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BLAME RESTS WITH STATE
Criminal Neglect Shown in Providing for
Yaukton Insane Asylum ,
CORONER'S ' JURY MAKES CAREFUL REPORT
Mnlti llnlldliiK IN Still Conililorpit tn-
( Mi I M K o Inilicrfrct Plrc Pro
tection , nml I.\CM | of
Continually In
YANKTO.V , S. D. . Pcb 2.1 ( Special ) Dr.
C. 0. Qrogfl , coroner of the Jury that Investi
gated Into the disastrous fire at the State
Asylum for the Insane , hns Issued a letter
for the benefit nt the public. Riving the best
possible Information of the facts that were
necessarily brief In the verdict returned by
the Jury. The letter Is n long one , express-
Ins personal opinions which ho formed from
hearing the tiworn ntatcments of over thirty
witnesses. He coincide * with the verdict of
the Jurors , believing that these men , after
having seen all the witnesses , heard all ot
the testimony , seen all the maps anil dia
grams , Inquire Into nil the circumstances
and particulars nnd Inspected all of tha
buildings , were best qualified to Judge In
.the matter. Ills letter covers flvo Import
ant questions , ns follows
I'lral Why was there no night watchman
In or about the laundry building en the
night of the flro ?
Second Why were eight patients locked
Into a dormitory nnd why wns the dormitory
not unlocked after the flro wns discovered. '
Third Why were Insane pntlcnts ati3 nt-
tondnnts from the main building Bleeping In
this building , which wna Intended nnd con
structed for laundry purposes ?
fourth Why was clothing In the drjlng
room in the basement HIQ night of Saturday ,
February 11 ?
Plfth Why was the pressure of water In
the hrao during the flro so inadequate for
fighting flro and why could not the steam
pump nt the well he operated thnt night ?
His answer to the first practically reflects
upon past legislatures In not appropriating
sufficient money with which to employ ono
The treatment of the second tells that the
eight patients locked in the dormitory were
patlenU who were untrustworthy at night
nnd owing to there being no night watch
man It wns ncccssnry to lock them In. In
nnsworlng why the dormitory w.xs not un
locked Coroner Gross goes Into the details
of the flic and although the door was riot
unlocked , ho tells plainly why , under the
circumstances , no ono was found guilty ot
carelessness. Ho commends In the highest
terms , ns did the Jury , the noble work of
the first and second attendants in their ef
forts to save nil lives.
The third question ngnln reflects back to
the leglslatuicB. Of this In part he sajs :
"That the state has been criminally negli
gent nnd was the party essentially respon
i ! sible for this horrible catastrophe by means
of which seventeen wards ot the state rnmo
to their death , was evident from the testi
mony of the first witness called , and ivas
developed and confirmed by the tesMmony
of each succeeding witness until the evl-
dcnco against the state becnmo BO over
whelming nnd convincing that were the
state a party liable to criminal prosecution
the coroner would have been compelled to
Issue a warrant for Its arrest. "
Ho quotes various reports of the superin
tendent and Hoard of Charities and Cor
rections to the different bodies of legislators
nnd tells , of the apparent Indifference with
which they were received.
Jku .Money U WiiHti-il.
Ho dispels a suspicion that many have en
tertained 'regarding dances given nt the
hospital and snjs : "It hns been thought by
ninny thnt the expense of the dances glve-i
nt the hospital by the employes on vailous
occasions has been berne by the state , and
that thomoney used In this and other ways
shou'ld have been used for legitimate and
ncccssniy expenses. The superintendent and
the president of the board testified that not
a dollar had been expended for nny such
purpose , the expense being berne by the em-
plojcs and officers themselves. The only
expense these seml-annunl entertainments
have been to the state has been for the
email amount of materials required for the
refreshments nnd was estimated to have
amounted to less than $5 annually.
The answer ns to why clothing was in
the drying room that night Is that the
capacity of that room was too limited to
permit all the clothing being dried during
the < lny.
In treating the fifth question ho shows
thnt the water supply was not sufficient ,
that the preusuro hns always been Inade
quate. The pumps are apparently all good ; 1
ones , but under the circumstances , with the
steam connection Injured , thu direct pres
sure from the tank was Insufficient , and for
flro protection the amount of water is far
from being enough.
His letter concludes with many sugges
tions nnd recornmendntlons for needed Im
provements , From which Is quoted the fol
lowing : "Thu conditions existing nt the
present time about the hospital are unsafe
und will continue to Jeopardize the lives of
patients , employes and officers bo long ns
the stnte falls to provide the funds to cor
rect them. The coroner nnd Jury Inspected
the entire Institution aud they unanimously
After the Grip What ?
i
You tlioiiKht you bail thu best of the
Brli ) ami you dutcimined to wear It ofl ;
but .somehow It docs not wear oil n.s
you c\puctud. You pass ivstlrns , Bleep-
less iilf'hts and Rut up In thu momlng
feelhiR mote exhausted thnn when you
rctlied. You aie itrltablu and nervous
and have no appetite for food. You go
about In a llhtlesa , halt-hearled sort of
way , and everything you undeilaUe to
do bi'eniH to RO VVIOUR. Do you Know
that you are on the verge of nervous
proHttallonV You need help ; and you
need It mote now than you did when
the gilp was at Usoi.st. .
11 r. Miles' Xeivlno Is the best medl-
olne you can got to build up your
shattered nene.s and restore jour
wasting btiungtli. It Invariably In
sures Hound sleep and gives the over-
btrung nerves their natural rest. It
makes the appetite Keen , facilitates
the digestion , given healthful vitality
to the nerves and lestoies health.
"I was neivous , icstless , hi liable
nnd altogether out of soils. It vvan
.
Impossible to get my natuial sleep and
I became so weak nnd exhausted that
I could not leave my bed. Finally 1
commenced taKIng Dr. Miles' Nervine
and I began to Improve from the first
dose. In a short time my health Avas
completely icstoied. "
.MUS. DOW IJUAGU : ,
.Sing Sing , .N. \ .
