'UJ.'J I H LI' WW
lionD GATKERIM
Tho Last Dinner Boforo a Final
Decision.
BREAKING BREAD OF PEACE
Vhe AUtknn 1 )(i ii ml r.r Commission I'nr-
take of Hospitality A MlnulluK ot
Notably rrutnlnciit Men.
Tho dinner given by tho Pilgrims so
ciety to tho Alaskan boundary com
mission al Clnrldgo hotel, London,
proved tho most notnblo nssomblng!
of Englishmen, Americans and Canr
dlatiH over brought togoti or In Lor.
don. hi addition to tho members o
tho commission, tho Brill h cablnc'
inlnlHtem, tho American iHihnssndot.
and the most prominent i prescnta
tivcfl of HngllBh public, llfo v iro pros-!
cnt.
Field Marshal Iord Roberts presided
On his right eat Ambassador Choat'
and o"h his loft Lord Chief Justice Al
vertfionc. l-ord l,nr,downo, Sir Louis
Jcttc, Sir Stanley Clarke, tho king's
equerry, and Secretary Kllhu Hoot sat
at tho samo table, wlillo tho other
quests vcro distributed at small tubles
around tho room,
I-ord KobcrtH proposed tho health of
King I'dward and President Hoosovclt
In a united toast which mot with u
cordial reception. Ho then proposed
"Tho Alasknn boundary commission,"
to which Iord Alvcrstono roplled, say
ing that tho mooting of tho cotnmlB
r.loncrs would stand iib a monument
of tho feeling evidenced In America
and Orc.it Urltnln to scttlo their dlfTor
caccs by a common sense method. lCx
UnJtcd Stntcs Senator Turner, and tho
lion. Clifford Slfton. Canadian Interior
minister, answnrcd for their rcspcctlvo
countries, tho latter snylng that no
greater crime could bo concolvcd
against human nature than troublo be
tween Great Urltaln and tho United
BUitcs.
Proponing tho health of tho Anglo
Saxon race, Foreign Secretary Lord
Lnnsdowno claimed that it hnd dono
mora than any other nationality to
promote tho arts and literature and
just and equal government. Ho said:
"I may prophesy that our contribution
towardn the happiness and tho good
government of the world will not bo
ltss In the future than it has been in
the past. Tho two great branches of
tho Auglo-Snxon race will bo found
working shoulder to shoulder, giving
An oxnmplo to tho world1 of tho best
modo of M'ttllng differences. Human
natures are fallible, and wo musthavo
our little dlffcronccs from tlmo to tlmo,
but an nppoul to forco Ik unthinkable."
His lordship reformed to tho fact that
eight countries wcro Joining in tho
Venezuelan arbitration and tho pleas
ure h derived from signing tho Anglo
French arbitration treaty, but tho
AlaBkaa tribunal, be dcclnied, was by
far tho most Important cxamplo of
that' principle. Jacob M. Dickinson,
tho American consul, In responding,
referred to tho Afro-American and
othor element composing the Amor
lean population,
Mr. Ayleswrirth, tho Canadian com
missioner, answering in tho name of
Canada, asked if Lord1 lnnsdowno had
not lost sight of tho fact that several
thousands of tho best Anglo-Saxons
lived in Canada. Passionately, Mr.
Aylcsworth declared that nono was
more loyal to King Edward than tho
Canadian, yet thero was nono who
from a business and sentimental point
of vlovr moro appreciated their asso
ciation with' America.
Secretary Root closed tho dinner
with a notnblo speech, proposing tho
health of Lord RobertR ns tho coui-mnndor-In-chlcf
of tho Uritlsh army.
Mr. Root referrod to tho endeavor to
promote nrmy reform on both sides
of tho Atlantic. Tho American people,
ho said, had inherited from (Jrcat
Britain tho ingrained distrust of a
standing army. Tho people of America
had inherited tho spirit of civil con
trol of tho military arm. On both
sides ot tho Atlantic during tho past
year tho evor-rccurring problem of rec
onciling civil nnd military expert opin
ion and authority bad beon tho causo
of difficulty and Incnicloncy.
Mr. Root said1 by tho creation of a
general stnh' ho hoped that tho United
States hnd solved tho problem, and ho
trusted that Great Urltaln would bo
elmlllnrly fortunnte.
