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J THE OMAIIA DAILY J1EE: FIUDAY, MAY 23, 1002. eorted Mr. Fayae, wife of tb postmaster general, . , A ' Ihirio4' h ' dfnnel-' President Roosevelt proposed tbe toest. "To the President of tb French: ftepublie and to th Peopl of France 'Ambassador Camboa aa toast ''The President of the United 8ttes-' 'nil mad a graceful speech. Secretary Hay propoaed "Th Member ef tb Roch- , ambeau Mission."-- General Brugar. re- gpOUded. , , '. .. ' An Interesting event of th ewilag wa th presentation to Mra. Roosevelt of ft rara collection of sketches and engrav ings, t'ft from the premier of the French cabinet, M. ' Waldeck-Rousseau. PUT UP BAftSJ"0 IMMIGRANTS HoiM Mcnbtri Tack m AnMlattti to Dill Reejalrlna- Ed. acatloaal Teat. . WASHINGTON. Mar 22 The house t'diy, raiumed dlicuislcra 6f the Immigration bill. Almost the entire, day was taken up with the amendment offered by Mr. Underwood of Alabama, requiring an educational test for Immigrant to thl eountry. It was adopted. ' 4 ... The house disagreed to the amendments of the senate to the omnibus public build ing bill and It waa aeat to conference. An amendment, to ';the' rules waa adopted re quiring that conference reports should be printed la tb .Congressional Record before being presented to the bouse. An amendment by Mr. Rucker of Missouri to h Immigration bill was adopted providing that the provisions of laws applicable to contract labor shall Bot be held to exclude .professional aetora, artist, lecturers, singers, ministers of any religious denomination, professors for col leges or seminaries, persons belonglpg to any reeognited learned profession or per son employed strictly as personal or do mestic servants. Mr. Underwood 'then urged the necessity for the adoption of a provision for an eluca tlon&l'lest, Insisting that the steamship ompanles would sea to tt that the passen-r gars cbuli pass the teat If they knew they would n&v to carry them back unless they ould. This was amended by Mr. 8hattuc. The latter'a amendment provides that all parsons,., whether abla to read the English language or aome other language or not able to do so, who shall enter the United State except at the sesports thereof or at Vanceboro, Me., Newport or St. Albans, Vt., Plattsburg, Niagara Falls or Buffalo, N. Y., Detroit or Saulta Bte. Marie, Mich., Pembina, N D., Sumas, Wash., Laredo, XI Fas or Eagle Pass, Tex., or Nogaleg. Arli., shall .be adjudged to have entered this country unlawfully and aball b de ported as by taw provided. . Attur a. Iflnt A1aoii..lnft tiM fih.MtiA Amendment waa adopted and the Underwood amendment a amended was also adopted. OCCUPATION v: ACT OF GOD OevstnsMat's Freitae la Philippines Commended fey Bishop of ' ' ' MeinodUt Charea. ' , WASHINGTON,- -.. May 12. Bishop Tho burn of the Methodist Episcopal church of India and Malaysia waa before the senate oommlUee on Philippine today. He said the Americas occupation of the Philippine -should be continued. In the course of his examination he aatd the oc cupation of the Philippine was an act of God. This led to a long list of questions by Senator Patterson, in which the bishop was asjked it the occupation of Cuba was an act of Ocd, and whan he replied in the affirm ail vs. Senator Patterson asked if the with- rawal also was the act of Ood. ... ' U. iawo iwr-wipawT j.bmx, ne re plied. "The United State may have to go back there?'. ; , . Bens for Patters pursue' rl quest Ion to soma length and the bishop finally pro Bounced them "metaphysical." , , Senator" Brldg 'objected,' Saying; the question, .vrr unnecessary,, and Senator Patterson remarked that whenever t.e questions war such a to bring out rvl dene about anything th majority did not , want an sxcuss was made for objection. . Chairman Lodge, sustained the objection. Bishop Tboburn-' will continue tomorrow. Ia response to questions by Senator Cul berson, Elahop-Thoburn said he believed the Philippine' should have a protectorate after the manner of the British protector ate... The bishop aaid ha believed that orig inally th -American government had not, when. Admiral De,wey went to Manila, any intention of taking control of tb Philip pine. ' President McKlnley, he said, had told him that be had tried In every possi ble way to avoid the annexation of th ' Phllipp.inee. .,...,... . HAYl VVAtiltS .TQl EXTEND TIME Ask Denmark, to Deter LlaaJt for , Ratifying Treaty f Sal Qne Tear. : . 1 WAXlilOTNi "May tY Secretary Hay kas requeued ,th Danish government to nter Into ' a protocol extending for on year th period . ef time allowed for th ratification of th treaty of oesaion of the Danish .West-Indian Islands, This action 1 noeary to keep alive the treaty aa ratified by the United State aenata until th Danish Rlgmlag can act Anally upon It at the next session In September. . COPENHAGEN.. May . The Polltiken. la . referring -to Secretary Hay'a requeat, says there aa llttl (Jcubt that King Chrls liaa will ax re 4o th proposal. Helaatloaa y tb President, WASHINGTON1 May II Th president today cent the following nominations to th senate:'-- V Navy-i-Surgeon H.'O. furl, past assistant surgeon: Lieutenant W. J. Sears, lleutenaut commander; . Lieutenant ). A. Bell, lieu tonant commander; Lieutenant Commander fcdward F. Qualtrough. cemmaniler; Pay Inspeetor Ichabod CI. liobba, pay director. lootmaitt-i ; Jlliruils Allen H. Webster. Cuba: Oeorge B. Ayer, Galena; William H. Whltehouee, iliunt Qllva; f rank Hockwell, St. Charles. ?tx s George K. 8a pp. peooa. a lfofniu. John T. Llndlev. Ontario. r - : ... t . , 1 -. 