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    THE OMAHA DAILT 11KE: TiUTKSDAV, MA11CII 27, 1102.
the minority stockholders," Mid Mr. Mor
gan. "Vou bought )our stock on the open market?"-Yes.
elr."
"Vou did tint buy anything by private
tie?"
"Not a share"
"Whst did you learn ahn you came home
bout the dissensions and a to who had
control of the road?"
"We had control."
"By we, you mean yourself and Mr. Hill?"
"Not at all. I mean J. P. Morgan A Co.
nd their associates."
Mr. Morgan said t'nlon Tarlflo men were
put on the Burlington board In carrying out
community of Interest plan.
Old Krlirrar of HHPs.
The project of tha holding company for
tha Northern Pacific common stock had been
contemplated for a considerable time as
far back aa two years. Mr. Morgan aald
Mr. Hill had approached him two yeari ago
about organizing a holding company which
would throw the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern Interests together. . "I told Mr.
Hill that we could work together." aald
that witness, "but that we could not form
any closer alliance, aa that was against
law. The Idea of forming the Northern Se
curities company waa never thought of
prevlout to May 9," Mr. Morgan aald.
Mr. Morgan further explained that after
the experience of May fl he became more
trongly imbued with the Idea of forming
a holding company for the Northern Pacific
itock. "Thla waa what occurred to me."
Mr. Morgan continued. "I might, die or the
firm of J. P. Morgan A Co. might be dis
solved and In such an event I wanted the
Northern Pacific stock to be In safe hands,
that the stockholders might not suffer. 1
did not rare who went Into the company so
long as the Northern Tactile Interests were
safe, at they would be If I held a majority
of the stock."
"Such a majority you could not have
without Mr. Hill going; In with you?" asked
Mr. Lamb.
"I could. Mr. Hill did Hot have control,
nor did I."
Mr. Morgan later testified that he had
made a large sale of Northern Faclflc
stock to J. J. Hill.
"How much was It?" aaked Mr. Lamb.
"I can't remember." replied Mr. Morgan.
"Somebody has testified here thai It was
$10,0O0,00 worth?" said Mr. Lamb.
"Well,, that may be."
"This seema rather a large transaction.
Can you not tell us something about the
negotiations?" asked Mr. Lamb.
"A $10,000,000 purchase of stock doea not
seem a very big tranaactlon to me. I have
forgotten the details," said Mr. Morgan.
"Hill and I worked together. I'll work
with him any time. If It bad been different
I'll tell you an Instance of what I could
have done. Bay that I had bought the
Union Pacific- interests In the Great North
ern, what would Hill have doaa then?"
Mr. Morgan smiled at this suggestion of
what might have happened. He said he
did not help organise the Northern Securi
ties Company, but he approved the plan.
He thought $180 a share for Oreat Northern
rather high and $117 somewhat low for
Northern Pacific.
Tha witness wanted to put his Northern
Pacific In a company that was so large that
nobody could buy It. If It was deposited
In a small company It might be bought.
He saw Mr. Harrlman on his return from
Europe, but they did not talk about Union
Pacific nor about Northern Pacific.
Tha witness said J. P. Morgan & Co. hold
between 120,000 and 130,000 shares of North
ern Securities at the present time.
There waa a friendly cross-examination
of Mr. Morgan by Francis Lynde Stetaon.
To him tha witness said the retirement of
tha Northern Pacific preferred stock was
not part ef tha plan which culminated In
tha formation of the- Northern Securities
company, nor was It part of a plan to al
low tha Northern Sscurltlea company to ob
tain a majority of the Northern Paclflo
common. ....
Mr' Morgan denied that there was any
understanding or agreement In tha organ
ization of the Northern Securities company
looking to the control of rates or traffic, or
any agreement that would In any manner
obstruct or contemplate the obstruction of
commerce. .
He said that all parties to the agreement
had acted Independently.
Mr. Morgan said It was never contem
plated that the holders of Northern Pacific
preferred could change that stock for com
mon. The retirement of the preferred stock
as early aa possible was part of tha re
organliatlon plan of 1896. The retirement.
however, was not practicable until after
the common stock sold at par or above. Tha
preferred atockholdera, the witness thought,
would have changed their aharea for com
mon stock It they had had the opportunity.
Thla cloeed Mr. Morgan's testimony and the
hearing went over until tomorrow, when
Oeorge F. Baker wilt be called.
ALLEGED FORGER IS JAILED
Heeea Sekwarta, Cbarajed with For
geries Aggresratlsa; f lOO.OOO, Cap
tared In Pbllaaelpkla.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2. Moses
Schwarts,. who is wanted in New York for
alleged forgeries on the Seventh Natloaal
bank aggregating $100,000, was arrested
here today by Detective Sergeant Mc-
Naught of New York and Detective Meyer
of. thla city.
