Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAII/T Bfllft TUESDAY , MARCH 15 , 1898.
and uptown deportments today and his calln
uxcltcd a Rood deal of Interest. Ho spent
half an hour first with Secretary Alger , ex
plaining. It Is believed , the military situa
tion In Cuba , and afterward had a confer
ence with Judge Day , assistant accretnry of
elate. Then he went to the White House
and was closeted with the president for two
hours and'a quarter. When ho emerged
from the room he courteously declined to
spoik regarding tlie nature of 'the Informa
tion ho had communicated to the president.
N. F. Palmer , representing the Qulntard
Iron works of New Yorit , which built the
engines of the Maine , was at the Navy de
partment today In consultation with the of
ficials respecting the conversion of vessels
of the merchant marine into war traft.
While not a ship building firm , the Qulntard
works have done a great deal of work on
the engines and Interiors of ships , which
la Just the class of work required In the
case of the auxiliary cruisers.
Because of a protest from some of the
western iMioplo the secretary of war has
modified his order of last week , changing
the names of the bounds of the military de
partments , so aa to retain the name of the
Department of the Missouri. To do this
It was necessary 10 abandon the naming of
"Tho Department of the 1'latte , " and the
territory Included within the present limits
of that department will bo the Department
of the Missouri. The old Department of
the Missouri retains Its new name of the
Department of the Lakes.
CAKING FOR NAVAL MILITIA.
Representative Elliott of South Carolina
called at the Navy department today to
talk with the officials respecting the cloth
ing of the naval mllltla. Under the exist
ing regulations the department has no au
thority to expend any of the small allot
ment of funds made by congress for the use
of the naval mllltla fen the purchase of
clothing. It Is ail consumed lu the purchase -
chase of' boats , equipments , arms , booka ,
ulpr.ul Hags , etc.
For several years the militiamen have
been trying to secure a modification of the
law that would permit of the application
of at least a portion of the military appro-
prla.Ioti for the pun tiioo of uniforms. This
hns been accomplished at last by the Inclu
sion In the pending navul bill of a suitable
amendment. However , this new clause under
ordinary conditions would not go Into effect
before July 1. next.
Representative nillott Is endeavoring to
Bcculo the department's aid In having the
section go Into effect Immediately on the
pum-ago 01 ! the bill , In which case a conuld-
cmblu body of South Carolina naval mllltU
can bo put Into service at once. The do-
imitmcnt la thoroughly committed to the
measure.
It la now stated at the Navy department
th'at the Marblchrad , which arrived at
Tampi Saturday night , was ordered to ttoU
plncu to take on some storca for the North
Atlantic squadron.
The torpedo boat Footo arrived at Charles
ton jesterday.
The Fern sailed today for Key West , hav
ing , It Ifl presumed , delivered all the storea
lor the slam-Ing reconccntrados.
Thu battk-ahlp Iowa -mine over from Tor-
totiKas to Key West yesterday.
The Annapolis gunboat has arrived at
Curacao.
The training ship Essex has sailed from
New York for Portsmouth.
WANT DISAPPEARING CARRIAGES.
The ordnance department of the army ha :
sent an Invitation to all the firms who have
In the past proposed to build disappearing
gun carriages In answer to the department's
advertisement , to come forward nt this time
and submit on their own behalf proposals fet
building riuch carriages. They are InvltcJ
to state how many carriages they can under
take at ono tlino and arc enjoined especially
to state the exact tlmo to be consuned In
making them.
It Is believed by officials that the delivery
of such carriages could begin In from three
to four months after the placing of orders ,
the difference In tlmo depending on whethei
or not the manufacturers have their plan :
alt ready In hand > ) iid a'.eo upon the callbci
of the gun to bo moilntcd , whether ten-lncr
or t\volvolnch.
The plans of the Fortifications board , whlcl
are , Ijchig tollqwedf In emplacement o
these guna by the tnglneers and ordnanci
, otncers of tup- department , contemplate tin
mounting of all the big rifles on disappear
ing carriages. Although thete are more com
plicated and dlfllcult of manufacture that
the ordinary carriage , It Is said at the department
partment that owing to the fact that thi
makers are now and have been foe some ttmi
cngJged In turning out thla style of car
rlcge , they can probably supply them In th :
Immediate future more quickly than the oU
cartlagp , and with 'emergency orders It I ;
felt that the averngo Iron worlw can tun
out from four to six or eight of these car
rlagcs a month.
The ordnance officers have discovered t <
their great , gratification that It Is posalbli
to use the carriages of the old ID-Inch Redman -
man guns to mount the 8-lnch and 10-lncl
guns of modern manufacture. This Iff be
tauso the Redman carriages were of par
tlcularly heavy construction for the gum
they were designed to carry , so that wltl
oven iho vastly Increased power of modert
ordnance the 15-Inch Redman carriage I
still able to carry safely an 8-lnch or 10-lncl
breech loading rifle. Of course the expo
dlcnt Is only a temporary one , as the car
rlagcs are very slow In operation , accordlni
to modern standards , but they would ecrvi
very well lu an emergency.
SICARD'S HEALTH IMPROVES.
From uppfllclal Information received hrri
tlierp Is a satisfactory Improvement In th
health of both Admiral Slcnrd , commandlni
the North. Atlantic squadron , and of Cap
tain Slgsbec. As a result of his stay In th
Gulf of Mexico Admiral Slcard ccntractei
a case of malaria , which disappeared aftc
a few days' stay at Key Woat.
Captain Slgsbcc's Illness was of hardl ;
mere than a day's duration , which yleldci
promptly to treatment , and the latest ad
\lccs received hero show that ho has en
tlrely recovered.
The 'Bureau ' of ordnance of the War department
partment opened bids today for a large sup
ply of armor-piercing projectiles and fo
U',000,000 rifle ball cartridges. The blddln ;
brought together a number of reprcsenta
lives of tbo largo steel and ammunition com
panics , a number of whom took occasion t
give assurances that In the present cmer
gcnry government work would be given th
jiroft-rc'iice over commercial orders ,
The bidders for steel projectiles varyln ;
In size from the S-lnch steel-capped shell
to the 1,000-pound shot , wore the MIdval
Steel company , the B. Atha Illlngswort !
company , the Carpenter Stcol company an
the 'Furth Sterling company. The bid
varied only slightly on the various classe
of heavy shot , running from $116 each fo
the S-lnch to $235 each for the 1,000-pounil
crs.
crs.TluvB. . Atha Illlngsworth company confine
Its bid to the S-lnch shot and shell , whll
the others submitted bids for the entire o't
dcr contemplated by the War departmenl
vU : Ono hundred anil llfty 8-Inch ehol
capped ; 119 8-Inch shells ; 482 10-Inch shol
.cappd ; 481 10-Inch sheila ; 1,211 12-Inch deck
piercing shells , weighing SO' ' ) pounds each
Easy to say , but
how shall I do It ? Well
lu thu
only com
mon sense way keep your head cool ,
your feet warm and your blood rich
and pnroby taking Hood's Barshpnrilln.
