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BAITIMOREFIREOUT Ono Hundred nnd Forty Acrosof Business District Burned LOSS IS HARD TO ESTIMATE On pile theVaet Hmt wilier Kiiintiy Wa( Unlimited mill Large. Niimlier of firemen Working, Itiiriieit Out fCntlmatcit loss $100,11(10.000 Acres lutrnpil over HO City blocks lire swept 75 Iliilltllngs Imrncil '. 2,50(1 Fire Chief Morton ordered nine of tlio eighteen Ilnlllinore lite companies to their Iioiihoh anil gave permission to Jho Cheater and Altoonu companies to return home. The Now York detuch mcDt will return to tho metropolis. Halt I more Is stnggcilng under fire Ions whlrh no one has the temerity to kut In figures, although insurance men think It will surely he over $ HKi.tMl.ono. Tho Important comnierclnl db.trlct 1 blackened mine, laid hare hy a con flagration which raged without a mo tnentary check. Tho flames are under lontiol. The flrr raged twenty eight, hours. In spite of almost superhumiui elTorts rait forth bf tho best lighting fotces which more than half a dozen cities wete able to muster. Tho burned dlstiltt is within the ter ritory hounded on the west by Llhetly street, on the north b Lexington stroet, on the east by Jones' Kails nnd on tho south by tho basin. Within this district were tho big structures on layette, (lay. I.omlmid, Charles, Hal demon, Klllrott, Holllngmvorth nnd Oheapslde streets. Passing noilhensl long tho basin, tho following largo docks wero destroyed: McClure'K. Patterson Smith's, Keedcrlck, Long nnd Union. Small thoroughfares which do not extend as far north as Lexington stiret and which were In tho path of the flumes, re Commercial, rFetlrrlcks and Mill streets. The district thus swept by the flru comprised seventy-five blocks and nearly 2,500 buildings. ASSESSMENT LAW STANDS Hopremn Court Hiinili Dnvrii lniiiirtiiii DecUInn mi Hpeolul AaeMiieutii "A lovy of special assessment of taxes for benefits received by reason of public Improvement, Is not In Talldated bcenuse the elty council, sit ting or a board of equalization under tho provisions of section 132, chapter 12a, Complied Statutes, IMC, utter mooting In pursuance of a icgularly published notice and organizing for tho purpose of e.,uali.lng biich special aBBessmeut, correcting etrois, etc., take a reuesn before tho explrntlou of tho tlmo mentioned in the notice and pro scribed by statute, provided tho city clerk or some member of the hoard shall bo present to receive complaints, application, etc., and give Informa tion; and providing no lliuil action is takon oxcept by a mujorlty of the members of such board In open ses filoa." "A finding by the lioaid of equaliza tion that, all real estato on which spe cial assessments nro levied nre especial ly bonelltcd and shall be assessed for tho full cost of construction of such sowers, according to tho foot frontage, is not so fatally defective as to tho requirements of a Iludlng of uniformity as to Invalidate, tho special assess ment and render It subject to collat eral attack." Tho above Is the substance of the opinion by Chief Justice Ilolcomb, In tho case of Davis C. John against W. J. Cornell, appeal from Douglas coun ty. Tho ease Is ono In regard to the assessment of special taxes for public improvements aud as such Is Import ant Protest to Kleveu College. B. O. Cooloy, Hupei Intention! of tho Chicago city schools, and tho members of tho high school board or control, havo sent ,a protest to tho presidents ud faculty members of eleven of the leading western universities, concern ing tho practice of allowing high achool pupils to enter their universi ties, and play upon athletic teatuB with out sufficient credits to entitle them to that privilege. 'itio high schools have aimed to moot tho demands of tho colleges as to schol arship, but that tho, larger Institutions inauco tlio young men to leave the high schools long before they aro ready In an educational senao, in order that they may play in the athletic gamos. The protest was sent to tho follow ing colleges: University of Chicago, university or Illinois, university of In diana, university of Michigan, univer sity of Iowa, university of Nebraska, university of Minnesota, university or Notre Damo. noithwestorn university, unlvorslty of Wisconsin and I'urduo unlvorslty. Injunction Against Noalper. Judge. Hnrlangc, In tho federal court of Now Orleans, Ia., Issued an Injunc tion against tho ticket scalpers to pre vent their cutting rates during Mardl Oras. Win. Ilrumwell Powell Ilenil, William Hramwell Powcl, an author and pioneer In ndvanclng the modern Hysli'm of public school education, New York, Is dead at hfs homo In Mount Vernon, that state. He began