TIIE OMAHA"' DAILY "BEE: FRIDAY; DECEMHEH 18, 1003.
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TELEPHONES. 1MM.
"When a msh plants a
trw, be cannot b pre ,
liimtd to plant . It In '
contemplation of
j present profit."
Perhaps 'you have found it hard deciding what to, give ..the
little people. Hero-is a list of. useful article that will not fail of
appreciation. ' -. f i 4
- fcvfuits' short dresses, nicely- msde, , 76c. Ko, 00,, up to 14 60 each.
Infanta' lo.ig dresses, beautiful materials at We., 78c, $1.00,'$1.W. up to $6.09 4ch.
Infants' CaaKrtiM-S and Embroidered Flannel Shawls at" II. ll.W.'W to $3.W each.
Infanta' flannels and cashmere sacquea at 75c, $1.00, $1.60, W 00 and $2.60 caclJ
InfshU crochet sawjues at iOc,'0c, 75c, II W un .to J.Be. each. - . .,.
Infant s French hanS-made bibs at Boo, 7Sc and $1.0 each. . .v -' . .
Infants' feeding bibs In pins, blue and White herry cloth, 483 M.I for S6c- -Infants'
cashmere wrappers, with white, pink and blue, feetheratlchlng,-$l.S0 each.
Infanta' crochet bootees st 16c, 10c, 2c ?0e, ' np td each.
Infanta' kid bootees, whits and colors, (0c, 78c and $100 each.
Infants' woot torfues at 50 each , . , .
Infanta' silk toques st $1.00 snd $1.S each. ' ..;.
Infants' crochet veils at) Sic, eDc and. S0o each.1 - .--.' '
Infants' fine "yarn mrttens In whits, pink and while, blue and whits st Ko Snd
, too such. . . V
Infanta' comb and brush sets In white, pink snd blue, 8e each. . ,
Infants' comb and brush and rattle set, 75c each.
Infants' Ion coats, cream bedford cloth, $$.J5. $2.80, $178, $3.00 snd $J60 each.
Infants' cashmera hose In black, white, pink and blue, SSo and $Bc per pair.
We sell ths Rubens' Infant's underwear.
Umbrellas for Christmas
A special sals of woman's 2-lnch silk umbrellas, high novelty, handles ferula
$4.00 valuss-rspeclal price. . . .-'-.-
' 1 "; $2.50 each ";. ' '
V. . ! OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS, . BEGINNING FRIDAY. .
TiHIEli?SliilftI.l
Y.: M. C. A. Building. Corner Sixteenth, and , Dotfjjlfi Jt
"would be treated as would the vessels of
any other power with 'Which the United
States is st peace." . ', .
After saying hs was satisfied with Com
msndnf Turner's snswer he' Said, In part:'
I be you will leave this port, because the
waters surrounding' it are part of the De
partment Of Cauca. : I permit myself to in
form you that the rebel department of
Panama borders on Cwuca at Tlberon. Bo
Ion as war Is not declared It seems to me
only Just and natural that American war
ships nhouid not enter the waters south of
Tlburon. .- - D. ORTIZ.
Disregard Order of Colombian.
Commander Turner disregarded this. Hav
In accomplished -.the purpose of -his visit
to the gulf, namely, to find the Colombians,
the Atlanta started for Colon the, night of
December .1$. V The Colombians carefully
and systematically ' mads efforts to avoid
furnlshin any Information as to what pur
poses had brought them to the ulf or
whether they were buildln a road toward
Panama. But It can be said that they are
awaiting superior orders. '''
In the meantime' there' is strong proba
bility that they are building a road toward
Panama. The distance separating. Tltute
tnatl and Tasual Is slxty"ihlles. The Colom
bians declared the had 1,000 men between
ths mouth of ths Atrato nd Tlburon, well
supplied with food, clothing and ammuni
tion, Ther also have several pieces of ar
tillery mounted at coast points. .
Their demeanor, though, polite, clearly
allowed, hostility and deep chagrin at hav
ing been," discovered. Many Indications
pomteJ to their Intention of bringing more
men and supplies to ths gulf.
The . Atlanta Is going . to ths Chtrtqul
lagoon,- whers It will cost from a Collier.
' Rear Admiral Cogblan Is pot, sending, any.
ether ship .la Ovflf Ht .fcarteic ' i
. (eattaela viH:,Aoat.. .
During the' conference wlfh the Colonr-,
blans, ashore,' Ueiitenant Perrin. was sur
rounded by General Ortls's staff, while In
land, a fsw paces, there was a seml-clr6U
of armed sentinels. Ths beach In both di
rections was also lined by Sentinel. Oefn
eral Ortls did. not permit Lieutenant IJer
rlll to leave the point of the beach where
be landed. While Perrtll waa awaiting ths
Colombian , protest First Lieutenant Ed
ward B. Manwarlhg, commanding ths ma
rine guard of ths Atlanta, rowed up In a
cutter for the purpose of communicating
with Lieutenant Perrlll and to gain cer
tain -military information. Lieutenant
Manwarlng went ashore and the cuttm
joined the whaleboat off the beach. Lieu
tenant Perrlll returned to the Atlanta at t
In the afternoon. ' !
