THE OMAHA DAtLY BEE; THURSDAY, APTtTL 2, 1f03.
Tel. tiS-4 i -r
We close Baturdars
New line of Tolle du Nord Ginghams,
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Tha latest ir'ylea fa Bates Seersucker,
The best of all the pjrcalea, "Ptin
. . jah,"; at !24-a yard.
N; assortment' of io Madras
Ker' Jirtnted Madraa at 15c, 20c, 25c
and SOc.
' : SPECIAL SILK SALE :
Pretty colored eliUs lor the oew shirt waist suit In dainty hair stripes, small dots on
changeable ground,. In shades of gray, green, blue, white . and brown regular 7oo
quality ,."s.ow 49c a yard regular 85o quality now 69o yard on sale Thursday morn
ing at 't -a., m.
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Y. M.'C, 'A. Building. Corner
witch tracks' lor grata elevators and afford
equal faculties, vara and transfer accom
modations for . the marketing of any grain
from these elevators, prohibiting any dis
crimination in- thl t-espect. .'Nothing Is
aid as to a site for 'building tbe elevator,
which must cost not less than $3,000. The
original bill made this 32,000.
y, 'Prairie Doge to Go.
Governor M.ckey today signed the Cur-rle-Drown
prairie dog bill, about which so
much haa been said. . This bill alma at. the
total exterminationy ki tbe prairie dogs,
which do so much damage In the western
counties of this state. It provldea that all
ranchers 'or ranch owners failing to co
operate In an. effort- to get rid of these
pests shall pay. the costs of such work,
which shall be done by road overseers, such
opst to amount to 33 day.
Representative Currte arrd Senator Brown
hare had numerous demands made on them
from their constituents for the passage of
this bill, for which they worked ceaselessly.
Considerable amusement was had over the
bill la tbs senate.-it Is said to be on
of the most .Important measures passed
this session so far as the Interests of west
ern ranchers .are concerned. It will, Mr.
Currle says, effect about thirty counties.
Hs believes .that It. wHJ become accessary
for the road overseer to take matters In
hand yeryjfew' rimes. His opinion 11 that
the rancners will Join heartily and readily
la an effort to exterminate the peats. '
Some question has been raised as to the
constitutionality of the. bill, inasmuch aa It
provides that an officer, of. the law shall go
on another man.' land and charge him for
doing what the . owner refuses to do, Tet
the bill ran the gauntlet of the attorney
general's office and ,tb governor.
Vetoes Loomli Bill.
The Hathorn bill, relieving Russell L.
Loomls of Red .Willow county to the extent
of 12,000 for a quarter section of land
homesteaded fa 1872, was vetoed by the
governor on the ground that It . was pro-?
uiDiuve legislation ana tnererore unconsti
tutional. The bill was fought through tbe
house sgalnst formidable opposition and
' Its success wss a remarkable triumph for
Dr. Hathorn, who has been trying for ser
osal years tp secure the passage of the bill.
Another expedient for transacting some
of the. tremendous amount of business on
band has been adopted In the house. It
waa a resolution by Junkln of Oosper, re
stricting all speeches hereafter to five
minutes. There still remains a vast amount
of work and this and other such expedients
will be found necessary.
The house concurred In the senate
amendment to Cropsey's bill appropriating
1100,000 .for the establishment of a college
of agriculture In Lincoln as an adjunct of
the State university. Tbo amendment was
that suggested by the governor, to take this
amount out of the university rather than
the general fund. This was dona to com
pensate In part for the increase In revenue
that is contemplated under the 1-mlll levy
. for university building purposes, which a
large number of senators and representa
tives ursd should be reduced or so mod
lfled as to keep the revenue accruing under
the tor? to, $200,000. ' . ..
i.The house found jjme to pass another
approprtatjjh $easuret lbs "Sadler Mil, set
ting aside $15,000 for the purchase of 320
acres of land for the benefit of the Asylum
for Chronic Insane at Hastings. The pur
pose Is tW this .Kn4 for frra to be
cltlvatedMor. the support, of this institu
tion. Thai exact halt section to be bought
has not 4teeas selected. . (
RAMSEV BILL PASSES SENATE
Tot le, .V,mo"' Thousrk Three
,riatore KspUtn Tbels
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.UNCPLW April .-ASP;11.)-T R
scy elevator hill" passed, tbe senate this
morning end W that remalne for It to be
come; HasUH,6 Hnatura of the gov-
t, :jj?-
ClDthss (or "tittle Fellows
V will make the mother's eyes
ti-Wikte with delight, if she will bring
the tittle man here and let- him try
on some of our new spring eulia. We
have the prettiest coiu-Wts In chil
dren's clothing that we ever had th
pleasure o sh)wlng.
