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THE OMAHA DAILY J?E15i" MOKTJAY, DECEMBER J, iyui, the next place of meeting lliiftulo, I.os Angeles, Mil Orleans nnd San Francisco. , wants the convention In the exposition Is to bo held AIMS TO PREVENT STRIKES .ntlii)iiil Civic rcdcnitlun Hnili-nt urn 1 lit Promote ("nn up of Ar liltrittlou, mtvr YOltlC. Dec. 8. The Notional Civic Federation announces that tho first annual s'rslou of the federation's Industrial 'de partment will be held December 10 and 1 In the room ot tho New York Hoard of Trade and Transportation. The special ob ject of the Industrial department Is to at tempt to federate thu representatives of the large employing corporations and associa tions, the lenders ot the largo labor organi zations and rcp'cscntatlvcs of the general public for the purpose of establishing prin ciples of conciliation and voluntary arbitra tion as thrt best mcana to prevent strikes and lockouts. Tho principal topics to bo discussed are: "Tho Kited of Machinery on Labor." "Tho Shorter Hour Movement" and "Tho Joint Agreement Method of Preventing Strikes and lockouts." A permanent executive board will also bo chosen. 'He'prescntativcH from tho large corpora tions, the American Federation of Labor, tho railway brotherhoods and professional men who aro Interested In tho labor prob lem arc expected to participate. TRADES UNKM MEMORIAL Labor Ileprceiitntlvc Komi Aocln lluii III Honor of l.nte I'rcnldcnt. ritlOAGO, Dec. 8. A national trades tinldn movement for a McKlnlcy memorial fund was started here tonight when n num ber of men prominent In labor circles mil and formed tho President McKlnlcy Trades Onion Momorla! Association of Illinois. The movement will bo started with a fund of $300, which tho letter carriers of Chicago liavo secured toward the building of n mon ument itnd which they will glvo to tho com nilttco to attend to tho collection, ot the funds. COCRRAN ARRAICNS ENGLAND (Continued from "First rage.) Mop tills hitter quarrel. It Is an ex traordinary opportunity offered to tin ex traordinary mun. It would not lo neces sary to draw the sword, to mako any threat of nrmod Intervention, or to tnko an unfriendly attitude. Ono word spoken lir Mm. English ambassador or in the hear ing: uf the Kugllsh nation would restoro pence, Qstnbllsli-justice, secure liberty t these burghers, promoto enormously the prosperity of tho human rncu n ltd bring immeasurable glory to the American na tion. Will Mint word 1)0 spoken? Never In history huvo such .momentous results hung on tho lips of n human being. Will Theo doro Roosevelt improvo thlH opportunity for himself, his country uud tho whole human race? Letter from Curl Scliurr. A letter from Curl Schurz was rcail, in which ho said: I um ono of those who heartily rejoices at tho sulisldcnci) In this country of tho old and. mora or leas unreasoning prejudice against England. I witness with slncero satisfaction tho disuppeurniice from our popular oratory of tho cheap trick of ''twisting tho British lion's tnll nnd I halt with Joy tho growth of u real friendship between Mio two nations. Hut Englishmen, should not Indulge in any delusions about this. Deep in their hearts tint great musses 9f tho American peoplo cherish a profound sympathy for the Moors In their turuggles uud 'sufferings.' What they condemned when-donu'by the Hpunlsh in Culm they do not npprovo of 'when done by tho British In Houth Africa. And If Micro is anything apt to revive the old iuitl-Urltlnli feeling In this republic It is the terrlblo spectuclu pre sented by tho Uoer war. Prn-Dnpr Resolution. Tho following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That wo as American citizens, believing that Mic wanton destruction of property ot uoucombiitants by English military authorities In the South. African republics, unknown in modern Mines, suvo by English olllccrs in thu war of thu Amer ican revolution, Is a sourco of needless suf fering to tho people of tho Houth African republics ami without advantage to tho military operations of tho llrltlsh army, and that thu slaughter of tho helpless nnd innocent caused by English prison pens arty tl caiiHolcHH outrage upon tho humanity of tho civilized world which amply Justify I'oneontiuted remonstrance by American uud . European state, and believing that the rights and obligation of common liu inanity aro not determined by geographical or political limitations, and regarding Mm tteutey of'1871 as made to be observed by England ns well us by America, do most Holcninly rcmojistrate nnd protest against the ucts of the English government. Trent)' of WiiNhliiutnn. . Resolved, That we and each of us do hereby pledge ourselves, to use our utmost powers to make this, our protest, known to our several representatives In tho Amer ican Congress, and to cause a copy of theso resolutions to bo brought to Mm attention uf the president of tho United States with our mott-respectful but urgent petition Mint the treaty ot Washington of May S. 1871, bo strictly enforced und that thu use of Amer ican ports and waters bo henceforth denied to vessels operating under llrltlsh charters for thu augmentation of war supplies and that the prcsldout ot the United mates will uso every means to bring to nn nnd tho horrors of concentration camps and a war faro by. its unexampled ferocity and enor mous cost of llfj and treasure bus as tounded Mio, civilised world. Rfsolvrd. That ho chairman be author ized to appoint it committee of citizens of Chicago to coll the attention of tho presi dent to these resolutions and to Inform him of tho- sentiment of tho citizen of Chicago, nnd Mint such committee shall huvo power to add to its number cltrzeim of other portions of tho United States, A resolution was also adopted commend ing Governor Yates of Illinois for Issuing a proclomatlon calling for asslstnnco for tho occupants .o concentration enmps In South Africa. II nine Five TIiouniiihI Hollars. Tho meeting closed with n remarkable demonstration, . following the speech making tho grcnt audience roared its ap proval of tho Iloer cause, tho cheering being, long continued, and then contribu tions wero nsked for the relief of tho stricken women, ami, children In tho South African camps. , The first response, was a check for $500, sent up by a man who requested thai his itnmo bo withheld, Then followed checks for $100, the contributors of these nmounti b'clng numerous. Then sniRllor sums wero asked for Money camo freely from all parts of tho Krc.it auditorium A. large re lief fund was. raised, tho total amount being something: over, $5,600, a 'uncrHl of Arthur Urlssotn; KANSAS CITY, Dec, S.