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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEr SUNDAY, JANUARY 1!), 100'J.
TELEPHONES 18-694.
Getting
For the new spring styles is what makes our January selling so interesting.
The New Foulard Silks Are Here-
But the Foulards they hro
'beauties, all now and the colon
i.the very latest. In silk elegance
'Cheney Bros' Foulard Milk,
utand alone, exquisite in design,
beautiful in color, coming from
the world's foremost manufac
turer of high grade silks.
Alt the stylos shown at, our silk de
partment Are confined exclusively to
, us for our trade. Not a mere hand
ful to how you over one hundred
styles awaiting your Inspection at our
silk counter. Nothing chould bo al
lowed to Interfere with a first choice.
Come and s6o them.
CHENEY MIOS.' 24-Inch Handsome
Twilled Satin Finished Foulard Silk
our special price 76c a yard.
CHENEY DUOS 24-lnfcU rrlnted Satin
Liberties Jl. 00 a yard.
CHENEY DHOS.' 2Mnch Printed Peau
do Sole 11.00 a yard.
CHENEY DUOS 24-lnch Satin Drocho
Foulsrd, best quality made, all ex
clusive styles $1.35 a yard.
THE NEW FRENCH CHALL1S AllE
HERE.
Over ono hundred styles ready fqr
your Inspection. From tho dainty
satin strlpo to the more plain staple,
KtlhitAntlnl 'lclni1 tho ranillrml
material for tho soft, clinging gown.
Wo ran show you all tho now things
In this class of goods.
Monday Specials In
Our flannel Department
All our 15c flannelettes; all
our 12c flannelettes; air our
10c fleece lined flannelette,
now at 7c per yard.
All of our Imported Swansdown on sale
now at ISo yard.
All of our 76c Imported French Flan
nels At 50c yard.
All. of our 86c Imported French Flan
nols now at 69c yard.
until this matter has been given a thorough
tftlng." .
Hascall rat. In ProUat.
Councilman Hascall protested against
summoning the merchants before tbS board
nd Insisted that the councllmen havo no
right to make an attack upon the Jobbing
'Interests of the city. "Any' such move will
Injure Omaha aa a distributing center," he
said. "Wo want to build Omaha up and the
only way to do It Is by dealing consider
ately with the wholesalers who have located
here and aro doing so much to advortlse
Omaha."
A protest against the motion of Mr. Zlm
man was filed by Councilman Lobeck. He
Insisted that It Is not right to single out
'a few of the Jobbers and owners of large
mounts of personal property and at
tempted to have the motion amended In
such a manner that all Jobbers and own
ers 'of personal property may bo called be
fore' the board. His amendment failed,
however.
Hoye Strikes for Acreage.
Councilman Hoye, urged that the motion
be amended In such a manner that own
ers of largo tracts of aero property within
tho city may bo summoned and .Insisted
that big dealers in real estate who holds
lanc in large tracts and sell It in small J Tho report, It Is said, Is very voluminous,
.lots to ' homebullders aro shirking their going Into all phases of the question and
'axe. . , attempting to meet the objections tlut
After the falluro of all attempts to CBi complications will arise out of the
amend the Zlmman motion was adopted by I purchase or that there will be any Inter
the unanimous vote of tho council, nclow national difficulties should the deal bo con-
Is a partial list of the porsonal assessments
wnicn win do investigates
M, E, Smith company, $80,000; Boston
tore, $00,000; McCord-Brady company, $68,
195; Dcorlng Harvester company, $8,500;
Parltn, Orendorff & Martin company, $12,
000; Paxton & Gallagher company, $80,000;
Browning, King Co., $16,000; Herman
Kpuntie. $64,075; A. U Hoed, $500; Alvln
Saunders! estate,' $525; Ouy C. Barton,
$4,800; H. W. Yates, $1,150; E. A. Cudahy,
,$2,000.
Katlntntlng On Insurance Hasls.
