THE PIATTSMOUIH JOURNAL
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
I'LATTSMOUTII.
NEDRASKA.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The opera house block at Ashland,
Ohio, was destroyed by" Are originat
ing from defective Illuminating gas
fixtures.
The New York chamber of com
merce adopted a resolution for a state
building and exhibition at the St. Louis
-i posit ion.
Hilda Clarke, formerly prima donna
of the ISostonians. and Frederick Stan
ton Fowler were married at New York
Wednesday.
Senator Fairbanks, chairman of the
Joint high commission, has written the
Canadian government, suggesting that
the committee meet In March.
The negotiations between Germany
ar.d Ittissia for a new commercial
treaty have been opened by the usual
exchange of preliminary notes.
Friends of Mayor Low of New York
confidently assert he will be renom
inated by the fusion element which
elected him sixteen months ago.
A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco,
says It Is persistently reported there
that El Menehl, the minister of war,
was killed In battle February 12.
One of the citizens elected alder
man of Falrchance, Pa., last Tuesday
occupies a cell In the local jail, await
ing trial on the charge of murder.
The Ontario Lumbermen's associa
tion meeting at Toronto adopted a
resolution condemning the proposed
export duty on pulp wood by the do
minion. The resdents of Jackson county, Illi
nois, have started a movement supple
mentary to that of the school children
to erect a monument to General John
A. Igan.
The appointment of coadjutors' to
the archbishops of St. Louis and Cin
cinnati will be dedicated at a meeting
of the congregation of the propaganda
on March
A bill pending In the Indiana house
of representatives makes it a misde
meanor to give or to accept tips. Th
penalty is a fine of not less than fa
nor more than $23.
The office of E. A. Gould, general su
perintendent of the Missouri Pacific
railroad, will be transferred from St.
Iouis to Kansas City as soon as quar
ters can be obtained.
Rev. Dr. W. S. Ralnford of New
York, when asked how he regarded
the action of Vermont in repudiating
prohibition, said: "I would rather see
a man free than sober."
IJrigadier General G. W. Baird has
been placed on the retired list. For
many months past General Baird has
served as the chief disbursing officer
of the army in this city.
The body of Rear Admiral Frank
AVildes arrived at Kennehunk, Me.,
Wednesday from Boston and were
taken without ceremony to a receiv
ing tomb in the cemetery.
All previous records In private pen
sion legislation were broken by the
house at Washington, Saturday, when
225 bills went through in much less
time than as many minutes.
M. Henry, who claims to be travel
ing for Johnson & Tomek of Chicago,
was arrested in Sioux City charged
with stealing valuable diamonds from
the Wm. Hiles jewelry store.
A wrecked house boat floating on its
side in the Tennessee river near Pa
ducah, Ky., was caught and found to
contain the bodies of three persons, a
man, a woman and a child, all white.
The board of supervisors of Orange
county, California, has adopted a quar
antine measure against all Florida
citrus stock and fruit, on account of
the prevalence in that state of aley
rodes citri, the dreaded white fly.
Both houses of the legislature of
Wyoming adopted a joint resolution
strongly indorsing woman suffrage, de
daring that it has been in vogue in
Wyoming since territorial days In
18S9. and raised the standard of candi
dates, made elections more orderly,
improved the character of the legisla
ture and- developed womanhood to a
broader use.
The Idaho house passed a bill pro
viding for a bounty on beet sugar for
two years of 1 cent a pound the fiwt
year and ' cent the secoad year.
The measure aroused much debate.
which was largely directed to amend
ments making the payment of the
bounty conditional upon abstention by
manufacturers from the employment
of Chinese or Japanese in their works.
Stephen B. Wing, reputed to be the
first man to raise strawberries and
peaches in northwestern Arkansas, is
dead. In 1837 he controlled the en
tire peach crop of the Ozark moun
tains. Committees from the Spanish War
Veterans' association and the Spanish
War Veterans met at Washington
Wednesday to effect, If possible, an
amalgamation of interests and put an
end to the factional strife.
Instructions have been sent by the
state department to United States
Minister Powell to insist on his de
mand on the government bf San Do
mingo for a prompt settlement of the
claims of Clyde and Ross.
