. mi ATT A TVATT/r BEE : SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 15100. f > WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE- ! 1 Icdctlriei Sorpistisp in Actual Oatpst the W k f Aaj Prerwns Tsai. BJSINESS NOT CORRESPONDINGLY LARGE In I1u lnr > u - .MnrUnl AiUnnrf In Price * C lt n < ; | | > No riinnce of C n fnacticr InV I. VORK , Feb. . JL 0. DttU ft C'e i HcWtw of Tr6e will Mr t Wj j row : . The"Industrie * are * U1I mrpawlne In ' 'artiMI output th * work of any pncvlous < year. Their tnwltf * * to not eorwspondlnjily large nor oonld such order ? br accepted by j mot Industrie * If offerrd , but enough i fomlBp to prevent tOoppas * of worlw or much decline In prices In woolen ( foods , In prtttf and In other llnr of ltnr > ort ine * , < HIn machinery , orders Indlcat * a urprl - Ine fprelrn demand. Meanwhile , though t eneouracfd by th abundance and WISH ? of | money , speculation do - not In any dirwi i tlon jrt co without a check far enough ' tn do ml ; chlff There Is much of the frpeculflUve spirit abroad , but also more 1 , caution than usual Hfter year of excep tional prosperity. Perhaps the war in Africa , with It * jKwslbllttles of daily sur prise. Is In that rwipect productive of pod. . i Cotton followwl Hn rlw from S to ? eents i last week by a further rise tn s.W cent ? , with a erowlnc Iv llrf thai the crop will prove f-hort enough and the eon -uniptlon larpe enouph to give holders quite their own way. Tlie Iwrfmi'e of rpcelpty In January - I uary w d 3ES. < > ' t balf . or 23 per cent , but In December the decre .M > was more than 1 i 3" prr rent. The exports in Januar > " were less tb n l Ft year by JO.OH Iwile * , over 80 per c nt. And KlliMin f rer > orl of WlS-WO b 'e In EUrofiean mill stocks January 1 , wtlh visible slocks f American t-otlon of S3s6.- i 75 ! bale * February 1. t.hnw < thai K peed l > rl 1 of ihe yenr's needs i slrea-dy provided for. i But It l reHMinv3 If1sll.le and irvl ible slocks nhould l > c reduced below l.sru.TOl bal s4at. th end of the year , us xhy were In 1SS7. prMy * would range between 7 and , R * * cent * , as in that year the > did from February 1 to Sfplemlx-r 1.with creat crop comlnp. The m nufacturrs her ? have nlre dy been somewhal embarrassed by the cnmparatlvely narrow demand since pflr s of pw s were materially lncr ascd. but ihe rise this -n-tc ) : has t Ttr-d further advance In some prndes and may ultimately lessen consumption to some extent. No chance of const-quence yet appears in prices of wool , though tbe demand from sj-lnners Is limited and it is perceived IhBt th y had previously supplied themselves Quite fully for the bcBvywelght season , for nhlch they have taken verjlarpp urders It is thoughl by some lhal * nf"roed a.lf > of forplgn woo ) , which w withdrawn from the Ixindon sale in January in order to pre vent M great decline , may hereafter affect this market Thf wefkly output of pic iron February 1 was 2VUTH tons , but stocks unsold rose - ( ) . - n D tons In January , indicating a consump tion slightly smaller than the output when the month began. As the consuming ores were naturally sloped sboul the holidays more than the furnaces the figure prove llllle. but Bessemer and pr y forge nt rittsburg have not changed in price dur ing the lasl week and silently lower offers of pip by southern and now furnaces at Chicago and eastern markets have nnd little effect. Tt is more significant that the decline of prices for some weeks in bars , Dales and sheel * has been checked. I-arge orders have been laken for these and other products. Indicating that the works in need of business may have obtained enough lor ' rrlcMMJf hemlock sole have been reduced half a cent and of split and some upper leathers the boot and shoe manufacturers nre not vet inclined to buy largely , as they nre getting but a small part of the con tracts they need at this snason. Jobbers Mill hold back as far as they can and the Mow yielding In hides .t Chicago Increases expectation that leather may further de cline But though buying Is very small the works are producing nnd delivering more than ever before- Last year the deliveries from Boston were r.4 per cent larger than InlRM. but this year thus far they have tfn W JT cent larger than last year. Failures for- the wwkwre 24..IIJUie T'nlted States ngainst 217 la-M VCJTT. ' ' and thirty-three In Canada , against thirty-five last i-t-ar. ' nXA\CIAl. II > lovcineti of otnllonfc lr- recnlnr Sl cU MnrUot Ailvnnc "il. XEW TORK. Feb. 9. Bradstretl's Finan cial Review tomorrow will FBV : Irrerularity TreaJled in the movemMit of Huotations durlnc the last week. thouRh tbp Flock Tnarket was on Ihf whole stronc and Inclined to advance up to Friday , when a reaction pet 1n. Easy conditions continue In tne roonev market , altbo-nrt this is shown more by the volume of offerlncs of iunfl than S > v any further relaxation In actual