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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1898)
US CAUiRAUII Anmocei a New Man on HU Official Staff. CHANGES UNION PACTIC CHIEF SURG-ON Irml of ( lie Mi-illcnl Uetnrtnirnt of the Oreut < vrrla d Honte In - - - X , T > r l(5 ( nt Her fV3 Burt * of the Union tMel'flc ha/i 'taken' another official from the Elkhorn railroad to Install him at Union 'Pacific headquarters. Dr. August Frederick Jonas of this city has been appointed chief > urgcon of the Union 'Pacific ' railroad to suc ceed Dr. William James Galbralth , who has filled that position for the last fourteen years. The circulars announcing the change were Issued at Union Pacific headquarters yesterday afternoon , and the change In ihc head of the medical department will be effective tomorrow , April 1. Although the announcement of the change created some excitement In local railway circle * tbe higher oBclals manifested no surprise , and Dr. Galbralth himself that he hid known of the approaching for a couple of months. He returned yeiterday from an errand In the state , and > waa ofllcUlly Informed of the change at the " local headquarters by General 'Manager Dickinson oirly In the afternoon. 'During ' the afternoon Dr. Jonas , the new chief surgeon , aid that ho had not been notified ot his appointment , although ho had been offered the place by President Hurt and had ac > ceptcd. He said that he had made no appli cation for the position , and that the news of his appointment earne aa a surprise. Asked If In accepting the position of chief urgeon of the Union Pacific he would re sign his post aa surgeon for the Klkhorn and Northwestern llnea In this city , Dr. Jonas said : "I do not know. Some of my best friends arp officials of the iBlkhorn road , and I should not like to give them up. But ' whether I shall have any connection with the Northwestern lines hero after tomorrow Is something I do not know. I do not know cither whether tbo Union Pacific ward will remain In St. Joseph's hospltrl. I suppose Air , Hurt lies all these matters In connection with the reorganization of the medical de partment dccldeJ , but I know nothing of his plans. " SKETCH ! OF DR. JONAS. August Frederick Jonas was born June 12. JPfS , at Arlington , Wla. He. wut educated lit the public schools of Mml'ton , Wls. , nnd bcfian to read medicine In 1S7I nt Saint Anagar , la. , under Dr. A. T. Koch. He nwtrlculntea In the Jlennett College of Koluctlc Medicine mid Stirtrery , Chicago , 1S73 1ST7 , ftoni which he wari snUluuted. Ho became - came convinced later tint such a system Eclecticism" did not exist , and mused to call h'.m elf nn eclec'Ic. IJelns dependent entirely upon his own i nources ho continued nt S.iuk City , Wla. . from March. 1S77 , until 18S2. Ho flpcnt tliu following two years abroad. studyIng - Ing chiefly In Germany. He studied ont year at Halle. BIX- months nt Munich , six ti'ontlm nt Vienna and EJjput flvo months In I'arlt. Ho received theWeEree of doc tor of medicine and surgery from the Liul- "WlKMax'mlllanuniversity , Munich , after a practical and theoretical examination am the presentation of a thesis on "Uebcr Total Extirpation das Uterus. " Returning to Wis consin , Dr. Jonas pr.icllce-d at Madison Win. . ISRj-W , nnd since Juno of the latter year he nan 'be n a resident of this city , DR. GAtlUUAITH'S POPULARITY. There ta no moro popular physician In Omaha than the retiring chief surgeon ol ( ho Union Pacific railroad. Ho had made , host of friends whoso numbers throughout , this section of the west are perhaps not ex celled by those ot any Other1 , railway official renown a iurgeon ii wlderpre-ad , am an congratulated by those In a position jknow yeaterday on. RMr < ? 'belng able to ml moreof his < lme'la ( Omaha , to enjoy ucrative profession * ! practlco. Hia work 'balled , Wffl ' tai all. 'partsof the country , ough'Tnbir'of his traveling has naturally een on the line of the Union Pacific. His ailleago for the last eight years hat veragcd 00.000 mlles per year. In addition O continuing his practice and work ol nstruction at tlio Crelghton 'Medical ' college , lr. Galbralth will devote much ot his tlmo to writing medical articles for profcyjlona I magazines and journals. William James .Qalbralth was born In Newark. N. J. , May 2 , 1853 , whore he at ended the public schools until he was 1- ear a of ago , at which time the family . noveil to Dundaff , Susquehanna county l/I'a. / After attending Keystone academy - emy nt Fnctoryvllle ono yenr he re turned to Dundaff , entering the office of Dr. J. C. Olmstcad , one ot the most prom inent practitioners In northeastern Penn sylvania , \vliero he studied one year. He then entered the New York University Medlrul school , . where he took two courses A fodrth year of medical study was taken at the