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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TTirHSDAY. VRriT 2. ISOf ) .
FAST WORK DONE IX HOUSE'
Congress Strikes a Gait Which Disposes of
Question of Extra Session.
ARMY REORGANIZATION BILL IS PASSED
VlRnrnnn nnfl tVHl Orcnnlird Ojiponl-
tlon Die * Hnrcl Tlir Cnlcn-
Unr la Cleared of
WASHINGTON , March t Th last linger
ing possibility of an extra tension of eon-
grew disappeared today when the bouse
passed the senate army rrcrpsnlmtlon Mil.
Very considerable &nd rigorous opposition
to the acceptance ot the s nate Mil was
voiced en bah sldec of the hall and for
a time it appeared possible that the bill
would not secure the oecesunry two-thirds
to pais it under suspension of the rales.
But the republican leaders , Messrs. Hender
son. Grosrenor and Cannon came to Its sup
port on the republican side , and Mr. Bailey ,
the democratic leader , threw the weight of
bis Influence In favor of It on the democratic
side , arguing that It provided for only a
temporary increr-se cf the army which would
be made permanent If congress were con
vened in extra session.
Another big element In the vote was Mr.
Hull's recital ot a statement made by the
president that be would not construe sec
tion IS as authority to conscript the minor
ity in volunteer organizations which should
elect to remain In the service. The bill
passed , 102 to 32. It now goes to the
president.
The calendar was also cleared ot many
other important matters. The general de
ficiency appropriation bill , carrying
T21.0S9.000. was passed under suspension of
the rules without a word of criticism. This
is the last of the appropriation bills. The
senate amendments to the river and harbor
bill were non-concurred In. and It was sent
to conference , the friends of the Nicaragua
canal amendment having decided to post
pone their fight until the conferee's report.
MnkeH Oeivcy nn Ailiulrnl.
The conference reports on the omnibus
claims bill , the naval personnel and many
other less Important measures were agreed
to. The senate bill making Dewey a full
admiral was passed. The bill now goes to
the president for his signature.
After the reading of the journal the sundry
civil bill was sent to conference. Messrs.
Cannon , Moody and Dockery were appointed
conferees.
Mr. Mahon , republican of Pennsylvania ,
chairman of the committee on war claims ,
presented the conference report upon the
bill to pay certain judgments of the court
of claims , under the Bowmaa and Tucker
nts. The senate placed upon it what is
known as the omnibus claims bill , Increasing
It to J9.030.000. The conference report re
duced the total carried by the bill to
J3.100.000
Mr. Loud , republican of California , at
tacked the conference report and the claims
It carried. He saw no reason why the
claims ol California and Oregon should
have been eliminated from the bill , but
even those claims , he declared , had no
foundation in equity. As to the French
spoliation claims he said no one could read
the veto message cf "that great man , Mr.
Cleveland , " without recommending this as
a farce.
The mention of Mr. Cleveland's name pro
voked some Jeers from the democratic side.
"Gentlemen may jeer , " said Mr. Loud ,
turning upon them , "but Mr. Cleveland had
the courage of his convictions , the greatest
factor in making a great man. "
Mr. Richardson , democrat of Tennessee ,
defended the conference report. All the
state claims had been rejected and the con
ferees , he said , presented a clean-cut bill
' "witn" TJoffi sections.
French Spoliation Claims.
"How much is asked for the French
spoliation claims ? " asked Mr. Hopkins , re
publican of Illinois.
"One million , flfty-flve thousand. "
"I hope they will be voted down. There
Is not nn honest dollar in them , " observed
Mr. Hopkins.
"I agree * lth the gentleman , " said Mr.
Docker"They are 100 years old , musty
and stale with age and if there was $1.000.-
OOl'.OOO of surplus I would not vote for one
of them. "
Mr. Evans , republican of Kentucky , de
fended the report and the French spoliation
claims.
The conference report was adopted , 149 to
E7.
E7.The conference report upon tie naval per
sonnel bill was adopted.
Mr. Burton , chairman of the river and
harbor committee , then secured recognition
and under suspension of the rules moved to
nonconcur In the senate amendments to the
rlvtr and harbor bill and request a con
ference. No debate was demanded and the
motion was carried without division.
Messrs. Burton , republican of Ohio ;
Reeves , republican of Illinois , and Catch-
Ings , democrat of Mississippi , were ap-
polinted conferees.
The bill appropriating $23,000 fov a public
building at Carrollton , Ky. , which was laid
aside on a demand for the reading of tie
engrossed bill , was passed.
The conference report upon the census bill
was called up by Mr. Hopkins. He ex
plained the charges made by the conferees.
The report was adopted.
A senate bill was passed to set aside cer
tain lands in the Pacific forest reserves in
tbe state of Washington for the Washington
Natii nal park.
The conference report upon the bill to re-
1o SLEEP FOR THREE MONTHS.
Oue Cause of Sleeplessness that Can
be Overrouie.
