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Nebraska
Legislature
The entire day In the. house Wednes
day wan taken up with the future con
sideration of the bunk guaranty bill.
The bill wan adopted by the commit
tee of the whole with nm minor
changes and reported by that body to
the house for passage.
Eastman, aided by Wilson, of Polk,
not an amendment pawed which re
duces the amount of tock a director
' must hold from one-twentieth of the
whole capitalization to 4 per cent. It
van said the reason for this wan that
a man might own but $1,000 In a
mall bank and mill be eligible. That
would allow many farmers to ret on
boards of directors. The amendment
was not Ferlously opposed.
Taylor, of Custer, asked for the re
consideration of the daylight saloon
bill that was Indefinitely postponed.
lie hnd voted with the opposition so
that he could so move when the com
mittee, which was out of the city,
would be placed on record. Shoe
maker In vain called fur a motion to
table. Wilson, of Polk, asked him to
let the measure be called up again
because he had an amendment to ex
empt Omaha from the provisions of
a dry state after dark. "What about
South Omaha?" asked the anxious
resident of the metropolis with visions
of thirsty men running around the
streets w'th their tongues hanging out
looking for something to quench the
thirst. The motion to reconsider li st
by a vote of 53 to 4 3.
The claims committee Investigated
the coal mine In southeastern Nebras
ka Tuesday and report that they
found a mine there with a drift sunk
to a distance f three feet, with a
Yeln of coal thirty Inches thick, coal.
real coal that will burn. Several years
ago the state offered a reward for the
discovery of coal In certain quantities
and appropriated $4,000 for the pur
pose of paying It. The law by which
the reward was offered still exists but
the appropriation has long since
lapsed. The committee will report
that three men, among whom Is A
M. Brost. are entitled to the
M. Brost. are entitled to the money,
The claim will go In with the others on
the miscellaneous bill.
The committee on finance, ways and
means of the senate which Is consld
erlng H. R. No. 18, by Bushee, appro
priating $15,000 for an experimental
"dry" farm In the western part of the
f'ate, was Informed by Bushee that
the government had offered to give
land and water and $9,600 tf such
farm can be established in the recla
mation territory of Nebraska and the
state gives $5,000 additional. Bushee
aid he preferred the house bill, but
called attention to the fact that Sena
tor Raymond, of Scotts Bluff, has
Mil In the senate for an Irrigated ex
perlment farm. Bushee said both dry
and Irrigated farming could be prac
tlced on the name farm If the govern
ment offer were accepted. He urged
the committee to accept It If It does
not care to approve the house bill
If the offer Is accepted the farm will
he located somewhere on the North
riatte river, either In Morrill, Scotts
Bluff or Sioux county.
ExWarden Leldlgh, now representa
tive from Otoe county, urged the
committee to accept the house appro
prlatlon for a twine factory at the
penitentiary.
The following bills were passed by
the senate Wednesday:
By Cain of Richardson To reduce
the number of members of library
boards from 9 to 6.
By Randall of Madison To give
the railway commission power to re
quire railroad companies to make
train connections daily.
By Brown of Lancaster Provides
that the members of the Lincoln city
council shall constitute a board of
sanitary trustees.
By Brown of Lancaster For non
partisan election of school board In
Lincoln.
By Howell of Douglas To repeal
the law limiting the number of senate
officers and employes.
The Sink hotel bill, providing for the
Inspection of hotels, and requiring
19-Inch bed sheets, passed the senate
Saturday. The bill now goes to thr
governor.
The senate Saturday passed Klllon's
pure paint bill, which prohibits the
adulteration of paints or the selling of
impure Unseed oils. The bill has ul
ready passed the house.
The TIbblts rumor bill passed the
senate. It forbids the circulating of
false rumors about banks.
A bill requiring the Inspection of
cream was passed by the senate.
The house was not In session Satur
day. The house Friday passed the salary
appropriation bill, making few
changes. Chief among these changes
was the reduction of the salury of the
chief clerk of charities and corrections
' almost half. State house offices were
ordered to be kept open from 9 a. m.
till 6 p. in.
The Groves anti-treat bill was killed
when on pannage vote by 4D to 4 4.
The senate In committee of the
whole Frlduy approved a bill to Im
pose an annual oceujiatlon tux upon
corporations for the benefit of the
state, killed Howell's Krug pin k bill, ot
the so-called poor man's club bill.
lit the legislature pauses the King
bill, which Imposes an annual occupa
tion tax upon corporations, additional
revenue amounting to about $300,000
will be paid to the state, every year
The senate In committee of the whole
recommended the bill after consider
able discussion. A similar bill has
been before recent scPMlnna of the legls
lature. It provides for the payment of
an annual fee based upon capital
lock, the fee ranging from $R to $'.'00
a yeur. As amended by the Introducer
It excepts banks and building and loun
associations and Insurance companies
that now pay an annual tax upon cap
ital mock or gross receipts,
Among the bills placed nn the gen
eral file b rlilay was one by Ollls of
Valley, a measure Intended to prevent
ai.y person from collecting or dcmiiril
Inn any portion of the salary of en
appointive orilcer. either slate, county
or city, for the use of any person nt
rfanlutlon as condition of appoint
ment or tenure of office. It Is ti pre
vent campaign committees from ai-hln?
downtrodden employes who lime
whooped It up dining the ciinipnlcn
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trt pay 2 per cent of their saUry for
the support of a politics! party organ
ization. Jerry Howard's woman suffrage con
stitutional amendment, was also
placed on the general file. The sensle
has already killed one of Its own bllli
ofi the same character and also a bill
for municipal suffrage.