1 1 . - a. ' . . , -William E. Stouffer, Breckla- ridge. Iowa Joseph S. Morgan, Dubuque; Harry . Morgan-, I .etabenja mln A. NlchoU. Wt Liberty. Monlenat-ira L' Kirk. Boseman. hvda B. D. Turner, Deiamar. Wasolngton Jamea Eart. Colfax, ' Ta lteov the Malae. 'WAtHINaTON.''May M.-A, till waa" In troduced by Senator Lodge today provid ing for the 'removal o the battleship Maine from the' harbor -of Havana and the recovery . of the bod lee of th American nation who aank with the veaael. Th bill appropriates $1,000,600 for the purpose. Coataal Ue Hla Wltacea. ' ALBANY. N, T.', Mar tt.-Attornay Oeo ral Davlea stated tonlnht that he bee bren unablv to iibpjria Arthur Selby and the various eaatern representative of Swift a Co., Armour at Co.. ine cuaany company and other weatern backing concern, whoae tsctlmony la -needed to determine the exlat eac of an agreement which. It la alleged, la Intended to prevent competition Sa4 to keep vp in price oi oeei. , . Inri 'Mffvln Iff wonv rlvar ta alumriab, out of tun and you tael dulL bilioua, eocallpaUxL uk a do C 'cad'aPiUo; s 4p4 you'U all tlgb la Ui naomlnfi VOTES TO REVISE TnE CREED Presbyterian General Jiagembly Approve Eeport of the Gommltte.' ' ACTION IS PRACTICALLY UNANIMOUS - j - . - Tina of Each tph la Limited to Tem Mlaates, hat Very Few Delegratea Desire to Be Heard. NEW TORK. May 21 Th general assem bly of th Presbyterian church today adopted th report of th committee on ercad revision, making change In th con fession of faith. This action, which was practically unanimous, was taken with lit tle or no debate. Th changea proposed will now go to tha various presbyteries for ratification.. When th report was presented last Friday a mo tion for Its adoption waa made at one, but the vote was deferred until today. Aa was to be expected, the prospect of an Interest ing debate en creed, revision attracted a crowd which Oiled the galleries solidly, and when tb doors of tb ground floor were opened all th seat not reserved for com missioner were occupied at one. Rev,. Dr. Henry Van. Dyke, th moderator. before th hour set for consideration, spoke for a moment. "I do not believe that my task as moderator Is to be a difficult one," he said, "but It is a delicate one. In this cbalr where you have put me. I want to aay that I am not a member of any organi sation. 1 am a plain Presbyterian and your moderator, your servant.. I want to plead that this discussion be carried on In the spirit of good fellowship. Hav nothing either rushed through or delayed. Th mat ter before us Is a slmpls proposition. Ths assembly of 1901 appointed a commute to do a particular thing. What you have to pa on 1 not whether that certain thing ahould be done, but whether th committee has don tt to your satisfaction." On motion th privilege of the floor was extended to th members of th commute who were not commissioner. On motion of Rev. Dr. David J. Wylie, speeches on th report were limited to ten minutes,, except that of th committee chairmen. ' - Moves Adoption of Report. Rev. Dr. Jamea D. Moffatt then moved the adoption of the eleven overture to be sent . to the Presbyteries. Ret. Dr. Henry C Mn ton, chairman of the revision committee, spoke for tha re port. He would not, he said, argue the merlta of the whole report, but would speak of the special considerations, which in-, fluenced the committee. They were guided. In the first place, by the work of the committee of 1892. . The presumption, of course, alwaya was in ' favor of the ex plicit orders of last year's assembly. There were two element on th committee, he explained, those who preferred to make all amendmenta by .verbal modifications, and those who wished to make the change by separate declaratory statements. Ob viously there had to. be some yielding and It waa not all on one side. "Th misap prehensions aa to the confession," con tinued Dr. Minion, .'.'hav com from two causes, first, th unguarded statements in the confession itself, and, second, unwar ranted Inference from th confession. In the first case verbal changes would be th remedy. In the second, declaratory state ment were -necessary.'.' Dr. Mlnton then took up th varloua points, on which the committee had been asked to pasa. "Regarding the pope of Rome,"., he said,. Vtha confession, distinctly say the pop Is i 'th' antl-Chrlat and "the son of perdition. 'Now, if that was true, and It we want to aay tt let k stand. If not tru and do not .wish t aay It, take It out.' ' ' " ' -Only Coaree to Par sue. "I may believe that the pope is anti Christ on general principles. I am quit willing, to declare la th face of th Vatican or th whole world, for that matter, that th pop, using th crown right of Jesus Christ. Is anti-Christ and tb son of perdi tion. The committee followed the only proper eours jto pursue, by broadening the statement," . , -Dr. Mlnton ( reeentod th accusation brought that the Presbyterian : church be lieved In Infant danfaatioii. "The critic and enemlea of the Presbyterian church hav roled It under their tonguea as a aweet morsel that we believe In Infant damnation We resent the kecusation that this chapter contemplates ana sucn interpretation. Dr. Mlnton waa' loudly applauded when be eloaed. .,,.. , Dr. Moffat urged the assembly, In a brief address, to decide the question quickly by a vot to adopt. . Rev. Dr R. ' Russell Booth of this city. who ha been known a a atrong antl-revl-slontst, aaked