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ESTABLISHED JUND 10, 181.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 1903 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS.
MILLIONS BURN U1J
Big Cinoinnati B'.aza for a Time Threaten
Entire Bojineu Distriot
FLAMES RAGE FOR NEARLY TWELVE HOURS
Half a Square in Heart of City ii Totally
Destroyed by lire.
DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT $2,003,030
Pike Theater and Scores of Offioet Go Up in
Oloudi of Smoke.
FALLING CUFF SAVES ACTOR'S LIFE
Seeks H((ot ea Roof and Seearea
Timely liccor fey Dropping Mes
sage Penciled Hurriedly om
' Wearing Apparel.
CINCINNATI, Feb. J6 This city waa
visited with a fire today that destrpyed one
halt of a square In the center of the busl
neea dletrtct and reused a loss of over 12,
ftOO.000. The 'Ore departments of Covington, New
port and other Kentucky towns came
promptly to the assistance of the local fire
men, but It took nearly twele hours be
fore their combined efforts got the fire un
der control. Crews were at work all the
time on the roofs of surrounding buildings,
and a general conflagration was narrowly
averted.
It was perhaps the greatest scare the city
ever had, a It was thought at one time
that the entire business section was doomed
and such would have been the case if there
had been a high wind.
Joseph Bchaefer and John Kennan were
seriously Injured by falling walls, but both
will recover. Captain O'Keefe, with seven
firemen, was caught on the roof of one of
the buildings, and all came bear perishing
when the flames broke out under them, but
they were rescued In the nick of time, and
It la not believed any Uvea were lost.
About 1:30 this morning flames were dis
covered In the cellar of George Joffe's gro
cery building on Fourth street, between
Vine and Walnut. An hour later there was
an explosion, supposed to come from liquors
to storage, and the flames soon afterward
shot up through the roof of the slz-stery
stone front building, and from that time
on for several hours the lire was beyond
control.
The Pike building was totally destroyed.
Including the offices of the United States
Express company, the Adams Express com
pany, .Whitens restaurant, owned by May
nard 4 Kerr; George Joffe's grocery, John
D Uaitf la SAslaiiMMt aT ttlnann annfaA.
u, ea I 1 1 u e i rsi niui eaaa Mwyawu vuw-
tlonery, Henry .Strauss' cigar .store and the
offices of tho Pike Theater company on the
first floor, the' Pike theater auditorium and
green rooms and other offices on the second
floor and all of the offices on the third,'
fourth and fifth floors.
The Seaaoi Good budding, adjoining the
Tike bultdlng On'tlia vest, at tha comet of
Vina and Fourth streets, waa badly dam
age. , v . .'v.1,:- V ;
Adjoining- Holla lag Daasgci.
The building' adjoining the Pike building
on the eaat, owned by the I B. Harrison
estate and occupied by the Robert Clarke
company,' publishers, and Duhnrs Bros.,
Jewelers, On the first floor, and others in
the upper stories, was totally destroyed.
The Fosdick building, east of the Robert
Clerk company and Duhme Bros., occupied
by he Norfolk Western railroad and
others, was bsdly damaged, while the Car
lisle building, occupied by the Southern Pa
cific Railway company and Smith at Sons
and the Cincinnati Trust company, ea the
first Door, and very many offices ua the
other five floors, were damaged.
The front stone wall of the Pike building
and these of adjoining structures, swned
by Robert Clark Co., and the Duhme
Bhos. Jewelry store and the Season "Good
buildings, withstood the beat and did not
fall. The rear walls of these structures,
however, which are of brick, gave way with
the falling floors.
Iwctpi Across aa Alley.
Tha Ore swept serosa the alley known as
Baker street and burned the large publish'
1 log house of the American Book company
f it the corner of Baker street and other
property along Baker Street and did great
I damage to the telephone building, ao that
VaU telephones- la the city were cut oft for
some time.
AH the guests In' the Burnett house on
Vine street. Just across the street from the
telephone building, were called out of their
rooms, as were those of the. Gibson, the
Emery and the Stagg hotels, whtch were In
'close proximity to the fire.
The Kankakee building, which Is diag
onally serosa the street from the Season
Good building and Pike opera house and Is
occupied by the Western Union, the Asso
ciated Press, the Big Four and other offices,
was threatened and all the wires of the
Nvestern Union for hours were In danger,
but this location was spared, although It
had a narrow escape. It was not until
noon that the fire was got under control
and the danger of a general conflagration
was orer.
As It is known that about tweaty people
sleep In the Pike building, there were at
first reports that several lives had been
lout, but none of these reports have been
confirmed.
Hracaed with Difficulty.
There were, however, many narrow
escapee. Night Watchmen John Agin
and Matt GarreUon and Harry Rich
ardson, doorkeeper, ssved six lives
by entering the building and forc
ing their way through the smoke and rescu
ing lodgers, rive men were ssleep In a rear
room of the Pike building when they were
rescued by hi v lug their, door broken. They
were John Mulvern, B. W. getgler, H. C.
Btorev, J. F. McDonald and W. C. Asker.