John D. Rockefeller went down to
his office at 26 Broadway the other
day, and a few hours later emerged
13,000,000 richer than when he went
In. Standard oil had declared its
quarterly dividend of $20 per share.
THE SENATE WORK
STATEHOOD DEBATE HOLDS
BU3INESS BACK.
.MANY BILLS ARE HELD UP
Ten Cash Measures Still to Dea
With Only Eight Days are Left in
-Which to - Make Appropriation!
Long Sittings Seem Certain From
Now to Close.
WASHINGTON. The course or
proceedings In the senate during the
present week will depend largely
upon the statehood bill. If there is
no agreement the bill will continue
to cut a figure in the proceedings
whether it be" under consideration or
not, just as It has done for the
greater part of the session. If the
canal treaty is proceeded with the
statehood bill it will do much to
shape its course; if the treaty is put
aside and the appropriation bills
taken up, the statehood question will
present itself in the shape of riders
on those bills.
According to the present program
the postoffice appropriation bill will
be the first of the supply measures
to be considered. It is indeed the
only one of those bills not yet
passed, which has been . reported
from committees. It carries the state
hood bill as a rider, and unless an un
derstanding is arrived at before the
bill Is taken up the question of its re
tention will immediately confront the
senate. That will be the critical period
in the statehood bill's career. Some
of the anti-statehood senators contend
that It can be beaten as a rider and
advocate an invitation to this test of
strength.
In accordance with the annual cus
tom in the senate on Washington's
birthday. the proceedings will
begin with the reading of Washing
ton'9 farewell address. The reading
this year will be performed by Sen
ator Dubois (la.). At the conclusion
of this' ceremony Senator Cullom
(111.) will move that the senate. pro
ceed to the consideration of the
canal treaty In executive session. If
in the meantime a compromise on the
statehood lill has been effected it is
believed the ratification of the treaty
can be secured within a day or two.
But whether there is an adjustment
on the statehood bill or not, or
whether the treaty is ratified or not,
it is intended that many more days
will be allowed to elapse before taking
up-the appropriation bills. With only
eight 'working days of the session left,
all senators appreciate that it is essen
tial that there should be little more
delay in voting the necessary supplies
for the support of -tie government for
the next fiscal year.
Of the thirteen appropriation bills.
six have so far been considered by the
3enate proper, but several of the re
main! rg "seven have had the attention
of senate committees. Three have not.
however, been received from the house
of representatives.
Two of the appropriation bills,
namely, the pensions and the diplo
matic and consular bills, have passed
both houses and received the signature
of the jresident. The legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial bill is ready to go
to the president; the army bill is in
.second conference; the Indian and the
District of Columbia bills are both in
conference with many differences to
adjust; the postoffice bill has been re
ported to the senate; the agricultural
bill and the military academy bill have
received final consideration at the
hands of the committees having them
in charge and are ready for report;
ind the sundry civil bill is undergoing
the scrutiny of the committee on ap
propriations and will be reported dur
ing the week. The naval bill, the for
tification bill, and the general de
ficiency bill are stPl in the house of
representatives.
Right to Tax Railroad Stock.
WASHINGTON, D. C In an opin
ion -delivered by Justice Holmes in
the case of Kidd against the state of
Alabama, the United States supreme
court Monday held that a state has
the right to tax the stock of railroads
incorporated in another state, which
is held by an estate in the state seek
ing to exercise the power. The opin
ion amrmed the decision of the su
preme court of the state of Alabama.
Strike Commission at Work.
WASHINGTON. D. C. The anthra
cite coal strike commission met here
Thursday to begin the work of form
ulating their conclusions nd framing
their report. All the members of the
commission were presenL The ses
sions will be held behind closed doors
and are likely to continue for a con
siderable period of time.
The President Invited.
WASHINGTON. Senator Kearns of
Utah end Dietrich of Nebraska, Will
iam Glassman, mayor of Ogden, Utah,
and Edward Rosewater. editor of
the Omaha Bee, have invited Presi
dent Roosevelt to attend the eleventh
irrigation congress to be held in Og
tieil on September 9. 10 and 11. The
president said he probably would not
be able to attend tb congress.
