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THE MBRASKA LEGISLATURE A Synopsis of Proceedings in Ooth Branches of the Twenty-Eighth General Assembly. PKN'ATK. Tn thm nnit n th IHt. nmnng th tlll Inf nl in f wt-rr- th,. follow lute : T provide for I !.- .i imiit of ! t' inmitihiil'iNfri f ul, l.ind nnd t.uiM Ir" In rrrt.tlrt ;.. M-mrlalixlriK ton. art- f. refill. n -u ih triiw niltlt.iry t.itM of lh llrxf N. t,r isk; mMIM.i. To inlhor- ! nl r-t 1 1 r.- fount pr nit . lnn- h;,n, rf fM ri , i 1 1 1 . V lll.i l:m mid f" r t I fl:rrl t f.i f .i.iii r'.uil ih. lr Irid.l.f tii iru l-m- ! 1 4. T. di-lim run. II- tturm r.f chilil t r ;i t irn-nt. ri I ! r-irrl nu t In. ili r ,r Hi" i i.i. i t urn. li m.-li ..n ttml sii."-vl-d..ri i.f l.i.l. ill. in-n ! f- I. rrui llv t III t i.-, .iiilili.-n. ;iii.I Jii. I.I.- m ii I h rn. lit r..r ) ! l;i I I'.ri i'f lh! ml. in,. I .I' tuiliii; . In! iil.l H.iiiftl.M. Inl Iti.f lull ,ui 'll. f d. ii. .. li- i. Is. c.i.ii'l- I. nii. pl;i .if M.if.lv. Antlinf ikhi flu ! gisi r.i f ...ii if i:i ..tii. I il si iii:t- t. rii:ik. It ii.I ri !:-. in in l.l. ii. . in.. I f..r Hi purrh.Mo ..f ii rn;n.lv tin r. i.l' liv I In- yl.it-. Ami irr:im.-liiK f"r flic r.nl.ll. : r i-r i.f L'.ii fs nf In.. .ilittii.-i r.n li. I In- I ; t - t.i iy the oiirit i'f J' .. r x.'t ,i:i. In :iiit!mr lx" J. K. 'i.l.l.. y ! .r.-i.irii .iiul nill h tlu-in with. ml ...-1 l. Hi.- -t.iti- A joint restitution In! I o lin t .1 l.y H.'ll.lt.ir II. ill i.f l..ii;tii . r. p. .Hint; itiii'iiiliii'-ntH tn fee t lout Z. K .in. I ' i.f ;uli.l.- , fti tlllid: "Th.- Jii.ll. t.il l-iin f in. lit " of tru roiistltiifl.nl .f Ihi- d:ite of Ni-l.t ;isk:i, nnd .r..v lilln;: for nlili Mni; tli :ini". nnd fur mi 1 1 in 1 1 1 Intf thiin to lln li-itors nf tin- M.il. f..r h;.hov.iI nr rii-i-llon. This r-.hil Ion iim.iuli tin- H;iiih in -tlon 2. ;irl. I.- ii. r-l;itliif to the nuriiii-r of nuir-rn Judiri. :m. il.lltttrn.: :i quorum. It trik-M out tlx tnniiln r of j 1 1 I M ii In I i-.iv.-i ll to the ilts.r.lioii of th li tUl.i tun Tl-y inn iippotut any liumtxT tli-y rimy lit. It ehaiiKi-s the method of rcli'i't Ion of the -til-f Just I.f. ret forth In ir.it Ion U. iirllil.- 6. ;in.l re UlrfM hi M.'l. rlnill l.y lot III plai-f of tiinure "f olh. It iilso .'iiiii iiiIh --tlon IS. Hrtiilf 6. whii h st.it-M the Hillary su preme Jiiilr.s :ir to ni-flvi" atnl Iimvm tht- xahiry to ! 1.-.I.I.iJ iipuu by the l.Ki-il.il ure. Scnntor H ill of IioiikI.is prii.1-il !niiiif th nioniiiiK s-ssloii of lht s-nat on tli" l.'.th. I VnilTtt.-ii of linR.i r-a. a l.lil from Ioru i:a li lor to fiirnl.-iti tlw s' liati- wilh duly Join n ils for '.'. j for t !- entirt1 rs.-s-Mton. ,'irnl fh- was avvanl.il t h- i-onirat-t. Th rommit ! mi iiiuiii. Ip.il affairs, at : n-tlnET. iNolil. l to rT"rt fav..rally on F. iuili' lilt- No. J in r-K inl to th- pur liasi' ( th' titnaha wa Iitw oi ks. intro cliii i-il tiy llowr-11 of lo'il.is. Th.-so liills. iinintii; otlu-rs. i re ImI ro.lii.iil : To au thorize lh.. I.oanls of loimly lomml-isi.in-rr: or mui i I ;.r i to iiiak.' oritrai ts for thr i'oii -it rui t Ion an. I reparation f I.iMk'-'. enipoweritu; rounty romniission fr.i to i!s th.-ir own juiltnent whetlur to rontraet work or purcliase material nii.l mploy lal.or; Iian'T'" two-thinls of th levy of t he i-urreiit yrar to per i-ent l'fort -ontra t Is let. To provltle for a laiuilorit'rt upon all crops grown upon leased pri-miscH ami utx.n any other pcr nonal procrty of the tenant, which has Iieeri iis-.l o:i tht? premises ilurlim the term of the 1. - ise. S. K. 41. by Amlcrson of Saline .'.et to provi.l for otlicial M'als of county treasurers: to provliI for lh R.i I herlnif . .tiiplatlou ami iutl iea t ion rf nurlcultura I ..ii't imlust rial statistic. pn vl.liiu; p- i- 1 1: ami repoaliim section 7. chapter xxxKK. ''ompileil Staluts. en tit le.l I.i.!i:sf rial Statistics." anil nmernl liuf scctio:! 7.'. chapter Ixxvii. (nipilil Statutes, intifle.l "Kevernie." AVhctl file m ll:itf o-lieil on thi l'.tll ilr. Il:. :; '.. re I tlie follewiiii:: "I move that tin- .iimittce on revenue ! liistriictetl to formulate a hill coveritur the assessment ami collection of all taxes, to le brought in not liter than FVbru.iry !:." The motion was ;i nn'iuli'il. Instructing the ronimitt.'i! t rwiinim.-tiil a hill. 