Nebraska Newspapers

    BILL WILL PASS
PRACTICALLY AS IT CAME FROM
LOWER HOUSE.
SENATORS GOME TO ROOSEVELT
No Hope For An Amendment for Ju
dicial Review Outlook for State-
Heed Measure Is Not of an En
Coursjingly Character.
WASHINGTON That the railroad
rate bill will be passed by the senate
practically as it came from the house
is an admission that the opponents of
the measure are almost ready to make.
It was admitted that they cannot hope
for any assistance from the president
in getting an amendment for judicial
review of orders in the interstate com
merce commission.
The president made this clear to
Senators Crane and Spooner. The
only hope left to the opponents of the
measure is in the democrats. They
have not definitely determined what
the party position will be toward such
an amendment, but it is admitted that
more than half of the minority favor
passing the bill exactly as it came
from the house.
The railroad rate bill for several
days had been regarded as the one
measure standing in the way of an
early adjournment of congress. One
of the leading republican senators, a
member of the steering committee, de
clared today that "the Philippine tariff
bill, the statehood bill and the Santo
Domingo treaty are all dead."
He qualified his statement concern
ing the statehood bill by saying that
he meant that the friends of the bill
.could no pass it without the Foraker
amendment, providing for the submis
sion to the votes of the people of New
Mexico and Arizona separately the
question whether they would have
joint statehood. A poll of the senate
today shows that if voted upon now
the Foraker amendment would win, 48
to 40, providing the entire vote of the
senate was cast. A vote on the Phil
ippine tariff bill in committee is sched
uled for today.
A hasty poll of the eenate indicates
that If brought to a vote the Philippine
tariff bill will be dereated by a much
larger vote than was found for the
Foraker amendment to the statehood
bill.
In the event the bill is defeated in
the committee the opponents have ex
pressed the intention of making a mo
tion in the senate to have the commit
tee discharged for further considera
tion of the measure and thus finally
dispose of it by a test vote on such a
.motion. .
Practically all of the senate leaders
concede that the Santo Domingo treaty
will be defeated if brought to a vote
and the plan generally favored is to
defeat the treaty as early as possible
and thus avoid continued discussion cf
it
A HUGE WREATH FOR
HENDERSON'S CRAVE
' COUNCIL BLUFFS. la. A huge
floral design, the offering of the Iowa
delegation in congress, was shipped
from this point to Dubuque for the
funeral of Former Speaker David B.
Henderson. The piece is in the form
of a wreath five feet across, standing
seven feet high on a base. The wreath
proper is composed principally of red
and pink roses, lilies of the valley and
asparagus fern. Imbedded in the cen
ter is a miniature American flag of
Ted and white carnations and purple
violets. A white gavel made of car
nations is at one side. The piece con
tains more than two thousand blos
soms. HENDERSON AT REST.
Funeral of Former Speaker of House
Takes Place at Dubuque.
DUBUQUE. la. The funeral of for
mer Speaker David B. Henderson was
held here Thursday. Business was sus
pended during the hours of the fun
eral and for five minutes following the
commencement of the services the
'bells in every church in Dubuque
tolled. Silence reigned, not a wheel
turning in the city during that period.
During the morning the body lay in
state, the Dubuque militia company
acting as a guard of honor. There
were six wagon loads of flowers. The
Episcopal funeral service was read by
Rev. John C. Sage. George D. Perkins
of Sionx City, a former colleague in
congress, pronounced the eulogy.
The Grand Army of the Republic
took charge of the body after the ser
vices at the church. A riderless horse
bearing a soldier's accouterments was
Jed behind the hearse.
Yankees Pressing Trade.
CHRIST CHURCH. New Zealand
The American trade invasion of New
Zealand continues to make remarkable
progress. The value of American im
ports, it has just been discovered, has
risen nearly a half million dollars
within a year, while New Zealand ex
ports to America declined a million
and a hair.
Wall Street Prices Tumble.
NEW YORK Heavy liquidation was
precipitated in the stock market by the
calling of loans and the forcing out of
speculative holdings by large pools.
There was no conspicuous develop
ment in the situation outside of the ac
tivity in the money to account for the
weakness, but a feeling of distrust over
tae speculative situation which has
been growing, reached a sudden cul
mination. Declines were violent and
practically no support developed in
the way of sufficient demand to arrest
the decline.
t Postoffice Appropriation.
