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F M KIMMELL publisher
MCOOK
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I BRILT TELEGRAMS J
Negroes and white children are to
bo separated in Oklahoma schools
Great Britain and Russia are quar
reling over the Brussels sugar confer
ence
It is said that Germany and Eng
land will unite to bring Venezuela to
time
No redisricting bill will be passed
at tho coming session of the Kansas
legislature
The will of Herr Krupp bequeaths
tho big7 gun factory at Essen to his
eldest daughter
Nearly 100000 inhabitants in the
northern districts of Sweden face
starvation on account of heavy rain
falls
John L Sullivan former pugilist
has filed a petition in bankruptcy in
New York to prevent his arrest for
debt in Boston
Congressman elect Wm R Hearst
of New York and party are in the City
of Mexico Mr Hearst is the recipient
of many courtesies
Rev W H Millburn the blind chap
lain of the senate who is now in Cal
ifornia has forwarded his resignation
to President Pro Tem Frye
It is stated in diplomatic circles that
Venezuela has yielded in part to the
demands of Germany and England for
claims put in by thq citizens of those
countries
Secretary Moody in his annual re
port lays particular stress upon the
Imperative need of more officers and
hien to man the battleships now build
ing and authorized
The Rock Island management has
authorized contracts for the construc
tion of an extension of that system
from Dallas to Galveston Texas a
distance of 270 miles
The government case against the so
called beef trust has been set for
heraing in the United States circuit
court on December 1G before Judge
Grosscup at Chicago
To properly provide for the United
States government for the fiscal year
ending June 30 1904 it is estimated
by various departments that 589189
11230 will be required
The Southern Pacific has bought the
Shreveport Red River Valley rail
way a valuable railroad between
Shreveport and Alexandria with a
branch line to Manoura
The Union Pacific Railroad company
has formally announced the installa
tion of its pension system effective
January 1 by a notice posted on the
bulletin boards at headquarters in
Omaha
Smarting under a rebuke adminis
tered by his employer Albert Eth
ridge a boy 18 years old shot and in
stantly killed John Kesner proprietor
of the Western hotel at Pocahontas
Illinois
William E Curtis says the adminis
tration will make no further move to
purchase the West Indies from Den
mark but will welcome any negotia
tions looking to the acquisition of St
Thomas
Of the 20117 claimed by the state
of New York for expenses incurred in
aiding the United States to raise a
volunteer army in the war with Spain
the comptroller of the treasury only
allowed 5875
William H Murray alias Howard
was arrested at Dunlap Tenn Satur
day by an Illinois officer on a warrant
charging him with the murder of a
man named Woodrone at Williams
burg Ill twenty eight years ago
The anniversary of Clem Studebak
ers burial was made memorable at
South Bend Ind by his family pre
senting to the Epworth hospital direc
tors over 50000 in addition to other
contributions to pay in full for a 75
000 hospital building recently com
pleted
J Weis one of the wealthiest cot
ton merchants of New Orleans was
fined 25 for violating tho Wilson
separate car law He sat in the sec
tion reserved for negroes and declined
under the conductors request to get
up because there was no empty seats
in the white section
Despite the negative action of the
Transcontinental Passenger
tion in St Louis last month the Union
Pacific an Oregon Short Line and
Oregon Railroad and Navigation com
pany have announced thev intention
of instituting the one way colonist
rate to points in the northwest
The British mail steamer reports an
other eruption of Mont Pelee on the
island of Martinique
Macedonian peasants who were In
revolt last month are subjected to
horrible cruelties by the Turkish au
thorities
Dr Joseph Parker the noted pastor
of the London City Temple is dead
after a protracted illness
Western Union messengers struck
at Des Moines for a guarantee of 20
a month It was granted in thirty
minutes
RESTRAINTRUSTS
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUPPORTS
PUBLICITY PROPOSAL
LITTLEFIELDS BILL REPORTED
Measure Will Now Be Considered with
Others Affecting Combines Infor
