Nebraska Newspapers

    TltE OMAHA DAILY HEX: MOKPAV, MAHCIT C. IflOX
VOllLAxlOX THE5EXT FAD1,-
6 fWictr John LateniieT ib Addreat te
Pci'io7pLiil Society.
HOT AIR rUHN:t A DLADLY MACHINE
aai that Ixea KM t tills rmk
Air rrra Oatatae 1be
Heeee.
Architect John Latenser derlared that he
WMie-Med proper ventilation te be one of
the tt fad. Jn the couth of an address
r the ub.)rt t tbe Fhllowophleal soriety
resterday afternoon. He Mid the nn
would raw be aroused to the importance of
tb matter except by calamity or tad.
He characterised the but air turtifct that
revolve air wttbtn tbe houfte. without any
a'r brim supplied from tbe out aide, aa a
drtaly machine. Perfect vent nation, be
aid, could be obtained In every bouse at
llttl cost'. Poor vem.llai.ion la obtained
by ordinary steam healing and ordinary '
hot water heating, the tove being bett,e.
and Ihe furnace atill better if tbe air is
takes from without and ventilating (met
LhrousTb the roof are la poaltlon.
" would not attempt to eddrms tbe
Fhlloaophlcol aoea-ty on each a tacfcslcal
matter bad It not received edHiirial men
tion la several Ql tbe metro polUan pepwa,"
aid Mr. Letioser. 'The ette of Massa
ebussrtts baa enacted a law requiring the
ventilation f public and etinl-pubtie bulld
tnge. and 'Michigan baa followed in Ha
footsteps. In cities euah aa New York,
Boston, Baltimore and Chicago they are in
alettog upon the entltlon of apartment
houses hot alt and the like.
tZVrrt mm. Haaaaalty.
"Msa ia a creature of surround inr and
rr.dltlntm, the food be eat and tbe air he
tireathnr.. II 16 per oent of the oxyiren were
ivnioved tram the air aa entirely different
eeoerjt1oo wvmld be developed, and yet the
air wherelu the majority of people work
nn-7 attend to tiuaineiia usually la such air.
B rtory faanda are required ta work la each
tn atmosphere, and If they were not per
mitted to mix with other people they would
'defreoemle Inte a race far below normal.
"V-entilatlon of a building, ball or room
earn he accompli abed only by tbe process of
dlltrrton -that la. by a continual flow of
freak air Into the room. The greatest
difficulty ta making peoTle realise the
necesslry -of ventilation Ilea In the fact
that tbe more carbon dioxide, popularly
known aa carbonic acid una. la contained In
tbe room, the more soothing It la to the
nervoua temperament. The less oxygen
inter a certain amount aupplled ta a body
causes a corresponding diminution of en
ergy until tbe body geta ia a balf dormant
cowlhion, requiring less and lea air. Bu-h
a condition la fertile ground tor an the 111a
that attark the human being.
"There are alxteen or seventeen er.hool
rbund.ngs In Omaha aupplled with 90.000
cubic fret of air per room, which moans
about it. noo wagon loada, or one ruble yard,
per hour per room. The expenae of beat
ing cold air from the outside is not much
"tcreeter than to reheat the air on the IB
Aide. Tbe ventilation of the new pcstofBoe
building ia perfect, while In the city ball,
court house and one of the theaters venti
lating plant were established at great
cost, but were put ia mechanically wrong,
so they are permanently idle."
WORlv OF IEESH0RT SESSION
Continued from First Page.)
followed by Imprisonment without the alter
native of a fine. On the other band, others
who are well posted tear that tbe abolition
-f imprisonment win lead officials of ror
imratlona ta take tbe chance at Incurring
a monetary punishment, feeling that tbe
tinea can be paid and that their corpora
tion caa still make money by discriminat
ing ra favor of their friend or those aa- j
sedated with them.
It la true that the act of the abort
ttesshro of the ntty-aeventh oongms look
ing to the regulation of trusts do not go
i o tbe length proposed by stump apeakers
uf both parties during the last presidential
campaign, but members of the administra
tion cxpreaa great aatlataotioa with the
work in this direction thus er accom
plished. No serious attempt has been made
t reach the trusts through the plan of
pedHclng or abolishing tar IBs apoa trust -made
article, aor was there any effort
made ta secure the aubmlsaioa to the
tatea of a constitutional amendment con
ferring upon congress additional and ex
traordinary powers In regard to corpora
t iaas. Such an amendment would be a
direct abrogation of state right, so tar as
corporations ars eoaoemeS.