Lieutenant. Manwarlng, before returning,
pulled. In the cutter along the coast, ob
serving the Colombians' "camp. Later In
ths day General Ortis requested the At
lanta -to' leave. - The Colombian camp appeared-'.to
be permanent, 'was well provi
sioned and probably deatined to be used as
a base- of operations, General Ortis . and
others TJy sxpreeaed the determination of
Colombia to fight to the bitter end in ease
General JUyea' visit, to Washington is not
successful and Panama IS not returned to
Colombia. : .'- ! . .
Marines Find Good Camp.
WASHINGTON. Deo. 17.-In a cablegram
from Reef Admiral Coyhlan, commanding
the naval force In Atlantio-Iathmlan waters,
which reached ths Navy department last
plght, the landing of the battalion of ma
rtnea frem the Prairie at Gorgon la re
ported. . The battalion Will go lnto'camp at
that place, the medical, officers having re
ported that the health conditions there are
fully satisfactory. Gorgoh Is soma dlstsnce
above the sea; level and It. Is hoped the men
will be free - from tropical illness. Ths
Dixie's battalion of marl nan have encamped
at Empire. Care will be taken that all the
American foree on the Isthmus shall drink
- only distilled wster. and ths Prairie wilt be
fsept there tor the purpose of distilling an
adequate supply.
With the view of maintaining good feeling
during the e'.ectlons on the Isthmus , ths
provisional, junta has just Issued an ad-
. dress te the nation signed, by Messrs Boyd.
Arias and Arango, cables the Panama oor-
reaiiendent ef the Herald.
The junta states that decree No. 15, Issued
December 12 and published December H
convoking a national convention for Jan
uary It in this city, makes it the duty of
the members thereof to frame a constltu
tion In acoordanoe with the spirit of evolu
II OIR1STMAS sad ' jj
IB GlFlS eretyaeey Nf
j J tarae. A h I! i
'I of fsbtiae lit
,Dorflinger
j "Glassware Y
il b certaialy UgMy 1
If - appropriela. Look 1
I! lof trsde-aark
Ubol ea eecfc piece, I
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... . Bee, Pec. 17, 1.
Christmas ' '
. Gifts fortho
Little Folkis
tion which took place. ijovember I . The
address sake for the tolerance sad general
good feeling which. itas ealstsd upon. ths
Isthmus since the date of the rebellion and
cautions ths people -to hold steadfast 'to
their patriotlo principles .through the e
istlng times of ths forthcoming election.
The Navy department today reoelved a
cablegram from Rear Admiral Co man,
dated Colon, saying that ths .Atlanta had
returned from the Gulf of parlen and had
found about MO Colombian troops between
Tomete snd Terena Island, who had been
landed by the Cartegena and the Klneon, A
portion of the cablegram.. Was suppressed,
but it was stated that It contained nothing
of an alarming nature,. ' , .
Eathtieleetle Ovee Tseety. '
PANAMA) Deo. 17. The junta's decree
fixing December $8 as the date for the eleo
tion of representatives to the national con
vention has been" rrcelved with enthusiasm
In the towns In the interior of the republic
There Is no doubt that public opinion
favors ths canal treaty With the United
States and the candidaoy of Dr., Amador
for the presidency.
Demetrlo Caatro Has ta Go,
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, lt-The Paeiflo
Malt Steamer Barracouta just... arrived
here from. Panama, transported - General
Demetrlo Castro, of the Colombia forces,
sway from the seal; of trouble to Costa
Rica. His departure was rather sensational.
When the new Republto of Panama was
proclaimed General Castro was requested
to. take the oath of allegiance. He refused
and was ordered to leave the country.
Falling to do so, a squad of soldiers waited
upon hlnv .'and escorted , him aboard,; the
DaWaooula therf Jhdnt tol saiM His Janairi
et.,Punta Arenas wss, quiet,.,, ,, ..( .,-
. : Oats Keror Boras -
After Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil Is ap
plied. Relieves pain instantly and hsals at
the same time. For man or bsasL Price, 25a
iYINDUP OF.'' GRAND . .ICR!
(Continued from First Page.) .
saying we are heartily glad that our work
Is finished." .
