THE, OMAHA DAILY. 1IKE: FRIDAY, MAY 0, 1002.
MRS. DEMSON IS PRESIDENT
Hew York Woman Elected bj Federation,
with Mrs. Burdette Tint Vioe. ,
MRS. DECKER .DECLINES NOMINATION
Colorado Delegate Disappoints Her
Ardent ganportere by Her Action (
Coatfiitltn IdJoifM After
Hri, Address.
President, Mr. Demies 8. Denlson, New
York. r
First vice president, Mr. Robert J. Bur
dette. California.
Second vice president, Mrs. Emma Fox,
Michigan.' n
Recording secretary. Miss LouUe Pappen
belm. South Carolina. '
Treasurer, Mra. Emma Van Veehten,
Iowa.
Auditor, Mm. Qeorge Noyes, Wisconsin.
Directors. Mrs. Anna D. Wt, Massa
chusetts; Mra. J. C. Terrell, Texas; Mr.
Jane Humphrey, Kansns; Mra. Lydia W II
11b ma. Pennsylvania; Mra. Samuel Hayea,
Idaho; Mra. William Ellleott, Maryland;
Mra. W. W. Boyd, Missouri; Mra. W. i.
frelden, Utah.
(From Staff Correspondent.)
LOB ANOELE3, May 8. (Special Tele
gram.) Tha refuaal t Mn. Decker of Dea
rer to accept the presidency baa prove! a
great disappointment to the women of the
middle wett and occasioned reaentment and
bard feeling that promlaet to pat an end
to her unlveraal popularity. Her action la
admitted a mistake by some of Colorado't
most prominent representatives. While
her loyalty to Mra. Denlson Is appreciated,
the women feel that her first consideration
waa due them, especially ae their loyalty
to her-had practically made Impossible the
eucceas of another candidate from their
section at this time.'
General eatlafactlon and no little sur
prise la expressed at the other representa
tion It has received, however, and no spe
cial regret is manifested over the disposi
tion of the Louisiana purchase memorial
project
Tonight sees a general scattering of the
visiting women, the headquarters being
broken up and the women departing for all
sections. The majority of the Nebraska
and Iowa women will remain on the ooast
for several weeks, visiting points of in
terest. Election and Address.
Two things distinguished the last day
of the Federation of Woman's Clubs, one
being the election of officers and the ad
dress of the president, Mre. Rebecca
Lowe of Oeorgla. The election resulted la
the acceptlon by ballot of the entire re
port of the nominating committee and the
election of the officers already named.
The scene at the- election of the presi
dent this afternoon was easily the most
sensational in the history of the federa
tion. Those who at three biennials have
clamored to name Mrs. Platt-Decker of
. Colorado as their leader, were roused to
enthusiasm at the.-mention of -her name
by Mrs. Gallagher of Ohio, who made the
nominating speech,' amid intense excite
ment Mrs. Decker arose in the gallery,
whore she sat with tbs Colorado delega
tion, and with earnestness declined the
honor. Many of Mrs. Decker's admirer
voted for her anyway, the vote standing
687 for Mrs. Denlson and 158 for - Mra.
Decker.
The election proceeded with more or less
disorder and Mrs. Hamlin of Minnesota
moved that a committee be appointed to
devise some saner way of conducting the
election. The motion was carried.
Settle Charter Dlsesiaalon.
Aside from passing upon minor amend-
- nents to the bylaws -the convention, settled
lie charter matter by, accepting the report
jt that committee, while, the report of the
committee which suggested the erection, ot
a ball of philanthropy at fit. Louis was re
ferred to the board of directors, the con
vention evidently being overwhelmed . by
the demand of 8100,000 aa Its. contribution
toward the plan.. ... ....
The afternoon was devoted to memorial
services. At, the final session, tonight Mrs.
Lows delivered ber biennial address:
Pome one has said that the two things
which excite surprise and command re-
t:aqy to Tafio
uaqy to Oparzsto
Because purely refetabls yet tbor-
cHigh, prompt, healthful, satisfactory-
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BLANCHE WALSH
TONIOHT SATURDAY- MATINEE
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Saturday Night
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Prices-Mat.. 15c to fl(o Night, JKe to
NOTICE Every lady attending the mati
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Autographed photograph of Miss Walsh.
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Prices Ko to USO-oeats on sale today.
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Amateur Show Baturday nlsht. May 10.
Spect In - the American people 'are else
and success. The first rsentloned test may
be safely applied here tor 'nearly every
section of our country, and a Toftetderable
territory In Europe, U dotted with wo
men's clubs holding jnSmbershlp in this
organisation. I say nearly .every section.
