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Conciliation Committee Renders
1 Its Report
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MASS MEETING IN NEW YORK
ndiutrliil Lender Ailtnoatn Memiir fur
Promotion of Closer Itelntlons lliitwnen
Kmplnur mul Kniployes OliivoiiHiiit for
Nntlnunl Arbitration
New York Mny P At the meeting
Inst night tho iiuIIoiimI coiuinlttco on
nlMUllliitlDii anil arbitration gave out
its report Ilio rnmrt says Imt the
purpose of I ho organization Is to tMitor
into uctlvo soivlcu In this cause of
pence mul harmony In the luiliiHtrliil
world for tho purpose of preventing
strikes and lockouts Tho report advo
cated full nutl frank conferences be
tween employers and workmen with
the avowed purpose of reaching an
agreement as to the terms of employ
ment It further says the aim Is to
cstnbllsh and maintain a honed of com
missioners composed of the most com
petent persons available selected from
employers and employes of Judgment
experience and reliability which shall
10 charged with carrying out tho ob
jects nliucd at and shall also bo ex
pected to make known to workmen
mid their employers that tliolr counsel
and nltl will be available If desired
In securing that co operation mutual
understanding and ngreomont already
Indicated as the general purpose of the
national committee
The committee will Rolcet from Its
members an executive committee of 15
to direct the work of the organization
A mass meeting under the auspices
of the committee on conciliation was
held last night at Cooper Union to fur
ther the movement Inaugurated at the
conference on Tuesday to form n na
tional board of arbitration
A little group of socialists In the
audience who Interrupted tho speakers
and declared they wanted only force
were told to restrain themselves
NOT GUILTY OF ROBBERY
Defendant In Manilla KipreM Case liven
Verdlrt fur Aciiulttnl by Jury
Dcnlson la May 9 The argument
1n the case of the state of Iowa against
Jackson and Stovnl charged with the
Manilla express robbery occupied all
of yesterday after which the Jury re
tired to the Jury room After an nb
bouco of two hours from the court
room tho Jury returned the following
verdict We the jury llml the de
fendants not guilty
i The defendants were relenseil from
Jail last night
1 Suffering In Jacksonville
t
Jacksonville Flu May 1 The full
meaning of the wldesivead suffering
In Jacksonville was realized yesterday
when It was announced that In one of
the meetings that a great number of
men who had never been used to man
ual labor were clamoring for work
Among them were clerks bookkeepers
and even professional men three young
physicians especially declaring their
condition destitute as they had lost
wardrobes olllces tlxtures and every
thing In the fire The department of
labor has undertaken to give clerical
employment to all of these applicants
lrntit Agnlunt Mull Kolittre
Constantinople May The ambus
Bailors of the foreign powers have dis
patched identical notes to this porto
characterizing the seizure by the Otto
man postal authorities of foreign mail
bags as a breach of International law
and holding the porto responsible for
the consequences One of the mall
bags opened Sunday contained dis
patches for the German ifmbassador
Free right In Jury Itouin
Muncle Ind May I While trying
to come to a conclusion as to tho guilt
or innocence of Henry Warenal on
trial for causing a disturbance on an
Interurban car the Jury came to blows
and the locked Jury room had to be
broken open before tho
light which raged inside could be
stopped The trial ended without a
verdict
Woman Is Fatally Humeri
Omaha May I- With a roar that
startled the neighborhood a can con
taining gasoline exploded In a small
frame dwelling house at 1315 Ohio
street yesterday probably fatally
burning Mrs Albert Stevens who was
attempting to kindle a lire with the
lluld In tho kitchen stove
laieucera letting Well
Crcston In May 0 All of tho in
jured passengers of train No 3 on the
Burlington road in the wreck at Thay
er Monday noon are doing well and no
deaths have occurred among the
wounded nor are any expected Sev
cral of the Injured have left the hos
pital
English Miner Not to Quit
London May 0 The miners havo de
cided against n stoppage of work in