District Clerk Hoyt declined last hfght
to give out any' further Information .rela
tive to the Indictments filed In the after
noon. But one of the Indicted ' parties,
Johnson, indicted for selling liquor to In
dians, is In the custody of ths court, and
none of the remaining sixteen have given
bonds nor have capiases been S:ud for
them. k . 't
In reference to the new ventre far the
petit jury for the special term of : court
beginning December !?. Clerk Hoyt said
last night: 'The panel wilt be drawn from
the list of COO names we now have.' These
-names were obtained through- letters writ
ten to leading bankers In all eommunlties
of the state to eend in a list of names of
reputable cltlsens for Jviry service. Fifty
names will be selected from this list by
the United States Jury Commissioner and
myself at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. "
BUSINESS MEN ON BOARD
Several Have' Accepted Place
Cbaaberlalw'a SesaLOffleiat
Tariff. Cosaaattteo.
LONDON, Dec; 17. It was announced to
day that the following have already ac
cepted membership in Joseph Chamberlain s
eommlBBlon, -which Is, te Inquire 'Into the
condition of British trade and report
t hereon with the object of drawing up a
tariff reform Tneasure:. 1 ';
Charles Booth. ' of the firm Of Alfred
Booth A Co.vof Liverpool; Sir Vincent Call-
lard, president of the London agency of
the National Bank of Egypt; Sir Arthur
Keene, vice president o' ths Institute of
Mechanical Englneere; Alfred Moeeley, Sir
William T. Lewis, president of the South
Wsles Institute of Engineers; Sir Andrtiw
Noble, vice chairman of Xt. C. Armstrong,
Whitworth At Co., limited; Charles A. Psr-
sons, proprietor pf large electrical jnd en
gineering works at Newcastle-on-Tjt; Sir
Walter Peace, agent general of Net',; O.
A. Pearson, newspaper , proprietor; , fft
Charles Tennant. chairman of the Union
Bank ef Scotland; 81 Alfred Jones, preu!
dent ef the Liverpool Chamber of Com
merce. .- r
A number of members of Parliament also
have accepted positions tin ths commission.
The secretary of ' ths commission will be
William A. B. Hewlns, director ef the Lon
don School of Economics and Political
Science. It Is Intended that the commis
sion shall meet twice a week, beginning
about the middle of January. .
LONDON. Dec. 11. In this morning's
lesue ths Times enters a stronsr editorial
protest against Mr. Chamberlain's com
mission ae involving a complete change of
eonetltutlonal -met node and -being akio to
defiance alike to the authority of the crown,
the cabinet and . the legislature. It de
clares that the members are mostly wealthy
protectionists, hardly one of whom would
be entitled to sit on a really royal com
mission.' v -, ,-. . '
Hastloae Horoo Bata.
' HASTTNQS. Ia, Dec. 17.-Specla Tele
gram.) The lare horse barn of J. D. Rob.
bins, five miles north of town was burned
last night. All of the stock, except sis
mules and. five horses,'. Was ssved. Theoe
burntd In the part of the stsbls that caunt
first. The fire was not d!coverd until the
bulMlnr wss about to fIi In. ' No Insur
ance; amouut ef lose not knows.
FIRE DESTROYS THE PLANT
Flames Wipe Oct Eeeb & Bnnyiu'i at Lost
of Tift J Thouiind Dalian.
TASK Of FIREMEN A MOST DIFFICULT ONE
. . . , t
Flaaaes Spread Wltk Great TSapidlty
: aad Bora ' to lateaeely ' that'
Approach Is Almost
Impossible.
Los. Insursnce.
.$n,mo $ 7.1V)
. 40,01)0 . 29. '.60
. 2,500 - 1,660
Building mm
Btoc'r
Machinery
Totals .'. $62,600 f$tt.7S0
Firs which Is suppoeed to have originated
In ' the electrical cotton plckln machines
of the Beebe A Runysn furniture ware
house and factory, at Thirteenth and Grace
streets, at 4 a. m. yesterday, caused the
destruction of the big plant. The loss is
estimated. In round numbers, at $62,600. and
Insurance aggregates $38,760.
The building was a frame structure $2x11$
feet In dimensions snd three snd a half
stories high. It had been used as a wars
house and factory by ths Beebe A Runysn
company for a number of years. At this
place the more expensive, or parlor, furhl
ture waa mads and housed. In addition to
a fine plant ef machinery a large atock of
hardwood, expenrlve upholstering cloth and
tone of wool and cotton, filling were burned.
C. B. Tungate, yardmaster of the Omaha
road, who resides at Fourteenth and Grace
streets, discovered the fire and telephoned
a nJ alarm. He first saw a small flams Issu
ing from ths west side of the bulldog near
the center, where was located the electrical
cotton picking machines on the second floor.
In ah Incredibly short space of time, where
had sppesred an Incipient, blase, hugs vol
umes of name and smoke arose, and inside
otan hour the big plant, with all its
contents, was in ruins.- -!