Taking as a basts the amount of Insurance
carried by the mercantile firms named
above, K. M. Falrflold of1 the water com
pany estimated that the Arms are paying
taxes on from 3 to 19 per cent of the stock
which they actually carry. The Deerlng
Harvester 'company Is supposed to be the
worst offender. It pays taxes on $8,500, a
sum which would Indicate that the actual
value of Its personal property Is $21,250. The
amount of Insurance carried by the com
pany Is said to bo $226,000, Granting that
this covers 80 'per cent of tho value of tts
stock, the total 'value of the stock Is $231,
250. The' amount, on which the company
pays taxes Is 8 per cent of this 'sura.
At the' suggestion of Councllmen Mount
the Board '6f Equalization agreed te receive
no protests after 5 Saturday afternoon, It
being understood that this agreement Is not
to Interfere with the summoning of men
whose assessments tho board may care to
Investigate
Mary' Thompson Arrested.
Mary Thompson, alias Minnie SchMder,
who last summer plagued people living In
tho vicinity of Fatrmount park, ?,uncll
Bluffs, by sleeping In the park and Get
ting her food from the Ice boxes of tho
residents during tho nignt, was nrrtbtcd
last night for being drunk.
Eozomm
' How It reddens too skin. Itches, oozes,
tries tad scale I
Some people call It tetter, milk crust or
Hit rbcdm.
The aunVIwJ from It Is sometimes In
tense ; local applications are resorted to
tM7 mitigate, but cannot cure.
It proceeds from humors Inherited or to
jlred and persists until these have been
resaoyed
Hd'm9mrmmitmrillm
positively! removes them, has radically
and permanently cured the worst cases, and
Is without an .equal for f cutaueoui
eruptions!
sW hit sutkibwi my,- ru H u
Ready
Special Sale of Dressing Sacques
Monday morning we place on
sale the balance of our eider
down dressing sacques, the gar
ments are perfect in every way
and the styles are new.
THESE REDUCTIONS:
All our $1.00 and $1.25 Sacques re
duced to 60c each.
All our $1.60 Sacques reduced - to 76c
each.
All our $2.00 and $2.50 Sacqtica re
duced to $1.00 each.
All our $3.00 Sacques reduced to $1.50
coch. '
All our $5.00 Sacques reduced to $2.60
each.
Tailored Suits
$10 Each--
Monday morn
ing your choice
of any suit wo
have at$10
each they
have eold at
$18, $22 aud
$25 we have
just fourteen
of them left,
so come early and. get a bar
gain. Wo will also sell tho balance of our
Flannel Waists regular prices from
$2.60 to $6.00 your choice Monday
morning nt $1.00 encb.
Every one knows what this ealo means
every suit and waist must bo sold
before our new spring lino arrives.
Special Remnant Sale
Table Linen and odd half
dozen Napkins.
Monday morning wo will placo on sale
all our remnants of Dlcachod and
Unbleached Tablo Linen and odd Vt
dozen Napkins, that have accumu
lated during our great linen sale at
such low prices that will close them
out quick.
FAVORS THE PANAMA OFFER
liprt.f IithmliPsjjl Oemtnlniii firin
to President
CONGRESS WILL GET THE RESULT MONDAY
While Jio Positive Statement Is Made,
It Is Concluded that French' Com
pany's Proposition Is
Itecommcniled.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Tho supple
mental report of tho Isthmian canal com
mission on the proposition of the Panama
Canal company to dispose of Its proporty
to the United States for $40,000,000 was
delivered to President Roosovelt this even
ing. Tho mombers of the committee refuse
to discuss the nature of the report and I
like reticence waa maintained at the White
House, but It ,1s stated on good authority '
I mm iuo luyuri. uiutuiuiouoiy recouimonus i
, that tho offer of the Panama company bo
... i . i
I accented
i summated. The report was comploted
about 6 p. m. today, and, attor being signed
by the mombers of the commission, was
carried by Admiral Walker, chairman of
the commission, to Secretary Hay, who
transmitted It to the president. The latter
wilt send the report to congress tho first
of the week, probably Monday.
neport Is Comprehensive,
The report goes fully Into tho step3 which
must bo taken In order to Insure a perfect
title to the United States, for In addition
to tho present Panama Canal company, the
old organization and the Colombian gov
ernment must be reckoned with. Tho re
port finds, however, It Is said, that the
new company ran give a clear title. It Is
stated the report says when the commission
made Its recent report favoring the Nica
raguan route no offer to sell to this gov
ernment bad been made by the Panama
company. The offer of $40,000,000 made In
behalf of the company by M. Lampre, It la
said, changed the situation completely.