All escsped In their night clothes. Agin,
Richardson and Gsrretson passed througn
the building giving tha alarm until thev
had to be helped out of the atructure them
selves. J. C. Gsnnon, head of a detective bureau,
who Was asleep on the third floor, was
wakened and escaped in his night clothes.
He lost all the records of his office. Noth
ing was saved from the upper floors.
Among the losers are Artista John Ward
Duoiiuore. Rena de Camp, Elizabeth C.
Eckstein and C. A. Meurer, whose studios
were lost, with many valuable pictures.
Actor Makes Thrilling Escape.
The escape of William Jones, the well
known Clnclnoatt actor. Just before the
roof of the burning building fell, and his
rescue half dead from the top of the build
ing, waa a thrilling one. Jones' presence
of mind, which led him to throw his cuff
Into the street below and thus make his
whereabouts known, saved his life.
When the fire broke out Jooes wss asleep
(Continued oa Second Pag.)
TAKES THE ALLEGIANCE OATH
Former PrenlriVnt Philippine Sprr''
V
Court Airrrt to Support the
tailed States:
MANILA, Feb. 34. Mablnl, former presi
dent of the Philippine supreme court and
at one time minister of foreign affairs In
the Philippine government, who had pre
viously persistently refused to tske the osth
of allegiance, took the noceeeary oath to
day on board the transport Thomas on his
arrival from the Island of Guam, to which
nlace he waa riennrti.fi after hla mtrrenripr
! In December,' 1899. and was permitted to
land.
At the request of Mablnl. the hour of his
landing waa not announced ao aa to pre
vent demonstrations. Rlcerte, the former
Filipino general, who- had also been a
prisoner In the Island of Guam, arrived
here with' Mablnl, but as 'Rlcerte refused
to tike the oath of allegiance, he waa
placed on board the steamer Gaelic and sent
to Hong Kong. '
Rlcerte said he wanted to confer with
his friends, and added that he might take
the oath before the United States consul
at Hong Kog. General San Miguel has
evidently made good his retreat to the
Morong mountains, as the scouting psrtles
have failed to locate him. The ladronet
abandoned Bosobosp when reinforcements
reached the government troops.
STALLED TRAVELERS TRAMP
Leave Train Stuck la Snowdrift, to
March Across Xewfssad.
lnnd.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 26. One of the
two blockaded express trains Is moving to-'
ward this city, and will probably reach here
tomorrow or Saturday. The other has not
yet been moved.
Twenty of the letter's passengers left
the train yesterday, and traveled across
thirty miles of unbroken snow fields, car
rying wood in knapsacks an .their shoulders
and guiding themselves by the telegraph
poles. They reached,' an. open section- of
the line on this side of the country this
morning and are expected to reach here In
a few days, the track not admitting of
faster progress.
The train itself will probably be delayed
in the snow drifts another week.
EQUIPMENT T0BE UNIFORM
English Railroad Owners Have Plaa
So that Cars May Be Used
'ladlaerlmlaately,
LONDON, Feb. 26. Important confer
ences between consulting engineers of all
the railroad of Great Britain are being
held with the object of deciding on a uni
form scheme' for; electric .equipment,
whereby the rolling-stock and electrio
motors of . the various ' companies will be
able to travel Indiscriminately on all tha
lines; 'and all the trunks companies practi
cally have decided .to ..fise' electrio motors
and the suburban lines are only awaiting
an agreement on .the' subject of uniformity
of plant. " : . -.-,.
Slv'otQUala of the traffic and engineering
departments of the London ft Northwest
ern railroad 'sailed for New Tork yesterday
on Oceanlo to make a further study
of American methods.
Raaslaa Coaaal Mardered.
VIENNA. Feb. 26. A dispatch to the
Zelt from Constantinople announcea that
M. Rulong, the Russian consul at Mltrovlxa
Albania haa been murdered by Alblans.
The consul state was established In 1902 In
the face of the bitter and. persistent oppo
sition of the Inhabitants, who did not allow
the consulate to be opened until they had
been overpowered by a strong force of
troops.
Offer Pastorship to Campbell.
LONDON, Feb. 26. The members of the
City Temple have decided to offer the pas
torship to Rev. R. J. Campbell, in succes
sion to Rsv. Joseph Parker, who died on
November 28 last. The formal election will
take place March S.
Luncheon la Honor of Praacls.
LONDON, Feb. 26. Lord Lansdowne, the
foreign secretary, today gave a luncheon in
honor of ex-Governor David R. Francis,
president of the St. Louis exposition, at
Lansdowne house, Berkeley Square, this
city.
Kins; Thanked for Speech.
LONDON, Feb. 26 Tbe address In reply
to the king's speech at the opening of Par
llament waa adopted by the House of Com
mons without amendment.
BIG MERGER IS REPORTED
'Krlseo, Rock Island, Santa Fa aad
Soathera Ara Bald to Be
iDltluK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Contrary to expec
tation, no official statement respecting the
status of the St. Louis and San Francisco
deal was lsaued today. It ia generally be
lieved, however, that matters have reached
the atage where only a few unimportant
details remain to be settled.
President Yoakum of the 'Frisco road
had another conference with representa
tives of J. P. Morgan ft Co. today, but de
cllncd to dlscues the reported deal In any
way.
