WTT T > ATTV urcm. A v isnn. SOOTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE Doings of a Day by the Assembled Solons at Pierre. CONFERENCE ON SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS Governor1 * V lo on Ilio Wnlortowii .Norninl .Sellout till ! .SnMiiliicill On the . \lirrilccii .MriiMiro In- ilcllnKcly I'oNtiioneil. PIERRE , S. I ) . , Feb. 20. ( Special Tele gram. ) The house calendar shows forty- olglit liouse and twenty-six scnajo bills ready for Jlnnl action. A comtmmlcattlon was read from a flnn of San Francisco photographers asking the legislature to purchase views of South Dakota troops 'taken at that city. A bill appropriating money to J. 11. McCltid for care of nun and liotecs In the Indian trouble of 1S90 was killed. On rejection of tho. commluteo report on the Copper revenue bill the Indian bill met the same fate , but notice of reconsideration was given. The osteopathy bill was returned by Uio com- uiltteo without recommendation. Then fol lowed a IOHK discussion on raising thu com pensation of house employes to the same amount as that of last session , which , after being tanged beyond recognition by amend ments , was put over for a day for action. Bills Introduced were : By Wllnon Fixing rates of legal printing t 50 cents per Bfjuare for the llrst inser tion and 33 cents for further Insertions. I3y Hnwgood Making a highway perma nent after twenty years' use and to pro vide for Insurance of public buildings. By Foley To repeal the law of 18D7 allow ing compromise of taxes. Ily Vnrnum To prevent employment of convict labor In. competition with free Uy Sophy Providing for the testing of rail road scales by the railroad commission. IJy Husscll To create the county of Ilocecvelt out of 'the ' western portion of Stanley. Senate bill to establish an Industrial school nt Aberdeen was given Us first and second reading. < A senate message an nounced non-concurrenco in the house amendments to the percentage appropriation bill for educational Institutions and .tho ap pointment of Senators Cooper , Bulow and Johnson as a confercnco committee on the bill. The house committee appointed was I , Representatives Thayer , Pusoy and Lien. On motion of Wllmarth the vote by which the senate bill to fix the Interest rate nt 7 per cent In redemption after foreclosure , was lost , was reconsidered nnd the bill passed , SC to 1. The rest of the afternoon was taken up In the discussion of the general appropriation bill In committee of the whole nnd several reductions wore In the bill as presented. Only about half the report was passed upon when thu committees arose and it will bo completed tomorrow. In the senate the general appropriation bill was passed , carrying $840,000 , about $10,060 less than the house bill. A resolu tion was presented asking that the secre tary bo given 200 days at 11.50 per day after the close of the session to complete the permanent Journal. The senate passed a number of bills this afternoon , principal among which were one to punish trespass on public lands , permit ting Justification of appeals to the supreme court to bo made before the clerk of a circuit court ; directing the warden of the penitentiary to furnish stone for a Children's homo ; making judgments a lien as soon as Hied ; licensing and regulating barbers ; legislating a. settlement with Treasurer Kastman of Aurora county ; 'permitting mu nicipal corporations to Issue bonds for the purpose of securing water for domestic pur poses under the provisions of the consti tutional amendment nf 18 % ; permitting cit ies to fund outstanding Indebtedness ; joint resolution memorializing congress not to pass the railroad pooling and antl-scalplng bills , amended to Include only pooling bill. The bill to reduce the salaries of register of deeds nnd auditors was Indefinitely post poned , llnnton's "good citizenship" bill was postponed for thirty days. The veto message on the Aberdeen and Watortown Normal school bills was called up for action and the Watortown veto was sustained by n vote of 25 to 18. Further notion of the Aberdeen veto was then in definitely postponed. The senate passed a bill relating to teach ing tlio effects qf narcotics In schools. A resolution was adopted for sessions at 10 in the morning nftor today. THII'l' OIIDKUS FIX IS MAUSOM8IJM. I--MInlN < er to AiiHlro-lInnpriirj- Have ArtlNtlu Ilurliil Place. SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Feb. 20. ( Special. ) Hon. Bartlctt Trlpp of Yankton , ex-min ister to Austro-Hungary , has let a contract to if Sioux Falls firm for a tomb which will bo one of the most beautiful and artistic In the northwest. Six men are now at work cutting the stono. The tomb will bo 23x36 feet and will bo built on a Bide hill. There will bo twelve crypts Insldo nnd In front of these will bo a roomy vostlbulo lined with I ! marblo. From this room will bo monster Jasper steps leading down into the vault where the crypts will bo located. Heavy bronze doors , which were purchased in Homo , with a bust of Judge Trlpp cast In them , will guard the entrance. In the vcstlbulo will bo many busts of the family. Two already bavo been completed , one of the Judge nnd the othisr of a daughter who died n few years ago. These will bo mounted on ma'rblo columns , and with the several other busts which are to bo made will rep resent an enormous outlay of money. XJXII.U'l'V ri.lfill'r01. ' STOCICMAX. . Sd'i-r 'H'rciikN 1IIH AiiUlo Hint lliIN ] < VeNt ) > lttoii Willie Awaiting Help , DEADWOOD , S. 1) . , Fob. 20 , ( Special. ) Thomas O'Rourko , who lives near Oclrlchs , while lying down on the ice on n creek to dip water for his cattle , was trodden on by n steer nud his nnklo was broken. Ho was a long distance from nny house and by grent effort ho crawled to the top of n , hill , hoping to attract the attention of some 9ne. H was six hours before help came and 3y that tlrno bpth fuel were badly frozen ind It is feared that amputation will bo nec essary , I'rlfHt IN IlMIONNL MNMl , MARYVILLE , 5to. , Fub. 20. ( Special. ) At St. Patrick's Catholic church In Mary- vlllo yesterday morning n paper was read , signed by the congregation for tlio propa gation of faith , nt Itomo , which finally dis poses of the case of Father Daniel Pem broke , formerly prleat of St. Patrick's , which has attracted much attention In Catholic circles. Father Pembroke was pastor of St. Patrick's until three years ngo , when ho was deposed by Bishop Burke for maladmin istration of his pariah's nffnlrs. Ho ap pealed to the delegation In Washington , but the bishop was upheld. Ho then appealed to Homo , where ho was formally deprived of his priestly functions until such tlmo as ho lubmltB to the authority of the bishop , It .s stated that the entire matter was finally made public because Father Pembroke con- How to Preserve , Purify and Beau tify the Skin and pmploxion. of The clearest , softest ! whitest skin , free from pimple , spot , or blemish , it produced at by CUTICUUA SOAIIt prevent * pimples , tUckheadi , blotchri , rod , rough , mid oily tklu , and other facial blemishes , rathea , and eruptions , because it prevents inflammation and clogging of the POKES , the t or most COiujilexlOJttI UUDguratioiu , tinned to claim to bo priest nf St. Patrick's and to attempt to cxcrrlso the functions of the position , thc rit.tric SHOTS WITH TIIUIH ou.\s. Inil * from Vnlley Ho tlio Diipont Hey * In n Clone Mntt'h. The Dupont Gun club had quite n time nt the traps on its grounds on tbo Island Sun day afternoon , From early In the morning until well Into the evening the guns cracked at both targets nnd live birds , but the main event of the day was the match between a j team from Valley and another made up of Dupont lads , which the former won by n close margin nnd n hot fight. Besides this event there were n number of sweepstakes and live-bird matches. The sport was par ticipated in by about thirty shooters nnd was enjoyed by about 100 moro spectators. The main number on the card the big team shoot was one of the closest events ever pulled off In this part of the woods. There were nluo men to n team nnd each man shot nt fifty birds. The result was a tic , the score being as follows : DUPONT. Conrad 11111 11111 11111 10111 11111 11010 11111 10111 lllll 11111 16 Curtis lllll 11110 11100 lllll 11101 lllll 11110 lllll lllll 11111 13 Dwork 11101 01011 lllll 01011 10111 Olllt 11011 01011 11101 11110-33 \Vatt HIM ) 01101 11110 11110 11100 00111 lllll 01111 lllll 11101-33 T. Klmball..01111 11110 11110 11100 11110 01101 lllll 10111 11011 00101 37 McDonald , . .11111 01111 01111 10010 10111 lllll 11110 11101 11111 10010-39 Townsend . . .11110 11010 11010 11101 11111 inn 11111 11101 iino imo-41 Brewer 11101 10011 01101 11111 lllll lllll 11101 11111 11101 lllll 3 Bishop 11101 10101 01111 lllll 00111 11101 01101 10111 lllll 11110 39 Totnl 366 VALLEY. 01111 11111 11111 imo urn mil urn 11101 emi 01101-44 Miller 10101 10111 01100 00110 01101 loiu mil icon coin nooo 31 Mooney 11011 00111 lllll 01101 11101 11110 01101 lllll 01111 01101-38 Unndlett . . . .lllll lllll 10111 10111 11011 moi mil urn moi 11110-41 Oleon 01011 11011 11110 mil 00111 urn urn 00110 moi nooi-ss n. Klmball . .imo nut mil moi 10111 mn ma urn mn 11111 47 Tnicott urn mil 11011 mn moi 10011 urn lorn mu nooo 42 Burka OHIO 10111 10110 lllll 11010 nooi loon loon mn 11100-33 Andrews . . . .10111 lllll lllll lllll mil mu 11101 mu ,11111 11101-47 Total ; 1C8 Bishop of the Omaha team , as will be seen by the score , had n chance to make himself mighty popular , by winning the match. Just before his last target was thrown the score was n tie , and If he had smashed the final bluerock Omaha would have landed on top of the heap. This chance was given to Bishop again In the shootoff nt five birds , but ngaln ho missed the opportunity nnd the1 target , the score again being a tie. Another five-bird shoot- oft was determined on , and In this the Val ley lads pulled n card out of their sleeves that the Omahans had no suspicions about. They killed all but three of the forty-five targets nnd won the mntch , the Omahans smashing but thirty-four of their forty-five. The Omaha team is not .at all satisfied that the match was decided on its merits , and immediately Issued a challenge to the Valley shooters , which was as promptly nc- ceptcd. This match is to to shot oft nt Gretna Inside of three weeks. On Washington's birthday a considerable number of local trap shooters will go to St. Edwards nnd Fremont , nt both of which places a tournament is to be held on that day. I.OUIS GIMM AVILIj 1'UM , THROUGH. Denial IH Miulo ilmt the Cycllut AVns SAN FRANCISCO , Fob. 20.-The condition of Louis Gimm. the six-day cyclist , re ported n being very serious today , hns Improved greatly undr medical treatment and nil danger or a fntal result has passed. The doctors have succeeded in locating the sent or the trouble nnd explain thnt bis peculiar condition during the last two days of the nice was not am to drugs , ns hc-retpforo sucireatcd. but to the highly feverish condition of the nthlete , which was Induced by congestion of the lunjrs , the result of the p'fusul of Gimm to obey the Instructions of his managers. Eddie Leon ard of Buffalo , who looked nfter GImm's interests during the race , hns heen quoted as saying that some unscrupulous person drugged his man. To nn Associated Press r presentative Mr. Leonard denied having made any such statement. He admits Inw- Imj stated ' to pevernl newspaper men that Glinm's nations puzzled him nnd were en tirely unaccountable , but be did not say directly that Gimm had bo'n drugged. 1 he rest of the six-day men are progress- inir well. They nre nil resting up for the twenty-four hour race , which starts on Friday evening next. AVInnerM nt Xevr OrlcanH. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. M.-Seventy-thlrd day of Crescent City Jockey club's winter meeting. W.