mation In Which Particulars Are
Required to Be Given
WASHINGTON The subcommittee
of the house judiciary committee to
which was referred anti trust bills on
Friday reported favorably to the full
committee on Mr Littlefields bill pro
viding for giving publicity to the af
fairs of commercial combinations
The acting chairman of the judiciary
committee appointed a subcommittee
consisting of Representatives Little
field Me Overstreet Ind Powers
Mass Do Armond Mo and Clay
ton Ala to which all anti trust bills
including the publicity bill have been
referred A meteing of the committee
is called for tomorrow
The publicity bill as amended pro
vides that every corporation joint
stock company or similar organization
engaged in interstate or foreign com
merce and every such corporation
which shall hereafter be organized
shall file with the interstate commerce
commission on or before September
1 each year a return stating its name
data of organization where and when
organized the statutes under which
organized and if consolidated the
name of the constituent companies
and the same information concerning
them
If the concerns have been reorgan
ized the original corporation is to be
stated with information concerning it
The following particulars must also
be given
1 Amount of authorized capital
stock shares into which divided their
par value whether common or pre
ferred and distinction between each
2 Amount issued and outstanding
amount paid in how much if any in
property and if paid in property a de
scription and cash value of the prop
erty at the time it was received
3 Indebtedness its nature and
for what purpose incurred
4 A statement of the assets at
their present cash market value giv
ing the elements upon which the mar
ket value is based
5 The total earnings and income
operating expenses interest taxes
permanent improvements net earn
ings dividends declared with rate and
date during the period preceding the
first preceding July salaries of officials
and wages of employes
It is further provided that the treas
urer or other officer of concerns af
fected shall answer on oath all inquir
ies that may be made in writing under
the direction of the interstate com
merce commission relative to its
financial condition and its capital
stock Such answer is not to be used
as evidence against the person making
it except in prosecutions under the
proposed act
A tax of 1 per cent per annum is im
posed on so much of the capital stock
outstanding which is not fully paid in
cash or property at its full cash mar
ket value and provision is made for
collecting the tax
Any concern failing to make the re
turn as required and any concern fail
ing to pay the tax imposed is to be
restrained on the suit of the United
States from engaging in interstate or
foreign commerce
Finds Women Mail Carriers
WASHINGTON It has recently
ibeen brought to the attention of the
postmaster general that about twenty-five
women are holding positions
as carriers in the rural free delivery
service and a call has been made for
information about them An inves
tigation will be made to learn whether
they are performing their duties in a
satisfactory manner It appears the
appointments were made without the
department knowing the sex of the
candidates
Verdict Is 100000
NEW YORK A verdict for 100000
damage was brought in Tuesday by
the jury in the suit of Mrs Jennie
M Leys against the New York Central
Hudson River Railroad company
Mrs Leys sued for 250000 for the
death of her husband who was killed
in a collision in thj companys tun
nel in this city in January last Mr
Leys was manager cf a department
store and his earnings were said to
be 25000 a year
May Renounce Sugar Treaty
LONDON In the house of com
mons on Wednesday the under secre
tary of state for foreign affairs said
the opposition to countervailing du
ties and the refusal to allow the im
portation of bounties sugar were not
inconsistent with the most favored na
tion clause of the Anglo Russian com
mercial treaty- of 18S9 Russia he
added had been informed of this view
and an order was made to renounce
the treaty if Russia did not agree
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THE SICK CATTLE
Unprincipled Dealers Said to Have
Sold Them
BOSTON Dr Salmon reacned Bos
ton from Washington Tuesday His
first action was to hold a conference
with Dr Samuel E Bennett the Bos
ton agent of the bureau Dr Austin
