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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-30
LOSES LIFE FOR bus cHILD
Oklahoma MaR Reseues All ChlIdren
bat OBe from BuFniRE
House.

HARTsHoRNE okl.. Jan. a.-HoWard
Ratliffe and his young son were burned
20 death in the destruction BY fire OF their
home here last night Ratliff saved four
children and lost his own life when he re-
turned for the 9TH. which be was unable
u hzAl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-30
Gore PushiRE Income Tax.

WARRINGTON. Jan. S-senator Gore OF
Oklahoma today introduced a Joint resofu-
ton amending the oOustttutiun 20 as 10
give congress power to hwy an tleauaa t.x
either graduates or 0thaFv 4
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-30
Omaha yesterday

Oklahoma man loses hts life trying to
save his child Page
Blank certificates were used by con-
tractors and officials in the Pennsylvania
frauds Page q
stockmen of South Dakota meet at
Mitchell Page
Statehood fight about ended for the pres
ent. according to tactics OF governor Of
New Mexico. Page /
Occupation of Cuba has cost about
81, 900. 900. Page 1
Aldrich bill will be reported TO the
senate today and will come up for dis
cussion early in February. Page
Secretary Cortelyou makes long-ex-
pected report to the senate on financial
conditions. The delay and the fact he
submits It in printing is made the cause
OF criticism by Senator Tillmsn Page /
Martin w. Littleton pleads insanity OF
Thaw and scores the attitude of District
Attorney Jerome. Page
Cold weather is general over the north
ern states Page 1
President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers suggests an insurance feature
of the organization. Page q
Chief Of grazing at Cheyenne makes
announcement of the aliotments of land
for various purposes. Page q
suffragettes in London create stir
at the opening of Parliament. Page l
Division of the Canadian House of
Parliament results in victory of the gov
ernment Page q
Funeral of Cardinal Richard Saturday
in Paris will be imposing ceremony.
Page l
POLITICAL.
Returns from the Louisiana primary
Indicate close election. but the victory
of Sanders. Page !
Inquiries sent to Nebraska by Senator
Brown indicate almost unanimous OPP
position to both Aidrich and Fowler bills.
Page /
Great crowd OF stalwarts throng
Mitchell for the purpose of cementing
| their organization and listening to speech
| by Senator Klttredge. Page 1
Postmaster general returns today and
will take up report of inspector on
charges against Thomas. Rumor report
is favorable and nomination will go TO
the senate this week. Page 1
LOCAL.
Omaha delegation to Missouri river
| avigation congress makes many friends
among interested cities Page s
Omaha Real Estate exchange in resolu-
tion urges governor to call special ses-
sion of Legislature to pass state bank de-
posit guarantee law. Page 10
Business men land the corn exhibit and
financial backing is tow being secured.
Page s
Omaha Park board by resolution asks
that part Of inheritance tax be devoted to
parks and boulevards. Page
Five hundred men are put to work on
cutoff lake cutting ice for the big Swift
] ice houses Page s
Francis Smith. who died Tuesday at his
home in Rockland, Me. was an early
resident of Omaha and a prominent finan-
cial power here and later in Wall street
Page q
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
Live stock markets. Page 2
Grain markets. Page 2
Stocks and bonds Page 2
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-30
WATERWAYS MEASURE PASSES
House To-day Agrees 40 senate bill
Making Appropriation Of
Ten thousand.

SPRINGFIELD H., Jen. 9.-The house
today passed a senate bill appropriating
u0,o0 for the use OF the internal improve
msnt commission in investigation the deep
waterway Broiset sstwssR CAiEs and east
81 L0uE4.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-30
Legal Rights Preserved.

The legal right OF the department 70
make allotments OF the bOnds~and securi-
ties to such persons and banks and in such
amounts as Il might see fit can hardly
be called in question, In view Of the fact
that the circular Offering the Panama
bonds contained this distinct provision.
''rhe department also reserves the right
10 reject any or all bids, II deemed to be
70 the interests Of the United States so
10 do"
Obviously 50 far as the offer OF securi-
ties vas influenced by the desire 10 pre-
vent distress In the money market, IL woul !
have failed OF this purpose IL awards had
which would have resulted in larpe drafts
upon the reserves OF the hanGa and Would
not have aided in drawing money from
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-30
FOREIGN.