As you know, MIslrTr -Vrrgmla, Wash
ington and Alabama eiUI remain without
the fold. -
But. my friend.. I Sm not much con
cerned with tell In a; you ton;ght hew many
we have gained In. numbers n the past
two yean, as I Am. to tell you wnaj these
numbers have eccftmpllshed. For, afier
all, the Salient and most hopeful feature
of our organization Ilea not In our numer
ical strength, which .has enabled us and
wlU enable, us not only to, think things,
but do things, and do thlngtr not oniy
to Improve and uplift r.oursTvs, but to
render Important service In, tha uplifting
and betterment of humanity. To this end,
although our site, numbers and material
success are Indeed Important-factors, yet
we wish to have our material success In
spired with a recognition of spiritual values
as well. i
' ' Aa-ltaatoa Means Vrewtk. .
The agitation and Unrest pervading our
organization seem to me to be signs of
growth and health. U Is by means of such
experiences that We Tire finding our soul.
We cannot form any adequate conception
of the vast changes that will be brought
about, as women become more and more
self-conscious. I use the term In its deep
sense and mean that as women become
more and more conscious, of their powers
and possibilities of their souls, they will
.Inevitably demand wider, fields tor their
activities and that with the wider play
of their activities will soma Increased re
sponsibilities. , .
The glory of ' fhotherfiood will receive
a new lustre by the- recognition of -what
motherhood means to civilisation. Even . a
superficial glance attne development of
society shows that Woman by virtue ot
her maternity has been, the conserver of
the human race. ".', '
Vakt number of WWmen realize the ne
cessity for some sort of training In the
home for. their children.: They believe that
right must triumph Iff the end; that recti
tude and exactitude are splendid weapon
with which to equip them. But compara
tively Jew women have any conception of
the needs of life, beyond the shelter of the
four walls In Which they Uve. The burning
question of the hetrr, outside the circle
of domestic ones,, seoan to them so occult
that it would be useless even to, make the
effort to understand 'them. They do hot
even surmise that the great movements of
life which are dubbed political or. econo
mic frequently bear heavily and painfully
upon the well being of their own little
nests. - -
On the other hand la. a growing num
ber of women, who are not only scanning
the horizon of life, 'but are studying with
passionate seel' the actual conditions .of
a work-a-dny world.-Thy try to Infuse
the light of today ln-tne -work or today,
realizes that every era has tts .own needs
and characteristics, arid 'that the influences
which reach out from-the old Into the new
era should be moukleVand shaped by the
spirit of the' existing ge ana be fitted
Into the new order. -, ' ' :-
'Do. the work that; Has. nearest thee,"
says one of the high., priests of our time.
There Is no surer way of building for
those who come after us than to do the
beat we can hero and -now.'. . v
HOPKINS TUE CHOICE
(Continued front First- Page.)
condemn all conspiracies and combinations
to restrict business, to create monopolies,
to limit production or to control prices .and
favor such legislation as will ' oftqctually
restrain snd prevent all such abuses, pro
tect and promote competition and secure
the rights of producers,, laborers and all
who sre engaged in Industry and commerce
snd we approve and Commend the efforts
of President Roosevelt to enforce the laws
against Illegal combinations In restraint of
trade, and pledge him our hearty support
la all his. efforts to prevent the people, from
oppressive combinations of capital.
Oppose Convlot , Labor,. .
While recognising that from a- humani
tarian and economic standpoint those con
fined in our .penal and 'reformatory institu
tions must be kept employed and should
contribute toward their maintenance, yet
we favor such legislation as will reduce
the competition between cOnvlct and free
labor to the minimum. .-.We pledge our
earnest and undying, efforts to-.tfie passage
ot such laws at the next session of out leg
islature as will bring about ssQch -results
In accordance with the) constitution of tbs
state Ot Illinois. . - . . .
.We recommend the extension Of.clvl
service rules In the cHarftaDte lnstlttftlohs
of ths stats. We approve ieoura-f-tlM
? resent state administration. In retaining
ully fdur-flfthe of the employes of thes In
stltutlons slnd call for such legislatlori' from
ths general assembly as will prevent unjust
removals upon change of. administration or
the party in power.
Ws favor a reciprocal trade treaty with
Cuba. '- '!
Charles O. Dawes tonight formally 'an
nounced bis withdrawal as a candidate for
United States senator, recognising, he 'said,
"that the expression of a convfntjlon ot
1,500 delegates must be considered as fairly
representative of the will' of a majority of
the party." i-.;
Senator William E. Mason, said hA. was
still confident of succeeding himself;
claiming he had made no fight tor delegates
to the etate convention. . , , ",
. The concensus of opinion among the .del
egates Is that today's action., qf. th,e. con
vention eettiet the 'senatorial contest.
FIRE 5ECQBD ,.,,;
Oil Rennery in jrianes. .
