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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, J!M)3. 7 ( HOWELL'S WATERWORKS BILL 2etd and DiscogBed by Author at Real Eitate Exchange Hseting. EPOSES BI-PARTISAN WATER BOARD Provides for General Ta Levy of Sot More Than One II an Herd Thna. emit Dollar for Water Faad Earh Year. Senator HowpII'i bill to compel the mayor and city council of Omaha to proceed to the purchase of the Omaha water works was the jheme presented to the Real Estate ex change yesterday. It was read by Its author, who commented at length upon Its terms. Ha read eighteen sections of the proposed law, saying that in these the entire matter ia (resented. The bill provides that since the city has voted bonds for acquiring the water works the mayor and city council shall proceed within thirty days after the passage of the law to acquire such plant; that a water board of six members to be appointed by the governor shall recommend to the mayor and council the names of appraisers to value the plant and that the city shall have the right to proceed by right of eminent domain cr under the contract with the company, ss It may elect, and upon the failure of the company to appoint an appraiser as pro vided by the contract it may bo compelled to do ao by a court cf competent Jurisdic tion. Water Hoard of (lis Members. The water board shall consist of six mem bers, three of whom shall be chosen from each of the political parlies casting the highest number of votes for governor at the preceding election; two, one from each party, to serve until the next election for governor; two until the second such elec tion and two until the third such election, two, one from each party, being elected by the people of the city for a term of six years at each election for governor; that this board ahall have power to manage the water plant and adopt a scale of prices and regulations for the sale of water. It shall elect a water commissioner, a practical man, and shall from its membership elect a chairman. Civil service rules shall govern the discharge of all regular employes. The members of the board shall have the powers necessary to enforce their rules and shall receive a salary of $600 each. General Tax Every Year. The bill, provides that the water board in compel the council to levy a water fund hot to exceed $100,000 In lieu of the present water fund, aald money to be used for the plant and the payment of interest on bonds; all money received from the operation of tha plant or any other source by the board to be placed In the water fund and balances to be covered Into a sinking fund for the payment of bonds. Speaking to the latter clause of the bill Mr. Howell aald that the water company had two duties to perform one supplying the people with water and the other sup plying Ore protection, and that the former should be paid for by those using water, while the latter should be paid for by all of the people generally, as property owners, resident or nonresident, would receive tho benefit of the Are protection while they would pay nothing for It unless It was pro vided for by a general tax, and that thla would permit a lower rate to be charged resident consumers of water. He then took up the question of the purchase of the water plant, showing the estimated value and cost. Before adjourning for the day, President Harrison named a committee to examine and report on Benator Howell's water works bill, the report to be made at a special meeting ta be held at noon on Friday. The committee la made up of D. (,'. Patterson, N. P. Dodge, Jr.. Georgo O. Wallace, A. P. Tukey.jn.d C. C. Uecrge. R0BERS0N LECTURES TONIGHT Former Omahan la to Tell of Mar tlalque, Ita People and Its" l.ate Catastrophe. Frank R. Robcrson Is to lecture tonight at Boyd's theater on the catastrophles on tha Island of Martinique, illustrating his remarka with views he procured recently with his own camera and expressly for this lecture. This la to be one of the features of the Young Men'a Christian association course, and tha association feels that a double ln teres t will be felt by reason of the facts that the topic la a comparatively new ono and tha lecturer formerly of Omaha. H has lectured here since removing from thla city and has given the association such sat isfaction that It feels warranted In billing him aa one of the best of its many good offerings. Able Came Hark. A Jesse 'Able of Pes Moines. Ia.. waa ar A ted last night and an effort will be made M bring him to trial for a larceny which rffl Is said to have committed luat fall In Dwyer'e saloon, where he waa employed. A farmer paid fur a drink with a $10 bill and Ms mange waa laid on the counter, 'the prisoner picked it up anil-fled to Iowa. Marrlaae License. A marriage llcenae waa Issued yesterday to Jamea H. Farrla, Uncoln, Neb., aged 32, and Marie A. Fox, Lincoln, Nub., aged 3. Half ami Half. The dyspeptic Ciay well be represented tnctohaily aa being baU masculine and fealf feminine, and combining the least desirable characteristics of either sex. He has all the stubbornness of the tnaa with the peevish ir ritability of a sick woman. He's not pleasant company at home or abroad. