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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
WARM BOOSTER OF THE WEST
Advance Notice of the August Meet
ing of the TransmissisSippi
Congress.

The official call for the meeting of the
twentieth annual session of the Transmits
sissippi Commercial congress has been is
sued. 1t will convene August l6 to 2L' TINS
year, in Denver. and the call is sent forth
to governors of states, commercial bodies
and all organizations that have a direct or
indirect interest in the building up OF the
industries and trade of the transmississlppi
region.
Thomas F. Walsh of this city is president
OF the congress and has taken great per-
sonal interest in its gatherings for several
years.
Governors of states are asked in the call
to name ten or more delegates from each
state. Mayors OF cities may appoint one
delegate. Commercial, trade and other civic
bodies may name one delegate-at-large and
one for each fifty members.
In calling the congress together In Den
yer this year the executive d.
reefs attention to the fact that the organ
ization wss Graded in Colorado, and now,
after a lapse OF nineteen years, reconvenes
| for the first time in the place of infancy,
after a most successful series of gatherings
| uneaualed in the history of commercial or
ganlzations This important incident. there
fore. impels the committee especially to
| urge upon III tAtNuNlNt pOoihS VI Nv N0''
Gus states to make this meeting notable
and one in every way consistent with Its
high mission as an educational factor In
transmississippi development.
The executive committee presents to care
full consideration the question of closer
commercial relations between the people of
the United States and those of the Latin
republics. with special reference to the
early completion OF the Panama canal and
the consequent result stimulating CONNER
cial development in the transmississipp
states, to which this international highway
Is directly tributary. This year the con-
gress will convene at a point where discus
sion can be had that will prove of wide ed
ucational value in promoting public inter
est on this question. and along this lint
the committee is requested to mention spe
officially a psn-American commercial con
gress. to be composed OF delegates selected
from the commercial idustries and mari
time centers OF this country and the LatiI
republics, to convene at an early date.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
INDIANS WHO LIKE LUxURlES
some Furnish Homes with Opera
hairs, Others Travel In q
Hearse.

Nowhere is the Indians supplemented
ness more apparent than in the homes,
says a writer In the Delineator. They are
either devoid Of furniture or crowded with
encumbrances The occupants possess iron
and brass bedstesds or display as their
chief treasure a highly polished, deliberately
carved folding-bed, never used. Rolling
themselves in blankets, they seek repose
on the floor.
One home boasts as its principal furniture
four opera-chairs OF upholstered leather,
with movable seats. such as are to be found
in any theater.
A Spokane Indian was the proud possessor
of a shining black hearse, bearing four
huge ornamental sable plumes. Riding his
eayuse into town one day he encountered
a funeral. The hearse caught his fancy;
he followed the procession, swestruck. 70
the cemetery. Nothing would do but that
he must have the grand chariot for his
own. Disposing OF some land. he purchased
! the hearse and was wont TO take his wife
and numerous children out for a drive
! sitting on the floor of the hearse, bouncing
from glass side to glass side as the road
became rough. trying to appear dignified
and nonchslant, but gTinning literally from
ear TO ear. the brave on the box outside
was the proudest man in America.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
KANSAS CITY PASTOR SCORES
WALL STREET SPECTATORS
Fakes Marke Gamblers to Task After
Preaching Discourse ON
Bridge whist.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 19.-After hav-
ing preached an Gnti-bridge whist sermon
on Women who Gamble Rev. j. L.
Thompson, pastor Of the Forest Avenue
Christian church, last night, at the request
OF the women members of his congrega-
ton, turned his denunciatory eloquence
against men who gamble"
Gambling has certainly kept pace with
the progress of the country said Rev.
Mr.. Thompson. "Ohly a few years ago a
professional gambler was a marked man.
Today some of the most deceptive char
acters on earth are allowed to pose as gen.
tlemen IN good society.
THE most demorslizing curse OF the
nation today Is the monstrous game OF
chance going. on in Wall street. 1t is a
citadel of so-called respectable citizens
who ply a criminal livelihood. for they
make their money without any value be-
hind It. The Louisiana lottery was In
finitesimally unlmportant alongside the
evils in Wall street. The lottery was
| played f~airly-there were no stacked cards
or loaded dice. and It did not imperil the
legitimate business interests OF the coun.
try as does Wall street.
General Sherman said war is hell No
general, Its gambling. May the powers OF
heaven and earth deliver us from It,"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
C0LPETZER HAS TROUBLES
BUILDING HIS NEW HOME
Building inks on Filled Lot and
"FrIends" Cut Him on from
His Garage.