' NEW YORK, May Fire started early
today In. the cooper bouse of the Bw'an
Finch oil refinery qu. Stateo llan) sound.J
below Ellzabethport. N. J. The names
spread rspldly, burning several1 tank con
taining 1,600 barrela ot crude ell. Thou
sands ot barrels 0X-eAned and .exude oil
were stored in the yards and la ths shipping
sheds and all. wars contrjmed. As ths flrs
reached the big tanks they, exploded, send
ing burning oil high, to. the ( o4 scAt tar
ing It ovsr new material. - The loss waa
1100.000. - 11
GRAND JIM OX BEEF TRUST
Will Investigate Alleged Bale! of Diseased
Heat by Packer.
MATTER FOR THE CRIMINAL COURTS
C'lrcalt Attorney Ventnrea Assertion
that Sellers mt Decayed Meat Will
Be PIneed Behind tHs
Penitentiary Barf.
8T. LOUIS. May t. Ths .Barf Uuet is
now under Investigation by the St. Louis
grand Jury. Following the revelations at
Jefferson City, that diseased meat is sold
In St. Louie, Circuit Attorney Folks today
presented the subject to ths grsnd Jury.
He announcee that be will subpoena all
the witnesses who testified st Jefferson
City snd all other persons whom he can
find that know anything about the opera
tions of the beef compsnles. -
"This baa become a subject for the crim
inal courts." said Mr. Folks, "and the mat
tar, will be as thoroughly Investigated as
have been the bribery Scandals and I hava
no doubt but that men who hava been sell
ing diseased and decayed meat to . St.
Loulsans will be landed behind tbs bars
of the penitentiary."
Good wages) are, betas paid : bars and a
sum ber of good suenf eaa sears ample?
ment. . . . . . ..
SARPY MAY LOSE HATCHERY
(Continued from First Page.)
attsndance upon the committee on Inter
state and foreign commerce, ot which Rep
resentative Heoburn Is chairman, left to
day for hie home. Mr. Blythe was hers
for the purpose of Bunting the r"l In
creasing the powere ot the Interstate Com
merce commission. ,'
Ths South Dakota delegation called on
ths president today and urged him to sign
ths oleo bill. They also talked with ths
president about South Dakota appoint
ments. Removing: Restrictions.
Senator' Gamble of South Dakota, ae
chairman of the senate committee on In
dian depredations, presented today In' the
senate,' In reference to the present law
iunder which claims growing out cf depre
dations committed by Indiana on the prop
erty of the whites are prosecuted In tbs
court of claims, a report which is of much
Interest to the peopls of all the western
states. The subject of the report Is a bill
Introduced by Senator Warren of Wyoming
tn remove, from the law -two conditions to
the allowance of these claims, vis: that the
person suffering the loss must have been at
the time a citizen of the United States
snd that the Indians committing the dep
redation must have been at the time not
hostile to the United States, but, as the
law states it, "in amity. The committee
In thle resort unanimously recommend that
the requirement of citizenship be removed,
as proposed by the bill. On the subjeot of
eliminating ths requirement of amity of
the Indians ths committee has had several
discussions and has not been able to agree
to recommend the amendment. The discus
sion on this point Is adjourned to the floor
of the senate, where a number of western
senators will desire to be heard In ad
vocacy of removal of this condition in the
law, which they regard as a harsh snd un
justifiable discrimination. The bill will
corns uo for discussion In a few weeks and
an interesting debate is expected.
Friends of the bill believe 'enough votes
can be counted on to pass it through the
senste. either as introduced or with slight
modifications. .As the bill read originally It
would In broad and simple terms wipe out
ths whole requirement of amity of the In
dians. It seems not tfnlikely that a sort of
compromise'. provision will be adopted by
which payment shall be mads for losses
suffered at the hands of all Indians who
were at the time of the depredations In
treaty relations with the United States.
Some crMics ot the bill have thought that
to restrict It to this would be more con
sistent with our policy toward the Indians
as established before the passsge of the
present law In 1891; while the friends of
the bill think this provision would not fall
very short of giving all they have asked
for.
Postal Matters.
(J. C. Clappham has been appointed post
master at Victor, Davison county, S. D.
Rural' free delivery service will be es
tablished on July 1 at Cheney, Lancaster
county. Neb.; area covered, twenty-s1
square miles; population served, 600..
' B. C. Carpenter of Sioux Falls, S. D., baa
been appointed special laborer. In the Navy
department
Hons mt Hastings..
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HASTINGS, Neb., May a. 'Special Tele
gram.) The house occuplsd by Mrs.' A. D.