Catarrh
Hie beit authorities say, ia a disease
ot tha blood.
' Therefor local applications cannot
cure. .
-Being t constitutional disease It
requires a constitutional remedy
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
By thoroughly purifying the blood,
tht great medicine reduces the in
flammation of the mucous tuembrafift
and slope all catarrhal discharges ot
the nose, throat, stomach, bowels,
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Catarrh la especially dangerous In
persona who Inherit or have acquired
a predisposition to consumption.
In these and all other catarrhal cases,
- Hood's Sarsaparilla so thoroughly ren
ovates the blood and restores strength
and rigor that It permanently cures.
In tact, because of the character of
the disease, and the peculiar merit of
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eommon-inss treatment for. catarrh.
' I was a sufferer from nasal catarrh, grad
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I
DELAREY ESCAPES' CORDON
Kitchener Makes a Determined Effort to
Capture Boer Leader.
GETS SOME GUNS AND A FEW OF HIS MEN
t.arare amber of rattle taatared
RrlHah C'olanin Makes a Hard
Marht March to Find
Delarey Gone.
LONDON, March 2.V Incomplete reporta
of the result of the combined movement of
British columns against General Delarey
have enabled Lord Kitchener to announce
the capture of about 100 prisoners, three
15-pounders, two pompoms and quanti
ties of stock, wagons, etc. General Delarey
appears to have successfully evaded Lord
Kitchener's cordon.
la a dispatch dated from Pretoria at noon
yesterday Lord Kitchener says:
At dusk, on the evening of March 23,
the combined movement against Ielarey
waa undertaken by columns of mounted
men without guns or Impedimenta of any
sort. The columns started from Com
mando drift, on the Vaal river, and trav
eled rapidly all night, and at dawn, March
24, occupied positions along the line from
Commando drift to the Uchtenburg block
house line. The troops moved raplrtly
eastward, keeping a continuous line, with
the object of driving the enemy agnlnst
the block houses Or forcing an action.
The result has not yet been fully re
ported. Kekewi''h's column, after the
commencement of the action, captured
three 15-pounder. two pompoms, nine
prisoners and 1W mules, carta and wagons.
General W. Kitcheners column captured
eighty-nine prisoners, forty-five carts and
wagons and 1,000 cattle. There are a few
more prisoners on the block house line.
The troops covered eighty miles In twenty
four hours. Rochefort's and Rawllnson's
columns have not yet reported their re
sults. .
i Lord Kitchener In a later message says:
All the reports are now In. The total
number of prisoners Is 135. .
CECIL, RHODES DEAD
(Continued from First Page.)
suits, as all his enterprises were systema
tized ao thoroughly as not to need the mas
ter mind which was so necessary to their
Inception,
Owing to the very great success of the
DeBeers mines, the British Chartered
South Africa company . and other great
South African ventures, Rhodes' fortune
had been steadily accumulating. He lost
money by the war, but what Inroads that
made must have been trifling compared
with the many millions he possessed.
He never lost his open-handed, but some
what reckless, methods af handling money.
Not long ago he walked into the office ot
one ot his confidential subordinates and
threw down a bundle of notes, bonds, etc.,
saying: "Invest these for me," and went
out without watting to have them looked
at. Inspection revealed the fact that they
amounted to mora than 1,000,000. How
they were Invested Mr. Rhodes never knew,
or cared, for months later, as that night he
went oft on one of his wandering tours and
refused to allow himself to be bothered
with the details of the investment of his
millions until he returned to England.
Too Late to Affect Market.
The news of Mr. Rhodes' death reached
London too late to excite comment either
on the stock exchange or In the afternoon
newspapers. The . bulletin announcing his
death, which waa. sent, from- Capetown at
(:36 p. m., reached the newspaper offloea
just as tha final editions were. going to
press. Some of tha half-penny .sheets
turned out posters' telling of tha event, but
most of tha papers did not have tha bars
announcement of hta death.
Throgmorton was deserted when the- news
arrived, so there waa not a flutter in the
market. "Tickers" soon disseminated the
news in the clubs and hotels, where It
formed tha main topic ot conversation, but
the event haa been ao thoroughly dis
counted that it can hardly ba said to have
caused a ripple ot excitement.
RHODES A PIONEER OF EMPIRE
Earl Grey Furnishes Personal Esti
mate ot Character of
Decease.
NEW TORK, March 26. Earl Orey before
sailing for England gave to the Associated
Press an interview concerning Cecil Rhodea,
tha earl having received cablegrams from
South Africa which led htm to believe that
Mr. Rhodes had but a few days- to live.