SnB mt tae rwrttwMov
. With the establish in rat of the Depart
xnent of Commerce and Lavbor the number ot
cabinet officers Is nine, on more than
touble the number that sat around 'Wash
ington ' oouncll board. The new depart
ment win be one of the largest and most
important branches of the executive arm
of lbs government. It will taka from the
Treasury department the following: Light
house board and the lighthouse establish
ment, strain bust Inspection service. Bu
reau of Navigation, Veiled States shipping
commissioners. National Bureaa of Stand
arde. Coast and Geodetic Eurvey, tbe com
missioner general and Bursas of Immigra
tion, and everything pertaining to the 1m
xuagratioa aerrioe, and Bureau of Statistics.
Jrom ths Interior department: Tbe cen
sus office.
Prom ths State department: Bureau of
Foreign Commerce.
Independent bureaus placed under its
jurisdiction : Ixpartxuent of Labor and
Fish commission.
NaT hurra as created: Bureau of Cor
poraUons. Buresu ot Manufactures.
Tb Bureaa of Statistics, which oomea ta
Doing a Large
Business
usually means assuming large
riiks too larg:e to be a. safe
burden upon an individual
tuate.
Wise business men carry
special insurance to relieve
their personal estate of hit
risk. All such will be in
terested in -A Banker's Will,"
containing the instructions of
a New York Bank President to
his trustees regarding invest
ment of his personal estate.
A $l .ano.oue policy ia another insurance
rotnanr of special apriicatin to men
erf affair, described "The Largest
Aaaual rretutum.
Wad dr sntk saanpafeak
1w Csmpaar rank
. nO-UAaaa.
furU- ta Aatoaal Oatlcy-fcoldaia.
-! Aam.
The M itu ax Lire Iksuxakci
Com f ant or New York
rtEWiiS auto-.
ka. la.
Ibe new drpe'lmrnt from fbe Trrssnry. rtxl
ibe Snrrau of Foreign Commnrre. f-om tbe
Btste Arpartmrau are ronenlidatrd
Brlow the forrcoing, tbe new flrpa-t-mrat
is te hire Jurisdiction new pnesessrA
by the Treasury orrtrnpnt vrr the fur
seal, salmon and otber Sshrrtfai of Alaska
It is Caally prerided that the president
ehail hwve the anttori'y to transfer at any
time the bole or any part ot any offlr.
kMirosu. dtvtsiea or other branch o! the
public set viee enesgfd 1n statstical or
scientific work from sxy other drpsrtmrnt
exerst that of agriruUure. This would seem
te be a rweefilng provisioa. as undrr strict
construction of it tbe president might
transfer the construction bureaus and ord
nance and engineering branches of the
arsny and naty, because tbev are srientific
sltoft. or eren tbe office of tbe comptroller
of the currency, on tbe ground that it Is
a statist veal bureau, t ths new depart
ment. short ssala)Sis taele.
Trrr since tbe early '60s and bcgfnning
with, the thirty-eeventh congress short sws
slrs hsve frequenUy enacted important
I rislation. Iniring the expiring hours of
4.bo thirty-seventh congress 'West Virginia
was sdmitied as a state and tbe territories
of Arizona and New Mexico were organised.
Iniring that sams session the national
banking system was created, and on tbe
last day tbe territory, now the state, of
Idaho was also created. The close ot that
congress was not able tor tba fact that
for tha first time In history. Mr. Lincoln
signed a hill seven days after It had ad
journed. The constitutionality ot that act
has never been decided, for the reason that
it was never brought to court.
At tba aecond or short session ot the
thirty-eighth congress the grade of rice
admiral was created and Rear Admiral
Farragut was promoted to the grade, which
he filled until he waa subsequently made
admiral by the act of 1S66. ,
Iniring the ehort session of tbe thirty
ninth congress a law was enacted requir
ing the new congress to meet on the th
day of March after its election and this
set waa in force until 187S. Tha tenure-of-office-act
was another notable piece of
legwlatioa during that session, a hi eh ales
on February P. lHfiT, authorized the admis
sion of the territory of Nebraska as a
stale. Many other enactmente of more or
less Importance are credited to that short
session.
Iniring the short session of tbe Fortieth
congress the fifteenth amendment was aub
mltted. and two years later the act creat
ing the District of Columbia, with a terri
torial form of government, was passed.
Tbe Forty-anoond congress did nothing
notable during its last session, but its suc
cessor, In January, 18Tt. passed the mit
tar tbe resumption or specie payments,
which began in 1R79 and which has been
tbe basis of all financial legislation ever
since.
HarvwTliaea Contest.
The most notable act of the short session
of the Forty-fourth congress was thai
which created the electoral commission to
settle the contest between Hayes and Tll
den tor the presidency. In the short ses
sion of the Forty-fifth congress the arrears
of pension act waa approved, and tbe same
session gave women lawyers the right to
practice before the highest court in the
land. Vnder that act Borne thirty or forty
women are today members of tbe bar of
the Tnited States supreme court.
