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HOME OF VETERANS HOT SPRINGS SANITARIUM TO BE THING OF BEAUTY , OMAHA MAN IS ARCHITECT RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM CONVEN TIONAL LK-ES. INNOVATION OF BUILDINGS Nebraska Men Interesred Alone With South Dakota Members-Congressman Cannon a Fnend of Project. Washington , Dec. 20. Doubtless \t \ there are hundreds or old soldiers in the west who feel a vital interest in the proposed sanitarium wjich is to he a uart of ihe branch of the soldi or's home at Hot Springs , S D. Last winter congress made an appro priation in aid of the project. With the opening of this session the house committee on appropriations is con sidering the architect's tentative plans for the various buildings of the sanitarium , which contemplate -it total expenditure of half a million dollars. These plans were drawn by Thomas R. Kimball 'f Omaha , whose ability as an architect is generally recognized. Nebraskans are well ac quainted with his work at the Oma ha exposition in which he displayed a genius for combining architectural conceptions with practical ideas to meet the requirements of the case. The plans of the sanitarium met the unanimous indorsement of the na tional board for the management of soldier's homes. Supt. II. E. Pal mer , of Nebraska , a member of the board , submitted tne nlans to 'Uncle Jie" Cannon , chairman of the house committee on appropriations , slated for spetker of the next house , who did not hesitate to say that he was favorably impressed with the unique features of the plans. To have won Uncle Joe's favor so readily within itself speaks volumes for the.adequacy of the architect's scheme. Conventional ideas of hospital ar ohitecture have been lost sight of in this case. Briefly stated the plan de fines an eight-spoked wheel , the hub of which represents a court or plaza the diameter of which is abouc 200 feet , a colonnade through which the inmates may walk under cover to the various buildings which stand in relation to it as do spokes to the hub of a wheel. Beneath the colonnade is a subway , affordiug a conduit for all plumbing , pipes and as a passage way for supplies which are wheeled upon trucks Irom the s'orehcuse. In the center of the court is a fountain into which flows the hot mineral water whose medicinal pr peties have made famous the hot springs of South Dakota. Standing at the spke > which points toward the city of Hot Springs is the administration build ing two stories and basement , with architectural adornments , furnishing egress and ingress to the grounds. Diametrically Apposite or upon the other side of the court , is the kitch en , storehouse , guardhouse , bath house , etc. , which stands , of course , in the rear. Between these two main structures there are thr e hospitals buildings on either side of the wheel , each taking the re-ative position of as many spokes jutting out from the colonnade. Tnese are. two story structures having a capacity of over fifty beds each. They are thirtv feet wide and possibly 100 feet long. A porch runs al ing one side of each. Inclined planes lead from the colon nade into these hnpsital buil.-lings. easy of ascent , there being no stair way. There are many windows on both sides , aff rding a superanun- dance of light The system of venti lation is exnau.stivc and seen.inglv perfect , creating const-intly a fresh supplv 'f pun ; air. In fact , the con trolling idea uf the architect seems to have been to attain the maximum supplv nf sunshine and fresh air Up- to-date ideas of perfect sanitarium down tothe smallest detail have been suggested. bnt > < iii'g to tear approved scientific principles , as an atli-inct to the curative pr.'pertirs of the min eral water which abounds , the valm of which was recngnz"d ; bv the fn- dians long bef < ue tl.e white man found in them a remedy fur many ills. 4 Messrs. Martin and "Burke. South Dakota's representatives in the low- er house of congress , are doing rhejr utmost t'i secure an increase in the appropriation for this great project with 'air promise of success nt the present sessi"n. It is a rnn'ter which is eng-iging the attesti < n of the members from several western states fnr the reason that the completion of the sanitarium will afford an ideal nnme for disabled veterans all over the mid-west f-ir whom there is to day no room in government hospitals. Killed to Save His Life. Reading , Pa . Dec. 20. An Inn in Taridai. an Italian , aged seventeen , who on July 4 last shot John Traver. Edward Ilartrnan arid Samuel Sitzcl. young men who had assaulted him after having tried