A tilal package of Dr. Miles' tavor-
ite tie.itment for thu gilp , consisting of
Dr. MIUV Nenlne , Dr. Miles' Antl-
Pain Tills and Dr. Miles' Nerve and
Liver Tills , will bo bent absolutely free
of cost to any person sending name
and address on a postal caul , icQiicst-
Ing the bamplcs and mentioning the
name of this paper. Address Dr.
, MUes Medical Co. , LMkhart , liul.
ngrrcd that the conditions were so unsafe
;
that there was muih moro danger of flro
originating In the main building thnn could
possibly have been supposed to exist In the
laundry building before the flro occurred. "
i A SOUTH DAKOTA
DoliiKM of ii lnj li > tlio
Solon * n ( I'lcrrr.
I'IBimB , S. I ) . . Pcb. 21. { Special Tel
egram ) In the house this morning peti
tions were presented from Roberts county ,
asking for tha passage of the Gunnarsoii
dispensary bill and from the pages of the
house 1 asking for a raise of Co cents per
day ( , on the ground that the clerks were
drawing cI $3 per day for doing nothing and
the I pagci were entitled to pay for the work
they were obliged to do.
Majority nnd minority reports were pron
sen led on senate hill to reduce the Board
of Charities nnd Corrections to three.
A light came up over the adoption of the
committee report on the Aberdeen normal
school bill. Populists , ns n rule , lined up
against j the measure. The unfavorable mi
nority j report wns defeated , 44 to 40 , and
the i favorable majority report adopted , 13
to 41. An effort to advance the bill on thu
calendar was lost , 43 to 40 , and the Flncho
motion following , carried.
Smith of Custcr attempted to force his
bill to prevent trespass on tlio free range
country out of the committee and In doing
so secured an unfavorable report. After n
warm fight over compensation the chief
clerk wns allowed J5 per clay for 160 dava
to complete the permanent journal.
In the afternoon Stoddard Introduced a
joint resolution urging the State Board of
nquallzntlon and Assessment to assess all
corporate property "under Its control , " at
the same proportionate value as other prop
erty assessed In the state. Under the nil a
It could only be Introduced by the consent
of the house and tha consent was secured
by 40 to 37. A motion to advance It on
the calendar was killed.
The house then went Into committee of
tha whole to further consider the general
appropriation bill and the rest of the afternoon -
noon was taken up In this nnd the final
passage of the bill after the committee re
port had been adopted.
An effort was made to secure an appro
priation for nn assistant In the public ex
aminers' OIIlcc which failed. The first fight
came on the matter of an appropriation of
$10,000 for n litigation fund for the Railroad
commission. This was opposed by Glass
and Wllmarth and defended by a number of
members and finally carried after the voting
ing down of a number of amendments lookIng -
Ing toward changing the amount. The only
other light wns on an appropriation of
1,000 per year for the maintenance of the
School for the Ullnd at Gary. On this prop
osition Wllmarth and Pusoy made n fight
gainst the rest of the committee
ind after they were defeated nnd
ho committee report had been
adopted , Wllmarth attempted to carry out
ils views In the way of an amendment
covering the same ground before the bill
was read and again after It was read. He
was defeated both times.
In the senate the Hnntcn resolution for a
constitutional amendment permitting coun-
.Ics by n vote to exempt certain property
rom taxation , -practically a single tax meas
ure , was defeated.
The report of the conference committee on
a bill to provide for permanent annual ap
propriations for educational Institutions was
presented and adopted and the bill passed as
reported by the committee. It carries the
Institutions to $100,000 per jear. This was
also adopted In the house.
Consideration of the governor's appoint
ments was postponed to JIarch 1 by a vote
of 25 to 18.
13111s were passed regulating the erection
of walls In common ; defining negotiate In
struments ; to provide n beet sugar bounty
of 1 cent per pound , to be continued for
seven years , passed by 31 to S ; providing
for courts of conciliation nnd the house
election registration act , which will bo re
considered.
Joint resolutions \\CTO passed to provide
for procuring rccnrcla of the constltutiona
conventions and to require that a constitu
tional amendment to carry imust receive a
majority of all votes cast at the election.
The bill iplacing telegraph and telephone
companies under control of the railroac
commission was made a special order for
Tuesday.
The general appropriation bill was made n
special order for tomorrow ,
A few unimportant bills were Introduced
and tomorrow Is the last day for Introduc-
tlon of bills.
A. W. Eddy , " " general counsel , and L. J
Drake , general manager of the Standard 01
company , Chicago , are liere to look after the
oil Inspection bill , which Is under considera
tion.
Sn.NSATIO.VAI , CASK VI * IX COURT
.VI a ii mi Ti-lnl fur Scnillnu OliNcenc
rriiture TliroHKli < l'e MiillH.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Peb. 23. ( Specla
Telegram. ) Mayor R. A. lubbs of Alcestcr
Union county , Is having his preliminary ex
aminatlon here before United States Com
mlssioner Conway on a charge of sending
obscene literature through the malls. H
wns arrested jesterday by Deputy Marsha
Ludlow and brought hero today. The ex
aminatlon commenced at 5 o'clock this after
noon and was not concluded at 9:30 : tonlgh
when an adjoinnmcnt was taken until
o'clock tomcnrow forenoon.
The case has do'v eloped a number of sen
gallons and the feeling growing out of 1
may yet result In a tragedy. It Is allege *
that Tubbs , who Is a married man , was
unduly Intimate with an IS-ycar-old glil ,
Clara Saltnos , who , with her mother conducts -
(
ducts a millinery store at Alcestcr and as a ,
result a child was born January 19 last.
Anonymous letters of which Tubbs Is al
leged to bo the author were -written to the
young woman and her mother during n
period extending from last April to No
vember and' long after she ceased speaking
to him , nightecn or nineteen letters were
introduced in evidence. Miss Saltnos Iden
tified them us being In Tubbs' handwriting.
Most of the letters were sent through tlio
Alccster poatoffico and two or three were
hnuded to her.