Suffragettes in London create stir
at the opening of Parliament. Page l
Division of the Canadian House of
Parliament results in victory of the gov
ernment Page q
Funeral of Cardinal Richard Saturday
in Paris will be imposing ceremony.
Pare i
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-30
Thomas Matter Coming Up.

Postmaster General Meyer returns frol
a short visit 10 Boston tomorrow and II
expected the findings OF the inspector WI
was sent TO Omaha to investigate Il
charges against h. F. Thomas, who he
been recommended for the Omaha pos
masteTshlp, win be taken up and consi,
cred. From those IN position to know
1t is thought the investigation is wholly
Mr. Thomas favor and that his name wi
go to the senate before Saturday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-01-30
No Appeal TO Passions.

Mr.. Littletons argument was forcetul ana
impressive. He refrained from appealing
10 the passions of the jurymen, and devoted
hfmseif TO logical consideration of the
facts as sdduced In evidence. lie made no
attempt TO eulogize Harry Thew and said
that he asked for him no more considera-
tion than the average American boy had
right to demand of the average American
jury. The speech was crisp with epigrams
and the short sentences were filled with
the pith of logic and the quality of appeal
The jurymen followed it with intense in
terest and it was generally conceded that
Mr.. Littleton had left District Attorney
Jerome a difficult task.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02

the chauffeur slowed up to get through
the crowd. Looking back Weld saw the
street grow more congested behind him,
and gave a sigh of relief.
"Were all right" he said reassuringIy
to his companion, chat blockade viii
keep them there until we are way up
on Fourth avenue"
And that is just what it did do; and
for fully ten minutes the automobiles
stood at the entrance to the bridge,
putting impatiently. When at last they
forced their way through, the six motor
cars scorched up the Bowery, passing a
mounted policeman. who ordered them
to halt, without even a glance. And it
so happened that the officer telephoned
the number of the machine to men fur
Their up the street, and at Fourteenth
street Mr.. Halstead and his friends were
unceremoniously stopped by a squad of
policemen, and put under arrest for fast
driving. After a great deal of arguing,
and promise to appear in police court
the next morning, the pursuers were al
lowed to 60 on, but it was too late to
hope to overtake Grace.
While all this was happening she and
Weld reached Harlem, were married, and
took the fast train on the Shore Line
to Boston, at One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street. From there they sailed
next morning for England by the Allen
Line.
For time Mr.. Halstead was very an
cry, but Grace wrote such a pleading
letter from London that he forgave her,
and for once saw her point of view
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
CALIFORNIA SWAPS DRINKS.
Peaceful Wine Topper of San Francisco
Succeeded by the Mescal Fiend.

One of the old San Francisco's peculiar
institutions was the vagrant locally
known as the wine bum. In the new city,,
so comes the word, he is almost extinct.
and in his placehas arisen the mescak
fend.
Along the Barbary coast, on the edges.
of Chinatown and particularly on Kear-
ny street at the point where that thor
oilghfare completes its ascent of Tele--
graph hill, were dark little groggeries
where California wine, well doctored,
could be had for as little as cents
quart, white or red. There you found
the wine topper sitting an hour over his
quart or two at table in a room with
sanded floor, and a little later, stopping
in Portsmouth square, you found the
wine topper there. keeping company with
the monument to Stevenson, who once
loafed in the same plaza, and sleeping
away the afternoon sprawled on a bench
Five cent wine seldom did more than
make a man sleepy, but mescal, which is
pulque brandy, distilled from the fer
mented sap of the century plant, is a
torrid and infammatory drink. The mes
cal fiend is loud citizen in San Fran
cisco these days. A San Francisco news
paper, reciting the progress of one down
town Kearny street the other day, every
now and then pausing to try to pull a
telegraph pole up by the roots quotes
policeman as saying
Another mescal fiend. This will make
the eleventh l have had to lay out this
evening. The wine gang were bad
enough, but if this mescal keeps on being
apeddled I'll get shifted to the fog belt.''
New York Sun
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
Cooperative Shopping a Success.

