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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Kansas city Live stock Market.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 16.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 5000 head; market steady to weak;
OILS; fair to good, A.75a6. so; western
steers, $3.50d6.5O; stockers and feeders, 49,
@525; southern steers, $S.5Oa6.60; southern
native heifers. SS.25q65O; bulls. $2.75Q4.5O;
calves, A.O0Q7.O0.
HoGs-Receipts, 1900 head; market
steady to DC lower; top, 1915; bulk of sales,
S5.0OQ5.65; heavy, $5.65Q6. 10; packers and
butchers. $5-3Oa5.70; pigs, $4.25G5.OO.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 1000
head; market 5436c lower; lambs, 5000
SIS; ewes and y~earlngs, As0OG4.75; western
yearlings, A.50q6.60; western sheep, 49, 80
4.60; stockers and feeders, 325Oq4.40.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

HOGS-Receipts here and at all other
market points this morning were very lib
eral while there wal a sharp decline al
along the line, most markets being quoted
right from the opening bul0c lower. This
market furnished no exception to the gem
eral rule, being not only lower, but slow
at the decline. Statesmen were very back
ward about making CONCESSIONS de-
manded by buyers and II was late before
the trade was under way. With the mar
Of the hogs today sold at IS. SOa5.4e, as
against against S6.B@6,B yesterday.
DaNrauantafgva uaIaa.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

NEW YORK. Dec. 16.-MoNEY-on call,
firm, 2AG3A per cent; ruling rate, 81 per
cent; closing bid, 3 per cent: offered at
81 per cent. Time loans. firm; sixty and
ninety days, 34qSk per cent; six months,
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER - 4a4M
per cent.
STERLING EXcHANGE-Easy, with ac-
tual business in bankers bills at A.A75d
Sass for sixty-day bills and at "a. S6S5 for
demand; commercial bills, A.s4%G4.S4A.
SILVER-Bar, 4S$c; Mexican dollars, 45c.
BoNDs-Govcrnment, easy; railroad. ir-
regular.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

Four sample copies free or the Copper,
Curb q Mining Outlook, a 32-page weekly,
devoted exclusively TO mining reWs.
Covers TOnOpah, GOldfield, Ely, Butte,
Cobalt, Yerington. Tintie Bingham. Park
City, Beaver County. Rawhide. Canadian
and all active camps. The most compra<
hensiye and valuable mining paper pub
lished. Sent on reQuezt - Trinity Eisee,
New AK
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
ST.. Louis 1--we stock Market.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 16.-CATTLE-Receipts.
Also head, including 400 Texans. Market
steady to i5c lower; Texans steady 10 lOc
lower native shipping and export steers,
A.50nI.60; dressed beef and butcher steers,
A.O0p6.25; steers under 1000 lbs, S3.759S.OO;
heifers, B.O0q6.6i Gamers, h75q2!OO; bulls.
s.. 75Q4.50; calves, A.O097.0; Texas and In
u.754450.
HOGS-Recelpts, 1880 head. Market SC
lower pigs and lights. S3.20Q5S5; packers.
$40.
SHEEP. AND LAMBS-Receipts, 2,2O
head. Market 15q25c lower; native muttons.
S3.00d435; lambs, S.25d7.25; culls and bucks.
S2.5O44.25; stockers. S2.25d340
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Wool Market,

BOSTON, Dec. 16.-WOOL-The quietness
in the local wool market, after several
weeks of intense activity, still obtains,
although a few new contracts have been
closed. There is. however, a heavy move
ment toward the mills. Prices remain
steady and are above the lowest for the
year.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. l6-wooL-Firm; re-
ceipts, nominal; medium grades, combing
and clothing. lsh024c; light fine, l61k62Oc;
heavy fine. 1Ohal6c; tub washed, 2S93lhc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Peorin Market.

