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Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
DEMOCRATS ARE FOR BRUNING
reported Deal of Votes to Him I'm
Exchange for Committee
Patronage.

Fred Bruning appears 20 nave the two
new members votes for Craftsmanship of
the new county board cinched. At least this
it the way the rumor has it fixed.
There is a report that Mr.. Bruning.
republican, has secured the promise Of the
votes of both the democrats, Jeff w. Bed
ford and Oscar Pickard, that they will vot ,
for him if he, in turn, will name them as
chairman If important committees and
let the committees have the app hitting OF
the employees under them. That, IL is
believed. will give these two democrats a
slice Of patronage big enough to make them
happy for their entire terms.
But neither of the democrats nor Bruning
will confirm this report.
Cant say yet was all Pickard would
say when asked about the matter.
The new commissioner take their seats
January Z, but the organization will not
take place until January 70,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
SOLOMON TALKS OF THE PLAN
Tells why He kinks Democrats Pc
liticRl Jobbery should Not he
Successful.

ION November :. 1907, the people Of this
city and county elected me county comp
troller and ex-officio city comptroller to
serve during the years 1908. 1909. 1910 and
1911, and to take charge OF the city comp.
t~roller's duties on the third Tuesday Of
May. 1863, being the end Of the term of the
present city comptroller, 10 serve in the dual
capacity without any additional salary, %
said Comptroller Solomon, speaking of the
democratic plan to abolish his office TO let
c. o. Lobeck continue city comptroller and
get out Of Mayor Dahlman's way. Il know
whereof l speak when I say there is a great
need of a county comptroller, a man elected
by the people, responsible to the people. in
stead Of an auditor appointed by the Board
of County Commissioners because he
checks all claims and accounts against the
county, also all county officers.
MY first annual report, which will be
ready about January Is, will show the vol
ume of business transacted by the county
during the year 1908 in detail.
Douglas county is constructing a 81, OOC,OoO
court house and certainly the office OF
county comptroller should not be abolished.
There are many reasons why a county
comptroller is not a desirable officer.
"Other states, notably New York. Illinois
and Pennsylvania, are now spending vast
sums OF money to perfect systems of public
accounting. and it would be a ludicrous
spectacle to see enlightened Nebraska move
backward and return to systems which
have been found defective and unsatisfac-
tory.
But II the legislature should abolish the
office Of county comptroller it would force
the matter into politics and obllge me to go
before the voters to give them the oppor-
tunity to ratify their action when they
elected me ex-officio city comptroller
City Comptroller Lobeck's term of office
would expire this spring and he would run
for mayor on the democratic ticket IL not
otherwise taken care Of. The Dahlman
democrats fear his political strength and
in their eagerness to eliminate him from
the mayoralty race have hit on the scheme
of abolishing the county comptrollership and
continuing the city office, thus keeping Lo-
beck at work.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
SHAFT ERECTED TO HORSES
south Africa Builds Monument in
Honor of steeds at Port
Elisabeth.

