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Roallne Proceedings of Senate.
The senate Monday afternoon pass
ed the following: bills:
By Randall Providing for tha In
corporation of (rand and subordinate
llecges of fraternal order.
By Randall Allowing fraternal or
Mara to establish and maintain charlta
Ve homes.
By Root Requiring private corpo
rations to pay employes twloe eacn
tnonth. '
By Phillips Prohibiting Judge
from hearing case's In which litigant
or attorney la related to Mm.
By Byrnes Providing for adoption
kit township organisations by counties
By Randall Providing for the es
tablishment of sewage systems In cities
iof th second class and villages.
Tha senate then wtnt into commit
tee of the t hole, with Saunders In tha
chair, and acted upon the following
bills:
H. R.S7I By Knowles. Drainage
district bill. For passage.
8. F. Ill By Aldrich. Giving labor
commissioner power to Investigate cor-
' poratlons In which public Is Interested
for passage.
8. F. 42 By Patrick. Making coun
ty commissioners road commissioners
In their district, except In counties un
der township organisation. For pass
age.
8. F. 290 By Thomas. Making sal
ary of clerk of the county court In
Douglas county 112 a month. For
passage. -.J III
Routine Proceedings of House.
The house spent tha entire attar
rioon Monday on bills on third reading,
The following bill were passed:
By Joint committee on privileges and
lections Direct primary bill.
By Oilman of Lancaster Defining a
''reputable dental college" as one In
horsed by the National Association of
' Dental Examiners or the National As-
toclatlon of Dental Faculties.
By Hart of York (by request)
'Joint resolution - giving Ruth Oberg
Ithe right to sua school district No. 23
of Douglas county for damages because
of Injuries sustained April I J, ltOS
By Harvey of Douglas To provide
additional means of revenue for the
'Are and police relief funda of Omaha.
By Harrison of Otoe Removing the
ilB.eoo limitation to the recovery of
(damages in cases of death.
By Lea of Dougalsa Requiring the
county board to furnish office room
and supplies for the county comptroll
er.
Br Lee of Douglas Making tho
county comptroller of Douglas county
x-offlclo city comptroller of Omaha.
By Lee of Douglas Requiring the
county comptroller to countersign all
county and city warrants.
By Blystone of Lancaster Appro
pristine 150,000 for the erection of an
additional building for men at the
Lincoln hospital for the Insane.
By E. W. Brown of Lancaster Call
for a constitutional convention.
By E. W. Brown of Lancaster Pro
viding for conveyances of real estate,
Including homesteads, by widow, wife
or husband. By the Joint committee
on privileges and elections. Making
primary day the first day of registra
tion in cities.
The Lee annexation bill.
to furnish car to shippers within a
reasonable time and to prevent dis
crimination In the furnishing of cars.
By McKesson Providing elevator
companies shall make a dally report
of prices to the commissioner of labor
and commerce.
At th afternoon session the follow-
Ing bills passed:
L'y Gibson. Prohibiting brewers
from owning or leasing saloons or sa
loon buildings. Ashton, Clarke, Thom
as and Maunders voting no.
By Burns Lincoln charter amend
merits.
ItoutJne Proceedings of Howie.
The following bills were passed by
the house Wednesday:
By Quackenbush Reciprocal de
murrage bill.
To make the state treasurer ex-
officio treasurer of the university and
the custodian of the Hatch, Adams and
Morrill funds.
To provide for the entry of town-
sites by the corporate authorities of
Incorporated villages or by the county
Judge.
In the committee of the whole the
house recommended for passage H. R.
1C6, by Do ran, appropriating 150,000
to those school districts which are not
able to hold seven months' school a
year.
H. R. 203, by Thtessen, of Jefferson,
providing for weighing on demand ot
live stock, coal lumber and grain,
was amended providing for state
welghmaster by the governor at points
where 100 cars are to be weighed. The
bill was recommended for passage.
In committee of the Whole Wednes
day night the house recommended foi
passage the following bills
tNATSCIAL,
CHICAGO.
Along with the advent of spring bust
iers gi-nerally is seen to have acquired
'urther momentum. No corresponding
eriod in previous years was entered upon
vltb production, distribution and trans
portation more largely engaged, and it
a a remarkable Index of industrial
rtrengtli that demands and costs exhibit
o reaction, tabor problems attract st
ent Ion, but the difficulties obtain prompt
realment, thereby avoiding the danger
'rom a spread of strikes. A gratifying
'en t tire is tlie improvement in railroad fa-
llities, less complaint of car shortage
low being current,
Distributive trade has responded
oromntly to the stimulus of seasouable
weather. The wholesale markets are yet
ittended by many outside buyers, heavy
lurchases of spring and summer merrhan-
Use make a hcnlthy reduction of ware
house stocks, and there is little diminu
Ion in the pressure uHn shipping rooms.
ountry merchants insisting upon prompt
:he commercial demand is well kept up
aestern collection make a good showing
i nd failures are comparatively low In
ioth number and liabilities.