PEORIA, III, Dec. 1s.-CoRN-Steady; No
2 yellow, 6Shc; No. s yellow. 5Sc; No. I
5shc; No. 8. 56he; no grade. 52Q56hc.
OATS-Uower. No. 2 white, 5lAq5lhc; No
3 white. Sohq5le; No. 4 white, 49hqSoc.
standard. bONc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Coffee Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16-COFFEE-Mar-
ket for futures closed steady net unchanged
to- points lower; sales were reported OF
1880 bags, including December at .61
May. 5.15c; July. 5.20c; September, 6.2O9
5-8c; spot quiet; Rio, No. z. 6kG64o; No. 4
Santos, TsqS6c; mild coffee duh: CordoYa,
9hG12hc,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
LirernooI arnin Nfnrket.

LIVERPOOL Dec. l6.-WHEAT-Spot.
dull; No. 2 red western. winter, Is nd;
futures steady: December, rs 11&d; March,
Is 7Nd; May, rs sgd.
CORN-Spot, quiet; new American mixed.
via Galveston. IS Cd; futures quiet; Janu-
airy, IS 4d; March, IS SAd.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
sioux city live stock Market.

ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 16-CATTI-B-Re.
celpts, $500 head market steady steers,
t6.Ooa7.a; cows n heifers, S2BQ6.Si
calves, N00I7,m.
lower; top, $500, bulk OF sales, &,16u6.b0.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 1900
head; market opened steady, closed lower;
sheen steady; lambs. &.16di.1b.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
E-vaporated Apples and Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-EVAPoRATED
fancy quoted at S14a91ko; choice at 7hGSc;
prime at 6AQ7c, and old crop at 46c, ac-
cording to grade.
DRIED FRUITS-Prunes are In moderate
demand, with quotations ranging from asa
7Ac for new crop. California up to 40s to
sos and 61HD7kc fer Oregons COS to 30s,
Apricots continue firm. with choice quoted
at 9Ld9%c; extra choice at iO610kc, and
fancy at nh41SMc. Peaches are quiet,
but firm with choice quoted at TOXIC;
extra choice at 7%Gsc, and fancy at $40
lie. Raisins unsettled. choice to fancy
seeded at 6Q7&c; seedless at 4Mq6c, and
London layers at $i.60Gd.6 go.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Oils and ROain,

OIL CITY. Dec. 16-OIL-Credit balances,
Sis; runs, 1858 bbls.; average. 129, on
bills shipments. 1922 bbls.; average, lSs.-
T84 bbls.
SAVANNAH. Dec. 16-oILs-Turpentine
firm, 37%G3Sc.
RoSIN-Ftrm; r, d. e, +, G. S2.92k; H.,
s.. 90; ], A.l5; N, t615; ". G., $40: w. W.,
$3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
A asked. B bid.
Minneapolis Grain Market.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. t6-wHEAT-De-
cember, $1,000; May. S1,O9; cash. No: !
hard, N.09Aq1.O9%; No. l northern, NGhq
1.OS%; No. Q northern, $1.O6hQlO6%; No.
northern, N.O2A@1 OK.
SEEDS-Flax, A.44%.
BRANDT bulk, 19.O0419.2.
FLOUR-Dull; first patents, $53OQo,6o;
second patents, 81. 10d5 %: first clears, N.O0
@4.10; second clears. $2.S5430o.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
stock in sight.
POPULAR VOTE OF ALL STATES
Total umber of ballots Cast at Las
Election Nearly Fifteen
Milton. '

NEW YORK. Dec. 18-The total vote o.
the various presidential candidates at tho
last national election was made known to-
day in an officials form by the filing Of
the last Of the official vote, that OF Michi'
gan. The total shows the following vote,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Total Cor AID candIdates