A. 13. Nelson , complaining witness In the
case , Identified most of the letters ns being
written hj Tubbs , John Kumorss , drugsmt i
nt Alcesti , also mvoro positively that many |
of the letters were written by the accused '
Peter Saltncs , the father of Clara , was the I
last witness tonight. He Is buyer nnd 1 '
shipper of butter and eggs at Alcester and I
t
us fuhbs Is agent of the Northwestern mili i
road there over which his product Is shipped , '
ho Is familiar with Tubbs' handwriting nnd
alto Identified most of the letters as writ
ten by him.
SniirinuCourt Opinion * .
PiniUli : , S. I ) , Fob 23. ( Special Telegram -
gram ) In the supreme court today opln-
tnns were handed down ns followsBy
Puller The mandamus case by H. Ray-
mejer ff Huron to compel A. W Campbell ,
judge , to settle a bill nf exceptions without
n transcript of case , was denied.
By Honey In the State against Frank
Adams , on a charge of criminal as
sault , the lower court wns sustained I
nnd the prisoner dismissed Adams had I
been tried once lo tha circuit court
nnd on second trial the point was
raised that he had been once In Jeopardy
and could not bo tried on the eamu charge
again , which was sustained.
Ciirtr * I'linill ) fiiiui-H Into KM Own.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 13. The attorney
general has sustained the oplnhn of the
judge advocatu general of the War depart-
mcnt In the celebrated case of the Cortcz
brothers of Manila , and has notified General
Otis to turn over to the representatives of
the Cortcz family all of their property now
held by the military authorities In the
orchlpelaco.
; , L COME TO OMAHA
Inquiry Into Beef Supply Will Bo Fnnucil
at Packing Plants ,
ASSISTANT COMMISSARY DEFENDS MEAT
( ictirrnl I'nunn Aiienr | | itnil TnUc-
\\H\i \ .Mllc ( lint Href on
the Hoof IN ( lie llont for
( lie .Vrm > .
WASHINGTON . Pcb. 23. The work of the
court of Inquiry In Washington will be
n Inlslieil for the tlmo being about the mld-
llc I of next week , when the court will ad-
ourn ( to Chlcngo to look over the packing
ndustry In that city nnd examine such wit
nesses as may bo conveniently reached at
hat point. Prom Chicago the court will
irocccd to Omaha. Whether their duties
vlll crtrrj the members elsewhere before
returning to Washington will depend on
ut uro developments. '
The testimony of Colonel J P. Wcston ,
vho , at the outbreak of the war , wns as
sistant commissary general , nnd who Is now
successor to General Hagan , with the rcap-
icaraacc of General Kagan was the feature
of the Investigation today.
Unch contended thnl the canned roast wns
wholesome nnd n component part of the ra-
ions at Santiago nnd Porto Rico nnd took
ssue with the rcgulnr nrmy ofllclals who
mvo condemned It General Kagnn took Is
sue with General Miles in regard to beef on
ha hoof being thu best to supply to the
nrmy , saying such operations were Impossl-
> ] o In Cuba , nnd especially undesirable In
nny country where the nnlmnl bent In the
> ccf could not disappear before cooking.
( nptiilii IMn-r | Culled.
Captain Alexander R. Piper of the Sub
sistence department of volunteers was
called. Ho was assigned as commissary
of the Second brigade , Plrat nrmy corps ,
embarking with General Brooke's cxpcdl-
: lon for Porto Rico. Ho said that In Porto
Ulco beef on the hoof , native cattle , In
connection with canned , corned nnd roast
Dcof , was Issued. Nntlvo beef wns Issued ,
lie thought , five da > s out of ten until Au
gust 11 , after which , under Instructions of
uoloncl Sharp , corps commissary , ho drew
refrigerated beef from the Massachusetts.
Some complaint against the canned roost
beef h said was made , but It amounted to
but little. The men hcd deteriorated In
condition nnd were In n mood to complain of
nearly everything and no action was taken.
The meu complained of the native beef b < i-
Ing too fresh. Refrigerators were placed nt
San Juan nnd Ponce and under orders from
the commissary general refrigerated beef
was Issued to all the troops where It was
practicable.
Replying to Colonel Davis , witness eatd
there worn no complaints against tbo beef
Issued from the Massachusetts , but on the
contrary the men were delighted with It.
The only complaint about the refrigerated
beef was because sbme meat had
spoiled. There was a great diversity of
opinion among officers and men as to the
cause of sickness in Porto Rico. Personally ,
he thought a largo portion of the sickness
was due to the native fruits , cheap rum and
cocoanut candy with iwhlch the men stuffed
themselves.
Thought Cnniieil Href llcnt ThliiR.
General J. P. "Weston , successor to Gen
eral Eagan as commissary general , was
called. He said the whole question of fresh
meat was thoroughly gone over just prior
to the war and It waa decided that canned
roast beef was the best thing obtainable.
Ho said the War department had made an
honest and thorough Investigation of the
subject and took the only course open.
Major J. R Weston went Into details of
the embarkation at Tampa. He said the
beef was flue there. There was a touch of
merriment In General Weston's voice when
he1 suggested leaving behind nearly all the
tobacco ho had gotten together for "the
boys. "
Regarding the use of canned roast beef In
Cuba , General Weston said the commhsarj
officers never got a full ration from the de
partment commissary because they would
not carry It. There were always both
canned roast beef nnd hacon on hand and
the men got whatever they asked for. The
material In the depot commissary storehouse
was rushed to the front as fast as the pack
trains could take It. General Shatter un
derstood the situation and the regimental
commissary officers were notified that there
would be no quibbling over requisitions.
The first 'business ' wns to feed th/ / > troops
General Weston said he received no com
plaints as to the meat ration while at Sl-
boncy. The general reviewed the first nr-
ilval of refrigerator beef , the Mississippi
bringing 200,000 pounds immediate ! } after
the surrender. Ho saw the beef on the Mis
sissippi and speaking to Colonel Davis said 1
it wns not so Inviting in appearance as the
meat nt Tampa. It was sightly discolored ,
but not had.
'Hxiierliiioiit" nt I'oiirc.
Speaking of the Ponce presarvativo cx-
perim-'nt Colonel Weston said the Commis
sary department had nothing whatever to
do officially with it.