Haas waa burned to the ground late thla
afternoon., The house was located In ths
extreme suburbs ot tne city and" the build
Ing and all Ita content were completely
destroyed.. No Insurance. ' ' ' : a.- '
TELEPHONES HAVE BARS. '
Sometimes It IS Ofcjeottonnbte, Here
It Wsl' RsC -'
Familiarity Is said tp.breed ntampt, re
marks . ths Medical Journal, and .It may.
wall be that the frequent use of the tele
phone bv Dhyslclans may lead to fofgetful-
ness of ths fact -that tnar useful servant
cannot be relied (In to conforrrt'tO medical
ethlca. A recehflrtelflent "reported-' from
Bay City. Mich., 'emphasises-tMs 'fact 'A
man la said to havs entered a publio tele
phone bos and called -up a messenger to
go four miles lnttrtrie-TXmhrr and 'tell his
wife that he could, nut come home because
he had smallpox. 'The operator heard It
and vary Drooerlv riotlfled the isollue and
health officers, whareupua ths 'telephone
Doom was iumiga.iru anu me aumuruiei
went In search et'the 'suspect and. among
other things, a amallnoat scar. was started
There Is. of courts, lust a bare Doani
blllty that the smallpox wss of the kind
Insisted on by- the VrteHa-a)' Scientists,
vis., sn Idea Of very , mosisi -mind ana
otherwise nun-extsteaU It It were not so. It
was el early the duty of the patient to go to
an Isolation hospital and have the. measage
transmiueo irons iwm, insieao, or mrect
lug a puDiic piace, v. men, from its con
fined area, was Specially liable-to receive
and retain intectiook .However,' while in
the cresent lnstanoo we - muab commend
the action of the operator, w ho chanced to
overhear, for taking such prompt steps in
the public interest, we -eonnot-overlook the
fact that he or she 'did overhear and muat
draw the inference' thof telephones, like
walls, have ears, and remind physicians
that thy should, te tttedr a sparingly as
poaaiuie tor me oscnange er professional
uOBlldencos.' ".' .'
.. Rssisr Stskd y 4w,
ST, LOUIS, May a.--Ttars tat trot a word
of truth in It." aatd M. A. Low; general at
torney of ths Chicago, Rock Island Pa
cine railroad today, oiscnssing a report
trout Chicago to the effect thai the Rock
1-oUod Is negotiating fo tha purchase of
the. Chicago, Peori . St.Loul railroad.
Chicago dispatcaoa state that by. tbs pur
chase of tbs road-anootloDJsd as goo a Hns
as any stbsr would bo establlsbs4 between
bore sad CbJeag.
SOLVING CONVICT PUZZLE
Wyomlnar Board Confronts Problem of
''. Carina- (or Fast Increas
ing; Prisoners.
CHEYENNE- Wyo., May (gpsclal.)
The Stats Board of Charities and Reform
has been wrestling tor several days with
the question of csrlng for ths fast Increas
ing population at the new penitentiary at
Rawlins. No definite action was taken In
tbs matter.
The capacity of the Rawlins penitentiary
Is 200 convicts. Thsre are now 208 pris
oners there and Several mors are expected
In soon.
The plsn that will undoubtedly be adopted
la to transfer about twenty-five or-thirty
prisoners back to the penitentiary at Lara
mis and run two institutions. Ths legists
turs will not meet again until next Janu
ary . and . Its . appropriation would not bs
avallabls before April.. ;
Another matter considered by the board
was tbs request of Leases Boswsll to be
released from his contract with tbs state
to cars for ths prisoners. This the board
could not do under ths law.
Lessee Boswell also asked for an In
creased allowanoe for caring for the con
vict. ' .,
It is learned that the caring for the
ststs prisoners Is costing upwsrd of $2,400
psr month.
C0PELAN0 CASE GOES TO JURY
Specialist Testify to Boise' that As
eased Was lasans at Time
1 of Killing. '
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Msy I. (Special Tel
egram.) The rase ot Ned Hartley Cope
land, formerly of Omaha, who killed A. C.
Rogers ot St Joseph oa a train near WsrB
sutteflast summer, waa given to the Jdr?
late tonight after, lengthy arguments by
the prosecution and defense. Early la the
trial the defense admitted everything set
up by the prosecution snd the case prac
tically devolved upon the question of the
ssnlty of the accused. Eminent physicians
from Denver, Rawlins, Rock Springs and
ths superintendent of the State Insane
asylum testified that they' believed Cope
land was Insane at the time the deed waa
committed. Dr. McGbee of RaWIlns, Who
was on the train with Copefand when the
shooting occurred,' said he thought Cope
land was drank. This evidence seemed to
have little weight with the Jury and the
belief la general that Copeland will be
found Insane and Committed to the state
asylum.
BRAKEMAN'S JH0T IS FATAL
J. F. Aman Kills Fireman la narrel
at. Green 'River, Wye., aaS "'.
Gives Himself In.
