Nebraska Newspapers

    HEPBURN BILL
IS PASSED
ONLY SEVEN VVOTES RECORDED
AGAINST MEASURE.
These are cast by Republicans, All the
Democrats Favoring the
Bill.
WASHINGTON—Just enough morn
ing business was allowed in the house
preceding the vote on the Hepburn
railroad rate bill to permit delayed j
members to reach their seats before |
the roll call 'ordered the night before
began. Three hundred and fortv-six I
members voted for thp bill. Seven re- j
publicans voted against it. Applause j
greeted the announcement of the result i
by the speaker of the house, which j
had given its undivided attention to
rate making for several days, giving
its attention to other matters.
The pension appropriation bill,
carry *139,000,000 for pensions and *1,
245,000 for pension administration,
was taken up, debated and passed
without amendment. The feature of
the bill aside from the appropriation
made is a provision making statue law j
•of the famous order of the president j
declaring age conclusive evidence of !
disability.
• A number of bills were passed at
the close of the day. one providing a
penalty of *5.000 and ten years’ im
prisonment for the premature revela
tion of government information which
might Lave a bearing on the market
price of commodities, tbe same pen
alty being provided against govern
ment employes who speculate in com
modities regarding which the govern
ment furnishes statistics.
The rate bill according to Mr. Hep
burn’s statement in closing the debate
on the measure was intended to. and
did, so far as it could be made, comply
specifiically with the recommenda
tions of President Roosevelt on the
rate question.
it gives me lliieisia.ie eiiiunieree
commission authority, when a rate has
been complained of as “unreasonable”
by a shipper, to investigate that rate,
6tate whether or not it is unreason
able, and it found to be unreasonable,
to name a rate which is to be just and
reasnoable and fairly remunerative,
which is to be the maximum rate to
be charged.
This rate is fixed is to go into ef
fect thirty days after it is announced
by the commission, subject during
that time to be set, aside or suspended
by the commission or by the courts.
After it has gone into effect it is
to remain the rate for three years.
The opinion has been expressed by
those who have participated in the de
bate that the rate may be also be re
viewed by the courts and. if found to
be in conflict either with the terms of
the act or with the constitution by
being confiscatory, it can be set aside
by- the courts.
Another important feature is the
definition of the words “railroad” and
“transportation” in a manner to in
clude all auxiliary instrumentalities of
the common carrier and to bring them
within the control of the commission.
CLEVELAND IS GOING SOUTH.
Unable to Deliver Address on Account
of His Health.
BUFFALO.—Former President Gro
ver Cleveland, in a letter to the Erie
County Bar association and the Law
yers' club of Buffalo, declining an in
vitation to deliver an address at their
annual banquet, states that the con
dition of his health and contemplated
southern trip in the near future would
prevent a visit to this city.
The letter, in part, follows:
“It is with extreme regret that I
am obliged to say that it will be im
possible for me to avail myself of the
kindly invitation of my old friends of
the Buffalo bar. I am contemplating
an absence from home in the near fu
ture on a southern trip, which is some
what enforced on account of my
health, and it certainly will extend
beyond the present month.”
GRAIN MEN ENJOINED.
Supreme Court Upholds Contentions
of State in the Trust Case.
LINCOLN—The "grain case” has
been won by the state. The supreme
court overruled the demurrer of the
allied attorneys of the grain dealers
and made perpetual the temporary re
straining order to prevent them from
combining, secured by Attorney Gen
eral Brown some months ago.
The opinion was written by Judge
Letton and he upheld all of the anti
trust laws, including the Junkin act
now upon the statutes. The court re
viewed at length the arguments by the
attorney general and by the attorneys
for the grain men; then held with the
legal department that each act is a
part of the system and one is supple
mental to the other. The court holds
also that repealing a law by implica
tion will not hold, but that the latter
law is merely supplemental to the first"
repealing only those sections which it
covers.
Beavers’ Trial is Postponed.
WASHINGTON — The trial of
George W. Beavers, former State Sen
ator George E. Green of Binghamton.
N. Y„ and W. D. Doremus on indict
ments alleged fraud in connection with
the letting of postal contracts, which
was set for Monday night, has been
postponed one week. The action was
made necessary for the reason that At
torney A. S. Worthington of counsel
in the cases will be unable to conclude
his work before the Senator Smoot in
vestigation committee until a week
hence.