protest against the governments pro
posal to impose a tax on coal If the
owners should attempt to reduce wages
In nny district conventions would be
called to consider the question
Indeiuulty Not no Large
Washington May 9 Information
has been received here confirming tho
AsBOclnted Press dispatch from Peking
regarding the amount of Indemnity
to be demanded This total has now
been reduced from something llk
500000000 to 337000000
Illotous Disorder lu Spain
Hendnye Franco May 9 Advices re
ceived here from Barcelona Spain say
several persons were killed und num
bers were injured during the disorders
there yesterday A majority of the
tradesmen have Btruck work
WORK OF CANNIBAL FIENDS
tUlMWitttriMl Itcnmlin or Tho Mlttlmi
rliM IMfimrpil In New Milium
Itilsbaue Queensland May 9 A
search paily which has returned from
New Guinea discovered the half eaten
remains of Uev lames Chalmers and
Rev Oliver Tompkins of the Loudon
Missionary society and their followers
who were massacred In April by na
tives on Fly river New lulnea after
a tribal light
It appears that when the party of
Mr Chalmers approached the shore
they were surrounded by a licet of
canoes tilled with armed natives
They were never seen again The
punitive expedition partly destroyed
the villages and canoes of the district
where the massacre occurred and
killed 12 1 natives
BANKER POLLOCKS FATE
Missing Hank President r Cleveland KIIU
Himself In a Seattle Hotel Sends Hul
lot TliroiiKli III llriila
Seattle May I A man believed to
bo It N Pollock the missing bank
president from Cleveland O ended
Ills life here yesterday In tho Hotel
York by sending a bullet through his
brain A razor a two ounce box of
rough on rats ami a phial containing
1H tablet of aconite were found at
baud
All papers belonging to the man had
been burned before committing the
deed He arrived here Monday and
registered as James Fisher He failed
to appear during the next day and his
room was Dually broken Into Lying
In a reclining position was found the
body The deceased had not appar
ently stirred after llrlng the fatal shot
No clue could be obtained In the room
and the name of It N PotlncJc was
found sewed on the Inside of his coat
placed there by a Cleveland tailor
Pollock appeared well dressed and had
30 In money In his pocket
Cleveland May 0 It N Pollock
who Is reported to have killed himself
In Seattle yesterday wns president of
the Cuyahoga Savings and Hanking
company of this city lie was W years
old married nnd had three children
lie was the promoter of the bank
which closed Its doors last Monday
Pollock disappeared ten days ago and
had not been definitely placed until
news of his reported self destruction
readied this city last evening
PHYSICIANS ELECTOFFICERS
Dr Leake of Fremont Chosen President
of lliu Homeopath
Lincoln May U The three state
medical societies In annual convention
devoted the day to the reading of pa
pers and discussion of technical sub
jects The homeopaths elected the fol
lowing olllcers President Dr 13 N
Leake Fremont vice president Dr
H H Finney Lincoln secretary Dr
II 0 Miner Falls City treasurer Dr
0 S Wood Omaha
Following are the now olllcers of the
eclectic school President Dr M II
Ketchuni Lincoln vice president Dr
O Pickett Broken How secretary
treasurer Dr W N Itiiuey Adams
The feature of the session of the allo
pathic society was the address of
President II M McClanahan In which
he advocated a more liberal spirit on
the part of the practitioners of the
regular school lie would he said
adopt such as was good In the Chris
tian Science doctrine as well as that of
the osteopatblsts
Kill Mlrl nutl llliuxt ir
Keokuk May William Achtrah a
fanner residing In Hancock county
Illinois yesterday went to the home
of Hubert White a neighbor and de
manded to see Whites daughter Maud
aged 17 whom he had tried to Induce
to leave her home after having ruined
her she having been formerly
ployed at his home When Miss White
appeared Achtrah tired twice nt her
with a revolver one bullet penetrating
her abdomen and causing her death In
a few hours Achtrah then went home
and shot himself in the right eye drop
ping dead Achtrah leaves a widow
nud an adopted son
Veteran Kleet Steel
Plnttsmouth Neb Mny 0 Tho 25th
annual encampment of tho Nebraska
