THE SPEECH Of
SECRETARY ROOT
DIPLOMATS DISCUSSING IT WITH
MUCH INTEREST.
Secretary Strongly Reaffirms Devotion
of the United States to the Mon
roe Doctrine.
WASHINGTON — The diplomatic
representatives of the South American
republics in this city are discussing j
with great interest the speech made by |
Secretary Root at the dinner which
the Brazilian ambassador gave in his ,
honor and in honor of the countries j
which will send delegates to the Pan-- ;
American congress in Rio de Janeiro
next summer. Mr. Root talked chiefly
about the Monroe doctrine and said in
part:
When President Monroe, coming to
the aid of struggling Spanish-America,
made the audicious and gallant declar
ation that no part of the American con
tinents must be deemed subject to col
onization by any European power he
affirmed the proposition that all the
American republics are competent to
maintain throughout their territories
governments answering to the de
mands of civilization, preserving orj
der. enforcing law. doing justice and
performing all international obliga
tions.
W To that proposition ail of us stand
w committed. Its truth we all maintain.
Every evidence in its support is a
source of satisfaction. Every forward
step in the path of progress by any
American repuDllc is a cause of joy
to all or us. Let me, then, Mr. Ambas
sador, pass along the toast which you
were good enough to propose to my
unworthy self. 1 ask .you to drink to
the sisterhood of America^ republics.
May every one of them grow in pros
perity and strength; may the Independ
ence, the treedom of the rights of the
least and weakest, be ever represented
equally with the rights of the strong
est. and may we all do our share to
ward the building up of a sodnd and
enlightened public opinion of the
Americans which shall everywhere,
upon both continents, promote the
reign of peace, order and of justice in
every American republic.
DEADLOCK ON GR/klN RATES.
Eastern and Western Traffic Agents
Fail to Agree.
CHICAGO.—Eastern and western
traffic officials failed to agree on grain
rates from the Missouri river territory
to the Atlantic seaboard and the two
interests seem to be farther apart to
night than when the conference was
called. No call has been isseud tor
E T* another conference and no further ef
fort at present will be made to effect
|Jb a settlement.
If1 The eastern men refuse to pay the
, 'Toblng” charge of 1.6 cents at the sea
I \ board and offered the western men 9
BHttt cents out of l’1.4. The western roads
H| wanted 1UV4 cents.
ITALIAN PRINCE A SUICIDE.
Kills Himself at Naples on the Eve of
His Wedding.
NAPLES—Prince Pignatelli Stom
y* m oil, aged 19 years, son of a lady in
fl H waiting to Queen Helena, committed
■ suicide b- shoting. He was to have
^ been married in a few hours to a
I daughter of the Duke of Corigliano.
H- The affair has caused a great sensa
■ tion. both families being among the
■ most aristocratic in Naples.
GETS A STIFF BLOW.
V Supreme Court Rules on Discrimina
tion Evil.
I WASHINGTON—Justice White de
livered the opinion of the supreme
court of the United States in the cases
of the New iork. New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad company versus the In
terstate Commerce Commission and
the Interstate Commerce 'Commission
versus the Chesapeake & Ohio Rail
road company, affirming the decision
of the United States circuit court for
the western district of Virginia. The
cases involved the question of discrim
ination in freight rates oik coal by the
Chesapeake & Ohio in favor of the
| .. New York. New Haven & Hartford
road as against other shippers. The
decision was against the railroad com
pany.
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Anthracite Scale Ready.
NEW YORK—The full scale commit
tee of the United Mine Workers of
America, including thirty-six members,
among them President John Mitchell.
District Presidents Fay. Nichols and
Dettreys. District Secretaries Galla
gher, Dempsey and Hartlein and the
executive boards of hard coal districts
No. 1. 7 and 9, are in tnis city fdr a
few days to consider the demands the
anthracite miners are to make to the
committee of operators appointed at
the recent conference that was held
here.
No Yellow Fever in Cuba.
HAVANA—The health department
announced that no cases of yellow
fever existed in Cuba.
Are Not Paying the Money.
ST. PETERSBURG—In the course
or an article pointing out a general
improvement in tne nnanciai situation,
Premier Witte's newspaper organ, the
Russkoe Gossudarstvo. states that
owing to the impossibility of raising
the $300,000,000 required to meet the
extraordinary expenditures provided
for in the budget by ordinary means,
it will be needful to have recourse to
the more or less frequently resort
when tney hnd tnemseives in anal
ogoius difficulties.