Then all your nerves ,
In the muscles , tissues
and organs will bo
Spring properly nourished.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
- bnilds up the system , creates an ap
petite , tones the stomach and gives
strength. It is the people's Spring
Medicine , has n larger fialo nnd ef
fects moro cures than all others.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla9. ! !
> Greatest MedJ-
clne. C. I. HOOD & Co. , Lowell , Mass ,
Dlllc " * the
rlllS okUtartla. file * at * .
\\V " ' . ' H-
935 12-Inch1 ihPlls , weighing 1,000 pounds
each. ' The bids ot all the companies for
.ho 800 and 1,000-pound shells were the
same , namely , $1S7 and (235 each.
Although the department Intends to ac
cept only ono bid. or to divide the order be
tween the bidders , It afforded satisfaction to
the authorities to know that such largo sup
plies could bo obtained from so many eourccn
on Abort notice.
The Mldvalo company offered to begin de
liveries In tvrentrflvo d-iyi , the Furth Ster
ling company at the rate of 101 a Week after
twenty-five d y , the Carpenter company
twenty-five , ; * / after April 8 and the 1J.
Atha Illlngsworth company In ninety days.
The blda for rlflo cartrldgea were In two
parts , 10,000OMtbclng standard metallic bill
cartridges 'Wlth\ brown powder and 2,000,000
metallic cartridges with smokeless powder.
There were three bidders , viz : The Union
Metallic Cartridge company , the United
States Cartridge company end the Winchester
Repeating Anna company , The bids were
the nine In each else , $18.50 for the brown
powder cartridge and $27 fop the smokeless
cartridge.
Ono company offered tr > deliver 5,000.000
at once and all the ordera contemplated a
delivery of 100,000 a day uftcr a few days.
HldH for shot , shells and cartridges will
bo briefed and the awards made within the
next few days , as the War department wishes
the work to begin at once.
REPORT OP SALE CONFIRMED.
LONDON , March 14. The Brazilian min
ister confirms the report that the war ships
Amazonas and Admiral Abreauall have been
col 1 to the United States government. Tht can-
tract Is to bo signed today.-and the Brazilian
officers and crew on board the Amazonas will
return to Brazil by the next mall steamer
sailing for that country.
NEW YORK , March 14. The Brazilian
minister's confirmation of the purchase by
the United States of two Brazilian warahlra
was handed to Rear Admiral Bunce at hla
quarters In the Brooklyn navy yard today.
Admiral Bunce and hja senior aide , Cnptaln
Ollmcre , read the cable dispatch with evi
dent ijatlsfactlcn and so expressed them
selves.
Just what arrangements will ba made for
the manning of the newly purchased vessels
could not be definitely ascertained , but the
general Impression Is that the Navy depart
ment will assign two captains , eight deck
oflloera , two navigators and a sufficient num
ber of cnglr.eera , together with seamen , fire
men nnd coal passers , who will go over to
Europe and bring the vessels here. Neither
vessel will have anything like a full comple
ment , of men. however , until It reaches this
sldo of the Atlantic.
Work on the Dolphin , which Is lying at the
coal dock , Is being rapidly pushed along ,
whllo the workmen on the .Atlanta and Chicago
cage are also very busy. Orders were re
ceived today by the officers In charge of the
United States marine recruiting station at
109 West street for 450 men.
KKU.VS Till ! ' A.V U.M5VK.\TI'-UIj OXK.
Will Hi-turn lo Cubn iv Mil .More 1U-
ll.-t Siipi > llcN.
KEY WEST , March 11. The Fern's trip
was uneventful. It reached Matanzas Sunday
and began at once discharging Its provisions
Into lighters. On shore a few persons had
gathered , but there -were no demonstrations
of any kind. The share of provisions for
Matanzas was got rid ot In a business-like
way , and the Fern sailed for Sagua La
Grande , where the same program was gene
through on Sunday , the operation of lauding
the atorcs occupying about six hours.
Consul Barker boarded the Fern on Its ar
rival at Sagua. He was overjoyed to see an
American vessel once more , even though It
waa only the little Fern. Ha said there were
about 25,000 starving rcconccntrados In his
district.
( An officer of the Fern said to the corre
spondent of the Associated Press today :
"It seemed as If the gladness ot the
wretched Cubans at our arrival was de-
prcescd by the overpowering dread that
hangs about Cuba and could not be dispelled
by the coming of food for which they longed.
Naturally \\o saw but little , ours was no
exploring trip. But wo saw enough to con
vince us that the stories emanating from
Matanzas , and especially from Sagua La
Qraiulp , 'aro not exaggerated. "
The 'Fern ' probably will go back with
more provisions about Friday. .
The torpedoes and sheila which arrived
Saturday were transferred today to Fort
Taylor , and ccnstderable Iccal excitement
was raised over- rumors that they were being
placed In position. An officer who would bo
connected with such , work denied this report
and said : „
"When frou see theae mines and torpedoes
being placed you can make up. your minds
that war Is more Imminent than the lart
moment , for however good Is the mine It
Is alwayo liable to become uselcea through
the action of the water. We ijre not going
to risk the usefulness of exponslve explo
sives by premature submersion. All theao
torpedoes can bo laid In twenty-four houra.
K we Inld them now they would not only
bo liable to corrosion , but everybody would
set an Idea of their positions ,
"Tho dclUato nature of these defense tor
pedoes seems hardly to have been realized
by theories as to the Maine cxplostcn. It
Is Incomprehensible to me that the Spanish
government In time ot peace allowed high
powcii torpedoes to lie In Havana harbor.
"Although I do not think Havana harbor
was mined , I know there are torpedoes In
Morro castle and the naval arsenal that can
bo put In pcslilon very quickly. "
The return of the court of Inquiry Is
wearily awulted , especially by the officers
of the Maine , They have been expecting
to go homo on every boat of late , and now
the hope deferred , added to the fact that
they are still without adequate wardrobes ,
makes them thoroughly discontented. Their
ordcta , which are here a\valtlng the court' . ?
pleasure , provide that they shall return
homo and await orders , which probably
meanu a month's leave.
The Impression Is growing hero that the
report of 'the court will not bo presented foi
bomo time yet.
Moro torpedoes are expected and some ol
thrao will bo taken to Tortugaa for submarine -
marine defense. The torpedo boat Wlnslow
has arrived and the schooner Harry A. .