It Is further stated that tho report shows
that a little over 1,000 shares of Panama
railroad stock Is owned by Individuals out
sldetbe Panama Canal company and that
Iheso con bo purchased for a comparatively
small sum. Other obstacles to the salo, the
report says, also have been removed
Favors Darlen Itonte.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 18. J. Clyde Power,
superintendent of parks of this city, who
as a civil engineer with Lieutenant Itlver
K. Perry, the explorer, made surveys for
a world's Isthmian canal and is an advocato
of the so-called Darlen route and has plans
which, he says, are to be laid before the
president and the government authorities
at Washington. Mr. Power further states
that steps have been taken toward the or
ganization of a gigantic stock company for
the promotion of the project under his dl
rectlon.
Mr. Power's observations are In the form
of notes from official surveys made by
party of which he was a member, and the
statements he makes are the result of In
vestigations which he personally has made,
He declares that the route be proposes Is
the shortest, best and cheapest of con
struction and presents features possessed
by no one of the other proposed routes.
By the route be advocates from deep
water of the Pacific to deep water of the
Atlantic ocean the distance Is only twenty
nine miles, while from high tide on the
Paqlflc to high tide on the Atlantic the dis
tance is only eighteen miles. The pro
pos'ed'route' terminates In good harbors on
Thompson, Beldeh vCa
T. . C. A. MNUMMk m. MM AJT m.
tatu aides.
Our Special
January Sale
of House
keeping Linens
Always exam
ine the
quality of
&Jy linens and
insist upon reliability. The
linens we Bell have beon care
fully bought- they are stocky
have good heft, and are of
that sturdy quality that tells
in the long run.
Special Sale of our $1.60 Bleached
Damask at 08c per yard.
Special Salo of our $1.65 Bleached
Damask at $1.10 per yard.
Special Salo of our 65c Bleached
Damask at 45c per yard.
Special Sale of our $3.75 Bleached Tablo
Cloths at $2.08 each.
Special Sale of our $6.00 Bleached Table
Cloths at $4.60 each.
Special Salo of our $3.60 Bleachod Table
Cloths at $2.50 each.
Special Salo of 46c Huck Towels at 23c
each.
Special Salo of our 25c Huck Towels at
19o each.
Special Salo of our $2.75 Bleached Nap
kins nt $1.98 a dozen.
Special Salo of our $3.75 Bleached Nan
kins at $2.98 a doton.
Special Sale of our $5.00 Bleached Nap
kins at $3.75 a dozen.
Corset Sale
An odd and cud sale of cor
sets. Nothing but approved
corsets get into this stock.
Hence a clear-out of odd lots and
broken sizes Is most Interesting, as
It lots one buy really desirable Cor
sets at prices as little as one ever
paid for even poor sorts. All aro
standard makes. Dr. Warner's, (J.
B.), Thomson's Olove Fitting prices
wero $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 each re
duced to 60c.
'Sizes are broken sizes 18, 25, 26, up to
slzo SO price 50c each.
FIVE MILLIONS FOR THE SIOUX
South Oakotan Measure to Secnre Py
4 ment of This Amount from
" Government.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (Spoolal Tele
gram.) The South Dakota delegation In
tends to urge the passage of a bill pro
viding for tho payment of $5,000,000 to tho
Sioux Indians of the state, due them un
der treaties with the government made
somo years ago, providing that after their
lands wore opened tor settlement they
should recclvo at the expiration of ten
years 50 cents an acre tor what remained.
The ten-years' period expired February 10.
It was stated at the Interior department
that Secretary Hitchcock will not reverse ,
nis oraer dismissing Agent Hardin of Yank
ton. Secretary Hitchcock claims a review
of the caso convinces him that ho acted in
accordance with the evidence presented. It
has been the intention of the officials to
abolish Yankton agency, but the South
Dakotans do not 'think this will be done.
It Is likely they will again call tho atten
tion of President Itoosevelt to this matter.
