We do not hesitate that timely Caoa would
y these precious lives Neither hesitate say that many of these
nne deaths occao by the ofnaco preparations Drops nwes
and soothing sps sold for chdens complaints contain less OPIUM
morphine They considerable quantities. deadly psOs In quantity
they supe red circulation and lead cogesOn Sickness DEATH Casa
operates exactly the reverse but you that bears the signature Of
Cas H. Fletcher Castoa the blood circulate properly opens the
pores Of the skin and aIays fever.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-20

me for years. The constant HOW OF
urine kept my system depleted, caus-
ing nervous chills and night sweats.
After trying seven different kinds OF
medicine. | had the good fortune to
hear of Doan's Kidney Pills. This rem
edy has cured me. | am as well today
as I was twenty-five years ago, and
my eyesight is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-20

Tobacco. which used to be the medi-
UNI of exchange in the early colonial
days of Virginia, is today the currency
Of British New Guinea. The British
administrator there reports that the
medium is not the means of lively
trade.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-07-20
b; white clover, tic.
Wholesale Feed Prices.

lb; white clover. tic.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, SIG ton; bran and shorts, $16
OILS ton; white shorts. $21 ton; corn.
$1.s5 cwt; cracked corn. s1.45 cwt;
timothy hay, s20@22 ton; alfalfa, SIS
ton; rolled barley, S1.30 cwt; whole
oats, $1.60 cwt; chopped oats, s1.65
cwt; wheat, s1.20 cwt; red shorts, s1S
Wholesale Meat Prices.
Beef-Steers, dressed, 1850 Id;
COWS, dressed. 5@7Ac ID; mutton,
dressed, 10@12Ac Id; pork. SA@9c
Id; hams. 1870 Id; bacon. lac Id; lard,
10@i1c ID; dry salt extras, 10A Ollie
ID; dry salt backs. INC 10; veal, fan
cy, small, TIC; veal. fancy. large, 80
sc Id.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stock-Steers. 81 cwt; COWS. So
cwt; sheep. s4@5 cwt; hogs. 81 cwt.
Creamery products. I. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat,
22Ac.
Hides-Green steers. SC lb: cows, 7c
lb; sailed, Nc higher; dry hides, 15e
lb; calfskins. green. 10c Id; kip, SC Id;
sheepskins, s1@125.
Poultry and Eggs-Live hens. 13Aci
live spring chickens, zoe; live roost
ers, lie; live ducks, lac; live geese
12c; live turkeys. Ice; dressed hens
15c; dressed ducks. lac; dressed
geese, lac; dressed turkeys, 1Sc; fresl
ranch eggs, $5@5.25.
0 Feed-Timothy hay, $17@19 ton; a
c falfa hay, $1,000; oats. $1.40 cwt.