Mr. Wra. Handschu of 4Cth St. , Cotton Al '
ley , Pittsburs. Pa- , expresses himself as fol
lows regarding the new remedy for that
common and obstinate disease , piles : " 1 I
take pleasure in statins that I was so af
flicted with piles that for three months I got
no regular sleep ; I became completely pros
trated , the doctors did me no good ; my
brother told mo of the new remedy for piles ,
the Pyramid Pile Cure ; I purchased of my
druggists threu 60 cent boxes and they com
pletely cured rae. I am once more at work
and but for thin excellent remedy I wculd [
be en my back. I tnku great pleasure In
writing this letter , because so many people
are sufferers from this trouble who , like I
myself , did n t know where to look for a
permanent , safe , reliable cure. "
Experience with the Pyramid Pile Cure
for tbe past three years has demonstrated 1
to the medical profession , us well as to
thousands cf sufferers from piles , that It is
the safest and m effectual pile cure ever
offered to tbe public , containing no opiates
or poisons of any kind , painless and con
venient to handle , and being sold by drug
gists at 50c and $1.00 per box , is within tbe
reach of every sufferer.
Very often two or three boxes have made
a complete cure of ch"nic cases that had not
yielded to other remedies for years.
There is scarcely a disease more aggravat
ing and obstinate to cure than tbe various
forms ot piles , and it Is a common practice
to use ointments , salves and similar prep
arations containing dangerous poisons to
remove the trouble. The Pyramid has
superseded all of these ineffectual reined -
and no one suffering with any rectal
trouble will make any mistake In giving the
Pyramid a trial
If In doubt as to the nature of your trouble
eend ( o the Pyramid Drug Co. , Marshall ,
Mich. , for a valuable book on piles , describ
ing all forms of the dU ase and describing
the method of cure.
Any druggist can furnish tbe Pyramid Pile
Cure , as It is tbe b i > t kaawn and most pop
ular remedy for piles , and If you ask him
be can doubtless refer you to many people
in your own vicln.ty ho Jiavo been cured
completely by It.
'
! the go-.err ra of states far arney
exp nded in orgaait sg troopt f f r ervice
In I the late Spauleh war was adopted
Mr Cannon , chairman of the appropria
tions committee , was then recognized ami
meted to pa s the general deficiency appro
priation bill under suspension of tbe rales.
Under the rule twenty minutes' debate wag
allowed on each side Mr. Allen , democrat
of MltsU'lppI , the wit of the hottse. who con'
trolled the time of the minority , took thle
occasion to make a characteristic speech.
He m.ld It was a com men saying that It
would not make much difference what we
ald a handred years hence. This might be
true of the great raajt rity , but In 1999 he ex
pected the people would look back cona-
d ntly to the utterances of that peerless
statesman. Hon. John M. Allen of Missis
sippi , la the year IS 9 While he was proud
of the valiant deeds tf our soldiers aad
sailers during the late war , he thought the
country had not got exactly what It paid for.
Seriously he reviewed and reckoned the war
appropriate ns at WOO.WO.OOO and this
mount , he said , did not represent half of j
what was yet to coae. Our grandchildren j ! |
would be paying the cost of this war. At j
the rate expenditures were g Ing on he pre- ! 1
dieted In two years the people would quit
licking revenue stamps and begin licking
the republican party He had wrestled with
the "white man's burden" in the south until i i
he was tired of It and he was opposed to 1
"coercive liberty and coercive religion. " |
Tbe bill was then passed without division.
Sennte Army IlciirKnnlrntloii Hill.
Mr. Hull tien moved the passage of the
eenato army reorganizati i bill under sus-
pension of jhe rules.
Mr. Hull , on behalf of the committee on
military affars. explained the reasons which
induced tie committee to report the senate
bill. It was useless to say that the committee - | ,
toe bad been Instructed to report It. It was J I
not such a measure as 'the committee would j I
recommend to the house If there were time ! I
ahead , but with 'this congress In its dying
hours the committee did not feel warranted
In taking action that must Inevitably cause
an extra session.
Mr Bailey asked whether the language of
the bill mean * that in case a majority of
the volunteer companies which have the ri , tu
to bo mustered out after the ratification of
the treaty of peace should desire to remain j
In 'the service they could hold < the minority
| in other words , conscript them. j
M.- . Hull replied that he didn't think tbe
president would place such a construction
upon the sennace. He thought the bill gave
ample force to the president up to 1901. He
believed it was the best bill that could be
passed at this stage.
Th most prominent republican leaders on
the floor supported the bill.
M. . Bromwell. republican of Ohio , vigor
ously opposed the measure. The house , he
said , tbould not swallow it. He was tired
of being "held up" by a minority of the
senate and us disagreeable as an extra ses
sion would be to him personally he would
vote against it.
Hcplinrn IVnntR Something Better.
Mr. Hepburn thought the pending biH
should never be accepted until every effort
had been exhausted to secure something bet
ter. The house should reject It now. If the
I worst come to the worst , the bouse could
i reverse its action. Replying to Mr. Hepburn ,
i Mr. Hull said he didn't believe there w-as
any ctoance of securing a concession from
tbe senate. It was this bill or an extra ses-
i sion.
Mr. Bailey , the democratic leader , agreed
I that it was this bill or an extra session , and
s between the two evils he preferred this
bill. ( Republican applause. )
"Oa one condition , " added Mr. Bailey , "oa
the condition that the chairman of the com
mittee will assure us that section 12 will
not be construed as authorizing the conscrip
tion of unwilling volunteers. "
Mr. Hull replied that he did not desire to
violate any confidence , but he would take
the risk of saying that 4n a conversation with
the president he had raid that n did not
regard the language of the bill as authoriz
ing the conscription of a single man and If
conscription became necessary he would call
an extra session to secure that power. ( Re
publican applause. )
"The president will use no power not
clearly given , " observed Mr. Henderson.