in careor as n teacher In Illinois, und served as superintendent of schools ut Washing ton, D. C. for fifteen years. Uleil In n Hue Heap. With deposits In local banks e&tl mated at $25,000, Nelson Parton, a rag picker, wns burned to death in Lyon, Mass. Ills body was found lying In a heap of rags that ho had collected nnd which had served ns his bed for many years. Pnrlon narrowly escaped lynching when President Lincoln was killed be jaiiEO ho expressed Joy over tho as sassination. Citizens got a tope and woic about to hang him when ho con cluded to mako n public retraction. He had lived tlio life of a iccluse for 'years, THE WORK FINISHED. Detail of Arrangement for tlit) National llepiibllcnu Convention, The sub-committee of the nntlonal ro publlenn committee which has boon making preliminary preparations for tho nntlonal republican convention to no held at Chicago June 21, has con cluded Kh work and adjourned. Com- mltteemen Harry S. Now. of Indiana. It." H. Schneider of Nebraska, and V. V. Stone of .Maryland, sergeant at arms, of tho national tommlttoe, will meet again In Chicago nhout March 20, and continue at work until after tho com mittee has adjourned. The sub-rommlttce spent much time in discussing tho seating arrangement of tho Coliseum, where tho convention will be held. On tho projection of the platform near the speakers will bo scats for (he chairman of the natlonaJ.com mlttee, tho chairman of the convention, tho secretory of the convention, and tho sergeant at arms. Hack of them, ou a platform elevated four nod one-half feet, come the llfty-onc membors of tho national committee. Hack of the com mitteemen bus been arranged nn In cline with -ICO seals for distinguished guests, principally leaders, etc. Tho press circles, accommodating about 230 muu, Is arranged in a soml-clrclo about the speaker's stagn and the platform occupied by tho national committee. Owing to the necessity for tho econ omizing of spneo an absolute rulo hoi been inndo by Sergeant nt Arms Stone that the press seats wltt be allotted only to puss representatives actually telegraphing reports of the progress of tho convention. Applications for seats In tho press section must be addressed to Sergeant at Arms Stone, at the custom house, Baltimore. N. N. G.'S WANT A RANGE Deilrti to Compete for Honor with Oth er Mllltlii foiupanle. Nebraska rllle clubs will be asked by Adjutant. General Culver to assist In the selection of rlflo ranges for summer practice, of the Nebraska national guard aud to co-operato with the guard la target practice. Word has been re ceived from the war department that civilian rifle clubs will bo permitted representation nt the national tourna ment to be held In Now Jersey next summer. A large number of Individual and loam prizes will be offered for tho cttl.en shooters. Tho national guard of tho state will send a team of twelve expert riflemen to tnc tournament, to compete with like teams from military organizations of other states. Tho team will bo chosen from among the most expert shots of the entire guard, to bo selected after a series of trials. Kaeh company of both regiments will hold separate targot practice, then the best shots among these will meet in a battalion practice, and the leadets in this In a regimental shoot. In this way only the beat marksmen will be picked and they will he given abundant opportunity for practice thnt they mny fittingly repre sent tho state among the crack shots of the United States. The" grand tourna ment will bo participated In by both national guard and regular army and a teum prize of $1,000 has been offered for the highest scores. New Postmaster mill Mull Houto. Representative lUnshaw has recom mended tho appointment of Harvey Davis us postmaster nt Huby, Seward county, Neb., vice 11. K. Sundcrmnn, re signed. William II. Cronk has been appoint ed oostmnster nt Alta, Valley county, in te place of H, Jones, who has re signed. Tho following appointments have been made In the rural carrier scrvlco for Nebraska, to begin March 1: Lexington, Houto No. 3. Edward J. Duryee. canler; Julia Duryee, sub stitute. Clay Center Houto No. 2. John W. French, carrier: William U. French, substitute. I'llgor Houto No. 1. Sydney W. Morton, carrier; Henry Church, sub stitute. Mr. Hryuu's Protege doing Home. Yamasbltu Yaschuro, a Japaneso stu dent at tho University of Nebraska, Is to return to Japan during tho summon Ho will graduate and get a master's de groo nt the mlr-wlnter commencement of tho university and soon thereafter go to St. IhiIb. whero ho spends con siderable tlmo at the exposition. Yam nshlta Yaschuro Is tho protege of W. J. Ilryon, with whom he has reslrod since