Hank Clearings. $243.1 45, U, exceed
"'Is WHSO. - ,, , . 4(Uk U
Jenlson of Clary Appropriating OI corresponamg wees in .ro uy
360,000 for normal training In high Jun Pr cenl
schools.
By Hamer of Buffalo Approprlat
Ing 3100,000 for an addition to the
Kearney normal school.
By the Judiciary committee Pro
viding for warehouse receipts.
By Walsh of Douglas Approprlat
ing 375,000 for Improvements at the
state fair grounds. Amended to read
350,000.
By Hart of York Providing for th
consolidation of school districts by
vote Instead of by petition
Tormina! Tax Wins.
After defeating a motion by Culdlc
of Saline to Indefinitely postpone the
senate terminal tax bill, the house,
In committee of the whole Wednesday
afternoon, recommended the measure
for passage. The triumph of the
pledge-keeping Republicans and those
fuslunista whom the railroads can
not control came after t'je most stren
uous and bitter flgtivof the session.
The railroads fou;'Kl Inch by Inch to
kill the bill and they demanded that
their henchmen go to the front for
them, and they went. They recruited
a new spokesman In Culdlce of Saline
and In Cone of Saunders, while the old
guard, reliable and true, Hamer of
Buffalo, Klllen of Gage, Hill of Chase,
all stood firm to carry out the orders
of the railroad lobby to kill the bill.
Friends of the bill were reinforced by
Barrett of Buffalo, Hamer's colleague,
and by Quackenbuah of Nemaha, both
of whom talked for the bill. Barrett
read numerous telegrams from home
Indorsing his position and urging him
to stand pat Hamer didn't read any
or receive any, showing how the two
men stood with their people. The rail
roads first tried to discuss it In com
mittee of the whole, they tried to ruin
ft by amendments, which were killed;
then they tried to kill It by having
Culdlce move to Indefinitely postpone
It; that failed, and then Con .rled
to have the committee merely report
progress and have the whole fight over
again Friday morning. That failed. It
was a slow, painful, hard fight and all
the tricks of the railroad gang were
Drought to bear to kill the measure,
but the tricks were In vain.
The round won by the people Wed
nesday by no means assures the pass
age of the bill and the end of the fight,
for Hamer gave It out cold that he
Intended to fight to the last dltoh, and
Hamer speaks for the railroads.
- Friends of the bill believe, however.
that many who voted with the railroad
rowd will be for the bill on Its final
passage, because they are beginning
to see that the railroad arguments
against the bill will not hold water and
they will refuse to go back on their
pledge! merely to drag railroad chest
nuts out of the tire.
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Commission and Food Hills rasa.
The senate Wednesday morning
-passed the railway commission bill and
the pure food bill. No votes were cast
against tha commlsaion bill, but Latta
of Burt voted against the pure food
measure. Wednesday afternoon tha
Gibson bill prohibiting brewers from
owning an Interest In a saloon license
or saloon . business and - preventing
them from leasing buildings or rooms
lor saloon purposes passed the senate,
Ashton, Clarke, Saunders and Thomas
voted against the bill, the former ex
plaining ha did so because he believed
the provision prohibiting the leasing
of saloon buildings by brewers to be
unconstitutional.
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Routine Proceedings of Senate.
The. senate Wednesday morning
passed tho following bills:
By Dodge Providing Judgments In
forcible entry and detainer suits shaft
become operative even If appeal
taken.
By KUer Defining mbwulement
from fraternal societies and providing
a penalty.
By Oilman Providing for a state
board of optomrey.
I'y the Joint railway commltt
The railway commission bill.
By Burns The pure food bill.
The senate then went Into commit
tee of the whole and acted on these
I'y Eaekett Provldng for reclpro-
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict numbered 20, ngnlnst 25 last week
,nd .TO a year ago. Dun's Review,
NEW YORK,
Spring trade is at its height, and th
turnover bids fair to exe! even last
. .t . a.
years, me stimuli Dcing lurmsneu oy
more favorable weather, the approach of
Raster and the visits of country mer
chants to the larger centers. Improve
ment is reflected all around, even In the
By Aldrich Providing salaries for I Northwest, which now appears to be get-
emnloves at tha Industrial hnmt silling back to normal conditions, in laci,
Milford. I doubt as to the future is nowuere in evi
see Hence in the great producing sections of
Terminal T Pommm I the country, in some points m ine wesi
By a vote of 6 to 40 the senaU I ' " dry goods on spring account are
terminal tax bill as amended In the fully lO per cent above those or last year,
committee of the while, passed thiU'bi'le : fall business thus far placed is also
house on third readlne- Friday morn-I In excess of that booked at this time in
Ing. The fight was bitter and at timet 1WM. While the car situation In the
personal, and true to the promise West bas improved, conditions In the
made by Homer, he and the other rail- East are worse, but nevertheless a great-
road-controlled Republicans and fu-ler movement of cereals to market may
sionlsts fought to the last, bringing to I now be expected
bear every device and trick of the I Business failures iu the United States
trade to secure the recommitment of I for the week ending March 21 number
tn bin that it might be killed.
