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2 THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SATURDAY, FEIUtUAItY 2S, 1003. d-ad. J. Bterlln. Of rsfly II r It In n necc.sary that I f-flOLlIri Rtiuk nthra wli fit around ,md draw !(. n from It. f nffl.e It to any. that he -ran from the toort old Puritan stork and had that an- i . iry of vlrt-re. Intellect .- and energy nhfrh AU't!naiileher .ractlally all of the W-any H1I lI lie itund and which ilitory The "eht r arlv. sett tot fr kw Kne-lnnrt unit m hlrh1 hss fcnja.-'lrfih rrhltape It all that Amvrt owrs t the -I'Harlsn father f lit a ilct)t that riifinttt he et linn led letjt tiiat rHfinni le estimated, only't a w- tiurrebite I ho. heritinji- of sterling rhaAsntee kt4 urtytelltlna will which has eieseemled to ti from th"m. As a young Man f'r. Morton wan liberally educated. lie mun" the mnst of his opportunities ind nd added to ni natrral gifts the culture a rcnnement which are the logical result of a love for hooks ml an honest desire for Improvement. .With such an education and with all that could be dculred In the way ff environment. It may seem strange that Mr. Morton nhnulfl turn his fare toward the far wpI. and yet we rind thnt when tut 21! years, old. nn the very day of his t eddlng,. he and hi Jojfhrul bride bade adieu to old Detroit and took tip their long J..urney toward the Missouri river. TrTy vemed to tl. that Nebraska needed tliem and thai 'Mere to be their life work. Aft-r n vry short residence In T ellevue the family home Was located In Nehrarka t'lty, where now Is the hleri.rle Aihor I-oOge, and there It remnlnod until both wife and husband were gathered to their eternal rest. ' Ift ImprtKl an State. But It Is of lr. Morton's public life ard the Irtipr he made-upon the state that me daslre to Hpeeta11y -all attention at thU timer As ban been swtrt before he fitte I ty liihrlid truita and. by education for the rliirtfls of 'leadership. For a time ho wm eniraged' In- Jniirna.f'tu p'ttrsulut, but s wi pasetonately fond of agriculture an I I crutuiture, art! he never divorced himself li om tbode 'interest, lie whs, a practical ; .rnirr. . lie mdoe a rarriui stuuy 01 ine auMjiM-i irom in sianonoiiii or a rse th't ilna-' l.i RdKan, surrounded by the condition t then existed In. the territory, and his oai taking renrrh proved of great value, not only to hlnwelf, bilt to all others Interested along slnlilHr lines with whom he came In (ontHi i, He whs .the kind of a limn who mi'-ERru iiiiiikh iu oiiiicuii piiiuirm snn t. gut-til It out by she.T foj-oe ot mental oower; ' Thoxe were the nays when Ne braska was trying to 'demonstrate lta ulti mate rights to statehood, and it waa most imunate that It had within Its bordcrj auch men a Mr. Morton. As a member of tho Territorial Board of Agriculture and of tbe Territorial Horticultural society he dl I much in developing the two fundamental rexourcr'H of what l now our atate, and thj efforts of lilmxelf and his compatriots along these lines attracted settlers trom the east and thus shortened the turrltorlal daya. Al ways Hit ardent democrat. It la but natural thtt hi abilities should have been early en listed In behalf of hie party. At tlje age of 2i wo flnd that -President Buchanan ap inlnted nlm secretary of the territory and that a little later he became acting gov- rnor through the resignation of Governor KichaedHon. He was hIho twice a member of the Nebraska territorial legislature. Whatever, poult ton he .filled he brought to ' It a devotion to duty and an honesty of 'liurpoae which' compelled the respect of his ' iiolltloal opponents and greatly endeared nlm to Ihnsa.wllh whom h was nolirtcM 1 1 v eoui;iaini. ill low re whs ciecieu UVICKSIR to ootigrens by a majority, on the face of the "eturns. of 14 votes. A contest was In H.luted, which was finally decided In favor f his oppontnt. . Throughout the contest he had the ardent support of tho leadera on . the. democratic aide, one of whom said In iriAkltiar tt him 'Lf Qnuqlra vv.tr vnilllll irlenq Is ,ono of those, men who can make hings happen."'- It Was a remark full of tnennlTig. Those who knew Mr. Morton best appreulnto-the .fact that he largely controlled what we call "destiny," almpV -. ... . I,. t.l' A . U he times and thusahape his own affvtrs, ! nd Interests In harmony with the oneom ng tide of eveptg. He was several times the "candidate of his party for the office of 'irovernor, but" was defeated etmply becauas .tl turtv.WMS honelAMMl v In thi mlnorltv. .vtr. Morton greateat political honor came ii'iii wiivii im TvnH n iijiii ir-ti n' i rial j vi agriculture by ' President Cleveland. For this position ho was especially fitted and he drought to the office a wealth of practical knowledge and a brllllant-y-of Intellect 'vhich made him one of the most popular f the cahlne officers and added new lueter '!' the fame of Nebraska. There were i umerona ' Other position of honor and rust wblch ht ai-ceptably filled, but which mil nub fLiiciuin u tccau i iiiiv i.iiit;. HI !,' ''' ' '. ' - .Father, of Arbor Day. ; Ptisafbly his beat claim to fame lies In l.i' in L,- iiim mv witB lie auuiui . VI ,.UIB 1'opular featl'-al, which we term , "Arbor "iay. '"""Mr. Morton 'was atwnys a great lover of trees. No one better appreciated their value, both from a practical and ar-tlt-tlo standpoint, or better understood their ffect upon climatic conditions, ills viewed with alarm the denuding of the forests In -'timbered countries and conceived the Idea Name time making the prairies of the west 'inore; Inhabitable by' concentrating the thought nf the country for a single day each year on .the subject of