Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAKCIT 10, 1002.
present If possible, but doubted bit ability
to do so on account of bit ailing for born
that afternoon.
Prince Henry will visit Philadelphia to
morrow. Accompanied by hla party ba will
leave for tbat city by apodal train afar the
Pennsylvania at I o'clock. Ho la to ba
officially received by the rlty, shown
through, the Crsmps' eblpyerd u, d given
lunch at tbt Union League etue. rte will
return to New Yorg at 1:10 o'clock and In
the evening will give a farewell dinner to
those who accompanied htm on hla Ameri
can tour.
At the concert given by tbo Armatroo
asferlattoa fop Prince Henry, Booker T.
Waahlogtoa, the colored educator and
leader, wai presented to the prince. Tba
two cbatted for fifteen minutel, during
which time the prince naked many qusa
tlona aa to tbo negroeo In the south.
After dining with tho Vanderbllta the
prince attended a reception at tba Now
York Yacht olub. Ha returned to tbo Waldorf-Astoria
at 11:50, accompanied by Ad
miral Evans and Count Schmidt von
Sohwlnd. Ho retired: to hla apartment!.
GERMAN HOPES EXCEEDED
Moat Snnarnlne Expectations of Prince
Heary'a Reception ay Amer
BERLIN, March t.Soma of the dally
papers have begun summing up Prince
Henry'a trip to tho United Btatee. Their
tone la ono of complete satisfaction. They
declare the prince's trip was never Intended
to have any specific political alma, but
merely purposed to bring about an Im
provement In the popular feeling In both
countries.
Tbo Borsea Zeltung admits that Ita moat
' aangutne expectations have been exceeded
by the ooeurrenoes of tho prince's trip
and says tho heartfelt cordially displayed
by tbo Amerloana waa greater than could
have been expected.
The National Zeltung aaya that Prince
Henry and the Amerloana hava learned to
understand and appreciate each other, and
that tho result attained la out of tho com
mou. , .
It ia a not to bo forgotten Incident, aaya
thla paper, In tbo busy rush of modern
Ufa.
PUTS CAREON BANKS
(Continued from first Psgo.)
measure a number of propositions, which
bad been urged separately heretofore. Mr.
Fowler explains tho purpose of the bill aa
follows: .
. "Tba purposaa of tho bill are: To trans
far from tbo government to the banks the
responsibility of protecting tho necessary
gold reserve and the burden of furnishing
gold tor export, thereby saving our com"
meroe from the destructive apprehensions
growing out of trade upon the ''gold In
the treasury, ' which can now only be re
plenished by a tax Imposed upon the peo
ple through the sale of bonds; to provide
a currency always responsive and equal
to the demaada of trade everywhere and
to equalise and lower the average rate of
Interest In all parta of the United Btatea)
to secure for American enterprise and
American capital tho privilegea and eppor-
tuntttee In engaging In International bank
ing under tho national law, and ao lay a
foundation upon which to build aa Ameri
caa merchant marine; to remove the last
vestige of doubt with regard to our standard
. of valuee.
For International Beaklaa;.
"The measure provides for international
banking and a division of banking and eur
rency Is established under a board of con
trol Instead of a single Individual in the
' person of .the comptroller of the currency
aa heretofore. The board will consist of
three members, whose terms of office are
for twelve years, so arranged that only one
member will accede every four yeara.
"If the measure now Introduced ahould
become a law, it la confidently believed that
the national banks will assume the ourrent
redemption in gold coin of $1SO,OM,000
of United Btatea notes. in considers,
tlon of the obligation assumed by the ne
tlonal banks, they will have the right dur
lng the succeeding five rears to lasue gradu
ally, as buaineaa may require, an amount of
bank notes equal to 0 per cent of their
paid up and unimpaired capital; provision
being made also for an. emergency droula-
tloa. '
"Aa the netea are taken out for circula
tion th banka will deposit with the gov
ernmeat, a guarantee fund of 5 per cent of
me amount or tne notes so issued. The na
tional banka hereafter, will Je required to
pay Interest upon the government deposit
at the rate of 1 per cent per annum.
To Protect Bask Motes.
"Thla ( per eent guarantee fund and the
tan upon the bank sotee will be used, to
protect the bank notes and the excess of
auoh taxes with the interest on the gov
erment deposits will be used to pay off
the United States notes, which the banka
assume to currently redeem. It Is asserted
that the whole 1110,000,000 of United Btatea
notes, which the banka have aaaumed to
currently redeem, will be paid off In thirty
yeara out of the taxes collected upon clr
eulatlon and Interest paid by the banks
upon government deposits.
, Clear la Honae Diet riots.
"The' United States will be dirtied Into
clearing house districts to facilitate the
current redemption, of the bank aotea. ao
that the amount of notes outstanding at any
tine always will be eo-ordlnated with the
amount of trading to be done, precisely as
checks and drafts reflect the amount of
the commercial work being carried on.
