Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922
January 17, 1902

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rHE Omaha j Daily Bee. i ESTABLISHED JUKE 11), 1871. OMAHA, Pit ID AY MOKN1XG, JANUARY 17, 1D02TEJS" PAGES. SINGLE COPY mVtt CENTS. PARLIAMENT IS OPEN Iifliih Lawmakm Iatriitoid to Tkaif Labtri by Kiif Id ward. HIS MAJESTY DELIVERS ROYAL SPEECH 1m Laiilj Applaidid TJpea Hit Apptaraic with Qatta Aliiaidra. CEREMONIALS ARE TO CUSTOM Si Irilllaat Ipaotacla ii Pr.''v Parma- tion f Bjal Pricis'si. t AMITY KEYNOTE OF EDWARD'S ADDh- Halation with Amerlen Referred tn In Grntlfyiuar Term HrKretn Cnntln nance of Hner War-Mnltahnry Criticise Government. LONDON, Jan. 16. King Edward opened 1'arllatnent today with n ceremonial In all essential respects similar to that of Feb ruary last. The procession to tho Houso of Lords was of tho ramo character as that witnessed on tho occasion of tho first Par liament of .King Edward's reign, while within the upper houso wero soon the naino pageantry, tho samn historic dresses and tho snmo rovlvnl of ancient forms. After robing, King I'M ward and Queen Alexandra entered tho House of Peers nnd occupied their thrones, beneath a canopy, with tho prince and princess of Wales on cither sldo of them. Tho other members of tho royal family wcro seated ou chairs at tho foot Of tho steps leading to tho throne. Tho gentleman usher of tho Black nod, General Sir Michael IHddulph, having sum moned tho speaker and tho members of tho House of Commons, his majesty read tho speech from tho throne. Tho speech was not a very Important ut terance Ills majesty reterrod In terms of gratification to tho world tour of tho prlncn and princess of Wales, expressed regret at the fact that tho war In South Africa was not concluded, said ho trusted tho decision of tho sugar confnrenco would lead to the abandonment of bounties, nnd noted the conclusion of tho Isthmian cnnal treaty. Friendly with Xntlnna. Tho speech opened with n rcfcrcnco to tho tour of tho prince nnd princess of Wales. "They wcro ovorywhero," said the king, "received with demonstrations of tho liveliest affection nnd I am convinced their presenco served to rivet moro closely tho bonds of mutual regard and loyalty by which the vigor of tho emplro Is main tained." Referring to Or eat Britain's relations Vlth foreign countries, the king said: "My relations with the other pewers con tinue to bo of a friendly character." Contrary to expectations, tho king's ref erence to tho war was Just, as Indefinite as the sUteroeniaottAbo subject mndlu tho Mat t half 'dotes message from" the '.throna. "I regret," said his majesty, "that tho war In South Africa Is not yet concluded, though tho course of tho operations has been favorable to our arms, tho area of war largely reduced and Industries are being resumed in my now colonies. In splto of the tedious character of tho campaign my soldiers throughout havo displayed a cheer fulness In tho endurance of tho hardships incldont to guerilla warfnre, and a human ity, even to their own detrlmont, In their treatment of tho enemy, which are desorv tng of tho highest prnlse. Tho necessity for rollovlng those of my troops who havo most felt tho struln of war has' afforded me tho opportunity of again availing myself of the loyal and patriotic offers of my colonies, and further contingents will shortly reach South Afrlcn from tho Dominion of Canada, tho commonwealth of Australia and Now Eealand." Itefera tn Cnnnl Trent-. In regard to tho sugar conference tho apeech says: "I trust Its decision may lead to the abandonment of tho system by which the sugar producing colonics and homo manufacturers of sugar havo been unfairly weighted In tho prosecution of this Impor tant Industry." Then camo the following clause: "I have concluded with tho president of tho United States a treaty, tho provisions of which wilt facilitate tho construction of an inter oceanic canal under guarantees that Its neutrality will be maintained and that It will bo open to tho commerce and shipping of all aatlons." Next followed references to tho Anglo- Brazilian treaty, to tho referring of tho British Gutana-Brnztl boundary question to the arbitration of tho king of Italy, to tho necessity for tho continuance of famine relief measures in India and to tho death ot the nmeor, "whoso son, Ilablb Ullah, has expressed an earnest dcslro to maintain tho Irltndly relations of Afghanistan with my Indian emplro." After announcing that tho estimates havo 'been framed as economically as duo re Sard for their efficiency rendern possible In 'tho special circumstances ot the present exigency," the speech closed with mention ing proposed legislation, ot solely domestic interest, with tho exception of a bill to facilitate tho sale and purchase of land In Ireland. Retire Amid Cheers, Their majesties then retired amid a fan fare ot trumpets nnd attended by tho same regal ceremony aa accompanied their entry Into the bouse. Tho crowds which lined tho route from Buckingham palaco to Westminster to view the procession wero not nearly so largo as on the occasion of tho last opening of Par Lament. Guardsmen, assisted by hundreds ot pnllco, kept tho spectators back, but they had little to do. Only a few attempts at decoration wcro visible. What, with tho two central figures so easily scon and so gorgeously clad, nnd tho brilliant escort of Life guards, whose band kept constantly playing, the public was ro warded for Its long, cold wait by a spectacl of considerable Intcrost, though, o far as unrestrained public enthusiasm was con e'-rned, It was nothing to what occurred earlier In tho day when tho guards' rein forcements left their barracks enrouto to South Africa. The guardsmen tramped through tha dark streets of tho metropoll at 6 o'clock In tho morning, accompanied by an uproarious mob of civilian friends signing songs to tho accompaniment ot th band. The songi and music, however, did not drown the crying of women, who clung to the necks nnd arms of almost every mnn of the contingent. Dnua (lie llnynl Hone. On alighting nt the royal entranco of th houses of Parliament, beneath iho Vlctorl (Continued on Seventh Pago.) RECEPTION T0THE PRINCE llenr Adiulrnl Ktun Commit with German Aiuliiiiiilnr llcunril Inir ArrntiKeiuent. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Rear Admiral It. I). Evans, who has been charged with tho preparation nnd execution of the naval program at tho reception of Prlnco Henry of Prussia, called on Dr. von Holcben, the German ambassador, at tho embassy today, and consulted hlra regarding tho arrange ments for tho naval welcomo to bo ac corded tho distinguished visitors. Admiral Evans will keep In closo touch with ho ambassador and tho embassy officials In order that no may conform his own ar rangements to those of tho visiting party, notice of tho tatter's plan being conveyed from Berlin to the embassy nt Washing ton. It may bn stated that tho Kron Prlnz "yjlhelm will not dcvlato from its courso d go first to Hampton Bonds, ns hereto fore reported, but will bear Prlnco Henry llroctly to Now York, where tho naval emonstratlon proper will tako place. The tallowing squadron has been assigned to Hear Admiral Kvnns by tho Navy depart ment to welcome tho prlnco: Kingship, the battleship Illinois; protected cruisers Olympic, San Francisco nnd Cincinnati and tho cruiser Hartford. Whllo detailed arrangements for tho movements of this squadron havo not vet been made, Admiral Kvnns states that tho csscls probably will rendezvous at Tomo- klnsvlllc nnd possibly Join the Imperial yacht Hohcnzolorn on Its way up the" At lantic const from tbo West Indies nnd es cort it to Now York harbor. Admiral Kvnns will havo with him tho samo stnff that was selected to accompany him to the Asiatic station. Captain George A. Converse, ns commander ot tho flagship Illinois, will be his flag cnptaln; .Inutcnant Frederick L. Chapln, his ling lieutenant; Lteutcnnnt Thomas Washing ton, flag secretary, and several other naval uldes. NKW YORK, Jan. 1C Wnllaoo Downey of tho firm which Is building tho new yacht for tho cmporor of Germany left for Wnsh- ngton today. He Is to confer with the Gorman ambassador and tho Washington authorities ns to the plans for tho launch ing of the yacht. GIFT FOR MISS ROOSEVELT lniidiimev Prrm-nt Will He llrouiilit from Germany hy Prince Henry. NKW YORK, Jan. 16 Prlnco Henry of Prussia will bring from Ocrmnny it hand some present for Miss Altco Roosevolt from tho emperor In recognition and as a sou venir of hor part An tho launching of tho now royal yacht. Announcement of this fact was mndo today in a dispatch to tho Staats Zoltung from Berlin. Tho cablegram also said that Prlnco Henry had been di rected to arrnngo for aquatic sports be tween American and German tars In the foreign ports whore they meot. Tho German government has ncccpted Mayor Low's offer of tho uso of West Thirty-fourth street pier for tho Imperial yacht Ilohcnzollcrn during tho visit to tho lty of Prince Henry. Tho acceptance Is accompanied by an exbrcaslon.of thanks In tho natrfb of Prince Henry7r"'"'" ?tr' KIEL, Jan. 16. Hohenzollcrn's crew, numbering 311 men, aro now on board that essol. Tomorrow will bo spent In stowing extra coal. Tho departuro of the yacht Is fixed for Sunday at tho latest, but It will put to sea on Saturday If tho Ice threatens to closo tho canal. Tho bandmaster of tho Second naval dt Islon music corps, which Is to furnish n band to go to tho United States on Hohen zollern, camo hero from Wllhelmshavcn yesterday to recolvo special Instructions from Prlnco Henry. Tho latter directed him to practlco dally during tho voyago, playing favorite American aire. Tho band consists of forty picked men from tho eighty-four constituting tho Second division corps. Theso forty men reached Kiel today. ST. LOUIS WANTS THE PRINCE Malinger f World' l'nlr Will In- vlte Gerninn Xnlilr limn to Visit the City. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16. Efforts nro being roado by officials of tho Louisiana Purchaso exposition to havo Prlnco Henry of Oer many visit St. LouIb when ho comes to this country noxt month. At World's Fair headquarters Socretnry Walter B. Stevens statod this afternoon that President D. R. Francis and Director Adolpbus Busch, who nro In Washington, had called on Secretary of State Hay In regard to Inviting Prince Henry to visit St. Louis. They wcro of fored tho heartiest co-operation by tho State department nnd tho opinion was ex pressed that tho undertaking would meot with success. It has not yet beon docldcd how Prlnco Henry will bo cntortnlned whllo In St. Louis, but thore will probably bo a visit to tho alto of tho Louisiana Purchase ex position and a banquet and reception. OFFICERS CALL ON LOGAN ltnllirny Detective nml Wyoming Mnr- linl Knll to Identify Mnn in Kiinxvllle Jnll. KNOXVILLE, Tcnn., Jnn. 16. W. T. Canada, chief of detective of tho Unlou Pacific railway, nnd United States Marshal Hazell ot Cheycnno, Wyo,, nrrlvod today. They wero roported In a Cheycnno dispatch aa coming hero with a requisition for the man held hero as Harvey Logan. The offi cers deny this and say they came south to look after somo coal Innds In Alabama and merely camo via Knoxvlllo to sea the sus pect. Mr. Canada never saw Logan In his llfo. Both officers went to tho Jail today ami talked with tho stupect for some tlmo Governor McMIllIn hns notified local offi cers thnt In no caso will he honor a requi sition for logan without giving duo notice to appear and present tholr side of tho case, RANSOM FOR MISS STONE Ilr. Peet nml Chief with Money to Ornirnmnn Htart Secure Mil. alnnnry'a Ileleuse. (Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Co.) hAuU.mua, Jan. 16. (New York World Cablegram Special Telegram.) Garglolu chief dragoman of tho American embassy at Constantinople, uud Dr. Peet, secretary of tho American mission, have loft Serres for tho frontier, taking tho money rnnsom with them. They hopo soon la secure the release ot Miss Stono and Mme. Tsllka. Clerrlniul line Urlvluu, PRINCETON, n. J Jan. H5.Former President Cleveland 1ms sufficiently recov ered from his Illness to onjoy short drives Into tho country. Today ho uiul Mrs, Cleveland drove through tho streets nml a short dlstaucu out ot town. Mr, Cleveland loouea wen. ALBAN PLANS HIS ATTACK Oalimblaa Commander it Ezptctid W Ea oinatar Eatmj Taaj. MOUNTS MIRE SHIPS WITH ARMAMENT i General Plnr.n Skirt Const for Idle Troops nnd Klicht with Insur gents ,'m tteenis Im minent. COLON, Colombia, Jan. 16. General Al ban, commander ot this district, has, after several changes ot plans, appropriated tho South American Steamship company's steamer Lantaro, on which thrco guns will bo mounted. It has a speed of from twelve to fourteen knots. Tho stcamir Chuclto, recently purchased from tho Pacific Steam Navigation com pany by tho Colombian government, will mount one gun. Its speed Is estimated at sixteen knots. Tho Colombian government fleet, there foro, is now larger and fastar than tho enemy's fleet. The Colombian gunboat Iloyaca has gone to Chlrlqul for 300 troops. Thu report that Llbcrtndor Is to enter the Colombian servlco Is not authentic. Tho news of accidental fighting botween government troops near Rio Ilncha Is cor rect, but no definite details can bo ob tained here. Later In tho day tho Colombian flag was hoisted over Lantaro utul over Chuculto. Both vessels nre now being armed. General Plnzo sailed from hero this after noon, skirting tho const In search ot Idto troops. On the return of the Colombian gunboat Boynca to Pannma tomorrow with troops from Chlrlqul It Is expected General Al ba n will attack tho revolutionary troops. Tho exchanged prisoners have been taken to Taboga on a Balling vessel In tow ot Darlcn. Tho government has sent the exchanged liberal prisoners to Taboga In a sailing csscl In tow of Campos Serrano. The United States cruiser Philadelphia will safeguard tho exchange of prisoners which Is to take place today. REVOLUTION AT STANDSTILL naiirrei'tlonera In Vciiesueln Are llelil nt liny liy Government Troop, WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curncoa, Jan. 16. (Via Hnytlen Cable.) Tho Venezuelan revolutionary steamer Llbcrtndor (formerly tho Ban Rlgh) was sighted Tuesday even ing near Capo Coders, cast ot La Guayra, It Is supposed It landed arms there. It Is said numbers of Insurgents aro In the field In that vltlnlty. CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 16. General Muto, tho revolutionary leader, Is mastor nt sea, for President Castro's fleet does not dare attack Llbertador. Tho government troops, however, watch tho coasts so well that tho landing of arms and ammunition nearly ImDOSslblo. Tho only Important suce.cssfullnlngtook jPlnca January, ;9 near ATucput.fcro. much ammunition and General Rlera were safely debarked. According to tho last reports received here regarding tho whereabouts of Llber tador, It was recently at tho Dutch Island of' Arubn. It passed January 9 In view of La Guayara, aand accidentally carried nway tho mast, of a small schooner. General Mato thereupon paid $150 to tbo captain of tho schooucr nud towed It two miles to a harbor. Tho Impression which prevails here Is that tho revolution Is not progressing. Tho difficulties resulting from tho attempts to pass arms nnd ammunition through tho government ronder success of General Matos problematical. Generals Mcndozn and Fornez, the in surgent leaders, notwithstanding their lack of resources, aro not yet crushed. Tho reports of uprisings In Guayara and other points remain unconfirmed. FEEL SURE OF THEIR CAPTIVE Ofllcer Are Convinced New Orlrnnn Mnn la Kdwnrd Kern Wnntcil In Gotham, NEW ORLEANS. Jnn. 16, T. E. Manners. under arrest hero under suspicion that he Is Edward Kern, wanted In New York on tho ehargo of robbing Mr. Thcabaud, still denies that ho Is Kern. In his possession was found a toilot eot marked "M. E. T.." which Is supposed to belong to Mr. Then- baud's hrothor, hut Manners says tbo letters aro his own Initials reversed, a practlco which ho says Is not uncommon. He has engaged counsol, but no legnl steps havo been taken In his behalf. Klein, one of tho men arrested on tho chargo of robbing Manners, makes a state ment In which ho says ho and Rogers know Kern nnd called on Manners at tho hotel Klein says Manners did not deny his Identity nnd they wero frank enough to call his attention to their knowledge of nn $8,000 roward; that ho them told them that thero was over $8,000 of Jowolry In tho trunk nnd Instructed them how to got away with It, saying ho would collect damages from tbo hotel and moot them In Atlanta for a further division of tho spoils. When they brpko open tho trunk It only contalnod few hundred dollars worth of stuff and tho pollco pursuit prevented tho Atlanta trip. They became convinced that Manners had Btmply fooled them In ordor to cscuno and so gavo him away. Sheriff Marroro, who Is holding Manners, says the description fits that of Kern. He haB beon notified that Mr. Thcabaud and Now YorK detectives aro on tho way to Now Orleans to ldoutlfy tho prisoner. NEW YORK, Jan. 16, Captain Titus of the detectlvo bureau said todny that ho was euro tho man arrested yestorday In Now Orleans was Edward Kern, tho former vnlot of Paul O. Theabaud. Kern stolo about 190,000 worth of Jewelry from tho Theabauds two weeks ago. Lato tbls even ing Captain Titus received tho following telegram frevn Sheriff Marrero of New Orleans: "Man answers nil descriptions. Identity. Says It Identified will without requisition. I think safe tlclpate." Denies return to an- Mr. Theabaud, accompanied by Detective Sergeant John r Kelly, left for Now Orleans tanisni. EXPECTS TO VISIT AMERICA DUpntch Sny Count Von Wnlderaee uud Wife Will Come In April. NEW YORK, Jan. 16. The Staats Zeltung today prints a special dispatch from Ber lin which states that Count von Waldorseo and his w)fe will visit America In Ap-ll 'iue aispatcn says mat the trip Is wado for tho Held marshal's health. STEAM OBSCURES SIGNALS Cnune of Wreck nn Given hy Engineer of New York Cent ml Trnln; 4 NP.tt' YORK. .In. 16. VThc coroner's In quest to determine tho josponMblllty for tho death of seventeen pts'ens In tho New York central tunnel wreck1 Inst week was begun today. Coroner "Scholcr presided. District Attorney Jeromo (inrt attorneys rep resenting the various interests at stake wcro In attendance. ThuTitJjtrlct attorney addressed tho members ottho Jury, saying, In part: ,w "It may bo that thore Vero ono or more persons criminally responsible tor the death ot tho victims of thlsi. disaster. It Is your duty to sny whetubr these victims camo to their death through criminal negli gence of somo person. This Is your prov lnco and If you go bcyondjtyou yield perhaps to public clamor and you do not thereby aid the causo ot Justice.' William T. Dcvlne, a passenger on tho Now Kochcllo train, tcstltled that tho trnln had been standing still for about a minute before tho collision. Policeman Patrick H. Ytx said ho asked Whlscho, engineer of tho Wl tte Plains train, what had caused the accident, and Whlschq replliil: "There was a trnln passing and the rmoko and s(eafn shut off tho signals." During tho afternoon session Joseph II. Franklin, manager of the Grand Central depot, wns on the stand. The district at torney questioned him. He admitted that ho had received many complaints from tralnmcnt regarding tho signal light In tho tunnel. Theso men hud called his atten tion to tho fact that on foggy days tho lights could bo seen only a short distance. 'So, especially durlug the winter months n Now York," District Attorney Jeromo asked, "thero aro many days on which tho signals In tho tunnel can be seen only a very ohort distance?" Witness admitted this wns the case. Ou the day of the wreck, howover, ho consid ered conditions wcro very favorable. Ho said that 323 scheduled trains ran through tho tunnel every day. Mr. Franklin said ho was under tho or ders of President Newman of thn Now York Central nnd President Hall of tho New York, New Haven Hartford road. He hnd spoken to them about the tunnel lights when they had takon htm to task about trains being late. Nothing In particular had been dono about tho complaints of the cnglncors. Answering Mr. Jerome, Manager Frank lin admitted that the murky morning on which tho dlsnstcr occurrod was tho first tlmo Engineer Whlscho had takcu a pas senger train through tbo tunnel. Counsel for Whlscho asked to put somo questions to Mr. Franklin, but tho district attorney objected and tho coroner sustained tho objection. Adjournment was then hnd until tomorrow. 1 TO ADMIT THE UNEMPLOYED Constitution of IlrotherhooiIAaaoclii- llon la Amended In Fnvnr of Those lint of Work, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, -16. Tbo Unltod Brotherhood of Railway; Employes today adopted several nmendnjeafs, to Jts con stlrutlon.ahd. appro4iflW-WfiVtlrJ ing admission to membership to all thor ough railroad men temporarily out of em ployment. It decided that Its president shall bo elected by popular vote. Any local lodge can nominate a candidate for president, but bo must bo seconded by four divisions In good standing before his name can be accepted. Tho votes in each division will bo separately canvassed and tho results sent! under seal and slgnaturo ot the of ficials 'of tho division to headquarters. Tho board of directors Bhull havo ox- cluslvo appcllato jurisdiction In all mat ters except Initiation or Investigation of officers' conduct. Its membership, It was decided, Bhall In cludo engineers, firemen, conductors, train men, telegraphers, freight handlers, sta tion men and clerks, switchmen, section men, cprpenters, car repairers and shop. A fifth division has been formed In Chi cago. BIG TERMINALS FOR SEATTLE Itnllrnnd Kzpeet to Spend Ncvernl Million nollnra on Ynrda nml Depot. ST. PAUL, Jnn. 16. Thomas Burke, Great Northern counsel at Seattle, has held sev eral consultations with Prcsldont Hill this week. It Is said that Mr. Burko will return to Seattle, authorized to tell tho peoplo of that city of tho settlement of tho vexa tions of the union depot and terminal prop osition. Two years ago the Great Northern nnd Northorn raclftc wero at loggorhends over tho Senttlo question. Each had plans Neither road would glvo In, and tho wholo plan was abandoned. Tho new terminals, It Is reported, will cost $1,600,000, and the now depot $300,000. Several roads besides tho Great Northern nnd Northern Pacific will uso tho depot. Tho plans art) some what different from thoso ot two yoars ngo. Tho new yards will bo two blocks wldo and a mile long. Tho plans aro said to Include, tho building of an Imracnso stcol viaduct to South Se attle at an expense of sovcral million' dol lars and the building of nnotber lino to Everett, whoro storago 'yards aro to bo laid out In ordor to rollevo Senttlo ot tho congestion of traffic. SUBPOENA HILL AND MELLEN rcderiit Hxniiiluer Dcmniid Presence of MnKiiule I" the Power Cnae. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 16. James J. Hill, president ot the Great Northorn and of tho Northern Securities company, and Charles S. Mcllen, president of the Northern Pa clflc, havo been subpoenaed to appear beforo Special Examiner Mubcy of tho Uulted States court to give ovldenco In tho Potcr Power cobo at 10 a. m. January 25, In this city. As C. W. Bunn, general counsel for tho Northern Pacific, must appear before tho Interstate Commerce commission at Chicago, January 24, and as tho Mlnesota merger caso comes In tbo United States su premo court January 27, It Is possible thero may bo an adjournment of the Power hear lug. Remove Cnnn of Trouble. CHICAGO, Jan. 16. Presidents nnd execu tlvo officials of western roads, who havo been In session in Chicago for the Inst three days considering tho freight rato situation, adjourned today until February 11, without having accomplished anything tangible. The causo of tbo trouble was removed, howovor, by tho withdrawal of the notlco given a short time ago by tho Rio Oraudo roads that they meant to act Independently of tbo western traffic agreo ment. UiNlTT AHEAD ON RECOUNT Jndft ViiianaaUr'i OaaTisi QItm Rapab- lican Small PlaraUtj. MILLER WILL APPEAL FROM RESULT HxeliiHlnn of Ilnllol tinder Declaim of Supreme Court llrliiK About Iteversnl of Ileaulta Given Ont hr Cnnvnasera. Tho recounting of the ballots cast for county clerk In wards and precincts of Douglas county contested by Charles unitt. republican nomlnco, wns finished yesterday, tho result showing a majority for Mr. Unit! over Harry C. Miller, tho democratic nomi nee, who hnd been given a mnjorlty of thirty-two by tho official canvassing bontd and who took possession of tho offico Thurs day morning of Inst week. Mr. Miller will rctnln the ofllco for tho present nnd make an effort to hnvo the uncontested precincts rccanvnssed. Falling In this, ho will appeal to tho district court and evcntunlly to tho supremo court, ex pecting to win there by securing a reversal of tho ruling of Justice Harrison In tho Mauck-Brown contest (KSth Neb., 382) of December, 1899, by which ruling Judge Vlnsonhaler hns been governed In this pres ent proceeding, and which results prac tically In tho disfranchisement of tho voter who makes other than a perfect cross In marking his ballot. Precinct Itrroiinted. In his petition, Mr. Unitt nsked nnd se cured a recount of tho ballots cast In nil the precincts of tho First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth nnd Seventh wards, of tho First, Fourth and Eleventh precincts of tho Sixth ward, of tho Third, Sixth. Seventh and Eighth precincts ot the Eighth ward, of tho Fourth precinct of tho Ninth ward and of tho following country precincts. In addition to nil ot South Omaha: Douglas, Jefferson, Millard, Waterloo, Benson, Chi cago, Elkhorn, East Omaha, nnd Florence. Tho mnjorlty he has gained In this recount cannot be given officially uutll It Is an nounced by tho court this morning, but somo ot tho Miller men concede that it will ho nt least five. Mr. Miller himself would only say, when seen Inst evening, that tho result would bo very closo. Mr. Unitt nlso declined to go Into figures, but snld: "You may sny for me that ns far ns mv petition Is concerned, tho counting Is fin ished nnd I have a majority." Miller' Ilnnla for ClnlniN. Mr. Miller sold: ."In this recounting I hnvo lost on technical errors In marking ballots thirty-two moro ballots than has Mr. Unitt by the samo fault. So far as tho real Intent of, the voter wns represented, my opponent gained Just nine votes, leav ing my majority still twenty-three. I shall retain tho office and Frldny morning my nttorney will argue to sncuro lenvo to amend our nnswer to tho petition that we may secure a recount of tho ballots In tho wards and precincts not contested bv Mr Unttt. It It should evcntunlly becomo necessary for this case to go to tbo supremo coiif tilLtavo nd -jjoubuof .thw.rcvrrl lot tho Harrison decision, which was rendered under tha old election law, nnd which has resulted In so many of tho votes In this election being thrown out becauso of errors In voting which wero purely technlcnl." The recounting of the ballots hns occu pied the tlmo of tho county court to tho oxcluslon ot all other business slnco Janu nry 6, except during two days when tho proceeding was continued In courtesy to Lyslo Abbott, ono of tho attorneys In whose family a death had occurred. HOTEL CLERKS COME HIGH Witnesses In Ciiliun Cnae Wnnta Forty Dollar n Dny for Ki lienaea. HAVANA, Jan. 16. At tho trial of tho chargos growing out ot tho Cuban post offico frauds today tho examination of E. G. Rathbono, ex-dlrcctor general of posts of Cubn, was concluded, Counsel for W. H, Reeves, ex-deputy auditor for Cuba, re quested tho privilege of cross-examining Rathbone, which was accorded. Tho cross- examination will begin tomorrow. During todny's bearing Rathbono wns questioned further relative) to tho furnish Ing' of his resldcnco In El Ccro, Havnna, from tho postal funds. He Bald ho could not havo been expected to furnish his official residence from prlvnto funds; that ho had not known how long bo wns going to remain In Cuba and. that General John R. Brookes, cx-mtlltary governor of Cuba, nnd Goneral William Ludlow, ox-mllltary gov ernor of tho city of Havana, had furnished their official residences from government funds. Tho examination of Rathbono did not bring out nny strong points for tho gov eminent, tho matters touched upon Involv ing only small amounts compared with the large amounts of embezzlement aliened nnd bolloved to bo out of proportion to tho son tenco asked for by tho flscnl, In most of thn incidents tnken up during Rnthbone's examination It was only a question of whether ho had boon authorized to irinko tho expenditures In question, and thero wns a lack of evldonco showing criminal Intent. Tho matter of the exponses of tho wit nesses who havo been brought hero from tho United States to testify In theso cased is now worrying tho postoffica officials. Tho clerk ot a Now York hotol, one of tho wit nesses, who was brought hero to show that Rathbono hnd lived extravagantly while at his hotel, hns put In n bill to the govern ment ot M0 a day for exponses, whllo the extras charged bring tho total for two weeks to about J1.000. ALL P0PULISJS WILL MEET Minion Purr uud Their Allies Pre pare for State Ciiin pnlKn. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16. J. II. Cook of Carth ago, Mo., Frank E. Rlchoy of St. Louis and Dr. Joseph E. Campbell of St. Louis, re spectively chairmen of tho populist stato committee, middle-of-the-road populists and national commlttca ot public owner ship party, have Issued n call for a stato mass convention of what is known as tho allied party, to bo hold at St, Iuls Febru ary 20. Tho objoct of the convention Is to noml nnto a state ticket, consisting of three supromo court Judges, a Judgo of tho St. Louis court of appeals, n superintendent of public Instructions and also to porfect state, district- and county organization and eloct delegates to the noxt national conven tion. All citizens of tho stato In harmony vtfth the' platform of tho allied party adopted at Knnsas City September 17. nnd In favor of Independent action la opposition to both old parties, nro Invited to partlclputo In tho convention. CONDITION OFJTHE WEATHER Forecast for Nebrnska Fair Frldny; Sat urday, Colder; Westerly wind. Temperntnre nt Omnhn Yeslerdnyl Hour. Dcu. Ilonr. De. n n. in ii I 1 p. in .'n ii n. m mi u p. in :tu 7 n. ni it p. ill :tH S n. in lit p. in :ih f n. in...... i!( p. in...... ft1 10 ii. tn 'Z'i (I p. in !t? 11 n. in J,-, H p. ni I" 12 in :io s p. iii it- it l HOLD UP PASSENGER TRAIN Seven Mnaked .Men Itoh Kxprra nnd Mnll Cnr In Indlnn Territory. FORT SMITH, Ark., Jnn. 16. Tho south bound Kansas City Southern passenger trnln wns "held up" last night at 11 o clock half a mllo north of Splro, I. T., by seven masked men. Tho express nnd mnll car wero entered. Tho local safo In tho ex press car was opened, but nothing secured from it. Tho robbers tried to open tho through safe, but failed. Then they rifled tho mall car, and, It Is said, secured a quantity of registered mnll. Tho sceno of tho robbery Is fifteen miles from Fort Smith. A report today from thero says thnt United States marahnls aro scouring the country In search of tho robbers. Thrco suspects, miners, havo been arrested and taken to Potenil, I. T. Railroad nnd express officials decline to statu how much booty was secured. It Is snld that tho robbers got nway wlht $2,000. KANSAS CITY, Jnn. 16. Tho Kansas City Southern train held up at Splro, I. T., wns regular pnssengcr tralu No. 1, which loft Knnsns City ytstcrday f.t It a. m. It was duo at Splro at 11:19 last night nnd at Fort Smith nt midnight. Officials nt tho general offices In this city up to 1:30 p. m. todny professed to know no details of tho robbery. OFFICERS FIGHT ORE THIEVES Despernte llntlle Knur Hundred 1'eet Under Ground on llntlle Mountain. vir.Tfin. nolo.. Jan. 16. A desnernto battlo 400 feet undor ground betweon oro thieves nnd officers and trusted employes occurred In tho Independence mine on Bat iin mnuntnln this mornlnc. Between fifty nnd scventy-flvo shots wero exchanged be tween tho opposing pnrtice. ijco uiocKnor, a member of tho company's force, was shot twice, but not seriously Injured. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Jan .16. Kerch Kuykendnll, known ns tho "Filipino Kid;" Hnrtlcy J. Lako ond John B. Fredcnstoln wero arrested this afternoon by tho sheriff on suspicion of being tho men that early In tho morning gained entranco Into tho 400 foot level of Stratton's Independence mlno for tho purpoBo of extracting hlgh-grado oro, nnd who on being found fought tholr way out after having seriously wounded Leo Glockncr, ono of tho men stationed at either end of tho slope to capturo thorn. CORNERS MEN IN A CANYON HlicrlCf Wire for "Help Whllfc, Posse' Gnnrda the llldlnw Plnce. ANADARKp, Okl., Jan. 16. A messago was received lato tonight from Sheriff Por ter of Gnrfleld county, who Is In command of a posso of men hunting tho outlaws who killed tho sheriff of Caddo county nnd his deputy, Baying that he had tho fugitives cornered In a canyon In tho mountains nbout twenty miles south of here nnd was holding 'his own from a fortified position. Ho oBkcil that nBslstnnco In tho way of am munition nnd a lnrgo forco of men bo sent him as hastily as possible. Fifty armed men left ns soon ns they could completo arrangements. PAPER BOXMAKERS" MEET Western Mntiiifncturcr Dlacna Mem bership Controversies In Their Convention, INDIANAPOLIS, Jnn. 16. Tho Western Association of Pnper Box Manufacturers Is meeting horc. Tho association Is made up of paper box manufacturers nnd makers of mnterlal for pnper boxes In tho territory botween Denvor nnd Pittsburg. Tho offi cers wero In oxecutlvo session today. Mem borshlp controversies nnd personal affairs wero discussed. A banquet wns hold nt tho Hotol English tonight. Mllwaukeo was so lected as tho place of tho noxt meoting In Juno. John E. Barr nnd II. A. Beard ot Denver wero admitted to membership. BRIDGE OVER RIVER GOES DOWN Two Trolley (,'nr nnd Knur Tenuis Prcclpl tilted Into the Itlver. i INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 16. This afternoon tho center span of tbo West Washington street brldgo crossing Whlto river gavo way with tho weight of a work train consisting ot two trolley cars nnd four teams. Twelve workmen woro preclpltntod Into tho river,, but all woro rescued allvo. Four wero In Jured. Two horses wcro drowned nnd two had to bo killed on arcount of tholr In juries. Tho flro department and ambulnnce corps wcro called and nldod In tho work of rescue EXACT CREDIT FOR SCHLEY Ilnltlmnre Tiupnyer Will I'lnro linn nn Any Text Hook nt Accredited, BALTIMORE, Jnn. 16. Tho Bnltlmoro enuntv tnxnavnrs' convention lino nlnn,i n ban on any textbook which does not glvo Rear Admiral W. S. Schley crodlt for tho naval victory at Santiago. A resolution wan nnftxnri rnlllni- mnn t. r .,'u. Baltlmoro county delegation In congress to havo a law enacted which will prohibit thn uso of such books In tho schools of tho country. Movement of tleenn Veaanla .Irfn, lit. At Now York-Arrlved-Penniylvnnla, from Hamburg; Germanic, from Liverpool. Balled Ln Gascogno, for Havre. At Yokohama Arrived Empress of India from Vancouver, for Hong Kong. At Ht. Vincent. C. V. Arrlvcd-Memphls, from Tueoma. San Francisco, Guatemala, etc., for Ilninburg. At Movllle Arrived Numldlan, from St. ioiiii, i, mi'i juiiiiitx, lur Liverpool. At Glasgow Hailed Llvonlan, for Phil ndclphld. At Qiieenstown Hailed Westernlund, for rniinnmpiim; lciuc, lor kow yorK, both irom Liverpool. At London Sailed Minnehaha, for Now vorK. At Liverpool Hailed Dominion, for Port lund. .Mo. At Philadelphia Arrived I'ennlnnd. from Antwerp. At tho Lizard Passed Zealand, from 2cw York, for Southampton and Antwerp, CUMMINS IN OFFICE Thiisan.1 Witatu His IiavgaratUa ai QtTiratr afltna. IMPOSING CEREMONIES AT AUDITORIUM Praoitiiaa of Difc-aitatiti Eicttd j Fir Oaapaiiii of Militia. INAUGURAL ADDRESS COVERS MANY POINTS Bptaki f EtIIi af Omiapitalixatlta aad ThioUlIig af 0optltlea. CONSIDERS DEFECTS OF TAXING LAWS llnllronda Come In for n Shore of Ilia Criticism Propose CIimiikc In tho Statutes fur Assess ment. (From n Staff Correspondent.) DE8 MOINES, Jan. 16. (Special.) Th stato administration changed today nnd II Is now Governor A. B. Cummins nnd Lieu tenant Governor John Ilerrlott. Tho pro- grnm so carefully arranged was carried out to perfection. There wns no hitch any where, nor anything to mnr tho pleasure of tho occasion. It was nn especially pleas ing occasion for Des Moines people, because It was thn first tlmo ln tho history of thn stato when ono who hns long been n resi dent of the city has been Inaugurated gov ernor of the stnte. It wns nlso nil occasion long to bo remembered becauso those- pni- tlclpatlug In It represented nil of what might bo called tho factions In tho repub lican party and ln other parties. It wa.t strictly n non-partisan nffulr. Mnny repre sentative men wero hero from nil over tho stato nnd many ot them attended not onlv thn Inauguration, but nlso tbo reception at tho stato houso In tho evening. It was a beautiful dny for tho Inauguration. At 1:20 o'clock tho two houses met ln Joint convention In tho stato houso nnd took n recess. Tho members proceeded to tho oast door, whero thero stood a guard of five companies of tbo Iowa National Guard companies from Oskatoosn, Dubu que, Sioux City, Davenport nnd Den Moines. Two Governor Greet Knell Other. Tho retiring governor nnd his military escort met thu governor-to-bo ln tho oxecu tlvo offices and tho party proceeded to tha east door, and, under tho lend ot tho Iowa band nnd tho military companies, tho ontlrn party, Including all stnte officers and mem bers ot tho legislature, proceeded to tho nudltorttim. Thero wnH a Inrger number ot persons on tho street than nt nny In augural parade for many yenrs, owing to tho unusually fine weather, and tho party wns cheered ns It passed through the princi pal streets of tho city. Tbo sceno at', the auditorium was a grand one. Tho hall was packed from bottom to top and tbo stage was Oiled to overflowing. Tho' Tioxes,'AvhlclT,"nabi uiertf-tilsautlfullv decorated for the occnslon, wcro filled With women of prominence nnd distinguished guests of Governor Cummins. .Votuhle ou the Mtiine. At tho front of the stngo wero soated Governor Shaw and Governor Cummins. Senator Allison nnd Sonntor Dolllver, ex Governor Larrnbco and cx-Govcrnor Jack son, Lieutenant Governor Ilerrlott nnd Lieutenant Governor Mllllman, Bishop Mor rison, Chief JiiHtlco Ladd nnd members ot tho supremo court and tho Iowa stato offi cials. Tho proceedings wora simple. Music wns by tho Grant Glco club. Lieutenant Gov ernor Mtlllmnn presided and tho Invocation wnu by Bishop Morrison. Chief Justlco Ladd, administered tho oath of offico to the now stato officials. Tho Inaugural nd dress of Governor Cummins wns then de livered by him. Ho wob eloquent nnd Im presslvo nnd Bpoko with Intonsu earnest ness and freedom. Tho address was re ceived with many manifestations of pleas ure. InniiKiirnl Address. Tho Inaugural nddrcss of Governor cum mins wns n documont of consldcrablo Icncth. Governor Cummins mado n gracefully Impresslvo acknowledgment ot his sonso of tho honor nnd responsibility that had boon put upon him by his fallow citizens. Espcclnlly did h oxpress his prldo in bolng a citizen of a stato which stands bo pro-eminent in tho great sisterhood of states. "Theso observations," ho said, "do not mean that wo havo finished the fight. Tho years to comn hnvo victories to bo won nnd will bo crowded with op portunltles to bo embraced. I turn from nn Inspiring retrospect to n hopeful fu ture." Tnklng up tho topic of reform, ho snld: It Is eminently npproprluto upon this nc rnslon to rovlevv somo of tho duties of cltl zcr.shlp, to ro-i'xamlno somo of tho ques tions which engago thn public, mind, anil to ugaln rrsnlvo to promote with our utmost mdeavor tho causo of good government. Iho oxperlenco of thn world establishes be yond controversy that nothing is moro helpful In tlm solution of tlio, problems of states and tuitions than a constant discus sion of tbo plans suggested for tho reform and betterment of tho rules of society. It Is unfortunately as common an It Is un patriotic to sneer at tho Idea of reform and to derldo thn reformer, tint tho sneers and derision proceed either from a corrupt lienrt of an unthinking mind. Reform and betterment In laws urn as essential to thn advaiien of tha republic as Is tho growth In Its Indufctrlnl llfo. 1 therefore, rnnko no apology for tho belief that many of tlm questions propounded to us by tho tivolu Hon of tho tlmo havo not been adequately answered. On tho other hand, ho who predicates his demand for chango upon tho hypothesis that what wo have Is wholly bad and proposes overthrow rather tlmii a gradunl approach toward hUher ein elency in government. Is a s-iporllcial agi tator, who dooms himself to rtefoat by Ik norlng thn fundamental law of mankind. Iho true friend of progress recognizes that what we havo Is good, hut percelveM that wo may havo better. He sees llfo nuil energy lako on, from tlmo to tlmo. now forms nnd phases, and lie knows that gov ernmont, to ho just nnd effective, must adapt Itself to t (hi changing re .i U.ni 'of mon nnd tho varying tendencies of tho iiko He understands that this general n has something moro to do than to glorify t Tic past nml enjoy tho fruits of Its victories' Touclilnu' nn Tmata, Much attontlon was devoted to the con sideration of Industrial combinations. In tho ovcrcapltnllatlon nnd threatened mo nopoly enacted by them, Governor Cum mlng sees tho greatest ovll. Ho said; My observation leads me to bcllove that many of tho largo Industrial combinations would not have been proposed or affected had It not been for tho knowledge that thn promoters or organizers could mnko stupendous fortunes In thu mero operation of consolidation. It Is said, and I believe It to bn true, that morn tlmnpi per centum nt tho Btnck of every trade combination now Inexlsteiico Is puro llctlon, and the oppor tunlty to gamble upon tho stock oxclumgei In worthless storks lias been uppermost In tho minds of Uiom) who have been most a' tlvo In bringing togethur theso organiza tions. Every cnrnor.itltm i.houlil tin n quired to liavu Its capital stock paid for (Continued on Fifth Pate.)

