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Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

Benton Maret of Lincoln is an Omaha
visitor, guest at the Henshaw.
Ernest Stenger, superintendent OF the
Colorado division of the Union Pacific, Is
in the city.
Phil Mullen of Kansas City, general traV-
cling representative OF the Armour Packing
company, Is an Omaha visitor. and called
at Army headquarters Tuesday morning
incidentally to talk over the army supplies
situation with chief commissary, Captain
T. b. Hacker.
b, F. Chambers, who died suddenly Of
heart failure at Niobrara Sunday evening
was the United States commissioner for
that district. He was an old settler Of
that section and was we'll known In Omaha
Judge Mu1ger has not yet indicated whom
he will appoiat as Commissioner Chambers
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
GOSSIP OF THE POLITICIANS
I,.,Ontanello Debates Best Means Of Drawing
People to Their Meetings.
SOME THINK WISE TO APPEAL TO STOMACH
Others Take Position that simple
OratOry, UnaccOmPanied by
Anything TO Eat win
DO the Work.

AZ the Fontanelle feed Monday something
Of a discussion was participated in as to
whether or not it is thought necessary
to provide feast to draw citizens to the
Fontanelle meetings. Chairman Bronze
spoke Of the 5O-cent dinner as a great sue
cess, but S. A. Searle wanted downtown
meetings held In halls without the pro.
vender accompaniment on the three Sat
urday nights remaining before primary
day. Campaign Manager Saunders said
meetings would be held in the Sixth and
Eighth wards this week on dates not then
fixed, adding parenthetically that 1t might
be well to create interest in the wards be-
fore trying any more downtown pow
vows. Mr. Searle pointed out that the
votes needed, to nominate would have to
come largely from workingmen and that
while dinners at O'Brien's cafe might be
very we'll to assemble the impeccable and
unapproachable character and intellect of
which Mr.. Benson seemed so proud they
would hardly do as a method to reach
voters. Hugh Myers headed off what
might have been an interesting debate
by having the whole affair referred to
the executive committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Theresa Maholowicz has begun a suit for
divorce from Felix, on the ground of non
support and abandonment.
Burglars gained entrance to the home OF
]. II. Trennery. 1922 Caldwell street, Mon
day evening. A gold watch was stolen.
The city building department has issued
a permit to c. Hansen for a 81 500 frame
dwelling at Fort street and Florence boule-
ward.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
NO MOVING FOR THE PRESENT
Decide to send Committees
to Several states, NecessitAt-
ing Time for Action.

Whatever viii or will not be done by
the woodmen of the World on the matter
OF moving the national headquarters to
escape the Payment OF taxes on their re-
serve fund in Nebraska, certain II is now
considered. Mr. Root cannot realize on his
avOwed intention OF moving before April 1,
for the simple reason that the executive
council which is trying to settle this mat
ter. has decided upon action whose perform
anee win require considerable time
At the meeting Of the executive council
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
New Two-story Brick.

Manager Louis Slavin of the Omaha
Plating company announced Tuesday
morning that the company will erect a new
home on the lot east of the Nebraska Elec-
trio company's office at Thirteenth and
Harvey streets. It will be a two-story brick
66x22 feet Construction will begin in June.
The companys present location is 1908 HaF-
naV street.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
Low RATES
via the Chicago, Milwaukee q ST.
Paul Railway.

$3.50 Omaha TO Louisville, Ky. and re-
turn. March Is, 16, Hand IS; return limit,
March S1st. Also extremely low round
trip rates to many points in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia. Louisiana, Mississippi
and Tennessee on March 6th and Goth. For
full Information write or call on
F. A. NASH, General Western Agent,
1924 Fsrnam St. Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
Jim Key is coming.


Until March S1st, either genuine water
color or an sx1O art enlargement free with
each new dozen photos.
HEYN, THE PHOTOGRAPHER,
a3-15-17 South 18th ST. (Odd Numbers)
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14
Appendix Kent nusx,

Your appendix is Kept busy warding on
the dangers of constipation. Help it with
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. &c. For sale
by Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14

Gus Cornbeck has been engaged in the
city clerks office to help fill the hole
created by the resignation of Deputy Clerk
Sam Simonson, who quit because he did not
care to support his chief for a nomination.
having a preference for another candidate.
Mr.. Cornbeck is to be used to help out dur
ing the busy election time season, according
to the head Of the department.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14