'otisi.lerahh- oratory nsueil. after which the resolution was tab! -il. 1'ri-x-ate Secretary Allen brouhr a mm mtinication frim the iiovcrnor iiskitm Contlrrration of the uppolutmcnt of a Tvarilen at the penitentiary. Hall of Injuria?! moved to instruct the commit tee on prlntinir to have the mossaces of the two governors printsl for the use of the house and senate. A motion was carried to have the committee confer with the committee from the house. Hall of Ionlas moved that a re.iiie.it be sent to the Kovernor for the Torrens' land tax commission, and his rccnmmi-n.la-tion w;i5 carried. I'.llls were introduced: To provide a lien for labor performed for the erection, reparation or removal of any house. To establish junior nor mal schools and to provide for the main tenance of (ami1. Three to be established In districts of Alliance. Mct'ook ami Valentine. Fixing the liability of sub scriber for subscriptions to any news paper, magazine or other printed period ical. SKXATE. TtoM call showed all present in the tenate on the 10th when it reconvened fror Friday's adjournment. President Harrison temporarily left the chair and offered the following resolution: Re solved. That the revenue committee for the senate be and is hereby directed to hold Itself in readiness to confer with and act in conjunction with any com mittee designated by the house of rep resentatives to act in a similar capacity, to the end that such joint committee. 9ft constituted, may without delay take urder consideration all measures sub mitted to It by either house, looking to effective amendments to the present law, or the enjire revision of our revenue system, and shall, after due delibera tion, promptly report to the respective branches of the lKislature of which it 1 a part, recommending for passage such measure or measures us in its wisdom will bring about the desired result." The resolution went over one day. The chief clerk of the house brought a communi cation that the house had concurred with the senate In regard to printing the mes sages of the two governors. He brought with him II. Its. Nos. J and 1 and these were read a first time. The sen ate went into executive session and con firmed the appointment of A. V. Cole as commander of the tlrand Island Sol diers" home, appointed by the governor. S. Ks. Xon. II to Z6 wore read a second tirr.e. HOt'SK. Tn the house on the lltii a large nvmber of bills were Introduced, amort; them be ing thff following: A bill for an act to protect the publi - health: to prevent the spread of contagious and inf -cflous dis eases, and to this en.! to confer sar.it iry authority upon and to define the powers end duties of state board of health and J of the secretaries thereof; to provide f..r the appointment and comiens.it ion of a state health inspector; to authorize es ( ablishment. maintenance and enforc-.-bent of fpiarantine rubs and regulations; ' require local ollUers to make timely ts of the existence of certain dls " - makd art appropriation (or sit.-irlen nnd expenses, and to provide for prrsecutlon and to fix penalti-s for the violation of the provision of this Met. Authorizing ourtx of record. county imirtB, or courts of probate In the statu of Nebraska to appoint as Mdminlst rat'.r, executor, guardian or curator of th? en late of liny deceased pers n. Infant. In rin.e pers-.ri. l.llof. spend t h I f t . or hutur ii.i I drunkard, or as trustee for any ron vl t In the penitentiary, or as receiver In any leKiil proceedings, any savings bank of i h? state of Nebr.'iska. A hii! tor an act fo compel railroad companies ia Nebraska to afford equal tacilllles. with out f.i vo It I on. ir discrimination, t . .ill (.i ni . r i I a -.s'M'l.i f ions ereiqing or op erating grain elevators nnd li.n.dlitig or .ili pplig grain or other produce, and to piovl.le peii.t it ei of il.iort fun- for the vio lation thereof, ai.il to amend sections 1 and I of article ,,( hapter 2, com p.hd statutes of Nebraska and repeal said original Mictions. To provide the payment of In. 1. 1. oii.il expens-s iiiciirr-.l during the t wen t y -.! h t h seslo.i of th I. gisl.iture of the slate of Nebraska, fairies approriTiitt.n of JtsNMt. A bill for the rebuilding of tin- Norfolk esylum; a bill for the building i.r a lire proof wing to tli.i HastliiKM asylum: a bill Tor the building of a library building at the state in iiii.il school at I'. rii; a bill to uilmlnis lir th? coup de grace to the elevator monopoly by ri-quiiing railroads to fur idsli elevator facilities to all applicants; a bill to create the oflii e of county auditor, and a number of bills for the collection of delinquent taxes and the perfecting ,f tax lilies. Immediately after the house convened on the l.'