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2 CRAZING IS SOUTH DAKOTA Cmln)i.r Jtmi JntlGii lit Folio tt IiNBt for Iidlmi ENATOR KITTREDGEPROVES NOT OrPOSED Additional 'Pontmniilerii Recommended tor .telirmkn Morgnn O, Llewel lyn' Advancement Without Father' Influence. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINOTON, Jan. 16. (Special Tele, fcfr'am.) Indian Commissioner Jonec today appeared before the senate committee on Indian affairs In regard to tho policy ot his bureau In reference to the leaning of graz ing lands In South Dakota. Commleiloner Jones Justified his policy on tho ground that It would bring an Income to the In dians from lands which would othcrwlso He Unoccupied. No action was taken on tho resolution authorizing nn Investigation ot ae matter. No action has been announced by Secre tary Hitchcock concerning the case of Major Harding, former Indian agont at Yankton, S. D. Senators Gamble and Kltt rMge recently had a conference with the ecrotnry and have been advised that a de cision In the case will soon be reached. "The report that the South Dakota dele gation Is opposed to the system of teasing the Indian reservation lands In that state Is Incorrect, so far, as I am concerned," said Senator Klttredge tonight. "On the con trary, I think It Is tho best plan yet pro posed of securing nn Income from tho reservations for tho, Indians. Detail' ot the Plan. "On the 10th Instant," he continued, "bids for leasing 1,200,000 acres In the Standlnr Roek reservation were opened, and con tracts have been awarded to Lemon' Uros. Walker for fivo years at SOW mills per acre a year. It Is stipulated that th6 lands must be fenced and 259 miles of three-wire fences aro to be erected at a total ccst of about 125,000. At the expiration of the lease this fonco Is to become tbo property of the Indians, ttjr further stipulated that thero shall- be not mora than 'one animal pastured on each forty' acres; or 30,000 head on the entire traetl "The Cheyenno reservation contains about 1,400,000 acres ot lands, which Is to be divided Into four tracts and leased on practically the. tamo terms. lllds for this agency will- be 'opened on tbo 21st Instant. The objection' Is raised In some quarters to these leases, becauso It Is claimed that only the great, companies can hope to securo such large tracts. But it should bo re membered that -the question of water for stock Is sh Important ono and to divide the reservation In small tracts would prove Impracticable, Thero are todav on tho South Dakota reservations probably 60,000 cattle and' horses grazing which are owned by squaw. men and Individual Indians who pay nothing whatever tor the privileges which they enjoy. ThU Method Not HatUfactorr. "To Iohbo the lands at a rental based' only upon the number of cattle pastured would not be satisfactory. That plan never has been. It seems, to me that the method proposed Is equitable and Just, and that precautions In the way ot limiting the num ber of cittlb grazed have been taken to stlch an 'extent as to prevent damage to the lands and secure for tho Indians an In- o'omo of about $80,000 per annum, which thoy would not otherwise have." 4 (Senate. Dietrich recommended forjjjtatr, masters todyT Imperial, C. W. Meeker,' vlee Thorrfh's Mercler: Waunetta, C.-D. Fulr. lor, vice John W. Hnnn. Senator Dietrich went to Bryn Mnwr to ddy to visit his daughter, Oertrudo, who luu, been III several days and kept to her bed at tho hospital ot tho school. Senator Millard leftfor New York last evening to remain a day or two. Tho selection .by the president of Mor gan O. Llewellyn of Las Cruces, N. M., as surveyor general ot that territory, places another Omaha boy In tho front rank. Morgan Llewellyn was born In Omaha, son of Major ,W. H. ,H. Llewellyn, now one of tho prosecuting attorneys of the terri tory. Young Llewellyn.' while, but 22 years of age, 4 a practical survoyor arid 'en gineer, arid secured tho place on tho recom mendation ot .bovcr'nor Otero, Dciegato Rodey and the republican organization hla father rpfuslng to haye anything to do In the movement tor his appointment, being fearful that Homtght bo charged with nepotism.'" Department Xote. Theso rural free, delivery .routes have been ordered established: Iowa A ins worth, !V Washington' county,. additional service; area, twenty-five square mil os population, 49G; J. Wiley Davis,' car rier: Laurel, Marshall county; area, twenty-soven square miles; population, S60; William J. Glftord, carrier. South Dakota Voltn, Yankton county; area, jthlr'y square. miles; population, 405; Relrihirl' O. Tengoni. carrier. Postmasters appointed: Iowa Templetbn,"' "Carroll county, Mary D. Sc'Urum. Wyoming, Kay'cee, Johnson county, Frank II. Sawyer. Dr. S. K, Spalding Is appointed pension examining surgeon at Omaha. Albert M. Olackwell of Oniaha Is ap pointed assistant Inspector In tho bureau of animal industry. BILL FOR FEDERAL OWNERSHIP Measure to Hive Government Control of TeleKraph Mne Introduced by Senator llarrl. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Senator Harris today Introduced a bill providing tor the government ownership of the telegraph lines of the United States. Senator Mason today said he expected to address the "senate on a quostlon ot personal privilege' next week to deny the report circulated In Illinois and elsewhere thaU-he Is opposed to rural delivery. He added that as 'a member ot the postoffloe committee for tho past four years, he con sistently, .and upon all occasions had ad vocated the. extension ot tho rural free de livery system, and as chairman of the com mittee- this session he purposes to ndvo cate a liberal Increase ot the approprla tton tor an extenson ot the service. Senator Piatt ot Connecticut has Intro duced In the sen. an amendment to the copyright law, grantiug copyright for twelve months to books written' In a foreign lan guaga and printed abroad, such authors to use this time In making arrangements to perfect their rights under existing law. The amendment was suggested by the Copy right league. The senate commtttoo on commerce did not lake up. the ship subsidy bill at lta netting today, but a special meeting has been called for tomorrow for the purpose of considering' that measure. A favorable report today was authorised Hemdmohe Biliousness, tour stomach, constipa tion and all liver Ilia are cuijed yy Hood' PHI TtM non-Irritating cathartic. Prlca 36 MBta at all druggists or by mall ot 0.1 Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass. by the- senate committee on commerce on the bill for the promotion of tbo efficiency of tho rovenuo cutter -service. Tho bill adopts tho navy system in tho matter of retirement and also in other details. The senate committee on military affairs today had under consideration tho names ot Generals Gillespie, Davis and Croselcr, but decided not to roport them at present. The committee will endeavor to remedy a de fect In the law, which makes no provision for these officers In the futuro, should other details be mado for chiefs ot bureaus. Noth ing Is said In the law about Increasing temporarily tome grade Into which these officers may go when their present terms expire. No other feature of the nomina tions wag considered today. Tho bill Increasing the salaries of super intendents of life-saving stations to $2,000 per year and making tho salaries ot all such officers uniform nt that rate was or dered favorably reported by tho senate com mittee on commerce today. An amendment was adopted providing an allowanco of $600 tor clerk hire In stations whero a clerk Is necessary. CHICAGO DEPOT ON FIRE Ticket Office In Union Station Serlnnalr Damaned liy Flame. CHICAGO, Jan. 18. Fire broke out In the ticket office of the Union station, Adams and Canal streets, shortly before, noon to day and for a time threatened the destruc tion of the building. The smoke and flames spread so rapidly that sixty employes of tho several roads that mako the station their Chicago terminal, had an exciting tlmo to escape; suffocation. The. men were busy at work on annual statements In offices Just above the ticket office, and a number escaped by Jumping from a low window to the structure of a viaduct on tho Adams street side of tho building. Two men were helped down ladders by fire men, but no ono was Injured. Over $1,000, 000 worth of unstamped tlckots of the Pennsylvania, Burlington, Alton, ,St. Paul, the Panhandle and Fort Wayno roads and the Pullman company were destroyed, but It 1b thought no valid tlckots are missing. The station, which, la the property ot the Ponnsyr'anla lines,' was damaged to the extent of $25,000. 'Tbo .annual passenger statements ot all the roads were destroyed. Five-Story Iltitldlnsr. KALAMAZOO, Mich.. Jan. 18. Flro to night destroyed tho. flvetstory brick build ing occupied by the Michigan Duggy com pany. Tbo building covered a hnlt-squaro of land and S00 men who were employed by the company aro temporarily thrown out of employment. The loss Is estimated at $200,000 and the Insurance will only par tially cover It. Tho cause of tho flro Is un known. Montreal Electric Mffht Work. MONTREAL, Jan. 16,-VTho works of the Royal Electric Light company on Welling ton Blreet wero destroyed by fire this morning. Tho city will be In partial darkness until arrangements can be mado tor a temporary service. The loss will bo heavy. Poultry House at Fremont. FHBMONT, Neb., Jan. 16 (Special.) Tho Are department was called out at 11 o'clock last night by a Are In G. D. Davis poultry house on North Platto street, which was almost destroyed. His other buildings were not much damaged. The loss Is $50, with no insurance. Lumber Yard. TrxTO tlT.YtW Aa.1 I.m IH Tl. It. .yard' and" dry kilns ot Frank Kendall at Kcdron, sixteen miles south of here, were .destroyed by flro tonight. Four million feet of lumber were burned. Loss, $50,000; no Insurance. Darn and Kitchen at Haatlnfc. HASTINGS, Nob., Jan. 1G. (Special Tele gram.) Fire destroyed a' barn and' part of a kitchen at the resldonce of Rev. A. C. Stark at 3 o'clock this morning. The dam age amounts to $400 and tho property was Insured. General Store nt Trenton', TRENTON, In., Jan. 16. (8peclol Tele gram.) Felgar Pros', general store was de stroyed by fire this morning. The loss was $5,000, with small Insurance. For Pneumonia. Dr. C. J. Bishop; Agnew, Mich., says: "I bavo used Foley's, Honey and Tar' In three very severo cases ot pneumonia with good results la every case." Beware ot substi tutes. FURS APPROPRIATE SATURDAY Nebraska to Have a Touch of Cold Attain, Jnmt to Show Win ter I Not Over. WASHINGTON, Jan, 1. Forecast: For Nebraska and South Dakota Fair Friday; Saturday" colder; westerly winds. For Kansas Fair Friday and Saturday; probably colder Saturday In .western por tion; variable winds, For Iowa Fair Friday; warmer In south and eastern portions; Saturday fair and colder; southerly to wosterly winds. For Missouri Fair Friday; Saturday fair; colder In western portion; westerly winds. For Wyoming nnd Colorado Partly cloudy Friday; probably snow In western portion; colder Friday night; Saturday gen erally fair; winds becoming westerly. Local Record. rUTFIfTE OF THE WEATHER TtTTTtBl ATT. OMAHA, Jan. lfcOfflclal record of tem perature ana precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the last three years. 1901 HOI. 1900. 119ft. Maximum temperature.... 40 42 3.1 40 Minimum temperature.... 20 28 28 20 Mean, temperature au 35 so 30 Precipitation w .u t .00 ltecord of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and slnco March 1,' 1901! "Normal temperftturo 17 k(csh ior me. any is Total excess slnco March 1,..,, ...11.06 murium ,v men Deficiency for the day 02 Inch Vreclolt.ltlun slneo March 1 24.11 lnnhi Deficiency since March 1. 6.49 Inches Denciency ior cor. ipenoa, jwi... .winch Deficiency ior cor. penoa, woo... 51 Inches lleyort from Station at -7 9, at. t 9, an, ml CONDITION 'OF TUB WBATHKR. Omaha, clear Valentine, clear' North Platte, clear uheyenno. partly cloudy Halt Lake City, cloudy Rapid City, clear ....1, Huron, clear. wililston, clear Chicago, clear St. Louis, clear Bt. Paul, clear .(....1. Davenport, clear Kansas City, clear Havre, cloudy Helena, cloudy nismarrk, clear Galveston, 'clear 34 38 00 42 66 .00 44 62 .00 42 62 .00 38 ,00 40 M .00 34 42 .00 30 42 .00 26 26 T 36 38 ,00 24 28 .00 28 32 00 38 40 00 42 60 .00 32 38 00 34 42 ,00 64 66 .00 T Indicates trace of precipitation. 1 A. WELSH. Local Forecast Official. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; FBI DAY, JAN NELSON BILL IS UNDER FIRE Ifaainri te Criat Commsro Dspartmint Cnt'.cind in tin ftnitt. AMENDMENT ADDED AND SUBTRACTED Chief Objection In Hint It DchIkh" Too .Much Power nnd Authority, MnU Intr It Mimt Potent Cabinet Ponlttun. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The senato todav for n brief time had under consideration the bill creating n Department of Com merce, and the discussion tended to show that the measure will have to be amended In many particulars beforo It can receive the approval of tho senntc. Serious objec tions wero raised to tho transfer to tho proposed department of several Important bureaus now n part of other departments of the government. It was pointed out that If tho bill, as reported, became a law, It would crcato tho greatest department of the government, and that tho secretary of comracrco would havo moro power even than tho secretary of tho treasury. Notlco of several important amendments was given. A largo number ot uncontested bills and private pension measures was passed, after which tjhe senate adjourned until Monday. Hour llecnll Itenolulloii. Ori motion of Mr. Hoar, his resolution, adopted yesterday, calling for Information concerning tho exaction of duties on sup plies nnd comforts sent to Doer prlsonors In Ucrmuda from this country, was re called and referred to the commltteo on foreign relations. Mr. Hoar explained that the artlclo of The Hague convention on which tho resolution had been based had been adopted by Great Ilritaln, but had not been adopted by tho United States. He had been Informed slnco tho adoption of tho resolution that tho governor of Bermuda proposed to recommend to tho legislature ot Barmuda that tho law exacting such duties bo repealed. Mr. Hoar said tho exaction ot such duties was not n viola tion of treaty obligations, but bo thought It ,was a matter which ought to bo lm vcstlgated. Tho senato concurred In tho resolution providing for McKlulcy memorlnl exercises by congress In tho hall ot tho houao of representatives on Thursday, "February 27. lirrorn of the Pre. Mr. Mallory of Florida, rising to a ques tion ot privilege, callod attention to an artlclo In a New York newspaper ot tho 14th Inst., purporting to glvo a poll of tho senate on the subject of an Isthmian canal, In the course of which ho was rep resented ns being In favor of tho Panama route. Ho declared he had had no Inter view with nnyono upon that subject. Tho artlclo misrepresented him entirely. "I nm decidedly In favor," enld he, "of pressing tho Nicaragua project ns rapidly as possible, nnd If It were In ray power I should bo very glad to bring tho matter up for a vote today." Mr. Clay of Georgia mado a similar statement about tho same article, assort ing that he never had Intimated to anyone what his views on tho canal question woro, but that he did, ns a fact, favor tho Nica ragua project and not the Panama route, as stated In tho artlclo In question. Tho bill to establish tho Department of Commcrco was called up by Mr. Nelson of Minnesota. After soma minor amendments had been offered, by Mr. Nelson and adopted, .Mr. Lodgo offered an amendmont to section 11 of tho bill providing that tho secretary of stato should designate an official In his', department to furnish Instructions to con sular officers supplied by tho secretary of commerce and to prepare tho dispatches of tho consular ofQco for transmission to the secretary ot commerce. Kelson Illll Under Fire. Tbo nmendmcnt aroused considerable comment, all ot it being favorablo to Mr. Lodge's proposition. Mr. Halo sharply criticised fho bill. Ho said tho measufo so suddenly flashed upon tho senato created the largest department In the government. It did not begin In a modest way, but ransacked overy depart ment ot tho government for Important bureaus, to dump Into this now depart ment: Tho now secretary of commerce would becomo tho most Important nicmbor of tho cabinet. Ho would be oven a moro Important official than tho secretary ot tho treasury, with all ot his groat adminis trative duties. Many bureaus had been Included in the proposed department that havo no moro re lation to commerce than light has to dark ness. Ho referred particularly to tbo transfer to the new department of the coast and geodetic survey and urged that It that bureau woro changed at all It should be placed under the Navy department. He referred to various "navies" In the sev eral departments. This brought Mr. Tillman to his feet. Teller Follow Tlllmnn. "I would like to add anotbor navy to thoso enumerated by tho sonator," he said, "that is, tho army transport service. That la assuming great proportions and about tt I havo heard som'o scandal." At tho lnstanco of Mr. Toller tho sec tion providing for tho transfer of the geological survey to tho department ot commcrco was stricken out. Mr. Halo gave notice ot an amendment providing for the transfer of tho coast nnd geodetic survey to tho Navy department. After Mr. Piatt of Connecticut had criti cised tho bill and urged that no action bo taken at this time, the measure wont over. The following bills, togother with a largo number of private pension bills, woro passod: Army ot Illll Passed. Appropriating $00,000 for governraont ex penses and floor space at tho Charleston, S. G., exposition; granting permission to Dr. W.- D. Wasdeln and Dr. II. C. Geddlngs, both ot tho United States ma'rlno hospital servlco, to accept decoration tendered thorn by tho Italian government; to au thorlzo Captain N. M. Brooks, superintend ent ot foreign malls, PostOfllco department, to accept a decoration tendered him by'the emperor of Germany; to authorize Com raftnder Jumes M. Miller, U. S. N., Sur geon Oliver D. Norton, U. S. N., and Edwin V. Morgan, formerly secretary of the Sa? moan commission and now secretary ot the legation ot tho United States at Seoul, Korea, to accept presents tendered them by the emperor of Germany; granting per mission to Captain Stephen L. H. Slocum, U. S. A., to accept a medal conferred on him by the king of England; appropriating $200,000 fpr tho establishment of additional lighthouse and fog signal stations on the coast ot Alaska; appropriating $1,500 for a lighthouse station at Capo Blanco, Ore;; establishing at a cost ot $25,000 a lighthouse and fog signal station nt Semlahmoo Har bor, Wash.; appropriating $160,000- for a lighthouse and fog signal station on Bur rows' Island, Washington; appropriating $6,000 ror a fog signal at Battery Point, Wash.'; to purchase nt a cost of $10,000 a launch for tbo customs service at Astoria, Ore, to pay certain persons in the south iur piujfviiy inncu kuui ijiciji uy uie mm tary forces of the United States. MUled by lleiidllnr. Mr, Clay ot Georgia, referring to his privileged statoment mado earlier In the session concerning a newspaper article dealing with tho attitude of senators on the isthmian canal project, said that an examination of tho article showed that he had been Included among senators favorablo to n full consideration of the canal ques tion. That was true; ho had been misled by tbe headlines In .Introducing a bill to excludo Chinese from coming to the United States. Mr. Mitchell c! Oregon said the policy nnd gcnernl provisions of the measure wore approved by tho Paclflo coast senators and representatives, but It had been agreed that this approval should not affect tho prlvllcgo of any member to offer amend ments when the bill was considered. The bill was referred to tho commltteo on Immi gration. Tho senate then, at 2:27 p. m., went Into executive session, and when the doors were reopened nt 2:50 a resolution expressive of tho senate's sorrow nt the death of Ilobort E. Burke, formerly a representative In con gress from Texas, was adopted and the senate at p. m. adjourned until Monday. DEATH RECORD. Dr. Clayton Pnrkhllt. DENVEB, Jan.'lG.-s-Dr. Clayton Parhhlll, ono of tho most prominent surgeons In tho west, died today of Brlght's disease. Tho physldlltns who attended him expressed tho opjnlon that the disease was a development of tropical diarrhoea, contracted by Dr. Parkhlll while .lrttie servlco of tho army In Porto Rico during tho Spanish war. Dr. Parkhlll was born near Vnndorbllt, Pn. In 1860. He was graduated from Jefferson Medical collego. In Philadelphia and was ono of'the founders of Gross Medical col lege. Ho camo;to Colorado In 1S63, owing to 111 health. Hjj was surgeon general of tho stato when tho Spanish war began. During tho war he wjis for a year In the servlco of the array with tho rank of major, nnd was chief surgeon In Porto Klco When his health failed andho was obliged to re turn homo. r Henry .Sclivrnrr.. COLUMBUS, Nob., Jan. 16. (Special.) Henry Schwarz, brother of Louis Schwara and stepfather of Louis Held, chairman ot tho board of supervisors, died yesterday afternoon at the Ago of 68 after a pro longed illness, of catarrh ot the stomach and lung fever. Mr. Schwarz was a native of Germany. Ho migrated to Pennsylvania In 18S9 and settled a year later In this county on Shell creek, where he morrlild the widow of John Held In 1875, nnd whero he gavo tho ground for tho comotery In which ho will be burled tomorrow. Ills wife, two sons and six stepchildren survive him. Former Xcbrnska Danker, TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 16. Thomas Har bin dlod In Tacoma today, aged 62 years. Ho was a member ot tho constitutional convention of Maryland, was eolonol of a union regiment from Missouri In tho civil war, twlco mayor ot St. Joseph, Mo., and prominent In railroad and banking enter prises In Nebraska. FOr tho last seven years he had lived In Tacoma. Andrew Itennrd. OAKLAND, Neb., Jan. 10. (Special Telo- grnm.) Hon. Andrew Benard, former mayor of Oakland, a pioneer resident ot Nebraska and who built the Oakland roller flour mills, died at his home In this city ot, bronchial pneumonia a few, minutes after 6 o'clock Tuesday night. He leaves a wife and four children. Services will be held from his home today and burial will tako placo at uancroit tomorrow. i. .J. Vj8.' Oddle. NEW YORK. Jan. 16. J. S. Qddle', sec retary ofthoC5. .York Yacht club, died at his residence in "(his city today. Mr. Oddto had been ill for about two weeks of kidney trouble. Mr. Oddlo had boon a sufferer from nervous and other troubles since Hho yacht Traces of 1898. About a week ago his condition became serious and hope of recovery ..was abandoned yester day. Mr. John W. Shaw. Mrs. John W. Shaw died at her home, 2020 Emmott stroet, at 8:16 o'clock. Thurs day night, after an Illness ot onjy a few days. Sho was born and raised In Iowa and was tho wlfb of John W. Shaw, chief alork nt tho Henshaw hotel. Throo sonB aro left motherless, the eldest being only S. Dr. T. J, Enkrlriire. DENVER. Jan. 16. T. J. Eakrldoo. a physician and specialist In nervous diseases, dlcdtoulght ot Brlght's disease. He was a native of Sussex county, Dataware, and had bcon a resident o.f Colorado slnco 1884. Dr. Eskrldgo was best known as an expert In Insanity cases. Mr. Porter Hnntlnvton', YPSILANTI, Mich., Jan. 16. Mrs: Porter Huntington of Rome, N, Y dlod -on a Michigan Central train near this city today from dropsy. She was on her way to Kan sas City and was 'accompanied by her daughter. nichnrd Patterson. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16. nichard Pat terson, vice president ot the National Liquor Dealers' association, dlod nt his homo In Wlssablclcon, a suburb ot this city, lato last night, aged 62 years. A. Bpltler. COIIWITH, la., Jan. 10. (Special Tele gram.) A. Spltler, a wealthy farmer, dropped dead at the Iowa Central station this morning after billing a car of stock. -William Stead. WATERLOO, la., Jan. 18. (Special Tele gram.) William Stead, a veteran brick manufacturer of this section, died suddenly today, aged 64. Cnptnln Snmnel U, Lorrii, ARCOLA, 111,, Jan. 16. Captain Samuel B. Logan died here today, aged 86 years Ho was a veteran of the Moxlcan nnd civil wars. HEADS RAPIDLY FALLING Clerk Are) IlelniK PUchnrKed front Census Jlureuu by the Score. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16." Wholesale dls. missals in tho consus bureau have begun Several hundred already have received tholr discharge and 600 others and possibly many more will go February 1. At least 600 will go during Fobruary and many others will havo to receive their discharges to bring the present forco .of about 2,600 down to the 600 or 700 contemplated In tho perma nent census movement. An Attack of Pneumonln Warded OS. "Some time ago my daughter caught a sovere cold. Sho complained of pains tn her chest and had a bad cough. I gave her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy according to directions and In two days she was well and able to go to school, I have used this remedy In my family for tho past seven years nnd havo never known It to fall," says James Prendergast, merchant, Annato Bay, Jamaica. West India Islands. The pains In the chest Indicated an approaching attack of pneumonia, which In this Instance was undoubtedly warded off by Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. It counteracts any tendency ot a cold toward pneumonia. For sale by all druggists. UAH Y 17, 1002. WAf KINS REFUSES WESTERN PrtiiaiBt riidlaiAitlU Olib Tim Dawn Litfue Uagaattt. STANDS FAST BY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 1 Vnn Brunt, llurti, MnttiilitK Power Fnll to Shake II I m, nnil they Crosrf- Iiirilntm Oft Their Hook. INDIANAPOLIS-, Jan, 1C W. T. Van Brunt, T. F. Burns and James 11. Mannlns. promoters In chief of tho Western league, accompanied by President Powers of tho Eastern lunguo and National Association ot Minor Leagues and J. H. Farrell, president of the Now York Stnto league, arrived hero today nnd Immediately sought n confcrcnco with W. II. Wntklns, president of the Indianapolis club. They urged Mr. Wntklns to forsake his nfflllatlon with tho American association. They stated positively that they would not enter tho Indianapolis Held unices Mr. Watklns agreed to Join their forces. Thin means that thero will be no fight here, ns It Is nlmost certain Mr. Watklns will not desert the association. The Western league pcoplo aro disap pointed at their reception hero. POSITION MAKES A BIG HIT Prove IllniMelt llnrd Proportion to Competitor on the Onk- Innd Track. SAN FRANCISCO. Jnn. 1C Autollnht ran u great nico In tho Santa Cruz handi cap lit Oakland today. Ho took up 119 110 11 mis nnu won 111 a unvo'iiy 11 hock ironi Position, covering tho mllo In the fnHt tlmo of l:.TOVi. O'Connor put uj a swell rldo 011 ina Morns norsc. l-osuion niso innua u great showing nmt proved that ho Is ono of tho best horses In California. Asldo from tho handicap tho brilliant riding of O'Connor wns tho feature, llo landed the last threo winners of tho afternoon. B11II mnn wan left nt tho tmst on Klnntoln ami Torlla. Ungilnd. nt odds rif 25 to 1, won the tlrst ruco from Novltt niul Gold under, uur Prldo and Slddons. two of tho winners, wero played as good things. Ho.huHhi I'irst race, scvcn-eignuis oi a nine, hcii Ihg: Bagdad won, Novla second, Gold Findor num. Tlmo: 1:2s. UAn.t..t .l..,i.il..t.. l.u t t it ..1 1 rt anil. lng: Our. Pride won, Ilnssenso second, John peters mini. Timor 1:011s. Third rnco, seven-sixteenth of a mllo, Rclllng: Hudson won, Adirondack second, it), puss in Hoots uuru. Time: uiuis. '"ourth rnco. ono mile, handicap: Auto- light won. Position second, Jim llato third. ime: i:39,j. Fifth race, ono mllo nnd a aunrter. soll- Ine: Slddons won. Morlnel second, Hoy Del Snn Juan third. Tlmo: 2:as. Sixth raco, scven-elgluhrf of a mile: Flo ronso won, Hclna do Cuba second, Pomplno mini. Time: ivu. AUCTION SALE ON THE TRACK Sis Fleet-Konted Animal IlioHcd of For a Modent NEW OTtLKANH." Jnn. 10. Klne Stcclo and Eva Rico wero tho winning favorites touny. Hlx hrnrl nf linritpfl wero sold nt miction beforo tho raclnur today nnd brought 11,290. Tho Hush, who wnh sold to Qcorgo B. Ben nett for jreo. broiiRiri, mo top price. Aiier comparing Fnllella's performance In tho stecplechnso yesterday, when she won eaBlIy, with Klllson up. tho stownrds today decided to rcfuso T. McCuc, who rodo tho mnro on her last previous appearance, when sho mado no showing at all, to ac cept mounts during" tho remainder of the meeting. Results: First raqc. slx furlongs: Weird won, Bon Frost second, Olelcmn third. Tlmo: 1:2314. Second raca. ono, mllo and.nn eighth, soll Ingt Klnir Steelo Jwon, HhUtup "secondSo capa third. Tlmo: 1:65. 1 Third race, llvo furlongs and a half: Oplo won. I.ady Alberta, second. Tho Hoyden third. Tlmo: 'i:0Gtt. m Fourm race, Handicap, sovon lunoiiBs: Ida Ledford won. Andes second,-Semicolon third. Tlmo: 1:27. Fifth race, one mno ana pevcniy ynrun: Eva Hlco won, Cnstlron second, Qnrter Ban third. Tlmo: 1:45. Sixth raco, six luriongs, soiling: naini Wood wc-n, Ecomo second, Jerry Hunt third. Tlmo: WWh. fine to Chlcnico to Triiln. Joseph Carroll, mo -wrestler wno nun come to Omaha from the Paclflo const to try conclusions with Farmer Burns, loft 1 t tTn Phlon rrn hrlinrn tn will nt ontfo boKin.trainlnff for that nvent. 1 no llUlO IJI WIU HUUl ir v viii mil mm Carroll pays ho can mitko prima condition t.. t. i I ..tan ,nt ,1;iiifn lila tifrtdrVlt much ub ho carca to, about seven pounds. m-w ...111 a I t tl,A rttiinn .en A 1 1 1 1 1 1 In nllllt XlV Will irtllll t -iuutib 4iuuui.il' v- ouartera. whero ho Is woll known. While ...Ill nlnn nnilnn.in. .1 snDfim Un.l. ,1 inCrU I1U Will UIRU UIIUVll.l.l I" R... ..V....U moro matches, to bo held after ho meets Hums nero. Schwiih Quit Monte Carlo. .TIT Trtw Iff K?nr World Cablegram Speclnl Telegram;) Charles M. Schwab left for Vienna by tho 12:27 train do luxo this morning. Ho- did not piny yesterday. Mr. Schwab Is cor- tniniy noi a winner, um its ihuuuuij uuu slderablo loser on tho whole. Flicht I.nt One Minute. niTnAno. Jan. 16. Clarence Itltchov of St. Louis wns knocked out after ono min sMgrapes contain medicinal properties that rare strengthening, digestive, restorative. They ,nre always agreeable to the health and act gently on the system.- 1 MULL'S GRAPE Composed of tho nourishing nhd vitalizing qualities of grapes and other fruits combined with nature's health giving herbs. Harmless, yet powerful in its effects for relieving tho system of nil impurities, 'and restoring health and vigor. It checks tho loss of vital.encrgyv increases tho nerve force, quiets and soothes the hoated brain, and tones up Jhe system into sound and vigorous action. The grapo ingredient makes flesh and strength. Tho fruit kocps tho system regular. The herbs purify tho blood. With its use stomach troubles, dyspepsia, sick headache, liver and kidney complaints quickly disappear. On Domm Onm Botilm S1 fiVt fnr o hntl on lirm n