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Routine Proceedings of Senate.
The following bills were passed b)
the senate Friday:
By Barrett To enable cities and
villages to erect statutes and monu
merits to soldiers in cemeteries and
parks. Epperson of Clay was the onlj
members voting in the negative.
By Ashton of Hall Regulating th
public service of stallions.
By Thorne of Nuckolls Requiring
county assessors to gather statistics re
lating to agriculture,
By Thomas of Douglas Making thj
salary of the clerk of the county court
of Douglas county 31. COO per year.
By Root of Cuss by request Mak
ing taxes levied against corporation!
delinquent Feb. 1, tho same as othei
taxes.
By O'Connell of Johnson Reducing
Interest on warrants issued by countlet
and school districts in metropolitan
cities and cities of the first class to 6
per cent.
By Patrick of Sarpy Allowing clt
les of the second class less than 5,000,
and villages, to sell special tax liens.
By Patrick of Sarpy Making It un
lawful for an Intoxicated person to
ride upon any street car, interurban
or railway car.
By Epperson of Clay Providing fot
157, against 1K0 last week and 170 in the
like week of 1000. Canadian failures for
the week number .'12. against 23 last week
and 211 in this week a year ago. Brad-
tt reet's Report.
Chicago Cattle, common to prune,
$4.00 to $0.0.1; ho;?, prime heavy, $4.00
to $(1.45; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $5.75: wheat. No. 2, 72c to 4c; corn,
No. 2, 42c to 44e ) outs, standard, 3i)e to
42c; rye. No. 2. Oic to 70c; hay, timo
thy. $13.00 to $18.00; prairie, $9.00 to
$14.00; butter, choice creamery, 27c to
30c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 18c; potatoes,
3.1c to 43c.
Indiana polls Cattle, shipping. $3.00
to $0.50; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to
$0.70; sheep, common to prime, $2.iiO to
$5.00; wheat, No. 2, 7!lc to 75c; corn,
No. 2 white, 45e to 4c; oats, No. Z
white, ic to 43c.
GATES TO SOON OPEN.
ONE
OF THE GREATEST
CEANT8 IN HISTORY. -
PA-
St. Louis Cattle, $1.50 to $ll.i.;
hogs, $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.35; wheat, No. 2, 7c to 7Mc; corn,
No. 2. 43c to 45c; oats. No. 2, 40c. to
the establishment of high schools by I 41c; rye, No. 2. 04c to 05c.
special elections.
By Epperson of Clay Requiring In.
surance companies to return the net
amount of the premium received by
the company after deducting custom
ary snori raie premium lor the ex
pired time when policy la cancelled.
By Saunders of Douglas Providing
for the dissolution of defunct corpora.
lions.
By Glover of Custer Authorising
county and deputy assessors to admin
ister oaths.
tsy me governor, by request ol
Thompson of Buffalo- Validating the
issuance of bonds for the establish
ment and maintenance of heating and
lighting systems by villages and cltle
of the second class having a popula
tlon ot less than 6.000 Inhabitants
which were Issued In compliance with
the act of 1903.
By Hanna To allow cities of the
second class and villages to grant
franchises to steam and Interurban
railroads.
By Ashton Requiring railroads to
maintain track scales at division
points for the weighing of coal In car
load lots.
By Beckett A reciprocal demur
rage bill, requiring railroads to fur
nlsh cars within a reasonable time af
ter application by shippers or pay a
penalty of 33 a day per car and pro
hibiting discrimination In the furnish
Ing of cars. Hanna voted no.
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Routine Proci-edlngs of House.
The house Friday concurred in th
report of the conference committee
on the railway commission bill.
By Noyes of Cass, providing that
the state pay for bridges built across
the Platte river and appropriating
a K-mlll levy for the purpose, was
Indefinitely postponed on motion of
Eller of Washington, by a vote of 41
to s. i t si
By McMullen of a age, providing for
tne state to receive the special United
outics appropriations, waa recom
mended to pass.
Springer Introduced a Joint resolu-
tlon to add a department to the state
farm to raise coyotes. The speaker
ruled the resolution out of order be
cause It was Introduced after the 40
day limit on the Introduction of bills
had passed.