.lh Sears of Hurt called up his resolution of the previous day that no buil'lini appropriation bill should pass be fore the enactment of a revenue law. lie made a speech in its support and moved Its adoption. After considerable discus sion. It was moved and carried that the resolution go over to Friday, becoming special order for that day. Hills from 61 to K, were given their second reading and referred to committees and thirty-nine new ones were introduced, among them the following: An act providing for the taxallon of telephone and express com panies, requiring an annual statement to tin- state auditor of value of stocks and bends and all personal and real property and empowering the auditor to demand any ether information ; imposing a fine of tl per day for delay of statement; pro vides lor valuation by state board of qua liza t io i. An act to amend section 12, artliie I. chapter ii. Compiled Statutes, triakiiu: it mandatory o:i county boards to pay county agricultural societies by warrant on general fund not exceeding ij cents per capita in county. Act provid ing for making six wells in the state of Nebraska for the purpose of determining whether qroleum. coal or gas exists and can be gotten in paying quantities, and appropriating the sum of $."e.lKV or so much thereof as necessary: wells to be located at Chadron. Lexington. Culbert son. Columbus. I'on.a and Omaha. Act to authorize the organization of mutual insurance companies for protection of do mestic live stock. An act providing for deputy county superintendents and fix ing their duties and compensation, by county commissioners, not to exceed two thirds the alary of county superintend ent. Act lo establish junior normal schools and appropriate $1VV'. providing that three of these of these schools shall be at Alliance. McCook ami Valentine. An act to authorize the preparation of an official statute to make It admissible in evidence and for the purchase of a sup ply thereof by the state and appropri.-; ; -lug $!.ii. The house on the Pith presented the re.,uest of ihr Lincoln Commercial club for the ti?e of representative hall the afternoon and evening of January 22. when a public reception Is to be tendered to 1. K. Thompson, prior to his depart ure for Brazil. The request was granted. Sears of Hurt called up his resolution to prohibit public building bills from crming to a third reading prior to the passage of a revenue measure. Mem minger of Madison moved to amend by excepting from the purview of the reso lution, repairs and rebuilding of public buildings. The speaker ruled the amend ment out of order until the motion of Sweezy of Webster to refer to the ju diciary committee had lirst been disposed of. On the motion to refer Sears de manded the yeas and nays. The vote re sulted: Yeas. 7; nays. SS. The question then recurred to the Memminger amend ment, which was lost by a rising vote of 42 ayes and -T nays. On the adoption of the resolution. Sears demanded a roll call. The vote resulted: Ayes. 7S: nays, 17. The speaker announced that the res olution had been adopted, adding: "The resolution changes a standing rule of the house. Hereafter, therefore, the or der will be: Hills on third reading, ex cept bills carrying an appropriation for public buildings." These were among tho bills Introduced: To appropriate to the use and benefit of the University of Nebraska the moneys known us "the agricultural experiment station fund." also the fund arising under the act of congress of August 30. 1S?0. commonly known as "the Morrill fund." and also the fund known as "the university cash fund." carrying appropriations of $50,000. JSO.OOO and $So.O'o, respectively, against the funds named. Emergency clause. To provide a department in one of the hos pitals for the insane, providing for the detention and treatment and parole of dipsomaniacs, inebriates and those ad dicted to the excessive use of narcotics. To provide for the gathering, compilation and publication of agricultural and In dustrial statistics. Appropriating the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as is recessary. for the establishment and operation of experimental stations In Hitchcock and Keith counties. Barely a quorum was present in the house when ft was caled to order on the 19th. rouglas of Rock called up his resolution of Friday providing for the election by the house of a committee of seven to draft and Introduce a revenue bill within fifteen days. He amended it so as to give the speaker the power of apointing this committee to act jointly with a like committee from the snate. Seventeen new bills were Intro diced anil rolls from 12-"i to 115 read for the second time. Among bills Introduced wre the following: To repeal law pro viding for sheriffs' fees in misdemeanor cases. For the third Tuesday in Jan uary for annual meeting of the State Horticultural society. To provide for the appointment of judges and clerks of election by the rounty clerk. Instead of the district court. To establish an ex perimental ttatlon at or near North I'iatte and appropriate J 10,009. NOTE?. A 1neriln rorrespn2o:it o? tht Tte nw: The reHiiIt of fijdny' proceed ings srrve to Mihsiantlale the theory that revenue Icgisltalon will not l ignored at this session. Leading ex ponents of this policy in the house are well satisfied and even enthusiastic In some I'uses over the progress of affairs, and give evidence of a firm belief that Ihi-ir Idea wil achieve complete success. The Introduction of the Ixoiglas resolu tion Is highly gratifying to Mr. Sears and his friends. Heara said today: "I am glad Oougl.