Brunncr from Philadelphia Is hero with 1.30C
tons ot coal for the fleet. The fleet Is re
ported stationary.
Tiiuii2 cuiT.ui W5AIJEHS KIM.KD
Huil Planned to SurromliT to the
Spanish.
HAVANA , March 14. The .military com
mander ot Santa Clara reports that as thi
Insurgent leaders , Caylto , Alvarcs , Nunes
and others , were upon the point of surrenderIng -
Ing to the Spaniards near La Esperanza
province of Santa Clara , they were surprlaci
by the Insurgents Under Rooerto Bermude ;
and a collision occurred. Later on , neai
Luzo , a party ot guerrillas found the bodle :
cf Alvarez. Nunez and Major Esplneza o :
the Insurgent army , who had evidently beer
killed by the Insurgents , Who discovers
their Intention of surrendering to the Span
iarjls. The bodies were burled at L :
Loula Klopsch of the New York Chrlstlar
Herald has given the correspondent a cheep
for $1,000 In American gold for transmlsslor
to United States Consul RrJce at Matanzai
and another check for the same amount tc
be forwarded to United States Consul Barkei
at Sagua La Grande. Doth checks will b (
forwarded to their destinations by rncEacii-
ger. 'Mr. Klopsch says ho would prefer thai
the money be used for the relief of th <
"silent sufferers , " otherwise those who ar (
In great poverty , but who are too proud tt
make their wants known. Finally , Mr
Klopsch will give Consul General Lee $1.00 (
for direct expenditure and $3,500 for the
re ) lot fund.
CIIAIIE.\C.K.S M.SO.FOIl A Dl'lM ' ,
Kill tor U OfTrudcil by thf
lllluoU Senator.
WASHINGTON , March 14. Senator Maaor
today receive ! the challenge sent him bj
the editor ot the Spanish Illustrated paper
El Cardo. The document U printed and It
signed by the editor , the Marquis De , Altc
The challenge Is to a combat at uwordt
point and Is preceded by a short column 01
personal abuse. In which Mr. Mason Is do
scilbed aa an "Ignoble Yankee senator , wht
scolds llko a woman and who has not thf
valor to tight like a man and who wouk
take a slap In the face without regentla ;
It. " The American people are referred l (
as a "people who deal In pigs end whoa
flag U the almighty dollar. "
The senator accepts the challenge In i
Jocose spirit. Ho eayg he will have to ac <
the senor before he decides to flght , but I
is evidently Spanish modesty for the chal
Iccglng pnrty to name tbo weapon , u h
tbU
CEBAUOS BAS NO AUTHORITY
Spanish Minister Brands aa Falsa a Recent
Report.
DENIAL OF ALLEGID OFFER TO SETTLE
Man \Vho In Snlil to Hnvc Mmte It
Only ltrpre fiit * Cnlinn Ctiltliict
BB AdvUor IB Commer
cial Mutter * .
WASHINGTON , March 14. The Spanish
minister , Scnor Polo y Bernabe , received a
number of dispatches today from the minis-
er of state at Madrid and from Ciiptalu
General Blanco. Ttioso from General Blanco
vero reassuring In tone and stated that the
situation at Havana and througiuut the
sland was quiet and satisfactory. The ; uln-
ster of state cabled , ' saying In substance :
The uprising lu the Hilllpplnes Is so Insls-
11 deceit that It will be ondcd by the tlmo
you receive this. "
Senor Polo did not have occasion to v'ctt '
the State department today. At 11 o'clock
ho made his first formal call , by appoltVtn'j.it ,
on the French ambassador , and nt 12 o'clock
on the British ambassador. Infirr.ml rcclal
exchanges bad previously been made , but
the calls today we.ro In the nature of the
formal meetings of the representatives of
ho two governmcuts.
Tile minister asked that an emphatic denial
K > made In his name to the reports that
Senor Joan Ccballoa had been In Washing
ton as a minister of the Scottish government
to make overtures for terras of settlement
with the Cuban Insurgents. "Editor iJelwIlas
s not a commissioner of Spain , " said the
minister , "nor has he any nutliorlty , directly
or Indirectly , to speak fee the Spanish gov
ernment. The only person qualified to opesk
for Sjaln In the United States lo Its ac
credited minister. I wish to make the denial
an bread atid emphatic as possible. "
CEIULLOS WITHOUT AUTHORITY.
It was explained by the minister that Senor
Ccballoa had recently been named iby the
autonomous cabinet of Cuba as an aldo to
lilm In ( taming the proposed commercial
treaty between the United States and Cuba.
This was In accordance with the autonomous
plan by which the Cubans themselves were
given control of their tariff alTalrs. But In
naming Senor Ceballos , the minister pointed
out , ho and hU associates were to assist
him as the plenipotentiary of Spain. Whether
Mr. Ceballos , on his personal responsibility ,
made overtures hero is not Unown at the
legation. He dd ! not call there and It U
cald that anything he may have done was
without the consultation or sanction which
would give It the slightest status aa the act
of the Spanish government.
Senor Polo's attention was called to the
reports from Spain as to the prospective
calling of the Spanish torpedo fleet for Ha
vana , and to the significance which had been
attached In this country to this movement.
The minister said that the movement of
torpedo ctaft had been long contemplated ,
and even before ho left Madrid , the queen
regent had bid goodbye to the captain of
the fleet. Its coming had no relation what
ever , ho declared , to recent conditions , aa
they were wanted for service along the
Cuban coast. 'Somo of them , he said , were
designed for use In the Cauto river , whllo
others could bo used as dispatch boats be
tween shore points In case land communi
cation were Interrupted.
The minister has received no Inilmatlon
as to the findings of the Spanish naval com-
mlrslcn which Is Investigating the Malno
disaster. He wys thla commission Is pro
ceeding with the same formality and secrecy
as the United States -court of Inquiry and that
no Intimation of Its findings will bo Justified
until the formal report Is presented to the
SpanUh government.Mr \ Polo added that
hla personal belief , however , w'as that thora
Is no doubt the Spanish , commission will
report that the Maine explosion was due
to accident and said he wag convinced that
this , also would be the conclusion reached
by the ptople in this country when , all the
( acts In the matter are made known.
CHBALL03 ENTERS A DENIAL.
NGW YORK , March 14. J. 'M. Ceballos ,
general manager of the Spanish Trans
atlantic company , made the following state
ment today :
I regret to so my name published In the
morning papers In connection with negotia
tions looking toward peace to be estab
lished In the Island of Cub't and statins that
was aotlng v/lth full .knowledge ot the
tf.ista ministry , all of which I deny to
bo the cave. Whatever interest I may take
In tills matter Is solely prompted by my de-
biro to prevent a conlllct between Spain
and the United States and to establish , it
possible , a basis , as every true American
hopes to , that will jjlvo us peace ut on
early date with honor for all concernpd.
