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L News in ef j
The National Rotall Grocer ' I1S80.
elation In lIestllon at CIncinnati , 0. , Is
oPPollod to Ule parcels POtrt law.
There hils been a Ireat blizzard In
the l1ondllto reclon , nnd Imow Is reported -
ported In flomo Dlnces 24 toet deep , .
Flro gutted the departmonl store ot
Dannon & ; Co" at Sl. Pnul , Mhm"
causing a 1019 ostimatCll at. $ l OOOO.
The Insurance ta $ l1 , OOO.
Chinn Is given nllmallon by th"
Unltod Stlltes government ot neces.
alty thnt IIho 8bo\1111 observe perfect
neutrnHly In the HusBo.Jnpnneso war.
Preston M. Wlgrlnson , a. Denver
election judge , , vho pleaded gunty to
Toting In II. precinct where ho did not
resldo. was sentenced to jail ror ninety
dayo.
Governor LIFl'llelto states that ho
will not accept tbo ontco of United
States senator tr measures which ho
bas been advocating are not enacted
into laWIl.
L. T. Hibbard , fluperlntendent of the
Los Angeles division of the Santa Fo ,
hl\lI been nppolnted to lIuccl'od S. J.
Shepard , recently resigned , aa gener.
al suporlntondonl.
The new bill tor tho' government
rogulatlon ot frelrht rates , , 'aB Intro.
duced In the house by Roprosontatlvo
Bhaltleford of Missouri , a member of
the minority party.
Rcvhred returns recelvod from the
Ontario olQcUon show that the con.
BCrVaUves cloc1'ell 80venty.ono mom.
berB of the provincial leglslaturo and
the lIberals twenty.sevon.
Lndy Curzon , ot Kodleston , wile of
the vlcoroy of , Indllll : \ completely
recovered fromher , long I11nCl s , and Is
prepa.rlng shortly to join her husband
In India wUh tholr chlIdron.
The Inv8stlgaUnr commltteo of the
Millsourl ] eglslaturo will return ! \ report -
port exonoratlng Nledrlnghau9 from
accoptlng money gl\'on him by hrow.
43T8 for the purpose of Influonclng ] 0/ / ; .
. f latlon.
Clarence Don Clark was re.clected
Unltod States senator by the Wyom.
fnp ; leglslaturo In joint session , by a
Tote of 67 to 7. Clare ] rocolvod the
unn.lllmoulf vote of the rOllubllcan
memberB.
It IB boHevod that the recent freeze
Sn Florldn destro'ed aU cltrous ( rults
on trees , excoptlng In the extreme
southern part of the st.\to , the totl11
destrucUon being placed at 300,000
bOXOII , p08slbly moro.
About 300 poundff at dynamite
stored In Plhsburg , Pa. , exploded ,
olowlng Vlnconzo } Jcsslmato , nn Hnl.
San employo , to atoms , Injuring ( orty
persons and badly damaging fiCleen
houses in the nolghborhood.
A number ot Texas business mon
bave termed a stock company to drain !
eomns ] alee , down In the Lone Stnr
state , In hope of finding $100,000 In
Moxlcan coins flupposed to ha'\'o boon
dumped there In the enrly daYB.
German ) " S009 a elngular eight In
the powerful center party co-operatln
wtth eoclallsts tn suporUng n. strllm ,
The higher Catholo clergy are sub.
Bcrlblng personallY to the strll\O funda
aud are announcing eubscrlptionR.
The Intornatlonal commission to In.
quire fnto the North sea Incldont re-
.mmedlts . sittings at Paris with dlmln.
Sshod attendance and Interest , owing
to the many fishermen wUnesses re-
pentln gpracUcaUy the lIame story.
A bU1 appropriating $5,000 for the
erection or a monument to the mom.
ory of Captnln C. V. Grldloy , who
commanded Admiral Dowo"S flagship
Olympia at the battle of 1\1an11n bay ,
hM boon Introduced In the sonnto. .
Presldont Roosevelt has dopartell
trom the social usages of many yen.rs
In becoming n dinner ftnost at the
house of the vlco presldont.elect. For
thirty . 'ear8 It has been the custom
tor the prosldont to do no dining oul.
Mrs. Casslo I Chadwick was tor.
many adjudgCll n banlernpt Ill , 1111 ;
Unltod StatCtl district nt Cleveland by
default. As a result of the court'R ac.
tlon the crodltors wU1 meet and oect ]
a trustee to taleo charlo of llor prot > -
erty u tll It elllln bo sold.
W1111am C. Doano , bishop ot AI.
bany , and a c9mmltteo ot the Interchurch -
church conference on marrlago and
divorce , called on the president to
center with him nil to some of the ro-
Butts ot their deUberntlonS' . BIshop
Doane , apenldng for the committee ,
dellvored a brlor nddrcss to President
Roosevelt , to which the prosldent re.
pHed.