coming to tho university. In an ticipation of his departure from Lincoln Ynmashtta has addressed a letter to tho faculty and students in which he expresses his intention of devoting his Ilfo to a study of tho politics of his own country to assist in the betterment of the condition of his people. Steamship Dakota Launched. Tho steamer Dakota, for tho Great Northern Steamship company was suc cessfully launched from tho yards of of tho Eastern Shipbuilding company, at Groton, Conn., amid a din or salutes rrom whistles or vessels, locomotives and factories, and tho cheers ot fully u.ooo spectators. Miss Mary Fleming ton, ot Ellendalo. N. D., was sponsor, and as the great craft began to slip away from tho christening stand sho broko a bottlo of champagne on the prow, saying "I christen thee Dakota." In tho christening stand were Gov ernor Chamberlain. President .Vimes J. Hill, for tho Northern Pacific Steam ship company, and many members of tlio board of trade of Minneapolis and St. Paul, with ladles. Fourth Dlatrlrt Convention Call. Tho COIltrreKHlnnnl rnnnnlHnn nf thn Fourth congressional district of Ne- uruuiui noiu a session in tno rooms ol tho republican stato commltteo at Lin coln and promulgated a call for the vuiituiiiiun ui ion; on Riarcn 23. Tnis Is tho first congressional convention for which n date has been fixed, though It Is the Intention In nearly every dis trict In tho state to hold tho conven tlon before tho stato lonventlon which has been called for May 18. Might Isn't right; but It Is seldom left. fill AT BALTIMORE City Was Mass of Whirling, Burn ing, Blinding Embers. THE LOSS OVER $75,000,000 Whnlrnuli. unit Iteliill llUtrlcl Wiped Out hy rluiiiK I OVer Half Mil I. line Hint J Hurler Mile Wills A Haltlmore. Mil., Fcbruaty 7 dis patch says: The lire which broke out. a few minutes before 11 o'clock thl'J morning in the wholesale dry yoodi house of John K. Huist & Co h.ts rr-ged wl' unie.Hrulnod fury continu ously ever a', ice, und at mldulgut It Is still unchecked after having destroyed nlmosl all of the large stores and ware houses In the wholesnle district around Hopkins place aud all tho buildings ou both sides of Haltlmore street from Howard to Ilolllday street, from Chnrlcs and Haltlmore and Lexington and on Fayette street fronrCharles to Hollldny, Including n total of about twenty blocks ol the most modern and substantial buildings In Haltlmore, In volving a loss which cannot now ho estimated, but which has certainly al ready reached thirty or foity millions of dollars. Kver since about II o'clock, when darkness came, the lire depaitment, although aided by engines from Wash ington, Philadelphia, Wilmington and tho surrounding counties and suburbs, has been utterly poweile.ss to make liny effective leslstanco to tho ton siimlng element, though for hours as many ns four hundred streams of water wero thrown Into the flames. Indeed, so terrific hns been the heat ever since the fire started and so dense nnd suf focating the volume or Hying sparks nnd burning cinders that It was difficult for the llromcn to stand long within fighting distance ot the flames, while early in tho afternoon several trucks and engines woro hopelessly disabled. At 7 o'clock the situation was so des perate that Chief Horton decided that the only thing left to do wns to dyna mite buildings at threatened points and thus prevent, as far as possible, a further spread or tho flames. In pur suance or this plan a number or build ings on South Charles street between German and Iximbard wero blown up. Subfioquontly the splendid stiucturo or J. W.' Putts ei Co.. notion dialers, nt Charles nnd Fnyctte streets, was dyna mited, and then the Dally Record building, Ross" drug store and others. But this heroic remedy merely defnyed but did not seriously Impede the on ward march ol" the conflagration and for two hours more the fire department hns stopped, practically helpless and rosourceless. Tho burned area Is three-quarters of a mile long and rrom two to eight blocks wide. The burned district ot Haltlmoie Is the heart or tho business section. In cluding the entire wholesnle trade and a great part or the tetall trade. In the flro district were all tho Important business and office buildings, nil the newspaper offices, two hotels, the en tral building or the Haltlmoie &. Ohio railroad, the city hall, the court house, the postolllco building, the Western Union and Postal telegraph offices, the Bell telephono building, police hcad qiiartois. Holllday Street theater and several or the Impoitnnt banks. TO HANDLE BIG CROWDS. UullroiwlH of St. I.niil Preparing to llnnilln no, ODD People, nu Hour. The railroads at St. Louis aro