Touias Estrada Palma of the Cuban revo
lution party In this city said today thai the
proposition for Cuban pacification reported
to have been offered by Senor Ccballoa was
not iiatlsfactory to the Junta. ,
"Wo will not consider any proposition for
a settlement of the war , " he said , ' "unless "
It be based upon the absolute Independence
of Cuba. We are 'Willing to pay' ( Spain an
Indemnity of not moro than $200,000,000 , ' II
thla Is not satisfactory lu Spain we wll !
continue the war. Our resources are suffi
cient to do this. 'I ' will not receive Senor
'Ceballcs ' unless he wants to treat on ftlt'c
basis of absolute Independence. " .
When Senor Palma was told that Spanish
4s were selling In the London market al
52-7ic he replied : "I have recently Bali
some Cuban bonds at 60 per cent. "
I1USY SCKXK AT FOKTIKIC.VTIOX5
Gun * of All Klmlx Ili-liiKr I'lnvcil ill
Sltiuly Hook.
NEW YORK , March 14. Tile 300 artillery
men ordered from Fort Hamilton and For
Wadsworth to Sandy Hook were transferrcc
to the latter point today. Under dlreetlor
of army engineers , hundreds of soldiers and
workmen are busy mounting guns , bulldliu
ramparts and laying other defenses at the
Hook. Not eluco the civil war has sucl
activity been seen there. A train of twenty
ono cars each loaded with a twelvo-Incl
steel mortar la lying on a siding near tht
fortifications. It arrived yesterday from th (
Watervlle-t arsenal. The wcrtc of erectlnf
mounts for the mortars la being rushed
Many mortars are already In place. Thej
are out of eight , la deep pits , In batteries
of sixteen each , and cannot be reached b ]
an enemy's guns except by eholl. Dozen :
of eight , ten and twelve-Inch steel rides an
at the Hook ready for mounting. When tin
engineers are through the fortifications wll
be among the strongest in the world.
All women and cCiIldren under 1C years oH
fcavo been ordered from the I look. The
wives of many of the workmen left yester
day. Hundreds of mascns , carpenters am
other mechanics are working on theaddl
tlonal quarters needed for the artillerymen
They are nearly completed.
PHILADELPHIA. March 14. Today fo
the first tlmo "landsmen" were enlisted fo
service In the United States navy at the
Lcaguo Island navy yard. Any able-bodice
man who answered the physical require
menu vss admitted. The reason for' thU
action , one of the officers of the nhlpyan
eald today. Is that orders have been re
celvod from Washington to recruit ca rap
Idly as possible 200 landsmen to sccvo a :
Bremen and coal passers.
NEW HAVEN , Conn. . Marcto 14. Prepa
rations are going on at the Winchester Re
pcatlng Arms company factory In this city
which Indicate the factory will be set run
olng twenty-four hours a day at once. The
officials maintain silence and will not adml
that new orders have been received , bu
repcrta are current that the government hu
placed a big adddltloaal order for Leo rifles
The last week the officials of the companj
made a round of the departments and aekec
the head of each one what condition hla de
Partment _ was In to begin running wlthou
cessation , day and night , Moat of them re
piled that with a few changes they wouli
bo ready for running twenty-four hours c
clay. The alterations have been made am
It looks as though the factory would put ot
three eanga at once.
NEW YORK. March 14. A hurry orde
was received at the Brooklyn navy yard to
day from Washington for a 6-Inch gun ti
bo sent Immediately to Sin FrancUco. Th
Itun to Urge rapid-fir * breech-loading rlfli
which bti been on tb receiving chip Yer
mont. The wotof transferring the gun
ccinmcnced at. once.
The offlccrsAtt the Jlnvjr yard were reti
cent aa to what the gua was needed ( or at
tan Francts Vnbut it was reported that
there U som tUing wrong with ono ot the
guns of thccnU _ cr Philadelphia , and this
; un Is Intended to replace U. The gun
will go by rah aired to Mare Island navy
yard. S1 * *
BOSTON , Miirch H. The receiving ship
Wabash waa Crowded loday with applicants
who dmlrcd 18 ( Mlkt. Up to 3 o'clock this
afternoon nof'I'c * than 200 had taken the
examination , but out of thla number not
more than a'tfoifti parsed.
PIIOHIIAM OK Till : AnMIXISTIlATIOX.
Wilt I ) rtn nn ( I Indemnity far lo of
. _ HIP Mnlnr.
ST7PAUL. Mhin. , March 14. The Globe's
Vflshlngton special toy ? : The president and
ils cabinet know , unofficially , the result ot
the Maine Inquiry. ' 'Thoy are prepared to
act. Thsy hive canvassed the courno of
events , so far ai they csn foresee them , and
iavo formulated a policy to meet the emer
gency. Along Its lines the administration
expects to move ualess It la swept off ItJ
'eet ' by a wave of popular dissatisfaction.
The Globe's special -correspondent Is able to
iresent the forecast of events as viewed by
the president and ils cabinet. It can bo
outlined thus :
1. The. board of Inquiry will report this
veek that the explosion ' * aa external.
2. The president will Immediately ,
hrough Minister Woodford. demand from
Spain an Indemnification ot J10.0CO.OOO.
3. Spain Is expected to reply expressing
ts wIllinKnos.i to ipay If It Is responsible ,
but maintaining that Its own Investigation
shows that the explosion was Interim ! and
> urely accidental. It will therefore suggest
rferenco to an International board of ar-
iltrntlon.
1. In such an event the administration
vould be disposed to ccmplywith the sug
gestion unless there Is an emeuteIn Ha
vana or an Irresistible demand for wat
B-Aoeps through congress.
B. If congress acquiesces In the piiKgcH-
Ion the attempt will be made to adjourn
hat body and leave the whole matter In
the president's hands.
( ! . It Is oxpecteM that a largo majority of
congressmen 'will claim that such u matter
of honor cannot bo arbitrated. It U further
'xpected that the leaders of both hou'os ,
neludlm ; senators from Minnesota , will
favor arbitration.
n.\Ji.\iKits FOR THIS XAVV.
flilcf HiuvliHii.Melville .Mnlci-H n IU--
iiii > Mf of I In' Xitvnl Committee.
WASHINGTON. March 14. Secretary
LOOK , Chief Engineer Stewart , Captain
Crownlnshlcld , Surgeon General Van Rympa
and Paymaster General Stewart of the navy
were before the housa committee on naval
affair.1) today to , explain some estimates for
the naval appropriation bill. Nothing was
slid nbou. battleships or dry docks.
