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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , XOVEMBHK 1(5 ( , 1SJ)8 ) ,
, AXEN ASRS1IESERVE TO ACT
BUnton County Treasurer 8 k to
Mandamus Btato Official ,
EXPRESS CHARGES ON STATE MONEY
of Who I * to Pay the Freight
oa the Monthly Collcctloim Whoa
Itemlttcd to the State
Treannrcr In Vif ,
LINCOLN , Nov. 13. ( Special. ) The ap-
pllcatlcn for mandamus brought by Agge
Axen , county treasurer of Stanton county ,
to compel the state treasurer to sign re
ceipts for money transmitted to htm , forms
a case of general Interest over the mate.
The petition filed by Treasurer Axen sets
forth that It Is the duty of the county
treasurer "to collect all taxes levied for
Btato purposes tn the said Stanton county
and pay Into tlio etato treasury alt funds
in bis bands belonging to the state on or
before the 10th day of February and the 10th
clay of October In each year , and at such
other times as the Htato treasurer shall
require , such payments to bo made tn coiner
or In treabury notes of the United State * . "
Tlio petition further states that "It I * the
duty of the state treasurer to make tripli
cate receipts , under the seal of his office ,
for all sum * which shall bo paid Into the
treasury and deliver two of such receipts
to the person making such payment. *
* The rotator further represents that
on the 1th day of February , 1898 , the re-
vpondcnt as such state treasurer directed
and required this rclator to transmit on
or before the IMtf day of each month all
moneys In his hands , collected In the month
previous and belonging to the state ot Ne
braska , and all such remittances wcrn made
In obedience to such direction and require
ment on part of the respondent. "
The petition then goes on to state that
the only convenient and safe mode of trans
mitting coin and treasury uotc from Stan-
Ion to Lincoln la by the express company ,
which has offices at both places. Since the
flret of the year the county treasurer had
forwarded by thU express company amounts
s fotlows : January , $1,094.1C ; February ,
$960.19 ; March , 840.75 ; April , $2,567.51 ;
ilay , $2,241.21 ; June , $939.11 ; July , $434.61 ;
August , $208.21 ; September , $1,280.69 ; Oc
tober , $2.201.90.
The package of money for March , which
amounted to $840.75 and was remitted on
the 8th of April , was the only one receipted
for , the Btato treasurer having neglected
and refused to furnish receipts for the
other * . It Is to compel action on tlio part
of Mcservo that the suit Is brought. The
Stanton treasurer elates that until the re
ceipts are gUen him ho cannot make hla
ncttlcmcnts with the county commissioner *
nJ state auditor as required by law and
that ho ie liable to forfeit his collection
' * ' . ffes fo ? the amounts eel forth In the pe
tition.
1 , Fact * New lit Public.
Tbo facts set forth In the petition are ncv
to the general public , although It Is probabli
that all the > ottnty treasurers are havlnf
the same experience. It Is nrcued by thi
attorney for Treasurer Axen that the ! av
fiaes not contemplate that the treasurer !
eball come In person to Lincoln once i
month to make the payments In order tha
they may get their receipts , as this woul (
en'tatl great expense and Inconvenience , y
good Reason for Mcservo to withhold thi
receipts does not appear. It will bo re
ruembcrcd that less than two months agi
Trjaauror Mcuervc made a public speed
in which he claimed great credit becaun
ho had compelled .the county treasurers ti
pay up every month. ' "Ho said that "undo
tbe old tiyitem 'the treasurers were gettlni
away with the money. " He also clalmei
credit because "the expense ot collectlnj
Btato money had been lessened. " Th
point In the case Is that the Stantoi
county treasurer forwards the packages will
the express to be paid at the Lincoln end
the county having no fund from which sue' '
un Item ot expense could be taken and th
express , If prepaid , would have to bo born
toy the treasurer personally. Tt.o stat
treasurer receives the money , but refuse
to give receipts because the express Is nc
prepaid. In the Interests ot political "ecou
orny" the state treasurer wants la compi
itho county treasurers to pay the expres
charges from their own pockets. Tbe overage
ago expense for each county would bo $
per month , or a total for all counties c
$2,160It is expected that the ruling t
this case will determlno whether the stat
shall bear this expense or whether It 1
to be paid by the county treasurer. Th
complication 1s one ot tbo natural consc
qucnces of the system of book-kcepln
Adopted by the state officials for campalg
purposes nnd It l a matter of surprh
that such a. suit wan not begun during It
campaign just passed.
The term of office of O. J. Evans of Has !
i ings as member of the Hoard ot Examln
* " " ers of the State Board of Pharmacy has ex
plred and J. H. Schmidt ot Omaha has bee
appointed to the place.
In answer to an Inquiry sent to Adjt
FIVE FAMILIES.
Discovered the Cnune of Their Slcl
nemi.
