Nebraska Newspapers

    FUNERAL OF TOBIAS CASTOR
Cirrleti Tilt Pltct in Linuli and Burfl
ia Wilbir.
rROMINENT MEN ARE THE PALLBEARERS
(inrprnnr unit Other A noclntr-A Hon
arnry nnil OfllrlnU of HiirlliiKtun
Itnllrnml Active Sprclnt
Trnln Provided.
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Dec. 15.-(SpcclaI TclfRram.)
Kuncral services over the remains of
Tobias Castor were held today at the
family residence, 1230 L street. The body
was afterward taVen to Wllber for burial
on the Castor homestead. At the home
hero the funeral sermon was preached by
Ilev. William Manss, pastor of the Kirst
Congregational church, and a brief ad
drei was delivered by N. K. Orlggs of
Beatrice.
llelatlven, friends and pallbearers accom
panied tho body to Wllber on a npcclal
train furnished by the Ilurllngton railroad,
tho family riding In General Manager Hold
rcge's private car and the pallbearers In
tho private car of Superintendent Calvert.
The following closo political and busi
ness associates acted as honorary pall
bearers: Dr. George U. Miller, Judge W.
D. Mcttugh, Omaha; Oovernor K. I. Savage,
Hon. A. J. Sawyer, Judge A. S. Tlbbctts,
General Victor Vlfqualn, Hon. J. II. Hurley,
Lincoln; Superintendent J. II. I'helan, Al
llanco; Judge W. O. Hastings, Hon. V. K.
Oay. Wllber.
Tho active pallbearer, all of whom are
officials of the Ilurllngton railroad, wero:
T. B. Calvert, I. S. 1'. Weeks, C. H. Mor
rill, E. HlRnoll. (1. W. llonncll, N. K.
Orlggx, J. W. Doweeae, Lincoln; Ocorge
W. lomls, Omaha.
Tho Immediate relatives present were.
Mrs. Tobias Castor, Bernard U Castor of
Wllber and Oeorgo U Castor of Lincoln,
fcons; Mrs. B. M. Westervolt of Lincoln and
Mrs. C. L. Talmadgo of Wllber, daughters;
Mrs. Ida B, Iluehnoll of Omaha, Muter, ami
Frank L. Castor of Lincoln, cousin.
Invent iKiile I'rnnelilne Ilrfrnt.
M. I Scuddcr of New York, president of
tho Lincoln Traction company, has como
to Lincoln with the avowed Intention of
Investigating the action of tho city council
last week In defeating his steam heating
fraiichtso ordinance-. Ho Insists that tho
merits of the nieusuro wero not considered
by tho councllmen.
"I am disappointed at the action, because.
I hoped to Introduce a system of heating
that would be ii good thing for thr city
and give the Traction company a markot
for Its own waste steam," said Mr. Scud
dcr. "It Is a disappointment that the peo
ple have not shown more Interest and have
not mado their wishes known to their
councllmen. If they ! not want steam
heating, of course, It would bo foolish tn
Wring In capital to install a plant. If they
do not want the Traction company to havo
tho franchise and do not feel like granting
It willingly, with fair provisions, of course,
It will not pay me to havo anything more
to do with tho matter. I ought not to be
obliged to fight for the franchise If It 1h
a good thing for tho city, ns I am confident
it would be."
Prohibit Slot Mncliliim.
Chief of Police Iloagland will tomorrow
issue orders prohibiting tho uso of all, slot
machines In this city excepting thoeo which
are not governed by tho element of chance.
Several days ago the chief declared that all
machines which returned money tO suc
cessful players would have to go and he
now Intends to Include those that pay only
In merchandise.
"Wo Intend to enforce the order In every
Instance" said the chief, "and If It becomes
necessary the patrol wagon wjll bo taken
out and the mnchlnes gathered up and
brought to tho station. The practice
of gambling on these machines has become
common and it will he stopped. I found by
Investigating today that many saloon keep
ers, some cigar dealers und many merchants
favor taking out the machines and I havo
found that It is Impossible to discriminate
between thoso where money is paid and
those where the winnings are paid In
merchandise. All of them must ho taken
And orders to this effect will bo given tho
patrolmen tomorrow"
Rrorgnnlie Lincoln On.
Another reorganization of the' Lincoln
Gas and Klcctrlc company of this city will
bo effected during the ensuing week. Tho
ownership will remain with tho Emorson
McMillan syndicate, but several changes
will bo mado in the management of tho
system. W. T. Douthlrt of New York,
legal representative of tho syndicate, and
It. L. Doherty of Denver, chief engineer,
havo arrived in the city and will attend
the meeting of the board of directors of
the local company. Mr. Doherty Is men
tioned for tho presldenoy of tho Lincoln
company.
Reaiir to Dor McKlnley Chimes.
Mayor Wlnnett announces that the sub
scription fund for the McKlnley memorial
chimes has been completed and that the
purchase will bo made as soon as ths
money is collected. Tho mayor asks for
suggestions as to an Inscription to be placed
upon one of tho bells. '
MUCH BUILDINGJN NEBRASKA
Lumber Suleiman Finds Unaaaal Ac
tlrltr In III Line In This
State.
Harry B. Huston of Keokuk, Ia repre
senting the Bradford-Klnsler Lumber com
pany, is at tho Her Orand.