'By and vlth the consent of the Board
of Control, banka may have more than one
place for doing buaineaa, being authorised
to establish themaeiveo la the vane olttea
f the country.
"No bank note of a denomination of leae
than lift will be isaued and the secretary
of the treasury shall not Issue a silver
certificate of a denomination greater than
13 and thereafter, upon the preeeatatloa
to him of livt or any multiple thereof and
a demand for their redemption, shall ex
change gold only for the same."
. .
raaaajee la Adanss Board.
ADAM3. Neb., March .-(Speclal.)-At a
meeting of the Board of Education last
night ths resignation of H. H. Noreroaa,
who has been the secretary of the board
for the laat three years, was accepted aad
N.- C. Baaw waa appointed to fill the ve
canty in the board. J. W. Y acker waa
eleoted eeeretary for the unexpired term.
W. C. Oray resigned aa preeldent and W
M. Bryson waa eleoted to sucoeed him.
ltleh Cost Denestte Canaan,
MONT ft SAL Marea. . Coroellue Shields,
general manager oi tne dominion i tai com
. atitarf tadar that borlnaa made br the
company near Butler'a lake had revealed
the preaenee of a coal deposit estimated to
cantata at least i.ooo.ouo.ow tone ei Bitumi
nous coat;
AfJas Dinner
To assist digestion, relieve distress
after eating or arinting too neaxtuy,
te prevent constipation, take
Joad'o Pilla
' 4Vdd everywhere. SSccutet
FATE OF TflE IRRIGATION BILL
Clear Majority ia tba House Farori the
Senate Measure,
PRESIDENT'S ORDER AGAINST LOBBYING
Employes of Department Contlnne
the aystea la Spit of Roosevelt's
Edict Demand of Cities for
Pahlla Bnllatnfts. '
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March 9. (Special.)
The aenate baa dtaposed of the irrigation
bill. What will become of tbe meaaure in
the bouse Is aa "pen question. It Is evi
dent that Speaker Henderaon Is not par
ticularly favorable to tbe Irrigation policy,
notwithstanding ths fact tbat both political
parties committed tberneelvee to It In their
laat national platforms. There Is, however.
decided determination upon the. part of
the western and northwestern men to force
to the house to take action and no one has
been more Industrious tewarde this end
than Represenatlve Francis O. Newlanda of
Nevada. In point of population Nevada la
the smallest state In the unlpn, but few
states, even among those ranking as the
first, are represented In the lower house of
congress by a more able, painstaking and
conscientious man than Mr. Newlanda. It
has not always been the largest states that
Lave had the ablest representation )n Wash
ington. For many years the state of Maine
outclaesed them all, that le, when tbat great
quartet. Reed, Dlngley, Boutelle and Mlllt
ken, filled the four seats assigned to Maine
In the lower bouse. Delaware haa aant men
like Bayard, Saulsbury and Oray to the
senate.
Mr. Newlanda undoubtedly haa a personal
interest In eecurtng irrigation legislation,
for no stats In the union will more greatly
benefit from the introduction of a national
policy of water atorage and distribution
that will Nevada. Then, too, it must be
remembered that no member repreaentlng
the arid and eeml-arld region had had auoh
a long period of continued aervioe as the
Nevada member. Nor baa anyone atudied
the subject. In all Its bearings In every
country of the old world which haa at
tempted Irrigation to the extent ef the In
vestigation made by Mr. Newlanda. Should
the house finally adopt the senate bill or
any similar measure, success will be due
largely to the efforts of the western men,
who formed a committee early in the cession
and who selected Senator Warren of Wy
oming for chairman and Mr. Newlanda for
secretary. This committee aucceeded in
bringing together the various Opposing ele
ments and It baa neglected ao opportunity
to Impress Its views upon Its colleagues. Bo
Well haa It carried on Its work that there
is toaay a ciear majority in me nouse la-
vorablo to the policy of irrigation.
Prohibitum of Lofcaylna;.
In tiptte of President Roosevelt's order
prohibiting employes of the departments
engaging la lobbying, a great deal of work
of thla sort la going on. , The most indus
trious persons during the last month have
been eome of the chiefs of divisions of tbe
scientific bureaua of the Agricultural de
partmcnt. Tbe malls have been literally
flooded during the laet week or two with
lettere from all sectlona of tbe country, urg
lng members to vote for larger approprla
tlone than the committee on agriculture
seems disposed to recommend. All these
letters evidently emanate from one source
and that Is the bureau of plaat Industry
In the department. It is natural that ex
perts employed In solentlflo bureaua ahould
uae every means available for Increasing
tbe scope of the work which they are
called upon to perform, but the plant in
duatry people are aaid to have exceeded the
limit. If all demanda of this kind should
receive attention It would take the entire
surplus to run the scientific bureaua of
the government for one year. As It Is,
the committee on agriculture has been ex
tremely liberal to these bureaus of tbe
Agricultural department and the money pro
vided will undoubtedly materially aid the
secretary In extending the inquiries, which
have thus far proved ef auoh enormous
value to tbe farmers ef the country.