WASHINGTON The sub committee
of the house committee on' postofflees
and post roads, which has been consid
ering appropriations for the postoffice
department, practically completed a
.bill Wednesday fixing the appropria
tion for the department at 1192,000,000,
or 110,000.000 more than the first ap
propriation. .The bill provides for
some sweeping damages in the depart
ment's methods and contains a provi
' slon to prevent the shipment or any
thing but actual mall matter through
the mails by the government.
WARE SENTENCED.
One 'Thousand Fine and On Yoar la
Jail.
OMAHA. Neb. The remarkable In
cident of one clergyman 'offering to
serve the jail sentence of another was
presented in the United States district
court when Judge -31 unger sentenced
Rev. George G. Ware to serve one year
in the Douglas county jail, in addition
to paying a fine of $1,000: for conspir
acy to defraud the government out of
titles to public land. No sooner had
the court Imposed sentence. than Rev.
George A. Beecher, dean of Trinity
Episcopal cathedral of Omaha, arose
and expressed his willingness to go to
jail for his brother in whose innocence
he professed absolute confidence.
Judge Munger said, in reply to Dean
Beecher: "The court deeply appre
ciates this situation and shares in the
personal feeling prevailing, but the
court has a duty to perform that it
cannot avoid."
The court room was early crowded
with friends of Kev. Mr. Ware and
others, drawn there to witness the cli
max or the case which it was known
would be reached Tuesday morning.
Beside Kev. George C. Ware and his
wife, many prominent Omaha citizens
were present in the court room.
Judge Munger, overruled In full the
motion of Ware's attorneys for a new
trial and imposed sentence. Attorneys
at once filed an appeal -to the United c
States circuit court of appeals, and
the appeal bond was fixed at $5,000
with Thomas B. McPherson and John
Roach of South Omaha as sureties.
There remained but one point in the
motion for a new trial to be disposed
of, and that was in reference to the
point bearing upon the statute of limi
tation. Judge Munger said, in effect:
"It is true the court failed, to give
the jury any instructions regarding
the statute of limitations. However,
the evidence showed the offenses were
committed within the statute, and for
that reason the motion must be denied
as a whole."
Judge Munger then addressed Ware,
asking him if he wished to say any
thing. Mr. Ware then arose and paid:
"I wish to reiterate, the verdict of
the jury notwithstanding, that I am
not guilty of conspiring with Frank
Lambert or anyone else of any inten
tion to defraud the government out of
one acre or any number of acres of
land. I am not guilty of making one
or any number of fraudulent filings on
government or any other lands. I have
availed myself of the privileges of the
public domain for the last quarter of
a century in the cattle business in
South Dakota, and In Hooker county,
Nebraska, but in all that time 1 never
made or caused to be made any at
tempt to defraud the government of
the United States out of one acre of
land. Had I desired to procure fraud
ulent filings I could have done so for
$14 per filing. On the. contrary, I paid
Frank Lambert $50 and an additional
$75 besides this to secure lawful fil
ings on lands.
"Frank Lambert put -the $50 into his
pocket, and I did not know until the
time of the' investigations prior to my
trial that the filings had been fraudu
lent The government still has its
lands intact and the $14 for the filings
and Frank Lambert has his $50. I am
stripped of everything stripped of
reputation, of profession, and can, of
course, no longer minister to the spir
itual wants of thousands of my people
in South Dakota because or Lambert
and the county clerk and county judge
of Hooker county.
CASTRO'S NEXT MOVE
IN FRENCH QUESTION
WILLEMSTAD, Island of Cumacao.
It is learned from official sources at
Caracas, Venezuela, that President
Castro's next move in the French
question will be to call upon the
United States to arbitrate the ques
tion of the amount of damages done
by France in permitting the fitting
out of the filibustering steamer Ran
righ at Fort de France. Island of Mar
tinique, to prey upon the Venezuelan
trade and transport troops during the
Matos revolt. The United States claim
against Great Britain in the case of
the Alabama will be cited as a pre
cedent. The President to Mrs. Henderson.