tree planting. Accordingly, on the 4th day of January, '172, before' a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture of Nebraska, Mr. Morton Introduced the resolution which created and named; Arbor day. At that time Hon. Robert W Furnas was governor of the atate and he entered Into the spirit of the resolution? by proclaiming the llith day of April 6t that year as a day for general tree planting. The custom has been kept up ever since, has grown more and more popular and haa been adopted by most of the states of the union. No more fitting monument will ever be reared to his mem ory than the countless number of trees Vhlrtt now stand aa testimonials of his far-sighted beneficence. Aa a citizen,, and here Is really the test of true greatness, Mr. Morton waa rep resentative of the highest type. He stood fnall that waa best and truest In man- n hOOd IDd MlnrtlAil m. dlsKonnraKlA ant Vim . rnun of strong convictions and in .prese'ntlrtg' his views cn questions of rtii- . rent Interest, neither In private conversation or In public debate, could command a logic .which wag .almost Irresistible. His thoughts were' clothed In a beautiful set ting of words and' he was a past master if foreeful phraseology. As a friend and neighbor he commanded unbounded respect and confidence, und those who knew nlm ' btst loved him most. Qrat eervlee to State. ." To Nebraska his services have, been In 'valuable. . He came to , the territory at a time When great men Were needed. Ne- braska waa struggling to show whether or not there wae sufhVlert merit In Its prairies ;to attract, tha serious attention of home . builders. . Its resources were undeveloped ,' and practically unknown. Then came Mr. . VI ..rf . KB & a ....... I r . !...!.. n ii. w w Bininnv t,i nvuiuilllll. CT'IIII the first he had an abiding faith In Ne braaka's future. Hn aaw the richneas of lta soli, the wealth of Its verdure, the favorable climatic conditions and addressed himself to the task of demonstrating to others that here was a land of plenty. Only 'waiting to give gracious returns to the efforts of the husbandman. Others caught his aeal. they appreciated the fruits . of his labors, immigration set. In and Ne braska emerged from the confines of the "Great American Iesert" and became a dervlns claimant for the honors of state hood. Nor were his services confined to home'.'.aloru.. A4" represeutatlve of the state 'he Kve it prestige and fame all over the country and also in foreign lands. Thn influences of hia home life were pe culiarly sweet and attractive. Between husband and wife there waa the cloaeat bond, of sympathy and union, and when ah jaaed away, in 18X1. the blow fell upon Mm with almost cruahlng force. However h was especially blessed In h.s four sons' al-of whom rw to man's estate and profited by the Instructions of their parents i n V their kineiited genius. In that they all dtveloped Into men of affairs of marked prominence. - , . . Aimlghty one has gone out from among I But ihfiuKli his lips are closed In the sflofcce of death, his Influence lives on and J1J ever be a source of inspiration te Ne bf Aka a youth. r t Trlbates at Neighbors. ?RapreaentaUv Cassell moved the ado'p tiba of tha resolutions of respect. . He had ba4 a neighbor of the deceased forty years fr'ii . tr LAST CHANCE of opt Mlsitirnulshed Mi-rtfaV . If you do' I need theae for Immediate use uvvihem fr the tmn yu .r'Wtll not Und iilch hirnlm fi - 4oc Golf Gloves', i. .-....' , 25c uo Tarn O'Shantera 2SC ', 'Boys' Play Reefers, agea I to I rare ;.-.'. 50c Girls' Coats, email alsea only. worth .up (o tS-tO. at..... 1.95 Boya Sulta and Overcoats at 23 BENSON THORNE, snd (poke briefly of Mr. Morion at a friend and neighbor and also at a pnblle Man. Knon Mr. Morton for thlrt y years at a neighbor and hp, too. dwelt for a few mln- , ,,. x i hi. ,.,,. utP "Pin-tbe deceased In. h.ls relations with those who "knew Mm as s"frlend. He u iihhj ll-J nrn nun as uiniu. sin pal4 a glowing tribute ,to him llaewlse as a statesman, logician, acholar and gentleman. Representative McCtay of Lancaster was ha. next speaker. He made an eloquent appeal to .the sentiments of the audience In eulogizing the man. to whom hs re'erred aa "statesman, scholar, logician, gentle man, the grandest Roman of thm all." J. Sterling Morton had. be Mid, honored the state of Nebraska aa had been given to few i men to do. H was one of lta early plo j neers and had contributed incalculably to the progress and honor of hit adopted state In every epoch of Its hlsttry. His name and memcry lived In the affections of all who knew him. His fame and popu larity extended bcyorid the limits of his own state and were national and even In ternational. Representative Spurlock of Cass, whose father In the early periods of Nebraska political history was one of Morton's emi nent opponents, but who later was his friend, 'pltf the late statesman a cordial and eloquent tribute. . He spoke especially of the high moral character of Mr. Morton and of his great work for he etate. Representative Sears of Burt was tho next speaker. "No atate could hold such men' within Its bordera without being the b-tter for their presence and Influence," aald the ex-speaker. "I flon t Know Or any lamliy mat reorlSKB c,n b Prou,,e,' of lnn tne Morton family." he contluurd. Aa to his works and In- fluence In state and nation, Mr. Bears aald , . o..,ii- u..,.. i.n . vn..Kj Imnresa ' Sterling Morton deft an honored impress on ootn. Speaker Mockett then reqtietted Senator Aaron Wall, as a pioneer of Nebraska, to speak on the resolution. ' . "This Is a funeral occasion," said Sen ator Vail. "It Is a funeral