to pick a fight with him. wlii e he was playing a street-piano , and all three of whom subsequently died , was acqnitte-1 in court here today TarlrJai claimed sel'-'lefense and said that'he ' killed the three men to save his own life. TRAMP LIVED IN MANSION 7 WEEKS He Slept Much. Ate a Plenty and Enjoyed Him- Self Hugely-Offered to Work for it. Philadelphia , Dec. 20. During the last seven weeks James Smith , a vagrant , wh was arrainged before Magistrate Kochersperger in the central police court , has lived in more ease and luxury than has prob- aoly e.ver fallen to the lot of a tramp While tramping through Belfry , Pa. , seven weeks ago Smth. happened to pass the beautiful old mansion , the country residence of Peter Say- bold t , a deputy sheriff. Smith had seeu many beautiful houses in his extensive travels , but the old mansion impressed him so much that he decided to make it his residence for the winter. lie made such elaborate promises of wcrking about the the place to the old woman who was acting as care taker to the house that she did not hesitate to admit him. Once inside the house Smith could not be induced to leave. He selected the choicest room in the mansion and proceeded to lix it p to suit himself. The ued io his room was not to hi ? liking , so he put an evtra feather mattress on it. He also increased tne number of pictures in his room by carrying a few from other rooms in the house atd banging them on the walls of his own loom Each day he ate three meals. On several occasions the tramp tried to induce the caretaker of the house to serve his breakfast to him in his room. Smith continu ally talked about the wor he intend ed doing about the place , but he never did any. Last Sunday Deputy Sheriff Say- buldt. accompanied by his daughter and his sistertook a trip to Belfry to s < je that good care was being taken of the house. The deputy sheriff was surprised and grew angrv when he heard of Smith's presence in the house. Although it was late in the afternoon Smith was still sleeping comfortably in h'S room an 1 Sayboldl pulled him out of bed without any ceremony. Sayboldt's first thought was to th t ash the tramp , but he fi nally decided to have him arrested. Smith admitted to the magistrate that he had been living in Savboldt's summer residence , and also acknow ledged that he had st > pped in the nouse of correction for three months. The latter place was thought by the magistiate to be tht best for Smith , and he was committed there fur six months more. Boers are Coming to Colorado. Denver , Coin. , Dec. 20. Nearly nine thousand.B- . , it is said , are reparing to "trek" to America , and will settle in Col irad n New Mexico and Texas. The representative of this movement is General Samuel Pearson , late quart ° rmaster general of the South African republic , whose headquarters are in New York. Colorado frienrts of the Boers have been in communication with tLe gen eral in regard to suitable lands for the settlers , and General M. De Vil- liers , who is now looking over the l.mds has expressed himself as very favorably impressed with this state. The American Offer the Best. City of Mexico. Dec. 20. TheMe.x kan government has received offers fromNew YorK financiers for a gold loan for public works , the govern ment having the authorization of congress to contract such a loan. The governranet is in no hurrv , and is paying for the works out of its am ple reserve Junds , and it is not ev- pected to contract the loan until it can do so on teiras which will be satisfactory. The government has received from abroad intimations i hat it can secure a gold loan for establishing a gold basis of curreucy , but the luan for such a purpose can not be rontrcted without authoriza tion from congress. Calls President an Enemy. Chelsea. Mass . Dec. 20. "I want a warrant for President Roosevelt , " said Charles C. White , a well-tu-do citizen , tod.ry at ti.e central police station. Addressing Police Captain Grover , Wliite continued : ' He hired 1'im McCarthy and John Faiey to assault me the other day and 1 was assau'ted ' h/them im East ern avenue. R-osevelt was there in his carriaiie and encouraged the men while they were stiiking me. " Then the speaker nimbled into a long string of < ( < mplaints against President Roosevelt and the coal queti"ri. . The man was laboring un der excitement and resisted arrest. He was overpowered and a loaded re- v-ilver and a razor were found on him. lie is held for an examination by phvsiciaus. Barringer Stahhei ! to Ceath. St. Louis. D.V. . 