The main point of Secretary Long's hear
ing was a suggestion to raise the ago limit
of entrance to the service of officers of the
medical corra from 21 to 30. This , however ,
h.as already been done by the committee. The
talslng of the limit will result In a material
Incicaeo In the number of olllccrs In that
branch of the servco.
Chief Engineer Melville called for an Increase -
crease In the engineer corps of the navy ,
which ho saidj\'as. , Imperatively needed. Ho
asked that prc-vlslpn bo made for seventy-
flvo assUtant engineers. It wcs also pointed
out that the number of assistant paymas
ters was doflclqntjtby about twenty. An ap
propriation was fasljed for.
When the halting was closed the commit
tee began the consideration of the establish
ment of now dry ilocUs and entered Into a
long dlsflucflloh asito the relative merits of
the respective cttltB risking for the docks.
The meeting.adjourned until tomorrow
without taklng-ac lon.
ixsuucjKXTs - ti.\I.\I.\G CMtouxn.
M f I -
Colonel I > nrtCf > r > Thliitco They Will
Sitfttcdil III Time.
WASHINGTON1 , March 14. Colonel Myron
M. Parker , QivS j ( , J ? Jcaaing business men
ol WasblngtqnOiwio..acconpanled ( . .Senator
PrbctoMn , hMiarceit-vlslt | } to Cuba , said to
day that the Americans on the Island had
no doubt that the disaster to the Maine waa
caused" through "Spafllsh agency. ' Ho said
there w'as absolutely no difference of opin
ion among the Amerfeans as to the cause of
the dl&jster having .been an external explo
sion. The Insurgents , Colonel Parker
thought , were In better shape than ever be
fore , and would be able to accomplish their
Independence In time. The Cubans , as a
itile , he believed would he glad to sco the
island come under the American flag and
would do what , thejr could to bring about
that result. '
The colonel reiterated his statement of lost
night that the situation of the reconcentra-
doen was deplorable In the extreme. They
were confined within narrow limits and prac
tically led to starve. The generosity of the
American people , however , was beginning to
be felt and tho'extreme distress was grad
ually being relieved. Ho spoke In the high
est terms of General Leo and the work he
was doing , and also of Consul Barker , who
had made great personal sacrifices ( or the
starving people within his district.
HOLLAND PLBAStfiirWITII HIS MOAT.
Snj-H It 'Mcotx ' All of IIIw i.xncc < .ntlonN
So Knr.
NEW YORK , Jlarch 14. The submarine
torpedo boat illolland let Its dock at Perth
Amboy today and made a run out Into the
bay. It was gone about hal ( an hour , and
according to l\tr. Holland behaved splen
didly. No attempt was made to dive.
When the 'Holland ' returned to Its dock a
number cf men began the work of putting
In Its plg-lron Tiallast. When this work H
completed it will bring the boat down tea
a normal water line. The Holland probably
will take a short run tomorrow or next day
to test the lay of the ballast.
In an Interview tonight Mr. 'Holland said :
"Tho experiments made with the boat today
show that It Is a thorough success. The
boat dlil everything that I expected It to do.
A SDced of about six miles an hour was
made today , but the 'boat Is capable of much
greater speed. I shall continue to make ex
periments with It for the next two weeks ,
so that when I have finished them I will
ba perfectly sure of It. I can bay nothing
of what disposition I shall make of the boat. "
Simiilxh IloiiilM Declining.
LONDON , March 14. Spanish fours on the
Stock exchange today opened at 53V4 , against
55 , the closing quotations of Saturday. Later
Spanish fours ftu-tfaer declined to te\ \ , .
PARIS , March 14 > On the boureo today
Spanish fours opened at 54 5-lCc , 5-1C lower
then Saturday's closing prices.
MADRID , Marten 14. Spanish fours hero to.
day were quoted'it 7C.GO , against 77 , tbo
closing prlco SatuWuy.
TAI.IC OF AY KUUV 'ADJOURNMENT.
f ) IPQ
.Seiiulorx Sny'i'l'herc ' U Very I.IUIc
Morrdfot * Tlifiu to Do ,
WASHINGTON , .March 14. The early ad
journment of . o'jscnato today , following
quickly after a ! > vpjtays' vacation last week-
I-cd to a general-discussion about the proba
bility of early flnaF adjournment and to the
development of 1)io ) ! ( act that thcro Is qulto
an active propaganda In that behalf.
Senator Aldrith .rrtis among those who were
quite outspokcij7n [ advocating early adjourn
ment and he Jond ! . others are urging that
there was noth tig'further congress could do
by renulnlng Id1 session except to pass the
appropriation blll J Senators expressing these
views geuerally'liok the view that It would
bo necessary lri"any event to defer further
action on the Hawaiian treaty until tbo next
session.
The moro pronounced pro-Cuban senators
did not accept lu very kindly spirit the ad
journment euggcetlon end Senator Mason
T.'os among those who declared It could not
bo accomplished until something bad been
done ( or Cuba.
The suggestion waa also made that an early
adjournment would result In a special session
In the autumn ,
Ilriict ? Ilni a llcluime.
WASHINGTON , March 14. B. K. Bruce ,
reglater ot the treasury end ox-aenator , la
again very low today and Is not holding
the Improvement which s vo a little hops
late Saturday afternoon to hla family.
Dully Treunury Statement.
WASHINGTON , March 14. Today' * state
ment of the condition of the treasury showi :
Available cash balance , $225,593,781 gold re
serve , 1169,733,130.
WORK OF PATENT OFFICE
Statistics Gleaned from the Commissioner's
Annual Eoport.
CONNECTICUT LEADS IN INVENTIONS
1-nrnre tnrrcnic In .AniillrnUnnn
Smiiiitn thr Force In the Oflloc
Expert * Quit Service to I n-
K"tre In Private llunluc * * .
WASHINGTON , March 14. The annual re
port of the commissioner of patents ( or the
calendar year lS97t wa laid before congress
today. It Is dated January 31 , and was prepared -
pared by Assistant Commissioner A. P.
Grcelcy , who was acting ; commissioner ( or
several months preceding the death o ( the
late Commissioner Butterworth. In addition
to the usual flta'Utlcal ' summary of patent
work the report contains considerable con
cerning Inventions , particularly elnco 18SO.
In 1897 there were received 45.C61 applica
tions ( on patents and In addition a largo
number of applications ( or designs , trade
marks , etc. Patents granted amounted In
number to 23,729 , Including designs , slxty-
flve patents were reissued , 1,071 titade marks
registered and eighteen labels and sixteen
prints. The number oC patents that expired
waa 12,920. The total expenditures were
$1,122,843 , the receipts oven expenditures
$252,798. The total balance to the credit of
tbo patent office In the treasury of the United
Htates on January 1 , 1898 , was 14,071,438.