Cooperative shopping has proved SO
successful in a certain apartment house
in Harlem that the tenants declare it to-
be the greatest Of all modern discoveries,
while the landlord asserts that as a re-
ceipt for keeping tenants in house
there is nothing that comes within miles
of it. The plan began by one woman
asking another to purchase some grocer
les for her. She happened to need the
same articles for her own household
and when she discovered that a few cents
could be saved by buying them i'll large
quantities she made known this fact
to the other women of the house. Then
they all got together and took turns in
buying and dividing. Flour was bought
by the barrel, hams were purchased by
the dozen instead of by the slice, tea
by the can and coffee by the box, and
cam ed goods in large quantities from
wholesale houses. In fact, enough
provender to last a month was bought
When the price of everything was count
ed and compared with that of the cor
ner grocer it was discovered that a
small family could save, on an average
nearly $40 a month. The, scheme has
been voted such a success that it has,
been extended to dry goods and wearing
aDnarel
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
The Cost Of Old Age Pensions.

Great Britain, which is already heavily
taxed, is uneasy over the prospect of a
huge increase Of its burden by reason of
the project of old age pensions.
To test the probable cost of the old age
pension scheme, Alfred Butterworth,
Lancashire cotton manufacturer, offered
to give S1.25 to every one over 90 years
of age in the towns of Oldham and Chad
derton. There are 10000 people in the
two towns. The gross amount which
Mr.. Butterworth was called upon to
pay was $7750. He estimates that the
annual cost of national old age pension
would be 100000. Added to the
other taxes under which the people of
Great Britain have been grooming since
the South African war; the necessity for
raising this large sum every year would
be keenly felt by the taxpayers of the
tight little island.
Germany's prospective deficit of $780,
100000 in the next five years is partly
due to the fact that a costly widows
and orphans insurance system is to come
into effect in eighteen months
There is an old story of a Russian
mujik who tried to lengthen blanket
by cutting piece off the top and sew
ing it on to the bottom. Governments
aiming at the abolition of poverty by the
disbursement of pensions are not unlike
the mujik They run the risk of making
paupers by exacting the heavy taxes
needed to pay their pensioners.-Even-
ing Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02

to two or three Of the smaller Eastern
States. 1t is true, however, that most
of the coal territory Of these States
is underlaid by low grade Ignite, and
hence the fields are not so important
as their areas would indicate. The
same is true Of North Dakota, which
includes an extremely large area of
coal territory, but the fuel is wholly
Ignite and of comparatively little
value.
If the present rate of coal consump-
ton should be maintained from now
on, the coal of the United States would
last nearly 1000 years. On the other
hand, the increasing rate Of coal con-
sumption in the United States is an
alarming factor in considering the flu
ture supply. The rate Of increase is
enormous, the amount produced in each
decade since 1916 being equal to the
entire previous consumption. The
amount of coal consumed in the ten
years from 1916 to 1925 was about 315,-
$50 short tons. In the ten years from
1896 to 1905 the consumption was over
1882, 1904 short tons.
If the consumption of coal continues
to increase in the future as fast as ii
has in the past, the supply will be ex,
hausted in about 100 years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
ONE ON BRYAN.
An Incident that Kept His Head
from Undue Swelling.

An Incident that Kept His Head
from Undue Swelling.
The last time William ]. Bryan was
at the national capital he told a story
at his own expense, concerning his
early career as an orator. The Incl
dent he related took place several years
before Mr.. Bryan sprang into national
prominence as presidential candidate,
II stumped my State" he said, 'fH
lively gubernatorial contest and made
red-hot speeches against the Republican,
candidate. I said such severe things
that 1 thought at the time that it might
prove to be q little embarrassing if
should ever meet the gentleman person.
ally. The Republican candidate was
elected and a short time afterward 7
accepted an invitation to attend a nom
political meeting in Omaha and deliver
an address. l think that 1t was an
entertainment for the benefit Of some
charity. I know that there were sew
eral speakers down on the program
also a number of singers. The Cover
nor-elect presided. The chairman OF
the Entertainment Committee introduce
ed the speaker or singer to the Gov
ernor and he would then present them
to the audience.
'When it came my turn to be pre-
SC nted to the Governor had some mis-
givings as to the reception he would
give me, on account Of the bitter
speeches l had made in the campaign
The Governor gave me pleasant
smile, however, and, turning to the
audience, he said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, l have the
honor to presenting to you, William j
Bryan'-then, turning to me, and in :
stage whisper that could be heard, i
seemed to me, half way across tht
house, said: Singer or speaker, Mr.
Bryan?
"That experience kept my head from
swelling. The Governor and l after
ward became good friends, but he toll
me that he had actually never heard O
me before the Omaha meeting l hav
mentioned. And l had been under tn
impression that my speeches in tina
campaign had stirred the State from
end to endv'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
Reckless Automobiling Rebuked.