Mr. Edwards , roprcsentlni 'Aimours ' , asked
witness If ho would not put some chemi
cal ! j-prcpated beef , which was coming , on
Ice. Witness asked what had been done to
the meat. The reply was that nothing In
jurious had been done to it and thu caino
kind was furnished Florida hotels and ho
bcjllcvccl the beef would keep seventy-two
hours. Six or seven quarters iw ro taken.
Some of It was In canvas and some not.
Iho former held out seventy odd hours ,
while the incased beef "went up pretty
quickly. "
Colonel Watson declared emphatically that
the government hail no connection with the
experiment. Colonel Weslon hero reviewed
the deterioration of the tioops , When they
loft Tampa ho estimated that 15 or 20 per
cent of their vitality w.i3 gone and the
Cuban climate affectoJ them so greatly that
nothing but the campaign excitement kept
thorn up until after the surrender , after
which they went to pieces.
This deterioration ho did not attrlbulo
to bau food , but perhaps slightly to Insulll-
cinnt fuod , owing to the men thio.vlnK most
of It awaj as cumbersome luggage. Canned
roast beef In Cuba was not srollod , but
the weather mndo It uninviting in appear-
mice Nevertheless it was wholesome and
made good stow.
Witness said ho < lid not know whether any
'beef ' furnished the army had been treated
chemically.
Outilit lo 1C < < ! ' Sc\ ! ! ( } -Tno lIoniH ,
Major Henry Osgood , acting as assistant
commissary general prior to the outbreak
of the war and subsequently assigned to
duty with General Miles , accompanj Ing him
to and remaining for some time ut Tampa ,
testified that ho participated In loading the
transports. No icfrlgernted beef for the
troops was put on hoard , the soldiers being
furnished with travel rations Ho saw- the
Powell process beuf for expel lincnt. Leav
ing Tampa July 4 ho was at ChUkamauga
until August , and Instilled us to the excel-
lenco of the refrigerated beef. Going to
Santiago early In August ho looked after the
Issue of beef. Ho explained the contract
with Swlth and Company , sajlng It
required the beef to keep sev
enty-two hours after being taken
from the ship refrigerator , and taken from a
refrigerator on shore It shruld keep tweut > -
four hours. Wltnras said ho had to use
seine beet on the hoof , but it never be
came firm , nnd did urt compare at all with
the refrigerated beef , nor did It give such
satisfaction. Major Osgood said ho former ! )
favored a beef on the hcof supply for the
nrmy In Cuba , but he was "forced to take
water on that , " after seeing the use of
refrigerated beef.
Responding to General Davis * question *
witness dcclnrccl It wns his opinion
that many ot the claims of officers thnt re-
frlgcrntcd hect wns spoiled were false. The
beef he said often appeared offensive when
viewed. When a knife wns used to cut oft
the outside "tho best beef jou could find
anywhere wns found. "
"Snnp Judgment wns taken on that beef , "
the \\ltniss snld ,
Speaking of the men nnd complaints ho
Mid : "Their livers were out of whack. I
estimated thnt 09 per cent of them hnd en-
Inrgcd livers. They wanted to bo fed all
the tlmb on delicacies. "
Cnptnln 0. L. Scott , Sixth cavalry , who
served nt Porto HIco , declnrcd the native
beet was unsatisfactory while the refriger
ator beet was pleasing. Ho had 'en
canned beet and hnd no complaints to mnke
Captain Charles II , Gricrson , until Febru
ary 9 colonel and commissary of the Fourth
corps , vvns with his regiment in Cubi. Ho
said no notable complaints were made
npnlnst canned beef , but the men did not
cat It. Returning from Cuba , ho vvns sU-
tinned nt Tampa , where he had experience
with the refrigerated beef. Ho believed It
wns satisfactory.
( ieneral Knttii" Appear * .
It was 4 o'clock when Commissary General
Hagnn was presented to the court.
Ho snld he considered carefully the ques
tion ot fresh beef for the nrmy when beet
on the hoof or refrigerated beef could not bo
supplied. Ho was not very favorably Im
pressed with the canned roast beef. Ho
tested It and united with the other officers
In adopting It. Ho understood the navy had
used It for jeara with satisfaction. When
adopting canned roast beet It was decided to
use It as nn experiment nnd the men could
take It , or not , ns liked. The best u o for
it wns In n stow with tomntocs or vegetables
The first complnlnt from this beef cnms
f-om Captain P. Heed of the commlssnrv
department. Ho ordered nil captains to cx-
nrilno the mcnt nnd report
There were many consultations with the
packers' representative about the keeping of
Lho beef after being taken from the re
frigerators. Refrigerated beef and frozen
beet were sent to Tampa for a teat nnd wit
ness' recollection was that the frozen
spoiled first.
'Mind you , however , " snld General Eagnn ,
"this was not process hoof , that is , beef
treated with chemicals. "
Colonel Davis then read the contract with
Swift nnd Company for the Porto nicnn sup
ply of refrigerated beef Uecf wns to bo
from steers weighing not less than 600
pounds , dressed , nnd should be preserved by
the refrigerated process and be good sev
enty-two hours after leaving the refrigerator
on board the ship nnd tw out j-four hours
after delivery from any refrigerator the
concern might establish on shore.
General Engan said that when the war
came there were three plans for n fresh
beef supply refrigerated beef , canned baef
nnd the government to own Us herd. All
this experience taught the undeslrablllty of
the government owning Its herd. The re
frigerated beef he consldeied of first choice
nud when the refrigerator concerns offered
It and guaranteed It he accepted It.
In explaining -why ho signed the contract
with the concern he said the usual way in
making a contract was for the commissary
of any department of the army to sign the
contiact , but when the war broke out
the forces In Cuba were attached to no
branch nnd , therefore , ho , ns commissary
general , signed the contracts for its supply.
This concluding General nagnn's testi
mony , the court adjourned until tomorrow
morning , when It Is thought ho will bo toc-
fore It all morning , explaining the
circumstances ot furnishing the commls-
snry supplies.
ANDREE AND HIS BALLOON
Letter "XVlileli Iencrllie the FlmllnR
of the llend
IIOlllCN.