Clark succeeded Friday In getting
his bill authorizing the state hoard to
Invest the permanent school funds In
municipal bonds as well as county,
state and government bonds. This hill
was Introduced at the request of the
state treasurer who has about $200,000
which he has not been able to Invest
to advantage because of the restric
tions. The committee of the whole ad
vanced the bill and recommended It
without much discussion.
Seven of the counties In northwest
ern Nebraska are demanding the pass
age of the Chase normal school bill
now before the legislature. The bill
provides for the establishment of a
new normal school and the appropria
tion of $:'"i,000 for this purpose. It
leaves tho matter of exact location to
the state board of educntlon or any
other properly constituted body.
In opposition to the Chase bill Is a
measure by Harrington, of Brown
county, providing for an appropriation
of $35,000 and the location of Ihe nor
n.al at Ainsworth, the home town of
Mr. Harrington. Still another Is the
Henry bill, contemplating two schools
and the purchase of the old college
building at Wayne to he used as one,
the appropriation being $100,000.
The initiative ana referendum, a
platform pledge of the democratic par
ty, was defeated In the state senate
Wednesday after an exciting debate
The discussion teemed with personal
ities. The hill, Introduced by Senator
Donohoe, was defeated by a vote of
16 to 17. Senator Wlltse, of Cedar, a
republican, voted for the bill. Four
of his republican colleagues voted
with him.
In the house Wednesday the stock
yards company of South Omaha was
included In the physical valuation bill.
in mo senate this corporation was
eliminated.
The senate approved the building of
precinct railroad." Senator Gammlll
Is the author of the bill, and the rail
road Is to be thirty-four miles in
length and to extend from Curtis to
Cambridge. Iand owners In the pre
cinct through which the road is to run
aro pushing the project. Tho line Is
to connect the main line of tho Bur
lington with u branch line of the same
road
The house. Tuesday passed the bank
guaranty bill. The vote stood 72 to 23.
heven republicans voted for the mens
ure, while twenty-three opposed It.
The house Tuesday killed ex-SDi.ak
er Notion's bill which makes notes for
fire Insurance premiums non-negotia
ble. A powerful lobby composed of
insurance men fought tho bill
.senator Miller's county option bill
was defeated In the senate Tuesday by
a vote or J 8 to u. Fully a thousand
peopie listened to the debate. The
members voted as follows
For County Option Brown, Bodln-
son, tain, Cox, IVmohoo, (Sammlll
ring, majors, Minor, ollls, Randall,
iiHymono, warren, Wlltse, Hatfield
upposeu to County Option Han-
ning, iiarioa, Hesse, Buck, Bahrman,
mem, uner, nenry, Howell, Ketch
um, Klein, Laverty. Hansom. Tn ntlPP I
Tlbbets. Thompson, VolPp17.
iarK, or ItichurdHon county, chair-I
man of tho .., T..L- . J
house, earned his salary Tuesday by
defi-ndlng tho current expense appro-
prlatlon bill, but so well did ho do his
work that the house was able only to
ti Tn "meniiments, cutting out
T. imiii ior legislature junl-
torfl flllrl railltelt.u- li... J nni .
, --n i"u i,uuv ttppropri-
atlon for a boiler at the Norfolk v
mm iu n.uuu. i
The big debate came over the ap-
proprlation of $100. OOO for thn nor-
il?.m0lg.T(nlani1, I'-rmanent Im-
during which Taylor of " Custer took lt8lsltoM tho Procl,utlon of Pre!
the members over th coi ...... dent Tnft eallitis uu extra session ol
they favored educational appropria
tions, when they had cut down a re
quest from the west portion of the
state, which would have been for the
benefit of 16.000 school children.
Kelley and Kraus objected to sev
, - , ' ' DI,IK
eral items in the appropriation for th
Norfolk asylum, while Pool secured
the adoption of an amendmnt ,oi
ting out $ 1,440 for extra Janitors fot
me next legislature,
ine dates bill, repealing the law
prohibiting the operation of a saloon
within two and a half miles of Fort
Creek, was passed by the senate in
committee of the whole Tuesday morn-
ing uiter a debate continuing nearly
the entire morning. Nineteen senator
voted ror the bill on viva voce vote
no roll call being taken,
Efforts were made by Senator Han
som to amend the bill to include provi
sions amending the Slocumb law to
pe-mlt boards of tire and police com
missioners to sit for sixty days befor.
tne beginning of the municipal yeur t
mum nevuses, anu also to make the
petition of an applicant for n saloon
license prima fucle evidence thut tin
signers were freeholders. This chanired
the procedure In granting licenses and
was so strongly opposed that Senator
UanBom finally gnvo up and all amend,
rr. nts to the (lutes bill were voted
down and It was agreed to exactly u
li came mini the house.