Tho' hOllso committee on rlverg anll
harbors agreed on a blU provhUn ! for
river and harbor worle. The bl1l car ,
rles nn aggregate npproprlatlon 01
$17,091,875 and nuthorlzoR expendl.
tures for continuing contracts aKgrc-
4 ratlng ; $16.734,657. From the totnl 01
cash appropriated Is to bo deducted
the sum of $2,188,942 , the unexpcnde
balance at the appropriation carried
In the emergency act of llUt 'ear.
The plant ot thB Valley 011 mml
, at Mompl1lll. Tonn. , wall destroyed b ,
l1re.
l1re.Among
Among the nomlnl\tlons of the presl
dent wall that of Rev. George J. War
fng of Iowa to bo a chaplain In tht
, army , with the rank of firllt Houten
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-ant.
A man IUpposed to have b&en Goo
'W. Try-on of Keokuk , In" walked Inte
the ballement of the union station
Sl. Louis , and , whll. looking at hi' '
retectlon ! In a largo mirror , drew I
28.caUbre ! revolver and shot bhn"l
roucb the rlibt tomple. .
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GRAIN RATES GUT
BURLINGTON GOES BELOW THE
EQUALIZING BASIS.
MEETS RATES TO THE SOUTH
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Thn Evident I ntentlon Appears to Be
to Make the Fight So Warm Thnt It
Will Speedily Be Drought to Final
Determination.
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C'I1WAGO-ChurgeH for carrring
corn fl'om Omnhll to the AUuntic ea.
hourll rt'\l'hl'11 : the lowest flgttro In the
hlshB'y o [ the rate W l' . Late In the
lIternoon the Burllllgton IInnouncod
the , folluwlng tariff fOl' eXlIort :
Ccntl ! ,
Omnllll to Nl'w 1'01')01' \ ) 100 Ils. .1 < 1 %
Omllllll to ' ! \ . . . . , . . . . . . . .
Omaha to HnlllrlllJl' { ' " . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
011111 I III to Now . ( . . . . . . . . . . . .
Omnhll to Chlr.nro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ii
Omnhn , to St. LouIH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
' 1'ho Hocle ] slanll announcell through
' than thos < ' .
rates 1 % contfl hlghl1l'
Whe.n the wllrf l'u holween the lInes
lealling to the Gulf uf Moxlco and
UlOtlO lending to the Atlantic sea.
IMu'1 ! hy way of Chicago ! ! tarted the
Burlington tnrlt ! WII ! ! lL cent ! ! to Chi-
' ' 1'IIto WaR 25 %
CIIJO. 1'ho through
cents to Now Yor1l. After the cast-
ern trunk II110s hllll glvun authority
to thol1' WCtltt'l'n connectlonfl to mal\O
flgl\l'eH \ to geL the IJllflluss ) , the 111.
wllul'o & St. Paul , Gr 'at 'Vestern ,
Burlington 111111 Hocle IHlllllil Issuel !
tariffs of 181f cellts to Now Yorc )
from Omnha IIl1tl 17 celltfi to DaIU.
more. 'I'ho last ShlSll Is a full 4
cents nn shows the osporato char.
actor of the struggle In progl'ess for
the tl'llf11c of the corn belt. 'fhe cut
.Is jUHt twice aH declI as had been ex.
pected.
On WednostlllY the 1\IIssouri Pacific
rCtluccl ) Its rateR from Omahn. to Now
Orlealls from 1all. : to 11 cents. It
wnH eXIectel ! that the Chicago lines
woulll cut. their I1gures to the Atlantic ,
seaboarll to cOl'l'eSll0l1l1 , but the Dur-
lIngton not only meets the figure , but
go s 1 % centH better.
At the ( ' , llces of the Chlcao ! , 1\In.
waulcco & St. Paul It was said that
the cut of the Missouri Pacific hall
not been mot. Consldernhlo surprlso
was expressed when the freight of11. I .
clals were Informed of lho action of
the Durllngton. li'rom the outset the
fr lght olllcials of the Burlington hllve
IJeon opposell to demornllzlng rntes on
account of the attltudo of the 1\1ls-
sourl } Jaelfie. l'hoy believed the
trouble would blow over after a few
do.'s , but when the other lines made
1rato of 181f cents In connection
wllh the seaboarl roads the Durling-
ton folIowed. The ! nst cut of the : MIssouri -
souri Paclflc caused numerous con.
ferences nt1l1 the reductions nn.
nounced ] ate In the day showed that
the nurllngton } ) eoplo were bent on
lJrlnftlng the contest to 0 , close by
111ultlng It so extromel ) ' hot that everyone
ono would bo wl11lng to drol > .