At last a way has been found of at
tracing the attention of automobillsts
who have been Indifferent to speed limit
laws and to popular clamor.'' Seattle,
Washington, was recently. the scene
of a proceeding in court which has made
a very decided impression upon the
minds and imaginations of reckless auto
mobilists throughout the country. Inc
opening part of the proceeding has often
been paralleled elsewhere-a rich man
called into court because his touring car
had run down and killed little girl. IL
was the outcome of the trial that was
unique. Guy G. Stratton, lumberman
and millionaire, who was the defendant;
was found guilty of murder in the SECOND
degree, the punishment for which is a
fine of $4,000 and Imprisonment Tor a
period of from one to twenty years:
There is apparently no escape for STRAIT,
ton, despite his great wealth. He Will
not only have to pay a heavy hn ne,+ LIS
he expected, and does not mlnd-Dut ne
will also have to go to prison for the
term of one year or longer as directed
by the Judge. The state of Washington
is the first in the Union to proceed
against automobile speeding in way
that will effectively check this menace
to human life. The Stratton case IS the
making the killing Of people by automo'
biles a crime has been enforced.
There are careful automobilists, who
will never risk the death OF other
occupants of the highways by needless
operation Of their machines. Bul
many are utterly reckless unless
| constantly reminded that the pubnc mas
! rights which they must respect. The re-
| cent setting of policemen to watch the
| pace of touring cars on upper Gfano
! avenue was not an Unnecessary precau
ton. The good effect OF last years ar
| resrs and hnes is passing away, ana az
| the memory of that crusade becomes
! fainter in the minds of the automobiles
| their resumption of needless ways grows
more fragrant The rate at which some
of them run by street cars standing e
| take passengers on downtown streets II
often so rapid as to make nervous PEG
pie afraid TO leave the curb. Wnen
group of people entering a street ca
is in the way of an AUTOMOBILE, TUT
automobile should stop-the chauiteu
| has no right to force an opening %!
charging into the crowd as II ne dellD
erately intended to run people down
Yet the latter course is the one WHleI
he usually takes by preference, regard
loss Of the reflection that this is a coun
try in which majority rule and tn
greatest good of the greatest numbe
have the sanction of the Fundamental
law.
Sooner or later the American pee
ME everywhere will seriously addres
themselves to the problem of prOtet
tion from the speed maniac. The Sea-
tIe example meantime will have whole
some influence beyond the borders of. tn
state in which it has been made.'-Evel
mo Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
Getting Ready for the Summer.

Summer plans and racing now engage
society's attention almost to the eX ahIe
sion of everything else; Inc IasIioia o aT
Belmont enf park Se s and among them it IS con,
talk about the horse races inte 1s ay.
Incidentally to know how to dress SIS ap-
tendance there more or less in the nature
one who hopes to be considered in the The
social whirl.. But racing has by of Of
means absorbed entirely the "a attg wneb-end
T Gona% to pa daGe country homes either at
I,enox or Tuxedo have been yer! pop pbasa
peRd su 9s2s il n t decidedly SfI 1 ba
form Of course ours too, many society peo-
p nGeii are sailing for Europe. where the he ma
5orty viii stay for short ato time n and r in
time for the fashionable season at New
nOrf
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
ENGLAND's VAST EGG HUNGER.
Not Fresh Eggs Enough to Satisfy 1t
Though Many Regions Contribute.