"I have Just returned from a trip
throughout western Nebraska," said he,
"and find the situation very gratifying from
our standpoint. I think I can safely say
that there will bo moro farmhouses, barns
and other farm buildings erected In the
westorn counties this coming year than
ever betoro In tho history of the state
Farmers are getting good prices for their
livestock, and a majority of them will In
vest the profits In Improvements of this
kind.
"I've been traveling over the state for
four years and In that comparatively brief
tlmo the eodbouse has dwindled until now
It is almost a curiosity. At the begtulng
of this period It was the rule and the frame
house the exception In a great many sec
tions." PlMttamouth Woman's Clnh,
PLATTSMOUT1I, Neb., Dec. JR. (Spe
cial.) The literature department of the
Flattamouth Woman's club met last evening
at the home of Mrs, B. Bloson. A change
In the constitution as to the manner of re
ceiving new members Into the club was
made by a majority vote. Mrs. Burgert of
Nebraska City, a contralto, sang "The
Outcast" in such a manner as to call for
an e ntbuMavtic encore. She responded with
'"Tls But a Faded Rosebud." Olen Smith
gave a mandolin solo, "Tale of the Kaaga
roo." Mrs. C. A. Bawls gave an Intersetlng
biographical sketch of the career of Thomas
Carlyle as au author and historian. A
solo, "The Promised Und," by Edna
Marshall, followed. Mrs. Burton gave a
sketch of the lite of Churl ea Lamb and Mrs.
Wise oi of Thackeray.
A cold, cough or la grippe can be "nipped
la the bud" with a dose or two of Foley's
Honey and Tar. Beware of substitute.
STOCKMEN WAGE WAR ON PEST
llnnrltinen Adopt tlrnntln Jlpnmirr
for Hie I'.t ternilnntlnii of
Troulilrnninc Wnlven.
CHAMBERLAIN. S. D.. Dec. 15. (Spe-
clal.) Stockmen west of tho Missouri river
complain that there Is unusual trouble with
wolves on tho stock ranges this winter
and the losses have caused stockmen to
take extrcmn measures to protect their
stock from tho ravages of the pest. A
number of men, among them being Budd
and Bryan Dalrymplc, two experienced
wolf hunters, have been engaged by the
stockmen to wago a systematic war against
the wolvce.
In several 6ases the stockmen ore board
ing the wolf hunters and In addition pay
them $4 for every wolf they kill, which,
with the bounty of 13 paid by tho state.
offers pretty good 'Inducement for activity
In the exterminating line.
Ranchmen along the Bad river In par
tlcular complain of the pest, and for gray
wolves are paying as high as $10 per head.
These gray wolves are the greatest source
of trouble, being large and vicious, and
are capable of doing a terrible amount of
harm to a flock of sheep In a very short
period of time. There appears to be many
of this species on the ranges at present.
The hunters employ traps, guns and poi
son In tho warfare that is being waged, and
as the various stock associations, as well
as Individual stockmen, have embarked In
tho crusade against the wolves It Is
likely that the pent will soon be greatly
abated, If not practically exterminated.
ROBBED BY HIS ROOMMATE
John .Miller of Oninlin U Itrllcvcil
of (lino fit nn Aberdeen
Hotel.
ABERDEEN, S. D.. Dec. 15. (Special.)
John Milter of Omaha reports being robbed
of J1C0 by his roommate at nn Aberdeen
hotel. Miller did not discover his loss until
ho was twenty miles from Aberdeen and he
failed to find his rooramato on tho train.
I'npers MIhhIiik In Court Cnp
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. Dec. 15. (Special.)
It has been discovered that somo of tho
papers in the raso pending In the state
circuit court hero against S. II. Wright,
a prominent Centcrvllle attorney, are miss
ing. Just what effect this will havo on the
caso when It cornea up for. trial on Tues
day of this week Is not known. Colonel
Melvln Orlgsby, attorney for Mr. Wright,
nays that when the caso is called up ho will
raise the question that there Is nothing In
tho records of the case to show that any
magistrate over made any order or decision
holding that any offenso had been com
mitted and that thcro Is no reason to bo
llcvo defendant guillty of tho chargo of
embezzlement preferred against him and
that without euch finding of a magistrate
tho state's attorney has no authority under
tho statute's to file information or bring the
man to trial.
Tho attorneys for the prosecution claim
thnt the missing papers aro not material In
tho trial of the case, which will attract at
tention throughout the state, owing to the
prominence of tho accused. Just how the
papers became missing Is no$, known. It
Is understood that Judgo Jones has Invited
Judgo Frnnk B. Smith of the Mitchell cir
cuit to come to Sioux Falls to preside dur
ing the trial.
Suit for Mliilnsr Commission.
DEADWOOD, S. D., Doc. 15. (Special.)
P. J. Mlnlter and W. J. Thornby havo
brought suit against Frank A. Waters tor
commission on a mining sale. The caso Is
on trial In circuit court before Judgo J. B.
Moore. The plaintiffs allego In the com
plaint that they secured an option on tho
Old Ironsides group of mining claims, situ
ated on Squaw creek, tho original consid
eration being fixed in tho option at $51,500.
The option was turned over to William Hall,
now dead, being given originally for twen-ty-flvo
days, and afterward extended a
month. Hall claimed he could sell the prop
erty for $65,000 to Colorado capitalists. Tho
difference between tho sum named in tho op
tion and tho selling prico wns to be divided
among Mtntter, Thornby and Hall. Beforo
tho property wub sold Frank A. Waters
enmo to Deadwood and It was nrrangod
that ho should sharo In tho protlts on tho
sale, thus giving Mlnlter and Thornby a
fourth Interest Instead of a third, In con
sideration of which they woro nlso to re
ceive a certain amount of stock in the com
pany which Waters proposed to organize.