-nther showery ; track slow All six favorites were , beaten. Summaries : Firat race , selling , one mile : 'Governor Boyd won , Henry Launt second , Tlio Star of Bethlehem third. Time : l:45tf. : Second race , selling , Fix and one-half fur- ISiy V.Frcc ! . "and won , Sister Fox second , Mile Post third. Time : 1:24 : % . Third rnce , selling , mile nnd one-eighth : The Planet won. Levy second , Pe.to Kitchen third. Time : 2:0114 : , Fourth race , handicap , ono mile : Lady Callhan won , Dnlumy second , Tragedy third. Tim ? : ! : ? } . Fifth rnco , selling , seven furlongs : Tom Tohcr won. McAlbert second , Lord Fr.izer third. Time. : l:3Hj. : Sixth rnce , selllnir , seven furlongn : Gen- prnl Mnreo won. Duchess second , Treopln third. Tims : 1:31. : IlelliMiCliuiii AVilK . SAN FRANCISCO , Fob. 20. The trainer and other friends of Gimm , who JlnlHhed llfth In the six-day blcyclo race , after lend ing the procession of riders for OVT three days , claim that he must have been drugged. They assert that his collapse was too midden to have been duo to natural causes. After the long rnce was con cluded Harry Elites defeated J. Eaton In a flVJ-nillo paced race , his tlmo being 9:52. : Hnee Ilornu Him . SAN FRANCISCO , Fob , 20. In the sixth rnce nt Oakland today Jnmcs CorTey'a Her- nurdllln was the favorite , but while in the middling paddock , just ns the race was about to start , ho 3 ad n lit and the Judges ordered all bets off nnd a new book to be made. As the horse was being led to his stall no brokn nwny from the groom nnd galloped madly around the track , causing some commotion. llynii TaliM Another Contract. , sT' . ! ? ' . 'r A clal to the tr Post-Dispatch from Hot Springs. Ark , , says Tommy Hynn of Syracuse. N. V. , was matched today to light a twenty-round go biP' with Charley Johnvon of St. Paul The P'al fight will tnk. . place March 1 , under the ali auspices of the Hot Springs vAthletlc us. - ni soclntlon. Knrli man will welsh in at th ; niB rlngxlda nt 150 pounds. Uyan Is here train' B Ing for his light with Creedon. tl tlh St. Paul .Man Ui'f.-ut.Ml. SYRACUSE , N. Y. , Fob , 20. "Ed" Dunk- O'ai horst of Syrncupo won froin Frnnk Lnwler ai of Bt. I aul In eleht rounds tonight. Dunk- horst weighed 145 pounds nnd Lawltr 155 pounds. Dunkhorst forced the lighting throughout , in the eighth round Sam Fltz liatrlck of New York , who wnu In I < nw- Icr s corner , realized that his man was itolnjj nnd Jumped Into the ring. The de cision went to Diinkhorst , /.lloir ICnorUrd Out by .Sullivan. BUFFALO , N. Y. , l b , 20-AVIth n straight blow on th" Jaw. followed by a rlsht and n left , Spike Sullivan of Boston knocked out Otto Xltoff of Chicago In the thirteenth round of what was to have been n twenty-Hvo-round bout before the Olympic AthlPtlc club tonluht , The light ing throughout was fast and furious. fJri'i'ii Will Mi'i-t Mofoy. SAN FBANOISCO. Feb. 20.-"Kld" Mc Coy. tbp heavyweight pugilist , nnd Gcorg * Greei , the local middleweight , have signed articles for n ten-round contest Home time In April. McCoy agrees to knock Green out lnsdof ! \en \ rounds or forfeit the decision. as Ili-MiT Afd-iitfil Klrnt ViTillct. WICHITA. Feb. 20. Paddy Shea , a well known pugilist in the west , was convicted murder in the second degree late Satur day.night. . He shot n man jiamod. Dawaon his saloon. in this city , lie was previ ously convicted of a wult with Intent to kill and EC-cured a new trial. Afterward . . Dawpon died and the charge was changed to ' y murder. HU attorney , Hcproscutatlve I Adams , of this city , lias tried to secure , legislation that will prevent a UI - charge B t second trial. ' ill HUPP BRINGS HIS CHA1LS ( ( ( Continued from Flret Page. ) milled in my reports. You will observe It contains n number of my declinations to name ofilccnt or my authorities nnd refusals to answer , H must , therefore , bo Incorrect in Its representation. " Ho then commented upon the general slight Inaccuracy of nowspncer Interviews , owing to the dependency of writers upon their memories. Hardly a day tn six months liad passed that nn Interviewer had not ap plied nnd because of the kindness of the | press to the army , nnd especially the enlisted rUs listed men , 'ho had endeavored to give them sucli Information ns ho thought wise otnl safe , but never , ho said , with n. view to prejudicing nny one against nny person or department. Tlnilly General Miles said ho did not think the Journal Interview repre sented correctly what was said , because its contents should be taken In connection with all thnt was said , his sllenco upon some points and speech upon others. General Miles said his use of the phrase "pretense of experiment , " Jn speaking of army beef was unfortunate. Ho disclaimed intending any inference of fraud , nnd said ho should have said the refrigerated beef Issue was "on the tlicory ot an experiment , " and "a very costly one. " Hcrulil'n Joiirniilliitlu Method * . Being nskcd nbout nn interview from the Now York Herald of February 1 , General Miles said : " 1 hnvo a letter from the gentleman . , who , I understand , wrote this , in which ho says hu Is willing to swear that I declined to bo interviewed nnd that , think ing something had been given out , ho had proceeded to write what ho know wcro the facts. " Ho then pointed out thnt the interview was erroneous , In thnt where it represented him to have said that ho had overwhelming evidence that the refrigerated beef was treated with chemicals the fact was that Ills only evidence was what was contained in the reports of officers nnd statements of men who claimed that the beef had the odor of nn embalmed body , that they had seen fluid injected into beef and other in dications of chemical treatment. Ho de clared the Interview nn erroneous presenta tion of what he could possibly have said. Colonel Davis , recurring to the statement of General Miles before tlio War In vestigating commission , asked him what his idea as to the beef supply for the army was when the war broke out. Replying , General Miles said that while Ills attention was