GREEN RIVER, Wyo., Msy . (Special
Telegram.) J. F. Aman, a Union Pacific
brakeman. shot and killed Henry H. Wads
worth In the . yards , here this morning.
Aman gave himself up and la now tn Jail.
He says Wads worth threw a stone at htm
and he fired. This ,1s bis only explanation
of the affair. Both men live in Bvanston.
Wads worth was a . firemen on Aman's
train and coming down Granger hill last
night they bad a quarrel, which was set
tled for (he time,, but when the train
reached the yards here Aman is alleged
to have gone lo the engine and called
Wadsworth down. The fight wss renewed.
The bullet took effect In Wadsworth'a
brain, entering .the back of the bead and
lodging tn the forehead. He was taken
to Rock Springs on a special train, but
he died before reaching the hospital.
Sheepmen Strive for School Lands.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. May 8. (Special.)
Tbs state land board has on file applica
tions for lease of a large tract ot school
lands situated la. Sweetwater and Carbon
counties. In what is Jtnown ss the Red
Desert country. In all about. 7,000 acres
are wanted. The applicants are sheep
men, who want the Jsnd for grating pur
noses. As the school -land' wanted lies
within the so-called railroad land grant
It Is probable , that flockmastera will apply
to the Union Pacific tor a lease on the al
ternate aectlono.
NO FOOD F0RJTHIRTY HOURS
Won... W...ee. h. O.oPr.lrt.
Vntll She Finally Reaches
a Raneh.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., May I. (Special Tel-
egram.)-r-Mrs. Andrsw T. Clark, wife of
ex-Counctlman Clark, who disappeared from
ber borne early yesterday morning, was
found this aftsrnoon at the ranch of H.
Farthing, on Pols creek, twenty miles north
of Cheynnno. Mrs. Clark spsnt ths night on
tha open prairie and was almost famished
when she rsachsd ths Farthing place. She
had water, but was without food for thirty
hours.- Bhs was brought la tonight.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., May S. -(3pc'jT.)
Ths Federation of Labor met last night,
but nothing, was dons la regard to ths
carpenters, plumbers and patntsrs. Ths
bosses said they would pay good men 40
oents, and even B0 cents psr hour, but that
they could not afford workmen the same
wages aa ths skilled mechanics. It seems
to be ths general opinion of both bosses
and men that ths present troubles will
blow over la a short tuna. Carpenters and
plumbers and painters wars all at work thla
morsiug and ho more troubls la anticipated.
ALL KEPT THE 8 tit RET.
Incident of Mr. Wynne's Appointment
ns Assistant postmaster General.
In January last, relates the St. Louis
Globe-Democrst. when the Gridiron club,
that most famous of newspaper men's or-
5 Hnlzatlona, held its' annual dinner Vresl
ent Roosevelt was the guest of honor. It
Is an tin written law jot the club that noth
ing which, occurs in the banquet halt shall
be given publicity. " It will do no harm,
however, to refer jo-one statement made by
the president in reapondlng to a toast:
"If I wish to keep a secret," he said, "I
always take the. newspaper men Into my
confidence." , .
The president of the1 Gridiron club la Rob
ert J. Wynne. He" 'presided st the banquet
snd President Roosevelt, as ths guest of
honor, wss seated at his right. Just be
fore the president1 started on his trip to
South-Carolina hetsrat word to Wynne to
come to the White House before 9 o'clock
In the morning. 'When Wynne got there
the president aekedr him to accept a place
with the administration second only to
that Of a cabinet officer. It was the place
of first assistant " postmaster general. A
western senator bad been urging ona of
his constituents for the appointment, and
until this senator could Communicate with
his candidate and arrange matters satis
factorily the president did not , wish his
offer to Wynne to become public.
"How shall wo keep thla out- of the
papers, Wynne?" asked the- president.
"By taking ths newspaper men into our
confidence.''
It was done. Wynne notified a majority,
perhaps, of the 2u0. correspondents at ths
national capital ot the offer made to him
by the president, and asked that nothing
fie said about It for two cays. Not a man
betrayed the confidence Imposed In him. It
was a good illustration of the ethics in ths
corps of Washington correspondents.
Wynne was one of them, suddenly trans
formed Into a public official. What ha had
asked of the "boys" had been asked of him
hundreds of times In the last thirty years
In which he has been an active newspaper
man.
'the way In. which Wynne waa Snleorait
for the place Is Worth telling. Senator
Hanna gave a dinner to a few public men
and the Washington correspondents whom
be knew best. Senator Piatt of Connecti
cut and Henry C Payne, . the- postmaster
general, were guests, and were seated side
by side. They were discussing available
men for the place as first assistant post
master general. There had been a refer
ence to offers '. made to Joe Manley of
Maine and Harry New. of Indiana.. Senator
Piatt suggested:
'What - you want Is ' a first-claas' news
paper man In that. Job."
but who shall ths man beT"
"Look about you." said Piatt, "and sea
If among the two-aoore correspondents
present you do not see the man you want."