In proportion to population more patents
were Issued to citizens of Connecticut than
to these of any other state ono to every
"SIJ Inhabitants. Next In order are the fol
lowing : Massachusetts , District of
Columbia , New Jersey , Ilhodo Island , Now
York. To ituldents til England 706 patents
were Issued ; to residents of Germany , B51 ;
Canada , 2SG and Franco , 222. The number
of applications received for examination dur
ing the year was greater than for any other
In the history of 'tho ' ofllcc , yet the report
says there was no Increase In the facilities
or force doing the work. Applications
awaiting action December 28 last numbered
11,382 , duo to the ItMdequacy cf the ofllco
force. For the ten years beginning In 1880 ,
the average number of applications v us
1,180 and for the eight years , beginning with
1890 , It has grown to 41,479 per year.
SUGGESTS UAISU IN SALARY.
Tfie- report lays much stress c the recom
mendations for an Increase of salaries of
ttiMo who have to do with the examination
of applications for patents. In this connec
tion the assistant commlsslcoer says : "Dur
ing the period of business depression resig
nations have bcc less frequent , but with
returning prosperity many of the mast effi
cient examiners have already left the offlco
to engage In the practlc9 of patent law or
are about to resign for that purpose. Since
1892 no ICM than 155 examiners and assist
ant examiners have resigned voluutarlly
from the office. The places left vacant by
these men catinct be filled at once and tfielr
resignation In a serious loss to the Govern ,
ment. A reasonable Increase In salaries
would hold a fair proport.on of them , per
haps not to thel ? own ultimate advantage ,
but to the very great advantage of the
office and of the public. "
The report also urges the necessity for
the establishment of a. patent bar as a
measure of protection to the inventor.
Under the over-liberal rule of practice by
which any persons of good moral character
may appear as the agent or attorney of nn
applicant , not .a few such attorneys hav&
lo the past been permitted to practice before
the office , with the result that on applica
tions badly prepared and unskllHully and
carelessly pcosecutcd' ' patents were Issued
which , whllo valid for all they claimed ,
wcre wwthlera In that they failed to ade
quately protect Inventions which , properly
claimed , might have been worth thousands
of dollars. An caracal attempt was madb
during the year to correct abuses which
have arisen In consequence of tula liberal
policy and several attorneys whrae opera
tions , the report says , of confidence game *
wtlero many of the unwary wore caught were
debarred.
DEVELOPS NEW INDUSTRIES.
The methods of obtaining patented Inven
tions Is most c-trlkt > ngly shown in the crea
tion of new Industries of enormous magni
tude since 1880 that Is , within the term of
patentn now In force or but very recently
expired. Of these now Industries the most
noted are these directly connected with the
development of electrical Inve-atlons. The
manufacture of electrical apparatus and
supplies began to bo of Importance shortly
before 1880 acid in that year sevcnty-olx
cstablleCimento , employing 1,721 persons and
producing an output valued at $2,655,030 ,
were In existence. In 1893 the number ot
establishments had increased to 189 , cm-
ploying 11,189 persons and having an output
estimated at $ 9,114,714.
In the electric llput and power Industry ,
as reported In 1880 , there were but three
establishments In the United States , em
ploying 229 persons and producing an output
valued at $458,400. At the clcso of 1891
there were In the United States 2,124 cen
tral stations supplying electricity ( or light
and power anil 7,475 lsc'a.ed plants , a
total of 9,939 establishments. The capital
Invested In these central stations Is stated
to have been $258,956,256 and the capital Invested -
vested In the Isolated plants , though not
stated , waa probably not below $200,000,000.
A conservative estimate of the number of
persons employed at that tlmo In this In
dustry vould not be under 43,000.
"The use o ( electricity for power purposes
has found Its most notable development la
the electric railway. The first electric street
railway In the United States was put In oper
ation little moro than ten years ago. In
1SSO of the 2.GOO road miles of street railway
'n the United States , nearly all used animal
power. The total mileage o ( electric rail
ways In the United States up to October of
1897 was 13,763 miles , out of a total mileage
of 13,718 , of which but 917 miles were horse
car lines. The total capital Invested was
$816.131,691.
"Tho telephone In 1S80 was Just beginning
to be commercially known. At tbo close of
1897 there were In the United States 907
telephone exchanges and 832 branch offices ,
using 536,845 miles of wlro and employing
14,423 pewscas. The total amount stated to
be Invested In telephone property lu 1895
was $77,500,000.
DEVELOPMENT OF BICYCLES.
" of the Industry
"Tho great development bicycle
dustry has corao In since 1890 , as a result of
the Inventions In pneumatic tires made
about that time. In 1890 there were reported
as engaged In the manufacture of bicycles
twenty-seven establishments. In 1893 moro
than 200 establishments were engaged In the
manufacture of cycles and the output of
wheels for that year Is stated to bavo been
not lees than 800.000. The production In 1897
was over 1,000,000 wheels.
"In 1880 a largo proportion of the cycles
used were Imported , mainly from England.
In 1897 the exports of cycles and parts of
cycles to England amounted to $2,138,491 ,
and the total exports amounted to a value
o ( $6.902.730. "
The report refers to a number of other In
dustries , many of which have been developed
olnce 1S90. To the facilities afforded by the
patent deportment , the report says , Is duo
their creation , and the very great develop
ment of recent years ID the older Indus
tries. Mesiy recommendations designed ( or
the benflt of the system are made , most of
which were urged by former commissioners.
Ono ot three Is ( or legislation whereby the
United States shall become a member of tbo
international union ( or the registration of
trademarks. The acting commissioner pays
a warm tribute to the late Mr. Hutterwortb ,
whoso "appointment was received with satis
faction by all ( rlends ot the patent system , "
and who waa fully allvo to the tioeda of the
office.
Xetvn ( or the Army.
WASHINGTON. March 14. ( Special Tele ,
gram. ) Major George Andrews , assistant
adjutant general , hae been relieved ( rom
duty with the National Guard of Ohio and
ordered to Omaha ( or assignment to duty
in the Department ot the Plattc.
Second Lieutenant William J. Harden ,
corp engineer , has been ordered to Newport -
port , U. I , , and will report to Major Daniel
W. Lockwood , corps engineer , ( or temporary
duty.
First Lieutenant * J. n. Wllllami. Third
Artillery , sUMara ttucba ,
land , and George L. Anderson , Fourth ar
tillery , military attache , St. Petersburg ,
Russia , will report by letter 'to Colonel Royal
T. Frank , First artillery , president exam-
Ing board , Fort Monroe , ( or Instructions re
lating to their examination ( or promotion.