After remarking that Canada had
learned how colonics should bo prop
erly treated by tho lesson of tho Amer
ican revolution, Mr. Root said ho was
proud to put tho American army s do
by sido with tho Uritlsh army, tho,
cnanwiorifiui'. ot tno iattor being that
It did uot fight for tyranny, oppression
or conquest, but for progress, llborty
and construction, not destruction,
which always followed in tho wako of
tho British arms.
Lord Roborts briefly thanked Secre
tary Root anil tho proceedings thon
ended.
Quote the Immortal Hhnkspeare
Dr. Oliver Fisher of Sloan, la., has
Just married his fifth wlfo, Margaret
V. Wilcox, who until about a month
ago traveled for a drug company ot
New York. Her headquarters were Co
lumbus, Nob. Dr. Fisher's other wlvc3
(n order were: Ida Fisher, "no rola
tlon," married at Bmlthland, la.; Mary
Chech," married at Iowa City, la,;
Mary Brancli Williams, married at
Lucky Valley, la.; Laura Richmond,
married at Sioux City, la.
Dt. Fisher lived at Chadron and
Crawford two years about 1888-90.
With wlfo No. 3 ho practiced in Oma
ha one year. Tho last wedding oc
curred ct Council Bluffs.
With tlie Alii nml Couseut of Congress
At a meeting of tho commission ap
pointed by tho river improvement con
gress to secure tho aid of tho congress
of the United Statea In preventing fu
ture overflows ot Kansas and Missouri
rivers, It was decided to apply to tho
eecrotary of ivar for tho appointment
of a board of cnglncors to examine In
to the existing conditions at Kansas
City, Mo., and to proparo a plan to pro
rent floods In tho future. Tho appeal
to the secretary ot war Is to bo placod
in the bands of tho United States sen
ators and congressmen from Kansas
and Missouri.
ON HENOLOGY.
One of tliu Mint I'rofltnlilo Investments
In the United Btntcs.
Prof. J. 15. Orr, of Beaver, Pa., sec
retary of tho American Poultry osso
cltlon, has given out somo interesting
statistics upon tho profit earning capa
bilities of tho American hen. An avcr
ago hen should produce 210 eggs a
year. Her food for tho year will cost
80 oonts. Tho eggs will sell for 2
cents each, bringing $1.80.
It costs from 47 to 03 cents a year to
feed a farm hen, where they nro al
lowed to run at large. Many farmers
who ralso poultry pay nothing what
ever for food, but glvo chlckonB tho
wnsto from their granary and tabic A
very Important part of tho laying hen's
diet is water. Two-thirds of the egg
Is water, tho other one-third consisting
of solid foods. Hero many small poul
try raisers make a mlstako by not pro
viding a suitable supply of clear water.
Professor Orr hn prepared what ho
rails tho yearly 1)111 of fure for bans.
Tho amounts named aro for forty-live
hens and aro supposed to keep them for
ono year:
;i00 pounds ot corn $1.87
C00 pounds of oats G.OO
400 pounds of wheat 4.00
300 pounds of knlllr corn or sor
ghum ; 1.87
400 pounds of bran 3.00
400 pounds ot clover 3.00
300 pounds of beef scran, ment-
mcnl, drlod blood 8.00
400 pounds grit and lino gravel.. 2.00
300 pounds oyster shell 2.25
200 pounds of cut bono 4.00
Tho total Is 3,000 pounds, nt a total
cost of $30, an averngo of eighty
pounds of feed per hen, at a cost of
80 cents.
The first year Is tho most proflittblo
ago for liens. Two pens of leghorns
averaged 175 eggs per fowl during tho
first yenr, tho second yenr tho samo
fowls averaged i:i2V&, and during tho
third 116. Tho per cent of profit was
188 tho first year, 118 tho second and
97j tho third.
Tho result of the experiment is
against tho popular belief that hens
should bo fed grain in gravel and mado
to scrateli for It. Ono pen with all grain
fed In a box averaged 147 eggs per
fowl per year for threo years. Another
pen having grain fed in straw averaged
132 eggs. It was found that hens, with
out exerciso consumed as much' food
as those with 1L
MEN WHO HANDLE MONEY
Btitte Hunker Asncliitlon of Nebraska
Fernlnst tliu llimkrupt Litvr.
The stato bankers' association closed
a most successful session in Lincoln
with a banquet at tho Lincoln botol.
Tho two days' convention was well
attended and much information was
gleaned.