Collepe.j3f-Mcdlcinc and Surgery of Clnclnnatl- where he .was graduated In 1879 located at Hartford , ' ' Pa. , where he prac until 1888 ; , when he moved to JMMha , Ho. had been hero but a month * when he entered the service o Union IPaclflo medical department. In ' summer of 1884 ho was appointed dl- lon surgeon , having charge of all lines Nebraska. " * HATES UKCIDKD ON , Vr tcrn 'AnKoclntlon/ Linen Aifcree , bat | H Decline in Announct ? PlKurrjft "The meeting of passenger officials yester- i\y aftcrnocn gave a portion of Its time to a general discussion of exposition rates , sov- fenal members of the exposition directory bc- jlnK In attendance at the meeting. When | th meeting adjourned a low line ot rates hail ( been agreed upon to recommend to a general I meeting of the Western Pesscngcr assocla- jtlon. This meeting will be held next week land as the report ot the Omaha meeting wll ! I he backed up by the strongest of the western 1 lines , there la little doubt but that It wll F > revall. ut before starting for , Chicago , one o romlncnt passenger officials who has attendance at the Omaha meeting ld\ ho Dee : "I feel quite thoroughly , Ufl aMl'the rates that we shall recom ni 4 < o\Jf western lines will .be adopted K' * Mv 4telkHK the matter orer pretty wel "h'tbo exposition directoryand I think IrectoM re all convinced that the rall- i deslra to "d all In their , power to gt buif the .blggwt crowd posslb'o. ' It Is tbi Tidgment cf most of tbo passenger men tha ft would be best to follow the plan adoptei UJB World's fair ; To grant reasonably low rates at tbo opening ot the exposition Vnd along la the course of a few months \o grant lower rates. The expcrlcnco'of thi Kllroad mtn Is that In the early summer nontt-.s the farmers and their families are busy to leave tbclr farms to attend any jihowi , but that along toward autumn they Ipmo to such attractions In grpit numbers V course , there are people who may think pat such a course \a \ all wrong , but they ijould at least bo willing to concede thai tie railroad men themselves ore the best bilges of how to gel out big crowds. That' ; ft buskieso. Wo make a e-pectnlty ot study | K It. WQ want as many people to travc the exposition as anyone docs , and we're ling to do all In our power to attract the tale to OnMha. The railroads have a join Iff oat In thta exposition. They have con I uted largely toward Its support , and an - to do everything to help make It a SB. It' they decide that It's best tea a certalmlne ) of rates for the bcgUi ot the exposition and a lower line o ' ; \ . nr.lh4M4 - p rtMtrfr.tt"It eoema t. . ] ! i. it'lLMVM . . _ _ _ . kc.flttlw . _ . . . * tor.the mf : * Omab fM | Mt T frof rir coaUilled by the i en ef. tk UMon P el9c-rrlli pass from tbelr power t midnight. With th ft the month of March there will b tbo tecelversblp ot the Kausas Puclfl \ cr as it Is more familiarly known INS division of the Union Pacific rail Toll line was recerily sold to the same Uo that purchased' Union Pacific ist fall. The receivership wns con ) ly order ot the court until March 31 a fat , wtnn it was stipulated that the \ hould be turned 'over to Its pur | V"l * * Httle formality In too trans property and less Intereat In tbo i there * In thd tra.nr.fer ot tbo f-aclflo At mldnlgUt Jtnuarjr IL 'resident ' Durt will at once Uko charge of be Kansai line and the circulars announcing ill appointment * will bo luued on April I. t la understood that there will be but few nances In tbo personnel of the official itaft or tbo present at least. CHA.\GI29 OJT VAMIEIUHtT ItOADS. Depew l.vnvra Prmlilcnrr nd Take * Clinlrninnnhlp of llonrd , NEW YOHK , March 30. President Depew authorizes the following statement : To carry out the policy of greater unanimity In the Vanderbllt gyntem the following odjustment of the management will be made after the annual election of the New York Central & Hudson River Railway company , whlcb oc curs on April 20 : Chauncey M. Depew will retire from the presidency of the Now York Central & Hudson Itlvcr Hallway company nnd be come chalrmun of the board of directors of the. New York Central & Hudson Illvcr , Lake Shore. New York. Chicago & St. Louis , nnd the Michigan Central railroad. S. It. Galloway Avlll succeed Mr. Depew as presi dent of the New York Central & Hudson River. It. Alynrd. will remain president of : hc Michigan Central. The president of the Shore nnd of the New York , Chicago St. LouU hnvo not yet been chosen. Cornelius Vnndorbllt , In retiring from the chairmanship of the New York Central & Hudson Jtlver company nnd of the Mlchlgaa Central company nnd William K. Vender- > ! lt , In retiring1 from the chairmanship of the Lake Shore ami of the Jf w York , Chicago cage & St. Louis "companies " , wllltremaln In the directories and continue their Interest In the property with which