Decide on Railroad Bill ,
'V ASHING'l'ON-'rho hOllso com.
mltteo on Interstate and forolgn commerce -
merco hy a Imrty vote 11\Ilhol'1zed a
favorahlo report to the hOU60 on a
bnt extomllng nuthorlty to the Inter.
state commerce commission to fix
rates , Increasing the slzo 'of the com.
mIssion from I1vo to seven members
IInli creating a "court of tramlporla.
tlon. " Anll the hill Is a combination
of the sch-Townsenll measures , with
amendments talwn from the Hopburn
lint. 'fhls action WIlS reached after
long sessions.
Baseball Agreement Revised.
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ClNClNNA'I'I-Tho rovlsel agree.
ment , which 111'ovllles for the regula.
tlon o ( pl'Ofesslonlll basebaIl was
comvlelCll tOlla ) ' hy the national com.
mission , 1\1111 will ho 111\(10 [ puhllc In a
few durs. Most of the chl\lUos wore
liftl'oeil IIpon at the recent meotlng 01
the commission In this cll ) ' . IncreasC\ ]
authority fOl' the natlonlll commissl011
In enforcing the Iljreemont : , aud morr.
open 11 < 11\lIng In Ilrafts an l solllng arc
the most hlllOrtllut chnnges , mnn
amendments bohl ! : minor.
Committee Considers Legislation.
W A SJ1IN.G'l'ON - ' } 'ho rOlluhIlcar
memhol's of the hOllse committee or
Intorl1tato nnll forolgn commerce heh
a meeting to conshlor railroad legis
latlon.
Knocked Out In First Round.
SAGlNA W , l\lIch-Jor ) Chel'ry 0
Saglnllw. was ImocJced out In the firs
round hy Ban ) ' , I"orhos of Chlcag < J
befm'o the Saginaw athletic club.
Pontal Conspirators Los .
W ASIIING'l'ON - - 'rho E1\IIIl'em
COlll't of the Unlllll Stlltes tollay de
nlell the al1l1lh atlo1of \ l\laclll.'lI , } . (
relli I\nd Groff for a writ of certloral
In the CIISO agnlnat them chllrglll
cOllsplracy to defraud the g'ovcrl
I mont In connecUon with the Pos
of11co dOllnrlment Inegularltles. Th
effect Is to loastanlling the lIec
. slon of the court ot appoaJs o [ 111
District ot Columbia flndlng thm
guilty as churgell. 1\I\\rhen \ , l.orel1
and the Groffs were selltenced to tw
years' Imlrlsonment.
Mr. Bryan Makes Donation.
SPIUNGl"lEl U , IlI.-Wllllnm
Dr'an Spoilt 'fuesday In JaclesonvU :
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In the Interests of Illinois college ,
which ho Is an I\II\1nnus and ono I
t the trllstees. At a mcotlll { ; of tI
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bourd of trustees Mr. Brm start <
a slIhscrllton ! to ral\o a sum ,
money to wi va ont the debt b ) ' Sll
scribing $2,500 to h01l1l the Hst al
$20,000 was ralll(111 , whIch wnt exU
gulsh the deht. In the IIftornoon
mass meeting of students was hold (
the camlHlS 1111I1 resolution thanlth
Mr. Dn'an WIlS udolllel1
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MEAN MUCH Fen OMAHA.
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ProposItion to Make It General Dls.
trlbutlng Point for Supplies.
W AS1I1NOTON-Thero Is pending
In the wllr olnco u propoHllIon to ralso
Omaha to the ImllOl'tanco or II. gonernl
IIll1trlllutlng llolnt. for Cluortormaster's
sUIlllIleR. n la now t.ho dlHtrllluting
Rtatloll [ 01' army lIuflpliea lIestinell to
military pORts within the depnrtment
or the tlHHolII'I , 'rho recent comlle.
tlon o ( the uow nhlltlon ( to the Clunr.
tel'nHlst I"R uflllly 1I < 'llot warchouso In
Omnlm hllll 1.roYllled . umpJo space for
lho . : IalHlJlng or n much larger ton.
nage. It Is 1II111 'rstood that there are
hut three ge'nel'nl sUPllly depots In
Ihn Unltel ] StateR'Iz. , . , New YorlSnn
F1'I\nclsco Hnll .TcffersonvllIc , Ind. , the
latter illation having heen cl > tabllshed
during the civil war nl1I1 malntaluod
largel ) . becuuso oC trnllltion. 'rho do.
velopmcnt. of the wcst In the Jl1utter
of tranSIOrtaUon facilities has glvon
rlso to n lIemanll for gonernl supply
stlltlon In the mlll.west. Omahl1's
claims to this new IIlstlnctlon have
been ndvocoted by Senator 1\ll11ard ,
who recently toole the matter up with
General C. P. 1Iumph1'oy , qunrtormas.
tel' gonernl of the nrmy. General
Humphrey was for II. long tlmo sta.