By Hamer of Buffalo, appropriating
C'inclnnuti -Cottle. $4.00 to $1.0o;
bogs, $4.00 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.50; wheat, No. 2, 7Hc to 7Uc; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 40c to 4ic; oats, No. 2
mixed, 4.'lc to 45c; rye. No. 2. 73c to 74c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $o.2o; hogs,
$4.00 to $0.05; sheep, $2.50 to $5.50;
wheat, No. 2, i.c to tic; corn. No. ii
yellow, 40c to 47c; oats, No. 3 white,
43c to 45c ; rye. No. 2, 70c. to 72c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
78o to tile; corn, No. 3, 4lc to 42c;
oats, standard, 4lc to 4'c; rye, ao. i,
00c to 70c ; barley, stuudard, 70c to 72c ;
pork, mess, $15.05
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipplug steers,
$4.00 to $0.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00
to $7.15; sheep, common to good mixed,
$1.00 to $5.40; lambs, fair to choke,
$5.00 to $8.50.
New York Cuttle. $4.00 to $0.20;
hogs, $4.00 to $7.30; sheep. $3.00 to
$5.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 80c to 82c;
coru. No. 2, 54c to 55c; oats, natural
white, 4!k to 50c; butter, creamery, 2jc
to 30c ; eggs, weMern. I.k- to 18c.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 75c to
70c; coru. No. 2 mixed, 4.s; to ,40c J
outs. No. 2 mixed, 42c to 44c; rye, o
USc to 0'.V ; clover seeil. prime, $8.0.),
Peace Conaresa at Jiw York.
Tlii first untiomil arbitration ami prno
congress ever held in tills country is to
be convened in Carnegie hall ami Cooei
I'nlon, New York City, April 14 to 17.
Audrew Curuegiu is to prenlile uud mors
thau 2tX delegates, including muuy men
ot prominence, will discuss new project!
for submission to The Hague conference
la June. Among the speakers uuuouuced
are William T, Stead, Archbishop Farley,
Bishop Potter, Itabbi llirwh, F.liliu Hoot,
lames llryce, Woodrow Mlou and Y. J,
Bryan.
Northwest l'ssg Valacleaa.
Auiuudsen, the Norwegian explorer wht
some ' months ago succeeded In maklni
the northwest passuge in his little 47
ton boat, the (ijott. has been delivering a
series of lectures iu Paris. While h
says that the observations made by bins
in the vicinity of the magnetic pole will
prove ot considerable scieutinc value, b
thinks that the northwest passage raunot
be made practicable for purposes of nav
igation, thus dispelling the hoHj w ilea
has attracted the attention of scieiitln!
3100,000 for an addition to the Kea I n,en " wo11 ''". eeutm-ies.
iiey norms.! scnooi, was passed on
third reading.
H. R. 356. appropriating 350,000 to I
provide a seven months' school In
those districts which, though levying
the limit, are unable to hold a school
for that length of time, was passed.
H. R. 241, the warehouse receipt
bill, was passed,
1 i "jrrate a
Aa Bveryday OMurwM.
The clearing In court of that receiver
of stolen goods wai a homely sort of tri
umph for the lawyers,
"in what way?"
It was a whitewashing of tha
nd to roqulr, railroads J Baltimore A-nericuu
Fishes Hear sa Talk.
A dispatch from Paris states that at
the next meeting of the academy ot sci
ences a paper written by Prof. Koellickeb,
director of the soological laboratory at
Naples, will be read, describing the exper
iments which he made with a special ml
rrophouograph Iu couuectiou with fishes,
These experiment, he claims, prove that
nob, even shellfish, emit a certain bum
ming, varying their tones and enabling
them to commuuicate with each other. lit
found the gurnet the most loquacious and
so well qualified as to be eutitled to tb
uickuame ". lawyer.
Unions In Bwltxerfand bar a total
membership of 41,802.
Boston (Mass.) ladles' garment cutters
formed a union recently.
Eighteen unions In Germany publish
a newspaper ot tbelr own.
Minneapolis building laborers will ask
for $3 a day after April 1.
A building trades 'council has be
formed in Lawrence, Mass.
A new union ef cigarraaters bas been
organised at Crooksten, Minn.
Labor unions of Richmond, Va., art-
planning to erect a $100,000 temple.
The cloth hat and cap makers will
meet In convention May 1 at New York
City.
Master horseehoers of San Jose, Cal.,
have granted the Journeymen the wage
raise, demanded.
Efforts are being m adeto organise
thoroughly the Italian tailors and press
men of Boston, Mass.
The International Butchers' Union If
building up rapidly, forty-two charter
having been Issued last year.