' Will Discuss Philippines.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. Vice Governor
Luke Wright of the Philippine islands
left for Washington Sunday at the re
quest of Secretary Root. This probaly
will be his last visit to Washington
before his return to Manila. During
the present visit President Roosevelt
and Secretary Root will have a final
conference with General Wright about
Philippine affairs. ., , .
THE NAVAL BILL,
Measure Passes the Lower House of
Congress.
WASHINGTON. At the end of a
protracted session the house on Thurs
day passed the naval appropriation
bill. Many amendments were offered
to the provisions relating to the in
crease of the personnel and the author
ization of the new ships to be built.
The most important amendment
adopted authorized the secretary of
the navy. In his discretion, to pur
chase or contract for submarine tor
pedo boats after invesigation of their
merits.
As passed the bill provides for three
new battleships and an armored crui
ser, two steel straining ships and one
wooden brig for training purposes, in
addition to the submarine boats dls
cretionally authorized.
Without preliminary business the
house proceeded with the considera
tion of the naval appropriation bill.
An amendment was adopted giving
members of congress whose districts
are not now represented at the naval
academy the privilege of Immediately
appointing cadets to fill such vacan
cies. Mr. Dick (O.) offered an amend
ment, which was adopted, to provide
for the summary expulsion of any
naval cadet found guilty of hazing.
When the paragraph providing for
the increase of the navy was reached
Mr. Mudd (Md.) a member of the
naval committee, raised a point of or
der against those sections providing
that the machinery and material used
In the construction of the ships au
thorized should be of domestic manu
facture and authorizing the secretary
of the navy in case of a combination
of bidders to have the ships construct
ed in government yards.
Mr. Gillett (Mass.) sustained the
point of order, whereupon Mr. Kitchin
(N. C.) appealed. The chair was sus
tained 109 to 88.
Mr. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) raised a point
of order against the provision requir
ing the construction of the ships au-
thorzide by the bill "by contract" and
the words were struck out.
An amendment was then adopted,
reinserting the provision requiring the
use of domestic machinery and ma
terials in the construction of the ships
Mr. Taylor (O.) on behalf of the
naval committee, offered an amend
ment authorizing the secretary of the
navy in his discretion to expend $5,-
000,000 for submarine torpedo boats
tested and found to be acceptable to
the navy.
The amendment was agreed to, 84
to 87. .
By unanimous consent the provision
which had gone out on a point of or
der authorizing the secretary of the
navy to construct the ships in govern
ment yards was restored.
The committee rose and the naval
appropriation bill was passed.
PLAGUE NOT YET STAYED.
Mazatlan Prisoners Put in Bull Ring
While Jail "is Disinfected.
MAZATLAN, Mexico There was
only one death from bubonic plague
Monday and that at the observation
station. There are thirty-five patients
at the lazaretto, with the condition
of eight doubtful. Two hundred per
sons are now isolated. The bull ring
is now being used as a prison, as
the jail is undergoing disinfection.
Among the new cases two occurred
among the sentries at the military
hospital and one was that of a serv
ant girl, who died a few hours later.
Her employers, who live next door to
the governor, are now in quarantine
Governor Canedo is active in all pre
ventive measures and shows great
personal courage. He refuses to
leeave the city and - go back to the
state capitol until the plague is stamp
ed out.
Tax Franchise in One State Only.
WASHINGTON, D. C The United
States supreme court on Monday de
cided the case of the Louisville and
Jeffersonville Ferry company adverse
ly to the contention of the state of
Kentucky that that state had the
right to tax not only the company's
Kentucky franchise, but also its In
diana franchise. The opinion was de
livered by Justice Harlan, who said
that the Kentucky authorities had no
jurisdiction over the Indiana fran
chise. The opinion reversed the de
cision of the Kentucky court of ap
peals. Schley Enthusiastically Received.
NEW ORLEANS. Admiral Schley
Friday visited the New Orleans cot
ton exchange in company with Colonel
A. K. McClure. The admiral was
given a wildly enthusiastic reception
and made an address expressing his
pleasure at being in New Orleans.
Eulogize on the Sabbath.