Peters chief of the Massachusetts-Animal
Bureau and Dr John R Moh
Irn chief of the pathological division
at Washington James Law of Cornell
university and Dr Leonard Pearson of
the University of Pennsylvania
Dr Salmon said
The situation is very disquieting
principally because cattle dealers have
been selling diseased animals and
scattering the contagion and because
there has been no adequate conception
of the danger of carrying the disease
by persons who have visited diseased
herds
Dr Salmon will take offices so as
to be in the closest touch with the
cattle bureau
Dr Peters on Tuesday issued a no
tice calling attention to the statutes
which direct local board of health to
report all cases of contagion among
cattle as soon as their presence is
known
WASHINGTON Official notice of
the action of the British government
prohibiting the landing of stock from
New England was received Tuesday
Mr Moore on Tuesday ordered about
twenty veterinary surgeons in various
western cities to proceed to New Eng
land to augment the force of experts
already fighting the epidemic This
force also will be added to by the in
spectors relieved from duty owing to
the cessation of exportation to Great
Britain
PORTLAND Me The steamship
officials have stopped loading cattle
at this port until word is received
from England that cattle shipped from
Canada via Maine will be allowed to
land
CUBAN TREATY IS READY
President Palma Will Sign Document
at Havana Next Wednesday
HAVANA After a conference with
Secretaries Zaldo and Montes Friday
night President Palma said
My commissioners Senores Zaldo
and Montes will sign the reciprocity
agreement with General Bliss Tues
day or Wednesday next It will be
then sent to Washington where the
treaty will be signed by Secretary
Hay and Minister Quesada
After confirmation by the United
States senate I will send the treaty
to the Cuban senate for approval I
shall not send it to the house of rep
resentatives because that house has
with the approval of the senate the
right according to the constitution
to make a treaty which does not affect
the tariff
This agreement provides for
tain reductions in the duties on im
ports from the United States but the
tariff on those articles is not changed
After the approval of the treaty I in
tend to send a message to the senatei
and the house asking for a revision
of the tariff in order to keep up the
revenues which will be necessarily
lessened by the treaty
A senator who represents the ad-
ministration gives his opinion that the
reciprocity agreement must be ap
proved by the house of representa
tives The matter of issuing a loan
for 35000000 is again being taken
up in the senate
MEET AND TALK ON TREATY
General Bliss Says Things Are Moving
Along
HAVANA General Tasker H Bliss
who is here to arrange a basis for
a reciprocity treaty between the Unit
ed States and Cuba had another con
ference Tuesday with Secretary of
State Zaldo and Secretary of Finances
Manos General Bliss afterward said
We expect to conclude the conference
by next Saturday Everything is pro
gressing satisfactorily
It is generally understood that the
Cuban commissions have accepted all
propositions which General Bliss has
advanced thus far on behalf of the
United States
Choctaw Indians Moving
ARDMORE I T The emigration
of hundreds of Choctaw Indians resid
ing in Mississippi to Indian Territory
has commenced Many families
reached this city Friday to appear bej
fore the Dawes commission for en
rollment Under the law these In
dians must reside in the Indian coun
try for a certain period and prove
they are Choctaw Indians before they
are entitled to allotment It is ex
pected that several thousand will
reach the territory before February 1
the date of the beginning of the allot
ments
Want Into the British Market
BUENOS AYRES The senate has
reported sanitary laws relative to the
admission of foreign cattle which
were presented by the Argentine gov
ernment in order to facilitate the open
ing of BrLish ports to Argentine
cattle
STATEHOOD BILL
IT WILL BE TAKEN UP IN
SENATE WEDNESDAY
THE
THE QUESTION OF ADMISSION
Committee Report Will Be Adverse to
New Mexico and Arizona Senate
Will Probably Adjourn Thursday for
Several Days
WASHINGTON D C In accord
ance with the unanimous agreement
of the last session the senate will
take up the statehood bill Wednes
day and it is expected to remain the
