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HOPE TO END STRIKE OPTIMISTIC FEELING PREVAILS AMONG ANTHRACITE MEN. .fN.ai Session Adjourns Without Com ing to an Agreement Miners Ex pect Some Solution of Present , Problem at Next Meeting. ; Now York, April 4. Tho commit too.i representing tho anthracite oper 4iloi.i ami tlio initio workers of oast ftu Penuajlvanla hold their first Joint meeting hero anil after nearly a tlircit liourrt' session, adjourned until tomor row without coming to an agreement. Nach side lo tho controversy hail re fused to make the slightest concession ninl the whole question apparently Is an far from solution as It was hefoni ilu conference began. In tho mean time the tlo-up of tho anthracite Indus 1ry lemalns complete, without Indica tion thnt resumption of mining will occur very soon. Notwithstanding tho fruitless session and the apparent ly hopeless deadlock between tho -workmen and their employers, ru mors are still current that a way will Im found that will enable tho oper ators and miners to stand on common ground and settle their differences. Philadelphia. April J. Information concerning tho conferenco In Now York between opeiators and repre sentatives of the miners was eagerly sought by the Idle workmen In' tho 3. aril coal region. IJoflnito results : were not exported from the first meet ing, and there was no disappointment! y. hen It was learned tho conferees ad- ijourwd until tomorrow. In fart, tho friendly spit it in which both sides are reported to hnvn met has aroused -throughout the icglon a reeling thnt 1!u xiiHponslon of work will only be 1' in porn ry. Tho situation Is prnc-! Ilcally unchanged. In Shainokin, the 3?ntcrpriso colliery, owned by W. L. Conuell & Co., was operated short lianded by nonunion men. In Scran-, tin, the Oxford colliery, a small non-, -tmioii operation, and twenty waslieries , wi'ro worked. Aside from tliese plants , 4 hero were no attempts In any part1 of the region to operate the collieries. WINERS SLOWLY RESUME WORK. Situation in Pittsburg District Grows More Pacific. Pittsburg, April 4. With tho ex ception of one or two points outside i( tho Pittsburg district tho strained filtuntiou between operators and min ors in tho soft coal fields of western Pennsylvania Is hourly growing more ji.icltlc. Following the signing of tho wale demanded by tho miners, the initios of the oporators who signed the scalo resumed their operations, jilt hough, la many inslunces, with re duced forces. In tho Pittsburg district there wero 3H.000 miners working and 1,200 were Idle. Nearly all of the mines of the Pittsburg Coal company were In oper ation and it, was expected that those mien who aro out will return within a day or so. It was explained that fol lowing holidays, It was generally sev eral days before all the men returned to their labor. The cause of tho Idle ness of the men, however, was said 1o be due to their failure to receive word of tho .ilgning of the scale. The independent operators who re lused to Higu the scalo employ be tween 12,(HH) and 14,000 men, and they nro all Idle and will be so mull 4'lther the scalo is signed or an agree ment is reached between tho operat era and employes. Southwest Operators to Sign. K.-nibHB City, April 4. Negotiations aire in pt ogres in the vaious mining districts of the southwest that are K'Npected lo result in the resumption of vsork by .i large number ot men vithln a few diys. Tho ofHeors of the aislno workers of the district, Including western Arkansas and Indian Terri tory, have received overtures from opeiators with a view to signing the iM-nle. In the Kansns field a number of operaiora ire ready to sign tho ficalo as Winn as It Is ready. A dis trict convention, to bo hold In PiUu Imrg, Kan., next Monday, will nrrango tho details of the contract. By the xnlddlo of next week it is expected ho contract, will be signed by many operators m the Kansas field. All the mines in the southwest remain closed. Lonu Gpc.iks on Rate Bill. "Washington, April 4. I.ong (Kan.) ipoko at length in tho sennto In sup port of I lui house railroad rate bill auiil his speei h was taken advantage of by a iiumbtT of senators to make Inquiry concerning the recent confer ence at llio white house, in which the Jonp amendment was, considered, if wit originated. Tho controversy was jmrticipaU-d in by Foraker, Allison Aldrlch, llailny m Bacon. Long as fiiimeil couipli'i') responsibility for llio amendment, but both lie and Alli son declined to dlvulgo the proceed ings of the conieienco, Aeronaut Blown to Sea. New York, April 4. Sonio unensl- aness Is foil for Paul Nocquet, an .