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Legislature ;j
I 15 us j- Day lu House,
i The house Wednesday recommend
ed for passage two railroad bills, killed
the Sunday baseball bill, recommend
d for passage a bill to place Chris
tian Scientists under the same rule
las other practitioners In the matter of
importing on contagious diseases,
treated Harve, of Douglas county,
like a prince and came very near tak
ing up the Omaha-South Omaha con
solidation bills. Harvey secured fa
ctorable action on H. R. 298, allowing
the retirement of notes given to mu-
ual Insurance companies; If. R. 219.
providing a way for the firemen and'
policemen of Omaha to Increase their
relief funds; H. II. 147, allowing the
bouncll to grant ft person a monopoly
Van the garbage business so long as It
tfoats neither the city nor citizens' a
Veyit. H. R. 170, Harvey's legislative
Annexation bill, was called up, but at
Ibis request It went over without losing
Ita place. Iee wanted the bill dts-
Sissed then and there In conjunction
1th hl bill, but after some discussion
fche house sustained Harvey's request,
though Jennlson at first moved that
the bill go to the bottom of the (lie.
Dsnnlson was Induced to withdraw his
knotlon and so did Iee. ' s
! Knowlos got his bill, II. II. 220, pro
viding ft 2-oent fare mileage book good
xor passage In the hands of any per
son and good for two years, acted up-
t9 favorably, though Barnes, of Doug-
county, told the house It was the
lost foolish thing that ever happened.
ecause the railroads were compelled
to sell tickets at it cents, and no per
son would be foolish enough to buy a
mileage book foe $20 and have the
mor tied up vhen he could get u
kTcket at the samn rate. The bill orig
inally read good for three years, but
yst offered the two-year amendment,
ffrhlch Knowles accepted.
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Work for Fort Itoblnson.
Adams, of Dawes county, Is anxious
for the Nebraska delegation In con
gress to get busy on that appropriation
for Fort Robin; on, which Is In his dls-
It r let, and Wednesday he introduced
(a resolution In the house to that effect.
Mr. Adam assured the members that
9enator .Warren, of Wyoming, was
jworklrj hard to accomplish the aban
donment of Fort Robinson and that
the Wyoming senator seemed to have
more Intfuence than all the Nebraska
delegation The Sixth district bad
(only Congressman Klnkald working
jfor the appropriation and he was anx
ious that the other members get busy
(with Judge Kli.kold.
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j Slf lug Committee. Approved,
j In an effort to ciean up the Impor
tant bills before the final rush the
enate Wednesday morning approved
the sifting committee reported from
the standing committee on commit
tees. There was no opposition to tho
jseven senators named In the report.
They are Root of Cass, Thomas of
Douglas, Wiltso of Cedar, Aldrlch of
Sutler, Epperson of Clay, Phillips of
Molt and Clarke of Adams. The slft-
tng committee will begin the work of
rolng ,ver tho general file within a
few days.
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-' Railroads to Pay for Coal.
The senate Wednesday afternoon in
committee of the whole recommended
for passage Senator Hackett's bill re
lating to the confiscation of coal hi
(transit by railroads. The bill requires
ith roaJs to pay the value of the coal
within sixty days and In addition
thereto to pay a penalty of 20 per cent
of Its value and attorney's fees If It
Is necessary for the owner to go Into
court to secure his pay, Clarke, rf
(Adams spoite In opposition to the bill.
but It was recommended for passage
by a large majority.
Against Itinerant Physicians.
A bill by Wilcox, which will prac-
ically drive out of existence so-called
tlnerant physicians and traveling
medicine shows, waa recommended for
aasage by tho senate Wednesday nf-
ernoon. The bill requires itinerant
hyslclatis to pay a fee of $2&0 a year
nd places them under the Jurisdiction
f the state board of health.
, Interests Crelghton Iw School.
!j A bill of coimlderablo Interest to
students and patrons of the Crelghton
law school waa recommended to pais
rjr the senate. The measure was In
troduced by Patrick and It allows the
fLupreme court to designate other
schools than the law college of the
(University of Nebraska whose grad
uates may be admitted to the bar
svlthout examination. The Crelghton
aw school Is the only other school In
ha state and Is the only one affected
fcy the bill.
j County superintendents will not re
ceive a boost In pay from this legisla
ture, the conate having killed Good
rich's bill providing for an Increase of
about 20 per cent in the salurles of
these officials.