One OF the many curiositles of the pres
ent campaign is the spectacle of demo-
cratic candidate for an important city oil
flee boosting a republican ticket to the ex-
tent of his best talent and ability. The
candidate is L. A, Crowell, who happens
to be a reporter for the junior yellow, to
whom most of that papers political thun-
der making is entrusted. At the last mo-
ments. before the filings for the primary
closed, the democratic managers found
they had overlooked precautionary meas
ures to file candidates for the Offices of city
treasurer and tax commissioner these
places being officially out of existence. but
having H. cation pending that might re-
establish them Crowell in his private
capacity was on the scene and was a
close friend of one OF tine democratic en-
gineers. He said he was a democrat and
agreed to permit the use of his name,
none other being available owing to the
stress of time.
Crowell has not much more than passed
his majorityS and has never voted in
Omaha. For man of his years he has
had an exceedingly varied career. About
four years ago he landed in Omaha from
Fremont, which had been his home since
boyhood. He had tried his hand at news
paper work on the Fremont papers and
longed for a wider sphere. He got a desk
job, but preferred the more active life of
a reporter and finally started in this line
on another paper. In a few months he
went over to the Hotel Reporter as adj
vertising solicitor but did not find this to
his liking. He CHANGED to meet a man
from the Big Horn country in Wyoming
who claimed to have several Rockefeller
fortunes tucked away in oil lands there
This incipient millionaire had a weekly
paper at Basin, for which he wanted an
editor Crowell took the job and went into
the new country. After failing to draw his
salary for several consecutive weeks and
exhausting all the credit the place Afforded
he concluded that he had right to eat
and got work punching cattle. He got to
Denver by having himself sworn In as a
deputy sheriff and escorting a desperate
| criminal to Cheyenne In Denver Crowell
| fell upon bad fortune for time. but finally
| connected with a newspaper and for about
two years stayed with the game there, in
cidentally being mixed up IN the most tur-
bulent of the miners troubles. firing of
Denver, he returned to Omaha again and
worked on the local newspapers and in the
advertising department or the Union Pa
| cifc Then his health failed and he went
TO Los Angeles and worked on the news
papers there for a year. About six months
ago he returned to Omaha and now finds
himself suddenly a full-fiedged politician
at the age Of %.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-14

Taking time by the forelock with a yank,
the Jim Dahlman campaign managers have
called meeting of the men who will COM
pose the next democratic city committee
for Thursday night There are only eleven
contests for committeeman In fifty-four
precincts so the affair can be arranged.
In the eleven contested precincts both
candidates are to be invited. The object
Of the session will be to organize and start
active work at once in the interest of
Dahlman's candidacy. Until after primary
day, the rest of the ticket is to be let
alone, but things are to be whooped up
generally for Dahlman. George Rogers is
to be temporary chairman until after the
primaries, when he will be invested with
official authority, BY this course the willy
democrats think they will steal big march
on the wrangling republicans, who have at
least three applicants for places on the
committee in every precinct. They point
out that with the precinct fights the re-
publicans can't follow this advance pro-
gram and they are correspondingly happy.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
Sale of Site of the Old Grand Hotel
Most Significant Transaction.
Imposing Corner Is Assured

1T WAS announced yesterday by A. Rich Co. that the site
lof the old Grand Hotel had been sold for the Sharon estate to the
Metropolis and Savings Bank of the city for the of
$425,O00. or $85 square foot,
This the important transaction the fire. the high
figure proof conclusive that Markestee property increasing
value Mr. Rich says this the highest price square foot that has
been paid for Market-steet holding
The Metropolis Trust and Savings Bank intends to commence
the of tweesoy class building
of $450000 1t will be of steel and The lower floor will be
occupied by the bank the will be fitted for safe deposit
vaults and the eleven upper floors will be arranged for Offices
The bank building will have frontage of S. feet
Market and 81 o New Montgomery 1t will be within
block of three of the great banks of the che Union Trust Com
pany the First National Bank and the Croker National Bank
The fate of the old Grand Hotel site has been matter of
speculation for known before the FIRE that the
Sharon ready listen offers. and at time
the report nduiousy circulated that the Southern Pacific
be purchaser This said because the Southern Pacific had
its main ticket Office the ground floor of the hotel
The total of money that will be expended the south
eastery of Market and New Montgomery will be
$675000 and with the rehabilitation of the Palace Hotel and the
Croker building and with the Union Trust building will make this
the imposing in the city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
University Authorities
Choose College Man. :