occasion for the atate of Nebraska. The state bows in humble hemage at the tomb of one whose life was an Inspiration and whose memory Is an honorable one to Nebraska. "Mr. Speaker, on tbe white walls of the history of this country will be written, under the blue flag that he loved, the name of him whom we honor today." . Representative Loomls of Dodge In his eulogy referred to the late Mr. Morton as "always the most remarkable man In Ne braska. The secret-of his great. auccesa In life lay not only-In his vast intellect, but In bis positive aggression on every question. He knew no such word aa fall or retreat and alwtvs put his whole being Into everything be undertook." - Mr. Loomls said In recalling the namea of some of Mr. Morton's oldest assoclatea of those living he thought first of Dr. Oeorge L. Miller of Omaha and expressed the wish that he waa present to apeak on this occasion. Mr. Loomls then moved, and Representa tive Thompson of Merrick seconded, that the house at thla time, in honor of the late .i. Sterling Morton, adjourn. Tne motion waa carried and the meeting ended at 1:25. BRADY BILL BACK IN SENATE Committee ndnient Contains Its Repealing Joker In Clanse, (From a BtafT Correspondent.) 4 LINCOLN, Feb. ' J7.(6peclal.) Brady's bill, S. F. 102, to compel railroad com panies to rect and maintain a sidetrack to elevators erected along tbe right-of-way, baa come back from the railroad com mittee, to which It waa referred. It came back with the -Brady plan atlll In tbe bill. Hut r'HR rrpeallri'g -clause 'that - would no doubt 'receive all. thi 'support' of the railroad influence to eeeure lta passage. -: The bill, aa reported back; repeala aec tlon 1, article t,' chapter lxxli, and section 4 ot the same, la as- follows: "Every rail road corporation shall give to all persons and asaoeiatlona reasonable and equal terms for the transportation of any mer chandise or other property of every kind and description upon any railroad owned or operated by such corporation within thla atate, and every tallroad company or corporation operating a - railroad in the atate of Nebraska shall afford equal facili ties to all persons . or associations who may erect and operate or who are engaged in operating grain elevators at any sta tion of ita road, and shall provide side tracks, switch - connections, tiara and all facilities for erecting . and operating such elevators, without favoritism' or discrimi nation In any respect whatever;' provided, however, that this act aball not apply to any elevator hereafter to be constructed, the cost of construction of which shall be leaa than (1,000." , The clause repealing section 1, article il, chapter lxxli, strikes out from It this: "And at any point where Hs railroad ahall connect with any other railroad, reasonable and equal terms and facllitlea of Inter change, and shall promptly forward mer chandtse consigned or directed to be sent 6ver 'another road '.connecting with ita road, according 'to the dlrectletia contained thereon or accompanying the same." - The members ot the railroad committee are: - Wall, chairman; Fries, Brown, Cox. Day, Dean, Meredith, Saunders and Um stead. Brown, Saunders and L'mstoad were not at the meeting when the new bill waa adopted. Senator Wall a'aid the bill was broader than the Brady bill and more along tbe line of the Ramsey bill' introduced in the houae. " Day aald be underatood the bill waa the same aa the Ramsey bill. . Senator Brady said be; had not studied the amendment carefully but would make a fight for his bill aaTaent to the com mittee. .- - Senate Rontlne. The committee appointed some time ago to Investigate the management of the labor commissioner a omce tasked lor and waa granted more time. The night watchman and foreman were allowed pay for seven daya a week. S, F. 95, relating to objects Insurable; waa passed. H. R. 48, providing that school boards shall pay the coat ot tbe 'fond of the treas urer, waa passed. Several bills ware plac jd on general file, S. F. 63, providing for tbe establishment of not more than five nor leaa than three normal achoola. waa Indefinitely postponed The committee of the -whole, with O'Neill of Lancaster In (.Me chair, recommended the passage of H. R. 40, relating to leas ing, contracta. At 12 o clock tbe aenate toor a recess until 3 p. m. Upon reconvening took a re SATURDAY - - i .w liirUV Woolen Drenes, t to 14 years, worth up to $4.00, at. ...1.03 i Baby Shoea, worth 40c, at .:.25c. Shoes worth 60c and 75c, at 35V per' cent discount. (515 Douglas Stree ress te attend the J. 8terllng Morton me morlsl exercises In the house. After the exarclses the senate adjourned until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. S F. Ml, by Hall of Douglas To Walls-si-know ledgments and oaths heretofore takn and administered by commissioners of deeds, and to declare ari emergency. ROUTINE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS Committee of the Whole Makee Fa vorable Report oa llrldae ( s atrnetlon BUI. From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Feb. 27. - (8peclal.) The house this morning In the committee of the whole recommended for passage H. R. 102, the university approplratton bill, and H. R. 112, the famoua bridge bill, which has caused perhaps more discussion than I any other measure before the hcuse. It recommended that H. Rs. 214 and 225. measures strengthening the pure-food lawa, be made the special order for some time next veek. Over an hour was taken up at the fore noon session In discussing the question ot adjourning over until Mcndiy. It waa finally voted that when tbe house adjourn It be until Monday at 2:30 p. m. At 