Whenever I drink coffee It effects n
heart lu such a way that I cannot get n
breath without great difficulty. My hu
band has had serious stomach trouble ft
some years , which wo found by cxperlraen
ing with leaving off coffee , came from tl
coffee directly. .Wo have now been usli
MHS. C1IAS. F. WII.HO.V ,
8O ElUaheth St. , I.aFuyettc , Ind.
Fosturu Cereal Food Coffee for three yea :
end both husband and myself are pcrfeci
veil. We shall never use common con
again , as long as wo can get Postum. T
following people have to my knowled
been greatly benefited by the dlscontlnuai
of cotfr > p and the use of Postura.
'
Mrs. 'Laura Qulnn. 191 Cincinnati J
LnFoyctte , Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wilaon , West Lebani
Ind.
Ind.Mrs. . O , C. Wilson , Attica , Ind.
Mr. ami Mrs. M. Klllan. Lafyctte , Ind.
One thing people must remember , If tl
expect to gel a fine flavor from Posttim.
must be allowed to boll long enough to brl
tbe flavor out , and Just simply setting I
pot on the stove fifteen minutes won't debut
but fifteen mlnutea must be allowed af
the real boiling begins.
tant Corbln of the War department yccter-
day the governor received a telegram to
day stating that the First regiment had
not been ordered home from Manila and
that there was no Intention to order any
regiments home In the Immediate future.
The secretary of state commenced the can
vass of the vote of the state on state offi
cials and district Judge * this afternoon ,
the duplicate returns sent In by the clerks
being UEed for the purpose. There are
still about thirty counties that have not
sent In their returns , but' many of these
are expec'.cd to show up In the malls to
morrow.
Wotnnn'n llollt-f Conn.
The state treasurer and auditing com
mittee ot the Nebraska Women's Reflet
Corps are meeting In this city for the pur
pose of going over the year's accounts. Mrs.
Mary II. Morgan of Alma la the treasurer
and the auditing committee la composed ot
Mosdamcs Allco G. Llnsloy ot Table Hock ,
Lucy Austin of Tekamah and Frankfortcr
of Lincoln. The corps of the state has been
Instrumental In securing and expending
about $ SOO for the benefit of the soldiers
of the present war. The 'organization now
has on hand $362. The relief corps In the
state number almost 150 , with a membership
of1.000 and own $16,000 worth of property
outside of real estate.
The Matinee MuMcnlo has arranged for a
number of "artlots * recital's" for the bene
fit of Its members nnd the first one was
given last night by a vocal quartet from
the Topcka Musical club. Every number on
the program was enjoyed and warmly ap
plauded by those present.
The Ministerial asMoelatton has arranged
for union services In dlfforent sections of
Lincoln on Thanksgiving day. Services In
the downtown section will be hefd at the
First Presbyterian church by Rev. W. H.
Manss of the Congregational church. In
East Lincoln Hev. Bpear will preach at
the Vine Street Congregational church. Rev.
II. T. Chlpperfleld will preach at the Third
Presbyterian church In South Lincoln. The
colored religious organizations will also
hold union service * , but the place has not
yet been announced ,
The secretary of state has received du
plicate returns from fifty-eight counties ,
but none of them have yet been opened foi
the tabulation of the returns.
Iilncolii Local Note * .
Lincoln Frost , the newly elected dlstrlc
Judge , has appointed E. R. Mockett as hi :
official court reporter.
Work has commenced on the new plan
of the Beatrice Creamery company. Mes
of the old wall Is being torn down , as thi
new building will have street wall o
handsome gray brick resembling granite.
Chief cf Police Hoagland left today fo
Bunker Hill , 111. , In answer to a , telegran
announcing the serious Illness of his wife'
brother at that place. Mrfi. Hoagland ha
been at the bedside of her brother and as
slsted In taking care of him for som
months past.
At the meeting of the city council las
night a committee of attorneys was ap
pointed to confer with the council rommltte
and the Lancaster legislative delegation I
framing amendments to the city charter , t
bo presented to the legislature for passag
this winter.
Judge Holmes of the district court ha
overruled the demurrer filed by the attor
neys of Mayor Frank Graham , who Is undc
Indictment for brlbeiy. The question raise
by the defense was that there la no statut
making the taking of a bribe by an cxecu
tlvo officer a crime.
The monthly report Issued from the healt
department shows that during October ther
were but sixteen deaths In the city. C
these eight were males nnd eight female
and all were white persons. Several case
of diphtheria have been reported and thro
ot the deaths were from that disease.
The university foot ball team leaves fc
Denver tomorrow and will try concluslor
with the Denver und Colorado unlversll
teams during the week. It Is feavc-d tlu
'tho team will not be In Its strongest condl
tlon , C.A Turner , Williams nnd Stringer hav
not .recovered from Ipjurlss , iecclved m r <
cent games.
