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fl THE OMAHA DAILY 1JEE: MONDAY, MARCH 1002. hfld today wai that of the breaery workrr fit Boston, who have brva threatening to ttrlke tec-ause thlr demands for n elght . hour day and other condition have been re fused. The question of accepting a com promise offered br the brewers was dis cussed. Although strike talk freely Indulged In a rommlttee of six was appointed with full power either to settle the dlftValty or rail a strike. The demands of the work men having been Indorsed by the Central Labor union a strike, would result In a labor warfare against the product of the brew eries by the trades unlona of the city. Violence nt Norfolk. NORFOLK. Vs., March 23. A. C. Worrell and George Wynn. striker, who were ar rested at midnight last night, charged with attempting to wreck a car on the Norfolk Railway and fewer company, were re leased tonight on D00 bond each. The police claim Wynn had a revolver on his person when arrested. All cars are being looked out for tonight by guards. The suburban lines especially are being closely watched. There are fifty deputy sheriff on duty and all pedestrians are being scanned. A repetition of last night' trouble will mean the potslble re call of the Seventy-first regiment, recently relieved from duty. Keiv Orleans Vnlons Assertive. NEW ORLEANS, March 23. The Street Railway Employes' union, at a mass meet ing of the Central Trade and Labor coun cil, today passed resolutions urging a stand for recognition of unionism as more Im portant than other grievances. This doubt less will bring to naught conference to be held tomorrow, and If the union Indorse the demand a paramount a strike seem Inevitable. TO DISCUSS FREIGHT RATES Illinois Mtaafartsreri Will Tender tlinqoft to Aaaorlatea to Consider Transportation Interests. CHICAGO, March 23. Hundreds of manu facturers and shippers of the central states have been Invited to attend a dinner to be given at the Auditorium hotel Tuesday evening, April 1. by the Illinois Manufac turer' association, for the purpose of dis cussing "competition In railroad rates." President Charles H. Deere of Mollne will preildo and Charlea A. Prouty of Vermont, a member of the interstate commerce com mittee, will deliver the principal address. There has been dissatisfaction among manufacturers and shippers over transpor tation rate since January 1, when the Cen tral Freight association Issued a schedule of rate revising the classification of ma terial and merchandise. The Illinois Manu facturer' association filed a protest against the new schedule at the time, asserting that the revised classification was In reality an lncreaae of transportation charges on mixed carload lot. While the dinner Is Intended for a full discussion of tho ubject of railroad rate by practical men there la little doubt that the gathering will make a vigorous protest against the existing order of thing and demand a radical revision of the preaeut rates. HARRIMAN PARTY RETURNS On Ita Way to Han Franrlsco After Extended Trip Through Central ad Southern Mexico. EAGLE PASS, Tex., March 23. The Har rlman special returning from Mexico passed the frontier here today. In the party were E.,'H. Harrlman, Julius Kruttschnlt, H. M. Knowlton of the Chicago Alton, Dr. Lyle and Mr. Harrlman' private secretary. The trip embraced the principal cltlea of central and southern Mexico, Including Durango, Guadalajara. City of Mexico, Cuernavaca San Lui Potosl, Tamplco and Monterey. The party wa met here by First Vice I President Markham and Manager Van Vleck, of the Galveston, Harrlaburg ft San Antonio. The special left for San Franclaco via El Paao tonight. FEDERATION OF METHODISTS Northern Church Will Be I'raced to Adopt tally of Parpon with oath era Division. BALTIMORE. March 23. A a result of the meeting here of a Joint committee of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the gen eral conference of the northern church will be urged to adopt at lta next meeting a plan for federation In several branches of work. The adoption of this plan will result In a consolidation of mission work and the publishing bouse at Shanghai, China, the publication of a anion paper in Mexico and the preparation of a union hymn book, common catechism and common order of publto worship. The northern commissioners acknowledge that their church made a mistake in begin lng the work of a revision of the hymn book without flrat Inviting an equal com mission from the southern church. It has therefor been decided that the work of revision must be begun over again. The plan of federation ha already been adopted by the general conference of the southern church. BANQUET OF