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Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
Fair Sunday, with Not Much n
in the Temperature.

OMAHA, Oct. Z, 1909.
The area of high pressure everything the
central valleys Friday morning has shifted
slightly eastward during the last twenty
four hours and generally fair weather con-
tinues everywhere east of the Rocky noun
tains. The eastern area Of low pressure Is
disappearing off the upper Atlantic coast
and Is followed by generally cooler along
the entire Atlanti seaboard. Pressure con-
dluons are very unequally distributed over
the western portion, and unsettled weather
with rains prevails on the Pacific slope.
Generally clear weather continues over the
central valleys. II is warmer In the Mis-
sissippi and lower Ohio valleys and lake
region. and cooler in the upper Missouri
valley and extreme northwest. Fair weather
will continue in this vicinity tonight and
probably Sunday, with no important change
in temperature.
Record of temperature and precipitation
compared with the corresponding day OF
the last three years:
Minimum temperature -. g 50 g g
Normal temperature for today, 81 degrees.
Deficiency in precipitation since March l,
lis inches.
Deficiency corresponding period in 1905,
500 Inches.
Deficiency corresponding period In 1907,
5.45 inches. L. A. WELSH,
Local Forecaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
Wool Market.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2-WOOL-Unchanged
territory and western mediums, 23d2Sc;
fine mediums, 22g24c; fine, lSqlsc.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
LIxerpooI Grain Market.

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 2-WHEAT-spot,
quiet: No. 2 red western winter, 10 6kd; flu
lures steady; December. 7s SD March, Is
t&d; May, IL I'd
CoRN-SpOt, steady; new American
mixed Cvia Galvestonl g. 2Adi futures,
STEADY; October, Sc lAd; December, Be $50.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

WASHINGTON. - President Taft,
W the summer "bachelor'' of the
White House, is sharing the fate of
many other government officials and
Washington residents whose families
nave gone away to mountains or sea-
snore. The president is taking the
situation philosophically, doesn't seem
to mind the hot weather and is read
Ing daily with great delight letters
from Beverly which tell of the rapid
Improvement in Mrs. Taft's health.
Living bachelor fashion at the
White House is not fraught with the
same discomforts that beset the mere
man who has his home "closed up on
him." when his wife goes away and is
compelled to seek food and lodging as
best he may. The president and Mrs.
Taft divided the White House help
when the occupancy of the Beverly
cottage was begun, so the president
Is well taken care of and domestic
ahairs at the White House run on
much the same.
The president, however, allowed
Mrs. Taft to take the first cook" to
Beverly, while he is served by the
second cook" who is a legacy from
the Roosevelt administration. She is
a negro girl named Mary, who halls
from Old Virginia and whose sway
over the White House kitchens now is
comn1ete
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

REPRESENTATIVE TAWNEY. who
II is chairman of the house appro-
priations committee and lives In WI
mona, Mimi, read in the morning pa
pers the other day the itinerary of
Mr.. Taft's western trip, and it did not
mention Winona. Mr.. Tawney is the
man who engineered the $4,000 ap-
preparation for the presidents travel
ing expenses, and he called to find out
about that Winona omission. The
president agreed to put Winona on
his travelling map, not, as he ex-
planned, on account Of the appropria-
ton, but because he remembered 4
story President Roosevelt had told.
President Roosevelt was touring
the west when he came to Minnesota.
In his itinerary, too. Winona was
omitted. Mr.. Tawney boarded the
train up the line and asked for q
quarter-hour stop and speech in his
town. Secretary Loeb said it would
be impossible, as they were going
somewhere else and had to hurry or
they would be late. Then Mr.. Tawney
looked up the district passenger agent
of the road, who was on the train.
For some reason, not yet entirely ex.
planned, the engine got out of order
when 'Winona was reached, and" it
took the engineer 20 minutes to ind
the fault and fix It.: 49,. - - >
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
THE HAY FEVER PEOPLE.