LONDON, Jan. 4 - Especially 80 Horses
killed in battle now have a monument to
their honor. II has recently been erected
at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. when
Lord Byron put up an elaborate monument
to his dog, 'Bosun," everyone regarded 1t
as a mad caprice. but now a general public
subscription has been raised by English
people for the purpose of perpetuating the
memory Of the services Of the gallant
animals which persisted in the Anglo-Boor
war. 1S99-19O2." Pictures of this monument
are being sold In great numbers. mostly
among army officers, though the animal
loving public is also buying them largely.
The first horse monument ever raised BY
public subscription consists of an oblong
pile OF granite, on the top Of which are
two figures-a llfe-sized bronze horse, and
a kneeling soldier offering the animal its
food. The figures are beautifully executed.
The granite base of the statue serves a
utilitarian purpose by forming a fine drink
ing fountain. both for man and beast, a
huge granite block being followed out into
a trough, into which water flows from
three spouts in the form OF lions heads.
On the base Of the monument is the sig
nlficant inscription; THE greatness of a
nation consists, not so much In the num-
Der of it's people. or the extent Of its ter
ritory. as in the extent and Justice OF its
compassion"
1t is perhaps quite fitting that such a
onume as this should be erected by
English people, as they are undoubtedly
the worlds greatest animal loving ma
ton. 1t has even been saId-perhaps some
what unkindly-that they pay more atten-
tion to the needs of animals than to those
NJ nbl1Jrop ~ - Irnr NngAa,aa q. -.
don. there is a splendid animal hospital,
where dogs are provided with endowed"
beds, the donors having given $500 for the
endowment of each cot. The Dumb
Friends league Is also a powerful organi-
cation which controls large funds, and,
with the Anti-Vivisection society, has made
the cause of dumb" animals anything but
dumb.
The services of horses in the South At
rican campaign were quite as essential as
those of men. Many Of the battles were
cavalry engagements, and troops had to
be moved rapidly from one part of the
country to another. Enormous numbers of
horses were requisitioned from all parts of
the world, and the. mortality among these
animals was very great, though there are
no definite figures at hand.
The monument to these gallant steedsr
has been raised by small subscriptions from
all parts of the British empire; a large
portion of the funds coming from various
humane societies. and from officers and
men In the army.
The raising of to animals is
a unique departure Of modern civilization.
though the idea is by no means new, for
the Egyptians often put up memorials to
dogs. cats and even crocodlles. There are
many people today who believe in animal
Immortality" and this horse monument
will help to confirm their opinions. Among
the Indians a chiefs horse is often killed
over the grave of It's master so that the
great man will have a mount" when he
arrives on the happy hunting grounds
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
ARRESTS AT ST. PETERSBURG
Palace Attendants Charged with Com
plicity in Bomb Explosion
I'm Cafe,

LONDON, Jan. 4-The Daily Mails cor
respondent at st. Petersburg says that
twenty arrests have been made. including
several persons at the emperor's palace at
Tsarskoe-selo. for alleged connection with
the bomb explosion in the Cafe Central in
ST. Petersburg Saturday night. The bomb
was left on a table by a man in the uni
form OF a student. and a waiter was killed
and the cafe badly damaged by the ex-
plosion.
The Daily Mails correspondent says that
the bomb outrage and the arrests were the
outcome Of a vast terrorist plot against
the imperial family.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
Dunlap Gas Plant blows Up.

DENIsoN, Ia. Jan. 3.-(special)-The
gas plant at Dunlap, Ia. was destroyed by
an explosion. Tho top of the building was
blown off and the side walls wrecked. The
explosion is thought to have been caused
by the leakage OF gasoline. All the gasoline
in the building and all the woodwork was
destroyed. The plant will be rebuilt, but
in meantime the town is without light, ex-
cept from kerosene lamps.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
COMPERS THANKS FRIENDS
Labor Leader Makes General Reply to
Many Letters of sympathy.
BATTLE WITH TUBERCULOSIS
Association in New York VIII
Register and Treat Every Case
I'm the City-Arrests at
sunday Concerts.

NEW YORK. Jan. AT a meeting yes
terday Of the Central Labor union there
was read a letter from Samuel Gompers
commenting for the first time upon the
prison sentences imposed upon John Mitch
ell, Frank Morrison and himself for al
legged contempt of court. Mr.. Gompers'
letter follows:
Permit me to thank you for your mes
sage. Many other friends, fellow workers
and sympathizers in all walks of life have
also telegraphed and written me, and while
1 would like to reply to eacn one. yet 1
find it impossible to convey in a letter all
that it is in my mind to say.
Therefore 1 am making this scknowl-
edgment Of your message and to say that
from the many communications Of this
character which have been sent to me, 1
believe 1 am right in saying the great mass
Of Iberty-loving American people are with
]. Mitchell. F. Morrison and myself at
this crucial time In the effort we have made
and are making to maintain the principle
Of justice and right and the constitutional
guarantee of freedom of speech and of the
press.
Regardless OF results, we are confident
that the principle for which we contend
and for which we may suffer-will be re-
stored, maintained anu peIuldAlthlly buaA
anteed to all our people, the workers in
cluded. Temporary inconvenience or suf-
fering Of any one, or Of a few men, is of
lesser Importance than the establishment
Of equal justice to all the people of our
republic.
Under the circumstance and in view of
my many duties, you will realize the inn
possibility Of my dealing more fully with
4Lt. -,,A41aF 10 fh9g 4 ira ftnn "
Tuberculosis Ugh Effective.
Every case Of tuberculosis, acute or latent,
in New York, will be discovered, recorded
and If possible cured. If the plan set on
foot by the Association Of tuberculosis
clinics can be carried out.
The health department by the establish
ment of hospitals, by disinfection and edu-
cation has brought the mortality from
tuberculosis in this city down Is per cent
in recent years. Forty thousand cases re-
main, three-fourths Of which are in the
tenement district. 1t is the purpose of the
association to take up the work unofficially
where the crusade of the city officially
ends. On January s a meeting will be held
to arouse public interest in. the movement.
Governor Hughes will speak.
Arrests at Sunday Concerts.
The police today arrested several per-
formers at the so-called Sunday concerts"
At Hammerstein's Victoria theater four
men were taken into custody following their
presentation Of a schoolroom sketch in
which the actors were said to have been
made up as teacher and pupils. The acting
manager OF the theater, Aaron Kessler.
was also arrested.
At the Thalia theater two actresses
charged with singing i'm costume were ar
rested.
The Theater Managers Protective asso-
citation made public today resolutions pro-
testing against the enforcement of what are
termed 'blue laws"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
BRANDEIS' START At ONCE
Let Excavation Contract Saturday and
Begin Work Monday,
BUSY SECTION IN THE SPRING
Five New buildings within short
Distance of Each other Will
Go Up mt the Same
Time.