Mattle Kuenker , the 17-yep.r-oId wife <
Joseph Kuenker cf Council lluffs , was 1
the city yesterday wand-.v'nn about In
homeless condition and carrying a chll
with her. She had been deserted by h <
huHband and came here from Omaha I
search of a homo. She Is being cared f <
by a woman near Dcnton lu the south pa :
of the county.
The Jury which held an Inquest over tl
remains of Frank Pollard today found thi
the young man came to his death from
pistol shot tired by his own hand. Lettc :
wcro found In Pollard's pockets Indlcatlr
i that he had been meditating sulctdo fi
some tlmo. So far as known Pollard had r
relatives except his mother , who lives 1
Coventry , England
LITTI.K mFsIxKSS FOB COURT !
Hilonn Onrn \rhrnaka In an Un
eventful AVny.
CHADRON. Neb. , IS'ov. 15. ( Speclal.- )
The fall term of district court for Dawe
county convened In this city this wee
with Hon. W. H. Westover presiding. 1
the absence of Judge Westover's court r <
porter , Colonel John G. Manor , who Is at
sent In California on his wedding tour , ,
I } . Scott ot Keainey is acting as stenoj
raphcr. While the docket is exceptional !
light several cases of importance will I
tried before Jury.
AUBURN , Neb. . Nov. 15. ( Special. ) Dli
trlct court convenes this morning , but It
1 generally understood that the Argebrlgl
murder case will not be reached during th
session. Judge Litton presides this terra.
ST. PAUL. Neb. . Nov. 15. ( Special.- )
District court of Howard county convene
today with Judge Kendall on the bencl
There Is at this term the smallest numbi
of cases for several years. No crlmln
cases at all , no Jury trials and only fifty-tw
y civil cases mostly all foreclosure cases , bi
Ing finished up. Many ot these cases ai
being paid off or compromised. Only tw
ir foreclosure cases were commenced durlr
the last three months , which Is good ev
deuce of returning prosperity to Howai
1
county.
si'us nicu.Mins FOR DAMAGE
Former Tenant Claim * to Have nee
Injured In IIU llnime.
CHADRON , Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. )
Attorney A. W. Crltes has Just returni
from Denver , where he had been to tal
some depositions In a damage su
of some prominence , wherein Mil
nlo E. Luke , a Denver artli
brings suit against Bartlett Richards ,
prominent cattle man of this city , for $17,5
damages for Injuries sustained by her
falling In one of Mr. Richard ' houses
Denver which she- occupied as a tenar
The fall was occasioned by a defective floi
and as a result Miss Luke had her rig !
leg broken and her left shoulder dislocate
resulting In paralysis of the left arm. Tl
accident occurred In May , 1897 , and Ml
Luke claims that she has been damaged
the sum sued for. The cao will come b
fore the next term ot the United Stat
court , to be held In Omaha.
Holleitlteck Will Mount llench.
FREMONT , Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. )
The following Is tbo official vote ot this tl
Sixth Judicial district on district Judge
fill the vacancy caused by Judge Sullivan
election to the supreme bench :
MrAlllsttr. Hollenbec
County. Republican. Fusion.
Col fax 7S 1.011
UoJso 1,556 lx < M
Merrlclc DS S < 0
t. , Nanctt 699 73S
Pintle 1.260 1.127
n , Totals 5,203 B,9--2
(
KavldKe Ilrnrxi a Crowd.
WAHOO , Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. ) H <
I Charles W. Savldgo of Omaha began a serl
? > ° ' of revival meetings In the Methodist chur
" lu this city last evening. Mr. Savldge
ig assUted by the Beck family , colored jubll
IB lingers. The church was crowded to t
t , doors. No doubt a great many were drai
er there by curiosity , but before the meetl
I closed they were greatly Interested. T
Becks arc singers and talkers and Mr. Sav
ldge Is on erncst speaker. If the crowd last
evening was any Indication there Is not a
building In the city that will hold the people
at the end of the week.
TItir.S TO Ut'ASII JURY PANEL.
Clnlm U Set I'p thnt Panel In Not
Properly Drawn ,
TEKAMAH , Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. )
Au attempt was made at the convening ot
district court here yesterday by Attorney
H. H. Bowes ot this city to quash the Jury
panel drawn for this term of court.