per fecting a shuttle trnln service between union station and the world's fair ground thnt will handle approximate ly 30,000 people an hour In ench direc tion Two tracks In union station and nt the world's ralr grounds will bo set aside for the exclusive use or thli traffic. The tialus will consist or ten cars, each car with a seating capacity or one hundred passengers. Hy running on a 1.250 root block system, tho trains will be enabled to run one minute apart with safety. In addition to this shuttle train ser vice through passenger traffic will be handled via tho world's fair grounds, stopping at the world's fair passenger station nnd then ou to union stntlon. This service will accommodate 10,000 people an hour. In addition to this service, theie will bo live double track street car lines rrom the city to the woild's fair grounds, each of which can handle 3,000 people an hour. A conservative estimate or the minimum numbor or passengers that may bo handled rrom the city to the world's fair grounds Is 40.000 an hour. To OrffHiilita for Protection A tuoetlng will be held In Omaha on March 1, when preliminary stops will be taken for the organization ot a farmers' trust. It will bo known ns the National Farmers' Exchange, and will have n capital of $50,000,000. H. N. Gaines or Topekn. Kan.. Is chairman' or the committee which Is working up tho organization. In discussing the matter ho says: "In organizing tho concern we will concentrato our efforts first on grain, second on live stock, third on cold storage, fourth on lumber and coal, fifth on packing house products nnd milling products." Steps hnve already heon taken to se cure terminal, elevators at Kansas City, Omaha, Minneapolis and Chicago. Of fices ror handling products or the trust will lo established In all tho big cities or the country. Japan' Dnmuiul Moderate. The Ixmdon Times asserts that the Japaneso demands were of a modera tion thut will astonish tho world when they aro disclosed. Japan did uot oven nsk Russia to promise to move n single boldler from Manchuria, or to renounce a single right In Manchuria. The London Dally Graphic, dealing with this same subject, assorts that tho orlglnul draft of tho treaty submitted to Russia was drawn up by Baron Ko raura In consultation with Huron do Uoseh. FREE SEEDS CONTINUE. Mr, Hhepnrd from 1 ejn 'liable to Re ,'nrui the Seed llulilt, Mr, Shoppard, one or tho youngest members or the house, made a deter mined and persistent effort to bring about n rerorm In the matter of tho distribution or seeds by the govern ment. He contended that the present system in bad. Mr. Sheppard's first move wan to have struck rrom the ag ricultural appropriation blti certain sections provltlng the machinery for the distribution of the seeds authorized to be purchased under the hill. In this he was sucressrul. his point of order being sustained by the chair, but by an overwhelming vote the house promptly added the sections to the bill by way or ampndinent. Only three members voted in opposition to the restoration. 'Mr. Sheptmrd's further effort wns to secure an umendment to the restored sections which would pro vide for the purchase of rnre and un tried seeds, hut despite his earnest appeal for this amendment. It failed and the bill was left Just as the com mitter brought It Into the house so far as seeds for free dlstilbutlon were con cerned. This wns the only Item In the bill that aroused serious discussion nnd with a row minor amendments It was passed by the house without division. 1904 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. t Couiprlie i:ieven (linnet With Northern, Knsleru ami Weatern Clubs. Nebraska's root ha 11 schedule for 1004 Is complete. Manager Buckner re ceived a message from Mannger Spnng ler of lb Heawkeyes setting November ti. and Lincoln as the place for the next contest between Nebraska and Iowa. All other dates had practically been settled before. Next year's schedule will be ns follows: Sept. 17 Lincoln High School nt Lincoln. Sept. 24 ('.rand Island college at Lincoln. Oct. I Grlnnell college nt Lincoln. Oct. 8 Coloindo university at Den ver. Oct. ir. Crelghton college at Omaha, or Ames college at Lincoln. Oct. 22 Knox collexe at Lincoln. Oct. 20 Minnesota university at Minneapolis. Nov. 5 Iowa university at Lincoln. Nov. ID Bellevue college nt Lincoln. No. 21 Illinois university at Lin coln. City Can Hold Corporation (iooil. While a public service corporation Is negligent aud careless In adopting netessnry precautions to protect citi zens from Injuries on exposed con struction work of the said company, and nu injured peison secures n judg ment ngalnst tho city for Injuries sus tained