-Furiernl services over the remains of Arthur Orlssom, editor of tho Smart Bet, who died In New York Tuesday, wero held at Mio homo of tho family In tlilrf city, Burial was had at In dependence, near here. Mr. Orlssom s for mer home Former newspaper associates in Kuusas City ngted as pallbearers, uud many wrltern In the southwest attended. Movement of Oceun Vcmi'li lice. S. At Southampton Arrived Koeitlgen I.iilse, from New York, for lJrcmen, and 1 ,wl At Qu'eeniMnwn-Sullctl-Ktrurla, from Liverpool, 'for New York. ... Ai- viiiiaaeipnm .irriiiu khuiuiuuh, fiom Quccnutowii and Liverpool, , Francisco, via Valparaiso, Montevideo, St. vinceiu iiu uiiniur.- . At Now York Arrived L'Aqultalne, from Havre; Island, from Copenhagen. ' After Dinner To assist digestion, relievo distress otter eating or drinking too heartily, to prevent constipation, take Hood' Pill tieid everywhere. WcenU. campaign for are Atlanta, waukc, New rartlaml, Ore. J'jO., tho year In that city. CIVIL SERVICE IN VOGUE Wuthir Bureau New Operating en Ittiot Unit Ijitim Buis. IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY I'rof. Willis I.. Monro, Chief of lie piirtincnt. Tell of .SiilmlHiitlnl l'rowress llrlim .Made tinier lniirovi'l Fnollltlc. WASHINGTON, Dec. S. Tho annual re port of I'rof. Willis L. Moore, chief ot the united States weather bureau, says that substantial Improvements have been made during the last year in the weather bureau system of wireless, telegraphy. Such prog ress hnB been made by tho government ex perimenters that,, with no Interference by private systems, stations can bo success fully operated over at least 150 miles of coast lino and are now In operation ulong tho Virginia and North Carolina coasts aud soon will bo Instituted between tho Farral- lono Islands nnd tho mainland, and Tutoosh Island and tho mainland on tho 1'aclflc coast. Tho system of selective telegraphy ho regards as well demonstrated theoretically, but has not boeu fully tested In practice strict Merit SyntcniV Tho report says: A svetem of merit imil illarlnllnn has been -gradually developed In the weather bureau, which not only conforms to tho letter of the civil kervleh litw. but curries Its spirit to a logical conclusion. vThu sys tem compels tacn employe or olllclul to work out his own olllclul salvation. It Is fair tb.nll; It enables tamest and cillclent persons to work , thvmsidvcs upward; It Contributes to ti high standard of manly chnrnotcr and .to eltlulcncy In. public olllco and It holds back those of mcdiucro at tainment or slothful habits. An Important extension of thu forecast work of tho bureau wns made during Mio year whereby moteprologlcal . reports from certain point In the llrltlsh Isles, tho continent of Europe nnd from the Azores are trnnstnltted tu Washington and with observations from Nassau, llermuda and Turks Island, 6ro regularly published on tho wenther maps, together with fore casts of tho wind and tho state of the weather for tho tlrst three days out f steumers bound enstward. In a number of Instances when -storms of marked strength were passing eastward urr tun American coast forecasts of tho weather, which probably would bo experienced by steamers leaving European ports westward hound, wero cabled to. England. Fog predictions also were issued. Itetiorts from steamers show that these forecasts and other spo clul warnings have .been verified. Uhl Line lSxtcudcd. Tho lines of work ntirsued In previous years by tho climate and crop service of the wenther bureau wero continued and extensions and Improvements made wher ever possible. The cotton region servlco has been extended Into Oklahoma nnd the Indian territory und arrangements have been made for beginning a similar work In California to bo known as tho fruit nnd wheat service. I'rof. Moore points with prldo to tho complete system tho weather bureau has for the nccurutc and complete collection and dissemination of crop information, having a largo number of nnld einnloyes and volunteer observers and 14,000 persons icportlng weekly to cen tral pouus on wio oueci ot weaiuer upon crops In their respective localities, The distribution of forecasts by rural free de livery has become decidedly popular nnd Micro are a.) aggregate or nenrly 42,0 families In tho farming districts being sup plied with tho lutest weather predictions. CREATE FOUR VICE ADMIRALS (Continued from First Page.) Representative Corliss ot Michigan sue- cecdlng to the work on the death of his dis tinguished predecessor. It has always car ried In thq house, liy a vote overwhelmingly in excess ot the required two-thirds, nnd sometimes its opponents wero so' few In number that they havo not been nblo (per haps they havo not been willing) toTnuster enough members to secure a roll call. Hut notwithstanding this unanimity ot the popular branch of congress on the sub ject tho joint resolution has always boen permitted to accumulate dust In the plgenn holes of the committee on privileges nnd elections of the senato. It Is likely to ho different now, for Senator Hurrows, who will become chairman, is n resolute ndvo cate of tho chango. Hp votd for It as a member of the house and has supported It on every