I r. i vi SHERMAN McCONNEU DRUG CO. urfiAn a Mull's Lightning Pain Killer oures all tin uches end pains thot flesh Is heir to. Bub It on or drink It 2Sc This 'tbo ute of boxlntf by Kid Abel nt the Pyramid Athletic, dub tonlnlit. After a bit of feint ing, a. wild, nlmless. swinging rljjEht landed befilrltr Hie St. l.mils athlete s left enr nnd he Went ilowtt and out. It was the llrsl blow worth mentioning struck In tliv bout. UGHTWEIGHTSEET TONIGHT Hot Contest K&iiectt'd lletitreii lMdle (Inrdiier nnd 01 (Mount lit South Oiiinlin, Tho light between Kddlo Gardner nnd Ole Olrson at the Hed t.lnlit theater In South Omaha tonight promise tn bo by all odds tho highest grtulo contest of the kind that liuS bemi held In theso parts this winter, it Is probiiblo that the Olcsoii-Snntry fight of n month ngo would havo been as good or even better had It gone the Journey, but the unfortunate foul that ended this match In tho second round put the affair out of tin- reckoning ns a llrst-olans contest, Gardner and Olcson, It Is thought, aro even moro closely matched than were gantry nlid Olcson. llntli aro trained to the minute, and It will take the full power of tho punch which eneli man says ho has In either elbow to put out tho man who Catches It. Gardner has fought n string of sixty-seven- battles and lias won llfty, drawn, eight and lost nine of that number. Olcson Is also carrying many honorable battlo scars. Clnrknnn Tiike Three MrnlnM. in n deaguo gnme last night on Clnrk'n alleys tho Clarksnn's took threo straight from tho Krugs. Score: CI'AUKSONS. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. Denmrin ..i 20a 17:1 nc M3 Hrunko 107 ITS ICS !il:t I.ueas U7 lvi 111 1.11 Kolll 191 1J9 21 BTtl ClarkSOIl ISO 149 Wi 023 .Totals TWO IftS "S29 lllcsi KltUO PARKS. 1., 0.1 ip.i.i (oliory .v.,i 193 155 119 49. 1-. II. Krug 149 141 140 43 ttzninn 140 11.1 I lil 42.1 Fogg it,f' 144 no 1SI Ml II.......I.. .A. in. JJVMIiUlt; y,. .in JiMl jui rjl 'Totals-' :.....T769 Hi 7M 20) Itnee nt ('liiirlenloii. CUAUI.KSTON', Jan. M-UcbuIIs nt tho Exposition .trayK were: First riic-, six furlongs, selling! Sir Kclnmtti will, rresgruvo second, Grace third. Tlmo: l:lsu. Second rUre, six furlongs nnd a half: T.ndy Alntree won, Friend Jack second, Lltllo Tower 'third. Time: r.27. Third .race, ono mllo. selling: 11. V. o;ifiijlon won, Sam Lazarus inquire sec ond, Jullctta li third. Tlmo: 1:40.. II re ill; lleeord livery Hour. PniLADnU'JUA. Jan. 10. Word's rcc ,ords nro being broken every hour nt tho six days' blcycUj raco on tho twelve-lap track' at thu second regiment' track. The ncdru ucuho closo tonight was: JIc Enchorn and Monroe, 07 miles: Freeman and Mtiy4 Q77; (ipiinoltz and Wilson, 077: lnndcr and Itutz, G77: Chevalier nnd Fisher. C7G.U: lIallloid nnd King, 070.9; "dul ler and Unrclny, 070.1. Itymi to FlKht Kern. KANSAS CITY.' Jnn. 16. Tommy rtynn ot this city hml Ilubo Ferns of Scntrim'on, Kan., today signed articles to box twenty rounds, before tin club offerlnir tho best In ducements. Knch mnn deposited J50O with n local newspaper 'as forfeits. Tho match will tako placo within ninety days. JeiTiird Simply (lulls. .PIULAURLrillAi Jnn. lO.-JIm Jeffords of California and "A. L. Weinlg of Iluffalo met at tho I'enn Athletic, club tonight for'n six-round go. Wclnlg hnd tho better of tho contest up to the end of tho third round, when Jeffords quit. Ho gavo no rca son for leaving thc'rlng. GIVE- DINNER TO TUSTICES President nnd Mr. Itoosevelt lliiter tnkn In Honor of Supreme .Court. H WASHINGTON, Jnn. 10. The President nnd Mrs. Hboscvelt tonight gavo another of their stato dinners, custonfhVy' 'at 'this 'season of each syear", tho guests being In v'lled' lo nieet Jilstlces of tho supremo, court, 'tirho-utablct was of crescent Tshapo, sud was. laid-in: the ltsf;roo'm.' ThVflarttl decorations 'wero '"elaborate. The 'guests wero: t. i 1 Chief .Justice and- Mrs. Fuller, Mr. Jus--' tide and 'Mrij. Ifaflnn, Mr.' Justice' a ml Mrs. Oroy, M. 'Jusllco'. and Mrs. Hrcwcr; Mr. Justlc6 and Mrsi' Sllfrns, -Mr. .lustlco and Mrs; Whttb, Mr. Justice and Mrs. McKcnnn, Attorney General nnd Mrs. KnoxJ'Senntor Hoar.-Senator' ftnd' Mrs. Plntt of Connecti cut, Senator "nnd 'Mrs. McComns, Scnn'tor and Mrs'. Dep'bV, Senator And Mrs.'Hlklns, SohlUor .-riml'i "Mrs". Bpooner, Senator- and' Mrs! 'Tillmah',vSonntor nnd Mrs. Wotraore, Senator nnd Mrs, 'Dubois, Representative and Mrs. Hay,- Representative and Mrs. Jenkins, llcprcsuntntlvo nnd Mrs. Parker, lteprescutatl've' umi Mrs. Overstrcot. Ilopro Eontntlvn and .MrSi Alexander, Representa tive ttnd Mrs'. Llttlcficld, Heprcscntatlvo Kahn, Representative ,and Mrs; Powers of Massachusetts, Ilepresentntlvo and Mrs. De Armond, R'epreson(httvu and Mrs. Elliott, Ileproscntativ6. Henry D. Clayton, Itopns s'pritativo Jllclinrdson, Tloprcsontntlvo and Miss'' Cannon," Representative Henry II, Dlngham, 'Representative nnd Mrs. Wads worth, ttcnreienfattvo and Mrs. Hull, Rep resentative and Mrs. Storm, Representative and Mrs. Slbldy; Represontntlvo nnd Mrs. Mertrcr, 'Representative Loud, Representative- and .Mrs. Long,- Dolegato and Mrs. TONIC Benefits Convinces 1 1 vnn usually D.1V 11.00 for.

i signature Is on every box of the genuine Laxative bromo-Ouinmc Tablet. remedy tkt cures m cola 1st ono tiny. Flynn, Mlis. RooieVelt, Mis Cnrow, Miss Knox, Miss Tiickcrman, Hon. Thomns H, Reed nnd Mrs. Reed, Hon. John W. Foster nnd Mrs. Foster, General and Mrs. Francis V. Greene, Mr. nnd Mrs. V H. Roosevelt, Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry L. Nelson, Mr. James MacN.iughton, Mrs. Tltden R. Selmcs, Mr. nnd Mrs. Post, Colonel and Mrs. Dlnghnm. Tlnn, lliultlj nnil Minnie l-'lulil. Tina ltloomlleld, Doddy ttloomflelil and Matnlo Mlltotuivere arrested last night by Ofllcers Shields nmt Taylor, charged wllh lighting 111 a house near Ninth nnd Douglas slreolH. Thf Mlttnn wnmim wn luullv beaten about tho fuoo nnd -cut on the head. According 10 ner story uio iignt originated over 11. M. which tile lllumnllrlil wnmnn owed her. The) wero locked up, HERE T1 IS IT. Know by the sign ST. JACOBS OIL Cures Rheumatism, Neurnlga, Sciatica, Lumbago,', Sprain, 1 J ill I. scs, iporeuvss, Stiffness, LEAVE OMAHA TO-OAY ON THK UNION PACIFIC AND YOU CAN- REACH SAN FRANCIO OR PORTLAND AS SOON. AS THOSE WHO STARTED YESTERDAY ON ANY OTHER LINE What Is tho Ukfe of wasting your tlmo eiiroutc and your money on xtra meals when It COSTS NO MOKR to travel In tho finest trains on a per fectly ballasted track over a direct route? Throo through fast trains DAILY to California and Orogon. City Ticket Off loo 5324 FARNAM ST. Tolophono 316. DOCTORING i I sl FREE. j I 1 t' Tl. A nlnfT ,if mlimiit till vntnln na nnil M!lt c6ons from' I he ilrltlsA .Moillcal' Institute. Trnvu, at tho urgftit Hdiiaitiition of u largo mimuer ot ..patten w unijur; tneir caro in tlUa country, .established .r. Dorrnaiu-nl branch of tho lnstltuto'ltl this city at tho corner of. Sixteenth' and r.Fatnain streetx, Uooms ,4JS.3U Hoard of Trade, building, Tlieso eminent Buntlerncii liavo "decided to' glVo their ncrvlcctf 'untlrely" free' far threo months (medicines exc-pted), to all iuvullds who .cull ujiuij thurn frjr. treat ment' between now untl lolirunrv 2. 'Tho object In pursuing ttiiH course Is 'fo becomo rapidly and poriioiially acquainted with the sick and nflllctcd,' und under no conditions will any chm-go whatever bo made for 'tiy Borvlcesj rendoiod for llireo months to all wlio call beforo Fobruary 2. Malo and fcmalo wenkncBs. catarrh 'and cuturrhal deafness, also rupture, goltro, cancur,.. all skin nlseasus, and iill diseases of tho rectum, aro positively cured by their now treatment. 1

NO INSURANCE IB NECESSARY IF YOUR OF FICE IS IN A FIItH-'PIlOQF nUILDING. THE BEE BUILDING IS ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF. YOU WILL SLEEP UETTKR'IF YOU HAVI-1- AN O.IMMOE THERE. t ij. R. C. PETERS 6c CO., nENTAL 'Agents, Ground Floor, lieu llulltlliig. foBDRUNKARDS WHITE DOVE CUREnercrfatlitd-Icatrorcr.r-ln forntTontfdrlnKi tlin ttpnetlla far which iiinnpt with or wltlioiit knowli-rtii! of nAllvntt'tattcTi-iiii tl it exut &rtr ui nir llili remcilv. lllvrn in lnr llnulil Sherman iicCounoll, mumfUu, JCth an.l UuAta n AMIyMlCMK-jTS. BOYD'S Woodward llurce.., WunacorH. Tonight; -Saturday Matinee and Night TH0S. RIP VAN WINKLE JEFFERSON Prices-Mat. .'(Ai., Night, 23p, t0ct 7Gc, $L SUNDAY MATINKK AND NIOHT FERRIS COMEDIANS In two dibtlct prdductlons-tM4 "The In dlaVi;" nlGht, "In Peril." Ti'i(iiiiMii jr,:u. Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sun duy, 2116. -livery 'Evening, '8:16. HICII VfAH VAlUVU.I.li. Mary Norman. Dejnpscy, Maclc and Dempsey, JdHephlno Sabol, Hobcrts, Hayes nnd Hoberts, Wllllarnii and O'Ncll, The Numboa and the Klnodromc, Prices, loc, tCc und 00c, Omaha Has NfiVcr Been Its Kqual Miaco,tTrocdtron,UN,,! M.f i.vi:;-; io.v io', 20cf Hntlre Week, IncludlriB Saturday Evcnlnn. Rice Barton's Big Gaiety Company A ner-vu tonlu, two- doses dally. Heautlful women, l)rl;;ht oomodlana. UorKeous sci'iinry. SiiioKe If yuu like,. Next Sunday mutlnce, May Howard Uurlesquers, i