lates. Money lenders Consider lhat with fh * iRrpe-demands lor sccomroodatk'n by mer- rhants nd manufacturer * and with Anril filsbursejnenV- to t > e piK-ounterod no further - thor declines in rules are justified. The money market , however , liad offered no cPtac4e i the rrsumption to activity In speculatiin and Jhp fa-.t that industrial -urities of good quality are ae > pted with freedom they form a reasonable proportion of tbe collateral fcr lottnfi r > d has had con siderable influen-o ' "in stiroulatinc an im- provt'rof-nt in that portion of the general .iy The inarkf * has I > M-O decidedly more ac tive. At the same time the trading con tinues to be in the main of a professional kind. Pools and larce operator. have made Ktx-lr presence felt toy takinc various i > or- lens of the list in hand snd osuslne. in potne In.otnncpf. mate-rial advances. On the other hand it was noticed that the amr interest i have from , lime to time tuken profits in rtv > ck which ware -put up when the jiwvMnenE becan a forinlRht or so iiack. This was partlcul rly shown in t5i < " lt\ \ Bnd i > thi > r industrials. The t 'ijdenry tn hii-h toward thp clew of the wek was de- < id Jly heavy on fvtenMvp reHllrlnc tales. t'ommli-sion liouses havp been mo'e a < - - llve. hut Hif pu-Wlc p | tlt - lor sp < 'cul4iUor. , tbouch dwld 31 > better than tt was. has bv no ni ins rj rtifHl the proportion whli-ti it pres > nt < xl Ix-forc Devmbcr break in the- marke . On tiie o'htr hand , lymdon sh > mc a < JlsjK sltlon lo buying Ampriran su > ks i Money is esder in aJl the Euroi > t-an m r- i ? . - * > flnltnp an nutlM I ln with tlit on . * ra'nr I frm UW o Z > " * * i r ifmt that lher was < v > n ? further Brltlrt TfiT s and th-at ly'irtoev ' n < > n- jt - : ! fK > d rxpf " " " -f b ttfr result ? In fonnTiInn wlh ; th * w r in S"uth AfrVn r < - nvored r r IVmotmut ntuc ? ) felinc < f un- cfrt lnt % th t nrfv iled * to th co r > * < f th * foi n market * In 'hat < eon Hk > n | trl h . ftSbl l Wall re i > sive ! 1 urwHvlflf l aMwitfciti to tb * fm ormblf fea ture * of th * horn' rttuatlon CLUAHIM : IHIIMI TUIM : . of Bn lnc Trnn nctr l ! > j A * % clnlfd Ilnnk * . ' , ' YORK. Feb. 9 Tbe fol o 1n table , i by BrwJwtrwfs. shows the bank ifg m all principal cities for the wek ended February 9. with the ptrc-wuge of and icrrc tt compared wlta the ' , gwe k last year : ' CITIES. Amount , i Inc. j Dec. New York . . 4.0 Bo ton 10 1 Chfespo 13S.570.flK > ! 11. I PhlMdelpfela S : . . KP4.3W 6.6 . . . Baltimore . W.HM.47S . ' " San Franel co 'tit . . . CltK-innmll . 16.13t.4Kt Kanmr City 137H.MI 11.174.011 ! 4l.7i. . . . Clevetand ' " i.'b ! GalvestoJi . 7.Mt.OV > , 4.3. . . . 1 Detroit 7.610.S2J . " " " Providence "si ! . . . . . I Indianapolis 15.7 Milwaukee ' ' ' ' ' " ' O.MAJ1A . . . . . . . ' "ii'.s Buffalo . . . ' 3. : Denvc-r . . . Assies ! Columbus. O ' 4.7SS.SW . s St. Paul . . & Savannah Hartford . Hlchmond * 747.CK . St. Joseph Z,75i.3al SJ56.B45 Waslnglon . ( KS.M ) Atlanta | S.Z4.2U 37.1 . . . . . I os Angeles ' S.7 Peoria ; 1.S43.0D7's Rochester | 65.6 Tolt-do IC.S New Haven i.r.u.ir.4 . Worcsler , LaiT.sn : ' . Salt Lake City 1.795.W7 . SprlngfieW , Mass , l,649.1 l Fort Worth 1.643.9SS . POrKand , Me l.t6,4SS . a.5 Portland , Ore 1.S43.0D7' ' 2. : Norfolk 79.P Syracuse . . .i Des Jiolne I lS30.7tB | Nashville l.S'O.SiSJ 31. Fall JUver i.roc.7311. 1.9 Scranton EvansvJlle 47.51 Grand Rapids 22.S1 Augusta , Ga . , 6Z.4' ' . Dayton , O . 1.00i.f.Gl ! 6.7) ) Seattle 1.876570 35.4' ' & 5.0 ] Spokane . : 035,766. S.lj Sioux City . ' i.rco.tsr is. ! Wilmington , Del . S4.tj . 31.3 New Bedford . ' 41S.Sr ! 09.5 Kno xi-ille. Tenn . ' ' 757.7S : . 23.5' Toi > eka . 4P.01 Birmingham . . , S2.M Wichita . | 4S5.672' ' . BinKhamton . , Lexinjrton. Ky . i Jacksonrtlle , Fla _ t Kalamazoo . i Akron . . . . . . I 435.t > MJt . ( Chattanoog-a . ' 422.7S7I M.1 ! Rockford , 111. . . , . S.9I Canton. O . J Springfield. O . ! 340.Ba' ' 1 Farpo. Jf. D . | 354.407 1 Younpstown . 1 SM.Tal S7.7 Sioux Falls. S. D. . . . ' . 61.91 Fremont , Neb . 375,17 ? 23.9 Davenport . . 59.4-19 . Macon . . . ' Helena . i 5:0.642 Litlle Rock . Spring-field , in . , Saglnaw . ' 309,771 ' Totals. V. S. . . . . . . I1.S07.SS3.7761 O.S Totals outside X. Y.- ! 