NEWSPAPER MEN oeerlntendeat Beynten Has Tost f Honor at Feast Given by Berlin Manager. NEW TORK. March 23. Dr. R. H. Mant ler, geseral manager of tbs Continental Telegrapnen compagnle (Wolff's News bureau) of Berlin, entertained members of th executive and editorial staff of ths As sociated Pres at dinner at the Deuticher vereta In this city Saturday night. Eleven men enjoyed ths doctor's hospi tality, Charles II. Boynton, superintendent of ths eastern division of the Associated Pre, occupying the chair at the host' right hand. At th close of the feast a fra ternal aiessage from the Associated Press men was cabled to Wolff's bureaa In Berlin. BAKER REMAINS AT LEXINGTON Dean of Christ Chareh Cathedral, Lex. lagtont Declines Chicago's Offer f Mors Money. LEXINGTON, Ky.. March 23. Dean Baker P. Lee of Christ church cathedral today announced bis declination of the call to Oracs church. Chicago. He had the call under advisement for two week and the cathedral wa glad to hear his decision. When th announcement waa made ths con gregation burst Into singing "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Plow." Th difference In salary In favor of th Chicago church was ((.500. Easy to Taho k Easy to Operate Becausa pareljr vegetable-yet thor ough, ptompt, healthful, satisfactory- flood's PJIlo LINCOLN HAS A LICENSE WAR Lively Prohibition Tight Being Waged at Btate Capital. BUSINESS MEN ORGANIZE TO TIGHT l.aet M eek of Campaign Promises to He a Lively One, Unlit to Zeal of Anti-Saloon Element. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 23. (Special.) The municipal campaign now waging here In Lincoln Is entering on Its last week, but strangs to aay the personality of the oppos ing candidate ha been almost completely obscured by the projection Into the fore front of th prohibition Issue under th local option feature of the Slocum law. The voters of Lincoln are called upon, when they cast their ballots next week, not only to say whom they want to serve In the municipal offices and the school board, but alao to express thmeslves in favor of or against the continuance of the licensing of the liquor traffic. The campaign of the no-license advocates was started with quite a flourish of trum pets and the exhibition of a number of star performers, chief among them being Mrs. Carrie Nation, who left her happy home In Kansas to ward off the impending evil from the happy home here. It must be confessed that the m-llcens people made considerable headway In quiet work of organization. Lincoln presents a very favorable field for tempera ice agitation, morn eo, perhaps, than any otner city of It alze In thl section. It has a very large church element, well distributed through out the city, and in addition to this, ex tensive educational institutions in the State university, denominational college and smaller academies. Over at the university a student organization has been perfected to promote the no-llrense movement. In fusing no little energy and enthusiasm Into It, and a number of rousing no-license meetings have been held In the university buildings. Aronses the Taxpayers. For a while it looked as if no systematic effort would oo made to head off the tem perance advocates, but the momentum of the campaign aoon Ret some of the business men and heavier taxpayer to figuring what would be the result If the proceed of tho liquor license were blotted out of the bud get. Inquiry revealed the fact that there are forty-two licensed liquor dealer In Lincoln, paying $42,000 a year into the school board treasury. The school district of Lincoln does not correspond exactly with the limits of the municipality, being more extensive than the city. While the adoption of the tax commissioner system for the city baa largely Increased the total of assessed taxable property and reduced correspond ingly tax rate for city purposes, the tax levy for the school fund is still made on the valuation fixed by the precinct assessors for state and county purpose, and 1 In point of fact $500,000 less than it wa a year ago. Neither doe the shrinkage in the as sessed valuation in the school district dats from only a year (,a)c. Five years ago each mill of the school levy produced $6, 260, while this year it produces less than $5,000, or a fall of nearly 20 per cent. What all this ha to do with the situation may be gathered from an overdraft in the achool fund which ha raised the ichool tax from 10 mill to 20 mills, notwithstand ing the concomitant increase of all the other sources ' of school revenue. To ac complish this the law had to be amended by the last legislature, raising the limit of the tax levy, school districts are empowered to Impoae from 15 to 20 