.-leimuMs vtiiiKc or Cedar, King of
Polk, and Itundall of Madison, led h
opposing the measure while Him th.-m
Douglas county senators championed
it, assisted ny Senator Ijivertv
A letter from Col. (iardner was read
'ttvoilng the bill, n,, Hald the author.
lies oi i took i ity nave agreed not to
permit more than two saloons, both
jmier one ma nagenieut and the-e not
o run Sundays after 10 o lock at
night. Objection to the bill vas on
me sciiib it would permit dives In
rook ( Ity tunning practically wlthmi
ponce protection.
lu the letter of Col. ilardner he sal
per cent or tne Soldiers nt .'lirl
i rook were not amenulil,. to dlHclnlln
and were constantly making troubli
by leaving the fort f,,r Onniha whe
on leave and by staying ai y made I
neccsxary to punish them for disobey
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"" ukiii huh saloon
Mnirer nie ion nils condition woul,
not exist.
Senator P.m.'aU le-nl -i letter f
'Uiltfe .Mi'oeiile ilenenil Co,. ,.
vlv. of Washington, in hl,ii be sal
oe wouni ne sorry see Ihe repeal of
the law protilldtiiu; tht-sn'o of llMu
near the Nelnui-ka army posts.
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I Work of Congress I
The 1 1 , ' V ! '.i ;i i im'trtnct
report was heTote the Srrr.le Tuesdsy
anil was subjected to filibustering tao
tics oa the part of the minority that
resulted almost In no progress. Mr.
Ileyburn, in charge of the turtstirs. de
clared that the opposition to the meas
ure whs the result of antagonism te
tho legislative provision contained In
the measure for tho enforcement of
the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to tbo Constitution nn the part
of Ihe Southern Senators. The gen
eral dellcieiK y hill was passed, carry
ing appropriations amounting to more
than $l!).iHMMifio. The bill was the last
of the general supply hills passed by
the Semite. Various conference reports
were agreed lo, so that substantial
progress whs mailo in clearing sway
much of Ihe urgent business before the
Senate. The ship subsidy bill, previ
ously passed by tho Senate, was defent-
ed In the House of Representatives by
the narrow margin of three, the vote
resulting 172 to 17.". Tho opponents of
the measure wildly cheered. A dra
matic feature of tho roll call wus the
nppennmce in the hall of Representa
tive (Johlfoglo of New York In an In
valid chair, ho having been brought
from a hospital, where he hnd under
time an otKTatlon on (Ms knee cap. In
order that he might record his name
apiitiNt tho bill. Conference reports on
the agricultural, rivers and harbors
find public buildings bills were agreed
to, and the sundry civil hill Bout tf
conference.
Never hiis a Congress expired niort
peacefully than tho Sixtieth Congress.
The Democratic (minister ngnlust the
penal code hill In tho Senate was drawn
to a- close Wednesday by an agreement
eliminating from the measure the ob
jectionable feature authorizing the use
of troops nt election places, and the
measure was nisso1 without actually
changing the law now on the statute
books. The Bailey resolution declaring
the right of tho Senate to demand pa
pers nnd Information, from heads of de
partments whs referred to tho Commit
tee on the Judiciary after an unlimited
debate, during which Scnntors Dolliver
and Bcvcrldge mado vigorous defense
of Ihe President. The conference report
on the lgislnllvo, executive and Judicial
appropriation hill was agreed to. The
conferees eliminated nil Hillary In
creases In dispute except that of the
salary of Ihe President, which was
fixed at $75,000. A night session was
held. On the eve of final adjournment
the House transacted Its business with
n facility unusual for a dying Congress,
although at times there was much con
fusion, which the Sjienkcr hail difficulty
In controlling. With scarcely any tU
bnte the conference reports on the mill-
tfirv arui1mnv lorrlaliitlvn arnriutlt'A nml
lll(1lolal and penal code bill were agreed
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11,8 1,1,1 "m"llB the copyright
,uws of tbo t'"It,'(1 Slntes In regard to
'Vn lined music" was passed, ns were
Iso a largo number of private bill,
. Having practically wound ud the ores
ng business, the House took a recess
,. ... ,. ,.
ilie sixtieth Longress came to ai
euu i iiurwiiiy wmi iuh Kcpresenianvea
and Senators sitting lu the Senate
chnnilii.r. nml ic Pnxililunt- Nlir.,.n
immediately has read to tho assembled
Congress to nieet March 15. The Sen
ate whs to meet at noon Friday to con
sider the appointments of the new Pres
ident, but the House will not meet
gain until March 1.1. The Senate met.
at I) :40 n. m., but the proceedings were
"lm,"',1 to the most formiil work, tualu-
ly adoption of the complete report of
the conferees on the pension appropria
tion bill, the 1 n nt of tho great supply
measures, which the House also passed
within one hour ot adjournment, and
the appointment of two or throe com-
llsslons In accordance with recent con
gressloiial enactments. The House re
ceded from the amendment to tho ap
propriation bill consolidating tn Wash
ington the eighteen agencies throughout
Ihe country nud the agencies will ho
continued as fei the past. Vice Presi
dent Fall luniks delivered an address In
the Senate In response to resolutions
thanking him for his conduct of the
ollice. I'tterly lacking iu nil Xlrrlng
Incidents usually marking the chmlni;
hour of a Congress, the House at
llt.V.Htj o'clock was declared by Speak
er Cannon to bo adjourned without day.