666.61S,1& ! > r. ! { DOMINION OF CANADA. Montreal 9.71 Toronto 1.1' ' Winnipeg- 3.547.S35 5.6 : HaJlfax 1.6W.175 a.fl Hamilton 950.1 .6 24.3 ! . . . . . . St. John. X. B. C30.H5I K.li Vancouver 72.72ft E1.6 Victoria 7.4 Totals t S1.S7.931I 5.11 BIIAD.THBUT ! < S RKV1EW OF TRADC. at Stnj.l.1 * tlie Leading Kentnre of TlilnVeeU. . NEW YORK , Feb. P. Bradstreefs to morrow will say : The strenglh of staples and particularly those of agricultural origin is the leading- feaiure this week , as last. In general trade weather conditions have not favored a large distribution , but comparisons with a year ag-o are still quite favorable. Enlarged speculation is reflected in increased clear ings and comparisons with last year are ag-ain encouraging , while jralns over years previous to 3KO ore very marked. In strength of demand and size of advance cottons are still easily first. Although the crop movement has noticeably enlarged so active has Iwen the demand from forelpn spinners that fully * , of a cent advance is shown. The strength of the raw product naturally affects manufactured g-oods. which are very firm and in good demand from Jobber * . Recent rains have increased the supply of water and New England mills are now running to their fullest capacity. Southern manufacturers are very busy and will use one-sixth of the south's total colton - ton production this season. Corn is higher , partly In s > mpathy with wheat , but also on reports of damage to the Argentine crop by heat. Provisions have been quite ttrong throughout the week and active demand is responsible for higher prices of pork and lard In the face of large receipts of hops at primary mar kets. The strength of tbe raw sugar posi tion has be < > n further increased this week by bullish reports from European beet mar kets and the expectation that tbe exports of beet t-upar are liable to be light in the futureHehned frrade * hiivc been stronp. partly owing io the strtsnpth of raws nnd partly to the shutting down of a number of refineries. Coffee steadily advances , the result of continued small crop reports from Brazil and of peed consumptive demand htrc Hides and leather are firm and main- i This Ftriklnj ; jihotnjraph represents the three-year-old son of Mrs. Jess. Potter of 894 South Fit Street , Brooklyn. X , YM who says , under date of Sept. 23 , ISMt , regarding his cure of a dlsfijuHnp face hutnor : My baby's lace was oovertsl with ringworms. AVe could not lay a pin between the tores on liU face and neck , and he was n Eight to look at. Two doctors attended him for three wtk ? , without success , when I heard of Cuticura. I pot a box of f jticura Soap , and a bos of Cuticura Ointment. I only applied them three dayF , when 1 could fee hU face was better , and in four weeks he was cured. His face is as clear as a bell , and not a mark on it. ID all tbe wwU there H DO in ta > a HI jmn.o f woet , > economical , K > * pf wHIy cSer- Urc l r dl re M f * UB aud M-jUp bunior , ot Infant * aod children k CtTJCTKA. A warm bith with .1T iTBA S i r. n.i a ttt > f.\t aaoiuuci ; with ( . 'ITJCCBI Ointrarot , purrn of rmoitirtit * li curt't. . . . . 1 wlur nf > rM rT t.r a mud do c < - > f C'rncTKi RcotrE > T , will afiord Innact rtl.tt inrtiut rrn od t-ltep to boll ) parrel tt 4 rtiki , and point to * Ht > Jy , pcnoanmt. t > d t.-f.n -.irtrf rur when all t ; < ! . So.d throufrhout the irorld. \ rrtc * . THE SET , i-s ; or t rrr TEA s iir sv. i rnrrEi ot T n > T , V - t menu f Ez otrx > T Me Forrvt Onto ASP Cutit. Cotr , Soie r > i > i. , Bojton. "How to Cere JBty Hw r , M frte. Vine gra < l"s of w > M are nut * ' , . . * . . ' Is Mill an urgent dem * d for TO ? grades and q'j rter-Ww ds sll better c-on slderabl * impr-rted wools having chanet-a hand * In eastern market * K port from the wrwo trade continue favorable to nlph degree itnd firm or higher prices are re garded as a emalnty for in * future Unfavorable weather has affeclet ! dllri- butlon tn mo t section * ihis w k. but mall orders have hwn of fair sl * and th * snip ping trade outlook continues unlmrwlred. Prices vary with th market reports , hut no wldefpriid we knes l yl noted. Bx- port btislne * * Is reported done ftt a shading by an i tern furnace. Strength of quota tion * , tn f < t , prows s the Inlertor Is approached preached , ihe most firmness being noted at Chlcaco. Any further reaction tn southern ptc prices Is expected to develop a Rood export < 1 mand. the margin of price differ ence now being very small. A further pain In blast furnac * c-ajmclty Is noted , current production If now little below ItWJAW ton * yearly and some . Increase of nocks is shown. . . . . . Considerable business could be done t the wwt In rall t a concession of 1 r > er | Un. but the active buying of old rails Is i taken to mean thai no weakening will occur - , cur Th steel pistes have again lost the { strength di played > .oroe weeks since. Copan ! per Is steady and tin 1 ? p ln higher , on a Fpoculative advance In l ondon. Wheat. Including fl ur. shipments acgr- gated 2 > .S.SE7 bushel * , apalnst t7S4.W. boshels la .t week. S.&iO.'W busht-ls In the corresponding week of 1MW. S.419.r > 4 bushels In 1SS1. . iOTJJC bushels In ! < * < and UlW bushels In IS * . Since July 1. lhi senwn. ihe exports of whfat aggregate 12R.01S.S1 bushels , against i-j : . atott . ian bushels lat year and 15R.G4S..V.7 biifhfls In 1SP7-SS. Corn exports for the week arcrecate S.4M.909 bushels. agaJnsl S.5.1S.96 : bushels la t week. S.f.f5.C2 bushel In this week a year ago. 4.50S.01 : bushels In IS * . 