the' ssaembly to adopt unani mously add at one th report. Aa he closed his ' short y remarks there cam aharp trie of "question" from all over th assembly. Weepa Over Revlsloa. Rev. Fleming O. Railey of Klsseme, Fla., opposed revision. "I am against th adop lion of th report," he aaid; "I hav never found any difficulty with th old standards. They hav lighted the way for m and taken m across th river all th way. I feel that this revision la but th entering wedge, and bow far It will go, no on caa tU." . , . . Her th speaker "broke down and wept. Th queetion waa then put and th reso lutloa ordering tb report published waa carried with o&ly .two dlaaentlng votea, Th motion for th adoption ef tb sup plementary statement waa mad by Dr. Mlnton and seconded by Rev. Howard Duf Held of th Old First Presbyterian church In thla city. "W ar face to fac with a Babel an a Pentecost," aaid Dr. Duffleld a BabaL. of confession and a Pentecoat where, aouls will be won and bleaslng gained. Which ahall It beV "It jfould be a great thing If by an unan Imous vote we could take out from our vo cabulary the words liberal and conaervatlva and merge them Into that glorious name, Prtabyterlan.' Let us tell th world that th Presbyterian church Is not only the reverend guardian of tha paet, but alao th sympathetic Interpreter of th present and the heir apparent to the throne of the future.' I bop th statement ' will be adopted." The itlr. report. -was .adopted and th eaeloa was closed with aa impreaaive de votlonal aervlc in which Rev. Dr. John son of Chicago and Rsv Dr. Dlcksy of fared prayer and Dr. ' R. R. Booth of thla city pronounced th benedlctlqa. Chief Social Pwaetloa. Tha chief social function of th preeent meeting .of th Presbyterian general as Sembly- was held, tonight at th Waldorf Astoria. This waa lb reception of ths Preabyterlaa union to all o (Be era, commla sloner and former moderators of the aa sembly. th officer of tb Board of th Presbyterian church, tb horn and foreign mlsaionarle and preachara. th delegate t tb annual meeting of th Womaa's Board of Horn Missions, and th represent ative of tb Woman's Board of Foreign Missions. Ther were 1.000-got. Th re ceptlon commltte for th union waa mad Up of pearly 100 dlgnltarle and their wiv . Respoadlag t th greeting Dr. Van Dyke, he moderator, said: I wish I could take aotlv part In th funeral ot old conservatism, even II u only be a a gravedigger or aa a tomb stone maker, preferably the latter. Then I would put thla epitaph on the tomb: "Here He two words that died ot overwork1 onervat.nm end HbprallHtn." But there must be no exHgiertlon of the victory by thow who advocated the revision and 1 hope there will he no crow ing over the victory. The value of what ha been done Is great, and now that It hue been done we rruist preeent a united front. We mit be broad minded In treat' Ine; this queetion, and remember that we are only called on to revle the old cate chism. I trust It will reeult In a better Understanding of our great and beautiful faith. Cumberland Adjoara. SPRINGFIELD. Mo.. May St. At f o'clock tonight th seventy-second general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church adjourned. Fin fraternal spirit pervaded the closing session Indeed, there has not been an'unbrotherly speech made during the whole session, although grave questions were at Issue and much sup pressed feeling has existed. Every ap pearance of discontent haa disappeared. Early In the afternoon session the theo logical seminary matter was called up and th majority and minority reports having been withdrawn the assembly enthusiastic ally and almost unanimously adopted the report upon which during the morning th theological seminary committee had agreed. Thla report appoints a new committee to settle the whole matter with the trustees of Cumberland presbyteries, the general assembly's right being conserved and very effort made to promote th semi nary's interest. Thla committee t com posed of Rev. 8. M. Templeton, Clarks vllle, Tex.; Rev. A. H. Stephena, Chicago; Rev. J. S. Grider, Smith' Grove, Ky.; Ben Elt Guthrie, Macon, Mo.; Rev. W. T. Rodgers, Knoxvllle, Tenn., and Hamilton Park and John H. DeWltt. A commission was appointed to prepare an exhibit for the St. Louis world' fair. Numerous standing committees were ap pointed. Twenty-two delegatea were elected to the Presbyterian council In Liverpool in July, 1904. The assembly's last act was to unani mously agree to self-entertainment here after and to meet next May in Naahvllle, Tenn. More Rellarloa la Shoola. JACKSON, Miss., May ' 22. At today's session of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United Statea Dr. Wooda, aecretary ot ths committee on bill and Overtures, made several reports, on from the National Reform aaaociatlon, asking that steps be taken to securs greater morality in school and that a day of prayer be named. The second Sabbath in Septem ber was designated. Dr. W. H. Debuna ot Missouri, who was recommended by the foreign missions committee a field aecre tary, waa unanimously elected by the aa sembly. The report of the committee on Sabbath observation declared that the day is falling into disrepute and that the out look la gloomy. All ministers ar urged to renew their efforts in the direction of In creasing public sentiment- toward better observance -ot the Sabbath. ELECTS TWO NEW BISHOPS Soathern Methodist Coafereace Set tlea Thla aad the War Claim Qnestlon. DALLAS, Tex., May 22. The general cenv ferenc