mills, and Lincoln immediately went to th top notch. Importance of License Fees. The relative importance of the liquor licenses to th tax levy In the school finances may be seen from tho following exhibit, covering the period since 180$: Saloon Tax Rate Proceed Licenses. B'h'l Levy S'h'l Levy. 1K96 $36,000 9 mills $61,491.33 1897 37,000 10 mills ta.6StS.10 1898 41,1100 10 mills 60,82.87 IK'.O 42.000 11 mills B3.429.81 WW 41.000 IS mills "9.7K3.27 1901 42,000 20 mills 99,158.16 'The revnue from the liquor licenses, as I figure It, I equivalent to a tax levy of 10 mill," says Secretary Morris of the school board. "That is, if the liquor license are abolished we would have to have a school levy of 30 mill instead of 20 mills to get the present revenue. Of course this I im possible Just now because wo cannot exceed tho limit fixed by law, and ws are up to the limit. The Increase In the tax limit has been forced to meet our floating debt, and It ws want to reduce these obligation we will have to keep up our 20-mlll levy next year, and perhaps tor several year, with the liquor license continued. Cut dft ths liquor license money, and the floating debt would expand until some means were de viled to raise by taxation an equivalent of the license money." Business Mesr Organise. When they began to realize the situation as thus explained th Lincoln business men got together and by resolution decided al most unanimously to stand together for a continuation of the license system. At thl meeting there wa a great deal of oratory of Indefinite character. The speakers did not dare to discus the tax figures openly, but everybody present knew what was por tended. They talked about It a a moral question, but voted on th resolution as a business proposition. But to avoid appearing as champion of tho liquor Interests expression was also given in favor of Increasing the amount of the license fee exacted from th saloon keepers. Some difference of opinion arose whether ths increase should be mad in ths form of an occupation tax, which would go to the city, or of an addition to tho Ilcenae, which would go to ths schools. Th ex cise board took th hint quickly, and at its last meeting voted to require a $1.(00 license for the coming year, with only a few mild protests from liquor dealers, who seem satisfied that it Is merely an election bluff, to bs called in after the votes are counted. Appeal of Prohibitionists. Th new turn In th license campaign ha naturally tlrred up th no-llcens people for a final onslaught, aod tbey have issued a long address endeavoring to combat the business plea of their opponents. Th gist of their appeal may bo seen In th following extracts: Ths honest taxDaver la met at the three hold of duty with the financial bludgeon "What shall we do for money to run our schools?" A complete and sufficient an swer should be: "Ralee th money by some legitimate system of taxation and put aside forever in civilised communities the de moralising system of robbing the family of the drunkard to pay our school taxes." Have no fear that th schools of this city will be closed, or even seriously hampered. If our people rise up and declare that the saloons must go. But admitting for the aake of argument tsnd for no other pur pose) that our schools would be closed for a portion of next year, It would be an education of Itself, never to be forsotten. and surely not lost In the march toward a higher ana grander standard or punuo morality. Those engaged In ths traffic and those who defend the present license system insist mat even ir aaopita tne law eooimn In" aalouns cannot te enroroea. It Is a Door reason to urse for the In dorsement of a business, that if you da not Indorse It or lolrrut It, it will defy your lawa. ignore your constitutional rights, supplant the ordinary power of govern ment by It decree of anarchy, thus setting up a revolutionary power In local and stats government. It will b a (rent financial gain In the end, to sweep this waae eapplng, property destroying and pauper making business from our city. That the coming week will see a warm nlsh to this fight 1 conceded by all. but those who have been watching It without taking sides generally expect the no-llcense reposition to be voted down, although the prohibitionist may t counted on to make substantial showing. Declares Prohibition Successful. Colonel George W. Pain of Kentucky this afternoon In the Auditorium addressed an audience of 2.000 people in the Interest of the anti-saloon movement. He aald hi ob- ervatlon had led him to believe that pro hibition had been successful wherever tried. He declared that in Topeka, Kan., there I not a saloon, nor is a Joint known there to