their name has ! ) een so long- Identified and In which they invo such -'lnvestmcnts. . The foregoing message was shown to Presi dent Horace O. Ilurt of the > , Jfnlon Pacific railroad at his office ycrtcrday attcrnoon. Ho rend the statement President Depew with sotni Interest , but when asked for some cotn- mepr. on the change said : "This Is the first have heard of the matter. It's newa to me. I have no comment to make on tl > o matter. " General Manager Dickinson of the Udloa Pacific was also shown the dispatch , but expressed no opinion regarding the change. WKSTPRN TIIU.MC 1.1 * COMMITTEE. It IK the Surormtor of tliVentcrn Joint TrnlHc Iliireiin. CHICAGO , March 30. The executive of- cera of the western lines met today to hear the report of the commissioners of the West- crn Joint Traffic bureau on the plan of re organizing that body. The committee recommended that the name bo changed to the Western Trunk Line com mittee ; that the territory to be covered by It bo the same as that controlled by ( ho Joint Traffic bureau ; that this territory bo divided Into four divisions , each of which Is to bo In charge of one commissioner , who shall report to the full committee before taking any action regarding rates ? ; and that the work of Issuing tariff sheets and com piling statistics shall bo looked after by the1 commissioners ns a whole. The report was adopted as submitted. Commissioner Parker , who waa vice chair man of the old organization , will he chair man of the Western Trun'.e Line committee. It Is not thought that under the ruling of the supreme court , the committee will be able ) to take any effective action looking to the maintenance of rates. On n ii ill ii 11 1'iicillc Plnnii. An Important Interview wl'h Sir William Van Hotno Is given In Canadian papers , dealing with the Intentions of the Canadian Pacific. The Intention of the company Is annouioed to build three large ocean liners to run between Vancouver and Yokohama. The rwsnt boats between those points will be used to establish a freight and passenger service between Vancouver end Australia. In reference to the above plans President Van Home Is quoted as follows ; "When HIP work Is done there Is only DIM thing left that I hope to accomplish before I retire , and that Is the establishment of a fast line of ftcamers between Quebec and Halifax and Liverpool. Mall steamers such as I propose will reduce the open sea voyage - ago to three days and a half , and wilt greatly cut down the tlmo between New York and Liverpool. The service of the Canadian Pa cific railway will only be complete when wo can 'take ' a passenger at Euston station , Lcildon , place htm on ono of our cars and land him In Yokohama without transfer to any other line. This wo expect to accom plish In 1900. " \t > tr Cnrn for Union Pacific. President Horace Q. JJurt of the Union Pacific yesterday took another step toward Improving the equipment of tbo "Overland Route. " Ho gave no" order for 2,000 now freight cars to be built by the Missouri C.ir , tnd Foundry company oft. . Louis. The contract was awarded after a fortnight of spirited bidding and It Is raid the figures on which the contract was finally closed are the lowest on which any such contract was signed by a western railroad. Work on the new cars will bo begun at once and they are to bo delivered In Installments to the Union Pacific railroad In , this city during the late ° summer an < J early fall months. The com ; pany that will build them a short time ate secured the contract for building a smsllnr lot of furniture cars for the Union Pacific road. iMIIwnnkee The Milwaukee railway has announced a number of changes In Us official family to become effective on Friday , April 1 , in addi tion to the promotions that were published last week. According to circulars just 1s- sueJ by A. C. 13lrd , general traffic manager , D. C. Jones , assistant general freight agent with headquarters at Chicago , will-leave the company to engage In other business. W. S. Bratt Is appointed division freight and passenger agent ot the Iowa an Dakota division and of the Iowa and Minnesota division south of and Including Austin , to Minn. , with headquarters at Mason < Clty , la. tott Ho will succeed R. M. Calkins , resigned , to tt enter the service of another company. J. E. ttA Williams Is appointed commercial agent A with headquarters In Grand Rapids , 'Mich. ' , to succeed W. S. Bratt. ttbi Klllril ou the Truck * . bi The body of a man who had evidently ai been killed by a passing train was found on the tracks of the Union Pacific near Nichols , Neb. , on Wednesday morning by E ) . Krlcson , a section foreman. The body had one foot badly cut and ono hand cut off. The face was badly bruised. It IB bo believed that the unknown man was killed during the night. The body was turned over to the coroner