1I0nc(1 nt Omnha ni ! chlof quartermas.
tel' of the dOlI\I'tment of the Platte
and Is pOl'80nall ) ' conversant with the
situation , as ho Is , o [ course , with the
needs of the service In every 111ll't of
the United States. Senntor Millard
feels confldent that ho wl11 have the
good will of General IlIlmllhrey In the
effort to enhance the Importnnco of' "
Omaha. as a suppl ) ' station. Succeas
In this mnttel' would , of course , on.
ahlo the wholesale merchants and
manufacturers of Nebrasm ] to bid on
a vnrlot ) ' of arm - supplies for use
throughout the United States and the
Philippines , and no doubt they would
recolvo largo contracts. It Is posslblo
thnt an act of congress Jl1ay bo neces.
sary to bring this about , but Senator
l\Ullard Is In hopes that It can bo
llono by order of the secretnry ot , , var.
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HAS HOPE FOR BILL ,
Judge Norris Wilnts Terms of Office
Chanced.
W ASIIINGTON-\Iembers at the
NebrasJm ] eglslaturo no oubt w1I1
read with Interest the fun text or
Congrossmnn Norris' joint resolution
to extend the presidential term to
olght years , as wen as that of 'Sena-
tors ; to elect senators by dh'ect vote
of the people , and to extend the con.
grcsslonal term to four ) .ears , This
bill Is appl'oved by the members of
the house commltteo on electlon , by
the president amI by other congress-
mono 'fho measure follows :
"Section 1. President and Vice
President-Tho president aUtI VICO :
president shall bo eected ] for a term
of eight years. ' No person who has
held the office of 11resldent at any
tlmo within ono ) 'ear prior to the selection -
lection o [ electors for president and
vlco presillent shall be ellglblo to
that office for the 'Succeeding term ,
"Soc. 2. Senators-Senators S111111
bo elected by the people or the sov-
eml states fOl' II. term of eight 'ears.
QuaIlflcntlons to vote for senntors
shall be same as fOI' members of tile
house of representatl\'es. On senator -
tor from ench Rtnto shall bo eloctotl
at II. gonernl election hold at the same
tlmo electors for prosillent and vIce
president are chosen , and ono senator -
tor from ench Rtato shall bo elected
nt a general election hellIon the nrst
Tuesdny nfter the first Monday m
November four ) 'ears thereafter ; Pro.
vlded , That this aomndlllent shull not
bo construed as vacating the omco of
any seuator elccte prior to Its adop-
tion.
"Soe. 3. Members of the lIouso of
Roprosentatlves-Tho term of olnco
of members of the house or ropresen.
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tatlves shall bo four years. and the ) '
shall bo elected at tho'snmo gencml
I olectlon at which Denators me
I elected. "
Their Sentence Stands.
WASIIINGTON , D , C.-1'ho supreme -
premo court of the United States denied -
nied the apIIIlcation of 1\1l\l'chen , Lor-
cnz and Groff for a writ of certlornrl
In the case against them charging
consplrac ) ' to defraud the government
In connection with the postoffico de.
partment IrreguJnrlties. 'fho effect
Is to leave stnndlng the decision of
the comt of nllpenls ot the District of
Columhlu finding them guUty as
charged. Machen , Lorenz Hnd Gro1'f
I , wcro sontonci'll to two yeuI's' m.
pl'lsol1ment and Hnell $10.000 each.
Britain Asks Explanation.
LONDON-Tho 1i'orolgn ofllce haE
rccoh'ed a tele"ram' from Consul Gm
eral hll'l'a ) ' rOllorllllg thnt Illmsell
and VI co Consul MuCultnln were
chnrged by Husshll1 ca valr'men en
gnged In cler.rlllg the atrf1ets or War
saw , It appears tlllit Mr. l\Inrra ) ' h
lIartla1J ) ' dellf nnd did not heal' the
upproach of the trooper ! ! , nnd whol
ho sUbsequentl ) ' onde\vored to mulel
n Imown his vorsonaHty It " as wUhou
nvnU. The Foreign omco has telc
' 0 grnphed to Ambalsador IIardingo tl
h1\'elltlgato' the matter.
Better Plnces for I mmlgra'nts.
J. W AS111NG'l'0li'rn1Ie \ P. Surgenl
Ie commission or of Inuulgratlon , wa
J ( hearll b ) ' the house commltteo on al
J ( proprlatlons. MI' . Sargont lresente
10 the necessity ot ) Iormanont Imllrove
)11 monts for the hnmlgrntlon servlco
[ ) C New Orleans anll San Frnnelsco }
b. 1 lIIs Island It Is desired to construe
111 a contardons hOHllltal at an ostllllHte
n. I'ost of $250,000 and a $12,000 wah
a 11\lrltlratlon 1)ll\lIt. At Snn li'ranclsc
m thl're Is n 0 < ' 11 ClI an Inunllrntlon Stl
:1g : tlnn , plllns for which hnve been ma
at a cost of $ : ! ijO.OOO.