( Copyright , 1S19 , by Press Publishing- )
BERLIN , Feb. 23 ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telesrapi. ) The following
letter , from which probably originated re
cent statements of the finding of Andree , Is
published in the Siberian Advertiser from a
well known sportsman named Ljalcn :
"I hasten to Inform you that Andreo and
his balloon have been found. I was run
ning In snowshoes after elks In the primeval
forests of the South Yeulsel and came across
traces of Andree. It was 350 versts from
Kiasnolarsk and 100 vorsts from the gold
washings In San Vlnlch down the Pit river.
The balloon and ropes were torn and three
bodies lay at Its hide , ono with a broken
skull. Please prepare assistance so the bal
loon and bodies can be brought to the washIngs -
Ings at San Vlnlch , but only by snowshoes
I guarantee the truth ot these facts and
shall soon bo in Tomsk. "
i
TODAY'S ' WEATHtR FORECAST
llirenteiiliiK SI'U'N III .Nclirnnljn , ivitU
Southei ly AVIiids Generally
I"alr mid Warmer.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 23. Forecast for
Friday :
For Nebraska Threatening weather ;
south winds.
For Iowa Fair , followed by Increasing
cloudiness ; wanner In northern portion ,
variable winds , becoming southeast.
Per Knnsas Pair , followed by Increasing
cloudiness ; southeast winds. ,
For Wyoming and Colorado Threatening
weather ; south winds.
Per Ssuth Dakota Increasing cloudiness ;
warmer ; south winds.
General The cold wave has moved from
Nebraska to the middle Mississippi valley.
Cairo reporting n fall of 30 degrees In
twenty-four hours. Temperatures are
below the normal over the whole
country east of the Rocky mountains
except on the Atlantic const. Rain or 'now
has occurred from the Mississippi valley to
tlio Atlantic coast and on the North Pacific
coast.
Generally fair weather will prevail over
ho whole country.
The temperature will fall In the Atlantic
states nnd on the gulf const nnd will rlsa
In the Missouri nnd Upper Mississippi vnl-
lojj.
Iioeal Hec'oril.
OFFICE OF THU WHATIIRR BUREAU.
OMAHA , Feb. 23. Omaha moid of tem
perature and rainfall , compared with the
corresponding duy of the last three jeara :
1S30 , 1S9S. 1S97 1S %
Maximum temperature . . 11 42 19 55
Minimum temperature . . . 5 27 1 32
Average temperature 7 31 10 44
Precipitation 02 .00 T .00
Record of temperature and precipitation
it Omaha for this day and since March ,
1 IS'J
Normal for the day > . 29
DojUlency for the day C2
Accumulated excess since March 1 . 15 1
V iM-jil rainfall foi the day . . .03 Inch
Dellclencj for the diy 01 Inch
Total rainfall blnce March 1 ifi 73 nchea i
Deficiency since Murch 1 481 Indies I '
Deficiency coiresp'tf period 1S3S. . 1091 Inches ' i
Excels corresp'u period 1S97 . 5.22 Inclie ? |
ltei < iin from StntluiiH at 8 ji. in.
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Directors Decide to Kaiso Fire Million
Dollars for Improvements ,
ISSUE BONDS TO BUY TWO OTHER ROADS
Clinlrtiinii lltuiiirucll of I'lnniioe Comt
ItllltCIOtltllllFM lltC IlllClltloilN Of
In lU-Kitril tn ( lie
ricijeoted
HOSTON' , Pcb. 23 At n special meeting
ot thu interiors of the Chicago. UurllngtoQ
d Qulnc ) rnllrond , held hero today , It was
decided to raise about $5,000,000 ot new
money for Improvement nnd equipment purposes -
poses and to Issue $15,000,000 In new bonds
with the proceeds ot which the Chicago ,
Uurllngtcm & Northern nnd the Kcokuk &
Western railroads are to bo bought In and
the Ottawa , Oswcgo & Pox River Vnlley
road ii per cent bonds fnlllng duo In 1900
are to bo Kquldntcd.
Chulrinnn Hunnewcll ot the flnnnco com-
mlt'uo staled after the meeting thnt no
refunding plan was contemplated. Ho snld
"It Is the linentloti of the company to put
n new 'mortgage on Its property cast of
the Mississippi and wo need about $5,000.000
of new money , rs wo Intend to bu > In the
Chicago , Iluilmgtou & Northern railroad
nnd refund Its debt tills vcar , and wo shall
also nt the same tlmo make prov Islon for
the Ottawa , Oswego .t Fo > . River Vnlley S
per cent bondb fnlllng due In 1900 , EO thnt
It will irnkv. nbout 116.000,000 to rnlse "
Tinplnn of the directors Is to go to the
stockholders for what money Is wanted this
) enr , saj nbout $16,000,000 , Issuing to them
nbout $1,000,000 stock and $10,000,000 now
3'/4 per cent bonds for $16,000,000 cash ,
which will glvo the stockholders reasonable
compensation for ndvnnctng a large sum of
anoncy without Increasing the company's
annual payments.
The directors voted to buy the Keokuk & .
Western railroad , 250 miles long , In Iowa
nnd Missouri , and practically In Chlcngo ,
Uurllngton & Qulncy territory.
As n 3V4 per cent bond on the property of
the Chlcngo , Durllngton & Qulncy cnst of
the Mississippi river ( practical ! ) all the
company's property In Illinois and Wiscon
sin ) may be considered as worth par , It Is
explained that the directors have practically
agreed to raise $16,000,000 from stockholders
by giving them n bonus ot 51,000,000 In
Chlcngo , Durllngton & Qulncy stock. As
this stock Is worth nenrly $0,000,000 the Chl
cngo , Durllngton & Qulncy stockholders get
n plum this > car of the vnluu ot $6 In addi
tion to their $ S cash dividends.
The amount of Chicago , Burlington IL
Qulncy stock outstanding Is $ $ S,635,100.
PAST .11AII. THA1.\
Striken a llroUeii Hull lit 11 Point
Tlllitj-ll\c MllfN from IlnvtlltiN.