A meeting to form a Massachusetts
State organization of city employes
unions will be called in Boston.
Waitresses of Phvoix, Aria., are on
strike for a ten-hour day. They hava
been working eleven and twelve hours.
The International Brotherhood of
Blacksmiths and Helpers recently organ
ised a branch local in the isthmian canal
tone.
Kanakas, In Queensland, Australia, ex
empted from deportation, are forming a
anion for the protection of their own In'
terests.
The Associated Blacksmiths of England
report that this is the jubilee year of
the society, which was established In Au
gust, 1857.
The two rallwaymen's unions in ItaVy
have decided to amalgamate, there being
23.303 votes In favor of amalgamation and
4S9 against.
The Cooks and Waiters' Union of Val
lejo, Cal., is making a determined fight
axainst the non-union restaurants and
hotels of that city.
Uuion printers of Norfolk, Va., have
made a demand for an Increase in their
wage scale of $3.59 a week. The increase
is based on the increased cost of living.
A reduction of one and one-balf hours
a day bas been obtained for the Waltham
barbers by the Boston journeymen's
union, which includes Waltham in its jur
isdiction. Union carpenters of Oakland, Cal., are
banding together to build a labor temple.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
by the Union Carpenters' Hall Associa
tion. The capital stock is $100,000.
Reports from tha general headquarters
of the Iron Molders' Union of North
America are to the effect that 7,880 names
- of molders and core makers were added
to the membership rolls during 1900.
pfflcers of the New York Harbor Boat
men's Union recently announced that
there would be a general strike of tug
boat men unless their demands of $10 a
month increase in wages is granted.
The following scale of wages paid In
China will give some idea of the daily
returns received for lubor done (in Unit
ed States gold) : Laborer, 10 cents; ma
sons, 15 cents; artisan, 10 to 20 cents,
and clerk, 40 to 50 cents.
Sacramento is soon to have a hand
some and commodious labor temple. The
building is to be erected by the Sacra
mento Labor Temple Association, com
posed of representatives of the various
labor organizations of the city.
The Operative Bricklayers ot England,
with a membership of 40,000 men, have
resolved to make tbeir executive a per
manent body, to meet daily for the trans
action ot business. The executive is to
be elected tor two years instead of one.
According to a Census Bureau report is
sued recently, women wage earners are
Increasing steadily and are engaged in
316 of 339 industries. The greatest in
crease is shown for the manufacture of
tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. New York
State leads in the employment of women,
with garment-making most prominent.
Chicago, 111., bas just formed a new
labor union, articles of incorporation hav
ing been granted by the Secretary of
State. The organization is known as the
Retail Drug Clerks' and Soda Dispensers'
Benevotent and Protective Association.
The organization has made no move to
ward affiliation with the Chicago Federa
tion of Labor.
After being organized for nearly two
years without making any formal re
quests from the lumber companies, the
representatives from unions ot the Inter
national Brotherhood of Woodsmen and
Sawmill Workers have formulated plans
for a uniform scale of wages and hours
for the various camps and mills of Hum
boldt county, Colo.
The organized farmers of Colorado will
ralto no beets next year. This was de
cided at a convention of the Beet Urow-
ets' Union at Fort Collins, recently. The
executive board ot the union reported
that it bad failed, after negotiating with
the sugar trust, to get the price paid for
beets last year restored. The trust bad
announced that It would reduce the price
S per cent. '
A committee of five from the Lake
Seamen's Union bas met a similar com
mittee from the Marine Firemen, Oilers
and Water Tenders' Benevolent Associa
tion ot the Great Lakes, tbe purpose be
ing to provide nieaus for closer relations
between tbe two organizatiens.
Piledrivera and dock builders of Cleve
land, Ohio, have signed an agreement for
two years with all contracting firms ex
cept one, which provides for the closed
shop and the nine-hour day, with the
same pay as received for ten hours. The
new agreement will go Into effect on
April 1.
The Retail Clerks' International Pro
tective Association expended during tbe
month of January for sick aud funeral
benefits tbe sum of $1,975. Tbe total
cash la tbe treasury to date is $30,043.28.
Tbe percentage of children under tbe
legal age employed la New Jersey fac
tories is less than it bas been for niauy
years, according to tbe annual report of
Col. Brya-t, State commissioner of labor.
Wbea first chartered six years ago tbe
pay ot tbe members ot the Fresno (Cal.)
Painters' Union was $1.75 to $2.25
day of ten hours. Now Its members re
ceive from $3.50 to $1 for an eight-hour
day.
Aa a ?laval Display Ike Jameetowa
KsiMMttloa Has Never Beea lif
, Mawrrs Thoosaaa - Aeres . of
Watee Maay Other Fee tares.