The motion fifed by Bones was supported
by an affidavit of one Slnghaus , a recent
adjunct to Bowes' law office In which It
was claimed that tlio Board ot Supervisors
had drawn the name of one George Buck
and illd not Include him lu the sixty which
formed the panel , as they considered him
ncoinpetent , nnd alro that the board re-
tctcd several names ot men who could
iclthcr speak nor understand the English
anguagc , and that the names of nonresi
dents wcro also rejected. Monday after
noon and Tues1ay forenoon were spent In
argument of the motion. Judge Baker , In
passing on the motion , said that only ordi
nary discretion of the board was necessary
n scFectlng the alxty name * from which
the panel was to be drawn and that no
special method was prescribed by statute ,
fair npportlonmlut to each of the voting
precincts was required and lu this case
A as admitted to bo compiled with. Ono
hlug the statute does bay Is that the board
must select good , lawful men , but that the
nannor ot selecting IB peculiar to the board
and no one has a right to question. The
motion to quash was overruled.
Ctathorlnit of Nchraiika Tenoher * .
WAYNE. Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. ) Th
annual session of the Northeast Nebraska
Teachers' association will convene on No
vember 25 and continue for two days. The
program will bo as follows :
Friday , 10:30 : a. m. : Prayer , Rev. Lee-
man ; president's address , Child Study , Dr
O'Connel , Ponca. 1:30 : p. m. : Literature
Cella M. Chase , Wayne ; Anna K. Peterson
Emerson ; 0. A. Preston , Ohmond. History
Prof. Fred Morrow Fling , University of Ne
braska ; Civics , County Superintended
Hapeman , Dakota City ; Community am
School , Jane Lcmond , Stanton. 7:30 : p. m
( opera house ) : Music , vocal and lustru
mental ; lecture and reception.
Saturday , 8:30 : a. m. : Prayer , Rev. Blthel
Sensory and Motor Training ( emphastzlni
visualization ) , Superintendents Kratz o
Sioux City and Do den of Stanton'Spee ;
Method In Numbers , Miss Ellen Foster am
class ot children , Sioux City schools ; Mathe
niatlcs , Su.erlnteadcnts | Jlaynard of Pone
und Stahl ot Baneroft. 2 p. m. : Buslnes
meeting , music and miscellaneous topics
8:30 : p. m. ( HigU scHool building ) : noun
Table , superintendents and principals , sub
Ject , English In Schools. 1 p. m. ( McthodU
Episcopal church ) : Round Table , count
superintendents , subject , "Association o
Northeast Nebraska Institutes. "
Thieve * and Ilooty Captnred.
AUBURN , Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Special. ) i
daylight burglary was committed one da
last week at the home of W. Zook , eas
of Auburn , and on Monday two brother
who reside In Brownvllle were arralgne
as the guilty parties. They had take
blankets , lard , canned fruits and potatoes ,
part of which was recovered. Mr. Zoo
was In the field husking corn and Mrs. Zoo
bad gone over to her father's , but saw th
parties drive Into the yard and her hus
band soon started in pursuit.
Senatorial Candidate Annonneed.
WYMORE. Neb. , Nov. 15. ( Speolal.- )
Hon. George Murphy Is a candidate befoi
the jncxt legislature for the office of Unite
States senator to succeed William V. Alle
and well-informed politicians assert thi
ho will bo a factor In this interestln
' ' '
race.
HORSE SHOW ATTRACTS A CROWI
Many Award * Arc Made on the An
IninlH Exhibited.
NEW YORK , Nov. 13. The second day i
the horse show was auspicious and Madtsc
Square GarcUn was thronged with specti
tors from early In tlio forenoon until late i
night. Awards :
Class 8 , 2-year-old trotting stallions : Firs
Kighteen Cnrat , bay , Hudson River Stoc
farm.
Class 2 , st'illloim suitable for hunters nr
Eaildlo horsi-s : Flr.st. Applegate , chcstnu
S years old , Francis D. Heard.
Class 85 , twelve. Shetland brood mare
First , Gladys , brown , forty Inches hlg
13tlyo , T. T. AVatt.
Class 36 , mares , yearlings , foaled In 18 !
1-elgl.t not considered , to bo shown In hut
or by the sldo of a saddle horse : First , VI
tnrla HI , che.stnul , Frederick C. Stevens.
Class 9 , six 2-year-old trotting flllle
First. Hettlo Humlln , bay , C. J. und Han
Hiiniltn.
Class 35. sevsn 2-year-old hackney flllle
First , All Ablaze , chestnut , Chestnut III
Stock farm.
Class 44 , horses In harnebs : Firtt , Tl
Whirl of the Town , bay gelding , 7 years ol
C. F. Hates.
Class 17 , pair or horses , 4-year-olds i
over : First Water Maid and Water Cres
bay mares , 6 years old ouch , Lawrsnce ICI
Class 6. stalllonH 4-year-olds or over , f <
service : First , litlr-nt-Law , black , 10 jca
old. C. J. and Harry Uamlln.
Class 53 , horses not under fifteen han <
two Inches , ihown before , a broughar
First. Lord Chesterfield , Albert C. Boswlc
N > w York.