CHEYENNE , Wjo. , Peb 23 ( Special
Telegram ) The dead and Injured In last
night's Union Pacific fast mall wreck were
brought here this morning In charge of
Division Surgeon H. Harvey Reed , on a
train made up of cars which escaped de
railment In the wreck. The one fatality Is
J. C. Parry of 1513 Waee street , Denver.
Ho was in the chair car and was thrown
through a window when the car left the
track , crushing his chest so that he died
within half an hour after the accident. The
body will bo taken to Denver this after
noon.
The Injured now at the Intcroccan hotel
here In charge of phjslclans are :
H. J. Garvery , St. Louis , sprained back
and left arm.
Mrs. M. B. ApplebjCoburg , Ont. ,
sprained ankle and bruised hip.
Mrs. J. P. Hlnes , Green HIver , Wjo , cut
on forehead by glass and Incised wound on
scalp.
William Lewis , colored porter , Oakland ,
Cal. , wound on wilst , made by glass.
The Injured ivhowent on this morning
to their destinations arc :
M. Caflro , Coney Island , N. Y. , back In
jured.
Josephine Smith , the 3-year-old child of
Mrs. M. Smith of Chicago , wounded on back
of head.
Aaron Black , colored , corporal Twenty-
fourth United States Infantry , wound on
forehead , Henrietta , Tex.
H. Echelaud , Denver , wounded on back of
head.
head.None
None of the wounded are seri
ously hurt and they will be able
to resume their Journey today or
tomorrow. Trainmen report the train was
running four minutes late when the acci
dent occurred. It was caused by a split rail
between the switches. Thu two engines and
front four cars kept the tiack. Two sleep
ers following left the track , but Were not
overturned. The rear cars , a tourist sleeper
and chair car , wore overturned and all the
casualties occurred on these core.
ft-iiml I'nilIUIIiiiiilH Sold.
NEW YORK , Pcb 23. Spejcr & Companj
announce1 that they have sold all of the
new Central Pacific and Southern Pacific
hands which the syndicate agreed to take
under the Central Pacific readjustment
plan. The new first refunding mortgage
bonds are now quoted at 102 % 'bid , the new
Central Pacific 3'/4 per cent gold bonds at
88 bid and the new Southern Pacific gold
bonds at 84 % 'bid. '
CUBANS PUNISH BRIGANDAGE
Prompt Action Tnlifii to SnppreNM
DlNorclcTH In tli < > 1'rm luce
of MntanzaN.
NEW YORK. Peb. 23. A special from
Havana sajs : Brigandage Is reported from
Matanzas province , but It met with heroic
treatment. A party of seven bandits , alleged
to bo former Spanish guerrillas , led by a
ncgio guide named Vital , hjgan the d preda-
tlons. A squad of Cuban soldiers under
Major Arguclles pursued and overtook the
band near the hamlet of Cartagena , where
two of the bandits were killed and two
wounded. The Cubans Iret one killed and
two wounded , The pursuit was continued.
The American military authorities are
watching these cases with some anxiety , but
incidents like that at Matanzas satisfy them
that the Insurgents can be organized Into an
effective rural police. The Cuban ofllclals
are urging that it bo done quickly , as they
are positive that with a part of their troops
thus disposed of the lurnalnder will return
to work in the fields If oxen are given to
them.
lIlll < M.\.Vr HAM , AT 9IATA7AS.
( ic-iii-nil Cionifz ToKftlier ltli Aimr-
lean Ofllrcrfi An1'rexcnl. .
MATANZAS , Peb 2 , 11 p. in. Via
Havana , Pcb 23 The evening dance was a
most brllllnnt affair General Wilson , Mrs
Wilson and General Maximo Gomez rccelvcc
the members of the best society of MaUituns
They all pasted and shojK hands with Gen
erals Gomez and Wilson
The theater was beautifully deroratcd anc
two military bands furnished the music
Generals Breckenrldgo , Ernest , Chaffee and
Humphreys and many other American of- ! !
eers were among those present.
General Gomez and Mia. Wilson and General -
oral Wilson and Mrs. Claffeo danced In a
quadrille.
General and Mrs Chaffeo arrived hero on
the Hartford and will return to Havana 01
Thursday. General Chaffeo , as chief of Gov
ernor General BrooKo's staff , will Invlto
General Gomez to accompanj him to Havana
on the Hartford. It Is very Improbable that
the Cuban commander will accept as It
would destroy his plans for an overland
journey and arrival at Havana.
General Gomez leaves here tomorrow and
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'probibly will go to Mnrlanao nnd then to
Havnnn.
GOMEZ LEAVES MATANZAS
ttntiit of MuMo tuiil DotncliiniMit of
Amrrlrnii Troop * Send Hint
thccrllj- IllnVn > .
CJUINES , Province of Havana , Tcb. 23
General Maximo Gomez left Matanzas this
morning at t ) o'clock. There was a great
crowd nt the railroad station , a band of
music nnd n detachment of American
troops. General Wilson nnd his staff were
also on the special train which arrived hero
at 1140. . They were welcomed hero by
Senor 1'edcrlco Morn , the civil governor of
Havana ' , nnd by the delegation from the
Junta Patrlotlca of Havana The streets of
this town were crowded with people and the
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Cuban commander was welcomed with great
enthusiasm The American troops formed
outside the station and the ladles of Unities
showered ( lowers upon nnd crowded upon
General l Gomez nnd embraced him. Ho pro
ceeded on foot to the I.lceo Cubano , nnd
thence to the city halt , where ho wns
tendered a banquet ; at which there were 100
covers At the end of this ceremony Gen
eral Gome * will take n train for Clenaga.
MARIANO , Pcb. 23 General Gomez loft
J Guinea this afternoon nnd Is at Mariano.
This ' evening ho Is nt n banquet tendered b >
the ' town the last except that to bo given
In ' Havana , of n long series of such enter
tainments. ' The spcolnl train of live curs
stopped between Gullies and Clcnnga for a
few ' minutes , at San Pellpe , Qulvlcnn. IJe-
Jucal J and Rlncon , nnlvlng nt Clenaga at
4 " 30. The bands plajcd Cuban airs nt each
of these places. Gomez shook hands with
many ' persons at each station.