Blase Is Fierce. ',r '" "'
Probably the .firemen, who were first, at
the scene, five minutes after the first alarm
wasi sent ,ln, havs never encountered a
fiercer blase. The highly Inflammable nar
ture of the contents of the building caused
the fire to spread and burn with lightning
rapidity. Because of this all line of hose
brought to play on the fire had to.be car
ried, acmes ths1 railroad iracks ana from
hydrants over two blocks away. This made
the firemen's task a most difficult one, .But
thi; Hremen stuck .to it with great tenacity
and finally had ths satisfaction of putting
out ths blase in the building arier me su
restructure had been entirely consumed.
In the vicinity and to the east of the
factory thtre is ouue a preieunun-
tlement of mostly srasll houses, and oc
enfsnnts bf these worked With might and
main tci save their property. The home of
Elmer Morrow was especially threatened,
being nearer than the other houses, but
wan saved after heroic efforta by the fire
men. Mr. Morrow moved his household
goods to a place of safety during tne
first stages of the fire.
On account of the hose lines blocking
the tracks, the Omaha stock train. No.
17, was held for several minutes near tne
fire, ' while the cattle and hogs naaaied
together in- the' cramped, cars and kept up
terrifio din. This train - was finally
backed away and sent to - South Omaha
ovsr the Belt Line. Northwestern freight
train. No. (3, also-was held until the fire
burned out
'x ', ' ' Second Fire la Oae Day.
Washington Runyan. treasure'-ths
company, when seen at the down town
office. Tenth and Farnam streets saiav
'It-was the secondTffre. which broM but
In our place. In the afternoon, about 1
o'clock, there waa a sma.l.bisss near the
center or tne Duuaina, in ona oi ine cot
ton picking tnachines- t "?W war, .easlj.
managed and ;thej rooms, were thoroughly
saturated with;, water and ...then ' cteanod
out The orlin pOhAfirai tjii jnoriihjjr
Is something oi a mystery to uifc. ; w .em
ployed about fifty jp$ople st thl yUht land
maae only our oeiier,-ctuee.-ui gvoue nere.
We I ad Intended closing this filar In ths
near future, from' the 'set thai we have
bought a site, for i a.; more pretentious
building and one. 'which ,shall be. mbdernly
equipped, on Dodge' street between' Eighth
and Ninth.
- , , v vv
"I cannot say, when .this new, plant -.will
be built It is quite an undertaklng.-We
own a half block pf ground and we want to
build the full length of. the ground. We
will not be etopped for a minute In doing
our regular business as heretofore becauss
of thla fire." " -
During the progress of the-' Beebe 'A
Ruhyan fire-the department was' called to
the Wise Memorial-hospital, to put out a
Small blase which started In the roof of
the big . bsrn from sparks thrown off by
the furniture factory Are At 4:S4 there
waa a-call front -the coali yard at Seven
tesnth and Mason,- conducted by Coutant
a JSquirsa, which was Inconsequential
List of Policies. .
Following Is a list of Insurance companies
In which the Bee bee A Rupyen Furniture
company carried policies on Stock, machin
ery and hulldlnga An addition of $760 in
surance on stock was made Thursday aft
ernoon,. when ths policy for that amount
recently placed with the Unity Firs asso
ciaiioB oi cmcago was received. This
brings ths total insurance on stock up to
' Build- M c tn
Name of Company,
A , . . i . . . .
moca. in. ery.
nmni:i Jiuyuii OK
America ..$,440
Home lnuurance Co... l.ouo
Phenlx Innuranoe Co.
of Brooklyn 1,000
-Itrman of Freeport... 6u0
Agricultural Insurance
company BOO
Humbur-Bremen 7u0
r.6Si :. ;:r.:
600 ' '
600 '
..... $ 800
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saae) aeaee
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600
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eoeej aoeee
S
sea eee
. 600 '....'.
1.B00
t"lZ'
6CS)
t tdeiity lneuranoe as-
ao-latlon l.ono
S. U. of N. l,0i
interstate Lloyds of
Ctilcaco L000
Northwestern Lloyds of
. ...,...,, ...
Metropolitan Lloyds of
Chloaro 1.000
National Fire '
Iethmus Lloyds, New
York l.ono .
New Tork Fire, Lloyds LMA)
Inferior JTr.der writers
of Chlcffgo 1,000"'
Phenf. Insurance com
pany of Brooklyn.... $50 .
fttirth AfT.?rrlcn Un-fli-i
writer of Chicago 600 '
fcV'.'xtil.rd Fire Und.f.
wt'itfUH (if New York.. 1,000
At the- L'was i.H JKew ; -York
1.W1
The State Insurance - -Company
of Delaware 1,000
At Kollanc Fire Un
derwmero of Chicago 1,000
The German Union of
Delaware - 100 .
International Fire of
New York City "50 .