The contract for ~excavating for the new
Brandeis building at Seventeenth ano
Douglas will be let Saturday, and the
work will begin next Monday. The work
of excavation will be a big one, for there
is a large amount OF earth above gradl
to be removed, and for a modern steel
structure, such as the new office building
and theater will be, the digging below
grade proceeds inevitably to a considerable
Cepth.
The work Of construction will proceed
with all possible speed from that time on.
The st. Louis architects, who will draw VI
the plans for the theater, have talked of
eight months, but the Brandeisps and
Architect Latenser, who has drawn the
plans for the office building, rea1iZe that
the rate at which building is possible here,
is less than in Chicago OF even st. Louis
1t is probable, however, that January l,
1910, will see the new building finished
and the theater having its formal opening.
For the new 10000 Christian Science
church the ~excavating is done and the
contractor is at work on the foundation,
the contract for which is let only to the
grade line, however. 1t is officially an
nouDced that plans for the church, which
is at the northeast corner of Twenty
fourth and st. Mary's avenue, will not be
adopted until spring, or at least for two
months. "
Apartment to Cover Block.
Plans are being drawn by Architect join
Latenser for the apartment building which
William A. Paxton will erect on his prop
erty at Twenty-sixth and Farnam. This
building will be only three stories In
height, but will cover a solid block.
The Graham-Gifford building at Nine.
teenth and Farnam will also go up in the
spring. Those interested have been at
work on plans for themselves and expect
to call in an architect shortly.
Captain II. E, Palmer will not begin
work on his new office and store building
at Twentieth and Farnam until May l.,
owing to prospective absence from the
city for some time between now and then.
Between Seventeenth and Twentieth, on
Farnam and Douglas, work will be going
on at once on at least five new buildings
this spring, the two on Douglas being the
Brandeis annex and Brandeis theater and
a building at Eighteenth and Douglas,
which John l.. Kennedy will erect.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
PEACE OF CHINA ENDANGERED
Peking Diplomats Take Gloomy View
of Dismissal of Yuan Shat Kai.
PALACE GUARD IS INCREASED
Court Evidently in Fear of Anti
Dynastic PIOt-LIang Tun Yen
Appointed TO Foreign
Board.
BULLETIN.

PICKING, Jan. 4-Yuan Shia Kai. the de-
posed grand councillor has succeeded in
his escape out of Picking. He Is
now in Tien Tsin. a treaty port seventy
miles to the southeast and is under the
protection of Great Britain. Arrangements
had been made for qua Shat Kai's de-
parture for Hainan by way Of the Hankow
railway. His private car was waiting at
the station early this morning.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
Watch Your Door Knob.
Annual Meeting of Nationals,

CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 1.-The ANNA,
meeting OF the National Base Ball commits
sion opened today and will be in sessjon
three or -four days. Many prominent base
Dali men are here, including the members
or the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Hermann
PRESIDENT b. b.. Johnson of the American
tonal league and Secretary John Il. Bru"s
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
RockefeIIer's Pastor Moves.