-is introduced the reso lution. If lie or someone else had not. I would have done ho myself, for I con sider that the proper way to get at the matter. I regard the resolution, there fore, as In direct line with my efforts." Attorney Italdwlti of the I'nlon I'acllic. discussing railroad taxation, said: "We do not say we are paying as much oily taxes, proportionately, in the city of Omaha as other Individuals or concerns. We are actualy paying less, but as a matter of fact that is right. We are paying nil we might to pay. It would manifestly ! wro.ig to make our city ImXi-k in Omaha equal in rate to other ta xpa . Oiaaha Is not entitled to as-e-1 fi lo. al taxation the terminals within tie city limits at their full cash value. Loth hoii-e- adjourned from Friday un til Monday. The second week was an extremely busy one and the third is ex pected to be .-till more s. A great deal of real work already has been done and the foundation laid for a long, steady grind. In the house 11.". bills have been Introduced and 111 the senate fifty-six. TI cse measures, many of them, have l en given their second reading, and are being placed ill the hands of the committee, which will get down to work Immediately and soon have some of the bills back in the houses where they originated for further disposition. Regarding revenue legislation. Speaker Mockett said: "I have no doubt that the necessary legislation will lie enacted along this line. I think there is no dis position or desire to shirk this or any other duty. Hut I am of the opinion that our greatest need in the line of amending our revenue laws lies in the matter of providing adequate means of enforcing our present statutes. 1 do not know why this would not meet the de mands fully ami satisfactorily. I am of the impression that our revenue laws at present are not so bad as some might imagine, and I believe the greater number of those people who are familiar with these laws will agree with me when I say that we need a better en forcing clause and riot a completely new set of revenue statutes. There may be some revisions that could with prolit be made. I do not care to speak llnally as to that." John Wall, chief clerk of the house, is confined to his room by illness, and it is feared it may be protracted. If so, it brings up u quest ion of a serious na ture with reference to the work of the hous". The chief clerk is the man who signs the bills in the house and it is not just clear, in case of his physicial' inability to perform this duty, what dis position would be made. Whether the law would permit the lirst assistant chief clerk to sign in place of the chief clerk does not seem definitely settled. An opinion from Attorney General Prout will be asked in case the emergency a rises. Old members of the legislature and veterans of the lobbies who have wateh ed the workings of many Nebraska leg islatures say none ever showed greater business symptoms at the outset than the present one. Apparently there is no disposition on the part of any to pro long and put off what can be done "now." but the prevailing sentiment evi dently Is to facilitate the machinery of lawmaking to every possible degree. Fuslonist membership consists of twenty-four in the iiouse and four In the senate. Senate file No. 1. by Howell of Douglast has been approved by the senate as a committee of the whole and ordered engrossed .for a third reading. This is a bill to compel the city council of Omaha to purchase the water works plant of that city. Another revenue resolution has been introduced by Harrison of Hall county. It provides that the revenue committee of the senate hold itself in readiness to confer with a committee that may or had been appointed by the house, on any revenue measure that may come be fore it. The object of the resolution Is to prevent the house and senate from working along different lines. What Are Woman's Essential Virtues. What are the virtues most essential to a woman? A Paris newspaper has been asking that question of its read ers, of whom 8.278 have answered. "Faithfulness." with economy a good second and goodness a bad third. Or derliness and modesty follow each oth er closely, while lower down on the list come devotion, charity, and gentle ness. Between two thousand and three thousand specify patience, ma ternal affection and industriousness as among a woman's cardinal virtues, while 3,594 voters the majority of voters were men declare that cleanli ness is a peculiarly attractive quality in woman. Only a minority of Paris ians seem to consider honesty, amia bility, courage, discretion, simplicity, or wisdom desirable; self-sacrifice polled the smallest recorded vote, while tenderness and modesty, purity, and truthfulness appear to have es caped every one's attention. A