One of tho chief actions of tho ses
sion wns tho passage ot a resolution
asking tho congressmen and Bonators
of Nebraska to favor a bill repealing
tho present bankruptcy law. It waa
agreed that tho bin has served its pur
poso and that it is against .tho welfare
of tho business interest? of tho state
for it to contlnuo longor in force.
J. T. Trenery of Pawnoe City was
elected president of tho association
and E. F. Folda of' Schuyler was mado
vlco president. By a chango in tho
constitution tho exccutlvo council will
In tho future consist of fifteen mem
bers, threo from Omaha, two from Lin
coln and ono each from each of tho
eight groups of bankers with ono mem
ber nt large. Tho terms of llvo will
expire each year. Tho ones to be rc
lloved this year will bo determined
by lot, Tho executive council will ap
point minor officers of tho associa
tion, including secretary and treas
urer. Tho association responded to an ap
peal asking for a contribution to tho
J. Sterling. Morton memorial fund by
tho passago of a resolution declaring it
to bo tho Benso of tho meotlng that
cncli banker ot tho stato give not less
than $1 to this cnuse. Tho sum of $13,
700 has been raised, tho sum necessary
being $15,000.
THE KANSAS IDEA.
Nebraska's Insurance Department Will
Go Hunting for "Wildcats."
Deputy Auditor Pierce of tho insur
ance department intends to begin a
crusade on tho unauthorized llro insur
ance companies doing business In Ne
braska. This will bo dono in conjunc
tion with tho insurnnco departments of
sevornl states which have agreed to run
all unauthorized companies out of tho
business. To that end Mr. Plerco Is
very deelrotiB that circulars received
by agents and others from unauthor
ized companies bo sent to him, that ho
mny warn those nctlng as agents for
tho companies of tho penalty for so do
ing, and also warn tho public that
such companies nro wholly irresponsi
ble nnd that it is Impossible under tho
Nebraska laws for policy holders to
recover from them.
This lntcratato agreement was tho
result of tho meotlng of the insurance
commissioners nt Baltimore somo tlmo
ago, when tho "wild cat" companies,
tho consideration of a fraternal bill to
bo presented to tho legislatures of tho
various states, and tho bringing up of
tho forms of reports of tho companies
to a uniformity, woro tho principal
questions discussed. Mr. Plerco had
received a list of tho companies of Wis
consin that aro doing business without
authority from tho stato and ho is In
vestigating now to 8oo if any of thorn
nro doing business here. Tho com
panies uso tho malls to carry on tho
business and thus aro less liable to de
tection. Their scheme usually Is to or
ganlzo in a stato In which thoy do bus
iness, and then push out to othor states
by uso of tho malls.
Tho commissioners' convention
passed a resolution asking congress to
shut off tho uso ot tho malls to theso
companies, but until this is dono tho
commissioners will endeavor to shut
thorn off by publicity.
A Mttte T.Ike One In Nebruskn.
Attornoy General Crow Instituted
Bult nt Nevada, Mo., asking judgment
for $11,500 against R. B. Speed, ex
coal oil Inspector of St. Ixmls, which
amount plaintiff asserts was collected
during Speed's term nnd withheld by
him in violation of tho act passed by
tho legislature In 1899, donning tho
compensation of oil Inspectors.
ALMOST A BILLION!
Tho Stato of Kansas Tips a Top
Notch in Wealth.
MILLIONS IN STATE BANKS
To lie Accurate, tho Deposits In Stale
lid l'rlviito Institutions Amount
to N.uoty Million Dollars.
Since the stnto bank department was
established In 1801 tho number of stnto
and private banks In Kansas has In
creased from 41 1 to more than 500. in
18'JG tho number diminished to 378.
Tho first Btalemrnt from the bunks
showed a deposit of moro than 15 mll
llln dollnrs. Tho deposits In tho stato
end private banks nro more than 4."
million' dollars today, and about the
samo amount of money Is on deposit
In tho national bnnhu of tho state.
Tho following table shows the de
poslto in tho state nnd private banks
elnco tho bank department was organ
ized, and tlte number of such banks in
tho state, on tho dates of tho rails for
reports by tho bank department:
No. or Total
Dato of call banks, deposits.
