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Telephones ill-m. We Clos, Saturdays at I p. m. No old or shopworn goods in the lot. All of these hand some nilkd have been selected from our regular stock of exclu sive styles of high grade silks. These Foulards are manufac tured by one of the best silk manufacturers in the world. $1.00 Handsome Satiti Twilled Foulard Silks, mow 49c a yard. $1.35 and $1.50 Best Quality Broche Satiti Fin ished Foulard, now 59c a yard. The exquisite quality and style of Foulard Silks, coming as they do from the world's best manufacturers of silks, we can conscientiously recommend every yard. You had better come and see the Monday morning. On sale at' 8 a. m. Thompson, Beldem &.Co. Y. M. C. A. Bl'ILDINQ, COR. 1UTH AMD DO I GILA, BTS kere ara Terr anxious as to the fate of anal uiand. t Dominica and 8t. Lucia have very active keysers, but they show no departure from normal conditions Food stuffs of all kind are urgently wanted. Report from London. LONDON, May 10. Lloyd's agent at St. i-ucla, B; w. I., cablea that later newa flilly conflrma the disaster at St. Pierre. He says he cannot ascertain the narrws of the vessels which have been lost, but they Include one Italian bark and two steamers, one probably being Grap pler, the cable ehip belonging to the West India and Panama telegraph company. The total lost of life la estimated at 30,000. ' Lloyd's agent at Bt: Thomas, D. W. I., cablet that 8t. Pierre has been totally de atroyed by Are and that all the Inhabitants terlshed. All the vessels In the harbor were lost. These Include Orappler, The steamer Roralma, belonging to the Quebee Steamship company, took fire in port and became a total loss. AH on board Roralma perished. The following cablegram was received this morning at the colonial office from Marshal Hodgson at Barbadoes: The Soufrlere volcano on St. Vincent. a. W. I., erupted violently yesterday. Loud reports resembling artillery fire were heard at Barbadoes at I o'clock In '" afternoon. At 6 o'clock there came darkness and thunder ae-nmpanled by a trneT downpour of oust, which continued Jintll nlaht. Barbadoes la covered several Inches deeb with dust thla morning. Have telegraphed Sir Robert B. Llewellyn, gov rnor of the Windward Islands, offering him all aaalstance. tt : 'All Safe at Dominica. Another cablegram received .from Ad ministrator Bell of the Island of Dominica, ts as follows: A terrible eruption has occurred of a vo cano at Martinique. Great distress pre 5? 'I? !h.er- 1 m sending provisions Im mediately. All safe at Dominica. Thirty deaths are reported to have oc curred at the Island of St. Vincent, ac cording to a telegram received at the colonial office thla morning from Oovernor Llewellyn, forwarded from St. Lucia yes terday evening. The governor adds: Information incomplete. Eruption con tinues. I am endeavoring to get back to Bt. Vincent. Steel, Yuung ft Co. of thla city, owners of the British steamer, Roddam, which escaped from St. Pierre to St. Lucia, received thla morning the following news from their agenta at St. Lucia: Terrible volcanic eruption at Martinique. Roddam returned. One anchor and chain slipped. Tarpaulins and running gear burned. Machinery Intact. Captain In hospital. Two mates, chief engineer and fright of crew dead. Ten In hospital. Sec ond and third engineers aboard. Camp bell and supercargo dead. Communication between bore and Barbadoea Interrupted. Ke Direct Xtm Yet. ' Cable communication between London and the Island of Martinique la rut off. The .Direct West India Cable company received at 1:80 thla afternoon a cable dispatch from '8t Lucia, dated today, saying: ' Sloop just leaving for St. Vincent, pre sumably with the oujtct of ascertaining what has happened on that Island. Possi bly took Oovernor Llewellyn. Communication la still obtainable with the Island of Guadeloupe, French West Indies, but the news is congested owing to the con fusion prevailing In the cable situation and the numerous official messages Died. The receipt of the first direct cable news from Martinique depends on how long the French company will take In repairing the cable to Fort de France, capital of the Island, on which they are now working. ; The British admiralty la communicating with the commander In chief of the British navai nation ana a war vessel will be di rected to go to Martinique. It ta apparent from the cable dispatches received that the eruption of the volcano on Mont Pelee will not do much damage to the summer ctop, which la chiefly confined to the southern part of the Island, and the gathering of which Is now two-thirds over. However, the wiping out of the moneyed population of the Island, cantered at St. Pierre, la bound to produce the most serious 'commercial e IT set. Not one of the business Humors Feed on Humors The Sooner You Get Rid ot Them the Better. In the Spring there's an effort of Nature to cleanse your system. You know this by the pimples and other eruptions on your face and body. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA ? the - Spring is as sisted by this effort. Begin taking It at once. It thoroughly cleanses the system, gets into all its nooks and corners, removes all humors, and all unhealthy accumulations. . . Buy It Today C:od' Sarwparilli Promises to Be. May 11, iol. Special Sale of Handsome Foulard Silks at Less Than One-Half Price houses In London has beard a word of Its agenta In Martinique. All Aarenta Dead. A partner of the principal English firm dealing with Martinique said to a repre sentative of the Associated Press: I suppose all of our agents are dead. Not much business Is transacted between ringland and Martinique Almost every thing thence Is shipped direct to Bordeaux, which suffers the most. 1 know Martinique well. The last time I was there a few years ago, there were only two English men and one American resident at St Pierre, though that town did a good busi ness with America In the way of food stuffs. A large proportion of the white population belongs to the old French fam ines, who preferred St. Pierre to any other part of the Island. We never for a moment dreamed that Mont Pelee would prove dangerous. ifty years ago Some smoke and steam Issued from Its crevices but no attention was paid to It. Unless the lava overrun the whole Island, which Is not likely, the disaster may not turn out to be as great as it as present seems to be. Private dispatches received late thla afternoon from the West Indies say the eruption at Martinique Is decidedly worse. The French cable company received cablegrams this morning announcing that the eruption at Martinique continues and that ships are afraid to go near the Island. The latest message indicates that the number of deaths will be about 40,000, several of the smaller islands near Martinique having also suffered. Between 8 o'clook in the morning and 8 In the even ing of Thursday. May 8, Bt. Pierre was a mass of Are and there was also a volcanic eruption at St. Vincent. The Island of 8U Thomas Is sending help. A shin which arrived Friday, May 8, at the Island of Dominica, British West In dira, and which was lying off St. Pierre when the eruption came, reports that the noise was terriflc. A huge elnud of Are aopeared over the town and neighborhood, giving the Inhabitants no chance to es cape. Xevcs by Way of Guadeloupe. PARIS. May 10. A telegram from the aovernor of the laland of Guadeloupe con tains the latest news of the Martinique cataclvsm received at the colonial office. After announcing that the French cruiser Suchet had thirty survivors on board, the governor of Guadeloupe says: Kverythlng tends to the belief that the governor of the colony, M. L. Mouttet and Colonel Gerbault and their wives perished with the population of St. Pierre 1 hive ordered the prompt dispatch of provisions from Pointe a-Pltre and Bas setterre. The Suchet- sails for Martinique this evening. All of the people and the supplies of Guadeloupe are at your dis posal for relief. An unending procession of inquirers who have friends and relatives on the stricken island Is arriving at the office of the minis ter of the- eoloates. which- has telegraphed to every possible source for Information. A . few private- telegrams received . renew the hope that ' some of the Inhabitants of St. PlerVe esca4H. !