Mr. Bailey then advised the democrats to
accept the pending bill because it met a
temporary condition with a temporary pro
vision. An extra session would fasten a
largo permanent standing army upon the
country. Mr. Steele. republican of Indiana ,
earnestly opposed tbe passage of the bill ,
which he denounced as an abortion so full
of defects that it might be construed to
create an army of 23,000 men or an organ
ization of 129,000.
After some further remarks in favor ot
passing the bill the question came to a vote.
M/ . Henry , democrat of Texas , demanded
the ayes and nays amid cries of "No , no"
from both sides. Only eleven members sup
ported the demand and on division the bill
was passed , 203 to 32.
On motion of Mr. Boutelle , republican of
Maine , the senate bill was passed to create
the grade of admiral for the benefit of Rear
Admiral Dtwey.
At 6:25 : p. m. the house adjourned.
MONEY AVAILABLE FOR HflLDING.
Sundry Civil Bill Cnrrle Apurniirln-
tlnna for Nebraska Tuvrnn.
WASHINGTON , March 1. Just before the
final vote was taken on the sundry civil
appropriation bill an amendment was voted
in at the Instance of Senator Allison , chair
man of the committee on appropriations , ap
propriating money frr the work next year
< n all the public buildings which have been
authorized by the present congress , the ap-
prrprlatlon for the year generally being
one-half the total limit of cost. Following
are some of the amounts appropriated in
each case :
Kansas City , Kan. , $75.000 ; Oskaloosa , la. ,
$25.000 ; Crestcn. la. , $25,000 ; Clinton , la. ,
$50.000 ; Joplln , Mo. , $25,000 ; Blair , Neb. .
$21.500 ; Oakland , Cal. $125.000. Butte , Mont. .
'
$100.000 ; Salt Lake , Utah , $150.000 ; Seattle.
j.Wash. . , $150,000 ; Stockton. Cal. . $40,050 ;
] Salem , Ore. , $50,000 ; Leadville. Col. . $25.000 ;
Deadwrod , S. D. . $50.000 ; Hastings , Neb. ,
$13,000 : Norfolk , Neb. . $7.000 ; Omaha , Neb. ,
$150,000 ; Dubuque. la , . $50.000
The amendment also authorizes the secre
tary of the treasury * ° enter into contrasts
for the c-mpletion of the buildings within
the limits provided.
i c > &io.\s FOII V/S > TDUV : VBTKUAXS
Survivors of the Civil Wnr Rrmem-
Itereil liy Hie Government.
WASHINGTON . March 1. ( Special. ) The
following venom pensions have been
granted
> Issue of February 14. ISI9 ! :
Nebraska Original wid"w , etc. Reissue
' Elizabeth F. Hamilton , Hartley , JS.
I Iowa Original Special February 16 , ( spe-
1 cial act ) Herman Delllt , Clinton. $ S ; res-
toratlon and additional George W. Balrd ,
dead , Lo Claire , $ S to $12 ; original widow ,
etc. Matilda Balrd , Le Claire , $8.
Colorado Charles Alley. Colorado Springs ,
JC to $10.
South DMcoU Original widow , etc. Spe
cial February 16. Mary E. Costlow , Madi
son , $ S.
Iseue of February IS :
South Dakota Original Horace D. Fitch ,
Hudson , $6.
Colorado Original Paden A , McCartney ,
JS.
Iowa Increase James F. Bannister. Mar-
sballtown , JS to $16.
NuitiluutlouN by Ihc I'reiltlent.
WASHINGTON. March 1. The president
today U the following nominations to tbe
senate :
B. H. Sullivan of Plankinton , S. D. , to be
register of the land oQe at Peavy , Alaska ;
Roland C. Nichols of Wapakaneto , O. , re
ceiver of public moneys at Peary. Alaska.
Pestmasters John C. Campbell. Bellevue.
Oregon , H. H. Rlddell. The Dalle * .
'RESULT ' 1 I OF BEEF EXPERIMENT
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I
Dr. Bowclsn Eaamirizes Judgments of the i ' '
Tatters of Simples.
THEY PROVE TO BL OFF IN CALCULATIONS
Jfone of Tuem Pick Out Fresh Beef
Unlleil nnil Ilonntcil According to
the Packing ilanfte
Hcclpc.
WASHINGTON' , March 1. The program
for today ootlined in advance for the cciirt
of inquiry into General Miles' beef allega-
tions. was an examination of cg nmls ary
officers and some volunteers who had re
sponded to summons of the courtIt was
also decided to hear Dr. Bowden's testimony
of the taste of the beef offered yesterday
J to the enlisted men.
Sergeant Hatcher , Ninth Infantry , was
called and asked to identify an old and
travel-stained , wooden case of canned roast
bee j ! which his regiment had received In
Santiago and brcught home with them. He
was then excused and Lieutenant Colonel
A. L. Smith was recalled and questlonsd
as to the history of the beef steamer ManiI
toba , which was ent to Porto Rico during
Coiunel Smith's service there. The Mani
toba was under orders to unload and return
with sick soldiers to the United States as [ '
rapidly as possible. Troops were notified
j
that ' the ship would furnish them fresh beef
so ' long as it remained in Ponce. Colonel
Smith recollected It was engaged in dts-
tributing beef about sdx days. Only so much
beef could be taken on" each day as the
troops could use , consequently It did not
dire-barge ' all the bepf , but the vessel hal
a large fargo of supplies , which were much
neeapd. and Cnlocel Smith succeeded in getting -
ting , them all off. He supposed the Manl-
tcba's return to the states was under orders
from General Wilson , but he did not know
whether or not General Wilson knew that
it was cam-in ? back 300,000 pounds of beef
to the states.