FROM DENVER TO ASSINIBOIA.
Surveyors Sent Out to Locate New
Line of Railroad.
DENVER, Colo.—A party of survey
ors left Denver to locate a route for
the proposed extension of the Colorado
& Southern railroad from Orin Junc
tion, Wyo., to a junction with the Can
adian Pacific in Assiniboia. The
new line will connect in Montana with
the Pacific coast road, now being built
by the,Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway company.
CHINESE OUTLOOK.
Rapid Increase of Feeling Against
Americans.
WASHINGTON—Reports continue
to pour into the department of state
from diplomatic and consular agents
in China regarding the rapid increase
of feeling against Americans and
things American, as expressed in
edicts issued by local authorities in
various parts of the empire. For six
months the situation in China has been
the subject of very great concern to
the department and Mr. Rockhill. the
American minister at Pekin, is under
instructions to keep Washington thor
oughly and frequently informed of the
situation. He is also exerting himself
at the Chinese capital in an effort to
check or allay the anti-American feel
ing that appears to be growing. While
not admitted that the situation is one
of immediate danger, the officials here
will not be at all surprised at any de
velopments a month may bring forth.
Although at the outset demanding only
a return to the provision of the orig
inal exclusion treaty of 1880, which
excluded from this eourt-v Chinese la
borers without specifying the classes
of Chinamen which should be admit
ted. In some provinces manifestos
have been issued declaring that if the
boycott is rigidly adhered to America
will be forced to forego any exclusion
at all. Such expressions have been
immediately denied by Mr. Rockhill at
Pekin.
Although directed primarily against
Americans the feeling of ill-will that
seems to be growing in various parts
of the empire is interpreted by orien
talists to have a far deeper meaning
In a word, it is declared to be anti
foreign and there are indications that
all foreigners, with the possible excep
tion of the Japanese, will be soon as
keenly affected as are Americans.
Informal representations regarding
the Chinese situation already have
been exchanged between some of the
European powers, but thus far this
country has not called foreign nations
into consultation because there is a
very general feeling among the Euro
pean powers that the Chinese are un
justly discriminated against by the
American government and so long as
the anti-foreign feeling is confined to
Americans the Europeans are expected
to bide their time.
The dispatch from Pekin published
today regarding the activity of Russia
in Mongol a has been taken note of by
the officials here.
CROSS ENGLISH CHANNEL.
Big Balloon Makes a Successful Trip
From London.
LONDON—The balloon of the Aero
CiUb which left London Saturday af
ternoon fcr France and was sighted
trom Eastbourne pier moving seaward,
successfully crossed the English chan
nel and descended in safety at Ber
mouville, twenty miles inland in
Trance. The entire time consumed
from London to the place of descent
was four hours and ten minutes. The
occupants of the balloon were Messrs.
Pollock and Dale, who are members
of Aero club of the United Kingdom.
The name of the balloon is the Vivien
HI. A strong northwest gale was
blowing the passage across the chan
nel which was made in an hour and
three-quarters.
Question of Dividend Waits.
NEW YORK—Action on the Union
Pacific semi-annual dividend has been
postponed until next .Wednesday.
Meetings of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific executive committees
were held, but no announcement fol
lowed.
APPEALS TO GREAT POWERS.
Emperor of Korea Denies Signing
Treaty With Japan.
LONDON — Douglas Story, tele
graphing 10 tne Tribune, states that
he has obtained from the emperor of
Korea a document bearing the imper
ial seal, the original of which, he says,
he has proved before the British con
sul at Ghe Foo. In this document the
emperor denied that he signed or ap
proved the treaty with Japan or con
sented to the appointment of a Japa
nese resident, and “invites the great
powers to exercise a joint protectorate
over Korea for a period not exceeding
five years, with respect to the control
of the Korean foreign affairs.”
MAKES A BIG DEAL.
Harrimart Gets Control of the Illinois
Central.
NEW YORK—The Herald says: “It
was learned in this city that there are
many indications that the Illinois Cen
tral railway has been acquired by in
terests identified with the Harriman
; arty. It has been known for some
time that the Illinois Central holdings
in the hands of this party have been
figured as high as 160.000 shares of a
par value of $16,000,000. According
to statements made by persons who
are in a position to inspect the trans
fer books of the Illinois Centra] there
is evidence there that goes far to
ward confirming the story of a mer
ger.