unfinished business for some time The
bill undoubtedly will provoke consid
erable debate and it is generally be
lieved that it will continue to receive
attention until the adjournment for
the Christmas holidays at least
Senator Beveridge as chairman of
the committee on territories will call
the bill up Wednesday and probably
will make a speech in support of the
report in favor of the substitute bill
presented by the committee Other
members of the comittee who agree
with him will follow All of them
will give careful attention to the testi
mony taken by the sub committee
which recently visited the territories
The committees written report has
not yet been submitted to the sen
ate and this too will probably be
put in on Wednesday The report
will analyze the testimony dealing
with the questions of soil mines
agricultural possibilities educational
facilities and general fitness of the
population of the various territories
for statehood It is generally under
stood that a strong position will be
taken in opposition to the claims of
New Mexico and Arizona considera
ble stress being laid on the fact that
a large percentage of the people of
these territories do not use the Eng
lish language and that interpreters
are necessary in the conduct of the
business of the many courts Atten
tion will be given to the previous
question of statehood of those terri
tories many of which are seriously
criticised by the present committee
on the ground that they fail entirely
to represent the real conditions The
report giving the views of the com
mittee will be accompanied by a
transcript of the testimony taken by
the committee which will be printed
for the information of the senate and
the country
It is expected that the immigration
bill will continue to receive desultory
attention on Monday and Tuesday
but the proceedings with reference to
this bill will consist largely in the
reading of the bill and the consider
ation of amendments
There will be more or less of exec
utive business during the week and
in all probability another adjourn
ment from Thursday until the follow
ing Monday
CATTLE EXPORTS HALTED
New England Shipoers Stay Idle Till
Disease is Stamped Out
BOSTON No reply has been re
ceived as yet to the cable sent to the
British government by the acting con
sul expressing the desire of steam
ship men and cattle shippers that its
quarantine against the shipment of
cattle from New England be modi
fied so as to permit shipments from
Portland of western and aCnadian ani
mals
Meanvv hile the New England export
cattle trade is at a standstill though
some information from Washington
says that the British authorities have
requested a statement with regard to
the foot and mouth disease and a re
port as to the wisdom of allowing
cattle to be loaded at Portland
Dr Salmon said today that it had
been his intention to have the work
of slaughtering the affected cattle be
gun by Tuesday but the neavy snow
about the state might cause a delay
Fix Next Years Fair Dates
CHICAGO The National Associa
tion of Fairs and Exhibitions met
on Tuesdar and decided dates for
state fairs in 1903 as follows
Missouri August 17 to 22 Iowa
August 24 to 29 New York August
24 to 29 Minnesota August 31 to
September 5 Ohio August 31 to Sep
tember 5 Wisconsin September 7 to
September 12 Nebraska September 7
to 12 Indiana September 14 to 19
Kansas September 14 to 19 Ken
tucky September 21 to 26 Illinois
September 28 to October 3 St Louis
October 5 to 10
Shuts Out Wild West Show
LONDON Mr Hanbury president
of the board of agriculture has de
cided that owing to the existence of
the foot and mouth disease in some
of the New England states he will be
unable to permit the landing in Eng
land of a herd of buffaloes belonging
to the Wild West show which opens
in London on December 26
REED PASSES AWAY
Former Speaker Succumbs at Arling
ton Hotel Washington
WASHINGTON Thomas Bracket
Reed former speaker of tho house of
representatives died here at 1210
Saturday night In his apartments in
the Arlington hotel The immediato
cause of death was uraemia
A change for the worse was noted
in Mr Reeds condition early in the
morning At 930 he was was given
a subcutaneous saline transfusion in
order to stimulate his kidneys which
were failing to perform their proper
function
At 5 in the afternoon saline solu
tion was again administered about