Colonel Gallagher of the Subsistence de-
partment. and who was field commissary at
General , Shatter's headquarters outside San-
tlago , , testified that the depot received meat ,
coffee ( , hard bread and sugar as fast as they
could be broken out of the holds of the
transports aad that these essentials were
rushes to the front as fust as transporta
tion facilities of the army would allow.
Asked if the field transportation facilities
were adequate , witness said it would have
been adequate for carrying subsistence , but
having to transport quartermaster's and
medical supplies and wounded , it was hardly
adequate. The landing facilities from the
transports were inadequate.
Colonel Gallagher said that when com
plaints began to come in from the front
against the canned roast beef , bacon was
substituted as far as possible.
Stnrvliijr Cnbnn OInrt to Get Ment.
There were large supplies of canned roast
beef. Colonel Gallagher said , but It was fed
to the Cuban troops and Santiago refugees ,
who preferred it to bacon. As there were
more Cubans and refugees to be fed than
there were soldiers , the canned roast beef
didn't go amiss.
As soon as the army moved into Santiago
there were some complaints there as to the
refrigerator beef and about 4.000 pounds
were condemned , to the knowledge of the
witness.
As to the proportion of canned beef that
was found to be spoiled witness said he
found practically none while in Santiago.
Witness had examined the lefrlgerator
beef that arrived on the Massachusetts and
the Port Victor , and it seemed good beef.
His only previous experience with refrig
erator beef had been at Camp Thomas ,
Chickamauga , where there was no complaint.
The beef Issued at Santiago was us gcod as
he bad ever seen before. He hail no reason j ' I
to believe that any of the refrigerator beef i
he had seen had been chemically treated in i
any way. 1
Asked by Colonel Glll"sple as to his personal -
sonal opinion of canned roast beef , Mtuess
Enid he had eaten it quite frequently T > uile
in Cuba. He did not like it part'cularly. ' and
did cot think it was ration that soldiers
bhould'llve on for any length of time. But
as an occasional substitute for fresh bfef.
to use , say every other uuy , he thought then
and still thought it was the best thing that
could be found , either la this country or
elsewhere.
Major John Guthrie , also of the Ninth in
fantry , who was wounded during the assault
on Santiago and spent some time in the
hospital at Siboney , testified that ne had a
can of roast beef with him the night befotc
the fight and ate It with -ellj'j. It was not
so palatable as seme beef If had eaten , but
It was wholesome. Weil ? he was In the
hospital at Sibcney tc saw the meat ui > ed
in the stews , scups and other ways. He
was too fevered to eat it himself , but he taw-
other i Slcers eat it with relish. When
taken bak to the United States on the
City of Washington , one of the first trans
ports to return , the wounded officers made
up a fund and bought supplies from the com
missary. Among these were cans of rn.ist
beef. He v-as still too si--k aboard the vessel
to eat It , but the other officers ate it aud
enjoyed it. ,
1
Dr. RIMY den on tlie Mont Experiment.
Dr. W. C Bowden then reported on the I i
beef experiment tried on the enlisted men
j
jesterday. Dr. Bowden gaid in preparing the ' !
varirus sorts of meat yesterday one plate of '
stews was from canned beef bought in open
market , a third was of fresh beef bought
in the market here and boiled tnoroughly ,
while the fourth was of fresh beef par-
Doiled eight minutes and subsequently
roasted half an hour. The latter was the
way in which the packers said their canned
roast beef was prepared. Four other plates
of the same variety of meat were served
cold. As a result of the test four of the
enlisted men picked out the Porto Rico
canned beef as what they had eaten In Cuba.
Two selected the canned beef bought in open
market. Two picked out the fresh beef
which bad been simply boiled. Of the cold
meat two men picked the Porto Rlcan
canned beef , four the canned meat bought In
open market and two the belled fresh beef.
None of them picked nut the fresh beef ,
bolld and roasted , according to the packing
house receipt. I
Ment Experts Testify Attain. | i I
Arthur Meeker , general manager for Ar- t
incur Co. . described the process of pur
chasing , slaughtering and packing meats pre .
pared by his firm. The recital was identical I
in detail with the testimony given by all i
the pecking bouse representatives to the
War Investigating commission. Mr Meeker
said bis nruse had been furnishing dressed I
beef to the United States army posts for
seven or eight years past. During the Span .
ish war it had furnished tie government ;
about 4,000.000 pounds. Colonel Davis then i
turned to the chemical phase of the Inquiry
and asked :
"What agent do you depend on for the
preservation of dressed beef ? "
"Cold air , " replied the witness ; "absolutely
nothing else. "
Mr. Meeker said he knew one Powell had I
made some experiments at Tampa with t
chemically preserved beef , but he knew
nothing of the details of this experiment I
and none of the beef was sold to the gov-
(
ernment.
The only by-proiuet of the canned beef t
was the water in which the meat was balled ,
which furnished "an infinitesimal amount of t
bee ! extract. "
Witnefs pleaded Ignorance of exact figI I
ur * . adding that teiKJtiSe authorities j
agreed that it ivaa Impossible to extract
mare than IVi or 2 per cent of nutriment by !
boiling meat.