division In the commlttco since he has been on tho committee of privileges nnd elections. Ho Is not so vory hopeful that the senato will take any action looking to nn alteration of tho general method of elect ing senators, but ho is quite- confident of getting a favorablo expression for tho first time from tho committed. May Co Over Scnntc' lleail. And ho also looks to going ovor tho head of tho senato Itself. Ho said today:" "For many years tho 'sentiment In favor of this change has been spreading widely through thr1 United States. There Is no .doubt that it h overwhelmingly popular among the peoplo in all tho states. In thirty-live states of tho union, by one manner or another, formal expressions havo been had In favor of popular election. Tho branch of con gress which Is now chosen by popular voto has several tlrriw expressed Its belief In the change and passed Joint resolutions. Tho senato has rat still, paying no attention to tho overwhelming demand for the chango on tho part of the people or the formal nctlon ot tho co-ordinato branch of congress, Some of theAe days Iho'stnto legislatures will go right over the sennto In this matter. It seems to bo the-genernl Impresslou Mint tho only mnnhor.ln which constitutional amend ments can be proposed Is by Joint resolu tion ot cdngrcs submitting amendments for the ratification ot tho legislatures of-tho states, Hut this Is not correct. There exists tho great power of summoning n national constitutional Convention. Congress Is nbt only wholly powerless to summon a body, but also wholly powerless -to prevent Its being summoned, and. ouco called there will be no doubt whatevor as to Its action. The nrtlclo governing this subject says: " 'Tho congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall prnposo amendments to .tho constitution or on tho application of tho legislatures of two-thirds of tho Beveral states shall call a convention .for ifoposlng amendments,' Thero has been an expression Jn ono form or another on tho partot tho legislatures of peoplo of thlrh'jvc, states. In fnvor of pop ular election of senators and, ft Is quite, within thei powur of- these states or of thirty of them to' requcsY .congress to call such n convention nnd congress will havo nothing to do but respond to the demand, In that event tho cnate Will gp out of busl ness as nn obstructor ot the proposition to mend or end the present method of choosing Its own members." ' SEEK TO ABOLISH POLYGAMY Church lleircciialvc Will peti tion ConnrcM for Aineiul ni e lit to Constitution. WASHINGTON, Deo. S. At" a meetlug held hero today at tho First Coilgrcga Monal church under the auspices of tho U'fim.n'H Tntrnut Innnl lintnn. a resolution was adopted endorsing an nmendmont to tho constitution prohibiting polygamy within tho domntn of the United States and urging the passage ot a bill with that object In view by the present congress. A pre- nmbln to the constitution cxiircssed tho belief that polygamy as taught by tho qhurch of the Latter Day Saints Is still a part of their belief and practice, that tho laws of Utah'ure lnadequato to sup press It and that there U no way by which this ofiVnse can bo reached so satisfactorily than through the constitution of tho United States. Hev, Dr. N'lccolls, n member of the Pres byterian Homo Mission board of St. Louis, who Is attending tho meeting of tho Pres byterian revision comnilttee here, presided. Addresses were made by Rev. Luther D. Wilson oi Foundry church, Washlngtou; Rev, N. E. Olmonson, pastor ot the Pres byterian church nt Logan, Utah; Rev. Fred erick D. Power, pastor of the Vermont Ave nue Presbyterian church, and Rev. A. S. Flske, nil favoring tho proposed amend ment. A letter was read from Iilshop Henry Y. Sattcrley of Washington, In which ho expressed the earnest hopo that tho amendment would bo carried nnd adding: "It Is surely In lino with all of our Amer ican traditions." Rev. Dr. Clemrnson declared that po lygamy Is spreading In Utah. CHANGE IN PAPAL DELEGATE lleport (lint .11 Kr. iknllirlnl Will Sue Cecil ("it rill n it I Miirtlnolll Doubted. WASHINGTON. Dec. S. The rcnorted as- slgnment of Mgr. Scalbrlnl of Plasenscn, Italy, as the successor of Cardinal Martl- uclll, the papal delegate In this country, Is regarded ns very Improbable by o'fflclnls of tho delegation In this city. Monslgnor Scalbrlnl Is regarded as ono of tho ablest ecclesiastics ot the church In Italy and for n number of years has been In charge of his diocese. Ho has become very much nttached to his people, co much so, In fact, that when some time ngo he was offered a position In tho church which meant clcrntlon to cnrdlnalate, Tie refused to lcavo his assignment. Tho expectation hern Is that Cardinal Martlnclll will 'remain Until spring. . FIRE IN PRIVATE SANITARIUM (Ircnt Dlllli'iil t Knroiin tcreil In Itrn- ciilnk the TwciiO-Scvtm Iniiiiltoi, MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dee. 8. A fire today enmc near resulting in serious loss of life ntr St. Mary's prlvoto sanitarium. For a time Micro was n panic among the patients. Although no Uvea were lost great dllllculty was experienced In getting tho twenty- seven inmates of the sanltnrlum out In time. Twenty-four of tho patients were carried from tho building by firemen, ten of theso being so decrepit with ago as to bo entirely Jtcdplcss. The property loss Is small. KILLS WHITE JflAN AND FLEES I,n rKc I'osmc Scour the Country for ,rgrii Criminal Who Murdered I ). A. AVliltinilil. . MINTKR CITY, Miss., Dec. 6. O. A. Whitman, n white man, was killed by a negro named Hen Jones near hero today. Jones escaped and a large posse Is scouring the country for him. llrltlsh Have Xcrv I'Iiiiim for Camps. LONDON, Dec. 0. It Is reported that when Parliament reassembles tho British Parliament will bring forward a new pro posal with regard to the centralization camps lu South Africa. It Is believed this proposal will suggest the distribution of refugees lu . tho settled district. Accord ing to n dispatch from Ilrussels to the Standard, Holland has asked the powers to support it lu a demand that tho peoplo In these camps bo brought to Holland. IIiicIicnn Conic to Auicrlcn, LONDON, Dec. S.