Class SO , horses over fourteen hands 01
Inch nnd under fifteen hands , up to cnrryli
ICO pounds : First , Lady of Quality , Harvi
S. Lailew.
Class 72 , ponies , twelve hands and not :
cecdlng thirteen hands , 3-year-olds or eve
First. Jill , thlrtjcn hands , 5 years old , P. :
Carmen. Huntlngton , L. 1.
Clacs 67 , park teams , shown before drag
owners or members of couching clubp
drive , horse.s counting 50 per rent , druirs ' .
harness 15 and liveries 10 per cent , quail
and good action and milliners consldere
First , Lady Wlsu.a. Liuiy Flavin , Lei
Chumley nnd Loril ChcHterlleld , Albert (
Boslwlck" .
CHss 102. heavyweight preen hunters , \
to carrying 190 pounds to hounds , confo
mnUon countin ? half and jumping bal
First prize. Burford , br. g , . 4 years , Ada
Bpck. London. Ont.
Class 97. hunlers capable ot carrying 1
pounds to hounds , conformation and qual'l '
counting half and jumping half : Fir
prize , Richmond , Hart Brothers , State
Island.
Class "fi , saddle horses , fifteen hands tw
Inches or over , 4 years old or over , up i
o.irrylng 2(0 i > minds : First prize , America
Boy , b. 1 K. , the Durland company.
C vs 04 , harness tandem , the wheelci
to bo over fifteen hands live Inches : Fir
prize , Narragar.sett nnd Lord Brilliant , ci
g. , Geoigo B. Hulm. New York.
ritEPAIU.VG FOR A YACHT RACI
Clilt-nuo and Canadian Clnb * Flsln
Up n Context.
TORONTO , Nov. 15. Representatives i
the Chicago and tha Royal Canadian Yacl
clubs met this afternoon to arrange a rai
for the Canada cup. The Chicago club wi
represented 1 by W. R. Crawford , Geon
Wnrrlngton . J. U. Uprrinmn and C. 1
Thorn. The Royal Canadian Yarht clt
wa represented by Commodore Jarvls , (
A. B. Brown , F. M. Gray und E. H. An
broHe.
The Chicago Yncht club submitted
challenge , making the thlrty-llvp-foot cla
as the class In which the races shall I
nalkil and August 22 a.s the first of tl
davs upon which the r.ies shall be Halle
The meeting adjourned with all but the :
three points settled time limit , course ai
iluto of race It helm ? agreed to arrani
these by correspondence. The races w ;
bo best three out of five ,
TODAY'S ' WEATHER FORECAS
Indication * I'nlnt tn a Fnlr Day I
Nebraska with Variable
Wind * .
WASHINGTON , Nov. 15. Forecast f
Wednesday :
For Nebraska nnd Kansas Fair ; varlab
winds.
For Iowa Fair ; warmer In eastern po
tlon ; south winds.
For Missouri Fair , except showers
extreme southeast portions ; variable wind
For South Dakota Partly cloudy ; cool
In eastern portion ; variable winds.
For Wyoming Partly cloudy ; we t wind
SOLVING EARTH'S ' PROBLEMS
Determining Exact Amount of Flattening at
tbe Poles ,
MAKING WORK AN INTERNATIONAL ONE
Contention nt StnttRitrt Inaugurate *
It Much Hide AccnmnllHhcd of
Vnlne to the Scientific
World.
WASHINGTON' , Nov. 15. The work of the
International Geodetic association at Its
tuttgart conference last month , which Is
xpected to bear fruit of far-reaching Ini-
ortanco to the scientific world , Is an-
lounced by Mr. B. D. Preston of the United
tales Coast and Oeodctlc survey , who
represented thla government there and who
m Just returned to Washington. LlttU
ubllclty was given the proceedings of the
lonference , but an Interesting report news
s about to bo made by Mr. Preston. The
rime object of the. conference , which wa&
n session October 3 to 12 , was the measure
ment of the earth , and action was taken for
he measurement of an arc at the equator ,
hls , taken In conjunction with the mcas-
romeut of an arc near the pole now undei
ay by the Swedes and Russians , will throw
ow light on the flattening of the earth ,
'he comparison of the two measures will
make It possible to obtain how much shorter
he polar'diameter Is than the equatorial , a
nowledge of which Is Important both In the
making of maps of great extent and la the
olutlon of many astronomical problems.
Ever since It was discovered some ten
ears ago that the latitudes of all places
n the earth are subject to a small periodic
bo scientific world has given more or less
ttentlon to the subject. Now the Interna-
lonal association has determined to go tc
ho bottom of the matter , and has planned
o take up the work of continuous latitude
bservatlons'at ' six stations , encircling the
globe near the thirty-ninth parallel ot latl-
ude. This parallel passes a llttlo north ol
Vashlngton and San Francisco , througr.