WASHINGTON The house held a
session Sunday to pay tribute to the
memories of three deceased members,
the late Representatives Tongue
(Ore.), Rumple (la.) and Moody (N.
C). Mr. Moody of Oregon presided,
n the absence of Speaker Henderson.
The customary resolutions were adopt
ed. Cattle Disease Serious.
BOSTON. According to Dr. D. E.
Salmon, who has come on from Wash
ing, the foot and mo"tn oisease m
southeastern Massachusetts is of a
more serious nature than has been re
alized in this state.
He says more precaution Is neces
sary than those in charge of infected
animals have been willing to take if
the disorder is to be stamped out with-
in a snort ume.
AS TO STATEEOOD
COMPROMISE MEASURES PRAC
TICALLY REJECTED.
OUTLOOK IS JNOT FAVORABLE
Cortelyou Submits Large Estimates
Lays Before Congress Details of
Moneys Needed to Carry on Work
of New Department.
WASHINGTON. All day there was
talk of compromise on the statehood
bill.
It was generally understood that
what was known as the compromise
bill would be satisfactory to the re
publicans.
ine democrats, while talking in a
conciliatory spirit, said they had little
hope . that the republican proposition
would be acceptable to them. It is
quite likely that when this proposi
tion is submitted, the democrats will
have a conference.
Probably a counter proposition then
will be made providing that when
Arizona has a population which is the
average for a representative in con
gress, it shall be admitted as a state
and also that a census shall be taken
every year. The democrats say they
want a provision fixing the date which
will bring Arizona into the union. This
would not be satisfactory to the re
publicans. While efforts for a com
promise continue, there are only a few
senators who expect an adjustment to
be reached, and the prospects of state
hood legislation are still remote.
There was an earnest conference in
the senate chamber after the adjourn
ment, participated in by Senators Al-
drich, Quay, Hanna, Foraker, Mc-
Comas, Beveridge and Kean, when It
was definitely decided that proposi
tions for a compromise on two states
should be submitted to the demo
crats.
Senator Quay presented a memoran
dum of the improvement features of
the compromise to Senator Bate, who
will present it at a conference of dem
ocrats called for 10 o'clock today. It
is expected the republican proposition
will be rejected and a counter prop
osition made.
Democratic leaders say they cannot
accept the compromise suggested and
the republicans say that no further
concessions will be made.
A scheme for the organization of
the new department of commerce and
labor has been laid before congress by
Secretary Cortelyou, in the estimate
transmitted to that body through the
secretary of the treasury.
In addition to twelve branches of
the public service transferred to the
new department from other depart
ments which have been appropriated
for, Secretary Cortelyou asks for ap
propriations for salaries aggregating
SfifiK fi90. The salaries are for the
secretary's office, the bureaus of cor-
porations and manufacturers and
subordinate divisions as follows:
Secretary's office, twenty salaries,
$38 000: under the chief clerk, seven-
ty-one salaries, $61,500; appointment
division twenty salaries, $26,016;
division of mails and files, twenty-one
salaries, $21,300; division of station
ery, nine salaries, $12,3C0; library,
seven salaries, $8,340; office of solcci
tor, eleven salaries, $19,100; bureau
of transportation, 116 salaries, $150,-
000; for compensation of special ex
aminers in the field, $296,9C0; bureau
of manufacture, twenty-one salaries
$30,980; in connection with the new
duties imposed on the bureau of sta
tistics, $5,570.
CORNER STONE OF SEA WALL.
Great Structure to Protect Galveston
From Tidal Waves.
GALVESTON, Tex. The corner
stone of the $125,000 sea wall was laid
Monday with impressive ceremonies
and a parade of citizens and marines
and officers from the United States
battleships at anchor in the harbor
here. The work of the wall has pro-
gressed satisfactorily since its begin-
ning last October.
The wall will be three miles in
length and will give absolute protec-
tion tq the city, even from a stage of
water equal to the great and disastrous
tidal wave of the 1900 storm. The
funds for its construction were raised
by popular subscription to a bond
issue, most of the money being sub-
scribed by local men. The city has
hpPn exemnted from state taxes for
a Derlod of eighteen years as assist-
ance In the erection of the great wall
for its protection.