20 J. W. Barrin Ji. aged 27 years , a civil engi neer in the employ ol the St. Louis , Memphis & Southeastern riilruid ; , vas stahbeJ to death bv S. M. Mor- t'Hi. in the Gramts hui'Mng. Morten , who ? s * ( a civil eigineer. but at ire n' Mitof nip wmt. . was arrsted d t * n to ti e p lice station. I h " h toi-k a rinse of pni.snn , from v\ii eh .ie was given relit f at the ci y dispensary. The dead man was th J sou ofa prominent army officer. ' ' Y FLEET TO BE HANDY. Dewey Within Striking Distance of Yenez- uela-Not Likely to be Needed. Washington , Dec. 18. Disposition of Admiral Dewey's fleet during the holidays is to be made under the di rection of the secretary of the navy , ID view of the increasing complica . tions arising in connection with Venezuela , and the wishes of this government not to arouse suspicion unnecessarily by dispatching a large naval force to Venezuela waters. Admiral Dewev cabled tue depart ment in regard to the orders for his fleet during the Christmas holidays. Orders are now in preparation for the various vessels and will be for warded to the admiral in the next day or two. ! No reflection upon Admiral Dewey is intended by the navy department in deciding to give up the orders for his snips , instead of giving him a free hand in the matter as it was ex- , i ected would be done That there may be a thorough co-operation of the navy with the state department in the handling or the Venezuelan situa tion , however , it seemed that the question could be more satisfactorily settled here , as the navy depart ment is in possession of all the facts regarding the action of the allied powers , and danger of conflicting with the policy of the state depart ment will be averted. It is unlikely that men of war will be sent to La Guayra , the feeling be ing that the presence of American men of war at this time might cause uneasiness among the allied powers , as well as offer encouragement to President Castro to maintain his de fiant attitude. On the other hand the situation has grown so acute within the past few days that both state and navy department ollicials are agreed that it will not be amiss to reudevous the fleet in ports within easy range of the Venezuelan coast. Puts Tax on Soft Drinks. Washiutgon , Dec. 18. Commission er Yerkes of the internal revenue bureau , has rendered a decision in which he rules that druggists and others who sell soda water dunks , claret soda , or similar beverages to which distill d spirits , wine , or any C'impounds ' thereof are added in any quantity , however small , are requir ed to pay specinl tax for retail liqti'r dealers under the internal revenue laws. Under the old rulings druggists and others were allowed to add to soda water and other soft drinks and inappreciable quantity of distilled spirits or wines for flavoring pur poses. The former ruling is levoked to take effect January , 1903. Mistaken For a Burglar. Plat-tsmoutl : , Neb. , Dec 18. "News has reached this ciry uf the t agct : death of Henry Pierson , a former Ca.st county citizen , which occurred ic- , 'cently i-ear Guthrie , Okla. It ap-1 pears that a burglar had entered his1 home and the noise made by the in truder awakened Mr. Pirrson. Pro curing a revolver he pruceecied to search the house for the burglir. ; While passing through a room occu pied by a farm hand , the latter , wno. had also heard the noise and thinking Mr. Pirrson was the intrud er , raiser ! his revolver and proceeded to make a target out of the crouch ing form of his employer. Owing to the darkness of the room his a m was n'ior. hut one of the bullets lodged in Mr. Piers'm's ' left side. The wound resulted in his death two weeks later. Awful Act of Insane Man. Lapeer. Mich. . Dec. 18 John Best , aged twentv-eight years , single , arose from his bed during the night v\hile insane , and cut Jasper Cleg 's hea 1 nearly 'iff with a ; azor. danger usly wounded his own mother , wounded nis sister and then shot himself to death. Clegg , who was sixty years of age , boarded at thr Best ! home. Best was committed to the insane asylum ab-wt a year ago. but six months later was discharged as cured Rest appears to have arisen from his oed and g ne h'rst to the sleeping room of Clrgg. lie attacked Clegg with a razor , probably before the old man awoke. The murderer then ev idently returned to his own room and to bed. At a later hour he again arose'and went to the ronm of his mother ITe struck Mrs. Best a blow with the damaged razor. She sprang out of bed. got away from the crazy man and made her wav to the door. Here she broke away from him and ran to a neighbor's , where she tele phoned for the sheriff. Returned to the