Cincinnati , and crosses Japan , Turkestar
and Italy , In each one of the countries
named nn observatory will be orected. Thi
hreo stations In each will bo at Gaitherd'
burg , Md. , Uktab , Cat. , , and of course a
Inclnnatl , the exact parallel chosen , by i
happy coincidence , passing through th <
regular astronomical observatory which ha :
> een established there for many years. Thi
work will begin in the summer of 1S99 , am
s now provided for during a period of flvi
rears. It Is altogether probable , however
that In order to completely determine th' '
secular motion ot the pole , much more tire
will bo required and a continuation of th
observations for at least twenty or thlrt ;
years may be counted on. The total annua
cost of the work will be about $10,000 , s
that If necessity arises , for prolonged In
vestlgatlon the association will have ampl
outlet for its surplus funds.
Work of the Conference.
Discussing the work of the conference , Mi
I'reston said today : "An Important discus
8lon was on the difference ( it longitude be
tween Paris and Greenwich. It la a curlou
fact , ac a mutter of congratulation fo
Americans , that the best direct determine
tlons of the difference of time between thes
fundamental points on the earth's sur
face was that made Incidentally in 1S72 b
the United States coabt survey. It was ex (
cutcd as a check on two determinations c
our longitude from Paris and Greenwich , re
spectlvcly. The work has been directly don
four times by the French-and English , an
has been repeatedly accomplished In an In
direct way by other Europcaa surveys , shov
Ing the Importance of .theproblem. Thank
to the efforts of the International assoclo
'
tlon MO may soon hope to e'ee the preser
discrepancies disappear. "
An account of a new alloy of nicker an
steel was laid before the conference. Tb
International Bureau of Weights and Men/
urcs at Paris has found that when a be
consists of 36 per cent nickel and 64 per c'ci
steel the expansion from Jieat Is only on <
fiftieth of what we should expect from the li
dividual components. Thla discovery has
great Importance In the construction ot ai
tronomlcaf clocks , or , In fact , of any clocl
since the effect will be to practically cllm
nate the temperature question , which hi
thus far been the great difficulty In obtali
Ing a uniform rate In time pieces.
Nineteen countries belong to the assocli
tlon , of which fifteen were represented i
the Stuttgart meeting. The proceedings ai
published only In French and Gorman , bi
any report submitted In the language of tl
country from which It comes may be prlnti
In that tongue. An effort was made recent
to Introduce English as one of tbe offlcl
means ot communication , but owing to tl
comparatively email number of delegat
who spoke this language , It was consider *
Impracticable at present. Besides. If Eni
Ilsh I * go admitted , there seems to bo I
good reason for excluding Spanish , which
more wldei'y spoken than French or Ge
man , and which Is growing In usefulnei
more rapidly than cither.
"Seventy years ago some learned men I
Germany formed an association to give in
pulse to the awakening Interest In tbe si :
and shape ot the earth. From this bcgli
nlng the society has steadily grown In ir
portance. After having become national
the land of Its birth In 1886 It was mergi
Into an International convention In whlc
the principal nations of the globe were repr
ecnted and now stands as the world's autho
Ity on the ways and means of determlnlr
the earth's figure. The next meeting wl
bo in Paris In 1900. "
SI , PAUL SAILS THURSDA
Will Carry Army Supplied and Foi
TliouHaml CIirlntiiinM Package *
far Manila Soldier * .
SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 15. The Unit *
States transport steamer St. Paul , ladi
with army supplies and Christmas gooc
for the soldiers in the Philippines , wl
leave hero on Thursday. There are 4X (
packages for the soldiers , so Christmas wl
not bo devoid of Its Santa Claus fcatun
to the boys on the other side of the worl
Owing to the great Ill-health of the Ne
York volunteers now encamped at Honolul
that regiment will be sent home as soc
as the method of Its transportation can 1
decided upon. U Is expected that they wl
arrive In this city on the 6th and 14th i
December , when the steamers Australia ar
Alamcda arrive.
CONCESSIONSJ-OR STRIKER
Vlrden C'oniimny Finally Allow * Ui
Scale Demanded by the
I'nluii Miner * .
CHICAGO , NOT. 15. The Chlcago-Vlrde
Coal company today practically acceded I
all demands of the striking miners. Th
company agrees to pay the union scale <
40 cents for hand work and 33 cents for m :
chlno work.
Officials of the coal company held a mee
Ing hero today with representatives of II
Miners' union for the purpose of arranglu
a settlement of the long-standing difference
between the company and tbo miners. A
agreement was reached after a somewh ;
protracted conference. The chief grlevam
of the miners was the wage scale , and tt
result Is looked upon as a big voctory ft
them. The meeting was held In the oITU
of President Loucks of the coal compao
and was attended by Acting Preside :
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers i
America , President Hunter and Sccretai
Ryan of the Illinois Mine Workers' unlc
and President Cahllt of the sub-district
branch state union In behalf of the miners.