The lateat reports indicate that the out
come of the present negotiations will dis
close a acheme of far-reaching Importance.
It Is the general belief that merger or
consolidation of the interests In the 'Frisco,
Rock Island, Atchison and Southern roads
Is contemplsted. The Rock Island, accord
ing to current gossip, will be the central
figure In the deal. Mr. Yoakum la reported
to be slated for the presidency of the Rock
Island, which, it is predicted, will dominate
the situation.
All reporta of terms and similar details
are, as yet. matters of conjecture. A ru
mor that the Rock Island will take over
the Morgan holdings In the Georgia Cen
tral aa part payment to Morgan ft Co. for
their management of the financial details
could not be confirmed.
SHORT C0ALCAUSES SUIT
Dealer Brings Artloa to Reeaver One
Million Holla'ra from Fuel
Company.
CH1CAOO. Feb. 26. A suit for li.OOO.OOO.
growing out of ths recent stringency In the
coal market, was filed in the superior court
today by H. P. Relgart, a coal dealer and
broker at St. Joseph. Mo., against ths
Manufacturer' Coal and Coke company.
The plaintiff claims be had a contract with
the coal company -for five years in whi b
It agreed to furnish 2,500 tons of coal dsily.
When tbs scarcity of coal occurred it Is said
the company refused to keep within the
contract.
CROWDS HEAR ROOSEVELT
"L "hodilti Celebra'a Watlav'a Lifa fr the
Religious World.
'A
PRESlX "RAISES OLD MISSIONARIES
-
Claims piry ra Kept Pioneers
Straight . ana, Aided Backwoode
men to Opea aad Develop
Great Western Coantry.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. President Roose
velt was the chief speaker tonight at a
great mass meeting at Carnegie hall, held
"to do honor to the character and labors
of John Wesley, the founder of Meth
odism, scholar, missionary, philanthropist,
preacher, gentleman."
The meeting was held under the auspices
of the New York thank offering commis
sion, which has had charge of the local
work of the Twentieth Century Thank Of
fering fund of 120,000.000 that has been
raised by the Methodists to celebrate the
advent of the twentieth century of the
Christian era.
Samuel W. Bowne presided, with Pres
ident Roosevelt on his right, and on the
platform were Bishop C. D. Foss, Bishop
Walden, Bishop Goodsell, E. M. Willis,
Bishop F. G. Andrews, Dr. James R. Dsy,
Bishop C. H. Fowler, J. Edgar Leaycraft,
Rev. Dr. E. 8. Tipple, executive secretary
of the New York Thank Offering commis
sion; Rev. Dr. J. W. Johnstone, psstor of
the Old John Street Methodist Episcopal
church; Rev. Dr. A. D. Leonard, secretary
of the Methodist Missionary society, and
Rev. J. B. Remensnlder of the Lutheran
church.
The hall was crowded to the doors and
hundreds were unable to gain admittance.
President Rooaevelt reached the hall,
escorted by a detachment of mounted po
lice, at 8:30.
y Struggles to Sea Rooaevelt.
; As he alighted from his carriage he was
hailed by a young man who was struggling
In the crowd and whom the police were
trying to force back.
"I'm Mike Cronln, Mr. President, and I
want to hear you speak," he shouted. Pres
ident Roosevelt Instantly recognised him
as the driver who drove him on the last
stage of hla Journey to North Creek to
take the train for Baffalo, after being noti
fled of the death of President McKlnley.
"Delighted to see you," replied the pres
ident, who, addressing the police, .said:
Let that man pass." Grasping Cronln's
hand, he led, him Into the hall and saw
that he had a seat near him on. the plat
form. After .the meeting the president In
troduced Cronln -to the member of his
party and told them the story, of his furl
ous night 'drive, along the Adirondacks
roads to catch the train, 1
Cheers and hand clasping announced the
arrival of the president, who advanced
from the rear of the platform,' accompanied
by the chairman. When he reached the
front of the stage he bowed slightly and
then walked over te the. seat reserved tor
him behind the reading desk.
-.The chairman-then announced tha hymn.
"Blow. Ye Trumpet, Blow," by Charles
Wesley..
Mr. Bowne, in. Introducing the president.
said Methodism la constantly growing, ex
cept possibly In a few effete cities n the
Atlantic seaboard.
President Praise Wesley.
President Roosevelt spoke as follows:
I am srlad to have the chance of address
Ing this representative body of the great
church which Wesley founded;, on the com
melioration of the two hundredth annt
versary of his birth.- America has a pe
cullar proprietary claim on Wesley's
memory, for It is on our continent that the
Methodist church has received its greatest
development.
In the days of our colonial life Methodism
waa t.ot on the whole a great factor In the
religious and social life of the people. The
Congregatlonallsts were supreme through
out most of New England; the Episco
palians on the seaboard from New York
southward, while the Presbyterian congre
gations were most numerous along what
waa then the entire western frontier, and
the Quaker. Catholic and Dutch Reformed
churches each had developments In special
places. The great growth of the Methodist
church, like the great growth of the Bap
tit church, began at about the time of the
revolutionary war.