ou such construction work, the city may suo on the Indemnity bond given to It by the corporation. Tho supreme court so decides In the case of tho Omnhn Oas company. Com plalnnut fell In an open trench belong ing to the gas company. In ono or tho streets or South Omaha. He recovered ftom the city and later sued tho com pany on Its bond. The lower court decided 111 favor of the city and tho gas company appealed. Arco Stiireh Work to Jlesnme. For some time past repairs havo been inado at the Argo starch works in Ne braska City. The force has been doubled s-o as to complete the con templated changes, when the plant will be opened with n big force and run full lime to fill the orders that aro being received. This will give em ployment to some four hundred men, boys and women. This compnny be longs to the trust, aud It Is said that It will be the only plant west of the Missouri river that they will operate during the lomlng year. There will bo two other plnnts operated by tho trust, one being in Indianapolis and tho other nt Oswego, N. Y. Hlute ProhlliltlonMt Call. W. Burt Clark, state chairman of the prohibition party, has sent out tho following cnll: "To County Chairmen and Members of the State Central Committee of the Prohibition Party: You are hereby called to meet at the Lincoln hotel, Lincoln, Neb., Februnry 1, 1904, for the purpose of fixing the tlmo and place of holding the next state prohi bition convention, and for the purpose of transacting such other business as shall properly come before tho meet ing. Sessions at 11 a. m. and 1:30 p. in. W. BUHT CLARK, "State Chairman." Taken to Hulling ror Safety. Frank Barker, of Rlvcrttn. who Is accused or murdering his brother Dan iel and wire, whoso mutilated bodies wore round In a cow abed on tho farm where they had lived, was taken to Hastings ror safo keoplng. This morning he was removed by tho sher iff, who said he Intended to take him to Red ICoud. The sheriff expressed himself as being apprehensive of mob violence. Coldest in History. Tho severest cold recorded on St. John's Island for thirty Vears was re corded when tho thermometer registered 37 degrees below zero at many points In tho Interior. A num ber of hnrbors aro frozen, tho railroad Is blocked and all traffic Is suspended. Renewed high tides have caused se vere damage to fishing proporty along the seaboard. The winter In Newfound laud is tho sovorest known in half a century. A MlnluB Town Tragedy. A bloody tragedy was enacted in tho little mining town ot Coal Creek, Tenn as tho result of which four Uvea were snuffed out and three persons wounded, ono perhaps fatally. The clash was the culmination of tho trou ble between union and non-union labor. , Three of tho dead men woro killed by guards employed by tho Coal Crock company, while tho fourth victim, a deputy shorUY, was killed by a guard ,lto had gone to arrest W IIP IN ARMS Kansas Stockmen Begin to Soo They Must Legislate , WILL pCHT MEAT COMBINE HeKlimliii: ofun Hreimlutlon Which May Hxlrml Into r'.verj tute HitMnc I'attle In the Union A dlspakh fiom Snllna, Kan., says: "The stockmen of central and west ern Kansas are up In arms against the railroads and the lomblnes which have decreased the value or live stock to such an extent as to mako their bus iness unprofitable. The stockmen, farmers and shlppeis have stood the present condition or ittialis as long ns they reel thnt they can afford to do so and action hns now begun In many or tho counties In the stock-raising dis tricts to nriuugc for war against the corporations which are held responsible for tho present londltlon of things. New organizations ol' farmers and stockmen nre being formed In the dif ferent counties und the Interest in the old organizations Is being revived. "The principal method of warraiv will be thiough the leglslntlw bodies or the state. Sullne county has already start ed the fight, which probably will bo taken up by he stockmen's associa tions In a majority of the counties In tho central nnd western portions of Kansas. Saline's two uindldates will receive the suppoit of all the people who might be benefited in the change or present methods which the shippers nro compelled to stand ror The Saline County Lheslock association will sup port Thomns Anderson, tho present mayor or Sallna and president of the association, for state senator from thy Saline-Ottawa district; also C. H Klrttond, n member of the association, the present representative from Saline county. These two men will be elected, giving the stockmen aud farmers two members nt least, who will work In their interest. "Never was so much Interest dis played In years as Is now for the or ganization of stockmen. Besides re ducing prices of the farmers' product, th ellve stock merger bus made n num !ei' of minor changes which do not meet with the approval or the shippers. For Instance, the Kansas City exchange recently beenme a member or tho Na tional LIvo Stock exchange. One rulo of this national body piovldes that theto shall be no mote local solicitors or agents of commission bouses; an other that the shippers aud cattle deal eis s!'ali pay their own telegraph and telephone.