Tbe action of the Colombian government
In the matter of the Panama canal haa
made It practically certain that the offer
of the French company will aot. be ac
cepted by congreaa. Bvldencee multiply to
Indicate that the Central American eoun
tries, through which ths eanal might be
run, look upon the United States' as a' gold
mine. Coeta Rloa and Nicaragua propose
to get a bite from Uncle 6em'e 'surplus
If they can, and the action of Colombia
was undoubtedly taken with the 'Idea of
dividing the 140,000,000, which the French
company aske - for its so-called assets.
Probably the complicatlene whlon have
arisen ' and tho developments' which have
been unearthed will reault ia nullifying the
action during the 'present session ef con
gress, in any event, tbe prospects for
canal legislation seem to grow dimmer,
t Demand for Pnbllo Bnlldlaaa.
..Some Idea ef - the demanda for public
buildings which are annually,, presented to
congress caa be gathered . from a remark
made by Supervising Architect Taylor, who
said: "Up to date I have bad 868 bills for
new public buildings submitted to me for
reports upon the necessity for them elnce
this congress assembled la December. This
umber does not lake Into account the bills
presented for addltlona to "publlo buildings
already constructed. There la one of thla
latter class," continued Mr. Taylor, "which
hae been occupied leas than a month and
it la already entirely too email for the
bualness of the postofflce In the town In
which it le altuated. I refer to the poet
office building In Beaumont, Tex. The postal
bualneae of Beaumont baa grown ao enorm
ously within the past few months that the
building waloa waa adequate for tho re
quire menta when designed ' la now alto
gether too small for the work which must
be done there." r ; .
What de yea think ef the. proposition
submitted to congress some years ago by
tbe late Senator Paddock of Nebraska for
a general law to provide publlo buildings
In all towna where the postal receipta reach
a certain figure T" Mr. Taylor was aaked.
"I think," he responded, "it would be a
good thing for congress to authorise a
commission consisting of the postmaster
general, ths secretary of the Interior, the
secretary of the treasury and the attorney
general, which ahould have Jurisdiction In
these matters. The commission should be
required to report from year to year to
congreaa which towns ought to be supplied
with public buildings. They are the cabinet
officers coming Into closeat contact with the
cltlee ef the United Btatea and are better
qualified to Judge aa to the advisability
ef providing buildings than any other offi
cials could be. I believe that It some auch
plan aa thie were adopted It would reault
la putting up bunding Just wlere they are
needed and where the government could
save money In the way of rents by erecting
buildings."
SHIPPING AND ASSAULT BILLS
aaaldr Measare Will Divide Time
Saaaje ' with rroaldeatlal
rrotcetle Bill.
WASHINGTON, March .-Tbe attention
will be divided again thla week between
the ship eubaidy bill and tbe bill providing
fee the pualshsasaV of- peraeae who assault
or kill tbe preeldent of tbe United States,
the former holding the place of unfinished
business and the latter coming In for eon-
etderatlon when there la no one prepared to
speak on the subsidy question. Among those
who have announced their Intention to
speak on the subsidy bill Is Senator Vest,
but the condition of bis health, which re
maina far from robust, may prevent his
addressing the senate. Senator Mallory
also will talk on this subject, but beyond
these no set addresses have been announced.
However, there undoubtedly will be a num
ber of short speeches on the bill. No pre
pared speeches on tbe presidential assault
bill have been announced, but there Is no
doubt the lawyers of the aenate will con
tinue to find more or less to say about It
whenever opportunity shall offer. At odd
times the cslendar will be taken np. Alto
gether, the week does not promise to be
an exciting one in the aenate.
DEFEAT OF BILL PREDICTED
Failure to Paas Raral Free Delivery
Service Measure a Foregone
Conclusion.
WASHINGTON, March 8. The house this
week, after disposing of the bill to classify
the rural free delivery service and place
the carriers under ths contract system, will
devote Its attention to appropriation bills.
The poatofflce appropriation bill, which will
be taken up Bret, probably will require three
days. It will be followed by the river and
harbor bill. It Is regarded aa a foregone
conclusion tbat tbe rural free delivery
bill will be defeated when the vote Is taken
tomorrow.
QUESTION OF LINCOLN SALOONS
License Featare Is the Overshadovrlna;
Isaac of tho Municipal
Cam pal b;b.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, March .(8peclal.) The
queatloa whether there shall be saloons
In Lincoln will be the overshadowing issue
In the municipal campaign. With tbe Im
petus given It by tbe Indorsement of over
1,400 voters of the city the proposition of
the temperance element la becoming more
generally talked of and already baa aroused
the business men of tbe city to tbe extent
tbat a maae meeting bas been called for
next Tuesday evening for the discussion of
Its various phasee. .