2 o'clock the house took tip the reso lution Introduced by Cassell of Otoe yes terday In token of the memory of the late J. Sterling Morton, whlcn waa. made the special order. The members of the senate Joined In the ceremonies. Lieutenant Governor McOllton occupied a seat beside Sppaker Mockett. Governor Mickey deliv ered the principal address. There waa a large delegation of friends and neighbors of the late statesman present from Ne braska City. The floors, lobbies and gal lery were crowded. The ceremonies began with the reading of tho resolution, the adoption of which was moved by Representative Cassell, who delivered the first eulogy. Representative Jones of Otoe was tbe first to second the motion. Both of these gentlemen were old friends and neighbors of Mr. Morten and tholr brief remarks were warm with words of personal friendship for the deceased statesman. WESTERN MATTERS" AT CAPITAL (inlriea Card for President Received liy Dakota Delegation In Congress, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 87. (Special Tele gram.) Representative Burkett today rec ommended D. C. West tor appointment aa postmaster at Wyoming, Otoe county, vice W. A. Battenberg, resigned. The remains of Rufus Clark e little baby were shipped to Lincoln today. Mrs. Clark, while recovering from her serious Illness, waa .'oo 111 to accompany the body ot her child Representative Martin today received a card of Black Hills gold which ia to be presented to President Roosevelt on behalf 6f the Black Hills Mining Men's associa tion of South Dakota. The invitation, wblch ia in old English type, invites the presi dent to attend the annual meeting of the American Mining congresa, to be held In Dead wood and. Lead September 7 to 11. The card, which la made of gold. Is 6x2 inchea and la Incased in a handsome plush box covered with leather. The delegation, how ever, will not present thla Invitation until the invitation from tho American Mining congress haa . been received hero inviting the president; to be present at tbe meeting of tbe congress in September. The Invita tion haa been prepared and haa gone to the offlcera of the congress for their sig nature. -. , Congresaman-eiect O. M.. HUchcoctf.. ac companied by his. daughter, arrived. . .in Washington this morning, to be present at the closing of congress. He expects to go to New York to spend Sunday, but will re turn to the capital the following day. Senator Dolltver teday entertained at luncheon Horace Ranat of the Manchester (Ia.) Press, W. Purcell of the Hampton Chronicle, W. F. Parrott of the Waterloo (Ia.) Recorder, Hon. J. W. Blythe ot Bur lington, M. M. Lewis, vice president of the Illinois Republic Press association, and Senator Clark of Wyoming. A most decided compliment waa paid to day to Senator Dietrich when Senator Lodge asked that the recent speech made by tbe aenlor senator from Nebraska be printed as a aenate document. It waa a complimented as unexpected aa it was de aerved. Mrs. Julian Richards or Waterloo, la., who wajs elected one of the vice presidents general of the Daughters of the American Revolution today, will give tX luncheon to the Iowa delegation at the New Wlllard tomorrow at 2 o'clock The Judiciary committee of the house to day took favorable action on the aenate bill providlnc that the circuit court of appeala ot the Eighth judicial circuit ahall hold at least one term of court annually In Denver or in Cheyenne on the first Mon day In September In each year and at St. Paul on the Brat Monday of May In each year. The committee ordered that the bill be reported at once and consideration had at the hands of the house of representa tives under any known rule that would se cure recognition. Repreaentatlve Shallepberger today Intro duced a bill to lnrreaae the penaton of Harvey W. Beck to $20 per month. These rural free delivery carriers were appointed today: Nebraska Deweeae. ' Ira Titus, regular; Beryl Titus, substitute; De wltt. Charles Barnes, Eugene F. Bailey, Richard J. Tussey, G. M. Artist, regulars; G. M. Artist, Cora A. Bailey. Date Tussey, L. D. Faleman, substitutes; Norfolk, Jamea R. Rouse, Floyd W. Freeiknd, Edward E. Beels, regulars; Warren J. Rouse, Henry A. . Freeland..' Perry Covert, substitutes. Iowa Brooklyn, Charlea S. Stanley, regu lar; Laurence Leyenberger, aubstltute; BloomBeld, Roy Cramer, Cyrus S. Turner, regulars; Ed Brewer, aubatltute. ' South Dakota Lake Preston, Gilbert Johnaon, regular; Claude Stearns, aubstltute; Spear fish, Commodore P. Willis, regular; Elisa beth Willis, substitute. Tbe Dea Molnea National bank of Dea Moinea Is approved as reserve agent for the First National of Traer. Ia. - - A poetofflce waa today ordered established at Ziegler, Hyde county. 8. D-, with Phil lip Zlegler aa postmaster. ... L. K. Peck of Franklin. Neb., waa today appointed fourth assistant examiner In the patent office at $1,200. Andy Nelson Was appointed aubstltute clerk In the Council Bluffs (la.) post omce. C. L. Grye and O. H. Zaan, Jr., were ap pointed aubatltute clerks and Charlea R. Swinford. aubatltute-carrier at Dea Molnea. Postmasters appointed: Nebraska John F. Allen, Halglef, Dundy county, yleo A. C. Welch, removed Iowa P. Berggren. Shel dabl. Polk county. These Iowa rural' free" delivery"- routes Will be established April 1:- Keoaauqua, Van Buren eonniy, one additional route; area covered, 'twenty square miles: popu lation served,- 490. Mount Hamlll, Lee county, one-route; "area,, twenty-one aquare miles: popuiatlon ' served. ' 433.- Riverside, Washington county, one additional route; area, twenty-two aquare' milea; 'papulation, 490. " t . . : -. irtions PoaUoatar ttobbod. BISBEE. Aris.j? Ken! TT.