The sonato committee on public buildings
and grounds has reported favorably on
Senator Clark's bill appropriating $100,000
for a public building at Evanaton, Wyo.
Qustav Ayrcs of Nebraska has resigned
as third assistant examiner In the patent
omce.
Postmasters appointed:
Nebraska Washington, Washington
county, Henry Chrlstensen, vice J. N. Fitch,
resigned.
Iowa Herndon, Guthrie county. It: C.
Smith.
John W. Peck of Topbar was awarded the
contract for carrying the mall from Topbar
to Novlla, S. D.
FREE TRADE WILL DO JUST NOW
Policy of Democrat, However, inti
mately Is to Demand Independ
ence for Filipinos.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The democratic
members of tho senato committee on tho
Philippines were In consultation for sev
eral hours today over their proposed sub
stitute preposition for the Philippine tariff
bill. They aro agreed on all the essential
features of their position. In general they
say they will recommend that In the end
provision should be made giving the Fili
pinos their Independence, but In tho mean
time providing for free trade between the
United . States and tho Philippine archi
pelago such as maintained ' betwoen tho
United States proper and other territories.
PRESIDENT RECEIVES PRUSSIAN
Chief Kkeontlve .Meets Royal Privy
Councillor of Com
. merce.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The president
today received Mr. Ludwlg Max Goldbergor
of Berlin, the Prussian royal prlvy council
lor of commerce who was presented by Mr.
von-Holeben, tho German ambassador.
m SOLID ;
SUBSTANTIAL
FLESH
and good Braina
are niiidc tram
Grape-Nuts
Sold by grocers
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UEB, JANUARY 13, 1902.
Knitted Underwear
These prices should bring
many buyers. Women's wool
and silk vests, tights to match
Colors pink, blue or cream reduced
from $1.50 to $1.00 per garment.
Women's Merino Swiss Ribbed Vest
and Pants color natural or cream
reduced from $1.25 to $1.00 per gar--meat.
Women's Natural -Wool Vests and
rants Flat goods, good weight and
aoft-rcduced from $1.00 to 76c per
garment.
Men's Heavy Cotton Ribbed Shirts and
Drawers Mado with a light fleecing;
colors blue or tan reduced from 60o
to 29o per garment.
All lines of Men's Underwear that eold
at $1.00 reduced 'to 65c per garment
sizes are broken.
Art Needle. Work
Special Announcement
t We have again been fortu
nate in securing a date with Mr.
Torayo Katow, the Japanese
artist, for two weeks.
Ho will bo at our store from Monday,
January 27, to. February 8, Incluslvo,
and will give free" Instructions In art
needlework, using Bcldcn Bros.' Em
broidery Silks.
Lessons will bo given on our main floor
nnd all Interested are Invited to Join
those classes.
Embroi
deries It is be
coming more and
more the
custom
among
women to arrange for the
early making up of summer
garments, before the heated
season sets in.
This has a double advantage, for Just
now the embroidery stock Is very
complete with choice new things, and
it Is always a satisfaction to be able
to select from matched sets; several
widths of u kind. Fashion dictates
large designs for the correct style;
but many women prefer smaller neat
patterns, so wo have provided both
that all may be suited,
Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Edgings,
Insertinga, Allovers and Tucklngs, in
great variety.
Seo our window display.
Watch the remnant baskot.
EARTHQUAKE IS REPEATED
Ihtok OaiiM Great Disaster ta Life aid
Preperty.
BUILDINSS ARE RAZED TO THE GROUND
Worshipers Flee In Dismay from
Church In Time to Escape
Durlal Beneath the
Ilulns.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 18.-Chllpanclngo,
the capital of the state of Guerrero, has
had two days of lndcscrlbabto pnnic and
consternation, for yesterday there came a
repetition of the earthquake shock of
Thursday, razing to tho ground many
houses spared In tho first earthquake. Tho
pcoplo are camping out on the Alameda
find in tho fleldB. Hundreds of famllltm are
ruined. The buildings destroyed Include
tho barracks of the Seventeenth battalion,
from which tho xoldiera were marched out
quickly, thus saving their lives.