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures dyspepsia and other diseases of the stomach and associ ated orgaus of diges tion and nutritiou. yA It renews pnysicai health which carries with it cheerfulness of temper, and makes life a pleasure instead rt a finance. The " Discovery ! . V. . 4 V U I purine ni uiuw vj eliminating the cor rupt and poisonous accumulations from which disease is bred. .It Increases the ac Juvity of the blood fniakin; glands, so Tincreasm? the supply of pure rich blood, which gives life to every organ of the body. It gives new life and uew atrength. Your 'Goldea Medical Discovery' hit per formed a wonderful cun- write Mr M. H. House, of Char.eMou, riatikliu Co.. Ark. "I had the wont cac ol 3vipia. the doctor say. that they ever aaw. After trying sevea ductuta sod everything I could hear oC with uu benefit, t tried Dr. Pierce a Golden Medics! Discovery a ad mow 1 ant cared. Accept no substitute foj " Golden Med 1 leal Discovery." There is nothing "just 1 as good for diseases of the stomach, 1 llotxt and lungs. ' The Common JVnse Medical Adviser, laoS large pages ia paper covers, is sent frtt on receipt of 31 one-cent stsmps to pay expense of mailing only. Address tt. V. Piaxce, Bufisio, N.'Y. 1 OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOCLS It la frequently said by the older teachers r.nd principals who have served many years In the city schools that the young women who are coming In each year are the real snd greatest obstacle to the establishment of a successful annuity or benefit fund for teachers who have served out their useful ness or become dependent. In speaking of this one cf the older teachera said recently "These girls seem to think that any sys tem for the maintaining of which they might be ever so little taxed would be an Imposition upon them because they do not happen to be, at present, in need of any such assistance themselves. They seem to be strangely imrd'vlder.t for women who have taken up thr vrofes elon of teaching and It Is drploralr" , but a fact nrverthelf as, that a surprising num ber of them look upon their work In the school room as merely a temporary thing and they do not seem Inclined to subscribe to the support of any teachers' benefit or ganization that they do not expect to profit by personally. The odd part of It Is that comparatively few of these young teachers have anything definite in prospect beyond the school room and are Just looking ahead In a va?ue sort of way. taking it for granted that they will marry, or that some thing else, equally uncertain, will happen to relieve them of any future dependence upon a teachers' benefit fund. This should not be so, and It Is not so In all cities, for I have Investigated the matter thoroughly. It Is a much discussed fact that a large percentage of the women who take up teaching aa a profession never marry and this percentage Is Increasing each year. Tt Is not wholly a selfish Interest that makes us older teachers anxious for the establish ment of such a benefit fund, but rather our experience, and since this matter has been agitated during the last ten years, es pecially, I find the teachers who were be. glnners at that time, as earnest as we older ones In their wish for euch provision as oth?r cities have." It la estimated that there are fewer pu pils enrolled In the grammar schools of Chicago than In any other large city In America, the enrollment averaging forty three pupils to each teacher. In New York City there are fifty pupils to each teacher; In Philadelphia fifty-three. In Boston fifty, in Baltimore fifty-one, In Bt. Louis fifty eight, In Cleveland forty-four. In Buffalo forty-seven. In Ban Francisco forty-two, In Cincinnati forty-six. In Washington the number runs as low aa forty-one, while in Milwaukee It Is forty-six. The teachers of New York City are con templating the erection of a club house, and to this end a committee of 100 teachers, members of the Teachers' association, have been appointed to Interview the other teach ers to aaoertaln the Inclination of the ma jority In the matter and the probable amount that can be raised for such a pur pose. Of the 16,034 teachers In the public schools of Indiana 1,185 are graduates from col leges or universities, 1,274 from stste nor mat schools, 1,165 from private normal schools and 2,71$ have had no training aside from the common school education. A splendid new building Is being erected In New York City to be known as the James Speyer Experimental school, snd Is to be conducted under the direction of the Teach era' college. The model building Is to cost $100,000, which waa given for this purpose by Mr. and Mrs. James Speyer. The Idea Is to extend the work of the school into the families of the children. There will be In connection with the school clubs and classes, and resident teachers will instruct the parents of the children after school hours in domestic economy and kindred subjects. In a recent article In the New York Times Isabel R. Wallach presents tha sub Ject of deficient children In a manner that must interest all primary teachers. Since the institution of public schools these un fortunatea have had the more or less sym pathetic attention of the primary '.eacbers who are able to do little for them, after