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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-09-04
ForecIoaure AKainaI Road.

PITTsBURG, Sept 2-ForecIosure pro-
ceedings against the IPittsburg Wabash
Terminal Railway company upon the first
mortgage and property given TO secure first
mortgage bonds was commenced in the
United States circuit court here today by
the Mercantile Trust eomDsnS OF New
York
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-09-04
Bank at NiIes, O., FaII..

WASHINGTON. Sept S.-The First Ma.
tioral bank Of Niles. o., was closed today
by order OF the board OF directors on the
grounds Of insolvency. P. Tillinghast has
been s1pointsd receiver,
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POLITICAL.

A. G. Shallenberger rapidly draws UP to
Dahlman in the contest for governor and
Berge makes a stronger showing than his
opponents expected Page
The republican speaking campaign will
begin in the middle of September, but
the greatest amount of work will be done
in October. according to plans that have
been laid by National Chairman Hitch
cock Judge Taft will remain at Gin
cinnat at least until the middle of Octo-
Der. Page /
FoRBIGK.
French officials become involved in
the Venezuelan scandal in connection with
the French Cable company, recently fined
by Castro's court. Page i
Sultan of Dunaharra has been ordered
to pay penalty of $500 for participation
m massacreing expedition and then to
be hanged. Page l
Commander Burton makes his report to
the veterans at Toledo, Nevins is elected
new commander-in-chief. Page 2
Roy Knabenshue makes a long flight at
Columbus. Page 1
Iowa decides to vote on a short-term
senator September 8. Page /
r. II. Hartman will make some speeches
Pbefore Oregon societies. Page i
Secretary of War Wright leave Fort
Riley and viii go to Yellowstone park
Page !
NEBRASKA.
Seventh Day Adventists authorize the
erection of an additional building at
Hastings. Page q
LOCAL.
Twenty-Five hundred Oman apeople
take the special train for the state fair
Page 10
Inquest in the Rustin case to be held
Tuesday. No new developments in the
affair to date. Page !
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-09-04
POSTAL CLERKS Are AROUSED
Use of Seal on Card Declared TO he n
Forgery.

NEW YORK, Sept 3.-Union No. / OF the
National Federation Of Postoffice Clerks is
aroused over a postal card bearing a copy
Of It's official seal. together with picture
Of Samuel Gompers. which was sent broad
cast through the malls last Saturday.
The officers Of the union said today that
the use OF the seal was not authorized and
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SUMMARY OF THE BEE
TIE WEATRRR.

FOR OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS AND
Friday
FOR NEBRASKA-FairF Friday; moderate
FOR lOWA-Generally fair Friday.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday:
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New Jersey Mar, osen Commander
in-chief ee nd Army.
OPPOSITION Tt ~ 1T LAKE
Next National Encan. a. May Be
Held in Washh 4
COMMANDER BARTON .EAKs
Membership is About Two Hundred
twenty-five Thousand.
SAD NOTE DURING PROCEEDINGS
Comes when Reference IL Made to
the Number who Have Been
Mustered Out--Business
Session.
BULLETIN.

TOLEDO. Sept. S-H. M. Nevins was
elected commander-in-chief Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic this afternoon
Opposition developed late today to Sail
Lake City In the contest for the next en-
campment, despite that IT had no active
rivals In the convention. There was talk
about Atlanta 0s possibility, and a de.
cided sentiment in favor of going to Wash.
ington, ID. 9.
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NEW YORK-Steamer Lucania, Liverpool
for New York was 1850 miles east OF
Sandy Hook at p. m. viii dock 1880 a. m,
Saturday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19
PEARLS: AND : Pebbles
Latest Shipping News of Honolulu
And Other Water Fronts