Since the days of the revolution not only
has the Methodist church increased greatly
In the old communities of the thirteen
original stHtes, but it has played a peculiar
and prominent part in the pioneer growth
of our country and has assumed a position
of immense Importance west of the
Alleghenles.
Preachers Aid Progress.
For a century after the Declaration of
Independence the greatest work of our
people was the work of the pioneers as
they took possession of this continent. Dur
ing that century we pushed westward from
the Alleghenles to the Pacific, southward to
the gulf and the Rio Grande, and also too
possession of Alaska. The work of advanc
ing our boundary was the great typical
work of our nation, and the men who did
It formed a class by themselves. It waa an
iron task, which none but men of Iron
soul and iron body could do. The men who
carried it to a successful conclusion had
characters Btrong alike for good and for
evil, for together with heroic traits they
had those evil and dreadful tendencies
which are but too apt to be found in char
acters of heroic possibilities.
In the hard and cruel life of the border,
with Its grim struggle against the forbid
ding forces of wild nature and wilder men,
there was much to pull the frontiersman
down, but together with the rest of the
iJoneere went the pioneer preachers.
Share' la Coramoa Trill.
These preachers were of the etamp of old
Peter Curtwrlght men who suffered and
overcame every hardship In common with
their dock, and who In addition tamed, the
wild and fierce spirits of their fellow pio
neers. It was not a task that could huve
been accomplished by men desirous to live
In the soft places of the earth and to walk
easily on lite a Journey. They hud to pos
sess the eiilrlt of the martyr; but noi of
murtyrs who could merely suffer. The pio
neer preachers warred against the force
of spiritual evil with the same fiery seal
ami energy that they and ihelr fellows
showed In the conquest of the rugged con
tinent. Great is our debt to these men and
scant the patience we need thiiw toward
ihelr critics. At times they teemed hard
and narrow U" thoee whose training and
surrounding had saved them from similar
temptations, and they have been crltlcl; ed,
a all men, whether missionaries, soldiers,
explorers or frontier settlers, are criticised
when they go forth to do the rough work
dial mum Inevitably be done by those who
act as the first harbingers of civilisation.
Theee pioneer of Methodism had the
strong, militant virtues which go to the
accomplishment of great deeds. Now and
then they betrayed the shortcomings
natural io men of ihelr type, but their
ahortcomings seem small, Indeed, when we
place beslue llieni the magnitude of the
aork they achieved.
Santa Qualities reded Sow.
And now, friends. In celebrating the won
derful growth of Methodl-m, in rejoicing at
the good It has done to the country and to
mankind. I need hardly uk a body like this
tj remember that the greatness of tne
fathers becomes t the children a shameful
thing if thev use it only as an excuse tor
Inaction instead of aa a spur to effort for
notile alms. 1 speak to you not only as
Methodists I speak to you aa American
itlisens. The pioneer dai are over. We
now all of ua form parts of a great civilised
nation, with a complex Induatrlal and so
cial life and Infinite possibilities for g:od
and evil. The instrument with which, an t
the surrounding's In which, wc work, have
changed immeasurably from what they
were In the days when the rough hack
woods preachers ministered tit the moral
(CuOtluued a Secoud ?)
GET-RICH FIRM INDICTED
i
Combination Investment Company
Mast Stand Trial for Swindling
nnd Rmhesslemeat.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26. The grand Jury to
day voted three true bills against George
J. Hammond of the Combination Invest
ment company on a charge, of swindling
and embeszlcment.
Attorney William E. Rafferty. represent
ing over 1.800 persons who allege they were
swindled by the company, laid before the
Jury the history of the company, which
at one time did a large, business in this
city. When a receiver was appointed for
the compsny he found assets of 125,000 and
liabilities amounting to S 300 000.
No penalty Is to be visited upon H.
H. Blaikstone, the alleged Chicago man
ager for E. J. Arnold ft Co., the
turf investment company. When Black
stone was arraigned before Justice
Prlndlville today, charged with obtaining
money by false pretenses from M. Metle
man, the latter'a attorney asked for a dis
missal of the charges.
O. W. Torens, manager of the Mldcontl-
nent Investment company, also raided by
tho police, forfeited hla bonds.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Feb. 26 An offi
cial statement from the committee of in
vestors In Brolaskl ft Co. shows that Bro-
laflkl has sold his various pool rooms and
withdrawn all his money on deposit at
Chicago, Detroit and other plsces.
The statement says there were 6,200 in
vestors in the concern and the estimated
total investment will reach over 11,000,000,
$100,000 of which waa from Cedar Rapids.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26. Attorney W. D.
Cole, referee In the bankruptcy proceed
ings against John J. Ryan and C. ,W. Depp
ler, today denied the application of peti
tioning creditors for the tppolntment of a
receiver.
The referee held that the petitioners
had no standing In court and sustained the
claim of the defendants that shareholders
in the Ryan Investment company were
equal partners. .
SNOW HALTS CHICAGO EXPRESS
Kansas Drifts Prove Too Deep for
Rock Island Knrthboand
Train.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb.J 26. Northbound
Chicago and El Paso passenger train on
the Rock Island is tied up by snow drifts
between Bucklln and Liberal, Kan.,' with
amall hopes of getting through to the Mis
souri before Friday. ' .