Witness aid his firm had said a great
many million pounds of canned roust beef f
tj he Br.lish government br whom It was
;
usei in Inl.ii. EKTrt nl Soj'h A'rica , No
ccaiplalnta bad been received. France had
wed the beef as a regular array ration for
years , under a three-year guarantee. The
J
Armour Co. had been underbid In recent
years by a French .Madagascar . company ,
wbore products came Into France free of
duty. Japan and Germany also used the
canned meat with good results.
A certified copy of a letter from Lord
Wolseley of the British army was presented
to the conrt. In which he spoke In very
favorable terms cf "tinned meats and
vegetables" for practical use In tropical
campaigning.
Regarding contracts with the governj
ment witness said the government's order
for f panned ro st beef came to his company
unsolicited : that it had made no effort to
get it.
General Superintendent Wild of Swift and
Company was then called. His testlnv ny
covered practically the same ground , except
that his company did no canning.
Edward Tllden's treasurer of LIbby , Me-
Neill & Llbfcy of Chicago , meat packer * .
testlmonv agreed substantially with that of
Armour's representative. He said from his
company the government sometimes got
different grades of canned meats In filling
orders , but the purchasing officers always
knew what quality they were getting.
FALL I KILLS LORD HERSCHELL
Member of llliili Joint Com-
mlHKlon feuccnmbn to Injuries lie-
celred Some Time Aco.
WASHINGTON , March 1. Lord Herschell.
one < of the high joint commissioners from
Great ( Britain , died here at 7 o'clock this
morning. j
Lord Herschell fell on a slippery sidewalk
and i broke one of the pelvic bones several
weeks ago. and this finally caused his death.
Lord Herschell was lord chancellor of
Great i Britain and was sent to the United
States ; because of his eminent attainments
to t take a leading part In the negotiations designed -
signed , to settle all existing differences between -
tween the United States and Canada. During
the i wintry weather when the sidewalks were
slippery i he fell heavily as he was about to '
get l into his carriage and broke one ot the
pelvic ; bones. He seemed to be progressing
.
favorably toward recovery and was In good
health comparatively until about 7 o'clock
this , morning , when he was suddenly stricken
with heart failure. Dr. W. W. Johnston was
summoned ( and responded at once. He saw-
at a glance that the case was a desperate
|
one. and called Dr. Maddox In consultation.
,
The two doctors , two nurses and Lord Her-
schell's two secretaries , W. C. Cartwrlght
and Hedworth Williamson , were with him
when he died , a half hour later. Death oc
curred at the Shoreham hotel , where Lord
Herschell had been staying since coming
to Washington some months ago. j
NEW YORK , March 1. Farrer Herschell , I '
first bcron of that name , one of the high
joint commissioners from Great Britain on
;
the Anglo-American-Canadian Joint High
commission , reiently In session at Wash
ington , whose death occurred in that city
today , was born November 2 , 1S37. He
was a son of the late Rev. Ridley Herschell
of London , and Helen , daughter of William
Mowbray of Edinburgh. He married in
1S76 , a third daughter of Edward
Leigh Kindersley. They have one son and
two daughters living. Baron Herschell was
a ; privy councillor , a Knight Grand Cror-s
of the Bath , doctor of civil law , doctor of
laws , a deputy lieutenant for Kent and
Durham , a justice of the peace , captain of
Deals castle , chancellor of London univer
sity , and was appointed British member of
arbitration tribunal in 1897. He was
the Venezuela and British Guiana boundary
knighted in l&SO.
DOES NOT APPLY TO SAMOA
1'revlonn Agreement * Cover Protec-
tion of All Interests tn Those
Jvlnnds.
WASHINGTON , March 1. To carry out
the ' president's promise relative to the pro
tection 1 of German residents and property
In i the Philippines , a cable dispatch has been
sent ' to Admiral Dewey and one to General
Otis ' , Instructing them on that point. The
published 1 statement in certain newspapers
that ' the German proposition included the ex
tension of the protection of the United
States : over German Interests in the
Simpan group , it ( ts said at the State
department ' , is erroneous. Tbe German am
bassador's proposition touched only the
Philippines. The treaty of Berlin imposes
upon the three treaty powers which under
took the government of Samoa the duty of
maintaining : one or more war ships there at
Intervals , and the protocols to the treaty
show that no matter what may be the na
tionality of the vessel that bapens to be on
the station In tbe event of trouble , it waste
to protect the interests of all three treaty
powers without discrimination. That was
the ptsltion taken by Captain Sturdy of the
British cruiser Porpoise when he came to
the assistance of the American chief justice
at Apia during the recent disturbances. He
held that the treaty required him to pro
tect any nationality. If the German cruiser
I
Falke leaves Apia , a British or American
war vessel that might happen to be there
afterward , either the Porpoise or the Phlia-
delphia , would be under die treaty obliged
to protect G-ermtn subjects and interests.
Consulting on I'rnrs Case.
WASHINGTON , Afarch 1. Mr. Hunter.
United States minister to Guatemala and
Honduras , is here In consultation with the
officials cf the State department respecting
the course to 3 > e pursued in the matter of
the killing of Mr. Pears , a native of Pitts-
burg , and the resident agent of the Hon
duras Maiogany company near Puerto
Cortez , Honduras. Representative Dalzell
of Pennsylvania has submitted to tie de
partment some data connected with the case
from a brother of tie deceased , who seeks
ample reparation fnr his brother's death.