Speaker Cannon received a unanimous
vote of thanks, which ho acknowledged
nuild loud applause.
In Its first regular slttlig of the sea
Ion the Senate Friday received and
continued tho nanilnstloiis of President
Tuft for the various cabinet positions
and alio that of lluntlngtou Wilson ns
Assistant Secretary of State. Iu addi
tion, Senators Ctuunherliilit of Oregon
and Smith of Maryland were sworn In.
The session, both executive ami legis
lative, consumed two and one-half
hours of time. The Mouse was not In
snIou.
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.
The Gast Thread Coinpaiif'a plant Ik
Seneca Falls, N. V., was destroyed hy
lire. Ikiss, $!M),Ols).
Committees of the chamber of com
merce unci of tin Legal Aid Society ot
Cleveland are at work on a system of
cnuru for Ohio cities nml have taken tin
Chicago Municipal Con lis us model.
Thirteen persons were killed, several
seriously injured and much valuable prop
erty destroyed by a tornado which swept
across Ixmoke, Prairie, Wood ni IT tr.ij
Poinsett Counties, Arkansas.
The bill providing thut counties may
vote local option by in even majority. In
stead of tw o thiiil, tut putted the I loans
in Arizona.
Two thousand nero farmer and teach
ers attended the eighteenth annual n.-ro
conference at tl.e Tiiskt'goe Iiimiini, in
Tllskegee, Ala. The conference nn.ini-
lliounly ileeutinleil the euforceiueut of unli
litpior laws.
The inleriuitioinil cnufeiviiee which
opened in Hiaiixhui Feb. 1 is muLiiiK pro-lin-ss
in the discussion of (lie limitation
anil control of llie opium trntlic. U.'miIii.
lions ilrat'te,! by r. liainiltoii Wiiuhi uf
America lane been taken up.
MUR.ST1-CEIIT
FARE IS HELD ILLEGAL
Judge McPherson Rates In Faver
f Roads In Passenger and
Freight Cases.
BATE IS NOT RENUMERATIVE.
Kansas City Court Says Lines Should
Get Return of 6 Per Cent 13
Systems Affected.
A notable decision In favor of the
railroads . was handed down Monday
by Judge Mcpherson of the United
States District Court In Kansas City,
In the 2-cent fare and maximum-freight-rate
cases, Involving eighteen
Missouri lines. The railroads contend
ed that the rates fixed by the State
were confiscatory, and asked that the
enforcement of the statutes bo enjoin
ed. "The question," said Judge McFhcr
soti In his decision, "Is whether tho
tralllc wholly within the State of Mis
souri, generally referred to In the evi
dence us local tralllc, can he carried
under the freight rate statute of 1907
nt such profit as lo give a reasonable
return nfter paying expenses upon the
Investment, or whether such traffic Is
carried at a loss or at less than such
reasonable profit. The court has reach
ed" tho conclusion that the rntcs fixed
by both statutes nre not remunerative."
After the decision had been handed
down several railway attorneys Inti
mated that the railroads soon would
go back to the 3-cont passenger rate,
hut none wns able to state specifically
that this would be done. Frank Hager
innn ninde the following statement:
"The 2-cent rate Is the subject of
pending litigation In Minnesota, South
Dakota. Nebraska and Kansas. It Is
not conceivable that If the rate is con
fiscatory in Missouri It can he compen
satory In any of those States. What.
If nii.vthlng, will be done In other
States has not been decided. In view
of the thoiotigh Investigation mid the
decisions In the Pennsylvania and the
Missouri cases It Is doubtful whether
nny State will attempt any longer' to
enforce n 2-cent rate act."
MANCHURIA TROUBLE GROWING.
Proteaft nf l iiltoil Slates nnil China
Threaten World Complications.
The situation nt Harbin, Manchuria,
rising from the apparent determination
of the railroad authorities to control the
local administration has become a live
Issue in Itussiun politics. The protests of
China and the United States are claiming
public attention and it is believed that
the aggressive stand of the railroad au
thorities in Manchuria will bring about
foreign complications. The negotiations
with China are at a standstill until such
time as the policy of the government
shall be determined. The foreign office
outwardly supports General Horvath in
cloning the stores of the Chinese mer
chants who refused to pay taxes to Uus
la, but privately it is most dissatisfied
with the situation. The Novoe.Vremya
the other day sharply criticises the for
eign office for its stand in this matter,
and says it bolieves tierruauy is stirring
up the question for the purpose of di
verting attention from the near Bust.
Tho paper intimates that Fred D. Fisher,
until recently American consul at Har
bl n, has beep acting in the interests of
Germany.
TEN MILLION IN GAS MERGER.