Oct 13, 1891 411 $15,773,438.82
Jan. 2, 1892 43!) 17,377,977.90
March 29, 1892 408 18,121,831). 48
Juno 4. 1892 441 18,415.1)11.50
hopt. 2, 1892 447 20,143,881.02
Jan. 3, 1893 415 21,l.'i!,!)1.1.13
April C, 1893 417 21.977,914.17
Juno 20, 1893 131 19.219.525. fi8
Oct. 3, 1893 420 16,299,999.05
Jan. 30, 1894 411 15.127.493.75
Mny 4, 1891 410 lii,701,322'45
July 18, 1891 410 10,755.809.59
Nov. 2, 1894 412 10,871,103.51
Jan. 10, 1895 405 17.112,105.11
April 15, 1895 407 10.S74.275. 32
July 11, 1895 403 1C.5S7.43I. 59
Dec. 24, 1895 404 10,190,789.18
Feb. 28, 1890 31) ii 15,520.831.83
Juno 1, 189C 393 15.023.7SS. 39
Sept, 1, 189G 392 15.220.107.09
Dee. 19, 189C 378 14,553.033. CI
March 9, 1897 381 lf),975.501.70
Juno 21, 1897 377 17.4S4.057.2S
Oct. C, 1S97 383 22.001.873.53
Dec. 24, 1897 372 22.150.200.08
April Ii, 1898 305 22.318.104 98
July 14, 1898 304 22.394,950.31
Oct. 5, 1898 300 22.992.9U0. 37
Dec. 81, 1898 373 22.893.809.24
March 18, 1899 301 23.011.C93. 08
Juno 20, 1899 3CS Ll.091,1 13.05
Sept. 7, 1899 2S3 25,950,270. SO
Dec. 2. 1899 380 2u,.ou,5 15.21
Feb. 13, 1900 387 f'7.125,274.00
Juno 4, 1900 384 28,837,203.74
Sopt. 1, 1900 388 .11,02(1,335.44
Dec. 13, 1900 392 31.041.390.51
Feb. 9. 1901 395 33 872.70
May 31, 1901 110 u, ,051,945.00
Sept. 30, 1901 422 43.000,001.31
Dec. 10, 1901 428 40,561,787.48
March 28, 1902 4.w 39,830.420.49
Juno 10, 1902 453 33,232,008.08
Sept. 2. 1902 402 40.059,La0.97
Nov. 25. 1902 477 40.135,170.58
March 14, 1903 488 41,053,908.04
Juno 9. 1903 490 44.835,238.43
Sept. 9, 1903 502 47,090,056.14
AN IMPORTANT RULiNG.
The Supromo Court Ilnnils Down De
cision on Special Acts.
Ono of tho most important decisions
rondcrcdi by the supremo court of Kan
sas itu a good while, in tho opinion of
tho court itself. Is that of William
Rnmbo against Joo Larnbco and others
for a writ of mandamus. Tho effect
of the decision will bo to mako void
a largo number of special acta of tho
legislature which aro drawn in a gen
eral form, but aro special in their ap
plication. For instance, when special legisla
tion Is wanted for Kansas City, Kan.,
tho bills aro drawn to apply to "cities
of tho first class having a population
of more than 50,000 Inhabitants." This
is general In its form, but it applies
to only ono city, and as Its workings
nro not uniform throughout tho stato
tho court declares that It Is void.
Thero aro a largo number of cases
of this character on tho statuto books,
and there nro portions of the new city
chnrtor act for cities of tho first class
which are framed In tho samo way to
apply to Kniit-aR- City only. Just how
far-reaching tho decision will bo can
not bo told at present, as in somo in
stances tho court will havo to decide
whether u law operates uniformly
throughout tho state.
It Is certain, however, that tho de
cision will knock out considerable of
this class of legislation and it will re
strict tho legislature in the future.
For f.lils reason the members of tho
supreme court attach great importance
to tho decision.
Tho Chllilrrn Must do to School,
Five- thousand ciiuurcn of school ago
aro not attending tho city schools of
Topeka, Kas., according to tho truant
olllcers. Tho truancy law requires all
children between tho ages of eight and
fifteen years to bo sent to schools. A
list of tho missing children was placed
In tho hands of tho officer and tho pa
ronts of tho children who play
"hookey" will bo lined a Bmnll sum,
according to tho law's provisions.
Will Ilnvo to Have a Guide.
All future equipment turned over to
tho railroads by tno Pullman company
will bo so improved in clmmctcr that
tho traveling public will find Itself In
strango surroundings. Tho Improve
ments decided upon aro ot Biich
a character that tho entlro ectvIco of
tho Pullman company on tho principal
railroads of tho country will havo un
dergone a comploto transformation.