Andrew Holland, one of the ship
wrecked sailors of the American ship
Eclipse, sailed for the Coast as a mem
Der of the crew of the barkentine Co.
ronado. He had been arrested for
drunkenness and failed to appear in
police court after being allowed to go
on his own recognizance. When he
was looked for by the police he was
grtnning from the Coronado's tall tim
Der, once more on deep sea craft.
Holland told Star reporter that the
sixteen days in the lost Eclipse's open
boat had developed a thirst in him
that would take the rest of his natural
life to satisfy.
I. K. K. S. S. Kasado Maru, Captain
ID. Mort, which was yesterday reported
by Associated Press cablegram as hav-
Ing been "a days making the trim be-
tween Iquiqui and Tocopilla, equipped
with wireless, her action in this re-
spect exciting curiosity on account OF
the proximity of the American ATTAIN
tic fleet of sixteen battleships. called
here on November 6, 1907, from Yoko-
hama, having left the Japanese port on
October %. She called here to take
on 800 tons of coal and was bound for
Iquiqui and Callao, sailing hence on
November 8. She had 400 Japanese
and Chinese laborers aboard and 26OO
tons of Oriental freight. The coolies
were going to work nitrates in Chile.
The United States Marines stationed
here have made their camp on the
Naval reservation, beyond the immi-
grafton station, appear beautiful and
nave, with great deal of pains, sue
ceeded in making grass grow where
there seemed no prospect of the pleas
ant decoration. They now boast a
lawn that has converted the dreary
waste near the sewer pumping station
into veritable garden. There are
now 52 marines stationed here, their
having been swelled by seven
per last transport from the mainland.
United States Shipping Commission
er Henry N. Amy alias The Yankee
Consul, alias Grandpa, with the intel
ligent assistance of an office youth, |
continues to make his Queen-street Of
fees more attractive to masters and
men. A map of the world is conve-
nient, for those interested, to figure
out the progress of the Atlantic fleet
now well up in the Pacific; there are !,
shipping papers and COM
Portable benches and the place is fire.
quently crowded, not only by those
who have business there, but by many
who like to watch the Commissioner
pacing the deck and debating live re-
ports to Washington to his young
People who have been travelling on
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CORPORATION MEETINGS
O.::.:.*.:...:.:...:.,..,.:..:..:....:..

Annual meeting of Alexander &
Baldwin, Ltd, will be held on Mon
day, Feb "a, at a. m, at the office of
the company, stangenwald Building.
Annual meeting of Eva Plantation
Co. will be held on February &c, at 10
a. M, at the Office of Castle & Cooke,
Ltd.
Annual meeting of the Waimea SUI
gar Mill Co. will be held on February
26, at 2 p, m, at the office of Castle &
Cooke, Ltd.
Annual meeting OF Waialua Agricul-
tural Co, will be held on February q,
at 10 a. m, at the Office Of Castle &
Cooke, Ltd.
Annual meeting of NJ, S. Grinbaum
u Co. will be held on Thursday, Fec.
81 at 10 a. m, at the Office of the
company Kaahumanu street.
Annual meeting of Ponahawai Cot
fee Co., Ltd, will be held on Thurs.
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the Inter-Island company's Kinau,
soon to resign the flagship distinction
in favor of the splendid new Mauna
Kea, will experience emotions of dis
appointment when Phillips has to go
back to the shore detail for Phillips,
through his painstaking thoughtful
ness and careful and courteous atten-
ton to the little details as we'll as
the more important matters aboard,
has endeared himself to the travelling
public twixt Honolulu, Hilo and way
ports.
Company in the Brewer wharf struc-
ture are the handsomest on the water
front. Two comfortable wicker,
leather-cushioned chairs have recently
been installed and one of the hard and
fast rules is that any man who elects
tobacco juice on the cemented floor
will be forever barred from entry.
Captain Max Schlemmer, King OF
Laysan Island, is again yearning for
that solitary islet and in the not great
ly removed hereafter contemplates
voyaging again to his little kingdom.
He may arrange to supply guano to
some foreigner, since the local demand
is said not to be great enough for
fortune.
Those who have kodaks on the wa
terfront yesterday snapped the Fort
George as she was getting under way
off the harbor for the long trip around
the Horn to Delaware Breakwater.
She does not contest the claims of such
windjammers as the Phelps, the AS
trail and the Edward Sewall for equip
ment, size and some other points, but
for beauty she is in a class by herself
and is an inspiration for any artist.
P. M. S. S. Siberia is due Saturday
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PASSENGERS.
Departed.
Corrected List,)