all. even In carrying out the experiments that many would be Interested In making. It is the special provision for and instruction of these children that Miss Wallach especially considers. She points out that if they were Imbeciles they would be provided for, but only being deficient they have to take their chancea In the regular classes, where a cer tain amount of work has to be accomplished In a limited time, the unfortunates profit ing but little, while If special provision were made for them the most might be made of what intellect they have. England, Germany and Belgium have a system of auxiliary classes for these children in which the lessons are Individual and always-short. Intellectual exercises are com bined with manual training and very often the child that cannot learn arithmetical processes In the regular classes learns them In knotting cords or filling bean bags In the classes of constructive exercises. The Teachera' Retirement Fund of tha stste of New Jersey is maintained by a sys tem of voluntary payments by the teachers throughout the stste snd a certain percent, age of each year's salary makes one eligible to the benefits of the fund. The plsns snd workings of this system wers recently presented before the Educational association of Newark by Miss E. A. Allen of Hoboken, who is deeply Interested In this work. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT Bankers, Lawyers and Merchants Will Irge Ita Paesaare by tha Legislature. There will be an attempt made at the present session of the legislature to pass aa amendment to the negotiable instru ments laws of the state, the purpose being to make these laws Identical with the laws st present in force In a large number of the states. The bankers, lawyers and a large number of the mercantile bouses of the state have at varloua tlmea endorsed the law aa proposed, and it Is expected that it will meet with little opposition. The act will repeal practically all of the laws at present on the subject of notes snd bills of exchange and will substitute there fore a law that gives legal definition to such terms ss are in general use among bankers and merchants as to such instru meats and their parts. It providea that bills may be corrected after signing by any one to make the bills conform to ths facts, snd that such correction, such as ths In sertion of a date, a rate ot Interest or the like, shall not invalidate the note; that days ot grace are to be abolished entirely on both notes snd bills. It is the Intention of the promoters to get such laws and such decisions under I ham mM m.ki It nnaalhlA fnr inr nr son raminar wun tna mercantile lawa oi the atate to know his exsct standing In any other stats and to bring about uniformity of treatment of all such affairs. Bad Ray Leaked Is. Qenrge llortfald. a 14-year-old boy, living at ii south Thirteenth street, waa ar rested lat night aa an Incorrigible. Ha la aald to have borrowed a puah cart and lua 'led It wtth two manhole covera and boiler brace, which ha hid In a convenient place, ita waa negotiating for tha sale uf the plunder when a rreatt-d Ha aald that ha ail tha caUnae from tha platform at tha roar of Dewey A Btoue wholesale AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA City Receives Ansther Bequest for Vacation of Streets and Allsys. RENDERING WORKS ARE FROWNED UPON Official Hays the Project la Xot to Be Thaastht of and Certainly Will Be Shelved Magle City Goaaip. Another request for the vacation of streets nd alleys has been filed with the city clerk. This time Wolf ar Murmsn ssk, by letter, to have several streets and alleys Just north of the L street viaduct vacated In order that they may, perhaps, locate a packing house. The fact that J. B. Smiley of the I'nion Rendering works has been looking for the same thing for some time lesds city officials to believe that Smiley and his company want to turn this city property, which Is trsckage ground. Into a "deodorised" rendering plant. In the same deal there Is the I'nion Pacific plan to have the city vacate a big patch of Its streets and alleys commencing at L street and continuing north to the city limits. At the last meeting of the council the Burling ton sent In a request for the vacation of tract over on Thirty-sixth street. A city official said last night that If a few more roads would send In applications now the entire portion of the city west of the Union Pacific tracks might be vacated, Just to accommodate the railroads. As for the latest proposition, that of a rendering works right in the heart of the city, an official said that the communication would not be considered at all. "When read at the next council meeting thw firm making the request will doubtless have the pleasure of reading in the official reports of the council 'hat their neat little typewritten communication has been placed on file." Mayor Koutsky and lead'.n: members of the council say they are in favor of doing all tn their power to advance the Interests of the city, but they do not think it wise to give up good streets and alleys and good trackage ground for mere accommodation. "Some rental, payable in advance, or other consideration should be made the city be fore atro-ts and alleys In the most valuable