The Forty-sixth congress did nothing no
table during the second session, but in the
Forty-seventh the celebrsted TariL' com
mission act, so-called, wsb added to tbe
revenue bill, which was passed fcy the
house and aenate and resulted, in the
arheduloa of U83. That act remained un
changed tor eleven year till amended by
the Wilson -Gorman tariff of 1RM. The
celebrated Pendleton act. or civil service
lew, was also enacted during that same
session.
Tbe Forty-eighth congress during Its
short session did nothing of note, but its
sucoesBor psfsed the Edmunds anti-polygamy
law, incorporated the Nicaragua Marl
time Canal compan. created tbe Iepart-
nient of Agriculture with a secretary at
its head, and passed the omnibus state
hood bill admitting Montana, the two Da
kota and 'Washington.
The Fiftieth congress wss not notable
for its accomplishments.
The Fifty-first congresB during its short
session authorized the refunding ot direct
taxes which had been collected from the
state as a war measure, and also passed
a law prohibiting pool selling and al other
sorts of gambling la the District of Co
lumbia. During tbe next ten years short seaslona
accomplished but little, and it has re-
mained far that which ia Just coming tefin wages of $2.50 a month for all employes
an end to place upon the statute books
what promises to be some of th most Im
portant legislation affecting trade and com
merce of th last half century.
REPORTS ON COAL PRICES
Tr Paper fcayw I .a It Frl la
Elevate, While Haeklag
Volley G Dovrav.
PITTEBVRG. Pa., March 1 The Coal
Trade Bulletin will say in lis market re
port tomorrow: Tbe event in the coal
markets ot tbe central west was the an
nouncement a few days ago by some of the
producers of a new schedule of prtoes on
coal for lake shipment, which carries an
advance of bO cents a ton all aronnd.
The price oa Pittsburg cosl at tbe lower
lake ports will be 1.m a ton for tbe IV
lnth screened lump. II 4u for the 4-inch
and 3.3i tor raa of mine.
The Hocking valley oerators announoe a
list of 16 cents par ton less all around.
Announcement of tbe changes followed a
conference of representstiveB of the sev
eral fields at Cleveland, O., last Wednes
day. BHAMOKIX. Pa., March 1. The Big
mountain section of Henry Clay abaft.
owned by the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron company, will be started up
toBasrrow. Work will be furnished tor sis)
aiea and boys. The shaft was closed down
when the miners went oa stria last year
and waa flooded.
LAST OF LINE IS SUICIDE
IsaalM rhloroxora When Ul Be.
eaain Ttresasss Dlattagvlaked
Fossil) Dsaxkler.
PHILADELPHIA. March 1 A woman
who gave her name as Mrs. Charlotte G.
Wellington, committed suicide by inhaling
chloroform in a fashionable boarding bouse
at HaddonOeld. X. J-. near her.
Eh left a not te the proprietor, ia which
ahe said:
I am the last of a distinguished family,
left ao aloit that I am urvd of 111. Will
you kindly are that my rt-maina are de
cently buried T 1 eocltMW uioirry to pay
eaiwnse. Myrlutbe give u the pour.
Fteaac keep this a quiet as poa.lbi.
With th note was ITS. Tb woman cam
te tb boarding house about February 2(1.
Ebe was always apparently is good spirits.
Sue was about Ml years old, refined and
plentifully auppbed with money, la con
versation with other persons ia th house
she often referred to having lived in
Boston and Albany. X. and to having
boarded in Mt- Holly and Medford, N. J.
May let ate kn4.
All who have severe lung trouhles need
Dr. Ceng's Kew Discovery for Consumption.
It euros or ne pay. oae, ILUb. For aals by
a una C.
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Keating to Consider tbe Katter of
Tiring EkHroad 1 venae
GOOD fcOAD TO TORT CROOK PROBABLE
War Destarrssesil Is Eiperlrl
Matewdaaalae Road frwas tbe Cwwaty
l.ls to the Fsr wjaarte
t'Hy GmsIb.
Major Knutsky said yesterday that bt
would announce within a -day or two the
date of tbe mass meeting te be held for
the purpose of considering ways and means
to pare Railroad avenns from Q atraet
south to tbe county line. - It Is understood
thst tbe street railroad company will pave
between lie tracks and that the t nlon
Pacific will assist materially In tbe payment
of the cost.
The principal scheme seems to he te
secure a first-class rosd through the south
ern country and a direct road to Tort
Crook. This matter ot a road ta Crook was
brought to tbe attention of the 'War de
partment soma years ago, hut the rout
laid out at that time was not considered
frssfble, a the matter waa dropped.