IOIdl IOT All CdnuludbeSs ssssFssss ~ cu-teeS
This grand total exceeds by ~l,S4l,63l the
total number OF votes cast in the presi-
Dental election of 1901, when the grand total
was Is, $40, 70s.
Compared with that election, the candi-
dates Of the republican. democratic and So
cialist parties increased their vote this
year. The reverse is true OF the candidates
Of the prohibition, populist and socialist
labor parties. The independence party did
not Figure in the presidential election Of
four years ago. .
The biggest difference In a party vote
Is shown in an increase for Bryan Of l.3i5. I'll
over the total vote cast In 1904 for Parker.
Taft received 1870 votes more than were
polled for President Roosevelt In 1904 and
Debs ran 45, 1858 ahead of his predecessor on
the socialist ticket. b
PopuIiats show Heavy Loss.
The heaviest loss is shown by the popu-
lists, who, with the same candidate regis
tered SO, 100 votes less this year than in 1904,
when their total was III, 1S3. The prohibit
ZIONIST candidate, Chafin, ran 1924 votes
behind the 1904 mark OF his party, and Gill
haus, the socialist-labor candidate, received
only about 80 per cent of the vote given to
Corrigan, which was sl,249 in the presi-
Dental race. -.
New York CS7O,O7O), Pennsylvania Gas, 100
and Illinois C62s,ss21 gave Taft the greatest
number Of votes among the states. while
as to Bryan, the order was New York
1851, 1859. Ohio GO2.72D and Illinois (45O. slOS
The votes cast for Taft and Bryan were
almost identical in number in two states.
namely. Maryland and Nevada. In tho first
mentioned Taft received 11l.263 and Bryan
111,l17 and in the other 1924 and 1855, re-
spectfully.
Debs received his largest vote in Penn
sylvania (Ss,o1S), Illinois (So. M and New
York @S,451). Delaware gave him only
seventy-five votes. t
Hisgen's vote in New York (S5,S1O and in
his own state, Massachusetts Q9,237. to-
gether formed nearly two-thirds of all the
votes he received in the whole country In
six states not a vote was cast for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

lowers; beeves. A5O07.00; fat cowS helfers.
SACcd5.OO; butchers stock, &2SdA0; feed
ers, steady, SCG4s60; calves and yoarlings,
2.OoG4JM.
lower; range, AsOQAt5; bulk OF sales. $40
& %.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
PhndeIphIa Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. l6-BUrTER-
steady extra eastern creamery, SIC; nearby
prints, Sc,
EOgS-Weak. % lower; Pennsylvania
and naarby firzta. free cases. 32c al mark;
cuFrant receipts. IN returnable cases. Sle.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Duluth Grain Market.

DULUTH, Dec. l6.-WHEAT-No. / north
ern, N.O6ih; No. 2 northern, dO6h; Decem-
Der, A.07; May, Sl.09; July, N.09.
OATS-49hc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
sugar and NfoInnnes.

NEW YORK. Dec. l6.-SUGAR-Raw
quiet3 fair refining. aS0d3 sec: centrifugal
IS test, 3.S0n3S6c; mOlasses sugar, 30d
allc; refined. quiet; crushed. 6.45c; pow
dered, A65ci granulated, A75e.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
milwaukee, Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. l6- WHEAT =
No. 2, $l.O71h; May, si.O6b6i.O6M.
coRN-Steady; May, SIS.
BARLEY-LOweri STANDARD, 6sc; sample.
59d66c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Rank Clearing.
Statement.

OMAHA. Dec. 16.-Bank clearings for to-
day were 81 l3, 5S0.1s and for the CORE
spending date last year, H,6e.O67.55.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
WEATHER IN THE GRAIN BELT
Rail- or Snow and Colder IL the OUT
look for Thursday.