the police or the public generally. Pnf. T. F. M. Hodgman of the University Anti-Liquor 1-ague also epoke and an nounced that a well-known citizen of To peka would suon speak in Lincoln on the good result of the prohibition movement In that city. Rev. Fletcher L. Wharton epoke to a similar number on the same subject In St. aul's Methodist Episcopal church tonight. advocating In emphatic terms the discon tinuance of the saloons. Tbs Methodist church Is giving large assistance In the prohibition campaign and Its pastor, Rev. Wharton, I one of the leaders of the move ment. NEW COMPANY AT FREMONT Fred M. Richards Wins Contest for Second Lieutenancy by ! Klne Votes. FREMONT, Neb., March 2S. (Special.) The new company of the engineering and signal corps of the Nebraska National guard wag mustered Into the state service last evening by Lieutenant A. M. Hull, acting mustering officer. Fifty-four men tr-'t tho military oath. It was almost 12 v. dock before the last man was sworn In and the election of the commissioned officer took place, which resulted in the election of W. R. Brook a enptain, Rex Henry a first lieutenant and Fred M. Richard a second lieutenant. The first two positions had been gen erally conceded to Brooks and Henry, but for the second lieutenancy there had been a hot campaign for the last two week be tween the successful candidate and Frank Edgerton, principal of the High school. Richards won by nine vote. The non commissioned officer will be (elected later. The new company wa mustered In a Infantry and will be supplied with Krag- Jorgensen rifles, the same a used In the regular army. Later they will be reor ganized a a signal and engineering corps. NOT GUILTY OF ROBBERY Rising City Youths Show that They Merely Reaented an Insult with Physical Violence. DAVID CITY, Neb., March 23. (Special.) The preliminary hearing of Thomas Gar ham, Henry Garham, Edward Doty, Harry Ingalls and Fred Ingalls, charged with as saulting and robbing Ernest Schneller In Rising City the night of March 8, was con cluded In county court yesterday afternoon by Judge Skllea, who dismissed the case. Schneller, who claim to be a doctor, wa conducting a patent medicine show at the opera house. During the performance the doctor made some remarks casting reflec tion on tho Garham boy. Tho boy re lented the Insult by meeting the doctor on the street after ths show and giving him a good thumping. Th , evldencs failed to prove that any robbery bad been com- mlted. SILENT BELL DISCOVERS HIM Janitor of Blair Baptist Church Found Dying; of Apoplexy "When Ho Should Bo Ringing. BLAIR. Neb., March 23. (Special Tele gram.) The bells for morning service at the Baptist church falling to ring on time, search was made, and the Janitor, Alex ander Martin, was found in the basement. lying by the side of the furnace with his coat off In an unconscious condition, where he had fallen from a stroke of apoplexy. He Is not expected to live through the night. Mr. Martin Is an old and respected citizen of Blair and a member of the Grand Army of tho Republic. SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA SOAKED Rain Drenches Wide Area, to the Great Beneflt of All the Small Grains. M COOK, Neb., March 23. (Special Tele gram) A soaking rain has prevailed all over southwestern Nebraska sines last night and bid fair to continue all of to night, to the groat benefit of small grain. Tabic Rock Commercial Club. TABLE ROCK, Neb., March 23. (Special.) Ths Tabl Rock Business Men's Commer cial club 1 a reality. Its permanent organi sation having been effected by the election of these officers: C. H. Norrla, president; Oscar D. Tlbbets, vice president; F. M. Linn, secretary; C. J. Wood, treasurer. The club will meet the third Wednesday of each month. The club is formed to advance the business interest of Tabl Rock. The ex ecutive committee I composed of th presi dent, secretary and treasurer and W. L. Taylor, A. R. Kovanda, C. R. Smith and F. H. Taylor. Released and Rearrested. ST. PAVL, Neb.. March 23. (Special.) John Riley, George Lytle and Charlea Ad ams, arrested for burglary of a Jewelry atore In Dannebrog, had their preliminary examination before County Judge Smith and wer discharged by th court, but immedi ately rearrestd by th sheriff of Jefferson county on a charge of grand larceny to the extent of $90, committed at Falrbury lately. Verdict for Forcible Detention. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb., March 23. (Spe cial.) The forcible detention case of Rob ert McCutchen against William E. Wlnget was tried in Judge J. E. Douglas' county court before a Jury yesterday afternoon The Jury returned a verdict for the plain tiff. Workman Drawn Over Pulley. CLAY CENTER. Neb.. March 23. (Spe cial.) Clifford McDonald, an employs of an incubator factory, waa caught today In the belting and drawn over a pulley twice. His right arm was broken In two places and hs was othsrwlss bruised. Funeral of Mrs. T. F. Johnson. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., March 23. (Bps cial.) Funeral services of Mrs. T. F. John- ton wer conducted by Rev. Asa Sleeth this afternoon. Deceased had been an Invalid for a number of yar and died at her home la this city Friday, aged IT year. Early Thunder In Black Hills. DEADWOOD, 8. D., March 23. (Special.) The people of th Black Hills wsre coa slderably surprised by the visitation of a thunder shower In March. There wa con siderable of an electrical display. It 1 ua usual for thl section, where thunder 1 rarely beard before the latter part of April After a drenohlng rain the kle cleared. CnEER REDMOND AND DEVLIN Ten Thousand Toioei in Chicago Applaud the Irish Leaders. HUNDREDS PLEDGE SELVES TO LEAGUE Rlahts of Erin and Wrongs of Boers Form the Subject of an Impas sioned Outburst of Patrl otla Oratory. CHICAGO, March 23. William Redmond and Joseph Devlin, Irish member of Par. llament, before an audience of 10,000 per sons tonight, made a stirring appeal for the rights of Ireland and spoke In praise of the Boer In their struggle agfciust the British. At the close of the meeting hun dreds of person pledged themselve to the support of the cause by becoming members of the Irish league. "If our policy In ths British Parliament can do nothing else," said Mr. Redmond, "we can express our grief, stand upon the floor of the English parliament and cheer and call God' blessing upon the Boer every time the English aro defeated. "If we cannot In the English Parliament win home rule, I pramise you we will de stroy the Parllamei't of England; if we cannot govern ourse.'ves, we can take good care not to allow them to govern them selves." PLEADS FOR y)FFICE IN VAIN Commissioner of Imnlgrsllos Find Roosevelt Intent on Abolish ing jfrlctlon. NEW YORK, March 23. Commissioner of Immigration FltchleJwho ha returned from Washington, talked" freely of hi call on President Rooeevelt He said he felt that his visit had done no good and that both he and Assistant Commissioner McSweeney would leave their positions. He said: "I asked the president to send aentlemen of his t personal selection, 'a whom he had perfeB confidence, over to the Island and let tberAlook into our metnoas and see where we Emld do any better for the immigrant thai? we are doing. ' 'He would not HtHen to my prooosltlon. but said that ho hal decided because of the friction between Ntfc York and Washington that the beat thins to do was to remove the commissioner it this place. 'I told him he was mistaken, that there had never been any friction between New York and Washington, but between Wash ington and New Yofk. He would not listen to any argument, but flatly announced his decision that both ftr. McSweeney and my self must go." Mr. Fltchle knew nothing a to whom hi successor waa to be, nor when the appoint ment 1 to be made a MISSOURIANS ' ARE INCLUDED President of Sc-ntheru Educational Association Announces Stat Directors and Managers. TALLAHASSE. Fla., March 23. State Superintendent of Education W. N. Sheets, president of the Southern Educational as sociation, is arranging for the meeting of the association to be held In Chattanooga July 1 to 4. Ths Southeastern Passenger association ha granted a rate of one fare for the round trip over all railroads, plus the membership fee of $2. ree of !rais President SI appointments: made the following To Be State Directors Arkansas, Hon. J. J. Doyne, Little Rock; Missouri, Hon. Benjamin T. Blewttt, St. Loul; Texas, W. W. Barnett, Houston. To Be Stats Managers Missouri, Prof. W. H. Martin, Kansas City; Texas, H. E. Blair, Denlson. The association program Is being pre pared and 20,000 circulars will be sent out within a few days. HUNTS UNCHARTED ROCKS Abarenda Seeks to Render NaTlajatlon to Honolulu Safer for All Craft. SAN FRANCISCO. March 28. The gun boat Wheeling sailed today for Magdalena bay direct,' where it is expected the flagship Wisconsin will have arrived. Wheeling will put la a few days on the Peninsular bay, engaged In target practice, and will then proceed to Rlchlollnque coaling station, enroute to Honolulu and Pago-Pago. At ths last-named port Wheeling will take the plare of Abarenda, which has been on that station for a long time. Abarenda, Commander Kimball, will re turn to New York. After returning to Plchlollnquo Wheeling will keep a sharp lookout for uncharted rocks or shoals which sre reported about mid-way between Cape