-, ; SENATE ;.; PASSES BILL FOR AID Reranimends Hundred Thousand Dol lars eind government Contemplates 'Farther Assistance. WAEH1NQt6n May 10. In the senate to day Mr. Fairbanks offered a bill for which he requested .Immediate consideration. It was for the benefit of the people of the French West Indies and authorised the president of the United States to cause to be pur chased such provisions, clothing, medicines and other necessarlea as he shall deem ad visable, and tender the same In the name of the government .of ths United States to the government of France for ths relief of cltisens who have suffered by the late earthquake In the islands ot .the French West Indies. , The bill appropriates 1100,000 for the pur pose and authorises ths secretary of war to use the necessary steamships belonging to the United States to carry Its purpose Into effect. In the course of a brief etatement In sup port ot the measure Mr. Fairbanks aald: We were shocked by the Intelligence "I bad salt rheum oa my bands so that I oeuld do bat llttls work. I procured a 'bottle of Hood's SarsaparUla and It drove out ths burner.. I etatlnued Its use nnttl ths sores on my bands disappeared." MRS. I HA O. BROWN Rumford Falls, Ms. Cure and Keeps the Promise. THE OMAHA which comes to us of the grest destruction of life and property In the Island of Martinique and of the probable loss of both lit and property In adjacent inlands. In all history there seems to have been but one disaster of similar character which was equal to it. It would seem from the re ports which have come to us that it Is ex ceeded only by the destruction of Pompeii. It Is Indeed, to be hoped that later and more authentic reports may not Justify the present estimate of the tremendous loss of human life. That there Is Immediate necessity that Kid should be extended the survivors there can be no doubt. Let the I'nlted States lead In the act of caring for the stricken. It and Its people have never failed yet to be moved by the cry of dlntre which hae come up from other lands. Iet us extend our svmpathy for our unfortunate feliow men and send with It from ojr abundant stores the means necessary to succor those upon whom hss fallen e. sudden and overwhelm ing calamity. I believe In tendering our svmpathy and assistance we shall but Interpret the wishes and purposes of the humane, generous American people. The bill was passed without further com ment. The house failed to concur in the senate's action, preferring to let the matter go un til Monday to obtain more comprehensive details of the disaster. The United States government Is willing and anxious to do anything within its power to aid the survivors of the terrible calamity on the Island of Martinique. The difficulty la to ascertain Just what can be done and the extent of the needs. Then, too, there are limitations upon the power of the executive to proceed In such mat ters. Secretary Moody and Secretary Hay have been deeply Interested in the subject and while the former already has sent to the commandant at San Juan authorization to dispatch the United States steamer Po tomac to Martinique In bis discretion, Sec retary Hay has empowered Assistant Sec retary Hill with the duty of conferring with the Navy department to devise other plans of relief. Potomac ta nothing more than a large sea-going tug of very limited carrying capacity, either of passengers or freight. About the only useful purpose It would serve. In the opinion of the naval officers, Is to make a quick trip to Mar tinique or to the nearest approachr.blo point and ascertain from personal Inspec tion the precise needs of the survivors, which may afterward be satisfied by sup plies dispatched on merchant vessels. News also is awaited from Cincinnati, Just arrived at San Domingo City, and If Captain McLean reports that the normal condltloas have been restored after the revolution at that place Cincinnati will be come available aa a relief ship, although It would take three or four days to reach tb.e scene. Captain McLean of Cincinnati has re ported to the Navy department the arrival of that ship at San Domingo this morning. It Is possible that If the political situation on the Island warrants it the ship will be sent over to Martlnque to afford aid to the aurvlvors of the catastrophe. The secretary of the navy found, after consulting with Assistant Secretary Hill, that it would be safe to take Cincinnati away fromSan Domingo. The reason for this belief was the following cablegram from Consul Maxwell at San Domingo City: "The situation In San Domingo is im proving. The provisional government has been announced at the seaports and for the most part in the Interior. All executive affairs are under the provisional govern ment and Vazquex is the Drovlsionsl nr. ident." It Is possible Potomac has already left San Juan for Martlnlaue. hut hr. i. doubt on this point, because the Navy de partment has not yet been able to secure a response to an inquiry on this point sent by cable this moi. ng to the commandant ot tne naval station at, 8an