Other trains are reported hours behind
schedule time.
The heaviest snowstorm In twenty-three
years has "prevailed in tha western portion
of the ' state, but ia abating tonight. It
extends from Dodge City on south and west
clear down Into New Mexico.' ' '
At Liberal . the snow is lying twenty
four inches'' on the level, while st' Santa
Rosa It is twelve inches. No trains front
tha west have arrived here today, the Rock
Island train due here last night be'ng
tied up on a switch at Guyman. All west
bound trains are being held at Bucklln.
Railway officials hope til it they may be
able to get tho line clear and trains run
Ding soma time tonight. -
TRINIDAD, Colo., Feb. 26. As a result
of the recent heavy onowfall In northern
Texas and northwestern New Mexico rail
road 'traffic In that region Is badly delayed
Several Colorado ft Southern and Fort
Worth ft Denver passenger and freight
trains are stuck - in snowdrifts between
this city and Fort Worth. It has been
snowing along this line Since Monday
evening. The wind haa been blowing
fiercely, and the railroad cuts are filled in
many places with snow packed to a depth
of fifteen feet.
NOBLES DO HON'OR TO .AKIN
Omaha Man Given a Great Reception
by the New Orleans
I Shrlners.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26. (Special Tele
gram.) Henry C. Akin, imperial potentate
of the Mystic Shrlners, of Omaha, was
given a reception today and tonight that
will long live In the history of Jerusalem
Temple lodge of this city. It was the
most imposing ceremonial session ever held
here, for this was the first time In the
history of the temple that a member of tile
Imperial council had honored the lodge
with a visit. A procession formed at the
lodge room this afternoon and, headed by
a brass band playing "There'll Be a Hot
Time In the Old Town Tonight" and "A!
phonse and Gaston," marched to the Grune
wald hotel, where Illustrious Potentate
John T. Nix and Past Illustrious Potentate
George W. Booth received tfie distinguished
visitor and placed him In a carriage drawn
by four black horses. The procession then
moved to the Athenaeum, despite a drlz
zllng rain, where the brilliant ceremonial
session In honor of the visiting Imperial
potentate was held.
At 10 o'clock tonight a banquet followed
at the Athenaeum, at whtch speeches were
made and the honors conferred upon the
Omaha potentate. A large number of new
nobles were admitted to the rank.
POLICE AID SLAVE TRAFFIC
Protect Agents Who I. ore Yonng
Women to Rnln by Speelocs
Promises.
ST. LOl'IS, Feb. 26. The Pcst-Dlspatch
today says: Startling disclosures of a sys
tem of traffic In young women, under police
protection, are to be made by the grand
Jury as the result of a raid on resorts
which began today.
There are said to be many agents In
rountry towns who dally send recruits to
St. Louis, luring them from home with
promise of lucrative employment.
LATE CANAL MANAgTr DEAD
Colonel Rives Passes Away, Leaving
Princess Daughter Mourn
ing Eail.
RICHMOND. Vs., Feb. 27. Colonel Alfred
Landon Rives, a distinguished civil engi
neer, died this morning at his home, Csstl
Hill, In Albemarle county.
He was about 71 years old and leaves
threJ daughters, the eldest the Princess
Troubetzkoy. Colonel Rives waa fc-r aome
years general manager of the Panama Cansl
company. .
ALLEGED B00DLER ACQUITTED
St. I.onls Reglatrnr la Tried by City
Coanrll aad Freed from
Bleme.
ST. LOt'13. Feb. 2. Patrick R. Fltzgib
bon, city registrar, recently auspended lrom
office on charges of corruption, wn tried
before the city council today and avuutlted-
LACEY OBJECTS TO STATUE
Thinks Virginia Would Do Better to Honor
President Monroe.
NORMS IS LOOKING AROUND CAPITAL
Congressman Stark Defends Hew Mil
itia Bill from Criticisms Made
by Seer York Militia
Officers.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Special Tele
gram.) Representative Lacey of Iowa Is de
cidedly opposed to permitting the erection of
the statue of Robert E. Lee In Statuary ball.
Grahd Army posts throughout thr west are
petitioning their members against prrralt
Ing the statue of Lee to be erected by
the state of Virginia in the American Par
thenon. Representative Lacey, replying to
resolutions o! Cloutman post of Ottumwa
says 'n his letter:
"With James Monroe still unprovided for.
his name being in the mouth of every
loyal American, north and south, and
household word in every part of the globe
connected with the living doctrine . on
which we all unite, it seems to me thst
Virginia cannot afford to sidetrack him
and put up Lee instead, whose presence
alongside of President Lincoln and Grant
In the National Hall of Fame might be
considered as a statement to posterity that
there ws no distinction In merit between
those who fought on the side of the union
and those who fought against it."