Hospital. Osccnla. JSTel : . , Dec. 18. Sheriff Fart man took the train from here for Lincoln Tuesday morning , hav ing in cus odv EM Snmueisnn , whom he wis ; taking to the insane aslvnrn at Lincoln. Mr Surnuelsori had bren in the asylum bef-TO and was njs- chargpd a couplef < years ago , cured or at least harmless , but lately he has got wots * again and it was Mi ( light that wi'h the treatment he would get at the asvlum it would be tuucti better for him to be toere. ASKS FOR HUSBAND ' DODGE COUNTY WOMAN PLEADED AN HOUR WITH THE GOVERNOR. HERS A NOVEL ARGUMENT IN A COLLISION A FIREMAN WAS KILLED NEAR TABLE ROCK , FELL ASLEEP IN HIS CAB Severe Winter in Hungary Causing Many Deaths Daily and Much Privation. Lincoln , Neb. Novel and unique was the story of a Dodge county woman who called on Governor Sav age Tuesday afternoon to secure a pardon for her hushanr. He had been senlened for hog stealing and tne arguments were distinctly fern- inine. "My husband was sent to the pen itentiary along with . They both st'ile ' hogs. Mrs. told me her hus band would get out f-'dav. She don't need him any more than I need my husband and I don't know that I'll go away until you let him out. " This of the she ' statement case re- iterated over arid o ei again. She he gan to cry. Her sobs were pitiful. For more than an hour the crying and presisteut repetition of her re quest continued. Finally the gover nor had formed a plan to get his vis itor out of the cflice. He called a member of the otlice force. "This man will take care of your case , " he said. "He knows that the other man hasn't been let out. " More discussion followed. Finally the woman was assured that swine poacher No. 2 had not been released. Ihen she stopped. "She ain't got any more rights to her husband than I have" to mine. " she declared as she was leaving the otlice. Inquiry brought out the informa- tion that the woman bad been mis informed. When she heard of the pardon of the accomplice of her hus band she went directly to the capi- tol. No petition had been filed and she enter ed the ollice of the governor without notice. This is but one of the long string' of applications that awaits the action of the governor. Some of them arc purely informal , but the many re quests have been modeled in accord ance with the statutes. Gray-haired and bent with age , a mother called on Governor Savage. Her son was sick. He would surely die if kept in prison any longer. "He isn't sick , " responded the governor. "I have taken the trouble to visit him. I have had him ex amined by doctors He isn't even honest in his application. I cannot do auvthing for him. " This statement aroused her indig nation. "That boy" had ahvay- been good. "They swore to lies' when they put him there. He was sick and he would die. In the mean time a convict was industriously rub bing his limbs and pretending to be rheumatic. Fireman Killed in a Wreck. Table Rock , Neb. Fireman Mor- rell was killed in a wreck on the Southern division of the Burlington Tuesday night at Table Hock. The accident occurred at 8:30 : o'clock. Freight trains No. 22 and No. 22i. ( 1 tli extras , met in a "head on" cullision on the main track in the railroad yards , the engines of both trains being badly damaged ; littlr injury was sustained by the freight cars. According to the Burlingti n nilicials in Lincoln the indications that the wreck was caused by oru of the engineers being asleep , although further investigation maj disprove this belief. As Table Ruck is on the southern division onh meager reports were icceived at tin Lincoln headquarters. An investi gation will follow as soon as the oa-- ties concerned can be Drought before the superintendent It is said that Morrell the mar who v\as killed , claimed Table Rock : is his home. When in Lincoln he boarded at ; the Arlington hotel. Foodstuffs Held the Germs. San Francisco , Dec. 19. Advice ? received from Honolulu show thai investigation proves that foodstuff shipped to Honolulu from Japan and China and San i''rancisco are icspcn- si ) le for the cases of plague recently ap earing there. Chief Five Cruws is Dead , Pendleton. Ore. , Dec. 19. Five Crows.a noted Qmatilla Indian chief has been found dead near Athena , it is supposed that while intoxi eated he fell off his pony and fioze 10 death. He was seventyears oln ind distinguished himself in the Kannock war of 1878 by killing th- famous lidian Chief Egan , of th make Indians. He betra\ed Egan tito the hands of the Umatillas , win \ere friendly to the whites. FUEL REMAINS SHORT. Operators Hold Out No Hope for Relief This winter. Surplus Exhausted. Philadelphia. Pa. , Dec. 19. Offici als of the Reading railway company hold out no hope for relief in the an thracite coal stringency this winter despite the reports of the company to mine and ship to its full capacity. "Under normal conditions , ' said one uf the otlicials , "the anthracite production is never equal to the de mand during'the winter months and' the Readinand all the other an thracite c mpanies have been obliged to draw upon the stock at various storage points to help ouD the de mands of the trade. 