DUBUQUE, la. Mrs. D. B. Hender
son, the widow of the Iowa statesman,
received the following letter of con
dolence from President Roosevelt:
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHING
TON, Feb. 27. My Dear Mrs. Hender
son: I hesitate to intrude upon your
grief, but I know you will pardon my
sending a word to express my great
personal sympathy with yon and to
say that I join with you In mourning
the death of that gallant soldier and
upright public servant whom for many
years, I knew and admired, your hus
band. I earnestly hope that the blow
will be softened to yon and that all
good fortune will attend you in the fu
ture. With the highest respects, believe
me. Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Taken from Potter's Field.
CHICAGO The body of Johann
Hocb, who was hanged last Friday and
buried in the potter's field adjoining
the county poor farm, was disinterred
and removed to Elmwood cemetery.
Two clergymen, the Reverends A.
Schlecte and A. J. Burkholder, who
were with Hoch at his execution, in
terested themselves in finding a cem
etery which would allow the wife mur
derer to be buried within its grounds,
and the body was taken to Elmwood
cemetery.
Wants Farm Statistics.
WASHINGTON Secretary Wilson,
rt the department of agriculture, ap
peared before, the house committee on
census, in support of the Burlson bill
for a compilation of farm statistics by
the" government every five years in
stead of every ten years.
America Gave Half of It
LONDON The total amount which
has passed through the hands pf the
London committee for the relief of the
Russian Jews is $2,354,610. including
100.000 received from America.
WEEK'S FORECAST
RAILROAD RATE MEASURE FIRST
IN THE SENATE.
THEN COMES STATEHOOD BILL
Statehood Measure Will Be Put to a
Vote Friday Night After Debate
During Four Preceding DaysHouse
Temporarily Out of Work.
WASHINGTON The United States
senate will devote most of the week
to the consideration of the statehood
bill with the view of reaching a vote on
it next Friday. There is a possibility
that Senator Culberson may speak
Monday on the railroad rate question,
but if he does this will be the only in
terruption of the consideration of the
bill for the creation of two new states.
If the Texas senator does not speak
either Senator Nelson or Senator
Long will take the floor in support of
the statehood bill. If they do not get
an opportunity Tuesday and from that
time forward it is expected the sub
ject will be pressed until the time for
voting, which is 4 p. m. Friday. Sena
tor Patterson will probably close the
debate for the opposition and Senator
Beveridge for the bill. These will not
be set speeches in the usual meaning
of that word, but are sure to provoke
so much discussion as to cause con
troversy to take on the character of a
general debate.
Practically all the interest In the
bill centers in the Foraker amendment
and every possible effort on both side3
is being made for and against that pro
vision. Even the friends of the union
of Arizona and New Mexico admit that
the vote will be close, but the oppon
ents of that policy appear more confi
dent of sucess. Both sides profess to
have assurances from the house,
friends of the joint bill, that with the
Foraker amendment incorporated in
the measure it will be allowed to die,
and its opponents Insisting that with
the addition made, the house will be
so eager to accept it that the members
will not even allow the bill to go to
conference.
The fact that the railroad rate ques
tion will not -occupy the floor will not
be permitted to interfere with the ac
tivity on account of it The bill is
still receiving more attention from in
dividual senators than any other mea
ure, not excepting statehood, and it
will remain in the foreground until it
is finally disposed of, regardless of
its place on the calendar. The espe
cial question under consideration now
Is as to whether the proposed com
promise amendments shall be accept,
ed. The bill will be made the unfin
ished business as soon as the vote is
taken on the statehood bill.
Senator Lodge is still disposed to
ask the senate to take the Philippine
tariff bill from the custody or the com
mittee on the Philippines, but he will
not move in the matter until after the
statehood vote.
For the first time during the present
congress the national house of repre
sentatives is short of work. There is
nothing in sight for the present week
but the Indian appropriation bill, and,
although not considered necessary, the
consideration of this bill is to be al
lowed to consume Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday.
ROOT'S RECONSTRUCTION'
OF CONSULAR SERVICE
WASHINGTON The bouse commit
tee on foreign affairs decided to make
a favorable-report on the bill recom
mended by Secretary Hoot for the re
construction of the consular service
practically as it passed the senate.
The changes made by the house com
mittee were chiefly In the classifica
tion, abolition and creation of offices.