OMAHA, NeDP Dec. 10, ISOo'
The pressure is very unevenly distributed
over the central and western portions of the
country this morning and unsettled weather
is general everywhere west of the Missis-
sippi river. Light rain is falling in the
middle Mississippi valley and SHOWS are
general n the extreme upper Mississippi and
Missouri valleys, and throughout the en-
tire mountain region. Temperatures are
lower in the mountains and extreme north
west, and the weather will be colder In
this vicinity tonight n Thursday with
rain or snow. 1t is slightly warmer In the
central valleys and southern states, and
slightly cooler in the Ohio valley, lower
lake region and east to the coast, but no
important change in temperature has oc-
Cured east of the Rocky mountains since
the preceding report.
Omaha record of temperature and pro-
cipltation compared with the corresponding
day OF the last three years:
Minimum temperature .... IS q u y
Precipitation ,.,,.......s.. W L w w
Normal temperature for today, 2S degrees.
Deficiency in precipitation, since March l.
4.12 inches.
Deficiency corresponding period in 1907.
1.1S inches.
Deficiency corresponding period in 1906.
ass inches.
[. A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

at mark: western firsts. free cases, s2c, at
mark; current receipts, free cases, &aS1c.
CHBESE-Firm; New York full creams
l4al41hci fair to good, 19a13ifc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Toledo Seed Market.

TOLEDO. Dec. l6-sBED-clover. cash
and December, $50; March, 1914 octo-
Der. S616; prime alslke. N.s5.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Articies1 Open. Hugh Low. Close. res'y


p6Qe6Mc; No. 4 hard. 92q9itc; No. s spring.
b5d98c.
CoRN-No. 3. 5sNQ6shcj No. 3 yellow,
b31kc; Nos white @95ehc,
OATSNo. 3 mixed, 46h@47c; No, 3 yell
low, 47G47hci No. 3 white, 47hG47%c; No.
4 white EQ47kc; standard, 4Sc.
RYE-No. 2, 1c; No. 3, zoe.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

fund exclusive OF the s1SO,OOo.OOo gold re-
serve shows: Available cash balance. $751;
110,S07. Gold coin and bullion. S26,022.59A
Gold certificates, So, 7Ol, 40.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

All the world loves a bargain. You car
find bargains by watching the Want Ad.'
Pages OF The Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-COTTON-Futures
opened steady; December, S.S5c; January,
845c; February, S.43c, bid; March, 8.b2c;
May, s.6Oc; July, s.57c; August, $500: oc-
tober, 8.40c.
Futures closed steady; December. s.s1c;
January, S.41c; February, S.42c; March,
8. 49c; April, S.53c; May, S.5Sc; June, S.57c;
Spot closed quiet; middling uplands, s.1Oc;
middling gulf. 9.Sc; sales, loo. bales.
ST, LOUIS, Dec. 16-coTToN-Dull:
middling, &c; sales, none; receipts, S,734
bales; shipments, s,403 bales; stock, S6,l6l
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16.-CoTToN-
Spot was dull and easy; low ordinary,
4 b-16c; ordinary, 6hc, nominal; good ordi-
nary, 6916c; low middling, 715-16c; mid
ding. 8 11-16c; good middllng, 91-l6c; mid
ding fair. 97-16c; fair, 10 3-16c, nominal;
receipts, 1891 bales; stock, 29S,6S7 bales.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
stocks and Bonds.

BOSTON, Dec. 16.-Money, call loans, 21t
@31s per cent; time loans, 3hG4h per cent.
Closing prices on stocks and bonds wore as
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
London stock Mnrket.

LONDON, Dec. 16.-American securities
were irregular during the early trading to-
day. At noon the market was steady with
prices ranging from y below to u above
Yesterdays New York closing.
IaOndOn closing stocks.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cattle Weak to Ten Cents Lower
Hogs Five Cents Lower.

CHICAGO, Dec. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
24.OCO head; market weak to 1Oc lower;
steers, A.60a7.SO; COWS, 2.OOa5.25; heifers,
$2.5OQ466; bulls, 81. 75Q4.5O; calves, $2.5OQS. Is;
stockers and feeders, $250Q4.S5.
HOGS-Receipts, 5000 head; market Sc
lev err; choice heavy shipping, IS. OQS.7 20;
butchers, S.65q5.75; light mixed. $5.O0Qo. %;
choice light, S.SOq5,45 packing, IS. 4O45, IS;
pigs, A.00q6.15; bulk of sales, $5.40d5.6 60.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 5000
head; market 15425c lower; sheep, $4,000
475; lambs, 5,2QT6o; yearlings, $4.25Q6.5O.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

sILVER-Bar, quiet at % slid per ounce.
MONEY-2q2A per cent.
The rate OF discount I'm the open market
for short bills is 2S per cent; for three
months bills 2t42h per cent
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
New York Mining Stocks.
OMAHA GENERAL MARKET.
Condition of Trade and Quotations on
Staple and Fancy Produce.