WiM Adjourn Over Wedding Day.
WASHINGTON — Although the
house of representatives will not take
official recognition of the wedding of
Miss Roosevelt and Representative
Longworth. adjournment will be taken
on Friday, February 16. until the fol
lowing Monday without avowing the
purpose.
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON—The president sent
the following nominations to the sen
ate: Collector of customs, Myron H.
McCord, district of Arizona.
Internal Commerce Heavy.
WASHINGTON—According to a re
port issued l>y the Department of
Commerce and Labor the aggregate
volume of internal commerce during
1905 was undoubtedly the largest for
any corresponding period in the his
tory of the country.
WASHINGTON—Of rare value and
beauty is the gift of the king of Italy
to Miss Roosevelt upon the occasion
of her marriage. It is a table of Ital
ian tr>. rair work, showing scenes from
Kalian cities and towns.
m. mm speaks
TO THE CHINESE
SAYS THE EXCLUSION ACT WILL
NOT B E WITHDRAWN.
Which Means, According to Reports,
that the Chinese Boycott Will
Go on Indefinitely.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Samuel Glas
gow, manager of a milling company of
Spokane and Seattle, has received
Hong Kong newspapers and letters
from William Buitt, Chinese represen
tative of the company, which state
that a speech made by William J.
Bryan before the Chinese merchants
at a dinner given by them in his honor
had been used bv Chinese agitators to
stir up fresh agitation against Ameri
can products. Previous to this, at a
meeting held by about fifty commer
cial representatives and delegates from
the various Chinese guilds of Shang
hai. Canton and Hongkong, the dele
gates had agreed upon twelve pro
posed modifications of the exclusion
law. The American representatives
agreed to have their houses urge these
upon congress, and the Chinese agreed
immediately to call off the boycott.
Then, according to Hongkong pa
pers, Mr. Bryan appeared, was enter
tained by the Chinese merchants at a
dinner and declared in a speech that
the American people would never con
sent to a repeal of the exclusion laws.
One of the Chinese merchants at the
dinner reported the proceedings to the
Chinese newspapers. He quoted Mr.
Bryan as declaring that the labor
party was so strong in the United
States that Chinese workmen, skilled
or unskilled, would never be permitted
to enter, and as drawing a gloomy pic
ture of what would happen to Ameri
can workmen if the Chinese were al
lowed to take away their employment.
This informant said that while Mr.
Bryan had agreed to support a number
of the proposed changes, he had not
been able to draw from the American
leader any definite assurance of sup
port of the policy which the Chinese
would insist as the only condition on
which the boycott would be with
drawn.
After Mr. Bryan’s speech the Chi
nese became convinced that congress
would not adopt the changes recom
mended by the American merchants
and that their best policy was to put
on the boycott screws tighter than
ever.
Will Revisit Africa.
ROME—The Duke of Abruzzi has
definitely arranged to leave In April
on an expedition in Africa. He will
land at Mombaza, capital of British
East Africa, and afterwards will cross
Lake Victoria Nyanza and climb the
Elgon mountains in Uganda.
IOWAN LEADS NAVAL CADETS.
Allan J. Chantrey of Malvern Makes
Class Record for Entire Course.
ANNAPOLIS—The official figures of
the standing of the graduates during
the whole course were issued Friday.
Allen J. Chantrey, Jr., of Malvern, la.,
leads the class with a multiple of
517.25; Whitford Drake of Waltham,
Mass., is second with 515—1, and John
Paul Miller of Lancaster, Ky., third,
with 514.79.
Among the first seven graduates
with "star" rank, having received 85
per cent as an aggregate in all sub
jects, was William C. Parker, Jr., of
Salt Lake City, Utah.
NORWAY TO FORTIFY BORDER
Line Between Sweden and New King
dom to Be Marked by Forts.
CHRISTIANIA — The Norwegian
government is preparing to fortify the
inner defense line of fortifications on
the Swedish frontier. According to
the agreement between Norway and
Sweden the old fortifications were to
be razed to the ground. They never
pleased the military experts and the
army authorize are now endeavoring
to figure out a fortification program
which shall not be too expensive.