of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, today elected two new bishops, Dr, E. E. Hoss of Nashville, Tenn., and Dr. A. Coke Smith of Virginia, finally settled th war claim" matter so far as legislation of the present assembly can settle. It, and adopted a report providing for th unlflca tton of Methodiam in Japan. Th atatua ot the -war claim fund Is now such Jhat the United State aenate ia the only mean which can disturb it. If tha senate passes a resolution asking the re turn, cf tb war claim money to th general government the church la Pound by the action of its general conference to comply. It no such resolution passe the senate the Incident la considered permanently closed. A paper signed by nine of tb nineteen original signer of th minority report on the war claim issue, exonerating Dr. Collins Denny ot any reflections that the minority report might contain concerning Dr. Denny's connection with the efforts to procure the war claim appropriation from congress, was spread on tb record of the conference. The new Sunday school board was nomi nated and elected aa follows: John R. Pepper of Memphis, W. E. Washburn of Alabama, John O. Wilaon of South Caro lina, B. M. Burger ot Texaa and"M. Frank Walton of Baltimore. ' ( Bishop Wilson announced that th bishops-elect would be ordained Saturday fternoon. Dr. O. B. Win ton of Monterey, Mexico, waa elected editor of the Christian Advo cate, the organ of th church, published at Nashville, and Dr. J. J. Tlgert wu re- elected book editor and editor of the Re view. GENERAL TORRANCE IN CITY 5atloaal Commaadcr Talk at Glory of Aanerlcaa Soldier, Yonast aad Old. Not tb least pleasant feature of tb pres ent Grand Army ot th Republic encamp ment 1 th presence of General Ell Tor rance, who arrived yesterday morning from Rock Ialaad, and haa been busy ever sine shaking the handa of bowed veterana who hav been crowded about him. General Tor rance, In both appearance and demeanor, I th Ideal soldier and haa a soldier's love for his flag and all men who fought under It. 'I left my bom In Minneapolis Monday morning and hav been spending twenty six hour a day with tb boy at varloua placea ever alnce," he said. "Tuesday I attended tha encampment at Des Molne and then with Governor Van Bant and staff of Mlnneaota, and Governor Cum' mine and staff of Iowa, went to Rock Island for the Illlnola encampment Wednesday, be ing joined ther by Goveraor Yates. We were all in th parade ther and It haa been a long time alnce I saw go Imposing a pageant. The people were delighted and showed aa eapeclal Intereat because, per' bapa, It waa th tint encampment they hav had there and tha national guard mounted and Infantry, waa called out. "I felt thrilled and pleaaed, for It would break my heart If I thought tb people bad ceased to love th old soldier. "In th more recent campaigning th eons have honored tbelr sires and ws all rejoice at th showing th rising generation made. They proved themselves tru American aoldiera and I have no patience with any man who attack the character of tha American soldier. Ha who does that at tack th American people, tor the soldiers ar drawn from th people, regardlea ot rank or station. - "I hav been ao royally received her that I wish I might atay through th week, but my wife la 111 and I must start bom In tb morning. Next week I shall take her, if ah will b well enough, and my daughter to Weat Point for the centennial, expecting to be ther ten days, a I am on of tb Board of Visitors." CUBA, MAY FREE AMERICANS BUI Proposed Graatloar Pardaa ta All a Priaea ar Awaltiac Trial. ' HAVANA, May 22. A bill will be Intro duced in the house of representative,, pro riding pardon for all American confined la pnaon or awaiting trial. . It i expected th hou wllltak fa vorabl action In lb matter. Cuban aenti meat 1 strongly in favor of th measure. VETERANS HATE BUSY DAY Evening the Occasion of a Oampfira Which Evoke! Much Enthusiasm. GENERAL TORRANCE AD OTHERS SPEAK At Day 8eeeloa Reparla at Departaaeat Commander aad Otkjer Officer Are Received aad Creet lagra Eachaasjed. (Continued from First Page.) but 17 when I enllated, but my mother let me go and gave roe the last cent in the house to pay my car far to Pittsburg. My aged father, a minister, also consented and when I returned wounded I found that he was gone a chaplain of a regiment com manded by one of the deacons of his church. How could a nation perish, how could a righteous cause fall when th people are willing to make such sacrifice?" Present Badge ta Reeae. After acknowledging tha department' courtesy In deterring it encampment until he could be present. General Torrance called Hon. John Reese of Broken Bow, department commander, before Major Wil cox, to th front of the tag and preaented a handsome badgs on behalf of the Ne braskaepartment. Mr. Reese responded by saying that nothing could make him more proud. Mrs. Kemp read a history of th condi tions that prevailed at the times of th death of the three martyred president and said: "May these lessons seal, the Up of thoe who Incite to anarchy or kindred violence by-thelr unpatriotic and unthink ing words." ... . Judge J. S. Fawcett was called, but said that he noticed, that at a (at hour a speaker always received his best applause when he sat down, and that he would Im mediately seek that reward. Th camp fire was then declared at an end. Early in the evening Judge Estell an nounced that Comrade Warren Woodward bad died at the Paxton hotel at 6 o'clock of heart