-The papers announce that when the duchess of Marlborough, fdrmcrl'y Miss Cbnsttclo Vanderbllt, vlslfs tho United States with her children this winter sho will spend Christmas with her father, William K. Vanderbllt, at hU coun try home, Idlo Hour, nnd return to Great Ilrltalti In February. llcnily to Ilia ltd Turkey' Ship. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 8. The Cramp Shipbuilding company has notified tho porto that it is ready to commenca build ing a cruiser for tho Turkish government nnd 4ms nsked tho government to send olll cers to supcrviso tlu vessel's construction. AIIcutciI I'nrtlclpiint In KlilnnpliiK. VIENNA, Dec. 8. It Is said hero that tho man named Halju, who was arrested at Soda, 'December 7, and alleged to bo tho assassin of ex-Prcmler Stnmbuloff. had a hand In tho kidnaping of Miss Ellen M. Stone, tho American missionary. Counterfeit llnrvey Plate. ROME, Dec. 8. Tho henrlnc of tho action brought by tho Harvey Stool comnnnv against tho Tcrnl Stcol company for coun terfeiting Harvey plates has been fixed for December 30 before the Spoleto tribunal. ' - Mytlioloic)' In Kiiiiniih. Pittsburg Gazette: "Someone In Kn proposed that a statuo of Ceres be placed on tho domo of tho new stato house, but now ho wishes he hadn't made the nmnnal. tlon," remarked tho exchange editor, as he lata down a Kansas paper. "What's the objection?" nsked the tele graph editor. "It Is urged that no one in Kansas knows the lady and that sho was probably an act ress, anyhow. It Is tho opinion thai tho flguro of Chief Fewclothes. an Indian. would bo more appropriate as an ornament to the domo of tho Kansas state house." "Well, I should think that a statue of Chief Fowclothea would bo n nude depar ture at any rate." I'U.VSIOXS roil WK8THHN VHTISHANS. Wnr Survivor Hciueiulicrcil liy the General (lovcrnuient. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-(SpeclaI.)-Tho following western pensions havo been granted: Issue of November 19: Nebraska: Original (war with Spain) Brenton S. Hubbard, Ilavclock, )17. In crease, restoration, relssuo. etc, Daniel Matthew. Western, $10; 'homns H. Dailey, Omaha, Jl". Iowut Original Lyman A. Sewell, Dent son, Frederick Uahlman. Dubuque, J8; war with Spnln, Justus J, Morris, Monte zuma, 3(1; .Mlchnel Knrrer, Creston. $S. In crease, restoration, Issue, etc. James I, Holcomh. Nnshun, J10: Henry A. Slders, Des Moines, 8; Isano Thompson, Red Oak, $s; Alien II. White. Sioux City. S; Jnmes U, Shackelford, Ilnxlcton, $fi: Claus Peters, Hopnc. XV. lilt Mefford, Ccdnr Rapids, $S; Nicholas II. Llndsey, Wyoming, 12; Wil liam Marlow, Hear Grovu, $8: John SI. Knrr, Rensnor, t$: William T3. Herrlngton, Dubuque, til: Thomas J Wells, Mllo, IS; Francis W. Crumpton. Fort Madison, 130, Original widows, etc. Kmllv II, Hlegel, Cherokee, tS; speclnl accrued November 21, Josephine A. Hall, Kldoru, JS. South Dakota: Original Alexnnder V. Wlpf, Freemnn, $17. Increase, restoration, reissue, etc. Robert Hill, Stnrchcr, J10. North Dakota: Increase, restoration, re Issue, etc. Kdwnrd J, Hrown, Kenmore, $S. Colorado: Original William M, Duncan, Denver, Id; Henry C. Allen, Ilrush, iS. Montnna: Original (war with Spain) Kvcrett L. Metcalf, Hutte, $0. Locate it Korwcr. Carl Cramer, wanted In Omaha for for gery, wus located In St. Paul Sunday by Detectives Heelan and Johnson and was arrested nnd placed In Jail at that pluce, About tho first of November Cramer came to Omaha nnd passed checks on the Bos ton Store, llayden Urns, and several other firms, The checks were forgeries, hut be fore the discovery was made Cramer left town. Tho checks aggregated several hun ched dollars. Detectivo Johnson will lenve for St. Paul after the prisoner ns soon as requisition papers can be socured. Funeral Xollcc. Funeral services of thJ lato Charles F. Stoekham will bo held from family resi dence. SMS North Klghteenth street, Mon day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Friends Invited, RILL AMERICAN DESERTER Darld Uglt, Nf r Who Fltd U Fillpinu, ii DicapiUttd. GIVES SCOUTS LONG AND WEARY CHASE (ieiirrnl Clinflee Disapprove Sentence of Drnth I'rouounccil on Isidore Torre, the Insurgent - t Conimn tulcr. MANILA, Dec. 8. The scouts from Hcngabbn provlnco of Nucva EclJa have killed the American negro, David Fagln, n deserter from tho Twenty-fourth (colored) Infantry, who for more than two years has been leading Filipinos ngalust tho American troops. The natlvo scouts do capltntcd their prisoner. The man's head, however, was recognized as that ot Fagln. They also secured his commission In tho Insurgent nrmy. Fagln had on one of his fingers tho class ring of Lieutenant Fred erick W. Altstnetter of the engineers, who was captured by Filipinos, supposedly un der the command of Fagln himself, October 28, 1!I00. Fagln Is tho deserter who has been re ported killed on several occasions. The authorities arc satisfied that former state ments of his death were erroneous nnd that ho has now been killed. Condemn Torre to Die. A military commission has sentenced the Filipino Genera) Isidore Torres to be hanged nttcr finding him '.guilty ot ordering tho assassination of Corporal Fleldncr of tho Twelfth Infantry nt Malolos, province ot Hulutican, last October. Tho sentence ot the commission has bech disapproved by General Chaffee, Vi'ho finds that the com mission had reasonable grounds to doubt whether General Torres personally ordered the nssnsslnatlon ot tho American soldier. General Chaffee thinks Mint the rank held by Torres In the Insurgent nrmy would have beet sufficient to prevent such mi military nctlon on his part. The caso of Patterson, tho Englishman, prlvutc