If you have a little, fellow to clothe,
.there's nu.iJaiT- In town where you
cau du It so economically or with as
nrura all 'round satisfaction.
We show an Immense aoanrt
meaieef -the poplar NORFOLK SUITS
l b81AN Hi t I S -8A1IX)K 8L1TB
-jAlUlK.N'UHFVil.K.' etc.. etc.
Coaie in and we'll enow you more In
flew mlnutea than we could tell about
In a whole newspaper.
Bults as low as S3.u) or as high aa
HiO. but what ran you tell tbout
prices unless you see the suits?
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Choice Wash
Goods
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The past month of March has boon a' busy
one in our Wash floods Department,
Many pooplo buy oarly to secure the choice
stylos, which cannot be duplicated.
Mercerlred Watstlngs at .2"c, 25c, 30c,
JSC, 40c, BOc, SOc. . . . . !
Silk Zephyr at 36c, 50c, 0e.
Oxfords at 2re and 70c yd.
Nw cmvh wmki at 10c, 12c, 15c.
New . Piques 15c;
New Duck 10c.
New fcultlngs at 16c, 25c yd.
D) C L O h IU(01
Sixteenth and Douglas St
ernor. Though there were no votes caat
against the bill Brady, Eloan and Hastings
explained their votes, and each held that
the bill was unconstitutional.
r The bill as passed is as follows:
For an act to compel railroad companies
In Nebraska to afford equal facilities, with
out favoritism or discrimination, to all
persons and associations erecting or oper
ating grain elevatorn and handling or ship
ping grain or other produce, and to provide
penalties for the violation thereof, and to
amend sections 1 and 4 of artiole v of chap
ter lxxll. Complied Statutes of Nebraska,
and' reieal said original sections.
Section 1 of article v, chapter lxxll, of the
Compiled Statuten of Nebraska is amended
to read as follows:
Section 1. Every railroad corporation shall
give to all persons 'and associations rea
sonable and equal trms for the trans
portation of any merchandise or other
pioperty of every kind and description upon
any railroad owned or operated by such
corporations within this state, and every
railroad company or corporation operating
a railroad in the state of Nebranka shall
afford equal facilities to all persons or as
sociations who may erect and operate or
who are engaged in operating grain ele
vators, at any station of its road and shall
supply sidetracks, switch connections, cars
and all facilities for erecting and operating
such elevators without favoritism., or dis
crimination in any respect whatever.-.
Provided, however, that thle act shall
not apply to any elevator hereafter be
constructed, the cost of construction of
which shall be less than tS.Ouu. . .
Sec 3. Section 4, of article v, chapter
lxxll of the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska
Is amended to lead as follows: Section
4 Any railroad company officer or sgent
thereof who willfully violates or evades
any of the provisions of this act ishall be
liable to the party injured .for all Mlmuirs
sustained by reason of such' vtolaUoh, and
in addition thereto, shall be Jlal,f'r .each
offense, to a penalty .of ll.Odu, whtah. rhay
be recovered in any county .by an action
In the district court where such'rallread
company or corporation Is doing business.
Sec . Said sections 1 and 4 of article v,
chapter lxxll,. of the Complied Statutes of
Nebraska, be and the same are hereby re
pealed. !( Raartlae.--
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The senate this morning passed H. R. 103,
appropriating $100,000 for an agricultural
college for the State university, $C0,O0Q of
the money to be expended for the construct
ing of a school on the university farm 'add
$40,000 for horticultural buildings, and iron
and wood works plant; 8 F. 245, the Ir
rigation bill; H. R. 70, the Ramsey elevator
bill. This bill received twenty-avs . roles
in the affirmative and hone In the negative.
The' senate went Into committee of the
whole with Harrison In tbs chair, and re
ported the following bills tor a third read
ing:' .. ,
H. R. El, providing for ditches alocg the
pubilo highway.
H. R. 146. providing that the State Hor
tlcultural society shall meet at the state
capital the third Tuesday In January.
8. F. 178, defining deaertlon by father,
mother, husband or wife and Its punish
ment, i .i
8. F. 174, providing tor the sals of un
claimed goods by railroad ai express com
panies.
8. F. 280, providing that courts may oom
pel a debtor td appear when he has prop
erty which has not been applied on a Judg
ment.