The call tor this meeting la signed by
W. C. Davie, J. L. Kennard, C. H. Ruffge,
W. H. Hargreaves, H. W. Hardy, J. W.
Moore, E. L. Perklngs, J. B. Miller, Av J.
Sawyer, B. L. Paine and fifteen others, tt
Will be held in St. Paul's church and dis
cussion la Invited from both supporters and
opponents of the proposition.
Colonel J. H. McClay was last night
elected chairman of the Lincoln republican
city central committee. Walter L. Dawson
was re-elected secretary and Rev. Luther
P. Ludden waa named for treasurer. The
committee will meet next Tuesday nlgbt to
make plana for the city campaign.
The work of reconstructing the Funke
opera house wilt be commenced soon. The
auditorium will be torn away and the build
lng made jjttr for an office etructure. It
ia the Intention of the owners to make It
one of'the most desirable office buildings
In the city.
The supreme harbor of the American
Order of Protection will meet In this city
on Tuesday and Wedneeday of this week.
The states of Nebraska,' Colorado, Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Washington and several
others will be represented by delegates.
The sessions will be held In Walsh hall.
Tbe trial of Frank Marshall on tbe charge
of murder will be resumed in district court
tomorrow.. Among the witnesses yet to be
called by tbe state la Superintend anux'L.
Greene of tbe Hospital for Insswr. !He
will give expert testimony as to tbe de
fendant's mental condition. It Is under
stood that be will testify that. Marshal was
responsible ror any act performed.
STRIKERS MORE SUBMISSIVE
Ask to Bo Given Former Positions at
too game Old Pay, bat .
Are Refosed.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., March I. (Spe-
clal.)--Tbe atrlkera aent a committee to
wait on Manager Burdlck of the Morton
Oregson company yesterday, offering to de
clare the atrlke oft If be would reinstate
all of tbe former employes at their old
They were Informed tbat the plant waa
running on full time aa usual and the com
pany did not feel Justified in discharging
the men, who bad helped them when tbey
were In difficulty.
He said, however, that be might hire tbe
men aa Individuals as rapidly aa new help
waa needed. General Manager Oregson was
here today to Inspect the plant.
PASSES SECOND BOGUS CHECK
Skillful Forcer Circulates Worthless
Paper and Evades Detee- -tlon.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., March . (8pe
olal.) Another forged check baa turned up
11 n thla elty. It Is an exact duplicate of
tbe one which was paaaad on Mullen Bros,
earlier In the week. This one was offered
to Fred Boehm, butcher, In payment for
a small purchase, and was accepted and
the change given to the stranger. The
amount of the check was $8.60.
Cashier John W. Stetnhart of tbe Otoe
County National bank, on which the check
waa drawn, bas sent It to the American
Bankers' association, with a request tbat
tbe matter be Investigated.
Mayor's Ordere Observed.
- NEBRASKA CITY. Neb., March I. (8pe.
olal) The third Sunday under Mayor
Mattea cloeing-up ordera pasaed quietly. In
a majority of cases tbe mercbaota kept
their plaeas of business closed all day. The
drug storee were open during their usual
Sunday hours, but sold nothlag except on
a doctor's prescription, and most of them
had eigne up reading: "No cigars sold oa
Sunday." Tba people are becoming aa
customed, to tbe new order of things and
make provision for the day, ao that little
Inconvenleaoe la suffered in consequence.
Table Keek Boslaeee Men Orataalse.
TABLE ROCK. Neb., March . (Special.)
A meeting of the business men of Table
Rock was held Saturday night- at Woodmaa
ball to organise a commercial club. A
temporary organisation was effected. C. H
Norrls was made chairman and P. M. Linn
secretary. A committee consisting of James
Tillotson, W. L. Taylor and 8. O. Wright
was named to draft a constitution and by
laws and report at a future meeting, when
permanent officers will be elected.
Seward Ceeatr MertcaaTe Reeerd.
SEWARD. NebN, March !. 8pecial.)
Tbe mortgage ladebtedneas record in
Seward county for the month of February la
aa follows: Farm mortgages filed, II, $70,
106.70; released, 40, S61,2M.r0; city mort
gages filed. I. I1.0T8; releaaed, t, SS.MO;
chattel mortgages filed, 45, I18.t0g.49; rs
leased, M,,3.78.
Daeka Are Plentiful.
CENTRAL CITY. Neb., March (Spe
clal.) Warm weather has brought In thou,
sands of ducks and tbe ahoetlng here bas
never been better. At "Chick" Berryman's
camp, three mllea eaat of here, hunters
shot 150 duck l tlree days."" -
STRIKERS REFUSE TO SETTLE
Decline to Accept Terms Mutually Agreed
to with Company.
EMPLOYERS SAY THEY Will RUN CARS
When Street Railway Men Repudiate
Pleda-ea Made with Operators Their
Own Attorneys Abaadea
Their Flsjht.