Grants a Reprieve.
SANTA FE. N. M.—Governor Hager
man granted a reprieve for one week
to John Conley, who was to have been
hanged at Taos for the murder of
James Redington, in order to permit
an examination into his mental condi
tion. It’ is reported that Conley be
came a raving maniac when told the
governor had refused to commute his
sentence. There is no telegraph line
to Taos and a messenger carrying the
reprieve rode thither from . Embudo,
thirty-five miles over a mountainous
road. x
TAFT IN CHICAGO.
Makes An Address Upon the Army
and Republic.
CHICAGO—Secretary of War Will
iam Taft, before an audience which
filled the Auditorium to the doors, de
livered an oration upon "The Army
and the Republic.”
He spoke under the auspices of the
Union League club of this city, which
for years has made a feature of the
celebration of the birthday of Wash
ington. In the morning the secretary
addressed 5,000 school children, who
were gathered 'in the same hall in
which he delivered his afternoon
speech. For his address to the young
people he choose "The Philippines,”
telling at considerable length of the
progress that is being made to Amer
ican standards. At night he spoke for
the third time at the banquet held in
the Union League club bouse and this
time he discussed the Panama canal.
In opening his address in the after
noon which was the most important
speech of the three. Secretary Taft
declared that his work had so far been
of such an exclusive character that he
did not know about anything but the
Philippines, the Panama canal, the
army and the best method of organiz
ing a matrimonial excursion. The
Philippines, he said, he had already
discussed, the Panama canal he had
reserved for his speech at the banquet
and the only subject left for the after
noon was the army. The secretary
spoke at considerable length, discuss
ing the organization, needs and ac
quirements of the army, urging strong
ly upon his hearers that they support
both the army and the navy in such
a manner that both could be main
tained at a state of the highest pos
sible efficiency. He dwelt with em
phasis upon the necessity or being
prepared for war as the surest guar
antee of peace. The words of George
Washington, in this connection, he
said, are even more true today than
when they were uttered, for the rea
son that the country is now very much
closer in touch with the other nations
of the world than it was in the day3
of Washington.
In his discussion of the Panama
canal at the Union League club at
night. Secretary Taft gave his hearers
a history of the affairs on the isthmus
of Panama for the last four years. He
told of the many obstacles that have
been met with and have been over
come and of some of obstacles that arq
still unsolved.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY IS 86.
Her Birthday Anniversary Celebrated
in Washington.
WASHINGTON—A celebration in
honor of the eighty-sixth anniversary
of the birthday of Miss Susan B. An
thony was held in the Church of Our
Father here. The attendance included
a number of public men who delivered
addresses and also delegates from the
woman’s suffrage convention which
has just finished its sessions in Balti
more. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw pre
sided and addresses were made by Sen
ator Dubois of Idaho, and Representa
tives Keefer of Ohio and Reeder of
Kansas. Rev. John Van Schaick of
this city and Rev. Antoinette Brown
Blackwell of New Jersey.
HEARING OF LIVE STOCK BILL.
Prominent Stockmen Urge Necessity of
Change.
WASHINGTON—The house commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce
conducted a hearing on the Stephens
bill extending from twenty-eight hours
to thirty-six hours the time live stock
may be permitted by carriers to re
main in cars. Edgar Van Etten. vice
president of the New York Central
railway: Murdo Mackenzie. Trinidad,
Colo., president of the American Na
tional Live Stock association: M. F.
Buell, president of the Chicago Live
Stock exchange; John Moore, chair
man of the railway committee of the
Chicago Live Stock Exchange, and H.
C. Cowan, Fort Worth. Texas, repre
senting the Texas Cattle Raisers’ asso
ciation were among the speakers who
appeared in support of the bill.. All
of them urged that an extension of the
twenty-eight, hour limit was necessary
to the advancement of the cattle in
dustry.
MAKES AN ATTACK ON SHAW.
Secretary of the Treasury Accused of
Connivance.
CLEVELAND, O—City Clerk Peter
Witt recently wrote a letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt in which he charged
that Secretary of the Treasury Leslie
M. Shaw had supported John R.
Walsh of Chicago, the financier and
quarry owner, in the contest for a
sandstone public building in Cleve
land.