8. F. 278, leaving the salary of the deputy
state superintendent to be fixed by the leg
lslaturs and repealing the present law.
8. F. 83, grant lag. additional .power to
fraternal societies.
8. F. 301, relating to assignments of real
estate mortgages.
H. R. 187, providing for the appointment
of a matron at the stats penitentiary.
' 8. F. 288, to raise revenue, by collecting
aa occupation tax and striking out Insur
ance companies from the present law, was
indefinitely postponed.
H. R. 3T, providing for a stats cemetery
After taking a recess from 12 until
o clock the senats again went into com-
Djlttee ot tha -whole snd reported the fol
lowing Mils lor a tnird reading:
8. F. 277. making the State Historical so
rlety the custodian of records and histor
ical material.
8. F. 38S, to prevent, sals of gaeollns In
In unmarked packages.
H. R.. 209, $71 salary tor General Victor
Vlfqualn whlls adlutant general. He, was
appointed In January, 1891, by Oovernor
Boyd, and was ousted by ths supreme court
In May, 1891. He was reinstated by a de
cision of the United States supreme court
in February, 1893. In ths engrossed bill a
mlstaks was msde In the date, 190$ being
named Instead ot 1893.
. H. R. 2Sa, regulating ths organization and
operation of corporations and associations.
H. R. 88, to prevent the desecration of
ths United States flag.
H. R. 98. to constitute tha county sur
veyor ex-offlclo county engineer, and de
fining his powers.
H. R. T, providing for condemning prop
erty for railroad right-of-way. . .
H. R. 345, providing for the Issuance of
school bonds not 'to exceed IS per, cent ot
assessed valuation in districts having 200
children ot school age, changing per cent
from 10, waa Indefinitely postponed.
H. R. 113, providing how summons shall
bs served on a corporation. Recommended
tor third reading.
H. R. 440, appropriation of $4,183 In eon
structlon of an addition to the ststs peni
tentiary; ordered psssed.
H. R. 104, providing for a department lu
the Hospital for the Insane tor the treat
ment of dipsomanias, inebriates and those
addicted to ths excessive use of liquor; In
definitely postponed.
H. R. 448.. repealing wolf scalp bounty
ordered pasaed. ,
H. R. 193. providing for appointment of
Judges and clerks of elections and provid
ing that county Judge shall notify P
polntees; recommended fur third reading.
H. R. 178, relating to marks sad brandr;
ordered passed.
H. R. 14, providing for a towvbosrd;
ordered passed.
H..R. 188, providing for a board ot e
smtners of 1 plumbers..' to he appointed by
mayor; ordered passed.
. H. R. 393, authorising Bounties, preclnots.
townships aaa titles to Issue bonds to asm-
promise and pay. Indebtedness; ordered
passed. '
The committee appointed to ronfer with
the house committee on the amendments
to the revenue bill reported. In the repcrt
was the statement (hat the senate amend
ment placing accident lnsursnce companies
In tbe class with fire compnnios had been
killed. Hewell moeed that the "report be
not concurred In regarding accident Insur
ance companies. The motion was lost by
a rote of IT to 8.' Howell said the com
mittee had 'bcetf. Informed during his ab
sence that he (Howell) had agreed to have
accident Insurance taken out of the class
of fire insurance companies. Howell de
nied that he had made any such statement
After a heated debate the Howell motion
was lost and the report of the conference
committee was adopted.
The following bills were passed:
, S. F. 301, providing for acknowledgment
of real estate mortgage transfers.
S. F. 297, providing for th organisation
of companies .for the construction of oil
pipe lines. ,
S. F. 282, providing for' the distribution
fn the state libraries of copies of the
statutes. , .
S. F. 280, providing that Judges may re
quire appearance of Judgment debtor to ap
pear when he has property that has not
been applied .to settlement of Judgment.
S. F. 278. repealing law relating to salary
of deputy state superintendent.
S. F. 174, providing for sale of unclaimed
goods by railroad and express companies.
8. F. 63, enlarging the powers or frater-
nsl Insurance companies.
8. F. 178, defining desertion and punish
ment.
HOUSE PASSES MANY . BILLS
Ileet Sugar Itonaty- Psmt Favor
ably Acted oa la Committee
of the Whole.
(From a Staff Cow espondent.)
LINCOLN, April 1. (Speoial.) The house
first disposed of a large number of senate
bills and then entered on the third reading
of bills. These were passed.'