Grand Army of the Republic begun
yesterday afternoon and will probably
continue until Friday Tho attend
ance is larger than usual National
Commander Leo Rassleur of St Louis
Is a guest of tho encampment and will
make an address
C F Steel of Falrbury was elected
senior vice commander and R S Wil
cox of Omaha department commander
of the Grand Army of the Republic
Opens Atutrallan Inrllanient
Melbourne May 9 The duke of
Cornwall and York opened the Aus
tralian federal parliament at noon to
day Tho ceremony wns brilliant
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
The plow combine Is likely to be
merged Into a great trust of all the
implement makers of tho country
The London papers warn the British
public against buying American rail
roud shares at present inflated prices
Two hundred unlou bakers at San
Frauclsco struck In sympathy with
the cooks and waiters strike which
has beeu on for several days
It Is reported in St Johus that Mr
Bond the premier Is now on his way
from London to Ottawa to confer with
the Dominion government regarding
tho Boud Blaine reciprocity conven
tion with the United States which will
probably be revived
Another hearing was given by
Chancellor Pltuey in Jersey City on
the order to show cause why the Amal
gamated Copper company should not
bo permanently enjoined from absorb
ing the Boston and Montana und Butte
md Boston Mining companies
THE NORFOLK NKWS FRIDAY MAY 10 l01
IfflllMl
Chief Executive is Welcomed
by Governor Gage
GREETED AT REDLANDS
HtrenU of the City Cnrpeted Willi Flowers
mul Presidential Party Hovels In Vcr
ilnnt Hecopllon nt
Los AllJtllll 1
Los Angeles May I Yesterday the
president and parly had their llrst
taste of the hospitality of California
The Introduction to the land of sun
shine fruit and llowers was like a
dream of paradise after the three
days spent In the alkali deserts of Tex
as New Mexico and Arizona Govern
or Gage and the California congression
al delegation met the president at Red
lauds and welcomed him to the state
It was here that the president got
his llrst faint Idea of the wonderful
reception that awaited him Through
mi avenue lined with palms and Ve
netian musts he drove over beds of
roses beneath a triumphal arch of
llowers and fruit to the Casa Lomn
hotel on the balcony of which the
All along the route of the drive ladles
the orange groves and parks followed
All along the route of the drives ladles
showered the president with llowers
nnd through the streets they bom
barded him from the windows with
confetti until the air was a perfect
maze of color From Hedlands down
to Los Angeles It was one continuous
ovation Iflvorv ntutlon wan rrmviloil
will f1illftt iitl ivIHt iiriiiifliu tf tlfiwitO I
in their hands and with cheering men
nud women
The approach to the city of Los An
geles was heralded by a terrlllc din
which could be heard for miles
Steam whistles screamed cannon
boomed and as the train passed
through the Chinese iiuurters of the
city long strings of firecrackers hung
from awnings exploded like the contin
uous rattle of musketry The city has
been beautifully decorated in honor
of the presidents coming The llesta
Is In progress here and the town was
dresser like u queen to receive the
coming of her lord At the station
the party was met by the citizens
committee and many distinguished
people from all over California Gen
eral Shafter commander of tho De
partment or the Paclllc with his entire
staff in full uniform had come down
from tho Presidio to greet his chief
Secretary of the Navy Long who was
to have met the party nt San Fran
cisco also came here to meet the presi
dent and was at the station The
party were driven In carriages to the
Van Nuyes hotel An escort of artil
lery and several companies of mltllln
had been provided to escort them but
both the military and police had to
light their way through the enormous
crowds which had swarmed Into the
city drawn by the double attraction
of the presidents visit nnd the car
nival
At the hotel the police were obliged
to literally force a way to tho en
trance There the president met Gov
ernor Nash of Ohio and the Ohio con
gressional delegation who had arrived
by different routes an hour before the
president In the rotunda of the ho