Pure Food ltlll.
t After two hours of strenuous dis
cussion the senate In committee of the
whole recommended f r passage the
Judiciary committee substitute fur the
Burns pure food bill'. The only attack
pn the measure was in the Interests of
(the druggists, who were represented
on the floor or the senate by Senator
Mice of Harlan, who is In the business.
The principal ditllculty came In
amending section 9, which originally
required all patent and proprietary
medicines containing poisonous sub
stances to ' be " labeled poison In large
red letters. The druggists protested
that this would work a hardship on
hem In the preparation of fomulns
pf their own for general sale. After
some discussion the section was
changed so us not to require the poi
son label, provided the maximum dose
which might be taken with safety by
adults or InfaiU should be stated on
(he bottle. Another change provides
jthat it shall be a valid defense against
prosecutions under this section If It Is
shown the goods complained of were
la stock March 21. I ai7.
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'v . ' Two-Cent Fare a Menace.
It developed when the discussion of
the primary bill began that the 2 -cent
passenger ste bill, which Is now a
law, will rise up to haunt the Repub
lican majority when It comes to carry
ing out its pledges. As anticipated,
lta railroads will use this as aa argu
ment to sidestep the platform. In his
endeavor to get his own limited prl
vnary bill leud at the same time the
Joint committee stale-wide blil wis
read, Mc.Vullert, of (Sage, called atten
tion o the fact that the Republican
" d not stuck to the platform In the
'-r of passenger rules and there
i the members should use their
"rment In fie mutter of a direct
oary l!w. This talk came on a
Ion ty Hsmer, of Ruffulo, to read
! l Mullen till and til committee
are dls:uslng either. Wilson,
r, ot course, was for the mo
tion and so was Hamer and KeMul.
Xn Tax on Mortgage.
Without riving It a heating befort
the committee of the whole the senate
killed H. It. lio, which provided for
the assessment of real estate mort
gages as a part of the real estate and
not as personal properly, and fixed the
situs of the mortgage for taxation
purposes the county within which the
mortgage Is located and not the resi
dence of the owner. The revenue com
mittee reported the bill for Indeflotte
postponement and McKesson, who has
a similar bill In thn Senate, mad a
fight to have the bill placed on gener
al file. McKesson charged the law
yers and the bankers who loaned
money for foreign corporations were
against the bill and pleaded for a
chance to be heard before the commit
tee of tho whole, but his motion to
place the house bill on general file was
lost by a vole of 15 to 16.
.1 in lacs Wont I'tw llldo.
Root, of Cass, who Is defending Gov,
Sheldon's suit, was loaded for this ar
gument. He cited court decisions hold.
Ins that tho payment of actual ex
penses was not a perquisite. He said
the state ought to bear this expense
because under their present salaries
the Judges In the larger districts could
not afford to pay their railroad fare.
Heretofore they had been in the hab
it of accepting pasties to lighten the
burden, but ho thought It best for the
state to pay this part of their expenses.
Tho amendment to Include the Judges
was carried, with another, which al
lows the auditor to pass on all claim
for fare under the bill.
Tcrinlinil Tux Fair.
"The railroads of Xebruskn sh.nuld
pay taxes for local purposes on their
property located within cities and vil
lages JuKt the same as other property
owners do. I have, examined very
carefully the hill Introduced by Mr.
Clarke, und It should be passed and
become a law. The bill. In my opin
ion, does not provide for double tax
ation, but Is constitutional In every
respect."
Tho above statement was made by
Gov. Hheldon. Continuing, he said:
"The distribution of the value of rail
road terminals for taxation purposes
has been In the past a myth. Under
the Clarke bill every city and village
In the state will receive more money
In taxes from th railroads than they
do now."
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Primary Mil Will Ho Sent to Senate.
Fuslonlsts atfd radicals Tuesday won
out In the house on thn primary meas
ure. MeMullen's motion to recommit
and to cut out tho wide open, non-partisan
feature was defeated by a vote
of 40 to 40. The bill will now go to
the senate. In tho senate the terminal
taxation bill by Thomas was discussed.
Tho Pullman and private car compa
nies were Included In the bill and the
measure approved for passage..
Tuesday afternoon the senate klllod
a bill taxing bunks and corporations
on occupation tax on capital stock.
The bill forbidding brewers to he
Interested In or operate saloons was
approved for passage by an over
whelming majority. The bill was in
troduced by fc'eimtor Gibson, of South
Omaha, who declared that it of the
86 saloors In that city were dominated
by brewers.