C. II. (ieUt riant In l'.n.t Chicago
and Other Towns t'onsiilldateil.
Through papers Hied wijh the Lnporte
County (Ind.) recorder a consolidation
of the various gas and electric plants in
Northern Indiana owned or controlled by
Clarence II. Geist of Chicago and Phila
delphia was perfected under the name of
the Northern Indiana Gas and IClectric
Company, with a capital stock of $10,
000.000. Frank J. Canall has been elect
ed president and Hollo M. Cole, secretary.
The new corporation absorbs the as and
electric plants at Michigan City, Ham
mond, Valparaiso, Indiana Harbor and
East Chh-ago. Th present local manage
ments of the various plants will not be
disturbed, but all now will he under one
general management.
TWO PLODDERS MAKE MILLION.
Parmer Uet Option on Coal Land
Cheap and Sell for 1,202,000.
.1. V. Thompson, a Pittsburg coal man,
has closed a deal for 11,010 acres of coal
land near Wayneslmrg, Greene County,
Pa., paying for it $I.'.'0'.,0iO in cash. An
Interesting feature of the deal is that it
makes two men, who have plodded all
their lives, independent. They are O. P.
Market and It. F. Ilopewood, farmers,
who some years ago took an option on
the coul land nt an acre, using all
their money. The person, who optioned
their land at this price were at that time
very glad to get it. Ity Ihe sale the men
will divide more than $ t ,0( M ,i K to profit.
BRIDE'S BEAUTY CHARMS FOE.
Drotlier Wlii Would top Arthur
Curaon'a Marrlatte ( omnirnds It.
Arthur Cur.on, said to be a cousin of
fxird Curitoti, formerly Yh-omy of India,
has announced hit um it- i a n to Mrs. Ilve
Ivn I'ittiuiin of Sin l'laiicisen. The wed
ding took place in Sun .lose several days
aso after one auioinoliile trip. Curzon
In es in Hamilton, lint. The couple left
for I. os Aimelei ne,-oiniuiied by Sydney
CiKv.in. nn older brother of t!ie tiruie
grn.iin. said to liuve been sent out there
by the f.-nnilv to prevent the weddint.' It
Is :,lle-.d tll.lt he was con ilel ely Ivoll
o In I he side of the lovers by the lieiiu
'. I I'll I bride.
U. S. HAS FOUR MODERN FORTS.
MIIJl:ii- l"t at IViri I'liniitenil,
VikIi., IiiuIim l llli W Irelesa.
r,llipped Willi a wireless telegraph sy--
,ein and lire control apparatus, bmh of
Nihil I.IVI' jllsl I I completed by C pt.
W. IC .Moore of I In I 'nitei Slates SikusI
Seni'i- Corps of Seattle. Fort Warden,
military post at I'm t Townsend,
Va-!'... now lal.es its plnee us one of the
four ciolein military posts of ihe I'uil.sl
S' it' Ilankimr wiii Fort Worden are
the j .'sis at Purl laud. .M line, r.,iion, and
Ni ,- Voile. T. work was a sunplishej
' at a i ost of ,s;"(N),isk).
&smk
A personal Interview with Presidrnt
Itoosevelt In which he alludes .to the
work of his administration has Ap
peared. The President consider!! thut
of nil great events winch, h ve itinrk'rl
bis administration the Puiiunia cunnl in
ly far the must Idiportaiit and will llvu
longest lu history. The stvotid great
event, President Roosevelt says, Is send
liig the buttleshlp licet u roll ml lb.1
world, and notwithstanding severe crit
lclwim which have been inutlo over the
President's order to dispatch the fleet,
he snys that It will live In history ns a
most Important affair. The settlement
of tho war between Kussla and Japan
Mr. Itoosovelt puts as third in the
events that will make his administra
tion, long remembered. Many Senators
and Congressmen would not suggest
any one of the three events as greatest,
giving rather railroad rate legislation
Cub' n Independence and the pure footi
campaign.
Charles K. Thurston, of St. Paul, ap
peared before the State department
with a claim in behalf of the estate
of his son, Chillies I). Thurston, who
was killed some years nj'n, while em
ployed lu the custom service in Sun
Domino. While engaged in an effort
to prevent smuggling. , Yoiin Thurston
was shot by u band of border smug
piers. The claim if allowed will come
from tho revenue" of the Island nf
San iHiinlngo, which (lie Fnlted States
Is collecting ami nduilnisteiiiig for the
benefit ofj the i nilitors lor the Islam!
govorntnent.
On the suggestion of the Xortl
America n Conference for ConseiVii
tlon, now in session at Washington,
the President lias decided lo issue
through the State li-pniiinciit Invita
tions to nil tin nut ions nf the worhl
to send delegates to ah iuleri.ntt hunt!
world conference on conservation to
bo hold at The Hague next September.
He believes that whatever tends to
bring the nations together iu this way
makes for the peace of the world.
International arbitration decisions
will he given u direful examination at
the third annual meeting of the Amer
ican Society of International Law, to
be held In Washington April and
24, In ordev-to ascertain In how far
arbitration has been Judicial, and In
how far nations have submitted and
therefore nre willing to submit Inter
national controversies to Judicial set
tlement. New York's mounted police did not
go to 'Washington to participate in the
Inaugural parade of William H. Tuft.