4.1(3.174 ( bushels In 1PP7 and 5.143.844 bushels In IH'i Since July 1. this season , corn txports accre- gat'ed 1S2.6W.774 bushels , acslnst IdS.W.rTS bushels during the same period a year agu and 105.yc.671 bushels In IW-ft. Business failure ? In thr fnitod States for the week number 231. as compared with 1.1 last week. 19J in thl < week a year ago. I.S in 1KI5. Ml in 1WI7 and 3S1 In ISM. Canadian failures for ihe week number twenty-five , as c-ompared with thirty-one last week , thlny-eighl in this week a year ago. fifty-one in 1K9S. fifty-four in 1S7 and seventy in 1S35 SAMOANS ARE NOT CONTENTED Uncli Tribe nlnnie thr Other for the Trouble Which llroucht Abont DivlKlon of Group. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. P Saaiosn advices - vices received by the Meamer Alamcria to day are to the effect that the aprecairnt between the three po t" as to the divi sion of the Samoan group had caused but little real trouble , though the Malictoa and Mataata factions were somewhat discon tented , the MataaJans blaming the Malieto- ans for causing the trouble which brought about this result and vice versa. Reports were received in Apia that at Aana an < l Sevaii the followers of Mataafa , chagrined at the news of the division of the islands , resolved that the Malietoan adherents who had returned to their homes must be driven out of those d'Mricts ' and a large lorce of Mataafa men attacked the bones of the Malletoans , routing the residents out and setting fire to the buildings , later driving them to Sallemoa. On December 6 Captain Tilley of the United State1 navy notified High Chief Favaee of .the . island of Tutuila that under the terms of the agreement betw-een the United States , Great Britain and Germany the Samoan group would be divided between the Unltei States and Germany and that the islands of Tutnlla , Manula and the other itlands east of Upolu would come under the protection of the United States. Captain THley assured the chief through Faivce that the United Stales would protect the natives and give then a peed government and thst it would' hold the chiefs responsible Tor any trouble that might occur. Captain Tillry's proclamation wa received with quiet and order and no apprehension is felt that trouble w-ill follow at the inau guration of ibe new regime. DEATH RECORD. Prominent \ > brai > kn. Pbjrulclan. NEBRASKA CITY , Feb. 9. ( Special. ) Dr. O. C. Heise , a well known physician of this city , died today of pneumonia. His illness was of short duration. He was SO years of age and was reared from childhood in this city. During tbe war with Spain he was a government surgeon. He did hos pital duty at Chickamauga , Ga. , until that camp wts broken up , when ibe was sent to the Philippines with the Twenty-second reg ulars. He contracted malaria and was obliged to resign last November oa this account. Johmon Connty Pioneer. TECUMSEH , Neb. . Feb. P. ( Special. ) Mrs. IJzzle Drake , aged 52 years , died at her home here Tuesday of consumption. She was the wife of B. F. Drake , a native of Ohio , and had resided in Johnson county for many years. The funeral was held at the Long Branch Baptist church yesterday of tbe Presbyterian church. Old Tecum rh Settler. TECUMSEH. Neb. , Feb. P. ( Special. ) Mrs. Jane Drook. wife of William Drool : , died at tbe Jainily home here Tuesday of consumption , aged 63 years. She was an old settler of the county. Tbe husband a family of children survive her. Victim of Paralytic Stroke. NORFOLK , Neb. . Feb. 9. ( Special Tele gram. ) Mrs. Elizabeth Krantz. aged years , a resident of ihe counly since 1S67 , died ihis morning from a paralytic stroke. The funeral will be held Saturday at Christ Lutheran church. FIRE RECORD. Store Rnlldlnir ntorn , NELSON. Neb. . Feb. 9. ( Special Telep gram. ) The stote building of Baker i Lewis at Nora , sli miles case of here , with all its contcntf , was destroyed by fire early this morning. The building was a two-Etory frame , sixty feet deep and wafi partially In sured. Tbe second story was used as a lodge room. There was no insurance on thr slock of general merchandise , which was all brand new and had Just been opened to the public a few days ago. The fire Is believtxj to have been of Incendiary origin. More TrnnKCoiitlni-ntnl Liiif Finn * . LOS ANGELES. Cal. . Feb. 9. It is stated that Lo * Angeles is to have another trans- conlintntal railroad. It will extend from Mojnve east through southern Nevada into Utah and the builders will be tbe Santa Fe , Southern Pacific , Rio Grande & Wesiern and Union Pacific , which sysiems are to join in the entwprUe. Plane for tbe new road are said to have been completed and active construction vill ( be begun witbin a few months. Tbe Carson & Colorado line , controlled by D. O. Mills , now a director In the Southern Pacific. Is to be used as a link in the nropcted route. Intrrrhnncr of Truffle. SALT LAKE CITY , Feb. X Tie Rio ] Grande Wfftern. Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific traffic officials have , within ibe pa PI few days , beea discussing the inter change cf traffic between tbe roads named on the basi : of the eiiPtiDg agreements. Tie arrangements were not disturbed by tie re cent Salt Lake ooolereoce Another mooting will t > e held IB DeBTor ic e tbe sear fulure for a further dlwusioo ef traf&c matters -with a view to coDtinuiup tbe Intf-rchaage of Irefic with tbe leetl friction and tbe BjalotfcBi-cc * oi tbe regulir tariff rates a rrole t al trcrntlnr Treat ) . 1 BISMAB ° 'K N 1Ftb -Tne i > State \\aol Grow ' * ' ' . * as M'I .n a rua w - rr here old' ' ; > mtfs'e1 again- ! , < ? r tl- e r < - lpr - ! " -.aiy wt ! Ar- tft egra.roi > Senai - arri Mn fT tr-g g t tzn to oDiKise it. PACE SET BY AMERICAS SA\V \ Pointtn Ecciired by Earnptia Powsrt frca the IMPROVING 1HH3 TARGET PRACTICE llnttlc lili > t'cinslilntc tlir Itrnl 1'ltlit- Ine Mrencth of \nvj-Her- - mnn > ' Anililtlun Io llr the Orcntc "t > en I'ovn-r. WASHINGTON . Feb. > . The naval annual jvsi ) Mtt 4 lro ti * eOce of naval lotei- : : PM C Is < rf c l UoB l Jat rnt and bieadth .of scop * . Tfc i < * 4lttC { Mturv ifan article entitled "Repent TendeBcie * Of ForrlKn Naval DeveloiHBtttt and tb Effp.-t Thereou . of tb RtJit War wills Spain. " by Llfutfn- aat Commander Qaorge H. Pwerg. This article pr * nts In succinct shap * many of j tbe l * ons tatiRht by tb Sr * leb war and i illzcd L.v the twvtf * * fortipn nations. j Beginning with lb * > tat nent that the' ' rnoet striking feature is the marked effort now being tn de by tb * maritime power * to Increase the * naval ( Jrengtb. tbe artlrle joints out that one result of the Spanish war w as ) to demonstrate be5"ond further argu ment tbat battleships constitute the real fighting strength of a navy , even In France , whjch has lontr dune to the armored cruiser. Armored coast defense vessels have been practically Ignored in new construction. While the war threw no new light on tbe value of torpoio boats , attention vas fres-hly directed to their vulnerability and Germany has abandoned the building o ! any more small boats. I'll ; ( Jnno > ovr > ef i ulnr > - . Another war lesson was , that tbe big guns on board ship are secondary hereafter and dependence must be placed upon a primary battery of rapid fire guns of modern caliber. Already the German navy has reduced the caliber of Its heaviest guns to P.43. Above- water torpedo tubes have been abandoned and while toine under-water tubes zire re tained , the- tendency is toward clearing a battleship completely of these devices. Armor must be widely distributed and not restricted to the water line and gun posi tions. Foreign navies are securing the very best armor , rt-gardless of COEU There is a universal eflort to abolish -wood and com bustibles from naval vessels. Canvas boats are to be tested. Water tube boilers are now beyond discussion lor naval use and the only question open Is that of type. Tor pedo nets have been abandoned. Tremendous efforts arc making in foreign navies to improve pnn practice and in Ger many the ships go to sea every day for tar get practice , even reserve ships , while the British navy has largely Increased its al lowance of ammunition lor prize firing. Foreign opinion critids ( < 3 Amercan zrun pointers as showing much room for Im provement , based on thedr performance at Manila and Santiago. Commander Peters , however , comments that never before have fleets been BO utterly destroyed through gun fire. fire.A A comprehensive idea of the tremendous naval program of the German empire is shown in an article contributed by Lieu tenant E. W. Kittedle entitled , "The Crea tion and Maintenance of a German Battle Fleet. " He gives from German authorities in great detail all o' the argument -which leads to the government demand that th navy be increased over and above tie pres ent building program by fifty-seven battle ships , fifteen large cruisers and thirty-sir email cruisers , to cost 1.700.000,000 marks. Germans' ) * Exnllcd Ambition. He quotes German technical papers as saying that the -government has eliminated the continental powere : a calculations based on the attitude of foreign countries toward the German increase. The discussion Is said to have narrowed down to Great Brit ain , Japan and the United States and on paper holds that England and the United States will soon be checked in the increase of their navies by the Question of manning ships and Japan by the question of money. so that Germany will be In a position tat cope with them severally or collectively. Lieutenant Commander William H. Driggs furnishes an article on ordnance and ar mor , Inwhich be draws many useful con clusions from a comparison of tbe Spanish and American ships during the late Tvar. Contrary to some other -writers , he