II. R. 15, by Sadler of Adams, appro
priating $15,000 to buy 320 acres for the
benefit ot the chronic insane asylum at
Hastings. ' ' '
H. R, 165, by FIshback of Clay, to pro
vide drainage of farm lands for agricultural
and sanitary purposes.
The senate amendment to H. R. 102, by
Cropsey ot Jefferson, to credit the spproprl
atlon of $100,000 for a school ot agriculture
to the university. Instead ot general fund,
was concurred In,
The senate amendment to H. R. 70, Ram
sey's elevstor bill, changing the minimum
cost of erecting elevators from' $2,000 to
$3,000, was concurred In.
The sifting committee this 'morning re
ported these bills back for general Ale:
8. F. 11, by Hall of Dauglaa, supreme
court commissioners and stenographers; H.
R. 3C8, by Sears, Nebraska-South Dakota
boundary commission; H. R. 449,. by Bears,
Nebraska-Iowa boundary commission; H.
R. 450, by Jones ot Cass, Nobraska-Mlssourl
boundary commission; S, F. 98, by Saun
ders of Douglas, to prevent docking horses'
tails; H. R. 433, committee on claims, $47,-
000 for "beet sugar bounty claims;! 8. F. 120,
. . ... . .i i
ny Jennings, amending law relating to de
fault payments 6n school bonds; H.'jFl. 198,
j McClay.'to give Lincoln seven- council
men; H. R. .329, by Kennedy, defining crime
of abandoning jHfe'and child i'nd ' prescrib
ing penalty; H. R. 413, by NelsOn of Doug
las, to legalize acknowledgments,' oaths and
affirmations heretofore taken; H. R. 439,
by Rouse, Inheritance tax; H. -R. 128, by1
Jouvenat, providing for gathering and com
piling agricultural, statistics; H. R.,488, by
governor's ' recommendation, ., authorising
Board of Public Lands and Buildings lo sign
petition to psve H and Sixteenth 'streets,
abutting the state capltol; 8.' F. 66, by
Olffln, amending raw relating to water ana
water works in small cities; 8; F. 25, by
Marshall, permitting cities of second class,
to maintain heating and lighting plants;
H. R. 347, by Cropsey, to establish sewers
in cities of less than 6,000; H. H. 280," by
Rlbble, to prevent fraud In railroad 'tick
ets, coupons and receipts; H. R. 281, by
Rlbble, to prevent spurious manufacture of
railroad tickets, etc.; H. R. 382, by Rlbble,
to prevent counterfeiting In use of rail
road tickets, etc.rH. R. 287, by Ten Byck.
amending civil code with regard to appeals
from district to supreme court; II. R. 388,
by Roberts, department ot agriculture; H.
R. 429, by Spurlock, to prevent life insur
ance companies and mutual benefit associa
tions from making special contracts, dis
criminating between members of legal age;
H. R. 431, by Perry, to amend civil code
by providing for service of process on non
resident persons, partnerships, associations
and corporations and for appointment ot
agents.
Most of these bills were afterward rec
ommended for passage by the committee ot
the whole.
At the afternoon session Spurlock ot
Cass, chairman of the sifting committee,
asked unanimous consent to have the rules
suspended and advance 8. F. 190, providing
tor an expert stste accountant. 8weety
objected and then Spurlock moved to sus
pend the rules for this purpose and the mo
tion was lost. Speaker Mockett took , the
position that if 1 this motion prevailed It
would sot a-bad precedent and defeat the
the purpoae of the sifting committee.
Cats Speeches Short. '
On motion of J'iukt.i of ' Oosper all
speeches for the remainder of the session
were limited to five minutes. . . .
The conference committee's report on the
amendments to tbe revenue, bill wss
adopted by a. vote of 75. to 13. The house
then went Into committee of the whole and
took up bills on general file,
The claim of the Oxnard bent sugar fac
tories ot $47,000 tor bounties under ths act
Those that paint .
them truest praise
.them most"
Addison
If you consult jroui jeweler '
concerning
Gorham
Silver
his simple statement of
the truth will embody
the highest praise that
can be bestowed. The
best cannot be bettered,
and that Gorham silver
is the best its trade
mark has testified for
three-quarters of a cent
ury. An
rsepoaalbls
Jewelsrs
keep It '
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of 1895 was recommended for passage, with
similar action on other Bills.
Sears of Burt ami fi..J cf Hall, the
latter manager of the lunar concerns pre
senting this claim, spoke for the bill. H. R.