It Is expected here that Sweden will
follow the example of Norway. At the
time of the breaking away of the un
ion objections were raised to the enor
mous expense which a double set of
fortifications would entail upon the
Scandinavian peninsula, but there ap
pears to be no help for it.
To Evangelize the World.
NASHVILLE Tenn.—The fifth in
ternational convention of the student
volunteer movement for foreign mis
sions will open here February 28 for
a five days’ session. About 3,000 del
egates will be present, representative
of college, church and missionary life
of every state in the union and many
nations of the world. The watchword
of the movement is: “The evangeliza
tion of the world in this generation.”
Two-Cent Fare in Ohio.
COLUMBUS, O.—Governor Pattison
late signed the Freiner 2-cent fare bill,
which was accepted by the senate,
and it is now a law.
General Eaton Dead.
WASHINGTON — General John
Eaton, a distinguished civil war veter
an and noted educator, died here, aged
77 years. At one time he was editor
of the Memphis Post. In 1870 he be
came United States commissioner of
education, which position he held for
sixteen years, and afterward became
president of Marietta college. Ohio,
and of Sheldon 'Jackson college. Salt
Lake City. He established the educa
tional system of Porto Rico under the
military occupancy of the United
States.
Troop* Needed Near China.
WASHINGTON —■ When Secretary
Taft" was before the senate committee
on appropriations, which was consid
ering the urgent deficiency bill, he re
quested an appropriation of $100,000 to
be expended for additional barrackB
and quarters at or near Manila. When
asked as to the necessity for this ap
propriation he stated that the situa
tion was such that it might be neces
sary at any time to send troops there
and that it would be wise to have
troops near to be used for that pur
pose.
'INVITATIONS TO THE WEDDING.
Number Limited on Account of Ca
pacity of White House.
WASHINGTON — President Roose
velt authorized the following state
ment, which was given out at the
White house:
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
ask the kind consideration of many
friends who under ordinary circum
stances would receive invitations to
Miss Roosevelt’e wedding. The ca
pacity of the White house required
that under existing conditions invita
tions be limited to the closest kins
folk. the personal friends of Miss
Roosevelt and -Mr. Longworth and cer
tain classes of officials in Washington.
No friends of the president or Mrs.
Roosevelt are being asked unless they
also come within one of these classes,
and even with these limitations the
number of guests threaten to overtax
the capacity of the White House.
ACCUSED OF RIFLING MAILS.
Champion Cornhusker of Iowa Put
Under Arrest
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la. — Charles
Rennack of Shenandoah, who claims
to be the champion cornhusker of
Iowa, was arrested and brought here
on a charge of tampering with the
United States mails while serving as
a mail carrier. He waived examina
tion and was bound over to the fed
eral grand jury, procuring his release
on $500 bail. The accusation against
Rennack is that of intercepting pack
ages addressed to William Hughes
and Ed Mitchell, two Shenandoah
barbers.
LUMBER TRUST DISBANDED.
Purchase of Or.e Company by Another
Ends Combination.
SAN FRANCISCO—The sale of the
stock of the San Francisco Lumber
company to the Bellingham Bay Lum
ber company for $250,000, following
the passing out of existence on Jan
uary 1 of the Pacific Pine Lumber
company, marks the death of the giant
combination which for eighteen years
past has absolutely dominated the
lumber business of the western coast
of America.
The death cf the trust will have lit
tle effect on the lumber industry. For
some years it has been a trust in name
only.
IOWAN MAY HAVE BEEN LOST.
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Thinks His Brother Was Member of
Ill-Fated Valencia’s Crew.
MANCHESTER. la —George. B. Har
per of Hopkinton fears that his
brother, W. H. Harper, went down in
the wreck of the steamer Valencia off
Vancouver. Harper was a fireman on
the vessel and all efforts of his rela
tives to ascertain whether or not he
was among U’e doomed members of
the crew have proved futile. Harper
left Hopkinton for the west about
eighteen years ago, and for the last
few years has been engaged as fireman
for the steamship company who owned
the Valencia. No response has yet
been received to the telegrams sent
to the company’s office at San Fran
cisco.
Chinese Illegally Landed.