The following posts which were re
duced from consulates general to con
sulates by the senate were restored to
consulates general by the committee:
Coburg, Dresden. Munich, Antwerp,
Marseilles and Manchester.
ARGUE AGAINST HIS APPEAL.
Credit Men Want Bankruptcy Law to
Stand.
WASHINGTON Arguments against
the repeal of the national bankruptcy
act were made to the house committee
on judiciary by a number of gentlemen
representing practically all of the
fifty-two organizations of credit men
of the country. W. A. Pendergast of
New York, representing the National
Association of Creditmen. who was
the principal speaker before the com
mittee, said there were nine bills pend
ing before the committee for the re
peal of the bankruptcy act. The en
tire delegation was opposed to each
one of the bills.
Re-Enters the Academy.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. Ralph Earle
Sampson, son of the late Rear Admiral
Sampson, reentered the naval acad
emy as a member of the present fourth
class. Voting Sampson was recently
dropped from a higher class on ac
count of deficiencies in studies.
Longworths Now at Home.
WASHINGTON Representative
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth returned
to Washington Saturday from Cuba,
to which playe they went after their
wedding. They occupied a private car
attached to a regular train of the
Southern railway. They were met at
the train by Mr. Longworth's private
secretary and drove Immediately to Mr.
Longworth's residence on Eighteenth
street, where they have taken up their
home for the present Mr. Longworth
will immediately resume his legislative
duties at the capital.
P ennsylvania Man Arrested.
CHICAGO Samuel O. Wallace,
president of the Union Forge aad
Foundry company of Vandergrirt, Pa.,
is under arrest here on a charge of
having embezzled more than $520,000
belonging to the firm. The complaint
in the case was made by R. W. Tener,
secretary and treasurer of the com
pany. A charge of conspiracy against
Wallace is also made by Tener. and
three other men said to hve been in
dicted along with Wallace -by the
grand jury of Westmoreland county,
Pa., are being sought.
FORAKER SPEAKS.
Defines His Position on Rate Regula
tion. WASHINGTON For three hours,
lacking a few minutes Wednesday Mr.
Foraker held the attention of the sen
ate while he read a carefully prepared
speech on the railroad rate question.
His speech was a protest against any
general legislation on the theory that
the existing Elkins law could be so
extended as to make it answer all the
requirements. He did not fail, how
ever, to point out what he considered
the defects of the Hepburn-Doll iver
bill and he made the declaration more
than once that it would fail to remedy
the evils complained of. The speech
was listened to by a large attendance
both on the floor of the senate and in
the galleries, and at is close the sen
ator was warmly congratulated by a
number of his colleagues.
Mr. Foraker conceded that some
evils exist in connection with the rail
roads, but urged that all of them
could be more effectively met by
amending the Elkins laws than by
passing the pending bill. He an
nounced his regret at differing from
the president, but said he could not
see his way to clear to pursue any
other course.
He gave a general review of the his
tory of the railroad development of
the country and passed to the evils or
the system which be said are neces
sarily incident to the upbuilding of so
vast an interest. His attitude toward
the pending railroad rate bill was cor
rectly outlined in his first paragraph
in which he said of the bill: "It is so
contrary to the spirit of our institu
tions and of such drastic and revolu
tionary character that, if not In its im
mediate effect, at least as a precedent,
the consequences are likely to be most
unusual and far-reaching."
He discussed the railroad evils of
three classes excessive rates, rebates
and discriminations.
He found little to complain of under
the first heading, but said there are
some instances of charges that are too
high and he thought a prompt and ef
fective remedy should be provided.
A more serious evil he round in re
bates and he traced the present exten
sive railroad consolidations to the fact
that the supreme court decisions
against pooling had left the roads with
out protection from the rebate system
except to resort to some general under
standing. Referring to the Elkins law, he said:
"There has been no serious attempt
to enforce this law to prevent discrim
inations as to localities, but a glance
at its provisions will suffice to show
that it Is as broad, direct, explicit and
efficient to remedy that kind of evil
wherever it may exist as it has been
found to be as to personal discrimina
tions. That the law has not been test
ed in this respect is not due to any
fault of the law. but because no one
has seen fit to invoke it."