failure and after the meeting it waa arranged that aa many aa possible of the veterans should escort the body to the station at 8, o'clock this morning, when If Is to be taken to his late bom in Exeter, Neb., for burial. ' Th aged oldier cam Wednesday morning for th encampment, but suffered an attack of heart failure early in the day and has required nursjng and care since. His wife arrived yesterday morning. - . ... Afternoon Meeting. , At yesterday " aftertoon' meeting In Washington hall the -veterana listened to Mayor Moorea' addreaa of hearty welcome and then went - Into executive session ' to attend to routjne business. The depart ment voted $300 to the Woman' Relief corps as a return of the kindness of the corps in voting a similar amount to the Grand Amy of the Republic six yeara ago when tha encampment was : last held in Omaha. General Torrance apoke, urging that all civil war veterans be enlisted In the Grand Army of the Republic as, that order, unlike the others whioo have the whole country to draw on, can recruit It membership only , among the veterans. He touched on pension mattera, declaring It to be , hla opinion that the policy ot the pension bureau Is anything but a liberal one. The election of officers and th pre sentation of resolutions was deferred until this morning's session. The Woman's Relief corps elected Mr. Kinney to tb presidency on the second bal lot, and Mra. Leacber to the senior vie on ths first ballot. The Junior vice, treas urer, chaplain and five delegatea to the na tional gather1iE''ln, 'Washington, D. C, are to be elected!, today. Greetings were . re ceived from the Grand Arffly of the Repub lic and Daughtera of Veterans, the latter meeting In Myrtle hall. General' Torrance, Captain Palnief and General Cole came over from Washington ball and spoke briefly. The council of administration gave Mr. Anna E. Askwith, the retiring department president, a china berry set. Start of tb Day. At noon it wb reported at tb Grand Army headquarters at the Millard hotel that 850 badges had been given out to vot ing delegatea and even as the remark waa made more than twenty more who had Just arrived filed Into the room. In addition to these are many wearers of the blue who com not as delegates, but merely to be with their comradea and to meet the na tional commander. General Ell Torance, who arrived yesterday morning and wa her through th day and evening. Five hundred. ar expected. At the Patterson ball. Seventeenth and Farnam, tb Woman' Relief Corp reported at the same hour that credentials bad been Issued to 207 and that the total by evening would be 230. Th Ladles of the Grand Army of the Republic at th Chamber Academy, seventy-five strong. ' Look Like Steele. Th "boys" spent th morning about the hotel, meeting old comradea and new, and ther was nothing don except th log rolling, which progressed in a way that In dicates that Lieutenant Governor Steel of Falrbury will ascend to the department commandershlp with compliment of au unanimous vot. For th afternoon th program arranged by Major Wilcox, present department com mander, aent th veterans on on mors march, th line being tram th Millard up Douglas to Fifteenth street, south to Far nam, west on Farnam past th city hall and court house and then south to Wash ington ball, where th mayor mad bis ad dress. Commander Wilcox' Report. Th report which Major Wilcox, as de partment commander, submitted la In part as follows: Comrade: One' rear ago you conferred upon me the honor of department com mander, and when I then looked back and aaw the names of the eminent comradea who had honored the position and th high standard they had brought the Qo- ?artmeni, I reaurea, m grcai responBiuu tv thar reatert nrtnn mv shoulders. 1 hav used my beat endeavor to keep It where I found It, but it Is hard to compete with Father Time, who ia alwaya on the look out for ripened aheavea. When 1 aumed command in aajuiani a report tnowtu I. lei member and 167 poata. Galna and losaea tor the year I report a follows: GAINB. By muster 1 By transfer....... l"i By reinstatement 874 Total gain LOS8E8. 670 130 78 15 Z4 M 7 Py death 4 By traneier By honorable discharge by auepenslon By delinquent report ty surrender ot charter Total loss, 1,042 Number In good standing May 20, 1902.. t.3U Refer, to McKlnley' Death. Th report mentions alao th sad termi nation of tb Cleveland encampment upon President McKlnley' death and th stats reunion at Hasting. Of tha bomea tb commander said: Our leglslatora in th paet hav been generoue, but w must have more room. Th Milford home waa not exoected to shelter more than alxty, yet tody h-130 crowded Into It. Out of 15.000 aoldiera In our aiate leaa than 500 ar now In the two bomea. The greatest demand fur shelter and aubautence will be made within the next four year and in order for our leg islative committee to act intelligently 1 would ad via each Doat commander to as certain th number of eoldlt-re and their dependents who will need the benefit of ucb bom within th neat lour yeara and send -the names or numbers to the as sistant adjutant general at Lincoln. The commander pays pretty compliments to the Woman'a Relief Corps, Ladles f the Grand Army of the Republic, and Bon and Daughter of Veteraca, urging each to foster Interest In the work. He emphasis also the desirability of having the general public and the school children to partici pate in Memorial day exercises, and reo omends that a committee on legislation be appointed to present