Outlook for a Settlement.
TOPEKA, Kan. The outlook for a
peaceable settlement of the Santa Fe
wage dispute is looking rather unfa-
vorable. More conferences have been
held, but the only development is a
more persistent unwillingness on the
part of either side to give in. The
national ofiBcers of the conductors and
trainmen, who are here,t appear to be
firm in their determination not to ac-
cent less than a 20 per cent- increase
of wages.
President Vetoes the Bill.
WASHINGTON," D. C The presi
dent on Monday sent to the senate a
veto of the bill to place Francis S.
Davidson, lately a first lieutenant of
the United States cavalry, on the re-
tired list. He points out that the of-
ficial was . dismissed twenty-seven
years ago and has rendered no serv
ice to the government since, and says
It would be an injustice to other offi
cers with honorable records to retire
Davidson.
NINE LIVES LOST.
ratal Fire in a Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Hotel.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la. r"no lives,
according to the best Information ob
tainable under difficulties, were lost
In a fire which Friday morning de
stroyed the Clifton hotel in this city
The fire started at 2:30 and at 10
the smouldering debris furnished so
fierce a heat that search for bodies
was impossible. The list of the dead
may prove longer than the number
given, but it is hoped that the informa
tion which accounts for all but this
number is correct.
Two persons were fatally injured
and forty-two more hurt more or less
severely, mostly by jumping from
windows. The work of identification
is complicated by the loss of the hotel
register, which was burned.
The hotel, a three-story veneer
structure, is said to have been a ver
itable fire trap. The flames started
in a pile of rubbish in the basement,
presumably ignited by defective elec
tric light wires.
The night clerk was on the third
floor when the cry of fire, raised by
a bell boy, startled him. He took up
the cry and in an instant the hall
ways were choked with frightened
guests. A rush was made for the
stairways. It was then that the crowd
already collected in the street heard
heart-rending cries of anguish and
desperation, for the fire, feeding rav
enously on the tinderlike material of
the lower floor, had completely cut off
escape.
There followed a stampede for the
windows, the only means of exit left.
The street below was now filled with
a crowd scarcely less frantic than the
dspairing ones in the fast burning
building.
"It was like a Dore picture of. In
ferno sprung to life," said one spec
tator in describing the scene. "The
flames, looking blood-red from reflec
tion against the snow, lit up the pale,
drawn faces of the people in the win
dows, with a glow that was unearthly."
The victims were literally driven
by the flames to jump. Nearly every
one of them lingered to the last mo
ment, urged by the people below to
wait as long as possible in the hope
of assitsance. Then a cry would tell
that the fire had reached them or the
smoke had made it impossible to
breathe, and one after another jumped,
some to the street, and some, more
fortunate, to the roofs of buildings ad
joining. In a short space oi time me
street was filled with men and wo
men, bruised and battered, with brok
en limbs and half crazed. All were
in their night garments.
In an hour St. Luke's hospital con
tained fifteen injured, while many
more, chiefly those who had escaped
with comparatively slight hurts, were
being cared for in buildings near the
scene of the tragedy.
Some who jumped owe their lives to
the fact that their falls were broken
by telegraph wires which interposed
in their downward flisht. A number
of the guests who were able to con
verse calmly following their escape de-
clared that they had stumbled over
prostrate bodies as they rushed to the
windows.
CUBA WILL RATIFY TREATY.
Wccld Have Been Done Sooner but
for Delay Here.
WASHINGTON, D. C Herbert G.
Squiers, minister to Cuba, arrived here
Sunday direct from Havana and had
an audience with the secretary of the
navy. Mr. Squires said his mission
here is to "clean up" certain matters
connected with the Piatt amendment.
Awaiting him at his hotel was a ca
blegram stating that on Monday next
the Cuban congress would take up the
consideration of the reciprocity treaty
and Mr. Squires expressed the opinion
tnat jt would be ratified during the
coming week
jt was learned that this treaty would
have been acted on sooner but the
Cuban government was awaiting action
Dy the United States senate. Now,
however, that the matter has been de-
layed, the Cuban government will use
every means in its power to expedite
action on the treaty in the hope of
favorable action by the United States
senate.