DrugpWls succeeded In knocking out
sections 8 and it of the pure food law,
requiring a label designating Ingre.
dlents. The bill now conforms to the
federal linv,
Gov. Hheldon Tuesday night signed
employers' liability . uct, making rail
roads und corporations responsible for
the safety of their employes. ,The bill
had the emergency clause and is now
in effect. ,
THRIFTY KLONDIKE MINERS.
Quiet, provident ami A niton to Gel
A war a Mown a Possible.
Lack of wntor Is tht gret drawback
to mining In the Yukon, says Leslie's
Weekly, f'm-iv Is little ralti during the"
summer ami tho miner uiust depend
V.pou tho -iiwlt i UK snows to swell the
streams for his siiiniucr sluicing.
Villages have sprung up near the
creeks and living Is a shade higher thau
la Dawson owing to the extra freight
Rending sotiveulr post cavtls from these
points liect'ine mii expensive remem
brance, us tlio !nln, iincolorcd ones
soli for $1,110 a dozen The picturesque
swagger miner of Cripple ('reek, Creeds
and Tonopnh Is not found here. The
cost of getting "In"' U heavy, money Is
not always eai-lly made, and the win
ter nro bitter cold and depressing on
account of the Ion;; darkness. Bo the
miner save hU earnings until he
reaches u more congenial clime. To
te sure, there are men on the creeks
ivIki drink whlHky and the hardest
kind of whisk.v and gambling goes
an; yet, on tint whole, tho Klondike
miner Is a qui A, provident individual,
who devoutly li ..;! that the old fields
are not lu lie Iilv poi'iiiiineut home.
A man w ho wi.i'Us for u company or
linllvMunl mine owner receives from
t4 to fit a day and his lioard. Many
of them do their own cooking and live
lu iithins near the creeks. Flap-lucks
(putt cnke-i), l.ue,u und coffee are their
chief diet (lining the winter, and In
midsummer It requires u' dexterous
hand to linn tiie (lap-jacks before tha
mosquitoes ran vttlc on the uubuked
side. The t.!i! IIiiht who bus Been the
Ice come uml at Is known as a "sour
dough" tu:! these men are tho aris
tocrats of ;!k camp. The newcomer,
or the man who spends his winters out
side, U always km.wn its n "cheechako."
If people in the Ktutes knew how let
ters from home tiro appreciated by ths
cabin dweller of the Yukon they would
send some message every day. I have
seen miners nit lu front of tholr canlm
and read tind reread old, tattered let
ters. At Home particular pussage theit
races would light up with a smile and
the entire letter would be gone ovei
Moltilrrs 1 Battle.
"It is ImiMJi'tant to be cool und self
possessed nt tlie beginning of a light,
writes one who has commanded men
lu buttle. "As soon as the first shot Is
fired men b-nxiuie serious and go Into
uct ion with a culmuess which Is most
Impressive. High explosive shells
with their deafening noise, make the
most Imprest-ion on young and unsea
soned soldiers, while shrapnel affects
tho old soldier the moat. Those whs
linuglim thut It Is KMtible to see a he
role look ou men's faces at a decisive
moment are completely mistaken. Their
fuces nro pnle and hnra a hard look
about them, Tho struggle which U
goln on within them betrays Itself by
the ucrvoua h:iti of tlielr firing."
CIQ 8T0RE OF GRAIN.
Halloa's Karma Hold the t,arest
Reserve la History.
Tb.it the nat'.on is practically Im
mune from the horrors of famine Is
evidenced by the rcisirt Issued from
Washington on ti-e reserve of the lead
lug grains on the farms. It shows the
reserves ore more extensive than at
any other timo.
Out of an estimated total yield of
:$.,IJ(0.000 busltels of wheat there Ktlll
remain buck lu "llrst hands" 200,
Cll.lXKI bushels, ov 28.1 per cent of tb
crop. The estimate waa based on In
formation received from thousands of
correspondents up to March 1. On the
CorreMjsrtidliig date last year the farm
rowrvo of the cereal were about 15S,
COO.IMKJ bushed, or 22.9 er cent of tho
yield. The rewrves of the 1004 crop
on the farms Mirch 1, 1!K)., were 111,
000,000 bushels, or 20.1 jier cent of the
total outturn.