A Iliint Wny to Kml Life.
After an unsuccessful attempt to hill
himself, W. A. Attwood, aged 50 yeaTS,
n blacksmith from Everest, Kun., com
mitted suicide in Kansas City, Mo., in
a sensation manner. First ho leaped
from tho Fifth street viaduct to tho
railway yards, fifty feet below. Al
though badly Injuied, ho was ablo to
walk away unassisted and before any
one could reach tho spot, Atwood,
kneeling bcsldo a passing train, placed
his head upon tho track under tho
whcols. Ho was decapitated. Ho, was
despondent over domestic troubles.
' SPOTS ON THE SUN.
New nnd Very Important .Solar Dlirov
erics Mmlo
The United States naval observatory
has mado observations of tho extraor
dinary group of solar Bpot3 now visible
on tho sun, tho largest group discov
ered in tho last decade. Tho observa
tions nro under the direction of Gcorgo
IL Peters, who has mado tho follow
ing statement:
"Tho enormous group was observed
with a photo-heliograph. Tho Indivi
dual Bpols comprising tho group havo
become less numerous, some of tho
smaller spots having consolidated with
others. The group consists of about
nlno spots in nil and shows Indications
of condensing into two principal spots
or groups somewhat separated. Tho
total length of tho disturbed region was
172,000 miles, with a width of about
59,000 miles, tho aggregato length of
the principal spots being 123,000 miles.
Tho group was easily seen by tho naked
eye nt tho navol observatory by sev
eral of the astronomers and ought to
be a conspicuous object for soveral
days yet A brilliant nurora was ob
served, a bright glow In the heavens
near the northern horizon wliilo In
tenso streams shot up toward tho ze
nith. These conspicuous aurorao often
accompany tho appoaranco of largo
sunspots. Tho magnetic conditions ot
tho earth aro affected, producing con
siderable disturbance of tho magnetic
needle."
JUST OR UNJUST?
The Assassin of Kdltor Gonzales Goes
Scot 1'ree.
Former Lieut. Governor James II.
Tillman, on trial at Lexington, S. C,
for the killing of Kdltor Gonzales, of
tho Columbia State, left tho courtroom
a freo man, tho jury having brought in
a verdict of not guilty. A shout went
up from Tillman's friends when the
verdict wns read.
Tlllmn's release was immediately or
dered and after shaking hands with tho
judge and. jury he left tho courtroom,
accompanied by his counsel and
friends. Tho jury was out about twen
ty hours.
Tillman passed a mlserablo night,
awaiting the long expected verdict.
Tho strain of waiting for tho verdict
told on him and when called into
court his eyes wcro bloodshot and his
faco haggard. From the court house
Tillman, supported by bis faithful ne
gro servant, walked back to tho Jail
and got his effects, and then went to a
hotel, where ho found his wife and
mother. Tho meeting was most affec
tionate. Whori his two pistols were
handed to him after tho announcement
of tho verdict Tillman refused to take
them.
N. G. Gonzales, editor of tho Colum
bia State, was killed on the streets ol
tho state capital by Tillman, January
15. 1903.
RULING OF ATTY. GENERAL
Thero Wilt be No Call for Constitutional
Convention.
Considerable worry and talk has beon
Indulged In lately as to whether tho
call for a constitutional convention au
thorized by the last legislature in a
Joint resolution and vetoed by tho gov
ernor, would bo included on tho official
ballot. In an opinion filed last year
by Attorney General Prout tho signa
ture of tho goiernor or his veto to a
proposed constitutional amendment is
considered void. Therefore if the sec
retary ot stato holds tho opinion final,
tho call will bo included on the ballot.
But It will not bo Included this time.
Not till the next legislative election
will tho question bo voted upon. Even
then tho constitutional convention is
not a "sure thing" because after it is
voted upon tho legislature will canvass
the vote, then if it has carried, will
como tho call for the convention. Of
courso the convention's work will havo
to bo ratified by tno voters before tho
constitution will bo changed.
filionld Ho n. I.inr of Limit.