Juan. As a further precautionary measure Sec retary Moody sent the following telegram to the commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard: "Order Dixie to nrenare fnr aa practicable. Report when it can be maae reaay. Dixie is a shin of considerable nrrvln. capacity and would be better fitted than any ot tno regular naval ships to hasten to Martinique with relief supplies, which probably can be obtained more readily at New York than at any of the West Indian Islands. As a still further measure nr hin .. State department today cabled to United states consul Ayme at Guadeloupe to pro ceed at once to Martlnlaue tn rpnnrf iinnn the conditions there and Inform the United States government what help Is needed. The consul had previously reported that s French ship, supposed to be the cruiser Bucnet, was about to leave Guadeloupe for the wrecked Island and It Is assumed that he . was willing and even anxious to go along. VAST RICHES ARE LAID WASTE Northwestern Realon of Guatemala Is Reduced to Rain by the Re. cent Earthquakes. SALT LAKE, May 10. In a letter to the president of the Mormon church, dated April 23, from Paul Henning, elder and representative of the church In Guatemala, further details are given of the disastrous earthquakes In that country. Mr. Hennlog says: The whole northwestern region, one of the richest in Central America, la In ruins. On the evening of April 18 about 20 min utes after 8 o'clock the first shock was felt.. This lasted from thirty to forty sec onds and caused the wildest panic. There was no loss of life In Guatemala City, and the property dmae was less than at first feared, though walla were cracked all over the city and many old houses were tum bled In ruins. Ever since then the shocks have continued with more or less violence. The worst damage was done In the City of Quexaltenango, the second largest In the country. Here It la estimated that from 6, woo to t.OoO people were killed. At the time of the first shock a violent thunder and rain storm was raging. The electric lighting plant of the city had been disabled, and when the ' people, panic stricken by the rumbling and shaking of the earthquake, rushed from their houses, it was only to meet death. Stumbling and falling. In the narrow, winding streets .in total darkness, save when the lightning lit up the crumbling city with an unearthly glare, the people died by thousands under the falling walls, while other thousands were caught like rats only to die of suf focation or drowning. The quaking and rain kept up continually for three days. This made It almost lm possible to do effective relief work, and as a consequence, now that the hot weather again prevails, the stench from the thou sands of bodies burled In the ruins Is un bearable, and fears are entertained of an epidemic. Hundreds of bodies probably never will be recoverd. May Be Voleaao's Victims. WAKEFIELD. Mass., May 10. It Is fesred that Captain Parks of the schooner T. W. Norton, whose borne is in this ctty, and his son lost their lives at St. Pierre. Norton is supposed to have been at Bt. Pierre this week and from reports at bsnd It Is believed It must hsve been lost. Pierre Offers Bouds for tale. PIERCE, Neb., May 10. (Special.) City Clerk L. R. Hertert has advertised $9, 800 worth of ths waterworks bonds for sals. Sealed proposals for these bonds will be received up to Mouday, June 2. The town council Is now resdy to receive sealed proposals for ths furnishing of material for the power bouse and tank and pumpa, pipes, hydrants, valves, stc. Gets Life Sealenee. ' LAWRENCE, Kan., May 10 J. II. Bhane, a photographer, who last February shot ana killed lid Katberman. a yuung man, as the latter was paxslna by his shp. was today convicted of murder in the first de gree. He will bo given a lite evntriu-e. Shane was erratic and shot Katherman without provocation, alleging that the boy had bothered bim. The defense nUadwI Insanity. - DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, FINISH . OMAHA POSTOFFICE Chairman of Senate Committee Agreet to Recommend the Appropriation. AMENDED BRIDGE BILL PASSES HOUSE Measure brantlagr Pension to the Widow of the 1ate General an ton Goes to President for Signature. (From a Btsff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 10. (Special Tele gram.) Senator Millard, at the lnatencs of the supervising architect, has prevailed on the public building and grounds committee ot the senate to appropriate 