.
Soon flie gates will open for an ex
position unlike any ever before at
tempted In America. On the shores and
waters of Hampton Roads, near the cit
ies of Norfolk, Newport News and
Portsmouth, Vn., across from Olil Point
Comfort and the frownltig Fortress
Monroe, this militant presentation Is
located In it section of the country rich
with historical landmarks.
Here was the first permanent wttlo
lneiit of the F.hkIIkIi In Aniorlca - not
on the very ground It Is truo. for us n
matter of fin t, the so-culled Juuiestown
Exposition Ih not at Jamestown at all,
but forty miles from the ppnlnsIa,
now made nn Island by the? J ante fiver
on which In 1007 Captain John Smith,
with h!s compnny of Rix wore adven
turous gentlemen aud soldiers, disem
barked frflin three small vessels and '
tablished habitation.
Without nn exposition the country is
historically and physically attractive
to every American wl loves his flag
and believes In his country's lustitn
tlons. With what is planned it ahotilil
be the Mecca of every citizen who Jour
neys from his hearthstone during the
days between April and XovemU-r.
In eoniinenioraiion of tho, flrt per
manent settlement of EnKlNh-Kpenklivj
people In America, the JanieAtown Ter
centennial Exposition Is a military, na
vul, marine. Industrial and historic ex
hibition. It will contain the features
usually found In displays of this char
acter, and In addition will be the great
est naval rendczvoutt In history. Every
description of fighting craft will he
anchored In Hampton Honda, from the
latest and largest battleship to the
most minute dispatch boat. The squad
rons of the United States will lie here,
and fleets of ships from England. Ger
many, France. Austria, Spain. Russia
and Japan will add to the congregation
of such craft. Ten thousand acres of
water will float this great exhibit.
RAYNOR DOOMED TO DIE.
Lssios Slerer Olvea Rsaasple all
Britain's Qnlek Jaallee.
Horace George Hnynor, who shot and
killed William Wbiteley. London's "Uni
versal Provider," on Jan. 24, was placed
on trial, found guil-
a?
THE XIIB!)KRKH.
ty of murder In the
first degree end sen
tenced to death.
Raynor entered a
plea' ' of Insanity
which .the court di
rected the jury to
disregard. Raynor
told of his interview
with Mr. Whiteley.
whom lie believed to
be his fsther, on the
day of the tragedy
and said that after
Mr. Whiteley had advised hint to go to
the immigration bureau for relief he felt
the blood rush to his head and had no
consciousness of what occurred afterward.
Itaynor's wife testified that he bad been
subject to moods of depression.
Mr. Mulr. counsel for the treasury, in
troduced ilomimcnts to prove the falsity
of Itaynor's claim that Whiteley was bis
fither. The Jury deliberated only nine
minutes before' returning a verdict. In
pronouiicinit sentence the judge said: "1
cannot luild out to you the slightest hope
that the s"iilcnce will not be carried Into
effi-ct."
The career of Whiteley proves that
" -jiff - - ' '
r.;.-,v..v. ft,
WILLIAM WHITELEY.
Enzlund, as well as America, affords am
ple opiurtuuity for wealth to tbe young
man of perspicacity aud energy. Tbe
man who came to be known as the "uni
versal provider." because there was noth
ing required for human sustenance which
he did not s-. wns born in the village
of AfsVii?. Wakefield. England. In 1831,
Every school distrirt and every church
In the United States will take an inter
est In the trial of the furniture manufac
turing companies that have been indicted
by the federal grand jury sitting in Chi
cago, on the charge of having violated tb
Sherman anti-trust law. It is a matter
of common knowledge in educational cir
cles that prices of school furniture have
been maintained by some device on a high
level and frequent efforts to break the
combination have met with no success.
Nine companies, said to produce over 80
per cent of the school and church furni
ture In the United States, have been
caught in the government's dragnet. In
asmuch as every citizen directly or Indi
rectly contributes to the support of the
public schools, a conspiracy to stifle com
petition in school furniture affects more
people than any ot the other combinations
which the government has prosecuted.
Any violation of the law is to be con
demned, but when the act of lawlessness
Is aimed at education or religion, little
sympathy Is lost on the offenders. Such
trust as the furniture manufacturers are
alleged to be maintaining traffics on the
brain and the soul, and seems at least
vastly more immoral in its activity than
other combinations which affect only a
mall per cent of the people.