There is a national hay fever associ.
alton which meets up In New Hamp'
shire in August. OF course it will dis
cuss the causes of this aristocratic dis
tress, and ono Of the causes that will
be- considered relates to the effect Of
various plants, says the Ohio State
Journal Among these are the golden
rod, the ragweed and the Indian corn,
all of which are accused OF this griev.
GUS assault on the human race. This
discussion is particularly interesting
because each of these flowers has its
sturdy advocates for the honor Of be-
ing called the national flower, and
against them all, the hay fever associ-
alton is preparing to utter its most
urgent protest. The hay fever people
have no candidate for this honor, for
they look with suspicion upon all fow-
ers while the dogstar RACES. Some
affirmative action they will doubtless
take, and that is in favor of putting on
the free list all manufactured handker-
chiefs, and all raw material used in
their production. A long account
which tells of these things and many
more, says the association, will open
with the singing of the anthem, BLOW,
bugles, blow, set the wild echoes fly
ing"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

JUDGING from many reports of new
u business ventures on the part Of
the new junior senator from Illinois
which are floating into Washington,
be is soon to be known as
"Wealthy William" Lorimer in
stead of plain mister" and "Sen-
ator." Besides continuing at the
head of a successful brick manufactur-
ing company and one or two other
concerns in Chicago, Mr.. Lorimer soon
is 10 participate in steamboat busi-
ness on the Mississippi and to help
operate a railroad in Colorado.
His membership in a concern which
is to operate steamboats, of light draft
between st. Paul and st. Louis and
furnish wheat cargoes to ships at
New Orleans connecting with the lead
ing rail line, was announced recently.
News now has come from Colorado
that the San Luis Valley & Southern
Railway Company has been projected,
with Senator Lorimer of Illinois and
Congressman Weeks of Massachusetts
prominent among It's incorporators.
Connected with the project is q
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
Plan to Establish Greater White Wav

already accomplished much in the
way of widening the avenue, arrane.
ing for the handling of traffic and pro-
viding for the comfort and safety of
those patronizing the avenue made ia.
nous by song.
1t now proposes, however. through
many ambitious undertakings to make
Fifth avenue the Mecca of all visitors
to New York as well as the most non-
ular tnoroughfare for those who dwell
here.
Improvements for which the asso-
citation is now working include the
lighting Of all shop windows until At
least II o'clock at night, the widening
OF the street still farther and the in
stalling Of an improved system of elec.
trio lighting which will make Broad.
way pale in comparison. It is also
aimed to exclude peddlers as well as
all kinds of undesirable business. and
to prevent street lettering. Altogether
the new Greater White Way. as the
association proposes to make it. ia
likely soon to become not only the
greatest boulevard in the world in
respect to wealth, but also in resnect
to popularity.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
linois Senator Is Railroad Magnate

scheme to exploit what is known as
the Costilla land grant. The Costilla
State Development Company, the Co.'S
tilla Power Company, and the Costilla
Irrigation Company all have been
launched with the railroad, and Sena-
tor Lorimer and Congressman Weeks
have shares in each.
The president of the new railway
company happens to be Franklin E.
Brooks, who few years ago IDLY rep
resented the state of Colorado at
Washington as represen 'ative at large.
Therein lies the story Of how Messrs.
Lorimer and Weeks were allowed to
participate in the good thing out in
Colorado. The most important house
committee on which Mr.. Brooks
served while in congress was the COM
mittee on agriculture. Mr.. Lorimer
and Mr. Weeks were fellow members.
They sat side by side in many i'm
porant meetings of the committee
during the packing house inquiry and
the discussion of the pure food bill.
Naturally they all became fast friends.
and accordingly when Mr. Brooks re-
turned to private life and visited tho
east in search of capital for his new
projects he sought them out and won
their approval and financial support.
Thus it was through his member
ship on the committee on agriculture
that Mr.. Lorimer has been afforded
the opportunity of becoming rail-
WAY magnate
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

NEW YORK. - Steadily buzzing
~ through art circles goes the per.
sistent rumor that Sir Casper Purdon
Clarke, who sailed for Europe in May
to seek relief from an attack of gout,
Will not resume active charge of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art upon his
return, If he returns at all. In certain
quarters it is said Sir Casper had his
leave Of absence extended from Au-
gust to year from that date, when,
well-posted persons say, his five-year
contract expires.
J. Pierpont Morgan, president of the
museums administrative board, is in
Europe. So is Edward Robinson. as
s1stant director. Henry w. Kent. as.
s1stant secretary, returned from abroad
recently after conference with Sir
Casper and officials of the museum.
On his arrival he said nothing con.
corning the directors plans. and
the staff there does not know what to
expect.
Cable dispatches from London say
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
Heiress to Wed Grandson of a Kinq