Western , Contolldeted
Underwriters. Chicago
At'antlo City Fire In
surance Co., New
Jereey $0$
Eqoltable Fire Insur
ance company 1,000
The Tide Water Fire
Insurance company,
CmbrldSS. Md K0
German-American Firs
Underwriters of Illi
nois 600
Underwriters st Fed
eral Lloyd. ;lo 1.000
Concordia Fire V
waukee 11.000
TeAsral Fire Undt.4
writers of Illinois.... 1,000
Manufacturers Fire.
I'nderwrltere of Chi
cago The Commercial l'n-
derwrltrs of Choo
The 1'hlladelphla rlre
Insurance corntny... 800
Agricultural of Water- - -
town
The Inland Ftte Unde
Wrltera of fhlraen ... 750
The AtlM Fir I nrter-
wrltere of 'Oiloair...-1i,0n0 '
Ottawa Fire Insurance
company 1 ooo
Central Fire fnder-
w Titers of-intrude 7B0
At PeMance Fire L'n-.
derwrltern. rhlraeo. . BOO
The New York Insur
ance, aeenclatlan of
New Tork
1,000
The London Mutual
Fire Tnnurnr ro ., Bno
Vnlty Fire amooletlon ' TS0
LAVVYERS HELP GET JURIES
Bar Association Leads a Han to the
Board of Cowaty Coaa
snlssloaers.
Continued interest, la manifested amon
the members of. the Omaha Bar associ
ation and ths county commissioners over
the Selectloa of the 1004 Jury.
The bay association has alleged that the
juries of ths present year, have not been
up to the statutory requirements In that
many of, them . have not an adequate
knowledge of ; the .English lsngusae and
that many of them are unfit characters to
sit upon, the trial of sny case.
Additional Internet Is manifested at this
time for the reason that ths county com
missioners, yesterday, began the ' work of
checking up the poll books with ths end in
view of selecting somethln over . $.200
Jurors. who are to compose the panel for
next year. The bar association has asksd
the commissioners to edvtse It as to ths time
when this work weuld.be beaun and now
that the commissioners have got the, work
under way,, the bat association Is doslrou
of usin its Influence Snd In offering sug
gestions as to the names which sre to he
handed In as composing the panel for ths
next year, -
loose ( the Dlfllcaltles.
The commissioner's profess their Inability
to et ' together ' a panel which Is, In all
Instances, satisfactory and' - acceptable.
Thla Is held to be due to the fact that In
many ' of the precincts where the regis
tration Is heavy. It is Impoaslbls for the
county commissioners "to know every
resident- of the district - One- of the
provisions of the statute' Is that no one
shsll be selected! AS Juror whose age Is
In excee of years. "Since the commis
sioners do not know the names of all the
men Whom they chance upon In looking
over the registration books, It Is Impossible
to eliminate this class of jurors altogether.
Then too, the commissioners say, there
are so many people In this county who havs
ths same name.1 There ' are plenty - ef
Andersons, Smiths and Jones. A Certain
Hans Anderson may have lived in a given
precinct a year ago, -while now he may be
living" In' another ' and" when his name IS
run -across snd put irf the jury box, --th
commissioners have no means of knowing
that. Hans hss changed his residence and
that the name they have selected is the
name of the Juror who ha Just finished
a. term as Juror;- '
In view of these ' conMtlons. the bar
association has tendered r Its good offices
in. asnlstlng ths commissioners In selecting
ths panel for the year 1904.
MUST PAY FOR - OWN GOODS
Stelner - ffledfnsrer Company 'Aal
Loses ' lit " PloB'r,'v,iCaso with '
' i .. Philip Measlatger. . .
The peculiar flour as In' which the ron
teeting parties. Were' "the Stelner-Medlnger
Company against Philip Menslnger, a local
baker, reached another stage when the Jury
returned a verdict -..fbr - the defendant of
$46155. This Is a repetition of the verdlcU
whloh have heea trenorawd In this case.
.. In 1S9I the Stllner-Uedlnger company sold
Tormnp Mensmger e w oraes. or nour,
Later, when Mqninger waa unable to make
a payment, upon, the order,, the. plaintiff
drew up. a paper in whltfi It .was mads
obligatory upoji Menslpger to make pay
ments weekly for the amount of flour he
had used during that Week. When, Men
singer was unable (pop after. ha to make
a certain .-Weekly . payment, -the, Btelnsr
Medlnger company .caused its wagons, to
back up., to Menslnger's, -place of huelness
and oarry away the remaining flour . .-
And there is wher,elt made a mistake!
according, to the decision. .of the supreme
court, which has held that ths title to the
flour passed to Menslnger. at the - time
the order was given and the delivery mada
The - plaintiffs contended, before the su
preme court decided the case on the above
point that the piper which .Menslnger had
signed, wherein he agreed to pay weekly
for the amount of the, flour he had used in
his business that , week, vitiated the con
tract between . the parties and that they
could therefore stsp In and . take . their
flour. .....- ..,-.- -v ' ! .