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TIIJK OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JAN U Alt Y 17, 1002. TREE PLANTERS ADJOURN Influence of horticultural work had been found very favorable In the training of children of the deaf and dumb Institute. In the discussion which followed lllutra- HorticuhtraHiU lold Oi.iiar littiei tf 'on ot "7, cful work of the Thir CanTtltitD. Thorn fhv have succeeded In erowlm sur prising crops of strawberries, fruits and vegetables. Tho policy of extending work along horticultural lines and tho training of Inmates of state Institutions In horti cultural work was highly commended. Prof. It. A. Emerson of tho State uni versity presented a paper on the Important subject of "Self-Sterlllty In Apples," quot ing the results of his own experiments and his own study along thlti line, and also the work being done by scientific men In other schools. For St. I.nulx World' Pair. Prof. F. W. Taylor, representing horti culture at the St. Louis world's fair, said that the Pan-American exposition taught a lesson of tho aid to be obtained from the SAND HILLS FOR FOREST RESERVES Resolution .rioptrri thnt Kndore th. l.nyliiK Aside l.nrgp Trneta In AVfitrrn nrnakn for ItalshiK Treed. Prnpnar to Avoid Error In Ilullillnaa. At St. iouls they proposed to avoid the LINCOLN, Jan. 16. (Special.) Tho clos Ing session of the Nebraska Horticultural oclety opened at 10 a. m. Mr. 0. II. Ham bill, doligato from the Iowa Stato Horti cultural society, presented a paper cn "Cover Crons." A cover crop la a crop Krown In tho orchard to cover the ground previous season s crop carneu over ay com rinrincr inn ran nnn winter monins nnu n .iisc iim, uuuu.a aim theso advantaKes: It protects tho roots ot ail mrougn irom opening to cioso nan meir r.M from winter killing, catches and holds exhibits in good form. Ho urgou tne su tho snow In winter, which In Itself Is a prcmc importance or garnering ample sup- t.vvr Ami nli adds moisture; adds humus plies of cholco fruit and placing somo In fdr.eaved vegetable matter) to tho soil, cold storage, enough not only to open tne Whoro tho orchard Is given perfectly clean exhibit, but to assist In covering defects culture, tho humus may be exhausted. It and short supplies at any time during tne adds fertility to tho soil by adding humus exhibit. He urged the value of gathering and prevents loss of nitrogen and other the cream of exhibits from tho Btateo Into oil properties by leaching. a central exhibit In somo portion of the At AmM. la., oats and rnoe sown In Au- exhibit, where tho very best from each cust have riven best results. Cow poas state exhibit should bo condensed on a con aro very extensively grown In the south trai table enabling horticultural students ab a cover crop and add fertility to the to sco the very best from alt the states and soil and under every condlt on s found comparing tne appearance oi any one va- ono of tho best crops to cultivate for this rlcty In one state and. behavior In all othor mirnoso. E. P. Dlehl of Lccsburg. lnd states has bad excellent rcsulu with cow pens and highly recommends them. Tbey should rtHlljwl In .limn 1 at thn rntrt nf fine bushel to two or tbreo acres. E. U. Cjv ,n mciuoas oi prov,ous f nri.wnlrf to nlmtfi.l onw i.Mf. in his "moils. rror. layiors lamiiiarity wnn p r I i. 1. 1 i i t ..l v. .1 a nr.lnt li.lv n nml Inflv prrw In Iwn fnnr wu cimuicu mill iu uiocubo iuc ui- I I U I k. I. i. I u I. ictus ui inuviuua I'AUluua, tiuiu nuiuu iio believed the coming exhibit In St. Louts Telia of III Ovrn Kmperlence. wouy be (rCci Tho building for agriculture Mr. Barnhlll recited his experience In hi and horticulture has a floor space of be- own orchard of twelve acres, which, being tween thirty-two and thirty-three acres under good cultivation, mado a vigorous Prof. F. V. Taylor, who was formor sec- growth and did well until tho very trying rotary and president of our society, has winter in February. 1890. Tho orchard boon appointed cnier or agriculture and act being perfectly clean, with bare ground. Ing chief of horticulture. It Is hoped to his trees suffered from tho roots and wore maKo tho agricultural and Horticultural ex killed. Proceeding with his subject. Mr. hiblts tho largest and best over raado In Darnhlll discussed tho comparative nd- the world. By resolution tho whole sub- vantages of oats, re, cow peas, hairy Ject of exhibits at St. Louis, with power to vetch and rape, with the result that whlls act, was placed In tho hands of the fix lao felt that hairy vetch was ono of the ccutlvo board or tho society, best plan to use for tho purpose, the it. M. Russell's paper was on "Last sea seed una not obta nablo 'n commercial son s roacii urop and its wessons." ineir (iiiantltles. When there was moisture crop last season was about 30,000 baskets enough by August t to sprout seeds vorr When they commenced planting many years favornblo results were obtatnod by sowing ago they used forty-five varieties. Tho oats, und It would also bo practlcablo to major portion of tho last orchard has been make use of tho cow pea. Mr. narnhlll's planted with Alexander. Early Rivers, paper orouscd a great deal of discussion. Hale'a Early, Bussctt, Triumph, Champion, It. A. Qoodman of tho Ozark Orchard com- "lira Chill, Crosby, Kibcrts, wrignt and pany of southern Missouri discussed tholr Salway. Culture Is three years In corn, methods In tho cu tlvatlon of orchards, men cultivated to middio or JUiy, nrier comprising 140,000 npplj trees and 30.000 which weed growth for tho rest of tho peach trees. They uso cow peas freely for season, air. Russell favors the etxondcd summer cover cron to tho extent of 300 to planting of peaches In this climate. Trees high. 400 acres each Bummer. In their climate whore tlioy ran plow and whore rye will grow mcst of tho wlntor, they plow under theso cow peas In the fall and seed to rvo The ryu is allowd to grow until late spring and then that Is turned under. In that wny they Incrcabo their storo of soil fertility. In their cllmato and In their soil It Is best suited to success. Their mothod of 'culturo thoro Is to rely on the two-horse plow for tho mlddlo ground be tween tho rows of trees, plowing from three to four1 Inches In depth. Tho Inst four furrows next to tho trees are plowed with come Into bearing at an early age, usually about tho third or fourth season. Not In frequently tho best trees yield a bushel tho fourth season. Ilumnronn Pnpcr Presented. Much amusement was created at this point by the reading of a humorous paper on tho relation of tho nurserymen to tho tree-planter, by Mr. Youngcrs. In a happy vein this hit off tho work of tho lightning salesman and tho surprising gullibility of many of tho tree-planters; mentioned that In Fillmore county a salesman was actually aniline nfinnl. I rflo. a I tl rtafh and lh. ono-borso small plows, cutting about two peacheB werB warranted t0 Wee'p well Into WHO 111 iu'wiii. I I It a lnli in Ki, ,tmA trnm Ik. j.lli like Bon Davis apples; thero waa also men Mr. Youngcrs of Geneva remarked that In tloned the sale of peach trees budded on cathorlns. fruit in Nebraska for years tho the maple to give them harder wood. Ho pickers find the best fruit In well cultivated ld the best thing for the Intending planter orchards. Their habit It to plow twice, is to seep careiuuy posted ln me norti and also disk or harrow ten times during Iho season. Tho discussion developed the fact that tho annual rainfall in southern Missouri was thirty-six inches, In central and eastern Nebraska twenty to twenty cultural literature and methods of tho day Tho closing paper was by E. F. Stephens of Creto on "What Can Wo Do for Our Old Orchards." Tho location of tho summer meeting was eight Inches; that ln Nebraska summer l't to the exocutlvo board, and those towns crops In the orchards, divided and ab stracted, needed moisture from tho orchard trees. A member inquired If corn should bo planted In young orchards and the answer of President Marshall was that they planted corn for a year or two; they had once planted potatoes In tho orchards, and found potatoes Invited gophors, which were or societies desiring to have tho society meet with them during the coming summer are asked to communicate with tho secre tary, Mr. C. II. Balnard of Table Rock. For Forestatlon of Sand Illlla The committee on resolutions reported these resolutions; Resolved. Wc. the members of the Nc braska Stato Horticultural society, extend Tory difficult to handlo, and they no longer hearty thanks to Dr. E. Benjamin An- tnlpnt nnlilnm In Ihn nrrh.irils I urowK, ciiHuucuur, lur inn num wurus ill plant potatoes in tno orcnaros. B-rMllnir; also to Dr. Bpsbv and othf.ru nf A gentleman from nichardson county tho faculty of the State university who tried plowing tho control spaces between hvo so ably and cheerfully assisted us tho rows, leaving tho surface rough for the 9eaLi ,,2,iv,efW,Sl ?nie.1 winter; ho hbwevor loft an olght-foot strip bureau which states there waa good pros next to the trees in tho cover crop. A gen- pects of a reserve being yet apart In tho tleman reported experience In Mossachu- Btt"" 'Si"" '"cu.r"ft1' setts; orchards being grazed by hogs were netting aside of tree planting reserves In comparatively free from coddling moths. the sand hill regions of Nebraska by the n u, a A i.ii.. -An., i nmioiiiii Kuvri inncui. mui u v ivit iu wiu Herman Von Schrenk, Btatlng he was con fined to his bed by a serious Illness and rogratted ho could not be present. Ilenf nml Dumb Horticulturists Mr. Ned Raymond of Omaha presented an excellent paper on the Influence ot hor ticulture In our state Institutions. Ho said that the Asylum for tho Deaf and Dumb forcstntlon ot considerable arcs of such reserves appears now nxeiy to do success fill. II Is further. Resolved, That we hereby endorse the filan to have ono or more such reserva Ions, large enough that plantations may bo mado upon so extensive a scalo an to insure tne growin oi hucccsbiui inrcsis. Resolved. That our senators and renre. sentatlves In congress be requested to do all In their power to aid In forwurdlng this lauuaDie pian. MEN'S SUITS tl 1.. J i n't,. thn nv-nntil.il t n aIIiam has planted about 200 applo troca. about 600 na,0nnrihcers concerned be and hereby grapevines and other trees and plants, mo nro petitioned to Rivo me matter tncir favoraoio consiaeraiion. liPHnlved. Thnt It elves us nleasuro to greet at this meeting such noted and noblo workerB ns our visiting delegates and friends, Hon. a. uooaman, secretary i.r thn Missouri State Horticultural bo. clety, nnd Hon. O. II. Barnhlll of the Iowa Htato jiorucuiiurui cuL-itny, nun mr iricir rrntnrnal ErcetlniT nnd their words of cheer and ndvlco wo extend our hearty thanks and truei inni our nocieiy may do repre sented at future meetings of their respec tive societies. AH oi wnicn in rcsiiL'cuuiiy nunmuiou. L. M. RtlSSKLL, w. O. SWAN." II. W. MARSHALL. Dlirnira nf Fruit Trees. At last night's session P. J. O'Oara. a student of the University of Nebraska, pre sented a carefully prepared paper on some ot the diseases of the fruit trees. Ho men tioned a fungus disease arising from me chanical Injury; also heart rot and root rot. Ho gave an extended discussion on tho diseases affecting fruit trees, with remedies and suggestions for treatment. L. A. Ooedman, secrotary of tho Missouri Stats society, called attention to the root knot, a nursery and orchard dis ease troublesome ln Missouri; also men tioned losses from root rot. Have found SORES AMD ULCERS. Sorca and Ulcers never become chronic unless the blood fo it poor condition is sluggish, '7cak cud unable to throw oil the poisons that accumulate in it. The eystcm must be relieved of the unhealthy matter through the core, and great danger to life would follow should it heal before the blood has been tnadn pure and healthy and all impurities eliminated from the sys tem. S.S.S. beinns the cure bv first cleans. ing and invigorating the blood, building tin the ceueral health and retnovinir from n JK!iE? A CONSTANT DRAIN cffetematUr: UPON THE SYSTEM. When this has been accomplished the dis charge gradually ceases, and the sore or ulcer heals. It is tho tendency of these old indolent sores to grow worse and worse, i and eventually to destroy the bones. Local lannlications. while soothinir and to some textent alleviate pain, cannot reach the tca root rot more troublesorao In somo varieties ,of the trouble, b. 3. S. does, and 110 mutter I thnt In snmn nurseries in northern Mis- how apparently hopeless your condition, 0uri this was so prevalent that In buying evcu though your constitution has broken troes It was sometimes necessary to throw aown, tt win bring reiici wucn nouunu out every tree In the row. eisecan. u supplies mo ncn, pure dioou P Voun(ters roroarked that fungus dls- the debilitated, diseased body. Mr. T. n.Tllbftt. Lock Box x. Winona. Mll.. ays i Gli years ago ray leg from the fcaee to the foot was one solid sore. Several phylcln treated me aud I made two trips to Hot uprinn, but found no relief. I wsi Induced to try S.S.S ana It zatue a complete cute, I have been a per fectly well man ever since." Af Al is the only purely veg etablc blood puriBer known contains no BBgX poisonous minerals to ruin the digestion nnd add to, rather than relieve your suffer ings. If your flesh does not Leal readily when scratched, bruised or cut, your blood is in bad condition, and any ordinary sore is apt to become chronic. Send for our free book and write our physicians about your case. We make DQ ichargn for this service. INK NrlFT sfSCIFtO CO ATLANTA, A, cases are more troublesome In Knnsas and Missouri and southern nurseries than In Nebraska. C. S. Harrison discussed methods cf graft ing, tho proper management of which, he thought, would guard against fungus at tacking root graft. Ono of the most valuable and interesting papers of the afternoon session was cn the subject of "City ForcvHry," by L. A. Goodman of Kansas City. This paper can not be dUcussed in a fow brief paragraphs. Mr. Goodman loves trees, plants and birds and has a thorough knowledge ot tho princl pies controlling management and growth Among other things Mr. Ooodmnn urged the protection of native trees, more careful handling with the roots, which should be protected from the sun, and should be pro- tected with burlap or bay rope. It la lm- A clean sweep of our men's suit stock is the object of this Jnnunr.v clearance sale. Wc are to open tho coming season with an absolutely new stock. Suits that are worth ?25.00 will bo -g rtOO sold Saturday for Xe Suits that are worth 20.00 will be sold Saturday for Suits that are worth ?J5.00 will be sold Saturday for Suits that arc worth 22.00 will be sold Saturday for Suits that are worth 10.00 will be sold Saturday for 1322, 5'M MEN'S OVERCOATS We can't afford to pack overcoats in camphor we prefer to sell them at these prices, the assortment is still large and the prices still lower no time in this sale when a selection could be made better than now. DvPtvnnrs thnt. nro worth S2H.00 will bo 1 TOO n rk!J sold Saturday for Overcoats that are worth 20.00 will be sold Saturday for Overcoats that arc worth 15.00 will be sold Saturday for Overcoats that are worth 22.00 will be sold Saturday for Overcoats that are worth 10.00 will bo sold Saturday for 1IJ S Young Men's Suits During this sale we have often been met with the inquiry for the BEST TIIINGS, if there 'is any BEST to this January Clearance Sale it is on the young men's tables. We have hundreds of suits of the NEW, FRESH, this season's make, in sizes 32 to 36 bust. Suits in all wool oxford cheviots, and some fancy worsteds, but the cheviots and cassimeres 35 prevail and are the best. UAWA Suits in blue cheviot, cut double breasted, elegantly trimmed and always reliable for 7u 12.00 at JWAM Suits in unfinished worsteds of the newest effects which have been sold all season for 12 to 14, 075 Saturday JWAm Scores of choice 10 and 12 suits among this lot of cheviot 7&0 and cassimeres at A. Every garment in the stock has been reduced in price. Second Saturday of the Continental's Great January Clearance Sale No let ud until the $50,000 STOCK is sold. Low Prices Lowered Yet Lower. Nothing but bargains, as every piece of men's and boys' clothing have had the prices recut for this Saturday's sale, which must be the biggest day of the whole sale. N. E. Cor. 15th and Douglas. C Young Men's Overcoats This January Clearance Sale is the greatest opportunity ever offer ed by any clothing house for the boys needing overcoats to buy hon est made garments for less than they can be made for. We have these in all sizes from 31 to 30 bust measure. Young men's Overcoats that are worth 10.00 522 Saturday tMWMM Young men's overcoats that are worth 12.00 75 Saturday KJWAWA Young men's overcoats that arc worth 15.00 2 7G Saturday C7i Bovs' Top Coats Covert cloth top coats, 8 to 12 years. Boys' top coats, worth QQ 5.00, Saturday Boys' top coats, worth CQQ 6.00, Saturday ObbHi The biggest collection of good clothing ever offered in Omaha. BOYS' SUITS Nothing but bargains with no let up until the stock is sold. Such prices gain more of your confidence in the Con tinental. Come Saturday morning for boys' goods, yon can be better served than in the afternoon when the crowd will be the largest. Boys' Two-piece Suits, Saturday, at 2.85, 2.88, Q.QO, 2.75 Boys' Vestee Suits, Saturday, sizes 5 to 14 years, 2.8S, 4.50 Boys' Blouse Suits, in serges and flannels, Saturday, 2.2G, 2.35, 2.75 Boys' Norfolk Blouse Suits, Saturday, 1.85, 2.50, 2.G5. 3.50 F URNISHING GOODS Men's 3.00 union suits O fOf) Saturday for vv v Men's 2.50 union suits 7 Saturday for M. Men's 2.00 union suits -j O auxuiuujr iui.... I KM; Two-piece underwear for Saturday, including all the fine, high grade wool goods SOo, 75o9 85of 1.15, 1.25 Boys' short pants, entire stock, Saturday at 87ct 59c. 76o Men's Caps, 25c and 50c. Boys' Caps, 18c and 25c. portnnt In trimming to be suro to leavo buds and shoots of tne previous kww growth, that tho trees might bud Into leaf soon after planting. Ho mentioned that trees loved society and uo Deuer wucu planted In groups. n c itnrrinnn commended ulcca pungens as ono of tho evergreens that will stand coal smoke. Prof. I.. Drunor. In the forthcoming ro port, will present an exhaustive paper. which will undoubtedly uo sunaDiy mu trated. During tho last summer he has had his students experiment with tho moth trap. Ho feared that these moth traos would not do tho work claimed for them. niirinir thn last season In the montn ot August, for thirty days, the students used two In ono of the worst Infested orcnarua In tho vicinity of Lincoln, catching more than 12,000 insects, of which only seven wore coddling moths. Prof. Bruner gave only a brief discussion of this topic, refer ring his hearers to tho forthcoming report for his usual .exhaustive discussion of this Important subject. Tim .lnv'a session was full ot Interest aud the attendance was such as to fill the room to its utmost capacity. I.niidniium Pa tin, Take Strychnine. TILDEN, Neb., Jan. 16. (Special.) J. P. Coleman committed suicide last nUht at tho homo of bis brothor near Tllden. He was formerly a well-to-do contractor, but of late years had experienced serious re verses, .which apparently resultod In hope less despondency. He took two ounces ot laudanum the night before his death, but this not proving fatal, swallowed a dose of strychnine last night. He retained con sctousness long enough to Inform hla friends of his action. llepultllcniiM l'retlomlnnte, GKANI) ISLAND, Neb.. Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) The Hall county supervisors have organized by tho election ot John Ewtng of Wood nivcr as chairman. Mr. Ewlng is a republican, the political complexion of tho board being six republicans to one populist. laid Injured liy Wire llnrlts. TALMAGE. Neb., Jan. 16. (Special.) Ernest Palmqulst, 12 years old, whllo driv ing cattlo home from feeding in it corn field, was thrown from his horse upon a wiro fence and severely lacerated about tho bead and neck. AGRICULTURE AT EXPOSITION Director Taylor Tdli Nebrsskaii f Vait Plant ii Hit Dipartmint. LIVE STOCK MEN PREPARE FOR ANNUAL nreedera' Industry In Xrlirnakn to Un deriro Comprehensive Ilcvlew IteqnUltlon on un Omuhn Clinrgc. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Jan. 16. (Special.) Frederick Taylor, director of agrlculturo for the Louisiana Purchase exposition and formorly a inoinber ot tbo faculty ot tho University ot Nebraska, addressed tho students ln chapel this morning on tho subject of ex positions. He said the chief purposo ot the promoters was to bring together the great est display of the enormous products of the Louisiana territory ever gathered. But the exposition will not bo confined to this country, for It will Include tho world, tho effort being to show tbo power, population and growth of nil clvlllied communities. The agricultural building will bo tho largest structure ever erected and will cover over a quarter ot a mllo square of ground. Mr. Taylor sold twenty states had arranged to participate ln the exposition, some ap propriating as high as $200,000. Livestock nrecfiera. A program of unusual Interest has been arranged for the torthcomlng annual meet ing of tho Nebraska Improved Livestock Broeders' association. The sessions will bo held In the chapel of tho university, Janu ary 21, 22 and 23. Among tho speakers engaged aro: Chancellor Androws, Gov ernor Savage, Dean Davenport of tho Illi nois Agricultural college, Secretary Ilunkln of the Illinois Livestock Breeders' asso ciation, Prof. Smith of tho Nebraska Ag ricultural college, Dr. A. T. Peters and Prof, A. L. Haccker of the Nebraska ex periment station, Prof. Curtlss of tho Iowa experiment station and Director Burnett of the Nebraska station, Klve-mlnute talks on tbe'llvcstock Industry In Nebraska will bo mado by: William Ernst, A. L. Sulli van. Colonol F. M. Woods, W. G. Whlt moro, It. M. Allen, Bobert Taylor, Thomas Mortimer, L. L. Young, W. H. Hell, J. B. DInsmoro, Peter Jensen, C. H. Scarle, W. H. Taylor, J. II. Blodgett. B. T. Scott, John Blaln, Joseph Wntson, T. B. Hord, H. D. Watson, E. 7 Busscll. M: B. Huffman, W. O. Saddler, Barlett BIchards, rhll Unltt, H. A. Talcott, Sam Gramllch, John Klncald, L. Masou, W. W. Young. Colonel W. M. Harding, Colonel T. C. Callahan, C. II. Gllssman, I. W. Chappell, Thomas Androws, C. J. Gaobol, C. D. Brown, George F. Smith, L. W. Blckoll, W. N. Bogors, Frank lams, C. H. Balllngcr, Sam Blley, Matt Dougherty, J. P. Latta. L. C. Lawson, W. H. Butter field, D. J. Cronln, F. M. Tyrrell, E. J. Hays, B. H. Andrews, Will Blley, W. A. Apperson, Thomas Mlnler, Albert Johnston, E. E. Day, M. M. Coad, J. S. Bomlno, W. J. C. Kenyon, L. W. Leonard, Hyrara Blley, William Humphrey, 0. P. Hcndershot, E. Ftlloy, W. B. Whlllans, L. J. Hitchcock, O. P. Avery, Charles Tlrey, H. C. Lydlck, J. M. Alden, C. H. Merrltt, J. V. Harrison. Wcntnn AKiilit llcrilinnn. Among the eighty cases osslgncd for hear ing at tho next sitting of tho supreme court Is tho ono of Weston against Herd man, ln which Clerk Hordman of tho su premo court Is soeklng to compel tho au ditor to allow tho salary which ho waived during the last session of the legislature. Herdman won In tho trial court nnd Auditor Woston appealed, maintaining that ho could not pay tbo claim because no appropriation had been made. It is salary as librarian which Mr. Herdman Is seeking to recover. Itepnrt of Oil Inspector. E. B. SUer, stnto oil Inspector, has filed with Acting Governor Steolo n report of the business transacted In bis ofllce during the year ending January 1, 1002. The ex penses wero $200 less than the year pro vlous, whllo 13,000 mora barrels of oil were Inspected. During the past year the oil department netted the state $6,784. 13, while tho year before, undor Mr. Gallln's direction, it netted (5,280.23. Last year's receipts do not Include tho deficiency left by Mr. Oaflln of IS22.03, paid by his bonding compuny, tho Ftdollty and DopoBtt company. The receipts of tho olllco for 1000 were $16,281.10; expenses, $11,001.17; uurplus, $5, 280.23. Tho receipts for 1001 were $17,- 669.90; expenses, $10,785.77; surplus, $6, 784.13; December 17, paid to tho stato by tho Fidelity and Deposit company, account of J. N. aaflln, $522,03; total surplus, $7,366.16. Ileifiilar Dnte for CoininUaloiiers. The Board of Commissioners of Lancas ter county bns decided to moet on each Wednesday instead of Irregularly, as In tbo past. Meetings will bo held at raoro frequent Intervals, but Wednesday will bo tho official day on which tho most Impor tant business will bo transacted. Tito Ilcqulsltlona, A requisition was Issued from the execu tive department this afternoon for John Elch, who is now undor arrest In Den ver, and wanted in Omaha to answer to tbo chargo of larceny from tho person. Tho complainant, Charles F. Stephens, alleges that Elch robbed him of a gold watch and chain and a diamond locket, aggregating $100 In value. Another requisition was Issued for Bar ney Freeman, who la also In Jail In Den ver. He Is charged in this city with hav ing robbed Undertaker E. L. Troyer dur ing tho progress of a funeral. Freeman was tho driver of a hearse. Reorife I.araen AdJuilRetl Insane. Georgo Larson, who says bis home Is In Grooley county, was adjudged Insane to day and ordered taken to tho state's .hos pital, southwest of the city. The man could glvo no Information regarding him solf further than that he thought he came from Grcoley county a few weeks ago. Ho was plcKed up by tho pollen near Lincoln park Tuesday night. UiiurHutlne nf DUenaeil Sheen, Communications received from various sections of the state In response to orders from Stato Veterinarian Thomas command ing a quarantine of diseased sheep, Indi cate that tho suggestions will bo followed to tho lottor. Stockmen aro thoroughly in sympathy with tho Idea of stamping out dlsuifo among their herds and preventing nny spread of tho contagion. Iluiitrlre llnnk HeorKiuilii'. BEATBICE, Neb., Jan. 6. (Special.) The Union Savings bank of thin city will In a few days become a stato bank. At a meeting held last night tho Institution was reorganized. With a nalri nn rnnUnl nf $30,000. Tho now officers will bo; Jacob niein, president; A. II. Kldd. vlco prcsl dent; J. II. Penno, cashier; J. G. Wlobo. Oerhard W. Wlobe, Peter Jnnscn, W. A. Penner and Edward F. Swift of Chicago, directors. Tho new bank will open about Fobruary 1. Caaa County nunk Proapera. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Jan. 16. (Spo clal.) Tho directors of tho Cass county bank, C. C. Parrnelo, J. M. Patterson, T. M. Patterson, Thomas E. Parmole, B. S. Bamsey and A. B. Smith, havo elected theso officers for this year: Charles 0. Parrnelo, president; J, M. Patterson, vlco president; T. M. Patterson, cashier. A 10 per cent dividend was declared and $1,000 ordorcd to bo placed In tho reserve fund. IIlK I.h nd Hnltt at Cntiitirlclsc. CAMBBIDGE. Neb., Jan. 16. (Special.) A tract of land owned by C. H., Ellon L. and Sajiiuel S. Haywood, was sold Tuesday to Leon L. Mlllor. It comprised 585 acres, all bottom, except 100 acres, and sold for $20 an acre, or $11,700 for tho tract. All tho parties aro of Cambrldgo, Neb., and thn land Is situated two and a half roUes west of Cambrldgo. Tho solo was mado by A. C. Wadsworth Son. Aahlnml Ilnnk'a Director. ASHLAND, Nob., Jan. 16. (Special.) Tho stockholders of tho National bank of Ash land met Wednesday and elected theso directors; Presldont, Randall K. Brown: directors, V. B. Caldwell, Charles II, Brown, Frank Murphy and Ward M. Bur gess, all of Omaha; cashlor, F. E. White Jnshna Peer Kill lllmaeir. SUPEBIOB, Nob., Jan. 16. (Special Tele gram.) Joshua Peer, eight miles south of Superior, committed suicide yesterday by blowing tho top of his head off with a shot gun. Peer was a man of means. Ho waa r8 years old. His sulcldo Is attributed to Insanity. I.ORf-n Money mill TlrKct. PLATTSMOUTH. Nrb., Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) Ben Boot Is mourning tho loss ot IiIh pnekctbook, which ho says cnnta.lnod over $22 and a ticket to Lincoln. Ho nstt It or had his pocket picked whllo going from Weeping Water to Klmwooi.

