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CATTLE DISEASE
FOOT AND MOUTH TROUBLE BE
COMES ALARMING
ORDER OF SECRETARY WILSON
It Prohibits Railroads from Transport
ing Cattle Sheep or Swine in the
New England States or Their Ex
portation from Boston Mass
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WASHINGTON Secretary o Agri
culture Wilson on Thursday issued a
sweeping order directed to the manag
ers and agents of railroads and trans
portation companies of the United
States stockmen and others notifying
them of the establishment of a quar
antine on cattle and sheep and other
ruminants and swine in the New Eng
land states and prohibiting the ex
portation of such animals from the
port of Boston until further orders
Recent investigations in the depart
ment of agriculture discloses the fact
that what Is known as foot and mouth
diseases exists in an alarming extent
in Connecticut Rhode Island Massa
chusetts and Vermont The expert at
the department D Mohler Dr Leonard
Pearson of the University of Pennsyl
vania and Dr James Law of Cornell
investigated the infected districts and
united in a recommendation that in or
der to prevent the spread of the disease
a quarantine should immediately be
established
Secretary Wilson said that this is
the most serious case the department
has had to handle for some time but
that all the resources of the depart
ment would be employed in stamping
out the disease He declared that If
it should spread west of the Hudson
river it would be nothing short of a
national calamity
The orders which are dated Thurs
day are as follows
In accordance with section 7 of the
act of congress approved May 29 1894
entitled An act for the establishment
of a bureau of animal industry to pre
vent the exportation of diseased cattle
and to provide means for the suppres
sion and extirpation of
and other contagious diseases
among domestic animals and with the
act of congress approved June 3 1902
making appropriations for the depart
ment of agriculture for the fiscal year
ending June 30 1903 you are hereby
notified that the contagious disease
known as foot and mouth disease ex
ists among animals in the states of
Connecticut Rhode Island Massa
chusetts and Vermont and the cattle
sheep and other ruminants and swine
of said states have been exposed to the
contagion of said disease therefore it
is hereby ordered that to prevent the
spread of the said disease from the
states of Connecticut Rhode Island and
Vermont into other states or foreign
countries and to aid in its eradication
no cattle sheep or other ruminants or
swine shall be moved or be permitted
to move from or across the territory of
any of the states named into any other
state or foreign country
Any person company or corpora
tion violating this order will be pro
ceeded against as provided for by the
act of congress above referred to
It is hoped that all transportation
companies cattle shippers and others
interested in the welfare of our animal
industry will co operate with the de
partment of agriculture in the enforce
ment of this order to the end that the
restriction on traffic may have the de
sired effect and be removed in the
shortest possible time
JAMES WILSON Secretary
MEAN TO STOP HOLDUPS
Railways May Combine to Throttle
Train Robbing as an Industry
CHICAGO Train robbery as an in
dustry may be throttled through the
concerted action of railroad and ex
press companies operating throughout
the middle west
Local officials of some of the roads
tlirectly interested through recent
hodups have been spurred to drastic
measures The Davenport robbery of
the fast Rock Island train was the
straw that broke the camels back
The compuany in conjunction with
the United States Express company
jointly offered a reward on Monday of
55000 for the arrest and conviction of
the men who robbed their train
In addition the Burlington officials
announced that a dead train robber
-would be worth 1000 to any of its
employes
Officials of the Chicago Milwaukee
St Paul Illinois Central and Chicago
Alton roads coincided with Mr
Delanos statement and declared that
they would not hesitate to bear their
share of any burden brought about by
a concerted movement to eradicate the
evil
Cyrus Graft Dead
ELGIN Cyrus Grant one of the
old settlers here was found dead in
his barn He had gone to harness the
team and when found had the curry
comb in his hand He had been a
sufferer from heart disease and had
been feeling bad for some time
TO A DEAD STOP
Negotiations Are Called Off in the
Canal Treaty
WASHINGTON Exceptional inter
est was displayed in Thursdays meet
ing of the cabinet in view of the
near approach of the short congres
sional session
The president presented his annual
message to congress in completed
form Most of the features were fa
miliar to the members of the cabinet
and only such parts as had not been
considered previously were read in
full All of the members were pres
ent except Secretary Root
Secretary Hay in presenting the
canal negotiations said that they had
come to a dead stop and while no such
thing as an ultimatum had passed
the Colombian minister had informed
the state department that he could not
accept the last proposition of the