at Nichols. IIllnolM IiiNuriuicc iitntlitlcM. CHICAGO , March 30. Thu annual state in ment of Insurance Commissioner Van Cleave shous that for the year 1S97 tbo companies , home and foreign , doing business In Illinois , wrote In this state risks amounting to $1- 278,820,205 ; received premiums amounting to $12,085,761 ; paid losses amounting to $6,450- 165 ; ciU Incurred losses amounting to $7- 099,644. \olhlnK- ! > < -lnltt > In AceomiilUlied. CHICAGO , March 30. The meeting of the lines of the United S'ates at Buffalo has re sulted In nothing definite , although the chances of an ultimate agreement upon the subject of differentials Is thought to bo nearer ' -.han before. The special committee which baa under consideration the question of differentials did not reach n Mreement , and reported to the general committee that It wit out of Its power < o retch one at the present tlmo. An adjournment wa taken subject to call not later than April 15 , nor earlier than Ajirlk 8. v nxroatlre Committee Make * Contract. The executive committee yesterday author. IzcJ a contract to be made with H. H. Bright of Cleveland , O. , for thlrty-flvo registering turnstiles and the same number of ticket "choppers" for tiso at the entrances to the exposition grounds. Contracts were also authorized with the Gardner Governor company of Qulncy , 111. , and the Crane-Churchill company of Omaha for ono boiler feed pump to be furnished by each company as exhibits. Mnnr Ex enlon < o HP Unlit. CHICAGO , 'March ' 30. The Railway Age predicts that the teal ! expenditures In new railway building In 1898 will bo not leas than 150,000.000 and may exceed $00,000,000 , It says : "If the construction for the year exceeds that of last year , as seems probable , by 1,000 miles. It means "the " expenditure during the year of not less than an adfit dltlonal 120,000,000 over that of last year. " Ho Airrecmrn * on Itntrn. BUFFALO , N. Y. , March 30. The meeting of the general passenger agents to settle the .rate war to the northwest and Pacific coast adjourned this afternoon without reaching an agreement. Another meeting will bo held in New York on or about April 5. Hrlce Secure * Control. TOLEDO , 0. . March 29. The Detroit , To ledo & Milwaukee railroad has passed Into the hands of Calvin S. Brlce , the formal ac. tlon hinging on the resignation of J. R. Megruo of Cincinnati , as general manager made public today. KUMARA , Westland , N-w Zealand. Chamberlain's -Cough Remedy has had a steady Increasing sale with us , and people who have purchased It speak \ery highly of It. From our own experience It la without doubt the best cough medicine ever Intro duced In New Zealand. When any person asks for a cough mixture and has any doubt about Chambarlaln's Cough Remedy we have that confidence that It will euro a cough or cold that we have no hesitation In guarantee ing It. W. J. Mcllroy & Co. ItKOBIVEH ACTS WITHOUT LEAVE. JiiilKe Scott Order * /.nlirNklo to Mnke IlCHtlttltloit nil1 Oiu-e. The case -which has been on before Judge Scott for a couple of days , wherein the re port of E. Zabrlskle , receiver of the prop erty of the Northwestern Cereal company was the Issue , has been closed. Witnesses testlfiP1. to Zabrisklo's conduct of the affairs ofWi the company after ho took charge and It was shown that as such receiver bo ex pended the sum of $1,300 without any order of the ccurt , the expense being Incurred In the employment of a stenographer , a clerk , thWi bookkeeper , a custodian and a night Wi . Judge Scott commented very se upon this action , pointing out the fact that the receiver could at any tlmo have called the attention of the court to the neces sity for having such help , providing the necessity existed. . In parsing upon the report of Receiver Zabrlskle , Judge Scott held that the expendi tures were unauthorized and an order was Issued : directing that the money bo covered bact Into court within ten days. C12KMT I'ACICI.VG HOUSE OUTPUT. for the'IVoplc , Exceed Thone of I.iiHt Yenr. CINCINNATI , March 30. ( Special Tele gram. ) The Price Current says the total packings for the week arc 335,000 head , com pared with 325,000 head the preceding week and 270,000 head last year , making 1,450,000 head since March 1 , against 1,265,000 head a year ago. The quality was good. Prom inent places compare as follows : City. 189S. 1S97. Chicago < G5,000 0,000 Kansas City 235,000 203.000 Omaha 120,000 101,000 St. Louis 110,000 107.000 Indianapolis 59,000 S9.00) Milwaukee 63.COO 47.000 Cincinnati 48,000 53,003 Cedar Ilaplda 31.COO 23,000 Ottumwa 40.COO 33.000 jj'oux ' City 2G.OCO 16,000 . t. Paul | 31,000 i2iCOO St. Joseph _ . . igoo U.OOJ A little boy asked for a bottle of "get up In the morning as fast as you can" the 'i8,1 ' . reTc ° Enlzcd a household "DeWltfs name for Little Early Risers , " and gave him a