Wihla the last two weeks th subject
waa ags la brought ta the attention ot the
adjutant general of the Tar department
and tbe secretary of war. What ia nailed
the lower road is now fsvored and ft Is
understood that if the city and ccunty
ill pave Railroad avenue up to the county
line tbe government will establish a mil
itary road from the countr line to Fort
Crook. This proposed military road will
be of macadam, twenty feet in width, and
will follow regular line, up to the res
ervation. When this matter was talked over at the
Officers' club at Fort Crook not long ago
some objection wss raised on account of
Mud creek. Th objection was overcome,
however, by the statement that the ridge
road was not practicable and that it was
the lower road or nothing. It is under
stood that the objection to the crossing ot
Mud creek will not be considered by the
War department when orders for the ma
cadamising of the road are issued.
Library Wsati laiprarrairst.
Even before the first levy has been al
lowed by Carnegie's agents the Library
board wants to talk about improvements
in the matter of street paving. The mat
ter was brought up because there was some
talk of securing a permanent pavement
from Twenty-fourth street west to the
Ancient Order of I'nlted Workmen temple.
Then the library people commenced to get
busy and now they want the district ex
tended from Twenty-third street Oh the
east to the east line of Twenty-fifth street.
If this Is done there Is some hope of the
Improvements being made, providing tbe
Library board will pay its proportion and
the additional tax neceasary to pay lor
tbe pavement in front of the jostofnee.
Th rost office tax will amount to about
. There seems to be a feeling that if
the city, the Library board and the build
ing committee of the Workmen oould get
together thla matter of paving two blocks
could be arranged without any great diffi
culty. rbal Boavrsl Mewtlost.
A meeting ot the South Omaha Board of
Education is te be held tonight. As the
teachers and Janitors have been paid their
February salaries, there can be little done
but wrangle over bills and claims. The
two factions of the board will naturally
come together and- the reault wUl k an
other profitless crash.
Parents whose children are allowed te
attend the schools feel that a atop should
be put ta tha atrlfe now going oa among
the members of the board la order that
there might be a better government of the
children. As It is now a teacher hardly
knows hew to turn, as one faction or the
other is constantly issuing orders. By
those whe hsve to pay school taxes It is
desired that orders be issued by a respon
sible bead. Should there be an election
in the spring Miller, Lott and Bchroeder
will retire unless re-elected, flo fsr only
a few candidates bsv announced them
selvee, on account of the standing of tbe
present board In the eyes of the public,
and the cases yet to corns up ia tbe courts.
Kra ratal Aavavlai IscrtMei Wait.
General Manager Ken yon of the fnlon
Btock Tarda company baa served notice
that on March S there will be an Increase
who have served the company tor two years
or more. This increase Is In line with
that of a month ago, when employes of tbe
Stock Tards Railroad company received a
raise. Employes of the stock yards com
pany appear to be entirely satisfied with
tbe treatment accorded by the manage
ment and it Is understood that a meeting
will be field for the purpose of giving a
vote of thanks ta the management.
CoBSirll ISwetlna; Taolght.
The regular monthly meeting of the city
council will be held tonight. Four ordi
nances for grading will be presented for
first reading, nd as usual the salary list
for city officials will com up. Tbers is
little or no money on hand to pay running
expenses, consequently tb mayor has shut
down on all street repair work that la not
absolutely necessary. It ia hardly neces
sary to apeak of the bond deal now in the
oourts, as neither the mayor nor clerk can
take any action until the case is decided.
Mrs. hteMoBtoat'a FwaeraL
The funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Margaret McMahon. held at Bt. Agnes'
church yesterday afternoon, were attended
by a large number of trienda. Brief serv
ices were held at that family residence be
fore removing the body te the church. In
terment was at St. Mary's cemetery. Sev
eral doaen friends and ecquaintanoee fol
lowed the remains from tbe church to the
grsve.
Masrte City bmis.
T. C. Puncanson leave today for Seattle,
where he gues to look after business mat
ters. Members of the city oouncll say that
more permanent sidewalks are needed ail
over the city,
lir James A. Kelly reported iaet night
that XI k.eenan, a patient at the fcuulh
Omaha hospital, waa some better
Now that Patrick Rhea ha waived a pre
liminary examination it la unaersiood that
im- will request a trial in district court a
anon as possible
I Jamea H Iuncanon atated to a Bee re
porter last ma-tit that be dues not intend te
reaicn his commission as aeoond lieutenant
uf the Boutn umatia cavalry troop
IRON WORKS FOR SEATTLE
WVaafctaartea C apitaliaia fi pa to
Treat sUea (Baatlaa
Ores.
EE.TTLE. March X Th Central Iron
and Steel company has formed, with a cap
ital of C.OOO.UGb. to build la this city aa
iron furnace with 260 tous daily rapacity
MM-ton steel plant and a rolling mill. Tbe
organization Includes ths most influential
capitalists in tbe stale.