The government estimates holdings
of corn on March 1 at the enormous
total of 1. 2! S,( 100,0(10 bushels, or -44.3
per cent of the total crop, compared to
reserves of 1,108,000,000 bushels on
March 1, 1!N), or 41 per cent of the
1905 outturn.
Not withstanding the quite general
Impression that the last crop of oats
was light us compared to tlie previous,
yield, the government's estimated farm
holding on March 1 represented an Im
mense total of :!84,401,000 bushels, or
39 jH-r cent of the crop. Tito reserves
of the 190.1 outturn on March 1, 1900.
were nhout .'ix0.000.0ii0 bushels, or a
similar tcrccntnge of the aggregate
yield.
The government's estimates of tlie farm
reserves of wheat, corn and oats on March
1 since 1901, with percentages of the total
yields, follow-:
WIIKAT.
Yenr.
lts7. .
looil. ,
ino.L .
11)04. ,
ItiiHlieU. Percent.
I!0tl.(l44.()00 L'H
1 .s.4o:i.ooo
1 1 1,000,000
132,0OO,IM0
2(1
jo
COtlN.
.... 1,21)8,0(10,11(1(1
. . . . 1,1 OH. 000.0(10
.... tl.i4,(HHI.(NIO
.... 8'ltl,0()0,00O
OATS.
RS4.4nt,(K)0
i . . . . .17l),8ori.OOO
. ... 4T,Htit.OOO
.... 1 273,708,000
inoT..
loon. ,
inns. ,
11)04. .
44
40
:!s
:i7
1007
moo
liinr,
11104
an
an
as
ai
The following table shows the percent
sire of the last crops of wheat, corn and
oats on hand March 1 in the sixteen prin
rlpul, grain producing States:
flutes. Whent. Corn. Oats,
New York at) a.1 40
l'ennnylvauia ........ 40 45 44
TexuH 1U ."tl 20
Ohio a.i 4:t as
Mlrhlgnn 28 40 40
1 milium 2(1 44 an
Illinois 2. 48 a.'i
Wisconsin ..; a7 an 4:1
Minnesota an an -t:
Iowa :u 41) 4a
MlHHouii 2a 4:1 :-.h
Kannai 20 at) .'ID
Netii'itHka a2 48 4.1
Month I)nkot 2tl 51 41)
North nkots H2 25 till
Callfomlii 18 17 15
I'nlted Mtatea
28. 1 44.3 .'111. 8
mm
In reply to a delegation from the for
eign trade convention Speaker Cannon
aid he was for a minimum tariff that
would sii Mice for protection and a maxi
mum tariff or tho big stick for those na
tions which treat us badly.
Theodore I Khonts denies that his resig
nation from the chairmanship of the Isth
mian canal commission was due to any
friction with Tresidcnt Roosevelt, lie
asserts, moreover, that the best of rela
tions have always e listed between himself
and all his canal associates. Mr. Khonts
adds, "I have done exactly what I said I
should do organize the Isthmian canal
commission. There Is no friction not a
bit of frictiou."
Mayor Johnson of Cleveland, speaking
of the victory for the 3-cent fare lsilicy,
placed himself on record as saying that
It was only a step toward free street cars
for all, this being his real ambition. He
told of operating a free system at Johns
town, I'u., after the flood, when no one
had any money. He found that people
did not ride unless they needed to, and
that there was no wonderful rush to get
something for nothing.
William J. Oliver of Knoxville, Tenn.,
the lowest bidder for the I'unnma canal
contract, refused Thursday to accept the
certified check for $200,000 which he lmd
placed in pnyMCKsloji of the canal commis
sion as a guarantee and the formal no
tice of rejection of his bid. These had
been sent by special messenger from the
canal commission to Mr, Oliver at his
hotel In Washington, At the same timo
he notified the commission that he wish
ed to consult with his attorney. The
presumption that he might make a claim
against the government for the $10,000
expenses which he had Incurred lu organ
ising the construction company, lie said
that tha 1'resldent had accepted his propo
sition, and that the outcome was anything
but a snaa re deal. In a Jocular -way he
said that he had been handed a very
small lemon in exchange for his $40,000
of good, hard money.
Congressman Iturke of l'ittsburg,
speaking at the Washington dinner given
by Congressman Ikemer to the Pennsyl
vania delegation, formally presented Sen
ator Knox as the State's choice for the
presidency lu 1908.