Major Wallace F. Randolph , Third artll-
lury , has been relieved from duty at Fort
Rtloy , Kan. , and will report to command
ing general , Department ot California , San
Francisco , ( Or assignment.
Colonel William S. Elderkln , assistant
commissary general ot subsistence , has been
retired.
The following transfers have been made
In the Sixth Infantry : First Lieutenant
Matt R. Peterson , ( rom company O to com
pany K ; First Lieutenant Henry J. Hunt ,
( rom company K to company n.
Loaves o ( absence : First Lieutenant Ous-
iavo W. S. Stevens , First artillery , extended
ono month ; Captain Madison M. Brewer , as
sistant surgeon , ono month ,
1'llOVIims FOR HKVUMJU CUTTKHS.
Sennto AntlinrUf * Ciinilriiotlnn of
Klurlit XIMV VviMplNi
WASHINGTON , March 14. During Its ses
sion o ( three hours today the senate parsed
a considerable cumber of bills from the gen
eral calendar , among the number being ono
authorizing the construction of eight new
revenue cutters not exceeding In aggregate
cost the sum of $1,230,000.
The national quarantine bill was made the
regular order ot business and will bo taken
up probably on Wednesday.
A resolution offered last Thursday by Mr.
Chandler authorizing the committee on
naval affairs to stud for persons nnd papers
In the ourso o ; the Investigation ot the
Maine disaster was adopted.
Almost Immediately afterwards Mr. Allen
Inquired of Mr. Chandler what the naval af
fairs committee had done regarding the In
vestigation of the Maine catastrophe as pro
vided by his resolution of BC\cral weeks ago.
Mr. Chandler said that as yet the commlt-
tco had taken , no action regarding the In
vestigation. He could not speak for the
committee bnt express ? . ] the opinion that
the policy would bo to await the action and
findings ot the * naval court ot Inquiry. He
called attention to the Interesting fact that
naval courts have no authority under the
law to compel witnesses to testify or to
punish them K they should refuse. He
thought therefore that the naval committee
In making ltd Investigation ought to bo em
powered to force testimony from witnesses
or suffer a penalty ( or retinal.
"Is 'tho ' senator advised as to whether the
naval affairs committee will make an Investi
gation of the Maine dlraster ? " Inquired Mr.
Allen.
"I am not prepared to speak ( or the com
mittee , " replied Mr. Chandler. "Thu reso
lution , I take It , places an Injunction upon
the committee to conduct an Investigation
and the resolution agreed to a ( ew minutes
ago Is In line with thur injunction. This
Is a subject Which I do not think ought to
bo discussed In public. I commend the sen
ator from Nebraska ( or hU patriotic re
straint in refraining from diseasing the
matter. "
The < : onfcreneo report on the army and
naval appropriation bill was reported by
Mr. Quay and was agreed to.
Proceeding undcn unanimous consent the
senate passed the following measures :
Amending an act to permit the use of 'the
right of way thtough public lands for tram
reads , canals and reservoirs ; permanently
locating the capital of the territory of New
Mexico at Santa Fo ; granting to the Kettle
River Valley Railway company a rlnht of
way through the north half of the Colvlllo
Indian reservation In Washington , and ro.
luting to leases on the Hot Springs reserva
tion.
tion.At
At this point Mr. Ledge ( Mas ? . ) o ! the
foreign relations committee called up the
Joint resolution for the relle ( of August
Uolten and Gtistav Richelieu. The resolu
tion as reported from the foreign relations
committee Is es follows :
That the president of the United States b ?
nml Is hereby empowered to tnko such meas
ures as In his jmlgimcnt rmy be. necensury
to obtain indemnity from the E'-vinlsh gov
ernment ( or the mrorflss. and li.jurles suf
fered by .August Uolu-u-and Gustnvu Ilk-li-
ellqu byretisoi of .thcJr.\vrongfil ) arrest and
Imprisonment by Spanish authorities nt
Santiago do Cuba In the year 1S93 and to
secure this end ha la authorized nnd re
quested to employ such means or exercise
such , power aa may be necessary.
The resolution , 'to which objection was
made a few days ago , was passed without
debate.
Other bills wero-parscd as follows : . To
Incorporate the National Florence Crittenden
mission , to provide ( or the disposal o ( the
abandoned Fort Shaw' military reservation
In Montana , under the homestead , mining
and other land laws of the United Stale.- ! ;
to pay Hattlo A. Phillips , widow of John
Phillips , $5,000 ( or services rendered by John
Phillips In bearing dispatches ( rom the com
manding officer at Fort Phil Koatnoy to
Fort lyiramlo In December , ISCfi. after thj
massacre of the United States soldiers under
Lieutenant Colonel Fettcrraan by the. Sioux
Indians , nnd by whcso services the garrison
at Fort Phil Kearney , being surrounded by
Sioux Indians , was rescued and raved from
annihilation ; to authorize the secretary of
war to loan tents to the citizens' commutes
ot Cincinnati ( or use during the thirty-
second annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
At the suggestion of Mr. Foroker , the bill
( or the Incorporation o ( the International
bank was called up. The bill provide , ? that
the bank shall have a capital of $3,000,000 ,
which may bo Increased to $20,000,000 , and
that Ita main offices shall be In Washington
nnd New York , with branches In Mexico , the
West Indies and In Central and South
America.
Objection was made to the consideration of
the bill , but 'it was reid for Information until
Mr. Cockrell objected even to that.
A bill to Increase the pension of Mrs.
Letitla Tyler Semplo. o daughter of President
John Tyler , to $50 a month was pa.sscd , as
was also the Joint resolution relative to
the appropriation for Rouge rhcr , Michigan.
Mr. Hoar called up a resolution reported
by him ( rom the judiciary committee pro
viding for the submlEslon to the legislatures
of the various states o ( a proposed amend
ment tq the constitution ot the United
States relative to the succession of the pres
idency. He desired simply to place In the
record certain lnormatlon bearing upon the
subject , and briefly to Impress senators with
the desirability of passing the resolution
at an early date In order to remedy a mani
fest defect In the constitution.
A bill was pasied authorizing the secre
tary of the treasury lo have constructed
eight vessels ( or the revenue cutter scrvko
as ( allows ; Ono to take the place of the
steamer Seward , cost not to exceed $100,000 ;
ono to take the place of the McLane , cost
not to exceed $160,000 ; ono to take the place
of the Colfax. cost not to exceed $100,000 ;
ono to take the place of the Iloutwoll , cost
not to exceed $100,000 ; cna for service on and
In the vicinity ot the Columbia river bar ,
J. W. I3OIIKIIT , M. D.
HUM Tcntcil ( lie Virtue * of the Ca
tarrh Itfiiieily I'l'-ru-nii.