The flames literally were chasing
them, and the smoke made it almost
impossible to breathe. The proprietor
of the hotel placed his estimate of the
number of people in the building at
between seventy and eighty. Many of
them were delegates to the state con
vention of the Young Men's Christian
association.
N. P. Merger Case Reacts.
NEW YORK Camille Weidenfeld,
a member of the stock exchange, was
on Monday suspended for one year.
The exact character of the "charges
and specifications" against Mr. Weid-
enfeld were not disclosed, but it was
accepted as a matter of fact that he
was regarded as the author and in
gtigator of the Peter Power merger
suits, and that the brokers believed
these suits to have ben conceived in
bad faith.
Say Member Asked Bribes.
OLYMPIA, Wash. A formal charge
against Representative Louis Levy of
King county 1 was filed In the house
Tuesday, charging him with soliciting
bribes in connection with the inves-
tigation of the state printing contracL
The speaker appointed a committee of
five to Investigate the charges. The
senate passed a high liquor license
bill and the house defeated the anti
pass bill and the anti-trust bill.
THE LIVt3TOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLE There wm a fnlr run of cat
tle here, and the market as a Whole was
in very satisfactory con. lit Ion. Packers
reemed to be quite anxloun for supplies,
so that a fairly early clearance was
made. The beef steer market, thouffh,
was not quite as bri.sk an It wm the day
before on the (food cattle. The heavy
weights In particular rllI not sell very
well, and on that class uuJvxmen were
calling the market a little li.wer. Tim
cow market was active and HtronKer on
cutter and the better Rrmles of corn
feds. Kor ths week the market on that
class of cattle In fully tjc "higher ami In
some places more.- amnrn, however,
have been rather noRlecieil. all the week
end have nit shown any Improvement.
Hulls were not any more than pteady,
with the demand IndlnVrent. Veal
calves sold freely at steady prices. Sup
plies of stock cattle were limited, and,
us Is generally the case toward the close
of the week, the marekt was. If any
thing, a shade lower, as speculators wero
afraid to get many cattle on hand for
fear of being obliged to carry them over.
HOGS There was not an excessive
run of hogs at any point, and as a result
prices Improved a little under the In
fluence of a good demand. At this point
the market was rather slow. Sellers held
for a IVfilOc advance, and that was the
way the bulk of the hogs sold. The big
end of the receipts sold from $C.:C. to $7.0..
The heavier weights sold mostly from
$7.00 to $7.0". ami as high as $7.1.ri was
paid for prime heavyweights. The me
dium hogs sold largely from $;.95 to $7.00,
while the light hogs sold from $i;.!5
down.
SHEKP Choice western lambs, tft.Otiti
23; fair to good lambs, $.".G".fG.nO; choice
native and Colorado lambs, $i.Kr7j6.2.r:
choice yearlings, V,.WTr',.5; fair to good
yearlings, $5.00f "..GO; choice wethers. $4.75
?f5.25; fair to good, $4.40JH.7.r.; choice ewes,
$4.254.50; fair to good, $.2.Vf 4.00; feeder
lambs, ;4.O0(j5.OO; feeder yearlings. $X73
04.00; feeder wethers, $:i.75'tf 4.00; feeder
ewes, $2.2j1j3.00.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE Fat cattle slow, steady;
cows and heifers, steady to lower; Mock
ers and feeders, active, steady; ritiarun-
tln, slow; choice export and dressed
beef steers, $4.50fj3.25; fair to good, $3.40
f4.G0; stockers and feeders, $2.2."ifM.40:
western fed steers, $?.7.VfiS.OO; Texas and
Indian steers, $3.004.00; Texas cows, $1.!0
C(iJ.25; native cows, $2.0Of4.0.; native heif
ers. $2.23'fi4.25; canners, $l.xJ2.23; bulls,
$2.2,54.23; calves, $2. SO COO.
HOGS Market opened strorg fo r.c
higher, closed weak; top, $7.20; bulk of
sales, $7.007.13; heavy, $7.10f 7.20; mixed
packers, $6.fC.(!i 7.124; light. $i;.7O-s7.05;
yorkers, $G.ft".fr ".; pigs, $3.v.Vif fj.70.