insists that tbe Spanish commanders of tbe tor pedo boat destroyers lacked neither dash nor discretion. He holds that the 'boats ' failed to do damage owing to their inability to run through the American gun firf. Driggs eays a. battleship easily can take care of fwo such boats ou each beam clear -weather. He takes vigorous issue with the continental -writers who hare be littled tbe style of the American gunners disagreeing with their statement that the percentage of hits was only between three and four , but Insisting that even eo. tbatwas all that was needed. This oQeer attaches preat value to the automatic pistol , has been adopted by Germany and Italy in thf army and navy , and be supplies a. full description of tbe deitails of the weapon , which fires ten bullets by one depression of the trigger. Our naval smokeless powder is held to be superior to the British cordite , as dnmonstraied by a irial made by the New Orleans' guns- Little progress haa tot-en made in the improvement of armor , the Paris simply further establishing the euvfrtority of the Krupp armor. Cull Concrriklcinal Commit tec WASHINGTON , Feb. 0A meeting of tbe democratic national congressional committee has been called for tomorrow night for the purpose of electing a ebainnaa and other officers and for organization. ROBBER HITS WRONG PLACE Hun * I'p Acalnst n Duci of I ill ; Men nnd Grin KIM.-il. CHICAGO , Feb. 9. A lone robber , wel ! dressed , with money In He pockets and with a ribbed silk matk to cover up his feature * , was shot and killed in C. H. Woerner's park pavilion. 1S59 West Madison street , lute ' last night , by Frank Barum. an Oak Park lawyer , and Edward Sommerffldt. the bar-leader. Besides Sommerfeldi and Barum there was only one other person in ibe saloon when tbe robbw entered. Tbe robbe com them to throw up iheir hande. Rccistance was offered , and In the strug gle the robber fired twlee at hit , victim ? , one of tbe bullets taking 3d in Sommar- eldt's firm. Barum then managed to wrench the revolver from the robber. Sommerfeldt in tbe meantime had secured his revolver and both ho and Barum firwJ several shots at the robber , who fell dead at tbrtr Tbi < police were notified and tbe body of tar bold-up snan wag removed to tip morgue. c tbe pockets of the dead man -were found ' JIGS. Barum and Somm reldt were not arr < tHl. ltr : > orl thai/'nn > l r \\ili Mtn. FRANKFORT./"JFeb. . Late tooigbt tbe situation wasLLj.jewbai chanf : kl. Ad- juuat Gf eral 1T * a ualled into Gov ernor Taylor's < j " ° Hindas IB co&cultaiios with him until vJJ' ' * ' hour , but would say nothtag as towbai traanpirad. Frooi other and authoritative tourtbow > ver. it tbat a detitfioa bad finally Un aad ibai ib * patce agr eneat profc- ab } ; would receive tbe sipaatur * of Governor Taylor inside of twenty-four bours W S Philpot Albany , Ga. care D - Witti Little Eariy Risfrt djj me snore than any pi1'5 ' I ff" ' * * " Tbe fa- and liver 6cd bswel trcsttes TALK ITH WOMEN. If a person III and needs a m&dfofno Is H not wise ( o get one that has stood the test of : time sndhas hundreds of thousands of cures | to fts credit ? A great many women who are / / / try every" thing they hear of in the way of medicine , and ! this experimenting with unknown drugs Is constant menace to their already impaired i healthi i 7 r , v 'v T ( rv - Titf < < fiT there a-f remrdie * which nrr no oxprri- | c < r . . : 1 have ! < < ti known year * and y ars tf be doinp only pood. Take for instance. Hydra E , Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Vor thirty year * its record has been one unbroken chain of BUO No mediVi'nc for female ills , tbe world has. ercinown has such ni for cures. It seems so straspe that Rome people will UVe medicines about which they really know nothinp. some of which ralpht be. and are. reallr hannf ul : when on the other hand it is easily proved that over one million women hare beea restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. We have published in the newspapers of the United States more genuine testimonial letters than hare eTer been published in the interest of any other medicine. \Ye have thousands like tie followinc addressed to M rs. Pinkhara : Monthly Suffering Back ache and Bearing-down Pains always Cured by Lydia Pinkham's Vege table Compound , 'I suffered unU Id ac 'Tir err monthcould pet no rxl.pf uct , ! I incd your medicine : your letter of u < iv , v and r > few bottles of Lydia E. I'mK- ham's Vepetable Compound hart ma ip ine the happiest woman alive. I shall bless you as lonp as I live " Miss Joie Saul , Doveri Mich. " Kour years ape 1 had almost piren up hope of erer beinp well apaiu. 