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PLATTSMOUTH.
NEBRASKA.
THE GENERAL TALKS
TRIP ABROAD.
OF HIS
I THE MHS IN BRIEF.
HAS BEEIJ AYAY FIVE MONTHS
-M-t-- His Observation, Particularly of the
Lieutenant Guy llanna, of Iowa, here
tofore detailed at Fort Hunt, Virginia,
has been transferred to San Francisco.
Part of the navy department build
ings at BiH-noR Ayres was destroyer! by
Are. Tho loss is estimated at about
isoo.oo.
Tho statement of the treasury bal-
ne in the general fund fchows
Available cash balance, 22l,'d Ji,8S'J;
1,'old. $102,571,21)5.
At a meeting of Americans In Ha
vana it was arranged to hold memo
rial exercises at the- wreck of the
Maine nn tho anniversary of the de
struction.
Japanese Army and Navy Through
Northern China to Siberia Notes of
the Journey.
NEW YORK Lieutenant Genera!
Nelson A. Miles, commanding the Uni
ted States army, his wife and party.
arrived here Monday on the Lucania.
They have been abroad live months.
and in that time have been around
the world.
One feature of the trip across the
Atlantic for the general was the send
ing of a Marconigram to King Edward
VII February !. When the Lucania
VALUABLE MAIL PACKAGE LOST.
was eighty miles from the Marconi
Tho Idaho senate passer: tn House Nation at Crook Haven, General Miles
bill providing for a tax on the net out
put of tnlnca. Strong efforts, it is said,
will be made, to induct the governor
t veto it.
.Jo.l Sumnrr Smith of the class of
1ST,J f Yah- died at his home In New
Haven, Conn. He was assistant li
brarian at tho university and was 72
years cf age.
i ne Kansas senate adopted a con
current resolution recommending Uni
ted States Senator William A. Harris
for apiointment as a member of the
isthmian canal commission.
Joseph I!. Cot and Juan Gonzales
were hanged at San Otteniin. Cal., for
the murder of an old man in San Hen
ito county named Buiz, whom they
killed for puijoses of robbery.
sent the following message:
Midoccan greeting, with best
wishes for happiness and health to
his majesty and the royal family."
To which the following reply was
received by cable on the arrival of
the Lucania Monday:
"I have submitted your message to
the king. I am commanded by hid
majesty to thank you for your good
wishes and to say for him that it af
forded him much gratification to re
ceive it at Windsor.
"KXOLLYS."
With the general were Colonel and
Mrs. M. P. Maus, Henry Clark Rousea
of New York, F. B. Wilborg of Cin
cinnati. Mrs. Miles and Sherman Hoyt.
Colonel Whitney was with the party
when they left this country, but return-
Letters Containing $50,000 in Commer
cial Paper Missing.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. A package
of letters containing upwaids of $50.
000 in commercial paper was lost by
the postal authorities from a pouch
on the Pennsylvania train leaving
Louisville at midnight January Zi
and running to Chicago via Indianap
olis. The postal authorities have failed
to produce the missing package. The
loss was first made known by com
plaints coming to the Inu. mapolis
postofflce irom towns along the line.
Twenty-one complaints have been
made and nearly all speak of letters
lo.t with commercial paper in them.
The theory at present at the post
office is that the package was left in
a pouch through the carelessness of
an employe after it was thought to
have been emptied. No suspicion
rests on any one of wrong doing, and
no attempt has been made to cash
any of the missing checks.
THE TRUST BILLS
WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL
KNOX HAS TO SAY.
LOOKING UP IRRIGATION.
ADMINISTRATION IS SATISFIED
The Legislation Will Give Opportu
nity to Test Many Points and Obtain
Useful Court Decisions Withhut
Harming Country's Industry.
Tho International convention of the ed some weeks ago.
Landing Laborers' Protective union,
in session at Fort Wayne, Ind., for
two weeks, adjourned after choosing
SL Louis for the meeting place next
year.
Twenty-five states were represent
ed by more than loo delegates at the
fust session of the annual meeting
if the American KoadmaKers atid In
tcrrational Good Roads conference at
Detroit.
Tho foot and mouth drscaso has he
roin'.' serious again in Massachusetts
and Dr. Salmon, chief of the bureau
cf animal industry, will return to Dos
ton in a few days to investigate the
fitu.ition.