In a speech before some old-time He
puhllcau leaders at Albany tjov. Hughes
told them that the party must put an end
to graft end give good public service in
order to save the organisation. He said
lit had always been a Republican, but
that loyalty to arty does not require eou
doning of wrong, either in policy or lu
administration.
Secretary Taft told the House commit
tee which was considering the fortifica
tions bill that the I'unama canal would
be better off without fortifications. Most
of the army and navy authorities are said
to agree to this. Oue reason given is
that such defenses might lie invitations to
kttack.
In order to escaiw court martial for bis
retorted utterance at Philadelphia when
lis apparently rcLuked the I'resideut for
holding conferences with the "indicted
mayor" of San r'rnm-isco to avoid viola
tion o! the Japauevo treaty, Qea. Fred D.
Urant has dtnled staking the speech a
reuorted.
BLAST ON WARSHIP.
HUNDREDS KILLED BY MAGA
ZINE EXPLOSION.
Krenra Ironrlatl Jena II low a tt
I'lrrea at Ton Ion torn pressed All
Torpedo the anur Most Deadlj
Naval Disaster Since (he Maine.
A powder magazine 011 board tin
French battleship Jena blew up Tues
day, wiiile the Teaser was In the Missl
cssy doek, at Toulon, owing to the
explosion of a compressed-air torpedo.
It w.is reported that the casualtle
number from 200 to .'100. There were
Hbout 0.'I0 oilleers and men on board
the Jena nt the time of the disaster,
but many of them Jumped Into the
water. Tlie iiutlairlties declare that
the vlcti.ns iniinlM-r over 200.
According to cablegrams, the explo
sion took place (luring n gun drill
which brought the bulk of the crew
Into the vicinity of the magazine.
While tlie crew wan lifting a torjiedo
from tlie magazine some defect lu the
compressed nir apparatus canned a pre
mature discharge. Tho shock of a
bursting torjwd-i caused the n linos'.
Instantaneous explosion of tlie entire
magazine.
The inemliors of th. toriwdo crew
were blown Into shreds. Scarcely
enough of their Isidies remained to
make Identification possible. The deck
wns swept by shreds of steel and sec
tions of the debris of the wrecked com
partment. Scores who eseaKHl death In
the initial blast met death In the hull
of missile.
Thirty second after the explosion
the deck of the battleship was 11 mass
o? shattered 11 ml bleeding corpses.
Here and there injured men moved
feebly, but most of the victims were
killed outright. Calls for help were
made by the few oflicers left unin
jured, and the .surgeons begun the task
of giving relief to those to whom a
chance for life remained.
The most of the men who jierished
were nsleep In their bunks and ham
mocks Is? t ween decks when tho explo
slon ennio which lifted the great ship
almost clear of the water nud tore a
huge hole In its bottom. Many of the
men were killed ns they slept. Others
were drowned ns they sought to es
cape to tlie deck by the Inrushlng tide
of water. Within n few moments the
vessel had nitnk to tlie bottom of the
harbor, where Its wreck lies to-day.
The Jena Moilrrn 1 Ship.
The .Ten.i was built ' at Mrest nnd
launched in IMPS, being completed in 1901
so that she was one of the newest of the
French we.r vessels. She had a displace
ment of 11,8(11 tons and an indicated
horse power of KlISOO. Her length was
400 ,feet, beam S feet and draft
27 Vj feeti
Like all new French battleships, the
Jena had three propellers. Steam was
supplied to her three vertical trlplc-ex'
jiariMion engines by twenty Itellevllle boil
ers fitted with ecouoaiizers. The fur
naees were so arranged that petroleum
could be used with the coal. The normal
coal supply wns 820 tons, giving an en
durance of K,r00 miles at ten knots, and
l.OOO at full speed. Th cost of the hat
tleship was $.",.7)0,000.
IJKSTIU CTIOY OF TIIE MA1K.
(irt-nleKt Previous Naval Dlsuatet
line to Ksploslon.
The greatest previous naval disaster
due to nn explosion waa the destruction
of tho American battleship Maine in the
harbor of Havana, which precipitated the
SpnniHli-Amurican war. Two hundred
American sailors lost their lives in this
explosion, which, according to the testl
niony of experts who carefully examined
the sunken hull, was caused by the tiring
of a mine under tlie warship as it lay
peacefully at anchor in a supposed friend
ly harbor.