to the next legis lature a bill, making February 12 and January 29 legal holidays, "in commemora tion ot our martyred presidents, Lincoln, and McKinler. Toarha oa Mnnament Faad. For th McKlnley monument fund he stated that few hosts have sent contribu tion, the total being only 851.50, but he hoped they may yet respond. He rec ommends also that a commute be ap pointed to secure an appropriation for the cutting and erecting of the Tennessee granite block of the state house grounds, in. tended for a Lincoln monument. Of pension mattera he makea no. other mention than to briefly chronicle the tran saction of the national council of admini stration, already printed. He recommend that the incoming com mander appoint a committee of five to urge the passage by the next legislature of a bUl to make tha Department of Nebraska a de partment of atate, or to aecure such legis lation as will enable the state to make ap propriation biennially to defray the inci dental expense ot the department. In closing, the report recommends that the offices of assistant adjutant general and assistant quartermaster general be consoli dated; commends the work of hla associate officers aa having been Invaluable, and urgea a change that will hereafter make optional with the council of administration the time of holding tha encampments. Assistant Adjataaj General Reports. Assistant Adjutant General Mart Howe also makea a report, showing that on De cember 81, 1900, there were In the Depart ment ot Nebraska 267 posts and 5,824 mem bers, and on May 20, 1902, there were thirty-three less post and 462 fewer mem bers. During this period there was a gain in membership ot 6S0, but a loss of 1.082, making the net. loss aa given above. Dur-. lng th year three new posts hav been established with fifty-seven members; nine havo been reorganized, with 101 members, five have surrendered charters, with sixty two members; and five of thirty-four posts suspended have been reinstated and one reorganized. The total value of post prop erty Is given aa 830,835. There Is pathetic significance In the show ing that the membership now I considera bly more than 3,000 less than It was in 1892, when ths maximum of 8,607 waa recorded. Wanaa'i Relief Corpa. The Woman's Relief Corps convention opened at 10 o'clock and the president, Mrs. Anna E. Askwith, discovered that In addi tion to the secretary, Mrs. Susan E. Sheeler, and the treasurer, Mrs. Alta EWalnwrlgbf, almost her entire department staff, includ ing Mesdamea Streight, Cleaver, Pierce, Adams, Cook, Morgan, Kemp, Ward, Potter and Miss Etta Brooks, were present. Past President Emily O. Dllworth, Mary K. Morgan, Rosalie B. Condon, Abble ' A. Adams, Fidelia M. Ruplper and Sarah C. Sweet were presented to the meeting. Cre dentials for 207 voters in' the convention were numbered by 12 o'clock, at which time the local corps escorted the visitors to the Chambers academy, where th meal are being served, complimentary. . . ' An hour previous the national president, Mrs. Callata R. Jones of Vermont, had been escorted tc the hall by a special committee and, though warmly received, ah had to re frain from apeaktng long because 'of hoarse ness.' She acknowledged the ovation, how ever, and 'accepted a handsome v bouquet Of the general work of th order tb spog most encouragingly and with high hope., - Mr. Aakwlth'a Report. ' " i Department President Anna E. Askwith then read her address, which waa a resume of the year's work. The department' gen erosity in educating at Franklin academy Jimmie Murphy, the unfortunate soldier's on from Rlverton, waa especially com mended. He ia tha on who lost hi feet and all but two of his finger by freezing when a babe, but who la now, at th age of 20, making wonderful progress in his studies. There waa" alao commendation tor the corpa' work ln-supplying comforta for the aoldiera' home at MUford and Grand Island. National Aids Abble A. Adams, Mra. Day, Mr. Gould and Mr. Robert ar among thoss In attendance. Seventy-five Ladle of th Grand Army of tha Republic, department ot Nebraska, toJ which organization only the wivea, daugh ters, sister and mothers of soldier ar eligible, met in the first session of their eleventh annual convention at Chambers' academy Thursday morning, and will con tinue In aesslon through Thursday. Ruby Stout of Donlphaa, Neb., department presi dent, was In tb chair, and Anna E. Mar shall of Hastings, Neb., department seer-' tary, was alao present at the opening meet ing. The first business wa the report of th credential committee, comprising Mr Anna Marshal, Mrs. Wllda Nichols, Scrlb ner, and Mr. Martha Gray, Harvard. Thia waa accepted and a' press committee com prising Sister Richmond of Mlnden, 8troup of Ord and Hancock or Lincoln was ap pointed. Some minor business was then transacted before tb adjournment at noon. FEAR THE FIGHTER WILL DIE friend Believe Tommy Noonau Waa Fatally Strack by Bddie Dixon. B08TON, May 22. Tommy Noonan of Chelsea is believed to be dying from con cussion of the brain as a result of a blow received in a boxing contest with Eddie Dixon of Chicago at the Lenox Athletic club tonight. Dixon gave himself up' to the police. The men met at catch weight for a lx- round go and bad nearly completed four rounds when the knockout blow was given. For three rounds the men appeared pretty venly matched. In the fourth round Noo nan dealt Dixon a hard punch over tha heart with bla left. Quick as a flash Dixon responded with a right-hander on Noo nan's Jaw and the latter went to' th floor. where he lay until counted out. It waa quickly aeen that hla condition was alarm ing and phyaiclana in the pall hurried to hla side. He waa ordered removed to the city hospital, where everything is being done t save him. 