A congregation that thronged the Madi-
son Avenue Baptist church gathered today
to hear the initial sermon of the new
preacher, Rev. Charles A. Eaton. for sew
eral years pastor of the Euclid avenue
church in Cleveland, of which John d.
Rockefeller is a member. Mr.. Rockefeller
was not in the congregation today, attend
ing, as usual, the services at the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05

Grain movements at present are quite
heavy and just to the liking OF the rail-
roads,, as II comes along in an even manner
in which the railroads are able to handle
1t. The movement is in all directions to
all the grain centers of the north, east and
southeast.
The Burlington has posted a large sign
notifying the public that all the tariffs
are on file at the general traffic offices.
This is in accordance with the ruling Of
the Interstate Commerce commission.
j. B. Berry, chief engineer of the Rock
Island, was in Omaha for a short time
Sunday and left for Denver.
f.. A. Nash, general western agent OF
the Milwaukee,, has gone to Chicago.
Dwight M. Swobe, vice president and traf-
fc manager of the McCloud River Railroad
company, with headquarters at San Fran
cisco, stopped off in Omaha Monday to
visit with his parents, Lieutenant Colonel
Thomas Swobe and Mrs. Swobe.
Elmer II. Wood. general freight agent
of the Union Pacific, who is assigned to
srecial duty on the classification board in
Chicago and who came home to spend
the holidays, has been confined to his
home by a severe attack of rheumatism.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
A Cruel Mistake

Is TO neglect a cold or cough. DR.. Kings
New Discovery cures them and prevents
consumption. Soc and slOO. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
RAILROAD NEWS AND NOTES
Approach to Tenth street Viaduct
Nearly COMPREHENSIVE Move
ment Heavy.

The approach to the Tenth street viaduct
from Union station is nearing completion
and will soon be ready for the use OF
vehicles. The old approach was 800 feet
long, while the new one is $50 feet long.
This extra length was required to con-
form with the orders of the Nebraska
Railway commission to reduce the grade,
complaint having been made by the cream
cry interests. About 26o feet from the top
of the approach an outlet has been built
for carriages that they may reach the
north door Of the station without having
to drive to the end of the approach, which
will be crowded with express wagons and
creamery wagons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
Dutch.German Pedigree.

The pedigree of the Dutch-German
branch of the Washington family
goes back to the middle of the sew
enteenth century, to James Washing
ton, brother of General Washington S
great-grandfather John. In, 1850
James emigrated to Holland, while
John, with his brother Andrew, emf
grated in 1866 to Virginia. James
settled in Rotterdam, and married
Clara Van der Lanen, daughter of
the Burgomaster of that port. The
youngest of his five children, son
named Jacob, who in 1924 intermar-
ried with Catharine Maria Wynantz,
from whom this continental Wash
ington descended.
The rule that after having -four
ished for three generations a family
declines did not hold good in the
case of the European Washingtons
The first Jacob was a justice of the
peace, his three sons became either
civil or military officers in the service
of the government of the Neither
lands, and one of his grandsons, a
Jacob, born in 1878, was made
acknowledgement in the Bavarlan
army, was created baron and mar
ried a titled lady of Bavaria. 1t was
to this Bavarian family that this
young Baron de Washington be-
longed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
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Il E|jIA,s.MAlREGPES's4AH Z
E-SN N=E--=--kEEI

Fig and Nut Jelly. = Make the
usual plain lemon Jelly; put some cut
up figs and shelled nuts into ring
mold, and fill with the warm jelly;
put on ice, and after turning out fill
the centre with whipped cream.
Tomato Bisque.-Boil one can to-
matoes twenty minutes, stir in level
teaspoon soda, stirring constantly un-
til foaming stops, add one quart milk,
tablespoon butter and two tablespoon
fuls -four blended together. Allow to
remain on stove until thick as de-
sired. Remove and strain.
Orangeade -Rind of one sour or
ange, one cup of boiling water, one
tablespoonful of sugar, juice of one
orange. Cut the rind carefully from
the orange and pour beiling water
over it. When cool add the sugar
and the Juice of the orange and strain.
Lemon juice may be added if desired.
Cool before serving.
Molasses Layer Cake. - One cup
molasses, yolk one egg, butter size
large walnut. Stir, add one level
tablespoon soda, stir in two cups
-four, sifted, beat well, add last one
cup boiling water. Mix well and bake.
Put together with boiled frosting
made from the white of one egg and
one cup granulated sugar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
George washington's Lottery