-Two masked man. robbed tbe- poatofnee, at Turner, They ) held up th postmaster, Gcqrga Clark, at 'the pojnt-nf a revolver and ma1e. him give over I1,m lr. easb. Deputy alieajfTa are now on the trail of the robbers, who are thought to be beading fur Mexico. SENATE VOTES WAR MONEY i Pauses Military Academy and Natal Appro priation fillt with Amendments. REFUSES TO CONSIDER TRUST MEASURE Rlarkkara's Motloa to Take I l.lttle. field' l;mllaev Carker Is sred tlt Vte Down ay Ma. ; " : ' Jorlty of Tea. -WA8H!NGTONi Feb. 27. The senate to day passed the Navai afad the Military Academy appropriation bills. Mr. Black- DVirn " mol,on 10 aK8 up ,ne LUll(la "Hl - trust MTrlor, 28 to 38 Tflo. senate rrom I i to t i waa in executive session. When the doors were opened a number of bills were passed with out objection. The Immigration bill was considered and a 'number of amendments made to meet vafloua views, but no vote waa taken on objection of tbe New Eng land aenatort, who feared it would exclude French Canadian labor. Hefones I nanlmnaa Consent. At the opening session of the senate today, Mr. Blackbnrn (Ky.)' announced that he would object to all requests for unani mous consent until the senate had an op portunity to aay whether It would con sider the Llttlefleld anti-trust bill. The naval appropriation . bill waa taken up and the following amendments were agreed to. increasing the limit of cost of constructing granite dry docks at Ports mouth and Boston, from $1,110,000 each to $1,150,000 and $1,223,000 respectively; ap propriating $1,000,000 for the clothing and small atorea fund, removing the restriction put upon the secretary of the navy that the four battleshtpa provided for ahall be of the general type of Oregon and the two armored cruisers shall be of the general type of Brooklyn. An amendment by Mr. Nelson (Minn.) waa agreed to providing that retired offlcera of the navy ordered to active duty shall have the rank, pay and allowance of offlcera of the active list ot like' leagth of service and aa actively employed for three yeara after retirement aball, when detached from duty, retain the rank and highest retired pay ot the rank they then hold, and pro viding that the rank and pay of any offi cer of tbe retired list ahall not be re duced. "''. An amendment waa also agreed to appro priating $5,000 for the erection of a monu ment In Arlington cemetery, Alabama, In memory of Captain Charlea Vernon arid ley of - the ' United States ' steamship Olympta. ' ' ' Mr. Foraker offered an amendment, which waa agreed to, providing for plana for the erection of S monument at Vlcksburg mili tary park to the memory of the gunboat flotilla operating in western watera during the civil war; The bill waa then passed. On motion of Mr. Warren tbe military academy appropriation bill 'waa taken up. The amendment providing; for the appoint ment ot a cadet from Porto Rico caused some debate aa to whether or sot the com missioner from Porto Rico should have tbe authority to appoint the cadet. Mr. .Foraker solved tho question by offer ing an amendment inserting tha worda "to be appointed by the president," which was agreed to. : ' " - Tne provision wis further amended so as to provide that the cadet from Porto Rico ahall be a native of that island. The bill then passed.. ' ' '"''' ' . . KJlltary . BUI Fasaea. , At 1 tho. statehood bill was laid , before the sedate1, bwtuwae not considered, 'the . military appropriation bill being taken up' Instead. . . . . An amendment was agreed to amending the general staff law providing that the chief of artillery shall hereafter serve as j an additional member of the general staff and have tjje rank, pay and allowance of brigadier general. Tha amendment further provides that when tho next vacancy oc curs in the office of colonel ot artillery . It ahall not be Ailed and that hereafter the number ot colonels of artillery ahall 'pot' exceed thirteen. Tbe bill then passed. Tbe conference report on the Alaskan ap propriation bill waa agreed to. Mr. Blackburn pressed the Llttlefleld anti-trust bill and demanded a vote. Mr. Quay aaked to be excluded trom voting on the Llttlefleld bill because he owned stock in corporatlona which he aald be supposed would be treated as trusts. Tbe aenate refused to take up tbe Llttle fleld bill, 28 to 38, as follows: Yeaa Baoon Bailey, Bate, Berry, Black burn, Carmack, Clay, Culberson, Dubola, Harris,' Heltf eld. Jones (Ark.), McComaa, McEnery, McLauria (Miss.), Mallory. Mar- Uln, Morgan, Nelson, Patterson. Pettus, Rawlins, Slmmona, Taliaferro, Teller, Till man, Turner, Wellington 28. Naya Aldrlch, Alger, Bard, Beverldge, Burnham, Burrowa, Clark (Wyo.), Cullom, Deboe, Depew, Dietrich, Dillingham, Dol ltver, Dryden, Falrbanka, Foraker, Foster (Wash.), Fryet Galllnger, Gamble, Hanna, Hanabrough, Hor, Kean, Kittredge, Lodge, Millard, Mitchell, Perkins, Platte (Conn.), NO JOKE Bit W) Iba. of Solid Flesh. If Mark Twain ahould write a story about a person who weighed 90 pounds and In creased her weight to 180 pounds (or double) In one year by quitting coffee and drinking Postum Coffee, every one who read it would say: "There's a Joke behind tbat somewhere." There Is a well known lady In Coraop olta. Pa., who actually made thla gain In weight aa the direct result of leaving oft coffee and taking up Postum Food Coffee. It waa very earnest matter and far from a Joke for her.. Her gain In general health kept pace with tbe Increaae In weight. She aays: ."For many yeara I suffered with stomach derangement and violent and oft-recurring headaches. It waa not an un usual thing for our family of four to use 214 to S pounds