Per S. S. Alameda, February 10, for
San Francisco-Mr Avery, Mrs. A. z.
Blake, G. A. Bailey, j. C. Coppage, A.
Craw, Mrs. Craw, j. Craw, Mrs. w. S.
Fuller, Mrs. Giberson, A. Holnberg,
Mrs. Holnberg, Mrs. Joy, Mr.. Joy, l..
Kiehl, J. Lane, Mrs. Lang, Mrs. Long,
Mrs. Martell, Miss Martell, P. L. Nc
Dermott, w. H. Moore, Mrs. Madison
and three children, Miss H. McGregor,
F. Peterson, Mrs. j. w. Pratt and three
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Swift, Mrs,
Torbert, Miss H. Wilder, Mrs. Ward
and child, Mrs. A. Watson.
Per S. S. W. G. Hall, February Is,
for Kauai: A. B. Ready, G. F. Herrick,
H. d. Haskins
Booked
Per M. N. S. S. Hilonian, February
rs, for San Francisco. c. H. Smith and
wife, R. T. Engle, Miss Engle, A.
Schnerr, Clarence G. White, wife and
child.
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Times Of the tide are taken from the
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ia
hles. The tides at Kahului and Hilo
occur about one hour earlier than at
Honolulu. Honolulu standard time IL
10 hours 80 minutes slower than Green
witch time, being that of the meridian
Of 157 degrees 30 minutes. The time
whistle blows at 1880 p. m. which is
the same as Greenwich, 0 hours, min
utes. The Sun and Moon are for local
time for the whole group.
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PRECIPITATION.

rain 81 years C1S77-94, 1905-7D
Average for the month, 4.b9 inches.
Average number of days with .01 OF
an inch or more, IL.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was IA inches in 1893.
The least monthly precipitation was
0.26 inches in 1906
The greatest amount of precipitation
recorded in any "a consecutive hours
was 8.65 inches on the 9th, 1888.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Average 9 a. m, 10 per cent; average
8 p. NJ, 70 per cent; (189O-19O4.)
Average 8 a. m. 70 per cent; average
p. m, 70 per cent; (19O5-7D
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
18 years (1890-19O7.)
Average number of clear dpays, 8;
partly cloudy days, Is; cloudy days, 6.
Direction 20 years; velocity years.
The prevailing winds are from the
NE (1S75-94, 19O5-7)
The average hourly velocity of the
wind is II miles (1905-7)
The highest velocity of the wind was
35 miles from the Sc on the LIST 1907,
(19O5-7.)
Station: Honolulu, T. H,
Date of issue: January 81, 1908.
80 o'clock average from record OF
Territorial Meteorologist; 8 o'clocvk
averages from weather bureau records.
VIM. b. STOCKMAN.
Section Director, Weather Bureau.
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Shipping in Port

(Army and NaVy.)
U. s. S. Iroquois, Carter, johnson
Island. Aug. 80.
Steamships
All. S. S. Alaskan, Nichols, s.
F., Feb. 16.
All. S. S. Nevadan, Greene, Seat
tie, Feb. 16.
Br. S. S. Lord Stanley, Cunningham,
Newcastle, Feb. 9.
(SaIIlns Vesse1s).
Am. SC. Alice Cooke, Penhallow, Port
Gamble. Feb 4.
Am. sp. Astral Durham, Norfolk,
Feb. 10.
Am. blk. George Curtis, Herbert, San
Francisco, Feb. 10.
Am. whaling bark John and Winth-
rop, Shorey, for Arctic, called for dom
key repairs, Feb. 1G.
Am. sc. Robert Levers, Underwood,
Aberdeen, Jan. 10.
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Continued on Page Five.)
PARKER RANCH BUSINESS.