They yfopos to work high grade ore
from the deposits of Texada it land. British
Columuia. Ultimately they will, it is stated
increase th plant by th addition of I
tin plat mill and a tube pip works
They will take ever the Pacific Steal coo)
paa'g plant at lrendaia. Waa a.
W,SH JEH EGLAND
new low. Irtekaa- Dewtr ftewabtte
f CateraM late Tkronah
Rerristlaa.
MW TORK, March 1. James Reldy,
secretary of th New Tork committee of the
CI as Ka Gael, made public today a declara
tion or" principles which will be officially
promukrated at meetings of tbe organisa
tion on March 4.
After reiterating the belief that Ireland
la destined te be aa independent nation and
to gala this end is Justified la recourse te
the tword, tbe declaratioa continues:
Not even a ecant measure of legislative
ora ran be wrn fj rwacims to tne
I'arliemerit of Iia:lanl, a no Installment
of Juatioe hne been granted Ireland except
through physical force
We assert that thr settlement of the land
question by the ftrltisb government will be
artemrted only because Ftnglann fears In
its roming trounles the hnetilitv tit th race
In anii out of Irelsnd. and hopes to secure
pea"e and loyalty by buying class st the
ncpenae of the people V r Tuntier eeaett
that nothing of thi kind esti or will pre
vent the rsie from keeping up the lipht lor
the eetebllelimrnt of an lr.sh republic.
Constltotitmal agitation tends to dena
tionalise the Irish people and has led men
to believe that Ireland was content to er
main a part ot the British empire, whereas
Us pcle would be satisfied with nothing
lees than .n Irish republic. There la evi
dence of a revival of the militant spirit in
-reiand, and this spirit has been aroused
in th Irish race in America, te a g eater
extent than ever.
Tbe Irh race in America, too, is a roused
to the necessity of cnmhinlnc with true
American and citlsene of other countries
to frustrate the attempts ot Enrland to
commit the T'nlted Stale to policies cal
culated to serve purely British purposes
and tn embroil this republic with nations
which were friendly when America needed
friends and Etiglsnd was biistlie. Eng
land s mask of friendship a pttt on to en
able It to filch American territory and de
stroy tbe Monroe doctrine, while pretend
ing to uphold it.
We firmly believe that the British empire
has entered on the downward path leading
to final dismemberment, and that a wt-e
and resolute use wl us rvei increasing dif
ficulties will give Ireland Its final oppor
tunity. We counsel no rush or premature
action, but we Insist that Ireland r true in
irreais demand that the world be told that
it will not barter Its InalleiiKlilf npht for
any half measure or for tardy redress of
grievances
We ask the race at home end abroad to
steadily prepare for the opportunity, and
to make it if they can, to strike the flna.1
mow that will make Ireland a nation
among the nations.
WASHINGTON, March 1. Th 125tb an
nlveraary of the birthday of Robert Bm
inett was celt orated at a largely attended
public meeting here tonight, at which the
speakers included Senator Clapp ot Minne
sota and Representatives Bartholdt of Mis
souri, Drlsroll ot New Tork and Cochran
f Missouri. They all expressed sympathy
for tbe Irish cause and at the close of ths
meeting resolutions were adopted declar
ing that to securs Irish liberty "we pledge
our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor."
BANK BANDIJS ARE HELD
AUerei aaBTcra of Miaaoarl Taolts
Arreated After Stroararle la
Cow Beetle t.
HARTFORD, Conn., March 1. William
Rudolph, known as the "Missouri Kid."
and Oeorge Collins were arrested here to
day bv officers of a detective agency and
the Hartford police. The men are wanted
for tbe bank robbery at Union, Mo., on
December 27.
In a search of the Rudolph house a scrap
ot paper was found upon which was writ
ten -"George Collins, Hartford, Conn." The
Hartford police learned that Collin had
formerly been in tbe reform school at
Merlden, Conn. He has two stepbrother
here named La Plant. -
Rudolph and CoUlaaw have been her a
lew weeks, but wore not located until yes
terday, when Rudolph was seen on the
street, Tbe detectives wanted to get the
men together and would not risk getting
one for fear the other would get away.
This afternoon Rudolph, Collins and his
two stepbrothers were Been coming out of
a house on Allyn otreet. where tbey had
two rooms. They were tallowed to a bouse
on State street and tbe force of Pinkerton
men and local detectives wss gathered.
Collins and the La Plants came out of
the house together and were arrested with
out any trouble. The "Missouri Kid" re
mained and Detective Itougherty and De
tective Farrell of this city went aftor him,
entering the room with revolvers drawn.
Rudolph reached under his overcoat for
his gun. a large one, hut Dougherty was
upon him before be eould pull it. Tbe
men struggled while the Hartford detec
tive tried to get the gun away from Ru
dolph. Dougnerty waa bitten in the neck.