Mosher Colpetzer is having his troubles
in the preparation of his new home at
and Harvey streets.
His first difficulty came when his new
t15, 900 home started to sink and to crack
and show signs of topping over. The
house was built on filled ground and Mr..
Colpetzer thought he had sunk piles to
solid earth, but he was wrong. and he has
been to large additional expense to keep
his house above ground.
But that was only the beginning OF his
trouble. He built a splendid garage on the
rear of his lot and a fine retain
Ing wall along the side of his lot. Then
came c.. 4. Diets and the Kountze estate
and had half Of the alley declared vacated
and thereby upset all the well laid plans
of Mr.. Colpetzer. He had arranged to
drive into his garage from the alley. but
now that the garage is built and half the
alley vacated and a fence up, he finds he
has not room to get INTO his garage. He
now has to rebuild his garage, tear down
his retaining wall and change his entire
arrangement so he can drive into the
garage from his own lot.
Mr.. Colpetzer thinks he is having more
than his share of troubles on bis first essay
at home building.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
Larger Yards
for Aberdeen
Milwaukee to Spend Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars on Terminal
in North Dakota Town.

ABERDEEN. S. D.. April 19.-(Special.)
Contemplated improvements of vast i'm
portance to Aberdeen have been an
nounced by the st. Paul railroad in con-
nection with the acquisition Of sixty
acres of land stretching in a strip a mile
long from it's present tracks westward,
in West Aberdeen. The improvements
consist of nineteen sfdetrscks the full
length of the tract, a new freight depot,
a new passenger station, car shops equal
to any on the entire system, and the
making Of Aberdeen the freight and
passenger terminal from which trains
will be made up to all points both east
and west or the new line.
Work on the sidetracks will begin at
once, and are expected to be competed
this summer, thousands of men being
placed on the job in order to rush 1t
through as rapidly as possible. The new
passenger station will be located on the
site of the present one on Main street.
but the freight depot will be built in
West Aberdeen, easily of access Tor the
huge system of sidetracks.
= The total improvements Will aggregate
between $500, 900 and $500, 900, and will
make Aberdeen the most important divis-
ion point on the st. Paul system, as all
freight and passenger trains for the Pa
cific coast will be made up here, and
this fact, In connection with the enlarged
car shops and the additional trainmen,
will add several thousand dollars TO the
city's population within the next two
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
TWO SENATORS
CALL ON TAFT

Continued from First Page.).
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
ALDRICH TALKS
ON TARIFF BILL
in the Misunderstanding act include:
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

in the administrative act include:
Il. New definitions of dutiable value, and
new methods in it's proper ascertainment
80. A provision for the creation OF a
customs court to insure uniformity Of de-
cisions in customs cases; The provisions
mittee, result m the collection of a certain
percentage more revenue In the importation
OF the same articles than was collected
under the act of 1897
The extent OF the INTERPRETATIONS prsc-
ticed under existing law is variously esti-
mated at from, 10 to % per cent Of the reve-
nue. collection. II any considerable portion Of
this practice is corrected by the provisions
I Rave alluded to, we can certainly safely
add IS. 900. 600 70 the, estimate of the revenue
in the year 1910, making a total estimate Of
revenue for 1910. based upon the importation
of 1907. $50, 1900. | have assumed that the
importation OF 1907 is the proper basis for
comparison. We should not lose sight of
the fact that. there will be approximately
400 COO peoule more in the United States
TO be provided for in 1910 than in 1907, and
II other conditions remain the same there
will be a natural increase from this cause.
The committee believe the extent of the
importations and resulting revenue will be
greater in 1910 han in 1907, because of i'm
proved business conditions.
Business Already Increasing.
Business actiYity and the movement for
increased importations has already com
menced. Ne Can feel the change in the
air. TIE customs receipts for the thirty
nine business days from March l to April
Is. Inclusive increased as compared with
the corresponding days. in 1908, $l2,oSl ,OeS.@,
or an average daily increase of $26l,546.6o.
This increase seems to. be progressive. as
the report for the last day which l have
April Is. shows. receipts from all sources OF
s2.o72,OT. s., as compared, with receipts OF
Sl.2S3, 321.S 30 on the corresponding day OF
last, year, The total receipts from customs
for the first sixteen days of April are
sl5, s7s lOs.s5. against sll. Oss, 277,l5 in April Of
last year, and the statement of the LIST &c
the 18th OF April shows an excess Of re-
ceipts over expenditures this year OF 1872
ac9s2. as against an excess of expenditures
over receints Of the corresponding period
of last year of S6.6lS, 925. ss.
There is no incentive for these enlarged
nportationS except' improved conditions o.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20