The plaintiffs allege that the property was
sold for more than $65,000 and that tho
agreement entered Into by Waters has not
been carried out, and they aro suing to
recover their share.
.Mlnlnic Actlvltlp In Wyoming,
BATTLE LAKE, Wyo., Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) A transportation company Is moving
forty tons of ore from tho Ferris-Haggarty
mine to the Orand Encampment smelter
.and this delivery will bo Increased Just as
soon as the snow roada become woll packed.
A carload of high-grade copper ore was
this week shipped from the Doane Rambler
mine to Chicago. Tho owners expect the
ore will average from 40 to 50 per cent
copper.
Work was suspended for several days this
week In the Doane, owing to the founda
tion under the heavy boilers giving away.
The damage has been repaired and work
resumed. Three shifts are employed In
driving the big tunnel, which, It Is ex
pected, will tap a large body of high-grade
ore, enough, In fact, to keep the company
busy shipping for many months to como. '
The Dculah company has struck a two
foot vein, the ore from which assays $5.80
In gold to the ton. It also contains good
copper values.
Kxtrndlnic the KlUhorn.
LEAD, S. D.. Dec. 16. (Special.) The
Fremont & Elkhorn engineers estimate that
the upper end of the grade on the now Lead
extension will bo finished by the first of the
coming month. This will mean from tho
point where the proposed line crosses the
divide into the town of Lead, There Is
only one heavy cut on this part of the
grade, and that has boen cleared out al
ready. The heaviest work remaining is nt
Oayvlllo, where the contractors have to
use the greatest caution In blasting, owing
to tho presence of several houses occupied
by families. The cold weather of tho last
fow days has not Interfered with the work,
The contractors aro working tn solid rock
almost entirely, and it can be handled as
well In winter bb In summer.
To Promote Wyoming; Oil Fields.
LARAMIE. Wyo., Dec. 15. (Special.)
During the meeting of the Industrial con
vention the oil men got together and took
preliminary steps looking to the organ
ization of a society for tho advancement
of the mutual Interests of its members.
Dr. McClelland of Lander was chosen pres
ident and A. W. Phillips of Douglas secre
tary. The organization will hold another
meeting, probably at Cheyenne, early next
year, when, plans will bo perfected for ad
vertising the oil resources of tho state,
Interesting capital in the Wyoming fields
and promoting the Interests of the growing
Industry.
Addition to I, end.
LEAD, S. D., Dec. 15. (Special.) The
Matthew Bender property, which was re
cently sola to the Hidden Fortune Mining
company for $26,000. has been surveyed and
platted Into town lota. It will be called
Bender park, addition to Lead.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, PECEMBETt 10, 1001.
SENATE'S THREE RUSH BILLS
Caial Triatj, Anatckj aid Oainit Art
the Vital Iiinti.
HOUSE WILL BE BUSY WITH WAR TAXES
Mrnnir lifTortn to t.'ct Stnlrliooil 11111m
Adopted CoiiKrrmnieii Are In
torrntliii; an Autohlo.
ttrnp hern.
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. lu. (Special.) Tho
leaders In the house and senate have
reached au agreement by which congress
will adjourn December 19 for the Christmas
holidays, No Important' legislation tn the
houso Is expected until January, as tho new
committees will not be fully organized for
work before the coming recess; but In the
senate thero will be much business of Im
portance this week. The Nlcaraguan treaty
has been beforo that body since early last
week and It will now bo considered until a
voto Is tnken upon the proposition to ratify
It. An Informal canvass by Senator Lodge,
who has charge of the treaty, Indicates that
It will recelvo more than tho two-thirds
necessary, but concerted opposition from the
democratic side ha) developed, and as this
opposition has been gaining strength many
obstacles may bo placed In the way of Mr.
Lodge and the other ndvocates of tho now
treaty. However President Roosovclt and
tho State department aro nnxloua for Im
mediate action and the powerful influence
of tho administration will doubtless be felt
when the roll Is called. Tho senate Is nlso
expected to make progress with the bills
directed at anarchy and for tho continued
exclusion of tho Chinese.
Iteiltictlon of Wnr Tnxrs.
One of the contests which will soon bo
started In tho honso Involves the further
reduction of tho war taxes. This contest
will be led ou the part of those Interests
clamoring for reduction by tho brewers,
who now havo a strong lobby lining up
their forces. The tax on beer was $1 a bar
rel until the Spanish war taxes wero Im
posed, when it wns Increased to $2. Last
winter It was reduced to $1.60 after a hard
fight by tho brewers for tho old $1 tax.
They havo now renewed this fight with
every prospect of success, Members of the
ways and means committee are of tho opin
ion that the tax as it stands Is excessive
and the committee Is expected to sanction its
reduction.
The proposed reduction Is ccrtnln to pro
voke opposition from tho tempcranco or
ganizations, but to what extent their In
fluence will prevail cannot now be deter
mined. Tho contest will not havo been
fully developed until nctlon by tho ways
and mcnas committee, which will not bo
taken beforo the middle of January.
The first Important measures to be passed
by the house will bo those making appro
priations. Speaker Henderson has given It
out that bills of this kind must bo hurried
through.
AilmlKKlnn tn Statehood.
A strong effort will bo made at this ses
sion to put through congress a bill admit
ting tho territory of Oklahoma to statehood.