This is n great fall for duck shooting
in Kansas. The flight never has beon
so great slnco the early days ot tho
Btnto. Sportsmen are slaughtering
them by tho thousands. Tho cause, no
doubt, Is tho large wator surface left
by tho unusual floods this year. There
nro ponds in tho valleys and on the
prairies in places where water never
has been known to stand before. Theso
pond3 aro shallow and thereforo make
good feeding ground for ducks, and
they scttlo upon them by tho thou
sands. At Raymond, lni Barton coun
ty, ono day recently, threo Strong City
men killed GOO, aud in tho Choyoune
bottom, in tho same county, threo To
peka politicians killed a thousand.
Somo men kill wantonly, leaving many
dead ducks on tho water.
Honor to a Great General
At tho unveiling of tho General
Shorman statuo at Washington ono of
tho largest flags over bought by tho
government was drr.pcd about it. Tho
stripes ot tho hugo banner covorcd tho
horolc figure ot tho warrior and his
steed. A number of novel features at
tended tho unveiling. Two hundred
armless or legless veterans, dressed in
tho blue they woro in tho CO's had seats
of honor on either sido of the monu
ment typifying the right and left nanus
of Sherman's great army. Tho four
great army societies, the Tennessee,
Cumberland, Ohio nnd Potomac, each
proparcd a magnificent floral tribute.
Hundreds ot veterans participated in
tho exercises.
!J Lost Tils Job ltecaute ot Neglect.
President Roosevelt, upon tho recom
mendation of tho attorney general, has
romoved Marshal Fred A. Field ot tho
district of Vermont, for dorollctlon ot
duty of permitting the escapo at Provi
dence, R. I., of threo Chinamen entrust"
cd to him for deportation.
ltnther An Oily Promoter.
II. II. Adklns, a prominent oil pro
ducer nnd promoter, ot Lima, Ohio, has
been indicted on a charge of having
ombezzlcd $10,000 from stockholders ot
the Union Oil and Gas company.
AMERICA WiflS
Tho Contest for Alsakan Lands
Finally Sottlod.
MEANS A WONDERFUL GAIN
A Territory Itlcli In Mineral Deposits
So I.ouuor lu Doubt us to
KlKhtful Ownership.
Tho Alaskan boundary commission
in session In LIndon, England, has ar
rived at an ngrcement whereby nil the
American contentions aro sustained,
with tho exception of tho30 In relation
to tho Portland canal, which Canada
wins. All that now remains to be dono
Is for tho commissioners to nfilx their
signatures to tho Instrument nnd com
plete the map which will accomplish It.
On tho map will bo marked the
boundary lines definitely fixing tho di
vision of American and British terri
tory on such a basis that no American
citizen will lose a foot of land he al
ready believed he held, while the United
States will retain all the water ways to
tho rich Alaskan territory, with the
exception of the Portland canal, which
gives Canada tho one outlet sho so
much nteded.
Tho long-standing dispute, was only
settled after a week of keen trying,
socret deliberation between tho arbi
trators. Lord Alverstone, though open
ly Incllnde to believe in tho Justice ot
tho American argument that the Unit
ed States was entitled to the heads of
inlets held out that Canada had estab
lished' her caso dealing with tho Port
land canal.
Senator Lodge, Secretary Root and
Secretary Turner agreed to cede thoso
polntsi andi to start tho American
boundary lino from tho head of tho
Portland canal, thus giving tho Canad
ians that channel and some small Is
lands on which there aro only n few
disused stono houses. This accom
plished, tho majority of tho tribunal
agreed to fix, with this exception, the
entire boundary as outlined In the
American case.
The main Issue of tho Canadian con
tention involved tho outlet from the
Klondike gold fields at tho head of the
Lynn cannl, including tho ports of
Skagway and Dyca, through which tho
Klondlko gold business transacted.
Thceo ports remain American terri
tory. Tho decision is taken to concede
the American claim. Tho Americans
laid1 special stress upon their conten
tion that this- strip should be measured
from the heads of bays, while tho Ca
nadians argued that tho measurement
should bo from tho main water of tho
ocean.