President Loucks and Manager Lukens rep
resented the coal company. The meeting
lasted until Ute In the afternoon.
The company agrees to pay 40 cents n
ton for pick mining and 30 cents for machine
mining. The agreement illd not cover the
future of the men employed to take the
places of the strikers.
MARES HIS REPORT
( Continued from First Pago. )
regular specific rate of duty exacted. The
abolition of this duty when the remaining
Cuban ports come Into possession of the
United States will be the end ot the bank
bills.
There still remains a question as in
whether the Spanish bank of Cuba was lu
any way responsible for these hills nnd the
question will come up for future adjustment ,
The bank will probably deny responsibility
nnd refer those who hold this depreciated
currency to the Spanish government nt Ma
drid.
drid.As an Interesting fact In this connection
the credit of tbe Spanish hank lu Cuba Is
of a higher order than the Spanish govern
ment , for the bank has never failed to re
deem Us own paper during half a centurj
of Its existence a.s the Bank of Spain o
Havana and subsequently under Iti presen
name. It has at times suffered embarrass ,
ment , but ultimately its bank bills have al
been redeemed.
The gold coins current In Cuba are tin
Spanish and Frer.ch coins , the hulk of whlcl
consist of twenty-five Spanish peseti
leces. so-called "Alfonens. " which hnvi
xen Inflated by royal decree to $5,30 , ant
ho French twenty-frano piece , so-talloi
Napoleon ? . " which have also been given i
egal value of $4.24 nnd decreed stnco thi
nd of 1893 as legal monev.
While the principal banking concerns nn
nanlmoiis as to the cold standard , thrr :
s a difference of opinion In relation to thi
dvisnblllty of so.ucf7.lrm tbe Inflation oti
f these gold coins , while others recommend
s the only logical remedy to the situation
he substitution of American currency a
ole legal tender. In such an event othe
olns would have their proper market value
inch action on the part of the Unite.
States government would In no wav Inter
pre with present contractB , which are Inva
lably expressed as payable tn Spanish gold
Force n 1'rcntlum on Gold ,
The premium on Spanish gold , your com
mlsstoner wns Informed by no less nn au
horlty than the president of the Span is
3hamber of Commerce of Havana , ws
lever asrreed to bv the business peoph
rlftvlnu thus arbitrarily put a premium o
Spanish gold , the same authoritieslater pi
a premium on French gold. The whol
bine Is entirely artificial , and to conttmi
It , in the onlnlpn of your coramlsslonc :
would be a mistake.
A perusal of the testimony will show thi
some bankers think It Inadvisable to Intrt
fluce American money nt this tlmo , whl !
the planters are fearful lest their lalx
should refuse to take one American dollt
Instead of two Spanish dollars. The latti
Icoks more probable , It must be grante <
but If the purchasing power of the BOUII
dollar is double that of the depreciated do
lar. there will be no difficulty In the en
A country which Is lust now goli :
through nn operation Involving Its cxlstcm
will not bo llkelv to be sfl.-lously affectc
by taking this fictitious value out ( , { tl
gold coins and establishing once and fi
all a sound currency that will bo good fi
100 cents on the dollar , no more , no lea
the world over ,
Mr. Porter then takes up the questlo
of taxation , and suggests the abolition <
certain taxes , especially that known :
"the consumption 'tax ' , " on the killing <
cattle , which Is an exaction that greatly It
creases the price of food to the peopl
"This tax , " says Mr. Porter , "like mar
others , Is simply farmed out to priva'
firms or corporations , whose emissaries !
Its collection become a constant menace
thrift and Industry in Uielr respective di
tricts. "
Another tax which will fall of Us vretgl
When , the United States forces take coritr
of the island Is the "ccdula. " or head ta
which varies In amount from a few cents
$100. according to the Tank and Importam
of th * Individual.
Another linrdennome Tax.
Curiously enough , this tax , when not co
leoted. becomes n greater source of tnjustl
and annoyance than when collected. . It
generally allowed to run until soma occ ,
slon comes for the unhappy victim of Spa :
Ish rapacity to require a public document <
permit to bury a child or relative , a llceu
to marry , a transfer of real estate , or
notarial acknowledgment. Then It is th
the petty rascals In charge of public bus
ness bear down heavily , and unless tl
fines and back "cedula , " and a handgun
"gratification" to the official are forthcon
Ing , the body must awak Interment , tl
marriage must bo postponed , or a transa
tlon delayed.
It Is "understood that both the preside :
and the secretary of th.e treasury agr
that this form of taxation and the reven' '
from lotteries must bo abolished.
