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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
Sensational Bids for
Hundred Thousand
Bales of Cotton
Bull Leader offers ne-Eighth Over
Spot Market for Big Lots of May
and June Options.

NEW ORLEANS. May International
bids at the market price for 10000 bales
each Of May and July cotton and offers
Of one-eighth over exchange quotations for
any or all Of the spot cotton in New Or
leans startled the cotton market here to-
day.
The bids were offered by Frank B.
Hayne. the bull leader, and he added to his
challenge by declaring the bid for spots
over the market price was open all day and
covered anything from low ordinary grade
20 fair.
Bear leaders scrambled into the ring, but
they looked gingerly before leaping into
the fray offered by the bull chief One
house gave him 800 bales Of May on his bid
for 10000 bales. Hayne yelled for more
On this transaction Mr.. Hayne paid $40
bale more than the Cotton exchange
quotations said spots were worth.
The 800 bales Of May handed him by the
bears was apparently all the ammunition
the short side had, for it was all the cotton
that went in Haynes direction.
Haynes bidding had a sympathetic ef-
feet on the market and at noon future
were 8 to points over yesterdays closing
quotations
WASHINGTON, May 17.-Investisation
by the secretary of commerce and labor
into the combination of cotton speculat-
ors in the United States organized to con-
troll prices" with a view to criminal prose-
cution is urged in a resolution introduced
in the house today by Representative Ed
wards OF Georgia.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
Mrs. w. v. o. DOdds of Beatrice IL
Elected President at Annual
Meeting.

BEATRICE. Neb.. May 17.-(Special.)-
The Gage County Sunday School associa-
ton closed its annual meeting here yes
terday afternoon by electing these Off
GERS:
President, Mrs W. v. A. Dodds. Beatrice;
vice presidents. Miss ]. c. Garrison, Adams;
Miss Mabel Harris, Blue Springs; secretary
treasurer, Miss Sofia Niedhart Beatrice;
superintendent teacher training Mrs s. E.
Gould. Beatrice; superintendent adult de-
partment, Mrs. e. F. Klmmerly Beatrice
superintendent homo and visitation depart
ments, Rev, j. ID. Young, Beatrice; super
lntendent missionary department Mrs. ].
L. Riecker. Beatrice; superintendent tenn
perance department. Mira. A. w. Nickel,
Beatrice; superintendent intermediate de-
partment, Mrs. A. w. Stockman, Adams:
superintendent elementary department,
Mrs. F. +. Roderick Blue Springs; Super
intendent pastors department Rev. r. F.
Gates, Wymore; superintendent young
mems movement, Leo Gessell, Beatrice.
At the session Mondsy evening reports Of
the officers and department superintendent
were submitted. showing the work In this
county TO be in good shape. During the
session Tuesday addresses were given nS
Mrs. r. F. Roderick OF Blue Springs Miss
NJ. Brown OF Lincoln. state superintendent
Rev ]. e. Young, Mrs. B. II. Cubbase and
Everitt Gessell OF Beatrice
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
Crawford Denounces
Reciprocity Treaty
South Dakota Senator Says it is
Drafted in Interest of Newspapers,
Distillers and Packers.

WASHINGTON May 1.-THE reciprocity
agreement with Canada was characterized
as n cowardly abandonment of a grave
duty in a speech delivered in the senate
to day by Senator Coe I. Crawford of South
Dakota.
Mr. Crawford spoke for several hours in
opposition to the agreement. He charged
that not only would it fail to promote the
general welfare, but It would do irrepar,
able harm to agriculture. The presidents
contention that it would reduce the cost of
living he would not accept.
THE proposed law" Mr.. Crawford said.
rs a declaration that we intend no longer
to depend on the cultivation of our own
soil and the industry of the American
farmer for our food supplies and that agri-
culture in the United States is no longer
TO hold it's imperial place at the head Of
our great industries, but is henceforth to be
treated as a pursuit of lesser Importance
among American people, because from this
time on we shall look beyond these Ameri-
can farms into foreign lands and we shall
invite the whole world on equal terms to
compete with the American farmer on his
own market place"
Asserting that the principal beneficiaries
under the bill would be the trusts, Senator
Crawford mentioned many of them, among
them being lnseed oil. the brewing the dis
tillers, the beef and the manufactured food
companies.
Charging one great purpose Of the bill to
be to put news print paper and wood pulp
on the free list, Mr.. Crawford asked why
this was. Replying to HIS own question, he
said:
Simply because the great newspapers
and the great magazines of the United
States-as a special class-aggressiyelv or
ganized for the purpose, demand II and pro-
pose to get It as a special privilege.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
General Grant to Take
Command in Texas
War Department Plans TO Give ALI
Higher Officers Experience in
Handling Maneuver Division.