. The case came up for its last trial before
Judge Read Tuesday and a Verdict has
now. been returned in which the conten
tion of the defendant' to the value of the
flour which was unused ehould be paid
him. la other words, the plaintiffs were
asked to pay for their' own flour. The
verdict 'of the Jury sustains this conten
tion, and a Judgment of $164.6$ has bean ren
dered against the plaintiffs.
THIRTIETH COMES NEXT WEEK
lafantry Iran Philippines Will Be
Baooeted am Arrival at
Fort Crook.
. The Thirtieth United States Infantry,
which arrived at San Francisco Wednesday
from the Philippines, Is expected to arrive
at Fort Crook early the aomlng week. The
rftgloneht will first havs to be equipped with
winter clothing suitable to this cllmats be
fore crossing the continent The headquar
ters, field Staff and band with the First and
Third battalions, comprising Companies A,
B. C. D, L K, L and M, will be stationed
at Fort Crook; Companies E and F, under
command of Lieutenant Colonel T. F.
Davis, at Fort Logan U. Roots, and Com
panies O and IL,t Fort Reno. Okl. There
may, however, be a change Id the assign
ment of thus four latter companies be
cause of the contemplated changes In the
departmental ty". w'(iWh throws Arkansas
and Oklahoma Jo th military division f
tne eoutnweet.
Arrangements; are under, contemplation
for giving i officers of the Thirtieth
bsiiiquet at T'ort Crook on their arrival.
' A full set 61 commissary and quartermas
tu' supplies has been provided at Fort
Crook for the immediate use of ths regi
ment on its arrival, ,
CAUGHT i TAPPING THE t TILL
Hogae Discovered ia Ttnse aod Held
at Polat af Bartender'
Revolver. .
Matt Callahan, known to ths pollcs ss
professional vsgrant I Q tne tolls
charged with attempting to rob the cash
resistor at the saloon of Oeorge , Dwyor,
Twelfth and. Farnam streets, durin ths
early hour yesterday morning.
Callahan entered the saloon about
o'clock, ostensibly te set wsrm, but s
soon as Frank Dillon, bartender, went out
of the room he slipped behind the bar
aad opened, the reflster. Ho was caught In
the act of removing a roll of $30 by Mr:
pillon. who held him at the point of
platol until the police arrived.
A Gaaraatcea) Ore tor File.
Itching. Ellnd, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. Your ilhusslei will refund mm if
PAZO OINTMTSNT falls U cure yeu
lo It daya ioo.
CONTEST OF SHIPBUILDERS
Elrslry Bstwesn Ksty Turd end Privat
Oonitriotori Frodnoing Esiult.
GOVERNMENT MAKING GOOD SHOWING
All Records foe Speedy Work Be log
Drokes on Battleships Coaaeetteat
aad Loolslana How the
. Icere Stands.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) '
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. (Special. )-A
lively 6ontett In warship building, which
Imr been proceeding for many months, baa
wow 'reached a' stage of exceeding Interest
In aaval circles, as well is In all the ship
yards of the country. -
The race In construction Is between the
Newport News Shipbuilding company and
the navy yard at Brooklyn. Newport News
Is building the battleship Louisiana, while
the navy yard Is tulldlng ths battleship
Connecticut. At first the prlvsts concern
took the lead, and still hss It but the Con
necticut, at the present rsts of building,
promises to catch the Louisiana In prog
ress toward completion.
One of the naval constructors on duty at
the Navy department here states that all
records for speed Irt shipbuilding for the
United States government have- been broken
by the mechanics at the Brooklyn navy
yard who sre at work on the Connecticut
The statement Is fns.de after examination
of the monthly statement of the conditions
of the warships ' under ' construction at
arlous places.
Naval officers are astonished at the way
the Connecticut snd the Louisiana ere
beltlg rushed to their finish. The speed
with which the latter is' building, they say,
Is really remarkable, , surpassing every
thing seen by the officers. The Loulslsna
Is Just 7 per cent shead of the Connecticut.
A comparison with . the battleship Ne
braska.. , which Is building at the yards of
Moran Bros, Washington state, shows how
the Louisiana and Connecticut are smash
ing the records,. The contract. for the Ne
braska was made In February, 1901. yet It
is actually behind the Louisiana and only a
few points ahead ef the Connecticut.
The Nebraska Is SO per cent completed, snd
the Georgia, a sister ship, which IS build
ing at the Bath Iron works, Maine, Is 40
per cent completed.