Payne glanced up and down the rows ot
men In full dress who were seated at the
beautifully decorated tables.
"There is the man he above all ethers,"
said ths postmaster general. He had
folnted to the right hand of Senator
ianna, where sat Robert J. Wynne as one
ot the guests of honor.
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A PHILIPPINE TIT-BIT.
Mlnate Fish Made Into Cakes for
American Soldiers.
The slnsrapanj1 a minute fish In Phtllp
plns waters, to like, any other fish In shape
and proportion, ao far as ths untrained eye
can aee. - On account of Its phenomenal
minuteness It Is -almost transparent It
haa a black chin, a black line down Its
center, behind the anal fin and a few black
spots on its back. Many of the specimens
dissected under the microscope contained
ripe eggs, comparable with the merest
needle point and measuring 1-200 ot an Inch
In diameter. The females are slightly
larger than the mules. The former average
a fraction mora than half an Inch In
length; the males Just half an Inch. The
smallest mature specimens are but two
fifths of an Inch from tip of nose to point
of tall.
An odd fact In regard to these In
finitesimal creatures Is that they are prised
tor human food. Lake Huhl is a volcanio
basin in the shadow of Mount Iiiga. Here
the aids of a mountain aeeme to have been
quite recently blown out by volcanic action.
Many varieties of Ashes of svery else
abound In the lake, but ths slnarapan are
by far ths most- numerous.
The Blcols when fishing for them use a
large sheet of closs web, which they dip
under the water whenever a school con
gregates. They sre gathered in tightly
woven baAkets, from which the water soon
drains, Itsvlng- a compact mass of the little
creatures. When the Oeets of- fishermen
bring them to shore In this condition the
nstlves buy them eeserly. They are sea
soned with pepper and other spices, pressed
uncooked Into rakes and dried In tha sun.
Our soldiers sre reported to havs already
grown fond of thla strange diet.
Vslaakls Rains la KavassS. .
PHILLIP8BURO, Kan., May I. (Special.)
Ths recent heavy rains in this county
bate greally benefited wheat la some 10-
cslltioe where wbest was pat In stubbls
ground It will be listed to corn, as ths dry
weather during April damaged it eonsld
srably. Pastures are la fine condition since
the rains.
, Assets Eassgk Pay Debts.
NEW YORK. May I. J. Adrtaace Bush,
assigns for Hoary Bros. A Co., said today
that tho liabilities of that flrsm amouat to
ll.lU.lli. Hs also says that tha firm had
sufficient assets to eover all debts.
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Better health
Greater strength
Keener Brain
come from
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Try the change and "cut out" moat for break! ast.
Our word for it you will feel "Fit aa a Lord" lit a week's time toy
breakfasting on Grape-Nuts and cream, a little fruit and perhaps
one or two soft egg.
If you ever try this experiment, you will always bless the day
of high beef that waked you up.
There's a reason why Grape-Nuts furnishes power to the body
and brain. The food contains selected parts of the field grains that
furnish phosphate of potash In a natural state that can be assimi
lated by the human body, this joins with the albumen of food and
forms the soft filling of the brain and nerve centers.
Feed skilfully and you can '.'do things."
The greatest brain workers In America eat Grape-Nuts.
Ask one or two, they'll tell you.
You meat eaters who are ailing In any sort of way might take a
valuable hint from the following statement of Chief Chemist WHeyr
of the Agricultural Department, in the Daily Press from which we
give the following extracts :
"There Is no doubt ot the fact that meat- eating is not essential to human life, and that
men can be wU nourished without resorting to a flesh diet.
I think the statement may be accepted without question that, aa a rule, we eat too muili,
not only of meat, but of all forms of food. The question ot limiting the diet Is based primarily
not on the prlciple of economy, but on the requirements of hygiene.
"At the early breakfasts which Americans are wont to indulge in, that Is. a hearty meal
before going to their daily work, the omission of meat ie to b earnestly advised.
"It ia well known that the men wli are nourished very extensively oh certain eereala
are capable ot the hardest and most eniurin? labor. Meats are quickly digested, furnish an
abundance of energy soon after consumption, but are net retained In the digestive organism
long enough to sustain permanent muscular exertion."
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You will feel the energy of Grape-Nuts longer than any meal of
meat ' -' '; " j " -
Remember Grape-Nuts food' costs about one cent per. meal for'
each person and all grocers sell it.'
Made at pure food factories of Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle
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All Tore of Them Are Seriously Wounded
Before They GivtUp.