occupied with weightier matters of mobollzatlon and equipment of troops , bo felt that the usage of 100 years would bo followed nnd cattle herds would bo shipped to the army in the tropics nnd killed there , Just as they were during the civil war in the south , in Ariaonn , Texas and In Mexico , where It wns so hot tbat a soldier could not sit upon the rocks. He under stood Cuba and Porto Rico were excellent grass countries ; cattle could bo shipped and kept in prime condition. Ho reviewed his action In cabling the department to send no moro refrigerated beef to Porto Rico while ho was there , finding it possible to use beef on the hoof. Troops Still I2nt 1'nclced Beef. General Miles said that ho understood that our troops in Porto Rico were still being supplied with a form of refrigerator beef , although the country was ns good a grass country as nny In the ivorld nnd the cattle there were plenty and the Spanish troops drew all their meat supply from this source. Colonel Davis asked if General Miles know whether Porto Rico exported any cattlo. Witness said it did to the number of several thousand and they wore fine cattle. Still he understood tbat our troops wore not only receiving refrigerated beef at the coast , but it wns being sent Into the Interior. The situation now , he aald , was different from that during the war. Now there were Ice machines on shore. Then there was not ice enough for the hospitals. Recurring to the expediency of feeding the troops hoof beef In Porto Rico , General Miles said bo was much in favor of it. Ho said native beef killed at night could bo very well fed the men the next day. "Do you think , " continued Colonel Davis , that the native beef would keep as well ns the refrigerated beef in the absence of cooling apparatus on shore ? " I am quite sure it would , unless the ro- frlgernted beef was chemically treated with preservatives. If it was treated so as to keep for seventy-two hours after coming out of the coolers , of course it had the ad vantage of the natlvo beef so far as keeping goes. " Asked how long ho was in Porto Rico be fore ho advised the department against sending moro refrigerator beef , General Miles said ho had learned of the largo sup ply of natlvo cattle soon after landing , nnd advised the War department the next day alter getting ashore. Cnnucd Ileef ! Condemned. Referring to the canned roast beet as dis tinguished from the refrigerator beef , Colonel nel Davis read a portion of General Miles' war commission testimony condemning it In severs terms. General Miles said the canned roast 'beef was Issued to volunteers and regu lar troops alike on tha transports and In Cuba till the arrival of the refrigerator beef. It was fully tested by both the regu lars and volunteers. The first complaint of It , General Miles said , ho had heard at Tampa from some ot the Rough Riders from San Antonio , but ho paid little attention to it nt the time , not realizing fully that there had been nny change from the standard ration. Ho again heard of it aboard the Yale , when the men declared they could not eat It and bo ordered the Inspector to Inquire Into It. Again ho board of it in the trenches nt Santiago , but ho was still largely occupied with the cam paign nnd ho thought nothing moro of the complaints than he would of bearing that some man wns kicking about his cotTeo or of his hard tack. a What finally drew bis attention seriously tc the matter wore the reports of officers that the whole Fifth corps wns weak nnd pros trated. This was ip August , when the ques tion of a parade through Now York wns broached. General Dates nt thnt tlmo ro- portcd ' thnt only about one-fifth of the men at Montauk Point wore In condition to march throuch Now York. General Miles said : this socnied to him remarkable , ns there was no yellow fever nt the Point , and ho thought tbo men certainly ought to bo over their malaria. Ho therefore ordered an Inquiry into the beef about which there had been BO much complaint. Did you report this matter nt the tlmo to tha commissary general's olllcu ? " asked Colonel Davis. General Mllee leaned forward , drawing his brows to a furrow , and replied forcefully ! "I nm not required , sir , to report to the commissary general , ' "Well , did you report It to the secretary of war ? " asked Colonel Davis. Method at IiiVfNtlKnt General Miles in reply went at some length Into an explanation of the routlno ot array headquarters , showing why ho preferred - ! ferred to conclude hla Inquiry so tbat ho might have something tangible to present to the secretary. c Colonel Davis put n number of questions to why the commanding general had de layed definite action In the beef matter and a General Miles responded that be had delayed because ho did not want to act until ho had secured the very best authority , which was Information from the most reliable sources. Finally bo Issued bis order to officers to report on the quality of beef furnished. Ho did not report directly to the secretary of war becauto under a rule of 1S90 the order should go from the adjutant general to the secretary. His attack * upon the conned and re- frlRoraled beef before the War Investigating commission wcro then taken up specifically , Colonel Davis reading the testimony of the commanding general which referred to it ns "embalmed beef" nnd snld It had been sent ns "a pretense of experiment. " General Miles wa.i asked If he know when : he wnr began that canned roast beef was a part of the nrmy ration. This question brought out n partial explanation of hla using the phrase "n pretense of experiment. " lie said hu did not know that canned roast tcef wns n part of the nrmy ration , though n 18SS nn order had been Issued Including canned corned or fresh beef. Ho did not tin- lerstnnd that the canned beef now In ques- Jon wns meant. When his attention was finally attracted to the canned roast beef recently issued , he nssiimcd , ho declared , that it was being Issued ns nn experiment since it was not understood