- bills. Meal tickets are now denied the shippers nnd the railroads have lerused them leturn transporta tion. All of these things. In connection with the low prices which they receive for their stock, have compelled the Ftotkmen to revolt. "Another very Importilit maUejls to he fought out with tho latlroads. There 's general complaint of high rates and unsatisfactory service. The railroads, realizing that they have had the ship per nt their mercy, furnish little or mo ncconunodntions. These matters will be taken up with the railroads through the state hoard of railroad commissioners n body which the rarmers, stockmen nnd shippers hope to control this rail." Kiinna 1'lour to bo C. . I. The millers and flour manufactur ers of southeastern Kansas and south western Missouri have decided to make a radical change in biiblness methods. Tho millers belong to an association which has agreed to do away with credits and fatnrt the new year on n cash basis. Circular letters will be sent out to the trnde notifying them of this change. 1 Ipi patter, instead of selling flour even in curload lots on time the trans action will bo a cash one. A statement will accompany the bill of lading for shipments of flour, regardless or the financial standing or responsibility or the consignee, and the goods will be delivered C. O. D. Tho millers ate compelled to pay cash for their wheat to the farmers and they think that the buyers ought to pay them cash in re turn. Nearly every mlllng concern In southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri belongs to tho nsoclatlon and the now rules will be strictly observed. Street Car for I.uurence Lawrence Is to have another trial at securing an electric btreet railway sys tem. Mr. F. A. Shnrpo, the represen tative of Chicago capitalists, hns filed an application with the city council ror a franchise for the furnishing of light, hent and power for the citizens of Lawrence. This mennn the consoli dation or the gas and electric com panVcs as well as the control or the power nom the dam. The application camo as a surprise to the citizens or Lawrence. There have been engineers here looking over tho dam and a man has been hero tor somo tlmo scouring options on the right or wuy ror a street car line, but nothing definite wns known or tho plans until tho filing or the application for the franchise. South Ahead 8300,000,000 Cotton brokers estimate that the Eolith Is 1200,000,000 richer as a result of Daniel J. Sully's recent campaign. It is said the bull pool's profits up ta data have amounted to 135 per cent, but on how much money Invested, or how many bnles of cotton bought and sold cannot bo learned. Some or Sully's friends estlmnto that he has made a .icar profit of from $3,000,000 to $6, 000,000 in his latest campaign. (lolil llrleUeil for 10,000 Jacob II. Allen, of Wellington, Kan., who paid $10,000 ror u gold brick (cop y?r and brass) a row days'ago in Wich ita, iccelved a letter telling him that I1I3 brick wns worth 5 and to guard It carerully and not try to take ad vantage or the next man ho found In distress. The letter was mailed nt Ii Juutu, Colo. The letter also said that the writer would enjoy spending the money, nnd would probably wrlto him nnln from somo foreign shore or call on him tome time, as he would not know him if be did FRUIT GROWERS TO UNITE Kantaa Trull (Irowcr Sec Ncrelly tot Immediate: Organization A call has been Issued ror a meet ing of hortlculiirlsls nt Wichita, Kan., when It Is proposed to orgonlre tha Ar knnsas Valley Fruit Growers' assoclot tlon. Frank Ynw, a fruit grower. Is nt the head of the movement. Tho f prluclpnl object of the organization will ' be the promotion of fruit growing aud the enforcement ot lnws relating to tho protection of trees and shrubbery. Es pecially will nttcntlon to transplanting d incased plants, ns It Is contended that this statuto generally Is disregarded. Arkansas valley tolk contend, and they are backed by Superintendent Schcll of the Kansas horticultural ex hibit nt the world's fair, that that por- tlon of tho state Is rapidly taking the" lead over the old fruit growing districts' both as to the quantity nnd quality of fruit produced, and