tel the mayor of Los Angeles fonnnlly
greeted the chief executive and ex
tended to him the freedom of th city
The president then held a short pub
lic reception in the parlors of the ho
tel Meantime Mrs McKinley nnd the
ladles of the party had been driven to
the Womnns club where they met the
ladles of Los Angeles In the evening
the president nnd Mrs McKinley dined
nt the residence of General Harrison
Gray Otis
Today tho president and pnrty will
witness the Moral parade and in the
afternoon a visit will be paid to tho
soldiers homo nt Santa Monica
The train will leave Los Angeles
early Friday morning
A Viewed In Washington
Washington Muy 9 There is no
disposition to criticise the report made
to the Cuban constitutional convention
by the delegates who visited Washing
ton to confer with tho president and
Secretary Root The admission of the
right of Cubans to send their own rep
resentatives to foreign governments
and make their own treaties freo from
Interference on our part except In the
few specially Inhibited instances It Is
believed has done much to save tho
self esteem of the Cubans and It is
thought tend to a speedy and satis
factory conclusion of the pending is
sue relnttve to the relations between
the Uulted States and Cuba
McKlnlejr to Address Leaguer
Colorado Springs Colo May 9 The
city central committee of tho forth
coming Epworth lenguo stute conven
tion to be held in this city lime U 9 an
nounced that President McKluley will
open tho convention with an address
President McKinley Is a member of the
Epworth league
Tried to Lynch Cotleld
Guthrie O T May 9 A mob made
an unsuccessful attempt on the jail
at Chandler last night in an effort to
secure und lynch John Cotleld a farm
er who Is charged with having ruined
his two stepdaughters aged 13 and
15 When arrested Cotleld attempted
suicide
Costly Flro at Seattle
Seattle May 9 A tire originating In
the basement of the Mitchell Lewis
Staver company building where a
large quantity of lubricating oil was
stored spread to the Globe hotel ad
joining and to tho Leland block occu
pied by a saloon and lodging house
doing 50000 damage O Sterns was
severely burned
REO HAT FOj MARTINELLI
Imposing Kxerrlsrs nt the Olil Cntliullo
Cathedral In llnltliiioro
Haltlmore May I Sebastian Mnrtl
nelll titular bishop of Kphesus and
cardinal elect of the Church of Home
yesterday received at the hands of
marched to the Santa Fe station
Vice President Charles Richardson of
Philadelphia yesterday in the chamber
of commerce rooms The formal busi
ness of the convention was opened by
Secretary Clinton Rogers Woodruff of
Philadelphia who presented the work
of the municipal reformers during the
Inst yenr in a paper entitled A Years
Municipal Activity
naaehall Score Yesterday
Nntionnl League Cincinnati 3 St
Louis 14 Now York 9 Philadelphia
8 Boston 7 Brooklyn 0 Chicago
7 Pittsburg 8 American League
Boston lJ Philadelphia 4 Chicago
3 Cleveland 1 Bultluiore 5 Wnsh
ington 1 Western League Colorado
Springs 5 Omaha 4 Kansas City 2
St Paul 4 Denver 8 Des Moines 3
St Joseph 10 Minneapolis 5
Fire Destroy Cotton Warehouse
Augusta Ga May 9 A fire which
at one time threatened to bo a great
disaster broke out In a storage com
partment of the Union Compress com
pany building yesterday The losses
I I I III 17 l I III I II II II II Hill
oIlMu M H D U UltUr
UHNliniii uiiiiious tue ren nerreiui mm
donned the robes which will here-
after mark his rank The ceremony BREAK OF TWENTY POINTS
which Is the second step In his
tlon in his new position was marked 0orMnr Uun Nortieril slook
by all the pomp ami brilliancy usually
attendant unon such an occasion It
was held In the venerable cathedral I
the llrst edlllce of Its kind erected
upon American soil and In which tho
tlrst American priest and the first
American bishop were ordained I
Among those who witnessed It were
men and women prominent In every j
walk of life diplomats legislators
educators Journalists and eccleslasts
the bitter Including half a score of
archbishops half a hundred bishops
priests monks and seminarians The
Initial stop of the ceremony took place
In the palace of the cardinal ami con-
slsted of the transmission of vhe her 1
retta to Cardinal Gibbons by Mgr
Mnrchettl the papal ablegate Hrlef
addresses were made by both tho