The Maine was blown up Feb. to, 1S98,
aud so strong was the evidence that the
destruction of the ship aud 200 of its
men aud the injury of many others was
due to an almost unparalleled act of wan'
ton treachery on the part of Spanish a a
thorities of the island that it roused 1
fiery wave of anger throughout the l.'nit-
ed States. This resulted in an over
whelming demand for a declaration of war
agninst Spain.
.The Orange (X. J.) dog that ate a
$2-K) KhiNS diamond no. doubt uow has
paue inside.
Mrs, Harry K. Thaw seems to have de
voted a lai'uit portion of lit r life to lac
photographer.
That $l,(KNt.(XHj loan to the Jamestown
exposition makes Virginia think her credit
is pretty good.
The earth is still giving expression in
various imrts of the country to that
shocked feeling.
The idea of abolishing the weather bu
reau is absurd. What would we have to
tind fault with?
Women are to wear cheaper hats this
spring, but like as not they will want
twice as many of 'em.
Next we will have tho Amalgamated
Order of tlie l'sed-to-lle Heads of the
Panama Canal Commission.
Helaware wauts to whip wife beaters
and tax bachelors. The woman's luillen
u 1 11 111 Is beginning to dawn.
The ludiaua legislature is considering
a bill to tax bachelors over 40 years of
age at tlie rate of $10 aunuuliy. But
even at that rate it would still pay to be
a bachelor.
To avoid eartloiimkes, cyclones and
wrecks put a few of these troublesome
nredii-ters In a lonely cell for life.
The "unwritten law" ist-upies lots of
space hi t'w courts, even if it husu't been
able to brwak into the law books.
Looks as if the Ice Trust would bavs
to trot out a brand new line of excuses
for raising the price next summer.
The Ohio woman who sued for a di
vorce In verse no duu'jt thought that was
sit bet husband waa worth a song.
Upon geueral supposition, not neces
sarily based upuu exact statistics, there
are more fresh people in this country
than fresh eggs.
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1AST PICTURE TAKEN OP BS. DOWIE.
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DOLE'S LIFE
When John Alexander Dowle passed
nwny dctith ended the most siKH-tacti--lar
and rciuarknlile career that -nodera
times have known. Gigantic successes
and tragic failures punctiinlcd his life.
Here tire gome of the remarkable
works juid reversals that marked
Howie's career :
He built a cree l ; he was excommfliii
c.tted. He b.uilt a city; he was exiled from it.
He amassed a fortune of millions; he
was reduced to virtual poverty.
He elevated Voliva to great power;
Voliva deposed him.
He drew about him thousands who
worshiped him ; he died deserted by all
save a handful of the faithful.
Itrlufly nnd chronologically summar
ized, here Is the strlinge chronicle of
Dowle's life:
1837 Howie born at Edinburgh, Scot
land. 1849 Was taken to Australia.
1SS8 Serves a prison term in Tasma
nia ; was released abd goes to San Fran
cisco with $100.
18!K) Arrives in Chicago, penniless.
1892- 3 Sets up ' quarters at Stony
Island avenue and Sixty-second street in
a ramshackle shanty, and begins preach
ing. 1893- S Continues preaching and gath
ers followers steadily.
1899 Is arrested and denounced by
Justice Martin as a swindler; Is mob
bed, stoned and egged in Chicago and
Hammond when he begins his tactics of
public abuse and vilification.
1900 Makes Grst announcement that
ion City would be founded ; invites his
followers to make him trustee of their
possessions ; goes to New York and sails
for London in real style ; purchases
0,000 acres of hind near Waukegan to
found Zion City; demands $1,000,000 as
New Year gift from followers; opens Lon
don campaign and secures many con
verts; goes to France and Switzerland,
where success aud jeers grtet him in turn.
1901 Returns to Chicago; Is prosecut
ed several times, without success, for
deaths under Ids "faith cure" treatment;
founds Zion City with 4.000 followers;
announces himself as "Klijnh, the Re
storer." and claims immortality.
1!MI2 Seeks island near Mexico for
colouizat ion ; seeks 10,000 Texas acres
also; luuuehes new olitical party called
"Theocruts of Zion;" calls physician to
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DOCTRINES OF DOWIE'S CHURCH.
Here are the doctrines on which tin?
church of Joint Alexander Dowie was
founded. They were announced Jau.
22, 1890, when the Christian Cutholio
Church In Zion was established In Chi
cago, and In OctoU-r. 1890, when Dowle
was lu lAindon.