At Mystic, S. I)., the air compressor
plant of the Castle Creek Mining com
par.y was totally destroyed by fire.
The plant consisted of boilers and en
gine, as well as air compressor and
pump. The loss is $7,0O.
The great prevalence of smallpox
in the Pennsylvania coke region has
prompted the officials of the II. C.
Krick Coke company to issue an order
calling for the free vaccination of all
its employes and their families.
Captain W. W. Brown, general man
cger of the United States Transpor
tation company of Cleveland, O., died
suddenly at Home, Italy. He was 43
years of age and was in good health
v.-hen he left for"E'irope in January
Willie Stoltzman, aged 20 years, ac
quitted, ten days ago at Fort Scott,
Kan., of the charge of killing It. J.
Morrison, postmaster at Tawnee, Kan.,
was arrested at Kansas City for steal
ing a suit case from Dr. A. Craig of
Chicago.
Orders were issued to shut down the
print works of the Cocheco Manufac
turing company at Dover, N. H. The
closing of this branch of the industry
Is due to the strike of the 250 ring
spinners and carders am? writ tnrow
out of work about 1,00" additional
operatives.
William E. Parnell, superintendent
of the Tamarack, Osceola Consolidated
end the Isie Royale mines of the Bige
low group, Michigan, died at Calumet
of cancer of the Intestines. He was
vice president of the National bank
of Houghton, and was interested in
many other enterprises.
The "Nebraska Telephone company
has filed amended articles of incor
poration, increasing the capital "stock
from 12.000,000 to $3,000,000. This ac
tion was taken at the annual meeting
at which provision was made for the
expenditure of about $60,000 this year
in improvements and extensions.
An agency dispatch from Corunna,
Spain, says that a resolution was pass
ed at a meeting of workmen there in
favor of a general strike in conse
quence of the increase of the octroi
duties, which have advanced the price
of food. The authorities have taken
precautions to cope with possible dis
turbances. Senator Cullom, from the senate
committee on foreign relations, report
ed an amendment to the general de
ficiency bill providing for the payment
of $5,000 to the Italian government
on account of the killing or two Ital
ians In a riot at Erwln. Miss., in 1901.
The senate committee oa foreign re
lations authorized a favorable report
on a new treaty of friendly relation
ship xvith Greece. The treaty is gen
eral and is constructed upon the lines
cf the treaty between the United
States ao.l Spain which the senate re
cently ratified.
The Interior department has renew
ed for one year its agreement with the
Oregon state Insane asylum for tho
care and maintenence of the insane
cf Alaska. The government will pay
$240 per capita per annum.
The greater part of the $10,000
worth of watches and Jewtlry stolen
from the sale of S. Vann & Co., jewel
ers of Albuquerque, N. M., November
20, 1902, was found under an old barn
by two toya who were hunting for
hen' egg
To his interviewers General Miles
said :
"I have been abroad for five months.
I left September 11 for the Pacific
coast, and there made an inspection
of the forts and coast defenses from
l'uget Sound to Southern California.
"On October 1 we sailed on the
transport Thomas. We stopped at
I lo.iolulu. the Sandwich islands, and
then sailed for Guam. We touched
at the island, then continued to the
Philippines. We spent a month there.
I examined the military situation and
visited the principal stations and forts
and irspected the troops. There were
no serious hostilities at that time. The
2t.s0 troops there were in fine shape.
"We then v.ent to Nagasaki, Hong
Kong and Canton.
"The Japanese army is very well
equipped and disciplined; so is the
navy. When I was there they were
discussing the question of raising a
large fund for the equipment of the
navy. In the army they have most
modern appliances. The Japanese are
efficient in their system. The system
of inspection and routine is much the
same as ours. They pay a great deal
of attention to drills, physical condi
tion and gymnastic exercise. Tne corps
of the Tokio academy numbers about
as many cadets as we have at West
Point and it i3 a well constructed and
efficient corps."
Continuing, the general said the par
ty went from Japan to Port Arthur and
thence to Pekin.
"I remained there a short time. We
have there a small detachment of
troops the legation guard at the cap
ital. Everything there is quiet. We
were accorded an audience by the em
peror and the dowager empress. They
leceived us with a great deal of cour
tesy and attention. We saw the
troops of the Chinese army and the
troops of the allied forces which are
still there."