Kav-r Yard Gaining. :
The' contract tor the Louisiana was
signed a little over a year a fro, the exact
date being October IS. 1902. Work on the
Connecticut Mid - not " begin until some
months later, owing to the fsct that ths
plant at the Brooklyn yard was not quite
complete. The delay accounts for the
difference In the building progress of the
two ships, as they now show. Navsl offi
cers believe that the Connecticut will gain
on the Louisiana, especially when it
comes to putting on the finishing touchee,
the' equipment of the government yard
being better for that grade of work than
that of a the private plant.
Department .officers are highly . pleaeed
at the showing In the navy yard and say
that It fully Justifies their contention be
fore congress that the navy yards - can
eompete In speedy dispatch of work. There
Is no denying that the Newport News
builders are doing all they can to. keep, the
Louisiana ahead of the Connecticut even,
it is said, , slighting to that end work on
other government contracts. It ,1s pointed
out that In this connection that the battle
ship Virginia, " also building at Newport
News, and whloh Is nearly two. year older
In ,buUding than"tha Louisiana is - only
60 per cent completed, -r,- j.' i-
Below, is a statement of the percentage
of completion of battleships armoured
criilsers and protective cruisers now nnder
construction, for the United States, navv.
V tlattlA-h (tab A on ma- A . . ,
. ' ........ wm van,, ' viiiu,
ra per cent; Virginia, 60 per cent; Nebraska.
80 per cent; Georgia, 40 per centi New
-' ..rill, KllllIirDWlB, tTVflL..
.. Armoured . Cruisers Pennsylvania, ft! nor
cent; West Virginia, 6$ per cent; California,
S her cent; Colorado. 67 per cent; Mary
land, J per cent; South Dakota, 44 per
wnii . lennessee, a per cent; W'atsDlnglon,
w iwr will..
Prottf.ti4 Pt-til ma ,- T.n.a. OS mam
Des Moines, 96 per cent; Chattanooga, li
per. cent; Galveston, 69 per cent; Tacoma,
so per vent; bi. iouis, if per cent; (jnaries-
ron, bo per cent; Milwaukee, 18 per cent.
MONEY READY- FOR WIDOWS
Fand for Relief of Firemen's Families
to Be Dtstrlbated by Mayor
aad Baiter.
Mayor Moores announces that the dis
tribution of the fund raised by the pubUo
for the wldowe and families of the firemen
killed Thanksgiving day will be made early
next week. The total amount of the fund
to date Is is,3S2.M, which means that four
checks of nearly $l,no each will be made
out The mayor and Fire Chief Salter will
make the preeentat $n at the homes of ths
deceased firemen, without oratory or osten
tation. , -
.St Peter, aad ta Broker. .
This is going the rounds: A broker from
the financial vortex sought admission at ths
pearly gates. "Who are your' said St.
Peter.
Tea a Wall street broke."
"What do you wantr .
"I want to get In."
"What hsvs you done that entitles you to
admission 7"
"Weil, I saw a decrepit women In Broad
way the other day end gave her 8 cents,"
"Gabriel, Is that on the recorder .
"Yes. St. Peter; It's marked down to his
credit" , .
"What else have you dpnet". ... , ,
'"Well, I crossed the Brooklyn bridge the
other night and met a newsboy half frosen
to death and gave him 1 cent."
""Oabrltl, Is that on ths recordsr'
"Yes, St Peter."
"What else have you done?"
' "Well, I can't recollect anything else Just
now." .. ,
' -"Gabriel. -what dd-you think we ought to
do wiih this follow V
"Oh,' five him back his 8 cents snd tell
him to gu down be tow, "New York Press,
' state Earth.
"Tee." said Mr. Pecksniff, "we did hav
a nice house In the suburbs, but we hsd to
1vs It up for 'this rather uncomfortable
flat In order to be near the church." ,
'Indeed?" replied Mr. Wise, who knew
the other'' propensity for Jumping his
rsnt. ' Heal!, though, your flat is so
smjill you'll hav to wear folding halos,
won t you?" Nsw York Weekly.
Wkts the Win (lowed fp.
No sound of revelry and not a breese oa
high te kiss ths Stars and Stripes. Ths
minister arrived on time and Just as the
morning star cast his rsy athwart the bil
lowed fields of Indian Creek, Lee Hawkins
snd Ida Eddy were made man and wife.
The best wishes of their many friends
will follow them down life's rspld stream.
Morganstown (W. Va.) News.
Wayi.RMifnMr Ids run
exitivo Urorao fuiatsa
Gw CoM I Oaa y Day
caavary
jersey,. per centi Rhode Island, 48 per
rent; Connecticut, 4 per cent; Louisiana.
81 Per cent; Vermont, U per cent; Kansas,
,9 (Vl
SCC r r J
j iT i f i i awa a -ra
AT TIE PUTHD'JSEJ.
"Polly Prlasrsec" at the Boyd.