A response from Secretary Shaw
was received as follows:
“Your letter has been handed to me
by the president,” wrote Mr. Shaw.
“The statement is wholly false and
your authority must' have known It
was false. I did not even know that
Mr. Walsh was interested in quarries.
You must admit traducing public of
ficials, Mr. Witt, or make good your
charges. Name your informant.”
Want Surplus Lands Allotted.
ARDMORE. I. T.—The Chickasaw
legislature in special session at Tish
omingo has adopted a memorial ask
ing congress to allot each Indian
eighty acres of the surplus lands of
the Chickasaw nation.
Chaplain Leary Dying.
CHAPMAN. Kas—Father F. E.
Leary, national chaplain ot the U. A.
R., who is ill at his home here with
pneumonia, was reported slowly sink
ing. His physicians hold out no hope
of recovery.
Heat Given Earth by Sun.
It has been mathematically demon
strated as a consequence of the vary
ing inclination of the sun’s rays at dif
ferent times cf the year that of the
total amount of heat received by the
earth in the course of a year 63 per
cent is received during the summer
and 37 per cent during the winter.
Colonel a Spanish Title.
The title “colonel” is derived from
; the Spanish. The name Is “coronel,”
I which may account for the English
j pronunciation.
.a.-.*-. — smiTimi—nrt"
EX SPEAKER DIES
JT DUBUQUE
PASSES AWAY AFTER AN ILL
NESS OF NINE MONTHS.
For a Number of Days in An Uncon
scious State—For Many Years a
Prominent Political Fgure.
DUQUBUE—Former Speaker David
B. Henderson of the national house ol
representatives died Sunday afternoon
at Mercy hospital of paresis, which
attacked him nine months ago. He
began to sink Friday afternoon, rallied
Saturday morning, but in the after
noon lapsed until the end came. All
of his family except a son in Califor
nia was at the bedside.
Colonel Henderson had been unable
to recognize anyone but his wife since
a wee.k aog, except on Friday when
he partly regained his mental facul
ties. Colonel Henderson was stricken
with paresis last May, and his condi
tion grew so grave that he was re
moved to a hospital in September,
his condition remained unchanged ex
cept for the usual progress of such a
disease until a week ago last Friday
when he suffered another stroke
which resulted in total blindness. The
former speaker failed rapidly pbysi
cally and mentally until Friday, when
his mental powers returned for a few
hours, followed by a relapse which
ended in death.
The funeral will be held next Thurs
day with services in the Episcopal
church under the auspices of the
Grand Army. Former Congressman
George D. Perkins of Sioux City will
deliver an eulogy. The body is to lie
in state on Thursday at the Church.
Career of Deceased.
WASHINGTON — Former Speaker
Henderson, who died at Dubuque, la.
was for many years a prominent figure
in the counsels of his party and had
a host of friends among both republi
cans and democrats in congress. Suc
ceeding Speaker Reed in the chair
Mr. Henderson carried out vigorously
the rules adopted by his predecessor
for the expedition of the business oi
the house. He was twice elected
speaker, his last term in that office
closing a twenty-years service in the
lower branch of congress.
It was in advocating the cause oi
war veterans that the former speaker
was seen at his best in debate in the
house. He stubbornly fought for what
he believed was their rights and elo
quently pleaded their cause. Oldtim
ers in congress recalled tonight the fa
nous debate on the Mexican widows
pension bill, when Representative Nor
w'ood of Alabama taunted the Iowar
about his Scotch ancestry. In his reply
Colonel Henderson told with great sin
ceritv and earnestness the story oi
how he and his two brothers had gone
to the war. and the extemporaneous
speech he then made w’as a notable
one.
He lost a leg in the civil war, and
the stump gave him much trouble all
his subsequent life.
THE RUSSIAN CABINET.
Reports of Witte’s Resignation Are
Discredited.
ST. PETERSBURG.—The reports
abroad that Premier Witte had re
signed and that his resignation had
been accepted by Emperor Nicholas
are discredited here. No furthei
changes in the cabinet are expected ai
present and it is probable that M. Ne
menchaiefT, minister of communica
tions, will retain his portfolio for the
time being. The successors of Minis
ter of Commerce Timiriazeff and Min
ister of Agricuclture Kutler have nol
been determined upon. The appoint
ment of M. Krivoshein, former minis
ter of public works and railways, as
miinster of agriculture, is regarded as
only temporary.