for this reason it Is urged thnt organization Is necessary for the good of the business generally. Most of the apples for the Kansas ex hibit came from Sedgwick, Cowley and neighboring counties, the late freeze killing the buds In northern counties. Seniitor Itannn Seriously 111. Senator Mark A. Hannn, at Wash ington, D. C., had a setback which for a tlmo considerably alarmed his fam ily, who had been encouraged to hopo, he wns getting to bo himself agaln, but the congestive attack which they feared was averted to some extent by prompt action, and the senator, while not so well as earlier In the day, showed excellent rallying power and Improvement over his condition at sundown. The setback camo In tho rorm of an attack that resembled sick spells that have seized tho senator on two or three occasions in tho past few years. Members of the family were on hand at Its first outbreak, and by the prompt application of mustard plasters and hot water the attack waa prevented from becoming so serious as It was feared It might become anW later It was stated that the senator's condition was agnln almost at his nor mal state of tho past few weeks. Kaillum Deposit In Colorado. Proof that radium Is depostcd In Col orado In the shape and In quantity ta mako It or use commercially has been secured through experiments conduct-, wl by Jiustine Gayncs, a Denver chem ist, and Dr. W. D. Kngle, proressoc or chemistry nt Denver university. Tho exierlmcnts have progressed so fap that a photograph was taken with ra- dlum rays. Tho ore from wnlch radium was ob-. talned canio from Paradox Valley, Montroso county. It Is known as car f notltc, and was named In honor or thq lato President Carnot of France. From ten pounds or cnrnotlte 1-200 of grain of radium vas secured. Date I Chunked. The meeting of tho Farmers Na tionnl Co-operatlvo association, which' was to have been held in Omaha Juno 14, will bo held March 1, and all por-i sons interested in co-opcrntlon are be ing Invited to attend tho meeting. Tho chango In the date is becauso June Is such a busy month with tha farmers that many of them would ba unablo to attend tho meeting on tho origlnnl date. The meeting In Omaha, is being held for tho purpose of con solidating tho various co-operatlvo movements and organizing tho Ameri can Farmers' exchango and to Inaug urate measures deemed necessary to secure better prlco for farm products. Not Opposed to Women Choir. Archbishop Farley of New York sailed on tho Prlnz Adalbert for Rome. Ho denied that ho Intended to repre sent to the popo that tlio banishment of women from church choirs, in ac cordance with a recent edict of the pon tiff, would work great hardship In this country. A MUnourl Htory. The Importance of tho Missouri hen wns demonstrated at Fayetto, Mo., when T. J. Hall, a farmer, hauled to town a load of baled hay, and on that hay ho carried a basket of eggs. The hay and eggs wero sold at tho market prlco and the eggs only lacked two cents of bringing as much as the hay. lHilor Itnynor I Henator. In tho Maryland legislature Isador Roynor. or Baltimore, waa nominated by tho democratic caucus, receiving tho unanimous vote or tho democratic ma jority and was elected United StatosA senator to succeed Louis B. McComas. Tho republican minority voted unani mously ror McComas. Mr. Raynor achlovcd an international reputation aa the leading counsel ror Admiral Schley during the naval court Inquiry. Ful Hound at (lurdrii city Joe Holmes and Arthur Crow, of Garden City. Kansas, glvo a record made by their hounds this week which will bo hard to beat. Three hounds bs longlng to tho former miivh the. coyotes within twenty minutes, and caught six Jackrabblts out of Beven. A. nounti or Arthur's recently caught end killed a enyote in soven minutes. l'reihlent Hpeitk ut fl. A. It. Ilanqnet President Roosevelt, Gen. John C. Black, commander-in-chief of tho G. A. R.; Secretary Taw, Gen. Nelson A. Miles and other well known officials were guests of honor at tho banquot In Washington to tho department of tho Patomac of tho Grand Army of the Republic. Patriotic addrossea wore mado by tho president and Gen eral Black. St. I.onla (let the Loan Tho urgent deficiency bill was laid beforo the senato, tho provision for tho St. Louis exposition loan being un dor Immediate discussion, and Mr. Pat terson (Col.) took up tho present phaso or tho question, making a special reply to Mr. Foraker. Mr. Patterson naving concluded, the question of i tnlnlnc Mr. Iiiiiinv'o ni ....I , , , " - - i"iii ui iiiue-r waa placed before the sonate. There wns no roil call, but there was an overwhelm ing response of "noes" and the chair annoiinieu tha poiut aa lost. lfl