'I BkJklalaf IlUlraCUSIOf trtflQJ aataarw PEACE SAID 10 BE ASSURED Amity Bet,en Bonn and Britains No Longer Doubtful in England. PRESS AND PUBLIC SURE END IS COME On Dispatch Say- British Hare mltted Vltlraatam, the Boera Ae eeptanee ef Which Will .etle War at Once. LONDON, May 22. The concensus ot opinion her Is that all the sign ar pro pitious, but up to 2 o'clock thla after noon the Brttlah officials had given no In dications of tha course which the negotia tions between Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner and th . Boer delegate at . Pre toria were taking. That conferences are occurring regarding the basis upon which peace shall be de clared ia the sum total of the Information which the War office ha vouchsafed up to the present, though It 1 Intimated that a definite announcement - ot th result, peaceful or otherwise, may speedily be ex pected. The expression that peace la cloee at hand haa obviously taken a atrong bold ot operatora on th Stock exchange. The buying of consols and gilt edged South African shares continues. It is believed. In behalf of well Informed Interests. The Pally Chronicle this morning claims authority to aay that peace 4n South Africa Is practically assured. This. Is also . the general Impression with the other news papers and the public, although the former do not go ao far as the assertion published by the Chronicle. i Government Non-rontmlttal. At a late hour last night the. government departments declined to give any inform ation on the matter. It Is understood that Important dispatches were received yester day from Lord Milner, the British high commissioner in South Africa, and from Lord Kitchener, but nothing can be ascer tained aa to the nature ot the contents ot these dispatcher The fact that the cabinet was summoned so quickly after the arrival of the delegates at Pretoria la regarded as a good augury, aa the discussions at Pre toria could only hav commenced Monday. The cabinet will meet late thla afternoon In order to enable the ministers, who ar at a distance to reach London in .time for the meeting. A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Pretoria cays that the Boer are peeking permission to retain their horaes. Brltoa Submit I'ltlmatmn. Cabling 'from Pretoria, under date of Wednesday, May 21, the correspondent of the Tlmea say the Boer meeting there is not necessarily final and It is believed the Boer delegates, after obtaining Informa tion on certain points, wl! return to Ver enlngen. The Dally Mall thla morning aays it un derstands that owing to the protracted hag gling of the Boer leader at Pretoria Great Brjtain ha presehted them with what Is practically' an ultimatum, their reply to which is awaited and which It is expected tbey will accept. Dispatches received from Pretoria, con tinue the Dally Mall, say that during the stay of the Boer delegates there tb con ference will continue at Veronlngen and that a majority of those present at the conference ar trying to persuade th re calcitrant minority into an unanlmoua rot. In the meantime the British columns have been resting and ' refitting and are ready for immediate action. The Dally4 Mall says H, believes the; delegate at Pretoria will dispatch the ultimatum to the conterniec at Verentngen' for Its consideration. '- FIRE RECORD. ' Bad Blase In Wymor. WYMORE. Neb., May 22. (Special.) Fire broke out In the photograph gallery of J. ' 1). Baum, located upstairs In th Reullng block, at S o'clock this morning and destroyed -everything ot "value. Includ ing a great number of negatives. . The dental office of H. J. Wetmor was aerlously damaged by smoke and water. The stock ' of J. A. Reullng. who occu pies the first floor, waa flooded with water and the damage to the stock of stationery, books and toy will be almost' total. The losses end. .Insurance are as follow: J. A. . Reullng, stock, 81,500; insurance, $1,000; building, 8500, . covered by Insur ance. J. D. Baum, -loss 81.200, wholly in sured. New York Central Traaafer Havae. BUFFALO. N. Y..' May 22. Fir which started about midnight destroyed the trans fer house of the New York Central' at the East Buffalo stock yards, causing a loss roughly estimated at 8600,000. Tb flame spread to th hundreds ot car surrounding th building and a great number of them were destroyed. Soma of the car were empty, but moat of them contained valua ble merchandlae. The transfer house wa a frame one-story building. William Les ter, a wltcbman, wa struck by falling timbers from a partially burned ear and uatalned injuries which resulted in hi death. Some of the cars -contained oil in mall quantities. Frequent explosion ssnt showers ot flaming oil In all directions. , Drag; Store at Talmage. TALMAOB, Neb.. May 22. (Special.) Fire waa discovered yesterday In th drug tor of J. B. Ross. Tb fire' department wa called out. but water was not turned on, a th flames were udder control. Th damage waa nominal. DEATH RECORD. Frank A, White, Plaitsmoeta. PLATTSMOUTH. Neb.. May 22. (Spe cial.) The, funeral aervice of Frank A. White, held from tb Episcopal church thl afternoon, were largely attended. Tb bual ne bouses were cloaed during the services. Mr. A. J. William, Haitian;. HA8TINQ8. Neb., May 22. (Special.) Th funeral of Mr. A. J. William waa held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from th Methodist church. ' Th remains were In tared la Parkview cemetery. Georgia Woodward, Beatrice. BEATRICE. Neb.. May . 