General Miles' party, went through
northern China to Siberia, passing
through Manchuria en route and on to
.Moscow.
The Child Saving Institute of Omaha.
The child Saving Institute of Omaha
is distinguished from other organiza
tions in that this institution in some
cases allows parents and relatives to
know where the children are placed.
Some years ago an appeal was made
to another tociety to take charge of
a little girl nine years of age, whose
mother had died in Omaha. The
grandmother of the child, who was 70
years of age and very feeble, was
anxious to know where the little girl
would be placed. This society said
"No. you can never know her loca
tion" The grandmother was anxious
to receive occasionally little letters
that her granddaughter might write.
Being refused, an appeal was then
made to the Child Saving Institute of
Omaha and the little girl was placed
in a home near Fullerton, Neb., since
which time she has written many com
forting letters to the old lady in her
declining years. It does not appear
to this institution that any harm was
done to the child nor any one else, in
allowing her grandmother to know
her whereabouts. There are many
similar cases.
MR. BRYAN IN MEW YORK.
Not a Candidate for President or Any
Other Office.
NEW YORK. Manj' women wore
present to hear William Jennings
Bryan speak before the Women's
Democratic club in Brooklyn Monday
afternoon.
Among other things Mr. Bryan
said:
"I am just as much interested in
public affairs as ever, but I am not a
candidate for president or any other
office.
"I regard the obligations that rest
upon the private citizen as imperative
as those imposed upon the public of
ficial. "I have felt that I can no more es
cape from the work that I am now
trying to do than a man in the pen
itentiary can escape the work imposed
upon him.
"I am not going to change my views
on public questions and I am still pre
pared to give reasons for my faith."
HE RETURNS TO MISSOURI.
Cole Younger Goes to the Scenes of
His Earlier Life.
ST. PAUL. Minn. Cole Younger, the
pardoned bandit, left St. Paul and Min
nesota Saturday for his old home In
Missouri, which he has not seen in
twenty-seven years, when he left it to
participate in the memorable North-
field bank raid, which resulted in his
arrest and Imprisonment.
Younger had planned to leave St.
Paul Monday, but he received a tele
gram Saturday afternoon stating that
his sister was seriously ill at Lee's
Summet. Mo., and he decided to leave
at once. Ho cannot, under the con
ditions of the pardon, return to Min
nesota. He said he intended to locate
in Dallas. Texas, and would probably
go into the stockraising business.
New Greek Letter Fraternity.
WASHINGTON, D. C. A new secret
leteter fraternity named the Sigma
Nu Phi, designed to embrace chapters
in all the law schools of the United
States, has filed articles of incorpor
ation here. Members of other fra
ternities will not be admitted. The
membership will be confined entirely
to undergraduates of law schools and
alumni associations and their facul
ties. It is proposed ultimately to own
a fraternity house in Washington and
to publish a paper here. The incor
porators are members of the faculty
and under graduates of the National
University School of Law.
WASHINGTON Attorney General
Knox, who is known to have proposed
many clauses of the anti-trust bills
recently passed, being asked the ad
ministration's opinion on the legisla
tions, said:
The legislation affecting the trusts
passed at this session of congress is
satisfactory to the administration and
the prompt response to the president's
requests is highly gratifying. A long
stride in advance has been accomplish
ed and the promises of last fall have
been made good.
The giving and taking of railroad
rebates is now prohibited by a law ca
pable of effective enforcement against
corporations as well as individuals,
and the courts of the United States
are clothed with jurisdiction to re
strain and punish violations.
The act creating the department of
commerce vests in that department
complete authority to investigate the
organization and business methods of
corporations engaged in interstate
and foreign commerce, and, to that
end, to compel the testimony of per
sons having the desired knowledge.
The legislation is concise in its
terms, but comprehensive in its scope.
Under its provisions a fair opportu
nity will be afforded to test the effect
upon the tendency toward industrial
monopoly of Its guarantees of no fa
vors for the great producer as against
the small one.
Discretion is lodged in the president
as to the publication of facts useful
to the public and a wise administration
of the law promises much that is help
ful and nothing that is harmful.