In the last congress bills woro Introduced
creating states out of tho territories of
Oklahoma, Now Mexico and Arizona, but
they did not proceed beyond tho pigeon
holes of tho committee on territories, owing
to tho opposition of the speakor. When
Mr. Rood was In tho speaker's chair ho
was Importuned by tho delegates from tho
territories to permit their statehood bills
to como beforo the house, but he declined
emphatically to permit any such thing. At
that time tho free sliver' sentiment was
still strong throughout tho west and tho
territories wero nil for tho whlto metal
and Bryantsm. Their admission to state
hood, of course, would have meant the
election of six Bryanltes to tho senate. This
was, one of the reasons for tho opposition
of tho speaker and tho other republican
loaders to the passago of tho statehood
bills, and It wns emphasized by Mr. Reed
when tho delegates called upon him to dis
cuss statehood. Said ho tersely; "I am
ngalnst your bills and I think If the coun
try understood tho. situation It would bo
against them, too. Wo havo entirely too
many Jackrabblt senators now."
Okliihomn Simula a. Show.
Although the New Mexico and Arizona
bills havo no show, members of congress
are seriously considering the conditions In
Oklahoma, and there Is a strong prob
ability that that territory will be mado
n state. It comes up to the requirements
In population and In every other respect,
and tho general feeling In both houso
nnd senato Is that legislation changing
Its form of government should not bo longer
delayed.
Senator Fairbanks has Introduced a bill
which Is regarded with somo favor. It
creates a state out of tho territory and di
rects that tho constitutional convention
which shall perfoct tho state government
shall select as the capital a town, the namo
of which shall be changed to McKlnloy.
Tho chief difficulty presented by tho state
hood project Involves the Indian Territory,
which many of the people of Oklahoma
think should bo Included In the now state.
Somo kind of compromise, it is believed, will
be arranged, and In line with this plan
Representative Moon has Introduced a bill
changing tho present form of the Indian
Territory government by the federal courts
to that of a -territory with delegate rep
resentation In congress. The bill directs
that tho now territory bo designed as tho
territory of Jefferson.
ConKresanirii ns Antnlilnnrnphrr.
The publication of the biographies of new
members In the Congressional Directory,
Just Issued, makes that volume one of un
usual Interest. These biographies are writ
ten by tho members themselves nnd they
frequently furnish on Intortstlng index to
tho personality of tho men whoso careers
they present to tho country. Some leave
unsaid things they might nay to their
credit, others tell of their achievements
more by way of suggestion than by state
ment of fact and not a fow tell the story of
their lives In detail.
The biography of Senator Burton of Kan
sas, the shortest of oil, consists of two and
a half lines. Representative Cassel, a now
member, who succeeds tho late Representa
tive Broslus from the Lancaster (Pa.) dis
trict, is not so modest, for ho has written
nearly a page about himself and his father,
who, as he relates, was "one of the most
prominent citizens of Lancaster county"
and "who not only filled many offices of pub
lic trust, but served in the Pennsylvania
legislature." Fifty-nine years after his
fathor left the legislature Mr. Cassel him
self was elected to that body, and, as bo
states with delightful simplicity, "served
his constituents with marked ability and
success," Ho "has nlways been nn Impor
tant factor In the civil life of his com
munity," If his biography U to be believed,
and be has no hesitation in stating that "as
a business man he Is recognized as a
leader." He has also been president of the
Lancaster County Sunday School convention.
The biography of O. H. P. Belmont Is
brief and clean-cut, and that of Represen
tative John J. Feely of Chicago, probably
the youngest man who over sat tn congress
and who defeated "Billy" Lorlmer, the boss
of the Windy City, Is In equally good taste.
The disposition of members generally, an
indicated by the new directory, Is toward
short biographies.
Some criticism has resulted from the fail
ure of Mr. Rocsevelt to send to the senate
with other nominations that of Admiral
Crownlnshlcld to bo chief of the Bureau of
Navigation. Crownlnshlold was appointed
by President McKlnley Jut after congress
adjourned last spring, and It was under
stood President Roosevelt would send In
his nomination with others covering rcccjs
appointments. This was not done. It is
possible tho delay Is duo to nentlment In the
senate unfavorable to Crownlnshleld, which
lu some quarters Is pronounced, and a de
cision of tho president to feel his wny bo
foro inking chancc9 on the nomination's re
Jectlon.
Two or three bills have been Introduced
directing an Inquiry Into the distribution of
prize motcy among the officers nnd men bf
the South Atlantic squadron and In other
ways bringing the Schley-Sampson contro
versy before congress, but there Is n dis
position In both houso nnd senate to sup
press theso bills for the reason that mem
bers toy tho country has had a surfeit of
Navy department ecamlnls and that tho
sooner they nro forgotten the better.
Admiral Schley's mall is heavy with let
ters cxpreselng confidence In him as a naval
officer. One of thete letters was signed by
600 school children of the anthracite country
in Pennsylvania. ,
DESIRE TO REDUCE WAR TAXES
Wnj-H nnil Menus Committer lllirtiisen
VnrloiiN Lines Cnlllim for Wltli
ilrmtnl of llcicnuc,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Chairman
Payne of tho ways and means committee
says no definite plans havo been mado thus
far for considering the question of further
reducing the war taxes. At tho same time
thero has been much informal discussion of
tho subject. Considerable data has been
gathered concerning tho Items which can
best be reduced and there seems to be a
general purposo on tho part of tho mem
bers of tho committee to push this Im
portant question to the front soon after
tho holidays.