1 was afllicted with those dreadful bead- ache s-pells which would sometimes last three or four days. Also had back ache , bearinp-down pains , leucorr- haea. dizzint-ss. and terrible pains at monthly periods conflninp me to my bed. After readinp so many testimonials menials for your medicine , 1 concluded to try it. I besran to pick up after takin'p the first bottle , and have con tinued to pain rapidly , and now feel like a different woman. I can recom mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vepetable Compound in hiphe t term * to all siclr women. " Aliss Rosa Helden , 126 \V. Cleveland Ave. , Canton , 0. KAISER FAVORS THE BRITISH Calls on the Endirh AmbaEsadci at Berlin to Ixpresx Sympathy. HE SUGGESTS FRIENDLY INTERVtNTON Re > pro\e ihp Uiike HcKf-nt of MrU- for rtternncfs I'nfrlenilly to Clrent Drll- aln' Cjiu e. BERLIN , Feb. S. During Emperor Wil liam's two visits yesterday to the Britisn ambassador. Sir Frank Lacelles. his majesty expressed sympathy -with Great Britain and touched upon the leaslbility of Iricodly in tervention. The kaiser also expressed his regret at the recent utterances of Duke Regent Johann Albrecht of Meklenburg-Schwenn to the correspondent of the Eclair , adding that he had telegraphed tbe duke repent reproving him for the indiscretion he had displayed. ESTERHAZY WILL SURRENDER Ten > a Snjs He Ntiw Admits AVrltins- ib.c llurderenn Ln Itr PARIS. Feb. 9 Tbe Temps this evening says understands Major Count Esterhazy intends to surrender bimseif for trial on the old charge of having in his possession the famous document known as "Cette Canaille de D " which figured to prominently in the recent trial at Rennes of Captain Alfred Dreyfus , and that be asks for a fe con duct regarding the other proceedings taken again ? : him. It is further asserted that he now admits be wrote the bordereau at the late Colons ! Sandherr's instructions In order to deceive Colonel von Scbwarzfcoppen. the former mil itary attache at Paris , to whom be com municated the bogus document. The resem blance of Us and Dreyfus' handwriting , it Is also claimed , led to tbe accusation of tbe latter when the bordereau was returned to tbe French War office. llaly Mill Frl.-n.llv to Hrluiln. ROME. Feb. P. In the senate today dur ing j the discussion of the budget , tbe min ister of foreign affairs , Marquis Viscount- Veneita. replying to Marquis VitellescbJ- Nobil , polnlfd out tbat the relations b- tween Italy and Great Britain had alway preserved "ihe character of friendship and mutual confidence. " He expresFfl himself as confident that events In South Africa would not Jead to complications or a more general nature. American Cadet In Trouble. LONDON. Feb. 9 Edmund E. Galer. de scribed as a nivaladet on board the Amer ican line bleamer St Louis , was arrested bt Depended Because it is the Experience of an Omaha Citizen and Can Readily Be investigated. A ftnanrer ICBI in lar e city would Place far more dependence on tbe direc tions riven him by a local residem than i the { ruidance of another stranger like him- eelf. This ie a natural cone quei > ce nt experience. It's like a ship in a utrange port a truwy pilot familiar with tlie bar- bar is always called upon to l > riuB her safely to her moorings. So it is witb en dorsement ; we doubt tbe Mylnps of j > w > plt living at distant poi&U l > ecau # we can t iavcptipau- . But public cxpi-Mdoo of local citizens can be depended on , for 'tu an ' easy mauer to prove it. Evidence like tbe following is beyond dispute : Mr. Wjlliam S fx , bricklayer , of 4 1 Burdetie Rtreeu. ra/c : "Aln ys after a hard day's work or wben 1 caught a oeld Rbkh Httl d in ay Join * , backache bec ai very Mvere. Do n > Kidae ? Hilt , pi - cured at KufeB iCo. . ' * druc fiQTt , ooro r l&th cad OouglM UU * IB , pv me tuek prftBBlit rrtief Jtod u : > lo d te hv * pre- , vaotel lOUtcl . I imve lie l JiaUcn in r c- ibooi to any one ( uAttrioc treat vr-icitd r weakened kidney * . ' * Doait's Kidoev Pills are fcr tale ty all dealfrs Prict. M renu per box , oi b n : i by mail on rweipt of pri ( * b > Fosier-lli- ! burn < rBjBalo - N V t If Ffnts. : o : the I'rjifl i ' -s .he Eittt i > oaii m a .eke - Another Case of Kid ney , Womb and Bladder Trouble Cured by Lydia E Pinkhsm's * Vegetable Compound * prAii I'r.iKvn Two years ajro I l.adhiliibt > d f < ver and womb trouble in it > - worst form. Kor eipht months afterbirth of babe I was not able to sit tip. Doctors trea : < > d me. but frith no help. I had bearinp-down pains , burn ing in stomach , kidney and bladder trouble , and m.v back was so stiff End tAirc.The richt ovary rras badlysif ecied and crorrthinp I ate distressed ine , and there iras a bad discharpe. I rras confined to iny l > cd when I vrrote to vou for advice and followed year directions faithfully , taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- rxwnd. Liver Pills , and usinp the Wash. and am now able to do the most of my housework. 