SAN FRANCISCO—Sailing under
secret orders for some port near San
Diego, the United States revenue cut
ter, McCullough, left the harbor to
arrest, if possible, about thirty Chi
nese who are said to have been ille
gally landed.
PENSION DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Four Hundred and Twenty-Nine Bills
Passed in Seventy-two Minutes.
WASHINGTON—The house on Fri
day ground out its usual semi-monthly
grist of private pensions, passing in
seventy-two minutes 429 bills for the
benefit of veterans who are barred for
one reason or another from coming in
under the general statute. Seventy
five per cent of the beneficiaries are
either blind or bedridden. This order
with a number of minor bills and the
passage of two amendments to the
Philippine tariff act of 1905. consti
tuted the transactions of the day. The
tariff amendments place American cot
ton goods on an equality so far as the
cost of production is concerned with
European goods.
AS TO WEDDING GIFTS
TO ALICE ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON — Mr. Hengenmul
ler, the Austrian ambassador here,
and acting dean of the diplomatic
corps, had a conference with officials
of the Washington government, has
advised his government that it is the
wish of the president and Mrs. Roose
velt that no official gifts shall be pre
sented to their daughter upon the oc
cation of her marriage next week to
Mr. Longworth. Whatever presents
are sent will be in the nature of a
personal expression of good will from
the sovereign and not as a present
from the governments themselves.
Kills Herself in Hospital.
CHICAGO—Mary Blunk, seventeen
years of age, whose parents are said
to be wealthy residents of Grand Isl
and, Neb., committed suicide in the
Garfield Park sanitarium by swallow
ing carbolic aeid.
Lives of Postal Clerks.
WASHINGTON—Mr. Tillman pre
sented and tbe senate adopted a reso
lution calling upon the postmaster gen
eral for information as to the number
of postal clerks killed in railroad acci
dents during the past five years.
Statue of Theodore Thomas.
CINCINNATI — Beginning with a
subscription of $5,000 from A. Howard
Hinkle, former president of the May
Festival association, a fund was start
ed here for the erection of a suitable
memorial to Theodore Thomas In this
city.
Modifies Philippine Tariff.
WASHINGTON — The house passed
a bill revising the Philippine tariff
by increasing the duty on European
made cotton goods and decreasing the
tariff on shoes.
THE RATE BILL
NOW IN SENATE
UPPER BRANCH WILL CONSIDER
THE MEASURE.
Dolliver and Aldrich Clash, Iowa’s
Senators Charging the Opposition
With Attempt to Prevent Legisla
tion.
WASHINGTON — The senate com
mittee on interstate commerce began
consideration of the Hepburn rate bill,
which passed the house . Friday was
devoted to the first section, which de
scribes the kind of transportation to
which the act shall apply.
Several amendments were suggested
by senators unfriendly to the bill>
but none was voted on.
It is generally conceded that the
Hepburn bill, with only a few modifica
tions, will have a minority report
when the comittee votes next Friday.
It became evident during the dis
cussion of the various amendments
that the arrangement to discuss the
bill during the next week would ac
complish no important result, so great
were the differences of the opponents
and champions of the bill. Senators
Clapp and Dolliver charged that the
aemndments were offered to obstruct
the perfection of a bill that stands a
good chance to become a law.
Senator Aldrich replied that the
amendments had been offered se
riously, whereupon Senator Clapp an
nounced that he would “waste no more
time” in the consideration of the bill,
but would be present to vote upon the
measure on February 16. He then left
the committee room.
Alter tne departure or senator
Clapp, Senator Dolliver took the com
mittee to task for Us "levity” in con
sidering railroad rate legislation. He
called attention to the fact that the
committee had been conducting hear
ings since last summer and had not ar
rived at any agreement. He charged
that some members of the committee
did not apepar to desire an agreement.
Objection was made by Senator Al
drich to the charge that "levity” had
been displayed and said that he had
been serious in everything that he had
offered. Warming to the defense of
his sincerity he said that he would
talk in any manner he pleased in dis
cussing the proposed legislation and
would not be called to account by Sen
ator Dolliver.
The Iowa sei%tor, who is the par
ticular champion of the Hepburn bill,
with equal emphasis replied that he
too would choose his own language
and characterize as he chose the meth
ods that he said had been resorted to.