BUTPER-Creamery, No. l, delivered to
retail trade in cartons, S1c; No. / In 6O-lb.
60c; No. 2 in 60-lb. tubs, Csc; No. 2
in 30-lb. tubs, Csc; No, 2 in Lib. cartons,
2sc; fancy dairy, tubs. 2G23c; packing
EGGs-Fresh candled, ssc; storage, CSC.
CHEESE-Finest Wisconsin full cream,
twins, 15c; young Americas, 4 in hoop, 15hc;
f~avorite. 5 in hoop, 16c; daisies, 20 IN hoop.
15hc; cream brick, full case, lie; block
BEEF CUTS-No. 1 ribs. 17hc; No. 2 ribs,
nHc; No. 3 ribs, 1c; No. loins, zoe; No. 3
loins. 13c; No. 3 loins,, &c; No. / chuck, &C;
No. 2 chuck, &c; No. 3 chuck. 4hc; No. /
SIC; No. / plate. 61zc; No. : plate, &c; No.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Dressed hens, 100:
springs, lie; ducks, 12ci geese, 1Oc; tur-
esyUJ;GAaoRLcoarse s%ranSiated' SOC SS1 fine
granulated, soc; cubes, 6.eOc; powdered,
FRESH FRu1rs-Apples. s.5o4.@ per
i}orr box h SanS * 5000; aOs QHTa aE : n Cal Sar
bunch. Grapes, Malaga, $6.60Q6.5O per key;
California Emperor, 4-box crates. $16Sd
10.
Loin: No. /. zoe; No. Z. -ishc; No. g. 10o
Chuck: No. l, &c; No. 2 b%c;, No. g., &c
Plate: No. 1. exc; No. 2, &c; No. 8, 4hc.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Michigan, per
Sg;i' No. j ss.5ogS. 90 lima, 5%e per ID.
bers, Per doz., .ti:soa1.7s: Onions spanish
esP c lettuce. '' Ss4 aEs' z &c. ai P.Dp. HS'
southern. 500 per crate. Cauliflower, s25C
per crate; Egyptian, $50 per dog. Brussels
sprouts. SOC per at. Kimouats. Sc per at
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-Today's state
ment Of treasury balances In the general
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
-. Joseph Live stock Marker.

SIOUX CITY. Ia, Dec. ~B.-(special Tele-
gram.SCATTLE-Receipts. 1900; market
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17
Minimum temperature 80. g 2 y
N city Grain and Provisions.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 16.-WHEAT-Un-
changed to nc higher; December. 9Ghcj
SssSsl, S S5%; No SSlyi 3 ' Ssfd, f ssss:a 81; 2 S sSFd !
red, A.541O6; No. 3 red, h00Q1.N.
CoRN-Unchanged to Ac. higher; De-
cember, 56Mc; May, 5T%c; July, 57hc; cash,
No. 2 mixed, 56Ka56%c; No. 8 mixed, 561ac;
No. 2 white, 571kQ57Ac; No. 3 white, size.
oATS-Unchanged; No. 2 white. 4Sq61c;
No. 2 mixed, 48Q60c.
RYE-74G77c.
HAY-steady; choice timothy, 50. 75GlO,0O;
choice prairie, $S75q9.0; choice alfalfa,
$13.5O91450.
BUTTER-Creamery. steady at SOC; pack
ing stock, weak at 19c.
EGGS-Steady; fresh extras, 3oc; current
receipts, Csc.
Receipts and shipments OF grain were as
follows: Receipts. Shipments.
Wheat, u.................., 5000 @,O0
Corn, o0VO lo,OVO
oats blu. .....,......... 5000 $1,000
Options at Kansas City;
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