Lord Orey knew the famous South African
leader intimately, having served with him
on the board of the British South Africa
oompany, and the intimacy grew when tha
earl was governor of Rhodesia. Lord Grey
satd:
"Cecil Rhodes Is the only exemplar, per
haps, in our generation, of those idealists
who In ths daya of Elizabethan adventure
made the Anglo-Saxon the predominant
partner in the world's firm. I need not
call up their names and tltl
Admirals all, they went their way
To the haven under the hill.
"They were all, after their kind, both
the admiration and the terror ot their con
temporaries, and I believe that with all of
them, from Drake to Robert Cllve, terror
rather than admiration was 'the keynote
they atruck. The conservative forces are
those who naturally are in control ot gov
ernments. 'We never know what ha will do
next,' said a friend to me ot Rhodes. Some
thing big, soma great development that
might Involve perhaps a change in the very
constitution of our empire. Ths world, at
least Its governors, do not much like such
men as these who keep them awake at
night, and so the greateat Englishman ot
our day baa coma to he looked upon, and
not by tbs British mandarin only, with some
mixed feelings.
Faith In Aaaerleeat Principle.
"One thing I should Ilka especially to
point out. He had a never-falling con
Sdenoe in the growth ot tha federal prlo
ctple ot government. He admired the
American nation enormdualy.' but for this
strange and detached reason he believed
that you owed your prodigious, orderly de
velopment to tha splendid construction ot
your constitution. I personally always have
opposed home rule. Being at that time la
the House of Commons. I left Mr. Glad
atooe'a party over thia lasue. Rhodes, how
ever, never wearied ot assuring me that
ought to have gone forward, that In thia
direction alone was safety, that tha Irish
were building better than they at all knew
that their demand was on all fours with
the American state right platform and that
in the very rapidity of the proposed cbanga
was our best promise ot safety.
"Ha gave, you may recall. 10.000 to Mr
Paraell. Thia girt waa a rock ot offense
to the best whig element In our country
for example, to tha Spectator but Rhodea
believed with Sir Hercules Robinson that
Ireland would make one or two orderly
states of a federal union; he saw that the
federation of Canada had been agreeably
arranged and that la tha Canadian settle
meat a race problem bad keen solved; that
tha time for Australian federation was now
at hand,' that a peaceful (aa he thought)
federation of South Africa was Inevitable
and that with certain modifications la our
second chamber, ae that It might evolve as
aa Imperial senate, the federation ot these
vartoae components late en imperial union
would be secured ana In our time."
Earl Orey then turned the coaversatloa
to the famous Jameson raid, calling It the
"Unhappy raid which obscured my friend's
bright lUht."
"But let us be fair to him." continued
Lord Grey. "Rhodes, in the first place, waa
premier In Cape Colony. He knew that
Kruger would fight to the death any federa
tion of South Africa under our flag. He
knew that either South Africa must come
under the Dutch flag or the English flag,
or that the alternative was the 'national
system,' or, rather, the welter and chaos
you see In South Africa today. It the
Tranavaal, arming to the teeth, continued
this condition, then also every man In our
colony ot Natal must similarly arm. It la
no longer possible that a chessboard of
little armed 'nations' can be permitted to
menace the peace and orderly progress of
the entire world. You have got this in
South Africa, we have got it In the Balkau
peninsula, and, therefore, war clouds gather
at all times over central and eastern Eu
rope. Rhodes saw this, he saw that 'Inde
pendence' on the Kruger plan was Incom
patible with individual freedom, that It In
volved all-round militarism.
"Then, again, he had great financial In
terests In the Transvaal, and these gave tho
moral right to effect a revolution If he
could. Here was a so-called republic re
fusing to a majority ot its community the
franchise, while levying taxes at the rate
of J0 per capita per annum and turning
two-thirds of this misbegotten revenue Into
munitions of war. Kruger aimed at arm
ing all the Dutch in South Africa with the
gold he levied from the Rand miners.
Alma to Destroy Kragerlam.
"I don't want to discuss the ethics of or
the cause of that war, but I want to make
It clear that my friend wanted, by the
help of a coup d'etat, to destroy Krugerlsm
and secure for the Transvaal the same
political conditions, namely, equal rights
for all white men, as obtain in Cape Colony
and Natal.
"He failed, the raid failed. Dr. Jameson
upset 'my applecart,' as Rhodes phrased It,
and the abortive raid represented Rhodes
himself to all mankind In a false light.