three quarters of a pint of fluid being
used
The heart became weaker and weak
er but the patient retained conscious
ness until 11 oclock at night when
a complete coma supervened
At the bedside were Mrs Reed and
Miss Catherine Reed Drs Gardner
MacDonald Bishop and Goodnow and
the nurses
Dr Goodnow who had been in con
sultation with the local physicians on
Thursday was again summoned from
Philadelphia
It is stated that Mr Reed had been
suffering from Brights disease for
some time which reached the aciite
stage Saturday and this furnished an
additional cause for alarm Mr Reed
passed away peacefully and without
pain
The remains of Thomas Brackett
Reed left here Sunday afternoon for
Portland Me where tho interment
will take place on Tuesday afternoon
The casket was placed on a special
train leaving Washington at 450 and
running as the second section of the
Federal express scheduled to arrive
at Portland Monday
Accompanying the body were Mrs
Reed Miss Catherine Reed Amos L
Allen Mr Reeds successor in the
house Asher C Hinds Mr Reeds
parliamentary clerk while speaker
and Augustus G Payne of New York
a lifelong friend At Mrs Reeds re
quest there were no ceremonies of any
kind and at Portland they will be of
the simplest character
Reed Chronology
1839 October 18 Thomas Brackett
Reed born in Portland Me
1S60 Graduated from Bowdoin col
lege
1864 Joined the United States navy
as acting assistant paymaster
18G8 69 Member of the Maine leg
islature lower house
1870 Member of the Maine senate
1S70 72 Attorney general state of
Maine
1874 77 Solicitor city of
1877 99 Representative
Portland
in con-
gress
1889 91 Speaker of the house
1895 99 Again speaker of the house
1896 Prominently mentioned for
president
1899 Retires from congress
Says Swift Buys Railways
KANSAS CITY George H Ross of
Chicago for several years traffic man
ager of the Indiana Illinois Iowa
railway has succeeded Theodore C
Bates of Boston as president of the
Union Depot Bridge Terminal Rail
way company Mr Bates says he re
signed so that the companys interests
might be in the hands of a practical
railroad man A dispatch from Bos
ton however positively asserts that
Mr Bates sold his interests and the
Winner bridge piers in the Missouri
river and the valuable river land and
terminals owned by it have been pur
chased by Swift Company who con
template building an independent
stock yards and a new plant
Another rumor is to the effect that
the Rock Island system has purchased
but no reply had been received
Republicans Applaud the Message
WASHINGTON The house was in
session an hour and forty minutes
Tuesday One hour of the time was
consumed in reading the presidents
message The reading was listened to
with attention by members without
regard to party but without demon
stration except at the conclucion of
the reading when the republicans ap
plauded vigorously
Honduras Faces Resolution
PANAMA A revolutionary move
ment is threatened in Honduras Gen
eral Sierra has been induced to refuse
to turn over the presidential power
to Senor Monilla who was elected
president in October It is believed
that the Honduras congress will try to
declare the last elections illegal and
Senor Bonillas numerous partisans
threaten to protect their leaders
rights by force Juan Angelarias the
defeated candidate has been appoint
ed minister of state
Senate Confirms Holmes
WASHINGTON Oliver Wendell
Holmes was on Thursday confirmed
by the senate to succeed the late Jus
tice Gray as a member of the bench
of the United States supreme court
There was no opposition
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THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING
LIES IN THE EATING
Tho doctors are dumbfounded the-
druggists astonished and the people
excited and joyful over the wonderful
cures and tromendous sales of the
great Remedy St Jacobs Oil Every
case of Rheumatismsome of many
years standing has given way to
this powerful remedy Thousands of
certificates liko the following can bo
furnished as to its value
George Scleyer Publisher of tho
Chilton Wis Volksbote used St
Jacobs Oil for almost unbearable
palnB In tho back which had com
pletely prostrated him A few appli
cations cured him entirely
Mrs Fred Eberle Bellalro O was
for a long time severely troubled with
Rheumatism St Jacobs Oil instantly
relieved and entirely cured her
Rev Dr B Pick of Rochester N Y