Major Lncosto of Havana , Senor Mora ,
the ' civil governor of the city , nnd the mem
bers ' of the Havana council accompanied
Gomez ( from Guliu to Mariano. At Clenaga
about L',000 people collected. These people
cheered voclferouslj- . Stops were made nt
'unU la Grande , and at Hucna VIstn. At
ho latter place General Leo went on the
ilatform and welcomed General Gomez.
ARMY AND NAVY IN UNISON
tcport of n YtlliMJourtmt of Fric
tion at I'tmcrnl of ( iiircln 1
Olllclull ? Dviilvd.
WASHINGTON , Pcb. 23. General Lud-
ow , military governor of Havana , today
abled to the War department as follows ,
onccrnlng the criticisms of the late General
Garcla's funeral :
HAVANA , Peb. 23 Adjutant. General ,
Vacihlngton Editorial and Havana letter in
ho Herald of Pebruary 13 , alleging friction
> otween navul and military , entirely baseless ,
coiibultcd with Cromwell In advance , sent
ntnbulinccs and cavalry with women and
lowers to cemetery and attended with de-
larlnient stiff the memoilal services at Mer
cedes church. I also sent carriage and staff
o represent the department at the cemcteiy ,
tttvlog the navy and marines unhampered In
conducting ceremonies.
( Signed. ) LUDLOW.
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AlMioliitmeiitn by thr I'rcNlileiit.
WASHINGTON , Peb. 3 The president
: oday sent these nominations to the senate :
Christian C. Kohlsaat of Illinois , to be
United States district judge for the north-
era district of Illinois , vice Peter S. Gross-
cup ; James S Sherman of New York , to bo
general appraiser of merchandise ; Lafayette
Redmon of Iowa , to bo survejor of customs ,
Dos Molnes , la. ; Geoigo W. Garrett of Arka-
delphla , to be commissioner to examine and
classify lands within the land grant and
Indemnity land grant limits of the Northern
Pacific Railroad company In the Mlssoula
land district In Montana.
Postmasters Illinois , Jefferson O'Drien ,
Momence ; Iowa , S. B. Gllmore , Holsteln ;
Kansas , Thomss E. Thompson , Howard ;
Missouri , Andrew Robinson , Liberty ; Cali
fornia , Prank A. Egan , Angel's Camp ; John
P. Leonard , Orovllle ; Orlando J. Lincoln ,
Santa Cruz ; Colorado , Samuel M. Biggs ,
Durango ; Clarence H. Ellis , Klco.
I ) < Mtc > In } x In Coal Supply.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 23. 'Rear Admiral
Dc.vey has Informed the Nevy department
that he has deposited 18,000 tons of coal at
Cavlte , 'Manila ' bay , making that point a
first-class coaling station for the use of
United States ships.
SMALLPOX THRIVES IN TEXAS
o DrntliN Out-ur front I'vxt nt Dnl-
IIIN mill Then- ImrKo Guiltier
of hun
ST. LOUIS , Pcb. 23 A special to the
Post-Uhpatch from Dallas , Tex. , sa > s : The
smallpox situation has become FO alarming
that the district courts were closed today
and the Juries dismissed. There arc ten
cchrs In the prat house , a number Isolated at
private expense and a largo number of sus-
pcctoJ cased under surveillance. Pho
deaths hive been reported. There Is agita
tion In favor of clrslng the public schools
and all pupils are being vaccinated.
Reports from Cloburn , Weatherford , San
Diego , Corpus Chrlstl nnd other Texas
towns Indicate that the disease Is becoming
moro epidemic. The cold weather has
causoJ the disease to spread. It Is now 1
degrees below freezing.
POCKET JREASURE
A NEW BOOK FOR MEN.
Tree Utntrllintlon for n Tim * .
RULES OF POLITENESS.
KUllS OF titSINESS.
RULES OF IIIALTII
Guide , Imtructcir aud Krknd for Men of
All AKOI itui stations of Life. IlloptratiM.
t/ntest code of polite brbnvlor OP MI2N ,
poclnlly nnd In lmslnr BugRcitloni foe
Hnw to K"ln pliv loM nnd nervoim vigor ,
strength , ronflilriiri * euro effects of error *
nnd exeeKdw nil lindllv wenhnrimm pecullur
to nien remove nil obstacles to happy and
fruitful innrrlnge
Juit miMlihoil iul mUl < WITHOUT PHAllOn
for lira * In iiUIn wmi nn AlH'UK S M N *
T10MNO Till ! OFI'VU IN TI118 I'AI'En.
F JORDAN.
P. O. Drawer 201 , DXfalo , N. Y ,
i !
Mrs Win-slow ' Poothlni ? Syrup hua been
used for over Mft > sears by millions of
irotlieis for tholr children while teething
with perfect success It oOthi"i the child.
softens the K u ins , nlln > s nil pnln , oil lea
wind colic ind Is the best remiMV for
Diarrhoea Hold by driiRKlsts In uvrr.v part
of the world He sure nnd nsk for "Mrs.
AVItiBlovv's SonthliiK Syrup" nnd 'nko no
other kind is cents n bottle
Dr. IliMiiiftt'N r.leetrlclicit I *
the lien ! Ill tilt * World IIke All
Artlelew of Merit , It HUN flieup Inil-
tiMor * SoinetliliiMrliiiut VerdlKrlM
nnd Hare-Metal I'lcetrodcfi.