WOMEN THEN TAKE UP THE CONTEST
Troable All Arisen Over meat i
Possess Some Accretion Land
Atone the Missouri
Hlver.
HOtnc CITY, la.. May 8. (Special Tele
tramul Thsee young Frenchmen named
Turgeon, living in South Dakota, five ml!;e
aorthwest of 61oux City, were bsdly
wounded late this afternoon tn a running
battle with Sheriff Lewi son and posse of
Union county, South Dakota. Frederick
Turgooa waa ahot In the body Just below
the heart. He ta lying In a critical con
dltlon at his home. Valerie and Adelor
Turgeon were wounded quite seriously In
the legs. The fight was over a strip of
acoretlon land alone: the Missouri river,
which wss claimed by the Turgeons. Mrs.
Adama of Sioux City also claimed it and
leaaed It to Homer Robb and Al Griffith.
However, the Turgeons held ftfrtlble po
seesstoa and defied officers to oust . them.
Today the sheriff was directed to serve
papers of ejection upon the Turgeons and
be . went to the disputed strip with three
deputies. They found the Turgeons de
fiantly waiting them and before they got
aear them tqe fighting began. Bullets
flew thick and fast from ths guns and re
volvers. One after another ths Turgeons
were wounded, but they kept up their
firing until their ammunition was ex
hausted. Then they surrendered and car
ried into their homes. Their ' mother and
Mrs. Frederick Turgeon tried to keep uup
ated aotf voted for. postofflce end custom
houses our' forefathers will seem thrifty
Indeed; embarking upon city building with
a grant of 18.2ut from the states of Vir
ginia and Maryland. .,.
This, however, was supplemented by a
national lottery, for which 60.000 tickets
were sold and of whloh M.730 were to draw
prises, the capital one being a hotfl whl;h
was to cost 150,000. The price of the ticket
was $7, and the prises tanged from $10 up
to the hotel. Nor need the student of cur
rent niorals and manners, depressed by
the laxity of our .times, - wholly despond
when he reflects that the lottery was made
use of -not- only- in uhe. building of our na
tional capltol, .but - churches, schools, col
leges, even Harvard Itaelf, were Indebted
to the wheel for money to secure their
usefulness.
In 17M tho president's house and the
capltol were the only evidences of a city
where the traveler now sees squares and
monuments, edifices and gardens and parks
that eclipse i Paris' and Vienna In beauty
and taste. When the lottery failed and the
sums voted by Virginia and Maryland gave
out, Washington was less of a city than
Cahaba, down in Alabajia, which waa
once the capital of that state and wan sold
for taxes. Three hundred thousand dollars
were asked by the commissioners to go on
with the work' and the country was dis
tracted by uch profligate outlay. The press
of ths time thundered against such ex
travagance. ..
XfVISIt DISASTERS RECALLED.
Barslsg "and Slaking ( Steasnfcaate
. In Last Twenty-Five Years.
"-There have "been In the last twenty-five
years only' hair a dOsen steamboat dis
uMers 'thaf,' in terriflo 4is of life, are In
any way comparable to the calamity that
befell City of Pittsburg on April 20.
The most- resent of these fatalities -was
ths overturning of Cloteonda about two
months ago. The vessel was on its way
from Paducah. when a storm overtook It.
The wind blow so fiercely that the boat,
which waa only a small packet, careened.
Several persons. Including women and chil
dren, were drowned.
The sinking of Clty'of Paducah nearly
a year ago at Bruakhorst Landing, Hi
miles below St. Louis, caused the death of
at leant . thirteen persons. The boat had
made the tAndtng and waa backing out Into
ths main channel, when It struck a hidden
snag. A hule- forty feet lone was torn In
Its null,, snd It sank so rapidly that there
was no time' to -s waken tha passengers
the battle with clubs and the sheriff and his . and sleeping roustabouts, many of whom
deputies wsrerequlred to use fore to sub- ! Pir,fhd'( llX J1 ulJl ""l4'"
bus them.
WASHINGTON'S BKOINNINO.
Hw -a Lattery Aided ta Pnlttnc If
tn Canltel Itself.
tCffnrts to nrovlde more decent and repu
table quarters for the chief executive and
twenty-six feet, of .water and . never was
raised
Several persons among; the passengers sad
orew of Kate Adama lost forty lives
by the -.turning of -that boat In January,
The boat took fire In the cabin and
was almost wholly aflame when Its com
mander brought , t to the bank a short
distance t a boT. Commerce, a point forty
miles south, of Memphis. Kate Adams
his corps, relates the Washington Times, 1 J" an exceptionally fast boat, and to it
recall many Interesting facts In the early I f the -honor-of conveying Pre. dent
history of some of ths publio buildings in rov" iC'evelf1na from West Mmphi to
WuhnrtoA.