Farrell finally got the gun, when a man ta
the house went te Rudolph's assistance,
thinking the detectives were trying to bold
htm up.
Is his rooms were found three large re
volvers, a bag of cartridges and skeleton
key and a quantity of clothing, and f8.-
CS5 was recovered la ths rooms and oa the
prisoners.
WESTERN BLOCKADE LIFTED
Kearaekaw Calarate aal Kaasae
Traiaa Frev,e' traas ftaawr
Raa mm Tiate.
DEWrR. March 1. The blockade due
to the recent heavy fall of snow on the
plains of eastern Colorado and western Ne
braska and Ken sas has been broken up.
All trains from the east today arrived
at the union depat on time or nearly so.
ST. LOUIS BOWLERS VICTORS
(larlaaatl ay kSw ta PUB la
Match Between Pirksl
Ttaat,
CTNCINJCATI. March 1 The nicked team
from fit. Ioula that ha been at the ln
diaiiamili bowline Ciiiia-reaa todnv de
feated th ClnclBuatl picked team Bcorc:
Pt u la KM su Bn
Cincinnati w s MI
William Elwert of pit uouls waa defeated
two out of three t-y William Mets of Cin
cinnati. Boor;
Mets 194 171 171
Elwert lss J II lto
State rkeekrr THrsiars..
Th Nebraska state checker tournament
ill be heid at Xancoln, March Id. Tiierr is
every prospect of an interesting meeting.
ana it l inimiaea to take ! there to
ward bringing about an international
checker tournament te b held ai alt. Lou it
dun tig the Worid fair next rear, along
the hues of the imeruatlonal cheat tourna
ment to b beid at fit. liu at that time.
Ask Bi rsrac a atarht. .
SFW TORK. March 1 James 2. Jeffrie
and James J. Cornet! met tooiiY and areed
to fisLt twenty round neat JU'r iMsture ths
club tiiat a-ill give them or U.
largest puree that may be offered abov
that sum. the winner to tak T prtr ixtnt
and tbe loser Jfi It was alae ared that
the tirinciutiis should niwl in BaJtltuurc to
alga articles on Thursday next.
Bssliag Caaieat at wYaraa.
WATNE, Neb.. March 1 (fSperlal Tele
gram l in tbe bowling conteat at William
Iwrnmerer's alley, a hii-h rmtrMudeti iasl
main. Arthur Norton wn lr a ":re of
r4; V11.:am I'anin.eycr Z3: Frank Kruav-r.
r7; PVeC lerv ir; Otiel Hunter. Zl; Wil
liam McCabe. Zl. and fed Pratt, tit .
11
k Story
of .the Flood
There was a cloud burst and the grocery store basement
was partly flooded.
The grocerman sent the boy down to see if any damage
had been done to the stock stored there.
at
15 minutes passed and the boy failed to retcrn; Zo
minutes and still no boy. Then the grocerman investigated.
He found the boy there all right seated well above
high water mark; a package of Unccda Biscuit in his
hand;; his mouth full of the contents.
"What in the name of common sense hare you been
doing down here all this time?" inquired the grocerman.
The boy looked up with a good natured grin; gulped
' once or twice; finally gained control of his speech and replied.
"Geel I ain't found a spoiled package of Uneeda
Biscuit yet I've opened and tried all of this big pile
here, and this is the last package. They're just as good
and fresh as everT
TEARS IN KXAPP'S EYES
Bluebeart Overoom with Emotion Then
Child Victim's rather Visiti JaiL
MURDERER'S FAMILY IS MUCH DIVIDED
Father i Owe Mate Sa vrtth Aw.
tharltles, Htmu liatkrr, Brathew
aa Heaaalaiaa; Girl seek a
nave Relative's LI Be.
HAMILTON, O.. March 1. Alfred Knapp
waa today visited by Herman Xattleman.
father of little Emma Ldttleman, the vic
tim of his first murder in Cincinnati. Llt
Ueman was unable to identity Knapp as
any one he had ever seen or known.
The most significant feature of the in
terview waa the tact that for the first time
Knapp expressed some remorse and showed
signs ot breaking ftowa belore the enraged
lather.
ldttleman. stood outside the cell, and
after -he kad looked at Knapp. aalfi :
"I have never seen this man. I don't
care to look at him any more."
Knapp replied: "I am Just aa aorry as.
can be that little Emma ia dead. Ebe had
eyes and hair like yours."
As Lluleman turned away tears stood
in Knapp's eyes.
In jail Knapp mingles freely with other
prisoners, eats well, sleeps well and talks
cheerfully and freely to all visitor. His
most damaging statements he makes with
a matter ot tact air, as an ordinary man
would tell of any common occurrence.
Knapp does not use tobacco and was not
known as a drinker. He is quite a reader
and is supplied with magaclnes and books,
but not allowed te see newspapers. He
enjoys card playing with other prisoners.