by him that : anned roast beef wns a part of the regular ration. Continuing this explanation tn nnswer tea a question ot Colonel Davis , General Miles said ho thought his use of "pretense of ex periment" was unfortunate nnd ho dis claimed any Intention to Impute fraud to anyone. \o Charmf I'raiul Intended. "As far ns Indicating fraud , " ho said , "I wish to state that no such Inference was in tended. It was perhaps an unfortunate ex- prcsslon , nnd bad my attention been called to it , I might have amended It to say well , 'on the theory ot nn experiment. ' As a matter of fact It was an oxpt'rlmont ' nnd a very costly one. " "With that disclaimer , " remarked Colonel Davis , "of course , wo will pass to the re frigerator beef. " Then , replying to n question , General Miles said ho first'heard complaints against the beef nt Ponce. The first direct state ment that it had been treated chemically came , bo believed , from Dr. Daly , who pre sented it Into in September , and appeared subsequently before the Wnr Investigating commission. Ho said ho did not recollect whether Dr. Daly's report was volunteered or whether ho had been ordered to Investigate and report on the meat. It was the general talk among the officers nt Ponce , General Miles , con tinued , that the refrigerator beef must have been subjected to some chemical treatment to make It keep for seventy-two hours. Dr. Daly's report , however , was the first official report. Meat Had Many \aniex. General iMllcs then read a long summary of 100 letters received by him nt army headquarters giving the vnrlous terms in which the army meat was characterized. These Included "embalmed , " "decomposed , " Injected , " "poisoned , " "spoiled , " nnd the like. In addition ho showed a summary of reports on re frigerator beef condemned nnd thrown overboard from transports. C. C. Yeamaus ol the Yosemlto reported the condemnation of 8,000 pounds , Colonel O'Neal of the Ches ter , 4,000 ipounds nud Colonel James Ham- llton Lewis , 10,000 pounds. Ho said that ho should flx September 21 as the date of Dr. Daly's report as about the earliest at which the question of chemlcnlly-treatod meat had been brought to his notice so as to command his full attention. Colonel Glllesplo took a hand In the In quiry , when General Miles finished , de scribing the nauseating quality of the canned nnd refrigerated beef. " .Did you , General , ever eat any of the beef ? " Colonel Glllesplo asked. I presume I did about the tlmo wo were at Ponce , " said General Miles , with some hesitation. "Yes , I presume I did. " "Then , " said Colonel Glllesple , "It has not such characteristic qualities as would per mit you to detect it offhand ? " "No , sir. " Lieutenant Van Home Called. General Miles tbcn left the witness chair , and Lieutenant Colonel Van Home of the Thirteenth infantry wns sworn. He said he was at the outbreak of the war -major of the Twenty-second infantry and was through the entire Cuban campaign. Witness said ho had used nil kinds , canned , corned , re frigerated and canned roast beef. He said the criticisms of the canned roast beef be gan early and were made often. It was objected to on the score of its lack of nutrl- mont , its tosto and its appearance. After tbo men got cooking utensils they stewed their canned beef. Lefore that they nte it bad enough and though none of It , that witness remembered , was actually spoiled , It was unpalatable nnd was the ground ot constant complaint. Witness did not recollect that the large sickness of tills regiment In Cuba had been laid at the tlmo to the canned meat. The men w ro very debilitated , but he could not say whether 'the ' meat had ought to be blamed or not. When the refrigerator beef arrived a largo part of it was spoiled nnd the men continued to use the canned meat. The spoiled rofrlgerator beef was laid out on the hills for the buzzards. Several Issues were lost In this way. Witness liad eaten some of the refrigerator beef , which arrived In camp untainted , nnd found that It was good. The men nte it without complaint nnd ho had no reason to believe It was any different from the beef ho had gotten nt army posts in the states. Ciiiineil Uunnt Ileef n Failure. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Minor of tlio Sixth infantry wns the next witness. Ills regiment wae ninong the first to leave Camp Tliomns and went to camp at Tampa. They reached Cuba and disembarked on Juno 22. Canned roast bcof was issued as a travel ration when they left Tampa , and until the end of the siege. It was replaced with re frigerator ] beef after tha surrender. Meantime , ho said , absolutely no other fresh meat could have been furnished dur ing tliu slcgo. Complaints against the canned beet became general nnd marked CIal about July 2. Ho said ho was uslnfj it nnd when opened it wns apparently fresh , but stringy and absolutely without nourishment and ] when cut It fell to pieces. The men could not and did not cat It. "I believed then and bellovo now , " he said , "that that beef had been used for making beef extract nnd the nutriment taken out. It appeared to have been boiled to pieces. " Colonel Minor said ho know nothing of the methods of canned beefs prepared. He said the beef was in good condition until after July 3 , nfter which it deteriorated suddenly. When they became weak nnd sick the men did not want moat. Asked If during tbo siege ho had mndo nn effort to get other meat he paid ho had not ; that there was not a plcco of paper In the command nnd they merely waited for what was brought up from behind , n distance of eleven miles. They had no discretion , no choice in the matter of rations , Hefrluernfeil Ileef All IllKlit. Examined as to the refrigerated beef ho declared it was excellent nnd satisfactory and no complaints about It were heard. Only ono quarter wns spoiled. He was un able , ho said , to detect any difference be tween the refrigerated beef Issued In Cuba nnd that which had 'been issued nt tbo posts In ' this country