It was not until 17M that ths tempest
tossed congress of the thirteen colonies
saw ths first evidences of ths federal city
that excited ths mirth of the wits,- the
forebodings of ths timid. The circumfer
ence of the city ss It now spreads out
under ths great dome is greatly contracted
from tha Imposing dimensions originally
laid out by ths engineer, L' Enfant. Where
the superb patsnt ofDce now stretches In
marble majesty ths poetic Frenchman, tn
sirfred by recent events in Paris, had
marked the alta for tu national tabernacle,
where national events were to be relig
iously commemorated, where national obse
quies were to bs celebrated, and the dead
honored by tho country were to bo burled
and th!r monuments perpetuated a sort
of Pantheon to the glories ot the republic
Dut the Frenchman's hopes and plans
were early nipped, for even in thoss days
"Jobs" and rings" found their account.
He was beeet on all aides by venal legisla
tors and self-seeking jobbers, and praotl-
.IW jwwu1 IntA Innielnt fin hi. rnm.
mission In disdain, leaving ths city to bs I
completed by Andrew Elllcotu i
In 17U fSOO In gold was offered, without
restriction as to calling, to the cltlsen who
should send la ths accepted design for tha
president's house. Five hundred dollars
and a lot In the new city or a gold medal
offered for tno beat design of ths
Memphis on the occasion of his visit to
that city In 1&&8.
The most terrible catastrophe on the
Mlsslssa)tl rivet or any of Its tributaries
since the destruction of Sultana snd
before the burning of City of Pittsburg,
waa the disaster that overtook Hannah
Banks, about twelve years ago, near Pla
quemlne. Lm., ten miles above New Orleans.
Although not accompanied by such large
loss of life, the accident Is almost Without
parallel because of. the: horrlbln ctrcum
Htannes under which several persons per
ished after the reacue seemed certain.
The boat was southward bound, with a
big cargo and a large number of passengers
aboard. While In midstream flro was dis
covered in one of the forward cabins. Ths
command to bank It was given, and at
once the pilot turned toward land, - The firs
gained rspld headway, driving tho passen
gers to the lower deck. Many leaped Into
the water, while the rest, confident that
the host would safely reach the bank, re
mained aboard.
The pilot stood at the wheel, his olothes
smoking snd his flesh blistering In the
fleros heat. The engineers, too, kept their
posts, answering signals until the boat was
run aground. Then followed the horrible
scenes thst ntsmped the oataatrophe aa
among tha worst In the hlatory of such
events.
Many of tho oraw and passengers leaped
from the boat to the bank, where they
sank nearly waist deep In a eort of quick
sand. In tho attempt to aave the unfor
tunate men and women, some of tho crew
filled boxes snd timbers between the burn
ng boat snd the helpless - vlottme. The
Intense heat soon fired the boxes and tha
struggling beings died In agony before the
eyes of tnelr companions.
DEATH RECORD
Dr. Edward Lanrenee Feefcan.
ST. LOUIS, Msy: I- Dr. Edward Laur
ence, brother of tbs taost revsrnd Arch
bishop P. A. Feehan( of Chicago, who for
forty year bad been- -a sractlolng physi
cian ia St. Louis, died at his residence to
day. Brlght's dlseass is given as the cause
of, bis death. Hs waa (7 years of age
Miss Eleanor Matthews.
KANSAS CITT, May I Miss Elesnor
Matthews, who had been general secretary
of ths Milwaukee Young Women's Chris
tian association, state secretary for Mis
souri and 'general.' secretary of the St.
Joseph Toung Women's Christian, aaeoota
tlon, died today In thla city.
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Carnegie Sefcolasshlaa Awarded.
LONDON. May 1 -At this morning's ass
sloa of ths Iroa and Btsei Institute it waa
announced thst ' ths Andrew Carnegie
scholarships to axrry ' n ' -yessarehss la
matallrrgy for this year bad been awarded
to a ).-. Campbell of Now York; to three
Englishmen, to a Parisian gad to a rssldeat
of Berlin. Three scholarships : wore
awarded la 101, but Mr. Carnegie waa ao
gratified with the results then obtained
thst hs doublsd bis donation.
. i- j i. a j.,a'. -it sjujlj Jim
capltol. T a generation that has become '.
fassiliar with lue sums annually spprvvrt- J
Tli World's Cur for : t
GOnSTIPATIOn
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Mstnral Lsistivs Mhtssal Watse.
It is ths Best snd Safest reanedy far disordered stomach,
btlioasnees aad liver trouble, and It Cars CooaUsaOea.
Drink one-halt glassful on arising la the morning and roa
. will feel tbs remarkable aad agreeable efteots ia s short
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Naanai. If yos olsa-lr asat Heaysai
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