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4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; FJRIDA Y, JANUARY 17, J902. COUNCIL BLUFFS TAXATION Otttli Fid n Lit Tiar'i Can Ttxtd far tha rritllip. KATES ARE FIXED ON VARIOUS MATTERS Iwnrri of Wntches anil Mnalcal In trnmrnt Will Have to Par nate nlffrr Little from I, nut Year. A question of much Importance to farmers who are feeding caltlo on last year's com raised by them was brought up yesterday at the meeting of the assessors of Potta wattamie county. Under the law, corn raised last year and now In crib or on the premises of the farmer who raised It Is exempt from assessment this year. Bcv ral of the assessors were of the opinion that cattle fed on such corn should be as sessed as stock cattle and not as fat cattle. That Is, that they should bo assessed as tock cattle, which they were at the time of purchase and before being fed the corn. Assessed as fat cattle would make a differ ence of 300 pounds In their weight, and this, everal of the assessors thought, would work an Injustice on tho farmers. In order to cover this, a motion to assess cattle In feeding aa stock cattle was put, but was lost. Tho assessors decided to assess all watches of the value of $25 and upward and all musical Instruments. J. W. Warner of Valley township. M. H. Parks of Hclknnp township and Paul Bealcy of Center township were appointed n com mittee to fix the values on livestock for tho purpose of assessment this year. They re ported as follows: Holfers One year old, $20; t years old, $24; cows, $28. 8teers One year old, $24; 2 years old, $32; 3 years old, $40. Cattle In feeding, 4 cents n pound. Dulls. $40. Hogs, G cents a pound, fiheep, $2. Ooats, at discretion of assessors. Horses Colts, 1 year old, $28; 2 years Id, $40; horses, $52; stallions, nt discre tion of assessors. Mules, $44. These rates are practically tho same as fixed by tho board last year. The meeting was tho bost attended In everal years, only two of tho assessors from the entire county being absent. D. n. McMastcrs of Hancock township was chairman and J. H. Turner of Washington township was secretary. Tho assessors present were: Townships M. H. Parks, Belknap; Charlns Thomas, n.oomer; Ooorgo 11. Snapp, Carson; Paul Ilesley, Center; O. P.. Hamp ton, Crescent; M. M- nartlctt, darner; John A. Knox, drove; W. IL KelfT, Hardin; Wil liam Nixon, Hazel Doll; M. W. Fehr, James; J. E. Myers. Kancf W. T. Campbell, Keg Creok; Hout Davis 'Knox; "William Law less, Lnyton: W. A. Sewing, Lewis; J. A. Schuttloffol, Lincoln; J. M. Coons, Mace donia; dustave Stuhr, Mlndcn; d. J. Miller, Neola; W. F. Schmacdecke, Norwalk; A. M. 8cott, Pleasant; W. A. Allcnsworth, Silver Creek; J. W. Warner, Valley; J. H. Tumor, Washington; J. H. Watson, Waveland; H. W. Rarey, Wright; Chris Wullf, York. Towns J, E. Larlmore, Avoca; Z. F. Lin vlllo, Carson; Frank F. Evorest, Council Oluffsi D. I). McMastcr. Hancock; T. I. Clark, Macedonia; Loulo Ehlers, Mlnden; M. Corbett, Neola; J'. D. Ketloy, "Walnut. Tho law allows the assessors $2 a day and cents a mllo one way for attending these annual meetings. MACCABEES ARETO CELEBRATE Plnn Onrireon Ceremonle Connected vrlth Winning (he Silken Dinner for Slae. Council Muffs tent No. 32, Knights of tho Maccabees, Is preparing to celebrato tho winning of the silken banner for the larg est camp In tho state Wednesday, January $9, with a demonstration "such na has never beforo been attempted In tbo state of Iowa." According to the proposed program "night will bo turned Into day," and tho 700 mem bers of, tho tent, augmented by delega tions from across tho rlvor and neighbor ing towns, will parade tho principal ntrcete of the city, which wilt be ono blazo of glory. There will be a magnificent display of pyrotechnics and a featuro pf the parade will bo an illuminated float on which tho drgreo team In full uniform will exemplify tho socret work of tho order. Tbo full uni formed band of tho order will bead tbo parade, followed by tho real live goat, tho mascot which has safely landed 700 Council Bluffs citizens In the folds of the Macca bees. Tho parade, or, moro correctly speaking, pageant, will movo promptly at 7:30 p, m. from tho west sldo of the Merrlnm block and, after traversing the principal streets of the city, will return to tbe Roynl' Ar canum ball, where, following a program of addresses, the sir knights will entertain their friends at a grand ball. Sir Knight I. C. Wooloy will bo master of ceremonies. Mayor Victor Jennings will deliver the addreia of welcome, which will bo responded to. by Sir Knight Thomas Q. Harrison, who haa the reputation of being one of tho roost eloquent orators In tho ordor. There will bo music by the or chestra and State Commander J. M. Erm erlns will present tbe banner to the tent. Sir Knight Judge Scott will accept It on behalf of the tent with an appropriate ad dress and the band of the order will ron- der a selection. Short addresses by Sir Knight SUtn Senator Hatelton and Sir Knight H, J. Chambers will follow, after which there will be more music by tho orchestra. Sir Knight S. I). Wadsworth will make the closing addrcsa and the floor will be cleared for dancing. These comprise the committees In charge i W. II. Rogan, I. C. Wooley, T. Q. Harrison, J. C. Jensen. D. Ratllff, F. Hober, B. II, Wadsworth and J. Kllbaln. Council Muffs tent No. 12 now has the largest membership of any tent between Chicago and San Fran Cisco. MERELY SHIFTSJHE CHARGE E. J. Conrad Erajlea One Complaint on Technicality and la Held on Another. E. J. Conrad, 'who brought habeas corpus proceedings against Sheriff Marshall of Cass county to secure his release from the county Jail at Atlantic, enjoyed a brief spell ef liberty yesterday, but beforo he had time to It are' the court room he was arrested on another charge and was eaeorted back to Atlantic last evening In custody of the sheriff. Conrad had been committed by a Justice of the peace to the county jail en a charge cf adultery preferred against him by Edgar narrow, with whose wife Conrad was al leged to hare been found. Conrad brought kls'' Babea corpus proceedings on the greund that In the preferment of the chexgv the wife of the defendant mutt be Ike complaining wttnrm. He said to the court that, the prosecution an neither at the, request nor tho solicitation ct his wife. Jidg ThorutU sustained the application n mnlut the writ of habeas cor oils di rected against tbe sheriff and Conrad wis accordingly re leas a. Oearad's Cacc waa Illumined with a saalle of triumph as he started to leave the court room, under the Impression, that he was onco more a free man, Ho had but gained the corridor outside the court room when Sheriff Marshall tapped him on the shoulder, read to him a warrant for his arrest on a charge of lewdnees, and In formed him that he was once moro his prisoner. The Information on which this second warrant was Issued was filed bv Harrow, the alleged wronged husband In tho case. When the warrant was read to him the smile that had brightened Conrad's faco disappeared, as he realized he was now called upon to face a charge In which habeas corpus proceedings were out of the question. J. W. DeWItt Paroled, J. W. DoWItt of Logan, la., who stolo thirty-flvo head of fat cattle from tho prem ises of Henry Crobc, a wealthy farmer of Mlndcn, a year ago and was sentenced to threo years In the penitentiary at Fort Madison, has been paroled by dovernor Shaw, Tho order for tho parole reached Clerk Itcod of tho district court yesterday afternoon and tho granting of It was one of the last official acts of Mr. Shaw as governor of Iowa. DeWItt haa served throe months of his sentence. In soliciting his clemency oi tho governor, tho friends of DoWItt claimed ho was mentally unbal anced when he committed tho theft. The circumstances connected with the case went to substantiate this assertion. Ole Oleson Wnrka Ont. Ole Olcflon of Chicago, who will meet Eddie dardner tonight In a twenty-round contest In South Omaha, worked out yes terday afternoon at tho Owl club In this city. Ho went four rounds with Collins, who will appear In one of tho preliminaries tonight, and showed himself in axcollont form. Tho workout was witnessed by a gathering of sports that filled tho club rooms. Kent Enlnte Transfer. These transfers wero filed yesterday In tho abstract, tltlo and loan ofllco of J. W. Squire, 101 Pearl stroct: W. 8. Mnyno and wife to T. II. Ilowon. HW'.i soU neVi and ne'.i soV. tieW 31-70-44. w. d Robert Hlenkly and wife to II. M. Winters, tract between lot 8, block 7. Mynster'fl ndil, nnd lot 1, block IS, Uayllys' 1st add, s. w. d Matlilns Mnsllko anil wife to Clarence M. Andrews, lot 4, block 15, Coch ran's add, w. d Guardian of W. 13. Hnverstock to T. II. Jnmes, lot 1, block 8, Kverott's ndd to C. U., g. d C. A. Hathuwnv nnd W. II. Hkclton nnd wives to William L. Patterson, 800 910 400 8wi b ami sevi soft 6-77-43, w. il 3,700 MarrliiKC I,lrenc. Licenses to wed wero Issued yesterday lo tho following: Name nnd Residence. Ace. J. II. Hakrr, Ilelolt, Kan 22 I,, il. uwen, 1'nrKersuurg, la si J. K. Graham, Omaha 51 a. it. wngnor, sioux city, la 44 Kdward Jackson, Hurllngton, la 30 Coru Owens, South Omuhiv 12 lloimemover Injnred. AUDUHON. la., Jan. 1G. (Special.) I. P. Daker, a housemover of this city, was seriously Injured thin morning. Mr. linker wvs walking behind a team used In wind ing up tho ropo attached to a house which ho was moving when tho douhlotrcco broko and struck him Just above tho knee. Ho was knocked down by tho blow and beforo medical aid could bo summanod It was feared death might res(ult from tho loss of blood. Ho Is In n precarious condition, but bis physician aays there Is hopo of his re covery. ClnthlnK Merchant Fall. OSKALOOSA, Ia Jan. 1G. Fred Bloomer. a' retail clothing merchant of this city, to day filed a petition In bankruptcy. His liabilities aro placed at $59,000 and tho as sets at $32,000. DECAPITATED BODY FOUND Illscnvcred Nenr Hallway Tracks Shortly After Trnln Leave. ROGERS, Neb., Jan. 16. (Special Tele- gram.) Tho body of L. II. Oarrlctta, an In digent carpenter of this place, was found near the railroad depot at this place at 7:40 p. m. last night shortly after, train No. 25 had left the station. Tho body bad been literally beheaded and only fragments of tho head and cap' could bo fouud, Tbo cor oner's Jury found Harrietts was accidentally run over by tho train, exonerating the rail road company. There were no'wltncsscs to the occurrence and tho public opinion rathor defines It as entirely premeditated sctt-destructlcn. Fnll to Herover CoiiNi-louNnc. HARVARD, Nob,, Jan. 1G. (Special.) Edith Ilaln, the young woman who swooned at tho Fastern Star entertainment Tues day evening, died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Her sister, Mrs. William Hlckey, had boon driven quickly from tho station after the arrival of train No. 5 over tho Burlington from Lincoln and reached the bedside just In tlrao to see her In an un conscious condition before death. Mr, and Mrs. Bain wero among tho earliest settlers, having moved to Harvard In 1872. Miss Edith was born hero n fow years later and was a graduate of Harvard public schools In tho class of 1900. Woodmen Dcdlcnte at Tnhle Ilock, TABLE ROCK, Neb.. Jan. 16. (Special.) Tho Modem Woodmen, Table Rock camp No. 992, bad a good time last night dedi cating thoir new hall. Two hundred and fifty persons attended. The Royal Neigh bors were present, ty Invitation, and fam ilies of the members of both orders. Chief Forester L. C. Schurr, with his ten assist ants, all ,ln uniforms, had full charga of tho dining room, and woro ably assisted by various committees. Tho Table Rock Mandolin club played. Cnptnln Underwood' Company. ALLIANCE, Neb.. Jan. 16.-J(SpecIal.) Under tho direction of Captalii Underwood, formerly In tho Third Nebraska regiment, now of Alliance, a company of stato militia was organlxed Monday. The company con sists of fifty members. A. A. Underwood has been nomlnatod caplaln; N. Froh nappee, first lieutenant; J, B. Miller, sec ond lloutonant. Illxnr nud Mnupln Entertnln. TECUMSEH. Nob., Jan. 16. (Special.) Dr. A. U. Blxby of the Nebraska State Journal and Will M. Maupln of the Com moner entertained a largo audience hero last evening. The entertainment was for tho Fcdorated Woman's clubs of Tecumseh and netted 90 Tho money will be used to buy new books for tho city library. Cnnhmuii Say Miller Swindled Hint. KEARNEY, Neb., Jan. 16. (Special Tel cgram.) Jce Miller wbb before Judgo Noilly this morning on n charge of gam bling on complaint of F, C. Cushman of. York, who said Miller had worked hlra for $20, Trial was sot for January 23, tho com plaining witness having left town on a westbound train suddenly. lMatte Connty Printing, COLUMBUS, Neb., Jan. 16. (Special.) The Platte county printing was awarded yesterday to the Columbus Telegram, Platte Center Signal and Humphrey Democrat at one-third legal rate to each, the Nebraska Blene. German, being paid an additional third far rendering the tame aerrlc. Woman's Work in Club and Charity The Mothers' club of tho Tenth Street City mission nas oecome one oi mo encour- aging branches of that work of late. With a membership of twenty-flvo it is meeting regularly every Wednesday afternoon. Snwlnr nnd tho discussion of suhlocts of

Interest occupy tho time. This week there were twenty-six women present, nnd the time was devoted to making a quilt to be sent to one of the mission workers. Tho plan Is to sow for others two meotlngs n,l f- .hom..lvno nvnrv fhlnl montlnc. Cocoa was served this week, adding a pleasant featuro to tho meeting. The boys' Industrial classes have grown so largo that Miss Magce has had to dl- vide them, ono section coming at 10 and the other at 11 o'clock on Saturday morn- Ings. The afternoon after 3 o'clock Is de voted to tho girls. On next Tuesday evening tho Women's Christian Temperanco union will hold a silver Demorest modal contest at the mis slon, In which tho children of the classes will take part. Tbe members and friends of the Margaret Fuller literary of the south branch of the Young Men's Christian association were pleasantly and profitably entortalned on Monday evening by a talk from Mlsa Edith Tobltt on hor recent trln abroad, tho ca- thcdrals of London and tho castles along tho Rhino furnished tho Interesting fea- turcs. Music by Miss Kate Boud com- ploted tho program. "Daniel, tho Temperance Boy," was tho Mrs. Albert Noo and Miss Louise Mci'ncr- subject of the Sunshlno club's blblo lesson son woro appointed a committee to attend this week. A number of books from the to tho printing nnd direction of tho Invlta- public library havo been received for the-jtlons, and all members are requested to use of tho raemters of the club and MIssYpreparo a list of friends that they wish to i.i.nn itortr. hns hnen nnnnlnted llhrarlan recelvo Invitations and submit It to the and Miss Badlo Hutton assistant. A book- case Is very much noeded and the next of- fort of tho club will bo to sccuro one. Tho ottendanco at the association noon rest for tho month past has been 11,013. At R o'rlock on Monday evening tho third of tho series of home culture talks will bo given at tho homo ,of Mrs Bortha Y. MINORITY FOR FREE TRADE nemoernti Secure Dolay on lMilllpplne Turin IHII to Marnhul Their Forces. WASHINGTON, Jon. 16. Tho senate committee on tho Phlllpplno Islands today had under consideration tho houso Philip pines tariff bill, but on tho request of tho democratic members for moro time, ad journed until next Monday without report ing the bill. All tho amendments suggested by tho republican members wero adopted. The most Important of theso amendments re duces to' tho oxtent of 25 per cent tho rnto of duty collected upon Philippine articles coming Into tho United States and also provides for a further reduction equivalent to the export duty charged on such articles when Bhlppcd from tho Philippines. The 25 per cent reduction Is accomplished by providing for tho payment of 75 per cent of tho duty required by the tariff net. Tho provision concerning tho export duty Is

that tho rates or duty wnicn aro requircu thereby to be lovied, collected, paid upon products of the Phlllpplno archipelago com ing into the United States, shall be less than any duty or taxes levied, collected and paid therein upon the exportation thereof from tho Philippine archipelago as pro vided by tho act or- tho United States com mission under such rules and regulations as the secretary of tho treasury may pre scribe. Another amendment permits the employ ment of foreign vessels In tho Inter-Island traffic aa well as In tho traffic between tho United States and tho Islands. Still an other amendment strikes out tho house provision authorizing withholding tho cost of collection of Philippines taxes and du ties, thus reducing tho gross Instead of tho net amount to be deposited In tho special Philippine fund. An adn-lnlstratlon amendment suggested by tho Treasury department was adopted as follows: "Merchandise in bonded warehouso or otherwise In the custody and control of tho officers of tho customs, upon which dutlos havo bee paid, shall be entitled, on shipment to the Philippine Islands within three years from tho date of the original arrival, to a return of tho duties paid, less 1 per cent, and merchandise upon, which dutlos havo not been paid may bo shipped without tho payment of duties to tho Phil ippine Islands within said period, under such bonds and regulations ns may bo pre scribed by tho secretary of tho treasury. Senator Lodge, chairman or tno com mittee, expressed tho opinion, after the committee adjourned, that a report upon tho bill would be secured at tho meeting Monday. Ho also said that the total re duction mado by the committee on Phlllp plno sugar coming Into tho United States would amount to about 35 per cent. The democratic members of tho commit tee did not suggest any amendments, but It is said they will press for a still further reduction of rates. After the committee ndjourncd the dem ocratic members of It held a conference and decided to present a minority report to the senate, recommending that so long os the Phlllpplno Islands remain a part of4he ter ritory of the United States, free trado be permitted between tho Islands and this country, nnd urging that the Islands shall be put upon an Independent footing at as early a day as possible, when they will suggest that the full Dtngley rates be charged on Philippine Imports. The democrats are urging the committee to grant hearings on the bill. RECOINAGE OF HAWAII SILVER Plan to Itrcelve All Snoh Money at Pnr for Hedemptlon Favored by Committee, WASHINGTON, Jan. 1G. Tho bill for tha rocolnago of tbe sllvor coin of Hawaii, In troduced by Representative Hill of Con necticut, was today favorably acted upon by tbo houso committee on cotnago, weights and measures. Some opposition was met with, the democratic members urging that tho stiver dollars should not lose thoir Identity as such by being recolncd Into subsidiary coinage. Tho vote on the bill was S to 3, tho democratic members voting In the negative, The bill as reported provides that all of tho silver coins of Hawaii shall bo re celved at par In payment of government dues to Hawaii or to tho United States, After being rocelved, tho coins Bhall not again be put In circulation, but shall bo sent to San Francisco to bo recolned Into subsidiary silver. The oxpenBe of ship mcnt from Hawaii Is borno by the United States and this Is the only expense In volved. There Is about $975,000 of silver circulating In Hawaii, most of It In silver dollars. ftprtnarer Fight llntterlne Tax, WASHINOTON, Jan. 16. The hearings on the antl-oleomargarlno bills were con tinued before tbe house committee on agri culture today and former Representative William M. Springer of Illinois, for the National Livestock association, spoke In ovpocltton to the large taut proposed to ke Offutt, 140 North Thirty-ninth street, for wnicu tno following program has been ar ranged: Quartet Selected airs, Bunuerinnd, Sirs, my, Mr. Wllklns t nml Mr erKCl. OU1U Mrs. Lester Sunderland. "Music In the Home" rmno 8ol() MVss"MaVgaVe't''ilouVtVrV J''?''" ?0'u ou,u v,""n H11'" Mrs. Allnn P. Klv. Quurtct Selected .Mrs. Sunderland. Mrs. Ely, Mr. Wllklns A lh(j mcmbe-rB o thB Bouth branch aro lnvltC(1 t0 mcct M tho cnapci at 7.30 on Moli(iay nvenln nnd attend thn mn'nr nnu .Mr. uerKeiy. Mr nfrmc. meeting of the Clio club, tho chapter "Universities," from tho book, "Old Eng Tbc Visiting Nurses' association held Its land," being the subject of the afternoon's January mcotlng In tho parlor of the Pax- losson. Tho next meeting will bo held ton hotel yesterday afternoon, fifteen women with Mrs. W. D. Perclval, 1821 Corby street. being present. The month past has been a trying one, pneumonia and typhoid fover patients hav- tng constituted a largo part of tboso cared for. In all, 469 visits were mado, forty-six patients having been cared for. Special nurses were supplied twenty-sevon times, three patients were sent to the hospital and seven to friends, As February 22 lstho anniversary of the association's organization, tbo rest of tho meeting was glvon over to plans for the nnnual celebration to be held at that time, committee. Mrs. T. J. Mahonoy and Mrs. Herbert Rogers were appointed to secure vocal and Instrumental muBlc nnd tho en- tiro executive board will act as the recop- tlon committee. A mcotlng will bo held February 6, wncn tho planB will bo completed. Tho place for tho birthday party haa not as yet been

put upon artificial butter. Ho presented n rovlew of tho forolgn legislation as to oloomargnrlno, showing a moro liberal treatment of this product In foreign coun tries than In the United States. AGREE ON TOTAL EXCLUSION Pacific Const Connressnicn Decide In Favor of I)rnntlc Antl Chlnese Mensnrc. WASHINGTON", Jan. 16. At o largely at tended meeting toAay of Tactile coast sen ators nnd representatives a final determina tion was reached as to tho course to bo pursued on Chinese exclusion legislation and this resolution was adopted: Resolved, That tho Pacific coast senntors and representatives approve the policy and general provisions of tho bill which they have requested Representative Kahn to In troduce In the houso and Senator Mitchell In the senutc, but this shall not nffect tho privilege of any member to perfect the same by amendment. Tbo bill thus to bo Introduced was agreed upon at the meeting. As finally adopted tho InHlllar aftnMnn rnnrla "Thnl rrntn nnd flfter

