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F(!SWflIW ,-4K'-l' 1 r a V, ...H mi. qln Flunpiil - WV Kf 4 ?' brack with spectators. Tho cnthust ntn of tho Chileans wna almost bound less find they clicorod lustily n tho ImttloHhlp flcut swung around tho re viewing shin, their sides lined with Jackles In Immnculato wlilto nntl tho ImndB plaving patriotic nlrs. Tho iioIho of the cheering wan lost, how ever, In that of tho saluting K'"ih from tho fort and tho fleet. Altogether 1, 200 shots were fired. After tho licet had passed' to tho northward a banquet was served on hoard of tho General Baquedano by President Montt In honor of the diplo matic corns and his othor guoBts. f M " ove US1C Do You L ? 4 Victor 10 TO Records $r oo i TO 1 0 NBWHOUSH t--. V -w WW Jewelers and Optometrists DIWttNDS THE NAVY ADMIRAL CONVERSE HAS FAITH IN FIGHTING SHIPS. '.Replying to Recent Crltlcisrns, He De clares That Our Warships Are Not Inferior to Those in Foreign Ser vices Quantity Alone Is Lacking. Washington, Feb. 17. By direction of tho presidout, Secretary Motcnlf baa made public the report of Admiral ConVorso on tho fighting ships of tho American navy, called forth by many eritlclains recently published In maga niuio and othrwIsc. This report was prepared primarily to sausiy mo i".-i-lcut as to the exact state of our naval hhlM compared with Uiose of othor navies and. its publication Is author Izod with the design to reassure the American sailors as to the quality of tho weapons with which thoy must go Into battle. Admiral Converse characterizes tho ciitlcltiius as "prepared by persons wluxje knowledgo of tho subjects (lis mossed waa limited and incorrect. Tboro. was, ho says, amplo justifica tion for tho adoption of tho battleship designs which have been followed. "It IB not claimed that mistakes havo not bcon mado," ho addw, "or that our ahlps are without faults, but lu view of tho then state or tho art of batt e ..i.i i.. .ii.iin... tiii fact Is not to be wondered aL It is remarkable that tho mistakes wero so few and that aouo were really serious. In thlB re spect our record will compare favor ably with that of foreign services. Conclusion of Admiral Converse. r !. tiiiw.tv.nne oases which tho admiral devotes to tho dofenso of tho 7iavy. the subjects dealt with incudo lattlo drills, free board of American rtipfl. heights of Gun post one, tor l3do defense guns, battleship armor, turret designs, ammunlUon hoists, In and out turning screws, and general notes. His emphatic conclusion is: "Our Bhlps aro not inferior to those In foreign services." . "We have," ho saye, "mado com- vromlaes in our designs of battleships liccauHO It is ImposBlblo to construct a perfect battleship; such corapro- , mtsea havo, perhaps, detracted from ttao desired perfect ship In i Bomo ro- Hpecta, but at tho same time havo made It nosBlble to improjo upon somo If you do (and the man who does not, according to Shakespeare, is "fit for stratagems, treasons and spoils"), you will find no music maker so easy to buy, so easy to play and so easy to listen to as the Phonograph. The Phonograph plays everybody's music. You can hear upon it just what you like the old ballads, songs that your mother sang when you were a boy, and the latest pop ular sketch from comic opera. They are all sung equally well and 1 1 i 1 1 11 1 1 are reproduced perfectly in your CALL AND HEAR THEM a other existing disadvantage, aim, ou tho whole, the compromises, each nnd all, havo tonded toward a nearer ap proach to tho desired perfect finality. Other nations have labored and will, like ourselves, continue to labor, un der this same difficulty in endeavoring to approach as near as possible to that impossibility a pei-rcct battleship. "Tho quality of tho material of our navy Is Inferior to none; in quantity of vossols alono aro wo lacking. With an increase hi number of s.hlps, tho American navy will havo been sup plied with tho only feature necessary to make It second to none In all that tends toward lighting efficiency. And when tho stress of actual combat, if such should over unfortunately come, brings tho only really practical test, our country need havo no misgivings or fear but that our battleships will give an excellent account of them selves and prove themselves all that wo have designed them for and know them to boT AFFINITY PROMOTER CONVICTED Marian Grey Found Guilty of Having Used Malts to Defraud. Chicago, Feb. 17. Marian Good enough, who, as Marian Grey, con ducted a matrimonial bureau in El gin, III., was found guilty of having used the mnlls In perpetrating a fraud upon William Grablo of Dearborn, Mo., by failing to securo for him aa