Cough Candy. An excellent cough candy is made of slippery elm. flaxseed and sugar. Soak a gill of whole flaxseed in a cup of boiling water. In another cup put broken bits of slippery elm bark until it is full. Cover this also with half a pint of boiling water, and let it stand for two hours. Strain the flaxseed and slippery elm both through a thin muslin cloth and save the liquor. Add a pound and a half of granulated sugar to it. Boil the syrup for ten minutes. Add the juice of two lemons and boil it to a candy. Test it from time to time by dropping a little in cold water. The moment it is done pour it out on papers spread in biscuit tins, and let it harden. As soon as it begins te cool, before it hardens, crease . it with a knife, so that it may be easily broken into lozenge shaped candies. A Fifty-Foot Calendar. N. W. Ayer & Son, the Philadelphia advertising agents, who have a na tional reputation for "keeping ever lastingly at it." believe in sticking to a good thing when they have one. For instance, their calendar for 1903 fol lows the design used for several years past, but with new coloring. And In truth it would be hard to Improve upon their design: the dates are plainly readable at fifty feet, yet the calendar is not unpleasantly con spicuous; it is artistic, simple and use ful and it is not surprising that it has become so popular an adjunct to business offices that the supply never equals the demand. While they last, one ivill be mailed to ?r.y address fof 23 cents, which barely covers cost and postage. ENDS INTRAGEDY LIEUT. GOV. TILLMAN SHOOTS EDITOR GONZALES. WILD EXCITEMENT IK COLUMBIA Wounded Man is Said to Be on the Verge of Death and His Friends Threaten to Mete Out Vengeance Upon His Slayer. COLUMBIA, S. C In the shadow of the South Carolina state house the lieutenant governor, James II. Till man, shot and probably mortally wounded Narcisso (JouzaleB, founder and editor of the Columbia State, a newspaper which has since its incep tion bitterly opposed the Tillman fac tion in South Carolina politics. The two men have been sworn ene mies for some years and Tillman's animosity was accentuated by Gon zales' pronounced editorial opposition to him as a candidate for the nomina tion during last fall's primary. In that connection Gonzales made an ditorial reference to Tillman as a liar, scoun drel and a debauchee. A challenge to a duel followed, but Gonzales ignored it. It is rumored that the immediate cause of the attack was a message sent by Gonzales to Tillman. At the Colum bia hotel Tillman said to a group of his friends: "Gonzales has sent me word that when we meet again we shall settle our difficulty with pistols." Gonzales friends deny that he sent a message of any character to Till man. Statements of eye-witnesses to the tragedy are somewhat conflicting and it cannot be stated positively whether or not any words passed be tween the men before the shot was fired. The condition of the wounded man is regarded by the surgeons as criti cal. Tillman was arrested and is con fined in the county jail pending the outcome. The affair caused great ex citement in the city, which is filled with politicians who are here to par ticipate in the inauguration of the new state governor. Lieutenant Governor Tillman's term will expire within a few days. Editor Gonzales was on his way to dinner from his office when he met Mr. Tillman. Mr. Tillman was ac companied by two state senators. It is said not a word was spoken as the editor and the lieutenant gov ernor met face to face. Tillman in stantly drew a revolver, it is said by eye witnesses, and placing it close to the body of Gonzales, fired without a word bing spoken. Gonzales staggered and then, catch ing his balance, turned toward the man who had sliot him. Tillman had t-he smoking revolver in his hand with the muzzle pointed at the wounded man. "Coward!" shouted Gonzales, as he was caught by parties who had rushed to his assistance. Lieutenant Governor Tillman was immediately placed under arrest and Mr. Gonzales was hurriedly carried to the office of the Columbia State, where medical aid was summoned. Mr. Gonzales declares he has given no recent offense for the shooting. EDITOR GONZALES IS DEAD. Surgeons Fail to Save Life of Victim of Tillman's Bullet. COLUMBUS, S. C Editor N. G. Gonzales is dead from the effects of his wound. After battling for almost four days for life the victim of Lieutenant Gov ernor James H. Tillman's bullet pass ed away at the Columbia hospital. Mrs. Gonzales was with her husband when death came. When the bulletin came announcing the death the crowds which have been about the bulletin boards almost con stantly since lh tragedy increased rapidly and all phases and details of the tragedy were discussed. In his cell, where he has been con fined since the shooting, Lieutenant Governor Tillman heard