Public-spirited citizens had subscribed
$8,000 to defray the expenses of Rend
ing 150 mounted iwlicemon for the
ceremonies, but the corporation coun
sel decided that it would be Illegal to
remove the horses and that neither
the aldermen nor nny other city offi
cial has the power to do so.
With the fitting of his specially
made shoes President Roosevelt's Af
rican hunting outfit is complete. The
shoes foi his use in Africa are gun
metal in color and are hob-nnlled.
They ore heavy calfskin and treated
with oil so ns to make thorn water
proof. The President's hunting suits,
several of them waterproof, his guns
and ammunition, nud his tents, are nil
rendy to be put on hoard the steamer.
The delegates to represent the Unit
ed States nt the conference with Mex
ico and Cnnnda on tho conservation of
natural resources nre Secretary of
State Hiicon, Secretary of the Interior
Garfield and Gilford Pinchot, govern
ment forester. The three t'niindian
delegates nre Sydney Fisher, Minister
of Agriculture; Clifford Sifton, former
Minister of tho Interior, und Dr. Hen
ri S. Relurd, member of Parliament.
Unable to accept compensation for
bis services us chnirmun of the Dis
trict Railway Commission, Gen. John
M. Wilson. V. S. A., retired, hns re
signed. Ills inelfgibllty arose from
the fact, that uu army otllcer, active
or retired. Is forbidden from receiv
ing n salury other than his regulur
debute or opposition the
House committee has put Into agricul
tural bill n larger appropriation for
the distribution of free seinls than
ever before, the nmount being $:!."i0.000.
There is known to be no opposition in
he Senate.
During the twelve months ending
with November. ItHiH. emigration wus
greater than Immigration. The figure
nre: Total arrivals. ."o.riXl ; total de
nurtures, til l.-t-V.'.
Knrlh llns l-'.lu h l-l neh Tide..
Prof. Cumile Fhiminarion. the French
scientist, lias pulili-lied nf Paris his be
lief that the earth heaves like the in e ill
tides, lisinu and falling .iImmiI S in-1, s
every twenty fo'ir hours. Critics poiM
out llmt ph weis.s ami n: i n'uni liav
Vnowi the 'it for n lo:e time, ami
that it t'- is nnl!cn: new .ib-eit lia.a-
nir.no-.'s 1 1 -" y i! !- the staiem -n! of
the in e l 'I of 'I i'Vilioii. !ii I. hi-'i-
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CUBA INVITES THOUBLE.
Nomination of Velez as Minister at
Washington Regarded as Insult.
People wlio are most fniulliur with
the political situation in Cuba have
generally allowed the new government
six months of js'itce; but it seems to
pe looking for trouble already, find
may he able to find It before thut time
lina expired. The situation is already
becoming rather Intense nnd the most
alarming symptom i the attitude of
the llhernl loaders toward this coun
try. The nomination of Carlos Gnrclit
Velejs to be minister to Washington Is
nn insult to this Government and
should he reseiied. writes a well-known
Washington correspondent. It Is cus
tomary among civilized nations to in
quire whether n person selected for a
diplomatic post is acceptable to the
Government to which It Is proposed to
send liltn nnd quite frequently objec
tion is mnde on one ground or another.
In this ciise, however, the Cuban Gov
ernment, either from Ignorance or from
Intention, has neglected Hint formality
nnd General Garcin (the name Velez
Is thut of his mother's family), has
been nominated by the president nud
confirmed by the Cuban Senate nnd no
questions asked. President Tuft nnd
Secretary Itacon learned all nbout Gen
eral Garcia when they went to Ilnvnnn
in 1 5 K M 5 to take charge of things ut
the time President Pnlmu's authority
wns overthrown, but when Secretary
P.ucon was asked if be intended to ob
ject to tin? appointment he said he
would leave the matter open for hU
successor to decide, because the lat
ter would have to ileal with Gnrda
Instead of himself. Secretary Knox
says that he has given the mntter no
consideration.
Curios Gnrelu is one of the most vio
lent nnti-Anieiicans in Cuba nnd tins
never attempted to conceal his con
tempt nnd hatred for our Government.
He is the younger of two sous of the
late General Callxo Gnrcfn. the ablest
of the revolutionary lenders in the
lust and Vuccessful revolution npiinst
Spain. His elder brother, Justo Gar
cia Velez, Is minister of foreign af
fairs iu the cabinet of President
Gomez.
President Gomez did not appoint
Caiiim Gnrcl.t minister to the United
Mutes front choice, but from necessity
Tli.i lie.. I,,...l l,,...a ....IIII...1 1.1... .....1
. ... , .... iii,,iut-i jiipiiuet, linn en I'tio,
lldy announced several weeks ago that
if Carlos wus not given this otlice they
would muke trouble for the administra
tion, and the newspiqier dispatches say
that "many think President Gomez
missed n great opportunity to show him
self a strong and determined executive
by not taking the brothers nt their
word und throwing them into prison
for showing the first signs of rebel
'Ion." TIES UP BUILDING TRADES.