1 bfliere I should have dk-d if it had not In-en for your Com pound. I hone this letter may be the result of benefiting some other suffer ing woman. I recommended your Com- to ererv one. " Mrs. Mary Yaughan , Trimble , PulaskI Co. , Ky. Southampton yesterday on ibe charge of Pleating t o bills cf acceptance for 1'l.lSl marks , in transit from Berlin to New York , the property of Cliftoa J. Morehouse. When chanred today Galer said he picked up the bills on the docks aboul Hampton and , as he had gambled on board the St. Louis and lost all his money , he thought thrre was no harm in negotiating the bills. He was re manded for a week. STRIKERS MAKING TROUBLE Attempt to Moi HarvoMliie of Cnni Troopn Culled FORT DE FRANCE , Martinique , Feb. P. ) Via Haytien Cable. ) A mob of about 1.200 miners has. since Monday last , been prevent ing the harvesting ef sugar cane. The moTOBH-nt Is extending and troop * nine-been sent in all irectlons. An infantry of twenty-five men was at tacked and fired on Its assailants , killing nine men and wounding fourteen. In the commune of L Francois two In cendiary Sres have occurredon plantations. j Dfiintc onjival mil. | I BERilN. Feb. 9. On the resumption of the debate on tbe navy bill in the Reichstag today. Count von Arnim. in- behalf of the , imperialists , favored the bill. I | The secretary of the interior. Count VOD ! Posadowslii-Wehner. emphasized the neces- . Klty of an increase of the fleet w > as to adequately protect the enormously increas ing shipping trade of Germany and said ] j A Letter Which Proves That Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Will Remove Tumor and Cure Other Weakness * Trro years ago 1 vras a great suf ferer from womb trouble and profuse flowinp each month , nnd tumors would form in thp womb. I had four tumors in two years , 1 went throuph treat ment with doctors , but the.v did me no peed , and 1 thought I would have to resort to morphine. " The doctor said that all that could help me was to have an operation and , have the womb removed , but I had heard of Mrs. Pinkham's. medicine and decided to try it. and wrote for her advice , and after takinp her Vepetable Compound the tumors were expelled and I besran to pet stronper ripht alonp. * nd am well as ever before. Can truly say that I would never had gwt ten well had it not been for Lydis E. Pinkham's Compound. " Mary A. SUhl , Wetsontown , Pa. the bill had been unanimously approved by the federal governments. Herr Richtor. tbe radical leader , in op- rosing the bill. Insinuated that the British seizure of Gennan ehlps was brought about opportunely in order to support the navy bill , as was. be claimed , the atlrmpt on Ihe life of Emperor William prior to the in troduction of the anti-revolutionary bill. Constitutional and financial considerations. Herr Richter continued , rendered it impos sible for the radicals to approve of the bill. 40 Per Cent Discount. We tre now giving 40 per cent frora the factory pnres ori all Wlrard Cain < TB. Cose in and see the bargain * we have. We have a flrpt-claas Folding Camera. Bulb Stmu-er. iris diaphragm , rising and falling front and ground glass , regular price (10.00. our price JC.OO. THE ALOE & PENT OLD CO. 140S Farnani St. . ( Opposite Pazcon Hotel. ) Om&hi , N h. You'll ' Hold Up Your Hands- And Mvear by all tlm is rijrht that never in your life have you bought n. boys' shotfr a dollar and a lialf that you have here1 provided you've a boy and Irave bought his shoes from Urcx It Shopman Everybody knows tliat leather has ponf up and is still ajrotns but we jro rijbt on sellin ? the same shoe for ihe same money $ l.M n pair That's the way wo have always done Tlu b - t for the ui'Jijey no matter how niui.-h tbe Brexel Shoe Co. > Ocialre. * * Cp-to-djite Sbor Dei Ifrltt FAIINAAI STREET' . Another Special For Saturday In order t < i pivc tbe public an oppor- tuuity of testiuj : the fn-elleut ( juality of our ice cream we will place on wile Sat urday a larze number of nei-ts made of the dioiee t candy. c--ntaiuint : two css 1 made of ice cream This is a distinct novelty in the way of i-ervin : ; ice crcatn O and is n beautiful creation of confer- ti uers art and can be utilized for par- iir * and sociablei The regular prlre Is J"M- each in < ] < > zen Jot * . On .Saturday we vt ill K-n'e it In < nr lunrh rooms at the low prk-p of ir > L- . W. S. Balduff , 1520 Farnara St. New Popular Music continually arnvius jiutl KHHP of it is very oxj iiiif of ibt IK > II two-steps for jiiauo undoubtedly the new V llilii iy JUiud" warcli. by 'J'bil li It IH ) U ? jiluyod at < ijH'ra taom s every week * nd Jn fact it it > a pj-i fxvorite : imou rs4 all jmuj'-iau As for a waltz , wp ni'ViT bad aoytbiu 4 > - i vity aud wu y as Lot-ll * wnltc by K. Yttu Alstyncoiu - iHer of tinvklirattHl HuU-Hula 4-miio walk - W < - w ill InjUul to play Nth r pk > * f for ) f > u if yuu will t-onw in nod VfcV fur UwuiTin - JX-M ud alit4 wlwtlofl of ail kinds < .f cU Ugtd popular tnuKlf , l < .Li- t-t < - . , cau b fouuO : 't 'tA. A. HOSPE , Music and Art. 1513 Douglas ,