Ifnnnn Wants Fence on Khrtti,
Senator Hanna. who presided' over
tho civic federation in Chicago, ap
pealed to thinking men to devote their
best efforts to bring peace to Industrial
conditions. Ho expressed the opinion
that tho federation would eoIvo all
vexed questions in tho future. Ho said:
"Tho very exlstenco of our continued
prosperity depends upon Iho success of
this movement. Tho labor question is
far moro important than, that of tho
selection of a president. Thirty years
ago as mine operator I participated In
a labor strlko in the Ohio region. I
made up by mind then thero Is a bet
ter way to settle differences between
capital and' labor than by strikes. I
appeal to all intelligent men of tho
country to aid us in this work for tho
good of humanity. Tho denunciation
of labor leaders from political plat
formB Is unfair. They nro human nnd
make mistakes. Our unrivaled pros
perity has brought about unduo agita
tion. W. L. King, labor commissioner from
Canada, told tho federation that com
pulsory arbitration had been provided
for in British-America, although not
often used. Other speakers were J. T
Wilson, president of tho international"
brotherhood of maintenance of way,
and Marcus Marks, president of tho
nntlonal association of clothing manu
facturers. Will Jostle With Tammnny.
William J. Bryan Is expected to tako
part on tho stump in a Tammany whirl
wind campaign wlndup, nccording to
plans- just divulged. In pursuance of
Leader Murphy's determination to
make tho New York City election a
national Issue strong appeals have been
secretly made to b'lg democratic lead
ers all over tho country for help dur
ing tho last ten days of tho canvass,
when meetings will be simultaneously
held in every available hall through
out greater New York. It Is under
stood most ot tho leaders appealed to
including Bryan, havo agreed to help
McClcllan's election. Among tho prom
inent democrats besides national com
mitteemen, expected to help nro Tom
Tuggart of Indianapolis, Daniel Cam
pan of Detroit, ex-Governor Campbell
of Ohio, A. P. Goodman, Clark How
ell, Senator Stono, David Bennett Hill
and Senator James K. Jones.
Seems lloth Huve llccn At It.
Percy E. Garretson, a graduato of
tho Lake Mohcgan mllitnry school,
liko his wife. Fidelia E. Garretson so
cially prominent, of Now York is
suing her for an absoluto divorce
naming threo corespondcuts. Mrs'
Garretson In turn is suing her husband
for nu absoluto divorce, naming an
vu... uuuiuui ui L-uresponuents,
nic, Itouml Sum Tnxnl fr Ulcyolcs.
The French government collected 7 -000,000
francs ($1,-100,000) In taxes on
bicycles last year, according to a re
port Jubt published.
In Error As to Steel !oiitriirt.
"I1-1?! & Wolff, tho woll known
shipbuilding firm. Belfast, Germany
havo issued a denial to tho statement
mado by tho London Dully Tolegranh
that thoy had Blgned a contract to tX
all tho iron and steel they require from
tho Unitca States Steel corporation.
Will Urine i Wnrshlp Here.
A cablegram from Minister Hardy at
Madrid, announces that Spain will send
a warship to Now Orleans in connec
tion with tho Louisiana Purchase ox.
I'OEition.
TRUSTED EMPLOYEE FALLS
A Decoy Letter .Norvc to Cutch (lutuor
I'ncte Sum's Thieves.
J. Leslie DIcfcndorf, ono of tho old
employes of tho Lincoln postolllco, was
arrested upon the charge of having
rifled tho mails. Ho was captured by
means of a decoy letter containing t
marked money, and when caught tho
money was found on her person.
Inrpcctor Sinclair of tho postal scr
vlco has been in Lincoln several days
working to ascertain tho secret of tho
frequent disappearance of money from
tho malls, and tho arrest of DIcfcndorf
wks tho result. DIcfcndorf has always
been consldcicd nbovo suspicion, nnd
tfie local authorities were disposed to
nuspect anyone also around tho cs- "
tnbllshmcnt but him.
A marked $3 bill was enclosed In n
letter an dstartcd through tho office.
Jiift as It was calculatrd that tho mls
ilvo was due to have passed through
his hands tho officers wcro upon him
and when lie was searched tho marked
bill wus found in his possession.
Ho wns nt onco lodged In tho city
jail and nftcr preliminary trial was
bound over to tho grand Jury.
Dlcfendorf'8 homo Is nt 1021 South
Twenty-ninth street, Lincoln, where he
owns his own homo and his family
comprising his wife and five children,
live. Ho has recently been buying ,v
more property. He is about forty yearn "
of age, has been employed about tho
postollicc for nine years, and Is ono
of tho oldest clerks, being widely
known in tho city.
Tho local postal authorities say that
losses of money in transit through tho
malls have been occuring of late with
annoying frequency. It was Impossible
to learn, however tho nggregato
amount of such losses.