The law to expedite the hearing of
cases and giving an appeal directly to
the supreme court from the court of
first instance assures, within a rea
sonable time, authoritative decisions
upon important questions on the
knowledge of which future legislation,
if necessary, can be confidently fram
ed.
Upon the whole, the situation is em
inently satisfactory and is the result
of concessions, modifications of views
and forms of expression upon the part
of many earnest and thoughtful men
who have endeavored, within a brief
session, to meet a rational public de
mand in a rational and effective way.
A Lincoln Attorney Investigating as to
Plans Mapped Out.
WASHINGTON Mr. A. E. Harvey,
an attorney of Lincoln, is in the city
looking after irrigation matters in Ne
braska. In company with Mr. Shallen
berger he called upon Professor New
ell, chief hydrographer of the geologi
cal survey, to ascertain what plans
had been mapped out for experiments
in Nebraska. Mr. Newell states that
before any irrigation projects can be
started in Nebraska, it would be uee
essary for the citizens there to per
feet Rome plans concerning tho use
of the waters stored; that is, if the
government begins any projects they
must have some assurance that the
land irrigated would be taken by the
citizens at least at the cost of irriga
tion, so that the government would
not be out anything. Mr. Newell said
that was his understanding of the bill;
that the government should be reim
bursed for the money spent by the
sale of the lands Irrigated.
CARNEGIE, THE BEST RICH MAN.
Only One of Millionaires to Rise Above
His Money.
NEW YORK. Addressing a meet Ins
of the St. Vincent de Paul society at
Carnegie hall Morday night, Bishop
John Lancaster Spalding of Peoria re
ceived great applause when he declar
ed that great wealth is almost certain
to degrade the possessor of it, and, out
of all the men who are known to
reckon their possessions in the mil
lions, he named only one Andrew
Carnegie as a man able to rise above
his surroundings.
Bishop Spalding admitted the great
power of money, and declared that it
appeared to be almost, the real form of
power in our day, "giving those who
possess it," said he, "a hold on things
that neither intellectual power nor
faith can give.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
MELVILLE ABOUT TO RESIGN.
Naval Engincer-in-Chief is to be Suc
ceeded by Captain Rae.
WASHINGTON Rear Admiral
George W. Melville will relinquish his
post as engineer-in-chief 'of the United
States navy within the next lew weeks
and will be succeeded by Captain
Charles W. Rae, now on duty as a
member of the examining board in this
city.
It had been expected that Rear Ad
miral Melville would remain in his
present position until August, at least,
and his friends anticipated that ho
would not withdraw from active serv
ice before January, 1904, when tho
term of office for which he was ap
pointed will expire.
SHIRKS HIS PERSONAL TAX.
John D. Rockefeller Pl-ads Poverty to
Commissioners.
NEW YORK. John D. Rockefeller,
jr., is supposed to be about the richest
young man in America, but he owes
$400,000 and has' only $30,000 worth of
personal property, according to (he
statement filed with the department
of taxes and assessments.
Mr. Rockefeller was assessed at
$500,000. From what could be learn
ed at the tax office he called there
Powers Will Sue Together.
LONDON Mr. Bowen's formal ac
ceptance of the British protocol is not
believed here to be likely to hasten to
any great extent the conclusion of tho
Venezuelan negotiations. The allies
ambassadors have been strictly enjoin
ed not to sign any of the protocols
until all three powers are satisfied
with the terms, when the signatures
will be simultaneous. When the ques
tion of separate treatment of the al
lies is brought before The Hague court
of arbitration the triple alliance will
F'JlTTl! OMAHA.
CATTLK-Ther won a vry light run of
rattle, my that the innrkrt went a llttl
higher again. Huyern all ii'nnrd to have
quite l.bcral orlTH. that trutllng- wm
brink and every thlnjr offered sold la a
hurry. Thero were oidy a rew bunches of
cornfed Meers on aaW- and tfuiHe chunged
handH freely at prlt-es rutiKing Trom Mrong
to a dlm hlRher than yesterday. Am com
pared with Tuesday and WedncHdiiy the
market la fully 15c higher. Th- ow mar
ket wa nlso active and Htrong to 10e
higher. Prices on cow Fluff have Im
proved the last two daya fully an much uh
values on beef steers, fo that the market
is nearly back to where it was a week
ago today. Tho name as v.il!i s.eers the
situation i-ouM j.rol.ably best be tlenclrbed
by tailing the market nearly Mcudy to
a dlrne lower for the week. Bulls arc sell
ing In Just about the same notches they
were a week ago. Prices huvo not
changed much, as they huve been ex
tremely low for some time past. About
the only change In the market from day
to diy was In the demand, as It was much
easier to sell bulls on some days than on
others. Veal calves held up in pretty
good f.hape all the week. There were
only n few stockcrs and feeders on sale
mid tho demand was limited, with price
a shade lower.