the news with visible emotion. There is universal sorrow. The last heroic treatment resorted to was the use of formaline. One fiftieth of a grain was injected in the veins in the hope of stopping blood poisoning, but all to no effect. Engine's Boiler Explodes. BALTIMORE, " Md. Two men are dead and two others are probably fa tally injured as the result of the ex plosion of a locomotive boiler on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad near Mon rovia, The dead: Fireman Lewis Hahn, Baltimore; James Graham, fire man, Baltimore. Conductor Charles Cutsail and Brakeman Newman sus tained cuts and bruises and inhaled steam. Steam Packet and Crew Lost. LONDON The" steam packet Upupa from Cardiff for Cork has been miss ing since last Friday. Wreckage which has been washed up on the coast near Cork leaves no doubt that the vessel foundered during the gale. She had a crew of twenty men and ome steerage passengers on board. She was owned in Cork. Dies of Yellow Fever. PANAMA, Colombia Lieutenant Mitchell, a graduate of Annapolis, who was an officer on board the Co lombian government gunboat, died Saturday night of yellow fever. Sev eral of Bogota's officers left here for f the United States about two weeks ago. Lieutenant Michell then wa3 prevzented from accompanying them by illness. ADRAM HEWITT DEAD. Passes Away at His Homo in New York. NEW YOHK. Abram S. ' Hewitt, former mayor of New York and for many years representative in con gress, died at C o'clock Monday morn ing in his 81st year, having been crit ically ill for ten days. With him at the moment of his death were bis wife, his three sous and three daugh ters. Mr. Hewitt, who has been in feeble health for some months, was attacked with obstructive jaundice on January 8, and from the lirst it was realized by his attending physicians, Drs. E. L. Keyes and E. L. Keyes, jr., that there was praetkally no hope of the aged paliont's recovery. On the following Sunday it was thought that Mr. Hewitt could not survive the night, and the members of his family werci summoned to his bedside, but his won derful vitality kept him alive for a week longer. On Thursday Mr. Hewitt rallied so strongly that some hope was entertained that he might recover, but on the following night a collapse occurred and it was then evident that the end was not far off. A slight improvement was noted on Saturday morning, but late that night the physicians notified Mr. Hewitt's son, Peter Cooper Hewitt, that death was imminent, and that the other children. Edward R. Hewitt. Erskine Hewitt, Mrs. J. O. Green, Miss Sarah Hewitt and Miss Eleanor G. Hewitt, were summoned and, with their mother, remained by the bed side un til the end. The funeral services, which will be conducted by Bishop Potter, will be held in Calvary church, of which Mr. Hewitt was a member, on Wednesday. POWDER WORKS BLOWN UP. Ten Chinamen and Two Whites Lose Lives in Disaster. NANA1MO. B. C. A terrific explo sion occurred at the Hamilton Powder company's works, Departure Bay, Wed nesday morning. George Simonetta,' James Fulforte and ten Chinamen were killed. Only one body, that of a Chinaman, was recovered, the others being literally blown to fragments. The guncotton storage house explod ed first, the concussion exploding the gelimite in the drying house 400 feet away, where the greatest loss of life is supposed to have occurred. The ground was excavated to a depth of six feet where the building stood, and the buildings themselves were blown into kindling wood and scattered with fragments of human flesh over several acres. The tramway was torn up and a length of steel rail twined spirally around a tree, like a whiplash. James Preston, a nitro-glycerine maker, had a miraculous escape and owes his life to his coolness. He was running his machinery 4,000 feet from the explosion and was thrown down. The wall was blown in, but he kept his machinery running in spite of the concussion, which almost stopped it, and never left his post, thus preventing a third explosion. The works are three miles from Nanaimo, but broken windows here testify to the force of the explosion. The management states that it is ut terly impossible to assign any cause, as no witnesses survive. THREE STITCHES IN HEART. Remarkable Surgical Operation Per formed at St. Louis Hospital. ST. LOUIS A remarkable surgical operation wtts performed at the city hospital to save the life of Edward Spikier, aged 19, who had attempted suicide by shooting himself in the left breast. An aperture was made at the wound, and between pulsations the wound in the heart was closed with three stitches. The bullet had also perforated the left lung. A portion an inch and a half square was cut away, a heavy silk ligature tied about the bug, draining tubes established and the chest cavity closed. The patient rallied and it is believed he will