bottle of those famous little pills for constipation , sick headache , liver and stem ach troubles. Scare on a Trolley Cnr. Considerable alarm was occasioned passengers - sengers on n car on the Twenty-fourth street line last night by a rupture In the trolley line. As the train passed the Twen ty-second street car barn on Cumlng street Hihrollfjy ? , became entangled In several tributary wires and the wreftch severed the main wire. It fell across the rear plat form and touched the metnl brake , emit ting a shower of varl-oolorcd sparks. Sev eral passengers were on the platform and all mode a rush for the Interior of the car. The llvo wire lashed wildly about the car , Iglitlng up the street for blocks and mak ing things very uncomfortable for the pas $ sengers. It was necessary to turn off the $ current on the Twenty-fourth street line for about fifteen minutes , disabling about a dozen cars for that length of time. $ LOCAL HHHVITIKS. Fred Low , adjudged Insane , has been taken the hospital at Lincoln. Mr. ana Mrs. Albert Nentnan announce the engagement of their daughter Bertha to Mr. Jake Klein of this city. At home April 10. Walter Johnson was bound over to the dis trict court yesterday under ? 700 bonds for breaking into tbo house of May Hendrlckson and carrying away an umbrella. The Nebraska Cuban Relief committee has received a car of corn from Pawnee City and another from Surprise. Another car has just been forwarded from Craig. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock there will a meeting of German-Americans at Gor- mania hall. The object la to form a Ger man-American organization to take united . , action la case of war. u Frank Gee , charged In the county court with larceny as bailee and held to appear the district court , has given bonds In the sum of $500 and has bees released from $ custody. Ttie Bostanlans left yesterday for Sioux $ Falls. Their special train was made up of two baggage cars , one smoker , one first class $ passenger car and a chair car , and left over the Elkhorn at 8 o'clock. From Sioux Falls they will go to Sioux City , then to Clinton $ and on east for their Now York engage ments. $ Colonel Roberts , government Inspector of United States public buildings , 1ms Inspected $ the upper stories of the now federal buildIng - Ing and will report that fair progress la being made in the work of completion. He has gone to South Omaha to look at the site selected for the no.v federal building there. Ho will also Inspect the government building on the exposition grounds. Drex L. Shoomnn says congress can ight ami down the Spaniards but until bullets begin to lly he's going to attend to our grand rush of customers a rush for those * new full round toe Italian chocolate shoo for men made of the fin- > st selected kid nnd kid lined there la also n sunken place. In the sola for thu hall of tbo foot aiiil Is so constructed that tender joints llnd n soft place and friction of nny kind Is avoided they hrtvo low heels only ono shape but that's a sure winner for tender feet or Ihose troubled with corns on the bottom f the feet or bunions the shoes arc the rcry Idea * of comfort ; * 4 , Drexel Shoe Co. , Up-to-date Shoe HOBI * . 1419 FARNAM STREET , INDIANA JIANGS CONVINCED Corernor Mount's pjftesontatho Given an ' Ocular Ded'onstratlon , t * " ? SHOWN OVER THE'EXPOSITION GROUNDS i Antniilnlictl nt j Ayhnt llc Scr He IMeilicoN HlniNetf to Sec thnt the HouRlrm Shrill ] ! Klttlniftrt t > . M. Parry of Indianapolis Is In the city as the representative of Governor Mount of Indiana , who sent Mr. Parry here to make a personal Investigation of the exposition situation and report whether the roscato stories told In that state by emissaries of thp exposition are tased on fact or are mere figments of a vivid Imagination. 'Mr. ' Parry visited exposition headquarters yesterday afternoon and made his errand known to Major Clarkson and Secretary Wakefield. The latter showed the Indiana investigating committee a statement show ing the financial condition of the exposition and contracts and other evidences ot what had been done. The magnitude of this showIng - Ing surprised iMr. Parry , who admitted that It showed that operations were being con ducted on a much larger scale than he had supposed. After this portion of his examina tion had been completed , Major Clarkson es corted LMr. Parry to the exposition grounds. This was the traditional "last straw , " and 'Mr. ' Parry was amazed beyond expression. He looked the grounds and buildings over completely and when ho returned to expo sition headquarters he confessed to the greatest astonishment at the Immense amount of work that had been accomplished for the money expended. "Tho thing that Is worrying mo the most , " said -Mr. Parry , "Is how I am going to convey an adequate Impression of this thing to