The house of Braganza never had a
glimpse of anything like $500,000,
much as it has been needed. The
young prince has been a disturbing el-
ement in European royal circles for
many a year. He is only 81 years
old, but many time the representa-
tives OF two or more royal families
have had to resort to hurried emer-
gency measures to suppress from pub
hcat1on mention of his escapades.
Prince Miguel's title is beyond cavil.
He is the grandson of King Miguel of
Portugal, who reigned from 1928 to
1884. Dom Pedro, emperor of Bra
I'll, was the head of another branch
OF the same family. His fathers fire.
quest demonstrations toward making
good his claim to the Portuguese
throne were declared responsible by
partisans Of the present reigning fam
lily for the plot which eliminated in the
assassination of the late King Carlos.
The young Miguel's quest for an
heiress has been the delight of scan-
dal mongers in Europe for several
years. 1t is only few months since
his engagement to Mrs. Samuel Sloan
Chauncey of Brooklyn was rumored.
Indeed, some of the princes creditors
mad private assurances that the mar
riage had already taken place. Mrs.
Chauncey repudiated the story with
indignant emphasis, and the prince
turned his search elsewhere.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
Gotham Art Director May Not Return

Sir Casper is seriously i'll, having
failed much since his arrival there,
and that it will be year at least be-
fore he is able to resume his exacting
duties. AS he is 62 years old, his re.
covery, though practically assured.
will be exceedingly slow.
Though the director is rated as a
brilliant administrator, it is contended
in some qaurters that the institution
of which he is the head has not de.
ve]oped as evenly as was hoped. Some
60 so far as to say that Sir Casper
has been out of sympathy with the
emotional in art and has not waxed
enthusiastic over paintings praised by
eminent critics. He has even been
Indifferent to artists Of the Barbizon
school, including Corot and Mil]et.
On the other hand, many noteworthy
artists feel that the failure of the d.
rector to return would be a severe
blow to artistic America. That he is
broad in his views is unquestioned.
He possesses rare knowledge Of arch
aeology and of ancient handicrafts.
He is an architect by profession and
has collected art objects in Greece,
Turkey and Syria. It was because of
his work in this field that he was first
spoken of as director of the Kensing-
ton museum, post he held with ex-
ceptional success until he came to
this country in 1905.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
4 NITA STEWART. who ia tn h

4 N1TA STEWART, who is to be
"a married to Prince Miguel OF
Braganza, is the daughter of Rhine.
lander Stewart Of New York. Miss
Stewart's mother is now Mrs. James
Henry Smith, the widow of 'Silent''
Smith. She obtained a divorce from
William Rhinelander Stewart in South
Dakota in 1905, and was almost i'm.
mediately thereafter married to
James H. Smith, who had a fortune
of about $30.000.000. He left $4,000.
900 to his widow and the income of
$50O,00O in st. Paul bonds for life to
Anita Stewart, of which about one
fifth was to go to her children should
she marry. y:
Not very long ago it was informally
announced in Europe that the prince,
whose family financial affairs have al.
ways been complicated, was about to
amplify his straitened purse by mar.
rying Miss M. Vanderbilt of New
York. 1t is now disclosed that the
American heiress to whom the rumors
referred was Miss Stewart.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

Careful observers in the great crop
states agree with opinions that have
been expressed as to the outlook for
wheat. The general Belief appears to
be that, with no serious setback, .he
chances are favorable to larger yield
than last year. The estimate of the
New York Journal of Commerce that
the output is fairly certain to reach
635,OOO,OOO bushels, and may go to
7OO,OO0,O00 bushels, is much within
bounds, according to such judges as
the st. Louis Globe Democrat, which,
taking the latest report of conditions
made to the department of agriculture,
figures therefrom a possible crop of
7O5 100000 bushels, against 664, 900, 900
in 1908. If these figures shall be veri-
fed after the harvesting has been COM
pleted they will mean that the 1909
wheat crop has been equaled but twice
In the history of the country-in 1901,
when the total was 748,460,0O0 bush.
els, and in 1906, when the aggregate
was 735,260,000 bushels. The corn
crop, the greatest OF all, and which
lasty year beat all records, is still to be
heard from, and necessarily will en-.
counter more risks than wheat, which
natures earlier. but SO far the outlook
is promising.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