Let me tell you a touching little Incident
which pleasantly reflecta my friend as I
see him. I was In Rhodesia with him the
year after the raid. His house at Cape
town, which contained tha collection of a
lifetime and which, as Rhodes never mar
ried, waa almost as near and dear to him
as a wife and family, was burned to the
ground. Coming on top of the raid, the
rinderpest, the Matabele war, this culmi
nating trouble alarmed his friends for him,
and I was asked by wire from Capetown to
break It to him. I said to him as we were
riding on the veldt:
'Can you bear to hear of another great
disaster which has overtaken you?'
'Rhodes la a man of great nerve, but he
turned very pale and said: 'What Is It
now?'
I said, 'Your home is burned.'
'Oh, thank God,' he said, "I feared poor
Dr. Jim (Jameson) waa dead.' The doctor
had been very 111 In prison and we were
both anxious about him."
Passing to the expected death of his
friend, Lord Grey said:
Considers the World Poorer.
"The world will be poorer, no one will
dream such dreams and try to draw them
on a map, no one living perhaps will try aa
he would have tried to federate our empire
on the American system. Rosebery, yes, ha
will try; we will many of us try, and we
will succeed. Others can carry on his
work. I am happy that I went to Wash
ington, where these things look at one
fully accomplished. Such men as your
president, Senator Hoar and others I could
name give those who come near them much
encouragement. A great genius goes out
with Rhodea; true, his work will go tor
ward in some ways more smoothly per
haps, because he bad Inevitably aroused
great antagonlam, but we shall not see hta
like again, and his passing will, for me
and many others, take much color from our
lives. 'Other nations,' he once aald to me.
will pursue peace, but the two great Eng
lish-speaking nations standing together can
enjoin it.' "
Lord Grey concluded by saying: "When
his will is read it will be known with what
Intention Rhodes, who never wasted a
precious moment on pleasure or self-in
dulgence, had collected a great modern
fortune."
AS A CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY
John Hnya Hammond Saya Rhodes
Waa Truly Great, Judged by
American Standard.
NEW YORK. March 26. John Hays Ham
mond, who was many years and up to the
time of the death of Cecil Rhodes Inti
mately associated with him In the develop
ment of South Africa and who was con
suiting engineer of the British South At
rlca Chartered company and the consoli
dated gold fields ot South Africa, in which
Mr. Rhodes held important Interests, had
thla to say of Mr. Rhodes:
Mr. Rhodes, whose sun went down when
It was yet day, dies in the forty-seventh
year oi ms aae. ie leavea no nosteritv.
but leaves bis name on the map of Africa
(Rhodesia), sponsor for a commonwealth
nearly as large aa our western states. Had
ne uvea ne would nave devoted the re
maining years of his life and would have
spent every dollar of his fortune in equip
ping that commonwealth.
Misunderstood la America.
Unfortunately, his character has been
misunderstood In America. Judged by
American standurda, Mr. Rhodes was truly
a great man. He waa not onlv a arrat
empire builder, but also a captain of In
dustry. He ia oftener reported aa a shifty,
unscrupulous nnancier, in league with
capitalists to roax the Transvaal Into a
hopeless war, In order to steal the mines
of the country.- He Is alao reported as
giving his entire life to the amassing of
large weann ana reany io employ me most
unscrupulous memoas to mm enn. nut
bv the most bitter of his enemies, convers
ant with the facts, such allegations are
repudiated.
The truth is. that Rhodes cared little for
money beyond the power It gave him to
assist in the development of South Africa.
From a most Intimate connection with him
in his buslnesa enterprises. I am able to
state that his methods or finance were not
only scrupulously honorable, but were
characterised by unusual liberality. He
waa known to South African aa a man
of unbounded generosity and one on whom
they could depend tor tne rurtnerance of
any deserving local enterprise or worthy
charity.
Democratic and I'neonvratloaal.
Personally. Mr. Rhodes was democratic
In his tastes and colonial in his nolttlr
and social bias. He was fond of the slmplwr
and better pleasures oi lire, devoted es
pecially to outdoor life on the veldt, and
had a contempt for and dislike of social
conventionalities. He was a man of Innate
refinement and culture and a graduate of
Oxford. Rhodes had an Indomitable spirit
and dogged perserverance. He waa im
aginative, but not a mere visionary. He
waa built on broad lines and lie abhorred
petty politics, which he contemptuously de
signated as the politics of the parish pump,
and he deprecated quite as strongly what
he termed the "unctuous rectitude ' of cer
tain statesmen.
Politically, he was a great admirer of
democratic Institutions, but at the same
time he was a loyal Imperialist.
Rhodes had hla defects and faults, but
these will not obscure the glory of his
name. Oreat men. It is said, are made of
faulta. Of one thing there can be no doubt,
that Rhodes' ideals were pure and lofty,
and I believe that history will deal rather
with his Ideals than with his achievements
and methods, and that he will therefore
rank high among the great men of the
nineteenth century.