433. Ferrer argued that the beet sugar
factories compiled with the law to buy
sugar beets at $1 premium In good faith,
thinking they would get the bounty of
S rent a pound for their manufactured
articles, and he declared It was repudi
ating sn honest debt for ths stats to fall
to pay these claims.
Sweety, of Adams briefly stoke against
tbe bill and Fries of Howard then made a
forcible argument agalnst.1t. It was bis
maiden speech. Mr. Fries said he was a
beet sugar grower snd declared that he and
other such farmers had. In- soma Instances,
failed to get the premiums' which ths fac
tories were to pay on beets. He resd. com
munlcstlons from other beet growers msk
Ing similar statements Hs , was opposed
to allowing this claim, which he held to bo
unjust. ' I'
When Fries concluded Ferraf took the
floor and emphatically declared it a "per
nicious and unwarranted' assertion to say
that beet growers did not get their pre
miums. He defied Fries to provs his
chsrge. He said "those letters are tissues
of falsehood."
Fries again spoks, rsiterating some of
his statements. Insisting thst the farmers
had lost money snd did not wsnt to help
pay claims to the factories, which he ar
gued had acted In "bad faith."
Once more Ferrar resented these charges
and defied successful contradiction.
Thompson of Merrick spoke effectively on
the, question, holding that aa the validity
and Justice of these beet sugar factory
claims have already been determined, the
claims became an obligation of the state
and should be paid, unless the legality of
the act of 1895 could be denied. He
thought It was beyond the province ot the
legislature to pass ton this question. He
himself thought the act was constitutional,
and the only question remaining, therefore,
was, "Will the stats pay an honest debt?
He wanted tha claim paid.
Ollbert, Mangold and McAllister then
spoke for the bill, urging that it was a
Just debt and should be paid and not re
pudiated. Sweety closed the debate, speaking
against the claim. He said there was no
evidence to prove that this claim was Just
and regularly Incurred." He said the only
real evidence at hand was sgalnst the fair
ness of the claim that presented by Fries,
who was a beet grower, who said he did not
get all his premium shd presented sworn
statements of the sas sort from other
beit growers.
The passage of the bill was recommended
by a vote of 38 to 14. The committee arose
bt 6:15 and, on motion of Bacon ot Dawson,
took a recess until 7:30.
The night seBBion began at 8 o'clock.
After s fight the sifting committee suc
ceeded In advancing 8. F. 190 to the head
of the general file. ' It was considered In
committee of the whol and by It recom
mended for passage, 'but on motion of Jouv
enot the report was not concurred In and
the bill was retorted for specific amend
ment. .-.''
Kennedy's bill to make wife or child
abandonment a felony was recommended for
passage.
At 10 o'clock th house adjourned.
BUILDING TRADES: TROUBLE
Bricklayers Say' They W't Sastala
Hod' Carriers .'in Refuse! to
Arbitrate.
A general lockout In the building trades,
somewhat threatening to the Building
Trades' council,' Is' 'Imminent and may be
precipitated before he close ot the' day.
The trouble Gomes fsom the refusal ot the
hod carriers' untofis tp accept the proposi
tion, of tbs employees 4n regard to the time
the new wage seal shall become effective.
.-When the scale was proposed In January
the ' Building Trades' council Indorsed it
and promised to support ths hod carriers'
unions In securing the demands. When the
time for enforcing the scale came around
the employers conceded ths increased
wages, the other demands were modified by
agreement, but upon tbe question ot the
time when the new scsle would be effective
there was a disagreement and the men quit
work. All other union-men employed on
buildings where helpers sre required were
forced to quit at the same time, and tor two
weeks building operstlons hsve been prac
tically suspended. The employers notified
the men thst they must return to work
Wednesday or tbs promise of Increased
wages would bs withdrawn. The men re
fused to return unless conceded the time
asked.
Last night a number of ths influential
members of the bricklayers' union at Labor
temple said that ths employers bad offered
to leave tbs question ot time to arbitration
and that this had been refused and that
for tbla reason the , bricklayers would no
longer be bound by the agreement to sup
port the hod carriers, as tbe wsges had
been conceded and that was sll thst tha
laborers could ask from the allied trades.
The Building Trades' council will meet to
night, when the question of supporting the
hod carriers In their refusal to arbitrate
will come up. - Members ot ths bricklayers'
union say that ths representatives of that
union will never vote to sustain the men,
and that If the men do not return to work
It may mean the disruption of the council,
of If the council should sustain the labor
ers there will be a general lockout.