Being of Virginia birth. Major Lacey be
lieves he has a right to take up this
question with Vlrglnlsna in the house of
representatives In a much more personal
manner than would a man born outside
of the Old Dominion. Continuing his argu
ment against placing the statue of Lee in
Statuary hall, he says In a letter to Cap
tain W. H. H. Asbitry of Ottumwa:
"I do not believe that congress wi',1 ever
accept this statue, for it ought not to go
Into the capltol. .People are asking why
Monroe's- statue la not there. They will
always be asking why Lee's Is there, should
It be erected. There ere already statues
of Jefferson In the capltol, though not
placed there by Virginians. There is none
of Msdlson or Monroe. I said to one of my
friends in the house, 'If this statue Is
erected, then there ought to be Inscribed
on the pedestal as showing the net results
of General Lee's life the following debit
Items: (
" 'First, one lost cause.
" 'Second, one great ' parental Lee
eotate at Arlington turned into a cemetery
filled with 13,000 union dead.
' " 'Third, one peculiar institution (human
slavery) gone into oblivion. The grand old
state of Virginia divided, with its coal
smd timber . land transferred to a new
state and the debts of the Old Dominion
still remaining. .Aa a recognition ot these
results thla monument is erected to a pure
minded soldier and general, Robert E.
Lee.'
Trachea "Wrong Idea.
"To teach conji.ng generationa there Is so
difference between fighting under a flag and
fighting against It would be a very great
mistake. The Statuary hall Is one tor
the teaching of the nation. It should not
be used to commemorate the actions of
those who only fought to overthrow the
national government. There should be for
giveness and fraternity, tut that does not
Involve national abandonment of all dis
tinction between taking up aims for 'the
nation and fighting on the other side, hew
ever gallant the fight may have been."
Working for Roaebad Treaty.
Senator Gamble and Representative
Burke have had several conferences with
Speaker Henderson and Representative
Cannon today regarding the Rosebud
treaty. The members of the South Dakota
delegation today stated that they were
greatly encouraged and now have strong
hopes that they ran secure favorable action
upon the amended treaty.
Norrls Looking Aronnd.
Judge G. W. Norrls, congressman-elect
from the Fifth Nebraska district, has ar
rived in Washington, to remain until after
the adjournment of congress. Judge Nor
rls will tske a run around the departments
with a view of familiarizing himself with
the several branches of the government
service. He will get his supply of sta
tionery and generally fix himself so that he
may properly begin his work as congress
man after March 4. Mr. Norrls had little
to say In regard to the political situation
in Nebraska. As for Washington, he. said
It was interesting to him and be looked
forward with much pleasure to spending
the next two years at the national cap
ital. Senator Gamble today made a favorable
report on his bill to permit second entries
In cases where the first entry has been
commuted.
Agree on Western Items.
The conferees on the Indian appropria
tion have agreed and all Items in which
Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota were in
terested are retained in the bill.
B. H. Sullivan of Planklngton, S. D., Is
in Washington for a few days.
Representative Martin accompanied Cap
tain Bullock to the Interior department
this morning and a conference waa had with
Secretary Hitchcock regarding the man
agement of the new Wind Cave National
park in South Dakota., It Is desired to se
cure an appropriation of $2,500 for the pur
pose of erecting certain fences sround en
trance to the cave. Secretary Hitchcock is
engaged in the preparation of a general set
of regulations for the government of the
new reserve and aays he expects to promul
gate them early in the spring, so tbst they
msy become effective before tha summer
flood of visitors to the park seta in.
Representatives Burke and Msrtln have
made the following appointments to West
Point: William Elliott 8elbte, principal,
Deadwocd; Lyle Hair, Keystone, and
Homer L. Rtgga, Edgemont, alternates, by
Mr. Martin: and Robert Arthur, principal,
Webster, 8. D.; Beatty E. Crlppen, Wa
konda, and Clyde H. King, Artesian, alter
nates, by Mr. Burke.
Stark Defends Militia BUI.
Officers In the Mew York National Guard
are considerably wrought up over what
tbey allege has been gross neglect on the
part of congress to legislate Intelligently
on the new militia bill. Tbey state that
the bill makes no provision as to the man
ner ot enlistment and that in some ststes
the militia desires to retain the Springfield
rifle Instead of the Krag-Jorgensen, which
is provided tor as the universal arm In the
new bill, and as this Is of vital interest to
every stats in the union. Congressman W.
L. Etsrk. who baa had as much as anyone
to do with the drafting of the new measure,
if hot more ao. waa seen today in regard to
I ho charges made by the New York state
officers. He was asked as to the failure of
the militia law to prescribe the method by
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CONDITION 0FTHE WEATHER
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Saturday Fair.
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TALKS FOR PHARMACY BOARD
President Schmidt Says Reports Have
Bern Made and Fees Ac
counted For.
President J. H. Schmidt of the State
Board of Pharmacy, when questioned yes
terday In regard to the rtport that the
bouse committee on medical societies and
aundry laws had submitted a resolution de
claring war against the board because ot
alleged failure to make yearly reports and
render accounts as required by the phar
macy law of the state, said:
"I t.ad not heard of any Intended action
until I saw the evening paper. I was much
surprised, as I and my predecessors have
made yearly reporta In accordance with the
provisions of the lew. My report, which I
have here, I sent officially to the governor,
the state auditor, the secretary of the state
association and to every registered phar
macist In the state. I have here my let
ter of transmittal, which you see is In
dorsed by Governor Savage with a note of
thanks. I did not receive any letter of
acknowledgment from the auditor, Jhow
ever. I have here also the report of my
predecessor, Neils P. Hansen, from the year
1901. The only explanation- of the matter
that I can think of is that the former sec
retaries have sent their riports as second
class matter, and they have been opened
by clerks and thrown aside. This aeems
Improbable, however.