A little love story, with one or two Inci
dents out of the commonplace. Is the thresd
on which Paul Wllstach has hung five
rather talky acta for Miss Thurston and
hsr assistants In "Polly Primrose." It,
Isn't sufficient to hold the Interest, be
cause the end Is so vsry apparent, and the
way thereto so direct that the listener
Isn't even piqued to the point of curiosity.
It deals with the affairs of a family of
rebel sympathisers at Georgetown during
the war whose son has been rescued by a
Vsnkes captain who took him prisoner and
then brought him home. The daughter
returns borne from school and, of course,
she end ths captain fall In love. In the
meantime the father and some of his
friends sre plotting to turn Washington
over to General Lee. The Yankee eaptaln
learns of ths plot thwarts It saves ths
family from exposure and marries the
daughter. That' all ther Is to It.
Miss Thurston Is advertised as "dainty"
snd all that sort of thing, and really tries
to be. In a measure she succeeds, but It
Is only In ths last scene of the fourth' act
that shs shows any particular ability. For
a few moments she exhibits the natural
Interest one would expect of a girt whose
lover wss In Imminent peril. Just for a
moment St the close of the piece she re
lapses Into a natural state, but during the
greater part of the play she Is acting In a
desperste attempt to live up to the name
her press agent has made for her. She
undoubtedly has ability, but she Is at pres
ent concealing It In an unsuccessful effort
to be greet.
In ths company supporting Miss Thurston
Sre several capable people. Mr. Brinslsy
Bhaw acts the role of a "man's man" with
much taste and effect' Mr. Kerby mars
his part of the villain by a too obvious
effort to make the audlense understand
that he Is the "bad" man of the piece.
The engagement, was but for ons night.
"The Gamekeeper" at the Krs.
Mr. Thomas J. Smith Sang his way
through the four acts of the Irish play at
the Krug last night to the apparent satis
faction of an audience that didn't test the
capacity of the theater. This piece tells
the old familiar story of an estate and a
missing heir, the Imposter who not only
seeks -to get away with the property, but
tries to ensnare the affections of another
man's wife ss well, only to be baffled by
the lowly but faithful servants of the miss
Ing ''masterr' It movea along well worn
grooves from a conventional beginning to
a certain ending. Mr. Smith has a good
singing . voloe and renders several songs
with good effect The acting Required by
the piece Is done tastily and. with sufficient
ylm to bring out the points of the story.
'The Gamekeeper" will be the bill the rest
of the week. .
FRENCH LABORERS EXHIBIT
Government Appropriates Faads for
Societies at St. Loals
Exposition.
PARIS, Dec. 17. There wss only one vote
cast In opposition today when the Senate
passed a bill appropriating $40,000 for the
use of the labor societies in connection with
their preparations fdr the St. Louis exposi
tion. Minister Trouillot said that the aid
wss altogether Justifiable. ,
Italians Consider Exposition.
ROMB, Dec: 17. In the Chamber of Depu
ties today ther was a debate on the meas
ure appropriating $130,000 for 'Italian par
ticipation In the St ' Louis exposition.
Deputy Maggiorino Ferraris spoke In favor
of the appropriation, saying that whlls he
did not Insist on the amount proposed by
ths measure he thought ft waa most neces
sary that Italy should be well lepresented
at St. Louis. Slghor'Lussattl,'. minister, of
the treasury, promised that ths government
would do everything possible toward a
proper and adequate representation.
Slgnor Rava ssld he waa aaked to demon
strate that the people of Italy had become
an Industrial and manufacturing people.
He believed that the people of Italy fully
approved the bill and desired to be well
represented at St. Louts. A secret ballot on
ths bill will soon bs taken, and It is gen
erally Believed that the appropriation will
ba Increased to $200,000.
Colorado Will Have Balldlng.
' DENVER, fee. ,17. The Colorado World's
fair board today accepted plans for a $5,000
state building to be erected at the St Louis
exposition, and work on the structure will
be begun at once.
.' New Yorkers oa the Gronnda.
ST. LOUIS,. Dec. 17. Members of the
World's fair, commission of New York
visited the World's fair grounds today, the
party being headed by B. H. Harrtman of
the commission.
Te department of education will establish
a model -household nursery. Mrs. Ruth
Ashley Hlraohfleld of New York was today
sppolnted to preside over the nursery.
June 89 was today designated as "Wiscon
sin day" at the request of the Wisconsin
commission. '
NEGRO WAS JJ0T MURDERER
Body Foaad Kear that af Dead Whit
Man Where Robbore Killed
',';,. .. Rlaa. ,. .
.SHREVffPORT. La., Dec. I7.-The body
of J. H. Manuel, a negso, who was thought
to havs killed his employer, J. B.-Waliter
of Bayou Pierre, In Red River pariah, yee-
terdey, waa found near ths scene of ths
killing. . His head had been almost shot
away. '
It now develops that both the planter and
the negro wers shot from ambush by rob
ber.
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