recover. A Year of Good Work. The Child Saving Institute of Oma ha has recently closed another year's work. The records show that during the past twelve months there were 244 homeless children received into this home and provided for. The records further show that 87 of them were provided with homes for adoption, or placed in homes by indenture in contract. Another Im portant feature of the report is that S6 of these children were restored to parents who afterwards got in a po sition to properly care for their own children. There does not exist a more prac tical charity than this. The objects and methods of this institution are briefly stated as follows: The Child Saving Institute furnishes temporary care and shelter and pro vides permanent homes for homeless children; exercises a careful watch care over children after they are plac ed in homes; investigates in the city and country cases of abandoned, des titute and wayward children; give3 advice to parents, with a view to the improvement and permanent good of their children; endeavors by all rea sonable means to keep children and parents together; prosecutes cases in the court3 to rescue children from abuse and immoral influences; studies questions relating to children; aids in promoting child-helping legislation and strives to co-operate with exist ing charities. u Tram idiruiied Magnificent Equipment, Shortest Line, Electric Lights, Fist Time, Smooth Roadbed, Union Stations, Superb Oining-Cars. Free Reclining-Chair Cars. If Going East ask your local ticket gent to routo you east cf Omaha via the C. M. & St. P. Ry. Trains n agui1 Daily il THE CHILDREN OF TUTUILa. Youngsters of the Tropic Isle Probably the Most Interesting of All fo Uncle Sam's Wic?e Domain. Almost exactly In the middle of the islands spiinkled over the South Pa cific ocean, to the eastward of Austra lia, lies the Samoa n group, four islands of which Uncle Sam recently took un (lev his care. On the largest of those, Tutnila, he has built a naval station. There are about (j.OoO people on these islands and about a thousand of them are children. Tlx people are not. black. They are of a light brown and yellow complexion. As it is warm there all the time, they do not bother themselves with much clothing. When the Americans came to tho is lands they found that, while the chil dren were apparently rttnnin;; wild in the thick tropical woods, they knew what an education meant atnl many of them were attending school. The children are intensely curious about the United States and ask strangers all sorts of questions concerning the great country of which they are part now. They call the governor, who is a naval officer sent out by the United States, "Your Susuga." and they speak of the president as "Ills Afioga." Of all the possessions of the United States, the Tutuila group alone lies south of the equator. Children there, BOY THE "KING OF PLAY." In the Realm of the Rising Generation the Grown-tips Take a Sacli Scat When He Issues His Orders. The little rascal! He pointed the sharp runners of his sled directly at our timid feet (the snow, though thin, was hard and slippery), and cried, "Look out there!" just as if ho owned that particular parcel of sidewalk, and Just as if we had not the strength to take him by the slack of his twelve inch pants and warm his tender skin until he should bawl "mamma!" And where were the itolice? The thought of all the idle laws in tho blue books made us doubly wroth, and if it had not been best for us to leap spryly and wit'a ridiculous awkwardness, we suspect to the steps providentially nearby, v.e cer tainly should have been duty bound to catch that lawless urchin by the collar of his ragged little jacket and warn hirn that he was on the road to be a desperado. But, really, would we? As he slid by he gave us a look with his brigat eyc-3 as much as to say: "Lucky for you you jumped!" Yes, we are sure that is what he meant by it. With a slight THE GIVE-AWAY GAME. This Is What Strife Among Million aires May Lead To. "What time is it?" asked the Triple Billionaire of his private secretary, throwing a handful of diamonds out of the window to a waiting crowd of poor but honest tramps. "Eleven o'clock," replied the sec retary, pausing a moment at his work of mailing thousand dollar checks to the babies who had been named for his employer in the last 24 hours. "And we've been at work since 7," remarked the Richest Ever, stepping to the window to note the crowd. "Kindly inform me how much I have given away to-day." As he spoke he pressed a lever at his side and the money chute leading to the street, where the widows and orphans gath ered daily, poured out half a ton of gold coin onto the pavement. The secretary glanced at his daily statement. "In round numbers, 6lr," he answered, somevhat apologeti cally, "it amounts to 19,189,000." "What!" thundered