Pears was killed "by " a sentry cwing to
his failure to stop at the word of com-
mand. He did not obey because of his im
perfect knowledge of Spanish. The cir
cumstances of the case have been thor
oughly investigated by the commander of
the United States gunboat Mashlas , which
is now at Puerto Cortez , and by the
United States consul at Tegucigalpa , and
their reports are on tie 'way ' to the State
department.
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Dewej-'s Ships fiolne Into Dry Doel .
WASHINGTON. March 1. The Monterey.
left Manila a fortnight ago with the Balti-
more to go into dry deck at Hong Kcng ,
where its bottom has been scraped and
the large accumulation cf barnacles , es-
peclally troublesome In tropical waters , have
been removed. It 111 rejoin the fleet In tbe
Philippines In perhaps two days. The Baltimore -
more will take its place in tbe dry dock for
the regular scraping and will be back with
tbe rest cf tbe fleet prrbably within a
week. The gunboat Castine is working 1U
way to Join Admiral Dewey. It left Its
first station at Havana at the outbreak of
the hostilities between our forces and the
Filipinos , and as its speed is naturally
comparatively slow it may be a month be-
fore it will reinforce tbe fleet at Manila ,
Son Hi Afrleun Hold Output.
WASHINGTON , March 1. A consular report -
port from Capetown , Africa , sayi that
reckoning on the bails of September reports -
ports of outputs South Africa will produce
in the current year } 76,647.375 of gt-Id ,
which -will plwe South Africa ahead of all
the gold producing countries of the world.
Supreme Court Honors Hersehell.
WASHINGTON , jMareh 1. The United j I
States supreme eourt today adjourned upon I
the announcement of the death of Lord 1 I
Herschell. J 1
JOHNSON J IS COUNTED OUT
Tommy Ttynn of ? yrncn e llonhles
the MlnnenpolU I.ml t'p In
n Knot.
HOT SPRINGS , Ark , March 1. Sixteen
hundred j , people witnessed the glove coolest
this afternoon between Tommy Ryan ot Syra
cuse , N. Y. , and Charley John on ot Minne
apolis. Both men entered the ring In good
condition , but It was apparent from the first
that Johnson was not a match for Ryan.
Ryan seemed to have measured his man
fully in the first round , and when the second
came let him do most of the fighting.
Johnson forced the fighting In the third
round , but could not do much damage. He
received several stiff jabs In the ribs. After
the fourth Ryan had the fight nls own way.
In the eighth round Johnson was kn.-cked
down three limes by blows in the stomach
and ribs and the last lime he was counted
out. The winner was challenged at the ring.
side by "Australian Jimmy" Ryan. The
challenge was promptly accepted and March
s was named fur the date ot the exhibition.
NEW ' i YURK CLUB FOR SALE
.Froeilnmu Disgusted with the Cnme
! < ( ( , - . , < > ( > ( A-sUetl for the Con
trolling Interest.
NEW YORK , March l.-Wlth the St
Louis club matter in solvable shan * . the
National ; league managers got down to real
work today. It Is the general impr-sslon
] that . before another day the plans for the
transferring of the Clevtland team to St.
Louis under an entirely new manas ment
will ] have been pe-fected. The action of the
board of arbitration In susptndlnc the St.
Louis club cam ; as a boomerang to those
proent ; at the meeting yesterday , but the
later action of the board of directors was n
shock i for -which but ftw were prepared.
The fallurof the club to otvey tlie. orders
of , the board of directors made at a previous
meeting : , as to the payment of $1.0to to the
Chicago ' club , makes the Mlssourians liable
to expulsion.
With the St. Louis club ousted the possl-
blllti s of an Immediate reduction of the
circuit | becomes more favorable. The action
of the manager * today ana until the close
of , the meeting will be watched with csigir
inter : st by all devotees of the national
pastime. :
It Is probable that the rules will betaken
up at today's session.
The announcemi-nt was made at the Fifth
Avenue : hotel befor the rneetlnp conven-d
that the New Ynrk ball club had been put
on , the market for sala. The flirunr nam"d
Is $ ra.C X ) for the controlling Mork held by
Andrew : Freedman HS president of the club.
The authority for this is a prominent mas-
rate , who-se knowledge ot the Inner affair
of < base ball circles Is undoubted. He said
that Mr Fre.dman had become dlscusu-d
and tired of the came and was wllllnir to
dispose of his holding of the New York
club's ' stock The announcement created the
greatest sensation among the magnates and
ball player ? .
Andrew Freedman. president of the New
York bas ? ball club and Its principal stork-
holder , Is ill with the grip at the Demo
cratic club In this city , but sent to the
A > - ocIated Pre s the following' message
over the telephone :
"Ther ; Is no truth In the statement that
I desire to sell my lntwt In the New
York Base Ball club for JfS.OTO. Thr'e times
that amount could not purchase it. "
Secretary Bonnell paid he was surprised
to hear of the reported desire to sell. "I
am sure there Is nothing In It , " he said ,
"and I cannot Imagine where the ftory
had Its origin. "
Winners at Xew Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. March 1. Eighty-first
day of the Crescent City Jockey club's win
ter meeting : Weather ciear , track good.
Takanassee and Deyo were th ? winning
favorites. Red Skin broke down hopelessly
in the last race %
First race , selling , six furlongs : Takan-
assee won , Dave S second , Jim Gore
third. Time : 1:17.
Second race , jelling , six and one-half fur
longs : The Dragon won. Hanlight second ,
Flntan third. Time : l:24 s.