GERMANY WANTS A ROW.
Certain Kaiser Wartts Algeciras Con
ference to Be Indecisive.
LONDON.—Official opinion in Great
Britain regarding the Moroccan con
ference can be summed up by th«
statement “that it is now certain Ger
many desires the Algeciras conferenct
to break up without settling the vexed
Moroccan questions.”
It is contended here that, not satis
fled with refusing what Great Britair
calls the most ‘liberal offer’ on th«
part of France in respect to policing
Morocco, Germany has placed anothei
obstacle in the way of a Bettlemenl
by making impossible suggestions it
regard to the proposed state bank.
France Wants Big Ships.
PARIo—Premier Rouv«er laid the
Moroccan situation before the cabinei
but no announcement was made con
cerning the modification of the present
status.
Goth Wins Easily.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Frank Gotch, gen
erally regarded as the champioi
wrestler of America, won from Charles
Hackenschmidt of Sweden In straighl
falls.
Cheaper Gas for Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A special com
mittee of the board of aldermen jde
cided on Friday to recommend two gas
ordinances for passage by the council
next Monday night. One ordinance
fixes 75 cents a thousand cubic feei
as the maximum price to be chargee
for artificial gas. The other measure
proposes to submit to the voters at the
city election April 3, an amndment t<
the charter providing that in granting
all lighting franchises the city reserves
the right to purchase at its actual
value.
Will Evict the Weavers.
MOOSUP, Conn.—The strike of the
weavers at the Aldrich Manufacturing
company’s plant assumed a new phase
Thursday, when the company begat
the service of eviction papers on the
seven or eight hundred people who oc
cupy the seventy tenement house:
owned by the company. The tenants
some of whom are between sixty ant
seventy years old and have lived mere
all their lives, were notified that un
less the strikers returned to worl
within thirty days the houses must b:
Treated.
HOCH 18 EXECUTED.
Illinois Bluebeard Hanged for Murder
of One of His Wives.
CHICAGO—John Hoch, convicted
murderer, confessed bigamist and who,
if by a fraction of the stories of crime
that are told of him are trut, was one
of the greatest criminals this country
has ever known, was hanged in the
county jail Friday for poisoning hij
wife, Marie Welcker-Hoch.
He faced death as he has always
said that he would face it when the
| final moment came—calmly and with
out fear. He stood on the scaffold be
neath the dangling noose in the atti
tude and with the placid courage of a
soldier who realizes to the full that
death is his portion, but is still un
afraid. He died with a prayer on his
lips for the officers of the law who
took his life, and save for the words
“Good by,” his last utterance was an as
sertion that he was innocent of the
crime for which he paid the extreme
penalty of the law.
The last scene in the career of Hoch
came at 1:34 in the afternoon, while
his attorneys were still making desper
ate efforts for a little more time on
earth for him. His death, the law
years say, has not ended the appeal
that was made in his behalf, and al
though the man himself is dead, they
promise to carry the case to the su
preme court of the United States, and
if it is decided that he was unlawfully
hanged, proceedings will be com
menced against the officers of the law
wrho officiated at the execution.
ASKS AN INVESTIGATION.
Resolution in the House Bearing on
Hard Coal Rates.
WASHINGTON. — Representative
McNary of Massachusetts introduced
a resolution instructing the president
to have the interstate commerce com
mission investigate the alleged con
trol and ownership of anthracite coal
and anthracite mines by railway com
binations. The resolution specifically
requires that a report be made as to
whether the anthracite carrying roads
in combination fix the price of an
thracite coal in April each year, "tak
nig coal stove size as a basis $4.50
per ton f. o. b. New York; taking one
third of such price as the carrying
charge for such coal, and whether
they advance the price of 10 cents per
month up to and including Septem
ber 1, taking one-third of such advance
of 10 cents per month as their share
for carrying such coal.”
Major General Wood.
DAYTON, O. — Major General
Thomas J. Wood died at his residence
in this city Sunday night, after a long
illness, aged 83 years. He was the
last survivor of the celebrated class at
West Point of 1845. He is survived by
his widow and two sons, Captain
George Wood, who served in Cuba and
the Philippines in the Spanish-Ameri
can war, and Thomas J. Wood, now in
Idaho. General Wood was retired
from the army in 1868 with the rank
of major general. At his request the
burial will be at West Point.