1. That we recogtiixe the infallibility,
inspiration and sutliciency of the holy
scripture as the rule of faith and prac
tice. 2- That uo persons can be members of
tlie church who have not repented of
their siutt and have not trusted in Christ
for salvation.
Iteeorda ot Vanished Nation.
Dr. von Lecoq of the Berlin ethnolog
ical museum, who has beeu conducting ex
tensive researches in northeastern Turkes
tan, has now returned with a large quan
tity ot manuscripts aud articles testifying
to the existence of a highly cultured and
artistic people that once Inhabited those
regions. It sppears to have been a nation
composed of Tartars, Christians from
Syria. Msnlchaesus from Persia and
Huddhlsts from India and China. Th
discovery of Maulchaean writugs will
throw much light upon the early speech
of the Persia us.
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heal his dying daughter; demands $23,
000,000 to capitalize Zion ; merchants re
fuse him further credit ; courts deprive
him of $,"0,000 invested in Zion by a New
Zealnndor.
11)0; Announces he will lead armies
to capture New. York and Milwaukee;
colls on Zionites to give him all their
currency ; publicly whips Gladstone, his
son, for watching ball game; renounces
his father ; goes to New York with two
special trains and 3,000 followers; is
jeered nnd hooted at Madison Square Gar
den ; finally baptizes nineteen converts at
cost of $,'K)0,000 for the trip; returns and
demands $2,000,000 from followers ; cred
itors attach his summer home in Michi
gan for debts, and he shows assets of
$14,01X1,000 above liabilities; pluns tour
around the world.
1901 Starts for Australia; cables back
that he meets great success there ; is
mobbed at Sydney and flees for his life
after attacking King Edward in an ad
dress; turns up in Paris with forty ser
vants ; goes to I-ondon and can't get into
a hotel; leturns to New York and meets
a "frost" ; comes back to Chicago.
1905 Plans to issue $7,000,000 seven
per cent Zion bonds for combined Zion
securities ; says be has option on 700,000
acres in Mexico for colony ; pays credit
ors $400,000 cash wben bankruptcy plea
Is made and receiver is dismissed ; is
stricken with paralysis on way to Mex
ico; goes to New Y'ork. '
1900 Wilbur Glenn Voliva appointed
by Dowie as executive head of Zion ; Vo
liva arrives from Australia ; Dowie cables
him welcome from Jamaica ; Gladstone re
turns from Jamaica ; rumors come of
strife In Dowie'a family ; Dowie denounc
ed and practically deposed at meeting in
Shiloh Tabernacle by Voliva and deacons;
Dowlo sails to Mexico, where he is met
by message of excommunication and exile-;
Voliva, through power of attorney,
sells Zion City to Deacon Granger for
$1; Gladstone and Mrs. Jane Dowie de
nounce and renounce Dowie ; ' scandals
come 'out ; Howie's polygamous teachings
are revealed ; secret passage is found in
Shiloh House; Dowie htarts for Chicago;
U greeted nt St. Louis by faithful fol
lowers r Zion City prepares to exclude
him; Dowie arrives and Is driven to Au
ditorium Annex ; announces that he is
"man of peace" aud will wait ; physician
announces he has .fatty degeneration of
the heart ; negotiations for settlement be
gun and broken off; Dowie dies.
3. That such perons must also be able
to make a good profession aud declare
that they know in their own hearts that
tbey have truly repented and are truly
trusting Christ, and have the witness in
a measure of the holy spirit.
4. That all other, questious of every
kind shall be held to be matters of opin
ion and not matters' that are essential to
church unity.
Resides these rules, there was one
fundamental rule which was: t
Absolute oliedlence o? the people to
the ollkvrs of tho church, In business
as well as religious matters; absolute
obedleni-e. of tla officers to Dowle.
New Ot-eaa Skj-eeraper.
The general manager of the Ilambarg
Americsn line says that the Euro pea,
now building at Belfast, will be the larg
est vessel in the world, being 750 feet
long and 80 feet beam. It will have nine
stories, and will compete for wealthy pas
senger traffic, with such novel features as
teunis courts, swimming pool, palm gar
den, gymnasium, efc.
About 1,000 bales of cotton and an en
tire fiction ot the New Orleans cotton
press shed was destroyed by. fire. The
loss is estimated at about $50,0CD
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DEATH TAKES DOWIE.
"PROPHET" PASSES AWAY AFv
TER LONG ILLNESS.