A BLOODY SPECTACLE.
A Great Bull Fight For Conference
Members.
ALGECIRAS. Spain—The brilliant,
though bloody spectacle of a bull fight
in honor of the conference on Mcroc
can reforms, was the event of today.
Crowds came from all parts of An
dalusia to the vast stone amphitheatre
where the bull ring Is. and more than
6,000 persons saw the fight.
A box, gaily decorated with the
Spanish colors, contained the ambas
sadors and officials of many countries.
Most of the delegates to the confer
ence were represented and many of
the envoys were accompanied by their
wives and daughters. The American
and British delegates did not attend.
T
Biggest Sailing Ship in the World.
BREMERHAVEN — At Richmer's
shipyard here there was launched the
higgest sailing ship in the world. The
length of the crat is 438 feet, her
breadth is 54 feet and she is of 8,000
tons burden.
NEBRASKA ONE OF THE FIVE.
Stands Well at Head in Number of
Woman Suffragists.
BALTIMORE. Md.—At the session
of the annual convention of the Wo
man's National Suffrage association,
the report of the treasurer was read
by Mrs. Harr'et Taylor Upton, of
which the following is an abstract:
Receipts, including last year’s bal
ances. $28,333.92; disbursements, $16.
564 87; balance,'$11,769.05.
The five states standing at the head
in point of membership are New York,
Massachusetts, California, Nebraska
and Iowa.
WARE GETS MORE TIME.
Two Weeks Yet to Move for a New
Trial.
OMAHA — Two additional weeks
have been given George G. Ware to
file his motion for a new trial. He was
convicted last month of conspiracy to
defraud the government by means of
false homestead entries in Hooker
county, Nebraska. He is president of
the d. B. I. Land and Cattle company
and rector of churches in Deadwood
and Lead.
Ware was in Omaha Thursday, and
at that time arranged for deferring the
motion for a new trial.
Iowa Wins Monument Contest.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of WTar
Taft has advised Senator Dolliver and
Representatives Hull and Lacey of
Iowa that he will order the monuments
on the Shiloh battlefield to the Fif
teenth and Sixteenth Iowa regiments
insccribed with the time of the regi
ment’s arrival as desired by those or
ganizations stating in the inscription
the time as given by commanding col
onels. The War department records do
not agree with the claims of members
of the regiments and Secretary Taft’s
action settles the dispute.
War Department Interested.
WASHINGTON—The war depart
ment is making ready to test its right
to protect the soldier who. In the exe
cution of lawful orders kills a civilian.
To that end preparations are in prog
ress for a sturdy defense before the
oyer and t-rminer court of Allegheny
county, Pennsylvania, In the ease of
Sentinel Down, who, with bis officer,
Lieutenant Ralph W. Drury, was Indict
ed for killing a young man named
Crowley two years ago last Septem
ber. while the latter was stealing cop
per.
BILL TO PROHIBIT PASSES.
La Follette of Wisconsin Offers One
in the Senate.
WASHINGTON—Senator La Fol
lette introduced a bill prohibiting fed
eral officials from asking or accepting
railroad or other passes and prohib
iting railroads from granting them.
It imposes penalties for violations of
the law.
The bill forbids all persons and cor
porations giving free passes or franks
to any political committee or its em
ployes, to any candidate for an office
under the constitution or laws of the
United States, or to any bidder of
such an office. The bill forbids passes,
franks or privileges being issued to
any person which are withheld from
any other person for “the traveling
accommodation or transportation of
any person of propeny. or the trans
mission of any message or communi
cation.
The punishment for violations of
the bill is “imprisonment at hard labor
not more than seven years, nor less
than one year, or by fine not exceed
ing $5,000, nor less than $100.”
Agents and officers of companies
within the purview of the bill are to
be privileged from testifying in rela
tion to anything it prohibits, and no
person so testifying is liable for pun
ishment for any offense concerning
which he was required to testify.
“Free pass," as used in the bill is
defined "any form of ticket or mileage
entitling the holder to travel over any
part of the line or lines of any rail
road, issued to the holder as a gift in
consideration of any service perform
ed or to be performed by such holder,
or any other person, except where the
ticket or mileage is used by such hold
er in the performance of his duties
as an employe of the railroad issuing
the same."