Putting Lid on Theaters.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Pursuant to a
Sunday closing order issued by the
Board of Safety last Tuesday and di
rected at places of amusement, the po
lice Sunday afternoon made wholesale
arrests of managers and actors at
three of Louisville’s principal thea
ters. At Hopkins’ Vaudeville theater
and the Buckingham, a burlesque
house, all the actors, the managers of
the houses and the companies, the
ticket sellers and the dorkeepers were
arrested, the actresses not being mo
lested.
Moving Canal Dirt.
WASHINGTON — The Isthmian
canal commission has received a re
port from the chief engineer. Stevens,
at Panama, which shows that the total
yardage moved on the Culebra division
for the month of January exceeded
that moved in December.
NO MORE EXCURSION RATES.
Ohio Railroads to Adhere Strictly
to 2-Cent Rate.
CHICAGO—All forms of transporta
tion, except the regular 2-cent rate pro
vided by law. will be cut off by the
railroads in Ohio. This decision-was
reached at a conference of all railroads
with lines In that state.
It was agreed that by eliminating
everything except 2-cent fares the
roads could in a measure recompense
themselves for the loss caused by the
new rate law.
After Sunday Theater.
DEIS MOINES — Senator Warren
Garst Introduced a measure in the up
per house prohibiting the Sunday thea
ter In Iowa. The measure carries with
it a fine of J5U and applies to ail places
of amusement open on Sunday.
Hold Early Convention.
TOPEKA. Kas. — The democratic
state convention will be held in To
peka Wednesday, April 26. This was
decided upon by the unanimous vote
of the state democratic committee.
England Still Claims It.
LONDON—In the house of commons
the statement was made that the trans
fer of Port Arthur from Russia to
Japan does not affect the status of
W'ei-Hai-Wei, which was leased to
Great Britain.
Helped Found Omaha Bee.
SAN FRANCISCO—Henry Gerald, a
j well known newspaper man, is dead in
this city, aged seventy-six years. Ger
ald, together with its present proprie
tor. Edward Rosewater, founded the
Omaha Bee.
Find Cat in Well.
After being missing for two weeks
a cat belonging to a family in Wilt
shire, England, was found clinging to
the side of a well thirty-five feet from
the surface and just above the water.
She was apparently none the worst for
her experience after being brought to
the top.
Trains Arrive on Time.
The Great Eastern railway claims j
the record for its London and suburban j
trains, of which 99% per cent depart I
j and arrive on time. j
AS TO AMENDMENT
Of TBEJEAIE Bill
IS SAID PRESIDENT WILL NOT OP
POSE SAME.
If a Measure is Finally Passed That
is Not Acceptable It Will Prob
ably Ba Vetoed.
WASHINGTON—By a vote of 8 to
5 the senate committee on interstate
commerce agreed to report the Hep
burn rate bill without amendment, but
the resolution reserved to the mem
bers of the committee freedom of ac
tion concerning amendments offered in
the senate. By a vote of 5 to 3 Senator
Tillman, a democrat, was given the
honor of reporting the bill. This es
tablishes a precedent in that a repub
lican senate committee has given to a
democrat control of an improtant mea
sure passed by a republican house and
endorsed by a republican president.
Senators Cullom and Carmack were
absent and their votes were recorded
only on the main proposition.
The resolution follows:
Resolved, That the interstate com
merce committee report favorably
house bill 12,987 as it passed the house.
It being understood that members of
the committee have a right to vote as
they choose on amendments or to offer
amendments in the senate on consider
ation of the bill.
Senator Dolliver offered the first
part of the resolution and Senator Al
drich made a motion to amend by add
ing the restrictions concerning amend
ments. The Alcrich motion prevailed,
the affirmatives being, Elkins, Aldrich,
Kean, Foraker, Crane, Tillmna, Foster
and Newlands. The negative votes
were Dolliver, Clapp and McLaurin.
After the meeting, however. Senator
McLaurin said that he intended to
vote for the change, and a change was
made in the committee record, leaving
onlv Dolliver and Clapp for the reso
lution as offered by Senator Dolliver.
The vote for the resolution as amended
■WilR*
Yeas—Cullom, Dolliver, Clapp, Till
man. McLaurin, Carmack, Foster and
Newlands.
Nays—Elkins, Aldrich, Kean, For
aker and Crane.