THE INDIAN BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON The senate passed
the bill providing for the settlement
of the affairs of the five civilized
tribes. Among features of the bill are
requirement of the members of the
five civilized tribes by March 4th,
1907; fixes the right of the Indian
freemen; continues in office the
present principal chiefs for the ex
ecution of tribal deeds; transfers
suits from the Indian to the United
States courts; authorizes the secre
tary of the interior to assume charge
and sell the tribal building for the ben
efit of the tribes; gives him control
of the schools until a regular state or
territorial school system is adopted:
prohibits sale of the coal and asphalt
lands until after the expiration of the
present leases of those lands or until
authorized by law; authorizes the sec
retary to sell the unallotted lands for
the benefit of the tribes; removes some
of the restrictions placed upon allot
tees in the matter of alienation of
lands.
lewa Cases to be Heard.
WASHINGTON The Interstate
commerce commission has assigned
the following cases for hearing:
George T. Henry against the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
company, at Davenport. la., March
14. Ohsman ft Effron against the Chi
cago, Rock Island ft Pacific Railway
company at Davenport, la., March 14.
BIG HORN RAILROAD
AWARDINC CONTRACT
CHEYENNE. Wyo. The Tribune
state that the Big Horn Railroad
company has awarded contracts for
grading 100 miles from Worland to
Muskrat. Wyo. The road, it is said, is
to be part of the Burlington system,
which Is now extending to Worland.
Contracts for grading are considered
an indication of the Burlington's inten
tion to extend its line across Wyoming
and Colorado to Denver, making a
through line to connect with the
Northern Pacific in Montana.
Suit Against Grocery Trust
COLUMBUS, O Attorney General
Ellis filed in the circuit court here a
petition to oust the Ohio Wholesale
Grocers' Association company from its
charter on the ground that it has ope
rated in restraint or trade contrary to
provisions of the anti-trust law. The
petition Is based upon complaint, made
to the attorney general that the com
pany arbitrarily fixed the prices at
which sugar and .coffee should be sold
to the retail dealers. The company
was given a hearing, saying that ope
rations had ceased.
Glass Will Be Cheaper.
STEUBENVILLE, O. Flint glass
workers of the United States and Can
ada agreed to accept a sliding scale,
which means a reduction of 20 to 30
per cent in lamp chimneys, reflectors
and globes the country over.
Cousin of Bryan Married.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. la. Mrs. Maria r
W. Brunton, a cousin of .William J.
Bryan, was united in marriage here
with Dana B. Morse. The bride has
been matron of an orphan's home
hero.
ATORNADO SOUTH
MERIDIAN, MISS-, SWEPT BY A DE
STRUCTIVE STORM.
ONE HUNDREDJjETORTED KILLED
Scores of Buildings Wrecked, Entail
ing an Enormous Property Loss
Full Extent of the Disaster Not As,
Yet Known.
MOBILE, Ala. Information has
reached Mobile by telephone that a
destructive tornado visited Meridian,
Miss., at 6:30 Friday evenmg. killing
twenty-one white and over 100 colored
persons, an damaging property to the
extent of $1,500,000.
There were also scores seriously in
jured by being cai'ht in wreckage of
houses.' The tornado caught the city
on the southwest and traveled to the
northeast, expending itself in two sub
urbs, where many negroes were killed
and Injured, a whole tenement district
being wiped out.
x'wo large whoesale stores, one
smaller one, the principal hotel, the
electric lighting plant and all the
smaller property between the Mobile
ft Ohio railroad depot and the busi
ness part of the city are badly dam
aged. Twenty-one men were caught
in a restaurant and several were
killed. Two stories of the Young Men's
Christian association building were
wrecked and the upper stories of other
buildings suffered.
The negro tenement district In the
north part or the city was demolished
and the debris caught fire, threatening
a new danger, but the local depart
ment, with the help of hundreds of citi
zens, overcame this after a hard fight
They were assisted by the torrenial
rain, following the tornado. The city is
in darkness and the full extent of the
disaster will not be known until day
light. The known path of the storm
was about 600 feet wide and one mile
In length.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A message re
ceived by Superintendent A. Griggs of
the Alabama Great Southern at 11
o'clock Friday night from the operator
at Toomsuba, Miss., four miles north
of Meridian, who had just come from
the scene of the disaster, says that up
ward of 100 persons were killed and
that the property loss was enormous.