The school buildings were wrecked, but
quickly the children were saved, tholr
teachers having raro presence of mind and
giving the order for them to march to the
street when tho first trembling of tho
earth began on Thursday. The parish
church, which has been repaired, having
been Injured fh a recent earthquake, was
destroyed. When tho shock began the
church wns nearly filled with worshipers,
who fled In dismay, women being knocked
down by men. Fortunately, all had gained
tho street when tho heavy stone arches
fell In. It Is believed overy one escaped,
although soldiers are removing the debris,
which Is piled In grea.t heaps.
, Unvernor and Start Escape.
.Governor Mora and his staff escaped
from tho state palace In time to save
themselves ,and proceeded to save the
wounded and .panic-stricken populace. The
statuo of CJenoral Nicholas llravo was
thrown down nnd tho town government
building was so badly cracked that Its fall
,1s . momentarily expected. Oreat fissures
run across the streets. The church of San
Mateo, In ono of tho. outer districts, was
nearly destroyed.
Among tho dead already found are four
young men and two young girls. The list
of gravely' wounded Is a long one, InclUd
Ing many prominent citizens. A list of the
dead and wounded has not been given out
yet.
At the town of Cllpa many buildings
were- wrecked and three persons wero
killed outright, while four were Injured.
In tho towns of Tlxtla and Murchltlan
many buildings were cracked.
At Quia saveral buildings fell In and
there was general wreckago In shops.
At ZUmpango dot Plo three persons were
badly Injured and the prluon town hall
school and court buildings are wrecked
The whole region affected by the earth
quakes of Thurnday and Friday has been
the seat of marked slesmic movements for
several years.
WOMAN IS SAVED BY NEGRO
Alleged Murderess of llualinnd lie
leased on Witness rtefusnl
to Testify.
JACKSONVILLE. III., Jan. 18. On mo
tlon of the state's attorney, the case against
Mrs. Mamie Barnes, charged with the mur
der of her husband In the state asylum for
tho Insane, was dismissed this afternoon
This action was taken as a result of the
refusal of WIllam Ferguson, the negro
convicted of carrying tho poison to Dr
Barnes, to testify against Mrs. Barnes,
Tho district had no case without Fergu
son's testimony and aa he is to ask for a
new trial himself ho could refuse to testify
on the ground that Ue might Incriminate
'himself,
RECORD CAPTURE BT POLICE
ArrMt of Limiriok gad Williams it a Swift
PUot tf Work.
PRISONER UNBOSOMS SELF TO CHIEF
Conncll muffs .Man Kxplalns How
Desperate Clrenmstances Drove
Hint In Alii In Holding Hp
t'olc'N Place.
The arrest of Robert Limerick and Frank
Williams for holding up the Inmates and
stealing the money box from the upstairs
room over Cliff Cole's, Saturday morning,
was ono of the qulckcts pieces of work on
record for tho Omaha police. At 3:30 J
o clock a telephone message to the station
stated that a robbery was In progress; at
3:35 the patrol wagon full of officers left
the station, drove from Kleventh nnd Dodgo
streets to 1409 Douglas street. Tho offi
cers captured tho robbers and returned to
the station with them at 3:50 o'clock, tho
wagon being absent only fifteen minutes.
In a talk with Chief of Police Donahue
Saturday afternoon, Limerick, who gave tho
name of Frank Jones nt tho tlmo of his
arrest, told the story of tho robbery and
his part In It as follows: "I llvo at Tenth
and I streets, Council Muffs. 1 met Wil
liams at Amps, Neb., five weeks ago. Iloth
of us were hard up and soon became Inti
mate. I couldn't mako a. living for my
family and was much discouraged, and Wil
liams seemed as bad oft as I was. One
day ho said to mo: 'I know where wo can
pick up $1,000 by the use of a llttlo nerve
and a couple of revolvers.' I told him I
would havo nothing to do with any gun
play; that I had suffered enough on that
account.
Content to the Pint.