1 This year there is not a pound of coal at any of these storage points and consumers are dependent entire ly upon the daily output of the mines The big dealers in New England , who usually have in stock at thist seas m of the year from 50,000 to 100-i 000 tons , are dependent entirely uoon' what is being shipped to them by the various companies. "Practically all the leading com pany's collieries are in operation. The company shipped from the mines during the last two days nearly 1.900 cars of coal. This means a daily pro duction of nearly 60,000 tons. " It is stated that the Pennsylvania railroad has 3 000 of the Reading company's coal cars on its tracks in the western part of the state as well as 2.500 belonging to the General Railway of New Jersey , and thesej are urgently needed in the anthracitej trade. Their non-delivery , it is' claimed , is causing much delay in the shipment of anthracite to points west of Harrisburg. Reading company officials decline to discuss the question as to whether the advance of 50 cents a ton maJe in October would hold good during 1903. but they admit that it will cer tainly rule beyond January 1 , 1903 , the date fixed by Mr Baer for a re duction tc the old rate. An operator , who attended the meeting of the operators in New York stated that the advance would be retained during all next year. Washington , Dec. 19. A material increase j in the number of cases of pneumonia and severe colds among the people of this city is attributed by physicians to the coal famine. They say that in most of the houses , they visit only a few of the rooms aroj neated.and even many well to do res-i idents have abandoned their fur-5 naces. ; Tue price of hard coal from thej independent operators today was ; 312 a ton. Soft coal at retail brought' $8 a ton and many of the dealers are unable , to furnish even small lots to regular customers. Bridgeport , Conn. , Dec. 19. At a' secret meeting here today of the Re tail Co-il Dealers association of New England plans for protecting the members were discussed. The secretary , G W. Sears of Ar lington , Mass , said : "We are discussing plans to protect the legitimate dealers against the encroachment of companies and men who propose to sell coal direct rrorn the railroad cars. We , with expensive plants , cannot compete with them. Our association starts from Chicago and takes in the entire east We propose to notify members of the as sociation of sales to companies doing' business from cars direct and they will be guided accordingly. It is a move for protection pure an simple " Case Proceeds to Trial. St. Louis , Dec. 9. Jtidge Ryan , before whom Delegates Sheridan , Denny , Albright , Bersch and Gutke are being tried on the charge of briberytoday overruled tne demurrer of the defense to the joint informa tion. The trial then proceeded with ihe testimony of J. K. Murrell , also indicted on the charge of bribery , who turned state's evidence and told about the suburban franchise deal Murrel's testimony was a recapitu- lati'in of the well known story < > f the icposit box aiKl the $75 OHO which he h.is related at the of her hearings. The testimony of Philip Stock , leg islative agent , was confined to the same subj-'ct and they did not vary i rom the stor ? he has r la ted hereto- lore. . He counted the ST5.UOO in court After nearly every question jnked the defense objnctc d and when the oiijeuiion was overruled an ex ception was taken. An Iowa Man Found Dead. Boise , Iflalio. Dec. 19 The body of a man bHieved to be either Earl > ttle or Andrew Kittle of Cedar Rapids. Iowa , was found near MOMD- i iin Home. Idaho. The man is sup p 'Sed ' to have been dead several u'inths In his pork"C was a rail- wav ticket from Cedar Rapid to Pirtland. Ore , and a purse cmtain- nig 3190 . The purse bears the name of Andrew Bittle. Progress of Cable Shrp. San Francisco. Dec. 19 The Assn- iaLed press has received the follow ing cablegram from its correspondent m board the cable ship Siivertown dated at noon torlar. "Position at no n today , latitude 23 14 north : l' rigirude 13330 west Since noon