In speaking of tho mattor today, Mr
I'ayuo said: "With n surplus of about
$100,000,000, I havo no doubt thu ways and
means committee will frame a bill reducing
the rovenues, probably on the general lines
of tho lost war tax reduction bill, But
there Is no particular hurry In dealing
with the subject, as thero are several con
tingencies which may call for a large in
crease tn government expenditures and it
will bo well to understand pretty well
what our expenditures aro to be before
finally determining ou a large reduction of
the revenues.
"When wo mako tho reduction wo ought
to mako It ns largo as can bo mado with
safety. In my Judgment the committee wilt
take the matter up toon after the holidays.
Whether wo will havo hearings or not wilt
depend upon tho pleaauro of tho commit
tee." In tho absence of action by the commit
tee, Mr. Payne will not discuss tho prospect
of reduction ou particular Items. Already
several interests havo applied for hear
ings. Theso Include the representatives of
tho tea Interests, who dcslro to have tho
10-ccnt tax Imposed by tho war rovenue
act taken off of that product. No formal
application has been mado by tho retire
sentatlvcs of tho beer and wine Intercuts,
but both aro expected to mako strong ef
forts for reduction on their respective
taxes.
Suggestions havo also reached members
of tho committee that tho war tax Im
posed on banking capital bo token off. An
other proposition is for tho doing away
with tho withdrawal stamp taxes on Im
ported merchandise, particularly on to
bacco, as theso withdrawal stamps arc eald
to bo very ontrous to Importers. The
largo tobacco Interests bavo not yet made
known what, If any, further reduction they
would eeelc on tobacco, but tho tndependett
producers of manufactured tobacco and
snuff aro understood to deslro a reduc
tion from the present rate to 6 cents per
pound. Bills have been Introduced pro
posing a reduction as low as 2 cents per
pound.
There Is no suggestion thus far that fur
ther changfs will bo mado on cigars and
cigarettes. Owing to the largo amount of
surplus thero Is somo sentiment among
members in favor of wiping out tho entire
list of war rovenuo taxes at a single stroko,
thus leaving tho revenue and custom laws
upon tho basis that oxlsted prior to the
Spanish war.
IMJNSIO.S FOIt WKSTKBX VHTKHAXS.
Wnr Survivors Ilememhpreil liy the
finirrnl ftovrrnmrnt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (Speclal.)-The
following pensions have been granted:
Issue of November" 25:
Nebraska; Original George W. Rock
hold, Omaha, $6; Charles Secbor, Boelus,
J6; Benjamin F. Weaver, Omaha, $8; Oeorgo
WltterH, Mlnden, $6. Increase, restored,
reissue, etc Muurlco Fitzgerald, Grcen
wood, $S; Peter Vnnllorn. Schuyler, $S;
John L. Allen, I'lattsmouth. $12; Harrison
Beans, Crawford, $10; Andrew P. McDon
ald. Hidden, $6. Original widows Special
nrcrueel, isovemner n, .Manna u, waison,
Grand Island, $S. a
Iowa; Orlglnnl Melvln II. Hyers. Den
Molnen. $G; licnjamln F. Strohm, Cushlng,
4G; Newton B. Claypool, Hnmivtnn, $6;
RnnHler Ciinso, Muquoketa, $6. Increase,
restored, relHHUe. etc. Leonnrd L. Melton,
Allcrton, $10; Jacob Inbody. Des Moines, $S;
Klwood Moore, Vllllsca, $6; John II. Clm
merman, Soldiers' home. Marshalltown, $12;
Lymnn M. Baker, Newton, $S; Martin
Koester. Malcom, $12; Joseph Furstenberg,
Adair. $10; Peter Rlckabaugh. Glcnwood,
$10; Joseph M. McCulloch. Clearfield, $S:
Edgar A. Fuller, Maquokeu, $10. Original
widows, etc. Minors of Isaac Buck, For
est City, $18; special, November 27, Mary
Nethercut. Manchester. 1.
South Dakota: Increase, restored, re
issue, etc. Andrew J. Harnot, Webster, $10;
William Combelllck. Gettysburg. $21; Wll
bcrt Peck, Deadwood, $10.
Colorado: Original Edward Martin,
Buena Vlstn. $6. Increase, restored, re
Issue, etc. Samuel A. King, deceased,
Iieadvllle. $U: John F. Turner, Now Castle,
$12; Juan Domingo Rival. Agullar, $12,
Original widows, etc. Emma A. King,
Leadvllle. $8.
Issuo of November 26:
Nebraska: Increase., restoration, reissue,
etc. Samuel Hagermun, Sailors' and Sol
diers' Home, Grand Island, $10; Rohert T.
Robinson. Cedur Rapids, $10. Original
widows, etc. Special accrued Novomber 23,
Caroline, A. Frunklln, Glltnor. $S,
Iowa: Increnxe, rentorntlon, reissue,
etc-Danlel McGllllcuddy, New Alliln, $12;
Charles F. Wngnor, Davenport, $8; Lucius
Gardner, Shenandoah, $12; Charles M. Ran
Kom, Clarksvllle, $6." Original widows Spe
cial accrued November 29, Mary Valentino,
Cidar Rapids. $8; Margaretta Foster, Mc
Gregor. $S; Mary J. Williams, Red Oak. $S.
Wyoming: Increase, restoration, reissue,
etc. Thomas J. Cook. Lovell, $21,
South Dakota: Original widows, etc.