He says all buildings between Front
street and the railroad tracks were de
molished and calls for a large force of
workmen to assist in removing bodies
from the debris were being made.
The tornado struck Meridian from a
northeasterly direction near the New
Orleans & Northwestern depot. The
passenger and freight depots were
completely destroyed. Sixteen em
ployes of the Queen & Crescent rail-
rroad were buried in the ruins and as
far as could be learned none or them
have been rescued.
MERIDIAN, Miss. Before an army
of determined men attacking Merid
ian's storm-swept and debris-strewn
streets, the vast amount of wreckage
is giving away slowly but surely. The
Sabbath following the disastrous storm
of Friday was a day of funerals. Mer
chants and residents of Meridian had
never protected themselves with storm
or cyclone insurance, so Insurance
agents will have little or no auditing
beyond the fire losses. A revised list
shows a death list of 24 and 40 wound
ed. ARMY BILL AS PASSED
CARRIES OVER $69,000,000
WASHINGTON The house passed
the army appropriation bill; also the
Foraker bill providing for the mark
ing of the graves or confederate dead
buried in the north. The discussion
developed a unanimous sentiment in
favor or marking conrederate graves,
and as the bill had during the morn
ing session of the military committee
received favorable action it was
brought in by Mr. Prince and passed
unanimously amid applause on both
sides or the house. The army bill as
passed carries something more than
$69,000,000.
Double Murder in Kansas.
HERRINGTON, Kas. Will Arnold
and his wife were found with their
throats cut at Engineer H. H. Arnold's
home on Tuesday. The husband was
dying from his wounds when discov
ered. The body of the wife indicated
that she has been murdered several
hours before the discovery. Will Ar
nold is a railroad man who came here
a short time ago from Rock Island,
111., and has been working at McFar
land. His wife had been staying here
at the home of his brother.
Potatoes and Leprosy.
It took three centuries to dissipate
the impression that potatoes, which
were first brought to Europe in the
fifteenth century, are respinslble for
the perpetuation of leprosy.
Twitting on Facts.
When a woman shops it is some
times to try to forget her poverty.
New Orleans Picayune.
Vote on Statehood Bill.
WASHINGTON The senate on
Tuesday agreed to vote on the state
hood bill before adjournment on Fri
day, March 9. The proposition to take
the vote at that time was made by
Mr.' Beveridge and there was little dif
ficulty in reaching an understanding.
The suggestion immediately followed
a speech in support or the bill by Mr.
Hopkins, during the course of which
Mr. Hale suggested that the territories
were ndt prepared for statehood and
suggested that their admission be de
ferred. lowans Deplore Henderson's Death.
WASHINGTON The announcement
of the death of ex-Speaker Henderson
was received with many expressions of
sorrow on the part of those in the Iowa
delegation, who bad served with him
in congress nad likewise on the part
of the members of the house generally
The Iowa delegation met in Senator
Allison's committee room at 11 o'clock
to take formal action and for an hour
discussed his many sidedness and told
stories Intimately connected with bis
career as soldier, lawyer and lawmaker.
THE PEACEMAKER.
President .Acts as Such In Miner
v Troubles.
HEW YORK President Roosevelt
has again intercvened as a peacemaker
between the coal miners and operators
and as the result of a letter addressed
by him to John Mitchell, president of
the Mine Workers of America, a na
tional convention will be held at In
dianapolis March 15 to try to reach an
agreement with the soft coal opera
tors with the hope of averting the
threatened strike of April 1 in the bi
tuminous coal fields. The president's
letter and the announcement that the
national convention, would be called
were made public by Mr. Mitchell,
after a long conftrence with Francis L.
Robbins, president of the Pittsburg
Coal company and chairman of the bi
tuminous operators, who came to New
York. Also present at this conference
were W. C. Perry of the Southwestern
Coal association and B. F. Bush, rep
resenting the soft coal interests allied
with the Gould railroads.
The president's letter to Mr. Mlt
.chell follows:
WHITE HOUSE. Washington, Feb.
24. Sir: I note with very great con
cern the failure of your late conven
tion on the joint interstate agreement
to come to a basis of settlement of the
bituminous mining scale of wages. You
in this business have enjoyed a great
industrial peace for many years,
thanks to the joint agreement that has
resulted in the action of your succes
sive conventions.