of coffee a week. I waa suspicious that my troubles were due to coffee, but aa I did not like tea or cocoa or chocolate there aeemed no palatable hot drink for me to take at my meals. "Then it waa I heard of Postum and decided to try it. I waa Just convalescing irom a aerioua illness, and waa very weak and emaciated. I know It aounda like what people wjuld call a 'flsh story.' but I actually went from to pounda to 180 pounds weight In one year. All the sallow ness disappeared from my skin and I now carry my 40 yeara very lightly Indeed. My change In health la ao great that many of my friends make a Joke of it to thla day, but my nerves are good and I am happy and contented, ao can afford to laugh with tnem. "I Brat learned ot Postum from a family In Indianapolis, where I saw the mother of alx children emerge from Invalidism to perfect health-on Postum after leaving off conee. Boon after tbat another friend made a remarkable recovery by dropping coffee and using Postum and when I moved here a neighbor shook off coffee and nerv ous dyspepsia and built himself up oa tha rouj arm, bo I heard ot one after an other until I don't know how many I have known .of who have recovered from dlaeaae ot aoma aort by leaving off the drug coffee ana using rottum rood Coffee. "You are at liberty to use my name Name given oy Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mica. riatt (N. T.). Troctor,, Quay, Simon, Spooner, Stewart, Warren, Wetmore 38. At 1:45, en motion of Senator Cullom, tha senate went into executive session and Senator Morgan continued his remark In opposition to4he Panama canal treaty. At 6:1S the doora were reopened and the aenate passed the house bill allowing free Importations of breeding animals; tbe sen ate bills to ratify and confirm an agree ment with the Roaebud Indiana In South Dakota for the cession of certain lands; providing for the government of the Island of Guam; also a similar bill for the gov ernment of Tutulla. Mr. Falrbanka called up the Immigration bill and aald be waa Instructed to move to strike out section S, providing for an edu cational test. The motion waa adopted. On motion of Mr. Dryden (N. J.), the head, tax waa reduced from $3 to $2. ' At 6:0 the aenate adjourned. '.': st. ADOPTS RIGOROUS ROLES Hoase I sea Extreme Meaaarea to Stop Avowed) Democratic Fill boater. WASHINGTON, Feb, J7 The democrats In the house today carried out their threata to do everything In their power to block legislation. The reault waa another, stormy session, prolonged from 11 this morning until 7 in the evening. Roll call succeeded roll call, and at every pause party passion mani fested Itself in bitter and acrimonious de nunciation. Two special rules were brought In to expedite appropriation bills and continue tbe legislation day of yesterday, In order to reduce aa much as possible the mi nority's power to obstruct legislation. Dur ing the debate on the rule the democrats voiced their condemnation of what they dominated yesterday's outrageous net Ion ot the chair. The republicans declared that they were willing to assume responsibility for what they had done and explained the necessity of the draatlo rules proposed. Mr. Dalsell said that unless this course was pursued the democrats could consume twenty-aeven legislative days on roll calls on the senate amendments to the appro priation bills. It was sgreed on both sides that the present situation aounded the death knelt ot practically everything except the ap propriation bills. The friends ot the omni bus public building bill who yesterday were threatening to defeat the rulea if they wore not modified to. Include their measure were placated by a promise which. It was underatood waa given, that their bill would be covered by a special rule to be brought in later. ' Even with the apeclal rulea In opera tion work waa a tedloua and laborious process, an eight-hour session and thir teen roll calls being necessary to get tha agricultural, sundry civil, military academy and postoffice appropriation bills Into con ference and to adopt the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill. All overtures to tbe democrata have been fruitless and there Is every Indication they will continue their present tactlca to the end ot the aeaslon. Boon after the alttlng opened Mr. Flem ing (Ga.), rising to a question of the high est privilege, moved the following resolu tion: Whereas, It appears from tbe Congrea alonal Record of February 6, 1903, that by actual count and announcement by the speaker pro tempore, a quorum waa not present when the resolutions were voted unon declaring that Jamea J. Butler waa not elected, and that George B. .Wagoner waa amy elected a representative in tne Fifty-seventh congress from the Twelfth Missouri district; and that the point ot no quorum was duly raised upon the vole, on each of said resolutions, and that the same in. each Instance was "overruled by- the speaker, pro .tempore,, in . violation of., the constitution, the rule of the house and the practice of all parliamentary bodies. . Kesoivea. That- tne announoement oy tne speaker pro tempore, tbat aald resolution were adonted. was. In fact, untrue, and tnat tne said jamea J. uuuor is sun en titled to hia seat In this house, and that the said Oeorge C. Wagoner Is not entitled to the same. Mr. Payne, the majority leader, was recognised despite the protests of Mr. Fleming that be could not be taken off the floor, and he moved to lay the resolution on the table. The democrata forced a roll call on the motion. The motion prevailed, 161 to 107. The following rulea were then presented and after much debate adopted: Resolved. That