4 LREADY famous for its great
"A White Way-by which Broadway
is generally known-a movement is
now on foot to establish in New York
city a Greater White Way-a boule-
ward which will surpass such famous
thoroughfares IN Europe as the Rue
de la Paix in Paris, Regent street in
London, or even the famous Inter
den Linden in Berlin. It is not Broad
way, however, but the already famous
Fifth avenue which an organization of
the greatest property owners, resi-
dents and tenants along that famous
thoroughfare plans to lake the
worlds greatest street.
This organization, known as the
Fifth Avenue association, the com.
bined wealth of whose members runs
far into the hundreds of millions. has
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
!" Rule Of Thumb ~

Upon previous occasion the
Prince of Wales told the country that
it must wake up." and he now re.
peats the warning in another form
when he says that the reign of the
rule of Thumb is over, and that with.
out a scientific foundation no perma,
nent superstructure can be raised -
The Rule Of Thumb dies hard in this
country, partly, perhaps. because we
had by accident a long period in which
abounding prosperity could be at.
tanned without much study of method.
That period closed good while ago.
but few men learn much after they
are grown up. hence it takes about
a generation for this country to turn
round. Rule of Thumb is like the
longbow-a very useful weapon 10
long as other people have nothing bet.
ter. But other nations have been as
siduously improving their weapons,
while there are still a. good many
among us who think that what was
good enough for their fathers must be
good enough for them. London
Times.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

T. OR the benefit of people who have
i developed a great fondness for the
so-called Turkish and Egyptian ciga-
rettes, the state department at Wash
ington has made an investic alton of
the tobacco industries of the east.
Practically all of the Turkish tobacco
comes from Samsoun, in the district
Of Trebizond.
Large quantities of the Trebizond
tobacco are sold by the Turkish grow
ers to Egypt, where it is used to
brighten the tobacco obtained from
other parts of Turkey. The Trebizond
tobacco, according to the United States
consular agents, is weak, has very lit
tie aroma and large, very light COL
ored leaves which do not keep we'll.
The Samsoun and Bafra tobaccos are
stronger. have more aroma, do not
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

r HE Jane Grow" cars. for the exclu.
! sive use Of New York women. an
experiment of the Hudson Tunnel
Company, have ceased to run. Women
riding in the tube trains will have to
take their chances on getting seats
with men passengers. The experiment
Of supplying cars with no rude men
to grab all the seats and smirk al
the women or hide behind newspapers
has proved failure. The women did
not use the cars, which went hall
empty, even in the rush hours.
Il couldn't begin to explain why
the woman don't want those exclu
slve cars" said President McAdoo
"All I know is that they didn't use
them after they got them. have in
vestigated thoroughly. received
voluminous reports from men and
women In our service who were sent
out to sound the question of fem
inine approval or disapproval of ou1
exclusive cars. From all accounts II
appears that the greater number o1
women consider themselves insulted
when advised by guard to go into
the woman's cars"
Inquiries among the employees of the
railroad revealed the fact that train
men have had many alterations with
irate women who preferred to stand
up and be jostled about in car full
of men rather than step into the spe
cial car adjoining. where there were
plenty Of seats. The trainmen said
the women passengers seemed to fec
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
Uncle Sam Looks Up Turkish Cigarettes

bite the tongue and have small dark
leaves. The most aromatic sorts are
what are called Marden and Dere.
The country where the best Turkish
tobacco is grown is a low mountain
GUS region bordering the south shore
of the Black sea. The tobacco is
grown, like the grapes, on the slopes
of the hills, and the climate is always
humid. A clear sky and bright sun
are extremely rare. The methods of
tobacco culture are primitive, and
much is left to chance and nature;
no systematic rotation of crops is
practiced, no scientific fertilizing and
there Is little cultivation.
In Trebizond the average yield is
about 800 pounds of tobacco per acre.
The leaves are put on strings. each
quality by itself. and hung on poles in
the open air. Then, when dry, they are
put into a sweathouse. A good deal Of
the Turkish tobacco is made up in
Hungary for the American cigarette
trade. In one factory in Fiune, Hun
gary, in the last year, 100000 Gig
arettes were manufactured Some of
the tobacco came from Brazil, Java
and Sumatra.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