Raising eggs for the English market
offers great future to French farmers,
according to an article by G. Labadie-
Lagrave published in a recent number of
the Figaro. England consumes AGO.
100000 eggs a year, he says, and the
excess of the supply. This is where the
opportunity for France comes in, he
thinks.
The hens of England itself, after re
serves have been set aside for new crop.
of chickens, send 2,27O,O00,000 eggs to
market every year. The balance of p
13O,OOO,OOO comes from abroad. 1t is u
fiction of London dealers that they come
from Belgium and Holland. They don't,
Lagrave says, they come from almost
any other country, even Egypt, Morocco
and Siberia. They are called Belgian be-
cause Belgium is so near they can pre-
tend to be fresh.
AS a matter of fact, the African eggs
are not imported to be eaten, ''eyen by
the, poor" They are chiefly sold 70
bookbinders, who use them, Lagrave
says, to make the leather they use more
supple. But eggs from Italy and Hun
gary and vast quantities from Russia,
even from Siberia, are sold for consump-
ton as German or Swedish, and are
bought at low prices by bakers and con-
fectioners who are not particular.
The fine west end bakeries in London
advertise that they use only English eggs
and they generally live up to their dec
larations. But for some classes of con-
fectionery the Spanish egg is in special
demand. 1t has a yolk Of deep orange
hue and when used in cakes gives them
a richness of color and flavor that can
not be attained in any other way. They
are the product of the black Andalusian
hen and expeditions methods of shipment
are used to get them to London.
There are several retail purveyors in
London whose trade calls for at least
10000 fresh eggs a week. The surplus
from the British memories when the resi-
of the country is provided for is totally
unequal to supply the demand. Sweden
being cold, is not a first rate egg produc
ing country, and the steamer service tt
England is inadequate. Germany is g
great eating country and practically uses
up all she produces. America can sent
inferior grades, but of course not newly
laid eggs. Holland and Belgium produce
only a few millions annually above theil
own needs. Danish eggs are not popu
lar in England because of their peculiarly
pale color.
Thus the consumptions of fresh egg
is actually restricted in England by thu
present impossibility of supplying tn
market. Lagrave therefore urges tn
small French farmers within couple o
hundred miles of the Channel ports t
! go heavily into chicken raising with
view to the production of eggs. IL
urges them further to raise hens of blac
or brilliant plumage so as to get egg
with dark yellow shells and yolks, a
| these sell in London at from s to i
cents dozen at wholesale III advance o
! the male varieties
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-02
COLONY OF GREAT BLUE HERONS.
Have Returned to Same Tree Twenty-Five
Years-Thirteen Nests at One Time.

A place of rare interest to bird lovers
IN Michigan is great blue heron's nest
ing place ten miles west of Battle Greek
on the north bank of the Kalamazoo
river.
1t is notable, says a writer in st.
Nicholas, because there are now only a
Few nesting places of this handsome and
malesuc bird left in that state. 1t is
sui more notable from the fact that the
lew otnefs are in inaccessible swamps,
Whlle TINS one is on dry ground, only a
Suort ulSlance from an interurban cleo
TIC nne' and can be reached without
difficulty.
Great blue herons are home lovers and
become SO attached to the place Of their,
same nesting place and even the same.
tree. They have been known to nest in
one place for fifty years. This COLONY
has nestled on the Kalamazoo river for
twenty-five years.
A sycamore tree is always selected as
the first home tree, because the color of
the bark harmonizes perfectly with the
color of the birds plumage, thus afford
ing protection for both birds and nests,
In this gigantic sycamore were originally
thirteen nests.
The tree is 13 feet in circumference
and 100 feet high up to the first
branches. From this tree the colony has
spread out to several elm trees.
The nests are a most interesting sight
and are so large that they can be seen
from a distance of one mile. They are
huge, rude structures, built of good sized
twigs and sticks, loosely placed together,
forming lattice work on which the
eggs are laid.
The birds use the same nest every sea-
son, adding more sticks to shape it up
when they return the following season.
The eggs number from three to four, are
of a blush green color and are a little
larger than hens eggs.
The herons during the nesting season
are of great benefit to the farmers, as
they destroy all the snakes and field
mice for miles around. When feeding
the young the noise and commotion made
by the fedgelings can be heard at
great distance.
. The blue heron is a majestic appear
ing and most beautiful bird. 1t is fire.
quently enormously called the sandhill
crane. It is solitary bird except when
nesting and is wild and shy.