PARKER RANCH BUSINESS.
The eighth annual account of A. w.
Carter, guardian of Annie T. X. Par
ker, minor, has been filed for approval
in the probate court. 1t related to the
business of the Parker Ranch.
The guardian charges himself with
$249, 492.12 and asks to be allowed
$250,516.7 Showing an oyerpayment
of $1O24.61. There is a capital expend-
iture of $103G,23.
The inventory shows probably 1907
600 acres Of land, investments amount
ing to $2O,51725 and live stock as fol-
lows; 10000 head of cattle, $4,000
head of sheep and 1000 head of horses
all more or less"
The guardians commissions amount
to $12,239,51. The account is for the
year 1907.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19
HEADACHE

Frequent or periodical headaches,
weaken the brain, and very often ex-
tinguish the light of reason. DR.. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills will cure headache
quickly, by soothing the irritated nerv.
es of the brain. They also prevent
pain if taken when first symptoms OF
headache appear. % doses, Csc. New,
eT sold in bulk.
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INTELLIGENCE.
The Mails
OUTGOING.

For San Fran, per Alameda, Feb. 10
For San Fran, per Siberia, Feb. %.
For San Fran, per Hilonian, Feb. %.
For Victoria, per Moana, March A.
For sydney per Aorangi, March Z.
INCOMING.
From Orient, per Siberia, Feb. %.
From San ran, per Korea, March 2.
From Colonies, per Moana, March A..
From Victoria, per Aorangi, Mar Z.
U. s. A. TRANSPORTS.
at S. F.
Logan at San Fran.
Buford left Hon. for Manila, Feb.15.
Sherman in Philippines.
Dix left Hon. for Manila, Jan. 20.
Sheridan repairing at Mare Island.
Warren at Manila.
Crook at San Francisco!
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day, February q, at 1920 a. M, at the
office of VIM. G. Irwin & Co.
Annual meeting OF Wahiawa Water
Co., Ltd, will be held on February 27,
at 1870 a. M, at the office of Castle o.
Cooke, Ltd.
Annual meeting of Waianae COM
pany will be held on Thursday Feb. 27
at 11:3O a. m. at the Office of ]. M.
Dowsett.
Annual meeting of Woodlawn Fruit
Co., Ltd, will be held on Thursday,
Feb. 27, at 1880 a. m. at the Office OF
VIM. G. Irwin & Co.
Annual meeting OF Kahuku Planta-
ton Co. will be held on Thursday, FNb.
27, at 2 p. M, at the office of Alexan-
der & Baldwin, Ltd.
Annual meeting of Pacific Guano G.
Fertilizer Works will be held on
Thursday, February 81, at p. m, at
the Office of H. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd.
Annual meeting of Kaeleku Sugar
Co., Ltd, Will be held on Thursday,
Feb. 81, at 2 p. m, at the Office OF
~. S. Grinbaum G Co., Kaahumanu
street.
Annual meeting OF Kau Agricultural
Co., Ltd, will be held on Thursday,
Feb. q, at $3.50 p. m, at the Office OF
VIM. G. Irwin e Co.
Annual meeting OF the Kihei PIanta-
ton Co., Ltd, will be held on Friday,
Feb. %, at 10 a. M, at the Office OF
Alexander G Baldwin. Ltd.
Annual meeting of Hawaii Mill Co.
will be held on Friday, February %,
at 10 a. m, at the Office of H. Hack
field & Co., Ltd.
Annual meeting Of Wahiawa Con-
solidated Pineapple Co. will be held
on Friday Feb. 2S, at 10 a. M, at the
office of Castle & Cooke.
Annual meeting of Kipahulu Sugar
Co. will be held on Friday, February
28, at IL a. M, at the office of H. Hack
field & Co., Ltd
Annual meeting of Hawaiian Sugar
Co. will be held on Friday, Feb. %, at
p. m, at the Office of Alexander &.
Baldwin, Ltd.
Annual meeting of Haiku Sugar Co.
will be held on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 8
a. m, at the Office of Alexander Il
Baldwin, Ltd.
Annual meeting of Paia Plantation
will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20, at
$3.50 a. m, at the Office Of Alexander &
Baldwin, Ltd.
Annual meeting OF Kalialinui Plan
tatlon Co., Ltd, will be held on Satur-
day, Feb. 29, at 10 a. M, at the office
of Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd.
Annual meeting of Kohala Sugar Co.
VIII be held on February 20, at 10 a.
M, at the office of Castle & Cooke, Ltd.
Annual meeting of Pulehu Planta-
ton Co., Ltd, will be held on Satur-
day, Feb. 20, at 1905 a. m, at the Of
tce of Alexander G Baldwin, Ltd.
Annual meeting of Kula Plantation
Co., Ltd, will be held on Saturday.
Feb, 20, at 1910 a. m, at the Office OF
Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd.
Annual meeting of Maui Agricultural
CO. viii be held on Saturday, Feb. %,
at IL a. m, at the office of Alexander
& Baldwin, Ltd.
annual meeting of Honokaa Sugar
90 VIII be held on Saturday, Febru-
iry ~ at IL a. m, at the office OF F.
A. Schaefer &Co.
Annual meeting of Hawaiian Elec-
trio Co., Ltd, will be held on Febru-
airy 20, at 2 p. m, at the office of the
company.
Annual meeting of Pacific Sugar Mill
VII be held on Saturday, February 20,
{ p m, at the Office of F. A. Schae-
er & Co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19
NEWS
BY Cable
CHICAGO, February ia fierce
blizzard is raging through the Central
States. Many deaths are reported.
WHEATON SUCCEEDS WOOD.