HCMJS The demand on the part of the
packers was quite liberal, so the market
opened active and We. higher. Tin- bulk
of the medium weight hogs sold from
to $'.S."; while the prime heavyweights
sold largely from to $;.). The light
hogs sold from $ii.7." down. It was evl-
nt that packers were anxious for sup
plies, and it only took a short time for
them to lmv up till the early arrivals.
SI I KKP Quotations. Cholcu western
Iambs, $.")..Vi6.(R; fair to good Iambs, $..;.'(i
r; choice native and Colorado lambsl
JC.COfi6.2T.; choice yearlings. Jl. .....(H);
hoice wethers. $4.,VK i.'M); fair to good.
$4.O0f!4.r.0; choice ewes, $4.0itff 4.40; fair to
good, f3.2T.fi4.0O; feeders lambs. $4.2.Vfi 4.7.".;
feeder yearlings, J.l.TT.f l.t; feeder wethers.
$2,7554.00; feeder ewes, JJ.GO'y 3.00.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTI,I Corn cattle lirm; catiner cows
weak; good cows steady; stockcrs, and
feeders, slow and weak; choice export and
dressed beef steers, $S.40ffa.i; fair to
good, ?2.0'if4. :!.".; stockrs and feeders, J2.C0
fi4.1T.; western fed steers, $2.7.'.f."..M); Texas
and Indian steers, f:(.00fj 4.M; Texa's cows,
$2.Gff:!.t'T.; native cows, $2.0o ?,.7T,; native
hoifers, ?2.Hf:!.7T.; camiers. $l.j0f. bulls,
$2.2T.f(3.T.t: calves. J2..Vf O.O.I.
HOGS Market steady to 5c higher; top
$7.oj'.i: bulk of sales, $;.7T.f I ;.!: heavy, J'i.SJ
'i7.(:; mixed packers. J'j.CVoG.iM; light, $'j..'.5
i;.TT,; ycrkors, ? ;.7 ' .T. : pigs, "." 1;.2".
SHKKf AND l,AMi:S Mark-t steady;
native lambs, . I.OMf r .1T, ; western lambs.
(i.u.i; led ewes, j:;.o ,',... im; native wc-i it
ers, $3.Tjr'f western wethers. $::.0'Jf. i.'M;
stockcrs and feeders, ?2..i0f 3.51.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RY.
IOWA GETS RHODES BEQUEST.
and stated that he had $400,000 in
debts and that his personal property appear as one power, their interests be
above his debts was worth only $30,- ing regarded as identical
000.
He said he was willing to pay taxes
on an assessment of $50,000 and the
commissioners accepted his figures.
ROOT NOT READY TO RESIGN.
UNION PACIFIC LOSES CASH.
Court Decides that $300,000 Must Go
to Government.
BOSTON, Mass. In the United
States circuit court Thursday Judge
Colt decided that the entire fund in
dispute between the federal govern
ment and the Emergency Loan &
Trust company should go to the
United States. The amount is $600,
000, now in the hands of the Amer
ican Loan & Trust company of Bos
ton. The decision is believed to finally
settle the long controversy between
the United States and the Union Pa
cific railroad, for which the trust
company acted as referee.
Mont Pelee Still Belching.
NEW YORK. Captain Ebert of the
German steamer Catania, which arriv
ed Sunday from Brazil, reports that
on February 4. while passing the island
of Martinique, he made an observa
tion of Mont Pelee. Much smoke was
issuing from the crater and great
quantities of lava was flowing down
the mountain and into the sea. causing
big clouds of steam to rise from the
surface of the water.
Kansas Man Succeeds Dawes.
MEDICINE LODGE. Kan. Ex-Governor
V. E- Stanley has accepted the
position a3 a member of the Dawes
commission offered him by President
Roosevelt.