A strike such as is threatened April
1 is a menace to the peace and gen
eral welfare of the country. I urge
you to make a further effort to avoid
such a calamity.
You and Mr. Robbins are joint
chairmen of the trade agreement com
mittee of the National Civic federa
tion, and it seems to me that this im
poses additional duty upon you both
and gives an additional reason why
each of you should join in making a
further effort. Very respectfully,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. '
MOROCCAN CONFERENCE
MAKINC LITTLE PROGRESS
ALGECIRAS, Spain The result of
the last forty-eight hours' negotiations
is another check threatened to prolong
the Moroccan conference. The Ger
mans, after reflection, wish the diplo
matic corps at Tangier to exercise sur
veillance over the state bank, thus pre
venting its use for further French po
litical designs. The French resist this,
claiming that Germany is chiefly occu
pied with minimizing French influence
in Morocco. The delegates now talk
of the struggle being prolonged to the
latter part of March.
FINANCES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
Receipts Exceed Expenditures for the
Fiscal Year.
WASHINGTON For the first time
since May 1904. when the government
made its payment of $50,000,000 for
the Panama canal property and $4.
600,000 loaned to the Louisiana Pur
chase company, the daily statement Is
sued shows for the fiscal year a sur
plus of receipts over, expenditures.
The surplus at this time amounts to $1,
102,003. This is regarded by the treas
ury otficials as a remarkably line show
ing, especially in view of the fact that
the expenditures since July 1 last, on
account of public works, exceed those
of the corresponding period last year
by nearly $12,000,000.
SENDS MONEY TO JAPANESE.
American Red Cross Society
Helps
Famine Sufferers.
WASHINGTON. The American na
tional Red Cross through the state de
partment cabled to the Japanese Red
Cross $5,000, making a total of $25,000
contributed by the American people
and transmitted to Japan through that
organization for the relief of the suf
ferers in the famine stricken pro
vinces. The latest official report from Japan
shows that thousands are destitute
and that the famine is the result of
an almost total failure of the rice
crops, due to an unusually cold and
rainy summer, and the absence from
the rice fields of the able-bodied tillers
of the soil who were serving their
country in the battlefields of Man
churia. ;
A NEW COC ROAD
TO RFACHHKE'S PEAK
COLORADO SPRINGS. The owners
of the Pike's Peak cog railway are
negotiating for patent rights under
which they propose to construct an air
line road up the east slope of the peek
to the summit. The project contem
plates the use of several inclines, the
motive power on which Is covered by
the patents in question. This line will
replace the present cog wheel road and
at the same time make a finer scenic
route than the present one, and will
be in use for practically the whole
year.
A BILL TO BOOST SALARIES.
Senator Gallinger Offers One Provid
ing Better Pay.
WASHINGTON Senator Gallin
ger has introduced a bill to readjust
the salaries of general officers of the
government to take effect March 4,
1909. The bill proposes the following
salaries: The president. $75,000; vice
president. $15,000; speaker of the
house of representatives. $12,000;
members of the cabinet, $15,000; sen
ators and representatives. $7,500.
More Orenon Land Frauds.
LA CROSSE, Wis. Frank J. To
Iand, who. it was announced, from
Salem. Ore., had filed certificates for
4.000 acres of government land In Ore
gon, which were found to be rorgeries,
has issued a public statement in which
he denies hat the certificates are
forged.
Shaw Loosens Purse Strings.
WASHINGTON Secretary Shaw
announced that he would make tem
porary deposits in public banks
amounting to $10,000,000.
tWINCHNQ ROCK FIRMLY FIXED
South American Natural Wonder Do
fled Dictator of Argentine.
One of the strangest of natural
wonders of South America, is the
swinging rock of Tandil (La piedra
hovediza), says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. The stone lies about half an
hour's walk from the city of Tandil.
province of Buenos Ayres, Argentine
Republic, upon the highest summit of
a little rocky ridge. When seen from
the ravine it has the form of a giant
pyramid, while from another view It
resembles an enormous cone. It la
twenty-one feet long and twenty-eight
feet high, and Its weight is judged to
be about 12,500 hundredweight, or
about 627 tons. From the distance the
stone presents a peculiar aspect. It Is
so highly poised on the rocky slope
that it seems as if we were watching
a stone roll down the hill and resting
for a second upon a very small base.