tho passage of this act the entry Into tbe American mainland territory of tho United States of Chlaeso laborura coming from any of tho insular possessions of the United States shall bo.,absolutely prohibited, and tho prohibition, shall apply to all Chinese laborers as welljas such, as were In such Insular possessions at the tlmo of acquisi tion thereof, respectively by the 'United States, or .to thW who havo como there since and those wha havo beon born there slnco, and those who may come there hore- afler and those who may hereafter be born there."1 The decision arrived at today Is tho re sult of six weeks' consideration of the gen eral subject of Chinese exclusion, tho pur poso bolng to bring all tho Pacific coast Interests together in united support of ono measure. A special committee, with Rep resentative Nowlands of Nevada, chairman, has beon going over the different proposi tions and submitted the result of Its work at tho meeting today. The bill as presented had a clause cover ing tho Chinese coming from tho Philip pines, but tho sentiment at tho meeting was In favor of making tho provision moro sweeping. Tho foregoing amendment was then adopted, tho understanding being that when tho bill was taken up In tho houso and senato somo changes might be pro posed to this section. Tho bill, as a whole, has been framed with a view to making It drastic In every particular, excluding tho Chinese. It com bines tho main features of the measure dratted by tho bureau of Immigration, known as the Kahn bill, and that brought forward by tho Federation of Labor. CONGRESS' POWER ABSOLUTE Authority of Federal Government Over Forest Game Itescrvea Defined hy Knox. WASHINdTO.V, Jan. 16. Attorney den oral Knox, In a letter to Roprcsentatlvo Lacey of lown, chairman of tho commlttco on public lands, bos set forth his vlows as to tho question of federal authority over forest garao preserves within the limits of a state. He quotes many law decisions to show that the power of congress Is absolute to legislate for Its lands within a atato, holding that tho government has the rights of an Individual proprietor, "supplemented with tho power to make and enforce Its own laws for the assertion of thoso rights, for the disposal and the full and comploto management and full protection of Its lands.' He expresses tho opinion that congress may forbid and punish the killing of game on theso preserves, no matter If tbe slayer ii lawfully there and Is not a trespasser. Legislation In accordance with tho opinions expressed is suggestod. Nomination hy the Prealdent. WASHINOTON, Jan. 16. The president today sent tho following nominations to tho senate: Collectors of Customs, David II. Jarvls. Pennsylvania, district of Alaska. Assistant naval constructors to bo naval constructors: H. O. dllmer, Henry d. Smith and Richard M. Watt. Joseph H. Harris, to be postmaster at Kansas City. William KeBslnger, survoyor of customs at tho port of Kansas City, Frank D, Roberts, collector of Internal revenue for tho western district of Mis souri, Major William Warner, United States at tornoy general for western district of Mis souri. Will Command Oregon. WASHINOTON, Jan. 16. Captain Joseph B. Eaton, at preeent captain of the Boston navy yard, has bceen aelected to command the batUeshlp Oregon, which Is now fitting out on the Pacific coast. Tbo ship will bo permanently attached to the Pacific station. Claw an Account of Diphtheria. FARJTAM. Neb-, Jan. lfl. (Special.) Owing to tha prevalence of diphtheria in the adjoining xfllage of Euatla and one or more cases In this town, the authorities today decided to close the public' schools until the dMfcr paaae. announced, but will bo at the next mooting, Mrs. W. W. Keysor will deliver the fourth of her art talks for the benefit of the La dles' Aid society of tho First Methodist church tomorrow evening. "Tho Art Fea tures of Two Oroat Libraries" will bo her subject. Miss Helen Burnham will sing. Tho women of the First Presbyterian church, beginning today, will serve din- president of the Riverside Hereford Cattle ners every Friday noon as tho means of company. Mr. Splcer and wlfo left on raising their share of tho sum voted by the nftornoon train for their home In Mis the Presbyterian women of tho city for tho uourl. entertainment of tho meeting of the Board of tho Northwest to bo hold hore In April, Mrs. E. D. Evans entertained the last Plans for raising money with which to pay the expenses of the Woman's club delegates to the Los Angeles biennial are being discussed. Among these Is tho sug- grstlon that the Dramatic club of Council Muffs repeat, for the benefit of the club, "The Wife," which It recently presented so successfully In Council Bluffs. What- over Is decided upon, the plan will have to bo presented to the directorate, which convenes beforo tho goneral meeting of tho club on Monday, ir some detinue plan can bo rormuiaieti u can no prcscniea nna acted upon at Monday's meeting. If some such plan can bo arranged It will enable tho club to elect delegates who have novcr served or attended a biennial before. In ease no provision Is mado for expenses It wilt necessitate tho club's selecting Its representatives from among women who Intend being present anyway, or elso for- felting their representation, ino rrimary aunaay ecnooi union win mcct at tho First Presbyterian church nt 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. DEMAND FOR COURT'S RECORDS Nnmerou lleqneata Are Made for C'oplea of Illatory of .Schley Inqnlry, WASHINOTON, Jan. 16. Secretary Long has written to the naval committee of tho house, stating that bo has received manv requests from libraries nnd other quarters for copies of tho testimony In tha Schley case. Mr. Long snyn this demand cannot bo met unless congress decides to print tho testi mony, nnd he suggested an edition of 600 copies for tho Navy department nnd a further edition for senators and represent atives. Tho matter haa been referred to Repre sentative Heatwolo of Minnesota, chairman of the printing committee. Representative WatBon of Indiana, chair man of tho commlttco having charge of the Schley bllln and resolutions, said today there was no purpose on his part to avoid consideration of these measures. He bad expressed tho personal view, ho said, that It waa Inadvisable for congress to go Into tho question, but slnco theso measures were referred to his committee they would be acted upon on thoir merits. Mr. Watson said the committee felt that tbe members of the Maryland delegation and' other friends of Admiral Schtoy first should reach aa agreement as to what particular measure they wanted the committee to consider, as It would be Impossible to go Into all the different plana proposed. Moreover, said Mr. Watson, It would bo difficult for the committee to tako Intelli gent action until It bad access to tho testi mony taken by the court of inquiry, aa it hardly would feel warranted In forming conclusions on 'the individual opinion of members, unsupported by any knowledgo of the testimony, except what was gathered from fragmentary publications on tbe sub ject. LINCOLN MAN IS CONFIRMED li. I.. Llndny'N Appointment n Snr veyor of Cnatom Acted on by Senate. WASHINOTON, Jan. 16. The senato to day confirmed the following nominations: U L. Lindsay, to bo surveyor of customs at Lincoln, Nob. J. R. A. Crossland, minister and consul general to Liberia. HYMENEAL I'nlne-nentley. ORAND ISLAND, Neb., Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) Miss draco Nowcomb Dentloy and Bayard II. Paine wero married at 6 o'clock last evening at the homo of tho brldo's parents, 700 West Second street. The cere mony was a simple one, witnessed only by the members of the two families. To tbo wedding march from "Lohengrin," played by Miss Callle Thompson, the bride and groom advanced to a bower of smllax and palms, and sof( music continued whllo tho vows wore pledged. Rev. Wilbur Wallace Carr of tbo First Methodist church and Rev. H. H. Millard, presiding elder of tho Grand Island district, performed the cere mony. After the wedding dlnnor Mr. nnd Mrs. Paine left on tho 9 o'clock train for i Denver. The wedding journoy will be to BLOOD POISON w f&.J3aK bbi a r. w MAHTKIl HIMCCIAI.IST. 1 1 L 1 W do not treat all Heaen, bat vm enrr all ve treat) n r trrnt mrn only ami i-uro them lo nitty cured. ffr cure to lx rnrrd Varicocele, Stricture, l.ont Manhood, Atrophied r .Shrunken Organ, Nyiihllltln lllnod Iolnn, Nnrvo-gexnal Debility, Itiintiirc, Kill lie) I rlnnry )lnpn-, nml all associate diseased 'nnd weaknesses of men. Wo charge nothing for prlvnto counsel and glvo to ouch patient a LKHAf COHTKACT to hold for ou, promises. Is It not worth your whllo to Investigate u cum that has made life anew to multitudes of mon? If you cannot call at our otllce, write your symptoms fully. STATE ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE, I30B Farnam Street, Between 13th and It4h Streets-, Omaha, Nebraska. E&a" San Diego, The bride Is daughter of Charles F. Bcntlcy, cashier of tho First National bank, and the groom Is court re porter for Judgo J. It. Thompson. Ho Is also a member of the Oram! Island Hoard of Education nnd of the public library board. .MliTr-lluniilir. ASHLAND, Neb., Jan. 16. (Special. )--James F. Splcer of Hrcckenrldge, Neb., and Miss Elizabeth M. Humphrey wero married Wednesday noon nt tho homo of the bride north of Ashland by Ilev. Leo Hunt. Tho brldo Is the dauchter of Henry i Humphrey and sister of William Humphrey. K0HLSAAT LEAVES SANCTUM Iletlren from IMIIornlilp of lterortl Ilrrnlil nnd In Niu-oeeiW-ri liy l'rnnk II, ii)m, CHICACO, Jan. 16. Tho Ilccord-Hcrald tomorrow will publish the following an nouncement, signed by Mr. II. II. Kohlsaat With this Issue of tho Record-Herald I wish to announce that 1 havo turned over ltn editorship and entire business manage ment to Frank H. Noyes, who, as pub lisher, has been associated with mo Mncc tho consolldntion of the two papers taut April. Ily this step I seek release from thoso exacting duties which for seven yenrs have engrossed my time to the neg lect of other mutters nnd Interests, which M0W demand n larger share of my personal attention. I wltli tlio i"ocoV5lf"raltV m iirol- dent of thi company nnd owner of over 00 per cent or us siock. It Is it Hotirca of the greatest gratltlcatlou to mo to bo nlde to commend Mr. Noyes to tho goodwill nnd eonlldenco which has been so generously nnd loyally extended to mo. I could not testify my own high apprecia tion of his sterling worth moro unequivo cally innn uy tno great trust wnicli I hereby surrender Into his hands. DEALERS WANT RECIPROCITY Implement nnd Vehicle Men Indorse Pending Treaty with Frnnce. KANSAS CITV, Jan. 16. Tho Western Retail Implement nnd Vehicle Dealers' con ventlon today adopted tho following resolu tion: Wo heartily Indorse tho movement for reciprocity nnd urge tho senators from I ho west to voto for the conllrimitlon of tho French reciprocity treaty now pending bo fore the Vnlted States senate, believing such action Im for tho best Interest of the farmers, dealers and manufacturers. Carnegie Offer nt Fremont, FREMONT. Neb.. Jan. 1G. (Special.) A special meeting of tho city council was bold last evening for the purposo of con sidering tho proposition of Andrew Carnegie to donate to tho city tho sum of $16,000 for a library building, provided tho sum of $l,C0O ,t year Is raised for its malntenanco and a suitable slto furnished. Tbo coun cllmcn were unanimously In favor of ac cepting tbo offer and an ordinance waa or dered prepared Increasing tho levy for li brary purposes to rnlso tho necessary amount. Tbo question of a elte was dis cussed nnd somo dlffercnco of opinion waa manifested. Tho city attorney held that tho council had no authority to locate the building In tho park, as had been contem plated by mtny citizens. Tho present city library, which was opened to tho public In September, 1b being exceptionally well pa tronized, a much' larger number of books being drawn than was anticipated. Divide on Pnrty Line. FRANKFORT, Ky.. Jan. lG.-The house today, after a spirited dobatc, adopted a resolution commendatory of Admiral Schlev. The republicans opposed that portion of tho resolution which condemned the court of inquiry that sat In tho Schley cose and rofused to voto when tho roll was called. All of tho seventy domocrats present voted for tbe resolution. Lincoln Preacher for Fremont, FREMONT, Neb., Jan. 16. (Special.) At a meeting of tho Congregational church last evening a motion was unanimously ndopted extending a call to Rev. John Doaue of Lin coln to accept the vacant pantorato of tho church as tho successor of Rev. W. M. Buss, who resigned In October. Henry Wracnmp I.nar mi Arm. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Jan. 16.-(Spo-clnl.) Henry Wescnmp, son of Joseph Wes camp, had his left hand caught In a corn shreddor at Floyd Harsbman'e placo nnd It was so badly lacerated that tho phy sicians found it noccsaary to amputate bis arm at tho elbow. .South Dnkotn Sillier Killed. CUSTER, 8. D., Jan. 16. Thomas Mills and Honry Oronfoldt, minors, woro killed today by tho prcmaturo cxploslou of a blast In the Wabash mine, drcnfeldt left a family In Cornwall, England, and Mills' family arrived In Now York today from tho old country. Lumbermen In HeNlon. MINNEAPOLIS, Jnn. IG.-The North western netall Lumbermen'H association today elected tho following officers: Presi dent. C. II. Ross, Sioux Falls, S. D.: vlco president. F. II. Munn. Ames. In.; direc tors. O. C. Sarles, lllllsbornugli, N. I).; II. n. Greef, Kldorn, lu,, and John D. Youi,g. Fnlrmount, Minn. Mortality Stntlstlcn. Hlrths Charles Younce, 3320 Ruggles boy, Thomas Flynn, Eighteenth nnd Hor lie. uuj, i-iinv .aii, nOUin Eighteenth, girl: L. Romano. 1218 South Twelfth, girl; H. Abrahamson, 2015 Iznrd, girl: W. P. Marrow. 551 Smith Thirty- fourth, gin: James uwart, zaw Ohio, iclrl: yv. E. linker, 118 North Eighteenth, boy. These Are Your On account of Its frightful hldeouBnoss, Byphllltlo lllood i-ui'uii m uiiiiiiniiiiiy uhiicu ma King n may on nereuiinry or coniriir.tcii. linen (hn nvHiotn la tainted with it. tho dlseasa mnv hi HcroiiiiH. eczema, n numnnc eriiimuiin r i:uiier-coiorei npoiH on racii or noiiy, lime Ulcers In the mouth or on tha toinrun. Hnrn thrnut. Hwnllxn (unmix, iiiniiiK uui oi me nair ii'Iniu8-iiKe necay ot me noun OUR ELECTRO-MEDICAL TREATMENT Imnrovcs tho natlent from the. irenimnni inr iiinon I'niHon in ino worn nnu is onuorbeu ny nnd lO.irolifi It enntnlriH rin medicines or nnv Kind. it cno uiHPHHe. nnu romex out m-nrv nvcrv xlcn nnrl Hvmntnm illniinneiirH cnninlotcly and forever. 1 'inn ninnii. inn tikhui. inn uvh pm nrn plpnnHf.il. nttrlnprl ami me patient preparerj unow ot 1110. aw. Consultation Free and Confidential RESULT OF CLASSIFICATION Stats Icsstctor tf Kith Eciodi Itlimi Thtj Art Eincla1. INVESTIGATES OMAHA ALGEBRA SECTION! Find Hint Slow .Section I. earn te Complete Almoat n Much Work mm Section Which Lend the t'lrntM. J. W, Crabtreo of Lincoln, state Inspectoi of high schools, Is In Omaha Inspecting thi High school. Mr. Crnbtree visited tho loea High school several months ngo nnd has re turned to continue his Investigation of thi classification of pupils In sections accord' Ing to their ability. "I have boon much Intorcstod In tht Omaha plan of classifying pupils aecordlni to tho grade of work they do," said Mr Crnbtree. "Somo time ago I selected somi algebra sections In the Omaha High school and have been watching their work verj carefully for tho purpose of finding out what effect tho now system has on tho pu plls In the poorer section of tho class. 1 am particularly Interested In the work oi tho pupils who do not get on well In school Tho successful pupils do not need much at tention. Tho progress which tho algebrs crctlona I havo been watching havo mad Is gratifying nnd speaks well for the sys. tern of classification which Mr. Waterhousi has put Into elfect. At first tho algebrs sections I was watching wont very slowly They wero lnndo up largely of pupils whe did uot scorn to hnvo a propor,conceptloti of tho letters and signs of higher mathemat ics. Tho pupils havo been Increasing thelt paco slowly, and I was surprised to find thnt several of tho slow sections havo com pleted almost as much work ns tha ssctlnni which lead tho class. "Educators thought nt fllst that the plat of separating tho children according to tht grades thy niako would enable the bright to do moro work nnd would discourage lh dull pupils hy branding them ns dullards This certainly has not boon tbe result It tho algebra sections I havo been InvostlgU Ing. 1 do not know from my own p-r-sonnl observation what tho p'.nn hni worked with classes In other subjects. M tlmo for Investigation In Omoha was lim ited and I confined my visits to tho algebra classes, ns tho mathematics usually give moro trouble than other subjects. "The Omaha High nchool Is doing work of a very high order. It Is always a pleas uro to visit n school which Is so well equipped nnd has such a thoroughly ex perienced teaching force. Tho work ol the Omaha pupils who como to the uni versity Is very satisfactory. Tho length of terms is longer lu Omaha than In most Ncbrnska high schoolB and tho work Is In tho hands of specialists who can advnn'e thoir pupils very rnpldly. Tho result It that Omaha High school graduates always enter tho university without conditions and In somo courses they are able to got col lego credits for work done In tho Hlah school. Many of tho Omaha students flnMh thoir university work in three nnd one-halt years." When nsked for on expression concerning tho complaints which are bolng mado that high schools prepare for universities rather than for life, Mr. Crabtrce said: "Nebraska peoplo nro nut complaining becnusu tho high schools of tho stato and tho university nro co-operating. Such' complaints come from stntcs where Institutions of higher ed ucation seek to dlctnte what shall be taught In preparatory schools. In Nebraska tho university moots tho ,hlgh schoola half way nnd Hceks to nrrango Its courses so they will conform with those of high schools In which subjects nre taught which tho pub Ho demands, "Thero tins boen a wonderful Improve ment In the high schools of Nebraska dur ing tho Inst few years. Laboratories and librnrlos nro being provided In towns which scarcely seem to bo lnrgo enough to support n woll-equipped high school. Tho public Is demnndlng that every city of 1,000 or over shall havo u four-ycur high school course. In somo parts of the stato there has been a slight demand for a commercial course of two years and othor variations from th regulation high school curriculum, but such courses hnvo been u failure." $5.00 A MONTH SPECIALIST in All, Diseases and Disorders of Men 10 years In Omaha VARICOCELE and HYDROCELE cured. Method new, without cdtttug. oJu jc loaf of time. CV DUII ifltcuredrorllfeandtbepolsoa airnil.O thoroughly cleansed from tbe system. Soon every Men and symptom disappears completely and forever. No "BREAKING OUT" ot tbe disease on tha skin or face. Treatment contains no dangerous drugs or injurious meatcln. WEAK MEN from Excesses or Victim tO NIHVOUS DEBILITY Or KXHJCSTION, Wastwo Wbakmicss with Kahly Dsoay in Yonifo and Middle Aosd. lack of Tim. Tlvor and strength, with organs Impaired and weak. I STRICTURE cured with a sew Horns i Treatment. No pain, no detention from utinP nets. Kidney and madder 'Croublts. CssssllltkM ffii. frtStmiit ly Mill. Call on on or address 1 19 go. 4th St, Dr. Searles 4 Searles. OoiiIilu Neb. "I cure Blood Poison by my Original Per fected System of Anti-Toxins Treatment, thus avoiding the horrible effects of poison ous drugs." Symptoms: ot nil vonoroni iliseaes, mnnlfpHt Hxnir In ilin fnrm nains. miir or Hwniinii mints. or oyonrows, ana unuiiy a una nones. verv hcuinnlnir. Our special nriictipiiiiv inn return m my i me nest pnyHicians oi America i ilimuornim iIi-uuh or Injurious I in ino verv noiiuni in inu niiriiciii nr lniuuriiv. nnun hhhii. inn iinni-H nnu inu wuuioi nnrl rpHtnrtHl 10 nt-naci neunn 1 lor mo milieu nnu luuitourKHi Cllttcn UiiurH 8 n. m. to 8 p, m. Hun day it 10 a m. lo 13 in, i

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TJTE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JANTATtY IT, 1902. Jap Rose Soap one sixth pure glycerin, is ex quisite and delightful. These qualities are the result of simple purity and extreme care in manufacture. It has the delicate odor of, spring-time flowers. Soothing to an irritated skin; it makes bathing a pleasure. 00 JAMES S. KIRK COMPANY CUMMINS IN OFFICE (Continued Irom First Paso.) nt pur, In mono', before It Ih authorized to transact luminal". Tlio kciiIjh for decep tion Imm loo often been accepted ns IckiiI tender for stock nnd It should bo declared tho coiintnrfflt It l. The evil of nver ninltnllxutlnn hns ntill nnnthcr serious iiIiiim'. It furnishes mi lllenltlinato niotlvo for excexslvo prlceH. It Ih perfectly natural for tlio mannRerft of n corporutlon ni owm lzed to endeavor o pay dividends not only upon tlio real capital Invested In tho biisi- tlio property tlioy ncqu!ro Ih iih k wnicn represents it. news, tint also upon tlio baseless stock which represents nothing but tho nudnclty of prnnloters nnd tho weakness of the law. I bollcvo the question Is n national one nnd Hint tho tlmn bus come to nationalize It. 1 recognlzo tho dlltlculty of amending tlio constitution of tho United Htntcs: but t Know that whenever tho people nro stifll (tlently In earnest It can nnd will bo done, lie foro corporatlotiH which aro to do busi ness thrnilKhont tho country nnd In which tho people; ot one Btnto nro quite as much Interested as the people of another nro permitted to organize they should be com-. polled to snow mai uicir cupiim biuck nas been pnld for In money nnd that tho renl viuun oi urn pin great ns tlio stoc '1'arllf, Labor nnd Lobbyists. Governor CiimmlnKB touched on tho topic nt protcotlvo tnrllT brlolly, reiterating former public expressions. In which ho had ndvocated a readjustment of duties to the end that their operation bo made moro equitable' nnd American consumers bo glvon equal udvantaKcs with foreigners In tho matter of prices, i Tho relations of labor and capital ho thought such us to require somo sort of loxtMlntlnnWbUtP'lhnt' tlio matter Is ono for the national congress to deal with. Coriiorntlons ltavo many rights nnd priv ileges nnd should bo protected In the en joyment of all. lint amonsr them Is not the privilege to sit In political conventions or occupy seats In leBlslntlvo chambers. Corporations, ns hucii, annum bo rigorously exciiineu. in every form from participation .In political nffnlrs. lloro at least the rich and the poor, iih Individuals, should meet upon a pluno of absolute equality. Tho conscience and littclllgoneu of the natural man must bo tho solo factors In determining what our laws shall bo and who shall executo them. At this point I must be permitted to re fer specifically to one phase of corporate Interference that ought speedily to dis appear undr the righteous Indignation of honeHt men Tilt professional lobbyist has, I regret to pay, become ono of tho feature" of legislative, assemblies. Ho has become ti stench In the nostrils of u decent com munity, and ho ouaht to bo driven with the lash of scorn, pursued by tho penalties of tho law, from tho presenco of every otllelal nnd from the precincts of every legislative body In tlio republic. Do not tmderstnnd tno to suggest that the halls of legislation should bo Inaccessible to either the Indlvldunl or tho corporation Tho right Of natltlon Is ns sacred bb It Is venerable, unit through It the wants, ob jections or complaints of nil who nre In terested In public nffnlrs should bo made known with absolute freedom: not only so, but tho right to n fair and Impartial henrlmr before appropriate committees should bo sedulously preserved. Tho lob byist, jhowover, who Is for anything or ngalnst anything for hire, whoso mission It Is to promote one menatirn or defent another, who haunts the chambers of legis lation nnd mints Its iitmosphcrd with his corrupt designs, who sends for members for' Interviews In the cloak room, who carries a tally sheet- nnd watches the roll call, who shadows the members nt their homes and hotels, injectlnu at nit hour nnd nil places bin poison Into the public service, Is a orlmlnnl wIiobo approach Is an Insult, nnd to whom the doors of tho cnpltol should never uwlng Inward. Kven ns Christ scourged tho money chnngcrrf .from the temple, nt Jerusalem, so you, senators and representatives, will scourge tho lobbyist from your Bight nnd hearing. lleform nnd'!nfyeH" I.mvs. "I bellovo lhat there Is no economic ques tion that Jma been so Inadequately answered as tho ono relating to taxation," said Gov ernor Cummins, And' proceeded! The fact thut our present lnw minting to tha Assessment nnd collection of taxes' Is Imperfect should not discourage tho gen eral assembly from attempting to remedy Its defects. It Is not likely thnt Justice can ever bo completely done, but ench year will shed new light for our guldanco and every general usanmlily should cour ageously undertake to make the law n more perfect exemplification of tho princi ple upon which u ih loiiuuen. The most flagrant defect In tho execution f our takmc law Is disclosed In the escape of so Inrgo a part of tho personal property within our Jurisdiction from the vlow of the assessor. The plan which ban been recently adopted to bring It to light can noi no snui 10 no permanent 111 iih ennrae eventually ter and county must be somo entrusted oltlcer of tho with tho duty that contractors now perform. Final relief will como, I bellovo, first from tho gradual growth of a sentiment that the tnx dodger Is an unworthy citizen. There ought to be, and will bo, a quickened conscience that makes tho duty of the taxpnyor liiucn plainer than It now Is nnd that will com mnnd the truth nnd sincerity In dealing with tho nsessor that Is practiced In all other business matters. I bollcvo further that there ought to bo Imposed n reasonable penalty upon the falluro to list tnxnblo property. From tho standpoint of high morals, the taxpayer forfeits his title to property which he wilfully conceals and there Is no stringency of legislation which would, in such cases, InVudo natural right. Tho severity of tho pcnultv should be de termined with referonco to the practica bility of enforcing tho law, nnd If we hnd appropriate legislation along theso lines I doubt not thut It would nld mntcrlnlly tho development of a sense of duty to tho stnto which seems now, with many persons, to be dead or dormant. My observntlon reveals another wenkness which may well engngo the attention of tho genernl nssembly. A cusuul examination of the reports of the State Hoard of Hevlew shows that many of tho nssessors of Iowa sadly mlstnkc their duty. It Is probably true that personal property falls to bear lis Just mensure of tnxntlon, partly through tho wenkness or tho connlvnnce, or both, of nssessors; but tho more' sorlous charge to bo brought ngaltiHt them, or some of them, Is their dlsobedicnco of the ntntuto which requires thnt the true value of prop erty shall bo mado tho basis of Its nsscs sable vnluo. In my Judgment, the compen sation provided for nssessors Is much too low, nnd us la usual when economy of thnt kind provulls, mnny of them do not earn the meager salary which they law nllows. Tim effort to mnko tnxntlon Just nnd uni form begins with the nssessor, nnd tho general nssembly ennnot render n grcnter service to tho state than by diligently Inquiring- whether there Is any method of se lecting nssessors thnt will be likely to yield better results thun nre now before us. While It Is not within the provlnco of this address to mako specific recommondutlons to the legislature, I earnestly hopo that in tho1 midst of other duties the twenty-ninth genernl nssembly will llnd tlmo to consider this vltnl point in our system of taxation. Iliillroml Taxation. No discussion of 'the subject would bo complete without a roferenco to the taxa tion of railroad property. Tho policy of our iuw which nas created a distinct, tribunal for tho nscertnlnmcnt of the vnluo of the rntlrondH of the Mute, naturally Introduces a comparison between tho values nsslcneil to other property. Thoso whoso property Is valued by nssessors, subject only to iv limited revision by the Stnto Hoard of He- view, nave nn unuouDteu rignt to demand mat tne executive council, tho assessing uoaru xur nuiwiiv iironenv, hiiiiu ho ner. form Its duty that tho, railway cornorat bus shall pay their Just nnd proportionate shnro or taxes; or, to pnruso it Ultlorently, thnt the assessable value of railroad property Bhall bear the sumo relation to its true vnlue that the asscssnblo value of other property upon the tax list bears to Its true value. I believe that tho dlfllcultles in ns. certulnlng tho vnluo of a railroad aro not luuy understood or appreciated, it is com pnratlvely easy to fix, with approximate accuracy, tho vnluo of n farm, or of llvo stock, but It Is not ensy to tlx the vnluo of ii railroad, and especially of that part of a railroad which lies In this state and which is mil a portion or a system extend In r through many states. Nevertheless the work must be done, nnd It should bo done so mar, as nearly as Human power tun iiccunipiisn n, justice is uono Do in to tho rnllrond company and to tho general taxpayer. Ainny plans nave been sug gested und some have been adopted In other states, which would. If adopted here, relievo tho executive council of tlio discre tion or Judgment which It now exercises. 1 have not been able to perceive tho merit cinmied jor incm, in any or tneso plans null mnrnnvpr It mn v .wntl hn ilntihtA. whether, under our constitution, nnv nlun Is uvnllnblo which destroys, the discretion and Judgment of the assessing board nmi Its right to give due weight to all the ele ments or taeiors wnicn, ny tne common consent or tno business community, enter tho question of value. I, therefore, do not advocate a chango In tho Jaw which would tuko away from the cxecutlvo council tho uuiy oi expressing ns nonest conviction, after Having nought anil obtained all the information ncccHslblo to it. I do, how ever, believe that there. are amendments to uio law which, 11 mime, would greatly facilitate the work of the executive ennn. ell nnd render Its conclusions moro Just and certnin. The three great factors to be tnken Into account In determining the valuo of a railroad are: First, Its physical con- tiiuuu, neetmu, iih grure -earnings, nnd, third. Its net enrnings. Passing th ftrwi concerning which tho executive emim-u now uuunuum nuinoriiy to acquire all tho Information that exists relating to It. I come to gross earnings. With respect to n railroad that begins und ends In the stnto of Iown, there Is eomparntlvely little dlfll culty;, but with respect to n railroad which owns or operates n system extending through two .or moro states, the ascertain ment of tho gross enrnings of that part of tho property lying within thin state Is most imperfectly provided for. Very much tho larger part of tho railroad property In Iowa Ih owned nnd operated by companies with lines extending through other states, and their property In this state Is used ns n part of a system. Tho business dono upon these railroads Is divisible Into four classes; First, that which originates nnd ends In the state of Iowa; second, that which originates In lawn nhd terminates elsewhere: third, that which originates else-" where nnd terminates In Iowa; fourth, that which neither originates nor terminates In Iowa, but Is carried over somo nnrt of the state. It Is manifest that with regard to all the business save that which originates and terminates In the stnto there must, In order to nscertaln the gross earnings within this stntc, be established a basts of division; and thnt I believe should he the work of tho legislature nnd not of the executive council. The basis of division being known It Is then clear thnt In order to do Justice there must be a uniform system of ac counts kept by the railway companies so thnt their reports will furnish tho same Information, computed In the same manner, irom encn company, ino executive coun oil has no nuthorlty to so require, and the remedy Is In tho hands of the Kcnernl ns sembly. With such amendments, nnd with iRitimii reports, tne assessing uosra couin nsccrtnln, with reasonable nccuracy, the gross earnings of a railroad property in this state. ".Vet Enrnlna;" n Vngiip Phrase. With respect to net enrnings, the Inade quacy of the low Is still more apparent, I hnvo much reason to bellovo that the phrase, "not earnings,' has different mean ings with tho various railway companies. What should be deducted from the gross earnings, In order to arrive nt the net earnings, ought to be declared by statute; and such uniform accounts should bo kept by railway companies as will enable them to make their reports upon n common basis. With net enrnings, ns with grois earnings, it is palpable that with respect to thoso railway companies which hnvo systems doing business In two states or more there must tic some rule ndopted for the division of the cost of maintenance and operation by the law. With tho gross and net earnings thus ascertained, many of tho obstacles In tho wny of a Just, assessment would disappear. I am heartily In nccord with ho proposal to make rnllrond assessments In July In stead or March; thnt Is to say, nt tho time when the cxecutlvo council has under re view tho assessment of other kinds of prop erty. I favor such chango In the law for two reasons: First, becnusa It will enable thn executive council to have more fully beforo It tho general basis of assessment of oilier property, ana to put tno rnuroaa nronertv tinon the snme hnsln: second, bo- cuiiso tho time between tho coming in of the reports from tho rnllwny companies nnd tho tlmo at which tho assessment must bo mado, Is Inadequate for tho work that must bo done. The executive council should hnvo the nmplcst opportunity, not only to cxnmluo tho reports thcmsolves, but If such rennrtx frill tn disclose nil the Information which tho executive council should havo In ordor to fully nnd fairly discharge Its iliitv It nmrht tn seek thnt Information from otner sources.' aiy unni tnougni in llila rnnnrnllnn Is flint the executive Coun cil should hnvo the power to employ, If ilnemnd neeessnrv. nn expert accountant. and norm ro through runner inquiry tno ractn which tho reports muy fall to dls close. HDUNS ON THE WARPATH Thru Imdiai rttawttUi Tmem Ulobiftn Tain. WHITE MEN TAKE REFUGE INDOORS Iteil Skins Demand I'nymeiit for l.nke Front I.nnd In Chleimo Which Is Withheld for Their Gnnrdlnnx. DOWAQIAC, Mich., Jan. 16. Three hun dred Pottawnttamle Indians aro on a ram- Pago tonight and are besieging Leo llros.' bank, which they threaten to break open It they are not paid the money they expected to receive todny for signing over tneir claims to lake front land In Chicago. Many ot the Indians aro armed. The town marshal has sworn In n number of deputies. All other citizens aro keeping Indoors, fearing to leave their housos. Tho Indians came to town todny to get 138,000 which was to bo paid tbepi by an agent of a Chicago syndicate to 'yrhlch tlicy havo signed over their power of attorney to act In tho lako front land case. Tho Indians were to havo received J100 each. Just as tno agent was about to lisuo tho money an order was received from tho nrnhnti ln.lirn nf the county Instructing him to mako payment only to tho guardians of tho Indians. Tho Judgo feared tho In dians would spend the money In saloons nnd after becnmlnc Intoxicated cause trouble. Every ono la hoping that tho In dlans will grow quieter as tho night wenrs on. If any attempt should bo made to wreck the bank a serious conflict Is sure to follow. Concluding Ilecommendatlons, In conclusion, tho now governor nsconv monds an appropriation for tho state's par Iteration in tho St. Louis exposition, and commends tho various state educational In stitutions to tho legislature. Ho partlcu' larly asks support for tho Agricultural col lego nt Ames. Action to amend tho law In regard to negotiable instruments Is also urged. Tho governor ended with these words! Senators nnd representatives, I conclude my first utterance as nn officer or tno state with the thnuuht often exnressed but never exhnusted. It Is tho quality of our men and women tnnt nas maue tno re public of tho United States great, power nil mill tirnfmeroiiH. iinuniirm ns t'rovi donee has been, her treasures would still bn unexplored and undeveloped had not the manhood nnd womnnhood of America towered nbovo the standard of other na tions. If wo would preserve nnd Increnso the honors we nlrondy wenr wo must see to It that no child shall bo born without hono: no bov or iclrl mature without cure, nnd no mnn or woman dlo without oppor tunlty. Property must hnvo its protection, but men und women nre worth moro thnn iroperty, even-nnnnea justice, ami, to tno est of this, the dlvlnest attribute of hu inanity. lot us executive act. bring every leglslntlvo or the head of tho procession, galloped It around tho room several times, yelling, Cut the nlr at tho othor end; set tho brakes!" A member of the family called nn officer nnd llnlpln was taken from his train and given a rldo In tho patrol wagon. WELL PLEASEDWITH WEATHER One XclirnsUnit Who Is AVIIIIpw to I.et 1'riiTldrncp Ilrnl with Mrtvor uliiRlenl Condition. "Don't you bellovo nny report you hear about tho range not being good out In our country," said John Dlemcr ot Hyannls, Neb., at tho Merchants hotel last night. "I nm fecdlnc 2,300 head out thord and others aro feeding almost ns many, and wo don't have to uso much hay to pleco out with, for thcro Is plenty of moisture In tho ground and wo had wet snow as late ns tho 4th of this month. Wo could get nlong very well without nny more precipi tation until grass starts In tho spring, but thero Is advantage1 In having somo enow on the ground ns It wards against prntrlo fires and tho cattlo are healthier when they nose In It, "Last summer and this winter havo both been satisfactory in our part ot the coun- ry, but I wouldn't kick any If they had not been, for I nm hot running the weather. And that Is another good thing, tor I can not Imagine anything worso than to allow Nebraskans tho prlvllego of selecting their own weather. Wo never agreed on any thing and It wo each had a say-so In tho matter ot climate thcro wouldn't be two blocks In any town In the stnto having tho enmo kind ot weather nt tho snme tlmo ot tho day." Water May be Hard or Soft, Cold, Warm or Hot Lathers Freely AT ALL TIMES Specially prepared Ox-Gall, removes dirt without injuring fiber of the goods. Sets the colors, leaves woolens un shrunken, soft, just like new. You will appreciate an Ox- Gall Soap after you have once used it. Your dealer sells it. Cudoma Booklet tent upon request. THE CUDAHY PACKINQ CO., Omiha...Kinus City. Tho Inaugural party returned to the state house In tho order 'In which It bad pro ecoded thence, and the two houses sepa-. rated nhd each held a short session. Inauguration day exorcises; closod this evening with, a brilliant reception by Gov ernor nnd Mrs. cummins at tno stato nouso, Tho capltol was brightly Illuminated and gaily decorated tor the occasion and several thousand persons attended. Former Gov ernor Shaw stood at the head of tho re ceiving lino and presented tho guests to Governor Cummins. Mrs. Shaw nnd Mrs Cummlna wero next tn lino, and othors present wero: .United Stntcs Senators Al llson and Dolllver, Lieutenant Governor, and Mrs, Harriott, Speaker and Mrs. Eaton Secretary ot State nnd Mrs. Martin, Audi tor of Stato and Mrs. Merrlnm, Treasurer of Stato and Mrs. Gllbcrteon, tho supremo Judges nnd wives, Attorney General Mul- lan. Clerk of Court Jones, Stato Superin tendent llarrctt and the commissioners and their wives. Tho reception lasted until nearly mid night. I.cKlslntlvo Ilnalneaa, Dut little was dono In either houso this morning, tho legislators preferring to await permanent organization. The house went on record as favoring a strictly business BCBBlon by tho adoption ot tho resolution Introduced by Mr. Kendall, leader on the floor, in favor ot requiring that all appro prlatlon bills shall bo Introduced prior to February 20 next, and that none shall be considered that aro Introduced after that tlmo unices by a voto ot three-fourtbe ot tho houso. This Is for tho purpose ot get ting borore the appropriation committee at tho earliest moment all tho measures which provldo for expenditures. Complaint was made by old members that two years ago mnny appropriation bills came In late and wero not duly considered. A mall carrier for tho legislature was appointed and J, II. Wilson of Adair county was eelccied. In tho Bonato tho following resolution was Introduced by Senator Harrtman: Resolved, Thnt our sincere thnnks bo nnd tho snmo nro horeby most cordially.' ten dered Lieutenant Governor Mllllmnn for tho able, eillclent nnd kindly manner in which ho has .presided during the. opening days of the twenty-ninth general nssembly. We recognize tho.t hn '.rjossewes the ln rilsiiMislble attributes of a vnluablA nuhlln .olllccr, among; which are jionesty, ability Ullll lUllllluilli'Ba. Realising that hla duties nn president ot this sennto will terminate this day we ex tend to him our good wishes for hlB fu ture prosperity and happiness. Words of personal thanks and compliment wero Bpoken by Senators Junkln, Hall, Dlnnchard, Garst, Crosslcy nnd others, and tho resolution was passed unanimously. Delivers Uuvcl tn llerrlott. Whon tho senato reconvened after tho In auguration recces, Lieutenant Governor Mllllman briefly expressed to that body his thanks for tho compliment paid him nnd the senators personally, and delivered tho gavel to his successor as presiding omcor of the senate. Mr. Herrlott on taking bis seat said: In entering upon tho duties of this high oiilco with which the suffrages of my fel low citizens have honored mo It Is both a duty nnd a pleasure to acknowledge the uniform courtesy extended me by your re tiring president, Llcutcnnnt Governor J, C. Mllllmnn nnd by tho members of the senato In the Incoming days ot the session. Even though 1 have not been ublo always to In dicate n favorable response to your re quests or desires your courtesy has, not withstanding, been no less considerate. It Ih, I nssuro you, my sincere wish that my conduct as your presiding officer will not nllenato your goodwill. It Is, however, but prudence for mo to nsk for leniency In your Judgments, ns it hns fallen ro my lot to be concerned with InisIneHs nffnlrs and administrative duties and but little with parliamentary bodies and their nroceduro, If, therefore, it hap pens that 1 occasionally go fnr nfleld In my rulings I nsk that the presumption of good Intention bo uccorded me. I slfSIl do my best to expedite business nnd deal fairly with you nnd among you. After brief sessions both houses ad journed for the day. A recess will be taken tomorrow until noxt Tuesday. It Is ex pected that at thnt time the committees wll be announced by the presiding officers In both houses and work on tho bills 'will bo commenced In earnest. SHOT FIRED BY ERNEST LACEY Hotel I'urter'N Cnrelcaancsa rtfsponal- Me for HhontlnR nt Mttle Freeman Illcc. Froeman Rice, 6-ycar-old eon of Frank Rico, who it wns thought shot himself in tho Hafker hotel Wednesday night, was shot by Ernest Lncoy, a porter, in whose room tho accident occurred. Until yoster- day afternoon tho little fellow had mnuo no statement ns to how tho snooiing oc curred. About 6 o'clock ho regained con sclousneaa nnd stated that ho had been shot accidentally by "a boy In a striped sweater." Last night tho boy's statement was communicated to tho pollco and Scr eennt Domosey and Qmcer Dan Raldwln were detailed on tho case. Lncey was arrested at the Crolghton theater and confessed to tho shooting. Ho said! "I had Just finished dressing pre paratory to going out for tho ovunlng and was standing In front of tho dresser exam ining an old revolver. Freeman camo Into the room and we were talking, nt the same tlmo I was fooling with tho revolver, hav ing It in my left hand, tho boy being on my right side. Just at this tlmo someone passed the door and l' .turned to see who it was nnd in somo way tho rovolver wns dis charged. I had no idea it had a load In it. Tho boy fell nnd 1 picked him up and started for bis mother's room. "In the hall someone told me' my coat was on fire. I gave tho boy to somcono else and went back Intb ray room and took oft the coat. Ry that tlmo several people had come' up stairs and everyone 'wanted to know bow It all napneneu. i was so acarcu that I dfdn't know what to say and I told rliebi that, thn hov"1iitl' shot hlmsolf.r then went, out on tho"eVcet an 5 Anally went to the theater, but, It worried mo so that in a short tlmo r wont back, to tho hotel. I couldn't sleep last night and all day today I wanted, to tell someone, but .1 wae too scared. This afternoon tno ciorn ol mc hotol told mo what tho boy had said and wanted mo to toll tho boy's mother how it happoncd, but I couldn't. I am glad that I have told now, and jfo ono, regrets tho shooting moro than i uo. Tho ball passed through Lacey's con and struck tho boy on the left sldo of the forehead and passed down and part ot camo out ot tho loft eye, it la supposed tho wounds on tho thumb and forefinger o tho left hand were received after the bullet had paseed out ot tho, boy's oyc. Enrly this morning tho tittle fellow was resting well. His putso was 1H, temperature 99.2 respiration 27. Ills recovery, however,, is considered doubtful, Ernest Lacey camo to Omaha several months ago from St, Louts, whore his par cntfl live. For tho last .two months he has been employed at tho Barker hotol as por ter. He Is 18 years ot ago. The revolver, he said, belonged to bis roommate, Coleman Mustram. Lacey Is detained at tho police station. Y. M. C. A. STATE CONVENTION Pluna (or Medina; at York Are Taking; Shape and Looking Well. Stato Secretary Dalley ot tho Young Men's Christian association ts Jubilant over having secured Judgo Sedgwick ot York as ono of tho speakers for the stato conven tlon of tho association, which Is to bn at that place February 20-23. Mr. Dalley re turned last night from a week's business visit for the association tn York, Llncol and Hastings, and roports. that tho coming gathering will undoubtedly be tho largest and' probably tho most enthusiastic that the order has over held tn iNebraska. As yet no towns have been .brought out strongly as candidates for the convention of 1903 and a promlnont member ot tho local branch states that It Is about Omaha' turn again and that a local delegation may make an effort at the York convention In the Gate City's behalf. Mr. Dalley reports that Charles Main former assistant secretary ot the Omaha as soclatlon, but now at the head of the Lin coin association, has made a groat rocord In his year there, and has gotten affairs Into excellent and flourishing condition. CALLED TO PUT OUT THE MOON Omaha Firemen Conclude After Warm Hun that the I.umluury la Ont alde the City I.lmlta. The Are department was called out at 12:45 o'clock this morning to subdue conflagration in tho moon. Tho department ran to Twenty-fourth and Douglas streets and concluded to allow tho moon to take caro of Itself. Some ever-watchful guar dian of tho peace saw tho moon going down big and red, and thinking tho town was being destroyed sent In the alarm. Tho opinions expressed by the firemen wero ns scarlet as tho western sky. DONATIONS FOR ELKS' FAIR