Carpenter and Tile Layers Walk
Out ns Reault of orkuut.
A serious tie-up of the building trades
of Chicago was threatened when oOO car
penters and tile layers unit work. Th
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
and the Carpenters and Builders' Asso
ciation immediately took up the matter
and held a meeting to discuss the situa
tion. The trouble grew out of the lock
nut nf tlitrtv.nino r-nrnputpra nmntoved
hv the Commercial Sash and Door Com-
pany. The union immediately declared a
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uoycon against: ine goous pui oui oy tn
concern. The officials of the Carpenters
int ItMil.tra A ur.el o 1 1 nn -,1 tt.a
boycott in violation of union contracts,
Union carpenters employed by the com-
pany then quit, as did many others from
other concerns. Union men say that they
believe that the association is showing a
disposition not to renew contracts wilier
expire May 1.
TO PRISON FOR KIDNAPING.
Wenterner In Found Guilty of Hold
ing a Millionaire In Forest,
After being out twenty hours a jury
,it Mount Vernon. Wash., declared Lee
I'.tzemer guilty of kidnaping for the pur
pose of holding for ransom. Under the
statute the court has no discretion, and
Rezemer will be sentenced to an inde
terminate term" of five to twenty-one
years' imprisonment. Oct. 2(3 last Bezc
mer hiid up Edward English, a million
aire logger, on the highway near Mount
Vernon. The logger was forced to drive
into the woods, and was then ordered
from his carriage at the point of a pistol
and bound to a tree, after having been
coerced into writing an order to bis wife
to pay bearer $5,000. Before Mrs. En
glish could secure the money her husband
escaped. Bezemer was captured two
weeks later within a few miles of Seat
tle. KANSAS CIGARETTE LID IS ON.
t'nrrle .Nation Dream of Sinokrlesa,
nrlnklma State Coming True.
The Kansas anti-cigarette law went in
to ffect recently on its publication and
not a cigarette paper can be found on
sale in Toeka. Ixical dealers were un
prepared, for they hnd understood that
the lnw would not go into effect until
May. One denier had just unpacked a
$."iOO order. Stocks are being repacked
for shipment to the factory.
I'M I ml man shot Thru Tluie.
Police Sergeant Patrick E. Kennedy
was probably fatally wounded in St.
Louis when Patrolman James J. M;i
guire shot him three times. Kennedy was
near his lioine when Maguire took him to
task for remarks which lie alleged the
sergeant had made. Kennedy used his
club mi Maguire, who tired. The bulVis
entered the chest, abdomen and c(. la
ijuire is under arrest.
Vliiiilniia Kill. Jap Dili.
After being in session until early in
the morning, the Cluyberg anti-.lap.inesc
bill, framed after the California meas
ure, which would have proliiliited the
holding of lauds by the Orientals, was
killed by II vote of 21 to 22 in committee
of the whole in the Montan i l. -isla-tare.
"
M I it iicsuln Wnr uu
Elimination of lextlioi
jMiintineiit of a State
limitation of prices to
lliinli TriiNi.
ik abuses by up.
commission an!
li" ili n vi-d for
books is the purpose of n lull 1 1 r Inn
been introduced in the M rnie-m.- ,s, Ullr
by Senator L. . Cool.e ,f !!it;.
I'rrutlHii l Mjlctde In St. I.(,iin,
Carlos r.siiuosa of Lima, Peru. v.-i:;
found dead in n cas-lilied io.;,i hi Sr.
IjOllis, following the rei.'iil of leltel-s It;'..
ing of tlie loss of i.ls father's tori' n in
South America. lisiinos. was -J",
old and MUs funnel ly a s.iM.iu ut ':i.,i
bia Univernitv.
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CHICAGO,
A new high record lu the volume of
payments throagh the banks this week
testifies to Increasing commerce Hnd u
more encouraging faith In the Immedi
ate outlook. Activity is Been to be
making a seasonable advance. Read
justments in msts create a wider In
terest In the prominent industries. Dis
tinct Improvement is noted in contracts
closed for sleum and electric machin
ery, the aggregate being far abend of
that a year ago. substantial commit
ments nre pending in mils, cars and
strtiiiurnl forms. Inquiries have multi
plied within the past ten days for vuti
on factory nut put.
Went her conditions wcro more fa
vorable to a lare measure of distrib
utive trade. Retail dealing here nnd
nt Interior sdnts is of good volume,
nnd stocks of winter merchandise have
run qlille low. Iluyers In notably largo
numbers attended the wholesale inur
kcts nnd there hits been further ex
pansion In the demands for dry goods,
footwear, millinery, clothing, furniture
and food products. t
Rank dealings. 11. ."27.277, exceed
those of corresponding week Iu PHIS
by 17.M per cent and compare with
.$27l.::oo,:io!i in 1'.hi7.
Failures reported in the Chicago
district number 27. upiinst 21 lust
week. 40 in I'.lfiN und l!l in 1W7. Those
with liabili:ies over JCi.OOO number 10.
against 3 Inst week. 1.1 in l'dOS nud 4
in 1!07. Dun's Review of Trade.