'If the soul has weight," said an emi
nent physiological chemist of Chicago, "it
becomes an object of physics. Years ago
a group of German students settled this
point. If a mouse was allowed to die
in a hermetically (sealed by fusion, not
merely stoppered) sealed bottle, absolute
ly no loss of weight occurred even using
a scale easily showing 1 milligram. But
if the mouse died in an open vessel, a
loss withiu one-half minute of death of lO
to 20 milligrams was noticeable. That
provei" clearly tlmt a gas was given off,
no weightless substance. A human body
is too large to be put into a sealed glass
bottle, and therefore repeats the mouse
experiment with an open vessel. This is
furthermore proved by the amount In the
Boston experiment, said to be from one
half to one ounce. This tallies with that
of the gases of the body. Tbe average
body weighs f0 pounds or 2,400 ounces.
The loss therefore was about 1.3000. A
mouse weighs 20,000 to 40,000 milligrams.
Tbe loss was 1.3000 or tbe same ratio for
tbe same phenomenon."
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THE EXPOSITION AS IT Wil.I, APPEAR.
while ashore the 500 acres of the exio
sltton grounds will give accommodation
to the multitude of displays contribut
ed by the people of the earth.
Colonial In Architecture.
In style of architecture tho exposi
tion Is colonial. The grounds are sur
rounded by n high wire fence com
pletely covered with honeysuckle, crim
son rambler rose and trumpet creeper
vines. A canoe trail, two miles Ions
and 12 feet wide, runs from I5ius:i
Creek, which flows into Ilauiptj'i
Roads, and intersects the most Inter
esting part of the grounds. There arc
miles of pretty walks, rustic hrlds
and dense forest, and the various State
buildings are so located along the.tbive
miles of water front that from th'.:n
may be seen the ships aud steamers fil
ing out to sea and coming iu frn:n all
parts of file world. To the .vest of t'.:
main eximsltlon buildings is n lar.se
square with two pt'.rullcl avenues. In
which are located the. concession sit?.
Its inspiration the mnnt jwiuntlf
event of tho nation's history, the James
town Exposition, located as It is In a
beautiful country bordering on th? s.'a.
Is situated In and surrounded by the
most historical section of 1 ho United
States. As a military, marine, nival
and athletic pageant It promises inu:h.
Its Industrial aud mechanical fetitui' -s
will embrace the liest of what has been
previously exhibited and luclir.le Cw
results of recent advancement. Its
aniusement aud recreation features are
to be such as are Kisslble only to a stl -on
the nation's finest and most beauti
ful harbor, in cold dollars lu various
features, derivative, contributory and
accessory, count $300,000,000.
While every known form of exhibit
will be displayed, the $300,000 presen
tation by tbe negroes being among the
most unique, much attention will lie
given special features. The aquatic will
be to the fore. The gatherlrg of th?
navies of the world. In Itself an expo
sition, will be supplemented by a repro
duction of the famous fight between
the Moultor and the Merrluuc on the
exact site of the original engagement.
The vessels used will be similar to the
famous craft of the civil war.
son of a contractor who gave the child
to nn iiu'.Ic io;a adoption when he was but
1) months o!d. He was given a common
school education uud at 14 was put to
work o:i a farm. At a little over 18
Whiteley was apprenticed to a draper in
(be largest establishment of the kind in
the town lor n term of five years. It
was In 1S.11. the year of the great ex-
hUiitioa. and William Whiteley, appren
tice, was f-cu a week's holiday to visit
r,i::lo:i. Tie impression it made upon
bin wax hi;cIi thnt he mude up his mind
ttet ns yooii as his apprenticeship termi
nated 1" tvoi.hl return to London and
make his fortune.
A niaiiier of years passed and White
ley IiaH saved soaie money $3,000. He
decided id o;;e:i a store in Westbourne
'rove. Year by year Ills place grew. He
honl't on if her stores and soon owned
i U;ns rmv of shoiw on two streets. There
wr.s i.o'h'ns in the line of domestic equip
ment v!:ich i'c diil not tmudic and his
plm-e ivn i he counterpart of the great
Amc.-icjin d -pnrtincnt stores. Before he
tl!-"l l:'s !.;;.-!;. was capitalized at $10,-
UCU.OOO.
'Hier- v!i- a phase of Whiteiey's life
n-.ncli -v,ih i:ot so bright as that which
'.t- iitisin's success revealed and it led
to h's fnii'c and mysterious death at tho
liiM.ils of the youu man who claims to be
l:ls fon. '
To Locale Aacleat Cities.
An expeditiou to Asia Miuor, with the
abject of making a survey of the sites of
the ancient cities ot that country, to
locate them accurately and construct
maps, has been organised at Cornell uni
versity by Prof. J. It. Sterrett of the
Greek department of that institution,
Most of tbe money for the expedition
has been contributed by wealthy New
York financiers. An attempt will be
made to translate tbe old inscriptions,
copies of which will be brought back to
America. Tbe State ltopartuient bas ar
ranged to secure tbe necessary passports
for tbe explore
'.Jumorous NevsNotea.