DOWIE'SNEWYORKTRIUMPH
The 8cir-lticinrd llentar nnd Louder
Lund In Full force. i
Five thousand persons wcro turned
away from Madison Hquaro Garden,
New York, after all the floats in tho
building had been tilled with a great
crowd' curious to see John Alexander
Dowle, on his first nppcaranco boforo a
Now York audience. Fully 11.000 per
sons were In tho garden at half past 2
o'clock when tho services began with
tho processional, in which the Zlon
white robed choir, to the number of
nbout 000, and tho capped and' gowned
ordained' olllcers of tho Chlstlan Cath
olic church In 'Aon took part.
The procession ascended to tho plat
form where tho choir took position be
hind tho pulpit and tho olllcers occu
pied places at tho sides. When thoso
on tho platform had taken their places, f
Dr. Dowlo ascended the platform ac
companied by several overseen?.
Tho servlre of prayer opened with
tho Invocation by Dr. Dowlo followed
by tho singing of a hymn, during
which the crowd continued to pour
into the garden. This was followed
by the recital of the creed and com
mandments and the reading of scrip
ture, during which hundreds of per
sons started to leavo tho hall, causing
much confusion. The exodus con
tinued in spite of repeated orders to
closo tho doors, until nearly a third
of tho audience hnd departed, many
of the vacant seats being filled with
tho waiting ciowd- outside. After or-
der had been somewhat restored Dr. '
Dowle said: "If this Is New York and
this Is a typical New York congrega
tion I am In the two of a now experi
ence. I think that somo pcoplo who
came In must havo thought this was
a Buffalo Bill show. I wonder If tho
congregations of tho churches hero
enter nnd leavo as they please. I
reckon we have Imrned something nnd
will bo prepared hereafter. Thero will
bo no moro going out tho front door.
If any have remained outsldo let them
In. It seems a shamo they Bhould not
have tho scats the Buffalo BUI persons
havo left."
DIES IN A CHURGH.
A Vim n l- I.nily Attending the University,
Lincoln, Dion In Chnreh.
During tho confessional hour at tho
close of tho mission services at tho St,
Theresa pro-caUicdral. Lincoln, Pansy
Ballard of Wilbur, aged 18 yearn, a stu
dent of tho state university, drank a
quantity of carbolic acid, walked quiet
ly Into the confessional nnd' upon her
knees before Father Boarman told what
she had dono and then collapsed. Tho
dying girl was ns.sls.tetl Into tho sacris
ty adjoining tho confessional, whero
she breathed heavily for a momont V
and then died without regaining con
sciousness. Though tho poison had bnd
ly burned her lips and mouth and
tonguo not n groan escaped hor and
she gave no cvldenco that sho suffered
pnln.
Tho reason for her act, assigned by
her friends, was duo to her melancholy
disposition, tho direct result of having
been hypnotized four years ago by a
traveling hypnotist during a perform
ance at Wilbur. Since that tlmo her
friends said sho bad changed from a
hapuy.cheeiful girl to ono of a moody
and unhappy disposition. Thoy told
also that It was her desire to attend
the convent hero nnd that It was her 4
fathers wish that she become a stu
dent of tho university. When sho first
came to Lincoln at tho beginning ot
the rchool year aho did attend tho
convent for a short tlmo and thon at
ikt lather s request entered tho unl
'crsity. nPr fnlhor formerly operated
a bunk nt Wilbur nnd tho family Is
highly esteemed. Tho body was soar
to her homo for burial.
The 1-opn Appoints Secretary.
vlU? popoof Uom haa appointed x
vSlR,m),I7,crry m Vul Papal sccre- f
tary of state.
nJ?n,. J th0 ,conc!"ng nctB ot the
? n i cirnn ,c.K,on at Dayt. O.. was
ntil MlUlnB .of a resolution bitterly
,, ii Bins?,nBt aml enncing tho
ir?i,or? r.PiM,ns ft Btalu, ot CJoneral
S. i ,-C0, Tno solutions assert
n ITh "n ?ct wouhl h0 ftn- Insult
jo tho union soldlors now living an-Mto
the memory of soldiers dcud. b
liinV-i0 "C,ftr futuro tno telograplilo
rwi.0, 0n, Vr. Ryte,u f tho WlnolH
or , i. ,8 cailraatI' that tho cost
1 000,000. lnu,r0Vement w' reach 1,-
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