Cecil Rhodea found In the meditations of
Marcus Aurelius many Inspirations for hla
ewn career. I'ntll the unfortunate Jameson
raid, (or which he haa received far mora
blame than hd deserved, as history will
prove, he was popular with the Dutch of
South Africa.
Within a short time there would have
been a revulsion of feeling, and, strange
as it may sound today, Rhodes would have
been able to re-establish his influence with
the Putch. and be would have been quick
to take advantage of th. situation, and
would have pasaeU Into hiatory aa the great
aaclncator of South Africa. . TUIa eatlinata
of Rhodea Is shared even today by many
of the progressive Dutchmen in the country.
DOLLIYER FOR THE OLEO BILL
Iowa Senator Arraigns the Industry as
Lawless.
SAYS IT WORKS UNDER FALSE PRETENSES
Delivers F'orreful Argument for
Measure Providing; Tax I non Pro
duct Which lie Declares la
for Dairy Interests.
WASHINGTON, March 2. Throughout
today's session of the senate the oleomar
garine bill was under discussion. The de
bate was Interesting at all times and some
phsses of It were amusing. Mr. Hans
brough of North Dakota concluded his
speech begun yesterday In support of the
measure, maintaining that the oleomar
garine Industry had been outlawed by the
legislatures of many states and that' It
ought to be compelled by congress to take
oft Its mask and place Its product on the
market for what It really was.
Mr. Stewart ot Nevada declared that the
proposed legislation was -unnecessary and
that there was no more reason tor taxing
colored oleomargarine than for taxing col
ored butter.
The principal speech of the day wss de.
livered by Mr. Dolllver of Iowa. He spoke
forcefully and throughout commanded the
attention of his colleagues and many mem
bers of the house who had come to the
senate to hear him. He scathingly de
nounced the oleomargarine Industry, de
claring that It had put Itself in oartnershlp
with lawlessness and false pretenses. Mr.
Dolllver concluded his speech with a glow
ing eulogy ot farm life and of the Amer
ican farmer.
Tax on Evident Fraud.
Mr. Hoar and Mr. Lodge of Massachu
setts explained that their reason for sup
porting the bill wis that It was a tax on an
evident fraud.
Mr. Dolllver, in support of the hill, said
he had been much impressed by the cheer
ful way In which the senator from Missis
sippi had stated that the pending bill would
be left with only a bare doten or votes
If a secret ballot upon it could be taken In
the senate.
Since I made that statement," said Mr.
Money, "I have had assurances from that
side of the chamber (the republican side)
that It Is a fact."
In the course of his speech Mr. Dolllver
declared that the oleomargarine manufac
turers and some of the dealers In the ar
ticle were evading the law of 1886, which
provided that every package of oleomar
garine should be stamped plain.
Dolllver Producea a Sample-.
In oroof of his statement he exhibited a
package of oleomargarine "which he had
purchased from a famous butter dealer" In
Chicago. He said the package was marked,
but It would tax any man's Ingenuity to
find the mark. He then handed the pack
age to Mr. Tillman and challenged him to
Bnd the mark required by law to be on the
wrapper. Mr. Tillman failed to discover
the Imprint. Mr. Dolllver pointed it eut
printed in fine type in a corner of the
wrapper. The incident excited lively In
terest and amusement.
Mr. Dolllver referred to a well known
oleomargarine and butter dealer In Chicago
who spent more than half ot his time In
the courts for violating the oleomargarine
laws. "And he never gets Into the courts."
he said, "unless he flads there side by side
the attorneys for, the oleomargarine manu
facturers." ' ' '
Mr. Dolllver- declared that "the only way
to break up a-aest like this was to reduce
to a minimum? the profits of rascality." -
He Insisted that the proposed law would
not Interfere with legitimate Industries
which supplied raw materials to the oleo
margarine manufacturers and that the
oleomargarine Industry itself should be
wiped out, however, it must be borne In
mind that the' American dairy Interests
represented far more than ell the interests
which contribute raw material to the oleo
margarine Industry.
Mr. Hoar said one of the greatest dangers
to the country was (he establishment of the
principle that the taxing power of the gov
ernment could be used as a means of pun-
lBhlng and suppressing vice or crime or any
form of wrong doing. From that point ot
view the pending bill could not have his
support, but congress, undoubtedly had the
right under its power to regulate inter
state commerce, to suppress, if need be,
any deleterious article.
The senate then at 4:10 p. m. went into
executive session aad a few minutes later
adjourned.
RENEWS HIS ATTACK ON HAY
Burleson ef Texas Criticises Secretary
of State and Hilt Defend
Him.
WASHINGTON. March 26. General de
bate on the military appropriation bill was
concluded today and consideration ot the
LOST LAKE.