WASHINGTON. May 17.-Maior General
Frederick D. Grant soon will succeed Major
General Carter as commander OF the
maneuver division OF the army In Texas.
Secretary of War Dickinson has selected
General Grant for this duty, but as the
changes will not take place until after
after Henry L. shmson becomes secretary
Of war, the assignment will, of course. be
subject to his approval.
The purpose of the War department Is
to afford an opportunity to command the
division to as many general officers of
high rank a. possible during the maneu-
vers. which. It IL said, now probably will
continue until next winter.
General Carter has done splendid work,
the department officials declare, in mobil-
king the forces and getting them in eondi-
ton for the actual field work which 10 now
beginning. The change probably win not
be made until conditions in Mexico become
less acute than at present
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18


bishop for the completion of the new
bishops residence and the Gardner Me-
mortal hall. New churches have been built
and established in many parishes In the
state and several long established churches
have freed themselves from indebtedness.
The officers Of the Woman's auxiliary of
Nebraska who we're elected were as follows:
President Mrs. A. X. Gault, Omaha; first
vice president, Mrs. Albert Noe, Omaha;
second vice president. Mrs. Marsh, Blair;
third vice president, Miss Jean Morton,
Nebraska City; fourth vice president, Mrs.
Bowesfield, Nebraska City; secretary, Mrs.
w. gB. Willard, Omaha treasurer, Mrs.
Fairchild, Lincoln; vice presidents in
charge of organization and visiting, Mrs.
Wiggenhorn OF Ashland and Mrs. Living
ston, Plattsmouth; vice president in charge
of the Junior auxiliary, Mrs. Hillard of
Omaha; vice president in charge OF united
offerings, Miss Royce Of Omaha; secretary
junior auxiliary, Miss Earl of Omaha; vice
president in charge of diocesan affairs,
Mrs. ]. A. Hancock; vice president in
charge Of diocesan library. Mrs. j, H. Van
Nostrand; vice president in charge of
babies branch. Mrs. Clinton Miller, Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
PEARSoN'S CHECK RECEIVED
DOane College New Has Endowment
Of RaaO, OOO--InStitution in
Good shape.

CRETE. Nsb., May r-(spseial)-p
Pearson's check for 5000 has been re-
eeived a. the treasures office Of Doans
college and the amount is now on deposit
Doans has an endowment Of about tso0Ooo
II has also eight buildings, a campus OF
ninety aeres-neArly 500 other acres In the
Immediate vicinity. It has a faculty OF
about twenty professors and instructors
II has also a library Of hoo volumes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
Jay Burns Talks
to Master Bakers
Omaha Man, in Address at Iowa Con-
vention, Says Goods Should Be
Sold in Packages.

SIOUX CITY May H.-(SpeciAl Tele-
eram)-Jay Burns, Omaha. In an address
To the Iowa Master Bakers association
today urged bakers to sell all goods in
packages intimating that the bakers would
be the next 20 receive the attention OF the
pure food reformers NJ. r. Mulgrew OF
Dubuque. and J. schouten Keokuk. are
rivals for the presidency. Des Moines and
Ottumwa both seek the meeting.
The bakers are guests OF ex-Alderman
Henry Metz at his country home this
Afternoon
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
| FORTY THOUSAND HOMELESS
Twelve Thousand Buildings Destroyed
by Fire at Kirin, China.
MONEY LOSS TWENTY MILLIONS
More Than Half of City9 of Eighty
Thousand I'm Remote Part of
Manchuria wiped Out by
ConflaErn tiOn.

HARDIN. May l7--Forty thousand per
sons at Kirin are homeless as a conse-
quence Of the recent conflagration in that
city. The money loss is estimated at $50,
900 900. Four thousand shops. fifteen banks
and .3s7 other buildings we're destroyed
Reports from Picking told Of destruc-
tive fire at Kirin on May 9, but tele-
graphic communication to this remote
Manchurian town was interrupted and
few details Of the fire were known. Kirin
has a population Of $1,000
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18

and carried a New Jersey visitors license.
When l was arrested ] was on the wsy
TO the garage TO have the number changed.
never had an accident and never hurt
anybody on the road. It's about time for
this thing 10 stop"
There's a good deal in what this man
sAys." commented Magistrate Brssn. He
ought 70 get 9 show. Discharged"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
NELSON W. ALDRICH IS ILL
Address to Convention. I'm
New York.