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ADDRESS BY GZAR
TALKS TO A DELEGATION OF
WORKINGMEN.
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Delegntlon Informed That Laborers
Were Deceived by Traitors to Run.
sla-Asserts That Wrongs Will Bo
RIghted ,
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S'l' . PETERSnUHG-Personal M.
suranc 'S of his Intention tomeJlo. .
rIlto the conllitions and remove 1110
causes Insofar I1S they are economic
which led to the recent strllte were
deJlver 'd by Emlwror Nichoills to
worltlngmen rOPl'esenUng all U10
leading factm'leR of St. Petersburg ,
who , at his Invltaalon , joul'1leyed to
' ! 'sarltoo Seloo 1\1111 were received In
nudlenco In the hall of the Alexander
paluct' , where ho hus his winter
resldcnce.
This Intervlow , face to face with
their "lllUo fathcl' , " In whom their
[ alth has not been shnlccn by the
events of the hloody Sunday of Janu.
nry 22 , has hl\ll a far greater nn
moro assurIng effect than any num.
bcr of lIroclamations by ministers
and govel'1lor generals and the worle.
men of St. Petersburg are now gen.
erally Inclined to accept the prom.
Ises of Governor General Treporf and
Flnanco lInlste1' Kelwvsovoff nt thoh'
face value.
'fho gift of the Imperlul rum11r : of ,
$2 , OOO to aid the fam1Ues and "Ic.
thns of the conflict of Jnnmmry 22
also has bad all excelIont effect and
as the news slowly permeates the laboring -
boring classes of Russia It Is expect.
ed that It wllI maleo them content to
walt for the IJl'omlsed reforms.
LUte II. wave caused by the faBlng
of a stone the strlko movement , however -
ever , Is sprendlng over the great sea
of Russian Industl'lal Jlfe , and wh110
St. Petersburg m1l1 Moscow , where
the troubles began , are now placid ,
the woremen of Poland and other
provinces arc not yet calm and the
rlpplo has reached to faroff Irlmtse ]
and ether Siberian towns.
FolIowlng is the czar's address to
the delegation who represented the
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emplo.es of fnctorles and worJeshopa
at St. Petersburg :
"I have s-.mmoned 'ou in order
that ' ' words from
'ou may ue u' my
m.seIr and communlcato them to
your compunlonRl'ho rOLent lamentable -
able events WlU1 such sad , but Ine , ' .
Itable results have occurred because
you allowed 'ourBelves to be led
astray by traitors and enemies to our
country. 'Vhell they induced you to
address a petition to mo on your :
needs they deslrod to see : rou revolt :
ngalnst 010 and m ) ' government. They
forced you to leave ) 'OU1' honest worle
at n perIod when 1\11 Russian work.
mn should bo laboring unceasingly
In order that wo might vanquish our
obstlnato enomy. Str11ees and dls.
graceful domonstratlons ] eel the
crowds to disorders whIch obliged ,
and alwuys will obllgo , the n thori-
tics to call out troops. As a result
Innocent people were vIctims. I Imow
that the lot ot the worcman is not
easy. 1\Inny things requlro improve.
ment , but have patlenco. You wllI
1lI1derstand that It Is necessary to bo
just toward ) 'om' employers and to
consider the conditions of pur Indus.
trIes. nut to como to mo as are.
belllous mob In order to decaro your
wants Is 0. crlmo. In my sollcltudo
for the worelng ] classes I wlll taleo
measures which wl1\ \ assure thut ey.
er.thlng posslblo wllI bo done to 1m.
provo their lot and secure nn Investi.
gaton ! of their demands through legal
channols. I 11m convinced of the
honesty of the woremen and tholr
devotion to m'seIf , and I pardon their
transgression. Return to ) .our worle
with ) 'o\1r comrades md } carry out the
tasles a110te to ) 'ou. May God assist
) 'ou. "
Edabllsh New World's Records.
RED WING. l\lInn.-New world rec.
ords were established In a sJeI turnll.
ment , In the ] on jump , stand or faU ,
George ThollllSOn of Red Wing , cover.
ed 118 feet and In the long jump stand.
Ing. Gustaf Dye of IShpomlng , Mich. ,
went 106 , both bolng abend ot all
lrevlous records.
To Save Maxim Gorky ,
DERLIN-A number of deputies
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slglOll a memorial In the chamber
, ot deputies aaldng the government to
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use Its good of11ces with the Russian
, government to save the Ufo or 1\1axh
Gorley and his companions.