In addition to this frlotloa between the
hod carriers and the other building trades
unions there comes up a walkout of elec
trical workers employed upon work In the
Interior of buildings. Ths men have been
receiving $3 per day and now demand $4.
The new scale never was submitted to the
Building Trades' council, although the elec
trical worl.ers havs been allied with that
body tor about a year. Several members of
the council from other trades say that the
council will not support the men In this de
mand, which they consider exorbltsnt.
All dsy Wednesday tha members of the
Street Hallway Employes' union voted upon
a proposition to change the rules In re
gard to the initiation fee. From the or
ganization of the union until a few weeks
sgo the fee was $1. Later it waa rslsed to
$5. When the Omaha Street Railway com
pany took over the Council Bluffs Una a
largs number of the men employed upon
that line Joined the union, but there are
still about 125 men on ths entire system
Who are not In the organization. Recently
about 100 ot them offered to Join provided
tbey could gain admission at tbs old rate.
The matter has been discussed for some
time la the union, finally resulting In the
vote. Ths exsct number of -votes caat was
not given out last night, but ths proposi
tion to lower the rate for one day. In order
to permit the men to Join carried by a ma.
Jorlty ot about thirty-nve.
As soon as this was known a number of
the members who oppose lowering the rate
declared that it required a two-thirds ma
jority to make the change, ao ths matter
was psssed to the seat regular meeting of
the union, which will be next Wednesday.
Marriage Llceaees.
Marriage licenses havs been issued to:
Name and Address. Age.
Mads P. Nelson, Missouri Valley, la 4il
Anna Jensen, Omaha (4
Bay W. Tooguod. Flattsmouth, Neb II
Lena Weta. South Omaha J
Vben Lucas. Cherokee,, la Ji
H&acl H. Wahl, Bmlthland. Ia It
NVlnfred A. Reed, Omaha tl
1. tills Uales, Omaha II
W'llUm eU'hults, Council Bluffs, Ia 21
Margaret I'apst, Council Bluffs, la ....IS
CROPS MAINLY FLOURISH
Grain and Oraisei Do Wsl , Though Wet
Weather Betardi Labor.
NATIONAL FINANCES SHOW GOOD BALANCE
Receipts Kaceed Espeadltares tor
Past Nine Months by rU,N2n,i'A
Tannsh Maay Departments
Coat More Than Before.
WASHINGTON, April 1. The Agricul
tural department's monthly crop bulletin Is
as follows:
March weather conditions were generally
favorable for the growth of grains and
grasses In an districts eaBt of the Rockies,
but outside of New England and portions
of the middle Atlantic regions shipping
work has been retarded by excessive rains
and consequent wet soil. On the Pacific
coast tbe weather conditions were gener
ally favorable, although It was too cool and
the season Is two to three weeks late In
Washington.
Reports from all sections Indicate that
winter wheat Is in promising condition
generally. The crop has wintered well and
is making vigorous growth In all sections.
A rank growth is reported from limited
sreas in Kentucky and some damage by
water on low lands In Maryland and tho
lower Ohio and central' Mississippi valleys.
In California winter wheat Is In excellent
condition, with heavy yields Indicated from
a large acreage. Some reseedlng Is being
done-In Isolated portions of Oregon and re
ports of slight damage by frost are received
from Washington, otherwise In these states
the crop is considered In good condition,
although hot especially thrifty In Wash
ington. Some spring wheat has been sown In
Washington, but no seeding has been done
in the principal spring wheat states, the
soil being too wet for preparatory work.
Tbe seeding of spring oats has begun ss
far north aa Michigan, but this work has
been retarded to a considerable extent by
wet ground. Fall sown oats are making
vigorous growth in the southern states,
with excellent results, although seriously
damaged by lice In soma portions of South
Carolina.
But little corn has been planted north of
the gulf states, where the early planted Is
up to standard and fair to good.
Cotton planting is in progress in southern
Georgia and eastern South Carolina. A
little has been planted in Alabama and
Florida. Preparations are general for this
work in Louisiana snd Mississippi, except
In the flooded districts. In Texas the crop
Is being planted In the central and southern
portions and some is coming up.
Serious Injury to the peach crop by frost
Is reported from nearly all sections east of
the Mississippi and irom uxianoma ana
northern Texas.' Other fruits are more
promising, although the abnormally high
temperatures In the lake region have forced
buds to such an extent that frosts at this
time would do much damage. .
Public Debt Shorn Increase.