1t is not generally known that the
great Father of his Country was on
at least one occasion the originator
of lottery, the like of which at the
present day would be forbidden to
send its tickets through the mails.
That George Washington was inter-
ested in such scheme is proven by
number of tickets still in existence
which bear his august name. 1t was
the Mountain Road lottery. Of which
George was the promoter, and it Is,
of course, unnecessary to state that
Washington hignself did not finan-
cially profit from it. All the funds
raised by the lottery were spent in
building the road through the Cum
berland Gap, near Fredericksburg,
Va Originally the lottery tickets
which Washington signed were worth
81 each. Now because they bear his
signature they are easily sold for $50
apiece, though it is certain that not
one of them will ever draw a prize
Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
FINANCE AND TRADE REVIEW
BUYING STILL RESTRICTED
Industrial Operations, Also, Far Below
Normal in Most Directions.
Tariff Bogy Blamed.

Bradstreets sums up the situation
as follows:
"Trade is quiet as whole, and in
dustrial operations are still below
normal in most lines. Conservatism
in buying is still marked, and there
is also present the feeling Of disap-
pointment hitherto noted at the fall
ure of spring trade to open up more
rapidly. Some measures of trade
volume showed slight recess1ons in
January from December, but the fail
ure record was an encouraging one,
and the Improvement over the same
month a year ago, when business was
at low ebb, is general and marked.
Collections are little changed, and
classed as fair, as whole.
"The disposition in many lines is
still to attribute slowness of demand
in opening up to fear Of tariff revi-
sions, but there is manifest now a
disposition to recognize more fully
the play of natural requirements pro-
ceeding from reduced earning power
of the community.
First, probably, in point of activity
at DlNoNiII dlC lHC III iOi
tilizers, seeds, implements and SINH
lar goods, this being most marked at
Western centers.
"The leather trades are fairly ac-
tive and the shipments of shoes are
making a far better exhibit than some
time ago, or than in the same period
a year ago.
I'm the manufacturing industries,
such as iron and steel, business is
quieter. Some large orders for rails
have been placed, but pig iron is
weaker and finished products are less
active despite concessions in many
lines.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending February
were 2S6, against 81 last week;
272 in the same week of 1908; 1913 in
1907; 204 in 1906, and 207 in 1905.
Canadian failures for the week num-
ber 81, which compares with AZ last
week and so in this week last year."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17

you little of that address. Let 1t
be known and remembered wrote
Washington, that the reputation of
the Federal Armies is established be-
yond the reach of malevolence, and
let the consciousness of their achieve
ments and fame still incite the men
who composed them to honorable ac-
tions, under the persuasion that the
private virtues of economy, prudence
and industry will not be less amiable
in civil life than the more splendid
qualities of valor, perseverance aud
enterprise when in the field
Economy, prudence and indus
try'-if all of our citizens would cul-
tivate those qualities what world
of difference it would make to-day
as it did in the early days of our
country!
"Well, to get back to the old time
house which sheltered Washington so
Hospitality. 1t stood for more than a
century on Rocky Hill, until just ten
years ago it was moved from the old
foundations to new ones, half mile
distant. We are grateful indeed for
all these famous old places that have
been preserved through many years
but especially grateful are we for
this fine old place at Rocky Hill,
which saw the writing of the farewell
address. Newark Call.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-02-17
...JAUNT TO A HISTORIC Shrine: ROCKY HILL.

Colonial maids at Baron Steubens S
lawn party and who had laughed at
the flying bullets at Springfield and
Connecticut Farms. How was he to
say farewell to these men?
"The farewell address of Washing
ton is one that will stand for CEN
turies as a model for all men. You
can read it to-day and find in it coun-
sci which can not but make you bet
ter and truer citizens of that country
which Washington and his men gave
to you.
In it are cordial and affectionate
thanks for the devotion of officers
and soldiers, and for the manner in
which they discharged their duties,
and reasonable advice as to their con-
duct in resuming the character of
private citizens.
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