Governor 'Mount. ' Words will not express the wonderful things you folks have accomplished. It Is far beyond the concep tion of anyone who has not seen It. I cannot find language that will'con\ey to another the grandeur and magnlflcenco.of the work you are doing. I do not believe the governor will hesitate much longer when I tell him as best I can , what has been done here. ' KVD OK THE'llUlMJIXcTs IX SIGHT. Exnonltlon AduoHiitloii linn Nearly AH Kit HlKT Contract * I et. The exposition management Is now begin ning to see the end of the list of buildings which must bo erected In order to complete the preparations for the greatest American exposition over held , and within a short tlmo bullJtng operations ou the part of the exposition : - position Avlll have been completed. Little remains to bo done In the main court except to construct the fountains , complete the colonnades and Iretallthe vases , stat uary and other decorations which will con tribute to the general beauty of the scene. There will be a number ot fountains , the largest cue bslng In the Mirror. Two of largo size will be at either side of Twen [ tieth street juat Inside the main entrance to the main court , and others In the small parks at the eastern part of the main court. The only buildings In'the main court yt > t to : bo constructed are'tbe'Intcrnatlonal building and the Girls' nnd 'Boys' building. Doth are under contract anU wjll bo ready for occu pancy before May , 1 , , the contractors being required to complete the work before that time. , No additional 'bjilldlngs are to be con structed by the exposition on the bluff tract. The Horticulture { wilding and the two res taurants at the eaat pnd of the viaduct are well undar way , and all the other buildings on this tract will , bs rcctcd by state commissions - missions or private"parties. . On the north trqct , ihe Transportation and Agricultural Implement building Is making very rapid progress. 'Tjio lumber for the im mense structure Is'"all pn.be ground and a cl largo force of menj , , ajt work making the chips fly. The DaJryJiand Apiary buildings tora are also under way 3ancl'tlio freight ware ram house will bo commenced in a few days. rami These complete tbo list on the north tract , mi with the exception ) of the stock sheds. The ca latter will not be required until early In the $4pu fall and will probably not be erected until pu that time. be On the narrow neck of land connecting the es Ic main court and the north tract will be erected the Service building and the Fire and 35 Police building. The latter Is being adver tised for bids and the former will be ready for advertisement within a few days. The Service 'building ' will furnish a place for the office force of the exposition , and one end of the lower floor will be arranged as a hospital with all the modern Improvements for carIng - that Ing for the sick. atTl If < the Indian bill Is passed by congress , Tlm and there Is every arsuranco that It will $4 ( become a law In tbe near future , some kind of a large building will be required for the prPi gatherings wblch will be occasioned by the Pi Indian performances. No plans have been made for this , but the matter bis been con sidered and no t'mo will be lost when the to necessity arises for such a building. toof Bids for the construction of the Girls' and of Bojs' building were opened at the office of ofof the Department of Buildings and Grounds be ao follows : Carpentry A. G. Wahlstrom , pr $6,496 ; Westlako Construction company , prSt $7,180 ; Thomss Herd , $7,400 ; George Moore & Stvl Sons , $7.477 ; William Goldlo & Sons com pany. $7.740. Staff work Alexander & Son , at $2,750 ; Smith & Eastman , $ U7Ef F . A7 S lef- pi fort , $2.344. The lowest bids on these two sl branches of work make a total cost for the building of $8.471. These bids were laid be fore tbo executive committee by Manager to Klrkendall yesterday afternoon and contracts ordered drawn with Wahlstrom and Smith & Eastman. Contract for GeorKln'n Ilnliainir. ATLANTA , Ga. . March 30. ( Special Tele gram. ) A ecu tract has been officially au thorized for the erection of the Georgia etato $ building at the Tranaoitsslsslppi Exposition. The structure will be built of staff and will * I EASTElf LADIES' HOME JOURNAL ii i Enlarged to 48 Pages Handsomely Illustrated THE INNER EXPERIENCES OF A CABINET MEMBER'S WIFE ; ou Intensely interesting letters , describing actual real-life happen ( Ml ings in social and official Washington. These papers tell of facts only , and the authorship is naturally withheld , * though they are none the less interesting on that account. A HEAVEN- LILIAN lor - BELL 'ofj KISSING HILL SEES THE GERMANS ffld Unquestionably Miss Magnifier's Perhaps the brightest of these > pr best novel a romance of a New lively foreign letters from this es' York society