San Lucas and Honolulu in the neigh borhood of latltuds 18 degree north. KILLS YOUTHFUL TRAMPS Train Maaglet Two Boys Who Slum ber on Railroad Track In Tesns. EL PASO, Tex., March 13. Two boys. aged 15 and 17, members of a party of three, who were tramping across the coun try, were run over and horribly mangled by a train at Ysleta, fifteen miles east of here. They were asleep on the track. The third boy, Freddie Winchester ot Brunswick, Ga., escaped and states that the name of one of his companions was J. J. Johnson of Abilene, Tex. Ths same of the second boy he does not remember. but his homo was in Los Angeles. BUY BIG MILLING BUSINESS Wlanlpen Capitalists Acquire the Osllvle Plants for Threa and One-Half Million. MONTREAL. March 23. Charles R. Ho mer of thl city and F. W. Thompson of Winnipeg havs bought th extensive mill lng business of the W. W. Ogllvle Milling company. The purchase pries Is In the vicinity of 13,500,000. The business dates back to 1801. The company has three mills In Montreal, also mills at Goderlch, Sea- fort h. Winnipeg and Fort William. Th company will b reorganised and it bust neae extended. 0DELL DENIES MEDDLING Governor Has Ko Disposition to Lower Exposition Appropriation, as Stated by Stern. ALBANY. N. Y., March 23. Governor Odell today waa Informed of the statement mad In New York by Loul Stern, that th executive had used hi Influence to cut down th St. Loul exposition appropriation from $100,000 to $30,000 and had succeeded. The governor called attention to th fact that th bill a It passed the aassmbly car ried $100,000 and be said hs kasw of n disposition to hsvs it lowered. Arrested for Shooting. LEAD. 8. I)., March 23. (Special.) Ed ward Stewart, colored, who abot Daisy Smith twice, has been placed la Jail in lieu oi ii.wv oonaa. SOLDIERS SLAY RIOTERS Prison Guards Fire Ipsa Mob Whose Demand for Releoae of Strike Leaders is Refused. TIFLIS. Traja Caucasia, Russia. March 23. The Official Caucasus Gazette reports a trlke among the men employed at the Rothschilds' Petroleum works at Batoum, n th Black Sea. According to this newspaper 300 striker went, Friday, to th police station and demanded the release of the ringleaders who hd been arrested the previous day. This demand was refused. The strikers re assembled Saturday, attacked the Jail and attempted to release the prisoners. They fired at the soldiers who were guarding the prison. The latter In turn fired on the mob. Thirty of the rioters were killed and one soldier wss wounded. LONDON, March 24. It la reported here from Odessa, say the Vienna correspondent of the Pally Mall, that revolution and dis order have broken out simultaneously at Batoum, on the Black sea, at Tints, In Transcaucasia, and at Bakku, on the Cas pian sea. According to the report the movement wa apparently preconcerted In each town, and there were collision be tween the mounted troops and the rioters. The number of casualties Is not known. Several warehouses have been burned at Bakku. PREACHES AWHILE IN LONDON Rev. Dr. A. T. Pleraon to Fill the Tnlplt of Christ Church, a Fa vorlte of Americans Abroad. LONDON, March 23. Rev. F. B. Meyer, pastor of Christ church, Westminster Bridge road, has informed his congrega tion that negotiations have been opened to obtain the temporary services at Christ church, during the coming autumn and winter, of Rev. Dr. A. T. Plerson of Amer ica. Dr. Meyer will afterward resume hi pastorate. Christ church Is one of the favorite churches of the metropolis with American visitors. ZELAYA ACCEPTS INVITATION President of Nicaragua Agrees to Confer with Senor Igleslas on Canal Matters. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 23. Presi dent Zelaya has accepted an invitation from the president of Costa Rica, Senor Igleslas, to visit Llmon, Costa Rica, In or der to confer on matter pertaining to the proposed Nicaragua canal. The acceptance of this invitation is con tingent upon the passage by the United States senate of the Nicaragua canal bill. The date for the proposed visit has not been decided upon. MAXIME GORKI SUMMONED Ordered to Appear Before Tribunal to Answer for Political Offenses. ST. PETERSBURG. March 23. It has been officially announced here that the election of Maxlme Gorki to be an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences bs ben annulled. - Gorki has been summoned to appear before a tribunal to answer for political offenses. Oorkl was banished from the Russian capital years ago and the newspaper with which hs was conneoted was suppressed. YANKEES BUY MORE J EN I QU EN Tucntan Exports Largely Increased Volume of Fiber, Chiefly to 1'nlted States. P!Virn MTY March 23. The value of Jenlquen exported