NEW YORK, May l7.-Former Senator
Nelson w Aldrich. who was TO have
spoken here this afternoon before the Ma
tional Association OF Manufacturers. did
not appear and word was received from his
secretary that he Is Ill at his home In
Providence, r. /.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
JACK JOHNSON DISCHARGED
PuEIIist FtndA One Magistrate Who
Agrees with Him that He n
Prosecuted.

NEW YORK. May lI.-For once Jack
johnson has found a magistrate who
agrees With him that he IL prosecuted. He
was acquitted IN court today OF the
charge OF running his automobile on the
city streets with q last years illinois IL
censs.
Your honor" said Johnson. I'm getting
sore on the whole world / don't set a
show. This officer Just saw Johnson and
ran him IN. ] had newly entered the state
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
THREE SOLDIERS WOUNDED
Private LsPp Escapes from Guard
House at Fort ID. A. Russell and
Runs Amuek.

CHEYENNE. Wye. May H.-one sol
dier's skull was crushed and two other
soldiers were seriously wounded today by
Private Lepp OF Company X, Second in
fantry. at Fort D. A. Russell. who es-
capped from the guard house. Lepp is
being pursued by posse OF soldiers ana
citizens.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
A cruel NIistake

is to neglect cold or cough. DR.. Kings
New Discovery cures them and prevents
consumption. SOC and 500. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18

Persistent Advertising is the Road to
Big Returns.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-18
BISHOP WILLIAMS
MAKES ADDRESS

CONTINUED from First Page)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
TIE MANASSAS JUBILEE.

George c. Round, the chairman Of
the Manassas jubilee committee, has
issued printed statement as an answer
to the hundreds of inquiries which be
has received regarding the event. He
says in the decorations at least 90 per
cent we're United States flags, although
the few Confederate flags that we're
displayed were thoroughly in harmony
with the general design of the jubilee.
He explains also, that the reason that
the confederate side was more largely
represented at the reunion was be-.
cause the southern railroads gave re-
duced rates and the roads from the
north and west made no reduction
whatever. An additional reason" he
says, was because every one in
northern Virginia who owned y team
drove to the battlefield.
1t is probable that after the settle.
ment of ell the bills there will be a
light margin left in the treasury, but
additional funds that may be con-
tributed will be used toward some
perpetual memorial of the jubilee. A
bronze tablet in the public school build
ing is suggested; also a monumental
group at the corner OF Grant and Lee
avenues, where the presidents address
was made. A memorial volume is also
under consideration.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND.

England is passing through serious
crisis in her history. She has troubles
within and without, and the outcome Is
problematical. The foreign relations
nj the nation have caused no little
anxiety of late, England having been
compelled to take the part OF france
in the troubles between the latter coun'
try and Germany over the Moroccan
issue. and with the outcome OF the
Diplomatic conflict still hanging IN the
balance and the chronic war on the
House OF Lords gathering force all tue
time the country is now 10 the grip
Of a colossal strike. with starvation
facing thousands in the capital CITY.
The police are being chased by 10
furiatsd mobs and rioting Is III progress
in number OF places. As Is always
the case, the lawless have taken ad-
vantage OF these conditions, and cities
are becoming armed camps, for the
protection OF life and property. The
above are sad facts and the outcome Is
viewed with alarm not only by tue
better class Of English people, but by
the lovers OF law and order throughout
the world. Great Britain has for cen
turies been looked upon as nation OF
sobersids people who respect the
mowers that be aud who have from time
immemorial followed the even tenor OF
their way. 1t is not so now. The
number OF malcontents has been III
creasiug for years, and many OF the
present generation are not OF the con-
servatiye nature OF their progenltors.
Exciting scenes mark the proceedings
of the House of Lords as we'll as OF the
House OF Commons. which SAVIOR more
sset mob rule than that of sober repre-
sentatives OF a great nation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
PURE LUCK.