"The pharmacy law saya that each mem
ber of the examining board shall receive a
per diem compensation, and this and all
other expenses shall be paid out of fees
collected. After paying all such expenses,
whatever balance of fees is on band, shall
be paid Into the state treasury at the end
of the year, there to be held to the credit
of the board In rase there shall be a deficit.
For 1901 this happened, there being
$379.4S overdraft at the close of the year,
which orders - were paid this year. For
1902 we had a balance In our favor of $79.54,
ao that we are now still $299.89 short. My
report gives itemized statements of re
ceipts and expenditures, as former reports
have done,' only I went more into detail.
It has never been the practice of the board
to forward its bills and vouchers. These
are now kept In binders, and I have turned
them over to C. L. Stlllman of Columbus,
the new secretary. "
PARK BOARD SHORT OF FUNDS
All Work Other Thaa that Covered
by Special Tasea Will Bo
i
OnrtnOed.
Commissioners ot the Park board de
plored the tact, in regular monthly session
yesterday 'afternoon, that less than $16,000
will be received from the city treasury
during 1903. This will curtail all improve
ments and work to a minimum, other than
that covered by special taxes. For this
and otbef reasons the county government
will be urged to donate as large a road
fund as possible.
Assistant City Engineer Craig reported
that the plan of assessment tor the part
of. the Central boulevard between Hanscom
park and Burt street has been finished,
ready for the Board of Equalization meeting
in March. Former plans were twice re
jected, but It is believed the present
method . of assessment is the best that
can be devised and will meet with no
atrong objections. Provided the schedule
Is approved. It Is probable that this large
aectlon of the boulevard will be built be
fore winter.
In connection with the boulevard the
commissioners took up the matter of con
structing a small viaduct over the new
driveway at Leavenworth street near
Thirty-fourth.
It was decided to advertise for bids for
the construction ot the bridge. While bids
for all styles ot construction upon specifica
tions furnished by the city engineer will
be received, II was the sentiment of the
commissioners that a handsome arch of
concrete, reinforced by interwoven steel
and costing about $5,000. should be built.
Inasmuch as the work will be permanent
and destined to last for sll time, such a
course la thought to be the bnat and the
mcst economical. Plans had been pre.
pared by Assistant City Engineer Craig to
show about what was needed to enable the
boulevard to pass under Leavenworth
street.
A communication waa received from the
North Omaha Improvement club asking that
the park and school boards co-operate In
the care and improvement of school grounds
and to place them directly under the super
vision ot the park board. No action was
taken on the letter, It being decided that
the initiative should be taken by the
school board.
Commissioners Evans, Cornish, Craig and
Gonden were present at the meeting.
CONRAD JORDAN IS DEAD
Grip Take l.oag-Llved Assistant
Trrasnrer at 5w York
Treasury.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Conrad N. Jordan,
assistant treasurer of the United States at
the subtreasury In this city, died today st
his residence In West End avenue. Mr.
Jordan had been 111 for some daya with
grip. He bad rallied after the first severity
of the attack and appeared to be Improv
ing, but today suffered a relapse.
Mr. Jordan was born in New York in
1830. During the political campaign Of
1884 Mr. Jordan was sn active wirker in
the democratic ranks and In 18S3 was ap
pointed by President Cleveland assistant
treasurer of 'he United Slates at the sub
treasury in this city. After leaving the
treasury Mr. Jordan became president ot
the Weetern National bank of this city and I
in 1813 was again appointed by Mr. Clevc
land treasurer at the subtreasury here.
Movements of Ocean eaaele Feb. 2U.
At New York Arrived PaUtla, from
Genoa and Naples; K-titrdam. from Kot
terdim: Koenigeu Lulae. lrom Bremen.
Hulled I -a 'liampugne. for Havre; Main,
for Hamburg.
At Prawle Tolnt Pasiied Mesaba, from
New York, for London.
At Cherbourg 8 tiled Kaiser Wllhelm
der (Inane, from Hremen. for New York.
At Queenstown Arrived tlerinanlc, from
New Yjrk. Balled Oceanic, for New York.
At Liverpool Arrived Haverford, from
Philadelphia.
At Naples--Arrived Trave. from New
York, and proceeded fur Oenoa.
Al Y'ikoha ma Hailed kinnrean of India,
from Hung Kong, lor H hang Qui and Hiogo,
Yujlurta and Vancouver.
STATE WANTS FEES
Resolution Introduced in the House Aimed
at the Pharmacy Board.
NO REPORT FILED FOR SEVERAL YEARS
Threatens Member with Impeaohment ii
Tbey Do Not Act Soon.
BILL TO PAY THE BEET SUGAR BOUNTIES
'
House Oommittea on Claims Makes
Favorable Beport on It.
SALARY BILL PUTS IN AN APPEARANCE
alight Increase in Total Is Made aa
t'oinpnred with Appropriations
of Session of Two Years
Ago.