Senator Aldrich then moved that the
bill be reported by Chairman Elkins,
but senators Dolliver and Tillman pro
tested that some friend of the measure
should make the report and Senator
Aldrich amended his motion, providing
that the report be made by Senator
Tillman. He stated that the democrat
ic members furnished th® majority of
the votes for the bill and that it was
proper to have the minority "father
it.” This --as taken by Senators Doll
iver and Clapp as an effort to humiliate
them, but they remained silent.
Chairman Elkins suggested that the
report should be made by Senator
Dolliver, who had been one of the men
who helped draft the Hepburn bill and
a leader in the fight to prevent the
adoption of amendments. Only Sena
tor Clapp supported the suggestion
which had been informally made.
A vote was then had on the ques
tion of who should report the bill, re
sulting as follows:
For Senator Tillman—Aldrich, Kean,
Foraker, Crane and McLaurin.
For Senator Dolliver—Elkins, Clapp
and Newlands.
Not voting—Dolliver, Tillman and
Foster.
WESTERN STATES IN LEAD.
Percentage nf Increase in Manufac
tories Greatest. •
WASHINGTON—A report prepared
by the census bureau for the use of the
congressional committee on manufac
tories, discloses'that in the percentage
of increases in number of industries
and value of products manufactured,
five of the tar western states leads the
list.
In Oklahoma in the last five years
capital invested in manufacturing in
creased 351 per cent; value of the
production 200 per cent; number of.
establishments, 107 per cent, and imm
ber of employes 147 per cent.
Indian Territory ranks on a par
with Oklahoma with an increase of
200 per cent in the value of manufac
tured materials. 215 per cent increase
in capital invested and an increase of
160 per cent in the number of estab
lishments.
Nevada, Idaho and Utah ranked
next. There was a decrease in number
of manufacturing establishments, de
spite an increase in output and capital
invested in a majority of the states,
due it is stated, to the consolidation of
small enterprise.
To Defend Accused Miners.
BUTTE, Mont—Five thousand dol
lars have been appropriated by the
Mill and Smelter Men’s union of this
city to aid in the defense of Charles
F. Moyer, Haywood. Petti bone and Or
chard, who are suspected of the mur
der of ex-Governor Steuenberg of
Idaho.
Turner Would Hire Negroes.
WASHINGTON—J. Milton Turner of
St. Louis, formerly American minister
to Liberia, is endeavoring to enlist the
interest of isthmian canal officials In
the employment of negro labor from
the United States in building the canal.
He discussed the matter with Chair
man Shonts, to whom he said that
there was a large number of negroes
in the United States, particularly in
the south, available Tor and capable
physically of doing the work required
on the isthmus, and would like to go
there.
Legalizing Final Proofs.
WASHINGTON — Representative
Burke of South Dakota introduced a
bill providing that all final proofs for
homestead lands in the Chamberlain
land district made before the judge or
clerk of the court of Stanley county,
or any United State court commis
sioner at Fort Pierre, prior to July 1,
1905, shall be accpeted, and patented
the same as if such proofs were made
within the Chamberlain district. This
act shall not affect any final proor ex
cept only In respect to the place where
same was made.
TRAINING FOR AGRICULTURE.
Burkett Offers Bill Providing For Ap
propriation.
WASHINGTON—At the request of
the school teachers and the school or
ganizations of Nebraska, Senator Bur
kett introduced a bill providing for the
application of a portion of the proceeds
from the sale of public lands to state
normal schools of the United States
for the advancement of instruction in
agricultural and manual training. The
bill follows very closely along the lines
of the Morrill act passed years ago,
which provides for appropriating *1,
OOv.OOO annually to the various agricul
tural schools of the country.
Mr. Burkett's bill starts out with an
appropriation of *51)0,000 for the years
ending June 30,1905, and in raising the
amount of such appropriations thereaf
ter for five years by the additional
sum of *100,000 each year until the
amount shall become *1,000,000. It
makes the same provisions as did the
Morrill act to guard against distinc
tion of race or color in the adminis
s.on of students. The bill also pro
vides that one-half of the sum approp
riated shall be divided equally among
the several states, and that the other
half shall be divided pro rata among
the several state normal schools of the
various states in proportion to the
length of term held and the .number of
students enrolled each year. The ob
ject of the plainly is simply to
equip teachers more ruily for the
teaching of agriculture. Most of the
states have schools, and Mr. Burkett’s
bid only looks toward the qualifica
tion of teachers for this important
position, inasmuch as most teachers
are prepared at normal schools.