Watch Chnrma, lint Pins, ltoae Jars nmi Perfume In Pro fusion Secured. In addition to tho very vnluablo cut glass punch bowl that Albert Edholm gave to the Elks' fair, ho donated 'yestorday to Mrs, lnscow a gold-mounted elk tooth wnlch charm, and to Mrs. George P. Mooro a gold mounted elk tooth hatpin, both of which will be among the prizes at the fair. M. II. Ullss donated to Miss Edith Mc- Kcnzlo yesterday a very beautiful roso Jar for tho fair. Frnnk C. McGinn, chairman of tho Elks' fnlr druggists' comnllttee, hns nearly com ploted his work, the full result of which will bo enough perfumery nnd proprlotnry articles to stock a small drug store, one ot tho most Important being a bottlo ot choice porfumery donated by J. II. Mer chant valued at $12. EARTHQUAKE PREVENTS VOTE Ttrrifii Ihsok ii Msxteo IiUrfmi with Irbltrttiti Cm twin; HALL SWAYS LIKE fCEAN LINER FREE Premonitory Trepidation Spreads Con sternation and Deleajntes ftnrlne; from Qhnlra ntvd Cllna; Oscillating Deaka, to MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16. Tho event ot tho day In tho Pan-American conference Was, it may bo eald, tho earthquake this afternoon. The Chileans hnT prolonged throughout tho entire morning their dila tory tactics. Tho burden of their spoeches was always tho same, "We aro nit In favor ot Tho Haguo convention, but It must not pass through tho conferenco without dis cussion." Mr. Ruchanan of tho United States, Renor Maccdo ot Mexico and Scnor RermeJo of Argentine made speeches ask ing In turn: "If wo aro all agreed what la thero to dlscussT" At the afternoon session tho Chilean delegates resumed their spocchraaklng. Senor Alzamora of Peru had Just rlseu to reply when n premonitory trepidation sprtad consternation throughout the assembly and for nearly ono mlnulo afterward the glided hall of sessions swayed and trroatied like tho saloon ot an ocean liner. Tho dele gates sprang frbm their chairs nnd grnhbod their desks In alarm, but wero reassured by the calmness of the Mexicans, Tho pro ceedings wero Interrupted for fully ten minutes. Whon Scnor Alzamora resumed his speech ho alluded In temperate, though unmlstak ablo forms lo tho difficultly which Chile had put In tho way of tho convening of the conference and tho obstacles It Is now making to tho transaction of business. Illcfltgana of Chile mado an effective an swer. Tho session terminated at 6:30 o'clock without coming to a voto on Tho Haguo articles. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16. Four distinct shocks ot earhquako shook tho city at 5:20 o'clock thlfl afternoon. Tho shocks wero very flharp and buildings swayed. Thou sands of people rushed from offices and dwellings Into tho middle ot the Ftrcot for safoty nnd mnny knelt In prayer. Tele graph poles broke llko chalk. If Ilnnnrt Salve doesn't euro your piles, your money will bo roturncd. It Is the most healing medicine. JACK HALPIN'S FAST FREIGHT Delirious with Drink, He Hultchca Kitchen Furniture Till Tnken to llonndhonsr. Jack Halpln, an ex-rallroad employe, was arrested last night tor disturbing the peace of Mrs. Mary Dawman at her residence, Sixteenth and Grace streets. Halpln went to the house while Intoxicated, gained ad mission and at once proceeded to make a freight train out of tho furniture of the room. After having lined up the chairs and a, table he Jumped Into the chair at LOCAL BREVITIES. Judgo Munger Imposed a fine of $10 oh U. Adams for uslmr a postal enrd In dunning u ueuior. Tho Conservative Snvlnss nnd Lonn as soclatlon has filed nn amendment to Its articles of Incorporation, which substitutes Sio.ooo.ooo for 13,000,000 n the amount ot Its capital siock. A. Iiussov Co. avers that Henrv von Snlzbrun has not nald for S200 worth of tobacco purchased of them und nre suing In district court to collect thnt amount with Interest from March 21, U99. Tho homo of Mrs. Draper Smith. 621 South Twenly-nluth street, will bo tho meeting Place of tho Unity club tonight, Tho next meeting will bo nt tho homo of airs. Aueu i.nyer, wis Ainrcy sireci. Post A of tho Travellers' Proteetlvo As- Hoclatlon ot lAmcrlca Is to hold a meeting noxt Saturday nt 1 o'clock nt tho Commer cial ciuu rooms, me mate division win vlBlt Lincoln to organize Post C Friday night, January zi. At St. Joseph's hospital last nlalit Mrs, Susan. Frageiy who wns severely kicked by a, horso Inst Saturday night, wan reported ID 111 llliuuk ma mimu i;uiiuiuuii wim una has been In ever since tho accldont, with ho me possimiity or. recovering. A motion for n rchoarliiir In the Adams divorce case, which wns recently decided In favor of Joseph Adams, who wns grnnted n dlvorco from Mnry Adams, was argued yesterday beforo Judge Dickinson, who will give ins ruling uamruay morning. Tho motion for a permanent injunction restraining tho city of Lincoln from en forcing tno ordinance renuirinir mo L,in coin Street Railway company to hcII twenty-two tickets for II and restraining tho company from uccoptlng that nrlco is to bo heard beforo Judgo Munger January 25, Lewis W. Denton considers thnt his repu tation nnd good nnme wore Injured nbout $3,000 worth when tho Citizens' Stuto bank of Waterloo. Neb., fulled to honor three checks of his last September, although ho ft..,1 tin un.'u n uillimiAli, n rr n 1 1 1 I,. bnnk nt tho tlmo to pny them. Ho is suing to got tho $3,000. With a forco of fifty men nnd a cnnaclty of 100 enses per dny tho Nebraska Match company's plant nt Twenty-eighth nnd Sahler streets hus been put Into operation and Its first product placed with Omaha I Jobbers for Inspection. It Is promised that j both tho number of employes nnd tho ca pacity or tno plant win do incrcasou soon. W, W. McCombs Is nt the chamber of tho Roard of County Commissioners rcg- i ularly now, familiarizing himself with the duties that nro to devolve upon him whon he succeeds Mel It. Ilocrner ns clerk of the board. Mr. ilocrner retires tho first of tho week, nfter elcht years' service with the board, to become a bookkeeper for the Co lumbla' J-'Iro Insurance company. Tho proprietors of tho Mlllnrd hotel havo commonced their 125,000 Improvements, the flrsi of which will bo tho removal of the reception room to tho second floor and tho equipment of a popular-priced restaurant on tlio first floor tor tho accommodation of women. Painters nro retouching the ex terior of tho building. Now carpets and new beds havo been purchased for most of the rooms. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. 13. M. Hayes, nn nrmy ofllcor from Fort Meade, S. D., is in tho city. II, Sling, a Chinaman In tho passenger department of tho Union Pnclllc, Is lit the Mlllnrd, registered from Chicago. C. 13. llurnhnm, n banker of Tllden, Nob., is entertaining at tho Millard his friends, Mr. nnd Mrs. T. M. Dawson of Madison and Mr. nnd Mrs. E. C. Million of Elgin. Judgo W. W. Slnbnugh left for Chicago yestesday nftcrnoon to attend to some business In his enpacity of treasurer of the nrrnngementu committee for the cording convention of tho Christian church In Omaha. O. II. Andrews Is entertaining; at tho Murray hotel Mr. nnd Mrs. It. S. Farns worth, who nro enrouto from Albert Lea, Minn., to their new homo in Ogdon, Utah. Mrs. Farnsworth Is Mr. AndrowB' daughter and has attained considerable prominence with her lectures on "Tho Art of Conversa tion," "School Finance" and kindred topics. Slio hns been engaged to lecture hero dur ing tho coming summer on a topic not yet announced. Miirrlnxe Licenses. Tho following marrlago licenses wore Is sued yesterday: Nomo and Residence Age. Adolph O. Miller, Omaha 30 Jessie Wultcrs, Omaha 20 Albert Jensen, Omaha 26 Mary L. M. Crawford, Omaha ,.,....21 William Karka. Omaha 22 Mary Purya, Omaha 17 Charles Soheede, Cedar Itaplds, Neb 36 Anna Knees, Omaha 30 pr.NSio.vs iron westichx vbtkiiaxn. War Survivors llciuemlicreil liy the aenernl Government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (Special.) The following western pensions have been granted: Isbuo of December 27: Nebraska: Increase, restoration, reissue, etc. Milton f. Harvey, Lincoln, $10; Hornce 11. Seeloy, Trenton, $12. Iowa: increase, restoration, reissue, etc, JamcB Sandemon, Newton, $6; George M. Wilson, Soymour, $12; Mexican war, Mason James, Coon IlnpldB, $12; Aaron Ii, Ander son, Anthon, $12. Colorado: Increase, restoration, relssuo, etc. James II. Dlvelblss, Pueblo. $S; Mex lean war, John Hlcklln, St. Mary's, $12; Francis 13. L. Rose, Montrose, $12. Ormnn Xamea ConiiiiUxlouerx. DENVER. Jan. 16.-Governor Ormnn today nppplnted Charles Wilson pollro com missioner of penver, to succeed John T. Hot torn, resigned. Mr. Wilson Is president of tho Denver Chamber of Commerce, I France Makes Drmnnd on Vrneaueln. PARIS, Jan. 16. Tho French govern ment this morning cablod to Caracas, in structing tho French consul thoro to In sist that M. Socrcstat, Jr., who recently ar rived at La Guayra, on tho French lino steamer St. Lauront, from Bordeaux bo al lowed to land. WARNER'S SAFE CURE Oni Million Simplis of the Quatost Kidnoy Mi dicint Evir Dis covered SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE. TEST YOUR tmiNi:. Put somo morning urlno tn a glass or bottle, let It stand 21 hours; It thero Is n reddish sediment tn the bottom of tho glass, or It tho urlno Is cloudy or milky, or It you see particles or gcrma floating nbout In It, your kidneys nro diseased and you should lose no time, but get n bottle of Warner's S:fo Cure, as It is dangerous to neglect .your kidneys for even ono day. WARNER'S BAFH CURE Is tho only positive cure for nil forms ot kidney, liver, bladder and blood diseases, urlo ncld poi son, rheumatic gout, diabetes, pain lu the bnck, scalding nnd painful passage ot urine, frequent dralro to urinate, painful periods, Rearing down and so-called female weak ness. KIDNEYS HEALTHY AT 92. Mrs. Rebecca Smith of Westile)d, N. J who Is 02 years ot age, has been cured ot kidney and bladder diseases, and Is. kept healthy by Warner's Safe Cure. WARNER'S SAFE CURE Is purely vege table and contains no harmful drugs; It does not consttpato; It Is now put up In two regular sizes and Is sold by all drug gists, or direct, at EO CENTS AND $1.00 A UOT.TLE. LESS THAN ONE CENT A DOSE. Refuse substitutes. Thcro Is none "Just ns good as" Warner's 8afo C"e, It has curod all forms of kidney disease during tho last thirty years. It Is prescribed by nil doctors nnd used In tho leading hos pitals ns iho only nbsoluto cure for nil forms of dlsenso of tho kidney, diver, blad der nnd blood nnd so-called fciuulo weak ness. TRIAL BOTTLE FREE. To convince every sufToror from dis eases ot the kidney, liver, bladder nnd blood that Warner's Safe Cure will euro Ihem n trial bottlo will bo sent ibsolutcly freo to nny ono who will wrltn Wnrner Sato Curo Co., Rochester, N. Y., nnd men tion having seen this liberal offer tn The Omnhn Dally Dee. Tho genulness of this offer la fully guaranteed by tho publisher. Our doctor wilt send medical booklet, con taining symptoms and treatment of ench disease, and many convincing testimonials, freo to nny ono who will write. Office Honrs. H a. in, to t i. Snnilaya, from S a. m. o .1 p. nt. m. No Railroad Runs Tbraa TMt Trains Dally to OaUfornla. prem; and all wuur union Und 1 acrvm tht ewaMnmf On of lbs ilfhti for piwtn ori inrmign in jimiimim res: htrtaan fill funnel). nlanJntf lh hftnUct of tb oi Arrnarwi lormation, o well conitructed and frra from tmofcfl and 14 a la ao thaftfi nakad t from oua end to the other, air. Tha atmrvanaara Iar taattme mar wife tba .For tima Irblaa, imrhlti d-. l ftcnpiira ot ma wrrnorj ira-j krerou.appi7 to your ntaraerf a,!!!!, or fir-!! I'D ono siu. City Ticket Omce, 1321 Fnrnnm Street. DR. McGREW Ae53 SPfcOlALIST. IJIaeitKva nnd Iiriler of Aim Only. SO Vvnra' UxperlenCe, r. Vcnra In Omnhn. VARICOCELE SSM?M?a w ay SYPUII IC "nd 1,11 Hlood Diseases cured irniLIO forllfo. All breaking out and signs ot the disease disappear at once. nVrri ')fl flllil cusipm cured of nervous UVLIl UUUU debility, loss of vitality aim nil unnatural weaknesses of men. Structure, Gleet, Kidnoy nnd Illaddor Dis eases, Hydrocele, cured permanently. Cures UuiiriintL-ci!, Ciiiixiiltutlnn I'ree, CHARGES LOW. Troatinent by mill. 1. O. Uox "C6. ODIce over 215 H. llth street, botweeu fur ram und Douglas Sts OMAHA, NI2I3. ST. LOUIS FLYER Leaves Burlington Station, Omali'a, 5:10 p. m. Arrives Union Station, St. Louis, 7:10 u. in. no later. This train carries Buffet Sleeping-ear and free reclining chair-cars all the way, runs over a smooth track, and offers the hest service. between Omaha and St. Louis. TICKET OFFICE, 1S02 Parma St. Tel. 250. IURLINQTON STATION, lOthmd Mason Sts. Tel, 128 P. 8. Presume you know nbout tho IUr- llngton's personally conducted excursions to California threo times u week 4:25 p. m. Thursdays und Saturdays nnd 10:30 p. m. Saturdays. BEST PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURIST EXCURSIONS TO California VIA Thrte Excursions Weekly VIA Scenic Line LEAVE OMAHA and Saturday Daily First-class Sleeper Through to San Francisco via Colorado, passing the Grandest Scenery of the Rockies and Sierra Nevada by Daylight. Direct Connections to Los Angeles; City Ticket Office, 1323 Farnam St., Omaha. PRICKLY ASH BITTERO CURES CONSTIPATION. 0 ft Tfc' signature Is on erery box ot the gtaalne tS Laxative Bromo-Quininc t.dwi. ww AfVTaa the remedy that can. a cold In ono day. r.