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ThInks Hay "Butting
I s'r. PE'rBHSI3URG-Tho Novostl
. sa.s Secretary lIay's note on the sub ,
. ject or China will bo Interpreted In
dIfferent WHYS. "Wo cannot sn ) ' , " the
'papor adlls , "tlhat It promlsos the
, belllgeronts agreeable prospects , If
, ether cabinets como to an agreement
with Washington It may happen that
ilolther Hussln nor Japan will get the
sllgntes ndvantago from the war. .
OthCl' powers are preparing to set
: . up claims In case pence Is declared.
J They ho.vo s\HlIlenl ) ' conceived a de.
sil'o to In'esel'Vo Chlno.'s Integrity.
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, Grows Serious at Warsaw.
W AHSA W-Tho strllco disorder !
are hocomlng moro serious. 'fho or
tllnary lIfo of the city Is qulto BUS
pended. On Saturday the strltcor !
stoPIed the street railway srvlco , bu
remained otherwlso orderly. Sunday
however , they began wholesale 1)111
n o. The majorJt ' of the ! ! hops h
: \lnrshlll Kovsltl stl'eet alHl the statl
vodlen shops were looted. All the fllc )
torlos , shops , S'chools and theaters nrl
closed , nnd the street Jamps oxth ,
lul..hel1 , There were sovernl collision
betwenn the IOUC'A and strIkers.
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FOR JOINT RATES.
Railroad Companies Agree on the
Same.
WASIIlNGTON-The senate com.
mltteo on Interstate commerce gave a
hearing on the subject of ral1road
legislation , .Judgo S. II. Cowan ot
Ii'ort Worth , Tex" ndvocated sovornl
amondmentlr to the luterstato com.
merco act ns melhod of reaching
combinations of ral1roada to fix joint
rates ,
. M. Ii'or uson , who rOIresC1nts
fruit and vegetable shlppng assocla.
tlons , mUlle a brfef SIeech ) In fn.vor
of the IWelns bl11. 110 protested
against IIlErcrlmlnutlons In favor of
con corns ollera"ung prlvato rerlgera.
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tor curs , and chm'ged that these own.
ers get rates of from $ lUO to $200 less
per car than othOl' shlplerS , and thore.
fore were unfah' comlletltors.
Judge Cowan , ropresenLlng sovornl
cn.ttlo growCl's' associatlOl s , who wns
heard lIy the house committee. re.
peated charges of discriminations In
carrying cattle to northel'tl polnts ,
saying that the1'o was an agreement
between the r l1wa ) ' companies which
flxod joint rates between urJous
points.
Judge Cowan said that no cattle
shlppor wag dlscl'lmlnated ngl.lnst : ,
but that competition on rates had Ills-
apl1Cared b ) ' reason of combination of
railroads and the rates had been ad.
vanced to many ponts.
The Shermnn law , as u means of
reaching C'omblnatpns nnd consplr.
acles of that chnracter , was held to
bo sufficient by Senator , Ellelnr. ! Ho
declared that the United Stutes Ills.
trlct attorney could lIroceed under
that lav.
JUdge Cowan said he was under the
Impression that It was the atl01'l1ey
general who dotermlned that o.ctlons
should bo Instituted under the Sherman -
man law. Senator Carmacle toole the
same view and severnl other senators
said that the district attorney seldom
brought actions except In minor cnses ,
Judge Cowan suggested an amend.
ment to section 15 of the Interstate
commel'ce act ns a meamr of meeting
such discriminations. The act maes
it the duty of the commission to fix
a proper rate or charge In place of
any unjust or unreasonable charge ,
such rnte as flxed hy the commission
to go lute effect within thirty days.
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OPPOSES BIG HOMESTEADS
CongreGsman Mondell Wants Ne ,
braska Law Tested.
WASHINGTON-Whether 640 acres
as II. homestead shaH taJeo the place
of 160 acres Is a question which Is
being discussed hefore the pUblic
lands committees v : the senate and
house , Statements have been made
showing thut a square mile Is not too
much to allow a man In cortaln states
of the west and that 160 acres Is too
lIttlo. An Intorestlng , argument was
made before the house commltteo hy
RepresentaUvo Monllell \V'omlng ,
chalrmun of the house Irrlgntlon com.
mlttee , In which he took decided
ground against ap ) " hasty legislation
on this subject.
"Congress passed a Jaw on this
question last session InclUlllng the
lanll of westel'tl Nehraslm. " ho saId ,
"with the undCl'standlng that It wo ld
ho in the nature of an experiment.