KNOX HAS RATE BILL.
Launches Long-Expected Measure In
Senate.
WASHINGTON—Mr. Knox’s much
discussed and long-expected railroad
rate bill ■was introduced in the senate
Thursday, and because of the excep
tional interest in the subject was ac
corded the unusual privilege of a read
ing at length for the information of
senators on the day of introduction.
Close attention was given to the read
ing of the bill. In a brief statement
Mr. Knox said he did not hope to have
the committee on interstate commerce
do more than consider the bill as af
fording light on the question of court
review of the findings of the interstate
commerce commission.
LOS ANGELES IS ALARMED.
Southern Pacific Coast Defenseless in
Case of War.
LOS ANGELES—Realizing the de
fenseless condition of the Southern
California section of the Pacific coast
in case of war, John H. Norton, chair
man of the military post and military
fortification committee of Los Angeles
chamber of commerce, has recom
mended to that body immediate action
toward procuring, through the state’s
representatives in 'Washington, an ap
propriation for fortifications at San
Pedro. He suggests that similar ac
tion be taken by the merchants and
manufacturers’ association and the
Municipal League.
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THIS FORTUNE IS REAL ONE.
Hastings and Harvard Women Heirs
to Large One.
HASTINGS.—Mrs. Ed Livingston of
this city has just received a letter con
firming the report that her mother,
Mrs. Margaret Crowder of Harvard,
Neb., is one of four persons to equally
share an estate of J6.000.000 left by
Sumner Bebee of Carlisle, Canada.
The three other parties to share in
the estate are a brother of Mrs. Crow
der ftt Harvard, a sister at Blue Hill
and another sister in California.
Land Cases Tried in May.
OMAHA.—It is probable few or no
trials of the land fencing cases will
be held at the present adjourned term
of the federal courts. But much is
promised for at the May term, both
by the federal grand jury and the
courts. The land cases now on the
dockets are largely under old indict
ments and many of these possibly will
be dropped altogether because of the
disappearance of witnesses. However,
several important cases will come be
fore the grand jury in the matter of
the procurement or fraudulent filings
on lands.
MAY BE SENT TO THE HAGUE.
Moroccan Affair Will Probably Not Be
Settled by Delegatee.
MADRID.—An Important Spanish
statesman is authority .for the state
ment that the question Is now, moptqd
of charging The Hague., arbitrary
tribunal with the settlement' of the
Moroccan controversy, owing1 to the
apparent inability of the delegates at
Algeciras to secure an accord. The
newspapers say that while war Is not
likely, the Franco-German controversy
keeps Europe in a state of constant
uneasiness. '
Major Hammond Dead.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal'—Major A.
0,-Hammond of the United States cav
alry, died at the general hospital at
Presidio, Tuesday evening, after an
illness oi more than tour months. The
remains will be Bent ,to . Quincy, 111.,
for interment ..
Washington Day Reception.
GIBRALTAR—Ambassador Wbite,
Minister Gummere and Consul Sprague
held a reception at the American con
sulate-here In honor of Washington’s
birthday.
Wants to Increase Stock.
MONTREAL—The , Bell Telephone
company of Canada at its annual meet
ing announced that it had asked per
mission of the dominion parliament to
increase its capital from ten to fifty
millions, ia view of the necessary ex
tension of linns in the near future.
Pope Receives American Sailors.
ROME—A detachment of fifty sailors
from the American cruiser squadron
now at Naples arrived here Thurs
day. The Americans vere all re
ceived by the Pope,
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DOCTOR OSLER GIVES ADVICE.
His Theories Concerning Medicine
and Physicians.
Dr. William Osier writes: “Man has
an inborn craving for medicine. Hero
ic dosing for several generations has
given his tissues a thirst for drugs.
As I once before remarked, the desire
to take medicine is one feature which
distinguishes man, the animal, from
his fellow creature. It is really one
of the most serious difficulties with
which we have to contend. Even in
minor ailments, which would yield to
dieting or to simple home remedies,
the doctor's visit is not thought to be
complete without the prescription.”
Of the cultured physician he says:
“In no profession does culture count
for so much as in medicine, and no
man needs it more than the general
practitioner, working among all sorts
and conditions of men, many of whom
are influenced quite as much by his
general ability, which they can appre
ciate, as by his learning, of which they
have no measure.”