Said to Be Fabulously Rich In Coarse
Gold.
Prospecting tor gold makes husky men
even If they don't always find the gold.
Sometimes these men can tell interesting
tales.
Joseph Mqrehead, whose headquarters
are in Elgin, Ore., writes: "Last fall
came down here, attracted by the rich
strikes in the Baker City fields. On my
arrival I heard a 'fairy story' of a 'lost
lake' in the Blue Mountains which was
said to be fabulously rich In coarse gold
The story had all the 'ear marks' ot tbs
'lost mine' and 'lost cabin' stories to be
heard In every mining district: prospector
driven out by Indians, brought pocket full
of nuggets with him, died and left ths
customary rough sketch of the locality.
etc.. etc.
I determined to have a look for It, and as
the formation Is volcanic it is too rough
for pack animals. . The problem was bow to
earrv food enough, in addition to my nick
pan and blanket tor a two weeks' sojourn
in the mountains.
I had. a short time before, been prospect
Ing with an old mountaineer in the Bitter
Root range in Montana. He was an en
thuslast on the subject ot Grape-Nuts and
Postum Coffee. In fact he lived on them.
I uBed to 'Josh' him about his 'grub' but
scon grew to like It myself and finally got
to eating Orapo-Nuts three times a day and
as much oftener as I got the chance.
So with my former experience in mind I
got five packages of Grape-Nuts and some
packages cf Postum Coffee which with a
little sugar and salt were all the supplies
I took with me, and tor nine days laborious
ollmbing over the roughest country out of
doors I had nothing cIbs except an oc
casional trout caught from the stream
I came back feeling first class and am offer
log to bet that I can average thirty miles
a day over mountain trails with thirty
pounds of blankets, etc., on nothing but
Grape-Nuta."
This food cae be digested and will fat
ten a nursing Infant and It alao sustalas
and works wonders with the hardest pays
leal and mental workers. Including football
and baaeball players, athletes of all kinds,
editor, doctors, ministers, lawyers, busi
ness men and other brain workers.
bill under the flve-mlnnte rule begun. Dur
ing the debate Mr. Burleer of Texas re
newed the attack on Secretary Hay on ac
count of the allegations regarding the Boer
relief funds subscribed In Illinois. Mr. Hltt
of Illinois replied briefly, saying there had
been no developments in the matter and the
secretary had done all that was possible.
Several other brlof speeches Were made,
some In criticism of different provisions of
the bill. At the beginning of the session
the house psssed the Burleson resolution,
calling on the president for Information
relative to the application of General Miles
to go to the Philippines.
Mr. Warnock of Ohio protested strongly
against the provision In the bill which de
prived retired army officers from receiving
an Increase in longevity pay after their re
tirement. He contended that this provi
sion did an Injustice to officers who were
wounded or had become disabled In the
service. The longevity pay, he argued,
should be Increased up to the maximum of
40 per cent allowed by law to active of
ficers.
While Mr. Warnock was talking about the
sanguinary battles of the civil war and con
trasting the percentage of lost with other
decisive battles of the world, Mr. Burleson
of Texas raised a laugh by asking him to
furnish some comparisons with the bloody
battle of San Juan Hill. Mr. Warnock re
plied that the question was somewhat em
barrassing, whereupon Mr. Burleson with
drew It. A moment afterward Mr. Burleson
asked for a comparison of the brevets
granted at Gettysburg and San Juan. An
other laugh followed and Mr. Warnock re
plied that he knew little about the Spanish
war.
Mr. Burleson secured the floor and re
verted to the resolution passed by the bouse
some time ago calling on the secretary ot
state for Information relative to the re
fusal of the State department to grant a
request preferred some time ago, In behalf
of Rev. Dr. Hiram W. Thomas and wife,
who desired to enter the Boer lines In South
Africa for the purpose of distributing re
lief to noncombatants. He said that It
was not a passport for Dr. Thomas which
was desired, but the good offices of the
State department to secure a permit to
enable Dr. Thomas to get through the Boer
lines. Mr. Hay's letter to Mr. Hill, be de
clared, was an "evasion."
Tribute to the Boers.
In the course of his remarks Mr. Burle
son paid a high tribute to the fighting
Boers and expressed the hope that they
would keep up the struggle for liberty
until every British soldier was driven
from South Africa. He contrasted "the
magnanimous treatment of General Me-
tbuen by the Boers with the horrible exe
cution of General Scheepers by the Eng
lish." In concluding Mr. Burleson predicted
that In less than one year there would bs
auother Interchange of notes between the
president and a member of his cabinet and
the "little pro-British secretary ot state,
the little author of 'Little Breeches,' would
follow the other cabinet officers of a former
president Into private life."