NORFOLK, Va., March . From present
Indications the strike is by no means over.
The atrlkera will not accept the terma of
settlement named by the arbitration com
mittee of tbe Chamber of Commerce ap
pointed laat night.' Both tbe company and
the strikers agreed to abide by the decision.
The strikers claim that only 85 per cent
of them will be re-employed and that they
must sign the surety company bonds.
The cars run today under a military
guard. Tbe riot of last night was tbe
fiercest alnce tbe strike started and several
soldiers and cititens were Injured.
Sam Kelly, a strike leader, boarded a
car today and abused a conductor. A Agbt
with the guard followed and Kelly was
clubbed over the bead with a rifle butt.
He was badly cut and when carried to
police headquarters waa covered with blood.
Later he waa bailed for appearance In court
tomorrow.
Tbe general opinion regarding tbe arbi
tration committee's decision la tbat It is
entirely in favor of tbe company.
The strlksrs here are awaiting Richmond
developmente and It there is a strike there
the strike here will continue. The city
Is quiet tonight and tba striking electrical
workers nearly all have returned to work.
The atrlkera , met tonight and after a
closed meeting lasting several hours, de
cided not to go back to work under tbe
conditions prescribed la tbe decision of the
arbitration committee. Hugh Gordon Mil
ler and D. J. Coleman, Jr., counsel for the
strikers, advised them that they were bound
by their letter to the Chamber of Commerce
accepting the arbitration committee to
abide by tbat body's decision. Tbe strikers
refused to accept this advice and counsel
washed their bands of tbe case.
R. T. Lancaster Williams, president of tbe
Norfolk Railway & Light company, received
tbe result of the meeting at the Montecllo
hotel and Immediately communicated with
the Williams people In Richmond", by tele
phone. Tbe company la determined to run
Ita cars regardless of tbe strikers now and
will not treat with them aa an organised
body. Tbe company claims It a in position
to secure 600 motermen and conductors
within twenty-four hours.
END OF BREWERS' TROUBLE
Settlement of Prolonged Strike le
Caaddently Espeeted at Tonra
Conference.
CINCINNATI, O., March J. The lockout
of tbe brewery workmen of Cincinnati,
Covington and Newport, which baa been In
progress for a month, promises to end to
night. Tbe main Issue Is now on ths brew
ery workmen's request that all their men
be allowed to return without acting on tbe
recognition of tbe engineers' contract, and
tbat all parties to tbe controversy abide
by tbe decision of tbe Amerloan Federa
tion of Labor. . The brewera state that
tbe brewery workers . would be returned
if tbey would recognise the engineers' con
tract. Tbe United Brewery Workmen were in
session today and their committee on con
ference vasig,vn jfull power to closavith
the brewera t a conference to be held
tomorrow. There were over 2,000 men out
originally, but many have returned to their
posts. There -will be over 1,000 workmen
affected by the result of tbe conference
tomorrow.
STRIKE ON NORTHERN PACIFIC
Serleas Tleap la Ordered by
Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen.
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BUTTE, Mont., March I. A special to the
Miner from Missoula, Mont., aaya:
. The Rocky Mountain freight division of
tbe Northern Pacific, from Helena and Butte
to Hope, Idaho, Is tied up by a atrlke, palled
by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and the Swltchmen'a union, at meetings held
bare last nlgbt. '
Tbe trouble originated over a train crew
being discharged some days ago because
tbey refused to run around another crew.
Trouble baa been brewing for aome time,
but not until today was decisive action
taken by tbe trainmen.
A committee from the brotherhood Waited
Upon Superintendent Russell and demanded
tbat the discharged crew be reinstated, and
upon bis refusal a atrlke was declared, which
went into effect at I o'clock this afternoon.
Superintendent Rusaell when interviewed
tonight and said that tbe length of tbe tleup
was Indefinite, and tbat not a train wae
moving with the exception of mall trains.
BRIDGE WORKERS WAY STRIKE
Reject Terms of Employers and laelet
oa Their Orlsrtnnl De
aaanjds. PITTSBURG, March I. Local union No.
t of the International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers toalght unanl
mously declared to reject tbe proposition of
the American Bridge company looking to a
settlement of the difficulty over the wage
ecale for tbe ensuing year. About 1.JO0
members were present. About 1,000 men
are affected.
Blase tbe eoaterenoe at Penceyrd a Jan
uary 17, 18 and IS, the question of tha rate
of pay for tbe ensuing year bas beea In
dispute, tbe men demanding that tbey be
paid 60 centa per hour for a day of eight
boura and the American Bridge company,
which is the largest employer of this kind
of labor, coming back with a counter prop
osition from the employers for 46 coats per
hour tor a day of nine hours. It Is hoped
some satisfactory arrangement between the
company and the workers will be arranged
to prevent a strike.