815,000 addi tional for the completion of the Omaha public building. Senator Millard had an interview with Senator Fairbanks, chairman of the committee, today and after going over the entire situation Senator Fairbanks -decided that the additional amount was needed to complete ths structure along the lines desired by the people of Omsba and indicated to 8enator Millard bis dlsposl tlon toward meeting those wishes. The bill extending the time In which to complete the bridge over the Missouri river at East Omaha, with amendments ss agreed upon between the contending interests, passed the house today. The hilt now goes to the senate with the amendments addel, the principal one of which provides that the bridge shall be open ts foot and vehicle travel. The senate will undoubtedly con cur In the house amendments, as It Is un derstood Senator Millard has been advised that this amendment Is satisfactory to the terminal company. Kuleg-les on Kyle. Eulogies were delivered In the bouse to day on the life and public services ot the late Senator James H. Kyle ot South Da kota. Representative Burke of the South Dakota delegation spoke first and after his address presided over ths deliberations ot the bouss. Other addresses were made by Representetlves De Armond of Missouri, Marshall of North Dakota, Bell of Colorado. McCleary of Minnesota, Stark of Nebraska and Martin of South Dakota. Represents tlve Mann of Illinois, who was a student with the senator at the University of Illi nois, was expected to deliver an address. out, with Representative Burton of Ohio, who mas a former teacher of the late Sen ator Kyle at Ouerlln university, was un avoidably absent. The bill for the relief of Mrs. M. B. Stan ton, widow of the late General T. H. Stan ton, has passed both houses of congress and now goes to the president tor his signa ture. The bill carries pension of $50 per month for Mrs. Stanton. Representative Hepburn, whose conven tion has been called to meet at Creston, la., on June 10, stated today that he would In all probability go home to participate In Its deliberations. Senator Klttredge of South Dakota has gone to New Hampshire on a short visit to the home of his father and mother. Postal Matters. Postmasters appointed: Iowa J. H. Townsend, Evanston. Webster county. Ne braska T. M. Howie. Edholm, Butler county, vice W. A. Hutchison, dead. Wyom ing H. A. Wegner, Germanla, Big Horn rountv. Rural free delivery service will be es tablished in Iowa on July 1 as follows: Wenster, Keokuk, county; area covered, twenty-eiaht aauare miles; population, 450. West, Grove, Davit ccunty, one route, ares, fifty-two square miles; population, 631. . Woodbine, Harrison county, four routes; area, ninety square miles; popula tion. 1.950. The poetofflce at Platte, S. D., becomes a presidential office July 1, with the post master's salary at $1,110. Ths comptroller 6f the currency hss ap proved the United States National bank of Omaha as reserve agent for the Commer cial National bank ot Essex, la. William Bentborn of Castlewood, S. D., has been appointed to a position In the surveyor general's Office at Huron, S. D. Charles E. Pollard of Farley, Benton O. Ellis of Mllburn and M. A. Withers of Des Molnea, la., have been appointed rail way clerks. The gross receipts of the poetofflce at Omaha for ths month of April were $38, 304, against $38,408 for same month last years, an Increase of $1,848. At Des Moines ths receipts were $33,876 end $28, 623 respectively, an Increase ot $5,233. Consular to Take Kidnaped Child. WASHINGTON, May 10. The State de partment having been advised that Mar garet Taylor, ths child kidnaped by ber aunt, Clara Taylor, Is suffering from neglect at Bordlghera, Italy, owing to ths Inability of ber aunt to care for ber, has cabled United States Consul Pearson at Genoa to have ber taken In charge by United States Consular Agent Amegllo at San Remo. . New Steel Combination. CHICAGO, 111., May 10,-The Dally News today prints ths announcement ot a new combination Of Interests in the stsel In dustry which has Just been perfected In this city under the management of Arthur J. Eddy. The name of the new company is to be the American Steel Founders' com pany, with a capital of t40.Cn10.000 equally di vided between common and preferred stock. CHICAGO, May 10. Ths companlss that will enter the combination are engaged MEAT QUESTION SETTLED. Right rood to Take Its Place. "The shortness ot ths meat supply and ths