The monthly statement of the public debt
shows that at the close of business on
March 31 the total debt, loss cash In the
treasury, amounted to $939,603,919, an In
crease for the month of $1,631,021. This In
crease Is accounted for by a corresponding
decrease In amount of cash on hand.
The debt Is recapitulated as follows: In
terest bearing debt,, $314,451,370; debt on
which Interest has ceased since maturity,
$1,230,100; debt bearing no Interest, 39u.-75-M37;
total. $1,312,615,9G7. This amount,
however, does not Include $890,007,069 In
certificates and treasury notes outstanding,
which are ' offset by an equal-amount of
coin on hand held for their redemption.
The cash In the treasury is classified as
follows: ' Reserve fund, $150,000,000; trust
funds, $390,007,069; general fund. $165,217,
767; In national bank depositories, $160,150,
488; total, $1,355,875,325, against which
there are demand liabilities outstanding
amounting to $982,453,336, leaving a cash
balance on hand of $373,921,988.
The comparative statement of receipts
and expenditures show thst the totsl re
ceipts were $45,435,434, and the disburse
ment $44,987,587, leaving a surplus for tbe
month of $447,874.
The receipts from the several sources ot
revenue are given as follows. Customs,
$23,709,968, Increase, $2,000,000; Internal rev
enue, $18,823,751, decrease $8,000,000; mis
cellaneous, $2,901,715, Increase, $4,000.
The expenditures on account of the War
department were $12,278,918, Increase $2,
000,000; navy, $7,374,844, Increase $1,200,000.
For the last nine months the receipts ex
ceeded tbe expenditures by $33,829,223. -
PRESIDENT STARTS ON TRIP
(Continued from First Page.)
Colo., on the morning of May 4. The presi
dent's train will necessarily be stopped ut
Hugo for twenty-five minutes, the only stop
between the Kansas border and Denver,
and the atockmen, after negotiating with
tbe railroad officials for thirty minutes ad
ditional time, arranged for a cowboy break
fast to be tendered to the president.
Two hundred cowboys in rsnge regalia
will saluts him on his arrival and 2,000
stockmen and ranchmen and their families
who would be unable to greet the president
In Denver will be there to welcome him.
SOUTHWEST IMPROVERS MEET
Reports ' from LiaTht and GradlasT
Committees and Tonatl Prop.
osltlon Discussed.
The regular meeting ot the Southwest
Improvement club was held last evening
at Twenty-fourth and Leavenworth streets.
The committee on grading made lta re
port, stating that It had visited the Board
of Education at lta last regular date of
meeting, but as no meeting was held noth
ing had been accomplished relative to the
grading of Twenty-fourth street. Another
meeting ot the board Is set tor Saturday
next and the matter will be taken up then.
The committee on lights reported that
nothing eould bs dons st present relative
to the removal of the gas lights from
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets, at
least not until the electric light Is put In on
Twenty-fourth street. Councilman Fred
Hoye of tbe Second ward said the light
matter' would be settled in a few day,
four or five days at ths farthest.
Mr. Green brought up the matter of the
Bancroft street tunnel, and discussed tbe
matter at length. He said that the rail
roads were resdy to build tbe tunnel snd
that It waa badly needed there for public
convenience snd safety. He recommended
that the city council be memorallsed to
accept the proposition of the owners of the
Harris Fisher property to give the .right
of wsy through their property for the
necessary approaches to the tunnel, which
contemplates a piece ot ground 40x700- feet.
eCc3,
.Satisfies
t&ste and apvetUe
i3
In consideration of being released of taxes
against the prdptrty, . which aggregate
about $7,000. These taxes. It appears.
Were assessed against the property not
only when It wss In operation as a packing
plant, but since the property has been
abandoned as a parking plant and has gonn
into decay and destruction through ths
action of the city in causing the abandon
ment ot the plant as a nuisance. Mr.
Oreon was in favor of tho club endorsing
th" proposition of Messrs. Harris and
Fisher to the city council In order that the
work on the tunnel may begin wlihout
further delay. Several members of tho
club. Including Councilman Hoye spoke
heartily in favor of tbe suggestion and
when put to a vote the proposition carried
unanimously.'
DEMOCRATS OF EIGHTH WARD
Choose Delegates to City Convention
and Listen to Conncllmnnlc
Announcements.
The Eighth Ward Democratic club met
last evening in the lodge room of the Iron
Moulders' union and nominated twelve del
egates to the democratic city convention,
to be voted upon st the coming democratic
primaries. The meeting was largely at
tended and an enthusiastic success.