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Tim omaha Daily Bee. U. HOSKWATEH, EDITOH. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally llee (without Hmutiivi. Ono Ycar..l6.C0 Ualiy Use and hutuhiy, ono Year 8.W illustrated Hoc, (jnu Year 2.UJ HuiiOtiy lite, un Year Huturuny Uie, one Your. X.M Twentieth Century farmer, One Year... 1.0U DELIVERED I1Y CARRIER. Dally lite (without Sunday), per copy 2c Daily liee (without Hundnyi.pcr week ...,12c Daliy jJee (Including Huminyj, per week. .17c Hutmay lieu, per copy 6c Evening Hee (without Sunday;, per woek.lOc Evening Deo (Including Sunday), per week i lie Complaint of Irregularities In delivery should bo addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Ilea Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twcn-ty-llfth and M Streets, Council Dlurfs-10 l'carl Street. Chicago 1040 Unity UulldltiK. Now York Tcmln Court. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial mattir nhould l addressed! Omaha Hoc, Editorial Department. JJU8INKS8 LETTERS. HuslnrsH letters and rcmlttancoH nhould ho addressed: The lieu Publishing company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payablo to The lloo l'utillshtuir Company. Only 2-cetit stumps accepted in payment of tais.ll accounts. Pcrsonni checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUULIH111NO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.s Unorge IJ. TzsclrJCk, secretary of The lleo Publishing Company, bclns duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday lice printed during the month of Dccembor, I'M, was as fol lows: CMMOO ao.onr. :io,:i:iii 17 HO.OOO w ao.auo 19 HIl.MtiO 20 21 :t(,7m 22 :t(,uio 23 :i(),4Ht 24 :io,o 23... :io,mo 26 110,500 27 :iO,70 2a :to,r,io o,(i8 ao :t, t-io 31 SW.VM .;io,:mo 6 .'10,-IGO 6 :io,:ii() 7... uo.uito a no.uoo s :to,:i:to 10 .-10,4-10 n :io,iso 13 no.noo 13 :io,i.-,o u ,.ao,nuo 15 :io,:ioo 10 no,iuo Total Less unsold and returned copies.. lO.OIIM Nat total sales D.'IU.IST Net dally average HO.lUl GEO. n. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presenco and sworn to beforo me this 31st Jay of December, A. D. 1MI. M. B. H UNGATE, (Heal.) Notary Public. Tlio rcnl estate owner ought not to bo taxed ntiy heavier tlinn tho owner of personal property. It Ih not thought possible that Corn King Phillips can recover his equi librium. Ills load of rye hail not been distilled. With three regiments In tho Nebraska National guard tho periodical encamp incuts of tho state militia will be more Worth entertaining. Tho latest Impending calamity Is an Imminent pickle famine. Peoplo forced to buy provisions at present prices can got along fairly well, however, without m appetizer. It Is a safe guess that Captain Cogh lan will not be detailed on the reception committee to greet l'rlnce Henry, nor will ,ho bo called upon to respond to his celebrated toast. It seems that John I.. Webster's Joint debate with the Declaration of Inde pendence will have to be pulled off In several rounds If either expects to be uwnrded a knockout. If Omaha and South Omaha would pool Issues on -the care of their small pox patients they would In all likeli hood have better hospital service at smaller expense than either city could afford separately. The western baso bull factions should establish recoucentrado camps beforo tho war progresses any farther. It Is licurtlcss to expose tho Innocent players mid women and children to tho rigors of pueli n strenuous conflict. What Is tho use of trying to be ro mantic in this prosaic world? Just as tho newspapers had llulshed prlntlug columns of nicely written matter about Emperor William naming his now yacht after tho daughter of President Roose velt conies tho positive announcement from Ilerllu that It is to bo christened Meteor. With a record of 600,000 hogs slaugh tered since November 1, being an Increase- of l'JO.OOU as compared with tho snuio period a year ago, South Omaha In doing pretty well. These hogs brought on an average almost $1 more per hundred than those of last year, so tho fanner's end of tills prosperity ode must not be overlooked. Notice Is already given that Lincoln ;wlll be before tho next legislature with s request for an appropriation of $75,000 for a building for the uso of the State Historical society us a storehouse for Us nuihouiu and library collections. The society has n laudablo ambition, but the legislature will have to tako a survey of Its pot'ketbook before it honors a draft of theso dimensions. If there Is any honor lu leading tho more than forlorn hope of democracy In the Iowa senatorial raeo, It was cer tainly worthily bestowed In tho selec tion of Judge Thayer of the Clinton Ago ns one of the boipiet recipients. For several generations the Judge has preached the doetrluo of democracy in u state whoso soil persistently refused to produce, a crop with a courage really sublime. James AVIIson has becu elected ono of tho trustees of tho Iowa Agricultural college. James Wilson Is a nnmo to conjure with In Iowa. In nddltlon to tho man Just honored, one of that naino Is now a member of tho president's cabinet and lias held many other I in portant positions. James Wilson of Fairfield had a long and brilliant career In congress. There may be nothing in a nn mo In somo places, but It cuts quite a flguro lu Iowa. AOKll UN lUlUlOAI) POLITICS. Tho State Historical society was re galed nt Its recent reunion by an ad dress on tho subject of Nebraska poll tics and Nebraska railroads by Mr. J. II. A per. No man In Nebraska Is better llttcd to spenk of the peculiar methods by which the railroads of this state have sought to control In politics. Mr. Ager Is tho past master general of tho rail road lobby as well as tho general pass distributor for all tho Nebraska rail roads. There Is a community of Inter ests In politics as well as In tratllc, and for many years Mr. Ager's pleasing per sonality has been at the disposal of tho Nebraska railroads. As their salorled representative, his solo business has been to Ingratiate himself into the con lldenco not only of the delegates to political conventions and members of the legislature, but of public olliclals from assessor to governor and governor to supreme Judge. It may truthfully be said that this genial gentleman has done more to de grade and debauch Nebraska politics than uuy other man or aggregation of men that have been engaged openly or secretly In tho perversion of legitimate politics. In such matters tho lamented lloss Stout, IJauk-wrcckcr Moshor and tho recent occupant of tho penitentiary greenhouse, nil combined, could not cuual him. During every session of tho legislature this public-spirited lobbyist, whoso bosom throbs with philanthropy, inunl- fesU n deep interest lu the comfort and welfaro of tho members of the legisla ture. Ills sensitive conscience revolts at tho thought of oxposinc these law makers to the dangers of contamination i by remaining at the capital city over Sunday, and ho sees to it Unit they visit their families and friends, without ex pense, on ull possible occasions. Vlthough labeled republican, his de sire to do good has not been conllncd by the narrow limits of party prejudice. The warmth of his effulgent smile has radiated upon the representatives of all parties, and the songs ho has sung lulled them to sleep like the mother's lullaby to her babe. .Mr. Ager's sympathetic heart was as easily awakened to the appeal of the legislator as un Aeolian harp which gives forth melodious strains lu response to the caress of tho summer breeze. And the railroads re ceived all this service for tho modest sum of $200 per month. This versatile gentleman is also a muster lu tho art of meuUil toleputhy. No ono knows better tlmu ho when to apply the remedy to relieve the parched throat of tho thirsty leglslutor. Ho studies the tastes and hublts of the susceptible und knows how to hypnotize ut the right time and In the right spot The' manipulation of pustebourd cards Is his nillug passion, but theso cards are not embellished with designs represent ing kings and queens and spades nnd hearts, they are not cut and shunted, but are yet dealt out with a lavish liuud to those who can best appreciate them; they are neatly engraved and bear u legend which Is uttested by the signa ture of u railroad potentate. Mr. Ager's life study has been the public pulso and his chlefest ambition Is to provide the state with carefully selected political timber, which can be relied upon to bridge the rullrouds ucross the most perilous chusms. His Ideal public servant must be u inuii of amiable qualities and approachable character, and his distinguishing char acteristic Is an Intense dislike for po litical reformers ami autl-mouopollsts. Now that his llfo experience has found a place lu the historical archives of the stute, future generations will bo enabled to form an adequate conception of Ne braska railroads und Nebraska polities of the present day. ON TUB HIGHT TRACK. County Commissioner O'Kccffo Is on tho right truck In his proposed efforts to enforce economy nnd retrenchment lu tho management of county affairs. As n former member of tho bourd Com missioner O'Kcoffe has had ample ex perience with county government nnd knows exactly where to locate the leaks and lop off the bnrnucles and sinecures. There Is no doubt whatever that the tax payers of Douglas county can save at least $50,000 n year by rational use of tho pruning knlfo without .in tho least Impairing tho clllclency of tho public service. It Is an open secret that at least one- half of tho $80,000 drawn from tho county treasury for grading and bridge work lost year was u downright waste of money, If not nn absolute steal. It Is n matter of public notoriety that the grading of somo of the public roads last your was done at a cost of 75 cents a cubic yard, und hundreds of men were employed on road work merely for po litical effect and without any material benefit to tho county. A comparison of tho salary list of last yeor with tlioso of the years during which Mr. O'KeetTo was commissioner shows conclusively that from $1,000 to $1,500 n mouth can bo saved without crippling the public service lu any de partment of the county. Somo of tho departments having double the forco on tho pay roll bavo less actual work to perform than they had ten years ago. This Is true of the. servlco In connection with tho courts. The records of the courts dlscloso tho fact that thrco times tho volume of business was transacted ten years ago than today, yet tho pay roll Is heavier than It wns lu tho days whon tho olllco of tho clerk of tho court was a fee olllco. The opposition to retrenchment and economy does not come from tho tax payers, but from tho taxenters and their relatives. It Is actuated by tho sumo motives Unit actuates tho newspapers of this city that are opposing retrench mcnt In the school board. The proprle tors and tho edtors of theso newspapers havo relaUves at tho public crib and they do not want to see them dislodged They are opposed to tho reduction of extravagant salaries to correspond with THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; FT? I DAY, JANUARY 17, 1902. capacity ami valuo of service for the sumo reasons. The demand of the taxpayers for economy nnd retrenchment Is not par tisan. Democrats, republicans, popu lists and socialists who pay taxes will nil cheerfully Jolu to uphold the hands of Commissioner O'KecPTe nnd his asso ciates on the board In every effort to conduct the affairs of the county on business principles. Nobody asks that public olliclals and public employes be paid loss than they are capable of earn ing lu private or corporate employment, but there Is no excuse for carrying two or three men on the pay roll to do the work that can be performed by one man. UVKN1NO or 1'AllLIAMKNT Tho opening of Parliament, which would ordinarily have as much If not more slgnlllcance than tho opening of congress, seems to have started out with a poor prospect for notable legisla tion. King Hdward's speech from tho throne Is a distinct disappointment, con sidered lu the light of what the public had been led to expect, particularly with reference to the attitude of the government toward the lloor war. lor somo tlmo It had been generally bruited Uiat the king would havo some thing Important to communicate to Par liament on tho condition of affairs lu South Africa and perhnps recommend meusures that would bo ut least u now departure in tho conduct of the war, with some assurance of n more speedy advent of peace. Although King Ed ward refers to the unsutlsfuetorv re sults so fur attained by his forces in the Held, ho throws no now light what ever upon the situation and gives no Intimation that the plan of campaign now being pursued Is to be in any way changed. His compliments to tho Ilrltlsh sol diers for their patriotic endurance of the hardships thrust upon them were only to be expected us recognition of their devotion to duty. Hut royal praise 111 not make Uieir tusk lighter, mid If the troops now in the Held uro re lieved, us the king advises, others will have to tuke their pluce. unless some terms can be arrived at with the strug gling Doers. The South African war Is sure to be tho most Important subject demuudlug the attention of Purllumeut, und Unit body will doubtless respond fully to the demands mode upou It to Biipport the king lu Its prosecuUou. It will not bo surprising, should no better fortune nttend Uie British forces lu South Af rica, If dissatisfaction with the conduct f the war should eventually be fol lowed by such a revulsion of feeling ut home as to produce u new swint: lu the political pendulum Unit would mark tho downfall of the Sullsbury ministry und restoro tho present opposlUou minority to power. MtUlCElfS TOWLINE. Cougressmuu Mercer Is trying to Hue up thu Commercial c)ub for his own reuomlnutlou for a sixth term. Ho has advised tho club, through Its sec retary, that he Is laboring hurd to In duce the commissary departmentto In crease Its purchases of meats for the Philippine islands ut the South Omaha packing houses, instead of buying them ut Chicago and elsewhere, lie also holds out a long-range perspective of the eventual establishment of a United States quartermaster's supply purchas ing depot nt Omuhu. Mr. Mercer, however, fulls to explain why ho deliberately choked to deuth the bill to establish u quartermaster's supply purchasing depot In Omufia, which had passed the senate In thu early part of May, 1000, und was re ferred to him by Speaker Henderson lu the belief that he would expedite its pussage, befause he represented tho Omaha district uud wns naturally sup posed to favor any measure for the promotion of tho growth and prosperity of Omaha. The very fact that ho Is now trying to have such a bill pusscd shows that he was guilty of u measure of selllshuess, deceit and treuchery of which his worst enemies would hardly believe him capable. He preferred to betray his consUtueuts rather than per mit someone else to have thu credit for pushing au Important measure that re quired the sanction of congress. Mr. Mercer's towllue will hardly catch any gudgeons lu the year 1002. AN INST1WVT1VK XXUIHIT. Tho committco of the Heal Estate ex- chango which hud under consideration the undervaluaUon of tho frnuchlsed corporations for municipal taxation ns compared with the assessment of real estate, with a view to bringing about nioro cqultublo taxation, Is entitled to tho thauks of this community. It takes a great deal of courage In these days of subservience to corporate Inllucnce for any citizen to stand up for and uphold the rights of Uie rank and tile of tho taxpayers when they come In conflict with the interests of the specially privileged corporations. Tho work performed by Uio committee of tho Ileal Estato exchange involved u complicated uud disagreeable task and tho manner lu which it was accom plished rellects credit upou tho members of that committee. Accordlug to tho most conservative estimate mude by tho committee tho aggregate valuo of the franchlsed cor porations operating lu Omaha Is $12, 400,0)0. This vuluutlou Is arrived ut by computing the murket valuo -of thu bonds und stocks issued by them nnd with a fair allowance for variations In the stock market. These corporations, Instead of being assessed at -10 per cent upon actual values, as are the owners of real estate, are assessed at from 7 to 15 per cent. This striking difference between the as soused vuluutlou of the real estate owned by Individuals and corioratlons and that owned by franchlsed municipal corporations is not only ti rank Injustice to the real estato owner, but seriously impairs real estate values, becuuso tho burdensome taxes Imnosed unon real estate reduce Its earning capacity to a point where it ceases to offer ntiy In ducement to Investors. An equitable assessment of the fran chlsed corporations would enable the council to reduce tho tux levy without reducing Uie Income of the city and without really Imposing a hardship upou the corporaUons that arc known to be earning a fair Interest ou their se curities. Perhnps these annual reunions of ter ritorial pioneers had better bo called off for tho future. Here Is n relic of tho vlntngo of 1S57 volunteering to tho as sembly a description of his first advent into Omuha, only to find Uio land for miles around claimed by a gang of men who threatened to throw him into tho Missouri river If ho should try to enter nnd defend n claim. "If the names of these gentleiuen should be printed now," he added, "they would be a sur prise to many aii Omaha family that has been respected for lo these many years." For the beneilt of Omnha resi dents whose pedigrees extend, buck to 1857 we protest against surprise par ties at this stage of tho game. Tho law requires tho council to sit at least live days us a Board of Equaliza tion, but Uio law docs not require it to llulsh tho work In five days. In vlow of the general interest manifested by taxpayers and Uie demand for a revision of the assessments of franchlsed cor iwratlous as llxcd by the Board of He view, it would be unseemly for the coun cil to limit Its session to ilvo days. Its duty is to give all interest a hearing und consider tho qucsUon lu all Its bearings. At Uio recent nicotine of the Stnto Historical society u former member of tho State Board of TransportaUon de livered au address on Uie work of that board. At various, points lu this state there are cuttle guurds uud uddltlonal planks In depot platforms which stand us u monument to Uie patient lndusu-y and tireless enorgy of members of the commission. They were as line n body of men us ever rode on u pass. Acting Governor Steele Is to be com mended for tho courage of his convic tions exhibited in notifying the sheriff of Holt county that ho will bo held responsible for any lufrncUoii of tho laws through a publicly advertised prize light. Mr. Steele may rest as sured Uiat ho rellects in this the senti ment of tho peoplo of Nebraska, who cherish no ambition to huve Uielr Btato shine as a pugilists' haven. General Count vou Wulderseo Is coin- iug to America ou u visit next Bummer. There will bo no necessity of bringing his famous bathtub alone, for wo hnv such accommodations ,Ja this country nnd the numerousi seaside and lake re sorts will ull bo opeU! Safe Mnn 'to Trust, Chlciieb ffews. Governor Shaw turns Iowa over to hi a successor with $780,G27.75 on hand. This indicates tnat he is a safe man to trust with the keys of tho national treasury. Touchrit a VU'il Spot. Washington Post. There are no Initials ou tho handle of tho knife which found lodgment between tuo ribs of the Hon. Porry Belmont, but ho Is nblo to malto a very fair guess as to tho name of its owner. Tlir Itcnl Thlnir Nmt. Kansas City Journal. With all duo respect to estoemed contem poraries, Hon. Jerry Simpson's position ns a grandfather is moro dignified than his former position as a statesman. As a grandfather Jerry Is tho real thing. Simply I'ri-HSud the llutton. Washington Post. Mr. Hanna didn't think It at all necessary to respond to tho alarm caused by the latest job they tried to put up on him out In Ohio. Ho depended entirely upon tho hired hands to extinguish the flames. A Hap at the Iluuse. San Francisco Call. A significant feature of the short dobate In tho houso on the canal bill was tho as sertion made by several speakers that tho bill should bo passed 'as It Is and that any defects In It .could bo remedied by amendment In tho senate That looks like a formal surrender on the part of the houso of all protenslon to' careful legislation. It Is up to tho senators to look out for every thing. Grant In Public Inntltutlona. Governor Odoll's Message. Ono Institution asks for a mortuary at a cost of 14.500, a railroad switch at a cost of $10,000 (Inmates now perform tho work and teaming), a propagating house tor flowers for' an Idiot nnvlnm' II ?nd- n at.thln fnr nt. flclals' horses and carriages, $5,000. H6w many of our merchant taxpayers furnish board for the families of employes, numbers' not specified, nnd then equip them with official carriages and horses? Another In stitution asks for an appropriation of $125, ooo for the purclmso of a farm. Another a cottago for its florist, at a cost, of $3,000. And nearly every Institution Is as unrea sonable In Its demands. Theso facts are not submitted In any Bplrlt of captious criticism, but to Impress upon tho legis lature that tho time has come to call a halt and to demonstrate that many of our char itable asylums arc not run so much for the benefit of tho Inmates as for tho exposition of peculiar and sentimental Ideas that should have no part In tho management of our public Institutions. Ton Miieh Haute. St, Paul rionecr Press, The fcvorlsh precipitancy with which the Nicaragua canal measure wns rushod through tho houso shows how thoroughly Its active supporters wero scared by tho cntranco of tho Panama canal project Into tho arena of discussion. The voto of 310 to 2 bears the aspect of unanimity on the sur face, but many voted for It who thought such hasty action of doubtful wisdom, bo causo its passago in tho houso was a fore gone conclusion and In tho belief that the oenato would glvo that deliberate consldera. tlou to the roUtivo merits of thn two projects which was denied by tho houso majority. In the. now shape In which tho Panama proposition comes beforo congress tho evident determination of the support ers of the Nicaragua scheme to rush It through In hot haste without giving tho former the copxlderatton to which its mani fest advantages entitle It will meot the stern disapproval of the disinterested pub lic oolnlon of tho country. An American Triumph Mlnnrapoll Of tho fascinating stories of tho triumphs of tho American Invasion of Europe that come across tho Atlantic In shoals thcee days nono l more Interesting than tho ac count of tho construction of tho great plant of tho Kngllsh Wcstlnghouso company at Manchester. This company Is a child of tho American company and Is largely directed by Amorlcans. It was nnturnl, therefore, that an American superintendent, J. C, Stowart of St. Louis, should be sent over to direct tho work of construction. Mr. Stewart grimly and with set teeth nttackod the problem of moklng the Ilrltlsh work man do a full day's work. With what suc cess ho labored Is shown by tho fact that beforo long ho had tho Kngllsh average of 450 bricks per day for each workman raised to 1.S00, and to 2,500 for tho very plain work. Tho plant cost $7,000,000, nnd Mr. Stowart put It up In ono year, whereas English builders estimated that the work would require flvo yrors. Mr. Stewart would havo nono of tho "go easy" tactics of tho Kngllsh workmen. Tho results wero obtained partly by paying 1 pence moro per hour than tho union rate, though there wtm no conflict with tho unions, which wero recognized by Mr. Stewart. Uut ho "mado It clear as spring wator" that ho was going to havo tho brick laid according to his Ideas and that tho slowest man on tho Job was not to set tho paco for all tho other hundreds. Tho unions did moro or less growling, but they woro confronted by nn Udomltabtn man, who proposed to bo fair, but who bcUoved In hard and honest work. Mr. Stewart's success goca far to support Hiram Maxim's contention that tho Indi vidual English workman la all right, but RAILWAYS OH" TIII5 WORM). Mileage nnil Mftluiili of Common Currier Compared. Philadelphia necord. During 1901 there wero put down In tho United States 5,0.'7 miles of now railways, this estimate being that of tho Statistical Ilurcau of tho treasury. Tho Increase is greater than has been recorded for any year sinco 1S90, nnd brings tho trackago of this country up to 199,378 miles, excluslvo of tho largo and rapidly growing mileage of urban and suburban lines operated by electricity. Tho rallwny mileage of tho whole world Is cstlmntcd by the bureau at 484,348 miles; that of thu United States, therefore, constitutes moro than two-fifths of tho total. Houghly speaking, this may bo taken as a measuro of the productive energy of tho American peoplo ns compared with that of tho cntlro population of tho globe. Of tho total mileage now open to traffic North America has 226,057 miles, Europe 168,605, Asia 35,580, South America 28,361, Afrlcn 15,860 and Australasia 15,282. Mexico, which In 1873 had but ono railway 64 miles long, from Vera Crus to Uie capi tal city, now has a network of 9,603 miles; while tho Canadian systoms now covor 17,657 miles of track which goes to show tho advantage of having a restless and enterprising nation for a neighbor. Of course, tho Canadian nnd Mexican govern ments aro entitled to credit for their en couragement of railway construction, but It Is a fair assumption that but for tho prox imity of tho United States and tho marvel ous expansion of American Industry nnd commorce tho greater part of tho steam roads in tho adjoining countries would not have been built. Of tho halt million miles of railways In the world about one-third aro owned by tho governments of tho countries wherein thoy nro located. Nino-tenths of tho German roads aro owned by tho federal government or by tho various Btatcs comprlsod In tho empire. Two-thirds of tho Hussion roads wero built and aro owned nnd operated by tho government, ns nro nearly ono-hnlf those of Austria-Hungary. Nearly all tho Italian roads aro government property, but are operated by companies tinder leases. Tho republic of France, In accordance with tho terms of tho franchises "under which tho railroads within its borders wero con structed, will becomo tho proprietor of nearly all of them by tho mlddlo of tho present century. A largo proportion of tho railway mileage- in operation In India (25,035 miles) is public property, whllo practically all tho railways in Australasia are owned by tho various colonies. Any one may draw whatever moral ho pleases from theso facts. Thero Is pno considera tion of weighty Import, however, In this connection. It Is significant that In tho United States, whero transportation facilities have been furnished by the adventure of prtvato cap ital, tho people bavo greater and cheaper facilities than are afforded In other coun tries. Theso aro, after all, tho main con siderations. Oovernmont ownership is costly and may be mado a means of ex tortlonato tribute On tho other hand, there are somo advantages. On tho gov ernment railways of Germany, for instance, discriminative rates are absolutely pro hibited. No shipper can secure transporta tion for his goods at ono cent less and nono can bo compelled to pay ono cent moro than tho lawful and authorized rates. No artificial monopoly can bo built up in Ger many by tho favor of or In alllanco with the common carriers. I'lJHSOXAI. NOTES. Herman Ruess, who claims to bo tho oldest German newspaper roan In tho United .States, and, who helped to found tho repub lican party, has Just celebrated his golden wedding at Cleveland, O. Dob Fltzslmmons has written quite a rcadablo .book; yet thero Is a Mrs. Fltz slmmons who wants her name changed by tho legislate becauso sho understands that It Is borno by "n, notorious pugilist." Tho now livery which President and Mrs. noosovclt havo, selected for tho White Houso coachman and footman has a cockado of red, white nnd bluo. Tho national col ors nro also in evldonco throughout tho costume. John H. Sturgis, an omployo of tho government printing offlco in Washington; Is almost tho oxact doublo of President nooaovelt. Tho two men nro about tho same ago nnd havo eovoral personnl charac teristics In co;nmon. Jay Cooko has, nt his home at Ogontz, n numbor of historical relics. Including a fine painting of tho eclobrated old Indian chief after whom tho pluco Is uamod, and who many a tlmo carried him, when ho was n boy, on his back In rambling along the shores of Lake Erlo. Chancellor McCracken of Now Vork unl vorstty practically admitted In an address delivered In Brooklyn tho other day that tho Hall of Famo at tho Institution named was tho gift of Miss Helen Gould. "If tho chancellor was tho Christopher Columbus of tho Hall of Fame," he said, aftor Miss Gould had mado a hpcech, "a certain young lady present was tho Queen Isabella." Without one omission for fifty-three suc cessive years Major Lucius Blade has at tended the Iloston National Lancers' annual party for children, nnd it has been his custom to lead the grand march, escorting tho youngest among tho children. This year, bocauso of the feeble condition of his health, ho was unable to attond the party, as much to Uio regret of the children and their parents as of himself, I s Journal. that lu practice he le spoiled by tho "cacniiny' system nnd by tho falso theory of a workman's duty. Hut another report comtH from Scotland which tends to show that while the Ilrltlsh workman may bo capnbto of putting forth ns much energy ns tho American hn Is not cnpablo of such careful and accurato work. Hums Fleming, United States consul at Edinburgh, reports that tho machinery trust has secured tho Ilrltlsh patents on n great many American printing presses and Im provements, or manufactures them on th royalty plan, paying the American paten tcrfl n stated amount for tho privilege of manufacturing tho mnchtne. Hut, oven when making machines according to Amer ican designs, tho trust found that It could not altogether head off tho American man ufacturer. A largo printing nnd publishing houso In Edinburgh Hint hnn long had American presses, folders and stitchers, etc., adding to Us American equipment every year, always buyH Its machines through tho machinery trut, but Invariably stipulate that tho machines must bo not only of American design, but also of Amer ican manufacture. Tho firm has Insisted on this stipulation though assured by tho trust that thu material used In tho United States nntl England is precisely tho Bamo and that they employ American foremen. Tho ac tual work of tho American workman In eo superior to that of tho Englishman with all tho conditions equal that tho dlfforenco Is plainly recognizable. An Instance of this kind reminds un how tho glory of Amorlcan manufactures la duo as much to tho skill of tho Intelligent work man ns to tho cunning nnd strategy of Amorlcan capital. HITS OP WASHINGTON MP13. RtchliiK of People and Event nt he National Capital. "A llttlo over two years ago," rolatcs the Washington Post, "a young man of quiet demeanor nnd a strong, cxprcsslro faco mndo his nppenrnnco in congross ns tho rcprcscntutlvo from tho First district of Nebraska. Tho fact that he was from Urynn's homo town brought htm some at tention, but his unobtruslvo manner soon dispelled tho Illusion that ho would do any thing meteoric Just to 'stand up for Ne braska.' Ho won tho wtoem of his col leagues by his work la commlttcos, but ho refrained from wordy tilts on tho floor of tho houfie, nnd galnad tho reputation of be ing moro of a plodder than nn orator. Last Friday, howevor, ho convinced his fellow members that ha was a factor to bo reck oned with in tho future. The permanent census bureau bill had been favorably re ported by tho census committee nnd thoso who wero opposed to it wero inclined to think twice beforo making n fight. It looked as though tho bill would go through without a dissenting voice. "Mr. Ilurkott, however, thought other wise, nnd In a vigorous speech, which drew to him tho attention of tho wholo house, procccdod to drub tho measuro until It grew exceeding groggy. His effort not only attracted tho attention of his colleagues, but nllgnod tho opposition for a strenuous combat, nnd tho bill wns recommitted. "This is Mr. nurkett's second term nnd, although ho is ono of tho young members of tho house, ho has been put on tho appro priations committer in recognition of bis good Judgment and ability. Ho Is snld to havo clear nailing for a third term, as Ne braska is beginning to renllzo that tho way to build up u strong delegation Ib to return Its good men," Ono of tho press associations recently sent nway on another mission ono of Its men tho regular man assigned to tho White House and put a new man in his place, reports tho Washington Star. Well this new man was a good reporter In bis own field, but bo had no oxtcnslvo ac qualntnnco among public men, such ns Is necessary In handling tho Whlto Houso news. Tho now man took his placo In tho newspaper corps on duty there nnd was getting along swimmingly. When tho old men of tho forco "held up" public men he Joined In tho process nnd bocamo qulto familiar with somo of tho frequenters of tho Whlto Houso. Ono day Senator Die trich of Nobroska strolled In nnd walked Into Prosldent Roosevelt's room. "Who's that7" Inquired tho now reportor, ns Sonator Dietrich went In. "Ob, that's Lieutenant Kenney ot the Tenth precinct." "Oh, yes," said tho now man. "I havo mot him, I bollovc, nnd I will soo him whon ho comes out," Senator Dietrich camo out in duo tlmo nnd the new man went for him In good stylo. "Oh, lieutenant," called tho reporter to the Hpnutor, who was a few paces ahead. Senator Dietrich turned around to meot htB questioner, but didn't show that ho was anything clsa than, a police. lieutenant. "How nro pollco affairs 7 Talk to thn president about anything interesting?" queried tho now reporter. Senator Dietrich's faco assumed a puz zled expression, but ho answered, "No, I didn't tnjk with tho president nbout nny thlng of importance." Ily this tlmo tho old-tlraors In tho Whlto Houso corps wero about to cxplodo with laughter, but held in until tho now man hod asked, "How is tho mounted squad getting on, ll'outonnnt?" nnd then thov burst Into nn uncontrollable uproar, which was Joined In by Senator Dietrich himself. Tho new man didn't laugh, but made a few ,curt remarks and proceeded to ex- 1 1 S vomiting, dyspepsia, indigestion. Ayer's Pills are liver pills, a gentle, vege table laxative. One pill at bedtime will pro duce a natural movement the day following. Ayer's Tills have done me and my family great good. They are llko a true friend in troublr. There Is nothing equal to them for sick headache and biliousness." Mrs. Julia Urown, St. Louis, Mo. ZSualialMi. AIUrrlU. J, C, AYHR CO., Lowill, Mm, plain that ho had been "Jollied" and wai sorry that ho had bothered tho senator. Tho latter accepted tho npoloslcs nnd went nway laughing to himself. Tho nowly elected senator from Ken tucky, James McCreary, will doubtless provo to bo almost as interesting a char acter as Thomas McCreery, who eorvod the llluo Grnss stfttj In tho Unltod Stntes son ato thirty yenrs ago. Although their names nro not spelled exactly alike, tho senntor elect used to bo taken for Uio son of Thomas McCreery, so much did ho 're semble him in personal appoaranco hnd mannorlimis. t Tho first McCreery, who Is now dead, wns ono of the sights, and characters in tho sonnto In tho post-bellum days.. Ho wni a giant In stature, standing six. foot lvi uud weighing approximately 300 pounds. Ho affected Pickwickian manners and dress nnd was Invariably seen on tho floor of tho sonnto wearing a cutaway coat of bluo cloth nnd anUqua cut on which stood out conspicuously shining brass but tons. Although tho old senator's hair should havo boon snow white, It lu fact wan black nB a raven, nnd it was always parted an Inch or two from tho left ear, thus giving tho rest of tho shock a mnsslvo and flowing nppenrancq. When tho senator was a young man his' hair was Jot black nnd In order to prcsorvo its youthful color ho never perm It ltd It to turn gray. Injior dor to do this ho used a vast quantity of dye. Tho sonntor-clcct la much tho same in staturo and build oa his ono-ttmo prede cessor was. Ho, too, it is undorstood, has preserved Uio original color of a good head of black hair. His faco Is always cleanly shaven, which gives bis countenance a striking appearance Mr. McCreary Is a typical Kentucky gentleman ot tho old BChool. WIIITTI.Kn TO A POINT. Washington Star: "Somotlmos," mild Undo Ebon, "wo wrongfully suspects a man of belli' proud an' lmughty for do reason dnt wo would act dat way ef wo wus In bis place." Chicago Trlbuno; Visiting; Acquaintance I nupposo you go out a great deal in so ciety. Mrs. Miirgatroyd-Jenkins I though I did until I looked over Hov. Dr. Nichols' list, but I find now that 1 don't. Philadelphia Press: "Hut tho now minis ter nt that church Is bo awfully conceited." "Hut, really, last Sunday ho was qulto modest." "You don't say." "Yes. In tho courso of his sermon hn said; 'Wo nro nil moro or less falllblo. Even 1 am.' Tuck: Ltttlo Clarence (who has nn in quiring mind) Pn, what Is a "wlso old saw?" Mr. Callipers Ono that ha-i out its wis dom teeth, my sotil Homcrvlllo Journal: Mrs. Tompkyns What did tho lawyor say when you hod got through explaining your case to him? Mr. Tompkyns llo asked mo how much I was worth. Hoston Transcript: Aunt Hannah When I was horn two years ago Hulda was look ing for a hUHband; Bho Is married now. Undo George Yes, but Bho is still look ing for him that is to say, a good deal of tho tlmo. Washington Star: "Tho best way to de stroy your enemies," said tho man with a gi'titln nature, "Is to mako thorn your friends." M "Yes," nnswercd Senator Borghum thoughtfully, "but sometimes that costs, a heap of money." Philadelphia Press: "All tho mechanlcnl toys you mako seem to bo vory buccww- U"Yos," said tho inventor. "I'm only hnd ono failure." li "What was tho mnttcr with it?" "Too realistic. I guess. It wns w toy tramp, and It wouldn't work." IN A DOCTOR'S AVA1TINO ROOM. i J. J. Montaguo In Portland Oreffonl&n. Havo you seon that quaint collection, of the things of oilier days, "Which in any dnotor's offlco moota tno weery patient's gnzo; Which consists of battered numbers of 3-ycar-old magazines, And somo Illustrated papers of Ion past battlo scenes? Havo you seen thoso hoary relics of tho antiquated past. Which with "trophies" nnd "mementoes" could bo very fltly classed? If you haven't, mako a Journey up to that abodo of gloom Which Is known to famo and patient as tho doctor's waiting room. Through tho pllo you run your Angers, for you've nothing olso to do, And at last down near the, bottom you discover something nowl Engorly you pounco upon it, till dis gustedly you BPO That it's somo prosaic treatise, on applied pathology. And if chance Bomo other now ono shall reward your wild pursuit, You'll discover It's a rocord ot tho "Bilious Instltuto." You can dig there for an hour, but what ever you exhumo Will ho Just tho Biimo old rubbish, in tho doctor's waiting room. In a barber shop symposium of lltcraturo you'll got At least this month's Standard or a lato Pollco Gaaetto; And, although you'll find tholr contents are perhaps a llttlo bold, Thoy will havo tho signal merit of not being ten years old. In a bootblack's stand thn moments you'll bo helped to whllo away, With un Illustrated papor of thn mint of yesterday. But llko faint and shadowy faces from tho past's' unyielding tomb Aro thn newest publications In tho doc tor's waiting room. Whero thoy got thorn, what collector ot remote antiques Piled upon thoso shaky tables such fan tastic shades us these, Is a question nnvor answered, for tho doc tors do not know How thoy gathered tlioso remembrances of days of lone ago. Hut It seems to bo qulto certain that they'd stock a fnw small shelves With reront works, If thoy worn forced lo read thoso things themselves. Hut they're not, anil so tholr patients must their weary minds Illume With tho faded, frazzled fiction In tho doctor's waiting room. IOUr Liver! Pills ers You cannot possibly enjoy good health un less you have at least one free movement of the bowels each dav. When this is not the case the poisonous products are ab- oui ucu iiuu nit; ayoiuiu, causing headache, biliousness, nausea.

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