from Yucatan, mainly to the United States, during the first Ave montha of tho fiscal year, was $9,353,111, a gain of $3,146,000 over the exportation ot this fiber in the corresponding period of tha nravlmia fiscal Year. There are 1.200 Jenlquen plantations in Yucatan and 1,400 machines are in use for separating tnis fiber. EIGHT KILLED IN A RIOT Police Slain la Disturbances Between Albanlaas and Turk, and Fifty Arrests Follow. tMnoN. March 24. A dispatch to the Standard from Athens says that In a recent fatal riot at Phllates, la Eplrltus, between Albanians and Turks, the latter endeavored to rescue a noted criminal from ths local prison. Th disturbances were followed by a fleht In which elKht gendarme were killed. The troops arrested fifty Albanians. GAIL0R WANTED FOR LEADER Bishop of Tennessee AdToeuted for Commander-in-Chief of Sons of Confederate Veterans. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. March 23. A stroag movement ha been set on foot In this city to secure the election of the Rt. Rev. Thomas Gallor. Episcopal bishop of Tennea- see, as the next commander-ln-chtef of the United 8ons of Confederate Veterans. Ths N. B. Forest camp of Memphis ha unanimously Indorsed him for the position and a committee, consisting of the most prominent and Influential sons ot veterans In ths south called on the bishop and pre vailed upon blm to allow the use of his name at Dallas next month under the con ditions that his election be unsnimous and that the military feature of the organiza tion be eliminated. Promise of support have come from all parts of the country- FINE SITE FOR LITTLE FISHES Thirty Acres Selected Wear Tupelo to Hatch Out Fry for the Government. TUPELO, Miss., March 23 Hon. George M. Bowers, fish commissioner of the United State; John W. Pltcomb, chief of the fishery division, and Van Mayer, the ar chitect ot the fish commission, who have been her for some time, have selected a beautiful spot comprising thirty acres, near this city, for tbs new government fish hatchery. The government officials left to night to inspect the hatcheries at Neosho, Ma, and San Marcio, Tex. Brewed in t plant as clean as the cleanest home kitchen always open to your Inspection 58,971 visitors last year. ARRESTED AT CHURCH DOOR Insurance Agent Charged with Forgery and Mail Fraud. POLICE ON TRAIL OF BOGUS CHECK GANG Lewis Mrayer Admit Passing One and Detective Regard Him a Leader ot the Set They Arc After. PITTSBURG. March 23. A he was walk ing out of a church at Wllkinsburg today Lewis Strayer, an Insurance agent em ployed by. the Prudential Life Insurance company In this city, was arrested by a city detective and Postofflce Agent O'Brien on a charge of forgery and using the mall for fraudulent purposes. He confessed to having forged at least one check and the detectives thick he Is one of the leaders ot a gang which has literally flooded this city and New York with bogus checks for small amounts ranging from $15 to $35. Hitherto Strayer ha been a respected citizen of Wllkinsburg. When arrested he confessed to giving a forged check for $16.50 to a Wllkinsburg merchant on Satur day to pay a $4 bill, getting $12.50 In change. The officers say the writing on many forged checks now In their hands bears a striking resemblance to the one Strayer has confessed to, and a thorough Investigation Is being made. MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS Three Hundred Acres Just North of Ilontestake Bought by Denver Capitalist. DEADWOOD, 3. D., March 23. (Special.) H. J. Mayham of Denver has bought 300 acres of mining ground lying immediately to tho north of the Homestake ind the Hid den Fortune. The purchase takes in the Columbus mine and stamp mill, which be longed to William Lardner and Chris Ruth, the Dalton group of Gus Obery, the Buckeye group to C. W. Carpenter, the Rosslter Bros. group and two acres ol John Mur ray. The consideration is a little less than $500,000, and first payments, amount ing to about one-tenth of the total, have been made. Mr. Mayham has obtained the ground for a New York syndicate and tep have been taken to orgaalze the Columbus Consolidated Gold Mining company, which Is to have a capital stock of $3,000,000. The property lies along the northerly ex tension of the Homestake ore ledges. Join ing the Father DeSmet of the Homestake on ths north and extending almost to Sheep tail gulch on the north, where the vertical formation ceases and the horizontal begins. The owners of the Columbus, Ruth and Lardner have milled 12,000 tons of sre In a ten-stamp mill. It averaged them $4.35 a ton. The Columbus Is developed by a shaft 200 feet deep, in ore all the way. Accord ing to recent measurement