But when we approach this swinging
rock we are astonished by a new
wonder. We can set the stone in mo
tion by merely pushine it with the
.hand. Very often the traveler Is
spared even the trouble" of pushing
the stone, as the wind will cause It
to swing.
Early in the nineteenth century the
Argentine Republic was ruled by the
dictator Rosa with unparalleled cruel-,
ty for about twenty-five years. To
show his supreme power the tyrant
ordered that the stone be encircled
with ropes and many horses to be
harnessed to these ropes but tho
stone could not be moved one inch
from Its resting place.
AMERICAN AND FRENCH GIRL.
Former Will Enjoy Herself Despite
Defects in Her Toilet.
"How do American girls one meet3
In the streets compare with their
French cousins?" echoed Julien Tier
sot, French author, after he had lec
tured before Mrs. Roosevelt and a
company of her friends in the White
House, says the New York Press.
"Well, the thing which impresses me
as most characteristic is the independ
ence of the American girl and the ob
vious Indifference to her general ap
pearance. For instance. I think an
American girl would what- you call
jump into her garments and run down
town if she had anything especial to
do. She would not mind if her hair
got a little blown or that she looked
as if got up in a hurry. Now, a French
girl would die rather than appear on
the streets unless her hair had been
arranged in the latest fashion and her
attire was just the correct one for that
hour. Always a well-gowned French
girl has her hair puffed and. curled,
and her face is covered with the
proper style of veil. Nothing would
persuade her to go out until every de
tail was perfect. The American girl
evidently does not attach the same
Importance to her appearance. She
will go out and enjoy herself in spite
of defects in her toilets. To the
stranger she presents a wholesome
and happy If somewhat careless air
that Is fascinating."
In Old New York.
It Is the custom of the New York
papers to sneer at the unsophisticated
doings of the people in other parts of
the country. Apparently, however,
judging from the revelations made in
the evidence of Col. Mann in the libel
case now on trial, many of the most
prominent and wealthy men of the
metropolis were the easiest kinds of
easy marks for parties who merely
proposed to write them up favorably
or unfavorably, according as they paid
out their cash, generously or not.- It
Is marvelous to read how easy it was
to get large sums of money ostensibly
as loans or in return for certificates
of stock whose value bore no proper
proportion to the money paid out.
That the leaders of New York society
should have been held up in this way
argues ill for their common sense, and
at the same time shows the total lack
of real value to the utterances of the
so-called society journal. Pittsburg
Post.
Quoted to a Purpose.
The private secretary of the emi
nent statesman dropped a polite note
to the railway magnate, suggesting
that the eminent statesman would be
pleased to be favored with an annual
pass. But the railway magnate, hav
ing formulated a new policy and also
having some wit, returned the applica
tion with a printed slip containing
the texts: "Suffer not a man to
pass." and "So he paid the fare and
went."
"I guess that will hold him." chuck
led the railway magnate.
But the private secretary of the
eminent statesman approached a
railway magnate who operated a par
allel line, and soon was able to drop
a brief note to the flrst. magnate. The
brief note consisted of the simple
text:
"And he passed by on the other
side."
The Imperfect.
Lady, little lady. God has made you fair
Put his skies Into your eyes, his sunshine
in your hair;
Robbed the lilies for your brow, the roses
for your cheek
Made your words of mocking birds, that
carol when you speak!
Lady, little lady, God has made you
sweet
Fille'l with grace your lovely face, with
grace your dainty feet;
Almost everything is yours that heaven
could Impart
So It's odd. X think, that God quite for
got your heart!
Lady, little lady. God left out your soul
.Left Just one sole thing undone to mar a
perfect whole;
And. perhaps, his wisdom shows In this
lack la you
You'd be worth too much for earth were
you good and true.
Cleveland Leader.
Everything Worn.
"And you still delay the wedding,"
sighed the beautiful girl. "My heart is
worn out."
"Is that all?" demanded the suitor
who was an advocate of procrastina
tion. "No, the carpet is worn out, the
parlor sofa is worn out, ma's hopes
are worn out and pa's patience is
worn out."
The suitor whistled.
"Well, by gum!" he retaliated. "My
shoes are worn out coming here every
two or three nights."
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