United States as a basis of a treaty
The state department has already let
it be known that it had come to the
end of its concessions so the chance
of a renewal of the negotiations in the
near future were not bright
This state of affairs would it was
believed stimulate the negotiations
with Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the
alternate route but it now appeared
that those countries were not disposed
to allow themselves to be used for the
purpose of coercing Colombia and
were desirous of remaining in the
background until it was certain no
treaty would be made between the
United States and Colombia
The original Panama concessions
would expire in 1904 and it had been
suggested that the Colombian govern
ment had that fact in mind and was
disposed to dally now in the expecta
tion that the franchise would relapse
and enable it to build the canal itself
or sell a new concession Such a
course would raise a serious question
between the Colombian government
the Panama company the French gov
ernment and the government of the
United States as to whether a supple
mentary decree extending the conces
sion ten years from 1904 was valid
SENATE TO TALK NEW STATES
Trusts Tariff and Reciprocity Will
Also Be Taken Up
WASHINGTON The admission of
the territories of Oklahoma New Mex
ico and Arizona as states of the un
ion will probably be the subject of
most importance to receive attention
by the senate at the coming ses
sion
After the omnibus territorial bill
passed the house last season its
friends in the senate were so insistent
on action and so strong in point of
numbers that in the interest of other
pending legislation a unanimous agree-
I ment was reached that the committee
on territories should report next Wed
nesday December 3 and a week later
the bill will be come the unfinished
business of the senate This means
that unless the measure is displaced
by vote or by unanimous consent it
will occupy the first place on the sen
ate calendar until disposed of
It is the current expectation that
this program will be carried out
whether the committees report is fa
vorable or unfavorable as tne agree
ment contemplated consideration re
gardless of the character of the re
port
There is no definite information as
to what the committees decision will
be but at the last session all the re
publican members of the committee
except Senator Quay voted to defer
consideration while Senator Quay and
all the democratic members voted for
immediate action the result being a
majority of one for postponement It
is known that some of the republican
members favor an amendment of the
bill so as to provide for the admission
of Oklahoma only and it is the pre
vailing opinion that the committee will
divide on this proposition all repub
lican members except Senator Quay
being considered favorable to it How
ever the transposition of one repub
lican vote would insure the report of
a bill to admit all three territories
Taft and Guidi Negotiate
MANILA Governor Taft and Arch
bishop Guidi have commenced the ne
gotiations for the settlement of the
pending questions between the church
and the state and have agreed to hold
at least three sessions weekly until a
conclusion has been reached I
ernor Taft will give a dinner in honor
of Mgr Guidi next Monday
Official Vote of Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY Mo The state
vote in the recent election was can
vassed Tuesday by Secretary of State
Cook showing that Missouri went
democratic by a plurality of 44695
As compared with 1900 the demo
cratic loss was 79248 votes and the
republican loss 85154 v
Dies Watching Foot Ball
ST LOUIS Excitement caused by
watching a local foot ball game on
Thursday caused the sudden death of
Rev John J Barth of the German
Methodist Episcopal church by apo
plexy
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ONGRESS WORK
CHIEF BUSINESS WILL BE ANTI
COMBINE LEGISLATION
A PLETHORA OF BILLS
Firt Day Will See Many Presented
Dealing with the Subjects of Trusts
Leaders as Yet Appear to Be Un
decided
WASHINGTON When the house
convenes Monday a perfect deluge of
bills dealing with the trust question in
all its phases will be thrown into the
legislative hopper It is admitted on
all hands that this will be the most
important topic of discussion indeed
the leaders incline to the belief that
beyond appropriation bills and routine
legislation it is the only matter on
which there is a chance of action
As yet the leaders have formulated
no measure and there exists a pretty
wide divergence of opinion as to what
can or should be done consequently
the presidents recommendations are
awaited with more than usual inter
est
The most conservative opinion
among the republican leaders seems to
favor an appropriation for the reform
ation of the Sherman anti trust act
Such an amendment it is thought
could be placed in one cf
the regular appropriation bills and
put through both houses without dif
ficulty whereas any amendment to
the law itself no matter how con
servative would meet opposition Mr
Hepburn of Iowa chairman of the in
terstate and foreign commerce com
mittee is one of those who believe
that the Sherman law if enforced is