participants In tills affair I
ITALIANS DRIVEN OUT
Stridors mul Imported Workmen Ex
change Shots nt loin
Muu Iteportori Wounded
loin Kan May I Italian lnborers
who came here to take ifcie places of
striking cement workers were as
saulted last night by strikers sympa
thizers and driven to tho railroad sta
tion for deportation Workmen from
the smelters Joined with the workmen
from the loin cement plant to run the
Italians out of town For some time
there has been trouble between the
men employed at the cement plant and
some of the workmen To fill vacancies
caused by strikes and disagreements
n carload of Italians was shipped here
from Kansas City Tuesday night The
Italians were 22 in number and were
divided in two shifts lialf working
Wednesdny and tho other half working
that night About 1 oclock the old
workmen augmented by men from the
smelters sunrounded the little camp
of tents on the creek bank near the
factory and demanded that the men
come out The Italians answered by
tiring several shots and the crowd
outside Immediately replied It Is
said that three Iola men were slightly
wounded and one Italian shot in the
back The Italians broke from the
tents without lints or conts and took
to the woods but were quickly cap
tured They were lined up and
Bulls and Bears Each Have a
Panic of Their Own
Union Parllln Interest Credited With
Having Secured Kuotigh Share to Com
mand Uurllugtuu Dual
New York May I The stock market
yesterday offered the novel spectacle
of a bear panic and u bull panic In
the pit side by side The bear panic
In Northern Paclllc was the Impelling
cause of the demoralized rush to sell
other stocks which was held In check
for a time after the astounding open
ing In Northern Paclllc but which
gained almost panic force in the late
trading
Northern Pacifics skyrocket course
yesterday morning to ISO compared
with lMi at Tuesday nights close la
almost unprecedented for short time
movements in the local stock market
Thlsstoek wns up to that llgure and
back to the opening llgure of 153 with
in three minutes It went ns low
as 115 afterwards and as high again
ns 170 closing at 100 The close
corner Into which the shorts were
crowded of course explained this
movement Among the severest suf
ferers In the afternoon slump may be
mentioned St Paul which fell 10V
I Union Paclllc 17Vi Hock Island 14
Missouri Pacific 15 Amalgamated
Copper 12K Illinois Central 11 Bur
llngton IOTA nnd other stocks all the
way up to 10 points The tlnnl rally
reduced most of these losses consider
ably but the closing showed speculative
sentiment In much disorder nnd prices
were breaking nnew nt some points
while rallying nt others
i The fundamental fact In the North
ern Pacific situation was that tho Bur
lington deal Is plnced In Jeopardy as
matters stand nt present Union Pa
clllc Interests who were nlnrmed nt
the danger to their property lying
In Burlingtons control by the north
ern transcontinental line have bought
enough Northern Paeillc stock to pre
i vent the ratification of the Burling
i ton purchase by the Northern Pueltic
shareholders unless some agreement
1 is made with them which will pro-
tect their interests sufficiently
The corner In Northern Pacific re-
suited It is said from Mr Keeues
l clever appreciation of the situation in
the stock the legitimate demand for
which had heavily reduced the floating
supply Tho corner is a secondary
aspect though the more spectnculat
one to the public in a movement of far-
rUHS B h r reaching consequences possibly put
north bound train arrives
uiri iii iitiuiiu minnL niii ll nil unit li
pnssenger
when it is Intended to put them aboard
by force and ship them out
Woodmen Mnko Radical Changea
Columbus O May 9 The commit
tee appointed by the Sovereign camp
Woodmen of the World to revise the
laws of the order yesterday decided to
eliminate from the constitution nil the
sections relating to the care of the
sick and insane Under the sections
there was a great deal of Imposition
on the Sovereign camp nnd some rad
ical changes were deemed necessary
Entirely new sections will be drafted
to cover these subjects and be ndoptcd
by the local camps
National Municipal League
Rochester N Y May The annual
convention of the National Municipal