Monster Aerolite Falls.
SALT LAKE, Utah. A special to
the Tribune from Bingham, Utah,
says :
"A large meteor struck the earth in
the vicinity of this place at 4:04
o'clock Saturday morning. The fall
nig body, when it collided with the
earth, caused windows to rattle and
the house to tremble, wrhile a sound
like a mighty clap of thunder awak
ened the inhabitants from their sleep.
The people thought there had been an
earthquake and much alarm was felt
until the true nature of the shock was
learned."
Will Continue in the Cabinet fcr an
Indefinite Period.
WASHINGTON. 'There is no
foundation for the story," declared
Secretary Root, referring to the pub
lication of a rumor in New Y'orl: that
he will resign his position in the cab
inet after the adjournment of con
gress March 4, and resume his law
practice in New Y'ork.
He said that the report undoubtedly
originated from chance conversations
he frequently had with friends when
ever he visited New Y'ork. He was
asked if he did not expect to resume
his law practice there and he invari
ably replied that he did, and when
asked when he was likely to do so he
usually gave the non-committal reply
that he would take up his law busi
ness in New Y'ork "when his job in
Washington was done."
Coal Dealers Must Pay.
CHICAGO The arguments were be
gun in Judge Horton's court Monday
to determine whether the nine indict
ed officials of the Retail Coal Dealers
association of Illinois and Wisconsin
should be granted a new trial. The
proceedings followed the rendering of
a pro forma verdict several days ago
and the imposition of a $100 fine upon
each of the defendants. Judge Hor
ton's decision in the argument for a
new trial is the point sought in the
first instance and is awaited with
much interest.
Agrees on Army Nominations.
WASHINGTON, D. C The senate
committee on military affairs on
Thursday agreed to favorably, report
the nine nominations for brigadier gen
eral which were made on the 10th inst.
and also about 150 other nominations
of minor rank in the army.
Many Cattle Are Perishing.
BONESTEEL, S. D. Stockmen from
the range country report that cattle
are perishing by hundreds. A Tripp
county man lost over 300 steers.
The deep snow begins about fifty
miles west of here and the range for
100 miles west of that point is covered
with snow two feet deep, making it
impossible for stock to secure food.
Is Bad for Sea Rioters.
WASHINGTON, D. C Senator
Thursday introduced a bill providing
fines of $1,000 for persons engaged in
riots at sea. A bill providing for
postal checks in place of all bills of
less than $5 was introduced by Sen
ator Penrose.
Defender Named Republic.
NEW YORK Frank R. Tucker, a
nephew of John B. Herreshoff, is au
thority for the statement that the
new cup defender has been named Republic.
Arbitration with Domingo.
WASHINGTON, D. C The iss ie
between Sar Domingo and the United
States, arising from claims of the lat
ter country, are in a fair way to be
amicably and satisfactorily adjusted
by arbitration through the efforts of
Minister Powtll.
Sigsbee Prefers League Island.
WASHINGTON, D. C Captair
Charles D. Sigsbee, who has been con
sidered in connection with the com
mand of the navy yard at Bremerton,
Wash., has expressed a preference for
assignment to the command of the
League Island navy yard at Philadel
pnia. and it is probable that his wishes
will be respected.
Turkey Makes It Clear.
SOFIA, Bulgaria In her recent note
to Burgaria, Turkey declines to ac
cept the Burgirian government's dec
laration as to the non-existence of rev
olutionary b?nds in Macedonia and
warns Bulgaria that explicit instruc
tions have teen sent to the Turkish
authorities to prevent the disturbance.
This note is regarded as being intend
ed to justify Turkey's military activity.
Defeat the Suffrage Bill.
TOPEKA, Kan. The Kansas legis
lature Wednesday, contrary to expec
tation, finally ended the aspirations of
the women of Kansas to vote for presi
dential electors. The vote in the
house on the equal suffrage proposi
tion was 51 for and 62 against. Tues
day It was announced that enough
votes had been pledged to nee are the
passage of the resolution. -
Want Wireless Service In China.
VICTORIA. B. C According to ad
vices received here Italy has asked
the Chinese government for a conces
sion to establish a wireless telegraphic
service between Pekin and Taku.
Ccrtelyou a Cabinet Officer.