Special accrued November 27, Altha Mar
vin. Springfield, $8.
Montana: Original Samuel Miller, Mis
soula, $6. Increase, rentoratlon. reissue,
etc. Leonard Barrott. Mlcsoula, $5.
Colorado: Original David O. Cole,
Montovlsta, $6.
MUCH C0PPER0RE IN ALASKA
Mnjnr A. It, Aherrromlile Snys lie lie
llrvrs thnt the Supply I In
rxlmiixt llilr,
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 15. Major A. R
Abercrorable, who for four years has been
supervising and directing' the United States
development and exploration work in the
Copper river valley, has arrived here from
Alaska. He has been assigned to tho com
mand of j'the Thirteenth Infantry lu the
Philippines. In the construction of the alt
American highway to tho Yukon the gov
ernment has expended $271,000, and already
gold to the value of $160,000 has been taken
out. Major Abercrorable says there Is
every reason to believe that thero Is an al
most Inexhaustible supply of copper oro in
Alaska.
SENATE COMMITTEE LIST
Aiatuctmiit is Exptotii to B Had tn
Tuisdaj.
CANAL TREATY IS TO COME UP TODAY
Teller Mnlir the First Speech Xo
Doubt of Itntlltcntlon House
Will ltn-.li Philippine
llcvrnurn,
WASHINGTON, Dee. 15. Tho disposition
of tho senate Is to do very llttlo business
beyond acting upon the Hay-Paunccfoto
treaty before adjournment for tho holidays.
In accordance with the agreement reached
Friday tho treaty will be voted on before
tho senate adjourns tomorrow. Senator
Teller will mako tho first speech of the
day tomorrow nnd he will be followed by
other senators with brief speeches, Tho
opponents of tho treaty admit there Is no
doubt of ratification.
On Tuesday the announcement of tho
committees will be mado and there Is a
probability that after this announcement
the senate will adjourn until Thursday, when
the adjournment for tho holidays will take
place, extending to January 6. If thero are
business sessions Wednesday and Thursday
Senator Morgan will make an effort to se
cure action on his bill authorizing the
acquisition of right-of-way for tho
Nicaragua cannl, but senators on tho re
publican side of the chamber nro Inclined
to postpone nil Important legislation until
after the holidays.
There probably will bo action beforo tho
adjournment on Thursday on a numbor of
nominations and tho chances aro that At
torney General Knox's nomination wilt be
among those to receive attention.
Tho Introduction of resolutions bearing on
tho caso of Admiral Schley Is also among
tho probabilities, but no action In that
direction Is anticipated for the present.
I'roifrnm of the House.
The houso this week will pass the bill
to provide temporary revenues for tho
Phlltpptno Islands, which was reported from
tho wnys and means commltteo last Friday.
Under the agreement mado general debato
will extend throughout Tuesday and until
4 o'clock Wednesday, when a voto will bo
taken. Thero will be no opportunity to
nmend tho measure. There will bo a break
In tho party lines on both sides of tho
houso.
Mr. McCnll of Massachusetts, tho re
publican member of the ways and means
committee, who opposed the Porto Rlcan
bill during tho last congress, will speak
ngalnst the measure and will be supported
In his dissent from his republican col
leagues by Mr. Llttleflcld of Maine 'and
perhaps severul other republicans who op
poso tho Porto Rlcan bill and hold that n
similar Issue Is presented at this time.
On the democratic side Representative
Robinson will support tho bill and tho ro-
malntlor of tho Louisiana delegation will
do likewise. Representing tho cane sugar
Interests of their state, they aro opposed
to concessions on sugar duties, either from
tho Philippines or Cuba.
Tho general beliof Is that tho bill will
securo as many democratic votes as it loses
votes on the republican side and that tho
majority in its favor when placed on its
passage will be about the republican ma
jority in tho bouse.
SUSPECT IRISH AMERICANS
Ilrltlsh Government Anslons to Ap
prehend Men Snlil tn lie Wreckers
of Liverpool IlnlldlnKS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. The presence of
private detectives scorching tho pier when
the Transatlantic liner Etrurla reached
hero today disclosed tho fact that they wero
not looking for Lawrlo Marks, wanted in
Liverpool for forgery, but tho British gov
ernment Is anxious to apprehend soverul
men suspected of jielng tho authors of tho
explosion and flro which wrocked tho Ex
change building nnd Liverpool town hall.
Sovoral of Etrurla's passengers who
visited tho scene of tho explosion nnd flro
on tho morning of December 6 say that
Superintendent Thomas of tho flro brigade
told them that the exebango wns destroyed
by an Infernal machine timed to go off nt
midnight nnd which had been plnccd In tho
offices whero brokers' samples of oil were
Rtored. Ho charged that Fonlans were at
the bottom of tho conspiracy. John Lee,
tho keepor of tho exchange, they said, In
formed them that ho suspected Irish
Americans, who had been meeting for days
nt tho monument of tho Emancipated Slavo
In tho courtyard of the quadrangle, as being
responsible for tho latest outrage.
SCHLEY PREPARED FOR ACTION
Itrnr Admiral Notifies Attorney Gen
eral thnt He Is Itendy tn Con
tlnne 1'rnseViitlon, '
BALTIMORE, Dec. 15. Rear Admiral W.
S. Schley has notified Attornoy General
Isldor Rayner that ho Is ready to take any
action with reference to his caso that Mr.