there ars 200, 000 ton of ore blocked out on the different level of the mine. The new company pro poses to replace the, old hoist with new equipment aad to continue the shaft to the 500-foot level. The Columbua could only be worked dur ing a small part of each year in the past, owing to the abaence of water for milling purposes. Tho owners resorted to every means to obtain water and failed. During the spring and In wet seasons the mine paid handsomely. It is probable that the pur chasers will prepare to build their mills at a distance from the mine in order to obtain water, and will then haul their ore to the mills. This will be entirely feasible by working the mine on an extensive scale, as contemplated. A hundred men have been engaged for prospecting purpose at Ragged Top. They are In the employ of W. H. Burrage aod others of Boston, who have the bond on over 1.000 acres of ground, taking in the Spearfish and Deadwood-Standard com panies. The bond run for sixty day and It Is the Intention to explore the properties fully during that time. Thoma Goodman I in charge of the work and he has re ceived Instructions to put-on all the men h could procure, so as to open the ground a much as possible. The Spearfish and Deadwood-Standard are permitted to con tinue with their cyanide plants. SHEEPMENREADY TO SHEAR Arrange R.te of Pay and Agree to Clip Scabby Sheep p(e of Flockmasters Protest. CASPER, Wyo.. March 23.-(Speclal.)-The sheepmen of this section met here and prepared for the shearing aeason. C. K. Bucknum wa chairman and M. P. Wheeler secretary. It was decided to pay shearers 8 cents a head, the men to pay their board and all expense. Wranglers, Backers snd alley men will receive $2.50 a day. it was also decided that $5 must be paid at either the Casper creek or Platts river pens for esch 1,000 sheep sheared. It was decided to shear scabby sheep at both pen. The flockmasters with clean sheep protested against thin, but a th mn with cabby sheep or those that feared scab might appear in their flocks, were iu the majority, the objection of the others carried no weight. 0. E. Butler wa awarded th contract to shear all sheep at the rats of 1H cents per head, he to pay the shearers and ex pense ot sacking. It ha alio been agreed to pay new herder $35 a month after th flrt of April, instead of $40 a formerly. All herder now receiving $40 will continue to draw this amount, however. will speaITfrom" scaffold Woodward Threatens to Clve Names ot Persona Whom He Claims Rulaed lllm. CASPER, Wyo., March 23. (Special.) Workmen havs completed the stockads about ths county Jail. The gallows from which Charle Francis Woodward, murderer of Sheriff Rtcker, to be hanged next Fri day, 1 nearlng completion. It was first proposed to use a gallows stored In Omaha, which was la use there a number of years, but th local authorities did not msks ar rangements In time and it became necessary to construct a new scaffold. Ths rope with which Woodward will bs banged Is an Inch thick. Sheriff Tubbs has Issued his Invitations and there will be twenty-five or thirty people In the Inclosure to witness the hang ing. A large number of people can secure places of vantage on the roofs of neighbor ing buildings and It is expected several hundred persons will witness the execu tion. Woodward rays he will make an address on the gallows and It is tald will give the names of porsons who. he claims, formed and executed a plot to ruin him. The pris oner I In good health and spirits. Fidgety I people are lacking in nervous strength. The weak, care-worn, melan choly, headachy, and low spirited men and women are easily excited, impa tient, fidgety, and unable to sleep at night. 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Prices; Mat., 26o to 11.60; Night, Wo to li.UO. OMfiaHTON Trlephone Hit Matinee Wednesday, Saturday and Sun day, 2:lf. Every Misht, 8:15. HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE a Milton and lollle Noblm, Melville and PtfUun, Hanks and Winona Winter, Susie Klaher, Wilton lirothers. Vera King, Knight lirothurs and tho Klnodrome. Prlct-s, luc, 2tc and &to. Uurlpuque Catches 'Em Every Time Ulaco'tTrocidwrorftLENB M ATI .Efc TlilMV-lOo and HKi. Entire Week. Including Saturday Evening. BROADWAY BUFILESQUERS In a grand triple bill Comedy, Vaudeville, Hiirleaauo tjhai)ly atrlH, catrhy mualc Two shows daily. Evening prlcua, 10c, zOo and Vk: Hmoke If you like. HO I ELS. THE MILLARO "VZ'tt;,"' Newly furalxbed. greatly Improved, al ways a fuvoritu with state people. TWO DoLLAKH (and up) per day. European plan-ll (ami upi --r day. J. li. MAli KEL. A Bu.V, pioprlttora. C. H. Verplca, Manager. A. li. Davenport, Principal Clsrtt. ni l ..I wi