Continued from First Page).
all in the same words, asking for free
hides. ] wired back to one we'll known
factory asking how much cheaper he would
sell shoes il hides went on the free list.
l also asked him If he would consent to
have shoes so on the free list along with
hides. This information, l stated, was. for
use on the floor of the senate. l have had
no reply up to this time
amendment Affecting Lemons.
Senator Burkett today introduced an
amendment to the tariff bill in which he
proposes to strike out lemons at III cents
per pound and insert the folio wing:
Lemons In packages of capacity of one
and onefourth cubic feet or less. Ss cents
per package; in packages of capacity ex-
eeeding one and one-fourth cibic feet and
not exceeding one and one-half cubic feet,
IS cents per package; in packages of ca
pacity exceeding two and one-half cubic
feet, Is cents per package, plus an amount
equal to 800 cents for each cubic foot or
fractional part thereof excluding two and
one-half cubic feet"
Senator Burkett today introduced a bill
authorizing the secretary of the interior to
convey to Frank H. Young, licensed In
uidn lTdueT' not 10 exceed rive acres OF
land within the Saptee Indian reservation.
The payment for such lands shall be left
to be fixed by the secretary OF. the interior.
Honor for Mrs. Cummina.
Mrs. Albert Cummins, wife of Senator
Cummins of Iowa. was elected president OF
the National Society Of Children of Amer
lean Revolution, at the meeting of the
society this morning in the First Congrega.
tional church. Mrs. Cummins succeeds Mrs
Frederick T. Dubois Of Idaho. Mrs. s. r
Woodrow was elected national chaplain tc
succeed Mrs. Thomas r. Noble and Mis-.
Hopper was named national recording sec.
rotary to succeed Miss Eliza c. Tulloch.
w. ii. BaileyA Robert o, Brennan ant
Howard Clark OF Des Molnes were ad.
mitted to practice before the supreme court
today. These attorneys are in Washington
TO appear before the supreme court tomor
row in the case of the City of Des Moines
appellant, against the Des Moines Cit,
Railway company, appellee. attorneys men
toned to argue for appellant.
This case is a famous one and has beef
more or less in the courts for many years
The original charter to the Des Moline
City Railway was granted in 1866 an,
practically ever since that time there hav
been differences between the city father
OF Des Moines and the officials. Of the rail
road company, terminating finally in a
appeal by the railroad company to tn
United States supreme court.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
soon," he told his friends.

The bullet from the bandits gun
during the battle on the bridge, has never
been removed. It will not be touched UNI
less it gives trouble. Detective Devereese
lives at 1873 South Twenty-eighth street,
with his wife and family.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
Sioux Falls Under
Commission Plan
New Officials to Be Elected Today
Wet and Dry Issue in South
Dakota.

SIOUX FALLS. s. D.. April i~e-(special)
Regular annual municipal elections will
be held Tuesday in n large number OF the
cities OF South Dakota. one OF the most
important OF these elections will be held
In Sioux Falls. which. as the result of the
election. will pass under the Galveston
form Of city government, and the mayor
and four commissioner to be elected Tues
day will displace the present mayor and
the twelve aldermen who compose the city
council.
Sioux Falls will therefore be the first
city in South Dakota to be governed undsr
the commission plan. and the success or
failure of the plan here will be the de-
termining factor in whether or not other
cities in the state will adopt the plan.
Under the commission plan Of city govern
ment the mayor will receive a salary OF
81, 200 per year, while the four commission
ers will each receive a salary Of $500 per
annum.
Among the cities in addition to Sioux
Falls which will hold their annual municipal
elections tomorrow are Madison, Mitchell
Mt. Vernon, Garretson, Clear Lake, Ar
mour, Britton. Lead, Lennox, Arlington
Scotland. Miller. Miilbank. Groton, stursis
Bookings. Bridgewater. 'F1andreau, Salem
Aberdeen. webster. Parkston, Alexandria
Redfield, Centerville, Elk Point, Deadwood
Woonsocket, Beresford. Spearfish, Hot
Springs, washington Springs, Avon. Edge.
r ort. Elkton. Faulkton. Tyndall. Wagner
Chamberlain, Geddes. Rapid City. Fort
Pierre, S~isseton, Doland. Vermilion, Spring
field, Plankinton. Parker, Volga, Lake
Preston, White Lake, Dallas, Pierre, Dc
Smet, Bryant, Murdo, Frankfort, Clark
Gettysburg, Mellette and Gregory.
In a great majority Of the cities the
license question is the overshadowing Issue
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
Insanity Will Be
Hams Defenes
Trial Of Young Captain for Murder
of w. E. Annis Starts at
Flushing.