The Ice Trust will have its thaw trial
I'.fter a wil'Ie.
The ("ramus have re-elected the Kaiser
for. ar.oil.er term. '
I'.vi-ii the women cashiers are beginning
to e!o:ie with the funds.
After diji'ins at each other maybe tbe
contractors will be able to dig ttie canal.
They say the Great Salt Lake Is grad-
aally drying cp. Well, its getting pretty
o!d.
A So.:th PukoU father stole bis son's
bridc-clcct. It s a wise son as knows his
own father.
So far. nohody seems to have borne any
real siiai-rin' from tlio burden ot pros
perity. Chicago can't understand why tbe gov
ernment 's raising such .a row over a
little theft of $173,000.
Delaware keeps the whipping post.
Good thing for the tramps that tbe State
is not too large to walk around.
Carrie Nation has decided to make
Wai-hiiigton her headquarters. And
Washington has uo say in the matter.
The divorce business in Dakota is get
ting to be a cold proposition when the
wife's fondness for ice cream Is made the
basis for a decree.
A Cincinnati preacher says be would
rather bet on a horse race than on euchre.
He must have run up against one of these
fashiouablo euchre games.
Those Pen nsylvau inns are so absent
minded. One of them forgot to tell his
wife he bad left a couple of sticks of
dynamite in the cook stove.
The effort in New York to abolish bur-
leiuues of the Irish people from tbe
vaudeville stage will meet with the beartj
iapproaI a loug-sufferiug public.
A big strike of the trainmen on the
Pennsylvania railroad seemed inevitable
when the officials of the road made con
cessions by extending the recent Pitts
burg wage increase to points within a
radius of forty-five miles, adding 2 cents
an hour to all day or night men.
The new labor union, embracing all sec
tion hands employed on railroads west
and southwest of Chicago, have asked
the general managers' committee to ex
clude all aliens from employment in track
work. The men want a wage scale of
$7.1 a month for foremen and $2 for a day
of eight hours for luborers. The union
has promised close affiliation with the
other railway organizations.
As a result of recent railway wrecks
the managers of several trunk lines lead
ing iuto Chicago have expressed their In
tention of running trains on slower sched
ule. A number of prominent Chicago
bankers, lawyers and railroad men have
signed a petition to the New York Cen
tral and Pennsylvania managements re
questing tho extension ot the New York
aud Chicago schedule from eighteen to
twenty hours during tho winter months.
One result of the recent accidents on
the New York Central and the prompt
action of the coroner and grand jury in
calling the company to account Is an or
der to all trainmen on the Harlem di
vision within the electric sone to run
their trains not over forty-five miles nn
hour on a straight track and not over
Uiirty-five on a curve. Officials of both
the Central and the Pennsylvania say
that the limited flyers will have to be
taken off if the 2-cent fare laws stand.
. The Pennsylvania railroad has decided
to make an exhaustive test ot steel ties.
If these steel ties stand the test the com
pany will use hundreds of thousands of
them annually, but if they fail to meet
the requirements the company will not
make any further experiments with steel
ties, but will plant thousands of trees,
with the idea of using wooden ties ex
clusively iu the future. On its various
lines the Pennsylvania company uses
about 5,500,000 wooden 'ties annually.
The interstate commerce commission
has recommended a law enforcing the uko
of the block signnl system on all passen
ger lines and giving the commission power
to inspect and regulate. It holds that
the system has failed on account of bad
operation rather than from any defect in
Its design. Supervision would, be made
to prevent unduly long hours of lulmr,
which impair the faculties of those charg
ed with the operation of the system. At
the same time the New York State rail
road commission has recommended the
adoption jt a system which will prevent
more than one train being in a block at
the same time. In practice, railroad men
have very generally allowed more than
one train in a block under cautionary or
ders. The stock of the Great Northern rail
road declined sharply when it became
known In Wall street that the Minnesota
Attorney General, Young, had begun ac
tion to compel the St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba Railroad Company to show
cause why its charter should not be for
feited. The complaint says that the
Great Northern has been guilty of stock
watering, and that it should not be allow
ed to continue to pay dividends on water
ed stock, nor to create subsidiary com
panies composed of its own stockhold
ers. The central ' labor union at Omaha.
Neb., took a hand in the proposed street
car strike in that city, and after an In
vestigation of the claims of both sides
recommended to the workmen that they
continue at work. Tbe president and for
mer presidents of tbe labor union. consti
tuted what practically formed a court.
An agreement between tbe brotherhood
of firemen and engineers and the officer
of the Lake Shore railroad was reached
by which tbe men are to receive an aver
age increase of 8 per ceut in wages and
a reduction in working hours from twelve
to ten in tbe yards, and its equivalent o
tbe road.