-aeronaut, who in a do an ascension tfrom Now York and who, lLis feared, has boon blown to sea. Tho police along tho Iong Island shoro have been asked to keep a watch for tho missing balloon nnd members of the Aero club aro anxiously awaiting news. Illinois Bank Shuts Doors. Peoria, April 3. The private bank of Tcis, Smith & Co., Pekln, failed to open for business, having assigned to U. J. Albertsen ns trustee. Liabil ities, $400,000; assets, $250,000, partly worthless. LEAVE3 ALL TO ACTRESS. Contest on for Fortune of the Late Dennis Le Due. Los Angeles, Cnl., April 2. Fiercoly wages the war for tho great, estate or Poiinls Lo Due, heir to tho millions of tho famous Joel Le Due at Mon treal, and a wealthy man In his own right, whoso deatli occurred a few j days ago at Colegrove. j On the one hand is Isabel Sells Gilbert, an actress, to whom Lo Due ( was strongly attached, and to whom i he willed tho great hulk of his fcr-' tune, and on the other hand is the dead inan'a cast off daughter, Mr. Georgette Elliott, to whom he has willed one single dollar, with the al ternative that, If she contested, that dollar was to go to tho Salvation t Army. i Record-Breaking Immigration. ' Albany, N. Y., April 2. During tho last three months of 11)00 tlioro were' 105,04 alien nrrivals at the port of New York, according to the quarteily bulletin of the stale department of labor. Tliis Is an increase or D.OOO over the record-breaking figures of a year ago, the Influx irom Italy alone holnr; larger by 2i.noo than in the last quarter of l'Ji.". "New York becomes the home oT !'J,li;i of the newcomers," says the bulletin, "nnd the fact that 35,728, or ono-fcuith or the 140.000 immigrants over fourteen years of ago can neither read or write, is not altogether reassuring." Wainwright Arrested in New York. Now York, April 3. After a pursuit of four weeks by the police of three, cities, detectives arrested Thomas J. ' Wainwright, describing himself ns a I lawyer of Boston, who is charged with robbing tho residence of Dr. Nicholas J. Pinault of Minneapolis of . jewelry, silverware, pictures and so-1 curitles to the value of $100,000. The ' police say that Wainwright, who Is twenty-eight years old, and apparent ly a man of excellent education, is known by a dozen aliases and Is one of the most accomplished criminals In the country. Dowle Starts for Zion City. Chicago, April 4. A telegram wa3 received from John Alexander Dowle by Judge Barnes, the head of the law department at Zlon City, ordering him to revoke tho power of attorney that Dowle had given to Overseer Vollva, the present head of Zlon City. Judgo Ilarnes was ordered to confer tho power of attorney upon Fielding II. Withlte, secretary of the Paradise Mexican plantation, Dowle's latest venture. In this telegram Dowle said that he was starting for the City of Mexico nnd that he expected to bo in Zlon City early next week. Anarchist Plot in Spain. Madrid, April 3. The Spanish au thorities have discovered an anarchist plot at Lebrlja, twenty-nine miles from Seville, the notorious center ot the Uluck Hands, to assassinate tho royal family during the visit of King Alfonso, the dowager Queen Christina and the sister of the king, the infanta Maria Teresa, to Seville during holy week. The censorship prevents tho sending of details regarding the con spiracy. Dowle Deposed by Zion. Chicago, April 3. John Alexander Dowle, head of tho "Christian Catho lic church in Zion," was deposed as a religious leader, (suspended from mem bership in tho church he founded, shorn of his temporal possessions as far as they are located in Zion City, tho homo of his church, and warned to accept tho situation quietly lest worso things befall him. Killed Whilo Mailing a Letter. Lincoln, April 3. Tho police wero notified of the death of an old farmer named S. Yonsen by being run over by a train at York. Tho man was mailing a letter. Tho envelope blew out of his hand and across tho rail road track. In running to get it, it was supposed lie stumbled on to tho track aheod of tho locomotive. Sven Alive and Well. Sioux Falls, S. U., April 4. Tho mystery surioundlng tho disappear anco In this city somo weeks ago of I viuin ovi'ii, ii miuii'i, una uuuii ! solved. Sven Is allvo and well, at I Bergen, Norway. Tho authorities be i Moved ho had been murdered. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Receipts of Cattle Are Liberal and the Market Steady. South Oinnlia April a. Cattle IteeelptH, B,'J0O; Hteiuly; imttvo BteerH, ?:i.t0r,(iO; cowh unit lielferH, $U.80ivl.-10i western hteerH, ?.'l.iiTiit.U; cannerH, ?1.7rf'J.7ri; Blockers uud feedcrH, 'J.7S-I.(X); .cqIvcu, fi.wna.-.o: imiIIh, HtnRn, etc., $2.ri03n.iu. IIojjh -UueclptH, 1.1,000: sU-nily to nIihiIc lower: hi'iivy, WUWiMViVi; mixed, $0.-'7 fil.:w)j mixed, WXiHVM, pljs, $.V.!5&0.10, bulk of HiilcH, WXYiUV.iO. Hhccp-Itu-celptB, 0,000; stronger; yearling!, $.".40?2 ll.oo; wethei-H, $.ViV(fi.8.-; uwes, frMOiff 5.0; lumlJH, $0.00(30.50. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, April .1. Cnttlc Itucplptn, .V MM); hIow; common to prime uleum, $1.00 fflfl.-10; cnwH. $.l.4O'ii.00; heifers, JfJ.TSfit R.W)i bulls, VlMVi-UX calves, $L. 7.7UJ.7", HtoekerH ami feeders, $i!.7(jtit-l,7ii. Hogs Iteeelpts, l'J.OOO; tic higher; mixed and buteliers, JH.I.VfHMWM; light, $M.Vi).r.7',i, heavy, ?(J.WXi.(Wj pncklng, W.Ti'lVAiW.'ilVt. Sheep lti'celplH, 18,000; steady: nlieep. .M.WVWI..VI; yearlings, $5.75iaUO; Ininlw, ?l.7JXtI0.7O. Kansas City Live Stock. Kansas City, April :j. Cattle Receipts, 14,000; s eaily to 10c lower; native steers, $t.:'.Yi".!H); western fed steers. .f.'I.SOI.V.'J, stoekers and feeders, $.'l.00iM.MJ; eows, L'.V.Vi 1.7".; Iielfci-s, $:i.K(i.VJ.'i; calves, ?:t.0l(Ml.r.O. IIoKS-Kceelpts, l.i,700; steady: top, ?(I.I0; bulk of hales, $.,J2'yf;t5.:t.-i; heavy, WV.WuHAO; plgH and light. ?.VJ.V (!.:;-Jtj. Sl.eep -lteeelpts, II.OOO; iWIOc high er; lambs, $.i.:.'5itO.GO; ewes nnd yum lines, $4.rjiur..bo. Matthews Case Is Put Off. Lincoln, March 30. Tho hearing of Dr. T. L. Matthews, accused of un professional conduct, will be conclud ed during the Intter part of May. Aft er a sensational hearing before tho secretaries of tho state board of health, the matter was postponed at tho request of tho attorneys for the Omaha man. He is accused of mis conduct in connection with the death of Miss. Edith Short last fall. Referee Will Be Chosen. Lincoln, April 4. Attorneys for tho alleged grain trust and Attorney Gen eral Norrls Brown will appear before the supreme court today and agree on a referee to take testimony in tho biilts against the alleged conibino. Attorney General Brown has ex pressed a preference for 13. C. Calkins of Kearney to take testimony. Tho attorneys for the defense have signi fied thnt they will be satisfied with Judge A. M. Post, Lieutenant Govern or McGIlton, Judge T. L. Norval, Judge W. G. llnstlngs or Judgo E. M. Mo.smau. Mrs Macomber'8 Mail Stopped. Lincoln, April 4. Mrs. Ida Grace Macomber, whoso letters hereafter will bo stamped "fraudulent" and re turned to tho writers by order of the postofilce authorities, is now an In mate of tho hospital for tho Insane at Norfolk. She was taken to that ln- stitution about a year ago from the hospital for insane at Lincoln. Mi 3. Macomber conducted a matrimonial j Black Bros., T. B. Herd and others, i bureau while in the Lincoln hospital j an 0f wi,om now have suits pending and did a thriving business, recelv- against them in the United States cir Ing many days as high as fifteen and Cuit court for maintaining illegal I twenty letters from men who wanted fences around vast tracts of public to get married. Some of these men ( lands, obstructing public highways, in who had answered her appeals for a torceptlng the United States mails. I husband even went so far as to send ( should the petition bo granted ex- money, jewelry, pictures, dress pat- tending the forest reserves, the civil terns and anything else which the caSes now pending against these par sender thought might please the ob- ties will, of necessity, have to be ject of his affection. The postal nil- abandoned. However, tho extension thorlties wore appealed to nnd the or- ( 0f the forest reserves as petitioned der prohibiting her from using tho f0r will not cause the abandonment