at which ho had been sta- * : tloned. , Major Henry Jaekeon. Third cavalry , who was with hla regiment throughout the * Santiago campaign , waa called. He said his experience with the canned roast beef be gan with the transport enrouto for Cuba and continued until his return to Montauk. Complaints commenced on the way down llW and continued without Intermission , The W men complained of the meat being stringy , [ j tasteless and unpalatable. The officers had ' j , remarked the same thing to him and he \ , agreed with them fully. Colonel Davis I i i 1 asked If witness had made any effort to get a different meat for his men. He replied that J there was nothing to do but take what was i In | j Issued. i , There was no requisition or other formal- Ity. All the rations thnt could bo font ta | the front with the limited irnnsportnttoh facilities were Rent. The men Blmply tools what wns to bo had nnd officers nnd men fared alike. When the fresh , or refriger ated , beef began to nrrlvo nfter the capture of Santiago , it was Issued to the men. So far ns witness observed It was Rood. LAST VOLUNTEER DISCHARGED Alt .HtnU- Troop * ItriiinlnliiK on American Soil Are rroni ( lie Scrvlrr. WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. The War de partmcnt today Issued the following state ment : Orders have been given for the muster-out of the following volunteer regiments : At Savannah , On. Third Georgia ; Hatlerles A , H , C and D , Mnlno artillery ; Two Hundred nnd Sco n > d New York volunteers. At the lire-sent camps at Augusta , ( la. , nnd Green ville , S. C. Third Alabama , Third Connec ticut , Fifth Massachusetts , Thlrty-flfth Mich igan , Fifteenth Minnesota , Fourth Now Jersey - soy , Two Hundred nnd First Now York , Two Hundred and Third Now York , Tenth Ohio , First Rhode Island , Second West Vir ginia. This order discharges all the volunteers remaining in the United States. MAKICML'MI3HOfS ' AMUXDMNXTS. HclnUonn Committee Ile- liorln on I'nellle Cntile. WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. Senator Fryo to day reported from the committee on foreign relations the amendment to the sundry civil appropriation 1)111 for the construction of n submarine cnblo in tbo Pacific ocean , as amended by the committee. The amendments nro numerous nnd rad ical. The most Important of them Increases the subsidy to bo paid every year for twenty years to $175.000 nnd extends the tlmo In which the contracting company Is to bo given to complete the line to the Philippine Islands to the llrst of January , 1002. Other amendments Increase the for feit of the contracting company from $200- 000 to $400,000 ; provide that the subsidy money shall only bo used in maintenance and repairs , nnd not in paying dividends ; fix the rates on government messages nt one- third the rates on private messages , rein tainlug the provision that they shall TJO i carried free during the twenty years ; llx : n rate of 25 cents per word on private mcstl sages to Hawaii nnd $1 per word on such messages to the Philippines , press rates being one-fourth.of these amounts ; glvo the postmaster general the right to revise these rates every ten years and authorize the president to request the co-oporntlon of Japan in securing the establishment ot the proposed lino. SHUTS OUT THE I'OhYGAMIST.S. l'roi > oril Constitutional Amendment Kuvurnbly Actcil Upon. WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. The proposed constitutional amendment against ndmlttlng polygamlsts to congress 'was favorably acted on today by the house committee on elec tion of president nnd vice president. The joint resolution for this purpose wns in troduced by Mr. Cnpron of Rhode Island , who will mnko the report. The title of the resolution is as follows : "Proposing amendments to the constitu tion prohibiting polygamy within the United States and all places subject to its jurisdic tion nud disqualifying polygamtsts for elec tion as senators or representatives in con gress. " The resolution submits to the legislatures of | the several states an amendment to the sections of the constitution giving tbo age and other requirements of senators and rep- rcscntatives , so that polygamy shall bo In- rccl eluded as a bar to service. A new article of the constitution is also provided as follows : "Article xvl , Section 1 Polygamy shall never exist within the United States or nny place subject to its jurisdiction. Section 2 Congress shall have power to make all needful laws to enforce this arti cle and punish its violation. " Chun lie * In Ilniik Olllelnl * . WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. ( Special Tele gram. ) The comptroller of the currency has been advised of the following changes In ofilclals of northwestern national banks : Nebraska The Omaha National bank , Omctia , no vlco president. The First Na tional bank , Fremont , II. J. Lee , president , in ' ' place of E. H. Darnard ; Paul Colson , vlco president , in place of H. J. Lee. The Farmer's National bank , Pawnee City , John Steinauor , president , in place _ of A. B. Edee ; A. C. Dwlnnell , vice president , in place of John Stclnauer. Iowa The Citizens' National bank , Dav enport , F. C. Krocger , assistant cashier , In place pf Adolph Prlester. The First Na tional bank of Albin , no cashier In place of Tom Lockman ; Roy T. Alford , assistant cashier. South Dakota The American National bank , Deadwood , Ben Baer , vlco president , ir/placo of John Treber ; William Selble , cashier , in place of Ben Baer ; J , E. Ford , assistant cashier. The National Bank of the Republic , Chicago cage , wns today approved as reserve agent for the First National bank of Lake City , la. ; also tlio National Union bank , New York _ , nnd Drovers' National Bonk of Union Stock Yards , Chicago , for Iowa National bank ot Davenport , la. Soldier Heuvlly Sentenced. WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. Private Hnmpv ton Aberuathy , Company A , Third North Carolina volunteer Infantry , having