The trustees of Stanford University
yesterday elected Vanderlyn Stow to
the board of trustees to succeed the
late Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford. Mr..
Stow is a son OF the late W. W. Stow.
who as chairman of the Board of Park
Commissioners did much to develop the
parks of the city, and for whom Stow
Lake in Golden Gate Park was named.
The new trustee was educated at Har-
ward from which institution he grad
uated. He is a member Of the Harvard
and Bohemian clubs of this city, and
is prominently identified with the social
and business life of the community. He
is a member of the firm of Thomas Day
& Co. While at college Mr.. Stow was
a member of the Harvard football
team and one of the varsity crew. He
is thoroughly imbQed with the college
spirit and has always taken keen in
terest in college affairs.
RETIREMENT OF Professors.
The trustees adopted resolutions pro-
viding that in future all members Of
the teaching or executive staff of the
university shall retire from active
service upon the close of the academic
year in which they shall become sixty
five years of age, unless, with their
consent, they be continued in active
service by the formal action of the
board of trustees. The resolutions
provided further that the president of
the university shall annually present
to the board of trustees for considera-'
tion with the salary roll for the fol-
lowing academic year the names of all
members of the teaching or executive
staff who shall be over sixty-fSe on
the first day of the following academic
year, with his recommendations as to
the retirement or retention of all such
persons Todays action Of the trustees
does not involve an appropriation for
pensions, the Carnegie pension fund
being available.
AUTOMOBILE ROAD.
The trustees approved plans for an
automobile road through the campus.
The road will run from point just
east of the main entrance to the uni
versity through the arboretum, connect
ing at the new gymnasium with the
main road which passes the east end
of the outer quadrangle, and connects
with Lasuen street. The road will
continue along Lasuen street to the
county road in the rear of the univer-
sity. The road will be direct and some
what shorter to the quadrangle than
the main avenue. 1t will be about a
mile and half in.length. The trustees
directed that it be completed as soon
as practicable.
BUILDING GOING ON.
Professor C. d. Marx, as chairman
of the commission of engineers in
charge of the building operations at
the university, reported satisfactory
progress.
The commission was authorized to
perfect system of storm water drain
age for the campus.
The directors present at yesterdays
meeting Were Timothy Hopkins, Judge
t. B. Mcfarland, S. F. Leib, j. D. Grant.
Leon Sloss, George Z. Crothers. Frank
Miller, Charles G.. Lathrop, William
Babcock and Charles p. Els.
Adjournment was taken until Janu-
ary A. The regular December meeting
will not be held.
The contract of sale of lands in Con-
ira Costa County, belonging to the
university, was approved. The tract is
known as the Governors Ranch. and
comprises about 270O acres. The sale
price is $4,000
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03

Secretary Metcalf has increased the
compensation of employees Of the United
States Immigration Office in this city as
follows upon the. recomme endation of
Hart H. North. United States Immi-
grant Commissioner: H. A. s: Persch.
Japanese interpreter, from 1920 to
s14Oo per annum; Alice Strange, ste
nographer. from $1,000 to- $1,000; Her
man Low, Chinese interpreter; from
$1,000 to 1920; j. t. Plumb and John
B. Warner, clerks. from $1,000 to $780,
Alexander S. Harrison messenger. from
$40 to $1,000, and the following watch
men from ss40 to $1,000. A. F.. Cook.
Charles Schultz. Michael ]. Duffy, D. J..
FLYNN, James II. Ncblet, Gui1ford Ball.
Joseph z. Scully, Hart Hawkins, John
Andrew Robinson and Sheppard d.
P1ummer Increased cost. OF living in
San Francisco and the other bay cities
is given as the reason for the advance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
SAY RA|s|N CROP
IS 0VERS0LD.
Dealers and Producers Are
Greatly Excited Over the
Steady Advance in Prices
TROUBLE MAY FOLLOW