WASHINGTON, D. C The presi
dent on Monday sent the following
nominations to the senate: George B.
Corte!you of New Y'ork, to be secre
tary of commerce and labor.
Hawkeyc and Seven Other States May
Send Scholar to OxTord.
CHICAGO Eight Ameueau stu
dents, representing a? many central
states, will be able to go to Oxford
university next year on Cecil Rhodes'
scholarships, according to the provi
sions made at tho convention of the
University of Chicago.
One or more from each win go tne
year following and thereafter two will
go from each state during every three
years. Each student will have $4,500
lor three yaars at Oxford.
Tiie eight states, all of which were
represented in the convention, are
Iowo. Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio,
Kentucky, West Virginia and Wiscon
sin. D. G. B. Parkin met the university
and college presidents and as repre
sentative of the Rhodes will trustees.
authorized them to make the detailed
provision. It was decided that each
scholar must have legal residence in
the slate from which he is appointed
and that a standing, selr-perpetuatlng
committee in each state shall cenduct
the ar-nual examination and make ap
pointments on the basis or these tests
These examinations are to be open
to all students from the particular
state, whether they have attended col
lege in other states or not.
Caught in a Fly Wheel.
CHICAGO, 111. John Ward, an oiler
m the engine room of the Grand Pa
cific hotel, was instantly killed Friday
while oiling the machinery. His body
was carried around in the large fly
wheel time and time again before tho
power could be shut off. He was
dead when finally extricated from the
machinery. Ward was 21 years old
and was at one time known as a suc
cessful jockey on southern and west
ern tracks.
French Minister in Ecuador.
GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador Frederic
Mercier. the new minister of France
to Ecuador, has arrived here. Mig
uel Valverde, secretary of the interior.
has been appointed secretary of for
eign affairs. He will retain charge
of the interior department. Colonel
Paul Clement, a Frenchman, formerly
military instructor of tne Peruvian
army, after a short visit, left here this
morning for San Francisco on the
Mosmes liner Theben.
Acre Trouble is AM Over.
LA PAZ, Bolivia The Bolivian
government Friday delivered its re
ply to the ultimatum presented by Bra
zil. Bolivia accepts unconditionally.
but under protest, all the demands.
Therefore it is most improbable that
any collision between the Brazilian
and Bolivian forces will occur. It Is
generally supposed here that the Acre
evolutionists will surrender their
arms to the Brazilian troops immedi
ately.
Young Lad Manages Depot.
CARBONDALE, 111. Charles Dixon.
aged 15. has been appointed agent of
the East and West railroad at Redd-
yville, 111. The boy is believed to be
tho youngest railroad agent In the
country to have active charge of an
office.
FJst Road to Double Its Track from
Chicago to Omaha.
A double track, block nyttcm lino of
transcontinental railway now reaches
fioin the Missouri river to Chicago.
This will be in tho way of a distinct
jovelatlon to the man who made tho
hip acrosH the plains twenty-five yearn
Ago In a prairie schooner., or on tht
emlgrunt train of the seventies.
Tho rapid development of our great-o-;i
! uittiral states has been lost sight
of to a certain degree in tho discussion
that has uilsen lately concerning t
commercial invasion of China and tho
far east, our occupation of tho Philip
pine Islands, the annexation of Hawaii
and the whole general movement by
which we havo suddenly become a.
world power. But while wo have pa
triolicnlly discussed Hicho questions,
commerce has moved ahead positively
and relentlessly In tho direction of tho
Pad 11 ccoast. raising up new towns,
building up old ones, making facto
ries and farms whore- wild prulile had
been.
The result Is shown, in part. In tho
necessity on the part of the. Chicago &
Northwestern for this doublo trnck
line, where great truins of live stock
and grain move in long lines eastward
to feed not only the eastern states, but
to afford an outlet for tho products of
what is now, more than ever beforo,
the granary of the world.
To the westward there Is also a con
tinuous stream of travel. Tim North
western Line, with its connections, op
erates three daily passenger trains be
tween Denver and Chicago ami throw
from San Francisco to the east. Ono
of these, known us the Overland Lim
ited, is probably the most luxurious
nnd beautiful ti.'.ln in the world.
Through Pull. nan service from Den
ver, Ogden, Cheyenne, Purl land, San
Francisco and Omaha to Chicago dally.