been tried nnd found guilty ot manslaughter by a general court-martial convened at Camp Haskell , Macon , Ga. , has been sentenced to be dishonorably discharged from the service of tbo Unltod States and to bo confined in Leavenworth penitentiary for fifteen years. J I'ortur I'urMiiCH I'rlvato HIINIIICHH. WASHINGTON , Fob. 20. It Is stated on authority that Robert P. Porter's trip abroad has no connection whatever with the gov I ernment. On his recent return from Cuba Mr. Porter declined for the present to ac cept another government mission , stating that it was his purpose to go abroad for a few weeks on private 'business. ' KOCH to Detroit , WASHINGTON , Feb. 20. Secretary Algor , Secretary Wilson and Major Hopkins , mili tary nldo to the llrst named , left Washing ton tonight for Detroit , where Secretary Al- gcr Is to entertain tbo Michigan club at a banquet on the 22d nnd Secretary Wilson is to deliver a speech. Clinpliilii of I'"lrnl AViiMliliiKloi , WASHINGTON , Fob , 20. General Otis cabled today as follows from Manila under date of February 20 : "Chaplain John 11. Thompson , First Wash ington Infantry , died In ho pltal , this city , at 5:10 : p. m. , February 19 , yesterday , acute unterocolltls. " ronKrt'HM of Vi-tfrliinrliiiiH , WASHINGTON , Fob. 20. The German am bassador at Washington has notified the State department that an international vet erinary ' coneress will be held at Baden August y-H , 1899. Tbo subjects to be discussed . cussed Include the treatment for and preven tion ' of various diseases In animals. Bcndlx-Osborn concert tonlKht. Soldier ArrmtPil < or .tinnier , KANSAS CITY , Feb. 20. A man answerIng - Ing the description of "Jim" Redmond , wanted for complicity In the murder in thU city of Miss IJmma Schumnoher , Is under nrreat at Qulncy , 111. , for burglary , according - ing to a telegram from tbo chief of detect ives of Chicago , received today by Chief of Police Hayes. MUs Schumacher waa shot and killed by ono of two men who robbed her grocery st re. John Kennedy , now un der arrest at Springfield , Mo. , for complicity a hold-up at Macomb , Mo. , and Redmond have b. on Indicted for the crime , Redmond orved through the Suntlafio campaign wtb ( thoRough Riders. " nnd nfter returning .o thU country was locntcd in the list , but eluded capture. Semi tor Inl Den il lee UK. SAntAMUNTO , Onl. , Feb. 20. Fifty- seventh ballot for United Slates senator re sulted in no chnnge. H \RRISHIMUI. Pn. , Feb. 20. The twenty- ninth ballot for senator resulted : Quay , 9 ; Jcnks , democrat , 4 ; Grow , 1 ; paired , 200 ; tie quorum. DOVER. Del. , Feb. 20. Sixtieth nnd six ty-first ballots for senator : Gray , 16 ; Ad- dicks , 18 ; lUchnrdoa , 10 ; Salisbury , 4 : nb- sent , C ; total , 47 ; necessary to a choice , 24. Illakelcy , Ewlng and Frlrzell , regular repub licans , voted for Addlcks. SALT LAKH , Fob. I'o. The- Joint nswmbly took olio billet today and adjourned until "tomorrow. The roniilt wan : King , 3 ; Mc- Cuno , 21 ; Powers. 1 ; Nrbeker , fl ; Uldcoitt , 2 ; all demccnjts ; Cannon , 7 ; Sutherland , re publican , 10 ; nltsent , 7. Troop * In Culm Coining Home. HAVANA , Feb. 20. An order to send home 'the Two Hundred nnd Second Now York , stationed nt Guanrtjny , and the Third Georgia , nt Puerto Principe , and the First Mnlno nrltllery. from 0iicmailos. wns re ceived by Governor Ocacr.il llrookc today nnd the trcopa will lcu\o ns soon nn ar rangements for their t-raiiPiiortatlon i-im be mndo. A battalion of the First regulars from Plnnr Del Rio will replace the Two Hun dred nnd Second at Guanivjny. IneoriiiiriileH Cerenl ( . 'omlilne , TRENTON. N. J. , Feb. 20. Articles of Incorporation were filed today with the HOC- rotary of state for the American Cereal company with nn authorized capital of $33- 000,000. The company Is empowered to buy , sell nnd grind or otherwise mnnilfudture oats , grain and cereals of all kinds as well as to buy , build nnd operate elevators , mills , etc. The Incorporate * nro Adrian H. Larkln , Frnacls L. Patton , jr. , and William F. Wil son , Jr. , of Jersey City. Ilr.rnn Mee < * MIolitKim DomoerntK. PONTIAC. Mich. . Feb. 20. Oakland county democrucy gave W. J. llryan nn enthusi astic reception hero today. Tonight the Jefferson club gave n banquet at which pln'M were laid for 1,000 guests and the tables wo-c sot twice nnd part of them a third tlmo In order to accommodate tbo crowd. Xortli Aiiierlenii Ilevleiv Sold. NEW YORK , Fob. 20. George 13. Harvey has bought the North American Review from Lloyd S. Brlce nnd David A. Monroa. The i price Is reported nt $225,000. Mr. Harvey j took possession of the property today nnd will assume editorial direction of 'the ' mag azine with the May number. Inillotmeiit AKitlnxt Tanner O.iutNlieil. ST. LOUIS , Feb. 20. A special to the Prst- Dlajiatch from Carllnvlllo , 111. , says : The state's attorney today nolle proscqulcd the three indictments found against Governor Tanner by the grand jury which Investigated the Vlrden coal miners' strike. No explana tion was made for this action. Murderer Dion. ROCICLAND , Me. , Feb. 19. Albert Hoys- ler , who murdered his uife nnd stepdaughter Friday night , died last night at hla homo in Burkottvlllo from the effects of the pnrls green ho had taken with suicidal Intent. Ho never regained consciousness. CHICAGO'S 1IAIK CMI'I'KIl. Pccnllur Mania of JnrfreiiNoit B.v- pliiliied to the I'ollce. "Yes , I'm the clipper. There's many n schoolgirl without her tresses because of my uncontrollable rannln. I've been at It four years nnd have snipped off hundreds ot brnlda , yet I can remember little about spe cial instances. " Thus spoke John W. Jorgensen ns he stood In Captain Colleran's office at the central po lice station , Chicago , reports the News. Out side In the general office Mrs. Jorgensen , thu wife of n few months , shocked at the news of her husband's nrrest , yet bearing up bravely , protested in n volco she strove to control thnt "John" was not guilty. There wns no reason for blm to commit such a , crime , she said , and ahe had never found either hair or scissors. In his pockets. Separated from Tier by the heavy door of the chief of detectives' room , the prisoner , an athletic looking fellow of refined appear ance , with n struggling moustache and the color obblng and flowing In his dark checks , continued to pour out his confession , seem ingly glad to rid his breast of n burden which , ho said , had caused him paroxysms of anguish nnd remorse. Many girls called during the day nnd among those Identifying the prisoner as the despoller of what la sometimes snld to be woman's crowning benuty were Ella Tut- hlll , C4C6 Monroe avenue ; Minnie Bush , 1498 West Congress street ; Mlldn Chamberlain. 