"Things kept going to the bad and I be
came desperate and finally told Williams I
was In for anything to get bold of some
money. I wanted to keep my family from
stnrvlng. We planned to do tho Job Friday
night a week ago, but my norvo failed at' the
last minute and we postponed It until last
Friday night. Thursday Williams went to
tho placo and got the lay of tho land. Fri
day morning I pawned my overcoat at tho
shop of SltaH Snyder of Council muffs and
got a revolver. I then borrowed another
revolver from a neighbor named Peterson
and early In tho afternoon we startod for
Omaha, having Just enough monoy to pay
carfaro. Wo loafed around town until time
for tho robbery and managed to keep out
of sight of the police. After the robbery,
when the police were chasing us, I prayed
to myself that one of them Would kill me.
I would rathor havo been killed than be
where I am now."
Last night Mrs. Limerick and her baby
called at tho Jail and tho woman had a
talk with her husband. She Informed tho
officers that sbo was In destitute circum
stances. Since admitting that he was one
of the robbers Williams has rofuscd to say
anything In regard to himself or the rob
bery.
Chief of Police Hayes of Kansas City
yesterday telegraphed Chief Donahuo to
send htm a, photograph of each of the men.
He believes they are the men who held up
and robbed a pool room In that city some
time ago. Tho men were photographed
yesterday.
Limerick's nnd Itecord.
In October, 1804, Limerick was arrested,
In company with others, charged with rob
bing a Wabash freight car on the Union
Pacific tracks. On turning state's evldonco
he was sentenced to two years In the pen
itentiary at Fort Madison. 'Tho sentence
woe suspended In November, 1895, and Lim
erick released. February 4, of last year,
Governor Shaw restored to Llmorlck his
civil rights.
Chief Donahuo wrote a letter-highly com
mendatory to Officers Jorgensen, McCarthy
and Horne for their capture of the robbers.
The letter will be sent to tho Board of Fire
and Police Commissioners.
Llmorlck Is about 43 years old, six
feet one and one-half Inches In stat
ure, Blunder, of dark complexion, with
a dark brown mustache. He woro a cap, a
dark suit of clothes and an overcoat. Ho
has a wife and two children living at Tenth
and I streets. Council Muffs.
Of tho man giving tho namo of Williams
less Is known. No member of tho police
force remembers having seen him before
He Is about 35 years of age, five feet ten
Inched in stature, light comploxlon, smooth
face and of a rather stout build. Ho also
wore a cap and a dark suit of clothes, but
no overcoat. Doth men have an unwashod
and generally dilapidated appearance.
For Stealing: Package of Meat.
Mary Morrlssey was nrrcsted last nlaht
In tho act of stealing a parkage of ment
from the moat market of A. Mosknvitsc,
Sixteenth and Davenport ttreets. Pack
ages of meat had been prepared for cus
tomers who had Hent In orders, and Mary
took a packago as t'.o loft tho Hhop.
FREE HELP TO
ALL WEAK MEN
Have Restored Thousands to theVlgor and Vitality
of Their Youthful Days and They Bear Testi
mony to My Wonderful Discovery.
READ THIS FREE OFFER.
Soximl debility 1 tho curse of mnn
hood today. I'eoplo do not tnlk about
It to one another, but Its victims are on
overy linud. Tlicy aro known to overy
wise observer, because the symptoms
are unmistakable, and cannot be con
cealed. This Insidious disease Is pull
lug down thousands of men who should
.nt their tlmo of llfo be In full possession
of the superb attributes of manhood.
It Is sad to see men fall In power, as bo
many do, at Just tho time when they
are able to command tho sweets and
lusts of llfo and to enjoy them.
You are older now nnd can look back
and seo the mistakes you liavu mado
but you cannot bring buck the lire and
vigor of the springtime of robust man
hood. Havo your errors and .excesses
ravaged your system and undermined
your nerve foreo? Quickness, back
ache, nervousness aud debilitating
drains or worn-out, shrunken and life
less organs aro making your life a mis
erable existence devoid of pleasure.
You hesitate ami falter; you are not the
man you onco were, and you know It.
I can understand Just how you feel In
your own mind, tho loathing nt times
nnd the hopolesRiicss nnd disgust, your
lnck of energy nnd magnetism nnd of
NEELEY SAYS REEVES LIES
AcctiRPs Ills Former Anelnte of !tv
I ii w Fnlne Tenllmiiiiy nnd
Snj-s He Is Crnsy.
HAVANA, Jan. IS. When tho trial of the
cases resulting from tho Cuban poslofflce
frauds was resumed In the Audencla court
today the cross-examination of C. F. W.