Third race , selling , one mile and a half :
Annie Taylor won , Annie Fi'lds second.
Lady Disdain third. Time : 2.40.
Fourth race , handicap , one and an eighth
miles : Double Dummy won , Adtnetus sec
ond. J. H. C. third. Time : 1:37.
Fifth race , seven furlongs : RushfleJds
won. Lucky Monday second , Mordecal third.
Tim ? : 1:32. :
Sixth race , selling , seven furlongs : Deyo
won. Prince Zeno second , Brightnight third.
Time : 1:31.
Alnildln Grovrii Pronneronii.
DEADWOOD , S. D. . March 1. ( Special. )
Fred S. Harris cf Deadwood. of the firm
of Harris & Heckart , contractors , has been
appointed general superintendent of the
Wyoming and Missouri River railroad , which
j was recently built between Belle Fourche
'and Aladdin , the new town built at the Hay
Creek coal mine. The coal company is now-
shipping 100 tons of coal per day to the dif
ferent cities In the Black Hills.
The town of Aladdin is having a boom.
A $6,000-hotel is being built and a number
of stores and residences are going up. The
Hay Creek coal mine is employing over 200
men at present and the number will be in
creased rapidly. The ledge of coal Is six
feet thick and has been opened up and
cross-cut for a distance of 6,000 feet.
CltjTrennarer'n Son Pnnlnhed.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D. , March 1. ( Special
Telegram ) Joseph Ols n , the 15-year-old
son of City Treasurer John Olsen , who fled
Sunday with over $100 of his father's
money , and who was captured at Cherokee ,
la. , and returned here , was this afternoon
taken to the state Reform school at Plankln
ton by Deputy Sheriff Meyer.
"Give me a liver regulator and 1 can regu-
latp the w-srld. " sld a genius. Tbe dnizglst
banded him a boule of Ce Witt's Little Early
Risers , the famous little pills.
TODAY'S WEATHfcR FORECAST
Ruin or Snow nmlorlh and Cat
Wind * in loiru Generally Pair
In .Vehruskn.
WASHINGTON , March 1. Forecast for
Thursday :
For Nebraska Rain or snow In eastern
portion : generally fair ; prrbably colder in
western portion ; minds mostly westerly.
For South Dakota Increasing cloudiness ;
probably snow or rain ; colder in western
portion ; variable winds , becoming westerly.
For Iowa Rain or snow ; ncrth to east
wlnda.
For Missouri Fair In northwest ; rain In
Eoutheact portion ; east winds , becoming
variable.
For Kansas Fair ; variable winds.
For Wyoming Fair ; colder Thursday aft
ernoon ; west to north winds.
I.oonl Heenrcl.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU
OMAH'A. March 1. Omaha record of tem
perature and rainfall , compared with the
corresponding day of the last three yearn
1S . IS9S U37 3S9S.
Maximum temperature . .30 29 29 S3
Minimum temperature . . . 15 : i 16 10
Average temperature . . . . yi 31 23 1C
Precipitation 00 .01 .00 T
Record of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for this day and since March ,
1. IKS :
Normal for the day 22
Deficiency for the day e
Accumulated deficiency plnce March 1. . . C
Normal rainfall for the day . ( M Inch
Deficiency for the day Winch
Total rainfall slnre March 1 OOlnch
Deficiency since March 1 01'noh
Deficiency corre p'K period H9i ft ! I noh
Deficiency corresp'gr period 1S37 01 inch
Reports from Stations ut S p. m.
RATIONS AND STATE Or
WEATHER.
Omaha , clear I 311 36 ! . (4
North Platte. clear 45 l < i .W
Cheyenne part cloudy j Ml l .00
Rapid City , part cloudy 4 < l 52 , .00
Huron , clear S6 | 30 , M
Wllliston , clear 26 ; 34 T
Chicago , cloudy 3C > ' 30 .01
St. Louis , clear 441 48 ! T
St. Paul , clear IS S | .61
Davenport , cloudy K3f \ , T
Hcdena , part cloudy J4 45 | T
Kansas City , part M udy 46' ' SO .00
Havrt. clear 4 | 1 | .03
Bismarck , clear 20 24 ! M
Galveston , cloudy . . . . - 641 ' - ' -
* - j-
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
L. A. WII
Jxcal Forecast OHlcial.
SOUTH J DAKOTA LEGISLATURE1
Transactions of a Day bj tie Assembled
Sotons at Pierre.
SALARY OF THt GOVERNOR INCREASED
nnil Circuit Conrt
I'lncert In thr Snmr Cntfftorj
i Vnrlou Mrnnnren Oo Tlironeh
lloth
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. PIERRE. S. D. , March 1. ( Spwrial Telei
| gram. , ) The hoase In the morning passed
i house ] bill requiring registers of deeds to fur
nish copies of grain m rtgaget in appllca-
] tion ; providing for testing schedules , mak-
i Ing railroad commll n testers , authcriiin ; ,
j independent school districts to issue bonds
j and senate bill appropriating J2.00 for the
completion of the hospital at the Soldiers'
home.
Hou-c resolutions passed were : Memorial-
\zlns congress to authorize the sale o.
certain meandered lands and donate to the
state swamp * and dry lands.
The matter of compensation of the house
employee , which has been up itpasmodlcally
for several days , was finally dttposed cf by
fixing the compensation the same as two
' years ago. except a raise of 60 cents per
day to pages.