ting n stop to tne pians ror tiie great
est of railroad mergers upsetting Pres
ident Hills audacious plan to have
Northern Pacific control Burlingtons
operations
There probably will now be made a
triangular nrrangement with the
Union Pacific sharing the control as
well ns Northern Paclllc and Great
Northern under n modification of the
burden of the guarantee
Idtiderninu and Moore Tie
Lincoln May 9 Perfect weather
marked the second day of the state
shooting tournament There were 11
events nil white targets and mainly
for nninteurs and one live bird
event Interest centered in the Ne
braska State Sportsmens event 25
targets which resulted In a tie le-
tween Llnderman and Moore both of
League was called to order by First I Lincoln with clean scores
Fred
bert of Spirit Lake broke 25 targets
but as a professional wns barred from
prize money in an amateur event
Armour Iluys Slouz City Plant
Sioux City May 9 The plant of the
Sioux City Packing and Provision
company lately the International
Packing company has virtually been
transferred to Armour Co und the
Chicugo firm will begin its operation
almost immediately A message from
A Stamford White president of the
Sioux City Packing and Provision com
pany to B S Church resident man
ager told him the plant had been sold
to Armour Co but directed him to
buy hogs toduy
Duel In Crowded Restaurant
Wichita Kan May 9 Fred Smith
son of ox Judge Smith of Osborne
couuty Kansas was shot and instant
ly killed at Cleo O T lust night He
begun shooting up the town in a res
taurant tilled with women and chil
dren nnd Cook Snoddy who was eat-
nnrtnn nn ns fnllniva Whltnov A- K b II T puueu II piSUH XUe
Co 105000 Phynizy Co 50400 j01 s l Ut Smltu tM from
Suoddys third shot
Compress company 4000
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
Tho Thirty second Infantry United
States volunteers was formally mus
tered out of the service at the Presidio
Wednesday
Miss Lorlna Court who spent 17
years in Slam as a teacher and mis
sionary died at the home of her father
In Denver Wednesday aged 54
W F Furbeck Co Chicago brok
ers suspended business Wednesday
belug unable to meet margin calls upon
them by their New York correspond
ents
Civil Service Commissioner Roden
burg and Chief Exuminer Sorveu will
sail from San Francisco in Juue for
Hawaii They will organize locul civil
service boards and conduct tho Initial
exnminatlons for federal positions in
Hawaii
The Milwaukee road has served no
tice upon all the other lines thnt it
will tnke independent action and make
a rato of one fare from ull points on its
lines to St Puul aud return for the
1 Modern Woodmen meeting at St Paul
June 10 to 15 -
Lackawanna Shopmen Out
Utica N Y May 9 About 200 men
employed lu the Lackawanna shops in
this city did not go to work today The
men are holding a meeting and have re
fused to make any statement except
to the effect that they will not return
to work unless the grievances of men
In other Lackawanna shops are settled
satisfactorily
Death of Frederick A Stocks
Blue Rapids Kan May 9 Fred
erick A Stocks who was chief clerk
of the United States treasury during
Harrisous admlutstratlou died here
yesterday of pneumonia He was in
charge of the treasury exhibit at tho
Worlds fair at Chicago and served in
the state senate
Professor Gilbert is Itemored
Chicugo Mny 9 Dr George H Oil
bert professor of New Testament liter
ature aud interpretation In Chicago
Theological seminary has been re
moved from Ills position by the direc
tors who yesterday found that Dr
Gilberts published teachings are
heretical
FOREST RESERVE RULING
Graror Thcro nil Mitrxrniioo mul Not on
Authority of Congress
Fresno Cnl May 9 Judge Welboni
Bitting In the Northern division of tho
United States district court for south
ern California In overruling a de
murrer inndo by sheep owners to com
plaints against them for trespassing
on forest reserves gave an Important
opinion regarding the Jurisdiction of
the United States executive authority
over the forest reserves He held that
It could not be questioned that tho
United States had entire authority
over Its public lauds nnd that the right
enjoyed by grazers of running their
stock on the public domnln is derived
from the sufferance of the executive
power of the national government nnd