secre tary to Slxto Lopez, whom efforts were made to deport front Manila after ho had landed there without swearing allegiance to the United Stntcs, Is still honglng firo beforo tho supremo court. Patterson's nttorneys claim that their client, onco having landed, Is beyond tho Jurisdiction of W. Morgan Shunter, col lector of customs for tho Philippines, who has been trying to effect Patterson's ex pulsion. CREATES ANNUAL CELEBRATION Authorize Coiiiiueniorat Ion of ,loc Itlrur lllrthtlnv In Dill- ' Ipplnc. MANILA, Dec. 8. Superintendent Atkin son of the. public schools of tho archipelago has written a letter to Pedro Paterno, tho Filipino politician, saying Instructions have been given to every school throughout tho island to celebrate annually the birthday of Joso Rlzal,, tho Filipino patriot who wns executod by thfi Spaniards. Tho ltfo and history of Rlzal will bo recited In the schools on this .day. Paterno, In a mani festo, has asked for contributions from tho scholars, their parents and their teachers, to bo devotod to constructing the proposod monument to Rlzal's memory. Putcrno con cludes his inanlfesto, saying; "If Rlzal, tho FilipinoWashington, wero alive, ho wouldihcriftfTl FillplncT'cbHdren to gain on education."'' Tho Unttod States Philippine commission has passed an act nuMtorlzIng the Insular purchasing agent to draw money In gold for tho payment ot supplies purchased, ns tho merchants refuso to sell goods for Mexican silver. A general feeling of uneasiness prevails among tho business men of Manila from the unclllclal announcement that beginning January 1 tho United States Philippine commission Intends to reduce by the differ ences of the fall In the price of silver, the present rntlo of two Mexican dollars for ono gold dollar. It Is hoped, however, that some solution of the difficulty may be found which may obviate this necessity, ns, for instance, tho taxing ot each sliver dollar Imported Into tho Islands by tho difference between its actual bullion price and CO cents in gold until such time as the United States congress gives authority for tho issuance of a Philippine currency. IlrltlKh Hotel Hum. LONDON, Dec. 8. Tho Queen's hotel at South Sea was burned down this morning. Forty ot tho guests escaped from the building in their nlghtclothes. Two cham bermaids wero. suffocated and several fire men and others wero Injured. FAIR MONDAY AND TUESDAY Wctcrl' "Wlnil for Ncbrnika Snow I I'rcillctcrt for Northern Territory. and WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For Nebraska, Oklahoma, Indian Terri tory, Arkansas and Kansas Fair Monday and Tuesday, westerly winds. For Iowa and Missouri Fair Monday am probably Tuesday; light, varlablo winds. For S"outh Dakota Generally fair Monday, except snow In northeast portion; Tuesday fair; northwesterly winds. For Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and Utah Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday; light, variable winds. I.ocul lleeord. OFFICE OF THIS WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Dec. 8. Official record of torn prrature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of tho last three years: 1901. 1900. 1589. 1391 Maximum temperature... 32 U 7 8 Minimum temperature,... 23 27 32 1 Mean temperature 2S 40 40 4 Precipitation . T .00 .16 .00 Record of temperature and precipitation at Omnha for this day nnd Blnco March 1, 1901: Normal temperature 28 Excess or dellcleucy for tho day.,.., o Total excess since March 1.... ...,KK Normui precipitation .' 04 inch Deficiency for the day , 04 Inch Total rainfall slnco March 1 23. R9 Inches Deficiency Blnco March 1 5. 93 Inches Excess for cor. period; 1PK) 2t. inch Deficiency for cor. period, 1899... 4. 02 inches lleport from Stntlon at 7 p. in, it eg : c ! 3 ! 3 : : 5 ?! G ! 3 : p CONDITION OF THE WEATHER. Omaha, cloudy , Valentine, cloudy North Platte, clear .... Huron, cloudy Rapid City, clear Cheyenne, clear Salt Lake City, cloudy Wllllstou, cloudy Chicago, raining St Louis, cloudy St. Paul, clear Davenport, cloudy ..... Kansas City, cloudy .. Helena, partly cloudy , Bismarck, clear Gulveston, cloudy .... 31 32 .00 32 26 .00 32 44 .00 28 31 T 38 44 .00 2S 32 ,00 31 40 M 34 !W .OS 34 as .18 31 50 ,52 22 20 T" 30 34 T 32 3 .00 38 42 T 24 in .01 41 "0 .52 Below zero. -,,, T indicates trace of precipitation. L. A, WELSH. Local Forecast Oitlclal, I'AlJTnilS AMI IWSTIMIS. Folk that .Seem .ot to Need Three Mciil n Day. A few days ago the Philadelphia Ledger reported tho case of Mrs. Jane Lynn, who lived nenr Franklin, Pa., but who died after a fast of sixty-one days, during which, said tho reporter, with scrupulous exactness, "sho swallowed only ono ounce of food, and for fifty-five days sho took absolutely noth ing, with tho oxccptlon ot a small glass ot water occasionally." The report compared this caso with that of Dr. Tanner, who won fame by fasting forty. days; but Dr. Tanner has been outclassed so often that he Is no longer nn object of Interest. Slnco his tlmo there havo been many Individuals who have fasted from thirty to sixty or more days and most of them declared that their health was much Improved by the process. One ot the most Interesting of these, says tho ledger, was Lconnrd Thress of Phil adelphia, who, In the winter of 1900, fnslcd for fifty days, ns a cure for dropsy. At tho end of that tlmo he ntc n hearty meal, smoked a cigar and declared that he never felt better In his life. His weight had diminished from 209 to 13,1 pounds, but the dropsy had left him and he was physically sound and well. Another remarkable faster Is Miss Kstella F. Kuenzel, also of Philadelphia, whose case was reported In tho Ledger on Docember 25, 1899, but without giving her name. Miss Kucuzcl fasted forty-flvo days, but, unlike Dr. Tanner, sho did not shut herself up In n room and take no exercise. She walked long distances almost every day, and on the forty-fourth