suffered so intensely from Rheumatic
pains that he was unable to preach
Several applications from a bottle of
St JacobB Oil relieved him
F Raddor Cleveland Ohio says
Two applications of St Jacobs Oil
cured me of great and long continued
pain in my foot
Messrs C L Brundago and Son
Druggists Muskegon Mich write
St Jacobs OH has a wonderful sale
We sold eight bottles at retail yester
day This will give you some Idea
of how well It is liked in this sec
tion 1
Mr Louis HInkel of East Poeston
Kill N Y says I call St Jacobs
Oil the best liniment I ever used It
cured me of Rheumatism and pain in
the back
Herman Rittner Manchester N
H I have tried St Jacobs Oil and
found it excellent All those who have
purchased it speak of it as simply In
comparable
Geo G Erfile Palestine 111 I
was in bed suffering from a swollen
leg I used St Jacobs Oil Its effect
was wonderful The following day I
attended to my business again
Dr Otto Fuls Reading O writes
The sale of St Jacobs Oil Is con
stantly increasing it is praised by
everybody and never fails to give en
tire satisfaction
Half Rates
Plus 200 one way cr round trlpvia
Wabash Railroad Tickets on Bale first
and third Tuesdays of each month to
many points south and southeast Aside
from this tickets are on sale to all the
winter resorts of the south at greatly
reduced rates The Wabash is the
shortest quickest and best line for St
Louis and all points south and south
east Ask your nearest ticket agent to
route you via the Wabash
For rate folders and all information
t all at Wabash corner 1601 Farnam St
Omaha or address
HARRY E MOORES
Gen Pass Agt Dept Omaha Neb
Never look like a bargain counter
after the pick of the remnants is gone
Ready to Die
Not long ago Senator William P
Frye of Maine was summoned to pre
pare a will for a man who was very
ill It was necessary of course to se
cure two witnesses and they had to
be sent for While awaiting their ar
rival the invalid seemed to get worse
and Senator Frye thought it his duty
no minister being present to talk se
riously to him He told him that he
was very ill and that it was likely he
would soon depart this life And are
you ready to meet the great change
Frye asked him I will be was the
reply as soon as those d d witness
es get here
Premier Balfours Musical Tastes
Arthur James Balfour is said to be
the first musical premier England has
had He is an enthusiast for the art
and is catholic enough in taste to like
Wagner although his idols are Han
del and Bach He is a friend of Mme
Wagner and has been Baireuth more
than once He used to make long
journeys to hear the lesser known
work 8 of Handel and in January 1887
the Edinburgh Review printed an arti
cle by him on that composer He has
been a subscriber of the Richter con
certs from their commencement
The Hansons Are Happy
Ashley N D Dec 8th Cured of
that most dangerous of all Diseases
Rheumatism of the Heart J H Han- i
son of this place loses no opportunity
of singing the praises of Dodds Kid
ney Pills
I am able to work again says
Mr Hanson And am feeling better
than I have for five years Broken
down and fairly used up and suffering
from Rheumatism of the Heart and
Dropsy I was in very bad shape
Then I started taking Dodds Kid
ney Pills and well you can see how
I look and I feel as well as I look
My Rheumatism is gone and tho
Dropsy with it
I dont think theyll ever bother
me again but if they do Ill just get
some more of Dodds Kidney Pills I
know that will fix them
Mrs Hanson too whose health was
far from good took the same remedy
and she joins with her husband in
recommending Dodds Kidney Pills
Old age would be bereft of a gener
ous share of its comforts if it could
not boast of when I was young
A mule or a woman could never be
happy unless they could kick about
something or other
Lava Continues Hot
The lava streams from the eruption
of Vesuvius in 1858 were so hot twelve
years later that steam issued from
their cracks and crevices Those that
flowed from Etna in 1787 were found
to be steaming hot just below the crust
as late as 1S40 The volcano Jonilla
in Mexico poured forth in 1759 lava
that 87 years later gave off columns
of steaming vapor In 1780 it was
found that a stick thrust into the
crevices instantly ismited aminuc
c
k
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discomfort was experienced in walking Ct
on the hardened crust