Pies at Shiloh Ilonae In Midst of
Scene of (2rea(et Victories and
fjefeat Followers Are Awed kr
Leader's Demise.
John Alexander Dowle, founder f
tho Christian Catholic Apostollo
Church of Zion, self-termed Elijah III.,
and prophet ofllv!no se.eotloii. disd
Saturday morning in S'jlloh House,'
Zion City, 111.
The death was lingering, the faithful
prayed until the very end that ho might
be spared. He led them continually In
their supplications until at last bis
feeble voice ceased nnd he breathed his
last About his bed stood several Of
tlie faithful and one or two men wha
have fought hlni with great vigor In
his last months of life. These men re
pented nt the death bed; they asked
hlni for forgiveness.
Even to the last breath the aged
"prophet" showed his Indomitable will,,
his spirit of love for the struggle. HI
last word plainly Indicated this feeling.
He said : "I have fought a good tight.
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eyes closed.
Neither his wife nor son Gladstone;
were at his bedside. He did not nsk
for either of them. He had had a vio
lent qnarrel -,viih his son. There was
no forgiveness. He tiled w ith no sign
of forgiveness for th wife nud son.
Dr. Dowio came to his end in a
house from which he ruled the strang
est city the world has ever known
Zion City. Ho died there a poor, bro
ken, old man, shorn of his power and
Influence, where once he stood tha lead
er on everything.
The deuth of the Fir?t Apostle, while
not imexiMM'ted, caused a sensation,
and plunged the people of ZJjn City
Into chaos and Ianientatioi,. Old
friends nnd devotees of the Prophet
Elijah stopped in the streets nnd
wrung their hands when they heard
the news. Women wept nnd in many
Instances rent their garments; as wa
the custom In biblical days.
In the houses eager groups assem
bled nnd prayers were offered with
touching little religious ceremonies as
a tribute to the departed leader. Dtyv
le lived up to his teachings to the last,
nnd wns never attended by a physi
cian. It Is believed thnt iie di(d of
dropsy nnd blood disease, with com
plications. Scarcely had the news of the "proph
et's" death readied the people before
they learned thnt Wilbur Glenn Voliva,
the young leader who desposed Dowle
and took his position of ruler of Zion
City, Is seriously ill with pneumonia
at his home.
Dowlo termed his advent in this
world as "the second coming of
Christ." For years his followers be
lieved It Thousands of members of
the Christian Catholic Apostolie
Church accepted every word ho said.
When he announced himself as "Ell-
jiiu iiie j imu hiiu xne i ropnei,
they all believed him und practically
worshipped hlin.
He came to Chicago and established
a litllo mission on C3d street, near
Stony Island avenue, lu Woodlawn. It
WILBUR GLENN VOLIVA.
was a small beglnniug, but many per
sons suffering from supposedly Incur
able diseases went to li tin and walked
away npparently cured.
The feeble were made able to walk,
tho sick were made well and the nniie-
net era iintut? iiilij i m lfiiuus. rvouil U)S
fame spread. His iitlle church was
converted Into a mighty tabernacl".
Money flowed Into his coders. Mnny
flocked to his standard nnd were equal
ly as radical as himself.
Dowie began appealing before the
people in strange rols-s of his new
creed. Soon his following numbered
Into the thousands. He tunned his ag
gregation tho "Christian Catholle
Apostolic Church In Z!on." He was
the "first npostle" the founder. This
was his beginning, which Anally led
him to a big tubernacio at 14th street
and Michigan avenue and finally to
Zion City, which he controlled until
the beginning of his downfall. From
the all-powerful he was thrown down
to the depths. He lost every vestlge
of control aud died a lonely man lit
Uie city of his own crentlon.
Fpurka from the Wires.
By invitation Secretary Metcalf and
the entire general board of the nary call
ed at the Whita House to talk with the
Presideut about ipiesliona concerning the
national defcuse.
Gov. Campbell of Texas signed at Aus
tin the anti-theatrical trust law bill,
which relieves Texas theatrical managers
from suppression by the so-called "tu
rleal trust."
Nelson Morris & Co., the Cudahy,
Omaha and National Packing companies
were sued by the State of Kentucky at
Frankfort, ky-. for a sum aggregating
$35,000, claimed to be due ss back taxes.
The case of Benjamin It. Greene and
John It. (Juynor, charged with conspiracy
against the government, was biought be
fore the I'nited States Court of Appeal
at New Orleans the other day, but was
post polled for a mouth
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