Faatflr Is Divided.
CINCINNATI. March 1. While Knapps
parents, his brother Cyrus and sisters. Mrs.
King and Mrs. Wenaell of Hamilton, are
not under surveillance, the officers are
Incidentally keeping track ot them. It
aeems that the family all agree la tbelr
statements about Alfred being insane, but
they differ in other matters.
His father says Alfred will be better off
dead than alive, but his mother worries
ever such an ending. His brother Cyrus
and his aister, Mrs. Wenaell, are doing all
they caa for his defense and have created
so much sympathy la the neighborhood for
their aged parents that the Knapp home
waa thronged today with visitors and filled
with Bowers.
At tBs name time, tbe Kings hsve aided
ia tbe apprehension of the prisoner. After
killing his third wife in Hamilton on De
cember 22 Alfred Knapp called aa his
breiher-m-lsw. E. F. King, in Cincinnati,
and Inquired it his wife bad beea there.
King had suspected Alfred of former mur
ders, but on account of the appeals of ths
family was restrained from calling the at
tention of officers te the caaea. When it
came to the disappearance ot wife No. t
neither Mr. or Mrs. King eould suppress
their suspicions. Hannah Ooddard nafl
lived witk them and waa regarded as a
daughter.
It is sow generally believed here that
King bad his suspicions confirmed recently
by Knapp mother, who got a letter tram
her son telling about hie crimes and that
the aged mother told all, ao as to prevent
Alfred from murdering his fourth wife. All
peesibl efforts ware made here ts get this
letter and others, but tt is believed that
Mra. Wensell is correct In insisting that
Alfred's letters were burned. .
Mrs. King said Alfred wrote Mr. Wensell
som time ago that Hannah was out of ths
vit. Mrs. Wensell denies receiving such
a letter. The counter statements of the
sisters are attracting much attention, and
it ia thought that one may be called at
Hamiltaa by tbe prosecution, while there
is no doubt of the other being cal'ed for
tbe aefenae.
FIRE SCARES HOTEL GUESTS
IX-etraye (Ha C blraaw Black, p-rlcTat-
esias Aaaitarlaas Aaaas
1 isltora.
CHICAGO, March 1. Occupants of th
Great Eastern and Queen hotel at Wabash
aveaue and Harriaon street and a hundred
or mar person in the palm gardes at the
Auditorium annex were given a acaxe to
night by a fire which destroyed the sis
story building at to A and ict Wabash ave
nue, which extended back nearly to the
Auditorium annex. The property loss is
estimated at nearly fir ftofl.
The building, owned by Swan A Smith,
waa rained at 4t.tmo The oerupanta of
tbe building and their loeaea, aa estimated,
were : O. ' B. Brown Furniture company.
Itt.kt; Oliver fere . Sealers In Iran bad
gtaada, l2LMi: Smith Bros., photographers'
supplies, SUOC, AtkUuos 4 Meauar.
MokaXA hungry boy srSl "spoil" snore foot,
Una Blaevft tbaa doad baraL
Protected from dampness and dirt by the ln - er -
NATIONAL BtJCUIT COMPANY
school supplies. tlK.noft; a. O. Bowman,
paper warehouse, lln.OW).
Two firemen were painfully Injured by a
falltnc ladder. For a time the fire threat
ened to spread to several hotels and lodg
ing houses, many occupants of which car
ried their belongings into tbe street.
MILITIA PAINTER WINS OUT
I Allawed to Resnala Meaner mt
Military Oramavlaartsaai aaad
lalaa.
BCHENECTAXIT. N. T-. March 1. The
Potior case has been settled by the paint
ers union abandoning Its position and
William Potter will be allowed to go to
work as a union painter and at the aame
time remain a member of the militia.
These are exactly the terms which he has
been standing out for for the last three
months.
The agreement was reached at a confer
ence held here between a delegation from
the painters' union, a committee from the
Builders' exchange, the organisation of all
local employers in tha building trades, and
First Vice President He fl rick of the Inter
National Painters' Union, Hedrlck told
the local painters that the Potter case had
injured the organisation more than any
thing that eould happen te it. and tt must
be settled. He said the international ex
ecutive board could grant the local union
a dispensation to admit Potter and be was
sure the dispensation would he granted.
The painters agreed to aocept the propo
sition. COLLEGE FOR SLUM WORKERS
-- Bawth Weks t alverattr ta
Train Salratiea liar
aelCtem.
NEW TORK. March 1. General Booth,
head of the Salvation Army, presided at
three farewell meetings in the Academy of
Music today to mark ths close of his fivs
months visit to this country, daring which
he delivered addresses In fifty-two cities.
At the sight meeting the Academy was
lined to overflowing.