22. (8peclat.) Miss Georgia Woodward, the lt-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.-T. A. Woodward, prominent Beatrice realdenta, died this FOR CONSTIPATION Tb best, safest and most affective Laxative in th world i . .( XataraJ LasaMv Mlawat M AsK for Hunyadi J AN OS (Full Name) avnd that you GET it. Don't k impoiad aapora with Worthless and Haggnful. 8bMitat)S. lata ai Vine. wHh s nahn morning after an Illness of two year. She ra a member of th First Presbyterian church. Funeral aervice will be held Sat urday. " C. W. Oeodlander, Fort eett, Kaaaaa. FORT SCOTT. , Kan.. May 82. C. W. Goodlander, known a "th father of Fort Scott." died today at hla home her of con. gestlnn of th brain, remitting from a stroke of apoplexy.. Mr. Goodlander suffered a re lapse on Tuesday night and did not regain consciousness . after that. H leaves a widow. ' ' Jamea F. Caldwell, R acinar Maa. SARATOGA, N. T.. May 22. Jamea F. Caldwell, th veteran race horse alerter, died her suddenly today of apoplexy. He waa a natlvs of Danvllls. Ky., and waa 65 yeara ot age. PEOPLE IN TERROR (Continued from First rage.) em sky. Cloud like gigantic white ostrich plume rose high la the heaven. They had luminous linings, which were mistaken for flames, though they were onlv canned by the rays of the rising sun, and threw the people Into consternation. At noon the sea began to recede with a heavy ground swell toeslng the shipping so severely that vessels broke from their moorings. Then a long, rolling wave epresd over the sea front. It did little damage, however, and the sea again re ceded and left a considerable area of tha shore permanently uncovered. At the earns time the ash rain became twice as violent and pebbles fell. They were followed hv pieces of heavy rock, some of which weighed from three to twelve pounds each. The panic-stricken people rushed out of their houses, some making for the moun tains in the Interior of the inland and others seeking to escape on the shipping In pert. The scene was one of the wildest con fusion. Whole families aembled on the Jetties and along the beach, nearlv all of them falling on their kneee and screaming forth appeal for. boat a to take them to the ateamers. The steamer at St. Pierre kept a large number of people on board until evening, when most of the refugee were put ashore. Tuesday steamers took away the destitute who remained and also a number" of paying passengers. Three hundred refugees were landed here snd 1.600 were taken to the Irland of Guadeloupe. The refugee who were landed at this place had, aa a rule, nothing with them but the clothe they wore when they left Fort de France and they are now aupported by public funds or private subscriptions. Ko More Help Seeded. WASHINGTON, May 22. John M. Wil son, vie president of the American Na tional Red Cross, haa Issued the following statement: "Information having been received. through the Department ot State, from the American consulates at Martinique and St. Vincent, West Indies, that th supplies al ready furnished for the relief ot sufferer from the recent volcanic disturbance In th Islands ar sufficient for present neces sities, further contribution by the United ' States are unnecessary." For 60 Years "Honest Quality" has been th watch word of . MILWAUKEE Tb beat toatarlal obtainable are at tbe command ef tb moat killed brew maater. Tbe system of brewing 'I original aad abso lutely In advance of any other " la tb world. DLATZ MALT-VIVINE (Non-Intoxicant) Tonlo. . Druggist or direct. VAL BLATZ MEWING CO., MILWAUKEE. Oaf AHA BRANCH, 1413 DoacU St. - Tel. 1091. AMUSEMENTS. BOYD'S I Woodward A "Burgess, Managers. ThcFERRIS STOCK GO. Starting Sunday Mat., and until Wednesday Night, "IN MIZZOIRI." Thursday night snd balance of week, "iJBfMSH;. fncea: Sc. He. BEATS KOW ON VALE. Klaco'sTrocadcroi"0 ni ri m,.tu llJUAk-lUU III !iB. Entire Week, Including Saturday Evening. TUXEDO EURLcSyUcnS All new face New program Two shows dally Evening prices, luc, JOc, lOcSmok if you like. ONE DAT ONLY. Sunday Mat. . m vt Uau Oft D -vaurk t Ha 1 ' Am taiiraa BHOV 1 1 1 1 , A" at J mmtt, and Professlonaia and the Madison 4quar cycle wuin. w.oiiw. .m . w b . ---Clalty. champion 122-pound man of th world, and HIKE BAHil.IiI, ine immuu. iiiiiwiaiit of Chicago, will giv a TWENTY-BOUND QLOVE CONTEST at 122 pound Friday , 4 nnrfar . thiM alanine of tha evening. -" - - - - Twin-City Athletlo Club, at Blum'a Halt, wl L. . Iln. Smith N atreet, one wtw- . -- Omaha. Admlaalon. 11.00 and $2.00. Thre good prlimlnarlee and battle royal. On of four rounds, on of six round and on of ten rounds. Door open at I o "clock. Conteet commence at . Main contact. :. ' BASE BALL VINTON STREET PARK. CoIorado Sprinfs" vi. Omaha. May 23-4-6-8. ' Gam called at 1:15. Tak South Omaha Care South. . . ; HOTELS. HOTEL J EMPIRE - Broadway and 63d St. N. Y. City, Madera tfiseleatve Aeeeeatala Ftrcaroof Moderate Ratea Eataatlv Library Orchestral Concerts Every Evening. All (.ail raw las Send for descriptive Booklet. W. JOHNSON dUlSif. Frsprleter. THE MILLARD IStn nnd DnUtlu OMAHA. 1 FIRST CLASS CUSINE. " LUNCHEON, 1FTY CENTS 1J .30 TO 2 V. M. ' SUNDAY 5:10 P. M. DINNER la a special Millard feature. J E. MARKEL a SON, Prop. C. H. Feeples. Manarer. . A. B. Davenport. Principal Clark, BLATZ RFFR