After II. fall' tl'lal there , and a car .
fu ] Investigation of Its results , It maybe
bo wlso-mo ) ' he wise I say-to enact
similar leglsJation for other limited
loculltleH ; hut to forthwith apIly the
plan to great arnas of the west at this
time , would bo a dangerolls thing. 'fho
Nebraslm law has heen In no sense
Il domonstratlon as yet. "
Mr. Mondell sta tell that ho had
made four 01' five long rnllroad trIps
throughout this part of Nebraska nnll
he had observed no Indication of set-
ttement undCl' this Jaw , lIe saw no
now houses nor no eviliellco of Increased -
creased popuutlon. ] lIe admitted thut
there are vaHt areas of the west which
can eventlll\Hy be clnssUied as gr z.
Ing lo.nds solely , Irredeemable beyond
any process of 1l'l'lgatlon , hettCr ! farmIng -
Ing methods or through the Introduc.
tlon or new arid land cmps , "but , " ho
said , "wo are In no COIIlIt1on ( fit thla
tlmo and will not lie for many year3
to intelligently "laRRlfy 1\11 these
lands , " II
Bryan at College Dinner.
NEW YORK - William JennlngH
Dryan wo.s the l1rlnclpal guest r'l'1I1n '
night at the annual dlnnor of the New
Yore ] Alumni association of S'TacuslJ
university at the H tel Astor. He
slloJ\O on " 'rhe Appcal of Democracy
to the Cultured Clnsses. "
Grinding Can dlan Wheat.
l\l1NN ] APOLIS , Ihll1.-Thol'o nre
now llvo hlg nOl'th wostel'll ml11s
grinding Canadian whent , four oj
which nl"o \linneapolls and the
last in 'Vlnona , 'fhe 111l11s are operat ,
In under the new drawback regula ,
lions , which IOrmlt the grinding 01
the wheat for export with the prlvl.
] eJes of retaining the hY'Irollucts II :
this countrr. Twent.fi\'e thousnnl1
hushels at Cnnllllinn wheat ha'\'o beer
purchased , anll aftCl' FeIJl'ual' ) . 1 a mlr
having a capaclt ' o ( 1,800 lInl'l'els t
du ) ' will bo put to worl , on thl' grain
Students Show Disapproval.
Darmstadt , 01'1\1111 Duchr of Hosse-
. Three hunllred Russian student !
marched to the hOUHe of the Huscll\I
mlnlstor , PI'ln7.o K0I1Ill\'how. The
spolccsman for the studentS' said theJ
wished to protcRt ngulnst absolutism
the wal' with .10111\n allIl tbo recon
proceedhlJs at St , Pl.tOl'sburg. 'fht
students gave cheers for free RIH1sla
. The mlnlstor repIlel ] that last Sundn
had been 1\ day of triO doelOst salines :
ecnuso masses of worltlngmen hnl
been misled h ) ' thoughtless lenders
The students then quietly withdrew
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WOMAN'9 MISERY.
Mrs , John LaRue , at 115 Patc"on
'avenuo , Paterson , N. J. , saYiJ : "I was
lroublod for about nine ) 'cars , anll
whut I suffered -
fored no ono
w I I I ever
lenow. \lsell
about evcry
Itnown reme-
lIy that Is Halll
: : to be good for
] , Idney com-
palnt , but.
wIthout II o.
rIving perma. \ \
ent relict.
nltnn . . . . .1. " . .
nlono In " ' house the b"'a4 ] ; ch ' ;
been so bad thut It brougbt teurs to
m ) ' e'os. l'ho pain at times was so In.
tense thnt I was compelled to glvo U\ \ >
my household dutlos and 110 down.
There were headaches , dizziness anll
blood rushlug to my hend to cause
bleeding at the nose. The first box ot
Doan's Kldne ) ' , PJ11s benefited mo so
much that 1 continued the treatment.
The stinging pain In the small of my
bac1e , the rushes of blood to the hca
and other symptoms disappeared. "
oan's Kldnl'Y Pl11s for. sale by all
dealers. . 50 cents per box. Foster-
Mllburn Co. , Buffalo. N. Y.
Punctured Bubble.
The phrase "punctured bubble" I
npplled to any 1I0l'pon , enterprlso or-
thing that In the beginning 1001cS' brlI-
lIant and promising , but which , after
a short oxlstence , Is punctured by
criticism and then dlsappoars a
qulctly ] as 0. brolwll bubble.
p'asteboard Resists Bullets.
At some firing experiments by th '
Swedish governmOlrt the bullets falled
to penetrate targets made of paste.
bourd three Inches in thlcmosS' ] , yet
they easlly I > llSS tbrough planks five-
inches thlcl\ .
Book Brings Big Price.
The sum of $20,000 was paid at n.
Londo nauctlon for II. "Codex Psalm.
arum" of the ) 'ear 14 9 , of which only
twenty copies wcro orlglnally prInted. .
Life of Telegraph Wires.
Tetegraph wires will last for tort , . ,
years near the seashore. In the man. '
utacturlng districts the same wlre
last only ten years and even less.