sufficient to meet the situation and
he will introduce a bill appropriating
500000 to be used by the department
of justice in the prosecutions under
the present law
It is not improbable when the lead
ers ascertain exactly what can be done
that a caucus of republicans will be
called to agree on a measure Mean
time the trust bills introduced will
probably be referred to the judiciary
committee
There is some question of jurisdic
tion If a bill invokes the interstate
commerce clause of the constitution it
should properly go to the commerce
committee and if the taxing power
of the government to the ways and
means committee but to secure uni
formity all bills dealing with the sub
ject have gone heretofore to the ju
diciary committee and this practice
will be followed unless a fight for
jurisdiction is made
The leaders have already resolved
to expedite the appropriation bills as
much as possible in order to allow the
largest margin of time for other mat
ters Mr Cannon chairman of the ap
propriation committee indeed believes
the legislative executive and judicial
and the pension bills can be disposed
of before the holidays His committee
will go to work at once and prepare
the supply bills as rapidly as possible
The legislative and pension bills will
probably be read before the end of the
week
INDIAN SCHOOLS PROSPER
Both Boys and Girls Become
Better
Citizens by Education
WASHINGTON Estelle Beel
perintendent of Indian schools
su
has
submitted her annual report
She notes a marked advance in in
dustrial training and says the course
of study prescribed has materially as
sisted Indian youths in learning agri
culture as a means of self support
while the girls have benefited by the
class room curriculum which fits
them fod duties and responsibilities
of the home
Oklahoma Elects a Republican
GUTHRIE Okla The territorial
election board met Monday and issued
a certificate of election to B S Mc
Guire the republican candidate for
delegate to congresss placing his ma
jority at 394 over W M Cross demo
crat Cross papers of contest are
ready to be filed when congress con
venes The legislative certificates of
election wer also issued to show the
joint assembly to be one democratic
Selects South Dakota Site
WASHINGTON Assistant Secre
taary Taylor has selected as the site
for the federal building at Pierre S
D the northeast corner of Retreat
and Huron streets The price is 5
C00
Urge Civil Service Rules
WASHINGTON Colonel Emmett
Urell commander-in-chief of the Span
ish War Veterans accompanied by
Fred C Hodgson and G Leyburn
Sherry officials of the organization
on Monday urged the president to
place under the civil service all the
Spanish war veterans who are now
serving the government in a clerical
capacity in the Philippines President
Roosevelt promised to consider the
I request
CHAFFEE SEES PRESIDENT
Goes to Washington and Receives
Roosevelts Congratulations
WASHINGTON Major General
Chaffee reported to Secretary Root
on Monday He appeared in uniform
and upon his arrival held an impromp
tu reception in the secretaarys office
Later accompanied by Adjutant
General Corbin he made official calls
on Secretary Hay and Secretary Moo
dy Subsequently he had a long talk
with Secretary Root upon conditions
in the Philippines with especial ref
erence to the plans of the department
for the reduction of the army As a
result of his recommendations a gen
eral order relative to the methods of
reducing the army will be issued
Later in the day Secretary Root pre
sented him to the president who cor
dially congratulated General Chaffee
on his work in China and the Philip
pines
BANK AT BANCROFT ROBBED
Burglars Get Away with Two to Four
Thousand Dollars
BANCROFT Neb The Bancroft
bank owned by J E Turner was en
tered by burglars Monday morning
about 2 oclock Entrance was obtain
ed by use of a skeleton key to the
front door
The building is a one story brick
The safe was not kept in a vault
which made it easier work for the
burglars
It is not known exactly what amount
was taken probably from 2000 to
4000
All the cash on hand is missing ex
cept 125 which was found in the
wreck in the morning
Two explosions were made the first
one on the outer door which blew
it across the room and almost through
the brick wall The second was on
the inner steel chest and was a clean
job
NEGROES PRAISE ROOSEVELT
Express Pleasure at Chief Executives
Philanthropic Letter
NORFOLK Va At the session of
the African Methodist church confer
ence on Friday representing 75000
colored people strong resolutions were
adopted expressing profound pleasure
at what is termed President Roose
velts broad ani philanthropic letter
on the appointment of Dr Crum of
Charleston and heartily commending
his attitude toward the negroes
Bishop Walters and others prominent
in the conference spoke in support
The conference also passed a resolu
tion commending the attack John S
Wise is making on the new constitu
tion of Virginia
Roosevelt Consults Wright
MEMPHIS Tenn General Luke E
Wright vice governor of the Philip
pinees left on Monday for Washing
ton where it is understood he has
beeen summoned by the president for
a conference on proposed Philippine
legislation It is -expected he will as