portion of the city are vacated," said a city official. Th'.s seems to be the general idea and the chances are that It will be a long time before Smiley gets his rendering works In operation on the property north of the L street viaduct, which now belongs to the c'-t;-. Marab Prepares Statement. Secretary Charles Marsh of the South Omaha Young Men's Christian association has prepared a report showing the receipts and disbursements for the year 1902. Senior members have paid In $1,271, while the Juniors have paid $167. Subscriptions have amounted to $1,820. Other receipts bring the total up to $3,556. With the balance on hand the total la $3,656. For expenses the association haa paid the general secre tary $1,000, and the assistant secretary $720. Janitor service haa cost $280, while rent for the present quarters amounted to $475. Other expenses bring the total up to balance with the receipts, less the balance of cash on hand. Cannot Heat Fire Hall. Chief Etter of the fire department Is au thority for the statement that It Is Impos sible to heat the fire hail on Twenty-fourth street so that the men are comfortable. Two big stoves are kept running day and night but with plenty of bedding the men have to get up and walk around at night in order to keep warm. The horses keep moving about in their stalls so that sleep is practically Impossible. The chief ssld last night that there was coal enough on hand to keep up good fires, but that the building Is such a shell that it wss impos sible to keep the temperature at what- it should be. Charter BUI Introduced This Week. Msyor Koutsky said last night he under stood the charter revision amendments for South Omaha would bo introduced In the house this week. The document containing the amendments Is now In Lincoln. Rep resentative Ten Eyck will, It is understood. Introduce the bill. The people of South Omaha are watching with considerable In terest the outcome ot this bill. Continuance Taken, The cases against John and William Sie ger for the alleged larceny of a bridge be longing to the city of 8outh Omaha have been continued thirty days ss both the de fendants hsve gone to South Dskota. In the meantime ths city is without a bridge to the emergency hospital. Mayor Kout sky said lart night, after the cases bsd been continued, that in case there was occasion to use the hospital it would be necessary to conatruct a temporary structure. The mayor insists that the Siegers csnnot pre vent the city from maintaining a road to the hospital. Show Slarna of Wear. The city offices all show signs ot wesr, In the council chamber the furniture looks like an array in a second-bsnd store. In the office of the city treasurer the floor covering is so bsdly worn that it la with difficulty the officials get around without the use of stilts. Time and again City Treasurer Howe has asked for a presents ble floor covering, but as nothing has been done about the matter Mr. Howe aald yes terdsy that he guessed he would have to buy new matting himself. Every office in the city hall building need new furnish Ings of some kind, but when a requisition Is made the same old story of no money comes back. The democratic council does not seem to wish to grant any reauesta made by any republican officeholder, no matter how great the necessity, Mail City Goaaip, D. L. Holmea is out again after a ahnrt Illness. Several South Omaha buslneaa men have been summoned on the petit Jury for the r-curuaiy irrm ut lujn. Miss Harrington, general delivery clerk at l lie roatottlce, who haa been on the aick nat for a week or more, was reported bet- irr yeaieruay. William Nevlns, the fireman injured by a i uu i rum a norae on rueauay, waa rest ing as well as could be expected at his noma last nignt. There Is practically no change in the coal situation. All or the packera are get ting along from day to day. Should the dully supply be ehjl oft the plants would nave io snur. aown. CROOK WITH OMAHA RECORD Charles Dennis Is Arrested at Wis consin Town for Bank Robbery. Charles Dennis, who Is ssld to have been as clever a crook as ths Onasha police ever had to deal with, and who mads this city his stamping ground about three yeara ago, has been captured in Eagle, Waukesha county. Wis., for complicity in a bank rob bery which was committed there a few days sgo. Dennis wss arrested by Chief Donahue snd Detective Dunn for having robbed the Bchugart store In this city of 110,000 worth of furs on August 13. 18S9. Ths property which wss tsken st that time wss recov ered. Dennis bad a pal named Prince, with whom he disappeared shortly after the Schugart burglary. He was later arrested with another pal named Monahan for a Job at Joplln, Mo. Borne time ago while at Qunlcy, 111., his Omaha pal, Prince, waa shot and killed and Dennis "fell" at Chicago last month for having robbed the Jonee boro. 111., postofflce. He wss arrested while In the company of "Paddy" Flaharty. who was wanted for murder. Dennis Induced saloonlst In the Windy City to go upoa his ball bond and while enjoying his liberty fled from Chicago. He later fell In with the gang which planned the Eagle. Wis., Job snd was arrested by a posse of citizens who had organised for the purpose of cap turing the bank robbers, one of whom was killed by the rltliens. Dennis Is held there to await trial. HYMENEAL. llongland-Jacbaon. All Saints' church was filled with a fashionable gathering last evening, bidden to witness the marriage of Mr. raul In galls Hoagland and Miss Edith Jackeon, daughter of Mrs. Henry James Jackson, which was solemnized at 7:30 o'clock. 