Ncclcy, ex-chlef of tho bureau of finance,
was continued.
Neolcy snld that his "OK" on bills under
the miscellaneous accounts only signified
that tho goods had been received. None of
Itathbono's private bills for receptions
given at Kl Cerro, Havana, tho witness
said, wero paid from the postal funds.
Ncclcy denied telling U. M. lllch, his first
assistant, that ho (Neolcy) had saved Ituth
bona $5,000 by Including his private accounts
with those of tho Postal department. He
also dented that ho had entorcd Into n con
spiracy with Beeves and Kathbone to de
fraud by Issuing duplicate warrants. Ho
said all tho warrants were drawn In Hooves'
office. They might have beon cashed In the
postofflco or In a bank.
Neeley wns confronted with Hooves three
times. Ho maintained perfect composure
and evaded no questions explaining all
transactions clearly and giving Hooves the
Ho direct. When Noeloy denied that he
had forged tho names to tho warrants
lteovos wan put upon the stand to reiterate
tho statement previously mndo that cither
ho or Ncclcy had forged the name. Ho
looked Itceves In tho eye nnd bade him to
repeat the statement. This Beeves refused
to do. Neclcy's lawyer then nsked tho
court to appoint exports to examine tho
slgnnturc, with tho object of discovering
the forger. Tho fiscal objected to this step,
but tho court said it would not grant the
request.
Iteeves again confronted Nceloy with the
statement that Noeley told him when he
was departing for the United States' In
September, 1899, that ho was taklngj with
him $8,000 which ho hod collected on du
pllcato warrants. The court asked Nceloy
what ho had to say to this, nnd ho replied
that Ileevos was crazy nnd that ho would
show to the court thnt Bocves was not
with him under tho circumstances re
lated. The court then adjourned. ' 1
MINE WORKERS' BIG MEETING
Dclcwate Aro Assembllns; for Prob
ably I.nrKCst Labor Conven
tion on Itecord,
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 18. Soveral hun
dred delegates have already arrived hero
to attend tho thirteenth annual convention
of the United Mine Workers of America,
which opens Monday morning. Fear Is
oxprcssed that tho convention will bo un
wieldy, as It Is belloved there will bo over
1,000 delegates, making It tho largest con
vention cvor held by organized labor.
President Mitchell will preside Bon Tel
lett, .tho famous English labor lcador, will
arrive tonight, to be the guest of tho miners
until Thursday. President Gompers of tho
American Federation of Labor also may
visit tho convention.
It la understood that' tho miners will
present a demand of nt least 10 per cent
Increaio over the wages thoy now receive,
but It Is almost equally true that the oper
ators will mako a stubborn resistance, as
many of them claim they are either oper
ating at a loss or at a very small profit.
The miners also will ask for an extension
of tho run-of-the-mlne basis In tho dis
tricts whore tho screen basis now prevails.
Tho fact that tho miners have failed to
unionize West Virginia may prevent? them
from getting on Increase at the prosont,
as the optrators of Pennsylvania; Ohio, In
diana and Illinois claim that ,the West Vir
ginia operators, who .pay. nonunion wages,
aro enabled to undersoil them. Tho sit
uation In West Virginia, probably wilt re
ceive considerable attention, as tho miners
are determined to unionize tho state.
BOERS DENY RUMORS OF PEACE
Say Negotiations Are Xot Pending and
Assign Minister Motives
to English.
LONDON, Jan. ,18. Dr. Lcyds, the. repre
sentative la Europe of the Transvaal, ac
cording to a dispatch from Amsterdam to
Bouter's Telegram company, held a confer
ence today with tho Doer delegation at, The
Hague at tho bouse, of Mr. Wolmorans. No
official statement has been given out, but
there is tho best authority for assorting
that tho conferenco was merely a periodical
meetiug.
The dispatch saye the reports of peace
are ridiculed by tho Boers themselves, who
say such storlos are simply fabricated by
Briysh agents with a view to English pub
lication, hoping to turn them to advantage
In South Afrlcn. The Boers deny that any
negotiations aro In progress.