NEW YORK.
Went her irrcgula titles nnd tariff and:
price revision uncertainties combine to
mnke for n rather quiet tone In trade
and industry, pending clearer views of
these and winter wheat crop possibili
ties. The trade reports come from the
Central West nud Southwest, and In
those sections jobbing trade shows
moderate Improvement, us do collec
tions. The urgent need of ruin in Tex
as Is accentuated this week, while in
the rest of the South business Is still
Dither dull. At lare Eastern markets;
trade with first hands Is In a between
Rcasons condition and n slight decrease
in retail demand hns been interfered
with by a severe storm along the
Eastern seaboard.
Business failures In tho United
States for the week ending with March
4 were 210. against 244 last week, 27
In the like week of liMi.X, 172 in l!l7,
177 in l!KMl and l!K) in l'.HJo.
Canadian failures for the week num
ber thirty-three, which compares with
forty lust week nnd forty-nine in the
Uke week of 1!K)S. Rrtidstreet's.
Chicago Cattle, common to prim.
i '"l u" lo -; ''ig. prime heavy,
, 1f ll 7"S . ul.Ann rnl. . r.
umire, .;-...
; "'"; wheat. No. 2. $1.21 to $t.24;
COm. Xo. 2. (!(' to flllC fulfil tnnilill'lt
j to rye. No. 2, 7-Sc to SOc; liny.
, timothy. $S.OO to $1.1.00; prairie, $S.OO
to $ll.;i(); butter, clmice creamerv
to 2Sc; eggs, fresh, 18c to 21c; potatoes,
per bushel, SOc to 00c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $.1.00
to $tl.50; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$:'.50 to $11.00 ; sheep, good to choice,
$2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.20 to
$i.:
corn, No. 2, white. Glc to (lie;
outs. No. 2 white, 40c to 51c.
St. Louis Cattle, $1..V) to $7.25: hots,
$4.00 to $11.80; sheep, $.1.00 to $."i.."iO ;
wheat. No. 2, $1.30 to $1.12: corn. No. 2,
04c to Otic; oats, No. 2, 5.1c to 55c; rye.
No. 2, 70c to "So.
Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $l!.'-
hogs, $4.00 to $$ti.K5; sheep, $3.00 to
$5.25; wheat. No. 2. $1.27 to S1.2S: corn.
No. 2 mixed, 07c to 08c; oats, No. 2.
mixed, 54c to 55c ; rye, No. 2, 81c to 82c.
Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $0.00; hogs,
$4.00 to $11.(10; sheep, $2.50 to $4.73:
whent. No. 2, $1.23 to $1.25; corn, No. 3
yellow, C7c to OSc; oats, No. 3 white,
54c to 50c; rye, No. 2, 80c to 82c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.17 to $1.18; corn, No. 3, f!5c to G7c;
oats, standard, n;c to iitlc; rye. No. 1..
70c to SOc; barley, No. 1, 05c to ti7c;
pork, mess, $15.00.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$4.00 to $7.05; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00
to $ti.8,i ; sheep, common to good mixed,
$4.00 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$5.00 to $7.00.
New York Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00;
hogs. $.1.50 to $0.00; sheep, $.1.00 to
$4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.23 to $1.24:
corn, No. 2, 75c to 70c; oats, natural
white, 50c to t'i2c ; butter, creamery, 25c
to 28c; pgjts. western, 17c to 21c.
j uhiiu i, lien I, .,'i. iniseil, 1..
ai.z.i: corn. .xo. mivea. n.w rn a
oats. No. 2 mixed, 55c to 5(io : rye. No.
1, 81c to 8,1c ; clover seed, $5.45.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
James ,T. Hill gave the principal ad
dress at the annual convention of the
State Itetail (Srocers' and Ketuil Mer
chants' Association, held in St. Paul.
At the annual convention of North Da
kota furniture dealers, held in (iriuid
Forks, sentiment was strong thut co-oi-eriitive
buying by retailers und systemat
ic newspaper advertising would overcome
the competition of nnil-order houses.
As the opening move in a war for
cheaper snc.ir llironti the reduction of
tariff duties, a national committee of
wholesale grocers, which has been form
ed t(i do the tilitink'. is semlini; oat it
letter showing t'ie effects of the present
hit.il schedule. ..eiording to this letter,
the duly now amounts to SO fi'i' cent of
the sugar's value iu bond.
A bill by liepiesentat ive .lohn A. Hates
prohibits "pooling" by fire insur.iiii'e com
panies, and agreement ntiioni; such co u
panies to tliare uniform premiums in
M innesota.
The railroad commissioners of Canada
htwi ordered tluit farmer shipping t?raiii
urn to lie pn id .l for each lower door and
50 cents for .t li upper door which rkey
place on Kiaiu cars. This decision is il
(ruin tii-owi-rs Association, wluoii claim
ed the t n micro were invariably obliged to
fundi h doors for cars in w hich they
shiiicl grain, but never received Pav'
nient for them.
tu ile Ui.v.ii i.1 i 'An l.-t'