a wlfo a "wealthy and good looking widow," as promised In advertising mattor sent out by her. The verdict was returned beforo Judge Landls la tho United States district court after tho jury had deliberated nearly twenty-four hours. Tho penalty to which MIsb Goodenough is subjected to un der tho finding la eighteen months' Imprisonment in a reformatory or a lino of $500, or both. Arguments for a new trial will bo heard on March 2. In tho meantime Miss Goodenough will remain at liberty under tho bond given after her lndlctmont. Tho Jury decided that the government prose cutorB had not proven fraud in any othor count of tho Indictment, Grablo having been tho only ono of her "vcllents" who wns shown to have socurod a wlfo through tho bureau of which sho was tho head. Gra blo paid $5 for a membership In tho "Searchlight Club," as tho bureau was Btyled, and through this medium met nnd married a woman from TexaB. Miss Goodenough showod little con - i - " home by the 1 honograph. OR SEND FOR CATALOGUE BROTHERS C, B. & Q. cern wnen tno veruict was announced, Joining in laughter Indulged in by those in tho court room over the na ture of tho circumstances upon which it was based. RECEIVERS ARE APPOINTED Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Com pany Is Declared Insolvent. New York, Fob. 17. Receivers wero appointed for tho Mutual Reserve Ufo Insurance company upon the applica tion of a policyholders' committee. Tho receivers aro Charles J. Gould, William H. Russell and Archlbnld' C. Haynes, president of tho Mutual Re sorvo Life Insuranco company. Each receiver was put under a bond of $100,000. Insolvency and Inability to meet Its obligations wero glvon In the court's order as tho reason for tho ap pointment of recoivers. "Jim Crow" Law in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 17. The "Jim Crow" law went Into effect here on street cars and railroads alike. " Union Men Are Indicted. Now Orleans, Feb. 15. Seventy-two men, representatives of all tho classes of labor employed on tho Now Orleans river front, and who compose a union known as tho dock and cotton council, wero indicted by the United' States grand jury on tho charge of conspir-, lng to restrain iraue in vioiauon oi tho Sherman anti-trust law. Auto Racers Fight Snow. Syracuso, N. Y Feb. in. Tho Thomas, American; Dion, French, nnd Zust, Italian, cars of tho Now York-to-Paris race, soon after passing through Canastota, became stalled In a snow drift and returned to Canastota, whore they spent tho night. They resumed the westorn trip this morning. Saws Off Limb He bits On, Kewanoo, III., Fob. 15. August Ton pound, while engaged In trimming trees in his yard, sawed off tho branch on which ho was sitting. From the twonty-flva fact tail to the frozen ground, he suffered Internal Injuries from which ho may not recover. County Sues to Collect Tax. Beatrice. Nob.. Fob. 17.-Tho first suit ever brought to collect Inheritance tax In Gage couuty was Instituted In tho county court by County Attorney Terry against tho estato of tho lato Ford" Lewis of Jersoyvlllo, III., who died a few years ago. Tho estate 1b ono of the largost in Nebraska. ifiajisa Edi ison 12'55 Records 35575g Watch Repairers. CHILE SEES FLEET THOUSANDS THRONG VALPARAI SO TO CHEER ARMADA. Led by Home Boats, Americans Enter Harbor, Pass In Review Before Pres ident Montt on Training Ship Baque dano, and Leave for Callao, Peru. Valparaiso, Chllo, Fob. 15. Tho, great American ileet of sixteen battle ships, under tho command of Rear Admiral Evans, passed Valparaiso and continued on its voyago northward for Callao, Peru, tho next stopping place. All Valparaiso and thousands of per sous from every city in Chllo wit nessed tho passing of the fleet. Pres ident Montt and' other high officials of tho republic came out from shore to greet tho .battleships nnd almost the entire Chilean navy exchanged salutes with them ns they swung around Cur aumllla point and Into Valparaiso bay in slnglo fllo, headed by the Chilean cruiser Chacnbuco and five Chilean torpedo boat destroyors. t Turning sharp around Curaumllla point at 2:10 p. in., tho Chacabuco and tho five Chilean destroyers led tho Connecticut and her fifteen slstor ships into tho' view of tho thousands who had' awaited their appearance alnco dawn. Tho day was perfoct and tho spectaclo of tho fleet stretched In a great semlcirclo, as soon from tho high hills around tho bay, was mag nificent. President Montt and other Chilean officials embarked on the training ship General Baquedano and took a position well out In tho harbor. Around tho Baquedano tho fleet Bwung at a speed of four knots, firing tho presidential