The present year is a record breaker
So declares Lee L. Gray, president of
the Fresno Home Packing Company.
Fifty per cent of the estimated output
of Valencia and Malaga raisins, that
compete with the California product,
was ruined. Practically all the Cana
dian demand was therefore turned
over to California
A great raisin crop was expected in
California The grapes grew, but,
mysteriously, they lacked in sugar.
This caused them to shrink There is
great shortage in the weight of the
expected home supply. One unexpected
happening has followed another and
now the large dealers in raisins who
do business in this city declare that
the crop Is oversold and that all trans
actions have come absolutely TO a
standstill.
Albert Castle of Castle Brothers says
that the California raisin crop is from
10000 to $4,000 tons short of early
expectations.
i do not believe that the crop will
amount TO more than $4,000 tons" said
Castle. Il believe that the crop is de-
cidedly oversold. At the opening of
the season the growers, thinking that
ing to take reasonably low price for
their fruit. AS a result the Eastern
buyers purchased heavily Europe had
enough raisins for its own use, it was
developed later. but none to export.
Canada, which Ordinarily buys
raisins abroad, had to come to us. Our
stocks in this State are pretty well
cleared up. The exact situation will
not be known under fortnight pos
sibly. We are not selling any raisins.
Neither is any other dealer
There is story on the street that
certain raisin growers of Fresno Coun-
ty. seeing the rising prices in the mar
kets of the East, and having taken
means to acQuaipt themselves with the
conditions abroad, have helped to make
a shortage by holding secretly back
large quantities of raisins and falling
short in filing their contracts to sell
at price agreed upon early in the
season. The raisins in the hands of
the Theo Kearney estate were re-
Gently sold at a secret price, which is
commonly supposed to be a bumper.
Producers suspected of not acting in
good faith are supposed to have raisins
to sell at the top notch price whenever
that price is reached
Lee L. Gray says that the prices for
seeded raisins opened extremely low,
from s q cents to cents a pound. I'm
der the changed Conditions Gray be-
lieves that before January 1 the fancy
seeded fruit will bring 10 cents a, great
advance over the opening price. There
has been nothing like this in years.
The California raisin growers and the
dealers are alike excited. Gray says
that there is a large short interest that
is being squeezed hard.
A. w. Porter of the J. K. Armsby
Company says that he is of the opinion
that more raisins have been sold than
can be delivered.
A story is current at Fresno that
raisins have been taken at midnight
and carted away secretly to avoid de-
livery under contracts and litigation
is threatened. In more ways than ono
this may be the record breaking year
among the raisin men.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
LENDERS OF COIN COMPLAIN.

mo one in San Francisco wants to
borrow any money"
This is the complaint of a profess
sional money lender His hearers
could not but regard this as joke "a
II was incredible thG t every one in San
Francisco has all the money he needs.
In a way inquiry developed the fact
that. the money lenders statement was
justified Professional lenders, who
before the fire were able to place many
loans easily at 10 per cent interest a
month without exception, declared that
no one wished to borrow on their
terms.
One lender, whose name is we'll
known from one end of San Francisco
to the other, confessed Chat he had not
made ten loans of any size since April
is. Others had the same story to tell.
The millennium has not exactly ar
rived. There are some poor people.
There are many impecunious and i'm
provident but they seem to havc de-
termined to repent and borrow no
more.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
SENDS CHECK FOR WIDOWS
AND ORPHANS OF FIREMEN
Firm Expresses It's Appreciation OF
Efforts of Department TO Extin-
gufsh Two CONGREGATIONS.

The Fire Commissioners accepted
yesterday a check for $3.50 donated by
Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden to the
widows and orphans fund of the Fire
Department In appreciation of the gall
liant efforts of the firemen recently in
extinguishing two fires near the firm S
place of business.
The Commissioners retired on pen
sions J. W. Kentzel, former captain of
Engine Company 33, who has seer,
forty years OF honorable service in the
Fire Department, and Edward Lennon,
hoseman of engine 2, on account of
physical disability.
Charges were ordered filed against
M. E. Wormuth and d. McAuliffe, hose
men of engine 6, for fighting at quar-
ters.
w. Collins of Truck No. 6 was de-
prived of five days pay for absenting
himself from duty without permission,
and fined John Windsor. hoseman of
Engine No. 10, FIVE days pay for visit
ing a saloon while OH duty.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03

The United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals handed down opinions. yester-
day as follows:
e: Stanley Kuzsk VS.. Charles F. Ma gaia
and William Ellfott-Judgaent of
Alaska court affirmed.
John .Rebman. bankrupt. vs.. Malcolm
NJ Hsyes-California Judgment af-
firmed.
United States VS.. The Oregon and
California Railroad Company, Oregon
Judgment affirmed in favor OF the
United States.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
nERGER AND GLEASON SUED.