Fortune has ever been represented as
a capricious sprite moving with the
alacrity Of flea aud equally as hard to
corner, but she occasionally alights in
places where 40 preparation has been
made to receive her. This is proven
by the fact that she, strange to say,
) has cast her smile upon a printer.
A dispatch from Peoria, ILL.,, says a
knight Of the stick and rule has fall
ell heir to one hundred thousand
dollars. The jade, like lightning
is arbitrary 10 her workings. We
never know where she is preparing
to alight, but in the case referred &c
above she seems to have temporarily
gotten off her curse, as it lsa generally
received impression that disciples o
Faust and Guggcnberg are not generally
found among the fortunates OF thl:
world.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
PLAN FOR NATIONAL HIGHWAYS.

A gigantic system of seven great
national highways radiating from
Washington to all sections OF the
United States is proposed in a bill in
troduced in the Senate yesterday by
Senator Cullom, OF Illinois, at the re.
quest of former Representative j. Floyd
King, Of louisiana Immediately at.
ter introduction of the bill Gen. King
inaugurated a movement to further
the project The bill was referred to
the committee on postoffces and post
roads, OF which Senator Bourne is
chairman.
II the project is successful, the Dis
trict will become the center of q wheel
OF roads passing through practically
every state in the union Back Of the
project are number OF prominent
members OF Congress and business men
who are preparing to push the bill to
passage as quickly as possible.
Included in the system proposed tc
the Senate by Senator Cullom are
many Of the projects for great roads
already launched at different times.
The roadway from Montreal, Canada, to
Miami, Fla, and the Lincoln memorial
road from Washington to Gettysburg,
recently Endorsed by Speaker Chang
Clark, of the House, are among the
projects included in the scheme pro
posed yesterday. The roads would
cost sl4s,OOO,OO0.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
BOYS TO PAY THEIR OWN FINES

I For pa will pay the fine next day
s For the rising generation.
were two lines of song a clown vas
wont to sing during the civil var IN a
tcircus which was conducted on the site
Sof the present Sarepts Hall. But Judge
!CalIan has established precedent 10
the Juvenile Court CT Washington,
which bring about new departure.
Hereafter boys who are fined in that
tribunal may have TO pay them, and
the money of their parents will not Ge
accepted. Wherl FIVE lads were brought
into court day or two ago for smash
ing the lock Of notion shop, and loot
ing it. Judge Callan fiued them s. each
and ordered that each pay $3.50 resti-
tuition for the loot. Two parents start
ed forward to pay the fines, but the
Judge waved them back. These boys
must pay the fue themselves" he
said. 1t would be no hardship for
them If you did it for them. Three Of
them are working, and the other two
must 60 TO work or to the reform
school," The boys were allowed to
pay their fines in installments in pro-
portion to their earnings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
APPALACHIAN EXPOSITION.

Account Appalachian Exposition thai
will be held at Knoxville, Tenn, from
September 11tt to October 1st, 1911, the
Southern Railway has authorized
greatly reduced round trip tickets from
ali principal points in Virginia includ-
ing Washington. D. c. Dates OF sale
September 9th to October LIST, 1911. in.
elusive, final limit to reach original
starting point returning not later than
midnight Of tenth day from, but not in
Guiding date Of sale, except that no
tickets will be limited to reach original
starting point later than midnight of
October Ith, 1911.
Tickets sold on dates above named
good in Pullman Sleeping Cars, South
ern Railway villa sell from same ter
ritory as named above greatly reduced
round trip tickets account the Exposi-
ton Oh September 18th, 10Th and 18th
only, FINAL Iimitedreach original starting
point not later than midnight Of the
seventh day from, but not including
date Of sale. Tickets sold on these last
three dates. named good only in Day
Coaches,
For further particulars call on nearest
Ticket Agent or write L. S. Brown, GA,
7o5 18th St. n. ", Washinton, D. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
GATES THOUGHTFUL OF THE POOR

GATES THOUGHTFUL OF THE POOR.
The will OF John W. Gates, who died
Wednesday in Paris. will be probated
in Port Arthur, Tex, where the 6nan-
cier made his residence, 1t is under
styed that the bulk of the property
will 90 to Charley Gates, his son.
The fortune is estimated at be-
tween s40,000,000 and $4,000, 000
1t has been ascer1ained that more thar
thirty families have been dependent
upon checks mailed monthly at the in
stance OF Mr.. Gates. Milliouaires anC
6nanciers generally are regarded BY
the discontented Of this world as soul
less, but this is not always fact. The
above shows that some, at least, are By
no means regardless of those whose lot i
is to struggle against adverse fortune
Mr.. Gates was of type who do much
good without letting their lett hands
know what their right hands do. He wa!
not engaged in building monuments IL
his memory In way of libraries, ctr.
but was acting on the Injunction
Whatever thy hands find to do for thu
good OF man, do quickly, for the nigh
cometh wheu no man can work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