(From a StsfT Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Fob. 20. (Special Telegram.)
The house committee on medical socie
ties and sundry laws today submitted
resolution declaring war against the State
Board of Pharmacy, unless the latter turns
In all fees arlelng from its work to the
state treasurer. The resolution states that
the committee finds the board has failed
for several years to make annual reports
and render accounts to the state auditor as
required by law and declares that unless
the board flics its report and renders so
counts within five days after the adoption
of these resolutions proceedings will be in
stituted against its members for Impeach
ment on the ground of malfeasance and
neglect of duty.
S. F. 11, providing that three supreme
court commissioners shall be appointed for
two years, which was ordered engrossed
yesterday, has been recommitted, The ac
tion was taken this morning, when the bill
came up for third reading. Anderson ot
Saline led the fight on the bill under a call
of the house and after lengthy caucuaslng
the vote to recommit was unanimous.
- l aloa Pacific Strike,
The L'nlon Pacific strike was tsken up In
the Nebraska legislature this morning by
way of a resolution by Koetter of Douglas,
asking for an investigation of the manner
In which the United States malls are being
handled by the Union Pacific railroad. Tha
resolution was introduced by request, pre
sumably the desire of the strikers. It
states that the United Pacific railroad, ow
ing to deficiencies in the care ot motive
power and rolling stock, is not delivering
the United States malls on lime and Is con
sequently injuring not only the state ot Ne
braska, but other portions of the United
States which have use for transcontinental
mall service. The resolution, if adopted,
will ask the second assistant postmaster
general to investigate the matter with a
view to remedying all dclaya. Tha resolu
tion was referred to the committee on rail- 1
roads. It brought up by that committee
tomorrow,' as is the declared intention by
one member, the resolution may pass.
Beet Sugar Bounties.
After having run the gauntlet ot three
legislatures besides the present one, the
Nebraska sugar bounty claims, amounting
to $48,000 and a little over, are to be rec
ommended tor payment by the house clatma
committee, which will submit its report
within a few days. The report and recom
mendation will be made in the form Of a
bill, separating this claim from the long
list of others pending before this com
mittee. The committee has decided that
the claim Is a Just one and that the state
should not delay payment of it any longer
than is actually necessary. . The commit
teemen who have expressed opinions teel
certain of the bill.
The sugar bounty law was enacted by
the legislature of 1895 and repealed by the
legislature of 1897, before any appropria
tion had been made to meet the claims
which arose In the two yeara intervening.
The proposition was to pay H of a cent to
the manufacturers of beet sugar In Ne
braska for every pound of their product,
providing the factory men would pay to tha
farmers who raised the beets the flat price
of $5 a ton for their product. The factory
men claim to have complied with the law
and paid $5 for every ton of beeta bough't
during these two years.
The sugar factory men say that $4 was
the regular price per ton for beets and
that by complying with the bounty law in
paying an additional dollar for every ton
bought they paid out In the aggregate $48,-
000. This claim was presented for the
first time to the legislature in 1897 and baa
been presented to each succeeding legisla
ture and been turned down.
There is but one firm Interested in the
claims, operating the Grand Island and
Norfolk sugar factories, the only onea ia
the state at that time. The argument ia
not for continued bounties, but simply for
the payment by the state of the obliga
tion which the factory men assert waa
fairly Incurred. Representative Ferrer ot
Hall county is manager ot the Grand Island
factory. Mr. Ferrar, however, will not
project himself Into the contest oa thla
bill, should there be one, when It reaches
the floor of the house for debate. He la
a member of the committee on elalms, but
the other members say he haa been rather
modest in promoting this claim. Repre
sentative Seats, who Is chairman of the
committee, says he tegards the claim aa
a legitimate one and thinks the state ought
to pay it.
It has been rumored that there were
more claims of this character to ccme, but
this is denied by those who are informed
on the question.
Salary Bill laereased.
H. R. 374, introduced today by Wilson
of the finance, ways and means committee,
is the general salaries appropriation bill,
paying the salaries ot state ofneera and
those of state Institutions for the coming
blennium. The total amount appropriated
ia approximately $986,000, an increase of
$'0,000 over the impropriations for the last
session.
In the governor's office the salary of
the recording clerk is raised from $900 psr
annum to $1,200; the salary of the deputy
secretary of atate Is raised from $1,600 to
$1,700; deputy superintendent of publie In-
I sirucuon, iroui ii.ouu to i.ioc; aepmy lana .
commissioner, from $1,600 to $1,700; ste
nographer In land commissioner's office,
from $M0 to $9'i0; secretary of Stale Board
of Irrigation, raised from $ 1.8(H) to $2,000;
salary of assistant secretary of State Board
of Irrigation, raised from $1,000 to $1,200;
the salary of $1,800 for deputy clerk of the
supreme court is stricken from the bill,
as are the salarlea of three assit.ants to
the reporter at $'.K0 per annum. Salaries
for the Home for the Friendless at Lin
coln are raised to $6,760; salaries for the
normal school at Peru are Increased from
$47. too to j5,0oo; Hcepiisl for the Insane
at Lincoln, the aalary of the matron of
11 200 tor the bieuuifui la tueakea out