"I have , during the yeans of my active
practice , not only seen Pe-ru-na used with
gratifying results , but have also had occa
sion to test' Its virtues In my practice , and
consider It on excellent medicine. " The
above Is a letter written to Dr. Hartman
by Dr. J. W. Egbert , Neosho , Mo. , graduate
of three schools of medicine. Po-ru-na cures
catarrh wherever
located. It begins
by Invigorating the
system and Increas
ing the appetite.
Then tbo patient
begins to gain
flesh , hope takes
the place of de-
spondcncy , and all
the mischievous
symptoms which
chronic catarrh has
produced will disappear ono by ono In the
reverse order ot their appearance. The last
symptoms to yield are often the ernes which
vho patients expect to disappear first , but
all should remember that the first symptoms
to appear will bo the last to disappear.
Cure ? made In thla way are permanent curco.
A patient cured by Po-nu-na Is no moro
liable to catarrh than K he never had U.
A book written by Dr. Hartman will be
sent ( rco by request. Address , The Pe-ru-na
Drug Manufacturing Company , Columbus ,
Pnclfic count , cost tot to exceed $250,000) ) ons
( or harbor service at Philadelphia lo replnco
the steamer Washington , cost not to exceed
$45,000 ; ono ( or harbor service at Itoslou to
replace the steamer Ilamlln , cost not to ex
ceed $45,000 ; one ( or harbor service at New
York to replace the Chamlcr , cwt not to
oxccod $45,000.
At 2:40 : p. m. the senate , on motion of Mr.
Quay , went Into executive souton , and BOOB
afterward adjourned.
Of Intcrml to Ilnnkn.
WASHINGTON , March 14. ( Special Tele
gram. ) The American Exchsuige National
bank ot Llrvolm waa today approved as ths
reserve agent ( or the First National bank
of Ord. Neb. , also the United States Na
tional -bank ot Omaha , for the First Na
tional bruit of Denver ; the Natlctial bank
ot the Republic of Chicago ( or the First
National bank of Nora Springs , Iowa ; tha
DC * Molncs National bank for the First
National bank of OJebolt , Iowa , and the
Flour City National bank of Minneapolis
( or the First National bank ol Pierre , S. D.
The comptroller of the currency hns bem
notified of the following changes of officials
In national banks : Nebraska United Staler
National bank , Holdrege , no vice president
lit place of Swan H. Milliner ; Commercial
National , Frement , no president In place of
K. Schurman ; American Exchange National.
Lincoln , S. H. Ilurnham , president ; I ) . G.
Wing , cashier In place of S. H. ISurulmm.
no assistant cashier In place ot D. G. Wing ;
Unlcii Stock Yards National , South Omaha ,
J , C. French , ccslstant cashier In place of
J. L. Carson ; City National , of York , C. II.
Kalllng , assistant cashier In ( dace of R. R.
Copsey.
Iowa First National , Waterloo , no vice
president In place of J. W. Krapfel ; Flnii
Nattcnal , Mason City , no vice president ! n
place of William D. Ualch ; First National ,
Sac City , H. S. Ilarnt , asshtant cashier ; First
National , Odebolt , n. C. lion-man , vice presl.
dent ; First National , Tabor , II. 11. Laird ,
vlco president In place of S. D. Davis ; Mer
chants Natlcaal , Eagle- Grove , J. P. Clark ,
vice president In place of F. W. Plllsbury ;
F. A. Howell , crahlcr lu place of J. P.
Clark ; First National , Garner , William Shat-
tuck , president. A , C. Rlpley vice president lu
place of William Shattuck ; 1'lr.U Natloiul ,
Hartley , Oliver Vans , president In place of
J. W. Walter , W. J. Davis asslstaat cashier
In place of J. C. Nordllng.
Wyoming First Natlcnal bank , Sheridan ,
V. J. P. Robinson president ln > place of E.
A. Whitney , E. A. Whitney vlco president
In place ot J. U. Kcudrlck.
K' to I'OH
WASHINGTON , March 14. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Postmasters appointed : Nebraska
Fied W. Crcsscr , Murray , Cass county , vlco
Sadie Oldhani , resigned , and Katie Lewis ,
Smartvllk1 , Johnson county , vlco John W.
Rlfile , removed.
South Dakota James McGregor , Spencer ,
McCook county.
Arthur S. Monttlngo of Coin , In. , was ap
pointed clerk In the railway mull service
today.
An order wr.a Issued removing the post-
office at Stromsburg , Neb. , from the pres
ent quarters to 'Uucklcy's ' building at a
rental of $16S a year.
MfcMti IIIK Uvhllilt.
WASHINGTON , March II. ( Special Tele
gram. ) Lieutenant IMcCIellan , who has been
In Omaha arranging for an exhibit of the
life saving service , has returned and will
submit his report tomorrow.
Dr. F. F. Dennis was today appointed tea
a position on the board of examining sur
geons at Not'th ' Plattc , Neb.
IIntiNi > HUN it Dull Day.
WASHINGTON , March 14. The proceed
ings In the house 'today were utterly devoid
of public Interest. The tlmo was devoted to
District of Columbia business.
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figg is taken ; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste , and act *
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys ,
Liver and IJowcls , cleanses the sys
tem effectually , dispels colds , head *
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup , of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind over pro
duced , pleasing to the taste ana ac
ceptable to the stomach , prompt in
its action and truly bcnciicial in its
effects , prepared only f i m the most
heal thy and agreeable substances , ita
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale iff 60
cent bottles by all leading drug-
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any ono who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA HO SYRUP CO.
SAN FKANQISCO , CAL.
Kf. HEW YORK , Hf.
Mutlivi-Hl .MotlicrNll Mntlirrnlll
MrB. Wliinlow'H Soothing Syrup hns turn urcrl
for over 50 years by millions ot mothers for
their children whllo tccthlnu wllu perfect sue-
eta * . It wxithea the child , FOttenH the Kunis ,
ullas.i nil tuln , curca wind colic and la thu beet
remedy for Dlarrhoen. Sold by drugulaU In
every part of the world. In sure and uik for
"Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Hyrup" and take us
other kind. 23 cents a bottle.
NEW
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COLLAR
OR.
McGREW
IB TUB ONLY
SPECIALIST
WOO TREATS ALL '
Private
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MEN ONLY
HO Ynara Experience
10 Yrarn in OmaLa.
Book I'rpo , Coninlt * .
tlon Free. Box 768 , o
14th and Fanua BU , 1 4
OMAHA. NKB.
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