Dr. Osier advises physicians to
“walk with the young”: “I would urge
the clinical physician, as he travels
farther from the east, to look well to
his companions—to see that they are
not of his own age and generation.
He must walk with the ‘boys,’ he
must travel with the men who are do
ing the work of the world, the men
between the ages of 25 and 40.”
ARMENIAN DIED HERO’S DEATH.
Made Splendid Defense of His Resi
dence at Baku.
Adamoff was an Armenian hero of
Baku. The author of a recent volume
on that city has this to say of him.
"Adamoff was the crack rifle shot In
Baku, one of the wealthiest Armeni
ans engaged in the oil business, and
his residence in Arnianskia street was
one of the palaces of the city, so far
as the magnificence of the oriental
decoration was concerned. He stood
a three days’ siege and shot no fewer
than forty Tartars, who, on the last
day, formed a heap of dead at the cor
ner of the street. Adamoff was kept
supplied with cartridges by his young
son, who got shot in that service.
And then Adamoff himself was hit on
the balcony of his house, whence he
had so long defended it. Receiving a
shot in the shoulder, the deadly
marksman dropped hiB rifle on to the
railing of a balcony, but, nerved with
the courage of despair and determined
to sell his life still more dearly, he
continued shooting. His movements
became slow, the Tartars become
more aggressive, and he finally re
ceived a fatal wound which laid him
low on the balcony.”
Duel by Proxy in France.
It is not often that one of the prin
cipals in a French duel backs out.
but an incident of this kind happened
yesterday, says a dispatch from Paris.
An encounter had been arranged be
tween M. Gomez Carrilo and M. Aus
tin de Croze, but the latter failed to
appear at the appointed time, and
half an hour later a telegram was re
ceived from him to the effect that he
did not intend to fight. The disap
pointed principal was determined to
have satisfaction from somebody, and
he suggested to M. George Dubois, tha
well-known fencing master, who was
one of the absent man’s seconds, that
he would step into the breach. M.
Dubois was agreeable, but owing to
his superior skill with the sword he
proposed that the duel be fought with
pistols. No pistols being obtainable
for the moment, the pair faced each
other with swords. In the second
round M. Dubois “pinked” his adver
rary in the arm. and the outraged
honor of the latter was declared to be
satisfied.—London Chronicle.
More Work for Wilson.
A servant girl in the household of
a Pottsville, Pa., family was slicing
potatoes for dinner the other day.
when she found one that was particu
larly watery. She was about to
throw it away when the knife struck
something hard. She cut it out and
showed it to her mistress. It proved
to be a pearl, which jewelers value
at |40. Now, then, here is an oppor
tunity for Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson. Let him take up immediate
ly the investigation and propagation
of the pearl-bearing potato. There is
not a constituent of any congressman
but would like to have sample and ex
perimental packages of that vege
table. The seed of a potato that
grows pearls would be much mors
highly appreciated than several pack
ages of peas good only for a cheap
porridge.—Savannah News.
Tobacco Injures Soldiers.
Britain wants better marksmen in
its armies, but many people claim that
the increasing use of cigarettes among
the soldiers is defeating this ambi
tion. The duke of Wellington would
not allow smoking in any form. His
famous order ran as follows: “The
commander in chief has been inform
ed that the practice of smoking pipes
aDd cigars and cheroots has become
prevalent among the army, which is
not only in itself a species of Intoxica
tion occasioned by the fumes of tobac
co, tut undoubtedly occasions drink
ing and tippling by those who acquire
the habit.” The order went on to beg
officers to prevent smoking among the
officers of junior ranks in their regi
ments.
Helping Out.
With an exclamation of delight the
hardened tourist rushed out on the
baggage platform and started to smash
his trunk with an ax.
“Hold on!” shouted the baggage
man. “Are you crazy?’’
“Not at all.” replied the hardened
tourist as he continued to smash. “I
read that baggagemen were overwork
ed at this season, so I thought I would
smash my own trunk and save you the
trouble."
Ignorant French Recruits.
Sixty-two French recruits were re
cently asked to name the present
form of government in France and to
tell how it was established. Thirty
four replied “The republic" only;
one man said, “The French govern
ment has been established by all the
other countries together”; another.
“The French government was estab
lished by a general assembly of all
the coups d'etat.”