girl commences American girl abroad appears in , in the Easter number. this special Easter number. | ore Cents on Every THE BACHELOR GIRL News-stand Ruth Ashmore gives a delightfully talk about fully The Curtis common-sense Publishing Company this type of the girl of to-day , in the Easter number. Philadelphia . * ' . . & . * , ' . ' . - ( ' * % f fcU. & \ : over a space of 6,000 square feet of ground , It will bo of Greek archltucture and all of'p the Interior decorations will be of Gcfjrg'a I line. Several plans for the building have I been submitted and all arc exceedingly atc tractive. As yet , ho ever , no selection has1 jecii made , but the final arrangements will ba'a ouipletcd ! u a few days. Georgia will make the finest and largest exhibit of Its productu it this exposition that It has ever shown , rho building is authorized to cost $5,000. COOK'S IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE. EXTRA 3IRY. COOK'S IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE , EXTRA DTIY. CQOK'SIMPKIUALCHAaiPAG'NC , EXTRA 3RY. REPORT THK SU.VOHY CIVIL HILL. Scitntc Committee AililH Four Million * to ihc Appropriation. WASHINGTON , March 30. The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported to the senate today from the com mittee on ' appropriations. The com- mlttco made a large number of amend ments , the total net Increase In the amount arrlcd by the senate amendments being M,933,878. The Increases are as follows : On public buildings , $1,050,945 ; on light houses , Deacons and fog signals , $369,300 ; light house establishments , $135,000 ; tcvcnuo cutter serv ice , $378,000 ; armories and arsenals , $114- 350 ; pay of the army , $491,163 ; military posts , f600,000j rivers and harbors , $225,000 ; Paris exposition , $200.000 ; public printing and bind ing , $400,000. The remainder Includes many miscellaneous Items. Ono of the most Important amendments Is Dno appropriating $491,163 for the payment of the services of two additional regiments of artillery provided for by recent legislation. The general appropriation for the enlarge ment of military posts , Is Increased from (420,000 to $920,000. iForty thousand Is ap propriated for the purchase of Point park on Lookout < mountain as part of Chlckamauga park , and $50,000 Is provided toward the erection of a sanitarium for disabled veteran soldiers at Hot Springs , S , D. , the total cost be limited to $100,000. Provision Is made for the representation the United States at the Paris exposition 1900 , the expenses ot such representation being limited to $750,000. An Immediate ap propriation of $200,000 Is made. The United States exhibition Is to be under the super vision of a commissioner general , an assist ant commissioner general and twelve ex- ( pcrts. The commissioner general Is to bo j paid $8,000 a year , the assistant commls- sloner general $6,000 , and the experts $1,500 each. . The secretary ot the Interior Is authorized ' investigate the treatment In December last of the Semlnolo Indians In Oklahoma , and "If It ehall appear that outrages and injuries have been so perpetrated , to ad judicate and pay the Indian or Indians or their legal belrs or representatives as guar anteed by the Semlnolo treaty , such sum or sums as bo may deem just and reasonable ; $20,000 Is made Immediately available for this aurpcee. Tbo following addlttlons are made to tbe There's a dlfferenco ' Some can always make low prices on cheap ; pianos but how about the really good instruments ? Look at' these sam ples $223 Groveateen piano , this week $34 ; $10 cash anil $3 per month. $273 Knickerbocker piano , this week . " (1 ( ; $10 cat > h and $3 per month. $ : iOO Umerson piano , this we.ek $03 ; $10 cash and $3 per month. $300 A. Ilospe'jdano , this week $137 ; $15 cash and $ S per month. $330 Mathushef ; ' fylano , tub * week $80 ; $10 cash and $3 { i.pr'juionth. $350 J. A : C. Iflsjer , | piano , this week $72 ; $10 cash and. $3 per month , A. 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J' , t * .rfbu.- - ' . * taH f * > * _ } m fund for continuing river and harbor Im provements : Yaqulna bay , Oregon , $100,000 ; of the 1,983,333 for the Mississippi river com mission It is provided that $100,000 shall be expended at Greenville , Miss. , $30,000 at Helena , Ark. ; $45,000 at Memphis , Tcnn. , and $30,000 at New Ucdford , Mo. Among the additions made for public building : } Is the following ; $20,000 for the completion of a one-story annex to the 4em- porary postofflco at Chicago ; for Improve ments at the Marine hospital at Chicago , $37,350 Is appropriated , and for the Marine hospital at San Francisco , $18,625. Quaran tine stations are added at San Francisco , $ S,620 , and Astoria , Ore. , $30,000. Among the general provisions Is one giv ing states and territories the right to select other