tke coin dis tributor, 'Four hours work and only a mere bagatelle of $9,000,000 given away! This will never do; I cannot be made the laughing stock of the country by allowing Marnegie to sur pass me. Get out that list of 200 col leges and endow them again with a half a million apiece, ' waether they want it or not! Dear, dear, I must be getting slow in my old age. Don't let me hear of such carelessness again, Mr. Wrlghter." Stepping impatiently to the tele phone, he proceeded to purchase by wire fourteen coal mines, a dozen flour mills and three railroads for a rrwccN- AND VI CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY. This lino, f.imiliarlv known to t'ao wo torn public a-s tho " Milwaukoo roitd," has long bo-n notoj tor tho m.iiiiiicont i.ijiiip in.jnt of its trains lnjtw'ti Omaha an'l Chic:t;o. T'ao limltoil tn-ilis - niarv-cln of boauty and finish aro hoat"d by Ht'!:iiii and urn entirely and brilliantly lU'.hloJ by oloctricity. Hundreds of incaiiJo.-.o-iit li;;hL.s make tho train uh bright tut d;iy. Knch berth In tho slocpom contain I an cloctric reading I imp which tho travoh.T may turn on or oil at. will. If you don't want to sloop, - road! A trip on onn of thow trains i.i si education in tho jo JMbiliuos of modem traveliai'.. F. A. NASH, Ceneral Wetern Agniil, 1504 Farnam St., Omaha, looking into the heaven at niht, !) hold some of the constcllalionH which jou see, but they hIho koo. many which you can never see the Soul hern Crosn and all the sfary groups of the skies of the southern lioniinp.'iTo, while they jniFS many which you see every night, such as the Great Hear and the Plei ades. The children of Tutuila and Manna are fond of hint'ing nnd reading aloud. As rooii nn a child of tliewe Islands is old enough to work, he leaves school and goes to help bin father collect cocoanuts, the whiff moat of wlii" i ia dried and fold to traders under the name of copra. The children also work at farming on tlit small plantations. wheiu tropical fruits and vest-tables are rained for domestic use. Their homes mostly are mere huts, set in th clearings of tho dense forests or stuck away among the trees of a rove of tropical trees. All the boys aro good nailors. They begin to go out on tho water with their fathers when they are very young, and by the time I hey aro tun years old they can handle the native boats with great skill and dexter ity. risk we could have stopped upon his trailing legs and proved to him how mistaken he was. Hut, instinctively, h must be, we had given way, and he felt that he was boss. Some rhyming sentimentalist ban commemorated tht; great force of a baby's fist. He should have said some thing also about the boy's playful lcrrllinesH, for that is just what the boy is. Lord of Play. The arrogance oi fun i3 in his pumping little heart, and the spirit of adventure that has stayed with some when they grew up and made them founders of nationH or discoverers of seas. Tho boy is the embodiment of adventure, recking neither about his freezing red hands nor about the spanking that will be his when ho reaches homo In his wet boots. Office boys, we suppose, must have b"rn particularly rebellious when they were smaller. The great number of spoiled child ren is a peculiar proof of love, and it occurs to us that no doubt many an immortal was a little rebel at the agj of seven. Boston Journal. Thanksgiving present to the family of his old nurse. Horse a Fastidious Animal. "The sense of smell Is abnormally developed in the horse." said a Tefc erinary surgeon to a Philadelphia Rec ord reporter the other day. "I bav known blind horses that could get around almost as well as though they had Iheir sight, simply by the sens, of smell. A mare is never satisfied by sight or sound that a colt is ber own until she has had nasal proof of the fact. Another queer character istic of the horse Is that, no matter how hungry or thirsty he may be. b will never eat or drink anything that has an unpleasant odor about It. such a?; musty bay, or water from a bucket that has an offensive odor alout it. You will see him sniff, and smell, and turn away w!th a look of disgust on his face. He is perhaps tho mot fa tidious of all animals." Wrong Man Got Pension. John Smith of East Liverpool, O., and John Smith of Cumberland, Md.. were In the same regiment during the civil war. The Ohio John became blind as a result of wounds, but was drawing only $12 a month pension, the same as Maryland John. A bill wa3 passed In Congress increasing the lat ter's pension to $24, but by mistake It wa3 awarded to blind John. The other found out the mistake and his con gressman endeavored to have it recti fied, but the committee Investigating the case thought blind John wa3 the more entitled to Increase a$d refused to make a change. Now another bill on Maryland John's behalf has beea introduced.