8ince the announcement of the engagement sev- ersl months ago, society has anticipated the wedding as among the Important social functions of the winter, and as such It will be remembered, for, though lacking all pre tence, It waa one of the prettiest of the many pretty weddings that have occurred this season. There was little pretense at decoration of the church, excepting th chancel, the Christmas wreaths and fes toons being In place, trimming the side walls. The chancel was latticed off with ropes of asparagus ferns that were tied back from the chancel steps, and from an arch above was suspended a large wedding bell of white blossoms. The several at tendants made the bridal procession par ticularly effective as It entered to "The Lohengrin" wedding march. Lieutenant David Stone of Fort Crook and Mr. George Mclntyre preceding, stretching the white satin sashes the length of the aisle to the; cbancel steps. Lieutenant Huguet and Mr. Charles George, Mr. Tom Crelgh and Mr. Ed George came next, followed by the bridesmaids, Miss Blanche Garten of Lin coln and Miss Louise Tukey, gowned alike In white organdie, and Miss Helen Hoag land and Miss Mary Holdrege, in white chiffon and lace, carrying rhowers of swansonla and asparagus fern. Miss Fannlo Cole, aa mald-of-honnr, came next. Her gown waa of white mull, wtth trimmings of Irish point, and she carried American Beauty roses.; The bride, with her uncle, Mr. F. H. Reddlngton. came last, gowned In white mull, with trimmings of tucking and point applique. Hher short veil was edged about with lace of the same and she carried a prayer book. At the chancel steps the groom and his brother, Mr. Will Hoag land of Colorado, met the bride, the entire party advancing Into the chancel after the betrothal was said. Rev. Mackay reading the marriage service. Following the wedding a small Informal reception waa held at the bride's home, nt 1902 South Thirty-third street, for the members of the bridal party, the families and a few friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hoagland left last evening for an extended trip through California and the west, to be gone about two months, and will be at home upon their return at their new residence at Thlrty-aecond and Wool- worth avenue. Mrs. Hoagland will receive Informally the first and third Wednesdays In May. Report of County Treaaarer. The report of County Treasurer O. Fred Elsssser, showing the whereabouts of the county fund December 31, 1902, follows: December 1, balance $136,636.66 December collections 71.668.80 Dec. disbursements. ..'....$ 91.1R6 14 Cash In drawer. 729.00 Checks for deposit Postage account Protest money L... 7,254.84 132.76 ' 166.67 ,33.192.23 10.634.35 11.024.38 12.6tKl.ll 14.950.00 15.24.62 5.987.48-$2nS.205.4 $117,019.32 On deposit in bank: Merchants' NatlonaL,,-,.. II, 8. National........,... Commercial National.... First National Packers' National....;... Omaha National Union National Ballance Dec. 81 Levlne Family Row. A row among the members of the Levlne family caused the arrest of Abraham Le vlne of 3221 Cuming street on a charge of assault last night. Joseph Levlne, a second-hand dealer at North Hlxteenth street, uncle of the prisoner, suffered a compound fracture of the noee and a cut over hia left eye; and his son Abraham received two black eyes. The tight oc curred In the place of business of the in jured man, who after medical attention was sent to his home, 2214 Lake street, in a cab. The physician who examined the wound was of the opinion that Levlne had been struck with some sharp Instrument. The Injured Levlne and the father of his assailant werelntil recently partners. Three Alarm a, One Fire. The firemen responded to three alarms yesterday between the hours of 6 and ltf o'clock In the evening. The first alarm came because of a burning pile of rubbish at Twenty-seventh and Charles streets. Ar 5:53 an alarm was rung in from 314 South Fifteenth street, where some benslne had become Ignited in the Jewelry shop of John Haumer. ine occupants exiinguisnea ine fire, with slight damage, before the ar rival of the firemen. The cottage belonging to Otto Baleh at Twenty-eighth, and Chi cago streets, waa partially burned later In the evening. Loss about $200 on house anl contents. Tonars He Didn't Own. M. J. McCauley of Sioux City had a pair of new Ice tongs yesterday afternoon which he failed to satisfactorily account for. When arrested he waa trying to sell them on North sixteenth street tor cents each. McCauley said that he had been cutting ice for Anderson on cut-tin! lake, and it Is thought that the tonga are the property of the employer. LOCAL BREVITIES. Anna Bryaant asks divorce from Joseph on the ground of abandonment. They were married July 11. laui, in umana. Grace M. Hubbard petitions for divorce from Arthur D., because of nonaupport, and aaks the custody of their child. They were married at