lands In lieu ot school lands included In forest reservations or granted to call- roads. Another amendment suspends the execu tive order of February 22 , 1897 , withdrawing lai-go tracts of land In the states of Wyom ing , Utah , 'Montana , Washington , Idaho and South Dakota and restores the land to settlement. The Northern Pacific Railroad company Is authorized to take lands In lieu ot occtlons of Its grant which have been settled. The provision also protects the rights of settlers who locate upon Rio Grande lands giving them the right to rolocatlcuis , SU.VDUY CIVIL HILL HEI'OIITED. Coiiliilii * ApproprliUloiin of Intercut to WcNtcmcrn. WASHINGTON , March 30. ( Special Tele gram. ) Senator Allison reported today the sundry civil bill providing among other things fhr the appropriation of $30,000 to erect a mess hall and other buildings at Fort D. A. Russell , Wyo. ; appropriating $45,000 to pay settlers on the DCS Molncs river lands who were not allowed to movn upon their home stead cla'ms ' ; for the reconstruction of a military post at Fort Mcade , S. D. , $4,000 and $100,000 for the construction of a branch of the military home at Hot Springs , S. ' D. The Washington portion of the treasury exhibit for the Omaha exposition will leava hero April 10. M. Delegardcll was today appointed post master at Wfishburn , DIackhawk county , la. The Indian commissioner today appointed J. W. Lewis and wife of Chlppcna , Minn. , teacher and housekeeper at the Pine Ridge S. D. ) Indian school at $ CO and $30 per month respectively ; also James Pattee of Oregon teacher of tbo Rapid Oily ( S. D. ) school at $600 a yoir. The plars for an educational exnlhlt of the Indlaa office at the Transmlsslsslppl Exposi tion are practically completed. A steel en graving of the new school building to DO erected at White Earth , Minn. , which will be the finest school building In the Indian serv ice , a part of tbe exhibit , Is now en exhibi tion at the Indlin office. The Indian con- m-aeloner , who has charge of the prelimi nary arrangements of the Indian congress , Is away on leave , but will return early next week , when this feature will bo rushed to completion. The Indian commissioner has Issued a circular to Indian agents and super * Intendcnts In schools calling for data an3 Information as to construction of new school * and Improvements In order thnt the office may thoroughly understand what Is required at the different schools. The fund which will bo available for the next fiscal year Is Hm Ited and the commissioner desires to estimates at once. * n for the Army. WASHINGTON ; March so. ( Special gram. ) First Lieutenant Mark L. Horsey , Twelfth Infantry , das been detailed as pro * fcssor of military science and tactics ! Harvard university , Cambridge , Mass. , to re- Hove First Lieutenant Wlrt Robinson , Fourth artillery , who will Join his battery. The reslgratlon by Captain Moses O , Scallnakl. asi.lstant quartermaster , of hi * commission as fiist lieutenant of artillery , ( Second regiment only ) , has been accepted. Flrf t Lieutenant Frank O. Ferris , First In fantry , has been detailed as recorder of tha examining board at IVesldlo of San Fran cisco , Cal. . relieving First Lieutenant Charles D. Palmer , Sixth artillery. First Lieutenant Edward C. Brooks , Sixth cavalry , has been detailed as a member of the board of officers appointed to meet at the army medical museum In this city , reliev ing First Lieutenant Ctmrles W. Pcnroae. Eleventh Infantry , who will join his com * pany. A board of officers , with Colonel Robert H. Hall. Fourth artillery , as president , lies been detailed to meet at Fort Sheridan , 111. , for examination of officers for promotion. First Lieutenant Jcacph H. Maxfleld , signal corps , has been ordered before the bard for ex * amlnatlon. Fltst Lieutenant Frank Green , signal corps- , has been ordered before the board for ex- a nlaatlon at Presidio of San Francisco for examination for promotion. First Lieutenant John G. Glfford , Third er- tlllery , and Captain George Mitchell , Second artillery , have been placed on the retired llat as a captain and a major respectively. Leave or absence for three months baa been granted Major John H. Calcf , First ar tillery. Confirmed I > r die WASHINGTON , ( March 30. The senate to. day confirmed these nominations : * C. It. A. Scobey , Indian agent , Fort Peclt agency In Montana. Postmasters Colorado , Maud McLeac , Brcckcnrldgo ; ( Missouri , Thomas S. Kelly , Moberly ; Iowa , L. F. Maple , Cbarlton ; Joho L. Walto. Burlington. Dully Trenmiry Statement. WASHINGTON , March 30. Today's states mont of the condition of tbo treasury shows : Available cash balance , $224,525,543 ; gold re * serve , $173,158,886. Recommend Nnvnl Personnel IIIII. WASHINGTON , March 30. 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