Immediately upon the adoption of this rule and any time there after during the remainder of this session. it shall be in order to take from the speak er's table any general appropriation bill returned with senate amendments and such amendments, having been read, the ques tion shall be at once taken, witnout aeoate or intervening motion, on the following question: will the house disagree to said amend ments en bloc and ask a conference with the senate? And If this motion shall be rierMeri in the affirmative the aneaker shall at once appaint tne- conrereea wimoui me Intervention or any motion, ii me nouoe hull decide aald motion In the negative. tho effect or said vote anau ne to agree to the aald amendments. The second rule, which is designed to continue tbe legislative day ot yesterday until March 4, la as follows: Resolved. That for the remainder of this rantnn the motion to take a recess shall be a privileged motion and take precedence of the motion to aojourn. Under the operation of these rules the business of the house was then resumed and tour money bills sent to conference. URGES CONGRESS TO ACT (Continued from Flret Page.) urged the association to make their organ ization a thoroughly national one. riasne Caasrs Cooateraatloa. Consular advices received at the State department from Lopax atate that great consternation haa been cauaed by the ap pearance of the plague at that place. Roosevelt Baek la Capital. President Roosevelt and his party arrived here In their special train from New York over the Pennsylvania railway at 7:20 o'clock this morning. The trip waa without Incident worthy of note. The president alighted from bla ear aa Boon aa the train had pulled Into the sta tlon, and after shaking bands with the engl neor and fireman of the locomotive, entered hia carriage, which waa in waiting. Accompanied by Captain Cowlea ha was driven directly to the White House. Hs expressed himself aa greatly pleased with the meeting in Carnegie hall last night referring to It aa a great and Inspiring assemblage. BARROWS IS TO BE SURVEYOR Nauo of Omaha Mas Beat ts lesslt by the Presi dent, a. the WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The president today sent the following nominations to tha senate: Collector of Customs John C. Cline, tor the district of Los Angeles. CaU Surveyors of Customs George L. God frey, port of Dea Moinea, Ia.; Benjamin H Barrows, port ot umaba. Postmasters: Kansas John . H, Nichols, Kiowa; F. V Peteraon, Norton. Missouri Fred C. Baaao, Brunswick William A. ..Vllry, Elsbury;. William T Elliott. Houston: Frederick B. Ranch, Morebuuas. . ........ , CZAR AIDS STARVING FINNS Interest in United fiutea Probably Btin Up His Majesty, PUBLIC WORKS TO BE CONSTRUCTED - Bask Is Aatharlsra "with Capital of Right Itandred Thoatsaad Dollars to Levan Moaey te tfca n'eas at Farmers. St. rUTBRSBrna. -Jib. 'JT.-ThV g'ar haa personally tnlervesed In behalf ot the famlne-ptrtcken FlbJis and haa ordered that extensive relief Works be Started Vlthout delay.. T Besides the immediate construction : of the proposed Idensalml-Kayana railway, which will coat f?00,000..'he haa sanctioned the expenditure of tJOO.Offh on the Uleaborg Tornea line, voted by Ule aenate but hith erto unapproved: the raising of 1 $2,000,000 loan for other railroad Wonstruction, the es tablishment ot a bank with a capital of SSOO.OOO, which sum Is'to be used In making loans to peaaabt farmers, and haa approved an appropriation of '1140,000 tor public works, principally the drainage of swamp. The Finns attribute the tsar a action to the steps taken In America to relieve the distress in Finland, and to Ambassador Mc cormick's Inquiries on the subject. It la believed the proposed relief works will em ploy tbe majority of tha able-bodied and that conaequently the voluntary commit tees' responsibilities will be lightened and the necessities of the people will be satis- fled without outside aid, which the Finns gratefully accepted," although they have never eolleited It. Louts Klopsch of New Tork says he will begin a tour ot the famine dlsfrlct Shortly. He adds that he fcas alread forwarded $30,000 ot the American contributions to the relief committees and that hewlll deliver an additional $20,000 at Helalngfors Imme diately. Mr. Klopsch also says ttfs Amer ican fund totals $80,000 and he expects $20,000 more. Prof. Abram V. W. Jackson of Columbia college, New York, haa arrived here. A Goaraatee4 Cairo tor Plica. Itching, blind, bleeding and protruding piles. No cure, no pay.. All druggists are authorised by the manufacturers ef Faso Ointment- to refund the money where it falls to cure any case of plies, no matter of how long standing. Cares ordinary casea In six days;- worst cases la fourteen days. One application gives ease and rest. Relieves Itching Instantly1. This is a new discovery and It is the only pile remedy sold on a pos itive guarantee; no eure.no pay. Price 60c. TRIES MURDER IN SLEEP (Continued from First Page.) drooped toward tbe nose and his nostrils were dilated and he breathed hard. Hia whole body became rigid, and then Knapp waa reaCy to tell how he killed people. "I alwaya kill trom behind," be said from between his closed teeth. "I, get them In front of tne. Then I clutch them by the throat, placing my knee on the back and bend them over. They struggle, but not long. They look Into my. face, but I don't mind that." The offlcera believe that . Knapp Tha "strangled" from the east to Kansas City. Knapp today received. letter front wife No. 4 in Iadianapeiis and was. visibly af fected. He gild jb told his present wife all about hlik crifaes -soon after they -were married --and 'that aha' replied: .