WANTS ROCKEFELLER MONEY.
Oklahoma University to Ask Him and
Carnegie for Endowments.
OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T.—Follow
ing the announement that Dr. Ernest
Bynutn of the Oklahoma university
would take a position with Epworth
university in this city, Dr. Bradford,
chancellor, said that he and Dr. By
num would leave for the east and ac
companied by Mr. Shaw, secretary of
the treasury, would visit Andrew Car
negie and John D. Rockefeller for the
purpose of soliciting these men for en
dowments for the Epworth university.
BIG BUFFALO PASTURE.
Bill to Authorize Leasing of Land for
the Purpose.
WASHINGTON — Representative
Burke secured the passage through
the house of his bill authorizing
the secretarv of the interior to lease
land in Stanley county. South Dakota,
for a buffalo pasture. The bill author
izes the secretary of the interior to
withdraw from entry and to release for
a period of ten years not exceeding
3.500 acres of the public domain in
Stanley county. South Dakota, to be
used exclusively for the pasturing of
native ouffalo. The object of the bill
is to enable James Philip to obtain
a lease of certain lands as a pasture
for a herd of native buffalo, consist
ing of something over 100 head, of
which he is the owner.
MORE PAY FOR CARPENTERS.
Chicago Union Signs Three-Year Con
tract With Good Advance.
CHICAGO—The union carpenters of
Chicago secured an increase in wages
aggregating more than $1,000,000 a
year through a three-year agreeemnt
with the Carpenters' and Builders' as
sociation. By the terms of the con
tract the men are given an advance
from 50 to 55 cents an hour for the
first year with a further increase to
5614 cents an hour for the last two
years of the agreement. About 10,000
members of the union are benefitted
by the agreement.
Charges Not Sustained.
WASHINGTON — The senate com
mittee on territories gave a hearing to
J. W. Reynolds, against whom charges
have been filed in connection with his
nomination to succeed himself as ter
ritorial secretary of New Mexico. After
the hearing the committee voted un
animously to report the nomination fa
vorably.
FIX ELECTION DATE.
Russian Has Assurance of National
Assembly.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The elections
to the national assembly are fixed for
April 7. The opening session will take
place April 28. April 7 fs the feast of
the Annunciation, one of the great
Russ:an holidays. The week’s inter
val between the elections and the con
vocation of the national assembly is
the shortest time in which the repre
sentatives from Siberia and other re
mote localities could arrive here. The
local authorities have the privilege of
beginning the primary elections to
choose delegates to the electoral col
leges as soon as the election districts
are complete.
Urges That France Stand Firm.
PARIS—The semi-official Temps re
ferring to the Moroccan situation said:
"There appears no doubt that public
opinion in France is unanimous with
reference to policing Morocco. The in
terests of others having been safe
guarded the hour has arrived for the
protection of the special rights of
France. No doubt the government,
with the knowledge that the whole
country is behind it, will take a firm
stand during the discussion of this
delicate point at the conference.”
Death Sentence by Mail.
KIEFF—Many Jews here have re
ceived by mail sentences of death In
the name of the Pan-Russian league in
defense of the holy cross. A great
panic prevails among the Jewish pop
ulation, who are expecting a renewal
of an anti-Jewish excesses.
Soft Coal Price Higher.
CHICAGO—Because of the possibil
ity of a strike of the coal miners a
number of wholesalers in this city ad
vanced the price of soft coal 25 cents
i per ton.
MONKEY WAS GOOD PARTNER.',
Also Source of Revenue for Shrewd
Organ Grinder.
The Hon. J. J Lampton crame across
an organ grinder with a monkey the
other afternoon, and it cost him 7
cents and five minutes’ time.
“Please giva de monk de mun,”
cried the man behind the organ.
“Vera gooda monk. Dance alia day—
worka hard. He talka he cap offa to
you. He calla Jack—an’ Jack certain'
gooda to me.”
Mr. Lampton was evidently amused.
Perhaps any man who has been
mayor of a country town is apt to get
that way once in a while—and per
haps not.
"Fine animal you've got there,” said
Mr. Lampton.
“T’ank you, mister; he preta gooda
monk.”
Thereupon Jack began doing stunts
as he had never done them before.