caSh ouotations were as Follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
ELouR-steady; Winter patents, aO A;e pa
spring patents, s9.s096.60; straights, AOOQ
4,s0i bakers, S2.644lb. .
MI, WM1EASsTrMGNNSo q. z n sprins, SSnS os 20 .
GoAN-No. p bsA@6s1Ac; No. yellow, 5sh
99xTTss1SNo. ? DC; No. 3 white. 4'h96so.
.BARLEY-Good feeding. 57Aa5So; fair to
choice malting, 6gqSsc;
Timothy. prime, Ss.sS. Glover. contract
IPRRovisfoNs-short ribs sides uoose).
il62h Lard. per 100 lbs, s9.1O@e.12h. Short
clear sides (boxedD. sS.371EqS 62lk.
were as follows: Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, bbls. ..,.......".,... $500 A,6O
Wheat bu......".-....".. 1900 $500
Corn, tpu. .s.......,'..... 16I,oO 2e5,eO
Oats, $4,000 1890
Rye; ~ ...'"'""''"''' SVS gzn
Barley, bu..s.rs...-......, l25,eO R,i 100
on the Produce exchange the butter mar
ket was steady creameries, 22q30c; diaries.
2hQ8c, Dggsf weak; at mark cases in
cluded. AQ&7hc: bret, 2se; prime firsts, 29c.
50. Laais4GsneraI Market.
ST LerIs 2se iSTTwaa he 81
hard. a.OsQ1.Os1si May, AOe%aLO63s; July,
eoRNaLQwsT track, no. 2 cash; 4sasc;
FLouR-DuiE red winter patents. A.sOa
61os extra fancy and straight, A.lb947Oi
hfHS Tia!s gh slsay' i tisS;
EORNMEAIl5,20,
BRAN-steady! sacked, east track. sl.Os
HAY.pun; timothy. S.OO@l4.O; prairie.
IRON COTTON TIEs-n.OO.
BAGG1NG-T&c,
HEMP TWINE-fc.
PROVISlONS1.Pork steady; JobblnR.
S161eh. Lard. over; prime steam. $S.921z6
902hN, Dry salt meats. unchanged; boxed
extr1 shortsy $9s71a clear ribs. S9S7h: short
cieats, &.e1k. Bacon, dull; boxed extra
shorts $40 q; clear RIBS, slo.25; short clears,
POULTRY-Steady: chickens, Sc; springs,
ec; turkeys. lac; 6ueks. sac; geese, 6hc.
BUTTFR-Ffrm. creameries, 2ikdS0c.
E~GGS-Firm, &c, case count.
Receipts and shipments OF flour and grain
were as follows;
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

Or the Produce exchange the butter mar
ket was steady Srsameries, 22gSOc; diaries.
cluded, 24G271kc: Snrst, 2so; prime firsts. 29c.
Cheese. firm l4q15c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-17

Totals ..........s 1916 21, &2 s5.sn 1871
All other candidates. 14.652.219.
The Washington times., 1908-05-13
METHODISTS WANT
ANOTHER DISTRICT
Foreign Missionaries Think That
Power in Church Is IN
equally Divided.

BALTIMORE, May 13-Enorts viii be
made during the session of the Gen
eral Conference Of the Methodist Church
to organize a fiftieth conference district.
The initiative in this project will be
taken by the missionaries delegated from
Europe, Asia. and Africa. who are dis
satisfied with the manner In which they
have been apportioned or among the
fourteen districts now existing.
The majority Of the missionaries are
In favor Of having a separate district
to themselves. con posed OF representa-
tives from Europe, Asia, and Africa,
OF band themselves together as a whole,
with States like California, to equalize
the balance Of power. California was
mentioned In this connection, bus II was
thought by some to be a bad selection.
on account OF the hostility there toward
the Chinese.
It is more than probable that the con-
ference will go on record as favoring
the. suspension of one OF the two mis-
slOnary periodical, which have besn
published for years under the direction
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
and that in the future only one publt-
cation Will be issued.
The Washington times., 1908-05-13
TWO MORE JOIN
THE 400" CLUB