George w. LowerY, so years old,
living near Winchester, stopped to
pick up store wood day or two ago
and was seized with apoplexy, falling
dead. His widow and eleven children
survive.
George Habron, 50 years old, a
Confederate veteran, died Tuesday at
Powell's Fort, Shenandoah county.
The drys surprised Staunton yesterday
by fling notice of contest OF the
local option election held August l,
when the town went wet. The alleged
failure of the treasurer to file, as the
law directs, list Of persons who had
personally paid poll taxes, and failure
OF tie clerk to notify the sergeant to
post the same are the grounds. Judge
Staples, of Roanoke, when the vets
raised this point, decided IN their
favor
Malcolm B. Case, a carpenter, OF
Lynchburg, was killed by a freight
train yesterday afternoon on the Nor
| folk and Western Railway, short
distance west of Goodies, in Bedford
county. His family was visiting in
that section, and he had left a pas.
seneer train at Goodies and was walk
ing along the track when struck. lie
was 40 years of age, and leaves widow
and three children.
One of the most destructive hail
storms known in many years swept
over the upper section of DlnWlddle
and a portion OF Brunswick counties
| Wednesday afternoon, desolating farms
and destroying crops. The path OF
the storm was one and half miles
wide and many miles in length. Along
Nottaway River the corn and tobacco
crops on 20 farms in DinWiddie and
on nearly as many in Brunswick were
cut to pieces and ruined beyond any
reclaim. These we're among the finest
farms in the two counties, and the
loss will reach many thousands o.
dollars. The trees we're stripped o.
their foliage in the path OF the storm
and the hail covered the ground.
The committee recently appointed
by the United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals at Richmond to take up the
revision of the federal rules of practice
in equity held meeting Wednesday
at Hot Springs, and decided tc
invite suggestions of amendment
of all the federal judges and clerks
OF court in toe circuit, and also from
the members of the bar of the ap
pellate court or of the lower fedora
tribunals. The circuit comprises
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
North Carolina and South Carolina
The committee decided on plan O
cooperation with similar committee!
appointed in the other eight circuits
OF the country, all Of which are tc
report not later than November
next. The comDittee consists o
William P. Bynum, of North Carolina
L. L. Lewis, OF Virginia; and George
Whitlock, of MARYLAND.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
,,ires, and then, declining the advice

quires, and then, declining the advice
of the marriage license clerk that they
have magistrate or minister per-
form the ceremony, they said they
preferred to marry themselves. Kis.
ner told Miss Johnson that he &C
cepted her as his loving and dutiful
wife, while Miss Johnson replied by
stating that she was delighted to take
Kisner as her lawful husband. They
had witnesses sign the declaration
and departed happily. Should the
example OF the young Pennsylvanians
be followed land such a procedure is
valid in some states) marriage fee:
may become considerably reduced il
the future, while the fact that no min
lister will be found to tie knots will no
stand in the way of those, desiring t.
enter matrimonial alliances.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
MARRIED THEMSELVES.

A Young couple in Wilkes-Barr
Pa iuaueurated new departure by
marrying themselves. This procedure
was oppoItune at a time when so much
discussion is going on concerning the
coming Astor-Force marriage. Floyd
gisner and Miss Maude johnson
formally proclaimed i'll the Wilkes
Barre courthouse that they consid-
srcd themselves AS man and wife. They
oct marriage license as the law re.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-11
TRAINS ON BLUEMoNT BRANCH
Washington Southern Ry

Schedule in effect July 3, I9II.
Trains leave Union Station for Wash
iucton and points north at 8 0S, S .
sal. 9 53and 10 OF a. NJ, II Oh, 30. OF,
S IS and II 80 p. m, daily
For fredericksburg, Richmond a q 70
noints south at 4 81, s. (iocai) and 10 2?
Z. M, II Is, q, 527 iocai) 6 81, 9 80 and
Accommodation 70, Fredericksburg at
II Il a. m, daily. On week days this
rain runs through to Milford.
NoTg-Time ofarriTals an q departures
y. P. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager,
Richmond, Va.