yesterday 207 knots of a'lle ' have laid , making the tota laid Ci2 ( knots. The weather is gooci and the ship's speed eight knots. Nebraska Notes Fremont is to have a new demo cratic paper January 1st. Fire did 3100 damage to Dr F. A. Bryant's drug store al Norfolk. The four men who robbed Ilayden Bros. , at Grand Island were captured at Kearney. The Anderson Mercantile company of Neligh lost 810.000 worth of goods In a fire. They had but 82,000 insur ance. G. A. Baxter , the aged Grand Is land negro , who smothered his child plead giulty and threw himself upon the mercy of the court , lie was giv en ten years in the penitentiary. The eight children of the Jato Thomas "Cumpuell of Waco , have been notified that they have fallen heir to an estate of 58,000 in Pitts- burg , Pa. , by the death of an uncle. Ilenry Pierson , formerly of Plaits- mouth met a tragic death at Guth- rie , Okla. He and his farm hand were searching for a burglar when the latter took Mr. Pierson for tha intruder and shot him. Mrs. Barton , accused of murdering her father-in-law at Sheridan , Wyn.r has been released on $2.000 bailpend ing her trial in February. Mrs. Bai- ton was formerly Miss Agatha StuH of Plattsmcuth. The Farmers1 Grain and Elevator company of Virginia has purchased che of the property near right-of-way Missouri vacitic road at Beatrice and will commense the erection of an ele vator of 8.000 bushels capacity at once. The Dempster Mill Manufacturing company of Beatrice which employs about 400 men , has closed down for the annual invoicing season , during : which time only fifty men will be' ' employed in the otlices. The nlant will resume operations January 5. Grief over the loss of his wife is thought to be responsible for the suicide of William Kilkemeier of P.loomfield , who was found dead in his biK'n lie Had banged himself to a rafter in a narn. lie was wealthy and several children survive. Fire broke out in th2 boiler room ? of the Young Men's Christian asso ciation building ar , Lincoln , and f > r a time threatened the building. Tha firemen succeeded in confining the tire t-J the double floor separating the gymnasium and the boiler room. The water supply of Nebraska uity , which had been cut off by a change in the channel of the river is now fully restored. The water works company contemplates putting in permanent improvements so thab there will be no danger of a repeti tion of a water famine. Railsback Bros , opened their new elevator at Ashland. It is one of the largest elevators in the state ana has been built after twenty jears of con tinuous business in Ashland. Tlio building is seventy-live feet high and has a capacity in its twenty-one bins of 80,010 bushels of grain. To further the advancement o art , hold exhibitions encourage art in the public schools , purchase pic tures and statues for a permanent art gallery and to give lectures on the subject , the Nebraska Art associ ation of Lincoln , has been incorpo rated with a capital stiick of SI.000. While Joseph Hosteller was going to his home on the outskirts ol Har vard , he was taken with a hem orrhage of the lungs. He was seeu to fall by some of bis frienus , who carried him to the home of Mr Gray where he died in a few moments. He leaves cne sister living in Switz erland. The Rev. Parker has sued Gage county for 20 per cent of the fines , imposed as the result of recent clos ing of illegal saloons in Wjrnore. The fines aggregateS2oO and the statutes provide for the 20 per cent allowance to thns ° who are chiefly instrumental in closing the barrooms that have no authority to be kept open. Inmates in the Soldiers' and Siil- ors' homes at Grand Island and Mil- ford are satisfied and in harmony with the officers , according to a repjrt just made to 'he gov rnor by John Reese , president if the board. Dur ing the year the men in the Grand Island he.me have increased from 342 to 415. Cheap clothing had to be pur chased for the veterans owing to the limited appropriation. At Milford 10i > inmates were found to be exist * ing satisfactorily on an appropriation made for sixty-eight. The Miiford home needs a hospital , as the build- in erected fur that purpose cannot be used. The attendance has decreased so at tne German Baptist church atOraana \\here the Rabe-Buch trigedy oc curred that t is proposed to give ujr worship ti.e/e. The Knights of Pythias order wili bnlrl a district meeting at Beatrice February 4 , at whi. h lime represea tatives ( rom Wymore , Fairbnry. Lib- e.rtv. DeWitt. ! ecurasi h and othei towns wid attend. Several statt officers of the order will al.co attend tJie meeting.