sist in the preparation of bills which
will be presented to congress at the
forthcoming session among which will
be one for the establishment of a
stable currency and another extending
the civil service laws in the archipel
ago
Kills Fifty Ladrones
MANILA The constabulary are car
rying out an aggressive campaign
against the ladrones and fanatics in
the northern part of the island of
Leyte and Biliran Inspector Crock
ett with a force of constabulary en
gaged them six times near the village
of Ormoc on the south coast of Leyte
and killed thirty nine Corporal Mon-
t tague at the head of another detach
ment of constabulary defeated a band
near Talibaug on Biliran island kill
ing thirteen and capturing thirty six
President to Come West
WASHINGTON Senator Cockrell
of Missouri accompanied by Judge
William M Springer and E M Clen
denning secretary of the Board of
Trade of Kansas City Monday invit
ed the president to attend the Na
tional Live Stock association in Kan
sas City on January 13 The presi
dent expressed his sincere regret at
his inability to accept but said after
congress adjourned he expected to
take a western trip on which he
would visit Kansas City
British Reach Washington
WASHINGTON The British labor
commissioners who are traveling in
the United States as the guests of
Alfred Moseley are in Washington for
a brief visit They arrrived on Tues
day and after calling on the presi
dent to pay their respects will depart
ior New York They visited the con
gressional library and the patent office
and afterward made a call on Labor
Commissioner Carroll D Wright
Mount Pelee Again Violent
ST THOMAS D W I The Royal
Mail steamer Yare which arrived
here Friday passed Mount Pelee Is
land of Martinique during Wednesday
morning and reports that the volcano
was then erupting violently
MmsafeKStfMeiBBIB3gffi3g
LEFT TO FREEZE
ROBBED ON THE PRAIRIE THEN
DESERTED
THE FATE OF AH OMAHA MAN
Drugged by Bandits All of His Mon
ey Taken Then Left on the Desert
Unconscious Feet Badly Frozen
When Found
RAWLINS Wyo A H Bree em
ployed by the Flato Commission com
pany of South Omaha was found in a
railroad cut west of town on Thursday
morning
His feet were badly frozen and he
had been without food since Sunday
noon He was taken to the state hos
pital at Rock Springs where both legs
will probably be amputated
Bree tells an almost incredible
story but his appearance certainly
bears out his statement He says he
arrived in Rawlins Friday from his
home in South Omaha Sunday he
met three men who said they had a
bunch of sheep three miles from town
that they would sell cheap
Bree accompanied them to the place
but the sheep were not to be found
One of the men suggested they sit
down on a rock eat a lunch and rest
and then continue the search for the
flock Bree assented and remembers
nothing that occurred after he par
took of the lunch
He regained consciousness during
the snow storm of Tuesday night
His feet were so badly frozen that he
could not stand and he was almost
famished With the lights of the
town as a guide he started to crawl
the three miles All night he kept up
the snail like pace over the snow-covered
ground his hands and knees torn
and bleeding At daylight he crawled
into the railroad cut and was seen by
the section men who brought him in
When Bree went out on the prairie
with the three strangers he carried
250 in his pockets but when he
awoke from his long sleep the money
Winds Up the Foot Ball Season with
a Great Victory
LINCOLN The foot ball season of
1902 at the University of Nebraska
was terminated Thursday in a blaze
of glory Before 6000 people the
greatest crowd that ever assembled
about a Nebraska gridiron the unbeat
en Cornhuskers administered a deci
sive defeat to the Northwestern uni
versity eleven scoring twelve points
and emerging from the contest with
their own goal line still uncrossed a
record not achieved by any other col
lege aggregation in the country
Nebraska not having lost a game
this season or even being scored
Bears from Washington Instructions to
Sweep Away Illegal Fences
Omaha Col Mosby who is in the
city says I have come out here
with instructions from President
Roosevelt down to the landoffice to
clean out all the fences on government
land and incidentally to clean out all
the fraudulent homestead entries par
ticularly those of subsidized soldiers
widows If District Attorney Sum
mers is indifferent in the matter I shall
report so to the attorney general as I
have once before reported As for the
interview recently given out by Sppcial
Agent A M Lesser concerning the
charges against him it is simply an
evasion of the real charge which is ob
taining money from the government
by the use of false and fraudulent
vouchers Senator Allison at whose in
stance he was originally appointed
has not yet spoken in his behalf Sen
ator Millard has requested his rein
statement but that is bscause these
cattlemen up there want Lesser kept
I havent heard anything from Senator
Dietrich
Insist on Eight Hour Day
YOUNGSTOWN O According to
the officials of the National Associa
tion of Blast Furnace Workers thac
association will on May 1 serve no
tice on all blast furnace operators