41SS North Ashland avenue , and Charlotte Bauer , 714 Irving Park boulevard. The "clipper" looked at them all without a word. Then ho said : "I began clipping hair four yeara ago after a spell of sickness. It seemed as If I couldn't Bee a luxuriant brnld of hair without a desire - sire to possess It coming over me. The pas sion wns usually very great , yet if I saw that I was in immediate danger of detection I could stop. "After one of my expeditions with my scis sors it might bo a day or It might bo ono or two weeks before I would start out again , but start I would despite resolutions to the contrary made In moments of anguish and rcmorso , "I had often thought of , seeing n phy sician nbout what seemed to mo n mania that was unconquerable , but of course my affliction was not known to me till after I iad committed my first crime and then I wns nfrald that If I confided In a doctor I would bo turned over to the officers. "Last July I married Marian Ttirplngton , a New York girl. I loved her , but never vould have taken her to bo my wife had she possessed an abundance of hair. I should , ! felt , have snipped it from her head in some ' luEnno moment nnd then she would enow my unfortunate secret. Her hair , however - over , was too short to tempt mo. "It has grown since then down over her shoulders , but whenever I caught myself looking at it with too much longing well , went out again to lurk around some school Co. or brush nround Jn the crowd of some de partment store , " Tha poIIco are delighted over the arrest of Jorgensen , for there Is scarcely a pre cinct In the city which has not had its ex perience In looking up cases of hair clip ping. It Is estimated that the complaints on this score will average half a dozen for each precinct , and there are In all forty-two. Ily 17th Poor clothes cannot make you look old. Kren pale cliceti won't do It , Ono thing ilors it , anil never falls. U is ImjiofBililo to look young with the color of bovcntjr years fu jrour hair. and oil , permanently poirponcs tbo tell-talo Cl elirnsof UKC. Ubrlnga back the color of youth. At fifty your hair nuy look frlK as h did at fifteen. H UilrLnis the Vie- lulr nl o , r' 'ii It from falling nut , ered and cleanse , .lie noalii frum ilnnJriUI. $1.00 about * . AtalldruKb'Uts. If jrou ill rot obtain nil the hcneflti you niJirtfl ( torn Hie me of t Milto tlio 0 jf , or iitioi tit. . , Ltiff ell , Mail. Bursts Forth With Re newed Splendor and Power. The Suffering Multitude Im plores His Aid. Thirty Million Samples of Dr , Bul lion's ' Vegetable Compound Distrib uted Among the Sick on Two Continents Free of Charge , That They May Test Its Great Virtue , Disease Takes Flight and the Drug Stores Are Besieged Where the Eager Crowds Clamor for Dr , Burkhart's ' Vegetable Com pound. STARTLING REVELATIONS IN THE HISTORY of a FAMOUS MEDICINE. The Central and Western States Are Visited by Dr , Burkhart's ' Extensive Corps of Ad vertising Experts , H is better to give than 1o receive wafl proclaimed ticnrly two thouMud years ngo by the great apostle of Nazareth , and the truth of the toying has been verified through caiturlt-s. Utlng n urm bulievcr In Uilft creed , Ur. llurkhart recently startled the country by distributing ! ao.OUO.OOO ono week treatments of Dr. UurkharfB Vegetable Compound , free of charge , thereby enabling all classes to test the wonderful curntlvo powers of this famous medicine. The dltKiytroiiH disease , la. Grippe , wns making deep and steady Inroads In this coun try when Ur. llurhuart's Veuttablo Com pound suddenly checked the epidemic In lt onward course in every Instance it wa used. By purifying the blood the dlscauo wns driven from its stronghold nnd the entire - tire system wns thoroughly cleansed of all Impurity and new vigor nnd vitality wera Infut-ed Into the body. As a conseiiucuco the drug stores ore crowded with anxious purchasers of Dr. Hurkhart's Vegetable Compound , which li guaranteed to euro the following distressing ailments : Kidney nnd Liver Disease , Fovcr nnd Ague , Rheumattani , Sick and Nervous Head ache , Erysipelas , Scrofula , Keinnlo Com plaints , Catarrh , Indigestion , Neuralgia , Nervous Affection , Dyspepsia and nil Syph ilitic Diseases. Will euro all constipation o ftho llowela. If , you have a complaint , accompanied by any1 of the following symptoms , Dr. Burk hart's Vegetable Compound is guaranteed to effect a speeJy , radical cure , otherwlso tiho dollar deposited for a six months' treatment will be returned to you. 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Telephone C92 , IRON WORKS , UAVIS .t TOAVCJIM , , IIIONVOUK3. . Iron mill limn * Konn < l rx. Manufacturers and Jobbers .if Machinery. General repairing a specialty , 1001 , 1COJ ItiOC Jackson street , Omaha , Neb , LINSEED OIL. wonu.tiA.v M.\M3isn on , WOHICM. Manufacturer ! ) old process raw linseed kettle boiled llimccd oil , old process ground llnirnd cnkcu , ground and screened llaxicpd for druggists. OMAHA , HRO. HREWBRIE8. OMAHA ( ( IlllSWI.Vd ASSOCIATION. Carload shipments made in our own re frigerator cars , Blue Ribbon , Elite Export , Vie-nnn Export and Family Export deliv a all pnrta of I ho city. BOILERS. OJIAIIA IIOIIKit IVOHKS. J01IX JC. : ,0VHEV. . Boilers. TanliH and Sheet Iron Wort ,