mails to fleece lovesick men has been 0f tho prosecution of such of tho ne- Issued. Mrs. Macomber conducted her bureau for a number of years. TO SAVE SONG BIRDS. Nebraska State Officials Make Move t,nuel hy the sccret service depart in a im.uu Matter I mont and submitted to the federal Lincoln, April 3. An effort is to bo made by state officials to save the lives of the song and insectivorous birds or Nebraska. Chief Game War den Carter has now in preparation a circular which is to be distributed by State Superintendent McBrien in all nf tbn RPlinnls nf thfi st.nti. Tho school children are to take the ap peals to their parents, Mr. Carter re marked that the farmers and horticul turlsts should bo especially Interested in tho preservation of the birds, ns In sects would becomo almost extermi nated If the birds wore let alone. A single robin eats at least sixteen federal troops have arrived at Mata pounds of insects in a year. j g0I1( on Ulc l8ian,i 0l- c-amar, to assist A picture of Nebraska song birds , Governor Curry in suppressing tho un will adorn the front cover of the cir- ( ruiy puiajanea. cular, which will contain ten excollcnt i reasons for not killing birds. Ex-, In , Ijlne tracts will bo given from the Nebras-, Rol)ert BalT ome shoWp(1 Q ka laws and penatlos for b rd slaugh-1 traIt of Miu.,. Twn, t0 8u raorchnnt tor. It Is hoped that the lit lo pamp h-, of , ,.T(,n me wno Umt , Mr. let will result In much good, not only , Bim, 8ftkli The mm,mmt Rnzcd llt tll0 to tho members of the feathered tribe, " ,)or(ralt nml nswered, "I should say imu uu.u iu uiu lunuutH uuu """ growers of tho state CATTLEMEN'S LATEST MOVE. Prominent Rangers Under Charges Want Million Acres for Grazing. Omaha, April 4. A new movo has Just been inaugurated on tho part of tho cattlemen, with a vlow to nulll- tying tho proceedings against them in ' tho United States courts for this dis trict, for ulloged illegal fencing of public lands. A petition Is being cir culated which usks that the Dismal Itlver forest reservo be extended to Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. . ... ... .. ThSn e;mifn.n Seven MilMoo boxu soia u pw nMiiiiiiimimHimiuiiiiii' Miiii'iiMitiiiiiiiiiiiiimuiiiiiii ""'I'" "i" '""I' ii" ""'" " " nllmillllllJ 11 '" """!'"' '! ii I HI.,, in ii inn mi HI i ill AVcCclablcPrcparattonfor As similating die Food andHc dia ling the Stomachs and Dowels of Promotes Digcslion.Chccrful ncssandRest.Gonlains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. fitty aroMHrSii'tvnjmnim Iunplim SttJ' dlx.Srnna Sent Hmrmint OuionaiStim fflrmSitd -Clarified Sugar . hhiyrtn tJarer. Ancrfcct nemedv for ConstiM lion. Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms.Convulsions.Fcvcrisiv ticss and Loss OF SLEEP. Yac Simile Signature of NEW -YORK. EXACT COPV OF WRAPPER. b, -tfffl tho North Platte forest reserve through the counties of Hooker, Thomas, Bluine nnd McPherson, whereby over 1.000,000 acres of pub- 11c land will be segregated from the privileges of homestead entry and thus turned over for general grazing purposes. Among the petitioners are the Daw- son Bros Rev. G. G. Ware and the tt. B. I. Land and Cattle comnanv. , tltioners as are under investlcatlon for procurlnc fraudulent land entries within their enclosures. These Investigations will be con- grand Jury for its determination In May. Hearing of Ouster Suit Postponed. Jefferson City, Mo., April 4. On ac count of the illness of Attorney Gen- oral Hadley the hearing of the ouster ou'u ".""- .,...., ..u-io- Pierco and Stnndnrd Oil companies, sot for April 5 in St. Louis, has been postponed until April 12. Attorney Geer?1 "'"i comUtIon ,s re U11IUU U UUUU VI. Regular Soldiers for Samar. Manila. Anrll 4. Two companies of he was n statesnian." "Supposing you wrong In thnt, what -would be your next guess?" asked Mr. Barr. "If he Is not a maker of history he Is perhaps a writer of It; a great historian, proh- ably. Of course it is impossible for mo to guess accurately except by accident, l"t I o tho adjective 'great' becnuso " convinced mis mini is k.ciu in nis line, whatever it 1. If he makes silk, ho makes tho best." Mr. Barr told the French merchant who the portrait rep resented and said, "You have summed him up in your last sentence." 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