WASHINGTON, February 19-Mayor
General Wheaton has been ordered to
succeed Major General Wood in com
mand of the troops in the Philippines.
He will assume his duties tomorrow.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19
IA ATTEMPTS TO KILL MAN,

SEATTLE, Jan. 29.-Fourteen at
tempts have been made on the life OF
George M. Roberts, and as the result
John Hurst, a miner and business
partner, is now under arrest here.
Weapons used in the attempts upon
Roberts life were dynamite, Internal
machine, fire, poison and bullets. The
fourteenth attempt was made Monday
night, when Hurst was arrested as he
was about to explode three sticks of
dynamite on the porch of the Roberts
home.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19
JUSTICE TO THE JAPANESE.

SEATTLE February 19-The Cham
Der of Commerce has memorialized
President Roosevelt in favor Of treat
ing the Japanese the same as other
foreigners.
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nth, February for SO years.
TEMPERATURE.
IS years (1S9O-19O7.)

10 yVdIh NIoJV-I0VI'J
Mean or normal temperature, II deg.
The warmest month was that of 1897,
with an average of IA deg.
The coolest month was that of 1907,
with an average of 81 deg.
The highest temperature fas 50 deg.
on the 18th, 1890; 10th, 1897; 22d and
23d, 1902.
The lowest temperature was So deg.
OF the 18th, 1902.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19
DEPARTING.

Wednesday, February 10.
o. S. S. Alameda, Dowdell, for San
10 a. m.
All. S. S. Nevadan, Greene, for Ka-
hului, p. m.
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U. ST. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL
TURE. WEATHER BUREAU.

The following da-a, covering a period
of SO years. have been compiled from
the McKibbin and the Weather Bureau
records at Honolulu T. H. They are
issued to show the conditions that have
prevailed, during the month in question
for the above period of years, but must
not be construed as a forecast of the
weather conditions for the coming
month.
Month Fobruor1, for 90 1yaors
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19

BOXER GENERAL DEAD.
SHANGHAI, February 19-General
Tuig, former Boxer leader, is dead.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19
MARINE ENGINEERS STRIKE.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 10
Engineers Of steam schooners in the
coast trade have decided to strike.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19

