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.
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Promotes Digcslion.Chccrful
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Opium,Morphine nor Mineral.
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fitty aroMHrSii'tvnjmnim
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Hmrmint
OuionaiStim
fflrmSitd -Clarified
Sugar .
hhiyrtn tJarer.
Ancrfcct nemedv for ConstiM
lion. Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea,
Worms.Convulsions.Fcvcrisiv
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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." London
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