Rayner may advise. Mr. Rayner expects to
moot tho admiral In Washington tomorrow
or Tuesday.
When nsked whether he favored a con
gressional Investigation, Mr. Rayner said:
"I doubt whether a proceeding- of this sort
Is tho proper ono. It generally assumes a
political aspect. At this time I am of the
opinion that the mattor should be prose
cuted by the courts. There are plenty of
ways In which this can bo done and this
week wo will begin to consult and de
termine upon our course of actionl"
Among tho telegrams Mr. Rayner has
received since tho publication of the find
ings of the court of Inquiry was ono from
a gentleman In nnotber stato who asked
that his Identity bo kept secret, with an
offer of $10,000 for tho necessary expenses
attending a further prosecution of tho case.
The offer was declined.
PAPAL DELEGATE RETURNS
Arohhlshnp Chnprlle on Ills Wny to
WnshliiKlnn to Itcport Finding; In
Philippine Friar Question.
NEW YORK. Dec. 16. Archblshon Cha-
pelle of New Orleans, latolv nannl rteWntn
to tho Philippines, returned from Europe
touay on Lanretngne Mgr. Chopelle was
sent to Manila by the pope In 1809 at tho
suggestion of Prescient McKlnley to sottle
what was then known as tho "Friar ques
tion." On tho wny home from his mission
ho stopped at Rome, and tomorrow h will
mako his roport to President Roosevelt, The
archbishop declined to discuss his mission
abroad beforo making his report to the
Washington authorities.
CATHOLIC FAITH FOR INDIANS
Contribution for I'rrsrrvnllon of
I'upnl TenchliiK AinmiK the
lied Men.
CLEVELAND, O., Dec, 15. An organlza-
tlon was formed In tho cathedral parish
today upon tho advlco and Investigation
of Bishop Hortsmann of n society whosn
purpose Is to contribute the sum of 25 cents
a year, which will be used for the preser
vation of the faith among the Indians. The
society will spread to other cities and towns
of this diocese and will be taken up by the
other members of tho Catholic hierarchy
It Is the result of tho discussion of tho
Indian school problem nt tho recent meet
Ing of the archbishops In Washington. In
n pastoral letter Bishop Hortsmann men
Hons the fact that Mother Katherlne Drerel
superior mother of the Sisters of tho
Blessed Sacrament gives $70 annually to tho
education of the Indian children.
Miiivt: of r.N(.-t.i:i:its.
Why They Take llevprrntp Chntipr
In Their Work.
"I hnvo been often nked why railway
engineers disregard their Instructions nnd
the warning signals along the line of their
rond," said a general superintendent of n
railroad to n Washington Star man, "ami
I havo summed It up that It Is hum in
nature for men to tnkc chances In their
imsiness nnd that engineers ure no excep-
iiun io wio general run.
"Somctlmr.4 IheV ennnrtt trlvn n tulUfni..
tory reason why they do so. I will give
Veil nil authentic ttntntire nf llila hnhlt.
which nuuie mo live ten years in thirty
ml nut en
"On n rond I was at that tlmo connected
with was n long trestle over u bay, fcvcrul
miles III tenntll. With n lrn win-Men In the
center, The draw hud been opened nnd ai
a lugnoiu wns passing through tlio bridge
men henrd tho rumble of u fast, heavily
laden tiavsencer .train It ntruek the
bridge n mile away. Knowing that the red
danger signals were set with the opening
of the draw, they supposed that the engi
neer would slow up, or stop, a might he
necessary. Instead, to their consternation,
tho train came along nt regular speed nnd
a irigntriii accident appeared inevitable.
They yelled to the captain of the tugboat
to go at full sneed and ns the boat elided
through the draw In the darkness they
exerted themselves to nwlng the draw Into
me iockiiir do us neiore inc tram could
get to tho nolnt where tho rnlls snparatod.
"The engineer, however, disregarded tho
lust daucr signal a fow hundred ynrdi
from the draw nnd earno on. By n re
markable coincidence of time ami position
the draw, which wns. of course, In motion,
swung so that the mils of the east-bound
track wero in Juxtaposition with the west
bound track upon which the train wns
running, and the heavy engine ami one of
the passenger roaches, striking the e.ist
bound rnlls, glided upon the 'rnw and
stuck there, the rcmalntnir Portion of thu
train being on the west-bound tinck, mak
ing nimosi a ngurc or uie coacnes.
"If the draw had moved the thirtieth
part of a second faster or slower the enl
bound tails would not have been oppoMte
the west-bo nd rails at the very Instant
that the great engine struck them and n
frightful disaster would hnvo resulted.
When I got out on the bridge a few minutes
later I fully expected to And tho trnln III
the bottom of tho bay ami the draw
smashed Into splinters, I discharged tho
engineer on the spot and nsked him why
ho had not observed the signals. He ad
mitted that ho snw them, but could not
glvo n satisfactory reason for falling to
observe them. Ho evidently took chances
of finding' tho draw closed when ho reached
It,
"Tho engineer of today Is a sober, steady,
nervy man. especially on tho fast express
trains on tho big roads. It Is nerve thnt
makes onn Jiinn carry n limited express
train through the darkness of the night,
fog, sleet and blinding snow nt sixty miles
nn hour. The stories wo rend nboitt of an
engineer losing his 'nnrvo' nfter an accident
tire largely fiction, in twenty-seven years
of active railroad life 1 have had but ono
or two men npply to me for n transfer
upon the ground thnt their nerves hud gone
back on them for runnltiK the fast trains.