high pries of steak- Is not an unmiti gated evil. On the contrary, it is a prob able blessing," says ths Brooklyn Eagls. "If meat could be raised to a pries that would maka it prohibitory, it might still bs of good result, because It would tsscb those who depend almost entirely upon It to widen tbelr dietary and learn to enjoy many good things of which they are now Ignorant. To many, especially In ths cities, there aro but three foods; meat, potatoes snd bread. Tbs weary 'monotony of this program, the unsatisfied but Inde finite longings for a wldsnlng of It, affect appetite and surely affect spirits and tem per. "The laborer goes to bis work filled with meat, potatoes and breed. At noon be finds cold meat and bread in his dinner pall, snd at night he is confronted by meat snd pota toes, somstimes separate, sometimes com bined Into a greasy stew, somstimes chopped into hssh. "This kind of thing fills him, but In a finer sense It can hardly be said to feed blm. Physicians bavs discovered that a limited and unchanging diet lowers vitality and health." Such a tires as this gives svsry ens aa opportunity to test ths valus of Orape Nuts ss a food and provs to themsslvss that it mors than takes ths placs ot meat and really furnishes mors nourishment tor the body snd grestsr strength snd vitality for the brain snd nervous system; It is slso an economical food that reduces tbs cost of living to the minimum-. ' Oraps-Nuts era probably en tit ltd to tbe claim to be the most perfectly adapted food for human needs now- extant.- Tbs meat eater and the vegetarian are alike charmed with Its crisp taste and the delicate flavor of grape sugar and tbs careful housewife is attracted by tbs tact that there axe fourteen portion In a 15c package. MAY 11, 1002. In tbe manufacture of steel castings, about ths only brsncb of the steel business that baa not been consolidated. They are: The American Casting com. oany and tbe Sargent company ot Chi cago; Light and Howard of St. Louis, the Franklin and Reliance companies of Penn sylvania and the American Castings com pany of Newark, N. J. The new sharea of the company are to be underwritten at par. and of every 100 shares of stock, there will be a bonus of ten shares of the common. E. H. Gsry and Chsrles M. Schwsb ot the United States Steel corporstlon, and Gen eral Miller are chiefly Interested In the promotion, which It Is said, will In no way Interfere with or antagonize the larger concern. Harris. Gates A Company are credited with having undertaken the finan cial part of the project. RAMSEY EXPLAINS TROUBLE Wabash Haa JJo Intention to Deprive Colorado Road of St. I.oula Terminal. BT. LOUIS. May 10. President Joseph Ramsey, Jr., of the Wabash, after a con sultation with bis general counsel, Colonel Blodgett, hae given out an official state ment in respect to the reported shutting out ot the Colorado road from the use ot Wabash terminal facilities. He said: The statement that the Wabash company hss tied Up the traffic of the Colorado and shut that road off at Forsyth Junction, thereby violating the trackage contract. Is without foundation In fact. The Colorado road is running all of Its trains and rocelvlng and handling traffic and cars to and from other connections In Mill Creek over the Wabash tracks, and there la no intention on the part of the Wabash to prevent them from doing so. The Wabash has simply declined to con tinue to handle and switch the Colorado cars In the Wabash company's own yards and on Ha own tracks, outside of the tracks, sidetracks and ngnt-of-way cov ered by the contract. We have no desire to interfere, with the Colorado company's traffic, but are forced on account of the crowded condition of our own yards, and In order to take care of the Wabash com pany's Interest, to restrict the use of our yards and facilities outside of the right-of-way, for our own traffic. This Is all there is to it. As far as the Rock Island Is concerned that company has not been taken Into con sideration. Notice was served on the Colo rado road over a month ago to the effect that we would cease to do business for that company In our yards after May 1 if they did not pay for the services performed lor tnem nuring tne positive or six montns, In referring to President Ramey's state ment, George S. Sands, president and gen eral manager of tbe St. Louis, Kansas City 4V Colorado road, cited a decision of the supreme court, decreeing that tbe Colorado bad a right to the