SHEEP AND IjAMItS Market steady;
native lambs, $1.00; 6.C3; western lambs,
$T".S3'fj6.50; fed eweH, $Xl.f;G.00; native
wethers, $3.50'5io.33; western wethers, $3.40
(&3.70; stockers and feeders, $2.30f3.G5.
PEACE POWERS' PROTOCOL.
Agreements Between Other Claimants
and Venezuela.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aiaong the
callers on Herbert W. Bowen, Vene
zuela's representative, Friday, was
Ferdinand Van Derheid, formerly
charge d'affaires of Belgium to Vene
zuela, who came with the Delgian
minister, Baron Moncheur. Mr. Van
Derheid has been designated as charge
d'affaires to Chile, but has stopped in
Washington to give what assistance
he can to Baron Moncheur in drawing
up the Bengian protocol with Mr.
Bowen.
The representatives of the various
peace powers are having cablo ex
changes with their governments to
guide them in the drafting of the
protocols for the settlement of the
claims of citizens of their countries
against Venezuela. None of those
protocols are yet in shape for signa
ture.
Minister Bowen, accompanied by
Mrs. Bowen, made a formal call on
the various diplomatic officials with
whom he has been conducting negotia
tions.
Affecting Pension Laws.
WASHINGTON, D. C Representa
tive Sulloway on Friday introduced a
bill reciting "that-in the administra
tion of the pension laws and enlisted
man in the military service of the
United States during the rebellion
shall be held to be entitled to a pen
sion for any disability contracted by
him during any and all enlistments
recognized by the war department as
valid, provided his disability or disa
bilitles were contracted during the
performance of military duty, within
the meaning of the pension laws, any
ruling or decision of the secretary of
the interior to the contrary notwith
standing."
Was With Roosevelt.
DENVER, Colo. Sherman M. Bell,
a member of Roosevelt's rough riders
during the Spanish-American war, has
been appointed adjutant general of
the Colorado National Guard by Gov'
ernor Peabody.
Says Sun Is Inhabited.
LA PORTE, Ind. Alexander Young
of La Porte makes the announcement
that from observations made by him
he is confident that the sun is inhab
ited. He claims to have seen on the
sun's surface mountain sides with
great and precipitous rocks, which
glow with prismatic colors, blended
with the greenness of a perennial
vegetation and with a floral radiance
more beautiful than that of the earth.
Oregon Elects Old lowan.
SALEM, Ore. jC. W. Fulton was
elected United States senator on the
seventeenth ballot of the evening ses
sion. Charles W. Fulton was born In
Ohio, August 17, 1853. Later he mov
ed to Iowa with, his parents, where
he studied law and was admitted to
the bar. He came t6 Oregon in 1875,
taught school for a time, later locating
at Astoria, where he has since resided
and enjoyed a lucrative law practice.
PROSPERITY IN CANADA.
tli Farmer In WMtrrn Canal' Aclltr
Wondorfal Murrews.
One of the first things that tho roan
rbo wishes to change his residence
endeavors to find out la where he can
go and succeed. It need bo a matter
of little doubt or Indecision now. Dur
ing the past four or five years tho d
velonment of Western Canada ha
been so rapid, and tho conditions of
life there so widely known, that up
wards of 100,000 Americans have taken
up their homes there, and the experi
ence of these people Is that they are
thoroughly satisfied with their choice
of home. '
The methods of farming thero aro
Imilar to those adopted in the United
States, but tho operations aro simpler,
tho yield of grain greater and th
profits more satisfactory. Ranching
Is carried on with lots of success.
Mixed farming la always profitable, .
while tho result In grain-raising aro
as certain as splendid boII, excellent
climate and lots of sunlight can give.
The yields of , but nothing Is a
satisfactory as the experience of the
farmer himself, and extracts are se
lected from one.
A good, intelligent farmer named
Mears, John Mears to be exact, left
Cavalier county. North Dakota, two
years ago and followed tho thousands
who bad already gono to Canada. Ho
had twenty-five years' experience lr
Minnesota, in buying raln. Including
flax, but in all his experience he never
saw a district so well suited to tho
growth of flax as Western Canada.