A New York contemporary wants tl > I
know It Julius Caesar Is dead. 'V
have not noticed his death notice any.
where.
SPREADING THE
NEWS BROADCAST.
That Dodd's Kidney Pills cured hie
Diabetes. After long suffering Mr.
G. Cleghorn found a permanent relief -
lief In the Great American Kidney
Remedy. 'V .
Port Huron , Mich. . Jan. 30th.-Spc- ( .
cla1)-Tortured ) with Dlabetos and
-Bladder Dlseaso from which he could
apparently get no 'relict , Mr. G. Cleg-
horn , II. brlctlu"er ] , H'\'lng at 119 Dut.
tIer St. , this city , has found a complete -
pleto and permanent cure In Dodd's
Kidney pJ11s nnd 111 his graUtudo he
Is spreading the news broadcast.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills made 0. man or
mo , " Mr. Cleghorn says. "r was 1\
sufferer from Diabetes and Bladder
Disease. I was so had I could do no
work and the pain was something
terrible. I could not get anything to
help mo till I trlell Dodd's Kidney
Pills. They helped mo right from the
first and now I am completely cured.
I have recommended Dodd's KidneY'
Pills to all my friends and they hl\ve-
found them all that Is calmed . ] for
thorn. "
Dodd's KIdney Pl11s cure all Kidney
Ills trom Dacmcho ] to Drlght's Disease -
ease , They never fall to cure Rheu-
matism.
Ono month In the school of affliction -
tion wJ\l \ teach theo moro thl111 the
greut precepts of Aristotle In - ! ! cven
years ; for then canst never judge
rightly of humnn almlrs , unless thou
as first felt tllO blows , and found out
the deceIts of fortune-FuIler.
There Is more Catarrh In this lectton ot the country
than all OllltrtU.ca.e. put toolher ! , : , nnd unUllhe I. "
few years IVU luppo.cd lo be Incurable , } o'or a g-e..t
lUany doctore prunounced It a local deeaoe ! and
prelcr rears 10CliI rellledles , a\lIl lIy con5lanUy falllc ! ;
to C\lre wllh lucal trealment , prononnced It Illcurable.
Science haa proveu Calarrh lo be a cunstltuUonal dl. .
eaoe aud thercfore require. con.Ututouallre..tmenL !
lIall'l Catarrh Cure , II1 nufaclUred lIy F. J Cheney
" " Co" Toledo , 01110. II Ihe only conollluUonal cure OD
the market. It Is ( aken IDlemallr In dosel from l
dropl to Q teaspoontnl , It acts dlrecuy on the blood
and mncon. lurtace. of 1110 .y.tem. 1'hoy oll'er one
hundred < lulla , . tor an ) ' ca.o It tlll1 , ; u cure , Send
tor crcnlafl ! and . leollllllnl&I. . ,
Addreut . . J. CIII : iln. & ; CO. , TolodCl. Ohio.
801d lIy lJru IIIU. 15 < 1 ,
Take UaU'j } o'alUlIy 1'11I1 tor conlUpaUop.
You do not cleanse : rourseU b1
ewutUng everyone else.
AmoDIr tbooo who have receIved tbe hlgh st
award-the Urand l'rlze-at St , Loulll World' " ! '
wal lhe A. J. 'ruwer Co. . the makeu at Iho } o'181
DHANlJ 81.10KlmS. ! llan1 of our readers who went
I to lho r'alr11I recall Ihelr nne eshlblt In 1I'hlcb
waterproof garmcntl were ello n adapI\,1 to 80 lDaDY
UIOII that ullllOllt every departlllent of lbo world' .
work was luggeled , The Orllnd l'rlze was n de-
.erred lriliu tll 10 ono of thu ull1ellt lIlanufacturlna
concerDlln tile COUULr ) .
The man who puts hiS' heart into
bis wore will alwa's get ahead in It.
The Best Results In Starching
can be obtalnell onby \ uslnS' Defianca
Starch , besIdes getting 4 ounces more ,
tor same lUone-no cooking requIred. " !
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It tnlees more thnn the Sunday suit 'Ij
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to IDllke the solid snlnt.
A OUAnANTJ I D ( JunE Fen } 'ILES.
11cl11111 : , UIIDd , lIIeedn. ! : or l'rulrudlDIr Pile. . Your
drul { tlt "III refund mouey It I' AZO OliTUEN'r
taUl 10 cure JUII In II to U daYM. 6Oc. - - '
You soon ] ese the religion you try
to keep to 'ourseU.
rlso's Cure cannot bo too blghly spoken ot IUI
a coulb curo.-J , W. O'UIIIEN , : t : ' 'I'hlrd Ave.
N. , MIDuel1polh < , Mlnn. , Jan. O. HI ( ) ( ) .
"Time to burn" leeops the dlPf ' .
furnnce Jolng.
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