salute as thoy 'passed lu rovlew. It was one hour's tlmo after tho head of tho fleet cntoreu' tho bay until tho last ship passed tho presi dent's ship and turned to tho open sea. Then the Baquedano lifted anchor and escorted tho fleet woll out of tho bny and on Its VW north. It waa a vlow such as has never beforo boon soon in Valparaiso bay and ono that will long bo remomborod by tho peoplo of Chllo, who camo mllos to Beo it. Shipping in tho harbor and tho prominent buildings In tho city wero dressed for the occasion, aa the day was a holiday In honor of tho fleet. The rools of buildings along tho circu lar road skirting, the bay front wero NEWS OF NEBRASKA. OMAHA DETECTIVE MURDERED Slain by Negro, Who Id Himself 8hot by Officers, but Lives. Omaha, Feb. 17. Dctccllvo Simon S. Drummy of the Omnha police force was shot and almost Instantly killed by a negro known as William Jones, an ox-convlct, In a pool room at 267 N street, South Omaha. Tho bullet struck tho olllcer directly bctweeu tho eyes. Tho negro was shot Just below tho left shoulder by Detective Shield's of South Omaha as ho nttomptod to Iloo from tho pool room, after llrlng a Bhot at Dotectlvo Mlko Sullivan of Omaha, who had accompanied Drummy to South Omaha. Tho nogro dropped even ns his hand waa on tho door. Jones, the murderer, was recently discharged from tho Nebraska stuto penitentiary. Ilo was sent up from Omaha eight years ago for highway robbery. Ho confesses to shooting Olllcer Iahey through tho hand Friday night when that policeman attempted to arrest him lu Omaha. Ho also owns up to the dnr.,' robbery at Cornbloth'a pawnshop several nlghtB ago, when two negroes held up Lou Cornbleth with ouo of his revolvers nnd' escaped with two valuable guns. Omaha, Feb. 18. William JonoB, tho slayer of Dotectlvo Drummy, was taken from .the South Omaha hospital to tho penitentiary at Lincoln. This move was mado at tho urgent request of tho hospltnl authorities, who said that tho fact that Jones was in tho hospital had a bad ofTect on tho other patients, who wero much wrought up by the talk of lynching and feared' that thoy might bo Injured if such an attempt was mado. Jones wns so much improved that It was thought ho could stand tho trip to Lincoln. FARMER DROPS OUT OF SIGHT Supposed to Have Lost Reason While Nursing Dying Father. West Point, Neb., Feb. 17. Frank Gastor, a middlo-agod farmer living on tho old Demary farm, midway be tween West Point and Beemor, has mysteriously disappeared. After sup per on Wednesday he left homo, os tensibly to call on his brotiior-ln-law and neighbor, Max Gohrhardt. Failing to roturn Thursday, It was ascertained ho had not been at Gohrhardt's tho preceding night. Organized search Is being made, but without result up to this time. The aged father of Mr. Gastor died somo weeks ago, und during his Ill ness Frank stayed at his bedsido con stantly, depriving himself of needed rest and sleep. Ho almost broko down physically In his zeal for his fathor's comrort. It mny he tho burden has un settled his mind and ho has wandered away. Hardware Dealers' Convention. Lincoln, Feb. 17. Tho Hardwaro Dealers' association will meet In Oma ha next year. The association elected tho following officers: President, Dan Kavanaugh of Falrbury; first vlco prosldent, Robert McAllister of Grand' Island; second vlco president, F. W. Arndt of Blair; third' vice president, W. C. Kilo of Hubbard; mombers or cxccutlvo committee to fill vacancy, Alex Myor of Hastings, M. A. Hargol road of Holstcln; secretary, J. Frank Barr; treasurer, H. J. Hall of Lincoln. slaver of Chinaman Convicted. Omaha, Fob. 17. Willis Almucli, nineteen years old, was found guilty of murder in tho first degree. His pun ishment was fixed at life inprisonment. Almack and two companions, em ployes of Ham Pak, a Chineso res taurant keeper, killed and' robbed their employer on tho night of July 11, 1007. Basil Mulliu, ono of Al mack's companions, Is now serving a Ufo term for complicity In. tho crime. Hammond Gets Collectorahip. Washington, Fob. 17- "I am glad tho Nebraska delegation got togoth or," said President Roosevelt to Sen ator Burkott and' Representatives Nor ris and Boyd when thoy prosented him with a slgnod statement of tho delega tion selecting Ross L. Hammond of Fremont for Internal revenue collector for tho district of Nebraska as suc cessor to Elmer B. H. Stephenson. Tyson Dies While insane, Blair, Neb., Fob. 17. Georgo W. Tyson, tho young farmer living ton miles north of Blair, who was bltton by a mad dog a year ago, and who wont Insane through worrying over tho trouble, died at tho St. Bernard hospital, at Council Bluffs. 1! iMBMH: JSHC,;.,.