In the course of hi address General
Booth announced a plan tor th establish
ment of an international university for tha
development of trained rescuers ot hu
manity. A university of the science of human
ity," he said, "where men and women n
be trained to reclaim depraved women,
criminals and drunkards that's what I
want now. I mean a great Institution, with
its mala estsblishments in London and New
Tork, correlated with branches In Ms
bourne. Toronto, Berlin and Paris, from
which thou aands of Salvation Army -workers
-shall tie sent to th submerged masses
each -rear, skilled ta wvery fcnowa method
of rescalng faumaa being from the nader
world of despair.
A maa BaaUy lajareg.
Or painfully hurt, ktrrnwd, Vmleed or
wounded gets Quick comfort from Bueklen'i
Arnica Salve. It eonquer pain. e.
For aale fcy Kchn Co.
The Shamelessness
of St. Louis
By LINCOLN STEFFEN5. a at bar pf "Tha 5ham of ruaaoapotla''
An authoritative Article on the Municipal Situation in
Ht. Louis A Situation more extraordinary than in Minne
apolis With authentic Incidents and Documents Relating
to tbe Great Fipht going on between Organited Boodlers
and tbe Good Catizeno.
ft 15 TORY OF THE STAJMDA.RD OIL CO.IPANY
The Price of Trust Building
By IDA X TA.RBELL. aatthor erf "Tba LMa of Uncota."
"7n incriro beauty Bo caa be pntducrA in it iplen&or and
fruffrunt onJy bp mchfiriug f&J early bm&s tnfctcu prate up around
if. J. D. Rockefeller, Jr, la aa address (in Trust 1o tba stu
dent of Browa University.
Here are tbe stone of men who? bueuneres -were
fcarrificed in the formation of the great trout told in
dramatic detail.
Thaaa artlclea aro
latere!
caa be. Yc ire la lai-xtsaiMa ta ranger ale their ten porta oca aa a fact.
McClure's
10 CENTS ON
trash
al Packagt-
PACKERS LOSE A MILLION
Kiawnri'g Tggarie EaiM Interesting Point
in Oourt of Liw.
INDIAN'S HEIRS RECOVER BOTTOM LANDS
River ClaaBvjrea Ckaasel Twice aad
Bath Arsaaar sad Fawrler atet
Clalaa Wt DaaA Maa 'a ratal! r
ta Aim AtBeeled,
KANSAS CITT, March 1. Annie B. Wood
and other heirs of Silas Armstrong, nn
Indian, hsve won their case to recover
Missouri river bottom land in Kanaas City.
Kan., valued at $1.000 .008 and ecoupled by
Armour, Fowler and other packer.
The defease has filed notices of appeal.
It the decision of the lower court Is sus
tained the Armour Packing company will
be the heaviest loser. Ths portion of th
tract claimed by Armour lies adjacent to
tbe packing .plant, and is valued at nearly
flM.noo. It la occupied by tbe company's
machine and car shops, sialics and private
car xracka. Other large losers will be tbe
Fowler Packing company, tbe Hannibal ft
8t. Joseph Raiiroad company, the Rock
Island and the Metropolitan Water oom
pany. ' Small strip are claimed by numer
ous other companies. In all, there a era
forty plaintiffs and ten defendanta.
The tract la dispute oontatns nearly
eighty-five acres and originally belonged te
Silas A rtn strong, Wyandotte Indian, and
waa an Island from 1BRT until 1RB1. Tbe
contention In the suit hinged on a change
in the channel ot the Missouri river in
1B76, jtistrtietore Armstrong had transferred
his property. The property transferred ex
tended to tbe bank of the river, but that
year the channel of tbe river had clanged
several hundred feet. The portion the) cut
off was not sold, but in course of tims the
river reformed and ran In its old channel.
When it changed back to Its former chnn-
1 nel tbe portion In litigation and the mala
j body were again connected.
Tbe defendant companies began t4 extend
i their Industries on that portion which had
j been aa Island, claiming It aa an aocretion.
but Armstrong's heirs claimed that th
j companies had no right te It.
CRASH ON MISSOURI PACIFIC
Esipirca Calllee writ Is atacs- rraia'Tat.
lalarlag Rallta fitaek, bt
flparlag In.
SEDAUA, Ma., March 1. Missouri Pantile
train No. t. the fast express from fit. Louis
to Kanaas Cfty. crashed into a southbound
"Katy" freight at tba arosaing of the tracka
In the suburbs here early today.
Tha passenger engine wss partially de
molished and fonr freight cars were
knocked off the track. Engineer Boyd re
mained at his post and escaped injury.
Plrenn-e J. B. Welch Jumped and "neaped
with alight injuries. The passenger were
badly shaken np, but beyonf a tew scratchsa
and bruises ne on waa hurt.
nr aa an era atorlea ttaaa aay fkctlaa
for March
ALL NEW 5 STAND5