He would stand on his head, light on
his feet, and then look wise. He
would hold out his scrawny paw in
a most bewitching manner, and wink
in a way to make any human envious.
After Jack had handed over the
coins given him for his master he
would turn his pockets inside out and
become downright dejected. The
grinder would tug at the rope, and it
would be only after many pulls that
Jack would cheer up and take no
tice.
“How long have you had him?”
asked the ex-mavor.
"Fiva year. Me an’ Jack besta
friends.”
“Five years? Well, here are 5
pennies—one for each year.”
“T'ank you, mister. But, say, I
mada mistake. I hada Jack for seven
year. Me an’ Jack besta friends.”
And thereupon Mr. Lampton laugh
ingly handed over the price of a 2
cent stamp.”—Washington Post.
PHYSICIANS ARE SHORT LIVED.
Constant Strain of Work Frequent
Cause of Early Death. -
The diseases which claim the most
victims among physicians relatively
to all males are gout and diabetes,
and there is a high reiative mortality
from diseases of the nervous system,
circulatory system and kidneys.
From the nature of his habits, the
physician is not subject to accidents,
and, though he is brought into con
tact with infection to a greater extent
than other men, his preventive means
are successful and his mortality from
infection is very low. Freedom from
prolonged muscular strains and high
blood tension apparently saves him
from arteriosclerosis, but suicide
claims many, and so do the drug hab
its acquired by the nervously exhaust
ed. It has been said that three-fourths
of French morphine users are physi
cians.
The cause of the physician's early
death is evidently the excessive ner
vous expenditure, insufficient rest and
defective nutrition, inseparable from
his calling, with its broken and re
stricted sleep, irregular hours of
work, rest and meals, the worry when
lives depend upon his judgment and
the lack of a day of complete relaxa
tion in each week. The physician
who sees his patients every day in
the week, month after month, and
cannot learn to forget them when he
goes home, merely burns the candle
at both ends. He violates the law
obeyed by every other animal, that
there shall be periods of moderate
exertion interrupted by longer periods
of rest when repairs are made. It is
not too much work as a rule, but scat
tered work, which prevents rest.—
American Medicine.
Fees for Surgical Work.
Surgeons would pay to each other
very much larger fees than they at
present dare to ask from patients,
says Dr. Robert T. Morris in a letter
in the Medical Record, in which he
details the difficulty with which he
finally collected a bill for surgical
services rendered to a rich person
who disputed the value received, not
withstanding the result of the sur
geon’s work was satisfactory in every
way.
Services may be obtained to-day,
says Dr. Morris, which are immense
ly more valuable than any which
could have been obtained a few years
ago, but the people are not as yet
aware of the fact. Curiosly enough,
the Jews are as a class the first to
adapt themselves to the new order of
things and to secure and pay for the
last degree of technical skill on the
part of medical and surgical experts.
The Difference.
He took It once—its smoothness tempted
him—
Not knowing 'twas the Road to Shame,
and learned.
When 'round his path sin threw its shad
ows dim.
Hie grave mistake—then valiantly he
turned.
She took It also—in her Innocence—
Nor guessed the windings of so fair a
track
l’ntil the shadows gathered dark and
dense;
And then, with groping step, she hur
ried back.
Thus wore they each the thorny crown of
woe
And mocking error—'twas their com
mon lot;
He pitied her—and often told her so—
While she. self censuring, his sin forgot.
—Lurana W. Sheldon, in New York Her
ald.
Mayor Wouldn't Disappoint.
Acting Mayor Whelton, of Boston,
tells a story illustrating the ready wit
of the late Mayor Collins. As chair
man of the board of aldermen Mr.
Whelton frequently had to visit the
mayor’s office, and one day he said:
“General, I have been coming here to
your office for a year and a half and
have never yet received a yes.” “Of
course you won’t be disappointed
now,” was the happy reply of the may
or.
Nurse in Schools.
An organization of parents in the
Wells school district of Boston has
prevailed upon the board of education
to employ a nurse in the four schools
of that district for the purpose of as
sisting pupils taken ill, or caring for
those injured in sports.
Queen Visits Paris.
Queen Aanarolo of Madagascar has
recently realized a long-cherished
ambition by paying a visit to Paris.
While there she enjoyed the felicity
of having her allowance increased
from $6,000 to $10,000.