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FRANCE IS LEFT TO GUESS
QiU No Lifkt from PrmUr en Fitirs
Pslioj of OoTtrnmiat.
MINISTER OF COMMERCE DEFENDS CAPITAL
Declares socialists Themselves Are to
Illnme for Olmtriiot Ion of Their
Progress Paris Wrestles vWth
fins Ownership,
(Copyright, 1W2, by Press Publishing Cn.)
PAIllS, Jan. 18. (Now York World Coble
gram Special Telegram.) Premier Wal-deck-ltousseau's
speech at St. Etlcnne dis
appointed expectations. Instead of being
an Important declaration for tho govern
ment's further policy on the evo of the elec
tions for members of tho Chamber of Depu
ties, to which tho ministry Is responsible,
It was a rehearsal of what has been accom
plished In tho two years and a half tho
present cabinet hna been li office, by far
the longest tenure over granted any French
ministry. Waldcck showed that since the
Droyfus affair convulsion order nnd security
havo beon re-established nt home, while
confidence and respect havo been regained
abroad. Ho asserted that tho professional
plotters ngntnst tho ropubllc have been so
thoroughly squelched thnt tho next election
will certainly see such nn Incrense In the
republican majority that tho royalists and
Imperialists and discredited factious will,
for tho first time In history, rense to count
politically. Consequently, rnpld democratlo
reforms will bo an assured characteristic
of the next legislature.
Beferrlng to the lato law against re
ligious congregations, tho premier affirmed
that the government will enforce It, and
has already Instituted proceedings against
certain Jesuits who are trying to evade the
law by passing as secular ctergy.
Kays Socialists Hinder Themselves.
Tho day after the premier's utteranco
Minister of Commerce Mtllernnd mado an
other groat speech, In which ho answerod
the bitter criticism of his party for haying
become a part of a "capitalistic" cabinet.
Mr. MUlcrand claims thnt the socialists ob
struct their own progress by systematic
rofusal to participate In present Institu
tions. Ho believes In a graduated quest of
power. His being In the ministry tins been
for the working classes an lmmenso benefit,
he believes, and ho cited various Instances
of It, principally in pending legislation for
pensioning aged workmen.
Ho predicted as a consequence of tho ad
vertising and tho discussing of tho social
ists' principles, caused by his accession to
power, that tho coming elections wll re
turn twice the present numbor of socialistic
representatives.
The French campaigns reopened without
Incident. The handiomo Paul Deschannel
was re-elected president of tho Chamber of
Deputies.
The Paris municipal council Is still wrest
ling night and day with tho question of
municipal ownership of lllumlnatng gs
when tho present monopolistic franchise
expires. The company seeking rcnowal of
the franchise played a clever trick to In
fluence public opinion, offering Immediately
a 33 per cent reduction In the price now
paid by consumers, if the monopoly la ex
tended fifty years from 1905.
Tho council Is divided Into two solid
factions, forty nationalists favoring re
newal and thirty-eight fighting tooth and
nail against "spoliation."
The council of the Department of the
Selno haa Just voted to raise $40,000,000. by
Issuing public Improvement bonds, of which
$18,000,000 Is to be expended In Paris proper
and $22,000,000 In tho rest of the depart
ment. CHANCE FOR WINTER WHEAT
Conditions In Kansas Are Not as
Serious as First neports
Indicated.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 18. Tho presont
winter In Kansas Is characterized by dry
rteathor. In splto of this fact, tho crop of
winter wheat Is not seriously damaged.
Eminent authorities state that If a rain Or
snow would como any tlmo' between now
and March the crop would bo as good as
ever. Reports received tonight from Cloud,
Oaborn and Saline counttos say the wheat
is In flno condition. Reports from Lincoln,
Fredonla, La Crosse and other towns In
the wheat belt say that tho plant was
never In better condition than now. Tho
stockmon aro experiencing some Incon
vonlcnce from the scarcity of water, but
aside from,thls the dry weather Is not In
juring anybody.
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overcoat belonging to Morris Clmlkln, a
clerk In Hnyden Bros.' store. It la charged
that the coat was itolon .lanunry 11 and
thnt Green pawned It at a Sixteenth strut
pawnshop. Tho coat was recovorcd.
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