Osceola June 14, 1&C9. Such examolea of extreme cruelty as knocking her down are cited by Lora 11. Henderson in ner pennon ior divorce rrom Jamea M., whom aha married at I'anora, la., April 24, m. Kobert P. Hamilton and Edward O. Ham ilton, as Hamilton tiros , contractors, are suing the Church of the Bacred Heart In 1 on a flo.auo contract for construction of I the church. There was a controversy over I inn piKsitfi ma I V. B. Walker aaks the district court for the appointment of a receiver for the premtsea and contents at 113 Enuth Four teenth street, alleging that they are cov ered by a mortgage which he la seeking to foreclose to secure payment of a note for 1402 SO alven by Alfred Adams to Jesse H. Hutten, sold by the latter to Walker and on which only a few dollars have been paid, the petition slates. Oeorge Fisher, Robert Buckley, Gtorge Wlnteremtth and Warren Kenley have been arrested by Detectives Drunimy and Mitchell, charged with petit lari-eny. They are said to nave stolen a quantity or cloth ing from the Amsteln Clothing company s etors on Douglas street, and eighteen fountain ih s rrom the enermun Mc Connell Drug company. The three first nsmea prisoners are wantea In Council Bluffs for larceny from the Marcus Cloth ing company and will be t-ken there by Selective Murphy jJJ THE PURE V J urtniis vurrtt In comparing Grain-O anl coffee remember that while the taste is the same Graia-O give health and strength while coffee shatters the nervous system and bree ' disease uf the di (festive organs, t hinking people prefer Grain-O and its ben efits. TRY IT TO-DAY. At greosrs every where; 14c sad Uc pat package, RYAN'S IDENTITY IN DOUBT Folic Are Trying to Connect Him witb the Nestle Harder. STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO MURDERER So Positive Rvldenre to Shove that Ryan Is Thompaon, bnt thief Donahae Continues lavratl Station of the t'aae. Every effort Is being made by Chief Dona hue, Detective Dunn and others of the po lice department to establish beyond all pos sible doubt the Identity of Dan J. Ryan, who Is thought to be wanted here for murder. The task Is proving difficult Inasmuch as the officers have no means of Identifying the prisoner through the measurement system, for at the time the crime was committed and Thompson's pal, Reynolds, was tsken Into custody, the Bertlllon system was not In vogue. All that the officers have which will aid them materially In determining Ryan's Identity Is an old and faded photo graph which was taken some time prior to the murder of young Nestle. This photo graph la believed to be at police headquar ters and a diligent search is being made for It. The officers who were on the force at the time of the murder are certain that Kyan Is Thompson, as his general appearance Is strikingly similar to that of the man who is wented. Chief Donahue Is also xearchlng the rec ords of tho trial of Reynolds to Becure the names of the witnesses. Some of the wit nesses have died, but the chief thinks there sre those who still reside here who will prove valuable for the state In case Ryan is identified as Thompson. Prisoner In Mrnanred. Rynn was "mugged" Tuesday afternoon and hia Bertlllon measurements were also taken. Tho police information on this man shows that he was born in New York, and for a number of years has had no residence, making his home In the railroad camps. He Is five feet seven Inches In height, 44 years of age and weighs 141 pounds. His hair 18 blown. He Is of medium build and has blue eyes. The thumb of his right hand is off at the first Joint, while his hands are marked by several prominent scars. Chief Donahue says that Thompson was known to the Omaha police as a tramp bur glar, one of the worst types of crooks known to the police. The police are also endeavoring to locate Thompson's former pal, Reynolds, who was pardoned from the penitentiary before his sentence was fin ished. He would prove a valuable man in identifying Thompson, if It Is he whom the officers now think they have In the person of Ryan. Ryan was taken to the county Jail yester day afternoon to begin his sentence for robbing Benhardt Bahnsen. The Chief of Healers. Old sores, ulcers, piles, fistula and like stubborn maladies soon yield to Bucklen's Arnica Salve or no pay. 25c. For sale by Kuhn & Co. TEAMSTERS SETTLE FIGHT Warring t'nlone Agrre to Combine Forces and End War of Two Years' Standing. CHICAGO, Jan. 14. Chicago teamsters unions claim to have won their fight against the International Team Drivers' union. At a Joint conference held here today, under the supervision of the Amer iiun Federation of Labor, a basis for the amalgamation of the two todies was ar ranged on terms highly satisfactory io me The Chlcaco unions seceded from the parent body almost two years sgo because that body admitted iem own ers to membership, and began the organi sation of a separate national body. Both orgnlxations are now to sena aeie- tn a rnnventlon. based on the numerical strength of both, as shown by the books of the organisation. New officers are to be elected, the first part of the con stitutions of both unions are to be em bodied in the new one and an application for a charter Is to be msae to ine Amer ican Federation of Labor. MAKE INDIVIDUAL DEMANDS Trainmen and Conductors Dlaaolve Joint Committee and Will Seek Ralae Separately. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 14. The wage increase committee of the western roads has decided to discontinue the general conference with ths managements. TTntll tha matter Is settled each corLmlt- tee of trainmen and conductors will present Its demands for a 20 per cent increase to the management of ita road only, and dis cuss the matter with its management. This decision was srrlved at today after the leaders of the orders tepresented here by the committees had spent several days with the management of the western roads witn out making headway. Engineers CHICAGO, Jan. Get Inereaae. 14. Locomotive engi neers and firemen on the Chicago ft West ern Indiana and the Belt line of Ch'cago today secured sn agreement raising their wages. They will receive sn increase of 10 per cent, beglning Jsnuary 1. Ten hours will be considered a day s work, with pay for overtime. ENGINEER RISKS MUTILATION Heads and Feet Freese, but He Sticks to Cab laid the Ban Ends. PERU, Ind., Jan. 14. His loyalty to the Wabash may result seriously for Edward Irish, an engineer on that road who lives here. He was in charge ot the engine that hauled the Continental Limited yesterday, which was running seven hours late be cause ot the billiard In Canada. When the engine reached Lafayette, Irish found a leak in a pipe under the boiler. While making temporary repairs his bands snd feet were frozen, but !ie gave little attention to It, thinking the warmth of the cab would soon thaw htm out. He took his trsln on to Danville. 111., where his run ended. His hands and feet were swollen to twice their normal size, but he hsd made up thirty minutes' lost time. Irish wss brought to Peru and is now In the hospital, where the phystclans hope to save his hands and feet. He Is one of the best known englneihen on the Wabash. YOUNG BOY DEFENDS MOTHER Shoots laaane Annt Dead While She Was 8ranllBa Her Slater. HOPKINS VILLE, Ky.. Jan. 14 In da fensa ot his mother Thomss Whiteman, aged 13, shot twice with a pistol and In stantly killed his aunt. Miss May Pblpps, sged 35, today. Miss PMppt, who had teen Insane sev eral 'years, began choking her sister snd likely would have killed her bad the boy not shot her. T-MaV V ":fWW' Villi iillalllrrfy aanaaianian AFRICAN JUNES SEEK LABOR 4 1 1 Owners Ark Chamberlain to Consent to Introduction of Chinamen. LONDON NEWSPAPERS OPPOSE PROPOSAL Dimmit lea Ksperlenred In America and Klaewhere Pointed Oat and Government Warned Asialnat Ulvlna; Way to Demands. LONDON',' Jan. 15. Nothing official has as yet transpired regarding the settlement of the vexed question of labor for tho Rand, but the idea that Mr. Chamberlain will consent to the Importation of Chinese laborers Into South Africa threatens to raise a storm of protest. It is hinted in some quarters that the mine owners of tho Transvaal so readily agreed to contribute $150,000,000 to meet the exprnsea of the war because they be lieved Mr. Chamberlalu was ready to yield on the coolie question. The mine owners contend that the employment of white labor tn the mines has proved a failure, that It is impossible to obtain a sufficient number of Kaffirs and that it is urgently necessary to find at least 100,000 laborers effectively to restore the mining Industry. Mr. Chamberlain, in a conference held with the mine managers at Johannesburg on Tuesday, said it had been borne In upon him that the vital question was that of labor. He was not In favor ot employing Uganda natives for fear of Introducing the dreaded sleeping sickness which killed 30, 000 persons last year. He warned the mine managers that it would be extremely diffi cult to secure an unlimited supply of Asi atic labor, and in conclusion aald he was unable to pronounce a definite opinion on the matter. The idea of the mine owners is to Im port Chinese under the Indenture system snd to reshlp them to China after a term of years. The London papers this morning decline to believe thst Mr. Chamberlain will consent to such a plan, and they point out the dangers experienced in the United States and elsewhere in the em ployment of "Yellowmen." PLAGUE STEADILY INCREASES Fourteen Mora Deaths Are Ileeorded from Dread Scouraje In Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 14. Official ad vises from Macallan report six deaths from the plague in 'that city on Saturday and eight on Sunday. The nvniber of patient! Is steadily increasing. Tho total number In the hospital Is eighty-eight, with six more under observation. MONTEREY, Mex., Jan. 14. Governor Reves has stated that appeals for assist ance made on behalf of the plague-stricken city of Mazatlan might be officially pub lished In order that all might have an op portunity to subscribe to a relief fund. The governor announces that an appropriation will soon be made by the state of Neuvo Leon for relief purposes. RUSSIAN BOATS LOCATED Deatroyera Paas Dardanelles In Spite of British Protest and Reach Sebaatopol. LONDON, Jan. 16. The Sebaatopol corre spondent of the Dsily Graphlo reports that the four Russian torpedo boat destroyers whose passage of the Dardanelles produced the British protest are at