The 400 Club today numbers ls9 mem
hers. Two additions TO the roll Of honor
were reported this morning. They were:
19S-Mrs. AntOinette P. Chester.
19g-George f. P. Cook.
While accretions 10 the membership OF
the organization that mas as its purpose
the wiping out of the deficit Of the AS
ISOLATED Charities and the Citizens Re-
Hef Association are not as rapid as the
members OF the joint finance committee
,,fgbt desire the fact that each day
l,,.i9gs in new subscriptions serves to
5,5s+ifv their hope that the entire
amount required, 5000. viii be raised
in time.
The Washington times., 1908-05-13
TORNADO DEATH LIST
MAY PASS EIGHTEEN
Seven Killed in Place of
Refuge-Dozen Seriously
Hurt in Storm Area.

OMAHA, Neb., May 1s.-Fifteen to
eighteen persons were killed and more
than a dozen seriously injured, accord
ing TO reports being received today Of
the havoc wrought by the tornado
which swept Omaha and the country
to the south
The greatest loss of life is reported
at Louisville, where Mrs Frank Hes
Ter was killed in her home and seven
men met death in a sand pit in which
they had sought safety. In addition
two unidentified men were killed. Half
the town was wrecked.
At Fort Crook several OF the bar
racks buildings were damaged by the
wind, No deaths resulted. At Belle
view about $4,000 damage was done TO
the college buildings Near Richfield
killed
A short distance from Pilhon. Mar
IN Ielth ana his son James were dTiV-
ing toward home. Their horse became
frightened by the storm and plunged
into the PappiO river. Both father and
son were drowned.
The Washington times., 1908-05-13
SEEK THE SLAYERS
OF YOUNG FIGHTER
Men Escaped in Crowd, After Driv-
ing Knives Into Breast of
Kid" Tempe.

NEW YORK. May 13.-After closely
questioning the only eyewitness TO the
mysterious stabbing of kid Tempe.
amateur pJgilist, the police today are
pulling the net preparatory TO making
arrests OF the men guilty OF the affair
In John DAILY the police have their
most promising lead, as the peddler was
the only person who saw the stabbing
OF Tempe as he descended the steps Of
the Third avenue Il" at Twenty eighth
street last night. The two men who
stabbed Tempe made their getaway in
the crowd surrounding the form of their
victim. AS Tempe stepped from the
walk he received a stab in his heart
Both men, it Is asserted, drove long
knives into Temples breast.
Tempe fell to the ground, writing IN
agony His assailants. seeming in no
hurry. awaited his attempt 10 arise,
When they saw that their work had
heen effective, they made their way
through the crowd that had gathered.
and suddenly took to their heels, going
an opposite directions Before any or
ganized move by the crowd could be
made the assassins were out OF sight.
femme was dead when an ambulance IN
which he was placed had arrived at the
hospital.
The Washington times., 1908-05-13
Train Races Cyclone;
Saped by Turn in Road

PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. May ia
Burlington passenger train yesterday
afternoon had a ten-mile race with a
tornado, ana only by the hard work Of
the engineer and fireman was the train
saved, the race ending when the rail-
road track took a sharp turn southwark
and left the path OF the storm.
The tornado was first observed near
Louisville, Neo.. and was Immediately
behind the train and coming down the
river at a RAPID speed. The railroad
track here follows the river banks. and
was directly in the path OF the cy-
clone.
Inc engineer opened the throttle wide
ana the train whizzed along. For ten
miles the race continued the storm
gradually gaining. A sudden turn in
the tracks carried the train out OF dan
ger. Passengers kneeled in prayer dur
ing the race.