Georgians are not superstitious, as
you will observe in their remuneration
of spirits.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19

day, February 81, at 1920 a. M, at the
office of VIM. G. Irwin & Co.
Annual meeting or Wahiawa Water
Co., Ltd, will be held on February q,
at 1870 a. M, at the office of Castle o.
Cooke, Ltd.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19

Annual meeting OF Kahuku Planta-
ton Co. will be held on Thursday, FNO.
u, at p, M, at the Office of Alexan-
der & Baldwin, Ltd.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19

Annual meeting of Woodlawn Fruit
Co., Ltd, will be held on Thursday,
Feb. 81, at 11:3O a. m. at the office OF
VIM. G. Irwin & Co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-02-19

Annual meeting of Waianae COM
pany will be held on Thursday Feb. q
at 11:3O a. m. at the Office of ]. M.
Dowsett
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-08
Local Weather Data.
DISTRICT EPWoRTH>LEAeUE.
All-Day Session Will Be Held At ST.
Johns Church.

DR.. ]. w. Dixon, formerly of Virginia,
now pastor of Fountain Heights Meth
odist church, will preach at the evening
service of the Birmingham District Ep-
worth League, which convenes next Tues
day morning.
There are a large number of live
leagues in the Birmingham district and
the president, ]. e. Ellis, has taken for
his years motto: "a League in Every
PASTORAL Charge" The theme for this
first quarterly league conference is In
dividual Work for Individuals" which
will be talked upon by Mr.. D. u Frank
lin, Mrs w ID. Laner, Miss Mary
Vaughn, Mrs. ]. F. Lenord and others.
Two business sessions will be held dur
ing the day and the programme will be
interposed with music by ST. Johns,
Graymont and Woodlawn Leaguers.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
to be present at all the sessions at St.
Johns church, Avenue II and Twentieth
street. Tuesday, January IA, at 10 a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-08
FINAL PLANS FOR
BRYAN RECEPTION
Prominent Men Expected TO
Attract Many Visitors
HEIDI MADE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. Harmon viii Accompany Former
Attorney General and Luncheon
VIII Probably Be Given In
Her Honor.
HEIDI MADE CHAIRMAN

The arrangements for entertaining Will
lian Jennings Bryan and former Attor-
ney General Judson Harmon on jan
uary % were perfected at the regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Trade
held yesterday afternoon. President c.
c. Heidi was elected as chairman of the
committee which will meet the distin-
guished visitors.
The plans for the banquet to be given
on the night of the 23d were also COM
pleted Several prominent men from diff
ferent parts of the state will attend the
banquet. Governor Conner being among
the number President c. c. Heidi will
preside at the banquet and John w. Toni
linson will be POSTMASTER
1t was decided that the speeches at
this banquet will be along nom political
lines, though discussion of public ques-
lions will be in order. Plates for sew
eral hundred guests will be laid at this
banquet, and the belief was expressed
at the meeting yesterday that Bryan's
visit to Birmingham would cause from
10000 to 10000 persons from over the state
to visit Birmingham, nasmuch as 1t will
very probably be his last trip to Ala
bama before the presidential election next
November.
The committee in charge of the banquet
arrangements will hold a meeting on
Friday afternoon at p. m, in the Board
of Trade rooms, to complete the final ar
rangements for the dinner. committee
was also appointed to secure carriages.
automobiles and other vehicles to be used
during the day.
President Heidi will also name COM
pittee of ladies to meet and entertain
Mrs. Harmon, who will accompany her
husband on this trip. She will be en-
tertained at luncheon, probably at the
Country club.
The visitors will reach Birmingham at
1925 a. m. over the Louisville and Nash
committee which will escort them to the
Morris hotel, via Nineteenth street Ar
irving at. the hotel a public reception
will be held, and at l o'clock the party
will remove to the Bijou theatre, where
Mr.. Bryan will speak. This will be a
public speaking.
While the banquet Is to be given under
the auspices of the Board of Trade, 1t
will not be limited to the membership
of that organiza ton. seat at the ban
auet may be secured for $3.50 from Roy
Mccullough, secretary of the, Board of
Trade, 434-435 First National bank build
ing.