use ot the Wabaeh tracks, the terminal facilities and all other agents and employes for switching between Forsyth Junction snd Eighteenth street. . "Our contract with the Wabash people," said Mr. Sands, "Is a yearly one, and we have paid up regularly. The last payment for 1901 was made December 31, 1901. "The Terminal association notified tbe Missouri Pacific some time ago that it would not handle freight for our road. "The Missouri Pacific so Informed us snd we replied that we were ready and able to handle all of the ' business that company could give us. "At the start of this controversy the Wa bash deprived us of our swttohlng facili ties, and now they have gone a step fur ther and claim we have no right to use certain ot their tracks between here and Forsythe Junction." President Sands said his people bad not yet decided whether tbe controversy would be taken to court. SHOOT JEWELER AND NEGRO Thieves Fatally Wound Merchant fn ChlcasTO Who Resists Day. -light Robbery. CHICAGO. May 10. Two robbers made a desperate attempt to rob the Jewelry tore of A. Kaemffer, 146 West Madison street, today. Mr. Kaemffer was shot and probably fatally wounded, and a colored boy who ran to bis assistance was shot In ths leg. Kaemffer was alone in the store when the two robbers entered. He resisted and both pulled their pistols. One of them shot him and be fell to the floor. The colored boy, Eugene Wood, ran fram an adjoin ing barber shop to the Jeweler's aid, but fell with a bullet in his leg. Ths two robbers, having, It is said, ob talned no booty, rushed to the street and held a small crowd at bay with their re volvers while they made their escape. Later tbe police arrested one "Kid" Mur ray on suspicion. FIRE RECORD. Fire at Ames, Kansas. CONCORDIA, Kan., May 10. Fire last night destroyed tbe principal portion of tbe town of Ames, with a population of about 600. The Chicago Lumber yard and the Wood mercantile store are among the prop erties destroyed. The loss is not known. Mrs. Wood Jumped from a second story win dow and was Injured severely. DEATH RECORD. John E. Van Pelt, Illinois. NEW YORK, May 10. John E. Van Pelt, for many years prominent In democratic politics In Illinois, died from pneumonia bers today at Flowsr hospital. Iowa. Man Gets Position. SANTA FB, N. M., May 10 The Board of Regents of the New Mexico School of Mines haa elected Charles R. Keyea ot Des Moines, la., president ot the institu tion, to succeed F. A. Jones. Mr. Keyes Is ex-state geologlat of Missouri and Iowa and haa traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Fair la Nebraska Bandar and Warmer la East Portion, Followed by Showers. WASHINGTON, May 10. Forecast: For Nebraska Fair Sunday, warmer in east portion; showers at night on Mon day in northwest portion; fair in east and south; winds becoming southsrly. For Iowa Fair Sunday, probably showers in southeast portion; Monday fair with warmer In eaat portion; east to north winds. For North Dakota and South Dakota Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday with showers In west portion; Mondsy probably showers; outb winds. For Missouri Fair Sunday, preceded by showers and cooler In northeast portion; Mondsy fair; varlabla winds. For Kansas Generally fair Sunday and Monday; winds becoming southerly. Local Reeord. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. OMAHA, May 10. Official record of tem perature and precipitation compared wiih tne corresponding day oi tne last tnree years: iwrc. jsoi. woo. inns. Maximum temperature... M M 74 6s Minimum temperature.... b5 b) 63 ft Mean temperature S ii 66 4 Precipitation 00 .04 .00 .10 Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day and since Mareh L 19fd: Normal temperature SS Excess for the day 1 Total excess since March 1 ts Normal precipitation 13 Inch Deficiency for the day 13 Inch Total precipitation since March 1. .1.50 Inches Unclency alnce Alarm 1 1.42 Inches Deficiency for cor. period 1!XH 1 M inch Deficiency for cor. pertoiw). 