DOWN ON SUNDAY FUNERALS
Ceaehmeu, Undertakers and Ministers
lalte la EsTerta Agalaat
Theaa.
TRENTON, N. t.. March . The Trenton
Coachmen's union, at a meeting last night,
decided not to drive at Sunday funerals. In
thla move they have tbe support of all the
undertakers of the city but one, wbe bad S
funeral today. His drivers will be expelled
from tbe ualon. ' An agitation against Sun
day funerala haa been going on In tbe city
for soms ttms snd bas tbs endorsement of
ths clergy.
CLERKS LOOK TO ROOSEVELT
Poetefaae Employes Draft Appeal to
President for toss -Work
aad Mere Par.
CHICAGO, March p. Chicago poetofflee
clerks' union of the American Federation
of Labor at a meeting today drafted aa ap
peal to President Roosevelt and Postmaster
Oeaeral Payne asking their assistance In
behalf of the clerks' efforts to secure by
legislation an eight-hour day and an In
crease In pay on a graded scale, ranging
from fAOO to $1,100. This action waa taken
because the clerks desired to comply with
the recent order of President Roosevelt
prohibiting government employee, from pe
titioning or In eny way attempting to In
fluence legislation by eongresa. The reaolu
tloos will be forwarded to Washington at
once.
COLLIERIES RESUME WORK
Coal Industries Will Benin Operation
After Flood, Kmployln- F.laht
Thoaaaad People.
SHAMOKIN. Ph., March 8 The local col
lieries of the Philadelphia Reading Coal
and Iron company and the Union Coal com
pany, which were closed down last week by
the floods, will resume operations tomorrow,
along' with a number of mines operated by
Individual companies.
Railroad sidings are again free of water
and snow. The resumption will give work
to 1.000 men and boya who have been out
of employment since the recent storms.
BAPTIZED INRIVER JORDAN
Cornelias Van Ness, Maltl-MUHonalre,
Gratlslee aa Ambition of
Years.
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., March . Word
bas reached here that Cornellua Van Ness,
the Octogenarian millionaire of Port Jervts.
formerly of New York, hae been baptised
in the river Jordan by Rev. William K.
Hall of Newburgh. N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Van
Ness sailed on the steamer Celtic for a trip
to tne orient, hla desire being to gratify
an ambition of yeara to be baptized in the
Jordan,
Odell Gneat of Preeldent.
WASHINGTON.' March l.-flnvrrnor P n
Odell. Jr.. of New York dined with
dent Rosevelt at the White House tonight,
remaining after dinner till a late hour.
Tomorrow be will again dine with the presi
dent. Tbe governor will remain here until
Tuesday morning according to the present
inns, ma vtsu nere, no said, la atmply
ir recreation and hla mission ia not
discuss politics.
Marconi Goes to Sydney.
MONTREAL. March 9 Signor Marconi
arrived here today enroute to Ottawa. He
expects to leave for Sydney next week after
making arrangemente with tbe Canadian
government and local firms for tbe neces
sary equipment for his etatlon.
FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW
Colder Weather Tuesday, with VarU
able Winds, Is tho Pledge of
tho Government.
i
WASHINGTON, Marcb Weather fore-
oast:
For Nebraska, Kansas. Oklahoma and In
dian territory Fair Monday and Tuesday;
colder Tuesday; variable winds.
For Iowa Partly cloudy Monday: warmer
In east portion, with rain at night. Tuesday
colder, wltb fair in west and clearing in
eaat portion; south to west winds.
Local Record.
OFFICE OF THSJ WW! A TWIT I? niTBtriTT '
OMAHA, March a. Official reoord of tem
perature and preoipltatloti compared with
the corresponding day of the last three
wv m. MM. 1900. 189
Maximum temperature.... 64 IS to 68
Minimum temperature....- 46 80 H 11
Mean temperature ........ 66 S3 44 47
rreoipttauon 00 .10 .00 .00
yteoerd of temperature and precipitation
rtgOmaba for this day and elnce March X,
Normal temperature
.1.
S3
22
47
Kxcesa tor tne aay
Total excess since March 1 ,
Normal precipitation
... .04 Inch
.... .04 inch
08 Inch
......28 Inch
.... .26 Inch
.... .03 Inch
T p. au.
uenoieney ror ine aay ........
recipiiauon since Marcn 1
)eflcfency since March 1
)eflolencv for cor. Derlod. 1901..
Excess for cor. period, 1900
Reports from Statloae at
it
: Bi
' i?1
: B
: a
! 3
CONDITION OF THE
WEATHKR.
Omaha, cloudy
Valentine, clear
North Platte, clear ...
Cheyenne, clear
Hal I .k. f'ttv .biiirfw
62 64 . 00
64 70 .00
68 68 .00
62 68 .00
40 44 . 02
68 64 . 00
0 , 66 .00
38 '44 .00
44 44 .00
64 68 .00
48 64 .06
48 62 .00
66 72 . 00
44 60 .00
42 44 .00
44 46 .00
60 64 T
RapidClty, clear ......