Uloctrlclty I * now kmivvi to bo the
Kreattst reinodlil agent known to man It
Is the Vital nnd Nerve Foiee of uvery mnu
and woman Where there Is a lack of
Ulectriclty In the system disease imme
diately nttnckH the weakest part of jour
constitution To npuln be well , niectrlclty
must Ue supplied thnt Is whnt my Belt
Is for to supply this lo t Klectrleltv ,
The old-stvlo Klectrlc Hells will do some
peed of this there la no question but
they burn and blister so badlv that you
cannot wear them long enough to got
the. b ° ne1H jou should Mj bolt has soft ,
silken , chamois-covered sponge electrotles
thnt prevent thin burning and blUtcrhiK'
and keep open all the poies of th- skin so
the entire current penetrates the sjstem ,
as It Hhould , to make a radio il nnd per-
innmtnt cure Have you noticed that these
old-st > le. burningbHsterlntr , cremntlnir
Kelts have had a hard tlmo of It since I
perfected nnd p itentcd
Dr. Bennett's Electric Belt
Do jou not notice they have cut tha
prices of their veidlgrlsed disci from J10
and $40 to about one-tenth thnt price ? Do
you not notice thov
offer to plvo you
Electrodes like mine ?
When they do this
don't they tell you
plainer thnn vvordi
thnt Dr. Bennett's
Electric Belt is such ,
an Improvement and
advance' In science
that they do this nn
a last bid for jour
patronage ? Get the
Ke inline. When jou
arc sick j-ou cnnnot
afford to tsxperlment.
Another thine I want
to caution vou nbout
1 s Verdigris. A 1 1
electric halts except
mine h n v e b ire
r etal electrodes und
owing to the chemi
cal nctton of thu
current passing
through thepe metal
discs Verdigris la
bound to accumulate.
VerdlgrlEi Is u most
deadly poison. Do
jou know what these
"Chamois U 1 e e -
trodes with which
bare metal electric
belts arc covered
consist ofJ ti H t
ithia : A little piece
of chamois skin
through which elec
tricity will not pene
trate You can buy this little piece of
chamois In nny drug store for ono cent. I
KUarante. " that nij" electrode ulone costa
irtro to. manufacture than the entire belt
of other makes : still my prices nrj about
half. I believe In a llvinu profit only.
I guirantee my belt to euro Sexual Im-
potency. I > est Manhonil Vnrlcocele , Sper-
irntorrhoea and all forms of Sexual Weak
nesses In either sex , restores Shrunken and
Undeveloped Organs and Vitality : cures
Xervcii' and General Debility , Kldnej- ,
I-lvor and Hlndd r Troubles. Chronic ; Con
stipation , Djspepsli , Rheumatism In any
form , all Feinnlo Complaints , etc. I war
rant my licit to bo four tnm-s stronger than
nny otliei Generates a. current that jou
can Instantly fo 1 , nnd a child can regu
late It.
Call upon or wrlto to me today sacredly
eci Ildentlal Oft sjmptom blanks and lit
erature Wrlto for my New Hook About
13lcctilclty Mj' ttleotrlchl Suspensory for
the permanent cure of the various weak-
nets ' of men is PKUC to every male pur
chaser of one of my Ilelts. Consultation
nnd advlco without cost.
Electric
Company ,
Itoouiit 2O anilI UpiiRla * ItlocU , JUIh
jxinl * > ailjce Sti'cclN. Oniiihn , Neb.
OIM-II fion Ni'.IO ii. in. to HiUO p , BI
Suiiilnjii , 10 to 1li.'IO ta H.
( Please mention The Bee. )
- ) F THE GREAT CURATIVE POWERS
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MEN AHD S
WHEN OTHEB.S PAIL
Remember thq Doctors of This Institute Can Cure You.
NO MISTAKES w NO FAILURES
Specialists for Diseases of M > n and Women.
The VTonrlorfiilly Mincot > t > ful treitiuont of tin xpeclxllUi of tlili Instltuto combine
thu twii KToiijcst 'iiiitiiripftio ! liHHllnif art known to _ the niPdlci ! , profuiHlon *
ELECTRICITY nrt ryJEblCINE. It ii ih litriuit ; , mint thorouKhlr and completlr
eqiiUJp il Institute ) , both ikctrlc illv and rnmlluilly , ever oit iblliliud In tlioTK I fur the
triMtnitint nnd iilinnlnl. ) curn of nil miunm , chronic nnd prlvitn illicm's of IVI
WOMEN. HONORABLE AND FAIR DEALING ACCORDED TO ALL.
A. PERFECT CURE GUARANTEED ANt CASES ACCEPTED
nT7RI ( ITV Our kuoclal con-.liliiud Klectro-Modlcal Tmittnnnl
'
JJJLiiJlljllI fr \.rvmlH , miillliy iiiivr faIN YOUNQ
r O3T hlANHOnn MIDDLE AGED nnd OLD , .MEN. . J" > " *
LiUD 1 lU/iiNIlvJUlJ
MHIIIIIKII .
Tin.urfui "ifocls of ludUciutlonii la
youth , belt-pollution or excesses In after Ufa and the effects of noglCLttd 01 Improper-
[ ' treated cases , pioduclne lack of vitality , sexual vviaknejj , undeveloped or
ihrunWer orcanu pain In back , loin nnd kidney * , client pttlns , nciuuunniiss , sleepless
ness , weakness of body and brnln , dUzlmsti , fn'lliiK memory , luck of energy antf
confidence , despondency , evil foreboding , timidity ana other dUtrenHlni ; Hyinptoma.
Much canes , If neglected , almost Invariably lead to premature decay , Inatanlty and
UeURUJ TURE VATUCOCnLB. HYDKOCEMJ. SWHLI.INfJS , TICNnKUNHSS DIS-
CHAP.OnS , HTRICTUHKS , K/DNBY / and URINARY DISKABKS , BMAhL , WUAIC
and SHUUNKKH PARTS ALL HLO01) , OICIN and PRIVATE DISUASUS nbso-
lutcly cuied by this ticutment after all other means have failed.
CONSl I/l'lTIO. % rillHS.
Office hours : 8 n. in to 5 p. in ; C.30 to S p. m. , Sunduji , 10 u , m , to 12.30 p m ,
\\itrin IFOU CA.NAOl1 u.U.I , . Loiters confidential and answered la alt
They liavo the most successful home tre utment known to the inedUil profession ,
and thousands who wtre unable to call ut o nice liuve been cured at home by tlulr com
bined tJIectro-Wsdital treatment. CALL ON OH ADDUUSS
State Electro-Medical Institute ,
18U8 FAtiNAM BTOUAKJu NBJB.