Sebaatopol. "Thla seems to dispose of the assertion." says the corressondent, "that these vessels have not passed the straits." The Constantinople correspondent ot the Times says the ports will not reply to the British protest. Neither will the British embsssy here make further representstlons. No other embassy has moved or will move In the matter. I'neraployed Caste Vneaalaeaa. LONDON, Jan. 14. The marches of the unemployed, which have now become a dally feature ot London's streets, sre causing un easiness. About 2,000 persons trsversed the metropolis todsy. escorted by a body of po lice. While these demonstrations have thus We are very proud of the fact that doc tors so gener ally Indorse Ayer's Cher ry Pectoral. There are two reasons for this: First, we send the formula to mr AktrclrtlAii Buy puyoiviau a mi J upon request; l 1 and, second, the physician " IhtU't ull sees for himself that the medicine is all we claim for it. We make no extravagant claims. We raise no false hopes. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Sixty years of experience make us believe that this is the best medicine In the world for colds, coughs, croup, bron chitis, and all other throat and lung troubles. And the doctors agree With US. Taratsiusi Uc, Sec. H M. J. C AYEB CO.. Ueell, w America's y nest wpagne e mct TVnti1r American W(ne. Tur. dryftnd perlerl bouquet tine are I led. lle hy the 1-renrh process from the rhoicrt grapes grown in our own V'tieyaidi; e- eeis any Amcnian ine. NO DINNER COMPLETE WITHOUT IT. Gold Seal I sold hv nil sroccrs and wine metchams. URBAN WINC CO., Urbons, New York, ale Maker. far been orderly, the shop keexrs recall the experiences of some years ago, when similar parades ended In the breaking of store windows, and some of them are al ready taking the precaution of putting tip their shutters while the processions are passing. SCOTCH FIRMS FORM TRUST Three I.arue Locomotive Worka De ride to C'omblue on Amer ican Plan. GLASOOW, Jan. 14. A meeting of tho shareholders of three large locomotive works In Scotland hns been called for Jan uary 23. to ratify an agreement to conililn-) capital to the amount of J10.000.000. The companies concerned arc the Hyde Pavk Locomotive works of Glasgow, Dubs Co. of Polmadln and the Atlas Locomo tive works of Sprlngburn. Doctors Advlae t sar to Take t'nre. LONDON. Jan. 15. The Kleff corre spondent of tho Standard says the mod cial advisers of the czar are trying to in duce him to transfer the court to Crimea for a few years, as considerations of health malie a continued residence In the north ern palaces Inadvisable. The crar haa no particular ailment, but his weak chest makes him susceptible to pulmonary troubles. o News at Tangier. , PARIS, Jan. 14. A dispatch received here from Tangier, Morocco, under today'a date says a courier who has arrived there from Fes brought reassuring Intelligence. Nothing Is known at Tangier ot the re ported defeat of the sultan or ot his rumored retreat westward. Demand Maeedonlan Reforms. LONDON, Jan. 15 The Vienna corre spondent ot the Telegraph asserts that tho Russian and Austrian ambassadors at Con stantinople have presented an identical note to the porte demanding reforms In Mace donia. Coat of Prnaalan Government. BERLIN, Jan. 14. The Prussian budget estimates for 1903 show a deficit of $18,175, 000, which will be covered by a new losn. The revenue Is estimated at $650,551,482, the ordinary expenditures at $629,002,428 and the extraordinary expenditure at $39,634,074. MISSION BOARD CONVENES Dlacnaaee Formation .of American Branch of British Kenanda Bible Society. NEW YORK, Jan. 14. The Tenth annual conference of the Foreign Mission Board of the United States and Canada convened to day. Among the delegates is the Hon. Emily Klnnalrd, daughter ot Lord KlnnafVd of England, who ts an enthusiastic worker in favor of foreign missions. The opening conference was presided over by the Rev. John Fox, one of the secre taries of the American Bible society.. The Hon. Emily Klnnalrd read a letter from the committee ot the Zenada Bible Mission proposing to members of the mis sions in America that they co-operate in woman's work In India. The Zenada Bible Class and Mission was established In 1852 by tho late Lady Kln nalrd and is the oldest British society working in India. The letter stated that Miss Klnnalrd and Miss A. E. Edge were authorized to take whatever ateps appeared practicable for the formation ot a com; mtttee in America and to send out mission aries from America to India. FIGHT FARMERS' ELEVATORS Illinois Grain Men Are alleged to Discriminate Asalaat Co-operative Organisation. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Jan. 14. A delega tion of farmers from Mason and adjoining counties complained to Attorney General Hamilton today ot alleged discrimination bv the Illinois Grain Dealers' association ' ! anl commission men in Chicago against "farmers' elevstors." The farmera allege that they are unable to aell their grain, as the drain Dealers' association has warned commission mor-t chants that they would be boycotted if they continued to tecelve consignments from the co-operative association organized by the farmers. right. Kp m giving Mm. MotMwtg tetter." I I