A suit, on a note for $500 has been
commenced against Sam Berger and
John j. Gleason by the United Loan
and Trust Company on an instrument
under date of April 8, 1906, which the
company claims has not been paid.
The complaint alleges that the promis-
sorry note carries interest at the rate
of 2 u per cent a month and that none
of this has been paid. Attorney fees
of 500 are also asked.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
MERCHANTS CONSIDER PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION
Ten Measures Are Favored as Being
Desirable, While Four Are Con-
demned as Not NIeritorfous.

At a meeting of the Merchants Ex-
change yesterday the members care
fully considered all the proposed
amendments to the State Constitution
and then indorsed those which ap-
pealed to them as being desirable. con-
denining the others Those indorsed
are amendments Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 8. 9,
13 and IA. The amendments opposed
are Nos. 7, 10, IL and H.
Amendment No. 13 was also indorsed
at meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday This amendment does
away with the tax on mortgages and
deeds of trust, which tax, in addition
to being Intellectual of purpose, is con-
sidered to be injurious to efforts to at
tract investments in California from
other places.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
srEALs PROV REFuGEE.

Mrs Margaret Hofferman, 4 refugee.
secured a warrant yesterday for the ar
rest of Mrs Cora Covert and Cecil
Satcket, a. soldier, on charge of grand
larceny. The accused are alleged to
have. stolen a. suit case containing ar
ticdes valued at $500, which was in
trusted to the care Of Mrs. Covert
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03

property they have leased one store each
to w. B. McGerry & Co., real estate;
Hooker & Lent, real estate, and ]. B.
BoIand & Co., florists.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
For Hunters, Accommodation.

Commencing Saturday. October 90 the South
Pacific Company placed into service Hunt
ers' Accommodation Train. This train leaves
San Francisco ferry depot $40 p. m. Saturdays
running via Oakland pier. Einhurst and Newark
San Jose. returning via same route leaving
San Jose at 6:3o p. m. on Sundays. In order
that hunters may enjoy the greatest possible
benefit of this service II Is Intended to operat te
1907. :
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
JUSTICES, CLERK MOVES OFFICE

The office of Justices Clerk George s.
McConb was moved yesterday from the
upper fiat at 2513 Sacramento street.
where it has besn for several months.
to larger and better located quarters
at 25I1 Sacramento street, in the build
ing formerly occupied by the Tax Col
lector
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER IN
JAIL ON SERIOUS CHARGES
w. B. Woodbridge Accused of Forging
Orders on Home Firm and Dispos-
Ing of Goods to Pavnbrokers.

w. B. Woodbridge, a commercial
traveller employed by the st. Louis
Jewelry Company, is under arrest at
Bush-street police station on charges
of obtaining money by false pre-
lenses, preferred by several firms
whose names, it is alleged, he forged
to orders.
Woodbridge is said to haye secured
at least $500 by sending on orders tc
his home firm and disposing of the
goods to pawnbrokers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-03
FEpERAL Appeal DEcIsIoNs.
FEDERAL SALARIES INCREASED.

ROYAL aAKNe powoEa CO. Nrw vnsH
The newspaper., 1906-02-02

wish also to call especial at
tention to the scale of prices re-
ceived by our Manager for our
apples this year, and also the
large per cent. of Extra Fancy
which the apples packed out.
The Extra Fancy of Group l,
brought $1.61 cents per box, f. o. b.
Paonia, and the general average
OF all apples shipped-all grades
and all varieties-was S1.1S.
Again in Group l, SO per cent.
packed Extra Fancy and for the
whole crop packed by the AS
sociation, 60 per cent. packed
Extra Fancy, 26 per cent. Fancy
and IA per cent. Choice.
You will notice from this that the
growers did not receive the worst
of it in any way in the packing. in
fact, their apples were packed in a
very liberal manner. | have had
some opportunity to keep tab on
the workings of other Associa-
tions and commission houses
doing business in the state, and
am sure that the prices received
by our manager were not touched
by any other house.
In this connection it must be
noticed that the prices quoted are
the prorated, or average prices.
The highest price received by the
Association was S2.12 per box;
another lot brought S2l0. The
highest price by the carload was
81 90, all f. o. b Paonia, which, l
believe, is considerably above the
much lauded sales of other houses.
This gives another example of
the advantage and fairness of pro-
rating. Were this not prorated,
some growers would receive
above $500 per box and others
would have to take correspond
ing sum less.
Respectfully Submitted.
A. L. ROBERTS, Secretary.