Mr. Hltt of Illinois, chairman of the for
eign affairs committee, replied very briefly
to Mr. Burleson. Everything Mr. Burleson
had produced, he said, had been presented
before. As far as the charge of "evasion"
on the part of the secretary of state was
concerned he said that the secretary's frank
letter completely disposed of that. He had
done all be could and was now In consulta-
tatlon with Governor Yates, through whose
Instrumentality the Boer fund had been
raised, and no doubt a way would be found
to get relief funds to the Boers.
Mr. Patterson ot Tennessee criticised the
general conditions in .the Philippines and
charged, that a state of slavery existed
there which should be remedied at once.
Mr. Kern of Illinois spoke In defense of
the army canteen.
Mr. Breaxeale of Louisiana denounced
the action of the committee on naval affairs
In refusing to report the several Schley
resolutions, thus preventing the bouse from
expressing Its sentiment on the subject.
He referred to the "unfair treatment re
reived by .Admiral Schley" and character
Ized as most unjust the president's ruling
that the battle of Bantlago was a captains'
fight.
The reading of the bill for amendment
was then proceeded with under the five-
minute rule.
The provision limiting the longevity pay
for retired army officers to the sum allowed
and paid at the date of retirement went out
on a point of order. Mr. Stevens of Min
nesota then offered a substitute, which
he said, involved two propositions, ons
providing that no further Increase of Ion
gevity pay shall accrue to officers now on
the retired list and the other that officers
hereafter retired shall not be paid any
increase of longevity pay above tha sum
paid at the ' date of retirement. The
amendment was adopted, and at 5 p. m. the
bouse adjourned.
WOOD WANTS MAINE RAISED
trees War Department to Recover
Sunken Shell of the Fated
Ship.
WASHINGTON, March 26. General Wood
has brought to the attention of the War
department, through the medium of a formal
letter, tha propriety of making soma ar
rangements for the raising of the wreck
of Maine from the ooze and mud in
which It lies embedded in Hsvana harbor
It is stated by him that not only are there
sentimental reasons for this, owing to the
fact that according to common belief, the
remains of forty or fifty American sailors
lie within the sunken hull, but this heavy
steel structure Is also a menace and ob
struction to navigation la the harbor of
Havana, and It Is the duty of the United
States to the Cubans to remove It.
The expenses attached to the undertake
Ing Is very heavy, the bids ranging any
where from $400,000 to $700,000. Several
tentative arrangements were made with en
terprising contractors who wished to use
the material of the wrecked ship to make
souvenirs, but they have all failed and Sec
retary Root, upon securing a more detailed
statement of the tacts irom ueneral wood,
will submit the question to congress, prob
ably without recommendation as to whether
Maine shall be raised.
Nominations by the President.
WASHINGTON, March 16. The president
today sent the following nominations te
the senate:
Indian Agents George C. Goetschell,
Devil's Lake agency. North Dakota; Albert
M. Anderson, Colvllls agency, Washing
ton; Herman G. Nickerson, Shoshone
agency. Wyoming; - A. W. Thomas, Fort
Berthold agency, North Dakota.
Civil Engineer M. T. Endlcott, V. S. N.,
to be chief of the bureau of yards and
docks, with the rank of rear admiral.
Mexican Secretary Dropa Dead.
WASHINGTON, March 26. Enrique
Saotlbanex, second secretary of the Mex
lean embassy in this city, dropped dead on
the street here this afternoon. He was a
consumptive and his health had been poor
of late. Senor Santlbanes had been eta
tloned at ths embassy at Washington six
teen years, having come to this city with
former Mlo'ster Senor Romero.
Hammond (SBlrnsel for Fremont.
WASHINGTON, March 26 The senate to
day made these confirmations:
Postmasters:
Illinois E. M. Love, Lewlstoan.
Nebraska R. L. Hammond, Fremont.
South Dakota C. W. Nugen, Kltrball.
NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE BAIL
Neeley, Ruth bone and Reeves Are Placed in
Havana Prisons.
SPANISH LAW PRECLUDES ANY BONDS
Counsel for Former Director and
Treasurer of t'nhaa rnstoltlee
Department Will Appeal
Their taaee.
HAVANA, March 26. Estee G. Rathbone,
the former director of posts, who wss ar
rested last night after having been sen
tenced the day previous to ten years' Im
prisonment and to pay a fine of $35,324. as
a result of his connection with the Cuban
posts! frauds, remained In the Vlvao prison
all night. Today be was taken to the carca
(a Jail) accompanied by a number of
frieuds.
Rathbone's bondsman, a Spanish mer
chant, went to the court thla morning and
stated he was willing to furnish bonds In
any amount, but bail was absolutely re
fused.