not from nny authorization of congress
FATAL TRAIN WRECK
IlllnnU Central Fait Passenger OltchoJ
Near Kilted and
Several Persons Injured
Pntlucnh Ky May 0 The Illinois
Central fust passenger train No 102
was wrecked at Kuttawa yesterday
The engine Jumped the truck and all
but one cur was turned over Engi
neer Barney Keegan and Fireman Bob
ert Stlft of this city were fatully hurt
the engineer living but a short time
Buggngemaster D M Taylor of Louis
ville and Mall Agent Charles Young
of Kuttawa were bndly hurt and sev
eral passengers received painful In
juries The wreckugo cnught tire and
two conches were destroyed Fast
running to make up time is supposed
to have caused tho wreck
Due to Corner In Corn
New York May 9 William F Plel
Jr president of the National Starch
Manufacturing compnny when seen at
his residence In Brooklyn said that
It was true that the company had or
dered all its factories closed He said
that It was done on account of tho
present comer In corn In Chicago Mr
Plel snld the company did not care to
purchnse corn while the corner is on
but would wait until tho market be
came stable lie said it was simply
a case of business protection nnd thnt
ho thought tho shutdowns would not
lust for nny grent period of time
Closing Is Temporary
Nebraska City May 9 The local
manuger of the starch plant states that
it is about to be closed down tem
porarily to give un opportunity to make
some repairs and improvements and to
clean up some stock that they have on
hand The fact that buildings and im
provements to tho value of 50000 are
already under course of construction
indicates that the shutdown Is tem
porary
American Tract Society
New York May 9 General O O
noward presided at tho annual meet
ing yesterday of the American Tract
society Dr Shearer financial secre
tary In his annual report stated that
27 new publications had been added to
the organizations list during tho year
the total number Issued since the be
ginning was S331 not including period
lcalls The total number of volumes
Issued from the home office during tho
past 20 years is 770193114
SCIENCE OF DREAMS
Resnltn of a Series of Experiment
by a Gcrmiiii Professor
Sleep Is not the brother of death
as the poets have said from Homer
to Shelley but on the contrary sleep
Is the brother of life So Professor
Baschlde asserts who in an article
In the Uaturwissenschaftllche Runds
chau gives an account of his experi
ments upon 30 dreamers His sub
jects were of various ages from 1 year
to 80 years
In some cases his observations wero
continued during the whole night and
In others for a great part of the night
He watched and recorded every
change of physiognomy every move
ment of the limbs and every speech or
sound uttered by the unconscious
dreamers The depth of the sleep was
also carefully measured while from
time to time the dreamers were awak
ened but without their own percep
tion that tho awakening was inten
tional
The professor obtained as he writes
at length the following results 1
We dream throughout the whole of our
sleep even In that deepest sleep which
we Imagine to bo dreamless 2
There is an Intimate connection be
tween tho depth of our sleep and the
character of our dreams Tho deeper
the sleep tho further back travels the
retrospect Into the past experiences of
life and also the more remote are tho
contents of tho dream from reality In
a light sleep on tho contrary the sub
ject of the dream relates to the expe
riences and excitements of the day
and has a character of probability 3
In a comatose sleep the professor
thinks there may perhaps be no dream
ing 4 Persons who assert that they
do not dream are tho victims of phys
ical delusion 5 Dreams of a moder
ate character remain longest In tho
memory Tho wilder tho dream tho
sooner It Is forgotten rLondon News
Matter of Doubt
Dlx 1 waut to congratulate you
Mix On what
Dlx I understand you are tho father
of a fine boy
Mix Oh that was about three
months ago
Dlx But It Is a matter of congratu i
latlon Just tho same isnt it
Mix I dont know about that I
only got about 15 minutes sleep last
night Detroit Freo Press
Improving Each Shilling Hour
That little boy seems as busy as re
bee
YeB he has hlves Philadelphla
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