Joseph P. Butler, who was nominated to
head tbe delegation, stated that he would
not pledge himself or the delegation for
and candidates, as he wanted to be lert with
a free hand In case there should be any
dark horse, as seemed quite probable. For
one thing, he declared, though, that be
would not support Ed Howell, as he did not
believe that he was the proper candidate.
He was, he said, the tool of the corpora
tions and ha so proven himself during the
last six years In both the state legislature
and tbe council.
The delegation as selected uuanlraously
by the club. Is as follows: Joseph P .But
ler, Dr. Leo Van Camp, John T. Hart, John
McGorry, Jr., W. W. McCombes, Patrick
Lynch, M. J. Scott, Joseph Laux, Harold
Overbeck, John Kellehar, Chrla Anderson
and John A. White.
After the nomination of the delegates for
the caucus was completed Dennis Fltspat
rick and Thomas Falconer, candidates for
the nomination for councllmen from the
Eighth' ward, announced their r&ndidacy lc
a few words and asked for tbs suppo.t of
the delegates.
HELPS AUDITORIUM FUND
President F. A. Nash Subscribes for
Twenty-Five Hundred Shares
of Stock.
There being no quorum present, the meet
ing of the Auditorium board ot directors,
which was to have been held Wednesday
evening, was postponed until next Monday
night.
The finances of the Auditorium company
were materially Increased Wednesday by
tbe subscription of $2,500 'which was tend
ered by President Fred A Nash of the com
pany; . Mr. Naeh believes that the only
manner in which ",an. auditorium can be
erected in Omaha Is by the raising of the
necessary money to carry the project to a
successful finish. He Is also of the opinion
that the monled men of tbe city could easily
come forward with the money necessary for
the purpose..
CHINESE MINISTER PASSES
Sir Chentungr Goes Throaarh Omaha
with His Multitudinous
Retinae.
Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, the new Chi
nese minister 'to this country, with a ret
inue of sixty-five Chinese gentlemen, offi
cers, of tbe civil service, secretaries, stu
dents, children and servants, . passed
through this city at 3 o'clock this morning
on his way to Washington from San Fran
cisco, where he arrived Thursday. The
party occupied two special cars on tbe
Union Pacific train, .which was seven hours
late, and left for the east over the North
western. Mikes Offer for Fight.
CHICAOO, April L The Tribune today
save: "Paddy" Carroll, a local fight pro
moter, telegraphed a $30,000 bid for the
Jeffrles-C'orhett heavyweight championship
battle to Harry Corbett of San Francisco
last night. The bids for the contest, ac
cording to the articles of agreement, are
to be opened by Harry Corbett in San
Francisco and by Tom O'Rourke In New
York today.
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Ak - Sar - Ben
Musical
Festival .
At the Den
May 7,8,9,10,
Six Performances
Season Tickets, $3.50
At H. J. Penfold &. Co.'s
1408 Psrnam Street
Sale of reserved seats will be 0
withdrawn after April lath.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
And a chorus of 150 voices
NORDICA AND DE BESZKE, :
with the full Metropolitan Opera
House Orchestra, J. S. Duss, Con
ductor. . Jyf '
THE GREATEST MUSICAL EVENT
OF THE SEASON. .
BOYD'S! woodMR:.d.1.rw
Last four weeks of Regular Season.
Tomorrow Night, 1
Sat. Mat. and Night.
LAST COMIC OPERA THIS SEASON
FRANCIS WILSON
i if
THE TOREADOR"
Prices Matinee and night. 2ic to fl.M,
NO :KKE JLldT.
Sunday Hat. and Night
"YORK STATE FOLKS"
Prices
-Matinee. 25c and nOc.
Night 26c to $1.00.
3 Night, and Wed. Mat., fltsil ft
Beginning Monday, , MUlll U
"Oreatest Comedy Success of the Times."
Charles Frohman Presents
WM. H. CRANE
In the dramatisation of Westcott's novel,
DAVID HARUM
ORIGINAL. CAST AND PRODl'CTION.
Prices Mat.. 15c to $1; night, 26c to $1.10.
SUAlti ON SAL.U TOMORROW.
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High CHss Vaudeville.
MATINEE T00AM25C,
CHILDREN 10. I
TOXIGIIT 8)113.
jrlces 10c, JBc, 60c.
I .'Aa aelaeener, Pre. An Ideal place foi
for
a rosy arier-the-
theater party.
Half Broiled Labttcr .. SOc
ClubboBit Sandwiches, 75c
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