W. H. Reeves was also removed to Jail
today. He was formerly deputy auditor of
the Cuban postofflce department and was
sentenced with Rathbone and C. F. W
Neeley to ten years' Imprisonment and to
pay a fine of $35,616 for misappropriation
of postal funds. Neither Rathbone nor
Reevea has the 'option of ball. This is be
cause their sentences are for more than
six years' duration.
Although the law In certain circumstances
permits the acceptance of ball until tbe
sentence shall be executed, the court holds
that there are no circumstances In tbe pres
ent case to warrant the acceptance of
ball. Coder tbe Spanish law the court Is
allowed to accept ball when the accused
has a good record, where there is no reason
to suppose that be will attempt to escape
Justice, when the crime of which he Is
charged has not produced alarm and If it
Is not of constant occurrence.
Counsel for Rathbone and Neeley will ap
peal the cases ot their clients.
FUNST0N SCORES CRITICS
Saya Certain Papers Wilfully Misin
terpreted Ills Remarks In
Lotus Club Speech.
TOPEKA. Kan., March 26 General Fred-
srick Funston was In this city today on bis
way to California. General Funston de
livered a scathing denunciation of tbe east
ern newspapers which criticised his speech
before the Lotus club In New York. He
said:
I have been nagged by that class of pa
pers until I am tired. Immortally, they
wilfully misinterpret my remarks and I am
glad to express my independence of their
opinions ana their talk, and the,! or their
kind, about my i.slng dishonorable and
unfair means in the capture of Agulnalio.
also that I violated the articles of war
They know a great deal more about the
articles of golf than they do about the
articles of war. Everything- is permissible
in a campaign except the use of poison or
the violation of a flag of truce.
As a matter of fact, only four of my men
on the expedition were dressed in the in
surgent uniform. The others were dressed
aa Filipino peasants. President Roosevelt
approved heartily of -my remarks before
the Lotus olub banquet and was very unx
lous to hHVe me go to Boston on the invita
tion of Senator Lodge and make the same
speech there, but my orders were such
that it was Impossible for me to go.
DEATH RECORD.
,, Kudelph. von Kaltenborn.
MILWAUKEE. March 26. Rudolph von
Kaltenborn, well known in German veteran
circles as well as among llterateurs, Is dead
at Merrill, Wis. Mr. von Kaltenborn was
an officer in the Hessian army and aerved
for Prussia through the Franco-Prussian
war. He was 62 years of age and was the
son of the minister of war for tbe princi
pality of Chur-Hesse, having grown to man
hood at the court of that country. He held
the rank of lieutenant In the army of his
native land.
Lieutenant Commander Bralnerd.
LOS ANGELE8, Cal., March 26. Lieu
tenant Commander Frederick R. Bralnerd,
V. S. N., retired, is dead at tbe California
hospital, after an illness of a few days.
He was graduated from the naval academy
at Annapolis In 1870, having been appointed
from Illinois. His sea service aa a naval
officer covered a period of fourteen years,
Commander Bralnerd served with credit In
the Spanish-American war, attached to Ad
miral Sampson's squadron.
' Charles A. Dabee.
CHICAGO. March 26. Charles A. Dubee,
senior member of the law firm of Dubee,
Judith. Willard St Wolfe, and one of the
foremost lawyers of Chicago, died at bis
home today. He was a native of Brook-
field, Mass. He was 71 years of age.
Jefferson Carter.
ARDMORE, I. T., March 26. Jefferson
Carter, aged 60 years, a pioneer Cherokee
Indian and a prominent Mason, Is dead
here. - Carter in his early years was prom
inently Identified with tbe Cherokee tribal
government.
John K. Fltspalrlck.
CHICAGO, Msrch 26. John E. FlUpat
rlck. ex-inspector of police and ex-chlef of
detectives, died tonight from shock follow
ing a surgical operation.
B. B. Case SI. Edward.
ST. EDWARD, Neb., March 26. (Special.)
8. 8. Cass, one of the oldest residents of
St. Edward, died this morning, aged $6
years.
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Prices, Hoc, ooc.
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Telephone 1331.
Matinees WedneaJay, Saturday and Bun
day. 1.15. Kvcry N!!it. 8:16.
HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE
Milton anil Iolllr Nobles, Melville and
gtrtson, Hanks ami Winona Winter. Busla
Klahcr.Wllton Urol hem Vera King, Knight
liroiht-rs and the Klnodrome.
Prices, l'x-, 25c and fie.
. Burlesii Catches "Em Every Time
Ulaco'sTrocadero -ar
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Two shows dully. Lvenlng prices, luc, 2jO
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HOTELS.
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