-"It don't make any difference- to me what, yoa Jiave , - - -. Every possible effort Is being made to find the body of Hannah Ooddard KnaPP so as to establish her death and the facts for an indictment. Meantime, It Is tinder- stood, three Indictments will be returned so as to make sure of a trial on some one case In the near future, fit la conceded tbat Knapp will never be tried on more than one charge. . First Evldcaee of Harder. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 27. The first evl dence that Albert Knapp killed his sec ond and third wives as well as bis first Is contained In a statement made by Charles Jones, who waa a prisoner In the Marion county Jail and the Michigan City pent tentlary with Knapp and who waa Induced by A. A. Womack, the aherlff of Marion county, to try to get a confession, from Knapp. Womack has a typewritten state ment mads by Jones. The only reference of Jones to Knapp's flret wife la thla "Knapp told me he killed his first wife to get his second and bis second to get his third." 1 ' " Knapp's first wife waa Emma Stubba of Terre Haute. He married her In tbe '80a and ahe haa since disappeared. The police have been unable to learn her whereabouts, but It haa been supposed that she was somewhere In West Virginia. ' ' Jones says In the statement that Knapp told him he had killed -the Gebhardt child in West Indlanapolla In July, 189$. Jones said Knapp told htm about the killing of hia second wife. He took her to the Lib erty street bridge in Cincinnati and threw her off the bridge into tbe canal, after choking her. Then be said he went down to where she wss. As ahe waa not dead, he finished tbe Job by strangling her. -After be bad killed her be went back to town and reported that hia wife was missing. The police did not find ber until the next day. Reoaoo for KIHlsg Wsatas, .Another reason Knapp gave for killing bis second wife waa that ane had accuaed him of killing Mary Elkhart. She aald shs was going to expose him. He told Jones he killed Mary Elkhart for 75 cents and that his wife had accused him of It. Knapp also told Jones of killing a girl In a lumber yard In Cincinnati. Knapp, according to Jones, also said that there were other Crimea tbat could be charged to him that would break his neck two or three times. Womack aaya that thla statement of Jonea was made to him and Warden Harley of the Michigan City prlaon at Michigan City In 1894. One of tbe peculiar things about Kaapp's atatement la that It waa never made pub lic and no attempt waa made to arrest him on any charge when be waa released from the penitentiary a year ago. There la much criticism of the varloua officials who' knew of the confession for not making it public or aeelng to It that Knapp waa rearreated. According to the atatement of A. A. Womack, who was then aherlff of Marlon county, the confession waa made la the preaence of himself. Warden Harley, the chaplain and the sten ographer who took It down In shorthand. He told of the confession to Frank Mo Kay, then Judge of the criminal court, and Charlea Wllale. then prosecutor. Womack aald he wanted the Judge and the prose cutor te Induce Governor Mount to pardon Knapp ao that he could be tried for the Qebbafdt murder, but they refuaed. fearing Knapp might not atand by hia confession that they might fail to convict him and he would then be free. I axative promo Quinine Cure a Cold In One Day, Crtpln 2 Pays 0. jJfrtnrt x. 25c ' ACUTE INDIGESTIOfj Ct'RED BT DR. -WILLIAMS' riSK ni.L9 FOR PALIS PEOPLE. PLE. t gaits tho ' I r Mlsa i '"r anncrer will Ree Bymptosna Described by ,';.. Rollng. Healthy nd rosy cheeked, looking aa though she had never known a sick day, Miss Helen ttollng had neverthelesa pasaed through InterVe Buffering. To a reporter who called i her house. No. 267 South 11. -Wl , - . . . . . . Washington Street, Columbua. Ohio, ahs said: Vv "Two tears go I had an attack ot acute rs'Vg Indigestion, accompanied by nervous head aches, and dfisy apeila. I loat In weight, my complexion became pale and sallow, slight exert a made me breathe, hard and l could nsj alk any distance without getting alK Ujd out. I became alarmed anil sought uVdtcaf aid, but tho doctora gave, me fp lasting beaoflt and I con tinued to grow- worse. My stomach could- not aigcet atcn the sltnplsst and most! wholesome luj and dieting did not. seem' to help me. And I was so tired and worn out all the while. ItCtrae Dr. Williams' Pink Pllla for r.1a - People that cured me. I, read an article somewhere telling what these pllla had done and I began taking them. Relief came almost Immediately. I kept on taking them and my color came back, t could eat again with relish and with no tear of distributing consequences. I began te feel . strong ana active and in a short time was - reatdaed to perfect health." 7 'What Dr. Williams' Pink Pills far Palo People did for Mlsa Roling they will do' for others similarly afflicted, aa Is proved f. by thousands of casea on file. . . - 1 Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pllla cure stomach troublf by their tonio action, building up the dlfcstive organs and enabling them to ' do the work that nature Intended them ' to do. Artificial ferment and predlgeated tooda weaken the stomacb In many cases. Medicines should not do the stomach's work, but should put it In condition to per forms Its natural functions. A diet book giving useful Information will b sent free on rosiest by the Dr., Williams efilctne uomp&py, ocneneciaay, .. .. rr. Half fare V. PLUS $2.00 For Round Trip Tickets . .-r- VIA . v ., . 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