duy of her fast covered seven miles. Perhaps the most remarknblc thing about her experience wan that during her fast sho lost only twenty pounds In weight. Just at present there seems to bo some thing of nn epidemic of fasting. Several In stances have appeared In recent news re ports. On August S Miss Agnes Mitchell nt Detroit ended n f..st of forty-six days, un dertaken to cure i stomach trouble. She nearly collapsed during that time, becom ing deaf, dull of Right nnd at timed uncon scious; but on tho forty-sixth day sho sur prised thoso about hor by saying "I feel hungry," took some wheat broth, and the report says, "It, Is confidently expected by her fnmlti' thai sho will regain her health." About tho same tlmo Dr. Immanuel Pfclf for of Boston ended a thirty days' fast vn dertnken In the Interns1, of science. Dr. Pfelffer made dHy notes of his progrtss ntid found that he Ion in weight nearly a pound a day. Ho lost moro lleih on days whon ho drank but little wnter, whrn he overexerted hlimelf or when tuo hjut wns excessive. On sumo days ho gained In weight nnd his wholo loss lu tho thirty days was twenty-six pounds. It wis his third experience In fasting al he declares he will not bo satisfied until he has fast;d sixty days without losing weight a feat which Dr. Tanner, who Is now In Now York, en courages him to bellovo Is possible. Liko Dr. Tanner ho broko' tho fast with a per fectly enormous meal and felt no 111 effects from It. The fast of FT H. HuttctfleM, director of music In tho public schools of New Bed ford, which began about July IS, was still in progress at last account. Mr. nutter field was a sufferer from Indigestion. He took advantage ot his vacation to camp nut In the Maine woods and do his fasting away from tho curious crowd, but to an in terviewer who found him thero ho Bald: "I om not fantlng for n record or because 1 enjoy It; I am too good an enter for, that. I stopped eating simply because I was con vinced that It was tho only way to ward off a severe Illness. .1 have now gone over twonty-flvo days, and have no craving for food. How long beforo I shall Is a ques tion time alone can answer. I nm not well yet; my tongue must look better than that beforo my stomach calls a halt In my fasting." So It seems there are people to whom three square meals a day arc not an actual nccesnlty. Cl.OTIIlCS I'll ( VI". THEIR IttUX. Indian IlyliiK Off from the Effect of WciirliiK Cont. The white man's glory his clothes Is likely to prove the bane of the red man of tho west. At least ono trlbo of Indians is succumbing to tho enervating iuilucnco of tho tailor-made coat. The Topokuws, of whom a few lonely Individuals still sur vive, wero nn agricultural raco living hap pily In tho bottom lnnds of the Colorado river near the Gulf of California. They peacefully tilled tho soli and wont nbout as their ancestors hud done for hundreds of years, enjoying life In their untutored fashion. But ono day sudden envy ot tho white man's wardrobe Implanted Itself In their breasts. Then after each harvest tho head of the family put seventy-live or 100 pounds of corn Ifito small sacks and mado the sev-enty-fivo miles Journey to Yuma. Hero tho corn was sold to the traders for about 11.50, which Is fully 50 cents under tho market value, and he Invnrfably spent nil of the proceeds In shirts nnd overulls for himself nnd cnllco for his wives. It was not alone tho unaccustomed phy sical oppression following tho wearing of these unusual garments Mill weakened the savages, but they oven begnn to deny themselves proper food In saving money to make additions to thnlr collection of "store clothes." To bo dresBed Ilka tho neighboring whlto mint wnM n distinction among tho braves that cost them dear. Prof. W. J. McOeo of Mio bureau of ethnology said of this strangu case; "Tho fact Is, they nro dying from civ ilization, or It would be more propor to say, from the fact that their civilization has not kept pneo with their ambition. They arc nn Interesting peoplo from tho fact Mint they are the lowest, most primi tive nnd thoroughly degrnded of all tho Indian tribes in the southwest." Die from lujurle. SALEM. Ore., Dec. 8.-Englneer William White, who wns Injured In tho wreck on the Southern Pacific last night, died to night. Tonight's overlnnd trnln wbh de layed seven licfiirH. There Is no clew to tho train wreckers. SHOOTS AGAIN. AltlioiiKh Coffee' Took III nelKlit for Awhile, A Colorado camp cook had to quit his Job because ho could not mako coffee without drinking It himself and It was killing him. He say ho used to take a cup or coffee bo foro ho got his breakfast for the, men, for ho felt the need of keeping up his strength and his stomach troubled him so much. "Finally." he says, "I got bo bad I wns taken to the hospital. Tho doctor told mo It was n clear case of ccffeo poison and If I did not quit I would never got well. I had to quit In tho hospital and gradually got. a little better, then I took to drinking Postum Food Coffee nnd took It out with mo to a Job In the woods. "I have been using Postum Btcadily for about eighteen months nnd havo entirely recovered from dyspopsla, and all my old aches and alls, My oyes ore so wol now that 1 can see tho gunslghts as good as anybody, hut two years ago I nover could hunt because of my eyes. I know It Is tho quitting of coffee and using Postum that has benefited rfe. Nobody could huvo dynpepsla any wnwo than I had. All my neighbors thought I was going to die, but I am all right now. I havo to send thirty-five miles to the city of Trinidad for my Postum, hut It Is worth whllo." William Orccn, Bur wing, Colorado, RUSSIAN. FAMINE CONTINUES Diitrtu Iprttdi li FUcii and OatUtk ii Moit Fiaifnl. HUNGER AND DISEASE ARE PREVALENT Olllclnl Report Attribute HuhsIh' In crcnliiK Coiiuiiiitloit of Korcluu Steel nml Con! to Itniik i:trn viiKniH'c. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 22.