FLUSHING, n. V, April ie.-Inssnity.
both at the time Of the killing of william
f. Annis and since was expected to be the
chief point in the defense in the trial be-
ginning today Of Captain Peter c. Haines,
jr.. charged with the murder OF Annis on
the float on the Bayside Yacht club on
August IS last. Counsel for the defense
announced they would attempt to prove
that Captain Hams mind was unbalanced
by the stories OF the friendship Of Mrs.
Hams for Annis. Whether or not Mrs.
Claudia l.. Hams, wife Of the defendant
would I've called as a witness for the
prosecution was not certain and much de-
PENDED upon the decision on that point.
Fifty witnesses were summoned for the de-
Tense.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
DEvEREESE SOON AT WORK
Detective stiH Carries Bandit'S Bull
let, but L. Nearly Able 10
Resume Duty.

II Just took a little trip back east
TO show my folks tina / was still alive. 4"
said Detective w. T. Devereese at tAe
police station. He dropped in TO make a
short call there Monday morning, having
returned Saturday from a six weeks visit
with his parents al Ithaca, n. ", and his
uncle at Cleveland. o.
Except for a shortness Of wind and a
slight heaviness in the side that was
pierced by the bullet. I'm feeling fine. MY
strength and weight are returning and I
expect 10 take up my duties on the police
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
WAR IS RENEWED ON SIGNS
Commercial Clubs Municipal Com
mittee Goes After the ~Unsishtly
Decorations Again.

The Commercial clubs municipal COM
mittee started out on a crusade against
large and ugly down town street signs
Monday and has asked the Real Estate ex-
change to join in the movement, which, by
the way, is not altogether a new one.
The movement is directed with especial
force against the monstrosity Pete Elsasser
has swinging over his barber shop on Far
nam street.
The committee favors taxicabs as a good
thing for the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20
FOOLS THE ASSESSOR
AND BROWNS HIMSELF
wealthy Farmer Living Near Marys-
willie, KAN, Jumps Into Blue
River for This Reason.

NARYsvILLE. Kan. April ls.-Becsuse
he had not listed all hts property with the
county assessor and feared an investigation
might cause him to be sent to the peni-
Tertiary, James Clark, IS years old, a
wealthy farmer. Drowned himself In the
Blue river, His body was found. today,
In a note to his brother, Stuart Clarke.
the man stated he had failed to list SIS. 900
worth of notes.
After stating his fears regarding prosscu-
ticn. Clarke wrote: @ to church, never
tell a lie. always keep employed and never
driI X whisky"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-20

says Il will require two or three weeks for
the Young Turks to transport the third
army corps to a position in front of Con-
stanunople. bat that the defeat Of the third
corps before its Concentration " impossible.
rhe sultan will have time to make prepara-
lions to meet the Salonlkins.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-30
Harry Pulliam,
National League
President, is Dead
Continues from First Pase.)