The financial results of Mr. Mears'
operations In a single Beason aro as
follows: Wheat, 3,000 bushels, 1 hard,
at 57fcc. $1,785; 2.CS0 bushels 1 Nrh-
ern, at 54c, $1,457.20; Oats. 1.750 bu.di
cls, at 35c, IC12.50; Speltz. 154 bush
els, at 75c. $115.50; Flax, 324 bushels,
at $2, $C28. Total. $4,598.20. a return
of more than $4,500 from a little over
250 acres, an average of $18 per acre.
Is surely testimony sufficiently strong
to satisfy the most Incredulous as to
the money to bo made out of the soil
of the Canadian West. It Is to facts
like these arguments expressible and
demonstrable In dollars and cents
that tho steady northward movement
of American farmers Is duo. Mr.
Mears Is settled near Areola, Assa.
A number of Americans who havo
chosen Western Canada as a hom
had the Idea that a man enjoyed lens
freedom in Canada, but they noon
found their mistake, and say tho laws
of Canada are tho most liberal In tho
world, and such as prevent tho litiga
tion which breeds so much bad feel
ing between people In tho United
States and costs them so dear In law
yers' fees.
Tho government has established
agencies at St. Iaul, Minn.; Omaha,
Neb.; Kansas City, Mo.; Chicago, III.;
Indianapolis, Ind.; Milwaukee, Wis.;
Wausau. Wis.; Detroit. Sault Ste.
Marie and Marquette, Mich.; Toledo,
Ohio; Watertown, S. Dakota; Grand
Forks, N. Dakota, and Great Falls,
Mont., and the suggestion is made
th?it by addressing any of these, who
are authorized agents of the govern
ment, It will be to the advantage of
the rc-ader, who will be given tho
fullest and most authentic informa
tion regarding tho results of mixed
farming, dairying, ranching and grain
raising, and also supply information
as to freight and passenger rates, etc
Trust not the woman that thinketh
more of herself than another; mercy
will not dwell in her heart.
ONLY TEN DOI.I.AItS FOR THREE
MONTHS TKKATM EXT.
Drs. Richards & Van ramp of 1401 Karri am St.,
Omiiha. Neb., treat Catarrh and g uurant-e a euro.
I'hf dfjetora are old eMabllHlji-d mill reliable phy
sicians of Omaha. Their treatment Include a
luiiif tester Inhaler, local and constitutional
treatment, and they ruaranbt. lo euro uny eH
nf catarrh of the none, throat or lumen In ninety
days or refund the money. If you are afflicted or
Intereated call or write for further Information.
The contented man is usually played
r a sucker. r
for
nr.I) CROSS it ALL. ItLUE
Should le in every home. Ak!c your grocer
for it. Large 2 oz. package ouly 5 ceuU.
Some times it is hard to distinguish,
between envy and emulation.
Mr, YVlnx!o'-M mooflilnjr Hyrun.
For rMMren teettilti(f. mrtcii t tie cum, reduce In.
QUiUiatluQ.ai)u) jmln, cure wind colic. 2ic a uotlla.
Even the comparatively sober have
no objection to the gold cure.
WIIKN YOU 11 V STAKCM
buy Defiance and et the best. 18 os. for
10 cents, dice uev
ilwayfc used.
If you have a heart never let the
world know it. It is such awfully bad
form.
Dealers say that as soon hz a custo
mer tries Defiance Starch it Is Im
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. It can be used cold or
boiled. -
Ignorance is the stepmother of prej
udice. Sensible Housekeepers
will have Defiance Starcn, not alono
because they get one-third moro for
the same money, but also because of
superior quality.
The quiet man is generally there In
an emergency.
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AVE noriEY
Buy your goodm at
Wholemnle 1'rleea.
Our 1. rauicxrue will be sect
tipoa receipt of 15 rents. This amount
doe not even pay the postage, but it is
sufficient to Know us that you are actlnir
in rood faith, lietter send for it now.
Your neighbors trade with us why not
you aluo J
CHICAGO
The house that tells the truth.
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Catalogue, Price, Etc.
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