Huron, clear
Wllliston, clear
Chicago, ciouiy
mi. louis, ciouay ......
St. Paul, clear
Tuuaniinft rtltlMv
... a...
Itinlll Ctv. cloudtf
Havre, clear
Helena, partly cloudy
BismarcK, oiear
Oalveaton, cloudy
T indlcatee trace of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH,
Local Forecast Official.
M0J
Ths Vttsr is Ftr Superior io the Lithla Tablets
J. V. Shoemaker, M. D., LL. D. Profefr of MaUria Mcdtca and
JUrapetUiat in the MidJn-CkirurJical Colleyt of Philadelphia, tn the New lor Med
ical Jownal, July SW, 16W 'An Additional advantage smd oxtramly import
cuVi"VEiFi(fAt:Vonho Buffalo Lithia Water IkVtf.
position approximates that of the SEKUM of the BLOOD; therefore itia ad
mirably fitted for absorption into tbe blood current and immediate INCORPOR
ATION with the watery portloa of tho NU I KliiNT FLUID. K becomes
at one identical with tbe BLOOD SEKUM. Tbee are qualities which (ar
surpass thoes possessed by any extemporaneous solution of at siuKle
Chemical preparation, at when a LITIllA TABLET, g-, U dissolved to
water for immediate administration. When we speak of a dose, it ia of a
quantity altogether relative, and what the pbysiolan emphatically desires in a
iTci1 wSBorFoo Lithia YMter
"By SWEEPING URIC ACID rapidly ovtofthi tysiem H alUvMet ih miMrit of
Gout It it tjjicacunu in RHEUMATISM, BRIG11 1'S DISEASE, DIAUV1EH,
MELLI1 Us and a number 0 Nr R VOL'S At- J LC TIONH .
"Unquestionably, although trie speedy . removal of UKIL. ALIO ana other
prod not of faulty tissue change la of eonsplcuous . benefit, jeiio pnvent their form
nvition it a terviot $till more important, t?rtvrrt 1 rt I 11111 fi V-faTT-n vr b n
This service is performed by tho liUtFAiO LITlIIA liATEH it cor.
rests those digestive failures which
deleterious materials." '
CTfllLO LlTIQA VZATEB b' Grocers and DrusUU generally,
Tesatanoalels waleh eery all IsnpelaUoaaos a,n tloas eaat te any address.
V PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS. VIRGINIA.
SICSS OF TROUBLE IN CHINA
Capture' of Priest by Bandit Soldiery
Arouses tho Powers.
RUSSIA SENpS OUT FIVE HUNDRED TROOPS
Captive la M to Be a RelataarhU
' neae Officials Are Greatly Dis
turbed Orer Condition
'of Affairs.
PICKIN, March . 9. Chinese officials are
greatly disturbed over the conditions
around Jehol (Cheng Te), about 100 miles
oorlheeet of Pekin, where bandit soldiery
have captured a priest.
An official, of the Foreign office declares
that the Russians have already dispatched
600 troops to Jebol from tbe Manchurlan
border. '
The trouble began over the settlement
of xlalaas of native Christians and tt re
sulted In rioting between the Christians
and the non-Cbrlstlans. Brigands took ad
vantage of these conditions to plunder tbe
country snd the Russian telegraphic con
nections were Incidentally cut. The For
eign office Says that the captured priest Is
a Belgian.
It was reported March T from Pekin that
the Chinese court had ordered the Immedi
ate release of this priest In order to fore
Stall" the entry of foreign troops Into tbe
district of Jebol, which Is rich In gold
mines.
LONDON, March 10. In a dispatch dated
Sbanghai the correspondent of the Stand
ard says that Chinese merchants coming
from1 Port Arthur declare they have been
ordered to remove their families from Port
Arthur because preparations were being
made there fdr a war with Japan.
NO TROUBLE IS EXPECTED
Serious Developments Over Mission
.,' , Property In Chlna Are Not
Apprehended.
TIEN TSIN, March 9. The mission prop
erty here which Is in dispute between the
French and American consuls is less than
two acres In extent. It borders the Amer
ican mission property and was previously
ocoupled by undesirable Chinamen. The
French consul stopped building operations
on' the disputed property and placed a
policeman there.'' The French flag baa not
been raised over tbe property.
The American consul here, J. W. Rags
dale, la maintaining a firm attitude and
does not' believe serious developments to be
likely. The affair Is In the hands of tbe
French and American ministers at Pekin.
Tbe English Methodist mission of London,
the American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions and tbe Amelcan Metho
dist, mleelon all have property within tbe
extra concession claimed by the French in
June, 1900. Blnee that time the Amerloan
missions have purchased tbe adjoining
piece of property. Tbe French now claim
this latter property and have been collect
ing rents add levy taxes thereon. Mr.