33 inch Local- precast vufflc'.aL FIGHT ON SPECIAL EMBASSY Bailey Protest Against Sending Delegate to King Edward's Coronation. QUESTIONS AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT Hoar and gpooner Aaree with Prin ciple, bnt Persnade Traaa to Withdraw Amendment as Matter of Conciliation. WASHINGTON. Msy 10. A lively debate occurred In the senate today upon an smendment to an army appropriation bill offered by Mr. Bailey ot Texas, providing that no part of the appropriations by the measure should be used In defraying the expenses of the special embassy to the coronation of 1lng Edward VII of Eng land. Mr. Dalley contended that the I'nlted States should not send a special ambassador to the coronation of England's king or to the coronstlon of any ruler, when the coun try thus honored did not extend a like courtesy to the I'nlted States on the in auguration of a prealdent. After considerable discussion the amend ment was withdrawn and the bill passed. Subsequently Mr. Bailey offered a resolution which will be discussed later, covering the point made In his amendment. To Aid Martinique offerers. A bill authorised by Mr. Fairbanks of In diana, appropriating $100,000 to aid the sufferers of the Martinique Island disaster was passed. A bill for the sale of sites for Industrial plants In the Indian Territory was passed. In connection with the bill Mr, Bailey of Texas regretted that It vested authority In the secretary of the Interior, "for," said he. "If there is an officer of the government who does not know anything about the In dian Territory, it la the secretary of the Interior." A resolution which was offered by Mr. Harris ot Kansas calling upon the secretary of the interior for Information as to the sale of Indian lands in Kansas was adopted Mr. Proctor of Vermont offered a resolu tlon, which was adopted, calling upon the secretary of war for information aa to bow many Barbette carrlagea have been manu factured since July 1, 1893, and other Infor mation as to the disappearing gun car riages. The resolution wsa adopted. Mr. Lodge called attention to the fact that a special embassy of the fitted States attended the coronation ot tne czar ot Russia. "If," said Mr. Bailey, "we are to send a special embassy to the coronation of this monarch of Great Britain we must here after send an embassy to the coronation of every monarch, or else give an affront to the nation concerned. Courtesy Not Reciprocal. "If It be true that we have sent em hassles to the coronation of European rulers I ask if special embassies ever have been sent to the Inauguration of tbe presl dent of the United States? Are they en titled at our hand to what ' they do not give to us? "What I protest against," said the Texas senator, "Is this: That the greatest re nubile In the world shall perform for a monarchy what monarchies do not perform for us." It wss pointed out by Mr. Lodge tbst the no act of tbe president to send a special agent waa established 'thoroughly by prac tlce. It was clear that, be had such au thority. The president had appointed a special ambassador to the coronation of the king of Spain. There had been other cases of ths appointment ot similar representatives of the government. Mr. Hoar said he sympathized with the statement that the I'nlted States should not pav a tribute to any nation, which that natlsn did not pay to us. That argu ment, he thought, was unanswerable. But In this Instance the special embassy had been appointed, and If any obstacle now were laid In the way of It that action could be considered as an affront. Withdraws His Amendment. Mr. Spooner ot Wisconsin, while he felt the president had no authority to send an ambassador to any foreign country without the consent ot the senate, thought It would be a mistake to adopt the proposed amend ment. A vote was taken on the amendment, which resulted 15 to 26 Leas than a quo rum. Mr. Bailey then withdrew the amendment and the bill was passed. Mr. Bailey then offered the following resolution: That It is contrary to' the policy of the United States to accredit to any forelan government any ambassador, minister or otner nipiomatic nmcer or agent to especi ally represent the TTnlted Htntea At tiiA coronation of any hereditary prince or potentate. That no power exists In the president of the United States to appoint any ambassa dor, minister or other diplomatic officer or agent ana accredit him aa the representa tive of the United States to any foreign government except by and with the advice and consent or the senate, aa prescribed li section 2. article I, of the constitution o the United States. Tbe resolution went . over under the rules. New Sleeping Gars Omaha and Sterling are the names of the new, superb and latest design of Pullman Sleeping cars Just put In service on the night trains between Omaha and Kansas City via Missouri Pacific Ry. 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