(Crrc spondenco of tho Associated Press.) The ministry of tho Interior yester day Issued another statement obout tho famine. Five and one-half mill ion poods of winter grain and thrco millions of summer gralln havo Iwen purchased and forwarded to tho needy dis tricts. The; total grain purchases nro given as exceeding 10.000.000 poods, for which 1,000,000 roubles have been expended. The entire famine fund so far disposable Is II, 213.25S roubles. Tho original estlmntes of grain to rclluvo tho famine districts are now tcund to bo excessive, and they have consequently been reduced In a number of cases. Conditions lu Asiatic Russia ate still bad aud much relief will be sent there. Petitions for olllclal proclamation of famine from Asiatic Russia were received from twenty-seven districts and were granted In twenty-two. Condition Worse 'I'll it n Iteporteil. Private reports which havo appeared In tho press from time to time aro not nearly im optimistic as tho governmental. Hunger and disease have been reported much more prevalent than the minister of the Interior ndmlts. In addition to direct help for tho famine district help has been granted lu several forms, Worktugmen traveling to public works will enjoy the moderato emi grant rate and materials needed for the works, ns well as grain, will be distributed at .greatly reduced tariffs. The czar his Just sanctioned the be ginning of the preliminary work on two great railroads I'cicrsburg-Vlolka and Bo-legoye-Sledlltz. Tho latter is a strategic road leading to tho western frontier. Many workmen from tho famine districts will llu'd employment In clearing the right ot way of these roads. Tho Torgovo-Promyshtennnya Gazette, tho dally organ of the finance ministry, yes terday published a detailed artlclo which affords valued details In regard to the Si berian & Eastern Chinese rullroad. First, ns to tho length of track that has been laid: Knldaloff branch, from Cheyla-BIrk to Irkou sk, 140 vcrst; then beginning from the. cast, the Trans-Baikal line, with 3,110 versts. the Oussourl line, from Khnbarowsk to Vladlvostock, with a branch to Orode kovo, 81'-' versts; main enst Chinese line, to connect tho Trans Baikal and Oussourl lines, 1,410 versts; South Manchurhin line, Khnrbln-Slngnrl-Port Arthur 9S0 versts; total, 7,7!2 vcrstD. Twenty representatives of tho Russian fresh meat Interests nro going to England soon at government cxpenso to nrouso In terest in the English market for Ruslon products. A delegation will also come from England for tho same purpose. It Is prob able that the Russian production could com pete with American If the proper methods of butchering, cooling and shipment are employed. For Aliinknii lliilluny. The Nova Vreuiya Is interested In the American project to build nn Alaskan rnll Ivay, bridge Behring Btralt and effect a Juiictlouiwlth the Siberian rnllwny. St. Petersburg students have begun the Issue of nn underground newspaper. It Is stated In tho first Issue thnt meetings ore plarined nt Kharkoff and that tho students would continue to protest unless women nnd Jews were ndmlttcd unrestrictedly to nil educational Institutions; unless tho local restrictions were removed and unless tho former students were nil readmitted. Somo of tho moro conservative students aver the reforms demnnded by this paper nro too radical and should not Ikj counte nancL'd, A now city, Nevo Gorod, wns founded In tho far enst near Port Arthur on the em peror's coronntlon dnyi The telegraphic report of Commissioner Wltto ,nsks why Russia continues to con sume so much foreign steel productH nnd coals and Is answered as follows by tho Ghorkoff Vcdomoski: Hue to Kxt ravimnncc. "Candor compels us to admit It Is "because wo Industrially havo llttlo knowlcdgo nnd less science, little money but a great appe tite. We bought land regardless of price; wo erected fancy factorlos; we have been paying our executive officers and commis sions Insano salaries and fees. We havo distributed outragoously high dividends, but wo havo laid nothing by for the rainy day, which has Inovltably arrived. Wo have, some of us, dealt In thu most reckless stock manipulations; wo havo borrowed money anywhere and everywhere at any price. "Wo have enjoyed government support for twenty years and havo nn Insatiable appe tite for more, and wo admit wo cannot even hold the domestic markot, In splto of tremendous Import duties," TltAXHI'OItT AMilll.'H HEATH. Suililcii End or n Noted Friend of Sol dier. Tho "angel of tho transports" is dead, reports the Now York Journal. Sho dropped lifeless ns sho aroso from a sick bed to get a glnss ot water. Sho was Mrs. Adeline Sullivan, widow of Dr. George Robert Sullivan, a surgeon of tho civil wnr. Sho died ns tho result of ovorwork, nervous prostration and heart disease, aggravated by her exertions in bc half of tho sick, wounded nnd penniless veterans of the Spanish wnr and also In behalf of hundreds of soldlors with an hon orable discharge who had lost tholr old Jobs nnd sought her aid In procuring work. Sho was 111 In bed and had arisen when the entrance of .m attendant Btartlcd her and sho fell lifeless. Mrs, Sullivan was connected In her work with Miss Helen Gould, Miss Florence Bal lard Day, Mrs. Horace See, wlfo of the marlno architect, and other women. She worked with tho Board of Trade and Trans portation and' tho Red Cross. Tho bravo widow, who had contributed llbornlly from her own means to tho needs of tho dcetltute soldiers, broke down lu August, 1H00, and for n time her llfo hung In tho balance nt her city home, 4 East Forty-third street. In October following she had another narrow cscapo from death by typhoid. So Important did her work'becomo ns tho agent of the Soldiers' Relief association that sho was permitted to make the nrmy building In Whitehall street her -headquarters. Many a soldier who died In hospital was saved from Pottor's field by Mrs. Sullivan, who guaranteed tho cost