throughout the country that eight
hours will constitute a days work A
vote is being taken by the lodges
on the question and the replies thus
far are in favor of the proposition
Ample notice will be given the manu
facturers
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TURKS TORTURE MACEDONIANS
Hang Them from Ceiling to Force Be
trayal of Secrets
LONDON Mall advices from Con
stantinople under date of November
24 say
In spite of all denials the porte is
adopting barbarous mothods in crush
ing the Macedonian peasants The win
ter has set in and the danger from
revolutionary bands is over yet the
Turkish authorities seem to think tho
time has come to act
In the face of promises of free par
don to those- who have roturned to
their homes Christian villagers have
been shockingly tortured to make
them betray alleged concealed arm3
or give information regarding the
working of the Macedonian commit
tees The bastino has been frequently
employed until the victims were crip
pled for life their feet being beaten
to a pulp by Turkish soldiers Peas
ants were also hung by their heels to
the ceiling and boiling hot eggs put
in their arm pits Even priests were
not spared while the troops openly
plundered the peasants who are being
driven to despair
NUNEZ SAYS CUBA REMEMBERS
Insular Governor Protests that People
Still Revere Americans
WASHINGTON General Emlllo
Nunez governor of the province of
Havana Cuba is in Washington and
in an interview said
The public sentiment in Cuba to
ward the United States has not chang
ed Our deep and sincere friendship
toward this country continues More
over President Roosevelts generous
and persistent campaign for reciproc
ity has found an echo in the hearts
of our people increasing if it wero
possible the debt of gratitude that
we contracted with the United
States
Ross Falls to His Death
LEAD S D Horace Ross was in
stantly killed in the Pluma mine at
Lead Friday He fell from a platform
forty feet to the bottom of the shai
striking on his head This was to
was gone Tiie authorities are have been his last shift as he had
fied the strangers doped Bree stole chased a small business in Lead and
the money and left him on the prairie
to die There is not a single clue to
the identity of the would be murder
ers
NEBRASKA IS TRIUMPHANT
was to take possession immediately
Mr Ross was the first white child
born at Vermillion S D- where his
parents reside He was a member of
Grigsbys rough riders in 1S3S j d
had also spent several years in South
Africa in the mines His remains
will be shipped to Vermillion
Has Enough of Public Life
WASHINGTON After a years ser
vice Adam McMulIcn has resigned tho
position of private secretary to Sena
tor Dietrich to engage in business in
his own behalf at his home Mr Mc
Mullcn came to Washington five years
ago and alter graduating with high
honors from Columbian Law collego
accepted a position in the war depart
ment which he held until appointed
Senator Dietrichs secretary last year
He has served the senator efficiently
and was requested to remain in the
position but Mr McMuIIen decided
to his original intention
against on the record claims the -
that it was better for him tQ alhere
championship of the west It defeat
ed Minnesota which in turn defeated
Wisconsin and Chicago against which
Nebraska did not play Michigan on
Thursday also defeated Minnesota
and while it was by a larger score than
Nebraskas victory it was scored
against in this game as well as sev
eral others during the season
MOSBY BRINGS HIS BROOM
RAILROADS ADVANCE RATES
Put Up Prices for Carrrying All of thfc
Commodities
CHICAGO III General traffic offi
cials of the Central Freight associa
tion lines met here Tuesday and took
formal action for putting in effect the
advance in freight rates ordered at
the joint meeting of the executive
officers of the trunk lines and Cen
tral Freight association iast week
The new rates will go into effect on
December 8
The advance on grain and flour
rates will be 2 cents per 100 pounds
and 5 cents on provisions Rates on
coal iron cement and other special
commoditiese will go up from 10 to
35 per cent No changes have been
made in class rates but the classi
fication has been revised so as to
make the class rates on many articles
considerably higher
Quecada Hopeful for Treaty
WASHINGTON During a brief
call on the president Friday by Min
ister Quesada of Cuba there was some
incidental reference to the proposed
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and the island Minister Que
sada hopes there will be some tan
gible results on the subject in a short
time The ministers object in calling
on the president was primarily for
the purpose of informing him that his
advices from Haana showed that the
disorders growing out of the strike had
terminated and that quiet had been
restored
American Corsets the Vogue
WASHINGTON American corsets
rule this market says United States
Consul Mahin reporting to the state
ilepartment from Nottingham Eng
land on popular wear in England He
says so popular have American sryles
become that French
makers are com
pelled to get their patterns from the
United States
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