In the afternoon the house passed senate
bills Increasing the salaries of supreme
J circuit court judges and governor by a vote
I
I I of SS to 26. The bill was proposed by Cooper
j ! and Stoddard and advocated by Glass , Wll-
! marth and Pusey The bill Increases the sal
ary of the governor and supreme court Judges
to $3,000 per year and that of the circuit
I I court Judges to J2.500 per year. Other senate -
! I ate bills were < * * ssed providing for a water
supply at the Soldiers' home ; paying tot
the building erected at the reform ecb < ol by
the people of Planklnton ; appropriation of
JSOO fuel deficiency at the State university ,
allowing counties to redeem tax titles , regu
lating salaries of state's attorneys , abolishIng -
Ing days cf grace ; defining due diligence in
the collection of checks nnd drafts ; authorizing -
izing the warden at the penitentiary to fur-
nlsh stone for the Children's home , appro-
prlating done ) fur the care of the insane in
unorganized counties , and house bill making
a thresher lien prior to all other claims on
grain.
) Senate bill 1CT , providing for the Issue of
bends by townships and municipalities for
the purpose of securing water , started a fight
from the fact that Wilrnarth had , through
the judiciary committee , larked on an
amendment to It , the whole of his house bill
providing for the government cf cities which
was killed by the senate. It took an hour
-wrangling to finally cut out his amend
ment and pass the original senate bill.
A motion to pass the educational appro-
prlatlon bill over the veto of the governor
only secured 44 favorable votes to 42 to MIS-
tain.
AVorU of the Aclinic.
The senate.passed senate bills providing
for a deficiency In legislative expenses , to
apply the Initiative and referendum to
municipal cities ; amending laws in relation
to loss of life iby railways ; to require state
officers to cover all fees and perquisites into
the state treasury ; the pure white lead bill ;
the pure flaxseed oil bill.
The governor returned a veto on the bill
providing permanent annual appropriations
to istate educational Institutions on the
ground that the limit placed upon it al
lowed no increase to meet growing expenses.
House bill allowing the governor to remove -
move constitutional appointees for cause was
called up in the senate and after a warm
argument Stewart moved indefinite post
ponement , which carried , but a motion to
cinche lost and it will be reconsidered.
The vote by which the bill allowing the
governor to remove appointees was In
definitely postponed was reconsidered and
the bill lost by 24 to 21.
An effort to pass the educational appro
priation bill over the veto of the governor
failed , but later in the day , on reconsidera
tion , was passed , 33 to 10.
A bill authorizing an additional state gen
eral levy of 1 mill to meet the heavy ap
propriations of the legislature was given
first and second reading un'der suspension of
the rules , and the house resolution for an
amendment to the constitution resubtnitting
the dispensary amendment , was pushed to
second reading. House bills passed were :
Establishing a depository for state funds ; a
general game law. Senate bills were passed
fixing terms of court In the Sixth circuit ;
the repealing law relative to township
artesian wells ; providing for the construc
tion of sewers ; regulating the practice ot
osteopathy.
The senate at its night session passed a
bill to legalize the Issuance of bonds by Elk
Point ; dedicating certain property to Dell
Rapids fcr street purposes ; legalizing the
acknowledgment of Instruments In terri
torial days ; relating to the limitation of
Judgments ; to provide for licensing retail
transient merchants ; a peddler license law ;
allowing county commissioners { 3 per day
and 5 cents per mile , limiting them to 52.r 0
per year ; providing for the dissolution of
Incorporated cities -with a population of less
than 2,000 ; relating to the organization of
state banks and amending the laws relating
thereto.
Senator Shamler Ineffectually attempted
to secure the Introduction of a resolution
which practically abolishes the office ot state
treasurer , to be eutalttcd at the next gen
eral election. It was called out by the pass -
s re of the law which puts the handling of
cash In the bands of a state toard and
makes the treasurer's office nothing but an
executive one.
Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup cures croup and
whooping cough It is a family necessity
and should always be kept on hand.
STOP THEM.
The AVnj to Kill the Mleroaeoplo
PeMn Hint MnUe tVtrr.
Unlike some conrraaBlcaMe dij * r . ty
phoid fever ts not "In the air. " Tou do
n t take tic gersw late your tangs. You
take thra Into j-our stomach when you
drink tainted milk or waler. Where drain
age is Insufficient and where the water sup
ply Is con lam I aa led. tyiAoid fever breaks
oatTreatment
Treatment consist * In killing tlw per-nn ,
so that they cannot multiply in the sysuoj.
A sound stimulant clops the spread of the
afciobes. Of couwe. It mast fee free frj-n
i ltapu.itDaffy's Pure Malt Whfekejr meej
a.l the requirements of the ue. and .s
therefore prrsrrbed to patients -who ha e
been export to typhoid fever. A tat-
ffpooatul IB a claw of water before ea. h
aieal will be beneficial In mere "wars than
one. Ita111 tone the system and the
glands In the stomach , ff > t'.iat the K tr c
Juices will flaw freely upon the food , thua
making dtgestlcn complete and prompt
| .Many substitutes for Dully s Pure Ma't
' Whiskey are offered. Don't be coaxed ln a
touylag one. Insist on the Renutne Duffy s
aad remember that all alert druggists an I
growers Keep It. The povernment says th.it
( hfe Is the only medicinal whiskey in the
country Hen-e it bears the proprietary
rexcnue stamp
Bicycles
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