and trusted to tho patriotism of friends to refill her purse for the noxt call. At tho horror camp of Chlckamauga Mm soldiers first learned to love Mrs. Sullivan. In tho lover hospitals nt Chlckamauga, Tampa, Montauk and In every hospital In Manhattan and Brooklyn to which sick sol diers wero sont her sympathy, cheering words apd personality encouraged poor fel lows who had passed tho danger line to fight for life. She threw open tho doors of her homo In Flemlngton, N. J., to thos veterans for whom It was not possible fot tho hospitals to find room. She found piafcs for many soldiers in the nrmy building lu ranitnercl.il nnd man ufarturlng houses nnd In fire rooms, slew ard's department and deck, crews of tht transports. She mado It her business le visit each transport to glvo counsel am savo the unwary soldier from the greed of the shorn shark, Th railroads-and steamship companlr. wero her friends, furnishing transporta tion for many a stranded nnd shnttorcd volunteer. Tho "nngcl ot tho transports," prepos sessing In face, figure, dress and carriage, was nn Inspiration to tho tattered men In khaki who frequently fell from weaknew or exhaustion In tho nrmy building, From tho commandant of tho Department of tho East down to tho commissioned and non commissioned grade tho "angel" had the support of nil. (juowim; ui.n (iit.scni'i i.f.v. Kllintictli Cud' .Htiiulnn, .Now Nfl, Pit), "l.hr lu the I'rciiciit." Mrs. Elizabeth Cndy Stanton has been writing on the subject of how to grow old raslly, happily and gracefully. She Is now In her 83th year and shq tnys that llfo to her Is as sweet as evgrl She has no pains or aches, no regrets or forebodings for her self; nil her sorrows are for the troubles" of others. "I nttrlbttte my vigorous old ngo In part to ndvantagecus circumstances," .sho says, "in part tu a happy, nopeful temperament, I n keen sense, .ot humor, sympathies for nil my fellow be lugs and a deep Interest In .all the vital questions of. tho hour. "Ono must have, an earnest purpose In life beyond perso'nnl ambition nnd family aggrandizement. "Self-ccnt.ered characters do not possess the necessary eletntmtri of n high develop ment. If one would havo a happy old age tho first condition Is a sound body; to that end exercise, dlej, dress, sanitary conditions nre all Important. "Nnturo does her best nt all periods of "woman's life to make each change one of ndded health and hiippliifss. Thoso obedi ent to her laws rejoice lu ovary step from youth to age, "Fifty Is the heyday of Intellectual life. Then tho vital forces used In reproduction nro garnered In the brain, giving new Ideas and adding force, clearness and beauty to thought. "There comes to a woman rdoquetirc of expression and sho finds a wider licld for her sympathies. Sho has new Interests In tho great world which Is tho future home of her children, 111 which sho In now to labor to make It fit for them to live In. "My philosophy Is to live in the present. Regrets for the past nro vain; tho pago Is turned; there Is no remedy for what is done. Ab to. the future, anxieties are equally vnln; we do hot know what ono day will bring forth; what wo hope or fear may never occur; the present Is nil (hat Is ours," .1 (liientlon of Flounce, Jnck Shields, well known on Mount Ad ams, tells tho following story In tho Cin cinnati Enquirer on n "young man of the cast end whoso name ho refuserf to divulge: "He courted n young woman of my ac quaintance," explains Jack, "and finally proposed tot her. She ins from Missouri and 'had to tie shown' how much my friend wns earning. He told her $10 a week. Sho accepted htm. During tho first week after tho marriage the young fellow arose at 4 o'clock In tho morning and was on his way to work an hour later. He- never returned until 7 o'clock In the evening, mating that he worked -t.wclvo hours, from f .a. m.- -to 6 p. in. Thus it wns that the wife saw but little of her husband. "On pay day the eorly-rlstT and hard worker brought his envelope, still sealed, to his bettor half. When sho opened It sho wns rather astonished to find but $8, " 'How Is this dear? 1 thought you wero earning ilC per week?' who asked. " 'So I am, but I only worked half tlmo last week,' he replied. " 'Well, or heavcn.'s hake,' wart her star Med query, 'what tlmo would you leave tho house nnd when would you return each day If you worked full time?' " ( UON.IIVS IWITIIITI, IlOti. Followed III MiiNtcr' Fortune Cotll !liiHtcr Cnnic. Ge'neral Cronjo'ti dog, the faithful four footed cn-nture that followed the fortunes ' of his muster from tho outbreak of tho war until he waa run to earth at iMnro berg, has thrown In his lot with the Btltlsh troops. He Ik, writes a' Ciiwtown coi re spondent of the Loudon Mall, located nt Green' Point eitmp, and enjoys life with tho best of tlicin. The dog Is of the retriever breed, but nu ll"? his former muster, exceptionally , In tin- legs. On the whole he Is of u surly disposition, so tar as slrangcrH are con cerned, and will rocelya attention from none snve a man In uniform, liu attends every parnile held In camp, and wheiiuvcr n company of men. nro sent nwiiy. he uc compniih'H them to Mm railway station, waits until they nre entrained and theu re turns disconsolately to camp. Church parade nu Huuduy morning Is a fixture ha never misses, though when tho state of the wenther necessitates the hold ing of tho service In the rcci'millon room he remains outside- Should t)io service bo prolonged more than live minute over tho usual time Mio dug solemnly marches In to Inqulrn the reason. Altnpuhcr. tho animal Is made much of by the men lu camp, hut lie Is not given to maklpg innny friends. He Is always ready for a fight with nnv visiting canine, but he Invariably emerges from thu encounter serond best, cvldeiu-o. of which Is to be found lu tho torn and mangled condition of his cont. AMUSKMUM'S. 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