the Athletic Club last evening. At
$3.50 o'clock signal from the tele-
phone in his room was thrown on the
switchboard in the club rooms. The
operator responded, but receiving no
call, sent a messenger TO ascertain
the trouble. Mr.. Pulliam was found
lying on the floor dressed only in his
underelothing and with a bullet
wound through his head. The tele-
phone receiver had apparently been
knocked of it's hook when he fell A
revolver lay on the floor near his
hand.
PHYSICIAN SUMMONED.
The clubs physician was summon
Bd, bet there was little he could do
TO relieve his patient and it was evil
dent that death would ensue within a
short time. A coroner who was call
ed attempted to obtain a statement
from he dying man, but without avail.
To all questions regarding the shot,
Mr.. Pulliam, who was in q semi con-
scious condition, replied that he did
not understand and asked, what
shOt?" He soon became unconscious,
but revived a little and complained
that his head ached and asked the
attendants to rub it. No note or other
explanation Of the suicide was found
IN the room,
Through the night Mr.. PuIliam lin
gered in a semi conscious condition
President Pulliam's health. and par
ticularly his nervous condition, had
been so poor for several months as
TO cause much alarm among his
friends. After the spring meeting of
the National League in February he
was granted an indefinite leave of
absence and spent several months
with rlatives in Tennessee and Flor
Ida. He returned to his duties about
a month ago and seemed to be con-
siderabiy improved by his long rest
Hi2 health soon began to give way
Rgain, and IL is reported that he re-
Gently spent a week in a sanitarium.
A report was current today that Mr.
PUlham wrote his resignation as
president of the league before shoot
Ing himself, but the report could not
be confirmed
Mr.. Pulliam was born in Scots
Vile, KY, thtrty-nine years ago and
was successfully reporter and city
editor of the Louisville Commercial.
president of the Louisville baseball
club, secretary and treasurer of the
Pittsburg club, and president of the
National league, to which office he
was elected in 1902.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-30
Fast Work.

That's fast work" said Mr.. Wa
terman last night. Everybody knows
it was a bad day to start out-lots OF
people getting ready to go to the big
picnic in the morning and the town
taking an unofficial half holiday In
the afternoon.
''The committees that went out
met with the greatest success. That
sI35O-even if the committees that
did not report got nothing-means
that we already have, in checks ana
formal notes good anywhere, 1913 per
cent. or nearly one fifth, the amount
needed, and we have only begun We
lust scratched PalafOx street ana
took one or two places OF the main
street, and we haven't yet seen most
of the men and firms that always
give to everything if it might, could,
would or should do Pensacola any
good.
"We'H have the 1000 in a week.
| say a week, because l don't want
to brag. Nothing in many day mas
meant so much, nor been so wisely
started, as this fair for the develop
ment of agriculture and the upbuild-
ing of the back country, and not even
the San Carlos hotel was as popular
in the public mind.
you can put this in your pipe-oT
your cigar or cigarette. as you prefer;
The fairs a winner, cast iron clncn
and the surest success ever entered
in Pensacola Prosperity Race.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-30

Tishomingo-S25,O 900 oil company.
GUthrie-EIectric and gas company.
South Carouna.
CharleSton-$4,0 600 croSStie COM
pany; $500, 900 lumber company.
Seneca - Development company;
water works system.
WateTlOO-$3, 900 furniture COM
pany.
DiIIon-s1O,oOO manufacturing COM
pany.
Tennessee.
Nashville $4,000 development
company; $1,000 lumber company;
$4,000 printing company.
West Point-Mining company.
Memphis 100000 development
company; development company.
Jellico-$90,000 water works. sys-
tenn.
MOscow-Cotton gin company.
Texas.
Houston - Development company;
$4,000 development company; $40,-
900 railroad company; 100000 rail-
way company; $4,000 development
company; SI5O.OO0 development COM
pany: $4,000 development company;
SI50,000 lumber company
Beaumont-S20,0 900 machinery and
equipment exchange.
San Angelo-Elect railway COM
pany.
Quanah-Overalis company; wood
working plant.
Rosenberg-$S,O0 900 gin company.
Anson-$2S, 900 waterworks system.
Bruceville-$40,OV U cotton oil COM
pany.
Fort worth-$S.OOO development
company.
San Antonio-S25, 900 lumber COM
PAM
Corsicana-S5O.OO 900 export COM
pany; oil and gas company.
Hubbard City-$S0,000 oil COM
PAM.
La Grange-s15,oO 900 gin and milling
company.
Texarkana-$1OO,OOO gas and oil
company.
Center-s15,O0O furniture company.
BTownsVille-$1000O0 construction
company.
StOwell-Canning company.
Mineola-$10,0O0 cotton compress.
G4udings-s3O,0 900 pressed brick
and gin company.
TayIor-S75, 900 railway shops.
Denison - 100000 development
COMPANY
DaIIas-s1OO,OOO mines.
GiIlet-TelephOne company.
Winnsboro $4,000 wateTworkS
system.
Weatherford-$oO, 900 development
company.
Observation-Disclosures company.
Virginia
Norfolk-s5O,000 development COM
pany; 100000 lumber company;
$4,000 printing company.
Danville - $4,000 development
company.