! ( Mr. Porter then takes up the questli
of education. There are free public schoc
In Cuba , but the Uachers have the riB
to take pay scholars and naturally the
wbo do not pay get little or no attentio
The proportlrn of people who are Illltera
is large. Sorao statistics show only one
forty of the laboring classes able to re ;
and write. There can n no stable gaver :
ment in Cuba. Mr. Porter says , until th
has been remedied.
In regard to Industrial enterprise , M
Porter concludes that little can be doi
until the sanitary conditions have been It
proved in all tbe Industrial centers. N
only the commercial prosperity of Cuba , b
to a considerable , extent that ot the eout
crn portion of the United State
depends upon destroying tbo gcrr
of yellow fever which exist
the larger towns , especially H
vana and Matnnzas , and which have be <
the cause of epidemics ot this disease whl <
have occurred in the United States durli
the last century.
Mr. Porter recommends that a commissli
ot experts be appointed , gome of which shi
bo engineers of skill and experience ,
. rmke a sanitary survey of Havana and M
tanzas and report as to what shall be do ;
1 tcBtamp out yellow fever In these cltu
with careful estimates of cost.
Trunk Hallway ! Needed.
Dealing with the railway system of Cub
with the facts gathered on this subject 1
Commissioner Porter , he points to the ai
vtsablllty of Immediately constructing
trunk railway from end to end of the 1
land , with branches extending north ar
south to the Important cities and ports.
In the opinion of the commissioner , tro
whatever standpoint it may be viewed , i
one enterprise could do so much to Impro'
the situation in the Island. No revolutlt
could have existed In Cuba if such a rat
road had been completed by the former go1
ernment , and nothing would BO rapidly tei
Ui the revival of commercial and gencr
business as the facility for quick passa ;
from one end of the Island to the other ar
over branches to the seaboard cities.
Mr. Porter closes his recommendations t
giving an account of laborers landing on tl
leland , ot which he says :
There Is at this moment a steady demai
' for labor on plantations and In Santlai
province labor for the mines. AVhllo
, Cuba your commissioner received ono cab
. dispatch calling for 1,000 laborers for tl
, mines , while three largo companies etoi
1 ready between them to employ 1,000 mi
1 to work In the fields ,
i I f In the neighborhood of the sugar plant
, j tlons cither all the able-bodied men hi
i I been killed , starved or were still In a sta
of practical destitution hidden away In tl
Insurgent camps. These who offered ther
selves for employment were , as a rule , t
i weak to withstand the hard labor. Thr
years of privation and lack of food had d
; Btreyed their gturalna.
> To be gure , there Is surplus labor
; Havana nblebodled laborers but those wl
applied there had no means of transport
tlon to the localities where they could o
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written Ktiamnlco lth full curt , blacl * HAHN'9PHAHM OY. |
HeT.ft0Jbr in l ! lUiiva fiuR-vAcr. i nni ) K
tain work. To a sugKostlon raado by your
commissioner to an enterprises American
concern 100 of these Havana laborers wore
sent to Santiago.
It Is estimated that at least 3,000 laborers
could bo well employed In these mines be
fore the end of the year If It wcro posilblo
In ' to send them from tbe spots where Btarva-
lc I tlon stares thorn In the facn to the localities
uherc the work can bo obtained for thoao
able to withstand the hardest toll under tryIng -
Ing climatic conditions.
A better distribution of labor will aid In
the revival of hwlncss and In c-Htahllsblrlc ;
the prosperity of the Island , nn'l If this wns
to I I'one ' Intelligently by the United States ROV-
10 ernment employment could be found fir
thousands whose presence In Havana would
ho a menace to the fltv. It should be Irrn
In mind that the Cuban harvest la In the
v , Inter InonthH , and I therefore respectfully
recommend thnt rome plan bo inaugurated
bv which those who want work can bo Immediately -
mediately brought to those anxious to give
i- , them employment.
JWith a comparatively small expenditure
nf money for water transportation and ra
tions for a week or two , your commlraioncr ,
during the few weeks ho u'.ayr-d In Havana ,
could have given steady employment to
2,500 abk-bodlcil men lu various parts of
the Island.
.Mr. Tarter returns tn Cuba this week ami
will spend a week with General Wood at
Santiago. Ho will then KO to Clcnfuefioi
and will bo there December 1 , when It is
hoped the now tariff will bo put In force at
that place. Mr , Tortcr'a report was highly
commended by both the president ami Sec
retary Gage.
Vr'cnlerii l.imiln-rmcn .Mod.
ST. LOUIS , Xov. 16. Yellow , and whlto
pine lumber representatives of the Missis-
ulppl valley are holdlni ; a conference here
twiay for the pwpcbo cf bringing about a
better understanding between the two Inter
ests. Moro than 100 nro present , represent
ing the Mississippi Valley Lumbermen's
association , the Southern aiso-latlon aud
the Wisconsin Lumbermen's association.