I have had men who had been flung fifty
feet over their tender In ri hend-on colli
sion nnd hnd n dozen bones broken como to
mo after they had been discharged from
the hospital and ask to he put back on
their old runs. You see, they begin firing
when they nro about 18 or 20 nnd the cab
of nn engine Ih their home. If they run
Into n person or a wngonload of peoplo on
the trnck, if It Ir not their fault, they take
a practical view of It; they havo to. If It
Is their fault we discharge them, nnd thoy
enn tnko any view of It they please then,
for we do not wish In our employ careless
men. This Is truo with all of tho big roads
and as a result American engineers of to
day aro about an model a set of men In
their employment ns can be found."
SOUIICH OF TUB IlOAHINti 11 1 VI" It.
SlrnnRr Missouri Strrnm thnt Hns It
lllrlhplner In Cave.
To one who has investigated tho heads of
different rivers nnd noted tho law lnld clown
by nature, regulating their origin to be,
thnt they receive their supply of wator
from tributaries which In turn nre fed from
tnslunlQcnnt brnnches. a trln to the snore..
of the Roaring river In southwestern Mis
souri -would no a revelation. This river,
reports the New York Sun, makes Its first
iinncarance In the form of n trememinnu
nprlng which bolls up Immediately at tho
mouiu or a cave, wnoso en ambers extend
far Into the Ozark mountains. From tho
mouth of this cave the wnter dasl inn down
the gorgo with a roar of thunder for a dls-
tnnco or nnnui l.wu ieei, wnere It turns nt
right angles nrnund n palisade known as
"Deer's Leap," thence It tnkes on a zig-zag
courso until it joins tho White river a fow
miles beyond, crossing tho wiiitou rnmi
bovontecn times In seven miles. Its fnnin
nre dangerous, owing to quicksand, nnd not
ocing iiiiviKiiiiie ui any jiuiiu u is or no Im
portance except for its plcturesqucness; but
ns to that fenturo It has no rival for one of
its length and is supposed to have served
as a bull8eye for moro camera enthusiast
and as a subject for mom genuine and
would-be artists of the brush than has any
other place of Interest within a radius of
many miles,
Its water, coming ns It does from tho
spring, Is clear ns crystal and of green tint.
Fish can bo plainly seen as they play
among tho rocks nnd w-ntersonked logs that
lie at tho bottom of tho river n few feet
from tho spring. At tho edge of the hugo
spring it what is known ns tho dead line
which is simply a fnllen tree of small
diameter that rests upon a couple of rocks
On tho outsldo of this separating lino thu
wntiw Is kneo deep, but Inside of tho samii
lies the boiling spring, thus far found to nn
unfathomable. A neighboring blacksmith
known ns tho prophet, because of his sago
remarks and eccentricities, attempted to
llnd sounding by lowering Into tho spring a
heavy anvil suspended at the end of a ropo
332 feet In length. Upon falling to find
what he went after at that depth somo ono
nsked him why he did not tie on moro ropo
and lot the weight down still farther. Ho
replied that he was afraid It would fall
Into the hands of the Chinese nnd then ho
would hnve to go to tho other side of tho
world to recover It; which remark this
much-whiskered sago mado without any
apparent effort or bad after effect upon his
constitution.
The cavo overhanging the spring extonds
back seventy-five feet, nnd, along with Its
connecting chambers, forms an amplo play
room for myriads of bats which dart about
the dismal vaults.
A young man attempted to dive down In
tho big spring nnd bring up somo Importnnt
news to tho world concerning Its origin, Ho
dived nnd swam downward ns far ns hn
was nble which wns not a great dlstanco
owing to tho ntrength of tho spring, but on
rlHlng to tho surface ho found himself cut
Off from tho outside world bv n nnrtlllnn
of solid rock and In total darkness. Ho
nan como up mrougn unotner channel and
found himself In a dungeon filled with bats
without number. Falling to find an aper
ture through which to escape nnd finding
himself ratildly becoming unnerved by tho
nttuntlon, no taxed his remaining strength
to tho utmost, repeated his dive nnd for
tunately came up on the opposite side of
tho division which hnd Imprisoned him,
landing In an exhausted condition from
which ho never recovered.
Tho pines In tho vicinity grow' to hugo
proportions, nnd In tho rnoro thickly cov
ered sections exists an Illicit distillery ole
mont. which It Is well to shun, unless ono
has tho password, Owing to tho wlldncss
of tho locality tho sportsman need not go
homo with an empty bag-, for game fa
abundant.
Thn IlnrKlnr's Mlstnhr,.
Atlanta Constitution: "Look here," s.tld
the burglar, as tho man raised hlmsolf to
a sitting posture In tho bed, "what do you
mean by living In a room that Invites
strangers and yet affords them no reward!
Haven't you got any money hid out some
where!" "No," replied the man, "but I'm expecting
some. I havo sent two poems to the Scrawl,
four sketches to tho Hcrlbo, and six"
"Say, aro you a wrltor?"
"I should say sol Just let me read you
my"
Tho burglar raised a warning hand. "Nn,"
he said, "my time's limited. I'vo got three
moro houses on my list, and If they pan out
as bad as this one I won'tHiave nny break
fast. I'll read your Bluff when It's printed,
I take nil the magazines. By tho by"
He paused looked nt his watch and nsked-
"Any moro literary houses In this dis
trict!" "None."
"All right I'm off. Good night!"
"Same to you. Please close tho window
after you!"
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