As to freight movements .the great
double trade system across the plaint
is busy carrying manufactures for Asi
atic Russia, cotton cloths for the Chi
nese, various articles required by the
pioneers who havo crossed the Pacific
to Manila and gone north o the gold
mines of Alaska: as well as the tre
mendous traffic for Colorado, Wyom
ing, Utah and tho Pacific northwest,
comprising the product or every known
branch of the country's commercial
activity.
It was In 184S that tho Galena &
Chicago Union, having been completed
from Chicago to the Des Plalnes river,
a distance of ten miles, tho first train
over the line opened the traffic to Chi
cago by stopping on lis way east to
take on a farmer's load of wheat, tho
first grain shipment by rail to Chicago
from the west. It may be Imagined
that this wheat was hardly dexined for
export, and that tho travclera on this
junket of early days lillh- thought to
what proportions this nucleus of a
great railway system would grow.
But the road grew and in 1SC7 tho
line to Council Bluffs wan complete,
and the Pawners on the Platte and tho
Sioux on tho Missouri began to feci
tho crowding of the white mnu's out
posts. In 1SX0 Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin had becomo well r.etlled.
while along the Platte the Indians
still remained. The Northwestern had,
however, built a line across southern
Minnesota and into Dakota as far an
Wateitown. with feeders to various
points, while in Wisconsin and north
ern Michigan lines had been extended
into the. Lake Superior district through
Escanaba to Negaunee and Ishpemlng.
This all seems very recent, but sine
that time the system has grown until
it penetrates nine states of tho union,
and its heavy lines of freight trains
and its palatial passenger service
reach all important points from Chi
cago to Milwaukee, Madison, St. Paul
and Minneapolis, Duluth and Superior,
Omaha, the Black Hills and Colorado,
with three fast trains between Den
ver, Salt Iake, Ogden, Cheyenne and
Chicago daily; fast service to and
from the Pacific, coast.
The completion of the first doublo
tracrl between Chicago and the Mis
souri river puts the road not only at
the front as compared with the other
western roads, but in advance of many
of the eastern lines that (ra verso
country where he population is much
more dense.
The Original American Expansionist.
Captain Thomas Read was the pio
neer in our expansion policy, but that
rvas just 112 years ahead of time. On
& vovage this is interesting history
In the old frigate Alliance, which his
friend Robert Morris had converted
into a merchantman, he made . the first
out-of-season passage to China! There
were supposed to be million in it, but
they did not pan out. Commodore
Dale and George Harrison accompa
nied him. the former as chief officer
and the latter as supercargo. Read
discovered two Islands, which he nam
ed Morris and Alliance. They were
in the Caroline group, and by virtue
of discovery belonged to the United
States. The Carolines are not far from
the Philippines. Spain came along
and appropriated them, while America
eat back on her dignity and looked
pleasant. Our rights never were as
serted nor respected. Germany bought
the Carolines., the Pelew and La drone
Islands in 1&99 for 10,750.000 marks.
Read's discovery is a forgotten chap
ter in our history.
The Oldest School Hou6e.
Tho "old log school house" at Camp
Run, Westmoreland county. Pa., is
said to be the oldest school house In
this country. It is very primitive In
all its appointments, but the teacher
Miss Celia J. Miller, who Is onlv 10
years old, has enlisted the help of
the "big boys" to make some improvement!;.
Silence and Superstition.
A curious request has been made br
the minister of Alsace and Lorraine
to the Societe Industrlel de Mulhouse,
whom he has asked to select for him
a competent electrical specialist ca
pable of writing series of articles In
order to refute scientifically the super
stitions o: various villagers in Alsace.
U seems that the villages in which
those superstitions people live have
heen recently provided with electric
tramways, and the inhabitants believe
that the aerial wires attract storms.
and are the special cause of heavv
falls of bail.
Hewitt's L?st Joke.
Toward the end of the illness which
terminated the earthly career of
Abram S. Hewitt, the doctors endeav
ored to keep hi malive by the use of
oxygen. Those nearest and dearest tn
the dying mrM assembled about his
bed. The venerable natienr inn-iv
raised his hand, grasped the tube and
removed It from his mouth: "And
now," he whispered, with a flickering
smile. "I am offldaiiv dead."
lighted up with Its last flash and In a
moment he was no more.
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