Ragsdale protested agalnat such action and
caused American flags to be hoisted over
the property in question.
DRIVE CHINESE INTO RIVER
Russians Force Fire Thousand Ori
entals Into Amur, BtreVrlna;
' Banka with Corpses.
LONDON. March . A dispatch to tha
Dally Chronicle from' Berlin says tbe Rus
sian generaU Gribakl, who was 'responsible
for the massacre at' Blagoveatlehensk, baa
been dismissed from the army.
Acoording'to reports of the Blagovestle-
bensk massacre, about 6,000 Chinese were
driven by tha Russians Into the Amur river.
Russian ' troops -on ths banks clubbed or
shot any who attempted to land and the
river bank was strewn with- corpses for
miles.
TO CLEAR UP HEAVY DEBTS
Creditors of Lata Archbishop Pnrcell
Sleet to Settle BIx"mI11Iobs
Dalaace.
CINCINNATI, March ". A meeting of tbe
creditors of the late Archbishop Purcell was
held , ' today, at which resolutions were
adopted, asking for the discharge of the
receiver and appealing to Rome for special
collections throughout the United States to
wipe out the Indebtedness of which, there
Is a balance of about $6,000,000, Including
tbe accumulated. Interest of many years.
' - Saltan Releasee Prisoners.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Marcb . General
Chaklr Pashav brother of the grand vlcler,
who waa recently arrested by order of tbe
sultan, and tbe other officers taken Into
custody with him, bare been liberated.
WEkl
AWlk
The Great
Solvent
and Eliminator
rif URIC ACID
and other P0IS0IS
Its similarity to ths Blood Se
rum In Composition Secoant
crlhs "Peculiar Eft ctcy '
or this
if this Water In uric ita
; Vatsr
Uric
Diathesis
1, Gout, Rheumatism
, Diitnrs
Disease, etc.
are responsible for the production of
WILSON NOT TO QUIT CABINET
fterrrtary of Aarlrnltnre Ienlra R
port of Mis Intention to
Reslan.
WASHINGTON, Maroh 9 The attention
of Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural
department wae callsd today to reports that
he contemplated soon rsslsotns from Presi
dent Roosevelt's cabinet. The secretary
troated the subject very lightly, declaring
tbat the report waa news to hlra and adding
In reply to a apeclflo inquiry that he had
no Intention of taking the slap suggested.
W hile Janse Dnala Is 111.
BKWARD. Neb., March 1. (Special.)-'
The county supervisors held a special ses
sion Saturday afternoon and appointed Al
bert Leavens of Ultra as County Judge, dur.
lng the Illness of the present Incumbent, J.
W. Dupln.
Mre. Flake Only Rltghtlr Hart.
ST. LOUIS, March .-Mrs. Minnie Mad
derh Flske, the actrcna, who wae Injured
at the tlranil Opera house Inst nlsrht, left
for Indian molls thla afternoon with her
company. Inquiry at tha I'lantera' hotel
wnere Mrs. Floke stopped wnlln here, re
vealed the fart that her Injuries were
slight, being only a hrulse on the head.
INDIANaYoUIS. March . Minnie Mad
dsrn Flake arrived here this afternoon
from St. l.ouls. Her manager aald ah had
been but slightly Injured at Bt. Louts and
walked from the theater to her hotel. She
la feeling well today and Wil( appear here
tomorrow.
Crnlaer Cincinnati Anchors.
NEW YORK, March .-The Vnlted
States cruiser Cincinnati, which Is out on
a derellnt-destroylng cruise under ordera
from the Navy department, anchored off
the Fire Island lightship at 7:40 tonight. It
is probable It hna been at work blowing
up tha sunken four-masted schooner John
K. Rsndall, which went down litst month
nine miles southeast of the lightship and
from whose crew nothing hna been heard
since leaving Iialtlmore on Its voyage to
Portland, Me. "
Floods Start Han on Mines.
CINCINNATI, March .-The present rlsa
In the Ohio river hna started a great run
of coal from the Ohio and Mississippi val-
ieya. The rlvermen'' say over 8,fl00,fino
UBhels from the Pittsburg district and
over J.ftoO.OOO from the W'oet Virginia mines
out of the Kanwah are now on the way.
Victim of SnewattSe.
TELU'RIDR. Colo., Mnrch .-Tho body
of Luis Lundborg, a victim of the Liberty
Bell snowslide, was taken from the anow
today, lie was 40 years old ahd unmar
ried. .
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Woman" and "David Oarrick." Beats
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oa Tuesday
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Family. Clipper Quartette, James Cullea,
Wenona and Frank, Bldnay Grant, Wlngate
platers and Rosa Lee Tyler.
Prices 10c, 2ba and toe.
UUco'tTrocadtror8
M ATlkElS ToiAV loe ana uoe.
Entire Weak Including Saturday Evening.
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