A foreign historian, who has been
visiting this country, and is naturally
writing about it, says that the ex.
posure of financial scandals in the Uni.
ted States is not to be taken as evil
dence of general corruption, but, on
the contrary, as moral upheaval. He
says that the revelation of this corrup-
tion and the outbreak of public opin-
ion, leading to regeneration of con-
ditions, would be impossible in Europe,
where the corruption would be ig-
nored, if not required to be exposed for
political or grating means. Conse-
Quently, what looks like national
scandal is really credit to the under
lying morality of the American people.
To be so written about by returned
visitor is 80 unusual that this writer
deserves a Carnegie medal.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30

Last Wooden Spoon at Cambridge.
There were striking scenes at Cam
bridge to-day, when the last wooden
epsan awarded in connection with the
mathematical tripos was handed to
the winner, c. L. Holthouse OF St.
Johns: Ingenuity had been taxed to
its utmost to make this last celebra-
ton OF. the old tradition a fitting spec
tacle: As it's recipient was rowing
man, his friends had hit on the happy
idea: of making the handle Of the
spoon. out: Of one of the oar blades
Win which lie had distinguished him.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
The Heron.

The Heron.
A heron, bird of long beak and tall
legs, was going along a river. He
saw any quantity of carp and pike,
(the heron Is a great eater OF flshN
and he could easily have caught them: i
but he wasn't hungry; this was a very
good reason. A few moments later;
his appetite came back to him: he re-
turned to the edge of the water to findl
something to eat. But the pike and
the carp were no longer there; it was
a great loss for him. He saw some
tenches, but this did not please him:
he wanted something more solid.
me eat tenches!" he exclaimed.
What do they take me for?"
At last he found some gudgeons.
"Gudgeons! Did anyone ever sec
a heron eat such small fry? What1 !
Open my beak for so little" }
Hunger overlook him, and in his e1.]
treme want, not being able to 'f,ndI
anything else, he was glad enough to
run across a snail.
Disdain nothing, and don't be a.
difficult to please: Often, in befnx1
willing to gain too much, we run the,
risk of losing everything.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
MAY REGAIN PRESIDENCY

Gen. 1gnacio Andrade, former president of
Venezuela and ousted from that excellent job by
Dictator" Cipriano Castro, is apparently upon
very good terms with the present administration.
He has been named as minister to Cuba and is
at this moment in the United States on his way
to that post
General Andrade had served two years in the
presidency when General Castro and his revo
luton came along and created abrupt vacancy
in the office, to be filled by the little dctatorto
be- Since that time General Andrade has been
a lively element in Venezuelan affairs Castro
has not dared to have him killed off-hand and
Andrade has pulled of two or three little per
sona]ly-conducted revolts of his own that were
unfailingly failures. He will probably be can
ext shift in administrations.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
Taft as Bachelor In the White House

The president has happily solved
the problem of disposing Of the long
evenings by taking long autmobile
rides about. the city and suburbs. He
usually starts out on these trips about
$3.50 o'clock. returning to the White
House at II or afterward. Capt. Arch
ibald Butt, the presidents aide. is al
ways his companion on these jour-
neys and usually the president tele-
phones an invitation to some cabinet
officer, senator or representative, and
stops at the guests house or club to
pick him up. The evening rides often
extend out into the beautiful Rock
Greek park, which stretches for miles
along the little waterway whose name
it bears. At other times Mr.. Taft has
his chauffeur drive about the city or
on the Potomac park driveways.
which skirt the river back of the White
House and the monument grounds.
Arising at about seven o'clock the
president gives nearly an hour to
dumb-bells, pulley weights and other
forms of exercise prescribed for him.
He breakfasts slowly and usually
alone. During his morning meal and
for half an hour or so afterward. the
president reads the newspapers. Be-
tween $3.50 and 10 he begins his busy
day in the executive Offices. At 1870
comes luncheon at the White House
always with some invited guest for
company. The afternoon is devoted
to golf, for the president hopes to
play every afternoon that he remains
in Washington. Dinner always finds
guests assembled and usually it Is
an informal and delightful meal.
which begins little after seven
o'clock and sometimes continues for
an hour and a half.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-30
"Jane Crow" Cars Fail to Attract

that they were being ruled against
instead OF provided for by the com.
pany's special car provision.
1T Is just like the Jim Crow leets-
lation in the south, and 1 won't rida
in your old cart" one woman
snapped at the guard of tunnel train
the other day.
Yet 1t was a supposed demand on
the part of the women of New York
that led the company to make the ex.
pertinent.